The content of the invitation was ordinary and there was nothing surprising about it, but the look on Bu Xiaotian's face was obviously wrong when he saw the invitation, which made Lan Yunxin feel very puzzled.
Master Kong Jian and Fa Ming also noticed something was wrong with Bu Xiaotian's expression, and Fa Ming couldn't help but ask:
"Junior Brother Bu, what's wrong?"
Only then did Bu Xiaotian realize that his reaction had been seen by others. He quickly adjusted his expression, shook his head and said:
"nothing."
Seeing that Bu Xiaotian didn't want to say more, the few people stopped asking any more questions.
Master Kongjian took a deep look at Bu Xiaotian, and then continued to talk about how to deal with the invitation.
Although Bu Xiaotian's expression has returned to calmness, his eyes are wandering, drifting to Lan Yunxin from time to time, obviously not paying attention to Master Kong Jian's words.
Lan Yunxin looked at the invitation and seemed to think of something, but she didn't say anything, just quietly listening to Master Kongjian and Faming discussing about going to Yaowang Valley.
Yun Ying also noticed that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the hall. He looked at Bu Xiaotian and then at Lan Yunxin. His watery eyes were moving around, wondering what he was thinking.
Not long after, Master Kongjian and Faming decided to go to Yaowang Valley to attend the wedding banquet.
Master Kong Jian obviously had an idea a long time ago, and calling Fa Ming over this time was just to inform him.
As for the reason why Bu Xiaotian and the others came together, he felt something was wrong from this incident and wanted to ask them to find a way to ask Yuxu Sect if they had received the same invitation.
After learning Master Kong Jian's thoughts, Lan Yunxin immediately took out a small sword only one finger long from his arms, folded a piece of letter paper and tied it to the small sword, pinched out a spell, and the small sword turned into a magic weapon. A white light disappeared from the horizon in an instant.
This is the unique communication method of Yuxu Sect. No matter where you are, this small sword can return to Yuxu Sect within one night.
After doing this, the four of them said goodbye to Master Kong Jian and left the hall.
Bu Xiaotian returned to the room, and his mind kept thinking of everything he experienced when he went down the mountain a year ago.
Mo Li's quirky smile seemed to be right in front of him, and he didn't know when. The figure of the girl with lively eyes was deeply imprinted in his heart.
Bu Xiaotian didn't know if Mo Li on the invitation was her or just someone with the same name as her, but the moment he saw the invitation, his heart suddenly twitched.
All kinds of complicated thoughts kept popping up in his heart, making it impossible for him to calm down and practice. Even the Pure Heart Art could not calm the chaotic thoughts in his mind.
He locked himself in the room and refused to let Yun Ying in even if he wanted to come in.
A night of silence.
Early in the morning, the four of them came to the main hall where the Jade Buddha was enshrined.
The four great monks were already sitting cross-legged on the futons. The four of them bowed to them and stood with their hands hanging down.
Master Kongjian looked at Lan Yunxin and asked:
"How is it? Is there any reply?"
Lan Yunxin nodded and said:
"Yuxumen did receive an invitation a few days ago."
After speaking, he handed the letter in his hand to Master Kongjian.
Master Kong Jian read the letter, nodded slightly, and handed it to Master Kong Zhi beside him.
In this moment, everyone had read the reply from Yuxumen.
Master Kongjian said:
"As expected, several senior brothers and sisters from Yuxu Sect also noticed something was wrong.
Faming! "
Faming said seriously:
"The disciple is here!"
"You take Dharma Appearance, Dharma Letter, and Dharma Enlightenment and go down the mountain immediately and rush to Yaowang Valley. If there is really trouble in Yaowang Valley, we will do our best to help!"
"Disciple accepts the order!"
Master Kong Jian saw Fa Ming accepting the order and leaving, and then looked at Bu Xiaotian and the others:
"Master Nephew Yuntian, Master Nephew Yun Xin, and Master Nephew Yun Ying."
The three people immediately clasped their fists and saluted, saying:
"Please give me your instructions, Uncle Kong!"
Master Kongjian asked:
"Do you all know what Senior Brother Xuanyun said in his letter?"
"Disciple understands!"
"Okay! Then you go down the mountain with Fa Ming and others, arrive at Yaowang Valley before the tenth day of next month, and act according to the opportunity!"
"Disciple, obey!"
At that moment, the group of people left the main hall and went back to their rooms to pack their bags.
At a quarter of the hour, the seven people met in front of the temple gate. After a brief ceremony, they each offered their magic weapons and went straight to the southeast.
Today is September 25th, and there is only half a month left before October 10th. It is obviously not an easy task to reach Yaowang Valley, which is 20,000 miles away, within half a month.
The group left Tianling Mountain, and except for resting at night, they were almost always on the road.
As he got closer and closer to the border of Yunzhou, Bu Xiaotian gradually felt a little uneasy in his heart.
He hoped to see Mo Li again, but he was also afraid that the Mo Li written on the invitation was really the person in his heart.
Thirteen days later, on the eighth day of October.
The group of people who were hurrying and slowly stopped in front of a huge valley full of flowers and trees.
Yaowang Valley has arrived.
Although it is already October, the valley in front of us does not feel like autumn at all. The green trees are dotted with flowers of various colors.
Standing outside the valley, you can vaguely see houses hidden in the woods to the east and west of the valley.
The scenery is picturesque and beautiful.
Bu Xiaotian and others took a few steps forward, and two young men in cloth robes walked out of a small courtyard in front and asked:
"May I ask who they are? Are they here to attend the young lady's wedding banquet?"
Faming took a step forward, put his hands together, performed a Buddhist salute, and said:
"Fa Ming, a disciple of the Poor Monk Jade Buddha Temple, these are the disciples of the poor monk, Dharma Appearance, Dharma Enlightenment, and Dharma Faith. We were invited to attend the wedding banquet in Guigu. This is an invitation. Please take a look at it. "
After finishing speaking, Fa Ming took out the invitation card from his arms and handed it to the person on the left.
The man took the invitation, took a look at it, and said with a smile:
"It turns out to be a senior fellow from the Jade Buddha Temple. I am Angelica. This is my senior fellow Huang Qi. I have met several senior fellow apprentices!"
After the two of them read the invitation, Bu Xiaotian also stepped forward and said:
"I am Bu Yuntian, a disciple of Purple Thunder Peak of Yuxu Sect. This is senior sister Lan Yunxin from Yuzhu Peak, and this is my junior sister Situ Yunying. We came with senior brother Faming and the others, but we don't have an invitation. I wonder if we can Go in with them?"
Hearing that Bu Xiaotian and the others did not have an invitation, the smiles on the two people's faces did not change, and they did not show any strange expressions:
"Since the three of them are disciples of the Yuxu Sect and are accompanied by several senior brothers from the Jade Buddha Temple, it is not a big deal if they don't have an invitation.
The day after tomorrow is the young lady's wedding. As long as they are not demons from the demon sect, the visitors are guests. Is there any reason for us to turn away the guests?
The invitation is just a formality to inform all parties of the happy event.
Yuxumen's Li Yungui and several brothers also arrived yesterday. After you enter, just tell the brothers inside and someone will take you there. "
When Bu Xiaotian and others saw what Angelica said, their favorable impression of Yaowang Valley immediately increased, and they thanked:
"So thank you two senior brothers!"
Angelica waved her hands and said:
"Junior brother, you're welcome!"
So they said goodbye to the two of them and walked into the valley.
After walking for a while, disciples from Yaowang Valley came up to them and asked about their origins.
After Bu Xiaotian and others told them their sects, the two people led the seven people directly towards several houses in the north.
Walking into one of the small courtyards, Bu Xiaotian and others saw that Senior Brother Wujifeng and other senior brothers from other peaks were drinking tea and chatting on the stone benches in the courtyard. Cheng Yunliang and Chu Yungong were also among them.
When Bu Xiaotian and the others walked over, the people in the yard also noticed their arrival and stood up to greet them.
Before he could get closer, Chu Yungong's voice sounded slightly surprised:
"Huh? Junior brother, are you here too?"
Bu Xiaotian smiled and said:
"When we were at the Jade Buddha Temple, we happened to encounter an invitation from the disciples of Yaowang Valley, so we came over with Senior Brother Faming and the others."
After hearing Bu Xiaotian's words, Chu Yungong and others suddenly understood.
"By the way, these are Senior Brother Faming and Senior Brother Faxiang. You have met them before. These two are Senior Brother Fajue and Faxin."
At that moment, several people exchanged names and started talking.
Seeing their lively chat, the two disciples pointed to a small courtyard not far away and said with a smile:
"We have other things to do, so we won't accompany the senior brothers. The residence of the Jade Buddha Temple is the small courtyard in front. The senior brothers can go there by themselves."
The group of people saluted and thanked:
"Thank you both!"
The two of them smiled, turned around and left the courtyard without saying anything else.
The small courtyard is actually not too small. After Bu Xiaotian and the seven people came here, it didn't seem crowded, but instead seemed much more lively.
A few people walked to the center of the yard while talking. There were not enough stone benches, so they sat on the ground. The ground was paved with bluestone and there was no dirt.
In the end, no one sat on the stone bench.
Most of the chatter was about what they had seen and heard outside, and no one was talking about the marriage.
Bu Xiaotian sat cross-legged next to Cheng Yunliang and Chu Yungong. He rarely spoke actively. When someone asked him something, he would only answer a few words. Most of the time, he just listened to other people's conversations, which gained him a lot of knowledge.
During this period, Li Yungui, Miao Yunzhu, Yun Feng and other disciples of the Yuxu Sect looked at Bu Xiaotian from time to time, with curiosity in their eyes. After all, Bu Xiaotian made a lot of noise in the competition a year ago, and even It led to Jiao Zun hiding in the back mountain.
Later, when Jiao Zun transformed into a dragon, they also saw Bu Xiaotian, so they were inevitably a little curious.
However, they all knew that people were not asking about these places, so no one asked about what happened years ago.
Naturally, the war that took place in Surabaya City not long ago was mentioned in the chat. When Chu Yungong proudly said that Bu Xiaotian, Lan Yunxin and Faming were the "initiators" of that war, everyone was surprised again. The looks they looked at were a little different.
In this way, everyone was chatting happily, and they dispersed until the sky darkened.
Bu Xiaotian returned to the room arranged for him, sat at the table and stared at the light on the table, not knowing what he was thinking.
Late at night, the lights in most of the rooms have been extinguished, insects are chirping in the grass, and nightingales are chirping from time to time in the distance.
The entire Yaowang Valley seemed very peaceful.
A black shadow quietly slipped out of the courtyard where everyone in Yuxu Sect was, without causing any movement, and no one noticed the black shadow's departure.
The black shadow left the yard and gradually merged with the night, becoming harder to detect.
Deep in Yaowang Valley, dozens of large and small courtyards are scattered in an orderly manner.
This is the inner valley of Yaowang Valley. Only Yaowang Valley residents and some distinguished guests can enter here. Other outsiders are generally not allowed to enter.
Like the outside, most of the rooms were darkened, with only a few lights still on in the courtyard.
In an exquisite little courtyard, only one room was still lit, and a girl with a pretty face and a hint of playfulness was sitting in front of the window, staring blankly at the dark night sky.
The girl was wearing a light green suit, but her eyes that should have been smart were haggard, mixed with a bit of sadness.
The girl seemed to be troubled by something, and she sighed melancholy from time to time.
Compared with other small courtyards, there are several times more people guarding the surroundings here. There is a disciple on duty almost every few feet, who is guarding against something.
The slightly cool night breeze blew gently, and some disciples with lower cultivation levels couldn't help but tighten their tight clothes.
Suddenly, a low voice came from the window:
"Mo Li? It's really you!"
Hearing this voice, the girl's face showed a look of surprise. She immediately looked in the direction of the voice, but saw nothing.
The girl murmured:
"Are you hallucinating? Yes, how could he appear here?"
Just when the look of surprise on the girl's face slowly faded, another low-pitched cry came:
"Mo Li, it's me, Bu Xiaotian!"
