Xu Xiangying saw that the disciples watching the ceremony had begun to leave. Before the sect master and the elders left, Xu Xiangying brought Liu Qingyi forward, squeezed in beside the gray-robed deacon who was holding the box, and whispered a few words.
The gray-robed deacon led the two to the elders' table and informed several people.
Lei Zhen signaled Xu Xiangying to come forward and speak. Xu Xiangying hurriedly ran up, bowed and spoke to Lei Zhen and others with gestures.
After a moment, Lei Zhen's eyes lit up, and he glanced at Liu Qingyi who was standing not far away, and said in surprise: "What? Has he been promoted to Tongyuan Realm on his own? Let him come over and have a look."
Xu Xiangying waved to Liu Qingyi, and saw Liu Qingyi walking up calmly and calmly, and came to stand in front of the elders' table.
Lei Zhen swept his body with his spiritual thoughts, and Liu Qingyi felt as if someone had seen through him, and then he heard a burst of hearty laughter: "This is really a blessing from heaven. Our Heavenly Beast Sect is actually here again." Add someone in the Tongyuan realm." Hearing this, Feng Yan, He Yuanji, Nie Zhong and others all glanced at Liu Qingyi in front of them with their spiritual thoughts, and they also had surprised expressions on their faces.
Nie Zhong looked at Liu Qingyi and said in disbelief: "Are you Liu Qingyi from Lan County? The one who summons the civet cat from the fairy beast?"
After mentioning this, Lei Zhen and Feng Yan looked at Liu Qingyi carefully again. They both remembered that this person was the disciple in green who summoned the civet cat in the previous sect competition, and the surprise on their faces couldn't help but fade away. a bit.
When Liu Qingyi saw Nie Zhong asking, he bowed and replied, "It's the disciple."
Nie Zhong asked again: "Why did you advance to Tongyuan Realm so quickly?"
Liu Qingyi replied: "The disciple accidentally ate a purple lotus flower on his way back to his hometown after doing business in Juntian City. He also found a cold pond and practiced for several months. After coming out, he advanced to the Tongyuan Realm. The disciple also had some baffling."
He had thought about it before he returned home. Most of these sect leaders and elders were mature and mature. Ordinary lies would probably be difficult to believe. Lies must have a certain degree of truth and a prescription to be effective. Take the purple lotus he ate in the Heavenly Beast Mountain. As a model, the story I concocted is not afraid of being seen through.
Unexpectedly, after what he said, the elders of Nie Zhong and the sect leader Lei Zhen all looked strangely, and looked a little pity. The white-bearded old man beside Lei Zhen said: "How can the treasures of heaven and earth be eaten directly? You are lucky enough to find a cold pool by chance, and use the cold air in the pool to offset the fire in the heart of the purple lotus. If not, you would have exploded and died by now, turning into a pool of blood. From this point of view, You can use it to break through to the Tongyuan Realm, which can be regarded as a blessing in disguise."
After the white-bearded old man said what he said, Lei Zhen, Nie Zhong, Feng Yan, He Yuanji and others all nodded. The six disciples in Tsing Yi who had just received Ling Tong Yuan on the side looked at Liu Qingyi with eyes full of surprise, their faces All the above are filled with incredible colors.
Lei Zhen pondered for a moment and said to the gray-robed deacon disciple beside him: "Qinghe, go and get another set of purple-robed disciple Taoist nameplates." Then he seemed to suddenly remember something, and turned to Liu Qingyi and said: " Your surname is Liu? Liu Qingyi? It seems that Liangjun mentioned this name when he came back last time."
Xu Xiangying said at the side: "Master, Senior Brother Qu came back last time and said that Junior Brother Liu had made great achievements in Juntian City. The news has spread throughout our sect."
Lei Zhen heard the words and said with a smile: "No wonder the name sounds familiar to me." He hurriedly called out to the deacon in gray who was about to take the order, and ordered again: "Qinghe, take another purple spirit ring. I’ll reward you with the three thousand Spiritual Essence Stones.”
"Slow down!" Liu Qingyi raised his eyes and looked at Lei Zhen, and said with a hopeful look on his face: "Take it all if you want. Master, the disciple took over the task of exterminating the corpse ghosts in Nanyao last time, and the door still owes I have a lot of Spiritual Essence Stones, and they said they would be given to me when I advance to the Tongyuan Realm. You see, I have reached the Tongyuan Realm now, is it time to give them to me..."
"Oh? This happened?" Lei Zhen's face was full of disbelief, and several elders sitting next to him were also a little stunned.
Only Feng Yan's eyes flashed, and he gritted his teeth and said, "It happened. I happened to be on duty that day, and I reported it to the sect master afterwards."
"When you put it like this, I seem to have some impression. How many spiritual essence stones did you owe him at that time?" Lei Zhen thought about it.
"At that time, it was said that they would be given out at half the price, totaling 57,250," Feng Yan recalled.
"So many?" Lei Zhen and several elders in front of him exclaimed in surprise.
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Heavenly Beast Hall, meeting hall on the second floor.
Lei Zhen and several elders took their seats at the top. Liu Qingyi and six men and women dressed in purple lined up at the bottom. Under the eyes of the elders of the sect master, they were like seven lambs waiting to be selected.
Liu Qingyi had a happy face at this moment, gently stroking the spirit ring on his wrist with one hand, and said secretly: "The sect is quite trustworthy, and finally gave away the 57,250 spirit yuan stones one by one. Although I have exempted myself from all the rewards for meritorious service under the Purple Yanguo Agreement, it is only a small sum."
Just as he was thinking about it, he heard Lei Zhen clear his throat and said loudly: "According to the practice of our Heavenly Beast Sect, disciples within the sect can enter the inner sect after they have reached the Tongyuan realm and worship under an elder or sect leader. In the past, the inner sect Most of the disciples worship me, Elder Feng, and Elder He. Elder Peng Zhen is busy with the sect’s elixir refining and has no intention of accepting any more disciples, but Elder Nie is in seclusion due to injury and cannot teach disciples.”
When Lei Zhen said this, he paused for a moment and saw that everyone was looking at Nie Zhong. There was a trace of joy on his face and he said: "Elder Nie came back from the Dongling Fairy Kingdom a hundred years ago after being injured. The fairy beast Cloud-winged Bird After being killed, his own realm declined, and he has been in seclusion since then and has no interest in world affairs. It was not until the eve of this soul selection ceremony that Elder Nie officially came out of seclusion, and even rebranded himself as a cloud-winged bird, and began to gradually take charge of the sect's affairs. "
When Lei Zhen said this, he smiled kindly at Nie Zhong and said: "Brother Nie, at the last spirit selection ceremony, I sent you to Lan County to recruit disciples. It was to ask you to do your best for the sect, and to ask all the people in the south to do their best. Take a look at the Great Immortal Sect, and you will see that the 'Hidden Immortal in the Cloud' who dominated the southern realm back then is back."
After hearing the words, Nie Zhong stood up and bowed to Lei Zhen and said: "Master, I, Mr. Nie, have been favored by the sect for many years. I have been in seclusion for hundreds of years and have made little contribution to the sect. If you have anything to do, just give me orders and encourage me. Nie One never refuses.”
Lei Zhen stood up and bowed his head and said: "Brother Nie, the situation in the Northern Territory is unstable and war is approaching. Lao Feng, Lao He and I not only have to prepare for the war in the Northern Territory, but we also have to teach many of our disciples, but we are really beyond our capabilities. Elder Peng again I am busy refining alchemy and have no time to accept disciples. I am afraid that Mr. Nie will have to bear more responsibility for the newly promoted Tongyuan Realm disciples this time. Lao Feng and Lao He have already discussed it and only accept one from each of these new disciples, and the remaining four will be Please teach me, Brother Nie."
Hearing this, Nie Zhong clasped his fists and saluted: "I am worthy of my duties, so I dare not resign. I have not accepted a disciple for many years, and I am afraid that I will miss the disciples of the sect."
Feng Yan said with a smile: "Brother Nie is too modest."
He Yuanji also scolded from the side: "Old Nie, you old dog, you have been comfortable for more than a hundred years, and you still want to be lazy."
Nie Zhong grinned when he heard this and said, "Okay, you choose first, I will take over the remaining four."
Lei Zhen said to Feng Yan and He Yuanji: "Lao He, Lao Feng, you choose first, you may be lucky."
He Yuanji pointed at Xiao Jingyan and said to Nie Zhong: "This boy who leads Fengyun Ying is following me. Old Nie, you should have no objection, right?"
Nie Zhong curled his lips and said, "I've known for a long time that you, an old man, rarely care about a boy with an eagle. I won't argue with you. This boy will just fight with you."
After He Yuanji made his choice, Feng Yan looked at a few people, his eyes wandering between Fang Rong and Bu Jiu, and finally stopped on Fang Rong, and said to Nie Zhong: "Old Nie, this female disciple named Fang has joined my sect. How about it? After all, the remaining disciples are all male, so having such a female disciple among them is a lot of inconvenience. Fortunately, my disciple Man Ting is also a woman, so I can keep her company."
Nie Zhong said: "That's fine, let her go with you."
Liu Qingyi and the other disciples who were not selected felt as if they were in the clear mirror. Feng and He both chose the disciples who summoned the flying beasts to take under their sect. The reasons they spoke were high-sounding, but they could not hide the preference for one and the other. fact.
When it was the turn of the sect leader Lei Zhen to choose someone, he saw that the faces of the disciples who were not chosen were not very good-looking. Some of the disciples next to Bu Jiu had already set their sights on Bu Jiu. Among them were the disciples who were branded with strange beasts. Apart from Xiao Jingyan and Fang Rong, Bu Jiu was the only one left.
Seeing everyone's almost tacit understanding, Lei Zhen felt a blush on his face. After hesitating for a long time, he finally did not choose Bu Jiu who summoned the strange beast. Even Yan Kuan, who ranked first in the sect competition, was passed over by him. He just tapped his finger on Li Gongjun's head and chose such a person with neither high nor low ranking to deal with the problem.
Li Gongjun was pleasantly surprised when he saw that he had accidentally fallen into the clan leader's lineage.
Liu Qingyi glanced at Li Gongjun, who was beaming with joy, and thought about his interactions with Baihua Immortal Valley in Juntian City, and thought to herself: "This guy is in the Lei Zhen lineage, and it will probably be much more convenient for him to inquire about important information inside the door. "I thought about it this way, but I didn't say anything, I just thought about it silently.
Nie Zhong glanced at Lei Zhen in surprise, then turned to the remaining four people and said: "From today onwards, the four of you will be considered as my disciples, Mr. Nie. You and others can go and get ready, and come to Tiantiping at 3:30 noon tomorrow. wait for me."
After Nie Zhong finished his explanation, Lei Zhen, Feng Yan, and He Yuanji each arranged a meeting time for the selected disciples, and then left one by one. Naturally, everyone standing below also dispersed.
