Guo Nan stared at Na Lele for a while, and then said, "Don't feel unconvinced. I met your previous Taoist disciple in Qingcheng Mountain, Meng Meng. Not only was his talent far superior to yours, but his temperament was also better than yours." You are much more stable, know how to hide your front and guard your back, and how to advance and retreat in a controlled manner. Your qualifications are slightly inferior to him, but you are a daughter, but you have a strong spirit that ordinary men don't have. If I guessed correctly, I'm afraid Sima Nan hasn't. Let me teach you how to rectify Lei Xinlian!"
Liao Le, who was standing behind Sima Nan, nodded hesitantly.
Ever since Daozi came down from the mountain in a dream, Sima Nan took Luo Le into his lap and taught her martial arts with all his heart.
Today, Liao Le has become the strongest of the new generation of disciples in the sect. He is in the early stage of fifth grade cultivation and is also in the realm of talismans and seal scripts.
There are five realms in martial arts practice: visiting the door, entering the room, small success, great success, and perfection.
It has only been a little over a year since Liao Le practiced the art of talisman and seal script, but it is really rare to be able to reach the realm of entering a house.
As for Qingcheng Mountain's supreme skill Zhengxin Leilian, Sima Nan has indeed not taught it to Le.
This is also the doubt that has been lingering in Liao Le's mind.
"Thunder methods that are too violent are the way to punish sins. If you don't have a Taoist heart that is as good as water and as calm as water, you may have gone crazy before you can practice the Thunder Lotus of Right Heart!" Guo Nan While looking at Le, showing a disappointed look, he sighed and said.
After hearing this, Liao Le looked up at Sima Nan and asked, "Is everything he said true? It's because I'm not qualified, so you won't teach me, right?"
Sima Nan looked at Le and smiled bitterly, "Idiot, why bother? Not all questions require an answer. Some answers are already an answer without being spoken. Why do you need to hear the answer? Are you going to make trouble for yourself again?"
Seeing that Lao Le was still looking at him persistently and firmly, Sima Nan could only nod helplessly in the end and said, "If you were more gentle-tempered, I would teach you the Zhengxin Leilian. It is easy to break if it is too strong. With your temperament, if I really have to teach you the Right Heart Thunder Lotus, even if you really learn it, I'm afraid you will easily go crazy and destroy yourself!"
After hearing this, Liao Le took two deep breaths, glared at Sima Nan angrily, then turned around and left.
Some of the new disciples couldn't help shouting to persuade him to stay, some followed him closely and wanted to comfort Le, and some stared with anger, angry at Guo Nan's words.
"This is our Qingcheng Mountain, not your prince's Chang'an City!" A disciple shouted loudly.
"It's not your turn to teach the disciples of Qingcheng Mountain! We can do whatever we want and it has nothing to do with you!" A disciple angrily yelled.
"Although Qingcheng Mountain has declined, it is still a famous sect in the world. If outsiders want to bully us, we will not make it easy for them!"
"The head can be cut off, the blood can be shed, but Qingcheng cannot be humiliated!"
"Heads can be severed and blood can be shed..."
More and more disciples began to gather from all over the arena, and more and more pairs of eyes with the same hatred stared at Guo Nan fiercely.
Guo Nan could see that Na Lele now had an extraordinary status for Qingcheng Mountain, and might even be the new Daozi of Qingcheng Mountain after Meng.
In front of so many disciples in Qingcheng Mountain, he said something bad about Quasi Daozi, which was tantamount to beating his father, Linghudi, in front of Linghutian.
Faced with the humiliation from outsiders like Guo Nan, Qingcheng Mountain disciples quickly formed a united front and vowed to defend the dignity of Qingcheng Mountain!
Linghu Tian stood at the front of the group of disciples, shouting for his disciples to expel Guo Nan, and the disciples behind him echoed in unison.
Even the new disciples who had been bullied by the old disciples led by Linghutian stood behind Linghutian for the first time.
These disciples are like a group of princes and princesses standing on the territory of a kingdom that is about to perish. When faced with outsiders trampling on their precious gardens, they abandoned their calculations against each other and decisively took up arms to resist, vowing to destroy the outsiders. expulsion.
A rare look of surprise appeared on Guo Nan's face. He couldn't believe that the group of disciples in front of him, who he had already labeled as "self-destructive" and "infighting", were able to put aside their past grudges and unite to fight against each other. Own.
What a precious spirit this is!
"Brothers are jealous of each other within the wall, so they can resist their insults from outside!" Guo Nan said softly.
"The disciples are not sensible, but they make the prince laugh and feel wronged!" Sima Nan said with a smile.
"There's no need to talk about grievances. I don't want to get angry with a group of children." Guo Nan turned around and left slowly with his hands behind his back.
"I was still thinking before, why is your Qingcheng Mountain so tenacious in vitality? It was you, Qingcheng Mountain, who carried the banner of anti-demon among the human race and fought against the suppression of the fate of the entire demon clan. Therefore, when the demon emperor died, the entire demon clan fell apart. When your luck is cut off, that’s when your luck in Qingcheng Mountain is cut off.
However, to my surprise, you, Qingcheng Mountain, have been able to support you until now. You are just tenacious enough. I used to think that your Qingcheng Mountain used some special method to continue your luck. Now it seems that it is the unique spirit of your Qingcheng Mountain sect that unites the minds of all the disciples, which prevents the sect from completely collapsing. ah! "
Sima Nan smiled and said, "Time is also destiny, and it is also the destiny set by heaven, so I, Qingcheng Mountain, did not perish."
"Okay, since you Qingchengshan can handle the sect's affairs on your own, I won't worry too much. I just remember the friendship between your master and me, so I come to see him every year and give him a pillar. Fragrant. Ten years have passed in the blink of an eye, and my relationship with him is almost over. I won’t bother you descendants anymore, and I won’t come again!”
Guo Nan led Guo Dalong slowly down the mountain. As he walked, he chanted loudly, "What a pity, what a pity! People in the past have gone by the Yellow Crane, and the Yellow Crane Tower is empty here. Once the Yellow Crane is gone, it will never return, and the white clouds will last for thousands of years." The sky is long and leisurely. The Qingchuan is full of Hanyang trees, the grass is luxuriant and the Parrot Island is green. Where is the countryside at dusk? The misty waves on the river make people sad!"
His back quickly disappeared in the twists and turns of the winding mountain road, just like the silhouette of a lonely sail disappearing in the blue sky!
At this time, faces that were either old or young appeared in the sky of the Arena.
The disciples below raised their heads and looked at the sky in surprise, and found that these familiar faces were all the elders in the sect!
"Isn't that the black and white elder who manages the scriptures in the sect?"
"That was someone who was promoted to elder just a few years ago.
Tiger and Fish, both of them have sixth level strength, they are truly strong even among the elders! "
"Look! Look over there! That's Elder Tianyin! She is Senior Sister Liao Le's master. I heard from my master that all the elders were summoned and held a meeting a few days ago.
Because ever since the Great Elder Wu Fan died unexpectedly in the Demon Suppression Tower, the Great Elder position has been vacant.
This time they plan to elect the chief elder through voting. Each elder has one vote, and the leader has two votes.
In the end, Elder Tianyin and Elder Linghudi jointly ranked first in terms of votes. The elders discussed for several days and finally decided to give the leader another vote, and he would decide who would become the great elder.
The results of the election have not been announced to us disciples yet, so I don’t know who the master’s vote was for…”
"I heard that a few days ago, Senior Brother Hu and Senior Sister Liaoyu jointly accepted a disciple and prepared to cultivate it. However, Linghu Tian didn't know why he was so crazy that he took his followers to find trouble for that disciple. As a result, they were in trouble As soon as he caught the disciple, Senior Brother Hu discovered his back foot.
Senior Brother Nahuhu and Senior Sister Liaoyu have become Taoist partners. With the two of them joining forces, no elder dares to provoke them alone.
They detained the arrogant and domineering Linghu Tian in the cave. Later, the elder Linghu personally visited him and gave him a lot of miraculous medicines, and then they brought Linghu Tian back from them. "
"I heard that the elder seemed to have some quirks..."
"I heard some news about that elder from a good brother before. It is said that he once..."
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All the disciples were talking in detail, one moment talking about which elder this face belonged to, and the other side talking about what kind of deeds the elder over there had.
Suddenly, among the elders, Elder Tianyin turned his face and said in a deep voice, "Quiet! Prince Zhan has left!"
The faces of all the elders instantly became serious, and the disciples below who were still whispering among themselves all shut their mouths, not daring to say anything more.
Elder Tianyin is one of the few women among the elders, and she is among the best in terms of qualifications and strength. Her own character is also upright and extremely tough. As an elder of the Discipline Hall, she manages the rewards and punishments up and down Qingcheng Mountain. thing.
It is said that an old disciple accidentally offended her and refused to admit his mistake. As a result, he was kicked out of Qingcheng Mountain by Elder Tianyin. No matter how the disciple's master begged for mercy or how the disciple begged, Elder Tianyin would not do anything. Moved.
"Today's Qingcheng Mountain is devastated, but it is still our home, and we should protect it!" Elder Tianyin said earnestly, "Of course Prince Zhan is a distinguished guest of our Qingcheng Mountain, and he was also the former head of our Qingcheng Mountain. Best friends, both of them were comrades who could give each other's back during the human-monster war.
But even if there is such a love here, for him to come to our Qingcheng Mountain today and point fingers at our internal affairs is disrespectful to our Qingcheng Mountain.
No matter how declining our Qingcheng Mountain is now, no matter how many people are not optimistic about Qingcheng Mountain, it is now a shining star standing on the land of Kyushu. It will never be tainted by others at will, and no one will be allowed to insult and accuse it.
If I fall at the foot of Qingcheng Mountain someday, don't cry, it will be my blessing. The sun, moon, mountains and rivers are still there, everyone, go slow! "
Elder Tianyin's words resounded throughout Qingcheng Mountain, and all the disciples knelt on the ground and echoed in unison.
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers are still there, Qingcheng's mountains and rivers will always be there!"
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers are still there, Qingcheng's mountains and rivers will always be there!"
"The sun, moon, mountains and rivers are still there, Qingcheng's mountains and rivers will always be there!"
These words that shook the world were full of endless confidence and determination that could shake mountains and seas!
Boom! ! !
Thunder suddenly sounded, and a purple lightning bolt fell from the sky and struck Qingcheng Mountain impartially.
Buzz! ! !
A green cover suddenly appeared over Qingcheng Mountain, blocking out all the lightning.
This scene immediately shocked all the disciples on Qingcheng Mountain, and the high morale they had just gathered instantly turned into whispers.
"Why is this thunder falling? Fortunately, there was a mountain-protecting formation just now, otherwise Qingcheng Mountain would have been cut off in half!"
"Purple Thunder?! What does that mean? Could it be that there are experts in our Qingcheng Mountain who can overcome the tribulation?!"
"I don't know! This kind of thunder is really rare. I remember that a long time ago, I was entrusted by my master to go to the ancient demon battlefield in Liangzhou to deliver a letter to two elders there. I happened to see such a thunder once. But But the formation was much larger than today's. At that time, five purple thunders fell from the sky. I saw a majestic mountain that was a hundred feet tall and was directly destroyed by the thunder. After that day, there were folk rumors that, It was a big demon that escaped from the ancient demon battlefield, and then Heaven sent down thunder in an attempt to kill the demon!"
"Demons come to the world? This is Qingcheng Mountain! The original demon-suppressing tower has been demolished, and all the demons inside have been killed. Where can there be demons now?"
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"Okay, that's it for today! Disciples, please disperse immediately. Don't linger around without anything to do!"
Elder Tianyin gave an order, and all the disciples bowed their heads in agreement and dispersed.
The faces of the elders in the sky gradually disappeared. These were all virtual images projected on the formation with their thoughts. Their real bodies were sitting in the cave.
Sima Nan glanced at Linghu and his son, and said seriously to Linghu, "How about coming with me?"
Linghudi nodded slightly, with a calm look on his face.
The figures of the two people disappeared one after another and quickly disappeared.
Linghutian looked at Linghudi's back, his eyes twinkling slightly. He had also seen the serious look on the head Sima Nan's face just now, and he always felt that his father would have to bear a lot of responsibility for himself if he left.
But soon, the surrounding disciples who usually pursued Linghu Tian gathered around again, shouting "Brother Linghu" one after another, making him smile happily, and in the blink of an eye, he forgot all the unpleasantness just now.
At this time, in the main hall on the top of the mountain, Sima Nanduan was sitting under the clay statue of Sanqing, meditating with his eyes closed.
There were a few elders sitting scattered below, including Linghudi.
Over the center of the hall, there was a huge black cloud floating in the sky, with several elder faces in it.
It turned out that after the Qingcheng Mountain formation was attacked by the Purple Thunder, all the elders became nervous and jointly requested a meeting to discuss today's events in Qingcheng.
These elders in the hall are all idle, so they came here directly, and those elders who came to consciousness through the formation treasures are either in retreat or dealing with things outside.
"The thunder from the sky fell on my Qingcheng Mountain, why is this? The fate of Qingcheng Mountain has not been cut off yet, and it is impossible for heaven to destroy our Qingcheng Mountain!"
"Could it be that when we were cleaning the Demon Suppression Tower, a big demon was hiding? Today, the elders and I came out to encourage the disciples with the help of the Mountain Guarding Formation, which caused the formation to be turbulent, and then the heaven discovered that the demon was hiding, so it sent down a punishment in an attempt to Destroy the monster?!"
"Could it be that the remnants of the Nine Provinces Monster Clan are trying to cause trouble again? Is this God's warning to me that Qingcheng Mountain will appear again to kill demons?!"
"I wonder if Prince Zhan did something to our Qingcheng Mountain!"
Linghu's voice in the hall was astonishing and immediately attracted the attention of all the elders.
"Why did Elder Linghu say this? This matter can be big or small. Please pay attention to your position, Elder Linghu, and don't forget your official duties for personal reasons!" Elder Tianyin said with a frown in the mist.
She was reminding Linghu Di not to deliberately guide the sect elders to target Guo Nan just because Guo Nan had taught Linghu Di's son Linghu Tian a lesson today.
To be honest, all the elders had heard about Linghutian's deeds in the sect. However, because Linghutian's attacks were not very serious, and most of the disciples he bullied were weak and had no background, Coupled with Linghudi's intention to cover up and provide a lot of compensation, most of the elders sided with Linghu and his son, leaving Elder Tianyin unable to determine Linghutian's guilt. Every time he was caught His handles will be protected by many elders who will push him away.
However, even if Linghudi was able to win over many elders with his own connections, in the last election of the great elder, Linghudi could still only tie with Tianyin.
The elders certainly had their own selfish desires, but when faced with Linghudi's gift just to ask them to say a few words to save their son from being punished, they all readily agreed.
However, when faced with serious matters such as electing a great elder, they would abandon their selfish desires and make decisions openly.
Linghu Di's ability to still receive half of the votes under such circumstances also shows from another perspective that his own abilities have been recognized by many elders.
"I am confident that I am still awake now, and what I proposed is also a real possibility. The only special situation happening in Qingcheng Mountain today is that Prince Zhan took his son up the mountain. This purple thunder The descent happened shortly after their father and son left. Isn’t this enough to show that their appearance may have some kind of connection with the purple thunder?”
"Prince Zhan has a very good personal relationship with the former head of Qingcheng Mountain. For more than ten years, he has maintained the habit of visiting Qingcheng Mountain every spring in March. I don't think he has any hostility towards Qingcheng Mountain. There is no doubt about this suspicion. Based on this, it can be completely ruled out!" Tianyin said angrily.
"Haha, there is no hostility? Now Emperor Zhou has ordered the Yan Guards to lead an army to conquer the six states.
Although everyone in the court complained about Emperor Zhou's cruelty and greed, they all respected him out of fear.
Our Qingcheng Mountain is close to Chang'an City, which will inevitably attract the covetous attention of Emperor Zhou. Emperor Zhou was also a participant in the original human-monster war. It is impossible for him not to know the wealth of that war..."
"The results of the array test are out, everyone, please be quiet!" Sima Nan opened his eyes and said slowly.
At this time, the other elders remained silent, watching their eyes, nose, and heart, and allowed Tianyin and Linghu to argue. When Sima Nan spoke, they began to take action.
Tianyin glared at Linghudi fiercely. Linghudi seemed to realize his gaffe and didn't say anything more.
After all, what happened back then was not very glorious for Qingcheng Mountain.
"I have just thoroughly inspected the situation of the mountain-protecting formation. Because the two elders who used to protect the formation went to retreat two years ago, the mountain-protecting formation has been left unattended and maintained.
There are already several problems. Today, the elders used formations to transmit their consciousness, causing it to have a flaw for a moment.
At this moment, Prince Zhan happened to take his son away from Qingcheng Mountain, and Qingcheng Mountain also happened to be punished by thunder. The formation has been paralyzed by 50%! "
"Fifty percent?!"
"Fifty percent?!"
Tianyin immediately exclaimed, and Linghudi stood up.
You must know that Qingcheng Mountain's formation is a sixth-grade formation, which protects the entire Qingcheng Mountain. An ordinary sixth-grade master will use all his strength to blast the formation for a whole day without the formation trembling at all, unless a seventh-grade warrior comes and triggers the world. Great power may be able to touch the formation.
And such a large formation was destroyed by 50% under the purple thunder just now. How terrifying is this thunder!
Moreover, if 50% of such a giant formation was destroyed, the amount of repair materials required would be close to astronomical, the number of manpower required would be huge, and the time required would be even longer.
It can be said that this thunder is really a disaster for Qingcheng Mountain!
"Don't worry for the time being. I protected the formation immediately so that the disciples could not see the flaw. This news must not be leaked, especially not let the disciples know, otherwise it will definitely cause them to panic." Sima Nan said in a deep voice, "Okay, that's the end of today's matter. No one should mention it anymore. The attitude of Prince Zhan should be whatever it is. Anyone who comes is a guest, so treat him as a guest. If he is an enemy, , treat them as enemies.
But when the enemy is unknown, be sure to keep a wide berth. Let me announce the results of the last meeting. I think the suitable candidate for the position of Great Elder is Linghu Di. "
There was no applause, no cheers, just Linghudi's slow nod.
Tianyin was also neither happy nor sad, with a calm expression.
"I leave this formation repair work to you, Great Elder Linghu!" Sima Nan said calmly.
Linghudi nodded slightly.
The hall soon returned to calm, and all the elders dispersed. Only Sima Nan was left in the hall, sitting under the statue of Sanqing.
After a long time, Sima Nan stood up, put three sticks of incense in the incense burner, knelt down and kowtowed.
A sigh……
"Master, is this the punishment you give Qingcheng Mountain?"
