Smokey Cold Peak.
Inside Piyong Hall.
A female gentleman with average facial features but elegant and dignified temperament is holding a scroll of Taoist scriptures and thinking about something, with a trace of sadness on her face.
Under the stage, more than ten exquisite wooden tables were placed, with pens, inks, paper and inkstones and a volume of "Daohua Jing" placed on them.
In front of each table, there is a disciple in rich attire, sitting solemnly. Although the gentleman is distracted, no one dares to disturb him, and each of them holds a book and reads it carefully.
At the two tables at the front of the crowd, there is a woman on the left, wearing a long dress embroidered with gold silk. She has heroic features and is quite proud. Her eyes occasionally look to the right, showing a hint of disdain.
The woman on the right, with a heavenly beauty, wearing a moon-white pleated Ruyi moon skirt, holding a scripture with slender jade fingers and reading it carefully, exuding an indifference that would repel people thousands of miles away, is Han Qiaozhi.
Piyong Hall is the place where classes are taught in the peak. Today, Mr. Lin Yuxilin, a monk who forms the alchemy system, is here to tell his disciples the Taoist scroll "Daohua Sutra" and teach them the meaning of Taoism.
Lin Yuxi does not belong to the peaks. She is a guest elder of the Purple Jade Sect. She has a distinguished status and is invited by each church. She will teach at various peaks regularly and has a certain influence on all peaks.
Today is the day of teaching that was agreed with Yan Hanfeng early. Those who can sit down in the main hall are mostly disciples with higher status or talents, and even some disciples from the inner sect of the outer peak.
The side hall was more lively, with more than a hundred disciples in different clothes sitting cross-legged at a rather short table, listening carefully to the goings on in the main hall.
"Mr. Lin's sermon stopped for a while." The side hall was not as quiet as the main hall, and there were many disciples. Although the overall situation is not noisy, there is no teacher to manage it, so it is more casual. At this time, Mr. Lin stopped teaching for a moment, and inevitably some people gradually became distracted and started whispering.
"Not because of Fengjun's incident, Mr. Lin gave lectures at various peaks and was full of students. I heard that one of his favorite disciples was Fengjunzi He Qing. However, He Qing was seriously injured and returned to the sect a few days ago. It was inevitable that Mr. Sad and concerned."
"If the master of the Dancaotang Medicine Hall hadn't said that his life was not in danger after he came out of Heqingdong Mansion last night, Mr. Lin would probably have refused today's class."
Listening to the discussions of some of the disciples beside her, Qiaohan lowered her head. Although she was a maid and only had low-grade spiritual roots, she was fortunate enough to be able to listen to the alchemy teachings in this side hall because of her master.
But since this class, I have always seemed to be a little absent-minded.
Suddenly, two figures walked over, both dressed as maids. After chatting something with the disciple at Qiaohan's table, the other disciple stood up and moved out of the way.
The two maids sat down and looked at Qiao Han with evil intentions. One of them looked at the younger maid and said in a sinister tone:
"As an inner disciple's attendant, why did you come to this corner? I almost couldn't find you."
Another older maid echoed:
"Sister, it's not your fault. Last time, she was so ashamed that many disciples pointed at her. I thought she wouldn't come this time."
Qiao Han's face turned pale. These two women were Han Qiaozhi's competitors, that is, the woman sitting at the front of the main hall with Han Qiaozhi - Xia Fengwu's maid.
After the master used Yan Hanfeng's name to break into the law enforcement hall, Master Yan Han said nothing, but rumors about Han Qiaozhi's domineering character gradually spread in the peak.
Since the incident in Shibao Village, these discussions have only added fuel to the fire:
The Xuankui sect raped our great sect outside, but inside the peak where the two golden elixir masters are located, they only rely on their power. Even the first Lingzhifu in the middle of the peak was captured by the law enforcement hall, and they did not hesitate to forcefully pressure Xing Shan. peak.
As the Purple Jade Sect has been in peace for a long time, the class monopoly has become more and more serious. Many grassroots disciples are disgusted with these power struggles.
That's all. The key point is that I heard that Ling Zhifu is a disciple of Yu Life Peak. What does it have to do with Yan Han Peak?
Therefore, under the guidance of some caring people, the discussion about Han Qiaozhi in the Yanhan Peak became rampant. Many people bluntly said that she was using public power for personal gain and was not worthy of being an inner disciple.
Among the inner disciples of Yan Hanfeng's generation, most are senior disciples who have been practicing for a long time. The new entrants to the inner sect, besides Han Qiaozhi recently, are Xia Fengwu who entered the inner sect two years ago.
Both of them are at the stage of entering the inner sect for the first time. Although each of the peaks has enough resources to train inner sect disciples, there will also be competition when it comes to some scarcer resources.
For example, in a few years, a secret realm of the Purple Jade Sect, Qingyuan Mountain, will be opened. There are not many places. Like the two of them who are new to the inner sect, it is estimated that only one person can get a place.
When competition for such key resources occurs, if the real person does not say anything, some prestigious elders will discuss it and select a disciple to win this opportunity. The disciple who is not selected can only receive some other compensation.
Three people make a tiger. If public opinion accidentally reaches the ears of an elder one day, and there is some attitude tilt in the allocation of key resources, it will inevitably have some impact on the master.
Therefore, Qiao Han also doubted whether Xia Fengwu was secretly fueling the public opinion in Fengzhong.
Especially in the past few days, Xia Fengwu's two maids did not know whether they were instructed by someone or whether they volunteered to compete for their master.
He often found himself when there were many disciples, causing the two peaks to visit the Law Enforcement Hall for discussion and ridicule him. Although he did not dare to mention Han Qiaozhi's name directly, the indirect influence was achieved.
Qiaohan's little face flushed slightly anxiously. After being poked at her spine and commented on a few times, she secretly cried several times after she returned. I didn't dare to tell my master and Haruzhi, lest they worry.
Unexpectedly, even though she hid in this corner this time, they would come to her door. She could only act like an angry kitten and whispered:
"Sir, I won't talk to you when you teach. Please don't bother me."
In fact, she, who was always very sharp-tongued, didn't know how to refute. Because, this matter is really about the master forcing himself to stand up for someone who has nothing to do with him.
Thinking of this, she felt aggrieved. She didn't dare to blame the master, only the little Ling Zhifu.
You have caused so much trouble for your master by taking advantage of his fellow countrymen's friendship with you! Even I have suffered so much for you! How abominable!
If you see him in the future, you must give him a look.
"Haha, we can't affect the main hall here." The older maid rolled her eyes. They finally found Qiaohan, how could they just give up so easily? They pretended to be curious and asked in a slightly louder voice:
"I heard that you know the name of Yuli Peak Lingzhi's husband?"
Suddenly many people's attention was attracted, Yu Lifeng Lingzhihu? Isn't that the person who visited the Law Enforcement Hall between the two peaks the day before yesterday?
Many disciples looked over and recognized Han Qiaozhi's maid, and started talking about her.
Still can't escape. Qiaohan's face turned pale and she lowered her head. These days, she is most afraid of people asking her for Lingzhi's name, and she might even feel ashamed.
The two maids beside her started singing and singing together, and she could only listen silently, but what made her most uncomfortable was the increasingly disapproving private conversations about her master.
"Is the Lingzhifu you are talking about Su Xing from Yuli Peak?"
Suddenly, a somewhat inappropriate voice reached her ears, and Qiaohan was stunned. She had never mentioned this name to anyone else.
"There is only one Ling Zhihu in Yu Life Peak, and it's probably him."
"What! How can you allow you to insult this person like this! Although this cultivator is a spiritual cultivator, he has killed Xuan Kui's disciples, and now he is at the top of the merit list for killing Xuan Kui!"
"What's going on with you people from Yanhan Peak?!"
