When the candle burned to the end, a bright spark exploded and disappeared. The surrounding area was shrouded in faint moonlight, and shadows were everywhere. Wei Shiqi stood up and walked out of the house, looking up at the dark Demon Suppression Tower, his heart was up and down and he couldn't control himself.
He vaguely felt that he was caught in a chaotic chess game, his eyes were darkened, he couldn't see clearly, and he couldn't understand. It is important for a person to be self-aware. If you want to get something, you must pay a corresponding price. From Ruan Jing to Ziyang Taoist, both the master and the disciple looked at him differently. This was not a good sign. He is a chess piece on the chessboard. His advancement and retreat are controlled by others, but he doesn't know where his position is and whether he will become an abandoned piece. He had a strong premonition that from the moment he stepped onto Flowing Stone Peak, his fate would be closely intertwined with the Demon Suppression Tower.
The person who can answer his doubts is in seclusion for recovery and will not show up for seven or eight years. If she is safe and sound, she may be able to reveal the whole story of the chess game and tell him the truth behind it all.
Thinking of the slow and beautiful girl sitting on a branch and chewing peaches, Wei Shiqi couldn't help but feel a sense of warmth in his heart.
Just when he was restless, the situation at the top of Liushi Peak suddenly changed, and a bright sword light flashed across the sky, like a meteor falling to the ground, unstoppable. Wei Shiqi hurriedly looked back and saw a huge flying sickle stuck diagonally on Shiliang Rock. A man stands with his feet on the handle of a sickle, his hands behind his back, and his clothes are fluttering like immortals in the night wind.
Everyone in Shiliangyan was alarmed. The sect leader Lu Wei came out and led a group of disciples to greet him. He smiled and said: "Welcome Master Lu for coming out of seclusion!" Everyone knelt down and said in unison: "Welcome Elder Lu. Exit!"
Wei Shiqi heard from Yu Yao that there were two Kunlun elders in the Gouyan Sect. One of them was named Lu and had a single name of "Ping". He had a high and powerful position. He once competed with Ziyang Taoist for the position of the head of Kunlun, but was defeated by Qingming Sword. . He looked intently and saw that Elder Nalu had a handsome appearance, with gray beard and hair, and fine lines on his brows and corners of his eyes, giving him a somewhat unearthly appearance.
Lu Ping held up three strands of his clear beard, laughed loudly, and said: "Okay, okay, you are all on the mountain - hey, where is Muzi, where has he been?" He was lazy by nature and only accepted three disciples. The apprentice died young and fell in the Demon Suppression Tower. The second apprentice Yao Jiang went down the mountain to practice and died in the miasma leaf forest outside the town customs. The youngest apprentice was Li Muzi.
Lu Wei said: "Junior Sister Song, Junior Brother Li and Yao'er are still in Chixia Valley to eliminate the corpse-eating vine demon. They should arrive in a few days. This matter is a long story. Please move to Cold Spring Cave."
Lu Ping was very shrewd and had already heard that Lu Wei had something important to report. He pondered for a moment and said, "Okay, let's go to Cold Spring Cave." Then he put away his flying scythe and stepped down to Shiliangyan. Lu Wei dismissed a group of second-generation disciples , only asked Jin Peiyu to follow him, and accompanied Elder Lu to the Cold Spring Cave.
Jin Peiyu has drooped eyebrows, a gray face, and a sad look. Although he is not amazing in appearance, he is good at brewing tea and is highly valued by the sect master.
Wei Shiqi looked at them from a distance, and suddenly remembered the Xiandu Sect far to the west of Kunlun Mountain, and felt a little melancholy. He has been pushed to the edge of the cliff by fate. With no support from his classmates behind him, he can only walk alone. Although Kunlun is big, he can only live in it. He will not be accepted and cannot truly become one of them.
Lu Ping seemed to sense something, and suddenly stopped, turned around, and his eyes fell on Wei Shiqi's face. His eyes faintly ignited with two dancing flames. Wei Shiqi's expression changed drastically. He instinctively closed his eyes and took a few steps back, as if he was burned by the hot gaze.
"Who is he? Why haven't I seen him before?" Lu Ping frowned. For some reason, his first impression of this person was very bad.
Lu Wei said: "He is the master's nephew. His surname is Wei and his name is Wei Shiqi. Elder Ruan accepted a disciple on his father's behalf and introduced him to the Sword Control Sect."
"The master's nephew? Ruan Yatou accepts a disciple on his father's behalf? This is already the third one!"
"Yes, he will stay temporarily in Shiliangyan and will make arrangements after the master returns."
"Where is the leader now?"
"Still at Cliff Peak and haven't returned yet."
Lu Ping was thoughtful and said to himself: "It seems that a lot of things happened during the days when I was in seclusion..."
The three of them walked slowly around to the back of Shiliang Rock and entered the Cold Spring Cave where the spiritual tablets of the ancestors of the Goukand Sect were enshrined.
After walking for more than ten steps, two forked roads appeared ahead. Lu Ping turned to the right first and came to a stone room. There is a spring in the corner of the stone room. The gurgling water is like a jade-singing luan. It pours into the pool along the stone water tank. The water in the pool is as clear as a mirror. It neither overflows nor diminishes.
Lu and Lu sat down, while Jin Peiyu was fetching water and making tea, silently.
Lu Wei coughed lightly and told the whole story of Tai Yi Zong's thousands-mile attack on Chixia Valley. He calmly mentioned the head's decision to exchange the Mountain and River Vitality Lock and the Moonlight Rotating Mirror for a group of side sect members.
The aroma of tea lingered in the stone room. Lu Ping raised his cup and took a sip. After a long time, he sighed slightly and said: "The lesser of two evils, the master made a dangerous move."
After a moment, he asked again: "Then what is the origin of Wei Shiqi?"
"I wonder if my uncle still remembers the two beautiful pythons that escaped from the Demon Suppression Tower?"
"It must be Grandma Tong. She was injured by the sun's fire while trying to save her grandson. She had less than 10% of her cultivation left in her life and could not escape from the Kunlun Mountains."
"Yes, at that time, Elder Ruan was ordered by the leader to chase Grandma Tong all the way to Qianren Peak. The younger beauty python died in the hands of Qi Du of Pingyuan Sect, and the older one escaped into Qiupao Valley of Xiandu Peak. , the lamp ran out of oil and could not withstand Elder Ruan's sword. At that time, Wei Shiqi was a disciple of the Xiandu Sect and worshiped under Xun Ye's sect. Elder Ruan met him for the first time in Qiutao Valley. From that day on, he entered Kunlun’s vision.”
"And after that?"
Yao Jiang, Green Rust Sword, Town Customs, Miasmic Leaf Forest, Tiebou People's Cavalry, Chixia Valley Sword Theory, Thunder Fire Tribulation Cloud, Mountainside Refuge, Corpse-eating Vine Demon, Tieling Town, Kangping, Cliff Peak, Phoenix Terrace, Lu Wei Yi came together, and then wrote lightly: "The two of them are in love, and Wei Shiqi is the master's nephew. His future is limitless. For the sake of the sect, I promised Yao'er to him."
Lu Ping snorted and said solemnly: "The master's nephew can't move?"
Lu Wei said categorically: "You can't move."
"Okay, okay, now..." Lu Ping looked back at Jin Peiyu, his eyelids twitching, and his heart was filled with doubts, and he suddenly said, "Why don't you let your apprentice avoid it and insist on showing your cards in front of her?"
"Uncle Lu, Peiyu has been with me for twenty years and has never shown up. Do you know that she has been practicing at Liushi Peak for seven years before becoming my master?"
Lu Ping narrowed his eyes and looked her up and down, his eyes ignited with beating flames again. Jin Peiyu's face was calm, and she was making tea calmly, without any trembling in her hands.
"Amazing! Who did you practice with for seven years?"
"Uncle Shi from the Poison Sword Sect."
Lu Ping was silent for a long time and murmured: "It's a stone iron bell. No wonder... the tea was filled with Sanhua Wuqi Dissipating Yuan Powder! Is it your intention or the master's to join forces between Goujian Sect and Poison Sword Sect?" ?”
Lu Wei avoided answering and just said: "Uncle Lu's injury has not healed, why not continue to retreat to recuperate?"
