When Duan Ping entered, several people were already sitting in the room.
With a quick glance, all the outer disciples were there except Tong Hao and Zhai Wenhui.
"There are quite a lot of people today." Duan Ping sat in the penultimate chair. Although it is said that there is no ranking among the disciples of the outer sect, they are all called according to the senior brothers and juniors before and after the entrance, so this time it can't be messed up easily. Originally, there were six people who went up the mountain behind Duan Ping, but after leaving Huiliu Mountain, they all left one after another. Now the only one calling him senior brother is Yu Dahong, an outer disciple who went up the mountain later than him. Of course, Yun Xiaodong politely called them Senior Brothers when they met each other, but they were direct disciples, and they were protected by Senior Senior Brother, how dare they call themselves Senior Senior Brothers so shamelessly.
Among them, in terms of seniority, Shao Jinming has the most seniority among the outer disciples. He is already in his forties. In terms of age, he is definitely the oldest among the disciples of Huiliu Mountain. Behind Mo Chen. There was no way, he was in his late twenties when he went up the mountain, and even though Mo Chen was still young at that time, he had already officially become a teacher.
If you want to talk about cultivation and kung fu, then you have to count Zhai Wenhui. Zhai Wenhui is a good person with solid skills and good popularity.
But in the past year or so, Zhai Wenhui's popularity has not been so good.
Zhai Wenhui was outstanding when Zongmen took the school entrance examination, which made some people murmur. Not to mention that he hooked up with Second Senior Sister later on. What else is there to sing about now? Everyone is asking, the master may have to accept one more direct disciple. If Zhai Wenhui is just better at kung fu than others, everyone can still work hard to fight for it. But he is obviously climbing into nepotism, so what else is there to argue about
Among the group of people who left before, some people left because of this. There is no hope for this opportunity, and it is uncertain when the master will accept another direct disciple next time. Promising people don't want to waste their time here. Those who didn't go, in fact, may not be silent in their hearts.
"Senior Brother Shao, why did you call us here?"
"Senior Brother Jiang came here just now and brought over the anti-drug pill, which was given by Ji Zhenren. Recently, the city of Beifu is not peaceful. I heard that someone was poisoned. I don't know who did it. This anti-drug pill is worn by each person. On the body, be more careful."
Shao Jinming also gave Duan Ping a pill: "We have all of them, this one is for you."
Duan Ping quickly got up and took it: "Thank you, Brother Shao."
"Thank you for what I did." Shao Jinming waved his hand: "Where is Junior Brother Tong? He's not with you?"
"No."
Because they took turns patrolling, they stayed in pairs. Tong Hao and Duan Ping are on the same page, but their tempers don't get along very well, Duan Ping can't hide things in his heart, but Tong Hao is a dull gourd, he can go on for days without saying a word. The two are awkward with each other, so it's not surprising that Tong Hao finds an empty room to go to Duan Ping alone.
"Forget it, he doesn't talk much, so it's hard for you to look at his face every day." Shao Jinming didn't like Tong Hao very much either. For this kind of person who keeps silent all day long, everyone doesn't understand what he is thinking, and they have nothing to say to him. Sometimes when he was there, everyone felt uncomfortable.
Shao Jinming also gave Duan Ping the last of the anti-drug pills that Jiang Fan gave just now: "Then you can give it to him later."
Duan Ping responded, but looking at this person's distribution of anti-drug pills, he couldn't help asking: "In addition to this, I don't know if Ji Zhenren gave anything else?"
Duan Ping always felt that these outside disciples were much worse than his own disciples. Even though the sect is small, the direct disciples don't have the conditions to be popular and hot, but one side is the outer sect, and the other is the direct sect. If there is something to do, people will know first, and if there are good things, they will be in their hands first. When there is work, they will take the lead.
Sometimes it's frustrating to think about it.
Shao Jinming glanced at him: "What do you mean? Ji Zhenzhen gave a total of eight, and the senior brother said that we will do our best first. You must put your mind on it and don't keep thinking about it."
Duan Ping quickly agreed.
If you want to say that the big brother is nothing, he is fair and never bullies others.
Although Duan Ping didn't have much knowledge, he had also heard about the life of some outer disciples of some sects. That's just the mud on the soles of people's feet. Not to mention, they saw it with their own eyes when they were in Tianji Mountain. They didn't know which branch of Tianji Mountain the two inner disciples were. Then his ear was slapped, and he was beaten left and right before letting him go. The outer disciple didn't dare to say a word.
After such a time, Duan Ping completely died of leaving Huiliu Mountain.
The Huiliu Mountain sect is small, but the sect master and the elder brothers are all good-hearted. The Great Sect seems to be very powerful, but for the outer disciples, the power and benefits are not available to the outer disciples, and they are bullied instead. I heard that in some sects, more than a dozen outer sect disciples died for no apparent reason in a year.
At least life is stable in Huiliu Mountain.
Thinking of this, Duan Ping felt more at ease.
But then he became worried about something else: "Didn't we say that there is a formation in this house? Ordinary people shouldn't be able to get in, right? Then Zhenren Ji gave us poison pills... Could it be that it's not safe not to go out in the house?"
"Ordinary people shouldn't be able to get in." Shao Jinming said: "If someone really has the ability to break through the formation, he wouldn't use methods like poisoning, right?" Poison pills are a good thing, even if you don’t need them now, they can be used for self-defense when you go out in the future.”
I heard that the group of people who died deliberately wanted to compete for the position of the next city lord. But they didn't come here for this. This is the hometown of the master, and no one on the Huiliu Mountain wants to compete for the city lord. Master is famous, and going to Ruoshuitai is just to witness the big event of the change of the city lord, so there shouldn't be any serious danger.
Duan Ping kept his own one in his bosom, and prepared the other one, and gave it to Tong Hao when he saw him.
To be honest, even in a place like Huiliu Mountain, Tong Hao can still live so comfortably. If he is in another place, it's no wonder he doesn't let people eat his bones.
But when Shao Jinming said it was all right and let them go, Duan Ping and Yu Dahong went out. It wasn't long before Yu Dahong went up the mountain. Before Xiaodong went up the mountain, he should be the youngest on the mountain. However, unlike Yun Xiaodong's skinny little scholar, Yu Dahong looks very strong and tall. He is a helpless person. When he came up the mountain, he sincerely wanted to learn from his teacher, but his talents were limited. Even if he stayed on the mountain, he would just eat a pot of rice, and his body became stronger. , swordsmanship is not very enlightened, as for the cultivation base of true energy... that is almost none. But he worked diligently, and he was willing to do the rough work that others didn't like to do, so he just stayed on the mountain like this.
Even if others are jealous of talents, they will not have any thoughts about Da Hong. It is impossible for this person to gain any benefits, and it will not hinder others, so no one will dislike him.
"Senior Brother Duan, if you have no other orders, then I'll fetch water."
The weather was cold, and everyone didn't like to do the work of fetching water, so it was Yu Dahong who was serious. When returning to Liushan, there were many handymen on the mountain, but now the place is changed, and everything is simplified, and the disciples have to do many tasks by themselves.
"then you go."
Duan Ping went back to the house first with the anti-drug pill in his mouth, Tong Hao's house was empty.
This person did not know where to find a quiet place to hide.
In fact, Duan Ping could not understand him very much. He patrols with Tong Hao these days, and he feels less and less fond of this man. It is uncomfortable to look at people's eyes at ordinary times.
What about the eyes... It's obvious that the person is standing opposite you, and his eyes are looking at you, but it always makes people feel that he is not looking at you at all, and you are not worthy of being respected at all.
So what if his cultivation base is slightly higher
Anyway, if Master wants to accept disciples, no one can beat Zhai Wenhui.
Duan Ping felt sour at the thought of this.
In terms of appearance, Zhai Wenhui is good-looking, he is the only one on the mountain besides the elder brother. Of course Yun Xiaodong was born well, but he was still young after all.
Don't say it's useless to have a pretty face, wouldn't this come in handy
Senior sister Linglong has always been domineering, and she is more favored than others in front of her master. Zhai Wenhui hooked up with her but found a shortcut to the sky.
Duan Ping thought for a while, feeling sour.
His mind was disturbed, and he couldn't calm down even when he was meditating.
It gets dark early in Beifu City, it's almost dawn before half a day, and it's dark after half a day. The Huiliu Mountain people are not used to this kind of weather. They always feel that this winter is too long, as if it will never pass.
Someone outside knocked on the door and called out, "Junior Brother Duan? Are you in the house?"
Duan Ping opened his eyes and answered, and went to open the door.
It was Jiang Fan who came to look for him.
Duan Ping didn't dare to neglect this personal senior brother, he hurriedly said: "Why is Jiang senior brother here at this time? Is there something to do with me? If you have something to do, senior brother just give orders?"
"I just came to ask you, have you seen Junior Brother Yu Dahong?"
Jiang Fan felt that the assignment of guards was due to the fact that his younger brother was too stupid to do his best, so he offered to partner with him at that time, and they would be the two of them to patrol tonight.
"Junior Brother Yu?" Duan Ping was startled.
Yu Dahong is a very reasonable person, he usually does everything first, and he will definitely not delay such important tasks as patrolling.
"He said he was going to fetch water in the afternoon, but I didn't see him when I went back to the house."
Jiang Fan nodded: "Then I'll go to the backyard to have a look, maybe there's something stuck. Junior Brother Duan just do what he wants."
Duan Ping couldn't calm down anyway, so he simply went out of the room: "Senior Brother Jiang and I happened to have something about footwork and wanted to ask Senior Brother Jiang."
"Okay, let's talk as we walk."
It was already dark, and there was a pair of stone lamps not far from Qingshi Road, but these lamps were not looked after, and they had long been out.
Of course, Jiang Fan and Duan Ping's eyesight could see the road clearly at night, the two walked while talking, and sometimes made gestures with their hands. (to be continued)