On the day before going back, Baitang went to Zhao's house according to the original plan, and it was Zhao Hong who came out to meet her. Zhao Hong got her order and made preparations long ago, and the internal injury he suffered from Baitang was healed by Baitang on the day he returned to City B. This method of abolishing and healing is too amazing, Zhao Hong can't think of betrayal after receiving the teaching, not to mention his life is in the hands of the other party, so he can't help being disobedient.
"The elders are all meeting in the council. Today is the family's monthly summary meeting. Except for a few elders, all the people with authority in the Zhao family are there." After receiving Baitang, Zhao Hong talked about the recent situation of the Zhao family. "Miss, do you want to meet the clan elders directly or just go there?"
"It's okay for you to come out like this?"
"Thank you, Miss, for your concern. I have little power, and the elders didn't force me to participate on the excuse that I might make a breakthrough if I got inspired in cultivation." Zhao Hong took Baitang to the Zhao family's main house through a secret passage. Along the way, because of prior arrangements, neither of them met anyone from the Zhao family.
"Just wait for them to finish the meeting." Baitang knew from Zhao Hong that the summary meeting was over, and the patriarch, the two innate realm masters, and the Zhao family's pillar elders would stay to make decisions for their small group. discuss.
Zhao Hong was overjoyed, and took this free time to ask Baitang a lot of questions. Baitang didn't refuse, everyone had already accepted, so naturally he had to give the other party a little sweetness so that the other party could work hard.
When the meeting ended, Zhao Hong reluctantly swallowed the next question he was about to say, and brought Baitang to the council. There are three innate realm masters sitting in the Senate, so when the meeting is held, there are never disciples guarding the door outside the door, and the two of them easily pushed the door open and entered.
Seeing Zhao Hong coming in, the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Zhigang, was taken aback for a moment, and then scolded: "When did you not even understand the rules?" Not only did he not notify him before he came in, but he also brought a strange woman in.
"Patriarch, the three elders, the one I brought here is Dr. Bai who cured Zhao Zhen's internal injuries a while ago."
"What? That Doctor Bai?" Zhao Zhigang looked past Zhao Hong to Bai Tang, and frowned after looking at him. The doctor was too young, younger than they thought. "How do you do things? Doctor Bai is here. Why don't you ask someone to inform you first, so we can send someone to pick him up."
"Doctor Bai chose to come in at this time, I'm afraid it's not appropriate." The elder said after looking at it, "Zhao Hong, take Doctor Bai to the living room."
Zhao Hong didn't make any movement to respond. Looking at the four people in the seat, he replied in a leisurely manner: "Miss asked me to bring her here because she knew that the three elders and patriarchs were here."
"Miss?" The First Elder frowned, and he keenly felt the strangeness in this title. Zhao Hong is a disciple of his lineage who is highly valued by him, and he knows very clearly what kind of disposition this disciple is. Now she actually made an attitude towards an outsider who followed her lead. "Zhao Hong, what's going on? Why do you respect an outsider as Miss?"
"Great Elder, Zhao Hong will explain this to you in the future." Zhao Hong was still grateful to the Great Elder, but in front of Baitang, these gratitude became his burden.
"In the future?" The Great Elder smiled angrily, this is the disciple he valued. He wanted to say something, but Zhao Shu, the patriarch of the Zhao family, stopped him with his eyes.
Zhao Shu's eyes met Baitang's, he rubbed the armrest of the seat with his palm, and said with a smile, "I don't know what advice Dr. Bai has for our Zhao family when he comes here?" Zhao Hong's behavior is enough to prove that the visitor is not good, but, Zhao Shu's self-cultivation is profound, and he doesn't have any plans for a teenage girl.
"I heard that the Zhao family intends to invite me here, no matter what means." Bai Tang finally spoke.
"The disciples of our Zhao family were taken away by you?" Zhao Zhigang immediately understood the meaning of her words, and his face was not very good-looking. Because of the Han family, they had no time to take care of a young doctor who didn't know the depth. As a result, the two disciples they sent were broken on the way to S City. At that time, he thought it was an accident, but now it is clear that it was the other party's tricks. "The little doctor has good guts."
Bai Tang smiled softly, "Is the patriarch Zhao admitting it?" Zhao Zhigang didn't answer, and Bai Tang didn't care, and his eyes slowly shifted to Zhao Shu, "If you just want to deal with me alone, it will be difficult for a few of you to come here. It's ok."
"If Dr. Bai is willing to cooperate, how can we deal with it?" The second elder who had been silent all this time replied, "Our Zhao family is very sincere and wants to invite Dr. Bai to join. As long as Dr. Bai has the ability, we can do anything. Sit down and talk slowly."
"Then there's no need. I came here today because I have something to do. I'll leave after I'm done." Before a few people could ask what was going on, Bai Tang attacked Zhao Shu. Almost instantly, after the other three people reacted, what was left to them was Zhao Shu with a weak breath and no fluctuations in his internal energy.
The three were terrified, looking at Baitang who hadn't even taken a step, they all lost the ability to speak.
"I don't believe it!" On the contrary, Zhao Shu, the clan elder who has always been deep in the city, lost his proud calmness and shouted loudly at Baitang, "A teenage girl has reached the level that we have all stepped over. , Did you use poison?" Otherwise, let him accept how he has practiced for a lifetime, but in the end he didn't even get a glimpse of the Dzogchen in the later stage, but a girl film of his grandson broke through that step. That's ridiculous too!
Use poison? The three who left their seats to support Zhao Shu looked at each other, with an unspeakable bitterness pervading their hearts. If there is a kind of poison in this world, it can make a late-stage Xiantian master lose all internal energy within a breath, and these aristocratic families will not break the long-standing balance just because they have one more Xiantian.
"Patriarch Zhao, my business is over, let's leave now." Bai Tang ignored Zhao Shu's questioning, turned and left. Zhao Hong didn't follow out, and after watching Baitang's figure disappear from his eyes, he turned to the four people in the room again. The lady can just walk away without saying anything, but he wants to carry the lady's warning perfectly.
"Patriarch, do you want someone to help the patriarch down to rest first?" For this patriarch who still refuses to accept the reality, Zhao Hong will no longer take him to heart. A useless person, the Zhao family is not generous enough to reserve a place for him, and it will be good if no one goes to throw trouble at that time.
Zhao Zhigang was silent for a while, then sighed, "Second Elder, I will trouble you to take the clan elders with you to rest." The Zhao family can't afford to offend the masters who have broken through the shackles of the innate realm, not to mention that there is still a Han family watching covetously by the side. . "Today's matter can only come to us. Presumably the two elders are sensible people." Between the words, Zhao Shu was directly excluded from the outside.
The First Elder and the Second Elder looked at each other and nodded together.
"Zhao Hong, can you clarify the previous question now?" It was the First Elder who asked the question. Compared with Zhao Zhigang and the Second Elder's sad mentality, the First Elder's heart is more excited about the coming of an opportunity . Therefore, the attitude towards Zhao Hong put aside the arrogance of being an elder and a master in the past.
Zhao Hong lowered his eyes and smiled, his chance finally came. "I will make it clear, Great Elder."
On the other side, Baitang who left the Zhao family met Xie Zhou in an unremarkable drink shop. Xie Zhou has a baby face, and Bai Tang is a junior high school student in his teens. The two of them sit among a group of young lovers and are not conspicuous.
"Only warriors will join the world to intervene in the power that City B puts on the surface." With the soundproof barrier arranged by Baitang, Xie Zhou is not worried that what the two of them say will be heard by others, "Secretly, it seems that the three sects They all have connections with the cultivation world here, but I didn’t see those who came out and walked around.”
"Then are there any monks who come and go to the residences of these three sects, or even live in them?"
"I have personally visited all three sects. Cloud Firmament Sect and Tianshan Sect should not have monks who come and go frequently. In the case of Jin Jianzong, there were no monks at first. I don't know what happened recently, but they suddenly moved around."
Bai Tang thought of Gu Chen's sharp sword, "Since the three sects are all related to the monastic world, have you checked in detail that these three sects will bring a few young disciples out every few years?" Far away, how many people will be missing when you come back?"
Xie Zhou's eloquent expression paused, and the answer was self-evident. "Master, what do you mean is that those sects in the cultivation world will select disciples from their sects who have the aptitude for cultivating immortals?" Xiu, I wish I could stay away from the righteous sect.
"If there were no disciples to inherit the Taoism, the inheritance of Taoism here would have been broken long ago."
"Master is wise." Xie Zhou slapped a flattering, "I just don't know what is the use of master knowing this? Could it be that master wants to take advantage of their apprenticeship to sneak into one of the sects?" Xie Zhou He didn't dare to think that Baitang wanted to go to the mountains to learn from a teacher. Although he didn't know the strength of the monastic world, he also knew the methods used by the other party. He must have a complete set of inheritance that was no worse than a sect. Teachers are needed.
"Just check the information, the more detailed the better, especially the list of the disciples who were taken away each time and the list of the few disciples who didn't come back." With these lists, she can judge the resources of the cultivation world here .
"The subordinate understands, and will definitely give the master a detailed information as soon as possible."
After walking out of the drink shop, Baitang went straight back to the villa. Bai Nan knew that she had gone to Zhao's house, and had been waiting for her to come back in the villa.
Finally seeing Bai Tang coming in, Bai Nan walked over a few steps and asked, "Is everything going well?" Seeing Bai Tang nodding, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief. "We're going back tomorrow. Have you packed your things? Do you want me to help?"
"It's just some clothes and some souvenirs." The siblings went upstairs while talking.
In the evening, Gu Yan's villa welcomed not only old man Cui, but also Gu Chen. The only person who was surprised by Gu Chen's appearance was Bai Nan. Bai's father was the one in the Bai family who knew Gu Yan's life experience the deepest, and he had also met Gu Yan's real elder brother.
"Your name is Bai Nan?" Gu Chen has investigated the information of the two siblings, and there are also their photos. But he didn't pay much attention to Bai Nan's little brother who didn't have any sense of existence. When they met, Cui Bo's words about his good aptitude lingered in his ears, and his heart moved slightly. "This is a gift from Uncle Chen to your siblings."
Gu Chen never mentioned the matter of meeting Baitang in private, and Baitang would not take the initiative to mention it, so he extended his hand to accept his greeting gift.
Next, several people had a farewell meal happily. After the meal, Gu Chen didn't hide his intention, sat next to Bai Nan and asked, "If Xiao Nan is so interested in martial arts, have you ever thought about joining a sect and worshiping a master master to concentrate on learning martial arts?"
Yunxiaozong produced a Yuan Xun, but their Jinjianzong was a bit weak in succession. In recent years, none of the disciples they recruited was particularly outstanding. If things go on like this, the strength of the sect will definitely decline. So, after seeing Bai Nan's age and qualifications, Gu Chen couldn't help it.
Bai Nan didn't expect that Gu Chen would invite him to join his sect. He already knew from Bai Tang that his brother's elder brother was a very powerful person, and he was also the heir of a sect. But now, the other party actually sent an invitation to him. "I'm still in school."
"There are also many students in the sect. You can learn from the master first, and practice at home on weekdays, and come to the sect to practice during the winter and summer vacations." Gu Chen's attitude at this time is completely no longer the sharpness and arrogance that Baitang had when he first met him. It is a kindness plus.
After thinking about it for a while, Baitang guessed what he was doing, but he didn't remind Bai Nan, and turned to chat with Papa Bai about the news on TV.
Seeing that she didn't intend to come forward, Bai Nan could only do it by herself: "I'm sorry, Uncle Chen, I haven't thought of joining the sect as an apprentice. I think it's good for me now." high? Moreover, joining a sect will definitely have constraints, how can one be as free as he is now.
Gu Chen saw his firmness, pondered for a while, looked at Bai's father and the others, but said to Bai Nan: "Xiao Nan, Uncle Chen wants to talk to you alone."
Papa Bai nodded to him, and Bai Nan and Gu Chen went to the courtyard outside to chat alone.
Baitang looked at the back of them leaving, thoughtful.
"You should ask Xiao Nan to agree." The old man Cui has been silent all this time, and now that the two parties involved are not around, he expresses his emotion, "With his aptitude to go to the Golden Sword Sect, I am afraid that he is the second Gu Chen. Besides, there is Gu Chen in the Golden Sword Sect , he can't suffer."
"Everyone has their own karma, as long as the child is happy in cultivation, it doesn't matter where he is."
"You boy, you are not very old, you just see through the world like this, what do you want me, an old man, to see?" Papa Bai smiled, and didn't mind the old man Cui's title. The old man Cui turned to Gu Yan again, "Boy Yan is too, he's grown up, when will he find a wife for my old man to see?"
Gu Yan said lightly: "Cui Bo, I have no such plan for the time being."
"I asked you this question last year, and you said the same thing." Old Man Cui stared, "You are different from your brother, and it is reasonable to get a wife early."
After hearing this, Bai Tang was actually a little curious about whether Gu Yan would marry one after she died. Raising her head to look over, the other party didn't even remember the movement of her eyes, so she withdrew her gaze. Times have changed, why should she still care about his personal problems.
Soon, Bai Nan and Gu Chen came back after talking, and the expressions of both of them had some subtle changes from before they left. Before leaving, Gu Chen's expression was very confident, but after returning, he was a little more frustrated. After Bai Nan came back, she seemed absent-minded.
Bai Tang knew the reason before going to sleep—Gu Chen told Bai Nan that the realm of martial arts is only a level of cultivation, and if he wants to go to the next path, no one can let him in except the three sects. coupon.
"He's talking about the power you mentioned before, isn't it?" Bai Nan's expression was solemn, "Then you have plotted against the three sects, will they be aware of your doing these things?"
"No, don't worry." If there is no aura to practice outside, people in the cultivation world will not be willing to stay in the secular world for a long time. "Anyway, we're leaving tomorrow, and we can't get involved in anything."
"If you can come here in the future, don't come to City B."
Baitang laughed dumbfounded at this.
In the afternoon of the next day, the four of Baitang returned to City S. Back at Bai's house, there was a young man in the family, Bai Jingyang's eldest son Bai Lin.
Bai Lin is a seemingly stable and generous boy, Bai Nan got in touch with him for a while, and privately complained to Bai Tang about the genes of Bai Jingyang, an uncle, none of the sons he gave birth to resembled him.
"This is God's eye opener. Jing Yu's legs can finally recover." Hearing that Papa Bai's legs would be able to stand up within a month, Bai Jingyang was filled with displeasure, and expressed his congratulations with a smile on his face.
"If there is a chance, the second brother must invite the doctor back to thank him. This is a great favor." Li Shuqian echoed, being able to heal a pair of legs that the hospital judged to be unrecoverable, such a skilled doctor, of course Get acquainted with climbing friendship.
How could Papa Bai not know what she was thinking, so he responded perfunctorily.
"Cousin, you will graduate next year. Have you considered whether to study in China or abroad?"
"Domestic." If something unexpected happened, Baitang felt that he might not even be able to go to high school.
"If you don't think about going to study abroad in the future, the country is also very good." Bai Lin was sincerely giving her advice.
"Actually, it's not bad to go to study abroad. You can go to the same school as your cousin, and there will be a care for you when the time comes."
Baitang responded with a smile, and finally, the conversation ended after the food was served on the table.
After a few days at home, Bai Tang received information from Xie Zhou via email. She printed out a copy of these materials, walked to the window and opened it to read.
The above record is nearly fifty years of data. Every ten years, the three sects will take people to a temple on a mountain in the suburbs of city B, and the number of disciples they bring has been reduced from the original ten to the current three. In the past fifty years, there were only five disciples who did not come back after leaving. These five people are all teenagers without exception, and the youngest one is only twelve years old.
The following information is the detailed information of the disciples who were taken away, and Baitang saw Gu Chen inside. Gu Chen's aptitude is average, but if he meets the sword cultivator sect, with his current comprehension of sword intent, I'm afraid he won't care about his average aptitude.
However, I still have to go back to City B. Only by looking at a few other people who went with her, can she tell whether the monastic world has only accepted a few people for fifty years because of insufficient resources, or whether these people are not qualified enough to enter. If it's the former, it's easy to handle.
Just as he was thinking, Baitang felt a fluctuation from the boundary mirror in the sea of consciousness. After calling it out, Shen Tingjun's voice came from inside: "A Tang, how convenient are you now?"
"You mean...it's alright?" Baitang hesitated, but also a little excited.
Shen Tingjun gave her an affirmative answer, and Baitang, Bai's father and Bai Nan said something, and immediately rushed from Bai's house to the villa.
In the villa, Baitang sat cross-legged on the bed, with the boundary mirror floating above her. Gradually, circles of white mist-like power emanated from the mirror, covering her whole body in it. In just a moment, Baitang felt the long-lost pure aura belonging to the cultivation world. This touch almost made her Dao Heart lose.
On the other side of the boundary mirror, with Baitang's absorption, the top-grade spirit stones piled up around Shen Tingjun disappeared in units of hundreds.
Without batting an eye, Shen Tingjun raised his hand after 10,000 top-grade spirit stones were used up, and another 10,000 pieces appeared beside him. If people from other sects saw this prodigal appearance, they might join forces to attack the Demon Sect. The best spirit stones, one sect can't collect many, most of them are too painful to use, but this guy is actually defeated by 10,000, how can we not make people jealous.
Fortunately, Baitang didn't know either, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to use the spiritual energy transformed from the top-quality spiritual stones to cultivate with peace of mind like now.
In this practice, Baitang managed to pass the New Year and the beginning of school. In terms of cultivation, he has crossed five realms.
"This speed is still not enough." Shen Tingjun frowned and said, with so many top-quality spirit stones going down, he couldn't even support the foundation establishment. If she wants to wait for her cultivation to succeed, I don't know how many years it will take. "I'll check the monastic world first." Shen Tingjun's monastic world naturally refers to the monastic world on Baitang's side.
Baitang did not refuse Shen Tingjun's kindness. Originally, she was looking forward to the function of the boundary mirror to transmit energy, but after practicing it once, she knew that it was still a drop in the bucket. It is impossible for her to rely on Shen Tingjun to pass the aura up to all her realms. It is one thing to have a stable foundation in this kind of cultivation, but it will definitely allow her to return to her original cultivation level within a few decades. "Be careful yourself, don't force yourself."
"Have you ever worried about my work?" Shen Tingjun smiled, and said, "Don't worry, I don't have eyes for a declining monastic world. If the resources in their hands are acceptable, I will definitely do it for you." You find the best cultivation mansion." At best, he can find a body suitable for crossing the soul, and he can rest assured only by staying by her side and accompanying her personally.
"Always thinking about my affairs, what about yourself? Is there really no problem with the loss of life essence?"
"nature."
Baitang didn't want to doubt him, so he took it as the truth. After a while, Jie Jing's energy was exhausted, so Baitang had no choice but to take it back.
After getting out of bed and going to the bathroom to clean it, Baitang took out the phone to charge it, and after turning it on, the text message notification sounded non-stop. She returned some important things and put the phone on the table.
Thinking of the news from Papa Bai, Bai Tang felt a little headache.
Because he missed such an important day of the New Year, Bai's father couldn't find a suitable excuse to evade it, so old man Bai knew about their siblings learning martial arts.
Gu Yan was brought back to the Bai family by Mr. Bai. Of course, Mr. Bai would not be ignorant of the martial arts world. Therefore, at this time, old man Bai finally realized what was so special about this granddaughter.
In the world of martial arts... "When Tangtang comes back, let her come to my place."
Papa Bai agreed, feeling somewhat regretful in his heart, he didn't want the old man to know about the two children learning martial arts so early on. But it's really not easy to hide the matter of Tangtang.
Baitang felt a little helpless when he thought that the old man would be the first one he would face when he went back. But in terms of cultivation, one or two months of retreat is still short, and after a few years of cultivation, it can be considered short. By the time…
Baitang began to seriously consider the issue of not being able to go to high school after the senior high school entrance examination.