Xiao Yicai lowered his voice, his face became a little dignified, and said: "Master asked me to ask my uncle, is the 'Tianji Seal' on the mountain behind the Big Bamboo Peak still in good condition?"
Tian Buyi's complexion changed drastically, he stood up abruptly, staring at Xiao Yicai, Xiao Yicai also stood up slowly, but took a step back. Tian Buyi stared at Xiao Yicai for a long time, and the expression on his face kept changing. At first he was surprised and shocked, but after he calmed down, he became contemplative. Finally, another strange light flashed in his eyes. Looking at Xiao Yicai, he suddenly said: "Look. Come on, senior brother Daoxuan really wants to pass on his position as head of the sect to you in the future."
Xiao Yicai lowered his head slightly, and said: "Uncle Shi speaks too seriously, and I dare not be a disciple."
Tian Buyi said indifferently: "He didn't even hide this matter from you, the meaning is naturally very clear. Forget it, this is your Tongtian Peak's business, I don't bother to care about it. But about Tianjiyin," he said in a loud voice Here, after a pause, he said in a deep voice: "This matter is not trivial, and it also involves Qingyun Qi. Back then, Patriarch Qingye had a decree passed on to the head of Qingyun's seven veins, and it must not be used unless it is absolutely necessary..."
He took a deep breath, and said: "Everyone understands the relationship. I just want to ask, has Senior Brother Daoxuan really thought it through?"
Xiao Yicai's expression at this moment was also extremely cautious, he pondered for a long time as if he didn't dare to say a wrong word, then nodded and said: "Yes, the mentor has already explained to the disciple very carefully before the disciple left."
Tian Buyi pondered for a moment, then said: "What about the 'Tianji Yin' of the other five meridians besides Tongtian Peak and Dazhu Peak?"
Xiao Yicai respectfully said: "The teacher only told this matter to one student, because the teacher feels that in the Qingyun Sect, Master Tian is the most respected, so he specially came to ask the teacher's opinion first. As for the other five veins, the disciple will go to them later. Greetings to you all."
Tian Buyi nodded slowly, sat back on his seat, thought for a long time, then sighed and said, "As far as the current situation is concerned, it is indeed at a critical juncture, the fate of all the people in the world is at stake, and the sect master wants to do his best I don’t have anything to say even now. Just tell him something for me after you go back.”
Xiao Yicai looked respectful, and said: "Yes, Master Tian, please tell me, the disciple will definitely bring it."
Tian Buyi's face paled, and said: "Once the Qimai Tianji Seal is removed, Qingyun Mountain's suppressed anger for thousands of years will inevitably vent out. Although it is suppressed by the divine power of the ancient sword of Zhu Xian, it can turn into a peerless killing intent, but for the person holding the sword The damage caused, the erosion of the foundation of Taoism, is also no small matter. Brother Daoxuan has contributed to good fortune, but this matter is no small matter, please ask him to think about it in advance, just in case."
Xiao Yicai said sternly: "Yes, the disciple will definitely bring what Master Tian said." After a pause, he continued: "Then if Master Tian has nothing else to do, the disciple will leave first."
Tian Buyi nodded, but didn't speak. Xiao Yicai saw that his face was serious, so he didn't dare to say more at the moment, and retreated slowly.
In Shoujing Hall, Tian Buyi is the only one left. He turned around slowly, looking at the statue of the Taoist Sanqing Patriarch enshrined in the Shoujing Hall, with a complicated expression on his face, but after a long while, he just sighed and said nothing after all.
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When Xiao Yicai flew back to Tongtian Peak, it was already nightfall, and the lights on Tongtian Peak were brightly lit. The many long-door disciples of the original Qingyun sect, plus the countless righteous people who had poured into Qingyun recently, turned this fairyland-like The place has also become a bit crowded and mundane.
But Xiao Yicai didn't understand this, he walked straight to the Yuqing Hall on the top of the peak, and after asking about the whereabouts of Daoxuan Daoxuan from the mouth of the young disciple Qingyun in the Yuqing Hall, he went to the back hall of the Yuqing Hall. The bedroom went past.
Arriving at a secluded place in the back hall, Xiao Yicai stood at the door of Reverend Daoxuan for a while, collected himself, and just about to raise his hand to knock on the door, Reverend Daoxuan's voice came from the room, saying: "Is it Yicai?" , come in."
Xiao Yicai choked for a moment, and immediately said respectfully: "Yes." After speaking, he gently opened the door and walked in.
The room is very spacious, and all the furnishings are mostly book-like. Apart from the simple tables, chairs and beds, there are many books on the bookshelves on both sides of the room. Many of them are old books, and they are neatly placed on the bookshelves. It can be seen that it has been read countless times by the owner.
Reverend Daoxuan was sitting next to the desk, holding an ancient scroll in his hand, and was reading. When he saw Xiao Yicai walking in, he smiled slightly, and said, "Did you just come back now?"
Xiao Yicai bowed deeply and said, "Yes, Master."
Reverend Daoxuan nodded, and said, "How is the matter going?"
Xiao Yicai said: "The heads of the Qimai have no objection, they all say that Master's opinion shall prevail, only Master Tian from the Big Bamboo Peak..."
Reverend Daoxuan frowned, and said, "Why, Junior Brother Tian, does he have a different opinion?"
Xiao Yicai hurriedly said: "No, Master Tian didn't object either, he just asked his disciple to bring a few words to report to Master."
Reverend Daoxuan was slightly startled, and said, "What are you talking about?"
Xiao Yicai immediately repeated Tian Buyi's words, Reverend Daoxuan fell silent after hearing this, Xiao Yicai who was standing at the side peeked at him, Reverend Daoxuan had a complex complexion, seemed to be thinking about something, his expression was constantly changing.
Just when Xiao Yicai guessed what Master Daoxuan was thinking, Master Daoxuan suddenly said: "Yicai, what do you think of Master Tian?"
Xiao Yicai was taken aback, he didn't know what Daoxuan Daoxuan said, he glanced at him, but he couldn't see anything special, so he could only say cautiously: "Well, this disciple feels that Master Tian... Still pretty good."
Reverend Daoxuan smiled, obviously he didn't care much about this disciple's opportunistic words, he just heard him say leisurely: "Yes! He is quite a good person, hehe, it's hard to believe that he was so good at the beginning, but he can be accepted by others. The discerning eye sees the extraordinary... ”
Reverend Daoxuan's words suddenly stopped, and the room fell into a calm, Xiao Yicai moved his body slightly, feeling a little uneasy.
After a while, Master Daoxuan said: "You are tired after running all day, go back and rest."
Xiao Yicai nodded, saluted and said: "Yes." After speaking, he slowly backed out.
Reverend Daoxuan watched the figure of this proud disciple disappear from sight, pondered for a moment, then looked at the dark sky outside the window, stood up slowly, and walked out, soon, his figure melted into the In the dark night of Qingyun Mountain.
Although it was already late at night, in the secluded Tongtian Peak Back Mountain Patriarch's Ancestral Hall, the ever-burning lantern was still burning, like a faint fire in the dark. The old man guarding the patriarch's ancestral hall hadn't fallen asleep yet. He was standing in front of the altar where the ancestors of Qingyunmen were enshrined, staring at the names in the dark shadows.
In the distance, there was a low hum of insects.
In the silence, there seemed to be some heartbeat sound!
The night wind blew, and the flame of the ever-burning lamp swayed for a while, trembling as if panting. The old man slowly turned around, walked to the side of the ever-burning lamp, and gently blocked the direction of the wind with his hands. Soon, the lights quieted down and started to stabilize again. combustion. The old man stared deeply at the light, and the light was reflected in his eyes, as if something was burning.
In the middle of the night, footsteps came suddenly, the old man frowned, listened carefully, then slowly turned around, the old voice said slowly: "I didn't expect that you would still come over."
Daoxuan's figure gradually became clear from the darkness, and walked into this patriarch's ancestral hall.
Under the dim light, the gazes of the two old men collided in mid-air, and they were both stunned for a moment. Inadvertently, they both realized that the other party was already so old, and then they remembered, wouldn't it be the same for themselves
Reverend Daoxuan remained silent, staring at the old man for a long time, then slowly walked to the altar, stood under the spirit cards of the ancestors of Qingyunmen, and slowly straightened his body. The old man walked behind him, also silent.
In the darkness, invisible majesty slowly emanates from those shadows, like deep traces that cannot be erased by time. Reverend Daoxuan expressionless, picked up three sticks of fine incense from the altar, went to the candle and lit it, holding hands solemnly, respectfully bowed three times to the patriarch tablet, and then took a step, Insert the fine incense into the incense burner.
Faint smoke, curling up from the incense burner, scattered in the mid-air, making the spiritual positions in front of them even more blurred, like a pair of eyes, looking coldly at the two old people and the world.
"Burning incense in the middle of the night, is there any difficulty?" The old man asked lightly, his tone was flat, as if he was talking about something that had nothing to do with him.
Reverend Daoxuan did not look back at him, his eyes had been staring at the majestic spiritual figures behind the light smoke. After a while, he said slowly: "Tell me, after you and I pass away, future generations will worship us, What would it be like?"
The old man snorted and said, "Of course I am full of reverence for you. As for me, will anyone still remember me?"
Reverend Daoxuan didn't care about the old man's slightly ironic words, he just smiled lightly. Then, he said quietly: "At the moment of the catastrophe, all the people in the world are devastated and ravaged by beast monsters. As long as you think that the battle between Qingyun Mountain and the beast monsters is inevitable, it is more related to the life of the world. These burdens are on our shoulders. Haven't slept well for days."
The old man frowned and said, "You don't come here to complain to me, do you? This is not your nature."
Reverend Daoxuan looked at the old man for a moment, then burst out laughing, and then sighed: "You and I have been friends for hundreds of years, as expected, you are the only one who knows me best."
The old man shook his head and said, "I know what you are like? If that's the case, I wouldn't be here to guard the ancestral hall. Okay, stop talking nonsense, what exactly do you want to say?"
Reverend Daoxuan seemed to be very tolerant towards the old man. Daoxuan didn't take it seriously when he contradicted the old man a few times, but his face was a little solemn, and he said slowly: "I have already made up my mind. This battle is too important for the sake of the world. I want to get rid of it." The secret seal of Qingyun Mountain's Seven Meridian Peak."
The old man's expression suddenly froze, his brows were deeply furrowed, he looked deeply at Daoxuan, and Daoxuan looked at each other calmly, after a long time, the old man said slowly: "Have you thought about this matter?"
Daoxuan nodded slowly, and said: "However, today when I secretly informed the head of the Six Meridians, Tian Buyi asked someone to pass on some words to me, advising me to be careful of backlash."
The old man smiled coldly, turned around to face the patriarchs, and said for a while, "It's not like you haven't entered the 'Huanyue Cave'. You know what's inside." After a pause, his voice suddenly softened a little. , there seemed to be a hint of helplessness in it, and said: "You can do it yourself!"
Reverend Daoxuan remained silent, and raised his head after a while, looking at the deep dark shadow, that silent majesty, seemed to be silently sneering in the darkness.
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Seven days later, there were more and more rumors about the appearance of beast monsters in the area around Qingyun Mountain. Within a hundred miles, with Heyang City at the foot of the mountain as the center, fleeing crowds could be seen everywhere. It seems that in the world at this moment, only the towering Qingyun Mountain can give people a little sense of comfort and security.
Among the noise of countless crowds, Heyang City is the most chaotic place. The streets and alleys are crowded with people. Refugees had to sleep in the open air. Under such circumstances, the food supply in Heyang City has become very tight. Fortunately, because the city is next to the river, there is no need to worry about the water source.
Originally in this chaotic situation, it was difficult to guarantee that some evil things such as looting and murder would not happen. In matters, there were indeed such rumors from time to time. Yesterday someone disappeared, and today I heard that someone died on the street. But Heyang City is at the foot of Qingyun Mountain after all, and Qingyun Sect has already made preparations and dispatched quite a few disciples to maintain order in the city, so in general, nothing happened to the countless refugees during this catastrophe Unexpectedly.
It's just that, as the rumors of the frightening beast monster become more and more serious day by day, no one can predict what will happen tomorrow? Under such circumstances, an increasingly uneasy atmosphere filled Heyang City, and people panicked.
It was also in this situation that Zhou Yixian, a wandering fortune teller, brought his granddaughter Xiaohuan and the wild dog Taoist to this city. Standing on the spacious street in the past, but now I can only see dense crowds of people shaking their heads, the street is so crowded that it is difficult to walk, the wild dog Taoist is fine, but Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan are stunned.
Relying on Taoist Wild Dog's strong body and fierce face, he opened the way ahead, and the weak people were pushed away, and the strong people looked back at Taoist Wild Dog's face, and most of them didn't dare to say anything. Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan followed the wild dogs closely, barely moving forward, sweating profusely along the way, finally crossed this street and turned into an alley at the west end of Heyang City.
The three of them walked in, and there were actually many people standing in the alley that used to be very quiet, but compared to the crowded crowd on the street outside, this place is really spacious. Zhou Yixian cursed in a low voice, looking very angry, as long as my old man ran away for his life, how could so many people run away with him, and it turned out that my old man ran away for his life so uncomfortable.
This alley is very long and twists and turns, the more people go in, the fewer people are there. After walking for about half an hour, the three of them reached the end of the alley. I saw that there were no more people fleeing here. The reason is very simple, because this place is a yizhuang, but looking at the broken gate of this small yizhuang, half of the wooden door fell to the ground, and the other half fell to the ground. There was no trace, and I don't know if it was taken as firewood.
Zhou Yixian looked at this Yizhuang, shook his head, and sighed, Xiaohuan stood beside him, and called out in a low voice, "Grandpa."
The wild dog was a little puzzled, but he was from the Demon Cult, so he didn't really care about these unlucky places in Yizhuang, but he was a little puzzled, why Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan came to this place.
Zhou Yixian was silent for a while, and said: "Let's go in! Anyway, it should be quieter here."
After all, he walked in first, Xiaohuan and the wild dog followed behind him. Walking into Yizhuang, I saw that in the small courtyard, the vegetation was desolate, and scattered sawdust and beams could be seen everywhere, and there seemed to be some white things shining in the grass. Xiaohuan's face turned pale, and she couldn't help but tugged at Zhou Xian's clothes.
Zhou Yixian looked back at her, and comforted her in a low voice: "It's not the first time here, what are you afraid of, besides, this is where your father lives, would he still harm us?"
Xiaohuan nodded, and his complexion got better now, Taoist Wild Dog frowned behind him, but didn't say anything.
In front of the courtyard is the concierge of Yizhuang. Zhou Yixian walked up and saw that the door was covered with dust. I don’t know how long no one has been here. He was silent, shook his head, sighed again, and pushed opened the door.
"Squeak..." The wooden door made an ear-piercing sound, and it slowly retreated inside, with a musty smell gushing out. Under the dim light, three coffins were placed in a haphazard manner, but the lids of the coffins had already been scattered aside.
The indescribable bleakness of the years seems to emanate faintly from this small room. The corners of Zhou Yixian's mouth twitched twice, his face was gloomy, and he walked up slowly, without looking at the scattered coffins beside him, he went straight to the sacrificial table where the incense was originally offered to enshrine the spiritual throne, and looked at the ten swaying coffins on the table. Several spirit cards.
There was silence in the room, as if no one dared to speak. Zhou Yixian slowly stretched out his hand, picked up those spirit cards, slowly wiped off the thick dust on them, glanced at them, put them aside, and then went to find the next one, just like this, when he cleaned up the seventh spirit card, At that time, I saw the words "Aizi Zhou Xingyun's Spirit Tablet" written on the tablet.
Zhou Yixian stopped his movements, looked at the spirit card silently, stared for a long time, Xiaohuan walked up slowly, looked at the spirit card in his hand, his eyes were a little moist, and said in a low voice: "Grandpa, put Dad's spirit card away." All right!"
Zhou Yixian heaved a sigh of relief, his face was a little sad, and he nodded. Xiaohuan took the spirit tablet from his hand, carefully placed it on the altar, then took a step back, clasped his hands together, bowed respectfully to the tablet, and said in a low voice, "Father, Grandpa and I are back to see you again." , Thanks to you these years, although my grandfather and I have wandered around the world, everything is fine. Come back today and clean it up for you, I hope you will not blame us."
After finishing speaking, he bowed respectfully and bowed three times.
Daoist Wild Dog watched from behind, then suddenly came to the front, bowed three times to the tablet, but surprised both Zhou Yixian and Xiaohuan, Xiaohuan said in surprise: "Taoist chief, why do you..."
Daoist Wild Dog didn't look at Zhou Xian's weird eyes, and said: "Since he is your father, he is also my senior. When he comes to this place, I should pay respects to senior."
Only then did Xiaohuan feel relieved, and nodded, "Thank you very much." Then, she turned her head to the tablet and said, "Father, this is Daoist Wild Dog. He is a good man and has helped me and grandpa a lot. of."
Zhou Yixian snorted next to him, and said, "Is he a good person, heh heh, he has bad intentions..."
Daoist Wild Dog's expression froze, but Xiaohuan had already glared at Zhou Xian first, and said, "Grandpa, why are you talking nonsense."
Zhou Yixian rolled his eyes, turned his head and looked away, Wild Dog Taoist looked at Xiaohuan gratefully, and when he was about to speak, he suddenly choked up and turned around suddenly, Xiaohuan and Zhou Yixian seemed to feel something too , looking towards the door of Yizhuang almost at the same time.
In the originally desolate and quiet Yizhuang, at the door of the room, a man in black suddenly appeared, even his face was covered by a black veil, it was indescribably strange. Yizhuang, which had gained some popularity because of the arrival of Zhou Yixian and the other three, suddenly fell into a deeper desolation because of the appearance of this person.
Daoist Wild Dog's complexion changed drastically, his lips moved a few times, and then he said slowly, "Mr. Ghost..."