5 -Chosen Heroes of the Hairpin Flower Conference

At this time, it was the midsummer season, and it was really hot during the afternoon. The small garden in the backyard of Shaoyang Peak was cool, and the towering trees block out the harsh sunlight. The wind blew through the forest and makes a crisp rustle, like the best hypnotic music.

A girl about 16 years old was sitting on the big bluestone by the pond, her black and shiny hair was not tied, she just draped it behind her back. She was holding a large book in her hand and was looking at it lazily.

"...The Minotaur is a half-human and a half-animal, it had the ability to.....see in the dark and very sensitive ears, it's horns are so sharp that it can pierce through anything.

Next is Scylla is a sea monster, it's extremely dangerous and a capable fighter if you attack it first but if you show affection to it, it will naturally become your friend and it might even help you during fights with other beasts.

The five-headed snake was a Spiritual Beast Deity in the Nine-Heavens. It was one of the Guardian, who guarded the door of Heaven along with the God of War.......next is....."

Her jade-white hands stretched out into the pond to tease the golden-tailed big carp that was swimming inside it. "I fished it last time and it was delicious!"

"What is delicious?" A young boy's voice suddenly came from behind, who was proably smiling from the tone of his voice. The little girl retracted her hands lazily, without looking back, and said, "Big brother, there is nothing delicious." Du Min walked up to her, touched her little head lovingly, then smiled and asked, "So, I'm asking you. What did you mumble about just now?"

The little girl turned over the big book in her hand and showed him, "I am memorizing the names of ten thousand beasts, sooooooo boring!" Du Minxing saw her lazy look and couldn't help but laugh: "It's no wonder that Master and Madam said that you are lazy and refuse to advance and cultivate properly. You don't even want to recite the names of the ten thousand beasts, and you really are too lazy."

The little girl didn't speak, but just bowed her head and played with the jade pendant on her skirt. After a while, she said : "Oh, every day I practice exercises, so my legs and my waist hurts. I don't know what's the use of it. I don't want to become an immortal. Everyday those people sweat profusely like the seniors, and they are so stinky."

Du Minxing listened to the teenager and laughed again: "Practicing exercises are for physical fitness. Haven't you seen an Immortal who is sick all over the years? Only when your body is strong can you practice to become an real immortal, otherwise, how can you fly? Slay demons?" She had no way to refute that reasoning, she only felt that what the big brother said is reasonable, but if he wanted her to learn sword fighting and spells, she couldn't do it.

Du Minxing did not intend to reason with a teenager girl anymore.

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This girl is different from Linglong. The reason for Linglong is, she will argue if she doesn't like to listen, but she will obey, but she will be obedient when she argues; but when you say reason to this girl, she broke her mouth for three days and nights, she nodded and said yes, turned and forgot Now, just go her own way.

"Master gave the broken gold to Junior Sister Linglong today." While teasing the carp in the pond with willow branches, he said, "Your sister doesn't need to practice boxing and squatting from today. You can practice sword."

　　 "Oh." She responded mediocre, absent-minded.

　　 "Chu Xuanji." He suddenly called her name seriously.

Xuanji was stunned for a moment, and unwillingly jumped off the bluestone, bowed and saluted him, saying: "Xuanji is here, what can you advise?"

　　 Du Minxing sternly asked, "Why don't you want to practice?"

She bit her lips; her face was stubborn and childish. After a while, she pursed her lips: "I understand what my parents and uncles and aunts said, but understanding does not mean that I can do it. I can't figure it out. Why do you want to practice? You ask me a thousand times, but I still have no idea."

Du Minxing only sighed. He always treated the two younger sisters equally and loved them as his own sister. It's just that Linglong is more outgoing and lively, and everyone can't help but spoil her. To be honest, with his good temper, he couldn't help but want to beat Xuanji several times to vent his anger, not to mention the master. If you scold her, she didn't react at all, he was really frustrated.

"Master just got furious on the martial arts field." He showed a slightly worried expression, "Said you haven't gone to practice for ten days, and you left Shaoyangfeng's law behind. Now you are calling me to look for you, saying that you must be serious. Punish you. See for yourself what should you do?"

Xuanji finally got a little frightened when he heard her father get angry. She grabbed the corners of her clothes, whispered for a while, and then whispered: "Can't...Don't you just go? Just say that you didn't find me..."

Du Minxing shook his head: "Master is determined this time. Your twin sister Linglong has inherited the magical sword of the master, but you can't even beat a set of Xuanming fists. How about punishing you heavily this time, what will the other disciples think about you?"

Xuanji said aggrievedly: "Why do you care about what others think...laws and rules...we are not hunting dogs, why do we need rules!" Du Minxing took out the black iron Ruyi from his arms and gently threw it into the air. The two-foot-long pitch-black Da Ruyi swayed twice in mid-air and then stopped steadily. He jumped up, bent over and stretched out his hand to her: "Come on, stop nagging. Hurry up and see the master. Senior brother and sister will help you intercede. You can't be so lazy next time!"

Xuanji had ten million reluctances in her heart, but she couldn't match his father's long-standing majesty, so she slowly grabbed the hand of the big brother, wondering what her father said to her, in her heart, and pitifully begged him: "Brother...I don't want to be beaten..."

Seeing her pitifully speaking, Du Minxing softened his heart and said softly: "Okay, Senior Brother will definitely help you to say something! But next time you don't practice for ten consecutive days, Senior Brother will not help you anymore.!" Xuanji did not answer, Du Minxing sighed inwardly, his right foot sank slightly, Hei Tie Ruyi suddenly turned around and flew to the top of the mountain martial arts field, and the two disappeared into a small black spot in a blink of an eye.

Shouyang Mountain has more than a dozen martial arts training grounds, large and small, for disciples of different tribes to practice. The Shaoyang School is one of the great schools of immortality cultivation in the world, with many disciples and rich blessings. Starting from the former head of the Jingyang Immortal, the Shaoyang Sect was divided into seven branches. The first church was held by the head Chu Lei on Sunday, and the remaining six branches, such as Qingxu and Xuyang, were held by the head. Other brothers and sisters were in charge.

There are many branches of Shaoyang School, and the disciples are mixed. They all like to be the first to cultivate immortality and nourishment. They do not participate in the disputes of other sects. The master of the Taoist school is very light on the fame and fortune. For hundreds of years, it has been solid.

At this time, the head Chu Lei is supervising his disciples practicing moves at the peak martial arts ground. His wife, He Danping, is also earnestly instructing the female disciples on the techniques of boxing. In the afternoon, the martial arts field is as hot as a steamer, and everyone sweats like rain. However, in the huge martial arts field, except for occasional calls when recruiting, it is silent and everyone is in danger. It's only because Shaoyang Sect's head's little daughter Xuanji didn't learn to make progress, and she became lazy all day long. The disciples knew that the head was violent and severe. For fear of accidentally touching the scales, they had to grit his teeth and practice hard. Even if they hurt their bones, they dared not cry out.

He Danping first saw the two disciples feeding each other swordsmanship, and seeing that they were doing well, she walked to the sidelines and took a sip of tea. Looking up at the sun, the noon training was about to end, but Du Minxing hadn't brought Xuanji over. He looked back at Chu Lei's face, the blue and black, presumably he was also suppressing his anger. She sighed secretly in her heart, and walked over and said softly: "Big Brother... Xuanji has always been lazy these few days, and she must be unwell. Don't be too angry. She is still young, too demanding, I'm afraid it's not good... …"

Chu Lei didn't answer, but just sneered. He looked up and saw that his eldest daughter Linglong was holding her mother's broken gold tremblingly. "She is still young? Linglong and she are twin sisters, she can practice swords now, how about Xuanji?! You dote on her too much! You dote on her to be lawless and unlearned!" He Danping knew that her husband was annoyed this time, otherwise he would never talk to himself like this. In that case, any maintenance she said would only add fuel to the fire, and she had to keep silent. The sixteen-year-old Linglong just finished posing, she dragged Jianxiong to find her sixth-senior brother Zhong Minyan proudly, and shouted: "Hey! Two tricks with me!" Zhong Minyan was crouching there, his delicate face wet and sweaty. He frowned and said, "I won't call hello!"

Linglong stomped anxiously: "Hurry up! Come with me in the trick display!"

He just doesn't follow, but there is a little smile in his words: "I don't want to!" Linglong is the same as her father. She has a violent temper. After saying it twice, he still doesn't move, so she becomes angry and anxiously said: "If you don't accompany me with tricks, I can just stab you!"

Zhong Minyan saw that she was angry, and returned to the place. He chuckled and said: "You call me a good man Minyan, I will practice with you, otherwise you will pierce me into a hornet's nest, don't expect." Linglong stomped her feet vigorously and shouted: "Zhong Minyan! You'll be silly! If you don't practice with me, you must have not learned Yaohua's sword skills well! I'm not looking for you!"

"Alright, alright,3" Zhong Minyan borrowed a sword from the female disciple next to him, wielded a sword technique, and said with a smile: "I can practice with you. It's really a temperament." Linglong is anxious. Seeing him set up a posture, she swings a sword. She was so weak that she almost took the sword out of her hand this time, Zhong Minyan hurriedly held it up and said with a smile: "You can't hold the sword tightly, what's the move?"

Linglong's face blushed, and she was about to refute a few words, but she heard Chu Lei say from behind: "Minyan, come here." Zhong Minyan hurriedly put away his laughing expression, and bowed as he passed by: "What's the master's order?"

Xie Lei said sternly: "Your senior brother went to find your junior sister. He hasn't come yet. I'm afraid he was softhearted and was moved by the tricky girl. Now you go and have a look. Don't say anything when you see her. Just grab her to here." Zhong Minyan screamed unlucky in his belly. In the entire Shaoyang Peak, he could talk to anyone, but that Xuanji was the most annoying, and the two of them were always inconsistent, and he wanted to beat someone with just a few words. This will make him call someone.

He quickly figured out how to refuse, and he continued: "Master...I...I... I'm accompany Linglong to make tricks...". After finishing speaking, the master did not respond. He secretly raised his eyes and saw him looking at the sky in front of him. He also turned his head, but saw the senior brother Du Minxing flying over with Xuanji's.

For a moment, the disciples in the martial arts ground stopped their work and looked up to watch the show. Xuanji's reputation among her brothers and sisters has not been as good as Linglong. She is weird and uncomfortable. Therefore, most of the people watching good shows are still gloating, just waiting to see how she gets punished.

Xuanji tremblingly jumped off the black iron Ruyi. Seeing that the atmosphere in the martial arts field was not right, and her father looked at herself coldly, she hesitated for a long time and did not dare to pass.

Du Minxing put away the black iron Ruyi, touched the top of her head, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, come, go and see the master." Xuanji really couldn't, so she was dragged to Yulei, knelt down and said: "Xuanji pays homage to the head." Chu Lei snorted, and said sternly: "You still know how to pay homage to the head! I think you don't have this Shaoyang Sect in your mind at all!"

Xuanji knew that he was angry and where she didn't dared speak, so she bowed her head and played with the clothes belt blankly. At this time, she felt that she had done nothing wrong, but she did not dare to be stubborn. "You are just talking about what the hell are you doing in the Houshan Courtyard? In addition to sleeping lazily every day, can you do something that a immortal practitioner should do?!"

Xuanji didn't dare to look up, Du Minxing hurriedly said with a smile: "Master is calm. The disciple found the little sister in the garden in the back mountain. She is reciting the roster of the ten thousand demons, and it can be seen that there is no laziness. The little sister is still practicing seriously. It's just that her physique is weak, and she won't be able to speed up her practice!"

Xie Lei sneered: "What about memorizing the general rules of the Ten Thousand Mountains Folklore in the World? When you go down the mountain, don't you just stare at the endorsement of the demon? You can't fly with objects, don't understand swordsmanship, can't do immortality, and cultivate immortality ?!"

Du Minxing wanted to say more, but he was interrupted by a wave of his hand: "You get back! No need to say anymore!"

　　 He had to retreat to the side-lines with his hands down.

　　 Chu Lei looked at Xuanji for a while, but did not speak.

Seeing her beautiful appearance, he felt full of affection for his daughter in his heart. Chu Lei devoted all his life to practicing cultivation. He finally got a pair of twin daughters in his middle age, both of whom were beautiful girls made of ice and snow. Xuanji looks more like her mother, slender and weak. He couldn't bear to be strict with her in the matter of practice. But first, Xuanji was too tired and too lazy, and now she can't even squat with horses. Secondly, as the head, how can he indulge his own daughter and how to convince the public in the future?

Thinking of this, he felt angry again, and said coldly: "Let's stand up. I want to see how your Xuanmingquan practice is. Right here, in front of the masters, brothers and sisters, don't be shy." Where did Xuanji practice Xuanming fist, I was afraid that she had forgotten how to posture, but she had to stand up at the command of the head.

For a while, a quiet pin dropped on the floor and could be heard. The scorching wind blew over Xuanji's long hair in the afternoon, and she was sweating densely behind her back. Thousands of pairs of eyes were pinned to her alone, and she seemed to be frozen, unable to move a finger.

He Danping couldn't bear her daughter being humiliated in public, and was about to speak, but Chu lei stopped with a gesture. He turned his head and said, "Are you not good at practicing? Then I ask you, what have you done all these years?"

Xuanji still did not speak. The strong sunlight hit her face, making her a little week. It was too far away, and everyone couldn't see her expression clearly. Those who were gloating before could not help but squeeze the sweat. If she stays silent like this, the master will only be angrier. "Chu Xuanji, speak." Chu Lei's voice was very soft, as if a piece of thin ice suddenly shattered.

Xuanji suddenly fell to her knees, and said solemnly: "I won't! Please punish me!"

Chu Lei laughed unexpectedly, "Punishment?! What a punishment! You know the word punishment!" He suddenly stopped the laughter and said sharply, "Listen, go home tonight, pack some clothes, and start tomorrow., You just live in the Mingxia Cave of Beishan Sun Peak! I can't come out until you have improved!"

Everyone was taken aback. It must be known that Mingxia Cave is a thousand feet deep, and the inside is pitch black like hell, damp and cold all year round, and there are many insects and snakes. Usually disciples will go crazy if they stay in it for a moment, not to mention this kind of punishment with an indefinite deadline! She is only a sixteen-year-old girl. In any case, this punishment is too severe!

He Danping shed tears on the spot, Linglong couldn't hold back, rushed to the side and fell to her knees, anxiously: "Ask the headmaster to spare my sister! She is not in good health; she will die if she enters Mingxia Cave!"

Du Minxing and Zhong Minyan also knelt to the ground, and pleaded: "Master, please take it back! I'm afraid she can't bear such punishment! Master, please!" Chu Lei suddenly flicked her sleeves, stunned: "Get up! I have decided on this matter, no need to say it!" After that, he turned and looked at Xuanji, her face was a little pale, but there was no fear.

Although he was full of anger, he still couldn't bear it. He sighed: "Xuanji...There are many people in the world who can only be ordinary people, living and aging, sick and dying, passing mediocre for a lifetime. But you can't. You are Shaoyang sect's disciple, and immortality is your goal. A lifelong goal. How can you...can be an ordinary person willingly?"

She was silent for a while, and then said softly: "Could it be...I am not a ordinary person?" Chu Lei was stunned after hearing this, for a long time, he said: "You... let's go."

He looked at the thin back of the little girl, not knowing what it was like.

　　 Deadwood cannot be carved.

This piece of dead wood is his daughter, even if he can't carve it, he will definitely carve a shape on it.

Du Minxing still wanted to intercede, but Chu Lei walked away and walked to the side of the martial arts training field before he said solemnly: "Minxing, come to my room tonight. I want to see how Yang Juegong has reached the first floor."

Du Minxing listened to the three words Yang Jue Gong, and couldn't help being ecstatic.

Yang Jue Gong. This is Shaoyang Peak's deepest spell. Ordinary disciples can practice it only when they are over twenty years old. Only those who are particularly outstanding, the master or the uncles and uncles under the mountain will teach this method in advance. Now that he is only eighteen years old, the master's so-called "Yang Jue Gong" level is a guise, but he is actually planning to teach him this method!

The young disciples all around looked at him enviously, and came over to say hi. Du Minxing was so excited that he almost couldn't stand it. When he interrupted, he forgot about Xuanji.

That night, Xuanji packed up some clothes and planned to go to Mingxia Cave tomorrow morning. While wiping tears, He Danping filled her with some delicious dry food, and then said: "You have to work hard in the future... Don't make your father angry anymore. "Don't think about Mingxia cave, too don't be afraid, mother must pick you down sooner."

　　 Xuanji nodded boredly and agreed.

She exquisitely twisted her loose hair into a bun, and said childishly: "Don't be afraid, Xuanji, I will go to the cave to accompany you in two days! Wait for me! I will take care of you."

He Danping was wiping her tears, but she laughed softly when she heard this, and said softly: "Silly boy, everyone can go to Mingxia Cave! Xuanji, don't blame your father for being ruthless. That Mingxia Cave is an ancestor. The place we set up to exercise our willpower is specially prepared for disciples who are not good at concentration. Daddy let you pass; it is also for your good. As the daughter of the head, let's not say that she wants to honour her, at least Don't embarrass him. It can't happen anymore like today in the martial arts field, understand?"

　　 Linglong didn't wait for Xuanji to speak, she rushed to say: "Daddy knows face and face! My sister is obviously in poor health and is not suitable for practice, so he doesn't know how distressed!"

　　 He Danping frowned and said: "Linglong, don't you say a few words! What do you say about daddy?"

　　 Linglong refused to accept it, pouting to the side and muttering.

He Danping held Xuanji's hand and said: "The cave is cold and wet, remember to wear more. Your Sixth Brother will bring you food every day. If you are sick, you must tell him so that we can pick you up." She In the end, it is a kind mother, who talks and confesses a lot, it is trivial and trivial.

　　 She stopped talking until a few disciples came over and shouted for dinner, she only sighed and touched Xuanji's head.

　　 "Madam, Master said that he was eating at Xiao yang Peak today, and by the way, he discussed with Uncle Heyang and the others for next month's hairpin conference, and he won't be back tonight. Please take care of your wife and two junior sisters."

　　 A disciple was talking outside the door, listening to the voice, it was the sixth old Zhong Minyan.

　　 When Linglong heard that it was him, she smiled and opened the curtain and ran out, saying, "The little six can have dinner with us today."

　　 Zhong Minyan quietly made a face to her, but did not speak. He Danping walked out holding Xuanji and smiled: "You child, Brother Zhong is three years older than you! This is not too big or young! Minyan, your senior brother and your master are not in the other hospital, so today we will send a few teachers Brothers all ask to come to the house for dinner, and everyone will live together."

　　 Zhong Minyan smiled and answered yes, then he stood up straight. He is the smallest one among the disciples of Min Zi's generation. Below him are Linglong and Xuanji. He is handsome and smart, and has a sweet mouth, so the master and his wife like him very much, and Linglong pesters him every day.

　　 He saw Xuanji standing pale beside her teacher, with no expression on her almost transparent little face, and he couldn't help feeling disgusted.

　　 He doesn't like Xu Xuanji, she is always expressionless and never smiles, like a wooden person. As I approached her, I couldn't help feeling depressed, and the air became lazy and solidified. He is naturally good at speaking and eloquent, even the master can speak, but he just can't reason with Xuanji. She is very hateful, and she nodded repeatedly when she listened. You thought she was so modest, but turned around and did her own way.

　　 Zhong Minyan believes that her city is deep, two-sided, and will never talk to her since then. It's better to be Linglong, the little girl, she should be innocent and sassy, ​​otherwise, what is the difference with puppets?

He turned around to ask the seniors to come over for dinner, but suddenly thought of something, then turned around and said softly: "By the way, Master has a few words to tell Senior Sister Xuanji. He said: Don't think about being lazy, just stay in the cave. Introspect the exercises. Check again next time, if you don't know Xuanming Quan, don't think of going out."

　　 Xuanji said "Oh", but still didn't respond much. Zhong Minyan wanted to see how she was crying, she would feel so boring, so she had to leave.

　　 As a result, Zhong Minyan's transmission made the dinner atmosphere extremely heavy. Her eyes were red, she must have cried secretly just now, even Linglong had a bitter face without saying a word. Zhong Minyan felt regretful, so he secretly kicked the second senior brother Chen Minjue and asked him to tell a joke to improve the atmosphere.

　　 The second child, Chen Minjue, was a little bastard who was an assistant to a storyteller before he became an apprentice to learn art. Seeing that everyone was afraid to speak, he cleared his throat and deliberately mysteriously said: "Hey, we are going to send a major event recently, do you know?"

　　 Linglong is the cleverest, and hurriedly said: "I know! It will be the hairpin conference next month!"

　　 Chen Minjue smiled and touched his beardless chin, shaking his head and shook his head: "The hairpin conference is true, but do you know where the highlight of the hairpin conference is?"

Linglong frowned and thought for a while, and said, "The main event? Isn't the world's five major sects sending out elite disciples to learn from each other in martial arts? The seniors of the Min generation are not yet at the age of the competition. Up?"

　　 Chen Minjue didn't speak, but shook his head, with that nasty mysterious smile on his face. The impatient Linglong really wanted to grab his collar and force him to speak quickly.

　　 He Danping smiled and said: "Your senior brothers are rare talents, but they are not the age to participate in the hairpin conference. That one has to be 18 or older. Minjue don't sell it, just say it."

　　Chen Minjue didn't rush, and asked first: "Then you know, why is the hairpin flower conference called the word hairpin flower?"

　　Zhong Minyan replied: "I know this. The winner of the martial arts competition will have a peony flower on his hairpin by the owner of the Dotting Valley, so it is called a hairpin."

Chen Minjue smiled and said: "Wrong! That flower is not easy for you to get the first hairpin! Otherwise, you saw the last hairpin conference, didn't Lord Rong Gu didn't wear the flower for the winner of Fuyu Island? The flower not only refers to the peony flower, but also refers to the last challenge that the winner will face after winning the first prize."

　　 It was the first time everyone had heard of this so-called last challenge, and they couldn't help but ask each other curiously, and even Xuanji stared at the second senior brother with her eyes rounded. He Danping naturally found Ruomingjing in her heart. She just laughed, without telling the truth, letting the children have fun.

Chen Minjue whipped everyone's appetites, and then said: "The so-called last challenge is to let the winner of the martial arts contest fight a big monster! Of course, the monster was caught in advance by the seniors, and most of the vitality has been gone. Otherwise, how can an ordinary disciple be able to subdue it, no matter how powerful it is? But you must not underestimate the ability of the injured monster, even if its vitality is severely damaged, and its skill is only 20 to 30%, few young disciples can defeat it independently. Just learn martial arts, why does the hairpin conference have to be so grand? Since the start of this competition, no more than ten people can really put peony hairpins on. Therefore, it is not as easy as you think!"

　　 Everyone sighed, and then they realized that the Hairpin Conference had such a wonderful content. Linglong listened with gusto, and asked repeatedly: "The second brother, do you know what that monster is in this hairpin conference?"

　　 Chen Minjue said: "This is not yet clear for the time being. But I heard that there was a tengu in Lutai Mountain that made troubles and made the people unhappy. I guess this is the case."

　　 Linglong is full of fun. He only pestered Chen Minjue to say more. He sighed bitterly: "Little Junior Sister, I don't know more! You might as well ask Madam; she must know more about the hairpin conference."

He Danping nodded and said: "The second child is right. If you can't defeat the monster, you can't get hairpins. Your master also participated in the hairpins conference. He was the youngest but he was exceptionally talented and almost overwhelmingly won the first prize. He suffered a loss at the monster level and almost died. He still has that long scar on his body now!"

　　 "What kind of monster did Dad fight against? Did he get peony flowers?"

"That's a very famous demon called Fat Yi. It has been in the northwest for three full years, and the rain has not fallen there. In the end, your master and the elders of other factions tried their best to subdue it as the year. The finale of the Hairpin Conference. Your father fought with it for two days and two nights, and finally won. When he came out, he was dry and cracked and almost died. Then I..."

　　 Suddenly she stopped talking, her face turned red. How could she tell these juniors well, and then she rushed to him desperately, hugging him and crying? He grabbed the easy-to-obtain peony flower with a trembling hairpin on her hairline, and smiled: "I wanted to say that...fragrant flowers match beautiful women. Now...you can count on finding a flower worthy of you. Up."

　　 Alas, those sweet pasts have gradually faded with the passage of time. Only in the bottom of her heart, these precious memories are still so bright, as if it happened yesterday.

　　 After dinner, everyone chatted for a while, comforted Xuanji, then retired and went to rest.

　　 He Danping did not know how many distressed tears she shed this night, and how many worrying things she said while holding her daughter, only hated that one night seemed very short, and the sky was bright.

Xuanji carried the small package and opened the door. She saw the disciples of Xiatang and Yang Shishu standing in the doorway, all neatly dressed in robes with white background and red edges. They met He Danping, and they saluted respectfully. Said: "See the wife of the head. I will send Junior Sister Xuanji to Mingxia Cave on the order of the head."

　　 Zhen Xia Tang specializes in the punishment of disciples who break the precepts, and Xu Lei asked them to pick up Xuan Ji, which shows his selflessness. He Danping couldn't help crying again and exhorted a few words. Then Linglong, who was crying into tears, stood aside, and watched as they tied the Xuanji with a gold rope and supported the black jade sedan chair. The four of them stood on each side of the sedan chair. After moving forward together, the heavy sedan chair floated in the air.

"Xuanji, don't be afraid! Mother will pick you up soon!" He Danping waved to her from the ground. Xuanji rubbed against the sedan chair, her face pale, but fortunately there was no expression of sadness and fear. Seeing her mother and sister crying hard, although she was puzzled, she was also a little bit sad, so she said loudly, "I will be fine! Mother, sister! Don't worry about me!"

As soon as the voice fell, the black jade sedan chair soared into the air, and it instantly became a black spot, which was never seen again. Regarding the legend of Mingxia Cave, Xuanji just heard about it and never actually visited it, so she didn't feel terrible about this punishment. On the contrary, she was very lucky. In any case, it was better to be confined than to be beaten. She shouldn't be slapped by her father, that's horror.

Niang packed her two burdens, one was clothing and the other was filled with dry food, her sleeves and chest were also stuffed with things, that was Linglong's little toy to relieve her boredom. It's a pity that she is now tied up, and there is no way to take a closer look.

Sun Peak is the shortest peak in Shouyang Mountain. The strange thing is that there are not many trees here, but it is the place where most wild animals are infested, and there are many naturally formed caves. Mingxia Cave is the deepest and largest one.

The black jade sedan car carried her and arrived at the entrance of Mingxia Cave within a moment. Xuanji stretched her head out of the sedan chair to look out, but saw that this was a flat ground, surrounded by pines and cypresses. The strange thing was that the land three feet in front of Mingxia Cave was not growing, and the colour was crimson like dried blood.

The four Zhenxiatang disciples dropped the black jade sedan chair, one untied her, and the other took her two burdens, got off the sedan chair, and said, "Sister Xuanji, we have to take you into the cave. " She nodded obediently, but didn't ask why she wanted to send it. Is she afraid of her running away?

Who knows that when I entered the cave, I realized that there was a mysterious iron door that was ten feet high, and the lock on the door was thicker than her thigh; Whether you go in or out, you can only stare without the key: It's a dungeon? In vain it has a good name for Mingxia.

After opening the iron gate and walking inward for less than a moment, the light has dimmed, and the face can barely be seen within five steps. Xuanji looked around, but saw that the wall of the cave was covered with moss. I liked that there were no bats. I thought someone would expel them regularly.

Walking a little longer, I suddenly heard the sound of water in front of me, thinking that there was an underground spring here.

Xuanji did not expect that there are so many famous halls in Mingxia Cave. Not only are there iron gates locked at the entrance of the cave, but after entering, they have to row a boat for a while, and this is the destination. She couldn't see anything at this time, put her hand in front of her eyes, and couldn't see it even when she stared hard.

The four people polished the flint and lit the torch, but they saw that a simple stone house was built here, and the stone bed, tables and chairs were all primitive bluestone blocks. The so-called bed is just a flat stone, covered with a layer of damp straw, not even a quilt.

The four people left a handful of flints and a few candles for her, saying: "Then, Junior Sister Xuanji will practice here. I will leave first." Xuanji nodded indiscriminately, and the four of them put their burdens on the bed. Seeing her dazed and lost look, she couldn't bear it, so she left the torch to her, and said, "Junior sister, take care! Hope you will get the way soon." After they left, the cave quickly returned to silence, or in other words, dead silence. Xuanji has never been in such a quiet and terrifying environment. It seems that after a long time, her heartbeat has become thunder, and she can even hear the sound of blood vessels and veins.

She was stunned for a long time, then turned and walked into the stone house, and first touched the straw on the "bed". As expected, it was all wet, and I don't know how long it was left. She had to take a few clothes from her bag and spread them on top, and tried to lie down, stiffly, very uncomfortable.

She hasn't suffered much since she was a child, and the environment is so different now that she finally feels wronged and wanted to cry, but after another thought, she was alone here. Even if she broke her throat, it was meaningless, so she had to suck her nose and stay in a daze. I don't know when my mother will pick herself up, but now she really doesn't want to stay in this place, not at all.

I don't know how long it took, she fell asleep in the bed, dreaming strangely. It was faintly that Dad was going to beat her, and his mother was protecting her. Once again, Zhong Minyan ran from nowhere, looked at her mockingly, and said, "You deserve it, who made you lazy!" After speaking, he suddenly became a big brother. Du Minxing, touching her head, promised to speak nicely for her.

She was asking him to let Daddy let himself out of the hole, when Linglong suddenly brought a bucket of water and poured it on her face, shouting: "You are daydreaming again, wake up!"

She shuddered involuntarily and suddenly woke up, her eyes were completely dark. It took her a long time to realize that the torch was burned out. After finally groping for it to get up, she felt cold and bitter, and the moisture from the straw under her was sent through the clothes. Her small body couldn't help trembling, and she quickly found several clothes to put on her.

There is no sound, no sound at all. This terrible silence and darkness is more unbearable than death. She shrank into a ball on the stone bed, but she couldn't restrain the trembling of her body. She couldn't even tell whether it was trembling because of the cold or because of the endless fear of emptiness.

After a long time, she remembered that Zhenxiatang's disciples had left candles and flints for herself. She fumbled on the bed for a long time, finally found the flint, slapped it a few times, and lit the candle. With the light, she felt a little more relieved, shrinking on the bed and staring at the little orange flame in a daze.

There are only four candles, and she can't use them all the time, so if calculated like this, she has to live in the dark most of the day. In fact, you can ask Zhong Min to ask, but this person has always had a bad impression of himself and will definitely not agree to it. The time in the cave is frozen, not moving at all, she doesn't know how long it has been. There is nothing to do!

he usually has nothing to do all day in a daze, but if she really left her alone like this, she couldn't do so. I had to take out the toy Linglong gave her, but it was a slingshot, a muddy bird, and a small red rattle.

　　 What's the use of this thing? It's really confusing.

In desperation, she can only continue to sleep. But the stone bed was so cold that she couldn't fall asleep when she tossed on it, shivering with a strange feeling of loneliness washed away.

The rattle in his arms fell on the bed with a crisp sound. She caught it in the dark and held it in her hand. After a while, turn it slightly.

　　 The little rattle made a loud sound.

In such a dead and dark place, there is only a little voice left to accompany her.

　　 She continued to spin.

　　 It seems to see a lively New Year scene.

The big brother beats the Kuipi drum with drumsticks tied in big red silk, while Linglong hops and pats her waist drum. The air smelled of sweet red bean cake made by my mother, and Dad instructed the young disciples to take out the good wine that had been hidden in the cellar for a year.

She actually likes lively sights. She likes to make a small background colour in the lively scene, instead of being ruthlessly eliminated, everyone forgets her and ignores her. Xuanji thought a lot in a mess, and finally fell asleep again, unable to remember these annoying helpless things.

Zhong Minyan is the youngest male disciple of Shaoyang Fengmin generation, and Min is the youngest disciple of the entire Shaoyang school. Therefore, many clerical brothers are too lazy to take care of them, they will be handed over to him, he is busy several times daily than other disciples.

Therefore, forgetting things often happened to her.

After eating lunch that day, he came to the martial arts training ground early. Before he swung his sword a few times, several seniors had come to learn from him. The second senior brother Chen Minjue was the most cunning.

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Chen Minjue saw that he was about to lose to the younger brother, and suddenly said, "Minyan, will you give the younger sister a meal in the future?"

Zhong Minyan was shocked, and the sword move immediately revealed a flaw. Chen Minjue took advantage of the vacancy, turned his wrist, shot down his sword, and smiled: "You lose. Then hurry up to deliver the meal? Otherwise, the teacher will feel distressed if she knows. of."

He forgot! Zhong Minyan ran out of the martial arts ground in a desperate manner and went to the kitchen to get food. Just because Xuanji rarely appeared in the martial arts training ground, he didn't bother to pay attention to the affairs of this little junior girl. The immortal law he learned in the morning was complicated. He only practiced the tricks and forgot about her confinement.

Really annoying, Xu Xuanji must have a grudge against him. She was confined in confinement, and he was also unlucky. He had to run to the terrible Mingxia Cave three times a day, and the time of practicing in the afternoon was also forced to shorten.

Although he usually likes to joke, he smiles and seems to be worried about everything, but he is actually an arrogant person. He is the lowest in seniority and is usually not valued very much. He is always asked to do this and that, so he is extremely strict in the practice of qigong. When it reaches a harsh point, he vowed to surpass the senior brother and never let people underestimate himself. At the moment, because Madam wants to send food, the time for practicing in the afternoon is halved, so how can he not be annoyed.

The kitchen lady had prepared meals for Xuanji early, put it in the basket, and smiled and handed it to him when she saw him coming, and said, "Hey, go now. Don't let Xuanji be hungry. It's pitiful." Poor ghost! Hateful! She was lazy and punished, and she actually hurt others!

Zhong Minyan walked halfway and quietly opened the lid, only to see two dishes, a bowl of white rice, and a cup of fruit soup inside. He secretly picked up the biggest piece of sweet and sour pork ribs and stuffed it in his mouth, eating it with gusto.

'Hmph, very delicious!'

There is no light in Mingxia Cave, so Zhong Minyan had prepared a torch. After finally rowing to the stone house, it was dark and silent. He said coldly: "Chu Xuanji, eat."

　　 No one cares about him.

　　 Zhong Minyan was a little annoyed: "Chu Xuanji!" He raised his throat.

　　 Still everybody ignored him.

Zhong Minyan finally felt that something was wrong, and hurriedly jumped ashore and ran into the stone house. With a wave of the torch, he saw the little girl curled up on the stone bed, as if she was asleep, with a rattle in her hand. On the stone stand next to it, there was a pool of burnt tears, three unburned candles and a handful of flint.

He sighed, reached out to push her, and said: " Xuanji, wake up, have dinner."

Xuanji opened her eyes blindly, but saw that the fire was bright in front of her. Zhong Minyan looked at her impatiently, with a big black basket in his hand.

"Eating." Zhong Minyan put the food on the stone platform, and when she looked back, she shrank there and couldn't help being angry. "If you don't eat, just say it. It saves me flying around every day, wasting time."

Xuanji only felt cold all over and didn't want to move. This person has always treated him viciously, as if owed him a debt. When she want to quarrel with him, she couldn't because she didn't had the energy; when she really didn't eat, she was afraid that her mother will be sad. After hesitating for a long time, she had to climb down from the bed, wrapped in a pile of clothes and picked up her rice bowl. Fortunately, the food is still warm, it is very delicious. She ate most of it, and when she looked up to see Zhong Minyan staring at herself, she said lightly, "Do you want to eat too?"

Zhong Minyan was said to be the central thing, his face flushed slightly, and he snorted: "You hurry up and eat, so I can go back to practice." Xuanji took a sip of the soup, and said, "You can go now. Come and pick up the old dishes during dinner, so that you won't waste much time."

He didn't expect that she would say such things. After a long while, he said, "You are here alone, don't you want anyone to talk with you?"

Xuanji did not answer, but quickly finished the meal, put the dishes in the basket and handed it to him: "You are done, you take it away."

Zhong Minyan felt embarrassed. He took the basket hesitantly, and wanted to say something. Seeing her face turned blue from the cold, he couldn't help feeling soft, and said softly, "I'll bring you a quilt and thick clothes."

Xuanji couldn't ask for it, and as soon as he mentioned it by herself, she nodded obediently. He rarely saw this little witch with such a soft and well-behaved appearance, which was very different from the stubborn and insensitive thing in her impression, so he would be a little reluctant to leave. Looking around, he said: "Then...what else do you want? Books? Or toys? It's hard to stay alone like this."

　　 She shook her head: "No, don't bother you."

Zhong Minyan had to get on the boat, rowed a few times, ran back again, took off his coat and put it on her, and said angrily: "I lend you some clothes and don't get dirty. I will bring you some books and candles in the evening."

Xuanji lowered her head and did not speak, he was really not good at getting along with such yin and yang people, so he had to leave in a hurry. In the evening, he really kept his promise. Not only did he bring two quilts, a few thick clothes, he also brought a stack of books, a roll of rice paper, ink-stone brushes and the like, and even a small wooden pen holder. When these things were placed, the cold stone house finally smelled of warmth.

"Use these candles first, and I'll bring them to you when they are used up. The teacher asked me to speak for you, saying that the cave is wet and cold. You must practice every day, otherwise you will end up with patients. Remember to practice." He said, seeing Xuan Ji nodded her head vigorously, he couldn't help but smiled sarcastically: "This time you will keep your promise, and you not going to punished again, right?" Xuanji did not hide it, and said, " I don't want to practice. But I don't want others to get angry at me at every turn. Is it wrong to nod?"

Zhong Minyan laughed dryly: "Wrong reasoning. To be known that you are two-sided, say one thing and do one thing, others will only become more angry."

"That's not what I want. I don't like people yelling at me, but I don't want to practice."

"Why don't you like practicing qigong? Don't you want to become an immortal?"

　　 "I think, but I'm too lazy to become one."

Zhong Min said that he would continue to talk to her, she was afraid he would have the idea of ​​strangling her again. He really hadn't seen such a person, she was lazy, righteous and confident, and she was still delusional to become an immortal.

"Oh, then you can only become a kind of immortal." He said, putting the candle on her bed. "What kind of immortal?" Xuan Ji was a teenager with not-much cultivation knowledge , but she didn't realize that this was a lie, and asked enthusiastically. Zhong Minyan raised the corners of his mouth: "Lazy immortal. You can just keep doing nothing, maybe someday Heavenly Court will send someone to pick you up and seal you into a lazy immortal." Turned out to be taunting her. Xuanji was a little disappointed and silent for a while, she said: "I don't want to practice, but I will definitely become an immortal."

"Yes, you just wait to become a lazy immortal!" Zhong Minyan turned on the boat, too lazy to talk to her anymore. Xuanji stared at the candlelight on the case, and continued her daily task: in a daze.

　　 'I will definitely become a immortal'. She seemed to say so just now.

In fact, even she herself wondered where this arrogant self-confidence came from, making her blurt out arrogant words. She doesn't know how to fist, doesn't have immortal power, and can't even hold a sword, but she just feels that she should be able to become an immortal one day.

　　 Maybe Zhong Minyan was right, she can only be a lazy immortal.

However, Chu Xuanji was thinking about her by herself, and the Shaoyang faction who was busy holding the hairpin conference over there had already forgotten her affairs.

On August 14th, the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, the leaders of the five major factions and dignitaries from all tribes gathered on the top of Shaoyang Peak to make the final selection for the hairpin conference. As in previous years, the five people were decided to go to the wasteland to catch the monsters by drawing lots, as the main event after the competition.

Speaking of the hairpin conference, no one else is very good, but Linglong is the most exciting one. All day long she run out and in, looking for her parents everywhere. Only because the hairpin conference is held every five years, the entire Shaoyang school, including the youngest male disciple Zhong Minyan, has seen it before, so even though he is excited, he can control it. It was the first time in her life ,that Linglong participated in this kind of competition. She was only eleven years old five years ago. How can she remember the situation of the competition at that time? It's just that while she was excited, she was sad for Xuanji. She was locked in the dark Mingxia cave alone. She couldn't see this lively scene.

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That day, Linglong entangled her mother all morning, trying to go to the summit, so she was finally persuaded by He Danping with a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake. Unexpectedly, as soon as she walked on the front foot, Linglong encouraged Zhong Minyan to accompany her to the summit.

"No way, I'm going to deliver food to Xuanji. Besides, the teacher said that children should not join in the fun, there are all good elders and experts, and it won't be good if you accidentally bump into anyone." Zhong Minyan rejected her request in one fell swoop. Linglong said anxiously: "Then you can go after delivery! Let's go up and have a look and then come down, okay? I promise to be good and I will never make trouble."

Zhong Minyan filled the basket with vegetables and said: "I'm going to practice after the meal is served. Don't worry, you can watch all the excitement in half a month, and no one will stop you." Linglong couldn't bear it anymore, clutching his sleeve and yelling at his good brother so sensitively, it was almost twisted into twists. "Just come with me! Let's see the draw! Brother Minyan! What a big brother! Please, take me there!"

Zhong Minyan has always been incompetent with such stalking tricks, so he had to sigh: "My little ancestor, let go first. If you want to let the brothers see, my skin can't be protected from being exposed by the master. I will first give it to Sister Xuanji. Then I will go, okay?"

Seeing that he agreed, Linglong couldn't help but exuberantly said, "Let's go up and have a look, and get down soon, and then you can give Xuanji food! Just take a look, so you won't be afraid of being discovered!" Zhong Minyan said that he had no choice but to put the basket and let her run to the top of the peak.

The summit of Shaoyang Peak is the Shouyang Hall, which is headed by the head Xie Lei, and it is also the hall for the visitors. There are only two ways to go up: use the white jade Changgui placed on the edge of the cliff, and the imperial thing flies up; or you can climb the stairs obediently and go round and round, which takes at least half an hour.

This is the arrogance of the Shaoyang School. It is not easy to receive the incompetent. Either you go back obediently or you climb up obediently. The peak of Shaoyang towers high into the clouds, and the strange rocks are so rugged that ordinary people are generally intimidated.

"Climb up?" Zhong Minyan's face looked like a bitter gourd, his legs trembled as he looked at the stone steps hidden in the clouds and mist. "Of course, I will fly up!" Linglong pouted, "I don't climb the steps! It will take a long time!"

"Who knows how to flies? You know what to do? Zhong Minyan was confused.

Linglong smiled, pointing to the tip of his nose and said: "Don't pretend! Of course, it is you! I thought I didn't see it! Who was flying the sword in the shadow of the back mountain that day? I haven't asked you yet! If you still pretend, I will tell daddy to go!"

Zhong Minyan's face flushed, "I was actually seen by you...Don't tell the master! Junior sister, don't tell anyone, you know?" Linglong wondered: "Why don't you want to let Dad know? You already know how to fly, which is much better than the four brothers. Dad is too happy to hear that!"

Zhong Minyan said sternly: "This limelight has not many good points, but it has a lot of disadvantages. Even though the master is happy, the other seniors who have not learned how to fly will be scolded. If Linglong has realized something, she nodded and said, "You are right... But these things are so complicated... Do adults usually think so much?"

Zhong Minyan said with a laugh: "Thinking more than this! Come on, stop talking nonsense, don't you want to go up and watch the fun? It's too late to give Xuanji food if you don't go."

He walked to the edge of the cliff, and as expected, there was a row of white jade Changgui. He picked up a half-old one, his left foot sank slightly, as if he could not completely control it as he wanted. He tried to fly twice before he came back and smiled at Linglong, who was yelling: "Come on, little ancestor! After you go up, you can't twitter like this." Linglong is full of joy. How else would she like to play with Zhong Minyan, or Xiao Liuzi is the best, follow her in everything, and speak nicely.

When he was moving up the wind, Linglong suddenly thought of something, clutching his sleeve and said childishly: "Little Six, you can't stand the pain of going down the mountain and flee home like the previous third brother and fifth brother."

Zhong Minyan almost fell from the top of sword, and managed to stabilize his body. He smiled bitterly: "Which one of your eyes sees me crying to go home? Besides, my house...I don't have a home to go back. Died in the plague. Shaoyang sect is my home."

"Then let's tick." Linglong stretched out her little finger, blinked her big dark eyes, and said: "Little Six will be with us forever, and we will never be separated."

Zhong Minyan laughed, and said softly: "It's all the stuff of the little girls." Linglong is the most tolerant of other people's questioning and refuting herself. She frowned and said: "No matter what! You have to pull the hook!"

Zhong Minyan stretched out his arm, "Hey, hook your arm. The little finger is a little girl's business, I won't do it." He smiled exquisitely and hooked his arm around her arm. Both of them were childish and said: "If you don't follow this oath in the future and sneak down the mountain, let Xiaoliuzi lose all his teeth and be a toothless man!"

Zhong Minyan was only twenty-years old and Linglong was sixteen-years old. They were both innocent and unresolved ages. The so-called eternity was just an illusion in their eyes. In their hearts, it will always be the same as the hairpin conference that will be held soon, and it will pass by in a moment. There is neither frustration nor sadness in it.

However, the two climbed to the top of the cloud-shrouded peak, on top of which was a huge rooftop paved with turquoise jade, crystal clear and warm, very beautiful. The two people's cat waist shuttled through the bushes next to them, and they saw the big disciples of the Shaoyang School standing densely around the rooftops, obviously the ones in charge of the guards. Linglong didn't expect the lottery to be so formal, but was bluffed for a while, and whispered: "This is over, the guards are so strict, how can you take a peek?"

Zhong Minyan looks at this form, it is impossible to peek. He bowed his head and pondered, suddenly making a living, squeezed Linglong's hand and motioned her to follow him. After that, he coughed, stood up from the bushes, patted the dust on his clothes, and walked towards the rooftop with a swagger. Linglong seemed to have a little rabbit in her arms and jumped fiercely. She didn't know what Zhong Minyan was up to, but she felt exciting and fun, so she obediently followed him and walked forward.

Unsurprisingly, when he was about to step up the stairs, two big disciples approached him and said, "Master said that we are currently holding a lottery with the heads of other factions. No one should disturb." Zhong Minyan said calmly and said with a smile: "Is it the two brothers of the true character generation? We are ordered by Aunt Yinghong to bring a word to the lady in charge."

The two of them sounded like Master Yinghong, and their expressions were bitter.

It turned out that the Shaoyang School had seven branches, in charge of different functions, and Chu Yinghong was in charge of Yuyangtang, which was the entrance to the special rules. All day long wearing white clothes and green belts patrolling Shouyang Neishan to see if the other disciples fouled, it was the disciples of Yuyangtang. Chu Yinghong is a smiling tiger. She is the youngest of her peers. She is only thirty-seven this year, but even the head has given her three points.

Firstly, her husband is the elder Heyang of Zhenxiatang, who is in charge of punishment; secondly, although she herself looks gentle and kind, she is actually difficult to endure. Anyone who violates the law will be punished immediately. If you see her kindly pleading with her, she promises you with a smile on her face, and she will pay you ten times the penalty when she turns around.

Back then, Shaoyang Peak and Xuanyuan Sect had quarrels, and they all relied on her to turn around. A woman made many of the Xuanyuan Sect's predecessors speechless. In the end, Taoist Zhu Shi, the head of the Xuanyuan Sect, came to Shaoyang sect as the former head. To apologize, the two factions promised to have a good relationship forever and stay in the same spirit.

Such a strange woman, the head of the year was full of praise, and the voice of recommending her as the next head was also very high. The head considered repeatedly, but he gave up on the talented woman and chose the steady and reticent Xu Lei. Fortunately, she had no ambitions, and she became the Yuyang Hall Master by herself. But to this day, the old disciples still said that as long as she raised her arms and said she was leaving, at least one-third of Shaoyang sect would choose to follow her. They have to admit that her ability is not trivial.

Since it is such a powerful Aunt Yinghong who wants to spread the word, and the wife of the head has a good relationship with her, wherever they dare to stop, they will obediently go. Linglong didn't expect to mix in with them so easily, and she looked at Zhong Minyan with admiration. This man really didn't blush when he told a lie, just like the truth. She raised her head and glanced at Zhong Minyan secretly. He was still pretending to be serious, but his eyes were full of mischievous smiles.

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Linglong squeezed Zhong Minyan's arm vigorously across the sleeves, just about to praise him for doing well, but when the two of them caught up with him, they shouted: "Wait a minute!" Both of them were shocked, only when the lie was exposed, they had to bite the bullet and turn their faces around.

The two of them ran to the front and said: "It seems to have seen Master Yinghong follow the head into the Hairpin Flower Hall. When did Master let you speak?"

Zhong Minyan said with a strong smile: "But it's the morning, just because I have something else with me, so I didn't have time to find the lady in charge."

The two said: "If this is the case, then you don't need to go in. Since the wife of the head and the uncle of the shadow red are in the Zanhua Hall, I must have said something. You two will go back, and the lot will be drawn soon. The door and the elders are inside, so you can't disturb them."

Zhong Minyan continued to speak and contemplate, but he couldn't think of any excuses, so he turned around and wanted to leave. Who knows Linglong said coldly: "I don't know what is good or bad: If Aunt Hong has anything to say to my mother face to face, do we need to spread the word? I don't understand this, I have to say it!"

Seeing Linglong, they couldn't help being short of breath. After thinking about it, maybe it was because there was something unpleasant between the uncle Yinghong and the wife of the head, and let the daughter of the head, Linglong come to pass on a message. This is not uncommon. Between women, there are always some troublesome things, and they like to bend around and not make it clear.

Thinking of this, they had to step aside again, hesitating to let them go.

After passing through the Jasper Terrace, bypassing the front entrance hall and walking to the backyard, Zhong Minyan burst into laughter, knocked on her small exquisite head lightly, and said, "You're really crazy! The aunt Yinghong will carry you for no reason. Suspicious black pot."

Zhong Minyan exquisitely pouting his mouth, arrogantly: "Who asked them to hold chicken feathers as an arrow! What if it is a draw? It is not shameful, like a thief. What can we do!"

While talking, the Zanhua Hall was near. Although it is named the hall, it is actually a tall building. There is a bend of clear water and a bamboo forest in front of the building. Slender and elegant white cranes are looking for food and resting in front of the water in twos and threes. Probably because the Jasper Terrace was guarded very tightly, and there was actually no one in front of the Zanhua Hall.

Zhong Minyan saw that Linglong was about to rush into it, and he hurriedly held it, and said, "You can't disturb you. Let's lie under the window and leave an ear to eavesdrop."

　As they talked, the two men walked gently to a window in the West Wing. The window was hidden, and the elegant fragrance of tea and aquamarine spread from the gap, which smelled very good.

　　 But he heard someone talking inside, who was the head of Shaoyang Peak, Yu Lei.

"...As for the lottery, should we follow the rules of previous years? Please write your name on the bamboo sticks, and then the Uchiko will draw. The first five people are responsible for picking the flower."

Defloration? Linglong didn't react for a while. Zhong Minyan said silently with his mouth: the demon. She immediately realized that it turned out that it was the lottery to catch the demon who was the main event.

As soon as Yu Lei's voice fell, he heard a hoarse voice and laughed: "The head of Chu is so stingy. This time the hairpin conference is sent to you in Shaoyang, but the lottery has to be drawn by your lady. It is really good time and place. what."

Yu Lei said a few words coldly by this person, but he didn't make a difference, and only smiled: "Song Dao's remarks are serious, the lottery is arranged here with integrity, and my wife is not among the candidates for the lottery, so let her draw. If you think it's inappropriate, it's better to recommend another draw, and there will be no objection below."

But the man said: "We are all guests, the guests are as they please, where can there be any objections! Come! Hurry up and draw lots! Finish the hairpin conference sooner and go home to sleep!" After that, he paused., And said: "This Shaoyang School is not included. The previous few flower pickers didn't have their share, so let's not do it this time!"

Yu Lei heard what he meant by accusing them of cheating for personal gain, and he couldn't help being furious. However, he is very well-trained, and his face is not moving. He was about to put the words back, but he heard a deep and deep voice in the corner saying: "Why do you have to worry about Song Daochang? Anyway, you are afraid that they will not have eyes and go by themselves. It won't happen. Xuanyuan Sect is veteran and has strong disciples, so you don't put defloration in your eyes. Why don't you give us the opportunity to Fuyu Island?"

Song Dao Chang Yinyin smiled, but stopped talking. Yu Lei also smiled and stopped talking. He Danping sent the bamboo strips to each person's case and said with a smile: "Please write your names on the bamboo strips, and then put them in this big bamboo basket. The first five who were selected will have to trouble you to pick the flowers. "She smiled to herself, as if she hadn't heard Song Daochang's previous complaints.

Linglong couldn't hear clearly, and wanted to raise her head a little bit higher, Zhong Minyan quickly pulled her down gently, and whispered: "Don't move, there are all good people inside, be careful to be found."

"What are the five main schools?" Linglong asked bewildered.

It turned out that he was afraid that Linglong would be overly curious, and it was discovered that they were peeking, so he specifically looked for something to distract her. As expected, she shook her head and said triumphantly: "You don't even know this? Let me tell you. The five schools are Central Plains Shaoyang Peak, Xuanyuan School, Fuyu Island, Dianjing Valley, and Liza Palace. Each of the five major factions has a long history, many disciples, and people from all over the world are flocking to it. It's just that the Xuanyuan faction has been declining recently, and the disciples are not as good as every year. But after all, they are using the saying of the emperor of heaven, and their strength is profound, and they still cannot be underestimated. Ze Gong is a new school that has only emerged in the past 50 years. Now it is gaining momentum and it seems to want to catch up with Shaoyang Peak. But I think the people in that palace are weirdly tight, and I don't know if they are male. Fuyu Island and Dianjing Valley are all familiar to us, don't I need to tell you?"

Zhong Minyan opened his eyebrows and smiled, and pretended to nod his head again and again, and then said softly: "Don't say anything else, do you remember that we went to Fuyu Island two years ago? I didn't expect such a beautiful sea of ​​flowers on a small island. But that island. As soon as the main lady came out, all the flowers lost their colour..."

Linglong squinted at him, "Okay, so you brothers, pay attention to these on weekdays! I will tell my father the other day and say that you are absent-minded, and the are not concerned about practicing now!"

Zhong Minyan knew that she was joking, and it would not be easy to play with her, so he could only laugh and said, "Who was the person who looked at me?" Linglong sighed: "Really. I have never seen anyone better than her..." After speaking, he refused to accept it, and then pouted: "Of course except my mother!" Zhong Minyan deliberately wanted to tease her, so he pretended to lie on the window still to look in, and said: "Then I will see if the island owner's wife has come this time, and watch her enough!"

Linglong chuckled out and hurriedly pushed him, saying: "Be careful that the elders who dotting the valley drag you out to fight!" She hadn't finished speaking yet, she just heard a "Huh" inside. The two hurriedly shrank under the window sill in fright, waited with bated breath, and dared not move.

He Danping said at this time: "Please put the bamboo strips in this bamboo basket." So, everyone threw the bamboo strips with their names into the bamboo baskets. When they arrived in front of Song Daochang, he didn't move. He just put the bamboo strips in his hands and bend them into various shapes.

He Danping smiled and asked, "Dao Chang Song hasn't written it yet?"

Song Daochang shook his head and said with a weird voice: "I want to come to the Xuanyuan School as a guest, so I shouldn't say anything. But since Shaoyang peak is the organizer of this hairpin conference, he shouldn't hide privately. Shaoyang School clearly the two didn't write the name on the bamboo strips, but they assigned us to vote first. What does it mean?"

He Danping's face changed slightly, and she said with a serious face: "I don't know what Song Daochang means? I have the Seven Hall of the Shaoyang School. Seven people are here. I don't know who are the two of that Song Daochang is talking about?"

Song Daochang sneered: "So it's not a disciple of Shaoyang paek! That must be a peeping rat! I want to see who is so bold!" His broad Taoist robe slightly swayed, and dozens of cold light sword aura shot out from his sleeves, mixed with a stern sound, slammed straight towards the window sill where Linglong they were hiding. This hand is called Xiu Wanjian, and it is one of the Xuanyuan School's proud stunts. Everyone in the audience didn't expect him to say that he would do it, and he was shocked when he shot such a sharp move.

Seeing that the wall was about to be shattered by the sword qi, it was too late, and then a gray silhouette rushed past like a lightning, unexpectedly before the sword qi! With a bang, the wall of the Flower Hall was smashed to pieces by the sword qi, and the smoke and dust rolled in a mess. Everyone exclaimed, but it was so powerful.

Song Daochang's face turned blue, and it took a long time to sneer: "As expected of Chu, good posture, good ability!" He stared at the god-like man in the smoke. The man was unscathed, his face was as usual, and he seemed to be sitting idle. Walking is generally easy. He carried two blue-faced children, it was Linglong and Zhong Minyan.

He Danping was excited when she saw that her husband was all right, but she forgot to blame, and she hurriedly went over and stroked his neck, and repeatedly asked, "Is it all right? Is there any injury?"

Linglong was frightened, and she couldn't say a word with her lips shaking. He Danping was so distressed that she hugged her and hurried to comfort her. Zhong Minyan, who was on the side, was not so lucky. When Yu Lei looked at him blankly, he couldn't help but knelt down and said in a low voice: "Master..."

Yu Lei frowned, and said in a deep voice: "Get up first, go to the side! I'll talk about it later." Zhong Minyan's heart sank, knowing that after the lottery, Master will definitely investigate the matter. It's not enough for Linglong, at most scolding her, he was afraid that, like Xuanji, he also had to go to Mingxia Cave for a while.

When he thought of Xuanji, he suddenly remembered that he hadn't delivered her food at noon. Seeing that it was almost the end of noon, the little girl must be panicked with hunger. She stayed alone in that dark and silent place again, still hungry... …He couldn't help but regret, he shouldn't have agreed to Linglong's mischief.

He retreated silently to the corner of the Flower Hall, and saw He Danping whispering against Linglong. She still had a frightened look on her face, but she was not as pale as before. She seemed to be a little unconvinced with her mother's reproach, pouting her teeth for a while.

However, said that Xu Lei silently rescued the two under the power of the Xiwanjian. This hand naturally made everyone in the audience amazed. He deserves to be the head of the Shaoyang School of Central Plains, and his reputation is well-deserved! He didn't show any signs on his face. He just put the basket full of bamboo sticks on the mahogany table and said with a smile: "You guys are stubborn, let everyone laugh. The bamboo sticks have finished writing, so let's draw lots now. "

Everyone knows that he has a cold face, and he has always been a serious and serious person. The lighter on his face, the more irritated he is. This time his disciple peeped into the lottery. Even if everyone wanted to make a joke to ease the atmosphere, they didn't know what to say. Seeing He Danping came to draw lots, they shut up.

Who knows that He Danping was about to put her hand into the bamboo basket, but listened to Song Daochang sneered: "Okay, okay! This blue sky is full of people, and Shaoyang Peak is also starting to shame! You have no reason to let two disciples come to peep and draw the lottery is discipline! It is not in compliance with the rules that it has come and acted as a shield to prevent them from taking a share! I think there is no need to hold this hairpin conference!"

Yu Lei couldn't help being furious. This person provoked four times and spoke rudely. If it weren't for the reason that he was one of the four elders of the Xuanyuan Sect, he would have turned his face long ago. Although the former head of the Xuanyuan School and the head of the Xuanyuan School Zhushi Taoist verbally promised that the two schools were united and linked together, how could the hundreds of years of discord be eliminated in a few decades!

He immediately said sternly: "I wonder if Song Daochang has any advice?"

Song Daochang touched his sparse goatee, with a strange smile on his white and perfect face, and said, "I don't dare to be a teacher. But this is how the hairpin conference has been set up. Everyone who attends has a lottery. If you cannot go there, it's okay to be signed by someone else. I would like to ask the head of Chu, the two Shaoyang disciples just now, do you intend to be a wooden person and deprive them of the right to draw lots?"

Yu Lei suppressed his anger, and said solemnly: "The two people are still young, one is twenty, and the other is only sixteen. How can you qualify for the lottery if you are not even proficient in flying objects? Even if you win, pick the flowers. The task is to send them to death for nothing!"

Song Daochang shook his head and said, "Neither! We also understand the heart of Chu Sect guarding the calf. That girl is your beloved daughter? I heard that Chu Sect's two daughters have extraordinary skills at a young age, Shaoyang School the one who loves it all the time, it must be that blue is better than blue. The little baby has to be tempered to become a talent. How can you protect it for no reason? But where are the rules of the lottery?"

Yu Lei has always endured it. He would say a few words of sourness. He couldn't bear it, and he sternly said: "Song Daochang meant that I sheltered and protected?! Today I will..." He didn't finish, but he was held back by He Danping and forced back. She said softly: "Brother, don't get angry. Don't let the world's heroes make fun of us, Shaoyang Peak!"

The green veins on his forehead burst out, took a deep breath, and was about to speak, but heard a tender voice next to him: "I write! I want to participate in the draw!"

Everyone turned their heads, but it was Linglong. Her face was a little pale, but her eyes were full of eager excitement, she actually regarded the defloration as a stimulating task. Seeing that her parents didn't respond, she couldn't help but anxiously said: "I want to draw lots! Father! Mother! Isn't the rule like this? You have a share! Why can't I participate?"

"Naughty!" Yu Lei only felt a headache, and really wanted to throw the two little ghosts off Shaoyang Peak and let them fend for themselves. He Danping sighed: "Linglong, the task of defloration is not a game. For thousands of years of big monsters, even your dad has trouble dealing with them, let alone you? Don't be capricious and go down the mountain!"

Exquisite temperament comes up but ignores it, no one knows the parents' worries. She ran to the bamboo basket and said anxiously: "No! I want to participate! Mother, I am also eligible to participate! Didn't you give me all the gold a few days ago? Did you coax me? I don't want to let Daddy protect and take care of me for the rest of his life!"

Song Daochang clapped his hands and laughed: "Well said! As expected, there are no dogs and no dogs! Miss Chu is really admirable!"

He Danping sees this momentum, if Linglong is not allowed to draw lots, I'm afraid this hairpin conference will not be completed. She really didn't want to put her daughter and lover in danger, so she looked at her husband for help. Yu Lei groaned for a while, and seeing Linglong's expression on her face flushed with excitement, she completely put the danger behind her, couldn't help but sigh in her heart, and suddenly made a living.

He turned his head and called Zhong Minyan, and said, "Since you are also participating in the draw, write all your names on it. You can write it, Min Yan." After that, he patted his shoulder twice.

Zhong Minyan carefully figured out what he meant, feeling that it was vaguely meaning, but he himself couldn't understand and was not sure, so he hesitated to rub it, picked up the pen, and looked up at Xie Lei. He nodded slightly, and Zhong Minyan finally understood. He couldn't help but wonder more, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he had to write down two names and put them in the bamboo basket.

Now Song Daochang has nothing to say, Linglong is even more elated, she somehow bumped into such a big opportunity, maybe she can follow everyone down the mountain to see the legendary big demon.

He Danping stretched his hand into the bamboo basket uneasy, and did not dare to touch the layer of bamboo strips on it. For fear that he would accidentally draw Linglong, he easily pulled one out of it and opened it. "Fuyu the island owner Dongfang Qingqi."

A big man stood up in the corner, with long hair hanging down on his shoulders, thick eyebrows and a sword nose. He was tall and had a heroic appearance. He laughed, straightened his sleeves, stepped forward, and said loudly: "Let's take the lead! Everyone, accept!" The voice was low and thick, but it was the person who had just grabbed the White Song Dao.

Everyone responded, and Song Daochang smiled and said, "Congratulations, Dongfang, you got the first stubbornness."

Dongfang Qingqi smiled and replied: "Yes, I entrust Song Daochang's blessing. I only hope that there will be a few more floating jade islands later! We will take care of the defloration task."

While talking, the second lottery has been drawn, He Danping read: "Shaoyang School Yuyang Hall Master Chu Yinghong."

As soon as the voice fell, a slender figure walked to the middle of the hall and said in a crisp voice: "Acceptance! Overstepping!" The congratulations were louder. Chu Yinghong was a famous beauty when she was young, but now she is nearly forty but her charm still exists, her snow-skinned appearance, and years of experience have made her agile and capable in her gestures, and she is truly a woman.

She walked to the row of five grandmaster chairs in the middle of the hall, and smiled at Dongfang Qingqi who was sitting on the first chair: "This time, I have to rely on Oriental heroes for guidance." Dongfang Qingqi hurriedly replied: "The Chu female hero is praised! I am ashamed. This time, we must work together to eliminate the monsters."

The two of them were greeting each other here, and He Danping had already pulled out the third bamboo stick there. When she turned it over, her expression changed drastically? After a while, she muttered, "Shaoyang school disciple...Zhong Minyan." She looked at Yu Lei as if for help, not knowing what to do.

Everyone was in an uproar, and I didn't expect that I would really draw that junior disciple. In an instant, dozens of eyes fixed on Zhong Minyan. Fortunately, although his face was pale, he still maintained his tolerance. He didn't hesitate to walk to the row of chairs when he heard his name, and bowed his eyes and said: "The disciple is shameless, please forgive me, seniors!" Not confused, I sighed in my heart, this son will become a great talent in the future.

Yulei thought that the chance of getting them was slim. Who knows that fate is going to make people, the more you don't want it to happen, the faster it happens? Fortunately, this little apprentice with a hippie smiley face is calm and steady at this time, and he has a lot of faces. He can't help but cherish his talents. He is about to go to encourage him, but he hears He Danping read the fourth bamboo stick again. "Yu Lei, the head of the Shaoyang School."

As soon as he heard that he had himself, he lifted his heart halfway, and walked toward the row of grandmaster chairs. Chu Yinghong was touching Zhong Minyan's head and talking softly with him. Seeing that Yu Lei was coming, she smiled and said, "Headmaster, I'm relieved with you. Otherwise, I'm afraid I can't save this child."

Zhong Minyan hurriedly knelt in front of Yu Lei, afraid to speak. Yu Lei said indifferently: "Get up. You don't need to be afraid, don't do anything, just follow behind me. This time it will be an eye-opener for you, but you will be fined to confine you in Mingxia Cave for a month after returning."

Zhong Minyan was moved in his heart and said yes with tears. After standing up, Chu Yinghong was pulled by Chu Yinghong with a smile and talked to Dongfang Qingqi.

Everyone here was saying words of encouragement, and some even joked, saying that the defloration task this time was covered by the Shaoyang faction. Song Daochang had an ugly face, so he shut up without saying a word.

He Danping relieved a little, knowing that her husband had gone, he would definitely be able to protect Zhong Minyan with all his strength. He had always been cold-hearted. This last bamboo stick, but I don't know who will be drawn. She picked up a bamboo strip from the bamboo basket with two fingers, turned it over, her face suddenly turned pale. She stared at the bamboo strip in disbelief, as if to see through it with her eyes.

Everyone finally discovered that there was something wrong with her, Chu Yinghong asked lightly: "Sister Ping? What's the matter?" She also had a bad feeling in her heart, wouldn't it be so unlucky, even Linglong was drawn?

It took a long time for He Danping to raise her head, tears in her eyes shining, and her slender shoulders trembling slightly. It seemed that she was about to faint immediately. She turned over the bamboo strips and said intermittently: "Shao... Shaoyang school disciple... Chu... Xuanji!"

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