The scholar with a thousand faces turned around and was about to leave, but suddenly something came to mind.

"By the way, Young Sect Master, Xue'er's retreat day is getting closer and closer, after the matter here is over, do you want to go and see her?"

Hearing this, Tong Yan nodded lightly and said, "Well, I have to go and see, she has been in retreat for a few months, right?" When we're done with the matter here, we'll go to her retreat to pick her up. In addition, continue to send people around to find out the news of Qing Ming and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. Wherever they are, be sure to find them. ”

Hearing this, the thousand-faced scholar opened his mouth and responded: "Young Sect Master, don't worry, the Ji people have their own heavenly appearance, and the Qing Ming and the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox will definitely be fine." Then the subordinates will go to see the people of the Nine Caves and Eighteen Rudders first, and come back to you tomorrow. ”

"Okay, be careful all the way!"

The Thousand-Faced Scholar didn't say anything more, turned around and walked out of the room directly.

Tong Yan sat down on the **, thought for a while, and then picked up the lunch that the scholar of the thousand faces bought for him, and ate it absentmindedly.

……

Located in the northern part of Jiangsu, there is a hill called Miliu. This mountain is adjacent to the Grand Canal, although the altitude is not high, but it is a beautiful scenery, the mountains and rivers are beautiful, from a distance, the mist is shrouded, like a fairyland on earth.

Halfway up this Miliu Mountain, there is a thousand-year-old temple. Surrounded by red walls, covered with red tiles, several towering trees stand against the wall, knowing the sound of chirping on the trees, it seems relaxed and comfortable.

This ancient temple is called the Golden Body Temple, according to legend, there was a Golden Body Zen Master in this temple, the body is not rotten after death, just like the golden cast, so it has the name of the Golden Body Temple.

Just a year ago, an uninvited guest came to the Golden Body Temple. When this man arrived, he was already dying, and he was compassionate, so he tried his best to save his life, and although he was able to save him, he was depressed and remained silent all day.

Today, the host took him to Zen and worship the Buddha as usual, hoping to enlighten him and help him get rid of his demons.

After the morning class, a group of monks withdrew from the Daxiong Treasure Hall, only this person knelt on his knees, still looking at the Buddha statue in front of him with a reverent face.

I saw that this person's long blue hair was tied at random behind his head, his skin was fair, and he was handsome, but his expression was indifferent and he looked a little listless. Take a closer look, isn't this person the Qing Ming, who is it?

But why did he appear in this ancient temple in the mountains? Leaving Kirin, what has he experienced in the past two years?

It turned out that after he was kicked out by the Qilin Lord after killing innocents indiscriminately in the Qilin that day, he devoted himself to investigating the masked man who persecuted him. However, the masked man left almost no clues, how could he have investigated it if he wanted to?

So he decided to find Tong Yan first, and then make plans. When he was in Qilin, he knew the news that Tong Yan had joined the Demon Sect, but after the battle of the righteous demons, he didn't hear from him.

Since Tong Yan is already a member of the Demon Sect, if you want to find him, you can only start with the Demon Sect. It's a pity that after the Demon Sect experienced the battle between the righteous and the demon, the disciples in the sect disappeared without a trace as if the world had evaporated. In this way, it has become impossible to find Tong Yan.

During those days, Qing Ming was drunk all day long, and when people drank too much, they were easy to think of all kinds of bitter past. He thought of Nangong Jin'er, who was seriously injured by himself, thought of his brother Tong Yan, whose life and death were uncertain, and thought of so many innocent people who died tragically at his hands, and under the blow of these painful pasts, he gradually lost himself, and he became depressed and fragile.

And at this moment, he was targeted by a snake demon who has hundreds of years of Taoism, he is a descendant of the green dragon, and the snake demon and the like all hope that one day they can fly into a dragon, if they can devour the green underworld, their cultivation can naturally make great progress, and it may not be impossible to become a dragon in one fell swoop.

So the snake demon made a move, and the dazed Qing Ming really almost died at its hands, and in the end, if he didn't let go of the fetters in his heart, maybe Qing Ming had already fallen into the netherworld. He tried his best, and finally escaped from the mouth of the snake demon, stumbling all the way until he passed out next to the Golden Body Temple on the Lingering Mountain.

It was the host who saved him and enlightened him carefully, but the pain in his heart really can't be diluted with a few words of enlightenment. To this day, he is unable to escape his guilt.

"Alas...... Little benefactor, you're in a daze here again. Let's go out and walk around, it's not a way to live like this! ”

At some point, the presiding officer of the Golden Body Temple walked up behind him. This old monk is over the age of old, with a kind face, long eyebrows and long beard, and at a glance he knows that he is a high monk.

Hearing this, Qing Ming hesitated slightly, but slowly stood up according to his words. He bowed respectfully to the old monk, and then walked towards the courtyard without saying a word.

The old monk looked at him, and suddenly asked: "Little donor, I know that you are not an ordinary person, since you are bored here, why don't you go to the north and south of the river to have a look?" A few days ago, the poor monk received a letter from the lay disciples in the temple, saying that the Demon Sect was going to fight with the Seven Killing Sects. The righteous monks are gathering to eradicate these two evil sects together. You have a skill, you might as well join them, and you can also do the right thing for heaven and atone for yourself. Why not? ”

Qing Ming ignored it at first, but as soon as he heard the name of the Demon Sect, his heart trembled, and he hurriedly asked, "Master, you said that the Demon Sect is going to fight with the Seven Killing Sects?" The Demon Sect and the Seven Killing Sects are all evil demons, how can they kill each other? ”

When the old monk heard this, he smiled and said: "It seems that your heart is not undisturbed, so it's good, otherwise you will waste this skill." The letter said that there was a new young sect master in the Demon Sect, and it was that young sect master who had a grudge against the Seven Killing Sect, so he would fight with the Seven Killing Sect! ”

Have a grudge against the Seven Kills? Don't...... Could it be that the young sect master is Tong Yan? Thinking of this, Qing Ming suddenly came to his senses and asked again, "Master, do you know where they are going to do it?" ”

The old monk shook his head and said, "The poor monk doesn't know, if you are interested, go down the mountain and ask around." I think someone will know! ”

When Qing Ming heard this, he immediately knelt on his knees and said: "The grace of saving life cannot be repaid." Please accept my three prostrations! As he spoke, he kowtowed to the old monk three times.

The old monk did not stop him, but kept smiling and looking at him.

"Little donor, on the occasion of parting, the poor monk will send you a word, **************, and the book will be ninefold every day. I hope you will regain your faith and not be depressed all day. The sea is wide and the fish jumps, the sky is high and the birds fly, go ahead, have a good trip! ”

Hearing this, Qing Ming nodded heavily, got up and went down the mountain.

Unexpectedly, after he walked over, the old monk suddenly smiled mysteriously and said, "Master Nangong, the poor monk can only help you get here." The rest is up to this kid! Hehe......"