Chapter 12
"The Great Battle"
Zhang Yan had seen before that the disciples of the Agarwood Sect always had a hint of liáo flattery, which may be related to the exercises, but this woman had nothing on her, although her face was also beautiful, but there was a kind of arrogance in her anticipation.
Looking at her cultivation, Xuanguang condensation is like substance, I am afraid that she has reached the peak of the Xuanguang Triple Realm, at this moment she pressed the ribbon on her waist, and stared at Zhang Yan with her phoenix eyes, her face full of vigilance, as if she was going to fight if she didn't agree with each other.
Although she put on a deputy posture, Zhang Yan did not change his face, he stepped on the void, Xuan Sè Taoist robe fluttering, and his expression had an indescribable sense of ease, and he arched his hand at the woman slightly, and said lightly: "Zhang Yan is sent in Xia Mingcang, this time I came at the appointment of Mu Hongchen's Taoist friend." When the woman heard this, she frowned, glanced at Zhang Yan up and down, and snorted lightly, "It turns out that Hongchen invited the Taoist friend" Hmph, now she has a wide range of friends, and even the high-ranking disciples of the Mingcang faction can be invited. Her words were old-fashioned, and she seemed to have an unusual status in the Agarwood Sect.
Zhang Yan looked at her, and was about to ask her identity, at this moment, another light flew in, and Mu Hongchen, who had not been seen for many days, appeared in front of the two, she first saluted Zhang Yan, and then bowed to the woman from afar, and said: "Hongchen congratulates Uncle Shi on leaving the customs." ”
The woman glanced at her lightly and said, "Hongchen, you seem to be very unhappy to see me out of the customs?" Mu Hongchen lowered his head slightly and said in a low voice: "Uncle Shi said he was laughing." Although she had a veil on her face, Zhang Yan was extremely keenly aware of the unnaturalness in her tone.
The woman flicked her sleeves and said expressionlessly: "That's it, since it is a distinguished guest sent by Mingcang, then you should be careful to entertain it, but this is my Agarwood Sect's dojo after all, and you, as a senior sister of this generation, should make the taboos in my door clear to outsiders." ”
After she said this, she fled from the sky and fell into the palace.
Zhang Yan smiled playfully, turned his head and asked, "Mu Daolou, I don't know who this Taoist friend is..." Mu Hongchen sighed lightly and said: "She is my uncle, she has always been arrogant, if her words are offensive, please don't be surprised by Zhang Daoyou." ”
She waved her sleeves again and said with a smile: "I thought that Daoyou would come a few days late, but I didn't expect it to arrive so soon, please come with me." Zhang Yan nodded, and under her guidance, the two flew towards the shining palace.
Along the way, Zhang Yan found that not only on this peak, but also on the mountainside, the Agarwood Sect has also set up several palaces with white walls of Daiwa, and there is a rugged mountain road carved out of the mountain wall, and many people can be seen walking up with difficulty, which seems to be specially used for the worship of the herdsmen under the mountain.
This is not that the disciples in the Agarwood Sect are not strong enough to open up a broader road, but they are afraid that these herdsmen will go up the mountain too easily and lose their awe, they can also use this to set up all kinds of tests, from which to select disciples who have firm beliefs and are suitable for training, Zhang Yan understands that this is because the foundation of the Agarwood Sect is weak, so the selection of disciples needs to start from the hearts of the people and play with these means.
And such a big faction as the Mingcang faction, there are nine big cities in the mountain gate alone, and any of them has a population that is not lower than the mortal capital Dayi, and these people are all descendants or ethnic groups of the disciples of the Mingcang faction, so they have no trace of the origin of the disciples.
When the two of them were flying, Zhang Yan asked seemingly unintentionally: "The master of my Taoist friend, the method he practiced seems to be very different from that of Taoist friends. ,...
Mu Hongchen looked back, rolled up his sleeves, gave him a thumbs up, and said: "Zhang Daoyou's eyesight, my master is the most qualified in the door, and he is the ancestor of the Houpu people, because he got the permission of the ancestor back then, abandoned my agarwood sect in the Xuangong, and walked outside for more than 30 years, only then did he find a secret book to practice, three years ago she accepted my Pan sister as an apprentice and then closed the door to practice, I didn't expect that today's Taoist friends came, but it coincided with my master and uncle out of the customs. Zhang Yan sighed in his heart, where could there be such a coincidental thing, although it was only in a hurry, but he could also see the rejection of him by the female god, but he only fulfilled the contract to get the bright stone in this trip, what did the people in the Agarwood Sect think, he was not at ease.
In front of the palace, the two lowered the clouds, and Mu Hongchen welcomed Zhang Yan to the hall, just taking a seat, but a shì woman came up and said: "Senior sister, Uncle Ni invited you over once, saying that there is something important to discuss." ..., Mu Hongchen said unhappily: "Master Ni also saw that I was entertaining Zhang Daoyou, why did you call you here again? ”
When the shì girl heard this, she stood there but didn't leave, Mu Hongchen was furious and was about to scold, but Zhang Yan smiled and said, "I originally agreed with Daoyou that it would be two months later, but now I arrived early, since Mu Daoyou has something to do in the sect, you might as well go first." Mu Hongchen hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Then snub Senior Brother Zhang." Zhang Yan smiled and waved his hand to show that it was okay.
Mu Hongchen confessed, drove out of the hall, and after a while, he came to a side hall full of huā grass, got the shì female pass at the door, walked inside on the scarlet carpet, and came to an inner room, and saw a figure lying on his side behind the gauze tent, so he said: "Hongchen has seen Uncle Ni." Seeing her come in, the sandalwood blew lightly, and a fragrant breeze blew through, separating the gauze tent on the door, and then sat up, nodded slightly at Mu Hongchen, Jiashi waved his hand greatly, and said, "Master and nephew don't have to be polite, sit down." Mu Hongchen didn't sit down, the tall woman stood there and said directly: "Uncle Shi doesn't know what to summon Hongchen?"
"Huh?" Ni Qianying glanced at her and said, "You will be the head of the house in the future, this impatient temper needs to be changed, hmm" She groaned slightly, and said: "Since you have asked, I will talk to you, this time I am out of the customs, I feel that the opportunity for Ning Dan has arrived, Hongchen, I remember that when my senior sister passed away, I left you a lot of Akashi rǔ, why don't you lend it to your uncle first, and then return it to you after Uncle Ning Dan, what do you think......?"
Mu Hongchen's body shook slightly, not to mention whether this senior uncle could really be Ning Dan, even if she was 100% sure, she had already promised Zhang Yan that it was impossible to hand it over again, but only a few people knew about this matter, and this senior uncle would know?
She took a deep breath and said in a deep voice: "Uncle Shi, I have promised to give this thing to that Zhang Daoyou, but I can't give it to Uncle Shi anymore." ”
Ni Qianying stared at her with straight eyes, and after a while, she said coldly: "Why?" Mu Hongchen said: "Uncle Shi also knows, before his death, my teacher told me to take down the magic treasure in the depths of the River Styx, which can be used as the foundation for our religion in the future, but if you want to find that extremely yīn land, you must have Zhima fruit, but this thing is now on Zhang Daoyou, he is a disciple of the Mingcang faction, there are very few things in my sect that can move him, only this Akashi rǔ can make him move." "Ridiculous!" Ni Qianying's eyes widened, and she said: "This thing is my senior sister in charge of the sect who worked hard to find it for your Ning Dan to use, even if you want to use it, you also need to hand it over to your disciples, how can you give it to outsiders? Although Zhima fruit is rare, if you put some effort into looking for it, you may not be able to find it, Hongchen, your move is inappropriate!"
Mu Hongchen said loudly: "Uncle Shi's words are wrong, since Akashi Rǔ was given by his teacher, it is under my control, and now that the opportunity to open that demon treasure is close at hand, why bother to bother?" Ni Qianying frowned slightly, knowing the temper of this master and nephew, and knowing that she couldn't be hard-topped, she slowed down her tone and said: " You see how this is, I have the superior Xuangong here, and I can also point directly to the Great Dao, I will teach this method to you, and then slowly look for the Zhima fruit, so that the two will not be delayed, you go back and entertain this Taoist friend of the Mingcang faction for a few days, and invite him back with good words. ”
Mu Hongchen sneered in his heart, even if the exercises practiced by this master were really superior, he might not be able to teach himself sincerely, and in that case, wouldn't the disciples in the sect all have to look at the eyes of this master?
Thinking of this, she said categorically: "Uncle Shi, forgive me, my nephew can't agree to this matter."
Ni Qianying's eyes swept coldly, and said, "Lou, don't you pay attention to what my uncle said?"
Mu Hongchen was blessed and said: "Don't dare, but don't forget, uncle, when the master died, there was a saying that I would be in charge of the Agarwood Sect, and I had the final say on how to act." ”
"You" Ni Qianying's god couldn't help but stiffen, after her junior sister died, she left the position of head of the sect to Mu Hongchen, it was for this reason that she was so angry that she retreated, she snorted, and said: "Don't forget, the junior sister also said when she left, if you can't reach the realm of Huadan within thirty years, this position of head of the sect will be handed over to Xian." ”
"Then don't worry about the uncle, if the uncle has nothing else to do, Hongchen and the distinguished guests will go to entertain him, so he will leave first. Mu Hongchen didn't say anything, ignoring Ni Qianying's hateful gaze, turned around and walked out.
Not long after she left, a pink figure floated in, but it was a bright girl of seventeen or eighteen years old, and she said to Ni Qianying on the couch: "Uncle Shi, you just let her go?"
Ni Qianying's silver teeth gritted secretly, and said: "Now that the path to the Styx has only told her one person, I can't force her too much, and after she finds the demon hidden here, I won't be too late to clean her up." The girl's eyes flowed, and she said: "It's just that Mu Hongchen, a slut, has the "Tongxia Agarwood Cover" left by the master in his hands, which is the treasure of my Agarwood Sect, is the master really sure?" Ni Qianying smiled confidently and said: "I have something in my hand, which is the "Seven Absolute Piles" borrowed by your Senior Sister Pan from Qiu Kun Daoyou of the Shaoqing Sect, plus my self-cultivation, are you still afraid that a junior will not succeed?" It's just that the disciple of the Mingcang faction is a little troublesome, and it is inconvenient for me to offend him, but today I use words to test that this person and Hongchen only involve interests, and there is no friendship at all. ”!。