In the deacon's hall, Zhang Fan walked slowly under the surprised and curious gaze of everyone around him.

The unfamiliar buildings, furnishings, and the flow of people coming and going seemed noisy and chaotic, not like a serious sect hall, and it looked similar to the Fang Shi Fang Market outside the mountain gate, which made him feel very uncomfortable.

That is, a core disciple like him will be like this, and below the inner disciples, they have to come here every six months to respond, and they have long been accustomed to all this by choosing their own or arranging tasks by the deacon disciples.

No matter where they are, the core disciples always have some privileges, and the Deacon's Hall is no exception. In order to take care of the cultivation that these sects hope for in the future, under normal circumstances, they will not be assigned tasks. But there are also some special cases, such as some affairs that cannot be completed by ordinary low-level disciples, and it is not worth sending out foundation building period monks, so they will be handed over to them, which also has the meaning of tempering.

Zhang Fan came this time, and this is the case.

According to his heart, he didn't want to go out again, but was ready to continue to retreat and cultivate to the peak of the Qi refining period, and then directly take the Zhuji Dan to try to build the foundation.

However, the heavens do not fulfill people's wishes, since the deacon hall has a life, it is not something that Zhang Fan can refuse, after all, he is cultivated by the sect, and he should do something.

If it weren't for Xiang Ming's warning, he would have doubts in his heart, and most of them would not think deeply, but would only complete the task as soon as possible. Now that he has a thorn in his heart, he can't help but think about it too much.

If someone deliberately arranged it, it was to break himself away from the sect! As for whether it was good or malice, whether he wanted to keep himself away from the whirlpool or get involved in the whirlpool, it would depend on the development of the matter to know.

Speculating in his heart, he soon came to a side hall, and inside was the deacon surnamed Chen, who had been summoned to him.

After entering the door and looking around slightly, Zhang Fan withdrew his gaze, came to a long table and saluted, and said, "Disciple Zhang Fan, I came by order and met Uncle Chen." ”

The furnishings in the hall are extremely simple, a long table, there is a jade tablet on the side, a person sits behind, and there is nothing else in addition.

The person sitting behind the table was naturally Uncle Chen as Zhang Fan called him.

This Uncle Chen was a monk in the early stage of foundation building, and he had served as a deacon of the sect for many years, and he was known to everyone among the low-level disciples. These are what Zhang Fan heard, but he didn't know that Senior Brother Chen, who Ji Zhiyun mentioned five years ago, and who started to arrange sect rewards for him, were all this person.

Zhang Fan doesn't know about these inexplicable origins, which doesn't mean that Uncle Chen doesn't know either. Looking at the young monk who was bowing in front of him, a complicated look appeared on his face.

Five years ago, I just thought that this Zhang Fan was just an ordinary monk who had some means and was lucky enough to become famous, so he was a little stingy in the reward arrangement, and he didn't want to waste the precious sect's resources on him.

No, just five years is just a moment's work for a monk, he has actually cultivated to the point of the twelfth layer of the Qi refining period, and he can try to build a foundation if he goes further.

In just over ten years, this can be cultivated, which is no longer a fluke that can be explained. What's more, among the low-level disciples who have come and gone over the years, he has also heard of Zhang Fan's reputation from time to time, in addition to his cultivation and strong combat power, he can also be distracted by refining weapons, and he is quite accomplished.

It was precisely because of these understandings that this Uncle Chen was not only annoyed by his arbitrariness back then, but also extremely puzzled by the arrangements made by the upper echelons of the deacon hall. Seeing that this person was not far from Zhuji, he didn't let him cultivate well and go further, so he actually arranged a task for him at this time, what if something happened......? Fooling around?

However, these are not things that his little deacon can interfere with, and he can only do it at the same time.

Among the sects, there are many monks with ordinary qualifications who have worked hard to build a foundation, and if they don't have a great opportunity, there is no possibility of going further. Such people, because of the suffering experience of the year and the hopelessness of the future, often have a polarized attitude when dealing with some talented junior disciples, or jealousy and suppression, or try their best to support and hope for hope.

This Deacon Chen is exactly the latter, so when he looked at Zhang Fan, he couldn't help but feel sorry.

Half an hour later, just when Zhang Fan was a little impatient to wait, he sighed lightly and said, "Senior nephew Zhang, the task assigned to you above is ......"

After all, he had a grudge against this arrangement, and unconsciously brought out the word "above" in his words to show that it was not his original intention.

"Wait a minute. ”

Hearing Uncle Chen's words, Zhang Fan's heart suddenly sank, sure enough, someone specially arranged it, and before he could think about it carefully, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, and he immediately interrupted.

"Hmm, what's the matter with you?" said Uncle Chen, who stopped when he heard this, and asked softly.

Zhang Fan's gaze paused on the jade tablet next to the table, and said, "Uncle Shi, I don't know if the disciple can choose the task by himself?"

"Uh!" Uncle Chen's consolation words suddenly blocked his throat.

I thought he was going to complain, but this arrangement was indeed too untimely, but not to mention that he was a small disciple of the Qi refining period, even if he was a deacon, he was just as powerless.

didn't want Zhang Fan to speak out, but it was beyond his expectations.

"This ...... Of course you can, but ......" Uncle Chen was a little hesitant, according to the rules, don't talk about Zhang Fan, a core disciple, even ordinary outer disciples have the right to choose tasks, but this time his tasks are directly arranged from above, and he chooses others?

"Okay, then ask Uncle Chen to open the Shadow Jade Tablet and let the disciples choose!" As if he hadn't heard just two words, Zhang Fan quickly said.

After hesitating for a moment, Uncle Chen, who was a little honest and weak in his heart and had a good impression of Zhang Fan, finally nodded and said, "That's it, it's up to you." ”

After finishing speaking, he pinched a trick very familiarly, and pointed at the jade tablet next to the table, and then the brilliance on the tablet flowed, and rows of handwriting appeared.

Thankfully saluting him, Zhang Fan breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the shadow jade tablet.

Regardless of whether the other party is good or malicious, there is no reason to pin their fate on the thoughts of others. However, in an instant, Zhang Fan made a decision, since it was inevitable to go out to perform a mission, he would rather choose himself than be at the mercy of others.

The shadow jade tablet is equivalent to an alternative jade slip, the difference is that it can reveal the content on it, without the need to interpret it through divine consciousness.

On the jade stele, a large number of task information is densely arranged, if there is a large sect, the affairs that need to be solved are piled up, from the small to the service in the door, the care of the shop in the market, to the hunting of a certain demon beast, to explore the abnormality of a certain place, and to solve some big troubles for the Xiuxian family who is attached to the sect, etc., and so on.

Zhang Fan was about to pick his eyes, and a familiar name suddenly jumped into his eyes - the Jiang family.

After looking at the details a little, Zhang Fan raised his head, pointed to the handwriting on the jade tablet and said, "Senior Uncle Chen, the disciple chooses this task." ”

Deacon Chen is very familiar with these tasks, and when he saw his choice, he instantly went through the troubles encountered by the Jiang family in his mind, and then frowned slightly, and said: "This task is also a little related to your nephew, but it is not easy, can you think about it clearly?"

It is indeed a bit of a relationship, and the problems encountered by the Jiang family are related to a medium-sized ore vein, and this ore vein is also the bet of no return to the valley back then.

"It's okay, the disciple will choose it, please Uncle Shi to fulfill it. Zhang Fan gave up his hand and cut it out categorically.

"Well, it's up to you. Saying that, Uncle Chen handed over a jade slip, which recorded the details of the task, and after doing this, he couldn't help but admonish: "Senior nephew Zhang, if you can't do it, remember not to force it, your future is everything, don't take yourself lightly." ”

"Yes, thank you for your teaching. Zhang Fan sincerely thanked him.

If it weren't for meeting this Uncle Chen this time, if he was someone else, he wouldn't have been so easy to speak, not to mention that there is no lack of kindness between his words and deeds, and he is indeed a loyal elder, which is worthy of admiration.

Then there was nothing to do, and after Zhang Fan said goodbye and left, he went straight to the Danqi room. It is necessary to solve the last thing in order to be more sure, and at the same time face the unknown road ahead without distraction.