Chapter 505

The boat docked.

Sun Jiang led a few people and walked forward for about two miles before arriving at the foot of Lingxiao Peak.

At the entrance to the mountain, Lingxiao Sect’s deacons and disciples had already registered to welcome them.

Many warriors heard the news and wanted to see the excitement, but if they did not have an invitation and were not Lingxiao Sect disciples, they were generally not allowed to go up the mountain.

Of course, famous warriors could still make exceptions.

Sun Jiang led Luo Qingzhou and a few others and walked towards the old man who was welcoming guests.

The old man was tall and thin, wearing a green robe and a long beard under his chin. He looked energetic and had a fairy-like appearance, which was quite suitable for serving as a welcoming door.

When he saw Sun Jiang, he immediately came up to him with a smile on his face, "Brother Sun, you are finally here. Just now, Elder Zhong came down the mountain to ask why Brother Sun has not arrived yet. Brothers from other places are almost here."

Sun Jiang smiled and said, "I live nearby, so I was lazy and came a little late. It's enough to catch up with the worship of the ancestors."

Then he turned his head and said to the back, "This is your Uncle Shang, why don't you come over to greet him."

Luo Qingzhou and others hurried forward and bowed, "Disciple greets Uncle Shang."

The old man laughed, glanced at a few people, and said, "Okay, okay, everyone hurry up, it's getting late, when you all arrive, we will start worshiping the ancestors."

Sun Jiang didn't dare to delay any longer and bowed to say goodbye.

As the few people walked up the steps, the old man suddenly said, "By the way, Senior Brother Sun, people from Qingyun Temple and Jinchan Temple are here too. They were all the people who went to southern Xinjiang with Senior Brother Sun to kill the demons. Elder Zhong just told you that if Senior Brother Sun comes, you can help entertain them, after all, Senior Brother Sun is familiar with them."

Sun Jiang was slightly startled when he heard this, nodded, and quickly walked up the steps.

The Lingxiao Sect's sect gate is located on the top of the peak. Even if the few people did not stop in the middle, it took nearly half an hour to reach the top of the peak.

The sun was about to rise to the sky at this time.

The peak was full of strange rocks and mist.

Sun Jiang led a few people into the gate and came to a small square under the guidance of the servants.

Because the new disciples had to worship the ancestors first, the square at this time was filled with disciples from all over Da Yan.

Everyone was silently looking at others.

Of course, there were also disciples who were excited and spoke in a low voice.

After Sun Jiang asked a few people to find an empty place to stand, he went to greet other brothers and sisters, and helped a few people register their information.

Each new disciple's name, age, cultivation, and the branch and master from which they came, etc., must be registered in the sect.

After they worship the ancestors, the sect will immediately make their own moon cards for them, and they will be considered true disciples of Lingxiao Sect in the future.

After Sun Jiang left, Chu Xiaoxiao began to chatter excitedly, saying that this place is beautiful, like a fairyland, and then said that this place is so high and it is tiring to come up, and then started to talk about other disciples.

Finally, he said indignantly: "That Master Jin is too much. He just accepted a disciple who is in the late stage of martial arts. What is there to brag about? He deliberately showed off in front of the master and ridiculed the master as soon as he opened his mouth. How hateful."

Zhang Yuanshan hurriedly said: "Junior Sister Chu, let's not discuss the conflicts between the elders here. Be careful that other disciples hear and laugh at us."

Chu Xiaoxiao snorted and did not continue the topic. She said excitedly: "I heard that our sect master, Fairy Zixia, is very beautiful. I wonder if I can see her later."

Nie Yunrong said: "We will go to the back mountain to worship the ancestors later. The sect master should appear."

As the few people were talking, the one named Jin Song The short and fat old man, with his eight disciples, strode over and said with a smile: "Where is your master?"

Zhang Yuanshan bowed and said: "Uncle Jin, the master has gone to say hello to other uncles."

Jin Song smiled and said: "You have been building relationships everywhere since you came here. No wonder you can get the position of the Kyoto branch. Your master is really good at flattering."

After saying that, he laughed and said to the back: "You are here to get to know several disciples of your uncle Sun and learn from them. I have to build relationships with other brothers and sisters, so as not to fall behind them again."

After saying that, he strode away.

Zhang Yuanshan and others looked very unhappy.

Yun Wanrou and others looked at them and stood by, and did not come to speak.

After waiting for about an incense stick of time, the originally noisy square suddenly became quiet.

An old man with white hair and beard, along with several middle-aged men and women, walked onto the stone platform and looked at the new disciples below.

At this time, Sun Jiang and Jin Song both rushed back, stood in front of their respective disciples, and looked at the stage quietly.

After everyone quieted down, the old man spoke: "I am Wu Youzi, the great elder of Lingxiao Sect. Welcome all disciples back to the sect today. In addition to holding the annual Lingxiao preliminary test, the new disciples also need to worship the ancestors and swear allegiance to the sect. I will read out the names now. The disciples whose names are called, please stand in the open space on the right. Later, I, other elders, and the masters of each peak will take you to the back mountain to worship the ancestors. As for the other disciples, go to rest and eat first, and wait for the afternoon to have the first competition."

After that, he took out the list and began to read out the names.

"Baidi City Branch, Bai Zichuan, Zhang Yao!"

"Yunzhou branch, Lu Jing, Wang Dang, Miao Xiaolan!"

After a while, Fang Niandao said to Jingdu, "Yu Jing, Daoling, Chu Feiyang, Zhou Boyue, Chu Xiaoxiao!"

"Shui Cheng is at the helm, Yun Wanrou, Lei Yang, He Rulan, Cao Hua!"

Those whose names were read all went over and stood in the open space on the right, where disciples in green robes had already been waiting, and they were lined up.

Chu Xiaoxiao whispered: "Sister Dao, didn't you join the sect when you were in Mocheng? Have you never come to worship the ancestor?"

Sister Dao whispered: "My father was recovering from his injuries at the time. I didn't feel comfortable leaving, so I never came, but Master had already registered for me."

While the two were talking, a disciple in Tsing Yi suddenly walked next to them, glared at them and said, "Quiet!"

The two immediately shut up.

There were more than forty disciples who were new disciples but had not come to worship the ancestor. At this time, they all gathered in the open space, lined up, and waited quietly.

After a while.

The great elder Wu Youzifang came over with a group of people and explained: "This time the ancestor worship should be led by the sect master himself, but recently the sect master is practicing in seclusion and cannot come out, so I will lead it today. You will wait for me. Don't make noises, whisper or laugh, and go to the ancestral hall with piety and reverence. If you disturb the masters and seniors, I will not spare you."

All the disciples lowered their heads with respectful expressions on their faces.

Wu Youzi glanced at everyone again, then turned around and led them to the back mountain from the bluestone path next to them.

After leaving the gate of the back mountain, we passed through a bamboo forest. In front of us were piles of huge rocks and mist.

Turning around the boulder path, a towering building suddenly appeared in front of us.

Wu Youzi led everyone on the road paved with white jade to the gate of the ancestral temple. He first crescent-mooned to bow, and then said loudly: "Disciple Wu Youzi, today he is leading the new disciples of the sect to come to the ancestral temple." Let’s pay homage to our ancestors and seniors!”

As soon as he finished speaking, the white mist lingering in front of the ancestral temple suddenly dissipated.

A stooped old man wearing a gray robe walked out of the ancestral temple with a broom in his arms. He glanced at everyone and saw that Crescent Moon was about to leave.

After Wu Youzi saw him walking away, he stood up and led his disciples into the ancestral hall.

There are densely packed spiritual tablets placed in the ancestral hall. On the largest spiritual tablet in the middle, there are the characters of Patriarch Ling Xiaozi clearly written on it.

Wu Youzi went to light the incense and placed it in front of the spiritual tablet. He first led the elders and peak leaders to worship, and then each disciple came forward in turn to offer incense, kneel down, and raise their palms to swear an oath.

As for the oath to be sworn, Wu Youzi recited one sentence, and the new disciple recited another sentence after him.

In the ancestral hall, smoke curled up, solemn and solemn.

The sonorous oaths of each disciple echoed throughout the hall.

When it was Luo Qingzhou's turn, he stepped forward to light incense and worship. Then he raised his palms and stared at the tablet above. He followed the elder beside him and recited sonorously and forcefully.

When the oath was spoken, his soul trembled slightly. He always felt that his oath seemed to have touched something here, and there seemed to be a pair of eyes on the tablets hazy in the smoke, staring at him. .

Luo Qingzhou calmed down, finished reciting solemnly, bowed and retreated.

After all the new disciples paid their respects and took the oath, Fang was taken away by several deacons and welcoming disciples, returned to the square, and walked back to his team.

Then, led by the servants, they went to rest and eat first.

Sun Jiang led a few people and followed the servants to a row of houses and entered a room.

The servant quickly brought a sumptuous lunch.

Sun Jiang asked everyone to sit down and eat, and then said: "Master, I have to go and talk to some friends from Qingyun Temple and Jinchan Temple. You can have lunch by yourself. After eating, you can rest here. In the afternoon, there will be a martial arts competition. Wait until Tomorrow morning will be the venue for the martial arts competition. , it’s on the arena on the left side of the square. You can go and have a look in the afternoon, or you can just rest in the room. But remember, don’t run around or cause trouble. If you want to walk around or see the scenery, you can’t do it nearby. You must remember this if you go far away, let alone go to other peaks.”

Several people said respectfully, "Yes, Master."

Chu Xiaoxiao glanced at the room and said, "Master, are we all going to squeeze in here and sleep together tonight?"

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Sun Jiang said: "There are three rooms, so you can make do with it. There are more guests coming this time, and other places are full. As for the other peaks, they are all forbidden areas for you. Not the inner disciples and direct disciples, but You can’t go up casually. Anyway, we’ll just make do with it for two nights, and we should be able to leave the day after tomorrow.”

Chu Xiaoxiao said "Oh" and said, "Master, do we have a place to take a bath that night? It will be very uncomfortable if we don't take a bath."

Sun Jiang paused and said, "There is a hot spring on the hillside behind. Normally no one should go there to bathe. If you want to bathe, you can go there in advance. If you wait until tonight, there will probably be a lot of people."

While they were talking, a disciple in Tsing Yi hurriedly came over and said, "Uncle Sun, Uncle Zhong and the other uncles called you over and asked you to accompany the guests."

When Sun Jiang heard this, he quickly left the hut and left in a hurry.

Chu Xiaoxiao immediately approached Sister Dao and said, "Senior Sister Dao, Senior Sister Nie, let's go to the hot springs later? Anyway, the competition in the afternoon is a martial arts competition, and there is nothing interesting to see, so we might as well go and play by ourselves. "

Nie Yunrong agreed.

Sister Dao hesitated for a moment and said, "I don't know if it's safe or not. What if other people go too?"

Chu Xiaoxiao thought for a moment, looked at Luo Qingzhou and the others, and said with a smile: "Let Senior Brother Zhang, Senior Brother Chu, and Senior Brother Zhou help us guard outside. If anyone comes, let us know in advance."

Zhang Yuanshan said quickly: "I'm going to watch the competition in the afternoon. Although it's a martial arts competition, I still want to observe it. Let Junior Brother Chu and Junior Brother Zhou accompany you."

Zhou Boyue said with some embarrassment: "I also want to watch the competition. After all, it is my first time to come to the sect and it is also my first time to watch this kind of competition. Maybe I can learn some experience."

Zhang Yuanshan smiled and said, "Junior brother Zhou is thinking the same thing as me. Although it is a competition between martial arts students, there must be a lot worth learning. Maybe we can use it when we compete on stage tomorrow."

As soon as these words came out, Sister Dao quickly said: "Since Senior Brother Zhang said so, let's go watch it this afternoon. I hope we can get a good ranking this time, otherwise Senior Uncle Jin will ridicule Master even more."

Nie Yunrong also nodded and said, "Then I'll go and see it too."

When Chu Xiaoxiao saw this, he was a little disappointed. He looked at Luo Qingzhou who had been silent and said, "Senior Brother Chu, what about you? Do you want to go and see it too?"

Luo Qingzhou said: "I won't go."

Sister Dao glanced at him, raised her eyebrows and said, "Xiaoxiao, it seems that your senior brother Chu is willing to accompany you to the hot springs, but you have to be careful that someone is watching over you."

Chu Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Senior Brother Chu wouldn't do it. I'm not in good shape, so Senior Brother Chu wouldn't be interested in me. Unless Senior Sister Dao goes, Senior Brother Chu might just take a peek."

Sister Dao curled her lips and said, "Some people might not refuse anyone who comes."

Nie Yunrong said with a smile: "Junior brother Chu, where are you going this afternoon? Do you want to accompany Xiaoxiao to a hot spring?"

Luo Qingzhou glanced at her, paused, and said, "What, if I want to go, will Senior Sister Nie also go with me?"

Sister Dao gave him a strange look.

Nie Yunrong smiled and said, "I'm not going, I'm going to watch the competition."

Luo Qingzhou didn't speak any more. After a while, he said, "I'm going to practice in the house in the afternoon and I'm not going anywhere."

Sister Dao whispered: "Are you going to break through?"

Luo Qingzhou shook his head: "Not yet, I feel like there's still something missing."

Hearing this, Zhang Yuanshan comforted him: "Junior Brother Chu, don't be anxious. This means that the time has not come yet. When the time comes, we will naturally be able to break through."

Others also offered some words of comfort.

After finishing lunch, a while later, Zhang Yuanshan invited others to watch the competition.

When Chu Xiaoxiao saw that no one was accompanying her, she naturally went.

Sister Dao was the last one to leave. After seeing everyone else out the door, Fang leaned close to Luo Qingzhou and asked in a low voice: "Why are you treating Senior Sister Nie like that these days? Has someone offended you?"

Luo Qingzhou walked into the room, took off his shoes, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and ignored her.

Sister Dao clenched her fist, punched him on the shoulder, and said angrily: "Chu Feiyang, are you talking to me? Senior Sister Nie is such a nice person, why do you always fight her?"

Luo Qingzhou opened his eyes, looked at her and said, "She is indeed a good person, but she is not good to me."

When Sister Dao heard this, her face was full of doubts and she said, "What do you mean? Why are they treating you badly? Every time you criticize others, they are not angry."

Luo Qingzhou sighed and said, "Senior sister, if you follow her later, you should know the reason."

After hearing this, Sister Dao became even more confused.

Luo Qingzhou said: "Go quickly, you won't be able to keep up soon, I still have to practice, don't disturb me."

Sister Dao glanced at him again, then Fang left the room with hesitation and quickly caught up with a few people.

The five of them arrived at the square together.

By this time, many people had gathered in the square.

But the competition hasn't started yet.

While several people were listening to Chu Xiaoxiao's words, Nie Yunrong said softly: "I'm going to go for a while and I'll be here later."

With that said, he turned and left.

After she walked away, Sister Dao followed her with doubts.

Nie Yunrong walked out of the square, stopped behind a house, looked around, took out a piece of jade from his storage bag, stretched out his finger, and wrote something on it.

Sister Dao circled around and hid behind a big tree not far from her side to peek.

Not long after, a tall and familiar figure walked up to Nie Yunrong, listening to her whisper with a cold face.

Sister Dao looked at that graceful figure and finally understood.

In the house just now.

Luo Qingzhou sat in the room for a while, not practicing. Instead, he took out the spiritual liquid and put two drops of spiritual liquid on each fingertip. Then he stood up and left the hut, closed the door, and walked towards the back mountain.

He felt the power in his body was restless, more obvious than in the past few days, and there seemed to be another strange power surging in the Danhai.

So he had to find a quiet place to practice.

As for the hut, he definitely couldn't stay there.

The news that he stayed alone in the hut was estimated to spread in a moment. If nothing unexpected happened, someone would come to the hut to find him soon.

He must get a good ranking this time, at least to let the sect leaders notice him.

Otherwise, trouble will come soon.

He felt that Luo Changtian was already suspicious of him, and it was not an ordinary suspicion.

Time was imminent.

So he had to hurry up to practice. If he could break through today, he would naturally be more confident.

Following the rugged path, he went forward all the way.

When he climbed up the hillside, he suddenly felt a warm breath coming towards him. After walking a distance, there was indeed a pool of misty hot springs in front of him.

But it was noon at this time, and no one came to take a bath.

He did not stop and continued to move forward.

There was a rocky hill with many strange rocks ahead, and there should be many uninhabited caves.

When he arrived at the rocky hill, he was looking for caves everywhere when he suddenly heard a strange cry from the front. He looked up and saw a fairy mist in front of him. There was a faint iron chain bridge, and he didn't know where it led to.

He hesitated for a moment and continued to move forward.

A cold wind blew in his face, and there was a cliff in front of him.

Under the cliff, the white mist was curling and bottomless.

On the cliff, there was a bridge built with iron chains and wooden boards. The other end of the bridge led to another mountain.

The mountain was hidden in the mist, hazy and unclear.

At this moment, the strange cry came again.

Luo Qingzhou looked in the direction of the cry, and in the mist in the middle of the iron bridge, there was a graceful figure in a red skirt standing vaguely, as if she was shouting something.

He walked a few steps closer, and suddenly heard the figure calling out in a tender voice: "Young Master, Young Master, come and help me... My foot is injured, and I can't walk anymore..."

Luo Qingzhou was stunned for a moment, and looked around, and then he realized that the person seemed to be calling out to him.

He narrowed his eyes, walked to the bridge head, and looked again.

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