Chapter 8 The Old Man

The light from the forest passed through the luxuriant branches and leaves and sprinkled on the bodies of Tian Buyi and Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan stood in front of Tian Buyi and was ashamed. After a long time, he shouted in a low voice: "Master..."

Tian Buyi looked at him and saw that the little apprentice's pale face suddenly turned a little bloody at this moment. He snorted and turned around.

Zhang Xiaofan was at a loss and didn't know what to say, but the secret in his heart was suddenly recognized by the person he had always been most in awe of, and the panic felt that it had not subsided.

Tian Buyi stood there, standing with his hands on his hands, and didn't say anything for a long time. Zhang Xiaofan stood behind him with his head down, not even daring to breathe.

After a while, Tian Buyi said slowly, "In this way, it was also Linger who privately passed on the secret of Taiji Xuanqing Taoism to you that day?"

Zhang Xiaofan's heart jumped again, but it was about Tian Linger. He immediately became much clearer and said anxiously, "Master, it's not about my senior sister. It's me. I asked my senior sister to teach me..."

Tian Buyi turned around and stared at Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan's voice immediately became low. No matter what he said, I'm afraid he couldn't hide it from the master.

In the woods, the master and apprentice fell into a burst of silence.

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head and was in a mess. At this time, he heard Tian Buyi's voice: "Lao Qi."

Zhang Xiaofan's heart jumped and looked up and said, "Master."

Tian Buyi looked at him and said, "You have been in my door for almost five years, haven't you?"

Zhang Xiaofan whispered, "Yes."

Tian Buyi said lightly, "When I took you to the beginning that day, I was actually not optimistic about your qualifications. It's really unexpected that you can have today's achievements."

Zhang Xiaofan's body moved, but in his deep heart, somehow, there was a faint joy.

Tian Buyi continued: "As for your private love..."

Zhang Xiaofan was anxious and said, "Master, it's all my fault. I shouldn't..."

Tian Buyi stared at him and said, "Did I say you were wrong?"

Zhang Xiaofan suddenly opened his mouth wide, and this time he was really scared by Tian Buyi.

Tian Buyi snorted and said, "You are just a young man, and you are not the monks of Tianyin Temple. In addition, you grew up with Ling'er since you were a child, and some of you like her. What's so strange about that? Have you been a master all these years in vain? Can't even think of this clearly?"

Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head and suddenly his eyes were hot. All the warm words in the world add up, in his heart, I'm afraid it's not as good as Tian Buyi's cold words.

It's just that Tian Buyi paused for a moment and said, "But now things are different. I can also see that Linger is afraid that she really likes Qi Hao. As for you? I'm afraid she'll just treat you as her brother, you know?

Zhang Xiaofan nodded, but his eyes kept staring at his feet and whispered, "Yes, Master."

Tian Buyi said slowly, "I used to oppose Linger's contact with Qi Hao, not because of Qi Hao himself, but because..." When he said this, he suddenly stopped, frowned, and then turned to the topic: "Truth, although your progress in Taoism is faster than I expected, it is still different from Qi Hao. A lot."

Tian Buyi took a deep look at Zhang Xiaofan and said slowly, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Zhang Xiaofan bit his lips tightly and said for a long time, "Yes, I understand, Master."

Tian Buyi nodded, took a deep breath, walked over, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Let the past go."

Zhang Xiaofan felt the master's generous and warm hand patting on his shoulder, and his heart was warm and he focused on it.

Tian Buyi looked at him for a while and said, "Then let's go back!"

After saying that, he walked back to his way.

Zhang Xiaofan raised his head, took a deep breath above his head, and let go of his clenched hands.

It's just that the trace of confusion is always in his heart.

He smiled bitterly, cheered up, and followed.

When the two of them walked back to the row of caves on the mountainside, the heads of each faction shrugged and most of them were already up. Tian Linger and others stood at the mouth of the cave, with an anxious look on their faces. They looked around and were obviously very worried.

Zhang Xiaofan saw it from afar, felt a pain in his heart, and lowered his head.

As soon as she saw Tian Buyi and Zhang Xiaofan coming back, Tian Linger ran over and said nothing. She looked up and down at Zhang Xiaofan first to make sure that he had never been "abused" by Tian Buyi, and then whispered, "Xiaofan, where did you and my father go this morning?"

Seeing that her face was full of concern, Zhang Xiaofan only looked at herself with a pair of bright eyes, and his heart was an inexplicable pain, but he made a forced smile on his face and said, "It's okay. Master took me out for a walk and taught me a few words. Now he has forgiven me."

Tian Buyi walked in front, as if he heard the little apprentice's words, hummed, and walked back slowly without seeing him. Seeing his wife Su Ru standing at the entrance of the cave and looking at him smiling gently, he couldn't help but suffocate on his face. He gave her a white look and walked in without saying anything.

At this point, this small disturbance is also over.

In the following days, Zhang Xiaofan was with his brothers who had been separated for a long time day and night. He grew up under the gaze of all his brothers, and now he is very kind when he comes back. Song Daren was open-minded and never remembered Zhang Xiaofan's rudeness that day. In addition, Su Ru also vaguely mentioned a few words to him in private, so he was also aware of it. On the contrary, he loved this little brother even more.

The righteous people who came to Liubo Mountain this time are naturally led by the three major schools of "Qingyunmen", "Tianyin Temple" and "Fengxiang Valley", but there are also many other small-scale Zhengdao sects.

Many of them are unheard of by Zhang Xiaofan, which must be for the sake of righteousness and justice, and should be inexordinarily with the remnants of the demon religion.

As for the three major factions, except for the Cangsong Taoist and Tian Buyi who came from Qingyunmen this time, no one of the elders came from the other two factions, so invisibly, everything was led by Qingyunmen.

After three days like this, Zhang Xiaofan actually met several acquaintances one after another on this Liubo Mountain.

Among them, Li Xun and Yan Hong, who burned incense valley, also came to Liubo Mountain the next day. Later, he saw the stone at the monk's place of Tianyin Temple, and a thin and dry old man standing beside the stone.

Zhang Xiaofan went to say hello happily. As soon as the stone saw him, he looked very excited. After a few words, he wanted to introduce the master "Great Venerable" to him. He turned around and said to the old man who was talking to the Dharma, "Master, this is the Zhang brother of Qingyunmen that I mentioned to you."

The old man turned his head. When Zhang Xiaofan saw his face, he was stunned for a moment. Originally, he imagined that the sect where the stone was located was called "The King Kong Gate", and his master was also called "The Venerable Power". He must be a powerful giant. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be this old man who looked quite thin, and he really couldn't recover at this moment.

Stone obviously didn't think so much. He laughed and said, "Brother Zhang, haven't you seen my master?"

Only then did Zhang Xiaofan wake up and quickly saluted, "Senior, disciple Zhang Xiaofan, I have been famous for a long time."

The old man snorted and said lightly, "That's all." With that, he turned around and said to the Dharma, "In this way, Master Puhong's superiors closed the meditation, haven't you left the customs yet?"

Fa Xiang smiled and said, "Exactly. Although the teacher is the host of this temple, I have always assisted Uncle Pukong in the management of common affairs. This time, the magic religion is back, and the universal master's uncle is also coming. However, the affairs in the temple are complicated, so the little monk has to come and talk about it.

The venerable Dari nodded and said, "It's enough for you to come. However, before I came, I thought that although your master Puhong and the two monks of Pukong would not come, your fourth uncle Pu came to hate the demon religion and would definitely come, but why..."

Looking at the doubtful eyes of the powerful venerable, Fa Xiang sighed slightly and said, "The seniors don't know anything. Since the sudden death of the third uncle Puzhi Shen Monk five years ago..."

Zhang Xiaofan's heart skipped a beat.

At this time, Fa Xiang's eyes actually looked at him intentionally or unintentionally, and then moved away and continued, "Uncle Pu Fang has the deepest friendship with Uncle Pu Zhi. Since then, he has quietly read the Buddhist scriptures in the temple and no longer goes out."

The powerful venerable said "ah" and sighed a lot.

Fa Xiang smiled and said, "But this is not a bad thing."

The powerful venerable smiled and said, "That's right, that's right. Naturally, you monks still have to take their own perfect merits and virtues. Like me, who have no fate with the Buddha, they run around all day long."

Fa Xiang laughed and said, "Senior laughed. You can trace back to our Tianyin Temple, which was deliberately explained by the teacher and the uncle of Pukong. Come on, please sit inside."

The powerful venerable humbled a few words and went in with him.

Zhang Xiaofan watched the two of them walk in. Suddenly, he felt it. He turned his head and looked aside, but saw that it was a stone that pulled him and whispered, "Do you see it? It seems that this young Faxiang is the leader of this group of monks in Tianyin Temple!"

Zhang Xiaofan nodded. Over the past few days, he has been in contact with these people in the right path every day, and most of them have seen the masters of Tianyin Temple. It is also found that although the Dharma phase is young, among the monks of Tianyin Temple who came to Liubo Mountain this time, the demeanor of the Dharma phase is outstanding, and there is a faint style of leading. Most of the people who came forward to receive speeches were him, and some elderly monks next to him had no voice. It seems that Fa Xiang is an outstanding figure cultivated by Tianyin Temple.

However, at this moment in his heart, he still thought about it just now. When Fa Xiang talked about Pu Zhi, he suddenly looked at a look, and he didn't hear the stone muttering something next to him. At the end, he seemed to say, "... I don't think he's great, and he Yes."

Zhang Xiaofan was stunned and asked, "What did you say?"

The stone looked around and whispered, "I remember I heard before that if the people in Buddhism have perfect merits and good ends, they will be called "deadness". He just said something about his death, which sounds uncomfortable, as if he is a wise monk. He is... Oh, Brother Zhang, why do you suddenly look so ugly?"

Zhang Xiaofan was so confused that he nodded to the stone with a forced smile, and then walked back to the place where Qingyunmen was, making the stone stand in place and confused for a long time.

In a blink of an eye, Zhang Xiaofan has been on Liubo Mountain for half a month. During this period, the righteous man and the people of the demon religion are still facing each other. When the two sides meet each other during the day, there are fights from time to time. However, what puzzles the people in the right way is that the people in the demon religion do not seem to want to fall in love with war. They often fight for several rounds, and then shake a shot away.

In the past, I heard that the demon religion was going to gather in this remote place. Most of the time, it was to discuss some poisonous tricks to harm the world, so the righteous people wanted to get rid of demons. Unexpectedly, I looked at it at this time, but it didn't look like it.

If you are the enemy of the right way, you should come out and fight a decisive battle. If you hear that there are two first figures of Qingyunmen in the right way, you should take the initiative to retreat if you are afraid that you are not strong enough.

However, the people in the demon religion fight and do not fight, and retreat and refuse to retreat. The flow of the mountain is large, and the target is obvious in the air, but it is really not easy to go deep to find the nest of the people in the demon religion. This delay has been delayed for a long time. People in the right path have speculated what the remnants of the demon religion want to do on this remote island?

These days, Zhang Xiaofan has also followed his master and brother to search for people in the magic religion on Liubo Mountain.

But in private, there is another worry, that is, what should I do if I meet Baguio?

However, it is strange that Biyao also came to the island of Liubo Mountain, but it has never appeared since that stormy night. On the contrary, other people in the magic religion, including the old boss, wild dog Taoist and others known by Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi, appeared very frequently. Looking at their appearance, it seemed that they were looking for something.

Cangsong Taoist and Tian Buyi have been practicing for hundreds of years. When they encounter this kind of thing, they also feel a little tricky. This day and night, the two of them called the Tianyin Temple and the people of the incense valley to get together to discuss.

represents the appearance of Tianyin Temple, which is naturally the Dharma phase, and the person who came from the incense valley is actually an acquaintance, which is Li Xun. Both of them look like the best of the young generation, but in front of Cangsong Taoist and Tian Buyi, they both look very respectful.

After seeing the ceremony, the Cangsong Taoist said lightly, "Two masters and nephews, this time our righteous sects came to eliminate demons, and there are many places with the help of the two of you. I thanked you here first."

Fa Xiang and Li Xun leaned at the same time and said, "I dare not. If you need it, please ask Uncle Cangsong to order it."

Tian Buyi waved his hand, let the two of them sit down first, and said, "We don't have to say more nonsense. As of today, we have been on this desert island in the East China Sea for half a month. Although there are indeed remnants of the demon religion here, we can't figure out what the intention is. I don't know what the two nephews think?"

Fa Xiang looked at Li Xun and shook his head at the same time.

Cang Song said to Li Xun, "Nephew Li, this time the news was first released by you to burn incense valley. Do you dare to ask if you know the purpose of the magic sect?"

In front of the famous predecessor of Cangsong Taoist, Li Xun no longer looked proud as before. He immediately said, "Go back to Uncle Cangsong, this news is also inadvertently known by the contemptuous faction. After the revival of the magic religion, a large number of remnants suddenly went to Liubo Mountain in the East

Cang Song and Tian are not easy to look at each other.

Fa Xiang suddenly said, "Two uncles, according to the little monk in the past few days, the people in the demon religion climb over the mountains and often search every mountain carefully, almost like looking for something important."

Cang Song muttered, "Yes, Brother Tian and I think the same way, but what on earth are they looking for? Is it so important?"

Tian Buyi frowned and then said, "In this case, we can't guess it.

However, the people in the demon religion have always been insidious. When you go back, you should also be careful to be on guard. We will step up our search during the day. When we find the nest of the people in the demon religion, we will destroy them in one fell swoop and eliminate the harm for the world.

Fa Xiang and Li Xun said in unison, "Yes."

After that, they discussed for a while, and then Fa Xiang and Li Xun quit. Watching the two of them go out, Cang Song suddenly said, "Brother Tian, the qualifications of these two young people are really good!"

Tian Buyi nodded slowly.

Cangsong Taoist said, "Especially the Dharma of Tianyin Temple. I see that his eyes are dark, but there seems to be a faint golden light on the edge. His eyes are warm and not scattered. I'm afraid that there is a great success in Tianyin Temple's Dharma "Dafan Prajna."

Tian Buyi sneered and said, "Don't underestimate Li Xun. Although he deliberately kept a low profile in front of us just now, he heard from my useless little apprentice that his Taoism in Kongsang Mountain and the Fire Dragon Cave, I'm afraid that Taoism may not be worse than the law."

Cang Song snorted and said, "For hundreds of years, Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley have secretly wanted to replace me as the leader of Qingyunmen. Now that these outstanding people have been deliberately trained and sent out, most of them have the intention of demonstrating to me.

Tian Buyi looked at him and suddenly said, "It doesn't matter. As long as there are the outstanding disciples under you, Brother Cangsong, you will naturally not be afraid of them."

Cang Song's face changed and said coldly, "Brother Tian, what do you mean by this?"

Tian Buyi stood up and said lightly, "What can I mean? I have a stupid apprentice. I happened to win a few games in the seven-vein test, and I can go out to practice with the excellent disciples under your door. Unexpectedly, in the land of the demon religion, after fighting with the human power of the demon religion, it was abandoned under the ancient cave. If it hadn't been for his cheap life, I'm afraid I wouldn't have seen him either.

Cang Song's face flashed with anger and said, "Brother Tian, you have to make it clear. What was abandoned under the ancient caves? After Qi Hao and the others came back, I also asked him carefully. At that time, it was indeed because Lu Xueqi of Xiaozhufeng was too seriously injured, and even after looking for a few days, your apprentice could not find any news. Under the dead abyss, there were many ghost monsters, so he was forced to give up. Where did you deliberately abandon it? When he said something, his voice also became louder.

Tian Buyi did not flinch at all. He looked at him and shouted, "Well, if your apprentice is left below and you don't know whether to live or die, you won't have made a fuss long ago!"

The two of them became louder and spread out of the cave. The disciples under the Qingyunmen were suddenly moved and looked into each other. After all, Tian Buyi and Cang Song are Taoists, and they will never do anything in front of these juniors. Tian Buyi snorted faintly and walked out without looking back.

After a while, Qi Hao and Lin Jingyu came in. They were the most valued disciples of Cangsong Taoist, and only they dared to approach Cangsong Taoist when he was not in a good mood.

Qi Hao said carefully, "Master, why did you quarrel with Uncle Tian?"

Lin Jingyu said angrily beside him, "This man is the most stingy. He really doesn't have the demeanor of a senior at all..."

Cang Song suddenly shouted, "Sit!"

Lin Jingyu was shocked, lowered his head and said, "Yes, Master."

Cang Song looked at him and turned to Qi Hao and said, "He still remembers that you gave up looking for Zhang Xiaofan that day."

Qi Hao was stunned.

Cang Song snorted and said, "Don't see that he usually doesn't seem to value that apprentice very much, but it's in his own door. When he comes outside, he is the most protective of his shortcomings. What's more, this time, Xiaofan showed his face to him at the Seven Vein Conference. I heard in private that he was actually very happy. Speaking of this, he paused and said to Qi Hao, "Do you know that it is of great benefit to you that Zhang Xiaofan will not die this time and return safely?"

Qi Hao didn't reply for a moment and said, "What's wrong?"

Cang Song sneered and said, "Aren't you going with his daughter Tian Linger?"

Qi Hao's face turned red.

Cang Song said, "Although I invited the leader to tell you about it, he reluctantly agreed to contact you. But looking at his look today, I am obviously upset about this matter. If Zhang Xiaofan hadn't come back alive this time, I'm afraid you will still suffer in the future.

Qi Hao woke up, nodded repeatedly and said, "Thank you, Master, for becoming a disciple."

Cang Song waved his hand, walked slowly to the entrance of the cave, and looked at the cave where Tian Buyi lived, with no expression on his face and silent. But Lin Jingyu and Qi Hao looked aside and saw that his eyes were bright, obviously thinking about something.