Hard to be a master

In the next two days, the remaining two groups also completed their respective tasks, so there was no need to wait for them to go up the mountain on the last day. After everyone got up in the morning, Lin Xue called them together and announced the end of the first task.Afterwards, Lin Xue asked Qing Yin to take out the kit, took away the leaves in it, and put a round turquoise jade into it again.

Lin Xue explained that every time they complete a task, the person who issued the task will record the evaluation of each person's task completion on this Lingyu. After all the tasks are completed, they will bring the Lingyu back to Kunlun and hand it over to Tianyin Pavilion , and then Tianyin Pavilion will judge whether they pass the trial based on the evaluation they have obtained throughout the trial.Generally speaking, during the trial, there will be tasks like this one where you team up with others, and there will also be tasks that you can act completely alone, so there is no need to worry about being judged as unqualified because of poor performance in a certain task.However, in some special cases, just looking at the evaluation of one of the tasks can directly determine whether the monk is qualified or not. As for the criteria for judging, Lin Xue did not explain.

The next location for them to pick up the task is in Chang'an City, not far from Zhongnan Mountain, but there is one requirement - after leaving the range of Zhongnan Mountain, they can walk or use ordinary people's transportation, that is, prohibiting Yufeng.For a cultivator who has gone through the stage of body refining and Qi refining, even if he walks the whole way, this distance is nothing.What is a little troublesome is that since they left the main peak of Zhongnan Mountain, they have encountered countless mountain elves, wild monsters and evil spirits along the way.

In a forest a few miles away from Chang'an City, after the group once again dealt with the evil that suddenly attacked them, someone finally couldn't help but speak.

Zhan Ning said: "Do you feel a little strange? From the time we went down the mountain to here, did we encounter too many evil beasts along the way?"

Liu Yixuan said: "Although it's the first time I've gone down the mountain, I don't know much about the situation at the bottom of the mountain, but when I was in the Water Moon Illusion, I didn't encounter these evil spirits as often as I do now."

Wu Siren also said: "It's really strange... Could it be that there have been more evil spirits from the outside world recently?"

On the other hand, the remaining three looked completely unsurprised and quite accustomed to it.

Qing Yin was puzzled and said: "Is this abnormal now? But we encountered more evil spirits in the Water Moon Illusion before, and there was almost no time to stop."

"So..." Zi Lan rubbed her chin and said, "It seems a little unusual. The Water Moon Illusion is originally a place of practice, and it's normal that there are many monsters and beasts in it, but there are usually many monsters around Chang'an City. There shouldn’t be so many evil beings stationed by a family of immortal families guarding them. Could it be that something went wrong with the family of immortal families guarding one side?”

Zi Lan, who has actually recovered her memory, now recalls their experience in the Water Moon Illusion, and feels something is wrong.The total number of monsters and evil spirits in the Water Moon Illusion is controlled within a certain range, and what they encountered in the illusion at that time has definitely exceeded half of the total number. This is obviously very abnormal, as if these monsters and evil spirits are The same goal is clearly directed at them.If Zi Lan, Shen Ziliu, and Qing Yin hadn't been together since the beginning of the trial, and he was sure that the two of them hadn't done anything wrong, he would have wondered if someone was cheating.

Shen Ziliu put away the Tunxiang, and said indifferently: "Is this important? Anyway, it can be cleaned up. Instead of having this kind of fruitless discussion here, it is better to take on the next task earlier."

Everyone thought that this was indeed the case, so they put their doubts in their hearts for the time being and continued to move forward.

Before sunset, the group arrived at Chang'an City.As the capital of this dynasty, Chang'an City has continued its magnificence and prosperity in peacetime. The streets are bustling with people coming and going, and the various shops and stalls are dazzling. They all feel very novel.Although Zi Lan had been to Chang'an in his previous life, Chang'an was in the midst of war at that time, which was far from what it is now, so it was the first time for him to experience this kind of experience.

The area of ​​Chang'an City is large, and the population is far beyond their expectations, but the person they are looking for is also unexpectedly easy to find, because when they entered Chang'an City, they found that besides them, there were several other groups in the city. Kunlun disciples participating in the trial.After they met and communicated for a while, they found that they were actually looking for the same person. After discussing for a while, more than [-] people split up to look for it, and within an hour they found the person who issued the task.

The person who issued the second mission was a senior from Tong Daofeng. Unlike Lin Xue, not only did he not avoid ordinary people, but he opened a restaurant in the most prosperous area of ​​Chang'an City. All the spiritual jades in his possession reacted to him, they must have never imagined that this person who greeted him at the counter of the restaurant and skillfully bargained with the guests and made fun of him was a monk from Kunlun.

Seeing more than [-] monks pouring into the restaurant, the shopkeeper showed no surprise at all, but greeted them enthusiastically as if he had seen a big customer, and personally led them to the restaurant under the surprised or flattered eyes of a group of young monks. On the third floor, everyone was led into a box.

From the outside, this box seemed to be no different from other boxes, but when he opened the door of the box, there was something different inside.

"Fellow daoists, take a rest here first. My restaurant has to be open until Haishi, and I will come to receive you after it closes."

As he said that, he suddenly turned around and tapped twice on the door of the private room, and said, "I guess many of you are coming to Chang'an City for the first time? I've given you a temporary seal just now. If you want to go shopping in the street, you can go out without worry, and when you come back, you can enter here by knocking on the door three times—ah, I can’t say more, the downstairs is still busy, everyone please do your own thing.”

Behind the box door is an exquisite quadrangle. Entering the door is a spacious small garden. In addition to well-kept flowers and trees, rockery ponds and bonsai are also available.In the garden, six tall magnolia trees are planted around the yard. There are three stone tables under each magnolia tree, and four stone benches around each stone table.

Although the shopkeeper said that they could go out for a stroll, due to various considerations, everyone chose to stay in this courtyard and wait.Among the more than 20 monks, many of them are acquainted with each other but have not been assigned to a group. Now that they met the acquaintances, they were very happy to get together and chat about their first mission. clear.

At the beginning, everyone was wandering around the courtyard in twos and threes. After half an hour, all the corners that could be visited were gone, and everyone returned to the garden as if they had made an agreement. They picked two adjacent trees and sat down. We chatted together whether we knew each other or not.When they were in Kunlun, they rarely had the opportunity to contact monks other than their master's school, and most of them were young people, so the monks quickly chatted together, very peaceful and harmonious.

Shen Ziliu, Zilan and Qing Yin naturally sat at the same table, and Wu Siren didn't seem to know any other fellow practitioners, so he joined them at the same table.Zhan Ning sat at the table next to them, communicating with his fellow seniors in a low voice.As soon as Liu Yixuan entered the door, she was stopped by two female cultivators who were also Tianyin Pavilion. At this time, she was sitting with them at a stone table under the tree next door. While looking at Shen Ziliu and the others.

In fact, not only Liu Yixuan's friends were looking at Shen Ziliu's side, but many female cultivators present were either aboveboard or quietly watching their side.Among the monks present, Shen Ziliu and Zilan are definitely the youngest. They are both sword cultivators. They are both very outstanding in figure and handsome, so it's hard not to attract attention.In addition, Shen Ziliu has been well-known in Kunlun since the time of the spiritual power test. Many people know his name even though they have never met him. Now they can finally connect people with names, such a talent The handsome and promising young man instantly made many girls' affection for him rise and fall again and again.

Zi Lan noticed the staring eyes around her, and joked, "Brother Shen is going to capture the hearts of many senior sisters today."

Shen Ziliu was unmoved, tapped his finger on the stone table rhythmically, and said: "What does it have to do with me, they are obviously looking at you."

Zi Lan didn't refute Shen Ziliu's behavior of opening his eyes and telling nonsense, just laughed without saying a word.

Wu Siren looked around timidly, and said in a low voice: "Even the female cultivators of Tianyin Pavilion are looking here. Mr. Shen's charm is really great. I think he is about to catch up with Shangzun Yinlan."

Shen Ziliu's expression darkened when he heard the words, and he poked his eyes out. Wu Siren was so frightened that he shivered immediately, but he didn't know what he said wrong.

Just at this moment, a male cultivator who was sitting at the table next to them suddenly turned around and spoke to Shen Ziliu, which saved Wu Siren from Shen Ziliu's stare.

The male cultivator exchanged polite greetings with Shen Ziliu and the others at the table, and then suddenly said: "I heard from my fellow junior brother before that Shen junior apprentice worshiped Sui An as his teacher?"

Shen Ziliu remained motionless, nodded slightly, and said, "Yes."

The male cultivator who spoke to him said: "But Junior Brother Shen seems to be a sword cultivator, right? Is he still under the sect of Immortal Sui'an?"

Shen Ziliu gave a faint "hmm".

The male cultivator said again: "I remember that Master Sui'an is not a sword cultivator, right? Junior brother Shen is almost forming alchemy, why don't you hurry up and change to a master? Continuing to follow Master Sui'an will be very detrimental to your practice."

Qing Yin and Zi Lan looked at Shen Ziliu with some concern, fearing that he would turn his back on him in the next moment, but Shen Ziliu was unexpectedly calm, and said: "A teacher for one day and a father for the rest of his life."

The male cultivator suddenly raised his voice, pretending to be surprised: "Could it be that Master Sui'an is holding you tight?"

There were many people around who were secretly listening to their conversation, but at this moment they simply stopped their chatting and looked at them one after another.

Seeing Shen Ziliu frowned slightly, the male cultivator thought he had hit the mark, so he said again: "Junior Brother Shen, don't tell me you still don't know about your master... Sui An Zhenren has done some things before?"

Shen Ziliu slowly opened his brows, put on a puzzled expression, and asked calmly: "Master hasn't mentioned the past to me, can you tell me, brother?"

Another male cultivator at the same table as that male cultivator sneered and said, "Of course he won't bring up this kind of scandal in front of the apprentice who has finally accepted him."

The male cultivator who chatted with Shen Ziliu sighed, and said: "As outsiders, we shouldn't talk about this matter, but we really can't bear to see Junior Brother Shen continue to be deceived... After listening to it, Junior Brother Shen should make plans early."

Shen Ziliu smiled slightly and said, "Okay, senior brother, please tell me."

Seeing Shen Ziliu's reaction, Zi Lan and Qing Yin, who originally wanted to stop the other party from talking nonsense, exchanged glances silently, and couldn't help feeling that Shen Ziliu, who was smiling at the moment, seemed a little scary.