lead fades away

"Senior Brother Xia!" Wang Xiaobo finally found his backbone, and without caring about the girl on the ground, he grabbed Xia Yuchuan's lapel and burst into tears. At first glance, it seemed that he was being bullied—but in terms of actual results , It was indeed him who was bullied.

"What's going on?" Xia Yuchuan immediately lowered his face, and looked at Qingshi and Shen Chenzhou carefully.

"Don't ask me, ask her." Qing Shi pointed at the girl who was tied up with a cold face.

"It's not them, it's not, I mean, it's not..." Wang Xiaobo quickly explained, but couldn't make out a word for a long time.

"This senior brother, it was this girl who wanted to attack Elder Han Shuohan's spirit beast. Junior brother Wang tried to stop her but was bitten by her wrist." on the girl.

"That's not true! He's talking nonsense! He's bullying me!!! He's bullying me!!!!" The girl yelled immediately.

"Who is she?" Xia Yuchuan immediately asked Wang Xiaobo, obviously he didn't know this girl either.

"She is a descendant of Daoist Qi Xun..." Wang Xiaobo finally choked up his words, "Daojun asked me to take care of her, but she refused to let me take care of her, and even ran out, I, I had no choice but to call Come and help me..."

"Help you take care of her?!" Xia Yuchuan couldn't help but turn dark.

"No, no, no." Wang Xiaobo shook his head hastily, "Just, just help me bring her back to the fifth peak, give it to Daojun... I, I will tell Daojun... I can't take care of her well..."

"Okay, okay, I'll help you take her back." Xia Yuchuan hurriedly persuaded her.

"En." Wang Xiaobo nodded, then turned around and bowed deeply to Qing Shi and Shen Chenzhou, "Thank you two senior brothers, I, I will tell the truth to Daojun, no, I won't embarrass the two senior brothers. "

"Hurry up, don't take such thankless jobs in the future." Qing Shi waved his hand, telling him to take the girl away quickly.

Xia Yuchuan also bowed to the two of them, and lifted the girl up from the ground as Qingshi wished, without untying the rope.However, Xia Yuchuan obviously couldn't take Wang Xiaobo and the girl to fly with the imperial weapon at the same time, so he could only carry the struggling and scolding girl, and left Fangshi together with Wang Xiaobo.

"It's really the end of the year, and all kinds of monsters are running out." Seeing Xia Yuchuan and Wang Xiaobo walking away, Qing Shi curled his lips and complained.

"Now is not the time to accept apprentices, that child may have been picked up for the New Year." Shen Chenzhou said casually, "But she has a good talent. I checked her just now, and it turned out to be a pair of gold and fire roots. Unfortunately, the check was rough. , I can’t tell whether it’s a heavenly product or an earthly product.”

"If she enters Xiantrumen, it will be quite exciting." Qing Shi sneered.

"Okay, isn't it embarrassing to be as knowledgeable as a child?" Shen Chenzhou rolled his eyes at him.

"I hate children the most." Qingshi snorted coldly, stopped talking about this matter, turned his head and swept around the disciples who were watching the fun, and stared back at them all, then turned around, and took out the array Pan continued, "Go back and think about Su Fang's matter. He obviously wants to ruin your reputation. Be careful, don't be tricked by him."

"Well, I know." Shen Chenzhou nodded.

"Is there any news from Xinyi? I haven't seen her every day when I go to see the competition in the door. Didn't she participate?" Qing Shi asked.

"Xinyi is missing." Mentioning Xinyi, Shen Chenzhou immediately frowned.

"Missing?" Qing Shi froze for a moment.

"There is no one in the place where she lives, and the disciples next to her said that she went to retreat, but I checked the retreat records of the outer door, and there is no her name on it." Shen Chenzhou said.

——Could she really be slaughtered by She Ji?

After thinking about it for a while, he rejected the idea.If She Ji had the guts to kill people inside the door, he would have attacked him directly, why would he need to do such a troublesome thing as forcing him into the Wuxia Wonderland and arranging multiple traps.

"Forget it, don't worry about her, go wherever you want, anyway, I'm doing my best." Qing Shi smiled lightly, "Okay, I won't chat with you anymore, the competition in the door is almost over now, You continue to work on your work, I will go to the fourth peak to visit my aunt."

"Okay—by the way, the Lingshi owed to you is estimated to be repaid in the next year, so don't really add interest to me." Shen Chenzhou said quickly.

"You're still afraid of three-point profit!" Qing Shi gave him a half-joking look, put away the array, patted Wang Shuo beside him, turned around and said, "Let's go."

"Master creditor, go slowly!" Shen Chenzhou shouted in response to the occasion.

Qing Shi waved his hands without looking back, and led Wang Shuo to the fourth peak.

When Qingshi arrived at the Fourth Peak, Fairy Fengxi had just led the disciples from the Fourth Peak back to Huohuan Hall.Seeing Qingshi approaching, Fengxi sent a group of disciples down to rest, and then brought Qingshi into his residence in the apse.Qingshi came here just to show Wangshuo to Fairy Fengxi, he had no serious business, so he asked about today's miscellaneous knowledge competition, chatted some gossip, and then got up to leave.

"Wait." Fairy Fengxi stopped him, and asked, "You follow Elder Han all day now, have you ever heard him talk about accepting disciples?"

"Why, Auntie, you also want to worship Elder Han as your teacher?" Qing Shi asked with a smile.

"Don't be joking, even if my cheap master has passed away many years ago, the school rules don't allow me to change the master's lineage." Feng Xi gave him a supercilious look, "I also know that he picked a few disciples in the first peak, but most of them There is a teacher, does he want to teach apprentices for others all the time? Isn't he planning to accept one himself?"

"He really has the heart to accept disciples, otherwise he wouldn't go to see the big competition in the sect every day these few days." Qing Shi said, looked at Fairy Fengxi suspiciously, and asked, "Aunt, what are you doing?" Let’s just say it straight, do you have good seedlings under your command that you want to recommend to Elder Han, or is it someone else who came to you to trust you?”

"Daoist Qi Xun came to me yesterday and said that he has a talented junior who wants to learn swordsmanship, but he is not familiar with Elder Han, and he doesn't know what kind of apprentice Han Elder wants to accept, so he asked me to ask Han about it. The meaning of the elder." Fairy Fengxi spread her hands and said, "I wanted to go over and ask during today's big competition, but it turned out that Elder Han didn't come today."

"A descendant of Daoist Qi Xun?" Qing Shi couldn't help raising his eyebrows, "Isn't it a girl surnamed Xue? Golden and fire dual spiritual roots?"

"How do you know?" Fairy Fengxi was also taken aback.

"Don't mention it." Qing Shi curled his lips and told what happened at the first peak just now.

"So uneducated?" Fairy Fengxi frowned immediately after hearing this.She is a woman brought up by an aristocratic family, and she has been influenced by ethics since she was a child. Even though her nature is very rebellious, she still doesn't like those arrogant men and women who behave without discipline.

"Who knows how to raise it." Qing Shi snorted coldly, "If that girl has always been that virtuous, let's not talk about apprenticeship or something, don't even think about getting through the level of getting started."

In Xianchumen, Elder Wufeng manages the disciples after entering the gate, but the test and selection before entering the gate are the sole responsibility of the head.People who the head doesn't like, even if they have nepotism of one kind or another, don't even think about stepping into the gate of Xiantrumen.The sect head of Xian Chu Sect is more powerful than other immortal sects, even the elder Yuanying will not provoke them easily. You don't need to look at anyone's face.Moreover, Thirteen Chu has always adhered to loosening outside and tightening inside in the management of the school. It seems that they are governing by doing nothing, but in fact they are very strict with rules.The punishment hall is located on the fourth peak. Fairy Fengxi knows better than other peak masters what will happen to those who violated the rules of the sect these years.

"Let me find a chance to talk to Qi Xun. I dare not recommend such a child to Elder Han." Fairy Fengxi shook her head.

"You don't have to give up that kind of heart." Qing Shi said, "Just tell Qi Xun Taoist Elder Han not to accept Qi-refining disciples. No matter how much he wants to put the younger generation under Elder Han's seat, he has to wait for her to build a foundation first. success."

"Elder Han's requirements for his apprentices are also a bit high." Fairy Fengxi said helplessly.

"Not necessarily." Qingshi chuckled, "As far as I can see, he probably hasn't figured out how to teach his disciples, and he's afraid of misleading his disciples."

"That's right, Elder Han is used to being alone, so it would be embarrassing for him to suddenly ask him to teach a group of juniors." Fairy Fengxi also laughed, "If you want to teach your disciples, you have to talk about Heng Chu Zhenjun, two Nascent Souls, three golden elixirs, and Xia Yuchuan, who was the last one, is about to form a elixir."

"But Zhenjun Hengchu's life expectancy is not low, and I don't know if I can see him ascend in my lifetime." Qing Shi agreed casually.

"If you keep being so lazy, it's really hard to say." Fairy Fengxi rolled her eyes slightly, and then said in a low voice, "Zhenjun Hengchu will definitely not consider ascension until his lifespan is approaching, he After all, he was the head of the sect, so he will put the interests of the sect first in everything."

"I understand, a living cultivator of transformation spirit is better than an ascendant cultivator who can't be reached or touched." Qing Shi nodded clearly, and then asked in a lower voice, "There are two transformation monks sitting in the formation. Is Truman going to expand its territory?"

Hearing Qingshi's question, Fairy Fengxi hesitated for a moment, then quickly shook her head, "That's not necessarily the case. Proactively provoking disputes is not in our sect's current interests, but it is easy for the three great sects to take advantage of it. The head of the Three Chus is not of a belligerent nature either, he has always used force to force others in his actions, and seldom uses force to subdue others."

"It's fine if you don't fight." Qing Shi patted his chest in satisfaction.

"Even if we fight, it won't be your turn to go to the battlefield." Fairy Fengxi raised her hand and tapped Qingshi's forehead, "Besides, you are by Elder Han's side now, as long as he wants to protect you, who can hurt you?"

"In places like the battlefield, where the sword has no eyes, it's hard to say." Qing Shi pouted.

After chatting with Fairy Fengxi for a few more words, Qingshi got up again to say goodbye.Fairy Fengxi didn't keep him anymore, she just said that she was very busy recently, so he shouldn't come here to be an eyesore, just remember to come over for the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve.

"This year's New Year's Eve may not be easy." Qingshi immediately shook his head, "It depends on how Elder Han arranges it."

"You told him you wanted to come to my place for dinner, how could he not allow you to come?" Fairy Fengxi didn't think so.

——This is hard to say.

Qing Shi thought so in his heart, but he could only change the topic with a few hahas, and then bid farewell to Fairy Fengxi and left the fourth peak.

Han Shuo stayed in the book hall for four days before returning to the cave. After he came back, he helped Qingshi build another wing room that he wanted. The three rooms happened to be next to the rock wall. After being decorated by Qingshi, the wooden house, The soil slope and the rock wall are also integrated without being abrupt.

In the next few days, Han Shuo took Qingshi to Luming Valley where several competitions were held, but this time Han Shuo took care of Qingshi's work and rest habits, and only went out in the afternoon every time.

The big competition in the door lasted until the 25th day and came to an end, and the rest of the ranking competition for the top ten of each rank will continue in the next few days from the fifth day to the tenth day of the first month of the year.During this period, the most important thing is the Chinese New Year. Starting from December 26, the Xiantrumen started all the preparations related to the Chinese New Year. Qingshi also experienced a harvest from this day. Li received the wonderful taste of sore arms.

Of course, these gifts were all for Han Shuo.The customary New Year's worship in the door, the special New Year's gifts from Wufeng, and various gift boxes from other elders, rich or thin, and even some disciples in the Foundation Establishment period sent gifts to Qingshi here as if they were exploring the way. A small opportunity to get Elder Han's scrutiny.

Han Shuo picked out the useful ones from these gifts, and the rest fell into Qingshi's pocket one after another.Because Han Shuo didn't want his cave to be disturbed by people coming and going, Qing Shi purposely borrowed the newly built Elder's Hall and opened a side hall in it as a place to receive gifts.

29 This afternoon, Qing Shi had just sent away a disciple who came to give gifts to his master, and was thinking that no one would come again. When the side hall could be closed, another wave came from outside the hall door. gift-giving.

Unlike other gift givers who only held one or two small boxes, this group of people actually brought a huge wooden box, which looked like a coffin at first glance, but it was much wider than the coffin, and the outer shell was decorated with gold and silver. The carvings are very luxurious.But seeing the faces of this group of people clearly, Qing Shi immediately changed his face.

"Didn't the third peak's annual gift be delivered? Did you go to the wrong place?" Qing Shi immediately stopped the door and asked with a sneer.

"Junior Brother Yan." A middle-aged man in the lead stepped forward and cupped his hands, and said with a smile, "Before, it was the third peak's ceremony, but this time it is the annual gift specially prepared by us Daoist She Ji for Elder Han."

This middle-aged man is Zhao Yuping, She Ji's second disciple. Although his aptitude is not outstanding, he is She Ji's capable arm, and he is very trusted by She Ji. Because of this, he became one of the people Qingshi hated the most when he was in the third peak, second only to She Ji.

"Hey, specially prepared for Elder Han?" Qing Shi sneered and walked towards the wooden box.

"Junior Brother Yan, this is an annual gift for Elder Han!" Seeing that Qingshi wanted to open the box, Zhao Yuping quickly reached out to stop him.

But this is not the third peak, and Qingshi is no longer a qi refining disciple. As soon as Zhao Yuping stretched out his hand, Qingshi grabbed his wrist, pulled and pushed, and Zhao Yuping fell out with a look of surprise.

"Put it down!" Qingshi ignored Zhao Yuping and yelled at the disciples who were carrying the box with a cold face.

The disciple who carried the box was only in the Qi refining stage, so he dared not confront Qingshi. When Qingshi roared, they let go of their hands in fright, and the wooden box fell to the ground, making a heavy and hollow crashing sound.

"Yan Qingshi, don't go too far!!!" Zhao Yuping yelled anxiously, but his body was so numb as if he had been hit by a fixation spell, and his right wrist, which was grabbed by Qingshi, was even more painful.

"Huh." Qing Shi snorted coldly, kicked off the lid of the box, and with the contents of the box exposed, Qing Shi's face also turned from black to blue in an instant.

When the box was carried over, Qingshi could hear the sound of breathing inside, opened it now, and there were indeed two living people lying inside, a man and a woman.It is not known whether they had taken drugs or had a spell, but both of them were in a coma, and the falling of the box failed to wake them up.But what really turned Qingshi's face green was their looks - almost identical to Fairy Fengxi, but far younger and more tender than Fairy Fengxi.

"This is the annual ceremony that Taoist She Ji prepared for Elder Han? You really have a heart!" Qing Shi glanced at Zhao Yuping with a sneer, turned his hand and took out a sound transmission talisman, and said in front of several people, "Elder Han, the third Daoist She Ji of Fengfeng gave you a big gift, come out and see for yourself!"

Qingshi changed hands and sent out the sound transmission talisman, but this time Zhao Yuping did not stop him, but heaved a sigh of relief, struggled to stand up from the ground, and threatened coldly, "Junior Yan, how dare you ignore the rules of the sect and treat fellow brothers like you?" shot..."

"If you feel that pushing is considered an injury, then go to the punishment hall and sue me." Qing Shi glanced at him contemptuously, "The punishment hall is on the fourth peak, do you want me to show you the way? "

"You—" Zhao Yuping waited to speak again, but a burst of coercion suddenly came from behind, immediately forcing back all the words he wanted to say.

"What do you want me to see in person?" Han Shuo walked out of the cave with no expression on his face, and arrived in front of Qingshi in a few steps.

"Look for yourself." Qing Shi pointed to the wooden box on the ground with his chin.

Han Shuo followed Qingshi's direction and looked over, his face darkened immediately, "What's going on?!"

"To Elder Han, this is an annual present from Taoist She Ji to Elder Han." Zhao Yuping hastily stepped forward to salute, "Seeing that there are few people serving Elder Han, Taoist specially presents a pair of golden boys and girls to relieve Elder Han's worries."

"Relieve my worries?" Han Shuo laughed angrily.

Before Han Shuo could get angry, Qing Shi coolly added another sentence beside him, "Could this couple be named Yan?"

Zhao Yuping's expression changed slightly, but he immediately smiled again, "Does Junior Brother Yan still have the ability to see? He guessed it right. This pair of golden boy and jade girl is from the Yan family. They are handsome and innocent."

"Sent in a box innocently?" Qing Shi sneered.

"Don't worry, Junior Brother. These two people came here voluntarily to serve Elder Han, and they were definitely not coerced by others. The reason why they made them sleep soundly and put them in the box is just for the sake of elegance." Zhao Yuping said with a smile, "I never thought Yan Junior brother is so confused, insisting on opening the box to check, how dare we put evil things in the box to poison Elder Han..."

"Shut up." Finally, Han Shuo couldn't listen any longer. He glanced coldly at Zhao Yuping, turned his head and said to Qing Shi, "Call Fengxi here. Since she is from the Yan family, let her deal with it."

"Understood." Qingshi immediately took out another sound transmission talisman and sent it out.

"Elder Han!" Zhao Yuping finally changed his face.

"You don't need to show off your tongue anymore, go back and tell She Ji—" Han Shuo smiled coldly, and said word by word, "I accept his annual gift."

"Disciple understands. Disciple will leave." Hearing Han Shuo accept, Zhao Yuping immediately laughed again, led several Qi refining disciples who were carrying boxes, bowed and bowed, turned around and was about to leave.

"Wait, wake him up before leaving." Qing Shi said.

"Junior brother is really quick-tempered." Zhao Yuping said, but he still stepped forward, took out a sachet and swept it lightly at the tip of the noses of the two, and then led him away in a hurry without waiting for the two to fully wake up. Obviously he was afraid of being bumped into by Fairy Fengxi.

Looking at the back of Zhao Yuping and others going away, Qing Shi glanced at Han Shuo, and smiled eccentrically, "Did Elder Han understand the good intentions of Daoist She Ji?"

Han Shuo had a gloomy face and didn't answer.