Fu Luan

Back on Zixiao Island, Le Wuyan woke up quickly, opened his eyes and found himself lying on the couch, surrounded by a circle of people.

Xu Youming withdrew his hand and stopped sending him spiritual power.

Ming Jin leaned over and asked, "Master, are you feeling better?"

Le Wuyan turned his eyes to the three disciples who looked worried, and finally fell on Xu Youming, who was frowning and sullen in front of him, and asked awkwardly, "How long have I been dizzy? Did I win the result of the competition?"

Xu Youming's tone was slightly lower: "Two quarters of an hour."

Ming Jin added: "I won, those cultivators of refining emptiness didn't look very good, they were all thrown off the stage by your move, master, your move is too powerful."

Le Wuyan recalled the previous scene on the competition stage, but couldn't help being embarrassed.

Xu Youming motioned to the others: "Go out first."

After dismissing the three disciples, he reached out to help Le Wuyan wipe off the sweat from his forehead: "How is it now?"

Le Wuyan looked at him silently, looked at each other for a moment, and stretched out his arms: "Give me a hug."

Seeing Xu Youming not moving, Le Wuyan dragged his voice helplessly: "Hold me, Yaoyao..."

Xu Youming's eyes gradually softened, and he approached, carefully hugging him in his arms.

Le Wuyan half propped up his body, leaned on his shoulder, lightly closed his eyes, and finally recovered.

Xu Youming asked him again: "How is it now?"

Le Wuyan thought for a while, and replied: "I'm weak all over, my body seems to be hollowed out, I'm more tired than my spiritual power is exhausted, and my hands hurt so much, it's like they are about to break, if I take it back later, this I can't have two arms."

"Since you feel uncomfortable, why did you try to be brave on stage?"

Xu Youming let go of him, looked at him and asked.

Le Wuyan: "I didn't try to be brave, I was stunned for a while, it was my instinct, so I was scared when I was called back by you."

Xu Youming frowned again: "Instinct?"

"Almost," Le Wuyan said that he didn't quite understand, "Anyway, that's what it means."

He asked curiously: "Others are monsters who turn into people, but I am a man who turns into a monster. Didn't those people outside scare to death?"

Xu Youming: "Do you still have the heart to worry about others?"

Of course not, Le Wuyan sighed, phoenix is ​​not so easy to have, let alone give birth to a little phoenix, it is not easy for him to become a phoenix himself.

Raising his hand to touch the position of his heart, this place has been slightly hot since before, and when his arms feathered into wings, it was so hot that it almost melted his heart. It still made him shudder.

Feeling that the heartbeat gradually returned to normal, Le Wuyan was slightly relieved.

Xu Youming: "Uncomfortable?"

Le Wuyan said: "Before... it was always hot."

Xu Youming stretched out his hand and touched it lightly: "The transformation will probably be like this, and I will get used to it in the future."

Le Wuyan grabbed his hand and curled his lips: "Let's wait until the cultivation base breaks through the tribulation, I don't dare to try again."

He lay down again, completely relaxed.

Xu Youming went to pour a glass of water to feed him, but Le Wuyan didn't bother to move, so he just opened his mouth and drank from his hand.

Ming Jin came in, didn't see his master's lazy and spoiled appearance, and quickly said: "Xianzun, the envoy of the suzerain is here, saying that the suzerain has arrived here, please go and talk to the sage."

Le Wuyan: "The suzerain has left the customs? Has he broken through the tribulation?"

"Well," Xu Youming nodded, "Brother came here directly after leaving the customs. I have received his voice transmission a few days ago. You were busy with the competition and didn't tell you."

Le Wuyan: "That's great, congratulations, the only half-immortal in the transcending tribulation period in the world is now in the Taiyi Immortal Sect, and the position of the Taiyi Immortal Sect in the hundred families will definitely be more solid."

Ming Jin asked strangely: "Master, aren't you also a member of the Taiyi Immortal Sect?"

Le Wuyan: "That's right, but I prefer to call myself a native of Xiaoyao Xianshan."

Xu Youming stopped talking to him and stood up: "I'll come as soon as I go."

Le Wuyan waved his hand: "Go, go, I'll sleep a little longer."

On the other side, Venerable Huaiyuan had just arrived and was being congratulated by a group of elders.

Although there is already an immortal in the sect, Xu Youming is much younger than them, and he never cares about things. Most of them can't speak a few words with them. Ming's mind is subtle, but Venerable Huaiyuan is different. His suzerain's position in the sect is stable and highly respected, and no one refuses to accept it. Now that Venerable Huaiyuan finally caught up with his junior brother and broke through the tribulation, naturally everyone is happy .

There was a lot of congratulations around, and Venerable Huaiyuan himself was quite happy, especially on the way just now, he finally met the closed disciple of the income sect who had never met face to face, and learned that Fang Zigui got the golden elixir in the competition The good ranking in the top twenty is even more red.

Venerable Yuzhen asked: "The suzerain has issued an order to inform all the disciples in the sect that you have broken through the tribulation?"

Venerable Huaiyuan came to Xinghe Island as soon as he came out of customs. Before he could do this, under the urging of the elders, he took out a jade slip and planned to announce the matter through sound transmission.

When he was about to finish speaking, Xu Youming came in.

Venerable Huaiyuan's eyes fell on him, and he was about to say something when his voice stopped suddenly, and his eyes showed extreme astonishment.

The rest of the people don't know what happened, and they don't know why.

Xu Youming took a step forward, and bowed to Venerable Huaiyuan: "Brother, congratulations on leaving the customs and entering the country smoothly."

Venerable Huaiyuan: "You..."

When he was on the verge of speaking, Xu Youming said first, "I have something to say, and I want to talk to senior brother alone."

Venerable Huaiyuan nodded immediately, and sent the others away with a few words.

There were only two of them left in the hall, Venerable Huaiyuan spoke first, and asked him excitedly: "What's the matter with your immortal root?"

Xu Youming looked as usual, and admitted frankly: "It's broken."

"Broken? Why did the celestial root break?!" Venerable Huaiyuan couldn't believe it, lost his composure in a rare way, and asked in a hissed voice, "When was it broken? Why didn't you say it before?"

Xu Youming knew that once his senior brother broke through the tribulation, he would keep it a secret, and he didn't intend to hide it again. He said truthfully: "It was already broken earlier, and I didn't want senior brother to worry about it. If it spread to people to discuss, so I didn't say it."

When he said this, Venerable Huaiyuan felt more and more unacceptable, and raised his voice: "If you break the immortal root, you will no longer be able to be inspired by the heavenly way to ascend. Don't you care about such a big matter? Why is this happening? What are you thinking? What?!"

Xu Youming fell silent and did not answer.

When the two phases are at a stalemate, some people go and return.

It was Fang Zigui, who was ordered by his senior brother to fetch the suzerain's decree that they forgot to take earlier.

Sensing that the atmosphere was not right, Fang Zigui didn't dare to express his anger. He glanced at Xu Youming, and asked Venerable Huaiyuan cautiously. , you go down first."

Fang Zigui took the order, took the things and quickly retreated.

Seeing that Xu Youming still didn't say anything, Venerable Huaiyuan suddenly asked, "Is it because of him?"

Who does this "he" refer to, there is no need to say clearly: "Because you broke the immortal root, he is here today?"

Venerable Huaiyuan thought it was Xu Youming who broke the immortal root and replaced Le Wuyan who died under the eyes of everyone back then. The truth was not what he thought, but it was not the opposite. Xu Youming neither admitted nor denied it.

"Brother, it is meaningless to say these things now."

Venerable Huaiyuan's words were stuck in his throat, as if he had suffered a great blow, and he continued to ask him for a long time: "...Then what are you going to do? Is there no other way? Just wait until life energy is exhausted and re-enter reincarnation? "

Xu Youming: "There are still nearly 3 years to go, and there may be other opportunities in the future, so I will figure it out slowly."

He said: "Senior brother, don't worry about it. I have already accepted this matter, and I don't feel embarrassed. Please help me, don't tell others, including Qing Que. I don't want him to know for now, so as not to affect him. Dao heart."

Venerable Huaiyuan: "You have considered everything for him. Have you ever considered yourself?"

Xu Youming shook his head slightly: "Qing Que was forced to break through the cultivation technique on the competition stage today because of his unstable Taoism, and almost suffered a backlash. The path of cultivation he took seems to be easier than ordinary people, and his cultivation base is advancing rapidly, but in fact it is extremely difficult and dangerous. , I don’t want him to make any mistakes, so I ask my brother to help me.”

His words were earnest, almost pleading.

This was the first time Venerable Huaiyuan saw his junior brother bow his head in front of him, just to let him keep the secret for him, not to tell his Taoist companion.

But obviously, the one who broke the fairy root was himself.

Venerable Huaiyuan finally had nothing to say: "...I have just heard people say that your Taoist companion, under the watchful eyes of everyone, has feathered arms and seems to be turning into a phoenix. Is it true? Can he really turn into a real phoenix in the future?"

Xu Youming: "If you continue to practice, maybe you can."

Hearing this, Venerable Huaiyuan seemed puzzled and surprised: "What kind of special opportunity did he get, but he only got the inheritance of the phoenix, and he could turn into a real phoenix?"

The words "Phoenix King's Bone" reached Venerable Huaiyuan's mouth, and finally swallowed it back.

It seemed meaningless to ask these questions now, and Xu Youming might not be able to say anything.

Xu Youming finally said: "This is his destiny, as it should be."

Outside the hall, Fang Zigui took his things and came out, while his elder brother was still waiting outside.

Handing over the jade slip, Fang Zigui said in a low voice: "The master and the immortal seem to have quarreled. They didn't speak when I went in. The master kept a cold face as if he was angry."

"If you think too much, they won't quarrel." The senior brother said casually, looked at the jade slip in his hand, and suddenly asked in surprise, "Why hasn't this been sealed?"

Fang Zigui was puzzled: "Isn't it like this? It was like this when Master gave it to me. I just took it out. I haven't touched it."

The elder brother said helplessly: "Didn't you see that the aura on this jade slip has been flickering?"

Fang Zigui: "...I thought that was the case, did Master forget it?"

The senior brother wrapped his palm with spiritual power and touched the jade slip, releasing the sound transmission in it.

The first half is the suzerain's order issued by Venerable Huaiyuan, and it didn't stop after that. Xu Youming appeared, and Venerable Huaiyuan sent everyone away, and all the messy voices were in it. The senior brother cast a spell to erase the content of the second half, Fang Zi Gui pressed his hand: "Don't, listen first!"

The elder brother frowned and said, "Don't eavesdrop on the conversation between Master and Xianzun."

But Venerable Huaiyuan immediately said "what's the matter with your immortal root", which made him subconsciously stop.

When the voice in the jade slip ended, the two brothers and sisters were so startled that they didn't speak for a while.

Fang Zigui recovered his voice first: "Is the fairy root...broken?"

The big brother came back to his senses immediately, quickly erased all the content after the suzerain order, sealed the sound transmission again, and reminded Fang Zigui: "You and I have never heard of this matter, don't ask, and don't tell anyone. Don't mention it in front of Master."

Fang Zigui: "Yes..."

Big Brother: "Obviously the Immortal Venerable doesn't want others to know, do you think the Master would be happy to spread the news to everyone?"

Fang Zigui recalled Xu Youming's last silent and positive attitude in the Yinchuan Yujian, and he sighed for a while, and the word "broken" came out of his mouth easily, as if it was a rare and ordinary thing, but how could it be so simple? Broken?

No. 1 in the world, No. 300 sword cultivator, Ming Zhi Immortal Venerable who reached the stage of crossing the catastrophe after [-] years of cultivation, everyone thought that he would definitely be able to ascend before the age of [-], but they didn't know that he had already lost the possibility of ascending...

For the next few days, Le Wuyan stayed on Zixiao Island to cultivate his body and mind.

Xu Youming was the Grand Tournament Officer, and he always had to go out several times during the day. Mingjin and the other two went to watch the high-ranking monks compete, and Qin Ziyu retreated to study what he had gained during these days. Le Wuyan was left with nothing to do, cultivating I can't even pull myself up.

Fang Zigui came over after noon, and he came to ask him about the fire element kung fu as usual.

Finally someone came to talk to him, and Le Wuyan was quite dedicated. After pointing out Fang Zigui, he asked him casually: "Did the Taiyi Immortal Sect become popular again in the past two days? Your master broke through the tribulation. The news should have spread to everyone, right?"

Fang Zigui smiled and said: "Master's breakthrough is a matter of time, and other sects have long been mentally prepared, so they are not very surprised, they all sent congratulatory gifts at the first time, but Madam, you were the one who was at the top of the Grand Competition that day." It shows that there are even more people talking about it, and now there are rumors outside, and some people say that you are a true phoenix, and they say it so closely, as if they have seen it with their own eyes."

Le Wuyan rolled his eyes: "Don't you say I'm the reincarnation of the devil now?"

Fang Zigui: "That's all the old calendar, who still mentions that, I don't blame them for thinking that way, it's not too strange that there was a real dragon in the past, and a real phoenix now, right? Curious, ma'am, are you really a phoenix as they say?"

Of course, Le Wuyan said: "Fake, it's hard to say whether I can become a phoenix in the future."

Fang Zigui: "If you can really become a phoenix, then madam, you must be able to ascend smoothly, right? Although the immortal root is broken, madam, since you have these special opportunities and abilities, is there a way for him to ascend with you? No wonder I don't think you are all worried about this..."

Le Wuyan frowned and interrupted him: "What are you talking about? What kind of fairy root is broken?"

"That's what I heard Immortal Venerable talking to my master that day," Fang Zigui was taken aback, looked at Shang Le Wuyan with doubts, and suddenly realized, "... Ma'am, you don't know?"

He thought that Xu Youming and Le Wuyan were Taoist couples, and Le Wuyan must know about it, so he couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked him, and then he said it out of his mouth. Now seeing Le Wuyan's expression, he finally realized that he Wrong word.

Le Wuyan's expression sank little by little: "His immortal root is broken? Did he say it himself?"

Fang Zigui: "No, it's not, it's..."

Le Wuyan: "What did you hear? Tell me clearly."

Pressed by Le Wuyan, Fang Zigui had no choice but to recount the conversation between his master and Xu Youming that he heard that day.

"That's all I heard. It was my master who asked Immortal Venerable, and Immortal Venerable admitted that his immortal root was indeed broken. I don't know anything else..."

After Fang Zigui finished speaking, Le Wuyan's expression became extremely ugly.

He looked past Fang Zigui and fell behind him.

Xu Youming came in from the outside, just when he heard Fang Zigui's last sentence, he stopped, his eyes moved slightly, and he looked at Le Wuyan.

Le Wuyan asked him in a deep voice, "Is what he said true?"