Chapter 19: Drawing of lots
This water qilin is the flood spirit species, ancient beasts, this power, immediately will only see the wind and clouds change color, originally blue sky even in a flash dark down.
Accompanied by its first step towards the steps, the original calm mountain wind became a gale, sharp whistling, rolled through the peak of this through the sky.
And from the water unicorn nearest the bay of blue water pool, the water surface is a change, from the wave flat as a mirror began to tremble, and then suddenly violent rotation, the entire pool of water rapidly rotating around the center of a deep vortex out, in the depths of that vortex, more seems to have the sound of rumbling coming from the depths of the vortex.
A few moments later, the crowd only heard a loud bang, a water column from the depths of the vortex suddenly rushed up to the sky, enough to have three people embraced the thick, and condensed and not scattered, in mid-air made a turn, folded down in the air, as if driven by what seems to be in front of the water unicorn, as if a swimming dragon, crystal clear, rotating in the air swimming.
At this time, standing on the steps of all the Qingyun Sect people, including the most profound cultivation of Qi Hao and others, no longer a can remain calm, all changed color, some have even been pale, slightly trembling.
The reason why the Water Qilin was able to become a thousand years ago the Qing Ye ancestor to eliminate demons and ambush the devil's powerful arm, and in a thousand years by the Qing Yun Sect respect has been extremely, its strength in this moment completely revealed.
Gold, wood, water, fire, earth five elements, water Qilin is the water system of the best spirit, just look at it this hand out of thin air Royal water skills, no borrowing power, called out the water column of thick and condensed and not scattered, and even hovering in mid-air swimming without the slightest strain color, the spirit of the strong, the idea of the pure, has long been far better than the ordinary earthly cultivation of people.
It is the experts like clouds in the Qingyun Sect, not to mention purely with the idea of power to do this, that is, borrowing magic treasure can have this level of not many people.
At this moment, but see the sky and the earth dark, wind and clouds surging, the disciples of the Qingyun Sect saw the Spirit Dignity Water Unicorn suddenly more than a thousand years have never had the thunderous anger, are dumbfounded, do not know what to do.
When it is too late, only to see the water unicorn mouth roar more than, eyes round, eyes rage hate color more and more thick, seems to feel what deep hatred or extremely hate things, to fight with it, immortal.
And hovering in front of the beast's thick water column swimming speed is also faster and faster, suddenly a loud sound, "boom" sound, huge water column with endless momentum, spread to the steps of the Qingyun disciples.
At this critical moment, only to hear a blistering cry from mid-air: "Spirit Dignitary rest in peace!"
A dark green figure, as if appearing out of thin air, suddenly appeared in the mid-air between the Water Qilin and the Green Cloud disciples, it was the Green Cloud Sect Sect Leader Dao Xuan Zhen Zhen.
Five years have not seen, he crane bone immortal wind, did not change at all, just he now frowned tightly, obviously also on the water qilin sudden difficulty extremely puzzled.
But at the moment the situation is urgent, behind him are dozens of Qingyun door in the most outstanding young disciples, and the front whistling from the water column inside the wave of light bursts, faintly appear a variety of hideous beasts of the shadow, apparently in the past the water Qilin killed the beasts, after the death of souls for the water Qilin ingested into the body, not to be born again.
At this moment was used by the water qilin in the water column, more powerful, in order to dao xuan real person through the heavens and the earth's ability, also can not help but be shocked by the heart.
Seeing the water column approaching in front of him, Daoxuan can not avoid, can only inhale deeply, mouth recited: "Infinite Heavenly Father!"
He raised his hands, holding the ball in the air, left and right hands into a sword pointing technique, seems to be slow actually urgent, in front of the body of the virtual drawing a Tai Chi diagram, a moment this pattern of luminous in the air, white light bursts, Ruiqi Tengteng, followed by a return to the body of the Dao Xuan, on the body of the dark green robes without the wind since the drums, Huo Ran floated down from him, the air of the Tai Chi diagram is immediately as if by the drive, rushed to the robe on top of the robe, and instantly branded on the robe.
This dark green robe also seems to be immortal treasure, subject to that Taiji map, "Huo" sound, see the wind on the long, in a moment more than ten times bigger, horizontal in mid-air.
"Wow", a heavy sound, the water unicorn Royal water column hit the enlarged dark green robe, only to hear the water column hissed again and again, it seems to be those demonic beasts souls furious and wild, dark green robe under the impact, backward a few feet away, the center of the robe by the impact of the water column is deeply bulging out of the center of the robe, to see the force of the huge.
And standing on the steps almost dumbfounded young disciples of the green cloud, only feel suddenly a huge wind gushing, all unsteady, in addition to a few deep cultivation is still barely supported, most people are actually around the fall.
The crowd could not help but lose their colors, if there was no Daoxuan real person who stepped in to block this thunderous strike of the Water Qilin, I really don't know what the consequences would be.
Zhang Xiaofan face pale, unsteady foothold, then fell to the side, Lin Jingyu saw out of the corner of his eye, just wanted to reach out to help, but unexpectedly his own body skewed a bit, but also fell to the other side, self-care.
Zhang Xiaofan was shocked, subconsciously let go of the arms holding the "burning stick" hand, desperately out to find a place to support a little, completely did not notice that his hand left the burning stick, the cold feeling disappeared without a trace.
In the air, dao xuan real face solemn, stand by, and behind him, "brush, brush, brush" a few sounds, and appeared a dozen silhouettes, standing in the air behind him, the leader is cangsong real, the rest is the six veins of the head as well as the various veins of the elders, tian not easy and Su Ru are all in it, each face serious.
Qingyun door masters are here at the moment, look at the world, encountered this kind of formation, who are afraid of seven points, but this water unicorn in a group of Qingyun door Dao Dao profound head of the head of the elders look around, actually not the slightest fear of color.
But in the eyes of the crowd, the water Qilin originally burned in anger eyes suddenly calm down, anti-exposure odd look, seems to be confused, and in front of the body of the huge sound of the water column is also slowly shrinking, and finally lost control and fell to the ground, "clatter" sound, the ground into a piece of wet.
At this time, the water qilin sound momentum, but the huge body towers in place, still quite terrible, only to see it ignore the crowd of elders in mid-air, eyes only staring at the young disciples on the steps, eyes swept to and fro, and then sniff with his nose in the air, seems to have not sniffed out what flavor to.
After a long time, after this odd behavior repeated many times, the water qilin seems to finally give up, shook its huge head, returned to the body, a swing to another open space, lying down, leaning his head towards his legs, squinting his eyes, not long after, actually had a snore sound again.
Qing Yun Sect crowd all looked at each other, dumbfounded.
Daoist Cangsong came back to his senses the fastest and quietly moved next to Daoist Daoist Xuan, whispering, "Senior Sect Leader, it is not appropriate to let the disciples stay here for much longer."
Dao Xuan woke up, glanced at Cang Song, nodded, and said, "You take the disciples and go up first, I'll go see what's going on with Spirit Dignity." After saying this, his body folded and he flew towards the Water Qilin.
Cang Song turned back and said aloud, "Just now, it was Spirit Elder who played a joke on everyone, there is no need for everyone to be nervous, now all the disciples participating in the Great Trials of the Meeting Martial Arts, walk to the Jade Clearance Hall in order!"
The crowd of disciples responded in unison, restoring order and walking upwards.
However, in their hearts, seeing the Water Qilin's thrilling blow just now, I'm afraid not many people would believe that it was a joke!
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Following behind the crowd, Zhang Xiaofan and Lin Jingyu walked into the majestic and spacious Yu Qing Hall. Standing within this hall, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly felt that the memories of the five years turned up one by one.
"Jingyu." Zhang Xiaofan suddenly whispered.
"What?" Lin Jingyu looked towards Zhang Xiaofan.
Zhang Xiaofan lowered his voice and said, "I suddenly remembered something, in these few years, have you seen Second Uncle Wang?"
Lin Jingyu's face immediately dimmed, then he shook his head and said, "No, today is also the first time I returned to Tongtian Peak. Three years ago, I asked Elder Brother Qi Hao about Second Uncle Wang's situation, and I heard him say that he was still that crazy, running around Tong Tian Peak all day long, but with Elder Brother from the Long Sect taking care of him, there should be no problem."
Zhang Xiaofan was silent for a while and said, "When this competition is over, I want to go see him, will you go?"
Lin Jingyu nodded and said, "Good, I would love to see him too."
At this time, above the main hall, there was a sudden flash of green shadow, but it was Daoist Xuan Zhenren who flashed in from outside.
The gazes of the various elders of the Green Cloud Sect all fell on him, and Daoist Cang Song walked forward and asked, "Sect Leader, Spirit Dignity..."
Daoxuan raised his hand to stop and gave him a color, and Daoist Cangsong immediately understood and stopped talking.
Thereupon, Daoist Daoist Xuan turned around as if nothing had happened, and said to the dozens of young disciples of the Qing Yun Sect standing in the main hall in a pleasant manner, "Everyone is here! Good, good."
All of the disciples bent down together and saluted, saying, "Greetings to Sect Leader True Lord."
Daoxuan Zhenren smiled faintly, walked back to his seat, and glanced towards Cangsong Daoist, who then walked forward and said aloud, "Gentlemen, all of you are the leaders of the young generation of Qing Yun Sect, and my Qing Yun lineage has been in existence for more than 2,000 years since it was founded, and is indeed the orthodoxy of the Taoist family, the leader of the righteous path. But the ancients have said: 'Industry flourishes in diligence, and is wasted in frolicking.' There is also a saying: 'Boat against the current, not to advance is to retreat.' In order to warn our sect's generations of grandmasters and to bring up younger disciples, we passed down the event of the Seven Veins Martial Arts, which is now a full twenty sessions."
"Ah," a gasp of astonishment came out from the crowd of disciples in the Qing Yun Sect, twenty sessions, calculated at one armor at a time, would be a thousand and two hundred years long.
Daoist Cangsong looked at the crowd's reaction with satisfaction, and added: "To this day, my Qing Yun Sect, under the leadership of Senior Sect Master Daoxuan, is thriving and prosperous, far better than in previous generations, and there are countless outstanding people in the younger generation. Therefore, this time, after the Sect Master's discussion with the head of each lineage, the number of people in the Grand Examination has been increased to sixty-four, so as not to have the regret of a pearl left behind in the ocean."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan could not help but look over to Tian not easy, only to see Tian not easy to sit at the head of the daoxuan real person, face expressionless, but in the eyes of the big impatient look, after all, to increase the number of people in the test thing, said with the head of the veins discussed, in fact, is not the daoxuan real person and the cangsong real person to say.
Only to hear Cang Song Daoist then said: "This big test, the number of people on the double, so in the lottery also some changes. Everyone, please look."
Said, his hand pointed to the right side of the hall above the open space, the crowd looked, only to see there placed a large mahogany box, four square, only in the upper side of the open a small hole to allow an arm to stretch into.
"In that mahogany box, there are sixty-three wax pills, each of which is wrapped with a note, written from one to sixty-three such numbers."
The disciples suddenly a clamor, Cang Song Taoist do not pay attention to, and said: "in the drawing of lots completed, that is based on the number for the competition, to the first against the sixty-four, two against the sixty-three, three against the sixty-two, so analogous, and then the second round, is to the first and the sixty-four winners of the second and sixty-three winners, and so analogous, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on, and so on. Do you all understand?"
The crowd of disciples of the Green Cloud Sect standing under the hall were silent for a while, and suddenly someone said loudly, "May I ask Master Cang Song, there are obviously sixty-four people, but how come there are only sixty-three wax pellets?"
Daoist Cang Song seemed to be prepared for this question, and with a dry cough, he said, "The rules of this competition were originally that each of the seven veins of the Qing Yun Sect would send out nine people, with one more person from the Long Sect, but, ahem, because one of the fellow veins only sent out a total of eight disciples, there was one person less, and so there were only sixty-three people."
For a moment, all eyes fell on the face of Tian Yiqi, the head of the Great Bamboo Peak, Tian Yiqi's face swept through a burst of anger, but sat in his seat, not moving in the slightest.
The bottom of the Qingyun Sect disciples clamor rose up, discussing.
When the crowd's voice slightly calmed down, Cang Song Zhen Zhen talent positive color: "But this is not difficult, in the sixty-three wax pellets, as long as there is which disciple draws the number one, that is lucky, because there is no sixty-four rivals, so his first round of the round of empty."
At these words, there was another outcry amongst the disciples of the Qing Yun Sect, but after all, the Qing Yun Sect was a prestigious sect with strict family teachings, and although this method seemed rather comical, no one objected to it.
Dao Xuan Zhen Zhen stood up and looked around, the dignity of his Sect Leader, the four of them were silent at once. Dao Xuan Zhenren nodded and said, "Since this is the case, let's all go and draw lots!"
Above the main hall, everyone's eyes then fell onto that mahogany box, first, it was the Long Sect lineage that stepped out with ten disciples, walking to the box in turn, and each drew a wax pellet, and then it was the disciples from the Long Shou Peak lineage.
Lin Jingyu greeted Zhang Xiaofan and walked out as well, Zhang Xiaofan glanced at his back twice, and then turned his gaze to the seven Heads and Elders sitting at the top.
Among these people, from Daoxuan real person below, Cangsong Taoist, Tianyun Taoist and Shang Zhengliang, Zeng Shuchang and other veins of the head of the five years ago he has seen, only sitting on the right side of the last chair of a female Taoist nun has not met, but look at the appearance of this, most likely is the famous Xiaozhu Peak head of the Shuiyue masters.
Zhang Xiaofan weekdays often listen to the brothers mentioned this uncle, I heard that the small bamboo peak is the only Qingyun door only accept female disciples in the lineage, water moon master himself is also very deep, in the Qingyun door is very famous.
And small bamboo peak out of the disciples, in the successive seven veins will martial arts test also sometimes have outstanding performance.
Zhang Xiaofan to that water moon master looked a few more eyes, only to see her appearance about thirty up and down, and the teacher mother Su Ru is similar, goose egg face shape, thin eyebrows moist nose, a pair of apricot eyes gleaming God, a moon white robe, look is actually elegant.
Behind her, there is no standing elder generation, but serving a female disciple, a white dress like snow, looks very beautiful, behind the back of a long sword, scabbard hilt body is sky blue, bright color, hidden waves of light flow, at a glance it is known to be the immortal treasures.
He was looking out of focus, the young woman as if she felt his gaze, suddenly turned her head, gaze like electricity, coldly stared at Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan's heart was shaken, as if he had received an electric shock, and his eyes actually seemed to be stung by pain.
He was startled, his face slightly red, but saw that the woman's face was expressionless, but there was a hidden contempt in her eyes, hurriedly lowered her head.
At this awkward moment, someone beside him suddenly reached over to pull him a bit, only to hear Tian Ling'er's voice say: ''Xiaofan, what are you gawking at! It's our turn to draw lots."
Zhang Xiaofan hurriedly said, "Yes, yes." Saying that, he no longer dared to look up to Master Shui Yue and turned his body to follow Tian Ling'er towards that mahogany box.
At this point in time, only the Great Bamboo Peak and Little Bamboo Peak lineages were left in the main hall without having drawn their signatures, and the crowd of Great Bamboo Peak, led by Song Daren, walked to the box in turn, drew out the wax pellets, and with that, walked back down the hall.
After that, while the crowd was checking what number they had drawn, eight female disciples came out from the Little Bamboo Peak lineage, Wen Min was among them, while the white-clothed woman standing behind Master Shui Yue bowed her head and spoke to Master Shui Yue, who nodded and said, "You go too!"
That white-clothed woman answered and walked over to the Little Bamboo Peak amongst the women, smiled with Wen Min's group, and together they walked over to that mahogany box and drew out the last nine wax pills.
At this moment, above the hall, all the disciples have to check the wax pills, and sitting at the top of the elders of the various veins of the head can not help but be nervous, eyes are staring at their own veins of the disciples, hoping that the disciples draw a good sign, if it is drawn to the note written "one", naturally, it would be the best.
As if responding to the mood of the masters, the young disciples of the Qing Yun Sect under the hall made noises one by one.
"Ah! I am twenty-six."
"I'm thirty-three, hehe, what's your number?"
"Oh, I'm forty-seven, I don't know what number my opponent is, let me do the math..."
The various disciples spoke for half a day, but no one said that they had drawn that precious number one note.
Cang Song Taoist frowned, coughed twice and said aloud, "Who drew the number one note?"
His voice was so loud that it momentarily silenced all voices, and the great hall was silent.
For a long time, amongst the crowd, there was suddenly a small voice, with a hint of surprise and caution, seemingly in a tone that even he himself did not believe, saying, "Back, back to Uncle Cangsong, in, in my place."
The crowd looked together and were stunned, only to see Zhang Xiaofan standing in the crowd, holding a note in his hand, frozen in place, while his eyes glanced at Tian Yiqi, timidly saying.
