Chapter 27: Persistence
"Good!"
The applause was thunderous, and under the "Qian" bit of the stage, it was a completely different world. Everyone was shouting loudly, obsessed with the two beautiful figures on the stage.
Amber damask's radiance, Tianya Divine Sword's endless blue aura, reflecting the place as if it was a heavenly paradise, beautiful and extraordinary. But what was even more beautiful was the two young women who were flying around, this match had been going on from the morning until now, an hour had passed, and both sides were still undivided.
Especially the big bamboo peak of Tian Ling'er, in Lu Xueqi Tianya Divine Sword under, actually have attack and defense support for so long has not shown defeat, let a big surprise.
Under the field, Tian not easy, Su Ru, water moon masters and other two lines of seniors in the stage needless to say, even the head of the Tao Xuan real people also sat in a chair, watching the wonderful competition, mouth also smile, frequently nodding, meaning very gratified.
Tian is not easy and Su Ru kinship even more nervous, but look at Tian Ling'er Taoism dynamic, not at all lose the wind, the heart also relaxed a little. Tian not easy to look at his wife beside him, see her nervousness, softly said: "Relax, Ling'er is fine."
Su Ru turned her head to look at her husband, smiled slightly and turned her head to look towards the stage again. Tian Yiqiu shook his head slightly, and suddenly realized that the disciples gathered behind him, and even the disciples of the other veins further away, were all in a commotion.
He turned his head to look, and for a few moments, with the depth of his cultivation, he also froze for a moment.
In a narrow passageway that the crowd had automatically made way for, Zhang Xiaofan slowly walked over, his clothes burnt to a crisp, and even light smoke was still emanating from some parts of his body, and his face, hands, and body were covered in large chunks of charred blackness everywhere, and a pungent smell greeted his face.
Everyone could see that he was walking very hard, as if every step took all his strength, but for some reason he was still persistently walking forward, walking.
Tian Yi Yi just watched his youngest disciple slowly walk over, without saying a word, his short and chubby body left his seat and stood up, Su Ru sensed something, strangely glanced at her husband, and then realized that something was not right, and followed his gaze, and immediately his face turned white, and he immediately stood up as well.
At this time, more people looked here.
Zhang Xiaofan walked in front of Tian Yi, Tian Yi looked at this usually his most neglected disciple, looked at his unknowing stubbornness, but his heart suddenly surged with a burst of uncontrollable anger, this anger was so strong that although he tried his best to suppress it but everyone still heard his anger: "Old Seven, which guy even hurt you so much, isn't winning enough? "
Su Ru's body was shaken, hearing that her husband actually got really angry over this little disciple that he used to look down on, she was a bit worried and pulled Tian Yiqiu for a bit, but her gaze then fell back to Zhang Xiaofan's body.
On both sides, the disciples under the Great Bamboo Peak, because they were too shocked, they all stayed in place, forgetting to go and help the youngest disciple a hand.
On the stage, Lu Xueqi and Tian Ling'er were in the middle of a heated battle, their magic treasures flying around in the air with an immortal aura.
Zhang Xiaofan glanced deeply towards that stage, then looked at his master in front of him, seeing the anger on his obese face, as if there was still so much as a hint if care.
Exhausted, he shook his head and whispered, "No, Master, I won."
After saying that, he only felt a wave of dizziness in his mind, and in an instant, the sky turned dark, and he fell to the ground with a thud, fainting.
Zhang Xiaofan fell to the ground, unconscious, but the words he said before he fainted, made the Great Bamboo Peak to Tian Yiqiu down to all the disciples were frozen, a moment later, Tian Yiqiu and the others reacted and helped Zhang Xiaofan up.
Tian not easy to take a closer look at some, found that this little disciple almost like the body was roasted by the fire general bruises, but internal organs and viscera is not a big problem, fainted most of the time is the exhaustion of force to, also do not know just that the competition actually happened what happened.
He pondered for a moment, out of the corner of his eye he saw more and more people around him looking here, he was unwilling to stand here and be watched by the crowd, at that moment he picked up Zhang Xiaofan and whispered to Su Ru, "I'll take old seven back, you stay here and watch Ling'er."
Su Ru frowned tightly, but still nodded, glancing at Zhang Xiaofan whose eyes were tightly closed, the anxious look on his face could no longer be concealed. Beside them, the Great Bamboo Peak people also gathered around, and Du Bishu said, "Master, I'll accompany you too!"
Tian Yiqiu shook his head and said, "No need."
At this moment, even Daoist Xuan Zhenren's attention was attracted over, saying, "Master Tian, is this your disciple? What's wrong?"
Tian Yiqiu said indifferently, "He's not a good learner and has suffered some minor injuries, I'll take him to get some treatment, so excuse me."
Daoist Daoist Xuan Zhenren nodded and turned his body around, looking at the wonderful fight on the stage again. As Tian Yiqiu walked out of the crowd with Zhang Xiaofan in his arms, the matter quickly subsided, and people renewed their excitement for the two beauties on the stage, and only a few young disciples standing on the periphery of the crowd inadvertently realized that most of the disciples from the Feng Hui Peak lineage were turning pale, and converging in groups of three or five towards the distance.
If Zhang Xiaofan was here, he would definitely be able to tell that there was the place where Zeng Shushu was competing.
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Under the Nine Hells, Yama's Hall, everywhere is a blazing fire, scorching people crying and hissing, blood and stench, smell to vomit, Zhang Xiaofan only felt the sky spinning, but only for a moment, he suddenly returned to many years ago, that a peaceful small mountain village, the breeze is like a breeze, light and pleasant.
However, a thunderclap resounded through the sky, the sky was as dark as a mountain, like the waves of the angry sea surging and surging, and in the blink of an eye, the amiable and cordial villagers changed into a mountain of dead corpses, and the peaceful small village became a hell on earth!
"No!"
He cried out with all his might, tensing his whole body's muscles, a heart-breaking pain that came from his chest, causing him to suck in a breath of cool air, his whole body trembling and waking up in shock.
"Ah! Wake up, Little Fan is awake." The voice that was so familiar that it was almost engraved in his deep heart rang out at the first moment, bringing with it a few moments of worry and elation. When Zhang Xiaofan opened his eyes, he saw Tian Ling'er.
As if, it was back to the old days, she was dressed in red, with amber vermillion damask still wrapped around her waist, her hair softly draped down from her fair neck, lining her somewhat pale face, and those bright eyes with pure pupils, Zhang Xiaofan even saw his own shadow from there.
Senior Sister! He let out a cry in his deep heart.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at her, not even blinking his eyes, if this moment became an eternity, how good it would be!
In the room, all the people of the Great Bamboo Peak gathered around, Tian Yiqi went up and took his pulse, nodded and said, "Alright, it's fine."
The crowd was relieved, and each of them revealed a reassuring smile.
Zhang Xiaofan glanced around, only to see that all the people of Great Bamboo Peak were here, he himself was lying on the bed in the room, all the senior brothers were standing on the ground floor, and Tian Yiqiu and Su Ru were sitting on the chair in front of the bed.
"How, what's wrong?"
Tian Ling'er smiled, "You won't have forgotten so quickly! During the daytime, you competed with Peng Chang of Wind Return Peak, and fainted when you came back, scaring people, but luckily it was nothing serious."
Zhang Xiaofan moved his body, in addition to some fatigue, only some pain in the chest, the rest of the place has nothing, could not help but be surprised: "How can this be, I obviously body are..."
Tian not easy to cut off: "Those burnt is just a skin wound, with my Qingyun door secret medicine rubbed will be good, you are now on the body only the chest received a blow, but the bones of the meridians have not been shifted vibration, rest for a few days will be good."
Su Ru, who was sitting on the side, laughed a little and said, "Xiaofan, you still haven't thanked the master, if he didn't personally save you this time, you would have had to recuperate for at least half a year from the external injuries alone."
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, his heart was greatly surprised, but his gratitude was still overflowing, and he said in a low voice, "Disciple is incompetent, and has dragged Master down again."
Tian Yiqiu hummed, his face turned cold, saying, "Where are you incompetent, now the most capable person in the Great Bamboo Peak is you!"
Zhang Xiaofan was shocked again, not knowing what Tian Yuxi meant by this statement, he could only say, "Master, I, no, like Senior Sister, ah! And the eldest senior brother all senior brothers they are far better than me, I dare not⋯⋯" he said but his voice was small, only to look at the senior brothers standing in front of him and Tian Ling'er at this time the face of some strange, especially in front of the crowd standing in front of the eldest senior brother, today's face looks particularly pale, the whole person is no longer the usual angry and vigorous, looked even shaky look.
Su Ru sighed and said, "Daxin, move a chair for your Eldest Brother to sit on!"
Lu Daxin hurriedly answered and took a chair from the side and placed it beside Song Daren, who wanted to refuse, but after shaking his body a few times, he finally sat down, panting heavily.
Zhang Xiaofan looked dumbfounded and said, "Eldest brother, what's wrong with you?"
Song Daren let out a bitter smile, but did not say anything. Instead, it was the oldest one, He Da Zhi, who said, "Junior Brother, now that the Seven Veins Martial Arts has reached the fourth round, you are the only one left in our Great Bamboo Peak." Saying this, he couldn't help but glance around.
Zhang Xiaofan's entire body froze for a moment, then remembering something, he turned his head to Tian Ling'er, who was sitting at the head of the bed, and said, "Senior sister, then you too..."
Tian Ling'er's complexion darkened and she whispered, "I also lost."
Zhang Xiaofan looked at her color a piece of disappointment, heart a pain, but at this moment, but can not allow him to think nonsense.
Tian Yuxi looked Zhang Xiaofan up and down, sank his face and said, "Old Seven."
Zhang Xiaofan's heart jumped, only to hear the Tian not easy this seems to have hidden anger, and then look at the master's face is extremely ugly, then can not help but some fear, said: "Yes, master, what⋯⋯⋯."
Not waiting for him to finish, Tian Yi stared at Zhang Xiaofan and categorically said, "How did you get this Taoist practice?"
Zhang Xiaofan's head "buzz" loud, open mouth, a moment actually do not know how to speak.
He looked at all the people in the room one by one, only to see that the normally familiar and amiable senior brothers had also remained silent at this time, looking at themselves with a puzzled look in their gazes.
It was no wonder that a junior brother who was usually incredibly stupid suddenly struck a chord, no one would be able to accept it in a short period of time.
Under Tian Yi's aggressive gaze, Zhang Xiaofan's forehead was beaded with sweat, and there was a moment when he almost wanted to blurt out and tell his master that he was practicing a different sect's gong method behind his back, however, when the words came to his mouth, he finally held his tongue.
He was no longer the ignorant boy who didn't know the world five years ago, in the conversations of his senior brothers in the same sect, he had long known the famous name of Tianyin Temple, and he also knew the real identity of the withered old monk named Pu Zhi on that night.
Over the years, he had practiced the "Great Brahma Prajna" technique alone, but deep down, his gratitude towards Pu Zhi had never diminished.
"I, no, disciple stupid, these years in the cultivation of real progress has been not much progress," Zhang Xiaofan lowered his head, do not dare to face TianYiYi's gaze, weighing the words slowly said: "some days ago, disciple suddenly found that can drive some things, but disciple himself can not believe, so, so do not dare to report! Master, mother, I did not expect..."
Tian did not easily sneer, said: "I did not expect this time, but it is a big surprise, a big show!"
Zhang Xiaofan quickly said, "No, not, Master..."
Tian is not easy to be so good to deceive the past, then coldly said: "You said you can drive things, but this must have at least the fourth layer of the Jade Clearance realm of cultivation, I asked Daren, he only passed you the second layer of the magic, so can you tell me this lone as a master, how you actually bypassed the third layer of cultivation to the fourth layer of the realm of the realm?" By the end of his words, his voice was already cold and incomparably cold, with a few hints of fury, which caused everyone to change their faces when they heard it.
Zhang Xiaofan stopped speaking, and the room was silent.
For a long time, just when Tian Yi's face was getting more and more ugly, and the crowd's worry was getting heavier and heavier, Zhang Xiaofan silently climbed up, and it could be seen that he was still very tired, but he still struggled to get out of the bed, and then in front of the crowd, in front of a pair of Tian Ling'er's crystal flowing gaze, he was in front of Tian Yi's body, and he knelt down.
Tian Yi Yi did not move at all, and coldly said, "How?"
Zhang Xiaofan buried his head deeply, his eyes only gazing at the tiny piece of near land underneath him, not looking to the side for even one more glance, and said in a low voice, "Master, please chastise me!"
The crowd shrugged, Tian Yiqiu was even more furious and burst into tears, Su Ru frowned and said, "Xiaofan, if you have any scruples you can just be straight with your master, why do you have to be like this?"
Zhang Xiaofan knelt on the ground, not moving a muscle.
Tian Yuxi sneered twice, laughing back in anger, saying, "Good, good, good! You're a tough guy, and I've taken in a good disciple!"
Zhang Xiaofan's prostrate body on the ground trembled, and he did not know what kind of mood and expression he was in at the moment, and it was as if there was also a person in the middle of this room, whose breathing suddenly became rapid. Only hearing his low voice, he said, "Everything is my disciple's fault, please master chastise me!"
Tian Yiqiu stood up with a loud bang, with a cackle, the chair underneath him even fell to the ground in pieces, the crowd changed color, only to see him say angrily to Zhang Xiaofan, "It's all your fault, hehehe, do you know that going back on your master and stealing the art is a big taboo in my Qingyun Sect, the lighter one is to face the wall for decades, and the heavier one is to abolish the Taoist lineage and expelled from the Qingyun, do you know that?"
Zhang Xiaofan violently raised his head and looked at Tian Yiqi, only to see his master's face filled with anger, but never a hint of exaggerated expression, his heart could not help but sink.
"How could this be?" He recited painfully in his heart, when Tian Ling'er had privately passed on his dharma, this was not what he had said.
It was just that, after all, he hadn't looked back for a second glance.
This room was as silent as death, and no one opened their mouths to say a single word.
Only the high or low sound of anxious gasps remained.
One's heart, in this silence, chilled so quietly and coldly, as if crazy yet so sensibly looking at himself, Zhang Xiaofan closed his eyes and hung his head again, like a desperate person slowly stepping out for the last step, "Disciple is unworthy, please be chastised by Master!"
"Bang!" A strong force came in like a mountain, Zhang Xiaofan's entire body flew backwards, crashing heavily on top of the wall, in the midst of the dust, he landed on the ground and spat out a large mouthful of blood with a wow.
The crowd changed color, with Song Daren as the leader of the strong support kneeling down, the other crowd of disciples all knelt down in front of Tian Yiqi, saying, "Master, you spare the youngest disciple!"
Song Da Ren said even more, "Master, I, cough, I, it's me who taught him poorly, that's why Junior Brother did something wrong, the fault is all on me, you just spare Junior Brother!"
Amidst the pleas of the crowd, Tian Ling'er, however, stood motionless, staring blankly at Zhang Xiaofan, who had collapsed in the corner of the wall, struggling in pain and spilling blood on his lapel, his face pale and without a trace of blood.
Tian Yuxi looked at these disciples kneeling at his feet, and stared at Zhang Xiaofan who was still in the corner of the wall, his face was filled with anger that did not recede, and with an angry snort, he flung his sleeve robe and walked out.
Su Ru glanced at the crowd, shook her head and sighed lightly, saying to Song Da Ren and the others, "All of you get up!" Saying that, she looked at Zhang Xiaofan in the distance again and said to Song Da Ren who was being helped to stand up by He Da Zhi, "You guys go take care of Xiaofan, I'm going to go check on your master."
Song Daren and the others hurriedly said, "Yes, Senior Mother."
Su Ru let out another soft sigh and walked out.
Inside the room, everyone looked at each other in disbelief, and after a long time, Tian Ling'er slowly walked over, turned her back to the crowd, and lifted up Zhang Xiaofan, who had blood froth coming out of the side of his mouth, and actually smiled as he lay in the crook of her arm.
In that one moment, a cool teardrop quietly dripped down into the pool of blood on his face.
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At this time it was already late at night, above the sea of clouds, still the same cloudy air, beautiful as a fairyland.
Tian not easy to stand in the square, look up at the sky.
But see the night sky countless stars, the moon is as cold as frost.
Behind him, there were familiar footsteps, Su Ru walked to his side, looked up at the starry sky, and faintly smiled, "In a better mood?"
Tian Yuxi hummed, but didn't say anything.
Su Ru smiled faintly and said, "You can fool Daren, Ling'er and the others, but you can't hide it from me. The force of that brush of your sleeve robe was only intentionally vibrating Xiaofan's chest meridians, so that the bruised blood that had accumulated in his chest could be forced out of his body, right?"
Tian Yanyu looked at the night sky, not saying a word.
Su Ru shook her head and said, "You're several hundred years old, why are you still so dead set on saving face!"
Tian Yuxi turned his head, glared at his wife, and said, "It's not like you didn't see it, that brat is like, 'Master, please chastise me!'" He followed Zhang Xiaofan's tone and said angrily, "Obviously, he was wrong, but he actually said it in a very aggrieved manner, instead, is it me as a master who bullied and forced him? How outrageous!"
Su Ru turned back and glanced in the direction of the accommodation residence and said, "I don't believe you don't see it?"
Tian Yiqiu said, "What?"
Su Ru faintly said, "Ling'er's appearance is very odd, don't you think so?"
Tian Yiqiu hummed.
Su Ru laughed, "You can see it too. Little Fan has stayed at the Great Bamboo Peak for the past five years and has never gone out, and it can only be privately transmitted to him by our disciples. Ling'er has always been good with Xiaofan, usually rely on us to favor her, private transmission to Xiaofan the third layer of the magic trick only dare to do. And if she doesn't have a ghost in her heart, with her usual personality of standing up for Little Fan in everything, she actually didn't say a word this time? Who else is there if not her?"
Tian Yi Yi to his wife's words seem to have already thought of, there is not much surprise on his face, but there is still anger, intentionally unwilling to say, "Even if it is Ling'er's fault, but look at Zhang Xiaofan this kid in front of so many disciples, hard to top my mouth to death not to say, really damned!"
Su Ru lost her smile, gently patted her husband's shoulder, and snapped, "Aren't you also of the nature to die without admitting your fault, and still going to blame others for the little kid. Besides, Xiaofan did this not all for Ling'er, this heart is very rare ah!"
Tian Yuxi's strange eyes rolled, but he didn't say anything else.
Su Ru glanced at him and said, "Then how are you going to end it when you go back? The crime of stealing art from the master can be big or small, or we look at Ling'er's share not to go too far, tomorrow let Xiaofan go back to the Great Bamboo Peak, in the back of the mountain to face the wall for thirty, fifty years is also."
Tian not easy to be stunned for a moment, hummed, but said: "It's not easy for my disciples to come out of the door of a, a ⋯⋯ monsters, let him face the wall is not cheaper Cangsong, Shang Zhengliang, do not want to think about it, tomorrow, regardless of the dead or alive, or to let him continue to participate in the competition."
Su Ru smiled sweetly, windy and moving, walked up to hold her husband's hand, laughed: "I knew you this person hard mouth and soft heart."
Tian Yuxi's obese face actually reddened for a moment, but immediately returned to normal, glanced around and said, "Old husband and old wife, you are not afraid of other people laughing."
Su Ru glanced at him obliquely, her eyes full of laughter, saying, "What, are you afraid now that you're the Head Seat? Two hundred years ago, also on this Tongtian Peak, when the Seven Veins Martial Arts Competition was held, you sneaked into my place late at night and called me here, at that time, my master, True Summer Master and my sister, Shuiyue, were both in the vicinity, and I didn't see you afraid!"
Tian did not easily give a heave and laughed, "Your master True Summer was more than five hundred years old at that time! I'm not afraid of it; as for your fierce and vicious senior sister, I've long been looking at her in a bad light, she wants to be alone for the rest of her life, but she still wants to drag you around, I can't wait to hate her, where would I be afraid of her!"
Su Ru glared at him and said, "Don't you dare say anything bad about my benefactor and senior sister! They are both deeply affectionate towards me."
Tian Yuxi shrugged his shoulders and didn't say anything. Moonlight look, his short fat body shook a little, quite comical, look at his expression actually have a few points of smug look, there are they are good to you again, you are not married to my meaning.
Su Ru looked in the eyes, couldn't help but anger a sentence: "Old immodest."
Tian not easy in a good mood, reaching out to pull his wife's smooth as silk jade hand, walking slowly in this sea of clouds.
"By the way, I forgot something important."
"What's wrong?"
"That brat used a burning stick as a magic weapon and actually used it with aplomb, just now I was only angry and forgot to bring that thing to take a look at it."
"Xiaofan in the end he is still practicing privately, I'm afraid he doesn't know much about manipulating and utilizing magic treasures, do you think it's a good idea to find some time to point him out?"
"Hmph, let's see! Last night, Master Sect Leader called a few of our Head Seats to him, saying that after communicating with Spirit Dignity through psychic techniques, he realized that Spirit Dignity seemed to have moved because it sensed the aura of a certain ferocious object, but then it could no longer be found."
"Then what to do?"
"What else can we do, can't find is can't be found, Spirit Dignity has lived for at least six thousand years, your master was confused at the age of six hundred, Spirit Dignity is now confused some is not strange!"
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