Hanxi Mountain, Dieyun Peak, Chuanjing Hall.

A human voice suddenly sounded.

"Reporting to the Deacon of the Discipline, the disciples believe that it would be inappropriate for Senior Brother Lin to continue to serve as Senior Senior Brother..."

In the sutra hall, dozens of male and female disciples in uniforms stood silently at the bottom. A young man at the top had one hand behind his back and was looking up and down at the speaker.

On the ground, a broken jade talisman was particularly dazzling.

Today was supposed to be the day for the disciples of the Yuan Zi Department at Dieyun Peak of Hanxi Mountain to practice the drawing of jade talismans.

Just because of an accident, the scene suddenly became deserted.

A jade talisman that was being drawn was broken.

The problem is that this basic jade talisman is not difficult to draw, and most disciples have successfully completed it.

The only one who failed to complete it was actually senior brother Lin Xiao, who was once the number one in cultivation in the eyes of many disciples and topped the thirty-seven disciples in the undergraduate program.

Once upon a time, Senior Brother Lin was the first undergraduate disciple to reach the seventh level of Qi Refining.

The first undergraduate student to be personally given elixirs by his master.

The first undergraduate disciple to walk out of the mountain gate and perform sect tasks.

But such a talented and beautiful person can't even keep up with the course of jade talisman drawing.

Dozens of gazes focused on the back of the person sitting at the head of the seat on the left, with complex meanings, some regretful, some regretful, some ridiculed, and still others indifferent.

The owner of this jade talisman was silently looking at the fragments on the ground with a calm expression.

Next to him, the man’s voice didn’t stop.

"I'm sorry for my words. Everyone in this department knows that Senior Brother Lin made a great contribution by killing two monks from Beiyan Kingdom in a battle at Luoyunguan a year ago. It was during this battle that Senior Brother Lin was seriously injured.

, If you don’t advance but retreat in your cultivation, you will often regret it.”

As the man spoke, his eyebrows were lowered and his expression was gloomy. Just listen to him continue.

"After a year like this, Senior Brother Lin should have been taking care of himself in order to recover, but due to his position as Senior Senior Brother, he has been unable to take care of our practice. To this day, the disciple has something to say and is unhappy. Seeing that there will be three years in the future in the capital city.

The Immortal Association has been troubled by internal affairs in the department. If this continues, won’t my senior brother Lin’s path to immortality be cut off and there will be no day for recovery?!”

At this time, several more people came out to speak.

"Senior Brother Li, what you say makes sense. Although my disciples are still young in cultivation and have not entered the immortal sect, they still know what it means to repay kindness. Please tell Senior Brother Deacon about this matter and choose someone else to relieve Senior Brother's shoulders.

A heavy burden."

"Yes, please tell Senior Brother Deacon about this matter!"

"That's right, let Senior Brother Lin recover and take a rest."

"..."

Seeing the disciples speaking, the person at the head of the seat on the left retracted his gaze from the jade talisman and returned the favor with fists in his arms.

"Thank you so much for your kindness, Junior Brother Li and all other Junior Brothers. I appreciate it, Senior Brother."

"Oh?" The deacon's eyes wandered around the crowd, but he had other thoughts in his mind.

He really didn't expect that an extremely ordinary jade talisman course would lead to another incident.

As for how many of the people in front of him are showing their true feelings and how many are adding insult to injury, that is not something that he, the deacon who teaches the practice, should be concerned about.

It is said that Hanxi Mountain is one of the largest immortal sects in the Dufeng Kingdom. There are more than a dozen peaks in the sect. There are hundreds of disciples in Dieyun Peak alone. Who would care about the twists and turns that happen between the disciples of one of them?

Around?

If you like to make trouble, then go ahead.

Thinking of this, the deacon who taught the merits nodded slightly, and his eyes fell on the person at the head of the seat on the left.

"Lin Xiao, what do you think?"

The disciple named Lin Xiao bowed and replied: "Reporting to Brother Chuan Gong, the disciples all rely on the master's arrangements and have no other ideas."

The deacon who taught the merits said softly "hmm" when he heard the reply, but he sighed in his heart.

As for the junior brother Lin Xiao in front of me, he usually treats people well, handles things with dignity, and also has an unforgettable good appearance. He really has an extraordinary demeanor. As a senior brother, there is really nothing wrong with him.

What a pity...

The deacon passing on the Kung Fu concentrated his attention and glanced down at the disciples.

"Where are the remaining disciples? Do you have anything to say?"

The disciples who remained silent looked at each other for a few times, and then, under the leadership of a few of them, bowed and replied.

"We have no idea, it all depends on Master's decision."

In fact, even if some people want to speak, they are suppressed by the momentum of others.

"In this case, when Master comes out of seclusion in two days, I will report the truth truthfully. If there is nothing else to do today, you can practice well and disperse."

After the deacon finished speaking, he should first pass through the crowd and walk out of the hall.

"Yes, congratulations to the deacon!"

Behind him, a group of disciples bowed and saluted.

Not long after, everyone in the hall left in twos and threes.

Several of them walked up to Lin Xiao and silently clasped their fists with expressions of regret.

As for Lin Xiao, he always returned the courtesy with a smile.

"Are you still pretending to gain fame? However, I'm afraid Senior Brother Lin's position as a senior brother will only last a few days. It's okay to have more fun!"

"Hahaha..."

Following the sudden sound of words and laughter, a disciple who was holding fists with Lin Xiao frowned and hurriedly turned around and left.

Lin Xiao knew who the other party was, and turned around slowly. There were four or five disciples surrounding him like stars holding a moon in his arms. Li En and Li En who had just spoken in the hall were among them.

But Lin Xiao knew that he was not the real person behind it.

So, he set his sights on the person in the middle - Junior Brother Zou Jian, who was originally the head of the Sutra Hall on the right side.

Lin Xiao said calmly: "It doesn't matter whether I am a senior brother or not, but should I congratulate Junior Brother Zou Jian first?"

"Senior Brother!" The young man raised one hand and stopped the teasing laughter of his companions. "Senior Brother, the old injury has not healed. Let it go when it's time to let it go. Master's decision is secondary. Junior Brother, I just want to give it to Senior Brother."

Save your dignity, senior brother, with your current level of cultivation at the second or third level of Qi refining, if the trouble really comes to the point where we have to fight for a fight, I'm afraid that by then, senior brother, you won't even have a place to stand on Dieyun Peak."<

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"That's right, you can't even hold a Spiritual Stone Formation pen firmly. Do you want us to teach you how to draw a jade talisman step by step?"

"Hahaha..."

After saying this, several people behind Zou Jian burst into laughter again.

Li En looked at Lin Xiao up and down, suddenly raised his eyebrows, and said fiercely: "Senior Brother Lin, don't you understand what this means? I'll give you the steps. Get off quickly while you still have dignity! Master has come out of seclusion.

Please resign and don’t occupy a position here that is an eyesore!”

As he spoke, Li Enyu took a step forward, pushed Lin Xiao's shoulder with his palm, and was about to take action.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xiao gently moved his feet and took a step back, letting the palm push away. Then he clasped his fists and smiled: "So, I would like to thank the two junior brothers for their kindness. This step is wonderful!" After saying that, he turned and left.
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"You..."

Li Enyu wanted to pursue him again, but Zou Jian raised his hand to block him.

"Senior Brother Zou, why bother to stop me? This guy still thinks he is the senior brother? With his level of cultivation, a beating on him will be in vain!"

"Okay..." Zou Jian looked at the figure walking away with the corner of his mouth raised, "His position as a senior brother means that he has to retreat this time, whether he retreats or not. If he is holding his neck and refuses to retreat, I will help him.

Retreat!"

After saying that, he led several people and left the scripture hall.

On the other side, Lin Xiao did not go anywhere else and went straight back to Tingsong Valley, where the disciples rest during their Qi refining period.

Pushing open the door, he went to bed cross-legged. This room was one of the few benefits he had as a senior disciple of Yuanzi Branch. He could have a relatively independent quiet room without having to share a room with other disciples.<

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Thinking of the scene that just happened in the sutra room, Lin Xiao shook his head and smiled indifferently, but then frowned, as if there was something difficult to explain.

From the bottom of his heart, he doesn't care about the position of "senior brother", let alone whether there is this quiet room, but he really has no clue about his so-called "internal injury".

Is my cultivation regressing and making no progress really due to internal injuries?

Lin Xiao knows better than anyone else, of course not.

It is said that during the battle at Sunset Cloud Pass, he killed two fellow Qi-refining monks, but he was not injured at all.

The problem lies in the loot captured afterwards.

In one of the storage bags, Lin Xiao found a black bone. Judging from the appearance, it should be a phalanx, and it was not a magic weapon, not a material, and it did not even have any spiritual energy fluctuations.<

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Seeing this object, Lin Xiao didn't take it seriously. After all, there were countless people with weird personalities in the Immortal Sect. Unless the owner himself came back from the dead, who would know what this finger bone was for.

But this black finger bone suddenly became hot in Lin Xiao's hand. The pain made him tremble all over, and he even had the illusion of burning through his palm.

You must know that no matter how low his cultivation level is, Lin Xiao knows that he is at the seventh level of Qi Refining and has the ability to avoid cold and heat. How can ordinary heat hurt him?

Immediately, I felt something bad in my heart. I threw my hand away, only to find that the finger bone instantly disintegrated and turned into ashes like a rotten book or wood.

Lin Xiao was stunned by this situation. After thinking about it, he really couldn't figure it out, so he could only curse inwardly, but fortunately, he ignored it.

It didn't matter. During his routine practice that night, Lin Xiao discovered that the black finger bone was hanging in the sea of ​​consciousness between his eyebrows, motionless.

What's even more exaggerated is that this finger bone of unknown origin is actually moving on its own in the sea of ​​consciousness, sucking all the true energy that was finally cultivated in the Dantian Qi sea through the meridians of the whole body, and it is getting more and more powerful.

Quick!

This discovery shocked Lin Xiao out of his wits.

You need to know that the power of true energy is the foundation of cultivation. Just such a suction method will eventually lead to the exhaustion of true energy and the collapse of the sea of ​​​​qi. Let alone the transformation of true energy into liquid, it is necessary to build an immortal foundation. I am afraid that all the previous efforts will be wasted and the avenue will be hopeless.Chapter completed!