The expressions of the people beside Duobao Pond were different. Not only Shui Qianchen and Tu Yangxing looked unhappy, but Shui Wanqiu looked indifferent. Tang Yue raised his hand to everyone, especially Tu Yangxing, "I accept!"
Tu Yangxing pointed at her, "You must have cheated! Otherwise, how could you, a disciple who has not established a foundation, defeat us?"
Tang Yue frowned in disgust, "As long as the means allowed by Duobaochi are reasonable, are you acting like this to default on your debt?"
His eyes were about to spit fire, "Who would refuse to pay? You used despicable means, of course we will not admit it."
Ruan Ying couldn't stand listening anymore, "My cousin practices spiritual power control every day. Of course she is better at using spiritual power than you. Are you so unacceptable? Or are you saying that your Tu family can't even produce a high-grade spiritual stone?"
The relationship between the Shui family and the Tu family is not harmonious. The Dongfang family, the Tu family, and the Shui family are all about the same strength. They have been fighting openly and secretly to play the Three Kingdoms all year round. Now the Dongfang family is wooing the Shui family and secretly suppressing the Tu family.
The Ruan family is on good terms with the Shui family, but of course their relationship with the Tu family is very ordinary. As for why Shui Qianchen is on good terms with Tu Yangxing, it may be because he has strange hobbies.
"Ruan Ying, you have humiliated me and the Tu family time and time again. If I let you go, it will be in vain for me to be a member of the Tu family."
Ruan Ying hid behind Tang Yue, a little scared. She still couldn't beat Tu Yangxing. "Do you, a handsome man, still want to duel with me, a disciple in the Qi refining stage? My cousin will do it for me."
Tang Yue looked at Tu Yangxing with an indifferent expression, "Brother Tu is making trouble unreasonably. If you want to fight, I have no choice but to accompany him."
Tu Yangxing's face turned red. Why was he dueling with a little girl? If word spread, he would lose face.
When he was embarrassed, Shui Qianchen came to smooth things over, "I was in the gambling game just now, and I really didn't find cousin Tang cheating. She won this game, so we should give her the spirit stone."
Tu Yangxing had no choice but to take action against Tang Yue in the Shui family, so he walked out of the building with a puff of sleeves.
Tang Yue went to get her silver, more than fifty pieces of high-grade spiritual stones. She was so happy. Among them were one piece from Tu Yangxing and two pieces from Shui Qianchen. She didn't plan to give it back.
At this time, a handyman disciple came to talk to her, "Miss Tang, Mrs. Shui asked me to invite you to the front hall to meet the elders of Shui, and you need to take Miss Ruan with you."
The two of them are relatives of the Shui family and they really should go see their elders. She even called Duan Yitang, "Sister Duan, we are sworn sisters now. Logically speaking, you are also a relative of the Shui family. Let's go together."
Duan Yitang hesitated, "Can I go?"
Ruan Ying said, "Yes, the old man is very friendly to us juniors and would be willing to meet Sister Duan."
Shui Wanqiu also answered, "I'll go with you and introduce you to the elders."
Tang Yue also nodded in agreement. She had no reason to refuse.
The handyman disciple led the way, and Shui Wanqiu suddenly said to Tang Yue: "Did you know that Brother Ji Shi is discussing marriage with Sister Dongfang?"
"Are you talking about Ji Chongguang and Dongfang Xue?" Tang Yue was surprised. A monk has a long life and will marry young.
"Yes." Shui Wanqiu was a little unhappy with her calling them by their first names.
"Oh, I know now. But what does this have to do with me?"
"I hope you don't have any bad thoughts about Senior Brother Ji." Shui Wanqiu said in a cold voice.
Tang Yue was funny, "I haven't even celebrated my twelfth birthday yet. Isn't it inappropriate for my cousin to say this to me?"
After a moment of silence, Shui Wanqiu spoke again, "Do you look down on us women who are raised in aristocratic families? You are not as capable as you, and you are so majestic wherever you go?"
Tang Yue thought about what she had done. It was indeed majestic. "Cousin Shui, I never meant this, nor did I show it. All of this was reflected in your heart."
"You know projection? It means that you are afraid that others will see you this way, and you have low self-esteem because of it, so you feel that everyone sees you this way. And because of your fear, you force others to be like you."
"The scary thing is, you really have the ability to coerce some people."
Shui Wanqiu didn't speak anymore. She walked faster and faster. Others in the team did not dare to speak. The air pressure was very low. Passers-by saw the scary atmosphere among this group of people and fled away one after another.
They soon arrived at the front hall. The old man of the Shui family was sitting at the main seat talking to the guests. His hair was black and his beard was black. He looked more like a middle-aged man. He probably gave birth to a baby at a young age. His current spiritual practice is also good.
He was greeted by four women who wished him a happy birthday, "No need to be polite, just get up quickly."
Shui Wanqiu introduced everyone to the old man. Every time he introduced someone, the old man gave a bulging sachet. You could feel the abundant spiritual energy after a few steps. It seemed very precious.
Sure enough, he also likes Duan Yitang very much, saying that she is equivalent to the granddaughter of the Shui family, so that she does not need to see the outside world, and will come more often in the future.
But when he arrived at Tang Yue, his face changed, "I heard that you were competitive with the young master of the Tu family in Duobaochi? Women should be submissive first and pay more attention to men's faces. With your attitude, how will others treat you?
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Tang Yue was a little confused about the situation. Where was the legendary amiable old man? She looked at Mrs. Shui, hoping she would give some hints.
Two children, Mu Chongyun and Liu Hao, sat obediently next to Madam Shui. They played for a while while the monks were socializing, and then came to see Madam Shui.
But Mrs. Shui also looked helpless and just motioned for her to follow the old man.
Elder Shui, who was also sitting in the front hall, spoke, "What's wrong with Ah Yue? I think she's very nice and won't be bullied."
Mr. Shui was unhappy, snorted, and then spoke to the woman on his right, "Don't let Qian Chen find such a woman in the future, it will make the family uneasy."
The water elder stroked his beard and sneered, "Then what kind of woman are you looking for? Someone as dignified and virtuous as your first wife?"
Old Master Shui glared at Elder Shui, but did not dare to say anything. Tang Yue smelled something fishy and secretly observed the exchange of eyes between the two people. The senior monk was indeed different. He stared at each other for a long time without blinking.
After a while, Shui Qianchen came in, walked to the lady in the hall, and whispered to her.
The noble lady ordered: "It's time. Go and call your father, and then call all the juniors to the front of the hall."
Mrs. Shui also took the opportunity to greet Tang Yue and asked her to secretly go behind the beams with her and explain the situation, "Mr. Shui likes gentle and quiet women, and he especially didn't like me back then. Your grandpa has been having conflicts with him for a long time because of my marriage.
You have to be careful not to offend the old lady."
So that was what happened, but she felt that there would be no chance to see this old man in the future, so she just made it a perfunctory thing.
"You should follow Shui Wanqiu out. The juniors will celebrate Mr. Shui's birthday together. The Shui family has invited the true god to bless him this time."
Mortal monks would make many tributes to the gods in heaven on their birthdays. Often a god would agree to bless the monks on earth on their birthday.
The blessings from the gods are not just for the birthday girl himself. Everyone who attends the birthday banquet will receive blessings as a thank you for everyone's visit.
Shui Qianchen, the head and heir of the Shui family, took the lead in burning incense and paying tribute, writing his requests on precious talisman paper, which would be burned and sent to heaven.
The head of the family first brought the higher-ranking monks to wish the old man a birthday, and Shui Qianchen then brought the juniors to wish the old man a birthday.
The scene was grand and had the feel of an ancient emperor, and the effects were similar. They were indirectly responsible for people's faith. However, there were mortal monks but no god, so a god was invited to transform the power of faith into blessings.
After everyone saluted, they were all waiting for the god to come. Today's god has not come for a long time, and all the cultivators were a little curious. Could it be that this god is too noble, so he has to come later?
In the open space for the sacrifice, a strange wind suddenly blew up, almost blowing out the candles for the sacrifice. The head of the Shui family quickly used his spiritual power to protect them. It would be a disaster if the candles went out during the ceremony.
The wind was getting stronger and stronger, and Ruan Ying could no longer stand, so she grabbed Tang Yue next to her. Seeing that Duan Yitang was also a little unable to stand, she stretched out her hand to support her.
There was a large black cloud in the distance pressing towards Shuifu, and it reached the top of Shuifu in a moment. This black cloud was carrying lightning and was very scary. It seemed that everything involved would be reduced to ashes.
The young monks were a little scared. The senior monks were all looking at the black clouds, unable to see the hall. Suddenly, the black clouds seemed to have traveled through space, directly from the sky to the mountainside, and suddenly enveloped the water mansion.
Everyone in the mansion felt that their surroundings suddenly went dark and they lost consciousness.
Only Old Master Shui, Elder Shui, Elder Duan and several other monks who were more than a combined body were still conscious, but they were torn apart by the violent airflow and lightning in the black cloud, and they desperately used their spiritual power to resist.
Several people finally worked together to form an air mask, temporarily gaining some breathing space.
"Old man Shui, what is the origin of the black cloud in your house? Do you want to catch everyone in one go?"
"Nonsense, my tribe has also gone in. Stop talking nonsense and quickly find out what is going on?"
Several of them also knew that what he said was right, and they all showed their magical powers to find ways to get out of trouble and find the disciples. They couldn't let so many people in Wuji Mountain stay here. It would be a sin.
But they tried various methods but failed to find out the current situation. Some people were good at divination and asked in surprise: "Can this place block the secrets of heaven?"
Everyone looked heavy. There was nothing in the Absolute Realm and the Dead Realm, so there was no way to detect the secret. Could it be that they had actually arrived in a Dead Realm?
"Old Man Shui, it seems that you have done too many bad things and have been punished by God."
"Then you, Dongfang Sheng, are here with me. Is it because the sins of speaking and tongue are so serious that the underworld can't bear it and punishes you in advance?"
The middle-aged monk pondered for a while and said, "It's also possible. Look at this black cloud, which is strange and ominous. It does look like it came from the underworld. It seems that I have caused trouble for you."
Everyone rolled their eyes at him and said nothing more.
On the other side, Tang Yue also sighed, "Have we arrived in the underworld?"