Chapter 41 Chapter 41 The more handsome a man is, the more likely he is to lie. …
Dongzhou, Sword Sect.
Wu Nian Peak.
Three sword lights coming from afar drew an arc, quickly bypassed the towering ancient trees, and flew towards the top of the mountain.
In front of the cave entrance near one of the caves, the sword light finally slowed down and fell slowly.
Three slender figures jumped down with their swords in unison, raised their fingers and waved, and the swords automatically returned to their sheaths.
There were two men and one woman, and they looked to be Duan Yue, Duan Shuang, and Ling Hanzhang.
"Young Master hasn't come out yet?" Duan Shuang frowned.
Duan Yue cautiously took half a step forward and reached out to the cave entrance that seemed completely open and unobstructed.
In the interweaving of light and shadow, the palm only penetrated half an inch before it was blocked by a solid barrier and could not move forward an inch.
"The barrier is still there. It seems that he hasn't woken up from his meditation yet." Duan Yue said in a low voice.
Duan Yue winked.
The three of them did not force their way in, but walked a little further away, and spoke in a much softer voice.
Ling Hanzhang consoled him, "Brother, you are striving to reach the Void Refining Realm, so it is normal for you to be in seclusion for a long time."
How many powerful people in the world can reach the level of a Void Refiner? Most of them are old seniors at the level of sect masters and supreme elders.
Gu Jingyun is so young, but he has already reached the stage of refining emptiness. It is incredible to tell others about it.
But Duan Shuang said: "If it weren't for the accident that year, with the young master's talent, refining the void would be nothing, I'm afraid it would have become a tribulation. Even if he has survived the thunder tribulation and stepped into the void to leave, it is not impossible."
Duan Yue held his sister down and told her not to say anything more.
"No one wants that. I just hate that the demons are so treacherous and ruthless that they dared to attack from behind! And, Yu——"
When the name that had become almost a taboo in the Sword Sect was mentioned, the three of them fell silent.
The north wind whistled through the snow, and everyone's robes rustled. Wu Nian Peak has always been like this, bleak and cold, and in winter there is no extra color.
Duan Shuang stretched out her hand to tuck her hair and sighed secretly in her heart.
Yu Hanyi was a favored child of heaven, and was a respected and admired elder brother by the entire Sword Sect. Who would have thought that he was actually a beast in human form, who looked righteous on the surface but was actually a hypocritical beast.
He even dared to collude with the demons and sold out his master and mistress who had always treated him sincerely. He is truly an ungrateful person.
After being found to have a demon in his body, he injured dozens of disciples and killed two disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall who tried to stop him, and escaped from the Sword Sect. He was eventually hunted down by Gu Jingyun and killed by Gu Jingyun himself.
But no one has seen his body so far.
"It has been a hundred years. If it weren't for him, how could the Sword Sect be in this state today? The Sect Master and his wife would be healthy, and the young master would not be trapped by his inner demons, and his cultivation would not stagnate." Duan Yue said gritting his teeth.
"Why did Yu Hanyi betray you? Where is his body? Did the young master bury him back in the mountain?" Duan Shuang asked.
Ling Hanzhang hesitated for a moment.
Of course, he knew a little more than the Duan brothers and sisters, but only a little.
There was no way. When the accident happened, he was only in his teens and was not in Dongzhou, but in the Ling family in Zhongzhou.
Hearing the sudden change, he hurried back to the sect. However, everything had already been settled.
Duan Shuang glared at him: "Hurry up and tell me!"
"Anyway, he's just jealous that his senior brother is more talented than him..."
Ling Hanzhang said vaguely, he pursed his lips and lowered his voice: "It is said that Senior Brother originally wanted to collect his body and bury it in the back mountain out of consideration for their old relationship. Unexpectedly -"
Before he finished speaking, the world suddenly became quiet.
A tall man appeared silently half a step behind Ling Hanzhang. He blocked most of the light, and his shadow almost covered the three people who were gossiping.
"What didn't you expect?" the man asked calmly.
The voice was deep and very familiar.
"!!"
The three turned around in surprise.
“Senior Brother!”
"Young Master, you are out of confinement!"
"Yeah." Gu Jingyun nodded slightly.
"Didn't they say that we can't come out of seclusion until the beginning of next spring? Why are you so anxious, brother?"
Ling Hanzhang looked him up and down and saw that Gu Jingyun's aura was only more condensed and deeper, but there was no major change, which made him a little worried.
"I can't break through anyway." Gu Jingyun said calmly, "Instead of being locked up in a cave all day, either practicing or not, it's better to do something else."
“Senior Brother…”
"Why are you looking so depressed? I was the one who failed in the attack, not you. Besides, it's not like I didn't gain anything. At least I have calmed down a bit."
"It doesn't look like it." Ling Hanzhang said honestly, "If you don't believe me, ask Duan Yue and Shuang Mei."
The two men nodded in agreement.
Gu Jingyun smiled and said, "Let's not talk about me, let's talk about you first. What are you doing outside the barrier where I'm in seclusion?"
The three of them froze.
“Well, this…”
"Young Master has really good hearing, haha."
“We didn’t actually say anything.”
Gu Jingyun did not embarrass them, but just glanced at them warningly.
Then he asked, "What time is it now?"
"Ah?" Duan Yue and Ling Hanzhang were both stunned.
Duan Yue looked up at the sky: "It's probably noon."
Gu Jingyun held his forehead with his hand: "Who asked you about the weather..."
Duan Shuang's mind is more acute.
She immediately replied, "It is the twenty-ninth day of the year, and tomorrow is the New Year. It is the perfect time for the young master to come out of seclusion."
"Twenty-nine..."
Gu Jingyun pondered for a moment, not knowing whether he could make it in time.
He asked, "Han Zhang, why don't you go back to the Ling family in Zhongzhou this year?"
Duan Yue and Duan Shuang were born into mortal families. Their parents had passed away a hundred years ago, leaving only the two of them to keep each other company. They usually treated the sect as their own.
Ling Hanzhang is a second-generation immortal. His family is in Zhongzhou and his elders are still alive.
Ling Hanzhang said unhappily, "You are in seclusion to break through. I can't go into the cave to protect you. At least you should stay in the sect, right? Who has the heart to celebrate the New Year!"
"For cultivators, sometimes they go into seclusion for a year. It doesn't matter whether they pass it or not."
Gu Jingyun asked, "So the three of you will stay in the Sword Sect this year, right?"
The three of them were confused and nodded.
Unexpectedly, Young Master Gu smiled with relief and relaxation.
"That's great."
The man patted their shoulders one by one and said solemnly, "I have to leave the sect for a while because of something. You guys take care of the house. If there is anything urgent, go find the elder."
Three people: “……?”
"What are you going to do??"
Ling Hanzhang was extremely terrified.
Such a familiar sentence pattern. The last time Gu Jingyun said this, he ran to the northern border without saying a word.
Half a month later, he returned to the sect again, half of his body was stained with blood, his face was pale, and he was in a hurry. He was carrying the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice and Thousand Mountain Snow Lotus that he had successfully seized after fighting with the Snow Demon King - both were elixirs that saved his parents' lives.
Ling Hanzhang felt like his heart was about to stop beating.
Chunchun was scared.
I was afraid that my senior brother would be so depressed that he would go and duel with the Snow Demon King, and at the same time break through the realm that he had not been able to break through in a hundred years.
The last time, Senior Brother advanced to the God stage during a life-and-death struggle!
Seeing Gu Jingyun stepping on the sword and about to go down the mountain, Ling Hanzhang was instantly terrified and flew over, howling like a ghost:
"Brother! Where are you going?!"
Gu Jingyun's legs were held tightly by him, and he couldn't fly. He couldn't just leave his junior brother hanging in the air like that.
shameful.
"..." Gu Jingyun shook his legs and said grimly, "Let go."
"No!"
"Don't make me do it."
"Unless you tell me where you're going!"
"...Go to Xizhou."
After all, it was a good intention, Gu Jingyun explained patiently.
Senior brother seems to be easy to talk to.
Ling Hanzhang boldly asked, "Why are you going to Xizhou for no reason?"
Gu Jingyun smiled: "Junior brother, aren't you being too nosy?"
Ling Hanzhang: “.”
Gu Jingyun said slowly, word by word: "I am going to Xizhou to meet someone, do you understand?"
If you understand, let me go!
How shameless and disrespectful it is to flatter someone!
Ling Hanzhang didn't understand at first, and shuddered violently under his senior brother's cold gaze. In a flash, a cold and beautiful immortal king came to his mind.
"!!!"
Ling Hanzhang blurted out: "You are going to see Jiang Yan!"
Gu Jingyun did not deny it.
He raised his eyes to look at the Duan brother and sister who were not far away. The two of them were confused and at a loss as to what to do after hearing what was said.
When they received Gu Jingyun's gaze, they were stunned for a moment.
The man raised his chin in the direction of Ling Hanzhang.
"Drag him away."
The two men suddenly realized what was going on, and rushed forward, one pulling his arm while the other lifting his leg, and they managed to push Ling Hanzhang away.
Gu Jingyun immediately raised the flying sword and hovered it in the air.
Ling Hanzhang didn't even struggle.
He maintained the twisted posture of being lifted up, tilted his head back, and shouted in surprise, "Is it really him?"
"Could it be fake?" Gu Jingyun said calmly, "Watch out for the house and don't come and make trouble."
After saying that, he flew away on his sword in the blink of an eye.
Only the excited Ling Hanzhang, and the confused Duan Yue and Duan Shuang were left.
The brother and sister looked at each other and let go tacitly.
Feeling weightless, Ling Hanzhang reflexively turned around before his back hit the ground, making a landing posture and then standing up steadily.
"Are you just going to abandon me like this? Where's the friendship we promised each other?"
Duan Shuang: "There is no such thing between me and you."
Ling Hanzhang commented: "Cruel."
Duan Shuang said calmly: "It's good to know."
Ling Hanzhang: “…”
Duan Yue: "So who is Jiang Yan?"
Duan Shuang: "You didn't finish your question just now. Where did the traitor's body go?"
Ling Hanzhang: “…………”
Is he some kind of gossip source?
"Hurry up and tell me." Duan Shuang urged.
Ling Hanzhang: "Jiang Yan is the male cultivator that Senior Brother is pursuing. He is very handsome! He is in Xizhou. I don't know which sect he belongs to. He may be a casual cultivator."
Duan Yue thought for a moment and said, "It won't be Taixu Temple anyway."
nonsense.
All the people in Taixu Temple are Buddhist practitioners. Who has the ability to persuade them to return to secular life and talk about love?
Ling Hanzhang laughed for a while, then turned his head and said to Duan Shuang: "Brother was originally going to bury his body, but on the way back to the sect, he was attacked by the demons. After repelling the demons, he found that the traitor's body had disappeared."
Duan Shuang was shocked: "The demons stole it!"
Ling Hanzhang: "Probably."
Duan Yue: "What are you going to do with a dead person's body?"
"I don't know, but it won't be a good thing."
Ling Hanzhang shrugged, his expression complicated, and sighed: "...Fate plays tricks on me."
**
Gu Jingyun did not leave the Sword Sect directly, but went to his parents' cave first.
This is the forbidden area of the Sword Sect. The outer layer is where the elders practice seclusion all year round, and the deepest part is the cave residence of the sect master.
There are layers of barriers set up around it, and monks with high cultivation levels take turns to guard it, making the security very strict.
From a distance, the guards emitted warning breaths.
Gu Jingyun landed early and put away his sword.
"Young Master." The guard bowed and said in a businesslike manner, "Young Master, please show me the talisman."
The man turned his wrist and a jade token appeared on his palm.
As the true energy was stimulated, a line of words appeared clearly on the jade token:
【Sword Sect Gu Jingyun】
The guard saluted again and let him pass.
"Young Master, please."
Gu Jingyun took back the jade token and quickly walked inside.
To get to the ice coffins of my parents, I had to pass through the place where several elders were practicing in seclusion.
In order not to disturb them, Gu Jingyun deliberately restrained his breath and passed through several caves silently until he reached the deepest part.
Gu Jingyun stretched out his hand to "pull aside" the barrier that was like water waves - this barrier only blocks outsiders and not him.
After walking a few steps forward, you can see a huge, translucent ice coffin, and you can vaguely see two people lying side by side in the coffin with their clothes on.
In order to increase the effectiveness of the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Coffin and prevent the toxins in the two people's bodies from spreading to the whole body, the entire cave is engraved with special formations. The cold air is so severe that ordinary people cannot stay there for long.
The breath Gu Jingyun exhaled turned into white mist and slowly drifted upwards.
The man stepped forward lightly, ignoring the extreme coldness of the ice coffin, and placed his palm on the coffin lid. He lowered his eyes and stared at the middle-aged couple in the ice coffin.
Their faces were still fair, but their exposed arms and limbs had already begun to turn dark, which looked very unusual.
Gu Jingyun looked at it quietly for a while, then withdrew his frozen hands.
He took two steps back, knelt down facing the ice coffin, and kowtowed.
"...Father, mother." Gu Jingyun said softly, "I met someone."
"He is a boy, a very good person, gentle and considerate, cold on the outside but warm on the inside, with a kind of innocence that is ignorant of the world. Whether in character, appearance, or cultivation talent, he is the best and the best."
"He's just a little wooden and slow-witted. But that's not his weakness, it's his strength. Woodenness is also cute. Anyway, I like it."
Gu Jingyun: "When I was young, I saw you playing the zither together in the flower fields. You were a loving couple. I didn't say it on the surface, but I was actually very envious. So I practiced the zither silently for many years, hoping that one day I could play the zither in harmony with my Taoist partner."
"Ayan said he can play the flute, and the elders of the sect also praised his flute sound as perfect. Unfortunately, I have never had the honor to hear it."
"He is good at playing the flute, and I am good at playing the zither. We are a perfect match, a match made in heaven."
"So I can't spend the New Year with you two this year."
Gu Jingyun smiled apologetically and whispered, "...your son has a lover. The first year I knew him, I wanted to go to Xizhou to accompany him."
"I hope you won't blame me, Dad."
Gu Jingyun kowtowed again and stood up quickly.
As soon as he stood up straight, his brows furrowed, and then after finding out the other person's identity, his brows slowly relaxed and he let out a soft "tsk".
Gu Jingyun turned around and walked out of the cave, taking two steps at a time and directly caught the eavesdropper.
I saw an old man with white hair and long beard standing in the passage, acting stealthily, and it was obvious that he had been listening there for a long time.
He is the great elder of the Sword Sect, named Ling Dai.
"Great Elder, is it fun to eavesdrop?" Gu Jingyun said lightly.
Ling Dai had a kind expression and did not hide even when he was discovered.
"Young Master, do you have a sweetheart? Where is he from? Who is his master?"
“…”
"Tell me, I am your elder after all."
"Yes, I have someone in my heart. He is from a small town near Harlan City. Have you ever heard of this place, Elder?" Gu Jingyun asked.
Elder Ling frowned and thought for a long time.
"I've never heard of him. Is he from a foreign land?"
"Maybe." Gu Jingyun said vaguely.
"What's wrong with you? You don't even know where your sweetheart came from. Do you really think he is the best in your heart?"
Elder Ling advised dissatisfiedly, "Young Master, we can't do the half-hearted thing of the Hehuan Sect!"
Elder Ling scolded, "When the fourth brother was young, he had a love affair with a disciple of the Hehuan Sect—their current sect leader—and was cheated out of everything. He even told me that she was a good person, but it turns out that he was not worthy of her."
Gu Jingyun: “…”
Elder Ling: "It's been hundreds of years, and you're still obsessed with her. I get angry when I see the love-brained look on Old Fourth!"
"Oh, by the way, young master, where did your partner learn his teacher from?"
Gu Jingyun: “…………”
Gu Jingyun didn't dare to say it, for he was afraid that if he said it, he would not be able to leave today.
The man said in an unfathomable way, "Ayan is in Xizhou, learning the secret method from a famous teacher."
Elder Ling asked about the famous teacher and the secret method. Gu Jingyun stopped talking and just stared at Elder Ling.
Elder Ling was a little scared when being stared at, and quickly said, "It has to be kept secret, so I can't tell you, right? I understand, some sects have too many strange rules!"
Gu Jingyun said “hmm” lightly.
Elder Ling warned: "The more handsome a man is, the more likely he is to lie. Don't be fooled!"
Gu Jingyun said: "If he has this intention, I will feel more at ease. Xizhou is very chaotic, and I am more afraid that he will be deceived."
Elder Ling took a deep breath and said in confusion:
"Why do I feel that the tone of your conversation is similar to that of Old Four when they were young? Young Master, are you also going to become love-brained?"
Gu Jingyun: “…”
Elder Ling: "Young Master, please restrain your murderous aura. I won't say anything more. So when will you get married?"
"Not so fast. There's not even a hint of what's going on yet, so please don't spread the news, Elder Ling." Gu Jingyun had to be on guard, lest he come back to find rumors flying everywhere.
"Don't worry, I'm very tight-lipped!"
"Really..." Gu Jingyun was very skeptical.
Elder Ling coughed a few times, looked up at the sky and said, "At most I'll just mention it to Han Zhang. Is that okay?"
He and Ling Hanzhang are from the same origin and he is Ling Hanzhang's "ancestor" for many generations. The two have a good relationship as grandparents and grandchildren.
Gu Jingyun guessed that he couldn't control the situation, so he had to take a hostage.
"If outsiders knew about this, Han Zhang might not see the sun the next day."
Elder Ling stroked his beard and said with a smile, "Don't worry, young master. I know what's going on."
"If there is nothing else, I will take my leave first." Gu Jingyun said.
"Oh, you're in a hurry to see your sweetheart, right? Go quickly, wait a minute!"
Elder Ling stopped him and asked, "Do you have a suitable flying boat?"
Gu Jingyun asked back: "Do you have one?"
"I don't have one." Elder Ling said quickly, "But the fourth brother does! He spent a lot of money to build a small, very fast flying boat just to go to the Hehuan Sect to meet that guy."
Gu Jingyun: “…”
To be honest, he was also going to the Hehuan Sect.
Elder Ling was unaware of this and stroked his beard while laughing, "Guess what? I confiscated that flying boat hundreds of years ago, and now it happens to be in my hands! Use it to go to Xizhou. It can go as fast as you are. Just be careful not to hit other flying boats or birds or beasts passing by."
Elder Ling asked, "Do you want it?"
Gu Jingyun: "Yes, thank you, Elder."
Elder Ling smiled and said, "You're welcome, as long as you don't get tricked by the pretty disciples of the Hehuan Sect."
Gu Jingyun replied calmly: "No."
——Don't worry, he will be the one who tricked the Hehuan Sect's little disciple away.
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