That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 888 Zhang Xueyao Says Murong Xuan

After Murong Xuan left, Tang Shengyue and Qin Mumian came to Xu Beiyou's side.

Xu Beiyou swallowed a mouthful of blood, but didn't show anything on his face.

Tang Shengyue was a little hesitant. After all, among the three women, although she was the first to contact Xu Beiyou, her friendship with Xu Beiyou was the shallowest, and she hadn't had much in-depth contact with each other before.Fortunately, the relationship between Qin Mumian and Xu Beiyou is quite close, almost no less than that of Zhang Xueyao.

Qin Mumian reached out and patted Xu Beiyou's shoulder, and said with a smile, "Returning to the south, I will treat you with admiration after three days of farewell."

Xu Beiyou trembled a little imperceptibly, then smiled and said, "Aunt Qin has won the prize."

Then he nodded to Tang Shengyue again, "Aunt Tang."

Tang Shengyue hummed, and said, "Let's go and see your teacher's wife first. Although you interrupted Sword 34 just now to prevent her from dying from exhaustion, serious damage to her vitality is inevitable."

Xu Beiyou replied deeply, and after saying goodbye to the two of them, he went straight to Qingfengfang.

Xu Beiyou originally wanted to leave one person behind in the Jiangdu battle no matter what. Although he is now a sword fairy on the [-]th floor of the Earth Immortal, not to mention invincible in the world, the worst thing is that he has no match in the world. I don't have too much expectation for the improvement of the realm, at least within Jiazi. If there is still a battle against the last or even two masters on the [-]th Floor of the Earth Immortal, but if there are more, then ten thousand Wan was not an opponent, so Xu Beiyou made up his mind that it would be better to cut off one finger than to hurt his ten fingers, but unfortunately in the end it turned into a situation where ten fingers were hurt but not one finger was cut off.

But what Xu Beiyou didn't know was that Murong Xuanyin, whom he mistakenly thought had escaped from Shengtian, was intercepted by Wanyan Beiyue on the way back to Xuanjiao Qingming Palace and severely injured, and was already held hostage by Wanyan Beiyue Go forward and build Daliang City later.

The reason why Wanyan Beiyue was able to defeat Murong Xuanyin so easily was due to Zhang Xueyao and Xu Beiyou's previous contribution. Murong Xuanyin was already seriously injured before meeting Wanyan Beiyue, but Xu Beiyou was also The loss of cultivation base is huge. Although he is still in the realm of the eighteenth floor of the earth immortal, there are signs of instability in the realm, and the distance from the eighteenth floor will inevitably increase. The nine ranks in the hall are divided into nine ranks, so the original Xu Beiyou was about three ranks, but now he has dropped to seventh rank, only slightly stronger than ninth rank Chen Ye.

When Xu Beiyou came to Qingfengfang, Zhang Xueyao had already been helped back to the room to rest, surrounded by people, including Wu Yu, Li Qinglian, Song Guanguan, Zhang An and others. After seeing Xu Beiyou, everyone saluted.

Xu Beiyou frowned slightly, and reprimanded: "What are you all doing here? Everyone should go do what they should do, and they all dispersed."

Everyone saw that Xu Beiyou's expression was not very good. Even Li Qinglian, who was the most modest person on weekdays, did not dare to talk back to the suzerain senior brother, and exited the house together with the others.

Only Zhang Xueyao and Xu Beiyou were left in the room.

The pale Zhang Xue forced a smile, raised her hand and said, "Nangui, sit down."

Xu Beiyou hummed, pulled a chair from the side, and sat in a well-behaved manner, not like the Sect Master of the Sword Sect who just beat the master of the Daomen Suppressing Demon Hall half to death, but more like a young man who just joined the sect A disciple of Jianzong.

In fact, if we don’t count from the [-]th year of Taiping because of Xia Chan, but from Xu Beiyou’s trip to the Northwest with Gongsun Zhongmou, it’s only been three years since Xu Beiyou joined Jianzong. In terms of a hundred-year monastic career, three years can indeed be classified as just entering the teacher's school.

After Xu Beiyou sat down, Zhang Xueyao said softly: "I remember you came to Jiangdu in the 21st year of Taiping, and it has only been three years since then. Three years, from a mortal to an immortal on the eighteenth floor, from a disciple of the Sword Sect to the Sect Master of the Sword Sect It can be said that it is a joke that others want to see your building collapse after watching you build it. Only you know the ups and downs of it."

Xu Beiyou put his hands on his knees and sighed softly: "Three years, whether it is long or short. Counting with your fingers, Master has been gone for three years. Emperor Taizong Wen of Da Qi who made an alliance with Master He also left, and even Xiao Bai followed closely, there is only Xiao Zhinan left in the imperial capital, and no one expected that it would become the current situation."

Zhang Xueyao refused to comment, and suddenly asked: "How strong is Murong Xuan?"

Xu Beiyou hesitated for a moment, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "This person is indeed somewhat unpredictable. I can't confirm what level she is, but in a head-on confrontation, she should not be my opponent, but she has many secrets. It is very tricky, it is not easy to win, and it is even more difficult to kill."

Zhang Xueyao said with a little emotion: "Murong Xuan and I have known each other for decades. We have known each other as early as four or five years old. Words. Of course, if it’s just this, the big deal is that we will never get in touch with each other until Qiu Ye is involved. It is the beginning of the real confrontation between the two of us. You must have heard that in the past when Zhang and Ye’s parents Under the auspices of Qiu Ye, I made a marriage contract with Qiu Ye. In fact, Murong Xuan is Qiu Ye's childhood sweetheart, but I am not familiar with Qiu Ye. Qin Mumian in the future."

Xu Beiyou's expression was a bit weird. He had heard that these rumors were true before, but they were just rumors after all. As long as there was no recognition and conclusive evidence from the person involved, it would not be true. I didn't expect that Zhang Xueyao, the person involved, would directly tell the truth today. Then the matter is beyond doubt.

Zhang Xueyao said with a frank smile: "Back then, the four of us were always compared by others. I don't know if it was God's will or a coincidence. Murong Xuan and I fell in love because of Qiu Ye's marriage contract. Lin Yinping and Qin Mumian became enemies because of Xiao Yu's vacillations. Later we Came to Jiangdu with Qin Mumian, looking back at the two of them, Lin Yinping became Daqi's empress in the imperial capital, and Murong Xuan became the Taoist wife in Xuandu. gone."

Xu Beiyou frowned and said, "In the final analysis, she is not the head teacher of Taoism, but just the wife of the head teacher."

Zhang Xueyao asked back: "That's all?"

Xu Beiyou said with emotion: "That's true. The old man was deposed by Queen Lin back then, and he was able to quell the Blue-Han faction with his own efforts. This Queen Lin's wrist ability can be seen. Murong Xuan can be compared with Queen Lin, which is also evident. Listen Saying that Li Qingyu called her Mr. Murong, there must be something good about Mrs. Murong."

Zhang Xueyao shook her head and said: "It's not just good, most of these years she has been in charge of the Daoist power, and it can even be compared to Lin Yinping's hanging curtain in the early years of Taiping."

Xu Beiyou was startled suddenly.

Zhang Xueyao said softly: "You can't have both. If Qiuye wants to prove the Tao and seek longevity, he must devote himself to profound cultivation and has no time to take care of other things. In this way, the power of teaching will inevitably fall by the wayside, so Qiuye let Murong Xuan use his In the name of exercising the right to teach in the name of Daoist sect, as long as he is in Xuandu, no one will dare to object. However, this move is not justified after all, so when Qiuye was injured and could not retreat, Tian Yun and the others took the opportunity to provoke a dispute for the head of the disciples. Their original intention was to force Murong Xuan to hand over power, but they didn't expect Qiu Ye to follow the trend after leaving the customs. They simply let Murong Xuan walk from behind the scenes to the front of the stage. It can't be a loss of rice."

Xu Beiyou tentatively asked, "What does Master mean?"

Zhang Xueyao hesitated for a moment, and said: "Over the years, Daomen have disdained to plant nails in Jianzong, but your master has done a lot of such things. The reason why I can know so many secrets of Daomen is also because of this, So what I want to say is, since we can't fight the Taoist sect head-on, we might as well try it from the side, a city that cannot be broken from the outside is often broken from the inside."

Xu Beiyou's eyes lit up.

Zhang Xueyao laughed at herself: "I will give you a list later. They are all my own people who have been placed in the Taoist sect over the years, and their identities are different. I wanted to wait until you officially became the lord of the Sword Sect before handing them over to you." Yes, but I didn't expect the situation to change so quickly, if I die this time, then I will take your master's hard work into the coffin."

(End of this chapter)