Qingling Punishing Heart

Chapter 33 The Green Hat

Su Ji crawled out of the dark cave, a look of bewilderment flashed across his face.In front of him was a dry and cracked plain, without hills or villages, and there was nothing but an impenetrable desolation and an unbreakable silence.

The old man with yellow eyebrows looked at him with a slight smile, and with a flick of the whisk, a gust of wind was blown up.In an instant, fine sand waves surged up on the empty wasteland, like golden waves.

Su Ji was squinted by the sudden wind and sand, and just as he was rubbing his eyes, he heard the sound of the wind suddenly subside.He looked up and almost cried out in surprise.

In front of the eyes, there is a pleasant purple light, colorful fog, and beautiful palaces stand among the fog.These palaces are a hundred times more magnificent than the Shenhou Mansion, which is densely covered with secluded forests.It can be said that gold nails gather jade households, green tiles build beams and eaves, and it has the momentum of a fairy family.

Su Ji knew that this place was neither the palace of the gods in the sky nor the home of the emperor on earth, but the Xuanhu sect of Moshu.He stared at the front for a long time, and suddenly found a strange thing, he saw a long caravan of merchants passing through the scenery!
It turned out that the scene in front of me was just a mirage.He had seen it once in a carriage. Although he was not surprised, he had never even thought about creating a mirage out of thin air.

"High Priest, you really deserve to be the Chief Elder of the Xuanhu Sect!" Eunuch Bai looked at the mirage, and praised repeatedly: "In this way, we can save a long distance from walking."

Taoist Huangmei put away his whisk, looked at Li Rumei, and said with a smile, "Small tricks are nothing. Next, I have to trouble Mrs. Mo..."

Li Rumei glanced at the two obsequious old men, and gently untied the ribbon wrapped around her jade arm.

The light purple ribbon floated into the distance with the wind, and became longer and longer, turning into a purple silk sky road, extending all the way to the gate of a palace in the mirage.

Su Ji opened his eyes slightly, and couldn't help secretly sighing the magic of these Taoism.He walked halfway behind the three of them, looked back, and found that he could no longer see the wasteland behind him, only the beautiful scenery of Qionglou, and from time to time he could see a few glowing foxes walking between Ziwu Qionglou, and the passers-by. Turning a blind eye to these foxes seems to be commonplace.

Walking down the long silk road, he looked up and saw the words "Silver Candle Palace" written on the vermillion plaque, and looking up, he saw a fox lying on the eaves.

The whole body of the fox is silver and white, except for a black line in the middle of the brow, like a closed sky eye, adding a bit of mystery.

Eunuch Bai and the old man with yellow brows saluted the silver fox, but the silver fox didn't pay any attention to it, just closed its eyes comfortably, with a soft tail hanging down, gently swaying in the wind.

Su Ji thought to himself, "Silver Fox" is also called "Mysterious Fox", which shows that this fox has an extraordinary status in the Xuanhu Sect.

Li Rumei retracted the ribbon, flicked her hand, and the palace door opened instantly.Just as the four of them were about to go in, they saw one of the silver fox's tails suddenly shake open and spread out into nine pieces. The bright silver fox tails blocked the front of the palace gate, leaving only a gap for one person to pass through.

"Three please avoid first."

When Silver Fox spoke, his eyes were still closed, and his mouth did not move, but his black pointed nose protruded slightly.Su Ji was taken aback secretly, feeling that the silver fox's voice was faintly familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere before, and it was only a few days ago.

Li Rumei glanced at the silver fox and left lightly.Eunuch Bai and Old Man Huang each made a gesture of invitation to Su Ji.

Su Ji bid farewell to the two and crossed the threshold alone.When he walked to the main hall, he suddenly felt a strange atmosphere.

The light in the hall was dim, and what was enshrined in front of the altar table was not the spirit tablet of Sanqing, but a statue with a fox head and a human body, which was exactly the same as the statue in Qingling Temple.There was a person standing sideways beside the statue, it was none other than Mo Shu, the master fox of Xuanhu Sect.

The first thing that catches the eye is an emerald hair crown.

From Su Ji's point of view, it is undoubtedly a green hat, which shows that Mo Shu is an optimistic and open-minded man.Not only is this person's hat green, but his clothes are also green.The obese body was covered with a dark green brocade robe.The protruding belly made the Taoist uniform plump, his hands were hidden in the arrow sleeves, his round face was covered by a fox bronze mask, not an inch of skin was exposed.

His outfit made Su Ji think of Mu Lingyu when he first met.

Mu Lingyu was wrapped in white, while Mo Shu was wrapped in green.Although Mo Shu's green body is more tightly wrapped, he is not as cold as his white body, but rather funny. He feels like an old green-capped tortoise shrunk in a shell, which gives people a familiar and friendly feeling.

Su Ji was most concerned about the bronze mask on Mo Shu's face, which reminded him that Mr. Shancai had given him a mask of a similar style.Through the two pitch-black holes in the mask, he seemed to see his former self.

The two looked at each other for a long time, and a honest voice came out from the bronze mask, and said slowly:
"Presumably the master of the Xuanling Pavilion was once a pawn."

As soon as Su Ji heard this sentence, he knew that Mo Shu was in tacit understanding with him at the moment, so he couldn't help but smiled wryly:
"Mr. Mo must have met that young master before?"

"The pavilion master is referring to you, but you have heard a lot?"

"Young master of many stories?" Su Ji was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I only know Mr. Shancai."

There was a muffled laugh coming from the bronze mask, which seemed to have a hint of bitterness.

Mo Shu said: "The old man has heard of Mr. Baicao, Mr. Changle, Mr. Fu Mo, and Mr. Changqing. These young masters are all dressed in green clothes. They should be the same person. Presumably the pavilion master and the old man have had the same experience. The old man only I want to ask Your Excellency, do you still remember the appearance of that young man in Tsing Yi?"

Su Ji lowered his head and recalled for a long time, then said in a deep voice, "...I don't remember."

Mo Shu sighed, and said, "I don't remember it for a long time. In the past ten years, I have asked many colleagues, but no one remembers. I can't wait for a mere chess piece. How could I see the chess player."

Su Ji couldn't help saying angrily: "Mr. Mo, is he willing to just be a pawn for the rest of his life? Never thought of getting rid of the control of Young Master Tsing Yi?"

"...Maybe I thought about it ten years ago, but now that I think about it, it is really a naive idea. It is impossible for this old man to do it. No one has ever known where Young Master Tsing Yi came from. Before it came, the world was originally There is no god. After it comes, all kinds of strange things in the world are born from it. If one day it leaves, no one in the world will be worthy of being called a god. It has become so powerful that ordinary people can't imagine. The harvest is to recognize this fact.”

Su Ji frowned, clenched his fists and said: "Even Mr. Mo, the head teacher of the Xuanhu Sect, can't do anything about it! Do you want to let it play with mortals like this?"

"The old man said that I can't do it, but I didn't say that you can't do it either..."

Su Ji was slightly taken aback, never expecting that Mo Shu had such high expectations for him, only to hear Mo Shu continue to say:

"The master of the pavilion does not have the slightest bit of Xuanqing cultivation. It must not be a coincidence that he came here. If you are willing to worship the old man as your teacher, the old man may make you the first person to get rid of the young man in Tsing Yi."

Su Ji hesitated for a while.He looked at the green hat on Mo Shu's head, and thought that this old tortoise might have some real skills, but his wife is really not a fuel-efficient lamp. If one day he gets caught in some seductive mist and he can't control it, why don't he Bear the infamy of bullying teachers and destroying ancestors?
After pondering for a while, he suddenly cupped his hands and said:
"Mr. Mo's kindness, I appreciate it. I'm just a teacher for one day and a father for life. Before I find out the whereabouts of my father, I don't want to ask anyone to be my teacher. If Mr. Mo is willing to give me all I can, I'm willing to serve as the elder of the school. , I will do my best to help you become the master of the sect!"

Just after he finished speaking, a muffled laugh suddenly came from the bronze mask.Obviously, this sentence was right in his arms.After the laughter stopped, Mo Shu slowly raised his left sleeve, and a delicate wooden prosthetic hand stretched out from the dark green arrow sleeve.

"Your Excellency knows my heart well, please allow me to take a look at your qualifications first."

The wooden hands made a rustling sound of rubbing, and the five wooden fingers nimbly twisted the sword fingers, tapping on the center of Su Ji's eyebrows.

Su Ji raised his eyes, and saw a blood-red bead embedded in the palm of the wooden hand, and a faint red mist slowly emerged from the bead, filling his surroundings.Countless fine dust particles danced and diffused in the dim red light.

The room is very quiet, as if you can hear the sound of time passing bit by bit.

After a long time, Mo Shu withdrew his sword finger and slowly clenched it into a fist.

Su Ji found that the wooden fist was trembling slightly, making a slight creaking sound.

There was a long silence between the two, only a faint sigh came from the bronze mask.

Su Ji finally couldn't bear it anymore, looked up at Mo Shu, and asked seriously:
"How is the result?"

Mo Shu hesitated for a while, then got up slowly, and said, "... Please allow me to reply tomorrow."

Su Ji heard the disappointment in his tone and couldn't help lowering her head and smiling bitterly.

After Mo Shu left, Su Ji was invited by a Taoist boy in Tsing Yi to rest in the wing.Days of fleeing had exhausted him physically and mentally, and he collapsed on the bed weakly...

The moonlight outside the window was dim, Eunuch Bai walked up to Mo Shu, and asked softly, "Maybe Mr. Fox is as talented as us, is that kid also impotent?"

"...No." Mo Shu sighed, and said, "He is a stubborn body once in ten thousand years!"

"Stubborn body?" Eunuch Bai asked suspiciously, "I've never heard of it, but the aptitude is extremely good?"

Eunuch Bai raised his white eyebrows slowly, staring at the two black holes on Mo Shu's mask, expecting a stunning answer.

Mo Shu took a long breath and said, "On the contrary, it's the worst!"

Eunuch Bai suddenly turned pale with shock, this answer was obviously beyond his expectation!

Mo Shu explained: "Ordinary people, even if they don't have the profound and pure spirit of elucidating the sect, can still work hard the day after tomorrow and practice according to the method of cutting off the sect. But people with a stubborn body, no matter how hard they try, they will never be able to refine a little bit of the profound and clear spirit. .”

Eunuch Bai sighed, and said disdainfully, "I didn't expect that kid to be just a waste."

"Young Master Tsing Yi will never choose a trash. As for why he chose this person, I am afraid that only people with a higher level of cultivation than the old man can understand the deep meaning."

Eunuch Bai pondered for a while, and said: "If he knows that he can't cultivate, I wonder if he can influence Mr. Mo's important affairs as your leader."

"There are thousands of different ways of practicing, so there is no need to worry about this." Mo Shu said calmly, "Have you forgotten? We still have that way."

When he heard "that method", Eunuch Bai suddenly looked at Mo Shu's arm, and muttered in a low voice:
"That method is indeed very special. The reason why Jie Zong is on par with Chan Zong is because of that method. But with his aptitude..."

Eunuch Bai stopped abruptly and shook his head disapprovingly.

The corners of Mo Shu's mouth hidden behind the mask rose slightly, and then he continued his words and said:
"Try it with his aptitude, maybe it will be very interesting..."

The two exchanged glances tacitly, and looked at Su Ji's resting room together, only to see that the oil lamp in front of the window was still on.

(End of this chapter)