I studied abroad in modern times

Coming to the eighth peak again, Zheng Fa could feel the changes in Master Pang's lineage.

It's hard to tell where this change can be seen at a glance.

But along the way, Master Pang's disciples walked in a hurry but aimlessly.

Seeing his surprised and secretly hostile eyes.

The Taoist boy who hurriedly went to Master Pang's palace to report.

There is also the feeling of being watched by people after setting foot on the mountain trail.

It all made Zheng Fa really feel the tension and frustration permeating the eighth peak.

The fact that Zheng Fa became a disciple of the master did not spread - mainly because the master was busy with film and television creation after becoming a disciple, and he couldn't bear to publicize it even after he got into the thatched cottage.

But there are only a few people in Uncle Pang’s family who know about it.

When Zheng Fa came last time, there were several senior brothers who smiled warmly at him, as if they were part of a family.

But this time they came back, their eyes were a little awed, but more alienated.

Zheng Fa couldn't help but think of Senior Sister Zhang's words before - he became the head master, which could be said to be a major blow to Senior Uncle Pang's lineage.

Senior Sister Zhang even reminded Zheng Fa that he should maintain an impartial attitude towards both sides in front of others.

Zheng Fa had thought that Senior Sister Zhang was making a fuss out of a molehill before, but looking at the atmosphere on the eighth peak today, he could somewhat understand the painstaking effort involved - the conflict between the two branches of the Nine Mountains Sect was far deeper than Zheng Fa thought.

If it weren't for Senior Sister Zhang's pressure, there might have been casualties in Fufa Pavilion and Fufa Pavilion.

Only then did he understand why Senior Sister Zhang asked him to deliver the "Food Dao Foundation Building Method".

From just this short journey, it can be seen that the conflicts between the two disciples have even surpassed the feelings of being from the same sect.

It can be seen that his apprenticeship as the head master and his friendship with Senior Sister Zhang have put pressure on Senior Uncle Pang's lineage.

It may be a little more difficult than Zheng Fa thought before to bridge the rift between these two veins in the future.

"Junior Brother Zheng!" Sun Daoyu's voice came from behind: "Why did you come to my eighth peak?"

There is a clear distinction between the two words you and me.

Zheng Fa turned around and saw Sun Daoyu and others.

Sun Daoyu's face was not as enthusiastic as last time.

The state of Zhou Qianyuan behind him made Zheng Fa even more confused - this man looked hopeless, and he only nodded slightly when he saw him. He was not hostile at all, but he no longer had the confidence of the past. Publicity.

He still remembered the first time he met Zhou Qianyuan. At that time, he stood in front of him and introduced himself proudly.

What a youthful spirit.

When I met again today, I found that this man had a stubble on his face and wrinkled clothes. After nodding to himself, he lowered his head and didn't look at anyone else.

What made Zheng Fa even more puzzled was that if the senior brother on the eighth peak looked a little nervous when he saw him, then when he saw Zhou Qianyuan, his eyes were filled with rejection.

The attitude in his expression was even stranger than to himself.

"I'm here to visit Zhenren Pang." Zheng Fa glanced at Zhou Qianyuan and said to Sun Daoyu.

"Meet the Master?" Sun Daoyu was stunned for a moment, then saw the Taoist boy who had announced the entrance to the palace come out and said to the three of them: "Master, please come in, Senior Brother Zheng."

"Senior Brother Sun, Senior Brother Zhou, the real person has also summoned you."

When Zheng and Fa three heard this, they walked into the palace at the same time.

The attitude of Zhenren Pang in the palace was not as gentle as last time, but there was no hostility at all. He just seemed a little bit lively.

He glanced at Zhou Qianyuan, frowned slightly, then turned to Zheng Fa and said, "Master nephew, why are you here?"

Zheng Fa took out "The Talisman Dao Foundation Building Method" and said: "The day before yesterday, my uncle gave me the Millennium Purple Bamboo Tears. I am very grateful. However, I don't have anything. I only have a copy of the Talisman Dao Foundation Building Method. I still hope. Master, please don’t dislike me.”

Master Pang was stunned for a moment, looked at Zheng Fa for a long time, and then said: ""Food Dao Foundation Building Method"?"

"Exactly."

"The one created by Master Zhang's nephew?"

When Uncle Pang mentioned the words "Master Nephew Zhang", his tone became slightly more serious.

"yes."

Zheng Fa's answer was unruffled, but made Uncle Pang slightly silent.

He stretched out his hand and the jade tube in Zheng Fa's hand flew into his hand.

Master Pang closed his eyes slightly, as if he was reading the contents of the jade tube with his spiritual consciousness. When he opened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face: "This "Food Dao Foundation Building Method" is really unique, Master Zhang is really talented. amazing."

It wasn't just Uncle Pang who laughed.

Zheng Fa saw that Sun Daoyu, who was standing next to him, looked at him much more gently.

A "Food Dao Foundation Building Method" made the inexplicably solemn atmosphere in the palace relaxed a lot.

"Senior Nephew Zheng, what do you think of your Junior Brother Zhou?"

Master Pang suddenly asked.

"Junior Brother Zhou?" When Zheng Fa heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Zhou Qianyuan.

Zhou Qianyuan didn't seem to expect that his master would suddenly ask this question, and he was also stunned.

"Junior Brother Zhou has extraordinary talent and good character. He will definitely become the mainstay of our Nine Mountains Sect in the future." Zheng Fa thought for a while and said solemnly.

This is not about standing in front of Zhenren Pang and saying nice things.

Zhou Qianyuan was chosen by Master Pang because his talent and temperament were beyond ordinary people, and he was even trained with the expectation of competing against Senior Sister Zhang in the future.

It was his state today that left Zheng Fa scratching his head, feeling like he had encountered some kind of setback.

"Qian Yuan has always admired your attainments in Talismans. Why don't you let him stay with you and do some things for you, and you can also help me teach him for a while?"

Master Pang suddenly said.

"Ah?" Zheng Fa unexpectedly came up with this idea: "Junior Brother Zhou and I started at the same time, and we only communicate and learn from each other on weekdays. What's more, he is Uncle Pang's favorite disciple, how can he let me teach him?"

"Go far? Are you willing?"

Uncle Pang did not answer his question, but asked Zhou Qianyuan.

On the contrary, Zhou Qianyuan was stunned for a moment, but seemed to feel a little discouraged. He just nodded and said in a low voice: "Yes."

"I don't know if you, my nephew, think highly of my apprentice."

Hearing this, Zheng Fa knew that it was hard for him to refuse.

At this moment, he figured out Uncle Pang's intentions - almost everyone in the Jiushan Sect knew that Zhou Qianyuan was favored by him.

Placing Zhou Qianyuan next to him can be said to be a manifestation of Uncle Pang's support for his disciple.

This is a bit like the prince of the East Palace in an ancient dynasty who had a lot of children of loyal ministers around him - over time, these people became princelings.

Watching Zheng Fa take Zhou Qianyuan down the mountain.

Sun Daoyu couldn't help but ask: "Master, do you really want Junior Brother Zhou to follow Zheng Fa?"

"Otherwise? The general trend is behind you!"

Master Pang glanced at his disciple and hummed.

"General trend?"

"This kid dares to take Master Zhang's "Tao Dao Foundation Building Method" everywhere and give it away. Don't you understand what it means?"

"Does it mean that Senior Sister Zhang has a good relationship with him?"

"It means that behind him are the leader, named Huang, and three people, Master Zhang and nephew! Your master and I are not enough to fight him even if we have three heads and six arms!"

Hearing this, Sun Daoyu couldn't help but bared his teeth, as if he thought of the scene where his master was beaten.

"I just can't figure it out. I thought it was Master Nephew Zhang who made the decision between Master Zhang and Zheng Fazhong..." Pang Zhenren frowned and said, "Today, it seems that Zheng Fa is the master."

Only then did Sun Daoyu understand that his master asked Zhou Qianyuan to follow Zheng Fa because Zheng Fa was the general trend now.

"Then Junior Brother Zhou..." Thinking of Zhou Qianyuan's state just now, Sun Daoyu said worriedly: "I'm afraid he will feel abandoned by the master."

"Isn't he having a good time recently?" Master Pang suddenly asked.

Sun Daoyu lowered his head and did not dare to answer.

"That's right, I wanted to take Zheng Fa as my disciple before, and I'm afraid he was a little unhappy when I neglected him." Zhenren Pang seemed to see it clearly: "Did your senior fellow apprentices think that he has fallen out of favor these days, and deliberately Exclude him?"

"Master Mingjian, Junior Brother Zhou doesn't pay much attention to family opinions. He runs to Zheng Fa's house every day. In the past, he angered many senior fellow apprentices. In the past few days... he has indeed suffered a lot of grievances." Sun Daoyu said honestly.

"That's why I asked him to go to Zheng Fa first."

"Master is telling me to separate him from those brothers and sisters first?"

Pang Zhenren nodded, but suddenly talked about Zheng Fa: "Master Zhang supports this Zheng Fa so much, but if he really wants to secure his position as the future leader - it depends on whether he can treat our lineage equally. Let your senior brothers and sisters remember this.”

"Ah? So Junior Brother Zhou is a test of Junior Brother Zheng's attitude?" Sun Daoyu said suddenly.

"Qian Yuan is already the least sectarian among my disciples..." Pang Zhenren shook his head and said: "I can't do it if I want the two veins to be one and the same, and neither can Master Zhang. I want to see if he can. ”

"What if he can't?"

"After Gan Yuan was wronged by Zheng Fa, he will know that my master is not bad to him." Pang Zhenren laughed: "Doesn't this mean he knows how to respect his master again? As for the future leader, Location - Who can say the best about Ye Chang Meng Duo? "

…

After descending the eighth peak, Zheng Fa looked at Zhou Qianyuan behind him. This man still looked like he was dying.

"Junior Brother Zhou, what's wrong with you?"

He asked Zhou Qianyuan.

Zhou Qianyuan shook his head, as if he didn't want to answer his question, and just said dryly: "Excuse me, senior brother, what are your orders?"

"I don't dare to tell you. In this case, I will visit Senior Sister Zhang tomorrow. You can come with me."

Zhou Qianyuan nodded, didn't ask anything else, just numbly cupped his hands towards Zheng Fayi, turned around and left.

Looking at his back, Zheng Fa frowned.

This man's state seemed a bit familiar to him - the kind of boy who was full of ideals and entered society for the first time, but then was beaten down by the cruel reality.

…

The second day.

Zhou Qianyuan couldn't sleep early.

He didn't get up, he just lay on the bed with his eyes open, quietly in a daze.

When he made an appointment with Zheng Fa, he opened his courtyard door and walked out.

There are many senior brothers from Uncle Pang's lineage living near where he lives. In the past, everyone was still very enthusiastic, and Zhou Qianyuan also thought it was quite good.

But things haven't been so good lately.

He lowered his head slightly and walked quickly under the various eyes of several senior brothers.

These senior brothers didn’t say anything, but he also understood what they meant——

After the master gave the Millennium Purple Bamboo Tears to Zheng Fa, these people looked at him and laughed at him a little, and there was no intimacy as before.

Zhou Qianyuan gritted his teeth and walked to the door of Zheng Fa's house.

A wry smile couldn't help but appear on his face - before he came to Jiushan Sect, his master valued him, and he also had very beautiful illusions about Jiushan Sect.

He is determined to pursue the path of Talisman.

He wanted to give credit to his master.

Even relying on his master's favor, he never cared about the differences between factions.

Only today did he realize that he had offended so many people.

When the former amiable and respectable senior brothers huddled together to exclude him one day.

He finally understood how deep the sectarianism of Jiushan Sect was.

Looking at the gate of Zheng Fa's house.

Zhou Qianyuan shook his head.

Zheng Fa was probably no different.

Those senior brothers and he had the same master, and they were just pretending in the past.

He and Zheng Fa were originally from different factions. I'm afraid Zheng Fa saw him as more distant than those senior brothers. The previous politeness and respect were just a show.

He knocked on the door, and Zheng Fa opened the door and saw him and said directly: "Let's go to Senior Sister Zhang's house."

Following Zheng Fa, Zhou Qianyuan walked to Senior Sister Zhang's courtyard.

He couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

In the hearts of their faction, Senior Sister Zhang was a terrifying existence.

This courtyard even had the deterrent power of a dragon's den and a tiger's lair. In the past, no senior brothers dared to approach it.

Senior Sister Zhang was waiting for Zheng Fa and the others in the backyard. Senior Sister Yuan was behind her. They both saw Zhou Qianyuan, but they didn't seem surprised. They just nodded slightly.

Several people sat in the pavilion by the lake, talking to each other.

Gradually, Zhou Qianyuan found that something was wrong -

What is the Five Elements Sub-Character?

What is the Yuan Charm Daoji?

What is the Yin and Yang of the Charm?

Can this "enemy" listen to these things?

Sure enough, as they talked, Senior Sister Zhang and Zheng Fa seemed to finally realize that there was an outsider here, and they all looked at him.

Zhou Qianyuan pursed his lips and stood up to say goodbye.

"Junior Brother Zhou, tell me what you think?"

Zheng Fa suddenly said.

"Ah?"

Zhou Qianyuan blinked and suddenly realized that he didn't seem to encounter the sectarianism and exclusion he imagined.

But he encountered the silent crushing of these two geniuses.

On the side, Senior Sister Yuan looked at him sympathetically.