Sword Emperor of the Astonishing Sky

Dawn the next day.

Lin Bai, led by an inner sect elder, came to the sect master's Valley of Flowers.

In the Valley of Flowers, there are a dazzling array of flowers. There are about thousands of scattered flowers, and each one has been carefully pruned, making it a pleasure to walk into the Valley of Flowers.

There is a refreshing fragrance in the air, thick but not greasy.

There are many flowers, but they are arranged in an orderly manner and are not chaotic.

"Good place."

Lin Bai walked into the Flower Valley alone, admiring the flowers while walking towards the depths of the Flower Valley.

Walking along the path covered with flowers, you can see several small wooden houses deep in the Flower Valley.

Before he even got close, Lin Bai saw two gray-haired old men sitting down to drink tea in the courtyard of one of the huts.

But the relationship between the two didn't seem so harmonious. They drank separately and didn't chat.

"I've met the two elders."

Lin Bai walked outside the courtyard wall made of bamboo strips and bowed his hands.

The great elder and Li Zai'en looked back. Li Zai'en smiled and said, "Lin Bai, come in quickly."

Lin Bai walked into the courtyard, and the elder and Li Zai'en invited Lin Bai to sit down.

Lin Bai was not formal, and the three of them sat at the round table. Li Zaien filled Lin Bai with a cup of tea.

"Try it, this is the finest tea from our Tianshui Sect. The owner can strengthen his body, strengthen his energy, calm his mind, and understand the secrets."

Li Zaien said with a smile on his face.

After Lin Bai joined the Tianshui Sect, he heard Qin Yao and Qiao Mo talk about a kind of tea spirit tree planted in the sect, called the "Yunyan Tree", and the "Yunyan Leaves" on it were not only a valuable Feifei's elixir, and used to make tea, the effect is amazing.

However, there are not many Yunyan trees in Tianshui Sect, and they produce even fewer Yunyan leaves every year. Some of them were sold to the imperial capital and became supplies for the dignitaries of Chu State's imperial capital; while the other part was exclusively used within the sect, but only elder-level figures could enjoy it.

Lin Bai took a sip. The tea was light and fragrant.

“Good tea!”

"But I still prefer drinking."

After taking a sip, Lin Bai put down the tea cup, picked the green gourd from his waist, and drank a sip of dragon blood wine.

"The two elders invited me here today. They don't just want to invite me to tea, right?"

Lin Bai asked with a smile.

Li Zaien smiled and nodded, but didn't say much.

The Great Elder said gloomily at this moment: "Yesterday, at the Water-Flashing Hall, the Third Elder and Elder Zheng Yuan strongly supported you in becoming the Holy Son, and many elders inside and outside the sect think you are more suitable!"

"I called you here today because I want to ask what you mean."

"Do you want to become the Holy Son of Tianshui Sect?"

Lin Bai smiled slightly, stared at the great elder and said, "It's rare. It's rare that the great elder can talk to me calmly."

"I thought the Great Elder would be so angry that he wanted to cut me into pieces to relieve his anger."

The great elder had no expression on his face and did not respond to Lin Bai.

After Lin Bai joked for a while, he said with a smile: "Great Elder, it is not me who has the final say on whether I will become the Holy Son or not, it is you who have the final say!"

"But I guess there must have been someone who stood up to oppose it in the Shuishui Palace yesterday!"

"For example, the great elder would object."

The great elder also remained silent.

Li Zai'en said with a smile at this moment: "Lin Bai, you have misunderstood the Great Elder. Yesterday, the Great Elder not only did not oppose you becoming the Holy Son in Fushui Palace, but also supported you, saying that you are the best choice for Tianshui Sect at present. .”

Lin Bai's eyes lit up and he smiled: "Oh? Is this really true?"

Li Zai'en sighed and said: "Lin Bai, don't regard the Great Elder as such an ignorant person. The Great Elder is a public servant all his life and serves the sect all his life."

"Although I often have political disagreements with the Great Elder, there is no doubt that the Great Elder is loyal to the sect. This is what I admire most about the Great Elder."

"but……"

At this point, Li Zaien paused.

"Although the Great Elder supports you, he believes that you have not been a member of the sect for a long time. Although your talent and strength are undoubted, your loyalty and sense of belonging to the sect are very low."

"People like Bai Yifei and Li Yuanzong have been members of the sect for hundreds of years, and they were personally trained by the Great Elder. Their loyalty to the sect is naturally unquestionable!"

"But the time you spent joining the sect was too short..."

"Of course, we cannot deny that you have already developed a sense of belonging and loyalty to the sect after three years of joining the sect. But... time is undoubtedly the best test and proof."

Lin Bai nodded slightly.

He probably understood why the great elder and Li Zaien called him here?

Undoubtedly, it was to test his loyalty and sense of belonging to Tianshui Sect.

Lin Bai smiled and said: "The Great Elder's concerns are natural."

"I do not have deep feelings for Tianshui Sect, let alone any sense of loyalty and belonging!"

"If Tianshui Sect is destroyed one day, I will leave the sect without looking back."

Lin Bai told the truth.

Two or three years is already a long time for ordinary mortals.

But for a Taoist realm warrior, it is like taking a nap.

Time in the blink of an eye.

In such a short period of time, the Tianshui Sect had no great kindness to Lin Bai. How could Lin Bai have a deep sense of loyalty and belonging to the Tianshui Sect?

When Li Zai'en heard this, his heart suddenly dropped.

The Great Elder also closed his eyes and said nothing, feeling extremely uncomfortable in his heart. Although he disliked Lin Bai very much, he had to admit that Lin Bai was the best disciple of the Tianshui Sect in the past thousands of years.

But it was Lin Bai who had no sense of belonging or loyalty to the sect.

The sect master who was hiding in the room felt sad when he heard this.

However, all this was expected by the great elder and the sect master. They had already expected that Lin Bai did not have such a deep sense of belonging and loyalty to the sect.

Seeing the gloomy expressions of the Great Elder and Li Zai'en, Lin Bai smiled and said: "Although I don't have a deep sense of belonging and loyalty to Tianshui Sect, this does not affect my service for Tianshui Sect."

Li Zaien's eyes suddenly lit up.

The great elder frowned and asked, "What do you mean by this?"

Lin Bai smiled and said: "I came here today because I want to negotiate a deal with Tianshui Sect."

"It's just that the two elders probably don't have the right to decide on this deal. They have to let the sect leader who is hiding in the house come out before they can discuss it properly."

Hearing this, the great elder and Li Zai'en both turned around and looked into the room.

The door of the wooden house was closed, with no intention of opening it.

Li Zai'en asked with a wry smile: "Why do you see the sect leader hiding in the house?"

Lin Bai smiled and said: "I not only know that the sect master is hiding in the house, but I also know that the sect master is a woman."

The great elder asked: "Why?"

Lin Bai said: "It seems that the two elders have not been around women for many years, right?"

The First Elder and Li Zai'en smiled bitterly and shook their heads. They have been cultivating for thousands of years, and they are dedicated to serving the sect. Even if they have free time occasionally, they will not wait to practice in seclusion, so that they can have time to spend time with their children.

Lin Bai looked back at the Flower Valley and said: "This Flower Valley is kept clean and tidy. Each type of flowers is properly distributed and every flower is pruned to perfection. The First Elder and Elder Li Zai'en have a lot of chores on weekdays. , I’m afraid you’re not that leisurely, elegant and patient, right?”

"And...the way these flowers are trimmed gives me a very strange feeling."

"It's like a little girl got her beloved doll, and she takes pleasure in dressing it up all day long."

"Like a little girl."

Hear this.

The door of the wooden house was kicked open, and a woman's voice came angrily: "You are a little girl!"