Chapter 1184
"No, no, no..." Zhao Zhiyuan was born in Lingxiao Palace. Although he is not considered a serious sect, his knowledge is definitely much higher than that of ordinary casual cultivators. It's not that she has never seen Da Pei Yuan Pill before, but taking out fifteen of them at once scared her a little. She really needs pills to practice, and the supplies provided by Mount Guishan Seminary are not enough. Nie Yun wanted to leave some for her, but she refused, hoping that Nie Yun would take them into retreat.
"Sister-in-law, you don't have to be polite. These pills are really not a big deal to my little brother. Take it, don't slow down in your practice."
"That's too much. No, you can take half of it back. It's not that you can eat jelly beans. The more you eat, the worse the effect will be. Don't waste it." He took out a jade bottle from his storage bag, poured out seven bottles, and pushed the remaining eight bottles back to Shen Hao.
You're welcome, but not greedy either. Zhao Zhiyuan's reaction made Shen Hao feel very comfortable and real. So he smiled and didn't persuade him much, and accepted the eight Great Peiyuan Pills pushed back by Zhao Zhiyuan.
After that, Shen Hao stayed alone in the yard, and returned to his temporary residence on the old tree peak in the evening. Early the next morning, we went to the main peak of Guishan Mountain with the team celebrating Laoshufeng's birthday.
Generally speaking, few monks celebrate their birthdays with wine. The main reason is that the lifespan of monks is much longer than that of ordinary people, but they always feel that they are not enough when practicing, so few monks spend time celebrating their birthdays every year.
Of course, few does not mean none. Generally, under special circumstances, there are still monks who set up wine to celebrate their birthdays. For example, in Huang Yansong's case, reaching the age of 800 is a big birthday, and it is necessary to celebrate both for himself and for the sect.
The longer you live, the higher your cultivation. This is also a manifestation of the sect's strength.
Eight hundred years! It's been a long, long time. The history of the old Jing Dynasty is only a thousand years.
The monk sitting on the mountain can see the sun and the moon changing the sea and the vicissitudes of life, it is indeed not just talking.
The last time when Shen Hao settled down as a registered disciple in Guishan Seminary, he did not meet Huang Yansong, the suzerain. At that time, Huang Yansong was retreating to attack the seventh level of Xuanhai Realm.
Later, after Shen Hao took charge of the foreign affairs of Fenghong Villa, he also heard some news about Guishan Seminary, saying that Huang Yansong failed to attack the seventh level. It can even be said that it is still far away. The previous retreats were just a means of delaying the attack and stabilizing the ground in response to the breakthrough of Luo Xuan, the suzerain of the Heavenly Toad Sect.
But it turned out that the delay was delayed, but it did not develop as expected by Guishan Seminary.
Huang Yansong is pretending to be in retreat. What they were waiting for was the result of Luo Xuan's breakthrough from the Heavenly Toad Sect. After all, the first level of Xuanhai Realm is a life-and-death calamity, who knows if Luo Xuan can survive it? What if he died under the Xuanhai Tribulation?
But in the end, there was no "what if", Luo Xuan succeeded in breaking through, and although he is still in the stable state in the mountains and has not shown up, he is already a real top seven-level powerhouse in the mysterious sea state.
Looking at Huang Yansong again, the gap is self-evident. It even widened the gap between Guishan Seminary and Tianchanzong by a lot.
Now that he has come into contact with more sect affairs, Shen Hao also understands what kind of predicament Guishan Seminary is facing now.
Although Jingxi has a vast territory, it is not that big for the sect. Because the resources here have long been cut into hundreds of shares, and each share has its own ownership. There is a certain number of second- and third-rate sects that can be supported, and how many sects that are not in the ranks. Coupled with the protection of the lower sects by Wanjuan Shushan and Mingshan Sect, as well as the huge oppressive force of the Jingjiu Dynasty, the sects who want to seek development have always been in the game between first-rate sects and third-rate sects. acquired.
Those sects that disappeared in history were seldom killed by people, but more often they were gradually eaten away in the game and finally lost their foundation of existence. The sect had to dissipate and be replaced by others.
Although the Guishan Seminary is not facing the crisis of being replaced or the sect will die out, the situation has already begun to slide in the direction they least want to see.
In the past, there were two first-class sects in Jingxi, Tianchan Sect and Guishan Seminary, each of which was the largest, and a large number of second- and third-rate sects gathered around them to follow. It also formed a situation in which the Jingxi forces secretly fought. However, because the strengths of the Tianchan Sect and Guishan Seminary were almost equal before, the overall situation of the Jingxi Sect was nothing more than endless fighting, but the overall situation was balanced.
But now the strength of the Tianchan Sect is a bit higher than that of Guishan Seminary because of the height of the suzerain Luo Xuan. This level of strength from above to below, the greater the reaction below.
According to the information obtained by Shen Hao, all the sects in Jingxi are choosing sides. The sect, which was originally on the side of Tian Chanzong, was naturally overjoyed, and turned against its former opponent. However, the sects that were on the side of Guishan Seminary before had to accept the softness and change sides, or suffered heavy losses. Even the weight of Guishan Seminary in Jingxi is rapidly collapsing.
In this situation, Mount Guishan Seminary is celebrating Huang Yansong's birthday. Perhaps this is to show its existence and what message is it conveying to the outside world?
Shen Hao stood under the stage, his eyes dimmed, and he realized that he was standing very far in front, definitely not where a registered disciple should stand. He could even feel that at least dozens of gazes always seemed to stay on him. Including the disciples of Mount Guishan Seminary, as well as some people from other sects who were invited to watch the ceremony. People from these other sects looked sideways at Shen Hao.
If some people make eye contact with Shen Hao, they will immediately smile and nod slightly, expressing their goodwill.
Only at this moment did Shen Hao come to his senses. It turned out that not only the people in the secular world would play tricks, but also the honest people in the sect who looked straight to the point.
"I was also treated as a show, specially called here for these "outsiders" to see?" Shen Hao didn't know whether to cry or laugh, but he felt a little awkward anyway.
Obviously, what Guishan Seminary wants is not just to secretly ask Shen Hao to help, and to use the power of Fenghong Villa to put pressure on Tianchanzong, but also to use Shen Hao's multiple identities to add a "chip" to Guishan Seminary. ".
Being used in this way, Shen Hao's mood is naturally impossible to be comfortable. But not angry. It's just that the goodwill towards Guishan Seminary has faded a bit.
Before the birthday banquet, there will be some birthday celebration activities, such as "birthday worship".
From high to low in seniority, they paid homage to Huang Yansong's birthday, said congratulatory messages and gave congratulatory gifts. And Huang Yansong will also return a gift according to the identity of the visitor.
When Shen Hao stepped forward, the "Picture of Four Seasons in a Thousand Mountains" he sent up immediately set off a heat wave in the whole scene of birthday worship. Especially for high-level monks, many people choose calligraphy and painting to cultivate their minds. For the most famous painter among the monks, Master Huiling, who was also the top monk ever, naturally, he is highly respected.
What surprised Shen Hao was Huang Yansong's gift in return: a palm-sized, very old copper plate, with no other patterns on it, only a strange "death" character.