Volume 1: Winds Rising From the Mountains and Marshes Chapter 67: Grand Event at the Mountain Gate
On the haystack in the chariot and horse compound, Lin Yi chatted with Hu Wan and Shen Ding.
Shen Ding muttered: "Senior Brother Wen has been missing for a while, and I don't know where he went?"
Hu Wan bared his teeth, smashed his mouth, and spat out a mouthful of thick phlegm. He snorted: "This kid can't stop himself! He slipped out early in the morning to inquire about the competition inside the door. "Unexpectedly, before he finished speaking, a head popped out from the courtyard door.
"Haha, have you missed me?" Wen Lun stretched out his neck and jumped out, waving to the three of them with joy.
"I miss your breasts." Shen Ding grinned happily.
Wen Lun rolled his eyes and snorted: "Bah! If you want to eat it, buy it yourself. Don't always try to take advantage of my brother and me..." He rolled his eyes and couldn't help but proudly said to Hu Wan and Lin Yi: "I want to know What about the competition inside the door?”
Hu Wan slapped his mouth, rolled his eyes at the sky, shook his head and said, "I don't want to..."
Wen Lun's smile froze, and he pointed at Hu Wan and said, "Okay... Hu Wan, you want to know, so I won't tell you yet!" He turned around, smiled affectionately at Lin Yi and said, "But Let me talk to Junior Brother Lin!”
Lin Yiyi nodded and said with a smile: "Brother Wen is all ears to what he wants to say."
Wen Lun's little eyes shone, and he looked at Hu Wan and Shen Ding with disdain, and then said show off: "This time the inner disciples compete, we outer disciples can also watch..."
Shen Ding grabbed Wen Lun's collar and said in surprise: "What did you say——?"
"Ahem...you want to strangle me to death!" Wen Lun opened Shen Ding's palm. The latter retracted his hand and said with a smile: "Hey, didn't you hear clearly? Senior brother, go on!"
"Hmph! I want to hear it, so sit down and take a seat!" Wen Lun's eyebrows twitched proudly, and he showed off the results of his inquiry with foaming at the mouth.
The competition between the inner disciples of the Tianlong Sect is never open to outsiders, and even the disciples of the Foreign Affairs Hall are not allowed to watch. For some reason, these rules were lost in this disciple competition. This is great news for the disciples of the Foreign Affairs Hall. Even Hu Wan and Shen Ding cannot hold back their joy! Being able to observe the competition between the inner disciples is a rare opportunity for the outer disciples to learn from each other.
The three of them were all in high spirits, but Lin Yi's smile remained as light as before.
Wen Lun asked curiously: "Junior brother Lin is not interested in this matter?"
"This sect competition is different from the past, I just don't understand something in my heart!" Lin Yi shook his head and smiled.
Hu Wandao: "Whatever, this is not something we can worry about. We will just go watch the excitement tomorrow." Shen Ding was gearing up, jumped off the haystack, and walked around in circles in the yard.
"What are you doing, grinding?" Wen Lun sneered in a low voice.
"You are the beast!" Shen Ding sneered coldly, making Wen Lun's little eyes turn white.
Lin Yi couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth in joy.
The first day of September is sunny.
There is a festive scene in Jiulong Mountain. Everyone had a smile on their face, and they were in groups of twos and threes, laughing endlessly.
Lin Yi was also pulled by Hu Wan and the others towards Charter Peak. Along the way there were disciples from the Foreign Affairs Hall, as if they were rushing to a venue. He didn't want to join in the fun, but he couldn't resist the enthusiasm of Hu and Wan.
Hu and Wan were chatting and laughing non-stop. Lin Yi, who was following behind, also had a faint smile, but his eyes were as calm as water.
A few people walked up the mountain road. Not far away, a row of disciples in blue shirts were led by a disciple in green shirts. They stood in two rows, held weapons in their hands, and looked at the waistbands of the disciples who went up the mountain one by one.
Lin Yi glanced up, and when he saw the disciple in green shirt, he frowned secretly, lowered his head and followed the person, waiting for the identity of the inner disciple.
Hu Wan and the other three presented their badges one after another. After confirming, they walked forward. Lin Yi also held his waist badge and handed it to the disciple in blue in front of him.
The disciple in blue was about to reach out and take it, but something happened midway, and someone grabbed his waist badge. Hu and Wan, who were walking in front, looked back and saw each other, and couldn't help but look at each other. But Lin's expression remained unchanged and his eyes were indifferent. The blue-clothed disciple dodged backwards.
"Hmph! You treat Charter Peak as a market! I don't know what it means!" The man with a dark complexion and a stern look, playing with Lin Yi's waist card, was the same Yao Zi who had whipped Lin Yi. When he saw Lin Yi, he naturally recognized him and couldn't help but stop him and make sarcastic remarks.
When Lin saw this person early in the morning, although he was angry in his heart, he could only bear it and just wanted to get through this. Unexpectedly, he still couldn't escape.
Lin Yi, whose expression remained unchanged, looked at the other party calmly and stood silently.
"Why are you here to join in the fun? Go back!" Yao Zi threw his waistband towards Lin Yi.
The belt card was thrown at Lin Yi's face with the news. Hu and Wan were shocked. They didn't know when Junior Brother Lin offended this inner disciple.
Lin Yi shrank his eyes, stared at Yao Zi, and stood still. He raised his arm slightly, and with a seemingly slow and casual grab, the waist card was already in his hand.
Yao Zi had a wicked smile on his lips, imagining the embarrassment of the boy in front of him being hit in the face by a waistband and then obediently leaving. However, he was slightly shocked when he saw the other party's gesture was as light as a whisk, holding the waist card in his hand. This waist card was secretly used by him, and it was definitely not something that a horse-breeding disciple could catch easily.
Lin Yi hung the badge on his waist, glanced at Yao Zi with a faint expression, and then turned around.
This kid in front of me is weird! Yao Zi thought to himself, evil started in his heart, and when he was about to continue to attack, he saw Lin Yi turned around and left. He glared at Lin Yi's back and snorted angrily.
The surrounding outer disciples did not dare to say anything, and Hu Wan and the other three naturally did not dare to interrupt. They watched Lin Yi leave with regret on their faces. Unexpectedly, a voice sounded at this time: "Little brother, walk slowly!"
Everyone in the field looked up and saw a handsome-looking man with a short beard walking up from the bottom of the mountain.
Most of the disciples knew this person, he was the eldest disciple Qin Ren, who was also the senior brother of the inner sect disciples.
Lin Yizheng faced him and had to stop. There were constant greetings behind him.
"Hello, senior brother!"
"I've met senior brother!"
Qin Ren smiled and returned the greetings to everyone. His elegant manner made everyone feel like spring breeze. When Lin Yi saw this, he also secretly praised him. He was worthy of being the senior brother of the Tianlong Sect, and he had a good momentum.
"Junior brother Yao, why don't you let this little brother go up the mountain?" Qin Ren's eyes were bright and his voice was clear and sweet.
Yao Zi's face showed a trace of embarrassment, and he bowed and said: "This person is a horse-raising disciple. He only goes up to the mountain to join in the fun. It is more important to raise the horse well!"
Qin Ren smiled warmly, shook his head and said: "No, this competition between inner disciples has changed from the past practice of not allowing outsiders to watch. It is really the leader's kindness and kindness, and the elders' sympathy for the disciples! This is me How can Junior Brother be so short-sighted about the Tianlong Sect’s prosperity? Could it be that the Yangma disciple is not a disciple of my Tianlong Sect?”
"Elder brother's teachings, little brother, please keep them in mind!" Yao Zi replied honestly, not daring to be disobedient. Many outer disciples secretly applauded and looked pleased.
Qin Ren turned around and said to Lin Yi: "Little brother, don't you really want to watch the martial arts competition between the brothers?" After saying that, he smiled easily and walked up the mountain.
Lin Yi looked at the senior brother's back. He hesitated, then turned around and walked up. Yao Zi stepped aside and stepped out of the way, looking like a good guy. However, the look he glanced at Lin Yi was still cold.
Hu Wan and the other three secretly breathed a sigh of relief and felt lucky for Lin Yi.
Several people passed a hill, and a wide open mountain flat appeared in front of everyone. A wooden platform that is more than ten feet high stands in the middle, and behind the wooden platform that is one to twenty feet in size, there are several wooden chairs. There were crowds of people around the wooden platform, probably less than one or two thousand people. All of them looked up with excited expressions.
It seems that this place is a place for competition. It is still some distance from the mountainside of Charter Peak. It is flat, wide and clean, surrounded by tall trees. Even if there are thousands of people together, it will not be crowded.
There were already crowds of people in front of the wooden stage, and the onlookers were crowded together. The four of them could only stand behind the crowd. Fortunately, the wooden platform has a clear view.
Lin Yi and Hu Wan were crowded together, and there was a lot of noise in their ears. It seemed that the time for the competition had not yet come.
Wen Lun was chatting with others enthusiastically, while Hu Wan and Shen Ding were looking around. Most of the people outside the wooden platform are outer disciples, and those close to the wooden platform are all inner disciples in blue shirts and green shirts. Being among the crowd, I heard a lot of relevant anecdotes.
This competition lasts for three days. The blue-shirted disciples will compete first. Those who perform well can be promoted to blue-shirted disciples. The disciples in green shirts will compete on the last day. Lin Yi didn't know exactly what happened, so he could only follow and watch the excitement.
"Tong, Tong, Tong -" Three cannon shots suddenly sounded, causing the birds in the distant forest to scatter.
The expressions of everyone on the mountain terrace were also lifted up, and they raised their heads excitedly. Lin Yi followed the crowd and saw a group of people walking up to the side of the wooden platform. The leader was a middle-aged man in purple clothes and sword-browed eyebrows, followed by three Taoist priests, six elders in red clothes, and finally two men and a girl.
As everyone walked up to the wooden platform and sat down one by one, the disciples around them couldn't bear it anymore and began to whisper in surprise——
"Elder Xue and Elder Xu have left seclusion..."
"Hey - Elder Xue and Miss Mu really look alike!"
"Nonsense, I'm a mother-in-law, how can I not look like that!"
"Why haven't the three Taoist priests from Baiyun Temple left yet?"
"Now our six elders from the Tianlong Sect, Ma, Meng, Xu, Guo, Xue, and Rong, have all shown up. It's really rare!"
"..."
Lin Yi's eyes swept over the three Taoist priests. Elder Ma and Elder Meng had met before. This was the first time for the other elders to appear in front of him. He couldn't help but look at them secretly.
Elder Ma has a high status in the sect, but his martial arts skills are more advanced than those of the following elders. Elder Xue is a middle-aged woman with a dignified face, and her eyebrows are somewhat similar to Mu Qing'er. Unexpectedly, Mu Qing'er's father is the head of the sect, but her mother is the elder of the sect.
Behind them are the first senior brother and the second senior brother. These two are the direct disciples of the sect leader, and their status is second only to the elders in the sect. Lin Yi's impression of these two people is not too bad.
The last person to take the stage was Mu Qing'er in a green dress, looking serious and well-behaved. Thinking about this person's unruly and willful nature, Lin Yi shook his head secretly.
Everyone sat down on the stage. Elder Ma stood up and bowed deeply to the leader and other elders. Then he walked to the front desk and looked around the audience with a majestic look.
For a moment, the audience fell silent.
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Happy Lantern Festival!
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