Chapter 65: Turbulent Waves in Zhongzhou

  San San Zhen Ren came out of his own room and threw six introductory mind methods at Lin Fan: "Let's part ways for now, let them practice on their own."

  "Alright." Lin Fan and the others in the great hall came out, and he threw a book: "Go wash the kitchen, take this book to slowly read, if you don't understand something, don't ask, think about it yourself." This was Lin Fan's treatment at that time, after copying the door rules and sect rules, then going to wash the kitchen, and afterwards reading books by himself. At that time, Zhang Lao was cooking...

  Five disciples all came out, very sensible to clean the kitchen, someone fell down, bleeding, crying, Lin Fan didn't seem to hear. Waited for another half an hour, that girl named Yingying still hadn't come out, Lin Fan was puzzled, could it be that as soon as she entered the sect, she thought of a way to slack off?

  She flipped over and entered the main hall, only to see Yingying sweating profusely, grasping a brush and writing with great force. Lin Fan walked over and watched for a while before asking, "Can't read?" These words weren't written, but painted, stroke by stroke according to the characters on the wall.

  Ying nodded, tears streaming down her face: "I will definitely finish copying."

  "Alright, hurry up." Lin Fan walked away and arrived at San San Zhen Ren's place: "That one called Yingying is illiterate."

  Thirty-three true men were sitting in meditation and asked: "Is there a copy?"

  "In copy."

  "It's still passable." San San Zhen Ren was quite satisfied.

  At this point, six disciples arrived at Zhengyi Mountain. They were assigned to the Zhengyi sect and were three couples with average qualifications and relatively older age. In their daily lives in the sect, they often did some miscellaneous chores. Qianyu True Person sent them to Zhengyi Mountain to help take care of these children.

  Yun Qing Men's disciples are not selected based on their innate talent or quality. There are three sources of origin: Firstly, they come from families that have suffered difficulties and have no relatives to rely on. Secondly, they come from nearby villages and towns where children are sent to Yun Qing Men for treatment when they cannot be cured by medicine. Thirdly, they are the offspring of Yun Qing Men's members who practice dual cultivation. Therefore, most of Yun Qing Men's disciples do not have good innate talent, which is also the reason why this sect has a deep foundation but has never entered the top three rankings of the righteous path. However, all the previous leaders of the sect have never had the ambition to dominate the world, so they do not demand too much from their members' talents and instead follow the natural order of things.

  In one day, the originally quiet Zhengyi Mountain became more lively. The disciples who came to help registered the children and informed them of some taboos. Then, other disciples opened a private school to teach several illiterate disciples to recognize characters. The disciples who came to help were nominal disciples of the Zhengyi Sect, and those who were willing to stay could stay in the Zhengyi Sect unless they had other assignments.

  The named disciples were all very polite to Lin Fan, although there was no strict distinction, they knew the difference between elite and ordinary disciples. Like Gu Yan and Bai Mu, these belonged to the elite disciples, when the sect's miscellaneous tasks were dispatched, they would not be assigned. Similarly, Lin Fan was also polite to them, after all, he was several decades older than himself. Overall, although it wasn't as quiet as before, the atmosphere was still relatively harmonious.

  Lin Fan also moved, he and Zong Zhuang moved to the two side houses on the mountain top, the mountain top is about 50 zhang high from the main hall, it's easy to go up and down when there's something, and can hide in peace when there's nothing. Besides, the two of them were bored and threw embroidered needles at each other, which wouldn't hurt anyone else.

  The next day, the Zhēng Diàn sent over Taoist robes, and all the disciples who had already entered changed into them. Some of the disciples had already begun practicing the Cloud Clearing Heart Method, while others like Yíng Yíng were still learning to recognize characters in the school.

  A few days later, Lin Fan and San San were playing chess outside the main hall, while Yingying was making tea for them. They had come to the main hall today because they needed to assign tasks, now that they had disciples. With people to patrol the mountain and guard the temple, there would be no need for the awkwardness of shouting orders in the main hall of Zhengyi Sect.

  San San Zhen Ren looked around at the children nearby, sighed in his heart, and was about to speak when a white rainbow appeared from the west, tearing through the air with great momentum. The nearby disciples were shocked and exclaimed one after another. San San Zhen Ren said: "Fei Jian Zhuan Shu!"

  "I know this sword." Lin Fan replied: "Zixiao Temple's."

  "What's going on?"

  "Poseur!" Lin Fan thought of Zhang Tongyuan, this guy was quite good at posing.

  Very soon, the White Rainbow Sword returned on its original path. Half a time later, a disciple who was guarding the main hall sent a message that San San Zhen Ren had gone to the Grand Hall. After San San Zhen Ren came back, his face was uncertain, and Lin Fan asked: "Has their sect master died again?"

  Three True Persons smiled, he knew that Lin Fan didn't like the current leader of the Purple Bamboo Pavilion, Purple Cloud True Person. He shook his head and said: "The Lord of the Blazing Fire Sect, who came from the vast and desolate land, personally went to the Purple Bamboo Pavilion, willing to surrender to the pavilion."

  "Ah, a merged school?" Lin Fan was surprised. This document had records, but most of them were branches that split from the original and then merged again.

  "They wanted to invite Zixiaodian to get rid of their evil reputation. According to reason, this Lihuo Sect is not considered an evil sect either, and they haven't done anything out of line in the past few hundred years. However, their leader Lihuo Old Ancestor is no ordinary person, and the Lihuo Sect has risen to dominance in the vast wilderness over the past two hundred years, ruling over Huoyan Mountain..."

  "What does Zixiao Temple mean?"

  "The Li Huo Sect voluntarily became a subordinate of the Zi Xiao Temple, changing its name to the Li Huo Sect. It accepted the control of the temple's leader, handed over the Li Huo Split Body Technique, and was willing to relinquish the position of sect master, allowing the appointment of a new sect master by the Purple Cloud True Person."

  "I'd rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. This Li Huo Jiao and Zi Xiao Dian had a bloody battle 700 years ago, how can they surrender now? And even give up the position of sect leader?"

  San San Zhen Ren Dao said: "The condition is that they went to the name of Lie Huo Jiao evil sect, they left Cang Mang Jue Di, in Zhong Zhou selected a mountain top to build their sect."

  "Did Ziyun True Person agree?"

  "Ah, this Purple Cloud True Person not only lacks the demeanor of a sect master, but also has some grandiose ambitions. The current nine sects in the Purple Bamboo Pavilion are not listening to his orders, and Purple Cloud True Person is somewhat dissatisfied with this, but because it was a rule left by his predecessors, he doesn't dare to break it. Now that the Fiery Blaze Sect is willing to submit and become his direct subordinate, how could he possibly refuse?

  Thirty-Three True Person said: 'Purple Cloud True Person, under the name of sect master, has invited the Orthodox and Demonic paths to attend a Dao-Mo meeting at the Purple Bamboo Pavilion three months from now. At that time, he will propose the removal of the Fiery Blaze Sect's evil people.'"

  Lin Fan sneered: "Although the Huoyan Sect hasn't done anything too bad, I've fought against their young master Xie Fengzi before, and he's not a good person. What reason do they have to surrender?"

  Three True Person said: "The Flying Sword Transmission doesn't mention it, but Qian Yu True Person guessed that this has something to do with the Lihuo Sect occupying Flame Mountain. The Lihuo Sect drove out six small sects and occupied Flame Mountain. Among them, two sects are related to the Wanjiao Gate, and one sect is subordinate to the Xueying Sect. The Xueying Sect and the Wanjiao Gate may have made some moves that make the Lihuo Sect uneasy. The Wanjiao Gate is the first great sect of Cangmang Absolute Land, and the Xueying Sect is at its peak. If these two sects join forces, the Lihuo Sect will be no match for them. Seeing this crisis, the Old Ancestor of the Lihuo Sect had to humble himself and seek refuge with the Orthodox Dao."

  Lin Fan said: "It's also possible that Lian Huo Lao Zu thinks the new leader of Zi Xiao Temple is an idiot, so he has ulterior motives."

  "It's hard to plot, even if the Fire Sect is powerful, it will still be moved to the twelve continents, the Dao Demon Alliance. If he attacks the Purple Bamboo Palace, he will definitely be caught in a pot. The Thirty-Third True Person said: "I think Ziyun True Person has also thought of this layer, the Fire Sect's plot is evil, and it can only lead to its own destruction."