Chapter 8
After sitting by the pillars of the palace for a long time, Zheng Qiu felt that his strength had recovered a lot, he propped himself up, and walked towards the gate of the palace against the base of the wall.
Almost outside the gate of the palace, Zheng Qiu heard voices in the hall, he stopped and listened carefully, isn't this the voice of the elder sister?
"What's the matter? Are you two here to hang out in the Cloud Palace?" The elder sister seemed very angry, her words became louder, and she didn't know why she was angry.
Zheng Qiu moved forward, poking his head out carefully to look into the hall. I saw the senior sister kept circling in the hall, raising her hands from time to time to count down the two senior brothers standing in the middle, and the two senior brothers in the middle lowered their heads and said nothing.
"Your cultivation was like this two years ago. Two years have passed, and you are still standing still. What are you doing here?"
"Ability to learn? Is your ability to learn like this? Okay, tell me, how have you improved in the past two years?"
"What? Serving tea and water, serving the elders, could it be that the Yun Palace recruited you because there is a shortage of servants?"
"Can't you learn it? If you can't learn it, go out from the Cloud Palace. People like you are really embarrassing for Wuzong. Why don't you stay on the mountain and go to the village at the foot of the mountain..."
Zheng Qiu shrinks his neck, the eldest sister is really tempered, and the senior brother is scolded like that for not being good at learning. Fortunately, Yiluo matured early, otherwise he would definitely be in a worse situation.
Just as he was thinking, he caught a glimpse of an old woman coming out from the back of the hall, wearing a gray-white brocade gown, and a black iron crutch, knocking loudly as she walked. He had seen this old lady at the Zongqing last year, she was the second elder.
Seeing the situation in the hall, the second elder shook his head: "Yunyou, forget it, it's useless if you continue to scold."
After hearing the words, the elder sister looked at the second elder, then at the two senior brothers, and retreated to the side with a snort.
"If you two don't live up to your expectations, go to the study and copy the exercises you practiced two hundred times, and you will not be allowed to come out until you finish copying."
The two senior brothers looked at each other and quickly bowed: "Yes, master." Then the two quickly fled the hall.
It turns out that the elder sister's name is Yunyou, is Yun's surname, Zheng Qiu retreated behind the door and scratched his head thinking.
Suddenly the elder sister shouted in the hall: "Don't hide outside the door, come in."
Outside? After Zheng Qiu heard this, he looked left and right, he was the only one who was empty on both sides.
"Yaotong, did you come in and hear me?" Zheng Qiu's heart skipped a beat, and the elder sister actually knew, no, the fire in the elder sister's tone started again, and she must not let her lose her temper at herself.
Zheng Qiu hurried into the hall. "Hello, Second Elder, Hello Elder Sister!" He bent down and bowed, and then sneaked closer to the position of the Second Elder.
"Yaotong, what are you doing in Yundian? Is it ripe?"
"It's done, it's done!" Zheng Qiu took out a wooden box from his arms and held it up, "It's a day earlier than expected."
"Ready?" The elder sister took the wooden box and opened it, and Zheng Qiu could clearly see that after seeing the flowers, there was a hint of joy on her face.
The elder sister turned around and nodded to the second elder: "Master, that's enough!"
The second elder also smiled back at her: "Yunyou, you can prepare at ease, I will notify Zongli and let everyone come to watch the ceremony tomorrow morning."
After the elder sister left, the second elder glanced up and down at Zheng Qiu: "Little Yaotong, you don't know any exercises, right?"
Zheng Qiu shook his head.
"Then how did you get up there?"
"Second Elder, I climbed up from the rope ladder."
"Oh?" The second elder raised his iron crutch and put it on Zheng Qiu's shoulder.
Zheng Qiu only felt a force coming from the crutches, he kept pressing down, his legs gave way, and he fell to the ground with a plop.
"You child is out of strength. You can't climb down like this now. You will live in Yundian tonight, and it is your luck to watch the ceremony here tomorrow morning." It turned out that the second elder was thinking about himself, Zheng Qiu Immediately got up from the ground, kept bowing and thanking.
The cloud palace is divided into several layers, and each layer has a different function.
The second elder personally brought Zheng Qiu to the floor where he lived, and asked him to find a spare room to live in. Zheng Qiu went all the way in along the corridor, all the rooms with people had wooden signs engraved with people's names on the door, and those without wooden signs were empty rooms.
He didn't dare to choose a good one, so he chose the small room at the end of the corridor, half of the door was blocked by debris. This room has not been cleaned for a long time, and the dust is heavy. The furnishings inside are very simple, except for the bed and desk, there is only an old bookshelf left.
Zheng Qiu rubbed his stomach, it was already past dinner time, he was embarrassed to ask the second elder what he wanted to eat. After brushing off the dust on the bed, he climbed up, pulled up his clothes and covered his eyes, and went to bed quickly, so that he would not be hungry when he fell asleep.
The next day, just after dawn, Zheng Qiu was woken up by loud noises outside. He rubbed his eyes and opened the window to see why it was so noisy outside. Wow, so many people! Streaming lights from the sky kept falling into the cloud palace, and there were still groups of people rushing here on the mountain road under the cliff.
He pushed open the door, and there were constant footsteps passing by outside the corridor, all going up.
What's the big deal? Zheng Qiu tilted his head and thought for a while, yes, the second elder mentioned yesterday about observing the ceremony, saying that everyone in the sect should come, that's right, it must be this matter.
How could such a big thing not have a look. Zheng Qiu tidied up his clothes, ran out of the room, and followed his brothers and sisters up the stairs. On the first and second floors, Zheng Qiu followed all the way to the top platform of the Yundian.
He looked left and right, the second elder, hey, isn't that the third elder, alas, the suzerain is also there.
Oops, isn't this a place where big shots stay. He turned his head to go to the stairs, but saw another elder coming up from there. Zheng Qiu quickly stopped and retreated, squeezed through the crowd and hid in the corner of the platform.
The sky was slightly pale, and the suzerain at the front of the platform raised his right hand, and the crowd fell silent.
"Elders and disciples, today is the most important day for Xunwu Sect in thirty years." The suzerain's voice was not loud, but its penetrating power was so strong that Zheng Qiu could hear it so clearly even in the corner, as if the suzerain was right in front of him. It's the same as talking in front of you.
"Today, all of you will witness the birth of the eighth Qi Condensation Realm of the Seeking Mist Sect in the Cloud Palace. I hope that all disciples can gain something from today's ceremony. After returning home, you will work hard to practice and step into the gate of the Qi Condensation Realm as soon as possible. .”
Then the suzerain stepped aside, and a girl in a brocade dress stepped forward. Zheng Qiu looked around on tiptoe, isn't this the elder sister?
The elder sister nodded slightly to the suzerain, then took out the semi-circular metal ring and held it flat in front of her. Let go of your hand, a light blue brilliance appeared on the ring, and then the metal revolved around the elder sister, one circle after another, faster and faster.
The light cyan brilliance slowly spread outward, like a mist. At the same time, from the position of the senior sister, a wave of air blew away to the surroundings. The air wave was continuous and overwhelmed the mountain wind for a while.
After waiting for a long time, the air waves kept blowing, Zheng Qiu squinted his eyes and looked forward, and found that the elder sister in the light mist was frowning tightly and her teeth were clenched tightly. Looking around again, these senior brothers and sisters were also clenching their fists, with nervous expressions on their faces.
At this time, the air wave blowing from the direction of the elder sister paused, and Zheng Qiu saw the second elder standing up from the chair he was sitting on suddenly, and took two steps forward.
there is a problem? He immediately turned his gaze back to the elder sister. The elder sister quickly took out three pale yellow flowers from her sleeve, randomly stuffed them into her mouth, chewed them three times and swallowed them twice.
Just then, the sun climbed over the mountains, and the sun shone through the clouds with golden rays. The elder sister raised her hands flat, and suddenly jumped into the air.
The sleeves of the skirt fluttered, she closed her hands and quickly made two handprints, and then clapped her palms hard. Pa, it was as heavy as a thunderbolt out of thin air.
Accompanied by the sound, the air waves around her stopped abruptly, and a light blue light mist rose like a flame.
Zheng Qiu opened his mouth wide in surprise, then blinked his eyes, and the flames around the elder sister disappeared.
Gold and red rays of light splashed down, and the long hair that rose up in the wind was dazzling.
I don't know if the morning sun shines on the beauty, or the fairy embraces the glow.