After an autumn rain, the last trace of summer heat was washed away. The fallen leaves on Mount Longhu formed a blanket, making it look desolate. Walking on the fallen leaves, the rustling sound of footsteps blended with the sound of crickets coming from under the thick leaves, forming a song of autumn.
Unknowingly, Ying Feiyang had arrived at the front of the Celestial Master Faction's mansion. In front of the main gate, there was a pair of giant stone lions, majestic and majestic. Each of them was as tall as a person, making the vermilion gate behind them look even bigger. On both sides of the gate, there were pairs of door plaques with golden lacquer and mahogany bottom, giving off an oppressive air of nobility. On each plaque were written, "Celestial Guest of the Kirin Hall" and "Home of the Prime Minister of Mount Longhu". The words were like the Heavenly Dipper. Through the golden lacquer and mahogany, one could still vaguely see the old glory of Mount Longhu. Now, the mansion was decorated with lanterns and colored streamers. Even the two stone lions had two red embroidered balls on their chests, as if something joyous had happened.
However, most of the people in the mansion had stiff expressions on their faces, as if the smiles on their faces were forced.
Ying Feiyang stood in front of the gate for a long time, unable to take a step out until an old man from the Celestial Master Faction passed by and saw him standing there. He asked, "Young man, what sect are you from? Do you know the Zhang family? "
Ying Feiyang nodded and said, "I'm Ying Feiyang from Ling Xiao Sword School. I'm … a friend of your sect's Celestial Master!"
"A friend of the Celestial Master? Are you here to congratulate us? "the old man asked.
"This …" Ying Feiyang smiled bitterly in his heart. Unfortunately, he was not here to congratulate but to report a funeral. Looking at the red eyes, he had already guessed where the old man's happiness came from. "It seems that Zhang Running's child has been born …"
Then he asked, "Is the child of the Celestial Master's wife?"
"Of course it's a boy. He was born yesterday, a big fat boy. Heh, the next Celestial Master of our Celestial Master Faction has been found. Now he's lighting the Seven Star Soul Lamp in the left side hall. Would you like to attend the ceremony? "
"Seven Star Soul Lamp? What's that? "
"So you don't know. The Seven Star Soul Lamp is a secret technique of Mount Longhu. Every time a newborn is born in the Celestial Master lineage, they have to use this technique to light up the Seven Star Soul Lamp to test the baby's innate soul power. Everyone is born with different strengths and weaknesses. If one wants to practice Mount Longhu's Ghost Exorcism Technique, the stronger the innate soul power, the better. Otherwise, one can only rely on the later stages to make up for it. Just like our current Celestial Master, when he was born, he was only … "At this point, the old man knew he had said too much, so he stopped in time." In short, the Seven Star Soul Lamp can test the innate soul power. The Celestial Master lineage is blessed by nature, and their innate soul power is better than that of ordinary people. Generally, they can light up four lamps, and five is not bad, and six is even rarer. If they can light up seven lamps, and let the seven stars shine together, then they are a rare genius! "
"So that's how it is. It's just that the newborn here has to rely on this method to distinguish the good and the bad. Isn't it a bit too heavy …" Ying Feiyang looked up at the plaque above his head, which read 'Celestial Master Mansion'. He could feel the weight of these three words.
The old man looked suspicious and said, "You don't know about this? Oh, since you're here to congratulate us, did you bring an invitation? Or some other proof? "
Then he felt that his tone was too heavy, and it sounded like he was interrogating him. He smiled apologetically and said, "Don't blame me for thinking too much, but you should know that our Mount Longhu has just experienced a disaster. Almost all the disciples have lost their relatives. Don't be fooled by the lanterns and decorations. In fact, we're just using the birth of the Celestial Master's successor to hold a happy event to wash away the depression and lift our spirits. So, we have to be careful to prevent any accidents …"
"Well, what's coming can't be avoided." Ying Feiyang sighed in his heart and took out the Celestial Master Seal. "I don't have an invitation. Can this be used as proof?"
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After a while, Ying Feiyang was already in the inner hall of the Celestial Master's Mansion. A few managing elders were sitting with him, and all of them looked solemn.
Originally, they could comfort themselves with the fact that the Celestial Master stayed in the World of Ghosts and Souls. "The Yin Wangliang is dead, and the Ghost City of the Nether World is without its leader. The Sword Emperor Yue Cangqiong is also in the World of Ghosts and Souls. With the Sword Emperor's protection, the trip to the World of Ghosts and Souls should be daunting but not dangerous."
But the day before yesterday, there was news that Yue Cangqiong had left the World of Ghosts and Souls from Fengdu and did not meet the Celestial Master on the way. The people of the Celestial Master Sect had already begun to worry. Today, this young man named Ying Feiyang came to Mount Longhu with the Celestial Master Seal. The elders were already secretly shocked.
"Brother Ying, do you know the whereabouts of the Celestial Master? Please don't hesitate to tell us. The Celestial Master's Mansion will be grateful! "An elder said.
Ying Feiyang looked around and asked, "Is the Celestial Master's wife here?"
The elder shook his head and said, "Brother Ying, the wife has just given birth and is still in confinement. How could she come here?"
Before he finished his words, a female voice was heard, "I'm here!"
Ying Feiyang looked towards the source of the voice and saw a woman striding over without the support of her maids. The woman was wearing loose clothes and a layer of wind-proof sweatcloth was wrapped around her head. Her face was fair and pleasant to look at, but there was still a bit of the puffiness of a pregnant woman. It was said that she was Xu Weiyang's niece. At this moment, her eyebrows and eyes were really similar to Xu Weiyang's.
When the elders saw that she got out of bed less than a day after giving birth, they almost jumped up in shock. They hurriedly tried to persuade her, but she ignored them.
She only said to Ying Feiyang, "How is my husband now? Please tell me!"
Ying Feiyang sighed and took out the Celestial Master's Seal, the Dragon-Tiger Dual Swords, Xu Weiyang's urn, the child's golden lock and other items from the storage bag and placed them on the table.
The Celestial Master's wife, upon seeing the urn, immediately shook her body and said with a trembling voice, "This … could it be my husband's …"
Ying Feiyang knew that she was mistaken and shook his head, "This is Xu Weiyang's Elder Xu's ashes …"
When the Celestial Master's wife heard this, she remembered her uncle's earnest teachings and tears immediately flowed down her face. However, everyone in the sect thought that Xu Weiyang was already dead. These few days, she was already mentally prepared and finally suppressed her tears. Her eyes were filled with fear and hope as she asked Ying Feiyang, "Since it is not my husband's ashes, does it mean that my husband is still … still …"
Ying Feiyang seemed to be stung by that gaze and really did not dare to look at the Celestial Master's wife again. He turned his head and gritted his teeth, "Celestial Master Zhang, he … he exploded his Ocean of Qi and sank to the bottom of the River of Forgetfulness. Now … there should be nothing left of him!"
"Ah!" As soon as the words came out, everyone exclaimed and some elders were so shocked that they jumped up.
The Celestial Master's wife almost fell and only stabilized herself by holding on to the door frame. However, her nails were pinched into the door frame and blood oozed out. She wanted to cry but felt that her heart was empty and she could not cry.
Most cultivators waited until their Taoist foundation was stable before they got married. However, when she was seventeen, she married Zhang Running and became his wife.
The young girl who cultivated with her was still having unrealistic dreams. She thought of using the Celestial Master's swordsmanship to be chivalrous. She thought of meeting a handsome young hero again and riding with him to the ends of the world, herding cattle and horses in the autumn wind, watching apricot flowers in the spring rain in the south of the Yangtze River …
She used to be like those young girls, but she was woken up from her dreams early. From then on, her long sword was buried in dust, and she became a wife, washing her hands and cooking soup.
Her husband, on the other hand, was far from the young hero in her imagination. He was neither handsome nor funny. Although they had known each other since childhood, they did not have any feelings for each other. He did not show any care and consideration. Occasionally, they had a few long conversations, but they were always talking about the revitalization of the Celestial Master Sect.
The days were not bad but not bad. She began to get used to it. She just had one more person to eat with. Until she found that she had completed the biggest task of marrying the Celestial Master and was pregnant with the bloodline of the Celestial Master.
Although she did not care at first and only regarded it as her duty, looking at her increasingly plump waist, her happiness gradually expanded along with her bulging belly. She began to feel that such days were not bad.
So she began to dream again. She dreamed that she would be a good wife and a good mother. He wanted to revive the Celestial Master Sect, and she would help him to expand the bloodline of the Zhang Family. When he was in his seventies and eighties, with many children and grandchildren, he would be relieved of the burden of being a Celestial Master. He would leisurely bask in the sun with her, who had lost all her teeth, under the plaque of the Celestial Master's Mansion. He would watch his young great-grandchildren chase and play tirelessly. In the end, he would hold her hand and say something unclear, "You have worked hard all these years …"
Then, it was enough.
But the truth came. The man named Zhang Running, the husband who should have accompanied her for a lifetime, actually destroyed her dream for the second time …
She wanted to blame, she wanted to hate, she wanted to grab hold of Ying Feiyang and ask him how his husband died. But when the question came to her mouth, it was, "My husband wholeheartedly wanted to revive the Celestial Master Sect. When he died, he did not tarnish the reputation of the Celestial Master Sect, right?"
Ying Feiyang was stunned. He decided to keep the Celestial Master's decree that Zhang Running left before his death in his stomach. He nodded firmly and said, "Celestial Master Zhang did his best to stop the evil spirits from destroying the world. His words and actions were worthy of the name of the Celestial Master. Until his death, he did not live up to the name of the Celestial Master!"
"Is that so? Then, that's enough … "The Celestial Master's wife leaned on the door frame and stopped listening to the follow-up. She only closed her eyes and recalled the moment when her red veil was lifted, Zhang Running blushed and embarrassed. That was the only vivid expression that her husband left for her. She smiled faintly …
The other Elders continued to question Ying Feiyang about the process of Zhang Running's death. Ying Feiyang told them everything about the World of Spirits and Souls, but he hid the fact that the five thousand malicious ghosts were released by Zhang Running by mistake. Instead, he pushed all the blame to the Naraka Realm.
When Ying Feiyang finished his story, the people of the Celestial Master Sect either cursed the people of the Naraka Realm, or felt sorry for the Celestial Master's early death, or praised Zhang Running's worthy death. But in the end, they all sighed. No matter how glorious or tragic his death was, the Celestial Master was still dead … Two generations of Celestial Masters did not have a good ending. Who would support the Celestial Master Sect after the storm? For a moment, the whole house was filled with sorrow!
"Great news! Great news! The left side hall is on fire! " An untimely voice rang out. An elder with half of his eyebrows burnt black rushed over with a baby in his arms. He had a look of joy on his face. Looking in the direction he came from, the roof of the left side hall was currently emitting thick smoke. Tongues of flames were spitting out, and the roof was burning fiercely.
A white-bearded Elder was furious. He said angrily, "What a lunatic! What a scandal, burning the left side hall is not a happy event! "
The Elder with half of his brows burnt knew that he was too happy just now and did not express himself clearly. But he still could not calm his excited heart. He raised the baby in his arms and said, "He was the one who lit the fire in the left side hall!"
"You're talking nonsense again. How can a child set fire!"
"That's right, it's him! It's him! We tested his Soul Power. Not only did he light seven of the Seven Star Soul Lamps at once, achieving the Seven Stars Shining Together, but every flame soared two feet high and burned the hanging curtains. Even my brows were burned by the Seven Star Soul Lamps! "
Speaking of his brows being burnt, the person did not care at all. He continued, "The strength of this Soul Power is unprecedented! Unheard of! In terms of Soul Power, he is almost on the level of a Ghost King! "
The person was talking excitedly, but saw that the others were still frowning and looking gloomy. He asked, "What's wrong with you guys? Why are you unhappy? Our young Celestial Master is a genius among geniuses. There is hope for the revival of our Celestial Master Faction! "
"Remove the word 'young'. From now on, he will be the Celestial Master of our Dragon Tiger Mountain." An Elder sighed.
The person was stunned. He looked at the Celestial Master Seal on the table and the Dragon and Tiger Swords. He immediately understood everything. "Celestial Master, he is dead?"
The rest of the Elders nodded.
"Dead? Dead? " The person felt as if he had been punched in the heart. He staggered backward and did not even feel it when he reached the doorstep. As a result, he tripped on the doorstep and the baby fell out of his hand.
"Be careful!" There were many experts present. They would not let the baby fall, but the Celestial Master Seal was the first to protect its owner!
The Celestial Master Seal on the table turned into a beam of light and flew out. It expanded a few times and caught the baby in the air. Then, Ying Feiyang flashed over to catch the baby. The Celestial Master Seal turned into light and disappeared between the baby's eyebrows.
"The Celestial Master Seal has recognized its owner!" The Elders were shocked to the extreme. Although the Celestial Master Seal was a Celestial Master instrument, it was a relic of the ancestral Celestial Master Zhang Daoling. It was one of the best treasures in Taoism. It was not easy to make it recognize its owner. The Celestial Masters of the past had to build a solid foundation. They had to bathe and fast and devoutly worship the Celestial Master before they could gain its favor. To have it recognize its owner as soon as it was born was like fate.
Only Ying Feiyang clumsily carried the baby. He looked at him with pity. Regardless of whether his soul power was high or low, or how his future was going to be, the current him was just a pitiful child who had lost his father.
Ying Feiyang was afraid that the baby would be frightened. He clumsily carried the baby and swayed his body. Suddenly, he felt a hot and wet sensation on his chest. He looked down and found that his chest was wet with urine. The baby did not look scared at all. He was waving his little hands and kicking his little feet. He was giggling as if his plan had succeeded.
And Ying Feiyang suddenly recognized him.
No wonder he had such a strong innate soul power. No wonder the Celestial Master Seal recognized him as its owner.
"Little guy, it's you! You're naughty with me again! Haven't you been beaten enough? "Ying Feiyang scolded him jokingly and patted his little butt.
"Oh right, Brother Ying, when my husband was alive, did he name the child?" The Celestial Master's wife opened her eyes and asked.
"He did!" Ying Feiyang nodded. "Celestial Master Zhang said that this child is called Moli, Zhang Moli!"
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