Since she became good friends with my jiejie, Teacher Xiao would often find excuses to come to my house. Of course, it was no longer a home visit, but a talk with my jiejie. I could naturally see her intentions, jiejie wasn't stupid, and wouldn't be tricked by her. However, she was still my class teacher, and she was knowledgeable, and had a lot of common topics with jiejie.
After a few days, Teacher Xiao came to our house, after chatting with jiejie for a bit, she took out a few copies of ancient books from her bag.
"Lin-jie, you are an expert in the study of ancient characters, help me take a look and see what the contents of these scrolls that my dad collected are," Teacher Xiao pretended to be very casual.
However, jiejie blanked when she took a glance, then raised her head to look at me, "Jingyang, come over and take a look, isn't the ancient book that your Teacher Xiao brought a bit similar to the ancient text in the historical remains?"
I walked over to take a look, how was it similar, it was clearly the same. Furthermore, I was sure that this was a copy of the cultivation scrolls that were lost in the historical remains. It looked like a broken scroll. However, how could it escape my eyes.
"It seems like it. I remember that the words in the historical remains were also like this. Oh yeah, jiejie, don't you have a copy of the ancient text in the historical remains? Can't you tell if it's the same if you compare it? "I naturally had to act like I didn't understand the contents at all.
Jiejie hurried into the room, took out a stack of information, and compared it. "It really is. Look, although I don't know what this word means, it should be the same as this word. Bai Fan, how did you get this remnant scroll? The items in the historical remains have never been found anywhere else. I didn't think that your family actually collected it. "
"Ah, is that so? I don't know either. It's my dad's collection. I don't know how he got it either. This isn't a cultural relic right? How about I go back and get my dad to hand it over to the Cultural Relic Bureau? " Teacher Xiao's acting was really good, if it wasn't for jiejie and I already knowing her background, we might have been tricked by her appearance.
"That's not necessary. A lot of people have a lot of ancient books at home now. Who can determine if it's a cultural relic or not? We can't just take all the ancient things as our country, "jiejie said casually. Our acting skills can't compare to Teacher Xiao's.
Teacher Xiao should have already known that we had seen through her identity, or that she had already become suspicious of us.
"Sister Lin, can you really not understand the words on it?" Teacher Xiao asked tentatively.
"I really don't understand. To tell you the truth, I've been studying these words for quite some time. It seems to be completely unrelated to our civilization. In this way, it is equivalent to us studying a completely unfamiliar civilization without any historical background. It's completely different from our research on ancient characters. When we study ancient characters, such as the oracle bone inscriptions, there is a certain historical background. Moreover, our modern characters and cultural heritage are also related to ancient characters. This is the basis for our research on ancient characters. But even under such circumstances, we still haven't deciphered the meaning of some ancient characters. Now, this civilization doesn't seem to have any connection with our civilization. It's too difficult to decipher their language. "The elder sister shook her head with a bitter smile.
Teacher Xiao really couldn't doubt his sister's excuse.
"Ah? So that was the case. No wonder my dad took these scrolls and asked many people, but no one could recognize them. It seems that it's really complicated. "Teacher Xiao put the copies of the scrolls back into her bag. It could also be seen that Teacher Xiao valued these pieces of paper very much.
"Bai Fan, I'm sorry. I didn't help you, "the elder sister said apologetically.
"It's okay, Sister Lin. It's not like you didn't help," Teacher Xiao said with a smile. After that, she chatted with her elder sister about some unimportant things.
Although she couldn't get anything out of her elder sister, Teacher Xiao still came to my house often. Her relationship with her elder sister didn't seem to have changed at all. Instead, there was a feeling of friendship between gentlemen as indifferent as water. Without a purpose, this relationship seemed to have become even more indifferent.
But I felt that this might be Teacher Xiao's highest level of acting. I never let down my guard against Teacher Xiao.
I didn't expect that Teacher Xiao would be so straightforward with us at home.
"Sister Lin, Huang Jingyang, we've known each other for so long. I know that you've always been wary of me. In fact, everyone knows that we're different from ordinary people. There's also Li Wan and Liu Wei. We're all kindred spirits. You don't have to be so wary of me. I know that you can understand the fragments of the scrolls that I brought the other day. But you should have some kind of concern about me. So, you've always been wary of me. I can understand your feelings. But there's no need for that. Cultivators in modern society are different from those in ancient times. It's impossible for me to do anything out of line for the sake of cultivation. Besides, Sister Lin, your cultivation is higher than mine. You don't have to worry at all. "
"Actually, you don't have to say it out loud. If you don't say it out loud, we might be able to continue being friends. But if you say it out loud today, we might not even be friends in the future. "The elder sister smiled bitterly.
"Why can't we be friends? Is it because I know who you are? Don't you also know my identity? I'm not a bad person. "Teacher Xiao showed an incomprehensible expression.
At first, I just sat quietly on the side. Hearing this, I finally spoke up. "Then can you tell me why the ancient scrolls in the ruins ended up in your hands? You should know that people died in the ruins. "
"So it's because of this. Have you been suspecting that we were the ones who stole those ancient books from the ruins? Actually, the situation was like this. In the ruins, a person called Li Shengming had one of his hands cut off because he flipped through the ancient scrolls. At that time, one of my senior brothers, Kang Qinghao, who was a criminal police officer in the ruins, immediately rushed to the scene. When he arrived, he found that the ancient scrolls had been stolen. This case was quickly solved by Senior Brother Kang. Because he felt that this matter was very important, several people from my sect rushed to the scene. They helped Senior Brother Kang to deal with those who stole the ancient scrolls. The stolen ancient scrolls were all recovered. Right, you and Sister Lin have also been there before. Do you still remember that Li Shengming who lost his hand, and the captain of the archaeological team, Lv Zhiqing? "Teacher Xiao raised his head and looked at me.
"I remember. Li Shengming always went against me. He deserved to lose his hand. Don't tell me that those two stole the ancient scrolls. "Of course, I didn't believe it. After all, those two were just ordinary people.
"How could they have touched those ancient scrolls? They're just ordinary people. "Teacher Xiao shook his head.
"Oh?" I was confused. I thought that Teacher Xiao was going to push the responsibility of stealing the book onto them.
"However, it's related to those two. They're the mole in the archaeological team. They wanted to steal the ancient scrolls by themselves. However, they didn't expect that there would be a formation on those ancient scrolls. In the end, they went for wool and came back shorn. Li Shengming didn't manage to steal the ancient scrolls and lost one of his hands. However, Li Shengming and Lv Zhiqing weren't willing to give up. Thus, they informed a powerful person. This person was the Hall Master of the Heavenly Yin Cult, Cui Shenlin. He broke the formation and took the ancient scrolls. Senior Brother Kang quickly solved the case and followed the clues to find Cui Shenlin. However, Cui Shenlin was very cunning. Under the siege of his fellow disciples, he managed to escape like a cicada shedding its carapace. Fortunately, we were able to recover the stolen ancient scrolls. "
The person that Teacher Xiao mentioned shocked me. "Cui Shenlin?"
"What? You know this person? "Teacher Xiao was surprised.
"I don't just know him." I started to believe Teacher Xiao's words.
My sister also frowned. "Did Cui Shenlin follow us to the historical remains?"
"What? Do you have a grudge against the Heavenly Yin Cult? " Teacher Xiao's eyes revealed a hint of surprise. Since they were the enemy of the enemy, they had a common interest.
"We do have a grudge. However, what does it have to do with you? "I wouldn't lower my guard against Teacher Xiao because of the Heavenly Yin Cult. Teacher Xiao said that she had many fellow disciples. Then, it seemed that Teacher Xiao didn't belong to a simple sect. However, why hadn't I heard of such a big sect before? Yang Zhenghai had mentioned some things about the cultivation world to me, but I had never heard of such a big sect.
Teacher Xiao was stunned. She hadn't thought that I would still be on guard against her. "Huang Jingyang, if I had any ulterior motives, would I have been able to endure until now? Wouldn't it be easier to control you? "
"Control you? Why don't you try? "My face turned cold and I didn't hold back my aura.
"Ah!" Teacher Xiao cried out in alarm and retreated several steps. Her face revealed a frightened expression.
"You still dare to say that you want to control us?" I smiled contemptuously.
"Huang Jingyang, you really aren't simple. I couldn't see through your cultivation and thought that you had some secret technique to hide it. I didn't think that your cultivation would be so high. Even so, you have to understand that there is always someone better than you. Do you think that no one in this world has a higher cultivation than you? "Teacher Xiao pretended to be calm and said.
"If I attack you, can you last until your reinforcements arrive? If I hide, even if your reinforcements arrive, what can they do to me? I believe that you and your fellow disciples wouldn't be able to handle my revenge, right? Xiao-laoshi, let's not beat around the bush, "I smiled coldly, and said with a threatening tone.
"Huang Jingyang, don't misunderstand. I don't have any ill intentions towards you. I'm actually not from any sect. Now, there isn't such a big sect. I'm actually from the Dao Alliance. The current Dao Alliance should be considered a semi-official association. The people that join the Dao Alliance are all young cultivators from the various sects. Of course, the Dao Alliance's board of directors are all the top experts of the various sects. Although there aren't many people with higher cultivation than you, but there definitely are. Do you want to become enemies with all the cultivators in the world? "Teacher Xiao stared at me without blinking.
"Heh! If people don't offend me, I won't offend them. If people offend me, I will definitely destroy them! "I also looked at Teacher Xiao coldly.
Seeing that the two of us were in a deadlock, Elder Sister hurriedly said, "Jingyang, listen to what Teacher Xiao has to say first."
Teacher Xiao heaved a sigh of relief when I retracted my aura. Her face was covered in sweat.
"Huang Jingyang, actually, I don't have any ill intentions towards you. That's right, I want to get closer to you and test if you can decipher those records. However, I don't have any ill intentions. The cultivators of the Dao Alliance are completely different from the cultivators of the past. After all, we can't just cultivate. We have to live. After all, no one can live forever through cultivation. The Yin Soul experts of the Dao Alliance only have a lifespan of two to three hundred years. I haven't heard of anyone with a lifespan beyond that. Even those Yin Soul experts haven't heard of it. I heard from the ancestor that modern people have no way to become immortals. That's because the passage to the Celestial World was closed a thousand years ago. "
Teacher Xiao's words shocked me. "Celestial World?"
"That's right. It's said that the Celestial World's vital energy is extremely pure and dense. Cultivating there is much faster than cultivating on Earth, "Teacher Xiao continued.
When I heard that, I felt that this place was like a dream. I turned to look at Elder Sister. She seemed to be in the same situation as me.
"Don't stray from the topic. What's going on with the Dao Alliance? "I interrupted Teacher Xiao.
"The Dao Alliance is actually a relatively official association. It's mainly used to restrain cultivators like us. After all, cultivators are more dangerous than ordinary people. The officials won't allow such a dangerous group of people to go uncontrolled. Therefore, the various sects and clans had gathered together and established a cultivator association to restrain the cultivators. Sometimes, they'll even issue some official missions. Of course, up until now, there weren't many cultivators who'd registered with the Dao Alliance. After all, cultivators are very secretive. It's not easy to gather all the cultivators. "Teacher Xiao briefly explained the situation of the Dao Alliance. In the end, the Dao Alliance was formed by cultivators from some large sects.
"In my hometown, a Ghost King escaped from the Ghost Realm and hurt people. Why didn't the Dao Alliance send anyone to deal with it?" I suddenly thought of something. The previous incident at Eight Horn Mountain should be considered a big matter. At that time, the officials should have issued a mission to the Dao Alliance.
"Where's your hometown?" Teacher Xiao asked.
"Southwest Province's Qiu Shan County," I replied.
"They really did issue a mission. However, those who can deal with the Ghost King are at least Yin God cultivators. There aren't many people in the Dao Alliance. These old fellows don't like to do things that require a lot of effort. Actually, everyone joined the Dao Alliance because they wanted to have an identity to do things in the secular world. They didn't do it for the country. Who would be willing to do such a dangerous thing? Even if they were willing, they wouldn't be able to deal with the Ghost King. Later, I heard that the Ghost King was chased away by cultivators. This matter was left unsettled, "Teacher Xiao said.
"Ah?" I didn't expect the Dao Alliance to be such an organization.
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