Senior Brother Qiu Shan Jun of the Mount Li Sword Sect had been missing for five years and had only recently returned. Everyone knew why.
Gou Han Shi bitterly smiled and shook his head, thinking, Scholartree Manor is always unwilling to be at a disadvantage and wants to take advantage of these things. How are they even the slightest bit like Wang Po?
At this moment, he sensed that someone was looking at him and looked over. After a momentary pause, he smiled and bowed to the other party.
Chen Changsheng smiled and returned the bow. Speaking of which, he and Gou Han Shi had not seen each other for almost four years and would occasionally miss each other.
South Stream Temple revered the south, so he sat on the high platform to the south, ten-some zhang away from the Mount Li Sword Sect disciples, but it was not convenient for him to get up and go over.
He looked at the rather simple-looking youth next to Gou Han Shi and curiously asked with his eyes.
The other Mount Li Sword Sect disciples stood behind Gou Han Shi. Only that youth sat next to him. It was clear that his status in the sect was not low.
Gou Han Shi motioned for the youth to stand up and introduced, "Sixth Junior Brother, Bai Cai."
Chen Changsheng finally realized that this was the only one of the Divine State's Seven Laws that he had never seen before. He warmly smiled and nodded in greeting.
Bai Cai, however, held his head high, his face stubborn and aloof. He paid no attention to him, and even Gou Han Shi's increasingly solemn gaze could not make him lower his head.
Chen Changsheng was somewhat confused, but he soon realized what was going on and felt very helpless.
He suddenly felt that the name Bai Cai was rather familiar, and then he remembered that fellow's alias was Luo Bu … and he felt even more helpless.
Radish Bai Cai, that fellow was truly lazy, or rather, carefree.
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Chen Changsheng was inconvenienced, but Tang Thirty-Six had never found anything inconvenienced in his life. He directly walked over to the Mount Li Sword Sect disciples.
Seeing him walk over, the people from the various sects all stood up and bowed. Some knew who he was, while others were reminded by the people next to them.
Tang Thirty-Six waved his hand, indicating that he understood. He walked up to Gou Han Shi and asked, "Has that guy returned yet?"
Gou Han Shi knew that he was asking about Guan Fei Bai and replied, "He just arrived two days ago. That's right, congratulations."
The Tang clan's struggle for leadership and Tang Thirty-Six's half-year imprisonment in the ancestral hall, as well as the events that followed had already spread across the entire continent.
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Who am I? How could these trivial matters trouble me? "
Gou Hanshi smiled, but said nothing. Beside him, Bai Cai felt as if he had heard these words somewhere before. Although he hadn't heard them often, they had left a deep impression.
"Martial Granduncle's pet phrase," Gou Hanshi said to him.
Bai Cai was suddenly enlightened. He recalled the scene from several years ago when his martial granduncle had gathered all the disciples of Mount Li for a great assembly, and he couldn't help but repeatedly shake his head.
Tang Thirty-Six said, "Don't misunderstand, I didn't learn from him. It's just that we have similar hobbies."
Bai Cai jeered, "Martial Granduncle has the confidence to say these words, but if not for the protection of His Holiness the Pope, you would probably still be imprisoned. How is that not the same?"
Tang Thirty Six raised his eyebrows and said, "It's my ability to have such a friend. To put it bluntly, who can see people better than me?"
This was naturally referring to how he met Chen Chang Sheng at the Heavenly Dao Academy and then at the Plum Garden Inn.
The next person to discover Chen Chang Sheng's extraordinariness would be Luo Luo, followed by Gou Han Shi.
At the time, the disciples of the Mount Li Sword Sect and the people of the Orthodox Academy were opponents, but Gou Han Shi had never looked down on Chen Chang Sheng.
Gou Han Shi naturally would not argue with him about whose eyes were better. Pointing at the stage, he said, "It's about to begin. Why aren't you going back?"
"Are you trying to chase away a guest? After not seeing each other for three or four years, what's wrong with chatting a little more? "
Tang Thirty-Six had no intention of going back. He took a chair from Scholartree Manor and sat down next to Gou Han Shi.
He used a very soft voice to say a few words to Gou Han Shi. Not even Bai Cai heard.
Gou Han Shi's expression did not change as he calmly said, "I understand. You can go."
Tang Thirty-Six knew that Gou Han Shi was a true gentleman. Since he said he understood, he would naturally do it. He relaxed, but he was still not willing to leave.
He sighed to Gou Han Shi, "Look at how uncomfortable it is for Chen Chang Sheng to sit there all by himself. I don't want to."
Bai Cai interrupted, "Why do I feel like you're worried that you'll have to stand behind His Holiness and won't have a seat?"
Tang Thirty-Six said without a change in expression, "Since you understand, why are you so insensible and insist on exposing it? In this aspect, you really should learn from your second brother. "
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Tang Thirty-Six naturally did not want to stand, but his sigh was not completely false.
With the Pope present, the bishop of the southern Daoist church naturally could no longer remain seated. He had long since come over to serve on Hu Thirty-Two's left and right. Together with the ten-some priests accompanying him, Chen Chang Sheng's figure on the platform did not seem too lonely, but … rather lonely.
Clouds obscured the sun, and the plateau with a radius of ten-some li was caressed by the gentle breeze summoned by the array. It was extremely comfortable and delightful.
The three Daoist nuns arrived, followed by the hundred-some disciples of South Stream Temple.
The breeze rustled their Daoist robes.
Everyone rose and bowed. The Prince of Xiang and the two clan heads also stood. Only Chen Chang Sheng did not move.
He could not even bow to these three martial grandaunts of South Stream Temple, as this was not in accordance with the rules and etiquette of the church.
Perhaps standing out from the masses was the reason for his loneliness?
Huai Ren first thanked the Pope for his arrival, then mentioned the Prince of Xiang and the two clan heads. She also mentioned the various sects and monasteries, and only then did she begin to explain today's events.
Her first words were extremely clear. "South Stream Temple has decided to close the temple for ten years. Fellow Daoists, please bear witness …"
Gou Hanshi had already guessed at South Stream Temple's intentions in closing the temple, but he had thought that Chen Chang Sheng's arrival would assuredly change the situation. He had not expected that this extremely senior martial grandaunt of South Stream Temple would still insist on closing the temple, and then he noticed that Chen Chang Sheng was seated some distance away from South Stream Temple, which made him even more worried.
"Since all of you arrived last night, did you not manage to convince them?" he asked Tang Thirty-Six.
Tang Thirty-Six sneered at Huai Ren. "On the surface, these old things bemoan the state of the universe and pity the fate of mankind, not wanting South Stream Temple to be dragged into these muddy waters. In reality, they've been lonely for too long and are not willing to accept this, so they want to stir up a storm and prove that they are the true masters of South Stream Temple. How could they possibly be convinced?"
In the several generations of the Mount Li Sword Sect, there were more than a thousand masters and disciples on the various peaks. Other than Su Li, who was the most senior and had the most carefree personality, the other disciples, whether they came from poor backgrounds or from scholarly clans, were all extremely upright and strict people. They paid great attention to seniority and seniority.
Tang Thirty-Six's words made Bai Cai feel very uncomfortable and he creased his brow.
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