It was the woman who brought her child to the night market when he first came here half a year ago. She was still graceful and elegant, but there was a hint of urgency in her calmness …
"Immortal elder, please wait. I have a request, please forgive me for disturbing you!"
Lou Xiaoyi looked at the woman calmly, "If it's a matter of the mortal world, you should look for the Magistrate or the Official …"
He was not surprised to be called an immortal elder. On this street, except for the ignorant children, everyone knew what the sword box on his back meant.
The woman shook her head firmly and stared at him, "No! This is a matter of cultivation, he can't interfere!
My little niece has just turned nine this year and has already sensed spiritual opportunity in the Pine Tree Dojo. Everyone praises her innate talent and intelligence, and has the potential to cultivate. In the future, when she enters Xuanyuan, she will bring glory to her ancestors and become the pride of the family.
Just last month, the dojo sent the children to the nearest big city, Linxia City. If everything goes well, the children will grow up there and eventually join a sect … "
Lou Xiaoyi smiled bitterly as he listened. How could it be so easy to join a sect? Which child's family did not think that their child was the best in the world? In the end, they were still disappointed. Out of ten, not even one could get what they wanted. This woman did not understand these things, so he did not expose her.
"My Cen family's ancestors were cultivators, but they declined after a few generations. However, my family still has a treasure passed down from generation to generation. It is called the Needle of Fixing Shadow. It is divided into a needle and a jade pendant. If someone wears the jade pendant, then the Needle of Fixing Shadow will always point in the direction of the jade pendant. It has never been wrong.
Juan 'er is the last of my Cen family's bloodline. Before I left, I gave her the jade pendant. It was not because I suspected anything, but because I could see where the needle was pointing, my heart felt a trace of longing.
Although I am a woman and do not have much knowledge, but word of mouth in the town said that every year, children were sent to Linxia City. Everyone bowed towards the northwest, so I knew that Linxia City was in the northwest direction!
But who would have thought that my family's Fixing Needle would point to the south of the southwest. This direction is too different. I don't understand and am afraid that my child will be sent to some unknown dangerous place. Therefore, I risked my life to stop Master Immortal and ask Master Immortal to uphold justice for this humble girl! "
Lou Xiaoyi sighed in his heart. He didn't expect that he would fall into the trap in such a natural way. The person behind this was very skilled. Although it was a little old-fashioned, it didn't leave any traces. He couldn't ignore it anymore!
Because this was related to the foundation of the Western Regions' Cultivation World!
"What's your name? Where do you live? "
"Cen Youshi, a widow, lives in a small willow alley in a side street. She and her niece, Xiao Juan, depend on each other …"
"Did you inform the owner of Ru Song Dojo, Southern Taoist?"
"Never! Although this little girl's experience is shallow, her family's fortune has declined. Over the years, she has become accustomed to the fickleness of human nature. Since the people who were sent away were sent by the dojo, how could they not know where they were going? If this little girl were to casually ask about it, who knows what kind of accident would happen. I have no relatives or friends here, who would care about me?
Therefore, I could only wait here every day for the immortal master to appear. Only you, a newcomer to Mao Zian Town, would not be in cahoots with them! "
Lou Xiaoyi sighed again. There were no fools, even if they were mortals who didn't know how to cultivate!
"How many days ago was this?"
Cen Youshi clearly remembered it very clearly. "Seventeen days and another eight hours! At that time, when the carriage first set out, because the mountain road was winding and the direction was not fixed, this little girl didn't have any suspicions in the first five or six days.
But after seven or eight days, the direction became more and more deviated. Only then did I start to panic. Every day, I just prayed that I was not familiar with the road. What if they took a shortcut?
But after ten days, I already knew that something was wrong. It was impossible to travel for so long in the opposite direction. I heard them say that Lin Xia City was only a month's journey. How could it be possible that after ten days of travel, the direction was still deviated?
After that, this little girl waited in the night market every day, hoping to see the immortal master. I hoped that this was just a misunderstanding caused by this little girl's ignorance! "
Lou Xiaoyi stretched out his hand. "Let me see the needle plate!"
Cen Youshi took out a small, palm-sized iron plate from her sleeve and handed it over. It was obvious that she had prepared it for a long time.
Lou Xiaoyi took it in his hand. He could feel the faint spiritual energy fluctuation on it. Looking at the material, it was probably very old. After that, he didn't know anything … It wasn't that he wasn't good at making weapons, it was that he didn't know how to make weapons at all. His talent in this aspect was bleak, and he didn't have the slightest desire to change!
But he still pretended to fiddle with it a few times, appearing very experienced. It couldn't be helped. She had already called him an immortal master. He couldn't be like a fool who didn't know anything and only knew how to release flying swords, right?
He had his own weakness. Others couldn't see it. In front of those young female cultivators who looked young, such as the four beautiful female cultivators who came with him, he could act cold and hard like a stone, without any fluctuations in his heart. But in front of this kind of woman who had the vestiges of time, experience and charm, only then would there be a little ripple. Although he was actually much older than this woman, when humans started to cultivate, the issue of age was messed up. A person who was almost fifty years old still considered himself young. This was a relatively normal mentality.
"I will handle this matter. You don't have to worry about her safety. No matter where she is sent, she will be learning Dao and cultivating Qi. She will be at the stage of building up her foundation and knowledge. When there is definite news, I will pay her a visit!"
Cen Youshi bowed deeply. Her thin clothes were tight and set off her master's beautiful figure, causing people to have wild and fanciful thoughts.
"There are many people in Little Willow Alley. It's rather messy. I will light ambergris in the courtyard and wait for the immortal master's arrival."
Lou Xiaoyi smiled and said carelessly, "It must cost a lot to send a child to the Daoist Hall, right?"
The woman sighed. "My family declined, and I drifted away to seek refuge with my relatives. But I didn't expect to have the fate of a jinx. My brother and sister-in-law passed away two years ago. I had some extra money, but I didn't dare to show it. I was afraid that people would be jealous of me, so I could only put it all on the child. This was the only thing that no one dared to think about, but I didn't expect …"
Lou Xiaoyi nodded and strode towards the town. That was the direction of Ru Song Daoist Hall.
As for how to deal with this trouble, he chose the simplest method, which was to face it directly. He had Xuanyuan as his backer, so there was no need for him to carefully seek confirmation and grasp clues. They were all children, and there were quite a number of them. If he started with the children, there would be more trouble.
He had the style of a lazy person, and he also felt that doing so would reduce the number of detours.
The Daoist Hall's allocation of Dao children had always been their own secret. In Xuanyuan's territory, they allocated more Dao children to the Daoist Palace that belonged to Xuanyuan. It did not mean that they could not provide Dao children to other sects.
There would always be relationships between people, situations where there was no other choice, benefits, and the Daoist child's own wishes. In other words, although Cen Youshi heard that her niece was sent to the Xuanyuan Dao Palace in Linxia City, this kind of thing could not be confirmed. The other party had countless reasons to brush her off.
Therefore, the key was the method of doing things.
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