Rules of Heaven - C22

“What?” Ding Hong was stunned. The contrast between the two sides was so huge that he couldn’t even think for a long time. He felt a surge of anger and asked in a low voice, “Why not?”

Upon hearing his words, the three men and one woman who were seated with their eyes closed all opened their eyes, revealing a bright light. Among them, a skinny old man who was sitting on the left side shouted, “Impudent!”

When Dark Xuan heard Ding Hong’s question, a trace of approval actually appeared in his eyes. Seeing that the lean old man was enraged, he moved his feet and went to the middle of the hall to protect Ding Hong. He said in an incomparably responsible manner, “Elder Ren, please calm your anger. When Martial Nephew did not clearly explain the rules to Benefactor Ding earlier, it was his fault. I hope that all the elders and masters do not blame Benefactor Ding. ”

Ding Hong himself had already regained his senses, and was shocked by what he had just said. As his thoughts raced, he hurriedly knelt on the ground and shouted, “Immortal Elders, please calm your anger. This little brat was just concealing his true feelings, please forgive me.”

Through the Dark Mystery 1st Guard, Ding Hong’s apology caused the countenances of the four officers to improve slightly. However, Wu Lingdao, who was sitting in the middle, continued to smile and did not rebuke him in the slightest. He said: “Young Benefactor, please do not blame yourself. Although I, Penglai, cannot accept you as my disciple, I feel that you have great luck coming to me. I have discussed it with the various hall masters and elders and have decided to let you browse through the books in the Immortal Heaven Pavilion for four years. ”

When he heard that Ding Hong was allowed to flip through the books in the Innate Pavilion for four years, Dark Mystery was stunned for a moment. With an expression of disbelief, he suddenly raised his head and said loudly, “Master, that Immortal Heaven Pavilion is the sect’s place to store important books. How can we …”

“How dare you!” This time, it was Wu Lingdao who shouted with a deep voice. This shout was like a bolt of lightning, and Ding Hong even felt the ground tremble a moment ago. The faces of the four elders and the disciple that was meditating changed when he saw how angry Wu Lingdao was.

It had been eight hundred years since Wu Lingdao became the head of the Penglai Sect, and almost no one had ever seen him angry before. For the sake of his eldest disciple’s disobedient words, he unexpectedly exploded with such thunderous might.

Unexpectedly, the dark profound expression on his face didn’t change; it was neither humble nor arrogant. He first gave a slight bow and said, “Disciple was wrong.” However, his voice suddenly changed as he looked at Wu Lingdao and said, “Master, even if you want to compensate Benefactor Ding for his good fortune, you don’t need to bring the Immortal Heaven Pavilion to him. “Since the creation of the Immortal Heaven Pavilion, Penglai has kept all of his cultivation manuals, and all of his respected elders have paid attention to his virtues. For you to be able to be seen by an outsider, it is truly …”

“Pa …” Suddenly, Wu Lingdao’s hand slapped on the armrest, and the sturdy bronze armrest broke with a crash. He stood up and gave a deep look at the dark profound aura before snorting, “Since the elders have already decided on this matter, you can’t change anything!” With that, he walked down from the top and circled around a large incense burner, preparing to leave from the back. After passing by the censer, Wu Ling said, “Xuan’er, you’re not the Sect Leader yet!” He left without looking back.

The appearance of this scene was something that no one had expected. The heart of the matter was even more baffling. Ding Hong was even more puzzled. Why did the Dark Mystery, who seemed to have been treating him well, have such a huge reaction when he heard about the Immortal Heaven Pavilion?

The several Elders felt a little awkward sitting there. Sect Leader, the leader of the sect, and they all knew in their hearts that this Dark Mystery would be the next Sect Leader Peng Lai. He didn’t know what to do with this kind of thing that wasn’t pleasing to both sides. The few of them looked at each other before suddenly focusing their gazes on the skinny old man who was the first to speak. When the skinny old man saw that they were all looking at him, he couldn’t help but snort coldly.

He turned his gaze to Mystic One and said, “Martial Nephew Mystic One, the sect leader has already given the order to the sect leader as soon as he said it. Even though I didn’t agree with it in the beginning, but now that the Sect Leader has decided on it, I can’t persuade him anymore. Right now, I will only ask you this one time. Do you want to listen to the Sect Leader’s words, or not? ” Although his words were very calm, anyone could feel a terrible silence.

His gaze was calm as he looked at the Dark Mystery, he didn’t know what he was thinking. The many disciples who were meditating below no longer rested their minds at this time, and instead watched the scene change one after another. When they saw this Elder Ren act so unyieldingly, they couldn’t help but be shocked. They had seen this Elder Ren before, he didn’t hold any actual authority and rarely cared about others. They didn’t know if he had taken the wrong medicine today or not, but he actually challenged Senior Brother Dark Xuan here.

At this moment, many people couldn’t help but look at how the Dark Mystery King was going to deal with him. However, when they saw his expression, they were even more shocked. At this moment, the complexions of Mystic Moon and the other three Elders changed drastically, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying.

Dark Mystery’s expression changed a few times. Suddenly, his body relaxed and he bowed. He said calmly, “I naturally heard from Master that Ding Hong is allowed to read freely in the Immortal Heaven Pavilion for four years.”

It was completely silent, and many people could not believe their ears. The skinny old man gave another snort to the Dark Mystery. Then, he stood up and left the place as well. While looking at his back, there was deep hatred and fear hidden in his eyes.

Now that things had come to this point, there was an unspeakable ending. After greeting the other three elders, he took Ding Hong back to the old woman and left with a gloomy face.

When the old woman saw the expression on his face, she sneered and ignored him. He turned to Ding Hong and asked, “What did the Sect Leader say?”

Ding Hong honestly replied, “Sect Leader Immortal didn’t take me in as his disciple, he only allowed me to read four years’ worth of books in the Immortal Heaven Pavilion.”

The old woman stopped and the herbs in her hand fell to the ground. She asked in surprise, “Immortal Heaven Pavilion?”

Ding Hong was instantly astonished in his heart. Just what kind of place was this Immortal Heaven Pavilion? There were actually so many people who were so astonished. He asked, “Yes. Grandma Qi, what exactly is that Immortal Heaven Pavilion? Why was it that when Immortal Elder suggested it just now, Immortal Mystery did his best to oppose it? ”

The old woman looked at Ding Hong and said, “Do you know what is inside the Immortal Heaven Pavilion?”

Ding Hong shook his head.

The old woman turned her head to continue arranging the herbs. After a long while, she suddenly blurted out, “The Immortal Heaven Pavilion has all of Penglai’s ancient books and Penglai’s sect treasure!”

Hearing about the sect’s treasure, Ding Hong’s heart trembled. He suddenly felt that the Penglai Clan’s Sect Leader must have had some ulterior motive in throwing him into the Immortal Heaven Pavilion. As for why he felt such a feeling, even Ding Hong could not feel it in his heart. It was as if he had thought of it all of a sudden. This feeling was very strange, so strange that it was hard to believe.

The old woman sighed and said, “You don’t have to be depressed about not being able to enter the Penglai clan. You really don’t know that there are more than half of the books in the Immortal Heaven Pavilion that even many of the Penglai disciples cannot see. If you are able to memorize the Immortal cultivation technique which is suitable for you, it might not be impossible for you to become a Loose Immortal on your own. ” For some reason, Ding Hong felt that the old woman would be more suited to biting off more than she could chew.

Hearing the old woman say this, the discomfort in his heart couldn’t help but dissipate. After experiencing so many things recently, Ding Hong couldn’t help but to take a few things lightly. No matter how moved he was in the past, he would quickly be able to resolve these touching matters. However, he also had a grudge in his heart. That was, why couldn’t Penglai accept him as a disciple? He could not understand this point.

He couldn’t figure it out. The best way to deal with it was to not think about it. Therefore, Ding Hong stopped thinking about it. He came to the old woman’s side to see if he could help her with some knowledge on herbs. The old woman saw that Ding Hong could relax so quickly. Although she did not show any expression on her face, she was greatly alarmed in her heart. This youngster’s temperament was so high that it was unbelievable, yet he was able to see through everything in a blink of an eye. He couldn’t help but secretly praise Ding Hong.

The old lady pretended not to have any intention of picking up a dark yellow herb and said: “This is called Heavenly Jewel Grass, it specializes in treating corpse poison, and is mostly grown in the Xiangyang Mountains.” After she gathered the Heavenly Jewel Grass into a pile, she picked up a purplish black root and said: “This is called Black Root, it was born in the Yin Valley. It is the main cure for the Gui Water Poison.” Afterwards, she introduced the rest of the herbs to Ding Hong one by one. It was almost noon. Ding Hong found an excuse and went back to his room. He inhaled a few mouthfuls of the gas in the blood bottle before coming back down. When she came down, the old woman was in the kitchen preparing lunch.

Ding Hong also saw that the herbs were pretty much sorted out, with the last bit he had left, he arranged them according to what the old woman had just told him. Seeing that the old woman might still have some time after lunch, she started to move the medicinal herbs. Along the way, he also saw many people walking out from the depths of the bamboo forest. They were probably heading back to their own areas to eat. After arriving at the cave, when Ding Hong was about to place a herb, he suddenly saw that there was someone sitting on the spiral stone stairs.

He felt a bit strange that someone was sitting there in a daze. He walked over to take a look and discovered that it was the girl surnamed Su who had picked him up yesterday from Penglai. She wasn’t in a daze either, instead, she was crying softly. Seeing this situation, Ding Hong was taken aback. The girl surnamed Su didn’t expect that someone would come here at this time. Seeing Ding Hong suddenly appear, she hastily wiped her tears away and coldly looked at him, “What are you doing here?”

Ding Hong’s hands and feet were in a mess. He wanted to change the topic and leave, not wanting to get entangled with her. However, seeing her cold gaze, he was scared and hurriedly said, “I came to move the herbs.”