Chapter 127 Exclusion
Come to Eighth Peak and Zheng Fa again and you can feel the changes in Uncle-Master Pang's lineage.
It's hard to tell where this change can be seen at a glance.
But along the way, Uncle-Master Pang's disciples walked in a hurry but aimlessly.
Seeing his surprised and secretly hostile eyes.
The Daoist boy who hurriedly went to the Uncle-Master Pang hall to report.
There is also the feeling of being watched by people after setting foot on the mountain trail.
It all made Zheng Fa really feel the tension and frustration permeating Eighth Peak.
The fact that Zheng Fa became a disciple of Sect Leader did not spread - mainly because Sect Leader was busy with film and television creation after becoming a disciple, and Thatched Cottage couldn't bear to publicize it.
But there are only a few people under Uncle-Master Pang who know about it.
When Zheng Fa came last time, there were several senior brothers who smiled warmly at him, as if they were part of a family.
But this time they came back, their eyes were a little awed, but more alienated.
Zheng Fa couldn't help but think of what Senior Sister Zhang said before - he became a disciple of Sect Leader, which can be said to be a major blow to the Uncle-Master Pang lineage.
Senior Sister Zhang even reminded Zheng Fa to maintain an unbiased attitude towards both of them in front of others.
Zheng Fa thought Senior Sister Zhang was making a fuss out of a molehill before, but looking at the atmosphere above Eighth Peak today, he somewhat understood the painstaking efforts involved - the contradiction between the Nine Mountains Sect's two lines is far deeper than Zheng Fa thought.
If Senior Sister Zhang hadn't been pressed, Talisman Arts Pavilion might have caused casualties regardless of the talisman.
Only then did he understand why Senior Sister Zhang wanted him to deliver <Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method>.
From just this short journey, it can be seen that the conflicts between the two disciples have even surpassed the feelings of being from the same sect.
It can be seen that his apprenticeship with Sect Leader and his friendship with Senior Sister Zhang put pressure on the Uncle-Master Pang lineage.
It may be a little more difficult to bridge the gap between these two veins in the future than Zheng Fa thought before.
"Junior brother Zheng!" Sun Daoyu's voice came from behind. "What do you want from me Eighth Peak?"
There is a clear distinction between the two words you and me.
Zheng Fa turned around and saw Sun Daoyu.
Sun Daoyu's face is not as enthusiastic as last time.
The state of Zhou Ganyuan behind him made Zheng Fa even more confused - this man looked helpless, and he only nodded slightly when he saw him. He was not hostile at all, but he no longer had the confidence and publicity of the past.
He still remembered the first time he saw Zhou Ganyuan. At that time, he stood in front of him and introduced himself proudly.
What a youthful spirit.
When I met again today, I found that this man had stubble all over his face and wrinkled clothes. After nodding to himself, he lowered his head and did not look at anyone else.
What makes Zheng Fa even more puzzled is that if the senior brother on Eighth Peak looked a little nervous when he saw him, then when he saw Zhou Ganyuan, his eyes were filled with rejection.
The attitude on his face was even stranger than towards himself.
"I'm here to visit Pang True Person." Zheng Fa glanced at Zhou Ganyuan and said to Sun Daoyu.
"Meet the Master?" Sun Daoyu was stunned for a moment, then saw the Daoist boy who had announced the entrance to the palace come out and said to the three of them, "True Person Please come in, Senior Brother Zheng."
"Senior Brother Sun, Senior Brother Zhou, True Person also summoned you."
Zheng Fa When the three of them heard this, they walked into the hall at the same time.
The attitude of Pang True Person in the palace was not as gentle as last time, but there was no hostility at all, but he seemed a little bit lively.
He glanced at Zhou Ganyuan, frowned slightly, then turned to Zheng Fa and said, "Master Nephew, why are you here?"
Zheng Fa took out <Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method> and said, "I was given Millennium Purple Bamboo Tears by my uncle the day before yesterday. I am very grateful. However, I have nothing to offer. I only have a copy of <Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method>, which is enough to see. I hope my uncle will not dislike it."
Uncle-Master Pang was stunned for a moment, looked at Zheng Fa for a long time, and then said, "<Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method>?"
"Exactly."
"The one created by Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang?"
Uncle-Master Pang When he mentioned the three words Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang, his tone became slightly more serious.
"Yes."
Zheng Fa's answer was calm, but Uncle-Master Pang was slightly silent.
He stretched out his hand and Jade Slip in Zheng Fa's hand flew into his hand.
Uncle-Master Pang closed his eyes slightly and seemed to be using Divine Sense to read the contents of Jade Slip. When he opened his eyes, a smile appeared on his face, "This <Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method> is really unique, and Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang is really talented."
It wasn't just Uncle-Master Pang who laughed.
Zheng Fa saw that Sun Daoyu, who was standing next to him, looked at him much more gently.
The movie "Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method" made the inexplicably solemn atmosphere in the palace much lighter.
"Master Nephew Zheng, what do you think of your Junior Brother Zhou?"
Pang True Person asked suddenly.
"Junior Brother Zhou?" When Zheng Fa heard this, he couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Zhou Ganyuan.
Zhou Ganyuan didn't seem to expect that his master would suddenly ask this question, and he was also stunned.
"Junior Brother Zhou has extraordinary talent and good character. He will definitely become the mainstay of my Nine Mountains Sect in the future." Zheng Fa thought for a while and said solemnly.
This is not about standing in front of Pang True Person and saying nice things.
Zhou Ganyuan is a person whose talent and temperament are beyond ordinary people, so he was favored by Pang True Person, and he was even trained with the expectation of competing against Senior Sister Zhang in the future.
It was his state today that left Zheng Fa confused, feeling like he had encountered some kind of setback.
"Qian Yuan has always admired your Talisman Dao accomplishments. Why don't you let him stay with you and do some things for you, and you can also help me teach him for a while?"
Pang True Person said suddenly.
"Ah?" Zheng Fa Unexpectedly, the uncle suddenly proposed this idea. "Junior Brother Zhou and I started at the same time, and we only communicate and learn from each other on weekdays. What's more, he is Uncle-Master Pang's beloved disciple, how can he let me teach him?"
"Go far? Are you willing?"
Uncle-Master Pang did not answer his question, but asked Zhou Ganyuan.
On the contrary, although Zhou Ganyuan was stunned for a moment, he seemed a little discouraged. He just nodded and said in a low voice, "Yes."
"I don't know if you, my nephew, think highly of my apprentice."
After hearing this, Zheng Fa knew that it was hard for him to refuse.
At this moment, he finally understood Uncle-Master Pang's intention - almost everyone knew that Zhou Ganyuan was favored by him and Nine Mountains Sect was his favorite.
Placing Zhou Ganyuan beside him can be said to be a manifestation of Uncle-Master Pang's support for his Sect Leader disciple.
This is a bit like the prince of the Eastern Palace in an ancient dynasty who had a lot of children of loyal ministers around him - over time, these people became princelings.
Watching Zheng Fa take Zhou Ganyuan down the mountain.
Sun Daoyu couldn't help but ask, "Master, do you really want Junior Brother Zhou to follow Zheng Fa?"
"Otherwise? The general trend is standing behind you!"
Pang True Person glanced at his disciple and hummed.
"General trend?"
"This guy dares to carry Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang's <Talisman Dao Foundation Establishment Method> everywhere. Don't you understand what it means?"
"It means Senior Sister Zhang has a good relationship with him?"
"It means that behind him are Sect Leader, the person named Huang, and Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang! Your master and I are not enough to fight him even if we have three heads and six arms!"
Hearing this, Sun Daoyu couldn't help but bared his teeth, seeming to think of the scene where his master was beaten.
"I just can't figure it out. I thought it was Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang who took the lead among Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang and Zheng Fa..." Pang True Person frowned and said, "Today, it seems that Zheng Fa is the main one."
Only then did Sun Daoyu understand that his master asked Zhou Ganyuan to follow Zheng Fa because Zheng Fa is now the general trend.
"Then Junior Brother Zhou..." Thinking of Zhou Ganyuan's state just now, Sun Daoyu said worriedly, "I'm afraid he will feel abandoned by the master."
"Isn't he having a good time recently?" Pang True Person suddenly asked.
Sun Daoyu lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
"Yes, I wanted to take Zheng Fa as my disciple before, but I ignored him, and he might be a little unhappy." Pang True Person seemed to see it clearly. "Did your senior brothers think that he had fallen out of favor in the past few days, and deliberately excluded him?"
"Master Mingjian, Junior Brother Zhou doesn't pay much attention to family opinions. He goes to Zheng Fa's house every day. In the past, he angered many senior fellow apprentices. In the past few days... he has indeed suffered a lot of grievances." Sun Daoyu said honestly.
"That's why I asked him to go to Zheng Dharma Body first."
"Master is telling me to separate him from those brothers and sisters first?"
Pang True Person nodded, but suddenly spoke of Zheng Fa: "Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang supports this Zheng Fa so much, but he wants to really secure the position of Sect Leader in the future - it depends on whether he can treat our lineage equally and make your senior brothers and sisters respect him."
"Ah? So Junior Brother Zhou is a test of Junior Brother Zheng's attitude?" Sun Daoyu suddenly said.
"Qian Yuan is already the least sectarian among my disciples..." Pang True Person shook his head and said, "If I want the two meridians to be one and the same, I can't do it, and Junior Nephew-Disciple Zhang can't do it either. I want to see if he can do it."
"What if he can't?"
"If Na Qianyuan has been wronged by Zheng Fa, he will know that my master is not bad to him." Pang True Person laughed, "Doesn't this mean he knows how to respect his master again? As for Sect Leader's future position - Ye Changmengduo, who can say the best?"
After getting off Eighth Peak, Zheng Fa looked at Zhou Ganyuan behind him. This man still looked like he was dying.
"Junior Brother Zhou, what's wrong with you?"
He asked Zhou Ganyuan.
Zhou Ganyuan shook his head, as if he didn't want to answer his question, and just said dryly, "What are your orders, senior brother?"
"I don't dare to tell you. In this case, I will visit Senior Sister Zhang tomorrow. You can come with me."
Zhou Ganyuan nodded, didn't ask anything else, just numbly cupped his hands towards Zheng Fa, turned around and left.
Looking at his back, Zheng Fa frowned.
This man's state seemed a bit familiar to him - the kind of boy who was full of ideals and entered society for the first time, but then was beaten down by the cruel reality.
The second day.
Zhou Ganyuan couldn't sleep early.
He didn't get up, he just lay on the bed with his eyes open, quietly in a daze.
When he made an appointment with Zheng Fa, he opened his courtyard door and walked out.
There are many senior brothers from the Uncle-Master Pang lineage living near where he lives. In the past, everyone was still very enthusiastic, and Zhou Ganyuan also thought it was pretty good.
But things haven't been going so well lately.
He lowered his head slightly and walked quickly under the various eyes of several senior brothers.
These senior brothers didn't say anything, but he also understood what they meant -
After Master gave Millennium Purple Bamboo Tears to Zheng Fa, these people looked at him and laughed at him a little, and there was no intimacy as before.
Zhou Ganyuan gritted his teeth and walked to the door of Zheng Fa's house.
A wry smile couldn't help but appear on his face - before he came to the Nine Mountains Sect, Master valued him, and he also had very beautiful fantasies about the Nine Mountains Sect.
He is determined to pursue the Talisman Arts road.
He wanted to give credit to his master.
Even relying on his master's favor, he never cared about the differences between factions.
Only today did he realize that he had offended so many people.
When the senior brother who used to be amiable and respectable in the past, one day formed a group to exclude him.
He finally understood the depth of the Nine Mountains Sect's sect view.
Looking at the courtyard gate of Zheng Fa's house.
Zhou Ganyuan shook his head.
Zheng Fa probably has no difference either.
Those senior brothers and I were still the same master, and they were just hypocritical in the past.
He and Zheng Fa are from two different backgrounds. I'm afraid Zheng Fa thinks that he is better than those senior brothers in his heart, and his previous politeness and respect were just an act.
He knocked on the door, Zheng Fa opened the door and saw him and said directly, "Let's go to Senior Sister Zhang's house."
Following Zheng Fa, Zhou Ganyuan walked to the front of Senior Sister Zhang's small courtyard.
He couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
Senior Sister Zhang In the hearts of their generation, it can be said to be a somewhat scary existence when mentioned.
This small courtyard is as intimidating as a dragon's pond and a tiger's den. In the past, no fellow disciples dared to approach it.
Senior Sister Zhang was waiting for Zheng Fa in the backyard. Behind her was Senior Sister Yuan. Both of them saw Zhou Ganyuan, but they didn't seem surprised and just nodded lightly.
A few people were sitting in a small pavilion by the lake, talking to each other.
Gradually, Zhou Ganyuan discovered that something was wrong--
What Five-Element Sub-Talisman?
What Origin Talisman Dao Foundation?
What symbols divide yin and yang?
Are these things something my "enemy" can hear?
Sure enough, as they talked, Senior Sister Zhang and Zheng Fa seemed to finally realize that there was an outsider here, and they both looked at them.
Zhou Ganyuan pursed his lips, stood up and wanted to say goodbye.
"Junior Brother Zhou, tell me your opinion?"
Zheng Fa said suddenly.
"Ah?"
Zhou Ganyuan blinked his eyes and suddenly realized - he didn't seem to encounter the sectarianism and exclusion he imagined.
But I encountered the silent crushing of these two geniuses.
On the side, Senior Sister Yuan looked at him sympathetically.
(End of chapter)