Mortal Bones

Lin Buyu turned his head and glanced at Zi Yan when he heard this, then turned his head again, shook his head expressionlessly and said:

"do not remember."

Everyone was slightly embarrassed when they heard this.

"It's been three years, so it's normal not to remember."

Zi Yan smiled and smoothed things over.

"That's right. It's been three years. It's normal if you don't remember. You can't help but think that my sister is as tall as me now."

Zhao Linglong smiled and made gestures.

If it weren't for the fact that Xu Taiping was the first disciple she came down from the mountain to take in, and if she hadn't been in a similar situation to Xu Taiping when she was young, she might have forgotten about the young man.

Although Zhao Linglong's father is the Master of the Seven Peaks, she was born to the Master of the Seven Peaks and a secular woman. She grew up in the secular world before she was seven years old. Her mother made a living by helping people wash clothes. Later, her mother became ill. Seriously, at only six or seven years old, she actually learned how to do laundry, cook, and cook medicine and stew.

If her mother hadn't passed away and she was found by the Seven Peaks Master, she might have left with her mother that winter.

"By the way, Sister Zi Yan, when you came here today, could it be that you also came to see the Dragon Gate Club together?"

Zhao Linglong no longer thought about those past events, immediately changed the topic and asked Xu Ziyan curiously.

"Yesterday when I wrote to Qingxiao, I learned that you had borrowed the mountain patrol mirror, so I thought of taking Buyu with me to have a look. Although it is a competition between outer disciples, it happens only once every three years. If you miss it, you will have to wait again. Three years.”

Zi Yan nodded.

"That's just right. Xu Taiping, who went to the mountains with Sister Buyu, is also here at this year's Dragon Gate Conference. You can get to know each other again then."

Zhao Linglong smiled and joked to Lin Buyu.

"Um."

What surprised Zhao Linglong and Zi Yan was that this time Lin Buyu neither ignored nor refuted.

…

After a while.

In front of the stone table in the bamboo forest.

"Okay, what appears in the bronze mirror now is the martial arts field in front of Longmen Palace. Today's competition will be held on the four arenas in the center of the field."

After Qingxiao activated the bronze mirror with his magic power, he placed him back on the stone table.

"Let me take a look."

Zhao Linglong put her arms on the edge of the table and leaned her head over it, and then found that just as Qing Xiao said, the scene of the martial arts field in front of Longmen Palace was already shown in the bronze mirror.

In the picture, the four square arenas lined up in the center of the martial arts arena are the most conspicuous, and the crowds on the field are also concentrated around these four arenas.

"Second Senior Brother, do you know where Taiping is in the arena?"

Zhao Linglong suddenly raised her head and looked at Qingxiao.

"Sister Linglong, the Dragon Gate Tournament draws lots on the spot, so no one knows which one they will be in before today."

Before Qing Xiao could speak, Zi Yan on the side smiled and helped explain.

"That's right, we can only look for it slowly."

Zhao Linglong nodded.

She had never paid attention to the selection of the Seven Peaks before, so naturally she didn't know this either.

"I'll come find it."

At this time, Qing Xiao transferred a little spiritual power to his fingertips, drew a rune pattern on the surface of the bronze mirror, and began to enlarge it little by little following the image in the bronze mirror.

"Start from the east arena first, and you can take a look at some of them."

As he spoke, he fiddled with the bronze mirror in the air with his fingers, and followed the image in the bronze mirror to gradually enlarge the image of the arena to the east.

Therefore, the perspective of the bronze mirror is like a flying bird flying in the sky, passing over the heads of the monks in the martial arts field.

"No, no, the arena on the east side is full of old men. There is no peace."

Zhao Linglong only glanced at it, then waved her hand and asked Qingxiao to look at another arena.

Because she didn't know what Xu Taiping looked like now, she could only use his age as a reference to search. Fortunately, most of the outer monks who were able to join the Longmen Society were older and most were martial artists, so it wasn't particularly troublesome to find him. .

"Wait, there's a young one here."

Zhao Linglong suddenly stopped Qingxiao.

"This person is not Xu Taiping."

Zi Yan, who had also been paying attention to the picture in the bronze mirror, shook her head.

As the picture zoomed in quickly, the young man's face also appeared on the bronze mirror.

Although he is also very young, his appearance is not that of Xu Taiping at first glance. There is a big difference in face shape and eyebrows.

"Sister Zi Yan, how do you know this is not Xu Taiping's?"

After confirming that the person was not Xu Taiping, Zhao Linglong suddenly looked up at Zi Yan curiously.

"This man's name is Lu Yuan. He came to Yunlu Mountain seven years ago. Although he has white spirit bones, he is extremely talented in martial arts and is best at using swords. He has long been an outer disciple secretly observed by various peaks."

Zi Yan explained.

"Well, Master also asked us to pay attention to this person."

Qingxiao nodded after hearing this.

"There is such a powerful disciple in the outer sect, Taiping must not meet him."

While Zhao Linglong continued to search for Xu Taiping in the bronze mirror, she muttered something worried to herself.

"The outer disciples who can come to Longmen Palace are not mediocre people. Even if they don't meet Lu Yuan, they will meet others."

Qingxiao retorted to Zhao Linglong.

"Can you say something nice..."

"do not move."

Before Zhao Linglong finished speaking, she was interrupted by Lin Buyu, who was originally silent.

"What's wrong?"

The three of them looked at Lin Buyu.

"That person looks a bit like him."

Lin Buyu pointed at the bronze mirror.

The three of them looked down and found that the figure of the young man Lin Buyu was pointing at was indeed somewhat similar to the Xu Taiping in their memories.

"Second Senior Brother, zoom in a little more, quick, quick, quick!"

Zhao Linglong urged again and again.

"Don't worry."

Qingxiao glared at Zhao Linglong, then gently slid his fingers while pinching the seal, and the image in the bronze mirror kept enlarging until only the figure of the young man remained.

However, because the perspective of the bronze mirror was looking down, and the young man had been writing something with his head down, the three of them were unable to see his appearance clearly.

Just when Zhao Linglong was so anxious that she wanted Qingxiao to think of another solution, the young man suddenly stopped the pen in his hand and looked up to the sky as if he sensed something.

So his appearance appeared clearly on the bronze mirror.

It was a face that was slightly childish, but had already begun to show edges, especially the pupils under the slightly frowned eyebrows, which had the perseverance, sharpness and a little bit of stubbornness that were unlike those of a young man.

"It's him, he is Xiao Taiping!"

After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Linglong suddenly shouted happily.

"Although he has grown much taller and tougher, his facial features have not changed. It's just him."

She then added excitedly.

What impressed him most about Xu Taiping was the vigilant and slightly stubborn look in his eyes when they first met.

"It should be him. Look at the signature on the table in front of him."

Qing Xiao pointed to the table in front of Xu Taiping in the bronze mirror.

When everyone heard this, they all looked at it carefully, and then they found that the words "Qingzhu Residence Xu Taiping" were clearly written on the signature.

"Qingzhu Residence, yes, it's Qingzhu Residence. I took him there myself."

Zhao Linglong said with emotion on her face.

"etc."

She suddenly thought of something, turned her head and looked at Lin Buyu aside, and then asked her very curiously: "Sister Buyu, don't you remember Taiping? How come you recognized him at a glance!"

Lin Buyu looked at Zhao Linglong expressionlessly, then turned his head and said calmly:

"Guess."