Chapter 60:

Chapter 59 Swimming
In the rain, Shen Shi ran all the way, seeing the expression on his face quite excited, Zhong Qingzhu gritted his teeth, suddenly felt that this person was a bit hateful, staring at him as he was about to speak, he listened to Shen Shi With a little excitement, he pointed behind her and said loudly: "Puddle, puddle!"
Zhong Qingzhu was startled, and looked back in the direction of his fingers, and saw that the pool behind him was no different from before. It was still calm. The rain fell on the clear water, splashing small splashes. The ripples drifted away silently, adding a bit of silence.
"What's wrong with Shuitan?" Zhong Qingzhu also forgot to scold Shen Shi for a while, but frowned inexplicably asked.
Shen Shi looked a little excited, and said, "I have checked all the surrounding areas. They are all hard rock walls and there is no way out, but this pool of water is missing."
Zhong Qingzhu thought for a moment, and his eyes suddenly lit up, saying: "You mean this waterhole might be a way out?"
Shen Shi ran to the water and began to look carefully at the small but deep water pool in front of him, and said in his mouth: "I don't know, but there is no such thing as a water source waterfall here, so the pool may be from It's possible to flow in from outside!"
Zhong Qingzhu nodded again and again, his expression on his face also filled with joy and expectation. Although the connection between this pool and the outside world was nothing but Shen Shi’s guess, for the two of them who were in desperate situation, any tiny hope was So precious, once it appears, I want to do everything possible to catch it.
The two people stood by the water pool side by side, their faces changed, the more they thought about it, the more they felt possible. This herring island was originally in the sea, and the island was full of water. Just now, the flooded water in the underground cave was a proof. Perhaps, there is really a secret tunnel underwater that can lead to the outside world?
Zhong Qingzhu clenched his fists subconsciously, full of expectation and excitement in his heart. After all, he was only a teenager, who didn't have a longing for life. She nodded heavily to Shen Shi and said, "Shishi, you are so smart."
"Hahaha..." Shen Shi laughed and said, "It's too early to say this. If there is a way out under the water, I have to look at it."
Zhong Qingzhu nodded and said, "Yeah."
Then, she looked at Shen Shi, who also looked at Zhong Qingzhu with a smile.
No one spoke, no one moved next.
There was a momentary stagnation and pause in the atmosphere of eager joy, and the two looked at each other, and no one moved. After a while, the two people seemed to feel something wrong at the same time, and they said in unison:
"Why don't you go and see..."
The speech was interrupted again. Zhong Qingzhu was a little confused. He looked at Shen Shi. Shen Shi seemed to have thought of something. He chuckled and said, "I, I don't know much about water, or you can work hard and go down and see. it is good?"
Zhong Qingzhu was silent for a moment, and said: "I don't know water either..."
Shen Shi: "..."
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By the pool, the atmosphere seemed to be getting colder, and even the rain falling on his face seemed to be a bit cooler than before.
Shen Shi shook his head and smiled bitterly: "I grew up on the mountainside in the southwest since I was a child. Not to mention the sea there, even rivers and lakes are rare, so I never learned to swim when I was a child. Aren't you on the beach? ?"
Zhong Qingzhu had a faint disappointed expression that could not be concealed. He smiled helplessly and said: "I grew up here in Haizhou, but life has been difficult since I was a child. I have been helping my mother since I was sensible. I’m busy all day long, how can I have time to play in the water?"
The two stood at the water's edge in a daze. They were both speechless. They finally thought of such a way to get out of the water, but they did not expect to be trapped by the water. Shen Shi sighed and said, "Oh, it's really..."
Seeing him with a depressed look, Zhong Qingzhu felt a little uncomfortable in her heart for no reason. She felt a little guilty for no reason. Although she knew that it had nothing to do with her, she still said softly, "Forget it, actually Originally, there was not much hope. The bottom of the pool may be a spring, not a way out."
Shen Shi nodded, and then seemed to feel a little regretful, and said: "I knew I would work hard a few days ago. I would rather kill a few ghost noodle shrimp, and learn how to swim with the starfish."
Zhong Qingzhu was startled and said, "What starfish?"
Both of them fell to this point. Shen Shi didn't intend to conceal anything. What's more, the things in Hongbang Village weren't secretive, so he roughly told Zhong Qingzhu about going to Hongbang Village to peel shrimps. Finally, when it comes to Starfish promised to teach him to swim, but the teacher did. Chen Shi’s own understanding on this seems to be particularly bad. After learning for a long time, he only learned the degree of holding his breath and floating. As for swimming in the sea with hands and feet. Going forward, no matter how many mouthfuls of sea water he eats, he still hasn't learned yet.
Zhong Qingzhu listened carefully. He was a little serious when he heard the girl starfish. Later, when he heard Shen Shi's embarrassment when learning to swim, he couldn't help but laughed. In this way, the original fear of death between the two was diluted a lot.
After Shen Shikhan finished speaking, his face didn't look good, and he complained to Zhong Qingzhu: "Do you know how long did she answer me when I asked her how long it took you to learn to swim? She actually said that they were born in the water since they were young, and they were born to swim, so there is no need to learn... After I listened, I looked at myself. It was really hard to say a word for a long time."
Zhong Qingzhu chuckled.
Shen Shi took a bit of distress and looked around. Finally, his eyes fell on the water pool in front of him. Finally, he gritted his teeth and stomped his feet suddenly: "Forget it, no matter what, I have to try it."
When he said that, he walked towards the pool, Zhong Qingzhu was taken aback, and quickly stopped him and said, "What are you doing?"
Shen Shi said: "I can't do anything right now. I have to try it. Maybe the water is shallow, I can see the movement underneath."
Zhong Qingzhu let out an "Oh", he stopped talking, his face was a little worried, and he told him: "Then be careful, don't go too far, try slowly."
Shen Shi agreed and stepped into the water. As soon as his feet entered the water, his face grinned, but Zhong Qingzhu next to him was startled and said, "What's wrong?"
Shen Shi shook his head to indicate that it was OK, and said, "It's okay, it's just that the water is so cold."
Although the water is cold, it is not really exaggerated. So after a while, as the sinking rock slowly moves in the water, it gradually adapts to the temperature of the water around me. I no longer care about this, but slowly move towards the center of the pool. Go carefully.
It’s just that they hoped that the water in the pool would be shallower, but the hapless person seemed to be hard to have good luck after all. Only after Shen Shi walked a few steps, he found that the terrain under the pool was drooping downward, and the water surface was from his ankle. He quickly lost his knees, and then kept rising. When he walked into the pool five or six steps away, the water surface was already close to his chest.
This pool looks so deep and deep.
Shen Shi turned his head and looked at Zhong Qingzhu on the shore with a wry smile. Zhong Qingzhu also shook his head helplessly and sighed softly.
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Going further down, the pool water flooded his neck, nose, and mouth, and it would be dangerous if he didn't swim. Shen Shi didn't dare to go any further, and had to turn around and walk back. After walking three or two steps, watching the water recede to his waist, he was a little unwilling. He hesitated, gritted his teeth, took a sharp breath, and then buried his head in the water.
Zhong Qingzhu on the bank widened his eyes and looked at the sinking stone in the water. Fortunately, the pool was clear and the sinking stone was in shallow water, so even if he dived into the water, he could still be seen. Amidst the dazzling water, Shen Shi's body looked a little awkward, and he flopped twice under the water, but his body slowly floated up, but while his hands and feet were dancing, his whole body was spinning around. There is no sign of progress.
Although Zhong Qingzhu doesn’t know water, he grew up on the shore of the sea since he was a child. He has never eaten pork and seen pigs running. In the past, he saw other people swimming in the water. Chu Chenshi did not lie just now. He really seems to have no talent for swimming here.
"It seems...a little pig is struggling in the water." Zhong Qingzhu had this ridiculous thought inexplicably, then his cheeks blushed, and he covered his mouth to prevent him from laughing. After a while, he felt sorry that he was looking for it. The stone of the way out, secretly cursed himself in his heart.
After a while, this breath was exhausted, and Shen Shi drilled out of the water with a "huh", his whole body was wet, but his face was depressed, and he said to Zhong Qingzhu who was standing by the water, "I can't see anything..."
Zhong Qingzhu beckoned to him, showing a bit of care, and said, "Or you should come up first." After that, he glanced at the pool next to him, and couldn't help but sneak down with his feet. Take a step.
The pool water is indeed a bit cold, as cold as a chill came in. Perhaps it was already uncomfortable in the front, and even now facing the situation where the last glimmer of hope may be cut off, Zhong Qingzhu still feels calm. After a while, he tentatively stepped into the water.
After a while, I will wash my body well with this pool of water, and wait for death cleanly.
The sound of splashing water came from not far away, but Shen Shi walked from the water to the shore with a depressed look, and complained to Zhong Qingzhu: "Why do you think this swimming is so difficult, I learn I have already worked very hard, but I just can’t learn it. I just can’t do the kicking movements in the water, let alone the body floating in the water, uh...green bamboo, why did you get into the water? ?"
When he quickly walked to the shore here, Zhong Qingzhu did not know when he also walked into the pool with curiosity on his face. The palm of his right hand was gently swinging and flapping among the waves, as if he had never experienced playing in the water.
After a while, she turned her head and smiled and said, "Shishi, who was holding your breath just now, I will learn how to do it."
Shen Shi waved his hand and said angrily: "Didn't I just tell you what the starfish taught me from start to finish? It's like that. It sounds simple and harder to do. Holding your breath means taking a breath yourself. If you enter the water and stay still for a while, your body will float by itself. By the way, be careful not to go too far."
Zhong Qingzhu smiled sweetly, thought about it, took a few breaths with a bit of curiosity and a bit of fear, and finally covered his mouth and nose with his hands, looking awkwardly, and then buried his head in the water.
After a while, Shen Shi saw her body and slowly floated up in the water. He couldn't help but uttered, "This suffocated breath can learn so fast." Before the words fell, Shen Shi suddenly stayed blank. But his eyes widened, staring at the water in a daze.
In the clear beach water, Zhong Qingzhu’s slowly floating body seemed to be somewhat light. Although her injured left hand was tied tightly to her side by a cloth strap, she still tried to stretch out her only right hand in the water. She swiped down, and at the same time, just as Shen Shi had heard from the starfish and relayed it to her before, while her arms were swiping, her feet kicked back in the water at the same time.
The slender and beautiful figure of the young girl, in the depths of the dazzling water waves, looks completely different from the somewhat clumsy Shen Shi before, just like an elegant mermaid, sliding forward so leisurely and easily.
The water waves were gentle, rippling and swaying, clustering around her, the secluded pool on the stone wall, reflecting her warm and soft appearance.
On the shore of the water, Shen Shi was already dumbfounded, staring blankly at the beautiful figure slowly swimming forward in the water. After a while, he took a bit of inconceivability and said in a daze:
"No, there is no reason for this..."
Chapter 60 Blame
Herring set, in Xuanritang.
After gathering the excitement of all the personal disciples on the island before, with Wang Gen’s personal appointment, everyone here was sent out to brave the wind and rain to search for the lost Zhong family girl. In the end, even Wang Gen himself was ignored. Dangerous, personally go to the most stormy place outside the island to search carefully.
Xuanri Hall also turned from lively to calm, and there was no one except Zheng Zhe who was assigned by Wang Gen to stay here. But as time passed, the number of people in Xuanri Hall gradually increased. By this time, thirty or forty people had returned here.
However, among these dozens of people, although they are all dressed in the costumes of the disciples of the Lingxiaozong, none of the disciples who walked above the Ningyuan realm are personally transmitted. All of them were summoned by Wang Gen before and spent more than time practicing on Qingyu Island. Five years at the same time, he was assigned to be the Qi Refining Realm disciples of this batch of new disciple supervisors.
At this moment, dozens of people in Xuanri Hall were divided into left and right sides. There were dozens of people standing on the left and only one person on the right, standing there with an ugly expression.
Zheng Zhe stood in the original position of Wang Gen on the main seat, with a bit of helplessness on his face. He only felt a faint pain in his head. He couldn't help but stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead, listening to the crowds of juniors and sisters one after another. Whispering, not knowing what to say for a while.
I don't know how many people's eyes, with strange expressions, fell on the person who was isolated.
Su He stood with his hands bound, his face flushed, his head clenched his teeth, and he scolded himself countless times in his heart. He really regretted his decision to take over this supervision task.
After a while, Zheng Zhe sighed and said, "Junior Brother Su, all the new disciples at Baiyuwan have ordered them, except for the one who lost in Caibei Beach and returned to your supervising junior sister Zhong Qingzhu. , There is also a missing junior apprentice who happens to be one of the ten disciples under your supervision."
I don’t know who snickered in the crowd, but he concealed the past. After all, this occasion was not a place for joking. It was just that Su He stood under the eyes of everyone with a depressed and depressed expression, which was really sympathetic. Besides, it was a bit funny.
Almost all of the more than 400 newcomer disciples were safe and sound, only two disappeared inexplicably, but these two people were supervised by him under the name of Su He. This is really bad luck.
Just now Senior Brother Wang Gen, in front of everyone, was furious about Zhong Qingzhu's disappearance, and he couldn't raise his head to teach several senior brothers who were walking in the Ning Yuan realm, and everyone was afraid. Right now, he is not there, but if Brother Wang comes back here after a while, once he knows that he has lost another one, the anger can be imagined. Thinking about it is scary. Both of them are under the name of Su He. How will Brother Wang Gen treat this poor Su He...
Thinking of this, many people in the crowd felt that their cold hair was a little erect, and Su He, who was under the gaze of everyone, was even more pale, looking like he was about to die.
Zheng Zhe looked at Su He's face, but also speechless, thinking that you are really too unlucky. Under such circumstances, Senior Brother Wang Gen will inevitably be furious, fearing that there will be no good fruit for you. Unlike these outer disciples who have not been formally accepted by Ling Xiaozong's gate wall to lead to Jinhongxian Mountain, Zheng Zhe has been a direct disciple for many years, and he knows everything in the Lingxiaozong's sect. Brother Wang Gen is so excited. Furious, although it is worried about the safety of losing the junior sister, there are indeed deeper reasons behind not being able to talk to outsiders.
Since ancient times, there has been no Nagato’s lineage in the succession of the masters of the Supreme Sect. The position of the masters has always been taken by the most outstanding disciple of the next generation, not necessarily the highest in Taoism, but It must be a disciple who is recognized and respected in the school regardless of Taoism, virtue, character, ability and many other aspects.
There are outstanding disciples who are personally passed on by the master teacher, and of course they will also be among the candidates. In fact, there will be some convenience and benefits in the secret, but in general, this position still needs to be the most outstanding young disciple in the door. Compete for each other. This rule is not the same as that of many cultivation schools in the Hongmeng world today. It is said that it was established by the founder of the mountain, Gan Jingcheng.
Why did Master Gan set such a gate rule back then, it is naturally untestable now, but the Lingxiao Sect has been passed down for thousands of years, and will never change this gate rule easily, otherwise, how many elders in the gate will have a group of attacks. , Will not stop this path to the top of the disciple. What's more, if you really want to say something about the Nagato descendants, the Gan family is the truly undisputed first descendant of the Lingxiaozong. But after the ancestor Gan Jingcheng, although the Gan family has always been in the Lingxiaozong, there is no one for thousands of years. He took over as the head of the real person.
If this changes the rules, what will you do to the Gan family?
These are all distant words. The most important thing in front of us is this senior brother Wang Gen, who is actually one of the several hot candidates recognized in the Lingxiao Sect who may take over the leadership in the future. Although now in the sect, the most famous three swords in the sky, everyone thinks that the big disciple Du Tiejian, who teaches the real person, is the first, and the disciple of Master Yunni, Gan Wenqing, is beautiful and popular, and his popularity is also high. Senior Brother Wang Gen has always been resolute and resolute. He is quite prestigious in the sect and is highly valued by many elders. However, compared with the first two, he seems to be slightly weaker in momentum.
Today's head teacher Huaiyuan is prospering in the spring and autumn, and his fame has moved the world. He is recognized as a major town in the world of Hongmeng cultivation. In the short term, it is naturally impossible for the Lingxiaozong to change. It’s just that within the sect, although no one has said this clearly, there are countless forces in the Wannian School, and the situation is complicated. Several disciples who are regarded as possible successors of the next generation can’t stand alone. There are battles both openly and secretly, but Everyone is within the limits of the rules and can't do too ugly.
In fact, in addition to the three known as the Three Swords of the Sky, there are still other people within the sect who are eyeing the next generation of masters of the real person. The leader is Sun Hong, the contemporary patriarch of the Sun family, although this person is older than three. Jian is a bit older, but no matter how well he is, his family background, and his ability, he is equally outstanding, and his support in the sect is not small. In addition, there are still several people like Sun Hong, so although Ling Xiaozong looks calm now, but the many forces under the dark are fighting and entangled with each other, it is not to be underestimated, the situation is already quite tense.
Wang Gen’s visit to Qingyu Island to preside over the affairs of new disciples and disciples is a great opportunity to fall from the world, just to show his cautious and meticulous ability to do things. Once he can be recognized by the elders in the sect, he can do it for the future. A heavy weight is added to the competition for the master position. It is precisely because of this that Wang Gen was so anxious and irritable this time, and Su He seemed to have just hit the gun of Senior Brother Wang Gen, which was really unlucky.
Zheng Zhe passed through these secret struggles in the sect of Lingxiaozong in his heart. For him, he had cultivated into the Ningyuan Stage on Qingyu Island in the same round with Brother Wang Gen, and he had been on the Golden Rainbow Mountain. The confidant warlord, everything is based on Wang Gen's interests. Although Su He is a bit pitiful at the moment, he can't take care of it.
Zheng Zhe coughed and his face sank. In front of many disciples of the Qi Refining Realm in Xuan Ri Hall, he said coldly: "Junior Brother Su, Zhong Qingzhu and Shen Shi under your name have gone missing. They have not been seen so far. Do you have anything to say?"
Su He's expression must be aggrieved and aggrieved. He was suffocated. He gritted his teeth and raised his head and said: "Brother Zheng, there is something wrong with the younger brother. I didn't take care of these two juniors and younger sisters, but we have the rules in this herring The island’s daily practice is mostly on my own. As a supervisor, I can only give some advice when they are practicing, and at most add peace of mind and comfort. There are many supervisors and mentors here, which one of them does this?"
The crowd of outside disciples on the side was quiet, and everyone looked at Su He with more sympathy.
Zheng Zhe gave a wry smile in his heart. The truth is indeed the truth, but it is not the time to be reasonable. He knows the mentality of that brother Wang Gen. The most important thing at the moment is to suppress the matter and take care of the aftermath. How could he be here to accompany this grieved and depressed Junior Su to debate who is right and who is wrong?
Right now, Zheng Zhe's eyes widened, and he said coldly: "Shut up, why are all the juniors and sisters under someone else's name all right, and the two people who have been lost are all under your name? It's obviously that you have some negligence and omissions, and you are saving people now It's important, I won't tell you more, you go back to the cave mansion and confine yourself for seven days. You are not allowed to go out and reflect on it. Then I will find you again and see how Brother Wang will punish you."
Su He suddenly raised his head, but when he met Zheng Zhe's stern gaze, he did not dare to resist after all. He gritted his teeth and endured it, and then walked out of the Xuan Ritang listlessly.
When many disciples in the Qi Refining Realm saw this scene, they felt a bit empathetic. They were silent for a while. Zheng Zhe glanced at the people, and was too lazy to care about them or scold them, and said straightforwardly: "Under the name of Su He Can the other eight new disciples be summoned?"
A person walked out from the crowd nearby: "They are all called, now they are all waiting outside the door."
Zheng Zhe nodded and said, "Let them all come in and ask them quickly. Maybe they still know something."
After a while, eight young men and women walked into Xuanritang for the first time. Among them, Sun You, Zhong Qinglu, He Xiaomei and Jiang Hongguang were all among them. A few of them still looked tired and windy, apparently being called temporarily. come.
Zheng Zhe glanced over their faces and was about to ask. Suddenly, he heard the sound of wind and rain outside Xuanri Hall suddenly becoming louder. A black shadow crashed down and landed steadily. The momentum was almost the same as the wind and rain. To resist, it was Wang Gen who came back.
Without a word, Wang Gen strode into Xuanritang. His face was expressionless but his body was wet and there were water stains everywhere. Zheng Zhe greeted Wang Gen and sat down on the main seat. His pupils shrank slightly. Brother Wang usually pays the most attention to etiquette, and the rain can't easily fall on his body. As a result, his return this time is like a rooster. One can imagine how violent the storm outside the island is.
Wang Gen glanced over the Qi Refining Realm disciples in Tangxia, frowned slightly, and said, "What's the situation now?"
Zheng Zhe sighed slightly in his heart, and whispered what had just happened in his ear. As Wang Gen listened, his face became more and more ugly. Suddenly he waved his hand and only heard a "click". The child's thick arm chair broke at the sound, and he stood up and said angrily:
"What! Lost another one?"
This sound didn't seem to be very loud at first sight, but all the Qi Refining Realm disciples in Xuan Ritang felt that at this moment, there seemed to be a violent tiger roar suddenly coming from their ears. The ears couldn't stop trembling, and they stepped back a few steps. For a moment, they looked at each other in amazement, and felt awe of this brother Wang.
Zheng Zhe was the only person in the hall who didn't show anything unusual, but at this moment, he smiled bitterly in his heart, and was a little more careful. It seems that Brother Wang Gen is indeed in a rage at this moment, and he is pointing to the eight new disciples who have just entered , Said a few words in a low voice to Wang Gen.
Wang Gen's eyes were cold, he gave a cold snort, but after taking a deep breath, he sat back slowly, seeming to suppress his anger. Zheng Zhe turned and said to the people: "Who of you are familiar with Zhong Qingzhu and Shen Shi on weekdays, come out quickly and say if they will go to any remote place on weekdays, I will let people find it quickly."
After the eight people were silent for a while, they didn't see any expressions or movements of the others. Only Sun You suddenly took a step forward and said, "Return to Senior Brother Wang, Senior Brother Zheng, I am a little familiar with Shen Shi."
Sitting in the seat, Wang Gen suddenly frowned when he saw Sun You come out. He seemed to think of something at this moment. After a little thought, another teenager gradually appeared in front of him, frowning: "Could it be that person? "