Chapter 80
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Upon hearing this, Lin Buyu turned her head and looked at Ziyan, and then turned her head away again, shaking her head expressionlessly and saying：
“I don’t remember.”
The crowd felt a bit embarrassed upon hearing this.
“It’s been three years already. It’s normal not to remember.”
Zi Yan smiled and tried to smooth things over.
“That’s right. It’s already been three years. It’s normal not to remember. Look, Sister Buyu is already as tall as me now.”
Zhao Linglong gestured with a smile.
If it weren’t for the fact that Xu Taiping was the disciple she led when she first went down the mountain, and if it weren’t for the fact that she had a similar situation to Xu Taiping when she was young, she might have already forgotten that young person .
Although Zhao Linglong’s father was the Peak Master of Qifeng, she was born to the Peak Master of Qifeng and a secular woman. She grew up in the secular world until she was seven years old. Her mother made a living by washing clothes for others. Later, when her mother fell seriously ill, she, who was only six or seven years old, actually learned how to wash clothes, cook, and boil medicine and make soup.
If it weren’t for the fact that her mother passed away and she was found by the Peak Master of Qifeng, she might have also left with her mother that winter.
“By the way, Sister Ziyan, did you come here today to watch the Dragon Gate Conference as well？”
Zhao Linglong stopped thinking about those past events and immediately changed the topic, asking Xu Ziyan curiously.
“When I corresponded with Qingxiao yesterday, I learned that you borrowed the Mountain Patrol Mirror, so I thought of bringing Buyu here to take a look. Although it’s a competition among outer sect disciples, it’s still held once every three years. If you miss it, you’ll have to wait another three years.”
Zi Yan nodded and said.
“That’s just right. At this year’s Dragon Gate Conference, Xu Taiping, who entered the mountain with Sister Buyu, is also here. You can get to know each other then.”
Zhao Linglong said with a smile, teasing Lin Buyu.
“Hmm.”
To the surprise of Zhao Linglong and Zi Yan, this time Lin Buyu neither ignored nor refuted.
……
A moment later.
In front of the bamboo forest stone table.
“Alright, what is shown in the bronze mirror now is the martial arts field in the front of the Dragon Gate Hall. Today’s competition will be carried out on the west side of the four-sided arena in the center of the field.”
After Qing Xiao used his magic power to activate the bronze mirror, he put it back on the stone table again.
“Let me take a look.”
Zhao Linglong propped her arm on the edge of the table and leaned her head over. Then she found that it was really as Qing Xiao said. The picture of the martial arts field in front of the Dragon Gate Hall had already appeared in the bronze mirror.
In the picture, the west side of the four-sided arena in the center of the martial arts field was the most conspicuous, and the flow of people on the field was also concentrated around the west side of the arena.
“Second Senior Brother, do you know which side of the arena Taiping is on？”
Zhao Linglong suddenly raised her head and looked at Qing Xiao.
“Sister Linglong, in the Dragon Gate Conference, the lottery is drawn on the spot. So no one knows which game they will be in before today.”
Before Qing Xiao could speak, Zi Yan on the side smiled and helped to explain.
“Oh, that’s the case. Then we can only look slowly.”
Zhao Linglong nodded.
She had never paid attention to this Seven Peaks Selection before, so naturally she wasn’t clear about this point.
”I’ll look for it.”
Qing Xiao then circulated a bit of spiritual power to his fingertip and drew a rune pattern on the surface of the bronze mirror. Then the image in the bronze mirror began to enlarge little by little.
”Let’s start looking from the east arena. You all also keep an eye on it.”
As he spoke, he used his finger to fiddle in the air towards the bronze mirror, and then the image in the bronze mirror began to enlarge the image of the east arena little by little.
So the perspective of the bronze mirror was like a bird soaring in the air, passing over the heads of the cultivators in the martial arts field.
”No, no. On this east arena, they are all old men. There is no Taiping.”
Zhao Linglong just took a glance and then waved her hand, asking Qing Xiao to look at another arena.
Because she didn’t know what Xu Taiping looked like now, she could only use age as a reference to search. Fortunately, most of the outer sect cultivators who had the ability to participate in the Dragon Gate Meeting were relatively old and mostly warriors, so it wasn’t particularly troublesome to find.
”Wait, there is a young one here.”
Zhao Linglong suddenly stopped Qing Xiao.
”This person is not Xu Taiping.”
Zi Yan, who was also paying attention to the image in the bronze mirror, shook her head at this time.
As the image enlarged rapidly, the face of the young man also appeared on the bronze mirror.
Although he is also very young, his appearance is clearly not Xu Taiping. There are significant differences in both his face shape and eyebrows and eyes.
“How did you know that this person is not Xu Taiping, Senior Sister Ziyan？”
After confirming that the person was not Xu Taiping, Zhao Linglong suddenly looked up at Ziyan curiously.
“This person’s name is Lu Yuan. He came to Yunlu Mountain seven years ago. Although he has white spirit bones, his talent for martial arts cultivation is extremely good. He is most proficient in using a knife and has long been an outer sect disciple secretly observed by various peaks.”
Ziyan explained.
“Hmm, our master also asked us to pay attention to this person.”
Qingxiao nodded upon hearing this.
“There is such a powerful disciple in the outer sect. Taiping must not encounter him.”
While continuing to search for Xu Taiping in the bronze mirror, Zhao Linglong muttered a sentence with some worry in her mouth.
“The outer sect disciples who can come to Longmen Hall are all outstanding. Even if they don’t encounter that Lu Yuan, they will encounter others.”
Qingxiao refuted Zhao Linglong.
“Can’t you say something nice…”
“Don’t move.”
Before Zhao Linglong could finish speaking, she was interrupted by Lin Buyu, who had been silent beside her.
“What’s wrong？”
The three people looked at Lin Buyu in unison.
“That person, he looks a bit like him.”
Lin Buyu pointed to the bronze mirror with his finger.
The three of them lowered their heads and saw that the figure and outline of the youth pointed at by Lin Buyu did indeed bear a resemblance to Xu Taiping in their memories.
“Second Senior Brother, zoom in more, quickly, quickly, quickly！”
Zhao Linglong repeatedly urged.
“Don’t be in a hurry.”
Qing Xiao glared at Zhao Linglong, then gently slid the fingers making the hand seals, and the image in the bronze mirror kept zooming in until only the figure of that youth remained.
However, because the perspective of the bronze mirror was looking down from above, and the youth was always lowering his head to write something, the three of them couldn’t clearly see his appearance for a long time.
Just as Zhao Linglong was so anxious that she wanted Qing Xiao to think of another way, the youth suddenly stopped the pen in his hand and, as if sensing something, looked up towards the sky.
So his appearance was clearly displayed on the bronze mirror.
It was a face with a slight childishness but already showing some edges and corners. Especially the pupils under the slightly furrowed eyebrows had a firmness, sharpness, and a bit of stubbornness that didn’t seem like that of a youth.
“It’s him, he’s Little Taiping！”
After being stunned for a moment, Zhao Linglong suddenly shouted out happily.
“Although he has grown a lot taller and stronger, his eyebrows and eyes haven’t changed. It’s him.”
She then excitedly added another sentence.
What impressed him most about Xu Taiping was still the vigilant and somewhat stubborn look in his eyes when they first met.
“It should be him. Look at the sign on the table in front of him.”
Qingxiao pointed to the table in front of Xu Taiping in the bronze mirror.
Everyone looked intently upon hearing this, and then they found that the sign was conspicuously written with the six words “Xu Taiping of Qingzhu Residence”.
“Qingzhu Residence, that’s right, it’s Qingzhu Residence. I was the one who brought him there myself.”
Zhao Linglong said with a look of reminiscence on her face.
“Wait a minute.”
She suddenly thought of something, turned her head to look at Lin Buyu beside her, and then asked her curiously： “Sister Buyu, didn’t you not remember Taiping？ How did you recognize him at a glance！”
Lin Buyu looked at Zhao Linglong expressionlessly, then turned her head aside and said lightly：
“Guessed.”
