Chapter 18

Due to preparations for the inauguration ceremony of the head of the sect, Mount Shu was officially under martial law, and all formations in the mountains were opened, either openly or secretly.

Under the leadership of Shushan disciples, the martial arts people who went up the mountain one after another to congratulate them were all entertained in the welcome courtyard, and received all the congratulatory gifts one by one.The guests all know that Mount Shu is strictly guarded and trespassing is not allowed. A few curious people who wanted to explore privately were either persuaded to retreat by the disciples of Mount Shu, or rescued by the disciples of Mount Shu in the formation.After a few days, almost every sect has seriously injured disciples, which shows how much the world is curious about Shushan.

Piao Yazi lost his temper in his Shangqing Palace, not only dissatisfied with the various factions' exploration of the secret land of Shushan, but also scolded his disciples for their ineffective care.

There are three secret places in Shushan, the underground palace, the bone burial platform, and the demon lock tower. They are both secret places and forbidden places. Most of the Shushan disciples will never see them in their entire lives.Because these three places involve the millennium inheritance of Shu Mountain, they are secretive and inhumane.

Legend has it that there is a Mohist institution in the underground palace, which controls the direction of the entire Shushan Mountains.The bone burial platform is the burial place for the heads of the past dynasties, and countless heroes of Shushan are buried.The Demon Locking Tower suppresses the evil spirits of the country and is the top dungeon in the world.

Shushan is too mysterious, and there are legends of immortals connected to the upper world, which has attracted countless alchemists.I grew up in Mount Shu since I was a child. I have heard of all kinds of ghosts, ghosts and gods.

From then on, I followed my master's example and kept silent.

Later, Qiantuiyou went up the mountain, on the one hand, to compete with me, and on the other hand, because of the legend of Shushan Mountain, he asked me to take him to dig three feet to explore the secret place, so that he could meet the gods and give him the magic touch or the martial arts cheats from the elders. Dominate the rivers and lakes.Of course, I refused because I was afraid of ghosts.Legend has it that Mount Shu is connected to Fengdu Ghost Domain, in case it is accidentally dug through...

In fact, I have never entered the three secret realms of Shushan.When I was young, I was full of curiosity, but my master supervised me too strictly, so I didn't dare to do anything wrong on the mountain, so I often went down the mountain to play wild.Now that I am prematurely aging, I am even more indifferent to these illusory things.

However, there have been heroes from generation to generation, and the teenagers who have ventured into the secret realm regardless of their own lives, all have the dream of being a hero, so they completely ignored the prohibition of Shushan.No wonder Piao Yazi was angry.

"If you want to break in, let them break in." Dressed in snow satin and green fur, with an octagonal hollow sleeve, I came uninvited and stepped into the Shangqing palace.

"Uncle Master!" All the disciples in the hall suddenly became solemn.

"Master!" Piao Yazi got angry halfway, seeing an unexpected visitor, he had no choice but to get up from his chair, "It's freezing cold, why did the master reach Wuwang Peak?" He quickly instructed his disciples, "Close the doors and windows quickly. , put down the cotton curtains, set up the brazier, add more charcoal, and open the window over there to filter the charcoal air!"

"Come and see..." From Wuliang Peak to Wuwang Peak, the cold wind was blowing all the way. Even though I was wearing thick clothes, I was still unbearably cold. After I sat down in the hall, I coughed until my lungs were breathless, and my face turned pale.

All the disciples turned pale when they saw the headmaster committing suicide like this.It was still Piao Yazi's big apprentice—and also the big disciple of the entire Shushan Mountain. He quickly poured hot tea and said, "Master master uses tea!"

I took a deep breath to inflate my lungs, hugged the sleeve stove with one hand, and stretched out the other hand to pick up the tea. The teacup was bumping and shaking, shaking constantly...

The disciples became even more pale.

After a long while, I finally drank some tea, warmed up my body, and then returned to the human world.

The disciples built a brazier and carefully moved it to my side. The charcoal fire was so hot that soon the disciples in the hall were sweating profusely, but I felt a little warmer.

After I had finished tossing and tossing, Piao Yazi had a complicated expression: "Sect Leader, if you have something to tell me, why do you need to make this trip?" In front of his disciples, he always called me the Sect Leader, You only call me Shidi in private.

"It's nothing serious." I spoke while adjusting my breath, "Shangqing Palace, I haven't been here for ten years..."

"The head is nostalgic, this old residence, if you miss it, can you stay for a few days?" Piao Yazi said lightly.

The Qing Palace on Wuwang Peak, when I was still the second disciple of Shushan Mountain, was given to me as a dormitory by the head master.The time I have lived here is far longer than in Wuliang Peak Longevity Palace.After all, I have been a disciple of Shushan for more than 20 years, and I have only been the head of the sect in a serious manner for a few days.

I am familiar with Changsheng Palace because Master lives there.I miss Shangqing Palace because it was my most unrestrained years.

He raised his eyes and looked at the interior layout casually. It had already been moved east and west, and it was no longer what it used to be.Looking away, I didn't care and said: "I'm afraid I won't be used to it when I come back. By the way, I have slightly changed a few formations on the main peak. Let me tell you and tell my disciples not to run around. If you are not careful Trapped, I might not make it in time."

Piao Yazi was surprised: "The main peak? When did you change it?"

"Well, I just changed it casually when I was passing by."

"..." Piao Yazi could not refute, "What if disciples from other sects break in?"

"Oh, trespassers will be fined 100 taels."

"..."

The disciples of the Shangqing Palace saw that I came here rarely, and they all asked the master to solve the problems encountered in the practice.I naturally answered them one by one, until I fell asleep, woke up and fell asleep...

Finally woke up completely, and finally got out.

All the disciples said in unison: "Thank you for your guidance and guidance, the head master uncle, the disciples are enlightened like a god."

"Well, it's good if you understand it." I got up, wrapped myself in the green fur, hugged the stove tightly, and left the Shangqing Palace.

"The disciple respectfully sent the head!" The blackness was overwhelming and solemn.

I looked back more than a dozen feet away, and there are palaces and pavilions with double eaves and flying buildings, and the three characters of Shangqing Palace are criss-crossing.

On the winter solstice, the first snow fell, and the grand ceremony was held as scheduled.

The righteous way of martial arts gathered together, full of guests and friends, full of pride.Except for the exterminated Jiuyi Sect and Junshan Sect, none of the other sects were absent, and the head of the sect brought the senior disciples and some younger disciples to the scene.

Although Shushan is a leader in the right way, it is not because I have enough face that I am sold.Mingxiu plank road darkened Chencang, the grand ceremony for the inauguration of the head and the alliance against the Sumeru Palace martial arts will be on this winter solstice day.

The grand banquet was held in Wuliang Peak Jiange, and the martial arts alliance gathered together. They ate a clean banquet, talked about morality, asked for explanations, and asked for righteousness in the world.

In the Palace of Eternal Life, I was dressed up in Confucian robes by the female disciples, with a green jade hairpin in my hair, a purple jade belt around my waist, a purple feather crane cloak, and a purple gold lotus crown for my complicated clothes. throw it away.

"It's too heavy, I can't wear it, bring me the sleeve stove." I held my sleeves together, a little annoyed.

Lan Ruo lifted the curtain and entered the room: "Uncle Master, we are waiting for you in the Jiange. Uncle Master told you to hurry up..." After she glanced at me, her face turned red, her feet wobbled, and she started talking nonsense, "Uncle Master? It can be so beautiful..."

All the female disciples lowered their heads one after another. The female disciples who were sent to the Longevity Palace were all well-mannered, knowing that at this time, silence is better than speech, which is more artistic than nonsense, although the latter is just more courageous.

The disciple brought the stove, and I put it in my hand, ignored Lan Ruo's urging, and asked an irrelevant question: "Is there anyone going up the mountain?"

"Return to the head, the guests have arrived, and it's snowing on the mountain, so there should be no one else."

"I'm going out for a walk, don't let anyone come looking for me, let Piao Yazi entertain me in the Jiange." After explaining, I left the Longevity Palace with the stove in my arms.

There is a lot of fine snow, the twelve peaks are covered with silver, and the mountains of Shu are quiet and peaceful.I sucked in the cold air from the snow, hugged the stove tightly, stood on Wuliang Peak, and looked at the only mountain path leading to Jiange.

After staring for a long time, the line of sight cannot be focused, and it is scattered into a vast expanse of whiteness, and often nothing can be seen.The snow particles drilled into the neckline, and were melted by the temperature of the skin, and a little bit of humidity seeped into the clothes. After a long time, I didn't feel so cold.

I don't know how long ago, suddenly there was a figure on the snow-white mountain road, moving very fast, then he seemed to see something, then turned around, walking from Jiange Road to the direction of Longevity Palace.

I hurriedly gathered my energy and concentrated my eyes. After seeing the figure that was approaching rapidly, I turned around, only to feel that my body was a little frozen, and I walked back slowly.

The wind suddenly rose from the mountain: "Master! Are you waiting for me?"

Without looking back, I continued walking towards the Longevity Palace, "No, I'm looking at the snow scene." I raised my hand and pointed to the other side, "You went wrong, the Jiange is over there."

The figure passed by and landed in front of me. The girl who was not too tall was dressed in thin clothes and mischievously blocked the way. She looked at me disrespectfully: "Master, this body is really beautiful...Master, don't go! Listen I explained that I had never been to Mount Shu, so I was a little lost, and it took me several hours to find the right way, so I was late, Master, don't be angry..."

I chose another direction, and was stopped by her again. This rogue self-explanation was only a matter of hugging my sleeves and acting like a baby.However, she didn't dare to get too close after all.No more, no less, ten steps apart, ten steps away.

"Don't block the way, I'm afraid of the cold."

"Oh." She obediently gave way, "I'm not going to Jiange, where is the master, and where will I go."

I took a few steps, and she really followed.Breaking into Shushan Mountain alone, and still dare to follow me, I don't know how to live or die.I turned around and stopped, the stove in my sleeve was no longer warm, and my words were cold: "You came alone? How dare you despise the righteous way of martial arts?"

She was not repelled by the cold words at all, but was very happy: "Master is worried about me? I am not afraid of martial arts, but martial arts are afraid of me. I brought a gift to master..."

"Sorceress!" Angrily shouted, Qunfeng responded, blocking her approach.

Piao Yazi, disciples from Mount Shu and various schools of martial arts suddenly appeared, trapping Tianji in the formation.

And I, outside the array.

She didn't dare to approach, and was eventually caught in a trap.The smile on her face did not change, but it was stained with snow-colored frost: "Master, they call me a witch."

At the martial arts conference in Jiangling City, I faced off against various factions, protected her well, and swore an oath that no one would ever call her a witch again.The vows are still ringing in my ears.But the situation has changed, and the promise has long since lost its meaning.

I clenched my cold hands tightly and looked at Piao Yazi: "Are you setting up a formation outside my Longevity Palace?"

Piao Yazi remained expressionless: "Protect the head of the sect from danger."

Forever, I can't figure him out, my only senior brother.In terms of scheming, it's too small to compare to Piao Ya - Master Chongxu Zhenren once commented.

On that day, I told Piao Yazi and all the disciples that the formation on the main peak had been changed by me.I have indeed changed it, and it has been changed so that the evil spirit is not so strong, and the dead end has been changed into a way out.Whether I have hidden it from Piao Yazi or not, I don't know.But he doesn't care if my intention is true, because he has another trick.

——Set up a trap in my dormitory, and link up all the martial arts factions to form an array together.More than a hundred martial arts heroes from the north, south, east, and west, led the Shu Mountain Subduing Demon Formation, and dealt with a little girl, how could they be invincible?
"I said, leave her to me, senior brother doesn't know?" I still questioned Piao Yazi, hoping to delay it for a while, and also hope that Tianji can find a way to break out of the subduing demon formation.

"The sect master is not feeling well, and the matter of arresting the demon girl will be done on behalf of the sect master. Could it be that the sect master's younger brother has some objections to the hero's formation?" Piao Yazi didn't waver at all, he was always focused on the formation, and even hinted at the start of the formation.

Snowflake was isolated from the formation, and the demon formation gradually opened.Tianji was beaten back to the center of the battle after several breakthroughs, and was seriously injured every time.

I threw out the sleeve furnace and struck at the weakest formation formation. Once a gap was broken, the power of the demon-subduing formation would be greatly reduced.

This hope was instantly dashed.

It was Chitose Worry who stopped the air.

"Mu Xiaowei, don't be impulsive!" He held me down with a serious expression, "Are you going to make an enemy of righteous martial arts? Your brother's intentions are obvious, and you still step on his trap? He deliberately confronted Xiaowei in front of you. Ji opened the Demon Subduing Formation and deliberately summoned the heroes of the world to see your position, how can you do what he wants?"

In the battle, Tianji fought bloody battles, the mandala flower bloomed and died, and when it died, it bloomed again...

Righteous qi restrains illusory flowers, like Mount Tai pressing down on the top, there is no suspense.

"Whatever he wants, get out of the way!" I brewed the sword energy with my fingertips and aimed at the subduing demon formation.

The sword qi was about to leave his finger, but Qiantuiyou went all out regardless, and dodged to block the path of the sword qi, still defenseless.If he bears this sword energy, he must cut off a few strands of his meridians!I withdrew my hand in an emergency, and the sword energy came back, forcing me to swallow a mouthful of blood, dizzy, tinnitus, and unstable body.

When he regained consciousness, the Demon Subduing Formation was over, and the remaining bloodstains were covered by layers of frost and snow, leaving a faint bright red.

Snow is still falling.I crossed the wind and snow and visited the Shangqing Palace full of anger.

"Where is she?" I ignored the disciples and asked Piao Yazi directly.

"The master is awake?" Piao Yazi only bowed in the chair, and waved his disciples to disperse.

People went to the empty hall, only the two of us sat and stood, the air was full of chill and pressure.

He reached out to serve tea on the table, when suddenly there was a bang, the teacup shattered and the tea splashed down his lap.The calm head of the acting sect showed no expression of joy or anger, and flicked the water drops on his clothes: "Junior brother, there are only two of us, brothers and sisters, so we will cut to the chase. You are going to save her in the name of the master of Shushan, and fight with the entire martial arts world." An enemy, or save her in the name of a master, and become an enemy of the entire Shu Mountain?"

I flicked my sleeves and smashed a whole table of tea, and said coldly: "Don't make these twists and turns for me! The heads of the Changsheng Palace lived in the past, and no one should disturb them. You set up a demon-subduing formation outside the Changsheng Palace, attracting hundreds of martial arts people to trample on it. Have you ever cared about the patriarchal clan of Shushan!"

"Then the younger brother cut down the formation of the main peak without authorization, is it the head of the sect? For the sake of a traitor, a devil, he ignored the whole Shu Mountain?" He pointed it out.

I laughed angrily: "Shushan's formations have been focused on defense for thousands of years, not killing. You have acted as an agent for Shushan these years, but your killing intent has not changed, and even the entire Shushan has established itself with killing. I return to Shushan, reset Head, don't you even have the right to change the formation? Could it be that I can't correct your killing intent?"

"Master, you have a kind heart. I don't know if your kindness saved the Jiuyi faction or the Junshan faction? When the Jiuyi Junshan faction was slaughtered by your apprentice who devotedly protected you, how could your benevolent heart mourn the innocent souls?" Pass?"

"Kindness can't stop killing, so do you stop killing with killing? Although the heads of the two sects of Jiuyi Junshan are not guilty of death, they are also to blame. When they destroyed Xumi Palace by any means, they should expect today's reward. Although Tianji In the name of revenge, but taking someone's life indiscriminately should be punished. As her master, I didn't teach her more, so it is my duty to cause today's disaster. But you deliberately deceived me, and you didn't hesitate to break the laws and regulations of Shushan, colluding with the martial arts reckless, wantonly Start a battle outside the Longevity Palace, do you know that the Patriarch Palace is a hundred steps away?!"

"Doing extraordinary things at extraordinary times! The good apprentice raised by the younger brother turned the martial arts world upside down. In the autumn of Shushan's survival, he didn't care about the patriarchal clan! If you don't catch the devil, how can you give the martial arts an explanation? The younger brother keeps talking about the patriarch's patriarchal method, but in Shushan In front of the ancestors and ancestors, in front of the old residence of the master, you have always protected the devil, have you ever thought about the responsibility of the heroic spirit of Shushan and the head teacher?"

I covered my sleeves and coughed a few times, trying to suppress the anger in my heart, and my body couldn't stop being cold: "Since you think so, I won't fight with you anymore. Where is she?"

"Of course it's the top dungeon in the world, the Monster Locking Tower!"

I raised my hand suddenly, and the tables and chairs within three feet were destroyed, the doors and windows were broken, and the wind and snow howled in.

"You imprisoned a teenage child in the Demon Locking Tower?!"

"Yeah, she is only a teenager, and she has cultivated the eight-petal mandala big handprint, and she can destroy people's sects with her hands. If it is not the Shushan Demon Locking Tower, how can she be imprisoned? Why, the leader of Shushan who is the leader of the right way Oppose? Junior Brother is planning to demolish the Shangqing Palace? You are so weak, are you planning to break into the Demon Locking Tower?"

I raised my eyes and locked him into my eyes. In an instant, he backed up again and again, and fell straight into the chair, his face was snow-white.I only exerted coercion and took a step towards him.

"Senior Brother, please bear in mind that although Taiwei's body is weak, if he still has the breath, he can't let others take care of him!"

After leaving the Shangqing Palace, the wind and snow hit their faces, and all the disciples knelt in the snow.

"Master, please think twice!"

I glanced at them, and no one dared to substantially block them.Didn't I think twice, thinking about the world once, thinking about Shushan twice, and thinking about myself twice, but no matter what I think about, it is not the reason why I can abandon my apprentice.

Wuliang Peak Cliff.

The abyss is vast, with jagged rocks, ravines and ravines, and the gathering of storms and snow makes it difficult to move.

The difficulty of the road to Shu is the most difficult.

"Mu Xiaowei, stop!" Qiantui Youyou chased after him madly, "You won't die if you jump down!"

One of the most direct ways to enter the secret realm of Shushan, the Demon Lock Tower, is to jump off the cliff.

I have never seen such a speed of Chitose Youqinggong, and he stretched out his hand to grab it in a blink of an eye.Of course I didn't let him touch the corner of my clothes, and with a chuckle, I jumped down.

"Ah, ah, Mu Xiaowei, I can't spare you if you die—" The echo echoed through the valley.

The gust of wind whistled from the ears, and the clothes were flapping and falling, as if there was no end.

With a force of a thousand feet, and a force of a hundred feet, he fell into the abyss, and the wind and snow around him were like knives.In just one tea time, the inner strength barrier I raised had already been honed into a thin layer, and I no longer had the mental strength to condense to resist.

Peak stones, cliffs, dead branches, wind blades, cut through the winter clothes, cut the skin, once deeper and deeper, blood oozes out, and then is covered with snow particles, freezing quickly.Wrapped in severe cold, it was numb from the cold, and the pain was also dull.

The last one unloaded his strength and landed at the foot of Wuliang Peak, and the endless whistling in his ears finally quieted down.There was a brief loss of sound, and nothing could be heard between heaven and earth.

The bones almost fell apart. After a long time, my numb body regained some consciousness. I got out of the snow, walked a few steps, and vomited a mouthful of blood while holding the branch. I had to eat a pinch of snow to suppress my blood.

He fell so badly that he couldn't tell the direction.After walking around for a while, I slowly regained my hearing, the sound of wind and snow falling.Listening attentively, the wind and snow have their own direction, the direction reappears in my mind, and the terrain of Shushan Mountain is outlined.

The terrain of Shushan is combined with eight trigrams and six lines, Wuliangfeng is the town of Suoyao Pagoda, the mountain is the soil, the soil restrains the water, the ridge is water, and the Suoyao Pagoda should be located at the ridge.

After setting the position, we no longer make detours, and go straight to the peaks and valleys.

A tower-shaped peak stands tall and suddenly breaks into the eye.Here, the wind is calm and the snow stops, and it is quiet from ancient times, as if condensed in a knot.

As soon as I stepped in, the two stone statues outside the closed tower door suddenly turned around, staring at me with empty eyes, as if I only need to take a step closer, and they will treat me well.Since ancient times, those who entered the demon lock tower from the cliff of Wuliang peak were either rape or robbery. There has never been such a way as the head of the sect. It is no wonder that the stone statues stare at trespassers.

Piao Yazi's understanding of the secret land of Shu Mountain is far superior to mine.How to find the secret place, how to imprison Tianji in the Demon Locking Tower without disturbing the stone statue, he can do it, but I may not be able to.He expected that I would find another way. How could I not accept such a problem?

After an incense stick of time, I used teleportation footwork to calculate my position, causing the two stone statues to collide with each other, making it difficult to move.

The pagoda door is still tightly closed, and there is a groove on the stone door, which probably can be opened with the secret key of the keepsake, and it is easy to know that it should be the place where the order of Shushan was placed.I have to admire my senior brother for his far-reaching scheming, calculating every step, and I can only know his intentions when I get to the front.After all, he couldn't let go of the Shushan Token, so he didn't hesitate to use the Demon Locking Tower to test whether the Shushan Token was in my hands.

I raised my hand to press on the stone gate, the cold stone was bitingly cold, I don't know how thick it is.Stretching out his hand, he slid out a black iron token from his sleeve, held it in his hand, and inserted it into the groove of the stone gate.With a muffled sound, the stone door opened, revealing a stone path leading to the bottom of the tower with an ever-bright lamp.I took back the black iron order and set foot on the road of lights.

When the mountain wind blows in, the ever-bright lantern can't help but sway, but it doesn't go out.

After crossing this long road of lights and arriving at the demon-locking platform in the center of the earth, all the light will be swallowed up, eternal night forever.But I felt a familiar atmosphere in this eternal night. Around the area of ​​raising my sleeves, the ever-burning lights behind me flew towards me, spun around the demon-locking platform several times and settled down.

The night is full of light.

The slender figure dressed in blood and lying on the ground looked so lonely, his hands and feet were shackled by underground shackles, alone in this cold heart, I don't know if he has ever waited.

I rushed in a few steps, rushed to the chain platform, and hugged the girl on the ground into my arms. My body was as frozen as frozen stone, and I couldn't feel my heartbeat or breathing.

At this moment, my blood was cold, my heart was gray, and a few long-burning lights nearby went out at will.

Without hope, there is no despair.If you haven't been warm, you don't know the taste of coldness.Even if the flowers in this world are blooming and Xie Jiangshan is picturesque, what does it have to do with me?
Thoughts are broken and continued, continued and broken, disturbed one after another, the past in the world has lost its color, leaving only gray and white.

Suddenly, a sneer came from the endless darkness outside the long-burning lamp, and a voice like rubble said in a rough voice: "Has the head of Shushan not fallen to this point? With a body that is not decaying and dying, you still dare to be emotional, hmph, you don't know whether you are dead or alive!"

The sudden movement did not alarm me at all, because no one has anything to do with me.

"Hey, Shushan's ruined sect leader, you are not surprised to hear the old man's voice? What is your attitude? It is the first time for this old man to speak to someone in a hundred years. What an honor it is for you!"

I still don't understand.

"Hmph, people's hearts are not ancient, and the world is dangerous. I don't know how dilapidated the Shu Mountain is today. The head of the sect is dying, but the body of dying is related to love, and the love is related to a little girl, but the little girl He's a sinner in Shushan. It's ridiculous how messed up Shushan is!"

I continue to ignore.

"Hey, the current head of Shushan, the old man knows the solution to the curse of the five declines of heaven and man, do you want to know?"

I am still indifferent.

"The head of the bastard! How helpless are you, can't even tell the difference between life and death? That girl has no heartbeat for a while, won't you save her?"

Only then did I react. With a shake of my hand, I hugged Tianji and sat up, placing my palm on the back of her heart, exhausting my cultivation.

Fortunately, there is no more noise in the dark, and the dungeon is quiet again, only I can hear my heart beating like a drum, beating like a fate.

As the internal force was released, the temperature gradually spread from the palm of the hand.

A low voice escaped from her throat: "Master...it's so cold..."

She wasn't awake at all, and she didn't even know that I was behind her. It seemed to be just a whisper in a dream, a subconscious chanting.

The real essence protects the body, melts her frozen Qi channels, and when she hears her breathing gradually stabilized, I retract my palm, and then put her in my arms, driving her cold air away with my body temperature.My heartbeat has not calmed down, and I still can't believe that she is still alive.

In the darkness, there was another noise: "It turned out to be a master and apprentice! Shushan has indeed fallen to the point of being shameless and impetuous!"

After my mind became active, I naturally couldn't bear to listen to the obscenities and obscene conclusions, and immediately reprimanded: "You are disrespectful, shut up!"

"Hey! The descendants of Shushan have such a big tone! When I was roaming the rivers and lakes, your grandfather was not even born yet, how dare you speak insultingly to this old man!"

"So what about the rivers and lakes, why don't you fall into the Suoyao Tower in Shushan, serve your sentence in the dungeon of Shushan, and see the master, why don't you show some respect?"

"Bah! The most asshole is the head of Shushan Mountain, the reincarnation of heaven, the retribution is not good, and the generations have never died well. On the contrary, the old man has lived longer than your generations of heads. No wonder someone said to the old man, the best revenge in this world The way is to outlive your enemies. If you survive until all your enemies are dead, then the hatred of killing your father and taking your wife will be empty. So what is the strongest and most powerful, what is the best in the world is not important, what matters What matters is that you have to live longer than others." The tone was full of complacency.

"The millennium king and the 8-year tortoise." I answered.

"..." After the man in the dark held his breath, he became angry from embarrassment, "The short-lived ghost with the Five Decays Curse in his body, the old man has lived for more than a hundred years, and he has cultivated in the demon-locking tower for another 100 years. He has already cultivated supreme wisdom , I have seen through the world, people's hearts and so on, and I can't hide it from this old man, so you are jealous! The head of Shushan Short Life, you are kneeling and begging for the solution of the old man's death curse, and the old man can give you some instructions according to your mood..."

The person in my arms moved, and my mind immediately withdrew, and I had no time to pay attention to the prisoner in the dark.Tianji's face was pale and crooked in my arms, her breathing was weak, and her palm subconsciously clutched the corner of my sleeve, as if she was holding a seed of hope.The soft, pitch-black hair was fixed by a rhino horn comb on the head, and it was already loose and messy, and the small comb was precarious.

I took her pulse, kneaded her wrist to vent blood, then held her in my arms, took off the rhino horn comb for her, and combed it again clumsily.She leaned into my arms, breathing heavily.If this is the end, the rest of my life is fine.

"Hey! How dare you ignore this old man! You are showing contempt for this old man! This old man got angry and decided not to enlighten anyone with wisdom..."

Gather up her hair, put the comb back in, and watch her face glow with blood, and her eyelashes fall down long. How long can I maintain this peace for her?With the wind and snow outside and the endless silence inside the Demon Locking Tower, this short-term dependence seems so vulnerable, so illusory and self-deceiving.Knowing that I was deceiving myself, I let myself indulge a little bit.

Could it be that when a person is about to die, there is also a lot of nostalgia?
"Hey! Master Shushan, do you hear that? For your little apprentice, don't you want to live longer?"

The temptation penetrated into my heart at the right time, I shut it out rationally, tightened my arms, and raised my head to the deep darkness: "My internal energy has reached the end of its strength, and the trajectory of my life is coming to an end. In the past year, he has been dying of illness, and it has long been difficult to use gold and stone. Besides, if you tell me the solution, wouldn't I have to exchange a certain amount of chips? Since you have been trapped in the demon lock tower for a hundred years, you must be a character who cannot be released. How can I For your own selfish desires, pardon your sentence, and bring harm to the common people?"

"Humph! He is indeed a benevolent and moral hypocrite, and the head of Shushan has no good things!" The prisoner let out a sigh of relief, and had to slow down, "Well, even if the old man is a heinous character, but those who harmed the old man and were harmed by the old man Gentlemen of benevolence and righteousness have long been ancient. The so-called death and enmity are eliminated. Is it not enough for the old man to serve a hundred years in prison? The old things are all dead, and the old man is the only one in this world. Isn’t it lonely, empty and pitiful ?”

I didn't have time to talk to him any more. I used my strength to break the chains of the dungeon, but it didn't work. I guess it wasn't by brute force.

"Hey! You're a hypocrite! I can't let you go because I have done a lot of evil, but your apprentice can let you go? The moment you spoke uprightly, the moment you bend the law for selfish ends, it's awe-inspiring. Do you want to be so shameless?!"

Continuing to ignore it, I summoned an ever-burning lamp, examined the chains of the dungeon carefully, and found that the grooves of the locks were exactly the same as those on the gate.It is no wonder that the order of Shushan has so many functions.

He took out the Shushan order, buckled the groove, and with a loud bang, all the iron chains that bound Tianji's hands and feet were removed.After hugging Tianji, I walked down the Demon Locking Platform.

An unwilling voice in the darkness behind hurriedly said: "Hey, hey, the master of Shushan, let me unlock the old man! I will tell you the solution to the five declines of heaven and man! It is genuine! The old man can also teach you some double-cultivation methods, which you can use." Eh--"

I followed the ever-burning lights all the way out of the corridor.

Outside the Monster Suo Pagoda, the secret realm was broken through, the clouds cleared, and a staircase leading to Wuliang Peak suddenly opened up.Behind him, the stone door slammed shut, and everything returned to silence.

In front of the Longevity Palace, Piao Yazi led all his disciples to see that I survived after jumping off the cliff, and even hugged the little devil they called the little demon girl, went straight through the crowd, and entered the Xiaoyao Palace.

Chitoseyou jumped up and rushed over. After receiving Tianji, he saw that I didn't say hello and fell down along the palace door...

Once it falls into the boundless darkness, it will be haunted by nightmares.I struggled to wake up, and sat up immediately, so frightened that Chitose Yu, who was dozing off beside me, woke up instantly.

"Mu Xiaowei, are you okay?"

I lifted the quilt and stood up: "Where's Tianji? My brother didn't come, did he?"

"Don't worry, if you dare to jump off a cliff, who would dare to come? Xiaoji is in the Patriarch's Palace—Mu Xiaowei, you should rest well—"

Not daring to delay for a moment, I left the bedroom and went straight to the Patriarch Hall in the main hall of the Longevity Palace.

Pushing open the door and entering, the portraits and immortal thrones of the ancestors of Shushan and even the heads of the past dynasties come into view. There is a row of futons under the fairy platform, and Tianji is sitting on a futon with eyes closed.

After confirming that nothing happened, I will take a breath.She has changed into a Daotong green shirt, sitting on the futon, facing the tablets of her ancestors, as if she has turned into an orthodox disciple of Shushan.

It's just that none of the orthodox Shushan disciples dared to sit in her seat, it was the place where the master prayed, worshiped and practiced.

I walked behind her and pressed the palm of my hand to the Baihui acupoint on the top of her head, and I knew exactly how the Qi moved in her body.What she did was actually the inner strength cultivation method I taught her, not the Sumeru Gong method.

Without even thinking about it, I diverted more true energy from her Baihui acupoint, injected it into her damaged true energy, and helped her run the big and small circles.

After retracting his palms, he felt a dull feeling in his heart, and sat on the futon next to him to adjust his breath.

When I opened my eyes again, a fluffy head rested on my lap, Tianji dragged her futon over, found a comfortable position and looked at me sideways.There was still not much blood on that little face, and there was not much expression, as if he didn't know joys and sorrows.

I thought about losing her completely, and I felt a sense of lost and found in my heart, a little complicated, a little unspeakable, and a little silent.

"Master?" She called softly, raised her head, straightened my messed up clothes, and then looked at me carefully.

"What are you doing in Shushan?" I didn't know how to start my words, so I asked quietly.

"Master's head ceremony!" She took it for granted, solemnly, with a serious face, and asked, "Didn't Master write a post to ask me to come?"

I sighed: "You don't have to come."

She stared and continued to be serious: "Master asked me to come, how could I not come?"

I was helpless: "Then if the teacher tells you to jump into the fire pit, will you jump too?"

She nodded with a serious expression of loyalty and filial piety: "Jump, maybe there are chestnuts in the fire pit."

Take chestnuts from the fire and smash them to pieces.

I turned my face away, speechless.Suddenly she smiled easily, as if listening to her ears, "I know Master has no choice, so of course I have to go to the appointment, besides, I have something to give to Master." She held the present with both hands and handed it to the top of her head.

A secret scroll suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Purana?" I only glanced at the scroll and felt tired, "Since you took it back from Zhuo Ziyang's hands after bloodbath, you should keep the Xumi Palace secret book for yourself, so why give it away."

She is good at observing words and expressions, and immediately took care: "When Master was in a coma last time, Master Tang and Uncle Qian said that the Puranas can relieve all hardships, so the apprentice went back to Sumeru Palace to check the records in the ancient books. Combined practice can rebuild the muscles and bones, drive away the evil in the body, and it should also be able to cure the five declines of heaven and man. So... I found the first scroll from Jiuyi Mountain, the master practiced first, and I will continue to look for the next scroll..."

I didn't pick up the secret book, so I looked at her: "Where does the next book need bloodbath?"

She lowered her head and lowered her voice: "Jiuyi and Junshan are the great enemies of my Sumeru Palace. For those other sects that have meddled in Sumeru Palace, I will not pursue it..." After a pause, he said, "I don't know where the next volume is, but I will never give up!"

"Even Zhuo Ziyang, who has been thinking hard, has not found the second volume. You may not be able to find it if you don't give up. There is no solution to the five declines of heaven and man. Even if the first and second volumes of the Puranas are gathered together, given my current terminally ill constitution, there is no way to recover from it." .Impossible things, don’t waste your energy or sacrifice more lives.” I advised.

She raised her head with firm eyes: "How will you know if you don't try? Master's life is more important than everything else, I don't care about anything else!"

I didn't look at her, and raised my finger to the patriarch's spiritual seat: "The founder of Shushan School and the heads of all generations, including my master and your master, are all here. They are all geniuses, unique and important to some people. Everything, but no matter what, in the end it is nothing more than a portrait tablet. What we cultivate in Shushan is the way of nature, and nature is the grass, tree and loess of Shushan. As a teacher, we will eventually add a picture like them. There is a memorial tablet for the portrait, I don’t know who will paint for my teacher, and I don’t know if the painting looks like..."

Glancing at her, she suddenly saw a white light flash in her eyes, she raised her sleeve and wiped it quickly, leaving traces on her blue shirt.

My heart softened again, and I interrupted and coaxed: "You must find a painter with superb painting skills for the teacher, and reproduce the demeanor of the first or second teacher, okay?"

She straightened her neck and ignored me, her face full of grief.

I couldn't do it. I searched my brains and tried to appease me, but I heard her suddenly say: "The five declines of heaven and man come from the secret technique of Sumeru Palace. I saw it in the classics. How did Master get it?"

"...accidentally." I said casually.

She turned her face away, the flames of hatred in her eyes tumbling endlessly: "Who is it?"

I stuffed the scroll of the Purana into her cuff, and signaled her to stop talking: "Someone is coming."

A voice came from outside the palace gate: "Yuan Bai pays his respects to the Master Master!"

(End of this chapter)

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