Journey to the West: Asking the Heavens

Chapter 142 Ten Years
It has been ten years since the four sects of the Demon Sect attacked Qingyun Sect for the second time.

Although the four major sects of the Demon Sect suffered heavy losses in the Qingyun battle, they did not go dormant. Instead, they set off a bloody storm in the monastic world.

In that terrifying battle, the old Poison God of the Wandu Sect died on the spot under the Sword of Immortal Executioner, and Mrs. Sanmiao of the Hehuan Sect also died under the Divine Sword Yulei Zhenjue.

These two factions had no leader, so Chang Sheng Tang and Ghost King Sect took advantage of the situation and annexed them.The situation that the four major factions have been fighting against each other for hundreds of years was broken in one fell swoop.

The Ghost King Sect annexed the Hehuan Sect, and the Changshengtang annexed the Wandu Sect.

Originally, the vitality of these two sects was seriously injured, but by annexing other sects, the number of elders and disciples in the sect increased a lot, and Ghost King and Yu Yangzi, after annexing a large sect, did not intend to stop at all. Instead, they continued to attack the small sects nearby. In today's Devil's Cult, there are only a few small sects left.

After ten years of hard work, the power of Changshengtang and Guiwangzong has become more prosperous than before. Therefore, they have repeatedly fought against righteous people, and they fought back and forth. Dare to provoke Qingyun disciple again.

Qingyun Sect also experienced quite a few changes. Reverend Daoxuan summoned disciples of the seven veins, and in front of all the head elders, announced that Xiao Yicai would be the head of Tongtian Peak, and take charge of Qingyun Sect's affairs on his behalf.

Qingyun's previous masters were all succeeded by Tong Tianfeng's first master, Daoxuan's attitude made it clear that he wanted to make Xiao Yicai the next master.Although there are many people in the door who are against Mo Yuan in their hearts, but the righteous master does not come out to fight, so naturally no one stops him.

And one month after Xiao Yicai took over as the head seat of Tongtian Peak, Taoist Master Tianyun of Luoxia Peak in the head seat of Qimai suddenly announced his abdication, and the head seat of Luoxia Peak was taken over by a younger brother of Taoist Master Tianyun of the same generation.

When the news spread to all the peaks, all the disciples didn't think much about it, but the two masters and apprentices on the Big Bamboo Peak were a little undecided.

In the southwest of the vast land of Shenzhou, the Great Swamp of Death.

This place was originally a barren land, full of poisonous barriers, and it was difficult to find people. However, half a month ago, a huge golden beam of light suddenly appeared and went straight into the sky. It lasted for three days and three nights before the golden light dissipated. , From time to time, there was a huge whistling sound in the great swamp.

These visions have attracted the attention of monks from the righteous and demon realms, and they all say that there is a rare treasure that will be born here soon. Suddenly, countless cultivators from all over the world rushed to this place.

In a valley very close to the Great Swamp of Death, three figures fled towards the distance in a panic, two men and one woman.

One of the two men was an old Taoist in a blue Taoist robe, with a white beard and white eyebrows, with a bit of fairy air, holding a cloth banner supported by a bamboo pole in his hand, and wrote the four characters of "immortal guiding the way";

The other man's appearance is very strange. His eyelids are downcast, his nose is protruding, his ears are upturned, his lips are bright red, and his tongue looks quite long, sticking out from time to time, he looks like a dog.

As for the woman, she was about seventeen or eighteen years old, wearing a white palace dress, with a slim figure and a charming face, which was very beautiful.

These three people are Zhou Yixian's granddaughter Er and the wild dog Taoist. Ten years have passed, and Zhou Xiaohuan, who looks like a little girl, has grown into a great beauty.The three of them ran away while looking back, as if someone was chasing after them.

It wasn't until they ran out of this valley that the three of them stopped, lying on the nearby grass, panting heavily.

After resting for a while, Zhou Yixian complained angrily: "Xiaohuan, you said you couldn't save anyone, but you just wanted to save this person from the Demon Cult. If it wasn't for your grandfather, I would still have the ability to escape. I'm afraid I'm going to ask that monk to give me a salvation!"

Zhou Xiaohuan ignored him, a look of concern appeared on her snow-white jade face, she looked at the wild dog and said humanely: "Are you okay."

There was a trace of black air on Taoist Yegou's face, he heard Zhou Xiaohuan's words, and said with a complicated expression: "Why did you save me, let me die?"

The girl pursed her red lips, and said softly: "Is there any hurdle in the world that you can't get over, and you really want to die?"

"Why should I die?"

There was a hint of pain in the brows of Taoist Wild Dog, and he said in a low voice: "Do you know that I am from the Blood Refining Hall?"

"The Black Hearted Old Man's Blood Refining Hall was still famous 800 years ago, but now it's too weak. So you belong to this school." Zhou Xian interjected.

Although he is not proficient in Taoism, he is definitely No. 1 in the world in terms of extensive knowledge.

"Yeah, it's gone downhill."

The wild dog Taoist smiled with the corners of his mouth, but he was full of sadness. He said: "I grew up like a monster. Everyone despised me, even my own parents abandoned me. I was raised by wild dogs , suffered all kinds of hardships and humiliation, and only after entering the Blood Refining Hall, did I have a few days of comfort. Since then, I have made a big oath, vowing to live and die with the Blood Refining Hall!"

"But now that the Blood Refining Hall is gone, what do you think I am still alive?"

"Is it a good thing done by Ghost King Sect or Changshengtang?" Zhou Xian asked.

Daoist Wild Dog spat out three words with hatred on his face: "Ghost King Zong!"

"The monk who chased you down is a member of the Ghost King Sect?"

"Yes, his name is the Shasheng monk, and he is a rising star of the Ghost King Sect who has only emerged in the past ten years." Wild Dog Taoist replied.

"Monk killing life, I have never heard of it, but don't worry, the old Taoist's earth escape technique, there was no trace to be found when he escaped. We ran for several miles in one breath just now. Don't say it is monk killing life. It may not be possible to find us." Zhou Xian said with a smile.

"I didn't want to run away."

Daoist Wild Dog didn't have any joy of surviving after the catastrophe. He said: "The Blood Refining Hall is gone. I wanted to die. If you save me, you will implicate yourself instead."

"Don't be like this, ants are greedy for life, so why do you seek death?" Zhou Xiaohuan couldn't help but comfort him when he saw the appearance of Taoist Wild Dog.

Her grandparents came to this Southwest Great Swamp twice, wanting to join in the fun, but unexpectedly passing by a barren mountain, they saw this wild dog Taoist intending to commit suicide.

Zhou Xiaohuan was a kind-hearted person, so he dragged Zhou Yixian to rescue them, but just as he ran up to them, a ferocious black-clothed monk came and wanted to kill the three of them, and Zhou Xiaoxian used some illusions to temporarily trap them. The monk then led the two of them to the valley, and ran here again in one breath.

She said: "Since your heart is attached to the Blood Refining Hall, if you die, then the Blood Refining Hall will really be gone. Why don't you practice well and take in a few more apprentices, so the blood refining hall will not be passed down again?" ?"

"Take in a few apprentices, the blood refining hall orthodoxy?"

Daoist Wild Dog frowned slightly, chewing these two sentences repeatedly, and then smiled wryly for a long while, and said: "With my way of doing things, if I can't protect myself, how can I teach my disciples..."

"What are you talking about, don't you know that there are geniuses in this world, just like the famous Patriarch Qingye of Qingyunmen, his master, is his Taoism stronger than him? Come to Qingyunmen?" Zhou Xiaohuan encouraged Taoist Wild Dog.

"That makes sense."

Zhou Yixian twirled his long beard and said with a smile: "Do you know that Mo Yuan, a disciple of Dazhu Peak in Qingyunmen who is honored as the No. There are always geniuses, and if you find a few good seedlings, it is not difficult to pass on the orthodoxy."

"Mo Yuan... Mo Yuan..."

Taoist Wild Dog murmured the name, his eyes burst into a strange look, and he said: "That's right, I want to recruit a few more disciples to pass down the tradition of the Blood Refining Hall!"

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On a barren mountain six or seven miles away from here, the killing monk finally broke free from all kinds of illusions, where is there any figure in front of him?

He stomped his feet resentfully, and said extremely annoyed: "You actually told him to run away, what kind of old man dares to ruin my business!"

Just at this moment, a ray of green light fell from the sky and slowly fell in front of him. It turned out to be a girl in a green dress with a bright face, like an orchid in an empty valley.

When Monk Slaughter saw the person coming, he immediately restrained his anger, and saluted very respectfully: "My subordinates pay homage to Miss!"

It was the Ghost King's beloved daughter Baguio who came. She hadn't seen her for ten years, and she became more and more beautiful. However, there was always a little sadness and grief in the delicate eyebrows and eyes. I don't know who it is for. who lovesick.

Baguio looked at the black-clothed monk who was full of anger in front of him, and asked, "Where is Taoist wild dog?"

"Miss Qifeng, I was about to succeed, but suddenly a pair of grandparents came out and rescued him, I..."

"That's a failure."

Baguio interrupted him, saying: "You don't have to worry about this matter, sister Ping'er and I will chase him."

"But miss, I planted a trace of ghostly spirit on that wild dog Taoist, so I can track his location!" Said the killing monk.

"Oh, is that so?"

A look of joy appeared on Baguio's face, she said: "Then you follow me to chase him, this time you caught him alive, and retired from the Hall of Eternal Life, it will be your first achievement!"

The small sects of the Devil's Cult have already been divided up by the two major sects, and the Blood Refining Hall is the last one.

When attacking and killing the ancient cave of Wanbat at the mountain gate of the Blood Refining Hall that day, Taoist Wild Dog happened to be sent out to inquire about the birth of a rare treasure in the Great Swamp of Death, so he escaped the catastrophe.

Therefore, Changshengtang and Guiwangzong made an agreement, whoever catches the wild dog Taoist first, the other faction will withdraw from the Western Great Swamp, and must not compete for rare treasures.

This is how the killing monk chased and killed the wild dog Taoist.

"It's not too late, let's go!"

Baguio gave an order, and the whole person turned into a stream of light and rushed to the sky, and the killing monk hurriedly followed.

But just when the two disappeared into the sky, a figure of a young man suddenly appeared here. The man was wearing a light blue gown, and he was quite handsome, but there was a colorful centipede standing on his shoulder. It is as big as a palm, and the strangest thing is that it has seven forks in its tail, which looks like it has seven tails.

The man murmured: "Is there a ghostly spirit, Ms. Bi Yao, did you ever think that I also sprinkled a trace of invisible fragrance on you?"

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At night, it was dark and starless, and the pouring rain said it was changing.

In a dilapidated temple at the entrance of Dawang Village, several bonfires were lit, filled with ascetics who came to search for rare treasures.

This village is the closest place to the Great Death Swamp. It is remote and poor, and it used to be lifeless. This is the first time that so many monks have appeared like this.

"I remember there is a temple here, go in, go in!"

Suddenly an old voice came from outside the temple, and then only three wet figures walked in quickly, it was Zhou Xian, grandson and grandson, and wild dog Taoist.

Near the Great Swamp of Death, the weather was humid and rainy, and it rained seven or eight out of ten days. The monks who came from afar didn't know the weather, and they were often drenched.

Zhou Yixian looked at many cultivators sitting in the temple, walked towards the nearest bonfire, and said with a smile on his face: "Everyone, can it be convenient for the three old Taoists to warm up?"

Unexpectedly, the monk he was questioning didn't lift his eyes, but said indifferently: "Get lost!"

Here in the Great Swamp of Death, they are all here to search for rare treasures. In other words, everyone is an opponent of each other. If they are not relatives, who will lend a helping hand to their opponents?
Zhou Yixian is an old man, he is not annoyed by being treated with cold words, but the wild dog Taoist can't bear this anger, his face will turn dark and he will explode.

However, at this moment, a male voice came to mind outside the temple: "Ghost King Zong is doing business, anyone who has nothing to do with it should leave as soon as possible!"

Ghost King Zong!One of the two major factions of the Demon Cult!

Zhou Yixian and the other three thumped in their hearts, but the temple was packed full of cultivators, but they scattered immediately, including the one who just said get out.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree, the Ghost King Sect and the Changshengtang have set off a bloody storm in the past ten years. They are facing each other, let alone these monks from other sects and the unreliable Sanxian?
"Grandpa, what should we do, shall we run?" Zhou Xiaohuan asked anxiously.

Zhou Yixian had a bitter old face, and took out a stack of yellow paper Taoist talismans from his bosom, but saw that the Taoist talismans were all wet and still dripping water.

The old liar said helplessly: "It's raining heavily, and I'm getting wet. I probably won't be able to run this time."

Seeing this, Daoist Wild Dog gritted his teeth and said, "I went out and fought them myself, it's none of your business!"

With just a few words, the temple was empty, and a monk dressed in black strode in.However, he saw that the monk was tall and thin, with a hooked nose and a pair of triangular eyes, and he was full of hostility.

He looked at the three wild dogs and Taoists, and said with a sneer: "Hey, run, why don't you run away, let me tell you the truth, I planted a trace of ghostly spirit in you, I can chase you wherever you go... Hey , What a bold boy!"

The killing monk was talking, when he suddenly saw a figure out of the corner of his eye, he immediately frowned and said: "If you don't leave if you are told, do you want to make an enemy of my ghost Wangzong?"

Zhou Yixian, grandson and wild dog Taoist heard the words, turned around and looked back, and saw a young man in green clothes sitting in front of a bonfire in the corner of the ruined temple.

This young man was thin, with delicate features and a long sword between his knees. He was looking at them with a gentle smile on his face.

"It's you, big brother!" Zhou Xiaohuan shouted happily when he saw the boy.

And Zhou Yixian also had a smile in his eyes, but the wild dog Taoist stood there, trembling with fright, almost unable to stand still.

"It's me, you are Xiaohuan, I haven't seen you for many years, but you look so beautiful."

The young man looked at the crowd with a smile, and said: "Old Taoist priest, I haven't seen you for many years, and you still don't look old!"

"Good boy, it turns out that you are with them!"

The killing monk saw that the young man ignored him and only cared about answering the grandparents, his heart flashed with murderous intent, he said: "Since you want to die, you can't blame me!"

People in the Demon Cult have always been decisive in killing and killing, and the Taoist name of the killing monk shows his temperament, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is cruel and merciless.Taoist Wild Dog wants to be captured alive so he can't move, but for the rest, he has no scruples!

With a touch from his bosom, he had already taken out a string of black rosary beads, and each rosary bead looked like a skeleton, which looked terrifying.

He stretched out his hand and threw the rosary, and a sinister aura was immediately released from the rosary, covering the entire temple. Amidst the howling of ghosts and wolves, nine ferocious black skulls appeared in the ruined temple!

"What the hell, it's so noisy!"

However, the young man sitting in the innermost place frowned slightly, and with a wave of his hand, a mighty mana immediately crushed the nine skulls. Not only that, the aftermath of the mana hit the killing monk, the rising star of the ghost king sect, He was severely injured on the spot, and spewed out a big mouthful of blood.

The killing monk forced himself to stand up straight, and said: "Who are you, how dare you meddle in the affairs of the Ghost King Sect!"

The young man said with a smile: "My name is Mo Yuan, I think you are familiar with this name."

Mo Yuan?Mo Yuan!
The killing monk squinted his eyes and thought for a while, and suddenly remembered a person, and his body suddenly froze there. He carefully looked at the shape of the long sword on the young man's knee, and said tremblingly: "Qing...Qing...Qingyun The door... Mo Yuan..."

"That's right, it's me." Mo Yuan nodded and said.

The killing monk's face immediately turned ashes, the shadow of the famous tree, Mo Yuan's Taoism, because of the battle between righteousness and demons ten years ago, he was honored as the best in the world, even Daoxuan Daoxuan publicly stated that he was not as good as Mo Yuan Hugh said that he is a rising star of the ghost king clan, even if the ghost king came in person, he might have to stay away.

"The monk who killed the life, how can he still not come out, can this matter be done well?"

A soft female voice sounded from outside the temple, and then two women walked into the ruined temple side by side.One of these two women was wearing a green dress, the other was wearing a purple dress, one was quiet and elegant, and the other was charming, all of them were great beauties.

These two people are Bi Yao and Jin Ping'er. After the Hehuan Sect was annexed by the Ghost King Sect, Jin Ping'er, as the most outstanding disciple of the Hehuan Sect, was also very popular in the Ghost King Sect.

The two beauties walked into the ruined temple, and when they saw the killing monk with his back to them, trembling all over, Jin Ping'er in purple couldn't help but coquettishly mocked: "Hey, what are you shaking like a fake monk? ?”

"It's...it's you!" Baguio suddenly screamed, and her whole body froze there.

Jin Ping'er felt that something was wrong, but the place where she came in happened to be blocked by the killing monk, and she didn't pay attention to who was in the temple, so she looked forward and said: "Miss, why..."

Before she could say that word, she was trembling uncontrollably like a monk who killed life, her jade face became extremely pale.

She has seen Mo Yuan, Liubo Mountain in the East China Sea, and Qingyun Tongtian Peak. She has seen the scene where Mo Yuan used Qingyunmen's mountain-suppressing stunt to kill her master and thousands of Demon Cultists, leaving dead bodies all over the field. Therefore, her fear is far stronger than that of killing a monk.

But she knew Mo Yuan, but Mo Yuan didn't know her.

Mo Yuan slowly got up from the bonfire, picked up the Dragon Slaying Sword, looked at Bi Yao and said with a smile: "Miss Bi Yao, I haven't seen you for many years, you are getting more and more beautiful."

"You...how did you appear here?" Baguio asked with some fear.

When Mo Yuan saw her like that, for some reason, the scene of feeding her night sand in the Wanbat Ancient Cave 15 years ago suddenly appeared in his mind. .

Maybe she didn't know that she had eaten Ye Mingsha.

Mo Yuan thought to himself, but said: "Your demon sect has made such a big move to search for rare treasures in the Great Swamp of Death. How can the righteous way do nothing? As the leader of the righteous way in the world, I, Qingyun sect, naturally want to send someone Come and see."

Has someone from Qingyun Sect come?
For some reason, a figure suddenly appeared in Bi Yao's heart, and she mustered up the courage to ask, "He...is he okay?"

This him, of course refers to Zhang Xiaofan, after the Qimai martial arts meeting, the top four explored the Ten Thousand Bat Ancient Cave, the two still formed an incomprehensible complex like the original book.

Mo Yuan smiled and said: "Miss Baguio really has a big heart. She is about to die, and she still has other people in her mind. Do you really want to know the current situation of my little brother?"

Big Bamboo Peak's seventh disciple, Mo Yuanfa, is the most powerful in the world, with such a great god sitting in command, Bi Yao naturally dare not visit Zhang Xiaofan, so she has not known anything about Zhang Xiaofan's situation in the past ten years.

Baguio gritted her teeth, and said: "I know that if I fall into your hands, I will never survive. Before I die, I beg you to tell me how he is now?"

Mo Yuan was about to speak, when suddenly his heart moved. On a rainy night outside, a large number of monks were approaching the temple quickly, as if they wanted to surround the place.He immediately said: "There are quite a few people from your Ghost King Sect, wave after wave, and you are quite anxious to die."

A member of the Ghost King Sect?
Bi Yao's beautiful eyes were full of confusion, chasing and killing a wild dog Taoist, the three of them shot together, they all killed chickens with a butcher's knife, how could there be reinforcements?

At this time, a man's proud voice came from outside the ruined temple: "Miss Baguio, Mr. Qin came here specially to congratulate you for catching the wild dog Taoist, please come out and see him!"

This voice is Qin Wuyan!
Bi Yao frowned, and said: "You heard it, it's not from the Ghost King Sect, but Qin Wuyan from Changshengtang!"

"Eternal Life Hall?"

Mo Yuan shook his head and smiled, and said: "It's really lively tonight, let's go out and meet the people in Changshengtang together."

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ps: It's only [-] today, and I'm a little nervous...

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