A glimmer of light lit up the gray sky.
At the first watch, everything relaxes.
In Yujian Tianzong, Zitian Daomen, Liantian Town, or in every corner of Nanzhou, different people looked at the rise of the sun from different angles, looking at the red sun inlaid with gold, and... The gray sky and earth were illuminated clearly and brightly.
The stars and moon lost their color and retreated behind the blue sky, so the entire sky was like a vast mirror, but it could not reflect the shadow of the earth.
Beside the lotus pond, Mr. Zhang and the giant python watched the sun rise together.
In the old house, Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling both had a sleepless night. Their white clothes and skirts looked like snow that had accumulated for many years.
"Senior Brother, the Four Summit Swordsmanship is about to begin." Ning Xiaoling looked worried, watching the light outside getting brighter and brighter at an unstoppable speed, but her heart darkened a little bit.
Ning didn't answer for a long time, and his heart was equally heavy. In the past three days, it seemed that he had not taken a step out, but he had been wandering around the town, exploring many possible exits one by one, but with no results. He gradually understood. Even if they find an exit, they may not be able to get out with Mr. Zhang's level of suppression.
"Master Immortal, do you want some breakfast porridge?" Qiu Sheng gently knocked on the window and asked.
Ning Xiaoling wanted to refuse, but Ning Jiujiu stood up, smiled and said thank you.
Ning Changjiu walked out of the room for the first time in three days, and Ning Xiaoling followed.
"Can you tell me about your grandfather?" Ning Jiujiu suddenly asked.
Qiu Sheng felt a little strange, but he still thought seriously for a while and said, "Grandpa? What can happen to grandpa?"
Ning Jiujiu asked: "What is the old gentleman's original name?"
Qiu Sheng was stunned and said with some embarrassment: "It's hard to write Grandpa's name. I haven't read any books. If Master Xian really wants to know, you can look for the seal carved by Grandpa."
Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling sat down at the table and drank a bowl of white porridge.
The black cat jumped up and sat on the bench. It seemed that he didn't like the white porridge, so he just sat with them for a while. After smelling it, he purred a few times. Xiaolian sat next to the cat, and for some reason , she who had always been carefree looked a little unhappy.
Ning Jiujiu finished his porridge, looked at the little girl with two sky-high pigtails today, and asked, "How old is Xiaolian this year?"
Qiu Sheng said: "Xiao Lian is only two years younger than me, but she looks younger. My mother died after giving birth to Xiao Lian..."
Ning Jiujiu said with relief: "There are outstanding people here, and Xiaolian will definitely grow up healthy."
Qiu Sheng nodded lightly and said, "That's right. Those monsters were originally fierce, but after they came to our town, they were as docile as Xiao Hei. This is what grandpa often said, where the soil and water support the people."
Ning Jiujiu asked: "Does the old gentleman have any other paintings?"
Qiu Sheng was stunned and replied: "Grandpa has painted so many paintings in his life, how could I know?"
Ning Jiujiu asked no more questions, took another look at the painting in the center of the wall, nodded with a smile, and thanked Qiu Sheng for his hospitality.
Ning Xiaoling didn't give up, so she pretended to be casual and said, "Does this painting have a name?"
Qiu Sheng looked in the direction of her finger, looked at the painting hanging in the center of the wall, nodded and said, "Of course there is."
Ning Xiaoling suppressed the excitement in her heart and asked carefully: "Then... what is it called?"
Qiu Sheng recalled it for a while and replied: "It's called Liantian Town."
"..." Ning Xiaoling was discouraged again.
Not long after the senior brothers and sisters returned to the room, Mr. Zhang came from outside the door. He glanced at the dishes and chopsticks that had not been cleared away on the table and asked, "Where are they?"
Qiu Sheng gave the cat to Xiaolian, and Xiaolian took the cat to the backyard to play.
He looked at his grandfather and replied: "The two immortal masters have gone back to their rooms."
Mr. Zhang nodded and walked towards the wooden building. He knew that these brothers and sisters were not simple, especially the young man. He must be carrying some huge secrets, but with their current state, it was impossible to get out of this small town. .
But for some reason, Mr. Zhang suddenly remembered the look in the eyes of the young man in white when he saw him for the first time that night.
Ning long...
Mr. Zhang confirmed that he had never seen him.
He was still uneasy and walked towards their room.
The door was not closed tightly, and Mr. Zhang walked in, his eyes slowly scanning the entire room.
In the house, the bedding was folded neatly, the shoes on the floor, potted flowers, and paintings on the walls. Everything was placed in their original positions. It looked clean and tidy, and there was not even a trace of dust on the ground.
But there was no one in the house.
"Qiu Sheng." Mr. Zhang called his name.
Qiu Sheng ran in quickly and asked, "What's wrong with grandpa?"
Mr. Zhang pointed to the empty house and asked, "Where are the people?"
Qiu Sheng's eyes widened and he said in surprise: "I... I clearly saw them go in."
Mr. Zhang frowned. He walked to the table and stroked the edge of the table with his fingers. Suddenly he touched a tiny bit of ink. An absurd thought flashed through his mind, and he quickly extinguished it on his own.
"It's absolutely impossible. Even the most talented genius, even if he is taught by me personally, will take at least three months to learn some rudiments of my paintings. This young man must be playing tricks on me..." Mr. Zhang twisted his fingers. , crushed this tiny bit of ink away, and scanned the surroundings, looking for any clues.
It's a pity that he couldn't get the real power before Zitian Daomen took action. Otherwise, he could easily trace their traces as long as he looked at the mountains and rivers.
Ning Jiujiu thought wrongly before. Now Mr. Zhang is not hiding the edge, but really cannot achieve the realm. The previous blow with the dagger as a sword, if he goes forward without hesitation, can really pierce his throat.
But he won't die either.
Because in this small town.
The country is picturesque and everything is picturesque.
Mr. Zhang took a piece of rice paper at random from the table and wanted to draw a blue bird to search for them. He skillfully painted it, but when he was about to add the eyes to the blue bird, his hand stopped. , he immediately realized that the pair of senior brothers and sisters might have used some kind of concealment technique to hide in the dark, waiting for him to draw something to find them, and then use this to break the situation.
Because they have realized that the portraits they drew have turned into real people, walked out of Liantian Town, and went to Yujian Tianzong on their behalf.
So he wanted to find the exit of this town.
Mr. Zhang put down his pen and did not give them this chance.
Letting them hide here and there until the end of time has nothing to do with him. After today, perhaps everything in the world will have nothing to do with him.
"Woooo..."
On the windowsill, the cat jumped up and looked at Mr. Zhang intently.
Mr. Zhang looked at the cat with a rare expression of nostalgia.
In the past three thousand years, he has left many heirs, but whether it was a curse from God, they all did not live long.
Qiu Sheng and Xiao Lian, these brothers and sisters no longer know how many grandchildren they have.
He touched the black cat's head and sighed: "It's four years old."
Then, he took another look at the painting behind him, took out a seal, and stamped it on the painting.
If the bird clicks its eyes at this moment, it will flap its wings and fly out of the painting.
This is bait.
If that young man really felt that he had learned some skills just by looking at paintings, he might really be conceited and give it a try. When the time comes, he would use the paintings as a prison, and they would not be able to escape at all.
Mr. Zhang stamped the seal, and there were four simple words on the seal: Zhang Chengyu's Seal.
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The emperor ordered the sword, and the earth shook and the mountains shook.
The peach curtain isolates the rumbling thunder from outside.
Among the four peaks, under the operation of complex and huge machinery, the Dragon-Tangled Pillar tilted the entire peak towards a certain center point, like four fingers, slowly clustering towards the middle.
The four peaks are connected, and in the hollow, a magic circle is outlined like a traveling lightning when the four peaks collide.
The magic circle took on the shape of a huge disk, and within the disk, star-like light points were densely packed, layer upon layer.
A huge "sword" appears in the center, like a corona, surrounded by many weird symbols, and those symbols move and rotate with the sword.
Many division commanders stepped onto this magic circle. The translucent magic circle was as if they were walking on flat ground, and the gap between the mountains below was like an abyss.
"Bixiao Sword!"
The sound of the sword's cry first came from Shouxiao Peak. In the midst of the choking sound, a green light hung like a rainbow in the sky, connecting the two ends.
Shou Xiao Peak's Sword of Suppression, Bi Xiao hovered over one of the four formation eyes, and the sword energy flowing around it flowed out like wisps of blue clouds.
The Lord of Shouxiao Peak, who was dressed in a wide-breasted robe, followed the sword and landed on the ground far away. He sat on the high seat of Shouxiao Peak with an air of immortality.
"Dongyang Sword!"
There was also a shout from Huiyang Peak. The sound of that shout was young, and a line of orange and red was hanging in the air like a sword burning with magma.
Back to Yang Peak, the Master of Dongyang Sword bowed to the Master of Shouxiao Peak and then took his seat.
Next is the Peak Master of Xuanri Peak.
Master Xuanri Peak is the sister of Master Huiyang Peak, but her talent is slightly inferior to that of her brother, and her level is lower.
"Ask Yun Jian!"
The ancient sword from Hanging Sun Peak also fell into the formation. Different from the scene like the sun rising at Huiyang Peak, this sword looked more like the setting sun.
"Ming Lan Sword!"
The last one to draw the sword was Tiankufeng.
The Ming Lan sword turned into a white rainbow and arrived.
These four immortal swords are the supreme swords under the Peak Master, and they are the most solid power of Yujian Tianzong today.
However, the person who drew the sword at Tianku Peak was not Lu Marion, but Yazhu who drew the sword on his behalf.
"Where is Master Lu Feng?" The person who asked was Master Shouxiao Peak.
Yazhu sighed and replied: "Senior Sister Marrying is off the peak."
"What's the matter?" Lord Shouxiao Peak asked immediately.
Yazhu replied: "Previously, there were two disciples who were made up to look exactly the same as Hui Feng. This matter was only discovered last night. Senior Sister Marry was worried no matter what, so she went to find that There are two disciples.”
"Half a month has passed since the Godless Month. What have you done already?" The master of Xuanri Peak said coldly: "If you can't even find this little trick, has Tianku Peak already withered to this point?"
The master of Xuanri Peak has a young appearance. He is dressed in red sword clothes and painted with golden patterns. Even though his expression is cold at this moment, he looks a bit gorgeous.
Lu Yuanbai blended inconspicuously among a group of teachers who were higher in realm than him. He looked at the location of Xuanri Peak. However, he did not look at the extremely beautiful Master of Xuanri Peak. Instead, he glanced at it intentionally or unintentionally. She walked through the crowd behind her, looking for someone.
Faced with the question from the Master of Xuanri Peak, Yazhu lowered his head and did not answer.
Among the four peaks, the current Tianku Peak is indeed extremely miserable.
Hui Yangfeng was the youngest and calmest, and said: "Painting people? Could it be another evil way of Zitian Daomen? Half a month ago, Shi Shiyi and Lord Lu Feng signed a letter of war. Originally, I was curious, if he Sneaking into the Yujian Tianzong, even if I can defeat Lu Marian, there is no way to survive. I never thought that I would use this method to force her out of the peak. Alas, she should have informed us before leaving the peak."
"She is still too young..." Master Shouxiao Peak sighed. He originally had great expectations for this junior.
However, if there is an ambush from the Zitian Dao Sect, and Lu Jianjie and Shi Yiyi are against each other, the difference in their realms may mean that they will have a near-death experience.
"I'll go look for her." Master Xuanri Peak sighed and said, "If Lu Marion dies, what will we do when the sect master comes back?"
Huiyang Peak Master immediately dissuaded him: "No, maybe they are using this as a trap to lure more people out."
The master of Xuanri Peak said angrily: "Our Yujian Tianzong is just short of a sect leader, so we will be bullied by their broken Taoist sect?"
The master of Huiyang Peak sighed leisurely: "It's up to Lu Yuai to make her own destiny."
The Lord of Shouxiao Peak was the leader of the Four Peaks at the moment. He glanced at the field and said: "The swords of the Four Peaks are as usual."
Then, he gathered his voice into a line, and seemed to say something to the other two peak masters. The siblings looked at each other, and came to Shouxiao Peak together with Pingxu Takong to sit down and discuss matters.
Yazhu sighed softly. She was more concerned about Lu Marian's safety than the humiliation Tiankufeng was suffering at this moment.
The other disciples on Tianku Peak only realized this later and started whispering among themselves.
"Ning Changjiu, Ning Xiaoling... why are they two again! If something happens to Master because of them, I will never be able to spare them in this life!" Lerou said angrily.
"You must believe in Master."
"But Master doesn't have Zi Ting yet, the one named Shi Shi Yi, I feel so powerful when I hear the name..."
Yazhu listened to their discussion and recalled Lu Marian's reaction when she told her about it not long ago.
That kind of emotion is not for the disciples, even for the closest relatives, right
Senior sister is so stupid.
In Yazhu's wry smile, the four swords summit has begun.
Each peak can send four disciples to fight in turns. One of the disciples is the leader of the Early Spring Sword Trial Club, and the remaining three can be decided by the peak.
But now that the leader of Tianku Peak is gone, all hope is on Nan Cheng. Ke Yazhu knows that Nan Cheng was penetrated by a sword last night and suffered serious injuries that would not heal in a short time.
This year's leader of the four peaks is destined to be unable to fall into the Yujian Tianzong.
The person who wins the first prize will not only be able to follow the sect leader to practice Taoism for three years, but will also be rewarded with three sect treasures. This year's three are Tianhe Si, Heavy Fire Box, and Fantasy Snow Lotus.
Especially this magical snow lotus is so precious that it is beyond words.
Each of the four peaks has its own disciples.
"Who will be the first to fight at Tianku Peak?" a division commander asked solemnly.
"I'll do it." Nan Cheng covered the wound on his abdomen, his face a little pale.
Yazhu frowned and said, "You are still seriously injured, so you should rest for a while."
Nan Cheng shook his head and said: "It doesn't make any difference. I'll do it. Don't worry, I won't disgrace our peak."
His heart is heavier than any of his disciples at the moment. Lu Marry is his most respected teacher, and the senior named Ning Jiujiu has been very kind to him. At this moment, they are all missing, and he is injured again. In just one night, his heart He no longer had the high spirits he had when he came out of seclusion.
He knows the strength gap between the four peaks. Except for him, everyone else will definitely lose, so he must keep winning.
He walked out with his sword in hand, and the other disciples in the peak shouted his name.
But his back looked so lonely.
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In the room where Ning Changjiu and Ning Xiaoling lived, the ink of the untouched blue bird had long since dried up, but the brothers and sisters seemed to have withstood the temptation and did not appear for a long time.
An old man named Zhang Chengyu sat alone in a deep wooden building, looking at the blazing light outside the window, laughing to himself: "I really don't understand the thoughts of young people anymore."
After all, he couldn't feel relieved and dug out a large box from the darkroom. He opened the box and took out dozens of paintings from the top.
The paintings he took out were all portraits of monsters in Liantian Town.
There are dozens of monsters scattered throughout Liantian Town such as rabbit spirits, duck-billed ape monsters, gecko generals, spotted frogs, etc. The only difference is that the monsters in these paintings all look menacing. , even the most harmless-looking rabbit spirit had its blood-red eyes wide open, and a pair of exposed front teeth looked like fangs.
Only the painting of the black giant python is missing.
Zhang Chengyu closed his eyes, and the consciousness of these paintings naturally connected with him, so all the scenes seen and remembered by the monsters shared with him.
He had a panoramic view of everything in the entire Lotus Town, except for the lotus pond.
But he still couldn't find any trace of the brothers and sisters.
This pair of senior brothers and sisters seemed to have evaporated out of thin air.
After a long time, the old man put away the painting in his hand and sighed softly.
In ancient times, demonic beasts were rampant, but only a handful of people could survive to this day.
Although his realm was gone, his vision was still there. He could think of dozens of ways to hide in the town, but he didn't think the two teenagers could do it.
He put away the paintings.
There are thousands of paintings in the darkroom.
The paintings are all monsters from near Liantian Town, or monsters that have come to participate in the Lianzi Festival in the past few years.
Zhang Chengyu painted them all, and every monster that was painted would become kind and innocent, because their viciousness was all drawn into the painting.
There is only one truly innocent monster in the entire Liantian Town.
It's the huge black python in the lotus pond.
However, its kindness comes from its stupidity, and it is also the most unkind monster in the entire Liantian Town. Zhang Qianyu collected the ferocity of so many monsters to pave the way for it to become a demon again.
That is today.
At this moment, in the Zitian Dao Sect, after decades of planning and painstaking efforts, countless broken bones were finally collected and assembled into a giant monster. The giant monster's skeleton was extremely beautiful, slender and strong, with four bones on each side. The long snake-like head, behind it, the huge tail bone is like a whip from large to small, and at the end of the whip tail, the last tail bone is a broken white bone sword.
This huge monster bone stands tall and tall. The only flaw is that the head and neck that should be in the middle are missing.
They have been unable to find a fragment for so many years. It was not until a few years ago that the sect owner secretly received the news that the missing head and neck was hidden in Liantian Town.
So he made a deal with Mr. Zhang from Liantian Town.
It’s just that the people in the Zitian Dao Sect don’t know yet that this forcibly pieced together Nine Infant Bones will eventually become the wedding dress for Zhang Chengyu and one of his old friends.
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On the wasteland, Lu Jiumei, who was dressed in white and wielding a sword, stopped, her eyes fixed on the front.
"Why not fourteen clothes?" Lu Married asked coldly.
The person in front of him was dressed in purple Taoist robes, and he was the person who conveyed the letter of war to Shi Shiyi that day.
He looked at Lu Jianjiao with a smile and said: "I forgot to introduce myself last time we met. My name is Jiu Xian. I have practiced Taoism for fifty years. Now I have reached the peak of longevity. It is perfect for dealing with Master Lu Feng, and Master Shishiyi... ha, You might as well tell Master Lu that Sir Fourteen Yi has never thought of taking action against you because you are simply not qualified to let him waste his time. That letter of challenge is just a cover, and Sir has more important things to do."
After saying these words, Jiu Xian's head remained on the wasteland forever, with a smile still on his face.
He didn't see the sword clearly until his death.
Lu Marry retracted the thumb that pushed the sword out of its sheath, stepped over his remains, and swung in the direction of Yujian Tianzong and Liantian Town for a moment, and then the sword flashed like a shadow in the direction of Liantian Town. .