Seventh Shuilan continued, "After I get you into the Shenmu Temple mission, the rest will be left to Miaokong."
I said in a deep voice, "You mean, the person who tricked me into coming to Shenmu Temple was the evil monk Miaokong?"
"That's right!" Seventh Shuilan said, "I left a legend in Yingshan Temple and also left a note. However, there was nothing written on the note. The person who left the words on it and tricked you here was Miaokong."
"As fortune tellers, we can see the outcome of things, we can see a certain fragment, but we can't see clearly how things happened. If there is a slight deviation in the calculation, even the result will be inaccurate. To be on the safe side, I can only give the most critical part to Miaokong."
The seventh Shui Lan said: "Miao Kong is the abbot of Shenmu Temple and also the biggest demon monk."
Miaokong smiled and said, "Seventh Donor, thank you for your praise."
The seventh Shui Lan ignored him and continued, "Although the Jiangshan Iron Guards strictly guard the Shenmu Temple, since I can get myself in, I can also let Miaokong Shen leave the Shenmu Temple without anyone noticing. All my plans can be completed by him."
I looked at Seventh Shuilan: "Have you reached an agreement?"
"Yes!" Seventh Shuilan said, "Miaokong, the spirit of the sacred tree and I are all trapped in the Xuanbing formation. If we want to escape, we must rely on external forces. Of course, we need someone to help us if we can't do it, and that person is you."
My eyes narrowed slightly: "What if I don't want to help you?"
Miaokong said calmly: "Your friends will all die. With the ice outside and the wood spirit inside, how long do you think they can hold on?"
I said to Seventh Shuilan in a cold voice: "You forcefully calculated the secrets of heaven and caused the death of innocent people. Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
"My retribution has come a long time ago." Seventh Shuilan said, "Boy, let me tell you something, those who want to defy the will of heaven are not afraid of retribution."
I stared at the Seventh Shuilan: "Are you the heir of the Half Life Dao?"
"I've already said that it's not appropriate for you to know my identity now. But I can assure you that I will definitely repay the favor I owe you today." Although the Seventh Shui Lan did not admit her identity, I am 80% sure that she and I are from the same school.
I asked again in a deep voice: "I have always felt that Miaokong targeted Guan Qingyan because Guan Qingyan might be crucial to Shenmu Temple. Is this also a false impression you created for me?"
"Of course." Miaokong said, "Guan Qingyan is just an ordinary woman. I can easily find someone like her. Why should I be obsessed with Guan Qingyan? I just want you to feel it is real."
Seventh Shuilan took over Miaokong's words and said, "Don't worry, your friends will be properly arranged. We won't touch them at all."
Miaokong didn't say anything, but Seventh Shuilan said it for him. They gave me the illusion that Guan Qingyan was crucial, just to make me bring her and Nangong Ling into Shenmu Temple together. One more person coming in, naturally one more bargaining chip to threaten me.
Miaokong said calmly, "Speaking of promises, I can give you one too. After you help us out, I will take all the wood spirits away immediately. As for where we are going, you don't have to worry. Shenmu Temple has suffered heavy losses and must recuperate. When we reappear in the world, you may have died of old age. Whether we slaughter living beings or commit murders indiscriminately, it has nothing to do with you."
I looked at Miaokong and said, "I want you to stay out of the world for two hundred years. Can you do it?"
"No problem!" Miaokong agreed immediately.
I looked at Seventh Shuilan and asked, "What do you need me to do?"
The Seventh Shui Lan said: "Back then, the Jiangshan Iron Guards sacrificed countless masters to activate the Mysterious Ice Formation to freeze the Shenmu Temple. If we simply want to break the Mysterious Ice Formation, it is not difficult for the One Saint and Four Gates. However, once the four gates' masters surround the iceberg, we will have no chance to escape. Therefore, you have to open the iceberg before the four gates form a siege."
"Me?" I was stunned. "Can I open the iceberg?"
The seventh Shui Lan said: "Others can't do it, but those who have inherited the Xuanming heritage can do it. Back then, Long Zaixing took away only half of the Xuanming essence, and the other half is under the iceberg. As long as you absorb the Xuanming essence, you can not only open the iceberg, but also improve your skills to a higher level."
While the seventh Shui Lan was speaking, his voice suddenly trembled: "Not good, the people from the four gates are coming in. Miaokong, meet the enemy!"
The green mist suddenly sank and placed me on the ground, and then it went underground like a snake. In a flash, vine-like things broke out from the ground and rolled out to the outside of the cave. Soon, I saw Monk Shi and the others being tied up tightly by vines all over the ground and dragged back.
I immediately said in a cold voice: "Miaokong, what do you mean?"
Miaokong smiled and said, "It's only for your own good! If I don't act as if I'm going to kill you, how are you going to explain everything here to the four masters? Are you going to tell them that you secretly let the evil monk from Shenmu Temple go?"
Miaokong was clearly threatening me with the lives of Shi Heshang and the others, but he said it in a high-sounding manner. As I turned around and walked towards the iceberg with a cold snort, the voice of the seventh Shuilan also rang out: "Go to the position I said, press your hands on the ice layer to reverse the Xuanming true qi, and you can absorb the Xuanming essence. Now go ten steps to the left..."
Soon after I pressed my hand on the ice as instructed by the Seventh Shuilan, earth-shaking shouts of killing came from outside—the chanting of the demon monks of the sacred tree rolled in, and the shouts of killing from the four masters reached the sky and the earth...
The seventh Shui Lan said anxiously: "Quickly absorb the Xuanming spirit, the puppet outside will not last long."
I pressed my hands on the ice and inverted my true energy. The extremely pure cold air flowed from my palms through my arms and into my body.
But a short moment later, I saw a figure wearing a Qing Dynasty official robe and a red hat in the ice in front of me. The other person's face, which was intimidating without anger, was covered with frost: "Do you want to help the evildoer escape? Answer me!"
Jiangshan Iron Guard! The first thing that came to my mind was that the man was the heroic spirit of the Jiangshan Iron Guard who stayed behind to guard the formation.
Although I heard the other party's roar, I had no intention of answering him - even if I argued with him and made some sense, it would not change the reality that I had to break the ice.
Seeing that I refused to speak, Jiangshan Tiewei shouted angrily, "Did you hear me? Do you want to let the world suffer for your own selfishness? As a sorcerer, are you worthy of the heaven and earth, and worthy of your ancestors?"
I finally couldn't help but speak: "My friend is still in the hands of the evil monk, what do you say I should do?"
"For the greater good, they sacrificed their own interests!" Jiangshan Iron Guard said righteously, "Their sacrifice today will be remembered by future generations, praised by the art of war, and respected by countless warlocks. If you dare to break the ice, they will be despised along with you. You..."
"I'm very sorry, I don't know what justice is." I responded coldly and began to reverse the Xuanming Qi frantically.
“You…” The other person was so angry that his voice was shaking. I inexplicably felt an unprecedented sense of guilt, as if as long as I opened the ice layer, I would be a sinner for all eternity, and countless resentful ghosts would come to claim my life, and I would be unable to sleep or eat because of this…
Suddenly, the figure of Shi Heshang gradually appeared in front of my eyes. He was standing in front of me with tears on his face, raising his hand to slap his forehead. I didn't hear what he said, I just saw his palm covering his face that was bruised. Was he too ashamed to face the world
"Wu Zhao..." Ye Jin's voice suddenly rang in my ears. When I looked back, he had already put the machete on his neck. "Wu Zhao, do you know what you are doing? What's the point of saving us? How can we face others? It's better to die than to linger on!"
As Ye Jin spoke, he had already cut his neck with the blade. As scarlet blood spurted out of Ye Jin's body, he fell to the ground with his eyes open.
phantom!
My first reaction was that everything I saw was an illusion. However, those illusions put me in a dilemma.
If I break the iceberg, will Shi Heshang die? Will Ye Jin die? Of course! Although they both came from humble backgrounds, they both have their own limits. If countless people died for them, they would have no face to live in this world!
My palm unconsciously left the iceberg slightly, but I suddenly heard the seventh Shuilan laugh: "Why listen to his nonsense! Ask him, if you two were in the same place, would he sit back and watch his relatives and friends being slaughtered?"
Jiangshan Tiewei said coldly: "I have lived my life without regrets. For the greater good, why can't I give up my ego?"
"Hahaha..." Seventh Shuilan laughed, "Then let me see if you can sit still!"
As soon as the seventh Shui Lan finished speaking, a scene of a demon monk and a sorcerer fighting desperately in a cave appeared in the ice before my eyes.
At this time, the two sides were already deadlocked in a narrow cave, with countless figures crowded on the narrow road of several meters in width, fighting desperately. The enemy and us were trampling on the corpses that we had no time to clean up, fighting for the space to move forward inch by inch, with people constantly falling in front and filling the empty space stained with blood...
The seventh Shui Lan deliberately brought the scene closer to the sorcerers: "Those sorcerers with red tassels on their heads are the people of the Red Top Mansion, and they are the descendants of your Jiangshan Iron Guard. Miaokong, give them a good beating."
“Hahaha…” Miaokong laughed wildly, “All monks, kill the Jiangshan Iron Guards with all your strength! The vengeance of the past must be avenged today!”
As soon as Miaokong finished speaking, countless evil monks had rolled up clouds of fire, passed over the heads of the two warring parties, and pounced on the crowd at the rear, squeezing their way into the crowd and engaging in a fight with the Red Ding Mansion's men.
The seventh Shuilan said proudly: "Old man, what do you say?"
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