Yao Qing's heart suddenly trembled.
She quietly raised her eyes to look at Shen Du, only to think that his demeanor was really familiar.
She had seen it ten years ago.
At that time, she was young, but she was already the left envoy of Jian Tianya.
In front of him, the big devil who made the chivalrous men of the world feel terrified, but he was just a young man who would close his eyes even killing sheep. He was the only son of the previous Taoist master and his wife.
The talent is mediocre, and the temperament is not strong.
The old Taoist always said that this son is weak in his methods, gentle in his actions, more than kind but not ruthless, and can hardly bear the heavy responsibility of the demon Tao.
So at that time, up and down, almost no one felt that he was qualified to ascend the position of Dao Master and take charge of the demon Dao.
They are optimistic about the Oriental Halberd.
The proud disciple of the old Taoist and the only senior brother of Shen Du.
His temperament is free and easy, he likes to drink alcohol, and sometimes goes crazy; he is resourceful and fickle in dealing with things. Gu Zhao, the number one immortal in Pengshan today, can't compare with him.
It can be said that there is no one on the demon road who is not heartbroken.
Compared with him, Shen Du is like a cloud compared to mud, and a bird compared to Honghu.
But who would have thought...
Yao Qing still remembers that day.
She got down from the Guyue Pavilion in Jiantianya, and sent a message to Shen Du according to the order of the old Taoist, asking him to go there to see the old Taoist, but after searching many places, she could not find anyone.
Later, a maid said that he was on the Tiantian Cliff.
So she turned to Jiantian Cliff.
It was night.
The bright moon came out from the side, hanging diagonally to the horizon, and the light was faint. Before she got close, she saw the young man in the purple brocade robe sitting alone on the edge of the cliff, looking up at the sky.
The woundless knife lay at his feet.
This sword was personally made by Li Yan, the swordsman in Fortune Lu, on his twelfth birthday.
The scarlet cloud and thunder pattern on the back of the knife and on the tip of the knife didn't have too much blood at that time, so it didn't give the impression of evil, but a kind of warm and peaceful.
She walked very lightly.
But just as he approached, the young man had already sensed her arrival.
The person didn't look back, and even Mochizuki's posture didn't change in any way. He just turned his back to her and asked, "Is my father looking for me?"
"… Yes."
For some reason, at that moment, she felt a little sad in her heart, so that her voice was a little lower.
Shen Du laughed.
I don't know if it's because of the incident itself, or because of her slightly strange voice.
Then he got up, picked up the woundless knife at his feet, turned to face her, the somewhat pale face of the young man was outlined by Haoyue, and there was something strange in his handsome beauty.
"Yao Zuo Shi also thinks that Senior Brother Dongfang is more suitable than me?"
He smiled at her slightly, like any other day, no difference.
But at that time, Yao Qing felt a pain in his heart.
Of course she knew why the Taoist asked Shen Du to go.
Shen Du himself seemed to be extraordinarily clear, so when she didn't explain anything, she directly asked this sentence.
Is Dongfang Ji more suitable for the position of the demon Taoist master than Shen Du
Yes.
At least at the time, this was the answer in Yao Qing's heart, but to this young man who almost grew up with her, she couldn't say the cruel answer.
But the teenager obviously knew her answer.
So he laughed softly.
Those beautiful peach blossom eyes squinted, reflecting the bright moon behind him, as bright as the dawn of a clear blue sky, every now and then.
To this day, Yao Qing's memories of that night are somewhat vague.
All I know is that Shen Du went in and came out again.
Holding a knife.
The old Daoist and Daoist's wife died, and their proud disciple Dongfang Ji fled with serious injuries. A large number of people on the demon road refused to accept it, setting off a big civil strife, but in the end they all died under the knife of the young man they looked down on in the past.
Later, Pei Wuji came.
This knife was given to Pei Wuji by him, and he switched to a Chuihong sword that was not comparable to the Wushang knife.
In fact, Yao Qing never knew what happened that night.
Didn't even ask.
To be precise, the entire demon Taoism kept a secret about this matter, only guessing that Shen Du secretly practiced the magic trick, and it was not until that night that he murdered his father and killed his mother and brother Tu.
From then on, the fresh-clothed young man she was familiar with became a demon and Taoist master over ten thousand people who needed her to bow down and bow down.
until today.
Yao Qing was in a trance for a while.
On the mountain road in the middle of winter, there is no chirping of birds, and it is extraordinarily quiet.
Only the sound of Shen Du biting into pieces of sugar.
He didn't hear Yao Qing's answer, so he wasn't in a hurry. He just held the small box and slowly put the rock candy in it, piece by piece, into his mouth, and then slowly crunched it.
"Crack."
Another crisp sound.
Yao Qing finally heard it. At this moment, a cold sweat broke out on his head. Thinking of how distracted he was just now, he actually knelt down halfway again: "Damn Yao Qing, just now, just now..."
"Well, I'm distracted." Shen Du was very clear, with no expression on his face, "Tell me about Pei Wuji. You still call him Pei Zuo Shi, I think he hasn't been able to take charge of the demon way, and he hasn't been able to usurp mine. bit."
"Pei Zuo envoy..."
Yao Qing's heart is also complicated about this Pei Wuji.
In other words, not only her, but even the entire demonic way is complicated.
After all, the Taoist Lord is his enemy, but he wants to keep him, which always makes people worry that when he is full of wings, he will take revenge.
So in the past few years, people always disliked him.
No matter what, there are always some people who want to trouble him, and they really don't want him to stay in Jiantianya. But he not only stayed, he even became the unstoppable left envoy of Jian Tianya.
As for these days...
Yao Qing pondered for a moment, and then his brows wrinkled, and there was a bit of hesitation in his always refreshing voice: "After your accident, everyone in the Taoist said that he was behind the plot. You should be able to guess, Xiong Dayou, Zhang Boji The protector saw that he was not pleasing to the eye, and waited for an opportunity to oppose him. Although Pei Zuo Shi did not say anything about independence, he acted on his own. , Xiong Dayou was slashed by him, Zhang Bo refused to accept it, and was severely injured. Now the people of Taoism are separated, and they are divided into several factions, and they fight from time to time. You know the means of Pei Zuo envoy, these people will not end well. ."
Shen Du did know Pei Wuji's method.
It's even cooler than when he was at his coolest.
Everything is because the process of his ascending the position is really too difficult, and there is a fierceness in his temperament that has been inspired, and he can't stabilize his position so much.
He was plotted and fled with serious injuries.
The situation of the Demon Dao afterwards was not bad as he expected.
only…
Shen Du weighed the cube-shaped rock candy at the tip of his finger, and still had a crushed one in his mouth. He only curled his lips and said, "Then what do you and Cui Hong think?"
"My subordinates are Xu and Wei She, Cui Hong..."
When talking about himself, Yao Qing did not feel guilty at all, but when he mentioned Cui Hong, who almost grew up with his childhood sweetheart, he was a little hesitant.
Shen Du raised his eyebrows: "How about Cui Hong?"
Yao Qing lowered the heroic eyebrows and said, "I don't know."
"I don't know, that means I won't be with you." Shen Du didn't see the slightest bit of surprise on his face, his eyes turned slightly, and he asked her again, "Just now you said that you and Cui Hong were separated when they were going. Who proposed it, and who set the route?"
"… "
Yao Qing was stunned.
She is not stupid, almost at the moment Shen Du said those words, she already knew what he wanted to say.
Not empty or small.
Even if there is a lot of interception by the righteous forces, they may not be so unlucky, they just collided. Besides, they were all unknowingly when they came, how could they be ambushed by the East Lake Sword Sect
Shen Du was suspicious of Cui Hong.
But at this moment, Yao Qing actually found that he couldn't argue for Cui Hong.
She was silent.
But as before, Shen Du already knew the answer.
"It seems that it was Cui Hong and you who proposed to leave in two separate ways. Not long after you separated, you were ambushed by the East Lake Sword Sect and fought a confrontation that almost wiped out the entire army. Let's go, I just came from the east, I just killed the Shouzheng people over there, but I didn't see half of the demons."
Yao Qing was speechless.
With a soft click, Shen Du put the candy on his fingertips back into the box, bent his fingers again, and closed the box with a cold expression on his face, but because of the lingering touch on his lips Smile, and reveal that kind of heart palpitating and frightening evil.
"I already know the matter, you should go back to Tiantianya first."
Does she go back first
Yao Qing was stunned and asked subconsciously, "That Daoist, you..."
"I've made an appointment, and I still have some important things to take care of. I'll go back when I'm done." Shen Du didn't say anything more, didn't even look at the sixteen people behind Yao Qing, then turned to leave. Go, "When you see Pei Wuji, you don't have to hide anything about me."
"Yes."
Yao Qing didn't know what Shen Du's intention was.
Pei Wuji's methods have always been good, but in less than a month, he has already controlled most of the demons, but for some reason, the more he goes back, the more irritable and violent, but these days there is no action.
But the news that Shen Du is still safe and sound is not guaranteed.
God knows if he will go crazy, or set up an ambush in advance to target Shen Du
It's just that Shen Du is no longer the young man who still needed people to worry about it.
Over the years, what he has done is beyond everyone's imagination. His actions have their own reasons. In all fairness, Yao Qing doesn't think he can compare to one-tenth of him.
So at this moment, I can only watch Shen Du walk away.
At this time, the sun has risen high.
On the cliff in the north of Bukong Mountain, Gu Zhao had been waiting for a long time.
Seeing him come back from a distance, the smile that had disappeared on his face before came back, and it was the same Gu Zhao who seemed to be incapable of finding anything wrong on the surface.
"After so long, I thought you were going to die over there." He watched him come over, and there was a little mockery in his voice, "What happened?"
Shen Du didn't answer.
He also sat across from Gu Zhao as before, then picked up the jug, poured himself a glass of wine, and asked, "A month ago, you said there was news about the descendants of Wu Sheng Lou Dongwang, and you asked me to discuss it together. It's a big event. It's a pity that it became a Hongmen banquet before it was finished. Now it's just you and me. Tell me, do you really have it?"
"Really."
Not answering, or turning a deaf ear to his question, Gu Zhao frowned slightly, but he didn't have a seizure. Instead, he seemed to answer his question with a good temper.
"Two months ago, I found Lou Dongwang's descendant. Now, I have learned from you a little bit of the strength of the Tianji Temple. Naturally, I have to force him to go to the Temple. Adhering to the morality of the rivers and lakes, I will help this descendant. Go back to the three-volume Buddhist collection kept by the Chanyuan."
The word "help" is used in a grandiose manner.
For the past sixteen years, the descendants of Saint Wu have been searched in all corners of the world.
For what, Shen Du still doesn't know
Whoever can find the descendants of Wu Sheng, and then control them, can justifiably enter the Tianji Temple, and ask them to hand over the three volumes of Buddhist treasures that record the highest level of martial arts in the world according to Wu Sheng's last wish.
As for who will this Buddha Treasure fall into...
It was like lice on the head of a bald donkey, obviously.
Shen Du took a sip of wine and laughed aloud: "If this news spreads, it will surely set off a bloody storm in the rivers and lakes. Even if you Gu Zhao is named the number one immortal of Pengshan, no one will believe that you are truly selfless. Besides, I am not the only one who knows what kind of thing you are. At that time, if the boat capsizes in the gutter, thousands of people will point it out, and then it will be complete."
"Shen Daozhu really has insight and is really extraordinary."
His remarks did not make Gu Zhao panic, on the contrary, he was calm.
"But how does Master Shen know that I have no good plan?"
"Good strategy?" Shen Du sneered, "You don't have this stuff, but you should have a lot of intrigues."
Speaking ill of people in front of people.
He could probably do this kind of thing.
Gu Zhao glanced at him, and the brows that were condensed with a bit of celestial air were drawn together. He seemed to be displeased by this, but the words turned out to be: "Have you eaten candy?"
In the air, there is the mellow smell of alcohol.
But his cultivation base is not low, and his five senses are also keen.
In the moment when the breeze was blowing just now, he smelled the faint sweetness that came from Shen Du's body. He remembered that it was not there before.
Shen Du put down the wine cup, nodded, but didn't explain much, and his expression became a little impatient: "I don't have time to talk nonsense with you, say what you plan."
"… "
Gu Zhao's eyes widened, and he looked at him with three breaths, his smile pulled down, and the lines of his lips pursed. As soon as he raised his hand, he lifted the jug in front of him and threw it off the cliff.
The sound of the jug falling could not be heard.
Too high.
Shen Du grabbed the air with one hand, and those dark eyes slowly lifted up to meet Gu Zhao.
The two stared at each other for a long time.
Gu Zhao was not frightened.
Shen Du was not frightened.
But no one did it, and they all knew this was not the time to do it.
In the end, it was Gu Zhaoxian who spoke: "The descendants of Saint Wu are in my hands, but this matter cannot be up to me. If you are interested in these three volumes of Buddhist treasures, I will give this person to you, and the demons will come forward and force you to go up to Bukong Mountain. Let Tianji Chanyuan hand over things. I will lead the world on the righteous path, and I will oppose you as usual, under the guise of upholding justice and thinking of the safety of the descendants of Wusheng. In your hands, or in my hands, it is shared by you and me."
Let him be this villain and force him to go to Tianji Temple
It's really Gu Zhao's consistent style.
Shen Du sat opposite him, they could see each other clearly, they could see the skin clearly, but not the heart and lungs.
Gu Zhao only asked: "What do you think?"
Shen Du smiled: "Although Tianji Chanyuan seldom gets involved in rivers and lakes, a good thing is enough for you and me to eat a pot, not to mention that my reputation is not good. Once I go up the mountain, I don't know how to become a Are you waiting for the turtle in the urn? Hongmenyan, you almost killed me, how do I know that this is not a new plan? What's more, how do you know that the Tianji Temple will definitely hand over three volumes of Buddhist treasures? In case, they don't, or don't Give… "
The first few sentences are normal, but the last sentence...
Gu Zhao's heart moved when he heard it.
As soon as his eyes fell, he naturally placed it on the scroll on Shen Du's waist, and he didn't shy away, he asked bluntly, "You entered the Tianji Temple, don't you want to tell me that the three volumes of the Buddha Treasure have already arrived in your hands. in?"
"Hahaha, I don't have that ability."
Shen Du denied it very naturally, without the slightest hint of guilt. He looked as if he had heard some kind of joke, but there was also a bit of real regret.
Anyone who sees it will not think that he has it.
In fact, Gu Zhao just asked this question.
Although he was a little curious about the scroll hanging on Shen Du's waist, he didn't think that Shen Du would blatantly put the three scrolls of Buddha Treasures on his body like this.
What's more, there was no news of the theft of the Buddhist treasure from the Tianji Temple.
Therefore, Ren was scheming and did not pay more attention to the string of beads on Shen Du's left wrist, which obviously did not match his identity.
He just thought that he had an adventure.
And this Buddhist bead may be related to this adventure, but it is not related to the three volumes of the Buddha's collection.
He only said that the bit of regret in Shen Du's words should have a lot to do with the "wisdom monk Zenzai" he mentioned earlier, so he laughed, looked at him, and finally said: "This is what I plan, It doesn't matter if you don't want to mess with this mess. I'll look for it, and someone should be interested."
In fact, no matter from the level of danger, or from the current situation of Shen Du and the situation of the demon, he should not agree to cooperate with Gu Zhao.
Gu Zhao also felt that it was normal for Shen Du to refuse.
Even Shen Du himself thought so.
But he didn't expect that at the moment when he opened his mouth, he couldn't say a half sentence of rejection, and suddenly there was a bit of a trance in his consciousness: won't we go to the empty mountain again...
He thought of the monk.
Then the ghost said: "No, this trip, I am interested."