Inside the formation, Qi's Chaoge swordsmanship formed a sword formation. Qi Zhen and his four companions joined forces to fight the enemy, repelling more than a dozen large demon souls, secretly thinking that it was not good. After entering for only a short while, the four of them were attacked dozens of times. They had almost no time to breathe, and it was difficult to move forward half a step, let alone approach the soul-locking formation in the center. The ghost formation was more dangerous than imagined. The three of them not only faced the formation's killing moves, but also the attacks of the large demon souls. These large demon souls were refined by the secret method of the ghost way. There was no telling how many of them there were, and they could all hide with the formation's energy. Even though Qi Zhen and his four companions had high cultivation and seamless cooperation, they gradually became exhausted.
"Be careful!" Qi Zhen's forehead was covered with sweat. He pushed Elder Qi Yiquan away, dodged the attack, and then leaned on his sword to catch his breath. "We can't go on like this."
The four of them cooperated with each other, but they didn't even have time to use the Phoenix Feather to restore their true energy. There was only consumption but no replenishment. I believe the situation on the side of Master Shutu and Yue Feihua is even worse.
"Retreat?" Elder Qi Yan said.
Seeing that it was difficult to hold on, Qi Zhen forced the demon spirits to retreat. Just as he was hesitating, the energy of the formation suddenly dissipated, and the big demon spirits all flew to the other side.
"Is this... a vacant defensive position?"
Did someone break a formation? The four of them were all experienced warriors, so they would not miss the opportunity. Qi Zhen was very excited: "Let's go!"
After rushing out of the ghost formation and entering the gate of the Heart Sword Sect in front, the black air around them faded. It turned out that this ghost formation was only used for outer interception. The four people looked around vigilantly. Master Shutu and Yue Feihua also came in. Master Shutu had a gloomy face and several injuries on his body, but fortunately the injuries did not look serious. Yue Feihua's bun had been cut off, her gray hair was scattered, and there was a long cut on her arm, emitting black air. It should be left by the attack of the big demon soul. She shook her head at the four people, said "shame", and quickly took out the spirit ingot to replenish her true energy.
Immediately afterwards, flashing sword flowers opened up, Yang Zhao was in the front, and Gu Pinglin, Tang Jian and others also came in one after another.
Qi Zhen heaved a sigh of relief when he saw them: "Master Gu, what's going on?"
Gu Pinglin turned around and looked at the shaking ghost formation: "Because Yan Sen entered the formation."
"Use Yan Sen to contain us, what a good strategy, Master Gu." The voice of Master Lu came, and a huge black skull shadow floated above the main hall of the Heart Sword Sect, looking at everyone from afar. At the same time, a dark crowd of people appeared outside the hall.
The gap in combat power was too great. Shutu Zhenren and others were fine, but the Zhou sisters were frightened when they saw so many enemies and went straight to Gu Pinglin.
Gu Pinglin turned around and looked at the giant skeleton: "It was a good plan for Master Lu to send those two Su disciples to spy on our whereabouts."
Everyone was shocked.
Bu Shuihan's face changed color: "So it was those two Su disciples who leaked the secret? Were they all controlled by Qiao Yan?"
Master Lu laughed.
Gu Pinglin said: "They didn't fall for the tricks, they just betrayed their master and joined the ghost way in order to survive. Maybe they even have the blood of their fellow disciples on their hands. This time they probably took the initiative to ask for the mission."
"Damn it!" Qi Wan'er was so angry that her face turned pale. "How dare they betray their teacher and ancestors and become accomplices to the evildoers!"
Master Lu said, "People's hearts cannot stand the test. The world of cultivation has always been a place where the weak are preyed upon by the strong. Who doesn't want to live? You only saw me killing them, but you know that the ghosts were also besieged and killed because of their different cultivation methods, and had to hide everywhere. Is this fair?"
Qi Wan'er retorted: "Absurd! The ghosts forcibly created the Unique Yin Land, causing great suffering to all living beings. How can we talk about fairness?"
Master Lu asked back: "Is the authentic Taoist sect clean? Have you never killed anyone?"
"I have killed before," Qi Wan'er said without hesitation, "but I never use my sword on innocent weaklings."
"Master Qi Thirteen, um..." Master Lu paused, "Then you might as well ask the people around you to see if they dare to say the same thing, Master Qi? Pavilion Master Duan? Sect Leader Gu?"
"Of course they..." Qi Wan'er turned to look at everyone and choked.
"Don't listen to him." Yao Feng shook his head with a smile in his eyes.
Gu Pinglin said, "With such people, will Lord Lu admit his mistakes and correct his mistakes? He is just playing tricks to whitewash himself. Doing evil is doing evil, and the evil of others cannot make you innocent. Living beings died in vain, and cultivators lost their lives. Are you saying this to make those innocent souls understand you, or to shake our determination to deal with you? The world of cultivation is indeed a world of the jungle, but who is weak and who is strong is still unknown."
"With you?" Elder Wen laughed. "Duan Zheng and his men controlled the Sword King Pavilion on Baitou Mountain to pick you up, right? Including you pretending to go to Changming Mountain and turning back halfway, thinking you were making a feint to the east and attacking in the west, but unfortunately your actions were already under the control of the Sect Master. You were also cautious and did not bring the two Su disciples with you, but according to their information, the Sect Master had already guessed that you would come to Busheng Mountain."
"Really?" Gu Pinglin asked, "Then how do you know that I didn't leak the information on purpose?"
Elder Wen was stunned for a moment, looked at Master Lu, and said, "Anyway, you are here."
Gu Pinglin nodded: "That's right."
Master Lu turned to ask Duan Qingming: "By giving up Mount Baitou, are you going to break the previous agreement?"
"The Sword King Pavilion never breaks its promise," Duan Qingming walked slowly out of the crowd, "Master Gu will pay the price for plotting against the Sword King Pavilion. Right now, this game belongs to the two of you, and I am just a spectator."
Master Lu said, "Watching from the sidelines will give you a clearer view of the situation. Who do you think will win?"
An embroidered couch appeared on the ground. Duan Qingming walked to the couch and turned around: "A true gentleman watches a game of chess without saying a word. Before the result comes out, there are many unknown variables. This is where the fun of the game lies. If you draw a conclusion at this time, not only will the game be ruined, but the fun will also disappear." After saying that, he sat down.
Master Lu said, "If I succeed, I may not let the Sword King Pavilion go. Do you really want to watch?"
"Master Lu is an honest person," Duan Qingming praised, "but people should always keep their word, and business should pay more attention to reputation. At least until now, you have kept your promise and have not touched anyone from the Sword King Pavilion. I have no reason to break the promise."
Master Lu was silent for a moment, then said, "I am beginning to regret it. Perhaps I should change my previous decision, because I still cannot see through you, the reasons for your actions, and your purpose."
"It's not surprising," Duan Qingming said, "People's minds are unpredictable. Who can easily see through a person?"
Master Lu asked cautiously: "Your Excellency is the master of chess, so the three sword masters will not join the game?" m.
Duan Qingming said with his side face, "The Sword King Pavilion is not hostile to any force. The three Sword Masters hope that you will abide by the rules of the pavilion."
"Okay," Cheng Yi stood beside him, "I don't want to fight either."
Qi Wan'er shouted anxiously: "Cheng Yi, come here!"
"I can't beat you," Cheng Yi refused, but kindly said, "The Pavilion Master doesn't allow me to fight, so just obey me."
Qi Wan'er suppressed her anger and frowned at Duan Qingming: "Duan Liu, what's wrong with you? He will not let Jianwang Pavilion go sooner or later. Didn't you hear it?"
"I heard it," Duan Qingming said, "Is Master Yun Jian afraid?"
Qi Wan'er said: "This is not a matter of being afraid or not! Knowing that he has bad intentions, how can I just sit there and wait for death!"
"Sword King Pavilion comes if you want to, leaves if you want to," Yao Feng stopped him and looked at Duan Qingming, "Does the Pavilion Master's words still count?"
Duan Qingming said, "It counts."
Qi Wan'er reacted: "Okay, let's leave the Sword King Pavilion now!"
Master Lu was neither anxious nor annoyed: "Well, then I don't need to show mercy. After all, I am also worried about accidentally hurting friends from the Sword King Pavilion."
"No need to show mercy," Qi Wan'er said proudly, "We are not as foolish as Duan Liu."
Qi Zhen and the others never expected that Duan Qingming would withdraw temporarily. Some believed it, some didn't, and they couldn't help but look at Gu Pinglin. Gu Pinglin waved his hand, but before he could say anything, the ghost formation outside suddenly shook violently.
"Mr. Gu, what are you waiting for!" Yan Sen's angry roar was heard, and his soul energy almost broke through the formation energy. It seemed that he was using his real skills.
Gu Pinglin said, "Sorry, I can't break the formation, so I've come in."
"Are you kidding me?" Yan Sen reacted.
Master Lu said, "You are too stupid, so you were fooled."
The huge shadow of the skull was spinning in the air, and two faint blue lights suddenly shot out from the eye sockets. The blue light penetrated the black air and illuminated the situation inside the ghost formation.
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The power of the formation condensed into black thorns every few breaths, piercing out from all directions up, down, left and right, making it impossible to defend against. Dozens of big demon souls surrounded Yan Sen. Yan Sen shuttled between the ghost thorns and soul shadows. He was not as embarrassed as imagined. Instead, he made the soul sword flow more and more exquisite. In just a moment, he killed a big demon soul.
"You want to use this ghost array to kill me? You have a good plan. When I come out, I will kill you all!" Yan Sen screamed wildly, twisting the Soul Wood Sword, and a large piece of ghost spikes on his head shattered. He was in the array and could not see the situation outside. He rushed over here after hearing Gu Pinglin's voice, but was forced back by the array force.
"You are worthy of being called Brother Yan, as you can still brag at this time." The weak laughter of the Old and Sick Master was heard, but his figure could not be seen. He was probably guarding his position.
Hearing his voice, Yan Sen was obviously stunned for a moment. He did not respond, but shouted: "Little bastard Duan! What about what you promised me? Come out!"
Duan Qingming smiled and said, "There are no bastards here, only good people with the surname Duan."
During this short period of time, Yan Sen somehow made a series of mistakes and his arm was pierced by the ghost thorn. He gritted his teeth and blocked the attack: "What you said before, were you lying to me?"
"Yes and no," Duan Qingming shook his head. Without waiting for Yan Sen to relax, he continued, "In fact, Sect Leader Gu had already told me to find a way to bring you here. I thought you were very smart and ordinary excuses would not be able to fool you, so I came up with this condition. Who knew you believed it."
Yan Sen's eyes turned red, and he roared, "You son of a bitch! Fuck you! I knew you were no good! Just wait, I'll kill you sooner or later and feed you to my sword!"
"Brother Yan's temper hasn't changed. He wants to kill at any time." The old and sick immortal laughed again.
Yan Sen still ignored him, and said anxiously: "Master Gu, we have no grudges against each other, and I agreed to help you this time, but you are planning to kill me. What's the reason?"
Gu Pinglin said calmly: "I didn't mean to kill you."
"Are you kidding me?" Yan Sen refused to believe it.
Young Master Lu explained politely, "Master Gu is right. He didn't want to kill you. He just wanted to use you to contain me so that they could pass the ghost array smoothly. Tiancan Sect will not have the patience to wait for anything they want to do. Once you show up, Laobing Zhenren will definitely take action, and I must keep my promise and use the array power to kill you first. The ghost array will have a flaw and they can take the opportunity to come in. I guess, after Master Gu knew that I was cooperating with Tiancan Sect, he planned to use you to contain me." He sighed, "I had no intention of being an enemy of Brother Yan, but I had agreed to cooperate with Tiancan Sect this time, so I had no choice."
Yan Sen immediately said: "Let me out. I can do what Lianyu can do. I can kill them for you!"
"This condition is very tempting," Master Lu laughed, "Unfortunately, everyone knows that the Sword Demon Yan Sen is fickle. I would rather trust the Tiancan Sect than you."
"Yan Sen, it's time for us to come to an end. Just die!" The old and sick immortal laughed strangely.
Several figures suddenly appeared in the formation and rushed to attack Yan Sen. They were all disciples of Tiancan Sect. Jun Muzhi and Zhou Yi were among them. Nanzhu's expression changed when she saw this. She hurriedly took two steps forward, and forced herself not to speak, for fear of distracting the other party. Jun Muzhi and Zhou Yi must have been hit by a secret technique and were forced to join the battle out of helplessness. Yan Sen was known as the Sword Demon, and countless inner alchemy masters had died in his hands. Now he was fighting like a trapped beast, and his ferocity was aroused. Jun Muzhi was in even greater danger.
Everyone was looking at the ghost formation, but Bu Shuihan was carefully examining the skeleton shadow in the air, and whispered to Gu Pinglin, "That skeleton is an illusion, not Master Lu. He must be in charge of the formation himself."
Gu Pinglin said "hmm" and looked at the faint golden light behind the hall. That was the location of the Soul Locking Formation. When the three months were up, if the Soul Locking Formation was not broken, the Yin would swallow the Yang, and the cultivation world would be completely reduced to a ghost domain. At the moment, a huge skeleton shadow was floating above the hall, and Wen Lao and hundreds of other cultivators were surrounding the hall. They couldn't rush through.
Yang Zhao heard the conversation between the two, frowned at the cultivators, and said to himself: "These people are not all in the Inner Alchemy Realm. Is Lu Zhiren sending them to die?"
No wonder he was puzzled. In the battle between the inner elixir masters, ordinary practitioners had no chance to get close. Under normal circumstances, Master Lu should not have arranged these people to come.
"To die," Gu Pinglin repeated the word, "I'm afraid it is."
As he was speaking, Tang Jian beside him said, "Yan Sen is injured."
In the ghost formation, the old and sick immortal has appeared, with half of his body hanging on a crutch. He rides the sword and rushes straight towards Yan Sen, with every move being a fatal blow. It is already not easy for Yan Sen to deal with the ghost thorns and the big demon spirit. Now the Tiancan Sect has joined the siege, and the famous Sword Demon is also at a loss.
Adding insult to injury, Yan Sen was finally furious and called out the name of the old sick master: "Lian Yu, I don't want to fight with you, but you forced me to!"
The old and sick immortal just laughed strangely and struck his sword even more fiercely.
Seeing this, Master Shutu said to Gu Pinglin: "At this point, we can't let Yan Sen live. Should we wait for them..."
Qi Wan'er hesitated and couldn't help but said, "Yan Sen is abominable, but he originally agreed to help. It's not good for us to do this, right?"
Qi Zhen hurriedly scolded: "Thirteen, don't talk nonsense!"
Gu Pinglin turned to look at Qi Wan'er. He was not angry, but a smile appeared in his eyes: "Do you know what hatred between Lao Bing Zhenren and Yan Sen?"
Yan Sen's origins have always been a mystery in the cultivation world, and few people know it clearly. When he said this, even Wen Lao and others on the opposite side looked over.
Qi Wan'er was naturally curious: "Brother Gu knows?"
Gu Pinglin said, "The Sword King Pavilion is well-informed, and Pavilion Master Duan is well-informed and has a strong memory. I think he knows more than me."
Everyone looked at Duan Qingming, who did not hide anything on purpose, and said with a smile: "Yan Sen, he was originally a medicine man in the Medicine Master Altar of the Demon Realm. By chance, he was rescued by a cultivator named Yun Chao. It is said that the two became brothers, but this is difficult to verify. Yun Chao received a temporary mission and taught him a volume of elementary swordsmanship and left. This was the beginning of Yan Sen's swordsmanship. Later, Yan Sen realized the soul refining technique based on the medicine refining technique of the Medicine Master Altar and began to create the Soul Sword School. Because he wantonly hunted and killed sword cultivators' souls, he alarmed many sword cultivator sects and families. Later, his whereabouts were revealed and he was hunted down by the Yin family. He used the stolen secret medicine from the Medicine Master Altar to plot against more than a dozen sword cultivators, including the head of the Yin family. Knowing that the Yin family was a sword cultivator family, he boldly returned to the Yin family after killing people. The strange thing is that the Yin family actually believed him. He took the opportunity to plot against more than 200 people in the Yin family to refine the soul sword. The Yin family has since declined."
They didn't expect that this would lead to such a tragic incident, and everyone felt a chill all over their bodies when they heard it.
"This man's evil is really..." Bu Shuihan took a breath, "If an ordinary person was trapped in the Demon Realm and was rescued by a Taoist, he would definitely hate the Demon Realm, but he is the opposite. If that Yun Xiu knew who he saved, he would probably regret it."
Tang Jian said: "I have never heard of Yun Chao in the cultivation world."
"It's impossible that he is from the Yun family. The Yun family doesn't practice swordsmanship," Qi Wan'er guessed. "To be able to enter the Medicine Master Altar, this Yun cultivator must have superb swordsmanship. Even if he is not from a famous sect, he can't be unknown."
Everyone nodded, all puzzled.
Gu Pinglin finally said, "In the past, there were 33 legitimate sons of the 123rd generation of the Huanjian Lake Yin family. Among them, the tenth son was born to the wife of the head of the family, Yin Yi, Li, and his name was Yin Chaoyun."
Everyone was shocked.
Qi Wan'er took a long while to react, and said in a lost voice: "If Master Yin and Yan Sen were sworn brothers, they must have left a token. The Yin family trusted Yan Sen because he knew Yin's swordsmanship and had Master Yin's things on him! The head of the Yin family died in his hands, maybe because of that..."
"He knew Yun Chao's identity, but he still took 200 lives from the Yin family," Duan Qingming said, "Master Yun Jian, do you still think that what we did is not good?"
Qi Wan'er blushed and gritted her teeth, "This man really deserves to die. I was wrong!"
"Mr. Yin had such a kind heart, but he ended up killing two hundred people in the Yin family!" Qi Yan, the elder of the Qi family, shook his head and sighed. Suddenly, he thought of something, "Could it be that the old and sick master is..."
Duan Qingming said: "On that day, the seventh wife of the Yin family and three maids took advantage of the chaos to hide in the secret place, and the truth of the matter was revealed. Yin Chaoyun was expelled from the Yin family, and his legs and cultivation were crippled."
For a moment, the only sounds around were the fighting sounds within the ghost formation.
"Later, he joined the Tiancan Sect and changed his name to Lianyu Sect," Qi Wan'er looked at the man on crutches in the formation and murmured, "Yin Chaoyun is the old and sick immortal."