After Tang Qing left, Gong Hua looked at the direction where he disappeared, with a complicated expression, sometimes frowning, sometimes shaking his head, about to speak, but then stopped. Mother Shen came and stood beside her for a while, and finally He asked, "Your Highness, are you waiting here for many days just to tell him this?"
Gong Hua didn't respond, and Mother Shen continued to ask, "Jiu Tian is going to destroy Shang Qingzong this time, why do you have to tell him so much?"
"Hehe..." Gong Hua smiled inexplicably, shook his head slightly, and said, "Jiutian is not trying to destroy Shangqingzong, but just wants to protect something that Shangqingzong guards. No problem, it's just that in this sanctuary, those sects want to completely get rid of the Shang Qing sect."
"In this way, even if Shang Qingzong handed over that thing, it would be a dead end?"
"Yes! If you hand over the things, Jiutian may be able to forgive the orders of the Qing Zong, but those Zong will not."
"But what does this have to do with Tang Qing?"
"Him?" Gong Hua closed his eyes, as if he was recalling Tang Qing just now, Liu frowned deeper, and said quietly, "I have a special feeling for him, but I just don't want him to go through this muddy water... "
"This guy looks lazy. He probably wouldn't be involved in this kind of thing, right? What's more, he just joined the Shang Qingzong, and he doesn't have any feelings for the Shang Qingzong."
"I hope so."
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In the void, Tang Qing was flying at a very high speed, rushing to the Qingzong recklessly. At this moment, his mind was full of what Gong Hua said. If what she said was true, then the Qingzong might will suffer catastrophe.
Tang Qing didn't care about much in this world, but Shang Qingzong carried too much of his concern.
Shangqingzong, Shangqing Town.
There doesn't seem to be any special changes here, it is still a simple and peaceful town. The only difference is that this place looks more deserted than before, and even the shadow of the Zongmen cultivator has not been seen. In front of the gate of Shangqing Town, Tie Daner is still guarding. When he saw Tang Qing, Tie Daner screamed. He stood up from the ground and shouted, "Hey! Brother Tang. Why did you come back so soon?"
"It's a little urgent." Tang Qing walked into the town and found that not only were there no monks from the Qing Dynasty, but even the villagers of the town seemed to have disappeared. After asking, Tie Dan'er said that the villagers of the town had been discussing matters with the mayor recently. .
"Has anything happened in the past two days?"
"No!" Tie Dan'er scratched his head, wondering what Tang Qing meant.
"Brother Zongnei hasn't come back yet?"
"Oh, you ask this. Brother Tang, have you forgotten the ten-year order issued by Zong?"
"Ten-year order? What do you mean?"
"Ah? You don't know? This natural change is like the rebirth of all things. It is the best time to experience. The sect ordered that the disciples in the sect are not allowed to return within ten years, and they are not allowed to fight with others within ten years. …”
After listening to Tie Daner's words. Tang Qing immediately guessed that Zong already knew that the ancient burial plan was aimed at the Shang Qing Zong, so he sent all the disciples of the Zong to various parts of the world to prevent them from being implicated. When asked about the villagers in the town, Tie Dan'er said that he was called by the mayor to discuss matters, whether it was the ten-year decree issued by Zong or the villagers of Shangqing Town. Everything made Tang Qing feel that what Gong Hua said was true.
"Where's the old grandfather?" Tang Qing knew that Shangqing Town had been guarding the Shangqing Sect, and the old grandfather was definitely a key figure.
"Grandpa went to bed early. You know that."
The old grandfather would sleep for a long, long time, and no one knew where he slept. Because he was concerned about the safety of the Shang Qingzong, he didn't talk too much with Tie Dan'er, and directly stepped into the Shangqingzong.
Shangqingzong Square was empty, and the solemn and solemn stone tablet still stood there, and there were not even disciples guarding the gate.
After entering the Shangqing Sect, it was still the same. No one was there. Tang Qing used his divine sense to investigate. He searched the entire Shangqing Sect. There was breath, but it was less than a hundred. As soon as he appeared, a person appeared opposite Tang Qing. This person seemed to be in his forties, dressed in a gray robe, with deep and lonely eyes on his solemn face.
"Master!" Tang Qing blurted out, stunned.
The person who came was none other than Tang Qing's master, Lu Tianya.
Lu Tianya didn't say anything, just stared at Tang Qing, looking at it lightly, like looking at a grass, with no expression on his face.
Tang Qing was about to speak, but Lu Tianya said first, "Follow me." After finishing speaking, he left directly. Tang Qing didn't know the reason, so he had to follow, and soon came to a manor in the back mountain of the sect. The manor was very simple , only a stone bench and a stone table, an old man was sitting on the stone bench, the old man was also wearing a simple robe, sitting there, looking at the chessboard on the stone table.
The top of the stone table may be a chessboard or a chessboard, Tang Qing is not sure, because there are some mysterious talismans engraved on it, and with his attainments in the field of talismans, he can't even understand a single talisman. Feel like a splitting headache.
"Zong!"
Whether it is the master or the old sect beside him, they are the people Tang Qing cares about most in his life. He has no parents since he was a child, so the master and the old sect are relatives in his eyes.
"Tang, Tang Qing, you're back." Lao Zong turned around. Unlike Lu Tianya, Lao Zong's benevolent eyebrows and kind eyes made people feel very kind, even though those eyes were a little cloudy.
"Zong, are you... okay?" Tang Qing nodded. For some reason, he felt that Lao Zong became erratic, like a flame in the void that seemed to be extinguished at any time.
"What? Do I look bad?" Old Zong smiled lightly, and said again, "It's not good to say, it's all because you came back so early, and I lost to the old grandfather again. "Shaking his head, Lao Zong showed a helpless smile, "I have bet with the old man for nearly a thousand years, and I have never won... What a pity!"
Tang Qing didn't know what the old Zong and the old grandfather were betting on, and he was not in the mood to know it now, so he immediately asked, "Zong, you issued a ten-year order to expel all the disciples. Is it because of the ancient burial plan implemented by Jiutian?" ?”
Hearing what Tang Qing said, Lao Zong was not surprised at all. He just exchanged eyes with Lu Tianya, and then his eyes fell on the chessboard on the stone table. He nodded and said yes.
Indeed!
Although Tang Qing had already guessed the result, but seeing Lao Zong admit it with his own eyes, his heart was still in turmoil.
"Why? Why does Jiutian insist on eradicating our Shang Qingzong? Is it really because of the dispute between the sacred and the light?"
"Do you know about the struggle between holiness and light?" Lao Zong seemed a little surprised that Tang Qing would know this.
"You know, after I came out of the Valley of the Setting Sun. Gong Hua asked me, and she told me." Tang Qing explained what he had learned from Gong Hua.
"Gong Hua, that little girl really has a heart." After Lao Zong laughed, his expression gradually became serious, "What the little girl told you is indeed the truth. The ancient burial plan was indeed started because of the dispute between the sacred and the light. And the reason why my sect was included in the ancient burial plan is not just a simple supporter of the light."
Tang Qing didn't say anything, but listened carefully to every word Lao Zong said.
"Tang Qing, do you know what is light and what is sacred?"
What is light
What is sacred
If it was before, Tang Qing definitely believed that these two were the strongest breath between heaven and earth, in other words, the strongest force between heaven and earth, but after accepting the evil inheritance. Only then did he discover that the so-called breath is not strength, but a belief, a spirit. It is also a kind of will. Just as he was about to say it, Lao Zong said again, "It doesn't matter what is called light. It doesn't matter if it is holy, or even the evil that has disappeared. The world only knows that the three are the best in the world, but they don't know light, evil, and sacred. Faith, a spirit, a belief."
"When Guangming was defeated, his spirit of faith was turned into nine fragments. Four of them were snatched by the gods. Fortunately, there are still four preserved by the ancient immortals above the nine heavens, and the last one is preserved by us Shangqingzong. Originally, all of this was a secret, and the ancient immortals have been guarding the secret, the purpose is to prevent the holy, now that I think about it, it was finally discovered by the holy, and when I found out that this world was sealed, it was already too late."
"So, what the so-called ancient burial plan really wants is the spiritual fragment left by the light?"
Seeing Lao Zong nodding, Tang Qing asked again with doubts in his heart, "If the saints above Nine Heavens have already known that our Shang Qing Zong is keeping a spiritual shard, with Nine Heavens' ability, they can grab it with all their hands, so why do they do anything? Ancient burial plan?"
"In this world, saints are emperors and immortals are respected. It is the same in Nine Heavens. Above Nine Heavens, there are disputes between saints and immortals. Sacred beings are hindered by the existence of ancient immortals and dare not do it openly."
Tang Qing suddenly realized that although he had never stepped into Jiutian, he had killed many immortals who tried to kill him along the way. Otherwise, this world has already been occupied by the gods, and there will be no existence of respecting immortals.
"The reason why the sacred seals this world is also because I don't want the ancient immortals to help."
"I heard Mr. Huahua say that the ancient burial plan will not be implemented until the opening of Maha Shengwu. Is there any connection between the two?"
"Because the shard of light kept by our Shang Qingzong is located in Maha." Lao Zong said unhurriedly, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, "Maha Shengwu was opened in nine hundred and nine hundred years. time, and our Shang Qing sect holds the key of Maha."
"So, as long as we don't open it, they will never be able to get the light fragments." Tang Qing's thinking is running fast, thinking about strategies, but Lao Zong's next sentence is the more than a hundred strategies he thought of in an instant. The blow collapsed.
"Every hundred years, our Shangqing sect must open the Maha, otherwise the hidden spiritual fragments will collapse and disappear. This is the responsibility of our Shangqing sect, a responsibility passed down from ancient times. At the same time, this is why those sects must wait until Maha Sheng The reason why you will only do it when the weapon is opened."
Tang Qing didn't know what the Bright Fragment was, and he didn't bother to know. Whether it was hidden in Maha or elsewhere, he didn't care at all. The only thing he cared about was the life and death of Shang Qingzong. I just want to know who the enemy is, that's all.
"Once the Maha Sacred Martial Art is opened and the ancient burial plan is implemented, our Shang Qingzong has no value to them. They will completely eradicate the Shang Qingzong. Who are they...?"
"Sacred palace, holy hall, holy hall, holy division, holy tower, Haotianzong, Taixuzong, Fengyuezong, Wushuangzong, Zixiaozong, Tianxuanzong, Wuweizong, Taiyizong, Donghua Alliance, Western Regions Alliance , the North Sea Alliance, and the South Sky Alliance."
I heard that there were a lot of people participating in the ancient burial plan before. As for how many people, Tang Qing had no idea. Now that Lao Zong said that, he couldn’t help being slightly surprised. I am afraid of ordinary monks, but every sect hides some old guys. These old guys are monsters who have been practicing for many years, not to mention that there are many reincarnations like Mu Mu, Guan Yin, and Gong Hua hidden in each sect. Yes, in addition, he also knows that there are many immortals lurking here in the name of guardians in this world.
For Shang Qingzong, this was obviously an impossible war to win.
Tang Qing counted the days, and there were still four months and nine days before the opening of Maha Shengwu. He closed his eyes, stood up, kowtowed respectfully to the old sect and his master, and left without saying a word. .
Looking at the direction where Tang Qing was leaving, Lu Tianya, who was standing silently beside him, showed a trace of impatience on his cold and serious face, and said, "Brother, don't you think this is too cruel for a child?"
The old man didn't respond.
Lu Tianya continued, "I know that this child is the one you've been waiting for. I know that all of this is preordained, but why do you have to let a child bear it? To bear it?"
"This is our Shang Qingzong's fate, and it is also his fate." Lao Zong finally spoke, his voice still unhurried.
"Fate?" Lu Tianya sneered, "You know I never believe in fate."
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. The important thing is that fate is already like this. Whether it's you, me, or him, they are all destined. The cause you plant will eventually be repaid."
Just like what Lu Tianya said, he never believed in fate, but he couldn't refute Lao Zong's words.
The two were silent for a long time, and when Lu Tianya turned to leave, he said again, "What is his relationship with our Shangqing sect? And when did he plant the cause in our Shangqing sect?" Although Lu Tianya was asking, but But it didn't stop, and disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if he didn't want to know the answer, or he didn't want to accept the answer.
Lao Zong looked at the chessboard on the stone table, then looked up at the void, and then looked at the direction where Tang Qing disappeared with his cloudy eyes, and whispered to himself, "This is the catastrophe of Shang Qingzong, and it is also your catastrophe, my child. What you deserve is Shang Qingzong's calamity, and you also deserve your own calamity, child, you shouldn't come back, and you shouldn't feel guilty about Shang Qingzong..."