Zhaotianmen is the largest sect among the demon hunters of the human race, built on the top of the peaks. The peaks and peaks overlap, like clouds appearing in the vast sea of clouds.
The only passage leading to Zhaotianmen is a "heavenly ladder" with a thousand steps. The main purpose of the "heavenly ladder" is to verify one's heart. Only those who climb the ladder are qualified to join Zhaotianmen.
Zhang Hansheng has a firm heart. He has already passed this kind of trial and is not afraid at all. Just because he was afraid that Shen Fengyue would be tired, before there were ten steps to the finish line, he let Shen Fengyue transform into his original form and pinned it to his chest, and only when he approached the finish line did he change back into a human form.
Climbing to the top of the ladder, I showed my waist badge to the gatekeeper, and the other party greeted them with respect as a big brother and let them go. Everything went so smoothly.
Zhang Hansheng led Shen Fengyue straight to Tianyuanmen - Master's residence.
As soon as they stepped into the vicinity of Tianyuan Gate, before entering, they heard the voice of a full-fledged old man: "Come in."
Shen Fengyue glanced at Zhang Hansheng, the other party nodded and motioned to go in with him. The two pushed open the door and entered the inner room.
Master is an elderly man with white hair and beard, with traces of time on his face, but his eyes are extremely clear and his spirit is shining.
Zhang Hansheng is his most proud disciple, and he has grown up since childhood, and the friendship among them is unparalleled by others. I haven't seen him for a long time, and now seeing him back, a kind smile appeared on his face: "You're back."
Zhang Hansheng nodded, clasped his fists and saluted respectfully: "The disciple has lived up to the expectations of the master and the entrustment of the master, and the matter of Huzhen is over."
"That's good, that's good, you will never teach me to be disappointed." The master smiled genuinely, and hurriedly asked him to get up without being too polite. When Yu Guang caught a glimpse of Shen Fengyue beside him, he wondered, "Who is this?"
Shen Fengyue listened to the speech she had prepared in advance and successfully fooled him. After the master listened, he sighed directly at the poor child, and told him to go down and salute first. He and Zhang Hansheng had something to say.
Shen Fengyue wanted to get away for a long time, this kind of hair and beard is all white, and he is old. No matter how you look at it, he is a heavyweight person. Talking to him is very stressful, for fear that the other party will see through his non-human identity, and then be caught and hanged. fight.
When Zhang Hansheng left, he gave him a gadget to guide the way, so that he could find his place accurately and not lose his way.
After Shen Fengyue left, the door was automatically closed. Master led him to sit down and asked about the specific situation of Huzhen. Zhang Hansheng answered them in detail.
After speaking, the master asked him: "You have lived in this Zhaotianmen since you were a child, and have never come down the mountain. Can you gain new insights from this trial?"
When Zhang Hansheng heard the words, he first nodded and told what he had seen, heard and thought all the way, he paused, then suddenly looked up at the master, his lips moved, but he didn't say a word, and he seemed to stop talking.
He was raised by his master, so he knew his habits. Master understood that he had doubts in his heart, so he asked him to speak out.
"Master, after this downhill trial, the disciple has doubts." Zhang Hansheng said, "The contradiction between human and monster is far-reaching and has a long history. The disciple grew up in Zhaotianmen since he was a child, and carefully followed the instructions of Master and Uncle. , stick to the original heart, and search for the 'Dao' that belongs to you."
The master said, "So, what doubts do you have?"
Zhang Hansheng replied: "Masters and uncles said that demons are the most evil and evil race in the world. They harm living beings and put their lives in vain. They should be killed to maintain the order of heaven and earth. It's not entirely true. Since people are divided into good and bad, the demons can't be characterized as all evil, and some of them are kind..."
The master raised his hand and made a gesture, interrupting his words. Zhang Hansheng stopped talking after seeing the gesture, and looked down at the nose and heart.
Master's originally kind face suddenly changed, he frowned tightly, and there was an inexorable stubbornness between his brows.
"Nonsense!" Master was furious, "How can you say such a rebellious and outrageous remark! Humans are human, demons are demons, how can the two be confused? How can you explain to those who died tragically at the hands of the demon race? Where did you hear it? These absurd remarks of yours that shake your heart and hinder your pursuit of the true way?"
The master was trembling with anger. He seemed to be extremely unable to accept what Zhang Hansheng said just now. He was furious, like a lion about to attack, with a dangerous energy all over his body.
The master is highly respected and has always been a life mentor who guides his disciples to practice. He has never seen him so rude as he is today.
Zhang Hansheng still wanted to distinguish between one and two, when he saw the master walk away, and left a sentence to teach him to reflect on himself.
Zhang Hansheng was a little lonely. He never thought that he would be in such a mess with his master, but he didn't realize where he was wrong, so he could only sigh.
"There are other things about hastily, it seems to be mentioned at another day." He remembered his happy event, which had to be postponed due to the dispute just now.
Shi Xiaoren was the second disciple of Zhaotianmen, and he always pretended to be hypocritical. Because Zhang Hansheng, the senior brother, has a weak personality, like a moving iceberg, and has an aura that refuses people thousands of miles away, so it is difficult for any disciple to dare to approach.
Every time at this time, his talkative second senior brother would stand up to comfort the younger generation, and he had a hot relationship with his disciples.
But in fact, because of his limited talent, he can't compare to a genius like Zhang Hansheng. He was crushed everywhere. Outsiders laughed and called him "the second child of ten thousand years", so he secretly hated Zhang Hansheng in his heart. He is always bewildering and inquiring, hoping to catch his weakness and then give him a fatal blow.
It can be said that the entire Zhaotianmen knows Zhang Hansheng well, and Shi Xiaoren is the most well-informed.
So Zhang Hansheng brought back the news of a strange boy, and he was the first to know.
At that time, Shen Fengyue was arranging luggage. As Zhang Hansheng's personal attendant, he was naturally assigned to his yard.
Shi Xiaoren was familiar with Zhang Hansheng's yard, looked at the back of the person who was sorting out not far away, and immediately put on a polite appearance, trying his best to exude infinite kindness to the other party.
"This little brother."
Shen Fengyue stopped for a while, turned her head and saw a stranger: "This Taoist priest, who are you?"
The person in front of him had an ordinary appearance, dressed in the uniform of Zhaotianmen, and thought he was a disciple of the sect. Although he had a flawless smile on his face, he felt very strange to Shen Fengyue, just like the village chief he met in Fox Town.
Deliberate smile, is to cover up the true colors. Shen Fengyue suffered a loss once, so she became wary of this kind of person and didn't want to pay attention to it.
Shi Xiaoren was a bad visitor, so he turned around and asked about his origins and some things about Zhang Hansheng.
Shen Fengyue threw the prepared wording to him, but the other party still insisted, pestering him, trying to get more words out of his mouth.
His purpose is too strong, and after a few more words, he can know the purpose of his visit. Shen Fengyue was impatient when asked, and turned his head to do what he should do. No matter how much he asked, he would not answer.
Shi Xiaoren couldn't help it because of his hard-hearted attitude. He tried several times and found that Shen Fengyue ignored him, so he gave up and left angrily.
Zhang Hansheng came back shortly after he left and brought him some food. Sitting in front of the table watching Shen Fengyue eating, the latter was watched all the time, inevitably felt a little awkward, and after thinking about it, he told what happened to Shi Xiaoren today.
Zhang Hansheng frowned and said, "Don't get too close to him."
"Um?"
"I think this person is not a good friend."
Shen Fengyue nodded to indicate that she knew.
Due to the disagreement about the cognition of the demon clan last time, Master and Zhang Hansheng were very sullen, and the two had a cold war for several days. But Zhang Hansheng was his most trusted and beloved disciple after all, and he would be relieved to have to leave some important things to him.
Zhang Hansheng received the task issued by the division - to kill a monster hunter who was with the monster clan and betrayed the monster hunter sect.
In addition to Zhang Hansheng and Shi Xiaoren, the latter came voluntarily, and the rest were all new disciples. One is to clean up the door and kill chickens to warn the monkeys, and the other is to teach the new disciples to meet the world and get in touch with the monsters at close range.
The information on the intelligence showed that the monster hunter and the monster clan were in the green mountain at this time.
Green Mountain is the place where Zhang Hansheng and Shen Feng met at the beginning of the month, and then stepping into the old place, the mood is already different, and Zhang Hansheng has a lot of emotions in his heart.
The Green Mountains at this time were different from before.
In the middle of the verdant forest grows a huge peach tree with a thick trunk and luxuriant branches and leaves, which can block the sky and the sun. This is the eye.
They have entered a fantasy realm. The beauty here is like a dream. The peach petals are falling one after another, spreading flat on the ground, decorating the ground with a layer of light pink.
When the wind blows, the petals are flying, and they are flying melodiously in the air. The sky and the earth seem to be pink, which dazzles people's eyes.
Those eye-catching petals came straight to them, looking weak and beautiful, but hidden murderous intentions. Zhang Hansheng drew his sword when the petals came, and cut a layer of air blade to hit, instantly breaking the opponent's ultimate move.
"Hold your breath, don't follow her way!" After speaking, he swung a frosty and snowy ultimate move towards the huge peach blossom tree in the middle.
The disciples were dazzled by those peach blossoms, and they were inadvertently caught up. Fortunately, Zhang Hansheng was there, and they broke the psychedelic technique in time, and they seemed to be clear and clear.
"Thank you, Brother Zhang!"
Shi Xiaoren heard these words from the newly arrived disciples after he got out of the psychedelic surgery, and they were all admiring, secretly displeased, and increasingly jealous.
What must be done, Zhang Hansheng's appearance as a proud son of the emperor is the most hated!
The peach blossom demon was hit, and a woman's pained cry suddenly came from the depths of the huge peach blossom tree in the middle. Then the middle of the trunk was separated from the inside, and a woman in a pink shirt fell out of it.
There was a long bloodstain on her mouth, but she didn't care to wipe the blood, and hurriedly knelt down and begged for mercy: "I beg your immortal masters for mercy!"
Zhang Hansheng asked her, "Where is Xu Han?"
Xu Han was the monster hunter mentioned in the quest scroll.
The peach blossom demon was silent and could not afford to kneel.
Zhang Hansheng said again: "Xu Han betrayed the demon hunter. I came here this time to take him back and ask him to be blamed."
"Immortal Master, what is Xu Lang's fault?" The woman's voice softened.
Shi Xiaoren glared: "Xu Han is very wrong, I am here to arrest people, if you insist on not saying it, don't blame me for waiting!"
The Peach Blossom Demon shook his head and said, "Xu Lang is innocent, and the little demon is also innocent. I would like to ask the immortal masters to learn from them!"
Most of the disciples here are new students, and they have no right to speak. The main ones are Zhang Hansheng and Shi Xiaoren. Before Zhang Hansheng can express his position, Shi Xiaoren looks impatient and draws his sword to rush over, but Zhang Hansheng reaches out his hand to stop him.
"Little goblin, if you don't hand over someone else, be careful you'll be beaten to pieces later!" Although he stopped his movements, he couldn't stop his mouth. Shi Xiaoren threatened unabashedly.
The Peach Blossom Demon originally thought that there were so many of them, that winning a big one by a small amount was no different than hitting a stone with an egg, but seeing that their attitude was so tough and arrogant, he was also angry.
"Since the immortal master is so unreasonable, then the little demon is fighting for his soul, and he wants to protect my Xu Lang! Unless the immortal masters are walking past my corpse, don't want to take Xu Lang away!"
The peach blossom demon stood up and looked at them resentfully. The peach petals on the ground floated up one after another, floating in the air, each petal shaped like a blade, aimed at them, quite a bit as if the fish would die and the net would be broken.
The demon hunters here also drew their swords one after another, and the atmosphere on both sides was tense, and the battle was about to break out.
At this moment, a weak voice of a man came from the middle of the peach blossom tree: "Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa."
A man slipped from the tree, the peach blossom demon didn't care about anything else, hurried over to support him, and said in a distressed tone: "Xu Lang..."
Xu Han's face was as white as paper, pale and weak, and his whole body was sickly. He gave Peach Blossom Demon a comforting look, and then said in Zhang Hansheng's direction: "Sinner Xu Han has seen Senior Brother."
Zhang Hansheng nodded.
Xu Han added: "Han'er speaks out, please forgive me, senior brother. She didn't mean it, she just worried about me too much. In terms of the cause and effect, all the incidents were caused by me, and I was extremely sinful."
"If that's the case, then go back with us and confess your guilt."
Xu Han was about to say something, but unexpectedly, the Peach Blossom Demon suddenly stood in front of him, emotionally: "No! None of you can take my Xu Lang away!"
"You!" Shi Xiaoren drew his sword again, so angry that he wanted to curse.
"It's me who implicated Xu Lang, it's all my fault." For a moment, she burst into tears, sobbing hard, clasping Xu Han tightly in her hands, and said, "But what a monstrous mistake I made with Xu Lang? ? We are just in love with each other, and because of this, you are caught in a sore spot and want to shout and kill. Xu Lang asked himself to abolish Xiangen because of me, so he ended up like this, but you still don't let it go He, don't let me go!"
Every word to punish the heart, every word to cry blood, are all words from the bottom of the heart.
Zhang Hansheng looked slightly startled, Xu Han pulled out the peach blossom demon who wanted to continue talking, and kowtowed to Zhang Hansheng: "It's all my fault at this time, please don't implicate innocent others, and please take pity on Senior Brother, spare Han'er's life! "
He could not kneel for a long time, his forehead was firmly against the ground, and he was already begging for death. The Peach Blossom Demon cried out, her sleeves fluttered, lying on his back, tears soaking his thin white clothes.
Xu Han felt the cool liquid on his back, his body trembled slightly, but he still couldn't get up.
"Eldest brother..." Shi Xiaoren reminded him from the side.
The cold sword came out of its sheath and flew towards the pair of hard-fought lovers in front of it with a thunderous force. Xu Han and the peach blossom demon were very close to each other. When death was approaching, they were close to each other. Courage to face the coming of death.
The pain of waiting didn't last for a long time, Xu Han and the peach blossom demon raised their upper bodies and found that the sword stopped an inch away from them.
"Eldest brother?" Xu Han looked at him.
Zhang Hansheng's right hand gestured with the sword, but he couldn't bear to swing the sword full of power, and he pursed his lips.
Suddenly, the sword was withdrawn. The voice was light, but there was a hint of warmth: "Forget it, you have to do it yourself."
Why let them go
There was no reason for him, but when the sword was unsheathed, he suddenly thought of Shen Fengyue. He was thinking that if he let Peach Blossom Demon and Xu Han go today, he had formed a good relationship. Will someone let him and Shen Fengyue go in the future
As long as he thinks of the person with a small red flower on his head, who always smiles brightly when he is happy, and looks like a flower, his heart softens into a puddle of water, a mess of softness.
"Let's go back." He turned to leave.
"Elder Brother, this..."
"Do you really want to go?"
"Really let them go?"
"Let's go, let's listen to the senior brother, it's absolutely right."
Some of the new disciples followed despite their doubts. Only Shi Xiaoren was still standing there, his face full of disbelief.
Zhang Hansheng dared to let go of that traitor and evildoer? ! He is disobeying Master's order!
He turned his head to look angrily, and found that Xu Han and the Peach Blossom Demon over there were hugging each other as if they were after a catastrophe.
This is really annoying.
Shi Xiaoren quietly urged Feijian, and while the two of them did not take precautions, they suddenly launched an attack and shot them to death with one sword.
Blood was flying, green blood intertwined with red blood, and spilled on the land where they were staying.
The green ones are monsters, and the red ones are human. The two colors are mixed together, and life and death are inseparable.
The happy expressions on the faces of the two of them have not disappeared, but time has forever fixed the appearance of this moment, no matter how long it has passed, it will be preserved.
They were forever abandoned by time, buried in the years, fell into endless darkness, and death pulled them into the abyss.
The movement on Xu Han's side alarmed Zhang Hansheng and the others. When they turned around, what they saw was a pair of lovers embracing and dying together.
The sword that runs through their hearts and takes away their lives is very familiar.
"Why?" Zhang Hansheng looked at Shi Xiaoren with cold eyes.
Shi Xiaoren curled his lips, and said maliciously: "Elder brother, I am all following the orders of the teacher and obeying the orders of the teacher. You were so playful just now that you wanted to let them go and returned to the sect. , but I will be blamed by the master." After saying that, he urged Feijian to come back, the sword was still stained with the blood of Xu Han and the peach blossom demon, he wiped it off with a square handkerchief, and then threw the handkerchief away. Walk away.
The remaining disciples hadn't reacted to the sudden change, and asked Zhang Hansheng what to do. He lowered his eyes for a long time, as if he was mourning for the lovers. After a long while, he said, "Bury them for a long time."
Later, when he returned to Zhaotianmen, he was really reprimanded by the master. Shizun was upset when he saw him recently, and waved his hand and told him to step back.
When Zhang Hansheng was walking back, he suddenly had his hands covering his eyes from behind him. The man was shorter than him, with his feet on his feet, leaning his chin on his shoulder, and asked him, "Guess who I am? "
"Casual." Saying the name without thinking, Zhang Hansheng grabbed his hands, put them down, then turned around and poked the red dot in the middle of his eyebrows with his fingers, "Naughty."
Shen Fengyue leaned back following his strength, with a smile on his face: "Why are you in a bad mood today? But what's the trouble?"
Zhang Han always has a cold face in his life, which makes it difficult for people to see the changing emotions on it, but Shen Fengyue can accurately find out his mood today, whether he is happy or lost, from that ice cube face. Or anger.
Zhang Hansheng shook his head: "No."
This is boring in my heart again, and refuses to say it.
The red flower on Shen Fengyue's head suddenly appeared. In order to hide it, she would not dare to expose it on weekdays, but now that Zhang Hansheng was in a bad mood, Shen Fengyue came up with this trick to make him happy.
The little red flower burst open, the petals opened to the extreme, and the flower swayed left and right in front of him, very flexible.
"Blooming!" Shen Fengyue smiled, "Are you happy?"
Blossom's trick is very boring and childish, but it always works, at least for Zhang Hansheng, he likes to watch Shen Fengyue perform Blossom for him the most.
Sure enough, the lines of his tightly pursed lips rippled, and then the corners of his lips lifted, revealing a smile.
Alright, that's a lot of fun. Shen Fengyue knew what to do, holding his arm and laughing along the way, walking towards their small courtyard.
The backs of the two were intimate.
In the shadow, a person stood there and saw the whole picture, including the little red flower that appeared on Shen Fengyue's head.
He is a monster.
Shi Xiaoren immediately disappeared from the shadows, rushed to Tianyuanmen, stood outside, and said respectfully, "Report to Master, disciple Shi Xiaoren has something to tell me."
After getting the answer inside, he entered the door.
"I want to report that the senior brother Zhang Hansheng is close to the goblin and betrayed the demon hunter."