Walking by the Abyss on Thin Ice

Chapter 155: Black Coffin General Li

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Su Yun was shocked. It would be a small matter if Longxiong was lost, but Emperor Wenchang was the deity worshipped by Wenchang Academy. If he was lost, that would be a problem!

Emperor Wenchang is also known as Wenshenggong, and he has some connection with Su Yun. When Su Yun left Tianshiyuan, he stayed overnight in Wensheng Temple.

But the connection between Emperor Wenchang and Zuo Songyan is even deeper!

When Zuo Songyan was young, he went to Tianmen Ghost Market and completed the task entrusted by Wen Shenggong. Wen Shenggong gave him his own Great Holy Spirit Soldier!

Zuo Songyan later returned from overseas and saw that it was difficult for poor children from Shuofang to go to school, so he established the official school Wenchang Academy to worship Emperor Wenchang, hoping that scholars from poor families in Shuofang could enter Wenchang Academy to study.

Zuo Songyan built a hall for the emperor in the Wenchang Academy and erected a golden statue for the emperor, which was also a kind of spiritual inheritance.

Su Yun frowned and thought: "Last time, Longxiong was hung under the bridge. If Longxiong is carrying the emperor this time, he will also be hung somewhere..."

He quickly shook his head, not daring to imagine this scene.

He had Longxiong sent here by someone, and the fact that this mausoleum beast had caused such a big mess was more or less related to him.

"The Ten Brocade Embroidered Paintings are the Great Holy Spirit Soldiers of Emperor Wenchang. Could it be that he went to look for his own Great Holy Spirit Soldiers?"

Su Yun's heart was slightly moved, and he asked Master Ye Luo, "Junior brother, do you know where the Ten Brocade Embroidery Painting is?"

"Treasures like these are naturally kept by the Marquis of Shuofang, and will only be taken out during the major examinations."

Master Ye Luo said, "But it is said that the person who will take the exam this time is Qiu Taichang's master of the Ten Brocade Embroidery Painting. Tian Wuji and Tian Pushe of the Moxia Academy are close friends of Qiu Taichang, so Qiu Taichang placed this treasure in the Moxia Academy. Do you mean that the Emperor might have gone to look for this Brocade Embroidery Painting?"

Su Yun's heart skipped a beat. The Tian family was one of the seven great families in Shuofang. When Tian Wuji told Qiu Shuijing that the Ten Brocade Embroidery Painting was placed in the Moxia Academy, he probably intended to occupy this set of Great Holy Spirit Weapons.

The disappearance of the golden statue of Emperor Wenchang must be related to this incident!

At this moment, Taoist Xianyun came hurriedly, dropped the dragon statue, turned around and left. Su Yun called out a few words, but the Taoist didn't stop and shouted, "I only found the horse, but I didn't find the emperor. Go look for it again!"

Su Yun quickly caught up with him, only to see that Taoist Xianyun had transformed into a white crane and flapped its wings and flew away, disappearing into the clouds without a trace.

"The Taoist priest walked too fast, and he didn't have time to tell me where he found the dragon..."

Su Yun frowned and stepped forward to look at Long Xiang. Seeing that the stone sculpture was baring its fangs and claws and had a ferocious appearance, he thought to himself, "Long Xiang seemed to have been in battle when the sun rose, and was turned into a stone statue after being illuminated by the sunlight. This means that the emperor did not want to come back, but was tripped up by someone, and may even have encountered danger!"

Thinking of this, he changed the reins on Longxiong with a magic rope, tied the magic rope to a pillar, and left the Gewu Hall.

Li Zhuxian watched him tie up a stone sculpture and marveled at it.

The girl Wutong's eyes flickered as she looked at Su Yun's departing figure, seeming to be thinking about something.

Su Yun returned to Shanshuiju, only to see that Huahu had not returned yet. He could not help but frown, thinking: "Second brother has been traveling with Mr. Lingyue for so long, it's time for him to come back, right?"

He changed his clothes, cooked some food, and waited until the afternoon when Chi Xiaoyao brought Qingqiuyue and others back to Shanshuiju. The three little fox demons hadn't seen him for more than ten days, and they couldn't help but feel surprised and happy, and laughed continuously.

Su Yun sat down with Chi Xiaoyao, Qingqiu Yue and others to have dinner together. After chatting for a while, Chi Xiaoyao said, "The city has been uneasy recently. Some people seem to be trying to harm Doctor Dong. Doctor Dong has closed his herbal medicine shop. I have nowhere to go at night, so I can only stay at my junior brother's house temporarily."

Su Yun couldn't ask for more, and said with a smile: "It's best to have a senior sister here."

Chi Xiaoyao blushed and said softly, "We are not a good match..."

Su Yun said excitedly: "Senior Xiaoyao, I found the horse. If you are free tonight, why don't I take you out for a walk?"

Chi Xiaoyao's heart was beating like a deer in her chest, making a loud thumping sound. She couldn't control herself and followed him outside in a daze.

The two of them took advantage of the night to rush to the Gewu Hall, which was already locked. The night watchman came over and suddenly activated his magical power. A bright light shone over and he shouted, "Who is it? You're sneaking around! Come out!"

Chi Xiaoyao quickly pulled Su Yun to hide in the bushes. The night watchman looked everywhere but couldn't find anyone. He sneered, "You two bastards!" After that, he left, cursing.

"Why is he cursing?" Su Yun was furious.

Chi Xiaoyao asked quickly: "Where's your horse?"

"In the Institute of Gewu, I'm tied up. I can't run away this time."

Su Yun pulled her and jumped into the Gewuyuan. He quickly came to Longxiang, only to see a monster with a horse's head and a dragon's body crouching there. It had dragon scales all over its body and dragon claws on its feet, and it was filled with a murderous aura!

Chi Xiaoyao was so frightened that she was shaking all over. The aura emanating from Longxiong gave her an extremely terrifying sense of oppression. It was the blood oppression of the powerful race in the dragon clan over the lower races, which made her almost unable to hold back and reveal her true form!

The dragon's sharp claws dug into the ground, leaving streaks of sparks. It slowly walked out of the shadows and approached her.

Chi Xiaoyao quickly hid behind Su Yun, who smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, senior. It's very docile!"

He pulled Chi Xiaoyao and turned over and landed on Longxiong's back.

The dragon bared its teeth and looked ferocious. Suddenly, Su Yun shook the reins, and the magic rope made a slight humming sound. Countless densely packed text symbols emerged and flew around the rope.

Long Xiong's fierceness was suppressed immediately and he became obedient. Su Yun was surprised and looked at the magic rope in confusion, because the magic rope had not changed like this before.

Suddenly, Yingying's voice came: "It was Saint Xue who removed the seal from this rope when you entered the spirit world to challenge."

Su Yun's heart moved slightly, and a yellow bell appeared above his head. Yingying slid down from the bell and landed on his shoulder.

Chi Xiaoyao looked at the little girl who was only as tall as a book in surprise. Yingying also looked at her and said, "Are you Chilong? A carp that turned into a dragon? Your skills seem to be a little wrong. I have a volume of "Chilong Liyuan Transformation" here, which may be more suitable for you."

Su Yun smiled and said, "Senior sister, Yingying, please sit down. Longxiong, where did Emperor Wenchang go?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Longxiong suddenly leaped lightly, crossed dozens of feet in the air, and landed silently outside the Gewu Academy.

Chi Xiaoyao and Yingying were both startled.

The giant dragon-like beast took a few steps forward with its agile body stretched out. In a few steps, a strong wind blew in the face. Yingying was blown off Su Yun's shoulder by the violent wind and turned into a book with its pages flying around.

Chi Xiaoyao was sitting behind Su Yun and quickly caught the book. In her arms, Yingying turned back into a girl as tall as the book. She was still frightened and quickly hid in her arms.

Su Yun hurriedly said: "Longxiong, slow down!"

Longxiong slowed down and roared away with them.

Just as Longxiong was leaving Wenchang Academy in a hurry, a black dragon was moving among the buildings of Wenchang Academy. The girl Wutong stood on the dragon's head and whispered, "Shuao, follow them."

Jiao Shuao revealed his true form as a black dragon and galloped all the way, trying his best to catch up with Longxiong. However, despite his powerful cultivation, he still had a hard time catching up with Longxiong.

"I can't let my seniors look down on me!" Jiao Shuao insisted with gritted teeth.

Just as they rushed out of the Wenchang Academy, Zuo Songyan, dressed in a gray robe, walked out of the academy. Behind him was a sea of people. Monk Tu Ming and Taoist Xianyun walked in front.

"Follow them!" Zuo Songyan said in a deep voice.

The dragon galloped at lightning speed, climbing over tall buildings and even walking easily on the back of the cloud bridge as if it were flat ground, which made Chi Xiaoyao surprised and happy, and there was constant laughter on the dragon's back.

The young girl Wutong followed Longxiong from a distance, frowning, thinking, "Isn't he going to look for Emperor Wenchang? No, this kid's every move has a deep meaning. It's impossible that he just wants to take the little female dragon for a ride..."

Zuo Songyan also frowned. They followed Su Yun and ran around everywhere, but Su Yun didn't look like he was going to look for Emperor Wenchang.

On Longxiong's back, Su Yun was also a little puzzled: "Why is this stupid dragon horse running around? Wait a minute..."

He suddenly realized that Longxiong was not running around randomly, but was running along the path that Emperor Wenchang had walked. He thought that Emperor Wenchang had once ridden it to revisit his old place and travel around various places in the north.

Su Yun asked it where Emperor Wenchang had gone, so it took Su Yun and others to the places where Emperor Wenchang had been.

Suddenly, Long Xiang ran wildly along a tall building and came to the tallest building in Shuofang City. He ran on a large glazed curtain and quickly rushed to the dome above the Shuofang Hou’s immortal residence.

Su Yun looked up and saw a dark cloud pressing down on the Shuofang Marquis's residence. Thunder and lightning were constantly appearing in the dark cloud. Thunderbolts fell one after another and struck a black iron coffin in the center of the Shenxian Residence.

The black iron coffin was locked with iron chains, making rattling sounds.

Suddenly, a heavy and demonic voice came from the black iron coffin, like a demon king in the dark night: "My friend, your horse looks familiar."

The girl Wutong's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly asked Jiao Shuao to stop, whispering, "In the black iron coffin of the Shuofang Marquis Li family, there is a half-demon locked up!"

Su Yun's heart moved slightly, and he jumped off the dragon's back, bowed and said, "Senior, I am here to find out the whereabouts of Emperor Wenchang."

The iron chain of the black iron coffin suddenly broke, and streams of black smoke filled out from the coffin. In the black cloud, a general dressed in iron armor had a distorted face and was struggling in the evil spirit.

"Saint Lord Wen was my good friend when I was alive. He borrowed a golden body to come visit me and said that he wanted to take the Holy Spirit Soldier to temporarily suppress my evil nature for me."

The general was filled with an extremely strong corpse aura. He said in a hoarse voice, "The demonic nature in Shuofang City is growing day by day, which is causing my cultivation to grow as well. The demonic nature is becoming increasingly difficult to suppress, bringing about terrible consequences!"

In the black air, his corpse hair was growing wildly, like countless tentacles waving in the black smoke: "My thunder tribulation is coming soon. If I don't get rid of my evil nature, I will die under the thunder tribulation! Only his Confucian and righteous spirit can suppress my evil nature!"

Su Yun's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Where did Emperor Wenchang go?"

The general raised his hand and pointed into the distance. Su Yun bowed to express his gratitude, pulled the reins, and Longxiong took them away quickly.

As soon as Su Yun left, the girl Wutong arrived.

"Are you the ancestor of the Shuofanghou Li family?"

The young girl Wutong looked at the general curiously, blinked her eyes, and said with a smile: "Others say that you fought bloody battles with foreign tribes outside the Great Wall, and defended the Northern Frontier for thirty years. In the end, the Emperor of Dongdu quelled the rebellion in the country, and then sent troops to help."

General Li in the dark aura did not answer.

“I didn’t expect that this was not the case.”

The girl Wutong chuckled and said, "The truth is that you died a long time ago. You and your men died on the battlefield, but your spirits lingered on your bodies for a long time and turned yourselves into half-demons. You used the powerful power of the half-demons to protect Shuofang City."

General Li in the black air glanced at her and said, "That's right. This is how we became half-demons. What about you, senior? Why did you become a human-demon?"

The girl Wutong did not answer.

"My subordinates and I were worried that after our death, we would endanger Shuofang. We were also worried that the foreign tribes outside the Great Wall would make a comeback and invade Shuofang. So we built a black iron coffin to seal us, but did not bury us."

General Li in the black air said: "Over the past few hundred years, we have stood at the highest point in Shuofang and witnessed countless historical events. We also saw the dragon descend from the sky 150 years ago, fight against the demons, and fall into Tianshiyuan."

The girl Wutong snorted coldly: "I saw it, don't tell anyone, otherwise the thunder tribulation will come sooner than you think. You are only half-demons, don't mess with me!"

She paused, and the black dragon that Jiao Shuao had transformed into swam, carrying him into the night.

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