The two of them searched the underground palace for a long time. When they were at a loss, they finally heard some noises coming from the front. It seemed that someone was calling for help.
They ran over following the sound, and found an injured person in a stone room, a disciple of the Pure Yang Sect, with blood stains all over the light golden monk's uniform.
Hua Yu leaned down to help him: "Brother, where are you hurt?"
Seeing that this person was covered in blood, Zong Ziheng feared that it might be more ominous than good, he took out a blood coagulation pill from his Qiankun bag, and leaned over to use his spiritual power to detect the other person's injury.
But as soon as he got closer, his keen sense of smell caught a faint scent under the cover of the bloody smell.
Startled, he raised his head suddenly, and met a pair of vicious eyes, like a hungry beast staring at the prey that was close at hand. He pushed Hua Yuxin away, and she also backed away.
There was a sharp pain in the waist and abdomen, Zong Ziheng looked down, and saw that a gleaming silver dagger had penetrated more than half of his body, and his white clothes were immediately stained red with blood.
"Your Highness!" Hua Yu Xin supported Zong Ziheng's swaying body, looking at his injury in horror.
Zong Ziheng put the blood coagulation pill he had just taken out directly into his mouth, he grabbed the dagger, bit his lower lip tightly, and pulled it out suddenly.
With a puff, blood spattered.
Tears welled up in Hua Yu's eyes, and she pulled out her sword, full of grief and indignation, and shouted angrily at the sneak attacker: "You are courting death!"
But Zong Ziheng grabbed her, endured the severe pain, and said in a hoarse voice: "No."
The attacker jumped up from the ground with ease, seemingly unhurt at all.
Hua Yu sternly said: "You dare to sneak attack His Highness, where did you put Daoist Xu, who ordered you!"
The attacker sneered: "You can ask the elder brother yourself if you can see him alive."
"No need." Zong Ziheng stared at the attacker with sharp eyes, "This matter has nothing to do with Master Xu, right, Yan Shu."
As soon as these words came out, Hua Yu couldn't help being startled, even the sneak attacker was stunned.
The sneak attacker was young and handsome, tall and fit the appearance of a Chunyang Sect disciple very much. No matter what, no one would confuse him with Yan Shu, who was over half a century old.
"Your Highness, what are you talking about?" Hua Yu looked at Zong Ziheng in confusion.
The attacker showed a bloodthirsty smile: "I thought you were just a young idiot. It seems that I underestimated you. How did you find out?"
"Guess where I showed my feet." Zong Ziheng needed more time to use the blood coagulation pill and spiritual power to stop the bleeding from his wound quickly.
But this trick was exposed, and the attacker had an extra sword in his hand: "Do you want to delay time? It doesn't matter, as long as you are dead, this is still a secret."
Hua Yu looked at the sword heartily: "You, you are really Yan Shu."
With the sharp sword out of its sheath, Yan Shu pointed at Zong Ziheng with the blade, "I'll give you another chance to speak, how did you find out?"
Zong Ziheng said in a deep voice: "Last night, I was in Bailu Pavilion."
"Hahaha." Yan Shu laughed loudly, "It's really a hundred secrets."
"You and Concubine Chu..." Zong Ziheng showed a look of disgust, "It's extremely shameless."
Hua Yu's almond eyes widened.
This sentence instantly annoyed Yan Shu, his eyes showed a fierce look: "We are shameless? Wouldn't the dog thief who steals people's love and rapes women be even more shameless?!"
Zong Ziheng turned his mind and seemed to understand something: "Could it be that you are..."
"That's right, I'm Chu Yingruo's fiancé. We were childhood sweethearts, and we were in love with each other. But that thief Zong Minghe caught her first glance at the Jiaolong meeting, and he not only snatched away my unmarried wife." His eyes sparkled. Shooting out intense hatred, "And ordered that old bastard Yan Shu to kill my whole family."
Zong Ziheng was shocked. This person, said his father...
Hua Yuxin glanced at Zong Ziheng awkwardly, trying to change the topic: "You and Yan Shu, you, you used Wu Shengbi to disguise yourself as Yan Shu?"
No wonder Yan Shu always has a dull face in front of people, with little expression. The face drawn with Wu Sheng's brush is of course not as free to mobilize skeletal muscles as Chunyang teaches bone shrinkage.
"Your generation, you don't know anything anymore." The fake "Yan Shu" held the sword tightly, his handsome facial features distorted by hatred, "For more than ten years, they have obliterated what happened back then, obliterated me, and now When people mentioned Chu Yingruo, they only vaguely remembered that the number one beauty in the world seemed to have a marriage contract before being brought into the harem by Zong Minghe. But some people still remembered that I, Lu Zhaofeng, was Yan Shu's relative, heir, younger brother, and son."
Zong Ziheng's face was pale, obviously not only because of blood loss. When he was a child, he had heard rumors in the palace that Chu Yingruo had a marriage contract and was robbed of love by the emperor, but after all, he was the most powerful emperor in Kyushu, who would care if he wanted a mere woman.
"For the sake of prosperity and wealth, Yan Shu was willing to be Zong Minghe's running dog and wanted to get rid of me. Fortunately, I survived the catastrophe, but unexpectedly got Wu Shengbi. The beast was afraid that my family would find out the truth, so he sent thirty-seven members of my Lu family to die. Miemen, and even framed my father as a pill thief!"
Zong Ziheng suddenly remembered the extermination case related to stealing alchemy mentioned by Huang Hong and Huang Wu when he was in Gutuo Town: "Could it be that you are... a descendant of the Lu family in Yanzhou?"
Lu Zhaofeng stared at blood-red eyes and said: "Yan Shu and my father have been close friends for many years, and my father helped him when he was in the most difficult time. I, Lu, are just a small sect, and my father sent me to five for my future. Yunmen worships him as their teacher and expects him to be as he said and treat me as his own son, how could he know that he is a beast who repays kindness with revenge!"
Hua Yu scolded heartily: "You are also a beast, you are all beasts, if Yan Shu harmed you, you go to harm others, what is the difference between you and him!"
"Hahahaha." Lu Zhaofeng laughed wildly, his face distorted morbidly, "Yes, yes, but so what, I got strength, I got revenge, I asked Zong Minghe to raise my son, hahahahaha—— "
"You're talking nonsense!" Zong Ziheng's eyes were wide open, as if his ulterior secret had been exposed on the spot, wishing he could sew Lu Zhaofeng's mouth shut, "You are crazy, you are talking nonsense, you dare to slander my father, you dare to slander my younger brother! "His wound hurts like a knife is stirring his flesh, even so, it's not as good as Lu Zhaofeng's every word piercing his heart.
"Whether I'm talking nonsense or not is not important to you." Lu Zhaofeng approached step by step, "I originally wanted to keep this little girl and blame Xu Zhinan for your death, but now you all want to die."
Zongzi Heng held Junlan across his chest, and blocked Hua Yuxin behind him: "You want to take my pill, do you dare to come here in a dignified way, and sneak attack a junior, villain!"
"I don't have time to tangle with you. I only want your pill. Anyone who stops me will have a dead end." Lu Zhaofeng said happily, "Do you want to know what will happen to Yan Shu? I can't help but eat it in front of him." I took his Dan, and cut him alive piece by piece. I peeled off his face, and painted it over and over until it was perfect. I became him. You know I pretended to be him, for your great father, How many unconscionable things have you done?"
"Shut up!" Zong Ziheng roared, and the sharp sword struck Lu Zhaofeng, straight for the heart.
He was afraid of hearing more heart-wrenching words from this person, he didn't believe it, he didn't believe that his father was in collusion with the pill thief, he didn't believe that his beloved younger brother, who had no blood relationship with him, was the son of this beast!
Hua Yuxin also attacked with a sword, and the two of them pinched left and right, and the move was a killer move.
But Lu Zhaofeng's cultivation was advanced and his swordsmanship was excellent, and Zong Ziheng was injured again, so their offensive was completely suppressed for a while.
In order to make a quick victory without the honor of being a swordsman, Lu Zhaofeng deliberately killed Hua Yuxin several times, forcing Zong Ziheng to give up the attack and go to protect Hua Yuxin. In such a fight, his blood couldn't be stopped even more.
Hua Yu gritted her teeth with hatred. A blue light flashed in her hand, and a bracelet appeared. There were seven small bells hanging on the bracelet. She shook her wrist, and the bells made a crisp sound. Attacked Lu Zhaofeng.
Lu Zhaofeng's expression changed, he slapped his head hard, and dodged to avoid it.
How could Zong Ziheng let this opportunity go, he was blocked in his way of retreat, the spiritual pressure was raging all over his body, and the sword move was fiercely sacrificed, chasing Lu Zhaofeng closely. Zongxuan's swordsmanship is originally this aggressive and aggressive way, striving for a quick victory. Compared with this fierce style of fighting, Zong Ziheng actually prefers the traditional and elegant swordsmanship of the Wuliang School. But when dealing with Lu Zhaofeng, Zong Ziheng wished he could cut him into pieces immediately.
Seeing that her magic weapon, the Broken Wind Chime, Hua Yu chased after Lu Zhaofeng and rang the bell, and the eldest son Heng sword danced and swam the dragon, and was temporarily evenly matched with Lu Zhaofeng, and the battle finally turned around.
Lu Zhaofeng was dizzy and dizzy from the shattered wind chimes, and finally showed signs of weakness after being pinched from both sides.
But Hua Yu's heart is also very difficult. The broken wind chimes are made of Pixiu's teeth, which are the most effective against evil spirits. Her father gave her self-defense. In order not to hurt her own people, she has to release a lot of spiritual power to control the direction of the bell.
Zong Ziheng's blood flowed all over the ground, the speed gradually slowed down, and Hua Yu's heart also showed fatigue.
The two of them had gone through more than a hundred moves, each of them was injured, Zong Ziheng breathed a sigh of relief, it seemed that the more he fought, the more fierce he was, but in fact he was about to be unable to hold on, this power seemed to be returning to the light, the more intense the burning, the faster it would be extinguished.
After Lu Zhaofeng noticed it, he deliberately delayed the time. He mocked: "I originally wanted to give you a good time, because you took good care of my son."
"Shut your dog mouth!" Zongzi Heng's eyes were cracked, and the veins on his forehead were bulging, wishing he could eat Lu Zhaofeng.
Lu Zhaofeng sneered and said, "Do you know how many human pills your revered father has eaten?"
Zong Ziheng's whole body was shaken, he lost his mind, and was injured by Lu Zhaofeng's sword wind.
"Your Highness!" Hua Yu said anxiously, "Don't listen to his nonsense, he's irritating you!"
"Hehe." Lu Zhaofeng looked at Hua Yuxin cruelly, "Don't you want to know whose stomach your little uncle's pill got into?"
Hua Yuxin's body trembled.
"That's right, it's the high and mighty Emperor Ninghua."
"Beast!" Zong Ziheng rushed forward again, Lu Zhaofeng took his sword neatly, and the sound of the clash of swords resounded throughout the stone room, accompanied by Lu Zhaofeng's venomous words that would not stop.
"And your younger brother Xu, that's a good pill." Lu Zhaofeng said with a smile, "Emperor Ninghua has the Yuanyang Kungfu for nothing, and his cultivation has improved to a higher level. He wholeheartedly wants to revitalize the famous Zong family." , there is no natural good root, it can only be supplemented by the day after tomorrow."
Zong Ziheng was furious, he desperately told himself to calm down, not to believe these slanders, not to be fooled by the enemy, but as a son of man, how could he remain indifferent, in case, in case something happened, how should he deal with himself? !
Hua Yuxin almost cried: "I don't believe it, I don't believe it!" She snarled, shook the broken wind chime again, and chased after Lu Zhaofeng.
The size of the stone room was small, and there was not much room for Lu Zhaofeng to dodge. He was so loud by the bell that his head seemed to be split open. Enraged, he took out the mountain whip.
"Yuxin, come back!" Zong Ziheng released his spiritual power crazily, Junlan Sword held a silver gleaming sword flower in his hand, and raised his hand - the seventh heaven of Zongxuan swordsmanship.
Holding a long whip in his hand, Lu Zhaofeng said fiercely: "Not only that, Zongzi Heng, listen carefully, the person who wants your pill the most in this world is your biological father!"
Zong Ziheng only felt the blood flow backwards all over his body, his throat felt sweet, and he spit out a mouthful of blood. It was because of the support of Jun Lan Sword that he did not fall down in front of the enemy.
No, he doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe it, he doesn't believe it!
"But how could I give him such a good thing?" Lu Zhaofeng said with an evil smile, "You have no idea how precious your pill is. It will be the step, step, and stone for my son Lu Zhaofeng to climb to the top of the world of cultivating immortals." !"
The golden light of the mountain whip suddenly appeared, and all the rolled up stones flew towards them, enough to smash them into a pulp. Zong Ziheng roared loudly, and the arcs of his swords collided in mid-air.
boom—
The entire stone room shook like a beast that just woke up, and they were in the mouth of the beast, and they would be swallowed at any moment.
The eldest son Heng saw Hua Yuxin amidst the chaotic rocks. The Huaying School's swordsmanship combines strength and softness. When Hua Yuxin danced the sword, she was graceful and graceful like a disc. At that time, under the ring, many young people were drunk and blinded. At this time, this disc was involved in a cruel battle. She dodged in embarrassment, but she still couldn't stop the wind and rain from tearing her wings.
Zong Ziheng rushed forward with all his strength, and stretched out his hand with all his strength. When the gravel hit Zhong Yuxin, time seemed to stand still at that moment. No, time flowed like a river and sea, and it never stopped for ants. It was something in his body that stopped. up.
Zong Ziheng knelt on the ground, looking at Hua Yuxin who was lying in a pool of blood, he opened his mouth and howled silently.
Lu Zhaofeng walked up to Zong Ziheng and raised his sword: "If you don't believe me, go to the underworld and ask your uncle yourself."
A chill suddenly hit, Lu Zhaofeng jumped away sharply, and with a whoosh, an ice arrow sank into the stone wall. With the arrow as the target, the ice spread rapidly to the surroundings, almost freezing half of the wall.
If this is shot at a person, the consequences can be imagined.
Qi Mengsheng and Xu Zhinan appeared in the stone room at the same time.
Lu Zhaofeng gritted his teeth unwillingly, and flicked the mountain whip away. The stones hit the two of them, and a stone wall slid over, trying to repeat the same trick and lock them out of the stone room.
Qi Mengsheng held an ice crystal longbow in her hand and ran across the stone wall. Every time she drew the bow, an arrow made of ice flew out. Those stones were frozen into ice in midair and shattered at the sound. .
On the other hand, Xu Zhinan, unhurriedly, appeared in front of the stone wall at an unbelievable speed, holding the heavy stone wall with one hand.
Lu Zhaofeng took a step back.
Xu Zhinan said coldly: "Using such despicable tricks to plot against a group of children is shameless."
Lu Zhaofeng backed away with a livid face. The two realized that he was going to run, so they ran after him.
Lu Zhaofeng kept waving the mountain whip, and the stone walls crackled, the broken stones flew randomly, and the stone walls moved quickly, forming barriers. Under the cover, Lu Zhaofeng exited the stone room and disappeared.
The two were worried about the wounded, so they didn't chase anymore. They ran back to Zong Ziheng, looked at Hua Yuxin who was dying in his arms, poured spiritual energy into her heart, and lowered their heads at the same time.
Zong Ziheng stiffly wiped the blood off Hua Yuxin's face, he tried hard to see this pretty girl clearly, but his vision was already blurred, leaving only large patches of bright red color.
Hua Yu opened her mouth heartily, and blood gushed out of her mouth again. She coughed up blood and said angrily, "That night, Concubine Shen...asked me...would you...be your...wife..."
"Happy Heart..."
Hua Yuxin tried her best to raise the corners of her mouth, and her tear-filled eyes were also trying her best to see Zong Ziheng clearly: "I...willing..."
She took this look with her.
A ray of light goes out in the darkness.
"Ah—" Zong Ziheng cried bitterly.
His world collapsed before his eyes, falling from the top of his head like a boulder manipulated by a mountain whip. Everything, Zong Minghe, Zong Zixiao, Hua Yuxin, every stone smashed into his blood, and he could no longer piece together into one piece.
Overnight, his father turned into a devil who eats human pills and supplements, and even wanted to dig his pills. His favorite younger brother turned out to have no blood relationship with him, and was even the son of an enemy. In order to cover up his mother's dirty Behavior, lying, concealing, and taking advantage of an innocent girl, put her in danger and lost her life.
Great pain and remorse nearly overwhelmed him.
Xu Zhinan sighed heavily: "Zi Heng, now is not the time to grieve, we have to find His Highness Ninth Prince and catch Lu Zhaofeng." When he mentioned "His Highness Ninth Prince", his tone was obviously hesitant.
"Zi Xiao, Zi Xiao." The name was like a slap in the face, and Zong Ziheng woke up. He caught the strangeness in Xu Zhinan's words, "How much did you hear?"
Qi Mengsheng said blankly: "We followed the sound of the bell to find you."
Xu Zhinan said: "That's the broken wind chime. Although the sound is not loud, it can travel far. It also has another function, it will also transmit the surrounding sounds, so after the bell rings, we can hear it all. Yes. I also guessed his identity."
Zong Ziheng gasped, his eyes filled with horror: "Could it be that everyone in the underground palace heard it?"
"No, no." Xu Zhinan said seriously, "Miss Hua used her spiritual power to guide the Broken Wind Chime, so the sound didn't spread. After we heard the bell, we used our spiritual power to pursue it all the way. We didn't meet anyone else, only We heard, you can rest assured."
Zong Ziheng grasped Xu Zhinan's lapel weakly, and said almost beggingly: "Don't tell anyone, never... tell anyone."
If Zong Zixiao's life experience is known, it will be ruined and everything will be over - even if what Lu Zhaofeng said is false.
Xu Zhinan lowered his eyes: "I won't tell anyone, but when you recover from your injury, I want to explain about my junior brother."
Zong Ziheng nodded stiffly.
"Let's go." Qi Mengsheng hugged Hua Yuxin, and she couldn't bear it.
Xu Zhinan also helped the bruised eldest son Heng up: "We have cracked this maze, and we have found some people and put them together. It is not difficult to leave here, but we must ensure that no one is left below."
"Where is Xiaojiu? He must have been arrested by Lu Zhaofeng."
"If it's really what Lu Zhaofeng said, it's his..." Xu Zhinan said, "Lu Zhaofeng will not hurt him, on the contrary, he is probably locked up to protect him, so he must be in a very safe place .”
"How do you solve the maze?"
"It's very simple. I froze the walls where I walked." Qi Mengsheng pointed to a wall where ice was indeed there. "The underground palace is not big. If it is too big, Lu Zhaofeng can't support it. The position of the stone wall kept changing, and most people searched for it, but just detoured in place. I guess he consumed a lot of spiritual power. After the wall was frozen, it was difficult for him to move again, and the road slowly came out. "
"I'll take you to a safe place first, and then Meng Sheng and I will go find His Highness the Ninth Prince."
"I want to go together."
"If you are hurt like this, it will only drag us down." Qi Mengsheng said bluntly.
Zong Ziheng was silent.
Suddenly, there was a rustling sound not far away.
"Who!" Qi Mengsheng snapped.
A tall and thin figure flashed out, and he said with relief: "It's you, that's great!"
It was Li Buyu.
Li Buyu was shocked: "Your Highness, what's wrong with you."
Zong Ziheng shook his head.
They went back to another stone room, and there really were a lot of people gathered here, and together they propped up a protective barrier, even if the underground palace collapsed, it could persist for a long time.
"Your Majesty!"
"His Royal Highness is injured."
"My God, is that... Miss Hua?"
Zong Ziheng sat beside Hua Yuxin's corpse in a daze, his eyes were filled with ashes.
Li Buyu carefully brought a pill that had been removed from the sealing wax to Zongzi Heng's mouth: "Your Highness, this is our Wuliang Sect's True Essence Jade Pill. If you eat it, your injury will heal much faster."
Zong Ziheng pushed Li Buyu's hand away, and said solemnly: "Thank you, this pill is precious, so there is no need."
"Your Majesty, you should eat." Li Buyu said with red eyes, "You saved my life from evil spirits back then, can't I do something for you?"
Zong Ziheng lowered his eyes and didn't push back any more. In fact, he didn't even want to say a word.
Li Buyu carefully opened his mouth and sent Dan in.
About an hour later, Xu Zhinan and Qi Mengsheng brought Zong Zixiao back, but Lu Zhaofeng was nowhere to be found, and with the mountain whip around, it was not difficult for him to escape.
"Brother!" Zong Zixiao rushed to Zong Ziheng's side, seeing his injuries all over his body, he was about to go crazy, "Brother, you, how are you?"
Zong Ziheng slowly raised his hand, stroked Zong Zixiao's face, and said softly: "Xiao Jiu, are you okay?"
Zong Zixiao shook his head with tears in his eyes: "How did you get hurt like this, Yan Shu, a thief, I will cut him into pieces!"
Zong Ziheng hugged Zong Zixiao with great effort, and he was so sad that he almost shed tears.
"...Brother, what's wrong with you?" Zong Zixiao felt unspeakable sadness, and this sadness deeply infected him.
"It's okay, you're okay, it's fine."
What should his Xiao Jiu do? As long as Lu Zhaofeng is alive, Xiao Jiu's life experience may be revealed. If that day comes, what should he do? How could he let this arrogant son of heaven suffer such humiliation and trample.