A black robe embroidered with gold silk was draped over the young man in white. Amidst the shouts and cheers, the Nine Profound Gate welcomed the most special and mysterious master in its history.
The black robe fell like a crow's feathers. After the rebellion of the Qi Qin Dynasty, Jiuxuanmen, the first of the eight sects of the immortal sect, declared his determination in such a stern and solemn way.
There is no longer even a trace of contempt.
After stepping down as the head of the sect, because of Baili Shu's return, in the next period of time, Yi Heping will still preside over the major and minor matters in the Nine Profound Sect. The change of head was completed in such a quiet meeting. The new head Baili Shu didn't intend to speak immediately. He was still the same as before, with his eyes slightly lowered, sitting quietly at the head, watching himself A longbow laid flat on the table.
But after everyone sat down, they were obviously more serious than before, and a dignified atmosphere enveloped everyone.
Yi Heping, who handed over the jade pendant of the sect leader, quickly restrained himself before showing a trace of fatigue, and continued to talk about the next thing just like usual.
"It is true that the situation has developed to the point where it is due to our own arrogance, but the power of the dynasty is not really strong enough to easily overthrow the Kyushu Bank. In this, some existences we are familiar with have also joined this war."
"magic."
Some of the elders spoke in a low voice.
"That's right, they are those members of the Eighteenth Middle School of the Gu Clan who were suppressed back then." Yi Heping said, "Now we call them demons."
Hearing what Yi Heping said, Hezhou's heart moved, and he looked up at Bailishu who was sitting at the top. To this day, Hezhou also vaguely understands some things, such as the true identity of Baili Shu, the Patriarch of the Baili Clan who has played a decisive role countless times in the Era of Chaos and Era of Ten Thousand Immortals. Baili Shu... Actually, he should know those Gu Clan eighteenth people who are now called "devils", right
People who used to fight side by side are now enemies, what kind of mood is Bailishu at this time
He Zhou tried to see a slight change in the opponent's face, but he failed. It was as if Baili Shu hadn't heard Yi Heping's words, his face remained unchanged, lonely and cold.
"The power of the Eighteenth Gu Clan here knows that it originated from the initial theft of the power of the ancient emperor. With the fall of the ancient emperor and the curse issued when the ancient emperor fell, a considerable part of the power of the eighteenth Gu Clan There is a loss of control. The part of the Gu family who is out of control can hardly bear the laws of heaven and earth that have changed with the fall of the ancient emperor, and loses sanity more and more frequently."
Baili Shu lowered his eyes and listened to Yi Heping's short talk about this secret hidden by history.
In fact, things like history are written in such a few words. No matter how hard people in later generations try, they will not be able to truly feel the tragedy of that era through words and years.
Only those who have personally experienced it will hear the sticky blood and sorrow in the one or two sentences that others simply mentioned.
What happened at the end of the Wanxian Era directly caused the surviving eighteen Gu Clans to be willing to erase their names from history and disappear from people's sight. The last three surviving ancient emperors in the Wanxian Era, who were later called the Three Emperors, joined forces to try to draw the "Three Profound Emperors Map" covering the land of the Twelve Dynasties, which accelerated the changes in the celestial phenomena. , and the rule change between heaven and earth. In addition, the power of the eighteen ancient clans came from the ancient emperors. When the ancient emperors fell, the curses issued were engraved on the eighteen surnames.
When mastering power, those who had failed and caused their bodies to mutate, suffered extremely strong backlash during that period.
The Emperor Xuan at that time, the most amazing and talented ancient emperor, influenced the sanity and wisdom of this part of the Gu Clan's Eighteen through the summoning in the dark.
The somewhat out-of-control Gu Clan Eighteen resisted Xuandi's call with his only wit remaining, which eventually led to the complete collapse of his spirit, his power was completely out of control, and he directly burned himself, including everything around him, to ashes. Some of the Eighteen Gu Clans were summoned during their missions, and their will was seized by Emperor Xuan, and their companions were killed by surprise when they were unprepared.
After paying a heavy price, the Patriarchs of the Eighteenth Gu Clan, who had originally taken measures of imprisonment, gathered together and made a painful decision.
Remove all those who felt the ancient emperor's call, and completely suppress all those in the family who first accepted the power change.
It was none other than the person who made the final decision.
It's Bailishu.
He is a member of the Baili family, and the Baili family is the family headed by Gu Clan's Eighteenth Middle School, so his opinion is enough to influence the decision-making of the entire Gu Clan's Eighteenth Middle School. Not all patriarchs can accept this decision. The patriarch of the Guan family was unwilling to accept such a bloody and ruthless decision when he took the case. He couldn't accept that the members of the family would kill and suppress his brothers and sisters by himself.
The opinions of the Patriarchs in that negotiation have been greatly divided from the very beginning, and the two sides are at a stalemate.
Finally, when the two sides were about to turn against each other and fight, Baili Shu, who had been silent all this time, suddenly stood up.
When Bailishu stood up, everyone stopped arguing and waited for him to make a decision.
He drew an arrow from his quiver and put it on the bowstring. He let go of his hand, and the long arrow turned into a golden stream of fire and shot out of the air, tearing open the space and shooting at a guard who was dozens of miles away from the place of conversation. The guardian of the Eighteenth Gu Clan was kneeling down in pain, clutching his head with both hands - he felt the call of Emperor Xuan's will.
Everyone was silent.
Bailishu's arrow had already shown his attitude.
"Let's start with Baili."
Bailishu put down his longbow, and said, his voice was not high, and his tone was not tough.
But the remaining Patriarchs, no one spoke anymore.
Baili Shu left first, he was holding a longbow, alone, the cold sky fell on his white robe, he just walked into the sky, gradually drifting away.
No matter at any time, waving the blade to your own people is the most painful thing in this world. The person who once supported him with his back, the sword in his hand that had saved him turned around and aimed at him overnight. As the eldest brother, he will personally kill the younger brother who trusts him, and as the younger sister, he holds a torch and watches as his older sister is sealed into a formation that will never be released.
Bailishu always remembered that he personally killed a clansman.
The young Baili disciple has always regarded him as a god. When he felt the call of Emperor Xuan, the flesh and blood on his body cracked, and uncontrollable power rushed through his blood, and he would completely lose his mind at any time. Bailishu killed him.
Blood splashed onto Baili Shu's hands, and life flowed from that disciple quickly. With the approach of death, the eyes of that disciple who had always been respectful in front of him gradually became clearer.
"Thank you, Patriarch."
Holding the bow, Bailishu stood silently at the same spot, watching the disciples of the clan who were trying to salute him for the last time die, feeling that everything around him was empty.
Why should I thank him
He gave the order, and he was the one who killed.
Why should the person who was killed thank the person who killed him in turn? He remained faithful until his death.
The person who killed his elder brother with his own hands the day before did not have time to prepare a grave for his elder brother. The next day, he had to take a sword and travel thousands of miles to perform a mission of life and death. A bloody wave swept across the land, and everyone was fighting with all their strength, just to exchange for a peaceful and stable land.
But now, in the land that Gu Clan eighteen bought with blood and pain, a new craze of blood has started again.
The "demon" who had been sealed for many years walked out of the darkness with the pain of being betrayed and suppressed accumulated over the long years, and joined the war that remained in this era. The power of the ancient emperor and the high shadow haunt the earth, sneaking around the earth.
Baili Shu looked at the longbow wrapped in cloth, and moved his fingers imperceptibly.
He felt the warmth of the blood spattered on his hand again, bloody and sticky, lingering.
"The Jin Tang Dynasty and the Southern Chen Dynasty declared war on each other not long ago. The troops of the Jin Tang Dynasty and the Southern Chen Dynasty were displayed on the border where the two countries intersected. The declaration of war against each other at this time is just to give a superficial appearance to the deployment of troops. It’s a plausible excuse.” Yi Heping sneered, “Since the declaration of war, neither Jin Tang nor Nanchen has died? What kind of declaration of war is this?”
"They are indeed declaring war."
Xie Xugui, the leader of Xuan Ce Peak, spoke. The master of Xuance Peak, who is in charge of the Nine Xuanmen's tribute spirit veins, is a man with a sinister name at first sight. He is strong and tall, and his black robe is full of muscles. His weapons are similar to those of the dead He Qing. Chuan is almost the same, all of them are heavy knives.
"But it is our Jiuxuanmen who declared war."
"The Qi Qin Dynasty is in the east of the Jin Tang Dynasty, and south of the Southern Chen Dynasty. Now the Jin Tang Dynasty and the Southern Chen Dynasty are at the junction of Chen Bing, forming a defensive line. The Southern Chen Dynasty and the Jin Tang Dynasty are using their own strength to build a solid defensive line for the Qi Qin Dynasty. They The reason why we didn’t choose to directly fight with us is to avoid going to war with the sect at this time. Nan Chen and Jin Tang are trying to delay our entry into the Qi Qin Dynasty, and they are buying time for the Qi Qin Dynasty.”
Yi Heping drew a map in the middle of the hall with his spiritual power.
Among the twelve dynasties, the Qi and Qin dynasties were in the southernmost part, the Jin and Tang dynasties were in the middle to the south, and the Nanchen Dynasty occupied the eastern and northeast continents. The most prosperous economy and the largest land area. The Huangling Dynasty has always been nomadic, occupying the northern grassland area, and the rest of the territory is relatively large. The Baodan Dynasty is located on the southwest plateau, and the Fuyi Dynasty is at the junction of the Baodan Dynasty and the Jintang Dynasty in the northwest border. Half of the desert and half Jugu, the Cangpu Dynasty was between Baodan and Jintang, and its territories were all poor mountains and giant ridges.
Among the Twelve Dynasties, these are big countries, and the rest are several small countries and island countries in the snowy mountains to the north.
Among them, Jintang, Nanchen, Qiqin and the three kingdoms together constitute the entire fertile land of the Central Plains, accounting for almost half of the world's population.
Now Nanchen and Jintang are united, and the border of Chen Bing builds a line of defense for Nanchen.
"We must know the specific situation in Qi Qinnei." Yi Heping stared at the outlined line of defense, "This is not an ordinary army, Qi Qin's dark crows, the magic that unsealed the seal... these forces should have a large part. Already hidden in this army. They are also on guard against us."
The light of spiritual power fell on Yi Heping's eyes, as sharp as a blade.
"We're going to send a team through this line of defense."
he said softly.
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The return of Senior Brother Baili brought the news of the beginning of the war.
After everyone witnessed that strange team coming from the mountain gate, passing through most of the Jiuxuan Gate, and walking into the main peak of Jiuxuan Gate, everyone, including Senior Brother Baili, did not appear in front of everyone again.
The disciples of the Zongmen have already sensed that the top level of the Zongmen is making a major decision to determine the next fate.
On Xuanshuang Peak, Bai Li swung his sword again and again.
She is no longer the ordinary disciple of Xuanshuang Peak when Senior Brother Baili first appeared in Zongmen Huishi. Excluding Senior Sister Jun who is in retreat, Bai Li is the most outstanding disciple of Xuanshuang Peak. She has a habit of practicing swords when she feels that she can't be careful. Don't practice those advanced sword moves, just simply swing the sword, repeating the simplest and most basic movements again and again.
In the flashes of sword light, her mood will slowly calm down.
With the long sword back, Bai Li sighed.
What used to work has lost its usefulness today. No matter how she swung the sword, she still couldn't calm down.
The smell of the mountain rain is coming and the wind is everywhere, and it is so depressing. Bai Li also knew the current situation, the changes in the Qi and Qin Dynasty, the cleansing of the sect... As long as you are not a fool, you know that there must be a war between the dynasty and the sect. In fact, Bai Li is not afraid of war. Before joining the sect, she was a refugee from Jin Tang. All along, she felt dead, that's all.
She is not afraid of death.
She was just bored by the oppressive atmosphere leading up to the war. Both the dynasty and the sect maintained a strange attitude, but the voice of the blade was very clear. Everyone knew that the fight was imminent, but the order to fight was still lingering. Bai Li didn't like the uneasy feeling of waiting, she felt that it was more enjoyable than this to step on the battlefield with the heart to die.
"Your shortcoming is that you are impatient."
A harsh voice sounded, Bai Li turned around, and saw Bai Yuanxiu walking towards him with a sword on his back.
Bai Yuanxiu is the master of Xuanshuang Peak and the master of Jun Wanbai, the chief of Xuanshuang Peak. Bai Li was accepted as a disciple by her not long ago. It was precisely because Bai Li was accepted as a disciple by her that she knew some things that ordinary disciples did not know-for example, Shen Changge did not die in battle, but betrayed the sect.
"Master."
Bai Li shouted a little cautiously, and put away his sword.
In fact, she has not always understood why Bai Yuanxiu, the master of Xuanshuang Peak, accepted herself as a disciple. Bai Li always felt that her talent was not very good, and it was even worse when compared with the genius Senior Sister Jun. The gap is huge.
However, Bai Li was actually very happy to be accepted as a disciple by Bai Yuanxiu.
In this way, Jun Wanbai is her serious senior sister. As a disciple of Xuanshuang Peak, almost everyone has a mentality of admiration for that bright and decisive senior sister. Bai Li always remembered that when he worked so hard to climb the 10,000-level Heaven-reaching Step, his legs gave way and he almost knelt down.
"I haven't worshiped my teacher yet, why kneel?"
A voice with a bit of a smile sounded, and before Bai Li knelt down, a hand stretched out and grabbed her.
"Junior Junior Sister, I think you have a unique bone structure, why don't you choose our Xuanshuang Peak?"
The senior sister who held her back wore a high ponytail and raised her eyebrows with the flamboyance that Bai Li envied most.
"Well... okay."
Bai Li replied in a low voice.
For a long time, Bai Li has always admired Senior Sister Jun who held him back at the end of the Tongtian Step. The disciples of Xuanshuangfeng all know that as the chief senior sister Jun, she always looks fierce, but every time she takes her juniors and juniors out, she will subconsciously stand in front of all the disciples. The disciples of Xuanshuangfeng lost the fight with the disciples of the Beast Sect, and Senior Sister Jun always scolded them for being worthless, while holding a sword, she went to those guys of the Beast Sect to get them back.
Bai Li thought, when can he become a person like Senior Sister Jun
At the end of the Tongtian Step back then, Senior Sister Jun took her by the hand and led her into the vast world of immortal cultivators. From that moment on, Bai Li felt that he was a disciple of Jiuxuanmen.
Bai Yuanxiu looked at himself for a while, this little apprentice who was quiet and a bit like a gourd, and after a while, he said: "The sect has a task for you."
"Yes, disciple will definitely go all out."
Bai Li's expression became serious.
What Bai Yuanxiu said was "the sect has a mission", and she was acutely aware that this mission might have something to do with the return of Senior Brother Baili and the gathering of the elders of the sect.
"The sect decided to send a team to the Qi Qin Dynasty. A Li, you are from the Qi Qin Dynasty. The elders decided to let you join this team as a guide." Bai Yuanxiu paused, "This mission... Dangerous, possibly dead."
She stared at her too quiet disciple with sharp eyes.
Bai Li was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly: "Master... I'm not afraid of death."
After Bai Li left, Bai Yuanxiu turned around and looked at the mist in Baizhang Lake.
The waterfall in Baizhangtan still seems to wash away endlessly, and the water mist is white. But now in the water mist, there is no such stubborn girl who practiced sword against the water.
So be it.
Bai Yuanxiu thought.
After Jun Wanbai, she also sent Bai Li to the battlefield. All her apprentices have set foot on the battlefield, and it is time for her to leave next.
Before Bai Li left, Bai Yuanxiu told her one thing. Bai Li looks quiet, but in fact he is similar to Jun Wanbai, he is so stubborn in his bones, holding on to the question but unwilling to speak out. However, as a master, he always understands what his apprentice is thinking.
Bai Yuanxiu answered Bai Li's question: She accepted Bai Li as her disciple because... her surname.
Bai is one of the eighteenth Gu family.