Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak.
Many days have passed since the Battle of Qingyun ended, and the once turbulent battlefield has gradually calmed down. All traces of the battle have been quietly erased in the process of people cleaning up.
During that day, I don't know how many people lost their friends and relatives. On the Tongtian Peak, I don't know how many corpses have been piled up. From the top of the mountain to the foot of the mountain, it is almost like the legendary hell.
Maybe it's because of luck! The Dazhufeng lineage with the thinnest population didn't lose a single disciple in this battle, but almost everyone was lucky, even because it was not easy to stay at Dazhufeng because of the need to open the seal of heaven, it also seemed very tired. Among the disciples, the second disciple Wu Dayi and the fourth disciple He Dazhi were the most seriously injured. After these days, they are still resting in bed, but fortunately, none of them were injured. Tian Buyi personally saw it , and just need to be quiet and recuperate. In time, it will not hinder their practice.
But even so, and just now in a life-and-death decisive battle, he narrowly defeated the Beast God and turned the world into a catastrophe. The atmosphere of the Big Bamboo Peak was very dull. All the disciples have been unhappy for several days, even Tian Buyi has been frowning.
Early in the morning, Tian Buyi was summoned to Tongtian Peak by disciples sent by Master Daoxuan to discuss matters. When he came back at noon, he saw his chubby face, gloomy, and his brows were knit together. open look.
Around noon, Tian Buyi ordered all the disciples of Dazhu Peak to come to the Shoujing Hall, even Wu Dayi and He Dazhi who were still lying in bed, Tian Buyi also asked them to help them to the Shoujing Hall and sit aside.
In the Shoujing Hall, which was always relatively deserted, it was rare for people to come together. Tian Buyi's wife, Suru, was also standing next to the head, seeing that she was still beautiful, but she was still wrapped in a white cloth bandage on her left hand. Naturally, it was also in that scene In the middle of the battle, he was killed.
Tian Buyi walked back and forth in the Shoujing hall with his hands behind his back, glanced at the disciples who were sitting or standing in a row, and said in a low voice: "I called you here today, not for anything else, but for the Zhuxian About the ancient sword."
The faces of all the disciples were dignified, but not many showed a look of astonishment. Obviously, most of them had already guessed it in their hearts.
Tian Buyi and Suru looked at each other, then looked at all the disciples, and said: "This morning, the real master told me to go over, and the only one who went with me was your Master Shuiyue from Xiaozhufeng, as for saying What, you can probably think of it. You must keep the matter of the damage to the ancient sword of Zhu Xian, no matter what, and you must not reveal the slightest bit of information."
All the disciples in Big Bamboo Peak looked at each other, and finally the eldest disciple Song Daren coughed and said: "Master, you old man also knows how many of us there are, and we would rather die than say a word about such an important matter." Speaking of this, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Tian Buyi, lowered his voice, and said: "Master, not to mention that you and Master Mistress have reminded us time and time again, only the head teacher and Tongtian Peak, even this Counting the times, this is already the fourth time such a message has been sent. Could it be... Could it be that not only do they not believe us, but also Master and Mistress?"
Tian Buyi frowned, and suddenly shouted loudly: "Bold! What are you, dare to speculate on the real master and teachers?"
Song Daren's expression changed, he lowered his head and said, "Yes, this disciple knows he was wrong."
Suru stood aside, sighed, came over to smooth things over and said, "Okay, okay, these are the words ordered by the head master, and the damage to the ancient sword of Zhu Xian has too much to do with it, no wonder the head brother This is very nervous, so it is appropriate to ask more times and explain more times."
Tian Buyi turned his head aside and didn't speak, Song Daren and other disciples bowed their heads and said, "I understand."
Suru looked at all the disciples one by one, and said softly: "I know that you feel a little bit wronged in your heart, and feel that the head master and the teachers can't trust you. After the previous battle, our Qingyun sect had the same reputation in the righteous way of the world for a while, and suppressed all other comrades. But all of this, to put it bluntly, is because the real head of the sect is on Tongtian Peak, holding the Jade Immortal Sword and The Beast God fought a fierce battle and defeated it in exchange for it. We Qingyun Sect can have everything today, and I think you are as clear as I am about the weight of this Sword of Immortal Execution."
When Suru said this, she smiled sadly, and said: "But I never thought that this divine sword would..." She paused for a moment, as if she had to gather herself up before continuing, and said: "That day in the Huanyue Cave Mansion In addition, apart from the Dazhufeng disciples and a few female disciples from Xiaozhufeng, except for the real master and several Nagato masters who came later, there were only a few female disciples from the Dazhufeng line, who witnessed the destruction of the divine sword. Therefore, for the reputation of our sect and the world For the prestige in the world, the real head of the sect should pay more attention to it and give more instructions. Don't take it to your heart, just remember to keep this matter in your heart forever, you understand?"
Song Daren and others looked at each other, and said in unison: "I understand, I will obey the orders of Master and Mistress."
Suru turned to look at Tian Buyi, Tian Buyi frowned, his fat face was still very heavy, he didn't seem to be relieved by Suru's words at all, he just stretched out his hand and waved at the disciples, saying: "You guys You all remember what the teacher said. Well, let's go down!"
Song Daren and others bowed together, turned around and went down together again, Wu Dayi, He Dazhi and others who were inconvenient to move were also helped by Song Daren and Du Bishu, and soon, all the people went out, only Tian Buyi and Su were left Ru stood in the Shoujing hall.
Suru looked at Tian Buyi's increasingly gloomy face, walked slowly to his side, and said in a low voice, "What's the matter, did the sect master lose his temper again?"
Tian Buyi snorted lightly, and said: "It's not that he only lost his temper with me, even someone like Shuiyue, he even scolded him in the same way, so what am I?"
Suru was startled, and said in amazement: "What, the sect master brother even scolded Sister Shuiyue?"
A trace of anxiety appeared on Tian Buyi's face, the speed of pacing back and forth was obviously faster, and his brows frowned even tighter.
Seeing his expression, Suru was quite worried, but didn't know what to say, so she said: "Don't worry too much, the sect master brother was just too anxious for a while, so..."
Tian Buyi raised his head suddenly, and interrupted loudly: "If he is really too anxious, he will scold me a thousand or ten thousand times, and I don't care?"
Suru lowered her head, but quickly raised it again, with a look of astonishment on her face, and asked, "What did you just say?"
Tian Buyi mumbled non-stop, and walked quickly back and forth in the Shoujing Hall, his expression became more and more restless, and even faintly worried.
Suru was even more worried, anxiously said: "What do you mean, tell me quickly!"
Tian Buyi walked in front of Suru, stopped, remained silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Daoxuan Senior Brother has invited me and Shuiyue to go there many times, and repeatedly told his disciples to keep secrets. There is nothing wrong with it. But in the past few times, I have seen that senior brother Daoxuan has become more and more wrong."
Suru was stunned for a moment, and said, "It's not right, what does it mean?"
Tian Buyi frowned and said: "In your past, do you remember Senior Brother Daoxuan scolding people easily?"
Suru was silent, shook his head for a long time and said: "Senior Brother Sect Master has profound morals and good conduct, his emotions are invisible, how can he get angry and curse at others so easily."
Tian Buyi nodded and said: "That's right, that's it, even you know this. But after this battle, Senior Brother Daoxuan's temperament seemed to have changed drastically, becoming more and more irritable. Go, it's fine to give me some advice, but every time I start off with a pleasant face, I don't know why in the end, because of a little inexplicable little thing, I get angry, or insult, or vent my anger, in short... "
He shook his head, slowly raised his eyes to look at Suru, hesitated for a moment, approached Suru, lowered his voice and said: "I suspect that Senior Brother Daoxuan has been killed by the sword of Zhu Xianjian during the battle with the Beast God." Spiritual hostility backfired, so..."
Suru's complexion changed, and she said urgently: "Shut up." Then she walked quickly to the outside of Shoujing Hall, looked left and right, after making sure that there was no one there, she came back and whispered to Tian Buyi: "This is my Qingyun sect's secret matter , You, you can't just talk nonsense!"
Tian Buyi sighed, and said: "How important is this matter, how dare I speak nonsense. But in the previous battle, Senior Brother Daoxuan, in order to ensure victory, disregarded my repeated dissuasion, and forcibly opened the spiritual energy of the seven veins of Qingyun sealed by the ancestors of the past generations The Heavenly Secret Seal greatly increased the power of the ancient sword of Zhuxian. But every time I thought of the will left by the ancestor of the previous generation, I prepared that the ancient sword of Zhuxian was too fierce and murderous, and it seemed ominous, so I couldn't treat it as such. Wait a minute. When I came back today, I parted from Shuiyue at Tongtian Peak. Although the two of us have always been at odds, when we saw each other when we parted, it seemed that I felt something in my heart. I guess that Shuiyue must have the same thoughts in my heart , It’s just that this matter is too important, neither of us dare to speak out.”
Suru was silent for a long time, her voice was austere, and said: "Although so, in the final analysis it is still above the ancient sword of Jade Immortal. Now that Jade Immortal has been destroyed, even if the brother in charge of the sect is unfortunately injured, firstly there is no source, and secondly because he is well-versed God, as long as it takes a long time, most of them will gradually wake up and resolve it by themselves!"
The heavy expression on Tian Buyi's face didn't seem to fade in the slightest, and he said lightly: "I hope so, otherwise, as Qing Yun's venerable, if something good or bad happens to him, the whole Qing Yun sect... really don't know how it will end."
Suru thought for a while, then sighed helplessly, and said dejectedly: "Forget it, this is not something we can manage now, and you don't need to worry too much. There is one more thing that I have been wanting to ask, after the ancient sword of Zhu Xian was damaged, How did you deal with it?"
Tian Buyi pondered for a while, and said: "I had inquired about this matter from a Nagato senior brother who knew about it, and I heard that after Daoxuan senior brother reprimanded everyone on the spot not to leak it, he immediately picked up the broken Zhuxian sword At the same time, they walked into the Huanyue Cave, and no one was allowed to enter the forbidden area of the Huanyue Cave. So to this day, no one knows what happened to the ancient Zhuxian sword? Maybe there is still hope for it to be repaired?"
Tian Buyi said the last sentence on his own, but then shook his head and smiled wryly, apparently even he himself didn't believe such a thing. With a wry smile, he said casually, "We don't care about that sword anymore, but we went to Tongtian Peak today, and besides being inexplicably scolded, we also heard about a strange thing."
Suru was startled, and said, "What's so strange?"
Tian Buyi shrugged his shoulders, and said: "You won't believe it, how many disciples and elders died in the previous battle, and now they are being sacrificed in the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak. But our senior Daoxuan I just showed my face and disappeared, but I went to the ancestor's ancestral hall in the back mountain every day to guard the spirit, don't you think it's strange?"
Suru was stunned, and said in surprise: "Shou Ling, what happened to the ancestor's ancestral hall, could it be that some senior elder passed away?"
Tian Buyi shook his head, and said with a sneer: "Where is that elder? I heard a few young disciples secretly talking about it. In fact, it was an old man who had been guarding and cleaning the ancestor's ancestral hall for decades. He died on that day. How did he die?" , and no one knows, only that senior brother Daoxuan was stunned for a while when he knew about this, and then became furious for a while. I heard that he was lost for some reason for several days. The strange thing is that the spirit tablet he put in the ancestor's ancestral hall turned out to be blank!"
The more Suru listened, the more confused she became, and she was even more shocked in her heart, she shook her head and said, "What's going on, what's going on here, is the sect master brother really, really a little confused?"
Tian Buyi sneered, and said: "No one knows if he is confused or not. Anyway, he was persuaded by someone, but he insisted on refusing to listen. Besides, he didn't go to take a good look at the spiritual seats of the disciples in the Yuqing Hall, but ran to the ancestor's ancestral hall I stared blankly at the blank spiritual seat. If it continues like this, I think this Qingyun sect will have an accident sooner or later, and sooner or later it will be destroyed by his hands... "
Suru was silent and speechless, after a long while, she sighed faintly, and looked out of the Shoujing Hall, only to see that in this lonely afternoon, the outside was also empty, only the blue sky in the distance.
The mountain wind blew past, and the sound of bamboo waves in the back mountain was faintly heard, but for some reason, it added a bit of loneliness.
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Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak, and the Ancestral Hall of the Patriarch of the Back Mountain.
The place is as quiet and solemn as before, the tall ancestral hall still stands tall, and the surrounding forests are as green as before. It seems that the earth-shattering battle that happened on Qingyun Mountain a few days ago has no impact on this place at all.
In addition to the absence of an old man who was cleaning, there was also a strange and blank spiritual tablet in an inconspicuous place among the countless tablets on the dim divine table.
Lin Jingyu knelt silently in front of the blank spiritual tablet, dressed in linen and mourning, with a brazier in front of him, two white candles on the table, three sticks of fine incense, curling up light smoke, gently wafting up, soon fused with other offerings of incense Among them, they can no longer be separated.
Lin Jingyu had a sad expression on his face, his lips were tightly pursed, and he knelt on the ground in a numb manner, slowly throwing a stack of paper money into the burning tongues of the brazier in front of him, watching them gradually curl and turn yellow, and gradually turn into ashes, and then Then slowly put in new paper money.
From time to time, he looked up at the blank spiritual seat from time to time. Putting this old man's spirit seat into the ancestor's ancestral hall was insisted by Qingyun sect head teacher Daoxuan alone. The other elders disagreed, but the Qingyun sect headmaster always had weight, and after Daoxuan master defeated the beast god in one fell swoop, his reputation was even greater. There was no difference for a while, and everyone saw that he insisted on not retreating, so they had no choice but to follow him.
It's just that although this matter was beyond Lin Jingyu's expectation, what happened next surprised him even more. Master Daoxuan actually put a blank spiritual tablet into the ancestor's ancestral hall. For this reason, Lin Jingyu even had the courage to Ask Daoxuan Daoxuan who came to worship.
Unexpectedly, Reverend Daoxuan just asked a simple retort, and refuted Lin Jingyu speechlessly: "Then do you know his name?"
Lin Jingyu was dumbfounded, although he followed this mysterious old man to practice for ten years, but regarding this senior's own past, the old man never confided to him the slightest bit, at this moment Lin Jingyu was really helpless to say anything. Just looking at Daoxuan's appearance, it is obvious that he knows something about this old man, but he has no intention of revealing it.
Although Lin Jingyu was puzzled, he didn't dare to be too presumptuous with the master teacher, so he could only retreat silently. Anyway, in his heart, although the memorial tablet of this old man was empty, his voice and smile were clearly engraved in his heart, and it never faded in the slightest.
He also went to pay homage to the former monkey sacrifice, but he always felt that there were countless disciples worshiping there, but this senior, although possessing peerless knowledge, passed away so quietly, he would do it anyway He died, and Master Daoxuan seemed to have tacitly allowed him to come here to clean up the old man's funeral. Moreover, as the head of the sect, he often came to the patriarch's ancestral hall to visit the old man's blank spiritual seat, regardless of the astonished eyes of many disciples under his sect. This caused many speculations, but Lin Jingyu couldn't control it.
At this moment, there was another sound of footsteps coming from behind him. For several days, Lin Jingyu had already heard these footsteps by heart, and immediately knew that it was Daoxuan Daoxuan.
He stood up and looked back, whispering: "Master."
Reverend Daoxuan slowly walked into the Patriarch's Ancestral Hall.
The lights in the ancestral hall were dim, even though Lin Jingyu had been staying here, he couldn't see Daoxuan's face clearly for a moment, he could only vaguely see Daoxuan's figure, standing in the shadows, looking silently at the blank spiritual seat beside him.
For some reason, Lin Jingyu looked at the somewhat blurred figure in the darkness, and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, but he felt his heart beating for no reason, and he was faintly nervous.
"He, is he alright?" Reverend Daoxuan finally spoke, his voice was quite deep, a little hoarse, and seemed to be exerting force, suppressing something, it was quite different from his usual tone.
Lin Jingyu was even more puzzled, but he still replied: "This disciple keeps watch for senior day and night, burns incense on time, and never neglects."
The figure in the shadow moved for a moment, and said slowly: "He has you so dedicated to his death, it is not in vain that he has taught you for ten years. Hehe..." He laughed coldly, unexpectedly in this dim ancestral hall. There was something sinister, "I don't know if I die, and..."
He stopped suddenly, as if he felt that he had said something wrong, Lin Jingyu naturally didn't dare to say much, and stood there with his hands down.
The patriarch's ancestral hall fell into silence, and after a while, Daoxuan said, "Go out first, I have something to say to him alone."
Lin Jingyu was startled, then responded, "Yes." Saying that, he stepped out.
As soon as he walked out of the ancestor's ancestral hall and stood on the sunny open space, Lin Jingyu immediately felt refreshed, and only then did he realize that in that ancestral hall just now, he felt as if he was suppressed.
He walked around the open space around the ancestral hall, waited for half an hour, but still did not see Master Daoxuan coming out, at a strange place, when he turned his head, he happened to see a figure disappearing on the small road leading to Huanyue Cave in front of him. Since the end of the war, Huanyue Cave Mansion has once again become a forbidden area, and the only person who can enter is Daoxuan.
Lin Jingyu glanced there a few times, shook his head, turned around and walked back to the ancestor's ancestral hall. He walked up to the blank spiritual seat, and saw that three sticks of fine incense were re-inserted in front of the spiritual seat, and there seemed to be a lot of ashes in the brazier on the ground in front of it, as if someone had burned some paper money here.
Lin Jingyu pondered for a moment, then slowly raised his head, only to see the blank tablet still standing quietly in that secluded corner, silent...