Embers of Sword

Chapter 463 The Great Chuyang God
"Are you sure you want to do this?"

“Some things… once you start, you can’t go back.”

In a lightless place, streams flow.

Taoist Mo stopped in front of the stream and looked at the skinny little boy squatting by the stream. There was no light in the sky in southern Xinjiang and it was extremely dark at night. But at this moment, when the boy stretched out his palm, ripples of light swayed, and water broke and flowed through the gaps between his skinny fingers.

"This is the 'spiritual spring' flowing out of Huxi Cave Heaven."

The boy did not answer this question.

He raised his head and looked at the distance through the gaps between his fingers.

That is exactly the direction of Qingfu Mountain.

"What a rare thing..."

The boy laughed at himself and said, "My disciples from Yinshan Mountain have practiced for three lifetimes, but they still can't drink this kind of spiritual spring... But in the Taoist sect, maybe this is just foot washing water that no one cares about."

Changshengzhai settled in Qingfu Mountain and released the Huxi Cave Heaven in order to clear the miasma.

This magical treasure in the cave directly transformed a deserted mountain into a place of blessing.

Not only is there a bright moon shining, but there is also a flowing spiritual spring.

This stream nourishes the dry gully at the gate of Qingfu Mountain, and overflows, flowing for several miles and finally coming here.

"Before the Paper Man Dao appeared, the Yinshan Mountain Gate was the largest among the three sects, and it also had the most Daoist treasures, but... Yinshan did not have such a thing as a spiritual spring."

The boy stood up, shook off the water stains on his hands, and said with a smile: "Does the Tiangui Sect have a spiritual spring?"

"..."

Taoist Mo was silent.

Where is the spiritual spring in this barren land of southern Xinjiang?
The sweetest thing that the disciples of the three major sects can drink is human blood.

Fresh, piping hot, hot, thirst quenching.

"It seems that Tiangui Sect doesn't have this kind of thing either."

The boy looked in the other direction of the shadows and said calmly, "What about the Hehuan Sect?"

Not far away, a barefoot graceful figure slowly walked out.

There was a faint fluorescent light behind the figure, and six snow-white rattles were suspended and shaking, with obscure Sanskrit words printed on them. This was a young woman wearing a bright red wedding gown, but she was wearing a mask that was tightly attached to her cheek, which outlined a big smile and looked very creepy.

The leaders of Yinshan are Bai Gui, Chi Xian and Qing Xiao.

The Tiangui Sect is composed of people of the Black Dao and the White Dao.

The Hehuan Sect has two Zen masters, named "Master Heyi" and "Master Huanxi".

The graceful woman did not answer the boy's question, but spoke directly and stated her position: "I support the white ghost... Having come to this point, we have no other choice."

If Qingfu Mountain, which is shrouded by the Huxi Cave tonight, is considered the brightest and warmest place in southern Xinjiang.

So here.

It is the darkest and most deserted place.

No one had ever thought that the top leaders of the three major sects would meet here. The struggle in this desolate land of Southern Xinjiang has lasted for hundreds of years. Before the emergence of Paper Man Dao, the three major sects had been fighting each other without stopping. People of the level of Mo Dao Ren, Bai Gui, and Huanxi Zen Master would not easily leave the mountain gate. They have special identities and extraordinary status, and cannot withstand too much waves.

Although they are called saints in southern Xinjiang, they can only be called saints in southern Xinjiang.

If they leave southern border and lose the protection of miasma, they may be killed by the Lord of the Holy Land.

The best way is to retreat.

Whether it is Dali or Dachu, they are willing to see internal fighting and infighting in Southern Xinjiang... Once the leader of the sect dies, this balance will be broken.

So many years.

The three major clans carefully maintained this balance, so that they could live longer, and so that the other party could live longer. Unfortunately, this balance had been broken by the paper man. The real leaders of the three major clans made an exception to meet here. Logically, there should be more people here, but what happened tonight required someone to hide in the dark, and someone to stand in the light.

"The Great Chu Dynasty made us kneel down."

“We kneel.”

The white ghost looked at the dried-up snow-white stream in front of him and said softly, "But this is just the beginning... Can we save our lives by just being obedient and kneeling on the ground? If it weren't for the paper man, even if we knelt down, we wouldn't get their sympathy and mercy..."

On the surface.

The reason why there was such a demon-killing campaign was because the three major sects were forced into a desperate situation by the Paper Man Sect.

But essentially...

It was the Da Chu Dynasty that realized the danger of "Paper Man Taoism".

If the Paperman Sect swallows up the three major sects, the balance that the royal family has maintained for many years will disappear. Will a new country be born when Lu Yuzhen rules this barren land of Southern Xinjiang? Even if its power cannot compete with the Dachu royal family, this power is likely to confront the Taoist sect, the Dasui Sword Palace, or the Buddhist sect!
This is something that the Da Chu royal family would never allow.

only--

Not everyone in this world wants to see the success of "exorcising the devil".

"You all should have met that person in the past few days."

The White Ghost paused for a moment, then spoke solemnly, "I know... the one from Li Country may not be much better than the one from Chu Country. At least he didn't make us kneel down, right? We are all weeds growing in the cracks of rocks. We don't have much time left. If we can live one more year, it's one more year."

"so……"

"Yinshan has made a decision..."

The boy took a deep breath, looked in the direction of Yinshan Mountain, and said faintly, "Standing on Dali's side, we can live longer."

talking.

He looked at the woman in the red robe.

"I second the motion." Zen Master Huanxi just uttered two words coldly.

"I heard... Taoist Qianyuan is dead?"

Taoist Mo hesitated for a moment and spoke slowly.

"Yes……"

Zen Master Huanxi said faintly, "Lu Yu really doesn't follow the rules. He planted the paper man technique on him."

"The death of Taoist Qianyuan has made the Chu people alert. Now the situation has changed. The several Zhanjiao Mountains are discussing the specific matters of exorcising the demons..."

Taoist Mo sighed and said, "The general attack may be delayed."

"That's why we met, isn't it?"

Bai Gui frowned and said indifferently: "Some things need someone to do them before they can have a chance to be realized. Now it's the turn of Tiangui Sect to express its attitude."

The Happy Zen Master said nothing, but quietly shifted his gaze and looked at the Mo Taoist along with the White Ghost.

"I agree."

Taoist Mo was silent for a moment and made his attitude clear.

He said solemnly, "Before I left the mountain gate, the White Dao people were already making preparations... But so far, the three major sects' guides have only seen the treasure ship coming from Da Chu and the Yin God stationed at Zhanjiao Mountain. Are we going to start like this?"

Before the Da Chu treasure ship left the capital, the three major clans had been paying close attention to everything.

They sent seven guides to the seven Zhanjiao Mountains. Today was a "rich harvest". Except for Taoist Qianyuan, who died, the other six guides got along well with the masters of the Zhanjiao Mountains and brought back a lot of useful information...but the most important piece of information was not received.

The "Wu Zexian" who has the strongest combat power and is in charge of leading the general attack against the demons.

He has not appeared in the public eye so far.

Even though the "Qianyuan Taoist" incident occurred and the seven Zhanjiao Mountains were discussing it heatedly, Wu Zexian still did not show up... He seemed not to be on the treasure ship at all, and he did not seem to care about this demon-slaying. According to the original plan, Wu Zexian was the key figure in breaking through the Pure White Mountain barrier. Only when the Yangshen Realm took action could the three major sects enter the Paper Man Dao Mountain Gate.

"This is indeed a bit inappropriate..."

Bai Gui sighed softly and said, "Although I haven't seen Da Chu's Yang Shen yet, it's time to start all this."

Halfway through.

The white ghost suddenly stopped talking.

He narrowed his eyes and stared at the direction of the source of the stream.

The Great Joyful Zen Master tilted his head slightly, and under the mask, he revealed a somewhat confused look.

Taoist Mo frowned and turned around.

"...?"

A figure appeared in the dry stream at some point, it was a young child in a Taoist robe. Practitioners who have reached a certain level of cultivation can maintain their "permanent appearance". Although the White Ghost has lived for many years, his true appearance remains that of a child of thirteen or fourteen years old. However, the child who walked to this intersection of shadows at this moment was different from the White Ghost. He was not an old ghost who deliberately concealed his age.

He's really just a kid.

The young boy in Taoist robe walked and stopped along the way, and finally squatted down at the place where the stream dried up, and made the same movements as the white ghost before.

He scooped up a handful of water.

A faint sound of struggling was heard in the water.

It was a black fish trying to swing its body. It swam very fast, but it was swimming in the wrong direction. The Huxi Cave Heaven had been closed, and this winding stream was destined to become a dry bed...

"You should have lived."

The young boy in Taoist robes looked at the fish swimming in his palm with a focused expression and said with some regret: "It's a pity that you chose the wrong direction."

"..."

The scene fell into extreme silence.

The three great men in southern Xinjiang who were called saints stood quietly in the night, looking at the young boy in Taoist robes who broke into the meeting.

"Excuse me."

The Taoist-robed boy did not save the black fish, but let it fall.

He looked at the three figures in front of him and said sincerely, "I couldn't sleep well at night, so I thought about going out for a walk. I didn't expect there were still people here... Three of you, should you be people?"

His tone was sincere, yet a little hesitant.

In the inky black mountains.

The three standing figures of Mo Dao Ren, Huanxi Zen Master and Bai Gui... are indeed a bit weird.

There was silence, no response.

"Three of you, I'm actually deaf. I didn't hear anything just now..."

The Taoist robed child scratched his head: "Do you believe it?"

The black fish that fell back into the dry stream bed began to struggle, gradually died, and finally fell silent.

"This explanation is too perfunctory..."

Bai Gui said with resentment: "Master Junshan, you don't think we are all blind, do you?"

"Well... I was recognized after all."

Junshan Zhenren sighed helplessly: "Didn't you just say that you wanted to see Da Chu's Yang Shen? It's quite predestined, I used to be one."

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(PS: 1. It’s not that I won’t update during the day, but I’m working on the details. Many clues in this volume are about to be concluded, and it’s a huge and meticulous job. 2. There will be another update tonight.)
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