Chapter 148
Kong Xu retracted his head. He was not sure whether Li Wuxiang saw him.
I wish I hadn't seen it. It's not that it won't make it possible to do what he wants to do, but that he feels that what he wants to do is really despicable.
But there was nothing I could do, because after much deliberation, this was the only way to do it.
After returning to Hujin Peak from Jiuzhu Peak yesterday, Sword Master Cui said nothing and just let his fellow disciples remain indignant.
When night fell, everyone dispersed when they saw that Cui Sword Master still didn't want to talk about what happened just now. But Kong Xu stayed for a while longer, because he felt that Sword Master Cui seemed to have something to say, but he just didn't want to say it to others.
Sure enough, when he was the only one left, Sword Master Cui suddenly sighed and said, "What a pity."
Kong Xu was stunned and asked: "Brother Cui, what's the pity?"
Sword Master Cui sighed again, patted his knees gently with his palms, and looked in the direction of Jiuzhu Peak: "Mei Qiulu has accepted a good disciple, and he is really talented in eloquence. More than a dozen of you were all silenced by him. Silently, it looks like a tiger has entered the flock of sheep.”
Kong Xu immediately felt his face turn red, and he only said "Senior Brother". Cui Sword Master sighed for the third time and said, "But it's not this matter that I regret, but the person Li Wuxiang."
"To be able to practice Guangchanzi and to cultivate elixir formation, he is really lucky. But he should not follow Mei Qiulu - this will only harm himself and the sect."
"Senior Brother Cui...what do you mean by this?"
Sword Master Cui sighed for the fourth time: "Don't you also know what Mei Zhang Jian wants to do? Over the years, the Six Mysterious Sect may come to You Jiuyuan at any time, so the leader tells the disciples of the sect to disperse in all directions. . But what Mei Qiulu has been waiting for is the day when she comes to find him - if there is another battle and You Jiuyuan is surrounded and suppressed again, the disciples in the sect will feel that it is not an option to hold back like this. "
"When Mei Qiulu raises her arms, everyone will follow her. I didn't worry about this in the past because Mei Qiulu is really not suitable to be a leader and has no ability to govern the sect. Everyone was attracted to her for a while. Confused, over time you will find that she is not suitable to be the leader."
"But today I see Li Wuxiang, and he is very remarkable. He has the kind of spirit that Mei Qiulu has always said, but he doesn't act out of spirit -"
Kong Xu couldn't help but frown: "Senior brother, he slandered us so much at Jiuzhu Peak today. Isn't it just out of emotion? I have never heard such ugly words in the church."
Sword Master Cui glanced at him: "His ulterior motives are just a means. It's so that he doesn't have to do ulterior motives in the future - you see, you feel uncomfortable when you think of what he said during the day, and you feel that no one in the church has said it, then you Will you go to him in the future to bring trouble? Because he used his impulsiveness this time to make you think he is unreasonable.”
"If you think he is being unreasonable, do you have any other methods to deal with him? Our church is not like other places, where there will be some means of causing trouble behind the scenes, secretly framing, etc. So this person knows what is going on in the church, is he? I understand that a gentleman can be deceived, so I say that he is a tiger among the sheep.”
"He has done such big things in Coffin City, and with this style of work, the new disciples in the sect will like it very much. What Mei Qiulu cannot do, he may do it." Sword Master Cui He breathed out, "Well, if unfortunately he becomes the leader one day, or assists Mei Qiulu to become the leader, the end of the Sword Sect will come."
Kong Xu was startled: "Brother, the matter won't reach this point, right?"
Sword Master Cui glanced at him and suddenly laughed: "Hahahaha!"
He laughed like this twice, lowered his eyes again, and patted his knee lightly with his palm: "This is really interesting. In our sect, I am not a human being——"
"...Brother! You..."
Cui Jianzhu waved his hand: "Li Wuxiang is right today, I am not a human being. You usually avoid talking about this matter, but will I forget it?"
"But I am the only one who is not human and cares most about the life and death of you people. Donghuang Taiyi is the destiny of humanity and your god. I have transformed into a human body, so I am half a human, but after all, he is not My God - I joined our sect. At first I felt that the True Immortal Body Dao Pian method was the most suitable for me, but gradually after so many years, I also have a deep affection for the sect. "< br>
"So, maybe only I can understand this matter with a clear conscience - for thousands of years in the religion, why have swordsmen shed blood one after another? One day, will it be for themselves? In this situation, Zhonglu is destined to be destroyed by Xuan The religion has taken over, knowing that there is no hope, but still waiting in Youjiuyuan, waiting to be slaughtered, just to stick to the Taiyi Humanity..."
"Jiang leader and Mei Zhangjian are thinking about Taiyi, but I am thinking about you. So I want to lead the sect people across the Silent Sea and go to the Eastern Continent, while Jiang leader must hold on, and Mei Zhangjian, then It’s a head-to-head confrontation. Once Li Wuxiang is called or she captures the hearts of the church members, won’t it be our end?”
Kong Xu was silent for a moment and then said: "Well, sword master, didn't you say that during the meeting three days later, you will ask Mei Zhangjian to relieve himself of the responsibility of holding the sword, and you will not agree to ask Li Wuxiang to be the sword master. Sword.”
"It's not difficult to ask Mei Qiulu not to wield a sword. She introduced Lou He to the door, and she didn't know people well. Later, she killed two city lords in Coffin City, which was considered a provocation. She did both of these things. Be responsible.”
"But what about Li Wuxiang?" Sword Master Cui sighed, "He is a golden elixir swordsman, and he still practices Guangchanzi in ancient times in the sect. His future is limitless, because why don't he be called a sword wielder? Because he is Mei Qiulu’s lineage, or is it because he spoke rudely to us? If it’s because of these two points, then the Sword Sect is no longer a Sword Sect.”
It is because of those words last night that Kong Xu is here now.
It's not difficult at all to know what they are going to do today. Last night, Li Ke said happily that he and Senior Brother Li would catch Wan Zai. The people of Jianzong have always been upright, and still in Youjiuyuan, everyone would only congratulate him for this kind of thing.
But now that Kong Xu thought of this, he felt very uncomfortable. Before he joined the Jianzong, he had been living in Fucheng. His life was not good and he worked as a clerk in a silk and satin shop.
Diagonally across from the Silk House is a brothel. When he was working as a clerk, he would often see desperate girls voluntarily or forced to go to that brothel. At that time, he just felt that if an innocent girl from a good family entered a place like that, her life would be ruined.
At that time, it was just a feeling in his heart, but now he felt that he had become those women - he had been a swordsman for many years in an innocent manner, and now, he was going to do something very disgusting. He thought about it last night and decided to implement it this morning. Although it hasn't been done yet, he knows that he can't go back.
Banzai is not that easy to catch. In other words, Long Live now is different from before, and Li Ke can't fix it with the methods he knows.
Sword Master Cui told him this - more than three hundred years ago, You Jiuyuan was hidden in the world of the sun. At that time, the incense of Taiyi had gradually become thinner, and since Long Live was transformed by the rules of luck, it became very weak. But since You Jiuyuan came to this place between the Netherworld and Lingshan, things like luck and rules have become more unpredictable in this kind of place.
According to his own understanding, it is because Youjiuyuan is currently closer to the origin of the avenue, so Long Live has become stronger.
What he has to do now is not to do anything, but not to do anything - not to remind him, but to sit back and watch Li Ke and Li Wuxiang go into extreme danger.
If they are in danger, he will naturally save them. However, he had to wait until Li Wuxiang exhausted his youth and longevity, and then he would conquer Long Live.
With this thing, go rescue Zeng Jianqiu and Pan Muyun. This Junior Brother Li will also save him. But he must promise to stay away from Youjiuyuan and only become an outer disciple.
No one will be harmed, and those who should be saved will still be saved. It's just a little bit of scheming, but for the sake of the entire sect. Li Wuxiang was working for Mei Zhangjian, and he should also be working for Cui Sword Master, but it was still for the sake of the sect and his fellow sects.
Kong Xu sighed, watched the two people below walk away, and jumped into the darkness.
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The further down you go, the darker it becomes, but Li Ke brought lighting tools, which are the eye-like beads at the entrance of Taiyi Cave, called mirage beads. This bead was also taken from the lower part of Youjiu Abyss, which is where they are now and is called the "lower realm" by the Jianzong people.
When looking from above, the lower world is dark, deserted and chaotic, as if there is no life at all. But after walking a certain distance under Li Ke's guidance and jumping off five stone beams one after another, Li Wuxiang realized that this place was actually full of life.
There were countless tiny voices echoing in the darkness, and countless pairs of eyes of different shapes were peering at them. As Li Ke walked, he read a pamphlet he had written, telling Li Wuxiang which things he could pick when he saw them, which things he should pretend to not exist when he saw them, and which sounds he could relax a little when he heard them. When you hear any sounds, you should yell back fiercely.
In this way, after jumping down two more stone beams, the bottomless darkness was no longer bottomless, but turned into an uneven stone ground.
It is said to be a rocky land, but it is actually more like a very wide valley at the bottom - on both sides are mountain walls that gradually rise and extend upward into the darkness. The mountain walls are inlaid with wooden and stone buildings. It is not clear whether they are walls or walls. Which part of the roof is twisted together like those buildings in Ranshan's fantasy world. Looking ahead through the light of the mirage, you can see what seems to be a dead end in the distance, also blocked by a stone wall. But that piece of stone wall is slightly shorter, and there is a stone slope close to the ground at a height of more than one person, with black velvet grass growing on it.
Li Wuxiang now knows that those velvet grasses can be regarded as natural materials and earthly treasures. After being dried in the shade and soaked in medicine, they are extremely strong and can be used to refine net formations. When we walked here, we could also hear a rustling "knock-knock" sound coming from the mountain walls on both sides of the valley bottom, as if some small insects were knocking on hard armor or stones.
He had heard many strange sounds like this along the way, and had even seen many strange and fleeting things in the dark, so he no longer found it novel.
Li Ke stopped, took the official talisman in his hand, and lowered his voice: "Brother, I was here last time."
He looked into the darkness around him, and his voice sounded very nervous: "I'm going to start now. I'm walking slowly inside. I'm shouting long live long live long live long live in my heart. If I attract the best, I'll receive it." , but if you see me kneel down all of a sudden and ignore me no matter how I scream, just quickly unfold your thing and circle it around me - that thing is on my body."
The darkness around him, the tone of his voice, and the unknown "Long Live" made Li Wuxiang feel a little nervous, so he also took the official talisman in his hand: "Okay, I understand."
Li Ke took a deep breath and walked forward. But just after taking two steps, he tripped over a stone under his feet and hit his head on the ground with a bang.
Li Wuxiang's heart skipped a beat and he almost launched his flying sword. But Li Ke immediately got up from the ground, covering his head and smiling sheepishly: "I fell by myself, haha, I felt so nervous that my hands and feet were numb."
Li Wuxiang breathed a sigh of relief, and Li Ke grabbed the official talisman in his hand again and continued to walk slowly into the darkness. But he seemed to be focusing entirely on Long Live. He only took three steps when another thud was heard - hitting a nearby stone beam protruding from the stone wall.
Li Ke screamed out in pain this time, and covered his head with his hands: "No, senior brother, it's not my fault, I didn't have this last time... It should have been dropped recently."
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Li Wuxiang looked at him, then looked into the surrounding darkness, and whispered: "Well, be careful."
The sound Li Ke had just fallen and hit was a bit loud, and it was surrounded by stone walls, so it echoed for several times. In addition, the two of them said these few words, which seemed to alarm the things lurking in the surrounding darkness.
Li Wuxiang saw a few pairs of small eyes light up in a gap in the stone wall not far ahead. He shook the mirage in his hand in that direction and saw clearly that it was five mice, standing with two front paws hanging down, as if they were looking at what was going on here.
He also saw a lot of mice along the way. They were extremely fat, almost the size of a kitten, and were not afraid of people. According to what Li Ke said, the lower realm of Youjiuyuan is close to Lingshan. Over the years, these rats have been invaded by the resentment of Lingshan. In fact, they are not considered mortal objects, and have become extremely ferocious and bloodthirsty.
However, Li Wuxiang released his elixir power along the way, and when the rats saw him, they scurried away.
However, the five they saw did not run away immediately. Instead, they continued to stand and watch for a while, then walked out from the crack in the stone, walked swaggering four or five steps in front of the two of them, squatted down at a distance, and sniffed on the ground. Go as if looking for food.
Li Wuxiang ignored them and turned to look at Li Ke. Then he discovered that just when he was distracted to look at the five mice, Li Ke accidentally tripped over a stone on the ground and fell to the ground again.
This time he still grabbed the ground with his head, and there was a thud. It seemed that he had been hit hard, and he didn't get up for a long time. He only pressed his head with his hands and rubbed it.
Li Wuxiang sighed and was about to speak, but closed his mouth.
Why is he, a swordsman who refines his energy, always falling?
He took a step back, listened, and then realized that something was wrong with the sounds around him.
It's those "knock-knock" sounds that sound like insects tapping on their carapace or hitting rocks.
This kind of sound could also be heard along the way, but this time after Li Ke fell again, the sound seemed to have become louder, from a subtle background sound that could be ignored to a noise that could not be ignored.
Moreover, it is no longer intermittent and chaotic, but gradually becomes rhythmic!
Li Wuxiang immediately stretched out his hand and probed the mirage on the cliff next to him——
What he saw made him take a deep breath.
Those weren't bugs...but lots and lots of tiny bones!
The bones hidden in the cracks of the stone walls and randomly embedded in the architectural gaps are mostly very small and look like mice, lizards, snakes, etc. Some are dry and white, and some still have unfinished carrion hanging on them. Some of them were dripping with blood, as if they were newly dead.
These things seem to be still alive and are banging their heads against the stone walls in front of or around them, making "knock-knock" sounds that are getting clearer and more rhythmic, as if they are doing something together!
Something is wrong here!
Li Wuxiang immediately released the flying sword and shouted to Li Ke: "Li Ke!"
Only then did Li Ke raise his head from the ground. The fall just now seemed to be very severe, causing blood to flow from his forehead and covering half of his face. He opened his mouth, as if he was knocked unconscious: "Brother, I..."
As he spoke, he stood up, but as soon as he lifted up one leg, that leg gave way, causing him to fall down again, and then hit his forehead to the ground with another thud.
"Something's wrong here, Li Ke, leave quickly!"
Li Wuxiang shouted this in a low voice, and immediately opened the official talisman in his hand and pointed it at him.
But there was no response from the official talisman!
At this time, Li Ke seemed to be anxious, using his hands and feet to stand up. But he seemed to lose control of his hands and feet. Every time he took a step, he fell to the ground. In just one breath, there were four "dong dong dong dong" sounds. He took four steps towards Li Wuxiang and bumped his head four times, as if He was pinned to the ground by something!
Li Wuxiang immediately circled the flying sword twice around Li Ke, but there was nothing around him, only the whistle of the flying sword.
Li Ke climbed forward another step, and his head hit the ground again - bang!
But at this time, his voice seemed insignificant, because the "knocking" sound around the valley bottom was getting louder and faster——
A thought suddenly came to Li Wuxiang's mind, and he immediately felt numb all over.
Li Ke is not throwing...those bones are not knocking against rocks...
They are kowtowing!
"Long live, long live, long live—"
A small sharp sound sounded.
Then, countless pairs of densely packed red eyes lit up on the dark cliffs on both sides.
Li Wuxiang saw the five rats that had crawled in front of him in the valley stand up again. Then they suddenly bent over and all of them smashed their heads on the ground.
Li Ke, who was in front, also hit his head hard on the ground - half of his head was almost crushed in, and his brains spilled all over his face, but the remaining half of his face, with eyes hanging and brains covered in it, was also right. He shouted——
"Long live! Long live! Long live!"
(End of chapter)