"In order to keep the altar in order, Marquis Zhenming is currently taking a bath and changing clothes. I will lead you to Jiaohui Cave for the time being."
In the post hall, Xu Zhouzi faced more than a dozen Chongxuan Hall disciples, and outside the post hall were more than 300 armored soldiers, looking like they were ready.
With Zhao Shu's permission, Xu Zhouzi hurriedly went to the Grand Sima Luo Yi and borrowed hundreds of soldiers from him. Thanks to the Jinding Division's branch in Jianjia Pass, many of these soldiers were equipped with talisman soldiers and talisman arrows to fight against the monks.
The magician also has the ability to fight.
Xu Zhouzi observed for a long time, and found that in the hands of the people sent by Chongxuan Hall, except for Jing Shi, whose face was half-hidden, and his cultivation was acceptable, the others were all ordinary people, with rough and frivolous Qi around them, and none of them had condensed the Xuan Bead.
Although there are many people in Chongxuan Hall, there are still only a few who are truly successful. According to Xu Zhouzi’s knowledge, many people willingly changed their surname to Liang in order to become a disciple of Chongxuan Hall, and Liang Tao did not stop him, because
This move can strengthen the Liang family in Yongjia, which has a sparse population.
Xu Zhouzi looked down upon these people very much. They didn't have much yearning for the Xianjia Road in their hearts. They just admired the power and status of Chongxuan Hall and Liang Tao. They were a group of sycophants at best.
There are only a lot of people like this in the Chongxuan Pavilion. They either stay in the Difei Mountain and spend a lot of money and eight stones to refine elixirs, or they search for spiritual materials from all over the place.
It's everywhere.
Liang Tao was obviously a living immortal, but he still protected these treacherous villains. No wonder he aroused resentment from all parties.
"Guys, please." Seeing that the Chongxuan Hall disciples didn't move, Xu Zhouzi could only urge him: "We can't let Marquis Zhenming do all the trivial things, right? Let's take the first step to get things done as soon as possible.
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Jing Shi was silent for a moment, but did not refuse. He led a group of Chongxuan Hall disciples to take the initiative to walk out of the post house. Under the protection of hundreds of soldiers, they boarded a carriage and set off for Jiaohui Cave.
The journey was uneventful. Seeing that the Horned Snake Cave was not far away, Xu Zhouzi led the group of people into a tree-lined path. From time to time, sharp and unpleasant crows could be heard in the forest, making the atmosphere increasingly oppressive and oppressive.
Soldiers on both sides walked silently, except for the sound of armor rubbing together, and only the occasional cough. A group of Chongxuan Hall disciples sat in three carriages, swaying along with the undulating ground.
As the head of the Jiangzhen Pavilion, Xu Zhouzi also experienced the fighting scenes of the Five Kingdoms War. He knew very well that although the body and bones of a cultivator have been tempered by the true energy for a long time, they are far stronger than ordinary people.
Before, it was always flesh and blood.
During the Five Kingdoms War, there were many monks and sorcerers who relied on their superb skills to brave thousands of armies, but they were chopped into pieces by ordinary swordsmen.
Xu Zhouzi is fully confident that he and Da Sima's hundreds of elite soldiers can deal with these juniors.
"Why stop ahead?"
While Xu Zhouzi was thinking about it, he saw the soldiers and horses in front of him stopped, and a primary school student came to report: "The road is blocked by mud and rocks, and they are currently being cleared!"
"Oh, that's it." Xu Zhouzi said this, but made a gesture to the junior colonel, who nodded slightly and gave orders to the soldiers on the left and right.
Almost in the blink of an eye, hundreds of elite soldiers surrounded both sides of the carriage, and their spears were like a forest, instantly piercing the weak carriage.
"rise!"
With an order, the soldiers on both sides worked together to overturn the carriage. Amidst the flying wood chips and rags, more than a dozen Chongxuan Hall monks jumped up, but did not even utter a single cry of surprise and anger.
"Fire the arrow!"
The elite soldiers under Da Sima cooperated tacitly, and before the monks landed, the strong bows and crossbows were fully charged, and the talisman arrows left the strings and shot through the air.
However, a group of ink-black fog was seen rapidly expanding, and the arrows seemed to be shot into the water, and the castration slowed down.
"Sure enough, I came prepared!" Xu Zhouzi shouted coldly, and made a hand seal with both hands. The branches and leaves above shook wildly, and the shape-destroying golden ax came over the top, illuminating the forest with a dazzling golden light.
However, the cultivators of the Chongxuan Pavilion did not confront him head-on, and flew out from the ink cloud, most of them holding sharp daggers. They threw off their loose robes, revealing slim and neat black clothes.
This group of black-clothed men were like lightning. They rushed into the military formation without stopping for a moment. They were like fish swimming among the water plants. They were able to weave freely among the soldiers in formation. Every time there was a cold light flashing in the sharp daggers in their hands, it was certain that something would happen.
Harvest a life.
"wrong!"
Xu Zhouzi was suddenly startled. He immediately saw that this group of Chongxuan Hall disciples was anything but ordinary. They had such skills and sharp methods, as well as the background of swordsmen and assassins. Unless they had been killed for a long time, they would never be able to display them.
Without waiting for a warning, the half-covered Jing Shi, holding an ink sword, sprang out from the black mist and rushed towards Xu Zhouzi. The shape-destroying golden ax fell into the air and chopped the chariot and horse into pieces.
Xu Zhouzi retreated sharply, raised his hand and spread his fingers angrily, and a golden lotus bud appeared in his palm, which bloomed instantly. The golden lotus was larger than a wheel, and there was a ball of scorching fire at the center of the lotus, and the flames were flickering.
This is the "Golden Lotus Fire Breathing Hand" secretly taught by Jiangzhen Hall, which combines offense and defense. If a strong enemy approaches, the golden lotus can be compared to an iron barrier, which can block the enemy's attack. The lotus heart fire beads contain enough energy to incinerate
The huge power with a radius of tens of feet, and the concentration of all the power to explode within a short distance, is the ultimate move hidden by Xu Zhouzi!
Originally Xu Zhouzi had no intention of using such a powerful method, but Jing Shi's attack was too fast and too fierce. In desperation, he had no choice but to give it a try in order to protect himself.
The golden lotus blooms like a giant beast opening its bloody mouth, and the fire beads in the lotus heart are spinning around, constantly shining, and it is about to explode with great power in the next moment.
Unexpectedly, Jing Shi's figure turned into a ball of black shadow, avoiding the blazing flames spitting out from the front of Jin Lian with an unreasonable movement.
The golden lotus breathed fire, and the trees in front of it were all gone. In just an instant, the trees hundreds of feet away immediately turned into ashes. Viewed from the sky, the dense mountain forest looked like tofu. A piece of it was dug out with a spoon, and the embers on both sides burned slowly.
However, the current situation did not allow Xu Zhouzi to be complacent. Before he had time to figure out how Jing Shi had escaped his killing move, he noticed that Mo Ying reappeared from the side, and a sword shadow stabbed straight at him.
After all, Xu Zhouzi is a person who has experienced the dangers of the battlefield. He doesn't need to chant incantations, burn talismans, or take the initiative to reveal his life-protecting god.
The god wielded the iron whip with the power of breaking mountains, and scattered the shadow of the sword with one blow, just like throwing away a basin of thick ink.
However, the thick ink flew everywhere and immediately turned into thousands of sword shadows, spinning around and attacking again!
Xu Zhouzi was shocked when he saw this. How could a junior like Jing Shi be able to display such magical skills?
When his thoughts suddenly changed, the god general swung his iron whip and danced into a wall of copper and iron. Every shadow of the sword had the power of breaking gold and stone. Wherever the iron whip passed, the shadow of the sword shattered, and clouds of ink and black mist exploded in all directions.
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The black mist of the ink cloud drifted away, and in the blink of an eye, it turned into a sword shadow and killed him. In just a few breaths, Xu Zhouzi was trapped in the dense sword net.
Xu Zhouzi felt unbelievable. He had clearly sensed the aura around Jing Shi before, and he might not have even been able to condense the Xuan Pearl, but the cultivation power he displayed at this moment was not inferior to his own at all.
"Are you hiding your clumsiness on purpose?" Xu Zhouzi knew that he had been tricked. At this moment, the soldiers below had been killed by the group of men in black and were wailing everywhere. They were completely defeated.
However, Jing Shi remained silent, and Xu Zhouzi could not even grasp her specific location. This made him frightened and angry. He immediately pulled out a mourning stick filled with talismans from his sleeves, raised his hand, and a dark wind suddenly spread, and countless souls were summoned.
And arrived.
The Jiangzhen Pavilion was originally a group of quack magicians and casual cultivators from other sects. They used both good and evil techniques, which naturally included methods to exorcise the ghosts of the dead.
The dark wind was not violent, but it easily tore a gap in the black mist of Mo Yun. With the help of the divine general's cover, Xu Zhouzi rushed out of the siege. He also summoned the souls of the dead to let out ghostly cries, shaking the souls and preventing pursuit.
Looking back, I saw that hundreds of soldiers and horses had been killed in pieces. Those seemingly ordinary Chongxuan Hall disciples were actually people with profound magical powers.
"How could so many masters suddenly appear in Chongxuan Pavilion?!" Xu Zhouzi ran away in a hurry: "Since they have set up such a formation, it seems that they not only want to kill me, but they are also afraid that they will turn around and deal with Zhao Shu!"
Xu Zhouzi took out a talisman, put it to his mouth and chanted it in a low voice, intending to convey the situation here. He raised the talisman toward the sky, and just as he was about to cast it, a sword light swept out of nowhere, directly cutting off the wrist and above, interrupting the spell.
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A few drops of blood fell on his face, and Xu Zhouzi felt the pain. Before he could react, a long sword shot out, easily killing the life-protecting general, and penetrated Xu Zhouzi's chest, nailing him to the ground.
On a big tree.
"puff!"
Xu Zhouzi opened his mouth and spat out blood clots. With just one strike of the sword, most of his internal organs, bones and bones were shattered. He looked down and saw that the long sword piercing his chest was like a stream of autumn water, and the stars and talismans were looming.
Before he could take a closer look, the long sword came out, and Xu Zhouzi fell from a high place, almost turning into a puddle of mud. He relied on his cultivation base to avoid death immediately.
Xu Zhouzi tried his best to turn his eyes and saw a man with eagle eyebrows and falcon eyes, dressed in dark black clothing, holding a long sword in his hand, approaching slowly.
"You...what are you..." Even if Xu Zhouzi says a word at this moment, he will suffer the pain of being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts.
"You don't even recognize me?" The man in black sneered twice: "That's right, you probably have never seen my appearance before. When I patrolled the country with my sword, you had only been practicing Taoism for a few years."
When he heard that he was patrolling the territory with a sword, Xu Zhouzi immediately understood that the man in black in front of him was Liang Tao. He was extremely shocked. If this man was Liang Tao, could it be that the person who usually appeared in the court was just a clone?
Xu Zhouzi had seen that clone perform magic, and he admitted that no matter how hard he practiced, he could never catch up with the opponent. But just a clone had such power, how powerful was Liang Tao?!
"No, don't..." Xu Zhouzi was about to die and was speechless.
Liang Tao pointed in the distance: "If you have any last words, it doesn't hurt to say them."
Xu Zhouzi got a trace of true energy to protect his life, and tried his best to say: "Don't hurt Zhao Shu! He only hopes to benefit the common people, I beg you, don't kill him!"
Liang Tao made a movement, but the lingering sound was still echoing in his ears. The light in Xu Zhouzi's eyes was gone, and he died.
Looking at Xu Zhouzi's body, Liang Tao murmured to himself: "I won't kill him."
After a while, Jing Shi and a group of black-clothed guests came to Liang Tao and said in unison: "Meet the master."
Liang Tao waved his hand gently, and Xu Zhouzi's body immediately turned into dust and floated away: "If I hadn't taken action, you would have almost missed the big fish."
"This subordinate is incompetent and has let his master down." Jing Shi lowered his head and said.
"Forget it, it is the first building of the museum after all, even a broken ship has three pounds of nails. Just remember the lesson." Liang Tao said.
"Master, how should we dispose of the corpses of those soldiers?" Jing Shi asked.
Liang Tao thought for a while and suddenly laughed and said: "Don't worry about it, just stay here. Luo Yi privately lent troops and horses to Xu Zhouzi, and his intentions are very clear. This fat man may seem rude, but in fact he has many evil intentions.
It's better to leave corpses on the ground to make him more suspicious."
"Yes." Jing Shi nodded and replied.
Liang Tao continued: "When you meet Zhao Shu later, tell the truth about the situation here. He won't know the purpose of sending you here, but he still let Xu Zhouzi seek his own death. It seems that he has finally put aside his pedantry.
Sexy."
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Looking at the mountain wall covered with talismans and seals, Zhao Shu used the art of Yingxuan's illumination, carefully analyzed the charm of the talismans and seals, translated the mystical principles, and occasionally raised his hand to write with nothing.
"Deacon Zhao, I carved these talismans according to the album you sent, and filled them with fine cinnabar." Zheng Siyuan asked: "But I found that these talismans are not the same as the treasure urns passed down by our Chongxuan Hall.
There are some similarities between the symbols and diagrams, I don’t know why?”
Zhao Shu could only make random nonsense: "During the Tianxia Dynasty, the emperor already had a Chongxuan Pavilion. The ritual symbols used by the officials of praise inevitably blended the essence of various schools, and it is similar to the inheritance of your Chongxuan Pavilion. It is not a strange thing to think about it.
"
Zheng Siyuan had no doubts and just nodded slightly. When he saw Jing Shi coming to Jiao Hui Cave, he asked with a little doubt: "Where is the leader of Xu Zhouzi? Didn't he come with you?"
Jing Shi didn't answer, looked at Zhao Shu and said, "I have something to talk to you alone."
Zheng Siyuan wisely left, and Jing Shi said: "Xu Zhouzi colluded with Grand Sima Luo Yi and planned to ambush us."
"The leader of Xu Zhouzi was killed by you?" Zhao Shu just asked lightly.
"Yes." Jing Shi replied: "The leader personally took action, and he ordered me to tell you the truth."
"I understand." Zhao Shu's face was calm, but his heart was extremely sad.
Ever since Liang Tao sent Jing Shi here, he had expected that the other party would eliminate all the people around Zhao Shu who might hinder the plan. This would not only ensure that the altar was properly arranged, but also leave Zhao Shu with no way out.
Xu Zhouzi received a message from Ding Feiling and stepped into the trap from the beginning. In addition, he planned to strike first, so he was destined to face Liang Tao's ruthless killer.
Zhao Shu persuaded Xu Zhouzi, and if he could listen, he might be able to save his life temporarily. However, Xu Zhouzi and Liang Tao had a deep hatred, and they insisted on taking revenge on the disciples of Chongxuan Hall.
It's a pity that all this was planned by Liang Tao, and Xu Zhouzi was unable to escape this disaster after all.
However, Zhao Shu could clearly break the secret with Xu Zhouzi, but he still led him to a dead end.
Zhao Shui has never hated himself as much as he does now. In order to achieve the wish of the country in the world, his words are full of lies and his actions are full of conspiracies. The Zhao Shui who used to have a bright mind is sinking step by step.