Mai Guanzhong's young face revealed a tangled look. After touching his body twice, he raised his head and said to Yu Tingzhang:
"Fellow Daoist Yu, do you have a red silk scarf? I can borrow one... Well, I guess I can't pay it back. Can you give me one as a gift?"
Yu Tingzhang looked at Mai Guanzhong blankly, speechless for a long time.
At this time, his heart felt particularly peaceful, just like an inaccessible lake, empty and without any ripples.
This kind of calmness surprised even himself.
I don't know how long it took, but Yu Tingzhang took out a red silk scarf and handed it to Mai Guanzhong.
He wanted to say something to comfort him, but he couldn't say a word.
Yes! It’s superfluous to say anything at this time.
Mai Guanzhong took out a letter from his pocket and handed it to Yu Tingzhang.
"I have a junior sister named She Chunyun. This is a letter she sent me. I haven't had time to read it yet.
If Fellow Daoist Yu has a chance to leave this place, please return this letter to her, just say...just say..."
Having said this, Mai Guanzhong smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"There's no need to say anything, just leave it to her."
Yu Tingzhang turned around and looked around. One after another, Nan Sect disciples were walking towards the gathering point.
Perhaps this is the reason why Mai Guanzhong entrusted it to him but did not let his colleagues pass it on.
Mai Guanzhong had already gone away. Yu Tingzhang looked at the light letter in his hand and felt extremely heavy.
Looking back, I found Luo Jiujiang holding a sledgehammer and talking to several Nanzong disciples.
From the constant nodding or shaking of their heads, it can be seen that Luo Jiujiang gets along very well with several people.
Yu Tingzhang turned his head and stared blankly at the gathering point. More and more people were gathering there, and the contrast between red and white was particularly dazzling.
At this moment, a desire suddenly burst out in Yu Tingzhang's heart.
He desperately hopes to become one of these people.
With his heart pounding, Yu Tingzhang stepped out of the queue and also walked towards the northern assembly point.
As he walked, he tied a red silk scarf on his left arm.
The moment he walked out of the queue, his passion and impulse gradually disappeared, but his steps became more steady.
step...
step...
You may regret making a decision impulsively, but you won't when you calm down.
What Yu Tingzhang didn't know was that when he walked to the assembly point with an extremely calm mood, countless people were shocked by his behavior.
Many casual cultivators looked at Yu Tingzhang with complicated expressions, including confusion, ridicule, jealousy, and even envy.
Mai Guanzhong watched Yu Tingzhang approaching him with straight eyes, and then a letter came into view.
"After thinking about it, it's better for you to keep this letter yourself. I'm most afraid of women crying."
Mai Guanzhong took the letter in silence, looked at Yu Tingzhang blankly, and after a moment couldn't help but said:
"Fellow Daoist Yu, why are you doing this?"
Yu Tingzhang said with a straight face:
"Aren't you tired of living?"
Then a smile appeared in his eyes and he said:
"It's not just sect disciples who know how to sacrifice, casual cultivators also have backbone."
Mai Guanzhong looked at the hundreds of additional casual cultivators in the queue. He was very moved, but he muttered angrily.
"Your clothes are so ugly, they don't look neat at all."
Even though Yu Tingzhang knew that he was being pretentious, he was still very angry with him and blurted out:
"If you have extra clothes, wouldn't it be neat if you gave me one?"
As soon as these words came out, the two of them were stunned at the same time.
Mai Guanzhong looked at Yu Tingzhang steadily for a long time, then suddenly smiled.
He took out a brand new moon-white robe from the storage bag with his backhand.
Yu Tingzhang's heart suddenly started beating rapidly. No matter how he tried to calm down his emotions, he still could not calm down his agitated heart.
But after waiting for a while, he saw that Mai Guanzhong just kept stroking the robe in his hands, but would not give it to him.
Yu Tingzhang became angry and pulled his robe away from Mai Guanzhong's hand.
"It's just a piece of clothing. It's really unpleasant to see you like this."
"Hahaha!"
Mai Guanzhong pointed at Yu Tingzhang and burst out laughing, attracting the attention of everyone around him.
With the robe in his hand, Yu Tingzhang's face felt hot and he felt a little embarrassed.
"Can I really wear it?"
Uniform clothing is a symbol of the sect.
Yu Tingzhang made a pun, and the words had multiple meanings.
Mai Guanzhong stopped laughing and stared at Yu Tingzhang without saying a word. It was not until Yu Tingzhang looked uncomfortable that he said solemnly:
"Junior Brother Yu, put it on!"
Yu Tingzhang's blood surged in his heart. He knew that this title would only exist for a while, but he felt a fever all over his body.
At this moment, he felt that he was no longer alone.
A quarter of an hour later.
Master Yugu, Master Zixiu and twenty other Masters of Jindan came to the crowd.
Fifteen hundred Southern Sect disciples and four hundred casual cultivators, totaling two thousand cultivators, were lined up neatly.
At this moment, everyone is dressed in the same attire, tied with a red scarf and wearing a white robe, no distinction is made between them.
Yugu Zhenren has a tall figure, his eyebrows are lavender, and they are extremely eye-catching. After looking around, he said in a deep voice:
"The four hundred disciples of the Southern Sect should clear the way first. There should be no stagnation. If there are any casualties, there is no need to rescue them.
Everyone else takes a powerful magic weapon. The cores of these magic weapons have been destroyed, and they can be detonated by just inputting mana.
But there is one thing to note..."
He paused briefly and said word by word:
“In this operation, we must take it by surprise and achieve success in one fell swoop.
If the disciple who enters the worm's mouth first acts in advance, it may become more vigilant after being injured, preventing other disciples from entering its belly.
Therefore, no one is allowed to take action before receiving my instructions, so as not to fail in their efforts."
A Nanzong disciple asked:
"Then what are we going to do?"
Master Yugu took a breath and slowly said:
"Without a plan, we can only act according to the circumstances. I will enter the belly of the worm together. When the sound of screaming is heard, everyone will take action immediately."
A female Nanzong disciple asked hesitantly:
"Insects digest very quickly. What if I can't wait for my uncle's cry or my uncle encounters an accident and can't make a cry?"
Master Zixiu interjected:
"There are five people carrying qing bells in this operation. You can take action as long as you hear any qing ringing sound."
After simply explaining the matter clearly, some powerful magic weapons were delivered to everyone one by one.
Looking at the disciples with determination in their eyes, Master Yugu felt very sad in his heart.
This is the future of the sect. If it hadn't been for an accident, I don't know how many of these people who were the pillars of the sect would have fallen here.
Looking at the faces of everyone in front of him one by one, Master Yugu took a long breath, turned around resolutely and rushed forward first.
"Set off!"
Two thousand and twenty-two people formed a "front arrow array" and quickly penetrated forward.
On each side of the 'Front Arrow Formation', there were ten Jindan Daoist men leading two hundred Southern Sect disciples. They constantly activated the 'Ruyi Shuttle' to shoot out golden threads all over the sky to clear away the obstacles in front of them.
Yu Tingzhang and other 1,600 people were among the array and moved forward quickly.
On the hill in the distance, Nangong Huifeng stared intently at the two thousand people rushing toward death without hesitation.
The blood was boiling in his body, and the fiery emotions made him unable to control himself.
At this time, he desperately longed to be one of these people.
It's a pity that when I discussed with Master Zixiu to go together, she refused.
Nangong Huifeng is good at group battles and can play a more important role in the camp.
In order to protect others, he finally stayed in the camp under the persuasion of Master Zixiu.
Luo Jiujiang looked at a member of the queue going away with red eyes.
'Why don't you say hello to yourself before leaving? Can't he see that he is a woman?'
Countless people in the camp quietly watched the retreating figures, wondering who was the first to sing the sect's song of "Innate One Qi Southern Sect".
"How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same robe with you. When the king raised an army, I cultivated my sword and spear, and I share the same enemy with you.
How can I say that I have no clothes? When I was in the same river with my son, the king raised an army, repaired my spear and halberd, and worked together with my son.
How can I say that I have no clothes? I share the same clothes with you..."
Then others started singing along one after another.
In the end, the cry, like a mountain falling apart and the earth cracking, spread and echoed far across the world, and lasted for a long time.
Yu Tingzhang and other two thousand people walked forward quickly, and the shouts that shook the sky rang in their ears.
At this moment, they felt that they were not alone, and that their fellow disciples and people in the distance were also with them.
'Whoosh whoosh-!'
Endless golden threads shuttled vertically and horizontally, and all insect swarms that stood in front of everyone fell apart one by one. Countless insects were penetrated by the golden threads and died.
Two thousand people were approaching the mountains in the distance as fast as the wind.
As the giant worm gets closer and closer, everyone feels more and more pressure.
This is not only because the strength of the insects here has improved a lot, but also because the sense of oppression brought by the giant worm's mountain-like body is too strong.
The three-hundred-foot-long body slowly wriggled forward, and the folds on its body shone with a metallic sheen.
The mouthparts of worms look like the chrysanthemums of living things, opening and closing continuously.
Two hundred feet...
One hundred feet...
Fifty feet...
Two thousand people rushed all the way, and when they were fifty feet away from the giant worm, more than two hundred disciples of the Southern Sect of the four hundred cover stormtroopers had been devoured by the swarm of insects.
It was impossible to approach so many practitioners without attracting the attention of the giant worm.
The front part was slightly raised, and the long insect body formed an inverted 'Z' shape in the air.
Although you can't see his eyes, you can feel that he is looking down at everyone.
Yugu Zhenren frowned when he saw the giant worm's movements.
'This worm actually raised its head. Well, let's just treat it as a head, but how can it get into its belly?'
In order to prevent accidents, this time he collected two hundred 'one-foot plates' and gave them to Nanzong disciples for use.
But two hundred people couldn't do any harm to such a huge worm.
Just as he was about to discuss with Master Zixiu how to keep the giant worm lying on the ground, the chrysanthemum on the front of the giant worm suddenly opened in the direction of the two thousand people.
I saw it suddenly thrust forward and retracted, and a huge suction force instantly enveloped everyone.
"Hiss~~~!"
A gray-white wind column was visible to the naked eye, spinning and extending from the mouthparts of the giant worm to everyone.
Master Yugu's heart moved and he shouted loudly:
"Don't resist, let him suck it in!"
Yu Tingzhang, who was using his magic power to resist the suction force, was shocked and instantly understood what Yugu Zhenren meant.
'Are you going to die like this?'
Suddenly, Yu Tingzhang felt a trace of regret in his heart. He could not imagine that death could come so quickly.
After a while, Yu Tingzhang's complicated thoughts became calm.
He gave up struggling, closed his eyes, and let the white whirlwind roll him into the worm's mouthparts.
Swirled by the gray-white whirlwind, nearly two thousand practitioners spun and flew into the mouth of the worm.
This scene was full of tragedy and helplessness, but unfortunately no one saw it.
Collisions, cuts, corrosion, and various painful sensations were fed back to Yu Tingzhang's nerves. He remained unmoved, and all his attention was focused on his ears at this moment.
He didn't know how long it had passed, but just when he couldn't even feel his body, a clear and crisp sound suddenly sounded in his ears.
"Ding--!"
In an instant, Yu Tingzhang poured all his magic power into the magic weapon on his body, and at the same time, he directly destroyed his Tao foundation.
"Boom-boom-boom-boom-!"
The endless roar was the last sound Yu Tingzhang heard before his consciousness disappeared.
...
Yu Tingzhang felt as if his soul was floating in the unforced void, with no memory in his blank mind.
Can't see, hear, smell, touch, senses are stripped, and thinking is stagnant.
Gradually, shining stars appeared in the lonely void.
Yu Tingzhang's attention was involuntarily attracted by these stars, and his scattered thoughts gradually condensed.
'who I am?'
'where am I?'
'What's wrong with me?'
Countless questions were born in his mind, and the condensation of his thoughts allowed him to gradually regain his memory.
'I am Yu Tingzhang!'
'I am already dead!'
'Hey, how can a dead person still think?'
With this thought for a lifetime, Yu Tingzhang suddenly woke up. He struggled desperately until he slowly opened his eyes, and a bright light came into his eyes.