"Moon Sea, Clouds and Mirrors" Volume 1: Tian Ni Qu
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Chapter 1 Cause and Effect
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The sky and the earth are vast, and the snow falls silently. Behind the snow-covered mountains, there are fires reaching into the sky. The sound of burning flames, the sound of roars and shouts of death, and the sounds of chaotic footsteps completely destroy the tranquility and tranquility of this midwinter snowy night.
break in.
In the raging flames, a strange figure suddenly appeared. It was a huge and tall snake. The snake had four huge wings spread out, almost covering the night sky. It twisted its body angrily.
, raised his head to the sky, and let out a shrill scream. Suddenly, tongues of fire suddenly jumped up to ten feet high, and the ashes of the sparks were sent up to the sky by the steaming fire, intertwined with the falling snow.
Faced with the terrifying monster, the people who gathered on the mountain retreated one after another. Some warriors who had no time to escape were immediately swallowed up by the tongues of fire, screaming in pain in the sea of fire, and the smell of burnt flesh and blood filled the night sky. Seeing this scene, I was stunned.
The Taoist priests, with their crowns high, wearing Taoist robes and holding long swords, stepped forward uniformly. The man at the head was tall and thin, with a handsome face. He wore a purple robe with Liangyi Taichi painted on it. He held a hand in one hand.
He held the sword, held a talisman in one hand, and shouted loudly:
"Sword formation, rise!"
The gleaming purple light shoots straight into the sky, and the formation of twenty-four sword rays above the heavenly stars seals the four-image passage of the singing snake. The sword light circulates, and the sword energy soars into the sky, forming a gleaming purple star map in the night sky. In
The leader shouted angrily, and twenty-four long swords buzzed in the air, spinning around and striking straight at the screaming snake!
The snake's body and wings were pierced by the long sword, and a silver liquid like mercury water flowed along the snake's body. The snake howled pitifully, and actually rushed towards the ground, attacking the Taoist priests and warriors with its own body.
A Taoist priest with insufficient practice was immediately swept away by its snake tail. Just when the snake was crushing the top of Mount Tai and died together with everyone, the purple-robed Taoist priest suddenly jumped up. He relied on the wind to control the wind and shouted "Broken!"
, while throwing the talisman in his hand at the snoring snake to block its movement, the long sword was thrust straight into the middle of the snake's head!
The huge body of the singing snake fell heavily on the snow, and the broken snake body turned into silver light spots, like stardust, floating in the deep night.
At this moment, the warrior at the east end shouted "There is one more!", and the purple-robed Taoist priest immediately led his disciples and hurried to the east of the mountain. Only a little Taoist priest in civilian clothes who had been swept away by the snoring snake was left.
He struggled to get up in the snow. Suddenly, he saw something squirming among the scattered corpses of the screeching snake.
The little Taoist priest held a long sword and cautiously approached the snake corpse. He saw a little boy, about eleven or two years old, struggling to crawl out from under the snake's tail.
The little Taoist breathed a sigh of relief. He put down his sword, squatted in front of the boy, and asked softly: "Little brother, were you captured by the monster? Where is your home? Can I take you home?"
The boy's facial features were handsome, and although he was still childish, he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and there was a faint sense of heroism between his eyebrows. The child did not answer aloud, but looked quietly in front of him with his dark, obsidian-like eyes.
people.
The little Taoist priest thought he was scared out of his wits, so he said, "Little brother, don't be afraid," and stretched out his hand to touch the child's head to comfort him. But before his hand touched the child, he suddenly felt a blur in front of his eyes.
, the cold sword edge was placed on his neck. He saw the child holding a sword longer than his own body and staring at him expressionlessly. The little Taoist priest was secretly frightened. When he looked at the boy again, he saw the other boy.
On that childish but cold face, a trace of silver water slipped from his forehead.
The cold winter snow fell gently on the boy's shoulders. He only had to move his finger half an inch to make the Taoist priest who showed kindness to him lose his head. But facing this frightened human being, he
There was a moment of hesitation. Suddenly, the wind blew past my ears, and a yellow talisman with a cinnabar mark struck through the wind. It was inserted into the child's back and exploded instantly - it was the purple-robed Taoist priest who rushed to take action. The power of the exploding talisman was immediately
He knocked the boy over, silver blood spurted out of his mouth, he stumbled to his feet, and staggered away towards the snow in the forest. Seeing this, the purple-robed Taoist immediately raised his sword and pursued him, but the little Taoist stretched out his hand to stop him:
"Big brother, that's a child!"
"Nonsense," the purple-robed man waved his sleeves and shook off the little Taoist priest, "What kid, a monster is a monster! If you cut the weeds without eradicating the roots, they will grow again with the spring breeze."
After saying that, the purple-robed Taoist lifted up his energy and jumped up. Just as he was about to fly in pursuit, the little Taoist grabbed his legs and feet again: "Brother, that's just a little monster. If he causes trouble in the future, it won't be too late to kill him."
Zipaoke kicked the opponent away, slapped his junior brother hard in the face, and heard him sternly question: "You wait until he causes trouble before killing him. If someone dies during this period, what is the life debt?"
Isn’t it your responsibility?”
The little Taoist priest covered his cheek with one hand and stood there in a daze. The purple-robed Taoist said nothing more, and immediately stepped on the green pine trees, almost walking on the wind, and hurriedly chased away in the direction where the child's figure disappeared.
Among the lofty mountains, a ray of silver light flew swiftly against the wind. It was a three-foot-long snorting snake. Its wings were in tatters, and the terrifying holes almost penetrated them. As it walked through the forest, it stumbled and bumped from time to time.
The thick trunk of the tree caused the pine branches to tremble and snow foam to form.
The footsteps and shouts of death behind him gradually faded away, and the forest returned to silence, but the fierce murderous aura still followed a few feet away, never giving up the chase. As the little snaking snake ran away quickly, the wounds on its wings continued to appear.
It was torn and expanded, and finally, its body trembled, and its wings were finally torn completely. It hit an old pine heavily, fell to the ground, and turned into a human form again. Under his heavy blow,
The thick snow fell on the pine branches, and the little body was half buried in the snow.
The snow fell, falling one after another. The energy in his body flowed out of the body with the silver blood, and the cold snow froze him. The boy's consciousness gradually became blurred. In the trance, he vaguely saw his father roaring and roaring in the fire, but he was
He killed with random swords; he saw his mother's eyes filled with tears, she pressed a kiss on his forehead, then turned into a snake body and rushed out of the cave...
The young man clenched his fists tightly. Even though his whole body was cold, the hatred in his heart was extremely hot, almost burning out his consciousness. Only the word "kill" was particularly clear in his thoughts:
Kill! Kill! Kill! When will the demon spirits of heaven and earth be reduced to being slaughtered by others? Of the six realms in the world, only the human race should not survive!
Hatred boiled in his chest, and he struggled to reach out his hand from the snowdrift. With the sea of hatred in his heart, he gathered all the demonic power between his eyebrows, and suddenly a heat flow rushed to his forehead, and black pupils suddenly appeared.
The strange silver light. Just when the young man was about to transform into his true self and prepare to fight his enemy to the death, suddenly, a pair of warm and soft little hands grasped his cold palm.
"Yeah, someone is buried in the snow!"
It was a sweet and soft childish voice, and the next moment, the young man felt a tugging force coming from his fingertips.
"Hey yo, hey yo!" The soft childish voice seemed to be cheering him up. While trying to drag him out of the heavy snow, he muttered the slogan in a low voice. Maybe he was tired from dragging him.
He dropped his hand and gently pushed aside the falling snow.
The young man felt that the snow on his head was suddenly light. He used all his strength to take action in an instant! While grabbing the person's throat, he locked his pair of deep black eyes firmly on the person——
What she faced was a pair of eyes that were as bright as stars and as warm as amber.
It was a girl of about seven or eight years old. She was wearing a green cotton-padded jacket, with her hair in buns and a small red face. She was looking at the boy curiously with her big, bright eyes.
With just one glance, the young man could tell the race of the other person. His hatred for the person made him involuntarily tighten his fingers. But at this moment, the girl suddenly raised her two little hands, and put them together with a "snap".
His cold fingers closed in her palm:
"I'm frozen, little snake, don't freeze to death."
The warmth at his fingertips made the boy's heart tremble, and the girl's words frightened him even more. Only then did he realize that after being seriously injured and losing strength, his legs and feet had returned to a snake shape, but the girl was not afraid at all.
, just rubbing his hand vigorously, trying to warm him up. From time to time, she lowered her head and breathed out two hot breaths, then tilted her head and asked curiously:
"Little snake, little snake, it's such a cold day, why don't you go back to the cave to hibernate? Are you also hungry and come out to look for food?"
Hearing the word "cave", the young man's heart tightened suddenly, and the silver light of resentment reappeared in his eyes: Damn it! Kill her and feed on her flesh and blood, and your demonic power will be greatly increased!
He waved his arm violently, breaking away from the opponent's soft hand, and turned his five fingers into claws, hitting the girl's heart directly!
A trace of doubt flashed across the bright eyes of the girl. Just as the boy's five fingers were about to touch her chest, suddenly, the jadeite tied with a red thread around the girl's neck emitted a burst of green light. Immediately, the boy
There was a stinging pain in his fingertips, and his whole body was ejected by the green light. He hit the thick tree trunk again and fell heavily.
"Why are you like this?" Seeing him fall to the ground after being injured, the female doll curled her lips in dissatisfaction and said angrily, "I see you are so cold and I want to help you. If you don't appreciate it, just do it.
Why do you want to harm me?"
"Hmph, stop talking nonsense," the young man fell on the snow, covered his chest with one hand, and snorted coldly, "Stop being so pretentious, who wants your help? You killed my parents, destroyed my home, and said you want to kill all the demons in the world.
You all deserve to die, you all deserve to die!"
"Ah?" The girl was stunned. Her big amber eyes looked around the boy, and she seemed to be talking to herself: "It turns out that you are being hunted by someone. Master said that the Demon Slayer Alliance
It’s an alliance of fools, they are all fools…”
At this point, the female doll blinked, and she suddenly stepped forward, put her hand on the young man's forehead, covered the flowing silver blood, and comforted in a low voice: "Don't be sad, don't be sad, Xiaozhu and Master are not confused.
Egg, don’t be afraid, little snake, Pai Pai, fly away!”
"Go away! Who do you think is scared?" the boy roared loudly.
At this moment, the fierce and murderous aura gradually approached, but it only took a moment. The young man had a thought in his mind, and was about to lock the girl's neck and take her as a hostage, but at this moment, the girl suddenly wrinkled her small nose, and then
Pushing him with both hands, he was pushed into the snowdrift. Unexpectedly, the young man didn't expect that she would suddenly attack, and because he was seriously injured, he accidentally sent her into the snowdrift. He was about to jump out, but the girl unexpectedly fell into the snowdrift.
He slapped the old pine with a slap, causing the falling snow to fall, immediately burying him in the snow again.
The human race is indeed cunning and despicable, even a doll these years old is so insidious! The young man gritted his teeth secretly, and just as he was about to struggle to get up, he suddenly felt a weight on his head, and the female doll sat down on the snowdrift. Then,
The murderous intention had arrived, and it was the purple-robed Taoist priest who arrived:
"Little girl, please get out of the way."
The female doll tilted her head and looked up at the other person. The purple-robed Taoist priest held a sword in one hand, but he did not hold it horizontally, but held it behind his back. The female doll shook her head and asked softly: "These barren mountains and mountains are not your big brother's.
Family, why do I have to get out of the way when you want me to?"
"Did you know that there is a monster hiding in the snowdrift below you?" the purple-robed Taoist said solemnly.
The girl turned her head and looked at the sky, her eyes wandering: "What kind of monster are you? This is the snowman I built. Although it looks a bit ugly, it doesn't look like a monster. You must have made a mistake."
The purple-robed Taoist frowned and snorted dissatisfiedly: "Little girl, haven't your parents taught you to be honest and trustworthy and not to tell lies?"
The girl looked at the Taoist priest in front of her with her bright eyes. She grinned and smiled slightly: "Yes, Master taught me to be honest, but Master also said that smart children must know how to assess the situation. If
It’s all out of good intentions, and it’s okay to tell a little lie now and then.”
"Nonsense," the purple-robed Taoist said angrily, "Little girl, that monster kills without blinking an eye, do you want to be his bait?"
"Of course I don't want to be eaten," the girl looked at the Taoist with a smile and suddenly asked, "Brother, tigers also eat people. If you see a tiger in the forest, but the tiger is napping and has no intention of attacking you, you
Do we have to kill the tiger if we charge forward?"
The purple-robed Taoist was stunned for a moment, obviously not expecting the other party to ask such a question. He flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "It's ridiculous, how can ordinary beasts be compared with monsters!"
"What's the difference?" The girl tilted her head and said, "Tiger eats people to fill their stomach. Monsters eat people to fill their stomach. People eat pigs, dogs, chickens and ducks to fill their stomach.
If monsters eat people in front of me, of course I will help people fight monsters. But the little snake is so small, he must have never killed anyone. If just because he may kill people in the future, I must kill them all.
Big brother, why don’t you go and kill all the tigers, leopards and bears in the world?”
Without waiting for the Taoist priest to retort, the girl raised her short arms, pointed to the snow-covered peaks, and said: "This Qingchuan Mountain is a place where demons and beasts live. If people want to wander around in the mountains, they must have
The mental preparation of being eaten is like a tiger walking on the street, it will definitely be beaten to death with sticks. Master said, this is called 'well water does not offend the river'. Big brother, I know I can't deceive you, the little snake is indeed
He is here, but you should do your best and let him go, okay?"
