Chapter 29: Bringing the tiger back to the mountain
As the saying goes, it's dark under the lamp.
This place where Sun Yixie is hiding can be said to be the most dangerous place, but at the same time it is the safest.
The minions of the Fire Lotus Sect originally thought that they had done a good job in preventing others, because they had surrounded the Dharma altar on three levels inside and three outside around noon to prevent stray people from approaching.
But they didn't know that Sun Yixie had sneaked under the Dharma altar before dawn.
Then you said that no one came to check during this whole morning?
Damn, weren't they busy "collecting offerings" in the morning? Everyone ran to grab things, who had time to do this? By noon, they were all free, and the practice was about to begin, so they had to be busy
Go and be on guard against the people coming from all directions.
Then someone may ask again, why is Sun Yixie ambushing here and not Huang Donglai?
Two reasons: first, his trident works wonders in this kind of sneak attack; second, Huang Donglai has a bad gastrointestinal condition, and if he suddenly wants to poop while he is in the middle of an ambush, he will be easily exposed...
Back to the topic, Sun Yixie's halberd jumped out like a wild dragon emerging from the abyss, like wind and lightning, catching people off guard.
The next second, Shi Yanzi's entire body, starting from his crotch and working his way up... was cut in two by the sharp edge of the sword.
By the time Sun Yixie jumped up to the altar and stood still, Shi Yanzi's tall body had been divided into two large pieces and fell towards the sides.
At that moment, there was complete silence around the altar.
The Fire Lotus cultists and the common people in the audience were all dumbfounded... This majestic Fire Lotus Immortal was killed with a halberd without even making a sound?
Even Sun Yihe and Jiang Muchan, who were the sneak attackers, felt that this thing was a little too smooth. They had also prepared many "backup moves" to prevent accidents. Could it be that this first blow was enough to solve this monster?
?
Obviously, that's impossible.
After a breath, everyone discovered that Shi Yanzi's "corpse" that was divided into two halves did not shed a drop of blood. Not only that, there was also a faint black energy rising from the two pieces.
After a few more seconds, as the black air gradually dissipated, everyone saw clearly that it was not a human body at all, but a paper figure wearing a Taoist robe.
"I see..." After a moment, Xie Xianzi's voice sounded again, and it came from the audience, "You two are really good at scheming... One jumped on the stage and played gongs and drums to distract me, and the other
Hiding under the stage, waiting for an opportunity to attack, I really didn’t expect that there was someone under the stage... If I hadn’t been prepared, I might have fallen into your trap."
The voice he spoke was like Sanskrit music that struck the ears, frightening the soul. Even if the voice was not loud, it could still make the thousands of people around him buzz in their heads and even make them dizzy.
At this time, people discovered that Shi Xuanzi had arrived off the stage at some point and was standing among the Fire Lotus cultists.
Guys, this is a bit like magic, right?
Of course, this is not magic, but magic, to be more specific - blindness.
From the beginning, the corpse that appeared on the stage was fake, and he transformed it out of a paper man. The real corpse had been standing under the stage, and his true appearance was hidden with magic.
Mixed in with those ordinary fire lotus minions.
It wasn't until this moment that he lifted his blindness and showed up.
So why did he make such preparations in advance?
It's very simple, because when Huang Donglai led everyone to leave the ruined temple a few days ago, he mentioned that he would "find out on his own" about the Fire Lotus Sect, so Shi Yanzi certainly couldn't pretend that he didn't hear it.
Even though Shi Xuanzi had never paid attention to people from the martial arts/green forest like Xiao Wuji and Jiang Muchan, he would never dare to be careless about people from the Taoist sect who called themselves "Xudong Old Immortal".
That day, after Huang Donglai and the others left the city, Xi Xuanzi stayed up all night. After repeated deliberation, he gradually realized that the other party was indeed bluffing, but he could not completely rule out that "Old Immortal Xudong" was a bluff.
A true old-timer... Anyway, at least in the past ten days and a half, he has to be careful.
Therefore, Shi Xuanzi kept a secret on the public "practice" of today's Winter Clothes Festival.
By this time, Xi Xuanzi was basically sure that he had been deceived that day, and the other party must have been bluffing, because if the other party was really an old man who had been practicing for more than a hundred years, there was no need to carry out any sneak attacks from behind the stage.
Using similar means, if you come up hard and force it, won’t it be over?
Thinking of this, a sneer suddenly appeared on Shi Xuanzi's face.
The next second, he waved his sleeves, turned around, and passed through the crowd who automatically retreated to both sides, came to the edge of the stage, and walked up the steps to the stage.
What? You asked him why he didn’t just jump on?
As we said before, this guy's qinggong is very poor and he has a hard time getting up to the roof. The one in front of him is tall and big, so he obviously can't jump on it.
As for using "spells" to fly up, don't even think about it; I don't care what happens in other books. At least in ours, the ability to "fly" is extremely high-end and rare. Even
Even Miao Yinzi can't do it, let alone this Zixuanzi... The setting that allows you to "fly with a sword" after just practicing for a few years is not in our book. If it were, it would be easy to mess up.
"Where is your old immortal Xudong? Why haven't you seen him today?" After walking on the stage, Xi Xuanzi said to Sun Yihe and Jiang Muchan in a sinister tone, "Could it be... that he is also hiding here?
Under the altar of law, right?"
"Why?" How could Sun Yixie fall for such a low-level temptation? He immediately asked with a smile, "You care so much about where he is? Are you afraid of him?"
This is true, Shi Xuanzi is indeed a little afraid of Huang Donglai.
Although Shi Xianzi has basically determined that Huang Donglai is not a senior who is much stronger than himself, there is definitely no problem with Huang Donglai's identity as a Taoist... As the saying goes, "Only magic can defeat magic", even if Huang Donglai's cultivation is not good enough
High, but as long as he knows how to do Taoism, Shi Xuanzi will have to be extremely careful.
"Hmph..." After hesitating for a moment, Shi Xuanzi snorted coldly and replied, "Am I afraid of him? If he is really capable, why would he let you two come to die first?"
Hearing this, the expression on Jiang Muchan's face changed slightly, as if she was a little unhappy.
But Sun Yixie laughed out loud: "Ha! Hahahaha..."
What's the name of Shi Yanzi? It's called Sunmen Nonggong.
Couldn't Sun Yixie hear that he was trying to ignite anger? Couldn't he understand that he was planning to use a provoking method on Huang Donglai, who might be hiding in the dark?
Therefore, Brother Sun just smiled and replied easily: "You're right~ He really doesn't have any skills. If he had great skills, he would come directly here to confront you."
As soon as the first half of the sentence came out, Shi Xuanzi was stunned and thought to himself, "I don't know what kind of contradiction you have?"
But the second half of Sun Yixie's sentence was: "But... while we are here to stir up trouble, he still has the ability to go to your headquarters to rob property... and he is very big."
As soon as they heard the keyword "rob property", not only the corpses, but also the Fire Lotus cultists in the audience were all as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and their moves all glowed green.
"What did you say?" When Shi Xuanzi first heard this, his face changed suddenly, but he quickly thought of something and calmed down quickly, "Ah... good boy, you want to deceive me again?" He paused.
, then continued, "Even if what you said is true, so what? How much can he take away with just one person? Or...do you think I will believe that a person whose cultivation is lower than mine can make people...
Come out of 'The Universe in Your Sleeve'?"
"He certainly doesn't know how to 'hold the world in his sleeve'." Sun Yixie knew that the other party would definitely take the bait. This was what he was waiting for, "but 'the sun and the moon are in the gourd' is indeed not difficult."
"Huh?" This was also the first time that Shi Xuanzi heard about the saying "the sun and the moon in the gourd". When he was confused, he asked, "What is the 'sun and the moon in the gourd'?"
Sun Yixie had made up this lie a long time ago, so he answered fluently: "Don't you know that Xuanqi Sect has a 'Hidden Sky Gourd'? As long as this magic weapon is there, you don't need to have a high level of cultivation to make mountains of gold and silver."
They all pretend to leave... Haha, the little stuff you have accumulated in the Fire Lotus Sect's main altar is probably not enough for people to take care of everything."
As soon as these words came out, Shi Xuanzi was a little shaken.
The Fire Lotus sect members in the audience have already begun to "shake"...
Many of their hall leaders, chief officials, and believers above Wulian live directly in the main altar, and their property is there; in addition, the things "collected" during the Winter Clothes Festival are now piled up.
In the main forum, they haven't started carving it up yet... Now that they hear that their hometown is about to be evacuated, why don't they make a mess?
"Leader! This matter cannot be ignored!"
"Leader! Hongliantang please order me to return to the main altar immediately to find out what's going on!"
"Heilian Tang also asks for your orders!"
"Leader! Bailiantang is willing to go!"
"I would also like to go to Lanliantang!"
"Great Immortal! Stop talking nonsense to them! Let's go back quickly!"
A rabble is a rabble. When one's vital interests are in crisis, all manners and disciplines... are all bullshit.
Before Shi Xuanzi could clear his thoughts, the gang in the audience started shouting like they were boiling.
Shi Xuanzi was so disturbed by their quarrel that he couldn't concentrate. After holding it in for a while, he finally choked out a loud shout: "Shut up, everyone!"
His shouts were thunderous and deafening, which temporarily suppressed the chaotic noise in the audience.
"The surname is Zhang!" The next second, Xi Yanzi pointed at Brother Sun and said sternly, "Don't confuse people with your lies here! I have been a Taoist for many years, and I have never heard of the Xuanqi Sect's so-called 'Sun and Moon in the Gourd'
'Even if there is such a magic weapon... it will not be easy to activate this magic weapon. Do you think you can deceive me like this?"
"Really?" However, Sun Yixie asked in a relaxed tone while making the trident in his hand smaller, bigger, smaller, bigger again... Just like when you were in school.
Playing with it like a spring ballpoint pen, "Is it really difficult? Think about it again?"
Looking at this scene, the veins on Shi Xuanzi's forehead bulged.
He thought about it carefully, it was really hard to say...
Shi Xuanzi's master is also quite accomplished in "weapon refining". Although Shi Xuanzi has not learned much about this technology, he has heard some relevant knowledge. There is a very important rule among them: grade
The higher the level of magic weapons and instruments, the lower the requirements for users.
This is just like using an ordinary peach wood sword to catch monsters, and using Taishang Laojun's purple-gold-red gourd to catch monsters...the difficulty is obviously very different.
Considering the level of the Xuanqi Sect, it is not surprising that their disciples, even those with low cultivation levels, can produce powerful magic weapons...
Thinking of this, Shi Xuanzi became a little anxious.
After all, he is the biggest rich man in the Fire Lotus Sect. Over the years, he has used his identity as the Great Immortal of the Fire Lotus to gather the gold and silver property that he has accumulated in the warehouse, as well as some rare treasures that he has obtained through various channels...
...If all this was stolen, even if he killed ten "Zhang Baoguo", he wouldn't be able to recover the loss.
"Four hall masters are coming with me!" After thinking for a while, Shi Xuanzi turned around and ran away. He didn't bother to care about Sun Jiang and the two of them. Even if it only took him a moment and a half to kill them, he didn't want to delay, so he went straight from the stage.
He ran down, pushed through the crowd, and headed towards the main altar. As he walked, he shouted orders, "Others... chop those two on the stage into minced meat at all costs!"