Above the main hall, Master Daoxuan has not returned yet, but there are faint whispers among the people.
When Master Shuiyue and his disciples came back, they saw that everyone was separated on two sides, but Zhang Xiaofan was still kneeling alone on the ground. Lu Xueqi seemed to hesitate for a moment, but after Shuiyue's stern eyes swept over, she finally walked to her silently stood behind him.
After a while, Master Daoxuan slowly walked out of the back hall and returned to his seat. The hall suddenly became quiet.
Master Daoxuan did not ask Zhang Xiaofan immediately. Instead, he apologized and said to the divine monk Puhong next to him: "Senior Brother Puhong, my disciple is rude and makes me laugh."
Pu Hong smiled slightly, clasped his hands and said, "Senior Brother Daoxuan, what are you talking about!"
At this time, Taoist Cangsong came over, holding Zhang Xiaofan's fire stick in his hand, and placed it on the coffee table next to Master Daoxuan. Daoxuan frowned slightly and looked at him with a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Cangsong Taoist said in a low voice: "Senior brother, after you left just now, the situation was a little chaotic. This thing is very important. Just in case, I put it away and put it back here now."
Daoxuan nodded and said: "Junior brother is interested."
Taoist Cangsong immediately stepped back, and Master Daoxuan's eyes returned to Zhang Xiaofan again. Everyone became nervous for a moment, knowing that what was coming next would be the moment that would decide the fate of this young man.
"Zhang Xiaofan, let me ask you one last time, do you have anything to say?"
Beads of sweat appeared on Zhang Xiaofan's forehead. The current situation was extremely bad. However, he had been in the Qingyun Sect for many years and was well aware of the taboos in the righteous way against prying into his secret method. If he really said it, he himself would The fate of Monk Puzhi, who has been buried for many years, is not yet known, but most likely his reputation will be damaged. Even the place where his Buddhist bones are buried will have to be moved out of the "Pagoda of Rebirth" in Tianyin Temple.
What's more, Monk Puzhi is one of the four great monks of Tianyin Temple. Will everyone believe in him? It is even more of a question.
He was fighting in his heart here, thinking about Pu Zhi's voice and appearance, and the deep kindness of his master, but asking him to betray Pu Zhi was like forcing him to die. He definitely couldn't think clearly in a short time.
However, no one in this hall would give him any more time.
Dao Xuan saw that Zhang Xiaofan had a gloomy look on his face after listening to his question. Although there were beads of sweat on his forehead, he still didn't say a word. He then thought of the scene when the disciples were begging for him just now. , deep in my heart, suddenly there was an unknown fire that had been dormant for many years, burning brightly.
It seems that a hundred years ago, the white figure was kneeling like this in the Yuqing Hall, in front of the statue of Sanqing, in front of all the teachers and elders, and even in the midst of all the fellow disciples pleading for him, but he was still so unruly. , so arrogant, looking down on the world.
Shuiyue, who was sitting at the end, looked at Master Daoxuan's face from a distance. His body was shaken, a trace of sadness flashed through his eyes, and he slowly lowered his head.
"boom!"
There was a loud noise and everyone was shocked!
Master Daoxuan seemed to have finally lost his patience. He stood up suddenly, pointed his finger at Zhang Xiaofan and said angrily: "Nie Zhan, back then I thought you were pitiful and kept you in the Qingyun Sect, but unexpectedly you ended up raising a tiger to make trouble!"
Zhang Xiaofan shook his body, raised his head, and opened his mouth as if he wanted to say something.
But Master Daoxuan's face was as ice-like as frost, and he said in a cold voice: "If I don't get rid of this evil obstacle like you today, how will our Qingyun Sect explain to the world's righteous way? Forget it, just let me help you..."
Everyone lost their countenance, and Tian Buyi suddenly stood up. Among the people, Lu Xueqi, Tian Linger, Lin Jingyu and others all turned pale. Even the divine monk Puhong of Tianyin Temple who was sitting next to him seemed to be a little unbearable. Xiang Daoxuan whispered: "Senior Brother Daoxuan, should we consider this again..."
Tao You died under the evil creature of your own demonic cult..."
There was a buzzing sound in Zhang Xiaofan's mind, and everything went blank. Everything in front of him seemed to have lost its color. He only saw Dao Xuan stretching out his arms, Master Tian Buyi's face was ashen, and he seemed to be about to speak, while the Qingyun disciples around him were in a mess.
Above the main hall, someone was about to be splashed with blood within five steps.
"ah!"
Suddenly, a loud shout shocked the entire audience, and everyone turned pale. In shock, it was Master Daoxuan who trembled violently, roared, and threw the fire stick out, as if his hand had been burned.
The fire stick drew a black shadow in the air, fell to the ground, bounced a few times, and rolled in front of Zhang Xiaofan.
At this time, everyone saw a black shadow flying from the fire stick. After a moment, it stopped in mid-air and made a strange squeaking sound.
It was a centipede of a different species as big as the palm of your hand. It was colorful and had seven branches on its tail. At this moment, it vibrated and flew up, shaking its head and tail, looking extremely arrogant.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned, his whole body suddenly trembled slightly, and he stared straight at the monster in mid-air, the thing that was deeply imprinted in his memory: "Seven-tailed centipede!"
In an instant, time flowed backwards like a roaring torrent, bringing him to that black night many years ago, that bloody night when Puzhi dueled with the mysterious man in black, and he lost everything he owned at the same time!
His whole body trembled, and the boundless smell of blood in his heart surrounded him. He stretched out his hand and grasped the fire stick tightly in his hand!
But at this time, no one noticed Zhang Xiaofan's strangeness at all. Everyone's eyes and attention were on Master Daoxuan.
The first elders of the Qingyun Sect, whose knowledge and experience are not comparable to those of ordinary people, surrounded Master Daoxuan in the blink of an eye, especially separated from the seven-tailed centipede. When everyone looked at Master Daoxuan, they all turned pale.
Daoxuan's right hand was shaking, and there was a wound on his middle finger. It was obviously injured by the seven-tailed centipede. In this moment, the blood flowing out was already black. What's more terrible is that from the wound on the fingertip, At this point, a shocking black energy attacked upwards at an almost visible speed.
The seven-tailed centipede is famous for being the most poisonous in the world, and even a master like Daoxuan was trapped by it.
Daoxuan Zhenren felt dizzy and unbearable for a moment, but his spiritual practice was so high that he was even better than the monk Puzhi back then. He immediately calmed himself down, pointing his left hand like a knife, and in just a moment he was almost gone. He counted with his numb right hand and drew symbols in the air, immediately blocking the upward attack of the black energy.
At this moment, Taoist Cangsong rushed to his side and held his body tightly. When he saw Daoxuan's wounds, he turned to Zhang Xiaofan and shouted: "Zhang Xiaofan, you evildoer, you dare to assassinate the leader!"
Everyone was shocked and Zhang Xiaofan lost his voice and said: "No, it's not me..."
Daoxuan Zhenren, who was surrounded by everyone, looked a little better at this moment, but the seven-tailed centipede was so poisonous that even on his face, there was a faint black air, which was thin but not dispersed. However, despite this, his consciousness was still clear. , after taking a deep breath, he said: "Quickly capture this evil obstacle and interrogate him properly."
Cangsong Taoist turned his head and said, "Senior brother, don't worry, I'm here."
Master Daoxuan gasped for breath, but his heart was half relieved. He nodded and looked at him, about to say: "Then..."
His voice suddenly stopped, and Taoist Cangsong's face in front of him suddenly changed from an anxious expression to an extremely ferocious one. Almost at the same time, Master Daoxuan felt a chill in his stomach, and a sharp pain suddenly came from his body. Shock, the essence that originally moved to his right hand to suppress the poison suddenly dissipated.
"ah!"
Master Daoxuan roared loudly, and cut his left hand upside down. Master Cangsong immediately came forward with his left hand. The two collided with each other. Master Cangsong's body was shaken, and he flew out and landed in front of the door of Yuqing Hall. After a moment, the corners of his mouth slowly flowed down. There was a trace of blood, but his expression was sneering.
On his right hand, he held a short sword. It was as crystal clear as water. You could tell at a glance that it was not an ordinary sword. At this moment, the sword was covered with bloodstains, and bright red blood slowly dripped from the blade. A drop flowed down and landed on the blue bricks of the main hall.
The crowd that was in chaos just now suddenly became quiet, as quiet as death.
The dark green Taoist robe of Master Daoxuan had turned dark in the abdomen in the blink of an eye, and his whole face suddenly became extremely pale. However, the look of shock on his face at this moment was far stronger than the look on his body. of pain.
"What are you doing?" He asked everyone's question in a hoarse voice towards Cangsong Taoist who was standing at the entrance of the hall. At this moment, even the disciples of Longshou Peak, Qi Hao, Lin Jingyu, etc. They could hardly believe their eyes, and all of them opened their mouths wide as they looked at the man who was once one of the most powerful people on Qingyun Mountain.
"Me?" Taoist Cangsong seemed to suddenly become another person, laughing wildly: "I am plotting against you! Can't you see it?" With that, he made a move with his hand, and in the air, The seven-tailed centipede immediately flew towards him and disappeared into his sleeves in the blink of an eye.
Qi Hao could no longer hold back, and shouted with confusion and horror in his voice: "Master, are you crazy?"
Cangsong Taoist glanced at him, and then his eyes fell on Lin Jingyu, who was standing next to Qi Hao but looked almost the same as him, as well as more Longshou Peak disciples, and even other disciples of Qingyun Sect. They all looked at him with disbelief as if they were looking at a madman.
"Hahaha, crazy? Yes! I have been crazy for a long time!" Taoist Cangsong looked up to the sky and laughed, with a hint of madness in his expression: "As early as a hundred years ago, in this Yuqing Palace, when I saw After seeing what happened to Senior Brother Wan Jian and Ten Thousand, I have already gone crazy!"
"Master!" The voices of Qi Hao and Lin Jingyu from Longshou Peak were already crying at this moment, but behind them, the first elders of Qingyun Sect surrounding Master Daoxuan suddenly stiffened!
Wan Jianyi, this name that seems to be like a nightmare, with a thick shadow, hangs over Qingyun Gate.
The corners of Dao Xuan's eyes twitched. This name that no one had dared to mention in front of him for a hundred years seemed to have deeply stimulated him. Xiao Yicai supported his body, but he suddenly realized that Dao Xuan's injured body suddenly became violent. The ground trembled, and even through the layer of clothes, he could feel the flames that suddenly burned in his teacher's body. It was so burning!
Taoist Cangsong stood there with a crazy expression, as if the evil energy that had been accumulated in his heart for many years was finally released. For a moment, no one came forward to arrest the murderer who injured the Supreme Leader of Qingyun Sect.
He pointed at the real Daoxuan, and then at the Sanqing statue in the shadow behind the crowd, and said loudly: "You, you," he pointed at Tian Buyi, Shui Yue, Zeng Shuchang, Shang Zhengliang and other Qingyun leaders. He walked over and said, "You all tell me in good conscience, who should sit in this position of head? Is it senior brother Wan back then, or him?"
No one answered, and the young disciple was at a loss, but Tian Buyi and others had livid faces and remained silent.
Above the main hall, only Taoist Cangsong's crazy voice echoed: "What, you guys stopped talking? Are you feeling guilty? Hahaha, yes! Yes! In fact, who doesn't know what should be done? But now, who is sitting in this seat?"
Shuiyue's face was pale, and she looked at Cangsong, who was completely different from usual, and said slowly: "Senior Brother Cangsong, it's been more than a hundred years, why are you so persistent?"
"Bah!" Taoist Cangsong didn't care about his own status at this moment. He sneered fiercely, with a look of disdain on his face, and sneered: "More than a hundred years? Yes! I have endured it for more than a hundred years, and I haven't had it until today. This is an opportunity to avenge Senior Brother Wan. Back then, when I was under Qingyun’s sect, I was traveling in the wilderness, you, you, you!”
He pointed his fingers one by one, pointing at Tian Buyi, Zeng Shuchang, and Shang Zhengliang, and sneered: "You have become comfortable being the leader in the past hundred years, but do you still remember that Senior Brother Wan desperately saved our lives? But? Do you still remember who shared the Taoist experience with us without hesitation and made us make great progress in Taoism? And you!"
He pointed at Shui Yue and said coldly: "You just said that I was so persistent? Hehe, hehe, who didn't know that you were secretly in love with Senior Brother Wan, and that he later saved you and loved you, but he didn't expect that he would die that day without saving you. , but you still come to ridicule me today!"
Shuiyue's face turned pale!
"And you, Tian Buyi!" As if he wanted to vent all the resentment in his heart, Taoist Cangsong laughed wildly, pointed at Tian Buyi, and said loudly: "Tell it to yourself, what did Senior Brother Wan do to you, and you? How can I repay him?"
Tian Buyi's face was ashen, and he clenched his hands into fists. Standing next to him was his wife Suru, whose face was also pale. However, neither of them said a single word, allowing Taoist Cangsong to laugh loudly and accuse.
"You were just an ordinary dull disciple under the Dazhu Peak Sect back then. Even your master and brothers looked down upon you. But after Senior Brother Wan met you, he recognized that you were a talent that could be made. From then on, he cultivated you with all his heart, not only I will tell you my experience in cultivating Taoism, and I will strongly recommend you to join the Wilderness Five. From then on, you will be able to become a famous figure in Qingyun Sect, and then you will be able to sit in the position you are in today. Am I right?"
Tian Buyi took a deep breath, with a look of pain on his face. After a long while, he slowly said from his mouth: "Senior Brother Wan has been so kind to me, and I can't repay it even if I am broken into pieces!"
As soon as these words came out, not only the disciples of Dazhufeng, but also the other sects, including those from Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley who were surprised by the civil unrest in Qingyun, also changed their expressions. Apparently even Tian Buyi also admitted this, which shows that Cangsong The senior brother Wan mentioned by the Taoist indeed has a hidden secret.
Cangsong Taoist sneered and said: "Okay, okay, okay, you finally admitted it. Even if you still have some conscience, then how do you repay him? Tell me!"
Tian Buyi slowly lowered his head, clenching his teeth, as if his body was trembling slightly.
Cangsong Taoist laughed wildly and said: "Okay, if you don't say it, I will say it for you. You are a shameless person. It was in vain that Senior Brother Wan valued you so much. After you returned to Qingyun Mountain that day, you knew that Senior Brother Wan liked Su from Xiaozhu Peak. Junior sister Rusu, you want to steal love with a knife, is this possible?"
Tian Buyi suddenly raised his head, but when he came into contact with Taoist Cangsong's almost crazy gaze, the burning flame seemed to be burning in it. For some reason, he felt as if there was a white figure standing behind Taoist Cangsong. , he was immediately speechless and slowly lowered his head.
He didn't say anything, but Suru beside him suddenly took a step forward and said loudly: "Senior Brother Cansong, if you have anything to do, come to me! Senior Brother Wan did have some affection for me back then, but I respect him from the beginning to the end. It’s a sign of love and affection. He is very kind to us and my wife, but my friendship with Buyi is all my own. It’s not a fight for love. Moreover, Senior Brother Wan himself also gave his blessing in front of the two of us back then. It’s better than the two of me.”
Taoist Cangsong sneered and said: "Senior Brother Wan is so proud. After being betrayed by you two, how can he stalk you like a common man? He would rather be sad than let others see it."
At this point, he seemed unwilling to say any more, and stared at the injured Daoxuan Zhenren, who was gasping for breath, with endless hatred in his eyes, and said: "Senior Brother Wan treated me like a brother and a father. He cultivated me single-handedly, and even more so in the wilderness. He risked his life to save me. My life was given to him a long time ago! It’s a shame that a hundred years ago, I tried my best but couldn’t save him. From then on, I told myself that no matter what, I would avenge him!”
When he came to the last few words, he shouted them hoarsely, as if he was speaking to his deep heart, and as if he were speaking to those eyes in the dark.
Xiao Yicai's face turned pale, but what surprised him even more was that the body he was supporting suddenly pushed him away.
The head of the Qingyun Sect, the supreme leader of the world's righteousness for hundreds of years, Daoxuan, while the wound was still bleeding and the black energy seemed to be getting thicker, he impressively relied on his own strength to slowly walk out step by step. .
His aura instantly obscured everyone, and the dark green Taoist robe was flying in the wind. His hands were vaguely seen, clenched deeply, and even his nails were dug into his flesh.
He looked forward, straightened his body, facing Taoist Cangsong, and seemed to be facing the invisible white figure, and laughed loudly: "Okay, okay, I didn't expect that that public case back then made you think so much. You Come here and give it a try to see if I, the senior fellow apprentice, am worthy of being the leader!"
He looked sideways at Cangsong, and suddenly he opened his hands from clenched fists. From the wound on his right hand, drops of black blood flowed out, and the black air on his face gradually faded away. But his face became paler. , but the voice became shrill and shrill, with a hint of disdain: "You deserve it?"
Taoist Cangsong suddenly burst into laughter and said: "Yes, you are powerful. In those days, Senior Brother Wan and you were always the pride of Qingyun's sect. I am not your opponent, but someone will take care of you."
Master Daoxuan looked solemn and said coldly: "Who is it?"
Above the main hall, everyone held their breath. The disciples of Qingyun Sect looked at each other in confusion. The people from Tianyin Temple and Fenxiang Valley who stood aside and saw the civil strife in Qingyun Sect also looked embarrassed.
Cangsong Taoist laughed endlessly. At this moment, a deep voice suddenly came from the distance outside Yuqing Hall: "Old friend Daoxuan, I haven't seen you for a hundred years. I see you are as elegant as ever. I am so happy to congratulate you!"
The sound was like thunder, rumbling, and in a moment, there were sudden shouts of killing outside Tongtian Peak, and the front of the mountain was in chaos. Amidst the panic, someone in the distance seemed to be shouting: "The demon cult demons are coming up the mountain to kill." Got it!"
"What?"
Everyone in the Qingyun sect lost their countenance. Master Daoxuan took a breath of cold air, pointed at the Taoist Cangsong, and said almost in disbelief: "You, how dare you betray the sect and collude with the demon sect!"
Cangsong Taoist laughed wildly and said: "Yes, I just colluded with the Demon Sect, so what! In my opinion, Qingyun Sect harbors filth and evil, which is worse than the Demon Sect! In order to avenge Senior Brother Wan, I don't care even if I end up in hell. , let alone colluding with the Demonic Cult?"
Suru turned pale and whispered: "Crazy, crazy, he is really crazy!"
Tian Buyi listened with a serious look on his face. He knew that Taoist Cangsong had great power in the Qingyun Sect over the years, and he was even responsible for the daily defense. But today, the demon sect came to kill them in large numbers, and they were about to reach Yu. Only after the Qing Palace was discovered by everyone, the situation could not be worse.
In the blink of an eye, he saw his little apprentice Zhang Xiaofan standing there in the chaos, holding a fire stick. He took advantage of others not paying attention and pulled him behind him. But in the blink of an eye, he found that he Something is wrong with this little apprentice.
Zhang Xiaofan's eyes were faintly red, staring at the figure of Cangsong Taoist, and he seemed to be muttering something slightly: "It's him, it's him, it must be him..."