Update time:2008-07-31

Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak.

The aroma of tea lingers from the pure white tea cup with a green mouth and green cover, and the freshly brewed tea has a white vapor floating in the room.

This is a secluded room in the back hall of the Yuqing Palace. The three most powerful and famous masters of the current righteous path gathered in this room, drinking tea and discussing with calm expressions.

The Qingyun disciple who was serving tea and water beside him quietly retreated at some point, leaving only Master Daoxuan, Master Puhong and Yun Yilan in the room.

Master Daoxuan spoke first and said with a smile: This tea is also a specialty near Qingyun Mountain. Although it is not a rare thing, it is still fragrant and of high quality. Let's drink it and see how it goes?

Yun Yilan put down the tea cup in her hand, nodded and said: The aroma lingers in the throat, as if it flows from the mouth to the stomach. It is indeed a good tea.

Master Daoxuan smiled and said: If Senior Brother Yun likes it, he can bring more back to Fenxiang Valley when this beast-monster catastrophe is broken in the future.

Yun Yilan nodded with a smile and said: "That's very good. Master, you have to admit it when the time comes."

The two smiled at each other, but Master Puhong chanted the Buddha's name beside him. Master Daoxuan looked at him and said: What's wrong, Master?

Master Puhong sighed and said: In fact, the poor monk also knows that facing such a catastrophe, he must keep a calm mind in order to deal with it calmly. It's just that Buddhism is compassionate. Once I think of the people in the world who are in dire straits at this moment, I can't help but I was so anxious that I lost my composure for a moment. Please forgive me.

Yun Yilan's face changed slightly, and a glint flashed across Daoxuan's eyes, but then his face became solemn.

Looking at Master Puhong, Master Daoxuan said slowly: Master, what you said is true. Since we claim to be righteous, we should naturally take the common people of the world as our responsibility. The poor Taoist has just been rude.

Master Puhong put his hands together and shook his head, and said in a low voice: "What did the real person say? I didn't mean to blame the real person just now."

Yun Yilan's face had returned to normal at this moment. He smiled slightly and said: Okay, okay, your docile appearance is more intolerable. Let's stop talking nonsense and talk about the whole situation.

Master Daoxuan and Master Puhong both smiled. Master Daoxuan nodded and said, "Senior Brother Yun is right. In fact, the reason why we invite you two to come here for discussion today is indeed because of the current beast-monster catastrophe, which seems to have strange changes."

Master Yun Yilan and Master Puhong were both startled. Yun Yilan said: What is the change? Master, please tell me?

Master Daoxuan looked solemn and said: A few days ago, I sent my disciples Xiao Yicai, Lin Jingyu and other capable disciples to go out to investigate the situation of the beast monsters. As a result, they just came back last night and reported something unusual to me.

Master Puhong saw Daoxuan's serious face, and there seemed to be a trace of doubt in his expression, so he couldn't help but ask: What happened?

Master Daoxuan paused for a moment, and then said: According to Yi Cai's report, the countless beast monsters that originally entered the Middle Earth from the south have been driving straight into the north, killing people along the way. But recently, for some unknown reason, a large number of beast monsters suddenly stopped going north. , all went to the southwest, and the number of beast monsters that continued to move north of us seemed to be only about 40% of the original number.

Yun Yilan pondered for a moment and said: In the southwest, isn't that the place where the demon sect has always been most rampant?

Master Daoxuan nodded and said: Yes, now there are three factions within the Demon Sect. The Ten Thousand Poison Sect, the Ghost King Sect and the Hehuan Sect are fighting endlessly. Although we don’t know where their main hall is, judging from clues, it should be that the main halls of these three major sects are. It's in the southwest, so that place has always been where the demonic forces are located. But this time, the beast monsters suddenly went in that direction in large numbers. I don't know what happened?

Master Pu Hong frowned and said: Could it be that the beast monsters had already clashed with the Demon Cult and suffered some losses, so a large number of beast monsters came to support them?

Master Daoxuan had a deep expression on his face and said: It's not clear yet, but it would be best if this were the case. Beast monsters and demon sects are both a scourge. If they could fight each other, all the people in the world would be very lucky.

Yun Yilan suddenly shook his head at this moment and said: "Two heads, I don't think this is that simple."

Master Daoxuan glanced at him and said: Oh, Lord Yungu, please give me some advice.

Yun Yilan said: You and I both know very well that people in the demon sect have always been selfish. To say that they rise up and become enemies of the beasts and monsters for the sake of the common people in the world, I think it is impossible...

Seeing that Master Daoxuan and Master Puhong both nodded slightly in agreement, Yun Yilan smiled slightly and said: On the contrary, based on my understanding of the demon sect, they think that the beast monsters are so powerful now, let alone talking about it. If the beasts and monsters are their enemies, even if the beasts monster accidentally hurts them, I'm afraid they would rather tolerate it and retreat, and let us deal with these vicious beast monsters with righteous methods.

Master Daoxuan nodded and said: Yes, Valley Master Yun is right, but now the beast monsters are indeed heading southwest in large numbers. In the opinion of Valley Master, why is this?

Yun Yilan was silent for a moment and said in a deep voice: Judging from the behavior of beast monsters entering Middle-earth in the past few days, they have no specific goal. They all kill along the way and go north. Therefore, this time a large number of people suddenly turned around, and there must be some among them. Weird, it should be that the beast monsters near the southwest suffered a big loss, so the monster called the Beast God mobilized a large number of people to go to the southwest. But in the southwest, there has always been no one except people from the Demon Cult. He is a powerful figure, so I thought that something strange happened within the demon sect?

Master Pu Hong frowned and said: "There is a strange movement. What does the Valley Master mean?"

Yun Yilan chuckled and said: This is not something I can know.

Master Pu Hong couldn't help but smile, shook his head and said: "I have been saying this for a long time, don't you say it in vain, Donor Yun?"

For a moment, all three of them laughed, but after a while Daoxuan master said in deep thought: In fact, in my opinion, what Senior Brother Yun said may not be unreasonable. In any case, now that the beast monsters are heading southwest in large numbers, the pressure in front of us has also been relieved. Less, at least it can buy us some time. Now that the people of the world are looking forward to us, we must also take some actions to let the people of the world see it.

Yun Yilan glanced at Master Daoxuan and said: Oh, does Master Daoxuan want us to go down the mountain and have a good fight while the main force of the beast monsters is away?

Master Daoxuan said sternly: Yes, if we get rid of one more beast monster, the world will suffer less. Such a responsibility is unshirkable for us, the righteous way.

Master Puhong recited a Buddha's name in a low voice, and a trace of sarcasm quietly flashed across Yun Yilan's eyes, but then he said solemnly: "What the Master said is absolutely true, so everything will be done according to the Master's arrangements. I, the Fenxiang Valley lineage, are willing to be the pioneers."

Master Daoxuan smiled and said: With Master Yungu's intention, why worry about the undefeated beasts and monsters! But over to the southwest, I have thought about it for a long time and feel that there is a lot of mystery in this matter. Although we cannot intervene rashly, it seems that if we ignore it, Not quite appropriate.

Master Pu Hong nodded and said: Yes, I mean the same thing. After all, the great calamity of beasts and monsters has harmed the common people. We must at least have an idea of ​​what is happening in the southwest.

Yun Yilan said: "In that case, why not send a few disciples with high moral standards to follow quietly to investigate."

Master Daoxuan nodded and said: Okay, that's it.

At this time, Yun Yilan seemed to remember something again, and suddenly said to Master Daoxuan: By the way, there is one more thing, I want to ask for a favor from Master Daoxuan.

Master Daoxuan was startled and said: Master Yun Gu is too polite, what's the matter? But it doesn't matter?

Yun Yilan smiled and said: I heard that Lu Xueqi, a disciple of Xiaozhu Peak of your sect, has recently been punished to reflect on the wall at Xiaozhu Peak's moon-gazing platform. After hearing this, I felt really uneasy, and... He smiled and said: That scoundrel of mine is like this In the past few days, they came to me begging me, saying that they didn’t want to burden Miss Lu with our requests and be punished. Besides, now that monsters and monsters are causing harm to the world, it’s the right time to hire people. Miss Lu is also an outstanding disciple of Qingyun, so why not just invite a real person to see her? For my sake, I’ll let Miss Lu escape punishment for the time being.

Master Daoxuan sighed and said: It's all because of the poor Taoist's lax discipline, which made Master Yungu laugh.

Yun Yilan smiled and said: What the real person said is just the wishful thinking of the scoundrels, and we simply don't have to worry about these matters between juniors in the future, so as not to worry. After saying this, he laughed out loud.

Master Daoxuan pondered for a moment and said: Since Lord Yun Gu personally interceded for her, I absolutely have to give her this face. So be it! I will let Xue Qi come back today, and at the same time select a few more disciples to go to the southwest with her. Investigating, it can be regarded as meritorious service!

A smile appeared at the corner of Yun Yilan's mouth, and she said: Ah! What a coincidence. I just wanted to let the villain Li Xun go to the southwest to experience it!

Master Daoxuan glanced at him and said calmly: Then let's go together!

Yun Yilan laughed, cupped his hands and said: Then I will thank the real person for the bad disciple first.

Master Daoxuan withdrew his gaze, picked up the tea cup from the table in front of him, took a slow sip, the expression in his eyes changed, and said slowly: The Valley Master is too polite.

Southwest Viper Valley.

This huge valley is surrounded by dense ancient forests. Most of the year, in the early morning and dusk, poisonous mist similar to miasma rises in the forest. Those are actually countless venomous snakes that live in this valley. The poisonous gas gathered.

No one can explain why there are so many venomous snakes living in this valley. The number is so large that they are everywhere in the trees and underground. Only the houses of Wandumen in the valley are located, because Wandumen The secret method prevents these poisonous insects from approaching.

And these venomous snakes all over the mountains and plains have also become the natural barrier of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect and an inexhaustible treasure house of poisons.

At this moment, it is the early morning of the day. From the dense forest of the Viper Valley, you can vaguely see the faint mist rising. It looks like the morning mist rising in the morning, but if an ignorant person walks After getting close, it won't take a moment to be poisoned by the poison, causing bleeding to death from all the orifices, and finally being kissed by a snake.

On weekdays, in addition to these poisonous snakes guarding the valley, Wan Du Sect has always had disciples patrolling to guard against foreign enemies. However, for some unknown reason these days, none of the disciples who usually guard the valley have come out. It seems that Wan Du Sect has The factional war has reached a fever pitch.

Bang, there was a soft sound, and a small stone rolled over. It jumped twice on the only old road outside the Viper Valley, which was also dilapidated and overgrown with weeds. It rolled into the grass next to it and disappeared. .

Then, following the sound of slight footsteps, three tall but strange beasts appeared on the road. They all had the heads of evil wolves, but their bodies looked like tigers and leopards that you usually see. They looked extremely weird.

I saw these three monsters looking cautious, their noses constantly twitching, sniffing something in the air, and slowly approaching the Viper Valley. The valley was quiet, and they seemed completely unprepared for the arrival of these three uninvited guests.

Suddenly, one of the monsters shook its head, as if it had discovered something, and then let out a low roar. The other two monsters immediately stopped and looked at the strongest and tallest monster standing in the middle.

The wolf-headed monster's eyes flashed fiercely, and its nose kept sniffing. However, it did not walk towards the Viper Valley. Instead, it slowly walked towards a dense grass next to the ancient road outside the Viper Valley. A faint smell of blood came from the grass. Slowly spread out.

The monster roared in a low voice and stepped into the grass. Looking from the outside, the monster's body kept moving, as if it was rummaging for something in the grass.

After a moment, the grass trembled again, and the sturdy monster jumped out of the grass and jumped back into the ancient road. In its mouth, it was biting something strange.

It looked like a long whip or the tail of some monster. The fur on it had begun to rot, the color was dull, and it constantly exuded a trace of blood smell.

The other two monsters roared at the same time, obviously frightened and angry, with a fierce light flashing in their eyes.

The monster that picked up the tail put the thing on the ancient road and suddenly raised its head and roared. The sound was like a wolf howling, shrill and sharp, rising into the sky.

After a moment, the monster picked up its tail again, ignored the other two monsters, ran backwards quickly and left the Viper Valley.

And after the two monsters roared a few times, they suddenly exerted their strength and rushed into the Viper Valley. Entering the Viper Valley, they saw that the ancient road became more curved and narrower, winding forward. The mountains and forests on both sides were densely covered with thorns, and there were even more floating... There seems to be no, slightly colored mist.

The monsters rushed forward, looking at the way they were gnashing their teeth. As long as someone appeared in front of them at this moment, they would be torn into pieces immediately.

The colorful mist floated gently and gradually gathered in the forest. The two monsters roared and rushed in without even looking. There was nothing unusual at first, but for some reason, the roars of these two monsters gradually became lower and louder. I ran slower and slower, and after a while my whole body began to shake.

As if they knew something was wrong, the two monsters stopped and turned around with difficulty, trying to leave the forest. However, before they could take a few steps, they had already collapsed. In an instant, blood started to flow from their faces. It is no longer alive.

In the mountains and forests, creepy hissing sounds sounded from far and near at the same time, and they rushed here one after another. In less than a moment, countless snake heads appeared from the grass and treetops. All the little poisonous snakes crawled over.

And while these poisonous snakes were happily fighting for food, suddenly, many snakes stopped their movements, raised their heads warily, and then turned to the entrance of the Viper Valley.

In the distance of that desolate ancient road, there seemed to be a faint and low roar of war drums, and the whole earth slowly began to tremble slightly. The strange sounds came from the endless distance like thousands of troops advancing.

In the early morning, the valley suddenly fell into a deathly silence.

call!

Letting out a long breath of evil breath, Fan Xiong, the top disciple whom the Poison God had taken before his death, waved his hand fiercely and threw aside the corpse of a Wan Du Sect disciple whose head was scratched by him. The corpse flew through the air and hit with a bang. The altar table in front of the mourning hall fell.

It seems that there is a devil sneering in the dark, or that he wants to pay tribute to the Poison God, the leader of the Demon Sect who killed many people during his lifetime. Inside and outside the mourning hall where the Poison God's coffin is, blood is already flowing like a river, everywhere. The bodies of Wan Du Sect disciples.

The strong smell of human blood floated in the air.

At this moment, the three major disciples of the Poison God, Fan Xiong, Cheng Wuya and Duan Rushan, have been fighting for several days. Except for some advanced leaders, most of the ordinary disciples of the Wan Du Sect have been killed or injured. The battles of these few days have left these three... Everyone who is fighting for power has already turned red-eyed and almost fallen into madness.

On the altar table in the mourning hall, the box containing the seal of the sect owner was still lying there quietly, watching all this coldly.

As if they were tired of killing, the fighting inside and outside the mourning hall gradually subsided, but the tense atmosphere became even more tense.

The third brother, Duan Rushan, was surrounded by four strange-looking old men. His eyes flashed fiercely. He looked at Fan Xiong and Cheng Wuya who were separated in front of him. He sneered and said: "Two senior brothers, are you still unwilling to give up? Now except for a few people around you, This old guy, who else can take it out?

Fan Xiong and Cheng Wuya looked at each other, and each saw a hint of despair in the other's eyes that turned scarlet. Ever since the night of the Poison God's first seven, there was a sudden noise in the mourning hall, and the three factions who had been wary of each other immediately rushed in. In the mourning hall, I am afraid that if I am too late, the seal of the sect owner will be stolen by others.

And in that chaotic situation, countless people rushed into the mourning hall, naturally thinking that the other party had planned to break the agreement and come to snatch the sect leader's seal. In just a few words, they had already become a massacre.

So far, the results of the melee between the three factions have finally become clear. The third-generation Duan Rushan, who has always been weak in moral conduct, has gradually overwhelmed Fan Xiong and Cheng Wuya with the strong strength in his hands.

At this moment, except for Bai Duzi, the vampire old demon, Duanmu Patriarch and less than ten people who were still standing behind the two of them, they had no bargaining chips in their hands.
To be continued...