Many days have passed since the end of the Qingyun War. The once turbulent battlefield has gradually calmed down. All traces of the battle have been quietly erased in the process of people cleaning up.
On that day, countless people lost their friends and relatives. On Tongtian Peak, countless corpses were piled up. From the top to the bottom of the mountain, it was almost like the legendary underworld.
Perhaps because of luck, the Dazhu Peak lineage, which has the weakest population, did not die in this battle. However, almost everyone lost the favor, including Tian Buyi who stayed behind at Dazhu Peak because he wanted to open the Tianji Seal.
, and also looked very tired. Among the disciples, the second disciple Wu Dayi and the fourth disciple He Dazhi were the most seriously injured. After these days, they were still lying in bed resting, but luckily among the misfortunes, none of them suffered any injuries.
Tian Buyi has seen it personally, and they just need to rest and recuperate for a while, and it will not hinder their Taoist practice.
However, despite this, they narrowly defeated the Beast God in a life-and-death battle and saved the world from the catastrophe. The atmosphere in Dazhu Peak seemed to be very dull. The disciples had not been happy for several days.
Even Tian Buyi has been frowning for days.
Early that morning, Tian Buyi was summoned to Tongtian Peak by disciples sent by the leader Daoxuan Zhenren to discuss matters. When he came back at noon, he saw a round and chubby face with a gloomy look, and his brows were knitted together and could hardly be beaten anymore.
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Around noon, Tian Buyi ordered all the disciples of Dazhu Peak to come to the Shou Jing Hall. Even Wu Dayi and He Dazhi, who were still in bed, Tian Buyi also had people help them into the Shou Jing Hall and sit aside.
In the usually deserted Shoujing Hall, a rare gathering of people came together. Tian Buyi’s wife Suru was also standing next to the chief. She was still beautiful, but she still had a white bandage on her left hand. Naturally, she was also in that scene.
Lost in the war
Tian Buyi walked up and down the Shoujing Hall several times with his hands behind his back, glanced at the disciples who were sitting or standing in a row, and said in a low voice: "I called you here today, not for anything else, but for the Zhu Xian."
The matter of the ancient sword"
The faces of the disciples were solemn, but not many of them showed any signs of astonishment. It was obvious that most of them had already guessed that Tian Buyi looked at Suru next to him, then looked at the disciples and said, "This morning the Master shouted again.
I went over, and the only person who went over with me was your Uncle Shuiyue from Xiaozhu Peak. As for what to say, you can probably all think of it: you must keep it a secret no matter what, and you must not let any word out about the damage to the Ancient Zhuxian Sword.
"
All the disciples at Dazhu Peak looked at each other, and finally the eldest disciple Song Daren coughed and said: "Master, you also know a few of us. We would rather die than say a word to anyone about such a major matter."
At this point, he hesitated for a moment, looked at Tian Buyi, lowered his voice and said: "Master, not to mention that you and my wife have reminded us time and time again, just the headmaster and Tongtian Peak, even this time
Counting this, this is the fourth time this message has been sent to us. Could it be that... not only do they not believe us, but they also don’t believe my master and my wife?”
Tian Buyi frowned and suddenly shouted loudly: "Who are you, dare you? How dare you make unreasonable assumptions about the master and the teachers?"
Song Daren's expression changed, he lowered his head and said, "Yes, I know I was wrong."
Suru stood aside, sighed, and came over to smooth things over: "Okay, okay, these are the instructions given by the real master, and the damage to the Zhuxian Ancient Sword is of great concern. It's no wonder that the master brother is so concerned about it.
This is very stressful, so I should ask and explain it several times.”
Tian Buyi turned his head to the side and said nothing. Song Daren and other disciples all lowered their heads and said, "Disciple understands."
Suru looked at the disciples one by one and said softly: "I know that some of you are a little aggrieved. You feel that the master and the teachers cannot trust you. In fact, in the final analysis, these are all due to the importance of the matter and the last resort.
After the previous battle, our Qingyun Sect had an unparalleled reputation among the righteous people in the world, suppressing all other comrades. But all of this, to be honest, was because the real leader was on the Tongtian Peak, holding the Immortal-killing Divine Sword and the Beast God.
After a fierce battle, defeating it gave us Qingyun Sect everything we have today. I think you all know the weight of this Immortal-killing Divine Sword as well as I do."
When Suru said this, she smiled sadly and said, "But I never thought that this divine sword would actually..." She paused for a moment, as if she needed to collect herself before she could continue speaking, "That day in Huanyue
Outside the cave, except for the real master of the sect and several elder disciples who came later, the only people present were the disciples of Dazhu Peak and a few female disciples of Xiaozhu Peak. They witnessed the destruction of the divine sword, so for the sake of the sect’s reputation and reputation in the world
For the reputation of the time, the real master, the master, should pay more attention to it and give it a few more warnings. You should not take it to heart. You just need to remember to hide this matter in your heart forever. Do you understand?"
Song Daren and others looked at each other and said in unison: "Disciple, I understand, and I will obey the orders of my master and my wife."
Suru turned to look at Tian Buyi. Tian Buyi frowned, and the expression on his fat face was still very heavy. He didn't seem to be relieved at all by Suru's words. He only stretched out his hand and waved to the disciples and said: "You guys
Please remember what Master Wife said, and then go down."
Song Daren and others bowed together, turned around and went down together. Wu Dayi, He Dazhi and others who had difficulty moving were also supported by Song Daren, Du Bishu and others. Soon, everyone walked out, leaving only Tian Buyi and Suru standing.
In the Shoujing Hall
Suru looked at Tian Buyi's increasingly gloomy face, walked slowly to his side, and whispered: "What's wrong? Is the head brother losing his temper again?"
Tian Buyi snorted lightly and said: "He is not only angry at me, but even someone like Shui Yue, he also scolded him in the same way. Who am I?"
Suru was surprised and said: "What, Senior Brother, the leader, he even scolded Senior Sister Shuiyue?"
A trace of anxiety appeared on Tian Buyi's face. He was pacing back and forth faster and his brows were also furrowed.
Seeing his expression, Suru was quite worried, but she didn't know what to say, so she could only say: "Don't worry too much. Senior Brother, the leader, he was just too anxious for a moment, so..."
Tian Buyi suddenly raised his head and interrupted loudly: "If he is really too anxious, even if he scolds me a thousand times or ten thousand times, I won't care anymore?"
Suru lowered her head, but quickly raised it again, with a look of surprise on her face, and asked: "What did you just say?"
Tian Buyi kept muttering in his mouth and walked quickly back and forth in the Shoujing Hall. His expression became more and more restless, with a faint hint of worry. Suru was worried and said anxiously: "What do you mean, hurry up and say it." "
Tian Buyi walked up to Suru, stopped, was silent for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "In the past few days, Senior Brother Daoxuan has called me and Shuiyue many times, and repeatedly told the disciples to keep secrets. This was originally It’s understandable, but in the past few times, I see that Senior Brother Daoxuan has become more and more wrong.”
Suru was startled for a moment and said: "Something's wrong, what does this mean?"
Tian Buyi frowned and said, "In your past, have you ever remembered that Senior Brother Daoxuan scolded others easily?"
Suru was silent for a long time, shaking his head and saying: "Senior brother, the head of the family, has profound moral principles, good conduct, and is intangible with emotions and anger. How can he easily get angry and curse others?"
Tian Buyi nodded and said: "Yes, that's it. Even you know this. But after this battle, Senior Brother Daoxuan's temperament seemed to have changed drastically, and he became more and more impatient. He called Shuiyue and me several times. , it’s okay to just give him some advice, but at the beginning every time he always looks nice, but in the end, for no apparent reason, he gets angry because of some inexplicable little thing, or insults, or vents his anger, in short..."
He shook his head, slowly raised his eyes to look at Suru, hesitated for a moment, approached Suru, lowered his voice and said: "I suspect that Senior Brother Daoxuan has been killed by the Zhuxian Sword in the battle with the Beast God. The spiritual rage backfired, so..."
Suru's expression changed, and she said hurriedly: "Shut up." Then she walked quickly outside the Shoujing Hall, looked around to make sure there was no one there, then walked back and whispered to Tian Buyi: "This is my Qingyun Sect's secret matter. You, you can’t just talk nonsense.”
Tian Buyi sighed and said: "This matter is so important, how dare I talk nonsense? But in the previous battle, Brother Daoxuan wanted to win, regardless of my repeated dissuasion, he forced open the Qingyun Seven Veins Spiritual Energy Sealed by the ancestors of the past generations. The Heavenly Secret Seal greatly increases the power of the Zhuxian Ancient Sword. However, I always think of the legacy left by the ancestors of the previous generation. I must say that this Zhuxian Ancient Sword is too violent and murderous. It seems to be an ominous thing, so I cannot take it lightly. When I came back today, I said goodbye to Shuiyue at Tongtian Peak. Although the two of us have always been at odds, when we looked at each other when we said goodbye, we seemed to feel something in our hearts. I expected that Shuiyue must also have the same thoughts as me, but this matter It’s too big, neither of us dare to say it.”
Suru was silent for a long time, and said in a slightly astringent voice: "Despite this, in the final analysis, it is still better than the Ancient Sword of Zhuxian. Now that Zhuxian has been destroyed, even if the master brother is unfortunate to be harmed, he has no source, and he has the power to practice magic." , as long as time goes by, most of them will gradually wake up and resolve it on their own."
The heavy look on Tian Buyi's face did not fade at all, and he said calmly: "I hope so, otherwise, as the Lord of Qingyun, if something happens to him, everyone in Qingyun Sect... I really don't know how it will end."
Suru thought for a while, then sighed helplessly and said dejectedly: "Well, this is not something we can take care of now. You don't need to worry too much. There is another thing. I have always wanted to ask, what happened to the ancient sword of Zhuxian after it was damaged? Disposed of?"
Tian Buyi pondered for a moment and said: "I originally asked a senior brother Nagato who knew about this matter. I heard that senior brother Daoxuan scolded everyone on the spot not to have diarrhea, and immediately picked up the two pieces of the Zhuxian Sword. He started and walked into Huanyue Cave Mansion at the same time, and no one was allowed to enter the forbidden area of Huanyue Cave Mansion. So to this day, no one knows what happened to the ancient sword of Zhu Xian? Maybe, there is still hope to repair it? "
Tian Buyi said the last sentence to himself, but then shook his head and smiled bitterly. It was obvious that even he himself did not believe such a thing. He smiled bitterly twice and said casually: "We can't take care of that sword. But we are going to Tongtian Peak today. In addition to
In addition to being scolded for no reason, I also heard a strange thing."
Suru was startled and said: "What's weird?"
Tian Buyi shrugged his shoulders and said: "You wouldn't believe it, how many disciples and elders were killed in the previous battle, and now they are being held in public sacrifice at the Yuqing Palace in Tongtian Peak, but our senior brother Daoxuan is in the Yuqing Palace every day.
But after showing his face for so long, he disappeared, and instead he went to the Patriarch's Ancestral Hall in Houshan every day to keep vigil. Do you think it's strange?"
Suru was stunned and said in surprise: "Guardian, what happened at the ancestor's ancestral hall? Could it be that one of the senior elders passed away?"
Tian Buyi shook his head and sneered: "What kind of elder is that? I heard some young disciples secretly discussing that he was actually an old man who had been guarding and cleaning the ancestor's ancestral hall for decades. I don't know how he died on that day.
No one knows. They only know that after Senior Brother Daoxuan found out about this, he was dumbstruck for a while and furious for a while. I heard that he was in a state of despair for several days for some reason. In the end, he insisted on putting the old man’s spiritual tablet into the ancestor’s ancestral hall. But the strangest thing was
However, the tablet he placed in the ancestor's ancestral hall turned out to be blank."
The more Suru listened, the more confused she became. She was shocked in her heart. She shook her head and said: "This, this, what is going on? Is the head brother really, really confused?"
Tian Buyi sneered and said: "No one knows whether he is confused or not. Anyway, someone tried to persuade him, but he refused to listen. Instead of taking a good look at the disciples' memorial tablets in the Yuqing Hall, he ran to the ancestor's ancestral hall to take a look.
If I continue to look at that blank spiritual place in a daze, I think something will happen to the Qingyun Sect sooner or later, and it will be destroyed in his hands sooner or later..."
Suru was silent for a while. After a while, she sighed quietly and looked outside the Shoujing Hall. She saw that in this lonely afternoon, the outside was empty, with only the blue sky in the distance.
The mountain breeze blew by, and the faint sound of bamboo waves in the back mountain could be heard, but somehow it added a bit of loneliness.
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Qingyun Mountain, Tongtian Peak, Houshan Ancestral Hall
The place is as quiet and solemn as ever, the tall ancestral hall still stands, and the surrounding woods are as green as ever. It seems that the earth-shattering battle that took place on Qingyun Mountain a few days ago had no impact on this place at all.
In addition to the absence of an old man cleaning, there is also an unfamiliar and blank spiritual tablet in an inconspicuous place among the countless tablets on the dim divine table.
Lin Jingyu silently knelt in front of the empty memorial tablet, wearing linen and mourning. There was a brazier in front of him. On the table were two white candles, three sticks of fine incense, and the curls of light smoke floated gently, and soon merged with other offerings.
In the incense, they can no longer be separated
Lin Jingyu had a sad look on his face, pursed his lips tightly, and knelt on the ground numbly. He slowly put a bunch of paper money in his hand into the flames burning in the brazier in front of him, watching them gradually curl up and turn yellow, gradually turn into ashes, and then
Paper money slowly put in
From time to time, he raised his head to look at the blank spiritual tablet. Putting the old man's spiritual tablet into the ancestor's ancestral hall was the sole insistence of the Qingyun Sect's headmaster Daoxuan Zhenren alone. The other elders did not agree. However, the Qingyunmen's headmaster always had great authority and increased
After Daoxuan Zhenren defeated the Beast God in one fell swoop, his reputation was unparalleled. Seeing that he refused to retreat, everyone had no choice but to follow him
However, although this incident was beyond Lin Jingyu's expectation, what happened next surprised him. Master Daoxuan actually placed a blank spiritual tablet in the ancestor's ancestral hall. For this reason, Lin Jingyu even had the courage to ask for help.
Master Daoxuan who came to pay homage asked, but Master Daoxuan just replied lightly, and then made Lin Jingyu speechless:
"Then do you know his name?"
Lin Jingyu was stunned. Although he had followed this mysterious old man for ten years, he had never told him anything about his past. At this moment, he was really at his wits' end and could only watch.
From the appearance of Master Daoxuan, it was obvious that he knew something about this old man, but he had no intention of revealing it. Although Lin Jingyu was confused, he did not dare to be too presumptuous towards Master Master, so he had to retreat silently anyway.
In his heart, although the old man's memorial tablet was empty, his voice and smile were clearly engraved in his heart and had not faded at all.
He had also visited the former Shanggong Festival, but he always felt that there were countless disciples worshiping there. However, although this senior, possessing peerless knowledge, passed away so quietly, he had to pay tribute to him no matter what.
He died, and Master Daoxuan seemed to have acquiesced in his coming here to clean up the old man's affairs. As the head of the family, he often came to the ancestral hall to visit the old man, regardless of the astonished looks of many of his disciples.
The spiritual position has caused a lot of speculation, but it is beyond Lin Jingyu's control.
At this moment, another sound of footsteps suddenly sounded behind him. Over the past few days, Lin Jingyu had become familiar with these footsteps, and when he heard them, he knew they were Daoxuan.
He stood up and looked back, whispering: "Master"
Master Daoxuan slowly walked into the ancestral hall
The lights in the ancestral hall were dim. Although Lin Jingyu stayed here all the time, he could not clearly see Dao Xuan's face for a moment. He could only vaguely see Dao Xuan's figure, standing in the shadow, silently looking at the empty spiritual tablet next to him.
For some reason, Lin Jingyu looked at the vague shadow in the dark and suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He just felt a heartbeat for no reason and was vaguely nervous.
"Is he okay?" Master Daoxuan finally spoke. His voice seemed quite low, a little hoarse, and seemed to be exerting force, suppressing something. His tone was very different from the past.
Lin Jingyu was confused, but he still replied: "This disciple keeps vigil for his seniors day and night, and burns incense on time. He never neglects it."
The figure in the shadow moved and said slowly: "He has taught you for ten years in vain because you are so dedicated to his death, hehe..." He laughed coldly, and in this dim ancestral hall, he actually
With a somewhat gloomy meaning, "I don't know what will happen if I die..."
He suddenly stopped, as if he felt that he had said something wrong. Naturally, Lin Jingyu did not dare to say more. He stood there with his hands down and the ancestral hall fell into silence. After a while, Master Daoxuan said: "You go out first, I will
There are some things you should say to him alone."
Lin Jingyu was stunned for a moment, then responded and said: "Yes" and walked out.
As soon as he walked out of the ancestor's ancestral hall and stood on the sunny open space, Lin Jingyu suddenly felt refreshed. Only then did he realize that he seemed to have a suppressed feeling in that ancestral hall just now.
He walked around the open space around the ancestral hall and waited for half an hour, but still did not see Daoxuan Daoist coming out. It was strange that when he turned around, he saw a figure disappearing on the path leading to Huanyue Cave in front of him.
After the war, Huanyue Cave became a forbidden area again. Naturally, the only one who could enter was Master Daoxuan.
Lin Jingyu looked there for a few times, shook his head, turned around and walked back to the ancestor's ancestral hall. He walked to the empty spiritual tablet, and saw three incense sticks inserted in front of the spiritual tablet, and in the brazier on the ground in front of him,
There seemed to be a lot more ashes, as if someone had burned some more paper money here.
Lin Jingyu thought for a moment, then slowly raised his head, only to see the blank tablet still standing quietly in that secluded corner, silent...