On the mountainside behind the Demon Palace, halfway up the mountain, on the terrace outside the cave, Zhao Xiongge sat with his legs hanging on the edge of the cliff, blowing the mountain breeze, holding a wine bottle and drinking slowly, looking at the strange light pillars that occasionally seeped out under the dark clouds.
A figure fell from the sky and landed at the entrance of the cave. His long hair was blown by the wind. It was Wu Chang.
Zhao Xiongge didn't even look back. He drank wine and said, "Here we come."
Wu Chang: "Don't you want to see me?"
Zhao Xiongge: "After all, you are one of the Nine Saints who are ranked supreme in the world. You are so good. You will come as soon as you are asked."
Looking at the dark cave, and then at the slovenly man on the edge of the cliff, Wu Chang said coldly: "At least he is the man that the saint is interested in, and the demon sect will not treat you badly. There is no place for you in the demon palace."
Land? Why bother making yourself look so poor?"
Zhao Xiongge sighed: "I have no choice. Who knows how many informants you have in the Demon Palace, it's better to live alone." He drank a sip of wine, raised his sleeves to wipe his mouth, and burped from the wine and said: "I have the thing in my hand.
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Wu Chang's eyes were startled, he stared at his back, and said slowly: "I already knew that the thing was in your hands, what? I finally figured it out and are willing to hand it over?"
Zhao Xiongge reached out and patted the ground, "Come, come and sit."
Wu Chang remained silent and looked down from a high position, wondering what this person was up to.
Zhao Xiongge looked back and smiled, "How many times have your Holy Lord threatened me? I'm not afraid of you. What's the point of putting on airs in front of me? There's no one else here, come and drink with me."
Wu Chang's eyes were cold, but he finally moved. He walked to the edge of the cliff and sat down low. He also hung his legs outside and looked at the light and shadow in front of him. "I'm pretty good at choosing a place. I didn't expect the scenery here to be pretty good."
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Zhao Xiongge: "You have lived here for so many years. It's not that you have never seen such scenery, but you have never sat down and looked at it like this. You can't see the beauty, you don't distinguish between right and wrong, and you are even ruthless. You just move forward.
, is there any meaning in living?”
Wu Chang: "Is it good to be a slave to others and a fish to flesh? If I hadn't stood up, the demon sect would have been wiped out long ago, and it could still survive to this day? What is right and what is wrong? Nowadays, no matter what
I can look at the scenery if I want to, but I can’t look at it if I don’t want to. Do you think I’m meaningful?”
Zhao Xiongge: "You are also a person who grew up in the moral principles of this world. You are not someone who jumped out of the cracks in the rocks. You killed the saint, murdered your foster father, and massacred your fellow disciples. Don't you feel a little bit guilty?"
There was a deep look in Wu Chang's eyes, "I'm not here to discuss the principles of life with you. Hand over the magic book and I will allow you to live freely. If you are afraid that I will break my promise, just say whatever guarantee you want!"
Zhao Xiongge handed over the wine bottle and said, "Try it, it tastes good."
Wu Chang blocked it and said, "Drink it yourself slowly."
Zhao Xiongge joked: "Why, are you afraid that I will poison you?" After finally making a decision, he felt relaxed and wanted to take the opportunity to have a good time.
Wu Chang flipped his palm, bang! The wine gourd on Zhao Xiong's singer burst out of thin air in an instant, and the wine poured down the cliff, and the aroma of the wine overflowed.
After breaking his finger and falling off the cliff, he issued a warning, "If you just call me here for fun, the price will be heavy."
Zhao Xiongge suddenly turned around and asked, "Are you really omnipotent?"
Wu Chang: "What on earth do you want to do?"
Zhao Xiongge suddenly sighed melancholy, "Help me save someone."
"Save someone?" Wu Chang was a little surprised, "Save who?"
Zhao Xiongge: “My son!”
"..." Wu Chang was obviously confused. He really thought he heard wrong, so he asked again: "Who?"
Zhao Xiongge squinted, "My son!" He said in his heart, Niu Youdao, you bastard!
Wu Chang's expression was indescribable. Even though he was one of the Nine Saints who was used to the scene, he couldn't suppress his burning curiosity, "Who is your son?"
Zhao Xiongge: "Yuan Gang!"
"..." Wu Chang's expression suddenly became wonderful. He is actually this person's son? Really or not? I had suspected that Yuan Gang was related to this person before. Is it true?
He looked him up and down repeatedly, as if he wanted to see through Zhao Xiongge.
Seeing that he was speechless for a long time, Zhao Xiongge said, "I just want to ask you, can you do it?"
Is this something that can be done? Wu Chang said in confusion: "Zhao Xiongge, are you kidding me? How could he be your son?"
Zhao Xiongge: "Is it possible that I should report this to you in advance?"
Wu Chang stared at him, "The age doesn't match up! How many years has it been since the saint died?"
Zhao Xiongge: "It's not between me and the saint. Drinking..." Staring at the traces of alcohol after the broken wine gourd on his hand, "Sometimes things do go wrong."
Wu Chang was cautious, "Your son was raised in a small mountain village?"
Zhao Xiongge: "You didn't force him? Do I dare to show it to you? Later, when I saw him growing up, I finally made the decision and wanted to place him in the Shangqing Sect. At that time, I entrusted him to Dongguo Haoran. Who knows that Dongguo Haoran has not yet
He was able to escape safely. The serious injuries he suffered were caused by someone you sent, right?"
Wu Chang neither admitted nor denied, staring at him.
Zhao Xiongge glanced at him sideways and continued: "Why do you think Dong Guo Haoran suddenly went to Xiaomiao Village to collect Niu Youdao's disciple? Dong Guo Haoran rushed to Xiaomiao Village originally to find Yuan Gang, but who knew that Xiaomiao Village
They happened to be raided and robbed by bandits, and the surviving people hid somewhere. Dongguo Haoran was seriously injured again, and he no longer had the energy to look for it. He happened to meet Niu Youdao, and Niu Youdao went to the Shangqing Sect."
"I originally wanted to entrust Yuan Gang to Tang Mu, but something happened to Tang Mu. There are some things that other than Dongguo Haoran and Tang Mu should not be allowed to know about other people in the Shangqing Sect, so this matter has been shelved for the time being."
"Why do you think Niu Youdao brought Yuan Gang out after that? Why didn't he bring anyone else but Yuan Gang? Why did he treat Yuan Gang as a brother? That was also my order to Niu Youdao. Why did I help Maolu later?
Villa? It’s also because of this.”
It was reasonable. Although Wu Chang didn't say anything, he felt that some doubts had been cleared up in his heart.
But not all doubts have been solved. I asked: "Did Yuan Gang's weird horizontal kung fu come from the magic book?"
Zhao Xiongge shook his head: "The magic books are full of crooked methods. How could I teach them to my son? The most important thing is that Yuan Gang was born not suitable for practice, and there are some things that he cannot practice. The horizontal kung fu he practiced came from me.
A set of body-building techniques for mortals that I saw from the Saint."
"Suddenly something happened to the Shangqing Sect. Both senior brothers were dead and it was no longer convenient to entrust him to the Shangqing Sect. So I concealed my identity and found him. I passed on the set of Henglian Kung Fu to him as a passerby. I originally hoped that he would
If he can strengthen his body and have more self-protection ability, I didn't expect that he would be able to develop some unexpected tricks later on."
After Wu Chang heard this, his eyes slowly moved. Since he had set up a trap against Niu Youdao earlier, he naturally knew some information about Niu Youdao and Yuan Gang.
According to some information, Dongguo Haoran was indeed seriously injured and went to Xiaomiao Village. He had no choice but to accept Niu Youdao. The mountain village boy then took a corpse to Shangqing Sect alone. This shows that Dongguo Haoran
At that time, I had no choice but to make a last resort choice.
And Xiaomiao Village was indeed ransacked by bandits before Dong Guo Haoran arrived.
There is also Yuan Gang, who indeed started to change after Niu Youdao went to Shangqing Sect. He actually got the idea and began to practice the art of physical fitness. I bet Zhao Xiongge was behind this.
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No wonder he did not hesitate to expose his relationship with Niu Youdao but also helped Maolu Villa deal with the crisis. In the end, he was doing it for his son.
As everyone knows, these are all carefully woven by Niu Youdao for Zhao Xiongge.
Who is Niu Youdao? A sudden rise is not a vegetarian. There will be no loopholes in carefully woven things, and they will definitely be useful.
Zhao Xiongge's mouth was full of helplessness, but he was really helpless in his heart. He cursed Niu Youdao so many times, but he actually gave birth to a son like this!
Wu Chang felt cheerful in his heart, but he kept saying, "The saint is dead, and Niu Youdao is also dead. How can I believe you if you find two people who died without any evidence?"
Zhao Xiongge: "What other proof is needed? When I say this, don't you know what I'm going to do?"
Wu Chang tried to ask: "Do you want to exchange the magic book?"
Zhao Xiongge looked back at him, his eyes firm, and said word by word: "You save my son, and I will give you the magic book, okay or not?"
Wu Chang remained silent for a while, looking into the distance.
In normal times, there would definitely be no problem, but now, it would be difficult for him to agree to it. Even if he had said it earlier, it would have been easier. Now Yuan Gang has killed Lu Wushuang's disciple, and the Nine Saints have also reached an agreement. What should he do?
To save?
Of course, he also knew that under normal circumstances, if this incident had not happened to Yuan Gang, Zhao Xiongge would not have begged him, and he would not have known this secret.
After thinking about it again and again, he turned back and said, "I have to confirm the authenticity of the grimoire first."
Zhao Xiongge shook his head: "Wuchang, we have known each other for so many years. What a good thing you are. Do you think I will believe your lies? Don't worry, unless what the saint gave me is false. In short, as long as you save people,
What I gave you must have been given to me by the saint. With your strength and power, you can save people and kill people. How can you not know whether something is true or false after you get it? I don’t need to play any tricks with you!"
Wu Chang simply made it clear, "This matter is not easy to handle. Your son killed Lu Wushuang's disciple and is now under joint custody..." At this point, he couldn't help but look Zhao Xiongge up and down again.
Not to mention, the father and son may not look alike in appearance, but their personalities are really similar.
Back then, Zhao Xiongge was tortured and refused to confess, and the same is true for Yuan Gang now. Faced with such threats, suffering and pressure, it is really not a coincidence that he can be so stubborn. It seems that like father, like son.
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He already believed that Yuan Gang was Zhao Xiongge's son. It was one thing for the lies that Niu Youdao had spun to match, and his willingness to give up the magic book in exchange was even more ironclad. If it weren't for saving his own son, Wu Chang didn't believe that this man could get the
Come out of the grimoire.
Zhao Xiongge: "I just heard about this and knew that he was in dire straits, otherwise why would he come to you? Do you agree? If you don't agree, even if I die, you will never get the magic book!"