No one dared to move, not even the women on the beach. Even the many petrels that were originally chasing after the big ship on the sea felt the terrifying aura of death, and made shrill cries one after another, and then stayed away from the sea.
.
With a grunt, the high priest swallowed hard.
It was very quiet on the beach, but the sound of his swallowing was very loud.
The high priest did not dare not answer Mo Zong's question. He did not want to tell the truth, but looking at Mo Zong's calm and majestic face at this time and thinking about this man's murderous methods, he did not dare to lie and deceive the other party.
Faced with this person's majesty, he felt that it was impossible for him to lie without any flaws and not be noticed by the other party.
"More than ten years ago, a terrifying cultivator from Middle-earth like you came to Xingzhou." His body trembled slightly, he lowered his head and said truthfully: "He gave the temple some
Cultivation methods and magic weapons, but in return, he asked us to help him find something."
The demon sect raised his eyebrows slightly. This answer was beyond his expectation. However, he didn't say anything. He just glanced at the priest and motioned for him to continue.
After he really opened his mouth, this kind of statement seemed to be no longer so difficult. The high priest continued: "The man wanted us to help him find an iron coffin. He said that the iron coffin should be sunk in the deep sea, but
We couldn't be sure where it was. Naturally, we wanted to be careful to please this person, so we asked about the approximate location where the iron coffin sank. We thought that even if the ship transporting the iron coffin sank in a storm, we would at least know the location of the sunken ship.
, and it would be easier to search. However, the man said that he only knew that there was one such iron coffin that sank in the sea far away from the Middle-earth continent, and that it was an ancient object that sank hundreds of thousands of years ago. The iron coffin was not found in the sea water.
Durable, we said at that time that it would not take hundreds of years, even decades, in the deep sea. I am afraid that this iron coffin would have decayed into mud long ago. How could we find it? But the man said that this iron coffin is for the whole body.
Made of meteorite iron, it will not decay at all even if it has been in the sea for thousands of years. It was specially made by the person who buried the coffin in order to sink it in the deep sea. We then understood that he was looking for a special person from his predecessors.
For the coffin buried at sea, we still thought at the time that we were looking for an iron coffin that might exist in a storybook? Those things that were hundreds and thousands of years ago can only exist in the records of books, but who knows the records of books?
Is it true or not? Especially meteorite iron is so rare. It is impossible to build an iron coffin with meteorite iron like that. But we see that the man is determined, so naturally we don’t dare to question it, and we don’t dare to deal with it casually. It’s true.
He has arranged for many people to search the sea area for years. All we want is to tell us that we have done our best and he will not make things difficult for us. And the more we do our best, he may also give us something.
More benefits. This person does things just as we imagined. He himself also knows that the possibility of success is extremely slim. At first, he would come once every two years, but then it would come once every few years, and most recently it was only
Three years ago. But every time he comes, he will give us some benefits, so this search has not stopped."
The Demon Sect listened very carefully.
His expression did not change, but many words in these stories made him easily smell the meaning of the You Dynasty.
As for the iron coffin made entirely of meteorite iron, it is easily reminiscent of Emperor You's coffin.
In addition to the descendants of Emperor You, the white-robed monk who was killed by him, and the young practitioner who did not know life and death but was superior to the descendants of Emperor You who were killed by him, he did not need to think too much.
I feel like there is an obvious connection.
"The practitioner who asked you to find this iron coffin is a monk?" He looked at the high priest and said.
This high priest is not stupid. He can become one of the top people in the Xingzhou area. Perhaps it can be said that he is extremely smart. The Demon Sect just asked him this question calmly. His heart trembled and he suddenly thought of something.
possible.
He knows very well that even in the distant Middle-earth continent, practitioners are not everywhere. Terrible practitioners like the man in front of him are also the top existences in the world. People like him will not arrive here for no reason.
.
Could it be that the other party also came here to find such an iron coffin?
He did not dare to raise his head to let Mo Zong see his eyes, but immediately replied: "It's not a monk, that person is a strong man in his forties."
"You said that the man came here three years ago, so now you say that the iron coffin has really been found?" Mo Zong looked at the sparse hair on his head and asked calmly.
"We did not find the iron coffin directly, but we found two unusual buildings built on the seabed."
The high priest said: "The news came the day before yesterday that two minaret were discovered in the trench less than a hundred miles away from here. The two minaret are very majestic, and they are built on the seabed. They cannot be built by human beings.
.Before this, the practitioner who asked us to look for the iron coffin also said that the iron coffin may not simply sink on the seabed, but may be placed in a special tomb. If you think about it, the two spires are only
Only strong people like you from Middle-earth can build it."
"Except for you, do the rest of you know about this?" Mo Zong nodded and looked at the other black-clothed priests behind him.
"I made sure there were no lies."
The high priest raised his head, glanced at the shepherdess behind the Demon Sect, and said, "If you don't believe me, you can ask her. She also knows about the practitioner's visit and the search for the temple over the years."
Mo Zong smiled and said: "I asked them, not you."
The expression on the high priest's face froze instantly, and an endless chill suddenly came into his heart.
"I know."
"I know too."
Two priests in black spoke out.
The Demon Sect's eyes fell on the two black-clothed priests who were trembling a little, "Then you also know the specific locations of those two spires?"
"I know." The two priests in black nodded.
This seemed to be just a simple conversation, but the high priest felt an even more piercing chill. He had a premonition of what was about to happen, and looked at the Demon Sect with some surprise and fear.
The sky suddenly became brighter at this time.
"Why!"
The high priest was sure of what was going to happen next. He let out an incomprehensible voice of grief and anger, and the true energy in the sea of qi burst out wildly without hesitation.
The small skull in his hand disappeared in an instant and disappeared to nowhere.
But at this moment, a force that he could not resist had suppressed him and exploded directly in his body.
boom!
There was a weird roar in his body, followed by countless harsh sounds of bones breaking.
He fell softly towards the ground, and even when his body fell to the ground, he didn't make any sound like the other people before.
But his whole body seemed to have turned into a puddle of mud, with blood and broken organs constantly pouring out of his mouth and nose.
A horrifying scream sounded on the beach.
Many women lost the strength to stand and fell to the ground. They did not dare to look at the high priest.
There was a soft pop sound.
But the little skull showed its figure, and it landed on the back of the demon sect. A strange light penetrated into the demon sect's body, but in just this moment, the skull lost all its glory.
, rolled to the ground.
"Why do you still want to kill him?" The shepherdess' face was also extremely pale. She resisted the urge to vomit and asked the Demon Sect with some difficulty.
Mo Zong laughed to himself.
He had many reasons for killing this man, and he didn't need to explain them.
But he still rarely answered this question seriously. He said softly: "Because I need to kill him to gain more power, and... there seems to be no reason for this, because if I am weaker than him, at the beginning I will
He is already dead with you. Only people like you will feel that he has answered some of my questions seriously and that he has nothing to do with what he has done before."
The shepherdess lowered her head and did not look at the miserable condition of the high priest. Thinking of the Demon Sect saying that she was too stupid before, she became even more unable to refute.
"Do you have any way to contact the practitioner who asked you to find the iron coffin?"
The Demon Sect said nothing more to her, but looked at the remaining priests in black and asked.
"We don't have it. I don't know if the Holy Master has it." A priest in black replied.
Just saying this, the black-clothed priest seemed to have exhausted all the strength in his body, almost collapsed, and a large amount of cold sweat broke out all over his body.
"Do you have any means of quickly communicating with Xingzhou and the Holy Lord you mentioned?" Demon Sect then asked.
"have."
The priest in black did not dare to wipe the sweat from his face, "We have seabirds that can quickly deliver letters to Xingzhou just like your carrier pigeons in Middle-earth."
The Demon Sect glanced at him and said, "Tell you Holy Lord, I want him to prepare the portrait of the Middle-earth cultivator you mentioned, and also ask him to collect the elixir that can replenish the true energy in Xingzhou.
I want him to send a letter as soon as possible and tell me whether he can contact the Middle-earth cultivator. And... you tell him, whether he can survive and continue to be the Holy Lord of Xingzhou depends on his efficiency in doing things.
.”
"Walk."
After saying those few words, he nodded to the shepherdess, then looked at the black-clothed priests who dared not move, and said, "Take me to where the two spires are."
….
All the remaining priests in black boarded the ship again, and no one paid attention to the body of the high priest in black.
In the eyes of all the women in that village and everyone on the ship, Mo Zong was the kind of weirdo who didn't like to talk too much and would kill someone if they disagreed, but not to the Shepherdess.
In fact, except for today, the Shepherdess has always felt that Mo Zong is a very patient person and likes to talk.
She followed the Demon Sect onto the boat, turned around and saw the bodies of the black-clad priests on the beach, and finally there was some unbearability in her eyes again. She said softly to the Demon Sect: "Actually, I am not begging for mercy for them. This person
The High Priest... When I was exiled here, I also wanted to kill him, but I always felt that it was never good to use too cruel a method. I..."
She didn't think the Demon Sect was scary, but she just didn't know how to express what she wanted to express most. When she said this, she hesitated for a moment and then said: "I just don't want you to become like them."
Mo Zong glanced at her helplessly, but he fell into a rare silence for no reason.
He was relaxed at this moment. It was a rare moment of relaxation since he began to escape from the Holy Sect of Light.
But he had this feeling often after living on this island.
He was very relaxed when talking to her.
Because he is very relaxed and does not need any cover-up.
"Don't be upset, I don't mean to accuse you." Seeing him not speaking for a while, the shepherdess became a little uneasy.
Mo Zong couldn't help but shook his head, laughed, and said: "I'm not unhappy. In fact, I'm certainly not the same person as them. How can they compare to me?"
The shepherdess was slightly startled. She looked at Mo Zong's smile, and suddenly the gloomy feeling dissipated a lot. She couldn't help but smile, "You are not humble at all."
"People like me have no need for humility."
Demon Sect looked at her and said: "Actually, if in our Southern Dynasty or Northern Wei Dynasty, if practitioners of their level offended me, I'm afraid they would die even more ugly than they are now without me taking action."
The shepherdess looked into his calm and majestic eyes and asked, "What kind of person are you where you are?"
"They should be enemies in the world. Everyone should want me to die, but they can't seem to kill me." Demon Sect said calmly.
The shepherdess looked at him, hesitated for a moment, and said softly with great seriousness: "I don't want you to die."
Mo Zong turned his head and saw many women walking over on the beach.
Many of the women who had cursed the shepherdess and him the most before were among them. The hands of these women were full of sea ducks, dried fish and other items.
Looking at these women, there was an imperceptible sarcastic smile on Mo Zong's lips.
He knew that the Shepherdess said this sincerely, but if he and the Shepherdess had met at different times and places, maybe her thoughts at this time would be different, but the most important thing is that people like the Shepherdess
There are few, but there are many people like these women in the world.
If he had landed on this island or in this village that day, perhaps these women would not only not have been able to save him, but they might even have thrown him back into the sea.
…
The sailing ship of Xingzhou was not fast on the sea. Mo Zong changed into clean clothes, ate some fresh fruits that he had never seen before, and then asked the shepherdess. After he found out that the shepherdess was not lying,
The question I wanted to ask was: "Do you still want to practice practice again?"
The shepherdess said, "It seems I don't want to."
Mo Zong noticed that she did not hesitate when answering this question, and seemed to casually say the answer that she had already determined in her heart. He couldn't help but be curious and said: "Why?"
"It is of no use to me. Starting to practice again and becoming different from ordinary people does not seem to be of any benefit. On the contrary, it will cause more troubles." The shepherdess looked at the sea and said softly: "I have thought about it before,
It would be great if I could just herd sheep on that island peacefully without anyone bothering me."
Mo Zong nodded, and then asked a serious question, "I will go back to the Southern Dynasties and Northern Wei Dynasties. Do you want to come with me to see them?"
"Let me think."
This was a question that the shepherdess had never thought about before. She really thought about it for a long time before she answered Mo Zong, "I still don't want it. If possible, you can ask them to leave this island for me and let me stay here quietly."
.”
Before Mo Zong asked her why she made such a choice, she looked at Mo Zong and answered by herself, "You said that people there want to kill you. I don't want to see you forced to kill countless people who want to kill you."
I don’t want to see you killed either.”
"If you think it is meaningful to come back to see me, I will stay here. You can come back whenever you want to come back to talk to me." The shepherdess looked at him and laughed.
She smiled sincerely.
She and Mo Zong have not known each other for a long time, but she saved Mo Zong, and what happened next here made Mo Zong very aware that she was taking a huge risk by saving him.
The relationship between her and the Demon Sect may have nothing to do with the love between men and women, but for her, the Demon Sect is naturally her true friend.
She could feel that the Demon Sect considered her very important, and to her, this traveler in a foreign land was also very important.
Mo Zong nodded.
This time he didn't think the shepherdess was stupid.
"Did you come here especially for that iron coffin?"
The shepherdess thought of the Middle-earth cultivator who came to Xingzhou more than ten years ago. She thought that the demon sect was very anxious to know the appearance of that cultivator, so she felt that she should tell the demon what she knew as much as possible.
Zong, may be very useful to him.
"no."
Mo Zong shook his head, "I came to the sea to hunt down an enemy. That person was far inferior to me, but he might surpass me in the future. I found him at sea, but there was also a powerful practitioner beside him.
, although I severely injured him, I don’t know if he is dead or not. My true energy was too depleted, so I was swept up on your island by the storm. But that iron coffin should be related to my enemy."
As soon as he started talking to the shepherdess and learned the language of the Xingzhou area, he guessed what the other person meant through their expressions and gestures, so he could easily see what the shepherdess was thinking at this time, and he also felt that the shepherdess
It would be nice if the woman knew more, "In our Middle-earth continent, there once was an exceptionally powerful dynasty. The emperors of that dynasty were so powerful that no one in future generations could match them. It can be said that no matter how powerful the practitioners in the future are,
It is absolutely impossible to surpass him. Because during the period when he ruled that dynasty, he even exhausted the rare treasures in the entire Middle-earth continent. Many years later, his rule was finally overthrown and he was killed, but he
His subordinates still felt that he could be reborn relying on his skills and treasures, so many of his subordinates secretly buried his remains and treasures during their escape. There were many arrangements, perhaps due to the arrangements he made during his lifetime.
.It’s just that after the powerful dynasty was wiped out, many people had different ideas and wills, so the emperor was not resurrected in the end. Many of his arrangements were destroyed, and the coffins containing his corpse and treasures were constantly excavated.
Come out. His descendants, as well as many people who obtained his skills and treasures, have become the strongest practitioners in Middle-earth. Even I got one without knowing it at first.
The treasures related to him. The enemy I am chasing can be said to be the descendant of that emperor, and the Middle-earth cultivator you mentioned should also be related to this emperor. The iron coffin he is looking for should be
It is also one of the emperor’s coffins.”
"That man is very scary. Some of the methods of controlling objects later in our temple were taught by him. He can control any object." The shepherdess listened carefully, then looked at the Demon Sect and said.
The Demon Sect frowned slightly, "Control any objects? Controlling objects is a very crude method in the world of our practitioners. Because of the poor combination of true energy and the excessive loss of true energy, it has long been abandoned. But it can be
To control all things, his true essence may be different from ordinary practitioners."
"The water flow, falling flowers, and even the fish swimming in the water seem to be like the flying sword you mentioned. They can be easily controlled by him and turned into his murderous weapon." The shepherdess said, "This man first came to the star.
When he was on the continent, he also randomly killed a few practitioners who dared to offend him. After that, the temple seemed to surrender to him. He passed on some of the temple's cultivation methods and gave him several magical weapons, including the skull used by the high priest.
It is also one of them, but the most powerful magic weapon he gave to the temple is now in the hands of the Holy Lord. Through that magic weapon, it is easy to control gold and iron objects, and it is also easy to break many practitioners' control over gold and iron.
The messenger of iron things."
After saying these words, she was afraid that the demon sect would not understand enough, so she continued to explain: "The practitioner from your Middle-earth continent can control any object, but the method he passed on to the temple, after we practice it,
When almost everyone controls objects, most of the objects that are compatible with their own energy are gold and iron, so the Holy Master who owns this magical weapon can be said to be the nemesis of all temple practitioners."
"This is a method used by many powerful people in our place. To support a puppet, but to avoid the trouble of supporting the puppet after the puppet is overthrown, so we usually give him the only method. For this puppet
, it can not only satisfy his vanity, but also make him have the illusion that he is the real owner of this place." Mo Zong looked at her and said, "It can only destroy and control the combination of the practitioner's true energy and gold and iron.
, even if this magical artifact is with us, it is definitely not a mortal object. So far, most of the magical artifacts in our world of practitioners are made of gold and iron."
"I have seen that magic weapon. It is just a decorative buckle. In your country, it is a decorative buckle that some people use to tie their belts when they wear clothes." The shepherdess stretched out her hands and spoke seriously.
The Demon Sect gestured to the appearance of the magic weapon, "After this thing was given to the Holy Lord, he hung it on his chest as a pendant."
Demon Sect looked at her serious gestures and could easily imagine the specific appearance of that thing. He couldn't help but smile and said: "This is indeed what our Middle-earth men would use to tighten their waists."
The buckle used for the belt, but with such powerful characteristics, I am afraid that this thing can only come from the dynasty I mentioned. If this thing was not used by the invincible emperor at that time, it was also used by several of his princes.
.”
Seeing his smile, the shepherdess was completely relieved and said: "Looking at your appearance, you don't think this magic weapon is powerful, so even the practitioner who came to our star continent back then.
Wouldn’t he be your opponent?”
"No, among all my enemies, no one is more important than the young man I told you I was chasing." Mo Zong thought for a while and said calmly: "I have considered it carefully before.
Based on the methods of the young man and the monk who accompanied him, I think the monk wanted to wait for the young man to grow strong enough at sea. But based on what I know now, I doubt that the monk took this with him.
The young man wandering around the sea may have something to do with this iron coffin. As for the person you mentioned, he may be related to the monk. Maybe he wants to secretly find this iron coffin before the monk and the young man.
Iron coffin."
The shepherdess was really not stupid. She thought for a while and said, "So you suspect that this man, like the monk and the others, is also a descendant of the emperor you mentioned. Maybe he should surrender to that young man, but he
But he had other ideas and wanted to find this iron coffin secretly."
Demon Sect nodded and said: "The more powerful a person is, the less they want to be dependent on others, let alone handing over the fruits they have worked so hard to pick to others. Many people will not be willing to surrender for the so-called mission.
.When many people are not strong enough, they will be loyal enough to get the skills that make them strong. In my opinion, I am afraid this is also the reason why this emperor was not resurrected and his descendants were never able to conquer the world.
.”
The shepherdess became more and more curious, "Do you know what is in that iron coffin?"
"I don't know, but I think it might be very useful even for me."
Mo Zong looked at her, laughed with some emotion, and said softly: "No Ji Tai Lai... In my life, I have been close to real death several times, but after I survived the hardship, I can often get benefits. I hope
This time is no exception."
The shepherdess whispered sincerely: "Good people will have good luck. Maybe you are the one truly favored by God."
To Mo Zong, this sentence is more like a sincere blessing.
As for good guys or bad guys, he didn't want to discuss this issue with her.
…
For the black-clad priests and boatmen on the ship, this voyage was extremely long.
Fortunately, the voyage finally approached its destination.
On the seemingly calm sea, dozens of small boats have been moored. Seeing this boat approaching, warning sounds rang out from these small boats. Soon, a small boat even approached quickly to signal this boat.
The ship should not continue to move forward.
These black-clothed priests were very nervous. They were afraid that if the Demon Sect was unhappy, they would be instantly turned into corpses like the high priests, but the Demon Sect knew the reason earlier than they did.
In his perception, the sea area seemed very calm, but just a few feet below the surface were criss-crossed reefs. It was impossible for a large ship to pass through these reefs with its draft.
But compared to these reefs, what is even more terrifying is the rapids under the reefs.
At this time, he could easily sense that the undercurrents under the reefs were very fast and powerful.
"You guys come with me."
He didn't like to talk too much about these black priests. He just said this sentence, and he and the shepherdess disappeared on this big ship.
The people on the small boat that came to meet him hadn't reacted yet. They only felt that two more people were on the small boat as their eyes flashed.
These black-clothed priests saw that the Demon Sect had gone ahead, and they shouted eagerly. When other small boats were called by them, they also jumped directly from the big ship, and shouted to these small boats to hurry up and follow the Demon Sect in front.
.
No one dares to talk nonsense.
The boat passed these reefs and stopped.
"We can't go any further. If we go any further, the whole boat will be swallowed up." On a nearby boat, a priest in black from the temple, who had arrived here earlier, said with a trembling voice.
Before the big ship arrived, the black-clothed priest on the big ship had also sent the message, and all the people in the temple here already knew how terrifying the Demon Sect was.
"That place looks like a small whirlpool, but it's actually a huge whirlpool underground, and its attraction is very strange. And if you have some iron objects on your body, you can easily be sucked in directly."
The black-clothed priest continued to speak.
Before his words rang out, Demon Sect's eyes had already rested on the whirlpool he was talking about.
There was a small whirlpool on the sea dozens of feet away from his boat.
This vortex is like a small whirlpool created by children stirring it up with their hands in a wooden basin.
But just as the black-clothed priest said, this small whirlpool is like the spire of a huge pagoda.
In the Demon Sect's perception, a huge whirlpool had already appeared.
This whirlpool is formed by countless undercurrents coming from the reef, just like a real mountain constantly rotating in the sea.
What's even more astonishing is that in the center of this vortex, there stand two spiers that are at least a hundred feet high.
The two spiers are square cones. The two spiers are side by side and not connected. They are about twenty feet apart. However, the Demon Sect can sense that there is a unique magnetic force and a force that seems to be pushed by this magnetic force.
The pillars are constantly being generated in the whirlpool, and then they are constantly rushing into the position near the bottom of one of the spires, and then rushing out from the bottom of that spire, rushing into the other spire, and then disappearing.
"Don't come over here."
"Wait for me here."
He just paused for a few breaths and then said these two sentences.
The first sentence was spoken to the priests in black, and the second sentence was spoken to the shepherdess.
He did not say any more words, because he knew that these black priests would be more in awe of him and would take better care of the shepherdess.
After saying these two sentences, he left the boat and walked forward.
In front of him was the sea, with a whirlpool not far away.
But when his feet landed on the sea, there were only slight ripples.
Everyone's eyes widened.
Demon Sect walked on the sea, leaving faint ripples behind him.
He walked until he was in front of the small whirlpool and then stopped.
What makes these black-clothed priests even more awed is that there seems to be no fluctuation of vitality in his body at all, and his body does not seem to be consuming any real energy at all. (To be continued)