Three blue golden pythons

Lu Yinche felt like he was about to faint from anger.

When he was young and energetic - of course, he would never admit that he was old-fashioned now - his close friends such as Gong Jin from Chenhua Valley always liked to tease him about his "childish nature".

Over the years, he always felt that he had made some progress, but he was always hit hard by the fickleness of fate.

Lu Denghe seemed honest and answered whatever was asked. I don't think he would dare to lie in front of me.

The rise and fall of aristocratic families is common sense. Flowers bloom and fall, and who can guarantee eternal prosperity? Hearing that the Qichuan Lu family has fallen to this point, Lu Yinche was surprised, but he could still understand.

But he was not a stupid person and he immediately smelled something strange.

There is a huge time difference here.

He clearly remembered that when he was in seclusion five hundred years ago, the person who came to see him off was his uncle Lu Mingyuan, the 27th generation clan leader.

But according to this kid, about a hundred years later, "Lu Yinche" caused the Tianmu Incident, and the incident happened again three hundred years ago, and he was seriously injured and went into seclusion. The patriarch of the Lu family who spoke out at that time was the 31st generation.

The two retreats took place approximately two hundred years apart, so the time difference is simply incompatible.

Either he had forgotten his memory for two hundred years and mistook this serious injury for the one he suffered during his retreat five hundred years ago; or someone was so audacious that he pretended to be him and did evil, and ended up getting into trouble and implicating the real person.

He would never believe the first guess. How could he be so persistent in getting together with that Yan guy and be willing to be the one below him?

Just thinking about it in my mind makes me spit three times and shout that children's words are innocent.

But the second guess has a fatal logical flaw -

Is Sword Saint Feng Ling such an easy person to deceive?

That guy is a sword fanatic, but not an idiot.

Even if he wasn't familiar with me, he wouldn't be so blind to disguises and possession. How could someone impersonate me perfectly for hundreds of years right under his nose?

unless……

An outrageous thought flashed through Lu Yinche’s mind: Unless it was that Yan himself who was behind this!

Looking at his awe-inspiring, sage-like demeanor, he looked like the mastermind behind all this. He must have been jealous of my popularity and friends, and had developed a demonic mind, taking advantage of my seclusion to orchestrate this spree of robbery and plunder, while he himself gained the reputation of being pure and innocent, a man who sacrificed his relatives for the sake of justice!

Bad! Very bad!

Lu Denghe, limping, carefully observed the changing expressions of his "notorious" ancestor, hesitating, "Um, ancestor, where are we going?"

"Let's get out of this forest first." Lu Yinche found him amusing in observing the cubs. He put his fingers together to form a sword, using his sword energy to split the thorns in front of him. A golden lotus blossomed at the end. "What about you? Are you going back to Qichuan's ancestral land?"

Lu Denghe was in great conflict. Just going back like this would be too much of a loss.

Suddenly, he remembered that the person next to him was Patriarch Lu Yinche, the number one person in Guixu who was famous in the past. In this regard, he was one step faster than Sword Saint Feng Ling in breaking through the realm.

When the news of the two people's contract came out earlier, everyone quarreled and bet on who was more powerful and who would be the one on top. The ancestor said "do zero for love", and countless people lost all their money.

Lu Yinche was a little wary of his eyes: "What are you thinking about, with such a silly smile on your face."

Lu Denghe chuckled twice, confirming his silly smile: "Ancestor——"

Lu Yinche kept walking and waved his hand behind him: "If you have something to say, just say it."

Lu Denghe followed him with a shy face, limping around fallen branches and asking, "Ancestor, what will happen after we leave? Are you going to go and cause trouble for that Master Zhengyu? He's so bold, he dared to take your magic weapon. He must be tired of living!"

Lu Yinche was puzzled: "I've already retrieved Qishu and killed the person, why are you picking on them?"

Lu Denghe thought to himself that this was not the time to leave any hope for others. He didn't want to see the haunted house again in the future, so he should hold on tight and cut the grass at its roots.

He said, "The death of a cultivator, with the style of the demonic cultivators in the Ghost Cave being even more demonic than the demonic cultivators, most people will not take it seriously. But what if someone comes to you to ask for the treasure and ruin your reputation?"

"Didn't you say I already have a reputation for killing people and stealing treasures? It's not that bad." Lu Yinche turned around and gave him a self-deprecating smile. "You just said that that idiot Feng Ling pierced my Danying with a sword. If I really ran into someone powerful, I wouldn't be able to withstand a few beatings. It's better not to provoke them."

Lu Denghe was stunned.

He saw that the ancestor attacked fiercely, but he had no idea that the other party was actually seriously injured and had not recovered.

Lu Yinche really didn't lie to him.

Since coming out of seclusion, his Dantian was a mess, his sea of ​​consciousness was more than half destroyed, and he couldn't even squeeze in his spiritual energy. However, he could rely on his past foundation to skip the process of converting the energy and directly use the external energy. It was smooth, but he was unsure, afraid of being hit and having his energy cut off.

Look, even killing a golden elixir requires the use of the Seven Special Towers, which was unimaginable in the past.

Unfortunately, that thing wasn't originally intended for this purpose. It was a product of a concept he and his pen pal had developed about "the Way of Heaven," and it could only be described as a simple imitation. When it encountered something it felt shouldn't be killed, it was so silent it could bring a man to tears.

Gong Jin had laughed at him back then, saying, "Are you still discussing how to uphold justice with someone you've never met? Oh, you've even given birth to a child, but it's a pity that he's mentally retarded."

At that time, Lu Yinche just rolled his eyes in response.

If his Naruto sword was with him——

At this time, Lu Denghe said, "Wherever the ancestor goes, I will go. Do you need a follower to help you massage your shoulders and hold your shoes? Or polishing swords is fine. I am the best at polishing swords. Where is your Mingye sword? I will polish it for you!"

He immediately looked around for the ancestor's Mingye sword. That was a magical weapon, but he had never seen it. Did the ancestor think that it was useless to kill a chicken and put it away?

Seeing that he was talking about things that were irrelevant to the topic, Lu Yinche was speechless.

In his heart, he silently sensed his natal spirit sword, which was in tune with his thoughts, but it still showed no reaction, just like when he first came out of seclusion.

Lu Denghe continued, "I've heard people say that a sword cultivator's sword isn't really a sword, and that only by treating the sword as one's wife can one achieve unity between man and sword. Is this true?"

"I don't know," Lu Yinche replied lifelessly, "I'm not a swordsman."

I don’t have a wife either.

No, it seems like there is a Taoist companion.

Yan Yanshu's face flashed before his eyes uncontrollably.

Then, an extremely faint, yet incomparably clear throbbing came from the depths of his soul—as if some supreme will gently plucked the line of cause and effect, an unquestionable guidance, clearly pointing to the west.

Heaven's response?

Lu Yinche suddenly stopped and paused to carefully sense the faint but extremely clear guidance.

It should be in Yaocheng.

What does this mean? I have to be in Yaocheng? Or should my sword be in Yaocheng?

When will the problems of people who are riddled with problems caused by the Way of Heaven be cured?

However, it can be considered as a pillow for someone who is sleepy.

It's a bit like, um, the pillow that Yan handed over.

Lu Yinche suppressed his wild thoughts and said to Lu Denghe, "I'm going to Yaocheng next."

Lu Denghe knew this place. It was one of the important towns in Xizhou, named after the ancient Queen Mother who hosted a banquet for the immortals there.

So, he was a little curious: "Old Ancestor, are you going to attend the Queen Mother's Banquet? I heard that this year's Queen Mother's Banquet is being prepared with extra grandeur, with seventeen days of banquets, singing and dancing, and a seven-day auction with rare treasures."

Lu Yinche thought for a moment and dug out relevant information from his memory.

The Lord of Yao City continued the tradition and held the "Queen Mother's Banquet" every twenty years, inviting famous families from all over the world. At its peak, it was very famous and no one was absent.

Is it still there today?

He shook his head. "No, I don't have an invitation. But if you let me see your face, I can get in."

He smiled meaningfully.

Lu Denghe swallowed his saliva and complained in his heart, "Forget it. I don't want to put you, the most wanted criminal of the Immortal Alliance, in jail."

He sighed, "It's all the Immortal Alliance's fault. They had to launch some sort of rehabilitative operation to try to improve their political performance."

Lu Yinche didn't comment, only saying, "I have other things to do. If you want to follow me, then follow me."

Lu Denghe naturally had no objection.

That's right, he didn't know how long he had been locked up in the ghost cave. When he came out, he couldn't even tell what time it was or which directions were east, south, west or north. Maybe the Queen Mother's Banquet had already ended!

They walked for a long time, and finally, the view in front of them became wider. A stream passed by, with gurgling ripples on its surface.

Although there was still endless dense forest in the distance, the mountain here was exposed. On the gray-brown rock, there was a dark hole as big as a city gate, slanting downwards and deep into the ground.

"What is this? It's scary." Lu Denghe felt that there was an ominous aura coming from the cave entrance.

Lu Yinche didn't answer directly, but frowned: "The concentration of spiritual energy here is lower than other places. We can't stay here for long."

Although he said this, he did not move. His eyes swept along the stream and fixed on a bunch of silver-blue flowers by the water. He walked over, picked a few, and threw them to Lu Denghe: "Chew them and apply an incense stick." He noticed that Lu Denghe's legs were red and swollen.

Lu Denghe picked up a blade of grass and held it before his eyes, examining it. He had no idea what it was. Lu Yinche, assuming he was unwilling, scoffed, "Why, you want me to chew it for you myself?"

Don't scare people, Lu Denghe quickly said: "I dare not, I dare not." He stuffed the grass leaves into his mouth and spoke unclearly: "But there is no incense timer here..."

How did this child grow so big?

Lu Yinche found it funny: "Your legs won't break if you take too long, but I can't say for sure whether they will be eaten by something else."

He pointed to the hole and said, "It looks like there's a snake."

The ground shook at the perfect moment, and the roar of a wild beast, indistinct through the earth, yet fierce and shrill yet unmistakable, seemed to confirm this.

Lu Denghe:!

"Snake?" Lu Denghe was so frightened that he stumbled over even when he was sitting there peacefully. His face turned pale. "Ahhhhh, I'm most afraid of snakes!"

Lu Yinche was speechless, but the shaking of the earth suddenly intensified, and the roar was close at hand, as if a huge monster was about to break out of the ground in the next second.

He acted decisively, grabbed the man, picked him up and ran out.

Lu Denghe felt dizzy, the wind whistled in his ears, and the scenery was rapidly moving backwards. He whimpered and tried to say something.

Lu Yinche told him to shut up, but he cursed three times: "Didn't you say that the people in the ghost cave abused you? Why are you still so depressed!"

Lu Denghe suppressed his nausea and argued, "I can't be used as meat. I'm not something the Ghost Cave likes. They're planning to throw me to the Red Cave."

"What the hell is that place?"

"A place that deals in the flesh trade... Yue, I'm going to vomit!"

"If you dare to spit on me, you're dead!" Lu Yinche threatened.

Lu Denghe shuddered with fear, biting his lip tightly and swallowing back even a sob. The old ancestor's clamping position was extremely awkward. He felt like an upside-down sack, and the blood rushed to his head, making him feel extremely uncomfortable.

"Ancestor, are you used to carrying corpses? I'm a living person..."

Lu Yinche even had time to laugh at him: "Just bear with it. I carry everyone like this. You are the second living person. How rare."

Even as Lu Yinche tried his best to choose his direction, Lu Denghe's upside-down perspective still captured the horrifying sights along the way. In the dense forest, large swaths of trees had fallen, and deep gullies had formed on the ground. How huge a snake would it have to be to cause such horrific destruction?

Just as he was frightened, Lu Denghe suddenly caught a glimpse of a bright orange-yellow light shining through the woods ahead.

Did the sun fall?

“Ah————————there’s a snake!!!” When the “orange-yellow” suddenly became clear and turned into a huge, cold vertical pupil, Lu Denghe’s soul was almost scared away and he let out a series of heart-wrenching screams.

The giant python behind him sprang to life at the sound, its massive head swerving sharply. The azure-gold scales covering its massive head were covered in knotted, twisted, and hideous scars, as if it had been through countless battles.

Lu Denghe didn't want to be the scapegoat of its 101st battle at all.

"You idiot!" Lu Yinche shouted angrily, "This thing has lived underground for years, and its eyes have probably long since degenerated. It relies entirely on hearing and smell! Are you shouting like that because you're afraid it won't be able to find its target?"

Lu Denghe was so shocked that his face turned pale: "Then, what should we do?"

"What should we do?" Lu Yinche said angrily, "Let's see if the old man despises the little meat we have and whether to fill his teeth with it or not!"

Lu Denghe felt wronged: "You just complained about my sinking."

"Then you can feed the snakes!" After saying that, Lu Yinche showed no intention of surrendering. He spotted a sturdy old tree that several people could hug together, and with a sudden force of his arms, he tossed Lu Denghe from his armpit high up like a bag, and accurately hung him on a thick branch several feet above the ground. "Hold on!"

At the same time, Lu Yinche twisted his body sharply, and at the moment of landing, he put his fingers together like swords, and several sword intentions tore through the air and shot towards the huge snake head.

This giant python was indeed blind. It didn't even know how to dodge the bright white sword energy and was actually hit by three swords.

Lu Yinche had just mobilized all the surrounding energy to form a sword, and his meridians were a little painful. He used all his strength. The sword intent was extremely fierce, and it directly penetrated the giant python's scales and pierced its body, making it look like a weird hedgehog.

The giant python hissed and opened its huge mouth. Its pair of fangs were about as thick as an adult man's waist. The air was filled with a foul smell, the stench of necrotic flesh.

He was not afraid of the pain at all. Instead, he locked onto Lu Yinche's position using the sound of him landing on the ground.

Lu Yinche secretly cursed the man surnamed Yan for his bad behavior. If he hadn't been injured, would he have needed three sword strikes to deal with this beast?

Even Mingye doesn't want to kill such an unknown person!

He summoned the Seven Special Pagodas from his sleeve and asked in a low voice, but the magic weapon was only willing to open a defensive formation - "Heaven's Way" determined the life of this snake.

This is not a easy task.

Lu Yinche cursed inwardly at the broken tower for failing at the critical moment, but he could do nothing about it - the principle of Heaven was the foundation of Qishu, and the person controlling Qishu could only shut it down but could not force it in the slightest.

Looking at the giant sapphire python again, its movements are not restricted at all.

Lu Yinche felt something was wrong.

This snake has a majestic body and stretches for miles. Looking around, you can't even see the tail of the giant python within your sight. I'm afraid it's difficult to judge where the snake's weakest point is even according to common sense.

How could the rabbits and pheasants in ordinary forests support such a huge monster? It looks like an animal with only 200 years of bone age and has no intelligence.

Is it artificially fed?

Considering the sudden thinning of spiritual energy here and the raging罡气 now, a guess arose in Lu Yinche's mind.

It's probably been trapped here by some means. After years of being infused with pure energy, it has long been numb, and ordinary pain is not enough to scare it away.

This thing is pitiful, confused and without wisdom. It seems that it has no idea why it is in pain day and night. It just thinks it needs something to eat, so it comes out to look for food.

Then there must be a formation nearby that can restrain it!

Although Lu Yinche had sympathy, he could not be indecisive when risking his life.

He looked back at the ancient tree where Lu Denghe was, quickly mobilized the spiritual power around him, and used sword energy to strike the surrounding trees, making a sound, leading the giant python in the opposite direction.