Chapter 55: The Murdered Wife's Testimony (11)
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After leaving Lujia Village, Zhu Qingchen sat on the back of a crane with a sheepskin map in his hand.
It marked the approximate area of this world of cultivation, the direction of mountains and rivers, and the location of various sects.
The system asked: "Should we go directly to the Demon Abyss?"
Zhu Qingchen took a look at the map.
The Demon Abyss is in the bitter cold of the far north. Even if the system possessed a crane to send him there, it would still take four or five days to get there.
"Go slowly, don't rush, go to the Xiaoyao Gate in front first."
The system asked: "Are you tired? Do you want to go down and eat and drink again?"
"What do you mean by free food and drink?" Zhu Qingchen pulled its white fur, "The Xuantian Sect is rotten to the core. I'm heading north to see if other sects can be saved."
"I'm afraid it's difficult for me to strengthen the seal alone. It would be best if we can all work together. Now I just hope that other sects can keep their original intentions and not be like them."
"Oh." The system spread its wings and whispered, "Actually, you don't have to worry so much."
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "Huh?"
"Even if the protagonist top cannot seal the Demon Abyss, the protagonist bottom can do it. This is the rule of the world. They are the protagonists. Either the top or the bottom. You are not the protagonist. Just follow the plot. The world will not really be destroyed."
"How can I do that?" Zhu Qingchen said seriously, "That's my disciple, who just formed his Dan a few days ago. How can I leave such a dangerous task to him? Since you have arranged such a cultivation level and identity for me, I have to bear the corresponding responsibilities."
"Otherwise, if I use my status as an immortal to teach others, and I say a lot of great principles, but I can't do it myself, and my knowledge and actions cannot be unified, then what's the point?"
"Okay." The system couldn't persuade him and reminded him, "Xiaoyao Gate is right below. I'm going to land."
The wind blew towards him, and Zhu Qingchen hugged the crane's neck. The crane flew through the clouds and landed in front of the mountain gate of Xiaoyaomen.
Zhu Qingchen called out to a disciple who was patrolling the mountain and said, "My friend, please inform him that Zhu Qingchen wants to see the leader of Xiaoyao Sect."
He only reported his own name, but did not report the title of "Jade Purity Immortal Venerable". This was to hide his whereabouts and to test other sects.
See if they are like the Xuantian Sect, with their eyes full of hierarchy.
The patrol disciple glanced at him and nodded: "Okay, please wait here for a moment, I will go and inform the sect master." Zhu Qingchen bowed to him: "Thank you."
"You're welcome."
Zhu Qingchen first met the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect on the day they rescued Lu Nanxing.
At that time, the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect were busy making fun of Xuantian Sect, and Zhu Qingchen did not have a very good impression of them.
But seeing it today, it looks pretty good.
At least they are not as snobbish as the Xuantian Sect.
The patrolling disciple did not leave him alone and came back running soon.
"Immortal Venerable, our sect leader would like to see you in the main hall. Please follow me."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen bowed again, "Thank you."
Zhu Qingchen followed his disciples into the mountain gate and climbed over a hundred steps.
Zhu Qingchen deliberately asked him: "I have been in seclusion for a long time. I wonder if the number one sect in the cultivation world is your Xiaoyao Sect or the Xuan Sect next door..."
Zhu Qingchen had just said one word when the patrolling disciple immediately became angry.
"What kind of person is Xuantian Sect? How dare they call themselves the number one sect in the world of cultivation?" The disciples were indignant. "They just rely on their eldest senior brother to show off their power all day long, but they only do shameful things behind the scenes."
It seems that other sects also have deep resentment towards Xuantian Sect.
"Yeah?"
"Of course not. They bully others all day long, taking all the good things for themselves, and..."
Before the disciple could finish his words, the two men arrived at the door of the main hall.
He quickly lowered his voice and bowed, "Master, the Immortal Master has arrived."
A deep voice came from the hall: "Hurry up and invite me in."
"Yes." The patrol disciple opened the door for Zhu Qingchen. "Please come in."
"Thank you very much."
Zhu Qingchen stepped over the threshold and looked up.
The leader of Xiaoyao Sect is a cheerful middle-aged man with a slightly plump figure. When he smiles, the fat on his cheeks piles up.
Seeing Zhu Qingchen looking at him, the sect master immediately put on a serious expression and bowed: "Greetings, Junior Uncle-Master!"
The identity arranged by the system for Zhu Qingchen was not bad. Anyone who was famous in the world of cultivation was considered his junior.
Zhu Qingchen nodded slightly: "No need to be polite."
"Little Master, please take a seat." The Sect Master stepped forward and helped him to his seat. "I wonder what brings you here, Little Master?"
Zhu Qingchen didn't beat around the bush with him. He sat down and got straight to the point: "I want to ask you about the loosening of the seal of the Demon Abyss." The sect leader placed the freshly brewed tea next to him and asked in a low voice: "Junior Master also knows about it? Did Xuantian Sect tell Junior Master?"
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen said calmly, "What exactly is going on?"
"Twenty years ago, there were many unusual movements near the Demon Abyss. I went to take a look and found that the seal was loose."
"that's all?"
"Yes, that's it."
"Do you know why the seal is loosened?"
"Perhaps the demon god is attacking the seal every day, so..." The Xiaoyao Sect's leader looked serious and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "This matter is due to my nephew's incompetence and failure to discover it early."
"It doesn't matter." Zhu Qingchen asked again, "What did you do after you found that the seal was loose?"
"The leaders of various sects worked together to strengthen the seal, but it could only last for twenty years. At this time, the leader of Xuantian Sect proposed to use the Xuantian Sect's treasure, the tortoise shell, for divination and to spy on the will of heaven."
"What's the result?" Zhu Qingchen knew the result, but still asked deliberately.
"As a result, the divine weapon pointed to Xu Fangting, the first disciple of Xuantian Sect."
"So, you have decided that Xu Fangting is the 'savior' and placed all your hopes on him?"
“...Yes.” The leader of Xiaoyao Sect lowered his head.
"Xu Fangting was only a child of four or five years old at the time. How could you, the dozen or so sect leaders, place all your hopes on him? Are you all confused?"
"We..." the sect leader whispered, "Young Master Uncle, you don't know that at that time, most of the great masters in the cultivation world had died, and the cultivation world was in a period of transition. Although we were the leaders of the sect, we were only in our twenties at that time, and we were young and inexperienced. We thought we could have peace for hundreds of years..."
"As a result, this incident suddenly happened. How could we have the momentum that Junior Master had back then? So after some discussion, we decided to focus on training Xu Fangting."
Zhu Qingchen was shocked: "So all your magic weapons and instruments are used by Xuantian Sect, and you have made Xuantian Sect the number one sect in the cultivation world?"
"yes……"
Zhu Qingchen said so!
How did that group of evil-minded cultivators from Xuantian Sect manage to be number one?
It turns out that they were all promoted by their peers themselves!
The sect leader defended himself, "In fact, the Xuantian Sect was good at the beginning, but later... they got a taste of the sweetness and kept asking for things in the name of the 'savior' and acting tyrannically. By the time we came to our senses, it was too late."
"That's ridiculous!"
In order to seal a demon god, they raised an ungrateful man who killed his wife to prove his truth and became the most tyrannical sect.
These people are simply...
Zhu Qingchen sighed, turned his head away, held his forehead, and didn't want to speak.
The leader of Xiaoyao Sect called softly, "Young Master?"
Zhu Qingchen calmed down and said seriously, "I think Xu Fangting has bad intentions and can't be relied on, so I came to you. What do you think now?"
"I don't have any ideas." The leader of Xiaoyao Sect shook his head honestly. "However, in the past twenty years, Xiaoyao Sect has never slacked off, nor has it relaxed the practice of its disciples. If there really comes a day when Xu Fangting is useless, the disciples of Xiaoyao Sect will fight to the death to protect the people."
That's a pretty decent statement.
Zhu Qingchen relaxed his expression a little, put down the teacup, and patted his shoulder: "The fact that you still have such thoughts proves that you are still a good person and have not let me down."
"Thank you, Junior Master."
"I'll tell you one last thing. You can't count on Xu Fangting. You don't have to think about him anymore. The most important thing is to focus on the cultivation of the disciples in the sect." Zhu Qingchen stood up and gathered his sleeves. "I still have to go meet the leaders of other sects, so I won't stay here for long."
The sect master said, "I have a long-standing friendship with the other sect leaders, and they have long been fed up with Xuan Tian Sect's style. If Junior Master Uncle agrees, I can write a letter to them and teach them to be prepared."
"No need, I'll go and see them myself, so I can see who is available and who is not."
"Okay." The sect leader followed him, "I'll see Junior Master off. It will be good once Junior Master comes out of seclusion. Only then will we have a backbone."
Zhu Qingchen smiled helplessly: "If you were young and naive 20 years ago, it would be fine, but now, you are all leaders of your factions, and it's time for you to be the backbone."
"Yes." The Sect Master finally asked, "Should we keep the fact that Junior Master Uncle came to Xiaoyao Sect today a secret from Xuantian Sect, lest they find out and start a commotion again?"
"No, there's no need to deliberately hide it, nor to deliberately publicize it." Zhu Qingchen said calmly, "I have already taught them a lesson a few days ago."
"Yes." The sect leader saluted and watched Zhu Qingchen leave.
Zhu Qingchen left Xiaoyao Sect and rode a crane all the way north, visiting several well-known sects along the way.
It’s much better than Zhu Qingchen expected.
The world of cultivation has not yet become completely rotten. The morale of several sects is pretty good, much better than that of the Xuantian Sect.
Several sect leaders were still relatively sober, and had slowly come to their senses in the past few years. They no longer placed all their hopes on Xu Fangting, but instead focused on improving their own cultivation and that of their disciples.
However, they were afraid of a counterattack from the Xuantian Sect and also afraid of not handling the matter well and making a fool of themselves, so they planned all these things in secret.
Now that Zhu Qingchen came to find them, they dared to be sure that Xuantian Sect and Xu Fangting were really no match.
Zhu Qingchen communicated with them and asked them to calm down, focus on their practice and not worry about other things.
In addition, when Zhu Qingchen went to the Weapon Refining Sect, he gave them the rare treasures he had collected along the way and asked them to help Lu Nanxing forge a sword, and he would come back to pick it up in a few days.
After finishing this task, Zhu Qingchen will head to his final destination——
Demonic Abyss.
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In the bitterly cold land of the far north, the sky is covered with dark clouds and there is a long series of valleys that are so deep that you cannot see the bottom.
In front of the valley, a thick stone wall was built with huge black stones. Countless black evil spirits were blocked on the other side of the stone wall, impacting the soul-calming nails and suppression talismans on the wall, making terrifying noises.
The system carried Zhu Qingchen and wandered around the valley.
Zhu Qingchen lowered his head and looked down, only to see a pitch-black mass below, which filled the entire valley and made it impossible to see anything clearly.
Zhu Qingchen lay on the crane's back and rubbed his eyes: "What on earth is this demon god? I can't see it clearly."
The system explained: "The Demon God is the villain in the original text."
"What do you mean? Isn't he sealed?"
"At the covenant ceremony, Xu Fangting killed his wife to prove his truth, ascended to become a god, and immediately went to seal the Demon Abyss. He indeed succeeded. For this, the cultivation world celebrated with great joy."
"But no one expected that because Xu Fangting killed his wife to prove his faith and Shen Mingzhu slaughtered all the villagers in Lujia Village, Xu Fangting felt guilty and gave the demon an opportunity to take advantage of him. This was a manifestation of Xu Fangting's love for the protagonist. His ruthless heart was shaken because of the protagonist."
Zhu Qingchen choked up: "Don't say such disgusting things, just keep talking."
"The demon god was a blue dragon, and a section of its dragon whisker was left outside. He used the whisker to resurrect Lu Nanxing and the villagers of Lujia Village, and used their resentment to turn them into his most loyal subordinates."
"The world is in chaos again. Lu Nanxing becomes a capable general under the Demon God, helping him to gather the wandering demons, reorganize the demon world, fight against the cultivation world, and vow to kill Xu Fangting."
Zhu Qingchen frowned. "It doesn't sound like a demon. Isn't this villain pretty good? He took in stray animals and helped to revive the innocent villagers of Lujia Village who died unjustly. He also exacted his revenge and didn't cause any trouble for others."
The system paused: "The original book said that Lu Nanxing and the villagers of Lujia Village were kind by nature. They were just temporarily blinded and used by the demon."
"They shouldn't seek revenge on Xu Fangting, because giving up their own lives can save the lives of all people in the world. They knew Xu Fangting was in a dilemma, so they finally chose to forgive him instead of becoming puppets of the devil and living a cowardly life."
“…”
Based on Zhu Qingchen's understanding of Lu Nanxing and the villagers of Lujia Village, he felt that they would prefer to "live a miserable life."
The world is big, but life is the greatest.
If it were Lu Nanxing, he would have firmly grasped the opportunity to be resurrected, practiced seriously, and led the entire Lujia Village to seek revenge on Shen Mingzhu and Xu Fangting.
If he meant it, he would have cursed before taking revenge.
Shen Mingzhu and Xu Fangting can kill people and massacre the entire village. This is called a dilemma.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi cannot take revenge, otherwise they are not kind enough?
What's the reason for this?
The devil is not a good person, and neither is Xu Fangting.
The system continued: "The subsequent plot is that Xu Fangting killed Shen Mingzhu, returned the golden elixir to Lu Nanxing, and killed the entire Xuantian Sect as an apology to the villagers of Lujia Village."
"The villagers were moved by the righteous Immortal Venerable and gave up their chance to be resurrected, becoming wandering souls between heaven and earth. Xu Fangting and Lu Nanxing buried them together, and Xu Fangting even chanted sutras to help them attain salvation."
Zhu Qingchen understood and speculated: "The finale must be that the demon breaks through the seal, Xu Fangting fights with him, Xu Fangting is injured, and still misses Nanxing. Nanxing is very moved and hugs him and cries: 'I forgive you!' In the end, the two reconcile as before, right?"
"How do you know?" the system was surprised.
"All these stories are like this." Zhu Qingchen understood. "Just find an opportunity to let the protagonist get injured. In modern times, they will stay in the ICU for two days. In ancient times, there was no ICU. The protagonist will be seriously injured and call the protagonist's name. Then the protagonist will forgive him and that's it."
The system was pleased: "It seems that you are already very experienced. Mature hosts have learned to draw inferences from one example."
Zhu Qingchen smiled shyly: "Come closer so I can see more clearly."
"Okay." The system flapped its wings and flew closer.
As Zhu Qingchen approached, suddenly, a ball of black gas broke through the seal, turned into a big palm, and attacked Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen and the system moved to the sides to avoid the attack of the black energy.
The system was rushed far away by the black air and shouted: "Host?!"
"I..." Zhu Qingchen fell down uncontrollably, "I'm here!"
The black energy ignored the system and rushed straight towards Zhu Qingchen.
The wind was blowing hard, and Zhu Qingchen's clothes were blown open like a blooming dandelion.
He stretched out his hand and made a sword gesture.
But his sword did not react at all. Zhu Qingchen looked back and whispered the sword formula again.
The system turned around and rushed towards him, trying to catch him, while shouting at him: "Host, control the sword! Control the sword!"
"I know! But the sword technique has no reaction!" Zhu Qingchen still couldn't stop falling. He pinched the sword technique five or six times, but somehow, the sword on his back didn't move at all.
Zhu Qingchen injected some spiritual power into the valley below him, trying to steady his body and slow down his falling.
But when the spiritual power fell into the valley, it was like water poured into the sea, there was no reaction at all.
The black gas was like a human hand, pinching the back of his neck like a chicken and carrying him into the valley.
“Ah…”
The next second, Zhu Qingchen fell into the valley. The black air in the valley immediately swallowed him up, and he disappeared in an instant.
"Host!" The system was shocked, and it waved its crane wings and rushed down. The moment it entered the valley, the crane could not stand the strong demonic energy and quickly escaped. The system turned back into the small blue ball of light.
At the moment when Zhu Qingchen was about to land, the black energy spread out his palm, gently lifted him up and placed him on the ground.
Zhu Qingchen rolled his eyes, held his breath, and pretended to be dead.
He was going to be eaten by the demon god. His meat would be more tender after he died...
No, if you die and are eaten it won’t hurt.
No, bears don’t eat dead people, tigers don’t eat dead people, and demons probably won’t eat them either.
It was unknown how long it took before the system found him in the black air that filled the valley.
The system turned back into a small ball of light, flew to Zhu Qingchen, jumped hard on him, and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him.
"Host, wake up! I finally met a good host like you. You are the best host I have ever met. Please don't die! I will make you bubble milk tea!"
Zhu Qingchen coughed twice, slowly opened his eyes, and woke up slowly: "Really?"
The entire system ball turned red: "You lied to me!"
Zhu Qingchen said weakly: "No, I really fainted and was awakened by the bubble milk tea."
The system was helpless: "Got it. I'll go buy it for you myself, but you have to get out of here first."
"Great!" Zhu Qingchen jumped up from the ground, touched his back, grasped the hilt of the sword, and pulled his sword out from his back.
The system flew in front of him, face to face with him. Zhu Qingchen held his forehead and said, "Ah, I feel dizzy. I'm going to faint again."
The system jumped onto his shoulder and hit him hard: "You really scared me to death!"
Zhu Qingchen dodged to the side and asked, "Why didn't it react when I used all my strength to pinch the sword just now?"
The system said: "It may be that the demonic energy here is too strong, which offsets your sword skills."
"How could this happen? Is this demon god so powerful? Didn't you say that I am the strongest in the world of cultivation?"
"After all, he is a demon god and the Lord of the Demon Realm. Give him some face."
"All right."
Zhu Qingchen gripped the hilt of the sword tightly and looked around.
The air was filled with black air and he couldn't even see the road clearly.
Zhu Qingchen took a step forward and unexpectedly bumped into a wall.
Zhu Qingchen reached out and touched the wall.
The wall looked a bit strange, with black stones arranged neatly and stacked layer upon layer. Zhu Qingchen knocked on it twice with his fingers and felt it was so hard that it hurt his fingers.
Zhu Qingchen thought of the stone wall he saw above the valley: "This should be the seal, right? There is a soul-suppressing nail on it, but where is it? It looks like..."
As soon as Zhu Qingchen finished speaking, the "stone wall" in front of him suddenly began to flow forward.
Zhu Qingchen quickly withdrew his hand, took two steps back, turned around and tried to run, but bumped into a wall again.
This "stone wall" had already circled behind him at some point, forming a circle around him and surrounding him completely.
It even moves!
This is not a wall at all, what is this?
The next moment, a huge shadow jumped out from the black air. Zhu Qingchen was frightened and stepped back repeatedly, leaning against the "wall", holding his sword tightly, ready for battle.
"I am the Jade Purity Immortal Lord... I will count to three, and you will retreat immediately! I will spare your life!"
The shadow suddenly rushed towards him. Zhu Qingchen was so scared that he screamed and turned his head away, not even daring to look.
The system hid behind him and screamed along with him: "Host, hold on a little longer! I'll help you find some props!"
I don’t know how long it took, but a light laugh blew away the evil spirit.
This is a huge blue dragon, coiled in the valley. The thing that Zhu Qingchen just mistook for a wall was actually the long body of this dragon.
The dragon head was as big as dozens of Zhu Qingchens. It was facing Zhu Qingchen with its mouth wide open, breathing towards him.
Zhu Qingchen twisted his body to try to dodge, but the dragon was so big that no matter how he dodged, he would always be hit.
Zhu Qingchen howled, closed his eyes, and swung his sword vigorously: "Ah! System, save me! Go away!"
The next second, there was a "click" sound, and Zhu Qingchen didn't know where he stabbed his sword, and his sword was stuck.
Zhu Qingchen pulled it back with all his strength but found that he couldn't pull it out, but the dragon no longer breathed at him.
He tried to open his eyes and look.
The blue dragon stopped right in front of him, and he...
The sword was stuck in the dragon's eyelid. !
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