Chapter 59: The Murdered Wife's Testimony (15)
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Zhu Qingchen held his sword, walked to the front of the cave and looked outside.
Canglong was controlled by the evil spirit and couldn't help but hit the wall. Because he didn't want to disturb Zhu Qingchen, he deliberately moved to a farther place.
But the loud noise echoed in the valley, making people's hearts tremble.
The system floated beside Zhu Qingchen: "What are you going to do? You can't use a lot of spiritual power now, and you still have to take one person and one dragon out. Are you going to carry them out?"
Zhu Qingchen held the hilt of the sword and slowly drew it out of the sheath: "Don't you still have me?"
system:?
"I know that I am your 'male mother' and I deserve this."
"Help me stop it. Don't let it get close to me. Just hold on for half a quarter of an hour." Zhu Qingchen threw the sword into the air and jumped down himself. "System!"
"Here it comes!" The system responded, and immediately controlled the sword to accurately catch Zhu Qingchen.
Zhu Qingchen flew towards Canglong on his sword. The closer he got, the more the earth shook. Zhu Qingchen even found it difficult to stand steadily.
The debris from the stone wall fell down. Zhu Qingchen observed the surroundings and chose a relatively safe place to land.
He held the scabbard, cleared the gravel on the ground, and then held the scabbard and drew a big circle on the ground.
The system responded: "Are you going to draw a formation?"
Zhu Qingchen nodded: "Yes."
"Why don't you just draw it over there in the cave and have the dragon fly over there when you're done?"
"What if it hits the stone wall and the cave collapses? What if Chang Yuan is buried underneath?" Zhu Qingchen said, "Just help me block the evil spirit and don't let it come over."
"Okay." The small blue ball of light followed him, always paying attention to the movements outside.
When the blue dragon's tail swept over, he used the sword to deflect it with a "clang".
At the same time, Chang Yuan also put on the outer robe left to him by Zhu Qingchen, held on to the stone wall, and walked to the edge of the cave.
He leaned against the stone wall and sat down at the entrance of the cave, looking at Zhu Qingchen who was almost buried in the dust. From his movements, he could roughly tell what he was going to do.
So Chang Yuan moved his hand to the side, asking Canglong to retract its tail a little so as not to sweep Zhu Qingchen.
Because Zhu Qingchen's formation was not yet finished, he was sweating coldly while controlling the frequency of the blue dragon hitting the stone wall.
The villain system looked at him worriedly: "Why don't we just be villains? You can still break the seal and rush out after absorbing the evil energy."
Chang Yuan said sternly: "No, Zhu Qingqing will be angry."
He said he was a villain, but in fact, he had never done anything bad since he came here. He was law-abiding, polite and harmonious. He was just afraid that Zhu Qingqing would be angry.
Besides, Zhu Qingqing would definitely be irreconcilable with the villain, so he couldn’t be the villain.
As soon as he finished speaking, he waved his hands vigorously again, and Canglong fell heavily against the stone wall.
This kind of severe pain is still bearable for the huge blue dragon.
But for Chang Yuan, who has flesh and blood, it is not that easy.
He frowned tightly, tugged at the outer garment that Zhu Qingchen had left for him, and lowered his head to sniff the remaining scent of candied fruit on the garment.
While smelling the aroma of candied fruit, he moved decisively and without pause, controlling the Canglong to crash into the stone wall again and again.
I don’t know how long it took, but in the midst of smoke and dust, Zhu Qingchen completed the formation.
He raised his head and looked at Canglong, wanting him to fly over here, but the distance was too far and he couldn't shout out loud for fear of alerting the evil spirit.
Zhu Qingchen paused, looked down at the bell hanging on his waist, then pulled the bell off, held it in his palm, and shook it hard.
At the same time, the bell that Chang Yuan held in his arms rang.
He reacted immediately, stood up by holding the stone wall, and with a wave of his hand, he let the Canglong crash towards Zhu Qingchen.
With the last collision, Canglong flew past Zhu Qingchen's sleeve and hit the stone wall with a "bang". Its head fell squarely into the formation, and two or three wisps of demonic energy came out of its seven orifices.
The moment the evil spirit appeared, Zhu Qingchen immediately withstood the pressure and used his remaining spiritual power to activate the formation.
The formation emits a faint white light, as soft as moonlight.
The next second, it seemed as if there was an invisible barrier that trapped the evil energy.
A strong wind blew up in the formation, engulfing two or three wisps of black air and crushing them together.
Zhu Qingchen certainly did not expect that this small formation could completely eliminate the evil spirit. He only used this formation to delay the evil spirit.
Zhu Qingchen quickly stepped forward, fed Canglong two or three pills, and touched its head.
Zhu Qingchen said gently: "I know you are feeling very uncomfortable now, but there is no time to recover now. As long as you stay here, you will only have new injuries and old ones. Why don't we go all out and leave now?"
The blue dragon must have understood what he said, and it bent down in front of Zhu Qingchen. Zhu Qingchen climbed onto it and sat down, looking back at the formation. The formation he drew was only effective for a quarter of an hour.
They had to leave the valley and get rid of the evil spirit within a quarter of an hour.
Zhu Qingchen sat on the back of Canglong and made a prompt decision: "Let's go!"
The blue dragon let out a long roar and soared into the air.
Zhu Qingchen was nearly blown off by the oncoming wind, and could only hold tightly onto the dragon horns on the head of the Canglong to keep his seat.
"There's a cave ahead, let's go pick up Chang Yuan!"
The blue dragon brought up a gust of wind, and Zhu Qingchen shouted, "Chang Yuan!"
Chang Yuan stood at the entrance of the cave: "Immortal Lord."
The blue dragon flew past the stone wall. When Zhu Qingchen passed the entrance of the cave, he reached out to Chang Yuan, held his hand tightly and pulled him over.
Chang Yuan sat down behind him and held him firmly.
"Let's go." Zhu Qingchen steadied himself and took out two or three Qingxin Pills from his pocket and handed them to him: "Here you go, the last two."
"Thank you, Immortal Lord." Chang Yuan sat behind him, lowered his head slightly, and took the pill from his hand.
The valley is deep and even if the dragon is huge, it is just a drop in the ocean between the dark and boundless sky and earth.
The blue dragon flew on the clouds and took them to the exit of the valley.
I don’t know how long I flew, but suddenly, a shrill scream was heard from the valley.
Zhu Qingchen wanted to look back, but Chang Yuan held his head and turned him back.
"Don't look back, the evil spirits have escaped the Immortal Venerable's formation and are now catching up with us."
The evil spirit was reluctant to let go of Canglong, such a good tool for possession, so it naturally pursued him relentlessly.
The blue dragon wagged its tail and ran towards the light at the entrance of the valley.
It was like a ghost screaming, and the evil energy behind it turned into countless devil claws, which rushed towards them, trying to catch them.
The Canglong was flying faster and faster, when suddenly a strong wind blew. Zhu Qingchen lost his grip and tilted to the side, almost being blown off.
Fortunately, Chang Yuan behind him helped him and brought him back.
Amid the whistling wind, Chang Yuan suddenly whispered, "I told you to do horse stance more but you didn't. Your lower body is unstable."
"What did you say?" Zhu Qingchen didn't hear clearly, turned around and asked loudly.
"Nothing." Chang Yuan said calmly, "Don't grab its dragon horn."
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "Why?"
“It’s going to be uncomfortable.”
"Oh." Zhu Qingchen withdrew his hand weakly.
Chang Yuan sat steadily on Canglong's back, holding Zhu Qingchen's shoulders with both hands, holding him in his arms, motionless as a mountain.
Chang Yuan usually looks very thin and has attacks from time to time. He always follows Zhu Qingchen obediently, asking him for protection.
Zhu Qingchen only now realized that Chang Yuan was actually taller than him and a lot bigger than him.
*
According to the divination of Xuantian Sect's treasure, the seal of the Demon Abyss has loosened and will be completely broken in twenty years.
The destiny points to Xu Fangting, the eldest senior brother of Xuantian Sect.
Xu Fangting needs to ascend to become a god before the age of twenty and complete the task of strengthening the seal of the Demon Abyss, otherwise the demon will escape and all the people in the world will suffer.
At the beginning, all the sects regarded the prophecy as the will of heaven, and praised Xuantian Sect and their eldest senior brother to the sky. Any good magical instruments and treasures were given to Xuantian Sect.
He managed to make Xuantian Sect the number one sect in the world of cultivation.
As time went by, the greed and tyranny of the Xuantian Sect became more and more obvious, and more and more sects were unwilling to pay attention to them.
But they still took the prophecy seriously.
Now, there are still five days until the day when the prophesied seal will be opened. All the sects, led by their respective leaders, have come to the vicinity of the Demon Abyss, set up camps, and set up lookout towers to observe the movements of the Demon Abyss at all times and be ready for battle at any time.
Fortunately, before Zhu Qingchen entered the Demonic Abyss, he went to various sects and talked to the leaders.
So even if Zhu Qingchen was not there, they could automatically form an alliance and discuss matters together.
At night, the commander-in-chief’s tent.
A topographic map of the Demon Abyss was placed in the middle, and the main seat in the middle was left empty for Zhu Qingchen, with the other leaders sitting below.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi were also there.
Although they were still young in generation, they were Zhu Qingchen's only disciple and the disciple to be accepted, and they also led hundreds of independent cultivators to come for support.
The head of Xiaoyao Sect looked around and asked, "Isn't the head of Xuantian Sect here?"
Another leader said, "It is obvious that we don't trust them now. It would be a miracle if they could come."
"Don't worry about them, we can discuss it ourselves."
"good."
The news of Xuantian Sect dissecting the golden elixirs of independent cultivators had long been spread by independent cultivators. Now everyone in the cultivation world was avoiding them, fearing that they would be caught and have their elixirs dissected. It would be best if they didn't come.
Since the people from Xuantian Sect didn't come, they realized that the Xuantian Sect was actually dispensable.
If they were here, it might be even more troublesome.
Several sect leaders looked at Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi and asked gently, "Still haven't contacted the Immortal Lord?"
The two shook their heads: "No."
Master has been missing for two months. He said he would be back in two or three days, but he has been missing for these two months.
During this period, Lu Nanxing sent sound transmission notes to his master every day, and Cheng Yi also shook his bell every day, hoping to get a response.
But Master seemed to have evaporated from the face of the earth, disappearing without a trace.
There was no other way. Time was running out. When the leaders of other sects came to them, the two of them were nominated by the independent cultivators to take up the responsibility.
In order to avoid causing panic, the fact that the seal of the Demon Abyss had loosened was originally kept secret from other disciples and independent practitioners.
Now that time was running out, there was no way to keep it secret, so they followed the main force to the Demon Abyss and absorbed many independent cultivators along the way.
Although their cultivation is not high, they always try their best to contribute.
The heads of the sects comforted them: "It's okay, the Immortal Master must have been delayed by something, it's okay for us to handle it ourselves."
"good."
The head of Xiaoyao Sect said, "The lookout tower remains the same. Three disciples from different sects will be on duty together. Each disciple will be equipped with a beacon bomb. If something happens, they will immediately ignite the beacon bomb without any mistakes. They will rotate every day so that the disciples can rest."
"yes."
"In addition, other disciples who are not on duty should still intensify their practice. If they have time, let the elders and senior disciples of the sect go down and teach other disciples. It's already this time, everyone should not be secretive and teach as much as possible."
"Tomorrow I will set an example and teach all I have learned throughout my life to the disciples of other sects. Anyone who wants to learn can come over."
With the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect setting an example, the other leaders also felt relieved.
"Also, disciples from the Weapon Refining Sect and the Medical Cultivation Sect will not be assigned to guard the watchtowers. Hurry up and make preparations. If we really fight the demon god, that will be the time for you to suffer."
Several leaders discussed matters in the tent until late at night, then they greeted each other and prepared to go back to make arrangements.
Lu Nanxing and Chengyi were about to go back, when suddenly someone called out to them: "Nanxing? Chengyi?"
The two turned around, and the head of the Weapon Refining Sect stepped forward quickly: "Before your master entered the Demonic Abyss, he specially collected materials and asked me to personally refine magic weapons for you."
"The magic weapon is now ready. I originally thought that I would wait for the Immortal Master to come back and then have him give it to you, but now the situation is special, so I will give it to you directly."
The two looked at each other, nodded, and saluted him: "Thank you, Master."
"You're welcome." The head took out two long swords from his Qiankun bag and handed them to them with both hands. "This is Nanxing's. The Immortal said that you practice very hard, so I made you a bigger sword so that you can use it more easily."
"This is intentional. The Immortal Master said that you are only sixteen years old and not very tall, so he specifically asked for a lighter sword."
The two men took the weapons respectfully with both hands, lowered their heads to look at the swords, and suddenly their eyes became red.
Before Master went to the Demon Abyss, he was still thinking about their affairs.
But where is the Master?
Lu Nanxing wiped his eyes, raised his head, and saluted the head of the Weapon Refining Sect: "Thank you, headmaster. Thank you for your trouble."
"You're welcome." The leader waved his hand and left.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi held their swords, each thinking of their master, and walked back in silence.
Just at this moment, several disciples of Xuantian Sect, dressed festively and holding things, passed by them.
Cheng Yi frowned and muttered, "What are they doing? Why are they wearing red and green instead of doing their work?"
Lu Nanxing was older and had been with Zhu Qingchen for a long time, so he was calmer and more stable. He shook his head at him and said, "Don't worry about them. Let's go back to our camp."
They didn't want to cause any more trouble, but the disciples of Xuantian Sect chose to provoke them.
"Hey, isn't this the majestic Jindan cultivator and the first Jindan cultivator of Lujia Village? What's wrong? Why are you crying like this?"
Just as Cheng Yi was about to step forward, he was held back by Lu Nanxing.
"Now that your backer is dead, you've become a coward?"
Cheng Yi wondered: "Who is our backer?"
"Are you still playing dumb? Everyone knows that Zhu Qingchen is clearly not a savior. If you insist on being brave and go into the Demon Abyss by yourself, I'm afraid you would have been torn to pieces by the Demon God long ago."
Zhu Qingchen repeatedly offended the Xuantian Sect and taught them to be sincere and upright, but they did not take it to heart at all.
Now that Zhu Qingchen's life or death is uncertain, they are eager to add insult to injury.
The Xuantian Sect disciple pointed in the direction of the Demon Abyss with a look of gloating on his face.
"Didn't you hear? That dragon goes berserk in the valley every month. Zhu Qingchen would have been torn to pieces the moment he entered. How could he have survived?"
"Everyone knows that he must be dead. You are the only ones who are still stupid enough to think that he must still be alive."
"You're talking nonsense!" Cheng Yi said sternly, "My master is not dead! My master went deep into the Demonic Abyss to investigate the truth, and you are enjoying peace and happiness in the back. How dare you curse him?!"
"We are not as courageous as he is and we are not as brave as him."
"Only our eldest brother is the true savior. No matter how others pretend to be, they can never learn to be the savior."
"Our senior brother is now practicing seriously. He will seal the demon god in a few days. What's the point of you still patrolling and practicing here? You might as well come and ask our senior brother to save your lives..."
"You are really going too far!" Cheng Yi couldn't bear it any longer, he rushed forward and punched one of the disciples in the face with a "bang", knocking his smug face to the side.
This time, Lu Nanxing did not stop him. Instead, he helped him hold down these disciples and let him fight hard.
There were two people, one was fighting and the other was assisting. They beat this group of people until they were screaming in pain, but they still kept their mouth shut.
"Your master is dead, but instead of going to mourn, you come to attack us!"
"Everyone in the cultivation world knows that Zhu Qingchen is dead. Can you shut up everyone in the world?"
"The disciple of Jade Purity Immortal Venerable hit someone! The disciple of Jade Purity Immortal Venerable hit someone!"
"You..." Cheng Yi drew out his sword, pointed it at this group of clueless disciples, and was about to stab them.
Lu Nanxing stopped him: "Okay, just hit them twice, and when the matter with Demon Abyss is over, let Master deal with them personally. Don't ruin Master's reputation."
They don't care about themselves, but only care about their master. They don't want people to say that the disciples of Jade Purity Immortal Master are harming their fellow practitioners.
Cheng Yi put away his sword, punched each of them, and said sternly: "If I hear you spread rumors about my master again, I will beat you to death!"
Lu Nanxing advised: "Save your energy and don't get entangled with them."
Lu Nanxing looked at the Xuantian Sect disciples and wanted to reprimand them, but suddenly saw the wedding dresses in their hands and frowned in confusion: "Why are you holding the wedding dresses?"
Although the disciple was beaten, he was still arrogant: "Our eldest brother is going to form a pact with the youngest brother."
What?
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi looked at each other and saw confusion in each other's eyes.
The situation is so urgent, the seal of the Demon Abyss may collapse at any time, and the Demon God may break the seal at any time. How could the Xuantian Sect hold the contract ceremony here?
Are Xu Fangting and Shen Mingzhu crazy?
The Xuantian Sect disciple sneered: "Are you jealous? Of course, you two tried so hard to seduce our senior brother before..."
Cheng Yi frowned and said impatiently: "Speak properly! If you keep being sarcastic, I will skin you alive! After all, it's your elder brother and younger brother who made the pact, not you, so killing you won't make a difference!"
They realized their fear and returned to normal: "Our elder brother only likes the younger brother. Although the younger brother cannot practice now, before going to the battle, the elder brother wants to give the younger brother a covenant ceremony to make him feel at ease."
"Do you want invitations? We can make an exception and give you two."
Cheng Yi frowned and whispered, "You're sick in the brain."
"you……"
Lu Nanxing raised his sword, separated the Xuantian Sect disciples who wanted to approach, and pulled Cheng Yi away.
Cheng Yi wanted to argue with them, but Lu Nanxing whispered, "Let's go."
Cheng Yi paused for a moment, but still followed him.
The two men left quickly, no longer paying attention to the sarcasm and ridicule from the Xuantian Sect disciples behind them.
After returning to their own tent, Cheng Yicai asked, "Why didn't you let me kill them just now? I remember you weren't such a wimp before."
Lu Nanxing said sternly, "Now that our master is not here and we are facing a powerful enemy, we should restrain ourselves. It is their own business if they are shameless. We just need to stay here and wait for our master to come back."
He lowered his eyes and patted Cheng Yi's shoulder: "I am two years older than you. Now that my master is gone, I should be more mature."
Cheng Yi felt embarrassed and stroked his hair: "Okay, I'll teach them a lesson when Master comes back."
"And..." Lu Nanxing said seriously, "This is definitely a fraud."
He followed his master's previous thinking and analyzed: "Xu Fangting is a profit-seeking villain. It is impossible for him to do such a meaningless thing as forming a pact before the war, unless this matter is very important to him."
"What's so important about it?" Cheng Yi thought for a moment, "If he forms a pact with Shen Mingzhu, will the leader of Xuantian Sect treat them better?"
"The leader of Xuantian Sect has been good enough to them."
"Then... if he and Shen Mingzhu practice together, can they improve their cultivation?"
"Shen Mingzhu's golden elixir is incomplete, and she was also scolded by her master. How can she help Xu Fangting improve his cultivation?"
"Then..." Cheng Yi paused, "I can't think of it."
"I can't think of it for the moment, but since they can do such a crazy thing as changing the golden elixir, they can naturally do more outrageous things. It won't hurt to be careful."
"I will send someone to inform the other leaders and ask them to be more careful."
"OK."
The two men reached a simple consensus, picked up their weapons, walked out of the tent, and prepared to act separately to patrol the lookout tower under their jurisdiction.
Lu Nanxing took out the sound transmission talisman and sent a message to his master: "Master, Xu Fangting and Shen Mingzhu are going to hold a contract ceremony in front of the Demon Abyss. I think there is something fishy going on. Please be careful."
Cheng Yi also took out his own bell, held it in his palm, and shook it hard.
The two people looked towards the direction of the Demon Abyss in the distance at the same time, feeling aggrieved.
Master, where are you?
*
On the other side, a blue dragon soared into the sky.
Zhu Qingchen was on Canglong's back, Changyuan sat behind him, holding his shoulders firmly and holding him in his arms.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew towards him, and the blue dragon let out a long roar.
Chang Yuan stretched out his hand and covered Zhu Qingchen's face to block the strong wind for him, while his other hand still held his shoulder firmly.
Chang Yuan also lowered his head and buried it in Zhu Qingchen's shoulder.
The blue dragon broke through the clouds and the moonlight penetrated the black fog.
Zhu Qingchen's snow-white hair and Changyuan's black hair are tangled together. !
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