Chapter 61: The Murdered Wife's Testimony (17)
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Late at night, in the Xuantian Sect camp.
The Xuantian Sect had long been excluded from all the major sects in the world of cultivation, and this time when they went to the Demon Abyss together, they were just called out casually.
Their camp was arranged in the most remote place. We couldn't help much anyway, so we put it aside to prevent them from making trouble and annoying others.
The Xuantian Sect disciple had a quarrel with Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi, then returned to the camp in a triumphant manner, holding the wedding dress.
"Junior brother, your wedding dress has been altered and we have sent it to you."
"Okay." Shen Mingzhu walked out of the tent and took the wedding dress. "Thank you very much."
"You are welcome."
Ever since Zhu Qingchen exposed Shen Mingzhu's secret of replacing the golden elixir last time, and tied up his spiritual roots and golden elixir, telling him to only use his own golden elixir to practice, Shen Mingzhu has become much gentler.
He no longer loses his temper and no longer clamors to change the golden elixir.
He knew that he had made many enemies and was too lazy to practice on weekdays. There were many people who wanted to take revenge on him. Now he could only follow the head and the eldest brother obediently, listen to their arrangements in everything, and seek their protection.
Shen Mingzhu held the wedding dress in both hands, walked into the tent, and said in a gentle voice: "Big Brother, the wedding dress has been delivered."
Xu Fangting looked up and nodded: "Yeah."
Shen Mingzhu looked at him flatteringly: "I'll put it on and show it to you, Senior Brother, okay?"
Xu Fangting was not interested: "Let's wait until tomorrow, and see at the ceremony tomorrow."
"Oh well."
Shen Mingzhu put down her wedding dress, sat down next to Xu Fangting, and hugged his arm affectionately.
"Big Brother, thank you so much. I didn't expect that you would still be willing to form a bond with me even though I have become like this."
Xu Fangting stroked his hair and said softly, "Big Brother has always liked you."
"Really?" Shen Mingzhu leaned her head on his arm and asked softly, "But... the entire cultivation world is preparing for war now. Wouldn't it be a bad idea for us to form a pact on the front line?"
"No." Xu Fangting said calmly, "Big Brother is confident that he can seal the Demon Abyss. Those people are busying around, but they are just doing useless work."
"Now that they are all here, it is a good opportunity to teach them all to bear witness. Moreover, after the contract is signed, Senior Brother will go to the Demon Abyss. Even if Senior Brother cannot come back, you, as a widow, will be treated well by others..."
Shen Mingzhu quickly covered his mouth: "Brother, don't talk nonsense."
"Yeah." Xu Fangting nodded, "No nonsense."
"Brother will surely return victorious. I will wait here for you." Shen Mingzhu leaned into his arms. "Brother, you have thought so carefully about me. I will die with no regrets."
Xu Fangting laughed and repeated his words: "Is it true that you have no regrets in death?"
Shen Mingzhu raised her head and acted innocently: "Of course it's true."
Xu Fangting said nothing more and put his arm around his shoulders.
The two of them each had their own thoughts, so they sat quietly for a while.
After a while, the leader of Xuantian Sect gave Xu Fangting a message.
"Fang Ting, come here."
Shen Mingzhu curled her lips, somewhat dissatisfied: "Why are you still asking people to come over so late?"
"Master must be busy. You should take a rest first. I will go over to take a look."
Xu Fangting coaxed Shen Mingzhu into submission before leaving the tent.
Arriving at the headmaster's tent, Xu Fangting bowed and saluted: "Master."
"Is Fang Ting here?" The head of the sect waved at him, "Hurry up and get up."
"I wonder what's the important matter that Master summoned me for so late at night?"
"You will form a bond with Mingzhu tomorrow. Given Mingzhu's talent, it's hard for you to still want to form a bond with him." The headmaster considered his tone, "I also know that in the next few decades, you will have to take care of him more. I'm sorry for you."
Xu Fangting said hurriedly: "Master, your words are too harsh. I don't feel wronged."
"So, I have sorted out some magical instruments and treasures, which I will give to you as gifts for the Mingzhu covenant."
Xu Fangting's eyes lit up and he looked up.
The Sect Master took out almost all the treasures in the sect, including various rare treasures and magical instruments, filling several large boxes.
The headmaster put his hand on the box and said, "I trust your character and will not treat you unfairly. As long as you treat Mingzhu well, the entire Xuantian Sect will be yours in the future."
Xu Fangting tried his best to suppress his inner joy and bowed: "Disciple dare not."
"Come up and take a look."
Xu Fangting declined again and again, but finally walked forward, looked through the treasure that belonged to him, and tried his best to appear indifferent to fame and fortune.
The head of the sect sat nearby and hesitated for a long time before finally whispering, "Fang Ting, actually... Mingzhu is my biological son."
Xu Fangting was stunned for a moment, then quickly adjusted his expression and raised his head.
The head of the sect lowered his head, his expression gloomy, and he sighed: "Back then, I fell in love with a demon girl. The ancestor hated the demons deeply, and the second elder was competing with me for the position of the head of the sect, so..."
"The demon woman died after giving birth to Mingzhu. I could only bring Mingzhu back to the sect and lied that he was an abandoned baby I picked up from outside and accepted him as my disciple. So I named him 'Mingzhu', which also means 'the pearl in the palm'."
"You were only three or four years old at the time, and I taught you to love and care for you, and I have been doing this until now. In the blink of an eye, you are all going to form a bond."
"I only told you this. Even Mingzhu herself doesn't know. I just hope you..."
Xu Fangting's eyes rolled, and he quickly said seriously: "Master, don't worry, I will take good care of my junior brother."
"Well, that's good." The headmaster was relieved and patted his shoulder, "Master will entrust the pearl to you."
"Yes, I will live up to Master's trust."
When Xu Fangting came out of the master's tent, he was still a little dazed.
Shen Mingzhu is the headmaster's biological son. If he still implements the original plan, will...
But his reputation has been ruined. If he cannot ascend, he will become a laughing stock in the entire cultivation world.
Xu Fangting hesitated, returned to his tent, sat down at the desk, and slowly drew his sword.
The sword slowly came out of its sheath, and his eyes gradually became firm.
*
The next evening.
The Xuantian Sect camp was very lively.
All the disciples wore red and green, set up a stage, and hung up lanterns, wishing that everyone could see the pact between their eldest and youngest brothers being signed today.
The other disciples on the front line were annoyed watching this.
The devil is about to be born, and they are still doing all this messy stuff, not knowing the seriousness of the situation.
Therefore, even though Xuantian Sect sent invitations to all sects and schools, no disciple was willing to attend the banquet, let alone the sect leaders and elders.
In the tent, Shen Mingzhu was wearing wedding clothes and sitting in front of a bronze mirror.
Shen Mingzhu asked: "Are all the people here?"
The disciple replied carefully: "Junior brother, no one is coming."
"Why is no one coming?" Shen Mingzhu stood up, walked to the tent, lifted the curtain and took a look.
Sure enough, there were few people outside and it was very quiet.
Shen Mingzhu said seriously: "I must have everyone come to participate in my covenant ceremony!"
The disciple was a little embarrassed: "Junior brother, the invitations from all the sects have been sent. They are unwilling to come, so we..."
"I don't care!" Shen Mingzhu was a little annoyed. She wanted to throw something, but she didn't have the confidence. Finally, she picked up the teacup on the table and put it back heavily.
Just at this time, the leader of Xuantian Sect came over.
"Mingzhu, what's wrong?"
"Master?" Shen Mingzhu turned around in surprise and stepped forward. "Master, why didn't anyone come to attend my covenant ceremony?"
The head of the sect paused and explained, "The devil is about to appear, the fighting on the front line is tense, and all sects are having a hard time escaping, but they all..."
Before the headmaster finished speaking, Shen Mingzhu said, "I don't care, I must make them come!"
The head of the sect frowned and said, "Well, it's a happy day, don't mess around."
Shen Mingzhu pulled his sleeve and whispered, "Master, I have been harmed by Zhu Qingchen and cannot practice anymore. Only you and my senior brother are my support and can protect me."
"I don't know what's wrong with that group of monks. They all don't know what's good for them. Zhu Qingchen is dead, but they still follow his lead and ignore the eldest brother, the destined savior."
"If they don't come, it means they don't give face to Master and Xuantian Sect. If we let them go this time, they will become even more aggressive. What should we do?"
The headmaster rolled his eyes and thought what he said made sense, so he ordered his disciples: "Take my token and be sure to invite the heads and elders of the major sects."
The disciples followed the order and said, "Yes."
The head of the sect patted Shen Mingzhu on the shoulder and said, "Everything has been taken care of. You can conclude the contract with peace of mind today."
Shen Mingzhu smiled and said, "Yes, thank you, Master."
Actually, Shen Mingzhu also had his own selfish motives. If his contract-making ceremony was not held grandly, other people would not know that he was the eldest senior brother's Taoist partner and would not take him seriously. They would bully him in the future. What would he do then?
Naturally, he wanted to make the ceremony as grand as possible, so that all the monks would know that it was the eldest brother who was protecting him.
The disciples of Xuantian Sect were simply shameless. They were persistent and went to the tents of various major sects to ask for favors several times.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi were also entangled.
The last time, when Cheng Yi was about to draw his sword to drive them away, several sect leaders came out of the tent.
"Come on, just go sit for a while."
Cheng Yi put away his sword, and seeing that they looked helpless, thinking that they were also afraid of being harassed, he went over to take a look.
Lu Nanxing held his hand and comforted him in a low voice: "It's okay, Master said he would come."
"Okay." Cheng Yi pursed his lips and sheathed his sword.
Last night, Lu Nanxing said that he had seen his master, and Cheng Yi was so angry that he couldn't sleep most of the night.
He and Lu Nanxing were patrolling outside together, but he went to the north and Lu Nanxing went to the south.
As a result, Lu Nanxing met his master, but he didn’t!
He could only listen to Lu Nanxing relaying his master's words. As he listened, he bit the corner of his pillow angrily, and his tears soaked half of the pillow.
Why didn't Master come to see him? !
The two followed several sect leaders and disciples from various sects and went to the Xuantian Sect's camp.
Neither of them liked Xuantian Sect very much and were wary of their possible tricks, so they chose an inconspicuous spot to sit down so that they could observe the surrounding situation.
On the other side, Shen Mingzhu was in the tent watching more and more people gather outside, and she finally became happy.
The head of the sect said, "Mingzhu, are you satisfied now? Go out quickly and don't let Fang Ting wait anxiously."
"Okay." Shen Mingzhu happily put on the bright red coat.
The headmaster smiled and said, "I will wait for you outside."
"Um."
The sky is full of red clouds and the phoenixes are singing.
Xu Fangting was wearing a wedding dress and standing in front of the steps.
Shen Mingzhu boarded the cloud chariot pulled by six cloud deer and slowly approached Xu Fangting surrounded by his disciples.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi, who were sitting in the back, looked at each other and started to insult each other.
"Cheng Yi, you must have thought about forming a bond with the famous Xuan Tian Sect's senior brother, right?"
"Bullshit, I feel like throwing up when I see him. You must have thought about it, right? The country bumpkin who seduced my senior brother?"
"Get lost, you casual cultivator who likes to seduce our senior brother."
The two of them couldn't help it, they lowered their heads and rubbed their eyes.
A bit hurtful to the eyes.
When the two men raised their heads again, Shen Mingzhu had already got off the cloud chariot.
He stood at the bottom of the stairs, raised his head and looked at Xu Fangting, a blush appearing on his cheeks.
Shen Mingzhu called out shyly, "Senior Brother."
"Yes." Xu Fangting responded, "Stretch out your hand."
"Okay." Shen Mingzhu stretched out her hand to him modestly, wanting to take the red silk from him.
But the next second, a long sword brushed past his outstretched hand, and with a "swish" sound, it stabbed into his chest.
Shen Mingzhu's hand was still in the air. He shook his whole body and looked down at the long sword that stabbed into his chest, confirming that it was Xu Fangting's sword.
After pausing for two or three seconds, he felt the pain and then raised his head in disbelief.
"Senior Brother..." He spat out blood as he spoke. He stretched out his hand, grasped the sword, and prevented Xu Fangting from pushing the sword in.
The guests, who were originally uninterested, suddenly froze at the same time when they saw this sudden change.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi were originally teasing each other, but they were stunned when they saw this scene.
The first person to react was the leader of Xuantian Sect.
He was originally sitting in the main seat, watching the scene below with great joy, but the next second his eyes were bloodshot and he rushed forward with his sword in hand: "Xu Fangting! What are you doing?!"
His roar resounded through the clouds.
He tried his best to slap out with his palm, but was worried that this would make Xu Fangting push his sword in again. For a moment, his mind was confused and his palm technique went astray.
He didn't hit Xu Fangting, but the powerful spiritual power fell on the tree next to him and broke the trunk.
Xu Fangting did not look back. Before the head of the sect rushed over, he ignored Shen Mingzhu's hand holding the sword and continued to push the sword in, vowing to kill Shen Mingzhu.
The next second, a force coming from nowhere bounced Xu Fangting away.
Xu Fangting only felt a shock in his palm, and he couldn't even hold the sword steadily, and he was knocked flying.
Shen Mingzhu covered her chest and fell down staggeringly.
The blood and the wedding dress were mixed together and could not be distinguished at all.
The head of the sect rushed forward and picked him up from the ground: "Mingzhu? Mingzhu! Someone come! Someone come quickly! Help!"
Xu Fangting fell to the ground, lowered his head, and stared blankly at his bloody hands.
No, why is there no golden light? Why didn't he ascend?
Could it be that Shen Mingzhu is not dead?
Xu Fangting struggled to get up from the ground and crawled towards Shen Mingzhu, wanting to stab her again.
But he no longer had any chance, as other guests attending the ceremony quickly stepped forward and subdued him.
Although they all disliked Xuantian Sect, Xu Fangting was obviously crazy.
Xu Fangting was pinned down by the crowd and struggled frantically.
Ascend quickly! Ascend quickly and kill these ungrateful people!
He roared and spoke out his inner thoughts: "How is it possible? How could I not ascend? Something must have gone wrong! Something must have gone wrong!" Everyone exchanged glances and saw disbelief in everyone else's eyes.
What nonsense is he talking about? He killed someone and wanted to ascend?
Is there any such thing in the world?
The next second, Xu Fangting broke free from their restraints, took out a tattered book from his arms, lay on the ground, and flipped through it hurriedly.
"Impossible! Impossible! That's what it says in the book, killing one's wife to prove one's truth. I've already killed my wife, so why haven't I…"
Cheng Yi quickly stepped forward and snatched the book from his hand.
Xu Fangting screamed, "Give it back to me! Give it back to me!"
Lu Nanxing helped hold Xu Fangting down and prevented him from getting close.
"What is this?" Cheng Yi flipped through two pages casually and was almost shocked.
He held up the book high: "Everyone! Xu Fangting planned this covenant ceremony not because he was deeply in love with Shen Mingzhu, but because he believed in evil ways and had planned for a long time to kill his wife to prove his truth!"
Everyone looked at each other with shocked expressions.
"What? What kind of evil method is this?"
"Is there such a heartless method in the world?"
"Is he crazy? Instead of practicing well, he thinks about these messed up things."
Xu Fangting usually thought highly of himself, so how could he tolerate such comments from others? He struggled even harder, clenched his fists and beat himself.
"Ascend! Ascend! I have killed my wife to prove my truth, why haven't I ascended? Why!"
At this time, the disciples of Xuantian Sect had already carried Shen Mingzhu away for treatment. The leader of Xuantian Sect took advantage of the situation and pounced forward, trying to strangle Xu Fangting to death.
"What are you doing? Have you forgotten what I told you last night? Xu Fangting, you deserve to die!"
Xu Fangting struggled frantically. Neither of them used their spiritual power. Instead, they rolled on the ground like mortals.
"Of course I remember what you said to me last night! Everyone, Shen Mingzhu is not the master's disciple at all, he is the master's biological son! He was born to the master and a demon woman!"
"Shut up! You shut up!"
"He is a bastard with impure blood, so he is born with defects and his golden elixir is damaged. If I kill him, I can get rid of harm to the people and I can also ascend to heaven, killing two birds with one stone!"
"shut up!"
There is no need to use spiritual power and the fight is just like this. The leader is old and naturally cannot beat Xu Fangting.
Soon, Xu Fangting grabbed his neck fiercely and pressed him to the ground.
"I won't shut up! Master, do you think I don't know? You don't even consider me as your disciple! You support me just because you want me to help you take care of that loser Shen Mingzhu!"
"you……"
"I've had enough of him. He's a loser who acts so arrogant all the time. If it weren't for the resources and if I wanted you to pass on the sect to me, why would I be so obsessed with him?"
Just when the sect leader was about to die, a force came from nowhere and repelled Xu Fangting, allowing the sect leader to catch his breath.
This was the second time Xu Fangting tried to hurt someone, but was bounced back by an unknown force.
Xu Fangting struggled to stand up and looked around: "Who? Who is it? Who is playing tricks? I can kill Zhu Qingchen, so I can kill you too. I am the savior! When I ascend, I will kill you first!"
There was no response from the other side.
Anyway, everyone saw him "killing his wife to prove his faith", and his reputation was completely ruined.
He no longer cares.
In the world of cultivation, absolute strength is the most important.
As long as he can ascend, he will kill all these people, and no one will be able to spread these things!
Kill them! Kill them all!
The next second, a huge sky curtain appeared in front of everyone.
Xu Fangting raised his head and looked at it in a daze.
The first person to appear on the sky was Lu Nanxing.
A few months ago, Xu Fangting was in danger in the mountains and Lu Nanxing rescued him.
Xu Fangting's eyes widened, his arrogance was instantly extinguished, he rushed forward and looked around: "Who? Who is it? Stop! Stop!"
Under the sky, Xu Fangting was clearly sober, but he refused to step forward to help. Instead, he turned the tables and took advantage of the situation by climbing onto Lu Nanxing.
The people of Xuantian Sect even slandered Lu Nanxing for seducing Xu Fangting and wanted to take him back for interrogation.
When everyone saw this scene, they looked at each other and then looked at poor Lu Nanxing.
It's so tragic. I clearly did a good thing, but I was slandered like this.
The next moment, the scene on the sky changed.
Also a few months ago, Cheng Yi formed the Dan.
Xu Fangting and Shen Mingzhu tied him up in the formation. Shen Mingzhu naturally asked for his golden elixir, and Xu Fangting promised that as long as he handed over the golden elixir, he could form a contract with him.
So everyone's pitiful eyes turned to Cheng Yi again.
This one is so pitiful too.
At this moment, a small voice came from the crowd.
"Is Xu Fangting... already planning to 'kill his wife to prove his faith' at this time? He chose Shen Mingzhu only because Nanxing and Chengyi didn't fall for it?"
After this person said this, everyone finally understood.
Why did Xu Fangting insist on taking advantage of the situation? Is there something going on between him and Lu Nanxing?
Why did Xu Fangting compensate Cheng Yi by letting him form a contract with him?
From the very beginning, he was looking for a "wife" who would "kill her to prove her faith"!
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi looked at each other.
They managed to escape death.
If their master hadn't rescued them, they would have been the Shen Mingzhu of today.
Xu Fangting threw himself under the canopy and shouted, "Don't let him go! Don't let him go! Who is it? Come out!"
The head of Xuantian Sect felt both happy and angry: "Why? Why did you choose Mingzhu?"
Xu Fangting turned his head sharply and spat, "He's the easiest to deceive. If I don't choose him, who else should I choose? He himself said, 'I will die with no regrets if I make a pact with you.' If I kill him, what's the problem? Isn't he 'dying with no regrets'?"
"Everyone, this guy has evil ambitions..." The leader wanted to encourage others, "Let's work together to kill him!"
But everyone ignored him and just looked up at the sky.
Suddenly, the picture on the sky changed again.
This time was twenty years ago. The young leader of Xuantian Sect supported a demon woman and came to the vicinity of the Demon Abyss.
"Just give birth here. You are a demon anyway."
"Master is preparing to pass on his position to me and let me be the headmaster."
"Yun Niang! Ah!"
The head of Xuantian Sect was also stunned and rushed forward: "I wonder who is here? I know I was wrong! Please forgive me!"
What follows is the scene where the leader of Xuantian Sect brings Shen Mingzhu to the Demon Abyss to obtain the dragon whiskers.
Everyone watched as Shen Mingzhu casually pressed the soul-soothing nail and the talisman against the wall and prepared to leave. The things fell to the ground, but they didn't even turn their heads back.
Everyone was so angry that their lungs exploded.
Therefore, the seal of the Demon Abyss loosened not because of the collision of demonic energy, but because of the sins committed by these two people, father and son!
They are used to taking other people's things as their own and doing whatever they want in the Demon Abyss.
It is clearly their own fault, yet in recent years they have been acting rampantly under the banner of "savior".
It's so shameless!
Just at this moment, Shen Mingzhu had simply bandaged his wound, struggled to crawl out of the tent, and saw this scene.
"It wasn't me! It wasn't me!"
His eyes went dark and he fainted again.
The entire Xuantian Sect was in chaos. The Sect Leader and Xu Fangting were pinned down by the crowd before they could even pretend to faint.
Suddenly, a stack of rice paper fell from the clouds and floated down with the wind.
Everyone was puzzled. Xu Fangting grabbed a page and recognized what it was at a glance.
It was he who copied the "Qing Xin Jue"!
A few months ago, he begged Zhu Qingchen to accept him as his disciple, and Zhu Qingchen asked him to copy the "Qing Xin Jue". He also copied Shen Mingzhu's copy. He also specially used the finest incense-sprinkled gold paper and ink that would not fade for a thousand years.
It was Zhu Qingchen who was behind this!
Xu Fangting tore up the "Qing Xin Jue" and suddenly raised his head and looked around: "Zhu Qingchen, you are not dead! Come out! Come out!"
Amid the sky filled with words and papers, a dark dragon emerged from the clouds.
The dark blue dragon brought up the rolling black clouds, and Zhu Qingchen sat on the back of the blue dragon, like a ray of moonlight falling into the deep black night. !
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