Chapter 62: The Murdered Wife's Testimony (18)
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The jade-white hem of the dress hung down to the clouds, like silvery moonlight pouring down from the sky.
It’s really Zhu Qingchen!
Xu Fangting stared at him in a daze, his whole body shook in disbelief, and took half a step back.
He is not dead. He has been in the Demonic Abyss for two months and he is not dead!
How is that possible? Didn't the demon tear him to pieces?
He murmured: "How is it possible..."
Lu Nanxing reacted and shouted, "Master!"
Soon after, the other cultivators also reacted and quickly stood still and saluted: "Immortal Venerable!"
Cheng Yi grabbed a nearby Xuantian Sect disciple who had mocked him and shouted, "What did you tell me yesterday? You said my master was dead. Come, look who this is! My master is destined to ascend to become a god. Even if all of you in the Xuantian Sect die, my master will not die!"
The Xuantian Sect disciples panicked and bowed down, "Please forgive me, Immortal Lord! Please forgive me, Immortal Lord!"
The leader of Xuantian Sect knew that the matter was exposed, so he hurriedly followed suit and saluted.
Xu Fangting stared at him and suddenly shouted, "No... He is not Zhu Qingchen..."
Everyone looked at him in confusion, and Cheng Yi asked, "What the hell are you talking about? This isn't my master, this is your master?"
Xu Fangting said: "It must not be. How could he come out alive after entering the Demonic Abyss? He..."
Xu Fangting suddenly thought of something and said in a stern voice: "I know, he must be possessed by a demon! The blue dragon behind him is the demon god, and the man next to him is the demon god. Zhu Qingchen is possessed by a demon!"
Xu Fangting quickly drew a long sword from the waist of a nearby disciple and shouted, "My fellow disciples, follow me to kill the demon cultivator!"
Embarrassingly, no one paid any attention to him.
Everyone stood where they were, either waiting for Zhu Qingchen to speak or pointing their weapons at him.
A man who cut open people's golden elixirs and killed his wife to prove his truth actually dares to call others evil cultivators?
Is he crazy?
Anyone in the world can be possessed by the devil except the Jade Purity Immortal.
Xu Fangting still did not give up, and shouted again: "I am the savior destined by heaven! Now that the devil has appeared in the world, everyone follow me..."
Before he could finish his words, Chang Yuan waved his hand, and the blue dragon suddenly lowered its head and roared at him.
Canglong understood human nature and knew to avoid the innocent monks nearby. Xu Fangting was directly blown ten feet away.
Zhu Qingchen blinked and turned to look at Chang
deep.
It seems that when he first met Canglong, Canglong showed mercy to him.
Canglong just breathed at him but didn't roar at him.
Xu Fangting fell to the ground, feeling his head buzzing. Warm liquid flowed out of his ears, and he found it was bleeding when he touched them.
Chang Yuan tilted his head and waved his hand. Canglong leaned forward again and roared at him.
Amidst the roar, a voice that only Xu Fangting could hear rang out: "Yes, I am the devil, and I almost beat you to death without even moving my hands, savior?"
Chang Yuan stood beside Zhu Qingchen with his hands folded, looking unruly.
Xu Fangting screamed, but he still stubbornly got up from the ground and grabbed the hem of a nearby cultivator: "He admitted it himself that he is a demon cultivator. Kill him, kill him... quickly..."
The monk looked at him with disgust and silently pulled his clothes back.
Canglong ignored him and bent down.
The huge dragon head rested on the ground and everyone stepped back. Zhu Qingchen climbed down from the dragon and touched its head as encouragement.
Chang Yuan followed behind him. He was tall, with a straight back, dressed in black, and had red-gold eyes. He really looked like the legendary Demon Lord from two hundred years ago.
Canglong and Changyuan both have strong recovery abilities, and all their injuries were healed in less than one night.
The Xiaoyao Sect's leader and several other sect leaders stepped forward and saluted: "Immortal Venerable."
Zhu Qingchen looked around and said, "Take Shen Mingzhu away and rebandage her wound. Tie up Xu Fangting and the head of Xuantian Sect, and don't let them run away. The rest of the Xuantian Sect disciples should stay where they are, and send someone to guard them."
"Yes." Several leaders immediately made arrangements.
Zhu Qingchen took one last look around, only to see the mess, and sighed: "Let's go, we'll talk about it when we get back."
"yes."
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi quickly stepped forward, one on the left and one on the right, trying to surround the master.
"Thank you for your hard work, Master."
"I have prepared Master's favorite barbecue. Master, would you like to go back and have some?"
But Chang Yuan followed Zhu Qingchen closely and did not give them any chance to take advantage.
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi looked at each other and pushed each other.
Finally, Cheng Yi stepped forward and asked quietly, "Fellow Daoist, are you also Master's disciple?"
Chang Yuan frowned and said calmly: "No, I am not his apprentice."
That's good.
The two men breathed a sigh of relief.
But Chang Yuan followed even closer, leaving both of them behind.
Isn't it obvious? He is Zhu Qingqing's best friend!
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Zhu Qingchen, surrounded by the sect leader's disciples, returned to the commander-in-chief's tent.
Along the way, the leaders reported to him what had happened in the past few months.
"The Immortal Venerable has been in the Demonic Abyss for several months. We have been waiting outside, concentrating on our cultivation and not slacking off."
"Later, rumors of the Immortal Venerable's death spread. Although we were shaken, we still remembered the Immortal Venerable's teachings, got ready, and came to the vicinity of the Demon Abyss, ready to fight at any time."
Zhu Qingchen nodded slightly: "You guys did a great job even when I was away."
"Thank you for the praise, Immortal Venerable."
The group returned to the commander's tent, and in the middle was a topographic map of the area near the Demon Abyss and a lookout tower deployment map.
Zhu Qingchen folded his hands, stood by and watched for a while, then nodded: "Well done."
Only then did everyone show some joy on their faces.
Zhu Qingchen sat down in the main seat in the middle, and Chang Yuan sat down beside him without hesitation.
Zhu Qingchen turned his head and glanced at him. Seeing his pitiful appearance, he shook his hand seriously.
This was the first time in two hundred years that Chang Yuan left the Demon Abyss and came to the world of cultivation. Seeing so many cultivators, he must have been very scared.
I wish Immortal Qingqing will protect him!
Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi looked at each other, then silently stood behind their master, one on the left and one on the right, like Dharma protectors.
Several sect leaders reported a few more important matters, and soon, a medical disciple came over and replied, "Immortal Venerable, Sect Leader."
Zhu Qingchen responded: "How are those people from Xuantian Sect?"
The disciple said, "Shen Mingzhu was stabbed with a sword, but luckily the sword missed her heart, so she is no longer in danger. As for Xu Fangting and the head of Xuantian Sect, they were injured, but they still kept yelling and cursing."
Zhu Qingchen lowered his eyes: "Then can Shen Mingzhu move now?"
"You can bring it over on a stretcher."
"Then bring him here. Since Xu Fangting and the head of Xuantian Sect are not important, bring them here as well."
The disciple received the order and was about to leave when Zhu Qingchen suddenly said, "Lift the tent curtain. Any disciple who wants to see can come over and take a look."
"yes."
These things have to come to an end.
Otherwise there will be chaos and no peace.
also
Let other cultivators in the world of cultivation see what the consequences will be if they take the evil path.
Zhu Qingchen pinched his brows, leaned back on the table and closed his eyes to rest.
Chang Yuan stretched out his hand and massaged his shoulders and arms attentively.
Soon, the disciples invited everyone from Xuantian Sect to come up.
Shen Mingzhu was lying on a stretcher, half dead.
Xu Fangting and the leader of Xuantian Sect were still alive and well. Even though they were tied up with the Immortal Binding Rope, they could still curse at each other from a distance.
"Xu Fangting, you are such an ungrateful bastard! I only regret that I was so blind that I didn't see your evil ambitions!"
"I am the disciple brought up by my master, so I naturally follow him. My master let his beloved woman give birth in the wilderness in order to gain the position of the head of the sect, so why can't I kill my wife to prove my truth!"
When they were brought before Zhu Qingchen, the two men immediately united as one.
"Zhu Qingchen, you have repeatedly opposed my Xuantian Sect. What is your intention?"
"Zhu Qingchen, it's you who is slandering us! It's you!"
Zhu Qingchen leaned on the table, slowly opened his eyes, and took a sip of tea from the cup handed to him by Chang Yuan.
After they had cursed enough, Zhu Qingchen spoke calmly: "Let's ask one thing at a time. Who goes first?"
Suddenly, both of them shut up again.
Zhu Qingchen tilted his head and randomly pointed to one: "Then the leader goes first."
The leader's face was twisted with anger. Why should he come first?
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Do you acknowledge what was reflected on the sky curtain just now?"
"I don't admit it!" The leader was very tough.
He knew in his heart that if he admitted it, he would be torn to pieces by the major sects.
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it. The blue dragon whose whiskers you cut off is still out there. It asked me to help it seek justice and get its whiskers back."
"I am already a very easy-going and kind-hearted person. I plan to wait until Shen Mingzhu recovers from her injury before taking the dragon whiskers."
"If you keep making excuses and refuse to admit it, the blue dragon will not wait and will rush over to forcibly dig out the dragon whiskers in Shen Mingzhu's body. With the condition he is in today, how much life does he have left?"
"Do you want to save your own reputation or save Shen Mingzhu's life? It's your choice."
Chang Yuan turned his head and looked at Zhu Qingchen silently.
Why does he only praise himself and say that others have a bad temper?
It made him look very fierce.
However, Zhu Qing
My words are really useful.
The head of Xuantian Sect turned pale immediately and looked at Shen Mingzhu beside him.
Shen Mingzhu hasn't woken up yet, her face is pale, and she is breathing in but not out.
The head of the sect hesitated for a while, and finally clenched his fists, turned back, looked at Zhu Qingchen, and whispered: "I admit it."
"Um?"
"I admit it." He whispered, "I fell in love with the witch and gave birth to Mingzhu. Mingzhu was born with a deficiency and could not practice cultivation. I searched for magic weapons everywhere, but could not cure it, so in the end..."
He set his sights on Longxu.
But how could Long be found so easily?
So he thought of the blue dragon sealed in the abyss.
"I took Mingzhu to the Demonic Abyss. I took down a soul-suppressing nail and a talisman with my own hands, and sneaked in while the Azure Dragon was dormant."
Everyone held their breath, clenched their fists, and looked at him angrily, wishing they could rush up and tear him to pieces.
Although they had seen what happened from the sky, it felt different to actually hear him admit it himself.
Because of their selfish desires, the world of cultivation has lived in the shadow of a loosened seal for twenty years, and now everyone has to prepare for war and clean up their mess.
It's simply...
When the head of the sect saw their angry faces, he quickly said, "I was careless and took the wrong path. I didn't take good care of Mingzhu. I let a four or five-year-old child hold the soul-suppressing nail and the talisman, and I didn't check it afterwards."
With a clang, the head of the sect clenched his fists and knelt heavily in the tent: "It's me, it's all my fault! Please forgive me, please forgive me, Immortal Lord!"
"My son Mingzhu is innocent, please spare his life! It doesn't matter if you cut off his immortal roots, just spare his life. Let him do whatever he wants, just don't kill him! Please..."
As he spoke, he fell to the ground and cried bitterly.
Just at this time, Shen Mingzhu woke up from her coma.
As soon as he woke up, he heard the master speaking for him.
He got so excited that he fell off the stretcher and said, "Master..."
The head looked at him with tears in his eyes. Shen Mingzhu paused, moved his lips, and finally shouted, "Dad!"
The head of the sect hugged him tightly and said, "It's all Dad's fault. It's all Dad's fault! Dad shouldn't have been greedy. I shouldn't have allowed you to develop such a spoiled personality. Dad shouldn't have abandoned you and your mother for the position of head of the sect."
"Dad shouldn't have brought you back to the sect.
Dad wanted to find a good man for you, to take care of you for the rest of your life, so that you can live a glorious life, but Dad was wrong. Even if you become an ordinary mortal and cannot practice, it is not a big deal. "
"Dad was wrong, I was wrong!"
Shen Mingzhu also cried and said, "No, I was wrong, I was wrong!"
The father and son hugged each other and cried, arguing that they were wrong. They knelt on the ground and begged everyone to let each other go, saying that saving one life was enough.
Zhu Qingchen sighed and looked at the other cultivators.
After all, it's their business, let them decide for themselves.
The other leaders talked in low voices for a few words and soon came to a conclusion.
The leader of Xiaoyao Sect stepped out and saluted: "Immortal Lord, Shen Mingzhu was only a child of a few years old back then. The seal was loosened, and the main responsibility lies with the leader of Xuantian Sect."
"Shen Mingzhu can be spared the death penalty. It would be better to punish him by returning the dragon whiskers and guarding near the Demon Abyss."
In the bitter cold land of the far north, after he returned the dragon whiskers, he became an ordinary man. Guarding here until death was considered a severe punishment.
"Master of Xuantian Sect, punish him to return all the gains of Xuantian Sect over the years. In addition, someone must lead the way to seal the Demon Abyss, so let him go."
This matter is dangerous. Xuantian Sect has used so many good things from the world of cultivation. We cannot just die like this.
The seal was opened because of him, so it is reasonable for him to fill it up now.
The other monks were very generous and had no objections. Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi did not object either.
Zhu Qingchen didn't say anything more.
The head of Xuantian Sect kowtowed heavily: "Thank you, Immortal Venerable, thank you to all the leaders, I know I was wrong, I know I was wrong..."
Zhu Qingchen waved his hand and had the father and son taken away.
Next is Xu Fangting.
Cheng Yi put the book he had picked up from him on Zhu Qingchen's desk: "Master."
Zhu Qingchen flipped through it casually.
This is a tattered book with missing words and pages, and many of the words are blurred.
Only the page "Killing Wife to Prove the Truth" is barely clear.
Zhu Qingchen closed the book and looked at Xu Fangting: "Where did you get this book?"
Xu Fangting stiffened his neck and refused to speak. Cheng Yi rolled up his sleeves, strode forward, and hit him hard.
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "Xu Fangting, are you still thinking of ascending to become a god one day and then killing me?"
Zhu Qingchen raised his feet, and Chang Yuan massaged his shoulders from behind him: "Then
The blue dragon is still outside. If you refuse to speak, I will throw you to it and let it crush your golden elixir, dig out your spiritual roots, and crush you like a stone."
Chang Yuan nodded. Yes, he was the dragon!
He only listened to Zhu Qingqing and did whatever Zhu Qingqing asked him to do.
Zhu Qingchen asked back: "Does this book teach you how to practice without a golden elixir? I'm afraid not?"
The system said: "Host, you really look like a 'little bully', and Chang Yuan looks like your 'dragon thug'."
Xu Fangting's face changed, and Zhu Qingchen continued: "If you confess and don't waste time, maybe you can save your life like Shen Mingzhu."
"With the Immortal Master's guarantee, I can save my life." Xu Fangting actually wanted to bargain with him.
Zhu Qingchen naturally did not agree to his request, but started to count down: "Three, two..."
The blue dragon coiled on the hill outside began to roar in unison.
Xu Fangting said quickly: "I found it in the Xuantian Sect's library!"
You should have said no earlier.
Zhu Qingchen asked: "When did you come up with the idea of 'killing your wife to prove your faith'?"
"Two years ago." Xu Fangting knew he was embarrassed, so he spoke in a very low voice, "At that time, my cultivation had not improved for several years, and everyone was staring at me. I found this book in the library, and I became interested in it."
Zhu Qingchen asked again: "You started planning this two years ago. Lu Nanxing, Cheng Yi and Shen Mingzhu were all candidates you had your eyes on."
Xu Fangting clenched his fist: "Yes."
"Have you never thought that this is a crooked way?"
"Impossible!" Xu Fangting said seriously, "I have tried the above methods and they all work."
"What methods did you use?"
"Taking the inner elixir of the demon clan has indeed improved my cultivation. The method in this book cannot be wrong."
"you……"
The demon race is already a group of monsters that have awakened their intelligence and cultivated into human form. The monks have always lived in peace with them and will not take action as long as they do not hurt people.
He actually did such a thing.
Everyone was surprised: "This is clearly a demon cultivator!"
Xu Fangting argued confidently: "They are just beasts. Why can't they pave the way for cultivators? If it were you, you might be even worse than me..."
"Shut up!" Zhu Qingchen made a hand gesture, and the flame flickered, directly igniting the book.
Xu Fangting was shocked: "You..."
After a while, the book turned into a pile of ashes. Chang Yuan blew a breath, and all the ashes fell on Xu Fangting's face.
Zhu Qingchen said sternly: "Xu Fangting, other cultivators are different from you. They will not kill innocent people like you do."
Everyone nodded: "What the Immortal Master said is correct."
Xu Fangting's face turned pale. "It's just that you burned the books in advance. Even if they want to learn from me, they don't have the chance to do so. Zhu Qingchen, you always say that I have bad intentions, but how can these people standing below be clean?"
Everyone's expression changed, as if he had hit the nail on the head.
After all, when it’s late at night and everyone is asleep, everyone will have some bad thoughts.
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "That is why they are the cultivators who have not yet ascended."
"They all have distracting thoughts in their minds, and I have them too. Others will never put their distracting thoughts into action, only you will."
"If they clear their minds of distracting thoughts, they will be able to ascend. The so-called cultivation is not only about cultivating magic, but also the state of mind."
Xu Fangting naturally didn't believe it: "You are talking nonsense! In the world of cultivation, the strong are respected. What's the point of cultivating the mind? You are just relying on your seniority to teach me in such a condescending way!"
He refused to repent.
Zhu Qingchen didn't want to talk to him any more, and looked at the other sect leaders: "What do you think?"
Several sect leaders discussed the matter and finally said, "Immortal Venerable, this boy may have signs of being possessed by a demon. What we mean is to abolish his cultivation and lock him up to prevent him from causing trouble again. If he continues to be stubborn, we will have no choice but to..."
Killed.
Zhu Qingchen nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Xu Fangting opened his eyes wide in disbelief: "I am the savior! How dare you do this to me! The Demonic Abyss will be broken soon. If you destroy me now, you will be cutting off your own retreat! Are you all crazy?"
Even though he has become what he is now, he still thinks of himself as the "savior".
Zhu Qingchen supported the table, stood up and walked in front of him.
"I don't know how you were recognized as the savior by the Heavenly Dao, but you are definitely not the savior."
"What should a savior do? Practice diligently and be sincere and upright. But what about you? What are you doing? Even when you were copying the "Qing Xin Jue", you were thinking about how to harm others!"
Zhu Qingchen asked: "Who is the savior who made you look so filthy?"
"The savior is all the monks standing here.
We are busy building the watchtower, uniting and improving our cultivation. What are you doing? You are here to hold the contract ceremony, and your mind is full of crooked ways. "
"What kind of savior are you? Even if destiny is in your hands, so what? That only proves that the heavens are blind and have never seen your true face!"
"If the heavens insist on making you the savior, then even if it means going against the will of heaven and changing the world, what's wrong with that?"
"The heavens turn a blind eye to the suffering of the people and stand idly by while demons run rampant. The heavens are so foolish and incompetent that they allow an evil demon like you to ascend to heaven. What qualifications does the heaven have to rule the world of cultivation? What qualifications does the heaven have to ask us to respect you as our master?"
Everyone clenched their weapons tightly and agreed with this.
that is.
If the heaven has a spirit, it should benefit the human world.
At the very least, we should show them a clear path forward.
But what about the Way of Heaven? It doesn't care about anything, but it still wants people to obey it in everything. How can such a good thing happen in the world?
It’s better not to have such an incompetent and useless way of heaven!
Zhu Qingchen waved his sleeves and said, "Come here, drag him down, destroy his cultivation, and hang him upside down in front of the Demon Abyss. Tell him to open his eyes and see clearly who is the real savior!"
Xu Fangting's face was full of disbelief. The two masters stepped forward and dragged him away.
Before being dragged away, he even wanted to throw dirty water on Zhu Qingchen, shouting: "Zhu Qingchen, Zhu Qingchen is possessed by the devil! That dragon is the devil, and the man behind him is the devil, otherwise how could they get out of the devil's abyss! Zhu Qingchen colluded with the devil and wanted to murder the savior! Don't be fooled by him!"
Zhu Qingchen held the sword at his waist, walked to the front of the tent, and drew the sword out of its sheath with a "swish" sound: "I went into the Demonic Abyss to investigate, and I have already investigated it clearly."
"In the Demonic Abyss, there is only a ball of demonic energy. It needs to possess someone else to exert its power. Now that I have taken away the only living creature in the valley, Canglong, the demonic energy has nowhere to possess and is completely vulnerable."
"The cultivation world has been deceived by the lies of the savior for too long! The savior of this world is not Xu Fangting, nor is it me, but all of you here!"
Zhu Qingchen raised his sword, his eyes determined: "As long as we are determined and don't give it a chance to take advantage, the crisis can be resolved!"!
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