Chapter 86 Chapter 86 Old Friend Reunion
Hearing this, Shen Yuqing's eyes trembled slightly, but he did not respond.
Pei Zichen also woke up from the side. Jiang Zhaoxue glanced at Mu Jinyue, who was pulling him with her, completely ignoring her injuries, and ordered coldly, "Zichen, tie her up."
"River……"
"She just tried to kill me!" Jiang Zhaoxue thought Shen Yuqing was begging for mercy when he heard her speak, and shouted at him with cold eyes.
Shen Yuqing's movements froze slightly. Seeing him stand still, Jiang Zhaoxue softened her tone. "Pavilion Master Shen, you are known for your impartiality. I am, after all, the Queen of Penglai. I'm not just any disciple of the Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion who can draw a knife against me. She attacked me, so it's only natural for me to punish her. I'm sure you won't show favoritism."
Shen Yuqing was speechless. The word "Pavilion Master Shen" pierced his heart. He gripped his sword tightly for a long moment before speaking with difficulty, "She cannot die."
"I won't let her die." Jiang Zhaoxue gave him a cold look, then turned and said, "Go find a way."
As he spoke, Jiang Zhaoxue turned around to see Pei Zichen tying up Mu Jinyue. After instructing Pei Zichen to help the surrounding souls return to their bodies, he walked over and sat down, and began to contact Qian Sisi and Ye Tianjiao.
Shen Yuqing, who was standing beside her, looked at her, as if he wanted to ask something but didn't dare to speak. After thinking for a long time, he finally closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and stood up to find the way.
Jiang Zhaoxue saw him leave, glanced at him, then lowered her head and began to look for
Qian Sisi had long since disappeared, and Ye Tianjiao had even disappeared mysteriously in the legendary battle between Tianji Academy and Jile Changsheng Sect. The only way for her to contact these two people was through the sound-transmitting jade token in her hand.
The sound transmission jade token is the most stable sound transmission magic tool that can be carried on the body. However, five years have passed and Jiang Zhaoxue is not sure about the situation. He can only hope for luck and tentatively send them a message.
"Ye Tianjiao?"
"Qian Sisi?"
After the message was sent, it seemed like it fell on deaf ears, but this was also within Jiang Zhaoxue's expectations.
Jiang Zhaoxue sighed and was about to put away the sound transmission jade token when it suddenly lit up. Jiang Zhaoxue clicked it open in shock, and then heard Ye Tianjiao excitedly say, "Sister!! You're back, sister?! Where were you? I've been waiting for you for a long, long time, you know!!!"
Then came Qian Sisi's voice: "Master Jiang? Is that you? My immortal? My goddess? You're back?! You're finally back? Tell me where you are!"
It seemed as if they had been waiting for her for a long time. Five years later, when all the news came again, they were able to respond quickly at the first moment.
Jiang Zhaoxue's heart felt like well water with a stone thrown into it, rippling and spreading, leaving her eyes slightly sore.
She didn't say much, and said directly: "I don't know where I am exactly, everyone give me a location."
The sound transmission jade tokens could inform each other of their locations. When they shared their locations with each other, they found that the three light spots were very close to each other.
Ye Tianjiao couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Huh? I'm about to take action near Cangcheng, what are you doing here?"
"I'm ready to take action too." Qian Sisi said in a heavy tone.
Although the two did not clearly state what the "action" was, everyone knew who the target was.
Jiang Zhaoxue looked at the location, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Let's meet in Cangcheng. No more words for now."
After confirming the locations of the three people and everyone regained consciousness, Pei Zichen arranged the people one by one. Shen Yuqing found the exit and led everyone out.
After going out, they found that it was a hollowed-out mountain. Jiang Zhaoxue looked up and saw that they were not far from Xuecang Mountain.
"The Holy Pond is in Xuecang Mountain." Pei Shulan looked up at Xuecang Mountain with pain in her eyes. "The Mizhen Illusion is connected to the Holy Pond. As long as you die in it, your power will be absorbed by the Holy Pond."
So they set up the location for the Mizhen Illusionary Realm near Xuecang Mountain.
Jiang Zhaoxue understood. Pei Shulan looked into the distance and said with some difficulty, "I have actually considered this. This formation will absorb you. Will it let us go? But I have no choice."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue turned to look at her, thought for a moment, and said calmly: "Now you have it."
Pei Shulan was stunned, and Jiang Zhaoxue stepped forward.
She contacted Ye Tianjiao and Qian Sisi along the way and brought everyone back to Cangcheng.
When she arrived at Cangcheng, she discovered that the illusion was just an illusion after all, and compared to the real world, the illusion was too beautiful.
The city was full of beggars and corpses lying everywhere.
However, the corpse was rotten and no one dared to touch it. Soon someone would come and skillfully carry these people away.
"These are the people who drank the holy water." Ming explained to Jiang Zhaoxue, "The scene you saw in the illusion was Cangcheng two years ago."
At that time, there were sacrifices and the Qixi Festival, and everyone could still live and eat normally. Unlike now, the whole city seems to be shrouded in death, and there are only a few shops on the streets.
Pei Shulan first arranged for everyone to disperse. Jiang Zhaoxue took Pei Zichen, Shen Yuqing, Mu Jinyue and the others to the place agreed upon by Ye Tianjiao and Qian Sisi.
This was a private house. Jiang Zhaoxue walked to the door and knocked three times lightly and twice heavily according to Ye Tianjiao's instructions. The door opened. Ye Tianjiao stuck his head out and saw Jiang Zhaoxue. He was immediately excited, but he also knew that it was not convenient to say more at this time. So he pulled Jiang Zhaoxue in and said urgently, "Come in!"
As he spoke, Ye Tianjiao pulled Jiang Zhaoxue hurriedly inside. As soon as they entered, Jiang Zhaoxue saw Qian Sisi, Ye Wenzhi, Chen Zhao and others sitting in the room.
Seeing Jiang Zhaoxue, Chen Zhao's eyes instantly turned red. He hurried forward and saluted Jiang Zhaoxue excitedly: "Master Jiang!"
For Jiang Zhaoxue, the last time he saw Chen Zhao was eight years ago, but for Chen Zhao, it was already seventeen years.
Seventeen years ago, he was the one who welcomed her into the Ye Mansion, and now he is still with Ye Wenzhi. His appearance is not much different from that year, but Ye Wenzhi has obviously aged.
Jiang Zhaoxue helped Chen Zhao up and looked towards Ye Wenzhi in the hall. Ye Wenzhi was nearly forty years old, but his hair had already turned gray. He raised his hand and saluted Jiang Zhaoxue, his eyes moist, "Master Jiang."
Thinking of what Ye Wenzhi had done, Jiang Zhaoxue felt heavy in her heart. She nodded as a greeting and looked up at Qian Sisi.
Qian Sisi was still as nonchalant as ever. Seeing her looking over, she called out, "What are you looking at? Come in quickly. Let's discuss the current situation together..."
Before she finished speaking, she turned to look at Shen Yuqing who was following behind Jiang Zhaoxue.
Jiang Zhaoxue paused for a moment, then realized they were on guard against Shen Yuqing. She turned around and said to Shen Yuqing, "Go and take care of Mu Jinyue first. Meditate and regulate your breathing. I'll come find you when I get back."
Shen Yuqing paused, he looked around, and after seeing that everyone was looking at him warily, he thought about it, and finally nodded, leading the injured Mu Jinyue away.
This room was obviously a place for discussing war, and there was a sand table on the table. Jiang Zhaoxue was a little surprised when she saw it: "What are you doing?"
"Hey," Ye Tianjiao said lightly, "We plan to demolish the Holy Pool."
"Did you tear down the sacred pond?" Jiang Zhaoxue was a little bewildered. "If it's so easy to tear down, why didn't you do it sooner?"
"Of course it's not easy." Qian Sisi smiled bitterly, "We've tried everything, but there's really no other way. Now we can only fight with our backs against the wall."
"What do you mean?" Jiang Zhaoxue was puzzled, and Ye Wenzhi next to him finally spoke.
"Five years ago, the Blissful Immortality Sect emerged and developed rapidly. Three years ago, Daxia was overwhelmed by the sect's influence. My teacher advocated war and gathered the strength of cultivators from all over the world to fight against the Blissful Immortality Sect. However, they had too many followers and even many people from the Tianji Academy were incited to rebellion. In the end, the Tianji Academy was destroyed, and Daxia was on the verge of collapse. I had no choice but to send my teacher away and promised Song Wulan that I would become his puppet."
Ye Wenzhi's voice was very tired, completely different from when he was young.
He did not practice Taoism and had already grown old like an ordinary person.
Ye Tianjiao's appearance remained at the age of twenty. He smiled and continued, "Under Big Brother's protection, I took the remaining forces of the Tianji Academy and hid here. Big Brother offered the establishment of the Jile Changsheng Sect as the state religion, the lives of two million people, and help in building the Holy Pond as conditions to achieve temporary peace. After that, we will inquire about their intentions while finding a solution."
"We've tried every possible method over the years," Ye Wenzhi said, seeming to be in some pain. "I asked for help from the True Immortal Realm and also secretly tried to assassinate Song Wulan, but in the end..."
"Have you asked for help from the True Fairyland?" Jiang Zhaoxue was surprised. "Who did you contact?"
"Ancestor Gujun." Ye Wenzhi raised his eyes and looked at Jiang Zhaoxue. "Do you know him?"
Jiang Zhaoxue paused, then said hesitantly, "I do know him, but...there has never been any record of this happening in the True Immortal Realm."
"Perhaps the old ancestor doesn't care." Ye Wenzhi smiled bitterly, "He said that he asked the destiny, and this is a calamity that the human world must go through, and the real fairyland cannot interfere."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue nodded. This was indeed the style of the Spirit Sword Immortal Pavilion. She couldn't help but ask again, "Have you asked for help from other people in the True Immortal Realm?"
"How can it be so easy to contact the True Immortal Realm?" Qian Sisi sighed. "We were able to contact Patriarch Gujun only because Tianjiyuan was built by Lingjian Xian Pavilion. Otherwise, who would know how to contact the True Immortal Realm? Let's be realistic. Anyway, they have been trying to find no solution. As for me, I also realized that the Blissful Immortal Cult is not a good thing, so I gathered some righteous people from the folk and have been trying to find a way to assassinate Song Wulan."
"But many people died, but I didn't even see them." Ye Tianjiao ruthlessly exposed her shortcomings and continued, "In the end, it was thanks to my brother, who worked in the Blissful Immortality Sect and spent five years investigating, that he finally figured out Song Wulan's plan."
"What's the plan?" Jiang Zhaoxue actually knew it in her heart, but still confirmed it.
Ye Wenzhi took a sip of tea and said softly, “He wants to kill the sword.”
As he spoke, he turned to look at Xuecang Mountain. "In the Holy Pond, the one he raised in the palace, called Silla Yi, is kept. He wanted to use human lives to train this evil spirit into the strongest evil spirit, thus forcing the God-Slaying Sword to be born."
"But for the God-Slaying Sword to be born, it must have the blood of a pure Yin body," Ye Tianjiao continued, "but such a pure Yin body has not been found for tens of thousands of years, so he can only prepare and wait. With the help of my brother, he will quietly distribute the holy water to two million people and wait for the pure Yin blood to appear. Once the pure Yin blood falls into the holy pool, Xinluoyi will wake up."
"When the time comes, it will use the power of the holy water to instantly absorb the life of all those who have consumed it, strengthening itself and becoming the most powerful evil spirit in the world. At the same time, it will summon the God-Slaying Sword." Ye Wenzhi's voice was heavy. "All along, we thought he would never find the Pure Yin Blood, and that we were maintaining a basic balance. But a few days ago, I received a tip-off that the Pure Yin Blood had appeared. And the two hundred people who consumed the holy water have begun to show symptoms and are in unbearable pain."
“So we decided not to wait any longer!”
Ye Tianjiao said happily, "If you stick your head out, you'll get a knife. If you hide your head, you'll get a knife. When we built the Holy Pond, we made some tricks to trap Xin Luoyi inside for a quarter of an hour. During this quarter of an hour, she can't absorb any external power. In other words, even though those two million people drank the holy water, if we can kill Xin Luoyi within that quarter of an hour, then they can survive!"
“Then…” Jiang Zhaoxue was curious, “Since you have made this decision, why didn’t you kill Silla Yi earlier?”
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other awkwardly. Qian Sisi thought for a moment and coughed lightly: "Um, Master Jiang...would you like to consider our abilities?"
Jiang Zhaoxue was stunned, and Qian Sisi scratched his head: “If we were really sure to kill Silla Yi, we wouldn’t have been beaten and hidden back then...right?”
These words stunned Jiang Zhaoxue. She finally realized that the people in front of her made this decision not to take the initiative to attack, but to burn their boats and risk their lives.
"You," Jiang Zhaoxue said, tongue aching, "if you know you can't win, why bother? Those two million people are chosen by Prime Minister Ye, so you can live..."
“We are those two million people.”
Ye Wenzhi spoke, and Jiang Zhaoxue looked at him blankly. Then she saw Ye Wenzhi raise his eyes and unzip his clothes.
Beneath his clothes was skin that had already begun to rot, yet he remained remarkably calm: "I am the first person to drink the holy water."
"We didn't drink the holy water because we were cultivators, and we were afraid that if Xinluoyi ate her, she would become too strong." Qian Sisi stood by and said slowly, "But I also thought about it. People who cultivate the Tao should take protecting the people as their responsibility. If those two million people die——"
"He will also die after us." Ye Tianjiao continued.
His tone was as cheerful as when he was young, but Jiang Zhaoxue looked into his eyes and knew clearly at that moment.
He has grown up.
She looked at everyone around her who had already made their decision, and her heart was filled with indescribable emotions.
Ye Tianjiao looked at her expression, with a hint of pleading in his eyes: "Sister, I know you want to take the God-Slaying Sword, but I still wonder, can you do this for us..."
"good."
Jiang Zhaoxue did not hesitate, and Pei Zichen turned to look at her.
Ye Tianjiao was stunned for a moment, and Jiang Zhaoxue said seriously: "Tell me the plan clearly and be prepared. I will go with you." Jiang Zhaoxue laughed and said, "Kill that Xinluoyi!"
"Sister..." Ye Tianjiao couldn't believe it. After a moment, he suddenly rushed forward excitedly, "My dear sister..."
Before he could finish his words, Pei Zichen blocked his way with his sword.
Pei Zichen raised his eyelids, and Ye Tianjiao remembered something. He froze and then laughed awkwardly: "Ha... I was just excited for a moment, just excited for a moment."
Ye Tianjiao stepped back and said quickly, "Let's not talk too much. Come on, sister, let's explain it to you clearly..."
After spending more than half an hour, Jiang Zhaoxue roughly figured out their plan.
The reason why the holy water can absorb everyone's life in an instant is because the holy water contains a trace of Silla Yi's resentment.
"As long as Xinluoyi is sealed off, everyone will be safe. We will have a quarter of an hour to kill her. Xinluoyi is formed by resentment and is most afraid of heavenly thunder, so we will use the Nine Heavens Mysterious Thunder Formation to kill him together! As for Song Wulan——"
"I'll help you find his location." Jiang Zhaoxue said thoughtfully, "I have a golden elixir cultivated by his clone on me. As long as he is nearby, I can sense him."
"As long as you find Song Wulan's location," Qian Sisi listened and flicked her sword, "a fortune teller, I promise to take his life."
Hearing this, Jiang Zhaoxue sneered, but did not discourage Qian Sisi's enthusiasm.
After everyone discussed and finalized the plan, Ye Tianjiao was extremely excited and immediately said, "Then I'll go prepare first. Sister, you take a good rest."
"Um."
Jiang Zhaoxue nodded, said goodbye to everyone, and turned to leave. As she walked out the door, she suddenly remembered something and reminded him, "Oh, there's one more thing."
Everyone looked over and saw Jiang Zhaoxue giving a serious instruction: "Mu Jinyue is of pure Yin blood, protect her well."
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