Chapter 380 All living beings look back, while the nine mountains look forward

The seventh young master, Zhao Jingfan, has been very happy these days.

He had just returned to the Qingmu Sect with his master and fellow disciples.

I had stayed there for several years and it was a place that I was very familiar with, but when I came back, my mood was completely different.

Walking on the way to the medicine garden, the bluestone standing beside him on the roadside, the plants growing in the medicine garden in the distance, and even the bricks and tiles on the eaves, could make him lose his mind for a moment.

Not only him, every disciple of the Qingmu Sect who survived the disaster and returned to the sect had similar feelings.

Along the way, he met many disciples of the Qingmu Sect, many of whom had cultivation levels not lower than his.

But even those disciples in the Jindan stage, when they met him, would take two quick steps forward and smile at him. Their attitudes were not extremely respectful, but they were all quite close to him.

Zhao Jingfan knew that this was because of Zheng Fa.

Today, the Qingmu Sect has already joined the Jiushan Sect. In other words, Zheng Fa’s words now may shock the entire Qingmu Sect.

His relationship with Zheng Fa is no secret in the Baixian League.

This was not something he intended to publicize, but when he was in Tongming Mountain, if Zheng Fa was not busy, he would ask him to go to Jiushanjie's house for a simple meal. Although it was just a chat, people with a keen eye would always notice it.

By now, Jiushan Sect had become the leader of Baixian League, so his status in Qingmu Sect was naturally different.

Zhao Jingfan is often arrogant at home and does not know his place. He thinks everything is his and thinks he is second only to everyone else.

But at this time he became humble again. When he met his senior brothers or elders, he would perform etiquette meticulously and would not lose his manners at all because of the other person's attitude.

He even seemed more cautious and polite than in previous days.

Watching this enthusiastic senior brother walk away, Zhao Jingfan looked back and shook his head, remembering the conversation between his mother and him because of this matter:

"You need to change your temper."

"What's wrong?"

"With Zheng Fa as your backer, if you work harder and gain better relationships with others in the sect, you may become the leader of the Qingmu Sect in the future... The Zhao family has never had such a success..."

“Not interested!”

"...If you don't behave properly in this sect, you will lose face for Zheng Fa."

"It seems...right?"

Zhao Jingfan still remembers his mother's expression at that time, and he feels like laughing when he thinks about it now.

In the end, he just had a very simple idea:

I can't keep up with Zheng Fa anymore, so at least don't hold him back.

Zhao Jingfan put aside the thoughts in his mind and walked into the medicine garden.

In the past few days, most of the Qingmu Sect disciples have been working in the medicine garden - the Qingmu Sect's spiritual vein is still there, but the medicine garden has been ravaged by the disciples of the Demon Sect, and many rare medicinal materials have been dug up, which makes the leader very sad.

The sect was famous for its alchemy, and the medicine garden was also an important place.

These days, they are replanting various spiritual herbs in the hope of restoring the old look.

After several days of tidying up, the medicine garden has taken shape.

The faces of the disciples in the sect were relatively peaceful and happy - at least, the Great Free Demon Emperor had gone to the wreak havoc in the sea and would not come back to harm them again, right?

That's good! Zhao Jingfan carefully placed the seeds in his hand into the hole, covered them with soil, and couldn't help but smile.

"look!"

A disciple who stood up to rest suddenly shouted and pointed to the distant sky.

What are you looking at? Zhao Jingfan raised his head suddenly and looked in the direction of his fingertips.

The smile on his face suddenly disappeared! The distant skyline had turned into an ocean.

The sea water, the endless sea water, spread over the mountains, fertile fields, and cities, rushing towards them.

On the sea and in the sky, there were more demons than water! Beneath the waves, there were men, women, old and young, fleeing in a hurry.

The Great Free Demon King stood in the center of all the demons, looking coldly at these mortals who died in vain, without a trace of emotion in his eyes.

The headmaster's voice came from the top of the mountain, with a tone of fear and pain: "All disciples of Qingmu Sect, follow me to retreat!"

Zhao Jingfan fled out of the mountain with his fellow disciples. Before leaving, he took another look at the newly tidied medicine garden and the mountain gate. The peace in his heart was no longer there, only reluctance and grief.

Not only him, but also the head elders, fellow disciples, and everyone else had the same expression on their faces.

They fled for their lives, watching the medicinal garden, the mountains, and the former site of Qingmu Sect being destroyed by the sea water, but it was too late to grieve.

Because of the demons behind them, the sea water under their feet was getting closer and closer to them!

An elder of the Qingmu Sect suddenly shouted to the head of the sect: "Send a letter to the Jiushan Sect! We signed that mutual assistance treaty!"

The head of the sect sent out a communication talisman, but it was obvious that distant water could not quench the nearby fire. The face of the Great Freedom Demon King behind him became clearer and clearer.

"Demon King, stop!"

A somewhat strange and old voice suddenly appeared on the right side of the crowd.

Zhao Jingfan looked in the direction of the voice and saw two figures slowly appearing. He recognized one of them—Shi Nandang, the god from Haori Mountain.

The other one was a little old and had a strange look on his face, but it was obvious that Shi Nandang was extremely respectful to this person.

Not only him, but also the Great Free Demon King who had been expressionless just now, also took action. He raised his eyes, stopped the surging waves, and looked at the old man with some fear in his eyes: "Hao Ri Mountain... Dao Fruit?"

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jingfan was overjoyed. Not only him, but even the leader of the Qingmu Sect breathed a sigh of relief.

They did not dare to stay, but took this opportunity to flee far away, but their ears and eyes remained on the two great Dao Fruit monks.

Hao Rishan Daoguo was furious and shouted, "Why did the Demon King break his promise?"

The Great Free Demon King remained silent.

But everyone else was puzzled.

What agreement? "My Five Sects allow you to rule the sea monster tribe, but you also promised not to go ashore!"

I see!

Not to mention Zhao Jingfan, even Shi Nandang of Haori Mountain was a little confused at this moment -

The order from the door to leave came too quickly and too decisively.

Now it seems that the elders of the Five Sects had already reached a tacit understanding with the Great Free Demon King? "I did promise."

The words of the Great Free Demon King were obviously an admission.

"Then why are you here!"

“Wherever the Tao is, we have to come.” The eyes of the Great Free Demon Emperor became increasingly cold.

The Hao Ri Mountain Daoguo was stunned for a moment, looked at the Great Free Demon King, and seemed to have some guesses, but he naturally would not let it go: "Aren't you afraid that my five sects will kill you?"

The Great Free Demon King had always been a cautious and thoughtful person in the past, but today, his attitude was extremely hard, his expression did not change at all, and his words were even colder: "Whoever dares to stop me, I will kill him."

After these words were spoken, the wind between the two sides seemed to freeze.

"Demon King...are you determined to do this?"

"It has to be this way!"

The mysterious light shone brightly from the Ten Thousand Demons Banner in the hands of the Great Free Demon King, and the fierceness in his eyes was even more dazzling, as if he had really made up his mind to kill anyone who stood in his way, and would fight to the death with anyone who came.

The old man from Haori Mountain looked more and more ugly, and he seemed a little afraid, but he did not give in.

But then the Great Free Demon King spoke again: "I only want the Nine Mountains Sect."

"Nine Mountain Sect?"

The morale of the Daoguo cultivator from Haori Mountain plummeted, and he seemed to be thinking.

"After I kill Zheng Fa of Jiushan," the Demon King said in a low voice, "I will withdraw from Dongzhou and return to the sea."

Hao Rishan Daoguo became even more hesitant after hearing this.

"I don't want any spiritual materials or resources on this land."

The old man's aura gradually subsided, and his attitude became gentler.

After hearing this, Zhao Jingfan's heart sank, but he didn't dare to speak, and he couldn't say anything. He could only listen to what the two said while taking out a communication talisman.

At this time, the old man asked: "Since you are aiming at the Nine Mountains Sect, why do you have to... deal with these people?"

He pointed to the many mortal corpses soaking in the sea water.

“If he continues to hide in the Nine Mountains Realm and doesn’t come out…” The Great Free Demon King chuckled, “then they will know that these people died because of him.”

"Will this work?"

The old man was stunned.

"It's okay to try."

Zhao Jingfan's eyes were red with anger when he heard this, because there were more than tens of millions of people who died because of these four words "It's okay to give it a try". But he was even more worried - in his opinion, Zheng Fa always had some inexplicable sympathy, especially for mortals. This Great Free Demon King actually tried it right! The communication talisman in his hand flew out, and the last sentence was just two words: "Don't come!"

…

Zhao Jingfan's communication talisman is far behind the communication talismans sent by other sects.

In the Nine Mountains Realm, Zheng Fa has received letters for help from four or five sects - the Qingmu Sect is not the only sect that has been overwhelmed by the Great Freedom Demon Emperor.

"The two counties have been submerged by floods..."

Zheng Fa calculated in his mind, his eyes looking somewhat deep.

He also knew that the Great Free Demon King came here for him, but at this moment he didn't understand why he brought so many demons with him - in the fight for the Dao Fruit, the lower-level cultivators were almost useless.

"Let's go." Uncle Pang advised Zheng Fa, "The Great Free Demon King is very powerful. We are going to flee to Haori Mountain. Does he dare to flood Haori Mountain?"

"You can't escape. The Great Free Demon King is targeting me."

"...Then we will take refuge in the Nine Mountains!"

This does have some merits.

Qing Jing Zhu is extremely targeting the Great Freedom Demon King. What's more, he now has the Fusang Wood and the Qingping Sword to guard the Nine Mountains Realm, so he may not be afraid of Great Freedom.

Of course, this is not true...

I have caused a slight change in the Fusang Wood Dao Fruit, which seems to have had a significant impact on the Great Freedom Demon King. This time, he must have tried his best.

The biggest problem now is that he is not sure about the strength of the Great Freedom Demon King.

not to mention……

"Escape to the Nine Mountains Realm. This "Mutual Assistance Treaty" is a joke."

Zheng Fa looked at the communication talisman in his hand.

This treaty is not binding, at least there is no inner demon, but it is related to the credibility of the Jiushan Sect.

If we really do nothing to save them, the morale of the Hundred Immortals Alliance will be dispersed.

Senior Sister Zhang's face was very cold: "Why bother with those people from the Hundred Immortals Alliance? If you cause any harm to the Hundred Immortals Alliance..."

She raised the Qingjing Bamboo in her hand, and Zheng Fa was shocked. Did this senior sister want to hit him?

"I won't let them go in the future..."

Oh, Senior Sister might feel that she was beaten too hard, and wants to wipe out the entire family of those people in the Hundred Immortals Alliance...

"Senior Sister, how afraid of death I am, don't you know?"

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Zheng Fa was indeed unwilling to act rashly.

He didn't have any feelings towards the Hundred Immortals Alliance.

Zheng Fa calmed down the irritable senior sister, then shook his head and said, "It's really that I can't escape, and I can't even reconcile."

Fuso is in a bit of trouble now...

This thing has merged into his body, and now he doesn't know how to separate it.

What's even more terrifying is that the Fuso tree seems to have some connection with the modern times. This not only involves the safety of Tang Lingwu, Old Man Bai and others, but also involves Zheng Fa's biggest secret.

This resulted in Zheng Fa not even having the option of offering the Fuso wood in exchange for a compromise.

He realized very early on that he and the Great Free Demon King had gradually become mortal enemies.

Grudges may not matter, but this concerns the great interests of Daoguo and the modern world, and there is no solution.

Besides... he felt a little depressed and too passive.

At this moment, two communication talismans carrying the aura of Senior Sister Zhang suddenly came.

Zheng Fa's eyes lit up and he picked up two communication talismans.

Now he is certain that the person pretending to be Senior Sister Zhang is Chen Ting.

Chen Ting doesn’t care, but the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor behind Chen Ting is no small figure.

Zheng Fa didn't know much about the Nine Nether Demon Ancestors now, but he was impressed by each of them:

One or two epochs ago, the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor entered the Nine Mountains Realm and killed the former master of the Nine Mountains Realm, Tianzun.

In the scattered memories that Zheng Fa obtained, Tianzun was not a weakling, and was even one of the strongest people in the Shinto era.

There are even records of communications between the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor and the Tianhe Reverend.

This is a thing of the past.

Zheng Fa pays more attention to matters concerning the "future".

In Mu Qingyan's memory, the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor seemed to establish a force called the Nine Nether Underworld.

If this underworld is the same as what Zheng Fa knows, then the hidden power of the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor is probably far beyond the imagination of those who are profound and subtle.

Even if this underworld was just something Zheng Fa was overthinking.

But the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor has been powerful for at least three epochs and has always stood at the top of the Xuanwei Realm.

There was another thing that Zheng Fa was very concerned about, and he looked up to the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor——

He watched Chen Ting kick the Great Free Demon Ancestor and suddenly transform himself into a disciple of Jiuyou.

At that time, the Great Freedom Demon Ancestor was extremely angry!

But now it seems that the Great Free Demon King didn't seem to have noticed anything. This Chen Ting is like a confidant under his command!

Let a small Jindan cultivator hide a Dao fruit.

This is... a bit scary.

At least it shows that the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor seems to be stronger than the Great Freedom Demon Ancestor!

Did Chen Ting send the message to inform me personally?

This should be unlikely.

Those who really want to communicate with him...

Is it the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor? Therefore, as soon as he saw the two communication talismans, he was extremely concerned.

He took the two communication talismans in his hands, read them, and suddenly opened his eyes with joy in his eyes.

Seeing him like this, Senior Sister Zhang looked over.

Zheng Fa handed her two communication talismans. After she looked at them, she raised her eyebrows in surprise.

After seeing it, Uncle Pang and others were even more astonished.

"The Great Free Demon Ancestor was resurrected by the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor?"

"He has a hidden hand in his body?"

"He also taught secret techniques?"

Uncle Pang's tone was hurried, with some joy and some disbelief.

Zheng Fa was also a little confused about all these things.

The Nine Nether Demon Ancestor was so bored that he wanted to revive the Great Free Demon Ancestor? If he was resurrected, then so be it. Why kill him again?

Isn't this asking for trouble? Most importantly, why... did the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor place his hopes on himself?

Is it because of the Fuso Wood Dao Fruit? Or the Qingping Sword?

How does he know then?

Zheng Fa couldn't figure out these questions now. He looked at the secret method taught by Nine Nether Demon Ancestor. It was not a method of cultivation, but more like a method of attack...

Can the Nine Nether Demon Ancestor be trusted...

Can this secret method be practiced? Suddenly, another communication talisman flew over. The content of the communication talisman was very short, so short that Zheng Fa even read it again after reading it.

There is only one line of text in it:

"This method was passed down to me by Venerable Tianhe."

"I'll practice!" Xie Qingxue said immediately after hearing this. She took out the Qingping Sword and tried it twice. Suddenly she opened her eyes and said, "Yes! The Qingping Sword has a response!"

Zheng Fa breathed a sigh of relief and looked at everyone again.

Uncle Pang said worriedly, "The Nine Nether Demon Ancestor has a plan for the Great Free Demon Emperor. Maybe it's true, or maybe it's false... What if these two families plot against my Nine Mountain Sect together?"

Zheng Fa was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered a classic saying of the Seventh Young Master Zhao Jingfan: "What do they want?"

It’s not that the Yin-Yang fish jade pendant or other treasures in Zheng Fa’s body are not worth their covetousness.

But these two demon ancestors want to deal with a small Nine Mountain Sect. What conspiracy and tricks are they playing? Why don't they just come over and smash the Nine Mountain Realm to pieces?

Not to mention, even Uncle Pang thinks this self-denying way of comfort makes sense!

"According to what the previous communication talisman said, they will take action first."

Senior Sister Zhang nodded slowly and suddenly said, "Try it!"

Zheng Fa looked at Xie Qingxue, who also nodded.

Senior Sister Zhang didn’t like adventure, but... the Great Free Demon Ancestor has been thinking about them for a long time, and if there is a permanent solution.

Even if there are some risks, it is worth a try! In addition to the Blood River Patriarch's attack on Jiushan, they were attacked by the Great Freedom Demon Cult for the third time!

Not to mention that Senior Sister Zhang was furious, even Zheng Fa hoped to resolve this problem.

…

Zhao Jingfan fled along with his elders and fellow disciples, with the flood following closely behind them.

He also didn't know that the Great Free Demon King really didn't care about them and just wanted to use this slow method to force Zheng Fa out.

Perhaps it was because of the Hao Ri Mountain Dao Fruit that he was on guard and slowed down his actions.

Anyway, they were still far away from the waves.

But the mortals on earth were not so lucky. Villages were destroyed one after another and countless people were caught in the waves.

Even though Zhao Jingfan doesn't care about ordinary people as much as Zheng Fa does, he still feels sympathy for his fellow human beings.

However, he acted as if he hadn't even seen the Dao Fruit from Haori Mountain, and his expression remained calm.

However, there were more people around him at this time - Abbot Mingde, Master Chengkong and Yaochi Huashen. It seemed that they had received news about the incident here and had rushed over.

But if Hao Rishan Daoguo did not take action, no one dared, and no one could stop the Great Free Demon King! The people on the ground, some pulled their wives, some held their children, and some even carried the elderly at home and ran wildly, hoping to find a way to survive.

But the speed of the rushing sea water far exceeds that of mortal legs.

Each wave rolls up a living being.

A little girl of five or six years old seemed to have fallen down and was lying on the ground, crying loudly.

The demons blocked out the light above her head.

The sea water had wet her little feet.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The bells rang out one after another, shaking the rushing water several meters away.

The little girl's father came crawling over and looked gratefully in the direction where the bell was coming from.

The Sun and Moon Bell, carrying Zheng Fa's spiritual power and a warm and majestic aura, rises slowly from the skyline.

The densely packed mortals on the ground fled into the distance, but the Sun and Moon Bell moved forward courageously towards the Great Free Demon King.

(End of this chapter)