Chapter 96: Return to the Ruins - In the Name of the National Master
Among the more than 400 Ping'an temples, the one in Shangjing is the largest and has the most sophisticated formation.
If even this temple cannot hold up, one can imagine the situation in other places.
The world should have become a scene of purgatory.
There are endless demons in the abyss, rushing out one after another, and they can never be killed.
As long as the demon lord is alive, these things will have something to rely on. As the seal loosens, the demons will only become more and more rampant.
At this moment, Ji Lingche was hanging high up, overlooking the scarlet abyss.
She could already hear the sound of swords—
It was the sound of the Crow Feather Sword vibrating.
The demon lord swallowed the golden elixir and was about to break the sword and break the seal.
At this moment, the sword spirit was at the end of its strength and was struggling to hold on, erupting with the last of its spiritual pressure.
The long sword trembled, as if it would break at any moment.
The sword spirit's mournful cry sounded to Ji Lingche's ears as if the sword were crying.
Hearing her sword's mournful cry, her heart felt like it was bleeding and she was so angry that her teeth were itching.
The sword is nourished by the blood of its master, and the person is nourished by the sword's spiritual energy. Their spiritual veins are connected, and blood is thicker than water.
She had watered this sword with her own flesh and blood. Feeling the pain of the Crow Feather Sword at this moment, she seemed to empathize with the sword.
Ji Lingche spread out his palms, and his spiritual pressure spread out, extending rapidly underground.
The Crow Feather Sword instantly sensed its master's spiritual power and immediately became excited.
She clenched her hand in the air, and it seemed as if she really grasped the hilt of the sword.
The rolling spiritual power flowed down from her palm. She frowned and pressed her hand down inch by inch.
In the abyss, the huge monster roared, and the crack changed color visibly.
Ji Lingche's fingertips trembled slightly, and she felt a violent evil pressure rolling up, instantly bouncing her spiritual pressure back.
She had no choice but to pull back suddenly, and could not help but step back -
Qu Wuji was startled and quickly pulled her back, saying, "Be careful."
Ji Lingche's spiritual veins ached as he stared at the mouth of the abyss without saying anything.
After a long pause, she said quietly, "I'm going down and pulling out my sword."
Qu Wuji said softly, "Let's go, let's go together."
Ji Lingche turned his gaze towards him, then jokingly said, "If you go down there, you might never come out again—"
"Qu Wuji, are you afraid?"
Qu Wuji looked at her with pale eyes.
He raised his hand, placed his cold hand on her cheek, and said slowly: "What I'm really afraid of is that you will abandon me."
She paused, then smiled and said, "I'm not abandoning you. You're injured, so why don't you wait here for me? I'll come out to find you once I've drawn my sword. What do you think?"
Qu Wuji said nothing, but just stared at her calmly and said slowly: "What do you think I will say?"
Ji Lingche tilted his head to look at him, his eyebrows curved and his eyes sparkling.
Qu Wuji looked at her, his mind wandering. She stretched out her hand to him. She spread out her palm and chuckled, "Okay, let's go together."
"We two will die together and never be separated. What do you think?"
Qu Wu Ji lowered his eyes and looked at her slender fingers, then pursed his lips and held her hand tightly.
He turned his wrist, interlocked his fingers with hers, and pulled her towards him.
He said, "I have never been afraid of death."
"Even if I die in your hands, it's a thousand times better than you abandoning me..."
Before he finished speaking, Ji Lingche covered his mouth: "Pooh, pooh, why do you always say such things——"
He smiled, but there was a faint emotion in his eyes, as if he was a little sad, which she couldn't understand.
She stared into his eyes and was about to say something, but suddenly her eyes moved and she looked into the distance.
I saw a golden light rushing towards the two of them!
The golden light reflected in her eyes was like a meteor passing by.
The thing came extremely fast, with a strong wind, and was very strange.
Ji Lingche was instantly alert, gathering a killing intent at his fingertips, but he hesitated to move until the thing was close to the two of them.
But the speed of that thing suddenly slowed down and it slowly floated over.
Only then did the two of them see clearly that this thing was a small golden ball!
Ji Lingche had never seen such a thing before and couldn't help feeling a little confused.
She frowned and watched in surprise as the thing got closer and closer to her. Finally, the small golden ball hung in front of her and remained still.
She slowly raised her hand, wanting to grasp it, but her hand was suspended in mid-air. She was still hesitant, frowning and muttering, "What the hell is this..."
At this moment, Ji Lingche heard the sound of swords, and two people were coming from a distance on swords.
She narrowed her eyes and saw the two people. She couldn't help but startled. She heard someone shouting in the distance: "Ji Lingche!"
"Jinwu, this is for you."
She raised the corner of her mouth and reached out to hold the golden ball——
A burning sensation immediately rose from the palm of his hand, as if his hand had touched magma.
This thing was so hot that even Ji Lingche could hardly hold it. If it were someone else, they would definitely be burned to pieces and their entire hand would be disabled in an instant.
She couldn't help but hiss and cursed: "Gu Chaoyin, you bitch."
Although she was scolding him, she did not let go.
The temperature in my hands gradually cooled down, and the burning sensation of the flesh faded away, leaving only a warmth. Holding it in my hands, it felt like a small hand warmer.
The two people flying on swords from a distance have arrived nearby.
Gu Chaoyin is not a sword cultivator and does not have his own natal sword. At this moment, he is squeezed on the same sword with another person.
The man casually flipped his hair and said with a smile, "Ha, why are you scolding me? You have no conscience."
The swordsman standing behind Gu Chaoyin suddenly said urgently, "Master Brother!"
The person who came was Ye Qingchen.
Qu Wuji's expression changed slightly, and he frowned and said, "Why are you here?"
Ji Lingche waved his hand, and a barrier unfolded, and the barrier fell at Gu Chaoyin's feet.
Gu Chaoyin understood and moved steadily to the side, got off Ye Qingchen's sword, and stood on the barrier that Ji Lingche had opened.
Before Ye Qingchen could speak, Gu Chaoyin bowed slightly to Qu Wuji and said with a smile, "Greetings, Your Excellency."
"We two came here to deliver something, and now the thing has been delivered."
Ji Lingche held the golden ball in his palm and raised his eyebrows, "Is this what you gave me?"
Gu Chaoyin smiled and said, "Exactly."
Ye Qingchen's breathing was a little rapid, and his chest kept rising and falling. It was obvious that he was in too much of a hurry and couldn't catch his breath.
Ji Lingche looked at the two of them and saw that Ye Qingchen's white clothes were stained with blood and there were several scars on his body, which formed a sharp contrast with Gu Chaoyin's clean and gorgeous clothes.
At the critical moment, who is working for the Immortal Alliance and who is cheating will be revealed immediately.
Ji Lingche turned his gaze towards Gu Chaoyin and snorted softly. But Gu Chaoyin remained calm and composed, acting as if nothing had happened.
Ye Qingchen nodded and said, "Senior Brother, Lord Divine Sovereign."
He raised his hand to wipe the blood flowing down his cheek and continued, "I will go down into the abyss with you. Although Qingchen's cultivation is not as good, he can be used as an extra care-"
Qu Wuji had no expression on his face. His eyes swept towards Gu Chaoyin, who was standing casually beside him. Gu Chaoyin noticed his gaze and immediately waved her hands repeatedly, saying with a wry smile, "I won't go down, so as not to cause trouble for the adults."
Ji Lingche rolled his eyes speechlessly.
Qu Wuji said gently, "Qingchen, demons are rampant everywhere now. Only if you stay outside can you save more people."
"It may not be more valuable to go down with us."
Ye Qingchen was stunned for a moment, breathing a little quickly, and whispered: "Brother, I really can't bear to leave you——"
Ji Lingche said slowly: "There are countless bones in the abyss, and yours is not a big deal."
"It's no use for you to go down."
"In my opinion, it would be more practical for you to return to Taihua Yuxu, find those frightened monks who are hiding everywhere, and lead them to kill those wandering demons."
Ye Qingchen was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and bowed deeply to Ji Lingche. He then heard Qu Wuji say in a gentle voice, "Junior brother..."
Ye Qingchen's eyes seemed to turn red, and he quickly lowered his head.
Qu Wuji gently placed his hand on his shoulder and whispered, "Why are you acting like a child?"
Ye Qingchen raised his hand to wipe the corner of his eyes, his tone choked with sobs, and his voice was very low: "Senior Brother..."
“So many people died…”
Qu Wuji said gently, "So you have to stay alive, right?"
Ji Lingche listened while fiddling with the small ball in his hand. He frowned and asked, "Golden Crow, what is Golden Crow?"
"Why did you bring this thing all the way here for me? Did Yin Lanxin ask you to come?"
Gu Chaoyin chuckled: "Yes."
"Uh... Can you please stop torturing me? Even if it's the end of the world, I want to die comfortably. Don't bother me unless you have something to ask."
Ji Lingche snorted: "You're asking for quite a lot."
Gu Chaoyin sighed, "Hey, can you please stop trying to break it? It's alive. You're so strong, you'll crush it to death in a moment—"
Ji Lingche stopped moving, raised an eyebrow and asked, "Alive?"
Gu Chaoyin said, "I don't know what this thing Yin Lanxin asked me to give you is. It is said that this thing is a kind of insect, but it may be dormant now--"
"I got this thing from the Red Mountain Sand Region over ten years ago, and I paid a huge price for it. It's been like this ever since, and it hasn't expanded in over a decade. I've been keeping it in storage. But for some reason, when it gets close to you, it actually starts glowing and getting hot. It's unbelievable, and it really opened my eyes..."
Ji Lingche lowered his eyes, looked at the thing in his hand, and murmured: "Red Mountain Sand Region..."
She then put the thing in her arms and said, "Thank you, you can go back.
"Be careful not to die, or there will be no one to collect your body."
Gu Chaoyin chuckled and said, "Throw it away after use, is that how you treat your friends?"
Ji Lingche raised his eyebrows: "Do you think I should send you back?"
Gu Chaoyin said: "That's not necessary. But do you have any protective spells that can protect me, the kind that will only dissipate when you die -"
Sacrificing Lingche: "..."
Gu Chaoyin: "It won't consume too much of your spiritual energy. I don't really want to die right now."
Sacrificing Lingche: "..."
Gu Chaoyin: "Oh, that's actually the case."
"The formation at Guangyao Peak has fallen. I came out to give you this thing, and now I can't go back—"
Ji Lingche chuckled and said firmly: "No, you're on your own."
Gu Chaoyin was not surprised at all and just said, "Okay, you're really not nice."
Not knowing what Qu Wu Ji had told his junior brother, Ye Qingchen had already come out of his grief and leaned deeply towards Qu Wu Ji.
Qu Wuji reached out to support him, took off a jade pendant from his waist, handed it to him, and said, "This jade pendant can transmit messages and protect you in danger. Take care of yourself, Junior Brother."
Gu Chaoyin looked at the jade pendant with greed, deliberately let out a long sigh, and coughed, as if he was pointing at someone.
Ji Lingche didn't even glance at him, and just said, "Boss Gu, is there anything else?"
Gu Chaoyin said nothing more. He stepped on the barrier of Ji Lingche in mid-air and slowly walked towards Ye Qingchen. He smiled and said, "Ye Xiandu, I need to borrow your sword. I will take it back with me."
Ye Qingchen moved back, and Gu Chaoyin stepped on his sword, cupped his fists and smiled: "Goodbye."
Demons were wreaking havoc beneath his feet, and the people were suffering, but this man showed no trace of sorrow. His unrestrained demeanor remained unchanged. He just smiled and said, "See you later, both of you."
Ji Lingche looked at this person, curling his lips slightly. Just as he was about to say something, he suddenly stopped, feeling a huge suction coming from under his feet.
The sky and the earth suddenly changed color, and the demons running under their feet suddenly changed, and an evil pressure rose from under the ground.
Ji Lingche once again felt the vibration of the Crow Feather Sword, which was much stronger than before, and the vitality of the sword spirit was disappearing inch by inch.
There were two people on Ye Qingchen's sword, and it suddenly shook violently, and the sword almost broke.
The two people on the sword felt their spiritual veins shaken, their bodies in severe pain, and they instantly lost consciousness. They fell off the swords together, falling into the abyss with both the people and the swords.
Ji Lingche's pupils suddenly shrank, and a white light butterfly flew out from his sleeve, dragging out a dazzling light, and swooped down to the abyss. A white light curtain unfolded and spread above the ground, catching the two people who fell.
But cracks soon appeared in that white barrier, and it was about to break completely—
Qu Wu Ji waved his sleeves, walked down, grabbed the collars of the two men, and lifted them up alive at the moment before the barrier shattered.
A huge tentacle stretched out from the abyss, and with a bang, gravel flew everywhere. It rushed straight towards Qu Wuji, trying to pull the three people at the entrance in.
Suddenly, a blue-white sword light burst out, and it was so bright that people could not open their eyes. There was a loud bang, and the huge tentacle was instantly chopped into a bloody mist!
The sword light dissipated, leaving only Qu Wuji standing on the ground, sword in hand. The tip of the sword pointed forward, pointing straight into the abyss. The fierce spiritual pressure forced the huge monster to retreat.
Ji Lingche followed and stood side by side with him, holding a lightsaber in his hand.
The monster's slime-covered tentacles paused for a moment, as if shrinking, and quickly drilled back into the crack.
After the monster retreated, Ye Qingchen and the other two finally woke up and regained consciousness, but they felt dizzy and could hardly stand.
Gu Chaoyin's cultivation was far inferior to Ye Qingchen's. At this moment, he kept saying, "It hurts! It hurts!!"
Ji Lingche slowly raised his hand, and a huge curtain of light enveloped the two of them.
She pointed to her chest and said, "I'll take you out of here."
Immediately afterwards, a spell that could shrink the distance by a thousand miles was unleashed, and a white light flashed by. Gu Chaoyin and the other two had disappeared.
Now the two stood at the mouth of the abyss. Qu Wuji said solemnly: "The monsters crawling out of the cracks are getting bigger and bigger——"
This means that the seal is getting weaker and the Demon Lord is about to break free from the shackles.
Ji Lingche turned his head and looked behind him, only to see countless demons running close to the ground. The red light butterflies that Ji Lingche had released earlier were outnumbered and were at a disadvantage.
She squinted her eyes, looked for a long time, and then said softly, "You know what?"
"I'm not a good person, and I rarely have any compassion. But I hope that justice will prevail and that all living beings will be safe."
Qu Wu Ji seemed to have thought of something and turned to look at her in a daze.
Ji Lingche slowly raised her hand, touched her lips with her fingers, and closed her eyes. At this moment, the wind blew her black hair, and a white light appeared at her fingertips.
The time at this moment seemed to be stretched infinitely, and she only whispered: "In the name of the National Master..."
"Keep my people safe"
As soon as she finished speaking, white light flashed from her fingertips, and the ground suddenly began to shake violently. The ground began to twist and deform, and something was wriggling, trying to get out.
The sky was gloomy and covered by the blue sky. Suddenly, a wisp of green smoke rose from the ground, covering the whole area with a cold and eerie atmosphere.
Blue smoke rose in wisps, and the mist dispersed -
"These are the living souls of the believers." Ji Lingche opened his eyes and said slowly.
Looking around, all I could see was a vast expanse of green. Those things gradually gathered into human shapes, and their appearance gradually became apparent.
There were souls of all ages and genders, some in rags, some in gorgeous clothes and crowns, obviously from all walks of life, and now they were all gathered here, and their number was countless.
These things had no substance. They stood there with their heads down, all wrapped in a layer of green. They fluttered in the wind like a layer of green mist, and would soon be blown away by the wind.
Qu Wu Ji stared at these things in a daze, and was so shocked that he couldn't speak. Suddenly, he felt a suffocating feeling as if he couldn't breathe, and his chest heaved slightly.
He slowly raised his head and looked at the sky, only to see thick dark clouds and a sky so low that it seemed about to collapse.
He slowly lowered his gaze into the distance, only to see the shapes of those living souls becoming clearer and beginning to reveal their physical form.
The white light on Ji Lingche's fingertips slowly dissipated, and the green color surrounding the living souls faded. The complexions of the living appeared, and the countless dead souls seemed to come alive in an instant -
"Summon the soul..." Qu Wuji murmured.
"Ha," Ji Lingche laughed softly, "I've been deserted by everyone in my life, and everyone in the Immortal Alliance wants to kill me."
"But once he put on the cloak, he transformed himself into the Grand Master of the State, worshipped by thousands of people. He was regarded as a god, with thousands of believers."
"Things in this world are really hard to fathom, don't you think?"
Before death, the believers chose martyrdom and voluntarily offered their souls to be buried under the statue of the national master at the cost of never entering reincarnation.
The souls of those believers can be dispatched by Ji Lingche.
She raised her head slightly, looked into the distance, and murmured, "More than forty years..."
After more than 40 years of career as a national teacher, he has so many followers.
But what drove these people to die was not their loyalty to the Imperial Master. Their true obsession was the peace the Imperial Master had promised them.
Over the past forty years, countless believers have been martyred. Today, souls rise from the underground, supporting the precarious Heavenly Way for all living beings.
A sharp whistle blew out from Ji Lingche's mouth, and the souls that were called back all raised their heads.
She just said, "Go and kill."
These living souls suddenly moved.
These things look fragile, but they are extremely tough. When they move, they float like smoke, and wherever they pass, only the blood and flesh of demons fly everywhere.
Soon all the demons in Shangjing City were wiped out, and then these living souls dispersed outwards, carried by the wind to farther places to strangle more wandering demons.
It is hazy and seems like a layer of green mist.
Ji Lingche stood there and watched for a long time, with a complicated look in his eyes.
After a long time, she turned around and looked at the abyss crack in front of her. She stretched out her hand to Qu Wuji and curled the corners of her mouth.
Qu Wu Ji lowered his eyes, his eyelashes obscuring the expression in his eyes.
He held her hand and whispered, "Alan..."
Ji Lingche smiled and said, "Why is it so serious? It sounds like you're going to die."
She deliberately said casually: "After we kill that thing and rebuild the seal, we can live a leisurely life-"
Qu Wuji smiled softly, his eyes fell on her face, and he said softly, "Let's go, let's go down."
…
The two of them went down into the abyss.
But no demon came up to attack, even the tentacle monster that had just attacked hid itself.
With every step Ji Lingche took, the monsters took a step back.
Although those demons were suppressed by the spiritual pressure of the two and dared not show their heads, they were still not honest and hid in the dark waiting for an opportunity to strike. If they were caught by these things at any moment, they would be beaten to death.
Ji Lingche had been here before, and she vaguely sensed that—
The abyss now is subtly different from before, which may be related to the weak seal.
This place is increasingly affected by the Demon Lord and is becoming more and more dangerous.
Ji Lingche held a lightsaber in his hand, and he and Qu Wuji killed people as they walked, leaving rivers of blood wherever they passed.
The two of them worked together to kill several huge tentacle monsters and headed towards the heart of the abyss.
The sound of the Crow Feather Sword continued to amplify in Ji Lingche's sea of consciousness. The sword also sensed the approach of its master and burst out with powerful spiritual pressure.
The deeper she went, the familiar pain in her sea of consciousness rose again. She knew in her heart that she was very close to the Demon Lord.
In Qu Wuji's hands, the Shatuan Sword killed countless demons. The black and red demon blood kept flowing down the sword. The long sword was washed by the blood and emitted an increasingly bright sword light.
The sword spirit sensed where this was and cried out, its sword intent surged, bursting out with an unprecedented killing intent—
Hua Liu died here.
Now the dead soul resides in the long sword, and revisits the old place with the same murderous intention.
The Killing Turbulence Sword and the Crow Feather Sword were made by the same swordsmith.
The two swords' spiritual veins were connected, and at this moment they were wailing together, echoing each other.
The Killing Sword continuously nourished the exhausted Crow Feather. The two divine swords sympathized with each other in desperate situations, and unexpectedly survived the desperate situation and were given new vitality.
The two men drove straight in, killing their way forward as if they were in an empty space.
The deeper you go, the dimmer the light becomes.
The two of them didn't notice where the light had changed at first. By the time they realized what was happening, the light had suddenly turned into a strange gray-black color.
Ji Lingche was increasingly alarmed. On previous occasions when he had been here, he had clearly felt a burning sensation the closer he got to the Demon Lord. Everywhere he looked, he saw a scarlet terror. But now...
Just then, she stopped and saw a gray shadow flash by.
She frowned, a little disbelieving her own eyes. After a long pause, she said, "Shang Zheng, that gray shadow just now...was it a woman?"
Qu Wuji lowered his voice and said only, "Yes."
"It's a female cultivator, but I don't know her."
A monk appeared out of nowhere in the heart of the abyss, and she was a woman who had never been seen before.
This kind of thing——
At this moment, the figure flashed by again!
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