Chapter 101
Gu Yufeng, the leader of Hanfeng Valley, received the letter pleading for help. After reading it, he asked the people around him, "Have you sent anyone?"
"I'll send someone over right now." He said, about to go out to arrange the manpower, but then he saw that his disciple's soul-dividing lamp had gone out.
Gu Yufeng frowned, looking at the extinguished lamp, a sense of regret rising in his heart. Deng Lan's aptitude was good, and his character was impeccable, yet now… Before he could finish his lament, the next scene tore at his heart. One by one, the disciples' soul lamps went out.
His junior brother, seeing that almost a third of the disciples he had sent out were dead, exclaimed in astonishment, "Senior brother, this..." These disciples were considered elites, how could they all be gone in the blink of an eye?
He was heartbroken. He had taught them when they were young, and he could almost call them all by name. He remembered that these students were unruly, didn't pay attention in class, and were always mischievous and noisy. But these children he had seen in his eyes were gone just like that.
Gu Yufeng gripped the letter in his hand and slammed his fist on the table in front of him, knocking it over. Now he finally understood how the Qingxu Sect Leader had felt that day; it hadn't been pleasant. He reached down and unfastened the jade pendant bearing the sect leader's seal from his waist, tossing it to his junior brother. Then he drew his sword.
"From this moment forward, you are the sect leader of Cold Maple Valley." He turned to leave, but his junior brother stopped him, his eyes reddening. "Senior brother, let me go. You stay. You are the sect leader..."
"Stop talking nonsense." Gu Yufeng interrupted him and walked straight out.
In the Chen family of Gusu, Chen Xingyan watched as dozens of soul lamps went out, his heart filled with boundless grief. He had been ordered to protect the entire city of Gusu, and just now, the patriarch had summoned him to the ancestral hall. Then he saw the soul lamps going out one by one before his eyes, and he was powerless to do anything about it.
"These are the demons," the patriarch suddenly said.
Chen Xingyan could hear the sobbing in the patriarch's voice. He lowered his head, not daring to speak, because he would also cry. Those people were his brothers and sisters.
"The rest is up to you and your father. You've grown up now, so help your father share the burden of the Chen family in Suzhou."
The patriarch's abrupt and unrelated question made Chen Xingyan uneasy. This was not a good sign. "Patriarch... what are you going to do?"
The head of the Chen family looked ahead and said resolutely, "Counterattack the Demon Clan."
Chen Xingyan looked at the patriarch, about to say something, but the patriarch had already left, leaving him behind in the ancestral hall. He chased after him, but a barrier had been erected in front of the ancestral hall, preventing him from leaving. He couldn't say anything either. He wanted to stop the patriarch; he could go himself, but the patriarch was the leader of a sect, and if the patriarch was going out to risk his life, how could he stay in the Chen family?
After struggling for a long time, Chen Xingyan still couldn't break the barrier, and now he could only wait for his father to return. At this moment, he noticed the family head's seal on the table; it was a stamp. It had been there all along, but he had only just noticed it.
The same applies to Tianyu Mountain, especially Shi Xiaomu's soul lamp. Cheng Junyao remembers that Xiaomu was sent to Cuiwei Mountain. How could it be so dangerous there?
Then one by one, the disciples' soul lamps went out...
Then they received a letter saying that the demons had attacked most of the strongholds, and that these disciples were killed by the demons while protecting the people during their evacuation.
But his disciple wasn't in the most dangerous place. Cheng Junyao looked at his senior brother and thought he should go to Cuiwei Mountain to check. He couldn't stay on the mountain with his junior sister Mu Jin forever. As a sword cultivator, he would have to go down and fight the demons sooner or later.
"Since you can't keep me here, come out with me! I'll leave Tianyu Mountain to you, Junior Sister." Han Wenqing saw through her junior brother's thoughts.
Mu Jin wanted to say something, but the words that came out were, "Take care."
At Cuiwei Mountain, Zhou Xuanzhi and Shi Yunzhou were still imprisoned. Zhou Xuanzhi struggled to put Xiao Mu's body down, and the demons couldn't stand it anymore, so they locked them both in a cage nearby.
Only then did they both calm down; impulsiveness solve nothing.
"So what do we do now?" Shi Yunzhou asked impatiently.
Zhou Xuanzhi was on the verge of collapse. He held his head in his hands, thinking about the recent events and what if he had done things differently... There are no "what ifs".
Shi Yunzhou shut his mouth. He didn't have a deep impression of his junior brother Xiao Mu. When he left Tianyu Mountain, Xiao Mu had only recently entered the inner sect. However, through later interactions, he could sense that this junior brother was a warm and simple person.
Zhou Xuanzhi must have had a lot of contact with him, and he also felt sorry for his junior brother. Shi Yunzhou persuaded, "There will be a way, we will definitely find an opportunity to put them down."
If a disciple dies, the immortal sect will collect their remains. The fact that Tianyu Mountain has not made any move so far can only mean two things: first, they haven't discovered Xiao Mu's death yet, but that doesn't make sense since they all have soul lamps; second, the immortal sect doesn't have enough manpower right now.
Thinking of Chonghua's madness, Shi Yunzhou still leaned more towards the latter.
He looked around, but the demons were nowhere to be seen. He asked softly, "Do you still have the incense on you?"
"That incense stick that can contact Lin Jichen?" Zhou Xuanzhi turned his head to look at Shi Yunzhou, asking with his eyes, "What do you want to do?"
“We can’t contact our sect leader, but we can contact Lin Jichen.” Intuition told him that there was a reason why Chonghua didn’t kill him and his senior brother.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Xuanzhi realized something. Although he had been beaten since being brought to the Demon Clan, it was clear that the Demon Lord didn't intend to kill him. Considering how many times he and Shi Yunzhou had insulted him, even if the Demon Lord wasn't angry, his demon subordinates would have killed him and his junior brother to curry favor with their superior, but those demons didn't seem to have done so.
"So what do you think?" There must be a reason why Chonghua stayed with him and Shi Yunzhou. Shi Yunzhou had served as Chonghua's bodyguard and had heard about some things concerning the Demon Clan.
Shi Yunzhou looked at the high platform and said, "He also revealed before that it was for the purpose of resurrecting Master. I think our souls are also a key part of resurrecting Master."
That day in the secret chamber of Chonghua's palace, in his delirious state, he said he wanted them to resurrect their master together. But at the time, I only felt that his mind wasn't quite clear, so I didn't pay attention to what he actually said.
"He wants to use the people as sacrifices, and our souls as a guide, to bring Master back." Zhou Xuanzhi closed his eyes. He suddenly remembered something his master had said: "You harm the people at the drop of a hat. What have they done to you? You are even worse than the demons!"
Those were the words of our master after she had read the forbidden book of Tianyu Mountain. As she commented on the forbidden book, she said to herself and her junior brother, "If you ever do anything like this in the future, don't say you're my disciples. I can't bear the shame!"
He muttered to himself, "Master wouldn't want to come back this way either." If Master were a coward who feared death, there would have been no battle to defend the mountain gate, nor would he have expended his energy to remove the demonic energy from Master Yunzhou when his spiritual palace was shattered, nor would he have chosen to fight the Illusion Demon at that time.
"So we must stop him!" That is, to save all people.
But that was easier said than done. The two exchanged a helpless smile. They were currently imprisoned, unable to stop Chonghua from saving the people, let alone get out.
Zhou Xuanzhi felt incredibly stupid, all he did was spout nonsense. He said self-deprecatingly, "Let's figure out how to get out of here!"
As if struck by a sudden thought, Shi Yunzhou looked around, but no one was paying attention. He then whispered in Zhou Xuanzhi's ear, "I'll pretend to agree with Chonghua's actions, and we'll argue. Once we attract their attention, you can hit me."
"No way!" Zhou Xuanzhi firmly refused. He had already put his junior brother at risk before, and now that he was here, he couldn't let his junior brother take the risk again. "I'll go."
Shi Yunzhou carefully examined his senior brother. The man exuded righteousness and didn't seem like the type to betray the sect. He said, "Your image doesn't fit the bill."
Seeing Zhou Xuanzhi's puzzled expression, Shi Yunzhou explained, "If you, all righteous and upright, told those demons that you wanted to betray the immortal sect and resurrect your master, they would never believe you!" As he spoke, he patted his chest and said, "I'm different. Back in the sect, everyone looked at me with disdain. How did someone like you even get into my Tianyu Mountain?"
I've indeed seen that look of disgust on the faces of all my senior brothers.
Even so, Zhou Xuanzhi still disagreed, "I promised Master I would take good care of you. I've already broken my promise, and now I can't let you go on any more risks!"
Shi Yunzhou said impatiently, "Senior brother, you really are a young master from a noble family. Even at a time like this, you're still saying these things!" His voice gradually grew louder.
"What I want to do is none of your business!" he said, moving away from Zhou Xuanzhi and shouting to the demons in the distance who were discussing something: "I have something to discuss with the Demon Lord, please pass on my message!"
Zhou Xuanzhi glared angrily at Shi Yunzhou. How could he act like this? They hadn't even reached a conclusion yet, and he was already taking action. To act right under the noses of the Demon Clan, he should at least have a countermeasure.
He pulled Shi Yunzhou aside to suppress his anger, "Stop making a scene, do you know what you're doing right now?"
“Of course I know, I’m saving people! I’m saving Master.” Shi Yunzhou said firmly, “If you don’t want to help, don’t stop me.”
The demons naturally heard the loud commotion. After they arrived, they observed the situation closely and saw that Zhou Xuanzhi looked furious. It seemed that he wasn't acting and that they were really arguing.
"Oh, are you two arguing?" the demon said with a look of amusement. "You two mustn't start fighting."
Upon hearing this, Shi Yunzhou punched Zhou Xuanzhi in the face. He said, "What I'm doing now, you can choose not to support me, but don't try to stop me!"
Zhou Xuanzhi pointed at the high platform and asked angrily, "He's a madman, are you a madman too? Shi Yunzhou, don't take risks, your master doesn't want to see you like this."
Shi Yunzhou curled his lips into a mocking smile and said, "Master once said that one can stop at nothing to achieve certain goals! And what are you now? A coward who clings to life and fears death? It is only when Master sees someone like you that he feels disheartened."
Shi Yunzhou turned to the demons who were watching the commotion and said, "Go and tell them that I want to cooperate with your Demon Lord to resurrect my master."
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