Ancestor

Chapter 135 Grandmaster

Zeng Jianqiu took a breath and took three steps back, away from Zhao Qi. He turned to look at Pan Muyun and Helian Ji, and saw that they were also full of horror.

Pan Muyun moved his eyes downward, and Zeng Jianqiu knew that he was pointing to the thing below - the huge remains of the demon king.

He understood what Pan Muyun was worried about.

When a cultivator enters the Tao, all those who have a master will first teach him not to look at what he should not look at, not to listen to what he should not listen to, and not to think about what he should not think.

This is not a matter of morality, but about some spirits, wild gods and the like. Having said that, there are many secret treasures and immortal relics between heaven and earth, and cultivators will always be unable to resist exploring them.

Once you provoke something that you shouldn't provoke, and you can't solve it yourself, the casual cultivator without a master will naturally die, or it will be more painful than death. As for those who have a master, the master will always have a way to deal with it. The thirty-six sects were separated from Taiyi Dao, but the founders of each sect were the original thirty-six true immortals. Although they were killed by the seven golden immortal emperors, there are still true spirits left in Lingshan. They can always solve the problem by asking the true spirits to come down.

Not to mention Taiyi Dao, the leader Jiang Jie claimed to have Taiyi's true spirit in his body, and his own skills were to break evil spirits, so it was not difficult to deal with.

However, these are only talking about the spirits and wild gods that can be encountered in the world.

The most difficult thing is actually the things in Lingshan.

Before Donghuang Taiyi passed on the law, there were no cultivators in this world. Although humans are the essence of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, they are not much different from wild animals. They just know how to live in settlements and cook with fire. [Note 1]

Before that, since there were no cultivators, they didn't know that there was a Lingshan in the world. It was not until some of the first batch of cultivators died that they knew about the existence of Lingshan. Before this, the resentment in Lingshan had been accumulated for an unknown period of time, so there are many hidden and powerful spirits in it.

Most of the strange magic in the world is actually to invite the spirits and wild gods in Lingshan. These can be invited down and known by the people in the world, no matter how cruel and violent they are, they still know the secular human feelings and the rules of the living world.

And the most dangerous are those things in Lingshan that have been unknown to the world for a long time.

This means that the habits of those things are completely different from those of the living people in the world, and it is completely impossible to measure them by good and evil.

And this one, which is not recorded in the world's collection and no one mentions it in the rural history, obviously belongs to the most dangerous category. Although it said that it knew about the True Form Teaching and the Refining of the Spirit, it is not clear whether it learned it from the resentful ghosts in Lingshan.

Now it looks like it wants to protect these people, but I don’t know if it will change its face again in the next moment!

Wu Meng obviously understands this.

As the mountain master of the coffin city, according to the ancient words, he is a local emperor. In today's terms, he was the head of a city. Over the years, except for Lou He and Zeng Jianqiu, no one had disobeyed him, let alone shouted "get out" in front of him.

However, looking at the huge remains of the demon king in front of him, the word "get out" not only did not arouse his displeasure, but made him feel a little relieved in his heart!

He didn't even look at Zhao Qi a second time, nor did he say another word-the dense coffin spirits in the blood mist suddenly disappeared, and the entire coffin city only took two or three breaths to leave only a vague outline. After a moment, the blood mist rolled up and the outline disappeared.

When encountering such things in Lingshan, don't look, don't listen, don't think, and immediately cut off all contact. This is the best policy!

When the blood mist in front of him subsided, Zhao Qi turned his head and looked into the ancient cave.

The three swordsmen stood in one place, and Pan Muyun and Helian Ji held the flying sword in their hands so that he couldn't see it. Zeng Jianqiu sent Li Wuxiang away with his flying sword, and replaced it with the dagger on his waist, but he was holding it, not pointing the blade towards Zhao Qi.

Zhao Qi put his hands behind his back, paced at the entrance of the cave for two steps, glanced at the three people, smiled disdainfully, and looked away again.

"You little guys, three living people and one ghost, are so bold as to dare to break into my brain, interesting." He faced the outside of the ancient cave and took a deep breath.

This breath did not even stir the blood mist around, but the densely packed, maggot-like resentful ghosts under the huge demon king's skeleton suddenly became silent - those who originally had some flesh and blood suddenly became black shriveled skin bags. Those who originally had only bones were turned into dust in an instant. The howling in the sea of ​​blood in this sacred mountain never stopped, but at this moment it suddenly became quiet for a moment, and the three people immediately heard a buzzing sound in their ears, and even heard their own heartbeats and blood flow!

Zeng Jianqiu and the two people beside him looked at each other, and they all felt numb - the bottom of this sacred mountain is a sea of ​​blood, and the dead ghosts are all in this sea of ​​blood. In the upper layers, there are who knows how many layers of heaven, all occupied by powerful gods and monsters.

There are naturally strong people in the sea of ​​blood, but looking at this thing in front of him... it should be in the upper heaven, right?

How could it be here! ?

"Thank you..." Zeng Jianqiu only spit out two words, and then he considered the words in his mind - what should he call this thing? Some monsters love to pretend to be gods, while others are extremely disgusted. Looking at it like this, it is really hard to say which one it likes. He thought again and again, gritted his teeth, "Senior, please save me..."

Zhao Qi suddenly laughed: "Haha, in fact, it's not them who are interesting, but you-"

Zeng Jianqiu was stunned: "Me?"

"Shut up." Zhao Qi suddenly turned his face and glared at him fiercely, "Did I talk to a filthy person like you?"

Zeng Jianqiu fell silent.

After a while, I heard the real Zhao Qi's voice, timid and frightened: "Then...that's me?"

"That's right, it's you." The Demon King raised his head and sighed, "My true spirit woke you little ones up, and I didn't want to pay attention to it at first. But after hearing what you said, I wanted to remind you Just say—"

"What's your name? Li Wuxiang?"

"...Yes, yes."

"Let me tell you, no one named Li is good. I heard you say that you accepted him as your disciple and treated him well? Then he stabbed you, didn't he? Haha, this kind of person will talk about others when he sees them. You can’t believe what you’re talking about. Do you understand?”

"I understand, I understand." It was extremely difficult for Zhao Qi to be able to say these words.

Because when the demon king living in his body spoke, what he heard was not all human voices, but a huge roar that sounded in his consciousness, like some kind of wild beast, like the roar of a dragon and the roar of a tiger, which shocked him The spirit is swaying, as if it is about to disperse.

There is another bit of fear lingering in my heart - how could such a demon king appear because of the few words he just said?

But if it weren't for that, what nonsense would he be talking about with someone like himself who is no different from a resentful ghost?

At this time, Zhao Qi heard the demon king's voice roaring and echoing in his consciousness: "It's good to understand. I hate idiots who don't understand the most. Let me ask you, what time is it now? Is Li Ye dead? "

These words made Zhao Qi feel like he couldn't turn his head around, and Zeng Jianqiu and the other three were also taken aback.

They originally thought that this person might be a remnant of the ancient times. But listening to what he said before, it sounded more like a human being, so maybe it was some kind of spirit.

However, when he asked about "Li Ye" at this moment, he still asked "Is he dead?" This meant that when he died, was he in the Ye Dynasty? In that melee between the True Immortal and the Golden Immortal?

He even dared to call Tai Yi by his first name!

In other places, such as the underworld, there are many spirits who like to pretend to be righteous gods and have a loud tone. However, this is Lingshan. If Donghuang Taiyi is still there, he will be noticed as soon as he says the word "Li Ye"!

He seemed to be really unafraid, and he sounded quite familiar with the emperor "Li Ye" who had not yet become a Golden Immortal.

Zeng Jianqiu's heart skipped a beat and he immediately thought about it carefully - when people talk about the great battle that destroyed the Ye Dynasty three thousand years ago, they often only talk about the thirty-six true immortals and the eight golden immortals.

But in fact, not only were the gods fighting at that time, but the mortal world was also in constant war.

The seven great emperors had their own religious armies at that time, and the Ye Dynasty also had millions of troops. It took hundreds of years of strangulation for several parties to gradually determine the winner. The red ground was thousands of miles away, and the fields were filled with bones. Even now, they can often be found in the wilderness. Countless remains were unearthed.

During these hundreds of years, both sides had a lot of help. Even many demon kings who had been driven out of the wilderness outside the enlightenment during the Ye Dynasty were invited out of the mountains by both sides.

If this person was the one who helped Taiyi in the first place... As soon as this thought popped up, Zeng Jianqiu immediately felt a surge of heat in his heart.

The Sword Sect has been at a disadvantage against the Six Mysterious Sects for so many years, and he knows that there are more than the same reasons. But everyone knew that a very important point was that Taiyi was suppressed.

The true spirit of Taiyi in Master Jiang is probably just a bit of Taiyi's consciousness left in the Lingshan Mountain. It is like a shadow or a mark, and is not a real god.

But the true spirit of the person in front of him was lifelike. It was hard to tell whether it was a true spirit or a wisp of soul. If it's the latter, then the Sword Sect has someone to rely on in Lingshan!

Seeing Zhao Qi speechless, Zeng Jianqiu felt his heart change and said: "This senior demon king, the three of us are all sword sects——"

The Demon King turned to look at him and narrowed his eyes.

Zeng Jianqiu immediately stopped talking and bowed respectfully with his fists clasped.

After a while, I heard him sneer: "Demon King? Huh, do you think I'm one of those rubbish? Tell you, I'm an extraterrestrial demon!"

Zeng Jianqiu immediately said: "Yes, Demon Lord."

The Demon King frowned again: "Forget it, I see you are still a bit brave, call me Ninth Young Master. What is the Sword Sect?"

"Ninth Young Master...do you know Donghuang Taiyi?"

Ninth Young Master looked at him and smiled: "Why, do you think a four-letter name is easier to pronounce than a two-letter name?"

Zeng Jianqiu felt his heart suddenly relax: "Donghuang Taiyi is the emperor enshrined by our Jianzong, so we dare not use his honorable name. Emperor Taiyi fell three thousand years ago. Jianzong is the legal system left by Taiyi three thousand years ago. We The three of them are all disciples of the Sword Sect... Many thanks to Ninth Young Master for saving me."

The Ninth Young Master frowned: "Fell? Dead? What about the others? What about the seven? Are they dead?"

"This is Lingshan, Ninth Young Master, I can't say much. I can only say that the seven you mentioned are still there. As for Emperor Tai Da, he was suppressed. We, the Sword Sect, have been trying to rescue Emperor Tai Da for thousands of years. come out."

"You? Rescue? Hahahahaha." Ninth Young Master laughed heartily, and his face became gloomy again, "Li Ye really doesn't live up to expectations. I have already said that it is useless, why are you so anxious? You are putting me on this ghost place.”

His words were ambiguous. Zeng Jianqiu thought for a while before asking: "Ninth Young Master, it's Emperor Tai who asked you to guard here -"

Ninth Young Master looked at him askance: "Do you think he ordered me?"

"I can't order you around."

"Haha, that's right. You're quite sensible." The Ninth Young Master stared at him for a while and smiled. "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking. Let me tell you, I can't help you, and I'm too lazy to help you. This is fate, and fate can't be violated. Tsk tsk, are you thinking about what I mean? Don't make it hard for yourself, you can't figure it out no matter how hard you try."

"As for you." He raised his hand and rubbed his face, and then rubbed off a large piece of flesh and blood, revealing his white teeth. The Ninth Young Master frowned and shook his head, "Zhao Qi, right? He's an interesting guy, but unfortunately he's an ugly guy - you weren't that ugly when you were alive, were you?"

Zeng Jianqiu immediately said, "Ninth Young Master, please forgive me for being so talkative - he looked pretty good when he was alive. He wasn't handsome, but he didn't look annoying."

This time, the Ninth Young Master didn't get angry, he just nodded, "Okay. From now on, you, Zhao Qi, will follow me. Your ancient cave will be here, so you don't have to leave. I still need to sleep, and when I wake up, you tell me about the world of the living every now and then, especially that..."

"Li Wuxiang. He's also a disciple of our Sword Sect."

"Well, tell me about Li Wuxiang, so I can relieve my boredom." He said this, and when Zhao Qi didn't speak, he frowned, "Did you hear that? Are you a fool? Do you accept fools in your Sword Sect?"

Zeng Jianqiu didn't spend much time with Zhao Qi, and when Zhao Qi was still alive, he thought he was actually a very smart person. Then he died, and when he arrived at Lingshan, he was attacked by resentment, and his temperament would change a little.

But he didn't become like this now, unable to say a word. He was anxious for Zhao Qi in his heart for a while, and answered for him: "Jiu Gongzi, he is not from our Jianzong, but from Ranshan Sect. The leader of Ranshan Sect was also a cultivator of Taiyi Dao in the past, and his honorable name is Li Jiaotu. I wonder if you, Jiu Gongzi, have heard of him."

Zeng Jianqiu didn't know what kind of temperament this demon king who called himself the outer demon was, so he kept watching his expression.

Zhao Qi's body was bloody, and he was rubbed on his face by Jiu Gongzi just now, and half of his face was gone. But even so, he could see that Jiu Gongzi was slightly stunned when he heard the name "Li Jiaotu", and his expression became a little more relaxed.

...Does he also have a connection with Ranshan Sect?

Zeng Jianqiu immediately added: "Li Wuxiang is a disciple of our Jian Sect, but he is also... the current leader of Ranshan Sect. However, the situation of Ranshan Sect is not very good now. The only legitimate disciples are perhaps Zhao Qi and Li Wuxiang."

The Ninth Young Master shook his head and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but only uttered "Ha".

At this moment, Zhao Qi finally spoke——

"Ya Zi." He said cautiously, "Nineth Young Master, is your name Ya Zi?"

Nineth Young Master was silent for a moment: "Who told you?"

"Master... Master passed it down, saying..."

"Forget it." Nineth Young Master waved his hand, looking a little bored, "I'm sleepy, I'm going to sleep. You three, after you go out, tell that Li Wuxiang to be the leader of Ranshan Sect. What's the point of running to Jian Sect to be a minion? Get out!"

He waved his hand fiercely, and before Zeng Jianqiu could speak, he felt that he was carried away by a gust of wind, and the blood mist in front of him and the howling that had just begun to rise in his ears were all gone.

Only a breath of time passed, and there was only Zhao Qi standing in the ancient cave.

But he didn't move, and after a long time, he slowly sat cross-legged, picked up the piece of blood and flesh that fell on the ground, put it into his mouth and swallowed it.

The Ninth Young Master was no longer on him. He felt that he was about to be shaken apart and his consciousness began to gather again. However, at this moment, he felt like a storm was set off in his heart -

He knew who this Ninth Young Master was!

He knew why he had seen his remains before!

The founder of Ranshan, Yuliejun Li Jiaotu, was different from the other 35 true immortals of the original Taiyi Dao.

The 35, plus the seven emperors who came later, these 42 people were the first disciples of Donghuang Taiyi Li Ye, and the founder of Ranshan was not among them.

It is said that the founder of Ranshan was originally just an ordinary person. He accidentally met a master, was given a name, and called him brother, so he got the name "Li Jiaotu". Later, he got a treasure from the master and presented it to Emperor Ye, and then he was accepted as a disciple by him, which was considered as a master with skills.

Zhao Kui told him these things before, and also mentioned the name of the master, but told Zhao Qi that such things should be listened to as sect secrets and not taken seriously.

Because Yedi is the founder of the world's Taoist sects, if the master that Ranshan's ancestor met could give him a "name and treasure", wouldn't his cultivation at that time be comparable to Yedi? But such a person has neither become a true immortal nor a golden immortal, and no one in the world knows about it, so it is most likely fabricated.

But this matter has indeed been passed down from generation to generation in the Ranshan Sect. It sounds as if the ancestor wanted to gild his own face so that people would think that he is another lineage independent of the world's Taoist sects. If it is spread really and widely, it will inevitably cause displeasure to other sects and bring a lot of trouble.

Zhao Qi had forgotten the name a long time ago, but when he saw this Ninth Young Master, he finally remembered it again - Ya Zi!

... Is there really such a person? !

Then this Ninth Young Master, Ya Zi... is it the real ancestor of Ranshan Sect? !

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Note 1: I made up the word 火爨(cuan)与食 just to match the previous word. It is not a serious idiom. Friends who are still reading should not be misled by me. The reason for the explanation is that the word爨 is quite confusing. This word means to cook with fire. The word 火 in front is actually redundant.

Note 2: It is the same world view as "Inner Demon", but it is not the world view of "long, long time later". Friends who have not read "Inner Demon" will not be affected by reading.