Chapter 12: The Ancient Temple

After King Nu took over Jinzhou, he sent his right-hand man Tuoba City to garrison Shuhe Town, and the first thing he did when he arrived was to burn Qiaodong Village to the ground with a fire.

"Uncle Shi, Uncle Shi, come and see. Seeing the fire from afar, the children pulled the lame man and said, "The new King of Anger has cremated the bodies of our fathers and mothers, so that they can ascend to heaven." ”

"Hmm. The lame Taoist agreed, looked at the children who were kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly, and couldn't bear to tell the truth.

The fire burned for three days and three nights, and all sins were consumed.

There are only "good guys" and "bad guys" in a child's world. Wu Ma rubbed his sleepy eyes and asked, "Uncle Shi, the ghost king is a bad person, is the angry king a good person?"

The lame Taoist shook his head and said, "A raccoon dog!"

Wang Ziqing was always the first to wake up every day, and then went to each cave to wake them up, and Wu Maxin was carried out by him almost every time with his eyes closed. The exercises that Master Buzhen made everyone practice were different, but everyone was exhausted and lay on the stone bed as if they were falling apart. The happiest moment was when the master went down the mountain, and the uncle secretly took them to catch insects and fish, and only when the master came back did he pretend to practice a few kung fu.

In the middle of the night, the lame Taoist asked Master Buzhen, "Senior Brother, what nonsense did the second senior brother say to make you promise these five children to go on an adventure?"

The master smiled and said nothing.

The lame Taoist said: "And the people of the Wuma family, in case there is a slip-up ......"

"Don't worry too much," Master Buzhen interrupted, "if he can't survive this calamity, he is not worthy to inherit the family's mission." ”

The lame Taoist sighed helplessly, and a rooster could be heard in the distance.

......

As soon as the sky was bright, Master Buzhen walked out of the cave after completing the blood sacrifice ceremony, and there was no one in front of him, but he seemed to see five beloved disciples standing there together.

The man on the far left was dressed in red, burly and strong, with an inch-long scar on his face, and next to him was a bald head, with a pair of rat eyes and red pupils. The man standing in the middle was tall and thin, with a sparse mustache, and on his right hand was a fair-skinned, gentle-looking man, like a teacher, and the young man standing next to him was noble and evil-looking, with a pale blue light in his eyes.

"It's all about creation. "With a wave of the master's palm, the ashes of the paper money flew in the wind, and the twenty years of time dissipated like a spark. After all, the paper ash can't fly to Qiaodong Village, and the blessing and misfortune have their own destiny.

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Jinju, Qiaodong Village, Main Street.

A horse-drawn carriage went on a rampage, and pedestrians dodged in panic. The carriage is extremely luxurious, worth 10,000 gold, which shows that the people in the carriage are either rich or expensive. Instead of avoiding pedestrians, the carriage deliberately crashed into the crowd, and the pedestrians who had no time to dodge were knocked to the ground and wailed. The man who escaped was leaning against the wall, still palpitating, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. Everyone didn't dare to look at the driver, so they could only curse in their hearts.

The carriage turned a corner, and a lame Taoist with a broken gong appeared in front of him.

"Stinky old man, if I let Lao Tzu lose the race with Young Master Jiang Ling, I will kill you alive!" the man said, the reins in his hand shook harder and harder, and the fierce horse neighed and rushed forward.

A gong shook the heavens and the earth, and the carriage continued to run wildly, but it was empty.

The man in the road stood expressionlessly, and the man in the car was lying at his feet, with an incredible expression on his face.

"You can think slowly before you are reincarnated, but I'm afraid that a person like you will not have a chance to be reincarnated. The Daoist said coldly, "Oh, by the way, there is also Young Master Jiang Ling." ”

The man driving was just about to curse, but a thick peach branch came out of his mouth, and he picked his tongue at the branch and shook it. In an instant, the peach branch drilled out from the abdomen and back of the limbs at the same time, and with a "pop", the whole person was broken into pieces by the peach tree, and the blood was splashed.

The Gongbreaker shook his head and limped out of the village.

Mali Mountain to the east of Qiaodong Village is a barren mountain, and there is an ancient temple hidden in the mountain that no one knows, and there is rarely incense and people. The temple enshrines a strange-looking god, sitting north and facing south, with a silver robe covering the head and body, no mouth and nose on the face, only two eyes that glow with green fluorescence, staring closely at the right front, and a pair of large wings protruding from the back, like a vulture waiting for the death of its prey.

In front of the idol stood an old man on crutches. The old man was stiff and weak, and all his weight was pressed on the crutches, as if someone had taken away his crutches, and the whole person would collapse to the ground. The old man muttered a few words to himself with a worn-out bamboo stick in his hand, and then turned to the water tank to the east to fetch water, trembling with every move, and every muscle twitching.

There is a large hole at the bottom of the tank, which is connected to a cold spring in the mountain, and the water in it is always full. The old man took a sip, cold and piercing his throat. On the west wall hang nine tortoise shells used for divination, each with the name of a state engraved with cracked lines marking the direction of mountains and rivers.

He is the Blood King, the spirit of twenty years ago has long since disappeared, and he has just passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, but he is like a companion who will die.

The tiles above the idol moved, revealing an equally old figure in the tank, with a gong on his back, his hair and beard gray. The old man drew a strange talisman on the ground with his cane, and the man appeared in front of him.

The Blood King said calmly, "Senior brother, you're here. ”

"Don't tolerate Senior Brother. The Gong Breaker arched his hand, shook the gong, and two green points of light flew out and were sucked into his nose by the Blood King. For many years, he could only rely on the soul nourishment that he had obtained from the broken gong to continue his life.

The broken gong is not broken, it is made of bronze in ancient times, with red spots and green rust, which looks dilapidated, and the reason why it is called broken gong is more likely to be because of the old age and disability of the people who broke the gong. Those who die under the gong are people who do not know reverence, and it is not a pity to die!

The Blood King scooped out a scoop of water from the water tank and handed it over and said, "Drink water." ”

The man who broke the gong drank it all and let out a breath of cool air.

The Blood King asked, "Senior Brother Buzhen has started to do it?"

"Hmm. The Gong Breaker nodded.

The Blood King rubbed the turtle shell on the wall, and his pale blue eyes revealed a complicated gaze. For twenty years, he had been looking forward to that day.

The Daoist of the Broken Gong Dao appeared and said, "Don't let Senior Brother Go, I have already found that person, according to your wishes, let Ma Weiliang go to find the Devouring Ding tomorrow night, please be patient and wait for some time." ”

"I've been waiting for 20 years, so why can't I wait for so many days. The Blood King said indifferently, "Ma Weiliang, is also one of the five apprentices accepted by Senior Brother?"

"Yes, he is the second, he has the ability to see at night, and he is nicknamed 'Eyes do not stain'. ”

"Oh. That...... What about that person?"

"He called it 'life does not touch the sky'. ”

"Life does not touch the sky, a good life does not touch the sky. The Blood King laughed sadly, then coughed violently.

The Blood King has a total of four lieutenant generals, and he is deeply trusted by the Blood King. Twenty years ago, a deputy general was bribed by the Ghost King, and took the opportunity to heal the Blood King's injuries and drip his blood onto the Devouring Soul Ding, which took advantage of the Blood King's half-soul and three spirits to escape, resulting in a great loss of the Blood King's ability and a great defeat of the Blood Army.

What the Blood King lost was a corner of the Earth Soul, storing the experiences of the Fighting Beast Mountain. The Blood King forced a remnant soul from the remaining Earth Soul and handed it to the Gong Breaker, which caused him to feel when he encountered the traitor, but it also made the Blood King even weaker. The Blood King wasn't sure where the man would be, but he would definitely come to Qiaodong Village, and only by getting the news of the Blood King's death could he rest easy. Until a few days ago, the Gongbreaker told the Blood King that he had found the traitor.

The Daoist asked puzzledly: "Senior brother, since I already know the location of the traitor, I will take those five children directly to detain him, force him to find out the whereabouts of the Devouring Soul Ding, and then notify the blood army of the uprising, it will be a matter of course, why bother so much?"

"My blood army kills and rebels, how can we fake our hands to others. The Blood King's face was sallow, and his lips were bitten white, "Besides, that person is hateful, but after all, he is only a pawn who is not enough to worry about, how can I miss my whole plan because of him." ”

"Isn't Senior Brother's overall plan to awaken the Blood Army in twenty years?"

"It's just a trivial appetizer. The Blood King's eyes showed a fierce light, and his whole body exuded a cold aura, "When that day comes, you will know that the entire Duanguo will fall into the Infernal Hell." ”

The Gong Breaker couldn't help but gasp.

The Blood King handed the bamboo stick in his hand to the Daoist and said: "Don't deceive, I just calculated a hexagram, those children will have a problem in the near future, I am afraid that there will be more than one auspicious, and it will even cause trouble to the senior brother, you let them think twice before they encounter affairs." ”

"Is there a way to crack this ......," said the Gong Breaker?"

The Blood King sighed and said, "Divination is a loss of good fortune, solving difficulties and reducing longevity, are you sure you want to know?"

"Well," the Gong Breaker said, "Didn't Senior Brother also fight for his own good fortune?"

The two looked at each other and laughed, causing the Blood King to cough again.