Chapter 237: One Year
During the period when Yun Xuan was at a low ebb in his life, the army of monks in the Imperial Capital of the Imperial City passed through the Chutang Plain and officially launched a war against the Impermanence Pavilion, and the continuous civil war of the Terran Race began vigorously again, and the gunpowder smoke at the end of the Silent Age gradually spread around the territory of the power where the Impermanence Pavilion was located.
Of course, for the Impermanence Pavilion at this time, they were extremely eager for peace, especially if the opponent was a super immortal sect force like the Imperial Capital Hua Clan, but if the Impermanence Pavilion did not show the strength to make the other party feel awe-inspired, peace negotiations would not be possible, so the Impermanence Pavilion could only choose to fight with all its might.
However, today's Impermanence Pavilion ranks at the end of the Nine Great Immortal Gates in its comprehensive strength, how can it be the opponent of the Imperial Capital Hua, in just three months, it has lost several city stations, in the face of the menacing Imperial Capital Hua, the Impermanence Pavilion has to put down its dignity, humbly to the Yuheng Palace and Zhengtianmen, the two surrounding forces, to show goodwill, I hope that the former allies can always adhere to the alliance treaty of the year, give enough support, of course, just moral support, it is enough to make the Impermanence Pavilion full of confidence, defeat the strong enemy.
But Yuheng Palace and Zhengtianmen are both good allies who are affectionate, and they also think that only spiritual support can help this ally who once shared weal and woe? Therefore, they all pillow the elite troops in the Xianmen on the border facing the Impermanence Pavilion, and said that they could not ignore the misfortune of their allies and send troops to support the Impermanence Pavilion at any time to provide material support.
Therefore, under the oppression of these three immortal sect forces, the Impermanence Pavilion fought and retreated, and in less than half a year, it had already lost more than a dozen cities in a row! In the face of the menacing Imperial Capital Chinese Clan, the Impermanence Pavilion even put forward a request to cede land and seek peace, but the result was that the Imperial Capital Chinese Clan continued to send more armies of monks to the territory of the Impermanence Pavilion!
At such an embattled and imminent moment of destruction, there was another storm of mutual accusations in the power camp within the Impermanence Pavilion, because the invasion of the Impermanence Pavilion by the Chinese people in the imperial capital was to hold the banner of righteousness, and the two biggest crimes of the Impermanence Pavilion were the first to persecute the eldest princess and the second prince of the imperial capital, so that they almost lost their lives and disregarded their faith, and the other was to try to get involved in the Wanzhou Chamber of Commerce and violate the Kyushu Peace Treaty......
At the beginning, these two orders were put forward by the two major family forces within the Impermanence Pavilion, but now that it was a matter of life and death, the old men in the conference hall began to accuse each other, from the initial insinuation of cynicism, to the later naming and scolding.
This turmoil also escalated with the escalation of the war, and the contradictions between the two major family camps of the Murong clan and the Wang Li clan were finally intensified by the war, and a new reshuffle of the internal power structure unfolded with the war. The old faces in the conference hall in the past were brushed down one after another, and the mistakes made in the past must be borne by someone, and these people have replaced Wang Li and Murong one after another, bearing their crimes and mistakes. Of course, the severed heads can't be wasted in vain, all of them were sent to the vanguard camp of the Imperial Capital Monks' Army, and the confession of this person before his death was pasted, which corresponded to the charges of Impermanence Pavilion previously accused by the Chinese people in the Imperial Capital, but this move had little effect in exchange, and the vanguard troops of the Imperial City had already received the order of the Empress to fight the world, and took these heads to feed the dogs in laughter.
At the same time, the chaos within the Impermanence Pavilion has intensified, and it has even gradually evolved into a secret fight, with endless assassinations occurring every day, and the elders of the opposing family camp often die unexpectedly. When you can't see Elder So-and-so for a few days, you can go to some inaccessible alleys and look for them, and there is a good chance that you can find their bodies in those places.
Such a sharp contradiction has reached the point where the destruction of one of the camps can only stop, and the Wang Li faction, which should have had a slight upper hand, has taken a sharp turn for the worse because the head of his family suddenly fell ill! This sudden serious illness caused the head of the Wang Li family to be confined to bed, and could not even give any orders with a clear consciousness. When the soul of a family faction can no longer play any role, and there is no new soul character to replace this faction, then the time of destruction of this faction has come.
Just when the people in the Impermanence Pavilion were panicking, the condition of the head of the Wang Li family worsened again, and it had been confirmed by several famous doctors of the Impermanence Pavilion at the same time that he was paralyzed, and his consciousness was no longer sober, and it was impossible to continue to serve as the deputy pavilion master. At the same time, Murong Jie stepped forward with dignity and officially took over his long-awaited real power, no longer just a nominal pavilion master, and threatened not to pursue the process committed by the members of the Wang Li family, and to work together to resist the invaders of the imperial capital.
In this political wave, the biggest beneficiary is Qin Xiaotian, who won the trust of the Murong Pavilion Lord, and officially jumped to become the deputy cabinet master of the Impermanence Pavilion, and concurrently served as the CEO of the United Front Work Department-Commander. Qin Xiaotian had become the number two person in a great immortal sect force before he had reached the age of a weak crown, and he immediately shook the human world in Kyushu! As a result, people believed even more that the Impermanence Pavilion had indeed reached the end of its rope.
In this political storm, the only official in the Wang Li clan who was not purged was Wang Yueying, the daughter of the head of the Wang Li family, but the reason why she survived was not because of Murong Jie's kindness, but because of Qin Xiaotian's protection.
However, later facts also proved Qin Xiaotian's point of view, Wang Yueying was only loyal to the Impermanence Pavilion, not only to the Wang Li family.
When this war was carried out in the second year, the Impermanence Pavilion was still retreating, and the internal political storm had just ended, and the two allies of Yuheng Palace and Zhengtianmen finally made a move, and their elite army of monks under the slogan of "supporting allies" drove into the sphere of influence of the Impermanence Pavilion almost at the same time, but in fact, it was to annex the territory of the other party.
Just when the Impermanence Pavilion had reached the moment when it was recognized that it was about to perish, Qin Xiaotian, who had just stepped onto the stage of history, finally had the opportunity to show his amazing talent. In the days that followed, he turned the tide, stabilized the interior, and defended himself externally, becoming the first superstar to leap into the night sky at the end of the Silent Age, and he was incomparably dazzling and dazzling.
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In the same year, poor Yun Xuan was still imprisoned in Yunzhou Immortal Prison, nibbling on boring dry food, boredly looking at the old books that Wang Lin sent him.
Although Monk Xia Qi behaved well in the Immortal Prison, Wang Lin did not dare to risk letting him out, fearing that the tragedy in the square from the last time would be repeated.
However, since Yun Xuan was put on the True Yuan Lock, the symptoms of fear of sunlight have never appeared again, on the contrary, whenever the afternoon sunlight is projected through the small window above his head, Yun Xuan can't help but run to the sun to bask in the sun, and over time, he has a habit of attachment to the sun, as if he has never been infected with that terrible disease, as if the blood in his body has turned back to bright red.
All spells and Dao techniques cannot be applied, even including Shinto techniques, and the set of mantras taught by his father when he was a child has been surprisingly effective, and this set of breathing methods that have brought him countless surprises since he was a child can make him temporarily forget the confinement of the True Yuan Lock, and he can even absorb a trace of power from the sun and keep it for himself.
Although the light power that could be absorbed was very insignificant, Yun Xuan was already overjoyed, which showed that the True Yuan Lock was not omnipotent, at least the cultivation method of his father's faction could not be completely imprisoned by the True Yuan Lock. Yun Xuan vaguely felt that if the cultivation techniques of the Shinto Technique belonged to the darkness, then the set of exercises taught by his father must belong to the light.
In this boring time, Yun Xuan just wasted the years day by day, he tried his best to soothe his fragile nerves, and tried his best to suppress the memories of many people and things to the back of his head, because constant thoughts will lead to regret, in such a ghost place, it will only make his will gradually depressed.
Until one day, Wang Lin finally invited him out of the cell, not because Wang Lin suddenly became kind and gave Yun Xuan a chance to let his wind out, but because an envoy from Yun Tianzong came to inspect this United Immortal Prison with a very bad reputation, and all the prisoners had to go to the square to gather and be inspected.
Yun Xuan yawned and followed Wang Lin out of the iron gate, looking lazy and idle, it was really impossible to connect with the saint-level felon, he asked casually: "Wang Lin Daoyou, what kind of big man came to inspect? Even a key criminal like me has to go down and line up......
Wang Lin seemed to be a little dissatisfied when he heard Yun Xuan's words, and he was busy secretly observing the other party's expression, and found that the other party was still calm, so he said: "Xia Qi, I only heard that it is a high-level personnel of Yuntian Sect, and it seems to be very big, I don't know who it is, but Lord Shan Tinglong pointed out to us that a word from the envoy can determine the funds for our Yunzhou Immortal Prison next year, and this envoy wants to see all the prisoners here, hehe, all the prisoners, and said that he wants to listen to their opinions and requests......"
Yun Xuan saw that the jailers guarding this place were also lining up downstairs floor by floor, mixed with some felons who knew at a glance that they were powerful felons, these guys were also imprisoned in the round stone house, and when they passed by, they all cast indifferent glances at Yun Xuan.
Yun Xuan smiled at Wang Lin, thinking that it was originally about your salary, no wonder you had to come to a big gathering! He saw that Wang Lin who was walking in front of him was still shirtless, and sweat marks were clearly visible on it, so he said lightly: "Daoyou Wang Lin, I advise you to wear a coat later, otherwise when the envoy sees you like this, and then feels the low temperature here, he will suspect what you are doing here, so he will sweat so much." ”
Wang Lin has been accustomed to this dress in Yunzhou Immortal Prison all the year round, not only can show off his explosive muscles to the prisoners, but also because he often violently inflicts violence on the prisoners, so that he sweats profusely, this kind of rough behavior to vent excess energy really cannot be known to the outside world.
So he laughed twice and said, "Daoist Xia Qi, thank you for the reminder, I have already prepared." ”
Yun Xuan also smiled faintly, because he found that Wang Lin had added the title of "Daoyou" again when he called him.
Out of this particularly huge round stone house building, seeing that there were prison guards escorting a column of prisoners in all directions, walking in the direction of the square, Yun Xuan casually put the thick and long hat back on his head, and commented lightly: "Yunzhou Immortal Prison must not have been so lively for a long time......
Then, his heart also moved, judging from this situation, probably all the jailers and prisoners would gather in the square to greet the envoy of the Cloud Heaven Sect, then, there would definitely be many fatal loopholes in the defense system of the Immortal Prison......
At the same time, a small leader of the jailer who happened to be nearby shouted: "Brothers, keep an eye on these cubs, don't miss a ......"
"Got it, Captain!"
"I'll send a few more brothers to the pit to check it later!"
Another small leader was also shouting: "Attention, there will be a third roll call after arriving at the square, I advise you not to play any tricks, otherwise you will regret being a human ......"
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In the noisy shouting and chaotic footsteps, Yun Xuan silently followed behind Wang Lin, and the corner of his eye inadvertently swept around, but found that there was an order in the chaos around him, Yunzhou Immortal Prison was not in vain, it already had a unique set of means for the management of prisoners, and it was almost impossible to take advantage of the chaos, not to mention that there were four jailers behind him who were specifically responsible for keeping an eye on him.
Prison Warden Shan Tinglong personally commanded in the square, to arrange all the prisoners neatly into a phalanx, and to make sure that the order came to see the disciplined side of the prisoners in Yunzhou Immortal Prison.
Yun Xuan followed the flow of people into the square, he knew that there was no chance to slip away for the time being, but he didn't force it, he followed Wang Lin to the forefront of the team naturally, glanced at the left and right sides, and found that they were all good-looking people, not the same as the hideous appearance of the prisoners in Yunzhou Immortal Prison, and immediately understood Shan Tinglong's intentions in his heart, and put the best-looking ones in the front, not only to give the envoy a good impression, but also to avoid the envoy being frightened by a group of ugly people.
After setting up Yun Xuan, Wang Lin was summoned to him by Shan Tinglong, and whispered a few words, probably asking him to go back and wear a decent military uniform, and then be responsible for the management of the back row of prisoners, so as not to scare the noble messenger with his few centipedes.
Wang Lin only said a lot, nodded to Yun Xuan again, and walked quickly to the back.
Yun Xuan looked back and found that there were dense human heads behind him, secretly thinking that the 60,000 or so prisoners would be organized into a queue, when would it be in line, he yawned, his eyes turned around, and he found that the inner city walls around him were heavily guarded, and the jailers who were ten steps forward clenched their strong bows and supervised the scene with wide eyes.
When Yun Xuan turned his head again, he saw Shan Tinglong staring at him thoughtfully, Yun Xuan smiled politely, and Shan Tinglong also smiled back, but he seemed to be thinking about something, and smiled a little unnaturally.
In the midst of boredom, the noise finally quieted down, and the line barely formed a square, but the unruly prisoners at the bottom frowned impatiently, and it was obvious that the air of irritability was spreading among them.
However, Shan Tinglong's assistant officers didn't care so much, shouting military orders loudly, making sure to make the line a little more tidy, and the jailers who were shuttling through the ranks were whispering threats and orders to their group of prisoners, warning them not to make any mistakes.
When everything was more or less arranged, the inconspicuous small door on the east side of the square finally opened, and the envoy of the Cloud Heaven Sect and several accompanying monks walked out from behind the door with a gloomy face, obviously this dark and dangerous passage did not bring them any pleasant mood. At this time, the afternoon sun was fierce, Shan Tinglong wiped the sweat on his forehead, and helped the black blindfold, he heard the sound of the door opening behind him, and quickly turned around, the majestic expression on his face immediately turned into a smile brighter than the sun, and quickly walked down the makeshift podium to greet the envoys.
Yun Xuan blinked with difficulty from the hazy state of half-dreaming and half-awake, couldn't help but yawn again, raised his eyes and looked in the direction of the small door, only to see the person headed by the envoy of Yuntian Sect, wearing a pale pink long skirt, with a plain white gauze on it, extremely elegant outfit, the wind blew, it was a little thin, and it also contained a trace of sadness in it, it turned out to be Senior Sister Leng Yan who had not been seen for a long time!