64.The Demon (2)
Zhan Haoyan, who has lived for thousands of years and is like an old monster, is naturally quite familiar with He Qianjue.
In the past, when He Qianjue was still in the Qinghong Sword Sect, Zhan Haoyan especially liked to make deals with He Qianjue. Because He Qianjue can always find him all kinds of strange materials, no matter how rare or difficult to get hold of the heaven and earth spirit treasure, as long as Zhan Haoyan speaks, He Qianjue will definitely be able to help Zhan Haoyan get it.
And Zhan Haoyan gave some things in the underworld, or small magic weapons, to He Qianjue in exchange, and after coming and going, the two became familiar with each other.
It's not a close friend, it's just that when he is idle and has nothing to do, Zhan Haoyan likes to run to He Qianjue's side, and He Qianjue will also give Zhan Haoyan a paper crane from time to time.
When Zhan Haoyan learned the news and knew that He Qianjue was imprisoned in the dungeon of the Qinghong Sword Sect by his master because of his collusion with the demon clan, Zhan Haoyan had gone to save He Qianjue. For the first time in thousands of years, he exerted his true strength, evaded the countless prohibitions around the Qinghong Sword Sect, concealed the sight of countless sects, infiltrated the sect, and tried to release He Qianjue from the dungeon.
However, He Qianjue did not choose to escape, he was sitting on the bed board of the dungeon, the whole person was lazy, and he was sitting leisurely with Erlang's legs crossed, with a large shackle plate used to seal spiritual power around his neck, but his expression was very leisurely, no sadness, no fear, and there were complex thoughts in his blood-red eyes that Zhan Haoyan couldn't understand.
He Qianjue refused Zhan Haoyan's rescue, he lied that he was imprisoned, but because his master was too angry, and after two days, the master would naturally release him.
Zhan Hao believed his words, so he didn't make a strong request, and secretly left the Qinghong Sword Sect.
Who knew that only a few days later, Zhan Haoyan received news again, saying that He Qianjue had been sealed into the Heavenly Sealing Mirror by his father's hand.
Everyone knows very well the terrifying power of that unparalleled Heavenly Sealing Mirror, once it enters, it is impossible to come out.
That is even more cruel than directly scattering people's souls, after all, the so-called soul scattering is nothing more than the soul of the person being scattered, assuming that someone has the patience to collect the fragments of the soul, maybe there is still the possibility of reassembling the soul of the person.
But entering the Heaven Sealing Mirror is equivalent to blocking this last trace of possibility.
There is no difference between that and real death, so Zhan Haoyan has always regarded He Qianjue as a dead guy.
Now a zombie appeared in front of him, telling him that he was sent by He Qianjue to find him.
This kind of "hell" feeling Zhan Haoyan hadn't experienced for many years, and he was a little stunned for a while, and couldn't help but rub his head with his hands.
"Don't you believe it?" Ying Qian seemed to be able to understand the turbulent horror in Zhan Haoyan's heart, and comforted him and said: "If you don't believe it, I have a paper crane handmade by Mr. here, and he said that as long as you read this, you will know everything." ”
After that, Ying Qian took out a paper crane made of yellow runes from his pocket and handed it to Zhan Haoyan, so Zhan Haoyan opened the paper crane and opened it, and found that there were two lines of poetry written on the yellow rune paper, and the familiar handwriting and the familiar aura fluctuations made Zhan Haoyan feel a little excited inexplicably.
The rune paper simply reads:
The flower path has never been swept by guests, and the Pengmen is now open for you.
With such a simple verse, Zhan Haoyan couldn't help but burst into tears, he raised his head and looked at Ying Qian: "Where is He Qianjue?"
"In the mirror. Ying Qian replied honestly.
"...... mirror?" Zhan Haoyan was a little incredulous: "Do you mean the Heavenly Mirror?"
Ying Qian nodded and said, "That's right, it's the Heaven Sealing Mirror." ”
Zhan Haoyan was even more incredulous, and said in amazement: "He's so good in the mirror? not dead, can he still call you to pass the word?"
Yan Snake also said: "He's very good, I think at least it's much better than he used to be." ”
Zhan Haoyan was happy and overwhelmed with the source of the Dark Fire in his hand, and said after a while: "I have to go and meet him, can you take me there?"
Speaking of this, Yan Snake and Ying Qian glanced at each other.
Before they left the mirror, He Qianjue said that He Qianjue's own memory was still incomplete, although he remembered that he had a friendship with this Soul Leaving Sect Master Zhan Haoyan, but He Qianjue couldn't remember how deep the friendship between them was, so before he could be sure whether the situation was clear, He Qianjue instructed Yan Snake and Ying Qian to test Zhan Haoyan's reaction a little.
Ying Qian opened his mouth and said to Zhan Hao: "Senior, my husband is ...... It's not convenient to meet people right now. ”
Ying Qian just wanted to test what Zhan Haoyan would say, but Zhan Haoyan seemed to have misinterpreted his meaning to another level, and immediately said worriedly: "Sure enough, in the mirror...... Is it still very hurtful to him?Is he hurt?Or is it something?Need help?Although I don't have any talent in combat, I am very proficient in forging and alchemy, as long as I can help, you just need to speak, and I will ......."
After hearing this, Ying Qian smiled bitterly, reached out and scratched the back of his head, and suddenly felt that he had no need to test this thousand-year-old man.
Yan Snake interrupted Zhan Haoyan's words and said: "Senior, Mr. is not injured or other circumstances, he has just lost most of his memory, although he remembers your old friend, but I am afraid that he can't remember the specific connection between you and the details of getting along, so ...... I don't know how to face you. ”
Zhan Hao breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and said: "I still think that he was injured so badly, it turned out that he was just amnesia...... Amnesia is not a big deal, I still have a magic weapon for amnesia, if he wants to recover his memory, I will go and bring it to him. ”
As soon as Zhan Haoyan said that this magic weapon for restoring memory, Ying Qian became a little interested, and asked: "The magic weapon for restoring memory?
Zhan Haoyan didn't hide his selfishness, thought for a while and organized his words, and replied: "It's not so much a magic weapon, but a very precious spiritual flower in the underworld, called 'Remembering Dream Lotus'. This flower grows on the edge of the Stygian Sea in the underworld, floats on the seawater, absorbs the Stygian Sea and takes shape, blooms once in a thousand years, and withers overnight. ”
"This flower seems to store the memories of a large number of souls washed away in the Stygian Sea, and when it blooms, the soul can recall the past and present lives by smelling the fragrance of the flowers. ”
"This flower bloomed once a thousand years ago, and I was fortunate to see it, so I took a petal at that time and made it into a magic weapon 'Dream Return', but the effect of 'Dream Return' is weaker than that of the real Dream Lotus, although it can also remind people of the past life, but it is incomplete. However, it is also effective for those with amnesia. ”
Yan Snake next to him listened to the conversation between Ying Qian and Zhan Haoyan, and could slightly understand the reason why Ying Qian would ask about this magic weapon, maybe he had thought about it, even if Tu Yuan forgot a qiē in the illusory world bead and forgot his relationship with Ying Qian, maybe he could use this magic weapon to make him recall.
But Ying Qian quickly gave up this idea, he shook his head, and said to Zhan Haoyan: "That's it, senior." I don't think the gentleman needs this kind of thing, he's not very positive about recovering his memory, he's a ...... Very frank and dashing person. ”
Zhan Haoyan also laughed: "Haha, so to speak, that kid Qianjue has always been a little heartless and careless, but it's okay, he's like this...... It's good. ”
Ying Qian and Yan Snake felt that Zhan Haoyan probably knew a lot of the inside story of those things back then, but now they didn't have time to ask Zhan Haoyan for verification one by one, but Zhan Haoyan didn't seem to be much of a threat, so Ying Qian and Yan Snake discussed briefly for a while, and decided to take him to see He Qianjue.
They soon set out on their journey again.
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Situ Luo stood at the door of his study and took a deep breath, he hesitated for a while, before he mustered up the courage to push the door open, and as soon as he entered the door, he saw Lu Xuange, who had occupied the original position of Situ Luo, sitting on his soft demon beast leather seat, and there was a copywriter that Situ Luo should deal with on the case, and Lu Xuange began to deal with the sect position that should have been held by Situ Luo.
Situ Luo felt that he was a little tired, obviously he was the current sect master of the Qinghong Sword Sect, but as soon as Lu Xuange came, he naturally squeezed him out and occupied his position, and even the entire sect had begun to obey Lu Xuange's orders in a very short period of a month, and no longer listened to him, the "current sect master".
Although the result of this is that Situ Luo has even been temporarily replaced by Lu Xuange, he is not as busy as before, and he can spare some time to do his own things, but the bad thing is that he has become Lu Xuange's servant, and it has become his daily routine to serve tea and water to Lu Xuange every day.
"Have you completed the task I gave you?" Lu Xuange lowered his head to focus on the copywriting on the table, and didn't even raise his head to look at Situ Luo.
Situ Luo subconsciously swallowed his saliva and replied, "I'm sorry, Master......"
"I don't want to hear you apologize. Lu Xuange finally raised his head and looked at Situ Luo with sharp eyes, "What I want is the result." ”
"But......" Situ Luo couldn't help but defend himself: "I want to find a mirror in the vast sea of people...... It's really ......."
"No kidding, Situ. Lu Xuange showed a slightly hideous smile at him, which made Situ Luo feel a little frightened, he felt that Lu Xuange looked wrong, especially when the other party showed such a cruel smile, he didn't look like a dusty immortal, more like a cruel demon.
"It was Tu Yuan who stole the mirror, then check it out to me from the people around Tu Yuan, who he has been in contact with, where he has stayed, have you traced these?" Lu Xuange also seemed to realize that his smile was a little weird, and he had to lower the speed of his speech, forcing himself to become calm and calm again, and his tone was soft.
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Zhan Haoyan's followers Ying Qian and Yan Snake came to the mirror where He Qianjue was, and a fake death charm was pasted on his head and then entered the Fengtian Mirror, when he saw He Qianjue sitting obediently in the mirror, Zhan Haoyan stared at He Qianjue for a long time with wide eyes for the first time, and finally stepped forward and reached out to touch He Qianjue's face twice, and confirmed: "It's really alive!"
"I'm not so easy to die!" He Qianjue also sat upright, and couldn't help but look at Zhan Haoyan carefully, mainly to observe Zhan Haoyan's face, the other party's face is indeed familiar to He Qianjue, the tall figure and the temperament of the whole body make He Qianjue feel familiar, and this familiarity also makes him feel very comfortable, so that he can let go of his guard and face the other party without reminding him.
Zhan Haoyan was very excited, touched He Qianjue's face a few more times, and then simply reached out and hugged He Qianjue in his arms.
"It's really you, you're not dead, that's great!"
Zhan Haoyan's excitement and excitement didn't seem to be fake, and his words inexplicably made He Qianjue's heart sour, making his eyes hot, so he reached out and patted Zhan Haoyan's back and said, "Yes, I'm not dead." I'm so clever that I won't die so easily. ”
Zhan Haoyan lowered his head, he thought a lot in his heart at this moment, and his tone couldn't help but be filled with sadness: "I should have saved you, if I ......"
"There are no ifs. He Qianjue comforted him and said, "Isn't this good for me? Don't think about it so much." ”
Since Zhan Haoyan was brought into the mirror, He Qianjue decided to introduce his new partners to him, so He Qianjue took out the snake, the fox, the cold cicada and other monsters for a walk.
Zhan Haoyan said hello to this group of monsters one by one, Ying Qian and Yan Snake had seen it before, but the cicada and the fox had not seen it, these two seemed to be more interested in Zhan Haoyan, the fox began to throw the charm technique at Zhan Haoyan, but it had no effect at all, Zhan Haoyan glanced at the fox twice, and turned his head calmly.
Seeing so many monsters crowded in the mirror, Zhan Haoyan seemed to be quite happy, and said to He Qianjue: "It's worthy of your style." ”
He Qianjue was also inexplicably a little happy: "What's my style?"
"You used to like to hang out with those monsters and demons. Zhan Haoyan recalled for a moment and said, "Your master is still very dissatisfied with this, and has taught you harshly many times, but you still don't change your teachings, and at that time you often complained to me about how your master was harsh on you. ”
He Qianjue touched his head and said, "Is there such a thing? ”
Zhan Haoyan sighed and said, "That's it, you shouldn't tell you these bad things, you have forgotten, just forget it." ”
Zhan Haoyan and He Qianjue casually talked a few words, the two chatted and chatted hotly, seeing that the topic was getting farther and farther, He Qianjue began to mention the key points, he said: "Do you know why I sent someone to find you?"
Zhan Haoyan also seemed to understand this, and said, "It's not just to return the source of the Hellfire to me, right......? I'm afraid it has something to do with the underworld. ”
He Qianjue was suddenly surprised by him, and said in amazement: "Do you know me very well?"
"Of course, your temperament, even if you have amnesia, you are still exactly the same as before!" Zhan Haoyan really knows He Qianjue very well, he is still very proud, touching his chin and squinting at He Qianjue, thinking about it for a while, and said, "Say, what are the requirements?"
"I didn't let you work for nothing. He Qianjue was also very up-to-date and said, "If you have any requirements, you can also tell me." ”
"It's okay, I haven't had anything particularly wanted lately. Zhan Haoyan shook his head at He Qianjue: "I don't mind working for you for nothing, just say it, what do you want me to do, don't talk nonsense." ”
"Then you're welcome. He Qianjue pondered for a while, and gave Zhan Haoyan a rough overview of his greenhouse plan, and after listening carefully, Zhan Haoyan was very interested and exclaimed: "You often come up with these strange ideas, but it is indeed a good way." Okay, I'll help you go to the underworld. ”
Now that they have negotiated with Zhan Haoyan, the two of them can't help but start chatting about the past, and in the process of reminiscing, they will inevitably get involved in some things related to He Qianjue's past.
He Qianjue was not very interested in his past, he didn't really want to recover his memory, probably because he didn't want to think of Lu Xuange.
Although He Qianjue didn't want to admit it, he did react a lot to the name Lu Xuange, this name made him feel sad and painful, even mixed with anger and hatred, this kind of complex feelings He Qianjue didn't like very much, and he was difficult to control, so he refused to recall anything related to Lu Xuange.
He has many partners now, and time has passed so long, and those previous entanglements, let them pass in the past.
Assume that he is dead, dead for a thousand years.
It's a pity that even if He Qianjue wants to treat Yiqiē as the past, but the past always seems to be unwilling to let him go, thinking that the Demon Venerable who may come to the door anytime and anywhere in the near future, He Qianjue does not have a specific way to deal with it, so He Qianjue thinks that it is still necessary to learn about it from Zhan Haoyan, and understand the battle of the Demon World invasion at the beginning.
"Demon Invasion?" He Qianjue mentioned this, and Zhan Haoyan couldn't help frowning, "Speaking of which, the next Demon Invasion is also approaching, I don't know what those murderers in the Demon Realm will do this time?"
"I know this, the Demon Realm Supreme told me that this time the Demon Realm invaded, he planned to lead the Demon Army to attack the Immortal Realm. He Qianjue immediately thought of what the red-haired Demon Venerable had said to him not long ago.
Zhan Hao glanced at He Qianjue in shock when he heard this, "You actually have a connection with the Demon Venerable, it seems that you really colluded with the Demon Realm back then?"
"I don't know if there was collusion. He Qianjue said that he couldn't remember: "But I should have made a deal with the Demon Venerable, probably this deal made me capsize in the gutter, and I was regarded as a traitor by the Qinghong Sword Sect, and I was thrown into this mirror by Lu Xuange." ”
"You do enjoy trading with other people. Zhan Haoyan said, "You are like a businessman, always thinking about exchanging something with others, and no longer thinking about digging out some benefits from others, is this a hobby?"
"Well. He Qianjue groaned, "I think it should be instinct." ”
The instinct of the Phaseless Demon.
He Qianjue once again led the topic to the direction he wanted, He Qianjue said: "I can't remember the Demon Invasion a thousand years ago, can you tell me roughly what you know?"
Zhan Haoyan continued to touch his chin and thought, "Let me think about it, this was a long time ago after all......"
Zhan Haoyan did not participate in that war, although he established a sect called "Soul Leaving Sect", but Zhan Haoyan was actually the only one in the entire sect, and there were some puppets that Zhan Haoyan used to manage and clean this small sect.
The cultivators will not force Zhan Haoyan to participate in the war, but as a member of the cultivation realm, Zhan Haoyan will still make some efforts, such as going to the battlefield to save people, he will bring back those monks who were injured in the battle with the demon cultivators, and occasionally hear some information about the battlefield from the mouths of these wounded.
The place where the combined army of the Xiuzhen sect and the demons went to war is a large area near the gate of the demon world, which was also a war area in ancient times, and the armies of two countries were at war at that time, and unfortunately encountered a large number of demons and monsters invading the demon world, and the two armies were wiped out overnight, and the blood flowed like a river, and there was no wind at all, so they disappeared into this world.
In order to resist these terrible demon armies, thousands of years ago, almost all the monks in the entire Xiuzhen Realm poured out, all the powerful ones fought on the front line, and those who did not have the strength did logistics, it was also a period of unprecedented unity in the entire Xiuzhen Realm, and everyone was working hard to defeat the demon army.
The Qinghong Sword Sect was the main force at that time, and Lu Xuange, the master of the Qinghong Sword Sect, could also be called the supreme commander of this war.
Zhan Haoyan said that at that time, Lu Xuange was also at the forefront of the battle, and with He Qianjue, the master and apprentice joined forces to be invincible in the world. Come one to kill one, come to kill one pair, the sword is simply invincible, the great achievements of the master and apprentice can be called the banner erected high for people on the cruel battlefield, representing the huge banner of hope and victory!
But then something went wrong.
The army of the demon world was defeated and retreated by the two masters and apprentices who joined forces, and the demon cultivators were defeated, and they died and fled, seeing that this war was about to be won, everyone was ready to cheer and hold a celebration banquet, but the accident came.
At that time, Lu Xuange and He Qianjue led most of the powerful disciples of the entire Qinghong Sword Sect, as well as a large army gathered by many decent people in the Xiuzhen Sect, they broke through in one fell swoop and went deep behind enemy lines, intending to completely annihilate the last remnants of the Demon Clan.
But I don't know which demon cultivator has entered the earth-shattering magic array, that magic array is called "Killing Array", it is an ancient lost soldier array, powerful and amazingly lethal, almost the moment it entered, a large number of people from the Qinghong Sword Sect were killed, and most of the teams gathered by other sects were also killed, and only an extremely rare part could escape.
What happened in that lore array, Zhan Haoyan didn't know the specifics, he only knew that after the battle of the lore array, all the fellow sects of He Qianjue who escaped from the lore array, as well as the monks of other sects, unanimously pointed out that they were fellow demons. It is said that he colluded with the demon cultivators, that he killed his companions, that he killed his senior brothers, and that he killed many decent monks who had made great achievements.
The Qinghong Sword Sect was greatly injured in the battle of the Killing Array, and the number of the entire sect was sharply reduced, only one-third of the people remained, and most of the remaining people were still the kind of juniors who stayed behind to do logistics, and did not have much strength.
The monks who escaped from the lore array were all extremely angry with He Qianjue, they were aggressive, and they were clamoring for Lu Xuange to deal with He Qianjue, and Lu Xuange was also ruthless and agreed to their request. After detaining He Qianjue alone in the dungeon of his own sect for a few days, he publicly disposed of He Qianjue on Xuanling Peak, and they placed a heaven-sealing mirror on the cliff and sealed He Qianjue in front of everyone.
At that moment, it seemed to become an eternity.