Lingyun Pavilion, located on the top of the mountain, is magnificent, in the valley of the ethereal white clouds, here is like a fairy palace on earth.

In the center of the main hall of Lingyun Pavilion sat an old man, who couldn't tell how old he was. I saw that his face was flushed, and his eyebrows were kind. The head is high with silver threads, and the beard and hair are all white, hanging down on the chest. Dressed in white, sitting cross-legged on his knees, he really looks like a fairy wind bone.

This place is the main hall of the Lingyun Sect, and it is also where the Holy Venerable is located, and the old man sitting in the center of the main hall is the Holy Venerable of the Holy Domain today, Liu Chen. In addition to this status, he is also the current head of the Lingyun faction.

"Cough..."Liu Chen snorted, his face was slightly angry, but his tone was extremely peaceful: "You are the first protector of this sect, and you are the best and mainstay in the holy realm. What do you think about this?"

There were four people sitting on each side of Liu Chen, and five of them were old men of the same age, all of whom were Liu Chen's fellow brothers. The other three young people are the personal disciples of the late three brothers. Don't look at the three generations who are a generation shorter, but everyone's status in the rivers and lakes is not trivial, and the lowest cultivation is on the seventh grade.

The Lingyun faction, the current head of Liu Chen, overwhelmed the crowd a hundred years ago and won the status of the Holy Venerable in one fell swoop. Soon after, the Holy Demon War was triggered, and this battle was fought for more than ten years, and finally ended in a complete defeat in the Demon Domain. Since then, Liu Chen has become famous in the rivers and lakes, and the Lingyun faction has also become recognized as the number one faction in the rivers and lakes.

After defeating the Demon Domain, Liu Chen, as the Holy Venerable, in order to appear fair, deliberately proposed that the candidate to succeed the Holy Venerable be elected every ten years. The sects in the Sanctuary can compete regardless of size, and there is only one condition, that is, they can defeat the current Saint Venerable.

Since then, every ten years, there will always be many people who come to Lingyunmen to compete with Liu Chen. After a long time, Liu Chen felt that this was not a way, many people who came to compete for the position of Saint Venerable were mostly ordinary people, and the Lingyun Sect still had to be warmly entertained. They are purely adding to the chaos, so they made a rule more than ten years ago that if they want to compete for the position of Holy Venerable, they must first become the head of a faction.

With the restrictions of this rule, there are obviously a lot fewer people who come to compete for the position of the Holy Venerable, but they are also the heads of some small sects that are not in the stream. It is precisely because of this restriction that Shang Mingzhi has the idea of competing for the head of the Iron Blood Gate.

Returning to the preface, after Liu Chen's words were finished, the eight people sitting below looked at each other and were silent for a while, only to see one of the old men say slowly: "Senior Brother in charge, this matter came in a bit of a hurry, and there was no warning in advance, and we didn't even know about the eyeliner we planted in the Demon Domain. ”

"Senior Brother Liu Song, do you have any good plans?" the man known as Liu Song pondered for a moment and said, "Senior Brother Leader, it is imperative to find our eyeliner in the Demon Domain for details. On the other hand, they should hurry to the Iron Blood Gate and ask what happened between them and the Demon Domain. ”

"I'm afraid it's too late to go now, the Demon Domain War Book has already arrived, and I'm afraid all the major sects already know the news. The person who spoke was called Liu Qing, who was Liu Chen's junior brother, so I only heard him continue: "Wang Zhiyi of the Iron Blood Gate has a very good reputation in the rivers and lakes, and he also has a certain reputation in the Demon Domain. If it is a collision of ordinary trivial matters, Wang Zhiyi is definitely capable of mediating on his own, and now that the Demon Domain has issued a war letter, in my opinion, there must be a deep hatred in it. ”

"Master uncle, uncle, junior generation feels that these are not important now, there is little hope for mediation, once the battle letter is issued, you must stand, unless the Demon Domain wants to humiliate itself. Everyone focused their eyes on the man who spoke, this person was not very old, he was middle-aged, one of the Dharma protectors of the Lingyun Sect, named Zhengyang, his master had passed away due to illness three years ago, so he had taken over the position of Dharma protector.

"Go on. Liu Chen nodded and motioned for Zhengyang to finish his words.

"The nephew thinks that this war book is a little strange. The time for the battle was actually a year later, didn't it deliberately leave time for the Iron and Blood Gate to make full preparations for the battle? After all, the Iron Blood Gate belongs to the Sacred Domain, whether we will help, how to help, and what should we do if the Demon Domain is attacking the West?"

The question raised by Zhengyang is very practical, and it is a question that has to be considered. There are many sects in the Sacred Domain, and no one can guarantee that the Demon Domain will only attack the Iron Blood Gate. It is even more impossible to predict who the next target of the Demon Domain will be.

"Could this be a conspiracy of the Demon Domain?" Liu Yan suddenly spoke, as the senior brother of the head of the sect, but he looked slightly younger than Liu Chen, I saw Liu Yan stroked his white beard, and continued: "The Holy Demon Domain has been fighting for many years, and the Demon Domain has recuperated over the years, and it is said that the strength has been greatly improved. There are more than a dozen masters who have cultivated above the eighth grade, and there are countless masters above the seventh grade. In my opinion, the Demon Domain's launch of the war book, and the attack on the Iron Blood Gate is likely to be just a trap, and the defeat of the Sanctuary is the ultimate goal. ”

"Good and evil have not been separated since ancient times, presumably the calm of the rivers and lakes in these years has allowed the Demon Domain to get a good rest, and wants to use the war to wantonly provoke disputes in the rivers and lakes. ”

The person who spoke was a freshman disciple of the Lingyun Sect, and he was also Liu Chen's most valued nephew, named Yue Xuan. Yue Xuan is not only handsome, but among the younger generation of disciples, his cultivation is also the best among people. I only heard him continue: "At this time, it seems that the war between Chen Yan and Yan has rekindled, and it is very likely that the Demon Domain Demon is obstructing it, and we need to be cautious. "

"How to be cautious?" Although Liu Chen had a plan in his heart, he deliberately wanted these young people to exercise at this time, after all, sooner or later, they would become the leaders in the rivers and lakes.

"Master Master, the disciple is willing to go down the mountain to investigate carefully, and learn more about whether there are demonic demons in the war between Chen and Yan, so we can also be on guard. "

As soon as Yue Xuan's words fell, he heard another person say: "Master Master, disciple Kun Yu is willing to go with Senior Brother, if it is found that there are really demons in the Demon Domain, then my Holy Domain can take the initiative to attack, and the teacher is famous." At that time, the martial arts colleagues will be dispatched to jointly crusade against the demons in the Demon Domain, and Kuang Fu Justice will wipe out the demons in the Demon Domain. "

"Kun Yu is right, senior brother in charge, this plan is very long, and I am willing to assist the two of them to go to the border to investigate the reason together. Liu Song, as Liu Chen's junior brother, had other plans in his heart at this time. It is said that the investigation of the descent is fake, but the descent has other purposes.

"Liu Chen Liu Liang, two junior brothers, why are you two silent, but you have other concerns?" Liu Chen looked at his other two junior disciples, who were silent from the beginning, to the point that they were quite abnormal.

The two glanced at each other, only to hear Liu Chen say slowly: "Senior brother in charge, over the years, the Demon Venerable has rarely appeared in the rivers and lakes, and even when everyone was about to forget him, the news suddenly spread that the Demon Domain was attacking the Iron Blood Gate, presumably the reason is not simple." "

"Yes, you and I both know that Jiang Zikun, the head of the Iron Blood Sect, has not appeared in the rivers and lakes for decades, although he claims to be in retreat and cultivation, it is not yet known whether he is still alive in the world. If it weren't for his senior brother's inquiry, Liu Liang still didn't want to make any response.

"What do you mean?"

"Senior Brother Head, I had no intention of having an idea when I was chatting with Senior Brother Liu Liang not long ago. Speaking of this, Liu Chen looked at Liu Liang, and after seeing him nodding, he continued: "My junior brother and I suspect that the head of the Iron Blood Gate is very likely to have changed hands, as far as we know, the Iron Blood Gate has been ruled by Jiang Zikun's junior brother Lu Ming all these years. And Lu Ming is only nominally in charge of the Iron Blood Gate, but in fact there are only two people who control the entire Iron Blood Gate, both of whom are Jiang Zikun's beloved disciples, one is Wang Zhiyi, and the other is Shang Mingzhi. "

"Well, it is rumored that the deity has also heard it here, and it is said that Wang Zhiyi's character cultivation is of the highest grade, and presumably the position of the head of the Iron Blood Gate will be passed on to him sooner or later. Liu Chen nodded, he had only heard about the housework of the Iron Blood Sect, although he was a saint, he had no right to interfere in the housework of various sects.

"Yes, Wang Zhiyi has won the praise of the people of the rivers and lakes in terms of character and cultivation, but his interest in the position of head does not seem to be very strong. Liu Liang looked at the head meaningfully, and said slowly: "It's his junior brother Shang Mingzhi...."