Chapter 372: Preparing for War
The rain has subsided for the time being, but the black clouds in the sky are still very low, layer by layer, making people feel breathless.
The north gate of Heyang City was opened, and hundreds of people poured out of the city, heading north, crying all the way to the ear, no one knew what the road ahead was?
Xiao Yicai led the Qingyun disciples to maintain order all the way, constantly comforting the anxious and panicked people, and telling the people around him again and again that this time it was only a temporary departure, as long as the beast demon was defeated in a few days, and the catastrophe passed, everyone could return home again.
After this busy day, he was really dry and exhausted, looking at the long queue of people moving slowly in front of him, Xiao Yicai shook his head silently, and was about to rest for a while, when he suddenly saw Lin Jingyu of Longshou Peak standing not far away, also looking tired, he and Lin Jingyu were also familiar, so he walked over and gently patted Lin Jingyu's shoulder.
Lin Jingyu looked back, showed a smile, and spoke, but his voice was hoarse: "Senior brother, you are also here......
Xiao Yicai answered, the two looked at each other, and then looked at the people around them, and they all shook their heads and smiled bitterly for a while.
In the direction of the ancient road heading to the north, from a distance, it seems that the sky is also gloomy, and there is no light in sight.
Zhou Zhou Xian and Xiaohuan were also mixed in the crowd.
Zhou Zhou Xian walked in the crowd, looking left and right, his brows furrowed, and he sighed from time to time.
Xiaohuan said softly: "Grandpa, what's wrong?" ”
Zhou Zhou Xian shook his head and said, "This battle is related to the lives of the people in the world, but I am only afraid that the righteous path on Qingyun Mountain has little chance of winning." ”
Xiaohuan was silent, knowing how much Zhou Zhou Xian spoke like this. Since the beast demon appeared in the world, in a short period of time, from the southern Xinjiang began to enter Middle-earth, all the way to sweep the world, invincible, strong, cruel, the disaster caused has been better than all the natural and man-made disasters in the past. Today, most of the last resistance in the world is concentrated on Qingyun Mountain, and most of the hopes of the people in the world are mostly on the legendary invincible Zhuxian Sword Array in Qingyun Gate.
Xiao Huanqiang smiled and said, "Isn't there still a Zhuxian Sword Formation, there is still hope." ”
Zhou Zhou Xian shrugged his shoulders and said, "This ...... Hehe, that's it, anyway, ordinary people like us are left to fate. ”
Speaking of this, he paused, then suddenly turned his head to look at Qingyun Mountain, which was standing majestically in the distance, and was now hidden in the dark clouds, and looked a little hideous, and then said slowly: "But these people in the righteous path! Don't want a fire in the backyard......"
Xiaohuan was stunned for a moment and said, "What kind of backyard fire?" ”
Zhou Zhou Immortal Monster laughed, shook his head and didn't answer, and walked forward, Xiaohuan glared at him, and didn't bother to ask, after all, at this moment, how could he still think about those righteous paths.
This people's long dragon has been gone for a day, and Lin Jingyu and other Qingyun disciples have been so busy for a whole day, seeing that most of the people and horses in the brigade have already passed, Lin Jingyu breathed a sigh of relief, he really felt that doing these things was more tiring than facing the three or five fierce beasts and demons. Just as he was thinking about taking a good rest, a child suddenly walked by the side and kept looking at Lin Jingyu.
Lin Jingyu was a little strange, looked at this child, and saw that he was dressed in shabby clothes, obviously not a child of a rich family, but his face was delicate, his eyes were bright, and he was very cute.
Lin Jingyu smiled and said softly, "Little brother, what's the matter?" ”
The child hesitated for a moment, raised his hand and handed over a note, and said timidly, "Just now an uncle asked me to bring you a note." ”
Lin Jingyu was stunned, took the note from the child's hand, and opened it to take a look, only to see that only four words were written on it.
"There's a fire in the backyard!"
Lin Jingyu frowned, pondered for a moment, and said to the child: "What does this mean, by the way, what about the person who gave you the note just now?" ”
The child turned his head and pointed forward, and suddenly there was confusion on his face, and said, "Hey, it's gone, just now it was an uncle wearing a hat, let me give it to you." ”
Lin Jingyu looked at the note in his hand, his brows tightened, and after a while, he looked up and saw a vast sea of people, but where did he find the mysterious person wearing a hat that the child said?
Qingyun Mountain, Xiaozhu Peak.
"Choke!"
The sound was like a dragon's chant, a room of light, the Tianya sword was horizontal in his hand, Lu Xueqi was expressionless, holding the sword and looking at each other. On the blade of the autumn water, her peerless face is reflected, which is really like bullying frost and snow.
She stared deeply at the sharp blade, and Tianya seemed to feel something, faintly trembling, as if excited.
"What are you thinking?" Wen Min's voice came from the side, Lu Xueqi silently stared at the sword in his hand, and said for a long time: "I don't know how many days will pass, whose blood will be shed on this sword blade?" ”
Wen Min slowly walked to her side, patted Lu Xueqi on the shoulder, and said softly: "Okay, my good junior sister, at the current catastrophe, as long as we do our best in this battle, there must be no endless road." ”
Lu Xueqi nodded, but somehow, there was always some lingering gloom in her heart, and she said in a low voice: "Yes." ”
Wen Min smiled and said, "That's good, Master is still waiting for us to go to Tongtian Peak together!" Let's go! ”
Lu Xueqi nodded again, put away Tianya, took a deep breath, and then followed behind Wen Min and walked out.
Meandering along the corridor, I came to the mountain in front of Xiaozhu Peak, where Master Shuiyue was already standing, and there were several female disciples of Xiaozhu Peak standing next to him. Wen Min and Lu Xueqi stepped forward, and Wen Min spoke first: "Master, I have arrived with Senior Sister Xueqi. ”
Master Shuiyue stood with his hands in his hands, slowly turned around at this moment, glanced at Wen Min, and then landed on Lu Xueqi. Lu Xueqi lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Master's gaze, so she only said softly, "Master, I'm here." The disciple is not filial, which makes your old man angry. ”
Master Shuiyue said lightly: "I don't have time to be angry. ”
Lu Xueqi's face seemed to be pale again, and everyone next to her didn't dare to speak, Wen Min shook his head slightly, looked at Master Shuiyue, and called out with a slight pleading: "Master......"
Master Shuiyue snorted, suddenly sighed again, and said, "That's it, that's it, let's put these aside for the time being!" If we can save our lives in this war, we will talk about it then. ”
None of the disciples dared to respond, Master Shuiyue waved his robe, turned around and said indifferently: "Let's go, the real person in charge is still waiting for us on Tongtian Peak!" ”
Before the words fell, a white light wrapped her figure in the sky. Wen Min looked at Lu Xueqi, Lu Xueqi forced a smile, and Wen Min said in a low voice: "It's okay, don't think about it." ”
After speaking, she turned back to the crowd and said, "Let's go too!" ”
For a while, the light on the small bamboo peak flashed dazzlingly, and a beautiful strange light flew up, flying towards the heavy black clouds in the sky, adding a little color, but the sky was full of black clouds, but in a blink of an eye, these brilliance were swallowed.
Qingyun Mountain, Big Bamboo Peak.
Song Daren led the five junior disciples to stand outside the Shoujing Hall together, waiting for Tian Buyi and Su Ru to appear, but it seemed that after a long time, Tian Buyi and his wife still did not come out.
The sixth disciple Du Bishu was a little breathless, and said softly to Song Daren: "Senior brother, why hasn't Master and Master come out yet, what are they doing inside?" ”
Song Daren glanced at Du Bishu and said angrily: "How do I know, you want to know so much, it's better to go in and see it yourself!" ”
Du Bishu touched a nail, shrank back, and complained: "I know, I know, you can't get a wife yourself, and you don't have to be angry with me!" ”
Song Daren's ears were tipped, and when he heard it, he couldn't help but get angry, stretched out his hand and slapped Du Bishu on the back of the head, and said angrily: "What did you say? ”
Du Bishu was taken aback, he has always been timid, in addition to being in awe of his master and mother, he is this senior brother, but Song Daren is very easy-going on weekdays, but it seems that this time he had a good affair with Wen Min, which hit him a lot, and he actually became angry.
Several senior brothers next to him were holding back a smile, squinting at Du Bishu, Du Bishu's face was embarrassed, and he was about to ask for help from several other senior brothers, but unexpectedly, He Dazhi, Wu Dayi and others looked up at the sky one by one, or looked at the distant mountains, a leisurely scene of being born out of a god, and he was a fairy who didn't ask about the world.
Du Bishu glared at these unrighteous senior brothers, and finally had to laugh at Song Daren a few times, and said: "Big, senior brother, you don't have to worry, after this catastrophe, junior brother, I will immediately go down the mountain and ask the best matchmaker to help you say kiss......
Before the words fell, Song Daren, who was purple-faced, kicked him and kicked Du Bishu away with a "plop", He Dazhi and others next to him snickered for a while and shook their heads, only Du Bishu looked depressed and sat on the ground.
A faint laughter came in from outside the hall, Tian Buyi and Su Ru both listened to it, Su Ru's solemn face showed a rare smile, and then he sighed again, and said softly: "It's not easy, the apprentices are waiting!" ”
Tian Buyi was dressed in a long robe, his face was solemn, he stood in front of the statue of Sanqing in the Shoujing Hall, and nodded silently. Then he gazed at the three statues, took a step, took three sticks of incense from the offering table, lit them on the candle, solemnly held the incense and bowed, and bowed down three times.
When the two of them came out of the Shoujing Hall, Song Daren and other disciples were already waiting outside the door, Tian Buyi looked at Du Bishu from Song Daren's gaze, and nodded, during which he didn't know why, and glanced at the quiet disciple's house in the distance from the corner of his eye, and there seemed to be a trace of helplessness in his eyes.
Maybe it's because the catastrophe is approaching and the war is imminent! Tian Buyi looked in a very bad mood, and he didn't talk much, looking at the disciples who had been waiting for a long time, he finally just nodded and said, "Let's go!" Go to Tongtian Peak. ”
In the flash of different lights, Tian Buyi took the lead, Su Ru followed closely, and the disciples of Dazhu Peak hurriedly followed, and the dark clouds in the sky crossed several brilliant rays of light, and then disappeared into the clouds.
Xiao Yicai, Lin Jingyu and other Qingyun disciples were tired and half dead, and finally on this day, when the sky was about to get dark, all the people in Heyang City were sent on the ancient road to the north, and at the same time, from outside Heyang City, occasionally scattered people gathered and headed north.
It's just that in just one day and one night, Xiao Yicai, Lin Jingyu and other Qingyun disciples all looked like they had lost a lot of weight, very tired, and when everyone spoke, their voices were almost dumb.
Standing at the head of Qingyun City, looking at the long dragon figure of the people who gradually disappeared in the distance, Xiao Yicai put his mind at ease, smiled bitterly, and said to Lin Jingyu who was standing beside him in a dumb voice: "I finally sent it away." ”
Lin Jingyu also let out a sigh of relief, and his tense expression temporarily relaxed, but his brows were always wrinkled, not completely relaxed like Xiao Yicai, as if he still had something in mind in his heart.
Xiao Yicai is a smart person, and soon found that there was still a trace of solemnity between Lin Jingyu's eyebrows, and asked slightly stunned: "What, Senior Brother Lin, do you think there is anything wrong?" ”
Lin Jingyu was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "Senior brother misunderstood, junior brother didn't feel wrong, but he was just worried about the catastrophe battle in front of him." ”
Xiao Yicai nodded, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "I know, in fact, I am not like this." However, the so-called evil does not suppress the right, there is no endless road to the sky, you and I are all under the righteous path, for the sake of the common people in the world, a battle in the coming day, you and I will do our best, don't think about it. ”
Lin Jingyu smiled and nodded, "What Senior Brother said is true." ”
Xiao Yicai smiled slightly and said, "Then I'll go over there and have a look." Saying that, he left Lin Jingyu and walked to the side, originally wanting to take a closer look in Heyang City, so as not to leave any people missing, otherwise once the beast demon is killed, it will probably be unavoidable.
Unexpectedly, he only took a few steps, and suddenly Lin Jingyu's low voice was faintly heard behind him:
"After ...... Fire...... After ......"
Xiao Yicai was stunned, turned his head to look, and saw Lin Jingyu's brows furrowed, and there seemed to be a puzzled look on his face, standing in place and whispering something in his mouth, he listened carefully, but it seemed to be a little vague or something.
Xiao Yicai raised his eyebrows and said, "Senior Brother Lin, what's wrong with Houshan?" ”
Lin Jingyu was startled, raised his head and said, "Back mountain, what back mountain?" ”
Xiao Yicai was stunned by him instead, and said: "I have heard what you have been saying about the back mountain, the back mountain, I think you have often gone to our ancestral hall in the back mountain of Tongtian Peak to learn art with Uncle Wan over the years, and I am envious." ”
Lin Jingyu's face was a little embarrassed, and he hurriedly said, "No, no." ”
Xiao Yicai smiled and said, "It's okay, Senior Brother Lin, the big war is coming, you have to take care of your spirits!" ”
Lin Jingyu smiled and nodded, and was about to speak, when suddenly at this moment, there was an exclamation from Qingyun's disciple in the distance, Xiao Yicai and Lin Jingyu were shocked, and they rose into the air almost at the same time, flying towards the place where the scream occurred.
The sound was the south gate of Heyang City, where a few Qingyun disciples were doing their final rounds, but at this moment, they were all like facing a great enemy, and the magic weapon was sacrificed, and their expressions were nervous. I saw that on the city wall, a hideous monster with a lion's head and a wolf body, huge eyes and fierce eyes, let out a low roar in his mouth, staring at these Qingyun disciples, but it also seemed to know that these people were not ordinary people, so he didn't act rashly for a while.
Xiao Yicai and Lin Jingyu fell, and at this time, other Qingyun disciples also came one after another, and after everyone saw it clearly, they all gasped, Xiao Yicai let out a sigh of relief, and said in a low voice: "It's a beast demon." ”
Suddenly, a Qingyun disciple beside Lin Jingyu shouted loudly and said, "Outside, outside......"
The voice was frightened, and everyone listened to it, and their hearts seemed to rise all of a sudden, and almost at the same time, they looked in the distance outside Heyang City, in the direction pointed by the Qingyun disciple.
Under the black clouds, on the horizon, rumbling thunder came, and lightning pierced the sky silently. The earth trembled slightly, and a low roar seemed to slowly seep out from the depths of the Nine Shadows, but it rushed straight into the depths of the human soul, echoing endlessly.
Countless beasts and demons gathered into a terrifying tide of boundless black, rushing from afar, rumbling like thunder but already overpowering the thunder in the sky, the heavens and the earth were slaughtered, and the lightning was like a strange snake scurrying around. Even if the evil spirit of persecution is far away, it is already rushing to the face.
All the Qingyun disciples had bloodless faces, Xiao Yicai gritted his teeth and said loudly: "Go, go quickly, go back to Qingyun Mountain immediately." ”
In the midst of his words, all the Qingyun disciples did not dare to slack off, and they all sacrificed their fairy swords and flew into the sky, and the monster with the lion's head and wolf body at the head of the wall roared loudly, looking fierce.
Lin Jingyu followed the crowd at the end, looking back in mid-air, only to see endless beast demons rushing madly, and the entire land seemed to be already a sea of evil beasts, and there was no popularity at all.
This catastrophe has finally come to the most critical time!
After hearing the urgent report that Xiao Yicai and the others rushed back, the full seat of the righteous path on the Yuqing Hall of Tongtian Peak in Qingyun Mountain was full of people, and no one spoke for a while.
Silence shrouded in this grand hall, and what should have come has come after all.
Dao Xuan Zhenren got up slowly, his face was solemn, and he said slowly: "Everyone, the number of lives in the world lies here, right now the beast demon occupies Heyang City, and it will attack Qingyun in the near future, and I don't have anything more to say here, please go back and rest well, and you will have a life and death with the beast demon in the future." ”
Everyone looked at each other, and after a while, they all slowly stood up, and there were gradually more whispers in the Yuqing Palace, and in this low noise, everyone walked out one after another.
Dao Xuan Zhenren turned to Master Puhong and Yun Yilan, who were sitting beside him, and said, "Please rest, you two, there is something to do, and you have to discuss it with the other heads of Qingyun Sect." ”
Venerable Puhong and Yun Yilan both stood up and saluted back, "Real people, please." ”
Dao Xuan Zhenren returned the salute and said hello to Xiao Yicai, Xiao Yicai hurriedly followed, and followed Dao Xuan Zhenren into the back hall, where somewhere, the other elders of Qingyun Sect were already waiting for them.
Lin Jingyu saw them leave, and then walked out of the Yuqing Hall alone, walked to the railing outside the hall, and looked at it by the railing, only to see that the sky was like ink, and the black clouds were heavy, and there was no trace of light.
The mountain wind is like a knife, whining and blowing, and it hurts to scrape the face.
He stood silently, but in his mind, he unexpectedly remembered the mysterious note and the inexplicable four words on it.
A fire broke out in the backyard......
A fire in the backyard, a fire in the backyard? What backyard fire? Lin Jingyu turned countless thoughts in his heart, and in the end, his thoughts slowly converged on one point, which was Xiao Yicai's slightly stunned words echoing in his ears: "What's wrong with the back mountain, Senior Brother Lin ......"
Back Mountain?
Lin Jingyu's brows furrowed again, although his eyes were shining, he slowly shook his head and became confused again. He didn't know how long he pondered, but when he came back to his senses, he found that there was no one around. Lin Jingyu sighed and slowly walked down the steps.
Since the appearance of the beast demon, Qingyun Gate has strengthened the guards of Qingyun Mountain with all its might, especially in Qianshan, no one knows when those countless evil beasts that are extremely ferocious will suddenly rush up. However, Qingyun Mountain has always been steep, especially Tongtian Peak, which is even more towering, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but these are not too big obstacles for those who have achieved cultivation, but they are excellent barriers for many beasts and demons who can't fly.
It's just that the beast demon has always been invincible everywhere he has passed, and there are countless shocking and terrifying news rumored in it, no one is sure that these beast demons will not have any surprise ways to attack, not to mention that the legendary beast god to this day, no one knows his details, which adds to everyone's suspicions.
Compared with the mountain in front of Qingyunmen, the mountain behind Qingyunmen is almost completely precipitous, and it is difficult for apes to cross, despite this, Qingyunmen still arranged for many disciples to patrol the sky with swords, just in case. It's just that there is one thing that is very strange, that is, near the Ancestral Hall of the Ancestral Hall on the edge of the Qingyun Gate's forbidden land, there are very few Qingyun disciples guarding, and it seems that Qingyunmen is not worried about these two places at all.
At this moment, the gloomy night has just passed, and the sky is at the beginning of dawn, and on the towering Tongtian Peak, between the paths leading to the ancestral hall and the forbidden land of the Phantom Moon Cave Mansion, there is a faint mist, gently drifting with the mountain wind, lingering among the pine and cypress treetops and branches on both sides of the road.
At this moment, even the sound of birdsong could not be heard, and the damp water vapor condensed into crystal dewdrops, which slowly flowed down the edge of the emerald green leaves, quietly dripping.
There is no trace of anyone!