"Not only the two of them, but also those who killed people with them were also pushed to the back mountain and cut down to pay tribute to our dead comrades. Thinking of the bloody wind and rain on the empty mountain these days, these disciples blinked red with red eyes, and surrounded the dozen elders who were standing still and the more than two hundred disciples who followed Lu Yao.

"Stop, what's the difference between you doing this and the two of them?" Huang Chengdao saw that these people were about to make a move, and under the anger, several wounds on his body burst out and bloodstained: "I have been the same door for decades, is it just to kill each other?"

He pointed to the corpses strewn in front of the temple: "Look at the death of these fellow disciples at the hands of our own people. Tears flashed in Huang Chengdao's eyes, and he shouted: "Huang is deeply blessed by emptiness, and he can never see such a tragic thing happen again." ”

In the field, the disciples of Kongmeng were quiet, in fact, before this incident, most of them had respect for Lu Yao and Teng Chunhui, Kongmeng Sanjie has done his best for the sect in the past few decades, but the head of Xia Hanshan is gentle and introverted and only wants to live in peace, in the past few years, seeing Lingxiao growing stronger day by day by the side, it is inevitable that there will be some resentment in everyone's heart.

Lu Yao is wise and decisive, and he has complained about Xia Hanshan over the years, but Huang Chengdao has always reconciled with it, so he didn't fall out with Xia Hanshan. Since the day Xia Hanshan fell ill, Lu Yao had the heart to seize power, but Huang Chengdao was not good in the middle.

After the realm of life and death, Lu Yao's son Lu Qing came back and was also very dissatisfied with Xia Shouyi, but at this time, Xia Hanshan intended to pass on the position of head to his son, and Lu Yao and Huang Chengdao Teng Chunhui had a big disagreement under the discussion.

Although Huang Chengdao felt that Xia Shouyi was narrow-minded and difficult to achieve, he still persuaded Lu Teng and the two to assist them wholeheartedly. Lu Yao was bent on forcing Xia Hanshan to give way, and Teng Chunhui also felt that this matter was feasible under Lu Yao's instigation. So the two secretly met with some elders and planned to join forces to put pressure on Xia Hanshan.

However, Xia Hanshan has no ambitions, but he is usually approachable in Kongmeng. Therefore, although the sect is declining day by day, most of the elder disciples have no objection to Xia Shouyi taking over as the head of the sect. Lu Yao made a lot of efforts, but he still saw that Xia Shouyi was about to sit in the position of head naturally.

Lu Yao, who had a hard heart, couldn't persuade Huang Chengdao, and guessed that Chang Qingzi would definitely not let himself take the position of the head of the house, so he went to the Xuan Waters to find Han Cheng and others, intending to take this opportunity to even take Lingxiao into his pocket.

After watching Lingxiao and the others leave on Kongmeng Mountain that day, Lu Yao and Teng Chunhui injured Huang Chengdao and imprisoned him, mobilized people to block Kongmeng Mountain, and deliberately let Elder He go down the mountain to report the news.

His plan can be said to have been going smoothly all along, even the Zonghai Zhongji recalled Chang Qingzi and the others, and the six Yin and Yang cultivators of Heihe Gorge also arrived as scheduled, blocking the Lingxiao team in the woods.

However, Lu Yao would not have expected that Chibai City would suddenly propose to compete with the Red Maple Sect at the Panlong Meeting, and Chang Qingzi's attitude and Zhang Zhao's successive outstanding performances made the relationship between Lingxiao and the Red Maple Sect of Xuanmu City go to a higher level.

"Second brother, this is the will of heaven. Lu Yao pointed at Long Huaiqing and the others with helpless expressions: "If Xuanmu City hadn't intervened, wouldn't this matter be as I wished? ”

Huang Chengdao shook his head: "I won't blame you for hurting me with Chunhui, but you shouldn't kill the Xia family." He pointed around, "Look at what the void has become now, is this the prosperity you want?"

Lu Yao sighed lowly: "Whether you believe it or not, I really don't want to see that result, but I can't stop it as soon as I make a move." He looked at Lu Qing, who was tied up by five flowers: "At first, I just wanted to force Xia Hanshan to abdicate, and the three of them cut off the heads of his two sons without saying a few words." ”

"If you don't help me, how can I and Chunhui be able to defeat Lingxiao and these people. Lu Yao looked helpless: "I invited the three of them from the Xuanhuo Domain to get rid of those people in Heihe Gorge. Who knew that they not only helped but also escaped at the critical moment. ”

He sighed faintly: "As soon as Xia Hanshan died, his apprentices rushed up like crazy, and they had to kill if they didn't want to kill people at that time." I killed hundreds of people in this killing, and I couldn't even save your apprentices. ”

"Don't blame Chunhui, let our family give the Xia family their lives. As soon as Lu Yao's words came out, Lu Qing, who was tied up like a brown man, cried loudly: "Dad, I don't want to die, you save me." ”

"Second uncle, this matter has nothing to do with me at all, those people in the Xia Sect were killed by my father. Lu Qing looked at Huang Chengdao with tears in his eyes: "If you want to resist, let them arrive, I don't want to die, second uncle, you help me." ”

A trace of anger flashed in Lu Yao's eyes: "Qing'er, it's just a death, what kind of system do you look like this." Lu Qing desperately broke free from the pull of the disciples around him, rushed to him in a few steps and shouted: "It's all your fault, if you don't want to be the leader, how can you kill us all." ”

Lu Yao sighed softly, took a few steps forward and left Teng Chunhui's support, and the light in his hand flashed and regrouped into a spear: "The big thing has not been accomplished, but I have a child like this, what is the nostalgia in this world?"

The distance between the two was only a few steps, and they saw that Lu Qing was about to be pierced through the chest by this spear. When the tip of the spear was still less than a foot away from him, Lu Yao flipped his wrist and returned his hand, and the spear shaft that flashed yellow light suddenly swung up and slammed on his heavenly spirit.

After a crisp sound of "pop", the light spear disappeared, and Lu Yao bled miserably and shouted: "Chengdao, please take care of your brotherly feelings, don't let them hurt the third brother's family." If there is an afterlife, he will be a ...... for his brother" Before he finished speaking, his body fell straight down, Teng Chunhui grabbed a step and hugged Lu Yao's body with one arm, and looked at his family over there, his body flashed with white light.

Seeing this, Huang Chengdao broke free from Zhong's unyielding support and hurriedly stepped forward: "Teng Chunhui, if I have a bow with the two of you, do you want to follow Lu Yao's example and die?

The white light on Teng Chunhui's body gradually grew: "Second brother, we can't stand you." He looked at the Kongmeng disciples on the ground who had been killed by his own hands: "I can't tell whether it is wrong or wrong after killing so many of my own people, I can only fight with my life." ”

Huang Chengdao shouted: "Teng Laosan, do you think you will die like this?" He looked at the Lingxiao faction: "We have not yet decided where Kongmeng will go in the future, even if you really don't want to live, you have to keep this life and die for Kongmeng." ”

After speaking, he bowed to Changqingzi: "Head of Changqing, now that Lu Yao is dead, I don't know what you are going to do to me next?" As soon as he asked this, the remaining Kongmeng elders woke up to the fact that if these factions wanted to fall into the well at this time, Kongmeng would not have the slightest power to fight back.

The white light on Teng Chunhui's body gradually faded, he gently put down Lu Yao's body and turned to face Lingxiao and the others, at this time he understood that Huang Chengdao was not just trying to persuade himself not to commit suicide, but that Kongmeng was indeed at a critical moment of life and death now.

Zhao Zhan'an and the others also looked at Changqingzi, if they took this opportunity to take Kongmeng in one fell swoop, they would benefit a lot from the Lingxiao faction, the Kongmeng Mountain area is vast and dangerous, although it has gone downhill over the years, but it has accumulated for thousands of years, it is still much stronger than the several factions in Bafang City.

Now Kongmeng Sanjie is dead and two injured, there are only about 30 of the more than 100 elders left, and less than half of the 2,000 disciples in the sect are still wounded. Under such a situation, it is no wonder that Huang Chengdao's eyes looking at Chang Qingzi were full of vigilance.

Hearing Huang Chengdao's question, Kongmeng's disciples gathered one after another, after Lu Yao did such a thing, if the Lingxiao faction used this as an excuse to swallow Kongmeng whole, now would undoubtedly be the best time. In a hurry, some of the people who were still slashing just now were already standing side by side invisibly.

There was silence in the field, and the cultivators of the Lingxiao faction secretly condensed the spiritual power on their bodies, intending to pounce on it after hearing Chang Qingzi's order. Even Zhong Buqu, who was very close to Zhang Zhao and other Lingxiao disciples, took a few steps back, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Chang Qingzi looked at Huang Chengdao, whose body trembled slightly but straightened his waist, and shook his head lightly: "Elder Huang, you are too careful, if it weren't for Lu Yao and others joining forces to kill us, our factions would not rush up the mountain rashly." ”

"Lingxiao once thanked everyone for their help when he was in trouble, how can he take advantage of people's danger now?" Chang Qingzi turned to the Kongmeng people who were on guard and smiled: "Kongmeng's vitality has been greatly injured this time, and with the friendship between our two factions for many years, Lingxiao will not stand idly by. If you have any needs in the future, please don't be polite, ask for people and things, just ask. ”

He nodded at Huang Chengdao: "It seems that Elder Huang already has a case of how to deal with the aftermath, since this is the case, we people will not bother here." After saying that, Chang Qingzi turned around and left, and the elder disciples of the Lingxiao faction also left.

Seeing that Chang Qingzi was a little unexpected by Huang Chengdao, he hurriedly called a few elders to send him off, and it was not until he saw several factions descending the mountain that he breathed a sigh of relief and slowly sat down, and the rest of the Kongmeng people also felt that their whole bodies were sore, and they were relieved.

When it was already some distance away from Kongmeng Mountain, Huang Chengen finally couldn't help but ask: "Master Changqing, it was a great opportunity just now, even if you take the opportunity to occupy Kongmeng, who can blame you for not remembering the old feelings." Huang Chengyi also answered: "That is, the good place of Kongmeng is really wasted in the hands of Xia Hanshan, no wonder Lu Yao is dead." ”

Although Zhao Zhan'an and the others were not as straightforward as his two brothers, their eyes were also full of doubts. Chang Qingzi stood and said calmly: "Multiple friends are better than multiple enemies, and it is still cost-effective to exchange one ally for one person without being injured." He smiled at the Huang brothers: "Didn't we know each other when we didn't fight?"

"That's right, that's right. Huang Chengen couldn't help but blush when he recalled the old things, but Huang Chengyi next to him sighed regretfully, and he quickly explained when he saw that everyone was looking over: "What the head of Changqing said is right. I was thinking about how hard it was to meet, but the two of us forgot to say hello to my cousin, whom we hadn't seen in decades. ”

Ten days later, Huang Chengdao personally led several elders to Lingxiao to meet Chang Qingzi. After several factions withdrew, Huang Chengdao did not imprison those elder disciples who hurt the same sect with Lu Yao, but left them to stay, and even Lu Yao's entire family was only sent out of Kongmeng without killing a single person.

Teng Chunhui invited himself to enter the Kongmeng Grottoes facing the wall, although he broke an arm, the cultivation of the Yin and Yang Dacheng realm was still there. After experiencing this turmoil, not many people left Kongmeng, and the disciples who had fought for their lives did not continue to be hostile to each other after surviving, but chose to forget silently.

It stands to reason that Huang Chengdao is sitting in the position of the head of the house, but he insisted on not obeying on the grounds that he was married to Lu Yao Teng Chunhui, and was only willing to temporarily take over the affairs of the head of the house. This time, Lingxiao was only wearing an elder's robe, and there was no cloud on his chest that symbolized the supreme power of Kongmeng.

What Kongmeng needs most now is a powerful ally, and Changqingzi's performance that day has undoubtedly won the trust of Kongmeng's people. Huang Chengdao first expressed the intention of the two factions to rebuild themselves, and then clearly put forward a request for Lingxiao to take care of him in the future.

Seeing this scene, all the Lingxiao elders in the hall sighed in their hearts. For hundreds of years, Lingxiao has been in a weak position under the protection of the void, and now that the two sides have changed their positions, the shadow in their hearts has finally disappeared.

After Huang Chengdao, who was unattainable in the hearts of many people in the past, led people away, Changqingzi ordered all the Lingxiao elders to be summoned and announced the news of the re-alliance with Kongmeng in public. Only this time, everyone understands that Lingxiao is no longer the one who needs to be protected.

Everyone in the hall was happy, but Chang Qingzi raised his voice and admonished: "Everyone, although Lingxiao is now a little better, I still hope that we will not forget the suffering of the past, and we can't be arrogant to the alliances, so as not to hurt the harmony." ”

The elders laughed when they heard this, and then heard Chang Qingzi continue: "After experiencing the empty thing, Changqing has deep feelings. There is one more thing to convene you today. He waited until the hall was quiet: "Changqing has the support of everyone, and he has been in charge of Lingxiao for decades, so it should be time to consider the successor." ”

Everyone in the hall didn't react for a while, and after carefully reflecting on it, they looked at each other with surprise on their faces, they didn't understand why Chang Qingzi suddenly made this request, did he want to test whether there were people in Lingxiao who were as antipathetic as Lu Yao?

"Senior brother in charge, how can we people be as wolfish as Lu Yao?" Jiang Taibai trembled and laughed: "What's more, we are all very satisfied with you being the head of the house, decades ago, who would have thought that Lingxiao could become what it is today?"

"That's right, Senior Brother Chief, who else in the entire Lingxiao can take on this heavy responsibility except for you. Elder Meng also stood up: "We have come through the same ups and downs in the past few decades, can't you still trust us?"

The elders only thought that Changqingzi was touching the scene, and they all spoke comfortingly, and Changqingzi raised some voices: "You have misunderstood, decades of life and death together, how can Changqing guess so much, just think about it, if Changqing is not there one day, what will become of Lingxiao?"

"Senior Brother in charge, you are ......," Elder Meng opened his mouth and realized that Chang Qingzi was over sixty years old, and he was in the prime of life, and this kind of words were indeed not suitable for him anymore. All the people in the temple looked around, and found that each other's beards and hairs had turned gray.

"We're not young anymore. Chang Qingzi's face was very leisurely: "I think I can't be as hopeful as my cousin to break through the realm of yin and yang transformation, so it's better to arrange things earlier, otherwise if something happens, won't I become a sinner of Lingxiao?"

Although Chang Qingzi said it easily, all the elders in the palace understood that he did not mean to be tempted, but really wanted to arrange for Ling Xiao to be the next head. After thinking about it, everyone felt that his move was too early, but they also understood his painstaking efforts.

"Let's just talk about things, with Lu Yao's talent, we can really be in charge. Chang Qingzi sighed softly: "Xia Hanshan is short-sighted and has to pass on his son, although he is more vicious, his mood is not difficult to understand." ”

"With the experience of the past, Changqing convened everyone to discuss, is there any way to elect a head who will satisfy everyone. After listening to Chang Qingzi's words, the atmosphere in the hall became a little solemn, and everyone smiled and pondered quietly.

Although Wu Zongting and others were invited, they had lived in seclusion in the back mountains for decades and had no clue about this kind of thing. Li Mengshan couldn't help but speak when he saw that no one spoke for a long time: "Everyone knows who has the most eyes here, Gu Changqing, you can just say it, why do you have to let us spend this god?"

His complaining words made everyone laugh, and then nodded in agreement. Chang Qingzi also smiled and coughed lightly: "Okay, thanks to Senior Brother Li's attention, then I'll talk about it first." The most important thing about being the head of this is to be able to convince the public. He must have both virtue and integrity, be dedicated to the sake of the sect, be benevolent and righteous, and have a wide range of friends, so that he can be recognized by most of the elders and disciples in the sect. ”

"Although it is said that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, but in the eyes of everyone, their sons are the best choice. Speaking of this, Chang Qingzi smiled: "Fortunately, Changqing has no heirs, otherwise there may not be today's thing." ”

In the laughter of everyone, he said with a straight face: "Therefore, Changqing wants to set up a door rule, unless no elder in the whole sect raises objections, otherwise the head of my Lingxiao family will never be passed on to his descendants, and he will never use private affairs to interfere with the public." I wonder what you think?"

The elders nodded when they heard this, in fact, there is a precedent for this kind of door rule. Even the blue sky outside the sky has long had an iron law, and whoever succeeds to the first seat is not allowed to become a biological child. Chang Qingzi just proposed that he could not pass on the throne, which was already much more tolerant.

"If there is more than one person to be elected, or if there is a disturbance that causes the spirit to be left without a leader, the deacon hall will gather all the elders to nominate it before all the disciples. Determined by the number of people. Chang Qingzi looked at the elders in the hall and smiled: "Only by strictly abiding by these two rules can we ensure that the matter of Kongmeng will not be repeated." ”

Even Wu Zongting and a few people couldn't help but secretly admire Chang Qingzi's foresight, under the constraints of such a door rule, the elected head is naturally worthy of everyone's expectations, so that Lingxiao's future life will be invisibly much more stable.

After talking about the door rules, Chang Qingzi then mentioned the candidate for the next head: "You have also seen clearly over the years, Junfeng, the son of Senior Brother Mo, can be called both wise and brave, not only has he broken through the upper three realms at a young age, but he is also meticulous and rigorous, I think I will pass on the position of head to Junfeng in the future." ”

In fact, there is no need for Chang Qingzi to deliberately say more, the elders have already seen that Mo Junfeng is a manufacturable material, not to mention that there is also Mo Suyan and the Red Maple Sect's family affairs as a backing. Mo Wen hurriedly got up and saluted: "Senior Brother Meng is valued, Mo Wen has thanked you in advance for Xiao'er Junfeng......"

Li Mengshan shouted when he heard this: "Senior Brother Mo, you wait for a while and then thank you." I have something to ask. He frowned and thought for a while: "I am familiar with this name, did you leave Zhang Zhao and run back with someone by himself?"

The expression on Mo Wen's face changed: "Senior Brother Li, the situation was urgent at that time, and Junfeng also focused on the overall situation. He wanted to excuse his son and said more: "What's more, Zhang Zhao came back safely later and did not lose his life because of this." ”

"Hey, what do you mean by that?" Li Mengshan Huo Ran stood up: "Zhang Zhao can come back, and a few of us have worked hard to find and save him, you all thought he was dead, not to mention that Zhang Zhao was seriously injured in order to save your son, why didn't you go to see him?"

"This ......," Mo Wen was speechless for a moment. In those days, he only cared about negotiating his daughter's marriage with the people of the Red Maple Sect, and he was busy with business affairs, not only him, but even Chang Qingzi had never seen Zhang Zhao. But as soon as Li Mengshan said this, it really seemed that his father and son were not close to each other.

When Zhang Zhao was unconscious, Li Mengshan faintly heard from the mouths of the rest of the disciples that he had a little thought about Mo Suyan, and he taught Zhang Zhao the method of giving pearls at the beginning. In addition, the elders of Yangxian Hall have always been a little dissatisfied with Mo Junfeng's abandonment of Zhang Zhao that day, and he deliberately made things difficult when he saw Mo Wenzhi's complacent appearance.

Originally, Mo Wen would have revealed this matter after saying a few soft words, but when Zhang Zhao was seriously injured, Mo Wen would ask a few words when he saw his son, he felt that he had a clear conscience but couldn't explain it, so he had to sit down in a sullen voice, which made Li Mengshan's heart even more angry.

"I think the kid surnamed Mo is unkind, and I don't agree with him being the head. Hearing his words, Mo Wen was also angry: "May I ask Senior Brother Li, since you don't agree with my son Junfeng to succeed as the head, you must have a more suitable candidate in your heart." ”

Li Mengshan laughed: "Senior Brother Mo, do you think that except for your son, there is no one who can be the head of the entire Lingxiao?" He turned to look at Chang Qingzi and asked, "Gu Changqing, can I also choose someone to come out?"

Chang Qingzi didn't expect that these two people would actually fight because of some trivial matter: "Senior Brother Li, if you have a candidate, of course, you can also put it forward and discuss it." Li Mengshan nodded: "Okay, then I'll nominate Zhang Zhangzhao." ”

There was a burst of laughter in the hall, and Mo Wen said with a smile: "Senior Brother Li, Zhang Zhangzhao has only been in the business for more than three years, I don't know what is the reason for you to nominate him?" Li Mengshan snorted and laughed: "Isn't it because we are all old that we want to choose this head?" If it is more than the entry year, does this head want Senior Brother Wu to do it?"

He listed everything he knew Zhang Zhao did: "Although Zhang Zhao has not been in the business for a long time, he thinks about Lingxiao in everything. Participating in the Shepherd's Race saved Lingxiao a lot of fairy crystals, right? ”

"Get to know the Umbrella Demon and maintain our faces. The whimsical idea made me reappear in the waterfall that had been silent for hundreds of years. If he hadn't discovered the enemy's traces in the first battle, the victory or defeat would have been unpredictable. The world of life and death maintains the same door, resists the enemy alone, and dies nine times for life. ”

"In addition to handing over the immortal crystals that Zhang Zhao earned from the Imperial Corpse Sect to our Lingxiao, they were used on the same door, and this time I also bought a lot of precious things in Xuanmu City, Senior Brother Mo, the clothes on your body and the jade crown on your head were all given by Zhang Zhao. The Dragon City Lord also had the intention to marry his daughter to him. ”

The elders began to feel shocked when they heard Li Mengshan say it, and they found that Zhang Zhao had really seemed ordinary in Lingxiao in the past few years, but he was actually outstanding. Not only is there no one in terms of making money, but many times it is because of him that he can turn evil into good fortune.

After Li Mengshan finished speaking, there was silence in the hall, and even Mo Wen couldn't think of anything to refute. Chang Qingzi pondered for a moment and nodded: "Senior Brother Li is reasonable, according to what you mentioned, the head candidate will be Zhang Zhao." ”

(End of chapter)