"Qing Yu, due to the birth of the evil monk of the West Pole Sect to stir up the situation, no one among us blames you for this failure. But you yourself know that you will not escape the blame for this failure! How dare you shout in front of this throne, what are you accusing me of?"

"Sect Master... Hehe, don't forget, Sect Master, how many of the elders were willing to step on this troubled water in person? Which one was not full of confidence, but found a lot of reasons to shirk it. Senior brother took the initiative to take on this matter, you all think that it is simple to take down the Tu Feng Sect, how many people have cared about specific matters? If I underestimate the enemy, don't you underestimate the enemy? Who would have thought that the bald donkeys would turn against us, and the East Palace would also stab us upside down, as well as the Yin Demon Sect, the West Hall Hong Demon Sect, and the Yuanshou Mountain ......"

"Now that the whole world knows about it, you are starting to really care! If I can't escape the blame, will you not be responsible?"

In the middle of the night, on the outside of the Nine Lotus Sect, in the middle of the main mountain Baili Xuanfeng, in the middle of the mountain that is fifty miles high. The waning moon shone on it, and it was a steaming spring, surrounded by a large number of dense trees, and the spring water inside was not visible from the outside. Inside the clear spring, close to the shore, a Taoist with white bones exposed on his shoulders, his whole body **, his hands supporting his body, and his lower body has entered the steaming spiritual spring. He gritted his teeth and controlled his hands, and with each drop he made, the expression on his face was painful.

And standing by the spring, watching the Qingyu Dao people suffer from the groundwater. This person has a fairy wind and bones, a white beard hanging down to his chest, and a head full of crane hair, but he has a childish face. This handsome Venerable Master was dressed in a blue-white robe, and a nine-rank immortal lotus was embroidered on each shoulder. This is the Nine Lotus Immortal Robe inherited by each Sect Master in the Nine Lotus Sect, highlighting the identity of the Daoist Sect Master - the sixth generation of the Sect Master of the Nine Lotus Sect, the Master of Qinghua.

"What is most incomprehensible to Senior Brother is, why don't you stop Senior Brother Gu Tian......?

The blazing spiritual spring had already overflowed Qing Yu's chest, and when it reached the terrible wound on his shoulder, he gritted his teeth, squeezed out the words just now, and immediately began to ** slightly.

The Nine Lotus Sect also has a total of twelve spiritual mountains, among them, the Baili Xuan Peak of the Middle Spirit Mountain, the Huayu Ling Peak on the west side, and the Reincarnation Dao Mountain on the east side are known as the three holy mountains. On top of the three holy mountains, there are secrets of the entire four thousand years of history of the Nine Lotus Sect, which are more mysterious than the spiritual mountains in any other sect. The spiritual spring that soaks in Qingyu also exists on the other two sacred mountains. It is a famous healing holy spring of the Nine Lotus Sect, and the bottom of the spring is covered with ancient spiritual lotus petals, nourishing the holy spring for thousands of years. The healing effect is extremely good.

"I can't stop him. After hearing his words, the Venerable Master Qinghua sighed and continued, "You also know that the deep hatred between Xuan Neng and him back then, the iron mask on his face was due to Xuan Neng. Moreover, the ghost division of the Xudu who appeared in Chibi for the second time because of him was extremely terrifying. No one can know how he relied on Yuanying cultivation to cross the border of reincarnation and communicate with the Ghost Division of the Underworld. Now that he is in retreat, there is no guarantee that he will not summon the Ghost Division to protect the Dharma again. If Xuan Neng can really control this kind of power from under reincarnation, then it is a more terrifying evil art than the way of refining death in the Hades Corpse Sect!"

The spring water had already reached Qing Yu's chin. He shook his head, "I don't want to know about these things. What a dungeon, what a ghost. These secrets are not important at all! Not only did they lose face in my Nine Lotus Sect, but they also brought out the old demons of the Western Pole Sect, this is the most important thing!"

"How could the bald donkey locked up in the Luohan prison come out?"

Qinghua said, "I don't know either. But since Uncle Gu Tian came back, news came from our eyes in the West Pole Sect that Master Ming Heng, the eldest disciple of the Ming Character Generation, personally went to the Arhat Prison to lock up the prison, and all the nine dungeons after the Ninth Prison were put under martial law again, and all the monks sent over were guarded by the monks of the Ming Character Generation. Thus... This seat believes that the evil monk did not reach the peak of Guanmei in person. Instead, he used a powerful and mysterious means to possess the little monk. It is absolutely impossible for anyone to escape from the eighteenth lock, and the eighteen Buddha chains are locked with the eighteen Buddha seals of the evil monks. Even before him, from ancient times to the present, no one could escape from the Eighteenth Prison. ”

"Even the seniors of my Nine Lotus Sect didn't ......succeed," Qinghua lowered his head. There was a man in the seventeenth lockdown who had not moved for three hundred years, as if he had died early. This person used to be a disciple of the Nine Lotus Sect for three generations, but his name had already been completely buried by the Nine Lotus Sect, because he was forever locked up in the Arhat prison because of something back then. Now there is only a wall away from the evil monk, and no one even knows if he is dead or not.

"But... Why did that old demon want to help Xuanneng?" In the spring water, Qing Yu showed a head and stopped descending.

The confusion on Qinghua's face was the same as Qingyu's, he could only shake his head and say, "All this can only be known by asking Uncle Gu Tian." ”

After Gu Tian returned to the sect, he immediately fell into retreat and disappeared. If you want to talk to him, it is estimated that only the other two ancient character seniors of the three great Taishang, Qinghua Master Venerable Gu Yan and another fourth-generation senior, Gu Zhendao, can find him.

But Gu Yan started his retreat three years ago, Gu Zhen traveled abroad, and none of the other elders of the Qing Character Sect dared to go to Gu Tiandao. A few people who learned the truth about why Gu Tian returned in a huff didn't dare to alarm his old man.

"Senior brother, you go down and rest for a while. The people of the alliance sect are accusing you, so stay out of the limelight for the time being. Originally, the sect was supposed to help you share some of the responsibilities, but now... So be it. I'll talk about anything else when your injuries heal. Qinghua sighed, slowly turned around and left.

Qing Yu didn't have anything to say, and slowly controlled his body until the hot spring water covered the top of his head, and Qing Yu felt more comfortable than ever. At this time, the words that his heart and the Taoist said at the end of the vicious battle with Xin Zhao suddenly appeared in his mind.

All of this is due to the operation of the Heavenly Dao.

The old demon locked up in the prison of Luohan, does he want to use his own strength to reverse the Collapsed Heavenly Dao? And the same is true of Xuan Neng?......

Qinghua soon flew to the foot of the mountain, and a bright spiritual light flashed from the holy spring in the middle of the mountain, which he sensed. This means that the Qingyu Daoist has already trapped his divine consciousness in the holy spring and has begun to sleep and heal.

I hope to resolve the heartache of my junior brother.

Late at night, in the Jiuhua Hall of the Nine Lotus Sect's main hall, the Master Qinghua on the main seat suddenly remembered the last conversation with the Qingyu Daoist on the top of the Baili Xuanfeng a few days ago. In front of him were the guests of the major alliance sects, his expression was slightly gloomy, but he was sighing for the sleeping Qing Yu in his heart.

"Sect Master?" The elder Qing Gui Daoist, who was standing next to him, saw that he was a little distracted, and reminded him in a low voice.

Under the dim lights in the main hall, more than a dozen representatives of the alliance sect arrived. Sitting on either side of the front row were the elders of the Soul Suppression Sect, the Arctic Emperor Palace, the Seven Seas Sect, and the Shengyang Sect. Sitting in the back rows were some second-rate sect elders. Among them, the more famous second-rate sects are the Luoyang Kendo Sect Jianxi Sect, the Liuzhou Alchemy Dadan Jizong and the Minjun Assassin Sect Stygian Shadow Sect, which specializes in the way of assassination. The strength of these three families is only a little worse than the West Hall, the Yin Demon Sect and the Shengyang Sect, as well as the Hong Demon Sect, which have the deepest heritage in the second-rate sects.

Nearly half a month has passed since the battle of annihilation. The whole thing shook the sect realm and the imperial court. In the Chang'an court, Yang Youxiang reported the sect war to His Majesty not long ago, and took the opportunity to fan the flames, describing Tu Fengzong as a completely stubborn villain, and urged His Majesty to send troops to Fan Yang to destroy the ill-intentioned An Lushan. However, even with the seconding of many ministers, the old emperor still listened to the words of a few An Lushan's henchmen in the court, believing that this was just a pure sect turmoil, and the other problems were just imaginary ones. An Lushan personally entered Beijing not long ago, how could he have the idea of rebellion in a short period of time?

After Yang Guozhong went back, he complained angrily to his confidants and staff, and the old emperor didn't know what it meant to be a "loving father and many defeated children".

Just yesterday, the Ancient Yan Daoist and the Supreme Elder of the Soul Suppression Sect in the retreat, Zhineng Daoist, announced the opening of the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven to the two sects almost at the same time. In fact, the previous Soul Ru Master had sensed that the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven would be opened soon, but because he couldn't be sure, and because his lover Lin Ruyan was seriously injured, he had almost no time to participate in the affairs of the sect during this time. In this way, the Nine Lotus Sect and its alliance sect learned that the time when the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven would open soon was half a month later than that of the Tu Feng Sect.

And among the friends of the Alliance Sect who came to discuss late tonight, there was no Stargazing Sect who participated in the battle of annihilation. First, they almost never participated in the competition for the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven, and second, Mr. Tianhua was extremely disappointed with the behavior of the Ancient Heavenly Dao people of the Nine Lotus Sect, and repeatedly persuaded the Heavenly Emperor Sect Master to reduce his promiscuity with these so-called alliance sects.

Although the Qingyu Daoist was extremely dissatisfied with Mr. Tianhua's negative attitude during the Great War, the status of this sect was extremely special in the Eight Ancient Sects and the world, and he could only let the Stargazing Sect gradually develop in a neutral direction.

"Ahem...," the Qinghua Sect Master refreshed, "... Some of you participated in the recent crusade against the Traitor Slaughtering Sect. Although he didn't win a complete victory, with the help of the Daoists of the Soul Suppression Sect and the Spiritual Energy Daoists of the Seven Seas Sect, he destroyed the three spiritual mountain formations of the Tu Feng Sect. gave them a great deterrent, and presumably they will also know that to be an enemy of us, to be an enemy of the imperial court, is to be an enemy of the Heavenly Dao. No matter what they want, they will surely perish with the traitor An Lushan!"

"However, a big reason why we didn't win a complete victory is because there are many sects that don't recognize the overall situation, because some small profits have gone to help the Tu Feng Sect. I'm going to explain to you now what this petty profit that drives them is. ”

Thanh Hoa actually understood it very quickly. Half a month ago, the major sects settled in the Tu Feng Sect one after another, because the Tu Feng Sect had already known the news of the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven, and used this as a temptation to recruit a lot of allies. But now it seems that the situation is really a little bad after they realize it so much more than they realized it later.

"So, they already have some advantages over us. However, after all, it is just a rabble of people who have never touched the ancient sword. ”

“... After you return to the sect, you have three days to discuss this news with the elders and the sect master. Select the kendo people for this time, and then, escort them to our sect for the next plan. ”

"Sect Master of Qinghua, three days is too short. "The elder sent by the Soul Suppression Sect is the Soul Martial Dao person who acted with Master Soul Ru that day, and he is also a rare kendo genius, and he frowned at the position on the right side of the main seat at this time. "It may take a long time for my Soul Suppression Sect to choose to take the Sword Daozi. Thank you for your understanding. ”

Soul Wu knew that Soul Ru was absolutely unwilling to give up the opportunity to let his beloved disciple enter the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven. It's just that with Lin Ruyan's current injury in the sword vein, no matter whether it is other elders or sect masters, they will not give him this opportunity. If his beloved disciples were excluded like this, Soul Ru would definitely blow up in anger. Try to buy him a little more time.

"What the soul martial artist said is very true. The Sect Master should know that it is not a simple matter to select a kendo master. It took three days to be hastily elected, how could it convince the people?" The Arctic Emperor Palace elder on the other side said with some dissatisfaction. In the battle of annihilation, the Great Elder Xi Ling Daoist in the late stage of the dignified Yuan Infant was actually cut off an arm by the five people of the other side. The Arctic Imperial Palace suffered heavy losses. This time I came to meet with him, and I also wanted to put on a face to show the Nine Lotus Sect.

Leng Yedao, the elder of the Sword Breath Sect, also spoke, "Sect Master, I'm afraid the time to go back and forth is ......."

"Five days, we can't drag it out any longer!"

There was a lot of discussion below. Qinghua Daoist immediately slapped the case and said in a deep voice, "Tu Fengzong and the others are already quite ahead of us. The imperial court still has an ambiguous attitude towards An Lushan and Tu Fengzong, and cannot give us substantial help. Every day they drag, their preparation goes deeper!"

Then, he stood up and said, "If the elders of the Alliance Sect are willing to go to the Lingnan Sword Shrine to observe, they will gather here in five days and go with us. ”

After hearing this, the expression on the face of the Soul Martial Daoist became a little embarrassed. It wasn't until the voice below that echoed Qinghua began to appear that he couldn't help but say, "Sect Master, in the past few days, there have been two advanced cultivators around the sword mound....... One is the Xuan Miao of the Tu Feng Sect, and the other is the Xuan Miao of the Sect of the West Pole Sect. We didn't bother the two seniors......"

"Wait, wait. Hearing this, the Qinghua Daoist stood up from the main seat and walked down, to the side of the soul martial who had already formed a layer of cold sweat on his forehead, and pointed to his nose. The faint lights above the main hall were all concentrated on the face of the soul martial artist, "According to what Daoist friends say, your sect should have known the news that the sword shrine was about to open long before this time, right?"

"What the Sect Master said... It's a bit arbitrary...."

"No, no. Your Soul Suppression Sect is only a few miles away from the Sword Tomb... The first two times the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven was opened, it seems that you were the first to sense it, right? I wonder how this time I can let Xuanneng Lao'er take the lead for so long... Looks like you've known about it for a long time, so why don't you say it!"

There was an uproar. The face of the Soul Martial Dao man was extremely ugly. It is true that as Qinghua said, Master Soul Ru had already sensed the abnormality of the sword shrine and deduced that the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven would open again. When he returned to the sect, he told the sect master about this, and used this to ask the sect master to give Lin Ruyan some more time to recuperate, and not to give up on him so easily.

The Soul Suppression Sect had also begun preparations a long time ago. Four of the five kendo takers have also been selected. Xuan Miao and Sex Hang are entrenched in the Sword Shrine, in order not to cause movement, they bypass them every day to go to the Sword Shrine to observe. The same conclusion was reached as both of them.

On the surface, they were allied with the Nine Lotus Sect and other sects, but in fact, they had already begun to study the Sword Shrine. Therefore, the Soul Suppression Sect is determined to win the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven this time.

The last time the Mingjian Cave Heaven was opened, the five generations of Daozi sent by the Soul Suppression Sect were basically the end of the five generations of strong crossbows, and their strength was not good, and they were driven out of the cave before they even lasted the last three days. And the Daozi of the Nine Lotus Sect, who finally won the divine sword, disappeared without a trace a few years later, along with the sword, which is really a tyrannical thing, which is regrettable.

Therefore, the Soul Suppression Sect is absolutely unwilling to hand over the Divine Sword to others this time. They must revive the glory of the First Sword Sect!

It's just that I didn't expect to be seen through by Qinghua. Reven Wu was very embarrassed and stammered and didn't know how to explain it. At this time, the Qinghua Daoist snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Forget it, fellow Daoists, the Soul Suppression Sect is obsessed with the Ancient Spirit Sword, and it seems that it can abandon Xinyi for it." ”

Soul Wu shouted weakly, "Qinghua, don't talk nonsense!"

"No matter what, the two Spirit Mountain Formations of the Tu Feng Sect were taken by the disciples of my sect. The Soul Suppression Sect has never been a treacherous sect. He thought about it for a long time, and he could only say this to protect himself.

"Well, good. Please bring the meaning of this seat to your Sect Master. Under the thought, we must share messages and resources. Otherwise, you will be a maverick, and the term "ally" will cease to exist. Please consider what I have said. Qinghua Daoist sneered and walked away from the stiff soul martial artist. He said to the monks below, "Don't be discouraged. As the No. 1 Sword Sect in the Central Plains, the Soul Suppression Sect is understandably obsessed with the Ancient Spirit Sword. It's just that soul martial arts friends should understand a little bit better, which has a higher probability of success, fighting alone or fighting side by side. You don't think that if you break away from our sect, you can take any advantage under the group of people in the Western Extreme Sect of the Tu Feng Sect, right?"

"Under ... I understand. The meaning of the Thanh Hoa Sect Master will be conveyed below. The Soul Martial Daoist glanced back at the elders of the various sects, and their faces were not good under the faint light. Fang Cai was almost targeted by Qinghua. He gasped and sat down slowly.

"So, if the two Transforming Monks are entrenched in the Sword Shrine, how can we go over and observe?" The Lingxi Daoist of the Seven Seas Sect saw that the situation was not good in the battle of the Annihilation Formation at that time, and immediately led the crowd to retreat. At this time, he was not injured, and asked Qinghua in a shrill voice.

"It's all about the power of separation, how can you worry too much about these things. Let's just go over and play fairly, will they drive us away? It's just that the Tu Feng Sect will soon know that we have begun to prepare. It doesn't hurt......"

After a while, the elders of the sects left. Qinghua pulled Lingxi, Xixiang, and Elder Li Xin of the Shengyang Sect to the secret room behind the main hall. After thinking about it, he still called the soul martial artist over.

“... You should know that compared to the opening of the Centennial Period of Lingzhou more than two months later, the matter of the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven is nothing. If you can find a page of tokens, it will definitely be several times more precious than the so-called Excalibur!"

"What the Sect Master said is true. The root of the contradiction between Tu Fenzong and us also lies in the matter of Lingzhou. Speaking of which, Li Xin still wants to thank the Sect Master, who helped my Shengyang Sect get an Immortal Dust Order ten years ago at the royal secret meeting......"

"Don't say it, it's not a glorious thing....."

"Everyone must understand what the sect master means. The top geniuses of the younger generation of my Arctic Emperor Palace did not participate in the affairs of the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven. The important task of the hundred-year period has long been decided to be handed over to the six generations of great disciples, Ji Yanyang, who is close to the middle stage of the Yudan, and two disciples who have built the foundation to accompany us. Therefore, the disciples sent to the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven were not the top. ”

"Soul Martial Arts, I hope you understand this truth as well. What happened just now is actually not a big deal, the past is over, and then don't hide it from the alliance sect. For the upcoming Hundred Years, the Ancient Sword Cave Heaven is not important, and I think the Soul True Sect Master should also understand this truth. Therefore, even if it is a foundation building disciple sent to accompany Daozi, he must not be stingy, pick out the strongest one of the Jiedan Daozi, and the two strongest Zhuji disciples to accompany him. Then it would be nice to pick and choose a kendo son among the rest of the people......"

"Well... The Soul True Sect Master also understands, please Qinghua Sect Master don't worry. By the way, through the reincarnation seal a few months ago, the first and only one of the Nine Lotus Sect Daozi to enter the Spirit Continent now, what valuable news has been transmitted back to the sect now?"

"He... Since he entered the Spirit Continent, he has somehow broken off his connection with his natal soul jade, and for several months, there has been no news......"