XLIII. The Truth
The semi-circular Qingfeng Song magic weapon in the hand of the master of the Phoenix Gate suddenly turned into powder silently, and the dark cyan sawdust fell on the blood-colored spring water, and a faint yellow light flashed with a sound of "Zi". The Phoenix Sect Master didn't see it, and the momentum that shrouded him again actually forced the spring water that had spread to his calves away from him.
The murderous aura gushed out, there seemed to be a gust of wind blowing in the grotto, and layers of ripples rippled on the water, and all the disciples of the Phoenix Sect, including the Gu God Sect people, all felt this ruthless and cold murderous aura, but no one felt that it was wrong, they even hoped that the blow of the Phoenix Sect Master could blast Hu Chengwu and the four elders into pieces, and it was best to turn into nothingness, not even a trace of flesh and blood remained in this world.
No, just killing these two people who destroyed the thousand-year-old Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure is really a bit cheap for them. It is necessary to let them live as well as die, the three souls and seven spirits will dissipate a little bit, and they will not be reincarnated forever, so that their resentment can be slightly resolved. Hu Chengwu's arrogant words full of extreme extremity just now only added fuel to the fire in their ears, if it were not for the selfish and greedy actions of the four elders, how could the Phoenix Sect Master make a move with anger, and finally led to the flight of the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure, in the final analysis, the culprit was still the four elders. Almost all of them waited with anticipation for the earth-shattering blow of the Phoenix Sect Master.
The two sides of the Phoenix Sect of the Gu God Sect have been coming and going, and there are winners and losers for each other, if the Spirit Phoenix Spirit Treasure is still there, it may fall into the hands of whom, but no matter who gets it, there is always a hope of regaining it, the classic idiom of "who dies the deer" This classic idiom makes the disciples of the Gu God Gate and the Phoenix Sect never lose their motivation. But now that there is nothing, the extreme disappointment and emptiness have actually made some disciples who have not cultivated enough to have the idea of what is the meaning of living in this world since the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure is no longer there.
Hu Chengwu simply ignored the murderous aura that the Phoenix Sect Master had accumulated in an instant, he hugged the Four Elders tightly in his arms, and the expression on his face was extremely strange, as if he was looking forward to the Phoenix Sect Master's devastating attack.
Only Sun Xi, he suddenly saw a strange message from Hu Chengwu's face. Facing the powerful momentum oppression of the Phoenix Sect Master, instead of a trace of nervousness and fear after the conspiracy was revealed, he was more of a grief, mockery, pity and detachment. For a moment, Sun Xi had an illusion, as if Hu Cheng, who was waiting to sit and die, became tall and mighty, and his expression was clearly a look of sacrificing himself for righteousness but being misunderstood. Sun Xi couldn't help but have countless question marks in his heart.
At this moment, the four elders in Hu Chengwu's arms suddenly let out a faint moan. Hu Chengwu was overjoyed, "Master, Master, how are you?" ”
The four elders slowly opened their eyes, their eyes were empty, and it was obvious that they were extremely seriously injured. He coughed lightly, "I can't die yet." His body, which was already thin and withered like a walking corpse, seemed to be even more lifeless at the moment, but although his voice was weak due to the lack of middle qi, for some reason, it sounded full of love and peace.
"Kill them!" Among the disciples of the Phoenix Sect, someone suddenly gritted his teeth and shouted. Immediately, including the Gu God Sect, they also shouted in unison: "Kill!" The shouting shook the sky and echoed through the grotto. Sun Xi was taken aback, his ears were almost numb from the shock, and they buzzed.
The Phoenix Sect Master didn't speak, nor did he move immediately, he still stood there, as if he had turned into a rock, and under the shroud of momentum, his whole body was ruthlessly cold.
The four elders were even more unmoved, and Hu Chengwu gently and carefully supported him. "Alas!" I heard the four elders sigh, "I finally couldn't stop the spirit of the divine phoenix from escaping, it seems that the will of heaven is like this, and it is difficult to disobey manpower!" Slowly and with difficulty, the deep hand touched Hu Chengwu's face, "Chengwu, I just wronged you." There was kindness in his voice.
Hu Chengwu was stunned, and suddenly a tear fell on the back of the four elders' thin hands, and "Master......" couldn't stop shaking his shoulders, and he actually started crying. He could clearly feel that the energy in the four elders' bodies was passing away bit by bit.
The four elders smiled reluctantly, "This is the will of heaven, the ancestors had already expected that although the spirit of the divine phoenix eventually escaped, fortunately, the retreat has been left, and it may be possible to keep the phoenix vein." ”
This scene and a few simple conversations made the shock in Sun Xi's heart indescribable, and he faintly felt that a truth that had been hidden for almost a thousand years was slowly being revealed. The Hu Chengwu in front of him and the image he thought were unreasonable before were like two people. And no matter how you say it, the four elders are one of the top ten elders of the Phoenix Sect after all, and since the day they were born, they have never left Fengming Mountain for half a step. Sun Xi has been running around all these years, and it is indeed as the Phoenix Sect Master said to Huang Yuzhenren, and his knowledge is far from being comparable to those who only know how to retreat and cultivate and always pay attention to the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure. He was well aware of the teachings inherited by this ancient tribe, the influence on the native Phoenix disciples, and dared to touch such a practice as the tribal totem, they couldn't even think of it, the four elders' move really had another deep meaning behind it.
Sun Xi looked at the Phoenix Gate Master nervously. I saw that the whole body of the Phoenix Sect Master was difficult to see with the naked eye, and what stood there was a mist mixed with the two breaths of gods and demons, the black gas was swirling in the golden light, and the Gu God Phoenix disciple with slightly lower skill looked at it, and immediately hallucinated from birth, only to feel that in the fog for a while, the glow of the Ruiqi Divine Soldier Heavenly General flashed from time to time, and for a while, it was extremely eerie and the ghost cried wolf howl. "Divine and evil unity" Sun Xi naturally knew that this was one of the highest realms of divine and evil determination in Ziping thaumaturgy.
The main cultivation of the Phoenix Sect's Ziping thaumaturgy is, one is the natal yuanchen, that is, the value of the natal year, and the other is the divine evil, which includes the ten gods of life, prosperity and death, as well as various divine evils. The gods inside are auspicious gods, evil gods, the former is auspicious and the latter is fierce. As the name suggests, God brings good luck, while evil represents all kinds of disasters. In the Ziping thaumaturgy of the Phoenix faction, the god is the place where the body is protected and the life is exchanged, and the purpose of cultivating the evil is to transform the evil into a sharp weapon to attack others.
Seeing this kind of momentum, Gu Shen was also cold in his heart, he didn't expect the strength of the Phoenix Sect Master to be so strong, and he also obviously felt that the Phoenix Sect Master had reservations.
"What else do you have to say?" The Phoenix Sect Master's anger without the slightest emotion finally sounded, "I can still give you a little time." ”
The fourth elder smiled lightly, "Don't you want to ask me why?" Compared with the previous appearances, his image at this time seemed to be a different person, and he had been sitting upright and meditating on the zombie-like refining Qingfeng Song magic weapon before. And now, although he is seriously injured, his words and expressions show a sense of wisdom.
There was no change in the Phoenix Sect Master's tone, "Do I need to ask?" These words came out in a rhetorical question, and even the faces of the disciples under the Gu God Sect showed a look of sarcasm, yes, do you need to ask why?
The fourth elder gave a strange look, "Yes, you have to ask me." ”
The Phoenix Sect Master was silent for a while, and then really asked, "Why?" ”
The four elders motioned to Hu Chengwu to carry him to the stone platform in the center of the grotto, and took these few steps, which made him cough in a low voice, and when he sat on the stone platform, blood overflowed from the corners of his mouth, and he took a few breaths, and the four elders looked at the blood-red water flowing from the spring, and after a long time, they really said the answer that everyone expected, "That's because I am saving the Phoenix Sect from the doom that it is about to face, although it finally failed, but there is room to retain the Phoenix lineage." ”
A sneer suddenly sounded in the grotto, and anyone could think of this answer. Sun Xi couldn't help but sigh. The four elders didn't seem to hear it, but just looked at the water gushing out of the spring.
The Phoenix Sect Master didn't react at all, his meaning was obvious, that is, to let the four elders continue. The four elders seemed to be very satisfied with the Phoenix Sect Master's actions, and they opened their mouths and were about to speak, when they suddenly coughed, and a mouthful of blood spurted out.
Hu Chengwu finally couldn't help but shout sharply: "That's because the spirit of the divine phoenix in this Fengming Mountain is a spiritual treasure that is not bullshit at all." He glanced back at the four elders, and when he saw the four elders waving weakly, he took a step forward with confidence, "That's just a feng shui dragon vein." ”
Someone in the Gu God Gate suddenly sneered, "It is really appropriate to use the word bullshit to describe the so-called Phoenix thousand-year-old spiritual treasure, Feng Shui dragon vein...... Hmph, if you really do a bitch and have a memorial arch, it's obviously a nest, and you can't force the Shenfeng Lingbao without permission, and you have to make up such low-level lies. ”
The Gu God Sect people laughed in unison. The master of the Phoenix Gate didn't even bother to say the word "shut up", only to see that the person who spoke suddenly screamed, as if he had been caught and thrown out, and flew out of the crowd with a shout, falling to the ground and splashing water, lying there, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.
After all, the master of the Phoenix Sect is the head of a faction, and Ziping thaumaturgy is already good at calculation, with his understanding of the four elders, even if the four elders handed him a fake Qingfeng Song magic weapon, and he used the real Qingfeng Song magic weapon to collect the spirit of the divine phoenix privately, and finally ended up with a divine phoenix spirit treasure running away, but he still didn't believe that the four elders would make such a big rebellion against the ancestral teachings.
Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, the Phoenix Sect Master still hoped that the Four Elders could give him an answer that was enough to convince the public, and at this time, although the Four Elders' answer was not what he expected, but on the basis of Ziping Thaumaturgy, the Phoenix Sect Master felt that there should be a big secret behind this matter.
"That's not some bullshit divine phoenix spirit treasure, but a feng shui dragon vein. Do you know? The mission of the Phoenix Sect for this millennium is to maintain its smooth growth, not to claim it last. Hu Chengwu shouted like crazy, "Only when the Divine Phoenix Dragon Vein matures can you protect the Phoenix Sect and soar, but you always regard it as the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure, wrong and wrong, vainly moving the Divine Phoenix Dragon Vein is equivalent to touching the foundation that the Phoenix Sect really relies on for revitalization." If Chen Feng Weifei was present at this moment, I am afraid that he would add a negative sentence like "If the dragon qi is not there, how can the treasure land exist". At the same time, they will be glad that the two of them closed Xiao Rong's consciousness and hid her. Since the Fourth Elder and Hu Chengwu already knew the truth, there was no need for her to regain Tianque's consciousness. It's just that they didn't think about it carefully, whether the secret that Xiao Rong Tianque was guarding was this truth.
"Sun Xi!" Hu Chengwu shouted, "Do you think I usually go against you?" He smiled miserably, and then said: "That is my master deliberately asking me to provoke a scuffle between the two of the Phoenix Sect Gu God Sect, because only in this way can his old man find an opportunity in the chaos to protect the Divine Phoenix Dragon Vein with the real Qingfeng Song Magic Weapon, and he will not be disturbed by you bastards, but ......" Hu Chengwu pointed at the Phoenix Sect Master, "All this still did not stop the Divine Phoenix Dragon Vein from escaping." ”
There was silence in the grotto, everyone seemed to be judging the truth of Hu Chengwu's words, and it didn't take long for most people to have their own results, and it was obvious that they didn't believe the four elders and Hu Chengwu very much. But seeing that the four elders could be described as calm and relaxed if they were not seriously injured, and Hu Chengwu's inexplicable appearance of grief and indignation, it didn't seem to be a fake at all.
The men in these tribes in the mountains are only the word "simple" all over their bodies, and the disciples of the Gu God Sect are only interested in those formula medicinal materials, and in the eyes of the Phoenix Sect, except for the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure is a necessary Divine Determination Cultivation, other than that, they are no different from ordinary tribal peoples. They can get up in the middle of the night to serve a meal to a stranger, or they can be a myth that has been passed down from generation to generation for thousands of years.
Therefore, there is almost no word "intrigue" in their minds, either they meet with fists and feet, and even at the cost of their lives, they can give their hearts to each other after the sword is released. There is no doubt that the Four Elders and Hu Chengwu are also such people, and there is nothing that can provide them with the conditions for transformation, as for the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure, everyone does not doubt that it was deeply planted in the depths of their souls during their lifetime, and that is the entire Phoenix Sect that has been waiting for thousands of years, so it belongs to the Phoenix Sect, and this is a common cognition flowing in the blood.
It's just that the four elders actually planned to let Hu Chengwu deliberately stir up right and wrong from the beginning, which made everyone have a strange feeling in their hearts, and they couldn't accept it for a while. And since the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure fled, the spring water that has been gushing out until now is actually blood-colored, so weird, although it is still distrustful, but "Maybe you want to take the Divine Phoenix Spirit Treasure for yourself, and you don't justify yourself after success", such thoughts just flashed in my mind, but no one really said it. Especially under the Gu God Sect, the disciple was suddenly thrown out just now, and the Gu God himself didn't see clearly how the Phoenix Sect Master made a move.
It has been explained that it was done on purpose, but Hu Chengwu didn't know why he still sneered at Sun Xi, "Sun Xi, do you think that if my master does this, he must provoke a large-scale battle between the Phoenix Sect and the Gu God Sect, and he will sacrifice many disciples, right?" ”
Sun Xi smiled, and then smiled bitterly, he was indeed thinking in his heart, if what Hu Chengwu said was true, then there was no other way to save the Divine Phoenix Dragon Vein...... If that's really a feng shui dragon vein. I couldn't help but smile bitterly again, after thinking about it, there was really no other way, the only way for the four elders to do this could they keep the Divine Phoenix Dragon Vein. Because no matter how the four elders explain it, no one will believe that the spirit treasure that the Phoenix Sect has guarded for thousands of years is actually a Feng Shui dragon vein, and their mission here for a thousand is just a simple wait, only waiting, waiting for the growth of the divine phoenix dragon vein, and then maybe their thousand-year-old guardianship will lose its meaning from then on.
Sun Xi could imagine that if the Four Elders had spoken out about his discovery earlier, then he would either have been imprisoned and lost his freedom, or he would have been like this. Looking up at Hu Chengwu, Sun Xi unexpectedly saw the sentence in Hu Chengwu's eyes, "It's good that you know." ”
"Why?" The Phoenix Sect Master suddenly repeated the question just now.
Hearing this, the Fourth Elder actually laughed happily, and while coughing, he turned his head to stare at the Second Elder and the Third Elder, "What do you say?" ”