Chapter 10: The Snow Mountain Demon Cult

The Demon Sect has existed in the Xiachuan Continent for more than 200 years, and it is said that the first generation of the Demon Sect Leader was originally the prince of the Xia Dynasty, and was the half-brother of the thirty-seventh monarch of the Xia Dynasty, Emperor Lingguang, named Xia Fuming. Although Xia Fuming and Emperor Ling Guang are half-brothers, the two have been at odds since childhood and often compete with each other. According to legend, the reason for the discord between the two was that his father and queen mother preferred Xia Fuming, which caused Emperor Lingguang to be jealous and often targeted Xia Fuming, and over time the two completely fell out of harmony.

According to the history of the wilderness, Fuming is intelligent, has the talent to govern the country, and is valued by Emperor Fengwu, and has the meaning of succession. His brother Fu Hao was jealous and-for-tat, but Fu Ming couldn't bear it anymore and decided to do the opposite. However, although Fuming was smart, he was ruthless enough, and the battle for the heir was a fiasco. After going to the people, his personality changed greatly, and he created a demon sect on the nameless island and changed his name to Hua Shura. The purpose of the Demon Sect is to assassinate the ministers of the imperial court, and the rules of the Demon Sect say that those who take the head of Emperor Lingguang will be crowned as the deputy sect leader, and those who will be above 10,000 people under one person, and those who will take the heads of officials will be ranked by number and rewarded in turn. Most of the demon cultists are heinous people, and the people of Xiachuan are persecuted by them, and there are countless casualties. The bad deeds of the Demon Sect and the brutal rule of Emperor Lingguang made the Xiachuan Continent like a hell on earth at that time. Later, the righteous people of Wulin could not bear the suffering of the people, raised the banner of justice, and called on the righteous people of the world to land on the nameless island and destroy the demon sect together. In the spring of Lingguang's tenth year, 20,000 righteous people listened to the orders of Xuanqingmen, landed on the nameless island, and destroyed the Demon Sect. The battle lasted more than a month, ending with the victory of the righteous people, during which there were countless casualties on both sides, less than 2,000 people left in the crusade team, and the Demon Cult was almost completely wiped out. After a month of fighting, the sky is dark, the corpses are all over the field, the blood flows into a river, the nameless island, there is no demon religion, and loyalty is retained, and the history is called "the battle of blood righteousness".

After this war, the traces of the Demon Sect disappeared in the Xiachuan Continent, until a hundred years ago the Demon Sect suddenly announced its reappearance, and people knew that after the defeat of the Demon Sect, Hua Shura and his party fled to the northern snow-capped mountains, and since then they have been here to recuperate, intending to re-enter the world again.

The snow mountain belongs to the northwest direction of the North Desert outside the city of Depanye, the terrain of the snow mountain is dangerous, because of the perennial snow, the cold climate, the living conditions are poor, the demon sect can endure here for more than a hundred years, it can be seen that its losses were extremely heavy back then, so they had to hide here, dare not swagger. However, the high-profile comeback of the Demon Cult also shows its determination to return to the Central Plains. After a hundred years of careful layout, slowly Tuzhi, now the power of the Demon Sect can not be underestimated, and the righteous path of martial arts in the bloody battle of that year also greatly damaged the vitality, after the establishment of the four countries, the martial arts people are also comfortable, and the current head of many sects is far inferior to the ancestors. In the face of the sudden comeback of the Demon Sect, many sects were powerless to fight back. Therefore, the people in the martial arts appealed to hope that Xuanqingmen would once again call on the whole martial arts to fight the enemy together.

Although the head sect of the Demon Sect is located in the territory of the Northern Desert, since the second day of the high-profile reappearance of the Demon Sect, the royal family of the Northern Desert sent a letter to the world to tell the world that although the Demon Sect is hiding in the Northern Desert Snow Mountain, it has no knowledge that the Demon Sect members do not belong to the people of the Northern Desert, and the Northern Desert Royal Family has nothing to do with the Demon Sect. If the Demon Sect does something heinous, the Northern Desert royal family is willing to destroy it together with the righteous path of the world. Although admitting to the world that the Demon Sect was able to hide in the Northern Desert secretly without being discovered, it would be a loss of royal majesty, and the stakes were comparative, and the royal family of the Northern Desert back then was more willing to offend the Demon Sect than to give the other three countries an excuse to join forces to attack the Northern Desert.

"Late." Meng Niang stopped Xiang Wan, who had just come back from purchasing.

Xiang Wan, who was walking at the front of the line, heard the voice and turned around, and found that it was Meng Niang who called her, so she ordered the disciples who were escorting the supplies to leave, and then walked towards Meng Niang. "Looking for me?"

Meng Niang looked at the carriages that drove away, and her heart was a little relieved. "It seems that this time it was a good harvest."

Xiang Wan nodded. "That guy is still talking, and gave us sixty percent of the amount in advance, and forty percent will be given to us in October."

October? Meng Niang frowned slightly when she heard this, "With the rest, can we last until October?" ”

"There's no way, the Northern Desert itself is relatively short of supplies, and it's not easy for him to prepare so much for us." Xiang Wan sighed helplessly and continued: "Although the four countries can communicate with each other, each country strictly controls the products and quantities of trade, not to mention that now all countries seem to be peaceful, but in fact, they are secretly competing, and it is more difficult than usual to buy materials from other countries. ”

Xiang Wan's words, she didn't know, it's just that they have internal strength to protect themselves, but ordinary disciples don't have deep internal strength, and in September, the suitable snow-capped mountains will start to be cold and biting, if there is not enough cotton, cloth and coal, they will be frozen.

"The other three countries are already trying to find a way to secretly escort the materials we bought ourselves." Xiang Wan saw Meng Niang's worries and comforted her.

Thinking of the wealth of Dongyue and Xitang, Meng Niang said unwillingly: "I really want to sweep the Central Plains now." ”

Every time she looked at the materials in the warehouse, Xiang Wan's mood was the same as Meng Niang's now, hoping that they could return to the Central Plains as soon as possible, so that she wouldn't have to worry about keeping the whole sect fed, drunk, and clothed every time, but the facts told her that they still had a long way to go if they wanted to really gain a foothold in the Central Plains. "Although many sects in the Central Plains are vulnerable, there are also many powerful sects, among which the Xuanqing Sect is the most difficult to deal with. Now the Central Plains Martial Arts, under the leadership of Xuanqingmen, is no longer as easy to attack as it was when it was separated. That's why the Sect Master will cooperate with that one, hoping that we can go on both sides together. ”

"I understand all this, but I'm just not reconciled." Meng Niang swung her fist at the wall on the side and gritted her teeth.

Xiang Wan stretched out his hand and patted Meng Niang's shoulder, and just as she wanted to continue to say something, she heard someone call them.

"The subordinates see Lord Meng, to the Lord." A congregation approached and saluted the two. "The Immortal Envoy told you to go to the Temple of the Nights immediately."

After the messenger left, Meng Niang rubbed her fingers. "Let's go. Don't call the envoy to wait for a long time. "Since the sect master's retreat, the affairs of the sect are all under the sole responsibility of the envoy, and at this moment, the envoy must have something to arrange for the two of them to go to the Bright Night Temple.

All the buildings of the Demon Cult are built on the mountain, with a total of thirty-six floors. The Bright Night Temple is located on the thirty-sixth floor, which is the council hall of the Demon Cult.

Meng Niang and Xiang Wan came to the outside of the Bright Night Palace, and the guards saw the two of them and said respectfully: "The envoy ordered the two of them to go in directly, and there was no need to report." ”

The Demon Sect's envoy Tu Tianao is eight feet long, wearing a black robe, wearing a cloak and hat, covering his face with black iron, holding a nine-ring thick-backed sword, passing the level and slashing the generals, with one enemy and one hundred, and good at making secret weapons, these are the world's evaluations of him. Because of its perennial dark iron covering his face, not to mention outsiders, even the people in the Demon Sect only have seen his face with the sect leader Hua Wudu.

When Meng Niang and Xiang Wan entered the hall, they saw Tu Aotian standing with his hands behind his back, holding two folded pieces of tissue paper in his hands.

"Subordinates see the Underworld." Meng Niang, Xiang Wan said in unison.

Tu Aotian didn't turn around, and a magnetic voice came through the mask. "I've just received two pieces of news, and I need you two to do it."

Meng Niang and Xiang Wan glanced at each other, only to see that the other party didn't have to guess what the envoy was talking about.

"Please instruct the envoy, and your subordinates will complete the task."

"Definitely complete the mission?" Tu Aotian's tone was slightly raised, revealing dissatisfaction. "You've failed many times in this matter, and I hope you can bring us good news."

When Meng Niang and Xiang Wan heard this, their faces changed, because they all knew what the task that Meng Niang had failed many times was, and how difficult it was to complete it, the tone of the envoy just now had already shown dissatisfaction, if Meng Niang failed again, I was afraid that she would be punished.

Casting a worried gaze at Xiang Wan, Meng Niang had no intention of noticing, this incident was her shame, the scar under the mask reminded her of her failure all the time, and the only way she could wash away this shame was to stab the sword into the man's heart with her own hands. No! This is simply too cheap for him, and she has to use a dagger to cut one cut after another on his handsome face, so that he is unrecognizable, and then hang his body on the city wall, so that the world can see how ugly and hideous the handsome and peerless son is in their eyes. She will also crush his bones and scatter ashes, and he will never be reincarnated!

"The subordinates will never fail this time, otherwise they will be willing to be punished." Meng Niang knelt with her legs bent, and her indignant voice burst out of her throat, with unspeakable determination.

"I hope you can do what you say, otherwise the location of the Ten Thousand Poison Pit will be ready for you at any time."

Ten Thousand Poison Pits! Meng Niang swallowed her saliva, revealing a look of fear.

Xiang Wan opened his mouth, and he stopped talking, pleading at this time, with the temperament of the underworld, he was afraid that it would anger him even more.

Tu Aotian finally turned around and threw a piece of letter paper in his hand to Meng Niang, "Yun Moxi is already in Shifang City, you leave immediately." There's his message on it, and the next, you know what to do. ”

Meng Niang made her letter paper and said, "The subordinates set off immediately." ”

Tu Aotian waved his hand in agreement. After Meng Niang left, Tu Aotian glanced at Xiang Wan, who was worried about Meng Niang. "Do you have something to say?"

Xiang Wan raised his eyes to Tu Aotian's eyes, and pleaded for Meng Niang to his lips and swallowed them back alive. Although Tu Aotian Xuantie covered his face and couldn't see his expression, his sharp black eyes had already made Xiang Wan timid. Hades, hell, and the Demon Sect are not decided, and no one is afraid of them.

"The subordinate just wants to know what the task of the Underworld Envoy is to assign to the subordinate?" Xiang Wan lowered his head and replied to Tu Aotian.

Even if he saw through the other party's lying, Tu Aotian did not expose it, but walked in front of Xiang Wan and handed her another piece of letter in his hand sideways.

Xiang Wan took the letter paper and quickly scanned the information on it, it turned out that Emperor Dongyue secretly summoned Qian Chengyue to return to the dynasty.

"This time, our people contacted a grain merchant in Dongyue Shangyuan, and this grain merchant is willing to sell us 10,000 catties of grain at a high price, and you must go to Shangyuan in person to escort these grains back to the snow mountain."

Are you sure? Dongyue actually has someone who is willing to sell so much grain to us, and sure enough, there is money that can make the ghost grind. Although Xiang Wan was happy that they could buy so much food, they looked down on these profit-seeking merchants.

"I hope that this merchant will be able to supply us with food for a long time." Tu Tianao looked sideways at Xiang Wan and poured out his plan.

The meaning of the Underworld Messenger is..." Subordinates know what to do. ”

"Hmm. Don't let this seat down. ”

"Yes. The subordinates will definitely complete the task. Xiang Wan bowed his head slightly, clenched his fists and promised. Seeing the paper in his hand, Xiang Wan frowned slightly, the envoy should have something to tell him, right?

Tu Aotian saw Xiang Wan's speculation in his eyes, and then spoke: "Shangyuan is reluctant to be far away from Yicheng, you go to see the flower envoy in person, about the matter of Emperor Dongyue's secret summoning of Qian Chengyue back to the dynasty, the sect leader has something to explain." ”

"Sect Master? Isn't he in retreat? How could it be..." Xiang Wan was puzzled.

"What? Do you doubt the words of this seat? Tu Aotian raised his voice and asked.

The strong air pressure suddenly attacked, making people very depressed, Xiang Wan felt uncomfortable, and quickly shook his head in denial. "The subordinates don't dare."

"Humph!" Tu Aotian waved his hand and took up his black robe, turned around and walked quickly to the main seat and sat down, then leaned forward slightly, and let out a low and deep voice, "Listen to the order to the evening!" ”

Hearing this, Xiang Wan immediately knelt down and said respectfully: "My subordinates are here." ”

"The missionary ordered that Xiang Wan go to Dongyue on the same day, and be sure to safely escort the grain back to the Snow Mountain." I don't know when, Tu Aotian had an extra letter in his hand, handed it to Xiang Wan, and continued: "At the same time, go to Yicheng and pass this order to the Demon Sect Flower Envoy. ”

Xiang Wan raised his head and took the letter: "Order!" ”