Prologue: Taboo

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"If you want to live, you must live bravely and persevere...... Stay alive...... Stay alive...... Gotta live......"

"Live, I want to live...... Ah!" The boy screamed, and sat up from the bed violently, gasping for breath, his forehead covered with cold sweat, and his close-fitting coat was already soaked with sweat, sticky to his body, and even the bed and futon were wet.

The young man looks less than ten years old, with delicate facial features, a pink face, white and red, very delicate, and even a little feminine.

"It's been a long time...... I don't dream anymore......" the young man muttered, slowly calming down his beating heart, he exhaled a long breath of turbidity, and then "snapped" and lay back on the hard bed with a soft sound, not bothering to move.

The morning light poured the first rays of morning sunlight into the room through the window, and the young man looked sideways at the point of light that fell on the ground, and gradually found a trace of peace in his heart.

"Senior Brother He, are you there?" A crisp shout came from the small courtyard, as beautiful as a silver bell.

The young man frowned, and was about to answer, but saw the thin door panel move slightly, and a gap was opened, revealing a cute little head, which was actually a beautiful girl of eleven or twelve years old. Seeing that the young man was still lying on the bed, her eyes were bent into two crescents, and she smiled proudly: "Okay, I didn't expect Senior Brother He to also learn to be lazy in bed, be careful of being scolded by the senior brothers." ”

The boy didn't expect the girl to break in, so he hurriedly grabbed the futon and blocked his chest, and said angrily: "Hey, who let you in? Get out!"

The girl didn't expect the always calm young man to show such a panicked look, and she was even more proud in her heart, automatically filtered the unkindness in his tone, and said: "Do you think I want to come? It's not that I didn't practice that sword move yesterday, but you promised to teach me ......"

"Okay, okay, you go and wait for me on the sword test platform first, and I'll be right away. The boy waved his hand impatiently, interrupting the girl's arrival.

"Okay, you can't miss the appointment. The girl's goal was achieved, and regardless of the boy's impatience, she chuckled and covered the door and ran out of the courtyard.

The boy let out another long breath and slowly lay down on the bed, his eyes gradually empty, and his thoughts seemed to drift to a long, long time ago.

More than ten miles away from the boy's residence, in a pavilion only five or six zhang in size, three monks, two men and one woman, were sitting opposite each other drinking tea. One of the middle-aged monks suddenly got up slowly, looked at the place where the young man lived, and an irrepressible excitement surged in his heart, and said excitedly: "I didn't expect that Qi'er not only has excellent qualifications and bones, but also has excellent understanding. It's been more than a thousand years, and our sect has finally waited for a great opportunity to make a comeback!"

Seeing the middle-aged monk's face showing fanaticism, the beautiful woman in Tsing Yi behind him frowned slightly, and hesitated: "He Zheng...... The qualifications and bones of the child are the first-rate, but the word is the meaning of life, which is really an ominous omen, and I see that he has a very heavy anger in his chest, but it is hidden and not released, and there is a fierce star in the life, I am afraid that the killing will be too heavy in the future, and the revival of this sect will be handed over to him...... I'm afraid ......"

Hearing the hesitation of the beautiful woman in Tsing Yi, the middle-aged monk who spoke earlier was about to argue a few words, but the last person sitting at the table cleared his throat and spoke first: "Before that catastrophe, this sect had several Saint Realm masters in charge, and there were more than 100 Immortal Realm masters who successfully condensed the immortal body, and the strength was first-class among the countless sects in the extreme north, and it was the lord of the extreme north, Jin Chuan, who also had to give us three points of thin noodles. However, the catastrophe a thousand years ago almost overnight caused the elite of the sect to be lost, and the vitality was greatly damaged, coupled with the fall of all forces, the counteroffensive and liquidation, the strength of the sect has been reduced again and again, and it has become a fourth- or fifth-rate small sect, and now there are only three of us immortal monks left, if it were not for the outbreak of the interface war that lasted for hundreds of years, the sect might not even be able to preserve this last foundation. ”

The person who spoke was the highest among the three, and when he mentioned this bitter past, the middle-aged monk and the beautiful woman in Tsing Yi fell silent. Seeing that the two of them no longer spoke, he continued: "The Immortal Cultivation Realm has been the law of the jungle since ancient times, there is no reason to talk about it, the rise and fall of any party's forces are all accompanied by bloody killings. For more than a thousand years, the blood of this sect has been shed enough, and there must be no more luck, since the number of days will give this sect with outstanding talents, this sect will not be able to live up to this opportunity no matter what, we must do our best to cultivate him into a talent, let it go, and regain the glory of the past, even if it is the price of blood, it will not be resigned!"

The middle-aged monk was thrilled by this generous statement, and the beautiful woman in Tsing Yi, who had been a little hesitant before, finally nodded slightly after a moment of silence, no longer objecting, and the two of them saluted the person sitting at the table at the same time, and said respectfully: "Obey the decree of the senior brother in charge!"

At this time, the boy who was regarded as the savior by the three masters had just walked out of the small courtyard, and the early morning sun shone on his pink cheeks, printing a flush, and the young man squinted his eyes at the rising sun, and countless memory fragments suddenly poured out of his mind, and his thoughts flew back to a long, long time ago.

More than a thousand years ago, in the extreme north of Jinchuan, in a certain secret hall above the golden roof.

With a "touch", the dragon armor and turtle shell used for divination suddenly exploded into powder, and the white jade looked at the rooftop like a spider web, dense cracks, and the three hundred and sixty-one purple and green dragon flame lamps were instantly extinguished. A thin young man in red spread his hands and looked at all this in extreme shock, and three feet away from him sat a middle-aged man with a golden glow, a golden robe and jade belt, and a very gloomy face.

I don't know how long it took, but the young man in red raised his head with difficulty and looked at the middle-aged man, his eyes wide open, and they were full of bloodshots. He pressed his stuffy chest hard, and said with difficulty: "It's a big murderer, all of them are big murderers!" This robbery may include the five major immortal gates, affecting the entire interface, if it is not handled properly, it may ...... Maybe ......"

"Perhaps, what?" asked the middle-aged man, whose face turned pale, and closed his eyes.

The red-clothed young man swallowed his saliva and said bitterly, "Maybe it will cause the interface to collapse!"

The middle-aged man was startled, opened his eyes suddenly, and asked, "Is this true?!"

The young man in red nodded and said, "Seriously, I'm afraid it will be even worse......"

The middle-aged man exhaled slowly, a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "This realm has always been stable, why did such a catastrophe suddenly appear? Is it because of the number of days, or is someone secretly making trouble?"

The young man in red pondered for a moment, wanting to say something several times, but finally shook his head and said, "I don't know...... Maybe it's all possible......"

The middle-aged man closed his eyes, pondered for a long time, and then opened his eyes again and said, "This has come to this, no matter what, we must prepare in advance." Bai Feng, you and Zi Ningshan, the two Transformation Realm Elders, immediately retreated, and stepped up the refining of the Purple Bronze Man, in case of emergency, the deity will set off to the west for a trip to meet the Sha Sheng as soon as possible, his Heaven Divination Technique is unparalleled in the world, and may be able to provide more clues. ”

As he spoke, his figure rose into the air, and he shouted, "Six girls, go!" and then turned into a golden ray of light and flew out of the hall. At this time, I don't know from which corner of the main hall suddenly drilled out a black shadow, swished a few times, and then chased the golden light. The corners of the red-clothed young man's lips quirmed, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it.

In the cliff city of Wuzhou in the extreme north, in a heavy building dedicated to monks exchanging cultivation experiences, a large number of monks suddenly gathered. What is different from the past is that today, these monks gathered together not to exchange cultivation experiences, but to discuss an important matter.

"Did you hear that?"

"What did you hear?"

"Nine days ago, the He family was wiped out overnight. ”

"Which He family?"

"Which other He family? Of course, it's the He family in Linglong Mountain's Hejiabao!"

"How is that possible? The He family is a first-class immortal cultivator family in the extreme north, and they have sent countless children to Jinchuan for countless years, in this extreme north, who would dare to move him without Jin Chuan's nod? Who has the strength to move him?"

"Ouch, who said it wasn't, but it was all spread all over the place, and the side branches and descendants added up, more than 7,000 people inside and out, all of them died overnight, and none of them were spared. When the nightingale of Kanegawa Seifudo found out about the corpses, he was frightened on the spot, and died within a few days of returning. ”

"Really?"

"It's true. ”

"Who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall and dared to break ground on Tai Sui's head?"

"That's not good. ”

"I heard that the hall master of Jinchuan Qingfeng Hall, one of our famous Jinchuan Seven Swords, Qingfeng Sword, his old man is the son of the He family?"

"Yes, in addition to the Qingfeng Sword, the He family has also contributed at least five Saint Realm monks to Jinchuan for tens of thousands of years, the He family and Jinchuan have broken bones and tendons, if something so big happens, Jinchuan will definitely not give up." ”

"Hey, you said that such a big thing happened, would Qingfeng Sword come and deal with it in person?"

"It's certain that the patrol envoy will be dispatched, as for whether the Qingfeng Sword will come in person...... This one...... I'm afraid it won't, I heard that Lord Qingfeng Sword He Zichuan is guarding the Jinchuan Secret Realm Pavilion, but whoever guards the Secret Realm Pavilion has to watch it for twenty years, and he can't leave halfway, and now there are still three years before the expiration date, besides, how can a master of their level make a move easily?"

"I don't think so, I think that the ancestor of the He family is also a saint realm cultivator, with him in charge, the He family was wiped out overnight, if it wasn't for Qingfeng Sword coming in person, I wouldn't be able to find out what the result was. ”

"This is a mistake, the Holy Realm monks of the Seven Swords Hall are not comparable to ordinary Holy Realm monks, how does Brother Tai think that the Wei City Lord of Luoxia City compares to that Qingfeng Sword?"

"The Wei City Lord has advanced to the Holy Realm for nearly a thousand years, I heard that the Qingfeng Sword has only advanced to the Holy Realm for a hundred years, if there is a fight between life and death, the Qingfeng Sword is probably not the opponent of the Wei City Lord, right?"

"The combat power of their masters is not simply determined by cultivation, exercises, magic weapons, and weapons are indispensable, I bet that the City Lord of Wei can go through twenty moves at most under the Qingfeng Sword......"

The crowd in the heavy building was full of voices, and the topic was inseparable from the strange tragedy of the He family's destruction overnight, only the monk sitting alone at a table in the corner still drank tea by himself, and seemed to be unaffected. The monk was dressed in a green shirt, covered with a white coat, with long black hair combed into a neat bun, sword eyebrows and eagle nose, and blazing eyes, which made people know that it was extraordinary at a glance. But for some reason, he should have stood out from the crowd, but he didn't attract anyone's attention.

"This gentleman, can you sit down together?" a young man in a green shirt saw that the building was full, and only there was a vacant seat next to the monk in a big hat.

However, the monk in the big hat surprisingly did not have the slightest shelf, he smiled slightly, stretched out his hand to the empty seat, and said, "Little brother, please sit down." ”

The green-shirted young man looked happy, hurriedly pulled over the chair and sat down, and saw that the monk in front of him was very talkative, so he asked in a low voice, "Dare to ask the seniors, what are you talking about?"

The big monk glanced at the green-shirted monk unexpectedly, and said with a smile: "Looking at the little brother's face, isn't it just a fellow practitioner of my generation?"

The green-shirted young man was broken, scratched the back of his head, and said shyly: "The predecessor laughed, he was a scholar in the next book, and by chance, he completed the marrow washing and condensing yuan advanced to the primordial realm and became a monk. In the past, I often heard all kinds of rumors in the immortal cultivation world, but when I really became a monk, I found that my eyes were still black, and I didn't know the southeast and northwest of this immortal cultivation world at all. ”

Monk Dayu laughed and said, "Little brother is really a person with great fortune. In that case, how about I explain it to the little brother below?"

The green-shirted young man's eyes suddenly lit up, and he said happily: "Thank you to the ancestors, the younger generations are listening!"

The Great Cultivator nodded and smiled: "The Immortal Cultivation Realm is divided into five parts of the world, and it is controlled by the Five Great Immortal Sects. Our far-north land belongs to the sphere of influence of Jinchuan, one of the five great immortal gates, Jinchuan is divided into two gates, the outer gate is composed of Qilinwei, Baihuwei, Caifengwei, and Gluttonous Wei, which respectively control the vast area of Chizhou, Wuzhou, Suzhou, and Qinchuan Prefecture. Although there are many people in the outer gate, the core of Jinchuan is indeed the inner gate, and although the number of people in the inner gate is less than one-tenth of that of the outer gate, the high-level monks and the actual combat power are not comparable to the outer gate. The inner gate of Jinchuan is divided into seven halls and two courts, which are the Discipline Yuan, which is in charge of punishment, and the Internal Affairs Yuan, which is in charge of internal affairs, and the seven halls are the famous Seven Swords Hall. In the Seven Swords Hall, the Pure Yang Hall and the Extreme Yin Hall have both attack and defense, and they are the backbone of the combat force, the strongest strength, the Flame Hall is good at attacking fortifications, the Lishui Hall is responsible for Danding logistics, the Benlei Hall is good at raids, the Raid Shadow Hall is in charge of assassination, and the Qingfeng Hall is responsible for investigation, and the seven hall masters of the Seven Swords Hall are the Jinchuan Seven Swords of the Mighty Extreme North, they are all masters of the Holy Realm, and it is said that the Seven Swords can compete with the masters of the middle stage of the Transformation Realm. The Seven Swords Hall has a perfect system, a clear division of labor, and strong strength, so there is a popular saying that 'only Jinchuan has seven halls, and seven halls have seven swords'. ”

The green-shirted young man heard the great monk speak, his eyes lit up, and he asked, "Then in addition to our Jinchuan in the extreme north, what are the five great immortal sects?"

Monk Da Yu smiled slightly and continued: "In addition to the Jinchuan in the Extreme North, there are also the East China Sea Demon Palace, the Southern Frontier Sacred Domain, the Zhixi Sha Valley, and the Central Plains Juling Mountain. The heads of these five immortal sects, the Far North Jinzun, the East China Sea Demon Emperor, the Southern Xinjiang Holy Emperor, the Zhixisha Saint and the Central Plains Gathering Spirit True Monarch are the five strongest masters in the world. ”

These things that the monk said were unheard of by the green-shirted young man, and when he heard his new high, he couldn't help but sigh in admiration from the bottom of his heart, and continued to ask: "Dare to ask the seniors, which of the five immortal sects is more powerful?"

Monk Dayu hesitated for a moment, and said lightly: "The Central Plains Gathering Spirit Mountain is slightly stronger, but it is also limited, and the other four are almost equal. ”

The green-shirted young man nodded, and suddenly remembered something in his heart, so he asked, "Senior, what is the rank of the Saint Realm cultivator that everyone just mentioned, is it very powerful?"

The Great Cultivator smiled dumbly, thinking that the little brother in front of him really didn't know anything about the Immortal Cultivation Realm, and he didn't even know much about the cultivation level of the cultivator. It's a pity that he has a loose cultivation status, and without the guidance of a teacher, I am afraid that the road to cultivating immortals will be difficult. His heart moved, and he was aroused with pity, so he carefully explained: "After the mortal completes the marrow washing and condensing the element, he will advance to the Yuan Chu Realm and become a monk, and then cultivate all the way, if he is lucky, he will also experience the nine realms of remodeling, small success, reality, virtuality, immortal, holy, transformation, heaven, and god, except that the heavenly realm and the divine realm only exist in legends, and no one has ever reached them. ”

As he was talking, the monk suddenly saw ripples in the tea bowl under his chin, and a few lines of small words flashed away in the fragrant tea soup. The big monk raised his eyebrows, and then said with a smile: "Little brother, there is still something to do next, it is inconvenient to talk to you more, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, how about a good talk when we meet in the future?"

The green-shirted young man had already gained a lot from the words of the monk Dayu, who would speak out against it, so he immediately saluted him and said respectfully: "The senior's explanation has benefited the younger generation a lot, and the junior has thanked him in advance." Since the seniors have something to do, how dare the juniors stay longer, and ask the seniors to take care of themselves. ”

The monk smiled and nodded, turned and walked downstairs, and disappeared into the crowd in three or two breaths. However, the respectful green-shirted young man's face changed, and his expression of gratitude quickly faded, revealing a deep expression.

Behind the green-shirted young man, a big fat man with a height of eight feet and a body width of five feet walked up to him with a smile, looked around, and asked in a low voice while the other monks were not paying attention, "Senior brother, how is this person?"

The green-shirted young man smiled bitterly: "The advanced holy realm is only a hundred years, the qualifications and roots are about the level of the third or fourth grade, and the defensive heart is a little weak, it can be said that he is a person with mediocre cultivation, middle and upper qualifications, and lack of experience." ”

The fat man was shocked when he heard this, and said in surprise: "This person is so unbearable, how could Jin Zun send him out to respond to the robbery?"

The green-shirted young man shook his head and said, "The calamity is determined by heaven, although Jin Zun is one of the five masters in the world, how can he calculate everything accurately?"

The fat man retorted: "This catastrophe is strange, and the possibility of artificial promotion cannot be ruled out, and a series of strange incidents that have recently occurred in the extreme north have already indicated that this catastrophe is very likely to be in the extreme north, no matter whether Jin Zun is sure or not, he should not send such a mediocre person out to deal with the catastrophe, after all, it is about the five immortal gates, not his Jinchuan family in the extreme north." ”

The green-shirted young man soothed: "After all, Jin Zun is one of the five strongest masters in the world, but it is not as unbearable as you said, whether this person was sent by him to go out of the mountain, or forced by the situation It is still unknown at present, you first rush back to the sect to prepare for the catastrophe, and I will stay in the extreme north for a period of time to see how the situation develops before making plans." As he spoke, he suddenly frowned, and said to himself in a low voice: "The top priority at the moment is to confirm whether this catastrophe is deliberately promoted, if this catastrophe is really a game set up by others, then there must be an earth-shattering conspiracy behind it......"

Half a moment later, a fresh breeze slowly blew into a secluded old alley, rolled up a few fallen leaves in the depths of the alley, and turned into a cyclone, which regathered from head to toe into the great monk in the building. As soon as he appeared, he immediately released his divine thoughts and carefully swept around, and after making sure that there was nothing abnormal, he waved his big sword and hit a spell against the mottled wall, and the wall immediately rippled like a stone falling into the water. The monk raised his leg and took a step, and disappeared into the rippling "water waves", while the mottled old wall instantly returned to calm, and there was no more abnormality.

The next moment, bursts of blue light flashed, and the Great Monk appeared in a secret room of more than thirty zhang in size, which was a temporary secret space opened up by Qingfeng Hall, which was called Mustard Sumeru.

"See the hall master!" There were already more than ten monks waiting in the room at this time, and after seeing the people clearly, these dozen monks all showed surprise on their faces, and hurriedly clasped their hands and saluted.

The monk waved his hand to excuse him, and a monk who looked like a leader in the center took two steps forward and came to the monk, and asked suspiciously, "Hall Master, you are not guarding the Secret Realm Pavilion, why did you come in person?"

Monk Dayu said: "You have Tianyu to personally supervise this matter, and there is nothing to worry about, but the stakes are very high, and you still have to go through this experience in person to feel at ease." As for the matter of leaving the guards without permission, I will explain it to him when the master returns from the west. By the way, Tianyu, this seat just received the news of Qingfeng and hurried over, I don't know if it is the matter of destroying the door has found clues?" "It turns out that this Dayu monk is the master of the Qingfeng Hall of the Inner Gate of Jinchuan who has just been talked about by everyone in the heavy building, the famous Qingfeng Sword He Zichuan.

The monk who is called Tianyu said in his heart, the secret realm pavilion is the important place of Jinchuan, and every adult who sits in the guard must watch it for twenty years, how can it be an explanation that can prevaricate? The adults came in person mostly because of the anger that their family was destroyed, and they would not be too embarrassed to come to Jinzun, but the destruction of the door is full of weirdness, and it is a good thing for the adults to come in person.

Zhen Tianyu thought about it, and replied respectfully: "Hejiabao was destroyed by unknown people overnight, except for the nightingale who escaped, all the other hidden piles, including the deacon of the White Tiger Guard resident in Hejiabao, have all been destroyed, and his subordinates have personally gone to Hejiabao to verify, and all the dead were killed in one blow, including the ancestor of the He family who cultivated to reach the holy realm. But there were no traces of rummaging at the scene, and not a single treasure was lost, and it was very likely that it was a vendetta. According to the preliminary judgment, there were at least five or more murderers, and all of them exceeded the Holy Realm, and the specific number is unknown. There are only a handful of sects in the Far North that have such power, but none of them have made any changes recently, and their subordinates speculate that it may be a foreign master, and it is unclear whether this incident is related to the disappearance of the nightingale in Wuzhou, Qingfeng Hall, which happened earlier. ”

He Zichuan nodded and continued to ask, "Did the Transformation Realm Master participate in the Hejiabao Annihilation Incident, and what did the nightingale who escaped see?"

Zhen Tianyu shook his head and said, "From the signs at the scene, there is no way to tell whether there is a transformation realm master involved in this matter, the nightingale who escaped was seriously injured before he even saw his opponent, and he fell shortly after escaping. ”

He Zichuan frowned when he heard this, "What about the other spies around?"

Zhen Tianyu said: "Since half a month ago, the nightingales of the Wuzhou branch of the main hall have disappeared one after another, and the subordinates have rushed to investigate in person on the one hand, and on the other hand, they have ordered the manpower to be reduced to avoid further accidents. It has been nine days since the destruction of the door, and the spies sent out have not returned, this matter is too strange, and his subordinates think that it may involve a major matter. ”

He Zichuan's eyes narrowed, and he said in a deep voice: "Qingfeng Hall is Jin Chuan's eyes, which means that Jin Chuan has lost his eyes in Wuzhou now?"

Zhen Tianyu lowered his head and said: "The situation is basically as the hall master said, but it is not clueless, yesterday a group of suspicious masters were found outside the Falling Dragon Valley, the specific number is unknown, but it has been confirmed that there are at least three masters above the fairy realm, it is very likely that it is related to the disappearance of the nightingale or the destruction of the He family, and the subordinates have sent additional people to investigate." ”

"Oh?!" He Zichuan frowned, and was about to ask in detail, when suddenly the light at the entrance of the ring Sumeru flashed, and another figure entered the secret space.

"Which envoy has arrived?" The person who came was eight feet tall, powerful and powerful, with a voice like a bell, followed by two retinues, who had just appeared in shape, and couldn't wait to ask in a loud voice. When he saw He Zichuan standing in the middle and wearing a big coat, the person who came was surprised and said: "It turned out that Brother He of the Qingfeng Sword was here in person, isn't Brother He guarding the Secret Realm Pavilion, why did he come here in person?"

He Zichuan arched his hand towards the visitor and said: "The Lord of Wei City is not harmed, I will talk about the matter of guarding the town later, you came just in time, He Mouzheng has some questions, and I ask the City Lord of Wei to solve your doubts." ”

The city lord of Wei laughed, waved his hand and said: "Brother He has seen the outside, the entire extreme north is under the rule of Jinchuan, and the city lord's cliff city naturally has to obey Jinchuan's propaganda, no matter how you say it, it can be regarded as a part of Jinchuan, Brother He is afraid that most of the time he came this time is for the destruction of the He family, and it just so happens that the younger brother wants to explain some situations to Brother He." ”

When He Zichuan, who was at a loss, heard this, he immediately showed a touch of joy and said, "What's the matter? ”

The City Lord of Wei walked up to He Zichuan, solemnly took out a delicate jade box, and said solemnly: "Three days ago, the City Lord's Mansion received this item, which may be related to the destruction of the He family, Brother He, please take a look." Saying that, the City Lord of Wei handed the jade box to He Zichuan and Zhen Tianyu, and slowly opened it. At the moment when the box was opened, a purple light suddenly burst out from the jade box, making people's eyes burn and their heads dizzy when they saw it.

He Zichuan and Zhen Tianyu subconsciously closed their eyes, but they smelled a faint fragrance from their snorts.

"It's not good, it's the violet flower that is highly poisonous!" When Zhen Tianyu smelled it, he immediately felt that his body was sore and numb, and he immediately recognized that the fragrant thing was highly poisonous.

And the Wei City Lord, who was close at hand, seemed to be unaffected by the poison, only to see the respectful look on his face disappear, and instead revealed a touch of hideousness, and with a flick of the big sleeve of his left hand, a dagger with cold light flew out of his big sleeve, like a sharp arrow, and shot quickly towards He Zichuan's throat.

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