Volume 21 Chapter 12 [The Daughter of the Northbound Scattered Heart and Twin Pupils]
Volume 21, Chapter 12 [The Daughter of the Northbound Scattered Heart and Twin Pupils]
When the two chatted until almost the early hours of the morning, Ling Huxiao's eyes began to sharpen, he stared at Wang Rui, his expression changed, and he joked with a smile: "Brother Xian, it was also an expedient measure for you to pass on to me at the beginning, and now that you have returned safely, it is time for me to abdicate and give way to Xian."
Wang Rui was silent, making Hu Xiao's breath a little heavy, with a hint of solemnity.
"There is no doubt about the talent of the eldest brother, the Heavenly Dao Alliance is at its peak in the hands of the eldest brother, the younger brother thinks that he can't do it so well, and he has no intention of serving as the leader of the alliance again, so don't mention this matter again." Wang Rui said modestly, and suddenly that sense of solemnity disappeared, making Hu Xiao almost subconsciously exhale.
Now, with his status and status, let him give up everything in front of him and return it to Wang Rui, making Hu Xiao realize that he was so unwilling.
If Wang Rui really planned to return to serve as the leader of the alliance, he had a hunch that the Heavenly Dao Alliance would definitely break out again.
"Brother Xian said this, it made me feel a lot of pressure, and I am ashamed of you when I say it." Ling Huxiao had always had a thorn in his heart before, but he couldn't pull it out, and this time he might be able to use Wang Rui's hand.
Wang Rui couldn't guess what he wanted to say for the time being, so he had to ask, "Why did the eldest brother say this?"
"Alas, originally the Heavenly Dao Alliance was monolithic, and everyone worked together, even if the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance repeatedly attacked us in the years since you disappeared, I never lost my confidence. However, after that, several disciples of the virtuous brother had a lot of conflicts with me, and many ideas were difficult to come together, and finally they left the Heavenly Dao Alliance and founded the Source Heavenly Sect, but they did not join the camp of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, which is a big loss for us. Now that the virtuous brothers have returned, why don't you persuade them and let the Source Heavenly Sect join the Heavenly Dao Alliance as soon as possible?"
"That's it." Wang Rui actually took this into account, and even planned to lobby Land Rover for them, but now that Ling Hu Xiao mentioned it first, it made him feel that something was wrong.
Wang Rui muttered: "What the eldest brother said makes sense, but the time for my return is still short, although the Yuantian Sect respects me as the ancestor, but I have not fought side by side with them, nor have I brought any contribution to the sect, I am afraid that I can only make them unconvinced, and this matter will have to be remembered for a long time."
"It's okay, this matter is indeed a bit hasty, at the moment Dongxuanzhou is still calm as a whole, Yuan Kong has been in retreat, there are many rumors, he has not appeared in these years, it is estimated that he will not be able to make waves in the short term, and the virtuous brother can still go around in the near future and re-familiarize himself with the environment." Ling Hu Xiao talked eloquently, which seemed to have the feeling of a local host entertaining outsiders, which made Wang Rui feel a little uncomfortable.
How to say it, Ling Hu Xiao is amazingly talented and righteous, but he is also arrogant, tough, and rarely gentle.
Perhaps, Land Rover was disgusted by this, so they finally took a great risk to leave the Heavenly Dao Alliance and founded the Source Heavenly Sect. Although Wang Rui still needs to investigate the truth, he still has a good understanding of the psychology of the named disciples, and he is not an unreasonable person.
The next day, Ling Huxiao left in a hurry because of the affairs of the sect and the Immortal Alliance. The formation that came to greet him was not small, and the sedan chair was decorated with flowers and colorful spirit stones, and the people who carried the sedan chair were four powerful demon monks.
At the same time, the sedan chair was accompanied by monks of various ethnic groups who were also personal guards with good faces, handsome, well-proportioned or slender, and their cultivation was at least in the Dan period.
The group of about thirty people left the Valley of Hundred Medicines in a majestic manner, Wang Rui sighed for a while, Linghu Xiao's pomp was indeed amazing, he couldn't do it. Maybe he is not a person who does big things in his bones, and he prefers to envelop the people around him with affection, so sometimes, although he can't give them the best, he lets them stay willingly, he and Ling Huxiao, as the two leaders of the Heavenly Dao Alliance, have completely different control styles, and perhaps this is the root cause of the turmoil in the Heavenly Dao Alliance.
After Ling Huxiao left, the Hundred Medicine Valley was completely restored, but when Wang Rui looked at it again, he found that without the quiet feeling that he, Chen Qi and Chen Fuzhi had cultivated and lived here, everything here had already become another world, and it no longer belonged to him.
After staying in the Xutian Sect for half a month, Wang Rui officially left and began to wander around, which disappointed many of the heads, elders and disciples of the Heavenly Dao Alliance who had high hopes for him, they were bent on supporting Wang Rui to regain the position of alliance leader, but unfortunately found that he had long lost that ambition.
The mountain gate of the Source Heavenly Sect was far away from the Heavenly Dao Alliance, four or five thousand miles, and it was already in the range close to Ice Field Town.
Wang Rui hurried alone, not in a hurry, but wandered all the way, sometimes even like a mortal, walking on foot, which seemed to be a practice, and his mood was also relaxed.
On this day, he rested in a northern market, which was not large, but medium-sized, and the number of monks at first glance showed that there were hundreds of settlers, and hundreds of people came and went, and it seemed relatively deserted.
The journey for days has made him a little tired, and he plans to rest here for the night today.
During this period, he communicated with Minghuang in his heart, it is said that Hana has received a letter from Huowang, when that kid heard that he was going to come to Dongxuanzhou, he was unwilling, and now he seems to regret it, but he can't come all of a sudden, after all, the consumption of each activation of the super-large teleportation array is quite amazing.
However, fortunately, there is also good news, it seems that Taiqing will return to Dongxuanzhou in the near future as a first-class inspection envoy on the continent, and then he can give Huowang a ride.
As for the rest of the things, it's nothing, Han Na seems to be in the novelty period of Dongxuanzhou for the time being, and she is a little tired of it. Several of his apprentices and many apprentices took great care of them both, like family, which made Ming Huang very satisfied.
After getting this information, Wang Rui can finally do what he wants to do temporarily, simply put, to relax.
After coming to this world, he rarely had time or opportunity to relax, struggling to survive in the early days, and then having to do everything in his power to deal with the Shadow Society. It wasn't until after the battle with the Heavenly Wing Gods that he left Dongxuanzhou and wandered in the other three continents for more than 20 years, and at this time he returned to his homeland and had already stepped down as the leader of the alliance, so he had the intention of distracting.
It's a short distance from Icefield Town, and it's only a day's journey if you fly from the air.
Wang Rui found a shop that served hot meals for mortals, ordered a table of dishes, and planned to have a good meal today.
There are relatively few customers in this shop, after all, there are not many monks who have the same hobbies as Wang Rui.
The owner of the shop is also a monk, but because he was seriously injured, his cultivation has regressed greatly, and now he is only in the middle of the foundation building realm, and he has already faded his mind to cultivate immortals, and found a female cultivator with the same cultivation, married a Taoist couple, gave birth to a son and a daughter, and lived a happy life.
"Guest, your wine is hot." The boss is a dignified man, but his back is a little rickety, and he coughs from time to time, which seems to be due to old injuries.
Wang Rui took the wine, motioned to the boss to go down and chat, and gave him a low-grade spirit stone. Although he is rich, he will not give rewards at will, nor will he easily reveal his wealth, a low-grade spirit stone is enough.
The boss politely took it and skilfully stuffed it into his storage bag.
"Thank you, looking at the way you are dressed, do you want to go to Icefield Town?" The boss's surname is Fu, and his single name is a handsome character.
Wang Rui drank a glass of hot wine and asked curiously, "Ice Plains Town? What's in store for Icefield Town right now? I remember that once in sixty years, there would be a Treasure Hunt battleground that would open, and then it wouldn't be, right?"
Fu Jun clapped his hands and said with a smile, "Daoyou is right, could it be that Daoyou has participated in the Treasure Hunting Battlefield before?"
"Where, at that time, I was just a Qi cultivation disciple, I was not qualified, and I was afraid of death." Wang Rui said with a smile.
Fu Jun sighed and said, "At that time, there was a Treasure Hunting Battlefield, and business here in our Fang City was very good, especially during the period before and after the Treasure Hunting Battlefield opened and closed, and the monks who passed by every day could reach tens of thousands a day. Even in normal times, there are far more monks coming and going than there are now, and it's been a good time."
Wang Rui continued to drink and eat, but smiled in his heart, after all, only he knew the truth.
"However, since the closure of the Treasure Raider Battlefield for a hundred years, in recent years, there seem to be some unbelievable things again, just like the Raider of the Treasure Battlefield back then, there will be treasures that occasionally escape, or a valuable elixir, or an unknown ancient treasure, or a treasure map located somewhere in the East Xuanzhou, in short, there have been some popularity over the years." Fu Jun said mysteriously.
Wang Rui's heart suddenly froze, as if he had captured something, but he couldn't remember it all of a sudden, and couldn't help asking, "Are these what you saw with your own eyes?"
Fu Jun shook his head and said, "I'm also hearsay, but it's definitely not groundless, after all, the trick of deception can't last so long. You can go to the alleys in the north of Fang City, there are people setting up stalls there, and there are all kinds of strange things, including some that are said to have flowed from the Treasure Raider Battlefield, but you need to identify the authenticity yourself, and it is your own problem to lose the spirit stone."
Fu Jun got up to leave, Wang Rui thought thoughtfully while eating, and decided to go to the north to have a look.
The fang market in the north is not as lively as in the south, but the quality of the things sold is generally higher, of course, the price is also more expensive, many people even come to the miscellaneous treasures here, and they can make money when they get it, and they can't find it, so they think they are unlucky, and they can't complain about it.
Wang Rui was wearing a white robe with a hood at the moment, strolling in the north of Fang City, and found that there were indeed many alleys here, which were relatively hidden, and there were always people setting up stalls in them, but most of them looked a little sneaky, which made people feel unsafe.
Fang City will not deliberately protect the safety of every monk, but it will intervene to prevent large-scale conflicts, which can be regarded as a kind of protective force.
Wang Rui is not afraid of any conspiracy traps at the moment, in Dongxuanzhou, he can basically walk sideways now, so after taking a turn outside, he found that there is nothing flowing out of the treasure hunting battlefield, even if it is a lie, it is estimated that it is monopolized by those people in the black alley.
So, he no longer hesitated, wrapped his robe tightly, and walked into the dark alley.
Sure enough, as soon as he entered, he felt it, and a lot of divine consciousness fell on him in the dim in an instant, naturally, none of them could spy on Wang Rui's reality, so these divine senses hidden in the shadows seemed to be a little jealous of him, and they left one after another, and no one came out to provoke.
The first stall was located in a humble shop, and on each side of the wall hung a fist-sized night pearl, which was in good condition, emitting a clear bright yellow fluorescence, and if it was brought to the mortal world, it would sell for a good price.
Seeing Wang Rui walk in, the owner of the shop did not stand up to greet the customer, but looked at him.
Wang Rui began to browse the treasures on his stall, and found that the variety of things was quite rich, including weapons, armor, mounts, pills, etc., and then some groceries.
The quality of these treasures sold by this person is good, and they can be called high-quality products, but there are also a small number of inflated prices, and people who don't understand it are easy to suffer, but overall they are conscience.
Wang Rui naturally didn't care about his ordinary treasures, but in the grocery line.
However, after looking at it for a while, he didn't find anything worth paying attention to, so he turned around and planned to leave.
"Fellow Daoists, slow down." At this time, the stall owner spoke, but the voice was an old woman.
After getting up from her chair, the old woman took a few steps forward with a cane, and then asked in an old voice, "What kind of goods do guests need, may as well tell us."
"Oh? It's also good...... I heard that in recent years, there have been occasional treasures flowing out of the treasure hunting battlefield on the side of Icefield Town, I wonder if you have one here?" Wang Rui asked tentatively.
The old woman seemed to be taken aback, there was a slight backward movement, Wang Rui's eyes suddenly caught a glimpse of the old woman's inadvertently exposed wrist, white and smooth, definitely not very old, or as young as him.
"You...... Seems to know something, huh?" Wang Rui approached her, which immediately made this person unconsciously take a step back.
"Don't come here!" A young woman's voice came out, diametrically opposed to the old woman's voice just now.
Wang Rui pointed at her and said with a smile, "Why don't you pretend to be an old woman?"
"Huh?" The woman suddenly touched her throat and realized that she was startled by Wang Rui's rudeness just now, revealing her original voice.
"Ahem......" Then, the woman replied in an old voice: "It's really rude, Your Excellency doesn't seem to understand the rules here, this is a black city, be careful if you have a life to come in, not to go out." After speaking, he clapped his hands.
Suddenly, more than a dozen people came out of the surrounding darkness, dressed in a mess, all kinds of things, monk robes, Taoist robes, battle armor, etc., giving people a kind of ...... The feeling of a rabble.
However, this is definitely not the first time these people have done this kind of thing, the murderous aura they exude is real, and these people's cultivation is all in the Yudan period, and in such a market, they can be regarded as high-level monks.
Wang Rui had suppressed his cultivation in the Foundation Building Realm before, so it was no wonder that these people dared to provoke him, I am afraid that even if they were a Jiedan monk, they would not be spared.
This woman probably used the stall as a gimmick, and by observing and then selecting whether it was worth doing it, Wang Rui obviously fell into her eyes.
However, before Wang Rui said about the battlefield of the treasure hunt, she didn't make any trouble, and then asked someone to do it, is there anything hidden in this that she doesn't know?
Among the dozen or so people was the leader of this woman, and as soon as these people saw a flower, Wang Rui appeared behind this woman, pointed at her acupoint, sealed all her spiritual power, and then pinched her neck with one hand, and said in a calm tone: "Take one step further, and I will break her neck."
Suddenly, those rabble all looked at everything in front of them in horror, and involuntarily stopped, the tone just now made them feel that they might have encountered more ruthless characters.
"You...... What do you want?" The woman couldn't help but ask.
Wang Rui said in a deep voice, "I haven't thought about it yet, let them quit!"
The woman gave the order, but those people were very obedient and quickly disappeared into the shadows.
"Say, I want to know why you want people to do it to me as soon as I mention the Treasure Hunting Battlefield, there's always a reason, right?" Wang Rui let go of her neck, sat on the chair she had just now, and easily destroyed all the mechanisms on the chair, making the woman feel even more incredible.
The woman knew that she had met a master, and immediately lifted her hood to reveal her true face.
Her hair is black, her appearance is good, and her skin is sickly pale, probably because she has not seen light for many years. What worries Wang Rui the most is that this woman's eyes are double pupils, and they are golden, which is extremely rare.
The woman pointed to her eyes and said, "Senior, my eyes are like this, and that person came to me to inquire about the Treasure Raid Battlefield like my predecessor did today, but I was enthusiastic about guiding him, but I was conspired upon, so I hated everyone who came to find the treasure of the Treasure Raid Battlefield, and vowed to find the person who harmed me, but I didn't expect that there were no eyes today, and I hope that my predecessor will forgive."
Wang Rui felt that this woman's words were somewhat true, but there must be something to hide.
"What poison did you get or something?" Wang Rui looked into her eyes and asked.
The woman pointed to her eyes and said, "The person with two eyes, the longevity is short, and there is either great blessing or great disaster. Ever since my eyes were made like this by that man, I have often seen many strange things in my dreams, which have prevented me from meditating, not to mention the regression of my cultivation, and even survival has become a luxury."
"Hmm......" Wang Rui looked at her eyes and found that her eyes looked very ordinary at first, but if you look at it for a long time, you will find that it is very complicated inside, and it seems that there is a formation hidden in it.
"Weird!" Wang Rui closed his eyes, asked the woman to stay aside first, and analyzed the formation pattern he had just seen from her eyes, and found that this formation pattern was actually somewhat similar to the formation he had arranged in the Treasure Hunting Battlefield, and that formation he remembered, it was only set up somewhere.
It's a pity that the memory is a little long ago, and he has experienced the turbulence of the original time and space tunnel, which makes it difficult for some of his memories to recover, and he obviously feels as if he has missed something important.
When she opened her eyes, she saw that the woman was about to sneak away, but Wang Rui directly sucked her back in the air, which made her extremely depressed.
"What are you going to do when you find that man?" Wang Rui asked.
The woman looked up at Wang Rui and said, "I want to kill him......
"That's all?" Wang Rui frowned.
"Of course, I want him to heal my eyes before killing him!" The woman said angrily.
"Do you have a way to find him? Won't you wait for someone to take the bait like you did today, and then find those three-legged cats to help you?" Wang Rui pointed to the people hiding in the shadows outside.
The woman shook her head and said, "That's not it, after my eyes became like this, my cultivation regressed a lot, and I suffered a lot, so in order to protect myself, I disguised myself as a ruthless old woman."
"How many lives have you killed?" Wang Rui continued to ask.
"It's just for money, not for life, these people are just me using them to buy me time." The woman replied unconvinced, Wang Rui smiled, but felt that this woman's heart was not vicious.
"When?" Wang Rui asked.
The woman thought about it for a moment, but replied honestly, "The time to wait for that person to appear again is in the near future, because the moon surge is coming."
"Moon Surge?" Wang Rui asked puzzled.
The woman explained, "The senior really just came here, and I guessed it before, because even if ordinary monks want to find those treasures that have flowed out, they will not ask so directly, otherwise it will be easy to get into trouble."
"Well, that's true, but it also depends on personal strength." Wang Rui said disappreciably.
The woman glanced at him and lowered her head, indeed, although she calculated the other party, she still fell into the hands of the other party, it seems that this person is not an ordinary monk, could it be that the old monster deliberately pretended to be a pig and ate a tiger? The more the woman thought about it, the more it made sense.
"The moon surge is a phenomenon that we have been inadvertently observing by the monks who have been obsessed with the treasure hunting battlefield over the years, and it is related to the moon phase, only in the two days of synod, it will erupt, forming a rather strange moon surge, so that there will be a chance of treasure overflowing at the original battlefield entrance in Icefield Town, and at that time, the battle between all parties will begin." The woman further explained.
After hearing this, Wang Rui asked curiously, "If there is such a good thing, why didn't the great faction of the gate seize it? For example, the Heavenly Dao Alliance and the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance?"
"The gains outweigh the losses, the value of the treasure that appeared in the moon surge is chicken ribs for those big sects, if too much power is used, there will be no corresponding return at all, not to mention super forces like the Heavenly Dao Alliance and the Ten Thousand Immortal Alliance, which are not eye-catching at all. At most, the treasure is suitable for the monks of the Yudan stage and the monks of the foundation building to fight, and the Yuanying monks are not interested." The woman replied.
Wang Rui then asked some detailed questions, and then he understood that the battlefield of the treasure hunt has changed a lot over the years, and it seems that it has begun to become unstable, but why the value of those overflowing treasures is not high, this is difficult to explain, maybe the changes in it can only be known when you enter it.
There are still three days left before the next moon surge, Wang Rui decided to go to Bingyuan Town with this woman to have a look, he always felt that he seemed to should go in, but he couldn't remember what it was for, as if he had made a promise to whom, but he forgot who he had made it to.
Three days passed quickly, the woman and Wang Rui walked together, she forgot the fear of falling into Wang Rui's hands at the moment, after three days, I felt that this person was not those murderous people, maybe he could really use this person to deal with the person who hurt herself.
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