In the afternoon of March, it suddenly rained heavily.

The whole world is white.

Wrap it all up.

Rainwater collects into a stream of water, which automatically flows from high places to low-lying areas.

It's just that on Qingyu Mountain, the rain that flows down is a faint dark red.

This is the location of the head mountain gate of the Qingyu Sect, and a fierce confrontation is breaking out at this time.

Before the battle began, from the Qingyu Sect Master to the disciples below, all of them were in a surprised and confused state of mind.

Because it wasn't long ago that they had just heard of the name of Autumn Moon in the Northland.

It was still because of the forces affiliated to the sect that the Qiu family monks occupied the spiritual spring and reported the news to Qingyu Mountain, which was the first time that they heard the name of Qiuyue who came out of the remote and bitter cold land.

Originally, for this level of dispute, in the eyes of the Qingyu Sect, it was just a child's play, and it was not worth paying too much attention to it at all.

As long as you send two envoys from the Spirit Spring Realm to go over, you can easily solve all the problems.

However, the two sect envoys were unable to leave the mountain.

The Lingyuan monk of the autumn moon in the north had already come to the front of Qingyu Mountain.

The speed was completely beyond their expectations.

However, what was even more unexpected by the Qing Feather Sect was the secret letter handed over by the Qiu family.

What is written on it is very simple, with only two points from beginning to end.

The first is to make the entire sect surrender and wholeheartedly believe in the Lord of Suffering.

The second is to let go of the Qingyu Mountain Spirit Vein Gathering Dense Land and put it under the control of the Lord of Pain.

This kind of undisguised excessive demand is the first time that he has seen it with his own eyes since the Qingyu Sect opened a sect here.

So, there is no doubt that the battle broke out.

And when he saw the military flag of the Autumn Moon in the North Land for the first time, the surprise and confusion of the Qingyu Sect monk reached its peak in an instant, and he couldn't even stop laughing.

No one thought that it would be a group of armorers wearing heavy armor, lined up in a neat line to kill at the foot of Qingyu Mountain.

The entire team was surrounded by no spirit aura, and it looked almost no different from the mortal military array.

Only one person didn't laugh.

He is a newly accepted closed disciple of the Qingyu Sect Master.

Whether it is talent and qualifications, or heart and will, Qingling has won the praise of the sect master, and even spoke bluntly more than once, praising him as the head of the young generation of the entire sect.

Even a few senior brothers and sisters who were immortal bodies could not be compared to him at all.

If the time comes, you can even reach the achievement of the founding patriarch.

"Senior Brother Qingling, what's wrong with you?"

"Doesn't look good?"

At this moment, a soft woman's voice sounded, with a deep sense of concern.

Qing Ling didn't respond, just stared at the battle flag in the sky of the blood moon, faintly sensing the manic and tyrannical aura hidden in it.

This breath even frightened him a little, and even his body began to tremble slightly.

And in the process, there are still some blurry images that come to mind, shattering and messing up his consciousness little by little, turning into a completely different appearance.

"Senior Brother Qingling, are you sick?"

After a moment, the soft female voice asked again.

"Senior Sister Qingluo, I'm fine, but I suddenly feel chills all over my body, and I don't know what the reason is."

He took a deep breath and exhaled slowly, trying to calm his chaotic thoughts.

"Then junior brother, let's go back and rest first, and leave the matter here to us."

Qingluo smiled slightly, "With these things that don't know whether to live or die, it doesn't take so much trouble to take them down." ”

Qingling was silent for a moment and nodded slowly.

He took one last look at the battle flag in the sky with the blood moon in the sky, endured the chaotic memories that welled up in his heart, and turned around and walked in the direction of the sect.

At this moment, a terrible horn pierced through the rain curtain and continued to hover and echo at the foot of Qingyu Mountain.

Immediately afterward, the battle array with heavy armor began to advance.

Quickly approached the monk of the Blue Feather Sect.

In an instant, the Spirit Yuan Void converged.

Countless cyan lights suddenly lit up.

Cover the past towards the army formation coming from the Northlands.

Suddenly, scarlet blood rose.

The entire Qiu family battle array was completely enveloped.

The attack of the Blue Feather Sect fell, and some of it was directly absorbed by the heavy armor, but even the part that could penetrate into it didn't seem to have any effect, and it couldn't stop the Qiu family's battle formation from pressing forward step by step.

Qingling stopped abruptly and looked back at her.

The originally confused eyes gradually became clear, flashing with a deep light like chaos.

"I abandoned my physical body and entered the Void, after all, I failed to maintain my spirit, and the remnant soul of the true spirit fell into the trap, so I can only find a way to get out of this realm, and then find the most crucial essence of the Void."

"But I didn't expect that the monster would come so quickly, and if it weren't for its disturbance, I wouldn't have woken up suddenly at this time."

"What I didn't expect was that it had become so powerful, and it was hard to imagine what kind of talent and qualification could make it become stronger in such a short period of time, almost without bottlenecks."

Rumble!!!

Suddenly there was a rumbling thunder explosion.

Silver lightning broke through the clouds and illuminated the dark sky.

The faces of the Qingyu Sect monks who participated in the battle changed sharply, staring at the blood-colored battle array devouring the spirit element, and then burst out with an even more ferocious momentum, and everyone was almost instantly silent, unable to even say a word.

Great Monk of the Spirit Spring Realm.

They were all great cultivators of the Spirit Spring Realm.

Qingluo lost her soul and looked unbelievably frightened.

Just now, she was disdainful and ridiculed, thinking that it was a vulnerable military formation, but every soldier in it was a great cultivator of the Spirit Spring Realm.

Especially the two old men carrying the flag in front of them, as well as the young woman in the middle of the old man, I am afraid that they have already broken through the spiritual spring and reached the spiritual realm that only the sect master can reach.

A group of Spirit Spring Realms, plus three Spirit Realms, such a terrifying level of strength, even if the sect protects the mountain array, I am afraid that it will not be able to stop their breakthrough and impact.

Rumble!!!

The second thunderbolt exploded, reverberating in the Qingyu Mountains.

The Sect Master of the Blue Feather Sect was alarmed and personally led the elite out from the depths of the mountain gate.

As a result, before they reached the edge of the battlefield, they were covered by a sudden blood-colored light.

Everyone died in an instant without saying a word, leaving only a large canopy of blood and water mixed with the rain, staining all the steps of the mountain road dark red.

The Qingyu Sect's defense line directly collapsed at this moment.

All the rebels were slaughtered, and only the monks who devoutly served the Lord of Pain were left alive.

And before that, Qingling, the sect master's closed disciple, had already fled desperately without looking back, and narrowly avoided the follow-up search of the mountain.

Not long after, Egret Mountain, which was as famous as the Qingyu Sect, was also swept by blood-colored light, and had to give up the underground spiritual spring that had been guarded for generations.

The years of peace that had lasted for a long time were shattered by monks from the remote Northlands.

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Whoa!

Qiumei flowed through the stream that swelled after the rain, and soon came to the manor in the depths of Qiuyue Mountain.

Since the Qiu Yue banner was erected and the Qiu family's battle array went south, this place was classified as a forbidden place that no one could approach, except for her and the increasingly crazy Mo Poison Son, even the two Qiu family ancestors did not dare to take a step beyond Lei Chi.

Not far from the entrance of the underground space, the stone monument still stands on the ground.

A little closer is the Qiu family ancestral hall, which has been vacated.

It doesn't look any different than ever.

Qiu Mei stopped in a clearing, quietly looked at the stone tablet ancestral house, and tried to dispel the illusions that were constantly distorting in front of him, so that memories gradually occupied all his thoughts.

Little by little, time passed.

She smiled slightly.

A scene from a long time ago comes to mind.

When the New Year comes, it is the most lively place, and there are carefree children who do all kinds of childish games to kill time.

But what has passed away will not come back after all.

The different choices that have been made can also lead people in completely different directions.

Whether it was herself, the Northland Qiu family, or even the entire cultivation world, they were going to usher in a drastic change that they had to do.

As for whether this change was good or bad, she thought she could see it before, but as time went by, as more and more spiritual springs came into control, she suddenly fell into confusion and confusion, and she couldn't understand it no matter what.

Qiu Mei slowly closed her eyes, and a sad expression gradually appeared on her face.

Little by little, time passed.

The clouds gathered in the sky, and a light rain fell again.

Qiu Mei came back to her senses at this time.

She took one last look at the stone tablet ancestral hall, her sad expression disappeared, and she returned to her indifferent and cold appearance, and quickly disappeared into the dark and silent underground space.

Although it was not the first time she had been in and out of this place, Qiu Mei was still surprised by the scene in front of her.

The original silver veins are gone.

In its place, it was as black as ink, and the scarlet blood color that appeared from time to time.

There are also countless illusory snakes that meander and swim, and have even broken through the restrictions of spiritual veins, and have begun to appear more and more in the underground stone walls.

She walked through it, as if she had come to the Abyss Blood Prison, and there were hideous and twisted horror scenes everywhere, completely enveloping the whole person.

However, it is only here that Qiumei can achieve true peace and calm.

Instead of being in the outside world, although there is no such mountain of oppression, it will be disturbed by more and more heavy illusions.

What the eyes see, what the ears hear, and even what is perceived through the spirit element are all very different from the living world in the eyes of others.

It was as if she was living in a fog, and everything around her became illusory and distorted, affecting her perception all the time.

On top of that, there was the dark void that seemed to be getting closer and closer, and the decaying corpses in the depths of the void, which turned this illusory distortion into an eerie reality, almost beyond the maximum she could endure.

Qiu Mei walked slowly in the underground space.

As we got closer and closer to the location where the spiritual spring used to be, whether it was a heavy fog, or a dark void, whether it was illusory and distorted, or strange and real, they all gradually disappeared under this increasingly strong oppression.

She let out a long breath of cloudy air, and she was finally able to relax her mind without having to tense as before.

At this moment, the sound of light footsteps sounded, slowly approaching from far and near.

Qiu Mei stopped and bowed in that direction, "Praise the pain, Qiu Mei has seen the Strange Poison Divine Envoy." ”

"How's it going out there?"

The footsteps died silently, and a weak, hoarse voice came from the darkness.

But from beginning to end, I didn't see the figure of Mo Poison.

Qiu Mei straightened up and slowly replied, "If you return to the Mo Divine Envoy, there are already two spiritual lakes that are completely controlled by us in the nine places where the main spiritual veins of the underground converge.

In the farther south of the Giant Wood Forest, the expeditionary force's war was about to stop, so that there was another spiritual lake where the spiritual veins converged, plus many other branch veins converging the spiritual spring, and other information such as its number and location was in the jade slips brought by the subordinates. ”

With that, she took a jade talisman from her sleeve and gently tossed it into the depths of darkness.

There was a soft click.

A blue light quietly lit up, and the jade slip disappeared with it.

"The Lord told me that you are doing a good job."

After more than a dozen breaths, Mo Poison's voice sounded again, with a hint of a smile.

Qiu Mei took a deep breath, straightened his clothes and bowed, "The pain is above, what my lord's will is directing, it is what our sword is pointing to, even if you give everything, you must do your best to complete it." ”

At this point, she suddenly frowned slightly, and looked at the blood-colored light that suddenly lit up on the side.

"Strange Poison Divine Envoy, I remember that the Divine Lord once issued a decree, let's not be too anxious to open the Divine Pattern Array, it is best to wait until we occupy more places where the Spiritual Veins manifest, and then open them at the same time according to the situation, how come there is already a unique light of the Divine Pattern Array here?"

"This is a task given to me by the Lord himself, and I don't know exactly why."

Mo Poison paused, and spoke in a more speculative tone, "Maybe the Divine Lord wants to test whether the magic circle arranged by our slaves is really usable, and if there is any problem, he can also guide us to adjust and repair it in advance." ”

"The Strange Poison God makes sense."

Qiu Mei nodded slowly and began to carefully observe the operation of the magic circle.

Under the faint scarlet light, she saw more and more black shadows like tentacles burrowing out of the spiritual veins, winding around the stone walls of the underground space, and an inexplicable strange thought suddenly appeared in her heart.

The Lord of Pain has not appeared again since he entered the Autumn Moon Spiritual Spring retreat.

And as time passed, the place where the spiritual veins intertwined and converged was put under control, and these looming black shadows appeared all inside, could it be said that from such a long distance, that person was able to transmit the power to the past without loss?

If we continue like this, will we still have to take all the places where the spiritual veins converge and turn them into the same strange situation as the one in front of you?

What is the ultimate purpose of the Lord of Suffering?

What is the relationship between these dark shadows and the Lord of Pain?

Qiu Mei thought silently, and suddenly recalled that the person who had said that there were a few questions that he had not thought through before the start of the retreat, and by the time he found out, it had become inconvenient to move, so he would help the Qiu family monk become stronger, and then form a battle formation to occupy more spiritual springs instead of him.

Could it be that these dark shadows are the lords of pain?

That young man, after entering the spiritual spring retreat, transformed himself into this indescribable state?

"What is Miss Qiu Mei thinking?"

The voice of the strange poison slowly sounded from the darkness, with a bit of scrutiny and inquiry.

Qiu Mei looked away from the underground spirit veins, and after a moment of silence, he said with a smile, "Back to the words of the Strange Divine Envoy, I just thought about the past, and suddenly sighed with some emotion. ”

"It is better to think about the past than to look forward to the future, and only by breaking through the fog of illusion can we see the ultimate truth."

"The Lord of God already knows the meaning of your coming, and these are the words of proverbs for you."

Mo Poison said slowly, and a ray of blood-colored light flew out from the depths of darkness and landed in front of Qiu Mei.

"Remember this breath, it once appeared between heaven and earth not long ago, and then disappeared and disappeared, and your most important task now is to find it and mark it with this light."

Qiu Mei stretched out her hand to catch the wisp of blood, and her heart couldn't help but move slightly.

A figure that seemed to be clear, but somewhat vague, also appeared in front of her, it was the closed disciple of the Qingyu Sect Master who she had had two contacts with before.

(End of chapter)