Chapter 361: The Ten Oaths Begin
After shouting, Xiao Zhan stood respectfully outside the gate, quietly waiting for the transmission of Sect Master Feng Shan. After a moment of silence, a hoarse, weak voice sounded from inside the red gate, and the owner of the voice seemed to be exhausted.
"Come in. β
"Yes, Sect Master. β
Xiao Zhan stretched out his hands, as if he was afraid of making a noise, carefully pushed open the red door, stepped over the high threshold, walked in small steps, and then turned around and closed the door behind him.
The hall was dark, all the windows were boarded up, and no sunlight could shine in. Xiao Zhan stood in front of the door, squinting his eyes slightly, after a short period of adaptation from light to darkness, he could gradually see the things around him clearly. Directly in front of him, from the beams to the ground, hung a row of white curtains, blocking the other half of the hall tightly.
"Sect Master. Xiao Zhan clenched his hands into fists, looked at the white curtain in front of him, and bowed his head deeply.
"How's the Ten Oaths going, are all the people who should have come?" Behind the white curtain, the hoarse and weak voice came again.
Xiao Zhan immediately replied: "Tell the sect master, the Dust Crystal Pavilion, the Immortal Weapon Pavilion, the Cloud Gate, the Red Sect and the Ghost Axe Divine Sect have all arrived, but the Qianfeng Sect, the Luoyutai, the Baixian Holy Sect, and the Hakka Sect still have no one to come, and there is not a trace of news, we have lost contact with the four sects at the same time, this is something that has never happened, I suspect that someone is deceiving it." β
The hall suddenly fell silent, and the people behind the white curtain seemed to be deep in thought, and did not make a sound for a long time. Xiao Zhan stood respectfully at the door, quietly waiting for the sound behind the curtain. After a while, a withered and sallow hand suddenly quietly stretched out through the gap between the curtains, and slowly lifted the white curtains. Behind the white curtain, there stood an old man with a wrinkled face, who was none other than the sect master of the Ghost God Sect, Feng Shan.
Feng Shan's appearance looked very weak, his old face was furrowed, and his silver hair was scattered on his back. The back is also slightly rickety. However, his eyes were still bright, and his sharp gaze was like two sharp daggers in the dark, exuding a suffocating domineering aura all over his body.
Seeing Feng Shan, Xiao Zhan's expression became more and more respectful, and he bowed his head deeply: "Sect Master." β
"Ahem, cough, cough......" Feng Shan coughed heavily, raised his hand and wiped his lips, only to find that the white cuffs were stained red with blood. Seeing the blood, Feng Shan's expression was calm. Because this is not the first time he has coughed up blood.
"Sect Master, your body ......" Xiao Zhan's expression tightened, and his two thick eyebrows wrinkled tightly together, revealing a worried look.
"It's okay, you can't die. Feng Shan put his hands behind his back, looked at Xiao Zhan, and said in a weak and hoarse voice. "I won't show up this session of the Ten Covenants. It's up to you to take full responsibility, and be careful to send additional guards. There's no going to be any more travel, you know?"
"Yes, please rest assured, Sect Master, I have already made the music technique more guarded. β
Feng Shan nodded with satisfaction: "Well, I'm very relieved that kid is doing things." All right. It's not a big deal, you just step down, I'm going to rest. After speaking, Feng Shan coughed heavily twice, and the blood he coughed up stained his bloodless lips red. Tired, he turned slowly and walked into the curtain.
"Yes, I'm quitting. Xiao Zhan clasped his hands into fists and saluted respectfully at Feng Shan's departing back. Then he quietly turned around and opened the red door behind him, and then he was surprised to find that Leshu was standing outside the gate.
"Leshu, why are you here?" Xiao Zhan withdrew from the main hall, and after taking care of the gate, he turned his head to Leshu and asked.
Le Shu bowed and saluted Xiao Zhan and said, "Tell the Great Elder, I have already arranged the guards in the sect, and I have personally seen every stronghold, so I guarantee that nothing goes wrong." β
"Well, that's good. Xiao Zhan smiled with satisfaction, stretched out his hand and patted Le Shu's shoulder cordially. "Do a good job, the Ghost God Sect will depend on you young people in the future. β
"Thank you Great Elder for your compliment, for the sake of the Ghost God Sect, I will never give up my music. Leshu lowered his head and spoke in a very respectful tone. But Xiao Zhan didn't notice how cold the killing intent flashed in his eyes while Le Shu said this.
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In the corner of the main hall, Xia Yu, Zhang Ziliang, Meng Siqi and Han Yu sat around a table, Xia Yu and Zhang Ziliang suddenly joined Meng Siqi's small circle, although the people of other forces were envious and jealous, but no one felt that it was inappropriate, because Xia Yu's Han Empire had this strength.
On the other side of the main hall, Yu Yao and Yang Lan also found a corner to sit down, and after Yu Yao appeared, no one dared to come forward to talk to Yang Lan again. Yu Yao's face was indifferent, and there was an aura of rejection from thousands of miles away all over her body, which made others shy away.
In this way, such a strange layout appeared in the main hall: Xia Yu and his group sat on the far right of the main hall, Yu Yao and Yang Lan sat on the far left, and the most important and conspicuous place in the middle was reserved for those small forces. These people were like sandwiches, caught between the two forces, and the hall was magically silent.
After this oppressive silence lasted for a few moments, a loud sound suddenly came from outside the main hall.
"Great Elder of the Ghost God Sect, Xiao Zhan has arrived-"
Hearing this voice, the small forces in the middle of the main hall hurriedly stood up and walked towards the door of the main hall. Xia Yu and Meng Siqi glanced at each other and stood up politely, but did not go to the door to greet Xiao Zhan.
As soon as Xiao Zhan stepped into the threshold of the main hall with one foot, he was immediately surrounded by more than a dozen people, he arched his hands left and right, greeted the others with a smile, and walked into the main hall quickly. Then, several loud voices rang out outside the gate, and this time there was more than one person coming.
"Cloud Gate Master, Yuntang to-"
"Sect Master Chi, Duan Zhengfeng has arrivedβ"
"Master of the Devil's Craftsman's Gate, Lu Ting has arrived-"
The relationship between the Cloud Gate, the Red Sect, and the Devil's Axe Sect has always been very good, so every time the Ten Covenants are oathed, the pace of these three sects is very consistent. But after these three voices were over, there were no other sounds, which made everyone in the hall very puzzled.
The Ten League Oaths have been held for so many sessions, and a default rule has been formed. As the three dragon heads in the "sect world", the Dust Crystal Pavilion, the Immortal Weapon Pavilion, and the Ghost God Sect need to enter the meeting place one step ahead of the organizers, and the organizers are generally ranked behind the three of them. The other sects followed the organizers according to the ranking of the Ten Oaths and entered the meeting hall together.
Therefore, in this year's Ten Alliances, Yu Yao and Yang Lan came to the main hall of the Ghost God Sect early to wait, according to the rules, the rankings after Xiao Zhan should be in order: Qianfeng Gate, Luoyutai, Baixian Holy Sect, Hakka Sect, and then Cloud Gate, Red Sect and Ghost Axe Divine Gongmen. But now. The four sects in the middle were gone.
Xia Yu also saw the clues, and couldn't help frowning slightly in confusion: "Why are the four middle factions gone?"
As soon as Xia Yu's words fell, the sect masters of the Cloud Gate and the Red Sect walked into the main hall one after the other. The master of the Cloud Gate was an old man with a white beard, who looked to be past his prime. The sect master of the Red Sect was a strong man more than two meters tall, with a bald head and a thick red beard on his chin, which was very eye-catching. After Yuntang and Duan Zhengfeng walked into the main hall, they were followed by Lu Ting.
The moment Lu Ting walked into the main hall, Xia Yu's gaze immediately nailed to him. There was a rolling killing intent in his dark eyes.
Meng Siqi stood beside Xia Yu, sensing the murderous aura on Xia Yu's body, she immediately tugged on Xia Yu's sleeve and whispered, "Now is not the time to do it." β
Xia Yu also knew that if he couldn't bear it, he would make a big plan, so he nodded, and the murderous aura on his body gradually receded, but he still stared at Lu Ting's every move. "Siqi, there is no one in the middle four factions. Do you know what's going on?"
Meng Siqi shook her head gently: "I don't know, but as far as I know." The four factions of Qianfengmen, Luoyutai, Baixian Saint Sect and Hakka Sect have not sent anyone here, and I suspect that the Ghost God Sect may have lost contact with these four factions. β
Hearing this, Xia Yu's expression became solemn a little bit, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart: "I'm afraid, there is something we don't know." It's happening quietly. β
Xia Yu turned his gaze and looked at Xiao Zhan's side. Xiao Zhan was followed by two people, both of whom were elders of the Ghost God Sect. Seeing these two people, Xia Yu immediately thought in his heart: Originally, there were a total of ten elders in the Ghost God Sect, excluding the nine elders who were killed by themselves. There are still nine elders, but now there are only three in this hall, so where are the other six elders?
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At this time, just as people were gathering in the main hall to celebrate the oath of the Ten Covenants, on the other side of the Ghost God Sect, in a remote courtyard, a brutal slaughter was going on. There were several corpses lying on the cold black ground, and two of them had even fallen apart, so broken that they couldn't see their original appearance. Elder Zichuan fell to the ground on his back, before he died, he seemed to have suffered a great blow, his eyes were wide open, staring straight at the pale blue sky in the distance, his body was cut in two by his lazy waist, and blood gushed out from the fracture, staining the black ground around him.
Leshu stood in the courtyard, breathing slightly short, covered in blood. He looked at Elder Deng Yu kneeling in front of him with an indifferent expression, and pierced Deng Yu's heart with a sword.
"You...... You...... Don't die well......"
Deng Yu used his last strength to say this curse before he died, and then he tilted his body and fell next to Zi Chuan, his eyes gradually losing focus. Deng Yu and Zi Chuan, the pair of sworn enemies, never expected that they quarreled all their lives, but in the end they died ironically together.
Le Shu gasped, raised his hand to wipe the blood on his face, his cold gaze swept around the courtyard, and finally landed on the two corpses of Deng Yu and Zichuan at his feet, thinking: In this way, the two most troublesome people will also be solved. Then, just wait patiently for the adult.
Le Shu threw the long sword in his hand aside, turned around and left the small courtyard.
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On the main hall of the Ghost God Sect, all forces sat down according to their own strength, Xiao Zhan himself sat at the head of the main hall, Yu Yao and Yang Lan sat on both sides of Xiao Zhan respectively, and then the Cloud Gate, the Red Sect and the Ghost Axe Divine Gongmen. Although Meng Siqi has a noble status, the Lei Empire is not a member of the Ten Alliances, so he sits at the head of the guest side, and Xia Yu and they sit with Meng Siqi.
Lu Ting had never seen Xia Yu, so he only thought that Xia Yu was Meng Siqi's subordinate, he didn't know that when he was talking freely with other people, there was a pair of cold eyes in the crowd, staring at him tightly, always thinking about taking off his head.
"Everyone, everyone!" After everyone sat down, Xiao Zhan suddenly stood up and opened his arms, shouting twice, and the hall was immediately silent, and everyone looked at Xiao Zhan quietly. Xiao Zhan's sharp gaze slowly swept through the crowd and coughed lightly. "Everyone may already know that Qianfeng Sect, Luoyutai, Baixian Holy Sect, and Hakka Sect, none of these four sects have reached my Ghost God Sect so far, and there is no news at all. We don't know exactly what these four factions think, but despite this, the rules of the Ten Oaths cannot be broken, and at noon today, whether or not anyone from these four factions arrives, the Ten Oaths will begin as usual. β
"Newspaperβ"
As soon as Xiao Zhan's words were finished, a disciple of the Ghost God Sect suddenly rushed in from outside the main hall, came to the front of the hall, clasped his hands into fists, and knelt down on one knee in front of Xiao Zhan.
"Tell the Great Elder, there are people outside the sect who claim to be disciples of the Devil's Axe Divine Sect, and ask to see the master of the Devil's Axe Divine Crafting Sect. β
"Disciple of the Devil's Axe Divine Sect?" When Xiao Zhan heard this, he immediately looked at Lu Ting suspiciously.
Lu Ting was also very strange, he thought for a moment, and then said, "Bring him up." β
"Yes. The disciple turned his head and shouted outside the main hall. "Bring him up!"
With an order, a young man slowly walked into the main hall under the custody of two disciples of the Ghost God Sect, and this person was Li Guang.
As soon as Li Guang saw Lu Ting, the door master in the hall, he was suddenly excited, and immediately rushed to Lu Ting, knelt on the ground with a plop, and cried: "Door master, door master, the disciple can be regarded as alive to see you." β
Lu Ting was also very surprised to see Li Guang, and as soon as he saw Li Guang's unbearable appearance of a wolf, Lu Ting knew that something must have happened, and immediately jumped up from his chair: "What's the matter? Why did you become this miserable picture? Didn't you stay in Qingshan? Why did you run to Pangcheng? What happened to Qingshan?"
"It's gone, it's gone......" Li Guang cried bitterly and shouted incoherently. "The green mountains are gone!
"What!" Lu Ting's face immediately changed greatly, he stepped forward and grabbed Li Guang's collar, his eyes were red and frightening. "What happened to Aoyama after I left?!"
Li Guang stared at Lu Ting's red eyes, and shouted frantically with a trembling cry: "It's Xia Yu! It's Xia Yu of the Han Kingdom, he killed all of us, and he burned our ghost gate!" (To be continued......)