Chapter 18: Undercurrents
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In the end, no one left here, whether they knew and understood the danger here, or whether they insisted on getting the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Fire or something. Needless to say, Xiao Xia, Tang Chengcheng and Mingyue, even Bai Jinfeng didn't have the slightest intention of leaving, even if Tang Chengcheng personally persuaded him, this Yunzhou woman insisted on staying by his side. Yunzhou women are both amorous and infatuated, sometimes they are lovely, but sometimes they are also headaches.
Instead of anyone leaving, the people under the volcano gathered more and more on this day. There are people from the Raiders of the Lost Ark that were originally scattered in other places, as well as other teams, large and small. There are many forces in the rivers and lakes gathered in Baishi City and people from all walks of life, and the Treasure Raiders Alliance is just the biggest one among them, and now it seems that the situation has been decided, and only the last treasure grabber is left, so naturally they are all around.
As a result, several leaders of the Treasure Raiders Alliance, who were made of Shi Daoren, began to get busy, busy meeting and negotiating with the leaders of various forces from all walks of life. Of course, it's not nothing, it's just that they all rise and fall suddenly, and those who can't talk about driving away and killing those who kill are killed. Of course, the rivers and lakes are the rivers and lakes of swords and fists, but swords and fists are just one of the means to solve things, although they are the most direct and thorough, but they are not necessarily the most efficient. And at this time, the role of the Shi Dao people in inviting Tang Chengcheng to join before was also highlighted, and many people even just heard that the fourth young master of the Tang Sect had also cooperated with the Huangshan Sword Immortal and joined the Treasure Capture Alliance, either thinking about it and turning around, or making an agreement with several alliance leaders of the Treasure Hunting Alliance.
And the ten-way monks who only meditated on the top of the tree with their eyes closed all day played a greater role. It was because he almost didn't pay attention to anyone and didn't say anything, but he did come with everyone in the Raiders of the Lost Ark, which left more room for others to speculate. Under the hint of the alliance masters of the Treasure Raider Alliance, the two behemoths of the Tang Sect and the Pure Land Zen Monastery have become their allies, at least they have recognized their trip to seize the Treasure, which is naturally a great deterrent to those second- and third-rate forces in the rivers and lakes.
After such seven or eight days, the people in the rivers and lakes gathered under the volcano had at least temporarily stabilized on the surface, and the number of people actually reached about four thousand, and they were all scattered into their own forces and scattered in the woods under the volcano. Almost formed a temporary town.
On the other side of the huge fireball, in a rugged and rarely visited place, Xiao Xia and Mingyue were walking briskly side by side.
As she walked, Xiao Xia frowned and scratched her head, making her already somewhat scattered head even more messy. The scratching dander fell all the way. It's like I can't wait to scratch out the things in my head as well. While scratching his head and walking, he suddenly asked again: "Do you see that Chuyang Dao person really has no problems, is it a good person or a bad person?"
"This is the third time you have asked. Mingyue next to her couldn't help frowning. "Are you itching too much to remember? I will say it one last time, and I can only see that the man has a very heavy heart in his heart, and a lot of resentment in his heart. But not a bad person. ”
"Hmm" Xiao Xia replied casually, stopped scratching his head, but his brows did not stretch at all.
He had just taken Mingyue to meet with the Chuyang Dao people, discussed some matters related to the Heavenly Fire Sect's formation, and mentioned the various changes that might occur on the day of the Spiritual Fire Cultivation. But these conversations were not his real purpose. His real purpose was just to take Mingyue to see the Chuyang Dao person, and to use the eyes of the Mingyue girl to distinguish what was strange about this person.
This was actually the third time he had gone to find that Chuyang Daoist. Although it turned out that the words of the Chuyang Daoist were not wrong, and the Extreme Fire Purgatory Cover did have flaws in the ground, the strangeness he saw that night had been lingering in Xiao Xia's heart, and he always wanted to test and test again to find out clearly. The first two times, he either knocked on the side in front of the stone dao man, or went to chat with the chuyang dao man alone, but he didn't show the slightest abnormality, and the stone dao man also said that there was absolutely no problem with this person's origin. also has a lot of criticism about Xiao Xia's tentative hints. So Xiao Xia simply brought Mingyue with her this time, hoping that her discerning eyes that could see Tang's chuckling at a glance could show another miracle.
It's a pity that the final result is still nothing, or maybe this Chuyang Dao person is really not weird. At least Miss Mingyue said that he is not a bad person.
"Bad guy" Xiao Xia muttered on the word in her mouth, and suddenly asked again: "Miss Mingyue, what do you say is a bad guy?"
"A bad guy is a bad guy. Miss Mingyue's answer was not what Xiao Xia expected. Straight to the point, it doesn't seem to have been said at all.
"Someone has said that a person who is good to me is a good person, and a person who is bad to me is a bad person, Mingyue, do you mean by bad person?" Of course, Xiao Xia herself understands what a good person is and what a bad person is, but sometimes Miss Mingyue's words really sound like a child. I don't know if the bad guy in her mouth is also the bad guy in the eyes of children.
"Where's that? Bad people are good to me and bad people. I don't want bad people to be nice to me. Mingyue glared, and those soft autumn eyes could actually stare at the simple expression of a child.
"What if good people don't treat you well, such as scolding you, beating you, killing you. Is that a good guy too?"
"How can a good person scold me, beat me, and kill me?" Mingyue's expression seemed to have heard the most incredible thing in the world.
"I mean if"
"The old monk said that everything in this world is determined by karma, and there must be an effect, so there is no if. The little monk Shifang also said the same. Well, I thought so too."
Xiao Xia sighed, and finally understood that it was best to be straightforward: "Then the bad guy is the one who thinks about bad things in his heart and wants to harm others?"
"Daoist Xia, you yourself know that you came to ask me again. ”
In other words, there really wasn't any sneaky thoughts and thoughts hidden in the hearts of the Chuyang Dao people. Although I don't know if Miss Mingyue's ability is the legendary Buddhism, but since she can't even see it, probably there is no problem with the Chuyang Dao people, right?
Could it be that I really saw and thought wrong that night?
By this time, the two had come to the edge of a clearing. This is a wasteland with rocks interlaced between the trees, just under the outer wall of the huge fireball, and far away in the center of the wasteland, a high stone platform of nearly ten zhang stands up, but a little closer look can show that several huge rocks have fallen around with knife-like sections, as well as the straight edges and corners around the stone platform, which are obviously not naturally born, and it is a huge rock that has been split like this.
On a stone platform with a radius of less than a few zhang. A motionless man was sitting upright, and his chest did not rise or fall, like a stone statue connected to the stone platform. The stone platform was originally very close to the outer wall of the fireball, almost next to the layer of flames that were constantly circulating and moving, and this person was still sitting at the front of the stone platform. Facing the wall of fire. In front of him was a broad-backed knife.
This person is naturally Tang Zhengyi. The next morning, after that day, he found this little inaccessible place, cut out this stone platform, jumped on it, closed his eyes and sat upright. In the past few days, he has been like those old monks who sit in dry meditation, needless to say, eating and sleeping, and he has not even opened his eyes. The only thing that had changed was the flames on the wall of fire he was facing, and for the first few days, the wall of fire here was no different from the rest of the world. And from the past two days, the flames on the outer wall of the flames, which had been swirling like flowing water, and the flames that clearly concealed the terrifying power under the calm would suddenly be cut off silently, and suddenly collapsed again, as if there was an invisible and untouchable hand constantly stirring on it.
It's just that other than that, no one knows, and no one can see if Tang Chengcheng's retreat to forcibly raise the realm will be successful. What happens if you succeed, and what happens if you fail.
And Shi Daoren's face was a little strange after hearing the news, and he seemed to be a little surprised. There were some sighs, and some jealousy, of course, Xiao Xia didn't say Tang Chengcheng's true intentions, and the Shi Dao people who were busy dealing with those new Jianghu people only gave an explicit order, saying that Tang Sishao was retreating and cultivating in order to rush into the Heavenly Volcano with them in a dozen days. Idlers and others are not allowed to disturb.
Bai Jinfeng took the mountain spirit giant eagle to the big trees around the wasteland and set up a simple wooden house, and guarded Tang Chengcheng to live. Except for the occasional meditation with Shifang, Mingyue basically spends the rest of her time here, at least it's quite clean here. There are no young disciples who don't know whether they are alive or dead.
Far away from the stone platform where Tang Cheng was meditating, Xiao Xia and Mingyue walked in the direction of Bai Jinfeng's tree house. Suddenly, a figure swept through the trees in the distance. As soon as Xiao Xia frowned, the figure of Mingyue beside him disappeared in a flash, and then there was a scream over there, and the person who flashed by was obviously restrained.
When Xiao Xia hurried over, he saw a man holding his feet and screaming on the ground. Mingyue watched coldly from the side. Finally, Xiao Xia has repeatedly told her these days, Mingyue is no longer dead or disabled, although this man screamed miserably, he was just broken to the ground.
"Who is this?" asked Natsu.
Mingyue snorted coldly: "It's not a good person, it's not a bad person, it's just that there is a ghost in my heart, as if I am afraid of being seen." ”
Xiao Xia leaned down and said to the man, "This brother, the Huangshan Sword Immortal has ordered that you must not approach here without permission, what are you sneaking here for?"
"I'm here to," the man said, holding his feet and slushing.
"Huh?" Xiao Xia was stunned at this time. Of course, it was not that he was surprised by this man's excuse, but when he got closer, he felt that this man was a little familiar. This man is less than thirty years old, a big black face is wide and round, just like a piece of cake, and it is full of traces left by acne, a pair of bull's eyes under the short and thick eyebrows, followed by a garlic nose, this appearance is very distinctive, and it will be unforgettable after seeing it, but Xiao Xia's memory is a little vague, and it seems that he has seen it a long time ago. After thinking about it slightly, Xiao Xia found this person in his mind: "Liang Hongtao?"
The expression on the big-faced man's face suddenly froze, and a pair of bull's eyes looked at Xiao Xia stunned, full of horror and doubt, but immediately forcibly covered it up, and actually looked left and right, with an inexplicable expression: "Who are you calling? Who is Liang Hongtao?"
Xiao Xia couldn't help but smile. I didn't expect to be able to meet the cousin of Miss Zeng's family who came to the cave house six years ago to rob her relatives here, but it was also because of the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Fire, but Tang Xiaoxiao, who pretended to be the bride that day, is now running to the heavenly volcano to pretend to be the groom's official, what is this cousin doing now?
After thinking about it again, Xiao Xia nodded slightly and asked, "Are you here to find Hetian?"
Liang Hongtao's face was filled with even more intense horror and doubt, this time he couldn't suppress it anymore, he could only look at Xiao Xia blankly and asked, "Where is Your Excellency sacred?"
Xiao Xia smiled again, but did not speak. That day, he hid under the bed and watched the performance of this cousin who robbed his relatives, and also removed his two talismans at a critical moment, avoiding a farce that might not end the scene, but Liang Hongtao never saw him. And he also knew that Liang Hongtao was a disciple of Kunlun. At this time, sneakily ran over here, and the biggest possibility was naturally to come to find the amorous seed He Tian, who was also from the Kunlun faction.
After competing with the Shidao people that day, Bai Jinfeng followed Tang Chengcheng and Xiao Xia to chase the carriage of the Heavenly Fire Sect, originally thinking that he had gotten rid of He Tian, a disciple of the Kunlun Sect who had been following her, but who knew that Kunlun Gaozu could no longer rush against the wind although his mana was exhausted. But he didn't give up. They returned to White Rock City to find a good horse and chased them after the Raiders of the Lost Ark, arriving the day after they arrived. He also seemed to know that Bai Jinfeng would not pay attention to him anymore, and he would not come up to talk, but he would always follow him around. Bai Jinfeng is guarding Tang Justice here. He followed him in the woods at the edge of the wasteland......
If it is an upright business, where will there be a need to be sneaky and secretive, let alone such a face full of horror when asked. And at this time, most of the sneaky things were also related to the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Fire, so Xiao Xia asked again: "Are you here to find He Tian." Let's talk about going together to get the Vermilion Bird Fire at that time, but if you go to the creek more than twenty miles away at this time to get water and water his flowers, you won't find anyone at this time. ”
Liang Hongtao didn't speak again, but the expression on the big cake face had already answered Xiao Xia's question satisfactorily. After a while, he muttered and replied, "Is it Uncle He who sued you?" But I haven't told him yet, how did he know that Uncle Li led us here to seek this spiritual fire?"
Xiao Xia didn't feel surprised by this Uncle He's title, then He Tian was only in his twenties and could fly against the wind, needless to say, his magic cultivation was profound, and he might still have a magic weapon in his body, and he must be the descendant disciple of an elder of the Third Academy of Kunlun. Even sons and nephews may have a higher rank than Liang Hongtao, the disciples of the lower three courts. And there are many people with ulterior motives lurking in this Treasure Raider Alliance, waiting for an opportunity, which Tang Chengcheng and himself had expected before, but they didn't expect to meet one here.
Xiao Xia shook his head and said, "He Tian didn't tell me anything. But where is the need to talk about this? If it weren't for the spiritual fire, what would you guys sneak in and do? It's just that I didn't expect that your Kunlun faction would actually learn the sneaky methods of those people in the rivers and lakes. Are you sure that your Uncle He will help you?"
The Kunlun Sect is also the ancient Taoist inheritance of the Five Elements Sect, but it has always been low-key, and generally only stays within a few hundred miles of Kunlun Mountain to concentrate on cultivation, and does not get involved in the battles of the rivers and lakes. In addition, he was also involved in the battle with the Demon Gate hundreds of years ago and suffered a heavy blow, and now his reputation in the rivers and lakes is far inferior to that of the Daomen rookies who came from behind the Dragon Tiger Mountain True Martial Sect. But it's different from the disintegration of the Five Elements Sect. The Kunlun sect at least the sect Taoism is still there, and the style of action adheres to the Qing Gao birth of the ancient Taoist sect, and only the disciples in the lower three courtyards still often walk around the rivers and lakes. Although He Tian seems to be a little more important, since he came out of the Third Academy, he will definitely not have any interest in this intriguing battle between the rivers and lakes, and most of them will scoff at it.
I don't know if he was frightened by Xiao Xia's call, Liang Hongtao no longer concealed it, and replied honestly: "Uncle He would definitely not agree, but we heard that he was infatuated with that Yunzhou woman, and he was distressed day and night. Uncle Li said that he is introverted and doesn't know much, and he is willing to try most of the methods he likes when he likes a woman. Uncle Li asked me to tell him that the favorite of Yunzhou women is heroes, and if they can win the Vermilion Bird Spiritual Fire, they will naturally be the biggest hero among these many people, and the woman will definitely look at him differently. Then he might be able to agree. ”
Xiao Xia only felt a little crying and laughing when he heard this, and said: "You Senior Uncle Li are really thoughtful, but how many people are lurking in your Kunlun Sect? Just this Treasure Raider Alliance has more than 2,000 masters, and the two flying swords of the alliance leader Shi Daoren are famous all over the world, even if your Uncle He is willing to make a move, he may not really be able to block a sword, right?"
When Liang Hongtao heard this, he snorted disdainfully: "How can the magic formation of my Kunlun faction be compared with the methods of these people in the rivers and lakes? As long as you are fully prepared and see the right time, you will naturally be able to deal with these rabble. Speaking of this, he was stunned again, as if he finally remembered that these words were not suitable for two people he didn't know, and looked at Xiao Xia and Mingyue with some humility: "You two are friends of Uncle He, right? This matter involves the reputation of my Kunlun faction, and I hope that the two of you will not sue others for the sake of Uncle He's face." ”
"Of course, this matter is very important, how can we just go around talking nonsense. Xiao Xia smiled very kindly and casually, and almost reached out to pat Liang Hongtao's stupid face.
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"Daoist Xia, why did you lie to that person?"
After watching Liang Hongtao limp and disappear into the distance, Mingyue, who had not spoken, suddenly asked Xiao Xia.
"Where did I lie to him? I'm really not going to talk about it everywhere. And I didn't tell a single lie from beginning to end. Miss Mingyue, don't be wrong about the good guys. ”
"Hmph, but you're really lying. Didn't you make an appointment with the old Taoist priest who used the flying sword, and didn't you tell him that these people were going to steal his things quietly?"
"It's hard to say whose stuff it is, and how can it be who robs whom?, besides, it's just a small calculation between two praying mantises, and it doesn't matter who wins or loses, but at most I just want to see clearly, so that we can know what to do when the yellow finch or even the hunter appears."
"Daoist Xia, what are you talking about?what hunter?what yellow finch?, where is the praying mantis?" Mingyue opened her eyes and looked left and right curiously.
"That's just a metaphor"
"Parables, what parables?"
Xiao Xia couldn't help but scratch her head again, thought about it, and said in Mingyue's easy-to-understand words: "Then ask Mingyue girl to go for a walk outside with me these nights, okay?"
Mingyue really understood it immediately, took Xiao Xia's hand, and said with a smile: "Okay." Actually, I like walking the most. The little monk stayed there all day and sat stupidly and worked hard, it was not fun at all, or Xia Daoshi, you were the best. (To be continued.) Please search for Astronomy, novels are better and faster!