Chapter 1: The Inexplicable Visitor (The Old Man's Melancholy)
The spring flowers in March are warm, Dongfang Xue uses branches to make swords, dancing with the spring breeze on Juyang Peak, although the cultivation is sealed at this time, but Dongfang Xue's three sword intentions are still there, only to see that the branches are more like life in Dongfang Xue's hands.
"Little bastard, is the meal ready?, so quiet early in the morning...... "The old man's scolding voice came from the thatched hut not far away.
Dongfang Xue collected her sword and inhaled and exhaled, then turned her head to look at the old man's room, and shouted: "Old man, the sun is all drying your buttocks, no wonder Meng'er's seniors ignore you, just a lazy worm like you, you are not worthy of pity!"
After saying that, Dongfang Xue walked to her room and brought two plates of side dishes and two bowls of rice into the old man's room. Coming to the old man's room, Dongfang Xue put the food and dishes in his hand on the table, the old man glanced at Dongfang Xue from top to bottom, then smiled and said: "Yes, yes, now you are more in line with your heart......"
"Eat your food, you can't stop your mouth when you eat!" Dongfang Xue glanced at the old man and said angrily.
"Haha......" The old man laughed, then picked up the bowl on the table, picked up the chopsticks, and began to move.
Dongfang Xue asked the old man while eating: "Old man, when will you be able to break my seal?"
The old man shook his head, then suddenly stopped the dishes and chopsticks in his hand, squinted at the window and muttered: "It should be soon, but not at this time, this period of time, although I sealed your cultivation and made your cultivation not an inch advanced, but you should know the benefits of it, and it will be of great benefit to you in the future......
"Hmph!" Dongfang Xue snorted coldly, and then looked at the old man and said angrily: "You are just a mother-in-law who lacks a fire to cook, wash and fold quilts, then you go to find it, what is the matter with dragging the master......
"Hehe...... the old man smiled, then smacked the food in his mouth and continued, "You can say the same......
Just as an old man, a young man, a young man, and a small one were eating while arguing, suddenly a breath came from far and near, and they came to Juyang Peak in an instant. Dongfang Xue frowned, stopped the chopsticks in her hand, and looked at the old man suspiciously.
The old man nodded at Dongfang Xue, and then praised and said: "Yes, Xiu Wei is still so keen on spiritual power, it seems that my teaching and cultivation are still effective, and it is not in vain that I have worked hard!"
Dongfang Xue turned her face away and snorted disdainfully, the old man sneered, and then muttered to himself outside the door: "Since you are here, show up, why hide?"
As soon as the old man's voice fell, he heard a knock on the door, knock knock... Knock knock knock......
Dongfang Xue just wanted to get up and open the door, but was stopped by the old man, only to see the old man then ask outside the door: "Just say something, there are no outsiders here......"
Hearing the old man's voice outside, he obviously hesitated for a while, and then said: "The junior Tianyuan Dean Tianyun, the Dean Wu Tianlan asked the junior to come here to invite the senior uncle out of the mountain, and there are important matters to discuss. ”
"What's the matter? Why bother to hide it, but it's okay to say!" the old man took a bite of food, and then said angrily.
"This ......" Tianyun fell silent and thought for a while, only to hear a bang, and Tianyun pushed the door open.
"Uncle Shi!" Tianyun shouted as he entered the house and saluted the old man.
The old man took another sip of wine, nodded at Tianyun and said, "Xiao Yunzi, you can say it, in my old fellow's place, you don't have to say anything, just say it......"
"Uncle Yu, Dean Wu asked me to tell Uncle Shi that the catastrophe is coming...... Tianyun bent over, and as soon as he finished speaking, the chopsticks in the old man's hand fell to the ground like a lightning strike.
Dongfang Xue also stared, and then looked at Tianyun, the dean of the Heavenly Academy, only to see that Tianyun immediately picked up the chopsticks on the ground and put them back on the table.
"What happened?" the old man asked Tianyun as he looked at the sea of clouds in the distance.
Tianyun looked bitter, hugged his fists at the old man and said: "At the beginning of this year, the Eastern Regions were invaded by a force with a mysterious origin, first destroying the two factions of the Black Evil Sect Medicine King Valley, and then moving westward, pointing directly at my Zhongzhou, the five major forces in the Eastern Regions suffered heavy losses, and the people of the entire Eastern Regions were struggling to survive. ”
"Have you investigated what kind of forces?" the old man asked Xiang Tianyun with a frown.
"I only heard that the figure of the demon earth demon was found in it, and looking at its practice methods, the preliminary guess is that it should be the demon domain force, and the others are ......unknown," Tianyun shook his head and explained to the old man.
The folds on the old man's face condensed at this time, and he muttered to himself: "Demon Domain Demon Land, they also know that this thousand years are approaching, why do they still invade Danwu like this... Is it really the thousand-year-old catastrophe......
"Uncle Shi......" Tianyun shouted to the old man, the old man turned his head to look at the twisting Tianyun, and suddenly said angrily: "If you have anything to say, just finish it in one breath!"
"Yes, Uncle Shi!" Tianyun agreed, and then continued: "In the Western Regions, the same force has risen up, and at first I heard the report below, this is a small force, and it is evil everywhere, so I will wait and take action against it." ”
"And then?" the old man asked, glaring at Tianyun.
Tianyun shook his head and sighed, and continued to the old man with great grief and indignation: "Just yesterday, I heard the report from below, the entire Western Regions have been slaughtered by this force in just three months, and their methods are cruel and bloody, which has never been seen in ancient times, cannibalizing human flesh, drinking human blood, sleeping on human skin, decorating human bones, and the entire Western Regions is full of blood......
The old man slapped the table and stood up on the ground, glared at Tianyun and asked angrily, "Can you find out where they come from?" Could it be that Danwu appeared out of thin air with such a powerful force, and several of you pampered deans did not have the slightest vigilance?"
"As soon as the juniors heard the news, they launched the entire Danwu Academy's news network to investigate, and the dean of the underground academy went to ...... in person," Tianyun continued, saying that his eyes couldn't help but be red and swollen.
"What is the result?" the old man asked softly as he looked at Tianyun with slightly narrowed eyes.
"As a result... As a result...... Tianyun's voice began to tremble, and then he knelt on the ground, crying at the old man and said: "Immediately after, the thousands of disciples sent out to investigate, all of them have not returned, and the dean of the underground courtyard has not heard from him, and he does not know whether he is alive or dead!"
"But... But he had sent back a strange message, saying... Said ...... "Speaking of this, Tianyun will be dead and alive, and he can't say the following."
"What did you say?" asked the old man with a blank face.
Tianyun hesitated for a while and then said: "The dean of the earth sent back a message saying that if you say anything to worship the sky, you should follow the sky, and he has seen several ancestors of my Danwu Academy......"
The old man only felt a trance and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately, Dongfang Xue supported the old man in time, and the old man relieved himself a few breaths, waved his hand at Tianyun and said, "You go first, wait for me... I'll go to the main hall in a moment to find you and discuss countermeasures......"
"Yes!" Tianyun saluted the old man again, and then slowly wanted to retreat.
The old man suddenly remembered something, and called out to Tianyun and asked, "Have you notified the other seniors?"
Senior Brother Wu also notified several other major sects, and it is not surprising that they will gather at my Danwu Academy tonight to discuss countermeasures......
The old man nodded, then waved his hand and motioned for Tianyun to retreat......
After Tianyun left, the old man stabilized his mind, and Dongfang Xue helped the old man back to the chair. The old man sighed, and then muttered to himself: "The catastrophe is coming, and the world cannot escape the destiny of heaven, how should my monks ......?"
"Danwu's fate is Danwu's final say, when will it be determined by heaven?" Dongfang Xue looked at the old man and muttered, the old man looked at Dongfang Xue, only to see Dongfang Xue looking at himself insistively in his eyes.
I saw the old man laugh self-deprecatingly and said, "Yes, I didn't expect that my Danqing has lived for hundreds of years, and in the end, I don't have a doll like you to live to understand......
"Senior, I'm ......" Dongfang Xue just wanted to ask herself when the seal would be unlocked, only to see the old man Danqing wave his hand, and then said to Dongfang Xue: "Tonight, the old man will use you to refine a furnace of Dan and see how the condition ......is" After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Dongfang Xue expectantly, and Dongfang Xue took a few steps back in fear.
"For you, this is a catastrophe and another opportunity, if you can survive in the old man's Dan furnace, then the result can be imagined, you kid will definitely be able to break the seal in his body and cultivate to a great progress!" the old man swore to Dongfang Xue.
Dongfang Xue swallowed her saliva, and then asked suspiciously: "Then if ......?"
"If you don't survive and die, don't worry, I will take care of the Shen family on Yaoguang Island, as well as your brothers, even if my old man dies, they won't have an accident, how about it?" After the old man finished speaking, he looked at Dongfang Xue expectantly, waiting for Dongfang Xue's reply.
"How sure are seniors?" Dongfang Xue changed her words to seniors, and then asked humbly.
The old man smiled, and then said, "How sure you are that you have to ask yourself, after all, you are the one who wants to jump in......"
"No need... No need senior...... It's good for juniors to be like this......" Dongfang Xue shook her head, and slowly retreated while shaking her head and refusing.
"Hahahaha......" The old man suddenly laughed, and then with just a wave of his hand, Dongfang Xue's body involuntarily flew towards the old man, Dongfang Xue's face changed greatly, and she looked at the old man with a sly smile in horror, and instantly scolded.
The old man divided five by two, found a rope and tied Dongfang Xue to Wuhuada, after tying it up, Dongfang Xue's face was like ashes, I saw the old man come to Dongfang Xue, and whispered to Dongfang Xue: "The catastrophe is coming, if you can be reborn from the fire, how can it not be a blessing for me Danwu?" Besides, if you come out alive, then you will be my Dantong's disciple in the future, and you can walk sideways on this Danwu Road, you must know that if I order, people who want to jump the furnace can line up from this Zhongzhou to your Eastern Regions, and cherish this opportunity, after all, no one wants you to die......"
After the old man finished speaking, he didn't care about the tears in Dongfang Xue's eyes, and went straight away towards the central hall of Danwu Academy. In the thatched house, Dongfang Xue, who was tied up with five flowers, shed bitter tears, recalling the faces of those people in her heart, and after a long time, she was finally relieved, and her eyes were even more determined......