Chapter 25: Out of Phase
Late at night, the large group of people who chatted and drank and guessed for half the night finally stopped, and gradually fell asleep one by one by the fire.
The continuous drizzle was still dripping, and the surroundings suddenly became quiet, and the lights in the large caves were still bright, and the fire was blazing, but only a few disciples who were keeping vigil were still awake.
Xue Lingfeng added a few sticks of firewood to the fire, but he was not sleepy, he was a little out of breath due to the heavy load, and Qianxue on the opposite side kept his eyes closed and meditated motionless, looking at a half-awake and half-asleep state, which should be exercising.
It stayed up until the second half of the night, and a loud noise suddenly came from the depths of the mountain, and the earth shook as if the entire Qingying Mountain shook slightly, and then a few rays of lightning tore the night sky with teeth and claws.
A few explosions woke everyone up, and from a distance, they saw a brilliant and incomparable light in the depths of the Qingming Mountain soaring into the sky, instantly illuminating the surrounding sky as bright as day.
The beasts all over the mountain roared like crazy, and the surrounding clouds began to gather rapidly towards the brilliance, and even the rising mist on the ground seemed to be quickly lifted into the air by some huge traction, flowing towards the top of the pillar of light, and after a while, the black and oppressive clouds gathered, constantly tumbling violently and flying, and the slightest lightning slashed one after another, breaking the night sky into several pieces.
This scene lasted for a while before slowly dissipating, and the crowd immediately became commotional, lighting a nest of torches and rushing towards the place where the pillar of light disappeared, for fear that the baby would fall into the hands of someone else if it was half a step behind.
Such a strong anomaly is a sign of the appearance of the strange treasure, and its powerful abnormal power directly triggers the movement of heaven and earth!
Qianxue quietly looked at the place where the brilliance dissipated, turned her head to look at Xue Lingfeng, just as Xue Lingfeng also turned her head to look at her, as soon as the two looked at each other, they immediately moved away, but from each other's faces, they could see each other's thoughts.
Seeing the crackling noise of the figures around him, those Jianghu scattered people and small sects were crazy and rushed towards the mountain behind the two main sects of the righteous and demon, and they also mixed in the crowd and followed up the Qingming Mountain.
When I went up the mountain, I found that there was no way to go, there were dense forests and valleys everywhere, and the ground was full of thorns and vines, and the faint light of the torch in my hand could not shine far at all.
After walking for a while, with a few lightning bolts and several explosions, a sudden storm and rain extinguished the torch in his hand at once, and the surroundings suddenly fell into boundless darkness.
The crowd was caught off guard, crawling and rolling a few steps after hearing several screams, and after a while, several people had fallen off the cliff or fell into the valley and lost their lives, so they regretted that they should not follow the mountain like this, but at this time the road down the mountain was more difficult to walk, so they had to curl up on the spot, their bodies had been drenched in the pouring rain, and the wind blew and shivered with cold, all looking forward to the rain and the night to pass quickly.
The next day, the downpour rained for half the night, and it didn't stop until dawn, Qianxue and Xue Lingfeng came out of a small cave, looking around to find the direction, but there was a white cloud around them, and their eyes couldn't penetrate a few meters, and they didn't know what kind of environment they were in.
After the rainstorm, the fog on the Qingming Mountain became thicker, and there was no wind, and there was no liquidity at all in the stacks, and the vision began to blur after a few steps, and at this time, the sky began to float in the continuous rain unique to the southeast boundary, and all around were gray, shrouded in a sea of dense fog and clouds, and only a few towering solitary peaks were exposed.
The two of them estimated that they walked to the depths of the mountain, the Qingming Mountain was rainy all the year round, and the mountain peaks were high and steep, the valleys were dark and deep, and there were many low negative plants growing on the ground, dense. Xue Lingfeng walked in front, the Xuanguang Sword was held in his hand, and with every swing, the plants in front of him fell into pieces, so that the divine weapon was used by him to cut down and open the way at this time.
Qianxue silently followed behind, remembering that on Yinfeng Mountain, he also walked in front like this to open the way for himself.
At that time, he was honest and simple, he was still a person from the Heavenly Sword Gate, and he was her senior brother, but in less than a month, he was still walking in front of the road, but he had already become a traitor to the Heavenly Sword Gate, homeless and even had no place to stay, and the two realms of righteousness and demons could no longer tolerate him.
But will he really become a traitor, will he escape into the devil's path? Thinking about it, I couldn't help but feel a sour feeling in my heart.
Xue Lingfeng sensed her strangeness, turned his head to look at her, and saw that there was a trace of imperceptible sadness on her icy face, and paused and asked, "...... Are you alright?"
Qianxue raised her eyes to look at him, glanced meaningfully at the Xuanguang Sword in his hand, and then shook her head.
Xue Lingfeng turned around and continued to open the way, thinking that he had guessed through Qianxue's thoughts at this time, and after a while, he suddenly said: "I can't go back to the Heavenly Sword Gate, and naturally I can't join any Demon Sect, I just want to find my father now, and the other ......."
He didn't continue, and with a wave of the Xuanguang in his hand, the plant in front of him poured a large piece like cutting tofu.
I don't know how long I walked like this, the fog around me didn't disperse at all, and the continuous rain still kept dripping! Xue Lingfeng looked up at the sky, and he didn't see anything in the gray sky, but the dense drizzle fell on his face, cold and cold.
The two of them were walking aimlessly and unhurriedly, when suddenly there was a crackling sound from the front, although the sound was very weak, Qianxue could still hear it clearly, and hurriedly called Xue Lingfeng.
Xue Lingfeng submerged Xuanguang into the scabbard and turned to look at her, Qianxue hurriedly pulled him to the side, the crackling sound disappeared at once, and the surrounding was as silent as death, Qianxue was busy listening intently, but there was no sound at all, and her heart was not good, so she hurriedly drew her sword and guarded.
At this moment, I saw that the dense fog in front of Xue Lingfeng was messy for a while, and then a long sword burst out of the fog with dazzling silver light, directly attacking his heart.
All this happened between the lightning and flint, Xue Lingfeng was frightened, and before he could draw out the Xuanguang Sword, he hurriedly fought towards his chest.
'Boom', a vague figure flew back from the dense fog, Xue Lingfeng also retreated more than a dozen steps and almost couldn't stand, silver light and black gas scattered in all directions, and the surrounding fog was dispersed for a while, and the person in the dense fog appeared, with a look of surprise, and what he was holding in his hand was the Demon Scorn Sword, one of the five swords of the Heavenly Sword Gate, and after he saw Xue Lingfeng clearly, he was surprised again, and blurted out: "It's you?"
Xue Lingfeng was also taken aback again, and then avoided his gaze with a moment of hesitation. At this time, several more people jumped out of the dense fog behind, it was Qin Xianglan of the Heavenly Sword Gate, Jingxu and Jingxian under the Yuqing Temple, and Chu Zimu, An Shitong and Qu Ling'er of the Wuji Sect, several people were also surprised when they saw Xue Lingfeng and Qianxue, Chu Zimu hesitated slightly, and directly pulled out the Thunderfall Divine Sword and pointed at Xue Lingfeng.
Xue Lingfeng was stunned for a moment, but immediately realized his current situation, his face became indifferent, and he looked at Chu Zimu in front of him coldly, he was now a traitor to the Heavenly Sword Sect, and naturally he would not be treated in the righteous path, let alone the Wuji Sect, they just used this to make it difficult to laugh at the Heavenly Sword Sect.
Seeing this, Qin Xianglan hurriedly stood in front of Xue Lingfeng, and said eagerly to Chu Zimu, "Senior Brother Chu, what are you doing here?"
Chu Zimu ignored Qin Xianglan, but turned his head to look at Qianxue, Qianxue took a few steps forward and stood next to Xue Lingfeng, also looking at him with a cold face, and said in a cold voice: "What, Senior Brother Chu still wants to teach a few tricks?"
Her words made the atmosphere suddenly embarrassed, Chu Zi Muben easily won the title of lifter all the way at the martial arts event, and was admired and praised by the younger generation in the world, but in an instant, he was seriously injured under Qianxue's half-trick, and became the biggest laughing stock in front of everyone, making himself and Wuji Sect lose face, and now it seems that although the injury has completely recovered, the damage in his heart, which has always been proud and conceited, is difficult to heal.
Chu Zimu's face turned purple with anger in an instant, and the hand holding the Thunderfall Divine Sword trembled slightly, still pointing at Xue Lingfeng, but it was not necessary to take it back, nor was it if it was not withdrawn.
Seeing this, An Shitong, who was behind him, hurriedly stepped forward, glanced at Qianxue and immediately looked away, pretending to be calm and plucking up the courage to say, "He...... He has been expelled from the Heavenly Sword Gate, and carrying such a fierce sword is clearly a demon demon, and you are defending him like this, and it is not ...... And it's not that there is no distinction between right and wrong!"
Qian Xue glanced at An Shitong coldly, then glanced at Xue Lingfeng and said, "Even if he is really the demon in your mouth, so what, when will it be the turn of Wuji Sect to point fingers at my Heavenly Sword Sect!"
Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more tense, Jingxu hurriedly came out to relieve the siege, smiled at a few people, and said while pressing Chu Zimu's hand: "It's all my own family, why bother saying these angry words, right now the Demon Dao is around us, and I have been attacked several times since yesterday, and I don't know where the other senior brothers and uncles are now, we should unite to resist foreign enemies, as for ...... As for other matters, there will be decisions made by the elders of the sect, and we don't need to worry about it!"
Jingxu found a good step for Chu Zimu, and he could only silently put away the Thunderfall Divine Sword, and Jingxian also took the opportunity to walk over and pull Qianxue aside to whisper, and finally calmed down the situation.
It turned out that the three major sects of the righteous path, the Heavenly Sword Sect, the Wuji Sect and the Yuqingguan, chased the Demon Dao into the Qingming Mountain last night, but unexpectedly encountered a sudden storm soon after, and then they were ambushed and attacked by a large number of people and horses of the Demon Dao everywhere, and suffered heavy losses after several battles, and everyone was also scattered and lost.
Now plus Xue Lingfeng, a total of nine people got together, all of them were the leaders of the new generation among the three major sects of the righteous path, and they were also a force that should not be underestimated.