Chapter XIX: Punishment

Xue Lingfeng and Wu Mei finally got out of the deep valley of death, it was ten o'clock at noon, and the sun was hot, but because they were in the deep mountains and dense forests, they didn't feel hot.

It's just that there is no road, and there are dense primeval forests everywhere, and the two of them can only roughly estimate the direction of Evil Wind Town, and they don't know if they are walking in the right direction.

After walking for about an hour, he suddenly heard the sound of crackling fighting in the depths of the forest in front of him, and hurriedly stepped up his steps, only to see that there were four people fighting inseparably, it was the fire and impermanence of the Heavenly Demon Sect, as well as the two major ghost envoys on the left and right of the Netherworld Palace, looking at the surrounding mess filled with billowing smoke and dust, it seems that this battle is quite fierce and has lasted for quite a while.

There was still a group of people standing not far away, it was the younger generation of disciples of the Heavenly Sword Sect, led by the law enforcement elder and the two old men, Dong Bufan, Qin Xianglan and Qian Xue, as well as Jingxu Jingxian under the Yuqing Temple, were also among them, all quietly looking at the four people who were fighting fiercely.

Seeing this, the dancing ghost happily called out to Uncle Huo, and hurriedly flew forward, Huo Zhongyi heard the cry of the dancing ghost, and his face was happy, and a palm shook open the left envoy of the Netherworld and flew towards the dancing ghost, and the wind impermanence also ghostly avoided the right envoy of the Netherworld and flashed towards the dancing ghost, and an encouraging fight finally subsided.

Huo Zhongyi looked excited, looked up and down the dancing charm, and laughed: "Oh, princess, it turns out that you are not dead!"

The dancing charm pretended to raise her eyebrows proudly and said, "Hmph, who am my dancing charm, how can I die so easily!Uncle Fire, Uncle Feng, are you all right?"

Huo Zhongyi laughed a few times uninhibitedly: "It's okay! On Yinfeng Mountain, we all thought that you were dead, and we felt shameless to face the Demon Emperor, and his grandmother was going to kill these two turtle grandsons to avenge you, so I chased all the way and finally arrived here, but I didn't expect that the princess would have a great fortune, hahahaha!"

The dancing ghost turned around and glanced at the ghostly envoy left and right, only to see that the right envoy of the nether was emaciated, the cheekbones of the sharp-beaked monkey were protruding, the temples were sunken on both sides, the nose was also pointed, the whole face looked ugly as if deformed, the hair was withered with a three-cornered hat with a sharp tip, but the eyes were sharp.

Wearing a silver-gray robe, it was painted with blood-like bright red all kinds of strange runes, holding a long pipe in his hand, I don't know if it was a flute or a flute, the color was dull, like iron, not iron, like jade, not jade, I don't know what material it is.

On the contrary, the left envoy of the Netherworld is tall and slender, with a delicate and clean face that does not even have a beard, and wears a black dress, although his hair is scattered and draped, the overall look is much more normal and pleasing to the eye, but his right hand is shocking, that hand is hidden in the sleeve, and the exposed claws are as thin as firewood, as if they have been dried for many years, and there is no trace of vitality in sight.

The ghost envoys on the left and right of the Netherworld were all relieved after seeing the dancing ghost, and the left envoy immediately said to the fire: "The princess is fine, the Fire King and the Wind King don't have to chase us anymore!"

Huo Zhongyi glanced at him, and said 'your grandma', his eyes glanced in the direction where the dancing charm came out, and then said to the dancing charm: "I saw the little girl in the sword gate that day, and that stupid boy, why didn't you see him?

"Why, look at him stupidly, Uncle Huo, you really care about him!"

After the dancing charm finished speaking, she smiled sweetly at the fire. While the two were talking, Xue Lingfeng walked out of the dense forest, holding the Xuanguang Sword in his hand, his clothes were tattered and his hair was scattered, and there were a few traces of wetness sticking to his forehead, he lowered his head slightly and looked broken, he walked past Wu Mei and the others with an expressionless face, and walked towards the crowd of the Heavenly Sword Gate.

Qian Xue saw Xue Lingfeng appear, her face was slightly happy, and she instantly returned to expressionlessness, still as cold as frost, and the subtle expression at this moment didn't even notice Jingxu and the others around her.

Qin Xianglan flew forward early, combed Xue Lingfeng's scattered hair, patted the dust on his body, checked his body to see if there were any injuries, and took his hand for a while and asked with concern.

When the ghost envoys of the Netherworld saw Xue Lingfeng, they could hardly hide the surprised expressions on their faces, looking at the world, there were definitely few 'Netherworld Ghost Hands' who had been hit with all their strength and could still act as if nothing had happened in such a short period of time.

Seeing the long sword in his hand again, it faintly revealed a strong murderous aura, but no matter how you look at him, he is very ordinary, and there is no cultivation at all, both of them are shrewd and veterans in the rivers and lakes, and the mystery must be explored.

After a little thought, the left envoy of the Netherworld clasped his fists and said: "This little brother is really hidden, and the Netherworld ghost hand who has been hit with all his strength is still nothing, which is really admirable. ”

Xue Lingfeng looked at the Netherworld Left Envoy, his expression was indifferent and he didn't answer, and he didn't make any moves, he was not good at words, he didn't seem to want to talk to him at all, and he was still in front of this crowd.

The Left Envoy of the Netherworld continued: "The sword in your hand is so murderous, I don't know what kind of divine weapon it is, can it open everyone'......s eyes?" It doesn't seem that the Heavenly Sword Sect will have such a fierce sword!"

His words caused everyone except the dancing charm to look at the long sword in his hand, even the wind impermanence and fire in the heart, the face was full of surprise, the law enforcement elder of the Heavenly Sword Sect tightened his pupils and clenched his teeth, and the resentment on his face flashed, Qianxue hurriedly raised her eyes to look at the dancing charm, but the dancing charm ignored her at all, deliberately putting on a deaf face.

"Evil Demon Dao, don't say much!"

After a moment of surprise and silence, Dong Bufan shouted angrily, lifted the Demon Sword and took the lead in attacking the Netherworld Left Envoy, and then Qin Xianglan also went to help, and the three of them were entangled together for a while.

What kind of person is the Netherworld Left Envoy, although Dong Bufan and Qin Xianglan are both leaders in the new generation of the Heavenly Sword Sect and hold famous swords in their hands, he is still easy to deal with, but he doesn't want to hurt the two of them at this time, the attack and the defense are quite playful, his purpose is to see the true face of the long sword in Xue Lingfeng's hand, and then test whether he has cultivated or not.

The Right Envoy of the Netherworld stood aside, looking like he was watching a good show. But when he heard a sharp bang, the sword was unsheathed, and the snow-white figure of Qianxue flashed, like an arrow from the string, it was actually a direct attack on the right envoy of the Netherworld!

The right envoy of the Netherworld was startled and hurriedly flew up, shaking the tube in his hand and fighting with Qianxue, Qianxue went all out as soon as he made a move, only to see the phantom shaking the sword qi horizontally, and for a while forced the right envoy of the Netherworld to retreat, but she was young after all, and with the loss of true yuan in the past few days, she gradually became at a disadvantage after dozens of rounds.

Seeing the young disciple being bullied, the law enforcement elder let out a long howl, and his voice was loud and implied the rolling True Yuan internal force: "Two shameless old ghosts, I can't imagine that after not seeing each other for many years, you have only learned to bully juniors!"

The ghost envoys of the Netherworld had no intention of fighting with the people of the Heavenly Sword Gate at this time, and when they heard this, they got rid of their opponents one after another, and they flashed to the side and stopped, and the left envoy clasped his fists and bowed slightly: "The elder has misunderstood, the Netherworld Palace and the Heavenly Sword Gate have always been friendly......!" The Heavenly Sword Sect should settle accounts with the Heavenly Demon Sect!"

The law enforcement elder looked angry, but he still suppressed his temper and said, "Oh, then you can talk about it!"

The left envoy of the Netherworld glanced at Huo Zhongyi and the others: "Everyone knows that eighteen years ago, Xue Xiaotian's wife died tragically, and Xue Xiaotian was sad and angry when he broke into the Heavenly Demon Sect alone in the Half Heaven Cliff, and since then he has disappeared without a trace, this result is understandable, the whole world thinks that he died alone in the Half Heaven Cliff, but it is a pity that Xue Daxia I was a hero, but in the end he ended up with an unknown death, it is really sad and lamentable!"

Hearing this, Xue Lingfeng was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, the hand holding the Xuanguang Sword couldn't help but tremble slightly, he raised his head, his face was full of surprise, anger and doubt, and looked at the Netherworld Left Envoy and said word by word: "What did you say...... But really?"

"Such a sensational event in the world, everyone in the whole rivers and lakes knows about it, is it possible that the little brother is in the Heavenly Sword Gate, but he doesn't know?"

As he spoke, the Left Envoy of the Netherworld wondered in his heart, why was this person so abnormal when he heard about Xue Xiaotian's affairs, could he be Xue Xiaotian's widow? If so, it would be much easier.

Xue Lingfeng turned his head to look at the law enforcement elder and the others, and saw that the law enforcement elder's eyes were wandering and his face was embarrassed, and he deliberately avoided his inquiring gaze, his heart sank suddenly, the father and mother he was looking for had died tragically eighteen years ago, and since then he really has nothing!

There was a pain in his heart, and tears were almost about to burst out of his eyes! He slowly turned to look at Wu Mei and the others, and the Xuanguang in his hand was held tighter, only to feel a heat surging up in the depths of his body, gradually spreading all over his body.

Seeing that he was indifferent, it seemed that all good things no longer existed for him! Only the two eyes were still shining, and there, she saw his sadness and despair, as well as anger, uncontrollable rolling anger! There was a sour feeling in her heart, and she hurriedly whispered: "Xue Lingfeng, don't believe his nonsense, your father ...... him."

"I believe it!"

Before she finished speaking, Xue Lingfeng interrupted her words with an angry shout, he has always been not good at words, and he was a little shy and stupid, but he said it so categorically!

Seeing this, the left envoy of the Netherworld hurriedly said: "It turns out that the little brother is the son of Xue Daxia, there is really no dog under the tiger father! By the way, your mother was brutally killed on the way to Bantian Cliff, and died in the 'Qulan City' of the Heavenly Demon Sect, this is obviously also the work of the Heavenly Demon Sect! Now is the great time, use the divine sword in your hand to avenge your parents!"

Xue Lingfeng's body was unbearably hot, his forehead was already covered with dense beads of sweat all of a sudden, and then he was provoked by the words of the Netherworld Left, only to feel a powerful force constantly rushing in his body, and his whole body was about to explode, he lifted his feet and slowly walked towards the dancing charms.

Wu Mei was muttering in his heart, why didn't this group of old immortals of the Heavenly Sword Sect tell him anything! Seeing Xue Lingfeng's eyes showing a fierce light, sweating profusely holding the Xuanguang Sword, he immediately shouted: "Xue Lingfeng, calm down, you listen well, the current Demon Emperor is also my father, he is your own uncle, how could he kill his own sister! And your father has been to the Heavenly Cliff for a long time, but the Heavenly Demon Sect definitely did not kill him! Why don't you know anything? Don't listen to that old puppet instigating nonsense!"

Xue Lingfeng was stunned for a moment and stopped, then turned around and looked at the law enforcement elder and the two seniors beside him again, seeing that they were all embarrassed, and what Wu Mei said could be regarded as acquiescence.

He turned around and laughed in his heart: His enemy is also his uncle, why is this? Why has no one ever told me this? Why? It turns out that he was born so lonely, and he has to face everything and the whole world alone! Infinite grief and indignation suddenly surged in his heart, and the Xuanguang Sword in his hand trembled, and with the slightest black gas rising from his anger, there was a faint sound of a ghost's roar and wail.

At this time, I heard the left envoy of the Netherworld say: "It is said that after your mother's death, even the bones were cut to pieces, and there is really no corpse!"

"Shut up!"

Xue Lingfeng finally couldn't hold back his anger, and pulled out the Xuanguang Sword with a snort, but he slashed a sword towards the Netherworld Left Envoy, only to see a strange dark green light slash towards him like lightning!

This light slash turned out to be even bigger than the thousand snow splits, and in an instant, it came to the left envoy of the netherworld, and the left envoy of the netherworld only felt that there was a strange strange force in front of him, which overwhelmed the sky, making people breathe, and hurriedly flew away in panic, and avoided the danger!

There was a crisp click, and a big tree behind him was cut off a piece, only to see that the incision suddenly turned black, as if it was burned, and the black was spreading out at a visible speed, and the whole tree seemed to be suddenly drained, and this short moment had begun to show signs of withering.

Everyone was stunned at once, this long sword was so fierce, and even more terrifying. Even the ghostly envoys and the impermanence of the fire were speechless for a while with their mouths wide open, and the law enforcement elders of the Heavenly Sword Gate stared at Xue Lingfeng tightly after being taken aback, and there was a trace of murderous intent in their eyes.

Xue Lingfeng just slashed out this sword, and then rolled his eyes twice and fell to the ground, actually fainted again, just for a short while, he was already sweating profusely and soaking the coarse cloth clothes on his body, at this time, I saw a flash of white light on his chest, and Han Yuzhu flew up in time, releasing cold white gas, quickly retreating the heat like fire on his body.

"Xuanguang Sword!"

The ghostly left and right ghost envoys and the fire and the wind impermanence exclaimed almost at the same time, the ghostly left and right ghost envoys glanced at each other, and then flew towards Xue Lingfeng, and several seniors of the Heavenly Sword Sect here saw the situation and hurriedly flew forward, fighting with the left and right ghost envoys, and suddenly the sky was full of sword shadows and smoke and dust, and the crackling sound sounded again, and it was chaotic for a while.

The dancing charm took advantage of the chaos to dodge to Xue Lingfeng's side, and just wanted to grab the unconscious Xue Lingfeng and escape, when there was a sudden 'clang' in her ears, and the Haoyue Divine Sword suddenly crossed in front of her, and a voice said coldly: "You, what do you want to do!"

The dancing charm raised her eyes and stared at Qianxue, and shook out the dance of light and said angrily without showing weakness: "I'm going to take him away, get out of my way!"

"No, no way!"

"If you can't do it, take it away!"

The dancing charm shouted, shaking the dance of light and took the initiative to bully her, Qianxue lifted the moon and flew to meet it, and suddenly fought together, one wanted to take people, one wanted to keep people, and one shot was a ruthless move, two stunning women, and they are both leaders in the new generation, the body is fast and elegant, graceful and colorful, but the big opening and closing are deadly, and it is difficult to give up for a while.

When the two were fighting, a woman suddenly burst out of the air, wearing a green coat and covering her face in a black shirt, and flicked it between them to block the two people in the fierce fight, and the woman in green clothes did not stop, and grabbed the dancing charm in the air and swept towards the depths of the forest, and disappeared in an instant.

Here, the ghost envoys of the Netherworld and the three elders of the Heavenly Sword Gate fought rightly and inspired, and most of the surrounding grass and trees and branches were broken in half, seeing that Huo Zhongyi and the others suddenly withdrew, the ghostly envoys secretly thought that it was not easy to snatch the Xuanguang Sword and the Cold Jade Bead at the moment, and the only way to report to the Lord of the Netherworld Palace was to plan for the long term as soon as possible.

So he also conjured up a burst of black qi and fled, leaving only a meaningful word from afar: The Great Elder must tell the Heavenly Sword Sect Master and tell him to teach his apprentice in a good life!

Two days later, the Heavenly Sword Gate, the Shengming Temple.

The wide square in front of the main hall was crowded with hundreds of Heavenly Sword Sect disciples, and even the people who cooked in the kitchen all came, and the crowd gathered together in three or five or six to talk quietly, and from time to time they looked up at the gate of the Shengming Temple.

The topic in everyone's mouth is inseparable from the three words Xue Lingfeng, compared to the kitchen workers in the kitchen are closer to Xue Lingfeng, with a sigh in their mouths, they can't believe that this young man who is silent and only works weekdays can cause such a big incident, and he doesn't know what kind of punishment he will receive.

In the Shengming Hall, Xue Lingfeng knelt quietly on the ground, his lips were pale and a little chapped, his face was indifferent, his head was so low that he was about to touch the ground, and the left and right sides were crowded with many elders and seniors, even Xu Changfeng, who had long since stopped showing up in public, also came, and looked at him back and forth over and over again.

The Xuanguang Sword was placed on a large desk, and the entire Shengming Hall was so quiet that people felt frightened, Chaoyangzi stared at the Xuanguang Sword tightly, and only after a while did he speak: "You say, how could such a fierce sword be in your hand?"

Xue Lingfeng slowly raised his head and briefly said about getting Xuanguang, but omitted many details in the process, and then continued to lower his head and remain motionless. Han Yuzhu gathered the light and suspended above his head, it seemed to know his master's current situation, and it didn't fly around and jubilant, but just quietly stayed by his side.

Chaoyangzi looked at Xue Lingfeng and then asked, "Then tell me, why can you use such an evil and powerful magic sword?"

As soon as these words were asked, everyone held their breath, they were curious, and most importantly, the people who could use monsters were all evil demons, and Xuanguang was still such a fierce and powerful demon sword.

Xue Lingfeng raised his head and looked at Chaoyangzi, then slowly lowered his head, he didn't say anything, he didn't know how to answer, and even he didn't know why he could use this Xuanguang Sword.

Chaoyangzi exhaled, suppressed the anger in his heart and continued to ask: "You have always been with the little girl of the Demon Sect that day, she is the only daughter of the current Demon Emperor, do you know?"

For a long time, Xue Lingfeng was still just kneeling in a daze, his head hanging low and not moving, his face was dull and dazed, and he didn't say a word as if he hadn't heard it.

Seeing that Xue Lingfeng was silent, Chaoyangzi forcibly held back the anger in his heart and said: "Okay! Okay, okay, okay, if you don't say it, then do you know what kind of punishment you will receive for doing this?"

Unexpectedly, Xue Lingfeng was still silent, fixed on the ground motionless like a wooden stake, without even a word to justify his mistake, the surrounding air instantly froze, and the atmosphere was so solemn that it was breathless, some people couldn't help but secretly raise their eyes to look at Chaoyangzi's face, even Xu Changfeng frowned, opened his mouth to say something, but didn't say anything.

"Bastard, you're talking!"

Chaoyangzi roared angrily, and the main hall buzzed and echoed, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense to the extreme, and dozens of elders and seniors in the entire Shengming Hall were sitting, but no one was silent.

Seeing this, Qin Xianglan hurriedly stepped forward, knelt down beside Xue Lingfeng and said, "Master, junior brother, he ...... He was just young and ...... for a while I was deceived by the demon girl for a while, and I think he definitely didn't know that this thing was an evil thing of the Demon Dao, and if he knew, he would definitely not touch it, and asked the master to punish him lightly!"

Seeing this, Qianxue also wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Dong Bufan, shook her head at her and said in a low voice: "The Heavenly Sword Sect is strictly disciplined, the rewards and punishments are clear, and this is related to the Demon Dao, the more people intercede for him, I am afraid that the punishment will be more severe!"

Chaoyangzi looked at Qin Xianglan and then at Xue Lingfeng, sighed and said, "In that case, what else do you have to say?"

Xue Lingfeng, who refused to say a word, slowly raised his head at this time and said, "Please tell me, Master, what's going on with my father and my mother? Why is the Demon Sect Leader my uncle today?"

Qin Xianglan was shocked, and hurriedly pulled the corner of his clothes to tell him to stop talking, but Xue Lingfeng ignored it, stubbornly raised his head and continued: "How did my father and mother die? Why didn't you tell me for eighteen years? Why is this? Don't I have the right to know?"

His voice became louder and louder, and in the end, it sounded like an angry roar and questioning, Qin Xianglan suddenly became six gods and no master, and she was anxious to continue to intercede for him, but she didn't know what to say.

"Bold, you are in the company of the Demon Sect and demons, and you still carry such a fierce sword, you dare to question the master like this without repentance!

The person who spoke was the law enforcement elder of the Heavenly Sword Gate, who hated the Demon Sect all his life, and the law enforcement was upright and ruthless, and he was irritable and irritable, and his brain was tendoned, and he had a high prestige in the Heavenly Sword Gate, even the five swords of the Heavenly Gate had to see his face.

Xue Lingfeng looked at him slightly, turned his head back again, and said nothing with a cold face, which made him even more angry, blowing his gray beard and shouting: "Come on, quickly take down this evil obstacle for me!"

There were two people beside him who came out in response, one left and one right walked towards Xue Lingfeng, Xue Lingfeng was still kneeling on the ground motionless, Qianxue stood next to him, still expressionless and cold as frost, seeing the two of them walking towards Xue Lingfeng, they subconsciously shook the Haoyue Divine Sword in their hands, Qin Xianglan held Xue Lingfeng's arm tightly and didn't know what to do for a while, her face was so anxious that she was about to cry.

At this time, the cold jade bead that had been suspended above Xue Lingfeng's head suddenly shone brightly, and the surrounding temperature dropped suddenly, and the dazzling cold light pierced so hard that people didn't dare to look at it directly.

The two people who were close were stunned by this sudden situation, and stared blankly at the bead in front of them that emitted dazzling white light, and suddenly saw the white elf inside waving the snowflake-shaped thing in their hands, and the next second they themselves turned into two ice sculptures, and they still maintained a surprised expression, and then there was a crisp sound, and the crystal ice cubes were scattered all over the ground.

The two big living people who were alive a few seconds ago were shattered in the blink of an eye in front of everyone's eyes!

A burst of surprised sighs and discussions suddenly sounded in the Shengming Hall, the law enforcement elder was furious, and after a loud shout, he got up and was about to make a move, Chaoyangzi hurriedly waved his sleeves first, Xue Lingfeng suddenly flew up from the ground, was pushed backwards by a strong force, and fell to the ground with a bang, only to see him grinning in pain with an expressionless face, but he still didn't say a word, bit his lip and got up, and knelt down again in front of Chaoyangzi.

Chaoyangzi looked at Xue Lingfeng, sighed a few times and turned around, and after a long while, he said slowly: "The matter has come to this, the Heavenly Sword Gate can't tolerate you, you will go down the mountain tomorrow!

The law enforcement elder listened to Chaoyangzi's words, and quickly got up with an unwilling face and said, "Sect master, if you let him go down the mountain, he will definitely ...... in the future."

"Don't say it, Elder Peace, he is Senior Brother Xue's only son, don't you want me to kill him!"

Chaoyangzi interrupted the words of the law enforcement elder, and with a wave of his backhand, the Xuanguang Sword floated up and landed lightly in front of Xue Lingfeng, Xue Lingfeng raised his head and called Master! Chaoyangzi paused, but never looked back! Xue Lingfeng looked at his back blankly, and it took a long time before he kowtowed three times! He got up and picked up the Xuanguang Sword and walked out.

Seeing Xue Lingfeng come out, the square in front of the main hall suddenly exploded, and the discussion was endless, but the crowd suddenly scattered to both sides to make way for him.

Han Yuzhu followed closely behind him, but at this time, it was happily flying around his head, and he didn't know if he knew what his master was doing. Xue Lingfeng strode over expressionlessly, deaf to the discussions on both sides, but he held the Xuanguang Sword in his hand tighter.