Chapter 2 Snow Encounter
γEast Kunlun, Far East, Kunlun Mirrorγ
"Qinghuang hasn't escaped yet, I can't leave him alone!" The young man's immature tone was firm, and before the old man could stop him, he broke free of the other party's hand and ran back.
"Kozen, come back quickly!" The old man's beard trembled, but he had no choice but to turn back and chase after him.
Qinghuang, don't die, I will definitely save you.
The boy thought silently in his heart.
There were two red rays of light in a cloud of black mist, which had just been cut in two by the King of Chu, but it was wrapped around the entire arm of General Zhennan along the body of the sword.
"Daddy!"
Tuoba Qinghuang threw down his short sword and ran in front of General Zhennan, who reached into the black mist and groped for the hilt of the sword of the King of Chu.
He was trying to separate his father's sword-holding hand, but he couldn't.
General Zhennan did not blame his son's recklessness this time, his always solemn eyes were extremely gentle at the moment, he opened his mouth, as if he wanted to make a sound, but the black mist had already enveloped him in the next moment, swallowing him forever in the darkness.
The young man froze in place, still holding the hilt of the sword of the King of Chu in his hand. The black air was billowing in front of him, and he closed his eyes, quietly waiting for his fate to follow his father.
"Tuoba Qinghuang, I'm here to save you!"
"Are you a fool?" Tuoba Qinghuang didn't look back, his shoulders trembled, two lines of hot tears slid down his cheeks, he knew that it was Fang Xiaoqian's voice, and he also knew that they were all going to die here.
The old man had just run from a distance, and before he could hold his grandson, he was also swallowed directly into the black mist by a black dragon, turning into a cloud of pink powder. After a period of rage, only Fang Xiaoqian and Tuoba Qinghuang were left in the black mist, and it seemed that it wanted to enjoy these two young bodies one last time.
"The weak ghost dragon soul, do you have to rely on the mundane to replenish it?" a calm voice came from the snow mist.
Fang Xiaoqian looked back and saw a burly figure, he was wearing a shabby monk's robe, and his handsome face had an evil smile on his face. The monk stepped out of the fine snow, holding in his hand a string of eight beads, gently twisting.
"It's the Holy Monk. Tuoba Qinghuang glanced at the person who came, and shouted with a little bitterness, "Please be careful, this evil thing will eat people, we can't leave, the holy monk should run away!"
The monk was still smiling, but did not speak, but raised his eyes to look at the thick black mist, and a false light flashed imperceptibly in the depths of his eyes. Immediately, the black mist tumbled, and two scarlet streaks lit up from it, and in an instant, it turned into a long dragon and attacked the monk.
"Huh?" the monk's eyes contracted, glaring at the rushing black dragon. At this moment, the black dragon seemed to feel fear in the dark, and there was no tendency to drag mud and water, and the dragon's body turned over and rushed towards the boy closest to it.
"Take advantage of now, you run away!" Tuoba Qinghuang shouted with all his might, he couldn't move at all because he was holding the sword of the King of Chu in both hands, and there was a black mist rolling in it.
The boy glanced at him, then stood up and blocked Tuoba Qinghuang behind him. He stared straight ahead, the dark shadow of the long dragon enlarging in his pupils.
"Fang Xiaoqianβ"
The black dragon came too fast, and it hit the boy's chest in just an instant, and all the black mist seemed to find a place to go at this moment, and all of them followed the black dragon into the boy's body.
The black qi dissipated, and there was no trace of pouring out, and Fang Xiaoqian's eyes were also black and he fainted.
Tuoba Qinghuang was not bound by the black mist, and hurriedly supported Fang Xiaoqian, his face full of worry that had not yet dried his tears.
"Don't worry, although this ghost dragon soul is the most evil thing, it will not harm the host, he just fainted. The monk walked up to the two teenagers and paused, before he continued, "I must have been so frightened that I hid in his body, and now even I can't feel its breath." β
"It's okay. Tuoba Qinghuang put Fang Xiaoqian's head on his chest, he hugged him, looked back at the iron armor on the ground, and tears couldn't stop flowing out again. Tuoba Qinghuang could feel the mystery and strength of the monk in front of him, and after a while, he asked stupidly, "Why didn't the holy monk appear earlier, if you were here, maybe they wouldn't ...... it."
The monk bent down and gently placed his hand on his trembling shoulder, "I'm different from you, I've already left Kunlun once, and I'm not recognized by the Kunlun Mirror, so it will take some time to come here." β
Tuoba Qinghuang knew that the truth should be what the other party said, he drooped his head and stared at Fang Xiaoqian's face in his arms to feel a little better.
"The operation of heaven and earth is arranged in the dark, and life and death are also a link in the gears of fate. I've also lost a very important person, a lot of things...... There's no way to reverse it. The monk twisted the Buddha beads in his hand, "I originally promised Lord Tuoba to use the ghost dragon soul to go to North Kunlun in exchange for a divine soldier, but now he is no longer there, and the ghost dragon soul is attached to your little brother." Since it can't be done, let's just do it. β
"Are you willing to follow me and take the name of your Tuoba clan in this Kunlun?"
The monk stood up.
Tuoba Qinghuang looked up at the person who would guide him in the future, and nodded blankly.
Many years later, Tuoba Qinghuang recalled all this, and still felt that what he said was true, and the operation between heaven and earth seemed to be predestined in the dark.
"But I'm not in a hurry to leave right now, there are still monsters to deal with. β
"Isn't that black dragon in Fang Xiaoqian's body, and you said it wouldn't hurt him. β
"I'm not talking about it, the ghosts and dragons are evil creatures, not monsters. The one who is coming soon is the real demon. β
[A few miles to the west]
The end of the dense forest and the snowfield in front of the Kunlun mirror are connected to each other, and the two are like spring and winter.
The snow on the three-foot frozen ground shook slightly, becoming more and more violent. Suddenly, rows of towering giant trees all fell to the ground with a bang, and after a few breaths, a centipede with a thickness of several feet sprang out of it, its whole body was covered with pitch-black scale armor, and its head was raised high, if you looked carefully, you could also find that it had a terrifying white human face under its abdomen.
This huge black centipede was extremely fast, and soon crossed the snowfield, so that its body could be faintly seen hundreds of feet long.
At the same time, four more figures followed. After three of them escaped from the dense forest, they all swept through the air with their swords, only the last man with a rough body carried a wooden pavilion on his back, and rushed on foot on the snowfield at an astonishing speed, and it was Zhang Ziyuan and his party who came.
"Senior Brother Yue Chu, this is flat land, the speed of this animal seems to be a little faster, use more flying swords!"
"Okay!" The man on the back floor below responded, and there was a sound in the sword pavilion behind him, and in an instant, more than a dozen flying swords shot out like birds, pointing directly at the human face under the black centipede's abdomen. Although this monster is huge, it is not lacking in flexibility, and with a twist, the dozen or so flying swords did not hurt the vital point although they hit it, but only nailed it near its huge mouthparts.
Hiss β
The monster seemed to be in pain, and its wails resounded through the heavens and the earth.
Yue Chu rushed behind, and flying swords continued to be sacrificed in the Sword Pavilion, shooting towards the giant centipede's head one after another. Although it couldn't kill the monster in front of it, it still slowed it down a lot.
Zhang Ziyuan and the three of them landed on the monster's pitch-black back, and the long sword that was originally the royal line under their feet was held in their hands.
Lines of white, yellow, or black sword light suddenly lit up, slashing demon blood and splashing it.
"Senior brother, there seems to be someone in front of you!"
Zhang Ziyuan looked at the few figures on the snowfield in front of him, gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice: "Use all your strength to let this animal lose its vitality as soon as possible." β
The monk stood on the snowfield, calmly staring at the behemoth attacking in the distance, the strong wind blew across his face, and only heard his whisper in the wind, "I didn't expect that a big demon like the Ghost Face Fairy would appear in East Kunlun." β
In just a few breaths, the ghost-faced fairy was approaching. On its back, Yu Chenduan waved the red sword in his hand while shouting at the monk and Tuoba Qinghuang: "Get out of the way!"
Tuoba Qinghuang hugged Fang Xiaoqian and froze in place, where had he ever seen such a centipede the size of a small mountain, he was so frightened that he forgot to run away.
The monk stepped out, only to see him raise his hand and stretch out, and then an invisible gray circle of light burst out from his palm, shooting right into the human face under the belly of the ghost-faced fairy.
Immediately after, the monster in front of him fell to the ground with a strange scream, and the snow and dust flew up.
"It's so strong!" Zhang Ziyuan and the others were all shocked by the change just now, although they also had the strength to kill the Ghost Face Immortal, but it was by no means such an easy move to do.
The four of them stirred up a storm in their hearts, put away their swords together, and came to the monk. They all shook slightly, and Zhang Ziyuan took the lead in saying: "I've been chasing and killing this ghost-faced immortal for a long time, thank you seniors for helping just now, otherwise I don't know how much it will cost." β
"You don't need to thank me, even if you don't have me today, you can take its life, it's just a matter of time. The monk waved his hand, he glanced at the wooden plaque on their waists, and smiled softly, "It turned out to be a disciple of the Lingxiao Sword Sect. β
"Yes. Zhang Ziyuan bowed and replied, "Zhang Ziyuan, in the Lingxiao Sword Sect, dare to ask the name of the senior. β
"It seems that too much time has passed, and Kunlun has almost forgotten me. Why, seeing my colorless and phaseless Dao method, you can't even guess who I am?" the monk shook his head and sneered, and the Buddha bead in his hand couldn't help but twist a few more times.
When Zhang Ziyuan heard the words "colorless and phaseless", his heart was already overturned, and he suddenly recalled the gray light shot out of the opponent's hand when he killed the ghost-faced immortal before, his mouth opened slightly, and he was shocked: "Kumaragupta!"
"Yes, there are still people who remember. The monk, known as Kumaragupta, seemed apparently satisfied with this, and his bewildered smile hung back on his lips.
As for the three people behind Zhang Ziyuan, they were also shocked when they heard this name, and Yue Chu, who was carrying the Sword Pavilion on his back, was even more angry, and shouted: "Isn't Gumaragpta the demon monk who vowed to kill the immortals and Buddhas more than a hundred years ago!"
After that, it was the true qi drumming, and there was another sound in the sword pavilion behind him, and then more than a dozen flying swords were sacrificed.
"Senior Brother Yue Chu, no!"
Zhang Ziyuan hurriedly shouted, but his reckless junior brother's flying sword had already shot in front of Kuma Logupa.
Kumaragpta frowned slightly, the dozen or so flying swords were hanging three feet in front of him, no matter what, he couldn't make any further points. He glanced at Yue Chu and said indifferently: "I just returned to Kunlun today, and I don't want to do more killing. As soon as the words fell, the dozen or so flying swords in front of him burst in response to the sound, and they fell into the snow one after another, and Yue Chu, who was carrying the Sword Pavilion in the distance, also spewed out a large mouthful of blood with a "wow", and his body was also shaky.
"Senior brother!" Yu Chenduan and Yin Shuchang hurriedly supported Yue Chu, Zhang Ziyuan was sweating on his forehead at the moment, he understood that if the monk in front of him was really angry, Yue Chu had no hope of surviving.
"Thank you seniors for not killing. β
Kumaragpta ignored him, and he turned to Tuoba Qinghuang and said, "Let's go." β
Tuoba Qinghuang came to his senses at this time, he helped the young man in his arms up, and Zhang Ziyuan in the distance suddenly glared at the appearance of the young man at this time, and couldn't help but sigh.
"Senior, dare to ask who this unconscious young man is?" Zhang Ziyuan asked respectfully.
"Why, do you know people from Kyushu?" asked Kumaragupta, pausing in his tracks.
"It's not that I know each other, but that this son looks like an old man. After a little hesitation, Zhang Ziyuan said again, "This matter is related to the secrets of the sect, and I dare to ask my seniors for this son, I don't know if it's possible?"
"Oh?" Kumarugupa groaned slightly, then smiled, "Interesting, interesting." I was also curious about the fate of these two children, one followed me to Northern Kunlun, and the other worshiped the Lingxiao Sword Sect...... It doesn't seem bad, but since you said so, take it away. β
"Ah, why did you hand Fang Xiaoqian over to them!" Tuoba Qinghuang hurriedly shook his head and refused, and Guma Logagup touched his head and said, "They belong to the Lingxiao Sword Sect, and they are also the head of the righteous path in this Eastern Kunlun, so they will not hurt your little brother, but it is a good place to go." β
"But ......"
Kuma Logupa didn't let Tuoba Qinghuang continue, but glanced at Zhang Ziyuan and said slowly: "These two children are both related to me to enter Kunlun, if he dies in your Lingxiao Sword Sect, I don't mind offending one more decent person." β
"Please rest assured. β
With a slight forehead, Kuma Logupa pulled up the somewhat reluctant Tuoba Qinghuang, and then turned into a neon, swept towards the northwest, and disappeared between heaven and earth in an instant.
After Kuma Logupa took Tuoba Qinghuang away, Zhang Ziyuan was relieved, but there was still an indescribable fear in his heart.
"Senior Brother Ziyuan, your back is soaked with sweat. Yu Chenduan came to his side.
"Senior Brother Yin took Senior Brother Yue Chu back to the sect to heal his injuries, and Senior Sister Yu went back to report the matter of Guma Logupa to the sect master. β
"What about you?" asked Yu Chenduan.
"I'll take this boy back to see my master. β