Volume 3 The Demon Emperor Passed Away and the Hades King Bell Rings Chapter 99 Secret
The mountains behind the Qingyuan Sect are vast and vast, and according to legend, it was once the imperial palace of the Xingmeng Ancient City, but because it later decayed and became a wasteland, it is now re-established as a sect, and its name is not well known.
Li Yunchen carried Su Wen and circled around the back mountain for a while before he found the cave where Xiao Lanlan was hidden. The entrance to the cave is very small, very hidden, and covered by branches and leaves, if it weren't for Su Wen's guidance, it would have taken a lot of effort to find it.
The cave was dim and dark, and Li Yunchen threw out the ghosts and threw them on the walls on both sides, illuminating the road ahead. Sure enough, when I walked to the depths of the cave, I saw Lan Lan who was chained, and her white and tender skin was ground out of blood, which made people feel distressed to look at.
Li Yunchen was angry, threw Su Wen to the ground fiercely, and then swung the demon slashing stick to break the chain. After getting out of trouble, Lan Lan's eyes were full of tears, and she stumbled over with her arms outstretched and threw herself into Li Yunchen's arms.
Li Yunchen comforted Xiao Lanlan while stroking Xiao Lanlan's head, and at the same time, he also found that Lan Lan was not the only one trapped in this cave, there were dozens of boys and girls of the same age, all of whom were blocked by iron chains, and their eyes showed fear.
"You caught all of this?" Li Yunchen asked Su Wen who was curled up on the ground, the latter nodded while trembling, his longevity was about to end, so he grabbed the child to refine the tonic to prolong his life. It's just that before he could do anything, the sect was wiped out, and now it's hard to save even his own life.
"It's really a loss of conscience! If I don't kill you, it's intolerable!" Fang Ruyan stepped forward and kicked Su Wen hard, and then walked over to help the group of children unlock it.
Li Yunchen handed Lan Lan over to Pan Zhen, and then continued to go deeper into the cave, where there were more than thirty children in total, all of whom were captured from the town. In addition, there was an old woman and a young woman, their chains were even stronger, made of real gold, and each link was as thick as the mouth of a bowl, even an ordinary Xianlu monk would be difficult to break.
Li Yunchen approached and looked, the old woman in front of him was full of wrinkles on her face, she was already old, and she was declining. The woman in white beside her is very young, although her appearance is not extremely beautiful, but she gives people a fresh and elegant feeling, like a hibiscus out of the water.
Both of them were unconscious, Li Yunchen took out a few herbs and gave them to take, and soon the two slowly opened their eyes.
When they woke up and saw a strange man standing in front of them, both of them were frightened, and they hugged each other, especially the woman in white, her body trembled, and her heart was full of fear.
"You don't have to be afraid, I'm not a wicked person, I just came to the cave to save people, and I found that you were also trapped here, so I rescued you together by the way. Li Yunchen raised the demon slashing stick and waved it towards the real gold chain, the old woman and the woman in white closed their eyes, not daring to look up, thinking that Li Yunchen was going to take their lives, until they heard a crisp sound of "bell", and the two slowly opened their eyes again.
Looking at the broken chains, the old woman and the woman in white eliminated their fear, and the two hugged each other and cried, tears like they had broken the embankment, and the uproar was endless.
After a long time, the two stabilized their emotions, knelt and kowtowed, and thanked Li Yunchen for saving his life.
"Old woman, please get up. Li Yunchen hurriedly stepped forward to help, this age can't withstand such a toss, "Are you also from the town, why are you trapped here?"
"That's right, it's a six- or seven-year-old child who needs to refine a tonic, so you two are not suitable. Fang Ruyan was also puzzled.
The old woman sighed deeply and said: "Actually, I was originally a member of the Qingyuan Sect, I married here a few decades ago and became the wife of the sect, and many years later gave birth to a little daughter Su Ying. Speaking of this, the old woman's expression changed abruptly, her eyes were full of resentment, and she said: "But I didn't know that later I accidentally discovered my husband's conspiracy, and as a result, I was locked in a cave in the back mountain, and it has been twenty years now, and my poor child has also suffered, and he has been imprisoned before the age of weaning......" The old woman began to cry again, and the withered palm gently brushed the cheek of the woman in white.
"So...... Are you Su Wen's wife and daughter?" Li Yunchen was stunned, and Fang Ruyan on the side was also deeply surprised.
"By the way, how did you find this?" the old woman wiped away her tears, suddenly remembered, and asked, "You came here to save people, does Su Wen's old thing know?"
"Well, mother-in-law, you should ask him personally. Li Yunchen pointed behind him, and in the dim light, Su Wen's self-effacing face met the old woman's eyes.
"Su Wen, you dog thief!" Seeing this face that made her have nightmares every night, the old woman's suppressed anger and resentment in the past twenty years all burst out, "You still dare to appear in front of me, all these years, I have been looking forward to breaking your body into thousands of pieces every day, you are really ruthless, I haven't come to see our mother and daughter for twenty years! I was blind to marry a beast like you!"
Fang Ruyan hurriedly calmed the old woman's anger so as not to hurt her body, and said, "Mother-in-law, what happened back then, he actually couldn't bear to lock you up in this cave and ignore it?"
The old woman breathed a sigh of relief, gradually breathed steadily, and said: "Twenty years ago, I found out that this old thing would go to the back mountain every midnight and three watches, at first I just thought that he was going to cultivate, but after a long time I felt that something was wrong, so I secretly followed him one night, and as a result, I came to this cave and found that he was refining tonic medicine with children! I was so frightened that I didn't dare to make a sound, so I went back the way I came. When I returned to the sect, the more I thought about it, the more worried I became, and I didn't want to see him enter the demonic path, so I persuaded him the next day. But this old thing not only didn't listen to persuasion, but was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he locked me in the cave, of course, he was also worried that Ying'er would also know about it, so he was also imprisoned. Our mother and daughter have been in this cold and dark cave for twenty years, and if you hadn't rescued us today, we might not have been able to get out until we died. ”
Li Yunchen was in a complicated mood after hearing this, and sighed for a while, he couldn't imagine that there was such a secret behind the Qingyuan Sect.
"Even his wife and daughter are not spared, it is really a crime that cannot be punished!" Fang Ruyan felt deeply disgusted for what Su Wen did.
"I can't imagine that you started grabbing children to refine medicine twenty years ago, and did such a hurtful thing, and you deserve to end up like this today!" Pan Zhen hugged Xiao Lanlan in his arms and spat at Su Wen.
"I'm here to enhance my strength, in order to magnify the Qingyuan Sect, is it wrong for me to do this?" seemed to know that he couldn't survive, Su Wen didn't have the timidity he had before, but instead became rampant, and laughed loudly: "Those geniuses and arrogant people from all over Shenzhou, they have paved the way for them since they were born, and they never have to worry about their cultivation, nor do they need to worry about their lives, one day of their cultivation is worth ten years of penance for me! They can look at the world at a young age, but I am still wandering on the immortal road all my life. Heaven is so unfair, how can I sit idly by, of course, I want to do everything I can to become stronger, so what's wrong?"
"Strong words! This has become the reason for you to kill children indiscriminately!" Li Yunchen was completely enraged by Su Wen's words, "The way of heaven is eternal, and all beings are equal. Although some people are born lucky and some people suffer, this does not mean anything, fate is in their own hands, and only by their own efforts can they embark on the path of enlightenment. It's not that you are so opportunistic and use all the evil ways to do it, so that in the end you will only reap the consequences. ”
If the sky has eyes, why do you block my dream of immortality, why do you cut off my path to becoming an immortal?" Su Wen clenched his claws with both hands and lifted them into the air, his expression hideous.
"Life and death are fate, all are fixed, you have fallen into the devil deeply, and you can't extricate yourself. Li Yunchen shook his head and said: "If you want to seek the way of immortals, you must first cultivate humanity, you have a bad heart, you are not even worthy of being a person, let alone cultivating immortals! You still stay here and reflect on it and spend the rest of your life repenting." ”
Li Yunchen didn't plan to kill him, he picked up the real gold chain, wrapped it around Su Wen's body, and blocked it.
"That's fine, it's too cheap to kill this old thing directly, and let him taste what it's like to be locked up in this cave!" the old woman sneered at Su Wen, and then thanked Li Yunchen and the others.
"Mother-in-law, these are all things we should do, and it is the duty of cultivators to punish adultery and eliminate evil. Fang Ruyan took the credit on himself again.
"Yes, yes. The old woman smiled and said: "But the grace of saving lives must be repaid, so let's do it, if this son doesn't dislike it, I will marry Ying'er to you, how about it?"
Li Yunchen was stunned for a moment, and then looked to the side, only to see Su Ying's eyes dodging and her face flushed, but she did not object.
"Mother-in-law, how can you repay your kindness for a major marriage event, I understand your intentions, but ......"
Li Yunchen was only halfway through his words, and the old woman turned her gaze to Fang Ruyan, then nodded and smiled, and said, "Needless to say, I already understand, since this is the case, I am not too strong." ”
Fang Ruyan blinked, then reacted, and hurriedly said: "Mother-in-law, you misunderstood, I am just ordinary friends with him, and I have only known him for a short time." ”
Li Yunchen also heard the implication of the words, and immediately explained: "Yes, mother-in-law, I have nothing to do with her. ”
The old woman smiled and shook her head.
Fang Ruyan covered her forehead with her hands, she knew that the more she explained, the more chaotic it became, so she simply chose to be silent. It was Li Yunchen who still kept talking and stubbornly wanted to make things clear.
After rescuing everyone, the group walked out of the cave, and at this moment, on the top of the mountain in the distance, a ghostly figure stood up, and a terrifying demonic aura emanated from the body.
Duan Tianling's black clothes fluttered, his long hair was slightly raised, and a hint of a smile appeared under his handsome face, and his evil aura was awe-inspiring. And beside him, there was a giant beast lying in wait, its eyes were like torches, its body was like a mountain, its whole body was surrounded by black mist, and its heavy breathing sound was like muffled thunder.
Watching Li Yunchen and the others come out, Duan Tianling turned around and left, disappearing from the top of the mountain, and the giant beast also went away, with every step, the ground shook the mountain, and the sound echoed endlessly in the back mountain.