Volume 2 Ancient Sword Chapter 43 Clearing
It was dark and overcast. The fog was thick and the rain was getting heavier.
The hidden path leading from Mianzhu Mountain to Qisang Mountain is interspersed between the cliff overhangs, twisting and turning, strange rocks and vines coiling. More than 800 people shuttled through the period, walking like home.
The Qisang mountain range, starting from the middle palace and ending at the leaving palace, is like a lying python that crawls out of the middle palace boundary, wrapped in the west of the Xungong boundary. In feng shui physiognomy, this leyline is the most vicious, and it is called the "rootless dragon vein". Therefore, the feng shui aura of the entire Xungong realm is cut off by this mountain range.
Xungong has always been the most impoverished and helpless place for people to gather, and it is also a "treasure land" for the survival of various evil and 'evil' forces. Why? Because the powerful forces in Qingqiu Continent will not focus their attention on the Xungong Realm. And the people who live in this realm are simple, they just need to resign themselves to fate, and that's enough. People always have a reason to live, and for a long, long time, people living in this realm regard waiting for God to open their eyes as the only reason for them to persevere.
As the saying goes: "Feng Shui takes turns, come to my house this year!"
It is said that by noon, Sima Liang and Yue Chen and others had entered the Qisang Mountains, and everyone found a hidden place to rest for a while. During this period, according to Zhuge Yi, Sima Liang, Liu Huang and others, Yue Chen also learned that the forces entrenched in the Xungong realm were roughly divided into three streams.
The first rate is called the "Five Cities", that is, the power of the family that occupies the five fortified cities, mainly Xiong, Ji, Shu, Qu, and Ai. Among them, because the Xiong family and the Yun family became in-laws, they became the undisputed head of the five cities, and there was a tendency to unify the Xun Palace realm.
The second-rate is called the "Seven Ghosts", which means that there are seven more powerful sects, each dominating one side, and causing disaster to Qingqiu City.
As Sima Liang said, in order to seize the family business run by other small families for generations, some big families secretly let the people of the Seven Ghosts make trouble and destroy. Then, the family clan stood up and repaired the evil people on the surface, but secretly sent a lot of spiritual resources for cultivation.
For too long, the locals dared not speak out. Many families are forced to be like maggots, and they have to be attached to a certain family in order to "preserve" the family business created by their ancestors.
The Hell Gate is precisely one of the seven ghost forces, which is weaker and the most vicious. Therefore, Zhuge Yi and others did not hesitate to eradicate this faction in the first place.
The third rate is some solitary practice of evil. Their whereabouts are erratic and extremely difficult to find. Their targets are often the wealthy families in the realm of the five palaces. Therefore, it often makes people feel that it is difficult to distinguish between good and evil.
In general, the strength of the strongest forces in the Xun Palace Realm could not be compared to the fifth-rate forces in the Five Realms of Qiankun and Kangen. This fundamental gap in strength has also caused the current pattern of Qingqiu City.
During the break, Yue Chen read the Qingqiu City Gazetteer painted by Sima Liang several times. He pondered: "This Sima Liang, why is he so familiar with Qingqiu City? In just three days, he even drew every street in the Eight Palaces Realm, the people and shops on the streets, and so on, in such detail. Not to mention some prestigious mountains etc. "It's more like everything is already in my chest, and it's just a drawing at this time. Yue Chen made up his mind that he would definitely find an opportunity to ask the reason.
At this time, Yue Chen also calculated that the seven sects known as the Seven Ghosts each occupied the seven branch peaks on the Qisang Mountain Range. The Empty Sang Sect, which was considered by Zhuge Yi to be the head of the Seven Ghosts, was the strongest, and there were more than twenty purple-robed elders in the sect. This faction occupies Kongyu Mountain, which is the mountain closest to the "snake tail", and is only a hundred miles away from the place where Yue Chen and others rest. And between these seven branch peaks, the distance is one hundred and twenty miles.
Although the power of the Hell Gate is weak, it is located in the middle, and if it cannot succeed for a while, it will facilitate the attack of the other six factions. Sima Liang and the others only took the destruction of the Hell Gate as the first thing, and that was because the location of the Evil Sentence Mountain was precisely in the protruding position where the seven branch peaks were connected, and it was easy to advance and retreat.
After thinking about it for a while, Yue Chen gathered everyone together and said his new idea. Sima Liang and the others just stared at each other and didn't reply.
After a while, Sang Geng said: "Hall Master, I won't hide it from you, in fact, this empty Sang Sect has always had the saying of the Yun family's lower court. It's just that the Yun family has never admitted it, but the Yun family has never publicly denied it. Moreover, its internal strength is probably no less than that of the Xiong family, and it is indeed difficult to start. β
"Yes, yes...!" Sima Liang nodded hurriedly and said, "The surname Sang is indeed not wrong!
"That's right! Let's take down the Empty Mulberry Sect first!" Yue Chen put away the map and said lightly: "How boring it is to pick up soft pinch!"
"Now?"
"That's right! We'll kill it now!" Yue Chen tightened his eyebrows and asked, "When attacking, what kind of people can be kept, and what kind of people must not be kept?"
"The hall master can rest assured about this! But all those who join these seven sects, whether male or female, are all great evil people! Moreover, these sects will never take in children, nor will they give birth to children in the sect. Zhuge Yi said sarcastically, "Even if you kill all the people here, you won't kill a good person by mistake, or someone who has no reason." β
"Let's go!"
Qingqiu City, Kongyu Mountain.
In a few moments, hundreds of people suddenly appeared in the foothills.
The actions of this group of people, under the unified command of a blood-clothed man, were like a bamboo, and they attacked the inner gate of the Kongsang Sect in one fell swoop. The Empty Sang Sect has never formed an effective defense, but all those who fought were killed.
Zhuge Yi and the others felt bad, approached Yue Chen several times, and wanted to persuade Yue Chen to order a retreat, but they were stopped by Yue Chen from afar, signaling everyone not to stop attacking, and strictly ordered to set fire to Kongyi Mountain.
For a while, the shouts of killing and fire rose to the sky. The stench of corpses permeated. In less than half an hour, the entire Kongsang Sect was destroyed, the pavilion and hall were burned, and all the spiritual materials, spiritual weapons, magic recipes, books, etc. that were found were all taken away.
After destroying the Empty Sang Sect, it can be said that the biggest gain is that more than 200 people each got a wishful bag. Coupled with Yue Chen's high-grade Ruyi bag, there is nothing that cannot be taken away.
Everyone in the Heavenly Wolf Valley gathered at the entrance of the road, all of them looked at Yue Chen with panicked expressions, without any joy, but Yue Chen was as calm as water. In the entire process of attacking the mountain, Yue Chen never made a move.
Everyone's hearts were asking, "Where did the master of the Empty Sang Sect go?"
Yue Chen naturally knew everyone's thoughts, "haha" laughed, and said lightly: "Senior brothers, you are thinking, the masters of the Kongsang Sect have gone there, right? I guess they are waiting for us at the Hell Gate." We will immediately attack the Yin Demon Sect and destroy them. β
Sima Liang roared angrily: "Hall Master, there is a traitor!"
"Whoever mentions the traitor again is the traitor!" Yue Chen said coldly: "Unless one of you can win against me, you still have to follow my orders." β
In an instant, everyone's faces were covered with a faint layer of frost. They were a little confused, how could this usually peaceful hall master suddenly change so much. Obviously, everyone can see that attacking the Empty Sang Sect was Yue Chen's temporary decision, and it was not a mature thought at all. Gradually, everyone had a common understanding, and Yue Chen had already noticed the clues, but he didn't determine which one it was. Although everyone felt that this was a reckless action to startle the snake, they also secretly admired Yue Chen's courage.
When going to the Xiaoyin Mountain occupied by the Yin Demon Sect, no one had the intention of enjoying the scenery and elegance, but followed closely behind, walking like a fly, and went straight to the Xiaoyin Mountain.
Sure enough, once the Yin Demon Sect was attacked, no purple-robed master appeared. With only seven green-robed people who appeared, Yue Chen felt that their Taoism was really too far behind the green-robed green fox disciples of the Divine Fox Sect. As long as the three people in the Sky Wolf Valley are surrounded by one, they can be easily killed. From this, Yue Chen deduced that the purple-robed disciples of this kind of small sect might not be very high.
After another half an hour, the entire Xiaoyin Mountain was full of corpses, and the smell of blood was solemn. The people of Heavenly Wolf Valley also began to be cautious, but no one dared to do more than what Yue Chen didn't say. After defeating the Yin Demon Sect, Yue Chen divided all the spiritual materials he had obtained on the spot, and he only took a part of the spiritual materials for alchemy. He did not set fire to the mountain, but left on his own.
Then turn to the next target, the Four Dog Gate.
Kongγͺ Mountain and Sigou Mountain are at the two ends of the mountain section occupied by the seven ghosts, go to Xiaoyin Mountain, the distance is far, normal calculation, it takes seven hours to walk. But with a person like Sima Liang, everything is different. Sima Liang's wayfinding ability, which is more sensitive than a dog, actually found a path that no one has ever walked before. This road is full of thorns and sharp stones, but for the thick-skinned disciples of the Divine Fox Sect, it is not an obstacle at all.
In just over two hours, the people of the Heavenly Wolf Valley rushed to the Four Dogs Mountain, and they couldn't help but say something, and they quietly killed them directly and quietly on the mountain. Naturally, there was no force on the periphery to stop this group of people, but when they arrived at the inner gate, three purple-robed old men appeared. The old man in the purple robe saw that they were some ragged "beggars", and thought that these people had taken the wrong path of begging and came to die. After sneering, he raised the spirit sword in his hand and slaughtered everyone with a fierce momentum.
Because the two more powerful sects have been connected, more than 500 of the more than 800 people already have spiritual weapons in their hands. After Yue Chen's order, the two sides fought together again. The ten people of the Heavenly Wolf Valley surrounded an old man in a purple robe, and the old man in the purple robe was like a trapped beast, and he had only the share of defending it.
Yue Chen shook his head and said to himself: "This is exactly the same as those small sects and small sects in Hongzhou! These purple-robed elders are probably at most a six-fold Qingjing realm? If this is the case, maybe I can leave a living mouth for my use!" Thinking of this, he casually played a first-order spell with his hand, hitting the eyebrows of a purple-robed old man, knocking him unconscious. The other two were besieged and killed by the disciples of the Heavenly Wolf Valley.
Before he died, one of the purple-robed old men glared at Yue Chen angrily and roared angrily: "Divert the tiger from the mountain!"
Yue Chen shook his head heavily, his lips moved slightly, and he wanted to say but stopped.
Sima Liang rushed over and said, "Hall Master, I've killed all of them! Who's next?"
"Senior brother, you give it to everyone, don't let you snatch all the wishful bags and spiritual materials alone. Look at you, you have already grabbed one mid-level Ruyi bag and four low-level Ruyi bags. Other senior brothers, are there any more?"
"Yes, yes, yes, absolutely!" Sima Lianghan said with a smile: "Hall Master, this middle-level Ruyi bag is the only one we have encountered. How about me?"
"Do it according to the rules!" Yue Chen glanced at Sima Liang and said loudly: "Inform the senior brothers to attack Nanzhuang." At the same time, Sima Liang was hinted at extremely secretly. Sima Liang was already very smart, and he knew Yue Chen's thoughts at a glance, and after being stunned for a moment, he left quickly and shouted loudly there.
The people of the Heavenly Wolf Valley used a fire to burn the Four Dogs Mountain clean. The flames that rose to the sky reflected the hundreds of miles of the Qisang Mountain Range.
Just when Sima Liang led the way to Nanshan, he came to a three-way intersection, Yue Chen made a temporary decision and attacked in three ways. At the same time, he strictly ordered everyone to meet him in a stream of the Qisang Mountains after three hours. I didn't go anymore, but went to the small stream to wait.
Since it was night, no one knew which side each road led to. I had to listen to Sima Liang, divided into three ways, and quickly disappeared into the night.
After everyone left, a figure appeared in the darkness and muttered, "When I am a three-year-old child, let you play?"
Xungong boundary, Qisang mountain range, South Mountain.
The location of this hill is very subtle, it seems to be the lowest of the seven branch peaks on the outside, deep in the terrain spiritual veins, but when it looks inside, it is guarded by the other six branch peaks, like a gold ingot, accumulating the aura of heaven and earth.
In the middle of the night, in the bamboo forest on a certain plateau in Nanshan, through a bright pearl light, two figures walked back and forth, as if they were extremely uneasy. The five figures sat around a stone table, sipping tea with great interest.
After a long time, one person couldn't help but ask, "Brother Nan, is anyone's news reliable?"
"It's not wrong! the Shang family didn't hesitate to sacrifice him and arrange him into the Divine Fox Sect, how could he be an ordinary mediocre talent?"
The other roared indignantly: "My Empty Sang Sect is finished, Brother Dog's Four Dog Sect is also finished, and we are still drinking tea here." It's really the eighteenth generation of his 'ancestor'. β
"Lao Sang, isn't it just the loss of a little spiritual material, some minions? When the time comes, take some back from me, and you're afraid that you won't find anyone and reopen the Empty Sang Sect?" This person named Nanshi Hou is the owner of Nanzhuang, who is mediocre and very good at business. I only heard him continue very calmly: "This person named Yue Chen is really not simple. Unexpectedly, the Spirit Fox Sect and the Fire Fox Sect let him succeed in a sneak attack. Now, I want to give us the 'Seven Ghost Alliance' to come out as well. It's still too naΓ―ve, if it can be sharpened again, it's really a talent that can be created. β
"Brother Nan, when will our rescuers arrive? You know, we don't know where they're going now, and we don't know who their next target is. β
"Hehe, after eating the spiritual resources of the two factions, it is time for those stinky beggars to be satisfied. I think that at this moment, they have probably returned to Mianzhushan. Nan Shihou sighed and said, "Tomorrow, there will be news that the eight hundred and six disciples of the Divine Fox Sect will be corpsed in Mianzhu Mountain. Then, there was a disciple who miraculously survived, and the Tao made great progress, so he was valued by the Divine Fox Sect. Haha......!"
"Oh, listening to what Brother Nan said, he has passed the news of the outer disciples of the Divine Fox Sect to the upper family?"
"Brother Niu, do you think which rats and the like deserve to be taken so seriously by me?" Nan Shihou "hehe" smiled dryly and said, "No matter what, there are more than eight hundred dead people, who cares who it is?"
"The old man really admires Brother Nan's wisdom and courage. It was really well-intentioned for the previous family to arrange such a prodigy to sit here......!
"Brother Yin is trying to say, will there be an accident this time?"
"That's right, Brother Nan, in case ......!"
"Brother Yin, it's okay. Although the top ten masters who guarded Nanzhuang were temporarily transferred out seven days ago, there are six brothers now, and it is still foolproof. After tonight, everything will be calm again. Nan Shihou paused suddenly, and said slowly: "We can't miss the big things of the family because of these small things! Now, the source of spiritual materials is a little poor." At the current collection speed, you still have to pick a few families with family backgrounds to start, and this one will all depend on the six brothers. β
As Nan Shihou was talking, a gust of wind blew in the bamboo forest, and a rough-faced man shuddered, and couldn't help but look into the depths of the bamboo forest. Suddenly, his pupils constricted, his face stiffened, and his eyes stared into the bamboo forest. After a while, he came back to his senses and roared angrily: "Who?"
The other six people immediately got up and followed the prestige, only to see a young man in blood standing quietly in the bamboo forest, looking at the seven people with a smile, his expression was extremely leisurely.
Suddenly, the blood-clothed man turned into a purple sword, like the momentum of a flowing cloud, like a needle, like a meteor, completely enveloping the seven people under the sword momentum.