Chapter 80: Crisis (Fourth Update!)
The wind blew softly through the trees, and the fallen leaves rose with the wind, and the smell of sadness and anger permeated the forest.
Xu Qing gently lowered Gao Han's body, stared at the foundation building monk with blood-red eyes, and said in a cold voice: "We are both disciples of Yuntian Sect, how did Gao Han offend you, you want to kill him?"
The foundation building monk's name was Zhang Cheng, he just glanced at Gao Han's corpse indifferently, and then said flatly: "Old Ancestor ordered me to protect Senior Brother Zhong well, and obey Senior Brother Zhong's orders in everything. ”
"Did Zhong Lihao ask you to kill Gao Han?" Xu Qinghan said, the killing intent on his body became more and more vigorous, and a dark aura gradually emerged from the deepest part of his heart, as if it was about to completely submerge his reason.
"Hey, Senior Brother Xu, don't you still understand? Why did Gao Han die? Hehe, the reason is actually very simple, if you want to blame him, you can only blame him for being too close to you. Zhong Lihao said predictively, facing Xu Qing, who was becoming more and more gloomy, there was no trace of fear at all, with the help of Zhang Cheng, who was a foundation building monk, how much waves could Xu Qing's cultivation of the Great Perfection of Qi Refining make?
"Hehe, it turned out that I indirectly killed Gao Han, but is it because the sect is more powerful than me that you want to take revenge like this? And you obviously had the opportunity to kill me just now, why didn't you kill me directly?" Xu Qing looked at Zhong Lihao and said softly, his expression a little lonely. He devoted himself to cultivating in Yuntian Sect, and only had a few friends such as Liu Yang and Gao Han, but now Gao Han lost his life because of him, how could he not feel guilty in his heart?
It is only one of the things that the big competition in the sect made me humiliated, the most important thing is that you are not involved with Lin Ruoxi, this is the reason why you will die, Zhong Lihao looked at Xu Qing viciously, but he would not tell Xu Qing these thoughts no matter what, he wanted Xu Qing to die without turning a blind eye.
"The reason why I didn't kill you just now is because I don't want you to die so happily, killing Gao Han first is naturally to make you blame yourself and feel guilty, I want you to be in great pain even before you die, haha..." Zhong Lihao laughed loudly, a trace of madness flashed in his eyes, and the birds in the forest were surprised and fluttered out of the forest.
"If you let the rest of the elders in the sect know that you killed your fellow sect like this, I'm afraid that even your grandfather won't be able to protect you, right? After all, your grandfather is not the first in the sect. Xu Qing said indifferently.
"Hehe, you don't want to think about your identity, will the elders in the sect choose to get along with my grandfather because of you? My grandfather is the pillar of the sect, one of the four great masters. Zhongli Hao sneered, his eyes full of disdain. Xu Qing is just a core disciple, how can he compare to him?
"Do you know my spiritual root?" Xu Qing smiled lightly and looked at Zhong Lihao and the foundation building monk, but his eyes were full of coldness, and he was full of indifference, ruthlessness, and resentment that went deep into the bone marrow.
"Hehe, could it be that you are the best spirit root? if it is true, then it will be a little troublesome, but unfortunately, I have not heard that the Yuntian Sect has a top grade spirit root. "Zhong Lihao has a very high status in the Yuntian Sect, and the news is naturally very well-informed, whether there is a top-grade spiritual root in the Yuntian Sect can't hide it from him at all.
"I'm not the best spirit root, but..."Xu Qing said, after a pause, he continued: "I am a five-line spirit root, only the fire spirit root is a top-grade spirit root, and the other four spirit roots are all medium-grade spirit roots. ”
Xu Qing said that his spiritual root did not have much inferiority complex, and seemed to be just narrating a trivial matter that had nothing to do with him.
"Haha... I thought you were going to say that you were the best spiritual root, do you think that the sect would embarrass my grandfather for a waste?" Zhong Lihao laughed loudly unscrupulously, he originally thought that Xu Qing lied that he was the best spiritual root because he was afraid of death, but Xu Qing actually said that he was a fifth-line spiritual root, could it be that he was stupid because he was afraid? But no matter what, Zhong Lihao didn't plan to kill Xu Qing for the time being, he wanted to see how Xu Qing begged him and collapsed step by step, so that he could get the greatest sense of achievement.
When Xu Qing and Zhong Lihao were talking, Zhang Cheng didn't say a word, he didn't know what he was thinking, his expression seemed to have never changed, and he had always been so indifferent. It wasn't until Xu Qing said that he was a fifth-line spiritual root that his expression changed slightly, and the indifferent expression on his face had a little more curiosity and a hint of uneasiness.
Zhong Lihao was already carried away by joy, and he didn't think about anything carefully, only thinking about how to make Xu Qing miserable and collapse. But Zhang Cheng is different, he does not have Zhong Lihao's deep background, everything needs to be thought through, and taking a wrong step may not be as good as the abyss, and from then on, there will be no return.
Zhang Wei had no grudge against Gao Han, and the reason why he killed Gao Han was only because of the orders of the ancestors, and he couldn't resist in the face of the orders of the ancestors.
Xu Qing's words made him think a lot, when Yuntian Sect accepted core disciples, it was very demanding, with Xu Qing's spiritual root, let alone becoming an enviable core disciple, even the inner disciples were probably open-minded, but he became a core disciple smoothly, and the depth of his background can be imagined, Zhang Cheng had no doubt that Xu Qing had at least one Yuanying Patriarch behind him to support him.
Of course, there is such a possibility, Xu Qing is just a descendant of a certain Yuanying Patriarch in the world, and the blood relationship is not close, so Yuanying Patriarch may not value him much. However, Xu Qing has reached the Great Perfection of Qi Refining at such a young age with such qualifications, so there is no need to think about it to know that there must be a Yuanying Patriarch who is fully supporting Xu Qing's cultivation and providing him with a large number of elixirs, so Xu Qing can have such an achievement.
Based on the above two points, Zhang Cheng can already conclude that Xu Qingji is loved by a certain Yuanying ancestor in the sect. Thinking of this, he felt that there were many beads of sweat on his forehead, Zhong Lihao had a deep background, he dared to do this, naturally someone gave him a top, but Zhang Cheng had nothing, the foundation building monk was high for ordinary people, but it was nothing for the strong people in the Yuan infant stage, life and death were only in a thought.
"It was the Patriarch of the Sect who personally arranged for me to enter the Yuntian Sect and become a core disciple, and the reason why I practiced so fast was naturally because of the endless elixir that the Patriarch provided me. Xu Qing said lightly, then looked at Zhang Cheng and said, "I remember that the ancestor once asked me to drop a drop of essence blood into a jade pendant, and then he left it at the old man's house." ”
These words are naturally half-true and half-false, but Zhong Lihao and Zhang Cheng have no way to judge whether they are true or false.
The methods of cultivating immortals are unpredictable, and some strong people can reproduce the scene before the death of their descendants just by relying on a drop of essence blood left by their descendants, although Wang Tao did not do it at the beginning, but Zhang Cheng did not know the truth after hearing it, and he would never dare to attack him easily, otherwise what he said was true, Zhang Cheng would face the wrath of the ancestor of Yuanying, and he would never dare to take this risk.
"You... Hmph, do you think we will believe your words?" Zhong Lihao finally understood the intention of saying these words, and he couldn't guess whether what Xu Qing said was true or false, so he was a little flustered, but thinking that there was no turning back now, he shouted: "Zhang Cheng, don't forget, how did my grandfather order you, and don't kill him?"
When Zhang Cheng heard this, he immediately frowned, what he listened to Zhong Lihao's words was completely because of the patriarch's orders, but Zhong Lihao drank him like this, which made him feel very uncomfortable, without the patriarch's instructions, Zhong Lihao was nothing in his eyes.
Although Zhong Lihao said that he didn't believe Xu Qing's words, he actually believed it in his heart, but he had no way out, so he planned to order Zhang Cheng to kill Xu Qing, and when he arrived at the sect, if Patriarch Wang really investigated it, he would only find Zhang Cheng to settle accounts, and then he would just have to die and not admit it.
Zhong Lihao's thoughts, Zhang Cheng knew very well in his heart, he was not stupid, so he naturally didn't want to. In terms of status, Patriarch Wang is definitely unmatched among the sects, and he deserves to be the first person in the Yuntian Sect, whether it is cultivation or prestige.
Xu Qing's purpose in saying these words was originally aimed at Zhang Cheng, Zhang Cheng had already entered the foundation building period, and if he fought with him, Xu Qing would almost be dead. As long as Zhang Cheng doesn't make a move, facing Zhong Lihao, Xu Qing is not afraid at all.
Zhang Cheng knew that he had offended Xu Qing now, and if Xu Qing returned to Yuntian Sect alive, Zhang Cheng would definitely be punished, but even so, he didn't dare to kill Xu Qing personally, so he planned to kill Xu Qing first, and then let Zhong Lihao take action himself.
Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment and then said, "Senior Brother Zhong, don't you want to kill him personally? Do you believe his nonsense? If he really has such a deep background, can he still hide it from Senior Brother Zhong?"
Zhong Lihao pondered for a moment, feeling that it made sense, and he was indeed blinded by his hatred for Xu Qing, so he asked, "Oh, I don't know what Senior Brother thinks?"
"Wouldn't it be more fun for me to contain him, and then Senior Brother Zhong personally took action, cut wounds on his body, and watched him bleed to death? Zhang Cheng suggested.
Zhang Cheng naturally had his intention to do this, if Xu Qing died of blood, it would take a long time, and with the help of the essence blood left behind, he could only find out the scene of the deceased's time before death, and this time was enough for him to escape far away and not let the ancestor see him in the picture.
Only such an ending is the best situation for him.
"Haha... Okay, just do as Senior Brother says!" Zhong Lihao laughed, he seemed extremely excited, as if he had seen Xu Qing's tragic state before he died.