Chapter Twenty-Three: Encountering a Master Underground in the Demon Cave
How deep the friendship was in the past, it is estimated that only the dead Xiang Hedong knows, but it is not difficult to guess that the friendship between him and Xiang Hedong is extraordinary when he sees the middle-aged person in front of him today.
"Nephew, your uncle and I can be regarded as close friends, and it is precisely because of this that I have cultivated this group of monks for him so that he can revive his family. ”
As he spoke, he looked back at the dozen or so monks behind him who called themselves Master, the expressions on their faces were a little unnatural, and now it seemed that they were treated as objects, and no one would be happy to change them.
"Senior, I haven't consulted ...... yet"
Xiang Jiuxuan also felt a little embarrassed when he saw them like this, so he had to quickly change the topic.
"Names don't mean anything special to me, and I haven't seen people by my real name since I've lived in seclusion, so if you like it, call me a wanderer. ”
Regarding this name, the middle-aged man really deserves it, if you put aside the current gratification on his face, he does give people a sense of bohemianism.
"Xianye senior, junior Xiang Jiuxuan, but you should already know my name, by the way, why did the senior appear in this place, it was because of the hurricane ......"
Speaking of this question, the idle man's face immediately became solemn, he first sighed, turned to look at the apprentice behind him, and then made a gesture of "please sit", motioning for the two to sit on the stone in the cave, so as to listen to him.
"Actually, you've already guessed half of the matter correctly, when a hurricane struck suddenly. I was living an ordinary life as usual, but because of my cultivation, I felt the hurricane coming in advance, and I had no choice but to take people away before it was formed, so I had to put the ordinary villagers into the magic weapon and take these apprentices in the direction of the Magic Sand Sea. ”
"That hurricane is so powerful that even your predecessors can't force it over?"
The idle man shook his head helplessly, and glanced back guiltily.
"Isn't it just insurmountable, I can't even save the lives of a few disciples, speaking of which, I'm really ......."
"Master, don't say any more. They will never blame you. We are all ordinary mortal children, if it weren't for you, we would have died a long time ago, how could we live so long, and today we people can listen to your teachings here, but it is also thanks to you!"
Halfway through the conversation. The people behind him began to speak. It seems that the idle scattered people are quite guilty. Otherwise, it would not have caused such a big reaction from the disciples.
"Okay, let's not talk about this, nephew of the Nine Xuanshi. You and this little friend must have strayed into the Storm Circle when they came to look for me, but you're lucky, and if you come in with us, I'm afraid it's not just those worms who will attack you. ”
"What do you mean by that, by the way, what kind of place is this, and why are there demons ......here?"
This question was asked to the point, and Gu Xuyao also raised his interest, since the idle man said so, then he must know some inside information.
"This place...... Alas, in fact, I didn't know that this would be the place of eternal resting of the Demon Emperor before I came in, but fortunately, I learned some ancient texts and read some information from those bone pillars, which knew that this place actually had such a big origin. ”
"The Demon Emperor is dark?"
Neither Gu Xuyao nor Xiang Jiuxuan had heard of this name before, but since he could be called the Demon Emperor, his strength must be extremely good.
"In the original battle between humans and demons, the demon clan dispatched a total of twelve demon emperors, six of whom died in battle, four of them were asleep, and the remaining two were unknown, and they didn't know whether they were alive or dead. ”
"Then why are there only so many demons guarding the Demon Emperor's side?"
"That's the point I'm going to say, after my research, I found that this dark sleeping palace was actually originally underground, but because he gradually showed signs of awakening, so the entire sleeping palace began to rise to the ground, it seems that because of this, the magic sand sea will become the demon sand sea that devours people, and the people who came in were attracted by the demonic sound of the demons, and they all turned into sacrifices to provide revival energy for the dark pole. ”
"And it is precisely because of this that the rest of the demon clan felt the breath of the Demon Emperor's awakening, so they came here from all over the place, it seems that they want to take the dim pole to a safe place, so that he can lead the demon clan again after he is resurrected!"
This is definitely news that is enough to shock the two of them, if the demon clan reappears on this land, then there will be no other result except war.
"But things are a little unpredictable. The idle scattered man changed his words. "When I came in, I did encounter a strong obstacle, but I gradually found that these demons are actually killing each other, I think you have also seen that the insect people actually have two waves, the first wave is from the ground, they are passive defenders, only when the enemy passes by, they will be dispatched, I guess they should be the guards who protect the Demon Emperor, and those insect people who shoot purple lightning in the clouds belong to the alien demons, they are also blocked by the guards, I think it should be the Demon Emperor in order to resurrect himself safely to protect himself no matter what。 ”
"So senior, you've been waiting here for an opportunity, waiting for the Demon Emperor to be resurrected to stop it?"
After the words fell, the eyes of the idle people swept Gu Xuyao, and he had a good impression of this young man.
"How can I stop the Demon Emperor from awakening with my strength alone, but I know that the movements of the Demon Clan have always been something they are concerned about, so I believe that as long as we can survive in this place, then sooner or later someone will break through the Demon Sand Sea and come in and destroy the Demon Emperor's body, and then we will naturally be rescued. ”
What the idle people said was not unreasonable, and his experience far surpassed that of Gu Xuyao and Xiang Jiuxuan, so at this time, they simply listened to him and stayed here without making a noise.
"Brother, I'm sleepy......" Meng Meng on her shoulder seemed to feel that the situation was getting better now, and she was instantly relieved and sleepy.
"It's safe here, let's rest here for the time being, and if your sister wants to sleep, it's not unavoidable. ”
The idle man glanced at Meng Meng and smiled slightly, in fact, whether he said this sentence or not, Meng Meng's slight snoring would sound as usual, and the nervous feelings in Gu Xuyao's heart also slowed down after hearing this voice.
"Senior, who is this Demon Emperor Diji, I always feel that something is wrong with this thing, why does he close himself when he wakes up, and even the demons are not allowed to approach?"
"The Demon Emperor is the Demon Emperor, only those who have obtained the heart of the royal family can be called the Demon Emperor, since he is the Demon Emperor, it is definitely a heinous villain, but in fact, it is not surprising that such a situation occurs, the Demon Race is not like us humans, although the open and secret battles between our monks are also very fierce, but the Demon Race is more ferocious in comparison, especially the contest between the Emperor and the Emperor, in fact, the Demon Emperor has no friends, they only have subordinates and enemies, when there was a war with us, it was because of disunity that we finally lost to us, in terms of strength alone, we can not take out twelve Demon Emperor-level characters。 ”
The idle people know a lot, and they can be said to be the most knowledgeable people Gu Xuyao has ever seen, and he just took this opportunity to communicate with him more, but he didn't ask a few questions, and the idle people turned the focus of the matter to Xiang Jiuxuan and his own group of apprentices, in fact, it was originally said that it was to train a group of elites to Hedong, but when the apprentices were accepted, it could not be said that they would be dead soldiers in the future, no matter what the reason was, the idle people could not do it.
In fact, after Xiang Jiuxuan recovered from the grief of Xiang Hedong's death, he began to think about how to receive this group of monks smoothly, this can be said to be the first batch of power they regained after the destruction of the Xiang family for a long time, although there are only seventeen people left now, but it is better than nothing, in the cultivation realm, especially when there is a fight between families, manpower is always not enough resources.
The initial contact was resisted by many monks, whether it was the idle wild scattered people or Xiang Jiuxuan, they didn't know where to start, but in the end, the idle wild scattered people still made it clear that they told them the truth about the agreement between Xiang Hedong and themselves, as the so-called people are not grass and trees, how can Xiang Hedong, who has never met him, be able to make this group of children who have cultivated from the mountain village trust, when he finished the last word, no one answered, it seems that Xiang Jiuxuan, the new master, is indeed not welcomed.
Fortunately, however, the Idle Wanderer was not a newborn calf, and he had expected such a situation at the beginning, and although he was reluctant to do so, he had no choice for the sake of his dead confidant.
"Okay, since you are not willing to do things for the sake of the oath of the teacher, if the teacher has something for you to do, will you listen to it?"
Everyone looked at each other when they heard this, but in the end they all nodded in agreement, such a thing as a big rebellion is really out of reach for these simple children.
"Well, even if I didn't misread you, then today I will announce that from now on, I am willing to follow Xiang Jiuxuan in order to revive the Xiang family, do you follow me? or not?"
Earlier, the fundamental reason why the idle people would live in seclusion in the mountain villages outside the world was that they were indifferent to fame and fortune, and they were tired of the fights between monks, and Xiang Hedong did not invite him out of the mountain at that time, but although he cherished this best friend, he really didn't want to be contaminated with the troubles of the world, so he changed to help Xiang Hedong train elite monks, but Xiang Hedong's death was very touching to him, and when Xiang Hedong died, he understood that if he had no confidant in the world, it was really meaningless to live, and it was precisely because of this, even if he reappeared in the rivers and lakes in order to Xiang Jiuxuan, the idle people had to help Xiang Hedong fulfill his last wish。 (To be continued......)