At the same time, in the Hualing River, Ling Zhen, who had transformed into a mermaid in the water, looked blankly at the charred dragon in front of him. The huge dragon body was endless, but there were lumps piled up on its body, like solidified rocks after a volcanic eruption.
"Click."
At this moment, some cracks appeared faintly on top, and some fragments fell off and were washed away in the water.
"Hammer?" Ling Zhen called out tentatively in a low voice, the azure fish tail swaying left and right in the water.
She remembered that Liu Yuan called the evil dragon "Hammer".
But although they were demon dragons, Ling Zhen knew that there were no real dragons in the world. They were just some dragons in different shapes. The only real dragon was the Dragon God they worshipped...
"Meow?"
Ling Zhen, whose thoughts were interrupted, opened his eyes wide, suspecting that he had been frightened the whole night and was a little unclear in mind. Otherwise, how could he hear a majestic cat's cry from among those charred dragon-shaped blocks?
But the dragon shape began to tremble, as if it had indeed responded to her call.
"Kacha kacha kacha..."
The sound of those charred blocks cracking made Ling Zhen overjoyed and she almost cried. After the demon dragon swallowed up the Spirit Dragon Shadow, for some reason she suddenly felt pain halfway through, and she had to step aside temporarily, watching the flames on Hammer Hammer's body go out, and then being wrapped by those charred stones like a cocoon.
Last night, there was a lot of thunder and rain, so the noise was covered up. But now it is almost dawn, if it attracts other immortal cultivators, it will be bad...
When Ling Zhen thought of this, he thought of his senior sister and Liu Yuan again. He wondered how they were doing now?
When she came to her senses, her eyes were filled with the charred fragments that had fallen off, and the dragon shape finally broke free of its rigid state and began to move slowly.
"Chui Chui! Chui Chui, are you awake? Let's go..." Ling Zhen happily walked forward and wanted to reach out to touch him, but suddenly froze.
After those blocks fell off, what was revealed underneath was not the original fiery red color, but a cold dark green color with golden scales on the edges that passed by in front of the eyes.
Lingzhen raised his head and met a pair of silver vertical pupils.
It seems to have witnessed the vicissitudes and majesty of the eternal years, and is engraved with the loneliness and solitude of those seeking the truth.
The light of dawn sprinkled down from above the water, outlining the full appearance of the dragon. A captivating voice came with a smile: "Hammer? You still like to play tricks as usual..."
"Lord Dragon God."
Lingzhen murmured subconsciously.
"Meow meow meow? Dragon God?"
The dragon head hanging down from above had a curious look on its face. Amid the water, its vertical pupils were clearly black. Ling Zhen was distracted for a moment and thought that she had seen it wrong because the light was too dazzling. But she was suspicious again. It couldn't be possible. Could the words she just heard be an illusion? She clearly felt the breath of the Lord Dragon God...
Well, she had never seen Lord Dragon God who had been in Zhanhai Tower since she was born, but the mermaids would pray frequently, and that was definitely the aura she felt.
"Why are you silent? Aren't we still going to Wanjian City?"
Chui Chui circled around her, and was surprised to find that his scales had changed color. He immediately chased his tail to look, and meowed in frustration, "Chui Chui is the Chixia Liulin Jiao... Where's Chixia? Chui Chui is a fake meow?"
Lingzhen put away his doubts. The Dragon God couldn't possibly be such a stupid cat... Oh no, a dragon.
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The sea is forever dark and the sea tower is cut off.
"Hammer... it's quite intimate."
The slender, snow-white bare feet walked on the pitch-black Tokachi stone ground, the chains on the ankles rustled, and the ground carved with ancient patterns reflected the solemn black clothes and drooping white hair.
She stopped beside the pool made of Tokachi stone, looking at the beautiful face reflected in the mirror-like water surface and the shyness and joy that could not be concealed in the silver eyes. Only then did she realize that she would also show such an expression.
"I kind of regret it..."
The woman whispered with a bit of loneliness, looking at the floating ice and the chilly icebergs on the sea in the distance.
Although the tip of the iceberg is small, it can be seen by people after all. However, the part buried deep under the sea, no matter how beautiful and magnificent it is, is still ignored.
After all, she was unwilling to do so, so who could she blame?
Suddenly, ripples appeared in the pool, and the image of an old man gradually emerged. He said in a deep voice: "Master, as you expected, the demons have opened up a new passage in the far north. We have sent people to intercept it."
The woman was silent for a while, then asked, "Has anything big happened in Zhongzhou?"
The old man's pupils suddenly shrank. How many years has it been since the Taoist master asked about Zhongzhou? Since suppressing the abyss of the Eternal Dark Sea, even the merman tribe that he sheltered has not received a response. What happened now that made the Taoist master pay attention to Zhongzhou again?
But now was not the time to explore the whole story. In front of the Taoist master, he could not hesitate. He immediately suppressed the shock and fear in his heart and said thoughtfully: "It was last night..."
Since the Taoist master spoke at this point in time, he must be asking about something that happened at this point in time. After thinking about it, it just so happened that something happened yesterday that could barely be considered a big event for the cultivators in Central Continent.
But even though it was some kind of demonic possession, there was actually no response from here. It was obviously a frame-up. Could it be that there was some unknown conspiracy behind this matter between the younger generation?
Yes, could it be related to the previous incident of the demon princess sneaking into Central Plains? They are still hunting down the monster who pretended to be the daughter of Emperor Wu. Could this be the clue?
He is worthy of being the Taoist master, the strongest person in the world except for the saint in Zhongzhou, and he can predict things like a god.
The old man became more and more awed and recounted the whole story in detail. As he was trying to figure it out, he gradually discovered the peculiarities of the man whose real name was Liu Yuan.
Being involved with so many forces, he shouldn't be unknown.
Could it be that this person is really a demon?
The old man was suspicious and was about to ask the Taoist master for advice when he heard the Taoist master ask again, "Is Yuxu Dao Sect being besieged by the Demon Cult?"
The old man said, “Yes.”
Could it be that the Taoist Master intends to help Yuxu? Even though it is a little bit unreliable now, it is still a righteous path against the demons after all...
"Yuxu is incompetent. After thousands of years, it has become so corrupt. What's the point of a sect that only knows how to fight among itself?"
The old man was startled and said respectfully: "Master, what you mean is..."
"Ling Yao is good, he can be the master of Yuxu."
Chapter 277 Without you, who will I ride on?
The Yuxu Taoist sect exploded.
Originally, it was just Ling Yao’s matter - as the largest immortal cultivation sect in Central China, even a little bit of trivial gossip could be widely spread, let alone such heavy news as now.
this is normal.
Ling Yao might have been bewitched or controlled by the demons, helping them kill their fellow disciples and then defecting. Even the unscrupulous lunatics of the Demon Cult would not dare to spread such rumors before.
But now not only has the news come out, it is also true...
The entire Central Continent was in an uproar, but before it could last long, news came that the Demon Cult had attacked the mountain and had even broken a layer of the Yuxu protective formation. Immediately, the whole place was in an uproar.
After this incident, the Yuxu Taoist sect delayed its search warrant for Lingyao for a while. Fortunately, the Yuxu Taoist sect was strong enough, and the first layer was broken due to an empiricist mistake. The Demon Cult was quickly blocked outside and the sect fell into a stalemate.
But the spectators had not yet recovered from the shock. For some unknown reason, the second layer of the Yuxu Taoist protective formation suddenly became ineffective. In the chaos, the demon cult's "Wan Feng Ran Jiang" broke into the Red Fire Palace master's hall on the second floor of Yuxu Mountain, and smashed the spirit tablets of all the previous Red Fire Palace masters while laughing.
When the Lord of the Red Fire Palace heard the news, his face turned green.
Even though they managed to intercept the Demon Cult later, they had already lost face. The Red Fire Hall was humiliated and could no longer hold their heads up among their fellow disciples.
No matter how powerful the alchemy talismans of the Red Fire Palace are, they will never be able to escape the sentence "Your main palace was attacked by the Demon Cult, and your ancestors were smashed. Oh, I almost forgot, that 'Wanfeng Ranjiang' was a member of the Red Fire Palace before he rebelled against Yuxu."
This is not over yet.
At the same time, Qingfengfang announced that seven forces, including the Wuqiu Family, Xuanyin Family, Taiqing Pavilion, Jiange, Xinjian Sect, Xiangsi Sect, and Gujiu Peak, had united to claim that the Lingyao incident was full of doubts and that the Yuxu Taoist Sect was too arbitrary and that the scene must be re-investigated, which was tantamount to attacking the Yuxu Taoist Sect in disguise.
Stuffing melons one by one into people's throats is almost choking them to death!
The master of the three halls of Yuxu Taoist Sect was almost vomiting blood. Things that had not happened in thousands of years happened all within these few days. The cause was nothing more than an internal fight that could be called a traditional art, except that there was an additional person named Liu Yuan as a medium.
Obviously, these people have not yet understood that this small variable is not the weights on both sides of the lever, but the point that supports the lever!
Any movement of this point redefines the weight on both sides of the lever.
But no matter how turbulent and turbulent the outside world was, the Shadeless Cliff was surprisingly calm.
Perhaps it was because everyone's attention was now drawn to the misunderstanding caused by the Yuxu Taoist sect, and the delayed search warrant did not carry much weight, and did not have much mobilization power for those sects that had blindly followed the Yuxu Taoist sect in the past.
Or perhaps Liu Yuan found this blind spot too well.
After all, even though Ling Yao has been accused of being a "traitor" and "colluding with the demons", she still has a lot of supporters. Especially when the seven sects and families made trouble, the credibility of the Yuxu Taoist sect dropped sharply, and it is still negotiating with the Qingfengfang.
Therefore, no one would have thought that Lingyao Taoist nun, a model of a righteous fairy, would hide in the stronghold of the Demon Cult, right on the bank of the Hualing River, not far from the "crime scene".
Liu Yuan and his group spent nearly half a month safely in the Wuyin Cliff stronghold.
Some are recuperating from their injuries, some are practicing, some are planning, and some are acting cute.
"I almost doubted whether I was here on vacation."
Liu Yuan held Zhizhi in his arms and sat in the inner room, consolidating the power of mountains and seas while thinking with amusement.
Outside the open windows on both sides was the Hualing River with gentle winds and endless raindrops woven into white lines on the surface of the river - the rain that had fallen half a month ago had not stopped until now, which made Liu Yuan wonder if a real dragon had been born.
But this is not possible.
You Su is still locked in the Zhanhai Tower. She has been guarding the abyss of the Yonghui Sea and has not come out for thousands of years. Even the mermaids can only worship her statue day and night.
During this half month, Liu Yuan also contacted Chui Chui through the soul contract. The stupid dragon meowed in fear and said that it might be a fake Red Cloud Scaled Dragon. It was so scared that it almost cried, and said in a wronged and embarrassed manner that she liked him very much and would be obedient in the future and would never leave her.
Liu Yuan took a long time to convince Chui Chui that he would not abandon her just because her scales changed color, and that he would continue to use her as a mount in the future.
"Without you, who will I ride on, Hong Fu, the Su sisters or Zhizhi?" Liu Yuan said.
Realizing that her function was irreplaceable, Chui Chui became happy and reported her and Ling Zhen's itinerary to Liu Yuan.
They have now arrived in Wanjian City and met Duan Lanruo. After hearing the news, the Lord of Wanjian City has sent people to look for Liu Yuan's whereabouts. He is more anxious than anyone else. She also contributed to Jiange's participation in the "Impeachment of Seven Families".
Liu Yuan instructed some things, mainly about Yuxu Taoist Sect and Nirvana Secret Realm. Finally, he asked Chui Chui to convey his thoughts and gratitude to Duan Lanruo.
"Hang up the phone," Liu Yuan frowned.
The evolution of Chui Chui was not within his expectations, or rather, Chui Chui itself was a hidden plot in Shuiyuewu. Now after swallowing the dragon shadow of Hualing River, the changes that took place were naturally beyond his control.
But the dark green scales... I always feel like I have a sense of déjà vu.
Liu Yuan shook his head, feeling that he was overthinking. No matter what, after Hammer Hammer evolved, his strength leaped to the fifth level of the fusion period, which was a good thing.
There was a sudden movement outside the door.
"Han Tianyi, the deputy leader of Wuyin Cliff, requests to see the Holy Envoy." A gentle and polite male voice said.
Liu Yuan put Zhizhi down, patted his clothes and stood up, thinking that it took half a month for him to lose his temper. This guy really has something.
All of them were injured to varying degrees, so naturally the fewer people who came into contact with them, the better. Therefore, Yiying maintained the noble and cool demeanor of the Holy Envoy, and only allowed Su Lanfeng to communicate and pass on messages, and no one else was allowed to see them.
The Holy Envoy had just arrived, so the people in Wuyin Cliff naturally did not dare to neglect him, but they also did not dare to be too attentive so as not to disturb the Holy Envoy. Each of them was like the waiters at Haidilao, carefully striving for a level of service that was subtle and silent.
After the Holy Envoy made this request, these frightened people actually breathed a sigh of relief.
So during the past half month, everyone only knew that the Holy Envoy came here for important things to do and that he had his own team of followers. No one knew anything else, and no one dared to know.
But why did Han Tianyi dare to disturb?
Naturally, there is a purpose in mind for disturbing you.
Chapter 278: They're All Aunts Anyway
No one in the yard responded.
Han Tianyi initially thought that it was his followers who were reporting, so he spent some time without thinking too much about it.
In his opinion, it was impossible for the Holy Envoy to refuse to see him when he came to visit. Even if he had no impression of him, he should still meet him as a courtesy.
Not to mention that he is the deputy leader of Wuyin Cliff, his father is one of the core elders. Here, except for Su Lanfeng, he has the most power. Xue Wei simply has an empty position as the leader and is in charge of miscellaneous matters. If you want to inspect various places and monitor the situation, wouldn't it be better to ask him?
It didn't make sense that even Xue Wei could come in and out so often, but he was turned away.
But he waited respectfully outside the yard for a long time, and still no one responded from inside the yard. Finally, he lost his patience, frowned and looked inside the yard, lifted his feet, but finally did not move.
Han Tianyi raised his voice a little and repeated, "Han Tianyi, the deputy leader of Wuyin Cliff, wants to see the Holy Envoy for something."
He then explained: "In recent days, Mount Xumi's attacks on Wuyin Cliff have become more and more frequent. Altar Master Xue is inevitably powerless to respond, and the matter has been delayed for a long time. If this continues, Wuyin Cliff will be exposed to the eyes of the righteous. I heard that Mount Xumi was attacked because Altar Master Xue had ordered the two true disciples of Mount Xumi to come to Wuyin Cliff to be killed. Altar Master Xue has just arrived, so it is inevitable that he made mistakes in decision-making. I came here to ask the Holy Envoy for advice..."
Han Tianyi seemed to be trying to plead for Xue Wei, which was naturally like a weasel paying a New Year's visit to a chicken - he had no good intentions.
Every word he said was in a roundabout way of saying that Xue Wei was incompetent and made impulsive decisions. Not long after taking office, he almost gave away Wuyin Cliff, a relatively important branch of the Demon Cult, to Mount Xumi for free.
"If the Demon Cult's upper echelons really come, they probably won't care what Han Tianyi is thinking. The mere possibility of the loss of Wuyin Cliff is enough for them to capture Xue Wei and beat him up, forcing him to go somewhere else."
Most of the people in the Demon Cult would not pay attention to this kind of struggle. After all, if one person died, they could find countless people to replace him. However, if a place like Wuyin Cliff was lost, it would be a great loss.
Besides, Xue Wei really came here just to gild his reputation. Of course, he is not as important as a local tyrant like Han Tianyi. There is no comparison in terms of cultivation and status.
Liu Yuan's expression was subtle, and what he was muttering had nothing to do with these two people: "Sumeru Mountain... Speaking of which, it has been almost two months since the Ming Sword Conference ended. I remember that Yan Guanlin, the nitpicking guy, was also a true disciple. Could he be the leader of the team that came here for revenge?"
Mount Xumi is the sect where the argumentative young man named Yan Guanlin whom I met at the Ming Sword Conference belongs. He is famous for his fast sword "Mustard Seed Universe", but he was defeated by Liu Yuan because of his speed at the Ming Sword Arena.
