Immortal Road.

Chapter 673: Duel in the Rain, Brothers Kill Each Other

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The atmosphere was a little weird for a while.

The surroundings were empty and quiet, with the occasional sound of cicadas and frogs. The fog in the forest was growing thicker.

There was an endless war in the sky, and all three parties used their magical powers, which caused the vital energy to be disordered, the celestial phenomena to change drastically, and everything became hazy and unclear.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time."

The figure had his back to Hao Yun, like a ghost, overlapping between reality and emptiness.

His figure was sometimes distorted and sometimes misplaced. He looked into the distance at the horizon, feeling lonely and desolate.

"You are."

At this moment, Hao Yun inexplicably felt that the voice seemed very familiar, but also a little strange, as if many years had passed. That kind of restless feeling in his heart emerged, and he wanted to quickly uncover the true identity of this person.

"I am here to see you when Yin and Yang are separated, but my intuition tells me that if I say something I shouldn't, there will be unpredictable consequences."

The figure sighed, seemingly worried about him but unable to do anything.

"Never mind. It's enough for me to see you once. I can only leave you one sentence. You must remember it!"

"Don't trust anyone, even if that person is the one closest to you."

"Remember, remember."

A strong wind suddenly blew in the woods.

Amid the swaying leaves and twitching branches, Hao Yun rubbed his eyes and found that the figure had disappeared!

He was so shocked that he didn't even notice how he disappeared.

"Who is this person? Why did he come to remind me? And he said something inexplicable? Why do I feel that he is so familiar, even so kind?"

The shouting behind me came from far away.

"Young Master, Young Master!"

The protector Wu was the first to find this place. When he saw Hao Yun standing here alone, he was suddenly stunned.

Then he looked around. In this dark night, no one had noticed this place.

His expression was uncertain, his palms clenched slightly, and he was wondering whether he should take the opportunity to get rid of this guy.

This is a godsend opportunity while the Iron Protector is away!
Hao Yun didn't know the situation yet. After hearing the voice of the protector Wu, he didn't turn around, but was just thinking about what had just happened.

He always had a feeling that there was a huge message hidden in that sentence. What did it mean to not trust the people closest to you?
At this time, the guardian Wu was slowly approaching, only ten steps away from his back.

Within this distance, with his cultivation level, he can definitely wipe out Hao Yun completely without making any sound!

When the time comes, report the disappearance falsely.

The Jiuyou Sect would be leaderless, and at that time he could rely on his influence to compete with the Iron Protector and split off a group of people.

This can also be considered as an explanation to the new master Zi Chenggan.

The only thing that made him hesitate was that he was once an old man of Jiuyou Sect. He first killed the young master of Jiuyou Sect, then wanted to kill his disciples, and finally split up the remaining branches of Jiuyou Sect, and then eroded and disintegrated them.
This happened again and again, which was an extreme tempering of his Tao heart, tempting him to fall into the abyss and towards eternal damnation!
Everyone's conscience will be devoured by evil thoughts only after the bottom line is broken again and again.

Until I realize that I am hopeless and can never go back to the way I was before, I have no choice but to go down this path and become a numb, emotionless machine!

Before he starts to betray, he will find an excuse for himself, such as a wise bird chooses a tree to roost in, and a virtuous minister chooses a master to serve.

Later, after receiving the task of bringing Jiuyoumen under Zi Chengqian's command, he hypnotized himself and convinced himself that it was for the good of Jiuyoumen so that they would not be displaced.

Until now when he had the idea of ​​killing Hao Yun and dismantling Jiuyoumen, he could no longer convince himself and could not find any excuse. He began to deny himself and was wavering between depravity and redemption!

The guardian Wu was struggling. The demon cultivator also had a heart for Taoism. He was afraid that he would give birth to a demon in his heart, and even more afraid that he would go astray!
Hao Yun was completely unaware and was also immersed in his own world.

The two stood in the darkness, one in front and one behind, in silence, as if they had become the eternity of heaven and earth.

"Boom!"

“Hua La La La~”

It rained heavily and there was lightning and thunder.

Hao Yun turned around suddenly and saw the cold and murderous face of the protector Wu. His pupils dilated instantly.

That kind of tyranny, cruelty, bloodthirstiness, evil, struggle, regret, redemption, nostalgia...all kinds of emotions are intertwined on one face, as if it has become a complex and contradictory collection!
Hao Yun was shocked.

He didn't dare to make a sound, he was scared.

Why does Wu, the guardian who has always assisted me diligently, worked hard for Jiuyoumen and was entrusted with the care of an old minister, look at me like this?
"Crack!"

A bolt of lightning struck, instantly illuminating the forest and each other.

The guardian Wu slowly raised his hand, trembling constantly, and aimed it at Hao Yun with difficulty.

Whether you become a demon or not depends on one thought!
As long as he takes this step, he will completely break his bottom line again and again. That is the bottom line of being a human being. He will no longer be a human being!
Maybe he will become a cold-blooded and ruthless master of magic, maybe he will become a madman with a broken heart, or even a fool possessed by demons!

"I can't go back, I can't go back, I can't go back"

The guardian Wu murmured to himself, remembering the history of the Nine Nether Sect from childhood to adulthood. He remembered the teachers who died bravely, the collapse of the Nine Nether Sect overnight, the Nine Nether Young Master leading the people to break through, and Yu Xing's secret Jedi backstab.
"I...I don't want to do this, but I have to."

A huge aura appeared and locked onto Hao Yun directly. The brutal murderous intent was mixed with confusion and anxiety, representing the conflicted inner thoughts of the guardian Wu.

And at this moment, a murderous intent suddenly appeared in the forest!
The target happens to be the guardian Wu!
"what you up to."

In the heavy rain, Hao Yun wiped the rain off his face with difficulty and saw the Iron Protector walking away from behind.

The three of them formed a line.

This moment is frozen.

The Iron Protector's tall stature and broad shoulders make him look like a giant, standing like an iron tower in the rainy night, giving people an unparalleled sense of security!

“Hua La La La~~”

The rain brought with it a pungent smell of dust, the mud underfoot became soft, and it hit the leaves with a crisp sound.

The guardian Wu dared not move, his head was wet, and he didn't know whether it was rain or sweat.

Only his trembling body betrayed his inner feelings.

"I've noticed something's wrong with you since the day you came back from Yuxing's secret hideout."

The deep voice of the Iron Guardian was very penetrating in the rain, and the sharpness in his eyes pierced into his heart. "As a subordinate, you followed the young master into the secret vault and should have been inseparable. Even if you were temporarily sent out, didn't you know how to find him afterwards?"

"If it were me, I'd want to see him alive or dead!"

"If I can't find it, I won't come back alone, but I will wait until I find it!"

"But you, just came back like this, leaving the young master in there, tell me, what use are you?"

"Ten of you, a hundred of you, are not as good as a hair of the young master!"

"Only when he is here can the Jiuyou Sect rise again. Without him, where is the hope for the Jiuyou Sect? You have lost hope, and you still have the nerve to come back?"

"Why didn't you die for him? I often wondered if you had other intentions long ago."

The Iron Protector was sharp and hit the nail on the head. This old man was the number one veteran and was very observant. The Duck Protector thought he was hiding well, but he didn't know that he had already revealed his flaws.

"Also, you said you didn't know how Protector Yin died."

"He is a master of a great sect. There are only a handful of people who can kill him without anyone noticing!"

"In the end, he died, the young master also died, but you, the weakest one, survived. Can you tell me why?"

The guardian Wu swallowed his saliva, and before he knew it, his heart was beating wildly, and his chest was feeling pressured and he couldn't breathe.

Why is he alive? Because he took refuge with Zi Chengqian, so he is alive.

At this point, all his excuses were so pale and powerless. He knew that it was useless for him to say anything, because many things, even if he had not experienced them personally, would not stand up to scrutiny when looking at the results afterwards!
"Guardian Wu, what else do you have to say?"

Hao Yun calmed down. After being questioned by Iron Protector, he realized the seriousness of the matter. He had never doubted it before, but now he thinks he was really naive!
The guardian Wu did not move.

"I have nothing to say."

Drops of water dripped continuously from his chin, forming a line.

"Since you all think so, once suspicion arises, the crime has already been established. It's useless for me to say anything."

His voice was a little hoarse, as if he had experienced a catastrophe.

Now he is caught between the two of them, being neither a popular person nor a popular person. He had anticipated that he would be exposed one day, but until that day really came, he suddenly felt an indescribable tiredness.

From this moment on, he will no longer be able to hide his identity, and will lose all his relatives, friends, and teachers, becoming a lonely man from now on!
Apart from being a knife for Zi Chengqian, it has no other use!
"I brought you up, I really misjudged you."

There was deep disappointment in Tie Hufa's tone, and when Wu Hufa heard it, it was more painful than killing him.

Because the two are brothers, and the Iron Protector is like a father to the elder brother, they have taken care of each other for hundreds of years!
He turned around suddenly and yelled hysterically:
"You only know how to be disappointed. You only have the young master and the great cause in your eyes! But have you ever considered yourself?"

"We monks live our whole lives just to reach a higher realm and pursue greater freedom, don't we?"

"You have your ambitions, and I have mine. Why should you impose your ambitions on me?"

"The Jiuyou Sect has been destroyed. A sect that existed for tens of thousands of years collapsed in an instant. There were countless enemies involved, and there were more than two dozen Yuanying stage cultivators. How can you, a mere thousand people, restore the sect?!"

"Everything is so absurd, everything is so ridiculous. What's the point of overestimating one's own abilities and insisting on something in vain?"

When the guardian Wu got excited, he stiffened his neck, his face turned red, and he glowed faintly in the darkness.

"I don't want to continue fooling around with you guys. I don't want to waste my precious life on meaningless persistence!"

"I am also a human being. I have my own thoughts. I want to become a high and mighty Nascent Soul Demon Lord. I want to take a closer look at the scenery on the top of the mountain!"

"You can't give it to me, the young master can't give it to me, so I will find someone who can give me hope. What's wrong with me!!!"

The rain was getting heavier, with flashes of lightning and thunder in the sky. The crackling sounds in the forest were chaotic, yet contained a certain rhythm.

Just like Wu Hufa, although he sold out his master for fame and fortune, from his perspective, perhaps all this really has nothing to do with right or wrong, and it is also a way to get rid of torment!
But life is always relative. When you escape from this cage, you will enter the next one!
All men are born free, yet everywhere they are in chains!
Even though they are the Jindan Zhenren who are high and mighty in the eyes of others, they cannot escape the shackles of fate and become pitiful people who have no choice.

Hao Yun was shocked!

It was the first time he saw this side of the Guardian Wu, and he felt that his understanding of him since childhood had been refreshed once again!
He even couldn't help but have some doubts about himself, the mission he was carrying, and even the persistence of his master, Young Master Jiuyou!
Is it really meaningful for me to persist like this?
"Forget it. It's up to each of us to decide right or wrong."

The Iron Protector closed his eyes, and the raindrops dripping from the corners of his eyes fell into his mouth, which tasted a bit salty and bitter.

"You want freedom, no one will stop you. If you want to go further, the young master and I will not stop you. But you are trying to split and disintegrate the Jiuyou Sect, that is wrong!"

The old man did not move, but his aura had already spread throughout the space, and a huge shadow covered the place like a mountain.

"If you do something wrong, you will be punished. Do you still remember when you were young and you made a mistake in the sect, you were locked up in the Yinsha Cave by the law enforcement elder of the Discipline Hall, and endured the Yin wind pouring into your body for 9981 days?"

"Of course I remember. On the 39th day, I couldn't bear it anymore and was dying. It was you, Senior Brother, who interceded for me and took on the remaining 42 days. The sect's rules are strict and the laws are like mountains. You were left with a disease and later failed to break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

Dharma Protector Wu lowered his head, filled with guilt. He had caused his senior brother to lose his way, but Dharma Protector Tie never blamed him for it.

"If I had saved you, today's disaster would have happened. The young master might not have died, and Jiuyoumen might still have hope. In order to make up for my mistakes, I can only take action myself and clean up the sect. Are you convinced?"

"Junior brother is convinced, let's do it!"

Dharma Protector Wu took out his magic weapon. He knew that this might be the last time he would call him "senior brother". From now on, he would lose the only relative in this world.

The two rushed out of the woods and started a fierce fight in the sky!

Fellow students fight against each other, and brothers kill each other.

There are countless tragedies happening in every corner of this world, and theirs may just be a tiny part of it.

a long time.

The wind stopped and the thunder dissipated.

There was only a drizzle of rain all around, and the fog in the forest gradually thinned.

Hao Yun stood there with a heavy heart. He only saw Iron Protector coming back alone.

"Let's go, it's over."

The Iron Protector looked a little older, with more wrinkles on his face overnight, which was heartbreaking to see.

"Iron Guardian, we."

Hao Yun thought about how high-spirited and talented the team was when his master was around. He never expected that now there are only two of them left.

"Don't think too much, the real test is still to come."

The Iron Protector patted him on the shoulder and looked up into the sky, where three figures were still chasing the wind and lightning, fighting each other in the dim light.

"Cheer up, the road ahead has just begun!"

(End of this chapter)