Destiny is ashes

Chapter 726: The Lord of the Great Destiny (1w4, big chapter, asking for monthly votes)
Although Nan Huaijing's words were a bit unrealistic, they were recognized by the other four people present.

As true disciples, the five of them went down the mountain to experience hardships and fight to increase their destiny and luck, but it was also to better understand the nature of this world and the forces they belong to.

If one only knows how to fight and kill, then there is no essential difference between humans and demons.

The so-called true teachings require the spirit to regard the sect as one's own and to change the world.

But now, the Juer tribe could not stay there any longer. After discussing for a while, they went to other dungeon areas, led out other inner and outer disciples of the Mingjing Sect, and prepared to return to the sect.

They were too lazy to care about how General Juer would argue with the sect. What mattered most was to defeat the demon. There were many wars to be fought among the hundred tribes, and they had plenty of places to continue fighting.

However, many fellow brothers and sisters were injured, and there were no treatment facilities outside, so the five of them decided to return to the sect to regroup first, and then consider the follow-up.

A team of carriages and horses traveled on a dilapidated and ruined rural road. Villages that had been ravaged by war and whose people were tired and numb were recovering from the pain of war. Columns of smoke rose in the deathly silence, and it was unclear whether they were cooking smoke or the lamentations of the old houses that were set on fire.

The summer wind was scorching, and some injured Mingjing Sect disciples were thirsty, so the convoy came to the river to fetch some water and heat it up, so that they could wash their bodies and wounds.

"The water is poisonous."

Sun Xuan threw a pill into each large vat of boiling water. He explained, "The demons have already polluted the upper reaches. Although my master and his men have purified it, there are still some poisons in the soil. It's safe to cook it, but it's better to purify it again."

"What does this demon want?"

Gu Fei sat down on a big rock by the river. Today was relatively peaceful. He only killed more than 20 monsters that intended to attack the convoy, but he was exhausted. The purple-eyed warrior shook his hands and complained, "I want to kill people even if I don't want to live. How can a living thing be like this?"

"If I really understood, would that demon be a problem?"

Qu Yan pushed Gu Fei aside without any hesitation. She had just finished maintaining the magic tools for everyone and was exhausted. She picked up a stone and easily made dozens of floating stones on the river surface. "It's not that complicated. Just kill them all."

Thinking of her inexplicable experience of being imprisoned by the Juer tribe, she shook her head: "Compared to the demons who don't need to be understood, humans are more difficult to understand."

"There are not enough supplies."

Qi Hezheng and Nan Huaijing were walking side by side. They were just checking supplies and investigating the surrounding situation.

Qi Hezheng said with some worry, "The surrounding villages don't even have enough food of their own. The big tribes are even collecting surplus food. If they can't collect it, they will forcibly collect it. Just now, Senior Brother Nan drove away a group of people who were collecting food."

"That bunch of bastards."

Nan Huaijing looked towards the south fiercely: "They beat people up when they couldn't collect food. They even took away the last bowl of rice for the children. These sons of bitches are as poisonous as the devil."

Just now he and Qi He were asking whether there was any surplus food in the surrounding villages. After a few words, a group of soldiers from a large tribe came over, displayed their orders, and began to plunder food and money from house to house. Their hands and feet were not clean. If anyone resisted, they would be beaten immediately and the person would be beaten to death.

A family of skinny men, women, old and young, holding their children, begged the soldiers to leave them one day's ration so that they could save some energy to find something else to eat. However, they were roughly pushed away and thrown to the ground. The old man was obviously dying.

How could Nan Huaijing tolerate such a thing? He beat up all the soldiers and drove them away, and also killed the murderer, and finally left his jade mirror as a token of his love.

But apart from that, there was nothing much he could do. During the war, there were countless villages like this and he couldn't help them all.

"The devil is poisonous, but it is just a natural disaster after all. If you ask me, human hearts are more poisonous than the devil."

Sun Xuan is a native of Chenli and originally lived in the Hundred Sects. He shook his head slightly: "Without the Heavenly Demon, the Hundred Sects would still fight each other. With the Heavenly Demon, it just gives them an excuse to kill more fiercely... The Heavenly Demon may even ask the sect to take action, so the people below dare not use this as an excuse to kill innocent people and take credit. In my opinion, this war is actually more reasonable than before."

"Otherwise, the entire village would have been killed, and the entire village would have been used as military rations - if we accidentally force this village to surrender to the demons, they would have no chance of survival."

"Brother Sun, you shouldn't think this way. People can be educated, but demons cannot."

Qi Hezheng was also a native of Chenli. He shook his head and said, "It seems that the Heavenly Demons are the last threat to humans. Do we have to think highly of the Heavenly Demons and thank them for giving the common people the ability to retaliate?"

"Hey, how can ordinary people's hatred attract the devil? If you are not crazy, even if the hatred for the death of your entire family is several times greater, the devil will not pay attention to you."

Sun Xuan also knew that what he said was not quite right, so he laughed and continued to boil water to remove the poison and heal the injured disciples: "If there is really no supply, I will soak the Huiyuan Pills in water. They won't stop you from being hungry, but they should be enough to last until you return to the sect. However, some people's injuries may worsen, and there is nothing I can do about it."

"How to do?"

Qi He was listening in silence. He didn't care about Sun Xuan's attitude towards the demons, but he also understood that what he said was the truth: Without the demons, there would only be humans. Would the world be better? It might even be worse! Of course, if there were no demons from the beginning, the worst world would have the possibility of getting better.

But now is not the time to think about this. He turned around and looked at Nan Huaijing: "Let's kill the horses and then take turns driving the cart?"

"It's a waste of fighting power. What if we encounter demons on the road? But if there is really no other way..."

Nan Huaijing frowned with anger in his heart. The surroundings were not peaceful at all. Just like Sun Xuan, if some villages were oppressed too harshly, they might all turn to the demons and be demonized at any time. The so-called rear was not the rear at all and could become the front line at any time.

"Look!"

The exhausted Gu Fei looked into the distance. He discovered something and his eyes lit up: "Is there smoke in the distance? It seems that there is still some food in the rear!"

"Then let's go and take a look. If you still don't want to trade, we can still kill the horses when the time comes." With a choice, Nan Huaijing was too lazy to think about it any further. After resting for a while, the team set off in the direction where the smoke was rising.

But Qu Yan was still a little confused: "Why does it feel like... the smoke is a bit thick?"

The smoke is really big.

Because it was a raging fire that set the entire village on fire.

A group of warriors were methodically slaughtering the entire village. The weaker ones surrounded the village on all sides and then released ghosts and gods to bite the farmers who tried to escape and hid in the mud pits and ridges.

In the center of the village, several warriors were performing a ritual. They gathered the bodies and souls of the villagers together and covered them with a formation.

Refining the soul.

"What, what is this for?!"

Seeing this scene, Gu Fei was stunned. As a warrior, he had never attacked mortals. This might be a kind of arrogance, but no matter how arrogant it was, it was better than contempt and killing.

Especially when he saw a warrior allowing the ghosts and gods he raised to eat a skinny old farmer alive in his own field, he felt the blood rushing to his head and was about to draw his sword immediately. Sun Xuan and Qi Hezheng, who were also Chenli people, also had their eyes wide open in anger, and Qu Yan also had a furious look on his face.

In any case, the killing of a demon by a celestial being is different from the killing of a human being. A demon is a beast, an enemy, a natural disaster, but humans... humans have some things that they must never do.

Giggle...

However, before he drew his sword, he heard the sound of gnashing teeth and something breaking.

A tall figure passed by everyone and stood in the front.

Nan Huaijing drew his sword.

At this moment, Gu Fei suddenly recalled the rumor.

——The first in the previous true teaching session, Nan Huaijing, witnessed his own village being attacked by bandits when he was only three years old. The whole village died tragically, and he was the only one who survived because he was thrown into a well.

Without any unnecessary nonsense, Nan Huaijing flew out, and while still in mid-air, three colors rotated around his body, and he had already transformed into a ray of white light, which pierced through the atmosphere with a roar, and carried him with a sword of thunder to slash at the warrior who was laughing loudly and letting ghosts and gods devour people.

Halfway through his laugh, the warrior noticed Nan Huaijing's sudden attack, but it was too late. With the expanding air waves again and again, his entire body was torn to pieces by Nan Huaijing's sword light and exploded into a ball of blood mist.

His ghosts and gods were immediately countered by the contract, and they were killed and scattered in an instant.

"Who?!"

In the village, there were shouts of shock and anger, and a martial vein jumped out: "Who is coming..."

Before he could finish his words, Nan Huaijing killed two more warriors who surrounded the village, and Gu Fei and others had drawn their swords and rushed towards them.

This man was indeed a martial artist, and his strength was indeed not weak, but he was injured and besieged by Gu Fei and others whose strength was not only not weaker than his but slightly stronger. Naturally, he was defeated in an instant. After Nan Huaijing killed those warriors who let beasts run wild and eat people, he also returned to the village. Regardless of anything, he wanted to kill this warrior with another sword!
"Buzz!"

Although there were no signs of defeat before, when he encountered the crisis of certain death, a dim yellow mist like clouds suddenly emerged from his body, flowing like a river, forming the "Nine Bends of Yellow Spring" formation, blocking Nan Huaijing's sword.

"Tai Ming Sect?"

The sword was blocked, but Nan Huaijing did not hesitate at all and immediately swung out the second sword - and this time, the sharp edge of "Jinghuang Gangqi" was already shining on his sword.

But the power of this protective formation was too strong. Even the sword that Nan Huaijing was afraid of from Shen Zang could only cause it to bend slightly but could not break it.

Seeing that his life was temporarily safe, the young warrior shouted in a shrill voice: "Don't you know who I am? I am Feng Qi Guan, and my ancestor is Feng She Zhenjun of Taiming Sect!"

After saying this, the young warrior thought that this group of people would be a little afraid, but in the end, he was just kicked by Qi Hezheng one more time - the magic circle was only aimed at fatal damage: "Scream your mother, I'm going to kill shit like you!"

Nan Huaijing even grabbed his head, his eyes like flames seemed to burn him clean: "Are you the descendant of a true gentleman?"

He carefully looked at Feng Qi Guan in front of him, and then looked at the corpses in the formation beside him. They were all skinny and dark-skinned people who had lived in the local area all their lives, digging for food in the soil. They had already lived a hard life because of the Great Demon Hunt and the Hundred Tribes War, and they could not even save a mouthful of food. Now, their blood and souls were being coveted and captured as materials for soul refining.

There were also children in the pile of corpses. They were equally thin, like a big-headed doll, with sunken eye sockets and thin cheeks. Their heads were broken off and thrown randomly into the formation to serve as a kind of filling material.

Blood surged up, hatred and rage rose like a tide, Nan Huaijing's already overflowing anger now materialized and burned, the hand that pinched Feng Qi Guan's head became stronger and stronger, until the skull cracked and the protective formation appeared: "So..."

He asked with bloodshot eyes: "Why?"

"You are also a descendant of a famous family, why did you do such a devilish thing!?"

"They are all demons! They are infected by the demons!"

Even with the protective formation bestowed by his ancestors, Feng Qi Guan was frightened and screamed: "A large group of people nearby reported that a demon appeared in this village. We are here to destroy it!"

"As for soul refining, they are all demons anyway. Our people were injured in the battle with the demons. It is normal to use the enemies as materials to recover on the spot!"

The more he spoke, the more confident he became. Feng Qi Guan became angry and scolded: "It is you, the Mingjing Sect, who attack your allies at the slightest disagreement. When I get to the Five Sects Alliance, I will definitely sue you severely!"

"Demon?"

Nan Huaijing was stunned. He raised his head and carefully observed the pile of corpses again. With his magical eyes, he saw the corpse at the core. It was an old man, probably the village chief. There was indeed some demonic aura about him.

A desperate, empty feeling with no hope at all, and the only possibility of falling into the most empty and confused abyss.

Suffering... and loneliness.

The icy taste passed over his tongue, the sad wind swept past his ears, the chilling shiver went straight from his tailbone to his brain, and a faint sound echoed in his mind.

indeed.

This is indeed the smell of the devil.

Needless to say, Nan Huaijing already understood the reason for the village chief's depravity... Yes, most of the food was confiscated, so what was the future of these small villages? The despair of ordinary people could not attract the devil, but there were more than hundreds of millions of people in the world who were suffering and desperate, and there were countless people who could summon the devil.

but……

"Then why kill the others?"

The anger did not diminish in the slightest. Instead, the indiscriminate rage in Nan Huaijing's heart grew even more intense. His eyes widened in anger, and he slammed his forehead fiercely against Feng Qiguan's head: "You're still killing me like this!"

"Are you killing people for fun or to exorcise demons? It's ok to fool a fool, but you dare to fool me?!"

Perhaps knowing that Nan Huaijing couldn't deal with him, Feng Qi Guan became tough instead: "Fuck you, I have a demon-killing order, even if the True Lord comes, I dare to say that I am here to kill demons!"

"On the contrary, what qualifications do you have to attack me? I have just triggered the transmission, and now I can say that you were bewitched by the devil and attacked your friendly forces. Let's see who will be punished when the real person comes!"

Logically speaking, even if a demon appeared in a village, it should be carefully identified. However, for some warriors, this is too troublesome. Since a demon has appeared, it means that the area is a demonic land. It is convenient and quick to kill them all and replace them with a new group of people.

It was precisely because he knew that no matter which of the five sects' real masters there was a great probability that they would favor Feng Qi Guan that Nan Huaijing felt more disgusted and angry.

Perhaps, it is not just the sect's system. The entire world, and even the world of the whole world, has problems!

but……

How exactly can we change this order that may have become deeply entrenched?
Just as Feng Qi Guan said, soon after receiving the emergency message, a stream of light flashed across the sky, and a real person was about to arrive.

What made everyone look solemn was that the person who came was none other than the real person from Taiming Sect.

The five sects formed an alliance to deal with the demon army. True people from all parties were preparing to support the critical places in various places. Theoretically speaking, no matter where you are, the probability of getting a true person from any party is the same, but Feng Qi Guan was indeed too lucky.

"Xiao Feng? Mingjing Sect? Why are you here?"

Seeing Feng Qi Guan being pinned to the ground by Ming Jing Zong and others, the Tai Ming Zong Zhenren was stunned, and then looked at Nan Huai Jing with a frown: "Do you know what you are doing? Attacking friendly forces wantonly and killing people from my Tai Ming Zong..."

Before he finished speaking, his eyes moved slightly, and suddenly, an eight-armed ghost god suddenly appeared, holding seals in his arms, and attacking the five true disciples present with five arms at the same time, and the remaining hand was used to take Feng Qi Guan back.

As soon as the seal was formed, the sky and the earth suddenly darkened, and a sense of gloom and coldness enveloped everyone. They wanted to run away but found their feet being dragged by the hands of ghosts. The five arms of the ghost were extremely swift and suppressed everyone accurately. The aftermath spread out, hitting the ruins of the surrounding villages, and exploded a series of smoke and fire columns.

However, the five true disciples had already sensed something was wrong the moment they noticed the arrival of the real person, and had formed the Mingjing Sect's martial arts formation [Flowing Light and Shining], and had already put up a layer of shield long before the attack came.

The ghost god's giant hand slammed down like a falling meteorite, but every time it smashed down, a faint transparent layer of light would emerge in the air. Although it would be shattered every time, it could also stop the ghost god's attack, and the power of each shattering would not be wasted, but would overflow and become the power to condense the shield next time.

As the light spread, there were faint five-colored lines flowing, like a rainbow mirror, and it was even accumulating the power of the bombardment of ghosts and gods to resist the attacks of the ghosts and gods themselves.

Seeing that there was no way to capture him by surprise attack, the face of the Taiming Sect's Shenzang Zhenren became even uglier. He continued to exert pressure, and the eight arms of the ghost god disappeared, leaving only a series of afterimages. The precise, dense, and powerful fists of the ghost god smashed the martial arts array shield like waves. At the same time, he said: "Although I don't know what the misunderstanding is, Feng Qi Guan is the son of the Zhenjun. You can't do anything to him. Why bother?"

"Misunderstand?"

Nan Huaijing was the core of the martial arts formation, and the backlash from resisting the attacks of the real people would mainly be reflected on him, but he was able to hold on with his natural physique, and even had the energy to scold: "Killing civilians, letting beasts eat people, and refining souls at will as blood food! How is this behavior different from that of the demon sect demon?"

"It's the devil, destroy it!"

Feng Qi Guan screamed, "Uncle Song! I came here to take down the mission to destroy the demons. There are demons in this village!"

Song Zhenren was not stupid. He knew what Feng Qi Guan had done by claiming to be the Heavenly Demon Slayer after hearing this. However, his expression remained unchanged and his strength increased. "You slandered the Demon Slayer Warrior without any evidence. It seems that you are the ones who are making up stories. What else can we say? Let him go!"

This was said on the surface, but secretly, Master Song sent a message to the five people through his spirit: "Listen, put down your weapons, you little bastards of the Mingjing Sect, go back to your base, forget everything that happened today, and you can live peacefully with a lot of spiritual objects, and have a future. Otherwise, there will only be five more corpses corrupted by the demons here."

"Get lost, idiot." "Is this the level of Taiming Sect?" "It's just empty talk. Send Tianwu here." "I've written it down. It can be used as evidence."

"You're fucking threatening me?"

Nan Huaijing's eyes turned even redder when he heard this. He was so angry that he threw Feng Qiguan, who was still chattering nonsense, to the ground, stepped on his head and stomped it into the ground, "You are a real person who was raised by a bitch, you are a despicable Taiming Sect devil. If you have any backbone, use your magic power now and make things worse!"

"Kill us all if you can, or I'll take care of this matter!"

"If you don't eat the toast, you will be punished with a drink."

Master Song was really angry. He didn't plan to say anything more at this moment. He was ready to use all his strength to suppress and kill them all.

The eight-armed ghost god retreated and stopped attacking, but this did not mean he had stopped. On the contrary, a huge amount of evil spirits began to gather between heaven and earth. The eight-armed hand seals changed, and the wind and clouds changed suddenly.

Whoosh——Boom!!!

With ghosts and gods as the center, two huge tornadoes suddenly appeared between heaven and earth, connecting the sky above and the earth below. The two tornadoes were one above and one below, like an hourglass, and the connection in the middle was held by the ghosts and gods. The power of the sky, sea and the underworld gathered at this narrow connection between the tornadoes, condensing into a bow of heaven and earth.

[Magic Power: Life and Death in One Arrow]

Anyway, Feng Qiguan has the talisman of Zhenjun on him, so he can't die.

Just five martial veins, and you still want to make a big move? Could it be that all the five people present are monsters who can defeat the real people?

Before Master Song used his magical powers and after he had an argument with Master Song, Nan Huaijing had already sent a message to all the other Master Song's spirits, "Brothers and sisters, please go."

"Although each of you has excellent talents, none of you are at the peak of your martial arts. Even if you have the skills left by your master, you will not be able to resist. There are other brothers and sisters outside the village who need to be taken care of. Someone has to take them away."

"I have a secret treasure with me, and I will be able to hold this real person back for a while."

"But..." Qi He was about to say something, but Nan Huaijing took the initiative to disconnect from everyone's martial arts formation, grabbed him and threw him outside: "No buts, get out! Tell our Mingjing Sect's real people to come over!"

Things had come to this point, and Nan Huaijing was beginning to feel embarrassed. There was no point in saying anything more, so Sun Xuan and Qu Yan retreated together. The two of them headed straight for the Mingjing Sect team behind them and left with the convoy.

Only Gu Fei stood on one side.

"I do not go!"

Gu Fei looked at Nan Mingjing resolutely and said loudly, "It was me who said I wanted to come here to see this. Karma is my business. Besides, I also have a token given by my master, so I can resist a little bit!"

"Row!"

Nan Huaijing knew that Gu Fei couldn't be driven away after seeing this, so he didn't say any more.

Because the next moment, the real person's magical power arrived.

The thunder arrows mixed with the meaning of life and death of heaven and earth flew towards us, and there was no way that ordinary people could block them.

But Nan Huaijing and Gu Fei are not ordinary people.

Nan Huaijing held the sword upright in his hand, and a magic mark spread out, like a sea of ​​fire and silver flowers, but he did not cast it, but dispersed it, unsealed it. What he held in his hand was not an ordinary magic weapon from the beginning.

It was a 'magic weapon' whose essence was concealed. It could only be unlocked when Nan Huaijing made up his mind and concentrated all his spirit and soul to transform it into a ladder to heaven, completely merging his soul and flesh with the formation in his body, and being reborn into the world again!
The name of the magic weapon is 'Shangyao'. Nan Huaijing wants to break through the realm of [Dongxu Shenzang] at this moment!
On the other side, the talisman in Gu Fei's hand burned out, and the shadow of a middle-aged warrior with a long beard merged into his body.

[The divine creature, myself in the mirror].

The power of Zhenren Shenzang filled Gu Fei's limbs and bones in a short period of time. The inheritance from master to disciple can exert its effectiveness almost 100%.

The power of the life-and-death arrow instantly engulfed the two men, but it was only for a moment. The next moment, two suddenly bursting divine powers broke through the cover of the magical powers.

The magic sword was raised, and the sword light shot up into the sky, splitting the arrow. A dazzling sword light that was as bright as the sun on the earth slashed straight towards the huge tornado longbow between heaven and earth.

On the other side, the violent and turbulent purple qi rotated the light and shadow, causing the body to change thirty-two times in an instant. The body turned into a mirror, reflecting the sky, earth, sun, moon, mountains, seas and stars, and actually simulated a form similar to an arrow of life and death, and approached Master Song without being affected.

Nan Huaijing led the attack, while Gu Fei attacked from the flank. In an instant, they actually forced Master Song to retreat three steps and shouted angrily three times: "Good! Good! Good!"

"The Mingjing Sect is indeed very powerful. Two of these top-quality seeds suddenly appeared... What a pity, they both died here!"

In the final analysis, the two people in front of them are not the real Shenzang. As a master who comes from a certain sect, Master Song is also a first-level master, and is definitely not the kind of country Shenzang that can be surpassed by others.

His body became ethereal and merged with the ghosts and gods. In an instant, the eight-armed ghost god's eyes lit up, and the dazed giant god suddenly became smart, and layers of air wave spells lit up around his body.

He raised his hand, and the ghost god, who was obviously ten times more agile than before, held up the sword light. On the other side, he fired four consecutive punches to knock Gu Fei away, temporarily forcing the two to retreat. The eight-armed ghost god once again grasped the bow of heaven and earth, condensed the arrow, aimed at Nan Huaijing on the ground and shot it!
He is in the process of advancing to the divine storage, connecting the inner and outer world. He can only swing his divine weapon to attack and cannot move for a short period of time. He is a perfect target!
An arrow was shot out, like a burst of light from the sky, with great force, striking Nan Huaijing's body directly!
But at this moment, Nan Huaijing, who should have been "advancing", did not advance.

He suppressed his own advancement process, and at the moment when the arrow of life and death was flying towards him, he laughed loudly and dug out Feng Qi Guan, who had a terrified face, from the ground!
Then, he activated his magic weapon, created a sword light that was so powerful that it could swallow mountains and rivers, lifted Feng Qiguan up, and slammed him into the arrow of life and death!
In an instant, an octagonal web-like lightning streak bloomed in the sky and earth, and spiritual evil shocks spread out to dozens of miles away. In the center of the spider-web-like lightning was Feng Qi Guan's body!
The dim yellow Yellow Spring Nine-bend Magic Array on his body twisted and flickered, and ultimately it could not withstand the collision of the power of the divine weapon and the magical powers of a real person, and disintegrated into nothingness. At the moment when Feng Qiguan's protective magic array disappeared, the desperate warrior screamed wildly, and finally he was shattered into pieces in the blooming thunder and dissipated into nothingness.

"Open the crown!"

Seeing the death of the True Lord's offspring, True Lord Song was shocked, and then he became furious. His eight arms created netherworld chains, beheading swords, hellfires, and other phantoms of various magic weapons, and began to bombard the two of them: "You all must die!"

"Come if you can!"

Nan Huaijing laughed loudly. Although he had a hard time resisting Master Song who was using his full strength and even more fury than usual, his momentum and mentality were rising steadily!
More than that!
"Brother, continue!"

Suddenly, Sun Xuan's voice came from behind. Nan Huaijing didn't even turn his head. He took it with his backhand. In his hand appeared a large cyan-gold pill with a fragrance that penetrated into his heartstrings and runes and Taoist scriptures emerging on it.

After seeing his fellow disciples off, Sun Xuan turned back and gave the [Zhou Tian Liesuo Yi Yang Great Pill] that his master had given him directly to Nan Huaijing. This pill can bring the dead back to life, and the Yi Yang Qi can be derived to form a Zhou Tian Liesuo Qi shield to protect the body, and can also be used to escape with the help of the mirror light. It is a true protective pill that combines healing, life-saving and escape!

Without any regret, Nan Huaijing gave the pill to him without any hesitation. After swallowing the pill, his five internal organs and spirits merged into one, and the formations and realms around him became one. His body, soul, formation realm, the so-called soul of heaven, body of earth, and the small world of the human body were forcibly combined by the power of the pill at this moment. It was obvious that he had obtained the real power of the divine treasure before he broke through it!

On the other side, Master Song wanted to take advantage of the situation to launch a fierce attack, but he found that his ghost body was hit hard from the back and even pierced through. He turned around in shock and anger, only to find that Qu Yanqi and Hezheng, who he thought had also escaped, had actually joined forces to set up a large formation!
Using the thirty-six magical instruments that Qu Yan carried with him as the formation's foundation, and the magic weapon 'Dragon Slaying Soul Cone' bestowed by his master as the core, Qi Hezheng set up Ming Jing Sect's simplest 'Concentrating Light' formation that could be stacked the most times. The magic weapon's layers of power were stacked thirty-six times, and when the Dragon Slaying Soul Cone burst out, it was like a volcanic eruption. An entire mountain turned into magma and gushed out. Even the bodies of real people and ghosts and gods would be pierced through and destroyed in an instant, with cracks bursting out.

"Oh no, these guys, all of them..."

Master Song was feeling extremely uneasy at the moment. He no longer thought about the 'Master's blame' and was about to turn around and run - but Gu Fei had been waiting beside him. Seeing that Master Song was about to retreat, he immediately pounced on him and stopped him on the spot.

For a moment, the five heroes surrounded and suppressed Master Song to the point that he could not move!

"Ah!!!" - How could it be possible! How could the Mingjing Sect have five geniuses with such extraordinary talents, each of whom could activate the divine hidden power? !
——Could it be that... the Mingjing Sect is about to prosper, and I am their stepping stone? !

His condition was getting worse and worse. The Dragon-Slaying Spirit Cone on his chest and abdomen could even suppress a dragon, let alone him. Master Song realized that his body was about to break, and he became more and more crazy. He was extremely angry at this moment, and his pair of eyes that were on the verge of madness locked onto Qu Yan and Qi Hezheng.

These are the two people with the strongest strength and the weakest ability to protect their lives among the people present - Nan Huaijing now has the real power of a real person, Gu Fei is possessed by the Shenzang-level Mirror I, and Sun Xuan is smart. After delivering the pill, he hid far away and no one could see him. Only these two still have to maintain the formation, and at this moment they can't move.

Bang! The ghost's body suddenly exploded, forcing everyone to retreat. Master Song trembled as he took out a blood-red bow from his arms, or rather, from his chest.

The ribs are the body, the heartstrings are the strings, one fatal arrow means there is death and no life!

Even if he died, he must take away the two geniuses of Mingjing Sect and interrupt the prosperity of Mingjing Sect!
"No!"

The blood arrow shot out as fast as thunder and light. Qu Yan and Qi Hezheng had no time to react. They didn't even know that the arrow had been shot, let alone dodge.

But Nan Huaijing could - he saw it and had the ability to block it.

The Zhoutian Liesu Yiyang Pill gave him the ability to travel through mirror light. Using the light of the jade mirrors on his junior brothers and sisters as the source, he arrived in front of the two of them in an instant and slashed at the last blood arrow of Master Song with a sword!
But how could such a real person's desperate magical power be easily blocked? The magic sword Shangyao was knocked away, and the remaining power of the blood arrow hit Nan Huaijing's chest.

But it didn’t run through.

Behind Nan Huaijing, Qi Hezheng and Qu Yan finally reacted. They exclaimed and caught the unconscious body of Nan Huaijing. In mid-air, Gu Fei shouted furiously, and behind him, the image of a middle-aged man in the mirror suddenly became lively and revealed an angry look.

Gu Fei rushed forward, but Master Song had no power to resist and was knocked into the distant mountain by his punch. Gu Fei continued to chase him, and the violent force caused the mountain to shake and the earth to crack.

Then, the mysterious Qi rose up and turned into a dead and silent cloud, covering an area of ​​100 miles. There were ghost cries, blood rain, countless spirit formations, and tornadoes.

The real person has fallen.

In the distance, the aura of the Mingjing Sect's True Man was approaching rapidly, and the voice of Sun Xuan, who had dodged before, also sounded hurriedly: "Uncle Master, Uncle Master, it's here! Hurry up!"

"what……"

But halfway through the run, he saw a vision of a real person falling in the distance. Sun Xuan scratched his head in confusion, while the real person Mingjingzong beside him heaved a sigh of relief with him: "It seems... the matter has been resolved?"

In fact, far from it.

above the sky.

Two great and magnificent wills are clashing.

[Chengguang, do you really have to protect these little bastards? ]

[Yinze, do you really want me to tell the world about your bullshit? ]

[Feng Qi Guan is exterminating demons, who can guarantee that there are no demons among those mortals? Killing them all is an unspoken rule, and you, the Mingjing Sect, are also killing them, so don’t pretend to be kind.]

[Whether to destroy or to kill, you know it clearly in your heart. Moreover, from now on, I, the Mingjing Sect, will not kill. And these children, they have never been killed, they are the future]

[…Be careful, take advantage of the light, the days ahead will be long]

[Yinze, don't think that you can outlive me just because you are hundreds of years older than me. It's not certain who will die first between you and me.]

At this point, the three thousand years of secret hostility and confrontation between the Taiming Sect and the Mingjing Sect began.

The names of the Five Heroes of the Mingjing Sect have been passed down to later generations.

……

after a while.

In the sect, Jinghuang Peak, in the true teaching cave, the mirror in front of the hall reflected five people.

"Congratulations, Senior Brother, for achieving the Divine Treasure!" "Congratulations, Senior Brother, for achieving the Divine Treasure!" "Congratulations!" "Come, Senior Brother, take this pill and eat it. It's useless, but it's sweet."

In front of the hospital bed, Nan Huaijing looked speechlessly at the four junior brothers and sisters surrounding him and clapping their hands, as if they were saying something like "Congratulations". He waved his hands as if to shoo away a fly and said impatiently, "Get away. What is there to congratulate? Where in history has there ever been a divine treasure that has to rest in bed for half a year after a breakthrough?"

"Eh."

Sun Xuan said happily: "Doesn't this mean that you, Senior Brother, have made history?"

"Shut up." Nan Huaijing snatched the pill bottle from his hand, took out a white pill that was said to be very sweet and threw it into his mouth: "Hmm... Hmm? Sugarcane and watermelon flavor? How is this made?"

"The new Bigu Pills allow you to choose your own flavors. This is my new achievement." Sun Xuan laughed, and Qu Yan pushed him aside and respectfully presented him with a dark golden scabbard: "Big Brother, this is a scabbard for you. Qi Hezheng and I worked together to create it. Thank you for saving our lives!"

"It doesn't matter whether this thing can be saved or not... they are all from the same sect!"

Nan Huaijing said so, but he still picked it up with great satisfaction. Looking at this excellent scabbard that can maintain the magic sword, accumulate power and increase its power, and nourish the sword spirit, he was very happy: "Haha, the scabbard before Shangyao was the seal of Master. Now the seal is gone, and ordinary scabbards can't hold magic weapons at all. It's really like a sleepy man hitting a pillow. Thank you very much!"

"Big Brother, now that you have become a Taoist master, what is your Taoist name?" Qi He was quite curious about this, and Nan Huaijing also laughed: "Shangyao Xiyi! From now on, you can call me Taoist Master Xiyi!"

"Hello, Master Xiyi!" "Oh, that's too weird. I've changed my mind. Just call me by my name."

Everyone chatted lively for a while, and when the atmosphere was almost calm, Gu Feng calmed down and asked carefully: "Brother, your injury..."

"Don't be so cautious."

Nan Huaijing had already seen that these people were hesitating and wanted to ask something, so he smiled and said, "It won't be a big deal. Song Faqi's last arrow did have some power, but most of its power was blocked by Sun Xuan's Yi Yang Dan. It won't affect my advancement, but my life span will be slightly reduced."

"but."

At this point, he smiled confidently: "I am confident that with my talent, it will be no problem for me to become a True Master. Even a Heavenly Master... maybe I can give it a try!"

"It's good that nothing serious happened... but it still shortened my lifespan."

Gu Fei felt upset when he heard that. Nan Huaijing seemed to be making a nonchalant comment, but he knew that that lifespan was definitely not a small number, and even a breakthrough would be difficult to make up for it.

But at least it wasn't the worst outcome, so he breathed a sigh of relief, and then blamed himself, "If I had been able to grasp the power of my mirror earlier and fully exert it, there would be no need for my master to lead me to attack. I could have stopped Song Faqi earlier and prevented him from launching the final attack!"

Nan Huaijing shook his head: "Gu Fei, don't always take all the responsibility on yourself. Some things are not your responsibility."

"Yes." Qi Hezheng and Qu Yan also said: "If you have to say it, it's our fault for not running away. It's not your turn to blame yourself."

Gu Fei also nodded. He looked at Nan Huaijing, hesitated for a while, and then lowered his head and said, "Big Brother, I'm sorry... If I hadn't suddenly had the idea to go to the smoke column to take a look..."

"Stop talking, Gu Fei."

Nan Huaijing's expression also became serious at this moment. He looked seriously at this junior brother who was as angry as himself and attacked in the same way as himself. Except that his strength might be a little weaker than his because of his age, he was no worse than him in any other way. He might even... have better talent than himself.

The tall warrior straightened his spine on the hospital bed: "In fact, I have thought about this. If we had not encountered this incident, we would have returned to the sect and nothing unexpected would have happened."

“Let’s take a step back and say that when I saw the body of the demon at the core of the corpse, I should have taken advantage of the situation and backed off. Why did I have to make a fuss with the descendants of the True Lord? If we take the spiritual object and leave, they will still have to accept our favor, and there will be no frequent conflicts between our sect and the Taiming Sect, and even the Great Demon Hunter will be affected.”

"but."

He recalled the sea of ​​fire he had seen when he was young, the anger and despair he had felt at that time, and the earnestness with which he begged someone to save him. The warrior spoke word by word, "I am actually very fortunate."

"I'm glad that I encountered this incident. I'm glad that I took action to redress the injustice of those who died unjustly. I'm glad that I can be angry, and I'm also glad that I found good brothers and sisters like you."

"To be honest, if I can encounter so many things I should do by paying a little life span, then I would rather lose a little more."

"Stop talking. There's still a long way to go. At worst, I can go ahead and explore the way for you!"

"Okay!" Hearing this, Gu Fei's blood boiled. He took out a bottle of spiritual wine from the Taixu magic weapon and distributed it to everyone: "Today is the day to celebrate the achievement of the Divine Treasure by our eldest brother. How can we not drink?"

Seeing the wine and smelling its fragrance, Nan Huaijing's eyes suddenly lit up and he laughed: "Gu Fei, you really understand me. Come on, fill it up for me!"

The glass of wine went down the throat, burning like fire, soaking into the heart.

Five young hearts were burning, making the mirror bright and reflecting dazzling light.

Three thousand years later.

The flame is still burning, but like a candle in the wind, or stars in the fog, it is dim and about to go out.

Jinghuang Peak.

A long-sealed retreat cave.

A withered skeleton. A withered skeleton with almost no flesh and blood except for the human shape, just a skin bag and a head full of white hair, sitting upright on the jade platform, closing his eyes and meditating, not knowing whether he was dead or alive.

Time seemed to not exist. Even the dust had all fallen to the ground without rising at all. Everything was silent and still, as if death had come.

Until footsteps were heard and the sound of a door opening spread throughout the cave.

The dried bones opened their eyes and looked at the equally white-haired figure at the head.

【Little...Valley...】

The spirit shook the atmosphere. The withered body could no longer make any sound. Even the mind seemed to have been stagnant for too long, becoming somewhat dull: [You... are here]

"Big Brother, here I come!"

When he opened the gate formation of the retreat cave and saw the figure, Chen Yinzi felt mixed emotions.

Together they experienced the rise and fall of the Mingjing Sect.

Together they changed the iron laws and order of the past.

They changed many things that were previously thought to be unchangeable and taken for granted.

They changed the sect, reformed the new law, created a new system of inner and outer sects and true transmission, they reshaped the Mingjing Sect and even reshaped part of the Five Sects Alliance.

They killed the heavenly demons, faced the revenge of the True Lords, and responded to the challenges of other geniuses. They killed the great heavenly demons and became True Lords themselves.

Those three thousand years were the most turbulent three thousand years in the history of Mingjing Sect, and it was its golden age. That era was symbolized by the Taoist names of the five of them. It was the heyday of Mingjing Sect that they created.

But... maybe.

What has changed is still too little... They can only change the Mingjing Sect and a part of the people, but they cannot change the entire people, the Northern Frontier, or the world.

Constraints, shackles, insufficient strength, or in other words...

The [correct] method has not been found.

Now they are all old and have become dead bones in the tomb. There is not much they can do. Perhaps it is time to face it calmly and let go and leave it to future generations.

But in the very end... because of the sudden emergence of new hope, Chen Yinzi still wanted to try again.

Take another gamble!
"Big Brother!"

Having made up his mind and withdrawing all thoughts, Chen Yinzi stepped forward and supported the withered bones that seemed to want to stand up: "Don't, don't move, just sit down... I've brought my juniors and disciples to see you!"

【Disciple grandson...】

The withered bones murmured: [Is he Heguang's disciple? Or Guangchen's? Or Yangjing's...]

Yang Jing was An Jing's uncle who died young and died in an adventure to the North Sea.

"It's Guangchen's."

Chen Yinzi's eyes dimmed for a moment, and the skeletal figure seemed to have noticed this: [Ah, sorry, I forgot... It's my disciple, today is a happy day, did you bring any wine? Let's have a drink]

"Big Brother, I swore... I... haven't drunk for many years."

[Is that so...] The withered bones murmured: [I should remember...]

At this moment, Chen Yinzi also took a deep breath and explained his purpose: "I came to disturb your retreat this time because of the matter of the sect's survival."

"Big Brother, we have found a way to extend your life!"

[Extend...life? ]

When Ku Gu heard these two words, he seemed to want to laugh. This was not the joy of hearing something he had been thinking about day and night, but a helpless laugh: [It’s useless, Xiao Gu, I’m not lingering on, I’m…]

At this moment, An Jing stepped forward.

He stood in front of the withered bones and bowed, "My name is An Jing, I am the disciple of Grandmaster Chen Yin, and the disciple of my master Ming Guang Chen. I am honored to meet Grandmaster Uncle!"

【An, Jing】

Ku Gu turned his head and looked at An Jing.

An Jing also looked at this warrior who had aged to the extreme.

What kind of eyes are those?
Everything about a warrior, body, mind, and even soul are about to decay, except for his eyes. His ruby-like pupils are still like flames. They are crystal clear, like a mirror of the soul, reflecting all the sincerity and beliefs of its owner.

Anger, pity, sadness, unwillingness, reluctance, freedom, relief...

Everything was crystal clear, just like the sunlight, bright but not dazzling.

【you……】

As if he saw something, the old warrior, who looked like a withered skeleton, was stunned for a moment.

His eyes widened.

The master of Jinghuang Peak, Xiyi Zhenjun, Nan Huaijing raised his head seriously and looked at An Jing.

[Divine Fate·Zhulong] saw eyes that were similar to his own, but brighter and younger... He could even see more, more, and more.

Creation, imagination, cause and effect, cornerstone, bearing, nurturing, derivation...

Inheritance, learning, simulation, coexistence, understanding, balance, harmony...

Killing, overthrow, destruction, collapse, extermination, purge, divine punishment...

I can hide it from anyone but not from him, or rather, I have never thought of hiding it from him.

Because the Lord who inherited the great destiny from heaven appeared before his eyes specifically for him.

【you……】

He shook off Chen Yinzi who wanted to support him and stood up.

Even though True Lord Xiyi was left with only a body of dry bones, he was still taller and stronger than an ordinary person, like the skeleton of a giant, with his long white hair dancing in disorder. He stared at the young man in front of him.

[Is the time coming? Is the day coming when we can change everything and overturn this lawless world? ]

Old inquiry.

“That’s what I was born for.”

Young answered.

[What a pity, what a pity, what a pity... What a pity, I am old... I missed it]

The withered bones sighed deeply, and the young warrior replied seriously: "I didn't miss it, Master. Someone must have wanted to do the right thing in the past, and there will definitely be someone who wants to do it in the future. I am just one of them, standing on the shoulders of the pioneers and the shoulders of those who come after."

"But I believe I can do it, I will do it."

"Not to mention, I, the younger generation, do have a way to obtain the natural treasures that can extend your life!"

【well】

The dead and dying changers and rebels are looking at another generation of changers and rebels: [Xiao Gu, thank you, and An Jing... I am proud of you, because of you, my persistence is no longer in vain]

The dry bones fell and were scattered.

But no one cares.

Because standing at the place where the dry bones were originally located was a half-human, half-dragon creature, with one pupil for the sun and the other for the moon, a god-like warrior with an almost tangible soul.

[The medicine for prolonging life is meaningless to me. I actually died fifteen years ago. It’s just that my spirit is immortal and I control my fate and soul to force myself to stay in the world.]

The incarnation of Xi Yi Zhenjun's fate said calmly: [If there are good things that can prolong life and treat hidden injuries, leave them to the ancestor or Xiao Gu. They are the ones who really need them. As for me... I only need a body made of strong enough material so that I can exert some power before I finally pass away.]

[Xiao Gu, I'm sorry for lying to you, but this is the result of the discussion between me and the ancestor. I will use the power of the Mingjing Sect's cave to restrain my fate from returning to the way of heaven as the sect's last resort.]

"This person... is very unusual!"

In the Sea of ​​Gods, Fu Xie said in astonishment: "This person's spirit has already broken through to the Daotai Yuanying realm and gained the true meaning of immortality, but his body decayed early, so he failed to break through!"

"If he was cultivating immortals, he wouldn't have had this problem at all. He would have already become a Daotai Tianjun. In the future, he would definitely be able to touch the threshold of Yuanshen and step onto the steps of Tianzun!"

"The trump card of your Mingjing Sect can really scare people!"

"Do not."

While An Jing was shocked, another thought flashed through his mind: "Master is right, maybe he doesn't need a life-extending elixir, all he needs is a body... a body..."

A word flashed through his mind.

"The Way of Feathering!"

An Jing opened his eyes wide, he figured it out, the longevity elixir was useless, but Jinyuantian had plenty of other good things!
Perhaps even in the Tianyuan Realm, there are no Yuhua Dao cultivators who have cultivated to the Daotai Yuanying realm, but this does not mean that they in the Huaixu Realm cannot do it!

"Materials, materials... yes, I want to build my own magic weapon. Aren't I planning to ask the descendant of Tianji Mountain in Sister Jin's team for help? A body that can carry the power of Chunyang Tianjun, no one in Tianji would be uninterested! But materials... and Huaixu Tiandao, will he really agree?"

An unprecedented immortal body... just right for Master Xiyi's current state!
Although An Jing was thinking over and over again, he had already made a decision.

Facing Chen Yinzi and Xi Yi Zhenjun, he took a deep breath and expressed his thoughts: "Grandmaster, Grandmaster, although the situation has changed, I think I may have an extraordinary method that we can try!"

"I wonder if my great-grandmaster could show me some of his spiritual characteristics so that I can prepare myself and make plans!"

Zhenjun Xiyi and Chen Yinzi looked at each other and nodded.

【no problem】

He said: [Go ahead and try. If it doesn’t work, we’ll talk about it later. I’ve come this far. Even death can’t stop me. I’ve already lost all fear.]

After getting permission, An Jing said solemnly, "I will."

Xiyi Zhenjun smiled and looked at the young warrior who was still thinking about the future of Mingjing Sect, and comforted him softly: [Don’t worry, kid.]

[Whether it succeeds or not, the final result will not change... I will not let any of those enemies who are eyeing the sect go.]

[In the end...I will give myself and everything I own, including everything I hate and am angry about]

【All turned to ashes】

(End of this chapter)