Bone

The Huoshaoyun sweeping across the sky gradually dimmed, and the afterglow of the setting sun was replaced by the gradually lit lanterns.Under the black cover, the magnificent palace city decorated with candles everywhere is outlined by the burning light, like a giant beast with bright scales dormant in the night.

At the hands and sides, green smoke and strong fragrance are entangled and intertwined, exuding a strange meaning that the fire light is difficult to disperse.Qin Nianjiu and Tan Fengyue hurriedly followed Taifu Tan and Mrs. Tan, and rushed through the palace. Two Xiao Yezi, dressed as eunuchs, held lanterns and bowed their heads and followed them beside them, with solemn expressions and apprehensive hearts.

Her mind was still a little stuffy, Tan Fengyue's eyes were cloudy, and her hands hidden under her sleeves were loosened and clenched, almost crushing her finger bones, and finally calmed down a little, whispering to Qin Nianjiu: "... If Master makes any changes, don't talk too much and fight with him... Focus on finding the spiritual box."

As long as he realized that the situation was different, Qin Nianjiu didn't think too much about it. He just nodded his head solemnly to show that, "It's useless to fight, the most important thing is to find his life."

... What fate.Tan Fengyue couldn't bear to look at him.It is also a spiritual box from the hands of the Yuyan Sect——the thing sealed in that box is probably the flesh and blood of his hard-earned journey—

If he doesn't get back, how will he resolve the increasingly dark devilish energy in his body?

——I can’t leave for the time being.

The torment in his heart was unspeakable, he hurriedly took two steps, and took Qin Nianjiu's hand.

"..." Qin Nianjiu was stunned by his sudden movement, looked at him puzzledly, then clasped his hands back knowingly, and whispered to him: "It's okay, I won't be reckless this time -"

He was always optimistic when he was in trouble, and he wanted to reassure the old ancestor. The corners of his lips curled slightly and he shook the hand he held with him, biting those two words: "It's okay."

If it is said that the strangeness and ominousness he felt on the way into the palace was only due to his inner nervousness, he would not know that this strange feeling that followed him was not an illusion until he stepped into the hall.

The joyful atmosphere of the previous two palace banquets was no longer there. There were no singers and dancers present in the palace, and no musicians were seen.The ministers who arrived first stood on both sides of the hall, all bowing their heads respectfully and holding hands—it was because the Emperor had arrived early, standing in a high position with his hands behind his back with a stern face, holding a pair of He looked coldly at the subordinates with lifeless eyes.It was also rare that the national teacher did not curl up on the seat, but stood hunched behind the emperor with his hands down, squinting his two cloudy white pupils like fish eyes.

"..." Not knowing what kind of battle this was, Qin Nianjiu pursed his lips, and became more vigilant in his heart. He carefully stood aside with Tan Fengyue and Tan Taifu, as if bowing his head respectfully and hugging each other. hand, not forgetting to keep an eye on the movement everywhere.

This time, the palace banquet seems to have not invited the dignitaries in the city, and all the officials from the court came. Seeing the ministers entering the arena one after another, the prince and Fu Duanshui also rushed over, Qin Nianjiu paid special attention to Ji Zhuoran's expression, and saw his face Relying on a little bit of surprise and a little bit of exploration, he couldn't help but slightly frowned——

Even the crown prince doesn't know about it... What exactly is the Human Sovereign holding this palace banquet for?

When he was puzzled, he saw some officials who came later stepped into the hall with a smile because they didn't understand. When he saw the emperor present, he hurriedly suppressed the smile on his face, and hurriedly knelt down to worship, but was severely beaten by the officials standing beside him. Pulled it, and signaled him not to worry about it with his eyes, telling him to stand up quickly——

As if he hadn't seen this episode at all, the Human Sovereign glanced at all the ministers standing respectfully with his eyes slightly slow, "Have you arrived already?"

For some reason, the tone of his speech is obviously the same as before, but there is always an indescribable weirdness in his ears, which seems a bit forced...

After finishing the question, before the eunuch who accompanied him answered, he slowly looked away, "Everyone who should have come has come. The rest... It's okay if they haven't arrived yet."

...What does it mean to come?Qin Nianjiu quietly raised his eyes to look at him vigilantly, and then carefully aimed at the national teacher, but he couldn't find any clues from their faces.

Not knowing what the emperor wanted to announce, everyone held their breaths and worried, they didn't even dare to breathe, the hall was so quiet for a moment that it seemed as if they could hear the sound of a candle wick cracking.

Amidst the silence, the Human Sovereign gave an almost inaudible slap, and then he opened his mouth again unhurriedly, "... I have given the emperor's order to the heavens to govern the nine lands and fourteen continents. For a long time, But there is a group of people who use the name of "Heaven's will" to seize the luck of the world to cultivate themselves and live forever, and rely on "cultivation" as a threat to endanger my country..."

Reverse black and white!

Realizing what he meant by saying these words in this situation, Qin Nianjiu was stunned for a moment, and the Taifu Tan who was beside him suddenly raised his head and looked at the emperor in disbelief——

The Human Sovereign didn't pay any attention to the various gazes cast from below the stairs, he struggled slightly again, then raised his hand rather stiffly, and took the last thunderbolt by himself, "General Zhaochuan obeys the order—"

Seeing that half a golden tiger talisman was spread out in his palm, many people took a deep breath and blurted out: "Your Majesty, absolutely not!"

Now that the country is peaceful and the people are safe, why declare war on the Zongmen people for no reason? !

"Think twice, Your Majesty!"

If there is a war, it will only be their soldiers and their people who will suffer!

"Wars were born in vain, how will future generations remember history!"

……

Amidst the ups and downs of the voice, I saw the general striding forward without hesitation, knelt down and raised his hand, intending to take the tiger talisman from the emperor's hand.

Even the general's wife who was standing beside him was stunned, her eyes widened in bewilderment, "...General?"

As soon as the tiger talisman was about to be released, there was a trace of struggle on the human emperor's face, and his teeth were clenched tightly, as if he was unwilling to hand over the soldier talisman, but he raised his palm lightly, uncontrollably. Throw the Tiger Talisman into the hand of the great general.

Seeing this scene, all the ministers were in an uproar, and they were divided into two factions, some were silent, some should say yes, some loudly opposed, and some even knelt and persuaded, the whole hall was in chaos for a while, and National Division--

But still just stood quietly behind the emperor, as if staying out of the matter, watching the farce with great interest.

Not letting go of Ren Huang's struggle at that moment, Qin Nianjiu and Tan Fengyue couldn't hide their astonishment, they looked at each other, and saw shock in each other's eyes: I'm afraid the national teacher has controlled Ren Huang, this is his Instigate!

... But why not choose to declare war today?

Today... Today, the Yuyan Sect sent a reply, saying that they will call the elders of all the sects for a meeting, and they will arrive in the imperial capital in a few days...

The spells that mortals can use...

Suddenly understood something, Tan Fengyue turned his head to look at the national teacher - he deliberately left the clue in the national teacher's tower, in order to attract the people of the sect to gather together, so as to order the army to use the magic method to kill them Catch them all!

According to this, doesn't he still have a hole card in his hand?

The hall was full of chaos like porridge, amidst the commotion, a man in brocade robe suddenly strode out of the crowd, glaring at the national teacher with a pair of star eyes, "It's you!"

Like a pour of ice water pouring into a boiling hot pot, everyone fell silent for a moment, stopped their movements, and looked at the prince and the national teacher in amazement.

Under the gaze of Baidao, the national teacher turned his head slightly, and hugged his arms in front of his chest very slowly, "... oh?"

variable?Not a variable.Everything is still within his plan - no matter how the prince wants to deal with him, it will end in the same way.

He stared at the prince, and slowly let out an evil smile from his throat, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "...this, is, your majesty's decision, what does this have to do with my humble minister...?"

Ji Zhuoran looked at the black-robed national teacher fearlessly, and angrily reprimanded: "I'm afraid you have already bewitched and controlled the father with a demon!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the audience was shocked, even the emperor looked at him in a blink of an eye, with complicated emotions in his eyes, he opened his mouth and said: "Back off!"

Ji Zhuoran didn't move, and the national teacher didn't show any panic at all. He let out a low laugh and waved his hand lightly like self-deprecating, "...Prince, I'm afraid it's a mistake, I underestimated the ability of this humble minister..."

"Monster, don't argue!" Ji Zhuoran frowned and looked at him, "You have been dormant in the palace for decades, depriving the people of their luck for your use, killing the palace people, assassinating the emperor's heir—now, you are bewitching and controlling Royal father, trying to bring disaster to the world!"

"...To add to the crime of desire, what trouble, no words..." The national teacher shook his head very shallowly, "...no, I know the prince, what, evidence...?"

It is really difficult to come up with real evidence for all the things he said, but Ji Zhuoran's expression remained unchanged, and he calmly raised his hand and pointed at the national teacher, "—You yourself are the evidence!"

Almost suppressing his voice, Fu Duanshui made a mistake, took out the long sword from his sleeve, and struck at the national teacher with the force of lightning, but he didn't attack his vitals directly, but sliced ​​open the sword he was wearing with the tip of the sword. veil--

The veil fluttered to pieces, only to see that the face of the national teacher who had not seen the light for a long time was full of deep grooves, like dried mud cracked, full of spider lines, and everyone gasped hard.

The national teacher subconsciously covered his throat with his hand, and still raised his eyes slightly without being surprised, "looking" at the clan in front of him with a half-smile, with white pupils, "...the appearance is weird, so, is it guilty?... ...Really, it is...the sect made, sent..."

Fu Duanshui looked back at him with his sword, and said coldly, "I'm afraid it's not just weird."

Not wanting to listen to his sophistry any more, he immediately raised his sword with his back hand and recited the manifesting mantra, "——The light breaks through the cold outline, and the confusion and obstacles are scattered!"

The sound of the eight-character incantation came out through the wind, and countless dust-like auras exploded from the jade pendant around his waist, filling the hall at an extremely fast speed.

Under the light of the spiritual light, the national teacher could not hide his true colors. His originally thick black hair suddenly spread out, and the strands faded to gray. His elbows, cheeks, neck...all the exposed skin became white. Pieces of carrion, black and dry, and his hands—

He caught a glimpse of countless strange black silk threads extending from his hand to the Emperor, and the end pierced into the back of the Emperor's neck. Before the national teacher could react, Fu Duanguo raised his sword decisively and slashed at the black threads, but suddenly I heard screams of horror from the crowd behind me——

A heart-piercing sharp female voice interspersed, it was unbelievable, "...General?!!"

Ye Jinzhu's voice was full of bewilderment, "Are they all ghosts?!"

And Tan Fengyue shouted in shock, "Fu Duanshui!"

Enveloped by the spiritual light, most of the officials in the palace, headed by the general, changed—there seemed to be a series of "cracking" sounds, and their skins were chapped and scattered like sand, revealing The twisted flesh and blood that was wriggling inside——

And the Human Sovereign has collapsed on his seat like a piece of rag.

You don't need to see it with your own eyes, but you can also guess the astonishment on the face of the sect in front of you at this moment. The national teacher kept leaking from his throat, and the speed of his speech became faster, "...Xian Xing curse? That's right. For me, save no, little things..."

Fu Duanshui's eyes were full of astonishment, and he turned his hands to make a trick, but found that he couldn't mobilize even a little bit of spiritual energy - the jade pendant with the lustrous color on his waist had faded from time to time, leaving only an empty shell.

The national teacher was still smiling, and moved the hand covering the neck, revealing a very eye-catching hole in the throat, it was an old sword wound that was hard to heal, and a strong Yin Qi flowed out from the hole, " ... You said, if you, you, live in An An, let me, put on this puppet show, and... why, why..."

——Waiting for the ghosts to devour the crowd, pick up their human skins, and then transform into that person again. Isn't everything going according to his plan?

In the end, different routes lead to the same goal!

As if the previous sluggishness and stagnation were all illusions, the national teacher couldn't stop laughing strangely, jumped up suddenly, and flashed behind the two teenagers who were dressed as eunuchs at a speed that was difficult for the naked eye to catch. His five fingers clasped the back of their necks tightly.

Even the Supreme Cultivator lost his spiritual power and was nothing more than a long-lived martial artist, not to mention Ye Jinzhu and Ye Yunting.

He couldn't even see the movements of the national teacher clearly, Ye Jinzhu only felt that his feet were empty, and he was mercilessly dragged out of the hall together with Ye Yunting.

Just like stepping on the clouds in the past, stepping on the thick yin qi overflowing from under the feet, the national teacher grabbed the two of them tightly, and went straight to the national teacher's tower.

The heavy palace doors suddenly closed behind him, and the latches fell with a bang, locking the palace full of beasts.

With a loud bang, the door of the palace closed tightly.

"Junior Brother!—"

Shocked in the middle, Fu Duanshui hurriedly turned around, cut off a piece of flesh and blood tentacles that were about to invade Ji Zhuoran's side, pushed him to a safer corner, and looked at the little lump with a stern look. The flesh and blood fell to the ground, melted into a pool of pus, and then trembled into a shape——

Seeing this scene, Tan Fengyue was at the other end protecting Taifu Tan and Mrs. Tan who were panicked behind, and shouted at him in a cold voice, "Block, don't cut!"

--block?The whole hall of ghosts almost exceeds the number of living people, how can they stop them!Fu Duanshui frowned deeply, and tried his best to save two pale-faced civil servants from the lumps of flesh and blood, but watched helplessly as several officials howled and were swallowed by the tall lump of flesh and blood, leaving nothing but pieces on the ground. Clothes.

Before he felt a sense of helplessness, the flesh and blood suddenly grew a little bigger, and it was about to roll towards him——

"—Sky Fire Thunderstorm!"

With a shout, thunder pierced through the tiles in response, splitting the tall lump of flesh and blood into shards, burning it into ashes, and it could never be revived—but then, the pieces of ashes turned into pieces again. Bloodworms all over the ground——

Even Tianhuo can't help this ghost!

The Appearance Curse not only broke the Suppressing Evil Spirit Curse Tan Fengyue set on Qin Nianjiu's body, but also forced him to reveal his original body... He was immersed in a thick black mist, and his mind was about to be disturbed by the devilish energy around him Gritting his teeth and raising his hand, he wanted to break open the door of the palace and let everyone escape for their lives, but he stopped in a hurry——

If all the ghosts in the hall are scattered, it may cause a catastrophe...

With a sudden change in his mind, he withdrew his hand, and turned to set up a barrier with resentment, and pushed the general's wife behind him with teary eyes and retching, "Stay here!"

It's no wonder that the general's temperament has changed drastically in recent years. It turned out that this kind of thing took over his skin!The general's wife had tears in her eyes, and she held on to Qin Nian for a long time, "General...save the general..."

Qin Nianjiu waved her hand away with eyes full of impatience, flew away, and jumped to the side of the black ash, not caring about revealing his identity, Shen Sheng and Fu Duanshui said: "To protect strangers into the barrier, I will Come and kill the ghosts."

The national teacher dared to lock them up in the hall to fight trapped beasts, but it was only because he cut off the possibility of everyone using the spiritual energy - but it didn't count that there was another person in the hall who didn't use the spiritual energy and caused resentment Heresy exists!

Aware of the obvious demonic intent and strong resentment on this person, Fu Duanshui's pupils widened slightly, but he didn't have time to think too much, so he just took the time to nod and replied, "Okay."

But as soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the blood worms scattered on the ground had touched the resentment on his body, and it seemed to be activated again in an instant, using it to re-condense his body——

And more ghosts, as if smelling something delicious, piled up in piles and kept rushing towards the barrier.

The people hiding in the barrier let out bursts of unbearable screams, and the people who failed to hide in the barrier also howled loudly——

Tan Fengyue had a splitting headache, but she still insisted on her composure and used her silver fan to block a road of blood and mud, pushing a dozen strangers into the barrier, and then rushed towards Qin Nianjiu, grabbing him tightly hand, "Resentment evil raises ghosts, you leave here first! The national teacher can't seal our spiritual power for a long time, and leave us to deal with the aftermath—"

God knows when they will be able to regain their connection with the spiritual energy, and how long the barrier that is being attacked by all the ghosts will last—Qin Nianjiu raised his hand violently, smashing a lump on his back with the tip of his umbrella and attacking Talking about Fengyue's flesh and blood, he made up his mind in an instant, "Capture the thief first and capture the king first, Xiao Yezi is still in the hands of the national teacher, you two hold the barrier for now, I will go find the national teacher!"

The five fingers clasped on the wrist tightened a bit instantly, Tan Fengyue looked at him anxiously, "No..."

"It's okay." Qin Nianjiu looked back at him reassuringly, and without any further delay, he grabbed his hand and threw himself through the tiles.