"receive!"
Master Tianyang grabbed the ancient wooden gauntlet under the golden light curtain with one hand, and then waved it several times in succession to take back the Mixed Spirit Pearl.
"Now that it's in my hands, can you just take it if you want?" Guiying chuckled, and the Mixed Spirit Pearl darted left and right in front of Master Tianyang. No matter how much he wanted to involve it in the golden light curtain and cloud barrier, it didn't work at all. Can't touch the Mixed Spirit Pearl.
"How is that possible?" Master Tianyang said in disbelief: "The Mixed Spirit Pearl is the immortal treasure of our Jiuhua Sect. Even if you can snatch it away from Zhou Wenyi, you will never be able to use it freely!"
"Are you surprised?" Ghost Shadow seemed to have had enough of teasing Tianyang Zhenren. He gently moved his fingers, and the Mixed Spirit Pearl turned around in mid-air and returned to his hand.
Holding the Hun Lingzhu with both fingers, Guiying said with some emotion: "Hey, I didn't expect that after twenty or thirty years, Hun Lingzhu still remembers me."
"You...who are you!" Master Tianyang looked at the obedient Hun Lingzhu in the ghost shadow, and a thought came to his mind. But in an instant, he shook his head heavily and threw this thought aside.
As one of the seven immortal treasures of Jiuhua Mountain, the Huling Pearl is basically placed in Tianluo Peak where Jiuyang Zhenren is. Only if there are disciples with outstanding talents and great contributions in the sect, will they be taken out by Master Tianyang and given him self-defense.
Since Tianyang Zhenren took charge of the Jiuhua Sect, several immortal treasures distributed by the previous generation's leader have returned to Tianluo Peak due to the death of the person holding them, and the Mixed Spirit Pearl is no exception.
It wasn't until twenty-five years ago, because he sent his second disciple Du Siyuan and his third disciple Zhao Nanxiao to Yaoming Palace to handle matters for him, that he took the Mixed Spirit Pearl together with another immortal treasure from the town, the Immortal-Slaying Sword. They were given to two disciples respectively.
However, not long after the two sneaked into the Yaoning Palace, they were discovered by Bei Pluto. Not only did the two of them die in the chaos of the swords of many monsters, but even the whereabouts of the Immortal Sword was unknown. Only the Hun Ling Pearl was snatched back from Yaoming Palace when he got the news and led people to rescue it.
It was not until eleven years ago that Zhou Wenyi was rewarded for training several talented disciples such as Qin Yunchuan and Shen Mengdie that he was given the Mixed Spirit Pearl.
Therefore, in the memory of Master Tianyang, except for the third disciple Zhao Nanxiao and Zhou Wenyi, the remaining disciples of the sect who hold the Mixed Spirit Pearl are long gone.
Now, even Zhou Wenyi was killed by the ghost. But there seems to be only one person left who can skillfully use the Spirit Mixing Pearl, and that is the man in black named Guiying in front of him. I am afraid that he is... the third disciple Zhao Nanxiao who died in the Yaoning Palace a long time ago!
Although he couldn't believe it, Master Tianyang knew that this was the only reason that could be explained.
"Who am I? Hahaha..." Ghost Shadow laughed and said, "Of course I am the man in black that you want to tear into pieces. Master Tianyang, do you think I have other identities?"
Master Tianyang remained silent, but his ears trembled slightly as he carefully distinguished the ghost's voice, hoping to coincide with the vague voice in his memory.
It's a pity that Zhao Nanxiao has been dead for twenty-five years. How can Master Tianyang still have a deep memory? Besides, if it were really Zhao Nanxiao, after more than twenty years, from a young boy to a middle-aged man today, would his voice still remain the same?
"Isn't he really Zhao Nanxiao?" Master Tianyang asked doubtfully: "But...but if it wasn't for him, how could he control the Mixed Spirit Pearl?"
Master Tianyang looked at the ghost shadow again, trying hard to find some flaws in his figure. However, the ghost's whole body was wrapped in loose black clothes, and his true appearance could not be seen at all.
"No matter what, I will test it a few more times. As long as he is Zhao Nanxiao, he will definitely know this skill!" Master Tianyang made up his mind, and the golden light curtain and cloud barrier suddenly flew in the air, blocking his body while , suddenly moved towards the ghost shadow to cover up.
"Six curtains cover the sky and block people's passage!"
Master Tianyang uttered the incantation, and the golden light curtain cloud barrier was divided into six, blocking the four sides, top and bottom of the ghost figure respectively. While he was hurriedly trying to escape, Tianyang Zhenren burst out of the gap and opened the black mask on the ghost's face diagonally with the fairy sword in his hand.
Caught off guard, Guiying hurriedly blocked it with his hands, but he was still a step too late. The black mask had been broken by Tianyang Zhenren's sword, revealing his true face.
After the attack was successful, Tianyang Zhenren quickly retreated, and the golden light curtain Yunzhang took back his hand. He looked at the ghost figure revealing his true appearance and screamed in surprise.
The man in front of me was about forty years old, a few years younger than the eldest disciple Guo Qingshan. Master Tianyang looked carefully for a moment, and could vaguely see that he and his third disciple Zhao Nanxiao did have some similarities.
"Nan Xiao...is it really you?" Master Tianyang said in disbelief.
Ghosting touched his face with his hand, but he was still calm: "This black mask has been on my face for more than twenty years. I didn't expect that it would be torn to pieces by you today."
Although Guiying did not admit his identity, his words made Master Tianyang believe that he was his third disciple Zhao Nanxiao!
"You...you weren't dead back then!" Master Tianyang suddenly discovered that the third disciple who was originally thought to be dead was standing in front of him. He didn't care that he was still a man in black. Just as he was about to walk over, the ghost figure suddenly looked up to the sky. Long smile.
"Hahaha... Hahaha... Zhao Nanxiao died more than 20 years ago! Master Tianyang, if you want to find him, you can cut off your heart. I will bury the remains of your master and disciple. Together!"
Seeing the ghost looking crazy but with tears in his eyes, how could Master Tianyang not know that everything he said was ironic?
"Disciple, are you still resentful that I ignored your and Du Siyuan's objections and insisted on letting you go to the Demon Underworld Palace to steal the bones of the Master's Wife for me, so you were ambushed by the King of the North Pluto?"
"Hahaha..." Ghost Shadow looked at Master Tianyang and said in a deep voice: "So, you still remember what Second Senior Brother and I tried to dissuade you from?"
Although Guiying admitted the fact that he was Zhao Nanxiao, he also let Master Tianyang know the reason why he was resentful towards him.
Twenty-five years ago, just five years had passed since Heavenly Dao eliminated demons. At that time, Master Tianyang took over the Jiuhua Sect for several years because his master died in the Heavenly Dao Demon Slayer.
Because countless strong men from the righteous sects had fallen, and Demon Emperor Biluo had died, Demon Emperor Bai Ze had been poisoned by an unknown poison, causing his body to become increasingly weak. Therefore, Kyushu was quite stable at that time.
However, Master Tianyang's wife died in Zhanzhou, South China Sea when she followed the righteous factions to attack Yaoming Palace in the late stage of Tiandao's demon elimination. She was not even able to bring her body back, which made Master Tianyang always worried.
As a result, in the past five years, Master Tianyang has often been restless. In his dreams countless times, he saw his wife buried alone in a different place, and begged him to take her back to Jiuhua Mountain and bury her in the surrounding pine trees. Every time Master Tianyang woke up, he felt deeply sorry for his wife.
Finally, five years later, the first disciple Guo Qingshan, the second disciple Du Siyuan, the third disciple Zhao Nanxiao, the fourth disciple Luo Qingcheng and the fifth disciple Yan Nanhui were called into the Fenghua Hall.
First, he told about how his wife, the master's wife of the five disciples, was buried in Yaoming Palace, and how she dreamed of returning to the master's school every day. Then he wanted to select a few of the five of them to sneak into the Demon Underworld Palace for him and retrieve his wife's bones.
It's not that Master Tianyang is greedy for life and afraid of death and dare not go there in person, nor is it that the cultivation of the five disciples is higher than that of the other peak leaders and the elders in the sect.
In fact, Master Tianyang knew very well that as the head of Jiuhua Sect, he could not leave the sect without authorization. As for asking the leaders to agree to send their disciples to attack the Yaoning Palace just to recover the body of their wives, they would not agree at all!
Therefore, he thought of summoning the five disciples under him to come forward and go to Yaoming Palace for him.
Although the five people are not very old, they have all experienced the ways of heaven to eliminate demons, and all of them have stable minds. Although his cultivation is still shallow, he is capable of dealing with emergencies on his own.
In addition, the Demon Underworld Palace at that time suffered countless casualties during the Heavenly Dao Demon Slaying, and basically all the people with advanced cultivation levels had perished.
North Pluto, who is now able to compete with Elder Wu, has a cultivation level that cannot even reach the innate realm. Bi Yan and Zhu Yan both died in the Heavenly Dao Demon Slayer, and had just been reborn.
As for Long Tianlu, Ba Xi, and Bone Demon Lord, they are even weaker than Bei Pluto. As long as he, Master Tianyang, bestows a few town-sect immortal treasures for self-defense, he can ensure that they successfully complete their mission.
Who would have thought that after Tianyang Zhenren told the five people about his plan, except for Guo Qingshan who said that he would help the master find the bones of his wife, the remaining four disciples all strongly opposed it.
There was no other reason. Except for Guo Qingshan, who was already twenty-five or six years old and in the late stage of Qi Transformation, the other four disciples at that time were all just over twenty years old, and their cultivation levels were only in the initial stage of Qi Transformation. I have no idea at all that I can go to the Demon Underworld Palace and get away completely!
Therefore, the second disciple Du Siyuan and the third disciple Zhao Nanxiao were the first to object, stating the pros and cons one by one, hoping to make Master Tianyang change his mind. At the same time, he promised that in three to five years at most, after they can improve their cultivation to the realm of Guiyuan, they will immediately join forces to enter the Demon Underworld Palace and bring back the bones of the master's wife.
However, Master Tianyang has long been disturbed by nightmares that appear every night, so how can he wait another three to five years?
Besides, could it be that as the cultivation of the five people has improved, the cultivation of the monsters in Yaoming Palace has stopped? Especially the King of the North Pluto, in just five years, his cultivation level has improved by leaps and bounds. From an insignificant toad, he has become one of the people with the highest cultivation level in the Demon Underworld Palace.
And judging from the information he received, Bei Pluto's cultivation speed not only shows no signs of slowing down, but is still increasing. It completely went against his understanding that the higher the cultivation level, the slower the cultivation speed!
If it is true as Du Siyuan and Zhao Nanxiao said, by the time they reach the Guiyuan realm, the North Pluto King will have already broken through to the Kaitian realm! Not to mention Bi Yan and Zhu Yan, who were originally ferocious beasts from ancient times. After rebirth, their cultivation speed was even faster.
Therefore, Master Tianyang ignored the opinions of Du Siyuan and Zhao Nanxiao at all. Moreover, Master Tianyang was only in his forties at the time, and he was at the age to kill decisively, so he reprimanded the two of them severely!
Then it was decided to let Du Siyuan and Zhao Nanxiao go to Yaoming Palace. No matter what method they used, they must bring back the bones of their wives!
Since ancient times, teachers’ orders cannot be violated! Especially for a famous sect like the Jiuhua Sect that has been passed down for thousands of years, the rules in the sect are extremely strict. No matter how dissatisfied they were, they had no choice but to obey their master's orders.
Seeing that Master Tianyang had made up his mind, Guo Qingshan knew that it would be difficult to persuade him to change, so he had no choice but to suggest that the seven town sect immortal treasures be given to the two of them for self-defense.
After making the decision in an angry mood, Tianyang Zhenren actually felt a little regretful. Because in his initial plan, he wanted Guo Qingshan to go with him.
Because he knew Guo Qingshan's nature well, no matter whether his wife's bones could be recovered successfully or not, he would always have a way to bring his junior brother back. After all, both Du Siyuan and Zhao Nanxiao were his disciples. No matter how much Master Tianyang wants to recover his wife's bones, he doesn't want anyone to die in the Demon Underworld Palace because of this matter.
However, as the leader of the Jiuhua Sect, how can he take back what he said at will. Just as Guo Qingshan urged them to do so, they immediately followed his words and took out the Immortal Killing Sword and the Mixing Spirit Pearl, these two sect immortal treasures, to give them self-defense.
Unexpectedly, the two of them encountered an accident and died in the Demon Underworld Palace.
Although he realized something was wrong after the incident and chased the two of them alone, it was too late after all. Not to mention the bones of his wife, he didn't even bring back the corpses of his two disciples. Only the Mixing Spirit Pearl was found, but the Immortal Killing Sword was nowhere to be found.
Therefore, for more than 20 years after the deaths of Du Siyuan and Zhao Nanxiao, Tianyang Zhenren has always been brooding. He regretted the decision he made in anger and killed two of his disciples.
