"Oh? Really? Then I'm very scared!" Xue Mandi said with a sneer, then grabbed Gu Zhen's waist with one hand, controlled the dying Gu Zhen, and said to Gu Feng, "I injected it into his body With my unique power of frost, it will continue to destroy his Dantian. Without my help, it won't be long before his Dantian will be completely shattered and he will die in extreme pain."
"What do you want?" Gu Feng asked coldly.
"Let me go, as long as I return to Xue's house, then I will take action to relieve the power of frost on him, and then send him out!" Xue Mandi glanced at the ancient town beside him and said.
At this moment, Gu Zhen's pupils were blurry and dull, and his whole body was as soft as a bone, but he kept spitting out a large amount of cold air exuding a faint blue color from his mouth.
"Okay! I promise you!" Gu Feng said without hesitation.
Such a quick reply made Xue Mandi stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses, sneered at Gu Feng, and led Gu Zhen straight to Fulong City.
When passing the formation controlled by the soldiers of the Ice Mountain Army, Xue Mandi inevitably stopped, because the formation where the ice phoenix lives has been locked on him. As long as he dares to act rashly, there will be countless ice phoenixes waiting for him. Crossbow shooting.
The person who agreed to the snow-covered ground was Gu Feng, but Bingshan promised to seal this place off.
Without Bingshan’s nod, it might take a lot of trouble to leave Snow Man Ground.
"I have to ask Elder Gufeng and Lord Bingshan to talk to each other!" Xuemandi turned to look at Gufeng and his group who were following him far behind, and signaled to Gufeng with his eyes.
Before Gu Feng could say anything, he heard Bingshan say in a deep voice, "If you want to leave, just go. I won't stop you, but if I know that you didn't send the person back safely afterwards, then your Xue family will Don’t even think about leaving Fulong City!”
Xue Mandi smiled and said, "Please rest assured, Mr. Bingshan, I, Xue Mandi, have always been a man of integrity. As long as I return to the Xue family, I will release the elders of the ancient town safely!"
After saying that, Snowman flew over the heads of the Bingshan Army and flew all the way towards the gate of Fulong City.
However, when he saw the blood-soaked scene at the entrance of Fulong City, his expression suddenly changed. He could clearly feel that he had given his precious son Xue Mantian several valuable treasures, as well as several copies with the contents of his riding horse. The elixirs are all in the hands of different people.
Feeling this, Xue Mandi still refused to give up. He took out his jade tablet of the head of the family from his arms, bit his index finger and dripped a drop of blood.
Through this jade tablet, he could feel the life conditions of everyone in the family who had left their breath on this jade tablet.
"How... is this... possible? Tian'er... is it really dead?" Xue Mandi put away the jade token a little tiredly.
Just now, he got bad news from the jade tablet. His son and several elders were all dead!
With his careful mind, he had already guessed that the group of people in front of him had killed his son and several elders of the Xue family, and also wiped out all the treasures on their bodies!
Although Xue Mandi was deeply saddened, he still suppressed his anger, pretended to be nonchalant, and walked straight to the city gate.
Upon seeing this, the crowd automatically divided a road and allowed him to lead the half-dead ancient town into it.
The tree wants to be still but the wind doesn't stop.
Even though Xue Mandi didn't want to pursue the fault of this group of people and avenge his son at this time, there were still a few pairs of cold eyes among this greedy and evil crowd staring at Xue Mandi.
Just as Xue Mandi was walking through the crowd, a hand struck Xue Mandi's chest without warning, and a knife stabbed Xue Mandi's waist...
The snow-covered tiger's body trembled, and its body burst out with extremely powerful momentum. The surging internal force was released to block all attacks in the dark.
"Fifth...fifth rank cultivation level?!"
"Has Xue Mandi made another breakthrough in the past few years? But I remember that he just entered the fourth level of cultivation last year? How come he can actually explode with the momentum of the fifth level of cultivation now?"
The elders who followed were extremely surprised and could not understand why the snow-covered ground could erupt with such terrifying momentum.
After Gu Feng pondered for a moment, he slowly said, "He should have taken some kind of pill that can temporarily improve his cultivation, so he has such cultivation."
"So that's it. I asked why Patriarch Gu didn't kill him despite his previous actions. It turns out he secretly took the elixir!" An elder's face showed a look of sudden realization.
"Estimating the time, the effectiveness of his elixir should be almost over now. He will be extremely weak by then. As soon as he shows a flaw, we will immediately snatch the second elder back, and then find an opportunity to get rid of him directly!" Another elder looked at the snow-covered back and said coldly.
"Uh-huh?"
Gu Feng's expression suddenly changed, he didn't care about irritating Xue Mandi, and rushed directly towards Xue Mandi. Several elders were just stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly followed.
"stop!"
"Second Elder doesn't want it!"
The next moment, I saw Xue Mandi slowly turning his head to look at the Gufeng people, with a look of despair and sadness on his face.
"Run! Everyone!"
"The second elder of the Gu family is going to blow himself up, run away!"
"Run quickly, it's murder! The head of the Xue family has been assassinated!"
The crowd dispersed quickly, like a group of panicked rats, trying to escape from their guilt after committing a crime in a hurry.
Only the snow-covered ground, the ancient town that had collapsed on the ground, and a large puddle of rotten meat were left.
That might be the bodies of Xue Mantian and several elders from before.
Gu Zhen, who had already lost consciousness, was now lying quietly on the ground. His belly was expanding crazily, and soon the size of his belly was the same as that of a woman who was six months pregnant.
Moreover, a violent force is spreading from the dantian of the ancient town to the surrounding areas. It seems that after a while, this force will detonate the internal force in Guzhen's Dantian, and Guzhen's body will completely explode!
As for Xue Mandi's body at this time, it was already riddled with holes. There was not a single piece of his body that was even slightly intact. There were shocking wounds everywhere!
The big bone in his back spine was completely pulled out, and it was stabbed in his heart, penetrating through his body!
All the skin and flesh on his arms and shoulders had been cut off, leaving only some meridians hanging around the bones to barely prevent them from falling off.
Both of his legs were completely twisted, his knees were knocked off, and his calves were rotated in a circle!
Puff puff
Xue Mandi stared blankly at Gu Feng, who was rushing towards him, his eyes had lost any luster.
Maybe it was already gone when he walked into the crowd...
"Stop! Stop! Great Elder, don't go! It's too late!"
"Great Elder, stop! The Second Elder has already sacrificed his life, you can't fall down again!"
Several elders shouted loudly behind Gu Feng, trying to stop Gu Feng's footsteps.
The distance between them and the ancient town at this time, and at their speed at this time, it is impossible to stop all this before the ancient town explodes.
However, Gu Feng didn't seem to notice all this at all and rushed towards Gu Zhen with all his strength.
"Great Elder! Stop! Otherwise, don't blame me for taking action against the Gu family today!" An elder said loudly with a trace of struggle on his face.
Seeing that Gu Feng's figure was still as determined as iron and unwavering, the elder couldn't bear it any longer. He raised his hand and struck Gu Feng in front of him with a palm.
This elder also had some control over his attacks. As long as Gu Feng turned around and blocked, Gu Feng would remain unscathed.
Even if Gu Feng doesn't block or dodge, he won't be seriously injured, but his momentum will be interrupted by this blow.
Of course, if it were a normal time in Gufeng, facing this elder's offensive, he would naturally respond with ease and ease.
However, Gu Feng's state at this time was obviously wrong. He didn't dodge or dodge, as if he didn't notice the blow at all!
boom
Gu Feng received this palm from the air, and his body suddenly fell to the earth like a kite with its string broken. Several elders quickly stepped forward to catch Gu Feng's body.
Before Gu Feng could slow down, an elder knocked him out with a palm.
"Although the First Elder and the Second Elder fight endlessly on weekdays, their relationship is the best among the elders. Alas, what a pity!"
"But the matter has come to this, and there is nothing we can do. Now in the Gu family, the head of the family is dead, and the second elder... Now the eldest elder and eldest lady are the backbone of our Gu family. They can't have any more accidents!"
The eyes of a group of elders were slightly moist. It was unknown whether the fire from the explosion of the second elder's body below was too bright and burned their eyes, or for some other reason.
Bingshan stood in mid-air, looking at the huge words Fulong City on the city gate, and didn't speak for a long time.
The midday sun washed away the heavy shadow of the iceberg, and the slightly weak wind swayed by, but could not lift the armor on the iceberg.
Bingshan's lips moved, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, when the words reached his lips, they all turned into a gentle sigh.
"Old friends are dying one after another, like leaves falling in the wind!"
…………
Qingcheng Mountain, the main hall on the top of the mountain.
Sima Nan sat across from another person. There was a pot of hot tea and two teacups on the coffee table.
Sima Nan picked up the teapot and first poured a cup for the other party, and then poured a cup for himself.
"Emperor Zhou..."
Before Sima Nan could finish speaking, Zhou Ruoxiao raised his hand to stop him.
"You and I are old friends. In terms of seniority, we are also peers. Moreover, you are much older than me. There is no one else here, and there is no need for those red tapes between you and me."
"Haha, then I will follow your golden words." Sima Nan smiled calmly while stroking his beard.
"That's right. I came to your place to drink tea just to be clean and chat with you." Zhou Ruoxiao looked at the statue of Sanqing above the hall with blurry eyes.
Seeing this scene, Sima Nan remained silent and did not disturb him.
After Zhou Ruoxiao's eyes moved away from the statue, Sima Nan finally said, "Have you realized something?"
After Zhou Ruoxiao was silent for a moment, he said, "Three Pure Ones only need clay bodies, but Buddha needs gold plating. In the prosperous times, Buddhism visited pilgrims, while Taoism retreated into the mountains and forests."
Sima Nan didn't speak for a long time after hearing this, just staring at the tea on the table silently.
Green tea leaves floated on the hot water, and a breeze blew, bringing with it a unique fragrance, mixed with the slightly cold breath of winter, ruffling the tranquility in the tea cup.
"Is the old peach tree at the bottom of the mountain still there?" Zhou Ruoxiao asked with a smile.
"Still!" Sima Nan said.
"The trees are still there, but unfortunately the people are gone."
Zhou Ruoxiao looked at Sima Nan's slightly dim eyes with a smile. Sima Nan took a sip of the hot tea in front of him and stood up. His face was covered by the sleeves of his robe, and his expression could not be seen clearly.
"The decline of the demon clan has been determined, what are your plans in Qingcheng Mountain?" Zhou Ruoxiao suddenly asked.
Sima Nan's hand holding the teacup trembled slightly, and for a moment he didn't know what Zhou Ruoxiao's intention was when he suddenly asked.
Could it be that seeing Qingcheng Mountain gradually declining, he missed his old friendship and wanted to lend a helping hand to pull Qingcheng Mountain up from the edge of destruction?
Or do you want to add insult to injury and directly plunge the declining Qingcheng Mountain into the bottomless abyss?
Or is it that he has already seen some clues to something?
…………
Sima Nan placed the tea cup against his palm, letting the hot tea cup bring a touch of warmth to his cold hands.
Sima Nan thought about it again and again, and finally said cautiously, "What do you think Qingcheng Mountain should do?"
Sima Nan, who didn't know how to answer, chose to throw the question back to Zhou Ruoxiao.
Zhou Ruoxiao raised the corners of his mouth slightly when he heard this, and said, "Oh? Can I be the master of your Qingcheng Mountain?"
"You are the Human Emperor, the Lord of the Nine Provinces. Aren't everything in this world yours? Is there anything you can't do?" Sima Nan said with a smile.
However, Zhou Ruoxiao was unmoved, and said with a hint of self-deprecation in his tone, "You still don't know how to joke as always. Do you think this joke is funny?"
Sima Nan slowly put away his smile, put down the tea cup in his hand, and said, "Then what kind of jokes do you think are funny?"
Zhou Ruoxiao shook his head, ignored Sima Nan's question, and said, "If this world belongs to me, then what can these group of state pastors do to challenge me? Then how can they have the qualifications to fight with me on the battlefield? A real battle with swords and guns!”
Sima Nan couldn't help but straighten his back slightly, and said, "They are just a group of rebellious officials and traitors. It was only because of the incompetent rule of Emperor Jiang in the previous dynasty that they had the opportunity to make trouble. But now Yongzhou's million-strong army is ready, I heard that even General Yan Mo of the Yan Guard Regiment is ready to lead the Yan Guard Regiment to go on an expedition, and coupled with the great power of the Lord Zhou, no one in the world can defeat such a formation!"
"Haha, I didn't expect you to be so well-informed. You can know what's going on in Chang'an even in the remote Qingcheng Mountain. You must have gone to Chang'an City again!"
Although Zhou Ruoxiao asked with a smile, his eyes were extremely cold, and his sharp eyes were fixed on Sima Nan's face, as if he wanted to see something from his face.
However, Sima Nan's face remained calm, as if his heart had stopped.
"Since I was invited out of Chang'an City, I have never stepped foot into Chang'an City again." Sima Nan said calmly.
Zhou Ruoxiao smiled and said, "Haha, I knew you were a person who kept his promises just like me."
Sima Nan nodded slightly and said, "Your Excellency Zhou Huang's golden words must be obeyed."
"But speaking of it, I really want to know, is the Sanqing worshiped by your Taoist sect stronger, or is the Buddha and Bodhisattva worshiped by the Buddhist sect higher?"
Sima Nan shook his head and said, "I don't know either. Maybe you can only know the answer to this question if you really take that step."
"What you said makes sense. I think the realm they have reached may be that of breaking through the void and becoming immortals in one step! I am really looking forward to the day when I can see the immortals!"
Sima Nan looked at Zhou Ruoxiao's pupils as if they were burning with a dark flame. The violent and restless flames were filled with destruction and madness, making him feel extremely depressed just by looking at him. He was surrounded by Qingcheng Mountain. Even the pure and inaction mentality cannot suppress the dark emotions in my heart.
As if feeling Sima Nan's strange gaze, Zhou Ruoxiao smiled, picked up the slightly cold tea on the table, drank half a cup, smacked his lips, and said, "The tea from your Qingcheng Mountain is more fragrant, which can make the tea more fragrant." One feels instantly at peace.”
"If you like it, I will have someone go to the warehouse later to fetch some and send them to the palace."
"No need, this tea tasting is not only about the tea itself, but also about the purity of your Qingcheng Mountain, and you..." Zhou Ruoxiao paused, then looked at Sima Nan and said, "Anyway, Qingcheng Mountain is also in Yongzhou. , I want to drink, so I can come to you anytime, you won’t welcome me, right?”
"That's not true. It's my great honor to have you come to Qingcheng Mountain!" Sima Nan said.
"Okay, we've almost finished drinking this tea. It's time to go!" Zhou Ruoxiao picked up the tea cup again and took a sip of warm tea.
Putting down the tea cup, the tea leaves and the last bit of tea remained in the cup.
"Why don't you sit down for a while?" Sima Nan said symbolically.
"No, no. I can see clearly that your Qingcheng Mountain is too quiet. This place is like a coffin, which is suitable for people like you to retire and die. I occasionally come here to sit for a while and think about life quietly. Not bad. After sitting for too long, I'm afraid my legs will become numb and I won't be able to stand up again!" Zhou Ruoxiao said with a smile.
"Your metaphor is quite novel." Sima Nan said calmly.
"Haha, it's true. Just like your Taoist master in Qingcheng Mountain, his temperament is the same as mine, he is the kind of strong-willed man who can't help but take his fate. After staying on the mountain for more than ten years, he finally came down the mountain!"
Sima Nan fell silent and did not answer Zhou Ruoxiao's words.
"Isn't that what you meant?" Zhou Ruoxiao suddenly asked.
Sima Nan shook his head and pointed upward.
Zhou Ruoxiao raised his eyelids and glanced upward, smiled, and said, "God's will? Or man's will?"
Sima Nan was silent again.
Zhou Ruoxiao no longer struggled with this issue and asked again, "I have to say, you Qingcheng Mountain Taoist is really quite capable. He brought two sixth-grade monsters to our Chang'an City to cause trouble as soon as he got off the mountain. Fan, I almost thought it was a remnant of the demon clan who couldn’t think about it anymore. He was so bored that he came to Chang’an City to die!”
"That's a novel thing. But if he goes down the mountain, he is no longer my disciple of Qingcheng Mountain." Sima Nan said lightly.
"Then if he goes up the mountain, can he still be your disciple of Qingcheng Mountain?" Zhou Ruoxiao asked.
"Does it depend on whether he still has one day to go up the mountain?"
"Then does he still have this day?"
"That depends on God's will."
"Isn't that what you want?"
"It's God's will."
