When Shao Lingxiao retreated, not only did he disappear, but his four attendants also disappeared. He could only vaguely notice that there were five sources of vitality in the void, one large, four small, and so on. Wandering.
Guan Luoyang can say with certainty that they have not really transformed their flesh and blood into a state of vitality. They are still in a normal environment where light is illuminated, scattered, and received by other people's eyes. They have not achieved invisibility in the conventional sense.
It should be that Shao Lingxiao's divine will of swordsmanship arouses the psychological perception and resonance of everyone present, causing these people who have not yet touched the telepathy of the master realm to uncontrollably flow out their spiritual power and confuse it into the vast world. Between the streets.
Everyone around him was suppressed by Shao Lingxiao, thinking that they could no longer see it, and their chaotic feelings were wrapped up and affected Guan Luoyang, making him really unable to "see" Shao Lingxiao's existence.
Lihuo's eyes can break through evil illusions and the fog of Yin Qi, but in this situation, there is really no place to start, and I don't know where to launch an attack in order to see the reality.
However, those chaotic and flowing perceptions cannot penetrate within three feet of Guan Luoyang. As long as Shao Lingxiao launches the offensive again, the specific traces will be captured the moment he approaches Guan Luoyang.
He held the sword and waited for three seconds, but the attack still didn't come, so he frowned. .
Three seconds is extremely short in the eyes of others. It seems that it is just a pause in Guan Luoyang's steps after the two of them fought. Even Guan Luoyang's robe is still in the aftermath of the previous round of fighting. Dancing in it.
But in the grandmaster's perspective, the time scale of three seconds is already long enough.
"wrong!"
Guan Luoyang struck the ground with his sword, and the sword energy spread out from the ground.
Boo hoo hoo hoo hoo ——
In an instant, hundreds of slender ink-colored sword marks pierced and shot out from the surrounding ground into the sky.
The spread of these sword energy is too wide, and the intensity is not too strong, but if there are still people hiding around, there will definitely be some abnormalities in the trajectory of the sword energy.
The greatest feature of the true energy cultivated by the Wuwei Sutra is its meticulousness. The momentum that Guan Luoyang understood from it is called "wuweiweifu", but in fact it means meticulousness. It is best used to spy on the surroundings.
The fine lines of ink rise straight up, without any sign of distortion.
"You actually want to leave like this?"
Guan Luoyang took a breath and spoke slowly, his voice clearly spreading for miles.
"Now you still have a chance to kill us directly here. If you wait until Chang'an, you will have to face at least three times the current manpower."
"As the leader of the Demon Cult, don't you have the courage to even try this?"
While he was speaking, he was already maximizing his hearing and induction.
Under the vibration of the sound wave, there was a slight abnormal sound from the city gate. Guan Luoyang moved and flew across the street, carrying an afterimage with him, to the city gate not far away.
The city gate was wide open, and on the door on the right, many pieces of wood peeled off, revealing a line of large characters.
'The song is over, the bet is settled, no more moves will be made within fourteen days. '
Guan Luoyang returned to Ju Bu and their place.
Many top-notch masters looked like they were losing their vitality, and they were panting.
Lu Ningxian supported Shi Qing.
Ju Bo sat down on the ground with his pipa in his arms, wiped the blood on the pipa with a silk handkerchief, and apologized to them: "Everyone, I was reckless this time. If I could wait until General Feng and Guan Shaoxia arrived before taking action, I wouldn't have Everyone is involved."
Shi Qing's face darkened and he said in a rough voice: "Mr. Ju has such a great reputation, do you think we are all here for you?!"
He spoke angrily, choking and coughing repeatedly after barely speaking a word.
There is no need to realize that these people are arrogant and proud, and do not want to lose the reputation of Guanzhong and make people look down on the Tang Dynasty. When he speaks like this now, it seems that he feels that this meeting with Shao Lingxiao should not be the responsibility of these people. Inevitably infuriating.
"Sorry, it's me..."
"You are not wrong at all in this matter."
Guan Luoyang came over and said, "Before Shao Lingxiao came here, he just killed a fleet of ships on the river. Since you have met him, if you don't take action, no one knows what he will do in the city."
"As for you all coming here for righteousness, it is definitely not wrong."
"But I have a question. What kind of bet did he make with you? Can he promise not to take action on the 14th?"
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect Shao Lingxiao to abide by the bet, especially after being completely controlled by Qi Silk, and they completely thought it was just a scam.
No one even noticed when the pipa sound stopped.
Now looking back at the surroundings, I realized that the group of people who had rushed forward to protect Ju Bu were indeed standing beside Ju Bu, a total of fourteen people.
After Guan Luoyang listened to them explain the whole story in two sentences, he repeated with confusion: "You mean, he proposed the bet himself?"
Something is wrong.
There are so many ways to provoke the martial arts in Guanzhong, so why make such a bet?
If the purpose of gathering these masters is to speed up his transfer of injuries, then why are these people still left unkilled after they are almost used?
Although the five-color zhenqi offset a lot of their internal strength, it is not a permanent damage. As long as they adjust their breath for a few hours and take the medicines from various schools they carry, they can restore the top level masters. s level.
In some respects, the injuries of these people were not even as serious as those caused by chronic poison among others.
There is no doubt that these people will become obstacles to the Demon Sect's future actions, and when Shao Lingxiao senses Guan Luoyang in advance, he has enough time to kill all these people first.
As long as you control those Qi threads to penetrate the organs from acupuncture points and destroy the heart meridians, it will be a piece of cake.
After less than half an hour, everyone had settled down to recuperate in the local government office. Guan Luoyang helped a few of the more seriously injured ones to recover, but the doubts in his heart were still not alleviated.
General Feng, Anfeiyu and others had also arrived here, and Guan Luoyang chatted with them.
After listening to the battle, General Feng looked at Guan Luoyang with joy and said, "Maybe he didn't expect Guan Shaoxia's martial arts to be so advanced at the time, so he could save it for later and deal with everyone calmly. Mind you, when we really fight, we won’t have this chance.”
"Could it really be such a simple mistake?"
Guan Luoyang shook his head, suppressed his doubts for the time being, and said, "Anyway, after this time, your original strategy of delaying his recovery from injuries through constant fighting will not work. The remaining injuries will , he will be fully healed soon."
"Wuwei Lishen may even have more margin than he did on Laojun Mountain that day. We must be prepared to deal with Shao Lingxiao when he is completely victorious."
General Yin said: "Can you try to send him to Broken Void just like he did with Master Tianfang at that time?"
Anfeiyu disagreed: "He has used this method himself, how could he not be careful? He was originally evenly matched with Master Tianfang. In order to force Master Tianfang to break through the void, he was almost beaten to death on the spot. Putting himself in his shoes, we are Who can survive such a situation?"
"Then we have to wait until we go to Chang'an. Our strength will be concentrated in Chang'an, and compared to those demons that are difficult to control, our manpower will form a tighter structure."
General Yin said, "By then, when both sides have finished their exchanges, the extra strength that can be used to deal with Shao Lingxiao should be more than the few of us now."
Guan Luoyang's lips moved but he said nothing more.
'Even if there is a way to force him to break the void, I will try to see if I can kill him first. '
After this day, the martial arts forest in Guanzhong was like the surface of the water that was stirred by the breeze, turning into violent waves. Undercurrents rose to the surface of the water, and boiling noises could not be heard everywhere.
No matter what kind of news it is, if you want to see its influence clearly, you have to go through a fermentation process. In the era of the feudal dynasty, the time for news to ferment was often longer.
Originally, the rumors related to Laojun Mountain, Shaolin Temple, and demon mutants were just rumors. Many people only heard the rumors, and many more people did not even hear the rumors.
But since word of Shao Lingxiao's bet in the city spread, it seemed like a real punch to the martial arts world in Guanzhong. Whether you heard it or not, he had already barged in front of you.
From being famous for thousands of miles, with intricate roots, from the government to large sects, to a run-down sect that only teaches one or two disciples in its own yard, all of them can truly feel the passing of a heavy rain and the impending flood. like impact.
Among them, there are hundreds, thousands, thousands of people who have chosen the attitude that it has nothing to do with them. They believe that no matter how much trouble the demon sect makes, they may not be able to find their fault. They still only regard it as a piece of discussion material. Some of them are Medium-sized sects will even deliberately recruit external forces to reduce the chance of encountering demons from the demon sect.
What they did was not necessarily wrong, and sometimes it is good to be self-aware, but more people still felt indignant.
Because more than a hundred demon mutants have followed the traces of disaster and poured into Guanzhong from all sides. They are destroying sleeplessly, devouring, growing, and setting fire to it.
During the Tang Dynasty, there were many wilderness areas. Every demon traveled more distances between wild mountains and forests than they did between cities and towns. Guan Luoyang and the others were still searching for and hunting. kill.
However, such accidental, passing, and even interrupted destruction has brought some villages and towns to the brink of destruction and made people in some cities panic.
The people in Guanzhong are likely to hear that their old friends, their natal families, or the hometowns of friends around them have suffered disasters or are in trouble during this period of time.
Some of them were fake news, but it was hard to tell for a while, and they all became the fuel of anger. Prompt them to do their best to target, even if it is just verbal and written criticism.
They will cry to the government and ask famous masters to come forward and kill these angry monsters.
Hiss! !
Blood splattered by the river, and Guan Luoyang tore apart a demon that looked like a lion but was covered in thick horny skin like a rhinoceros.
The blood of the demon Gu Xin has turned purple and its weight is close to two tons. It can be said that it is a completely different species from humans.
But before, when a group of warriors surrounded and killed it, it actually stood up occasionally during the killing period and displayed its fierce claws.
Several warriors just did not expect this change, and their shoulders were collapsed by a claw, or they were hit in the waist or chest.
The few survivors with red eyes were placed next to the corpses. A young swordsman with a broad forehead came out first and saluted Guan Luoyang to thank him.
A silk book stained with bright red blood fell to the shore and was half submerged in the river.
Guan Luoyang picked up the scroll. On it were petitions written by everyone, nearly a hundred names and more inscriptions drawn by illiterate people. The proofs were printed directly on fingers or palms with ink.
"The strength of these monsters can compete with first-class warriors, but their habits are closer to wild beasts. If you want to protect the people, why not gather in towns to respond to each other. In case there is a monster attack, use firelight, giant The sound makes it more likely to push it back."
The world's first-class masters are equivalent to three-star reincarnations. These demons are actually three-star creatures, and the few knights in front of them are almost only two-star level, and there are even some who are not even two-star.
The young swordsman with a broad forehead took the silk book and said: "I understand the good intention of the hero. This silk book was left by that brother, and we are not from the same place."
"I heard that these demons are going all the way to Chang'an and will not stop there. The places where we are are just chasing them out because we heard that there have been demons nearby and we should not hold on."
Guan Luoyang nodded: "Then you should find out where those first-class masters are, go meet them and act together."
The young swordsman said: "Senior masters like Da Xia come and go like the wind. If they have to slow down their actions just to take care of us, and more places are attacked by demons, how can we feel guilty?" Go."
"Actually, heroes, you don't have to worry too much about us. There are many people like us, and they all patrol in groups of three or five. Even if we don't overestimate our capabilities, we may be able to delay for a moment after encountering a demon, make noise, and attract people. I will be satisfied if the experts come to the area and eradicate this scourge.”
A man over there who was lying next to the corpse with tears in his eyes also shouted: "A monster like this can just run across a street and cause walls to collapse and houses to collapse. I don't know how many people will be killed and injured. My brother can chop him down." With one strike of his sword, it can delay him for a moment, allowing this beast to fall into the hands of his benefactor and kill him on the spot. My brother will die with peace of mind."
There was also a man with a broken leg, sitting on the ground, crying and laughing in pain, and shouted: "The storytellers in Goulan have been retelling the story of the Southwest War ten years ago, and talking about those devils and demons. Add more ways to die, talk more about your ugly ways, and make you angry."
"He has his own battlefield where he can spit. How can we martial arts practitioners be compared to them?"
"My benefactor, you don't have to worry about us, just go forward and kill more of these monsters."
Guan Luoyang stared at them for a while, thought about something, bowed to them, and left.
What those people said was true. In the days that followed, he encountered such martial arts people more and more frequently.
Sometimes when walking through towns, the faces I see are mostly worried and angry.
Many people are talking about the Demon Cult and scolding them for burning food. There are also many people who are worried, but it is rarely fear. Real fear makes people speechless and will make the voices of discussion less. , making people subconsciously avoid mentioning or hearing it.
Time passed day by day, and those demons and chasing masters all entered Chang'an.
One hundred thousand forbidden troops had already received the order and were deployed outside to conduct inspections from around Chang'an.
As we get closer to our destination, all routes begin to converge.
Guan Luoyang and the others also got together again. Many people in the pursuit team that set out from Dongdu were unable to meet here again, but the number of first-class masters increased two or three times.
When those people heard that Guan Luoyang, Li Gong, Ju Bong, and General Feng were all here, they all rushed over to meet them. In the end, they found that close to a hundred first-class masters gathered near Chang'an.
Almost all the top masters of the Righteous Way of the Tang Dynasty gathered here. Some of them were old friends reunited after a long separation, some were famous for a long time. They met for the first time. The sounds of greetings and conversations drowned out the entire temporary residence arranged by the inner guards. In the midst of the din.
This is a necessary meeting.
After calculation, most of the more than two hundred monsters had been killed in the tortuous pursuit that lasted for more than a month, but there were still eighty or ninety left.
If they want to break into Chang'an, the Forbidden Army alone cannot stop them. At most, they can give a warning. It is necessary for Li Gong to ask these masters to cooperate with the internal guards for a more thorough defense.
For this matter, the emperor also sent three imperial edicts in succession, dispatching high-ranking officials in the court as special envoys to read them in public.
The meeting lasted from early morning to dusk before getting down to business. It was not until the lights were lit that Li Gong laid out a detailed map of Chang'an City.
Except for the location of the imperial palace, which was completely blank, the map clearly marked other important roads and even the residences of some high-ranking officials and aristocratic families.
With the strength Guan Luoyang has shown before, he will not be arranged to stay in a fixed position by Li Gong. He will definitely be a rescuer.
So when Li Gong started talking, Guan Luoyang felt bored and simply went to the garden alone.
There is no moon tonight, and the stars are sparse, but there are lights everywhere, and the garden does not seem too dim. I don’t know what the original arrangement of this mansion was. The flowers in the garden are various and colorful. In the midsummer, the fragrance of the flowers is so strong that it almost Yu sweet wine flavor.
Guan Luoyang paused and thought long and hard under the shadow of a clump of bamboos, then casually broke off a large purple-red flower with colorful petals, carrying the evening dew, and crushed it between his palms.
"You seem troubled?"
Gu Lanxiang's voice came from behind, bringing with it a smell of alcohol.
"Destroying flowers with ruthless hands cannot relieve sorrow."
She handed a wine glass to Guan Luoyang, "Try this."
Guan Luoyang patted the flowers on his hand, took the cup, and drank it all in one gulp: "Hey, it seems to be more mellow than what we drank before?"
"The wine recipes I got are somewhat related to the Zen meditation in Panda Jiuxian's martial arts. After I broke through the four stars two days ago, I followed the method in the Vajra Original Phase Sutra to refine the Zen and mix it. Check out the recipe for wine."
Gulanxiang shook the gourd, took a big sip, and said with a smile, "It really tastes better."
"Spiritual brewing?" Guan Luoyang looked at the wine glass and laughed, "This cup is too small. A gourd is just the right congratulations on your promotion to four stars."
"I already knew that I was 100% sure from the last time we met. What's there to congratulate? Brother An seems to be a little upset, but it will be over soon."
Gu Lanxiang directly took her own gourd and poured another cup for Guan Luoyang, "It's a pity that it has just entered July. Otherwise, when we go to Chang'an City, we can rely on the service purchased from the base to lock down the enemy. Find the location of Team Fang and others, and then find the location of Shao Lingxiao and others, and make arrangements in advance."
"Now they have three four-stars in total. Even if Sun Ling, as a demon awakened body, has not reached its full potential, it can be temporarily improved by any means, and it is only four."
"On our side, you, me, the abbot, and General Feng. I heard that there is another one in Chang'an. The four magic soldiers Ju Bu, Lu Ningxian and the others can be counted as one together."
"That is to say, if things go well, after the redemption is completed, at least three of us will attack Shao Lingxiao together, so we are quite sure."
Guan Luoyang took a sip of the strong drink and said: "Unfortunately, the situation will never be so smooth. In addition to killing monsters and practicing martial arts, I have passed many places on the road during this period, and the doubts in my heart have become deeper and deeper."
Gu Lanxiang said: "What are you doubting?"
"First of all, let's make some discoveries."
Guan Luoyang looked up at the night sky, "Different from some eras I have been to, people in the Tang Dynasty are actually really...very...confident, even proud."
"Even though they knew about those demons and knew that since the attack on Laojun Mountain, one bad news after another had spread, and so many granaries and grain transport fleets had been destroyed, they still weren't too anxious."
"Even if they can't name anyone who can put down this demonic rebellion, they definitely believe that the Tang Dynasty will win."
Gu Lanxiang put the gourd against her chin and said, "Isn't this bad?"
"How could it be bad? Of course it's good, I like it very much, so I feel even more strange..."
Guan Luoyang asked a profound question, "I have only been here for a long time and I have already realized the pride of the Tang Dynasty. So, where is Shao Lingxiao?"
"Shouldn't he not know that the Tang Dynasty only killed the emperor by burning down the granary? Even if he really killed the emperor, could he really complete the revenge in his heart?"
Gu Lanxiang understood a little bit: "Do you think what he did is not enough?"
"Far from enough!"
Guan Luoyang said categorically, "A person who could lead the Demon Cult and complete such a tragic battle ten years ago should not have his revenge like this."
"He was so procrastinating, so unfocused, talking about spreading his forces, making bets, and even retreating in front of me several times. When we first met, he definitely gave me this feeling."
Guan Luoyang's voice slowly lowered, "There must be some key point that we haven't thought of yet."
He recalled that the first time he fought against Shao Lingxiao on Laojun Mountain, it was less painful than the subsequent encounters.
When they first met, that shameful move, that feeling of emptiness, emptiness, and emptiness but stillness, was the "reality" that Guan Luoyang's instinct was more inclined to.
There was also the second time at Laojun Mountain, although it seemed that he was suppressed by Master Tianfang...
Tianfang Zhenren.
Guan Luoyang's mind suddenly flashed into the last scene where Master Tianfang struck the Tianmen with his palm and was unable to finish his words.
"Lan Xiang!"
"Um?"
"Where is the deceased abbot? I have something very important to ask him."
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