Gu Meizhi

Look around desolate.

The pitch-black wings streaked across the sky, and there were mallards calling.It is a monster raised in Tianxiang Peak, it looks like a rooster with a human face, and it sings by itself.It is recorded in the Shan Hai Jing that if you see a mallard, you will have soldiers.

Wen Yansheng tightly clutched the silk handkerchief in her hand, the cold sweat in her palm had already wet the thin handkerchief a lot.She was walking alone in the deep stream at the bottom of Tianliang Peak, the long grass was rustling, and there was a grass plant buried deep in the bush.

According to legend, the grass grows once a thousand years and then withers, with red stems and white flowers, and it is not foolish to eat it.Immortal grasses are psychic, but they are afraid of human voices and magic spells, so they can only be picked by outstanding disciples from the medicine department at the quietest dawn.

The gravel is everywhere and the rocks are steep, and you can't use the skill of controlling the sword. Hearing the sound of swallows, you need to climb up the rocks to borrow strength from time to time.

She was sweating profusely, and before she knew it, the cold wind was getting tighter, and the thick clouds in the sky seemed to be getting heavier.

The wind gradually became more urgent.

There are strands of evil spirit climbing up, like a cowardly temptation, but also unable to resist the endless temptation of greed.Wen Yansheng only felt that the weight under his feet was getting heavier, and he could no longer move forward.

The evil spirit was getting closer and closer, Wen Yansheng's heartbeat sounded like a beating drum, she didn't even dare to take a breath, so she curled up deep in the long grass, holding her breath.

There were footsteps among them.The person's steps were very light, as if approaching her little by little from behind. After watching for a moment, he saw that she was motionless, and then carefully moved forward.

Wen Yansheng counted the beating of his own heart, until the person behind him bowed down cautiously, and suddenly raised his hands.The small sachet held in her palm spread out against the wind, and Biyingying's medicine powder scattered towards the sky.

It is a medicinal powder made from the root of miscanthus tree, which is highly poisonous. If it touches the eyes, lips, tongue and other soft skin, it will immediately cause ulceration.

It was too late to say it, Wen Yansheng felt the wind blowing in her ears suddenly, and she couldn't even see the figure of the other person clearly when she turned around, but saw a thick black mist emerging out of thin air, covering the man from head to toe. stand up.The poisonous powder from Miscanthus root sank into the black mist and disappeared immediately.

The evil spirit climbing up from all around was like a sticky and slippery boa constrictor, wrapping her layer by layer, making her almost breathless.

Wen Yansheng struggled back and forth in horror, when the black mist suddenly split into two, and a cold hand stretched out from it, choking her neck fiercely.

Wen Yansheng screamed.

Just at this critical moment, a shining Tai Chi magic circle suddenly lit up in the long grass under his feet, and the sword energy flashed in all directions, and more than ten people around him jumped out of the shadow of the mountains and rocks.Four shining long swords coming from east, west, north, south, slashed fiercely towards the black mist almost at the same time.

"no, do not want--!!"

This voice came so suddenly that everyone present was shocked at the same time, the four long swords could not cut down.

This voice is extremely young, it sounds like a boy of seventeen or eighteen years old.The black mist used to cover his face was blown away by the wind, and a sword-wielding disciple grabbed him by the back collar and threw him to the ground.With a clang sound, the point of the sword pointed at the same time, and the man curled up on the ground with his head in his arms, trembling all over.

Wen Yansheng's narrow escape was so frightening that his clothes were wet with sweat, Ning Ziqian hugged her tightly and said a few words of comfort before walking out from the crowd.

The elite disciples from all the peaks of Kunlun gathered here, and Mei Qingjian was also among them. The Tai Chi formation that trapped the man in the black mist just now was set up by himself.

Ning Ziqian had invited them to discuss a few days ago, and used the sound of swallows as bait to set up a special situation to lure Chaos into the bait.Unexpectedly, Chaos was not fooled, but someone else entered the game. The sword-wielding disciple yelled and kicked the man on the ground hard.

The man rolled around in pain, and everyone saw his face clearly at the same time.

More than a month ago, Mei Qingjian once had a relationship with him in Jixia Academy.The arrogance of that time is still in front of my eyes, I never thought that when I see you again in a blink of an eye, there will be such a difference.

That was Wei Di from Tianshu Peak.

Ning Zizhen frowned, and looked down at him condescendingly: "When the disciples of Tianshu Peak gave me a secret report, I still refused to believe it. It turns out that the traitor in Kunlun Mountain is really you."

Wei Di trembled again and again: "Don't kill me!...Don't, don't kill me!"

Ling Yu's face was ashen, and the more people came out.Without saying a word, he just stared at Wei Di's distressed appearance, and slowly drew the long sword Xihe from his waist.

Yan Kunjin became hotter and hotter with the sword master's state of mind, and the golden light in his eyes was particularly dazzling. Even Mei Qingjian, who was standing in the crowd, could sense a burning sword intent to kill.

Wei Di scrambled with his head in his arms, and grabbed Ning Ziyan's robe hem, and he couldn't help but hide behind him, begging anxiously, "Senior Brother, don't kill me! Don't kill me—Senior Brother Ning, help!!"

Ning Ziyan took a step back in disgust, and broke away from Wei Di's hand.He looked at Ling Yu, and said with a cold face: "Junior Brother Ling, this time we caught the traitor in the sect, and need to be interrogated carefully. Junior brother is so eager to clean up the sect, I'm afraid he will be suspected."

Wei Di's face was pale, he was not very old, and at this moment he was extremely frightened, more like an ignorant child, he just shouted: "I am not a traitor! I have never killed anyone! I have never betrayed you Master!"

Ning Ziqian said with a sullen face: "The dozens of fellow disciples who were present could see it clearly. You deliberately harmed Tianliang Feng Wen's junior sister with the method of chaos and demons. The evidence is solid, how can you argue?"

"What, I..." Wei Di's face turned blue and pale, and when he raised his head, he suddenly rushed towards Ling Yu, "Senior brother! ——When you taught me the spell, you didn't say it was a demon spell!"

The crowd fell silent for a while, Ling Yu held the glowing Xihe sword in one hand, looked down at Wei Di who was covered in dust and mud, and said coldly: "When you are about to die, you still want to mess around here. Bite?"

Wei Di's teeth chattered, but he kept his eyes on Ling Yu: "At the bottom of Tianxiang Peak last night, don't you remember what senior brother said to me?"

Russling discussions gradually sounded, Ning Zizhen frowned, and glanced at the crowd: "Which one was watching the night in Tianxiang Peak last night?"

A handsome disciple with a spirit tripod hanging from his waist bowed and said, "Disciple Yu Cong, was on duty at Tianxiang Peak last night."

Ning Zichen asked, "Is there anything unusual?"

Yu Cong glanced at the two men in front of him hesitantly, and said in a low voice, "...in the middle of the night yesterday, I did see these two senior brothers from Tianshu Peak."

There was a big uproar.Mei Qingjian frowned, and scanned the crowd - she had never seen Jiang Bie.

Thinking about it, Jiang Bie has not recovered from his serious injury, and careful recuperation is not enough, so he shouldn't be wasting unnecessary energy here.

It's just that he was apprehensive, vaguely feeling that if Jiang Bie wasn't present, he was afraid that a monstrous storm would be set off soon.Mei Qingjian's mind was still not settled, and Yu Cong had already heard Yu Cong speak again:

"...At midnight last night, this disciple patrolled Tianxiang Peak as usual, and saw Senior Brother Ling and Senior Brother Wei talking under a big willow tree in the south of the peak. His appearance was submissive, as if Brother Ling was reprimanding something.

"Although we are far away, this disciple can barely hear Senior Brother Ling saying, saying, ... father and mother ... how so."

Wei Di immediately shouted: "That's right! He—he was threatening me that if I didn't work for Lord Chaos, he would kill my parents! I don't want to learn...I don't want to learn! But he Threatening me time and time again, I dare not not learn!

"My parents are old, and I have only one son under their knees. In case I have something good or bad... Brother Ning! Everything I said is true, and this little brother can testify!"

Ling Yu put Xihe into the sheath, raised his eyes to glance at Yu Cong, and said frankly: "That's right, I saw him on Tianxiang Peak at the fourth watch last night."

Amidst the discussions around, Ling Yu asked Yu Cong unhurriedly: "You were on duty last night, so your fellow disciple should be with you, right?"

Yu Cong nodded, and Ling Yu said again: "At a quarter of an hour, you finished your night patrol and rested for a while in the Star Picking Pavilion outside Tianxiang Palace. At three o'clock, your junior brother said that he was hungry, so he found it from the small kitchen. I'll share some cold biscuits with you. At the fourth watch, the two of you suddenly had a stomachache, so you had to rush to the woods to say goodbye, right?"

Yu Cong was taken aback, and couldn't help but blushed, but Ling Yu's words were true, so he could only nod in recognition.

Ling Yu paused and said: "When you came out of the woods, you saw me scolding Wei Di. It's true—if you were a little late, I'm afraid that both of you would turn into people at the bottom of the Naihe bridge. It's a new ghost."

He glanced back at Wei Di who was curled up on the ground, with disdain on his face, and said coldly: "He has followed you two for a long time, with ulterior motives, and you can tell it at a glance. There are medicines in the cold food in the small kitchen, which is why he escaped." I did. I didn’t kill him right away because of the friendship of the same family. What I said that day was to ask him to think more about his parents and touch his conscience more, whether it was worth it or not.”

What Ling Yu said was justified and well-founded, and his advances and retreats were appropriate, and Yu Cong confirmed that everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, believing most of them in their hearts.

If it is said that Wei Di was chasing and biting randomly when the Dongchuang incident happened, it would be reasonable.Wei Di yelled, stepped forward on his knees, and kowtowed repeatedly in front of Ning Zizhen: "He was the one who planted the frame! Brother Ning—the disciple was confused for a while, and mistrusted the villain. But for the sake of Kunlun Mountain's long-term plan, the senior brother must not let him go. The real murderer is free!"

Ning Zizhen cast his eyes on him more and more coldly, and said in a deep voice: "You all stick to your own opinions, and we can't make a conclusion on this matter. Put Wei Di alone first—"

Before he could finish his sentence, suddenly, hearing the rapid sound of fireworks, everyone raised their heads at the same time, and saw blood-red fireworks shooting up into the sky from the south.

Ordinary fireworks are lifted into the air and dispersed, but this beam of fireworks only rose as high as one person, and then exploded in mid-air with a bang.Sparks splashed in all directions, burning the branches of the forest on the peak, and immediately a fire head about ten feet high burst into flames.

The flames were like blood, and the black smoke was billowing, making everyone feel cold all over.

The fire in the forest must not be ignored. Immediately, three or four elite disciples rose up with swords. Zhongheli lowered the rain to put out the fire.

Look at the place where the flame head rises, where is it if it's not Tianxiang Peak?

Mei Qingjian's heart suddenly tightened, he felt his heart beating like a beating, and the increasingly ominous feeling was like a maggot on the tarsus bone, which made him feel cold all over his body for no reason, and he just focused all his energy on the direction of Tian Xiangfeng.

There was a long chants, but seeing a sword shadow breaking through the formation of protecting the peak, and someone falling down from the cloud, Mei Qing gradually saw clearly that it was Wan Qichang who had a relationship with him in Tianxiang Peak once.

Wan Chengchang's eyes were red, and when he landed, he staggered and almost fell down. He stumbled and rushed a few steps towards Ning Ziqian, his knees softened and he fell to his knees, falling to the ground and crying loudly.

"Senior Brother Ning! Jiang, Senior Brother Jiang——"

The blood on Ling Yu's face faded, and he took several steps back.

Just now when Wei Di was stalking and accusing him randomly, Ling Yu didn't panic at all, but at this moment, his trembling right hand couldn't make a decent sword formula, so he had to pull out the sword fiercely and throw it into the air, stepping on it. He even lost his footing when going up the blade.

The sound of the wind was harsh, and in a blink of an eye they had arrived at Tianxiang Peak, the air was filled with the pungent smell of gunpowder smoke, and the black smoke had not cleared away, Ling Yu hurriedly pushed aside the disciples of Tianxiang Peak who were blocking the way, and rushed forward.

In the forest glade surrounded by the crowd, a dead body was lying quietly.

He never thought that this was the last time he saw Jiang Bie.

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The early stage of the plot is over and enters the turning point.The length of the full text is now over one-third.