Bu Tian Gang

But that brilliance was only for a moment. In Mu Duo's view, the winter solstice seemed to return to calm soon.

He said, "Can you tell me something?"

Mu Duo and Dong Zhi are not yet familiar enough to ask other people's privacy at will, so she chooses not to ask, and thinks about where she should start.

The story that has long been dusted by the years.

"It's my uncle. As you know, corpse hunters like us have been passed down from generation to generation, and we have the most dealings with corpses and zombies."

Winter Solstice nodded.

When a person dies, the soul dissipates, and the body becomes a corpse, but there are also lingering grievances, the soul remains, or by chance, it absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon and gathers it in the body, or in a very fierce place, absorbs the evil spirit, and after a long time, it will be revived as a dead body. , regarded as evil by the world.

Ordinary zombies are afraid of the sun, come out at night, suck human blood, harm human life, and are regarded as evil things. But zombies are also divided into levels. The Taoist priests are helpless. This kind of zombie can no longer be called a zombie, but a tricky demon.

In those years, the warlords fought in chaos, the world was chaotic, the people couldn't eat enough, and mass graves were everywhere, so evil spirits were rampant, demons were rampant, and all kinds of weird incidents emerged endlessly. Like Mu Duo and the others, they not only chased away corpses, but sometimes picked up corpses. Exorcism business, so busy.

Once, Mu Duo's grand master received an entrustment. The client was a group of tomb robbers who found a large tomb of the Song Dynasty. The other party was afraid that there were some thousand-year-old rice dumplings in it, and he was afraid that he might not be able to handle it, so he invited Mu Duo's grand master. Go to the grave with them.The grand master didn't want to do this kind of thing that harms Yin and virtue, but at that time, his younger brother, Mu Duo's grand master, happened to be seriously ill and needed a lot of money to buy medicine. The grand master had no choice but to agree to the deal .

When I got down to the tomb, the whole journey was extremely dangerous, and I narrowly escaped death. Let’s not mention it for the time being. At that time, everyone was separated. The grand master was in danger in the tomb, and was rescued by a stranger. The other party claimed to be the tomb robber who came down first, and lost his companion At that time, Grand Master thought it was weird, but he couldn't detect any abnormalities. The two of them wandered around the tomb together. The man was very skilled and protected him everywhere. Forging a deep friendship, the grand master also pulled the other party to sworn brothers, agreeing to share the blessings and difficulties in the future.

Winter Solstice listened intently: "And then? Have they come out yet?"

Mu Duo nodded: "Although Grand Master is powerful, there are many traps in the tomb, and the tomb robbers who went with him all died in the end. Only Grand Master escaped with the help of his sworn brother, but Only the two of them escaped."

After getting out of trouble, Tai Shibo deeply felt that this trip hurt the peace of heaven, so he suffered this retribution, and he also stopped thinking about going to the grave again, but he didn't know where to raise his junior brother's medical expenses.At this time, his righteous brother took out a jade cup and said it was brought from the tomb, but the grand master refused, so he took the jade cup as a pawn.

The jade cup became a few hundred Yuan Datou, which was very valuable at that time. The grand master took the money to cure his junior brother, and he heard that his sworn brother had no father and mother, and was half his life, so he used the rest With the money, he bought dozens of acres of fertile land and a grocery store in the town, which were written under the elder brother's name.

The elder brother said that he didn't know how to manage the shop, so he took him together, and the two ate and lived together, and the relationship became deeper and deeper. Master Mu Duo knew the relationship between the two very well, and he was happy to see the success of the senior brother .

The days passed day by day, ordinary and happy, just when the grand master thought that life would pass like this, a murder occurred in the small town, the residents of the small town died tragically for no reason, and blood holes appeared on the necks without exception, as if they were trapped with fangs. wounded by wild animals.There are more and more dead people, and rumors began to spread in the town, saying that these people were all killed by zombies.

This kind of statement spread more and more widely, and Grand Master couldn't help becoming suspicious.The object of his suspicion was none other than his sworn brother.In these years, his sworn brother's appearance has not changed, and he still looks like he came out of the tomb. Not only that, his sworn brother often digs Ganoderma lucidum from the mountains and makes soup for Tai Shibo to drink, so Tai Shibo is always young In the past ten years, the appearance of the two of them has not changed, and they dress up a little when they go out, and the residents of the small town have not become suspicious.

It's not that Grand Master has no doubts about these things, but he has persuaded himself not to be suspicious every time, but this time the murders happened one after another, and human lives are at stake. Brother sworn brother.

One night, elder brother Jieyi saw that the grand master was fast asleep, so he got up and went out, but he didn't know that the grand master had noticed it a long time ago, and followed him out quietly.

The two went one after the other, the Grand Master followed him, and saw him sneak attacking the young man who was fighting the shift, and then dragged him to a dark place, and was about to strike, the Grand Master couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly appeared to stop him.Brother Jieyi seemed to have known that he would come a long time ago, his face was as calm as usual, and he was not panicked.

Winter Solstice frowned: "Is there some misunderstanding?"

Mu Duo shook his head: "No. People are indeed killed by him. A thousand-year-old zombie turned into a demon, even though he already possessed the wisdom of a human being, it is a demon after all. Even Tai Shibo, the corpse exorcist, was mistaken. "

At the beginning, I didn't notice it, but later, after a long time, skin-to-skin contact, how could I not notice the clue?It's just deceiving oneself and others, hoping that the other party is different from other demons.

But a demon is a demon after all, whether it is willing or not, its instinct will make it unable to control its desire to kill.

His sworn brother often used the excuse of going to the mountains to collect ganoderma, but in fact he went farther, intercepting business travelers on the official road, and went to the mountains to kill bandits. Over the years, he killed quite a few people, but because of his good concealment, many of them were merchants from other places. Others only thought that they were taken away by wild beasts and bandits, until the other party couldn't help but attack the people in the town.

And the Ganoderma lucidum he brought back to eat for Grand Master was actually the other party extracted the remnant soul of the person he killed and refined it with Ganoderma lucidum. Because it contained the yang energy and blood energy of a living person, so Grand Master didn't know it. , also ate so many human lives.

Knowing the truth, Tai Shibo was stunned as if struck by lightning, but the man smiled and told him that from now on, we will be connected by true blood, you will have me, and I will have you.Let's live forever together, live forever, okay?

Uncle Tai shook his head and said, it's not good at all.I was wrong.

The man sneered and asked him, don't forget, I saved your life too.

Uncle Grand Master shook his head and said, I was wrong. I should not forget that people and demons go to different destinations through different paths, and they will always be incompatible. But I thought you were different.

Winter Solstice was stunned for a long time, and finally asked: "Then what happened after that?"

Mu Duo: "Later, Grand Master wanted to subdue the other party. Originally, his strength was far inferior to that demon, but these years, the demon had been feeding him blood ganoderma and had no intention of planting willows. Grand Master and The other side also put in a fight. In the end, the two of them fought a battle, and when my Tai Shifu rushed over, I happened to see Tai Shibo transforming a demon under the moon and inserting his hand into his sworn brother's chest."

Dong Zhi was silent for a moment, and said: "Perhaps, that demon deliberately let him succeed."

Mu Duo smiled wryly: "Maybe. After Tai Shibo killed the other party, he hugged his body and said to him, you saved my life, and I will return this life to you. From then on, we will not default on each other. Then, he He committed suicide in front of my Grand Master. Before he died, he also told Grand Master to burn the bodies of both of them completely without leaving any trace, so as not to cause disaster. My Grand Master did so. Since then From now on, my master's sect will only be left with my Grand Master's line."

Did that demon do something wrong?No.Murder is naturally unforgivable for humans, but it is a demon, and it only follows the nature of a demon.

Did Grand Master do something wrong?No, he was just sticking to his last conscience, in order not to let the devil hurt more lives, and also to prevent himself from becoming the next devil, so he chose to die together.

Those who are not of our own race are distinct and cannot be compatible in the end.

Mu Duo said with emotion: "Humans have a limited lifespan, but monsters can live hundreds of thousands of years, or even longer. Their world is close to eternity, while our world only has four seasons. How can you make a person fall in love with a flower?" ? Before he had time to develop feelings for the flower, the flower withered and withered, even if the flower bloomed on the same branch again, it was not the original flower."

She said these words originally because she had feelings for the story of Tai Shibo and the devil, but seeing that Dong Zhi felt lost, she hurriedly made up for it: "Actually, the world is so big, and not every such thing will end up like my wife. Uncle Master’s ending, isn’t there many inhuman members like our Special Administration Bureau?”

Dong Zhi sighed, and said: "You are right, thank you, Sister Mu Duo."

After sending Mu Duo away, Winter Solstice was no longer in the mood to watch the stars and the moon. He returned to the bedroom, but couldn’t fall asleep anyway. He simply practiced cross-legged, replaying the Butian Gang Qi that Long Shen said in his mind. , I almost lost my temper, and got twice the result with half the effort, so I had to rein in the precipice, got up and walked to the living room.

The Changshou sword hanging on the wall is not affected by the owner's emotions. This sharp blade that has experienced countless years of wind and frost baptism is not surprised by favor or humiliation, without sorrow or joy. Climbing and rolling, still not fading the cold.

Seeing it, the winter solstice is like seeing Longshen.

The confession was originally out of plan, but since the other party knew about it first, he had no choice.

Long Shen's words and Mu Duo's stories all exposed a fact nakedly.

There is an insurmountable moat between them.

It's not that he didn't have a hunch before, it's just that human nature always subconsciously avoids risks, and many things must be heard from the other party's own mouth before giving up.

Long Shen accepted him as an apprentice in order to let him practice hard, slay demons and eliminate demons, become the mainstay of the Special Administration Bureau, and protect the order of the world, instead of letting his emotions and desires be controlled, indulging in personal love and unable to extricate himself.

Urban men and women are tossing and turning in the world of mortals, love and hate, entangled endlessly, and in the end they fish for the moon in the water and get nothing.

That's not what Long Shen wants him to be.

As soon as his finger hurt, he retracted reflexively, only to realize that the sword was stained with blood, and his finger was cut unintentionally.

Winter Solstice didn't take it seriously, put his finger into his mouth and sucked the blood away, and was going to get a cloth towel to wipe the blood on the sword.

"Ok?"

His eyes fell on the sword inadvertently, and suddenly stopped moving.

That streak of blood slowly flowed back along with the lines on the sword body, gradually filling up the sword body, densely packed, like a red thread twining around the sword body and lighting it up.

The temperature is transmitted from the sword body to the hilt, and the winter solstice instantly feels that the sword I am holding becomes hot!

He looked at Chang Shoujian in surprise, wondering and uncertain.

This sword has never been in trouble before, and the only time it was used in a big way recently was when he fought with Kiyoshi Yamamoto to attract thunder. Could it be that Yamamoto tampered with the sword?Impossible, the other party has never touched the sword.

After he came back, he often took out the sword and wiped it, but nothing abnormal happened.

Do you want to ask Master?

As soon as this thought flashed across his mind, he saw the scene around him change.

Just like the unnatural screen switching of old-style black and white movies, he was no longer in his living room in a flash before his eyes.

There are no floor-to-ceiling windows, no reclining chairs, sofas, and no long guard swords. What is presented in the sight range is a lonely mountain. It is not high, but its shape is very unique, like a thatched cottage.At the foot of the mountain, there are lush trees and forests, but there is only a small stream gurgling out, winding and zigzagging, making it fun.

Dong Zhi found himself in a troublesome situation, he couldn't move, and he didn't feel his body, as if he had been immobilized.

He tried to close his eyes or think back to reality in his mind, but when he opened his eyes again, he still saw the lonely mountain and the stream in front of him. After repeated several times, Dong Zhi gave up and continued to look at this picture Fortunately, there is still sound in the picture like a "computer screen saver", and there is movement in the ear, so it is not so boring at last.

After an unknown amount of time, a man suddenly came into view.

The drowsy Winter Solstice lifted his spirits and looked forward to the unexpected guest who had finally appeared.

The other party "passed by" Dong Zhi, with his back turned to his sight, walking further and further away, Dong Zhi couldn't see what he looked like at all, only from the back, the man's hair was tied in a bun, gray and black mixed, dressed in Coarse cloth clothes, not very particular about description, does not look like a modern person.

The man walked up the stream until his figure was completely covered by trees, and he could no longer see his figure.

The winter solstice is eager to see through, waiting until the upper and lower eyelids dozed off, but also failed to wait for the man to appear again, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, he feels tired, the only thing he can control is to open or close his eyes, he feels a little depressed, so he simply closes them Eyes, review the whole set of Butiangangqi exercises to calm the nerves.

Dang!

He didn't know how many times he had practiced until the sound of blacksmithing suddenly reached his ears. He slowly opened his eyes, but they widened instantly!

If it wasn't for the inability to make a sound, he would have called out.

The mountain is still the lonely mountain, but the situation below the mountain has changed.

The creek at the bottom of the mountain was diverted at some point, and seven small pools appeared at different heights on the left and right. It's like an armory workshop.

Winter Solstice only felt that this scene seemed familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

Just as he was thinking hard, the man with the gray hair and the bun he had seen before threw away the hammer, expressed regret, shook his head and sighed,

Turned around and entered the woods again.

This time, Dongzhi didn't wait too long. When the man came out again, he was still holding a large piece of black iron.

The other party threw the black iron into the furnace, and after a while, added metals such as gold and silver, his expression was a little more focused than when he was practicing Tiangang, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed at the comparison, but he couldn't help but feel ashamed. I want to get closer to see what a man can refine.

The heart moves freely, but the sight actually moves forward slowly. Looking at the golden water in the furnace that has turned into liquid, Winter Solstice seems to feel the heat wave coming, and can't help but take another half step back.

At this time, the man cut his wrist, blood dripped into the furnace, and the golden water instantly turned red, tumbling endlessly, and the clouds and mist evaporated.

Refining a sword with blood and sacrificing it with one's body are not uncommon in ancient legends. Familiar names such as General Mo Xie flashed in his mind, and he couldn't tell what kind of peerless weapon this man was forging.

But dripping blood to feed the sword is just the beginning.

At night, the sky was full of stars reflected in the pools, the water was rippling and the stars were shining brightly. The man took a little water from each of the seven pools and poured them into the furnace respectively.

I don't know if it was an illusion of the winter solstice, but he saw a star map slowly emerging from the furnace, hovering above the furnace shining brightly for a few seconds, and then slowly disappearing.

The red in the furnace gradually turned white.

In the blink of an eye, it was day again, and the spring mountains were smiling, and the eyes were full of lush greenery.

Holding a branch of pine in his hand, the man came from the mountain and threw it into the furnace again.

The furnace turns from white to yellow.

The winter solstice watched the seasons around him change three times a day, and he had long forgotten the change of time in the outside world. He didn't know whether it was the time disorder in the illusion, or the passage of time was speeding up. He had the illusion of a day and a thousand years. Seeing the molten iron in the furnace keep churning, he looked forward to what the other party could train.

The man brought ice and snow from the top of the mountain, rainwater from the sky, white mist from the forest, chalcedony from the ground, and put everything into the furnace. After the gold water in the furnace was poured into the sword mold, after it cooled down, it began to be tempered again.

The so-called true gold comes out of thousands of tempers.

When the sun above his head gradually receded to the west, and the stars and the moon drove away the sunset and replaced it with a shining night, the man repeated watering and tempering countless times, and the sword in his hand finally gradually took shape, revealing its original appearance.

Dong Zhi had some guesses in his heart. He was dragged into this illusion with the Changshou sword in his hand. The scene he saw must have something to do with the sword. He thought that what the man was forging was the Changshou sword, but when the sword first took shape, He found out again that it wasn't.

The long sword was more than three feet long, and the body of the sword was faintly glowing with off-white light. It was curved like countless lines, reflecting the stars in the sky, and it was solemn and solemn from ancient times.

Winter Solstice's heart skipped a beat and he raised his head.

The bright moon is in the sky, due to the north, a string of stars are shining brightly, reflecting the seven pools on the ground.

Then he heard the man say: "There is a Big Dipper in the sky, and there are seven pools in the earth. You can hold it like you are looking up at a high mountain, and hold it like you are leaning on a pine. , It is so deep and unfathomable. Therefore, my name is Seven Star Dragon Abyss."

The tone is a bit weird, but the strange thing is that Dong Zhi can understand it, and the sound is like a heavy hammer, directly hammering into the heart.

His heart trembled slightly, like seeing the moon through the clouds, and the fog cleared away.

Don't you see that Kunwu iron smelting is flying with flames and smoke, and the red light and purple energy are all impressive!

Seven Star Dragon Abyss Sword!

Longyuan... Longshen...

Could it be——

He actually witnessed the birth of his master with his own eyes!

To be precise, this sword is still in its infancy, and it cannot be regarded as a real sword for killing people, but it was forged by Ou Yezi, the No. 1 craftsman in the ages.

Cishan black iron, the essence of the sun and the moon, the brilliance of the stars, the air of mountains and mist, the spirit of green wood, the ice that connects to the sky, the dew without roots, and the chalcedony of the earth.

Before that, no one had ever practiced a sword like this. After that, such a sword weapon that can gather the spirits of all things in the world, mountains and rivers is also unique.

Living in the world, I have never wanted to be extraordinary.

Dongzhi's heart beat wildly, and he stared at the scene in front of him with wide eyes, not blinking for a moment.

Before entering the illusion, all the depression, sadness and heartache were replaced by the shock of witnessing the birth of the famous sword through the ages. My heart was agitated and I couldn't help myself.

What's more, this sword is his master.

The winter solstice had a sore nose, and suddenly had the urge to cry.

In the dark, there seems to be a connection between the soul, so he can't help but want to get closer, and touch the master who has not yet turned into a human form with his own hands.

What a precious moment, it will be engraved in my mind for a lifetime.

It's a pity that not long after the man finished speaking, instead of being able to get close to his newborn master, his eyes went dark, and his feet stepped on the ground, like falling into an abyss.

The rapid falling speed made Dong Zhi dizzy, and he had to close his eyes, but the falling trend lasted for a long time, and his whole body was top-heavy. The moment he stepped on the ground, he couldn't help but his legs went limp, and he sat down directly.

There was a strong smell of blood in the nostrils, fierce shouts of killing in the ears, drums playing in unison, horseshoes in disorder, swords, guns, swords and halberds colliding and piercing through the flesh and blood, spewing out a disgusting scene.

This is a battlefield.

Winter Solstice opens his eyes.

He stood in the middle of the battlefield, and the soldiers on both sides rushed to kill each other, trying to put the enemy to death with the greatest strength of his life.

The hand-to-hand combat in the era of cold weapons was more cruel and direct than what he had seen in all film and television dramas.

But everyone seemed to ignore his existence. Countless flesh and blood passed by him. The horseshoe raised high and trampled the nearest soldier to him. Immediately, the general drew his sword out of its sheath. Bai Mangyao dazzled his eyes.

Master!

To be precise, the Longyuan sword held by the burly general is his master.

Even though the appearance of the sword is quite different from that of Ci Shanshi, he still recognizes it at a glance because of the hidden connection.

The general's sword rose and fell, and the blade was soon soaked in countless blood.

When the general lowered his hand, the blood slid down the blade and dripped into the soil, blooming bloody flowers.

The Long Yuan Sword shone with a frightening cold light, it could not hurt people by itself, only when it was held in people's hands could it be a sharp weapon to hurt people.

The enemy seemed to be overwhelmed by the general's toughness, and when they rushed over, they intentionally or unintentionally bypassed the general's surrounding soldiers.

One of the soldiers was holding a military flag, which bulged in the wind, with the word "Li" written on it.

Dongzhi suddenly remembered that a long time ago, He Yu took him to visit the museum and told him how difficult it is for an artifact to become refined.

The miraculous hands of skilled craftsmen, the favor of the sun, the moon and the stars, and the impregnation of blood and yang energy cannot be far away from the world of mortals, but they cannot be held by the young people in the world of mortals.

There must be the air of a king with great ambitions, and the spirit of loyalty and righteousness that is impartial and selfless.

The right time, the right place, and the harmony of people are all indispensable.

In the long river where history has been turned over and over again, in the years of gold, iron, saber, light and sword, intrigues, deceit, resentment, love and hatred, what kind of role did the master play?

Has he ever been on the top of a high mountain, in an uninhabited place, witnessed the rising of the sun, Chang Gung turned into enlightenment, has he ever walked alone in the depths of the desert, seen the ancient civilization turned into a relic of vicissitudes, and the sound of camel bells was replaced by yellow? Sand buried?

How much blood has to be stained, how much struggle in the world of mortals, how many people's hands, how many bustling annihilations have been seen, before you can cultivate a thousand-year-old avenue and a persistent belief rooted in your heart?