smile to heart

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At this moment, Xi Yan's cronies rushed back to report the whereabouts of Mu Yun and the two.

Xi Yan pulled up his hood to cover his face. He lost all expression, and turned to laugh at Luo Qingchen: "Hahaha... I knew that none of these people deserved to die. After so many years, You listened to Mu Xi's nonsense and tolerated them again and again, and now you've finally become a tiger... What would you do without me?"

The puppet, who lost his mind, remained unmoved after hearing this questioning.

Xi Yan lowered his eyes in self-pity, backed away from him, and turned his eyes fiercely: "Go! Immediately send someone to deliver this family letter to Mu Yun in person. In two days, I will call him up the mountain for a never-ending battle Family banquet... I want to wipe out all members of the Mu family!"

"Yes."

……

×

The ancient temple is quiet and the Buddhist gate is spacious.Two straight figures strolled along the green steps, passed through the low green branches, and finally stopped outside the vermilion door with a tacit understanding of each other, telling each other the preface of parting.

"The banquet time is tight, so I can only send you here." Mu Yun slowly let go of his hands, and along the way, his brows were full of deep worry.

Qi Zhong understood his heavy heart after receiving the letter from the family, but he was not at ease about the conspiracy and tricks involved, and repeatedly reminded: "Cousin's safety is important, I understand your intentions. But why don't you let me go to this banquet with you? You You should know that Xi Yan and the others are uneasy and well-intentioned, and this banquet is likely to be an ambush!"

Mu Yun shook his head slowly: "Whether it's a game or not, I can't gamble with my brother's life. This trip is dangerous and inevitable, but it happened suddenly. I think it has something to do with us moving those clay sculptures. I will go to the banquet, and I will investigate everything clearly. As for you, I hope that you can stay in the ancient temple for the time being, and be my last confidence and remembrance. In this way, I will be more determined to go and return, instead of worrying all the way... ..."

To be honest, it relieved the knot in my heart, but Qi Zhong still sighed helplessly: "But I am also worried about you."

"Don't worry, I will return safely within three days. During this time, you should stay here and rest your body and mind."

"But..." Qi Zhong hesitated for a moment, then slowly let go of the fingers holding the opponent's sleeve, nodded and said, "Okay, in the past three days, I will light up a hundred lotus lanterns for you to illuminate the way back, you must Yes, come back!"

"Ok!"

There are tens of thousands of parting words, and when they reach the lips, there is only nodding.Mu Yun stopped talking and hurriedly left the ancient temple, helplessly ignoring Yiyi's gaze behind him.

×

The once bright Jiugai Mountain Temple is now dark and cold, filled with a faint murderous aura that strangers should not get close to, making people look cold.Mu Yun was vigilant, and slowly stepped into the unguarded palace gate. The abnormality along the way reminded him that he was doomed.But he was fearless, he was only worried about Mu Xi's safety, and stepped into this dirty killing situation awe-inspiringly.

Following the footsteps of the visitors, the dark fairy palace suddenly lit up. Mu Yun straightened his body and looked at the high seat facing him from a distance. He was fooled, and excitedly chuckled.

Xi Yan clasped the edge of the table in front of him tightly, staring at the hazy fairy figure outside the curtain, angrily beyond recognition, and said in a low voice: "Everyone is here, sit down first."

The words of the order, but there is no one in the hall to arrange a guest seat for Mu Yun.He concentrated his thoughts, and already guessed the strategic steps of Xi Yan's plan to frame and kill him, so he also pretended to be polite and answered the wrong question.

"Thank you Luo Xianzun for your request, so that I can meet with my brother today, so as to solve the knot of many years..."

"I don't know where my cousin is now?"

Xi Yan sneered: "The Immortal has been waiting for you for a long time, but you only care about your relatives, isn't it too rude?"

Mu Yun then apologized and said: "The Immortal is magnanimous, please forgive me..."

"Okay, I don't want to embarrass you too much because you are thinking about your loved ones. I heard from your reply that something suspicious was found in the territory of Shangjiang, which may endanger the safety of Jiugai Mountain. What is it?"

Feeling his temptation, Mu Yun knew that he had fallen for the opposite trick, and continued to reply in a warm voice: "It's three clay sculptures, with strange shapes and hidden secrets. I have little knowledge and can't figure it out for a while, so I want to send them to the immortals." In front of your eyes, debate the mystery..."

"What! Did you bring something from your trip?" Xi Yan said in a flustered tone, and was immediately angry with joy. Jiyuan was really not destroyed, so he still has a chance to restore the soul and reverse the world situation.

Mu Yun heard that he was completely fooled, his eyes darkened, and his tone was humble: "Bring it. Let me present this thing to the immortal with my own hands."

"Hmm..." Xi Yan agreed hesitantly, but his mind was in a trance for a moment.He originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity of the conversation to assassinate Mu Yun, and deliberately transferred all the attendants in the hall, in order to give Mu Yun's death a legitimate reason for being punished for treason, so as to block the mouths of many people, but at the moment, although The overall plan has not changed, but Xi Yan feels uneasy.

Outside the bead curtain, Mu Yun's steady steps gradually approached. Although Xi Yan was suspicious by nature, he saw him humbly bowing his head and holding things with both hands, which was extremely sincere and not deceitful.After thinking about it, he held Mu Xi's life in his hands, and he was not afraid of Mu Yun's daring to do something out of the ordinary, so he relaxed his guard and waited for Jiyuan to be returned to him.

At this time, with only the last three steps left, Mu Yun's figure suddenly stopped, and before Xi Yan could react, he melted away the clay sculpture in his hand, condensed his two fingers, filled with spiritual power, and immediately held the Hui sword, his eyes turned cold , kill fiercely.

Xi Yan was shocked, and miscalculated for a moment. He never expected that Mu Yun would follow his tricks and actually assassinate.When the sword light came, fortunately, he was very scheming, and had already set up traps on the main seat to block the killing for himself.

But Mu Yun obviously came prepared, seized the opportunity, and pressed on step by step. The empty hall was filled with sword energy, and Xi Yan fled left and right, cursing: "Presumptuous! Bold! How dare you assassinate!"

Mu Yun's eyes became colder, his hand holding the sword was extraordinarily strong, and his anger became even worse: "You threatened my brother's life and forced me to go up the mountain. Didn't you have a premeditated plan? You are the only one in the palace, but you falsely preached an imperial decree and used public Selfishness, you are simply despicable and shameless!"

"Hmph. I should have killed you the moment you entered the door! Mu Yun, you have been patient for so many years, and today is not a trick? Since you already know that this trip will come and go, then I will fulfill you even more. ...This formation is the soul-locking formation that killed the Rakshasa god back then, and its power is extraordinary, you will surely be unable to escape tonight, just wait to turn into blood in it!"

"And your cousin, the Mu family, will pay a heavy price for your stupidity today. When the five thunders roar, you should wait for your brother's remnant soul to come to you on Huangquan Road, hahaha ..."

Xi Yan led him all the way to the end of the mechanism, trapped him in the formation, and when he saw that he no longer posed a threat to him, he aggressively provoked him outside the formation.

After listening to the sarcasm in his words one by one, Mu Yun didn't feel annoyed. He just caught the beneficial information, and his mind wandered: "The place where the five thunders gather can only be... Tongtian Tower! My brother must be trapped in it, I must break through it as soon as possible." Come on, rescue him!"

……

×

It was only more than a day apart, and Qi Zhong had already waited anxiously in the ancient temple, spending the days like years, praying under the Buddha statue over and over again, lighting bright lotus lanterns one after another, hoping that the blessings would come true.

However, the ancient temple was isolated from the world after all the years. He paced in front of the door, still unable to calm down, hesitated again and again, Qi finally chose to disobey Mu Yun's advice, opened the door, and hurriedly entered the world to find out the latest news.

He came to the town at the foot of Jiugai Mountain, covered his face with a rough bamboo hat, mingled with the crowd, and squeezed in front. He saw that the notice board was covered with arrest warrants. killing order.

Suddenly seeing this piece of information, Qi Zhong's eyes went dark, and he almost fell to the ground from dizziness. Fortunately, someone beside him helped him.He stood firm, almost lost his mind, and rushed to the top of the mountain, but after calming down repeatedly, he hid in the alley, closed his eyes and recalled Mu Yun's promise, and forced himself to calm down.

Thinking about the content described in the arrest warrant, Qi finally thought that since Mu Yun was not in danger, but was avoiding the hunt, the reason why he didn't go back to the ancient temple to find him immediately must be because he didn't want to hurt himself.

Returning to reason, Qi finally suppressed his fright and anger, pretended to look good, and slowly passed those people, returning to the ancient temple and the others.

……

×

There is infinite silence behind the gorgeous bead curtain, and the people on the throne are indifferent.The people in the side seat listened to the government behind the curtain, and they were furious when they heard it. After the slap on the table, needles could be heard in the cold fairy palace.The civil servants and counselors under the seat were worried, and they considered the situation individually, and they were even more afraid of the sense of crisis that the court would feel like falling into a tiger's den.

Behind the curtain, the soul consciousness was soaked by the special medicine, and it constantly produced strange pains, which forced Xi Yan to break out in cold sweat several times, and he almost couldn't listen to the official business of the court.He regained his composure, felt the oppression of the Baijia Xianmeng brought by his joy and anger, and felt a little condescending pleasure, but when he looked back at Luo Qingchen's expression beside him, still indifferent and numb, Xi Yannu was extremely disappointed , stood up in an uproar.

He walked slowly to the highest step, looked down at the crowd, and said contemptuously: "The Immortal is ill today, it is not appropriate to issue an order, and I will convey the last will to you on his behalf."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that there was no threat to their lives, they asked politely, "I don't know what the order is?"

The corners of the lips under the hood curled coldly, and Xi Yan replied indifferently: "The sinner Mu Xi has been imprisoned in the Tongtian Tower, waiting for the day when the five thunders come into the world, and will be sentenced to death, and he will never be reincarnated!"

"Ah!" Everyone gasped when they heard the words, they all looked at each other in shock and shook their heads.

Someone's conscience was still alive, and he risked his life to retort: ​​"Yes, but Mr. Mu is the vice-honored by the Luo Xianzun. Apart from the Luo Xianzun's oracle, we dare not touch him at will."

Xi Yanli's eyes turned cold: "You mean you want to plead for Mu Xi? Could it be that what I just said is not enough to convince you that it is Luo Xianzun's will?"

"No, I don't know what crime he committed? We are just acting impartially according to the law. If there is no serious mistake, shouldn't we be imprisoned in the Tongtian Tower to be tortured by the five thunderbolts... How could the Lord Xianzun suddenly issue such an order?"

Xi Yan snorted angrily and coldly: "You civil officials are really good at sophistry! You remember the rules that Luo Xianzun established with him to rule Tongjiang back then... Now, that person has been convicted of slander. It's been three years, and you still don't understand what Luo Xianzun means?"

"What's more, Mu Yun took advantage of the opportunity to go to the banquet the night before, committed the following crimes, and failed to assassinate the immortal. Now he is guilty and absconded, which is an unforgivable crime!"

"This..." the begging man was dumbfounded by fear, and hesitantly replied, "But the cause and effect of this matter has not been investigated clearly, so a hasty conviction is inevitable..."

"Enough! These years, the members of the Mu family have been very ambitious. If they stay, there will only be more troubles. Mu Xi takes advantage of his position to plan and plot, the most damned!"

The ferocious tone made it harder for everyone to refute.

Xi Yan took advantage of the situation and pressed him again: "Pass down the order, and from now on, all positions of Mu Xi will be deposed, and all government orders he has advised and established will be destroyed one by one, including any achievements he made, all from Jiugai Mountain. It will be removed from the annals of history! From now on, there will be no such position as Vice-Honor!"

One word stirred up waves, and everyone objected even more, and they all agreed for a while: "Oh! You mustn't do it! His Majesty Mu Xizun worked hard in the past, worked hard for the people's livelihood in Tongjiang, and devoted a lot of effort. Today, there are many experiences for reference, how can it be wiped out overnight? Losing such talents is a great loss for Shangjiang! Please also ask Luo Xianzun for a little kind word, don't..."

"I've said enough! Mu Xi's crimes are heinous, he despises the immortals, and has no law. He should have ceased to exist in the world long ago. I don't want to hear another word of pity from your dogs. I still have patience. Hurry up and get out of here!"

Xi Yan couldn't listen to these people's extra praise for Mu Xi, it was the pain of his jealousy for many years!Now he would rather see himself and Luo Qingchen's stigma forever than hear him and Mu Xi live forever.

Everyone grasped their hearts and knelt together to beg: "Please take back the order of the immortal!"

"..." Xi Yan was so angry that he trembled all over, and he didn't even want to worry about his internal injuries.

At this moment, a young servant of the immortal family, who had been favored by Mu Xi's promotion, acted impulsively for a while, and fearlessly remonstrated: "We are only ordered by the immortal, and we will never abuse punishment!"

After hearing this, Xi Yan was furious and sighed again and again. When he turned around, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, he drew out his attendant's sharp sword, and mercilessly killed the man. Blood splashed all over the room, shocking everyone for a moment, and silenced Self-preservation.

Xi Yan clenched the blade tightly, insanely insane, and said arrogantly: "Now, my order is what Luo Xianzun means. Whoever dares to disobey will end up in the same way!"

No one said anything more, leading him to retreat, all of them ran out of the palace gate in a panic, leaving the room empty and silent.

On the deserted throne, Luo Qingchen's haggard expression was still indifferent. After watching the tragedy blankly, there was no sober sound in his throat.

×

It was the last night, and as midnight approached, the atmosphere in the ancient temple became more and more quiet, even a little desolate.

Under the towering Buddha statue, the lights dimmed, and the hundreds of lanterns were about to burn out, but Mu Yun still did not return.A drop of cold sweat ran across the cheek of the kneeling man with his eyes closed. At this moment, the chime of the time chime rang and echoed in the temple, and the faint light of the last lotus lantern was suddenly extinguished.

Immediately, Qi Zhong opened his eyes in panic, seeing the darkness around him, and his emotions suddenly collapsed.For a moment of heartache, he hunched over and lay down on the futon, choking with sobs and crying: "Mu Yun..."

At this moment when all hope was extinguished, the inside of the Buddhist gate suddenly lit up one by one.Immediately, a piece of fragrant robes covered his shoulders, and a familiar gentle sound came from his ears: "It's late at night, why haven't you returned to your room to rest?"

"Mu Yun!"

Hearing this, Qi Zhong was stunned for a moment, turned around suddenly, and hugged the other party tightly: "You are finally back! Do you know how hard it has been for me these three days!"

"...I'm sorry." Mu Yun looked pitifully, momentarily at a loss.

"No, no need to apologize! I just want you to come back safely."

Hearing this, Mu Yun hugged him with both hands, and nodded in relief: "Yeah."

"You are hurt?"

"No. It's just that this trip... has fallen short." Mu Yun sighed, and then told him everything he had experienced in the past three days.

After hearing his difficulties, Qi Zhong said again: "Plans always fail to keep up with the variables. Now, we must rescue our cousin quickly, otherwise Xi Yan will go crazy, and I don't know what extreme things will happen."

Mu Yun agrees with the lowered eyes: "When the five thunders gather together, just two days later, Xi Yan wants to use this opportunity to persecute his brother, and activate the phantom formation, and stir Tongjiang into chaos... We must make a prediction in advance, Quickly quell this turmoil!"

"I heard on the street that he has started to target the Mu family and other sects of Fufeng with very cruel methods..." Qi Zhong said, with a hint of worry in his tone.

Mu Yun said with relief: "Before I came back, I had already sent the secret letter of the Hundred Families Alliance, and the various forces will coordinate in these two days. Although the Mu family is currently under attack, many hidden world masters have come forward to help, I can take it easy Mind. What we have to do now is to join Feng Mei as soon as possible and grasp the method of destroying the array. When the time comes, everything will depend on you."

"Well. I will not let you down."

The firm tone and firm intention made each other's hearts warm, and the worry on the brows and eyes gradually faded away.