【Ice Autumn】Crossing Mountain Spring

Returning from Bailu Forest, after coaxing Shang Qinghua back, Shen Qingqiu took the carriage and turned around to go to Zhaohua Temple.

Under the pagoda of Zhaohua Temple, Wuchen had already packed up his luggage, and clasped his hands together towards him from afar.

Shen Qingqiu returned the gift, Wuchen said: "It seems that Bai Lulin's incident has been properly resolved by Peak Master Shen.

Shen Qingqiu said: "It's not considered proper, it's still short of being a shareholder of Master Wuchen."

Wuchen nodded, his eyes solemn: "I have not been able to detect and stop the injustice and sin in the past, and I have always regretted it. Now that I have the opportunity to forgive the sins of the past, I dare not refuse."

The two of them went all the way to the foot of Bailu Mountain.Shen Qingqiu took out a blueprint from his bosom, on which a road map was drawn in a flying style, and a tick was neatly drawn in a corner.

Before Shen Qingqiu forced Shang Qinghua to think hard, forced him to come up with the place where Tianlang-Jun was imprisoned that he wrote, and even drew a topographical map.

Shen Qingqiu frowned when he saw it: "It's really here?"

"It's really here."

"The environment is too miserable."

Shang Qinghua patted him on the shoulder: "Do you think that someone like the old master of Huanhua Palace can make life easier for a wild man who made his apprentice's belly bigger? Of course he wants to punish him to death."

So when Shen Qingqiu shook out the blueprint, Wu Chen glanced at it, then closed his eyes and recited the Buddha's name with a voice of compassion.

Shen Qingqiu said: "Tianlang-Jun has been imprisoned here for 17 years."

Wuchen said: "Back then, the four sects listened to the words of the old Palace Master and worked together to suppress Tianlang-Jun. After the end, the old Palace Master insisted on refusing to tell the other sects where Tianlang-Jun is being held. If this place is known to everyone, At least Zhaohua Temple would not agree with it back then."

Entering Bailu Mountain, Shen Qingqiu used his sword to cut through the branches and thorns blocking the way, and protected Master Wuchen to go deep into the mountain.The more he walked, the more he felt that there was no aura in the surrounding mountains, and Bai Lulin's abundant spiritual power was completely blocked out.

Shen Qingqiu judged the terrain carefully, and finally identified a narrow deep valley. After struggling to find a way into it, his scalp became numb from the cold air in it.

There is a long and narrow rock crevice in the deep valley, which is covered by various vegetation, and it is so dark that there is no head.Shen Qingqiu looked at the map, then folded the map back.

Then he waved his hand and released an enchantment, blocking a long white shadow that rushed towards him outside.

Shen Qingqiu collected himself, and said in a low voice: "It's me."

The snake man turned over with difficulty on the ground, and slowly crawled towards him. Shen Qingqiu squatted down, and asked warmly: "Is Tianlang-Jun inside? I invite this... old friend, to come and see him."

Zhu Zhilang looked at him with his eyes open, and after a long while, he slowly moved away.

Shen Qingqiu stood up, and Master Wuchen said: "Peak Master Shen, can I let this old man go alone to meet this Tianlang-Jun?"

Shen Qingqiu thought for a while, untied the Xiuya Sword, and handed it to Wuchen: "Tianlang-Jun's temperament is unpredictable, Master, please be careful."

Wu Chen gently pushed back, and sighed: "Peak Lord Shen, he was imprisoned here, and he has long been powerless to struggle."

After speaking, leaning on the Zen stick alone, he walked slowly towards the darkness in the cave.

Shen Qingqiu watched him go in, turned around and found a cleaner place, and sat on the ground outside the cave.

Zhuzhilang didn't climb in either, but silently curled up at his feet.

Shen Qingqiu said: "Why don't you follow in and have a look? You trust me so much?"

With the tip of Zhuzhilang's wet tail, he slowly scratched words on a rock beside him, and Shen Qingqiu took a while to recognize those few words: "Repay your kindness in the future".

Shen Qingqiu quickly waved his hands and said, "No need."

He looked at Zhu Zhilang, and said: "In the future, in a few years at most, this kind of life will be over. At that time, you don't have to come to me. I think, one Tianlang-Jun is enough for you."

Zhu Zhilang couldn't speak, Shen Qingqiu continued: "Please also tell Tianlang-Jun that I can only strive for the best possible result for him, if he insists on taking revenge on the human world... there is still one person in this world Existence, that person will not let him do this. If you face that person, you will definitely lose."

Shen Qingqiu thought about it again: "Or is it more appropriate to say it's a demon?"

There was a hint of doubt in Zhuzhilang's eyes, Shen Qingqiu ignored him, and found a lot of small notebooks with fancy bindings from Qiankun's sleeves.

Zhuzhilang: "..."

Shen Qingqiu folded them neatly and placed them in the center of Zhuzhilang's rolled up body so as not to get wet from the surrounding dew, and said: "They are the most popular scripts in the human world these years. It is probably enough for him to spend the rest of the day. .”

Zhuzhilang curled his body even tighter, entangled the pile of scripts with incompatible styles.From an angle Shen Qingqiu couldn't see, a large tear slipped out of his dewy eyes.

Zhuzhilang raised his tail and wrote on the rock stroke by stroke: "Why".

Shen Qingqiu said softly: "To thank him."

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Tianlang-Jun finally brought Luo Binghe into this world.

Shen Qingqiu waited outside for a long time, until the light in the valley was so dim that it almost didn't exist, and when he couldn't tell the time, Wuchen's figure appeared from the deep crack.

A thin layer of white frost formed on Wuchen's eyebrows, the cassock was mostly wet with dew, and the hem was also muddy, but his expression was calm and peaceful.

Shen Qingqiu drew a fire talisman to dry his clothes for warmth, while supporting him, he walked on the way he came and went.

Shen Qingqiu asked: "Master and Tianlang-Jun, how did the conversation go?"

Wuchen said: "The old monk will not hide a single word of the past that he knows, and tell him everything. After Tianlang-Jun heard it, he was silent for a long time. The old monk wanted to use Buddhism to enlighten him, but faced with this situation, he couldn't do it. Speak."

Shen Qingqiu said: "It is reasonable for Tianlang-Jun to know the truth back then."

Wuchen said: "Zhaohua Temple once kept an ancient medicine book, which recorded the cultivation method of Sun and Moon Luhuazhi, which can promote the cultivation of Luhuazhi as soon as possible. The old monk recited this method to him, so as to help him escape from the sea of ​​suffering as soon as possible. The old man also promised that if Tianlang-jun wants to settle down in the future, Zhaohua Temple is willing to keep him in the Qing Dynasty to practice ritual Buddha."

Shen Qingqiu said: "Then what did Tianlang-Jun say?"

Wuchen said: "He didn't say anything. He just stopped the old monk at the end and asked a question."

Shen Qingqiu: "What are you talking about?"

Wuchen clasped his hands together, his eyes showed compassion:

"He asked the old man—who does that child look more like?"

After returning from Bailu Mountain, Shen Qingqiu had nothing to do and was idle for more than a year.

During the period, it was nothing more than going out with Liu Qingge to fight mobs, or approving papers at Qingjing Peak, or going to Zhaohua Temple to drink tea with Master Wuchen.

As for the sprite's eye, Shen Qingqiu asked the ingenious fairies of Xianshu Peak to change it into a sword embroidered with a needle and thread.When taking off the original one from Xiu Ya's sword, it suddenly occurred to him that the one seemed to be made by Luo Binghe, and he had a thick face, so he asked Fairy to try again, combining the two swords into one, and then hung it on.

To be honest, on weekdays he hangs the Xiu Ya sword on the wall, and the bamboo house is centered on it, and all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and ants are almost extinct, and its power cannot be underestimated.

Shen Qingqiu originally thought that there would be no changes in the cultivation world in the past few years. One day, he was drinking tea in the bamboo house, but the door of the bamboo house was kicked open suddenly.

Liu Qingge glanced at him, and cut straight to the point: "Take the sword and go to the mountain gate."

Shen Qingqiu stood up: "What happened?"

Liu Qingge said succinctly: "Jinlan City. The demons committed murder."

Hearing these two words, Shen Qingqiu's heart was suddenly poked hard.

Liu Qingge's statement directly pointed out that it was the demons who committed the murder, not words like "plague".This made him have to think, whether this is a new plot added by the system, or the plot that was supposed to be triggered three years later was directly brought forward to the present.

Shen Qingqiu took the sword and left. Together with Liu Qingge and Liu Qingge, they arrived at the mountain gate, where several peak masters headed by Yue Qingyuan had already been waiting there.

Yue Qingyuan said: "The situation is urgent, and there is no time to convene everyone to discuss it. Since Jinlan City started a few days ago, people have disappeared one after another, and it is difficult to trace. According to the fairy gate here, Jinlan City has a very strong demonic energy, and it seems to be the work of the demons. The lord of Jinlan City sent an urgent letter for help to the four sects overnight, hoping that our Cangqiongshan sect can help."

Shen Qingqiu asked: "Then Jinlan City, is there any plague?"

Yue Qingyuan looked at him in surprise, shook his head and said, "Not really."

Liu Qingge said: "It's our duty. Brother, let's set off immediately to Jinlan City."

A group of people flew with their swords and headed north.Outside the barrier of Jinlan City, standing on a high place and looking from a distance, at the point where the two rivers Luochuan and Hengchuan meet, a huge cloud of black air is faintly shrouded.

Shen Qingqiu was shocked.

Just don't be too blatant!

What's the difference between this and saying to the comprehension world clearly, "That's right, our demons are playing tricks, are you afraid?"!

Yue Qingyuan looked down for a while, then said in a deep voice, "Let's go down."

A few people stood outside the city gate, and the gate of Jinlan City was also tightly locked during the day, not even a single person guarding the city was seen.

Yue Qingyuan said: "There are more and more people missing in the city for no reason, and there are often people who go out of the house alone and disappear without a trace. Therefore, the guards of Liancheng dare not come to stand guard."

The main entrance could not be left, so a few people found the dark river used by merchants for underground transactions, and entered by boat.

When getting off the boat, Shen Qingqiu stopped and turned his head, looking towards the river.Liu Qingge asked: "What are you looking at?"

Shen Qingqiu said: "It's nothing, let's go."

When I entered the city and met the city lord, several sects of comprehension had already guarded the place.After meeting each other, we greeted each other a few words, and then we got to the point.

Yue Qingyuan asked: "Those people who disappeared without reason, what clues did you find out?"

Master Wuwang said: "There are no clues, only the demons did it. The barrier I set up outside Jinlan City against the demons can't stop them."

Even the enchantment of Zhaohua Temple can't stop it?

Shen Qingqiu asked: "Then what's the current situation in the city?"

The city lord looked sad, and said: "People disappeared without a sound. There are couples sleeping at home, and when they wake up at night, the people next to their pillows disappear. Now people in Jinlan City are panic-stricken, and no one dares to go out. But you say, no What's the use of going out? Alas, no one knows if they will be next."

Mu Qingfang murmured: "Is there any monster that can eat people invisible?" As he spoke, he looked at Shen Qingqiu at the side.

Shen Qingqiu thought for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I don't know. Besides, if that monster really has the ability to eat people invisible, why bother to eat people?"

The discussion was fruitless, the city lord was so worried that his eyes sunken, it was still polite and thoughtful to arrange for the cultivation sects to settle down and discuss again.

Jinlan City is well-developed in commerce, there is no curfew, and it is very lively even at night.But after such a big incident, after night fell, no one dared to go out, and the whole city was quiet.

Naturally, Shen Qingqiu would not obediently stay in the guest room to rest, and when the night was almost dark, he turned over from the bed.He took Xiu Ya sword from the wall, opened the window and jumped out, and landed in the yard.

Before he took two steps, he was lightly tapped on the shoulder.

Shen Qingqiu turned his head, and Liu Qingge also dressed neatly, with a sword in his hand, and said to him: "Let's go together."

The two walked slowly on the street, carefully identifying the breath in the wind.Shen Qingqiu said: "Junior Brother Liu, have you noticed that the devilish energy in this city seems to be somewhat different?"

Liu Qingge pondered for a while: "Not bad."

Before Shen Qingqiu had time to think about what was different, Liu Qingge suddenly tilted his head to listen, and walked towards a deep alley.

Shen Qingqiu quickly followed.The two stood in front of an inconspicuous iron gate and looked at each other.Liu Qingge kicked the door open.

Inside the door, a group of people shouted, and the lanterns shone brightly.Dozens of gaming tables were crowded with people, those who drank and gambled, those who gambled and gambled, were so devoted to themselves that no one noticed them.

Seeing someone coming, the boy from the casino immediately came up to meet them, and let the two of them inside with a smile.Shen Qingqiu grabbed him tightly: "Such a big incident has happened in Jinlan City, are you not afraid of accidents when you gather late at night to gamble?"

The boy smiled and said: "Guest officer, you are just joking. The people who come to our Wulifang gamble without any worries. Don't worry about gambling, let alone wives and daughters, you can put them in by yourself. Those monsters Strange, can it hinder our business?"

Liu Qingge snorted, and folded his arms coldly.

The boy lowered his voice, and said to Shen Qingqiu: "To tell you the truth, the business here is so good tonight, because yesterday a big man who didn't want to show up said that anyone who came here to gamble tonight, the winner is his own, and the loser It’s his fault. Let’s get the news out. No, it’s all here. How about it, does the guest officer want to come for a few rounds?”

Big man?What big man?

Just as Shen Qingqiu was about to ask more carefully, the heavy iron door was kicked open again.

The boy was full of anger and came from the door: "Who told you to gamble here again! Go back to sleep!!"

As soon as Shen Qingqiu heard this turbulent voice, he knew who it was.Unexpectedly, I didn't meet him in the dark river, but he would appear here tonight.

The servant came up and said with an apologetic smile: "Yang Shaodong's family, please keep your voice down. You have sticks, knives and guns to drive away these guests tonight."

Yang Yixuan stared at him, and threw the iron rod in his hand to the ground: "The city lord has said that you are not allowed to go out at night! You are asking for money and not for your life! When those monsters come, grab them! Hurry up and disperse them all." !"

The little servant grudgingly murmured: "How can that be? Those monsters are caught one by one, there are so many people here, forgive them for not daring to come..."

Yang Yixuan didn't talk nonsense with him, he rushed into the crowd, an iron rod danced like a wind, he chased away anyone he saw, and smashed the gambling tables when he saw it, causing ghosts to scream.Someone with a good bet was messed up, shouted angrily, rushed over to catch him, but was thrown away by Yang Yixuan with an iron rod, and he flew out.

Liu Qingge snorted, "It's not considered a bluff."

Shen Qingqiu was having a headache, should he help, suddenly frowned and said, "No."

Liu Qingge also sensed that something was wrong, jumped onto a table, and shouted with all his internal strength: "Everyone get out!"

As soon as the voice fell, several people screamed, "Someone is missing!!"

"The one who was gambling together just now, he just stood here, and after a while, he disappeared!"

There was also a terrified cry from another direction: "Someone is missing here too!"

Someone screamed nonsense: "I can see it clearly!! It's bugs!!! So many bugs!!! Bite into pieces and take them to the ground!!!!"

The entire casino suddenly became chaotic, with demonic energy whistling and screaming, and screaming and screaming.

Countless black moths emerged from the ground, gathered together, climbed up the whole body of the person in an instant, silently and quickly dismembered the person into small pieces, and then dragged them back to the ground, not sparing even the bones and hairs.

If it was said that this kind of monsters made chaos before and only ate people scatteredly, then the entire casino now is no different from putting a few sharks in a school of fish.

The only good thing is that I can finally see the monster that caused chaos, and I can do it.

With a shake of his hand, Shen Qingqiu unleashed a critical strike of spiritual power, and a wall immediately collapsed.Shen Qingqiu shouted: "Hurry up and get out!"

The crowd rushed out crying and shouting, Shen Qingqiu sent out a signal to signal to the people of the cultivation sect, and stretched out his hand to grab Yang Yixuan who was knocked down by the crowd and lifted him to the roof.

The black moths in the sky were chasing the crowd and flew away. Liu Qingge took the luan out of its sheath, his sword energy surged, and cut the black moths in front of him in half. He said to Shen Qingqiu: "There is something wrong with these black moths."

Shen Qingqiu calmly analyzed: "They want to escape. But before they escape, they have to catch one last meal."

There were too many black moths, as if they were stimulated by something, they shot up from the ground and fled in all directions. Once they caught up with people, they would swarm up and eat them.

Shen Qingqiu followed Liu Qingge's example and killed the black moth with his sword energy. The sword swayed non-stop, and no moth dared to approach him.

While Shen Qingqiu set up an enchantment to block the fluttering moths on the street, he grabbed those who fell or fell behind and threw them into nearby windows.

Suddenly, a green leaf flew in front of my eyes.

Then, two, three, four.

Shen Qingqiu's heart was shocked, and he slowly raised his head.

Pick leaves and fly flowers!

Countless thin leaves flew out from one place in the moonlight, chasing the flying black moths, unstoppable and majestic, and after a while, a thin layer of insect corpses piled up on the long street.

Liu Qingge was also stunned, his hair was disheveled by the wind blown by the flying leaves, he retracted his sword in the air, and suddenly turned his head towards Shen Qingqiu: "What's going on? You did it?"

Shen Qingqiu was stunned, spread his hands at him, and denied, "It's not me."

Countless flying leaves, like extremely flexible thin stalks, deftly avoid people, chasing the black moths flying all over the sky, and everything is accurate.Green and black are intertwined, and the residual wings are flying around.

Shocked by this strange scene, the crowd forgot to even run, and all stood there blankly, at a loss.

Gradually, the number of moths became less and less. No matter how large the number of moths were, they were finally strangled one by one by countless leaves like sharp knives.On the streets and on the roofs, there are all the stumps and broken wings of black moths.

After completing the hunting mission, the aggressive aura of thousands of flying leaves suddenly softened.

In the moonlight, countless flying leaves gathered beside Shen Qingqiu.Like countless fluttering butterflies, they swirled around him one after another, slowly falling down.

When the people from various sects of cultivation arrived, they were held in place by the scene in front of them.

"This...what the hell is going on?!"

"So many black moths, all of them..."

"These things were making trouble before?"

Yue Qingyuan murmured: "Picking leaves and flying flowers... Qingqiu, did you do this?"

Shen Qingqiu didn't speak, stretched out his hand, and caught a leaf.As if sensing something, he squeezed his palms tightly and looked up slowly.

On a tall building not far away, a man stood with a sword in his hand, with a slender figure and white clothes like frost, looking at him deeply.

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Shen Qingqiu said: "Picking leaves and flying flowers is not advanced, at most it is a trick, if you want to learn it, you can learn it very quickly."

He handed a leaf to Luo Binghe: "Try?"

Luo Binghe took it over, his eyes brightened: "Master really wants to teach me?"

——"Crossing Mountain Spring" Seventeen