Yu Hongchen

I don't know which casual cultivator leaked the news. Two days later, the news that the left and right guardians of the demon clan died together spread like wildfire across the Nanling Continent.After receiving the news, many sects in the Nanling Continent began to think again.Among them, seven sects gathered thousands of disciples, came to the border of Qiushuimen, and invited Qiushuimen's loose cultivators to go out to sea together to attack the northern land demons.

Shang Lixing Bishi was in Qiushuimen, and received the heads of the seven sects in the conference hall. After learning the intention of the seven heads, he thought for a while and rejected everyone.

Everyone persuaded in unison: "Master Shang, now that the [-] demon army in Beilu has no leader, it is a good time for us to make a move!"

"Our seven sects have jointly dispatched, together with the tens of thousands of casual cultivators from Qiushuimen, they are killing all the demons, and they dare not offend Nanling from now on!"

Shang Lixing sat in the main seat, shook his head slowly and said: "Qiushuimen signed a peace agreement with the Demon Zuo Guardian before, and will not take the initiative to attack the Demons unless it is absolutely necessary."

A sect leader said: "Master Shang, what you said is wrong. The demons have always been violent and brutal. They attacked my Nanling Continent several times without reason and killed countless of my compatriots. What kind of faith do you have with them? ?”

Shang Lihang restrained his expression, and said calmly: "It seems that you are forcing Shang to tear up the contract."

Among the seven sects, there is one Taiqing temple, the master's name is Xue Yunqing, he got up and said: "Master Shang, when I came here, I heard that the death of the left and right guardians of the demon clan was caused by the noble family Cui Mingruo. It’s already killing the demons in advance, how can it be regarded as taking the initiative?”

Shang Lihang didn't know where these people got the news, but they even found out the inside story. Although these heads are all famous and powerful in the Nanling Continent, it's not good to say too much, but In any case, the grievances between Cui Mingruo and the demon guardian should not be counted on Qiu Shuimen.He nodded slightly, and said: "That's right, the deaths of the two demon guardians were indeed committed by our disciples, but the killing of the demon guardians was not ordered by Shang. Guanzhu Xue, Qiu Shuimen did not take action, and will not do so in the future."

All the sect leaders wanted to persuade them again, but Shang Lixing didn't want to entangle with them on such matters any longer, so he went to the Mingmen to see off the guests.The seven heads felt that it was extremely wrong to come to Qiushuimen to ask for support with their old faces. How could they dare to stay any longer? Several people chattered and flicked their sleeves, rushing out of the meeting hall.

Their footsteps were already far away, and the voice of indignation came from afar, without saying a word, and the wind blew to the ears of everyone in the hall: "Bah! You have made a move yourself, so why are you pretending to be hypocritical!"

"It doesn't matter, let's go by ourselves!"

After Sanxiu sent the seven masters out of the gate of Qiushui Gate, Cui Mingruo opened the back curtain of the hall, walked into the meeting hall, and said, "Master, do you need me to go to sea to provoke the demons to send troops?"

Shang Lixing said, "It's not necessary."

Cui Mingruo sighed: "Oh, the sect master didn't want to tear up the contract. It's a breach of faith. It's my personal reasons, which hurt everyone."

Shang Lixing looked cold and solemn, shaking his head slowly.The peace contract has been signed, as long as the demons stay in Hokuriku, he is unwilling to take the initiative to attack the demons, not to mention that Qiushuimen has been active in the front line against the demons for 300 years. It's not very beneficial, but the fact that Cui Mingruo killed the two guardians of the Demon Race is a fact, and this point was just grasped by the seven heads.

The chiefs asked him to send casual cultivators to help him, because they wanted to use the strength of Qiushuimen to besiege the demons, but he was unwilling to be controlled by others, so he immediately rejected the request , invisibly offended these sects.

Seeing the slight annoyance on Cui Mingruo's face, he said: "Don't pay attention to those gossips. No matter what, Qiu Shuimen will not take the initiative to attack the demons. If they want to fight, let them go!"

Cui Mingruo said: "Master—"

Shang Lixing calmed down and said, "Don't worry, you don't have to worry about the demons from now on, you can stay at Qiushuimen with peace of mind."

Cui Mingruo lowered his head slightly and remained silent.

After half a day, the casual cultivators in the sect really sent the news that thousands of disciples from the seven sects united and crossed the sea northward from the Qianzhong Yingbi in the Northland.The casual cultivators on the border obeyed the orders of the sect master and did not stop them.

That night, Shang Lixing took advantage of the dark night and high winds to teleport to the demon camp in the Northland alone, hoping to find the remaining disciple of the Tianyan Sect.

He went straight to the floating dream building that Cui Mingruo had mentioned, stepped into the backyard, and found that there was almost no one guarding the backyard, and the surroundings were eerily quiet.

All the way to explore, all the way forward, when we reached the rockery, we encountered several demon soldiers patrolling.It was not difficult for him to kill these people, but there was no need to startle the enemy in this way. He hid behind the rockery, held his breath and waited quietly for the group of demon soldiers to pass by.

He stood calmly in the dark, watching the group of demon soldiers passing in front of him. The heavy armor dragged the ground, and the mighty force was impressive, but he was a little surprised: "Didn't it mean that the two guardians of the demon clan are dead, and the demon army has no leader? ? This team of demon soldiers is orderly and majestic, it doesn't look like there is no one leading it. Who is capable of taking over these demon troops?"

The team of demon soldiers walked heavily, walked through the backyard, across the rockery, and a person came in front of them, and all the demon soldiers bowed down to salute: "I have seen you, young master."

A very childish voice sounded from the side: "Which shift is it now?"

Shang Lixing, who was hiding in the dark, heard the voice and blinked slightly. It turned out that the child was actually Zhong Lian who was hugged by him that day.

On that day, Cui Mingruo secretly sneaked into the Fumeng Tower in order to coerce the Mozu Zuo Hufa to retreat, took Zhong Lian out, and handed it over to several mysterious human monks, becoming a hostage who threatened the Mozu's retreat.Shang Lixing had hugged this boy before, and had a certain impression of him. Hearing that the kid who only knew how to cry at that time had changed drastically, he became a leader of the demon clan, and he couldn't help feeling deeply moved.

The magic soldier replied: "Back to young master, it is already the fifth shift, and there will be a shift change in a quarter of an hour."

Zhong Lian said: "Well, please report to me about the recent patrol situation."

The magic soldier said: "The subordinates respect the order of the young master. The team will be handed over once every half an hour, and the whole team will change every two hours. After three days, the whole team will have a big exchange with the magic soldiers stationed on the coast, so as not to let foreign enemies There is a possibility of impersonation. Except for Qifeng Valley, which is too cold to garrison troops, the other coasts are heavily guarded, and the murderer has no chance of escaping from Beilu."

Zhong Lian nodded and said, "That is to say, you don't know anything about the murderer's whereabouts?"

That team of demon soldiers immediately knelt down and said in a trembling voice: "Subordinate, I must do my best to find out the murderer as soon as possible, and avenge the two protectors!"

Zhong Lian didn't ask too much about it, and asked lightly, "Has Cave Master Chixia returned?"

The group of demon soldiers trembled: "No, no..."

Zhong Lian hummed again, and said, "It's okay, look slowly, even if you die, you have to find the body and bury it beside my father."

Hearing what he said, all the demon soldiers felt their backs go numb again, and they all responded: "Yes, my subordinates must bring Chixia Cave Master back as soon as possible!"

Shang Lixing, who was hiding in one place, also sank in his heart, thinking that it was fortunate that Cui Mingruo left Beilu earlier, otherwise he would have to be buried with Zuo Protector Zhong Ming at this time. With this person leading the demon clan, I am afraid that in the future, the power will not be under the left and right guardians.

Only to hear Zhong Lian say again: "It's nothing, you guys go to change shifts."

All the demon soldiers got up and walked out of the Fumeng Tower quickly. They didn't dare to wipe off the precarious sweat from their foreheads until they couldn't see Zhong Lian's figure.

Hearing Zhong Lian's footsteps, Shang Lixing seemed to be walking towards the backyard of Fumenglou. He was the only one beside him, so he disappeared and followed quietly.

He followed behind and saw the child walk to a study room in the backyard, push the door open and enter.After a while, candlelight was lit in the room, and the young figure was cast on the window.

Shang Lixing dodged to the window, caught a glimpse of the figure, moved his sleeves, lifted a charm in his hand, and was about to strike, he thought in his heart: "This boy has the power to command demon soldiers at a young age, and the city is deep, He will grow up to be an extraordinary person in the future, why not kill him secretly with a spell, so as not to harm the adult race again in the future."

However, when he opened a gap in the window and saw the young figure reading at night with the lamp on, his movements stopped short.When Zhong Lian faced the team of demon soldiers just now, he handled it freely, as if he was a big man who would kill his life, but now sitting in front of the desk, frowning his face, scratching his head, he suddenly became a child who was racking his brains and studying hard. .

Shang Lixing felt pity for a moment, and secretly said: "Forget it, the two clans are enmity, the child is so innocent, why bother to kill them all?"

He sighed without a word, and then left quietly.

There were not many guards in Fumeng Tower, so Shang Lixing searched the backyard in the middle of the night, searching from room to room, and saw no one on the road, and after several times failed to find them, he finally changed his mind: "Forget it, let's startle the snake by hitting the grass to startle the snake. If you keep looking for it by yourself like this, you may not be able to find it until dawn."

He turned back to the room where Zhong Lian was, broke in like a gust of wind, grabbed the boy in his hand, and asked forcefully, "Where is that human monk?"

While the candle was flickering, Zhong Lian was held in his hand, his face turned pale, and he soon returned to normal: "I don't know!"

Shang Lixing looked at him and said, "Go, call your men over!" Zhong Lian was startled, but closed his mouth tightly, refusing to speak out.

He thought to himself: "He's a boy with a backbone." He slammed his palm on the table in the room, causing the table to be torn apart with a crackling sound.

The sound quickly alarmed the demon guards in the Fumeng Tower, and everyone came from all directions, gathered around the room, and shouted with their weapons, only to see Shang Lixing slowly walking out of the study room in the dark with a bell in his hand.

Many people in the magic army had seen his face in the previous battle, and tremblingly said: "Yes...it is the leader of that casual cultivator!"

Some of the more stable Mo Jun said: "Please let go of our son!" "Is the owner of the Shangmen planning to tear up the contract?"

Zhong Lian was restrained by him, unable to speak, struggling violently under his hands, Shang Lixing's subordinates worked hard to suppress his actions, and said to the crowd: "I am not here today to destroy the hard-won peace, And just to find one person, a monk of the Tianyan Sect who has been imprisoned in the Northland for 300 years."

300 years ago when the two clans fought, all the 600 disciples of Tianyan Sect surrendered to the demon clan. Afterwards, the demon clan was defeated and these [-] people were massacred. A hundred years passed by, and few people in the Demon Clan took this matter to heart. At this time, they suddenly heard that Shang Lixing was an important person, and everyone in the Demon Army was surprised.But Zhong Lian was in his hands, and the demon guards dared not disobey.After discussing in low voices with several leading demon troops, they ordered the servants in the building to bring them over.

The lunatic of Yanzong didn't know where he ran to that day, but he was found by the servants in the building after a while, and he was quickly brought here.

Shang Lixing looked from a distance, and saw that the man who was brought was in rags, his face was old, he was walking with his arms supported by his servants, he couldn't stop laughing and giggling.Drenched all over, it seemed that he had been in some water before.

Seeing this person's face, he was exactly the same as the Tianyan Sect disciple Cui Mingruo had described, and asked, "Are you the last disciple of the Yan Sect that day?"

The lunatic just crooked his eyes and salivated, and didn't answer his question.

The leader of the magic army said: "The man has already been brought, please let go of our young master."

Before Shang Lixing could finish his sentence, he jumped out of the crowd with Zhong Lian, flew behind the lunatic of Tianyan Sect, knocked him unconscious, and carried him on his shoulders.

The demon army didn't expect him to move suddenly, his reaction was delayed for a moment, and he approached with a few steps, but was blocked by something thrown by Shang Lixing.

"I'll pay you back, go on!"

The few people who rushed to the front were shocked when they saw a white object thrown by him, and hurriedly caught the object in their hands.The people in the back walked a little later, they surrounded and went up, shouting in their mouths: "Wait a minute, do you want to leave like this after offending our young master?"

When Shang Lixing was surrounded by them, he floated back about ten steps and said: "You don't want to save your son, it's okay to besiege."

The demon army turned around in astonishment, and bowed their heads with the first few people.When everyone took a closer look, it turned out that what they were holding in their hands was only Zhong Lian's robe.

And Zhong Lian was caught in his hand perfectly, and he was floating around with his leaping movements.

"hateful!"

Shang Lixing knew early on that he was acting in the territory of the Demon Race, so it was not easy to make too much publicity, so he made up his mind early in the morning that he would not let anyone go until the last moment.If he let go of Zhong Lian early, this team of demons would never let him go, and would definitely surround him, and he was surrounded by a group of demons, so it would be difficult to get out and sacrifice the teleportation talisman.

Taking advantage of the distraction of the demon army, he retreated all the way to the lake, staggered a certain distance from the demon army, and kicked the few demon army who were chasing the closest to the lake: "Go down!"

The terrain here was empty, and the pursuers were tens of feet away. He put Zhong Lian on the ground, looked at him, released the restraint, and said, "I'm offended, young master." Then he sacrificed the teleportation talisman, together with the light of the talisman, hurried back South Ridge.

The demon army rushed to the lake and saw Zhong Lian's small body sitting on the ground, motionless, fearing that he would be poisoned, they all knelt down around them, begging for forgiveness for the crime of ineffective protection.

Zhong Lian didn't hear it, but stared at the place where the magic circle disappeared, with unwilling and resentful eyes.