Estranged

Human nature is changeable, and monsters are no exception.

They even differ in appearance and abilities.

But most of them eagerly yearn for the human world, where there are countless cultivation resources, soft red ten feet, singing and dancing, all of which are incomparable to the dark and cold abyss.

Some are mild-tempered, willing to bow their heads and blend into the human world, and even form Taoist couples with monks or ordinary people, hiding their names. Even after ten years, no one may find out, and there are even those with fierce temperaments who directly take pleasure in torture, just to satisfy their inner desire to kill.

Zangtian does not belong to the above.

He hoped that he could walk in broad daylight without concealing his identity, or hiding in hiding because of being discovered.

That's why he chose to cooperate with Vientiane Palace, no matter what the other party's purpose was.

"They put poison in the Huliangcao. As long as people eat the food with Huliangcao, they will react more or less. Some of them will vomit insects at the mouth and die of abdominal pain, but in fact it is not poisonous. , but Gu."

Zangtian is also very angry now.

He thought Wanxiang Palace was a good partner, but he didn't expect that he knew too much. They needed a murderer to cover up this matter from the outside, and the first one to be pushed out was Zangtian.

People who are not of my race must have a different heart. Zangtian completely understands why the same race hates people so much.

But now he has to work with these people temporarily.

Changming said: "The Vientiane Palace is a side door, where all capable people and strangers gather. Chi Bijiang has a junior sister who is good at poisoning Gu, and it is said that she can take people's heads thousands of miles away. A good timing of the onset will make him die thousands of miles away."

Zang Tian: "I don't know how they did it, but the Gu is indeed from the Vientiane Palace, but just the Gu is not enough. If you want these people to die completely at the moment of darkness and be manipulated by the Gu insect, it takes a little Primer."

Chang Ming: "You are the introduction."

Zang Tian said calmly: "That's right, they asked me to inject demonic energy into it. This kind of Gu poison will be a hundred times more powerful than usual. Wherever it goes, there will be no one left, even monks can't escape."

After dark, Yuru Town suddenly became a Shura world.

There is blood and rain, and people and ghosts are in trouble.

In the past without the intervention of Changming and Yunhai, this place has become a ghost town. Anyone who passes by a business traveler would rather take a long detour than pass through here. Legend has it that most people who break into this place will be captured by those vengeful spirits who will die. After a narrow escape, everyone's face changed when they heard about it. Over time, grass grew overgrown, and this place was completely submerged under the wind and sand, which was rarely heard by the world.

Now things are generally going in the original direction, the **** incident has happened, Cong Rong's eyes are also blind, the only thing that has changed is Zang Tian's defection and Situ Wanhe's early exposure.

In the past without Changming Yunhai, Zangtian would definitely not show up. If what he said was true, but Changming had never heard of Zangtian later, it means that he most likely did not escape his bad luck.

There are also Yun Chang'an and the other three. In the past, they must not have known that Situ Wanhe and Wanxiang Palace were behind the Yuru town murder, so they could live safely for so many years. Now that they know it in advance, many variables have been added.

That's all for Yun Chang'an and Cong Rong, they are not cultivators, what they say is insignificant, and no one will believe it, but their lives will be fine.

But Nie Emei is different, she is a disciple of Zhenlingzong, and Situ and Wanxiang Palace will most likely not let her go.

Although the Zhenling Sect has a large scale and many disciples, Nie Emei is not the best among them. Even if she disappeared without a sound, the Zhenling Sect will only treat her experience as an accident, and will not delve into the inside story.

What's more, this inside story involves too much, and it is not something that a Zhenling sect can afford.

Chang Ming frowned slightly, his thoughts changed sharply, and he looked at the three people beside him.

Cong Rong's eyes were slightly closed, and he leaned against the wall, seemingly asleep, with Yun Chang'an's outer clothes still on his body.

Her eyelids trembled slightly, and her hand holding the outer garment trembled a little, and she didn't really fall asleep.

Yun Changan stared blankly at the wall with a numb expression, not knowing what he was thinking.

Whether it is Wanxiang Palace or Situ Wanhe, they are too far away for them. Even if they understand the plots mentioned by Zangtian just now, they are still not worth the impact of a dead city in front of them.

Only Nie Emei, who is also a monk, turned pale in disbelief.

"It takes so many human lives to refine a soul-gathering bead. Now that it's broken, don't they have to find another human life to fill it?"

Cangtian said maliciously: "Do you think one soul-gathering bead is enough? If you want to refine the heaven-defying formation that reverses the universe and even opens the prehistoric world, you need six soul-gathering beads, and the soul-gathering bead in the soul-gathering bead Souls, naturally, the more the better, maybe the souls of the monks can give more power to the Soul Gathering Orb. All of you will not be able to escape sooner or later!"

With every word he said, Nie Emei's face turned paler.

"Maybe Chi Bijiang is possessed by a demon?"

Zang Tian sneered: "You people are always like this. Things that you can't explain yourself, you just blame us! You can continue to deceive yourself and others. Now that you have seen Situ Wanhe's true face, when they want to kill you, don't let them go. It's not too late to kneel down and beg for mercy!"

"I, I'm not..." Nie Emei couldn't continue.

"But it's useless even if you know this now, you and I are already tied to the same boat, everyone, none of them will let go."

The Tibetan sky is cloudy and pathetic, like a candle in the wind, flickering in the dark, strange and inexplicable.

"When the **** crows for the first time, this place will turn into an endless **** again. At that time, no one can escape."

Nie Emei lost her voice: "What do you mean?! Isn't the Soul Gathering Orb already smashed, and the dead rest in peace!"

Cang Tian said indifferently: "This place has been laid down long ago, and the infusion of demonic energy into Gu poison is only one part of it. Long before you arrived, formations had been planted around the entire city, and the evil spirits and ghosts that had not dispersed for many years Town somewhere, after the **** crows, the formation is activated, and all survivors tonight will not be spared."

Yun Hai raised his eyebrows: "When the rooster sings, the world will be white, even if it is not yet dawn, how can there be a place for evil spirits to live?"

Zang Tian: "Everything you can think of, Chi Bijiang has already thought of one by one. Those evil spirits are dozens of hundreds of years of resentful souls, and their bad breath has not dissipated. There is already a lot of grievances in the formation, and when the formation is activated, they will rush out and tear the living people in the formation."

Yun Chang stood up abruptly, and the anger that had accumulated for a long time exploded.

"Then let's rush out before the rooster crows!"

Zang Tian: "You can try."

Yun Changan didn't talk nonsense, jumped up, said to Cong Rong that I'll be right back to pick you up, and then rushed towards the female wall.

Chang Ming and Yun Hai did not move.

They knew that since Zangtian would say that, he must have tried it himself.

If he could leave, he would have left a long time ago. He wouldn't have shown up specifically to mention cooperation and talked so much nonsense.

The entire Yuru Town itself has become a formation without all the people realizing it.

After dark, the formation is activated, and no one can get out.

Chang Ming's smashing of the Soul Gathering Orb is a variable, maybe even Chi Bijiang can't think of it, but she still has a backup, so Chen Ting and Situ leave as soon as they say, and they don't want to fight—

Because they are all sure that Chang Ming and the others will never escape the life-threatening after the **** crows.

This also means that they will usher in a more difficult battle.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Yun Changan to come back downcast.

After repeated blows, he had become strong enough, at least he didn't get angry at Zangtian or others anymore, he jumped onto the roof platform, walked over to Cong Rong and sat down.

"Every time I want to go out, I will encounter ghosts hitting the wall, and finally go back to the original point."

"Not only can you not get out, but people outside can't come in either. You will encounter the same situation as you. You human monks are more sensitive than others, and you won't come in and throw yourself into the trap unless—"

The place where they are resting at this time is located on a roof platform in the city. It was originally used by the owner's house to plant flowers and grass. The two floors are not high, but the location is just facing the direction of the city gate, which is enough for them to see clearly from a high position.

When everyone heard Zang Tian's voice suddenly interrupted, they all looked up at him, and then followed his line of sight to the city gate.

A young man, judging from his stature, should be a young man, slowly walking into the city gate.

Her hair was tied into a bun, her belt fluttered, and she carried a long sword behind her back.

"Unless you are a fool who knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the mountains."

Zangtian finally finished the second half of the sentence.

Changming: …

Biansheng Yunhai even leaned closer and whispered to him.

"You used to be much fresher and cuter."

Chang Ming remained expressionless: "I didn't enter the city until after dawn."

After entering the city, there is no one living in the city, let alone Zangtian and Nie Emei.

As for Yun Chang'an and Cong Rong, they escaped by luck because they found a cellar of an inn to hide in, but they didn't know what happened, let alone the conspiracy.

"It shows that history has long since changed."

Yun Hai watched the young Chang Ming approaching from a distance with great interest.

On the other hand, Rong Qingjun, faintly has the outline of future generations, but still looks a little green, after all, he is only thirteen or fifteen years old now.

How interesting, he never thought that he could see Jiufang Changming in his youth under such a situation.

That feeling is like peeking into the other side's unknown side under the veil of secrecy.

Details change, and many things still go in the same direction.

For example, the Yuru Town massacre, such as Cong Rong's eyes.

However, the appearance of the young Chang Ming is a bigger variable.

If he died here, naturally there would be no future No. 1 person in the world, and Yun Weisi would not be born either.

Everything after that will undergo earth-shaking changes.

Chang Ming suddenly felt that Liuhe Candle Sky Formation was just a move in Chi Bijiang's game.

A huge chess game that lasted for decades and took everyone into account.

Perhaps, even his entry into Jiuchongyuan was within the other party's scheme.

"The person who lays out the layout is indeed a man of high art and boldness."

When Chang Ming thought of this, another person also thought of it, and Yun Hai smiled.

"But the bigger the layout, the more flaws are easily exposed."

As the years go by, the more flaws there are, the bureau will gradually surface.

Those people didn't expect that after the battle of Wanshen Mountain, Chang Ming survived, wandered in the underworld for decades, and finally returned to the world.

They also didn't expect that Yun Weisi cultivated the ruthless way in Jiuchongyuan, but he also cultivated a sea of ​​clouds in the dark night.

The young Changming is getting closer and closer.

He saw a few people on the roof, looked up and stopped.

The night was still thick and dim.

But practitioners have excellent eyesight, which does not hinder them.

Seeing that the other people did not move, Nie Emei stood up and saluted.

"I don't know where you come from, what's your name?"

"Why are all the people in this city dead?"

The young Chang Ming didn't answer her words, but asked instead.

In a completely unfamiliar environment, when encountering a group of strangers who have never met before, the best choice is naturally to be on guard secretly and stay where you are.

Nie Emei also saw his defense, and said with a wry smile: "We didn't do it, it's a long story, someone had poisoned the city long ago, and set up a formation, trying to put us to death, so that the souls of the dead can be used to temper the gathering." Soul Orb."

Young Chang Ming: "There are demons around you."

He actually saw Cangtian at a glance.

Yunhai continued to whisper to Changming.

"Master has amazing eyesight since he was a child."

He never called Shizun, but when he called it now, it had a strong meaning of molesting.

Chang Ming: "...I am already thirteen at this time."

Yun Hai: "Alright, you are already an adult at that time."

This perfunctory and teasing tone...

Chang Ming didn't bother to pay any attention to it, and just pretended not to hear about it.

Nie Emei didn't have time to explain more.

Somewhere in the city, a rooster crow broke the silence of the long night.

Except for the young Chang Ming, everyone's expressions changed.

If it is said that they were skeptical about Zangtian's statement before, the next scene will completely dispel all their doubts.

In the dark night ghost city, faint blue lights lit up from everywhere, turned into human shapes, and gathered here.

From slow to fast, from less to more, like a storm, roaring.

Accompanied by the crowing of the rooster, it is not the dawn of the sky, nor the return of heaven and earth, but the wailing of thousands of souls, and the cry of thousands of ghosts.

The bustling and bustling hustle and bustle in the daytime is no longer visible, replaced by a city completely occupied by resentful spirits and evil spirits.

In the vast desert, there are many towns, large and small. After tonight, Yuru Town, which was swallowed and submerged by the evil spirits and wind and sand, will soon be forgotten by everyone. On the Gobi Desert, there will be new strongholds for travelers to rest. Everything that happened here will be forgotten soon, and at most it will become a topic of conversation after dinner, and because most of the dead are ordinary people and low-cost monks, no one will go to the bottom to find out the truth.

When the young Chang Ming swung his sword to break away one of the evil spirits, but more blue light gathered and began to burn his clothes and skin, he decisively chose to jump on the roof to join the others.

But when he saw Changming and the Chunchao sword in Yunhai's hand that was exactly the same as his own, he could not help but be taken aback because of his firm Dao heart and youthful maturity.

Yun Hai waved his sword to break away the wraith behind him, the blue light suddenly shattered and turned into dots of starlight, graceful and beautiful, but if it was touched, it would be the end of a dark fire and no bones left.

"Don't be distracted."

Yunhai showed him a teasing smile.

"If you are afraid, you can come to our side."

He seems to be happy to see Chang Ming in his youth showing any embarrassment and discomfort, so as to embarrass or anger the current Jiufang Chang Ming.

But the young Chang Ming let him down.

The other party glanced at Yunhai, then at Changming, as if he understood something.

Turning his head and swinging his sword, he chopped up the evil spirits rushing towards him, without making a sound.

Chi Bijiang didn't know where to find these evil spirits, and they spread them all over the city ahead of time. These evil spirits couldn't temper the Soul Gathering Orb, but they were enough to pose a huge threat to Chang Ming and the others.

In all directions, there is a ferocious roar, and the blue light faintly depicts a human face. It is a face that exhausts the malice in the world, and almost condenses the evil in all human beings.

They were not good people when they were alive, and they were suppressed and deployed after death, and they were full of resentment, wishing to tear everyone in front of them to pieces.

Yun Changan and Cong Rong are just mortals, how often have they seen such horror.

It's fine for Cong Rong not to be able to see, but he couldn't help but tightly cover his ears just to hear the horrible ghost cry.

Yun Changan, however, would suffer a greater physical and mental impact, and his martial arts were useless here, so he could only be protected in the middle with Cong Rong, watching Chang Ming wave a few light paper puppets and land on the ground That is to say, it turned into a ferocious beast, and rushed to bite the evil spirit fiercely.

The evil spirits are covered with blue light. This blue light is actually a kind of flame that has never been seen in the world. The more puppets are produced, the fiercer the evil spirit's attack will be.

Everyone quickly fell into a dilemma.

"How can I break out of the formation?!"

Nie Emei couldn't help crying, she was on the verge of exhaustion, even though Changming Yunhai Zangtian and others put most of the pressure on her, she still couldn't hold on.

"Kill all these things, and the formation will naturally break."

Zang Tiandao, the double blades in his hands turned into two white lights, cutting off all the evil spirits around him without stopping.

How can this be killed? !

Nie Emei wanted to refute, but she didn't have the strength to speak anymore.

A will-o'-the-wisp rushed towards her face, so fast that it could not cover her ears. She felt a thump in her heart, and turned her hand to move a little slower.

boom!

All the will-o'-the-wisps!

It is the sword of Chunchao in the sea of ​​clouds.

"Go to the middle!"

Nie Emei was immediately pulled into the middle, together with Yun Changan and the others, the other four quickly moved closer, narrowing the circle and filling the gap.

Looking around, the wildfires were like a sea, almost occupying most of their sight.

Overwhelming and endless, it makes people feel hopeless.

"I want him to come out early." Yun Hai said suddenly.

No one else could understand why, only Chang Ming knew what he was talking about

Yunhai wanted Yun Weisi to come out early.

He didn't want to admit that Yun Weisi was stronger than himself, the same body should have the same ability.

But Yunhai feels a little tired, which is usually a signal that the dawn is about to dawn. Instead of being distracted and making mistakes, it is better to let Yun Weisi take over.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, but opened them again, apparently failing.

It's not yet dawn, and according to the usual rules, it will take a while.

Young Chang Ming also finds it tricky.

Since he went out to practice, he has never encountered such a dangerous situation.

Although it is an opportunity to practice, if you lose your life, no matter how exciting the opportunity is, it will be useless.

Before, he encountered ghosts hitting the wall one after another outside the city. As an ordinary person, he would have left a long time ago, but he just felt that there was something weird here, so he started to explore and set up a small formation to break through the gap and enter the city, but he was caught inside , Now I can't think of it.

Seeing that he didn't know if there was still life tonight, he took an opportunity to ask Chang Ming next to him in a low voice.

"who are you?"

When I was a teenager, I really wasn't calm enough.

The corners of Changming's mouth curled up slightly.

"You already have the answer in your heart, so why ask more?"

"I just wanted to confirm what I thought. I didn't expect such a mysterious thing in the world."

"You're right."

"Seeing you like this, it seems that I will be a bit bleak in the future."

"I want to entrust you with something."

"Say."

"If you can leave from here, help me take care of the three people in the middle and try to keep them safe."

"Is this important?"

"Very important."

"I promise you."

There is no need to ask more questions, and it is useless to ask more questions.

Many things, as long as Chang Ming opened his mouth, he seemed to have understood in the past.

Even if you don't understand, you will always understand in the long years to come.

A large number of will-o'-the-wisps suddenly broke through Cangtian's defenses and rushed over fiercely. Cangtian was in chaos for a moment, revealing its flaws, and was immediately devoured by most of its face.

With a scream, his body fell to the roof, and the double blades chopped off the will-o'-the-wisps all over him, but then there were more bites, his whole body was quickly engulfed by the will-o'-the-wisps, and the bones gradually became visible.

Yun Changan and the others were shocked by this scene, Nie Emei gritted his teeth and held the sword to the gap.

Zang Tian is so strong that he will be eroded by the will-o'-the-wisp if he doesn't pay attention, the pressure on others can be imagined.

Long nights and many dreams, I can't drag it on any longer.

Chang Ming thought.

He squeezed the tactic with both hands and slowly raised the sword.

"The sword points to the east, and the drink breaks the sky."

The black air on the body of the sword was gradually thickening, and it was half suspended in the air. The Sifei Sword made a slight hum, as if there was endless coercion, and it was eager to pour out.

In stark contrast to this, Chang Ming's complexion became paler and paler.

"Spirit leads to heaven, prestige comes to heaven, go!"