Seeking Immortality

right? wrong?

For most people, this is the only standard they have in mind when doing things.

However, those who do things based on the standards of "right" and "wrong" will inevitably end up being evaluated as mediocre or rigid.

Because there is no absolute "right" and absolute "wrong" in this world. What is right or wrong depends only on the parties concerned.

As for the heroes, such as the True Lord Hualing, the leader of the Huiling Sect three thousand years ago, the Demon King Demon Emperor who once ravaged the entire world of cultivators, or the Demon Ancestor who pushed the cultivators into desperation ten thousand years ago, their standards for doing things are It's another kind.

That's what I want to do and what I don't want to do.

That's all.

Do whatever you want, have no scruples, and be carefree, but it is inevitable that cholera will spread to the people.

So they became heroes.

As for the so-called "heroes", they have different standards for doing things.

What I should do, and what I shouldn't do.

Again so simple.

However, heroes and heroes are sometimes only separated by a thin line.

After seeing the black clouds and mist parting, Zhou Huahai, the Supreme Protector of Jiuhua Sect, appeared. These Jiuhua Mountain monks who had just returned from Zhantai were greatly surprised. There were bursts of noise, and their voices were full of disbelief.

Zhou Huahai, wasn't he kept on top of Zhan Terrace by Zhang Hualing as a hostage? Why would he appear here again at this time?

And what happened to the mountain-protecting formation in Jiuhua Mountain? Why did he and others fall into a vast black mist?

Jiuhua Mountain. What happened?

Faintly, these Jiuhua disciples and elders felt an ominous premonition in their hearts.

But Zhang Hualing didn't seem to be surprised by Zhou Huahai's appearance, but only looked at Zhou Huahai deeply, while Zhou Huahai looked at Zhang Hualing without showing any weakness.

As the two looked at each other, the monks couldn't help but gradually put away their voices of surprise and discussion. He also looked at the two people looking at each other quietly.

Time seemed to have stopped while looking at each other.

Either a moment passed, or a long time passed, Zhou Huahai seemed to have thought of something. His eyes flickered slightly, and then he looked away first when looking at Zhang Hualing.

"You're finally here." Zhou Huahai looked at the black mist around him and said slowly.

After hearing Zhou Huahai's words, even the dullest disciple realized that something was wrong.

In the past. As the Supreme Protector of Jiuhua Mountain, Zhou Huahai is in charge of the rewards and punishments of Jiuhua Mountain and the training of low-level disciples. It can be said that he is the second most powerful person in Jiuhua Mountain after Zhang Hualing. However, although he usually has high power and position, he is also a good person. He is also quite majestic and old-fashioned, but Zhou Huahai has always been respectful to Zhang Hualing, the head of Jiuhua. Not only will he bow and salute every time he meets Zhang Hualing, he will respectfully call him "Senior Brother, head". Very careful. For those who behave disrespectfully towards Zhang Hualing. He was even more angry than Zhang Hualing himself, and the punishment was severe.

Therefore, how respectful and loyal Zhou Huahai is to Zhang Hualing is very famous not only in Jiuhua Mountain, but also in the entire world of immortality. Some people with malicious intentions even jokingly call Zhou Huahai "Zhang Hualing's loyal dog".

But at this time, this "Zhang Hualing's loyal dog" not only did not show the slightest respect when speaking to Zhang Hualing, did not bow, but also addressed him as "you", and there was a hint of arrogance in his tone.

So it's no wonder that the monks in Jiuhua Mountain feel something is wrong.

But Zhang Hualing was not angry at Zhou Huahai's disrespect. It was as if he didn't show the slightest surprise at Zhou Huahai's sudden appearance. He just nodded slightly and said, "Yes, I'm here today. Have you been waiting for a long time?"

Looking at Zhang Hualing's face, which remains unchanged from ancient times to modern times. Zhou Huahai suddenly felt angry. It's like a screenwriter who has worked hard to write a script, but on the day the script is performed, he discovers that the actors did not perform as he imagined. But Zhou Huahai quickly suppressed the anger in his heart. The angry look flashed in his eyes before he regained his composure and replied softly: "Yes, I have been waiting for a long time, three hundred and ninety-one years and two hundred and twenty days."

Hearing Zhou Huahai's words, Zhang Hualing finally showed a surprised expression on his face, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect you to be dissatisfied on the first day I became the head of Jiuhua, and I didn't expect that the dissatisfaction in your heart would turn out to be..." So deep."

Three hundred and ninety-one years and two hundred and twenty days, Zhou Huahai remembered the time so clearly, so you can imagine how deep the resentment in his heart was.

After seeing the look of surprise flash across Zhang Hualing's face, Zhou Huahai should have been happy, but after hearing Zhang Hualing's words, the anger that Zhou Huahai had just managed to hold back finally exploded again. out. lei

"Yes, I was dissatisfied when Master announced that you were the new head of Jiuhua Mountain. I was very dissatisfied, even angry!!" After saying this slowly, Zhou Huahai's voice suddenly became louder: "I entered the sect with you. Why are you the senior brother and I the junior brother? Later, when you and I started to cultivate immortality, my skills were deeper than yours, and my prestige among fellow disciples was higher than yours. Why do the elders value you more? When Master was in seclusion, which thing in Jiuhua Mountain was not under my control? Which thing was not managed in an orderly manner? Every task that Master gave me, which one did I not complete perfectly? Why did you become the head of the sect in the end and I had to be inferior to you? Just because you can express some strange opinions to please Master? Just like this, after you become the head of the sect, how can I be satisfied? How can I be convinced? You say!!"

When Zhou Huahai said these words, his emotions became extremely excited. The sound could not help but get louder and louder. In the end, under his roar, the boundless black mist in the "Nine Extremes Formation" was also stirred and fluctuated. His usually dignified expression now looked extremely twisted and hideous.

It seemed that the resentment of more than 390 years was about to be vented in this roar.

After the roar, Zhou Huahai's emotions finally calmed down again, as if the words just now convinced him, and his eyes finally met Zhang Hualing again. And he said word by word: "It's been almost 400 years, I have endured long enough. Now, everything that originally belonged to me, I want to take it back with my own hands."

When he said this, his expression was calm and his tone was cold, but the resentment contained in it was much stronger than the previous roar, which made the Jiuhua Mountain monks who were listening to him couldn't help but feel cold in their hearts.

On the other side, Zhang Hualing just listened to Zhou Huahai's roar silently, without rebuttal or anger, but a trace of sadness flashed in his eyes.

And the Jiuhua elders and elite disciples of Jiuhua Mountain behind him. All of them were shocked, even more shocked than before when they knew about the changes in Huandao Island. Even when Zhou Huahai roared just now, the power caused the shock and pain in his chest and abdomen to surge without him noticing.

Zhou Huahai, the person known as "Zhang Hualing's loyal dog", is now competing with Zhang Hualing for the position of the head? For the Jiuhua Mountain monks who are used to Zhou Huahai's unparalleled support for Zhang Hualing, this is simply the most impossible thing.

But now, this most impossible thing has finally happened.

Or in this world, there is nothing impossible. Even if some things seem impossible, it is only because the possibility of their occurrence is hidden very deeply. Just like Zhou Huahai's resentment towards Zhang Hualing for four hundred years.

Some elders behind Zhang Hualing showed anger on their faces after hearing Zhou Huahai's words. They wanted to reprimand Zhou Huahai, but after seeing Zhou Huahai's gloomy and crazy eyes, they couldn't help but swallow the words that were already on their lips.

Zhang Hualing was silent for a while. Finally, he spoke again.

"I always thought that the reason you betrayed me was because you were tough by nature and couldn't stand my forbearance strategy for hundreds of years in charge of Jiuhua Mountain, but I didn't expect it was because of this." Zhang Hualing sighed. "Now. I just want to ask you three things."

Zhou Huahai's face flashed with a hint of pride, and he said: "You want to ask me, I was clearly left on Zhantai by you, why am I here now?"

Zhang Hualing shook his head and said lightly: "No, the Zhou Huahai on Zhantai is just a substitute. I have known about this for a long time. Leaving them on Zhantai is to prevent them from suddenly killing innocent disciples at this time."

Hearing Zhang Hualing's words, Zhou Huahai's face was still calm, but his heart was in turmoil. He suddenly felt that things were no longer under his control, and his original confidence in his heart was shaken. He didn't like this feeling.

But thinking of his arrangements over the past few days, Zhou Huahai regained his composure again, and just asked solemnly: "You knew that the man on the stage was my stand-in? And you also knew that I was going to betray you?"

Zhang Hualing nodded slightly and said softly: "Not only that, I have also guessed how those things on Huandao Island happened. You cooperated with that person, right? Only that person can create a stand-in so realistically that I can't believe it. I think after so many years, his research has also made great breakthroughs, right? But aren't you afraid of getting burned by doing this?"

Zhou Huahai suppressed the horror in his heart and asked slowly: "How do you know that I am cooperating with that person?"

Zhang Hualing sighed: "Every time you and that person's representative discussed cooperation strategies in Yangling Mountain outside Jiuhua Mountain, I hid aside and watched. I naturally knew these things."

Zhou Huahai's eyes flashed with a trace of shock, and he asked back in disbelief: "You know everything? Then why haven't you stopped me all these years?"

Zhang Hualing said softly: "I was wrong. At that time, I felt that although you wanted to overthrow me, it was just because you couldn't stand the various strategies I had implemented in Jiuhua Mountain over the years. Therefore, although you would betray me, you would never betray me. It will not endanger the entire Jiuhua Mountain. And you have cooperated with me to manage Jiuhua Mountain for so many years, so I have never had the heart to deal with you. In addition, although I knew you were working with that person before, I didn't know the specific plan. It would be better to deal with you before and let that person carry out other plans that I don't know about, so I have not touched you for decades."

Zhang Hualing paused and then continued: "But it turns out that I made a mistake in this matter because I made a mistake in my judgment and tolerance of you. Now it has caused so much harm to Jiuhua Mountain." At this point , a trace of sadness flashed across Zhang Hualing's face, and he said: "Junior Brother Zhou, let me advise you. You also know how dangerous that person is. You are using him, and he is also using you. Cooperate with him, It’s no different from trying to steal the skin of a tiger. You will probably be controlled by him in the end and you will never be able to stand up again.”

While Zhang Hualing was speaking, Zhou Huahai's eyes kept fluctuating, and there seemed to be a trace of regret in his eyes, but in the end he said slowly: "It's useless to say anything now. I have decided on Jiuhua Mountain." . And I don’t have to worry about that person, I have already thought of a countermeasure when working with him.”

Then, Zhou Huahai stared into Zhang Hualing's eyes and continued: "Originally, I was planning to trap you to death in the Jiuji Formation, but thinking that you and I have known each other for so many years, I shouldn't let you die in such an unknown manner. Bu Bai, so I couldn’t help but come out to see you, but I didn’t expect that you already understood everything.”

Having said this, Zhou Huahai looked away again and said: "You just said you have three questions, you can ask them now. I will leave after answering them. If you can survive this Nine Extremes Formation, I will I will wait for you in Hualing Hall."

After Zhang Hualing heard Zhou Huahai's words, he just nodded silently, but did not say anything else. Hope seems to have been given up. He just asked: "The first question is, if you do this, even if you succeed, you will only get Jiuhua Mountain with a bad reputation and a severely damaged vitality. The position of the Holy Land is not guaranteed. Have you considered this price?"

Zhou Huahai chuckled lightly and replied calmly: "Why does everyone ignore my wisdom so much? The master was like this at the beginning, and you are like this now. Can you think of these things but can't I? Don't you know?" Soon after you leave Zhantai, my substitute will blame everything that happened on Huandao on you, and now he has rushed to Jiuhua Mountain with all the monks on Zhantai. "

"And when they arrive, I think you are already dead, but it doesn't matter. That person has already made a substitute for you for me. Then in front of the monks all over the world, my substitute will kill your substitute and put on a show. With the good show of annihilating relatives for righteousness, I will not only be able to become the new head of Jiuhua Mountain as a matter of course, but I will also be able to stop the people of the world from talking about it, so that the reputation of Jiuhua Mountain will not be damaged, and the position of the holy land will naturally not be lost. "

"As for the problem of great loss of strength you mentioned, you also know that that person's research has made great breakthroughs over the years. He gave me a method that can greatly increase the strength of low-level monks in a short period of time. Until then At that time, not only will my Jiuhua Mountain's strength not be lost, but it will be greatly enhanced, and I will not only become the leader of the Holy Land, but also the leader of the best sect in the world."

Seeing Zhou Huahai speak with a hint of madness on his face, Zhang Hualing sighed again, but did not refute anything. He just asked: "Second question, those elders who were staying on Jiuhua Mountain before, you What happened to them? The corpse of Junior Brother Ma on Huandao? Also, I know Junior Brother Hou would never lie to me, why did he do that just now?"

Zhou Huahai said calmly: "Follow me to prosper, go against me to perish. Haven't you heard this sentence? Those old guys who stayed in Jiuhua Mountain and supported me are all alive and well, and their strength has greatly increased. And yours Those diehards, I let them all fall into reincarnation and go away. Not only did that old guy Ma Huaguang not agree with me being the new leader, he also wanted to go to Zhan Tai to complain to you, so I let him go without knowing it. Did he sue you in the end? As for Junior Brother Hou, he is indeed loyal to you, but as the elder of the Mountain Guard, the Jiuji Formation cannot be without him in a short period of time, so I have no choice but to use Legilis to control him. Get up."

After hearing Zhou Huahai's words, Zhang Hualing finally couldn't help but a flash of anger in his eyes, because he knew the elders who stayed on Jiuhua Mountain. There must have been heavy casualties at this time. Jiuhua Mountain had finally recovered its vitality in the past four hundred years, but it was seriously injured again. Thinking of this, Zhang Hualing's mouth moved slightly, as if he wanted to scold him. In the end, he endured it. Because he knew that at this time, scolding could no longer solve the problem.

Zhang Hualing, Zhou Huahai. From today on, only one of these once golden partners in Jiuhuashan can remain.

"Last question, if you can successfully kill me this time, what are you going to do with them?" Zhang Hualing's tone at this time has become extremely cold. He asked, pointing to the elders and elite disciples behind him.

After Zhou Huahai heard Zhang Hualing's question, he was slightly startled and said, "I would have forgotten them if you didn't tell me."

As he spoke, Zhou Huahai moved his eyes to the Jiuhua elders and elite disciples behind Zhang Hualing, and said slowly: "I can tell you clearly that from today on, I will be the new head of Jiuhua Mountain. And Zhang Hualing will definitely die today, because I have now mastered the Nine Extremes Formation, and you also know how powerful the Nine Extremes Formation is. With your strength, you will never survive in the Nine Extremes Formation. Now. You have to think carefully, should you follow me and become famous throughout the world of immortality in the future, or should you die with this Hualing?"

Having said this, Zhou Huahai smiled slightly, rolled up his sleeves, and a bunch of black pills appeared in his hands, and then he said: "If you plan to follow me, come to me to get a heavenly spirit." Swallow the pill. I will make your skills greatly increase. If you plan to follow Zhang Hualing, then you should stay where you are and wait for the Jiuji Formation to move. "

After Zhou Huahai finished these words, everyone woke up from the shock in the conversation between Zhou Huahai and Zhang Hualing. Looking at Zhou Huahai's cold eyes when he looked at himself and others, the monks did not believe that such a change would really occur in Jiuhua Mountain.

Although cultivating immortals will not dream. But the monks felt as if they were in a dream at this time. Everything is so unreal.

Especially Zhou Huahai's disciples, Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan. At this time, the disbelief in his heart was even worse than that of others. He looked at Zhou Huahai and then Zhang Hualing, with hesitant expressions.

But Zhou Huahai didn't give everyone any time to hesitate, he had already begun to count coldly: "No one has moved, everyone is still in shock at this time.

"Nine!!"

Still no one moved.

The monks finally reacted, and there was a slight commotion in the crowd, but still no one moved. Just like Sheng Yushan and Li Yuhan, they looked at Zhou Huahai and Zhang Hualing for a while, with hesitant expressions on their faces.

At the same time, Xu Qingfan in the crowd was also thinking about his whereabouts.

As a mountain-protecting formation that has protected Jiuhua Mountain for thousands of years, the "Nine Extremes Formation" is undeniably powerful. If you are in it, even with the care of Zhang Hualing and other elders, your hope of survival is extremely slim.

But betraying Zhang Hualing and joining Zhou Huahai? Not to mention Zhou Huahai's ruthless character who doesn't care about the lives of others, Xu Qingfan even despises him, and he doesn't know when he will abandon him. Moreover, Xu Qingfan refused to believe that the "Heaven Spirit Pill" in his hand was used to increase the monks' skills. It must be a kind of poison that Zhou Huahai would use to control the immortal cultivators in Jiuhua Mountain in the future.

In this way, once you surrender to Zhou Huahai, you will be like a puppet in his hands, and you will have to be controlled by him to do things you don't want to do. In this case, how is it different from death?

But staying by Zhang Hualing's side, relying on Zhang Hualing's strength and mind, there is still a chance of survival.

Thinking of this, Xu Qingfan's eyes became firm. Feeling the questioning looks that Jin Qinghan and Lu Qingshang gave him, Xu Qingfan slowly shook his head.

Still no one moved.

"Three!!" At this time, Zhou Huahai's voice already contained a hint of anger.

At this moment, someone finally flew towards Zhou Huahai quickly, flew to his side, picked up the black elixir in Zhou Huahai's hand, swallowed it in his mouth, and then stood behind Zhou Huahai, not daring to look at it. Zhang Hualing glanced at him.

And this man's actions seemed to trigger a chain reaction. More and more people flew towards Zhou Huahai, swallowed the black pill and stood behind Zhou Huahai. This is true even for some elders who are usually highly respected.

Suddenly, half of the disciples and elders behind Zhang Hualing were reduced. But the remaining disciples all firmly supported Zhang Hualing.

But Zhang Hualing did not stop him at all, but his figure couldn't help but become a little lonely.

When Zhou Huahai uttered this word, an elder who usually had a high reputation in Jiuhua Mountain slowly walked out from behind Zhang Hualing and walked towards Zhou Huahai.

Seeing the elder's actions, Zhou Huahai showed a smile, but Zhang Hualing couldn't help but trembled, which showed the weight of this elder.

But when the elder walked three steps away from Zhou Huahai, something changed suddenly.

"Death to the traitor!!" The elder's body suddenly glowed with a powerful and dazzling golden light, and a golden dagger quickly stabbed towards Zhou Huahai under his control! !