Taiping Inn

Seeing this, the two altar masters of Zaoge Sect did not want to fight anymore. They decisively got rid of their opponents and retreated to the county government office.

As long as they could join forces with Shang Xi, the head of the Corpse Refining Hall, and defend the county government office, even though it was just a small county government office, it would be like a copper wall and iron wall at this time, and even Wu Zhen and Su Yunyan could not do anything. And this place is very close to Beimang Mountain. When the reinforcements arrive, there is still a chance to win.

At this moment, a sword light fell from the sky.

Sun Bu Jian, who was a little late in retreating, was directly pierced through the top of his head by this sword light, and then his whole body was pierced from top to bottom by this sword, and he could not die any more.

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The leader of the Yinggou Altar of the Zaoge Sect never thought that he would die here and walk with the leader of the Jiangchen Altar, Fan Wencheng, on the Yellow Spring Road.

Hong Chengchou, who witnessed this sword with his own eyes, was even more horrified and hurriedly retreated back to the county government office without any hesitation.

Then Su Yunyan, wearing the "Taiyi Cloud Clothes", fell from the sky holding the "Miaofa Lotus Flower". It was she who struck this sword just now and killed Sun Bujian with one sword.

As the people in the Zaoge Sect said, the Vajra Sect did not want to form a deadly feud with the Zaoge Sect, but the Cihang Sect, which advanced and retreated with the Zhengyi Sect, did not have this scruple. After Shang Xi retreated into the county government office, Su Yunyan could not catch up with him and had to kill Sun Bujian, who was a step behind, with one sword.

It was also Sun Bujian's bad luck. His cultivation level could not be said to be low. Although fighting was not his forte, he was able to fight with Wuzhen a few times, which showed that his weakness in fighting was only relative. He was definitely not a soft persimmon that anyone could easily control. Unfortunately, he met Su Yunjiao, who was already only half a step away from the realm of heaven and man, and was in charge of the magic weapon "Lotus Flower" which ranked seventh in the "Sword Review". In addition, Sun Bujian's "Yin Snake" had been used up, and his attention was on Wuzhen and Madam Lu. Su Yun'an was suspected of making a sneak attack, so how could he not die under this sword.

Sometimes, the amazing move to take someone's life is actually the result of the right time, right place, and right people.

Just after Sun Bujian died, Shang Xi and Hong Chengchou in the county government seemed to be frightened. The black fog that originally covered the whole city began to dissipate gradually, but the black fog covering the county government became thicker and thicker, almost like a substance. At this time, everyone was only a few feet away from the county government, and they could not see the gate and walls of the county government. It was pitch dark.

After Su Yunjiao fell from the sky, he held the hilt of the sword with both hands and the tip of the sword pointed down: "Master Wuzhen, Madam Lu, Junior Brother Kongding, Yun'an is polite."

No matter what the three of them thought in their hearts, they returned the greetings. After all, Su Yun'an's becoming the next leader of the Cihang Sect was a foregone conclusion. Now her actual power in the sect is not inferior to Yan Feiqing at all, and even more. Even Wuzhen, the seventh person on the Taixuan List, dare not underestimate her at all, let alone regard her as an ordinary junior.

Wu Zhen put his hands together and said, "The people from Zaoge Sect have retreated into the county government office. This is the center of the 'Spirit Refining Array'. It is very secretive and it is not easy to enter without permission. I wonder if Fairy Su has any good plan?"

Su Yun'an shook her head and smiled bitterly, "It happened in a hurry and there is no good plan."

Wu Zhen chanted a Buddhist name and remained silent.

Li Xuandu put the "Cold Beauty" back into the sheath and asked, "Where is Yan Xuanji? Is he still in Beimang Mountain?"

Su Yun'an nodded.

Li Xuandu sighed lightly: "Now the 'Soul Refining Formation' and 'Corpse Refining Formation' have been broken, leaving only the last 'Spirit Refining Formation'. Whether it is broken or not, it will not affect the overall situation in a moment. I am more worried about Yan Xuanji."

Su Yunjiao was shocked: "Brother Li, do you mean Brother Yan will have trouble?"

"Zaoge Sect has three inner halls and four outer altars. Now in Beimang County, there are only the chief of Jiangchen Altar Fan Wencheng, the chief of Yinggou Altar Sun Bujian, the chief of Houqing Altar Hong Chengchou, and the chief of Corpse Refining Hall Shang Xi. Not to mention the chief of Zaoge Sect Zang Lao Ren and the Yin Yang Sect behind Zaoge Sect, where are the other two hall masters and the chief of Hanba Altar now?" Su Yun'an has already said, and her eyes are also cast in the direction of Beimang Mountain.

...

In Beimang Mountain.

Two Taoists, one old and one young, walked slowly along an earth dam.

The old Taoist was dressed in shabby clothes, carrying a copper coin sword and a saddlebag on his shoulder. He didn't look like an immortal, but he looked quite shabby. He was Nan Kezi, who had escaped from Zhoujia Village by chance.

Compared with the old Taoist, the young Taoist was completely different. From the lotus crown on his head, to the Taoist robes, the belt and brocade bag on his waist, to the cloud shoes on his feet, all of them showed the style of an immortal. The long sword on his back was even more shrouded in a green aura visible to the naked eye. He was Yan Feiqing, the head of the Zhengyi Sect.

The entire Zhoujia Village was destroyed in an instant, causing such a big commotion, which of course also alarmed Yan Feiqing, who was now in Beimang Mountain. When he arrived, there was no trace left, and only Nan Kezi was left alive.

After the two of them met, Nan Kezi first explained to Yan Feiqing what had happened, and then the two began to explore the reasons for the destruction of Zhoujia Village. Unfortunately, after the ground cracked, the ground closed again, and even the gully that "swallowed" all the villagers disappeared without a trace. If it weren't for the earth dam left, it would be as if nothing had happened here, and there had never been a village called Zhoujia Village.

Walking to the end of the earth dam, Yan Feiqing looked at his feet, thinking.

Nan Kezi stroked his goatee as usual and said, "First there was the coffin land, then there was the haunting. I really don't know what Zaoge Sect is going to do."

Although there is no clear evidence, Nan Kezi has already determined in his heart that this matter has a great relationship with Zaoge Sect.

Yan Feiqing raised his head and suddenly asked, "Senior, you once summoned the soul of Zhao Qi. Did you pay attention to what kind of fate Zhao Qi had?"

Nan Kezi was stunned, "Master Yan means..."

Yan Feiqing sighed and said, "Since the senior has met Li Zifu, he should know that I and he have fought with Old Man Zang, and the reason for the fight is that Old Man Zang is collecting people with Tiansha fate. I now suspect that Zhao Qi is also a person with a special fate. The people in Zaoge Sect wanted to take his soul away, but they were disturbed by the senior, so they took action in advance. He also injured the senior. As for why the Zaoge Sect waited until now to collect Zhao Qi's soul, it might be because of his age. "

Nan Kezi was shocked: "Even so, there is no need to kill the whole village."

"It's not killing people. This is in the territory of Beimang Mountain, right under the nose of the Zaoge Sect. Who are they killing for? Are they afraid that the news will leak out?" Yan Feiqing shook his head and said: "So it's not killing people. In my opinion, it looks like some kind of blood sacrifice."

The so-called "sacrifice" is to sacrifice, mostly cattle and sheep. Before the establishment of Confucianism and Taoism, dating back to ancient times, witchcraft was prevalent, people were barbaric, and burials were common, so living people were often used instead of livestock to worship ghosts and gods, also known as "blood sacrifice". After the establishment of the Great Sage and the Supreme Taoist Ancestor, this custom has gradually disappeared. It is only still spread among evil ways, such as the Zhenchuan Sect, which is known as the original Zhenchuan Sect. There are many barbaric methods inherited from ancient times, so it is also classified as an evil way.

Zaoge Sect originated from the Gezao lineage and was proficient in talismans. It was also dependent on Shenxiao Sect and Donghua Sect for survival. However, after abandoning Gezao, Zaoge Sect went further and further away. Although it still retained the way of talismans, it focused on controlling ghosts and corpses. Later, when Zaoge Sect was at its peak, it even tried to use human power to refine the spirit, which made it further and further away from the orthodox Xuanmen Sect. Now it has learned the blood sacrifice method from Zhenchuan Sect, which is reasonable.

Such means have always been despised by people of the right path, so when Yan Feiqing said this, Nan Kezi's face became extremely ugly: "Zaoge Sect, they dare to do this!"

"What are they afraid of?" Yan Feiqing's expression also revealed a bit of hatred: "They are planning to take corpses, planning to take the souls of the dead, which one of them is not a thing that damages Yin virtue and goes against human ethics? Now they are planning to take the living, how can we tolerate it?"

Nan Kezi sighed and said: "Now that things have come to this, we must find out what Zaoge Sect's intentions are as soon as possible."

Yan Feiqing lowered his head again, stomped his feet, and stepped on the earth dam under his feet: "The answer may be on this earth dam."