The Sword Named No Way Out

The sound of footsteps came from behind, and the disciples of Le Sheng's sect hurriedly rushed over. The leader was Meng Yunfei, who came from the mountainside with his sword, and said in a broken voice, "Master!"

Liu Xuzhi is a rare, weak, delicate and beautiful scholar in folklore, probably because he loves elegance and dislikes martial arts, and his favorite thing in life is to weep at the moon to recite poems and bury flowers. fainting. Later, because he couldn't bear to see all the flowers wither, he burned his spiritual power all the year round, forcing the whole mountain to be like spring all the year round, and named it Yanchuntai—Penglai Spring Banquet Juwenxing. The main hall was named "Penglai" and "Wenxing". Naturally, it refers to himself who is proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, and hops. But now it seems that Wenxing may also include folk storytellers and theater troupes who were invited to the Yanchuntai.

Now that the Penglai Immortal Land has half collapsed, Xu Shuangce stepped into the hall with the other foot, and there was a trace of terrifying spiritual power in his calm voice: "Come out."

As soon as the words fell, the bead curtain of the inner hall was lifted by a hand with a green gauze sleeve.

A tall man nine feet long, shaped like a clock, with a black beardless face, slowly walked out of the inner hall. His green gauze robe fluttered like a celestial being, and his smile was as elegant as a spring breeze. If it weren't for the lack of time to put on shoes on the feet, it would be impossible to tell that it was the same person who fled in embarrassment with bare feet just now:

"I didn't know that my old friend came from afar, so I'm sorry to welcome you from afar! Yunfei, why don't you order someone to watch tea for Sect Master Xu?"

"..."

There was an embarrassing silence inside and outside the hall. After a long time, Meng Yunfei covered his face with one hand and waved his other hand behind his back. The disciples finally retreated as if they were pardoned.

There were only four of them left inside and outside the hall, Xu Shuangce didn't look at Meng Yunfei, but said plainly to Liu Xuzhi: "Ying Kai has already told you. Pack up your things and go."

Liu Xu's face was realistic and confused: "Brother Xu, what is the meaning of this, what did the Leader Ying say?" Then without waiting for Xu Shuangce's answer, he looked around in surprise, as if he had just discovered that half of the bedroom had collapsed: "What's going on? ? The humble house has been in disrepair for a long time, how can it treat distinguished guests!"

Then he flicked his sleeves.

A gust of wind blew in all directions, and the torn apart palace gates flew back to their original positions, the beams on the verge of breaking roared back to life, the bricks and stones all over the floor flew back to the cracked walls and half-collapsed stone pillars, and all the dust was swept away.

The entire Penglai Hall took on a new look, and the overturned incense burner rekindled the curling green smoke.

"Weak and weak scholar" Liu Xuzhi's black face was full of smiles, and he happily recited: "If the mountain is not high, there will be spirits if there are immortals; this is a humble room, but I am virtuous!"

Gong Wei thought to himself that banning the script of the Dongting Opera, which describes the "face like the dawn moon, and the color like a spring flower" of Yue Sheng, is probably the last sliver of self-knowledge left in Liu Xuzhi's life.

"This is Sect Master Xu's new love...little disciple?" Liu Xuzhi stumbled, but it didn't affect his joy in the slightest. He took off a string of white jade beads from his sleeve and was about to put it on Gong Wei's wrist. Putting it on, he had to bend down and touch the top of his head: "Brother Xu is very educated, and the high-ranking apprentice is also very smart and beautiful, it's amazing! Look at these lovely ears..."

ear?

Before Gong Wei could react, Xu Shuangce by his side suddenly reached out, stopped Liu Xuzhi's big cattail fan palm that could cover the entire top of a person's head, and then took the string of white jade beads that could be worn along Gong Wei's arms all the way to his shoulders. Backed away, said coldly: "Liu Xuzhi."

This is the second time since he went up the mountain to call Le Sheng with the surname, Liu Xuzhi immediately became sober.

"Strict teacher and high apprentice, very good, very good!" Liu Xuzhi immediately retracted his hands and stood up, his loving expression remained unchanged: "Yunfei, didn't you specially prepare a banquet and snacks to entertain your friends? Hurry up and play with the young master." Bar."

Banquet snacks.

The moment Gong Wei heard these four words, his eyes went dark again. Before Meng Yunfei could quickly step forward, he immediately leaned close to Xu Shuangce, bowed his lower body and said solemnly:

"The disciple takes it as his duty to serve the master, how can he slip away and be lazy at will? Senior Meng's kindness and understanding are enough!"

Meng Yunfei stretched out his hand and froze in mid-air: "...Huh?"

"As long as I stay by Master's side all the time, my disciple will be satisfied. Senior Meng forgive me!"

Gong Wei leaned close to Sect Master Xu beside him, feeling like he was actively standing next to a volcano that might erupt at any time.

Although he was extremely anxious, he knew that he must not raise his head to observe Xu Zongzhu's expression at this moment. After a while, he felt Xu Shuang's instigation, and finally let go of the wrist he had been clenched tightly all the way, and then patted the top of his head twice, with a rare gentle tone:

"You're tired too, don't stay with me all the time, go play by yourself."

Xu Shuangce is so reasonable?

Is he being flattered?

Gong Wei seemed to have opened up a new world, he couldn't be sure for a while, he hesitated: "But how can the disciple leave the master..."

Xu Shuangce's depressed mood just now disappeared. He glanced at Meng Yunfei, and there seemed to be a kind of quiet arrogance in his eyes, then he turned back and said to Gong Wei calmly: "I have something to discuss with Le Sheng alone as a teacher, and I will pick you up later. Go."

Gong Wei took half a step back, full of disbelief in his heart, stepped out of the main hall step by step, turned his head three times, and saw Xu Shuangce looking at him with his hands in the sleeves of his robe before the door closed, his eyes were calm and focused.

Gong Wei suddenly felt strange for no reason, he felt that Xu Shuangce's pupils must be full of his shadow at this moment.

But then Meng Yunfei closed the palace door.

"To the young master..."

Gong Wei forcibly dispelled the vague uneasiness in her heart, and realized that she had more important things to do.

He grabbed Meng Yunfei's sleeve and rushed down the forty-nine sapphire steps until he was sure that Xu Shuangce in Penglai Hall could not hear him, then he stopped and said solemnly, "Senior Meng."

Meng Yunfei is a serious person, he never flirts with others, and his handsome face blushed a little in embarrassment: "I have prepared a banquet, I still remember that you like drunk chicken the most—"

"What am I in your eyes?" Gong Wei interrupted him mercilessly.

Meng Yunfei suddenly fell into suspicious silence.

"Senior Meng?"

"..."

Meng Yunfei looked away, blushed even more, stretched out his hand and used the method of fetching things from the air to take out a mercury mirror, cast a spell to break the blind eye, and handed it over without a word to signal him to look at it for himself.

In the next moment, Gong Wei finally understood why the cook in the inn felt sorry for him being caught by a Taoist priest, and why Liu Xuzhi praised his cute ears—because they were indeed cute.

In the mirror, he has two fluffy pointed ears and a big fluffy red tail behind him.

Xu Shuangce turned him into a young fox demon who had just learned to change form.

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"My old friend came from afar. My heart is overjoyed, and the humble house is full of splendor! Come to Brother Xu, try the century-old gold brewed apricot blossom wine that I specially prepared for you, and then try this Mingqian silver needle pear blossom tea..."

Xu Shuangce lifted his robe and sat down, one sentence froze Liu Xuzhi who was busy serving tea and water all over the hall: "Ying Kai said that Fuxiqin can detect invisible obstacles in the ground, let you go to Tianmen Pass with me."

"..." Liu Xuzhi froze for a long while, and finally couldn't laugh: "Brother Xu, I have lived in Yanchun Terrace all my life, and the thing I hate the most is going out."

Xu Shuangce stared at him without saying a word.

"I haven't been out for more than ten years."

Xu Shuangce didn't even change his posture.

Bang! With a sound, the wine jar in Liu Xuzhi's hand fell on the table, and he also fell into the chair like a weak willow in the wind, and the rosewood suddenly made a loud creaking sound of being overwhelmed.

"Brother Xu, I really don't want to go out!" Liu Xuzhi stretched out his hand in tears, eager to tug on Xu Shuangce's sleeve: "Tianmenguan is close to the extreme northern glacier, and there are winds and snows all year round. I really don't want to leave the Yanchun Terrace! Brother Xu, please do me a favor, you..."

Before his hand touched Cangyang Sect Master's robe sleeve, he saw Xu Shuangce put his **** together and hung in the air, and the invisible strength nailed Liu Xuzhi there alive, his fingertips couldn't reach forward half a centimeter.

Xu Shuangce frowned slightly, approached a little condescendingly, and asked, "Does the gate of heaven shake every now and then?"

Liu Xuzhi said pitifully: "Yes."

Earthquakes from time to time indicate that there is something deep in the ground, but this alone can't explain anything. The place where the underground magic energy is surging or the place where the demon spring is hidden will also tremble frequently.

The light in Xu Shuangce's eyes was dim, and he asked for a while, "Master Ying told you about Du Kaixun, right?"

Liu Xuzhi broke free with great difficulty, sat up quickly and put back his big palm-leaf fan hands that had been carefully maintained, not daring to touch the half of Cangyang Sect Master's clothes again: "Yes, the Sect Master Ying said that there may be a world-destroyer buried deep in the ground. soldier."

Xu Shuangce asked: "Are there any similar legends around Tianmen Pass?"

Most of the folk legends are groundless, and often hide secret facts that were unknown many years ago. It is only in the process of spreading that they become more exaggerated and grotesque, which instead conceals the clues of the truth.

Xuanmen great masters like Xu Shuangce and Ying Kai, whose mana moves from star to star, retreat from the sun and the moon, and are separated from the world by a long distance, only Liu Xuzhi is an exception——Le Shengxing likes to collect all kinds of folk ancient books, He also sent his disciples down the mountain to inquire about strange stories, and then returned to Yanchun Terrace to bind them into a book, so he can be regarded as a master of all kinds of legends and stories.

"If it's a soldier who destroys the world, it's really unheard of. I'm sure the whole world has never heard of such a thing." Liu Xuzhi thought for a while, and said: "But Tianmen Pass may be because it is too remote. There is indeed a The legends and stories are different from those widely circulated in our Central Plains."

Xu Shuangce stared at him closely: "What?"

"Ghost Prince greets the bride."

It's the ghost prince welcoming the bride again.

The surrounding air seemed to be getting more and more condensed, Xu Shuangce sat back and said calmly, "Why?"

Liu Xuzhi said: "Even Xiaoer Kaimeng knows the story of the ghost prince. It is nothing more than that he stirred up wars in the world and was quelled by the gods of the East Heaven. According to the rumors circulating in the Guan area, it is not only the ghost prince who caused the war, but also another one—Beiyuan Shangshen."

"God Beiyuan," Xu Shuangce repeated in a low voice, as if talking to himself.

"The original duty of this Beiyuan Shangshen was to protect the order of the mortal world and avoid massacres and wars. However, he was very ruthless. He felt that mortals were dirty and insignificant like pigs, dogs and ants. In order to punish the various crimes committed by mortals, he He simply wants to slaughter all his believers. The idea of ​​this **** and the ghost prince hit it off, so the two joined forces to bring a huge disaster to the world, causing thousands of miles of terracotta, countless charred bones, and countless cities were shrouded in flames of war. .”

In the illusion, the land torn apart, the capital city in flames, and the countless people who were crushed into flesh all came to mind again.

Xu Shuangce squeezed the armrest of the seat slightly with his fingers, and asked in a low voice for a long time, "Is this huge disaster a mechanism giant?"

Liu Xuzhi said: "I don't know. But it is said that in order to stop the Beiyuan God, the God of Heaven in the Middle East made a bet with him: If there is someone in the mortal world who will not fall down with a knife and an axe, and his body will not die, and at the same time experience If you cross the highest and unattainable peak in the world and the darkest underground of Huangquan, then the disaster can be averted, and at the same time, the catastrophe must be brought down, so that this person will ascend to replace Beiyuan Shangshen's position."

——What kind of person can survive with a sword and an ax without falling down, and with a corpse cut into thousands of pieces without dying?

Before he died, he made himself a battle puppet, his limbs were cut off every inch of his body, but he was still able to stand up with his soldiers.

Only the great master who fought to the end met the conditions of the bet between the two gods, so the mechanism giant was buried in the ground forever, and the heinous catastrophe fell in an instant. This mortal survived the catastrophe to replace him!

After a moment of silence in the hall, Xu Shuangce asked hoarsely, "...Where did that replaced **** go?"

"It is said that the ghost prince returned to the depths of the underworld, and the evil spirit of the God of Beiyuan was sealed underground by the God of the East." Liu Xuzhi poured himself a cup of tea, and said, "That's why the gate of Heaven is always shaking. It's all because of the resentment and evil thoughts of that God that lasted for thousands of years, and will cause trouble every once in a while."

"What about his other parts besides the evil spirit?"

"what?"

Liu Xuzhi raised his head, and saw Xu Shuangce staring at him closely: "This **** is not full of evil thoughts, doesn't he have the slightest bit of goodness, the slightest bit of gratitude?"

These words were quite different from Sect Master Xu's usual indifferent tone, and even sounded a little hasty, almost as if he was justifying himself. Liu Xuzhi couldn't help wondering: "Why is Brother Xu so interested in that Beiyuan Shangshen?"

Xu Shuangce turned his gaze away and said lightly, "Just curious."

Liu Xuzhi shook his head and said with a smile: "Since this Beiyuan Shangshen can do such a cruel and ruthless thing, even if there is still a good side in the soul, it may be negligible. Maybe that part of the soul has been relegated to reincarnation, reincarnated as Ordinary people—Brother Xu, what's wrong with you?"

If you look closely, Xu Shuangce's face seems to be paler than usual, and the two eyeballs are getting darker, staring closely and motionlessly at a piece of dust floating in the air, as if frozen.

Liu Xuzhi felt a little bad: "Brother Xu, you..."

"Nothing," Xu Shuangce said suddenly.

He closed his eyes, let out a long breath, and said in a low voice: "So that... that Beiyuan Shangshen is so cold and bloodthirsty, even if he reincarnates as a mortal, he will probably have serious obstacles to killing."

Liu Xuzhi didn't understand where this remark came from at all, so he said haha: "That's right, I should have been reincarnated several times over the years. But this killing obstacle won't be able to get rid of it if it takes several lifetimes!"

Xu Shuangce turned a deaf ear to it, thinking of something, Shaoqing seemed to ask suddenly: "One more thing. Did the legend ever mention a man in the mirror?"

"Man in the Mirror?"

"When the Ghost Crown Princess was ascended, she was cut into pieces with swords and axes. Did the legend ever mention how she survived the catastrophe?"

Liu Xuzhi was a little surprised, thought for a while and said: "Brother Xu said that, it seems that he has indeed heard that when the fairy ascended, the God of the East Heaven sent down a magic weapon to protect her body. There are all kinds of treasure gourd town demon pagodas, golden dragon whips and iron armor, and I have heard of the golden mace... I can’t remember if there is a magic mirror.”

He looked carefully at Xu Shuangce's expression, and said with a smile: "Brother Xu, most of the myths and legends are far-fetched speculations, and they are getting more and more distorted through word of mouth, so there is no need to take it seriously. They are all falsehoods."

— False words.

Xu Shuangce's pupils reflected the increasingly dimmer sky outside the window, and his face was stiff and cold.

Everyone knows that there are three gods who appeared in the wedding of the ghost prince. The **** of the East Heaven calmed down the war and returned to the heaven.

However, what no one knows is that there are two protagonists hidden behind the myths and legends. No one knows, an evil **** who committed a felony and a spirit fairy who lived in the mirror. Their names have been passed down from generation to generation. Willfully forget.

Who has the best hands and eyes to bury this **** truth?

Now who is going to dig out that dusty history again?

Xu Shuangce gripped the armrest of the chair tightly with his fingers in the sleeves of his robe, his knuckles were bulging with veins.

If the black-clothed evil **** is reincarnated, will the mirror fairy who once fought to protect mortals also follow him, following closely in the cycle of reincarnation, like a shadow, and guarding against the reappearance of killing obstacles in every life? ?

Countless thoughts flashed in my mind like ghosts and monsters, doubts, hesitation, fear, fear, hatred...struggling and tearing each other, enough to drag the primordial spirit into the abyss of chaos. This world is constructed in the interlacing of falsehood and reality, and he suddenly wants to grasp something real that can calm the soul down.

Xu Shuangce let out a trembling breath, got up abruptly and said, "I'm going to find my apprentice."

Liu Xuzhi stood up in a hurry: "Hey, don't be in a hurry, brother Xu. My apprentice will never forget your apprentice as a confidant, and now is a good time to reunite after a long absence..."

Xu Shuangce turned a deaf ear to it.

"Hey, Brother Xu, listen to me!" Liu Xuzhi chased after him: "The two young people talk by candlelight at night, they are such a good match, why should we bother, right... oh, Brother Xu!"

As if a sharp needle suddenly pierced the soul and found an outlet for the long-suppressed murderous intentions in his heart, Xu Shuangce suddenly stopped and looked at Le Sheng.

But at this moment, out of the corner of his eye, he passed Liu Xuzhi who was still chattering non-stop, and suddenly saw a standing mercury mirror in the depths of the hall.

A blurry figure was reflected in the mirror out of thin air.

It was covered in gray robes, and even its body seemed to be nothing but gray smoke. It was turning around in a hurry as if it was about to leave from the mirror. Suddenly Xu Shuangce realized what it was——

The ghost cultivator of Linjiangdu!

"It's getting late today, why not just stay in the humble house...Brother Xu?!"

I saw Xu Shuangce reaching out his hand like lightning, and pulled out the green quinoa sword from Le Sheng's waist. His face sank like water, and the sword light pierced through the air. The huge mercury mirror was exploded into tens of thousands of pieces by the sword!