Star Trace Gate

Chapter 760: The boy returns to the starting point, and King Huai secretly makes a fortune

In the quiet monastery room, the fragrance of sandalwood lingers in the air.

The young Xing Wu looked at Master Xun Tian with a bit of fear, mustered up his courage, and added tentatively: "Master, tomorrow...tomorrow I am willing to enter Xing Mountain. No matter how difficult and dangerous the road ahead is, I will do my best to complete the mission of the Heavenly Dao, make my own blood perfect, and offer it to the Xianlan Sect. But...but the Sect Master promised me before that if I am willing to enter Xing Mountain, he will let my brother go. This matter...?!"

Although Xun Xianshi was a disciple of Wuchen Sect Master and had not yet entered the sect's elders' pavilion, he was quite prestigious in the sect and was also known as the "Sect Counselor". Whenever something important happened in the sect, he would discuss matters with the elders of higher seniority.

This fully shows that Master Xun must be an extremely smart person, and most importantly, he has a high emotional quotient, because when discussing things, what he discusses is never the things, but the people. What do the elders want to hear, what does the sect leader want to hear, how should he say it so as not to offend anyone and at the same time show his own style, the wisdom he needs to possess... is actually a kind of "Tao".

After the opening of Emperor Xingshan's tomb, the chance to become the emperor of Xianlan Sect was snatched away by someone else. This was definitely a "troublesome matter" for the sect, but for him personally, it was an opportunity. An opportunity to enter the Elders' Pavilion, practice in the ancestral land, and read the sect's core mental manuals.

He would naturally not let go of these opportunities. This was also the reason why he was so enthusiastic and concerned about targeting Ren Ye, the Long family in Chaolong City, and the blood attraction.

He spent almost day and night trying to figure out the thoughts of Sect Master Wuchen, and was very willing to help the Sect Master do some dirty things that he wanted to do but was too embarrassed to do because of his status.

On the mat, Immortal Xun lowered his head and frowned. He picked up the teacup on the small table, took a sip, and said calmly, "There are only practitioners here who are focused and not involved in the secular world. No one will promise you anything, and no one will negotiate any conditions with you."

When Xing Wu heard this, he was stunned.

He didn't quite understand what the other person was saying, but he had an instinctive feeling in his heart: You guys are just being whores, and you still want to be a saint? If you don't want to talk about conditions, then why are you pinching my brother? !

The people here are too pretentious. Their words are vague and unclear.

They clearly wanted to coerce, threaten, and steal his blood, but they insisted on pretending to be otherworldly masters who didn't care about worldly affairs.

It's like you go to a brothel and the girl asks you to add thirty taels of silver in exchange for a monkey-rooster trick. You ask her if twenty taels will do, but she tells you that love cannot be bargained for.

Disgusting. So damn disgusting.

"Since you miss your brother so much, he will come with us into Xingshan tomorrow, and we will take care of him all the way. If what you said is true, and you successfully obtain the perfect blood guide of the emperor, then you two can leave." Master Xun added again in an unquestionable tone.

"Take my brother to Xingshan???"

Xing Wu stared with wide eyes, and argued with a slightly angry expression: "Xingshan is full of dangers. If we are not careful...!"

"We, the fifth-rank immortal masters, will go with your brother and will naturally take good care of him. This matter is not open to discussion." Immortal Master Xun interrupted coldly.

Xing Wu looked at the kind-looking old man in front of him and was so angry that he wanted to chop him with a hunting knife on the spot.

Immortal Xun's meaning is very clear. After entering the Emperor's Tomb tomorrow, if you dare to play tricks or dare not try your best, your brother will unfortunately die in the Emperor's Tomb. He is like an ant, tightly grasped in my hand. If you care about this ant, then you must look at my eyes every step you take.

Thinking of this, Xing Wu mustered up his courage, clenched his fists, gritted his teeth and said: "I came to Xianlan Sect to keep my brother safe. If... the Immortal Master insists on taking him into Xingshan, then I will commit suicide here and lead the peach blossom blood on my forehead back to the Emperor's Tomb in Xingshan!"

"Haha."

When Master Xun heard these threatening words, he was not angry. Instead, he felt helpless facing a naive child.

In his mind, Xing Wu was just a wild monkey that had run out of the wilderness, an inferior person born of an inferior person. He had never been to school, had not yet gained enlightenment, and was immature in mind, yet he had no idea of ​​the world and had come to the Xianlan Sect to exchange people and negotiate terms, which was enough to show his stupid and reckless character.

"brush!"

Immortal Master Xun just raised his hand slightly and summoned a fourth-grade bronze bone corpse puppet.

The corpse puppet was a woman with a pretty face, wearing an enchanting green silk dress. She stood beside Master Xun, like a sculpture, motionless.

Xing Wu looked at the corpse of the woman with a somewhat frozen expression.

"Suicide?"

Immortal Master Xun lowered his head while pouring tea and said, "Little kid, there are many things in this world that cannot be avoided by death. Look at this female corpse puppet of mine. She was born into a wealthy family, but once she met with misfortune, her entire family was wiped out in the war. Before she died, she took poison to save her reputation. But she never expected that after her death, she would be refined into a corpse puppet. Not only was her price clearly marked, but she was also sold on the street. Her virginity, chastity and reputation, which she was proud of, were ultimately just a pretext to increase the price of this body. Look at her, even after she dies, she will be manipulated by others, and it will be difficult for her to be liberated without salvation."

"With the great power rolling over here, what kind of light can an unenlightened ant emit even if it dies? It may even be worse than a firefly... This ant can only watch his father die, his mother run for her life like a stray dog, and his own brother fall into danger. This is the way of heaven. Under the way of heaven, the strong make the rules and the weak obey them."

"Look at her, then think about your brother, and tell me... do you still want to commit suicide?" Master Xun pointed at the female corpse puppet beside him and asked with a smile.

The young boy Xing Wu looked at him with a pale face, his strong body motionless.

"What can change your fate is not threats, but obedience and values. If you enter the Emperor's Tomb and can really obtain the perfect blood guide, then for our Xianlan Sect, does it really matter whether the two ants leave?" Immortal Master Xun drank the hot tea in the cup and said softly: "We will set off at twilight tomorrow evening, you go back and prepare."

Xing Wu stared at Immortal Xun's kind face. After weighing the pros and cons for a long time, he gritted his teeth and said with a trembling body, "Immortal Xun taught me that I should do my best when entering the Emperor's Tomb."

Master Xun nodded with satisfaction and said no more.

"brush!"

Xing Wu stood up and was about to leave.

"You stop."

At this moment, Master Xun seemed to suddenly remember something and called out softly.

Xing Wu turned around and asked: "Master, is there anything else you need to tell me?"

Immortal Master Xun raised his hand slightly: "Bring the medicine here."

As soon as she finished speaking, the female corpse puppet that had been standing still, emitting a strong yin energy, walked stiffly behind the screen, picked up a bowl of medicine, and came in front of Xing Wu.

Immortal Master Xun was too lazy to look at the wild monkey born in the wilderness. He just picked up the book and glanced at it while saying calmly: "My sect master has a kind heart. When he used his Qi to save your body, he realized that you had not yet been enlightened. Perhaps it was because of a hidden disease in your body, so he specially made this bowl of medicine for you. You can drink it now. If in the future... hehe, if there is anything wrong with your body in the future, you can always go up the mountain and ask the sect master for medicine."

In the quiet monastery room, the female corpse puppet exuded an oppressive chill all over its body, standing in front of Xing Wu with empty eyes, filled with an indescribable sense of oppression.

Xing Wu looked at the medicine bowl in her hand, and he knew very well that this bowl of medicine was also a threat and manipulation, and it must contain a deadly poison. If he drank it, he might also become a corpse puppet, or die tragically soon...

The role of the little one is to control him from the perspective of family affection, while this bowl of medicine is a moral imprisonment. If Xing Wu is too scared in the emperor's tomb and decides to abandon his brother and escape alone, then this bowl of medicine will force him to return to the Xianlan Sect again in the future.

They had calculated everything, and they were indeed no different from ants in this magnificent Xianlan Taoist Palace.

For the little one, he had no choice...

This time, Xing Wu did not argue or refuse. He took the bowl of medicine decisively and drank it all.

“Gudong, gudong…!”

The sweet medicine soup went into his stomach without leaving a drop.

Xing Wu turned the medicine bowl over with trembling hands, and said to the ground from inside the bowl: "Thank you for your concern, Sect Master Wuchen. I will remember this 'kindness' forever!!!"

"Go."

Master Xun didn't even raise his head, but just waved his hand calmly.

Xing Wu put down the medicine bowl, turned around and walked out of the room alone.

As he stepped out of the door, the cold wind blew on his face. The expressions of fear, terror and uneasiness disappeared from his face. His hands and legs stopped shaking. His tender face was filled with calmness and composure as he faced powerful monsters in the mountains.

This was a habit he developed from being in deep and dangerous places, often with his life hanging by a thread. In the eyes of Xun Xianshi and others, he was an ant, and in his eyes, the other party was just a cold-blooded beast in the mountains that could take his life at any time.

An old hunter once said, "When you enter the mountains, all your reliance is gone. Because among countless accidents, the only one who can make you walk out alive is actually yourself. Only calmness can overcome fear and everything else."

In the previous sixteen years, Xing Wu had experienced two desperate situations, both times in Xingshan.

The first time, he had a chance to choose in the Xingshan Mountain, but he chose to give up. That time of giving up also made him completely useless and he could never be enlightened for the rest of his life.

But this time, the Xianlan Sect was like a mountain that could not be escaped or resisted, pressing down on the head of this ant.

Oppression, coercion, threats... He was overwhelmed and could not resist with his mortal strength.

His father died in a foreign land, and his mother fled with his younger brothers and sisters. The little one became a proton and was in danger of death at any time.

As the eldest son of the family, he had no choice but to return to Xingshan again and face the choice he didn't want to make.

Maybe this is fate. After going around in circles, we return to the starting point.

This time, the Xianlan Sect had completely pushed him into a desperate situation. He stood outside the "origin" again, looking at the deep and unknown road ahead, and could only take that step resolutely...

Am I an ant?

Maybe...you too.

In front of the hall, the young Xing Wu turned around and looked at the Taoist room of Master Xun with deep and empty eyes.

……

Half an hour later.

After gathering at the Wendao Palace, Sect Master Wuchen and fourteen sixth-rank sect masters and state rulers returned to their own places of meditation.

At the Xiliang Tianjiao Gathering, Ren also killed Situ Ye; after the battle of Luanping City, he captured the three golden flowers and Lu Tou, the son of the Lu family, in public...

After these two incidents, the notoriety of the descendant of the Ancient Emperor suddenly resounded throughout the Jiuli Continent. The fourteen heads of state and clans gathered in the Xianlan Sect and decided to work together to wipe out the Lord of Hell and the descendant of the Ancient Emperor.

Among them, Situ Ang, the ruler of Xiliang, Lu Wenfeng, the head of the Lu family, and the leader of the sect where the three golden flowers are located, were also secretly putting pressure on the Xianlan Sect.

At the beginning, Situ Ye teamed up with Chu Jin and several fifth-rank masters from Xiliang to secretly attack Master Chu Dao, his beloved concubine and others. Naturally, this was also known in advance by the ancient Xiliang clan.

In other words, in addition to the fact that Xu Bangzi was captured, they also knew that the Xianlan Sect had taken away a five or six-year-old child.