Chapter 178 The Earth Sends Murder, Dragons and Snakes Rise from the Land

Chapter 178 The Earth Sends Murder, Dragons and Snakes Rise from the Land

Chapter 178 The Earth Sends Murder, Dragons and Snakes Rise from the Land (Subscription Request)

When Xu Qing originally practiced the Seven Stars of the Blue Dragon, his progress was ordinary. It was only with the help of the essence of the Red Moon Relic to strengthen his soul that he was able to complete the final breakthrough.

However, the seven stars of Xuanwu are making great progress.

In fact, it is not surprising. In the Xuantian visualization method, opening up the hidden veins of the seven stars of the Black Tortoise is also known as "one hundred days to become a god". This means that within a hundred days, the hidden veins of the seven stars of the Black Tortoise are opened up, and then the three Yin meridians of the hand are opened up to refine the Three Yin Demon-Slaying Sword. This is a normal practice process.

However, only a few people can actually complete this process.

Because this is a process from the outside to the inside, the torment and pain that the star evil brings to the soul alone is unimaginable.

This feeling is like being cut into pieces by a thousand knives, and it is a perception of the soul and cannot be blocked at all.

Xu Qing suddenly realized that the reason why he was able to be so successful, in addition to the powerful energy and blood brought by the Golden Light Mantra, was also related to the article that cursed Bei Kong.

With the strength of one person, he challenged the reputation of a thousand-year-old family, which raised his spirit to an extremely high level, and then accumulated murderous intent. Both his spirit and murderous intent were like water stored in a reservoir. In this way, when he practiced, it was like opening a floodgate to release water, and he was unstoppable.

Therefore, in just over a month, Xu Qing opened up the Seven Stars of Black Tortoise. In the Three Yin Meridians, the star energy and blood, as well as the soul, were combined to refine the star energy of the Seven Stars of Black Tortoise into sword energy.

After one night, Xu Qing mastered all the details of the Seven Stars of Xuanwu and cultivated the magical power of the Seven Stars of Xuanwu, the Three Yin Demon-Slaying Sword.

He was in high spirits at this time. He came to the yard and waved his hand, and a sword about a foot long appeared. He cut off the wooden man wrapped in iron sheet in front of him without any effort.

“This is a bit like the Six Meridians Divine Sword in the novel.” In the novel he read in his previous life, the Six Meridians Divine Sword was an invisible gas sword. It was not a shock wave like in the TV series, but an invisible and tangible sword energy that could be used with sword moves.

When you fight with others, they naturally cannot figure out how long your sword is or from what angle you will attack. It can be said to be flexible and unpredictable.

"Brother-in-law, do you know any magic?" Zhou Pingting was outside the courtyard gate.

Naturally, she couldn't see the sword energy, but she felt a strong airflow in the yard, which came from her brother-in-law's hand and suddenly cut the wooden man in half.

Xu Qing: "I guess so. What can I do for you?"

"This is a letter from my father."

Xu Qing took the letter, read the contents, and couldn't help but feel a headache. Old Zhou meant that since she was here, Zhou Pingting should stay at his house temporarily until the storm died down.

Xu Qing could understand the hidden meaning of Mr. Zhou's words.

In any case, Zhou Pingting would never be able to marry into the Kong family again, and once a woman breaks off an engagement, no matter what the final result is, Zhou Pingting's future marriage will be difficult, so Lord Zhou meant to let Xu Qing handle it anyway.

"I only have these few years to live. If I can get by, then that's fine. If I can't, then there's no need to do anything."

Xu Qing’s one word: “drag”.

Although girls can get married and have children after they have their first period at the age of thirteen, in fact, it is normal for them to get married at the age of fifteen or sixteen if their parents love them and are reluctant to let them get married too early.

He even keenly felt that the situation in Lingnan might not be optimistic for Lord Zhou, and this move was a bit like entrusting him with a task.

Heshan Road, Tusi...

None of them are easy to deal with.

If there is another fire in the backyard, Lao Zhou probably won’t want to live anymore.

Mr. Zhou has a son and a daughter, and his son is just five years old.

Of course, there are also illegitimate sons and daughters, but they are not entitled to the family's fame and favors.

Succession.

Sect is the most important.

If there is a legitimate son, it is naturally not the turn of a concubine's son to carry on the family line.

Xu Qing thought again of Wei Yuan, the suspected illegitimate son of Duke Wei. This guy was intentionally cultivated and supported by the master of Chaotian Temple. He was different from ordinary illegitimate children. There might be some good things happening in the Duke Wei's Mansion in the future.

On the other hand, after cultivating the Three Yin Demon-Slaying Sword, one needs to use the hidden veins of the Seven Stars of Xuanwu to continuously draw the power of the stars, and then practice it into Star Gangsha, nourish it in the three yin meridians of the hand, and keep it as a stock.

Otherwise, it will be used up in a few hits in actual combat.

Besides, if the physical body is not strong enough, the meridians will not be able to store much star energy.

Of course, Xu Qing’s current inventory is far from saturated.

While nurturing the star evil, he waited for the situation to develop.

By the way, I have to take some time to meet my junior brother Wei Yuan from Chaotian Temple.

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The leader of the Luo Sect went to Dongshan Province by sea. On the way, he met three unexpected guests on the ship.

Red-haired Yankong, golden-haired Hou and a ghost-faced fox.

The ghost-faced fox is the Heart Moon Fox.

The Luo Cult leader's face darkened. It turned out that they were all Xu Qing's enemies, the Avengers, right?

Well, to be precise, these three guys are all losers under Xu Qing.

The leader of the Luo Sect said to Xinyue Fox: "How did you get away?"

He still felt a little embarrassed, after all, he sold out his teammates too quickly.

But Yun Yuzhen and Elder Li also did it, and both guys are now on the boat.

Xinyuehu: "All of you in the Possession Realm can be distracted, let alone me. Last time, I didn't figure out Xu's tricks and suffered a loss. It's not your fault."

The leader of the Luo Sect was alert and asked, "What do you mean now?"

Red-haired Yan Kong smiled: "Master, don't worry. We don't want to try your Shura Yinsha Gong. We can discuss it together."

The Luo Sect leader got straight to the point and said, "I am planning to go north to Dongshan Province. Where are you going? If you want to go to Jiangning Prefecture, I will take you there now."

Red-haired Yankong: "I can see the energy and saw the energy rising to the sky in Jiangning Prefecture not long ago. I think that Island Master Lin has reached the Grandmaster level. Even if he is not perfect, with Xu Gongming, unless we work together, we will not end up well. So there is no need to go to Jiangning Prefecture."

The Luo Sect leader thought, "If you guys were willing to work together, Xu Gongming would never have achieved what he has today."

But given Xu Gongming's style of doing things, even if everyone acted ruthlessly together, no one knew who would have to pay an extremely heavy price.

We are all evil heretics. If we have such a high level of enlightenment, how can we end up like this?

However, the situation of the Dayu court was not much better.

He said, "Just say whatever you want to say."

He is in a hurry.

The main reason is that the Luo Sect has suffered repeated setbacks recently, and the Lotus Sect was even annexed by Xu Qing and reorganized into the Red Flower Society, which has made the leader of the Luo Sect very embarrassed and many people in the sect are dissatisfied.

He urgently needs to do something big to stabilize people's hearts.

If he could cause a big disturbance in Dongshan Province and severely damage the Yanshenggong Mansion, the leader of the famous Confucian sect, it could be said that this was a feat that no previous Luojiao leader had ever achieved. With this act, he could also comfort his ancestors.

After all, Luojiao was also a formal school of thought in the past, but it was driven out of the court by Confucianism. This can be said to be one of the biggest hatreds of Luojiao.

A grudge that has lasted for a hundred generations can still be avenged.

"I want the saint's manuscript." Xinyuehu directly stated her true purpose.

The incident at the Confucius Mansion this time was an opportunity for them.

"I want a holy weapon from the Confucius Mansion to eliminate the hidden dangers in my body." The red-haired Yankong spoke slowly, and the golden-haired roar beside him also nodded.

The leader of the Luo Sect was in doubt and asked, "How do you know my target is the Confucius Mansion?"

Xinyue Fox sneered: "You haven't even touched the Ghost Immortal Barrier, so naturally you don't know the mystery of my Heavenly Fox Method."

The leader of the Luo Cult snorted coldly, "If you are really so powerful, why did you suffer such a big loss on Qishan Island last time?"

Xinyuehu: "If my true form hadn't come out, all of you combined would not be my match."

"So why was it sealed?" The Luo Sect leader asked with a knowing look.

Heart Moon Fox: “…”

Seeing this, Luo Cult leader continued, "What is going on? If you don't tell me, I won't feel at ease. Let's not cooperate anymore."

Xinyuehu said angrily: "Your messenger is too weak. I have been secretly monitoring you outside for a long time. Naturally, I have the opportunity to tamper with the messenger and peek at your secret letter."

The Luo Sect leader was surprised and asked, "You were spying on me? How come I didn't notice it?"

"I told you, I'm a demon fairy, your realm is beyond your imagination." Xinyuehu emphasized again, trying to save face.

The leader of the Luo Sect did have some faith in his heart, but no matter how powerful a demon fairy of the previous generation was, after being sealed for so long, he could not still have a fraction of the strength of his heyday, let alone a split spirit.

It seems that the luck of the Dayu Dynasty has indeed declined greatly, and various evil spirits have begun to take action. In such a great era, there will often be a few influential figures who will restore order to the country, wipe out the demons, and bring peace to the world.

"When the time comes, heaven and earth will work together. Xu Gongming has achieved so much at such a young age. In addition to his innate wisdom, I'm afraid he was born to kill." The Luo Sect leader thought to himself, and then said, "Although the Kong Mansion does not practice Taoism, the temple is filled with great and powerful thoughts. After we go in, it will be difficult to use Taoism. So this time we have to first prevent the people from revolting, and then fish in troubled waters to avoid any more accidents."

The saint's great and powerful ideas are not used to deal with ordinary people. Once there is a civil uprising and the temple is smashed, it will be a good opportunity for them to fish in troubled waters.

The red-haired Yan Kong spoke slowly: "The leader has great magical powers, but I'm afraid he doesn't know much about astronomy and geography." "Astronomy and geography?"

"I have recently observed the celestial phenomena and have noticed that there is a murderous intent from the sky, and the stars are moving. I think that soon, there will be a murderous intent from the earth, and dragons and snakes will rise from the land. Now that we have arrived in Dongshan Province, we will wait for the opportunity and there will be a perfect time to take action."

Dragons and snakes rise from the land, the dragon represents the river, and the snake represents the land. Dragons and snakes rise from the land, which means that the earth is sending out murderous intent, and the landform will change.

The Luo Sect leader pondered, thinking that now it was the autumn flood season. If the Yellow River flooded Dongshan Province, there would naturally be a disaster of dragons and snakes rising from the land.

If floods occur in Dongshan Province, the floods in Zhongzhou will probably be equally serious.

He then said, "I didn't expect you to know a lot about the Yellow River floods."

When the red-haired Yan Kong saw that the Luo Sect leader had revealed the secret, he thought to himself, "This old fellow has really improved." He was quite surprised to find that the Luo Sect leader's mind was much clearer than what Xinyuehu had described.

The question is, how could the leader of the Luo Sect be fooled by Xu Qing?

Isn't this evil demon professional enough for him?
Red-haired Yan Kong was a little depressed, but he quickly cheered up and smiled calmly: "The leader is knowledgeable and well-informed, which is admirable."

The Luo Sect leader was very pleased. He had been taught too many lessons by Xu Qing, and after all, every failure was a lesson learned.

He was actually also learning some of Xu Qing's thinking patterns.

After all, Xu Qing's battle record is there, and this time he directly scolded Bei Kong alone, which was both earth-shattering and made people think of many things.

In the past, when people were fighting against a force, they always felt that the other side was too powerful and their own strength was not enough, so they acted a little timidly. However, as long as they analyzed carefully and dug into the problems from the enemy's internal perspective, many seemingly big difficulties, when broken down, can be seen as different small difficulties. This is essentially not much different from the martial arts of responding to each move with a counterattack.

In fact, the same is true in times of chaos.

In the early stage, everyone's methods were relatively crude and they grew in a savage way. In the middle and late stages, the forces that survived were all experienced and battle-hardened. At that time, they mostly used national strength to crush the enemy.

No matter how clever the idea is, it can only be a snack, not a main meal.

On the other hand, although the evildoers each had their own ulterior motives, they had suffered enough from the disunity at the hands of Xu Qing, so after this discussion, they decided to make three rules.

As for whether to keep the agreement or not, you must adapt to the situation. No matter what the final result is, just make the agreement first.

If no one keeps their word at that time, then it is also a way for everyone to keep their word.

If we can't move forward together, we can probably retreat together with a tacit understanding.

The Heart Moon Fox was hit hard last time and lost a spirit, so it learned to be honest this time. The real chaotic times have not yet arrived, so it must take the opportunity to develop first, find a chance to rescue its main body, and restore its peak strength, then it can find its own opportunity.

Whenever there is troubled times, it is an opportunity for these evildoers. Whoever can seize the killing opportunity and stand out will have the chance to achieve enlightenment.

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In Northern Zhili, the monk who was in charge of the gate of Zhongzhou Dachan Temple welcomed the Taoist priest from Tianshi Mansion.

This is a letter.

The monk in charge of reception hurriedly welcomed him in.

Dachan Temple and Tianshi Mansion have not been friends for generations, but both have Taoist traditions that have been passed down for more than a thousand years, and there is considerable respect between the two sides.

After meeting the elder of the temple, the Taoist explained his purpose.

It turned out that Abbot Xiong Chan was invited to attend the Luotian Grand Ceremony.

Buddhism and Taoism are originally different schools. As a major holy place for Buddhist practice, Dachan Temple naturally has no need to join in on such matters.

However, Xiong Chan had received instruction from the old Taoist priest when he was young, and the two were close friends regardless of age difference. Over the years, they had exchanged letters many times and were also pen pals.

For such a major event, it is reasonable to invite Xiong Chan to attend the ceremony privately.

Upon hearing this, the elder could only apologize: "Master Xiong Chan of our temple was in seclusion a few days ago, meditating on the way of heaven and man, so it is really inconvenient for him to go."

He was in charge of welcoming and seeing off the guests. After apologizing, he gave many gifts to the Taoist priest who was sending them off, asking him to convey the apology of the Great Chan Temple.

The other party was very polite and had a reason. The Taoist priest refused a gift once, but the other party insisted on giving it to him, so he had no choice but to accept it. The Dachan Temple also sent gift bearers to help the Taoist priest carry the gift.

When we were going down the mountain, I was seeing off the Taoist priest and heard the sound of scriptures echoing faintly in the mountain of the Great Zen Temple.

He was in charge of the intersection of Tianshi Mansion and was well-informed. He recognized the sound of the scriptures as being something like the "Nirvana Mantra" and was secretly amazed.

Why is this great Zen temple chanting the Amitabha Sutra for no reason?
The Taoist who was sending the letter secretly noted this incident, and on the way he suddenly heard that the Yellow River had flooded and many people were displaced. He couldn't bear it, so he privately decided to exchange the gifts he received for food to help the victims.

He walked slowly all the way back to the Tianshi Mansion to meet the old Tianshi.

This old Taoist priest, I don't know if he is 90 or 100 years old, anyway, all the Taoist priests of the same generation have passed away. Now he still looks like a middle-aged man, and his wide Taoist robes still can't cover his broad figure and full muscles.

He sat cross-legged in front of the alchemy well, listening to the Taoist priest's report of what he had seen and heard along the way, as well as his sin of privately distributing the gifts to help the victims.

Old Heavenly Master: "Practicing Taoism means forgetting emotions, not being heartless. It is natural to feel pity when seeing people suffering. How can it be called a sin?"

He paused, then continued, "Zhishan, you said you heard the sound of the Rebirth Mantra from the mountain in the Great Zen Temple. Was that right?"

"I am sure I heard it correctly."

"Oh, I see. You can go down now. As for the matter about the Sutra of Rebirth, just think you heard it wrongly and don't tell anyone else."

"only."

The image of a young monk emerged in the old Taoist priest’s mind. He remembered that he was a man who hated evil. But that was more than 20 years ago, or was it 30 years ago?

“I can’t remember clearly.”

He then recited the Taoist mantra for rebirth in front of the alchemy well.

Scarlet liquid oozed out of the Dan Well in front of him, and it seemed that it would turn into a raging sea of ​​blood and submerge the Zhengyi Temple of the Tianshi Mansion.

The old Taoist priest opened his eyes and looked at Dan Jing, "Don't mess around."

With a shout, the scarlet liquid suddenly flowed back.

The old Taoist stroked his beard and looked in the direction of Chaotian Temple in the capital, remained silent for a moment, then wrote another letter and ordered the Taoist to deliver it to the Lu family in Nanzhili.

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In Nanzhili, Yingtian Prefecture, the head of the Lu family received another letter from the old Taoist priest. After reading it, he couldn't help but have a headache.

"Okay, I have to run errands again." Seeing that the old Taoist priest was urging him again, he had no choice but to go find Xu Qing in person.

Fortunately, in order to entertain the last disciple of the master of Chaotian Temple, Xu Qing and his wife returned to Yingtian Prefecture, so the head of the Lu family did not have to travel all the way to Jiangning Prefecture.

When they heard that Xu Qing had arrived in Yingtian Prefecture, many scholars came to ask for a meeting.

At this time, there were many scholars outside Xu's house in Yingtian Prefecture.

These people were talking about it, some were cursing inwardly, some were praising him. In any case, the issue of Bei Kong's bloodline had become the hottest topic among scholars in Southern Zhili recently.

As for Shi Xiu's surrender, it was ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

On the other hand, after Nan Kong learned about Xu Qing's article, he received secret funding from the leader of the Luo Sect. The whole family sold all their belongings and raised a large sum of money. They went to Nanzhili, bribed scholars, and vigorously promoted the issue of Bei Kong's bloodline.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and Nan Kong will definitely not miss it.

If you lose, you will just continue to be the Southern Sect of the Kong Clan. If you win, the small sect will become the big sect!
If they don't work hard now, their grandchildren will probably scold them when they offer sacrifices to their ancestors.

However, Bei Kong was not a pushover and he went ahead to throw mud at others. He spent a lot of money in Shuntian Times and secretly pointed out that Xu Qing's article was instructed by the Prime Minister.

The Shuntian Times was the territory of the Qingliu faction, and was extremely at odds with the Prime Minister, so it was happy to fan the flames.

A struggle of public opinion broke out between the two sides.

In a word, the public opinion environment of Beikong in the south is relatively worse, but in the capital, the public opinion environment of Beikong is quite good.

However, two major events happened soon after, causing the public opinion situation of Beikong to deteriorate drastically.

"The Yellow River flooded, and the victims were trapped in water and fire; and a large-scale civil uprising occurred in the Confucius Mansion?"

Floods in the Yellow River were no longer surprising to the officials in the court.

However, a large-scale civil uprising occurred in the Confucius Mansion, shocking all the officials.

Many upright officials in particular felt that Your Majesty was surrendering first when they were about to fight to the death.

What else is there to do?
Under the pressure of money from the Confucius Mansion and with a sense of solidarity, they tried their best to defend the Northern Confucius and prove their innocence.

Why do this?
Are the people in the Confucius Mansion still human?
Even pigs wouldn't cause a rebellion at this time.

Many officials who were about to follow the Qingliu and charge into battle secretly hid the memorials in their hands.

In the court, there was a seventh-rank official who said righteously:
"What kind of civil uprising? We are acting on behalf of Heaven. We are defeating the Tartars and rescuing the Master!"

Lord Feng, the Censor of the Military Affairs Department, stepped out and looked at the officials of the court with contempt, as if he was willing to speak up for the people of the world.

For a moment, everyone was shocked.

(End of this chapter)