Chapter 261 Helping Hand

Chapter 261 Helping Hand

Chapter 261 Helping Hand
So, what should we do at the Great Tribulation Alliance Meeting tomorrow?
If what he thought was true, and the external evil had lost its power or even ceased to exist, then of course it could not be driven away.

The reason why the thirty-six sects on the Great Tribulation Mountain are willing to ask the Sword Sect to be their leader is not because of anything else, but because of what happened a few days ago - both Mou Zhenyuan and Kong Xuan, the two Yang Gods, died.

Mou Zhenyuan’s death made them believe that Jiang Jie was still “alive”. Although he was no longer in the world of the living, he was in Lingshan and was already a god.

The death of Kong Xuan made them believe that Mei Qiulu's Nascent Soul could kill the Yang Gods of the thirty-six sects.

Now that Jiang Jie no longer exists, although the people of the Thirty-Six Sects will certainly have some reasonable reasons to explain many things that happened before, now, without Jiang Jie, there is only Mei Qiulu - Li Wuxiang is worried that her power alone is not enough to suppress so many sects.

If we really cannot invite him to the alliance meeting tomorrow, I am afraid that all the resentment that has been accumulated over the past few days will erupt at that time, not to mention any confrontation with the Xuan Sect!

Not long ago, he thought it was hard for him to sympathize with Mei Qiulu's belief in fate. But now he thought of Mei Qiulu's words again, and felt that he could understand them a little bit.

In front of the unfathomable magical powers of the Great Emperors and True Spirits, even Senior Sister Mei, who is on the verge of becoming a Yang God, has almost no power to resist. The difference between "immortals" and "humans" is really that huge!
Li Wuxiang stood up from the table, walked a few steps in the room, and looked at the swordsmen outside the yard——

Senior Sister Mei was smiling and talking to Xiao Suo. Li Ke also came over. A dozen people gathered together to eat. Zhao Yu's face was also full of smiles. Compared with the dull and reserved appearance in front of him, he now looked very energetic.

Li Ke's temperament was still very much like that of a teenager. He said a few words at this time, and suddenly said: "...You are so happy, let's sing a song!"

Everyone laughed, and Mei Qiulu said, "You come and sing, you sing well."

Li Keye was not shy. He swallowed the food in his mouth, lifted up his front to wipe his mouth, coughed to clear his throat, and began to sing -

"Qing Feng drinks ice and emerges from the cold abyss, his body like a lone wild goose between heaven and earth.

A pot of wine cleanses the liver and gallbladder, while the mountains and rivers are covered with mist.

The sound of the sword broke the cold of the fifth watch, and the falling petals on the white horse shone on the golden saddle.

If someone asks me where I will be buried, I will say that the green mountains are my hometown. "

Mei Qiulu said he sang well, and he really sang well. His voice was clear and bright, and his singing seemed to break through the clouds in the sky.

The swordsmen around him listened to him sing a few lines and slowly began to sing along. The male and female voices, high and low notes mixed together, so the singing became heavier than when Li Ke sang. They sang while beating the rhythm with the things in their hands. It seemed that everyone in the sword sect knew this song. As they sang, their voices became more passionate and their expressions became more solemn.

Li Wuxiang saw Mei Qiulu singing too. She started by humming along, then became more serious. After singing three or four sentences, she slowly lowered her eyes and sat there in a trance. She was not the only one who reacted like this. Li Ke also raised his hand and wiped his eyes - Li Wuxiang guessed that they were thinking of their fellow disciples who had died along the way.

He stood in the house looking at the yard, speechless for a moment.

This was the first time he had heard singing since he came into this world. Before that, he had almost forgotten that there was such a wonderful thing as songs in the world.

Now, this voice softened his heart and gave rise to some sadness.

He had not been with the swordsmen in Youjiuyuan for long, and his temperament was naturally a little more indifferent than that of ordinary people. Therefore, he could not feel as sad as they did for their deceased fellow brothers and sisters.

But he knew that if he really died one day, these people would probably cry for him.

All the things he thought he had lost after coming to this world, he is now slowly experiencing through these swordsmen.

He stood there, clenched his fists, then walked to the window and leaned against the wall with his back, listening to the songs outside and thinking - I have to protect these people.

He has slowly realized that the war that is taking place now is not something that he, or even Mei Qiulu at the moment, can participate in.

In the current situation, they are as if they are on a battlefield where two armies are fighting fiercely. Their team is winning victory after victory and has a great advantage, but this victory and advantage are only on one battlefield. However, in the entire battle and the entire war, their side seems to be losing everything.

The overall situation is not something that people like them can change...it is a game between higher-level, more powerful beings.

He exhaled gently a few times, using these movements to calm himself down.

I don't want to think about the plots and strategies of Jiang Jie, the foreign evil, and the Xuanjiao. Those are not something I can guess. What I need to think about now is what to do at the Great Tribulation Alliance Meeting tomorrow.

The worst situation is that if the True Spirit is not invited down, people's hearts will be divided, and the Xuan Sect will attack. Not only will the Thirty-Six Sects not be able to fight against the powerful enemy together, some people may even take advantage of the situation and turn against the sect, hoping to use the people of the Sword Sect as a token of their allegiance.

To resolve this matter... the person he can get in touch with now, who is at a similar level to the Great Emperor, the True Spirit, the External Evil, etc., is the Ninth Young Master.

But judging from his previous behavior, he probably wouldn't help. This wasn't because of his temperament, but Li Wuxiang could sense that he seemed to have some unspeakable secrets or some restrictions. Otherwise, based on his understanding of him after these few contacts, he would definitely not be the kind of person who would be content to stay in Lingshan.

As for Jiang Jie, if what he thought was correct, he was not dead and became... Li Wuxiang felt that this Jiang Jie who had become an immortal might not be the same Jiang Jie as before, so he did not have any hope.

that……

Is this the only way to escape from the mountain tonight?
But this road looks like a way to life, but in fact it is also a dead end. There are still monks from the thirty-six sects on the mountain, and the Xuanjiao will be a little bit afraid of them. But if we go down the mountain, I am afraid that it will not be the Xuanjiao that is chasing us, but some people from the thirty-six sects!
When Li Wuxiang thought of this, he felt a little desperate for the first time. Half of it was because of the current situation, and the other half was because of himself. When he was in Jinshui, he told Xue Baoping the story of the girl. He knew that the best situation for people like him was to be alone for life without any close relatives. Once you have concerns and thoughts, it will be like now. Obviously, if you only talk about yourself, you have countless choices, but when you see the scene in the yard, those choices no longer exist!
At this moment, the singing in the yard suddenly stopped. It didn't sound like they were tired, but just stopped abruptly.

Li Wuxiang was startled and immediately turned to look at the window.

I saw that the swordsmen in the yard were all watching the door.

There were two people standing at the door, a man and a woman. The woman was holding a baby, and Li Wuxiang didn't recognize her, but the man...

Lou He!?
He was stunned for a moment, and instead of going out the door, he immediately jumped out of the window and stood still.

Lou He was really Lou He—not Miao Yi, but his own appearance. He stood at the gate of the courtyard, trying to look normal, but when he saw the swordsmen in the courtyard, his face trembled, and then he opened his mouth and smiled: "Senior Sister Mei, everyone, I... am back."

All the swordsmen went to see Mei Qiulu.

Mei Qiulu looked at Lou He, was silent for a moment, stood up, and asked, "Why are you here at this time?" She had been relaxed and happy when she was talking to the swordsmen just now, but now she became solemn. There was no other emotion in her tone, and it sounded very calm. But Li Wuxiang felt that if he were Lou He, he would feel very uncomfortable because of this calmness, and even hope that Sister Mei would ask him why he did something like "harming his fellow disciples" before.

Lou He let out a breath and stood at the door: "Senior Sister, I have something important to tell you."

He raised his eyes and looked towards Li Wuxiang: "I have to tell Li Wuxiang... tell Li Wuxiang first. This person next to me, um, may be the person he is looking for."

Mei Qiulu looked at the woman beside him, then turned to look at Li Wuxiang and nodded: "Okay. Go in and talk to him."

After she said this, she sat down. The group of swordsmen fell silent and looked away along with her.

Lou He bowed to them, turned around and led the woman into the yard. When he passed by the swordsmen, his eyes were still wandering around them, as if he hoped that one or two people would look at him and say hello to him. But wherever he passed, the swordsmen silently made way. Only when he passed by Li Ke did Li Ke raise his eyes and quickly glance at him, then lower his head again.

When he came close to Li Wuxiang, Li Wuxiang did not say anything, but led the two of them into the door and closed it.

The two wooden doors closed together, as if to isolate the silent and oppressive atmosphere outside. Lou He sighed, looked at Li Wuxiang, and whispered, "Obviously, you caused more trouble than me."

When he said this, Shi Qiang smiled and then stared at Li Wuxiang.

Li Wuxiang was looking at him all along. When Lou He passed by Li Ke, he seemed to be stunned. He was not sure whether it was because he saw Li Ke or because Li Ke looked at him and wanted to say hello. Now when he heard this again, Li Wuxiang asked, "What trouble have I caused?"

Lou He thought for a moment and said, "You killed our leader."

Li Wuxiang nodded: "Which leader did I kill?"

A little light lit up in Lou He's eyes, and he hesitated for a moment: "Jiang——"

Li Wuxiang suddenly opened his eyes wide: "Jiang Jie!"

"You——" Lou He exclaimed, but immediately suppressed his voice, "Do you still remember!?"

The feeling of despair that had just arisen disappeared, and Li Wuxiang breathed a sigh of relief. He then had the heart to look at the woman next to him: "Who is this?"

"We'll talk about her later. Madam Sun, go wait in that room over there. These are the swordsmen I told you about. You won't have anything to fear when you get here. Let's talk for a few words, and then we'll talk about your business later."

Sun Caifeng nodded timidly, looked at Li Wuxiang again, and walked to the next room.

Lou He immediately grabbed Li Wuxiang's hand and said, "Let's go in and talk!"

A quarter of an hour later, Li Wuxiang glanced at Sun Caifeng's room and frowned: "... Don't you remember?"

"Yes. This woman is very smart and thoughtful. I slowly talked to her on the way and realized that she was not an ordinary person. But after seeing the sea of ​​blood in the sacred mountain, I felt that something was wrong with her. When we went up the mountain, I continued to ask her some more questions, and she... you know, became like an ordinary person."

"Then it should have been the means of the external evil." Li Wuxiang nodded, "It lost its power, and its means are gone too."

Lou He said immediately, "I think so too! But I just don't know what the child is like. But I think that the child is not important, what matters is who the child is - when the external evil is in you, it acts very restrained and secretively, probably because it doesn't want people other than the two of us who are possessed to know about it."

"But you said that the evil spirit helped you beat Mou Zhenyuan back to the Nascent Soul stage? It's the same for me. It planted a thought in me last night and forced me to go to the Great Tribulation Mountain. These two things are different from its previous practices. It seems that it doesn't care about anything and is not afraid of being discovered. I wonder if it knows that it is going to die and is making a last-ditch effort?"

Li Wuxiang was silent for a moment: "Then its last fight is Kong Xuan. Because of its situation... just like you said before, it feels that it is getting farther and farther away, so it can't tell us directly."

Lou He asked: "Was Kong Xuan killed by Senior Sister Mei?"

"No."

They both thought for a moment and said almost at the same time: "Who killed her?"

Then Li Wuxiang frowned, "If it's not Senior Sister Mei, and if it's not an external evil either, then I think it can only be Jiang Jie. If it wants to tell us through this that Jiang Jie... has become an immortal and taken away its authority, then it's actually useless. This is what I guessed before, and I sent you here this time just to make you think that my guess might be more true."

Lou He glanced outside and said, "Maybe the person who sent me here is not only you, but also Senior Sister Mei."

"If the child is really Kong Xuan's reincarnation, I have asked about it. It has not been seven days since the birth, but only the fifth day. With Senior Sister Mei's magical powers, perhaps she can be awakened and questioned."

Li Wuxiang remained silent. Lou He frowned: "What's wrong? It's so urgent, it might be useful to ask!"

"I'm afraid to ask Jiang Jie."

"What's the matter?"

"I told you how Jiang Jie died, didn't I?" Li Wuxiang sighed, "Although I guess now that it's not what I thought before, but, what if it is?"

Lou He sighed and was silent for a while. "There are many what-ifs in the world. Do you think that when Senior Sister Mei led people to Dajie Mountain, did she ever think about what if she and these people all died? I don't know if there are usually very few such "what-ifs" in your Peach Blossom Land. But in the Sword Sect, believe me, everyone is prepared for such a what-if. Li Wuxiang, do you think Senior Sister Mei is afraid of death, or do you think that if she were us, she would not seize this one-what-if opportunity and sacrifice her life for justice?"

Li Wuxiang lowered his eyes, stood for a while, walked to the door and opened it.

Hearing the door open, Mei Qiulu turned around.

"Senior sister, you have to come in for a moment. I need your help."

Mei Qiulu looked inside the house, then stood up and walked in: "What's the matter?"

Li Wuxiang pointed to the next room and said, "The child that the woman in your room is carrying might be Kong Xuan's reincarnation, and was found by Lou He. He and I both think that if we find out who killed Kong Xuan, we might be able to find out which faction will cause trouble at the alliance meeting tomorrow. Lou He and I want you to ask, but sister, in the worst case scenario, you might die."

(End of this chapter)