Evil Emperor Zun

Chapter 973
In the early morning, the dawn light penetrated the treetops, casting tiny spots of light between the shadows of the trees.The chirping of birds broke the silence of the morning light.

The Zhushenfeng family, who lives in seclusion, welcomed a special guest today.

"Don't be nervous, I'll see my patriarch's grandfather later, just tell him well." A young girl in white led a young man in white, skillfully pushing aside the vines blocking the way, forming seals with her hands from time to time, releasing a Streams of pure spiritual power are suppressing the organs on both sides that are ready to go.

"Our people are all reasonable people and will definitely help you!"

"Thank you, girl." The young man in white nodded gracefully, and at the same time looked around slightly, carefully observing this mysterious hermit family.

Although his face was handsome and flawless, and his gestures revealed a gentle and refined temperament, but in the depths of his eyes, there was always a cloud that could not be dispelled.That heavy gloom also faintly contained death-like despair.

Soon, the two officially stepped into the realm of Zhushenfeng Clan.Looking around, this place looks like an ordinary village.A row of simple thatched huts, occasionally a few poultry can be seen jumping in the wasteland.The bare-chested villagers are surrounding the stove in twos and threes, sweating profusely, beating the unformed weapons in their hands.

Just because of the fiery atmosphere rushing towards them, the name of the family of refining equipment is well-deserved!
The girl Chen Ruo, with a bright smile on her pretty face, grabbed a young strong man nearby and asked, "Brother Axe, do you know where the patriarch's grandfather is?" Pointing to the young man in white beside him, "I met this young master outside. He has always admired the craftsmanship of our Zhushenfeng family, and he deliberately wanted to be an apprentice to learn his skills."

The young man in white didn't open his mouth, but just bowed his hands slightly to the strong man as a show of courtesy.

From the time we met till now, he has spoken very little, he almost doesn't speak if he can.When Chen Ruo went up the mountain to cut firewood, he happened to meet him who was lost in the formation of organs. After questioning, he only said that he wanted to worship the patriarch Zhu Shenfeng as his teacher, and then fell silent.On the way here, Chen Ruo was almost always looking for topics.

Maybe it's a natural introversion.Chen Ruo didn't feel anything unusual.She herself is also a quiet girl, she will be timid and shy when facing strangers, so she can still understand their feelings.

The reason why she made an exception to help today is because she felt a special kind of intimacy with him.Alas, is it because he is good-looking?Unexpectedly, one day, she also became a girl who judges people by their appearance.

"Don't rush to find the patriarch." Before the strong man could answer, a middle-aged man with a short beard and a majestic face suddenly put down his tools and strode over from the other side of the stove , looked at the young man in white with a straight face, and said in a deep voice:
"Young man, let me ask you first, the location of my Zhu Shenfeng clan has always been a top secret, and outsiders are never welcome to set foot here! Now, where did you know?"

This middle-aged man seems to have some status in the clan.As he asked, more and more young disciples gradually gathered around.Everyone chattered and pointed around him.

"Uncle Hong, don't be so fierce, you will scare people." Chen Ruo couldn't see it, and persuaded him aloud.At the same time, he tugged on the sleeve of the young man in white: "Say it quickly."

Under the gaze of everyone, the eyes of the young man in white flickered several times, and finally raised his head abruptly, clasped his fists together, and said loudly:
"Everyone, to tell you the truth, Nan Jingbai, a disciple of Xia Jianyao Dazong, came to visit from afar. I just want to ask Zhu Shenfeng Clan Head to come out of the mountain and help Jianyao Dazong get out of this crisis!"

This young man turned out to be the first apprentice of Jianyao Dazong, Nan Jingbai.

Prior to this, the Nine Venerable Masters of the Nine Nether Palace visited Jianyao Dazong in person, claiming to negotiate a deal with the Jianyao master.After he has collected all the fragments of the ancient artifact, Fangtian Baoding, he hopes that the suzerain can open a furnace for him to restore the artifact.

This task is far beyond the scope of the sword kiln suzerain's ability.

It's not difficult to just refine the item, but at the same time, it is difficult to completely simulate the secret patterns of laws engraved on the fragments.You must know that this Fangtian treasure tripod was personally refined by the ancient evil god "Fangtian Demon Lord". % recovery artifact?
However, the order of Jiuyou Temple is absolute.

Only ask about the result, but ignore how difficult the process is.

During this time, the Sword Kiln Suzerain has been cornered.He organized the disciples to experiment day and night with the method of refining weapons, and in the end, he even became a little crazy.But his experiment, what ushered in was just failure again and again.

When he first received the mission of Jiuyou Temple, the master of Jianyao also thought about asking the Zhushenfeng patriarch, who is both his old friend and old enemy, to help him. With the strength of the two of them, there may be hope to restore the artifact.But the envoys sent at that time were mercilessly rejected by Zhu Shenfeng's clan.

This result was within the expectations of the Sword Kiln suzerain.At the beginning, he was the one who felt sorry for Zhu Shenfeng's patriarch first, but now he has no face, so he went to ask him this ruthless request.

Although the suzerain is unwilling, Nan Jingbai, who sees the hardships of the suzerain, is secretly determined to ask that senior to help him no matter what.Finally one day, he found out the location of the Zhushenfeng clan, so he quietly slipped out of Jianyao Dazong, trekking across mountains and rivers, looking for it all the way.

"Jianyao Dazong?" Sure enough, upon hearing this familiar name, the faces of the surrounding clansmen, young and old, suddenly changed. Many young people even pulled out their long swords directly, "The people of Jianyao Dazong Dare to come? Are you not afraid that we will kill you?"

Nan Jingbai looked around without fear. Before taking this step, he had already put life and death aside.If you sacrifice yourself, you can save the disaster of the sect, it's worth it!

"Life is alive, nothing matters except death. Now that the disaster of our sect's destruction is imminent, no matter what my sect master has done wrong, I implore the patriarch to look at the friendship between the two when they were young, and help them out!"

Even though he bowed to his prime minister and begged, Nan Jingbai still had a kind of indomitable arrogance on his body, "If this matter can be concluded satisfactorily, no matter what the patriarch asks, all members of my sect will die!"

"Friendship?" A group of young people scolded angrily, "You Jianyao Dazong, do you really have the face to talk about friendship? Who betrayed first? We are so tired that we can only shrink in this place for generations. Ghost place, did your suzerain send someone to visit once?"

"That's right, if you don't have that ability, if you want to gain that fame, then you should bear the disaster brought by it yourself!"

In fact, these people, like Nan Jingbai, did not know what happened between the two ancestors.But when they were born, they were instilled with hatred from generation to generation. Even today, even a three-year-old child knows how to accuse Jianyao Dazong of his crimes.

"I know that Jianyao Dazong and the Zhushenfeng clan have been feuding for a long time!" Nan Jingbai raised his voice, and with difficulty overwhelmed the shouting and scolding around him, "But what you keep complaining is nothing more than my lord's unkind actions. So let me ask, is it moral for you to refuse to save yourself today? When you think about it later, can your conscience be at ease?"

"My suzerain has caused you to endure hundreds of years of resentment in a short time, and if the patriarch stands by today, my Jianyao Dazong will die in a blink of an eye! Why can't you and I turn the hostility into peace? Seriously! Do you want to continue this hatred until the end of your life?"

"You are quite eloquent, kid!" Another middle-aged man sneered, "But that's useless, go back with your benevolence, righteousness and morality! Let this hatred continue, and your sword kiln family will be wiped out!" Only then can we eliminate the hatred in the heart of our patriarch!"

"That's right, what do we have to worry about? We didn't kill people with our own hands. Too many people die every day in this world. Don't we have to mourn for each one?"

Nan Jingbai was isolated and helpless, unable to argue, that delicate little Chenruo suddenly stepped forward, sizing him up seriously with a pair of clear eyes.

"Did you deceive me?"

The patriarch once ordered that the Zhushenfeng family does not welcome outsiders, especially those from Jianyao Dazong.If she had known that he was from that place, she would never have brought him in!

Nan Jingbai bowed and saluted: "I'm sorry Miss, the situation forced me to..." But before he could finish speaking, a heavy hammer suddenly fell in front of him, causing him to back away immediately.He saw that on the ground where he had stood before, a pit had been cut out, several feet deep.

"The people in Jianyao Dazong are all beasts! Are you going to get out? If you don't, my aunt will beat you to death!" Chen Ruo waved a hammer handed by someone, chasing Nan Jingbai, chopping repeatedly.

Nan Jingbai didn't understand why this little girl who was quiet and delicate just now became like this when she picked up the hammer.But right now he has no choice but to put his head in his hands and flee in all directions.

In this way, Nan Jingbai was kicked out.After falling a few steps in embarrassment, he didn't just leave.He brushed the dust off his clothes, lifted his hem, and solemnly knelt down in front of the village.

If the head of the Dongzhu Shenfeng clan cannot be invited to come out of the mountain, even if he goes back, the Jianyao Dazong will not escape the end of destruction.At that time, it will still be dead.

A few days later.

As soon as Chen Ruo stepped out of the village, he saw the exhausted but still struggling figure.

"Why are you still here?" She frowned, walked forward quickly, knelt down in front of Nan Jingbai, and looked at him with concern.

"Is the situation of Jianyao Dazong really dangerous now?"

Because of being slashed by her before, Nan Jingbai is still a little bit afraid now, glanced at her, and replied briefly: "It's at stake."

"Then, if the patriarch grandpa is willing to help, will you be saved?" Chen Ruo asked softly again.

Nan Jingbai sighed: "It is not so easy to restore the ancient artifact Fangtian Baoding. Frankly speaking, even if the two clans join hands, there is no guarantee. But even if it can only increase the hope by [-]%, I will try my best Give it a try! As a disciple of Jianyao Dazong, this is my responsibility!"

Chen Ruo patted him on the shoulder in admiration: "You are so brave. Don't worry, if there is a chance, I will help you persuade the patriarch grandpa. Even if he hates your suzerain again, it was all hundreds of years ago Something happened, but the disciples of the current sect are innocent."

Perhaps because of her kind heart, even though she also grew up in the family's "hate education", it was still difficult for her to develop real hatred for that distant Jianyao Dazong.

"Thank you." Nan Jingbai nodded gratefully.

Chen Ruo chatted with him a few more words, then raised the hammer and was about to get up.But at the moment when her hands touched the hammer, in her eyes, a burst of hatred suddenly ignited again.

"You bastard, you haven't gotten out yet! Believe it or not, my aunt will slap you every time she sees you! Get out!"

For the next few days, Chen Ruo's attitude fluctuated like this.When you are gentle, you can squat down and talk to him for a long time. When you are irritable, you can wave a hammer and chase him all over the mountain.

After a long time, although Nan Jingbai didn't understand it, at least he knew that this little girl would "fall ill" whenever she saw a hammer.

At this time, there are a large number of sword kilns.

"What? Jingbai didn't listen to my order, and slipped down the mountain privately, and went to Zhushenfeng's family?"

After hearing the disciple's report, the master of Jianyao turned pale with shock.

"Everyone over there hates us so much. Is it dangerous for Jing Bai to go alone?" Another elder was also anxious, "Sect Master, I'll send someone to chase him back immediately!"

The master of Jianyao was stunned for a long time, but he sighed and waved his hand.

"That's all... the scourge of my Jianyao sect being exterminated is irreversible. If Jing Bai leaves as soon as possible, he may be able to save his life. From now on, he and Jian Fei will be the only ones who continue the Taoist lineage for my sect... "

"Sect Master, don't be so pessimistic." Another elder couldn't help but persuaded, "Now the young master has entered the Tiangong Gate to practice, if you don't look at the monk's face and the Buddha's face, the Jiuyou Palace may not be true. What shall we do? Can we summon the Young Master and ask him to report this matter to the Master of Tiangong, when the time comes—”

"No," the Sect Master of Jianyao shook his head heavily, "Don't implicate Fei'er in this matter. Now, he is a member of Tiangongmen, and he has a bright future. I don't want him to bear the burden of exterminating the sect at a young age. Hate."

"Back then, I committed the crime myself, and now, I should pay for it..."

……

In a trance, it was several days.

"You're still not rolling, are you?" In front of the gate of Zhushenfeng Mountain, a few children aged seven or eight looked at Nan Jingbai from a distance, and from time to time someone would pick up stones and throw them at him, "You think we really dare not kill you?"

The flying stones became bigger and bigger, and their edges became sharper, but Nan Jingbai always knelt on the spot, neither dodging nor dodging.

It took a while before he raised his head and spoke word for word.

"Several little brothers, please go back and tell the nobleman. I, Nan Jingbai, am willing to repay the old grievances between my Jianyao Dazong and Zhushenfeng clan with my own body! If you have hatred and resentment towards our suzerain, Everyone can slash me, stab me with a sword, even if the blood is shed dry, I will have no complaints or regrets! I offer this life to you, and I only hope that the hatred between the two clans can stop from now on, and the nobles Master, come out to help!"

"Is this what you said?" The children looked at each other, and a gleam of hatred suddenly flashed in their eyes.

Children of this age, it doesn't matter how serious the strike is, they all held the daggers and hacked and stabbed, and in the blink of an eye, Nan Jingbai's body was already bleeding.The dark red blood stained the snowy white clothes red.

But he still knelt there without saying a word.

"What are you doing!" Suddenly, a girl's exclamation came, and Chen Ruo rushed forward, trying to stop the violence of those children.

"Sister Chenruo, here it is." A child smirked and stuffed a hammer into Chenruo's hand.

"You little bastards!" Unexpectedly, Chen Ruo, who was in a "runaway state", was brandishing a hammer and chasing after them, "The patriarch taught you skills so that you can come out to bully the weak? Hurry up and get back to me!"

After driving all these children away, Chen Ruo walked up to Nan Jingbai with a hammer in both hands, and looked at him complicatedly.

"Is it worth it for you to do this for your sect?"

Nan Jingbai took a few breaths with difficulty, his raised eyes were still clear, "If I sacrificed my life alone, it would save the whole clan from catastrophe...it's worth it!"

Chen Ruo frowned and remained silent for a long time, but for the first time in the "violent as fire" her eyes, a ray of kindness flashed across her eyes.

"I began to believe that maybe Jianyao Dazong really isn't that bad."

"If your suzerain is a selfish person, he doesn't deserve a disciple like you to work for him."

"Maybe he made mistakes before, but I believe that he has sincerely repented for his sins."

"You protect the sect with great strength." Chen Ruo stood up holding the hammers, and gave him an encouraging smile, "Persevere, your request will definitely be fulfilled one day."

"I will wait with you. Because you are worth it too."

(End of this chapter)