Knife splashing

Chapter 264: The Enemy's Roots
Jiang Zuo is an evil cultivator who is very famous in the Xuanmen.

There is a story about their origins.

During the Three Kingdoms period, a strange thing happened in the mansion of Zhu Huan, a general of the Eastern Wu.

At night, a woman got up to light the lamp and found that in the dim light, the maid in the same room was sleeping in an abnormal position. She went over to take a look and was immediately scared to death.

The maid's head disappeared, leaving only her body lying on the bed, with her chest still rising and falling and breathing slowly, as if she was soundly sleeping.

The woman was extremely frightened and subconsciously pulled up the quilt to cover the headless maid's body tightly.

Before dawn the next day, someone heard a "dong, dong" sound outside the door, as if something was hitting the floor. Following the sound, they saw a maid's head jumping up and down on the ground in front of the couch, with a sad look on her face.

Hearing someone coming, he turned around and called for help: "Please lift the quilt, I can't turn my head back!"

The man was afraid and lifted the quilt.

The head fell into the body, the skin and flesh closed together, and after a moment the head opened its eyes and said thank you, which frightened the servant so much that he fainted.

Both servants died after their blood and essence were sucked dry.

When Zhu Huan heard the report, he was shocked and surprised, so he executed the maid. He also asked his colleagues and found out that many court officials in Dongwu had similar strange people in their homes. It was said that they were slaves brought back from the southern expedition to Baiyue.

Of course, Zhu Huan’s story ends here.

However, the Zhu family had a sorcerer with evil intentions. After learning about this, he secretly investigated and discovered that they were a foreign race called "Fei Tou Liao".

People in this tribe will occasionally give birth to strange children with light red blood lines on their necks, no pupils in their eyes, and their heads will fall off when they grow up.

Some live in seclusion from the world, while others directly harm others.

The sorcerer named Zhu secretly captured the flying-headed beast and used various evil secret methods to create a terrible poisonous curse.

At that time, the rules of Xuanmen were in chaos, and the Taixuan Orthodox Sect had not yet appeared. The Zhu family grew stronger through sorcery, and no one in Jiangzuo dared to mess with them.

The people of this family have developed many brutal and cruel spells.

The famous "art of animal creation" was the result of their research and creation.

To this day, although the once glorious Zhu family has long since declined after being suppressed by the Xuanmen Orthodox Sect, there are still disciples and descendants who secretly pass on the tradition.

They are called the evil cultivators of Jiangzuo.

Listening to Li Yan's ridicule, the tiger didn't care at all, and said in a deep voice: "In the world, all living things are ants, struggling to cross. I used to be a human, doing justice, and now I am a tiger again, eating people without any scruples."

"I have seen too much, but it is nothing but illusion."

"The rules in the human world are all constraints. The underworld has its own 'underworld laws', and the heavens have their own 'heavenly rules'. Many people have violated them."

"If you insist on this, you won't get far in the future."

Li Yan's face was cold and he said nothing.

At this moment, he suddenly understood what Luo Mingzi said.

"Most people who embark on this path are no longer human!"

Seeing that he was silent, the tiger demon continued, "The leader of the Ghost Cult came to our house and gave us a secret book called "Taiyin Body Refining Technique", and asked us to temporarily take in a person named Tongtian Sanniang."

"This Taiyin Body Refining Technique has a great reputation. We have heard of it for a long time, so we agreed to learn it. Later, we saw that Tongtian Sanniang was smart, so we accepted her as our disciple."

"The Taiyin Body Refining Technique is a Taoist secret technique. Although it is considered the lowest level of corpse-reincarnation immortal after mastering it, and one cannot see the light of day for the rest of his life, it can at least save one from the suffering of reincarnation. So the two of us started to practice it."

"This method is not difficult for the two of us, but I didn't expect that everything was a setup. Tongtian Sanniang took direct action and returned to life fifty years ago and occupied my body."

"Luckily, the mountain gave birth to a fierce tiger of some kind, so I was born as a tiger and cultivated my demon body. But Tongtian Sanniang used her physical body as a threat to keep me away from the Earthly Immortal Cave."

"I have received news that this Tongtian Sanniang is trying to use my wife's body as a fetus and perform a ritual to bring her master, Master Huang Liu, back to life."

"The Earthly Immortal Cave was built by me, and I can crack all kinds of secret techniques. But it's hard for me to deal with Tongtian Sanniang, who got my corpse."

"When the time comes, I will fight her, and you can just send a warrant and take her away."

"If you accomplish this, I will let you go and give you what you promised. I swear on my soul that I will never regret it!"

It turns out that Tongtian Sanniang is hiding in the Earth Immortal Cave!
When in Yichang, Li Yan received information that behind the Ezhou Ghost Cult, there was a Tongtian Sanniang who was in charge of the overall situation.

But I didn't expect that the chaos in Dangyang was also related to him.

However, Li Yan sensed something was wrong and asked in a deep voice, "Since there is such a good opportunity, wouldn't it be more appropriate to let the Ghost Cult leader Zhang Huaisu return to life?"

"That person has naturally returned to life long ago."

As the tiger demon spoke, a rare murderous intent rose in his eyes, "He plotted to harm my husband and me, how can I let him off so easily!"

"Over the years, I have been secretly inquiring and learned a secret. Zhang Huaisu was very cunning. When the Jin people were about to run out of luck, he made the Ghost Cult defect to the Golden Horde Wolf Kingdom."

"He caused a lot of turmoil in the human world and disturbed the yin and yang. He had long been a thorn in the eyes of the underworld. He knew that the great disaster would come after his death, so he secretly planned to hide in the Arctic ice field, steal the fortune of the Golden Horde Wolf Nation, cover up the secrets of heaven, and return to life again."

"Who knows, all the tricks and plans are no match for fate."

"The Great Xuan Dynasty went north to conquer the Later Jin, and the Taixuan Sect cut off their dragon veins. This inadvertently disrupted their plan, causing them to return to life early, damaging their foundations and forcing them to flee in a panic."

"By the way, his name in this life is Zhao Changsheng."

"what?!"

Li Yan suddenly clenched his fists, his eyes full of shock.

This Zhao Changsheng was also his great enemy. He had known that he was no simple man, but he had not expected that he had such an amazing background, and had come back to life many times, stirring up unrest in China.

The tiger demon narrowed his eyes slightly, "Do you know him?"

Li Yan took a deep breath and said, "To be honest, I have a life-and-death feud with him. My father and grandfather both died because of him."

"Oh?"

The giant tiger was surprised at first, then a deep laugh came out of his mouth, and he looked up at the sky, "It seems to be God's will."

Then he turned his head and looked into the distance, and said in a deep voice: "Let's go, use the armored horses, and we must get to the Earth Immortal Cave before dawn!"

After saying that, he suddenly roared at the night sky.

"Roar!"

Under the cover of night, tigers roared in the mountains, birds flew in fright, and beasts fled.

The tigers lying or crouching around also stood up one after another, growling softly, like soldiers going to war.

The atmosphere of terror and brutality permeated the entire forest.

Li Yan could feel that not only was the rat Rat Er in the leather bag around his waist trembling, but even the demon gourd did not dare to move.

Swish!
Afterwards, the giant tiger transformed by Liu Gang picked up Lu San and leaped suddenly, running out twenty or thirty meters away, jumping directly from the hill, landing on the ground with a loud bang, and gravel splashing everywhere.

Li Yan's eyes twitched as he watched.

This guy's physical body is probably not inferior to the Earth Dragon of Qinglong Mountain.

At the same time, the tigers also jumped down the slope of the hill, and the surrounding ghosts got on all fours and ran like wild beasts, following closely behind.

Li Yan did not hesitate, he took out another set of armor, tied it around his legs, pinched the magic formula, and performed the Northern Emperor's Divine Movement Technique.

Amid the howling wind, he jumped off the cliff.

Under the moonlight, tigers galloped and ghosts climbed quickly.

At this moment, Li Yan felt as if he had returned to that wild and bloody era, with wild beasts raging and demons running rampant. Of course, he became calmer at this moment.

Perhaps he and Liu Gang have the same enemy, but that doesn't mean they can become companions.

If it weren't for his identity as a living ghost messenger, he would have probably suffered a lot.

This old monster may have once been a human, but now he is a demon.

Rescuing Lu San is the top priority.

Thinking of this, he became more low-key and peeked quietly.

What made him feel a little relieved was that after Lu San was carried by the old monster for a short distance, he was handed over to the ghosts next to him and asked them to carry him forward.

The team moved very fast and never stopped.

Li Yan used the armored horse, so he could naturally keep up easily.

An hour later, the purple-covered cave appeared in front of us.

The giant tiger suddenly turned around and led the team around Zigai Mountain and headed southwest. Soon they reached the top of the hill again.

Under the moonlight, you can see rivers and lakes in the distance, as well as a temple halfway up the mountain with candlelight still shining in the night.

Li Yan's heart moved, and he asked tentatively: "Senior, the alliance between the Heavenly Saint Sect and the Ghost Sect must have some plan. I wonder if you know it?"

The giant tiger kept walking without stopping, and said in a deep voice without turning his head: "In the Purple Cover Cave, overturned the well and put two treasures in it."

"One is the Dragon-Tiger Kanli Pill, which was originally made by Ge Xianweng. Although it cannot make people immortal, it is a treasure. It cost a lot of treasures from heaven and earth."

"The greatest function of this pill is to reconcile Kan and Li, so that the various energies in the body are balanced. Tongtian Sanniang seized my body, leaving many hidden dangers. I have always wanted this pill to reconcile the different energies."

"The other thing is that the Xuanmen Lü Dongbin captured a dragon spirit and suppressed it in the Bandao Well. He also used the power of Guandijun's incense to suppress it, so they made this arrangement."

Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Is there really a dragon?"

Liu Gang sneered, "Who did you learn Taoism from? You really know nothing. Of course there are dragons in this world, but they are invisible just like ghosts and gods. They are born from the evil spirits of heaven and earth, can be big or small, and hide in the dragon veins of mountains and rivers."

"For all fish, pythons, centipedes and the like, the highest goal of cultivation is to transform into a dragon and merge into the world, only then can one achieve immortality."

An idea suddenly occurred to Li Yan, "Like a god of the earth?"

"more or less."

Liu Gang said in a deep voice: "At least it is like this in the world of the living. So when it transforms into a dragon, the evil energy of the earth veins will change drastically, causing many disasters."

"In the past, Shennongjia gave birth to a python monster of a different species. After years of cultivation, it was able to transform into a dragon. It rushed into the Han River, causing the river to surge and submerge the fertile fields along the shore."

"Lü Dongbin killed it, but it had already given birth to a dragon spirit, so he had to suppress it in the well."

"You can regard it as a special evil energy. Once it hits the earth veins, the earth energy will riot, mountain torrents will burst out, and it will directly cause the earth veins to riot."

"There is the Ju River outside Guanling. Something has been wrong recently. I guess they want to cause a riot in the Ju River, flood the imperial court troops in Baokang County above, and at the same time open a waterway to connect to the Yangtze River."

"In this way, the situation can be opened up. It is possible to directly unite with the Miao chieftains and swallow up Jingzhou and Yichang."

Li Yan was shocked, "Is this possible?"

"What's so surprising about this?"

Menghu's eyes were cold. "Xuanmen has been closely related to war since ancient times. The Battle of Zhuolu and the Conferred God War, which one did not have a large number of Xuanmen people participating?"

"This method was also used by Zhuge Wuhou in the past."

Li Yan was shocked and took note of it secretly.

The news I received tonight is so important.

This old monster stands high and sees far, peering into the long river of history, and knows quite a few secrets.

In this way, the arrangement of Tiansheng Sect becomes clear.

Desecrating the name of Guandi, attacking Yuquan Temple, and planning the Zigai Cave were all done to obtain the Jiao Soul.

The Nine-Headed Phoenix Blood Jade Cong and the Dragon Soul are the targets of a series of activities by the Ghost Cult and the Heavenly Saint Cult.

Li Yan vaguely understood.

This is how Xuanmen participates in war.

Just like before, the imperial court sent a large army to suppress the rebellion in the northern border, and secretly fought in secret to destroy the dragon veins of the Later Jin Dynasty.

wrong!

This old monster is hiding something.

He hid near Dangyang City and secretly spied on Guan Ling. He probably had no good intentions but just didn't dare to take action.

Li Yan sneered in his heart, but pretended to be surprised on his face, as if he had never seen the world before. He asked again: "Senior, I have another question. How did you avoid the underworld's investigation?"

"Hahaha…"

The tiger suddenly laughed, his voice full of sarcasm, "Why? Are you in a hurry to do things for the underworld and arrest us?"

"I had the same idea as you back then. I worked hard to help the underworld. I thought I would be treated well after death and become a ghost god. But who knew it was all a joke."

"After you die, you will be no different from an ordinary wandering ghost. As long as you are unwilling to give in, you will sooner or later follow the same path as me!"

"Everyone knows about this, so it's okay to tell you. You only need to borrow the power of heaven and earth, the luck of the human dynasty, and neither the underworld nor the heaven can do anything to you."

"Do you think those Xuanmen orthodox people are all good people?"

"There are also many old ghosts hiding in their blessed lands, but they are afraid of the Heavenly Law and the Dark Law and dare not show up."

"Zhang Huaisu, now known as Zhao Changsheng, has been stirring up trouble in the human world and has been parasitic on the Red Dust Dynasty for so many years, sucking up the luck. Even the underworld can't do anything to him."

"This old man's treasure is the thirteen rare treasures of the Tang Dynasty, the 'Xuanhuang Tianfu'. Each one of them can avoid the detection of the underworld. After the Anshi Rebellion, the thirteen rare treasures were scattered, and what I got is only one of them."

"Some things become clear if you think about them yourself..."

After saying that, he stopped talking and accelerated as fast as he could.

Even though he had learned many secrets tonight, Li Yan was still a little confused.

He had also heard about the thirteen rare treasures of Tang Zhenguo.

Its origin is very mysterious. It appeared in the first year of Tianbao, when the retired emperor Li Longji died and Emperor Suzong's illness worsened, and the court obtained it.

When Emperor Suzong saw the treasure, he summoned Crown Prince Li Yu and said, "You were appointed Crown Prince by the King of Chu. Now the treasure bestowed by Heaven has landed in your fiefdom, Chuzhou. This is Heaven's will!"

Li Yu then accepted the treasure and changed the reign title to "Baoying".

It is rumored that this treasure was created during the An-Shi Rebellion, originally to cope with the disaster and continue the fortune of the Tang Dynasty, but it obviously failed.

During the turmoil at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the thirteen rare treasures that protected the country were scattered.

It turns out that it was all caused by these old monsters.

This kind of national treasure has existed in every dynasty. The Heshi Bi and Suihou Pearl should belong to this category.

However, they are all missing.

How many old monsters are hidden in the land of China...

(End of this chapter)