The disaster of the world begins with Dongfang Bubai

Chapter 130: Are you trying to drag me down to the same level and then defeat me with your rich experience?

At the foot of Qingyun Mountain, there was complete silence. Everyone's eyes were filled with sadness, and their hearts felt empty.

It was hard to believe that the lively, sharp-tongued, and gifted young Taoist priest had died just like that.

After a long time, Chang Jian seemed to have discovered something. He flashed and picked up a piece of yellow clothes beside a piece of rubble.

With red eyes, he walked up to Taoist Master Daoxuan and said:
"Master, the material of the magic weapon that Junior Brother refined was transformed from the sea of ​​clouds on Tongtian Peak. It is probably with him now."

He was so sad that he could not let go of his grief, because he had watched the young Taoist priest grow up. After a while, he spoke again:
"Junior brother has loved watching the sea of ​​clouds at Tongtian Peak since he was a child. After he became a disciple, I asked him why he did not show any interest in this place when he first came here, but came here frequently afterwards."

"He said that at first he was pressed by the pressure of survival and couldn't enjoy the beauty of the world leisurely. Later he wanted to be better to himself, and better."

"In his view, the wonders of the world, the scenery that entered his heart for the first time in his life, could be his best gift."

"I beg you, Master, to allow me to build a cenotaph for you at the edge of the square, so that you can always look at the sea of ​​clouds in the sky."

Taoist Xuan took the yellow robe from Chang Jian with a trembling voice and said:
"it is good."

Five years later.

For unknown reasons, Taoist Master Daoxuan suddenly resigned from the position of the head of Qingyun and was succeeded by his disciple Xiao Yicai. After that, with the exception of Qi Hao of Longshou Peak who succeeded him as the head early, the positions of the heads of other peaks were also passed on to his disciples.

The head of Dazhu Peak became Zhang Xiaofan, the head of Xiaozhu Peak became Lu Xueqi, and the head of Fenghui Peak became Zeng Shushu.
More than two hundred years later, as Qingyun Sect became more and more prosperous, Daoxuan and others passed away one after another.

Time flies like an arrow, and more than a hundred years have passed in the blink of an eye.

It was at this time that, for unknown reasons, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth gradually began to weaken. In the following decades, no disciple of Qingyun Sect alone was able to break through to the Shangqing realm.

This brought the Qingyun Sect's rapid growth to an abrupt halt, but it was still the strongest sect in the world at that time.

After all, the Demon Sect is not a powerful force, with only some independent practitioners left. The two major sects of the righteous path have long been destroyed, and it is even more difficult for the inheritance of other small sects to make progress in practice.

Afterwards, after a hundred years of research, Qingyun Sect finally understood that something had gone wrong with the world, which led to the gradual dissipation of the spiritual energy of the world.

Some people believe that it is because the heaven and earth have entered a period of decline, and it is natural for the spiritual energy to dissipate. However, others believe that there are deeper reasons, because even if the heaven and earth are about to enter the last days of the law, it cannot happen so quickly.

In about five hundred years, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dissipated by half. According to some celestial calculations, it would take at least two to three thousand years, or as long as seven to eight thousand years, for the spiritual energy of heaven and earth to be reduced to its current level.

Therefore, most people believed that there were deeper reasons, which led to the fact that, in addition to the necessary disciples stationed at the mountain gate, even the head of the Qingyun Sect and the chiefs of each peak went out of the mountains to find the cause of the decline of spiritual energy.

Until sixty years later.

As the spiritual energy of heaven and earth continued to decrease, this generation's Qingyun Sect's leader and the chiefs of each peak had also passed their heyday. For example, Xiao Yicai and Qi Hao, who had suffered serious injuries in their early years, passed away one after another.

People like Chang Jian, Duan Lei, and Song Shushu, who did not have profound cultivation in the Shangqing Realm, also died of old age.

Due to the lack of disciples in Qingyun Sect, the seven sects had to unite as one, and Zhang Xiaofan later succeeded him as the leader. The only two disciples left in the nineteenth generation of Qingyun Sect were Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi.

This day.

Zhang Xiaofan, who already looked like a middle-aged man, and Lu Xueqi, who still looked like she was in her twenties, came to a secret place in the Qingyun Sect, which turned out to be the Huanyue Cave.

I saw that the entrance of the cave was half a meter taller than that of an ordinary person and about seven feet wide. There were green vines and thorns on both sides. The most obvious thing was that there was a stone slab with a Tai Chi pattern inlaid on the stone wall at the entrance.

The two of them looked solemn as they walked towards the cave entrance, which was half the height of an ordinary person. Zhang Xiaofan stretched out his hand and pressed it on the Tai Chi pattern, then activated the Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao in his body. When the magic power was applied to his palm, a burst of green light appeared on the Tai Chi pattern. The intact stone wall slowly opened, revealing a tunnel.

The two looked at each other, with an inexplicable look on their faces, and walked in slowly.

They passed through the tunnel's seemingly real and illusory mist and stepped into an ancient and unadorned stone chamber, their pupils trembling.

I saw a young Taoist priest sitting cross-legged on a cushion in the room, who looked both strange and familiar.

The crystal-colored sword mark on Xi Mingzhang's forehead flashed, he slowly opened his eyes and smiled faintly:
"I never thought that after five or six hundred years, I would be able to see old friends again. Your cultivation levels are even more impressive to me."

His eyes fell on Lu Xueqi, and he said in a slightly strange tone:
"Although your aptitude is excellent, it is very unlikely for you to reach the realm of Taiqing, not to mention that in this era, the distance between practicing Taoism and Taiqing is only half a step."

He glanced at Zhang Xiaofan again:
"As for you, without all these adventures and experiences, how did you reach the realm above Taiqing? This makes me curious."

"I also didn't expect that you were not really dead. You faked your death and escaped into the Fantasy Moon Cave, and then used an inexplicable method to destroy the foundation of the world." Zhang Xiaofan looked embarrassed.

"Xiao Xi, when did you become like this?"

"What do you mean by fake death? My body was completely destroyed, but my soul remained and stayed in the Zhuxian Ancient Sword to recover from my injuries." Xi Mingzhang said with a smile:
"While recuperating from his injuries, he saw that although the Ancient Sword of Zhu Xian was called the Sword of Righteousness, it was actually the most ferocious demonic sword in the world. He could not bear to see it continue to wreak havoc on Qingyun, so he decided to convert it."

Zhang Xiaofan said solemnly:

"Today, you and I both know that you are the real devil in the world. If it weren't for you, the world would not have fallen to this point."

"It's really interesting. The Demon Cult says that I am the biggest undercover sent by the Righteous Path, but the Righteous Path says that I am the most hidden demon." Xi Mingzhang raised his eyebrows slightly:

"I wiped out the evil sect in this world and saved the world before. Is it too much to ask for some reward?"

He replied to himself:
“It shouldn’t be too much.”

"I'm afraid this is your true nature." Zhang Xiaofan's eyes narrowed.

"It seems like this is a warning from heaven, making you, the son of destiny, the so-called savior." A strange light appeared in Xi Mingzhang's eyes.

"Junior Brother Xi, you know that when I went down the mountain to train, I realized my feelings for you. Later, I suspected that you had become the Lord of Disaster, so I thought about doing my best to bring you back to the right path. When you returned to Qingyun, I was filled with genuine joy."

"That's why I will keep looking for you to spar with over the next ten years."

Lu Xueqi stared at Xi Mingzhang:
"It's not too late to stop now. As long as you return all the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, I think we will be fine."

At this moment, a burst of laughter interrupted her words.

"Interesting, your words must imply that you are interested in me. Let me think about it. I was less than fifteen years old at that time!"

Xi Mingzhang's smile deepened as he spoke:
"Do you really think I'm a useless person who can't walk when I fall in love?"

"Lu Xueqi, you have as much heavenly favor as Zhang Xiaofan. It seems that you are also a means for the heavens of this world to deal with me."

"Fighting demons with love? Are you trying to drag me down to the same level and defeat me with your vast experience?"

"Haha, that's a good idea."

(End of this chapter)