Unparalleled Evildoer

Chapter 174: The Clouds and Seas Are Overwhelming

Wang Ben saw Fen Yuan commanding the soldiers who had suddenly transformed into corpse ghosts and rushing madly towards His Majesty's Royal Guards, so he hurriedly mobilized his soldiers to retreat and block the Royal Guards. Although there were countless casualties, it was not easy for the corpse ghosts to break through nearly 10,000 soldiers in a short time. Moreover, these soldiers were elite soldiers of the Qin Dynasty and were well-trained. After the panic, they regained their senses. Ten people formed a square formation and held up long spears. When the corpse ghosts pounced on them, they stabbed them at the same time. No matter how powerful the corpse ghosts were, it was difficult to match the power of many people. Even if they could not pierce the corpse ghosts, they would be riddled with holes and could not get close easily.

出来的紵，衣衣，跳入火海。 English: Jiang Yuan, Guan Tian Old Monster and others thought that they were doomed and would be buried in the sea of ​​fire in a short while, but they did not expect that the ground would rise again. They knew that Fen Yuan was unruly and cold and would never rescue them. The person who let them out was most likely Ying Zheng. When the sea of ​​fire was level with the ground, Jiang Yuan shouted loudly, gathered the true energy in his body, waved the "Northern Dark Fire" to split a path, and rushed out of the sea of ​​fire with the people of Xiandaoyuan. Guan Tian Old Monster's legs were originally prosthetic limbs, which could withstand the fire for a while. He grabbed the disciple Yang Yingjie who was about to faint, waved the Iron Bone Fan, and flew out. Xiao Jinghong saw that all the masters had flown out and the rest had fainted beside him. He suddenly gritted his teeth, held his breath, stimulated the true energy to protect his body, and displayed his lifelong skills. He jumped into the sea of ​​fire. His clothes and hair burned as soon as they entered the fire. When he jumped out, his whole body had burned into a fireball. He hurriedly shook off the clothes around him, rolled naked, and looked miserable.

Wang Ben saw Daoxuan and others jumping out of the sea of ​​fire and shouted, "The traitor Yang Ruihe is dead. I ordered you to be released. Now that His Majesty is in trouble, I hope you will put aside your past grudges and put the overall situation first. I will seek justice for you afterwards!"

Seeing this scene, Daoxuan and the others knew that if His Majesty was not in danger, how could Wang Ben be so kind to release them? Daoxuan said coldly: "If you hadn't conspired to frame Xiandaoyuan, there would not be such a disaster today. This is your own fault. Don't blame us. If you want us to take action, you old foxes will end yourselves first!"

Wang Ben clenched his fists, but said with a amiable face: "My life and death is nothing, but right now, nearly 10,000 people need someone to command and resist the foreign enemies. If you can quell this disaster, you can take my head at any time!"

Daoxuan said: "If the National Master is here, we will obey his words. But the National Master has been framed by you, and his life or death is uncertain. What does your trouble have to do with us!" The implication is that since the National Master is gone and cannot become an immortal, what is the point of us staying here?

Wang Ben said: "I don't know this at all, but the Imperial Master has boundless magical powers, and no one can match him. Even if they plot to frame him, they will never hurt him. He may come back in a short while. If your majesty encounters an accident, then it will be too late!"

Daoxuan and the others thought for a long time. They had consumed a lot of their energy in the trap and were exhausted. If they continued to fight with that evil gang, not only would their chances of winning be slim, but they might even lose their lives. However, what Wang Ben said made sense. If the national teacher came back and learned that they did not help them, he would definitely be angry and expel them from the Xiandao Academy. In that case, all their efforts in the past few years would be wasted, not to mention immortality.

Wang Ben added: "Your Majesty has high hopes for Xiandaoyuan and has great trust in it. Even though Yang Ruihe and other traitors were reckless and deceived Your Majesty and framed Xiandaoyuan, Your Majesty never doubted Xiandaoyuan. Don't you care about this kindness?"

Wang Ben's words touched the hearts of Daoxuan and others. If it were not for His Majesty's wisdom and Wuzhan's defense, they would have been half killed by this group of old foxes today. Even for His Majesty, they could not stand idly by. Besides, Wang Ben helped them in the moment of crisis after all. Although they knew he had no choice, at least it saved their lives. If they did not take action now, they would be too narrow-minded.

Daoxuan said: "Okay, for the sake of your kindness, I will risk my life to protect your majesty!" After saying that, he sucked up a fallen sword and rushed towards Fenyuan. Jiang Yuan sighed and also rushed over with his sword. Qingyang and others had already collapsed and sat on the ground to regulate their breathing.

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Miao Xin sat cross-legged on the ground, with Wuzhan's head resting on her bosom. She seemed to be deaf to the fighting around her, and tears dripped onto Wuzhan's face. Although she knew that his body was already in a state of extreme deterioration, and that the master's elixir could not save him, and that he would not live long, the little time he had was wasted on his own stupid behavior. If it were someone else, she would not care if they simply failed to complete the master's instructions and were punished. But now seeing him like this, her heart was really in pain, with endless self-blame and regret. She had to admit that her heart was already in turmoil when she saw him for the first time, and she liked to go to see him secretly. Those ever-calm eyes, like to listen to his light yet sharp words, when she vaguely guessed that he liked Miss Gongsun, there was an indescribable sourness in her heart, but seeing that he never showed it, her heart was aching. In fact, everyone knows that life will isolate everything, and she doesn't want to get anything, she just hopes to be with him longer, but this has become a luxury. Only by abandoning the inner demons, being quiet and inactive, and not being contaminated by the world, can one achieve the Tao. But if one really steps into it, how can one extricate oneself without shedding a tear? Why did Master let me come? Is this really a training?
After an unknown amount of time, the blazing red sun had already hung over the mountain range. The autumn wind blew the leaves across the chaotic battlefield. The shouts of killing were no longer as noisy as before. Daoxuan and Jiang Yuan attacked Fenyuan from the left and right, their figures shuttled back and forth, their swords pierced through the air, but Fenyuan's body was like duckweed, always dodging with the sword wind, but the flute sound did not stop. Recalling the strange magic that Fenyuan used to escape the trap, the two became more and more panicked as the battle went on, "Could this person really have turned into a ghost!"

Wang Ben originally thought that as long as he released Daoxuan and others, he would be able to stop the rampaging corpse ghosts. Now it seems that the evil method of Fenyuan is too strong. Even with the gathering of the two scattered immortals, he still cannot stop it. He looked at Wuzhan lying in Miaoxin's arms and sighed in his heart: "If he is not dead, he may disrupt the flute sound, and the corpse ghosts will be much easier to deal with. It's also my fault. Not only did I not think about protecting him, but I actually hoped that he would be killed. This is really a case of bringing trouble upon oneself!"

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Qingyu saw that Heilin and Jifeng could not defeat Ji Jie together, so he anxiously swung the slender soft sword and stabbed Ji Jie in the back. If Ji Jie had not noticed a black shadow rushing towards him on the ground, he would never have noticed that there was another person coming. He hurriedly shook off Jifeng, stepped on the ground, turned his body, and chopped back at the oncoming person. With a "hum", after the soft sword was hit, the sword tip turned, and a white light burst out, sweeping towards Ji Jie's throat.

Ji Jie subconsciously leaned back, and a strand of his long hair was cut off, leaving a bloody mark on his throat. He was shocked that this man's swordsmanship was so sharp that he almost died with his sword. Before his toes touched the ground, the soft sword suddenly split into five dazzling white rays of light, piercing the five vital points on his upper body. Ji Jie hurriedly dodged backwards. At this time, another sword stabbed at his ribs from the left. He hurriedly turned to the right, but suddenly he felt a strong wind slashing from the right, forcing him to have no way to retreat. In order to restore the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Ji Jie had been practicing swordsmanship with his master Zhishui since he was a child. This kind of siege could not stop him. He jumped high up and used a "Pai Yun Dao Hai" move. White light flashed around his body and immediately slapped out in all directions. "Buzz, clang, bang..." The three imperial guards immediately felt their arms numb, and at the same time, their chests were shocked by the sharp sword energy, as if they had hit a heavy stone, and they fell backwards.

Qingyu cried out, "Are you a disciple of Huangshan Yunmeng?" He had heard of the unique skills of various famous sects, and Ji Jie's move was very similar to Huangshan's unique skill "Paiyunduhai". Ji Jie laughed and said, "I am the true emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, how can I worship Yunmeng? Today I will cut off Ying Zheng's head, and anyone who stands in my way will die!" He swung his long sword and rushed towards Ying Zheng in the imperial guards. Heilin swung his big knife to block in front of him. Qingyu and Jifeng attacked from both sides at the same time. The three of them entangled Ji Jie again. The flashes of swords and shadows were confusing, and the figures flew around like lightning.

"Mother! You're crying for me again!" A whisper in sleep reached Miaoxin's ears. Miaoxin was in a trance and couldn't hear it. She just stared at the face she liked to see, until those clear eyes were open for a long time. She suddenly realized, as if in a dream, and cried out: "My Lord, how could you... It's all my fault. I hurt you and failed to protect you. I'm so stupid. I will never leave you again!" She forgot herself for a moment and hugged Wuzhan tightly in her arms, crying loudly. Wuzhan almost fainted again.

The time was short, but Wuzhe whispered: "Her poison can't kill me, otherwise why would I agree to let you stop her? You should know this, don't blame yourself, I'm much better now, help me up!"

Miao Xin gently helped Wu Zhan up, and her heavy heart was relieved a lot. Wu Zhan pointed to a pile of red insect corpses on the ground and said softly: "These poisonous insects must have died by sucking my blood. This proves that my blood is more poisonous than theirs. You didn't even notice that so many of them died. This is how stupid you are."

At that time, Miaoxin only thought that she had harmed the adults, so she didn't pay attention to these things. She just smiled sweetly when Wuzhan blamed her lightly. As long as he could come back to life, she would be happier than anything else.

Wuzhan looked at the chaotic battlefield around him, thought for a moment, pointed at the flute that the musician had dropped on the ground not far away, and said softly: "Bring that flute here!"

Miaoxin knew that Wuzhan wanted to disrupt the flute music, so he advised: "Although the master has woken up, his body is too weak. How can he endure any more fatigue!"

Wuzhan smiled and said, "Your Majesty is in trouble, how can a minister live in seclusion? Bring it to me, I'm fine."

Miao Xin hesitated for a moment. Although they were only ten feet apart, she was unwilling to move even a step away. Suddenly, she shouted to Jin Xingzi who was chasing Yu Sisi in the distance: "Jin Xingzi, the master is awake!"

Jin Xingzi was attacking Yu Sisi angrily when he heard Miaoxin's cry. He turned around and saw Wuzhan sitting up. He was overjoyed and shouted, "He's really awake!" He and Lingkongzi had long recognized that Wuzhan was extremely intelligent. Although he had no cultivation, he knew the way of cultivation well. Whenever they encountered something they didn't understand, Wuzhan could always tell them the answer. The two of them made great progress in their cultivation in just a few months. If Wuzhan encountered an accident, it would really cut off their way back. How could they not be furious?

He said to Yu Sisi who was dodging, "Young Master is lucky. I will not kill you for now. I will let you live for a few more hours!" He jumped a few times and came to Wuzhan, saying happily, "I knew that Young Master would not die so easily."

Yu Sisi was surprised to see Wuzhan wake up. She fed this 'Qingchenghong' with rotten meat soaked in hundreds of poisons every day. Even if a cow was bitten, it would die in a moment. "How could the poison not kill him? Is he immune to all poisons?"

Miao Xin pointed to the bronze flute in the distance and said to Jin Xingzi, "Can you please go over there and get the bronze flute for me?"

Jin Xingzi chuckled and said, "The fairy has ordered me to do so, and I dare not disobey!" He leaped up and landed next to the bronze flute, picked it up, jumped again, landed back, and handed it to Miaoxin. Miaoxin took the bronze flute, took out a silk handkerchief, wiped it clean, and then gave it to Wuzhan. She stood up, and he and Jin Xingzi stood guarding Wuzhan on the left and right.

The soft and soothing sound of the flute slowly spread out. Although the sound was not as loud as the chaotic noise, it was clearer than the sound of the golden flute. It swept away the panic in the listeners' hearts and made them listen carefully. Even the rampaging corpse ghost was startled after hearing it.

(End of this chapter)