Embers of Sword

Chapter 76 Demonic Formation (Third Update!)
The sound of kowtows echoed in the hall.

Xie Xuanyi looked at these female disciples in silence... He probably understood why Lu Yuan said this.

Because these people's injuries were too serious.

If there is no panacea, perhaps not even a single person will be able to leave the secret realm alive.

In other words.

They had already prepared to die!

If I don't arrive in time.

Then today's battle will probably end with all of them dying.

Given Chu Man's character, she would never leave anyone alive.

"Everyone, get up."

Xie Xuanyi did not accept the knock.

He looked at Lu Yuan and the other disciples of Baihua Valley, and said calmly, "Being alive is a good thing. If you have the courage to die... then why not give it a try and survive."

This statement came out.

Lu Yuan looked up blankly.

The other disciples of Baihua Valley all looked somewhat confused.

"If I'm not mistaken, this palace is one of the 'cores' of the formation built by Great Sage Bai Ze."

Xie Xuanyi slowly came to the center of the hall.

In the middle of the empty temple, there stood a chest-high stone tablet.

Xie Xuanyi raised his palm and slowly lowered it.

The stone tablet is square, just big enough to hold a palm.

The surface of the stable stone tablet is engraved with complex, obscure and strange patterns... but only half of it!
"Array eye?"

Lu Yuan stood up. They had already studied this hall. The most noteworthy thing was this protruding stone tablet.

But they didn't recognize the words on the stele.

"The Bai Ze Secret Realm is alive and is always in operation."

Xie Xuanyi said: "The reason is that there are dozens or even hundreds of array patterns inside the secret realm, all moving according to the predetermined trajectory..."

The strange words on the square stone tablet are only half.

But Xie Xuanyi felt that it looked very familiar!
This piece of weird writing should come from the sentence I saw at the end of the secret realm before -

[“If I could attain enlightenment, I would like to be buried in the North Sea and feed turtles with my body, so that I could obtain great purity for thousands of years.”]

The ancient saints of the demon race thousands of years ago were accustomed to incorporating "will" into words!
Although the evil writing contained on this stele is incomplete, it still exudes a faint sense of oppression.

The more Xie Xuanyi looked at it, the more he felt that the incomplete text on the stele corresponded to the word "Tao" which was missing half!

If the operation of the secret realm is composed of dozens or hundreds of small array patterns!
So is it possible that the hall at this moment is just one of the many formations?

With this thought in mind, Xie Xuanyi injected his own vitality into the stone tablet!

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The stone tablet emitted a sound like wind and thunder.

The disciples of Baihua Valley were all shocked. They looked at Xie Zhen nervously. Senior Sister Hong Jing had tried this before... injecting vital energy could make the stone tablet shake briefly, but other than that, there would be no other unusual phenomena!
Xie Xuanyi silently recalled the words engraved on the stone wall in his mind!
He put two fingers together and, on the narrow stele, used the ancient demon language left by the Great Sage Bai Ze to complete the incomplete word "Tao"!

The shaking of the hall suddenly stopped.

Under the gazes of everyone, the stone tablet glowed with golden light, which shot out and illuminated the dark end of the hall.

A door with flames burning slowly emerged.

"That's really true."

Xie Xuanyi raised his hand.

After completing the text on the stele, the array pattern was fully activated.

This hall is not just a dead end, there is another exit hidden inside.

To be precise, this may very well be the entrance leading to the depths of the Bai Ze secret realm!
"Is this considered a way out?"

Lu Yuan murmured.

If it weren't for Xie Zhen, they would have died in the battle.

Even if Xie Zhen came, they didn't have much hope of surviving.

In the secret realm of Bai Ze, there is no retreat but advancement.

Putting aside Chu Man's three murderous demons, it would be difficult for them to find a way to escape with their strength.

Now this door... has completely changed the thoughts of Lu Yuan and his group.

There was a subtle change in the way everyone looked at Xie Xuanyi.

"Body cultivators, spirit cultivators, sword cultivators..."

Yuan Yi sighed from the bottom of his heart: "You actually also know the art of formation patterns?"

"Know a little bit."

Xie Xuanyi lowered his eyes, and walked naturally to the girl, took out the bag containing the Qingyuan Pill, and put it all in his pocket.

The disciples of Baihua Valley are not bad people.

the most important is.

They have fierce tempers.

If Lu Yuan knelt down, it meant he was begging Xie Xuanyi to kill Chu Man.

Xie Xuanyi might not agree, and might not save them.

He never follows the rules, but only does things according to his own preferences.

If one only needs to kowtow and kneel to ask someone to help one kill one's enemy... then the cultivation world will have many more pitiful people who are willing to kowtow overnight.

Xie Xuanyi doesn't like or accept this kind of thing.

but……

Lu Yuan's "unwelcome request" was to ask him to go outside and help bring a message.

This nature is different.

Xie Xuanyi asked them to live well, because he knew better than anyone that once they "died", there would really be no hope.

"Since you are not afraid of death, then just follow me. There should be nothing to be afraid of."

Xie Xuanyi said softly: "If you follow me, you may not survive. If you stay here, you will probably die. You make your own choice."

After throwing down these words.

He walked towards the flaming door.

Yuan Yi hurriedly followed with his sword in hand, looking back every step. Lu Yuan hesitated for a few breaths, then took a deep breath, carried the injured and unconscious sister on her back, and followed with everyone else.

……

……

The wind blew, bringing with it the moisture of the sea breeze.

There is also a faint smell of blood.

The originally bustling atmosphere of Lichao City suddenly changed with the arrival of the strange tide.

The rangers who were at the forefront of tide watching were the first to notice something was wrong.

This time the tide.

Bigger than any year before.

It’s so big that it’s a little “scary”.

From dozens of miles away, you can see the layers of piled-up tides, just like a giant, carrying the power of destruction, "slowly" advancing towards the small town. The crowd that originally wanted to join in the fun began to retreat, but something even more "terrible" happened.

Countless scarlet lights suddenly rose up inside the outermost streets of Lichao City!
These lights come from the stone walls of the streets and dark buildings that no one cares about.

In the past few days, the Chu family, the Jiang family, Baihua Valley, and Yingtong have all been searching for demon cultivators!
But they overlooked one thing.

The real "traitor" is not a demon.

But people.

In the overall situation of Lichao City, the existence of the demon cultivators is to attract the attention of the Jiang Family, Baihua Valley, and Yingtong... Everyone is exhausted from carrying out the meticulous capture mission in such a noisy ceremony.

Except the Chu family.

From the beginning to the end, the "cultivators" sent by the Chu family to be stationed in Lichao City never had the idea of hunting down the demon cultivators!

The fragments of text that the demon cultivator could not finish carving.

They will be responsible for the finale!

Deng Baiyi walked quickly in the streets. She looked up and watched the beams of light rising into the sky.

Every beam of light exudes a chilling murderous intent.

When the tide comes.

A total of ninety-eight beams of light rose from the ground and suddenly enveloped Lichao City!
These light pillars were like cage pillars, locking the entire town tightly, and between them, a thin scarlet curtain appeared.

Someone tried to leave the city gate, but the moment he touched the light curtain, he was shaken to pieces!
obviously.

This is the real intention of those fragments of demon writings!

These light pillars, and the light curtain they formed, turned into a huge cage, trapping the entire Lichao City!

The formation does not need to be maintained for too long.

If I guessed correctly, the purpose of this demon formation was to make everyone in Lichao City stay in the city and wait for the high tide to come.

"My dear daughter, where have you been?"

Deng Baiyi returned to the inn.

Deng Chicheng was already extremely anxious, and he was the first one to notice that something was wrong.

When the tide first rose, he realized something was wrong and quickly gathered the servants in his mansion to prepare to flee Lichao City.

But he discovered that his precious daughter was missing.

Deng Chicheng could only grit his teeth and wait.

Not long after, the blood-red beams of light that shot up into the sky locked the town down.

Deng Chicheng saw the bloody scene of someone being shattered.

He knew that he had escaped too late and could not escape now. He would most likely die here.

But Deng Chicheng did not regret it.

Seeing his daughter return, he breathed a sigh of relief, then angrily cursed: "Where is that Xie? This kid, he doesn't even keep his word!"

He said he wanted to arrange a mansion for himself.

If I were to arrange a sect for my daughter, I'd choose the Taoist sect with the most powerful people in the world!

Damn it, it turns out they were all lies!

Judging from the current situation, it won’t be long before everyone will go to heaven together!
"I'll get something."

Deng Baiyi looked at her father with a hint of guilt in her eyes.

"……thing?"

Deng Chicheng was stunned.

Now the inn is in chaos, the entire Lichao City is trapped in blood, and watching the North Sea tide gradually approaching, it seems like the end of the world is coming -

The high tide is terrible.

But the despair that spreads deep in people's hearts is something more terrifying than the tide.

"perhaps."

Deng Baiyi took a deep breath and said, "Maybe... I can keep some people alive."

As she said this, she pushed open the door.

Although Lichao City had lost order, the Deng Mansion was quite cohesive after the trip to Qingzhou. Under the command of Deng Chicheng, the floor where they lived was not damaged, their rooms were guarded very strictly, and the talismans they had worked on late at night were still there.

When his fingertips touched the array patterns he had drawn on the talisman paper, Deng Baiyi felt a sense of security for no reason.

She took a deep breath and strengthened her resolve.

She stuffed stack after stack of thick talismans into her bag.

This small room is always quiet.

But in fact, in addition to Deng Baiyi, there has always been a second person here.

After everything is done.

Deng Baiyi looked at the little girl who was sitting blankly in front of the paper window, silently watching the chaotic scene in Lichao City.

The last thing she wanted to take with her.

Not a talisman.

But a "person".

……

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(Okay, the third update is over~ I'm really tired today, I want to have a good sleep, please give me a monthly ticket~)

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