After Tang Qing left, Princess Yuhua looked at the direction in which he disappeared, with a rather complicated expression. She sometimes frowned, sometimes shook her head, and was about to speak, but then stopped. Aunt Shen came over and stood next to her for a while. He asked, "Your Highness, have you been waiting here for many days just to tell him this?"
Princess Yuhua did not respond, and Aunt Shen continued to ask, "Jiutian is going to destroy the Shangqing Sect this time, why do you need to tell him so much?"
"Haha" Princess Yuhua smiled inexplicably, shook her head slightly, and said, "Jiutian does not want to destroy the Shangqing Sect, but just wants something that the Shangqing Sect protects. If the Shangqing Sect hands it over, it will It doesn¡¯t matter, it¡¯s just that in this holy domain, those big sects want to completely get rid of the Shangqing Sect.¡±
"So, even if the Shangqing Sect hands over that thing, it will be a dead end?"
"Yes! If you hand over the things, Jiutian may be able to spare the lives of the Shangqing Sect, but those big sects will not."
"But what does this have to do with Tang Qing?"
"Him?" Princess Yuhua closed her eyes, as if recalling Tang Qing just now, her eyebrows furrowed deeper, and she said faintly, "I have a special feeling for him, but I just don't want him to go through this muddy water ¡¡±
"This guy looks lazy. He shouldn't be involved in this kind of thing, right? What's more, he has only joined the Shangqing Sect not long ago, and he has no feelings for the Shangqing Sect at all."
"I hope so."
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In the void, Tang Qing was flying at a very high speed, desperately rushing to the Qingzong. At this moment, his mind was filled with what Princess Jiehua said. If what she said was true, then the Qingzong May suffer catastrophe.
Tang Qing doesn¡¯t care about many things in this world, but the Shangqing Sect carries too many concerns for him.
Shangqingzong, Shangqing Town.
There seems to be no special changes here, it is still a small town that looks simple and peaceful. The only difference is. It looks deserted here than before. Not even the shadow of the sect monk was seen. In front of the gate of Shangqing Town, Tiedan'er was still guarding when he saw Tang Qing. Tiedan'er suddenly stood up from the ground and shouted, "Hey! Brother Tang, why are you back so soon?"
"It's a little urgent." Tang Qing walked into the town and found that there were no monks from the Shangqing Sect. Even the villagers in the small town seemed to be missing. Upon questioning, Tie Daner said that the villagers in the small town had been discussing matters with the mayor recently.
"Has anything happened in the past two days?"
"No!" Tiedan'er scratched his head, wondering what Tang Qing meant.
"Have none of the senior brothers in the sect come back?"
"Oh, you ask this, Brother Tang, have you forgotten the ten-year order issued by the sect master?"
"Ten-year order? What does it mean?"
"Ah? You don't know? This natural change is like the rebirth of all things. It is the best time for experience. The sect leader ordered the disciples within the sect not to return within ten years, and not to fight with others within ten years. Ten years. ¡¡±
After listening to Tiedan'er's words, Tang Qing immediately guessed. The sect leader already knew that the ancient burial plan was aimed at the Shangqing Sect, so he sent all the disciples in the sect to various parts of the world to prevent them from being implicated. When he asked the villagers in the town, Tiedan'er said that he was called by the mayor to discuss the matter. Whether it was the ten-year order issued by the sect master or the villagers' meeting in Shangqing Town, everything made Tang Qing feel that Princess Jiaohua's words were true.
"Where is the ancestor?" Tang Qing knew that the existence of Shangqing Town had always protected the Shangqing Sect, and the ancestor was definitely a key figure.
"Grandpa has gone to bed long ago, you know."
Grandpa would sleep for a long, long time, and no one knew where he slept. Since he was concerned about the safety of the Shangqing Sect, he didn't say much to Tiedan'er and went directly to the Shangqing Sect.
There was no one in Shangqingzong Square. The solemn stone tablet still stood there, and there were no disciples guarding the gate.
After entering the Shangqing Sect, it was still the same. There was no one. Tang Qing used his spiritual consciousness to investigate. He searched the entire Shangqing Sect. There was a breath, but it was less than a hundred. At this moment, a faint light flashed, as if out of thin air. Just as he appeared, a person appeared opposite Tang Qing. This person seemed to be in his forties, wearing a gray robe, with deep and lonely eyes on his solemn face.
"Master!" Tang Qing was startled and shouted.
The person who came was none other than Tang Qing¡¯s master, Lu Tianya.
Lu Tianya didn't say anything, he just stared at Tang Qing, looking at him calmly, like looking at a small piece of grass, with an expressionless face.
Tang Qing was about to speak, but Lu Tianya said first, "Follow me." After that, he left directly, but Tang Qing couldn't help but say, "Follow me."For this reason, I had no choice but to follow, and soon came to a manor in the back mountain of the sect. The manor was very simple, with only a stone bench and a stone table. There was an old man sitting on the stone bench. The old man was also wearing a simple dress. He was sitting there in his robe, looking at the chessboard on the stone table.
The stone table may be a chessboard or a chessboard. Tang Qing is not sure, because there are some mysterious runes carved on it. With his attainments in the field of runes, he can't even understand a single rune. He just scans it. Just one look will give you a splitting headache.
"Sect Master!"
Whether it is the master beside him or the old sect master, they are the people Tang Qing cares about most in his life. He has had no parents since he was a child, so in his eyes, the master and the old sect master are relatives.
"Tang, Tang Qing, you're back." The old sect master turned around. Unlike Lu Tianya, the old sect master's kind eyes made people feel extremely kind, even though his eyes were a little cloudy.
"Sect Master, are you okay?" Tang Qing nodded. For some reason, he felt that the old sect leader had become erratic, like a flame in the void that seemed to be extinguished at any time.
"What? Do I look bad?" The old sect master smiled slightly and said, "It's not bad, it's not bad, it's all because you came back so early and made me lose to my grandfather again. "Shaking his head, the old sect leader showed a helpless smile, "I have been betting with the old man for nearly a thousand years, and I have never won once How pitiful!"
Tang Qing didn't know what the old sect master and the ancestor were gambling on, and he was not in the mood to know it now. He immediately asked, "Sect master, you issued a ten-year order to dismiss all disciples. Is it because of the ancient burial plan implemented by Jiutian? ?¡±
I heard Tang Qing say this. The old sect leader was not surprised at all. He just looked at each other and Lu Tianya, then his eyes fell on the chessboard on the stone table, nodded, and said yes.
Although Tang Qing had already guessed the result. However, seeing the old sect leader admit it with his own eyes still made him feel turbulent in his heart.
"Why exactly? Why does Jiutian insist on eradicating our Shangqing Sect? Is it really because of the dispute between holiness and light?"
"Do you know about the dispute between holiness and light?" The old sect leader seemed a little surprised that Tang Qing knew this.
"I know something. After I came out of Setting Sun Valley, Princess Yuhua came to see me. She told me." Tang Qing gave a general summary of what he learned from Princess Yuhua.
"Princess Yuhua, that little girl really means something." After the old sect leader smiled, his expression gradually became serious, "What the little girl told you is indeed the truth. The ancient burial plan was indeed caused by the dispute between the sacred and the light. And the reason why our sect is included in the ancient burial plan is not just a simple supporter of the light."
Tang Qing didn¡¯t say anything, but listened carefully to every word the old sect master said.
"Tang Qing, do you know what is light and what is sacred?"
What is light?
What is sacred?
If it were before, Tang Qing would definitely have thought that these two were the most powerful breaths between heaven and earth, in other words, they were the most powerful forces between heaven and earth. It was only after he accepted the inheritance of great evil that he discovered it. The so-called breath is not power, but a belief, a spirit, and a will. Just as he was about to say it, the old sect leader said again, "Whether it is so-called light, holiness, or even the evil that has disappeared, the world only knows The three are the best in heaven and earth, but they don¡¯t know light, evil, and holiness. They are just a belief, a spirit, and a belief.¡±
"When Guangming was defeated, its spirit of faith turned into nine fragments, four of which were snatched away by the Holy Spirit. Fortunately, four more fragments were kept by the ancient immortals above the nine heavens, and the last one was kept by our Shangqing Sect. , originally all of this was a secret, and the ancient immortals have been guarding the secrets for the purpose of preventing the Holy. Now that I think about it, I was eventually discovered by the Holy. When I found out that this world was sealed, it was already too late. "
"So, what the so-called ancient burial plan really wants is the spiritual fragment left by the light?"
Seeing the old sect leader nodding, Tang Qing asked again the doubts in his heart, "If the saints above Jiutian have already known that our Shangqing Sect is keeping a spiritual fragment, they can use Jiutian's ability to grab it, and there is no need to carry it out. What kind of ancient burial plan?"
"In this world, the Saint is the emperor and the Immortal is the respected. The same is true in the Nine Heavens. Above the Nine Heavens, there are also disputes between the Saint and the Immortal. The Saint does not dare to openly take action due to the existence of the ancient immortal."
Tang Qing suddenly realized that although he had never stepped into Jiutian, he had killed many immortals who had tried to kill him along the way. He also knew something about Jiutian, and knew that above Jiutian, the gods and immortals were always fighting. , otherwise this world would have been occupied by the divine, and there would be no immortals.
"The reason why the sacred seals this worldBut I don¡¯t want the ancient immortal to help. "
"I heard from Princess Yuhua that the plan to bury the ancients will not be implemented until the Mahashengwu is launched. Is there any connection between the two?"
"Because the fragment of light that our Shangqing Sect keeps is located in Maha." The old sect leader said unhurriedly, as if he was talking about a very ordinary thing, "The Holy Martial Arts of Maha is ninety-nine, eight hundred. It is opened once every eleven years, and our Shangqing Sect controls the key to Maha."
"So, as long as we don't open it, they will never be able to get the fragments of light." Tang Qing's mind was running rapidly, thinking about many strategies, but the old sect leader's next sentence eliminated the hundreds of strategies he had thought of in an instant. The attack collapsed.
"Every eight hundred years our Shangqing Sect must open the Maha, otherwise the spiritual fragments hidden in it will disintegrate and disappear. This is the responsibility of our Shangqing Sect, a responsibility passed down from ancient times. At the same time, this is why those major sects must wait until the Maha. The reason why He takes action only when He Shengwu is activated."
Tang Qing didn't know what the fragments of light were, and he didn't bother to know. He didn't care at all whether it was hidden in Maha or somewhere else. The only thing that mattered to him was the life and death of the Shangqing Sect. In other words, he I just want to know who the enemy is, that's all.
"Once the Maha Shengwu is activated and the ancient burial plan is implemented, our Shangqing Sect will no longer have any value to them. They will completely eradicate the Shangqing Sect. Who are they?"
Before, I heard Princess Yuhua say that there were many people involved in the ancient burial plan. As for how many, Tang Qing had no idea. Now when he heard what the old sect leader said, he couldn't help but be slightly shocked. This was really scary. Considering his status as a Sanxian. Naturally, I am not afraid of ordinary monks, but there are some old guys hidden in every major sect. These old guys are monsters who have practiced for many years. What's more, there are many hidden in each major sect like Mu Mu, Guanyin and Princess Jiehua. In addition to the powerful reincarnation, he also knew that there were many immortals lurking here in the name of guardianship in this world.
For the Shangqing Sect, this is obviously an impossible war to win.
Tang Qing counted the days and found that there were still four months and nine days before the opening of the Holy Martial Arts. He closed his eyes, stood up, kowtowed respectfully to the old sect leader and master, and left without saying a word. .
Looking at the direction in which Tang Qing was leaving, Lu Tianya, who had been standing silently by the side, showed a hint of unbearability on his cold and serious face, saying, "Brother, don't you think this is too cruel for a child?"
The old sect leader did not respond.
Lu Tianya continued, "I know that this child is the one you have been waiting for. I know that all of this is destined, but why must a child bear all this? To bear the burden?"
"This is the fate of our Shangqing Sect, and it is also his fate." The old sect leader finally spoke, his voice still unhurried.
"Fate?" Lu Tianya sneered, "You know I never believe in fate."
"It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. What's important is that fate is already like this. Whether it's you, me, or him, it's all destined. The cause you sow will eventually be repaid."
Just as Lu Tianya said, he never believed in fate, but he could not refute the words of the old sect leader.
The two of them were silent for a long time. When Lu Tianya turned around and left, he asked again, "What is his connection with our Shangqing Sect? And when did he plant his roots in our Shangqing Sect?" Although Lu Tianya was asking, but under his feet But he didn't stop, and disappeared without a trace in an instant, as if he didn't want to know the answer, or didn't want to accept the answer.
The old sect leader looked at the chessboard on the stone table, then looked up into the void, then looked with his turbid eyes in the direction where Tang Qing disappeared, and whispered to himself, "This is the disaster of the Shangqing Sect, and it is also the disaster of you, my child. You deserve the Shangqing Sect¡¯s calamity, and you deserve your own calamity. My child, you shouldn¡¯t come back, and you shouldn¡¯t feel guilty about the Shangqing Sect¡¡±