Chapter 701: Times Have Changed
Three years have passed since the last Zulongju was closed.
For ordinary cultivators in Xianyang City, three years have passed in a flash.
The Zulongju incident that caused a lot of uproar has long been settled.
After dinner, there are occasionally nostalgic cultivators who will talk about the Zulongju incident in a nostalgic tone, but most of them just talk about it briefly.
The young talents who once called the wind and rain in Xianyang City, such as Liu Suyi, Wang Yong, the Jueqing Young Master, the Liqing Young Master and the Fengqing Young Master of the Seven Emotions Demon Palace, also quickly faded out of everyone's sight because of their unexpected deaths in Zulongju.
Although Ye Piaoling did not die that year, he went all the way north after Zulongju was closed. It is said that he went to Beicangyuan to find monsters to practice swordsmanship.
The sentimental young master Hua Mancheng also did not die, but after leaving Zulongju, Hua Mancheng seemed to have become a different person, depressed and uninterested.
As a result, of the three great ninth-grade golden elixir cultivators who were once famous in the Qin County cultivation world, only the goddess Yu Wushuang of the Zhishan Sect was left, still leading the way.
The elite disciples of the four great families all suffered losses in Zulongju. Although Qin Bogong, Lu Qinggu, Ji Wuxie and others were still the core disciples of their families, they were still suppressed by Yu Wushuang who had condensed his spiritual consciousness in the Qin County cultivation world.
As for the Wang family, because of the accidental death of the core disciple Wang Yong, and Wang Meng had to complete the task of guarding Beicangyuan, Wang Li seemed to be a little alone.
Of course, the cultivation world is changing with each passing day, and there is no shortage of rising stars.
Just when Hua Mancheng was sinking, Jiang Ruowang, one of the seven emotions of the Seven Emotions Demon Palace, successfully condensed his spiritual consciousness and quickly filled the vacancy of Hua Mancheng.
If it weren't for the current palace master of the Seven Emotions Demon Palace, who was still Hua Mancheng's master-the love demon Jiang Sixuan, Hua Mancheng would probably have been hunted down and killed.
Even so, Hua Mancheng's life in the past three years has not been easy.
Hua Mancheng, who once forged a super-grade foundation and achieved the ninth-grade golden elixir, for some reason, suddenly began to drink and have fun, and completely abandoned his cultivation.
People speculated that Hua Mancheng must have suffered a great blow in Zulongju, and this blow was probably closely related to Yu Wushuang.
However, Hua Mancheng and Yu Wushuang, who were the parties involved, did not say much. Rumors were like rootless duckweed, and they just floated around but did not become a climate.
This day, Hua Mancheng wandered aimlessly in Xianyang City again.
His handsome face was full of cynical debauchery, and only the throbbing deep in the corner of his eyes showed the current desolation and unwillingness of the amorous young man.
Hua Mancheng looked for a wine shop on the street with his eyes moving around.
Suddenly, he trembled all over, and after turning around, Hua Mancheng's eyes turned back without a trace, intentionally or unintentionally sweeping across the elegant pavilion by the window of the wine shop.
A figure in green stood by the window.
When Hua Mancheng's eyes swept across the window, the man raised his glass to Hua Mancheng.
With his fists clenched, Hua Mancheng tried to keep his expression calm.
He laughed loudly and walked into the wine shop.
"Isn't this Mr. Hua? What brought you to my shop today?" The shopkeeper naturally knew Hua Mancheng, the sponsor. Although he was somewhat disdainful of Hua Mancheng's decadence, he was a business owner, so how could he have a problem with spiritual stones? Hua Mancheng didn't even look at him, and walked straight to the second floor pavilion, laughing wildly: "Master Hua is happy today, and I have booked all the second floor pavilions!"
"This... there are many distinguished guests on the second floor..."
"One hundred thousand middle spirits!"
"Okay! Master Hua, please hold it! I will help you clear the place!"
"No need to be so troublesome! Master Hua likes to do his own things!"
After that, Hua Mancheng ran rampant in the second floor pavilion, driving many diners who were drinking in it out of the pavilion.
Everyone dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Although Hua Mancheng had fallen, he was still a top-level Jindan cultivator, a disciple of the Seven Emotions Demon Palace, and a disciple of the Emotion Demon!
After a while, the second floor was empty.
Staring at the pavilion by the window, Hua Mancheng walked over step by step.
"I haven't seen you for three years! Brother Hua's cultivation hasn't improved, but his temper has!"
"You! It's you..."
Listening to the voice coming from the elegant pavilion, Hua Mancheng stopped in front of the door.
His right hand trembled slightly, raised and put down again, and this happened three times. Hua Mancheng didn't have the courage to open the door.
"I heard that Brother Hua had fallen, and I was still skeptical. How could he be so petty today, being so beautiful and elegant back then? Could it be that he just followed what others said? Now it seems..., ah!"
"..., why are you here?"
"I just survived a disaster!"
"What do you want to do? Do you want to take revenge..."
"No! No! To be honest: I just left Zulongju, and for some reason, Beidou Sinanpan couldn't contact my brother. Do you know his situation?"
"Gui Hai? When Zulongju was closed three years ago, didn't you arrange a retreat for him? Wang Li and I didn't go against your wishes, and Gui Hai left!"
"Thank you, Brother Hua! What happened next?"
"..., then the Qin family started to hunt him down!"
"Qin family?"
The voice in the elegant pavilion clearly revealed some doubts, but soon, he snorted coldly.
Hua Mancheng gritted his teeth unconsciously, and then he spoke freely.
Although Xiao Mian arranged a plan for Gui Hai to escape from Xianyang City that day, and Gui Hai did escape from Xianyang City safely with the help of Hua Mancheng, Wang Li, Ye Piaoling and others, the Qin family launched a crazy pursuit of Gui Hai afterwards.
The cause was from Xiao Mian.
That day, in order to entangle Xiao Mian, Qin Bogong and Xiao Mian fell into Zulongju at the same time. Later, not long after Zulongju was closed, Qin Tianfeng, the ancestor of the Qin family, used his great magical powers to reconnect the channel between Zulongju and the main time and space and rescued Qin Bogong.
In addition to the evidence of Yu Wushuang, Ji Wuxie and others, the senior officials of Qin County had a new understanding of what Xiao Mian did in Zulongju.
The most important thing is that everyone suddenly realized: How could Xiao Wuming be the descendant of a holy land? He was clearly a stinky boy from the wilderness!
However, Xiao Mian had already fallen into Zulongju at that time, and Qin Tianfeng even launched a wind spirit attack on him. It seemed that Xiao Mian had no hope of survival.
The news that Gui Hai and Xiao Mian were on good terms spread quickly, and the Qin family proposed to hunt down Gui Hai.
However, the Zhishan Sect was not interested, and the Seven Emotions Demon Palace took the initiative to withdraw due to Hua Mancheng's mediation. The other three of the four great families also pretended to obey but secretly disobeyed.
In the end, only the Qin family insisted on hunting down Gui Hai.
Knowing that Gui Hai left with Ye Piaoling, the Qin family not only dispatched Qin Bogong, Qin Zhonghe, and Qin Shuqian, but also a Yuanying ancestor!
However, even with such a lineup, the mission was not completed.
Ironically, three brothers of the Qin family went, and two brothers returned - Qin Shuqian, the third oldest, unexpectedly died in the northern border during the mission of hunting down Gui Hai.
Outsiders do not know the truth about Qin Shuqian's death, nor do they know whether the Qin family killed Gui Hai. They only know that after that, the Qin family never mobilized again.
For the Qin family, which is known as the first family in Qin County, this is really a bit of aggrieved. However, some people who are interested in this matter have diverted the matter from the Qin family and Gui Hai to Ye Piao Ling after a brief analysis.
Who is Ye Piao Ling?
Dao Zun - Blue Shirt Guest - son of Ye Lanshan!
If the Qin family does not give Ye Piao Ling face, they must give Dao Zun, one of the three immortals of the East China Sea, some face.
Even if Qin Tianfeng has also reached the realm of Tian Zun, he cannot compete with Dao Zun, who has already reached the realm of Tian Zun.
"So that's it! What about the others?"
"The reason why Gui Hai's affairs have been gradually forgotten is that at the same time, another major event happened - the Demon Seal, stealing the Xiankong Sword of the Zhenkong Dao!"
On that day, Qi Jingyuan attacked Xiao Mian with the Xiankong Sword, but was killed by Xiao Mian.
The Sword of the Sky was surrounded by Mo Yin, Benchu and Yu Wushuang. In the end, Mo Yin was more ruthless and had better skills. He took the Sword of the Sky from the fire.
After leaving Zulongju, Mo Yin was hunted down by Qiao Lingsong.
Regardless of whether Qi Jingyuan died at the hands of Mo Yin, the Sword of the Sky was brought out by Qiao Lingsong from the Vacuum Dao. If it was lost on the way, Qiao Lingsong would be to blame.
Logically speaking, with Qiao Lingsong's status as a high-level Yuanying cultivator, shouldn't Mo Yin be able to capture it easily?
The facts once again surprised everyone. Although Mo Yin was severely injured by Qiao Lingsong, he still escaped at the last moment with the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Method.
What is even more unbelievable is that Mo Yin successfully took away the Sword of the Sky!
Qiao Lingsong was jealous and wanted to chase Mo Yin all the way.
After that, everyone in Xianyang City lost the news of Mo Yin until three months later, when a message came back to Xianyang City - the Northern Demon Emperor Wei Changtian took action!
Sitting in the Demon Emperor Palace of Beiweizhou, Wei Changtian attacked the sect headquarters of the Vacuum Dao in Huaxia Territory with the Heavenly Demon Projection Technique, and smashed the mountain gate of the Vacuum Dao in one fell swoop.
After the attack, the Northern Demon Emperor left only one sentence.
If the Vacuum Dao dares to bully the weak again, Wei Changtian doesn't mind going to Huaxia Territory!
As soon as the words came out, all five states were shocked.
The headquarters of the Vacuum Dao, Sikong Mountain, is located in the center of Huaxia Territory.
Wei Changtian is going to Huaxia Territory, naturally not to travel around!
The leader of the Vacuum Dao urgently recalled Qiao Lingsong, and at the same time sent the three most outstanding young disciples of the Vacuum Dao to travel thousands of miles to continue to hunt down the Demon Seal.
After that, there was no news of the Demon Seal.
It is unknown whether he has fallen or is hiding in a secret place.
"That old guy, how can he die so easily? Where are the three monks from Xishuzhou?"
"War monk Huijing went north to Beicangyuan, blind monk Chanyin went south to Chu County, and spiritual monk Benchu went east all the way, passing through Huaxia, and seemed to want to go straight to Tiandu City!"
"Really?"
The voice in the elegant pavilion suddenly fell silent.
After a long time, Hua Mancheng couldn't help but want to open the door.
He wanted to see if the person in the elegant pavilion was the one who could never appear here, but the man spoke again.
"Yu Wushuang is dead, are you so sad? Brother Hua!"
"What...what did you say?"
Suddenly startled, Hua Mancheng grabbed the handle of the door.