Chapter 149: A Dying Bequest
Hearing Master's words, the white-bearded old man suddenly knelt on the ground and said in a trembling voice to Gu Tan and Master: "Two Grandmasters, it's not that I refuse to hand them over, but ...... But the bones of the gods have always been in the hands of Mushu, and he has never been bound by our canons, nor has he ever listened to my advice, and I did not expect him to do such a great rebellion, alas! As a teacher, I can't escape the blame......"
Gu Tan frowned, and suddenly said angrily: "Then hand over Mu Xu, you can't control him, I'll help you take care of it!" If he refuses to hand over his bones, I will crush his bones and scatter his soul to ashes! ”
The master also followed up and said: "It turns out that the White Whisker Sect doesn't know about the trouble of Mushu going down the mountain, even so, we don't embarrass you, if you are willing to hand over Musu, no other matters will be investigated." ”
The White Beard Sect sighed in embarrassment, then stretched out his hand and pointed to one of the inner rooms, and said, "This is a passage to the back mountain, Mu Xu is practicing in the back mountain, if he refuses to hand over the divine bones, I can't do anything." Let's hope that the two grandmasters will be in charge! ”
After speaking, the white-bearded old man lowered his head and stopped talking. However, as soon as Gu Tan heard this, Huo Di stood up and rushed towards the passage leading to the back mountain in great strides, and the master did not hesitate and walked over. I thought about it and was about to follow, but when I saw the white-bearded old man standing up and blocking my way, I was stunned, thinking that this white-bearded old man was going to change his mind? Although I am not as profound as Gu Tan and Master, I have the Spirit Beard Whip in my hand, and if you really want to fight with me, I am afraid that I will not be able to do it for a while. By that time, Master and Gu Tan were afraid that they had also solved the old man Mushu!
But soon, I found that the white-bearded old man only stopped me from going to the back mountain, and did not make any move, he turned his head to look at the dark passage, slowly turned his head, and said to me, "Little Daoist, although you and I come." ”
"Go with you?" I looked at the white-bearded old man in astonishment, and asked inexplicably, "White-bearded master, you let me ...... Where are I going with you? ”
The white-bearded old man sighed lightly and said, "The little Taoist will know when he comes." ”
Without further explanation, the white-bearded old man turned around and walked towards a hidden inner room behind the altar. I fixed my mind, looking at the white-bearded old man's demeanor, there was no sign of cunning, maybe I could trust him once, anyway, he also went in, once something happened, I will catch him first, and then find a way to escape! Having made up my mind, I cautiously followed the white-bearded old man into the secret room.
In the dark secret room, the white-bearded old man held a wooden stick in both hands, rubbed it casually, and saw a wisp of fire suddenly rise from the upper end of the wooden stick, and then the white-bearded old man lit a few oil lamps under my stunned gaze. The oil lamp here is not the kind of oil lamp that ordinary people light up, but a small iron pot, which can also be said to be a brazier. It was hung from the edge of the stone wall by several wire-like ropes, two braziers on each side.
The brazier was lit, and the great flames lit up the chamber as if it were day.
I looked at everything in the secret room in a daze, and was instantly attracted by the stone platform above the center, on both sides of the tall stone platform, there were two statues of divine beasts carved out of stone, the divine beast looked like a lion, but the body was bare and hairless, with sharp teeth on the mouth, and the eyes were the size of copper bells, which was very mad. One on each side, majestically guarding the stone platform in the middle.
On the top of the stone platform, there is a huge incense burner, and there are all kinds of offerings, of course, those offerings are difficult for me to say, they are all the heads of some vicious beasts. The white-bearded old man walked slowly to him, bowed respectfully, then got up and went to the back of the stone platform and took out a black wooden box.
When I looked at the black wooden box, I chuckled in my heart, isn't the divine bone in the old man's place? It's been enshrined in this secret room by the Longbeard Sect?!
"Whitebeard Sect, you ......" I hesitated for a moment, then pointed to the black wooden box in his hand and asked, "Could it be that the divine bones are here?" ”
The white-bearded old man nodded slightly, and said: "Yes, the divine bone is indeed here, not in the hands of Mu Xu, the reason why I led your master and Sect Master Gu Tan to Mu Xu is also to buy time and entrust this divine bone to the most trustworthy person." Our Longbeard Sect is facing this catastrophe, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to survive in the world again, but the divine bone cannot be lost, this divine bone is more important than the lives of our disciples......"
I was stunned for a moment, almost speechless by the white-bearded old man...... "White-bearded master, but I'm just a little apprentice of the master, why do you trust me so much?" ”
The white-bearded old man looked at me cautiously and said: "I know that you are a disciple of Yang Yuanshan, as far as I know, your master Yang Yuanshan has always been compassionate, profound but never arrogant, and has won the admiration of people from all factions in the world, and that Xianzong Gu Tan, the violent atmosphere is too heavy, and the demon slaying never asks for a reason, he destroyed the two factions before, we have already received the news, and we know that he will never let go of our long-bearded faction this time, especially my junior brother Mushu wants to use the blood spirit array to deal with Gu Tan, Gu Tan must hold a grudge, I'm afraid that our Longbeard Sect will not be protected, I trust your master Yang Yuanshan, and I believe that he can properly place the divine bones! ”
I opened my mouth and hesitated for a long time before I said, "Didn't my master say that as long as you change your ways, I won't dismiss your Longbeard Sect?" ”
"Alas!" The White Whisker Sect shook his head and sighed, and said with a wry smile: "Your master is merciful, I know and believe this, but Gu Tan is ruthless, how can he let us go." Especially when he knows that the divine bone is not in Mu Xu's hands, he will inevitably intensify his revenge on our sect, Xiaodao Chief, please ask you to take the divine bone and hand it over to your master, don't fall into the hands of Gu Tan! ”
Receiving the wooden box handed over by the White Whisker Sect with both hands, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and I didn't know what to say, I didn't expect that all of this, the White Whisker Sect had seen it so thoroughly, and even knew more than I knew about Gu Tan.
Without saying a word, I stuffed the wooden box into my arms, and then said solemnly: "Teach the White Whiskers, I will definitely beg my master to do his best to protect your Long Beard Sect, I will definitely be!" ”
The white-bearded old man just smiled bitterly, and although he didn't speak, he nodded at me.
After saying this, as soon as we walked out of the secret room, we saw a figure full of blood, which was heavily slammed in front of us, followed by Gu Tan who came out angrily and shouted: "White-bearded old man! Come out of here! ”
"Senior Brother Mushu......" The white-bearded old man looked at the bloody man on the ground, and suddenly walked over with a trembling voice, touched Mushu's pulse, and then sighed deeply: "You have done a lot of evil, and you are all to blame for the brother's failure to stop you in time, and the brother's negligence is also wrong...... If you atone for your sins and reincarnate as a human being, I hope you can change your mind and go on the right path......"
Gu Tan looked at the white-bearded old man who was sitting on the ground with a sad face, and snorted angrily: "Hmph! Mushu doesn't have any divine bones on his body at all, you dare to lie to me?! Tell me, where are the bones? If you don't say anything, I'll turn your longbeard faction to ashes with a fire! ”
"Gu Tan!" Soon, the master also walked out of the passage, and suddenly reprimanded: "Don't forget, you are a righteous person, how can you destroy people at every turn?!" What's the difference between you doing this and that Mushu?! ”
Gu Tan was so angry that his eyes were blood-red and he glared at his master, and scolded loudly: "Yang Yuanshan! You don't give me a lot of rambling! I exterminated the Longbeard Sect to make the world less sideways and cause trouble, what's wrong with me?! Mushu mutilated the corpse of another person and killed two lives, how can he be compared to me? Yang Yuanshan, you don't button my hat! ”
Seeing that Gu Tan was about to attack the white-bearded old man, I hurriedly shouted, "Master! The White Whisker Sect has entrusted the Divine Bone to me, he did not break his promise, now that Mushu is dead, the Long Beard Sect has handed over the Divine Bone again, and promised to change his life in the future, and never do anything that harms the people again, Master, you have to keep the White Whisker Sect, you can't ...... You can't let Uncle Gu Tan attack them! ”
"Yours in the bones?" Gu Tan suddenly shifted his gaze to me, I hurriedly protected my chest, and then turned around to hide, but I saw Gu Tan rushing towards me with an arrow step, but the master's body was faster, and he blocked in front of me in a flash. Seeing the master, Gu Tan was angry: "Yang Yuanshan, get out of the way!" I have paid so much this time, the divine bone should belong to me, why can you get the divine bone with a little apprentice?! ”
The master frowned and said angrily, "Gu Tan! What nonsense are you talking about? Don't forget that we are cooperating this time, even if this divine bone is given to you, you can't get together seven divine bones, and you won't be able to enter the divine cave! ”
When Gu Tan heard this, he was immediately angry...... "Hehe! Yang Yuanshan, you can really do it, your master and apprentice are in the front and the other in the back, and the cooperation is really seamless...... Well, now that you have the Divine Bones in your hands, you have three in your hands, and I have four in my hands, and the seven Divine Bones have already been gathered. And this long-bearded pie ......"
"Gu Tan, since they have the heart to change their ways, why do you want to create killing karma again?!" The master looked at the white-bearded old man in surprise, and at this moment, the white-bearded old man was already like ashes, his eyes were slightly closed, and he was ready to be killed.
Before the master finished speaking, the ancient sword Mo Xie in Gu Tan's hand was already unsheathed, and I shouted, "Don't!" But it was still too late, the long sword instantly pierced the white-bearded old man's chest, a touch of blood flowed out, and the white-bearded old man's breath paused, and instantly collapsed into invisibility. The tip of my nose was sour, what the white-bearded old man said was right, he had expected that Gu Tan would not let him go, and sure enough, this was the result, but I promised him that I would ask the master to save his life, but I didn't do it......
With a shock to my arm, the Spirit Whisker Whip flew away, swept the ancient sword Mo Ye out of the white-bearded old man's chest, and threw it far away, and then I stood in front of the white-bearded old man and shouted loudly, "Why did you kill him? The heinous Mu Xu is dead, and the divine bones have been handed over, so why do you want to kill him? Why?! ”