Volume III: Fixing the Storm

Chapter 687: Desireless Heaven

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The sky was overcast, and the cold wind swept up the dead grass on the roadside, whistling by, adding a bit of bitter chill to this wilderness.

It had just rained heavily last night, and the trail was still a little muddy, littered with horseshoe prints and marks of wheels.

Within a radius of dozens of miles, there is not a single town or village, only a simple tavern, built next to the ancient road at the foot of the mountain, for business travelers to rest.

The tavern was not large, with two floors, barely able to withstand the bitter wind and rain in the mountains, and at this time there were about a dozen carriages outside, parked in a haphazard manner.

The bistro that is deserted on weekdays, today somehow, there are so many guests, the first and second floors are full, the shopkeeper and the only young man, busy from the morning to now, has not yet eaten tea and dinner, today are all people in the rivers and lakes, the two are afraid to take care of the guests on the first floor, but offend the guests on the second floor.

"Bang!"

Suddenly, there was a loud noise, which startled everyone in the tavern, and the tavern, which had been very noisy a moment before, suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked in the direction from which the sound came, but it turned out to be a bearded man who put the wine bowl heavily on the table and smashed it.

The shopkeeper's surname is Xu, and he is an honest man, for fear of offending this master, he asked in a low voice: "This master, but the wine is not right?"

"The shopkeeper has nothing to do with you!"

I saw that the man suddenly stood up, but he was a little drunk, and an old man in a green shirt next to him immediately stood up and helped him: "Second master, what's wrong?"

"Humph!"

The bearded man flicked his sleeves heavily and said: "Now the world is chaotic, natural disasters are continuous, and bandits are rampant, but the faint monarch has set up the demon Tao as the national teacher, and he doesn't ask the common people to ask the ghosts and gods all day long, and he also raises taxes every year, making the people miserable and starving all over the wilderness, you say, you can't be angry!"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the tavern was startled, if this word was spread to the Beijing Division, so that the people of the National Teacher heard it, I am afraid that there are ten heads and it will not be guaranteed, and maybe the nine clans will be implicated, but fortunately, this is a land of mountains and wilderness, no matter how you say it, it doesn't matter.

"Alas......"

At this moment, on the other table, there was a long sigh, but it was an old man with white hair, I saw him holding his white beard, shaking his head and sighing: "Ten years ago, it wasn't like this......"

As soon as they heard the words "ten years ago", the people in the entire tavern became even quieter, and the dark clouds outside gradually shrouded in, making the atmosphere of the entire tavern suddenly become heavier.

"Sir, tell me, what happened ten years ago?"

Just when it was quiet, suddenly, a voice as clear as a silver bell sounded on the second floor, and when they heard this voice, everyone immediately followed the voice, only to see that upstairs was sitting a girl in a light red dress.

But look at the girl born with jasper and delicate eyes, eyes like water, about eighteen years old, and her body is full of a youthful and lively atmosphere, which is in stark contrast to the rough man who smells of wine in this tavern, but I don't know why such a beautiful and lovely little girl would appear in this tavern in the mountains and wilderness.

Everyone was a little surprised, looking at the appearance of this girl, it seemed that she was single, and she was born so beautiful and moving, and now that the world is in chaos, are you not afraid of encountering bad people? If you let those people from the Demon Sect run into it, the consequences are only unimaginable.

The white-haired old man who spoke earlier stared at her, brushed his beard and said: "I see that the girl is at most eighteen years old, ten years ago, when the girl was still young, naturally I don't know, if you want to talk about this matter, I'm afraid you have to start from Xuanqingmen......"

As soon as they heard the words "Xuanqingmen", everyone was even more in awe of this old man, thinking that he knew about Xuanqingmen, but I was afraid that he had a good background, right? At this time, a black-haired middle-aged man asked: "Old man, could it be that you were there in person and saw that incident?"

"No, no, no......"

The white-haired old man hurriedly shook his hand and said, "The old man was born in the mountains, how can he see it with his own eyes, but he just heard a friend talk about it." ”

"Oh?" everyone was still full of respect at this time, thinking that his friend must not be an ordinary person, right?

At this time, everyone listened to him attentively, only to see him slowly stroked his beard, and said: "More than twenty years ago, Fairy Miaoyin accepted a disciple named Xiao Yichen, do you know, where does this Xiao Xiaoyou come from?"

"This ......"

After hearing this, everyone pondered, and there were some people who didn't know anything about the Xuanmen at all, and they also pretended to be contemplative at the moment, and after a while, they saw a middle-aged man who said suspiciously: "I heard that Xiao Xiaoyou seems to have been rescued by Fairy Miaoyin back then, and later worshipped Fairy Miaoyin as a teacher......"

"That's good. ”

The white-haired old man stroked his beard and said: "Originally, with the qualifications of this Xiao Xiaoyou, over time, there will be great success, but the world is impermanent, which is what he thought, and later he got acquainted with a girl, and the girl's origin is not trivial, it is actually the palace master of the Demon Sect......"

Hearing this, the entire tavern people all put down the wine glasses in their hands, looked solemn, and were silent.

The old man continued: "That time, Tianmen captured that girl, and Xiao Xiaoyou, naturally, wanted to rescue, it was that time, the various factions of the Demon Sect also suddenly attacked, at that time, the eight elders of Tianmen, all of them were seriously injured, even among the three real people, one was killed, two were seriously injured, as for the people of other sects, the casualties were even more countless, it can be seen how tragic that battle was......"

Hearing him say this, everyone sighed, and about the events of the year, Shen Cangming pretended to be Youlan Zhenren, and he was in charge of Tianmen for three hundred years, this matter had too much impact, so at that time, Tianmen had asked all factions not to spread it, but such a big thing can only be concealed from these people in the mortal world, as for the two realms of righteousness and demons, who doesn't know what really happened back then?

The white-haired old man sighed again and said with emotion: "It is precisely because of the righteous path catastrophe ten years ago that not only the Heavenly Gate, but also the entire righteous path was greatly damaged, so over the years, the demon path has become more and more rampant, harassing the people everywhere, and the government has not done anything, alas......"

"Fart!"

At this moment, a cold voice came from outside the tavern: "Could it be that there are fewer scum who have come out of the righteous path?"

This sudden sound made everyone in the tavern stunned, and when they came back to their senses, they saw a middle-aged man dressed in black suddenly walk in outside, the man's face was cold, and people felt an inexplicable fear just by looking at it, and behind him, there were four other people with him.

But I don't know who these five people are, Shopkeeper Xu was also startled, hurriedly cleared out a table, and said with a smile: "Five masters, please inside!"

"Humph!"

The middle-aged man in black flicked his sleeves, and while walking towards his seat, he said coldly: "Tianmen has secretly hidden traitors for three hundred years, needless to say, and Xuanqing Gate seems to be bright and fair, but it is not necessarily all good things!"

Hearing him belittle the righteous path so unabashedly, everyone was stunned, they were all people in the rivers and lakes in this mortal world, and they didn't know what was going on in the Xuanmen, but in the Xuanmen of cultivating immortals, all of them were fairy-like characters, protecting the people and protecting the peace of the other, how did it become so unbearable in this person's mouth?

At this time, another voice sounded: "Let's not talk about Tianmen, you said that the people of Xuanqing Gate are not a good thing, could it be that the seven Venerables of Xuanqing, have you seen them all?"

Everyone was stunned again, the person who spoke was none other than the girl in light red clothes on the second floor just now.

The middle-aged man in black looked at the second floor, and two cold rays shot out of his eyes, such a cold gaze, not to mention an eighteen-year-old girl, even these people who have been wandering the rivers and lakes all year round, are also afraid.

But at this time, the red-robed girl met his gaze, not avoiding or dodging, with a smile on her face: "If you have seen the seven masters of Xuanqing, then tell me, among the seven masters, which one has the greatest ability? And if you have never seen the seven masters, how can you talk nonsense here?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone felt even more suffocated, and their hearts were suspended, thinking that this person was not simple at first glance, you are a little girl, don't be open-mouthed, and cause trouble!

The black-clothed middle-aged man stared at her, and after a long time, he said coldly: "According to me, among the seven people in the Xuanqing Sect, none of them have the ability! Otherwise, how can they allow the Desireless Heaven to become more and more prosperous over the years? If they really have the ability, why not destroy the Desireless Heaven in one fell swoop?"

At this moment, the whole tavern became even more prickly and silent, and even their breathing seemed to stop, even if they were just martial arts people in this mortal world, and they had never been involved in the two things of the cultivation realm, but at this time, when they heard the words "Desireless Heaven", it was as if they had fallen into a cold abyss, and at this moment, there was only endless fear, slowly enveloping everyone's hearts.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a thunderclap, and it was pouring rain outside, and everyone came back to their senses at this time, still feeling a chill that kept hitting their hearts.

At this time, next to the middle-aged man in black, a man in green clothes whispered a few words in his ear, and he didn't know what to say, so he slowly sat down and didn't continue to speak.

And the girl on the second floor also sat back at this moment, and didn't continue to say anything, it was pouring rain outside, and the sky was getting darker and darker, and I didn't know when the rain would be.

None of the martial arts people in the tavern continued to talk about the topic of Fang Cai, it seemed that in everyone's hearts, what scruples did they have at this moment, and even the emperor dared to scold them, they all woke up at this time, but they didn't dare to discuss anything related to Desireless.

It turns out that in the past ten years, there has been an extremely large force in the world, called Desireless Heaven, and in just ten years, especially in recent years, dozens of demon sects, large and small, have been subdued, and even some Xuanmen have bowed down to it.

The three words of Desireless Heaven, whether it is the righteous path or the demon path, are like taboo-like existences, and no one dares to mention them easily, let alone their strengths and weaknesses.