That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 158

In the depths of the pagoda forest, Zhang Wubing put his palms together and saluted respectfully to the old monk on the stone platform.

The court change at the end of the 20th year of Taiping was extremely dangerous.The first emperor passed away, and the new emperor came to the throne. Lan Yu, the chief assistant of the dynasty, and the empress dowager suddenly launched an attack, and knocked Han Xuan, who was the second assistant of the dynasty, into the dust. Zhang Baisui, Mr. Ping'an, and Wei Wuji, the right governor of the secret guard house, personally took action to arrest him. Zhang Wubing, who was stationed in the Gyeonggi camp at that time, had to abandon the camp hastily and flee.

Although Zhang Wubing had already set foot in the realm of immortality, Wei Wuji alone was not weaker than him, and with the addition of Zhang Baisui, the number one master in the country, Zhang Baisui was almost in a certain death situation, and fled all the way to Zhili Prefecture At that time, he was already seriously injured, and the qi in his body was extremely disordered. He was almost holding on with his last breath. If he continued to run like this, it would be the end of death.

Fortunately, the old monk who was the head of the Arhat Hall at that time led many Buddhist disciples to the imperial capital to chant scriptures and pray for the late emperor. He happened to meet the dying Zhang Wubing and rescued him. After entering the imperial capital, he personally pleaded with the queen mother and won After the Empress Dowager gave him permission, she took him back to Buddhism to be ordained as a monk, which was considered to save his life.

In the early years of Taiping, when everything was settled, under the protection of Xu Yan and Wei Jin, Han Xuan was only dismissed from his official title and became a commoner. With no family, he drove a carriage and left the imperial capital alone. northwest.Zhang Wubing was also dismissed from the army, shaved his hair and became a monk, escaped into Buddhism, and became the leader of the eight tribes of dragons and the king of the five dragons.

Now, 20 years have passed, Zhuge Gong, the governor of the Northwest Army, is seriously ill and dying, the King Khan of the Northwest Grassland is staring at him, and the Queen Mother has passed away.

After Zhang Wubing gave the salute, the old monk who fell down on the stone platform said slowly, "Twenty years of ups and downs, white jade and gray dogs, the world is impermanent."

Zhang Wubing said sincerely: "If the master hadn't rescued me back then, Zhang Wubing would have been a dead bone in the tomb. The master also led me to practice Buddhism. I should have stayed in the Buddhist school forever, but His Majesty called and the abbot presided over the approval. I will return to the court. The matter is a foregone conclusion, so today I come here to apologize to the master and bid farewell."

The old monk shook his head and said: "You are a person of the secular world, and you entered the pure land only to avoid disasters. Now that the disasters are gone, you should naturally return to the secular world. What is your crime?"

Zhang Wubing said in a soft voice; "Even so, it was a waste of the master's painstaking efforts. In the future, if the master gives orders, Zhang Wubing will let him go."

The old monk recited the Buddha's name and slowly closed his eyes.

Zhang Wubing bowed deeply again, and said softly: "Zhang Wubing will leave."

Before going out of the Tallinn, Zhang Wubing's face suddenly changed drastically. He ignored the rules of not going fast inside the Tallinn, and his figure disappeared in a flash.

— Outside of Tallinn.

Xiao Zhinan looked at the Southern Ghost Emperor, stroked the white cat in his arms, and said in a voice that could not be heard, "Southern Ghost Emperor, you are so brave."

The Southern Ghost Emperor was calm and composed, with his hands drooping and his wide sleeves lightly shaking, "What does Your Highness Princess mean by this? The poor Taoist is just under the order of the Master of the Teaching and the Palace Master to get rid of the remnants of the Sword Sect Xu Beiyou, if he accidentally bumps into Her Highness the Princess , the poor man will first apologize to His Highness, and hope His Highness will be magnanimous."

While speaking, the Southern Ghost Emperor really folded his arms and bowed to the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

Xiao Zhinan, who was not accompanied by expert guards this time, frowned slightly, and lightly pressed one hand on the white cat's head, showing a little hesitation.

The Southern Ghost Emperor is a member of the Taoist sect, but she is the princess of the imperial court. The Southern Ghost Emperor dare not attack her, but he may not be afraid of her, but there is no expert around her who can compete with the Southern Ghost Emperor. She has no choice but to be a clever woman. If Zhang Baisui was still by her side, she would even dare to take advantage of the situation to get rid of the Southern Ghost Emperor, and then accuse the Southern Ghost Emperor of murdering the princess. Anyway, there is no evidence to prove it. That's all.

It's a pity that Zhang Baisui has other important tasks and is not by her side at this time.

Xiao Zhinan asked softly: "If I don't want to be lenient, what will you do?"

The Southern Ghost Emperor straightened up slowly, and said flatly: "If Your Highness is not willing to be magnanimous, the poor will have nothing to do. We can only take this remnant of the Sword Sect and return to the Dao Sect to intercede with the Dao Sect, and then we will ask Your Highness for forgiveness."

Xiao Zhinan's face was uncertain.

At this moment, a figure flew across the sky like a giant firefly, and landed in front of Xiao Zhinan.

The brilliance dissipated, and Zhang Wubing's figure appeared. He knelt on one knee and cupped his fists, and said in a deep voice: "The last general, Zhang Wubing, see Your Highness the Princess."

A smile floated on Xiao Zhinan's face, he let go of the palm holding the white cat's head, and pointed to Guidi Fang, "Dudu Zhang came just in time, this person first rushed into my palace, and then shot and injured my guard, what should I do? "

Zhang Wubing got up slowly, turned to look at the Southern Ghost Emperor, and said expressionlessly: "The final general will definitely capture this beast and hand it over to His Highness the Princess."

The Southern Ghost Emperor said hesitantly when he heard the words: "What a sick tiger, Zhang Wubing, such a big tone, poor education and no talent, let's learn Zhang sick tiger's methods today."

Almost at the moment when the Southern Ghost Emperor's voice fell, a ferocious air suddenly burst out, rolling towards Zhang Wubing with a shrill howling sound.

All of a sudden, there was a gloomy wind, gloomy clouds and mist in this pure place of Buddhism, black snowflakes emerged out of thin air, and together with the black mist, they swirled rapidly around his body, covering his whole body in it.

Zhang Wubing snorted coldly, pretending to be a ghost, and took a step forward, protecting Xu Beiyou and Xiao Zhinan behind him, the joints and bones of his whole body exploded, and his blood rushed to the sky.

Three feet away from Zhang Wubing's body, black mist billowed and black snow flew, and a pale face appeared faintly in it, distorted and howling, extremely frightening, but no matter what, he couldn't get close to him, but it was Zhang Wubing With a punch, a huge gap was made in the black mist, but the black mist was rolling, and the gap was filled in an instant.

The figure of the Southern Ghost Emperor loomed in the black mist, and suddenly he chuckled.

In an instant, thousands of laughter rang out in the black mist. At first glance, it sounded like the roar of the wind, but after listening closely, it seemed like the howling of a wronged soul.

The ghost laughs in the ear, seduces the soul at every turn, kills the soul, invisible and traceless.

This kind of ghost trick is of course useless against Zhang Wubing, but it is extremely useful against people under the realm of the earth fairy, almost impossible to guard against.

At this moment, Xiao Zhinan only felt that his eyes were dark at first, and then pairs of blood-red eyes appeared in all directions staring at him, as if they wanted to swallow him up.

But almost at the same time, the jade hairpin on Xiao Zhinan's bun swayed slightly, rippling out a light blue aura, dispelling the evil sounds, and restoring clarity to her eyes.

"Dare you dare?!"

Seeing this scene, Zhang Wubing was furious. If His Royal Highness had something wrong in front of him, how would he explain it to His Majesty?

Zhang Wubing opened his mouth and howled with anger, his voice was loud and loud, but it was compressed within a radius of ten feet, oscillating back and forth endlessly, overwhelming the wailing voices of all the ghosts in an instant.

Even the black mist rolled endlessly, and it became much lighter in an instant.

The Tathagata is right, the Buddhist lion roars!

Zhang Wubing strode forward, the ground under his feet was shattered inch by inch, behind him appeared a phantom with a height of ten feet, and gradually solidified with his steps.

The fearful face of the king of heaven!

As soon as this phase comes out, the yin and evil will recede.

I saw that the appearance of the heavenly king was illuminated by the Buddha's light. After encountering the Buddha's light, the black mist dissipated as quickly as snow melted, revealing the southern ghost emperor hiding in it.

The Southern Ghost Emperor himself was not afraid of the Buddha's light. With a smile and a wave of his sleeve, countless black snows swept across in an instant, and all of them fell on the dharma face of the Heavenly King's terror, covering the dharma face with dust, dimming the Buddha's light, and greatly reducing the aura.

Zhang Wubing didn't take it seriously, and continued to stride forward.He didn't take the profound knowledge of magic arts as his strengths at all, these were all learned after entering Buddhism.In the final analysis, his ability to settle down is still the way of killing honed on the battlefield in his early years.

The Southern Ghost Emperor's sleeves fluttered, he drew symbols with his fingers, and his figure retreated nearly a hundred feet at the same time.

Among the five great ghost emperors, neither he nor the central ghost emperor were good at melee combat, so when fighting a master of martial arts like Zhang Wubing, it is natural to keep the distance as far as possible to avoid close combat.

If he wants to retreat, Zhang Wubing naturally wants to advance. With a sudden step, Zhang Wubing is less than three feet away from him in an instant. Turning into the end of the world, if an ordinary person enters the fairyland, I am afraid that he will be trapped in it for life and death.It was also the Xiaoqian world formed by this method that prevented Zhang Wubing from being castrated, preventing him from directly appearing in front of the Southern Ghost Emperor.

However, Zhang Wubing is a real earth fairy, even higher than the Southern Ghost Emperor. After being blocked a little, he bent his knees slightly, and slammed his shoulders, directly smashing this small world into pieces. The blue ghost fire born from the hands of the Southern Ghost Emperor landed on him and punched him brazenly.

The Southern Ghost Emperor flew upside down.

(End of this chapter)