I want to embrace the moon for nine days

Tens of miles to the southeast of Luming Lake is Changle Mountain. If you start from Changle Mountain and continue south, the plain landform no longer exists, and it becomes hills and deep ravines, steep peaks and valleys, and misty clouds and mist that linger all year round.

At starry night, Situ Langzhao left Xueling County without anyone noticing, and flew out of the plains on clouds. After bypassing Luming Lake, he flew another two hundred miles due south before landing slowly.

There are three dangerous peaks here, standing opposite each other, with similar heights. The cliffs are as sharp as a knife, and the gap in the middle forms a very deep valley.

Situ Langzhao descended from above and passed through the gray-black clouds and mist in the valley. He discovered that there were countless light spots on the surrounding barren cliffs.

Those are not fireflies. There will never be that many fireflies, and the light color will not be that stable.

It is not a naturally luminous mineral, because mineral light spots will never move leisurely and orderly in chaos like this.

That's sword energy!

Each sword energy is condensed to the size of a needle tip and stays for a long time. It is placed in the mountain wall of the earth. The number is so dense that it is as dense as a net. When it moves, it is like a star river on a snowy night.

This is the highest masterpiece of the Situ family's "Xingluo Flying Shuttle Sword Technique". It is the centerpiece of the sword formation personally arranged by the ancestor of their family.

Yes, Situ Daozi, the ancestor of the Situ family, has not stayed in the county at all recently. Instead, he has been walking around the mountains in the southern part of the Snow Ridge, staying in this valley every night.

At the bottom of this valley, rocks are scattered and piled up in disorder. There are no tall trees in sight, only waist-high grass and branches at most.

But these seemingly ordinary grass and dwarf trees, at night, their texture will become like night pearls, emitting various colors of brilliance, mostly blue, green and blue.

There are also various kinds of small insects that emit the same texture, flying into the air from time to time and playing with each other.

The entire bottom of the valley is illuminated like a dream, and is magnificent and unpredictable.

There is a pool of water in the center of the valley, which is also blue and breathtaking.

Situ Daozi, with black hair hanging down to his waist and a beard as thick and as sharp as a knife, wearing a robe embroidered with stars in the northern sky, was meditating on the rocks beside the pool.

"Ancestor!"

Situ Langzhao stopped behind him, bowed, and said, "I found out that the master of the Feiliu Sword Sect's teaching hall and others were missing. I made secret inquiries for a long time and used hidden stakes. I learned that Liu Zhaoheng had been coveting people near his sect. The ruins of a sword tomb.”

"Not long ago, a sword puppet and a group of sword spirits ran out of the ruins of the Sword Tomb. He regarded it as the greatest opportunity to open the ruins. However, although the puppet was captured by him, the sword spirit was taken away by Situ Yuntao, who also took advantage of the opportunity to capture Go to Liu Zhicheng and others and blackmail him into cooperating."

"I visited secretly and tried my best to persuade him, but finally convinced him that he was willing to switch sides at the blessing ceremony."

Situ Daozi's voice was deep and loud, like a strong man. Without looking back, he asked casually: "How did you persuade me?"

"I promised him many benefits that the Situ family could give him, and claimed that I would try my best to help him find his successor, sword spirit, etc., but he was not moved."

Situ Langzhao said truthfully, "I told him the truth and told him that by agreeing to cooperate this time, Situ Yuntao had found out his weakness. There will be endless threats like this in the future. We are both masters of Xuantai, so we just obey each other." , asked him if he could be willing? "

"Also, no matter what Situ Yuntao promised him, Situ Yuntao would not be able to tolerate an evenly matched person being threatened. If his strength continues to grow, even if all the benefits do fall to his sect, they will definitely be for him. I am useless.”

"And our Situ family has ancestors who have enough foundation and greater courage. Once Situ Yuntao's camp is eradicated, there will be enough vacancies that can be divided among him."

Situ Langzhao smiled, "Although he remained calm at that time, I had already noticed his temptation and continued to give him many examples to persuade him. I convinced him several times."

"Well, with Liu Zhaoheng's character, he values ​​his legacy and his successors, but in the end he still values ​​his own future. For this reason, he can throw away the rest. Your advice is right."

Situ Daozi said, "As long as you can talk through him, according to his temperament, we can use him in the short term, but we can't rely entirely on him. The same is true for Hai Wubing."

Situ Lang responded and continued talking.

"Hai Wubing successfully infiltrated into Situ Yuntao's camp and got them to agree to use the formation presented by Hai Wubing."

"Situ Yuntao wants to take away the right to prepare for the first half of the blessing ceremony, but he doesn't know that everything is planned by us."

Situ Langzhao couldn't help showing a hint of enthusiasm about what happened on the day of the ceremony, and said with a smile, "Hai Wubing helped us more than Liu Zhaoheng."

"The formation he presented made Situ Yuntao and others unable to see the overall effect. They thought it was powerful. I didn't know it also had the effect of buffering the earth veins, which could help the ancestor break the Earth Escape Taihuo Talisman."

"His teacher once had some connection with the ancestor, and this time he came to ask the ancestor to help him resolve the curse. I think he is relatively reliable."

The Grand Master of Chu personally led the troops to suppress the rebellion of the King of Liang and was assassinated in the army. He did not hesitate to cast the "Ziwei Luo Tianshen Curse", which killed the leader of Zhongshengxiang and affected all the members of Zhongshengxiang who were present and absent.

The aura of the curse will make it easy for them to be found out by the Taishi's subordinates, and all the government offices will assist in hunting them down.

Therefore, the members of the sentient beings who were obviously very good at hiding were strangled by the Taishi's men faster than the Liang Wang's men.

Hai Wubing was a lucky person. He was originally in the true form realm. After being locked by the cursed aura, he had the opportunity to break through to the Xuantai, so he could suppress the curse in turn.

However, "Ziwei Luo Tianshen Curse" is very mysterious. It is not only a masterpiece of martial arts and spiritual energy, but also vaguely involves the number of stars and destiny. It cannot be erased by simply being strong.

In order to solve this disaster, Hai Wubing found the Situ family.

The Situ family didn't care whether the people who came to seek refuge with them were wanted criminals by the imperial court. Their family's Xing Luo Shuttle Sword Technique, Xing Luo Algorithm, and their methods of stargazing, fortune telling, and divination.

As long as Situ Daozi personally takes action, he can help Hai Wubing erase the trace of the hidden curse. From now on, he no longer has to worry about being hunted down by people in the court to collect rewards.

Situ Daozi had helped him deepen the seal on the curse aura before, and agreed that after the blessing ceremony, he would help him completely erase the curse, change his identity, and become the elder of the Situ family.

"you are wrong."

Situ Daozi's voice was still gentle, but it was like pouring a basin of ice water on the excited head of the family.

"Compared to Liu Zhaoheng, Hai Wubing is even more untrustworthy. The relationship between me and the sentient beings is just an old story, not worth mentioning. In fact, the entire origin of the sentient beings is very suspicious, even if they are in the nine counties of the East China Sea. If the power is destroyed, there will be no backup.”

"Hai Wubing's purpose in coming to Xueling is by no means simple."

Situ Langzhao was surprised and said: "This...If this is the case, why did the ancestor obey his request?"

"It's just the right time."

Situ Daozi raised a hand, and the blue butterfly stayed on his fingertips.

"Even if Hai Wubing doesn't come, and without the roll of formation diagram he presented, I will still take action against Situ Yuntao. All the rivers are red, the overall situation has changed, the Situ family has to think about entering the situation, Situ Yuntao must be eliminated, I I also need to take advantage of him to improve my cultivation to a higher level."

When Situ Daozi was less than a hundred years old, he cultivated to the realm of the divine palace, and at that time he was also called the proud man of heaven.

After reaching the realm of the gods, he could still feel his own progress for a long time and did not feel anxious.

But at some point, his understanding of higher realms hit a bottleneck. No matter how he practiced, it seemed that his methods only became more and more complex, without any way to produce new qualitative changes.

When he was young, he felt that he was a tiger and a dragon. Later, he felt that he was an eagle and a roc.

After staying in this realm for a long time, before I knew it, all the county lieutenants sent by the imperial court had been beaten away by the Situ family for several rounds.

Situ Daozi, who became more and more famous, felt that he had become an old wolf in a cage and a butterfly in a net. No matter how much he retreats, he can't break free of those invisible shackles.

So if he wants to take a step further, he can no longer rely on seclusion alone.

He chose to borrow energy, luck, and momentum.

"Our Situ family has been operating in Xueling for so many years. The family's luck, or my luck, has long been connected with Wanli Xueling."

Situ Daozi said slowly, "The advantage of this place in Xueling is that although the climate is cold and the population is sparse, it is actually rich in products, dangerous peaks and secret valleys, and magical medicinal materials emerge in endlessly."

"There are generals and royal forces guarding it on all sides. It is isolated from the prying eyes of foreigners and it is difficult for war to occur. When I started my business alone, this place was the most suitable for development."

"But as time went by, and the family grew in size, this place showed its shortcomings. To the east, it was separated by the nine counties of the East China Sea, and could not directly enjoy the convenience of maritime trade. To the north, it was blocked by the northern border, and could not communicate with the thousands of tribes in the Northern Wilderness. Fishing in troubled waters makes a huge profit.”

"Looking west and south, our place is too far away from the most prosperous place in the center of the imperial capital."

"When luck reaches a certain level, it will be restricted, like a bird in a cage, unable to spread its wings and unable to provide sufficient help in my subsequent practice."

The butterfly on Situ Daozi's fingertips flew up, but it only flew in a small circle before falling back to his fingertips as if it was tired.

"But the good thing is, the situation has changed now."

"A few years ago, when I discovered that Situ Yuntao was wearing the Earth Escape Taihuo Talisman, I saw the turbulent future of the court and was already planning for this moment."

"Earth Escape Taihuo encompasses the secrets of earth fire, heart, fire, destiny, and fire. Although it is only rooted in earth veins, it is accompanied by thousands of fires."

Situ Daozi said with a hint of emotion in his tone, "Deploy this sword formation, and when the time is right, attack Situ Yuntao in the Huawei Plain and force him to activate the Taihuo Talisman."

"If you want to return to Tiandu Liaoyuan Peak, you must go from north to south. The power of the earth's veins triggered by the divine talisman will impact here, and the wonders of the fire will be blocked by the Xingluo Sword Formation."

"After getting rid of him, I used the fires trapped in this formation as a guide to enter the formation and meditate. After a few months, winter came again in the north, the cold air went south, and the energy shifted. Together, I got rid of the restrictive forces of the Situ family and moved toward Southern Expansion.”

"The weather, climate, manpower, and the earth's mysteries all form the same general trend. At that time, if I step out of the valley, I can naturally achieve the dharma of heaven and man, get rid of bottlenecks, and then ascend the road to heaven."

The butterfly flew up again, and Situ Daozi suddenly blew a breath.

With the help of a slow breath, the butterfly spread its wings lightly and reached the boundary of the valley in an instant, climbing up the cliff.

Butterflies that get entangled in tiny spider webs will naturally undergo a period of transformation as long as they go with the wind and break the shackles, and then regain their vigor and vigor, and they will advance vigorously.

Situ Langzhao's heart surged when he heard this, and he remained silent for a long time.

"However, at this time of turmoil, there are many masters involved. I made predictions in advance, but I feel that the signs of success or failure in this matter are quite vague."

Situ Daozi looked at his palm prints, frowned slightly, and continued, "Before he comes back from that injury, there will be mostly good omens."

"The day when I returned from the injury, it may have happened that the vision of all the rivers turning red dissipated, and the world's energy entered a new stage. If I go to divination again, it will be even more unclear."

"Therefore, in this game, we must have confidence in fighting spirit, and we must be absolutely cautious and spare no effort. Hai Wubing's impure intentions may not be a complete help to us, but it is even less helpful to Situ Yuntao and others who got involved in this game. , which is also a good thing for us.”

Situ Langzhao solemnly said: "I understand."

"Ah."

Situ Daozi pointed his fingers like swords, raised his arms, and small comet-like rays of light flew out from his fingertips, breaking through the air and falling into the pool.

"In the past few years, I had too much seclusion and didn't care enough about the Situ family. The Situ family's heritage could not be fully transformed into something usable."

"There are only a few Xuantai realms in Xueling, but there are so many who dare to oppose our family. When I deal with Situ Yuntao and Taihuo Talisman, I need you to prevent these interferences."

"Before, I asked for thirteen drops of your essence and blood, and used the sword formation to refine your essence and blood into the Xingluo Divine Sword, so that it could temporarily connect with your mind. During the blessing ceremony, this Divine Sword will be yours. Take charge.”

The tiny comet-shaped sword energy disrupted the water surface, causing waves. There was a crisp sound in the water like silver beads falling on a jade plate.

Under the stimulation of the sword energy, the singing and whistling sound of the sword gradually came out, and a blue jade-like sword broke out of the water.

The texture of the sword hilt is like a silk thread, about seven inches long. There is an eye-like pattern on the guard, and there are many silver light spots like debris in the sword body.

"Ancestor, this is your sword!"

Situ Langzhao held the sword with both hands, and immediately realized that his perception of the vitality of heaven and earth seemed to have deepened.

In other words, it has become clearer. Originally, there were only a handful of colors that could be distinguished from the vitality of heaven and earth, but now dozens of colors can be distinguished.

"With or without this sword, it doesn't make that big a difference to me."

Situ Daozi turned his back to him and waved his sleeves, "I want to continue here to deepen the sword formation. I will be there on the day of the blessing ceremony. You can leave first."

Situ Langzhao no longer refused, held the hilt of the sword in his hand, bowed his hand, and turned to leave.

After flying up the cliff on a cloud, he climbed over several mountains, but stopped briefly, stepped on the moss rocks alone, looked at the moon in the wind, and held a sword flower.

Bright sword auras sprouted in the air, flying like dragons and snakes, and suddenly collapsed into dots of starlight, shooting together to higher clouds.

"What a great sword!"

Situ Langzhao held the sword and felt the comfort, "There are mostly good omens, which is at least half the chance of success."

"Ancestor has really been in seclusion too much. Do you think of me as a little kid who just goes along with everything? He actually gave me so many words specifically for this."

The boldness and arrogance that Situ Langzhao usually put on disappeared under the moonlight, revealing a look that was both cold and burning.

There are so many people in the Situ family, even if we only consider those who are still in the direct lineage, there are so many people. My ability to ascend to the position of head of the family will not happen overnight.

Let alone more than 50% chance of winning, let alone 40% or 30%.

In this battle, there is also no intention to avoid weakness, and it is imperative to spare no effort.

Because even if those ignorant members of the Situ family were willing to delay, Situ Yuntao would not be willing to delay for much longer.

As time continues to move forward, I am afraid it will only be more detrimental to the Situ family.

"Even if we pretend to be tied for so long, the winning rate of 44.5% is not credible. If I really fight you with this mentality in a life-and-death duel, I will only end up dead."

Situ Langzhao stared at the sword's edge, "But it doesn't matter, what I need to deal with this time is just your minions!"

(End of this chapter)