Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tang Ning was lying in ambush around the Cao family's house. He saw the light rising up and heading to the southeast, which was exactly the direction of the Zhang family's fish leaping over the mountain. He was slightly happy. It seemed that what Zhang Yuanchang said was true. Cao Ruixian had indeed appeared. Mansion.

He followed quietly. Cao Ruixian was carrying a woman, so his escape speed was naturally inferior to him. After walking for more than an hour, seeing no one around, he fled at full speed and chased the figure in front of him: "Fellow Daoist Cao, please stay."

Cao Ruixian paused for a moment, then looked back, only to see a monk in the early stage of foundation building wearing a black robe and a bamboo hat walking towards him quickly. He was confused in his heart.

Tang Ning stopped a few feet away from Cao Ruixian and said, "Fellow Taoist Cao must never go to Zhang's house. It's a trap."

Cao Ruixian was startled and asked quickly: "Why do fellow Taoists say this?"

"Because..." Tang Ning said, suddenly taking action, a glimmer of light flashed between her eyebrows, and an invisible brilliance shot out. Cao Ruixian was listening attentively, waiting for him to say the next words. Without any precautions, the brilliance transformed by Tang Ning's consciousness It sank directly into his forehead and penetrated into his sea of ​​consciousness.

Cao Ruixian waited for him to react, but it was too late. The green light group in his Niwan Palace was attacked, instantly scattered, and his whole body became numb and motionless.

Tang Ning took this opportunity and flipped her hand, a white light flashed and Cao Ruixian's head rolled down.

All of this happened in a flash of lightning. Tangning took advantage of his unpreparedness and suddenly took action, using the divine attack technique to directly attack his consciousness, and then cut off his head with a flying sword. The whole process only took a breath.

For this assassination, he specially borrowed a shadowless cloak from the sect to hide the true spiritual power fluctuations on his body, in order to catch Cao Ruixian by surprise and make him unprepared.

Cao Hanyan, who was standing next to him, saw Cao Ruixian's head rolling down and screamed in horror.

With a flash of sword light, the cry suddenly stopped, and Cao Hanyan's body and head were in a different place.

The two bodies fell straight up. Tang Ning flashed his light and caught the two bodies to prevent them from falling into a big hole and revealing their whereabouts.

He carried the two of them with him into the forest below, took the storage bags from their bodies, incinerated their bodies, destroyed their bodies, and left the place.

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The Zhang family's house was decorated with lanterns and colorful lights, and from time to time there were flashes of light coming in. The main hall was a festive and lively place, with everyone pushing cups and changing cups, laughing and chatting happily.

Zhang Yuanchang stood up and picked up the wine glass and said: "Thank you all fellow Taoists for coming here. Today is my 200th birthday. I have been practicing cultivation all my life and have been negligent for two hundred years. It can be said that time flies by. Time flies like a shuttle, and I don't know how old I am. . This life is hopeless, so I would like to invite you fellow Taoists to come and have a drink. I won’t go home until I’m drunk.”

"Brother Zhang is in his prime, what is Lao Ye?"

"Zhang Daoyou has a long life and is not old at all. It is the time for him to make great achievements."

"A person like me is really old and can only wait for death."

Everyone said one after another.

A man from outside stepped inside and said, "Master, Master Zhu is here."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Tao had already walked in from outside the palace and pulled out a wooden box: "I'm really sorry, fellow Taoist Zhang. I'm busy with worldly affairs, so I came late. It's just a small thing, so it's not respectful."

Zhang Yuanchang took the wooden box, glanced at Zhang Wenxuan behind him, and said with a smile on his face: "You're welcome, Fellow Daoist Zhu, please take a seat quickly."

Zhu Tao took his seat as instructed, and everyone drank and talked happily until one day when they all dispersed.

Zhang Yuanchang said goodbye to them one by one and returned to the palace. Zhang Wenxuan followed closely and asked hurriedly: "Father, how are things going with the Cao family?"

"Hmph, how about it, what else can you do? If he hadn't died, could you have come back?" Zhang Yuanchang snorted coldly.

Zhang Wenxuan was silent for a while and said angrily: "The Qian Yizong has gone too far to bully others. It is unbearable to humiliate us like this. I will have to avenge this hatred someday."

"That's enough." Zhang Yuanchang shouted, and then his voice gradually softened: "Just keep this in mind and don't tell others, otherwise there is no guarantee that they will not use the same method to deal with us. These bastards are the most despicable and shameless. They are a group of unscrupulous villains. As for them, they only have to be strong enough to be feared, otherwise they will be at their mercy."

"Father, why didn't I see Han Yan when I came back? You held such a big birthday and other brothers and nephews came to congratulate you. Why didn't you see her show up?"

"I sent her to invite Cao Ruixian."

"What?" Zhang Wenxuan's expression changed drastically: "You? What about her?"

Zhang Yuanchang waved his hand: "If we don't send her, how can we gain Cao Ruixian's trust, and how can you get her back?"

"But, she is Ha'er's wife, and she is Yun'er's mother."

"When the nest is overturned, there will be no eggs left intact. Why would I want to do this? It's just to preserve the Zhang family's future inheritance. If you are determined, you should work hard, remember what happened today, achieve great success in the future, and seek revenge on Tang Ning. avenge."

Zhang Wenxuan clenched his fists, his eyes turned red, and he said nothing.

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Huangjian Mountain is a hundred feet high. There is nothing else on the top of the mountain, except for a pavilion covering an extremely large area, called Huangjian Gambling House, which is one of the Cao family's properties.

At about midnight, a man walked out of the attic and flew away with a flying sword. Not long after he walked, he saw a ray of light chasing him from behind. The man's expression changed. When he saw the person clearly, he immediately became nervous. slack off.

The escaping light fell in front of him, and a man with a chin and a tiger beard appeared. He was Cao An, a disciple of the Xuande Hall of the Qianyi Sect.

The man bowed and said, "Uncle An, why are you here?"

Cao An said: "I have been waiting outside the attic for a long time, specially waiting for you."

"I wonder if Uncle An has any instructions?"

"You go back and tell Ziyuan that I have something important to discuss with him and ask him to come to Fenghua Valley to find me immediately."

The man asked doubtfully: "Why don't you go directly to the mansion to find your uncle?"

"It is not convenient for me to show up. This matter is of great importance and cannot be known to others."

"Yes, my nephew understands."

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Inside the Cao family's mansion, the man descended with his sword until he reached a palace and walked in quickly.

Inside, a middle-aged man with a leopard head and ape arms was sitting cross-legged on a futon. When he noticed someone entering, he opened his eyes and said calmly: "Deshou, why are you here? What's the matter?"

The man saluted and said: "Uncle, after my nephew came out of the Huangjian Mountain Gambling House, he met Uncle An. He asked my nephew to come to see you and said that he had something important to discuss with you and asked you to go to Fenghua Valley to find him immediately. He I also told my nephew that the matter is of great importance and should not be leaked."

"Oh?" Cao Ziyuan frowned slightly: "Why doesn't he come in person?"

"He said it was not convenient to show up, so he sent someone to deliver the message."

Cao Ziyuan thought for a long time, then stood up and left the hall, turned into light and left. After walking for a short time, he came to a valley.

Cao An had been waiting for him here for a long time. When he saw him disappearing from the light, he said, "Brother Yuan, haven't seen you for several years, how are you?"

"Why is it so mysterious that we have to meet here?"

"Brother Yuan, don't you know yet? Our Cao family is about to be exterminated. I took a huge risk to come out to see you, just to save your life and save our family."

After hearing what he said, Cao Ziyuan still pretended to be fine and said, "What do you mean by that?"

Cao An sighed: "Brother Yuan, we grew up together. Although I joined the Qianyi Sect, I have always been thinking about our Cao family. Now, you still want to hide it from me? Do you really I didn’t realize at all that our family leader is going to defect to the Demon Sect. If you can hide this from me, how can you hide it from the Qian Yizong? "

Cao Ziyuan listened to his direct criticism, and finally lost his composure. His face changed drastically and he asked, "Who did you hear about this matter?"

Cao An said: "The sect has long had intelligence information. Knowing that the Demon Sect sent disciples to lobby and instigate rebellion against our Cao family, the headmaster was furious and originally wanted to send people to exterminate our Cao family."

"First, considering the prestige of the Cao family in Beiyuan, after all, they have not officially changed their flag and announced that they will join the Demon Sect. Second, because of my desperate remonstrance, I tried my best to explain it, so I suppressed the anger of Lei Lei and sent me to come and advise. you."

"The Cao family is already under surveillance. The sect has sent golden elixir monks here. As long as the Cao family makes the slightest move, blood will immediately flow into a river. Now is the time when the life and death of our family is at stake. The annihilation of the clan is only a matter of thought."

"Brother Yuan, let's stop beating around the bush now. Tell me the truth. Do you know about this?"

Cao Ziyuan was silent for a long time and said slowly: "To tell you the truth, I didn't know about this matter originally. Three days ago, the head of the family called a few of us together to discuss this matter, and then I found out that he had already communicated with the Youmei Sect. The terms were negotiated.”

"But we did not make a hasty decision to join the Youmei Sect. Our family has a great cause, and a complete retreat is not a temporary matter. We need to make careful arrangements, so the matter has been put on hold for the time being."

Cao An said: "Fortunately, you didn't make a hasty decision, otherwise it would have been difficult for the moon to be rounded."

Cao Ziyuan said: "What should we do now?"

"It's very simple. This matter all started because of Cao Ruixian. You just blame him for everything and blame him alone. In addition, from now on, if you run for election as the head of the Cao family, I will fully support you. As long as you don't If you betray the Qianyi clan, the Cao family will not be in danger of destruction."

"Running for election as head of the family? How can this be done? Ruixian has a very high prestige in the clan. It is impossible for me to replace him with my ability and prestige."

"What if he dies? Isn't it reasonable for you to run for the head of the family?"

Cao Ziyuan's eyes narrowed: "You mean?"

"I'm afraid Brother Yuan doesn't know yet! Cao Ruixian was killed last night."

"What?" Cao Ziyuan was shocked.

"This is the only way to save the Cao family. As the leader of the illicit affair with the Demon Sect, the sect cannot tolerate him. Only if you become the head of the family and cut off ties with the Demon Sect can the Cao family be prevented from being exterminated. ”