eurekapd Chapter 362 The Flute and the Old Qin: Lingering Echoes (6)
Chapter 362 The Flute and the Old Qin: Lingering Echoes (6)
【once.
twice.
three times.
Four times...
At the entrance of Cloud Recesses, Lan Xichen and Nie Huaisang, along with the group of cultivators surnamed Yang, paid homage to nine groups of varying sizes before successfully setting up the battle lines and points along each route with a sufficient number of lives.
Now, only one crucial step remains before the formation of all things is completed – the connection between the major array eyes and the Yiling Burial Mound!
Given its importance and the difficulty of its implementation, the one who could best implement this illegal formation is none other than Wei Wuxian, the originator!
It was precisely because of the need to recall Wei Wuxian, who had been suppressing the Burial Mound with Lan Wangji in Yiling, that Lan Xichen, who was usually gentle, calm, and understanding, unusually lost his elegant demeanor and started arguing and passing the buck with Nie Huaisang.
The Cloud-Deep Pass, bathed in the warm glow of shattered sunlight, is a place of unparalleled beauty.
Lan Xichen frowned with worry and said, "Huai Sang, the preparations for the funeral ceremonies of our uncle are too complicated and rushed. He urgently needs my help to manage them, and I am really overwhelmed. I'll have to trouble you to take care of contacting Wuxian to return!"
Upon hearing this, Nie Huaisang stopped fiddling with his beloved folding fan, and forced a stiff smile onto his face: "Xi, Chen, Brother, Brother Wei is Hanguang-jun's Daoist partner, it is only right that you take the lead in calling them home!"
Lan Xichen immediately raised his hand to pinch his brow, concealing the sadness, struggle, and hesitation between his brows.
With a deep sigh, he said, "Huai Sang, it is precisely because Wu Xian is now my younger brother that I cannot and cannot bear to call him back!"
Nie Huaisang remained silent.
Yes, the two were not only trying to persuade Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji, who had been on their way back from the first group of people, including the Yang surname cultivator, to return from the Burial Mound and had not returned since, but more importantly, they were telling them all the major events that had happened during that time.
But, thinking of the list of sacrifices in his hand, with its rows of glaring names, who would dare or have the heart to tell Wei Wuxian one by one?
On the 10th of the xxth month of the xxth year of the Xuanmen, Xiao Yunye (fourth disciple of Baoshan Sanren), Chen Yu, a rogue cultivator, and the three siblings of the Mu family from Zhoushan fought a fierce battle with a group of mutated green-eyed red wolves for several days before self-destructing and dying.
On the 11th of the xxth month of the xxth year of the Xuanmen, the second support team of the 3rd Column of the Northeast, consisting of 12 people, was suddenly attacked by a buck-toothed rabbit with 80% resentment on its way to provide support. Due to the overwhelming disparity in numbers between the enemy and ourselves, and despite using all means, we could only hold out for less than three hours before we were all destroyed!
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On the fifth day of the fifth month of the xxth year of the Xuanmen, the leader of the Sixth Column of the Southwest, Luo Chuanhai, the sect leader of the Qingxuan Sect (a sect with a long history that had already gone into seclusion before Wen Mao's "Rise of the Clan and Extermination of the Sect"), along with his five personal disciples, the Liu family of Yinshui, the Qin family of Fudang, and three rogue cultivators, died in battle to destroy the mixed-type water-based vengeful spirits of the original Lotus Pier!
On the same day, the reclusive masters of Yunshui Ancient Temple, including the old monks Puxin, Jingyun, and Anqing, along with the reclusive masters of Lanxi Garden, including Master Mingdao and Yuexiu Yumo, joined forces to activate the remnant of the ancient Kongsang Jingyin Array in order to save the Lanling area, which had become a lair for fierce corpses and evil spirits.
Because it was a damaged formation, all the cultivators bravely sacrificed themselves, forcibly activating the formation by offering their souls and blood as a sacrifice.
This formation truly lives up to its reputation as a renowned purification formation from ancient times. Even though it was only a fragmented formation, possessing only one-thousandth of the power of the original formation, and lasting for less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, it still managed to completely eradicate any evil spirits or resentment within a thousand miles centered on the original Jinling Terrace.
This turned the Lanling area into a vacuum of resentment that stretched for thousands of miles!
Its power and influence have not dissipated to this day, and no resentment or evil spirits dare to take a step forward!
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On the first day of the xxth month of the xxth year of the Xuanmen, which is five days ago, Baoshan Sanren, the cultivator surnamed Yang, Luanyun Daoren and others died in a bloody battle in order to break through the ancient Ziwu Road, which was occupied by the corpse-turned slaughter Xuanwu of Muxi Mountain and the countless resentful corpse ghosts and evil spirits of Qishan Nevernight.
Counting on my fingers the number of renowned immortals and nobles who have sacrificed themselves during this period, there are no fewer than five thousand, and the top experts who have perished account for more than 30% of them!
Many of them have some connection to Wei Wuxian, such as the Baoshan lineage, the Luanyun Daoren and Master Mingdao who became close friends with Wei Wuxian at first sight, and Yu Qingzhi, the young master of the Fuchuan Yu clan who had a good relationship with Wei Wuxian...
Previously, in order not to disturb Wei Wuxian's mind, Lan Xichen and the others who received the battle report tacitly suppressed it and did not pass it on to Wei Wuxian and the others who stayed behind at Burial Mound.
Such a closed-minded act did indeed protect Wei Wuxian's calm mind to a certain extent. Therefore, even when he was trapped in the Burial Mound, he still worked with the people of the Heavenly Craft Hall to develop a lot of offensive weapons, defensive magic artifacts and talismans, such as the Spirit-Grievance Dual-Pole Cannon that integrates offense and defense, the Spirit-Grievance Conversion Array, the Thunder-Summoning Rapid Fire Gun, the Yang-Exorcising Talisman, the Life-Giving Plate, and so on!
But how exhilarating it was back then, now that it's all been revealed at once, no one dares to face Wei Wuxian, who is about to confront a series of shocking and devastating news!
Even though they knew that Wei Wuxian, being understanding and unwilling to make things difficult for others, would understand their predicament in keeping it from him and would not blame them in the slightest.
But who can face Wei Wuxian's indescribable, heart-wrenching grief at that time?
Cold-hearted, indifferent, hard-hearted, and scheming against the common people—Nie Huaisang is no match for him!
Lan Xichen, whose heart is high and whose outward appearance is gentle but inwardly detached from the world, and whose mind has become even more unfathomable after his encounter with Jin Guangyao, cannot! Nor can he bear to!