Chapter 554: Tell me, am I in love with my senior brother?
"Brother, the three people I rescued said that they saw many slaves being escorted into the Turkic royal mausoleum and never came out again, including some Turks."
"One of the three was born in Shaolin, and his Buddhist name is Zhending. He knows some Feng Shui techniques and said that the mausoleum was once as powerful as a mountain, but now it is shrouded in a murderous aura, and looks like a black dragon swallowing a dragon."
"So they suspected that there was some unspeakable secret hidden in that mausoleum!"
"Unfortunately, the mausoleum was heavily guarded. As soon as they reached the foot of the mountain, they were discovered by the guards and had to flee in a hurry. I wanted to break in, but Kenshin warned me that there was obviously a top master hiding there."
"I don't know when Senior Brother will arrive at Yinshan. I want to go to the army with those three people to do my best to protect my country. I also look forward to fighting with Senior Brother here."
"Junior sister, Taiwei."
After reading the letter, Li Daoxuan frowned slightly.
No wonder after the Tang Dynasty declared war, the usually arrogant Turks suddenly fell silent, chose to keep their troops in place and passively defend, it seemed that they were quietly preparing some backup plan.
State affairs are of primary importance, so it seems he needs to go to Yinshan as soon as possible.
If possible, they could also use their 72 transformations to sneak into the Turkic royal tombs to see what secrets were hidden there. Could it be related to the bronze box they dug up from Juye County?
He had a premonition that this war between the Tang Dynasty and the Turks might not be as easy as recorded in history.
…
Tombs of Turkic Kings.
The entire mountain was hollowed out, and countless slaves were pushed onto the altar. Most of them were captured Tang border residents, passing merchants, and even Turks who were too old and frail to hold a knife.
The Turkish soldiers nailed their limbs to the altar with iron spikes, and blood flowed along the veins into five ancient bronze boxes.
After being bathed in blood, the five boxes covered with copper rust emitted a strange light, and then the five boxes kept shaking, moving closer together like magnets, and finally they were connected together with a click.
It’s not a box at all, it’s clearly an ancient and mysterious bronze coffin!
The ancient bronze coffin floated in the pool of blood, constantly absorbing the blood around it, and the copper rust on the coffin was gradually disappearing.
The high priest walked in, followed by several soldiers, who were carrying a headless corpse together.
The corpse was very big and muscular, but it already smelled a bit, causing the soldiers who were carrying the body to subconsciously hold their breath and almost vomit.
This is the body of Ashina Umezhu, a famous Turkic general. He was born with supernatural powers and superb martial arts. He killed countless generals in his life and was extremely brave. He was only defeated by two people.
One is Yuchi Jingde, and the other is Xue Rengui.
In front of Yinshan Mountain, Xue Rengui fought with him for hundreds of rounds, finally cut off his head, and trampled it to pieces on his horse in retaliation for his humiliation of the Tang soldiers.
Later, the high priest used secret methods to control his corpse and stood up, intending to kill the rising star Xue Rengui.
However, Xue Rengui took out the Zhentian Bow given by Li Daoxuan and shot an arrow through Ashina Wumozhu's heart, forcing the turtle demon in the Yangshen realm to show up in person, but was killed by Li Daoxuan's arrow.
The high priest was also a little confused as to why this great god would ask him to dig out this stinking corpse.
"My God, the Tang Dynasty has sent troops to attack. Its national teacher Li Daoxuan killed the locust god in Dengzhou. The plague god and the medicine king Sun Simiao died together. Now my Turks can no longer stop Li Daoxuan!"
"My God, please come out and save the Turks!"
The high priest knelt down devoutly. Even a powerful man in the Yangshen realm was prostrating himself, showing his utmost humbleness.
The bronze coffin suddenly began to tremble violently, and the heavy and ancient coffin lid opened slightly downward, revealing a deep, majestic and domineering aura.
Even the surrounding mountains seemed unable to withstand this energy and began to rumble. Rocks kept falling from the top of the mountains, and it seemed that they would collapse at any moment.
One of the soldiers couldn't help his curiosity. He quickly raised his eyes and looked towards the gap into the coffin.
The next moment, the soldier's eyes were filled with blood, his eyeballs turned completely red, blood threads continued to spread like a spider web, and the blood vessels under the skin bulged.
Bang!
In the blink of an eye, the peeping soldier exploded like a bursting watermelon, with muddy flesh and blood splattered everywhere.
No one knows what he has seen, but he has paid a heavy price for his curiosity.
The rest of the soldiers were trembling with fear and their faces were pale.
If they had not undergone rigorous training and had not been on the battlefield, their legs would have gone weak and they would have collapsed to the ground, unable to walk.
However, the bronze coffin was not opened.
Four streams of black air flew out of the coffin, and then the gap quickly closed. The bronze coffin stopped shaking and returned to calm.
Four black auras were flying in the royal tomb, as if they were looking for something.
Not long after, one of the black air fell into the headless body of Ashina Wumozhu.
Immediately afterwards, the headless corpse stood up, and the originally empty heart began to show dense flesh lines, condensing into a beating black heart.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The beating of the heart was like thunder. Every beat made the surrounding stone walls vibrate and stirred up smoke and dust.
After an unknown amount of time, the headless corpse had changed drastically.
He became taller, his muscles seemed like gold, like a dragon, holding a shield in one hand and an axe in the other. His head did not grow, but his breasts turned into eyes and his belly button turned into a mouth.
His mental state was not high, but his amazing fighting spirit was forged into every inch of his skin like steel, and he possessed an indescribable terrifying magic.
The soldiers only took one look at him and went completely crazy, shouting and killing, drawing their swords and hacking at each other.
Every strike of the sword draws blood and is fatal.
In the end, all of them died together. Even in death, their eyes were still filled with crazy fighting spirit.
The second black energy fell into the high priest's body.
Divine light shone in the high priest's eyes, and his body kept growing until it touched the top of the tomb. His hair and beard also grew more and more luxuriant, and in just a few breaths, it grew wildly like a savage. Even the staff in his hand turned into a peach wood staff.
Infinite divine power burst out from his body like an erupting volcano.
The high priest stepped lightly, and the ground suddenly cracked and the mountain collapsed, leaving a huge crack about a hundred feet long, like a scar on the earth.
This unprecedented power made him feel a little lost.
But he soon came to his senses, gathered all his strength, and waved his peach wood staff, and the broken mountain automatically gathered together and recovered.
The third black energy drilled into a small snake.
The next moment, the little snake's body continued to grow until it filled up most of the royal mausoleum. It was hundreds of feet long and emitted an extremely fishy smell. The most shocking thing was that it actually grew nine heads.
The nine-headed snake body hissed loudly and exuded a terrifying power like a prehistoric beast.
It seemed that because it suddenly gained nine heads and for some reason that it could not control, streams of saliva flowed from the snake's mouth, as sticky as paste, and fell right onto the bodies of the Turkic soldiers.
In an instant, the corpse made a sizzling sound and emitted a large amount of thick smoke. Even the ground was corroded and turned into a small swamp.
The last black gas unexpectedly penetrated into a stone sculpture.
It was a stone sculpture of a ferocious beast, shaped like a cow, but with only one foot, no horns on its head, fierce pupils, and a fierce aura.
This was a stone statue built in the royal mausoleum to suppress ghosts. After the black air penetrated into it, it immediately began to tremble. The stone skin fell off piece by piece, revealing green hair.
roar!
The sound was like thunder, and its body was flowing with light like the sun and the moon, surrounded by lightning. The power of thunder between heaven and earth was boiling violently, and there were winds and thunder for dozens of miles!
The four black auras created four mythical characters, each of whom possessed unparalleled power and magical powers.
This magical method of turning stone into gold and decay into something magical can be said to be able to seize the fortune of heaven and earth and penetrate the mysteries of the sun and the moon!
A voice rang out from the ancient bronze coffin, sounding vicissitudes and majestic, full of a strange magic, but also revealing a hint of fatigue.
"It will take me some time to push open this coffin. I will grant you divine power to kill Li Daoxuan and take down the Tang Dynasty."
"When I return, I will take over the world."
Regardless of their mental abilities, the four high priests all bowed down in worship to the voice with the utmost respect.
"We will take Li Daoxuan's head and present it to the God King!"
…
Two days later, on the grass.
Lin Xingzhou and the other two looked at the scenery ahead with excitement.
They walked for two days and two nights and were finally about to leave Mobei and arrive at the Yinshan area. If they remembered correctly, there was a Tang Dynasty military camp ahead.
Tai Wei held a sword in hand and followed them quietly.
Along the way, the three of them were very respectful to her, especially Lin Xingzhou, who was always trying to find ways to talk to Taiwei, but unfortunately, this female knight seemed to be uninterested in anything other than the affairs of the national teacher.
No matter what he said, the other party just said "hmm" lightly.
"Lady, we are about to reach the territory of the Tang Dynasty. I heard that General Li Jing led his troops northward with banners covering the sky. The Turks along the way were so frightened that they fled!"
"General Li Jing has set up a military camp every fifty miles, to imprison prisoners and to guard the food supply route. We should be at the military camp soon if we walk a little further!"
Lin Xingzhou very attentively handed over his water bag and said with a smile: "Lady, I see you haven't had any water along the way, you must be thirsty. I have already wiped the water bag clean, if you don't mind..."
Tai Wei shook her head and said, "I'm not thirsty."
Just as Lin Xingzhou was about to continue speaking, he saw those eyes as bright as swords looking straight at him, as if they could easily see through his heart.
"You like me?"
Taiwei asked in a calm voice.
Lin Xingzhou just stood there in a daze, his heart was extremely flustered, even his face was burning, and he looked at his companions helplessly.
Mad Blade Shen Tuxiong and Iron Arhat Zhending laughed secretly and pretended not to hear anything.
Along the way, Lin Xingzhou showed his courtesy very much, and everyone knew Sima Zhao's intention.
Don’t you think that this extraordinary woman who can travel alone to various overseas countries, break eighty-six armors with one sword, and not drink water or eat for so many days, could be an ordinary person?
All I can say is that once a man falls in love, his head feels like it’s been kicked by a donkey.
Lin Xingzhou coughed and said, "Young lady , you are so beautiful and saved my life. I... do admire you a little. I hope you will forgive me."
Tai Wei did not react at all, but there was a hint of curiosity in her clear eyes.
She stood with her sword in her arms and asked bluntly, "What do you like about me?"
Lin Xingzhou can’t do it again.
He was considered a veteran in the world of women, but he had never met a woman who did not play by the rules like this one.
But he also felt a little secretly happy in his heart.
Lady Taiwei said this, could it be that she has some feelings for me too?
He immediately struck while the iron was hot and said, "Young lady's martial arts are amazing, and her swordsmanship is unparalleled in the world. I am astonished by her!"
"Anything else?"
"The girl... is pretty, with skin as delicate as fine jade, so soft that it can be broken by a touch."
"Anything else?"
Lin Xingzhou's eyes swept over the graceful figure, especially the pair of long and straight legs, which were perfectly matched with the black trousers without a single flaw.
But he didn't dare say it.
"The girl... has a very special personality, different from ordinary girls."
"Anything else?"
"No... that's all. No, there must be more, but this is all I can think of at the moment. I am really at a loss for words and cannot describe even a little bit."
Tai Wei didn't get angry, and continued to ask calmly: "Do all men like these?"
Lin Xingzhou breathed a sigh of relief, nodded and smiled: "Of course, as long as he is a normal man without any special fetishes, he must like it——"
Before he could finish his words, he saw Taiwei mumbling to herself in deep thought.
"It seems that Senior Brother also liked me back then."
Lin Xingzhou was stunned as if struck by lightning.
What the hell?
Senior brother???
His heart suddenly felt very sour and his voice became a little hoarse.
"Lady, you... like your senior brother?"
For the first time, Taiwei's calm eyes showed emotional fluctuations, like a clear lake rippling in the breeze.
"I have no idea."
She seemed distressed and confused.
"Back then, my senior brother and I almost got engaged. In order to practice the way of the sword, I resolutely went down the mountain and traveled overseas, just to pursue the supreme way of the sword."
"At first I was really happy, fighting huge waves, beheading powerful enemies, and enjoying all the wonders of the world. Every day was free of distractions. Until one day, I saw the autumn leaves falling, and suddenly I began to miss home."
Lin Xingzhou breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Just because I miss home doesn't necessarily mean that—"
"It's not all homesickness."
Tai Wei shook her head and said, "At first, I thought about Master the most, then Grandmaster, Uncle Master, or other Junior Brothers and Sisters. As for Senior Brother, it was as if I had deliberately forgotten him and hardly ever thought about him."
"But as time went by, I found myself thinking about my brother more and more, even more than my master."
"I remember my senior brother and I practicing sword skills together on the sword-testing stone. I remember us fighting side by side. I also remember that when everyone was against me, only my senior brother understood my intentions and sent me down the mountain."
She raised the sword in her arms, stroked the cold hilt, and pulled it out an inch.
The sword light was cold and illuminated her eyes.
"It's strange. I practiced the Supreme Sword Scripture, which seeks to forget emotions and focus on the sword. But every time I forcibly cut off my thoughts about my brother, they would automatically pop up again after a while."
"Whether it's admiring flowers, practicing swordplay, drinking, or even dreaming, it always appears quietly, and the more you cut it off, the more turbulent it becomes when it reappears."
Tai Wei looked at him and asked seriously, "Tell me, am I in love with Senior Brother?"
Lin Xingzhou: “…”
