Chapter 94: Tianyuan Dharma Assembly (XI)
The change of times is often silent and it will never notify people. It is just that you will often suddenly find at a certain moment that the people and things in the world are no longer the same as you are familiar with. That is the times telling you that you have been abandoned by it.
For Mr. Zong, this moment is that moment.
Most of the people who were still awake in the venue were sitting in the front row. They were elderly people who seemed at a loss when faced with such a scene.
Looking at the panicked faces of the people around him, Master Zong realized that Xuanmen was no longer the powerful Xuanmen he had known.
Xuanmen has not had any thrilling moments in the past fifty years. Even if the powerful people of those days are still alive, they have already become old. However, the people in power who are in their prime have been living in comfort for many years. These people in power are better at intrigue than magic.
The magnificent ship of Xuanmen looked peaceful and prosperous, but in fact even the deck had long been corroded by the sea water, and it was only strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Fortunately, beautiful flowers can still bloom in the corrupt soil.
Fortunately, the young people of this generation in the Zong family are all very outstanding.
Faced with the surging butterflies, the first to take action were Zong Chen and Zong Nian. After experiencing the events in Fengxu Village, the two grew up rapidly and knew better than all their elders what to do when facing danger.
Zong Chen and Zong Nian both bit their fingers, and then drew a fire symbol on their palms, concentrating their minds and completing it in one go. When the symbol was completed, it seemed as if a stream of light passed through their palms. Then they raised their palms, with their palms facing the window, and shouted at the window at the same time: "Burn!"
Suddenly, two beams of fire appeared and shot straight towards the group of butterflies.
The flames ignited by the fire talisman were the Samadhi True Fire, which could repel all the demons in the world. The butterfly that had entered the room was burnt by the true fire, and fell to the ground charred, and the whole room was instantly filled with the aroma of barbecue.
The ferocious butterfly retreated outside the window due to fear of the power of the true fire. Zong Chen took the opportunity to quickly step forward and added a barrier on the window, temporarily resisting the butterfly's attack.
Everyone got a chance to catch their breath and quickly checked on their companions.
Zhong Yong also quickly reached out his hand to check his cousin's breath. He stretched out his hand tremblingly, afraid of touching something cold. Fortunately, he was still breathing.
Butterflies are small and cannot eat much brain marrow, so the victims only fell into a deep coma and did not die, so there is still hope.
Zhong Yong breathed a sigh of relief after feeling at ease. He looked at Zong Chen who was busy examining the injured, and felt grateful.
Zong Chen was dipping the blood from his freshly bitten finger and concentrating on drawing a talisman between the injured person's eyebrows.
At this moment, he was helping up a young man who was lying on the table. The man was about twenty years old, wearing a pair of black-framed glasses and looked like a scholar.
Zhong Yong also recognized this person. He was Zhong Qi, who was born in the side branch of the Zhong family. Zhong Yong had a very deep impression of Zhong Qi. Not only because they were from the same clan, but also because even if he searched the entire Xuanmen, he would not be able to find a second person who worked harder than Zhong Qi.
Zhong Qi worked very hard in everything he did, striving to be the best. He ranked first in every subject when he was in school, and even got a doctorate degree when he grew up. If he were in an ordinary family, he would have to thank his ancestors for his success.
But unfortunately he was born in the Zhong family.
The Zhong family valued the attainment of metaphysics more. Especially the side branch of Zhong Qi, in order to compete with the main branch, the requirements of metaphysics have reached an almost paranoid level. So they can't see Zhong Qi's excellence, but only see a waste who can't make any progress in metaphysics no matter how hard he tries.
This naturally led to Zhong Qi's introverted and cowardly character. In Zhong Yong's impression, Zhong Qi almost never spoke on his own initiative, and would only answer a few words out of helplessness when called by his elders.
However, it was this Zhong Qi who made a move that shocked everyone when no one was aware of it.
When Zong Chen turned around to draw a talisman for the next victim, Zhong Qi suddenly opened his eyes, picked up the pen on the table that he was using to take notes, and waved it straight at Zong Chen.
Zhong Yong, who had been looking in the direction of Zong Chen, immediately shouted, "Be careful!"
Zong Chen hurriedly dodged when he heard that. Unfortunately, because he had his back to Zhong Qi, he was still not able to dodge in time and was stabbed in the shoulder by the pen.
Zong Chen screamed in pain, but when he turned around he saw that Zhong Qi, who was supposed to be in a coma, had opened his eyes. He was holding a bloody pen in his hand and staring at Zong Chen with anger on his face.
"Why are you hindering me?" Zhong Qi was looking at Zong Chen with a very ferocious look. He looked very unfamiliar, completely different from the timid nerd in the past. He was full of hostility that was almost condensed into substance.
At the same time, as if responding to Zhong Qi's anger, the butterflies suddenly began to stir. One after another, they rushed into the barrier as if committing suicide. Like moths flying into the fire, they did not hesitate even if their bodies were shattered, as if something in the room was attracting them.
This is a dangerous signal.
Zong Nian, who was standing far away, saw this and rushed over to pull back his injured cousin. While he was on guard against Zhong Qi doing something irreversible again in his excitement, he carefully checked Zong Chen's injuries. Fortunately, the injury caused by the fountain pen was not serious, it just looked a little painful.
Zong Nian looked at this attack without any magic and thought: "Zhong Qi's attack is totally unplanned. Rather than trying to get rid of Zong Chen, it's more like venting his emotions."
He looked at the emotional Zhong Qi and realized that his mental state seemed to be problematic.
But now is not a good time to care about Zhong Qi's mental health.
The sound of the barrier being damaged and the sound of butterflies exploding were endless and made people's teeth ache.
Some of the elders who were still awake in the meeting room began to act like superiors and loudly questioned Zhong Qi:
"Zhong Qi! What are you doing!?"
"Zhong Qi, are you crazy?"
"Zhong Qi, don't hurt anyone, stop now!"
They are used to being bossy, but they don't figure out who is the dominant one on the field.
The scolding from the elders filled Zhong Qi's ears, and Zhong Qi couldn't stand it anymore. He covered his ears and shouted in despair: "Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"
Under the influence of Zhong Qi's intense emotions, Butterfly's movements became more intense. The barrier also seemed to be unable to hold up. Finally, a sound like glass breaking was heard - it was a crack in Zong Chen's barrier.
The butterflies swarmed into the room again, but they did not continue to attack the crowd . Instead, they gathered around Zhong Qi. Swarms of butterflies gathered together and transformed into a tall woman.
The woman was wearing a tight leather jacket, which easily revealed her impressive figure.
As soon as she appeared, she hugged Zhong Qi, who was howling with his head in his hands, and then stroked his head as if no one was around, saying in a coaxing tone: "Shh, calm down. I'm here, it's okay."
The woman who was transformed from a butterfly was taller than Zhong Qi, and Zhong Qi nestled in her arms like a little bird. Zhong Qi's expression was very painful at the moment, he was covering his head, looking like he was enduring strong pain, and finally calmed down after being comforted by the woman.
Zhong Qi said to the woman in a somewhat fragile and helpless manner: "They started again..."
The woman had a pair of scarlet lips. She opened her mouth slightly and said the cruelest words in a very gentle tone: "It doesn't matter. I will kill them all in a moment, and they will never bother you again." As she said that, she let go of Zhong Qi in her arms.
The woman was wearing a pair of black high heels. She gracefully took two steps towards the crowd and introduced herself: "Don't panic. My name is Ling Jing. I am here to take your lives. I will try my best to make your death painless."
At this moment, everyone who heard this was more shocked than frightened because of the woman's name.
Unlike Soichi, who was not well-trained, these people had perfect written knowledge. As soon as they heard the woman's name, they knew what they were facing.
“Spiritual essence…” Elder Zong muttered, “This is actually the legendary Three Corpse Gods!”
The Three Corpse Gods, also known as the Three Worms, are resident gods. They live in the head, abdomen, and feet of a person and can only leave the body after death. Then they will go to the underworld and report to the King of Hell about the various experiences of the host in this life. The King of Hell will also judge the host's afterlife based on their confessions.
Unfortunately, the Three Corpse Gods are evil gods. They symbolize all the evil desires of human beings, so they will never say anything good. If you judge your next life based on their words, you will basically say goodbye to happiness.
Zong Chen finally figured out the key to the problem after listening to what Master Zong said. He frowned and asked the spirit in front of him, "Could it be that you... you are Zhong Qi's Three Corpse Gods?"
Ling Jing did not hide it: "That's right."
Upon hearing this, everyone around them denied it: "This is impossible, Zhong Qi is still alive. The Three Corpse Gods cannot be independent from him."
Although everything they had learned and seen said it was impossible, the spirit was right in front of everyone at this moment, with an expression that looked eager to try and kill everyone as soon as possible. This could not be faked.
The spirit formed her hands into claws and was about to attack Zong Nian and Zong Chen, who were closest to her.
It was at this moment that the door of the conference room was kicked open by Zong Yi.
The huge commotion made everyone unable to help but glance towards the door, including Ling Jing. It was this glance that made Ling Jing's eyes burst.
Because she saw with her own eyes that Zongyi was holding a mineral water bottle, which contained her brothers and sisters whose lives were unknown.
The spirit who had been showing a relaxed expression from the beginning finally lost her composure in the face of this situation. Her face changed drastically, she stopped attacking, and asked Zongyi with an unpleasant expression: "What did you do to them?!"
As soon as Zong Yifu entered the room, he scanned the entire place.
He saw the broken windows, the humans lying all over the room, the injured Zong Chen, and the fierce-looking spirits about to attack. It took his little brain a fraction of a second to sort out the current situation: the spirits were beating up everyone in Xuanmen.
"It's the enemy." Soichi thought.
He saw the spirit asking about the two insects imprisoned in the mineral water bottle, and realized that she must be related to these two insects. According to the previous inference, Zongyi preconceived that the two in the bottle should be the two servants of this woman.
"I see. It seems that it must be the wild method that drives Hanba. When he heard that we were going to hold a meeting to discuss how to deal with him, he sent his minions to cause trouble." Zong Yi further analyzed.
So Soichi decided to kill the woman's spirit with the death of the servant first, so he threw the mineral water bottle in front of the spirit and said, "Of course I beat them to death. I was planning to make them into specimens."
A perfect taunt skill that successfully took over the hatred of the entire audience.
Lingjing no longer cared about anyone else.
"This blood feud must be avenged!"
As she spoke, her eyes were fixed on Zong Yi, blood almost dripping from her eyes. Then she simply abandoned her original target Zong Chen and chased after Zong Yi regardless of anything.
When Zong saw the spirit running towards him with a ferocious face, he immediately realized that he was in trouble. Looking at the situation in the meeting room, he was afraid that he could not rely on these descendants of the noble families. He just urgently told Qi Yu beside him: "Run!"
The two of them immediately used all their strength and ran as fast as they could, heading back the way they came, trying hard to increase the distance between themselves and the spirit.
Seeing this, Zong Chen quickly told Zong Nian: "We have to go and help. The two of them alone can't deal with the Three Corpse Gods."
Zong Nian nodded, and the two were about to set off, but they couldn't help but glance at Zhong Qi who was standing silently opposite everyone.
In the conference room, Zhong Qi was the only one left facing the angry Xuanmen people.
Elder Zong looked at the devastation in the meeting room, sighed, and said to Zhong Qi: "Without the Three Corpse Gods, you can't defeat so many people, just surrender."
After hearing this, Zhong Qi started laughing wildly. He said, "Who said I only have the Three Corpse Gods? Hahahaha, I have already cast the Five Yin Mysterious Netherworld Curse on this mountain. Today, no one will be able to walk out of here alive!"
The crowd was shocked.
Zong Chen and Zong Nian, who had already run to the door, stopped in their tracks when they heard these words: "Five Yin Mysterious Mantra!" They looked at each other and their faces turned very ugly.
"No one knows where the Xuanming Curse is." Zhong Qi's eyes were filled with fanaticism and madness at this moment. "Even if we find it, there are simply not many people who can resist the extremely yin energy. Hahahaha, no one can solve it! No one can solve it!"
At the same time, the Qilin cub in the back mountain sneezed as if he had something in mind: "A-choo——"
Lu Ren heard it and touched the Qilin cub's head: "Did you catch a cold? Fortunately, you don't have a fever."
The Qilin cub shook his head: "I'm very healthy!"
Having said that, the Qilin cub continued with what he was doing: he was using a branch to pick at the Nine Yin Mysterious Mantra runes written with chalk on the ground. Those runes might have been afraid of the Qilin's natural aura of good fortune, and they actually struggled to escape into the distance when the Qilin cub's branch approached, just like earthworms. It was very interesting, and the Qilin cub had been busy playing for nearly ten minutes.
Seeing that the Qilin cub was indeed fine, Lu Ren finally felt relieved and said half-jokingly: "Maybe someone is talking about you, haha."
However, even Lu Ren himself did not believe this. After all, no one here knew Qilin Cub, so who would mention him?
