Chapter 1029: Gloom

Wan Xiao Sect and Tai Xu Gate have only an ordinary sect relationship.

There isn't much interaction between the disciples of both sides, and no special "grudge."

Today is just a sword discussion.

Meeting at the entrance is also considered normal.

At most, Duan Mu Qing's appearance and temperament cause people to be lost in thought.

Duan Mu Qing's expression is calm as water.

She has long been accustomed to the gazes of men in the world, whether they are amazed, admiring, or shocked. There isn't a trace of disturbance in her heart.

Duan Mu Qing slightly raises her snow-white neck, her clear and cold gaze looking forward. Stepping with elegant and dignified steps, she leads the other several similarly youthful and talented disciples of Wan Xiao Sect straight towards the inner mountain.

She wears a magnificent robe of five beautiful colors. Her appearance is otherworldly, her figure graceful, and she carries a temperament as cold and unapproachable as a snow mountain, making people hesitate and not dare to speak.

Like this, the disciples of both sects brush past each other.

From beginning to end, no one speaks a word.

But as they brush past, Duan Mu Qing's gaze, in the end, still intentionally or unintentionally, glances at Mo Hua.

Firstly, Mo Hua's eyebrows and eyes are like a painting, and his appearance and temperament are similarly outstanding.

Secondly, Mo Hua's stature is not tall, appearing "outstanding" in a crowd of genius cultivators.

Thirdly, although Mo Hua's reputation is not good and there is much controversy, his fame is actually extremely great.

Not to mention the things he did and the enemies he made at the sword discussion assembly, "humiliating" those heavenly prides...

Even the identity of "Array Dao Leader" is legendary enough.

This is truly the foremost person in array methods in Qian Xue.

That he is still in the Foundation Building mid-stage, having just seized the title, is almost unbelievable.

Even Duan Mu Qing, a heavenly pride fairy of this kind who "does not eat worldly food," cannot possibly not have heard of Mo Hua's name.

Of course, that is all.

Duan Mu Qing just uses her peripheral vision, lightly glancing at Mo Hua, then brushes past.

But her light glance is imprinted in Mo Hua's eyes.

Mo Hua ponders this gaze, slightly startled in his heart, and can't help muttering:

"Dao Heart... defiled?"

His voice is very light, almost blurted out subconsciously.

Several people beside Ling Hu Xiao don't even hear clearly what he said.

But Duan Mu Qing, who has already brushed past, stops her footsteps, slowly turns back, her gaze ice-cold like a sword, and looks towards Mo Hua.

Mo Hua also looks towards Duan Mu Qing.

His gaze is clear to the bottom, as if it can reflect Duan Mu Qing's figure.

Moreover, it carries a deep penetration.

For a moment, Duan Mu Qing actually feels a sense of being seen through, and is inexplicably "ashamed."

What follows is a deep shame and anger pressed at the bottom of her heart.

Her originally clear and cold beautiful face instantly becomes covered with frost.

A piercing killing intent almost condenses into substance. Her pair of eyes, clear like glass, are extremely ice-cold, mixed with deep disgust, staring at Mo Hua.

Mo Hua is stunned.

What does this mean?

Before he can react, an astonishing spiritual pressure rises from Duan Mu Qing's body.

The five colors of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth are brilliant and splendid, like the light of the Nine Heavens, setting off Duan Mu Qing as if she were a deity.

Her eyes are extremely sharp, and her entire body emits beautiful and terrifying killing intent.

Powerful five-elements dao law, carrying extremely strong momentum, locks onto Mo Hua.

Mo Hua is truly shocked this time.

Superior Wan Xiao magic?!

"No... this woman... doesn't want to kill me, does she?"

"This isn't the sword discussion arena..."

"Is she crazy?"

Mo Hua subconsciously taps his foot, displaying the Passing Water Step, and retreats several zhang.

His junior brothers are similarly shocked and bewildered, but they subconsciously protect him.

Cheng Mo takes the lead and blocks in front of Mo Hua.

Ling Hu Xiao prepares the Chong Xu Sword Art.

Si Tu Jian and Ou Yang Xuan also begin to urge their sword qi.

Spiritual power interweaves, and the atmosphere becomes as tense as a drawn sword.

Duan Mu Qing has a cold smile on her face, pointing a finger, and immediately wants to urge her magic to bomb and kill Mo Hua.

Just at this moment, an old and deep voice rings out:

"Nonsense!"

Crystal-like feather spiritual power, carrying extremely powerful True Person pressure, instantly descends upon Duan Mu Qing and Ling Hu Xiao's group, sealing everyone's spiritual qi and cutting off the flow of dao law and sword art.

Everyone's expression changes.

But Duan Mu Qing's eyes still hold undiminished killing intent, and she even still wants to urge her magic.

From the inner mountain, an elderly elder walks out, sternly rebuking:

"Lun Dao Mountain is an important place, no insolence is allowed!"

"As sect heavenly prides, what decorum do you have?"

"Dare to cause trouble again and break the rules, I will judge all of you as losing!"

Duan Mu Qing is silent for a moment, secretly biting her silver teeth. Only then does she restrain her entire body's killing intent and spiritual power, folds her sleeves, and bows:

"Elder, please forgive my sin."

Her voice is clear, like a silver bottle suddenly breaking.

The elder's gaze is turbid. He silently looks at her for a moment, his face unmoved, but in his heart, he is drumming. He thinks that this girl, Duan Mu Qing, has always had a clear and cold temperament, not eating worldly food, and not taking anything to heart. How is it that today she has such great anger?

The Lun Dao Mountain Elder looks again at Mo Hua, who is hiding far away, and is surprised in his heart.

"Could it be... that he was molested by Mo Hua, this stinky boy?"

"Impossible..."

"Just with Mo Hua's little appearance, if he was truly molested, it wouldn't be a loss..."

The Lun Dao Mountain Elder mutters in his heart. Of course, on the surface, he is still serious, sternly warning:

"Inside Lun Dao Mountain, you cannot cause trouble."

"If you want to fight, wait until you go to the sword discussion arena to fight. Otherwise, don't blame me for not being lenient."

Duan Mu Qing bows.

Mo Hua and the others also quickly bow: "Yes, Elder."

Seeing this, the Lun Dao Mountain Elder nods slightly and slowly retreats.

The field gradually quiets down.

Duan Mu Qing turns her head and coldly looks at Mo Hua. In her autumn water-like eyes, there is still difficult-to-hide killing intent.

Mo Hua is startled again, still thinking that this woman wants to make a killing move again.

But the words of the Lun Dao Mountain Elder still have some deterrence after all.

The rules of Lun Dao Mountain are also relatively strict.

Outside the sword discussion arena, disciples are strictly forbidden to fight.

If they cause trouble again, no matter if they are from the Four Major Sects or Eight Great Gates, these Lun Dao Mountain elders will absolutely not be lenient.

Duan Mu Qing slowly breathes in, gazing at Mo Hua, reciting his name, and murmuring in a low voice:

"Mo Hua... I remember you."

Then she says nothing more, turns and walks away, leaving only a graceful back.

The other disciples of Wan Xiao Sect also follow and leave.

Only after Duan Mu Qing walks far away does Mo Hua relax a breath.

Several people from Ling Hu Xiao also feel a bit relieved of a heavy burden.

But afterward, everyone's gazes gather on Mo Hua.

Cheng Mo silently looks at Mo Hua, curiously asking: "Little junior brother, do you know this... Duan Mu fairy?"

Mo Hua shakes his head.

"No grudge before?"

"No..."

"Then she just now... wanted to kill you?"

Mo Hua nods, "Seems so."

Cheng Mo is a little confused.

The first time they meet, she wants to kill the little junior brother?

Instead, Si Tu Jian is observant and asks: "Little junior brother, didn't you just say something to her?"

Mo Hua doesn't deny it, nodding: "I saw that her cultivation had a little problem, so I just kindly reminded her."

Cheng Mo is curious: "What did you remind her of?"

"I..."

Before Mo Hua can speak, Si Tu Jian immediately stops him, "Don't say it, little junior brother, don't tell anyone."

The little junior brother only said one sentence, and the Duan Mu fairy of Wan Xiao Sect immediately hated him so much that she wanted to kill him on the spot.

In case the little junior brother says this sentence and they all hear it, then at that time, all of them will probably be remembered with hatred.

So, it's better not to say it.

This sentence carries the naked "killing intent" of the first heavenly pride of Wan Xiao Sect. They don't have the little junior brother's perspective and are not worthy of knowing it yet.

At the same time, Si Tu Jian also sighs in his heart, lamenting:

"Little junior brother doesn't disappoint little junior brother, a born Taunt Holy Body."

"Just with one sentence, he can make the always clear and cold heavenly pride fairy hate him so much that she wants to kill him..."

Cheng Mo also sighs.

But in his sigh, there is more admiration:

"Little junior brother doesn't disappoint little junior brother, just with one sentence, he can make the first heavenly pride fairy of Qian Xue 'never forget' him..."

Mo Hua has a depressed look on his face.

Si Tu Jian thinks for a moment, then says: "Little junior brother, wait until the sword discussion, you have to be a little careful. This Duan Mu Qing will likely not let you go."

Ling Hu Xiao also looks at Mo Hua with some worry.

Cheng Mo is also worried, but in his worry, there is a bit of envy.

Mo Hua wrinkles his eyebrows, "It shouldn't be to that extent..."

This is a sword discussion assembly. She is a sect heavenly pride, no matter what, she can't possibly "publicly take private revenge," can she...

After the formal sword discussion.

Duan Mu Qing spends the entire field chasing after Mo Hua to kill him.

Various middle-grade and even upper-grade secret Wan Xiao spells are thrown at Mo Hua's body as if they were free.

She hates him so much she wants to dismember him into ten thousand pieces.

Mountain rocks are cut apart by golden light.

Forests are scorched by fire light.

Mud swamps are swallowed by quicksand.

The entire sword discussion field, subjected to the dense and surging "magic bombing" of Duan Mu Qing, this top-level magic heavenly pride of Wan Xiao Sect, immediately begins to deform.

Even Mo Hua can only rely on his movement techniques to desperately escape.

He can be said to have experienced the power of a top-level spirit cultivator for the first time.

In his previous understanding, Senior Sister Murong Cai Yun's Tai Xu Xia Guang magic was already strong enough.

But this Duan Mu Qing's magic attainments are obviously on a higher level.

Duan Mu Qing, from a noble bloodline, a direct descendant of the fifth-grade Duan Mu family, possesses a superior-grade spirit root and cultivates a superior-grade merit law.

Her merit law has almost reached the extreme of heavenly cycle, and her entire body's spiritual power is vast like the sea.

Moreover, Duan Mu Qing's spirit root type is a top-quality Great Five Elements spirit root.

The Great Five Elements spirit root and Mo Hua's "Small Five Elements spirit root" only differ by one word in appearance, but the difference between the two is like heaven and earth.

The Great Five Elements spirit root has high quality, large spiritual power capacity, and the five elements generate and overcome each other, cycling as one. The affinity to the five elements is also strong.

Cultivators with this kind of spirit root inherently possess a higher comprehension of the laws of the five elements of heaven and earth.

They learn five-elements magic faster, and when they display it, the power is stronger.

In comparison, Mo Hua's Small Five Elements spirit root is simply extremely crude.

Its only characteristic is that it can learn five-elements magic.

Besides that, it's just a "blank" spirit root, nothing at all.

Comparing the two, if Duan Mu Qing's Great Five Elements spirit root is a top luxury cave mansion, then Mo Hua's Small Five Elements spirit root is purely a blank broken house.

And Duan Mu Qing's magic dao tradition is also very similar to Mo Hua's.

Duan Mu Qing comes from Wan Xiao Sect and cultivates Wan Xiao Sect's "Wan Xiao Dao Law," which has a subtle similarity in difference to Mo Hua's "All Laws Through."

Of course, Duan Mu Qing's magic casting is not as fast as Mo Hua's.

The flow of the five elements is also not as natural as Mo Hua's.

But the magic she cultivates is of higher grade, has a larger range, and is more powerful. With the support of her superior-grade spirit root, superior-grade merit law, and massive spiritual power from her vast heavenly cycle, when she displays it with full force, the entire mountaintop for a time flows with a "river" of magic.

Inside the sword discussion field, magic light is everywhere.

Explosions sound one after another.

Mo Hua "holds his head and scurries."

Outside the sword discussion field, the audience all applaud and cheer, feeling greatly satisfied!

"Good! Doesn't disappoint Duan Mu fairy!"

"Returning him with his own way, using magic to bomb this stinky boy Mo Hua to death!"

"Let this boy, who is arrogant, despicable, and insidious every day, finally suffer retribution."

Someone exclaims: "Duan Mu fairy's magic is indeed unmatched in the world..."

Someone sighs with emotion: "Not only strong, but also beautiful."

"Beautiful to the point of being otherworldly, not eating worldly food."

"When will Duan Mu fairy give me a glance? As long as she looks at me once..."

"Have some ambition, okay?"

"Exactly..."

There are also some slightly ambitious young talents who sigh:

"I only wish in this life, I can contend with Duan Mu fairy in the sword discussion assembly, display my lifelong learning in front of her, compete with her, and even if I finally die at the fairy's hand, I will die without regret..."

Between the words, there is full of sigh, and a bit of tragedy.

A crowd of disciples watching the sect think about being able to fight in the sword discussion with the high and mighty fairy, who is like residing on the top of an ice mountain, untainted by dust.

They think about the scene where the two people's dao laws intertwine.

Thinking about the tragic and beautiful picture of dying at the fairy's hand, they actually all feel a trace of envy and yearning.

But soon, someone says an unpleasant truth:

"Your wish... seems to be realized by this stinky boy Mo Hua."

Like a basin of cold water to the head, everyone's face immediately darkens.

Mo Hua, as a sect heavenly pride, engages in sword discussion with the fairy.

He also uses magic to fight the fairy.

Now, he is indeed about to die at the fairy's hand.

The "wish" they seek but cannot get, this boy Mo Hua, indeed only lacks the "dying at Duan Mu Qing's hand" part to be realized.

Some young talents, with mouths like they've eaten a fly, are also inexplicably a little sour in their hearts.

Even many people in their hearts begin to silently say:

"This boy Mo Hua, it's okay to die at anyone's hand, but he absolutely cannot die at Duan Mu fairy's hand, otherwise it would truly be cheap for him..."

Inside the sword discussion field.

Mo Hua, who is specifically being targeted in the sword discussion, doesn't know that these people have so many internal dramas.

But he is also really very speechless.

Didn't they say this is a "clear and cold" fairy?

How is she like a "madwoman," relentlessly chasing and killing him?

He just muttered four words in a low voice, is it really to that extent?

Can the lethality of these four words really be so great?

But Duan Mu Qing doesn't care, she only focuses on using magic to conduct large-scale "bombing" and "cleansing" on Mo Hua's location.

Ling Hu Xiao wants to support Mo Hua.

But the more clear and cold a person is, the more their anger, the more it is unstoppable like nine oxen.

Ling Hu Xiao's sword qi fundamentally cannot suppress Duan Mu Qing's magic.

Even, he is also remembered with hatred by Duan Mu Qing, and "sits together" with Mo Hua, both included in the bombing range of Wan Xiao magic, suppressed to the point of being unable to fight back.

Ling Hu Xiao also personally experiences how terrifying a woman's anger can be.

And Cheng Mo and the others are also not doing well, they are similarly being "bombed" by the magic of other Wan Xiao Sect disciples and have no time to care about others.

Like this, Tai Xu Gate is suppressed throughout the entire process.

During this time, Mo Hua also makes several attempts to see if he can use magic or formations to change the situation a bit.

But every time he slightly moves, he instantly "angers" Duan Mu Qing, leading to larger-scale, fiercer magic "retaliation."

As one of the top-level heavenly prides of the Four Sects, Duan Mu Qing is already strong enough.

Not to mention, this is the "angry" version of Duan Mu Qing.

Mo Hua is helpless and decides to lie flat.

And as time progresses, the disciples of Tai Xu Gate, one by one, are exhausted and defeated, sent out of the field.

Ling Hu Xiao gives Mo Hua a final glance, an expression of "can't help it," and is also "killed."

Finally, only Mo Hua remains.

Mo Hua naturally still "prefers death to submission." Seeing no chance of winning, he points to his forehead, shatters the Lun Dao Jade, and retreats from the field defeated.

Duan Mu Qing wants to use magic to keep Mo Hua.

A majestic Wan Xiao five-elements magic light swallows Mo Hua whole.

But her casting speed is ultimately a little slower than Mo Hua's.

Before this, a blue light flashes around Mo Hua's body, his figure fades, and he has already left the field.

Duan Mu Qing looks coldly at the place where Mo Hua disappeared, her voice low and ice-cold:

"Next time, I must kill you..."

"Mo Hua..."

The sword discussion ends.

Wan Xiao Sect wins a hearty victory.

The audience also sees a refreshing sword discussion.

The only flaw is that this insidious and despicable boy, Mo Hua, did not die again.

But thinking that a mere Mo Hua is not worthy of dying at Duan Mu fairy's hand, most people feel relieved in their hearts.

Tai Xu Gate loses.

The sect cultivators are a little regretful, but not too disappointed.

Against a top heavenly pride like Duan Mu Qing, the chance of winning was originally very slim, so losing is also unavoidable.

They can only blame their bad luck.

They can only blame the trash Lun Dao Tian Yi for not giving Tai Xu Gate good cards.

Calculated, Tai Xu Gate has now met three of the four heavenly prides of Qian Xue. These three Earth Rank sword discussions are almost all "must lose."

This is equivalent to saying that they lost three games for no reason.

Generally speaking, it's not so unlucky.

But if the luck is truly that bad, there's nothing they can do. Luck is sometimes like this. When you're unlucky, even drinking cold water can get stuck between your teeth.

They can't possibly go find Lun Dao Tian Yi to settle accounts.

But what truly makes Mo Hua care about this sword discussion is not this point.

Tai Xu Gate.

Night falls, disciples' residence.

Mo Hua lies on his bed, still thinking about Duan Mu Qing.

Scenes from the daytime still emerge in his mind one by one.

Especially at the very beginning, when he brushed past Duan Mu Qing and saw her eyes.

Duan Mu Qing is beautiful, and her eyes are also beautiful.

But in her eyes, through the clear and ice-cold base color, when looking into the deep place, there is a cluster of black "gloom."

This cluster of gloom is a bit turbid, as if carved into her divine soul.

Mo Hua was very unexpected for a time, so he subconsciously reminded her... "Dao Heart defiled."

But Duan Mu Qing's reaction was really too big.

These four words seemed to pierce her heart's defense.

Peeking into some secret at the bottom of her heart.

She actually wanted to kill herself on the spot...

Very strange...

"What exactly is the turbid gloom at the bottom of her eyes..."

At this time, the night is deep and quiet. Mo Hua lies on his bed, carefully recalling, while at the same time his divine sense begins to deduce, and the cause and effect of heavenly machine flow from his heart.

He doesn't know how long has passed, when Mo Hua's heart suddenly jumps fiercely, and he immediately sits up straight, his expression grave.

He thinks of something:

Rouge Boat!

The gloom at the bottom of Duan Mu Qing's eyes, and the aura of the Rouge Boat, especially the qi of the evil fetus worshipped at that altar inside the Dragon King Temple, are very similar.

Mo Hua is shocked in his heart:

"This Duan Mu Qing, could she also have boarded the Rouge Boat?"

"Is she also related to the evil god?"

Such a clear and otherworldly fairy...

Mo Hua wrinkles his brow, "Impossible..."

But cause and effect are like this. No matter how impossible a matter appears on the surface, as long as there is cause and effect, it must be acknowledged.

Moreover, it's not just this.

Mo Hua carefully thinks: "Duan Mu Qing is one of the four most top-level heavenly prides among the four major sects in the Qian Xue state boundary..."

"If she also went to the Rouge Boat, what about the other three people?"

"Shen Lin Shu, Xiao Wu Chen, Ao Zhan, aren't they... all going to the Rouge Boat?"

"Then... the 'young master' who appeared in Ten Thousand Demons Valley, also with the claws and mouth of the evil god, and was often mentioned, who is he?"

"The young master I saw that night on the banks of the Smoke Water River, in the poppy-like cause and effect chain, who is he?"

"Is he one of these four people?"

"Is it... Shen Lin Shu?"

No matter how Mo Hua looks at it, he feels that Shen Lin Shu has the greatest suspicion.

Especially, he is from the Shen family, and is also related to Qian Dao Zong.

The other three, Duan Mu Qing, should also have some relation to the Rouge Boat.

As for Xiao Wu Chen and Ao Zhan, it is estimated that it is also impossible for them to have no connection...

However...

Another doubt arises in Mo Hua's heart: "Why didn't I see it before?"

At the sword discussion assembly, he already fought with three people.

And Shen Lin Shu, he also met him before in Qing State City.

If these four people are truly related to the Rouge Boat, to the Dragon King Temple, and to the evil fetus, their bodies must be tainted with the aura of the evil god.

Then with his "origin" with the Great Wilderness evil god, he should be able to see something.

But now, only by coincidence did he discover this clue from Duan Mu Qing's body...

Why?

The evil god... no, or rather, that Mister Tu, used what means to conceal all these auras?

Concealed to the point that even he, a half-step god who swallowed the "evil fetus," cannot detect it?

Mo Hua's brows wrinkle tighter and tighter.

(End of this chapter)