The starlight was cold and scattered on Li Xuhan's face, but it made him look even more dim. It seemed that while his soul was hurting, the endless darkness was gradually annihilated him.

What kind of pain did he endure under his calm expression? The soul was torn apart, which was a word that would only be used when he cultivated immortals and made the most vicious oaths and curses. When he died, even his soul would disappear, and he would not even be gone for the next life.

Could it be that this master who has accompanied him for hundreds of years, this old man who has worked hard to protect him from the past few years on Jiuhua Mountain, and one of the legendary figures of Jiuhua, is really going to gradually become weak or even die in the tears of souls?

As this feeling became stronger, an extremely strong sense of fear suddenly surged in Zhang Hualing's heart.

"Is it only less than a hundred years?"

After knowing that Li Xuhan used the "soul-destroying technique" on him, Zhang Hualing was not only sad and sad that his master should have when he was about to die, but more terrifying and confused, and even a little at a loss.

Zhang Hualing grew up with Li Xuhan since childhood. It was Li Xuhan who raised him, and it was Li Xuhan who taught him how to cultivate immortality and how to be a human being. Four hundred years ago, facing the competition between Zhou Huahai and Xiao Huazhe, Li Xuhan also helped him to the throne of the head of Jiuhua. It can be said that Zhang Hualing has long been used to Li Xuhan standing behind him and silently supporting him for hundreds of years.

During the years he was the head of the sect, what made Zhang Hualing most praised was that no matter what changes occurred in Jiuhua Mountain, he seemed very calm and calm, as if he was confident at all times.

But that was because Zhang Hualing knew that behind him was a master who was unfathomable in his wisdom and strength, he was silently supporting him, so he would not be desperate and nervous when facing any changes. Even if he was pointed at by thousands of people on Huandao, he would be free and natural to arrange and deal with it.

But because of this, Zhang Hualing was not sure if one day Li Xuhan was gone, then he would have the ability to continue moving forward with Jiuhua Mountain.

Zhang Hualing even couldn't imagine that kind of scene.

It sounds ridiculous. Zhang Hualing, as the leader of the Jiuhua Sect among the six great holy lands, is a first-class immortal cultivation in the immortal cultivation world. He is more than 800 years old, and even has been the leader for nearly four hundred years, but he is still so attached to his master. But this is a fact.

Or, no matter how noble Zhang Hualing's identity becomes or how strong his strength is, when facing Li Xuhan, he is still just the childish boy who once served Li Xuhan and stared at his master Li Xuhan with admiration.

Looking at the confused look on Zhang Hualing's face, as the master who had taught him for hundreds of years, Li Xuhan immediately understood what he was thinking.

To be honest, Jiuhua Mountain has come to this point, and it can be said that it is largely under Zhang Xusheng's control. He himself is extremely worried about the future of Jiuhua Mountain after his death. Fortunately, he tampered with the heart. There will be no major twists and turns in Jiuhua Mountain for hundreds of years. With these hundreds of years, Jiuhua Mountain can produce dozens of masters in the Kalpa Stage. If you are lucky, you can even appear in several Mahayana Stage masters. But without his own silent care, he is still uneasy.

Now, the saying of the catastrophe in the world that Li Xuhan is most worried about has been circulated in the world of immortal cultivation for tens of thousands of years. Every 2,800 years, there will be a huge catastrophe in the world of immortal cultivation for almost no sect and any cultivator can survive. But now, it is only sixty years away from the next catastrophe in the legend. Li Xuhan is afraid that if the catastrophe really occurs in sixty years, then how should Jiuhua face it?

Sixty years later, Li Xuhan, who was constantly suffering from soul pain, may not be able to help Jiuhua any longer even if he is still alive.

But although he was worried, Li Xuhan showed no sign of his face. Because he knew that this would only make Zhang Hualing less confident. So he just stared at Zhang Hualing with a low expression and asked slowly: "Ling'er, what are you worried about?"

Hearing Li Xuhan's question, Zhang Hualing was slightly stunned. After seeing Li Xuhan staring at him, Zhang Hualing lowered his head slightly and replied softly: "Disciple thinks that Jiuhua's strength is greatly reduced now, and it is probably difficult to deal with the future changes in the immortal cultivation world in the future."

Li Xuhan smiled slightly and said lightly: "Are you worried about this? I think you are worried that after I die, you will not be able to lead this Jiuhua Mountain to continue walking, right?"

Zhang Hualing lowered his head deeper, but did not refute it, obviously accusing Li Xuhan of his judgment.

Li Xuhan sighed slightly and asked again: "Why do you have so no confidence in yourself?"

Zhang Hualing was slightly stunned. After thinking for a while, he said, "Jiuhua's strength is now greatly reduced. However, the situation in the world of immortal cultivation is becoming more and more bizarre. Master, you... can only lead and guide your disciples for less than a hundred years. The disciples are afraid that with their own strength, they will not be able to protect the entire Jiuhua Mountain."

Li Xuhan smiled slightly and said, "How can you not have confidence in your abilities? You have done a good job as the head of the sect in the past four hundred years."

"That's because you are here. The disciples have confidence in everything they do. Even if they do something wrong, there is a master who will correct me and make corrections." Zhang Hualing said.

Li Xuhan smiled again and asked, "So have you done something wrong in the past four hundred years? Have I guided you in addition to staying on the top of Jiuhua Mountain?"

When Zhang Xusheng heard Li Xuhan's words, he was stunned again.

Li Xuhan continued: "Since the sudden change of Jiuhua Mountain 800 years ago, its strength plummeted. How do others evaluate me Jiuhua Mountain? What are they? How do others evaluate the land?"

Li Xuhan paused and said, "Eight hundred years ago, what they said was that the Jiuhua Mountain Sutra's changes would probably be removed from the holy land, or even from the immortal world. But in the past four hundred years since you took over as the head of the sect, how have others evaluated me in Jiuhua Mountain? They said that my Jiuhua Mountain has gradually revived in these four hundred years, and will sooner or later return to the glory of eight hundred years ago. What does this mean?"

Just as Zhang Hualing wanted to say something, Li Xuhan continued: "What does this mean? This shows that you are much more capable than me as the leader. Jiuhua Mountain began to revive because of your correct leadership. Although my Jiuhua Mountain has lost a lot of strength, no matter how miserable it is, it is not as good as eight hundred years ago. For you, everything is just a start over, so what are you worried about?"

As Li Xuhan said this, Zhang Hualing's eyes gradually became more energetic. He bowed to Li Xuhan and said, "Thank you for your teachings, my disciples have received the teachings."

Seeing that Zhang Hualing finally regained her confidence, a hint of relief flashed in Li Xuhan's eyes. In fact, Li Xuhan always knew that because of his long-term existence, Zhang Hualing had always lived under his shadow. Although he was fearless in his actions, his ability was also discounted unknowingly. I believe that after this conversation, Zhang Hualing would sooner or later ask the shadows to let go of his hands and feet to show his true abilities.

Thinking of this, Li Xuhan said loudly: "Jiuhua Mountain is so lonely. It can be said that the biggest reason is that I was too indulged in Zhang Xusheng back then. When I was pursuing him eight hundred years ago, I was ruthless when I was pursuing him. So in the future, you should not be psychologically stressed when doing things, just let go of your hands and feet. All the consequences will be borne by me. As long as you do your best and have no guilt, even if Jiuhua really declines in the end, you can still be worthy of Jiuhua's ancestors after your death."

Hearing Li Xuhan's words, Zhang Hualing's body suddenly shook, and suddenly understood what Li Xuhan was thinking.

The reason why Li Xuhan used the "soul-destroying technique" without regard to the consequences of soul-wrenching pain and soul corruption is probably a big reason because he is afraid that he will face Jiuhua's ancestors after his death.

Although he understood Li Xuhan's thoughts, Zhang Hualing did not say anything, and he was unable to say anything. He just said worriedly: "As Master, you said, Zhang Xusheng may not be able to threaten me Jiuhua Mountain again for hundreds of years, and other sects will not take action because they are concerned about it. But what the disciple is worried about is that the next catastrophe in the immortal world will be less than a hundred years away. At that time, with the ability of his disciples and Jiuhua's current strength, it may be difficult to protect them."

Li Xuhan nodded slightly. He had already thought about this question. After thinking just now, he had noticed it in his heart and said lightly: "Since that's the case, then after repairing the Jiuji Formation, I, Jiuhua, will block the mountain."

Hearing Li Xuhan's words, Zhang Hualing's body was shocked at first, frowned and thought for a long time, finally nodded and said, "Just do what you want from Master."

It turns out that in the world of immortal cultivation, a sect sealing a mountain is equivalent to announcing that its sect temporarily withdraws from the world of immortal cultivation. It cuts off all connections with the world of immortal cultivation, no longer participates in any activities in the world of immortal cultivation, and no longer regards himself as an immortal cultivation, which will have a great blow to the reputation of this sect of immortal cultivation. Any sect will never consider sealing a mountain until it is absolutely necessary.

For Jiuhua Mountain, closing the mountain has another meaning. That is, reverse the mountain protection formation "Nine-Picture Array", so that the power of the "Nine-Picture Array" can be increased three times. It can be said that there are almost no sects or forces in the cultivation world to break it, but in this way, the disadvantages are also obvious. Although outsiders cannot come in, the Jiuhua Sect members cannot go out before the "Nine-Picture Array" is operating normally.

The plan to close the mountain was a last resort, but in order to preserve Jiuhua Mountain, I could only do this. After all, everything is based on Jiuhua inheritance.

Although there is no sect that can escape from the catastrophes of the immortal cultivation world, after the mountain is closed, Jiuhua Mountain can also be avoided from being involved in the catastrophe at the beginning. Looking at the history of the fairy cultivation world, it is not difficult to find that the sects that have been most seriously damaged in the catastrophe are often the sects that are first involved in the catastrophe. If you join the catastrophe one day later, Jiuhua will be less dangerous.

Thinking of this, although he knew that the mountain closure had a huge impact on Jiuhua Mountain's reputation, he still agreed without hesitation.

After hearing Zhang Hualing's agreement, Li Xuhan nodded slightly and said, "Let's go back."

As he said that, Li Xuhan took the lead in flying into the "Jiuji Formation", and Zhang Hualing hurriedly followed. "After closing the mountain, I will return to the Baicao Garden on the top of Jiuhua Mountain. Just take charge of all the things in Jiuhua Mountain by yourself. I believe you can do it well." Li Xuhan said to Zhang Hualing while flying into Jiuhua Mountain.

Hua Ling replied.

After hesitating for a moment, Li Xuhan said again: "Among the disciples of the Qing generation, the disciple Xu Qingfan, you should not arrange anything for him in these years, let him go to the top of Jiuhua Mountain to accompany me more."

Zhang Hualing was slightly stunned. He didn't understand when Li Xuhan would know Xu Qingfan and value him so much, but he still said, "Yes. I'll make arrangements after I go back."

As Zhang Hualing's words fell, the figures of the two gradually disappeared into the endless black fog in the "Nine-Polar Formation".

On an ordinary hill three thousand miles north of Jiuhua Mountain, two purple and white lights suddenly fell. After the light dissipated, it was Zhang Xusheng and the purple-clothed man who rescued Zhang Xusheng.

All the figures of the man in purple were covered with purple robe, and his face was not seen. There were several golden patterns on the edge of the purple robe. Several golden bells were hung on it, and the sound of swaying as the body moved was constantly rippling. On the purple robe, there was a arrogant character "Ming", which attracted people's eyes. On the fingers, there was an ancient and mysterious ring with the word "Xuan" engraved on it.

After landing, the man in purple looked at Zhang Xusheng and smiled slightly. He said, "Huang, it's just dealing with Jiuhua Mountain, why is it so embarrassing?"

The sound has a strange melody and is full of vicissitudes. Although the words are like this, it does not give people a sarcastic feeling at all.

But Zhang Xusheng snorted coldly, and the light flashed on his body. After the light passed, Zhang Xusheng's dress changed drastically, and his robe became exactly the same as the man in purple beside him, but the ring on his hand was engraved with the word "yellow".

"Hmph, I could have dealt with this matter completely by myself, so where do you need your help? And you are also wearing the clothes in the organization, aren't you afraid of attracting the attention of other cultivators in the immortal world? Exposing the existence of the organization, I see how you are." Zhang Xusheng appreciated the slightest and snorted coldly.

Xuan said lightly: "If I wear organizational lichen clothes, the organization will be exposed. Then you will act without the consent of the organization? Do you know how much trouble you have caused this time? Almost all the Mahayana monks in the vast land of China were alarmed by you. If I hadn't pulled you away a moment ago, at least seven Mahayana monks would have rushed to Jiuhua Mountain. Even if you want to escape, there will be no way. At that time, you will be caught by them, will the threat of the organization be exposed even greater?"

Zhang Xusheng frowned and said coldly: "You have to figure out that I joined the organization just because I will get some benefits after joining the organization, but it does not mean that I have sold myself to the organization. When the organization does not have a unified action, my freedom is my freedom. No one can care about it. As for those Mahayana masters who came, do you think I didn't expect it? I naturally have a way to escape, but I don't need your help."

Xuan was not angry, but said with a smile: "We organized sixteen people, except for heaven and earth. Who did not join the organization because of interests? But because of this, exposing the organization is not good for us. This time you have already obtained the heart of the earth, so don't ask for trouble in Jiuhua Mountain before the next catastrophe. Save another setback."

Zhang Xusheng snorted coldly again, pulled the purple robe on his body, and stretched his hand into the wound on his left chest, but pulled out the "Tianzhang Sword" of the deaf and dumb Lord from the wound, threw it to Xuan beside him, and said, "I knew you would definitely come to join in the fun, but I don't want to owe you a favor. Haven't you been looking for a good sword? This Tianzhang Sword is pretty good, even if I give you the reward."

Appreciating the "Sky Sword" in his hand, Xuan exclaimed: "Good sword, I always thought it had been lost." As he said that, Xuan said to Zhang Xusheng again: "It's not a bad thing that Huang is still so accurate. I thought I had expected that I would appear before attacking Jiuhua, right?"

Zhang Xusheng ignored Xuan's praise, but waved his right hand, and the heart with strange fluctuations suddenly appeared on his right hand. Looking at the heart that was not beating, a hint of joy flashed in Zhang Xusheng's eyes. After carefully examining it, he sent the heart to the wound on his left chest.

As the heart approached the wound, the blood mist surged in the wound became stronger and stronger. When the heart was sent into the wound, a strong and strange wave came from Zhang Xusheng's wound. As the blood mist obscured the heart, a strong blood light suddenly flashed on the wound.

The light was strange but dazzling, as if it could absorb the soul of a person. It would slowly fade after a long time. After the light disappeared, when Zhang Xusheng's left chest was smooth, his skin was as smooth as a baby. The shocking wound before was completely gone.

Xuan kept stroking the "Tianzhang Sword". Lucky flashed in his eyes. After seeing Zhang Xusheng's abnormal transformation, he put away the "Tianzhang Sword" and raised his head and bowed his hand and said, "Congratulations, your heart returns to your body. I think the things you have studied in the past few years will soon be complete. At that time, I'm afraid even I will be far from your opponent."

Zhang Xusheng smiled proudly. Just as he was about to say something, the expression on his face suddenly changed. However, the spiritual energy fluctuations on his body suddenly began to become chaotic. Then there were constant screams of ghost crying and screams from inside him, and they became clearer and more terrifying. As the sound of ghost crying and screaming, Zhang Xusheng's face changed five colors and lights continued to change. Then a large mouthful of black blood suddenly spurted out from his mouth Xuan saw Zhang Xusheng's change, and he also changed his expression suddenly and asked, "What's wrong with you, Huang?"

Zhang Xusheng's face was pale, but his murderous aura kept accumulating fluctuations in his eyes. After a long time, he said fiercely: "Holy Spirit Stone! He put a holy spirit stone in this heart that specializes in the evil spirit and the evil souls of heaven and earth! In order to destroy the balance between the evil souls and essence and blood in my body. The methods are very clever. I could hide it from my eyes just now, but do you think that doing this can really control me? Senior Brother Li. You underestimate me too much. Before the next catastrophe, I will completely defile this holy spirit stone. Then I will double the pain I have suffered to your Jiuhua Mountain."

As he said that, Zhang Xusheng ignored Di Xuan around him at all, and his body suddenly turned into a bloody wind, flying quickly towards the distance, and disappeared from Xuan's vision in a blink of an eye.

Looking at Zhang Xusheng's disappearing figure, Xuan's eyes were complicated. After a long time, Xuan sighed slightly and suddenly the purple light flashed on his body. After the light dissipated, his body also disappeared instantly.

Just as Li Xuhan and Zhang Xusheng were both planning future countermeasures, nearly a thousand corpses were piled up in a corner of Jiuhua Mountain, each of which looked weird, like a demon, but they were the low-level demons under Zhang Xusheng who died in Jiuhua.

At some point, a mist gradually appeared around the pile of corpses. After the body was stained with these mists, the three Jiuhua disciples who were guarding the demon's corpse were unconscious without any resistance.

Next to the fainting disciple Jiuhua, the mist gradually gathered together and then condensed into a human form. It looked like a snake demon. But it was the 33rd of the snake guards under Zhang Xusheng.

No. 33 stared at a certain location in the pile of corpses and bowed and said, "Master Xuanluo, No. 33 of Snake Guard came to pick him up."

As the sound of No. 33 fell, a certain body that had not moved suddenly opened its eyes, but it was Bao Qingfang who had already committed suicide!!

On the back mountain of Jiuhua, Xu Qingfan’s cave.

After Xu Qingfan's instruction without any trace during the chat, Jin Qinghan, Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan were in a much better mood. Not long after, Ting'er woke up from her coma, but she didn't ask anything after waking up. She just kept looking at Xu Qingfan's right leg and the scar on her face with her eyes. I don't know if it was Xu Qingfan's illusion, but seemed to have a look of concern flashed through Ting'er's eyes.

Xu Qingfan gently patted Ting'er's head and said wide-mindedly: "It's okay, my legs will be fine after a while."

Although he said this, Xu Qingfan was still a little sad, because although his legs could be healed, the scar on his face could never be removed because it had been severely corroded by severe toxicity. Although Xu Qingfan never cared about his appearance, he still felt discomfort when he felt the scar on his face.

Looking at Xu Qingfan's kind attitude towards Ting'er, a complicated look flashed in Jin Qinghan's eyes. He was still worried about Ting'er, but he was not convenient to say anything.

However, Li Yuhan did not understand the grudge between Xu Qingfan and Ting'er. He just looked at the stars and moon outside the house and the quiet night wind. When he recalled the fierce battle not long ago, he sighed: "It's finally over."

Xu Qingfan smiled and said, "Yes, it's finally over. We shouldn't be involved in so many right and wrong things. Cultivating immortals in peace is the right way."

Hearing Xu Qingfan say this, the other three nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, a light flashed from the sky, and then landed quickly in front of Xu Qingfan's cave, but there was an elder Jiuhua with a white shawl.

The elder glanced at the four people, his eyes stopped for a moment on Xu Qingfan and Ting'er, who had a strange pattern on his face, and then said in a solemn voice: "Li Yuhan, Sheng Yushan, you two will go to Hualing Palace immediately. The head of the sect has something to look for you. Jin Qinghan, you will also look for your master immediately, and he will also look for you."

Speaking of this, a strange look flashed in the elder's eyes and said to Xu Qingfan: "Xu Qingfan, you will go to Baicao Garden on the top of Jiuhua Mountain. Li... Senior Brother Liu from Baicao Garden has something to come to you."

Hearing the elder's words, Xu Qingfan and others looked at each other strangely. Li Yuhan and Sheng Yushan's eyes were filled with a hint of uneasiness, but they still bowed to it.

A chaos ended, but wasn’t the so-called end the beginning of another story?

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