My Senior Brother Turned Black After I Died. Chapter 42

Chapter 42 Chapter 42 You thick eyebrows and big eyes actually…

“Boom——!”

As if a nine-day thunder exploded in his ears, the joy on Lou Yuxing’s face instantly shattered and turned into a blank blank.

He stood there blankly, as if he didn’t understand what Xu Jin’an was saying. His lips moved a few times, but no sound came out.All the sounds and sights around him seemed to fade away in an instant and became blurred. Only the two words “death” echoed in his mind over and over again, completely extinguishing the fire of hope he had just ignited.

“No…impossible…” It took a long time for Lou Yuxing to squeeze out a sound from his throat, and his body could hardly stand, crumbling, and his face was as pale as paper.

“Master… Master… he was fine before I left… I, I got the Jade Heart Orchid… I got it!”

He raised his head suddenly, stared at Xu Jin’an with his red eyes, as if he had grasped the last life-saving straw, and shouted in a hoarse voice: “Leader Xu! This news is false! Isn’t it?! Someone is spreading rumors! My master is so advanced in cultivation, how could he… You must have made a mistake! Yu Xinlan is here! I’m going back! I’m going back to save him now!” He was incoherent, as if he was crazy, and was about to rush out regardless of hesitation.

“Master Nephew Lou!” Ji Hantong was also shocked. He grabbed Lou Yuxing, who was almost out of control, and said sternly: “Calm down!”

Shen Lanchuan also took a step forward and stood in front of Lou Yuxing. His eyes were as sharp as a knife and he shot at Xu Jin’an: “Has the news been confirmed? Is the source reliable?”

Xu Jinan handed the light blue jade slip to Shen Lanchuan: “It is the obituary slip personally issued by the great elder of Qingyun Mountain.”

Shen Lanchuan took the jade slip and penetrated it with his spiritual consciousness. After a moment, his expression darkened.

When Lou Yuxing saw Shen Lanchuan’s solemn expression, his last hope was completely shattered.His legs went weak, and he would have almost collapsed to the ground if it weren’t for Ji Hantong’s support.

“Master…Master…” Lou Yuxing murmured, tears bursting out silently, rolling down mixed with the dust and blood on his face.

Lou Yuxing no longer screamed or struggled, as if all his strength and soul had been taken away in an instant, leaving only boundless darkness and coldness to swallow him.

There was dead silence.The Immortal Alliance monks looked sad, and many of them lowered their heads and sighed.Xu Jinan also looked sad. Song Mianbai had a high reputation in the world of cultivation. His death was undoubtedly a great loss to the righteous path.

Ji Hantong supported Lou Yuxing, who was almost collapsed, and his heart was filled with ups and downs, but this was not the time to indulge in grief.

He looked at Shen Lanchuan and said in a deep voice: “Senior brother, no matter what, we need to rush back to Qingyun Mountain as soon as possible. There are many doubts about Sect Master Song, so we have to confirm it ourselves.”

Shen Lanchuan said no more, waved his robe sleeves, and the sapphire shuttle appeared again.The flying shuttle turned into a stream of cyan light, tearing through the morning mist in an instant and disappearing over Liuyun City, speeding towards Qingyun Mountain.

Within the shuttle, the atmosphere was so depressing that it was almost stagnant.Lou Yuxing huddled in the corner, staring at the bulkhead with empty eyes. His tears had dried up, leaving only the numbness and despair of death. He still held the storage bag containing the jade heart orchid tightly in his arms.

Ji Hantong and Shen Lanchuan sat opposite each other.Shen Lanchuan closed his eyes and adjusted his breathing, sorting out the consumption of breaking the formation just now, and there was a layer of frost between his brows that could not be dissolved.Ji Hantong frowned, and his mind sank into the sea of ​​consciousness to contact System 0621.

“0621, are you there?”

“I’m here! I’m always here, host!” System 0621 responded immediately.

“0621, please check carefully,” Ji Hantong said in a serious tone, “Is there any specific information about Song Mianbai, the leader of Qingyun Mountain, in the original book “On the Road to Immortality”? Did he really die of serious injuries at this time?”

System 0621 was silent for a moment and seemed to be retrieving quickly.After a while, it replied with some uncertainty: “Host, there is not much in the original work about Qingyun Mountain. It is not like Taixuan Dao Sect, which is the main activity map of the male protagonist in the early stage, nor is it like Lan Yue Sect, which has important plots and characters closely related to the male protagonist.”

It paused and tried to remember: “Qingyun Mountain is more like a background in the original work. It is famous for its ‘righteousness’. It is often mentioned as killing demons and supporting justice in various places, but the specific plot rarely revolves around it. As for Song Mianbai’s name, it seems that it has appeared several times, but it always appeared in the conversations of others.”

“What about his ending? When and why did he die in the original work? Or did he live until the later stages of the story?” Ji Hantong asked.

“There is no specific mention of Song Mianbai’s ending,” System 0621 hesitated even more, “Host, I have retrieved all the key information about ‘Song Mianbai’ and the ‘Sect Master of Qingyun Mountain’. After the male protagonist Li Cangming began to participate in the top affairs of the cultivation world in the middle and late stages of the original work, the representatives of Qingyun Mountain who appeared in several important sect meetings or immortal alliance decision-making occasions were indeed not Song Mianbai. They were all the great elders of Qingyun Mountain, but there was no mention of who the sect leader was at that time.”

“In other words, in the timeline of the original work, Song Mianbai is indeed very likely to have passed away at this point in time.” Ji Hantong grasped the key.

“It can be inferred this way.” System 0621 affirmed.

Ji Hantong sighed inwardly.

*

The speed of the shuttle was extremely fast, and in just half a day, the rolling Qingyun Mountains covered by clouds and fog had already appeared in the field of vision.

Qingyun Mountain is located at the intersection of two spiritual veins. The main peak towers into the clouds. The mountain is steep and graceful. The mountains and fields are covered with green pines and cypresses, and the spiritual energy is dense.

However, at this moment, the entire Qingyun Mountain was shrouded in an invisible layer of sadness.At the mountain gate, the mountain gate has been replaced with a solemn white color. All the disciples guarding the mountain have their arms wrapped in black veils and their faces are sad.

Seeing the shuttle landing, he recognized the logo of Taixuan Dao Sect and Shen Lanchuan and Ji Hantong walking out of it. The gatekeeper disciple quickly stepped forward to salute, his voice choked with sobs: “I’ve seen Immortal Mingshu, Immortal Yuheng… and Senior Brother Lou!”

When Lou Yuxing saw his familiar disciple and his plain eyes, he couldn’t hold back anymore. He staggered towards the gatekeeper and asked in a hissing voice: “Master…Master…really…” Before he could finish his words, he broke down in tears.

An older disciple had red eyes and nodded sadly: “Senior Brother Lou, my condolences… The sect master has passed away. The mourning hall is located in Qingyun Hall, and all the elders and brothers are here.”

Upon hearing this, Lou Yuxing turned around and ran wildly towards the main peak, Qingyun Hall.

Ji Hantong and Shen Lanchuan looked at each other and walked quickly towards Qingyun Palace following the leading disciple.The Qingyun Mountain disciples I met along the way all had sad faces.

*

Qingyun Hall is the main hall of Qingyun Mountain. It is magnificent. At this moment, the door of the hall is wide open, and the inside and outside have been arranged like a mourning hall.A huge Chinese character “Dian” hangs high, white flags hang down, and incense candles linger.There is a crystal clear cold jade coffin parked in the middle of the hall. The lid of the coffin is not closed, and a quiet figure wearing the attire of the Qingyun Mountain Sect Leader can be vaguely seen.

Dozens of Qingyun Mountain elders and deacons were kneeling in front of the coffin, all wearing sackcloth and mourning, sobbing softly.The leader, an old man with white beard and hair and a pale face, knelt at the front. He was the great elder of Qingyun Mountain and the one who issued the obituary.

Lou Yuxing rushed into the hall and saw the cold jade coffin at a glance.He rushed to the coffin and saw Song Mianbai’s familiar but lifeless face through the half-open coffin lid.

“Master——!” A shrill howl resounded through the hall. Lou Yuxing knelt down in front of the coffin, grabbing the ground with his head and wailing. The disciples around him also shed tears and screamed in sorrow.

Ji Hantong and Shen Lanchuan stepped into the palace, and the solemn atmosphere made them involuntarily slow down their steps.When the great elder saw them, he quickly led several elders to greet them. He bowed his hands and said in a hoarse voice: “Immortal Mingshu and Immortal Yuheng, we have come from afar, but we are not welcome at all.”

Shen Lanchuan returned the gift: “My condolences to you, Great Elder. We also feel sorry for what happened to Fellow Daoist Song. I came here to express my condolences, and secondly… Fellow Daoist Song’s injury suddenly worsened. There may be something fishy about it. We want to know the details.”

Hearing this, the great elder’s wrinkled face became even more sad. He sighed and said, “Thank you, the two immortals, for your concern. However, the sect leader is indeed too seriously injured, his origin has been exhausted, and he has no way to recover.”

He led Shen Lanchuan and Ji Hantong to a relatively secluded corner on one side of the mourning hall, avoiding the weeping disciples, and then lowered his voice and continued: “The sect leader’s injuries have been recurring since he returned from the Longyuan Secret Realm. We and the fellow Taoists from Yaowang Valley tried our best to use the Aoki Soul-nurturing Lamp to barely give him a glimmer of life. However, this is only a temporary solution, not the root cause, and we did not wait for the return elixir in time, so the sect leader finally left.”

The great elder said, his eyes were red and his voice was choked: “In the past month, the sect master’s condition has been good and bad, and he has relied on his will to hold on. Master Lou’s nephew went to Liuyun City to find Jade Heart Orchid, which was the sect master’s last and greatest hope. But who would have thought that just last night, the sect master’s aura suddenly weakened, and in just an hour… he ran out of energy, and his soul disappeared.”

He raised his hand and wiped the corners of his eyes, “We tried our best but couldn’t save it. It seems that the sect master has reached the end of his life. After holding on for so long, he still can’t wait for Yu Xinlan to return…”

However, Ji Hantong asked calmly: “Great Elder, was there anything abnormal before Sect Master Song’s injury worsened? For example, did he come into contact with anyone? What new pills did he take? Or was the Aoki Soul-nurturing Lamp tampered with?”

The Great Elder was startled for a moment, then shook his head: “There is nothing unusual. During the period of the sect master’s rest, he was under the constant care of two reliable elders and two doctors left by Yaowang Valley. Except for a few elders and core disciples like me, it is inaccessible to anyone else. The elixirs are also prepared in strict accordance with the recipes left by the master of Yaowang Valley, and are sent in after being inspected by dedicated personnel. The Aoki Soul-nurturing Lamp is the sect’s most precious treasure, and has always been under my personal control. I will not leave it day and night, and there is no possibility of being tampered with.”

He looked at Ji Hantong with a hint of displeasure in his eyes: “Or…does Immortal Yuheng suspect that one of us is harming the sect master?”

“Song Mianbai once told me that the elders are all reliable people. Naturally, my junior brother and I would not think so.” Shen Lanchuan said.

“Of course I won’t doubt the Great Elder,” Ji Hantong nodded, “Second Master Song’s funeral is the most important thing. I hope that the Great Elder can allow us to stay in Qingyun Mountain temporarily to see off the last journey of Sect Leader Song.”

Seeing that their attitude had softened, the Great Elder was relieved and said quickly: “Of course it is possible. It is an honor for Qingyun Mountain that the two immortals can stay. I will arrange a guest house now.”

At this time, Lou Yuxing, who had been crying in front of the mourning hall, suddenly raised his head and said to the great elder: “Elder, have you finished talking? I will take the two immortals to the guest house. After all, I am familiar with the immortals.”

The great elder nodded: “That’s fine.”

Lou Yu walked over, and the elder patted him on the shoulder and said in a gentler voice: “Nephew Lou, please forgive me.”

“Immortal Mingshu and Immortal Yuheng have come from afar. You can take them to Tingzhu Garden to have a rest. It’s clean there. You should also have a good rest. Don’t collapse. Your master’s spirit in heaven doesn’t want to see you like this.”

Lou Yuxing nodded numbly and said in a hoarse voice: “Yes, Great Elder.”

He turned to Shen Lanchuan and Ji Hantong, “Two immortals, please come with this junior.”

“Your nephew, Master Laolou.” Ji Hantong said warmly, and followed up with Shen Lanchuan.

*

Leaving the suppressed and sorrowful Qingyun Palace, the three of them walked towards the back mountain along the winding bluestone path.The scenery of Qingyun Mountain is quiet and quiet, with bamboo forests and gurgling springs. On weekdays, it will be a refreshing and blessed place for cultivating immortals.But at this moment, the plain white decorations seen along the way and the sad expressions of the disciples gave this tranquility a layer of lingering sadness.

Lou Yuxing led the way until he entered Tingzhu Garden. He turned around and closed the elegant bamboo door tightly, and waved his hand to set up a layer of soundproofing.

With a “pop”, Lou Yuxing knelt down straight in front of Shen Lanchuan and Ji Hantong, and hit his forehead heavily on the cold floor. His voice was hoarse and urgent, and he begged with desperate despair: “Two immortals! Please help this junior! Help this junior find my master!”

Ji Hantong and Shen Lanchuan were both shocked.Shen Lanchuan reacted faster, raised his hand, and a gentle spiritual force lifted Lou Yuxing up irresistibly.

Ji Hantong asked quickly: “Master Lou, what do you mean by this? Stand up and speak. Isn’t your master’s body in the mourning hall?”

Lou Yuxing was lifted up by spiritual power. His red eyes stared closely at Shen Lanchuan and Ji Hantong. He lowered his voice and every word seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth: “The person in the coffin cannot be my master!”

“What?!” Ji Hantong subconsciously looked outside the door. After confirming that no one was there, he uneasily placed another layer of soundproofing ban. “Master Nephew Lou, please don’t say this nonsense. Do you have any evidence?”

Lou Yuxing nodded vigorously: “Just now…just now, when the junior was crying in front of the coffin, he quietly opened a corner of the robe of the body in the coffin and looked at the master’s back while no one was paying attention.”

He took a deep breath, a suspicious blush appeared on his face, and his voice became a little twisted: “Master… There is a dark red birthmark the size of a copper coin on the left side of the master’s back, but the skin on the back shoulder of the body in the coffin is smooth and there is nothing.”

The room fell into dead silence.There was only the sound of the bamboo leaves rustling in the wind outside the window, and the sound of the three people breathing.

Shen Lanchuan’s face was solemn, and he looked at Lou Yuxing sharply: “Are you sure? How do you know that your master has this birthmark?”

“Junior is absolutely sure!” Lou Yuxing said anxiously, “Junior will never admit that birthmark is wrong! Because…because…”

The blush on his face became even worse, and his voice was almost inaudible, “Junior… Junior once accidentally entered Master Qingxiu’s hot spring when he was young… accidentally… saw…”

He didn’t finish what he said, but the meaning was already obvious.

Ji Hantong looked at him in shock, as if it was the first day he met this person.

No, you kid, looking at the thick eyebrows and big eyes, didn’t expect that.

“So you suspect that the body in the mourning hall is fake. Song Mianbai may not have died but was imprisoned.” Shen Lanchuan quickly sorted out his thoughts.

“Yes,” Lou Yuxing said with a bitter smile, “I’m not afraid of the two immortals making fun of you. The only ones I can trust now are the two immortals.”

Lou Yuxing once trusted and loved his sect extremely.But when he discovered that the body in the coffin had no birthmark, Lou Yuxing couldn’t help but think of what Shen Xuzhi said.

Is Qingyun Mountain really as just as I think?Are the elders and fellow disciples who were once so familiar to each other humans or ghosts under their skin?Where did Master get taken to?

Lou Yuxing had to admit that the moment he discovered that it was not Song Mianbai’s body, his originally firm Taoist heart was really shaken. Shen Xuzhi’s words did succeed.

Lou Yuxing nodded heavily, with tears in his eyes, “The elder, several uncles, the doctors of Yaowang Valley… I look at their sad expressions but can’t tell the truth from the fake. I don’t even dare to think about it. If even they… what is Qingyun Mountain like now? Where is Master? Is he alive or dead?”

He knelt down again: “Two Immortal Lords, I know that this matter is extremely dangerous and involves a huge amount of money, but I am really desperate.”

Ji Hantong stepped forward and helped him up: “Senior Brother Lou, get up first. Several of your fellow disciples died because of me. I owe you a favor. What’s more, Sect Leader Song is my senior brother’s friend. Senior brother and I will never stand idly by.”

Shen Lanchuan walked to the window and looked in the direction of Qingyun Temple through the gaps in the bamboo leaves. His voice was cold: “If Song Mianbai is not dead, but was just transferred and hidden, what is the purpose of the other party? If he has suffered an accident, why bother to get a fake body? Is it to cover up the real cause of death? Or for something else?”

Ji Hantong walked up to him and stood side by side: “Brother, I still feel that there is something fishy and weird about Sect Master Song from the moment he was injured. Maybe we can start from the so-called secret realm of Longyuan.”

“Can you think of anything about the secret realm of Longyuan where your master went?” Ji Hantong turned around and asked.

“Dragon Abyss Secret Realm?” Lou Yuxing was stunned by Ji Hantong’s question, with a look of confusion on his face, and shook his head, “I’m not afraid of Immortal Lord’s jokes. I really have no clue. Master seems to have gone to Long Abyss Secret Realm alone, and then came back seriously injured. I heard the name Long Abyss Secret Realm from him, and I don’t know where it is.”

Shen Lanchuan also frowned: “The secret realms that appear in various places are recorded in the Immortal League. I have never seen them in the records of the Immortal League.”

Because he has often “worked” for the Immortal League in recent years, Shen Lanchuan has a very high authority within the Immortal League. He has browsed all the information about the secret realm that is currently known, and has never heard of the Longyuan Secret Realm.

“Longyuan Secret Realm…” Ji Hantong chewed the name in a low voice.He also asked System 0621 to search the original work, but there was no news about Longyuan Secret Realm.

Ji Hantong thought of the recent changes at the top of the cultivation world and couldn’t help but sigh: “The leaders of the six major sects have lost their jobs too frequently in the past two years.”

Wrong——

Ji Hantong suddenly raised his head and happened to meet Shen Lanchuan’s eyes. The two looked at each other and couldn’t help but start analyzing.

Ji Hantong elaborated: “The Guixu Sect changed its sect leader two years ago. It is said that the previous sect leader accidentally went into a trap while in retreat to reach a higher realm, and his junior brother was ordered to take over as the sect leader. Although this matter caused some discussion at the time, the Guixu Sect quickly stabilized, and the new sect leader also behaved in a low-key manner, so it did not cause too much trouble.”

“But this is what the Guixu Sect says to the outside world,” Shen Lanchuan continued, “It is very common in the world of cultivation to become possessed by a maniac, so it did not arouse much suspicion at the time. Now that I think about it, there are still many doubts.”

“And the Lan Yue Sect…” Ji Hantong paused, thinking of Xiao Mengjue who had left a huge impression on him through their only one-time relationship, with a hint of regret in his tone.

Now, it’s Song Mianbai’s turn in Qingyun Mountain.In just a few years, the sect leaders of three of the six major sects have had accidents. Is this really a coincidence?

“Mo Wuyi…” Shen Lanchuan murmured.

Ji Hantong looked at him: “What’s wrong with Mo Wuyi?”

Shen Lanchuan said: “Junior brother, do you remember what Sect Master Mo said? The Suxin Secret Realm should not have appeared.”

“If Suxin Secret Realm does not appear unexpectedly, then it should be the same as Longyuan Secret Realm, a secret realm we have never heard of.”

Ji Hantong was stunned: “Are you saying that the Longyuan Secret Realm that Sect Master Song went to might be the same as the Suxin Secret Realm at that time, and it was a place where that thing was imprisoned?”

“I think it’s very possible,” Shen Lanchuan nodded, “Let’s send a letter to Mo Wuyi and ask.”

Although Lou Yuxing couldn’t understand what they were talking about, he seemed to have clues when he saw the two immortals talking, and he was very active in polishing the ink.

*

Shen Lanchuan went to write a letter, while Ji Hantong was still immersed in thinking.

Is it a coincidence that these powerful sect leaders are having troubles one after another, or is there an undercurrent quietly driving them?Is Song Mianbai’s death really related to filth as the two imagined?

“Senior brother…” Ji Hantong said.

Shen Lanchuan just finished writing the letter, folded it and looked up at him.

“Tell me, why didn’t Shen Fu die?” Ji Hantong said very seriously.

After he said it, Ji Hantong felt that the words were a bit strange, and quickly explained: “It’s not senior brother, listen to me, look -”

“The ones who died two years ago from the Guixu Sect, including the current sect leader, are from the same generation as us; although Mo Wuyi from the Lan Yue Sect is from the same generation as the master, Mo Wuyi has also been guarding that place for hundreds of years, and his body has been greatly damaged; Song MianbaiWe are the same generation as us, not to mention Xin Xuezhen; Lu Yanci of Tianji Pavilion seems to have this name in every sect leader, and I don’t know how old he is, so let’s not care about it for the moment; even if we include the Immortal Alliance, the current leader Xu Jin’an has only been in office not long ago, and only Shen Fu…”

“After so many years, his master who is more advanced than him is gone, Sect Master Xiao who is stronger than him is gone, Sect Master Guixu Sect and Song Mianbai who are younger than him are gone, but he is actually living well and full of energy, don’t you think it’s strange?”

“You can’t really say that Shen Fu is the chosen one, right? He can live and give birth.”

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