Ning Que's steps were firm. Unfortunately, he still couldn't get closer to the national master.
However, he was not disappointed. An attempt was just an attempt. He believed that he would eventually find a way to find the other party in this formation of carriages and then kill him.
The national master was silent. The rosary beads between his thumb and index finger started to move by itself, releasing its own aura. The bloody smell in the carriage array suddenly became many times stronger.
The smell of blood came from the dead in this field, from the Tang Army that had no place to be buried.
Ning Que looked up at him and asked, "You believe in Everlasting Heaven, but you have done such an evil thing. Don't you worry that you will be punished by the Divine Kingdom in the future?"
The national master said, "The right thing is the right thing. The means are not important."
Ning Que said, "You know the relationship between me and the Everlasting Heaven that you believe in."
The national master looked at him and said seriously, "That's the relationship that you, a mortal, think."
Ning Que said, "I will prove to you that the relationship does exist objectively."
As he spoke, he had already taken three steps towards the carriage.
With every step, the frost on his body would fall off.
Originally, the frost was one with his body, unable to fall off. However, at this moment, it fell off, because there were flames that were currently spewing out from his body.
His footsteps landed on the grassland, leaving behind footprints as well as several clumps of raging flames.
The flames were extremely clear, sacred and solemn. They were as white as the snow lotus blooming on the Snow-capped Peak of Tianqi Mountain.
Although he still couldn't get close to the national master, now … there were several snow lotuses condensed by Haotian's Divine Light burning in the bloody array, scattering clear light.
Those resentful souls that came from the carriages touched the Haotian's Divine Light. They did not make any painful howls, but were purified into nothingness with a light sizzle.
Ning Que's body was gradually surrounded by Haotian's Divine Light. Countless resentful souls in the blood sacrificing array of the national master could no longer get close to his body. Strangely, the snow on his eyebrows did not melt even though his body was burning.
Before those resentful souls were purified, there would be a brief moment when they were alive.
Ning Que did not close his eyes, because there were many things that could not be ignored with his eyes closed. He quietly looked at the faces that appeared and then disappeared, and saw several familiar faces.
"Go. If you want to go to Haotian's Divine Kingdom, I will let her take care of you. If the Divine Kingdom is destroyed one day, Master will be there to take care of you. If you want to go to the Abyss of the Netherworld to continue fighting, then please wait for me to meet you again. At that time, we will go and chop firewood."
He looked at the countless familiar and unfamiliar faces in the Divine Light and thought to himself.
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The Imperial Advisor's expression was still indifferent, but there was a flicker in the depths of his eyes.
He probably did not expect Ning Que to have so much Haotian Divine Flame … Logically speaking, only the most devout Haotian Taoism believers could learn the West-Hill Divine Skill and summon Haotian Divine Flame.
The national master was not troubled by this problem for too long, because his state and knowledge were extraordinary. Since he knew about the entanglement between Ning Que and the Everlasting Heaven, he did not need to find the real answer for many things.
The first thing he needed to do now was to suppress Ning Que's counterattack.
Yes, Ning Que was burning himself at this time. That was the counterattack against the blood sacrifice array. As Haotian Divine Flame burned, and as he walked casually in the array of carriages, the whole grassland was illuminated. The cold wind that constantly swirled around the array of carriages had long been broken and dissipated. The temperature rose sharply, and there was no longer any chill.
Ning Que reached out to wipe the water dripping from between his eyebrows, and finally walked in front of a carriage.
The Imperial Advisor was no longer in the carriage. The broken box on the carriage revealed a gap, and the white human bones inside were burning in the blazing Haotian Divine Flame. They gradually turned yellow and scorched, but it was unimaginable that they were still holding on.
Ning Que pulled out the podao from behind him. Without a word, he directly chopped at the carriage. The carriage collapsed directly, and the box fell heavily on the ground. The outside of the box immediately fell apart, turning into dozens of wooden strips, revealing the things inside.
Inside the wooden box was an iron box made of iron bars. Inside the box were human bones, human skulls … It was unknown how many human skulls were needed to collect the whole box.
Ning Que's expression did not change, and he chopped at the iron box again.
With a loud bang, the iron box broke through the slightly hard ground, splashing mud and dust everywhere. It desperately drilled into the grassland, and only stopped when it was several feet deep.
The iron box still did not break, and countless skulls were still trapped inside, continuously providing power for the blood sacrifice array, and supporting the Imperial Advisor's plan.
Ning Que looked at the box underground, and remained silent.
"This is the array base that all the priests of the Palace refined with the Grand Witchcraft, and collected the soul flame for thousands of years. Even if you have the power of the top of the human world, you can't break it, because human strength is limited, but the soul is unlimited."
The Imperial Advisor appeared on a carriage in the south. His clothes were fluttering, and his prayer beads were spinning. He looked at Ning Que and said with pity, "Since it's futile, why do you insist?"
Ning Que said, "Alright … I have to admit that you trapped me. What next? If you can't kill me, then what's the difference between this blood sacrifice array and a child's play? "
He turned to the Imperial Advisor on the carriage and said, "You should know very well that if you trap me to death, then I'll trap you to death. As long as you stay here, you will definitely die."
He was right. For the Academy, the only person that the Golden Palace needed to seriously deal with was the unfathomable Imperial Advisor. If he could not leave because he wanted to trap Ning Que, then when the main force of the Tang army arrived, Xu Chi appeared, or even that person himself, the Imperial Advisor would definitely lose.
Strangely, the Imperial Advisor still looked calm, and was not affected by Ning Que's words. It seemed that he had absolute confidence that the Academy would not do anything to him.
Perhaps it was because he thought that he could kill Ning Que.
More than a dozen High Priests appeared from all over the grassland, and then walked to the front of the array.
Ning Que's gaze passed through the burning Haotian Divine Flame and fell on these people, and on the Human Bones necklaces in front of their chests. He said, "Finally."
The Golden Palace had always used these High Priests who were good at witchcraft to fight against the cultivators of the Central Plains. Every High Priest had the same level as the cultivators of the Central Plains in the lower Knowing Destiny State.
What would happen when more than a dozen High Priests joined the blood sacrifice array?
Those old high priests, with trembling lips, began to recite the strange scripture that the Nation Preceptor had recited before. Then, they began to dance and twist their bodies, performing a dance that no one could understand.
The Grassland Priests were good at witchcraft. The scripture was a spell, and the dance was also a spell.
More than a dozen carriages collapsed, and the wooden strips wrapped around the boxes on the carriages cracked, revealing the iron bars inside. The iron boxes slowly floated into the air, and the last one to float was the iron box that Ning Que had cut deep into the ground. It fell down along with the soil, as if it was an unearthed monster.
All the iron boxes were filled with human bones. They were all human skulls, and the remnants of the souls of the deceased were absorbed by the Imperial Advisor and High Priests with the secret witchcraft of the grassland, and scattered in all directions.
It was an unimaginably huge pressure, which came from the soul and was applied on top of it. It was invisible and intangible, but it was real, like a giant mountain, directly bombarding Ning Que's spiritual world.
Ning Que groaned, and blood spilled from the corner of his mouth. But his eyes were still clear. Since he had merged with Sangsang in the Buddha's chessboard, his body, soul, and Psyche Power had already reached the peak of the human world. The pressure from countless souls might be able to crush the sense of perception of a powerhouse at the peak of the Knowing Destiny State, but it could only hurt him. He could still hold on.
But being trapped by the blood sacrifice array, it was not a good idea to hold on like this. He did not know how long he could hold on. What he needed to do now was to break the array and kill the enemy.
Breaking the array and killing the enemy were two sides of the same coin.
In order to break this terrifying Blood Sacrifice Array, the key was to kill the Imperial Preceptor. In order to kill the Imperial Preceptor, he must first find his position and determine where he was. However, the problem now was that he didn't know where the Imperial Preceptor was.
The National Preceptor was clearly here, right in front of his eyes, on the only remaining horse carriage, yet he seemed to be in a faraway place. He seemed to have merged with the blood sacrifice array, yet he seemed to be looking at this place from somewhere else. Why did he have such a feeling? Previously, when he jumped from the sky, he did not step on the head of the China Master. Later, the Imperial Advisor came and went freely. Maybe there was something hidden in it?
Ning Que looked at the Imperial Advisor standing in the horse carriage. He looked at his clothes and wooden beads fluttering in the morning wind. He squinted his eyes, and the strange feeling became clearer.
Suddenly, he sensed something and looked up at the sky. He saw that in the dark clouds that were disturbed by the Blood Sacrifice Formation, an extremely thin line suddenly appeared.
There seemed to be countless resentful souls in the dark clouds. They were the people who died on the grassland. They were the sins of the Golden Tribe Royal Court over the years. But they were also the collective killing intent of the Golden Tribe Royal Court towards their enemies.
Looking at the dark clouds, Ning Que could clearly feel the terrifying murderous intent of the Golden Tribe Royal Court. He also had a deeper understanding of the array intent of the Blood Sacrificing Array. He was sure that it was not something that he could break at the moment … However, his expression suddenly became relaxed. His eyebrows that were once again covered with snow were slightly raised.
He seemed to be smiling.
"You are indeed an amazing person."
He looked back at the sky and looked at the Imperial Advisor not far away. He said calmly, "I admit that you have the ability to trap me. But … it is not enough. Because you know that I have never been the only one in the Academy."
The Imperial Advisor slowly put his palms together like an old monk. His eyes were wide open like a barbaric wizard. He recited a hymn like a Taoist who had been meditating in the deep mountains for many years. He said, "Then when will they arrive?"
Such a change in appearance and temperament was indeed extraordinary. However, Ning Que had seen Master Lotus' 32 changes in appearance many years ago at the Front Gate of the Devil's Doctrine. How could he be afraid?
He said as if he was chatting with the Imperial Advisor, "Tang has something to do today."
"Then it is the Headmaster who will come today."
The Imperial Advisor's expression did not change. He said calmly, "In fact, she is the one I have been waiting for all these years. I really hope that she will not be absent today."
It was still a casual conversation. But during the conversation, both of them had strong confidence. Ning Que's confidence was in the Academy, himself and his Senior Sister. The Imperial Advisor's confidence was in the tribe.
This blood sacrifice array was not the Imperial Advisor's array, but the array of the entire Golden Tribe Royal Court.
It was a whole tribe, a tribe with millions of people, a tribe with thousands of years of heritage and its own unique culture. This tribe had become an array today.
Even if Yu Lian came, how could she break it?
The Imperial Advisor was telling the truth. He had been waiting for Yu Lian for many years.
He was waiting for Yu Lian to appear and then kill her.
At this moment, Ning Que said something.
"Do you think that if you trap me in the array, I can't come to you and she can't?"
Hearing this, the Imperial Advisor could no longer be as calm as before. He suddenly felt that it was not he who had been waiting for her all these years, but … she who had been waiting for him.
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There was a barren desert in the northwest of the City of Wei. In the middle of the desert, there was a tiny oasis. The oasis would appear and disappear according to the weather. It appeared less and disappeared more often than not. Neither the Golden Tribe Royal Court nor the border army of the Tang Empire knew of its existence.
To the south of the oasis was Kaiping Market. At this moment, the Northern Battlefront Army led by Situ Yilan was engaged in a bloody battle with the remaining army of the Golden Tribe Royal Court. No one would come here.
As for Chanyu and thousands of Duoer Cavalry who escaped from the City of Wei, they went straight to the depths of the grassland. They went all the way north and could not pass by the oasis. Logically speaking, there should be no one here.
But today, someone suddenly came to the oasis.
A grassland cavalryman was leading a warhorse and resting by the only river in the oasis. The horse was an ordinary warhorse and the cavalryman seemed to be an ordinary cavalryman, wearing clothes stained with blood.
He looked to the east dozens of miles away, feeling the change of the Qi of Heaven and Earth there, and smiled.
Dozens of miles away to the east was the location of the blood sacrifice array in the north of the City of Wei.
The cavalryman lowered his head and washed his face. Then he held a handful of water to moisten his throat.
The calm stream water reflected his face. It was a young and handsome face. The beard on his cheeks hadn't been trimmed for many days, growing messily like weeds. He looked extremely rough and forthright.
Suddenly, his movements became stiff.
In the stream, his face was still calm, but there was a wildfire burning deep in his eyes.
The clear water slowly leaked through the gaps between his fingers, just like the time that flowed away in his life.
When the water completely flowed away, he raised his head and looked to the other side of the stream.
A girl in a yellow dress appeared on the other side of the stream.
The young girl looked to be around 12 or 13 years old. Her appearance was tender and beautiful, and her two black ponytails swayed lightly behind her. She looked extremely cute, but her expression was cold to the extreme.
"I heard that you are waiting for me?"
The girl in the yellow dress looked at the grassland cavalryman and said.
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(Actually, I have always thought that Yu Lian is very handsome. It's a pity that she is not the protagonist … No matter if she is the protagonist or the heroine, I will try to write a similar character in my next book. Then tomorrow's update will be very late. If there is any uncertainty, I will ask my leader to report to you.)
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