Chapter 8 Chapter 8: Under the Battle Moon

On the second day, after coming out of the alchemy room, Yun Xi walked through the veranda and walked towards the white stone house where the leader lived.Along the way, the guards and maids in the church bowed one after another, making way for him to go straight to the innermost room. The bright and spacious room was brightly lit. As soon as he entered, he saw the new leader sitting on the scarlet carpet, flicking one of the white lion's ears with an empty silver bow.Fei Guang was still dozing off lazily, but was disturbed by his master so that he could not sleep peacefully, he kept shaking his head and ears, and even let out a low growl.

"Why is it an empty bow?" Yun Xi approached, smiled and put the tray in his hand on the table, "Please teach me to have a meal." "A few days ago I was hunting by the holy lake, and I used up all the arrows. I was locked here and couldn't get out, and no one took it back for me!" Sha Manhua was a little irritable, and threw the silver bow fiercely , stood up, "What happened outside? I am not allowed to go out? I am the leader... What do the priests think I am? A puppet?" "The master is also for your own good. I have been with the master for many years, and I have never seen him treat a person so tightly." The white-clothed boy smiled calmly, raised his hand suddenly, and brushed his sleeves—— A golden arrow was actually wrapped in the moon-white wide sleeve.Yun Xi put the arrow on the table: "Did the leader leave this arrow in the alchemy room?"

"Huh? It was picked by you." Sha Manhua took the arrow and compared it to the silver bow, narrowing his eyes slightly. Yun Xi was slightly startled, and quickly took a few steps back, even turning over the sundries on the case. "What's wrong?" Sha Manhua looked at the boy in white in surprise. Yun Xi quickly regained his composure, and smiled: "Master, don't compare yourself with arrows, it's very scary. Let's hurry up and eat." Sha Manhua has always been cautious and fearful in the face of Priest Feng Ya, but he and Yun Xi get along very well. At this moment, he threw his bow and said angrily: "I can't eat! I'm bored here every day, where can I eat... you secretly Take me out to relax? Okay?"

An imperceptible smile flashed across Yun Xi's eyes, but he said in his mouth: "Master's order, who dares to disobey? The outside world is very tight these days, and it is not convenient for me to go in and out - wait for a few days to be free Now, I'll take you out with me." "It's better to rest." Sha Manhua laughed, put down his bow and arrow, and went to have a meal with Feiguang, "Are you younger than me? How old are you? Talking so old-fashioned, in the future, don't talk to the master." You have also learned to be domineering and dictatorial."

Yun Xi just laughed.The young man's face, his gentle expression, his blue eyes with deep forbearance - there is a certain feeling of horror. After dinner was served, it was already dusk when I left the leader's residence, and I walked along the veranda without any attendants. The Moon Palace is huge in scale, but its layout is neat and simple—following the ancient motto of the circle of heaven and earth, the outer wall is square, with four gates in the east, west, north, south, and four palaces of Qinglong, Baihu and Suzaku Xuanwu.In the center is the holy lake with a radius of less than one mile. Temples and altars were built beside the holy lake according to the mountain. Behind the temple is the living place of the leader and priests.And the long and winding veranda connects all the buildings, no matter it is windy or rainy, people in the Moon Palace can come and go freely.

Right now, Priest Feng Ya issued an order, and the upper and lower parts of the Moon Palace have entered a state of high alert: the four gates are heavily guarded, and one person is placed every three steps on the outer wall; Is it not easy to be afraid of a fly flying in outside? The young man stood under the Chaoshou verandah, looking at the arrangement in the open and in the dark, a faint smile finally appeared on the corner of his mouth. Does this person value Shamanhua so much?After losing Yixiang, is it necessary to keep the other no matter what?Such a person who is so powerful enough to look down on the world and turn the world around, how lonely it seems... Is that the fragility brought about by eternal life?

Yun Xi smiled slightly, with wide sleeves and long lapels, unsteadily walked towards Qinglong Palace where the visitor stayed. "My lord, has Gao Shuye ever come?" As soon as he entered, the eldest grandson Siyuan stood up.The guards outside are heavily guarded, and the eldest grandson Siyuan has been staying in the hotel for the past few days, but even a calm person like him gradually has anxiety in his eyes—presumably, the political situation in the imperial capital must be so serious that there is no need to delay ? Yunxi thought about it calmly, but said in his mouth: "Not yet."

However, after a pause, the corner of the boy's mouth curled up, and he took out a letter from his sleeve.The letter was written on pure white cloud paper and folded into the shape of a flying crane. With a finger clamped on the tail of the paper crane and with a slight shake, he unfolded the letter: "However, today I accept the letter." When I got this letter—a secret report from the subordinates of the sect, it said that young master Shu Ye had already passed Cangshan Mountain and Erhai Lake. Based on this, he should have arrived almost at the same time as this letter arrived, right? It will be two days after tomorrow.”

The eldest grandson Siyuan let out a long breath without making a sound. He didn't know whether it was relaxation or nervousness. After a long time, he said, "Does the priest know?" "All the daily affairs have always been taken care of by me, and the subordinates are used to reporting to me—but I haven't informed the master yet." The young warlock in the moon white shirt had a smile on his lips, but his eyes were gloomy, "However, I I'm not sure if the master knows... His attainments in magic arts are unfathomable, and it is not impossible to say that he is unpredictable."

"The High Priest Feng Ya learned from heaven and man, and the world has long been passed down by word of mouth." The eldest grandson Siyuan looked admiring, and said slowly, "So this time, the crisis in the imperial capital can only be solved by asking the high priest to take action-I will go to the gate of Suzaku Palace right away. Stay on guard so that you can stop Gao Shuye and prevent him from conflicting with the high priest." Yun Xi still just smiled, but his eyes were cold: "If there is a conflict, I'm afraid it will be Young Master Shu Ye who will die?"

"So I have to go right away!" Eldest Sun Siyuan stood up with a firm expression on his face, "Besides having to ask the high priest to come out of the mountain, I also have to take Gao Shuye back to the imperial capital—each of these two things is important." It must be done!" Yun Xi paused for a moment, then said in a deep voice: "Gao Shu traveled thousands of miles to look for him at night, can you really stop him just a short distance outside the palace gate?" "I have my own way to do this." Chang Sun Siyuan bowed to the ground, but he didn't want to say more, "It's just that I need to ask Your Excellency to do something about the matter of High Priest Feng Ya." After speaking, he hurried out. The white clothes in front of him moved, and the boy didn't move, so Yun Xi blocked the door and raised his hand: "I can't go." "Why can't we go?" Changsun Siyuan was startled, and his voice couldn't help but stern, but when he looked up, he met the gloomy and cold eyes of the young man in white. At that moment, there seemed to be a cold current passing through his heart, and his voice dropped. "If you still want to ask High Priest Feng Ya to go out of the mountain, you can't go now!" Yun Xi whispered, but that voice was like ice floes colliding gently on the sea of ​​​​dark night, chilling people's hearts—after all, it is also a habit of planning and planning. The eldest grandson Siyuan suddenly understood something intuitively, his mouth opened slightly, and his eyes showed a look of shock. After a long time, he said: "Young master Shu Ye must follow me back to the imperial capital - I'm afraid he is not your master's match." "Indeed, the high priest will not die by the hands of ordinary people—unless he meets a magician with higher mana." Yun Xi smiled slightly, with a gentle look on his face, "But don't worry, Mr. Changsun, Young Master Shu Ye will not die." Something... I don't care how your imperial capital is arranged, but as long as you cooperate with me, you will be able to complete all the tasks of this trip." The eldest grandson, Siyuan, looked up at this young man in amazement—this alien who practiced magic arts, like his master Feng Ya, had a pair of deep blue eyes unique to Miaojiang people.Such eyes cannot see to the bottom, but the eyes of the high priest are like a lake that is calm and shallow, but the flying feathers are sinking, so empty that it seems that people can see the other side of time and space; It was dark, quiet, chilly, and full of desires. It didn't look like a twenty-one-year-old boy at all. The Lingjiu Mountain Moon Palace, which is like a paradise...is it actually another reflection of the imperial capital? However, in the middle of the stalemate between the two, a red fire roared from the bottom of the mountain, and it was located at the gate of the Eastern Suzaku Palace, and a huge flower of manjusawa splashed out over Lingjiu Mountain—— "Have you come already?" Yun Xi exclaimed in a low voice, turned around and rushed out, and when he reached the door, he suddenly turned around and said to the eldest grandson Siyuan, "If you believe me, let him in first! If you go and stop it, everything will be closed!" Before the words were finished, the white clothes disappeared in the winding and endless corridor outside Qinglong Palace. The eldest grandson, Siyuan, stood at the door, watching the boiling Moon Palace, gradually clenched his hands, and finally turned around and ran towards Suzaku Palace. It finally came... Under the flickering lights, he saw the man in white who was climbing the stone steps of the palace gate at a glance.The moonlight shone on the disheveled white clothes, and the whole field was silent in an instant, only the wind blowing from the distant mountains. Ignoring the countless swords and soldiers lined up behind the door, the man clasped the golden ring on the vermilion lacquered door and said, "Dunhuang Gao Shuye, I'm here to visit the Moon Palace on Lingjiu Mountain to see the Moon Worshiper." As soon as these words came out, there was a slight commotion in the light and shade of the Moon Palace, which was a symbol of the presence of countless weapons and witchcraft. Changsun Siyuan sighed deeply in his heart: Even if High Priest Feng Ya didn't take action, with Gao Shuye alone, it would not be easy to break through so many defenses and break into the temple, right? ——He unconsciously took a step forward, trying to stop that reckless person.However, Yunxi's warning suddenly sounded in his ears, and he immediately hesitated. However, someone suddenly spoke in the darkness, coldly: "Whoever dares to take a step will be killed without mercy!" "Who are you?" Relying on his intuition, Shu Ye raised his head suddenly, startled in his heart, "You can make the decision?" "I am the high priest of the Moon Worship Sect, and I can be the master here." The man in the shadow walked out slowly. The priest decides everything?" The white clothes are like snow, new and not stained with any dust, forming a sharp contrast with the ragged clothes of the visitors.The person who stepped out of the shadows seemed to have some kind of magical power. The moment he stepped into the moonlight, the light between the sky and the earth lit up! "Okay." Young Master Shu Ye looked at the person in front of him and let out a long breath, "Then, my lord priest, please let me meet Sha Manhua, the Goddess of the Moon." "Samanhua, the goddess of the moon?" The priest in white under the porch laughed suddenly, cold and hollow, "There is no goddess of the moon, Shamanhua—only the leader of worshiping the moon, Shamanhua! How dare you call me a pagan? The name of the leader is taboo!" "Worshiping the Moon, Sha Manhua?" The visitor was stunned for a moment, and then there was a cold light in his eyes, "Whether she is a goddess or the leader, let me see her!" While speaking, young master Shu Ye had already stepped on the last step, and walked inside. "My lord, stop!" At that moment, the eldest grandson Siyuan, who had been hesitating all the time, issued a warning. "Stop! Those who take one step will die!" High Priest Feng Ya sternly yelled to stop, but at the same time as he said this sentence, the visitor had already crossed the threshold without hesitation!The moment his toes landed on the ground of Suzaku Palace, all the formations of light and darkness were launched at the same time - at that moment, howling arrows and poison filled the air. At that moment, a bright brilliance cut through the night! The Shadowless Chengying Sword flowed out from Young Master Shu Ye's shabby sleeve, such a fierce sword energy smashed the poisonous insects with hidden weapons whistling in mid-air one by one in an instant!It was a martial art from the Holy Fire Order of the Ming Cult. It had been honed repeatedly in many years of actual assassination, and it had beheaded countless monarchs and nobles under the sword. Once it is used at this moment, it will only feel severe, and all Moon Worshipers will regress. It's just that it was slow like that, Young Master Shu Ye rushed away, tapped his feet and plundered to the top of the veranda.However, the people who didn't know where the leader lived and took the road hesitated for a moment—just a moment of hesitation, and they fell into a tight siege again. "Iron Horse Binghe?" Priest Feng Ya frowned, looking at the man who drew his sword under the moon with interest, "I never thought that you, a sensual dog, would actually practice the martial arts of the Holy Fire Order? Okay, okay... This seat has not made a move for decades, and today I will fight you, and it will not be in vain for you to come to Miaojiang to bury your bones!" "My lord priest, be merciful!" Zhang Sun Siyuan blurted out in shock, but the priest just raised his eyebrows and smiled, giving him a cold look.The ruby ​​on his forehead reflected the moonlight, illuminating his deep blue eyes under his eyebrows.In those lonely eyes, there was suddenly a murderous look and fighting spirit that had not been seen for many years - with a wave of his finger, the parishioners retreated temporarily, and the white robes fluttered like flying cranes, and they flew up the corridor in an instant. Just by glancing like that, you can see the depth of the other party. Young Master Shu Ye's eyes were fixed, his thoughts were like lightning, and he repeated again: "I want to see Sha Manhua——I have no intention of being an enemy of the Moon Worship Sect. I just want to see Sha Manhua." Manhua!" "Wait for the next life!" High Priest Feng Ya had a sharp sneer at the corner of his mouth, he turned around with a flick of his sleeves, a faint orchid light suddenly appeared on his fingertips - at that moment, Yuehua suddenly became cold. Yun Xi went straight to the White Stone House behind the Eightfold Gate, the noise inside and outside the hall was completely inaudible. When the last bamboo curtain was brushed aside, he saw that the new leader was holding a golden arrow and drawing something on the ground. Feifu squinted beside her and stood up with a low growl when he heard the hurried footsteps. "Bring your bow and arrows, come with me!" Before he had time to say anything, Yun Xi grabbed Sha Manhua and walked out. Sha Manhua was dragged up by him holding the bow and arrow, and rushed out a few steps in a daze, and then asked in surprise: "What's wrong? What happened outside?"——However, her startled question turned into a low cry in an instant.Because she saw that when Yun Xi was pulling her to rush out, there were a few people who were obviously appointed by the priest to guard her to stop her, but Yun Xi was merciless and beheaded those people in an instant! When those disciples of the Moon Worship Sect fell down, their eyes were full of astonishment and inconceivable light: no one would have thought that the Zuo protector, the priest's personal disciple, who was under one person and above ten thousand in the sect, would turn his face and suddenly fall so hard hand! "Follow me!" Yun Xi didn't stop for a moment, pulled her to rush out, and said in a low voice, "Master Shu Ye is here!" "What?" At that moment, Sha Manhua's whole body was shaken, and he blurted out in surprise, subconsciously gave up the fight, and followed him quickly to the outside - out of the eightfold gate, the Moon Worship Cult who was guarding in the veranda outside The disciples were obviously Yun Xi's subordinates. Seeing Zuo Hufa pulling the leader and rushing out, all of them had surprised expressions in their eyes, but no one dared to step forward to stop him. "Shu Ye is here? Where is it?" Sha Manhua exclaimed, grasping Yun Xi's hand tightly, "Where is he?!" Yun Xi didn't answer, just dragged her to the East Suzaku Palace and ran wildly, but his eyes quickly wandered in the darkness.Sure enough, a believer fell down from the top of the veranda, landed on one knee, and quickly reported something. "Beside the holy lake!" Yun Xi replied quickly, stopped his feet, and turned around, "He is fighting with the master next to the holy lake!" "What!" Sha Manhua blurted out in horror, his face turned pale in an instant—did Shu Ye fight the priest? Before she had time to think, she turned around and ran towards the holy lake.Sha Manhua let out a low whistle, and Fei Guang jumped up when he got the command. At that moment, the woman in white grabbed the silver bow and swept up the white lion, and disappeared into the dark night in an instant. Yun Xi stood under the porch, waved his hand, and stopped the disciples' attempts to catch up: "Everyone stay where they are!" "Young Master Yunxi! I finally found you!" The eldest grandson Siyuan ran along the corridor, saw him, his face was anxious and tense, "Priest, priest, he is going to kill you! Quickly find a way... Young Master Shu Ye must Follow me back to the imperial capital!" "I've managed it..." The boy in white was still gloomy, and suddenly turned his head and smiled, "Don't worry, he won't die." Yun Xi walked up unhurriedly, and made a "please" gesture: "At this moment, it should be just the right time for us to walk to the holy lake, right? - When the time comes, please be sure to use your Method', bring son Shu Ye back. I will use 'my method' to clean up the mess here. I will also fulfill my promise to you." The eldest grandson Siyuan was slightly taken aback: The matter has come to such an urgent moment, and this young man is still so calm?