Dongfang Weilai did not ask Ma Xiaoyu to join the soon as he flicked the reins, the white horse obediently walked out from the army formation and carried him to meet Ma Xiaoyu.
If Ma Xiaoyu had seen Dongfang Weilai a few days ago, she would have been surprised to find that his face had turned a little pale.
However, Ma Xiaoyu had never seen him before and had only heard of this name, so when she saw Dongfang Weilai, she only lamented at Dongfang Weilai's youth and did not think about him.
It was also the first time that Dongfang Future met Ma Xiaoyu, and he couldn't help but feel deeply moved.
"Master Ma."
"Eastern State Master."
The two men saluted each other, and Ma Xiaoyu raised the sword-making gesture slightly higher, from the chest to under the chin, to show respect.
Even the Ma family's Taoist priest had to show respect to the younger generation when he met Dongfang Weilai.
Dongfang Weilai smiled slightly, and was not in a hurry to speak. He just pointed towards the river.
"Why don't we come to our riverside to have a chat? I wonder if Master Ma would be so kind as to do me a favor?"
Ma Xiaoyu didn't say anything, just nodded, then rode on the horse and followed him to the river.
As for Ren Qi, he stayed where he was, staring at the three men led by Jin Hai.
It was Jin Hai who spoke first, "When Commander Ren was in the Imperial Palace, he was the sharpest swordsman. Even when he was living in Jianghu, he was still the most wanted criminal. He is truly the one who only strives to be the leader in everything, not the tail."
Ren Qi didn't take his sarcasm and just snorted, "This has always been my style. Have you ever seen a swordsman who claims to be the second best in the world?"
"It's a pity that De Wei is still too mean."
Jin Hai shook his head. "The so-called famous sword falling into the dust is the sorrow of a powerful man like Commander Ren. If you were willing to stand on my side at that time..."
"Are you out of your mind?"
Ren Qi interrupted him directly, "Follow you? Nine of your ten adopted sons have joined Di Wei, and your two goddaughters would rather warm the bed for that rootless thing. You should know that you have been deserted by everyone."
"Isn't there another one?"
Jin Hai's face turned cold when the past was reminded.
"That one."
A smile appeared on Ren Qi's stone-cold face.
"That guy was so stupid that Dewei thought he was an undercover agent and sent him back. What do you think it was?"
"When did your mouth become as sharp as your knife, Commander Ren? I remember that you never said a word even if you wanted to kill many people."
"I just don't want to talk, not that I can't talk. I have it, but I don't use it. Unlike you, you don't have it and you don't have any use for it."
Jin Hai finally didn't know what to say and just turned away.
At this moment, Ma Xiaoyu and Dongfang Weilai were riding their horses and strolling to the riverside, and did not hear the verbal exchange.
"The Exorcist Ma family has left Kyushu for many years."
Dongfang Weilai smiled and said, "The last generation of the national master told me that he had a long-cherished wish, which was to make the Exorcist Ma family return to the Jiuzhou Daoist tradition, and to make Nanmao and Beima stronger again."
"Everything has its destiny."
Ma Xiaoyu's face was calm: "Some things are hard to say. Will we definitely become stronger if we return? Will our long-cherished wish be fulfilled?"
"Master Ma means that the exorcist Ma family will not return to Jiuzhou?"
Dongfang Weilai looked at the river and said, "Do you know why pebbles are the most common thing on the riverside? That's because no matter how sharp or strange the stones are, they will eventually become round stones and lose their edges and corners after being washed by the water.
It is a good thing to have objects without sharp edges. It will not hurt people and is easier to use.
However, if a person loses his edges, it is actually a bad thing. Master Ma, I am glad that you are a person with sharp edges and not so rule-abiding. "
"Is the Imperial Master praising me or scolding me?"
Ma Xiaoyu smiled.
"I hear at least eighty compliments a day, if not a hundred. It's not surprising. But if you scold me, I'd like to ask you why you scold me."
"Master Ma has already caused a big stir in Changbai Mountain."
Dongfang Weilai stroked the white horse's mane to comfort his mount.
"We can pretend that the Imperial Observatory in Hong Kong never happened, but not Changbai Mountain."
“We have already done everything that works and doesn’t work.”
Ma Xiaoyu asked: "Master, have you ever seen someone ask someone to return the meat they ate a week ago?"
"Meat is not good, but luck, Dragon Emperor is different."
Dongfang Weili narrowed his eyes.
"It is not easy to breed a dragon vein in Jiuzhou. It requires a lot of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, opportunities, and many coincidences. In the past, every change in the dragon vein affected the whole world, causing many people to bleed and many people to die.
I believe that for Master Ma and the entire Ma family, this is not the result you want to see."
"That was not my intention, and it was certainly not his intention."
Ma Xiaoyu said firmly: "And he believes that we seized the dragon vein just to save the lives of the people of the world from bloodshed."
"How much do you need?" Dongfang Future suddenly asked.
"what?"
"I mean, how many Dragon Emperors do you need to achieve your goal?"
The future of the East is counting on its fingers.
"The Green Emperor's Son in Changbai Mountain, the Black Emperor's Son in Southern Xinjiang, the Red Emperor's Son who is stranded overseas, and the White Emperor's Son and the Yang Emperor's Son in your hands. You have obtained three of the five dragons in the world."
Ma Xiaoyu realized that Dongfang Weilai didn't know where the Red Emperor's son was going. When she was about to continue what he said, Dongfang Weilai's face changed.
"No, you have obtained the Red Emperor's Son."
"..."
Ma Xiaoyu didn't answer.
She was not surprised that Dongfang Weilai knew about it, because the Dragon Emperor's cloud aura could not be concealed. As long as the Imperial Observatory sent out a senior Qi-refining master, they would soon know exactly how many types of cloud aura there were on Yin Xiu's body.
However, she was surprised that Dongfang Future apparently did not know about it through intelligence, but suddenly found out during the conversation.
Did he use the Plum Blossom Divination just now, or did he rely on the Heavenly Book to make an accurate prediction?
Yet it doesn't look like any of them.
Dongfang Weilai did not explain to her, but continued: "However, if one person really gathered all the Dragon Emperor's sons, it would probably be an even greater disaster for Jiuzhou."
He suddenly put his hand on the Beitian Demon-Slaying Sword!
Ren Qi's eyes widened and he put his hand on the sword.
Although they were watching from afar and talking intermittently, in fact, apart from them, many other pairs of eyes were also staring at that place.
As a result, Jin Hai, Zhang Jiude and Zhao Wuji also became nervous, their muscles slightly tensed, their breathing changed, and they were ready to fight with Ren Qi.
Ma Xiaoyu didn't say anything. Inside her sleeve, she had already firmly grasped the green-faced evil ghost mask in her hand.
Whether to take action or not does not depend on her, but on the future of the East.
Because during the past thousands of years of the Jiuzhou Taoist tradition, the struggle between the Taoist tradition and the Imperial Observatory was only carried out in secret. Even if blood was shed, it would not stain their reputation or bring disgrace.
Therefore, only the Imperial Astronomical Observatory's Imperial Master attacked the Taoist tradition in the world, and no Taoist priest ever attacked the Imperial Astronomical Observatory.
The Taoist priest attacked the national teacher first, which was a great act of treason and also destroyed the foundation of the Taoist tradition in Kyushu.
As a heavenly master, Ma Xiaoyu would never do this out of responsibility and honor.
So she just waited for Dongfang Future to make the first move.
Dongfang Weilai put his hand on the sword, did not look at Ma Xiaoyu, but just looked at the river.
At this time, the river surface was sparkling, reflecting the light spots onto their faces and bodies.
It was also reflected in Dongfang Weilai's eyes, making his eye sockets moist and covered with a layer of mist. "The rider will eventually turn into a dragon."
Dongfang Future sighed: “Whether it’s character or something else, those who fight for the world and seize the dragon veins will eventually become dragons.
Therefore, those kings and princes often change their temperaments drastically after they have conquered the world, and turn from great men into mediocre people.
Are you sure he can hold on?"
"Of course not alone."
Ma Xiaoyu said seriously: "But if it is for the people of the world, maybe he can resist this evil heart, and I will accompany him."
"Everyone in the world?"
Dongfang Weili couldn't help but laugh when he heard this.
However, it was a warm and gentle smile, not sarcastic or anything else.
He removed his hand from the sword and placed it back on the reins.
"The Demon-Severing Sword of the North Sky only kills demons, not fellow Taoists."
After he let go of the sword, even Ren Qi suddenly felt his shoulders relax. The huge pressure that seemed to be coming down from the sky disappeared in an instant.
"I thought there was going to be a real fight."
White Peacock let out a long sigh, the sweat from her palms had soaked through the cloth on the scabbard.
"It gave me a scare, too."
A Ke looked at Ren Qi's back and her brows relaxed. "I'm afraid I can't help."
The white peacock hugged her affectionately and said, "Don't be afraid, sister. With me here, they can't fight."
"why?"
A Ke put her hands on the white peacock and hugged her, feeling very curious.
"Well, maybe everyone will give me some face."
The white peacock's voice became softer and softer as he spoke.
"We are willing to give the Exorcist Ma family a favor, so you are not on the wanted list."
Dongfang Weilai smiled and said, "If you really count, your name on the bounty list is not lower than Ren Qi."
"What about him? Where do you plan to place him?" Ma Xiaoyu asked.
"You mean Yoon Soo?"
This is the first time that Dongfang Future mentioned his name.
“Originally we didn’t want to mention him and let people know about him, because if we did that, he would become a banner for the people of the world, much more powerful than any saint son or saint daughter.
We have finally made the Holy Son and Holy Daughter disappear, so how could we allow another one to appear in this world?"
“But it can’t be hidden.”
Ma Xiaoyu smiled and said, "When I met him before, I never thought that he had such a skill."
Dongfang Weili sensed the genuine smile in Ma Xiaoyu's tone and was surprised.
However, he did not delve into it, but simply proposed another vision to Ma Xiaoyu.
"Go and help Yin Xiu obtain the Black Emperor's Son." He said.
"what?"
Ma Xiaoyu suspected that she had heard it wrong.
However, Dongfang Future was not wrong, nor was he joking. He seemed to have given it some thought.
“I still don’t know why Emperor Chongluo appeared in Jiaozhi. His name is listed in the list of demon exorcists in the Imperial Observatory, but the records are unclear.
But there is one name that you must be familiar with—Ma Linglong.”
"Ma Linglong?"
Ma Xiaoyu's mind went blank, and she vaguely remembered that night in the Thousand Buddha Temple, Emperor Chongluo had roared several times, as if he was shouting something.
However, because she was extremely angry and the wind was strong around her, she didn't hear clearly.
Now that I think about it, it seemed that he was shouting the three words "Ma Linglong".
“The Emperor Chongluo was indeed severely injured by our ancestor Ma Linglong in Malaysia.”
On this point, there is no discrepancy between the records of the Imperial Observatory and the Ma family.
"Since he was defeated by your Ma family's ancestors and escaped, perhaps it was destined that you could defeat him."
"me?"
Ma Xiaoyu was not without such confidence. After all, she had forced the Emperor Chongluo Dun to escape once in the Thousand Buddha Temple. However, even she herself did not understand how the image of the White-haired Witch appeared.
Therefore, when Dongfang Weilai said this almost with certainty, Ma Xiaoyu couldn't help but feel surprised.
But what concerned her more was what Dongfang Weili had just said.
"Haven't you been trying to stop Yin Xiu from getting the Dragon Emperor's son? Or in other words, if anyone wants to get involved in the Nine Provinces Dragon Vein, the Imperial Observatory and the Imperial Palace masters will definitely kill him. But now you're asking me to help Yin Xiu get the Dragon Vein?"
Ma Xiaoyu just felt that there was something fishy going on.
However, Dongfang Weilai smiled and said, "The Imperial Observatory has always followed the will of heaven and never gone against it. Rise and fall are all due to fate.
As the Grand Master of the Imperial Court, I rely on the great fortune of the Nine Provinces, so I will not go against it."
"You mean, you want to watch the court fall?"
Ma Xiaoyu raised this sharp question, which made the smile disappear from Dongfang Future's face.
After a long silence, he said seriously: “Even if all the Dragon Emperor’s sons are collected, it is still a question when the court will fall.
After all, the imperial court is a giant, and you are just ants.
The reason I asked you to get the Black Emperor's Son is because we are planning to return home."
"return after victory?"
Ma Xiaoyu frowned, "Are you going back now?"
"Yes."
Dongfang Weilai finally sighed, "When I failed to kill Emperor Zhongluo, I already understood that destiny was not in my hands, and Hanba's fate and opportunity were not over yet.
Things in the world have to go according to nature and fate. If you force them, it will only bring disaster.
So we have to leave. It is impossible for me to fight the drought demon in Jiaozhi.
However, if Emperor Zhongluo ever reenters Kyushu, he will surely die in my hands."
"Isn't this the law of nature, the law of cause and effect?" Ma Xiaoyu seemed to understand.
“So you guys go ahead and try, and it doesn’t matter if you fail, you still have me.
All the Taoist sects in the world, after all, share the same hatred and the same enemy."
Dongfang Future didn't delve into it, but just urged the horse to go back.
At this time, the huge team also began to turn north.
Jin Hai glared at Ren Qi coldly, but finally obeyed Dongfang Weilai's order and went back with him, even though they would gain nothing on this trip.
"Commander Ren, I am waiting for you in Yujing."
"I will go. Remember to ask the nobleman who likes to play with swords to wash his neck."
Ren Qi's eyes glowed coldly. (End of this chapter)
