The Dao Gate of the End Times (9) (Are You Flying on a Sword in the End Times? (Part 2...)
Even in the chaos, everyone in the convoy was silent for a moment.
A gust of wind blew by, and everyone's eyes fell on Li Zhuyun and the protective shield above her.
Even Li Zhuyun herself slowly opened her eyes after realizing that she didn't feel any pain on her body, and looked at the shield in shock, which was transparent but could clearly see the ripples running above.
The whistle she blew was trembling slightly, and it was separated from the rope and stayed in the air. Waves kept coming out of it, and then supplemented the spiritual shield.
Li Zhuyun still kept the gesture of protecting his granddaughter, and looked at the wooden whistle blankly.
This whistle... How could it be...
The zombies surrounding Li Zhuyun were defeated by the spiritual power on the protective shield, and fell heavily to the ground, and then bounced a few times before they stopped moving.
The other zombies who had managed to escape obviously had no idea of avoiding danger. They continued to move forward, stepping on the corpses of their own kind. Li Zhuyun was so scared that she quickly protected her granddaughter again as she watched the zombies rushing towards her with their mouths wide open.
However, those zombies with ferocious faces could not get close at all. Before they got close to the protective shield, the small wooden pearls on the whistle had already trembled slightly.
The ripples on the protective shield were quickly hit, and the zombies immediately fell straight down one by one. This time, there was not even a tremor, and they died on the spot.
The disciples of Tianhai Temple had never used the protective shield (after all, they could just fly into the sky when they encountered danger). This was the first time they knew that the protective shield actually had an attack function. After a few seconds of stunned silence, a disciple with quick reaction said:
"Brother, lead the zombies to the protective shield."
This protective shield kills zombies much faster than them.
Another disciple suddenly had an idea and planned to simply add his own protective shield to attack the zombies. He flew down on his sword, sat down, and blew his whistle.
Then a protective shield much smaller than Li Zhuyun's, which could barely cover one person, barely covered him.
Moreover, the zombies had no intention of rushing to attack him. It could even be said that under the influence of the protective shield, they treated him as a transparent person and walked by without interest. One zombie accidentally hit the protective shield and was bounced off and fell to the ground.
After a few seconds, he stood up and continued to move forward as if nothing had happened.
Disciple: "..."
This differential treatment is too obvious.
Although the protective shields of the sub-sentinels are not as large and powerful as the mother sentinels, when the zombies were led to Li Zhuyun, they were killed one by one by the protective shield, coupled with the team members' desperate efforts to kill the zombies, and the high-altitude suppression of the Tianhaiguan disciples.
This zombie tide that seemed very scary at first glance, enough to wipe out the entire team, was still killed cleanly.
Li Yi cut off the head of the last zombie, looked around and found that all the zombies were wiped out before he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, and stuck the sickle used as a weapon into the ground to support his tired body and stand firmly.
Having just escaped death, everyone's heartbeats were extremely fast, and many people collapsed on the ground and gasped for breath.
But no matter what they were doing, their eyes were always on Li Zhuyun.
There were the most dead zombies near Li Zhuyun, almost piled up into a small mountain, and the black blood and various limbs of zombies were everywhere, but even in this situation, Li Zhuyun, who was firmly protected by the protective shield, was unscathed and clean.
Although the situation was urgent just now, everyone heard it clearly.
Li Zhuyun blew the whistle, and the protective shield appeared.
And she had been wearing that whistle, and Li Yi had blew the whistle several times before to attract zombies.
No one noticed anything wrong before, until they saw the protective shield and their eyes were attracted by the whistle.
This whistle... seems to be the same as the whistle worn on the necks of these Taoist cultivators.
But one is an ordinary person, and the other is a cultivator from Tianhai Temple who just came down the mountain.
Even when the disciples of Tianhai Temple joined the team, Li Zhuyun had never met them. How did the two get together?
The disciples of Tianhai Temple also landed one after another. They had not encountered any danger along the way. Even if they really encountered a zombie tide, they could fly and avoid it. This was the first time they had such a head-on confrontation.
After landing, their breath was unstable, and they immediately sat cross-legged and adjusted their breath quickly.
Yuan An was lucky. His cultivation was higher than that of other junior brothers. After landing, he only needed to adjust his breathing.
As the leader of the team, the captain was the first to come up and express his gratitude to them.
"Thank you, thank you Taoist priests very much. If it weren't for you today, our entire team would have been destroyed here... What are these Taoist priests? Are they tired?"
Yuan An shook his head: "It's okay, but the spiritual power is too depleted and needs to be adjusted. If the breath is not adjusted well, there will be serious consequences."
The captain was shocked.
If these Taoist priests get into trouble to save them, they will be sorry for them, and they are also afraid of offending Tianhai Temple.
He hurriedly asked cautiously: "Serious consequences... Will there be anything wrong?"
Yuan An nodded and said seriously: "It will hurt a lot."
Captain: "..."
Looking at Yuan An's serious look, he didn't seem to be joking, so he forced himself to agree: "That, that's really scientific."
"Master, why don't you sit on the chairs and take a rest? Today, we really rely on you. We will never forget your kindness. If you need me to do anything in the future, I promise to go through fire and water! I will do anything!"
His loyal subordinates hurried over and said: "Yes, we are too!"
The ordinary people who were brought on the car by the convoy looked at this scene with envy.
Although this convoy is not the top one, it is definitely in the upper middle level, otherwise it would not dare to travel directly across provinces and dare to bring so many "burdens".
Even if such a force is placed in the base and makes such a promise, it will definitely make everyone envious.
However, look at the disciples of Tianhai Temple who are envied.
They don't lack these promises at all, and their own strength is much stronger.
After all, this is a family of immortals.
The captain said happily and subconsciously went over to pat his shoulder. Yuan An took a step back without being humble or arrogant: "No need, we disciples of Tianhai Temple do not contact people from the mountain. This time we just happened to be on the same road."
Yes.
The captain and his men wanted to offer a favor, but the other party didn't want it.
He hesitated for a moment, but still asked carefully and tentatively: "Master, did you give Aunt Li the whistle?"
Yuan An was thinking that he seemed to be doing something very important when he just landed, but his feet were unstable when he landed, and his spiritual power rushed again, so his mind was a little confused, and he couldn't figure out what he was going to do for a while.
Hearing this, his heart jumped.
Yes, the whistle! !
The remaining disciples quickly finished their breathing and stood up. A junior brother came to Yuan An: "Senior brother, the whistle that the master uncle asked for..."
Yuan An immediately realized what the most important thing was now, and nodded politely to the captain: "Sorry, we still have things to do, please do as you please."
The whole team watched the Tianhai Temple disciples who were avoiding others hurriedly and anxiously walked towards Li Zhuyun.
Li Zhuyun was still in the protective shield. Seeing so many young Taoist priests in Taoist robes coming in front of him, he immediately looked at them through the protective shield in a daze.
Yuan An and the others looked fine, but they were already very excited.
They didn't need to carefully identify the whistle, after all, it was made by the master's uncle himself. Only the master's uncle could make such a whistle magic weapon that could deploy a protective shield.
The master's uncle was always hard to please, unhappy every day, and especially didn't like to see the disciples talking about their families.
Although he denied it himself, this group of disciples from different generations actually got together to discuss quietly, guessing that the master's uncle must also miss his family. If they could help the master's uncle find his relatives, he would be very happy.
They didn't stupidly go up and ask "Are you my master's uncle's family?" Instead, they saluted first and then asked politely:
"Excuse me, where did you get your whistle magic weapon?"
Li Zhuyun's brain was still confused. The whistle she had worn for more than 20 years was still hanging in the air, but the group of young Taoist priests opposite her were wearing the same whistles as hers.
She hesitated for a moment, but still told the truth: "This is made by my husband..."
Husband?
Yuan An looked at Li Zhuyun, and suddenly something flashed in his mind. He turned back and looked at Li Yi, who had just asked about their whistle.
Li Yi also reacted, and strode over with his body that had not yet rested well, denying: "He is not my mother's husband, but a former boyfriend. Taoist priest, what is the relationship between that man and your Tianhai Temple?"
Who else in the world can make a magic weapon except the master uncle?
Li Yi's mother is Li Zhuyun, and Li Zhuyun's husband is the master uncle. Then Li Yi is not the daughter that the master uncle said?
The disciples suddenly realized, and they were excited and excited.
Before going down the mountain, the master uncle also told them to take good care of the two people if they met them, but they didn't expect to meet the real owner so soon.
In order to avoid making a mistake, Yuan An still looked at Li Yi very cautiously: "Then this... is the daughter of the owner of the whistle?"
Li Yi was at a loss and frightened. She was unwilling to admit her relationship with Ji Changze.
But she also wanted to find out who the man who had left them for so many years was, why he could make a whistle with a protective shield, whether he was from Tianhai Temple, and why he left.
Li Zhuyun was not as entangled as her daughter, and nodded and admitted: "Yes, Ayi is our daughter."
Sure enough! ! !
This is the family of the master's uncle!
Fortunately, they found it! !
After finding out their identities, Yuan An was very excited and happy for a few seconds. Seeing the mother and daughter opposite looking at him with hesitant and confused eyes, he quickly woke up.
The people in the convoy had been looking at the movement here. When they were curious about what they were talking about, they saw the disciples of Tianhai Temple who had been determined to keep a distance from others since they walked with the convoy and spoke calmly without any emotion and leaned over.
They performed a great ceremony to meet an elder, their Taoist robes fluttering, their faces showing respect, and they said to Li Zhuyun respectfully in unison:
"Disciple greets Grand Master Uncle."
After bowing to Li Zhuyun, they bowed to Li Yi respectfully: "Greetings, Master Uncle."
Li Zhuyun: "???"
Li Yi: "???"
The people in the convoy: "!!!"
Everyone wanted to make contact but didn't dare to. The high-ranking disciples of the immortal sect were so respectful to the mother and daughter in their caravan who could not survive but could be said to have a difficult life, which made people sympathize with them.
Everyone: "..."
There was silence, including Li Zhuyun's mother and daughter, who didn't know what to say.
Yuan An and other disciples didn't get a response, and they began to feel uneasy again.
Did they get the wrong address?
But it was right.
The wife of the master's uncle should be called the great master's uncle, and the daughter is indeed the master's uncle.
In Taoism, both men and women call each other senior brothers, junior brothers, uncles, and grandparents. They wouldn't make such a low-level mistake. The posture of saluting was what the master's uncle had taught before. Although it was not modern, it was the authentic standard of saluting for Tianhai Temple disciples hundreds of years ago.
When the disciples were all nervous, Yuan An, as the eldest brother, raised his head carefully and firmly: "Uncle Taishi, can the disciples get up now?"
Li Zhuyun: "..."
She was stunned for three seconds before she realized that he was talking to her, and hurriedly said nervously: "Get up, get up."
Seeing that these young Taoists who looked like immortals, clean and ruddy really got up quickly, Li Zhuyun was even more confused.
"What do you mean by calling me Uncle Taishi? What is the relationship between me, Changze and you?"
Look, they are calling by name.
They really did not recognize the mistake.
The young disciples praised themselves in their hearts, and their faces were still respectful: "Uncle Taishi, Taoist Ji Changze is our great uncle. In terms of seniority, we young people should call you Uncle Taishi."
Great uncle...
Li Yi on the side almost remembered it immediately. When she came to ask before, these Tianhai Temple disciples did mention the great uncle.
It's just that in her impression, her biological father was just a liar who cheated money and sex, so she didn't link the two together.
But now, these Tianhai Temple disciples actually admitted it in person.
How is it possible? ?
According to these disciples, Tianhai Temple is a hidden Taoist temple that never goes down the mountain, and they are cultivators of immortality.
Since they can cultivate immortality, why did they lie to her mother and make her live alone with her child for more than 20 years at such a young age.
Li Zhuyun didn't have so many thoughts as her daughter. After all, the original owner was tender to her until he left, and vowed to come back to pick her up.
Back then, it was not as technologically developed as later. It was very common for people to lose contact with each other due to changes.
Before her daughter was in junior high school, she still believed that Ji Changze would come back to live with them and told Li Yi that her father did not abandon them, and something must have happened.
It was not until later that Li Yi gradually became sensible and stamped that her father was a scumbag and a liar. She could no longer bear to hear her mother say that her father would come back. Li Zhuyun gradually stopped talking for her daughter.
And now, she actually learned from these young Taoist priests who looked very capable that the lover she had been waiting for for more than 20 years was actually the great-grandmaster of Tianhai Temple.
"Has something happened to Changze? He said he would come back to find us, why hasn't he been heard from for more than 20 years? How, how could he be your great-grandmaster? Wasn't he still in school?"
Li Zhuyun's eyes were filled with expectation. He asked many questions in one breath, and then waited carefully for the answers of the disciples of Tianhai Temple in front of him.
Yuan An and other disciples: "..."
They don't know either.
The great-grandmaster never took the initiative to talk about the past. He would just talk about it in passing. He didn't even say a word about why he didn't take his wife and daughter up the mountain even though they were at the foot of the mountain.
But if he didn't care, why would he leave the whistle magic weapon behind, and why would he ask them to take care of him after they got down the mountain.
But if he cared, why would he refuse to take people up the mountain in such a dangerous situation.
Seeing that Li Zhuyun, who they should call Grand-grandmaster, was full of expectation, Yuan An hesitated for a few seconds and only said what he knew.
"More than 20 years ago, I was not yet born, so I don't know the inside story of that time, but I know that more than 20 years ago, my uncle-master was attacked by thunder because of the backlash of karma. It was my uncle-master who barely saved him at that time."
"After that, in order not to implicate Tianhai Temple, my uncle-master was alone outside for ten years and suffered the backlash of thunder. He returned to Tianhai Temple ten years ago and never left the Taoist temple since then. My uncle-master is the elder with the highest cultivation in our Tianhai Temple. This magic weapon was made by my uncle-master, and our sword tactics were also taught by him. If he didn't come, I guess, I guess there must be a reason why he didn't come to see you."
His words are like the scene of the heavenly book for ordinary people.
Especially for Li Zhuyun, who has never read immortal novels or TV dramas.
She was confused when she heard it, and only heard that Ji Changze had suffered a backlash more than 20 years ago, and when she was worried, it seemed that he was fine now, so she slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
"He never lies... Maybe, maybe he was stuck by something."
Li Yi understood, but she understood that Ji Changze couldn't come more than 20 years ago, but she also heard that Ji Changze was fine ten years ago.
And in these ten years, he still never came to see her mother.
Her mother has always refused to move out of her hometown and still lives there. If the father she has never met really cares, why not bring a letter?
Whether there is a real reason or the relationship fades and the two live in peace.
But the great-grandmaster of Tianhai Temple, who should be much more powerful than these disciples, did nothing and just dragged her mother.
Even if he is really a cultivator, what does his actions have to do with his identity?
Li Yi's anger is growing.
Compared to her father being just an ordinary person, the fact that the man is an elder of a Taoist temple makes her feel even more angry.
After all, if he is really a cultivator, then even if he can't afford a plane ticket, he can always come to talk to his mother by walking or flying, right?
Yuan An and others gradually realized that Li Yi seemed to be angry.
The joy in their eyes gradually became uneasy, and they looked at the biological daughter of this great master's uncle carefully: "Master? What's wrong?"
Li Yi forced a smile: "It's nothing, I just want to ask a few Taoist priests, since your great master's uncle is so powerful, it's fine if he doesn't leave the Taoist temple, but why haven't you sent a single message to my mother for so many years?"
Yuan An: "..."
Other disciples: "..."
What the hell is this weird feeling of a mistress being interrogated by the wife's child?
"This... we don't know either. Maybe... it's inconvenient to send messages on the mountain..."
As soon as Yuan An finished speaking, a paper-folded bird fluttered its wings and came to the disciples. It slowly flew over Yuan An's head and Du Ae spoke in standard Mandarin:
"Your bird has arrived. Please receive the message. Sender: Your great-grandmaster."