Chapter 18 The Hellfire Shield (1/2)
”Your name is Zhao Tianding? Say it, what happened.” Lyu Liang flew in front of him. ”Leave the Divine Soul contract aside first. I am not planning to have any servant now. I just want to see if you are worth trusting or not.” Lyu Liang's words were clear. If he believed Zhao Tianding, he would let him go. Otherwise, he would kill him.
Zhao Tianding waved his hand, and around him and Lyu Liang, a golden light curtain shrouded the two. ”Senior, Buddhism Divine Pearl has the function of isolating the Divine Sense. In this way, our conversation will not be heard by others.
”I was from a small village in the fringe of the Wufang Territory. At that time, I had parents and two younger sisters. At the age of thirteen, a traveling monk was passing by there. He said that I possess a unique Wind Spiritual Root and I was a natural cultivation talent. He gave me a book, 'Prajna-Mantra' and a treasure, and then drifted away.
”When the people in the village and my family learnt about the incident, they were very excited. They think that it was a big fortune. I also became the only person in the village to cultivate. After that, I started to practice according to that Mantra. A year later, I reached Early-stage of Qi Refining. I also knew that the pearl was the immortal standard magic treasure, Buddhism Divine Pearl.
”After eight years, I have reached the Peak Qi Refining Stage, and when I felt that life could continue to be so beautiful, a disaster befell.
”One day, I practiced in the village as usual. Suddenly, the earth began to tremble and crack, and dark red flames continued to appear from those cracks. No sooner the flames appeared than all the people, animals, and even flowers and trees disappeared into powder when the flame touched them. I was in the air, and I was able to escape by the help of the body protection light from the Buddhism Divine pearl. But the village had become a hell on earth.
”I could hear countless mourning and crying voices. Some I was familiar with, and some were unfamiliar. Those voices were endless and enduring. I stared at the flames, but I couldn't do anything. I wanted to save my family. However, I wasn't able to pass through the horrible sea of fire. In the sea of fire, distorted faces appeared on the flames everywhere, they were either in anger, or in pain, and a desperate and bleak aura spreaded.
”After about an hour, the flame slowly dissipated. At the same time, the sky suddenly became blood red, and I felt a horrible heart-wrenching aura. I knew that high-level cultivators were coming. But it's too late to escape. Only by using the Buddhism Divine Pearl to isolate the aura could I avoid being seen and heard by others.
”I looked for a crack to say to look at it. After a while, a hole was torn in the bloody red sky, and four black lights came out of it. Then, they turned into four figures. They were respectively an enchanting woman, a white-browed old man, a young man, and a bearded man. They wore uniform black robes with golden lines and a skeleton pattern.
”After they appeared, they surrounded a place with huge cracks and looked down. Then, the white-browed old man took out a bottle. With bottle mouth facing down, he poured a drop of bright red liquid into the crack. Following that, blinding bloody lights burst out from the crack.
”In the bloody lights, a huge shield burning with a dark red flame slowly emerged. It was engraved with distorted faces. I could hear the sound of their mourning. I even saw my mother's face on it. At that moment, I felt like my heart was breaking. I couldn't wait to rush and kill the four people instantly! But my last remaining sense told me that a wink by any one of them could kill me thousands and thousands of times.
”I knew that all of this must be related to this weird shield, and it was also inseparable from the four strange black-robed people in front of me! In the vagueness, I heard them saying the words of 'Blood Divine Sect'. Soon, the bearded man unfolded a pocket and took the shield in. After that, they disappeared and the sky returned to normal. However, my village vanished completely in this realm.
”I was unwilling! I am outraged! I hate myself for being so weak! Just when I was being torn by grief, the traveling monk who gave me everything eight years ago actually appeared in front of me! He led me to this road of cultivation, now my life was also considered to be saved by him. I had already regarded him as a teacher and the only kin in this world. I had lots of grievances and wanted to tell the teacher, but he did not give me this opportunity.
”The teacher just shook his head and sighed, and threw me a parcel. Then, he only said a sentence and disappeared. The sentence was: Inside, there was a way to indicate your direction.
”After that, I opened the parcel, which contained a fiery red bead, ten pieces of mid-grade Primordial Stone, and a scroll. The scroll described a lot of things that the Xuanli Clan encountered in the Devil Realm. It also introduced a Guardian named Xuanli Feiwu and the Family Holy beast—Shadow Domain Beast. At the end of the scroll, it predicted that I would meet the people of the Xuanli Clan with the Shadow Domain Beast. As long as I could follow him, I would have a day to take my revenge.
”Senior! You are the one in the book scroll that is worthy of my follow-up, please grant my wish, senior!” At the last words, Zhao Tianding's eyes were already bloody red, and blood had oozed out from the corners of his mouth.
Looking at the black-clothed man in front of him, Lyu Liang sighed while looking up the sky! This was a man who was so similar to himself! Although the encounters were different, their goals and determinations were exactly the same. Looking at him, Lyu Liang could recall the scene of his blood red eyes and sorrows.