367 Scheming
The secret place is located on an island in the southern sea. The island is not far from the shore, and Shen Mu and his party set off from Jinling in less than an hour.
The island is not very large, and according to Liu Kite's previous explanation, the secret realm is in a mountain pass on the east side of the island.
The mountain pass described by the willow kite has a strange shape, like a gourd shape, so it is easy to find. Within the mountain pass, the space is very large, the mountains and forests are in patches, and there are many grasslands and rivers, which has become another cave.
And that secret realm is on the mouth of that gourd.
At the mouth of the gourd, there is the outlet of the river in the mountain pass, where all the water flows, and it crashes down the cliff and into the valley hundreds of feet deep below.
On the cliff, in the middle of the current, there is a boulder. On the boulder, there are a few words engraved, except for the first word, the other words are under the water, and it is not real. The first word has also been washed away by this perennial flowing water very blurred, and everyone looked at it for a long time before they vaguely saw that it was a willow word.
The location where the secret realm was opened was on that boulder.
It's just that after Xuan Cheng told Shen Qifeng about this, suddenly two figures fell from the sky and landed in front of everyone.
Shen Muzhi took a look, and his heart couldn't help sinking. The people who came turned out to be Qi Ming and Xu Yiyi.
Xu Yi followed behind Qi Ming, and after landing, his eyes secretly swept over everyone, and after not finding Shen Mu, his brows furrowed slightly, and after a careful scrutiny, his eyes finally fixed on Shen Muzhi, who was dressed as a middle-aged dragon.
And that Qi Ming greeted Shen Qifeng and the others very familiarly, and then his eyes swept over a few people on Shen Muzhi's side, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then asked Yu Xin: "Elder Yu, what about that Lin Xuan?
When Yu Xin saw Qi Ming and Xu Yi appear, there was obvious surprise on his face, obviously he didn't know that Qi Ming and Xu Yi would appear here. But looking at the reactions of Shen Qifeng and the others, it is certain that the appearance of Qi Ming and Xu Yi should have been agreed a long time ago.
At this time, hearing Qi Ming mention the name Lin Xuan, Yu Xin's expression changed slightly. But looking at the expressions of Shen Qifeng and the others, they were extremely calm, and even Shen Qifeng's eyes glanced at Shen Muzhi, who was incarnated as Long Yi, intentionally or unintentionally.
Shen Mu's heart froze, and he was immediately sure that his disguise should have been seen through a long time ago.
Now that things have changed like this, then the transaction will most likely not go smoothly anymore.
Thinking of this, Shen Muzhi immediately said to Xuan Cheng in his heart: "I'm afraid that Shen Qifeng and the others already know about the Jade Decoration Spirit Mansion, and if they ask later, you will say that you didn't bring it with you." ”
As soon as he finished saying this, Shen Qifeng on the other side opened his mouth: "Xuan Cheng, open the secret realm!"
Xuan Cheng frowned and retorted: "Shen Qifeng, we said before, this trip is just to verify whether the secret realm exists, but if we want to open the secret realm, we must see Su Hua!"
Shen Qifeng replied: "Okay, Xuan Cheng, the Elders of the Sanhe Gate are all here at this moment, so don't pretend anymore! If there is no Elder Qi in this secret realm, you can open it by yourself?"
Xuan Cheng knew that Shen Muzhi had told Qi Ming before that if he wanted to open the secret realm, he had to have Xu Yi's participation, but this was just to save Xu Yi's life, and it was not true. Originally, neither he nor Shen Muzhi thought that Qi Ming would be linked to the Great Sword Gate, but now in this situation, even if Xuan Cheng denies it, it is useless. Unless he opened the secret realm on the spot now and showed it to Shen Qifeng and the others, they would definitely not believe it.
But if he opened the secret realm on the spot now, then it is difficult to say whether this deal can be negotiated in the future.
The situation is not up to anyone, and this is really true.
The sudden appearance of Qi Ming and Xu Yi suddenly made Shen Muzhi's side become passive!
"Lin Xuan......" Shen Qifeng saw that Xuan Cheng was silent, his eyes suddenly fell on the 'Long Yi' on the side, and the corners of his mouth showed a sneering smile, and said, "No, it should be Shen Muzhi!
Shen Muzhi raised his eyes to look at Shen Qifeng, and looked at each other calmly: "Elder Shen really has good eyesight!"
Shen Qifeng smiled coldly: "Why, I haven't seen you for ten years, and you don't even dare to show your true face?"
Shen Muzhi didn't bother to pay attention to him, and turned his head to look at Xu Yi who was standing behind Qi Ming. Xu Yi was also staring at him at this time. The two of them looked at each other, and there was hatred burning in their eyes.
Shen Muzhi snorted coldly in his heart, and then withdrew his gaze.
Since Xu Yi wants to die so much, then this time, he will fulfill him.
"Lin Xuan, hand over the Spirit Mansion!" Xu Yi couldn't hold back and shouted: "Otherwise, you will never see the person you want to see again in your life!"
Shen Muzhi lowered his eyes and sneered, silent.
On the side, Xuan Cheng's gaze swept over Shen Qifeng and Qi Ming, and sneered: "Elder Shen, aren't you going to make a deal with us?"
"Xuan Cheng, you have misunderstood! This transaction was personally facilitated by Lord Zhao Feng, no matter what, our Sword Head Peak also wants to give Lord Zhao Feng a face, right? So, you can rest assured, this transaction will definitely continue, but the content of the transaction has to be adjusted slightly, after all, it was you who deceived first!" Shen Qifeng looked at Xuan Cheng and Shen Muzhi, smiled a little proudly, and was also very confident: "Su Hua is already in Zhengyang Peak, this point, He Xian and Yu Xin can testify!" So, as long as you hand over that Spirit Mansion now, and then help us open the secret realm, tomorrow Lord Zhao Feng will personally send Su Hua out of the Great Sword Gate, how about it?"
Xuan Cheng was about to answer, but was suddenly preempted by Shen Muzhi: "The spirit house is not brought with me." If you want to, you can take Su Hua to the foot of Kongshan Mountain tomorrow, and we will hand over people with one hand and things with the other!"
"No, then how can I be sure that you are not doing anything with that thing? we must wait until we confirm that this secret realm really exists, and that it can indeed be opened with that spirit mansion, before we can hand over Su Hua to you!" Shen Qifeng looked at Shen Muzhi and said.
Shen Muzhi frowned and was silent for a while, then said, "Today's spirit house is indeed not on my body, and you and I will meet here tomorrow." You bring Su Hua, I take the spirit house, and after opening the secret realm, you hand over Su Hua. This is my last concession, and if you don't agree, then there's no need to talk about it!"
"Don't wait for tomorrow, just today! The old man will send a message back to someone to send Su Hua, and you will send someone back to bring the spirit house. Is two hours enough?" Shen Qifeng said.
Shen Muzhi thought about it and nodded in agreement.
With Qi Ming's involvement, the longer this matter drags on, the easier it is to get out of the moth. So it's also a good thing that Shen Qifeng is anxious to complete this transaction.
After Shen Qifeng saw that he agreed, he immediately sent a message back to the Great Sword Gate.
On Shen Muzhi's side, He Xian went to the empty mountain to retrieve the 'spiritual mansion left in the empty mountain'.
And just as He Xian had left for about a stick of incense, a man in a wide gray robe suddenly appeared, and before he could get closer, he had already stabbed Shen Muzhi with a sword.
Xuan Cheng reacted very quickly, and after tearing Shen Muzhi away, he shouted angrily while catching up with the sword: "You actually want to kill your mouth!"
For this gray-robed person, Shen Muzhi and Yu Xin may not know each other, but Xuan Cheng recognized it at a glance. When he escaped from the Great Sword Gate with Shen Muzhi, at the edge of the mountain gate array, it was this person who stopped him, if it weren't for the sudden appearance of the turtle dragon in the mirror lake at the end, he and Shen Muzhi would probably have been confessed there at that time!
This person has suddenly appeared here now, and there is nothing else to guess in his thoughts!
It seems that Jian Shoufeng didn't intend to make this deal with them from the beginning, but they want it in the secret realm, and they want it in the spirit house. Therefore, Shen Qifeng deliberately proposed to trade today, so that he could take away one of them. In this way, Qi Ming plus Shen Qifeng and the three of them, plus this gray-robed person, are more than enough to deal with the three of them.
Xuan Cheng's face was extremely ugly, his voice did not fall, Qi Ming, Shen Qifeng and the others had already moved, and several sword lights instantly weaved into a net, heading towards Xuan Cheng and Shen Muzhi. And that Yu Xin, at this moment, was forced away by the gray-robed man with a sword and dodged the net.
The gray-robed man quickly led Yu Xin to the other side of the gourd mountain pass, leaving Xuan Cheng and Shen Muzhi struggling to support themselves under the four sword lights.
Among these four people, Qi Ming has the highest combat power, followed by Shen Qifeng, and the other two are again.
Although Xuan Cheng is already a master of the upper realm, he is young in the end, if he fights alone, he can fight with that Qi Ming in a few moves, but now in this situation, if he wants to protect Shen Muzhi, he will soon be overstretched and dangers are frequent.
In less than a tea time, Shen Muzhi and Xuan Cheng were both injured.
"When I let you run away, you can escape, don't look back!" Xuan Cheng's voice sounded in his head, low and forceful, unquestionable.
Shen Muzhi knew that Xuan Cheng was planning to use his own life to exchange a glimmer of life for him.
But how could he possibly agree that the things of ten years ago, he would not let them repeat themselves anyway!
While thinking, he swung his sword, and the blood-red evil qi turned into a red dragon, roaring angrily and rushing towards the sword qi roaring in the sky.
In the roar, the boom exploded, and the evil qi that was scattered everywhere turned into countless hideous faces in the blink of an eye, roaring and rushing towards the people around them, regardless of friend or foe.
Although the evil qi in the Immortal Sword was strong, it was not under Shen Muzhi's control.
At this time, the evil qi backlashed and his injuries became more and more serious. If he continues like this, I'm afraid that before Shen Qifeng and them kill him, this immortal knife will swallow him first!
Thinking of this, Shen Muzhi no longer hesitated, and after forcing back the two flying swords with all his strength, he shouted loudly: "If we die, you will never want to open this secret realm!"
When Shen Qifeng and the others heard this, the sword light in the air stagnated, but soon, it returned to its original state.
"I placed a seal on that mansion, and I am the only one who can break it. If you don't believe us, you can kill us!" Shen Muzhi shouted again.
Although Shen Qifeng and the others didn't believe that Shen Muzhi could have such means, they were afraid that after some hesitation, they finally stopped. But at this time, Shen Muzhi and Xuan Cheng were both seriously injured.
Especially Shen Muzhi, although the Immortal Sword made his combat power soar, the evil qi in the knife was also very powerful. At this time, the spiritual power in his body was already a mess, and he could still stand and talk like this, but he was just holding on!
At this time, Qi Ming shouted, "Elder Shen, this Lin Xuan is extremely cunning, you won't really believe it!"
Shen Qifeng didn't answer, just stared at Shen Muzhi, and after a while, he spoke: "Elder Gangqi said that your words are not credible, so why do you make me believe that your words are true?"
Shen Muzhi said: "Wait for He Xian to bring the spirit house, you will know as soon as you try it!"
"Are you sure He Xian can really bring that spirit mansion?" Shen Qifeng asked with a squint.
Shen Muzhi said: "Didn't Elder Shen already agree on two hours before? In this case, can He Xian bring that spirit mansion, won't he know after two hours?"
"Okay!" Shen Qifeng suddenly sneered: "That spirit mansion is actually on one of the two of you!"
Actually, Shen Qifeng guessed this, and Shen Muzhi was not surprised. Otherwise, Shen Qifeng would not have started immediately after He Xian left.
"Hand over that thing, as long as what you say is true, I won't kill you!" Shen Qifeng said again.
"Okay!" Shen Muzhi agreed without hesitation, and then turned his head and asked Xuan Cheng to take out the jade ornament and give it to him. Xuan Cheng glanced at him solemnly, and then took out the jade ornament and put it in Shen Muzhi's hand.
After Shen Muzhi got the jade ornament, he didn't hand it out.
He looked down at the jade ornament in his hand, and suddenly laughed.
"What are you laughing at!" Shen Qifeng immediately became vigilant.
"Elder Shen, you said that if I slash at this thing with a knife, will the machine spirit in here still survive?" Shen Muzhi still lowered his head and asked with a chuckle.
Shen Qifeng didn't know the specific method of opening the secret realm, nor did he know whether this spirit mansion had a machine spirit, and when he heard him say this, he was stunned for a moment, and immediately turned his head to look at Qi Ming.
Qi Ming's brows furrowed, and after sensing Shen Qifeng's gaze, he hesitated and said, "To open the secret realm, you must have that instrument spirit." ”
When Shen Qifeng heard this, his expression immediately turned ugly.
"Shen Muzhi, if you dare to destroy this spiritual mansion, I, Shen Qifeng, swear, you, Xuan Cheng and that Yu Xin, don't even think of walking out of this island today!"
Shen Muzhi looked up at him, smiled, and said, "I can not destroy it, but Elder Shen has to agree to me first!"
Shen Qifeng furrowed his brows, and after being silent for a while, he said, "You say!"
"Let Xuan Cheng and Yu Xin go, let them go now!" Shen Muzhi said.
"Muzhi!" Before Shen Qifeng could answer, Xuan Cheng on the side had already sighed.
"You go first. Only if you escape, I can survive!" Shen Muzhi said in a low voice.
Xuan Cheng looked at him deeply and stopped talking.
Shen Muzhi turned his eyes to look at Shen Qifeng and said, "Elder Shen, have you thought about it? If you delay it any longer, when He Xian comes back, you may not have a chance to negotiate this deal if you want to!"
After Shen Qifeng's eyes changed for a moment, he responded in a deep voice. Then he motioned to the other two to let Xuan Cheng leave, and at the same time asked one of them to inform the gray-robed man and let him leave Xin!
Shen Muzhi knew that this Shen Qifeng would definitely not be so trustworthy, but as long as Xuan Cheng and Yu Xin met and the two joined forces, even if someone pursued them, the chances of escape would still be much greater. And as long as one of the two of them can escape, then there is a chance that he will survive.
Of course, this is just his guess.
It is also possible that Shen Qifeng and Leshan will kill him no matter what.
However, this is not something that can be thought through all at once.
After Xuan Cheng glanced at Shen Mu, he left.
"Okay, the person has been released, bring the things!" Before Xuan Cheng and them went away, Shen Qifeng began to be impatient.
Shen Muzhi was very obedient this time, and immediately threw the jade ornament over.
After Shen Qifeng took over, he immediately checked it, and when he checked it, his face turned ugly.
Shen Muzhi looked at it in his eyes, and his heart suddenly relaxed.
It was a big gamble he had just made with his life, and apparently, he was right.
"Elder Shen, let me tell you something!" Shen Muzhi, who was in a somewhat relaxed mood, became more and more calm.
Shen Qifeng looked up at him with a gloomy face.
"To open the secret realm, you only need the instrument spirit in this spirit house, and you don't need that Xu Yi at all. Shen Muzhi said, and turned his head to glance at Qi Ming, and then glanced at Xu Yi who was hiding in the distance.
Qi Ming's face changed, and after thinking about it for a while, he figured it out, at that time, Shen Muzhi told him that he had to participate in opening the secret realm, and that was just a dead sentence for him. But in this situation, he couldn't make Shen Qifeng believe this no matter what. Otherwise, the deal he had negotiated with the Great Sword Sect before would be in vain.
Thinking about it, without waiting for Shen Qifeng to speak, he immediately sneered: "Lin Xuan, you are really scheming!What's the matter?, I feel that it is impossible for me to survive, so I want Elder Shen to kill Xu Yi so that we will never be able to open the secret realm, right?"
I have to say that Qi Ming's mind turned quickly. As soon as he said this, Shen Qifeng's originally somewhat wavering mind began to favor Qi Ming's side again.