Chapter 71: The Seeds of Suspicion
"What exactly we've done, let's let Huyan tell you. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ο½iqugeγ info" Lu Linlan said calmly.
The reason why Lin Rui and Qiu Shuyi were not allowed to talk about it was because these two people were women, and they were easy to have more feelings when they spoke, and secondly, because these two people were very in awe of Xuan Cheng, and they were easy to lose three or four when they spoke.
Hu Yan was named, and when he saw Xuan Cheng's gaze, he looked over, and sure enough, there was no stage fright. After a slight pause, he organized the language, that is, he said: "In general, we intercepted three deliveries from the mine, and we also surrounded the mine for a few days. "It's really over in two clicks.
"It's so simple?" Xuan Cheng didn't believe it, so he named himself, "Qiu Shuyi, you said." β
Qiu Shuyi is because she is a disciple of this sect.
Qiu Shuyi's face turned red all of a sudden, and it seemed that the blood on her body had rushed up. "The boss is right, it's not simple, it's really not simple. When intercepting the first delivery, it is also relatively simple. When intercepting the second delivery, Uncle Lu was beaten to the point of vomiting blood! When intercepting the third delivery, Uncle Lin led the enemy, and it took half an hour to lead the other party into the big array, which was really a life of death!"
Xuan Cheng didn't expect Qiu Shuyi to make a move in amazement, so he still didn't know the information he wanted to know, so he had to look at Lin Rui.
Lin Rui coughed, thinking to himself, why didn't he say it clearly? Being under the eaves, he had to bow his head. So Lin Rui said, "To be honest, I don't really understand. The front is decisively killed, and the back is not killed. Especially when we broke through the siege, the vast majority of people in the mine were arrested by us, why don't we really take the mine in one go?"
After Lin Rui finished speaking, he finished a circle.
Xuan Cheng's doubts were always puzzled, and he understood that Lu Linlan was still selling Guanzi. looked at Lu Linlan and said, "It seems that you still have to say it." β
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"Actually, the three of them have made it very clear: we just intercepted three deliveries, and then surrounded the mine for a few more days," Ms. Lu said, "and really only did this, nothing else." As for why our actions can cause the five factions to turn against each other, this is to review the news you gave me at the beginning.
"At that time, the head of the company said: There are five factions involved in the operation of that rattan mine. The intervention of the five factions has been successive. First the White Light Sect, and then the Heavenly Thunder Gang was invited. The Xianglong faction is equivalent to a strong intervention. Later, because of the sales channels of the Xianglong faction, it attracted the Washo Pavilion and the Tianhe faction. These two big factions, believing that when they intervene, the means are gentle. But in fact, their intervention was irresistible to the previous three small sects. So in the beginning, these five schools were in a state of discord between face and heart.
"I remember that at that time, I specifically asked if it was more beneficial to the Eastern Yuan faction to make a mess. You replied in the affirmative, sir. And to make a mess of the vine mine, the most ideal result is to destroy their alliance and make them turn against each other.
"But will they turn against each other? Not necessarily. Their alliance of discord with each other has sown the seeds of opposing each other. But for the seeds to germinate, a certain amount of external force is needed. And everything we do is tantamount to exerting such an external force.
"The focus of intercepting them three times is not on the person delivering the goods, let alone on the goods delivered. It is important to isolate the rattan mines and make them lose contact with the outside world. And at this stage, instead of turning against each other, they will be more united. In fact, it is also easy to think of: when a powerful foreign enemy comes, people will often give up small grievances and unite to fight the enemy together.
"Therefore, the focus of our operation this time is on the siege in the later stage. We surrounded the Spirit Stone Mine with seven forbidden spirit arrays. When we set up the formation, the mine was still in a state of panic because of the interception in front, so we only sent five foundation building monks to check on the situation. We took advantage of the forbidden spirits and captured these five people, killed one at random, and released the other four.
"Because of the delivery interception in front, the five people who came out to check the situation are believed to be cannon fodder. However, every cannon fodder has a mastermind behind him. After coming out for a circle, one person died, and four people went back. They will wonder why the one who died died, and why the four people who were alive did not die. There is no answer, or rather, they can't think of an answer in a short period of time. But in short, it will awaken the seed of doubt in their hearts.
"The next step is to break out. The mine organized seventy or eighty foundations, and more than 200 people practiced qi to break through to the outside. As a result, we only killed four Tsukiki in total, and captured all the rest alive, and we also released all the captured people back to the mine, and even their storage bags were not collected.
In fact, even at that time, there were more than 20 foundation builders and more than 100 qi practitioners in the mine. They refused to defend against danger, and the four of us alone could not take it. What's more, if we do attack, they will know that we are a foreign enemy, and they will unite and resist desperately.
"As a result, we didn't attack, and we released everyone. After that, we even removed the formation and disappeared without a trace. This strange behavior of ours, in their opinion, can be explained. That is: we are not foreign enemies, we are one of them. What kind of force is it? So I doubt you, and you doubt him, and I am very happy.
"At this time, after we leave, will there be another death in the mine? β
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Qiu Shuyi immediately answered and said, "Definitely." Why is it so? It's because it's messy. Usually, there are people who are dissatisfied with each other, not to mention that those people in the mine are still from five different sects. Usually killing someone, there will be a lot of scruples. If there is chaos, killing a person will not be so easy to find out. β
After Qiu Shuyi finished speaking, the rest of the people did not answer immediately.
After a long while, Hu Yan spoke to Mingcai: "I agree with Qiu Shuyi's guess. In the mortal world, the law is very delicate, and murder rarely happens. In the world of cultivating immortals, the precepts are quite rough, causing murder to happen frequently. So I thought, even if there is no reason, the mine will die. What's more, there were three interceptions of deliveries, and there were a series of incidents such as sieges and failure to break through. After that, if the mine doesn't die, then it's really weird!"
Lin Rui said: "I suddenly thought, in fact, even if we withdraw the formation and leave the mine, but for a while, the people in the mine, when they think about things, I'm afraid they won't notice it." For them, it means that the mine is still under siege, and deliveries will inevitably be intercepted, and there is no contact with the outside world. I think it should be a state of panic. In that state, people will definitely die. β
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"Well said!" Lu Linlan took over, "Suppose, just the five of us now." Although our relationship with each other is not yet life and death, but basically, the relationship is still good. Then, let's say the five of us lose touch with the outside world, and no matter how hard we try, we can only go around in circles. Finally, there is one of us, let's say Master Xuan Cheng - he died, and I can't find out how he died. So, what will happen to the four of us left?"
It was Qiu Shuyi who replied first: "I will be worried that I will be the next person to be killed, so I will guess which of the three of you is the one who killed the head in front of me." β
Huyan Xiangming said, "I may find a place to hide and leave the three of you." Because among the three of you, I don't know who it is, it is the murderer who killed the head of Xuancheng. If you can kill Xuan Chengzhang, you will definitely be able to kill me. I can't afford to mess with it, so I can only hide. β
Lin Rui said: "I may leave and go back to Canglang Sect." Oh, by the way, there are already assumptions before, and you can't contact the outside world. In other words, even if I wanted to leave, I couldn't. Then I thought, maybe I'm going crazy. β
Lu Linlan came out and concluded: "Master Xuancheng, now do you know?"
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Earlier, Lu Linlan assumed that Xuan Cheng was killed, which can be regarded as an unrespectful thing. Forced by the situation, Xuan Cheng cannot be pursued. But there is always some unhappiness in my heart.
At this time, Xuan Cheng listened to Lu Linlan's questioning, and only then did he wake up and think about it from beginning to end. Then he said, "That is, after you leave the mine, the big drama really begins."
"Dead people in the mines -- that's bound to die. If it's in normal times, maybe forget it. But because you poke it, they're going to guess in complicated directions. The alliance of the five factions was originally at odds with each other, and there were originally seeds of suspicion. That kind of seed, at this time, sprouts.
"It's especially important that there may be one or two more people in the mine. If there is no talent, constantly dying people, constantly suspicious, maybe the speed of deterioration is not fast. However, it is different when there is talent. They can peel back the cocoon, and sometimes, they can find the culprit. And that culprit must and can only be someone from their five factions.
"There are justifications and losses, so they can only turn their backs!"
Lu Linlan finally came out to pat himself on the back: "The head of Xuancheng summed it up too incisively! This time, the four of us actually just went to the mine to water a little, and the seeds of suspicion were originally theirs, and the later germination, growth, and growth were also theirs." The four of us really didn't dare to take credit. β
"What a person who doesn't dare to take credit!" Xuan Cheng has seen many guys who want it in his heart but refuse on the surface, but he has never seen the number Lu Linlan. It is true that she only watered, but before and after she watered, no one could think of how her watering had anything to do with the final situation.
At this time, Xuan Cheng knew that he could only reward Lu Linlan heavily. If not, wouldn't it be bad if Lu Linlan used these means against the Dongyuan faction that day?
Xuan Cheng called someone and asked him to take the storage bag containing the rattan stone and estimate the value. Soon the results came out, a total of more than 1,500 catties of rattan stones, which can be directly converted into 1,200 catties of medium-grade spirit stones, and 2,400 medium-grade spirit stones.
Xuan Cheng asked people to take two thousand four hundred medium-grade spirit stones over as a reward and handed them directly to Lu Linlan for his own distribution. Of the other five rings, Xuan Cheng accepted one and returned four to Lu Linlan, which was also counted as a prize.
After the things were in hand, Lu Linlan distributed them on the spot, one ring per person, and six hundred medium-grade spirit stones per person.
"It's not okay, I don't have to do much, I don't deserve so much. Besides, this trip out, all the money spent is your spirit stone, at least it must be deducted. Qiu Shuyi excused herself.
Lu Linlan said domineeringly: "Don't talk nonsense! You are my attendant, don't care how much I give you, as long as it is given to you, you can just take it!"
Hu Yan Xiang saw it, and when he thought about it, he was nominally a righteous brother, but in fact he was almost the same as an attendant. So he didn't speak.
Lin Rui had divided two hundred medium-grade spirit stones before, and at that time he had expressed his preference for medium-grade spirit stones. Therefore, I am embarrassed to refrain at this time.
Next, Lu Linlan said goodbye.
Xuan Cheng said: "By the way, is Huyan Xiangming a hidden spirit root?"
Lu Linlan understood as soon as she heard it, and immediately rushed before Hu Yan and said: "The head of Xuancheng is really as wise as a torch, and he can see it at a glance. In fact, Huyan, like me, is a very rare all-spirit root. I didn't have the kind of Soul Measuring Disc that could measure the whole spirit root, I just tried to get him to cultivate with me. Refining and refining, he will practice the second layer of qi. β
"Then, Huyan Xiangming, are you willing to join the Dongyuan faction?" Xuan Cheng asked Huyan instead.
Lu Linlan still grabbed the conversation: "Not for the time being." Now he is only practicing the second layer of qi. At this time, you can't do things with us. Laterβthere's a lot of time anyway!"
Xuan Cheng thought about it, what Lu Linlan said was indeed the truth. The second floor of Qi training, whether it is placed at the outer door or the inner door, is separated from the foundation building monks. So I didn't say much.
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In the next time, Lu Linlan was basically fine.
Lu Linlan and Lin Rui spend most of their time in the piano club, mainly playing music.
Huyan Xiangming and Qiu Shuyi were still in the Discipline Hall. It's just that Huyan Xiangming still belongs to the guest house, and Qiu Shuyi lives in Lu Linlan's cave mansion on the Black Stone Mountain.
is busy, but it is Xuancheng who is in charge.
As the head of a faction, it is natural to be busy. At this time, when he said that he was busy, he was naturally not generally busy, but because he was busy because Lu Linlan was busy.
Why is it because of the reward given to Lu Linlan.
Six hundred medium-grade spirit stones and a storage ring can be regarded as a heavy reward for ordinary people. But it definitely doesn't count for Lu Linlan.
The evidence is: Lu Linlan distributed it by herself, and all the prizes were equally divided with her, including herself.
In other words, Lu Linlan doesn't value those prizes.
What kind of prize will Lu Linlan value? The head of Xuancheng really wants to have a few gray hairs.
In the end, Xuan Cheng had an idea. It's not a physical thing, it's an opportunity to try.
It's not a secret realm test, it's a goal-oriented inheritance test.
The inheritance, in the form of a pagoda, is located on the windward cliff of Wentian Peak, called the Chaos Tower. According to records, it has been 190,000 years so far. Every year, the Chaos Ride is opened, and there is only one person who can enter the tower.
One person a year. From the three "one" words, we can see how fierce the competition was at the earliest.
However, those who enter the tower never survive. Thousands of years have passed, and no one cares about the inheritance tower.
The reason why Xuan Cheng thought of the Chaos Tower was naturally not to send Lu Linlan to death, but to feel that maybe Lu Linlan could get the inheritance.
In fact, Xuan Cheng's subconscious also has such a meaning: even if Lu Linlan dies in the end, at least the possibility that Lu Linlan will oppose the Dongyuan faction can be ruled out, so it is okay.