Chapter 80: Scheming
Of course, Feng Zhiling and Lan Yuan didn't wait to see Wu Biqi expelled.
On the day they came out of the cave, the two of them said goodbye to the head of Tang.
It was almost dusk, the yellowing sycamore leaves in front of Yishan Palace were falling with the autumn wind, and the Daishan painting scene in the distance was still the same, Feng Zhiling sighed and withdrew his eyes, and Lan Yuan stepped down the steps in front of Yishan Palace, ending the night and nearly a day of tossing and busy.
"Oops. When the two of them walked outside the Yishan Enchantment, Feng Zhiling suddenly remembered something and stared at Lan Yuan with deep eyes.
"Huh?" Lan Yuan became nervous.
"Jin Yang has not gotten the antidote to poisoning, what should I do?" Feng Zhiling said that night that she wanted Jin Yang to go back to Jicheng and wait for her to go back to detoxify him.
"Rest assured, the poison won't kill him. We're going to rush over and detoxify him as soon as possible. Seeing this, Lan Yuan's heart relaxed, and he had planned to turn around and go to Jicheng.
"But you have to rush back to Taiyi Mountain as soon as possible......"
"Well, it won't take much time. β
"I am always uneasy when the Immortal Scroll and Shenwu Ding are lost, why don't I go back to Taiyi Mountain first? I was about to go to Lan Chengyi to see where the antidote to the chronic poison came from, just so I can go to Jicheng by the way, and when I am done, I will go to find Senior Brother again." β
"It turns out that Ling Er wants to take the senior brother away again. Lan Yuan said a word, breaking her careful thoughts.
"It's just a temporary separation...... I didn't lie to you last time I separated from you. Feng Zhiling said with some grievances, "What's more, can I escape Senior Brother's Breath Tracking Technique?"
Lan Yuan didn't explain that the breath tracking technique could only last for three days, he hesitated for a rare moment, but still nodded, "Okay." β
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Heavenly Demon Palace, Min'an Palace.
The door was closed, the light in the room was dim, Ling Xiao stood facing Ling Long's portrait, his eyebrows were frowning, his eyes that had always been sharp and cold were soaked in sadness that few people saw at this moment, and the whole person seemed to be trapped in a distant and painful memory.
The door was pushed open, and a face similar to the woman in the portrait appeared in the room.
"I've searched all over the Heavenly Demon Palace, but I haven't seen you. She said, "So you're here." β
"Yu'er, are you back?" Ling Xiao's eyes flashed slightly, and his thoughts suddenly withdrew from the long backtrack, obviously very surprised.
"Shenwu Ding and Feng Immortal Scroll were stolen from Taiyi Mountain, does it have anything to do with you?" Feng Zhiling didn't ask him for warmth, and asked directly.
After Feng Zhiling and Lan Yuan separated, they first went to Jicheng to exorcise the poison for Jin Yang, and then returned to the Demon Realm by the way, wanting to ask Ling Xiao if he had any clues about the two holy weapons.
"Lost the two holy weapons?" Ling Xiao quickly returned to his usual tone. After many years of Demon Venerable career, he has become accustomed to putting on a cold face that is high and high, covering all his emotions under that sharp face. The only two people in the world who can give him rich emotions, one has passed away, and the remaining one is indifferent to him at the moment.
He said solemnly: "Taiyi Mountain is so useless, can't you look at the two holy weapons?"
Feng Zhiling didn't know if it was okay, she raised her eyes to look at the portrait, remembered everything she had learned recently, and couldn't help but take a few steps forward.
If the battle between immortals and demons more than ten years ago was provoked by someone, then Ling Long was calculated and died...... What kind of person was she when she was alive, and was she notorious because she was by nature, or was she just a victim of this conspiracy?
"If it's not you, who could it be?" Feng Zhiling asked thoughtfully.
Hearing these words in Ling Xiao's ears, they became cold words.
During the time when he used the Heart Connection Mantra to control Feng Zhiling, although he himself was also controlled by the clan's backlash, his consciousness was still sober. He clearly remembered what ridiculous and excessive things he had done.
Yu'er will not forgive him, let alone trust him anymore, and the relationship between the two people, which has finally eased, may be difficult to bridge.
He snorted softly in his throat and said, "Also, who else will there be besides me." β
Feng Zhiling glanced at him and asked, "You have been devoured by the Soul Eater Clan, and your serious injuries have not healed, you should concentrate on healing, what are you doing here in a daze?"
β...... I ......" Ling Xiao was a little stunned for a moment.
β...... I'll take a look at your mother. - Let's go. After Ling Xiao finished speaking, he walked out of the Min'an Palace, waited for Feng Zhiling to come out, and closed the door lightly.
"I only know that Han Shen has always coveted two holy weapons, and this matter may have something to do with him. Ling Xiao's Zhongqi was obviously weak, and he walked with Feng Zhiling through the corridor as he spoke, entering the spotless courtyard with carefully grown grass and trees, and walking towards the courtyard gate.
"But didn't he flee to the Northern Ten Thousand Gu City, no one found out that he had returned. Uncleβ" Feng Zhiling habitually shouted.
Ling Xiao's eyes flashed, and he stopped and responded, "Huh?"
Feng Zhiling also stopped and said, "I have found out some things recently, it may be ...... Some people have been trying their best to provoke contradictions between immortals and demons. Han Shen may be a key figure involved. β
She didn't say anything more, this matter hadn't been clarified yet, even if she told Ling Xiao, she couldn't change anything about him.
"Oh, the contradiction between immortals and demons has existed for hundreds of years, does anyone still need to stir up trouble?" Ling Xiao hooked the corners of his mouth, "Who are you talking about?"
Feng Zhiling shook her head and said, "I don't know yet." But we must find a way to find the person who stole the two holy weapons, as well as Han Shen, these are important clues. β
"Naturally. Ling Xiao replied. After that, he paused for a while, his face softened, and said, "Yu'er, you ......"
"I'll go first. Feng Zhiling didn't wait for him to finish, turned his head and walked out of the courtyard.
At this moment, Di Kun's hurried voice suddenly sounded outside the courtyard: "Lord, my subordinates have something important to report!"
"Wu Baimen, Changxue Gate, and Tushan Sect have joined forces to attack the Qiulong Sect, and the Sumen Sect Master has been seriously injured, and now the Qiulong Sect Temple is almost unable to defend it!"
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"It must be the Changxuemen and Tushan factions instigated by Situ...... He's moving so fast. Feng Zhiling frowned, she immediately turned back to Ling Xiao and said, "You stay in the Heavenly Demon Palace to heal, I'll take a look." β
"How can I sit idly by and ignore such a big matter?" Ling Xiao suddenly raised his voice, and instead commanded Di Kun, "Di Kun, let the people of the Jiumin Sect and the Xingyue Sect guard the temple of this sect, there are only three sects attacking the Qilong Sect this time, and they should be prepared for a sneak attack by other sects." Tell the fire to leave Zewu, gather 800 disciples, and wait for me outside the Tianxiao Palace. Yu'er, you stay in the Heavenly Demon Palace, and I will leave Dikun and Xunfeng to you. β
Dikun left in response.
Feng Zhiling said in his heart: "Situ Fei hates me to the core, and this time it is mostly aimed at me. After I escaped from Taiyi Mountain, it happened that the 'Four Demon Envoys' killed people and two holy weapons were stolen, and most people in the Xianmen would think that I had instructed them. Situ Fei was able to injure the Sumen Sect Master, he most likely used the Demon Killing Knife, Ling Xiao was so seriously injured, and the injuries of the four demon envoys had not healed, with their current situation, I am afraid that they will suffer a loss. β
She knew that Ling Xiao had always been resolute, and it was difficult for others to change his decision, but she couldn't watch him take risks. What if something happens to Ling Xiao...... After all, he was the only sober relative by her side.
She watched Ling Xiao arrange to go to Dikun before she said slowly, "Do you know where the Soul Eater Clan went?"
"Where did you go?" Ling Xiao knew that it was she who had found a way to cut off the soul, so he looked at her and waited for her to continue.
"I think it's very likely to be in the hands of Situ Fei of Changxuemen. Feng Zhiling saw that Ling Xiao's face was not good, so she walked to the side of the stone bench and sat down, and Ling Xiao sat down with her.
She picked out the key points of how the Soul Eater escaped from the Soul Eater after the Soul Eater was cut off, and how they disappeared near Wuling Mountain near Changxue Gate, and briefly told Ling Xiao.
As for what happened between her falling into the maze and Lan Yuan, she only casually said, 'Senior brother walks with me', and she only casually brought it up.
"Since the Soul Strangler can refine the Soul Eater Clan, then most of the other four magic weapons in the Immortal Gate can also. The soul choke has been broken, the hidden dragon sword is in the hands of my senior brother, it is impossible for him to do this, Zhenyuan Shi is still sealed in Taiyi Mountain, and the remaining one is the demon killing knife. Feng Zhiling said calmly, "Perhaps, the Demon Killing Knife's control over the Soul Eater is stronger than that of the Soul Eater, so after Situ Fei activated the Demon Killing Knife, he began to control the Soul Eater Clan without a trace, and used the Soul Eater Clan as a medium to secretly disturb your emotions every time you offered the Soul Eater Clan with True Yuan. β
It's not just "disturbance" - Ling Xiao's joys, angers and worries have been put down several times because he was counterattacked by the Soul Eater, he has completely become another person, and even his vitality is increasingly damaged, and in the long run, his vitality will be weakened and die.
"-When you offered to the Soul Eater, it was when the True Yuan was at its weakest, so it was difficult for you to detect the subtle changes in the Soul Eater. If it weren't for ......"
"Yu'er," Ling Xiao grasped the point of her words, he subconsciously grabbed Feng Zhiling's wrist, and blurted out, "How did the soul choke break?ββ what did they do to you after you were taken to Taiyi Mountain by the Immortal Gate? How did you escape? Last time you came back in a hurry, I see you...... They were hurt, did they do it?"
He had wanted to ask these words for a long time, but Feng Zhiling didn't give him a chance to speak.
Feng Zhiling felt Ling Xiao's hand clenched tightly. She unnaturally broke free from Ling Xiao's confinement and took a step back.
She lowered her head and took a deep breath, and said, "It's my senior brother who helps me ......."
When she first learned that Ling Xiao had used a Heart Spell on her, she really hated him.
But later learned that Ling Xiao also did that kind of thing because she was controlled by the Soul Eater Clan, and she couldn't hate it anymore.
If you want to hate, you should also hate Situ Fei and hate the person who controls everything behind your back.
What's more, on the slope of Liufeng, in order to persuade the Xianmen to trust and restrain Ling Xiao, she took advantage of Ling Xiao's feelings for her in front of the immortals and demons, and misled him into thinking that he was jealous because Ling Xiao regarded her as Ling Long's shadow.
At that time, she thought that she was afraid that she would be imprisoned by the Xianmen forever and never see him again.
But after being rescued by Lan Chengyi, she suddenly thought about whether Ling Xiao would think that she had different feelings for him......
- Ling Xiao must be made to stop these ridiculous thoughts.
"It was my senior brother who helped me and cut off the soul with the Hidden Dragon Sword. It was also the senior brother who deliberately released the water and let Lan Chengyi save me. I'm just locked up by them in Taiyi Mountain, nothing happens, with my senior brother here, he won't let me have anything to do. This time, Senior Brother also accompanied me to investigate the matter of the 'Fake Four Demon Envoys'. She said coldly.
Ever since the incident on Liufeng Slope happened, Ling Xiao began to find that Yu'er's mind was far more complicated than he thought - she was bent on the Xianmen, desperately trying to prevent him from taking revenge, but she had repeatedly tried her best to save his life; she was obviously capable of leaving the Demon Realm and cutting off contact with him from now on, but she would always take the initiative to come back to help him deal with the problems of the Demon Realm.
He silently pondered the truth of her words, and asked, "Then why are you hurt?"
"Yes...... When Lan Chengyi rescued me, I was accidentally injured. It's just a small injury, and with my senior brother carefully treating my wounds, I've been cured a long time ago. β
Listening to her words and never leave the "senior brother", an inexplicable fire rose in Ling Xiao's heart-what is He Lanyuan? It was he who led someone to kidnap Yu'er, but he was courteous in front of Yu'er, which was simply contradictory and hypocritical!
Ling Xiao sat upright on the stone bench, his hands on his legs, and his fingers couldn't help but pick at his clothes, and his nails sank into the flesh.
He suppressed the fire in his heart and continued to ask, "Who injured you?...... Is it Situ Fei?"
"It's not...... Do you want to avenge me?" Feng Zhiling asked rhetorically, "Not him. Don't ask, I don't want to say. β
If you ask again, she won't be able to make up her lies.
The sky was gloomy.
"Leave the matter of the Dragon Sect to me, you are seriously injured, don't take any more risks. I've already figured out a way to deal with Situ Fei, and my senior brother will come to help me. Feng Zhiling had no choice but to panic again, and then said emotionally, "Except for my father, I only have you as a relative...... I hope you live well. β
"Relatives......" Ling Xiao silently read these two words in her heart, "What she asked me on the slope of Liufeng was really just her ploy." β