Volume 1 Independence Chapter 13 Doubts
The sky is full of sea, and the dusk sand is everywhere. Eight thousand miles of endless swamp land is a vast and endless land of water.
The clouds fell in the orange sky, and the brilliant clouds hung in the watery sky. Heaven and earth are like two mirrors, reflecting each other. The clouds are rolling up, and the waves are rolling as if you can see the wind flowing. This barren grassland has been like a stagnant water for thousands of years, and the wind will not wrinkle for a moment before it will subside.
There is a big river, the waves are turbulent, like a yellow dragon flying in the clouds. The dragon soared in the wilderness, to the depths of the clouds, and flew down 3,000 feet. A huge waterfall seems to be a huge dragon's nest, flying streams hitting stones, splashing waves, as if the white mist in the clouds and mountains is dancing, and like thousands of young dragons playing in the river.
On the edge of the cliff hanging in the air, the thin rocks are craggy, and a few fallen cypresses are entrenched in the gaps, like an old monk in a stable position. Patches of bluestone were blown white-brown by the wind. At this moment, the withered blood is like a flower blooming angrily, eye-catching.
The village chief, who was on a bronze staff, had his hair and beard blown by the strong wind, his eyes were bloodshot, and his whole person looked extremely haggard.
"Who did that? Did anyone see that?"
Lin Ziyun followed, and he didn't have much to say at the moment. When I looked around, I saw that the edge of the cliff was overgrown with weeds and gravel. Not far away, two headless corpses were tied to a dead tree with a magic weapon, and the blood had been poured on the entire trunk, which was extremely terrifying. A jackdaw or two stood on the branches, perhaps waiting for a sumptuous dinner.
On the top of the cliff, under a protruding rock, two heads were hung by ropes. The corpse's eyes seemed to have been picked out with something like a needle, and the eyeballs were strung with a thin thread hanging on either side of the mouth. The hair on his head was cut off, leaving something similar to a totem.
Lin Ziyun has seen and killed people, but this is the first time he has seen such a tragic killing method. It is obvious that the murderer has a very strong revenge mentality, or a strong murderous perversion.
"Village chief, that's how it was when we found out. This morning, Ao Niu of Erniu's family was frightened, and we found out. One man stepped forward and said.
A thick-looking, obese middle-aged man next to him heard this and nodded hurriedly.
"Has anyone else known about this until now?" said the village chief with a sigh.
"No, no. Except for the three alchemists, no one knew. "It was a man in beast armor who spoke. Dressed as a hunter with a quiver tied to his back.
"This matter is very important, wait for the alchemist to come and take a look, maybe he can find some clues. Remember, this must not be known to outsiders. The village chief said in a commanding tone.
"Village chief, we know. But ......" The man dressed as a hunter glanced at Lin Ziyun. He is the captain of the escort team here, called Yin Xuewen.
"Mr. Lin, it doesn't matter here, Xuewen, you go and see if the alchemist is here. Also, the most important thing is that the high priest must not know about it. The village chief spoke.
After finishing speaking, the village chief looked at Lin Ziyun again and said apologetically: "Mr. Lin, this matter is related to the lives of thousands of people in our Yunshan tribe, and I also ask Mr. to keep it a secret for Lao Yu and all the clansmen." β
Lin Ziyun was shocked, he never expected that he would be inexplicably caught in another turmoil. He couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart, but his face didn't show anything. He stared at the village chief for a while, sighed softly and said, "If the village chief can trust Lin's character, he will naturally not talk nonsense." β
Lin Ziyun couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart, and couldn't help but speak: "If you want to know who the murderer is, it's not difficult." The cultivation of the two dead is not low, and there are no traces of a fight left here. From these clues, the village chief must have found something. Of course, Lin shouldn't have said anything about this matter, but this matter seems to involve Half Moon Island, Lin didn't vomit or be unhappy for a while, and hoped that the village chief would forgive him. β
The village chief glanced at Lin Ziyun without smiling, and then said: "What Mr. Lin said is reasonable, but our cultivation is low, so I'm afraid we won't be able to see anything." As for the matter of Half Moon Island, Mr. does not have to worry, I believe that there is another turning point. β
Seeing him explain like this, Lin Ziyun didn't say much, hugged a fist, and turned around to leave. He has already seen the right and wrong here, and the other party is so secretive, there must be some scruples, it is better for him to be more knowledgeable and go away.
A moment after Lin Ziyun left, the village chief took a closer look at a dragon-like mark on the two heads, and was stunned.
"Is someone trying to frame our Yunshan tribe, or are they really here?"
Half a day later, Lin Ziyun went to Yin Ming under the pretext of asking for some news, and met the white wolf that Xu Cong had turned into.
"Fellow Daoist, in my opinion, this place is not as simple as you think. Yesterday, you also overheard the story told by the village chief, it seems that the locals know the ancient tomb of King Yin Jian. And two people died inexplicably today, it seems that the wind is calm, but secretly it is surging. Lin Ziyun rubbed his thumb and looked like he was smiling.
The white wolf stood up very humanely, glanced at Lin Ziyun and said, "Daoist friends have strong divine sense, I admire them." Not only did you find out, but the old man also knew. He didn't debunk it, and in my opinion, most likely he knew that we had a plan for coming here. β
"So, even I was treated as your accomplice by the village chief?" Lin Ziyun smiled dumbly.
"Why should Lin Daoyou mind, you and I already have this in the plan. And it's not a secret, even if they knew?" the white wolf sneered.
"Let's just say, I don't have that much time. If I had a choice, I would prefer to go to Half Moon Island first. Lin Ziyun replied.
"Daoyou is just in a hurry to go, if there is a great opportunity in front of you, you will lose it, you will inevitably regret it, anyway, it's up to you. The white wolf said slightly. Immediately, he opened his mouth again and said, "If what you said is correct, the two dead should be the envoys sent here by the West Sea Demon Domain. Yun Lanze has dozens of tribes, large and small, and it is not good to say that it is a pet kept by the West Sea Demon Cultivator, like a cow or a sheep. They let the people here refine the pill and grow the medicine, and they will harvest it like leeks. And what happened to such a big thing here is nothing more than two possibilities, one is that the powerful cultivators deliberately want to target the West Sea Demon Cultivator, and the other is that there are other tribes who frame Yunshan in order to fight for land. In the first case, even if someone does this, the people of these tribes will not dare to provoke it, and in the second case, it must be difficult to find out. It seems that the Yunshan tribe is really in crisis, and it is impossible to escape. β
"It seems that the messenger who died today has a flaming mark on his skull, like a three-headed snake with wings. Lin Ziyun said.
"Hey, that's weird. Lin Daoyou, do you remember what that totem looked like?" Xu Cong asked in a low voice.
"You and I still don't need to know much about this, not to mention that it has nothing to do with us. The most important thing at the moment is to find the Excalibur you are talking about, and find the Immortal Tomb on the night of the full moon. Lin Ziyun said with a change of words.
"Haha...... Lin Daoyou, don't worry, I have already got that divine sword. I put it in a deserted temple three miles west of the village, and I had to pick it up from Laurin. Xu Cong preached.
Lin Ziyun nodded at him, but he thought of the dragon-like mark in his heart, as if he had seen it somewhere. Suddenly, a flash flashed in his mind, by the way, he had seen it when he was in Qianxue Mountain. But this place is the West Sea, how can there be?
On the edge of the cliff, Yin Wu's eyes were cold. He held a bronze mirror-like magic weapon in his hand, and he could clearly see a woman appearing in the mirror at this moment.
"Hmph, Hongyu, I'll see how you explain it. β
"Yin Wu, your temper still hasn't changed. All traces of fighting in this area have been erased, and Hongyu once appeared here, and it cannot be said that she is the murderer. Hehe, even if Hongyu wants to kill these two people, but with her cultivation, I'm afraid it's impossible. The village chief said with a smile.
"These two people are cultivators in the foundation building period, and it stands to reason that they will indeed not be killed by a person in the Qi Refining Realm. But the village chief, Hongyu's most powerful thing is not cultivation, but alchemy. Yin Wu shouted.
"The murderer is so scheming, he must have a plan. Don't you think it's a little ridiculous that she destroyed all traces of the fight, but left her own breath? Maybe someone wanted to kill someone with a knife. The village chief waved his hand.
"Are you saying that someone wants to harm Hongyu?" Yin Wu gasped.
"That's my guess, besides, Hongyu hasn't been out for many years, and does anyone remember her?" the village chief muttered to himself.
In the abandoned temple in the west of the village, Hongyu fell to his knees. She lit a bouquet of incense and burned the yellow paper in the brazier. She smiled slowly, indescribably weird.
"Eight years ago, you told me you left for her. But you're back today, and your sword is gone. Are you still the same person you used to be? Hongyu has been waiting for you, Lin Ziyun, you coward, you don't even have the courage to talk to me. β
"I know what you took with you eight years ago, and I know you don't like me at all. But I still love you, because you're finally back, and that's enough. β
"My people, I will kill all those demon cultivators for you, rest in peace. β
Hongyu put his hands on the ground, and his expression was as pious as a Buddha.
There are no two similar flowers in this world, but there are two things that are in common.
Lin Ziyun couldn't help but think of that dragon-like totem in his mind, he had seen this extremely strange creature when he spent spirit stones to collect the Tanuki family in the Iron Heart City of the Northern Regions. Tanuki, with two horns on the head, three eyes, a snake-like body, and a dragon-like terrifying strength. Rumor has it that this is an extremely ancient true spirit, extremely powerful. The two horns on the head of the tanuki can resist the most powerful magic weapons in the world, and its eyes contain the blessed earth.
Was it a coincidence, or was it fate?
Lin Ziyun didn't tell Xu Cong in detail, in fact, he already had scruples in his heart. "What should come will always come, so let me see what kind of demons and monsters there are. β
It's strange to say, Lin Ziyun always feels that someone is following him. No, it felt like there was a shadow following him. It's just that he tried to sense it with his divine sense, but he didn't find anything. Lin Ziyun shook his head, only to say that he was thinking too much.
The ancient temple in the west of the village is not far away, and Lin Ziyun took advantage of the dark time at this moment and walked all the way over. Sure enough, not far away, I saw a dilapidated old temple. It looks like it has been in disrepair for a long time, and even the roof has collapsed a small corner. Lin Ziyun didn't know why Xu Cong knew that there was an ancient temple here, but he wanted to come to this city very deeply, and he might have been here before and didn't tell him that it wasn't necessary.
Even if he couldn't go to Half Moon Island, Lin Ziyun made up his mind to let Xu Cong take him away from this mountain range.
In fact, the aura here is extremely thin, but for a cultivator like Lin Ziyun who has found another way to open a big hole and open a Dao Palace, the aura has little impact on him. But Lin Ziyun didn't want to stay in such a place near the West Sea, hehe...... West Sea is not a good place. Lin Ziyun was familiar with the classics and knew that there were devourers everywhere. The cultivators of the Northeast Second Domain didn't know how many years they had been fighting with this group of devourers in the West Sea.
Speaking of which, the shadow of the Northern Tanuki family appeared in the West Sea, could it be some conspiracy? Or is it for something?
Lin Ziyun thought of the death of the two people during the day, and felt sick for no reason. If he hadn't known that the deceased was an envoy sent from the West Sea, Lin Ziyun would actually prefer to believe that the two people who died were from the Tanuki family in the Northern Regions.
Thinking of his fiancΓ©e, that Li Yuanhua, who worshiped the Five-Star Sect, what about his great achievement? The terrible Tanuki family actually killed the owner of his body because his cultivation was too low. Lin Ziyun didn't have a good impression of Li Yuanhua or the Li family from the beginning.
Lin Ziyun suddenly thought of what would happen if the people of the Tanuki family found out that he was not dead here?
If the person was really killed by the Li family, his life would definitely not be guaranteed. However, why did the people of the Li family appear here, and kill the envoy from the West Sea? Is it to covet the treasure of the Yin Sword King? Absolutely not, because the Li family has countless masters, where would they look at the dojo of a mere Jiedan realm monk. What it is for, Lin Ziyun doesn't know, but if it is really the Li family, there must be something unknown here, or a big conspiracy.
If all this is connected together, Lin Ziyun thought of a seemingly naΓ―ve idea. The dark night gradually drowned Lin Ziyun's figure, and only a low-voiced word was heard gradually buried in the night.
"If so, that so-called Yin Sword King is not a demon cultivator from the West Sea at all, but a member of the Li family?
Lin Ziyun came to the first time of the broken temple and was startled when he saw someone coming out of it.
Hongyu was also startled, but he didn't expect that a person would appear outside the ancient temple at this time.
"Ah......h
The two of them were preoccupied, they were scary, they were scared to death, and they both opened their mouths and shouted at the same time.
Lin Ziyun spoke first: "Girl, we have met, and we ...... during the day."
Hongyu looked at Lin Ziyun with an uninteresting look, and he didn't know where to call. She kicked Lin Ziyun when she mentioned Xiuzu, and didn't forget to turn around and say, "You are so ungrateful, I am wrong." β
Lin Ziyun was kicked inexplicably, and he didn't feel good in his heart. But this girl looks clear-eyed, how can she talk like crazy? What kind of ghost is ungrateful, these days Lin Ziyun has not been good. He pinched his arm hard, and screamed, daring to love and not bumping into the ghost, he really met evil.
Looking at the broken temple, there was a statue of a god split in half from the center of his eyebrows, Lin Ziyun said angrily: "Look at it, your own brain melon seeds are all petaled, and you can't die of laughter." β
Lin Ziyun lowered his head and looked over the place where Xu Cong said that he was hiding the sword, and suddenly raised his head.
"Tanuki Figure!"
Suddenly, on the left face of the idol is a tanuki with teeth and claws. Lifelike, like a real dragon born in blood, especially the third vertical eye is like a heavenly knife hanging in the air. Lin Ziyun was startled, this thing was strange.
At this time, Lin Ziyun suddenly turned his head. There was nothing in the dark night behind him, and just now, he felt that a shadow had been following him, and this feeling was extremely strong. Shaking his head, Lin Ziyun sighed lightly, it could be the reason for the excessive pressure.
Lin Ziyun knew that it was useless to think about it now, so he hurriedly found the hidden sword. The sword looked prosaic, like a red-hot stick of fire. Lin Ziyun created his own dragon fighting technique, holding a divine weapon in his hand, and his heart was hot for a while.
He checked that there was no one around, and he was lucky enough to be immortal, and the dragon's breath around him was like a colorful butterfly flying. He ran his breath, walked with dragons and tigers, and danced with divine swords, as if the king of the world was slaughtering gods and Fu Xian.
Lin Ziyun held the divine sword in his hand and smacked lightly. The palm power in his hand was mobilized, and the energy of his whole body was injected into the divine sword. I saw the red divine sword, blooming with a fiery aura as red as blood. Lin Ziyun raised his sword and slashed a boulder at the door, and with a bang, the extremely hard boulder turned into powder, and even an extremely deep trace appeared on the ground.
"Good divine soldier!" Lin Ziyun praised.
"Good for you, a thief, not only assassinating the messenger, but also stealing the magic weapon of our clan. An incomparably cold voice sounded beside Lin Ziyun.
Next to the dilapidated ancient temple, several people came out one after another. The leader is the village chief and alchemist Yin Wu, and Yin Ming is also inside.
Only then did Lin Ziyun know that these people mistakenly thought that they had stolen the Excalibur, and by the way, they also imposed the crime of murder on themselves.
"It is a capital crime for a cultivator in the Northern Regions to trespass into Yun Lanze. And you not only stole the immortal weapon, but also assassinated the envoy of the West Sea, and everyone surrounded this person and forbade him to escape. Yin Wu said coldly.
"Mo said that Lin didn't kill anyone, even if Lin killed someone, no one in this world can let me ambush him. If you are brave enough, just come here, and don't blame Lin for being ruthless under the sword and having no eyes for his fists and feet. Lin Ziyun's tone was cold.
There is no word for the sin he wants to add, not to mention that he has indeed stolen the Excalibur now. Instead of explaining to them, it's better to tear your face now.
"Mr. Lin, please return the sword to us. The old man believed that the envoy of the West Sea was not killed by Mr. Lin. As long as Mr. Lin returns this sword, the old man is willing to vouch for you. The village chief spoke.
"Hmph, this is indeed what I owned. The West Sea Demon Cultivator was originally inseparable from the cultivators. Today, even if the person is killed by me and the sword is stolen by me, what does it matter? But to be honest, the treasure of the Yin Sword King, I don't say that I can't look down on it, but there is no need to go to a child's house to steal this sword. Also, if I can kill those two envoys from the West Sea, just a few of you will be corpses by now. Lin Ziyun said.
With that, Lin Ziyun threw the sword to the village chief.
"Village chief, this person is obviously the murderer. Why do you want to protect him, and sacrifice the lives of our people in vain? Look at the image on the statue of the god, and the three words Lin Ziyun on this ground, who else has been here besides him?"
"This person must be a murderer!" Yin Wu shouted with tears in his eyes.
Lin Ziyun just looked for the divine sword, didn't pay attention to the ground, and listened to what Yin Wu said. looked down at the side of the futon, and sure enough, someone wrote the word Lin Ziyun crookedly.