Mu Shuliang didn't say anything all the way, and led the group through several halls, and finally arrived at a quiet attic somewhere in the Tiangang Alliance.

It was clear that there was no wind and no rain, and the sun was shining, but Su Xian was holding a red umbrella, which attracted the side eyes of many people along the way, Su Xian didn't care at all, he only followed Mu Shuliang with a calm expression, and glanced at Mu Shuliang who was leading the way in front from time to time, Shu Wuzhi raised his eyebrows to look at this and that, and probably guessed what Mu Shuliang's expression was.

After entering the attic, Mu Shuliang turned around and closed the door, and stood in front of the door for a while, making sure that no one was outside, before turning around and saying with a complicated expression: "Xiao Chu? ”

Where his gaze fell, it was where Chu Qingjiu's soul stood.

Chu Qingjiu raised his eyebrows and smiled brightly: "Xiao Mu, I haven't seen you for a long time." ”

Mu Shuliang didn't seem to believe it, stared at Chu Qingjiu for a long time, Chu Qingjiu smiled and let him look at it, and finally hugged his arms and said, "People are fake, and souls should always be faked, right?" ”

"What the hell is going on?" Mu Shuliang finally determined that the ghost standing in front of him was Chu Qingjiu, but then there was a lot of confusion and doubt.

At this time, Chu Qingjiu had already left the cave of the Seven Seas Abyss, and there was no need to hide this matter, so Su Xian and the others explained what happened before to Mu Shuliang, and Mu Shuliang was silent for a long time after hearing it, as if he was trying to accept this huge information. After a long time, he sighed softly, completely regained his usual gentleness and indifference, and smiled lightly: "It turns out that this is the case, I didn't expect there to be so many stories in it, no wonder Senior Sister Su left the Tiangang League immediately after getting the Soul Trace Bead." He said so, but there were many reasons for it, and it was more than that, but it was all self-evident.

"Does anyone else know about your return except for a few of us?" After finishing speaking, Mu Shuliang couldn't help but ask Chu Qingjiu again.

Chu Qingjiu shook his head: "No one else can see me, how will they know, and I can't do anything with the appearance of my soul." ”

Mu Shuliang smiled and shook his head: "Everyone is worried about you, no matter what, you can be regarded as back." ”

Su Xian looked at the conversation between the two, she knew Chu Qingjiu and Mu Shuliang at a completely different time, in her opinion, Chu Qingjiu and Mu Shuliang were almost unrelated people, before hearing Mu Shuliang say that he and Chu Qingjiu were friends, she still felt a little unreal, but now after watching the two of them say these words, she really feels that these two people are indeed friends who have known each other since childhood.

After they finished talking about business, Shu Wuzhi, who had been idle for a long time, finally remembered and asked Mu Shuliang: "You haven't come back since the end of the Xuantian test, so you were left here?" ”

"If something happens to the Tiangang League, the Mu family can't sit idly by, as the son of the Mu family, he must make a contribution." Mu Shuliang replied in a low voice, "Master is worried, I have already revised a letter to have someone pass it to Master for me to explain the matter, but it seems that Master has not received it." ”

Shu Wuzhi was stunned for a moment, shook his head and said, "I was in retreat a few days ago, so I didn't receive it. ”

When it came to retreat, Mu Shuliang nodded his head and said to Su Xian: "Senior sister's cultivation is ......" He paused, thinking of what happened when he first met Su Xian, "Senior sister used that trick again?" ”

Su Xian nodded, and didn't say which move it was, she hadn't had time to explain this matter to Shu Wuzhi, and Shu Wuzhi didn't ask along the way, and when Mu Shuliang mentioned it again, she couldn't help but look at Shu Wuzhi.

Shu Wuzhi pondered for a moment, and finally laughed: "Sooner or later, you have to explain, don't you?" ”

Chu Qingjiu frowned beside him, and although he didn't speak, he took two steps closer to Su Xian, standing side by side with her, quite a posture of wanting to live and die with Su Xian.

Chu Qingjiu's movements made Su Xian's heart settle for a while, she pondered for a moment, and then she thought about how to say this matter: "I am the righteous daughter of the Xuanyue Sect Master. ”

As soon as these words came out, Mo said that Shu was ignorant, and even Mu Shuliang couldn't help but be stunned.

"I grew up in the Xuanyue Sect since I was a child, everyone treated me very well, when I was young, the previous generation of Xuanyue Sect Sect Master passed away, and before he died, he passed on all the cultivation in his body to me." Su Xian said in a witty manner, "It's just that there is something wrong in the middle, although I have his cultivation, I can't use it, if I use it forcibly, it will become like this, and I will temporarily lose my cultivation." ”

"The previous generation of Xuanyue Sect Master, if he remembers correctly, his cultivation realm should have the Xuanyuan Middle Realm." After the initial surprise, Shu Wuzhi finally opened his mouth. In fact, he had already guessed Su Xian's identity, and the person who could use such strange exercises would definitely not be from some famous and decent family, but he didn't expect that Su Xian would be the righteous daughter of the Xuanyue Sect Master. He thought of this, and then said, "I heard that Chu Qingjiu was arrested and taken to the Xuanyue Sect at the beginning, so it seems that the two of you met in the Xuanyue Sect?" ”

"Hmm."

Mu Shuliang frowned on the side and said, "Why did the Xuanyue Sect capture Xiao Chu in the first place? ”

The Xuanyue Sect has always done its own thing, and it is called a cult by the righteous path, because the disciples in the sect are all demons, but they have never stirred up any big storms, if you really want to say it, every time they appear, they have something to do with Sanssouci Valley. A few years ago, the Xuanyue Sect appeared even more, but in recent years, it has disappeared, Shu Wuzhi and Mu Shuliang can't figure out the purpose of the Xuanyue Sect, because after hearing Su Xian's life experience, there is no obvious hostility towards her.

It's just that there are some things that still need to be figured out.

Su Xian and Chu Qingjiu glanced at each other and explained: "Maybe you won't believe it, you should know that more than two thousand years ago, the demons of the demon world invaded the human world, and although they were defeated, there were still a very small number of demons who survived. That group of demons didn't dare to compete with the human world and the immortal world at that time, so they found a place to settle down in the human world. After many years, those demons have been recuperating and looking for an opportunity to take revenge, and they are the later demon gates. ”

Shu Wuzhi nodded, he knew the story Su Xian said: "Hundreds of years ago, the Demon Gate was also destroyed. ”

"Yes, but not all demons want to fight this battle with the human world." Su Xian said again, "For so many years, another force has branched out from the Demon Gate, and that is the Xuanyue Sect. The Xuanyue Sect didn't want to be enemies of the righteous path, they just wanted to find a way to open the door of the Demon Realm and return to the Demon Realm. ”

Su Xian said this, but Shu Wuzhi still didn't speak immediately, only muttered as if he was thinking about something, Mu Shu asked coldly: "Over the years, you have killed many righteous path disciples, injured my master, stolen the treasures of my Empty Cicada Sect, and captured Xiao Chu, are these all considered 'not wanting to be enemies of the righteous path'?" ”

"Wait." Shu Wuzhi's expression suddenly became strange, and he looked at Su Xian and then at Mu Shuliang: "Which master are you talking about?" ”

Mu Shuliang silently didn't answer, and some regretted saying the wrong thing.

Shu Wuzhi looked at Su Xian again, Su Xian didn't respond to Shu Wuzhi's question, and only replied to Fang Cai Mu Shuliang's question: "Xuanyue Sect everyone is a demon, and many people have indeed been injured in the battle, I can't deny it." At the beginning, the father-in-law sent someone to arrest Chu Qingjiu, but it was not malicious, but we had been fighting with Sanssouci Valley for many years, and my father-in-law knew that Sanssouci Valley was going to arrest the heirs of the eight great families, so he invited people over in advance. ”

Shu Wuzhi didn't listen to a bunch of words, and only interrupted: "You just said that it was I who was injured by the people of the Xuanyue Sect?" ”

"Master......" Su Xian thought about how he should go about this, but he didn't expect that Mu Shuliang over there had already nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Su Xian pursed his lips and was silent, Shu Wuzhi's expression changed, and he laughed suddenly, but there was no smile in his eyes: "So this is what I forgot about jì?" Who was I hurt against? ”

"It's a woman from the Xuanyue Sect, we don't know her real name, but I heard Master mention it back then, and the woman said her name was Yu Qing." Mu Shuliang said.

Shu Wuzhi heard this name, he couldn't help muttering twice, he lowered his eyes and was silent for a moment, but he didn't speak again, several people present were worried about his looks, but saw him raise his eyes again after a while, hide a little tiredness in his eyes, and chuckled: "It's a pity, I can't remember anything at all." ”

"It's your own choice, Master." Mu Shuliang's tone was gentle and told the truth.

After saying this, the room fell silent again.

Mu Shuliang and Shu Wuzhi both set their eyes on Su Xian's body, and Su Xian said his identity, just waiting for them to speak. She had already made it clear at this time, but she didn't know what decision Shu Wuzhi and Mu Shuliang would make, she had lost all her cultivation this time, and she didn't even have the ability to protect herself in front of the cultivators, she chose to say it, she had already given them the right to make a decision, as if it was a gesture of complete trust.

As the righteous daughter of the Xuanyue Sect Master, Su Xian didn't need to do this, but she still chose to be honest with everyone.

After Su Xian finished speaking, he looked at Mu Shuliang and Shu Wuzhi's eyes.

Chu Qingjiu next to him didn't speak, but his expression seemed to be much more nervous than Zhi Su Xian. Chu Qingjiu and Mu Shuliang are friends, if Mu Shuliang really wants to investigate Su Xian's identity, then the most difficult thing should be Chu Qingjiu.

After a moment of silence, Shu Wuzhi opened his mouth first.

"I remember that day after you participated in the Cloud Entanglement Cave Trial, I asked you." Shu Wuzhi put away his usual playful look, and said seriously to Su Xian, "To this day, has your answer changed?" ”

Su Xian's eyes flickered, and he remembered what Shu Wuzhi said that day.

Shu Wuzhi asked her why she joined the Empty Cicada Sect.

She said that it was for the soul bead and to find Chu Qingjiu.

To this day, the answer has not changed.

Su Xian said seriously: "No, my purpose has always been just to retrieve Chu Qingjiu. ”

When Chu Qingjiu heard this, his face turned red, and he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips, but after thinking about it, he put away his smile and put on his face, he originally made a look of wanting to fight with others, but who knew that as soon as the situation changed, Su Xian suddenly said such a sentence, so that he didn't know how to react for a while.

Shu Wuzhi got the answer he wanted, so he said lightly: "Since this is the case, my decision will not change." ”

Shu Wuzhi still chose to believe her, Su Xian breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she respected Shu Wuzhi very much, and it was good to be able to get his understanding.

And since Shu Wuzhi gave the answer, Chu Qingjiu immediately set his eyes on Mu Shuliang's body, Mu Shuliang couldn't help but laugh at Chu Qingjiu's gaze, shook his head and said: "I don't know Senior Sister Su, don't you know you, since you can trust her, I can also trust it, don't stare at me." ”

Chu Qingjiu was finally relieved when he heard this, but he still didn't forget to say: "Then who are you trying to scare with a serious expression before?" ”

"It's not that I'm scary, it's that this matter is really tricky, and you should all know about the alliance leader's injury and coma." Mu Shuliang shook his head and said seriously, "He is seriously injured, and he has no intention of waking up until now, Feiyan came to diagnose and treat him, saying that he was poisoned, and no one knows what kind of poison it is, Feiyan is still researching the antidote." ”

Speaking of this, Mu Shuliang turned to Su Xian and said, "Senior sister, do you know any clues about this matter?" ”

The time and place of Su Qi's accident happened to be the time and place agreed with Su Xian, if there were really any clues, only Su Xian could tell it. But for Su Xian, this matter has nothing to do with her, she never thought that she would go to that appointment at all, and naturally she has no idea what happened that day. She shook her head, but said again: "The leader of the Suqi Alliance was injured in the Gangfeng Tower, did you find anyone at the scene that day" The Tiangang League was heavily guarded, even if it was in the days of the Xuantian Trial, it was still leaky, Su Xian didn't believe that if such a big thing happened, the Tiangang League would not even be able to catch a single figure.

But Mu Shuliang immediately shook his head: "No, this is the strange place, the alliance leader was injured that day, everyone immediately arrived, but they didn't even find a single figure, even the guards who had been guarding outside the Gangfeng Tower said that they didn't see anyone, they all heard the sound change and immediately passed, and they saw that the alliance leader had fallen to the ground." ”

"What about the injuries on the body of the Lord of the Seven Alliances? What was hurt? Shu Wuzhi also asked.

Mu Shuliang responded: "The sword wound is deep and the bones are visible, and it is also coated with poison. ”

"It's really ruthless." Shu Wuzhi frowned, and then said, "But it doesn't make sense, even if it is plotted, it is impossible for the leader of the Su Qi Alliance not to be able to detect it at all, how can others not hear such a big movement?" ”

Listening to Shu Wuzhi's words, Mu Shuliang also nodded: "This is also where everyone suspects, and later we all went to Gangfeng Tower to see, the traces of the fight in the tower are very obvious, it seems that it should still be a short time to fight, and from the traces in it, it seems that there should be more than one person who shot." ”

"Huh?" Shu Wuzhi raised his eyebrows, "That's interesting, so many people went into the Gangfeng Tower, but no one in the Tiangang Alliance found out, and they hurt the alliance leader." ”

Mu Shuliang shook his head and said nothing, but Su Xian seemed to remember something, and suddenly said: "If you can trust me, can you let me go to Gangfeng Tower to have a look?" ”

Mu Shuliang set his eyes on Su Xian, thought for a while and nodded: "This time I asked you to come to Tiangang League to assist in the investigation, since you can help, it is even better." ”

Speaking of which, Mu Shuliang asked someone to clean up the guest room for Su Xian and Shu Wuzhi, and let the two of them stay here first, while he took them through the heavy guards of the Tiangang Alliance, and soon entered the Gangfeng Tower.

Although he didn't speak much along the way, everyone noticed that the people of the Tiangang League respected Mu Shuliang very much, and the disciples who passed by respectfully called him "Mu Gongzi", Shu Wuzhi saw this, and couldn't help but say: "It seems that your kid is mixing well in the Tiangang League." ”

Mu Shuliang smiled bitterly: "It's just to help." When he said this, he suddenly pointed forward and said, "The Gangfeng Tower has arrived." ”

The Gangfeng Tower is located in the center of the Tiangang League, it is the most heavily guarded place in the entire Tiangang League, the Tiangang League is built at a very high place, among which the Gangfeng Tower is the highest, the tower is towering into the clouds, and there is no end in sight.

Everyone entered the Gangfeng Pagoda together, the first floor is a spacious hall, the four walls of which are carved with some ancient Taoist patterns, Su Xian couldn't understand it for a while, she looked all the way, Mu Shuliang said: "On the second floor, you come with me." So saying, he went up the stairs on one side, and the people followed.

The second floor is a completely different scenery from the first floor, the whole Gangfeng Tower is huge, everyone walks into the second floor, and at a glance, there are black pressed bookshelves standing in the middle of it. Su Xian and the others didn't have time to marvel at the huge amount of books in it, so Mu Shuliang said again: "This is just one of the floors, and the five floors of the Gangfeng Pagoda from here are all the books of the Tiangang League, and every time the disciples who are qualified for the finals of the Xuantian Examination can enter it to watch the classics." Mu Shuliang's words were just casually mentioned, and he then led everyone through the rows of bookshelves to a corner.

In this corner, the bookshelf fell to the ground in a mess, and the surrounding books were also scattered, many pages were spilled on the ground, and the ground around was full of fine scratches, and there were many burnt marks and blurred blood stains on the walls and shelves. Mu Shuliang explained: "This is where the alliance leader had an accident, because the murderer has not been found yet, and it is inconvenient to clean here, so I will keep it first." When he said this, he felt a little pity, "Many books are broken, and I am afraid that it will take some effort to find them again, and some books may be lost." ”

No one paid attention to his emotion, Shu Wuzhi and Su Xian leaned over to look at the traces on the ground, and Shu Wuzhi quickly saw the door: "Knife marks, sword marks, and spells, I'm afraid the battle here has happened for more than a while, so many bookshelves have fallen, and no one really hears the sound?" ”

"No, the first to arrive were the disciples guarding the Gangfeng Tower, and they said that they came as soon as they heard the sound, and this was already the case when they came." Mu Shuliang lowered his eyes and looked at the mess here, and said in a low voice, "Looking at the traces of the fight, there should be no less than five people shooting at the same time." ”

"Or more." Su Xian also said something, she saw the traces on the ground clearly, and quickly got up and looked at the wall again.

The walls were mottled with traces of flames, but fortunately the flames did not reach the books, otherwise there would have been more than that. Su Xian raised his hand and gently touched the flame on the wall, looked at it for a while, and suddenly froze.

The people over there hadn't noticed Su Xian's abnormality yet, and they looked around, only Chu Qingjiu couldn't help but say, "What did you find?" ”

Su Xian withdrew her hand, her fingertips were stained with a smear of black ash, and she said in a low voice: "This is no □□." ”

Others were afraid that they wouldn't be able to see it, but Su Xian was very familiar with the flame, and quickly said: "This flame won't hurt people, and no one usually uses it in battle." ”

Listening to Su Xian's words, Mu Shuliang quickly reacted, he walked quickly to Su Xian's side, and raised his hand to wipe the scorch marks on the wall, but that place had already been burned black, and he couldn't see anything clearly after he wiped it out.

Mu Shuliang's eyes were calm, and he was about to go to another place, but Chu Qingjiu on the side stopped everyone: "Do you want to look for this?" He leaned against a half-toppled bookshelf and pointed to the wall beside him.

There was still a charred black on the wall, but the bookshelf was halfway blocked by it, and the other side of the wall was not burned by the flames, and there were some strange traces of it in the gap between the bookshelf and the wall.

Everyone immediately came to the bookshelf, Shu Wuzhi raised his hand to remove the bookshelf, and the wall behind the bookshelf was exposed to everyone's eyes.

There was half a yellow talisman on the wall, and the corners had been charred black by the flames, but the rest was blocked by the bookshelves and not burned out. Su Xian understands talismans, but she is still much inferior to Chu Qingjiu, and the talismans she knows are only learned from Chu Qingjiu when she was taught by Xuanyue. So when she saw this thing, she immediately looked at the person who was proficient in spells and formations, and as soon as everyone saw Su Xian's reaction, they immediately followed and looked at Chu Qingjiu.

Chu Qingjiu was looking down at the charm, and after looking at it for a while, he let go of his frowning eyebrows, hooked the corners of his lips and turned his head. However, as soon as he turned his head, he immediately met three pairs of eyes that were eager to know the truth.

Chu Qingjiu was stunned, "What are you doing?" ”

"You know this?" Shu asked ignorantly.

Chu Qingjiu nodded.

Mu Shuliang smiled gently: "The three of us don't know too much. He pointed to the three masters and apprentices who practiced the Heart Path, including himself.

Chu Qingjiu squinted and smiled, did not speak immediately, but walked slowly to the other side, pointed to the scorch mark on the wall and said, "Here." He pointed to that place, and then to other places, "And here, here, here." He pointed around, and finally came to the center to stand still, pointed to the scorch marks on the ground under his feet, and said in a deep voice: "Here, there are five places in total, and there should be charms pasted on them, this is a formation." ”

"But this spell was tampered with, and once the formation is opened, these spells will automatically burn, so you think that there are many people who shot at the same time and injured Su Qi."

Hearing Chu Qingjiu's words, Mu Shuliang's expression changed slightly, and he had already heard the clue: "Our guess was wrong from the beginning?" ”

"Well, this formation is called the Hundred Refining Eight Square Array, after the formation is opened, the people who enter the formation are like entering another layer of illusion, and in the illusion, five immortal and immortal puppets will be conjured to attack the people in the formation." Chu Qingjiu explained. "So the one who attacked Su Qi in the Gangfeng Tower that day didn't have that many masters, maybe there was only one person, or, maybe there was no one at all."

Although everyone doesn't know much about the formation, they have heard the name of this formation, which is said to be the formation used by the righteous people to deal with the leader of the Demon Gate hundreds of years ago, and it took three days for three peerless masters to complete the formation, just like the Heavenly Punishment Formation, which is also an extremely powerful formation.

But why is there such a formation here?

Chu Qingjiu saw that everyone's faces changed, and said: "But don't worry too much, this formation is far worse than the formation hundreds of years ago, it's just a vain appearance, this formation can be prepared for one night at most, and it should be able to be laid out." ”

"One night?" Hearing this, Su Xian immediately asked, and then looked at Mu Shuliang.

Mu Shuliang nodded.