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Qingkong Daoist received a call from Xu Liquan, and hurried from Chang'an City to Qinling, accompanied by his junior brother and a Kongdao person, both of them seemed to have some worries in the car, Qinling is not a simple place, for ordinary people, it is just a place to see strange and eye-opening, for ordinary warlocks, it is a mystery through the ages, a place to make friends with long knowledge, but for the Taoist priests of Zhongnan Mountain, especially the Taoist priests in power, Qinling is a battlefield.

That's right, it's the battlefield!

Although there is no bloody killing in Qinling now, the bloodless battle is actually better than the tragic frontal fighting in the past.

Today, Xu Liquan suddenly called the Qingkong Dao people to go, and he already had some bad premonitions in his heart, because today Fang Shi also went to Qin Ling, and what's worse is that Fang Shi's traces disappeared from his sight after entering Qin Ling, and now Xu Liquan suddenly appeared, I'm afraid something happened.

The Qingkong Dao people had a feeling that they seemed to be being calculated again, but they were just calculating whether they were Fang Shi or Xu Liquan, or whether the two of them were conspiring, and the Qingkong Dao people were a little uncertain.

"Senior brother, did you think they were involved in the Earth Evil Gate?"

Ichikudo asked thoughtfully as he drove the car.

"Do you suspect that this has something to do with the Earthshatter Gate?"

"The Disha Gate has been fighting with us for thousands of years in Qinling and even Guanzhong, and I only speculate from the principle of profit. If we fall out with Qingcheng Mountain. Isn't the biggest benefit to the earth's evil door? ”

Qingkong Daoist nodded: "It's possible." But we don't have to guess, we'll know the answer soon. ”

The empty Daoist was silent for a while, and said with some hesitation: "Senior brother, Fang Shi is the only great master in the country, is it necessary for us to have such a stiff quarrel with him?" ”

"Aren't we trying to reconcile with him, if you want to say that the reason for the stalemate between the two sides has nothing to do with us, it's all the idea of the Security Bureau."

"The cow does not drink water and presses its head. Brother, I have never understood what we want to gain from this. ”

Qingkong Daoist smiled bitterly, "You should think about it from a different angle, that is, what catastrophic consequences do we want to avoid from this?" ”

"Catastrophic consequences? We don't deal with Qingcheng Mountain, but we haven't reached that point, right? ”

"Senior brother, the reputation of the sect is very important, very important, we can't be like other sects, shamelessly go to Qingcheng Mountain, then Qingcheng Mountain will exclude us from their circle, Qingcheng Mountain now obviously wants to become the leader of the Xuanmen. I mean academic and technical leaders. If we are excluded, then we face the problem of marginalization. So what we seek from the beginning to the end is to improve the relationship, not the other way around. ”

The Empty Daoist looked at the Qingkong Daoist in surprise, this answer was really surprising: "This, is the idea of the senior brother in charge?" ”

"Yes, this is a strategy that has been determined a long time ago, but this strategy cannot be leaked out, once it leaks, not only will it not work, but it will block our retreat, so only a limited number of people know about it."

"The ultimate goal of the conflict with Qingcheng Mountain is to reconcile?"

"That's right, the senior brother in charge proposed to establish a sect literature exchange rules with Qingcheng Mountain, in fact, it is a substantial form of cooperation, the two sects will maintain superficial opposition in the future, but in terms of exchange and intelligence, you can try to establish an effective communication channel."

An empty Taoist smiled bitterly, there is a saying called no fight, no acquaintance, it turns out that his clever head brother actually wants to reinterpret the essence of this sentence once, I have to say, this idea is really wonderful, and, it seems that it is about to be realized, but unfortunately, now there is a sudden assassination case.

"Senior brother, if you say so, it's more likely that this matter was done by the Earth Evil Gate."

"There is this possibility, there is a huge underground network in Guanzhong and even in China, which is deeply intertwined and deep-rooted, if they deliberately sabotage our plan and divide our relationship with Qingcheng Mountain, it is also a matter of course. However, the crux of the matter is not here at all, but how to solve the current awkward situation. Ten days, eight days to go, we must give Fang Shi a plausible explanation. ”

"Then why can't we tell them clearly, presumably with the wisdom of the head of Qingcheng Mountain, it should not be difficult to see the benefits."

Qingkong Daoren smiled bitterly: "How can it be so simple, after all, this involves the reputation and future status of both parties, it is not a game of play, it is a collision and compromise of interests, how can it be decided in a word." ”

Ichikong Daoist shrugged his shoulders, he didn't like these complicated politics, he felt that it was better to keep the cultivation simpler.

Qingkong Daoist shook his head, he naturally knew his own temperament as a junior brother, and he didn't persuade him further, what he was more concerned about now was that the relationship between Zhongnan Mountain and Qingcheng Mountain seemed to be falling into a quagmire, and it was already a little out of control, this was not Qingkong Daoren, no, this was not the result that Zhongnan Mountain wanted

When the Qingkong Dao and the Ichikong Dao people arrived at the abandoned archaeological research institute, it was already the middle of the night, and the roar of the car was especially harsh in the silent and dark night.

On the dark plain, the dilapidated building looks like a crouching beast, and there is a lone lamp in front of the parking lot, that is, at the position of the gate, which looks unusually strange and cold in the cold wind.

The two got out of the car, took a deep breath of cold air, squinted their eyes and felt the increasingly thick yin aura around them, looked at each other, and walked together in the direction of the lone lamp.

"I guess it's the two Dao Masters who have arrived."

A figure suddenly appeared under the lamp at the door, it was Xu Liquan who invited them to come, the Qingkong Dao people didn't like this wolf-like person, on the contrary, the arrogant Zhang Kexin would not arouse the jealousy and disgust of the Qingkong Dao people.

"Section Chief Xu is in a hurry, how dare we slack off. Huh"

"The two Dao Masters are too polite. How can I have such a big face? ”

"Yes. Some. ”

Of course, Xu Liquan knew the irony implied in the words of the Qingkong Daoist, but he didn't care, he smiled sideways, and led the two Taoists into the courtyard, and the three of them passed through the gate, bypassed the shadow wall, and did not enter the dark main hall, but passed through the backyard through the corner gate. I entered the lobby on the first floor of a Western-style building in the backyard.

Another corpse, Qingkong Daoist couldn't help frowning, he had seen corpses in the past few days, and what's worse was that these corpses seemed to have something to do with Fang Shi, how could he be like a corpse collector, Qingkong Dao people couldn't help but feel a wave of anger in their hearts, and they had an unpleasant feeling of being played with.

"Section Chief Xu, you hurriedly recruited us just for this corpse? Do you need to do a spiritualist spell again? ”

Xu Liquan shook his head with a smile: "If the Qingkong Dao Master wants to do spiritualism, he has no choice. But I didn't invite you two here for the sake of spiritualism. Mainly for this person. ”

"Who is this person? I think he should have died from the revolt of the primordial gods, but he was a person in the evil way. ”

"Yes, we guess this person should be from the Hellish Gate."

Qingkong Dao Chang frowned: "Earth Shatter Gate?!" Why did Section Chief Xu make this inference? Is this Section Chief Xu's own inference, or is it someone else's inference? ”

"Others, who is the Taoist Chief?"

"Didn't Section Chief Xu bring Elder Fang to Qinling to play today? Wasn't it Elder Fang's speculation? Fortunately, he didn't speculate that this person was from our Zhongnan Mountain, hehe"

"Dao Chang is very humorous, but this matter has nothing to do with Master Fang, we found it by accident, when we wanted to capture it alive, this person Yuan Shen devoured and died, and then we searched this place carefully, and we found something surprising."

"What?"

"An underground cultivation room, an underground cultivation room full of dead air, so we naturally thought of the Earth Demon Gate, and in the Guanzhong region, the one who knows the Earth Demon Gate best should be their enemy, that is, the leader of the righteous path, Zhongnan Mountain, Dao Chief, am I right?"

The Qingkong Dao Leader narrowed his eyes, and quickly glanced at the Yikong Dao Man, and the Yikong Dao Man nodded slowly, he had achieved more in cultivation than the Qingkong Dao Man, because he was a simpler person than the Qingkong Dao Man. It didn't take much effort for him to feel that there seemed to be some faint dead aura here, which was completely different from the yin aura outside.

"So you found us?"

"Well, doesn't the Daoist think my guess is reasonable?"

"It's still very likely, but we need to confirm it further, but based on our experience, the Hellish Gate operates in teams of two, and there should be an accomplice here."

"Yes, according to the staff here, there is an old janitor missing."

Qingkong Dao people have basically confirmed in their hearts that this is the nest of the Earth Demon Gate, to be honest, the Qing Kong Dao people are still very happy in their hearts, the Earth Demon Gate is the big opponent of Zhongnan Mountain, and it is naturally a great thing for Zhongnan Mountain to get rid of a stronghold of the Earth Demon Gate, not to mention, it is possible to follow the vine and get more benefits.

However, the Qingkong Dao people also have concerns, that is, in this matter, did Fang Shi intervene, and for what purpose did he intervene? Also, what is the position and intention of the Security Service? They can't always come to themselves to show favor to Zhongnan Mountain.

"So, what does Section Chief Xu want us to do when he comes to us here? If we can do it, we will not pass the buck. ”

Xu Liquan still said with a very polite smile: "Qingkong Dao Chief, we also have some understanding of the Earth Demon Gate, but it is not enough, but just so, we are very worried about the existence of the Earth Demon Gate, so we need more information and intelligence, as far as we know, your sect has been fighting with the Earth Demon Gate for thousands of years, and the experience of Fu Di Sha Sect and the knowledge of the Earth Demon Gate are not comparable to other sects, so I hope to hand over this place and this corpse to your sect." ”

"Oh? Is that all? ”

"Of course, we want to know a clue that your faction found on this person."

"That's it? Is this really unaware of the matter? ”

"I said he didn't know, did the Taoist believe it?"

"Hehe" (to be continued......)