Chapter 172: A Hole in a Hole
Yin Tiancheng never dreamed that the murderer who killed the Deadwood Daoist was the mirage Sun Wangye who framed him many times!
It took a long time for Yin Tiancheng to recover his reason from his anger, and he asked these monsters again: "According to what you said, this stone wall was blown up at that time, but why is it that I see it completely now, without any traces of damage?"
"You don't know this, after the old demon killed the dead wood, he used the demon method to trim the stone wall as before, this is what we have seen with our own eyes, and there is no half-truth. ”
Yin Tiancheng knew that the mirage's move was to destroy the evidence, so he straightened his mind and immediately set his sights on the lonely grave of the dead wood.
Seeing Yin Tiancheng's focused expression, the leopard demon suddenly guessed his mind and said, "Young man, do you think there is any secret hidden in the deadwood's grave?"
"Exactly. Yin Tiancheng nodded, walked quickly to the grave and observed.
The note was written by Deadwood himself, and since there was no secret in the handwriting left behind, it flew to the grave and turned into ashes strangely, probably suggesting that there was a secret in the grave.
And there is only the corpse of Deadwood in the tomb, which shows that the secret is hidden in Deadwood's body!
Yin Tiancheng hurriedly called a few monsters to dig up the corpse of his predecessor, and he wanted to find the clues left by the dead wood before he died.
The leopard demon raised his hand, and the sharp demon claws immediately stretched out, and he dug out the corpse with three strikes and five divisions.
Yin Tiancheng was taken aback, and was surprised that fifty years had passed, and the clothes on the dead wood Dao Chief's body had rotted into slag, but the corpse had not rotted at all.
Then he found that this senior did not close his eyes until he died, and the residual expression on his face faintly showed anger and pain, which can be imagined how unwilling the Taoist chief was in the face of death at that time.
Seeing Yin Tiancheng's surprised and sad appearance, the leopard demon smiled: "The dead wood's corpse is not decomposed, because the Dingyan Bead has worked in his body. ”
Yin Tiancheng was stunned, then understood, and hurriedly expressed his gratitude to the three monsters.
The leopard demon smiled: "Don't be in a hurry to thank me first, we three poor bastards have such good treasures." The beads were given by someone else to preserve the corpse of the dead wood so that one day he could avenge his grievances. ”
"Can you tell him the name of this kind man, so that I can thank him later?" Yin Tiancheng said as he bent down and closed the dead wood's eyes sadly.
The leopard demon shook his head and said, "I don't know the identity of this friend, but I know that he is our kindred. ”
"What, it's a monster again?" Yin Tiancheng was taken aback when he heard this, and the hand that touched Deadwood's face couldn't help but use a little force, and then he was surprised to see Deadwood's mouth open.
This strange scene suddenly startled several of them, Yin Tiancheng mistakenly thought that the deadwood Taoist had come back to life, while the three monsters thought that they had encountered a corpse.
But they all guessed wrong, just a dark red bead flew out of the dead wood's mouth.
Yin Tiancheng subconsciously pinched the beads in his hands, and asked them while inspecting them: "This is the fixed face bead that keeps the corpse from rotting?"
As soon as the leopard demon nodded yes, everyone was surprised to find that the corpse of the dead wood began to turn black, and the surface of the body was gradually decomposing.
"It's broken!" Yin Tiancheng exclaimed, suddenly knowing that this was because Dingyan Zhu left the corpse's mouth, he wanted to stuff the bead back into the dead wood's mouth, but found that it was too late.
In a matter of moments, the dead wood became a gray skeleton.
Yin Tiancheng regretted it, so he had no choice but to give the beads to the leopard demon to thank him for his righteous act of burying the dead wood Taoist.
Unbeknownst to them, the three monsters refused repeatedly, until Yin Tiancheng changed his words and asked them to keep it on his behalf, and if he came to pick it up when it was useful in the future, the leopard demon took the Dingyan bead and carefully put it into his arms.
"Alas, these three monsters are really honest!" Yin Tiancheng sighed secretly, and then found that there were two things left in the skeleton of the dead wood, one was a jade pendant tied around his neck, and the other was difficult for Yin Tiancheng to identify what it was.
This is a thing made of dark iron, shaped and sized like chopsticks, at first Yin Tiancheng thought it was a magic weapon like the dragon scale sword, but after careful inspection, it was found to be a small round stick, nothing special.
After Yin Tiancheng put these two things away, a question popped up in his mind, and he immediately asked: "The death of the dead wood senior is extremely secret, and I only learned about it today, how did your demon clan friend know?"
"He was there at the time. After the leopard demon said this surprising sentence, he told Yin Tiancheng the truth.
After the mirage left that day, the three cowardly monsters were afraid that he would go and return, and they didn't dare to come out to collect the corpse for half a day.
In the end, the three monsters still had the courage to come out, and when they saw the tragic death of the dead wood, they couldn't help but feel sympathy, so after discussion, they decided to bury them on the spot, so that the immortal cultivator would not die without a place to bury.
At this moment, the stone wall that had just been repaired by the mirage suddenly opened, and a monster came out of it and shouted: "Fellow Daoist, slow down, don't bury this chivalrous warrior first!"
Suddenly hearing the voice, the three monsters were frightened, thinking that the mirage had come back to kill them.
When they turned back in horror, they realized that it was not a vicious mirage, but a monster they had never seen before, his hands covered with thick scale armor, and two golden dragon horns on his head.
Hearing this, Yin Tiancheng's mood fluctuated again, and there was no need to ask in detail, he also guessed that this monster was a monster who had helped him many times.
He turned his head trembling slightly, holding back tears and said, "The Dingyan Pearl was given to you by this demon friend, right?"
"Yes, and at the same time he told us to leave the dead wood in its place and not to bury it. ”
"Why would he say such a thing?"
He said that only in this way would the disciples of the Flying Feather Sect have a chance to know the truth instead of being kept in the dark. ”
"Since that's the case, wouldn't it be okay to just send the body of the dead wood senior back to the Flying Feather Gate, why would he do this?"
"I also asked, but that friend told me that the head of the Feiyu Gate colluded with the murderer to send the body back, and the grievances of the dead wood will never be settled. ”
Yin Tiancheng couldn't help but tremble in his body, if someone else told the truth, he would definitely not believe that the previous leader, Xuanyang's master, would be an evil person, secretly colluding with the mirage.
He finally understood that the demon wanted to wait for the death of this evil master, and when the disciples opened the spiritual bed to bury him, they would be able to find the body of the deadwood Taoist and find out the truth.
It's a pity that he didn't expect that this hypocrite later went down the mountain to participate in the triennial gathering of immortals, and accidentally fell into the water on the way and died, and the body has not been fished out so far.
Xuanyang's master died very strangely, maybe it was a mirage who was killing people, but the truth was no longer important.
The occurrence of this unexpected situation made the wish of the demon come to naught, so the death of the Deadwood Daoist is still not known to the disciples.
At this moment, Yin Tiancheng deeply realized the good intentions of the Deadwood Daoist, it turned out that he acted privately behind everyone's back, all because the head of the sect stepped into the evil way, in order to prevent the Flying Feather Gate from splitting, he had to choose to fight alone.
Yin Tiancheng couldn't help but let out a long breath, and secretly swore in his heart that he would kill the hateful mirage and avenge all the unjust souls who died tragically.
Next, Yin Tiancheng asked another question: "But you still buried the dead wood in the end, what is the reason?"
"Originally, we didn't want to do this, but some time ago, someone sneaked in, and we decided to let the dead wood into the ground. ”
The person who infiltrated was just a disciple of the Flying Feather Gate with low mana, and after Yin Tiancheng asked about the person's appearance, he realized that he was indeed a small character, but this person was also the guy who guided him to the Flying Feather Gate.
He is Chu Fangxiong, Yin Tiancheng still doesn't know the reason why this guy sneaked into Fengcheng County to steal Wang Yuan's body, but now he knows that Chu Fangxiong once had the idea of sleeping in the Ling, he is still a little surprised.
Chu Fangxiong was by no means a kind-hearted person, after he entered the cave and found the corpse of the dead wood, he was half frightened to death on the spot, and thought that he had encountered a big living person.
When he saw that the other party was a dead man, he suddenly had evil thoughts, he didn't know that this unjust dead man was the famous deadwood Taoist, and he actually searched the corpse to find something valuable.
After this scene was seen by the three monsters, of course the leopard demon did not allow him to be rude, so he secretly used a demon spell to make the corpse of the dead wood stand up suddenly.
Chu Fangxiong already had a ghost in his heart, and when he saw this strange scene, he was scared half to death again, he quickly ran out, and never dared to come to this haunted ghost sleep again.
This may be the real reason why he suddenly left the Flying Feather Gate, after all, if this matter is known to everyone, not to mention that Xuanyang can't spare him, even Master Qingyun will correct this criminal on the spot.
The truth was emerging little by little, but Yin Tiancheng was extremely depressed, and then he heard the snake demon say: "I still haven't said one more thing, it may help you." ”
After speaking, he took Yin Tiancheng to the side, and then pointed to an object protruding from the rock wall in the corner and said: "When that friend of the same clan left, he touched this thing with his hand for a long time, and then the stone wall opened again, and he returned the same way, and we never met again." ”
Yin Tiancheng's heart was extremely sour after hearing this, and at the same time, he also understood that this was the mechanism that opened the secret cave.
Under the illumination of the snake's eyes, Yin Tiancheng found that it was an upright stone pillar buried in the rock wall, about half a person high, with some inscriptions carved on the surface, but it was very old, and these inscriptions were blurred, so that Yin Tiancheng could not make out any of the words.
He originally wanted to ask the monster to dig out this stone pillar, but then he dispelled this idea, after all, the monster opened the passage by just groping, which allowed Yin Tiancheng to guess that the secret of the mechanism was within the half of the exposed rock wall.
He asked the basilisk, "Now that you know the mechanism, why don't you study it and open the passage?"
The snake demon shook his head and said nervously: "Don't tease me, if it is the old demon's residence inside, then I won't kill myself!"
Yin Tiancheng smiled, he had already found a groove on the side of the stone pillar, and after his heart moved, he took out the small round stick.
He tentatively slipped the stick into the groove, and found that it was just the right size, and it fit almost perfectly.
After a while, the stone wall trembled, and then parted to the sides, and a black rumbling, nearly two zhang high hole appeared in Yin Tiancheng's eyes.
The three monsters suddenly shuddered, and couldn't help but retreat, Yin Tiancheng knew that they were too timid to enter the hole, so he let these monsters look at the wind outside, and he strode in with the golden rainbow sword in his hand.