Chapter 144
With the breath qi in his body, the Tianhe Realm powerhouse could not detect his movements through his breath at all, but the direction he fled was exposed under the noses of many people, so as long as he launched a carpet search, it would not be long before he could still be found.
"What to do, what to do, just give me a cup of tea!" Li Xunlian thought as he ran, and he suddenly stopped when he passed by a small lake.
"There it is!"
With an excited whisper, Li Xunlian quickly ripped off the clothes on the corpse, and immediately emitted the Xuanyin Qi to freeze the corpse into an ice lump and threw it directly into the water.
After doing this, he glanced back, and saw that the light of the torch had a tendency to approach this place, so he immediately hid behind the rockery near the small lake, and without a moment's delay, began to change his clothes and change his appearance.
Suddenly, a search team appeared in sight, led by a Xuan Xiu, exuding the aura of the Solid Xuan Realm.
"I hope he is a smart man!" Li Xunlian thought to himself, but the movements of his hands did not stop at all.
"Quick, you guys go over there!"
"You guys go over there!"
Gu Xuan Realm Xuan Xiu commanded the soldiers to search everywhere, and one of the teams seemed to be coming towards Li Xunlian's current hiding place.
Li Xunlian took a deep breath, and while the movements in his hands accelerated, he also began to secretly prepare, once he was discovered, he must kill the Guxuan monk as soon as possible in the shortest possible time, that is, the leader, so as to fight for himself a chance to escape.
Of course, it would be nice if things went the way he envisioned.
The bright torch light is getting closer and closer, ten, nine, eight......
Seeing that some soldiers came to the vicinity of the rockery, the Gu Xuan Realm Xuan Xiu finally spoke.
There was smugness and self-righteousness in his tone, and he sneered: "Just a thief, you also want to hide from your own official's eyes?"
Hearing the leader's words, all the soldiers stopped moving, and when they looked back, they saw the leader sneering at the lake, which was faintly rippling in the light of the torches.
"Come back and surround this lake, and the official wants to see how long he can hold on!" ordered the chief.
"Yes!"
All the soldiers shouted in unison, and all of them, along with the rockery, came to the vicinity of the small lake and surrounded the small lake.
This small lake was just an ornament in the court, and the scope was very small, with a radius of only half a mile, and a group of soldiers easily surrounded it and waited for it.
Li Xunlian breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this, his plan finally worked, and now they must have thought that they were hiding in the water, and seeing the meaning of the leader, they still wanted to suffocate themselves alive, which was undoubtedly quite beneficial to Li Xunlian, because it bought him time to change his face.
As time passed, Li Xunlian also calculated the time for the frozen corpse to melt, once the ice melted, the corpse would resurface, and the soldiers who were waiting for it would definitely shoot together at this time, and that was the best time for him to fish in troubled waters.
In the ensuing time, Li Xunlian still listened intently to the movement outside while changing his appearance, and when he completely changed his face, the shouts of soldiers finally came from outside.
"The water is moving!"
"Haha, Turtle Sun finally can't hold back his breath, brothers listen to the order, bow full of strings, and shoot him to death no matter what appears on the lake later!"
The leader gave the order excitedly, he knew that the person who could break the pillars of the main hall must have a few brushes, so he didn't want to take risks easily, and he could shoot with a bow and arrow, wouldn't he have to do it himself.
Suddenly, a figure floated out of the lake, and because of the dim light of the fire, the figure had not yet fully emerged from the water, so they couldn't see Li very clearly.
But with the order of the chief, the soldiers were still resolute when they saw something coming out, and for a while they only heard a sharp swishing sound, and the feather arrows were shot towards the center of the lake like a plague of locusts.
Li Xunlian was waiting for this opportunity, everyone's attention was focused on the small range of the figure on the lake, he decisively dodged out, and at the moment when he approached the soldiers closest to him, he pushed them into the lake.
At the same time, he himself jumped into the lake.
The soldier who fell into the water did not know so he began to exclaim, Li Xunlian also exclaimed, and he deliberately guided the thinking of the person who fell into the water, and shouted: "Help, help, my lord, there is something in the lake to pull me!"
Several soldiers who fell into the water panicked when they heard this, and Li Xunlian secretly released the breath of Xuanyin in the lake, and for a while the lake in this area was a little biting, and the soldiers in the water felt it, and their hearts were even more panicked, because the legend said that the water ghosts are all extremely yin, and the lake water suddenly became cold, it must be the water ghosts.
Thinking about what they had just heard, they were even more frightened and fluttered desperately.
In the process of fluttering, the bow and arrow must have been taken off, and Li Xunlian's effect was completed. At this time, the soldiers on the shore had already begun to pull them, and after a while, all of them, including Li Xunlian, were rescued ashore.
At this point, Li Xunlian smoothly blended into the soldiers. And the reason why he had to go to such great lengths was that the soldier he had killed was not wearing a bow and arrow, and if he did not do so, a careful person would have found the clue.
And now, after he made such a fuss, no one would pay attention to how many pairs of bows and arrows were left in the lake, and their attention was all focused on the water ghosts, even the Guxuan leader......
Then the matter was simple, the strength of the leader of the Guxuan Realm was not high, and his self-confidence was not enough, so he didn't dare to go into the water to find out in person, and the corpse was shot full of bows and arrows, and its weight skyrocketed, and it sank into the water again......
"Go and get the other adults!" The leader of the Guxuan Realm subconsciously took a few steps back, making himself a little farther away from this strange small lake, in his opinion, the assassin was hiding in the lake, but this assassin's technique is weird, if you don't get it right, you should not take risks easily for some credit.
A moment later, a large number of soldiers had already gathered here, along with a few powerhouses of the Tianhe Realm, and after listening to the description of the Xuan Cultivation of the Gu Xuan Realm, they all frowned.
At this moment, Li Xunlian wanted to laugh, because in order to prove that it was not his own incompetence, the leader of the Guxuan Realm exaggerated what had just happened several times when he relayed it, so that even the thinking of the Tianhe powerhouse was confused by him, and although there were hundreds of soldiers and seven or eight masters in the field for a while, their faces were all quite ugly, and none of them were willing to take the lead in entering the water to investigate.
"The assassin must be here, you good students are guarding it, this official is going to ask the commander to come over!" a Tianhe Realm Xuan Xiu pondered for a moment and said.
He wanted to take the opportunity to leave, because he was the highest official in the present, but he didn't want to take over this troublesome matter, so he found an excuse to leave.
And this undoubtedly gave Li Xunlian a perfect opportunity, he quietly blended in with the soldiers who left with the former, and left here together.
Once he left here, he would be reined, because in their opinion, the assassin's traces had been discovered, and they were hiding in that small lake, and since they had found the assassin's traces, there was no need to be nervous, so Li Xunlian took the opportunity to leave the team after walking with them for a while, and went to the originally agreed location to meet Xu Lin.
When he arrived at the agreed place, Li Xunlian didn't see Xu Lin's figure, just as he looked around, an extremely powerful aura suddenly hit from behind, even with Li Xunlian's reaction, he couldn't dodge.
However, that breath did not hurt Li Xunlian, but put a long sword on Li Xunlian's neck from behind, and at the same time whispered: "If you don't want to die, don't make a sound." β
Hearing this voice, Li Xunlian breathed a sigh of relief, and then remembered that he had disguised himself as a palace soldier, so he explained: "Brother Xu, it's me." β
"Li Xunlian?" Xu Lin could hear Li Xunlian's voice, he put away his sword and looked at Li Xunlian, and sighed again and again at the wonderfulness of the disguise technique.
"Hey, what is this, my disguise technique is taught by Su Jue, his disguise technique is called a real makeover, I can't do this, if you know how to do it, you will be able to see the flaws in your eyes. Li Xunlian shook his head and said.
"I'm going to learn when I have the chance. Xu Lin was very surprised, because even Li Xunlian's disguise technique seemed to him to be flawless.
Xu Lin wants to learn, and Li Xunlian is naturally willing to teach him, but it is estimated that he is not that patient, because although the disguise technique is very useful, it also takes a huge amount of time to learn, and the process is extremely boring, which is extremely painful, and requires the learner to be meticulous, otherwise even if he is immersed in it all day, he may end up with a situation that he cannot master.
The reason why Li Xunlian was able to learn was not that he wanted to learn, but that he really didn't have anything to do in the ten years of Shenjian Peak. Compared with memorizing all kinds of books and materials, he felt that the disguise technique was more interesting.
What's more, the disguise technique is regarded as a side-by-side way by the people in the rivers and lakes, and many people who regard themselves as high-minded don't care about it at all, but Li Xunlian pursues practicality, as for whether it is a side door or not, and whether it is left or not, he doesn't care.
Now the palace was in chaos, which brought great help to the departure of the two of them, and there were no dangers along the way, and finally they left the palace safely after detouring for more than a long time.
"Haha, I didn't expect even Mourning to be shocked. After leaving the palace, the two of them traveled dozens of miles north before they dared to speak loudly.
Since it took a long time to escape from the palace, I naturally heard a lot of news, and the most interesting thing was that the water ghost was so powerful that he finally invited all the mourning dust.
The power of the water ghost must have gone through all kinds of exaggerations before it finally reached Aichen's ears, and Li Xunlian wanted to laugh now when he thought of Aichen's expression when he steamed the small lake dry with great power, and then only saw a corpse that looked like a hedgehog that had been shot.
"The mourning dust is here, and the red wood spirit must also be in Dragon Bone City. Xu Lin didn't know the specific scene at that time, so in his opinion, there was no laugh.
"Yes, now that they're all injured, it's a great time. Li Xunlian smiled and nodded, since it was confirmed that Aichen and Chimu Ling were in Dragon Bone City, then they should do something while they were injured.
"I've got a note, you can hear if it's possible. Xu Lin pondered for a moment and said, "We have found the location of the Qingxiao Emperor's troops, passed this news to them, and let them take the opportunity to launch an attack on Dragon Bone City." β
"Haha, the hero sees the same thing!" Li Xunlian laughed again, he thought the same way, but he thought a little more deeply than Xu Lin.
Tomorrow is the day when Zhu Cheng marries Zhu Xi, and the reason why King Cheng wants to make such a big noise is undoubtedly to lure out Emperor Qingxiao. At first, Li Xunlian couldn't figure it out, what was the benefit of King Cheng to lead out Qingxiao Emperor to him, but now Li Xunlian understands that if the guess is good, he should want to advance and retreat!
Due to the injuries of Wai Chen and Chi Mu Ling, King Cheng temporarily lost the most powerful hole card against the Qingxiao Emperor, and if the Qingxiao Emperor launched an attack on Dragon Bone City at this time, it would be difficult for him to resist. It's obviously hard to resist, why does King Cheng deliberately anger the Qingxiao Emperor?
Obviously, he wanted to take advantage of Qingxiao Emperor's psychology to spread suspicions. Qingxiao Emperor is not stupid, he must have been furious after learning that Zhu Xi was going to marry Zhu Cheng, but he would inevitably find out that this was a means for King Cheng to lure himself to appear, so in order not to fall into the trap, he naturally would not show up.
In this way, the plan to become a king will succeed. Because he knew that even if Emperor Qingxiao was angry, he would not dare to easily attack Dragon Bone City, otherwise Zhu Xi's life would be difficult to guarantee. And before that, Qingxiao Emperor should not have known that Zhu Xi was held in the hands of King Cheng.
This is simply killing two birds with one stone, which makes Qingxiao Emperor fall for the strategy of delaying the army, and does not dare to act in secret. It also made the Qingxiao Emperor have scruples and could not attack the city with a large army.
However, all this made Li Xunlian bump into it, and with Zhu Cheng in hand, Zhu Xi's safety was not a problem. Because as long as Zhu Cheng is handed over to Qingxiao Emperor, the latter will have the confidence to exchange hostages.
Moreover, Li Xunlian can also tell King Cheng's plan directly to Emperor Qingxiao, so as to dispel his doubts and let him directly send troops to Dragon Bone City!
Of course, the premise of all this is to be able to find Qingxiao Emperor and Qingxiao Emperor also trusts Li Xunlian, which seems easy, but in fact it is not simple. With the current relationship between Li Xunlian and Zhu Tong, coupled with those things in the past, the cooperation between the two sides will definitely not be as harmonious as before.
After thinking about it, Li Xunlian felt that this was better, if it was not harmonious, it would not be harmonious, if it was harmonious, how could he talk about the conditions, not to talk about the conditions, he and Xu Lin took the risk of tying up Zhu Cheng but handed it over to Qingxiao Emperor, and let the donkey kick his brain?
"Brother Xu, what do you want most from the imperial court?" asked Li Xunlian with a smile.
Xu Lin didn't know why, and replied after pondering for a moment: "Naturally, it's Zhu Tong's head." β
"Haha, this doesn't count. Li Xun waved his hand again and again, Zhu Xi is extremely important to Emperor Qingxiao, but he can't compare to Zhu Tong in terms of importance, throughout history, there is no royal court that is not patriarchal, not to mention that Emperor Qingxiao has only one son.
"Then there's nothing to want. Xu Lin replied without thinking.
"The royal court has a treasure, you don't want anything?"
"Heh, what treasures are there, they are nothing more than some martial arts weapons, and the gold, silver and jewelry are useless to me. When it comes to exercises and weapons, the attraction of the dragon spear is great, but people won't give it to me. Xu Lin shook his head and smiled.
"That's natural, Jue Long Finger and Jue Dragon Gun are the faΓ§ade of the Zhu Imperial Court to a certain extent, as long as Emperor Qingxiao still has the heart to be the master of the country, he will definitely not pass on these two things to others. Speaking of this, Li Xunlian paused for a moment, and then smiled: "But in addition to these two, there are many quite terrifying exercises in the imperial court." β
"For example?" Xu Lin asked curiously, he didn't know much about the Imperial Court.
"For example, the Demon Swinging Sword Technique that is very suitable for you, in addition, there are also the secrets of Qingxiao Country's exploration of the galaxy in the past dynasties, don't you want to explore the root of the mysterious jade pendant?"
"This is naturally what I thought......
"Just do it if you want to, to be honest, I also want to see those records, because I also have secrets to find answers in the galaxy, and maybe we can go on the same road when the time comes." Li Xunlian said with a smile, exploring the galaxy is undoubtedly a dangerous and long journey, and if they can be each other's company, it will be a good thing for both of them.
"Okay, then it's decided!" Xu Lin was also aroused by Li Xunlian's interest, to be precise, he had always been interested in Nan Li Wuji.
"Well, then let's find the location of the Qingxiao Emperor's troops as soon as possible, and then bring the Demon Swinging Sword Technique, the Secret of the Galaxy River, and the output of Lingxiu Mountain!" Li Xunlian was very excited.
"Half of Lingxiu Mountain's output, what do you mean?" Xu Lin asked puzzled.
"Haha, Lingxiu Mountain is now the place where the imperial court produces pills, Brother Xu, don't forget, we don't need to worry about Xuanqi, but others can't. As far as I know, the amount of pills that Lingxiu Mountain can produce every day is quite terrifying, and I haven't returned to Shenjian Peak for a long time, so when I go back, do I have to bring some gifts. β
Li Xunlian's words seemed to be a mess, but Xu Lin understood that this product wanted to blackmail Emperor Qingxiao, so that the inn would also follow Emperor Qingxiao's foresight to eat some sweetness.
In retrospect, more than a year has passed since it was difficult to ingest the Xuan Qi of Heaven and Earth, and the Qingxiao Emperor had set up an exclusive refining place in Lingxiu Mountain for the same amount of time, during which countless pills would be produced there, in other words, unimaginable reserves of Xuan Qi had been produced. This was Emperor Qingxiao's foresight, but he would never have thought that this kind of foresight would actually fulfill Li Xunlian in the end.
In other words, it is also the biggest hidden danger in his heart, the inn!
296. The efficiency of a hundred miles of breeze
Li Xunlian was very excited along the way, and felt comfortable when he thought of his "bad eyes", who told the imperial court to calculate him several times before, and now is the time to report and report.
Seeing that Li Xunlian was smiling obscenely again, Xu Lin couldn't help but splash cold water and said: "Are you happy too early, it's been a day, and we haven't touched the shadow of the poor Qingxiao Emperor's army." β
"It's okay, we're alone, it's normal to not be able to find it, but have you forgotten, we have friends, what do people rely on in the rivers and lakes, aren't they friends? Li Xunlian laughed, excited.
"Look at your villain's ambition, I don't know who can associate you with the synonym of morality. Xu Lin joked.
"Morality, morality ......" Li Xunlian suddenly chattered when he heard this, and silently repeated the word "morality" several times.
Xu Lin is right, the main purpose of the inn is the way of heaven, and as the son of the inn, he is equivalent to a synonym for morality. Growing up, he also believed in and insisted on his duty, but now, he is not so determined.
There is a saying that has been sung for hundreds of thousands of years, saying that being a good person has good rewards, but he did not feel the existence of good rewards, thinking back to the mountains so far, he has suppressed the king again and again, and has been in danger for Kyushu again and again, but what does God reward him?
Hu Wan fell into the devil, the three sword slaves and the second shopkeeper fell, the inn was worried about internal and external troubles, the imperial court continued to calculate, the Taoist sect was eyeing the tiger, and now even the elder sister Li Yanran has also entered the demon road, isn't it all that things are not going well?
Is that what the so-called good retribution is?
Taking a deep breath, Li Xunlian calmed down slightly, it was not that he was not ready to insist on morality, but he had doubts about the humanity of the people living on the Kyushu continent, and he was now wondering if it was necessary for him to carry on morality in this land that disappointed him......
seemed to see the sadness in Li Xunlian's heart, but Xu Lin was not very good at persuading, so he could only say half-jokingly: "Actually, it's not as bad as you think, it's probably just that your luck is too bad, and all the things you encounter are just things that disappoint you." β
Nodding, Li Xunlian was noncommittal, and at this moment he thought of Taoism and Buddhism, these two sects can be believed by the world, and many of the theories are quite profound and worth thinking about.
For example, the conservation of yin and yang in Taoism, for example, the cause and effect cycle of Buddhism.
The so-called conservation of yin and yang, that is, the way of heaven is not lacking, although Li Xunlian is too bad luck in this aspect, but his body, his Xuan Gong, and his various experiences about Xuan Xiu are all great opportunities that can make people salivate, this may be the so-called conservation of yin and yang, God will bring you great benefits at the same time, but also make you pay a painful price in a certain aspect.
And the so-called causal cycle is better understood, things have developed to this day, the three sword slaves and the second shopkeeper have fallen, and the culprit has been determined, or Cheng Wang is operating behind the scenes. But why did King Cheng do it to them, in retrospect, the cause of the incident had to start from Li Yuexiaozhu, Song Dingyun's door-to-door oppression, and then Li Xunlian's grudge against the king's mansion.
This is cause and effect, Li Xunlian has been suppressing King Cheng, and finally suffered a big loss in the hands of King Cheng, and the "cause" came to the door in Song Dingyun, that is to say, the "cause" is the king, since the "cause" is in the king, then the "effect" will inevitably end in the king.
To put it bluntly, the death of the three sword slaves and the second shopkeeper is not the end of this cause and effect, and the facts have proved that this is indeed the case, because Li Xunlian is still alive, as long as he is alive, he will definitely avenge them, and how can he take revenge?
Naturally, it is to kill the king, and at that time, this cause and effect will be considered complete.
As for Mourning Chen, Li Xunlian would definitely kill him under the sword if there was one day, but this is another cause and effect.
(End of chapter)
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