Chapter 196: Iron Mask
As we all know, there are six countries on the Shanhai Continent that can participate in the Elementary Ceremony.
Former Qin, Middle Tang, Later Liao, Southern Chu, Eastern Wu, Northern Wei.
These six countries also have a collective name, called the Six Kingdoms of the Great Wall. When the Qin Empire was unified, it was these six countries that were unified.
Back then, Emperor Ying also had the ambition to set foot on the entire land of the Shanhai Continent, but his road to hegemony was ultimately blocked by the northernmost part of the continent. One of the Eight Beast Gods betrayed the Covenant, and the battle became extremely hard, soaked in the blood of the soldiers of the Qin State on the frozen soil on the border between the Northern Wei Dynasty and that country.
After a long period of attack, in order to maintain the domestic situation, Emperor Taizu gave up his ambition to travel all over the land and built a thick Great Wall on the border of the Northern Wei Dynasty.
This is the Great Wall of Eternal Night.
The name symbolizes that beyond the Great Wall, the world is eternal night.
And people inside the Great Wall rarely mention the country outside the Great Wall, whether it is in the officialdom or the cultivation world, that country is an absolute taboo.
Since then, the Shanhai Continent has been divided into two worlds with the Great Wall of Eternal Night as the boundary. Not only are the processes of civilization and the concept of statecraft very different, but both sides have their own systems in terms of practice.
Although the hierarchy is the same across the continent, the way of promotion is very different on both sides. The cultivation system established by Emperor Taizu naturally did not benefit his enemies, and the cultivation system he created and the series of grand events that belonged to cultivators in the Beginner and Intermediate Rites were all only for the six countries within the Great Wall.
There are seven countries on the Shanhai Continent, but whether it is before or after the fall of the Qin Empire, whether it is a vassal state or a divided country, since the birth of the Elementary Grand Ceremony, there are only six countries that have participated.
Six.
That's how it should be.
Everyone should think so.
The bright moon was once again hidden by dark clouds, but Yinghuyue's eyes in the dark were as bright as stars.
After.
Poison needle.
There is also the assassination that has now caused all the cultivators of the Six Nations to fall into a huge panic of mutual suspicion and mutual attack.
Ying Baoyue has always wondered who would do that.
Judging from the performance at the banquet, the Northern Wei Dynasty, which was arrogant and domineering and chaotic, was the most suspicious, after all, the poisonous needle was the first to appear in the Northern Wei Dynasty when it was fighting against people, and Yeluqi and the Holy Maiden of the Northern Wei Dynasty were simply full of hatred.
Ying Baoyue really doesn't like those two people.
Including this time she was framed, and she was also from the Northern Wei Dynasty.
The Northern Wei Dynasty simply carried countless pots.
In terms of motivation and operability, it is not impossible for the Northern Wei Dynasty to direct and act by themselves.
It was an accident that Ying Baoyue appeared here alone, she didn't go for a walk with anyone when she was going, but there was another person besides Guichen who knew that she would go out for a walk at night.
Ying Baoyue looked at Meng Shi not far away.
The woman knew, and she had a good motive to kill her.
Combined with their conversation last night, it is very likely that they regret it again today. With the help of this method, he can attack her confidently, and if he can really kill her, Meng Shi will not only not be suspected, but will immediately become a hero in the eyes of the Northern Wei cultivators who are now here.
It can not only extinguish the mouth, but also win back people's hope.
"It's a win-win-win."
Ying Baoyue seemed to be able to hear the person who designed all this, hiding in the shadows and smiling and speaking.
Even except for the Northern Wei people in front of her, she couldn't notice the existence of anyone else, if someone really observed all this secretly, it was likely that he had specially practiced the ability of concealment like Chen Zihan at the beginning.
Although he didn't feel the breath of observation, at this time, Yingyue seemed to hear a voice in a trance.
"Come on."
"What will you do with this stepson?"
Just like when the poison needle appeared!
Ying Baoyue also listened to him from Xu Yishan afterwards, and he also heard an unclear voice at that time!
And when Ying Baoyue heard this voice, Meng Shi's body in front of her also shook slightly.
Did she hear it too?
Who are you referring to in this voice?
All the suspicions in front of him pointed to the Northern Wei Dynasty, and what Ying Baoyue realized before seemed to be just a fantasy. However, no matter how good the people who secretly designed all this are at playing with people's hearts.
But there was only one thing that was wrong.
"You ......"
But in fact, under the angry and excited prodding of the people around her, Meng Shi held her sword and looked at her without saying a word, motionless.
"Stepson? Are you really ...... with this woman?"
Under such a good opportunity and righteous name, Meng Shi remained silent, and even Mo Hua couldn't stand it anymore, so she leaned over to her and spoke softly.
"Senior brother, if you don't respond, it will be angry."
Meng Shi was shocked, and then quietly drew his sword out of its sheath and pointed at Ying Baoyue.
Wan Yan and the others immediately became excited, but to their surprise, Meng Shi didn't do it immediately, just looked at Ying Baoyue and asked.
"You killed someone?"
Ying Baoyue shook her head, "He was dead when I came. ”
"You're a liar!" Wan Yan couldn't help but shout, "All of us have seen it with our own eyes!" Zhang Guang suddenly fell down when he walked in front of you, and then he died, you dare to be cunning......"
However, he didn't say anything, but he was suddenly blocked in his throat by the sharp gaze of the woman in the distance.
"See it with your own eyes?" Ying Baoyue said lightly, "How did you kill him when you saw me with your own eyes?" ”
"This ......" was stunned for a moment, but then said excitedly, "The light is too dark!" Who can see clearly! There was no one else here just now, it could only be you! ”
"Who knows?" Ying Baoyue looked at him and said lightly, "Aren't you human?" ”
"You!" Wan Yan was annoyed and angry again, and he didn't care about any demon methods, he wanted to rush forward when he drew his sword, but the next moment a crisp sound of sword collision came, and he looked at Meng Shi in disbelief who was blocking him.
"Stepson, you actually protect this woman? Obviously our people are dead! ”
Meng Shi frowned, restraining the irritability in her heart, "I didn't mean to protect Qin Rao. ”
"But now there's no evidence that she killed the person, and your impulsive action will only make things worse."
Ying hugged Yue and breathed a sigh of relief, but there was still a normal person in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
However, at this time, most of the cultivators' emotions were not normal.
"Evidence? Worse? Wan Yan glanced at Meng Shi strangely when he heard this, and suddenly grinned, "What other evidence do you need?" Stepson, haven't you heard that you'd rather kill a hundred by mistake than let one go? ”
"The former Qin people are not here, so we killed her and buried her, who knows?"
"The people around me are dead like this, and the murderer has to be easily let go," he laughed, "and the next person to die will be me!" ”
Oops, Ying hugged the moon and said in her heart.
In today's situation of inexplicable death, most practitioners with ordinary psychological qualities have been forced into victimization paranoia.
And this cultivator named Wanyan has obviously been forced to be mentally abnormal by Zhang Guang's death, and it makes people feel creepy when they look at it.
This is also the reason why Ying Baoyue doesn't feel that the real black hand is in the six countries.
In fact, none of the six countries have been spared.
Some people are secretly stirring up contradictions among countries.
If this continues, as time goes on, the psychological pressure on practitioners in various countries will increase, and some people will start to break down, and then ......
Practitioners from all over the world will suspect each other and start fighting.
It can't go on like this, Ying Baoyue looked at the Northern Wei cultivators who were arguing violently, felt the breath of the teams of other countries approaching in all directions, and tried to think about countermeasures.
The most sinister and fragile thing is the human heart.
Although Meng Shi wanted to insist on inner justice, if she continued to insist like this, the hearts of the Northern Wei team would be scattered.
When people's hearts are scattered, everything will be thrown into chaos.
"Stepson, since you want to stop me, from now on, I will no longer admit ......" Wan Yan changed the direction of the scimitar and actually pointed straight at Meng Shi.
"Wanyan, what are you doing?!" Mo Hua rushed forward and also drew his sword, and for a while, the Northern Wei people were tense.
Wan Yan glanced at Zhang Guang's corpse, and his expression became even more angry, "Since you don't stand up for the Northern Wei people, I will ......"
He was about to swing his sword, but the next moment he heard a chuckle and the sound of his sword being unsheathed.
Wan Yan looked back in amazement, looking at Ying Baoyue, who was actually pointing at Meng Shi.
"Although I am very happy to see you Northern Wei people start infighting," Ying Baoyue said with a smile, "but I have to settle the account with this stepson first." ”
"Reckoning?" Some Northern Wei people were stunned and spoke, and Meng Shi stood in place in a daze.
"Yes, he annoyed me, and I have a grudge against me," Ying Baoyue was about to take out his sword after the end, and everyone was caught off guard, but Wan Yan also took advantage of the chaos to rush towards her, and other Northern Wei people also took the opportunity to draw their swords and rush towards Ying Baoyue, but at the chaotic moment when the swords were about to intersect.
A black shadow suddenly descended from the tree, slashing down a cultivator with a sword like a ghost!
Everyone who had been fighting was stunned, Wan Yan raised his head in a daze, looked at the hideous iron mask on the face of the black shadow, and screamed again.
"Hell!"
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