I didn't talk nonsense, I climbed directly into the staircase, followed it to the fifth floor, and in a few seconds, I came to the secret door at the end of the staircase, which was a jet-black iron door, I gently pushed the doorknob, and with a long "squeak", the door opened, and a soft yellow light spilled through the door frame.

On the other side of the door, there was a small bedroom, whether it was a table or a bed and chair, it was covered with a thin layer of moisture, and on the small bed facing the door, there was an old man with gray hair.

He was looking at us with his eyes open as we stood in the doorway, but he was just watching in silence, without saying a word or doing anything else.

Is it possible? The old man in front of him is dead?

As I thought so, I walked up to the old man and stretched out my hand to test his snort, which was still breathing, and it was slow and long.

But even when I put my finger in front of his nose, he still stared ahead and didn't move.

Liang Houzai leaned in front of the old man, observed carefully for a while, and then looked very puzzled.

At this moment, Xian'er walked up to me and whispered to me, "There is a way, you open your eyes and look around." ”

Although I didn't know what Xian'er wanted to do, I still opened my eyes and immediately found that there were still a few remnant souls floating in this room, and the form of these remnant souls was very similar to the old man sitting cross-legged on the bed.

No wonder he couldn't move, it turned out that someone forcibly stripped a part of his soul.

I asked Xian'er, "Can you let these remnant souls return to his body?" ”

Xian'er sighed: "You should find Luo Fei for this kind of thing, she is a ghost artist." ”

Speaking of which, I almost forgot that Luo Fei was originally from the ghost gate.

I looked towards Luo Fei, only to find that Luo Fei had already begun to attract those remnant souls back to the old man's body, she first took out a gold object from her pocket that looked a bit like a leaf, blessed a little mental power in it, and then put this "gold leaf" on the top of the old man's head.

This "golden leaf" seemed to have a great attraction for the remnant souls, and soon, the remnant souls in the house began to slowly gather on the old man's side.

Luo Fei said to me: "My current cultivation is limited, and I can only let these remnant souls return to his body for the time being, but I can't guarantee that these remnant souls can be fused back into his three souls and seven spirits. ”

I smiled at Luo Fei: "Leave this kind of thing to me." ”

After waiting until all the remnant souls had returned to the old man's body, I immediately took out a soul sealing talisman from my pocket and attached it to the old man's back.

Soul sealing talisman, in fact, its most primitive use is to seal a person's three souls and seven souls, so that the soul will not disperse. It's just that after the improvement of the upright line from generation to generation, there are now these effects such as suppressing yin and warding off evil spirits.

But in any case, the soul sealing talisman is the soul sealing talisman, and the word "soul sealing" is its real purpose.

As long as the remnant soul is no longer leaked, it will merge with the main soul in a very short period of time, but after the soul reaches a state of complete fusion, the old man may have some short-term adverse reactions.

I stood beside the old man and waited for about a minute, when the old man suddenly let out a "heh" and took a long, long breath, followed by a violent cough.

As I said, when the soul is fully fused, he will have some adverse reactions.

The cough lasted for at least three or four minutes, and the old man finally eased up, and I tore off the soul sealing talisman from his back, while he let out a long breath, moved his joints slightly, and got out of bed.

I thought that when the old man recovered, he would ask us who we were, and if he didn't, at least say a few words, but he didn't say a word, and when he got out of bed, he walked straight to the staircase that connected to the iron gate.

No one knows how long he's been in this place, but when he gets out of bed, his movements are unusually clean and clean, and there is no stiffness at all as I imagined.

It wasn't until he walked up the stairs that I came to my senses and chased after him in three steps and two steps.

The old man probably heard footsteps behind him, and turned to look at me, but still didn't say anything, just nodded at me, and then went on his way.

He left the secret passage, returned to the living room, and walked straight to Cao Hongbin, who was tied up by five flowers.

As soon as Cao Hongbin saw the old man standing in front of him, his face became as if he was dead.

The old man stared at Cao Hongbin and slowly spit out a few words: "The ghost door is wide open, and the yin and yang are reversed?" ”

His voice was not loud, but I don't know why, when these few came to my ears, there was a shock comparable to Hong Zhong Dalu, as if even my soul was trembling.

Cao Hongbin looked at the old man almost with a begging look, but he couldn't say a word in his current state.

The old man was silent for a moment, and then asked him: "This is what Zhao Dekai said, a career that has lasted for thousands of years?" That's why he borrowed the horns from me? ”

Horns?

At this time, I finally knew the identity of the old man in front of me, he was the previous generation of leaders of Baiwu Mountain, the current hidden elder, and also the real horn holder of Baiwu Mountain.

Seeing that Cao Hongbin couldn't speak, the old man breathed a sigh of relief and said to me in a very polite tone: "Help him loosen his ties." ”

I used the green steel sword to pick open Cao Hongbin's wrists, ankles, and several knots on his shoulders, and the ropes immediately collapsed, and Cao Hongbin's body finally stretched.

As soon as he regained his mobility, he climbed down from the sofa and knelt down in front of the old man with his head bowed, but he did not dare to say a word.

It seems that although the contemporary Boss Sect of Baiwu Mountain has no real power, after the new Boss Sect ascended the throne and the old Palm Sect became a hidden elder, they had huge power because of a bull's horn. If the Hidden Elder in front of him was not in charge of the power of life and death, I estimate that Cao Hongbin, who is a young Zhuang faction of the Cao family, would not be so afraid of him.

Looking back, it seems that it is precisely because the successive generations of Baiwu Mountain leaders know that even if they were puppets of the Council of Elders when they were in power, one day, they will still be able to get the greatest power of Baiwu Mountain, so they are willing to be at the mercy of the Council of Elders. But even the Hidden Elders, who have the highest power, can't exercise their rights casually, which gives the Elders enough room to survive.

This is probably the so-called balance of power.

And judging from what the old man said just now, although a small part of his soul left his body just now, it was just that he couldn't move, and his consciousness and senses should be normal. No wonder Cao Hongbin was so cautious when he mentioned Zhao Dekai, for fear that people would hear it.

The old man looked down at Cao Hongbin and asked, "What is the origin of the sect leader in Zhao Dekai's mouth?" ”

Cao Hongbin is now like he was stuck in his throat by something, he didn't say a word, just lowered his head and kept silent.

I said to the old man beside me: "In the past few years, a cult called the Funeral Sect has emerged, and the leader mentioned by Zhao Dekai is the top spot of the Funeral Sect. However, this person's whereabouts are very hidden, no one has ever seen him, and I estimate that Zhao Dekai has only heard of his name, but has never seen this person. ”

As I spoke, Cao Hongbin slowly raised his head and stared at me with an incredible look.

He had probably just realized that the way I appeared in front of him was actually a deliberate design.

At this moment, the old man's gaze turned to Cao Hongbin again, and Cao Hongbin quickly lowered his head.

The old man stretched out his hand and put it on Cao Hongbin's shoulder, Cao Hongbin's body suddenly trembled, but when the old man asked him, "Zhao Dekai hooked up with the cult?" But he still didn't respond.

The old man was a little impatient, and the hand on Cao Hongbin's shoulder added a little strength, and Cao Hongbin's already lowered head was lowered.

I don't know what the old man's actions mean, but Cao Hongbin has obviously become more nervous than just now.

The old man asked him again: "Zhao Dekai hooked up with the cult?" ”

This time, Cao Hongbin responded: "Yes." ”

The old man's brows suddenly twisted into a Sichuan character, he stared at Cao Hongbin coldly, and asked, "You must have also participated in Zhao Dekai's matter, right?" ”

Cao Hongbin was silent for a while, but finally responded: "Yes." ”

When he said this word, I felt that the old man's eyes seemed to suddenly ignite a raging flame, and I wanted to burn Cao Hongbin in front of me to slag on the spot.

I was afraid that the old man would really have murderous intentions, so I hurriedly said on the side: "We also want to use Cao Hongbin's power now to dig out the power that Zhao Dekai buried in the Cao family." ”

I mean, Cao Hongbin is still useful now, and he can't be killed no matter what.

The old man slowly turned his face to me: "You are a person who keeps the right line, right?" ”

I hugged his fist at him: "I am Zuo Youdao, Chai Zongyuan is my master." ”

The old man let out a long breath: "Fantian Seal, Qinggang Sword, when I saw you just now, I knew your identity." In fact, I've been wondering since just now, how did the people of Jisoulzhuang appear on the territory of our Baiwu Mountain? ”

People like them are old and mature. If I say I'm here to save him, he'll see through me at once. If I tell you all the ins and outs, not only will it be a waste of time, but there is no guarantee that this hidden elder who has just been unearthed by us will definitely be on our side.

So the best option now was to get away from the conversation, and I arched my hand at the old man again, saying, "It's a long story, but it's not a good time to chat." If the seniors want to know the details, it is better to wait until they leave the Cao family and go to Yan Xiaotian or the old master to ask about the situation. ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "Old master? Hehe, after so many years, Chai Zongyuan still calls him like this. Well, although I don't have a good impression of your Soul Village, I can still trust the people who keep the right line. ”

Seeing that the old man was not very hostile to me, I asked him, "Didn't you retreat in Baiwu Mountain, why did you come to Cao's house?" ”

"You even know about my retreat?" The old man looked at me in disbelief and said, "Where did you hear this kind of news?" ”

I said, "Not long ago, I went to Baiwu Mountain and met the old master. ”

The old man nodded: "He even told you about this kind of thing, it seems that he trusts you very much." ”

After saying these words, the old man still didn't intend to answer my question, but just said to me: "I am also in retreat, in order to break through the bottleneck, I have withdrawn part of my soul, I didn't expect that your soul sealing talisman will make my efforts for more than a month go to waste." ”

It turns out that his soul is stripped out by himself, what kind of bottleneck needs to be broken by stripping the soul?