On the way back to Shencheng after leaving Ganye Temple, I was repeatedly thinking about why Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er would protect Qiu Nuo, listening to their tone and attitude, not only did not blame Qiu Nuo for what they did, but blindly defended it, especially Wu Zetian even risked his life to pay for it.

I imagine more in terms of family affection, no matter how sinful Qiu Nuo is, maybe in the eyes of Wu Zetian and Shangguan Wan'er, after all, they are the people they raised and raised, not to mention that the two of them have lived alone for so long, and they have long been indifferent to life and death, maybe because of this, Wu Zetian will make such a request to me, which is the only reason I can figure out why they do this.

Shangguan Wan'er finally handed me the small porcelain bottle, I showed it to Wen Zhuo and Xiao Lianshan, after opening it, it was a blood-red viscous liquid, if I guessed correctly, it should be blood, but what is the use or what to do, we don't know.

When I returned to Shencheng, I realized another tricky thing, Wen Zhuo repeatedly told him not to let us talk about going to Ye Qingyu, but it has been more than a week since we came out, where did we go, what are we going to do, and Yue Qianling will definitely ask for a while, and I don't know how to answer her for a while.

When I went back worried, I found that my worries were completely superfluous, Yue Qianling and Gu Anqi didn't pay attention to us at all when they were together, they just asked a few words casually, I was speechless but Wen Zhuo prevaricated easily, the excuse for the explanation was not clever, in fact, it was still full of loopholes, but they didn't suspect it at all.

At night I was still thinking about what happened in the past few days, I really didn't feel sleepy to go up to the rooftop alone, and when I went up, I found that the person who couldn't sleep like me was Wen Zhuo, he was still sitting alone on the edge of the rooftop, with an extra cigarette in his hand, and he had known him for a long time, but he didn't know that he would smoke, he said that he would smoke one when he was upset.

I asked him if he was thinking about Ye whispering, Wen Zhuo took a deep breath of cigarette for a long time before shaking his head, I walked to his side and looked into the distance, as far as I could see, there was an endless darkness, and I heard his low and steady voice.

"Last time you said you didn't like Gu Liancheng either, why?"

"I feel it, but after all, he is Anqi's father, and he is also a senior in terms of identity, so it stands to reason that I have no reason to have prejudices against him, but I always have something in this person that I can't say." I sat down next to Wen Zhuo and answered seriously. "What about you? You have always had no quarrel with the world, there should be no liking or dislike for you, how can you have such an opinion of Gu Liancheng? ”

"I'm going to Longhu Mountain soon, I haven't seen how much Wei Yong is capable of, Qiu Nuo is in Zhongshan and I can be regarded as a teacher, but even if we find the person who knows her best, we still don't know her details at all." Wen Zhuo put the cigarette in the corner of his mouth and said expressionlessly. "But Gu Liancheng just appeared at this time, listening to what he meant, he seems to know a lot about Yugui, it is not difficult to see that he has the intention to let us go to Longhu Mountain, I have been wondering, why did he do this."

"I don't like this guy because I can't see through him." I rubbed my forehead and said thoughtfully, after a pause. "And there's one more thing I've discovered."

"What's the matter?"

"I told Gu Liancheng that Wei Yong took Yugui to open the path of the Netherworld, did you notice anything wrong at that time?"

"Something is wrong?" Wen Zhuo took the cigarette from the corner of his mouth, looked back at me and thought about answering. "I'm just curious that he knows a lot about Yugui, if Gu Liancheng hadn't told us what Yugui was for, we wouldn't have understood Wei Yong's intention to insist on taking this thing...... As for what's wrong, I really don't see it, what did you find? ”

"Gu Liancheng told us that Wei Yongna Yugui was the key to opening the path of the Netherworld, but he didn't ask what it meant to open the path of the Netherworld!" Wen Zhuo and I looked at each other and said it calmly.

Wen Zhuo frowned slightly, picked up the cigarette and stopped at the corner of his mouth, and suddenly realized.

"The matter of opening the path of the netherworld is also what you told me after I met you, Wei Yong wanted to use this to save Mi Ziqi, but Gu Liancheng didn't know, he ...... He didn't even ask?! ”

I nodded lightly, this is what I always thought was wrong, the first person to open the path of the netherworld was Yingzheng, in order to conquer the Three Realms with the power of the underworld, Wei Yong knew the consequences and methods of opening the path of the netherworld, and he could understand it by doing so, but except for the people in the sacrificial palace at the time, no one knew about opening the path of the netherworld.

Gu Liancheng heard me mention it, not only did he not ask but reacted calmly, since he knew about the Five Emperors Soul Thirst Array, and the ultimate purpose of Wei Yongbu's innate killing array was to open the path of the Netherworld, Gu Liancheng had discovered the changes in Huaxia Feng Shui before, and asked Gu Anqi to come to find out, and now that such a big thing has happened, it is impossible for him not to react at all.

Gu Liancheng didn't ask, either he didn't think so, or he knew very well what he meant from beginning to end to open the path of the Netherworld.

If it's the latter, then if Wen Zhuo says, I'm afraid this person is not just a senior master.

"I've seen Gu Liancheng's face, Dagui is not a treacherous person." Wen Zhuo said.

"I've seen it too, and the results are similar, so I'm a little unsure because of this, maybe I'm thinking too much." I replied with a heavy sigh.

Early the next morning, Gu Anqi sent someone to bring me over to visit, saying that there was something important, Wen Zhuo had been pulling Xiao Lianshan to ponder the contents of the porcelain vase since he came back, and Yue Qianling's attention was not on me since she had Candle Jiuyin.

I went to see Gu Anqi alone, and when I pushed the door open and went in, I found that I didn't see her in the room, but the person standing in the room was Gu Liancheng, and he turned his head from the window when he saw me enter.

Gu Liancheng motioned for me to sit down, and seeing his reaction, I have already guessed that the person who asked me to come over today is not Gu Anqi but him, I talked to Wen Zhuo about this person last night, and I didn't get any results all night, I sat opposite him and didn't understand for a while what Gu Liancheng's purpose was for seeing me alone.

"Tomorrow I will rush to Longhu Mountain first, and Anqi said to go with you." Gu Liancheng got straight to the point and had no extra politeness. "I asked you to come here just to make sure, are you really going to participate in the competition?"

I nodded noncommittally, my attitude was very firm, recalling what Wen Zhuo said last night, and looking at Gu Liancheng's appearance now, this person really wanted us to go to Longhu Mountain to participate in the Xuanmen competition.

"Now that you've decided, I want to tell you a little bit about the Nine Caves before I leave." Gu Liancheng looked at me without a smile and said calmly. "Longhu Mountain is the place where the ancestral court of Taoism is located, the orthodoxy of Taoism is profound, these three songs and nine caves are actually the nine passes on the mountain, and it can be regarded as a test for those who participate in the Xuanmen competition, the more you go up, the more difficult it is, and all the tests cover all the categories of the five Taoist techniques."

After Gu Liancheng finished speaking, he didn't react much when he saw me, and paused slightly, in fact, it's not that I don't pay attention to it, but since I really plan to go, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of me, I can only go up hard, but my expression in Gu Liancheng's eyes turned into slack.

"I've heard Angel say that you have participated in a competition to win the Golden Dragon Turtle before." Gu Liancheng leaned forward, looking more serious. "The process of the competition An Qi has told me about 1510, I have to admit that it is rare to have such a high Dao technique at your age, but if you take it lightly because of this, it will be a big mistake, the three songs and nine holes may not be as simple as you think, maybe you can't even pass the first level."

"I didn't mean that, since I decided to go, it doesn't matter what lies ahead, because I have to get Yugui, and no one or anything can stop me."

"It's good that you have this idea, but everyone who participates in the competition on Longhu Mountain doesn't have the same idea as you, how many people stop at the foot of the mountain, and only a handful can reach the top of the mountain." Gu Liancheng stared at me for a long time and said thoughtfully. "I am honored to be invited to be a judge to witness this ceremony, and of course I hope to see you again at the top of the mountain."

After Gu Liancheng finished speaking, he pushed a piece of paper in front of me, and after I unfolded it, I saw a hand-drawn map, which marked the location of the nine caves of Longhu Mountain, and the content of each pass to be tested, the map was clear at a glance, and sure enough, as Gu Liancheng mentioned, the nine passes along the mountain tested the five skills of Taoism, and I had to admit after reading it that this was completely different from the previous competition arranged by Gu Xiaotian.

But now I was more concerned about another matter, and my eyes moved from the map to Gu Liancheng's body.

"You said before that there are only a handful of people who can go up to Longhu Mountain, I don't know how many people will go up the mountain in the Xuanmen Competition?"

"There were only five of them."

"Then there are nine passes drawn on this map, which means that the person who can draw this map should be the last person to reach the top, and one of the five people you said." I glanced at Gu Liancheng and asked calmly. "Since you have this map...... Are you one of those five? ”

"How dare Liancheng He De dare to think about the three curves and nine caves, I am afraid that like most of the people in the same way, he will only stop at the foot of the mountain." Gu Liancheng shook his head in denial.

"Since you didn't climb Dragon Tiger Mountain, why do you have this map?" I asked.

"This is left by the master." Gu Liancheng's attitude became respectful, and he said to me calmly. "When the master drove the crane to the west, he specially told Liancheng two things, both of which are related to you."

"Something to do with me?!" I was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and looked at Gu Liancheng in some surprise. "Where...... What are the two things? ”

"The first thing is to give the box to the dragon."

As soon as Gu Liancheng's words came out, I left and remembered, at that time, Gu Anqi gave her a birthday greeting at Lanqing's house, and I happened to be there at the time, because of this key opened Lanqing's offering box to Yulong, so that I could find the clues of the Ming Fourteenth Tombs, I was always curious who Lan Qing and Gu Liancheng's master was, and he could actually calculate the things of the future generations, but later because of other chaotic trivial matters, he slowly forgot about this senior master.