Chapter 097: The Man Behind the Scenes
In the gloomy corner, Gu Sanqian stood close to the wall, his body became transparent and illusory under the power of the birds, and at this moment it was completely hidden in the darkness, plus he deliberately slowed down his breathing, the sound of his long breathing was almost negligible, and the patrol did not even look at him when they passed by him.
He was not far from the position where he was chased by Shu Ming and Dong Kang before, and he had gone around in a circle to avoid the two of them and returned to the vicinity of the two again.
After the patrol left, Gu Sanqian let out a long breath, thinking back to the scene where the red-faced old man attacked him just now, he still had palpitations. The gap in strength is too big, so big that he can't use any means, so big that even if he uses all kinds of means, it is still useless, he gritted his teeth and said secretly: "Void Heart, no matter where you are, I will find a way to get you." β
His thirst for strength grew even stronger.
He looked at the direction in which the red-faced old man left, and hesitated a little: "Do you want to follow him?"
If it had been before, he would definitely have followed without hesitation, but now he hesitated, he didn't know how this red-faced old man had found him before? He didn't know if the red-faced old man was bluffing when he said 'he had already discovered him', would he not have noticed him at all, but only discovered it when he attacked?
He fell silent, and after a moment's thought, he glanced up at the sky.
Above the pitch-black sky, a streamer hovered above him, and the streamer loomed in the night sky, like a star winking at him, and when he looked at it, where was the star, it was obviously an eagle, an eagle with silver-black wings. And this eagle obviously deliberately spread its silver wings so that Gu Sanqian below could see its position clearly.
"Why should I worry about them?" his eyes froze, his toes tapped to the ground, and his body flew like an off-string arrow, swiftly skimming the shadows in the corner.
His direction was exactly the direction in which the red-faced old man left, and while he was chasing, he thought about the words of the red-faced old man before, 'You must remember the code between your own people, and you must use the code when you meet after separation.' β
"What does he mean by that? and he is too careful to do this, what are they guarding against?"
Gu Sanqian's mind flashed with all kinds of distracting thoughts, and before he knew it, the building in front of him disappeared, and a forest broke into his sight, which was a forest close to the mountain. He roughly looked for the traces of the red-faced old man's passing, but there was no trace around him.
He couldn't help but look into the distance, in front of the woods, it was a big mountain, the mountain was covered with vines, and the verdant mountain melted into the night like an ink painting. Looking at it from afar, I only feel that it looks like a fierce beast entrenched here, choosing people to devour.
"Strange, I obviously saw him coming in this direction, why did he disappear when he got here? Could it be that he flew to the other side of the mountain? Impossible, the other side of the mountain has already left the scope of the sect. If he went outside the sect, he didn't need to let his disciples cover for him at all, he would definitely still be in the sect. β
Gu Sanqian's heart moved, and he hurriedly walked into the woods, carefully looking for the traces of the red-faced old man.
After searching for nothing and finding nothing, he sighed helplessly, and just as he was about to leave, a figure suddenly flew above the sky. Gu Sanqian was shocked in his heart, almost subconsciously half-squatted down, lowered his body, slowed down his breathing, approached the big tree next to him, and almost stuck his body on the big tree, and then looked up at the sky.
Flying above his head was the red-faced old man who had disappeared earlier, and at this moment, the red-faced old man was stepping on a white cloud and slowly drifting over the head of Gu Sanqian, flying towards the mountain in the distance.
Looks like he's already seen the person he wants to see. β
Gu Sanqian looked at the unhurried figure of the red-faced old man, turned around, and returned to the place he had passed before.
"He disappeared around here just now, and there should be hidden passages, secret rooms, and the like around here. β
Gu Sanqian carefully searched the surroundings, he found that there was nothing unusual near the woods, he had to turn his energy to the house near the woods, and by chance he found that the door of a room had been opened.
These houses have not been inhabited all year round, and the cleaning is naturally not diligent, and the doors and windows have fallen a lot of dust, but the dust under the door in front of Gu Sanqian has traces of friction, he looked into the room through the window a few times, the room was pitch black, and there was no sound when he listened attentively. Only then did he cautiously push open the door, and there were obvious fan-shaped marks under the door, apparently someone had opened the door before.
A room that was not cleaned well and was full of dust, Gu Sanqian easily discovered the abnormality, and the oil lamp on the wall obviously showed signs of being moved. He approached and moved the oil lamp in its track, and suddenly there was a slight click on the ground, and the originally flat ground was retracted to one side, revealing a staircase leading below.
The dark room, the dark staircase, Gu Sanqian probe glanced down, and near the upper position, he could still see a little bit with the help of the dim light outside, revealing the bluestone steps, but further down, there was no light at all, and it was pitch black.
Gu Sanqian didn't think much about it, he raised his feet and left.
At the moment when he stepped on the steps, the bird on his shoulder cried, and his voice was a little anxious, as if urging, and his steps could not help but stop.
"Dangerous?" Gu Sanqian hurriedly looked around and became vigilant.
At this moment, the bird that looked like a parrot flew over, and it came directly through the papier-mΓ’chΓ© window to Gu Sanqian's side, and the bird before landed on Gu Sanqian's other shoulder.
When the bird arrived, the previous bird made a relaxing sound.
"It turns out that you are afraid of my danger, so wait for it to come together. Gu Sanqian touched the bird's head and slowly walked into the steps.
This time the bird did not chirp.
As he walked inside the staircase, there was a 'click' sound, and the floor above his head was restored. He immediately fell into the darkness, he couldn't see the darkness of his fingers, there was no light around him, he held on to the wall with his hand, and walked down, after more than a hundred steps, his eyes had gradually adjusted to the darkness, and at the same time there was a faint light in front of him, with the help of which he could barely see his surroundings.
It is a wide corridor that is several meters high and one or two meters wide. Although the corridor is winding, there are oil lamps at intervals, which are dimly lit but illuminate. He made his way down the road quickly, and in a short time he heard a conversation in front of him.
"Wu Ye, who was that old man just now? You were so polite to him?"
"Who else could it be? just a pawn!"
"I don't understand this, do you need to be so polite to a chess piece?"
"You know what?"
"I don't understand, Master Wu, just mention me. β
Gu Sanqian heard the conversation between the two, and his steps paused slightly, who is this person? What a big breath, even the people of the Seven Star Sect, he regarded it as a chess piece.
Suddenly, his gaze froze, revealing a hint of ferocity.
"Could it be that he is the mastermind behind the sneak attack on Senior Brother?"
As soon as this thought came to mind, Gu Sanqian's right foot was raised again, and he quickly moved towards the sound, and he even deliberately increased his speed and trotted up. As he sped up, in just a few dozen breaths, the exit of the Yongdao appeared in front of his eyes, and outside the exit was a cave hall.
The hall is surrounded by oil lamps, and the whole hall is brightly lit. A man was lying on his side on a three-tiered oval staircase with a blanket sewn from snow-white animal skins, and several women snuggled up to him, beating his legs, pinching his shoulders, or feeding him fruit......
At the bottom of the steps stood a groveling man, he lowered his head and asked with a smile: "Master Wu, you can mention me and let me learn more." β
"It's him!" Gu Sanqian's brows furrowed, it was none other than Wu Xiu who was lying on the blanket, he still remembered that the battle was over that day, and he was the one who stopped him and Wu Lingcui, and he was still pestering Wu Lingcui to hide the treasure map.
"Just by his style and his concern for his senior sister Baotu, he is also suspicious. It's just that he didn't have much wisdom when he looked like a child and cynical that day, and he was really the one who manipulated all this? Gu Sanqian's thoughts flew wildly, and his eyes and ears were concentrated.
"Bah......" Ushu spit out the seeds of a grape, swallowed his saliva, he pushed away the white tender arm that was feeding the grapes to his mouth, sat up straight, and then touched his right leg with his right hand, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, let you see for a long time." β
"That old man just now is an elder of the Seven Star Sect, and his status in the Seven Star Sect is second only to the sect master. But isn't this kind of character being played with by me in applause? Hmph, he's a fart, if it weren't for Lao Tzu's deliberate action, he thought he would be able to break one of my legs?"
"Yes, yes...... What Wu Ye said is that he Jin Yuge is a fart. But Wu Ye, what the hell is going on?"
"It started three months ago. Three months ago, I took over a task from the Treasure Pavilion, and the location of the task was close to the White Bone Valley, because this task was close to the forbidden White Bone Valley, so I naturally wanted to collect more information about the White Bone Valley.
This is something that even elder-level people are excited about, but the high temperature of this thing is not something that ordinary people can bear. If you want to get it, you must not only have something that can get close to him to ward off fire, but also something that can hold it, and you must also have a way to make fire. These things are indispensable.
Most people know about fire-repelling things, and some treasure maps can also find fire-repelling materials, but the things that contain them and the method of taking fire are unknown. And that time in the Treasure Pavilion mission, I got a token, a token that recorded the method of refining the things in bloom, and the secret of the method of making fire.
At that time, I thought I would be able to swallow this Heart-piercing Bone Fire, but I was wrong, there were always people guarding the Heart-Piercing Bone Fire, and these guards were more than one side. If you want to get it, you have to find someone to work with. Who can you find to cooperate? People in the sect? No, looking for them is equivalent to giving them something, and I'm not that stupid.
So I found the forces of the outer sect, and not only did I find the forces of the outer sect, but I also wanted to weaken the forces of the own sect. Wuling Pavilion and Jinyu Pavilion all have signs of looking for heart-piercing fire. So I'm provoking them, I'm plotting against them, I'm going to make them lose this opportunity in suspicion. β
"Oh, oh, I see, but Wu Ye, aren't you afraid that the old man of the Seven Star Sect will regret it?
He just took it for granted that he was the master of this time, but in fact, it was all in my hands. β
"It turns out that Wu Ye still has a trick. β
"Nonsense, naturally there is a trick, otherwise you think I will be willing to cooperate with that old immortal without expecting anything in return?
"Master Wu, I looked at the old man's expression just now and seemed to know your plan, does he have other plans?
"Hmph, he knows a fart, he knows that the token I gave him is fake? I spent a lot of money to have someone copy his token, although it is not real, but the authenticity in it is 100%. It's just that there are some key things that I have omitted, and the piercing can only be my ......."
The word 'my' was still entwined on the tip of his tongue, and he looked at a woman beside him in a daze, only to see the woman shake the token in her hand charmingly, pursed her lips and smiled: "Wu Ye, are you talking about this token?"
Wu Xiu touched his arms in surprise, but this touch was empty, he hurriedly reached out and grabbed it, but it was empty, he said nervously: "Xiaohuan'er, don't make trouble, give it to me." β
"Wu Ye, I'm afraid this is a little difficult to do!" The woman chuckled and got up to dodge Uxiu's lunge, but Uxiu's speed was extremely fast, and his right hand quickly reached out and grabbed her neck.
There was no change of fear on the woman's face, and she still maintained a charming smile, which had made Wu Xiu's heart swell before, but now it made him feel like he was in hell.
"Give me the token!" Uxiu's hand slammed into force, and the woman's cheeks instantly turned red, but she didn't care at all, and as soon as her right hand was thrown, the token was thrown at the man below.
The man took the token, and his original groveling attitude changed, becoming neither humble nor arrogant, he shook the token in his hand at Wu Xiu and said, "Wu Ye, thank you." β
Wu Xiu was furious, and his right hand twisted violently, but when he heard the 'click', the neck of the woman under him was twisted by him, and the women around him fled in all directions in surprise when they saw this.
"Chang An, hand over the token, I will spare you from death. You don't want to be like this!"
The man known as 'Chang An' sneered, "Like whom?"
Usho looked down at the woman he had just killed, his brow furrowed, because the woman in his eyes was weathering, floating in the air like wind and sand.
At the same time, a woman appeared next to the man known as 'Chang An', a woman who looked exactly like before.
"Okay, you're Chang'an, you're hiding so deep enough, for ten years, I didn't know you still had this hand. I made a mistake. Usho said coldly, and he walked down the steps step by step.
The man known as 'Chang An' shook his head, "Whatever you want, Li, stop him!"
"Yes, master!" replied, the woman who was called 'Li'.
The man known as 'Chang'an' was on tiptoe, his body drifted backwards, and a few flashes widened the distance between him and Wu Xiu.
"Where to go!" Wu Xiu shouted violently and chased after him, but was blocked by 'Li'.