Chapter 15: The Undercurrent of Murder
In an ordinary house about 100 miles southwest of Tianyun City.
"My lord!" according to the informant's report, our men and horses have been stationed in the woods on the outskirts of the Black Magic Mountain, ready to act at any time, just waiting for the lord's order!" In the courtyard of the house, a man dressed as a farmer landed on one knee and was reporting the news to a black-robed man in front of him.
If you take a closer look at this man dressed as a farmer, you will find that he is actually a master at the peak of the Blood Refining Realm! And with such cultivation, he is only used to pass on the news! This shows how terrifying the power in the hands of this mysterious black-robed man is!
"Very good!" Although the black-robed man said yes, he couldn't hear any emotion from his hoarse voice.
"But ......," the man hesitated.
"Say!" The black-robed man's voice was cold, and the man immediately felt as if he was covered in a layer of ice, and a fear of death hit his heart. At that moment, he didn't dare to hesitate any longer, and told the clues he found in detail.
"My lord, our spies found a lot of people from the Spirit Beast Sect at the southern foot of the Black Demon Mountain. After many inquiries, I learned that they would enter the Black Magic Mountain to hunt spirit beasts in the next few days! The subordinates were afraid of accidents, so they didn't dare to hide it!" After the man finished speaking, he felt a chill behind him. Fortunately, the chill that made him tremble had disappeared, but even so, the man did not dare to be careless in his heart, and the fear of the black-robed man in his heart had risen to the extreme.
"Spirit Beast Sect?" the black-robed man repeated softly, silent for a moment.
"Who's leading the team?" asked the black-robed man.
"It's the Third Elder Chen Youzhi!" the man replied.
"Is it him?" said the black-robed man's tone with a hint of surprise for the first time. After a moment of deep groaning, he said: "The plan remains the same, if there is any change in the Spirit Beast Sect, it will also be destroyed!" The black-robed man's tone revealed a ruthlessness.
When the man heard the words of the black-robed man, his heart trembled, but he didn't dare to say more, he only lowered his head and said respectfully: "Yes!" When he raised his head again, there was no trace of the black-robed man in front of him.
The man looked around, and after seeing that the other party had indeed left, he wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand and sat down on the ground panting. But suddenly, as if remembering something, he hurriedly stood up and quickly left the house.
Tianyun City, the council's mansion.
"Tuk tuk!" there was a knock on the door.
"Come in!" came a man's voice.
"First seat!" A slender figure in a green coat entered the door and respectfully saluted Zhuang Han, who was sipping tea.
"Well, how did that go?" Zhuang Han asked, putting down the teacup.
Looking back, since the Spirit Beast Sect pledged allegiance to the first one, Jing Li secretly paid attention and didn't find anything unusual. However, for the sake of prudence, Jing Li took matters into his own hands and let the Spirit Beast Sect also participate in this operation, hinting at the importance of this operation. The Spirit Beast Sect sent three elders, Chen Youzhi, to lead five cultivators of the Bone Refining Realm, thirty people of the Blood Refining Realm, and a hundred disciples of the Muscle Refining Stage, and now they have rushed to the Black Devil Mountain, and in the name of entering the mountain to hunt spirit beasts, they are stationed on the south side of the Black Devil Mountain. Jing Li said.
"Well, you've done a good job in this matter!" Zhuang Han took a sip of tea. "How's the follow-up force arranged?"
"I have already ordered Chi Yue to lead the master from the west of the Black Demon Mountain into the mountain in advance, presumably by now arriving at the designated location!" Jing Li replied methodically. "But ......"
"Jing Li, in the past few years, you have been one of the few trustworthy people around me, you know my temper, don't swallow it!" Zhuang Han said.
"The subordinates are guilty!" Jing Li saw that Zhuang Han's tone was a little unhappy, and hurriedly bowed down. "My subordinates got the news that Liu Meng, the third prince of the Heavenly Saint Dynasty, and Liu Congshan, the thirteenth princess, have set off from the imperial city and rushed to Tianyun City, did the royal family get any news?"
"Royal?" Zhuang Han frowned slightly, his fingers tapping lightly on the table. After a while, he looked at Jing Li, "You don't have to pay attention to this matter, I will deal with it myself!
"Say goodbye!" Jing Li turned and left.
"Does the royal family know about the inheritance......? Just a little royal power, if you can keep to yourself, if you want to stick a foot sideways, I don't mind cutting off this foot!"
"Someone!" Zhuang Han shouted.
As soon as the words fell, I saw a flash in the room, and a black shadow had appeared in the room, quietly waiting for Zhuang Han's order.
"Take your men and horses, divide the troops into two ways, always pay attention to the movements of the royal family and the Spirit Beast Sect, and make your own decisions if there is an abnormality!" Zhuang Han said in a deep voice.
After receiving the order, the black shadow left like a ghost, not saying a word from beginning to end.
By the time Zhuang Xuan returned to the village, it was already noon. Naturally, it was inevitable to be counted out by his mother. After finally comforting his mother, he hid in his room.
When he came back this time, Zhuang Xuan didn't let the Black Iron Tiger follow him. After all, they were three masters equivalent to the Bone Refining Realm, and if they were brought back to the village rashly, they would probably cause panic among the villagers and bring unnecessary trouble. Therefore, Zhuang Xuan thought about it again and again, and let them stay in the forest dozens of miles away from the village.
Yesterday's cultivation of the first form of the Thunder Devouring Divine Technique for Nine Heavens made Zhuang Xuan realize the extraordinaryness of this exercise. Therefore, Zhuang Xuan looked forward to the next moves even more.
After the body and mind were ethereal, Zhuang Xuan immersed himself in cultivation.
The second form of the Thunder Devouring Recipe - Thunder Fury.
The Thunder Devouring God Technique is a very domineering martial art, and after practicing to the fullest, the power of the wave of the hand is comparable to that of the real thunder, and the lethality is terrifying! The first type of thunder movement is the body method, so Zhuang Xuan didn't notice anything when he was cultivating, but the second type of thunder rage is different.
This is a killing technique! As soon as Zhuang Xuan tried to cultivate, he felt a violent force in his body. Zhuang Xuan gathered his central mind and carefully controlled the operation of the power in his body.
"Crackle!
Where the power in the body passes, a little electric light is generated. For a while, an unspeakable pain came from his body, Zhuang Xuan sweated in pain, and he almost couldn't hold on. Fortunately, after the pain, there was an indescribable pleasure in the meridians, which made Zhuang Xuan feel comfortable. It's painful and happy!
After the exercises were running in the body for a week, the pain had weakened a lot, and Zhuang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief. If the exercises were so painful every time, Zhuang Xuan didn't dare to guarantee whether he could persevere.
Just when Zhuang Xuan was immersed in cultivation, a figure quickly shot towards the village chief, and when he looked closely, it was Tusuo, the hunter in the village.
"Village Chief! The demon beasts in the mountains are a little abnormal today, and many spirit beasts are coming towards the periphery, as if something is driving them away. Tuso's brow furrowed, a little uneasy. "Moreover, I found traces of the black iron tiger and the white ape in the forest more than ten miles away. ”
"Oh, is there going to be a beast tide?" the village chief speculated. "Quickly notify the other hunters, take precautions, mobilize the villagers to set traps around the village, stay vigilant, and be ready for battle at any time!" After a little thought, the village chief instructed Tusuo to follow the policy of dealing with the beast tide to guard against unknown threats.
The village chief is older and has experienced a lot of things. He has experienced several beast tides in his life, and each beast tide is a life-and-death crisis for the village, and the village chief has to pay attention to it.
After Tusuo left, the village chief paced back and forth in the courtyard, and the village chief, who had been moody for many years, seemed uneasy, he always felt that something was wrong, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't think of a reason. I had to bury that uneasiness in my heart, sighed and said, "I hope it's okay!"
At this moment, the men, women and children in the village are all in full swing to prepare after receiving the news.
"Brother Zhuang Xuan!" Lin'er shouted in the courtyard, her tone very eager.
Hearing the shout, Zhuang Xuan's face in cultivation suddenly flushed, and a mouthful of blood surged up, almost going mad on the spot. Zhuang Xuan forcibly suppressed the deduction and rebellion, did not dare to be distracted anymore, regained control of the operation of the exercises, and slowly closed the exercises. After finally doing all this, I was already exhausted and dizzy.
Lin'er waited outside for a long time, but when she didn't see Zhuang Xuan answering, she broke into the house, just in time to see Zhuang Xuan's face pale and crumbling. screamed, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.
"Brother Zhuang Xuan, what's wrong with you? How did you get like this?" Lin'er said with a crying voice.
"It's okay! It's just that something went wrong with the practice, it doesn't matter. Zhuang Xuan said weakly. "You're in such a hurry, what's the matter?"
Hearing Zhuang Xuan say this, Lin'er remembered. "Uncle Sha Tuo just asked all the villagers to go to the entrance of the village to set up traps, saying that they were going to deal with the beast tide! I didn't see you, so I came to you!"
"Beast tide?" Zhuang Xuan was a little surprised. Suddenly, he trembled, only to feel a clear stream slowly moving down from the spiritual platform, and after swimming around his body, all the abnormalities in his body disappeared, and his body regained his strength, which made Zhuang Xuan surprised. Even if he had memories of his past life, he was incomplete and didn't know anything about what happened to him. But for now, this is obviously not a bad thing, so I will keep my doubts in my heart for the time being.