The fundamental purpose of "Qingluan" Du Jingjing's entry into the Laoshan ruins is not to seize the inheritance of immortals.

She knew very well that with her talent for cultivation, it was unrealistic to compete for inheritance with demons like Su Xiao, Chen Yanping, and Gu Xu.

She has only one goal -

That is to kill Xiao Shangzhen and complete the task assigned to her by the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan.

The fierceness of the competition for the Tai'a sword among the princes of the Great Qi Dynasty can be said to be in full swing.

Although the Emperor of Great Qi once ordered that the princes were forbidden to kill each other.

But this can only ensure that they are brothers and sisters on the surface.

Privately, they can be said to have exhausted all means in order to compete for the right to inherit the throne.

Not long ago, after the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan returned from Yishan, he recruited Du Jingjing's teacher, Tao Qian, a guest of Qingzhou Mansion, with extremely generous conditions.

Naturally, Du Jingjing also followed her teacher and joined the command of the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan.

Although Xiao Shangyuan is much older than Xiao Shangzhen, his cultivation is also much higher than Xiao Shangzhen.

But deep in Xiao Shangyuan's heart, he was full of jealousy towards his young and ignorant younger brother.

On the one hand, when Xiao Shangzhen used the "Tianyan Stone" to test her cultivation qualifications, she once measured the three-grade vision "Moon Surge River"; But Xiao Shangyuan himself only measured the four-grade vision "Grass Yellow Bird".

On the other hand, Xiao Shangzhen's mother is Chen Anzhi, the contemporary queen and daughter of the Chen family in Xiangyang; But Xiao Shangyuan's mother was an ordinary palace maid from a humble background - even after giving birth to the prince, she was only canonized as a "Zhuang concubine" and did not get more holy favors.

In addition, the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen also has a sister who is in charge of secular government and has a scheming approach.

This means that even if Xiao Shangzhen can only cultivate and do nothing else, he will have a group of loyal supporters.

But like the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan, he could only rely on flickering and luring to reluctantly establish a set of his own team.

It can be said that the two princes are very different in terms of congenital conditions.

Although Xiao Shangzhen is not interested in the succession to the throne now, she just wants to sneak out to play, so she fights with Princess Zhaoning all day long......

But what if he suddenly opens up in the future?

Therefore, in the eyes of the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan, only dead people are truly no threat.

However, it is not realistic to kill a prince within the confines of the Great Qi Dynasty.

The reason is simple.

There are many monks in the Great Qi Palace who have mastered divination and heavenly tricks.

In addition, Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcist division, is also known to have insight into everything in the world.

He must not be able to hide such a thing as a killer for his younger brother.

But the Laoshan ruins are different.

Xiao Shangyuan knew that the prohibition arranged in Laoshan before the ascension of the Kongxuan Sanren could shield the heavenly machine.

It is capable of blocking all communication between the ruins and the outside world.

Even the head of the Exorcist Division was unable to see what was happening inside the ruins.

At the same time, Xiao Shangyuan happened to know that Tao Qian's student Du Jingjing was a member of the reserve of the "Shenji Battalion" and was about to go to Laoshan with his younger brother Xiao Shangzhen to find the inheritance left by the immortals.

Xiao Shangyuan was suddenly overjoyed.

He understands that the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity has finally arrived.

If the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen dies in the ruins of Laoshan Mountain, then as long as all the evidence related to him is erased, the world will never know who the real murderer is.

At that time, he could completely say, "It's all because the prohibition of the Immortal Cave Mansion is too terrible, so that my brother was unfortunately killed", and then went to his brother's mourning hall for a few nights, pretending to shed a few tears.

The world may still think that the two brothers have a deep relationship!

…………

Laoshan ruins, Juxiantai.

"Qingluan" Du Jingjing stood behind the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen, holding a dagger with a cold light in her hand, against his neck. At this time, on her face, there was no longer the restraint and timidity of the past, but became calm and calm.

She came prepared today.

Her teacher Tao Qian had been very kind to her, and she couldn't let her teacher down no matter what.

And she also understands that when Tao Qian joins Xiao Shangyuan's camp, there will be no way out for the two of them.

So since receiving the task of the emperor's eldest son, Du Jingjing has been preparing for today's moment day and night.

Xiao Shangyuan once told her personally: "The climbing stairs in the Laoshan ruins are not real, but are generated by the causal Dao method left by the Kongxuansan people.

"At the fork in the mountain, it doesn't really matter what choice you make.

"As long as there is a causal link between two people, they will definitely meet on the way to the mountain."

At that time, Du Jingjing felt a little confused, bowed her head and said, "But I don't know the Fourth Highness well......"

Xiao Shangyuan smiled: "Since the moment you decided to assassinate him, there has been a causal connection between you and him. ”

Du Jingjing nodded, indicating that she was taught.

And as a monk who was eager to learn, she couldn't help but ask bluntly: "But, Your Highness, you have never been to the Laoshan Ruins, how can you know the situation there?" ”

Xiao Shangyuan replied in a natural tone: "Because my father once dealt with the Kongxuansan people. ”

So, when Du Jingjing entered the ruins of Laoshan Mountain and saw the words carved on the boulder similar to "Ten thousand births, all are fate", she knew that what Xiao Shangyuan said was right.

On the way to the mountain, whether you meet or not, it is all cause and effect.

Therefore, every time she made a choice at the fork in the road, she did not hesitate at all.

In addition, in order to allow her to successfully complete the task, Xiao Shangyuan also specially prepared a "Scattered Gong Incense" for her - as long as a monk below the third realm smells the "Scattered Gong Incense", their true yuan will be condensed in the meridians and cannot function normally.

And Du Jingjing herself, because she took the antidote in advance, was not affected by the "scattered incense".

She ignored the threat of the fourth prince, Xiao Shangzhen.

Because she knows that the duration of "Sangong Xiang" is limited, she must fight quickly, and she can't tolerate nonsense with this hairy boy.

So, she gathered Zhenyuan on the dagger in her hand and stabbed it fiercely towards Xiao Shangzhen's throat.

Xiao Shangzhen was already frightened, her mind was blank, and she didn't have time to resist at all.

But the next second, the unexpected happened.

The dagger did not cut Xiao Shangzhen's throat.

Instead, it felt as if it had slammed into a hard wall.

Zhenyuan poured out instantly, causing Du Jingjing's arm to twitch slightly.

But Xiao Shangzhen's throat was unharmed, leaving no traces.

It's just that a dark green bracelet on Xiao Shangzhen's wrist suddenly cracked into pieces.

"Stand-in bracelet"!

Du Jingjing immediately recognized the name of this magic weapon.

It can defend its owner against a deadly attack from the outside world, and at the same time remove all negative effects and control from its owner.

In this regard, Du Jingjing had already expected it.

Xiao Shangzhen, as a dignified prince of Qi, has a thoughtful sister, even if he takes away his luggage, how can he not have other life-saving magic weapons on his body?

At the same time, after the "stand-in bracelet" was broken, the true yuan on Xiao Shangzhen's body also returned to normal operation.

At this moment, he had palpitations, covered his mouth and nose with his hands, turned and ran away along the road from which he had come.

After meeting this terrible woman, he now had no idea about the inheritance of the Kongxuansan people, and even forgot his bag full of magic weapons and talismans for the time being.

He just wanted to run out of the ruins as fast as possible, find Shi Lei who was waiting at the bottom of the mountain, and let him send him back to Luojing City and send him back to his sister Princess Zhaoning.

He was confident that his resourceful sister would protect him and make the daring assassin pay.

…………

However, in Du Jingjing's assassination plan, the "stand-in bracelet" was just a trivial accident.

In order to ensure that she can kill the target 100%, she has made a lot of other preparations in addition to "Sangong Xiang".

So, seeing Xiao Shangzhen running away in embarrassment, she immediately took out a stack of talismans from her pocket and threw them towards Xiao Shangzhen.

This is the "Talisman".

In an instant, these runes bloomed with dazzling light, and then turned into ropes, instantly binding Xiao Shangzhen's five flowers.

Xiao Shangzhen suddenly fell to the ground.

Although he was unstoppable and rarely defeated in the "realm of the Dao".

But that relied on the absolute suppression of the "Celestial Dragon Domain" and the use of sound law spells to disguise the female voice to interfere with the opponent's mind.

The competition in the fantasy world is different from the fight between life and death in reality.

In addition, Xiao Shangzhen is greedy for fun on weekdays and is short of cultivation.

Princess Zhaoning used to urge him to practice the "Tai'a Sword Technique", "Liuhe Shield" and other moves, he only had the level of entry.

In this panicked situation, he couldn't even use the "Heavenly Dragon Domain" for a while.

Immediately, Du Jingjing approached him easily.

She once again gathered Zhenyuan into the dagger and slammed it into Xiao Shangzhen's heart.

I only heard the sound of "bang".

The dagger did not penetrate the heart of the four princes as Du Jingjing expected, but only cut through Xiao Shangzhen's robe as if it had hit hard metal.

"This guy actually wears a golden silk armor!"

Du Jingjing looked at the pale yellow vest that Xiao Shangzhen was wearing under her robe, and couldn't help but widen her eyes and sigh heartily.

She knew that the golden silk armor was an extremely expensive life-saving magic weapon, and it was a cover armor woven from the golden silk spit out by the golden silkworm on the golden mulberry.

Although it was soft and silky to the touch, it was actually invulnerable, and could withstand even the full force of a low-level monk.

This made Du Jingjing instantly full of envy for royal children like Xiao Shangzhen.

As for Xiao Shangzhen, she was silently grateful to her sister Princess Zhaoning in her heart.

If it weren't for his sister who had prepared so many life-saving measures for him when he left, he would have died more than once.

"Sister, if I can go back alive, I will never contradict you again......"

He took a deep breath and thought silently in his heart.

At the same time, he brewed the true element in his body, preparing to use the "Heavenly Dragon Domain" to launch a counterattack.

However, the moment he inhaled, he inhaled the "Sangong incense" into his body again.

So his true yuan was once again condensed in the meridians.

"What an idiot."

Seeing Xiao Shangzhen lying on the ground like a maggot desperately struggling, Du Jingjing commented silently in her heart.

Because Xiao Shangzhen had too many life-saving magic weapons on her, Du Jingjing decided not to continue using the dagger.

Then, she took out an elixir from her coat pocket and forcibly stuffed it into the young fourth prince's mouth.

This pill is called "Devouring Pill", which is an extremely valuable poison pill given to her by the eldest prince Xiao Shangyuan.

It is capable of devouring the true essence and even the vitality of the practitioner.

After three minutes, the cultivation was exhausted.

In an hour, he died of exhaustion.

Now, Xiao Shangzhen has been tied up and unable to move.

His bags have already fallen into Du Jingjing's hands.

Xiao Shangzhen has no chance to take the antidote at all.

As long as she landed quietly here for an hour, Du Jingjing's task was successfully completed.

"Teacher, I said, I won't let you down." She muttered to herself.

…………

"Bi Fang" Chu Wei walked along the rugged mountain road with difficulty.

Although he took pills that could increase his physical strength.

But the strong coercion within the forbidden range of Laoshan still made him panting and sweating profusely.

Chu Wei was just a minor official in a remote county town, and he didn't have any prior understanding of the inside of the ruins.

Therefore, every fork in the mountain road made him feel extremely headaches.

He was afraid that if he took a wrong step, he would miss the immortal inheritance.

Unconsciously, Chu Wei turned a few corners and came to a square peak with stacked rocks.

It is Laoshan "Juxiantai".

At this time, he raised his head and just saw that the fourth prince, Xiao Shangzhen, was tightly tied with ropes, writhing on the ground, and at the same time let out a painful moan.

And "Qingluan" Du Jingjing was half-squatting beside him, looking at Xiao Shangzhen on the ground with an indifferent expression, seemingly indifferent to his pain.

"What are you doing?" Seeing such a scene, Chu Wei walked straight towards them with difficult steps.

However, at this moment, Chu Wei also smelled the smell of "scattered incense".

His true essence suddenly froze, and he could no longer cast any spells.

Seeing Chu Wei's figure, Du Jingjing couldn't help frowning.

The plan to assassinate the Four Princes was supposed to be a secret.

But now, an intruder has unexpectedly appeared.

"There is a causal relationship between Chu Wei and the four princes?" Du Jingjing thought to herself in surprise.

Because she and Chu Wei have no intersection in private, the so-called "causal association" can only exist between the four princes and Chu Wei.

It was these causes and effects that made Chu Wei pass through many forks in the road and finally meet with the four princes at the "Juxiantai".

Du Jingjing felt a deep headache for this.

The plan to assassinate the Four Princes must not be exposed.

Since Chu Wei unexpectedly appeared here and saw something he shouldn't see, then he had only a dead end.

Anyway, he had already inhaled the "Sangong incense".

To kill him is like killing a chicken.

While thinking so, Du Jingjing held the dagger and strode towards Chu Wei.

It's just that deep down in her heart, she feels some pain.

After all, she is not an experienced killer, just a girl with relatively good cultivation talent.

She and Chu Wei have no grievances and no enmity.

It was not easy for her to kill her companion on the grounds of keeping it a secret.

…………

At the moment when Du Jingjing hesitated, another person appeared in front of her along the mountain road.

The man walked with a fluttering step.

The clothes are fluttering, the abundance is handsome, as if the fairy has descended.

When he passed by, the snow fell from the sky, and the entire "Jusendai" instantly became covered in silver.

The smell of "Sangong incense" disappeared in an instant.

The rope tied to Xiao Shangzhen's body suddenly turned into nothingness.

Du Jingjing frowned, stared at this person and asked, "Gu Daoyou, why are you here too?" ”

At this time, Du Jingjing's heart had begun to panic.

She knew that although the person in front of her only had the cultivation of the second realm, he had mastered the magic of the talisman seal, and he was also the holder of one of the twelve instruments, the "Shocking Pen of Shock".

Even if she uses up all the hole cards left to her by the eldest prince, she may not be able to defeat Gu Xu, let alone kill him.

"Du Daoyou, have you forgotten that you once asked me for knowledge about Fu Dao?" Gu Xu replied with a smile, "That's the causal front between us!" ”

Gu Xu has the talent of a "thin-life genius", and his understanding is far beyond ordinary people.

After walking through a few forks in the road, he has already comprehended the law of the Laoshan Ruins Mountain Road -

That is the externalization of the "Tao" of the empty Xuansan people.

Every mountain road represents a person's life.

Each fork in the road represents a different life choice.

Walking on the mountain road, you will meet different people because of different "cause and effect antecedents".

So Du Jingjing and Chu Wei will meet the four princes.

Gu Xu will meet Du Jingjing.

And maybe the next thing to come across -

"What are you doing here?"

At this moment, "Candle Dragon" Chen Yanping appeared at the end of the mountain road and walked straight towards "Juxiantai".

His gaze first fell on Gu Xu, then swept over Du Jingjing and Chu Wei next to him, and finally glanced at Xiao Shangzhen, the fourth prince who was lying limply on the ground.

"How did he get poisoned?" Chen Yanping then asked.

Du Jingjing couldn't help but take two steps back, not knowing how to answer.

At this point, she knew that she might not be able to keep the secret again.

Just when Du Jingjing was panicking, another person appeared in Laoshan "Juxiantai".

"Fellow Daoists, why are you all gathered here? Why is it still snowing? ”

Shangguan Jian said as he elegantly brushed the long hair from his ears to the back of his head.

She first looked at Gu Xu with admiration, then glared at Chen Yanping, and finally looked at Du Jingjing and Xiao Shangzhen back and forth in a suspicious color.

PS: 4800 words big chapter asking for a monthly pass!