Chapter 69: Peeling the Cocoon
(It is said that Qing Naughty goes to work during the day and codes words at night, and he can't stay up late...... It's not easy!)
The red tiger was as fast as lightning, and in an instant, it rushed through the stone crack that had already been somewhat deformed, and arrived at the edge of the Menggong Pond in the cave outside, and then, with a roar, jumped into the pool.
Zhuang Zhou immediately felt a biting cold overflowing his body, and at the same time, he woke up with a burst of clarity in his mind.
When I woke up, I felt that my back was already in a cold sweat, and then I looked at the one-eyed buffalo lying on the ground, which had closed its eyes and died. Zhuang Zhou secretly screamed that if he was a little late, maybe he would be extinguished with the one-eyed buffalo's thoughts.
Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but be afraid!
Looking at everyone again, they had already surrounded him and Li Chaowen, and asked eagerly, "What's wrong?" "What do you see?" "It's so dangerous, you guys finally came out!" Li Chaowen was also pale, with beads of sweat on his forehead.
After everyone calmed down, Liu Canglong asked, "Chaowen, Zhou'er, have you found anything in the one-eyed buffalo dream?" As soon as Zhuang Zhou wanted to speak, he heard Li Chaowen say first: "Master, we only saw a group of vague figures breaking into the cave and killing the three seniors. However, because the dream is extremely unstable, and the scenery is only a vague shadow, we can't see who they are......" As he spoke, his face was full of regret.
Liu Canglong let out an "oh", turned his gaze to Zhuang Zhou, and said, "The three seniors have all been killed, why did you only see a corpse?" Zhuang Zhou turned his head and looked at Li Chaowen first, and said, "Senior Brother Li, you saw these inside?" Li Chaowen's face turned red and said, "I really only saw this." Senior Brother Zhuang may look more closely?"
Zhuang Zhou ignored him anymore and said to Liu Canglong: "Master, Senior Brother Li is right, we saw a group of people breaking into the cave, but because of the unstable dream, everything is very blurry, and the appearance of those people is indeed not clear. However, we also saw that only the short and fat seniors were killed, and the other two seniors were not killed, but were bound by that group of people and ......taken away" Liu Canglong's eyes flashed, and he said: "Incredible! The skills of the three seniors are so strong, how can they be so easy to die and be captured?" Zhuang Zhou said: "At that time, the group of people came too suddenly, the three seniors lived here in seclusion all the year round, and never thought that one day outsiders would find here, so they were caught off guard, not to mention, the leader of the group of people who came was obviously not weak......" At that moment, how did the group of people suddenly break in, how did a black gas burst out and hurt the one-eyed buffalo, how did he bind the two old men, and how did one of them tear apart the short and fat old man while he was asleep......
Zhuang Zhou said eloquently, Liu Canglong listened carefully, and when he heard the person in charge summon a black gas, he interjected and asked: "A black gas? What do you look like?" Zhuang Zhou said: "It's like a giant python." Liu Canglong asked in a trembling voice, "Giant Python?" His face was cloudy, and Li Chaowen's expression also changed abruptly.
Zhuang Zhou noticed the change in Liu Canglong's face, he was extremely nervous, and asked, "What did Master guess?" Liu Canglong shook his head and said, "In the blur, you may not be able to see it really......"
Disappointment, Zhuang Zhou continued: "Before those people left, they tortured the two seniors, and searched the cave for a while, in order to find the 'Aoki Secret Method' that the master said...... Liu Canglong was shocked again and said: "The 'Aoki Secret Method'? This book is in the hands of the three seniors?" Zhuang Zhou shook his head and said, "I can't guess either." ”
In fact, in the dream in the cultivation room that day, the three old men had mentioned the "Aoki Secret Method", but when Liu Canglong helped Zhuang Zhou pull out the dream-making talisman, he also cleared his memory about the "Aoki Secret Method" by the way, so Zhuang Zhou said so. How did he know that the "Aoki Secret Method" was actually hidden by himself in the secret cave of the cultivation room!
Liu Canglong said: "How could the Aoki Secret Method fall into the hands of the three seniors? If this is really the case, and the two seniors are captured again, it will be terrible......" The sadness on his face became thicker.
Zhuang Zhou suddenly remembered one thing and said: "Before I came out, I saw an object in the cave in the middle, with some strange patterns engraved on it, I thought it was left by the group of people in a panic, and I wanted to pick it up and take a look, but the dream collapsed too quickly, and I didn't have time to ......" Liu Canglong hurriedly asked: "What shape of object?" Zhuang Zhou said: "At that time, the dream was completely blurred, and the disciple didn't see it clearly. Liu Canglong looked regretful.
Suddenly, Ma Tianhu said: "Since I saw it in the dream, then that object should be in the middle of the cave now!"
Everyone followed, all excited and excited. Because if you can find that object, and it's the stuff of the intruders, you might be able to determine the identity of the group based on its shape and pattern!
Among them, only Li Chaowen's face turned pale in an instant! It's just that he fell at the end, and no one paid attention.
Everyone poured into the cave, Zhuang Zhou found the stone bench with his memory, leaned over to look for it, only to see that the ground around the foot of the stool was empty, and there were any missing objects!
At this moment, not only Liu Canglong and the others were puzzled, but even Zhuang Zhou himself was puzzled! Could it be that he was dazzled and mistaken for a while?
Liu Canglong turned around and looked at Li Chaowen and Ma Tianhu, and said, "Chaowen, Hu'er, just now the two of you entered this cave first, didn't you find anything?" Ma Tianhu scratched his head and said: "I only paid attention to the stone bed and futon at that time, and didn't pay attention to the stool, so I didn't see anything ......" While saying, he asked Li Chaowen: "Senior brother, have you seen it?" Li Chaowen shook his head and said calmly: "I didn't find anything either...... Master, could it be that after the group left, they immediately found that something was missing, and they turned around and came back to pick it up. However, the one-eyed buffalo did not see them return, or did not have time to reappear in the dream just now......"
Liu Canglong nodded thoughtfully and said, "Chaowen is reasonable. ”
Li Chaowen didn't expect to cover up this matter in a few words, and he was secretly happy in his heart.
Everyone felt that the two of them had worked hard to get in but did not get any substantial gains, and they couldn't help but be disappointed. Zhuang Zhou paid special attention to Li Chaowen's face, and the doubts in his heart became bigger and bigger.
This time he entered the dream of the one-eyed buffalo, although he did not find out the truth of the matter, Zhuang Zhou still felt that he had gained a lot. He was pleasantly surprised to find that the strength of the Red Tiger's wings had increased significantly, and it was actually able to reach as high as three zhang in one leap, and it could continue to fly for a long time, which was really majestic! It seemed that after this period of cultivation, the Red Tiger's level should have improved, and I am afraid that it was already a second- and third-class dream spirit beast!
As for the scene he saw in the dream, Zhuang Zhou thought about it and felt that there were two suspicious points or breakthrough points: one was that the black gas that the leader burst out should be a dream spirit beast that was summoned, and the black gas resembled a giant python, so the dream spirit beast was likely to be a giant python. Who is the dream hunter who uses the giant python as a dream spirit animal? Second, why did the object left by the stone bench suddenly disappear? Could it really be that the group returned and took it? If not, then who took it?
Zhuang Zhou chewed on these two questions carefully, peeled back the cocoon, and gradually became clear in his thinking! He suddenly remembered that three years ago, he stayed in a hotel on the way back to Yunmeng Mountain with his master, and was taken into a dream by his master in the middle of the night, and saw that the master turned into a goshawk and fought with a man in a green robe, and the man in the green robe was transformed into a big python! Later, Zhuang Zhou learned that the man in the green robe was Zhou Bonian, the lord of Feimeng Mountain. In this way, Zhou Bonian's suspicion is very big! Zhuang Zhou was overjoyed when he thought of this, and he was almost about to open his mouth to tell Liu Canglong what he thought, but when he raised his eyes and saw Liu Canglong's solemn face, he shut up again. Because he recalled the master's face when he said that the black gas was like a giant python just now, it was obvious that the master had already pointed the finger of suspicion at Zhou Bonian, but he didn't say it immediately at that time, and obviously had some scruples. It seems that there are still hills and ravines in the master's chest, and Zhuang Zhou is a smart person, so naturally he will not say it at this time!
So, what does Master scruple about?
Zhuang Zhou thought of the second question again, if the object left on the side of the stone bench was not taken by the group of people who returned to pick it up, then it could only be taken by the seven people who came to Menggongtan this time! Who was the first to go to the cave in the middle? It was Ma Tianhu and Li Chaowen...... Zhuang Zhou can be sure that it was definitely not Ma Tianhu's doing, then, there is only Li Chaowen!
Recalling Li Chaowen's dodging after coming here, his words flickered, and Zhuang Zhou's heart was bright!
Li Chaowen really had a big problem! He secretly took away that object, obviously to cover up something. I just don't know, why did Li Chaowen do all this, and what kind of secret did he have with Feimengshan?
Thinking back to Liu Canglong's eyes and face, Zhuang Zhou guessed that Liu Canglong actually knew everything, and the reason why he couldn't bear it was not to startle the snake......
Thinking of this, Zhuang Zhou couldn't help but sigh at Master Liu Canglong's thoughtfulness and deep scheming, and at the same time, he also skipped a chill in his heart!
However, when the dream collapsed at that time, why did Li Chaowen suddenly disappear and suddenly reappear? What happened to the gray shadow that rushed towards his Yin Hall? Zhuang Zhou was still at a loss. It seems that only in the future will we be able to pursue it slowly.
Zhuang Zhou turned countless thoughts in his heart alone, and after thinking about some questions, he looked at Li Chaowen again, and felt that the narrow-minded senior brother in front of him revealed a trace of mystery and weirdness everywhere.
It seems that the relationship between him and Li Chaowen is probably not just a matter of phantom cards and Liu Ling.
Zhuang Zhou was contemplating and thinking, when he suddenly thought of another question, and raised his head and shouted, "Oh no!"