Chapter 168: Some Things in the Shadow Palace
There was another news in the Sword Sect that made people pay attention to and shock.
Wu Yuanchen, one of the first seats of the Seven Peaks, passed away.
After the unanimous test of the elders of the Sword Sect, Wu Yuanchen did not have any injuries and traces of fighting on his body, and he belonged to the most normal life-ending death, so he was buried.
And with the death of Wu Yuanchen, the first seat of Thousand Sword Peak, it seems that the riots of the Sword Sect these days have also come to an abrupt end, and there is no more news of the inexplicable death of disciples or elders.
It's only been seven days, but it's been extraordinarily long and depressing.
Fly to the peak.
Su Qing stretched lazily and made a pot of hot tea, and the fragrance of tea was lingering.
The man sat quietly beside the waterfall, his right index finger tapping lightly on the edge of the chair, and the sunlight refracted through the surging clouds in the sky, beautiful and illusory, full of warm taste.
In recent years, the elders of Thousand Sword Peak, the first Wu Yuanchen, a deputy peak master of Sitting Forget Peak, some people who are extremely important in the Sword Sect have died one after another, plus the thirty-two inconspicuous chess pieces now, the situation has finally brightened a lot.
Lu Lin sat on the rocking chair on the other side and said curiously: "The death of Wu Yuanchen of Thousand Sword Peak should be solved as the end of life?" ”
Su Qingming said calmly: "That's the best." ”
"Okay." Lu Lin smiled and said, "Actually, after discussing with Ming Zhenzi, I originally planned to make some fuss about this person. ”
"It doesn't make sense."
Su Qingming shook his head slightly.
Just as Su Qingming stopped Yu Wenwen's question before.
There is not the slightest evidence, if it really points to those high-ranking big people in the Sword Sect, what can it do?
Thinking of this, Su Qingming suddenly asked curiously.
"The monks in the world are like ants, chasing day and night, but they can't chase the avenue, in this case, why not turn around and choose to become a part of the avenue, this is the last sentence that Wu Yuanchen said to me."
"It's not just him, so many transcendent cultivators who have entered the Holy Realm would rather give up their lives for the sake of prestige and sacrifice their lives for the Land of the Shadow Palace..... And for what? ”
Leaving from Thousand Swords Peak, Su Qingming only had this question left in his mind, and it was also the key to uncovering the secret of the Shadow Palace.
"There are too few clues, and there is no point in any speculation."
Lu Lin was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "We have already done what we can do, and we have already done what we shouldn't do. ”
The corners of Su Qingming's mouth curled slightly, and he closed his eyes and hummed.
What can be done is to solve the thirty-two people on the intelligence, and now that seven days have passed, this reckoning has been over.
What should not be done is naturally to fake the Dao and derive the true person's purpose, and block the Sword Sect with the Liangyi Xuanyuan Great Array.
The Liangyi Xuanyuan Great Array was extremely powerful, and even the current Ming Zhenzi and Su Qingming combined forces could not be activated, so at this moment, the hazy qi machines in the sky that looked terrifying and ethereal were just extremely profound tricks.
A few people saw through it but didn't say anything, and the rest didn't dare to risk their lives even if they were skeptical.
"If nothing else, the rest of the holy places should have ended their reckoning." Lu Lin said.
"Is that man still alive?" Su Qingming asked.
"I don't know."
Lu Lin said calmly: "Look at the will of heaven." ”
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Early morning.
The morning sun rises slowly.
The sound of sword practice came from a great distance.
A man in a black robe covering his head woke up from a dream, his faint silhouette unusually pale.
The man looked at the sky in the distance from the second floor of a certain courtyard, but the scenery was still the same, so he sighed a little boredly.
After sighing, the man began to water the flowers and plants around the courtyard.
It's boring, but it's still a lot of fun.
Suddenly, a flying sword suddenly flew crookedly from the sky, and with a bang, it stuck into the wall next to the man, shaking up a little dust.
The man raised his eyebrows slightly, but there was a hint of amusement.
After a while, a young man outside the door showed his head and said nervously: "Yes.... Right.... I'm sorry, I didn't control the flying sword. ”
The black-robed man squatted in front of the flower garden and beckoned with a smile, "Come here, let's talk." ”
The young man hesitated for a moment and whispered, "Why don't you give me back the flying sword, I can't enter these places." ”
The black-robed man pretended to sigh with regret, "Then in that case, this flying sword can't be returned to you." After all, I can't play with swords, and if I get hurt, it will be a big loss. ”
Hearing this, the young man's mouth opened wide, and his eyes were full of struggle and grievance.
After a while, as if the cherishing of the flying sword exceeded the door rules, as soon as he gritted his teeth, the whole person slipped directly into the courtyard, squatted beside the man, and begged: "Please, return this flying sword to me, this is what the sect finally gave me, if not, it will be miserable." ”
The black-robed man smiled and said, "Young man, don't worry, how can you practice swordsmanship in such a hurry, come, talk to me, I've been here alone for a long time, it's too boring, what's your name?" ”
"My name is Shaohai."
The young man scratched his head, and looked around a little cautiously, "Master said, I can't talk to you casually. ”
"Who is the master?" The black-robed man raised an eyebrow.
The young man said simply: "A master is a master." ”
The black-robed man smiled with a look on his face that you were too young, "Your master is just a master, do you know who I am?" The Supreme Elder of this sect is now living in seclusion here, and if he can say a few words to me, then maybe you can walk out of this sect and cultivate by leaps and bounds from now on, and the Great Dao is just around the corner. ”
Although the boy is simple, he is not stupid, he just waits for a dead fisheye and does not speak.
"This guy is not easy to fool....."
The man thought to himself, then rolled his eyes, lay directly on the ground, and sighed: "Shaohai, have you ever gone out after practicing here?" ”
"No, I've been here since I can remember, and the farthest place I've ever walked in my life is the cliff in front of the mountain gate."
Shaohai grinned, "But the master said, this is the rule of the sect, only if you can reach the cave realm first, you are qualified to travel out of the sect, so none of us have ever gone out." ”
The black-robed man looked at his eyes with a thoughtful expression.
"Can I go?"
"No."
With a flick of the man, the flying sword spirit on the wall flew out and floated in front of the young man.
"Hey, thanks."
The young man hurriedly held the flying sword in his arms, as if he was afraid of losing it again, turned around and left, but stopped halfway through, turned his head and asked curiously, "Uncle, what is your name?" ”
The black-robed man closed his eyes and said without hesitation: "Li Heilian." ”
The young man scratched his head and said, "The clothes are quite dark, but your face is quite pale, it should be called Li Bailian, like a lonely ghost, hehe." ”
As soon as the words fell, the black-robed man's face suddenly became cloudy, and when he opened his eyes, a pair of somewhat cold and evil eyes stared straight at the young man, and said faintly: "Boy, how do you know that I am a lonely ghost?" ”
As the words fell, the man's entire head was directly separated from his body, turning into smoke and floating in the air.
Shaohai's legs trembled, he shouted a ghost, and ran out of here almost like a fart.
The black-robed man returned to his original state and laughed in place, as if tears were coming out of his eyes.
"Looks like you're bored here."
A moment later, a cold voice sounded.
The Heavenly Punishment Master of the Shadow Hall stood on the wall of the courtyard, his face was calm, and his meaningless eyes looked at the black-robed man quietly, and there was even a trace of unpredictable killing intent in his eyes.
"I've become a lonely ghost, and I can't go out to see it, of course I have to have some fun, otherwise it will be very boring."
Xu Daoling didn't raise his head, "Of course, all of this is still thanks to Mr. Heavenly Punishment Master for taking care of me, so that my wisp of soul, which was about to disappear, found a remnant body again." ”
The Heavenly Punishment Master lowered his eyes slightly, and said indifferently: "There has been a lot of movement in the Nine Holy Lands recently, but our people have not reported any news, and I am a little uneasy. ”
Xu Daoling smiled and said: "The people of the Shadow Hall Land have been arrogant in the Great Wilderness Ancient Realm for so long, and now that the major holy lands have solved the matter of the Lingyun List, it is natural that they will come to liquidate us with peace of mind, which is expected." ”
"People from the Land of the Shadow Temple?" The Heavenly Punishment Master said lightly.
Xu Daoling turned his head and said in surprise: "If you bite the words like this, is it possible that Mr. Heaven will punish the master for any dissatisfaction with me?" Or doubt me? ”
The unfathomable man said indifferently: "You haven't been at ease since you came here in the past three years, although I can't see anything, but you know most of the situation, so I hope your curiosity doesn't need to be too heavy." ”
"Just seeing the tip of the iceberg makes me scared, and I don't dare to see anything, lest Mr. Master be punished by heaven to kill me."
"I hope so."
The Heavenly Punishment Master looked into his eyes and said, "I have already found out just now, Luo Zhen's old thing colluded inside and outside to leak the secrets of the Shadow Palace, the question is how he knows the secret secrets of the people of the Holy Land, this matter is only known to a few people, including you, so he is already sending people to look for him, and the truth will be revealed after finding him." ”
Xu Daoling yawned, smiled and said: "Spent such a big price to resurrect me, Mr. Heavenly Punishment Master, you naturally won't kill me again because of a little suspicion, in this case, it is better to relax and wait, after all, it will come to light, I am loyal to the Shadow Palace, I am not sorry to die, but if you lose me, your hard work will not be wasted in the end?" ”
The Heavenly Punishment Master did not speak.
Because this sentence does make a lot of sense.
"I hope so, don't let me down, or you'll end up miserable."
The Heavenly Punishment Master dropped these words, and his entire body disappeared into the void.
The air was quiet again.
Xu Daoling has been lying on the ground, not caring about the threat just now, just looking at the sky with his eyes, thinking that what fate would be worse than becoming a lonely ghost?
I thought about it seriously.
He found that it seemed to be not.
The man smiled, looked at the dim sunlight, and muttered, "Do you know why I changed my name to Li Heilian?" ”
No one answered.
There was silence in the courtyard.
This hidden sect that doesn't seem to know the specific plane is actually not very prosperous on the surface, covering an area of about 30 acres of land, only two or three buildings are the ancestral hall of the ancestors, plus a back mountain, it is considered an absolute last-class sect in the cultivation sect, and the talent of the disciples is not high, it is said that it is sword practice, but in fact, there are not a few disciples who make people shine, they are all like simple teenagers in the nearby countryside, but it is precisely because of this that the strangeness here is more and more revealed.
Walking out of the mountain gate, it is a sea of clouds with no way out for a year, in the vast world, how can such a low-end sect occupy such a good time and place? Even the Eastern Ancestral State, which has the most spiritual power in the Immortal Mountain, cannot be so extravagant.
Perhaps this is the true secret of the Shadow Palace.
"It's boring." Xu Daoling stretched.
In fact, he couldn't figure out where he was until just now, but there was one sentence that Xu Daoling liked very much.
That's what his teacher said a long time ago: "All conspiracies and doubts, eliminate all impossibilities, and then the rest, no matter how implausible, will be the truth." ”
Even now that he thinks about it, Xu Daoling feels that his master is really .... A wonderful person who doesn't belong to this era, the kind that he is ashamed of.
The man stood up and returned to the lobby of the house, glanced at the white piece of paper that had been on the table for three years, and the corners of his mouth turned slightly, revealing a very strange and funny smile.
To say how strange and interesting Fabao is.
Or the academy is the worst.
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The next few days.
The Heavenly Punishment Master of the Shadow Hall appeared like a ghost in this sect, often appearing outside Xu Daoling's courtyard to observe this guy's every move.
However, to his regret, Xu Daoling deliberately chatted with the disciple named Shaohai on weekdays except for practicing calligraphy, and for a little fun, he didn't take any other actions, and it seemed that he didn't act in the accident world at all.
But the more this happened, the more uneasy he felt in his heart.
Three days later, a middle-aged man appeared behind the Heavenly Punishment Master, and said in a voice that seemed to be panicked: "Luo Zhen doesn't know why he returned again.... This continent seems to have found something, but how is this possible? Could it be something else? ”
The eyes of the Heavenly Punishment Master instantly became extremely weird, and his eyes stared at Xu Daoling in the courtyard, not knowing why the killing machine appeared, and he almost couldn't help his killing intent.
The middle-aged man's eyes were not good, and there was an extremely hideous scar on his right eye, and he said gloomily: "Although there is no evidence, since he came here, the news has kept leaking out, and if he doesn't kill again, there will be endless trouble!" Sooner or later, our plans will come..."
The Heavenly Punishment Master didn't speak, but slowly clenched the hands behind him.
For a whole hundred years, the Heavenly Punishment Master rarely cherished his talents so much, and Xu Daoling was the only one, so he reshaped a ghost body for Xu Daoling at a great cost, and even put it into the most core area of the Shadow Palace, so that he knew too many secrets.
Although at the moment Xu Daoling woke up, the Heavenly Punishment Master was already a little unsure of whether his behavior was appropriate.
If it was the same as before, the Heavenly Punishment Master at this moment would have already held the attitude of preferring to kill the wrong person and not let it go, and the thunder took action to suppress it, and made him suffer from capital punishment day and night.
But because of this, he is now in a dilemma.
The more important basis is that Xu Daoling resisted Zhuo Jianzun's sword three hundred years ago.
If he didn't come to the rescue at that time, then the gods would not come back, and his life would be exchanged for his trust, if it was really acting, it would be too real.
He didn't believe that the head of the Sword Sect would personally take the initiative to cooperate to act in such a lame play, nor did he believe that he would take the initiative to enter the game set by the other party.
The eyes of the Heavenly Punishment Master instantly became clear, he exhaled lightly, and said calmly: "Order, send that guy with a knife, let go of your hands and feet, you must kill that guy Luo Zhen outside at any cost." ”
"Yes!"