Chapter 111: Thief for Theft
Although the Taiqing Sect Master Li Yuanxiao had already instructed not to spread the news about the betrayal of the sect by the Second Elder Xie Ningdong, it was not long before the news spread throughout the Immortal Cultivation Realm of the Qinglong Continent.
These days, Lu Hailong's heart has not been very stable. First, Xie Ningdong did not say the reason for betraying the sect, and second, no one knew how many secrets Xie Ningdong knew about the sect and how much he leaked out. Lu Hailong faintly felt that this matter was not so simple.
Lu Baifeng and the others returned from Qianlong County, and Lu Hailong learned that they had found the Beidou Shuiling Cave, so he swept away the haze in his heart.
"During this time, your cultivation realm has stabilized a lot, and it seems that you are not lazy. Lu Hailong's spiritual sense was casually explored and he was very satisfied.
"Senior, this is really a chore, how are you going to reward us?" asked Zhu Xiaomin with a grin.
"The sect has already given you the best treatment, what else can I reward you?"
"For example...... Senior, do you still have any extra spirit crystals?" Zhu Xiaomin tasted the sweetness of spirit crystals, and he kept thinking about it in his heart.
Lu Hailong didn't answer, thought for a moment, and said, "After the incident of the Beidou Water Ling Cave is over this time, I will personally take you out to travel and practice, how about it?"
"Senior, a word is a certainty!" Zhu Xiaomin was so happy when he heard the word "Yunyou".
Lu Hailong smiled: "Don't be too happy. Cloud travel is secondary, and experience is the mainstay. At that time, only you, Tianxiao and Tianyao will go together, I have a request, within two years, you must reach the Yuanying realm. ”
Everyone present was shocked.
"Senior, two years?" Zhu Xiaomin asked in surprise.
"Why, from the late stage of Hehe cultivation to the early stage of the Yuan Infant period, two years is not enough?" Lu Hailong asked rhetorically.
"But I can only reconcile in the middle of ......"
"Don't you realize? You're already in the late stages of reconciliation. ”
"Ah, why don't I know?" Zhu Xiaomin was even more surprised.
"The three periods of the same realm, the difference is not obvious, not to mention that your cultivation is very low now, so it is even more difficult to distinguish between them. ”
"Xiaomin, it must be the realm that you have improved when you meditate at night after you reached the limit of ice-breaking diving in the ice field. Tang Junhe said.
"It's no wonder that I don't feel as if it's not so hard anymore, it turns out that the realm has improved. Zhu Xiaomin suddenly realized, "Senior, you said that let's stabilize the realm first, but I have ascended to the late stage of harmony, it doesn't matter, right?"
"It doesn't matter. Your ascension to the realm is not with the help of spirit crystals, but by your own cultivation. ”
"Great! But seniors, two years of cultivation to the Yuan Infant? Others can take three years from the late stage of harmony to the early stage of the Yuan Infant......
"Don't let your mind down. Three years is an ordinary immortal cultivator, you are a disciple of my Taiqing Sect first-class root bones, two and a half years is enough. In addition, the spirit crystal can increase the cultivation speed, and then I will personally guide the three of you to cultivate, you must reach the Yuan Infant within two years!" Lu Hailong said solemnly. Two years after the end of the Shuiling Cave incident, the Shuzang Palace was about to open, and then he would not have time to continue to guide the cultivation of several juniors.
Looking at the envious expressions of the others, Lu Hailong said with a smile: "The realm of a few of you is relatively high, even if you follow me to cultivate, you won't get any obvious results in two years, it's enough to have the spirit crystal I gave you." As for Hua Qingyu, you Hua Yimai has its own unique cultivation method, and with your master here, I can't help much. In this case, I will refine some elixir for you as a reward. ”
Everyone thanked Lu Hailong in unison. Just as he was about to leave, Lu Hailong stopped the two brothers, Tianxiao and Tianyao.
After the others walked out of the room, Lu Hailong asked them, "You two think about it carefully, who else knows about the piece of white silk in Tianxiao swaddling, or have you inadvertently revealed it to others?"
Tianxiao pondered for a moment and replied: "Senior, it was written on the white silk that I was not my father's mother's biological son, and I definitely didn't tell anyone. The only people who have seen that piece of white silk should be my father, mother and grandfather. ”
Tianyao asked: "Senior, is that piece of white silk one of the five star silks?"
Lu Hailong nodded: "Don't tell anyone about it, this is the secret of the sect." Go back, I'm going to think about it. ”
Tianxiao and Tianyao bowed deeply to him and exited the door. On the way back to Zhuyuan, Tianyao said: "Brother Xiao, that piece of white silk is really one of the five star silks, no wonder my grandfather's expression was so anxious." ”
Tian Xiao responded, and couldn't help but wonder in his heart: "Who is my biological father? How could you put the Five Dipper Star Silk in my swaddling clothes?" Born but not raised, Tianxiao can't have the slightest emotion for the parents who can be said to have never met.
After the two left, Lu Hailong fell into deep thought again: "The two brothers don't even know which piece of the white silk is one of the five star silks, it shouldn't be the news that they inadvertently leaked." Let's not think about it for now, the trip to Konoha Cave has long ended, and now the top priority is to think about the quota allocation of Shuiling Cave. Thinking about it, he touched it in his arms, and suddenly stood on the spot, breaking out in a cold sweat, the Big Dipper Silk that should have been lying in his arms was gone!
Lu Hailong hurriedly searched his body up and down, but still didn't find the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk. Could it have fallen somewhere? What an important thing, he didn't believe he could be so careless. Since it wasn't dropped carelessly, there was only one possibility that it could be stolen.
Lu Hailong stabilized his mind and carefully recalled everything that had happened in the past few days. Since Li Yuanxiao handed over the Big Dipper Silk to himself, he has never taken it out again, nor has he changed his clothes. When was it stolen, and by whom? He felt like his head was about to explode. Suddenly, a light flashed in his mind, and he remembered something. That was when Song Xinrong attacked with a magic sound, Miao Haoshang and Jiang Huangu hurriedly pushed a group of disciples into the door, and there was a consciousness
The unclear disciple was pushed and stumbled into Lu Hailong. During this time, the only one who had physical contact with him was this disciple.
After thinking about everything, Lu Hailong called Miao Haoshang, Jiang Huangu, Huangfuyu, Helianxin and Li Yuanxiao, and calmly told them that the Big Dipper Silk had been stolen. Everyone was shocked and hurriedly asked about the specific situation. Lu Hailong recounted what Fang had just thought, and Li Yuanxiao was angry: "Master, do you remember what that disciple looks like? I will immediately call the sect disciple to come over and recognize it for you!"
"Well, it doesn't have to. Lu Hailong smiled bitterly, "The person who stole the silk must know that I have the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk in my arms, and pretended to be delirious and bumped into me, and stole things from me without realizing it in the snap of his fingers, and there are few people in the entire Qinglong Continent who can do it." That little disciple was not from the Taiqing Sect at all. ”
"Old Lu, listen to what you mean, could it be that the Pei brothers did it?" Jiang Huangu said suddenly.
"That's right, with such a magical disguise technique, coupled with the theft technique that can be called a 'miraculous skill', there are only two brothers, the 'Thousand Hand Thief Saint' Bei Yuankai and the 'Shadowless Thief God' Bei Yuanguan!"
"Then guess which one it is?" Miao Haoshang asked.
Lu Hailong analyzed: "Bei Yuankai is relatively 'upright' and has always believed that 'thieves also have a way'; But the preciousness of the Big Dipper Silk is self-evident, and it is not impossible for Bei Yuan to close......"
"Didn't Bei Yuanguan successfully break through the Southern Dipper Six-Mangg's Array in the Huoyun Cave with you? If it was really stolen by Bei Yuanguan, then he wouldn't be a thing!" Jiang Huan Gu said.
Lu Hailong nodded: "Ten ** is made by Bei Yuankai." ”
"I wonder if the two Taoist friends Huangfu and Helian can help us take back the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk?" Miao Haoshang looked at Huangfu Yu and Helian Xin.
Huangfuyu frowned and said, "It's not that my sisters are unwilling, it's just that we are not completely sure." Bei Yuankai is in the middle of the tribulation realm, if we fight, even if we have two enemies and one, we may not be able to hurt him; in addition, he has excellent physical skills, if he wants to escape, none of us can catch up. ”
Seeing Huangfu and Helian showing embarrassed expressions, Miao Haoshang turned to Lu Hailong again: "Old Lu, do you have any solution?"
"It's not that there is no way. There are three countermeasures for this matter: upper, middle, and lower. Fight with Bei Yuankai and recapture the Big Dipper Seven Star Scroll, this is the next policy. The next strategy war, although the grasp is not big, but fortunately, it is direct, if it can restrain Bei Yuankai, it is the best, if the treasure silk is still on him, once it is searched, he will not be allowed to deny it. Lu Hailong said.
"Why don't we ask those people from the Dragon Clan to do us a favor?" Jiang Huangu proposed.
"I've thought about this before, and it's not appropriate. Lu Hailong shook his head and denied, "This matter has nothing to do with the Dragon Clan, the Dragon Clan will not necessarily take care of our affairs, and it would be a pity to use the last chance of the Nine Dragons Teng Yunpei." Besides, with Bei Yuankai's body, it is a question whether a few people from the Dragon Clan can restrain him. If he escapes, the news will not be good for us. ”
"Then you talk about the middle strategy and the best policy. Huangfu Yu said.
"In the middle of the war. We contacted the immortal cultivators who went to the Five Dipper Star Cave together, found Bei Yuankai, and put pressure on him to hand over the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk. Seeing the approval on the faces of several people, Lu Hailong paused, and said: "Zhongce doesn't need to fight with Bei Yuan, and in front of so many people, he can't escape." But the disadvantage is that the news of the Big Dipper will be exposed in advance, and in addition, if Bei Yuankai always refuses to show up or refuse to admit it, there is no good way. This is true, and without conclusive evidence, this method may not work.
"Conspiracy. Since he is not very sure of the strength of Bei Yuankai, he will outwit it. Lu Hailong said it simply.
Huang Fuyu shook his head: "How long has Bei Yuankai been a thief? Does Lu Daoyou have a good plan?"
Lu Hailong sighed: "There is only one plan, and I don't know if it is a good plan." Bei Yuankai has already been to the Xidou Jinge Cave, and he can't enter the Beidou Shuiling Cave. Therefore, after he stole the silk, he would definitely transfer it to someone else in exchange for what he needed. In this way, he should have transferred the treasure silk to a Mahayana realm master who had not entered any of the Five Dou Star Caves, and it was very likely to be one of the other six major sects......"
Jiang Huangu suddenly interrupted: "Old Lu, I don't understand, what did he do when he transferred it to the six major sects?"
"In exchange for the sect's Sword Book Secret Book. Lu Hailong speculated, "Bei Yuankai is a loose cultivator, and what he wants most is nothing more than the profound sword book of the great sect. Over the years, he had stolen the sword books of many small and medium-sized sects and loose cultivators, but the sword books of the seven major sects had never been touched. ”
Jiang Huangu asked again: "Then why are you only a person in the Mahayana realm?"
"You can't enter a cave under the Mahayana realm, so naturally you don't need to say it. As for the masters of the Tribulation Realm, their cultivation is not much different from that of Bei Yuankai, in case of bad intentions towards Bei Yuan, he will be asking for trouble. Besides, there are only a few masters of the Tribulation Realm who care about the Five Dou Star Silk, and they have all been to one of the Five Dou Star Caves. Those Tribulation Realm masters who didn't show up at the beginning still won't show up at this time. Therefore, it is most prudent to exchange with the Mahayana cultivators of the six major sects. After all, the temptation of the peerless immortal sword is extremely great, I believe that no one will be stingy with the sword book of this sect, right?" Lu Hailong deliberated extremely carefully, and every point was well considered.
Everyone nodded frequently when they heard this, and Miao Haoshang exclaimed: "Old Lu, you are so amazing, you have thought of so much." So what's your plan?"
"Quickly dispatch the disciples of the Hunting Words Hall in the sect, and always pay attention to the movements of the other six major sects. If I find that a man in black has entered or left the sect, I will report it immediately, and I will personally go to retrieve the treasure silk at that time. People who believe in the Mahayana realm are not my opponents yet. Lu Hailong said.
"What if other sects also have Tribulation Realm masters in charge?" Jiang Huangu asked.
Lu Hailong shook his head: "The possibility is extremely small. Feng Ling Sect's 'Jade-Faced Flying Fox' Zhao Chanyu, Ethereal Sect's 'Wandering Immortal' Bao Shihan, Red Sun Sect's 'Burning Sun Flying Eagle' Yuan Qitian and Cold Moon Sect's 'Cold-faced Crow' Yang Zhiyuan and his wife, and Ye Lizong's 'Heavenly Flying Peng' Bai Heng and other five people have died in the Fire Cloud Cave. Only Xue Yuelin, the 'Queen Mother of the West Moon' of the Tianyun Sect, is more troublesome...... However, Bei Yuankai knew that Xue Yuelin had been staying in the Tianyun Sect, and if he followed the previous analysis, he should not let the masters of the Tribulation Realm know that he had the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk, so he would not exchange with the people of the Tianyun Sect. No matter which sect the treasure silk ended up in, it wasn't stolen by them, but I went to snatch it back, which would inevitably lead to a festival between the two sects, and I blamed Bei Yuan for opening the cultivation to be too high, and my strategy was really helpless. ”
Miao Haoshang couldn't cry or laugh: "I heard you say 'Shang Xue Strategy', I thought you had some clever plan, it turned out that you were waiting for Bei Yuankai to snatch the treasure silk back." ”
Lu Hailong smiled bitterly: "Then what good way do you have? Bei Yuankai and the six major sects will definitely not announce the news of the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk, this method has a greater grasp than the middle strategy and the lower strategy." Although it is not very glorious, it is also to retrieve the lost things of our sect, which is understandable. ”
Li Yuanxiao, who had not been silent for a long time, suddenly said: "Master, seniors, I don't know much about the masters of the Tribulation Realm. According to rumors in the rivers and lakes, that Pei Yuankai also has a brother named Bei Yuankai, although the two are also thieves, but their personalities and styles are very different, but is it true?"
"That's true. Lu Hailong replied.
"Then I wonder what the relationship between the two brothers is?" Li Yuanxiao asked again.
"It's never a good match. ”
Li Yuanxiao smiled slightly: "Then I have a plan." I once heard that Bei Yuanguan said that 'thieves also have a way', and it seems that he has a lot of complaints about Pei Yuankai's behavior. Master, why don't you just ask Pei Yuan to close his hand and bring back the Big Dipper Silk Thief?"
As soon as these words came out, Miao Haoshang clapped his hands and laughed: "This method is good, and he will be treated in the way of others, Bei Yuankai can steal out, and Bei Yuanshu can steal it back." ”
Jiang Huangu said: "However, if you talk about stealing technology, it should be that Bei Yuankai is slightly better." Besides, I don't know if Bei Yuan is willing to help us. ”
Lu Hailong thought about it for a long time, Li Yuanxiao's proposal was indeed wonderful, but there were some uncertain factors. In the end, he made a decision: "Sect Master Li's method is worth trying. If the treasure silk has been transferred to someone else, then Bei Yuanguan is even more sure to steal it; if the treasure silk is still on Bei Yuankai's body, if he wants to get it back unscathed, only Bei Yuanguan can do it. Even if it fails, at least the secret of the Big Dipper will not be revealed, and then think of other ways. The most important key to this method is to see if Bei Yuan is willing to make a move, and there is one more point, who knows where he is now?"
Several people's eyes were on Huangfu Yu and Helian Xin, and the hidden place of the master of the tribulation was estimated to be known only by the same master.
Huangfu Yu and He Lianxin shook their heads one after another. Huangfu Yu said: "Fellow immortal cultivators are not very willing to be with the Pei brothers, and we are the same, we can't even talk about friendship, let alone know where he lives." ”
"If he had changed his appearance and had wandered around and had no fixed place to live, he would not have been able to find him. Helian Xin said.
"Is it possible to ask the dragon clan for help in this matter?" Li Yuanxiao made another suggestion.
Lu Hailong slapped his forehead and said happily: "Yes, they may not want to let the dragon clan help us get back the white silk, but it will definitely not be a problem to help find someone." The last time I went to Hanzhou City in Youlong County to discuss the trip to Jinge Cave, I saw Bei Yuanguan, and at that time he said that he was invited by Jairus, which means that Jairus must know about Pei Yuanguan's retreat. Without further ado, I immediately set off for Hanzhou. ”
The sun is thin, and the sky is about to be twilight. Lu Hailong flew towards the west at high speed with one person and one sword. The loss of the Big Dipper Silk was like a heavy boulder that always weighed on his heart. "The Big Dipper Silk was lost in my hands, and I must find it back. If Bei Yuanshu refuses, how should he be persuaded then......" Thinking all the way, Lu Hailong wore the stars and the moon and kept stopping, and a few days later, the outline of Hanzhou City appeared in the distance.
"Brother Lu, I haven't seen you for a long time. As soon as he entered the city, Jairus sent a message of greeting.
Lu Hailong came to the Forget Worry Building familiarly, and the prisoner Niu and Jianwei were already sitting at a square table.
"Brother Lu, have you ever caught a traitor?" Prisoner Niu smiled faintly, moved the stool next to him, and motioned for Lu Hailong to sit down.
"Thank you, Brother Prisoner, the traitor has been found. I'm here this time to bother Brother Jairsa to help me find someone. Lu Hailong got straight to the point.
"Who are you looking for?" raised his eyebrows.
"'Shadowless Thief God' Bei Yuan is closed. It's about the Big Dipper, and Brother Wangjian must help me with this. ”
"It's easy to find people. What happened to the Big Dipper?" Jairus asked curiously.
Lu Hailong told the story of discovering the lost treasure silk, discussing countermeasures, and deciding to return the theft to theft.
Jairus and the Prison Ox both laughed when they heard this. Jianhua said: "This plan is interesting. Before the Huoyun Cave was separated, I had asked Bei Yuanguan where he lived. He lived in the Howling Forest Valley in Kanglong County. Brother Lu, if he doesn't agree then, you can say so......"
After hearing this, Lu Hailong stood up, hugged his fists and said, "Thank you Brother Jairian for your advice." I was anxious to find the treasure silk, and it was inconvenient to stay for a long time, so I said goodbye, and regretted it for a while. ”
The prisoner Niu and Jairus got up to see him off and sent him out of Hanzhou City. Lu Hailong rushed back day and night. "I didn't expect Bei Yuanshu to be in Kanglong County, causing me to cross the Qinglong Continent back and forth. He muttered to himself.
Xiaolin Mountain, located in the northeast corner of Kanglong County, is a branch of the Wuling Mountain Range. The jungle is dense and uninhabited, making it a good place to retreat.
Looking at the vast forest below, Lu Hailong thought to himself: "'Shadowless Thief God' Bei Yuan, let's see who is more powerful between you and 'Thousand Hands Thief Saint' Bei Yuankai." ”