() "Senior Brother Yan!" Xie Xiaolian greeted her.

The person who came was Yan Luoting. He and Xie Xiaolian lived in Mianzhou, thirty miles to the south, the night before, and planned to find a few juniors and disciples after dawn, but Xie Xiaolian suddenly found that there was a fire in Luping Mountain, where Jin Xianzong was located, in the early hours of the morning, so the two hurried over.

The place where the fire broke out was indeed the Golden Immortal Sect, and it was the most important hall and side hall. After seeing the disciple guarding the door who died tragically at the door, Xie Xiaolian ran straight to the back mountain, while Yan Luoting walked around the outside of the main hall and did not see any figure.

When he came to the back mountain and met Tianyao and the three of them, Yan Luoting's face was a little gloomy: "Three junior brothers and sisters, why are you here?"

"Senior Brother Yan, we only came here to find out that there was a fire here. It's a pity that the fire is too big to do anything about it. We went around to the back mountain and found the corpse of this place, but when we were about to leave, we were mistaken for the murderer by this Taoist friend. Tianyao replied.

"Before dawn, you sneakily appeared in the mountain behind my Golden Immortal Sect, how can you not make people suspicious?" Xie Xiaolian glanced at Zhu Xiaomin.

"Lian'er, don't say it. How could they be disciples of the Taiqing Sect who were also killing each other?" Yan Luoting shouted in a low voice, "Besides, it is impossible for the three of them alone to kill my junior disciples unharmed. ”

Xie Xiaolian just couldn't get used to Zhu Xiaomin's words, and after being reprimanded by Yan Luoting, she was speechless, snorted dissatisfiedly, and stepped aside to investigate the body.

Yan Luoting glanced around and found that almost all the corpses were disheveled, and they were no more than two feet away from the door. This shows that the murderer's movements are fast and his means are very high. "Senior Brother He, did you find any suspicious characters on your way here?" Yan Luoting asked.

Tianyao shook his head: "No, we only arrived a moment earlier than you. ”

"Hmm......" Yan Luoting nodded lightly, "No matter who the murderer is, he is going to be in big trouble." ”

Tianyao and Hua Qingyu glanced at each other, not knowing what Yan Luoting meant by this.

Zhu Xiaomin sneered: "Wouldn't it, right? The women of the Golden Immortal Sect are all, what powerful characters will not be successful?" As she spoke, she also pointed to the corpses of the women not far away.

"Xiaomin!" Tianyao and Hua Qingyu said in unison.

Yan Luoting smiled faintly: "Don't underestimate the power of the Golden Immortal Sect. These who died were all the lowest disciples of the Golden Immortal Sect, and the real masters were all outside. ”

"Hey, it's just some side-of-the-road exercises. Zhu Xiaomin was very disdainful.

Zhu Xiaomin's voice was not small, and he deliberately said it to Xie Xiaolian. But Xie Xiaolian, who should have been furious, did not rush over to quarrel with her, but shouted in surprise: "Senior Brother Yan, come and see!"

Yan Luoting walked over, and Tianyao whispered to Zhu Xiaomin: "Why are you so uncalm? Don't cause resentment and hurt the relationship between the two sects!"

Zhu Xiaomin pouted: "Who made that crazy woman so unreasonable!"

"Xiaomin, pay attention to proportion. Let's go check it out. "Hua Qingyu said.

The three of them came to a pillar, and Yan Luoting was standing in front of the pillar in amazement.

Looking at the pillars, there was a column of handwriting: "Murderer, He Tianxiao"!

"How is it possible!" Tianyao exclaimed, Hua Qingyu and Zhu Xiaomin were also shocked, just now they only cared about looking at the corpses on the ground, but they didn't find the words engraved on the inside of the pillars, and the murderer who was pointed out by the handwriting was the Tianxiao they had been looking for for a long time!

"Who is this He Tianxiao? Do you know?" Xie Xiaolian couldn't help but doubt when she saw the abnormal expressions of several people, and suddenly said to Tianyao, "By the way, I remember that your surname is also He ......."

"That's right, He Tianxiao is his elder brother, he is He Tianxiao's own brother He Tianyao!" Yan Luoting said. I don't know what kind of psychology it is, but a casual smile flashed at the corner of his mouth.

Xie Xiaolian's eyes suddenly widened with anger, rushed over and grabbed Tianyao's collar, and shouted: "Okay, you still say that you are not a murderer!"

Tianyao didn't resist, nor did he say anything, just stared blankly at the handwriting on the pillars.

"What are you doing! let him go!" Zhu Xiaomin raised his hand to call, but was stopped by Yan Luoting.

"Senior Sister Zhu, don't worry. Yan Luoting said, "Lian'er, you misunderstood. He Tianxiao was originally just a disciple of our sect, and he gave up cultivating immortals and left the Taiqing Sect eleven years ago. ”

Xie Xiaolian showed a look of contempt, let go of her hand and squeezed Tianyao's chest hard: "It turned out to be a bearish bear! Hmph, since they are brothers, it is difficult to guarantee that they are not accomplices, and I will make a decision after I make a decision after I show the sect master." You can't leave here until the Sect Master returns!"

"Why? What qualifications do you have to look down on Brother Tianxiao?" Zhu Xiaomin said loudly with a huff.

"Yo, what about 'Brother Tianxiao'? is so affectionate, isn't it your good look?" Xie Xiaolian was weird.

Zhu Xiaomin suddenly laughed a few times: "It's really a dog's eye to look down on people, do you think that the women in the world are as shameless as those sluts in your sect?"

"You ......" Xie Xiaolian's face was red and white with anger, Zhu Xiaomin was sharp-toothed, she was not an opponent at all if she quarreled, and she couldn't beat her with her hands, Xie Xiaolian, who had always been arrogant, was deflated again and again after meeting Zhu Xiaomin, and the resentment in her heart was getting deeper and deeper. In any case, the testimony of the deceased is clear and must not be believed. That He Tianxiao is the murderer!" Xie Xiaolian insisted.

"Okay, okay, don't make any noise. Seeing the tense situation between the two, Hua Qingyu hurriedly pulled Zhu Xiaomin behind him, "Senior Brother Yan, Senior Brother Tianxiao has been missing for eleven years, how could he suddenly appear in the Golden Immortal Sect? I think there is something strange about this, it must be that someone who has a grudge against the Taiqing Sect has done something bad under the pretense of Senior Brother Tianxiao's name, and the purpose is to sow discord between the two sects." ”

Yan Luoting had a disdainful look on his face, and said in a stiff tone: "Flower."

Senior sister, although Senior Brother He and I used to belong to the same sect, hasn't he already broken away from the sect by himself? Now in the face of great rights and wrongs, I naturally cannot favor him. If there are really people who provoke the relationship between the two sects in the name of Senior Brother He, then why do they need to be wiped out? Wouldn't it be more effective to leave my junior brothers to report the news? In addition, Senior Sister Hua, although you and I are called 'senior brother' and 'junior sister', we are not the same sect after all, so I advise you not to interfere and keep your own self alone. ”

Yan Luoting's sentence "not the same clan" made Hua Qingyu speechless.

"Senior Brother Yan, what you said is not right. If the murderer hadn't been killed, wouldn't his identity be exposed? In order to achieve the purpose of provoking trouble, of course, the people of the Taiqing Sect could not stay. Zhu Xiaomin questioned.

Yan Luoting shook his head slightly: "No." If you don't want to reveal your identity, you just need to hide your face. A hat, a mask, and a cloak are all tools that can be used. Those junior disciples are not familiar with Senior Brother He, not to mention that they haven't seen each other for so many years, even if someone fakes them, it is estimated that they will not be able to recognize them. ”

Zhu Xiaomin smiled faintly: "Senior Brother Yan, it turns out that you think so too." Since even fellow disciples of the sect may not be able to recognize it, then this accusation is not credible, and it is not certain that the murderer is Brother Tianxiao. ”

Yan Luoting, who pretended to be smart, was surrounded by Zhu Xiaomin's words.

"This ...... This is true, but it is also not certain that the murderer is not Senior Brother He. Yan Luoting's expression was a little embarrassed, and he secretly scolded in his heart: "This ghost girl is too clever, and she fell in love with her unknowingly!"

Xie Xiaolian suddenly exclaimed: "No, this handwriting was not left by the deceased, but engraved by the murderer himself!"

"What?" the people present were shocked.

"Senior Brother Yan, look at the injuries of these deceased, everyone was killed instantly, where did they have the strength and opportunity to write down who the murderer was? Besides, did the murderer not find these words? Why didn't he scratch off the handwriting? Therefore, there is only one possibility, this is written by the murderer himself!" Xie Xiaolian analyzed.

Yan Luoting's eyes lit up: "Yes! Lian'er, you are so smart!"

Xie Xiaolian sneered: "What an arrogant person, if you kill someone, you have to report your name and look for death!"

Zhu Xiaomin hurriedly said: "The murderer left a handwriting, and it may be framed!"

Yan Luoting glanced at Zhu Xiaomin: "Senior Brother He has been missing for eleven years, to put it mildly, before this, we didn't even know whether he was alive or dead, and how many people knew his name? Besides, he is just a person in the realm of harmony, what is worth framing? If it is to provoke the relationship between the two cases, or that sentence, there is no need for the murderer to be killed." ”

Zhu Xiaomin smiled again: "Senior Brother Yan, your words just prove that Brother Tianxiao is not a murderer." Brother Tianxiao is only in the realm of harmony, how can he kill so many people?"

"Uh......" Yan Luoting couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth. Xie Xiaolian gave him a big white eye, and scolded angrily in her heart: "What stupid!"

"Although Senior Brother He himself claimed to have given up cultivating immortals, who knows if it's true or not...... Isn't he called a 'genius'? It is not impossible for him to cultivate alone all these years. "Yan Luo Pavilion Road.

Seeing that Yan Luoting seemed to have to put the blame on Tianxiao's head, Zhu Xiaomin was furious and scolded like a cannon: "Yan Luoting! Use your brain! Brother Tianxiao, why did he give up the excellent immortal cultivation conditions of the Taiqing Sect and go outside to cultivate alone? I know that you have always been unaccustomed to Brother Tianxiao, but please touch your conscience when you speak!"

Yan Luoting heard Zhu Xiaomin call his name unceremoniously, and couldn't help but shout: "Presumptuous! I am your senior brother, how dare you be so rude?"

Tianyao, who had been silent, spoke at this time: "Senior Brother Yan, Xiaomin, she is in a hurry for a while, and her words are offensive, please don't blame her." I am very familiar with Brother Tianxiao's handwriting, and after careful observation just now, these words do not look like they were written by him, but some of them look like mine. ”

Everyone was puzzled when they heard that the second monk was puzzled, and Yan Luoting asked puzzledly: "Senior Brother He, what do you mean by this? Do you want to say that you yourself are the murderer?"

"It's not. I suspect that the murderer may have seen my handwriting somewhere, and he was just imitating it. Tianyao pointed to the handwriting and explained, "For example, the word 'day', short and long, and late at the end, this is my unique habit of writing, and the same is true of several other words with apostrophes and pinchs." ”

Zhu Xiaomin took a closer look and agreed: "Yes, Brother Tianxiao's writing is powerful, upright and neat, not like this." These words look slightly slanted and lightly forced, but they really look like Brother Tianyao's handwriting. ”

Tianyao nodded: "I don't know what the murderer's intentions are." In short, several senior brothers died innocently, and they had to report to their grandfather first. ”

"Well, I'll report it to Grandpa Li now. Zhu Xiaomin took out the Spirit Breath Jade from his baggage.

was about to send a message, but Zhu Xiaomin's hand was held down by Yan Luoting. "Senior Sister Zhu, don't worry...... he said with some embarrassment, "My Taiqing Sect is far away from here, why don't you let Xiaolian report to the Sect Master of the Golden Immortal Sect to come back and investigate thoroughly, I believe that she will be able to find out right and wrong, and she will never wronged Senior Brother Tianxiao......"

Zhu Xiaomin shook off Yan Luoting's hand: "Senior Brother Yan, four disciples of this sect have died, why should people from other sects investigate thoroughly? They check theirs, we check ours!"

In fact, Yan Luoting's words are all excuses, and his real thoughts are not like this. Those junior brothers, the death was so ugly, they didn't even wear their clothes, and next to them were bewitching women with bare shoulders and thighs, and they could understand what was going on when they thought about it with their toes. It is against the rules of the sect to cultivate with others without permission, and if the sect sends someone to investigate, his own face will not be protected.

Yan Luoting was about to speak, but a loud voice came from behind him: "That's right! The death of a disciple of this sect should be thoroughly investigated by the people of this sect!"

Everyone turned their heads to see that Lu Baifeng was sitting on a rock on the side of the road, holding a wine gourd in his hand.

"Senior Brother Lu!" Zhu Xiaomin said happily

Yell.

"Xiaomin, Hugh is rude! Tianyao bowed his hand.

Hua Qingyu also saluted respectfully.

"Haha, don't call me 'Elder', I'm used to hearing you call me 'Senior Brother', let's still be 'Senior Brother Lu'. Lu Baifeng smiled heartily. Although he became an elder, he still had the same easy-going appearance.

Yan Luoting was a little surprised, this was the second time he had met Lu Baifeng after going down the mountain, and he also saluted: "Senior Brother Lu." ”

When Xie Xiaolian heard that she was an elder of the Taiqing Sect, she didn't dare to slack off, so she hurriedly bowed.

Lu Baifeng raised his head and took a sip of wine, squinted his eyes at Yan Luoting and said, "I didn't say that you can also call me 'senior brother'." Yan Luoting, do you dare to say that that girl is not your double cultivator?"

Xie Xiaolian immediately glared at Yan Luoting with dissatisfaction when she heard this. Since the night she met Yan Luoting, she has been a person from Yan Luoting.

Yan Luoting had to admit: "Don't dare, don't dare." She is indeed my double monastic. I didn't make it clear that day, and I asked Elder Lu for forgiveness. ”

"The women beside those people are also their double cultivators, right? As a senior brother, you actually led your junior disciples to make mistakes together, and when you go back, you must be punished by the law enforcement elders and dealt with according to the sect rules!" Lu Baifeng reprimanded unceremoniously. Privately forming a Taoist couple, deceiving the elders in the sect, and not being strict with the teachers and disciples, Yan Luoting made a lot of mistakes in a row, and it was inevitable that he would be punished when he went back.

"Yes, yes. "Yan Luoting is only resigned.

Zhu Xiaomin pulled Tianyao and Hua Qingyu and ran to Lu Baifeng and asked, "Senior Brother Lu, why did you come here?"

"Actually, I saw you in Jianzhou. Just now I finished my business and am on my way back to the sect. Suddenly I noticed that there was a fire burning here, so I came to take a look, and it just so happened that you were also here. ”

"Elder Lu, I must report this matter to Master as soon as possible and take my leave first. Xie Xiaolian walked over and arched her hand.

Lu Baifeng nodded. Xie Xiaolian didn't look at Yan Luoting, who had a wretched face, and flew away directly.

"What do you think about this?" Lu Baifeng turned his head.

Tianyao said firmly: "Although I don't know who did it, it will definitely not be Brother Tianxiao." ”

"I also believe that it is not Senior Brother Tianxiao. Hua Qingyu agreed.

"Me too. Zhu Xiaomin also said.

Lu Baifeng stood up: "Okay! We think the same! Since this is the case, I will immediately report to the sect master and send someone to investigate this matter. With that, he put away the wine gourd, took out the spirit breath jade, and began to send a message to the spirit.

A moment later, I received a reply. Lu Baifeng probed his spiritual sense and said to a few people: "Okay, Senior Lu and Elder Yu will come to investigate in person, and I will stay here and wait for them." You three don't need to worry, go ahead and look for clues to the peerless immortal sword. Yan Luoting, you immediately go back to the sect to see the law enforcement elders. ”

"Yes. Yan Luoting honestly left the sword.

"Senior Lu is also coming?" Tianyao was a little surprised.

"Yes. This matter is related to the reputation of my Taiqing Sect, which is why Senior Lu attaches so much importance to it. ”

"Senior Brother Lu, when you reprimanded Yan Luoting just now, you were really courageous. In the end, it is an elder, and the momentum is different. Zhu Xiaomin said with a grin.

"Yan Luoting, that guy...... Even before that, I would have reprimanded him like this. His mind was not used for cultivating immortals at all, and the same was true of those dead junior disciples, so the sect master arranged a few of them to the Hunting Speech Hall, hoping that they could play some role. But the sect master was wrong, they became more unscrupulous after they went down the mountain, and now they have done something to disgrace the sect and lost their lives. I don't feel sorry for their deaths at all. Lu Baifeng said angrily, "It's still a few of you who are reassuring." Tianyao, Xiaomin, as long as you continue to cultivate hard, your future achievements are limitless, and the Taiqing Sect may achieve unprecedented brilliant achievements under your leadership. Qingyu, although you are not a member of this sect, but because of your master's relationship, Hua Yimai will always be an unbreakable ally of our sect, and if the Taiqing Sect encounters danger in the future, I hope you will not hesitate to use your superb medical skills to help my sect. ”

"Senior Brother Lu, you praised it falsely. Tianyao smiled.

"Tsk, 'future achievements are limitless', 'leading the Taiqing Sect to achieve glory', why didn't you know that Senior Brother Lu was so good at praising people before?" Zhu Xiaomin covered his mouth and "giggled".

Lu Baifeng knocked Zhu Xiaomin's head: "You are the most naughty." Alright, let's go. ”

The three of them said goodbye to him, and together they left the Golden Immortal Sect. Lu Baifeng looked at the three figures that were getting smaller and smaller, and showed a smile.

Then, Lu Baifeng returned to the front mountain. At this time, the sky was already bright, and the fire in the main hall and side hall of the Golden Immortal Sect was finally extinguished, and the two halls were now only left with broken walls and a few pillars that were blackened by smoke and fire. The elixirs, secret medicines, sword books, and so on in the side hall were all burned. From time to time, the cold wind blows up smoke and ashes, which constantly hovers and drifts in the air, telling of endless depression and desolation.

It took about two days for Lu Hailong and Yu Ruijiang to arrive. Lu Baifeng moved the corpses of the disciples guarding the door and the many corpses in the back mountain into a large room, and when he closed the door, he suddenly felt snow falling leisurely in the sky. Looking at the snowflakes flying all over the sky, Lu Baifeng said to himself: "This snow is falling just right, which can delay the time for the corpse to decompose." ”

The snow was falling heavier and heavier, gradually covering the blood on the ground. In the southern part of the Qinglong Continent, such heavy snow is rare. Lu Baifeng slowly came to the open space in front of the hall, sat on the ground, and began to meditate and cultivate in the vast snow. Snowflakes fell on his head and shoulders, but he never moved.

Time flies by imperceptibly, the snow gradually stops, but the weather is still cold. There was a thick layer of snow on the ground, but Lu Baifeng's body had not changed for a whole day.

Suddenly, Lu Baifeng opened his eyes, stood up, and looked into the air.

Someone's coming.