Chapter 48: Suspicion
In the southeast of the country, it is roughly divided into five major territories and Danzhou, except for Tianhai Academy, it is the largest and most powerful Dongyang Territory, the latter has been secretly making small and medium-sized moves over the years, threatening and co-opting the small and medium-sized forces of all parties, so as to expand the territory and claim hegemony.
And this kind of overlooking posture also made the other lords wary, although they smiled on the surface, but as soon as they seized the opportunity, they would definitely kill each other.
Lin Jing, the current principal of Chiyun Collar, has always not bought Dongyang Collar very much, and there is friction between the two major territories, and the patriarch of the Nangong family also looks at it very unpleasantly.
Because of this relationship, coupled with the fact that Nie Xuan and Ye Qian'er had a close relationship, Nangong Bai made it difficult for him, relying on his prestige and fame in the academy, and repeatedly instructed his disciples to ask him for trouble. Therefore, Nie Xuan naturally didn't have much affection for Dongyang Ling, if he could destroy their good deeds, he couldn't ask for it.
With his palm rubbing such a strange gray wrench, Nie Xuan's eyes were suddenly full of curious colors, and he looked at it seriously, and then frowned.
This gray wrench looked special, but it was not a precious thing, and Nie Xuan seemed to be able to feel the aura fluctuations faintly coming from the gray wrench. This fluctuation is very similar to his storage bag.
"This wrench is also a storage item?"
Nie Xuan groaned slightly, playing with the gray wrench in his hand, his face was a little hesitant, generally speaking, the storage items have their owner's spiritual imprint on them, if others want to invade them, they must use their own spiritual power to erase the imprint, so that they can take the items in the storage space as their own.
Originally, with his spiritual power in the condensation period, he naturally couldn't do this, but now that Xiong Tang is dead, the spiritual imprint in his fingers should also be eliminated.
Nie Xuan smiled lightly, then closed his eyes, and a strong spiritual force slowly injected into the wrench, and suddenly a picture of a space appeared in his mind, which was a storage space.
In that finger space, Nie Xuan found a lot of things, but those were all messy, just Xiong Dang's personal belongings, he roughly flipped through them, and didn't find anything strange.
"Anyway, he is also the head of the Iron and Stone Regiment, and there are a lot of valuable things in the storage space, and it seems that he usually loots the people's fat and ointment. "The spiritual power swept around, and Nie Xuan also found some treasures, in addition to a large amount of gold and silver property, there were also some pills and spirit stones and the like.
He was particularly pleased with the abundance of the harvest.
However, Nie Xuan was not too surprised, the iron and stone group had been at ease in the southeast land for many years, and had been under the protection of the Dongyang Lord, and he didn't know how many treasures he had collected. Xiong Dang, as their leader, even if he was in a hurry when he fled, the wealth he possessed should not be underestimated, and now he is cheap Nie Xuan.
"To be able to attract the people of the Nangong family to chase and kill like this, the things on Xiong Dang's body should not be these... Search it carefully..."Nie Xuan's heart moved slightly, and his mental power continued to search the storage space.
He didn't let go of every inch.
This search lasted for a long time, Nie Xuan's expression suddenly moved, a flash flashed in the white palm, and an ancient and obsolete piece of iron appeared, when his spiritual power swept over those items, except for those miscellaneous items, the rest of the things about the cultivator were more or less aura fluctuations.
One of the slightly special ones is this old piece of iron.
On the surface of this piece of iron, there was a faint aura fluctuation, which was almost imperceptible. It was hidden in the gap between the books by Xiong Dang, and if he didn't pay attention, Nie Xuan almost didn't see it.
At this time, he discovered that this thing was special, the material seemed to be like iron, but it had a woody texture, as hard as stone, and on the front of the iron piece, there were a large number of complex and obscure patterns, and the aura fluctuation just now was emanating from that pattern.
On the back of the iron sheet, the lines appear to be somewhat clear, and at a cursory glance, it seems to be a black python that looks up to the sky and roars, and the huge body of the giant python is coiled, and there are black flames around it.
The environment he was in seemed to be an extremely large basin, with a volcanic crater emitting smoke and a large number of small black snakes nearby.
"What kind of monster is this?"
Nie Xuan was a little surprised, although the iron sheet was a little blurry, he still felt a trace of inexplicable shock on the pattern, especially when he saw the black python's lantern-like eyes, he even felt dizzy in his mind.
This made him very curious, what kind of demon beast was it, just a pattern, he could actually feel a trace of heart palpitations? Could it be a third-order demon beast?
Nie Xuan frowned, looking at the iron piece in his hand, but to no avail, so he could only shake his head, the intuition in his heart told him that I am afraid that this thing is the treasure that the Nangong family has tried every possible way to get. As for the purpose of this mysterious iron piece, he still did not know.
However, Lin Jing is well-informed and should be able to know what this thing is.
Nie Xuan grinned, and just wanted to search the gray wrench again, when his expression suddenly moved, and in the depths of the woods, there was a sound of breaking wind, and it seemed that the situation was coming from his side.
Hearing the movement, Nie Xuan quickly put the iron piece in his hand into the wrench space, and then hid the gray wrench, he first covered Xiong Dang's corpse, and then jumped and swept towards the woods in front of him.
After a while, the sound of the breaking wind gradually approached, and several figures appeared in the clearing.
With his eyes swept slightly, Nie Xuan couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when he saw the somewhat familiar face of the academy, it turned out to be Su Yanluo and Teacher Shen An.
"Nie Xuan, how are you?"
As soon as Shen An appeared, he saw Nie Xuan standing under the big tree, and the stone that was originally hanging in his heart was finally put down, and a touch of joy appeared on his face, and he came to the young man's side and asked.
"I'm fine. Nie Xuan shook his head and smiled slightly.
Although the battle between him and Xiong Dang was thrilling, fortunately a purple pupil appeared at a critical moment, which prevented him from dying at Xiong Dang's hands, and although he had been injured before, he also gained a lot of benefits. If it weren't for the pressure faced between life and death, the development of that black source seed would not have gone so smoothly.
Xiong Dang, that guy is really his lucky star.
"I heard that your senior sister came back to report that you met Xiong Dang, the leader of the Iron and Stone Regiment, so you chased you all the way, and it is amazing that you have been able to hold on until now. Shen An was immediately relieved when he saw that Nie Xuan was in good condition, then looked at the surrounding bushes and said, "By the way, what about that guy Xiong Dang?"
"That guy can't protect himself, and he dares to touch my disciples of Tianhai Academy, it's really a bear's heart and a leopard's gall! ”
Nie Xuan laughed dryly, then turned sideways, looked at the bushes not far away, and said, "Teacher, if you don't do it yourself, that guy is already dead." ”
"Dead?"
Hearing the young man's words, Shen An suddenly paused, and Su Yanluo behind him was also stunned, and then Shen An's sleeve robe waved, and the strong wind directly blew the grass away, and then they saw that next to the bush, there was a cold body lying down, and this person was Xiong Dang.
Looking at the cold corpse on the ground, a look of shock suddenly appeared on the faces of Shen An, Su Yanluo and the others, and they looked at Nie Xuan in disbelief: "What the hell is going on?"
Nie Xuan was just about to answer them, when the sound of breaking wind suddenly came from the rear again, and he saw Nangong Chen coming with many soldiers, followed by Nangong Bai, who saw that Nie Xuan was safe and sound at the moment, and a trace of surprise suddenly appeared in his eyes.
"Xiong Dang!"
Nangong Chen was the first to find the corpse of Xiong Dang on the ground, his face changed slightly, and he hurriedly said, "What's going on? Who killed Xiong Dang?"
As soon as his words fell, Nangong Bai beside him couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth slightly, his curious eyes stared at Nie Xuan, and said coldly: "Nie Xuan, you did this, right?"
At this moment, the curious eyes around couldn't help but converge towards Nie Xuan's body, and there was some surprise on their faces.
Xiong Dang, the leader of the Iron and Stone Regiment, was this guy killed?
Seeing the many eyes around him shifting over, Nie Xuan frowned slightly, shook his head and said, "This Xiong Dang was going to chase me before, and he almost lost his life, if the white wolf hadn't arrived in time, I might have died at his hands." ”
"White wolf?"
Nangong Chen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he glanced at the white wolf next to him with some suspicion, and when he saw the blood stains on its paws, he suddenly believed a little in his heart, and then with a wave of his palm, two warriors immediately came to the corpse, squatted down and searched, and after a while, they shook their heads towards Nangong Chen.
Seeing this, the corners of Nangong Chen's mouth suddenly twitched, his eyes stared at Nie Xuan coldly, and he said indifferently: "Nie Xuan, the things on Xiong Dang's body should be here, right?"
"What is it?" Nie Xuan blinked lightly and said curiously: "This guy was just killed by Zitong, and he was covered in dirt, so I have no interest in turning over the body of a dead person." ”
Nangong Chen's eyes were slightly cold, and he clenched his fists.
"Nie Xuan, you don't pretend to be garlic, you must have taken the things on Xiong Dang's body, otherwise how could it not be?" I advise you to hand it over as soon as possible, and don't force us to search our bodies. Nangong Bai scolded angrily.
"I said I didn't take it, I just didn't take it, and as for whether you believe it or not, that's your business. Nie Xuan pursed his lips and said helplessly: "Do you really believe that Xiong Dang guy will put important things on his body?"
Nangong Bai's expression was stunned, a little speechless, Xiong Dang, as the head of the Iron and Stone Regiment, was also a cunning person, with his thoughts, it was very likely that he would put the treasures elsewhere.
"Even so, you can't get rid of suspicion. Nangong Chen waved his hand, stepped forward, and immediately stared at Nie Xuan with faint eyes, and said, "If Young Master Nie Xuan is really innocent, just let my subordinates search their bodies." This is one of the ways to clear your name. ”
Nangong Chen smiled slightly and said, "If it really doesn't, then I have wronged you." I will definitely pay you a loss, Young Master Nie Xuan, what do you think?"
"Sorry, I refuse. Nie Xuan said coldly.