It is said that in the battle between Xian Jingyue and Zhu Ruoyu at Hangdu Wharf, they first took the opponent's "Dinghai Sword Technique" empty-handed, and were invaded by the cold meridians around the body, and then after a fierce fight on the lake, half of their bodies were frozen by the cold of Dinghai Sword, and the injury was actually not light. Even if he has cultivated to the ultimate realm of "twelve circulations and eight veins", he must slowly move through the meridians and draw the chill out of his body.

In this way, it was not until the afternoon of the day before the "Taihu Lake Martial Arts" that Xian Jingyue finally melted away the last wisp of cold gas after more than ten hours of pranayama, and when the internal breath flowed Zhou Tian, he felt that the veins were unblocked, and the whole person was completely restored as before. At that moment, he pushed open the door, but saw that the Xuanwu Feihuamen led by Ye Dinggong was already waiting outside, seeing that Xian Jingyue was radiant, everyone was happy, but there was a trace of imperceptible worry between his eyebrows.

Xian Jingyue didn't know why everyone reacted like this, and just as he was about to ask, Ye Dinggong had already repelled everyone, pulled him out of the courtyard alone, and came to a private house not far away, but he had already prepared a table of wine and food. Xian Jingyue has been pranayama behind closed doors so far, and Zhengjue is hungry in his belly, so he is not polite at the moment, just bow his head and pick up the rice.

Ye Dinggong didn't move his chopsticks, poured himself a few cups, and then said with a smile: "Brother, you should know that the emperor has bet on you alone in this 'Taihu Lake Martial Arts' held by the imperial court." Whether the Xuanwu Feihuamen can dominate the crowd and dominate the martial arts, including your brother and my net worth, will only look at tomorrow's battle, and my brother can't take it lightly. After that, he saw that Xian Jingyue didn't answer, so he had to make his words clear, and asked again: "I chatted with Zhu Ruoyu during the banquet last night, it seems that the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance, the Emei Sword Sect has to be forced, and tomorrow it will definitely fight with all its might, and a tough battle is inevitable." Brother, you and tell me the truth, if you run into Zhu Ruoyu's Dinghai Sword again, how many chances can you have?"

When Xian Jingyue heard this, she knew what everyone's worries were, and immediately stopped and said: "The Dinghai Sword condenses qi as a wall move, and it is difficult to deal with it yesterday because it was the first time I saw it. However, Zhu Ruoyu has already done it, if I fight again, I have my own way of dealing with it. Ye Dinggong was still relieved, and asked: "Is there a chance of winning more than sixty percent?" Xian Jingyue sighed slightly and replied: "Ten percent." ”

As soon as these words came out, Ye Dinggong couldn't help but smile. He knew that Xian Jingyue was a person, although he was a little arrogant in his words, he never lied, and his previous worries were suddenly swept away, and he hurriedly beckoned Xian Jingyue to eat. After a meal, the two went back to the village chief's house to discuss the grand meeting on the misty peak tomorrow, Xian Jingyue never saw Xie Yixiang, and it was inevitable that he was curious, so he asked everyone present, Ye Dinggong said with a smile: "I haven't seen you for many years, but your junior sister has not changed her nature, and everything must be investigated to the bottom of everything, and it is black and white." Thinking that it was me who made peace with Zhu Ruoyu yesterday, she was not angry in her heart, so she went alone to find the evidence of the Emei Sword Sect...... Hehe, don't blame the old brother for saying a few more words, according to the temperament of this Miss Xie San, it's okay to be a catcher in the torture room, after all, it will be difficult to become a big deal. As for your life's events, brother, you might as well think about it again. ”

However, having said that, Ye Dinggong still sent people from the pro-army Governor's Mansion to find Xie Yixiang's whereabouts, while he stayed with Xian Jingyue to continue to work out the details. Until the night was dark, the people sent to search for him came back one after another, and they all said that Xie Yixiang's whereabouts had not been found, Ye Dinggong was also very puzzled, and said that Xie Yixiang left Xishan Island in a rage. Xian Jingyue gradually became anxious, and said secretly: "Even if the junior sister wants to leave, she should leave the news." Disappeared like this for no reason, could it be something accident?"

Fortunately, it didn't take long for Feng Changfeng, the commander of the "Yiluan Division" of the former pro-army Governor's Mansion, to suddenly come to Mingyue Village, but he found Xie Yixiang's coat, shoes and socks left by the lake and the scabbard of the knife, which was located near Mawang Mountain at the western end of Xishan Island. After a little speculation, everyone knew that she probably went to the area of Dazhu Island on the lake to look for the shipwreck the day before yesterday and investigate the murder of 15 medical officers.

After getting this news, even if Xian Jingyue wanted to go to look for him, Ye Dinggong knew that he couldn't stop him, so he had to tell him a few words, telling him to focus on the overall situation, and no matter what, he couldn't delay tomorrow's "Taihu Lake Martial Arts". That Changfeng was extremely enthusiastic, and took two hundred sergeants to go with Xian Jingyue, first driving a boat to search the lake around Dazhu Island, and then sending the sergeants who were proficient in water into the water, diving to the wreck of the ship where the medical officers were killed, and they were busy for most of the night, but there was still no trace of Xie Yixiang.

Xian Jingyue didn't know the nature of the water, so he could only be in a hurry on the boat. Later, a sergeant who had entered the water returned to the boat, saying that a batch of medicinal herbs had been piled up in the cabin of the wreck ship at the bottom of the lake, but now it had disappeared, and his words were very frightened. Feng Changfeng was stunned for a moment, it turned out that after the shipwreck the day before yesterday, he had already sent someone to dive into the bottom of the lake that night to search the wreck, and saw with his own eyes that a large number of medicinal materials sent by the medical officers were piled up on the lower floor of the cabin, and now it was only a day or two, how could these medicinal materials disappear out of thin air?

At that moment, Feng Changfeng thought hard for a long time, and finally suddenly realized, and sneered: "I see...... Unexpectedly, these powerful ghosts in Taihu Lake not only murdered the lives of the entire boat, but also took advantage of our unpreparedness afterwards to take the medicinal materials in the cabin away, but they were very greedy. As for Miss Xie San's disappearance, most of them were found, if they hadn't followed them all the way, I was afraid that they would have fallen into the hands of these powerful ghosts. ”

Xian Jingyue had heard them mention the "ghosts crying at night" in Taihu Lake on the boat when he came, and immediately asked: "What is the so-called powerful ghost in Taihu Lake?" but saw Feng Changfeng smile and said meaningfully: "If you understand the mystery of the lowly position, why should you come to Taihu Lake to inquire in person this time? The ghosts of Taihu Lake have captured all of them back to Jinling, not to mention the position of the leader of the martial arts alliance that was heard of in the past, but I am afraid that even the post of commander-in-chief of the pro-army Governor's Mansion can be sitting. ”

Xian Jingyue was concerned about Xie Yixiang's safety, how could she have the heart to speculate about the emperor's intentions. Seeing that it was already the fifth watch, Feng Changfeng had no progress here, and then he remembered that there was another son who came with him, with the insights and means of this Guigu heir, maybe he could get some news from him, and even help find the whereabouts of his junior sister.

At that moment, Xian Jingyue separated from Feng Changfeng and returned to Mingyue Village in the south of Xishan Island alone, but saw that there were people from the rivers and lakes who got up early all the way, and they went to Xishan Ethereal Peak, which is known as "the first of the seventy-two peaks of Taihu Lake", but they wanted to participate in today's grand event of "Taihu Lake Martial Arts" as soon as possible. When they returned to Mingyue Village, Ye Dinggong and the others had disappeared, leaving only a few sergeants in the village, saying that the people of Xuanwu Feihuamen had gone to Ethereal Peak overnight to prepare, asking them to wait here for the return of Xian Jingyue, urging him to go to Ethereal Peak as soon as possible to attend the meeting.

Xian Jingyue ignored it, went straight to Deyizi's residence, and broke in. De Yizi was still asleep at this time, and he got up from the bed on the spot, and said angrily: "Where did the mad dog come from?" Xian Jingyue didn't care, and said in a deep voice: "Senior sister is gone, or it was done by the 'ghosts of Taihu Lake'." De Yizi didn't understand for a while, and asked, "What junior sister, what does it have to do with me?" Xian Jingyue had to say again: "Xie Yixiang." ”

Only then did he come back to his senses, stared at Xianjingyue fiercely for a long time, and then said sharply: "How can a good person be involved in any 'Taihu ghosts'? It must be that she is causing trouble, and it is not interesting to send her to the door to ask for it!"

Xian Jingyue didn't know where this little Taoist priest got such a big anger, but listening to the meaning of his words, it was obvious that he had some understanding of the so-called "Taihu Lake ghosts", and hurriedly told Xie Yixiang's disappearance as it was. But he didn't answer, just paced back and forth in the room, his face cloudy, as if something difficult to decide. Xian Jingyue waited for a while, and his heart became more and more anxious, so he said: "If you don't want to help, please tell the 'Taihu Lake ghosts' where they are, and I will go to find them." De Yizi immediately said angrily: "You know a fart!"

Seeing his attitude, Xian Jingyue inevitably felt angry in his heart. But after thinking about it, this little Taoist priest and his brother and sister are not related to each other, this time he has helped each other once, and cracked the conspiracy of the Emei Sword Sect's "Red Infant Gu", this time he refused to make a move, why should he be reluctant? At the moment, he didn't want to waste time, so he wanted to turn around and leave, but as soon as he walked to the door, he suddenly waved his hand, swept all the pots and cups on the coffee table to the ground, and smashed it on the spot, his face was angry, and he let out a long breath in his mouth, and said coldly: "It's okay...... I'll go there myself, you wait for me outside the door!"

Seeing that Yizi agreed to help, Xian Jingyue didn't ask much, and went to wait outside the house by himself. After about a meal, a son came out of the house, but he had already changed into his pitch-black robe, but the placket, belt, and shoes were vermilion, revealing an indescribable strangeness all over his body. The last time Xian Jingyue saw him dressed like this, he was still in the Bifu of Shudi, and couldn't help asking: "What do you want?" but saw that Yizi was silent and did not answer, his face was like frost, he put a white cloak in his hand on his body, put it on together with the hood, covered the hair bun on his head and the Taoist robe on his body, and walked straight out of the village.