Chapter 43: Deliberation and Strategy
At this time, Suzaku looked at the two people not far from her, and very lightly lifted her slender legs, and stepped forward, and then, a fresh breath wafted into the noses of Qinglong and Xuanwu.
Her delicate face turned cold and red in the light of the setting sun, and such a beautiful woman with a thousand charms made the two people standing in front of her a little stunned.
"Ahem......"
At this moment, Qinglong realized that he was a little out of shape, and he hurriedly raised one hand and clenched his fist close to his nostrils and coughed dryly twice!
And Suzaku hugged her hands around her chest at this time, looking at Qinglong, she smiled and said in a soft voice: "Qinglong has also come to Yunzhou, did the sect leader let you come?"
Seeing that the smile on her face increased unabated, and her tone was casual, I thought it was a simple greeting!
"Hmm!" Qinglong replied with a nod.
Xuanwu, who was next to them, had a leisurely demeanor here, and he said to Suzaku: "This time we are going to attack Haoqing Palace, Qinglong naturally wants to come to help!"
Suzaku looked at Xuanwu with a grin, she hid her face and smiled, and said: "That's fine, but the master of Haoqing Palace is not easy to deal with, the sect leader and his old man don't come in person, even if we rush up the mountain, it is difficult to have a chance of winning, as far as I know, the stinky Taoist priests in Haoqing Palace are very powerful!"
After Suzaku finished speaking, Xuanwu was a little proud at the moment, he looked at the green dragon next to him, and said, "Qinglong, let's talk about our plan this time!"
"Well, okay!"
Qinglong replied and told Suzaku about their plan this time! He continued: "The sect leader has been worried about the extermination of the Haoqing Palace a few days ago, and we couldn't think of any good ways at that time, but unfortunately Mr. Yin proposed a plan for the sect leader!"
Opposite him, Suzaku turned her beautiful eyes, shining brightly, a shallow smile was hooked between the corners of her mouth, and a jade hand grabbed a strand of hair on her chest and was playing with it, I don't know if she listened to Qinglong's words!
I only heard Qinglong then said: "Recently, there has been news in Yunzhou, there is an ancient spirit beast that has appeared, and its power can turn over mountains and seas, for this Mr. Diyin proposed to the sect leader, as long as we find an artifact Qibao Bell, we can use this Qibao Bell to surrender to the spirit beast, so that it can listen to the training, and then use it for us, at that time, the strength of my Yunzhou Holy Sect will be like a tiger, and then the next step is to eradicate Haoqing Palace, so that it can be done with half the effort!"
"Oh......"
After listening to Qinglong's words, Suzaku was a little disapproving, and she said lightly to Qinglong: "Mr. Diyin is a celebrity under the seat of the sect leader, and he has done his best for my holy sect and has made a lot of contributions!"
She paused, raised her head to look at the sunset that was about to set, then narrowed her eyes a little confused, and said: "Presumably, Mr. Diyin has made a careful plan this time, so it's okay, this girl hasn't moved her muscles and bones for a long time, and I also want to see how powerful that ancient spirit beast is!"
Xuanwu's side, at this time, the essence of his eyes flashed, and he picked up his magic weapon golden snake cone in his hand and looked at it for a while, a faint blue light emitted from the coiled green snake, and the snake seemed to be alive!
After that, he said to the two of them: "No! As soon as this spirit beast comes out, all the righteous sects in Yunzhou will inevitably gather together, and it will be lively at that time!"
The Qinglong next to him nodded after hearing this, and said: "In this way, those so-called righteous path sects also want to get this artifact Qibao Bell, we must find the traces of the spirit beast in advance, and get the Qibao Bell first, otherwise! This is a big stumbling block for us to surrender the spirit beast this time, and it will become much more difficult at that time." ”
Just as Qinglong was thinking about how to deal with those ambitious righteous path sects, he only heard Suzaku Zhi say proudly: "Thinking about that artifact Qibao Bell, the whereabouts are still unknown, how easy it is to find it, I have a powerful partner under my hand, named Buying, he has practiced a ghost shadow trail footwork, walking on the ground like a light and light galloping, there is nothing in this world that he can't find!" Now those so-called righteous sects are just a rabble, and considering that they have not been around for a year and a half, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the location of the Qibao Bell!"
She continued slowly: "Why don't we let them fight among themselves, so that they will both lose, and then take advantage of the great damage to their vitality, and then destroy them in one fell swoop, wouldn't it be better?
"Hahaha......"
Xuanwu had a gloomy look on his face, and let out a penetrating laugh, seeing that he looked like he was going to do something, and then added: "Yes, Suzaku is killing two birds with one stone! At that time, not only will we be able to destroy those guys, but with the capture circle of Qibao Bell and Mr. Diyin, won't that spirit beast be at our fingertips!"
At this time, Qinglong's face became a little serious, in his opinion, the righteous sects they were talking about were just some small sects in Yunzhou, and he was worried that if he encountered a powerful sect like Haoqing Palace to participate in it, he was afraid that it would become more troublesome.
Thinking of this, Qinglong didn't tell Suzaku and Xuanwu his inner thoughts, maybe he was a little too careful, he immediately said: "In this way, we must hurry up to find the location of the spirit beast and get the Qibao Bell as soon as possible, I believe that Mr. Diyin's side is also almost arranged!"
When Suzaku heard this, she thought for a moment, and said to Qinglong and Xuanwu: "I will immediately arrange for Buying to go to explore ...... first."
After the three of them discussed in the valley, Xuanwu also sent a few shrewd sect members under him to search for the place where the spirit beasts were infested!
Speaking of the appearance of the spirit beast and the pig, the news has spread throughout Yunzhou, and news has also come from several other major states, and there is a lot of uproar for a while, and there are many righteous sects in Yunzhou, all of which have gone forward one after another, through the mountains and forests, just to find the dwelling of the ancient spirit beast, and want to get the Qibao Bell and surrender the spirit beast for their own use!
At this time, Duanmu Qi and his party, who were temporarily living in Shenbao Villa, arranged for Gu Nanyun, Duanmu Qi and Lin Xu to go together to explore the whereabouts of Qibao Bell and the spirit beast.
Yunzhou is one of the nine states, its territory is vast, mountains and rivers, fertile plains, thousands of miles away.
Gu Nanyun, Ye Lanjing, Lin Xu and other three people, they walked through the lively towns of Yunzhou, climbed over the mountains, and floated in the rivers......
After seven or eight days of exploration, there was no trace of the Seven Treasure Bell and the spirit beast.
Along the way, the three of them were safe and sound on the way, but they were leisurely and elegant, like a game in the world, which made the three of them appreciate the red dust city of Yunzhou, and the great mountains and rivers!
During this period, Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing were the closest among the three, perhaps because of their relationship with the same brother and sister, but although the two were closer, the atmosphere was also quite dull, and the two were even more silent along the way. On the other hand, Gu Nanyun was relatively isolated, often taking the lead in the front, exploring the way for the two behind him and guiding them in the direction of their progress!
It was already late at night, Gu Nanyun had to find a place to stay first, pay the silver two, and arrange the accommodation for the three of them in advance.
On the one hand, he also discussed with Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing about the next day's itinerary, and he sometimes put forward some reasonable suggestions, and Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing both agreed with him.
Speaking of this common sense of life, Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing grew up in Haoqing Palace since they were children, but they are not as good as Gu Nanyun for some life experience when they go out.
I remember that once on the way to the road, when Gu Nanyun found that the water on the three of them was about to run out, he looked at the wilderness in front of him, and already knew that there was no water source for a long distance ahead, so he went to the nearby water source to fill the water bag in advance.
Like this, although they are all inconspicuous little things, Gu Nanyun is so delicate, but it also makes Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing secretly admire him.
In a small town in Yunzhou, there is an endless stream of bustling pedestrians.
Gu Nanyun, Ye Lanjing, and Lin Xu all came to this lively market, and the streets that could be seen everywhere in front of them were lined with colorful items, including many strange things that they had never seen!
On the street, several carriages rushed past the three of them, and the cars were dusty, and the driver of the carriage could be heard shouting urgently: "Get out of the way, get out of the way......
The carriage sped forward at such speed that the pedestrians of the bazaar hurried away, and several of the stalls on the side of the street were overturned, and then the people all shouted that it was whose carriage, and rushed to reincarnate ...... And so on and so forth!
Later, I heard someone whispering and saying: It turned out that the person sitting in the carriage was a person from a local dignitary and a prominent eunuch, who behaved arrogantly and arrogantly on weekdays, and said that his eyes were empty.
Gu Nanyun and the three of them walked through the long street, and the pedestrians around them all turned their heads and cast their eyes on the three of them, Gu Nanyun was a little puzzled at first when he saw this situation, but when he looked at Ye Lanjing beside him, he seemed to understand something.
He knew that with such a beautiful woman beside him, anyone who saw it would not be able to stop casting attention.
Gu Nanyun inhaled, he tried not to look at the envy of those men and women, and put his hands behind his back and looked forward to stride.
Lin Xu walked between the three of them, he looked elegant and gentle, he didn't seem to be affected by the gaze of this pedestrian, and his indifferent expression changed without surprise!
On the other hand, Ye Lanjing, that cold and gorgeous woman, she is particularly eye-catching among the crowd, as if she is a little out of place with the fireworks in this world.
At this time, her expression was as cold as usual, and her bright eyes looked straight ahead, which made people look at the admiration and untouchable distance, although it was close and late, but it was far away.
Looking at the pedestrians and men who cast envious eyes, the expressions on their faces were enough to be amazed, probably as if they had never seen such a beautiful woman.
On the other hand, there are also many pedestrian women's eyes, at first their eyes were obviously locked on the two handsome men, and then they found that the two men were accompanied by a woman, look at this woman is not exactly what they think women should have, so their eyes are mixed with dissatisfied jealousy, if it weren't for Gu Nanyun and Lin Xu both on the side, I'm afraid that those pedestrian women will rush up to the rhythm!
The three of them, under the watchful eyes of the passers-by, came to a place where the crowd gathered, which was the venue for the town's acrobatic performances, and where the crowds were most crowded.
At this time, a burst of "ding bell" gong sound spread, only to see a few men in the field performed the drill fire ring, with the movement of the fire ring and continue to increase, those men like a fish leaping smooth movements, and then one by one drilled through a circle of burning fire rings, the whole action in one go, wonderful!
At this moment, the crowd in the stadium cheered one after another, and the warm applause resounded throughout the audience!
Later, I saw a young girl who walked into the performance venue with a pair of chopsticks and a bowl, and then used the chopsticks in her left hand to push the bowl up, and kept tapping the edge of the bowl with her right hand to make the bowl turn.
Then, she also took a chopstick in her right hand, only to see her left hand gently throw the bowl up, and her right hand immediately stretched out the chopsticks to catch the bowl, and the bowl still seemed to be fine, turning steadily on the chopsticks.
After a while, the girl threw the bowl up, and hit the edge of the bowl with chopsticks, making a "ding" sound, and then quickly caught the bowl with the same chopsticks, and the crowd of onlookers on the sidelines shouted and clapped their hands, and applauded!
After the performance, I saw a shriveled old man holding the gong in his hand and walking towards the onlookers with a smile on his face, and then the sound of copper coins hitting the gong sounded one after another.
Gu Nanyun, Lin Xu and Ye Lanjing, they stopped not far away and watched for a long time, only to see Ye Lanjing looking up from afar, although her expression was indifferent, but she could see from her eyes that she was becoming
I was fascinated by the scene in the acrobatic arena ahead.
She stood still, her breathing gradually became rapid, her hands trembled a little, her fair face became bitter, as if she had a painful color, even her eyes became a little red, a pair of bright eyes like autumn water revealed a sense of sadness, and tears were quietly flashing, as if she remembered something in the past......
Seeing her abnormal behavior, Gu Nanyun said to her curiously, "Senior Sister Ye, you ...... Watching acrobatics for the first time?"
For a long time, Ye Lanjing did not react to his words, but still stared blankly at the front and did not say a word.
Lin Xu next to him saw this change in her eyes, and it was the first time he saw her have such an abnormal appearance, so he asked, "Senior sister, what's wrong with you?"
At this point, Gu Nanyun and Lin Xu both wondered in their hearts, what made that cold woman so moved. After that, Ye Lanjing gradually regained her former calm, and when they looked at the silent woman again, they no longer wanted to ask questions!
At this moment, I don't know if Ye Lanjing was intentional or unintentional, she turned her head to look at Gu Nanyun's side, there was still no expression on her face, she said slowly: "No, let's go!"
Just this sentence, to put it mildly, Gu Nanyun and Lin Xu didn't know what to say for a while, so the two had to follow her footsteps as they walked away.
They had not gone long before they heard the sobbing of a child, and the three of them fled at this moment, only to see a little girl in shabby clothes squatting and crying in the corner of the street, looking very sad.
When Gu Nanyun saw this, he looked at the little girl's appearance, wasn't it very similar to what he looked like when he was a child?
He had mixed feelings, ran quickly, squatted down and stretched out his hand to wipe the tears of the little girl, and then hugged the little girl into his arms and touched the little girl's forehead.
Gu Nanyun looked pity, and he asked the little girl softly, "Little sister, why are you crying, what about your parents?"
The little girl looked at the stranger who hugged her with a pair of big watery eyes, but she didn't look scared, but Gu Nanyun's closeness made her completely let down her guard!
The little girl whispered, "Kite, my kite......"
"Kites?"
Gu Nanyun heard the little girl talking about the kite, thinking that her kite had fallen somewhere, and he looked around to search for it.
Then the little girl said, "Big brother, can you help me? My kite has fallen off a tree!"
When she finished speaking, she pointed her little finger at a large tree against the wall, where she saw a colorful kite in the shape of a butterfly hanging from the treetops.
Gu Nanyun looked up with her gestures, and after confirming that it was a kite, he wanted to get up and fly to the treetops to pick up the kite.
Unexpectedly, all I could hear was the sound of "whew", the sound of clothes flying.
Gu Nanyun saw a graceful figure floating up, flying straight to the top of the treetops, needless to say that it was naturally Ye Lanjing.
At this moment, the kite hanging from the treetops was gently grabbed by Ye Lanjing's jade hand, and it fell lightly with her figure.
After landing, she walked slowly to Gu Nanyun's side with a kite in her hand, stood in front of him, and looked at him again, her eyes were full of a different color, and the corners of her mouth moved slightly, but it disappeared after a while, and the expression on her face returned to her previous indifference.
"Thank you!"
Gu Nanyun took the kite in Ye Lanjing's hand and handed it to the little girl, the little girl was overjoyed, grabbed her beloved kite with both hands, and immediately said with a smile: "Thank you, big brother!"
Gu Nanyun stroked the little girl's face like a doter, scratched her nose with her fingers, and said happily: "Little sister, this sister took the kite for you, should you also thank this sister!"
After the little girl heard Gu Nanyun's words, she raised her head and looked at Ye Lanjing, at this time, Ye Lanjing smiled faintly, her face was a little embarrassed, she nodded slightly and walked in the direction of Lin Xu.
When she turned to leave, the little girl behind her suddenly said, "Thank you, sister!"
Ye Lanjing stopped, she didn't know what she was thinking, and she couldn't see any expression on her face.
The little girl said again: "Sister, you just smiled so beautifully!"
Gu Nanyun stood up, straightened the little girl's clothes, and said, "Little sister, now that the kite has been taken down, go home quickly, otherwise your mother will be worried." ”
The little girl smiled and nodded after listening to Gu Nanyun's words, but she didn't seem to leave immediately, as if she was waiting for something.
"Thank you!"
Ye Lanjing turned around and looked at the little girl, her face softened a lot, and the corners of her mouth cracked slightly.
After hearing Ye Lanjing's thanks, the little girl smiled and ran away towards the innermost alley.
Gu Nanyun and Ye Lanjing walked together to Lin Xu not far away, Lin Xu had been watching the situation here all the time, which made him feel a little bored in his heart, but he couldn't tell what it was. It's just that when he saw Ye Lanjing and Gu Nanyun walking over together, there was a trace of unhappiness in his heart!
Floating Jade Mountain, Xuanyan Cave.
In a dark and large stone room, the whole stone room is laid out like a dojo. A man who looks like a Taoist priest is sitting cross-legged on the stone bed, the man has a strange appearance, and there is a strange and dark red lantern next to him, this person is Mr. Diyin!
At this time, a person walked in from outside the stone room, the person was dressed in a pale blue robe, and the green snake cone in his hand was lingering, and the person who came was not anyone, but Xuanwu.
"Good news, sir!" said Xuanwu to Mr. Diyin as soon as he walked in.
Mr. Diyin on the stone bed slowly opened his eyes and saw that the person who came was Xuanwu, so he got out of bed and said, "Could it be that the Holy Envoy knows the whereabouts of the pig?
Xuanwu sat upright in front of the stone table and said loudly: "That's nature, so I'm here to inform Mr."
Mr. Diyin said to Xuanwu: "I don't know where the spirit beast and the pig live?"
Xuanwu replied: "This time, in order to find the hiding place of this spirit beast, this envoy is to raise the power of the entire rudder of Yunzhou, and search comprehensively!"
He continued: "Now that the hard work has paid off, I have sent the spies below to report that the spirit beast is infested in the Yunzhou Desolate Forest, thinking that the Desolate Forest is an ancient and mysterious place, and it is not surprising that this spirit beast lives there, I heard that the Qibao Bell also appeared in that forest!"
Mr. Diyin stared at him, as if he didn't quite believe that he had this ability, and his face seemed to know something.
Unexpectedly, at this time, Xuanwu added with some embarrassment: "Uh...... Of course, finding the traces of the spirit beast and the Seven Treasure Bell is also due to the fact that Suzaku has a subordinate named Buying!"
"Hmm!"
After hearing Xuanwu's words, Mr. Diyin nodded, and he stroked his chin and beard, thoughtful......
Xuanwu saw that this Mr. Diyin only answered him, and he didn't say anything to him for a long time, but he looked a little impatient.
He said: "Now that the spirit beast is out, without further ado, we have to act quickly to find the Qibao Bell!"
At this time, Mr. Diyin walked to the side of the stone bed, stretched out his dry hand and picked up his magic weapon that looked like a lantern, only to see the red light flowing on the magic weapon, and some of the light became more abundant under his gaze, and there was a purple flame burning inside, shining on his pale face, which looked eerie and terrifying.
Then, he turned his head to look at Xuanwu, and said quietly: "Please rest assured, the old Dao will live up to the expectations of the sect leader and assist in completing the task of collecting and surrendering the spirit beasts, the spirit beasts appear in the desolate forest, presumably the Qibao Bell will not be far from us, according to the old Dao's opinion, the Heavenly Qibao Bell will be somewhere in the Desolate Forest!"
Xuanwu twisted his body, he swayed a few times from time to time, and said with a smile: "Sir is really high, then I have nothing to worry about, this envoy can send someone to inform the sect leader, and go to the Desolate Forest on a certain day!"
After Xuanwu finished speaking, he walked straight out of the stone room.
In the stone room, only Mr. Diyin was left, and I saw him holding up the magic weapon in his hand with one hand, and the gloomy light in his eyes shot out, as if hell was coming, snatching people's souls.
At this time, the red lantern in his hand, the light suddenly illuminated the entire stone room, and streams of red mist floated out of the lantern, and at the same time made a strange sound, and soon the entire stone room was shrouded in this red mist.
Looking at the red lantern again, it instantly flew into the air, spinning endlessly, and the red mist floating out of it dispersed in a spiral shape with the lantern.
Immediately, the lantern was like a flower bone that immediately stretched out in all directions, as if a blood-red strange flower was blooming in the air, gradually getting bigger, and suddenly there was a trace of demonic beauty!
Mr. Earthshade's whole body was covered in mist, and his looming figure was like the evil god of hell.
He had words in his mouth, probably incantations or something like that, and he tightly controlled the red lantern in mid-air.
"Bang ......"
With a loud bang, the red lantern turned into a blood-red cymbal, and the "buzzing" sound resounded throughout the huge stone room!