59: Undercurrents surge
Shen Shi, Luoyan Peak, pure steel cave house.
"Hehe, it's really funny, just an outer disciple actually let the two deacons of water and fire work so hard. β
Pure steel sat cross-legged on the futon, holding a letter in his hand, with a sly smile on the corner of his mouth, and the color of conspiracy flashed in his eyes, as if he was talking to himself.
The letter in his hand was sent by the disciples of Li Feng and Zhao Gang, and the letter recorded all the movements of Li Feng and Zhao Gang after they left the main hall, if it was just the movements of the two of them, there would be no fuss, and there was also a very strange information in the trust, the person they were looking for after they left.
According to the accounts of the disciples who followed, Li Feng and Zhao Gang, two life-and-death rivals for many years, did not gather their core disciples to explain the matter of escaping the world before escaping the world, but instead cared about the movements of an outer disciple.
If it is placed in normal times, this is not a strange thing, but at the critical moment of the transfer of power before escaping the world, two treacherous and cunning people coincidentally did not install their own forces in the deacon hall, but secretly arranged people to monitor a little-known outer disciple.
For pure steel, this matter itself exudes a mysterious smell, and after hundreds of years of pure cultivation, it is natural to smell the opportunity in it.
"Senior brother, should we also send someone to keep an eye on that kid to see what Lifeng and Zhao Gang are up to. β
On the left side of the pure copper sat a black-faced man, with bronze skin and his mighty body, as if he was a bronze man, after glancing at the pure steel with uncertain eyes, the black-faced man hesitated for a moment, and cautiously tentatively said.
"βhehe, of course. We can send Jin Kui to kill him. β
Pure Steel hesitated slightly, turned his head and glanced at the big man, the corners of his mouth bent, and he smiled suspiciously, his eyes suddenly condensed, the cold light flashed, and there was a kind of banter in his tone, and his unruly expression revealed a hint of conspiracy.
"-Kill him, but Zhao Gang and Lifeng have someone watching him, if they find out-"
When the big man heard this, his face changed abruptly, and he took a hard breath of cold air. He didn't know why Pure Steel did this, but he knew that this practice was tantamount to pulling teeth from the tiger's mouth, if it was known by Zhao Gang and Lifeng, with Lifeng and Zhao Gang's strong and domineering character that would be retributed, Pure Steel would definitely not end well.
"Yes, kill him, the person who Lifeng protects is my enemy, and the person Zhao Gang is monitoring is naturally also my enemy, so that kid is my enemy. What's more, they are so fond of that kid, if that kid dies, guess what will happen?"
Pure Steel smiled mysteriously, squinted at Dahan, and asked meaningfully, although he said it righteously, but Dahan heard the deep meaning, Pure Steel wanted to provoke a fight between the two halls of water and fire with this matter.
"βSenior Brother means to take this opportunity to let them fight. β
Dahan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he looked up at the pure steel, his expression was a little worried, and he quickly calculated the benefits of this matter in his heart.
"Yes, this is our Jinze Palace's opportunity, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, Lifeng and Zhao Gang think that their cultivation is high, and they don't take everyone Jindan monks in their eyes, this time I want them to kill each other, and then I will clean up the mess, Jinze Hall will naturally be the head of the five deacon halls of Kaiyang Sect. β
Pure Steel nodded undeniably, smiled smugly, his sharp eyes revealed a greedy desire, and his face looked a little hideous in the end, and the whole person looked very arrogant.
He was ranked third in the five deacon halls, and he had been pressed on his head by Lifeng and Zhao Gang, and he had to bow his head under the eaves, and finally he chose to stand aside with Zhao Gang, but he had been planning in his heart how to move to the two people in front of him, and now that the opportunity came, he naturally would not let it go.
The hatred accumulated over the years exploded in an instant, and the desire for power also reached its peak at this moment.
"Senior brother, it's still unclear at this time, let's be cautious, since Lifeng sent someone to protect that kid, it means that that kid is very important to him, if that kid dies, I'm afraid he won't give up." β
Dahan's eyes rolled, his face was a little hesitant, and his heart was also very entangled, although the idea of pure copper was good, but the danger was also very great, and he also had resentment in his heart against the deacons of the two halls of water and fire, but after thinking about it, he still felt that he should consider it carefully.
He is too clear about the behavior of Lifeng and Zhao Gang, and the fate of those who oppose them is even more miserable, although Chungang and he are both deacons of Jinze Palace, but after all, they are still too weak, and they have no room for defense in front of the powerful Lifeng and Zhao Gang.
If they succeed at this time, they can weaken the strength of the two palaces, but if they fail, they will also fall into a place of no return.
"Hmph! That's why we want to kill him, Lifeng and Zhao Gang already have a grudge against each other. As soon as that kid dies, his resentment will definitely be on Zhao Gang's head, and there will be an injury when the two tigers fight, we just need to push them lightly in secret, maybe we can completely get rid of the two, not to mention the head of the five halls, it is not impossible to be the head of the house. β
Chungang snorted coldly, the corners of his mouth bent and smiled, his eyes flashed, he knew Lifeng and Zhao Gang very well, the two had already reached the point where water and fire were incompatible, as long as there was a reason to kill each other, they would not let go of such an opportunity, and he only needed to use the distrust and suspicion between the two of them, with a little oil and vinegar, he believed that he would definitely be able to cause Lifeng and Zhao Gang to fight to the death.
After being promoted to the archdeacon of Kanazawa Temple, he has been preparing for the position of being the head of the five halls, and now that the opportunity has come, he will naturally not let it go.
"-Senior brother, I think it's better to be cautious, Jin Kui is a killer weapon that we have cultivated for many years, if there is really any accident, I am afraid it will be difficult to explain it from the master, but we are really stealing chickens and rice. β
Dahan sighed slightly, he knew that the character of pure copper was insidious and cunning, and it was impossible to change everything he believed. But he really didn't feel at ease in his heart, for more than a hundred years, he had also seen the methods of Lifeng and Zhao Gang, both of them were cunning and thoughtful, and it was definitely not a simple matter to deal with the two.
Otherwise, for more than a hundred years, the two halls of water and fire would not have sat firmly in the top two positions of the five major deacon halls of Kaiyang Sect, and Li Feng and Zhao Gang would not have stayed in the position of archdeacon for more than a hundred years, and even the head of the sect could not be shaken.
"Senior brother, don't worry, I'm sure this time, let's discuss the next plan. β
Chungang shook his head disapprovingly, he thought that he was a little blindly confident that he was stronger than Lifeng and Zhao Gang, thinking that everything was in his own hands, and he seemed a little self-righteous with his self-confidence, and even ignored the power of Lifeng and Zhao Gang in Kaiyang Sect.
When Pure Steel was secretly proud of planning the snipe and clam to compete for the benefit of the fisherman, in the room of Li Longji, the water supervisor of the outer gate, Guan Wu and Li Longji, the old man in gray, were also planning a conspiracy against Zhanfeng.
"Senior brother, can this weak water formation really force Zhan Feng to use the Red Lotus Sword Qi?"
Li Longji looked at the array brought by Guan Wu on the table with a worried face, with a strong suspicion in his tone, he had been suppressed for too long and was more suspicious than before, even to the point of not believing anyone.
Although Guan Wu had solemnly said that the array plate was given by Zhao Gang, he was still not at ease in his heart, and the most important thing was that he was worried about Zhan Feng announcing the sound transmission jade slip in his hand.
"Of course, we just need to introduce Zhan Feng into the formation, let Hou Zai record the process of his use of the Red Lotus Sword Qi with the Shadow Stone, and let the Hou hand over the Shadow Stone to the Archdeacon, and we will be done, and then we don't have to worry about it, after getting what we want, we will immediately cut him down and eradicate the root of the grass and never suffer in the future. β
Guan Wu's face showed a confidence that he had never had before, and after smiling proudly, he glanced at Li Longji and the gray-clothed old man, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and he assured with confidence.
The 'weak water formation' in his hand was specially refined by Zhao Gang according to Zhanfeng's situation, the power of the formation is naturally not ordinary, and Zhanfeng is a fire attribute monk, and his strength must be limited after encountering the water attribute formation, and it is definitely impossible not to come up with a killing move, and this is exactly the result that Zhao Gang wants, for this reason, Zhao Gang also prepared a piece for Guan Wu, which is a very rare shadow stone in the immortal cultivation world.
The Shadow Stone, as the name suggests, is a special jade that can record images, and it is precisely because of his special nature that this kind of jade can generally only be found at the edge of the spatial crack, so it is rarely used in the immortal cultivation world, and in order to deal with Lifeng, Zhao Gang did not hesitate to give Guan Wu the only shadow stone on his body, which is enough to see his hatred for Lifeng.
"Then let's do it now. β
When the gray-clothed old man heard this, his face showed a hint of joy, Zhanfeng's affairs have always been at a loss, and now there is a solution as soon as possible, he is naturally unwilling to wait, and wants to relieve the pressure from Zhao Gang and Zhanfeng's hands as soon as possible.
"No, it's not the time yet, we have to choose a good time, the challenge will start in a few days, and then Zhan Feng will cause some people's resentment whether he wins or loses, and we can confuse the people of the Fire Lin Hall when we do it at that time." β
Guan Wu shook his head, stretched out his hand to put away the weak water array disk, glanced at Li Longji and the gray-clothed old man, and said with a meaningful smile.
"Senior brother is really smart, so that no one can find out the cause of that kid's death, and we will be safe. β
Li Longji slapped the table suddenly, his eyes flashed, he nodded with satisfaction, and looked at Guan Wu with a flattering expression.
Everyone knows that Zhanfeng's challenge is not just a game, which involves the power of the disciples of the outer sect of the Five Palaces, and the problem of betting on the dealer in the challenge, which seems to be a simple challenge but implies the participation of many forces.
To tell the truth, there are not a few people among the outer disciples whose strength is higher than that of the four evildoers of Kongcui Court, but a large part of the reason why the four evildoers can rank in the top four is the harmony of the forces of all parties.
"That's right, even if the Fire Lin Hall investigates at that time, we have no motive to kill, it's really a clever plan. β
The gray-clothed old man touched his beard, nodded lightly, and said with a gloomy smile, the pressure in his heart was instantly reduced a lot, his sad face was also relieved a lot, and he also agreed with Guan Wu's plan very much.
"Okay, we still need to carefully design this matter, we can't let the people of the Huolin Hall know before that, otherwise we may lose all our efforts, just in case, in the future, we will act separately and meet in the back mountain. β
Guan Wu also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the reason why he took out the array plate that Zhao Gang gave him was to appease the hearts of Li Longji and the old man in gray, and now that the goal was achieved, he immediately reached out and knocked on the table and began to make the final arrangements.
"Senior brother, don't worry, we will be very careful. β
Li Longji and the old man in gray nodded solemnly, with a firm face, they were all spending this time in fear, and seeing that the nightmare was about to end, they naturally didn't dare to relax.
Three moments of ugliness, clouds come to the peak, cloud cliffs.
Cloud Cliff, the highest place of Yunlai Peak, is the best place to watch the sea of clouds of Yunlai Peak.
"You're here?"
Yan Wu held his hands in his hands, with a three-foot long sword in his arms, standing on a stone protruding like a grave on the edge of the cloud cliff, after hearing the faint footsteps, his expression remained unchanged, and he did not look back, as if he knew that the person who came was Yue Feng.
"Did the master go to you?"
Yue Feng slowly walked to Yan Wu's side, gently waving a folding fan in his hand, and glanced at Yan Wu with a hint of affirmation in his tone.
"Didn't he go to you too?"
Yan Wu still looked into the distance, there was no expression on her pretty face, as if it was like a stone sculpture erected there, and her ice-like eyes were like a pool of clear lake water, without any impurities, and her tone could not feel any ups and downs.
"What are you going to do next?"
Yue Feng sighed softly, withdrew his gaze from Yan Wu, looked at the treacherous sea of clouds, and asked with a slight heaviness.
"When the time comes, it will be his death. β
Yan Wuxiu frowned, glanced at Yue Feng, and his jade hand couldn't help but hold the long sword in his arms, his expression was unusually firm, and his cold eyes were ruthless.
She was nominally a registered disciple of Shi Lifeng, but in fact she was indeed a killer that Lifeng secretly cultivated, and from the moment she became a registered disciple of Lifeng, she was destined to be a ruthless person.
As long as it was something that Lifeng told her to do, she had no choice, she was powerless to resist, and it was her life's mission to get rid of the threat for Lifeng.
"-I advise you not to start too early, Zhanfeng is not as simple as you and I or the master think, it can be seen from the things that Miss Liyue gets along with him that he is definitely not an ordinary person. β
Yue Feng put away the folding fan in his hand, sighed softly, and looked into the distance, he didn't care about Zhanfeng's life and death, but he noticed the unusual aura on Zhanfeng's body, Yan Wu is a professional killer, and he has never missed, he has no doubts about Yan Wu's strength.
But Zhanfeng gave him the feeling of being like a ghost, he couldn't understand or touch him, and there would always be a creepy chill in his heart when facing him.
He didn't want Rock Dance to do it to Zhan Feng too early, because he felt that only in this way was the safest thing for Yan Wu or Zhan Feng.
"βI know, I've fought against him, and he's very strong, and he's very special, but it's my calling, and since it's a mission, I'm going to do it. β
Yan Wu nodded, recalling the scene when he was compared with Zhan Feng, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, people like them can only arouse their interest if they are strong, the moment they become killers, they have already put their life and death out of the way, even if they know that they are dead, she will not flinch, maybe the Confucian sacrifice of life and forgetting death is the most suitable for them.
"Alas, the elder Jin Dan in the door is mostly in seclusion, why are you so persistent, now that the situation of the Kaiyang Sect is unclear, we should leave one more way out for ourselves, if you really make a move, even if you succeed, you are afraid that you will be implicated, you also know the temper of the master, he will definitely not intercede for you when the time comesββ"
Yue Feng shook his head and smiled bitterly, his expression was a little sad, and there was a slight helplessness in his tone.
He knew that it was definitely not a clear choice to do it to Zhan Feng at this time, and the Water Kan Temple was probably waiting for this day to come, and the reason why Lifeng asked Yan Wu to do this was tantamount to giving up Yan Wu and letting Yan Wu be the scapegoat for killing his fellow disciples, in order to leave the moon safely, and at the same time get rid of the hidden danger of Zhan Feng.
Although it will still affect the Huolin Hall in the end, compared with Zhanfeng's hidden danger that he doesn't know when he was exposed, this is the best choice, not to mention that such a thing happened when he was suppressed, it was also an invisible suppression of the current Huolin Hall Deacon, and it was a good thing for Lifeng to kill two birds with one stone.
"I know what you say, but I don't have a choice, what I've missed can never be changed, I'm like you and I, if I had a choice, I'd rather be an ordinary mortal-"
Yan Wu nodded, sighed helplessly, looked into the distance, her resolute eyes became a little confused, she no longer remembered the joy when she first entered the Kaiyang Sect, and she couldn't remember why she wanted to cultivate immortals, she only knew that she had lost the most precious thing.
It is ridiculous to say that cultivating immortals is something that many mortals can encounter but cannot seek, but for some immortal cultivators, the ordinary life of mortals has become the life they yearn for.
Providence is unpredictable, one wrong step, every step is lost, no one can know what will happen in the future, just like Zhanfeng, he would not have thought that there was a trace of murder hidden in his small courtyard, and a person as cold as a snake was already quietly waiting for his return in his attic.