Following the hasty and panic aura, Leng Tingtao finally discovered the visitor hiding in the dark corner, his younger brother Leng Tingfeng.
"Third brother..."
Leng Tingfeng's voice was weak and powerless. With the dim moonlight, Leng Tingtao found that his younger brother, who was leaning against the corner of the wall, was seriously injured. His upper sleeve was soaked in blood. Although he was not in danger of life, his breath was very unstable and he was about to fall into a coma.
"Come with me!"
Without even asking more questions, Leng Tingtao pulled Leng Tingfeng over and wanted to help him up, but grabbed him. Then he looked at the sleeve of his left arm and it was empty.
The injury was even worse than he thought. Leng Tingtao no longer hesitated. He picked up Leng Tingfeng and disappeared in an instant. After a stick of incense, the two were already in the home of the monk Li Rulin.
Li Rulin was one of Leng Tingtao's confidants. He was quickly called out and quickly treated Leng Tingfeng. Fortunately, although the monk lost his arms, he could still regenerate, and the treatment was not serious.
"Why did Tingfeng suffer such a serious injury?" Li Rulin wiped away the sweat from his forehead, then flattened Leng Tingfeng's body, and made several special talismans for curing diseases. He took a few pills for him, then left the room and asked lightly.
"I haven't had time to ask, Rulin, you've been working hard for almost two hours, and you're tired, go and rest quickly, I'll sit here for a while."
"Sir, I'm still here..."
"It's okay, go." Leng Tingtao waved his hand and refused Li Rulin's request to wait here. Although he was a little tired, he was so sleepy that he was no longer sleepy by the sudden incident. It would be logical that there would be no danger when he went to Hei Shuimen to work. Now that Leng Tingfeng is in this way, he must be a person who is interested in it.
However, he still needs to wait until dawn, and wait until Leng Tingfeng's injury recovers a little, and then go to interrogate. Lelin City is his territory, and he is guarded by him. Li Rulin is also a high-level monk in Xuan-level, so naturally no one will come here to murder Leng Tingfeng again.
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It's also a night with dim moonlight.
The lights in the inner mansion of Huiyao City of Chixia Gate have not yet gone out. The head Zeng Baoxian hurriedly traversed all the reports when he was away, including those that his cousin Zeng Baojun had approved, and selected three of them, intending to discuss with Dugu tomorrow.
"What do you think of the information sent by the secret spy of Yufeng Sect Wanqing?"
"The civil strife is about to begin." The answer was his cousin Zeng Baojun. He leaned lazily on the back of the chair and read the reports casually in his hand. "But the Yufeng Sect and us are separated by Luoying Sect, which has little impact on us. Since you are back, it's good that you and Dugu will make the decision. You can ask him for his opinion tomorrow."
Zeng Baoxian couldn't help but look up at him. He had never had any choice about this cousin who was interested in political affairs and planning. It's not that he couldn't do it well. In fact, his political talents were not inferior to him at all, and even a little beyond him. If he was willing to use some care, he could completely free himself from the cumbersome common affairs.
The three reports that Zeng Baoxian picked out just now were not handled improperly by Zeng Baojun, but were handled quite properly. He wanted to talk to Dugu, but just wanted the other party to take a look at it. Dugu is sometimes too anxious to deal with things and is superstitious about force, which is completely different from Zeng Baojun.
"I am in Qi State and have reached some agreements with Biyun Sect."
"They want to suffer another loss?" Zeng Baojun chuckled, "Zheng Jiasheng is still so short-sighted. Even if he can tear off a piece of meat from the Jincheng Sect, what's the point? It's not that easy for him to integrate the demon clan in the west. Even the constraints of several major families in the sect are enough to bother him."
"You can see thoroughly, but he still agreed. For Biyun Sect, if you can win this time, you can take the opportunity to settle the major families within it. Why not do it?"
"If it were me, I would rather go all the way south." Zeng Baojun picked a blue paper from the report that Zeng Baoxian threw down. "In the past few days, according to my observation, Liu Zhenghua is quite capable. Look at his report on Wei State, except that he is not as good as his dead brother Liu Zhengchun, his vision is still very sharp."
"Well, I have heard of it. For a few more months of investigation, I plan to let him take over his brother's position, but I have to serve as the general deacon first, and you have to serve as the general elder and take some time to take him."
"It's me again?" Zeng Baojun suddenly felt that he had said too much just now, which led to this arrangement.
"The capable ones work harder." Zeng Baoxian glared at the lazy Zeng Baojun, "I want to go to Yufeng Sect in person to meet Mu Qianxue. You have had contact with her in the canyon. What is your impression?"
"impression?"
Zeng Baojun sucked these two words, "I think I look good, but I already have a master of the famous flower, that is Ling Feidu." He remembered that Mu Qianxue was looking for help from others and divined to confirm the good and bad of Ling Feidu. He thought that this judgment was definitely correct, "Also, this woman has a strong backer. When you were in the canyon, you should have seen the monk called "Tai Lao". I'm afraid it's only one step away from the pseudo-Heaven level. Judging from the information provided by Wan Qing and the reports of other lurkers, Mu Qianxue vaguely planned to split the territory in the eastern part of the Yufeng Sect. If so, we can cooperate with her."
"Take Tushan together?"
"That's right, Tushan's Luoying Sect is separated by us and Yufeng Sect. If she can go south, it will inevitably consume the strength of Luoying Sect."
"Will you drive away the wolf and welcome the tiger?"
"There are not many cultivators in the southeast of Yufeng Sect that can support it. Even if Mu Qianxue takes up this place, she can only protect herself in the short term. If you go to see her, I guess she will not promise you to deal with Luoying Sect immediately. Instead, you will need to help her first. With her existing strength, she will not be able to compete with Yufeng Sect."
"It's hard to say." Zeng Baoxian believed that wealth was moving, "If we really could work together to deal with Luoying Sect as soon as possible, we could give out some spirit stones to help."
Zeng Baojun did not continue to entangle, but just drew a small circle on the map on the table, "The Tianli Sect is the main force in attacking Luoying Sect, but that is really driving the wolf and welcoming the tiger!"
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Hanshan School, an unknown pass in the north.
The dark green mountains reflected the dim moonlight, which made people feel a little nervous. Unlike in the past, the few ordinary guards stationed here today did not wait for the people who came to change their posts as promised.
"What's going on?"
One of them was tired of standing, "Is that guy Wang Dahu drunk again?" He couldn't help but lean out and looked carefully into the canyon. He glanced at the sentry from afar, and the lights in his expectation had not yet ignited.
"Bastard!" he cursed in a low voice, and the guards on the opposite side did not dare to say anything, "I'll go and see!"
He was about to set off, but an inexplicable chill suddenly surged in his heart. Looking at the canyon, three monks were flying quickly. The leader was Li Huanchu, the deacon stationed here by Yufeng Sect.
"Mr. Li, you cannot leave the city at night. If you go out, please show the command of the head."
"A big deal!"
Unlike his polite attitude in the past, Li Huanchu did not stop at all. He rushed over like a strong wind and led several guards to a stagger, "Your leader is dead, hurry up and run away!"
"What?" Several guards were still waiting to get up to stop them. When they heard this, they couldn't help looking at each other. The leader was dead. The person in charge was stunned for a moment, "Go away, hurry back to the outpost!"
The one who ordered him, Li Huanchu, the deacon of Yufeng Sect who escaped, dared not be negligent. The Hanshan Sect was in chaos. The cultivator stationed here must report to the upper class of Yufeng Sect as soon as possible. However, the person who was in trouble was so powerful. He was a small mysterious level, and in the blink of an eye, he saw that Ma Ai was pierced by a white bone spear, and there was no sound.
Run!
This was his first thought. The two people behind him were getting farther and farther away. He no longer cared about these two spiritual serfs, and just wanted to rush to Nanping City, which was closest to here as soon as possible. As long as the message was passed on, his value would decrease and he would become safe.
The shadows of trees were covered with no one everywhere. Li Huanchu felt the desolation within reach here for the first time.
In front of him, several leaping torches suddenly rose up. He quickly stopped and looked at the visitor from afar.
"Qiu Daoquan? City Lord Qiu!"
Li Huanchu recognized one of the people who was the city lord of Nanping City. He quickly flew forward a few steps. Unexpectedly, the other party actually came out. How could he know about the Hanshan Sect in advance?
However, he didn't think much about it. Meeting Qiu Daoquan meant that he was safe. He quickly took a few steps forward and saluted. Judging from the official rank, he, a deacon in Hanshan Sect, was half a level lower than the city lord.
"Fellow Daoist Li, you are the only one who survives the civil strife in the Hanshan Sect?"
"No, I have two spiritual levels behind me. I'm anxious to report. They have fallen far away and will probably arrive soon." Li Huanchu said, "The news from City Lord Qiu is really well-informed. He actually knew about this in advance. Has anyone escaped here first?"
"No, it was these two seniors who told me." The torch in Qiu Daoquan's hand moved slightly, reflecting the other two faces, one man and one woman, which was Ling Feidu and Mu Qianxue.
"Ling Feidu? Mu Qianxue?" Li Huanchu, who had some knowledge, recognized the two of them. No wonder he had always felt two hidden powerful auras. Now it seems that they were these two people who are well-known in Jindu City. He remembered the rumors that Ling Feidu rejected Mu Qianxue for a woman and Mu Qianxue was indifferent. He couldn't help but secretly despise this pair of dogs who love each other and make people confused, but he did not dare to express his disrespect on his face.
Fortunately, I am from the Li family, he thought to himself.
"Okay, Lord Qiu, the time is here." Mu Qianxue turned to look at Lord Qiu Daoquan, Nanping City, and said something inexplicable.
He is already middle-aged and has gray hair on his hair. However, he still licked his slightly chapped lips. "Fellow Daoist Li, look at this letter. Is it a letter sent by your subordinates?"
Hum? My men?
Li Huanchu is quite different. Why do my subordinates send you a letter to a city lord? Could it be that you are reporting me? You don’t need to send a message to you. However, reporting is a common thing in Yufeng Sect. If the upper class does not receive a few letters of reporting, it means that you have done nothing and are a mediocre official.
The atmosphere was wrong, and Li Huanchu couldn't help but complain again. The official affairs were involuntarily, so he took a step forward and wanted to get the letter from the city lord Qiu Daoquan, but suddenly felt a strong wind blowing in his ears.
not good!
Li Huanchu was about to dodge, but Qiu Daoquan had an extra silver-light knife in his hand and slashed straight towards his neck. At such a close distance, he could not dodge at all. He was about to use spiritual energy to protect his body. Ling Feidu, who was beside him, grabbed him, and a powerful spiritual power was injected into his body, which made his breathing become disordered. For a moment, even the talisman and magic weapon could not be used.
Snap!
Li Huanchu's head suddenly rolled down, and there was no more vitality.
"Senior Mu..."
Qiu Daoquan sighed, and after doing this, he felt that his strength was lost. When he looked at the head on the ground, he felt a little dazed, as if he was in a dream for a moment.
"Very good, now I believe that City Lord Qiu is really willing to join us." Mu Qianxue smiled, "There are two spiritual levels left, so I will leave it to the two deputy city lords." She looked behind Qiu Dao's body, and remained silent and had a very bad face.
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Jincheng School, Lelin City.
"You said you were attacked in Asayama Sect?"
As soon as the sky was dawn, Leng Tingfeng woke up. Leng Tingtao heard the sound and came over to ask about the incident, but heard such an incomprehensible answer.
"What are you doing in Asayama Sect?"
"I, I," Leng Tingfeng stopped talking, "I want to come back and see Su Ya, just passing there."
Leng Tingtao breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't know what Su Ya had, but he actually fascinated his younger brother like this. He wanted to come back several times, "Didn't I say that you don't come back easily."
"Someone told me that Su Ya is sick. I was worried, so I took the leave. This time I didn't come back privately, but took the leave." Leng Tingfeng argued, "I didn't expect that as soon as I left the Black Water Gate, I met two men in black, both of whom were Xuan-level. Before I could report my name, I besieged me... I tried my life and used the life-saving talisman you gave me, and I injured one person and ran back."
"What did they say?"
"No, they didn't say a word, but they chased me and added two spiritual levels on the way. If it weren't for the talismans on my body, I'm afraid they'd already died on the road."
"After joining the Jincheng Sect, they haven't left yet?"
"No, they hid, the situation was unclear. I dared not go to Tianyou City. I was afraid that there would be more ambush on the road, so I ran towards Lelin City until I entered the city, and they seemed to have left."
This is strange. Logically speaking, if it is an ordinary thief, there is no reason to chase such a long distance. My younger brother is only at the level of Xuan, and there is no treasure in it. This makes no sense. When the Asashan Sect is attacked, is it because the Asashan Sect did it? There is no reason. I have no grudges with Jiang Feng, the leader of the Asashan Sect. Before entering the ruins, the other party deliberately came to show kindness. The preliminary judgment was that the Asashan Sect had nothing to do with this matter.
But who did it?
What are the benefits of killing Leng Tingfeng?
Leng Tingtao thinks that it is better to look at the beneficiary. If Leng Tingfeng dies, the beneficiary... does not seem to be the beneficiary. Members of the Leng family have always had a harmonious relationship, and Leng Tingfeng has no inheritance right worthy of coveting others.
The head of Su Liqing?
No, since Su Liqing agreed to investigate Leng Tingfeng, he naturally would not take such a slap. Moreover, he had already informed several big families in the sect that his daughters would soon marry according to their elders and children. The first choice was the marriage of his eldest daughter Su Qiong and the children of the Liu family. Su Ya, who Leng Tingfeng favored, was ranked fourth and only had to wait for at most two years. For monks, two years was nothing, but Su Ya, who was an ordinary person, would grow old a lot... Logically speaking, Su Liqing, as a father, should be more anxious.
So, who is disrupting this situation?
He thought for a moment, but still did not get a suitable answer, but he planned to spread the matter and gain the initiative, so that Leng Tingfeng could stay in the mansion safely to recuperate and avoid the potential risks of working in the Hei Shuimen.
As for the attack on the Asanyama Sect, he planned to send his confidant Li Rulin to take the opportunity to investigate the case and establish some relationship with the Asanyama Sect. Su Liqing has always prohibited the inner ministers from contacting other sects, which is an excellent opportunity. Although he did not explore the secret of his younger brother Leng Tingfeng's attack, he vaguely felt that this bureau seemed to be set for him.
You can't sit still and wait for death in everything.
Leng Tingtao decided to find a suitable opportunity to summon the fifty-three monks under his command to find out their loyalty and make some preparations as soon as possible. But what kind of excuse is better?
"Who told you that Su Ya is sick?" Leng Tingtao captured a key point. : :
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Jiang Feng, with his brothers and brothers of the Yu family and Yu Chengke, arrived at the official post in Zhenwu City, and prepared to take the beast ship of Lizong to Lizhou City.
Yu Xiaoman had already bought the ticket. Looking at the several "pseudo-eight-clawed golden-winged dragons" floating in the sky, the camel beast's heavy breathing sounded in his ears, gently rubbing the tip of his nose to eliminate the discomfort caused by the special fishy smell, Jiang Feng felt inexplicably a little dazed. This beast ship that can usually carry 80 passengers and up to 240 monks during wartime is unknown. I wonder when the Asanyama Sect will have it?