Jin Yingzi, who was still anxious and confused, seemed to see a bright light in the darkness! Since then, he has secretly helped Mu Jingyu out of danger.
I originally thought that this young man, who had high hopes in the clan book, could save the clan from danger. Who would have thought that outside Mount Emei, I would suddenly follow Master Yunyang back to Mount Jiuhua!
Seeing that the high priest, the holy aunt and others had already arranged everything, they were waiting to lead the elites of the various tribes in Jiuli in more than twenty days and take advantage of the opportunity of the Jiuhua sect to hold a Taoism conference to catch them all. , Mu Jingyu has not been heard from since.
And she had to obey the order of the high priest, summoning the few strong men in the clan to practice day and night, always obeying the call, and preparing to raid the Jiuhua Sect.
Thinking of this, Jin Yingzi felt irritable in her heart. He no longer had any interest in talking. He looked at the men who were practicing hard and thought about the next step.
At this moment, a young man walked quickly from the edge of the field. The clan members who were guarding the surroundings did not stop him when they saw the person coming, and allowed him to walk towards the high platform.
After he quickly arrived nearby, the eight elders sitting there all looked sideways. When he saw that it was Jin Yingzi's personal attendant Valen, he turned back and continued to watch the training of the boys.
Only Elder Wuluo squinted his eyes and kept looking at Valen until he jumped to the high platform and then slowly withdrew his gaze.
Logically speaking, Jin Yingzi and eight clan elders were sitting on the stage, and clan members were not allowed to come up without permission or summons. But because the two brothers, Warren and Tingna, were the closest people to Jin Yingzi, they allowed him to come to the stage without any financial management.
"Warren, why are you here?" Jin Yingzi asked softly after Wallen stood behind him.
Warren leaned over Jin Yingzi's ear and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Sage, an old friend is visiting, and Tingna has led him to your study."
"Old friend?" Jin Yingzi asked curiously, "Who is it?"
Warren replied: "Holy aunt, you will know when you go to the room and take a look."
Jin Yingzi understood that the identity of the visitor must be secret, and Wallen didn't want others to hear it. He nodded slightly and said, "Okay, I understand."
After finishing speaking, he turned to Elder Wu Jiu on his right and said, "Uncle Wu, Yingzi will leave for a while."
Wu Jiu glanced at Jin Yingzi curiously, then nodded and said, "If you have something to do, go and do it first. I'm here to watch, and nothing will happen."
Then, Jin Yingzi bowed slightly to the other elders, said sorry, and walked down the stairs on the side of the high platform. Wallen didn't look sideways, followed closely behind her, and left here quickly.
After thousands of years of recuperation and recuperation, the Chu Li tribe has grown from less than thirty or fifty people to over a thousand people since it was passed down to Jin Yingzi's generation.
Only after the high priest and the holy aunt started to awaken Chi You's physical body, more and more members of the clan were sent to the far north. Within five years, more than 300 clan members had died because they had exhausted their energy and blood.
This made the originally lively clan area become a bit depressed. After passing through many vacant wooden houses, Jin Yingzi arrived at her residence at the foot of the southern mountain.
Although she is the patriarch of the Chu Li clan, there are not many guards around her. After seeing Jin Yingzi returning in a hurry, the only dozen or so guards saluted and then continued their patrol work.
"Holy aunt." Tingna, who was guarding outside the door, saw Jin Yingzi quickly approaching the door. She bowed and saluted, and opened the door for her.
Warren said: "Tingna, no one went in while I was looking for Saint Aunt."
"Brother, don't worry. I'm here to guard you. No one will dare to go in at will." As the closest people to Jin Yingzi, the two of them, brother and sister, naturally know the current situation in the clan.
As Jin Yingzi walked to the study, she warned again: "You brothers and sisters are guarding outside. Not only do you not let anyone enter at will, but you also don't let suspicious people get close."
Since Warren didn't dare to say who this old friend was on the high platform just now, then this person's identity must be very sensitive. Jin Yingzi was afraid that her sudden departure would make Elder Wuluo suspicious, so she specifically asked the brother and sister to guard the distance of a hundred feet outside the study.
After opening the door, a faint scent unique to women filled the room. A burst of soft sunlight cast down from the translucent roof, reflecting on the old man with his back to Jin Yingzi.
Jin Yingzi looked the man up and down first, and felt that he looked familiar. However, the man was covered by a loose robe. For a moment, he couldn't remember where he had seen him before, so he could only ask softly: "I don't know." Who are you? Have we met before? Why do you claim to be my old friend?"
"Hahaha, Holy Aunt, you are so noble and forgetful. You can't even recognize my back?" The old man laughed loudly, then turned around and lifted up the burqa that half covered his face.
"Ah, it turns out to be Senior Ba Xi! Please forgive Yingzi for being blind, I didn't recognize you for a moment." When the visitor showed his face, Jin Yingzi suddenly discovered that the old man in front of him was one of the three guardians of Yaoming Palace. So domineering.
Jin Yingzi quickly stepped forward and pulled out the chair opposite Ba Xie. After pouring him a cup of tea, she said angrily: "Brothers Warren and Ting Na are so ignorant of etiquette. They didn't want to understand just now." Please tell me your elder's name. Yingzi has offended many things, and I hope you will forgive me."
The domineering smile waved his hand and said: "Saint Aunt, you're welcome. It's me who hid his whereabouts and came to the nobles to look for you rashly. Because I was worried about being discovered, I specifically told the two little guys to just invite the Holy Aunt to talk to you. , don’t say my name.”
Jin Yingzi took a sip of tea and agreed: "Senior is right. Ever since we worked together to rescue Mu Shaoxia outside Mount Emei, Yingzi felt that something was wrong with Elder Gu Li. Senior didn't want anyone to find out, and It is reasonable for Yingzi to contact her privately."
When Jin Yingzi said this, she immediately shut up and said no more. After passing through Mount Emei, both parties already understood each other's intentions, and there was no need to talk about it anymore. After all, in the Netherworld Ghost State, even if she was in her Chu Li tribe, she had to prevent anyone from eavesdropping and informing the high priest and others.
Unexpectedly, Jin Yingzi was unwilling to say more, but Ba Xie continued on this topic: "Shenggu, I want to ask one more question, is your study... a place where you can talk safely?"
"Huh? What does senior mean..." Jin Yingzi was stunned, and after seeing Ba Xie nodded slightly, he said: "Senior, don't worry, the guards outside are all loyal to me, and there are also Warren and Tingna guarding me. , if you have anything to say, feel free to say it, I guarantee it won’t fall into the ears of a third person.”
"That's good." Ba Xie said after taking tea: "Sage, do you know that I came to you secretly this time to tell you something important?"
Jin Yingzi shook her head and said: "Senior, please forgive Yingzi for being slow. I don't know the purpose of my coming here this time."
Ba Xie looked into Jin Yingzi's eyes, and after seeing that her expression didn't seem to be fake, he felt a little heavier: "Hey...it seems that what I had expected before was good. The high priest and the holy aunt will probably treat you and me." I’m all suspicious.”
Jin Yingzi nodded and said, "Oh? Even senior can feel it?"
"Yes!" Ba Xie said in a deep voice: "Since I came back from Mount Emei, I felt that the high priest and the holy aunt were hiding something from me, no matter what they said or did. It must be outside Mount Emei, you and I worked together to rescue Mu What happened to Jingyu made them suspicious. I originally thought that they were only wary of me, the protector of Yaoming Palace. Who would have thought that even you, Jin Yingzi, the leader of the Chuli tribe, and the Ya of the Jiuli tribe Auntie, she would also be suspected, so I didn’t tell you about it.”
Jin Yingzi became more and more confused as she listened, and asked: "Senior, what is it that makes you conclude that the high priest and the holy aunt have already become suspicious of me?"
Ba Xie said: "Since you don't know yet, I will tell you."
It turned out that since Ba Xie followed the high priest and others back to Netherworld Ghost State, they found that the two of them were no longer like before, and they would discuss everything with him. Instead, they were always on guard against themselves.
Ba Xie originally thought that because of his status as one of the three guardians of Yaoming Palace, the high priest and the holy aunt were wary of him. After all, they decided to form an alliance with Bei Pluto in order to temporarily stabilize Yaowei Palace, and did not want to enmity with Zhengdao and Yaowei Palace at the same time. Now, Chi You's true form has been awakened, and the plan they laid out has been completed, and they are waiting for the Dao Discussion Conference to attack with all its strength. So, I didn't pay too much attention to it.
Ba Xie was free anyway, so he could walk around freely among the tribes in Jiuli, so he could relax. Who would have thought that just yesterday, when he was passing by the Rimang clan, he was pulled by the Rimang clan leader and had a drink.
During the banquet, the Rimang tribe leader Mangda, who was a bit drunk, accidentally revealed a piece of news, which instantly sobered Ba Xie's expression.
Ba Xie learned from the Rimang clan chief Mangda that according to the news returned from the towns near Jiuhua Mountain, Jiuhua sect disciples Zhou Yan, Su Yingying, Shen Mengdie and Shi Dahong were most likely to be in Tianyang Zhenren Under his instruction, he secretly sneaked into Netherworld Ghost State to inquire about the news.
Ba Xie pretended to be drunk and wanted to find out more information, but Na Mangda knew that he had made a mistake and quickly covered it with other words, unwilling to say anything more.
After drinking and eating, Ba Xie excused himself from being drunk and feeling a little sick, so he took advantage of the situation to stay in the Rimang tribe to rest. Then in the middle of the night, he secretly sneaked into Munda's room and read the letter sent by the high priest, and found that it was indeed what Munda said. He also secretly ordered Mangda to dispatch the elite of the clan to set out the next day to find traces of Zhou Yan and others.
Ba Xie knew that this matter seemed insignificant, but he felt vaguely uneasy. Just after dawn, under the pretext of going to other tribes to see their preparations, he quickly left the Rimang tribe, hid his whereabouts and then went to the Chuli tribe. I thought I would discuss it with Jin Yingzi first and make a plan.
And through what he said just now, Ba Xie knew that the high priest was also suspicious of Jin Yingzi. Otherwise, with Jin Yingzi's status as the patriarch of the Chu Li clan and the Yasheng aunt of the Jiuli clan, would the high priest not tell her the news?
After hearing this, Jin Yingzi said: "The overall strength of the Rimang clan is comparable to our Chu Li clan. Moreover, they are loyal to the high priest and are also responsible for patrolling the borders of the Netherworld Ghost State. If Zhou Yan and others really If he is ordered to investigate, the high priest will indeed ask Rimang to lead people to chase and intercept him."
"It's just...why did Tianyang Zhenren send Zhou Yan and four others to Netherworld Ghost State to investigate? Could it be that...did they discover that our Jiuli tribe is the black-robed man? But where did he find out? What about this?" At this thought, Jin Yingzi couldn't help but sit up straight in shock.
"This is exactly what I'm worried about." Ba Xie knocked on the table and said: "Gu Li and others have always been cautious in their actions, and it is definitely not possible for him to show off his tricks and let Master Tianyang notice them. What he is afraid of is Mu Jingyu saw the clues, and secretly told Master Tianyang while he was returning to the mountain, and then sent Zhou Yan and others to Netherworld Ghost State to investigate."
"Mu Jingyu?" Jin Yingzi was stunned, and immediately remembered that when they were outside Yuping Mountain, Mu Jingyu had asked her about the origin of the man in black robe. Jin Yingzi asked him for help, and of course he told her everything. However, too many things happened in the meantime, and this matter had long been forgotten.
Besides, her purpose was just to hope that Mu Jingyu could help the Chu Li tribe get rid of this murderous intention. As for the survival of Jiuhua Sect and other righteous sects, he didn't care about it. Of course, he didn't expect that Mu Jingyu would tell Master Tianyang about this.
