1
Changsheng quietly jumped out of the mountain valley, still holding his breath and concentrating on himself using the hidden soul method.
From the bushes not far away, the heavy snorting sound of the golden-horned fire-tailed ox could be heard. On the ground around it, stumps of limbs and broken bodies were scattered, obviously those of Chen Xuan and theirs.
Changsheng glanced at it and estimated that at least four people died here. Without staying too long, Changsheng descended the mountain carefully and quickly.
After more than two hours, we finally arrived at the foot of the mountain. Ten more corpses were found, including Chen Xuan, Lu Fang, and Hao Boss. There were not many traces of fighting underground, and it was obviously quickly resolved by the high-level monks.
There is nothing unusual about murder and robbery here.
Just as he was about to leave, Chang Sheng unexpectedly discovered that all ten people's storage bags were there.
Not a robbery? Is it a vendetta?
Changsheng quickly put away the storage bag, but after searching with his consciousness, he could not find the transparent jade bottle containing the immortal essence.
Just take the immortal yuan and not the storage bag?
Black and white? It seems that Lu Mingyi is not a fuel-efficient lamp either.
After returning to Hades, Changsheng still had lingering fears. After calming down and thinking carefully, I found many problems.
After the seven members of Boss Hao jumped down the mountain depression, Chang Sheng could clearly detect that their entire bodies were close to the edge of the dark yellow airflow, but they were not sucked into it.
And he just touched it with his hand and was sucked into that space. Is it because I came into contact with some kind of mechanism? Or was it purely because of his specialness that he was attracted into it?
After entering that space, he was sucked to the huge stone door, and then the black tower squeezed out of the stone door and entered his sea of consciousness.
In other words, is all this because of the Black Tower?
The Black Tower made no movement in the sea of consciousness, and the Molong Ring also showed no reaction. Changsheng didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse. However, whether it is a blessing or a curse, he can only passively accept it now.
Changsheng sighed, and looked inwards at the immortal energy that was more than twice as thick in his dantian. He wondered if his trip was worth it.
"General, the information on that token is in this jade slip." Wang Mang found Changsheng and handed him a jade slip.
After returning from inspecting the eleventh city of Dynasty, Changsheng asked Wang Mang to find information about the token on the waist of the man in black robe who took away the old man of Zhan Yuanzong in Xingding City.
It's been a month and the information has just been obtained. It seems that those men in black robes are not simple either.
The first jade slip contains a portrait of a sword and shield token that is three inches long and two inches wide. Followed by a few words: Nanjiang Continent Zhenjie Division Ghost Guard Slaying Token.
Then there is another portrait of a sword and shield token. The difference from the previous one is that this token has the sword in front and the shield in the back. In other words, the entire sword is in front of the shield, and the complete hilt and blade can be seen. After that came a few more words: Nanjiang Continent Zhenjie Division Chief Token.
What Changsheng saw was the entire shield, as well as the hilt above the shield and the tip below the shield.
Below the two shield portraits is the introduction of this ghost-killing guard: Ghost-killing and traitor-killing, he can exercise his power of control in any dynasty or sect in the entire Nanjiang Continent.
It seems that the Ghost Slayer Guard is an agency of the Zhenjie Division that specializes in catching moles, and its power is boundless.
Changsheng nodded and stopped thinking about it.
2
Nanli Dynasty, Nanli Palace
"Are you sure that the Immortal used the sword technique in "The Promise"?" The person who asked the question was Nanli Qianxun, the prince of Nanli Dynasty.
"I can't be sure, but as we all know, the sword in his hand is definitely not the Yuan-Zhan Dao. It can swallow the true energy, and the true energy sword light appears. These signs, even those sword techniques that have been lost and can no longer be practiced, can't do it."
Weng Ziren paused and then said: "So I guess that the crazy man may have acquired the Wuji sword technique in "The Wuji Lu"."
Nanli Qianxun looked at Weng Ziren in front of him, and after thinking for a moment, he nodded gently: "More than ten thousand years ago, the dynasty fought hard to get back two pages of "The Promise", but could not get a glimpse of its content. If it is really what you said. , that means there is another "Promise Record" in the hands of Changsheng whose contents can be seen, or a "Promise Record" that only he can understand?"
"That's right. But due to Zhang Tu's sudden appearance, we can't take action directly against the madman. However, recently there was a case of death by soul devouring near Mingque Tianyue City. The victim happened to be a caravan from our south. I have bribed Tianyue City's arrest bureau to exchange these corpses. Then I can use this as an excuse to force the Mingque Dynasty to hand over Changsheng."
Weng Ziren said with confidence.
"I heard that Chang Sheng is a stubborn fool who is not afraid of anything and dares to do anything. Your tricks with him may not work. What's more, there is Butcher Zhang, who is a troublesome person who can't be avoided. !" Nanli Qianxun frowned.
"I know that, and that's why I came to borrow the 'Three Emperors' Order' from the prince. This way, we don't have to do it ourselves and let the Mingque Dynasty take the initiative to hand over Changsheng. With the Three Emperors' Order here, I understand that Butcher Zhang will also We don't dare to stop him, not to mention that we are just going to bring that immortal for questioning, and at most we can search for his soul, but we won't kill him."
"Three Emperors Order?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. Even if you use up all three Emperor Xia Orders, as long as you get that sword technique, even if it has nothing to do with "The Promise Record", it will be a great deal. What's more? If it is really the "Promise Record", among them There must be other secrets."
Nanri Chihiro frowned in thought, tapping her fingers on the armrest. After a few breaths, he suddenly stopped and looked at Weng Ziren.
"Okay, I will send two more inner guards to follow. Remember, just take the immortal, and don't cause any more trouble for no reason."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
3
Mingque City, Wenxiang Restaurant.
"Hey, have you heard? That crazy guy is probably a demon cultivator?"
"What are you talking nonsense about? The lunatic's methods are a bit cruel, but what does this have to do with demon cultivators?"
"I've also heard about this. A group of Nanli Dynasty caravans were devoured by their souls and died near Tianyue City, and all the true energy in their bodies disappeared. They all said it was the work of a madman."
"Why do you people even force such nonsense as swallowing souls on a lunatic?"
"Isn't it imposed by us? Look, Yue Tianxia suspects that his sword is not a Yuan-Zhanbing sword at all. Since it is not a Yuan-Zhanbing sword, the only way to lose the true energy is to be swallowed up."
"Even if it's not the Yuan-Zhanbing Sword, what does it have to do with swallowing souls?"
"Whether it's devouring true energy or devouring souls, anyone who has anything to do with devouring is basically a demon cultivator."
Changsheng and the others were eating, and they heard the diners talking about the destroyed caravan and Yue Tianxia, which was just released a few days ago.
"Haha, young master, I'm really sorry that you have to take the blame." Hun Shuo said with a dry laugh.
"Brother Changsheng, they will be detrimental to you sooner or later by spreading rumors like this." Xiaoyu said after glaring at Hun Shuo.
"It's okay, they don't know what I look like. Besides, once the bad reputation spreads, there will be fewer people to mess with us."
Changsheng smiled and didn't care about those rumors at all. It was just that Yue Tianxia judged that he could swallow the true essence, which made him a little vigilant.
Just as he was thinking about it, two dynasty palace guards came to the restaurant and found him. After a word or two, Changsheng quietly sent a message to the two elders of the Hun family on the side.
The meeting hall of the royal palace of the Mingque Dynasty.
Ouyang Haoguang, the Crown Prince of the Supervisory State, is sitting in the middle above, Ouyang Man is sitting on the left at the bottom, and the chief ministers of the six mansions are sitting next to Ouyang Man.
The first person on the right is a middle-aged man in blue robes who has achieved great cultivation, followed closely by two other old men in white robes. Behind the middle-aged man in blue robe are two Nanli inner guards with small Juyuan cultivation level.
There was a large piece of cloth underground, and on it were a dozen corpses with only the whites of their eyes. Each of these corpses looked old and had a ferocious expression.
"After Tianyue City's arrest yamen notified me of Nanli Post House, the steward rushed over immediately. These people were already in this condition at that time. The cause of death was that their souls were devoured during their rapid aging process. And various signs indicate that this is the case. It has a great relationship with General Changsheng of the Underworld Department of your dynasty."
"Rapid aging and devouring souls? Is Master Weng saying this is the result of immortality?"
"Although there is no direct evidence, everyone knows in their hearts that General Changsheng does not have a Yuan-Zhanbing Sword at all. Since it is not a Yuan-Zhanbing Dao, then the only way to lose the true energy is to devour it. Whether it is swallowing the true energy or devouring the soul, the entire Wuji Domain has already It hasn’t appeared in a hundred thousand years.”
Weng Ziren paused for a moment: "Devouring has not appeared for hundreds of thousands of years, but now both true energy and soul devouring have appeared. I don't think this is a coincidence."
After finishing speaking, Weng Ziren looked at Ouyang Haoguang quietly. Ouyang Haoguang frowned at the corpses and then looked at Xu Zhong: "Master Xu, you are in charge of the criminal case. Take a look."
"His Royal Highness, there are indeed signs of forcible intrusion into the consciousness of these dozen people, and 90% of their souls have been devoured. And judging from their excessive aging and ferocious expressions, it can be judged that their life span has been forcibly extracted."
"The same goes for people who have been killed by Chang Sheng?"
"Hmm~~~~?" Xu Zhong hesitated: "I can only say that it is different. But apart from Changsheng, I can't think of anyone else who can do this?"
Ouyang Haoguang was silent for a moment and then said: "Okay, let's pass the immortal into the palace."
