In the mountains outside the sect.
After listening to Senior Brother Bian's words, the person surnamed Qu who was leading the opposite pondered for a moment and realized that the people he had brought behind him seemed to be slightly unstable. It seemed that there were really people who listened to what this surnamed Bian said. I thought about it.
So the man tilted his head and said coldly: "Don't think too much. If you believe his words, you still don't know how you will die in the future. We did what happened back then together. You don't really think that he is like Zhu Zhu." After he is convicted, will those of us who know his true identity be allowed to continue to live?”
Senior Brother Bian smiled after hearing this: "Haven't we always been in peace and harmony with each other for so many years?"
"It is true that we have been peacefully together these years. However, Senior Brother Bian, you are too ambitious. There is a huge difference between what you want to do and what we want. Senior Brother Bian, there is only one way for you to make us feel at ease."
"Alas!" Senior Brother Bian sighed, "Only when I die will you feel at ease, right?"
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"Alas!" Ma Hu also sighed, "Junior brother Qian, you are really smart. I didn't expect that you could guess all my thoughts after I only came to you a few times."
At this time, Ma Hu's heart also started to move. What Qian Chao said was exactly what he wanted to do. However, although Ma Hu was usually domineering, his mind was a little worse. He wanted to find out the cause of Senior Brother Xun's death. The truth came to light, but he had been suffering from no clue, and could only use some stupid methods to investigate bit by bit. But now he looked at Qian Chao, but he had a different idea in his mind.
"Junior Brother Qian, you don't know something. Senior Brother Xun once saved my life in the early years. I have never been able to repay this life-saving grace. You are right. I am a person who knows how to repay kindness. But Senior Brother Xun's cultivation level has always been higher than mine, and there is no need for me to give him any help. Therefore, I have kept this idea for so many years, but I never expected that Senior Brother Xun would encounter an accident outside the sect. , I can't repay my kindness while he is alive, and now that he is dead, and it is still unknown, if I can't avenge him, I will be unhappy for the rest of my life."
Qian Chao was relieved when he heard this. His guesses about Ma Hu these days were indeed correct.
"Well, but I don't have as many thoughts as you do. Junior Brother Qian, since you can guess what I'm going to do, why don't you help me think about how to avenge Senior Brother Xun?"
Qian Chao said: "Senior Brother Ma, you can tell me, and then we can come up with ideas together. Well, after Senior Brother Xun's accident, you must have been to Guanxikou, right?"
Ma Hu replied: "Yes, I rushed there as soon as I found out about Senior Brother Xun. At that time, Senior Brother Xun's body had not been found yet, and we only found it together."
"You went there by yourself later, right?"
"Of course, well, it doesn't matter when there are many people, and Senior Brother Xun didn't go deep into the Guanxi mouth at that time, but when I went alone, it was really difficult to enter the Guanxi mouth, where There are too many bamboo-piercing winds, and I can only circle around the outside. As soon as those monster insects gather around me, I have to escape. I can't deal with them at all, and I can't get in there at all."
"Senior Brother Ma, is there anything good in the mouth of Guanxi? In other words, do you know why Senior Brother Xun goes there?"
"I really don't know about this. Alas, my reputation is not very good. Although Senior Brother Xun saved my life, he wouldn't be willing to hang out with a guy like me. So why would he go there? I I really don’t know. Speaking of what good things there are in Guanxi Mouth, it is said that there are some good spiritual herbs in it. However, the disciples in our sect all think that the bamboo wind there is troublesome, and generally no one goes there. , I haven’t heard of anyone finding anything good there in all these years.”
"Senior Brother Ma, a very important point is, why does Elder Jin feel that the cause of Senior Brother Xun's death is suspicious? Did he see any clues from Senior Brother Xun's body or is there any other suspicion?"
"Well, it's very simple. It's just four words. Life should not be taken. With Senior Brother Xun's cultivation, even if he encounters a large group of bamboo winds, he can't handle it, but if he wants to escape, he will definitely be able to escape. Junior Brother Qian, when you first met me, what did you think of my body skills?"
"Excellent speed, otherwise Senior Brother Zhou Tong and the others would have caught up with you long ago."
"Yes, Senior Brother Xun's cultivation is deeper than mine, and his body skills are much faster than mine. With my cultivation, even if I am surrounded by a large group of bamboo winds, if I want to escape, I will definitely be able to do it. But Senior Brother Xun failed to do it. Well, it's just like a man who knew how to swim drowned in a small ditch less than three feet deep. There must be a reason. That's why Elder Jin sent people to investigate. of."
Qian Chao nodded and asked again: "I heard that Senior Brother Xun went out with three people. Except for one who came back to deliver the letter after being seriously injured, there was another Senior Brother who seemed to have died outside, and even his body was attached. None of them were found.”
"Yes, at first I also suspected that those two people were plotting against Senior Brother Xun. But the one who came back was named Wei. He didn't escape. He just ran back, but he fell into a coma from the poison halfway. The disciple who was sent out was I saw him and rescued him, so I saved his life. I only reported the letter after he was rescued. But in my opinion, it doesn’t look like this person. His injuries were very serious. It’s good to be able to save his life. According to the treatment His seniors said that it would be good if he could maintain 30% of his cultivation level. It is hard to say whether he can practice cultivation in the future. There must be no one who would make himself like that just to harm others!"
"What about the other senior brother who has not been found?"
"That man's surname is Zhang, but according to the man surnamed Wei, the one surnamed Zhang among the three of them was attacked first by the Zhuan Feng. He was almost covered by the Zhuan Feng. Senior Brother Xun also suffered it to save him. Injury, in the end...alas!"
"Then did Senior Brother Wei say why the three of them went to Guanxikou?"
"According to him, Senior Brother Xun took the two of them there. He said that there was something that can only be found in the mouth of Guanxi, and they encountered danger there."
"Then did they meet anyone on the way, and did they say anything to them?"
"No, it seems not."
After listening, Qian Chao lowered his head and thought.
Seeing that Qian Chao stopped asking, Ma Hu asked, "Junior brother Qian, after asking so many questions, can you tell anything?"
"Senior Brother Ma, we only said these few words, how can we know the cause of Senior Brother Xun's death, but..." Seeing the disappointed expression on Ma Hu's face, Qian Chao hurriedly said, "If Senior Brother Ma wants to keep investigating, Go down and find out the cause of Senior Brother Xun's death. Junior Brother, I have a few words that I hope Senior Brother Ma will think about carefully."
"Oh, come on!"
"Senior Brother Ma, you don't actually have to go to Guanxikou. To be honest, several of Elder Jin's disciples have been there. One of them is Senior Brother Ouyang from our Chengqi Hall. That Senior Brother Ouyang is If a person who is as careful as a hair can't find anything there, it will probably be the same when Senior Brother Ma goes there. What do you think? Besides, we also encountered two earth spirit beasts outside the sect a few days ago. This is probably the case with Ma. Senior brother has also heard that the two earth spirit beasts passed through the mouth of Guanxi. No matter how powerful the bamboo wind was, it could not stop it. The mouth of Guanxi must have been trampled by those two giant beasts. Well, even if Senior Brother Ma goes there again, what will he see there?"
"Well, what should I do?"
"Senior Brother Ma has been in our Jiuxuan for a long time, and he should know a lot about some of the people in the sect and the historical anecdotes. In fact, I always have a vague feeling about Senior Brother Xun. If Senior Brother Xun is really The person who was designed to be killed, based on Senior Brother Xun's character, the person who arranged all this, did not necessarily want to harm Senior Brother Xun in the first place. Senior Brother Ma might as well start from within the sect and follow Senior Brother Xun out. Senior Brother Wei has returned from serious injuries, and the body of Senior Brother Zhang has not been found yet. Well, it can also be said that his life or death is unknown. Is it possible that one of these two people has offended someone and wanted to harm him, but Senior Brother Xun was there at that time? Are you being implicated because of this? Senior Brother Ma, the recipe I gave you, if you replace some of the spiritual herbs in it, the prepared thing will not be able to dispel the bamboo wind, but can make the bamboo wind The wind chases me like crazy."
When Ma Hu heard this, he looked at Qian Chao in a daze. After being stunned for a while, he looked down at the piece of paper Qian Chao had given him before, and then he took a serious look at what was written on it.
Shaking the paper in his hand, Ma Hu asked in a somewhat astringent voice, "Is what you said true?"
"Senior Brother Ma, there are not many people who know this recipe, especially in the Yuling Sect. They are good at raising these spiritual beasts and insects, so they naturally know more. Senior Brother Ma, I am telling you this just to give you a way to investigate. This recipe is only a possibility. I think Senior Brother Ma should start with the two people who followed Senior Brother Xun out, or maybe Senior Brother Xun was originally four people together when he went out, but someone had something to do and didn't go. Success, or the three of them met someone outside the sect and said something. These senior brothers Ma should find out. Although not all disciples go to the Jingshiyuan to receive an assignment when they go out, they should also record it there. If Senior Brother Xun had someone go out a few days before his accident, if Senior Brother Ma can see these records and ask those people, he might also be able to learn something about what happened before and after Senior Brother Xun's accident."
After listening to this, Ma Hu stood up, gave a very solemn salute to Qian Chao, and said, "Thank you, Junior Brother Qian. If it weren't for your words, I might have been bumping into a headless fly!"
