The five people rushed back to the sect. There was no delay at all on the way. They traveled without distractions and under the stars, and finally returned to the sect in the latter half of the night.
"We might as well break up first and gather at my place in the morning. Then we can go to my sixth grandpa to talk about this matter. How about that?"
Tang Ping said this simply because she had stayed in that secret room full of corpses for a long time and felt that she still had the smell of corruption there, so she had to wash herself off anyway, so after everyone nodded, she He took Yanxuan away. Because it was already late at night, Qian Chao asked Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan to go directly to his residence in order to avoid any trouble in the morning.
In the morning, when Qian Chao, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan arrived at Fairy Guhuo's cave, Tang Ping and Yanxuan had already finished cleaning up. Although they had not rested all night, it was obvious that they had taken baths countless times. Only then did the two girls finally regain their energy.
Tang Ping also carefully approached Qian Chao and sniffed it gently. Qian Chao said, "Of course it has been washed."
"Well, come on, my master also wanted to hear it, so he invited my sixth grandfather over, and they are all inside now."
In Fairy Guhuo's cave, Qian Chao and the other five people walked in and discovered that not only Fairy Guhuo and Tang Bonian, but also Lu Pingchuan's master, Senior Kang Fu, were also there. It seemed that they were interested in what Qian Chao and the other five had gained from this outing. Take it very seriously.
The five people bowed after entering, and then Fairy Guhuo asked them to sit down, and then said:
"After Tang Yatou came back, he gave me a brief talk. After listening to it, I felt it was very important, so I invited Senior Tang and Senior Kang over, in order to let you explain what happened during this trip. Let me tell you in detail, now that we are all here, who of you can say it?"
Tang Ping said to Qian Chao: "Boy Qian, you have put the most effort into this matter. You can tell me."
"good."
Qian Chao saluted the three seniors sitting at the top, and then told them how they felt that those who attacked Yan Shuang would not give up and would definitely attack again, and how they suspected that those people were going to attack on the day of the big tide in Hanquan Valley. He also talked about the timing of meeting Wen Liang in Cold Spring Valley. In addition, he also told how several people met Ma Hu outside and learned from Ma Hu about something suspicious outside the clan. Because Ma Hu was injured, the five people I decided to go take a look, and found someone refining the evil pill there. I also told them in detail what I had overheard.
In addition, Qian Chao also told how he and Ma Hu tracked down the murderer of Brother Xun, how he finally tracked down Wen Liang, and how he suspected Yin Kuang and the Tian family, including Han Tian's Various things, meetings with Han Tian's people in Ruixuan Town, etc. Although the three seniors in front of them have nothing to do with Qian Chao, because Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan are both trustworthy people, Qian Chao is still among these three. He didn't hold anything back in front of him, and told everything he knew.
After saying that, Qian Chao felt his mouth was dry. When Tang Ping saw him, he took the teapot and poured him a cup of tea.
Tang Bonian, Fairy Guhuo and Kang Fu didn't expect that these five little guys could find out so many things. They couldn't help but look at each other. These three knew many things. They thought that these five children didn't know, but they didn't expect They have tracked it down, and some places know better than they do.
Tang Bonian looked at Qian Chao and said:
"Is this Wen Liang the person you found?"
"Yes, he killed the disciples of Elder Jiuxuanjin, rescued Gui Su, made a second plan to deal with Yan Shuang, refined evil pills, and cultivated party members in the sect. He did many things, and what is he ultimately planning now? It’s not clear yet.”
"Well, yes, yes, then how do you think he will deal with Yan Shuang in his second plan?"
"At first we thought Wen Liang would place evil beasts in Cold Spring Valley..."
"Evil beast?" Tang Bonian was shocked. "How do you know?"
Tang Ping didn't tell Fairy Guhuo and Tang Bonian about the last encounter with the evil beast, so these three elders didn't know about it.
So Qian Chao also told how he met the evil beast the last time he went out and how he dealt with it.
Now the three elders were a little surprised!
It can be heard that dealing with that evil beast is basically the power of Qian Chao, but what surprised these three elders most is that Qian Chao was not only able to get rid of the evil beast without blood through the formation, but he was also able to understand The evil beast's arrangement deduced from this a very complicated and powerful method to deal with Yan Shuang in the eyes of these three people.
This kid is really not simple!
Tang Bonian looked at Qian Chao.
No wonder the Mozu from Yuhu Mountain took a fancy to him.
"Then have you discovered anything in Cold Spring Valley?"
"No, the five of us have checked almost all the sea eyes there, and looked around carefully. It may be that our cultivation is still shallow and our eyesight is insufficient. In short, we did not find similar arrangements there. Of course, there are Maybe we missed it..."
"Well, what did you think afterwards?"
"Junior feels that Wen Liang's method may be more clever. I heard Tang Ping say that the big tide in Hanquan Valley seems to be related to the change of spiritual veins in the sea. Perhaps Wen Liang's clever method is the idea of the change of spiritual veins. , but exactly how he arranged it, the juniors can’t figure it out yet. It’s the first time for the juniors to go to those places. They are not familiar with the mountains and geography there, and they are even less clear about the distribution of spiritual veins there, so I can only come back and report to my seniors, and use some protective measures on Miss Yan Shuang, so as not to teach those people to take advantage of her."
"From what you can see, Wen Liang must be planning something in Hanquan Valley, right?"
"good."
"Okay, I will talk to the other elders in charge of the sect about this matter. No matter what happens, nothing can happen to Yan Shuang. Well, Mr. Qian, you are not bad. You are all good. It has greatly exceeded our expectations. Well. ...Come, I have here a geographical map about the outside world of the sect, which is relatively complete. It was hand-drawn by me back then. However, I originally wanted to work hard on the matter of spiritual veins, but then There are so many things to do that it will be delayed, and the directions of several major spiritual veins are marked on it. You can take it and look at it, at least it is enough for a map."
As he spoke, Tang Bonian handed over a book.
Qian Chao was overjoyed, but he was worried that he didn't have a detailed map outside the sect. Now the map hand-drawn by Senior Jie Dan was naturally a good thing. He hurriedly took it with both hands and expressed his gratitude.
"Grandpa Six, you always have to check on that foundation-building monk who is with Wen Liang?" Tang Ping said.
"Well, speaking of this foundation-building guy, I'm still curious. You guys were watching nearby, but the foundation-building guy didn't notice you. What's going on?" Tang Bonian asked.
"Boy Qian will set up a formation. Once we enter, people outside will not be able to detect our spiritual energy..."
"Is that so?" Tang Bonian looked at Qian Chao.
"Exactly, but it's useless if the other party's cultivation level is much higher than ours. Well... at least it's still useful for foundation-building monks."
"Well, you arrange it, the three of us want to take a look."
"yes."
Qian Chao then arranged his Hidden Spirit Array in the room and walked in.
First they were surprised by Qian Chao's proficiency in forming the array, then the three elders tried it without using their eyes and only used their own senses. Then they looked at each other again, nodded and then said:
"Yes, your formation is somewhat useful, but it still needs to be modified. Although your spiritual energy leaks out less in the formation, the three of us can still detect you. Well, maybe again You can escape our induction if you are farther away, but it seems that it is indeed useful for foundation-building monks... It seems that the guy you met is really a foundation-building monk."
After hearing this, Tang Ping immediately said:
"Then we should find that guy..."
"Well, girl, that guy went to find Wen Liang. Maybe it has something to do with some recent transfers within the sect."
"Oh, what transfer?"
"Well, it has something to do with Mu Yangzong, and it is also a follow-up to what happened with Yan Shuang a while ago. Muyang Zong has put a lot of pressure on us recently, so there have been frequent transfers within the sect recently. No matter what we are doing, Xiu Xiu For those above the foundation level, there are new dispatches, and I am also involved in this. The sect is the foundation. In the future, those who can stay in the sect will be absolutely trustworthy people, such as Lu Xiaozi’s senior brother. Xi Kan, like your senior sister Ruo Yan, like my disciples, these people can stay in the sect and be responsible for maintaining..."
"But, we can trust these people you mentioned, but if there is a disciple of another senior..."
"Listen to me, these people can stay because we, the masters, guarantee them. If anything happens to them, we, the masters, will have to sit together. You should understand what I say, right?"
Tang Ping nodded.
"In addition to these people, the rest of the foundation-building monks must follow to the front. Hum, we found some detailed works from the sect a while ago, but they are definitely not complete. Some of them we have confirmed are fine works, some are suspected, and some Those who cannot be seen through yet, and those who have no masters, take all these people out and bring them to the front, let them be exposed in front of Mu Yangzong, let us take a closer look and learn more from them. After a thorough screening, many people will not be able to come back with them when they come back."
After hearing this, the five people all understood what the outcome would be for those people.
"During this period, apart from our remaining foundation-building disciples, no other foundation-building disciples are allowed to stay in the sect. As long as someone stays, they will be suspected of being evil. Those of us who stay You can ask the elders of the sect to arrest them whenever they see you. So I think the foundation-building guy you saw that night was probably because he had to go out and couldn't meet and communicate with that Wen Liang for a while, so he had to meet him. Unfortunately, you guys bumped into me, so you don’t have to worry about this in the future, as almost all the foundation-building disciples in the sect will have followed him out in a few days.”
"Isn't the sect empty?"
"Of course not. Well, you, senior Kang Fu, and many other senior Jiedan were assigned to garrison in the sect. In addition, one or two of the founders on Yuhu Mountain were released from seclusion because of this matter. Yes, to protect the safety of the sect.”
After hearing this, Tang Ping asked hesitantly:
"Why are you so tense with Mu Yangzong now? Will it become a big war?"
"Well, you don't need to worry about these, but I can tell you that it is unlikely that Mu Yangzong will actually go to war with us. It is just a bluff. Now Jiu Genyuan is alone against Motian Cliff, and the situation is slowly changing. The situation was reversed, and the situation was unfavorable to Mu Yangzong, but it was not enough for Mu Yangzong to put all his efforts into it. Talking, we always have to talk in the end, but we always have to show off before talking, and now we are just showing up. , I will go out after a while, and your master will also go out and walk around to let the people of Mu Yangzong know that we will not give in even half a step, so that we can force them to the table to have a good talk. "
"Master, are you really going out?" Tang Ping turned to look at Fairy Guhuo.
"That's right, if you go out and walk around, you might even meet a few old friends from the past!"
Tang Bonian heard some murderous intent from Fairy Guhuo's mouth, smiled helplessly, and then continued:
"You guys, since you told us what you saw, you don't have to pay any more attention to it. Well, the five of you will definitely continue to investigate. If you find anything else in the future, you can go to Senior Kang and tell him. You can go to Xi Kan and others. Remember, don't act rashly. According to what you said, it is very possible that Wen Liang stole his body and sneaked into the sect. If this is the case, even if he is currently limited by his physical cultivation. , you five are no match, you must remember!"
The five people nodded in agreement after hearing this.
Qian Chao still wanted to ask something, so he opened his mouth and said:
"Senior Tang, I would like to know what the Tian family of Qi State is planning, and why are they targeting my Qian family like this?"
"I can't tell you this yet," Tang Bonian said. "But, Mr. Qian, I know you are worried about your parents. I can assure you that the Tian family will be held captive for decades to prevent them from doing anything. Zong The sect can do it, so you, the Qian family, and your parents don’t have to worry at all. If they do too much in the future, the sect will naturally not ignore it. The Tian family is ambitious, but if your cultivation level breaks through the foundation building, In the future, we need a smart person to deal with the Tian family. If you are willing, after you establish the foundation, I can recommend you to the sect to deal with the Tian family. What is the Tian family's plan then? Of course you You’ll know.”
Qian Chao was shocked when he heard this and thanked him immediately.
"Well, there's also Mr. Li," Tang Bonian said and looked at Li Jian, "The matter between your Liang Kingdom and Jin Kingdom will eventually come to an end. There will also be a source of trouble for our Wuling Sect and Mu Yang Sect in the future." , if you are successful in cultivation and after establishing the foundation, you will also be the best candidate for matters concerning your Liang and Jin countries. Naturally, I can also strongly recommend you to the sect. Of course, you are not the only one. The five of you must work together to do everything, as well as the Qian boy's affairs, do you understand?"
After hearing this, Li Jian's face suddenly flushed, and without saying a word, he thanked her deeply.
"In this case, we are here today. The sect you are talking about is already aware of it. All you have to do is continue your practice in the future."
Tang Ping actually wanted to know if Wen Liang was someone who had escaped from the Suo family before and snuck in. However, it seemed that the three elders were unwilling to say more, so they had no choice but to salute with their four companions and then retreat. Got out.
There were only three monks left in the room.
Kang Fu spoke: "Old man Tang, do you still have to deal with these five children now?"
Tang Bonian smiled: "Don't underestimate them. No, they have worked out more things than I know after checking. Well, maybe we can dig out those people completely from them." Later, I will arrange for people to go to the place they mentioned to have a look and see what the technique of refining the 'Jade Pill' is."
Fairy Guhuo frowned after Tang Ping and the others left. After listening to Tang Bonian's words, she said:
"Who is this Wen Liang? Do you have any idea?"
"Well, it's clear now. In my opinion, this Wen Liang should be from the Suo family. Haha, I didn't expect that Qian boy to have guessed it right. Don't forget, the Suo family was exposed because of this kind of method. Magic alchemy, huh, I don’t know how many people have been harmed by them. Speaking of which, when the Suo family was exposed, I also played a role in it, so those people in the Suo family must hate me. As for who Wen Liang is... Suo Yuanshen was dead, and the only three people who escaped were Suo Yuanwu and Suo Yuanhai. These five children found the place where they refined the evil pills, and Suo Yuanwu and Suo Yuanhai Among the two Yuanhai, Suo Yuanhai is proficient in alchemy, while Suo Yuanwu is more like a conspirator who is good at the art of manipulation, so this Wen Liang should be the Suo Yuanhai who was not found at the beginning!"
"Suo Yuanhai?"
"That's right," Tang Bonian said, and took out a notebook. "This was specially made for the Suo family. Come and take a look."
After saying that, he opened it.
This book contains meticulously crafted portraits one after another. They are painted with great care and delicate brushwork, depicting the characters' faces, facial features, and clothing.
"This..." Tang Bonian pointed to the middle-aged man in the first picture and said, "This is Suo Yu'en, the head of the Suo family at the time. This man was also the most powerful one in the Suo family. At that time, we were four knots. Dan's senior fellow apprentices worked together to capture him after he was seriously injured."
"This is Suo Yusi, the second-in-command of the Suo family, but his cultivation methods are only average. I captured this man. He wanted to run away, but I bumped into him. I injured him after he started, and then I captured him. ." Tang Bonian turned another page and pointed at a somewhat obese middle-aged man and said.
"This is Suo Yufan. In terms of cultivation and means, he is the number two figure in the Suo family. He resisted the most fiercely at that time and also injured several of us. Well, in the end, this person died in my hands!"
Tang Bonian looked at it page by page, and then turned to the next page.
"This is Suo Yuanshen who plotted against the five children in Little Lianhua Lake. This person is the most careful. After the Suo family was surrounded, it is said that he started to escape from various secret passages. Fortunately, we had to deal with the Suo family in the early stage. After checking clearly, I blocked him, and finally let him escape with injuries. You can see in this painting that he is a talented person, but when I saw him again at Xiaolianhua Lake, he was already gray-haired and suffering from illness and old age. His attitude is fully displayed, well, if you take a blow from me, you can be considered happy!"
"This is Suo Yuanwu. He looks like a scholar and looks gentle. This guy is full of tricks. He is responsible for contacting other major families and even other major sects. I have met this person several times. I have talked with him several times. He is very scheming and can arrange all kinds of conspiracies perfectly. Especially this guy is the best at reading people's hearts. He is a very difficult guy. I am always cautious when dealing with him. , Well, now this guy must be hiding somewhere and hating me to death, huh!"
"This..." Tang Bonian turned another page, pointed with his hand and said, "This is Suo Yuanhai!"
Fairy Guhuo and Kang Fu looked at it carefully after hearing this. What was drawn on the page was a thin middle-aged man with listless eyes and dull eyes. He looked very slovenly.
"Is it him?" Fairy Guhuo asked.
"Well, that's him. Although he is proficient in alchemy, among the people in the Suo family who are good at refining various evil elixirs, he is not ranked first. There are two people in front of him, but those Both of them have been executed, and he slipped through the net because he was not in the Suo family at the time. It is said that this person has an extremely cautious temperament, somewhat similar to Suo Yuanwu, and Suo Yuanwu, according to the information we received, He doesn't know how to refine those evil elixirs, so I concluded that the Wen Liang was most likely Suo Yuanhai who sneaked in by seizing his body."
The page next to the portrait in the book records in detail the name, cultivation, skills and other information of the person in the painting. Most of the characters have three words "executed" at the end of the record. There are no these three words. There were only a few characters in the Suo family. In addition to Suo Yuanwu and Suo Yuanhai, there were also several Suo family members who had established their foundations. Tang Bonian said that it was all because they were not in the Suo family at the time, otherwise they would have been executed based on their cultivation base. undoubtedly.
Fairy Guhuo asked curiously because she did not participate in the massacre of the Suo family that year:
"How did you find out that there was a problem with the Suo family?"
"The Suo family is in Linzhou. The disciples we sent to Linzhou accidentally found out that there seemed to be a problem with the Suo family. However, there was no real evidence in Linzhou at that time, so the sect did not regard it as an important matter at that time. Linzhou Yazhou is adjacent to Yazhou. Several small aristocratic families were attacked in Yazhou. It happened suddenly and it was impossible to find out who did it. Well, they were all weak aristocratic families. Some of their homes were missing. Monk, I originally thought that there was a conflict between the aristocratic families in Yazhou, and the sect didn't take it to heart. Later, in the nearby Haiqingzhou, our disciples caught a group of people who specifically targeted those weak families. The guys, and then pried their mouths open. According to what those guys said, not only the previous two places, but also what happened in other places were done by them. They came out specifically to rob monks, what kind of small aristocratic families? , encountered random cultivators, etc., and then sent them to someone. As for who that person was, they couldn’t tell. Then we followed those guys’ instructions and conducted a secret investigation, and finally found out that those who had taken over had been robbed. The monks were a group of loose cultivators who had become acquainted. After capturing these loose cultivators, they asked them about it. They sent the monks they looted from various places into the Suo family. They didn't know what they were used for. At that time, The Suo family is a big family with extraordinary strength, so it was impossible to ask about this matter openly, so the sect asked me to lead people to investigate at that time. Well, the people of the Suo family also noticed that we were investigating them later. We also secretly thought about it and took action, which can be regarded as thrilling and dangerous, with twists and turns, but in the end we fulfilled our mission and finally found out that the Suo family was doing alchemy using witchcraft. We were harmed by them all those years ago. There are almost thousands of monks. It can be said that the scale and strength of the Suo family at that time were all due to the contribution of the evil pill. Therefore, the sect decided to uproot the Suo family. Only then did the Suo family be killed. thing."
"That's it." Fairy Guhuo nodded.
"It was too urgent to take action at that time, but there was nothing I could do about it. Suo Yuen from the Suo family had a high-level cultivation of Dan Ji. According to the news I got at that time, if I had taken action later, I was afraid that this guy would hit the bottleneck. If you break through to the realm of Nascent Soul, you will be in big trouble, so I didn’t wait for Suo’s family to gather before taking action.”
"It seems that compared to Qian Chao, Wen Liang hates Ping'er even more. She is your granddaughter!"
"Yes, of course I know this."
"That……"
"Don't worry, these children are all extraordinary people. Have you ever seen such smart little guys before? At least I haven't. All we need to do is help them a little secretly. Let them go and break in. Even if we go out, There is still Brother Kang here, so nothing will happen. I always have a feeling that no matter what Suo Yuanhai wants to do, he will eventually die in the hands of these children. Even Suo Yuanwu, maybe they will die in the end. If we meet, there will be some overt and covert fighting, just wait and see!"
"Well, that's right!" Kang Fu also said.
…
Almost at the same time, in a secret place outside the sect.
Someone pushed open the door of the stone room and walked out. Wen Liang followed that person and greeted him with a smile.
"Brother Xing, walk slowly, I won't send you away."
"It's easy to say, that boy Du should be ready for use next time. How to arrange it depends on Brother Wen."
"good……"
Wen Liang watched the man leave with a smile before returning to the room. After a while, someone knocked on the door.
A young Qi refining monk came in.
Wen Liang glanced at him and asked with a smile:
"Did he admit it?"
"I admitted it. The one who left just now secretly came to him to inquire about Senior Brother Wen. According to him, he knew that person before..."
"Well, just admit it. I won't accuse him unjustly."
"Yes, these are the things on his body..."
What the man held up with both hands was a storage bag.
Wen Liang chuckled again and said:
"You have done a good job in this matter. I want these to be useless, so you can put them away."
The man was overjoyed. He didn't like the spiritual stones in this bag, but one of the pills was the most tempting to him. Now after hearing what Wen Liang said, he quickly thanked and put it away.
"Well, you still have to go back to the sect. Your identity is well hidden. From now on, you will have to inquire more about the sect's movements. From now on, you can come to me once a month if you have nothing to do. If you have something urgent, come to me again. Do you understand?"
"understand!"
After this person left, Wen Liang was the only one left in the room. When he was alone, the smile on Wen Liang's face slowly faded away. He leaned on the chair and silently wondered what he was thinking. He was stroking the jade pendant in his left hand. The jade pendant was not connected by a silk ribbon. He held it in his hand and played with it. Occasionally, when Wen Liang stopped and looked at the jade pendant in his hand, his eyes became cold. For other reasons, just because a small word can be seen on the surface of the jade pendant exposed outside the palm of the hand...
"Hai"!
