A few days later, Qian Chao and the other five returned to the sect.
In the next dozen days, in addition to getting together with a few friends from time to time and practicing according to this formation, Qian Chao focused all his thoughts on two things. One of them is naturally the painting he got again at the Yiming Pavilion. Qian Chao put a lot of thought into this painting, and even asked Senior Brother Fang Yan from the inner hall for help. With Fang Yan's help, Qian Chao He climbed to the third floor of the library, which only Foundation Establishment disciples could enter, and went there to search for information; the second was the books obtained from the ruins, and he studied the methods of refining spiritual weapons recorded in them in detail. However, after refining the large shield, he was confident that even if it was still no match for the iron beak of the eight-foot peck, it would not be easily destroyed.
After being refined by Qian Chao, the iron beak of Ba Chi Pei was no longer eight feet long and much shorter. However, its sharpness and quickness were rare among Qian Chao's many spiritual weapons. Therefore, this thing was also returned by Qian Chao. Classes cannot be used lightly.
Then there are the iron feathers on the two wings of the eight-foot peck. Qian Chao painstakingly made a feather fan. Qian Chao found a secluded place to try it. After the first fan, Qian Chao lost his strength and fell. Actually, the amount of spiritual energy consumed by this feather fan is even greater than that of the folding fan, but its power is even more shocking to Qian Chao. The mountain wall several stories high is blown by the wind, which is twisted together by the feather fan. The blade hit it and actually dug out a deep cave there. There was a loud roar and rocks flying around. Fortunately, Qian Chao fell down, otherwise he would have been hit by the flying rocks. Gotta get some injuries.
In addition, Qian Chao gave many spiritual swords that he had used for his own use to Bu Yannong for sale, and he refining some himself. These were the prototypes of his sword array in the future. Although the number was smaller than before, It's a little less, but it's more than 120% more powerful.
While refining the weapon, Qian Chao suddenly felt something in his heart. He thought of the last time Shangjie came to talk to him about Du Sha. It was an incident that was widely spread by many disciples. He was refining the weapon at his residence every day and he could not even listen to it. I have never heard of it, so it can be seen that my place of residence has advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that when refining some important things, I don’t have to worry about people coming to watch. The disadvantage is that when I refine weapons by myself, I can just listen to the excitement in the crafts hall. Without it, it would be impossible to know what happened in many sects.
Thinking of this, Qian Chao got up, left his residence and went straight to Chengqi Hall.
As soon as Qian Chao left his residence, Ma Hu came to his door, but he was rejected.
The last time Qian Chao returned to the sect from Cold Spring Valley, he told Ma Hu what he had encountered outside. Hearing this, Ma Hu's heart jumped. He did not expect that Junior Brother Qian would meet Wen Liang, let alone Wen Liang also had a foundation-building monk beside him. If he had encountered him, his life would probably have been left to him outside. Secondly, he didn't expect that there would be someone in the place where the sneaky guy was found after he inquired about it. Evil pills have been refined there, and those evil pills are also related to gentleness!
If Ma Hu found that place by himself, apart from smelling some unpleasant smells, Ma Hu alone would not be able to find the formation there, let alone discover the secrets there.
Qian Chao also gave Ma Hu two names for him to check. One was Hai Kun and the other was Xing Rang. These were overheard by Qian Chao and others in a secret room full of dead bodies. These two people also They are all related to gentleness.
And Ma Hu came to see Qian Chao today precisely because of the news about these two people, so he came. Unexpectedly, he didn't meet Qian Chao.
…
Just when Qian Chao entered the Chengqi Hall, greeted some senior brothers he knew, and then listened to the lively things said by many disciples while busy, he was somewhere outside the sect, which was actually not far away from the sect. Far away, there are neither hard-to-find spiritual herbs nor powerful monsters. It is covered by trees and very quiet. It is a good place to talk. With the smell of fragrant powder coming in the wind, a slim woman gently pushed aside the twigs and fell down gently.
It was Shangguan Hong, she was the only one, and her sister Shangguan Xiu did not come with her.
After Shangguan Hong landed, she took a few steps back and forth. She looked around and found no one. She seemed certain that there was someone here, so she said:
"I'm here, do you still want to hide? You invited me here, and we can't talk until we meet."
"Why are you coming back?" As expected, a somewhat cold young man's voice came from behind her.
"Well, that's good. We haven't seen you for a long time, and you can hide it from my eyes and ears. It shows that you have made great progress in your cultivation." Shangguan Hong said.
"Let me ask you, why did you come back!" The man's tone was a little impatient.
"Why can't I come back?" Shangguan Hong's tone became colder.
"You can just stay at your Shangguan's house. Why do you want to come back?"
"Hmph! I thought so at first, but well, I didn't expect that I could return to the Five Spirits Sect. Well, that's not bad. Since I can come back, of course I will come back. Look, no matter how good the family is, it's not as good as the sect. Damn it, it’s only been a few years, and my cultivation has not improved much, but you have improved by leaps and bounds, so why do you think I came back?”
"If it's for cultivation, then you should practice diligently. Why do you have to stir up trouble as soon as you come back? What kind of peace of mind do you have?"
"I stirred up trouble and stirred up rain!" Shangguan Hong's face turned completely cold. "Isn't it because of you that I was expelled from the sect because of my confusion and injustice? Now you actually say that I stirred up trouble and stirred up rain. , what? Did the sight of me arouse the shameful deeds in your heart, make you feel uncomfortable, think I am an eyesore, and want to drive me away again? "
"What happened back then..."
"Ha! What happened back then, she died in front of you. I really can't understand how cruel your heart is? You obviously love something, but you can be cruel enough to destroy..."
"nonsense!"
The man became agitated, and there was a flush of blood on his face. He was obviously angry, but Shangguan Hong didn't care and looked at him calmly.
"Back then...if it hadn't been for you, she wouldn't have died at all. All of this...it was you who killed her!"
"Don't be stupid, my little junior brother, that's just a lesson for you. I just want to tell you that you will never be able to compare with him, and you will never get her. Ha, I still underestimated you, I didn’t expect that you were so cruel that you killed both of them, I admire you!”
After saying this, a chill appeared on Shangguan Hong's face:
"But I never expected that you actually planned to put the blame on me from the beginning, but in the end you made me take the blame. It's such a good plan. I have been staying at home for all these years and I can't figure it out. How did you do it? of!"
"So, you started checking me? Why didn't you check me when you were at Shangguan's house? Why did you start checking me when you returned to the sect?"
"Originally, I was going to admit this mute thing. I really didn't expect that I would have the chance to return to the Five Spirits Sect. Well, now that I'm back, humming, people say I fell down somewhere, so I have to Get up from there, right? When I stay in the Five Spirits Sect in the future, I can't keep carrying that unwarranted reputation. So, what you gave me in the beginning, I will pay back to you in the future!"
"Stop dreaming, the people you sent out will never come back."
As he spoke, the man threw a bunch of things in front of Shangguan Hong with a clatter.
Those were several jade pendants. It looked like they were the jade pendants worn by disciples of the Wuling Sect. I think they must have been hung on the waists of several people in the past.
Shangguan Hong took a glance and recognized the names on the jade pendants.
"Hey, your hands are really cruel. You killed so many people at once, and you actually said that I was a troublemaker."
"You can continue to send people to check and see if you can get what you want."
"You don't really think that I can figure you out just by..." Shangguan Hong kicked the string of jade pendants on the ground with his toes, "Can these people find out about you? Haha!"
"What's the meaning?"
"These idiots were given to you to kill. In fact, there are more than just these. I sent several groups of people, but you only found them. Alas, you are still a little behind. It can only be said that the sect has not been the best in these years. There are no decent characters, that’s why you’re so stupid. Let me tell you, the news has spread out a long time ago, and it won’t be long before they come back. During this time, you can guess again who is passing the news to me. , if I guess wrong and kill the wrong one, I will know everything!"
"you……"
The forest became quiet, and the chirping of insects and birds suddenly stopped. It was dead silent here. After a while, when the birds began to sing, Shangguan Hong opened his mouth and said:
"What? You don't plan to take action again?"
"I'll tell you one last time, stop it, don't wait until the end and I'll kill you too!"
"Hmph... Junior Brother, you are still not sure. If you were sure, you would have taken action long ago, right?"
The man ignored Shangguan Hong and flew away through the branches and leaves above him.
Shangguan Hong's face slowly returned to calmness. After thinking for a while, he looked down at the string of jade pendants on the ground, and then stepped on them gently. After a few "clicks", the jade pendants were all broken into pieces.
…
"Junior brother Qian, it's been really hard to find you these days. Why do you go out every day?"
At night, at Qian Chao's residence, Ma Hu complained while drinking tea from a cup.
"I've been refining weapons in Chengqi Hall these days."
"Isn't there a fire eye under your residence? Why are you going to Chengqi Hall?"
"Chengqi Hall is lively. Many things within the sect can be heard there. It is quiet here. No one disturbs you, but you can't hear anything outside."
"Then what did you hear?"
"It's not a big deal, it's just...well, the people in Chengqi Hall said that some people seem to have gone out recently and never come back. Although such things have happened in the past, it seems to have happened more recently."
"It's normal!" Ma Hu said, draining the tea in the cup in one gulp. "That woman has been dishonest since she came back. She is either thinking about this or that every day, but there are so many people who think she can hug her. A thigh that actively sticks to her body has long been frowned upon by some people. Recently, I heard that those guys who surround Shangguan's wife every day will be stopped by people who hate Shangguan Hong when they go out. Just a few words can lead to a fight. Oh, by the way, just a few days ago, the two women Luo Ying and Lu Shuang met Shangguan Hong outside and almost made a move. Although the woman Luo Ying I didn’t do anything, but that mouth was so powerful, I kept scolding Shangguan’s wife’s white face into the color of pig’s liver, haha!”
"Oh? Didn't you say that Senior Sister Luo was bullied by her before?"
"Yes, but that was before. Luo Ying had a fiery temper and could suffer losses but could not admit defeat. She was bullied back then because of her poor cultivation and poor means. But now if she really wants to take action, well, Lu Shuang is here, plus Luo Bin and the people from Wenyuan, no matter how powerful Shangguan Hong is, they can't take advantage of them."
"Is Shangguan Hong very powerful?"
"Of course, if she hadn't been outstanding in her methods, she wouldn't have been able to stir up troubles among the disciples in the sect. She was a spirit master, but even people who had suffered from her couldn't tell what she was raising. Spiritual beast, I couldn’t tell when I lost to her last time, tell me, is she powerful?”
Qian Chao nodded, thinking in his mind that if Tang Ping and Shangguan Hong got involved one day, they would be from the same sect, and he didn't know which one would be better at this method.
"By the way, have you found anything about the two names you gave Senior Brother Ma last time?"
"Well, I came to you just to tell you about this matter, Haikun. I found it. If you hadn't said that you said this name from a gentle person, I wouldn't have thought there was anything wrong with this kid. Well , Haikun, a high-level Qi refiner, well, not too low-key, but not ostentatious, and not the kind of introverted and dull person. He usually goes in and out of the sect with a few fixed people, and although his cultivation is Not too fast, but not like those people recruited by Wen Liang. It’s not fast, but it’s smooth. He’s been in the sect for sixty or seventy years. He’s a very ordinary person. I’ve been watching him for a few days. Hey, look. Nothing is wrong, but keep paying attention, his affairs will be taken care of by me."
"As for the Xing Rang you mentioned, this person has disappeared more than thirty years ago. I don't know whether he is alive or dead. Brother Qian, you don't need to ask me anymore about Xing Rang. You should go to your inner hall and ask, Xing Rang. Well, I once participated in a 'Sword Armor Examination' in your inner hall when I was on the sixth level of weapon refining, but failed and then disappeared. Maybe I can find out more details in your inner hall."
"Oh, Xing Rang actually wanted to join the inner hall of Chengqi Hall?"
"Yes, those senior brothers in your inner hall should have an impression of him. You should go there and ask, by the way, what exactly is this punishment?"
"It's still unclear, Xing Rang. From what I heard, I speculate that he should be cooperating with Wen Liang, or Wen Liang asked him for help, but at the same time, the two people are wary of each other and are on guard against each other... Senior Brother Ma, if he is really He has been hiding outside for more than thirty years, so how did he get the spiritual stones he cultivated in these years? Could it be that they were all stolen from him? If so, rumors about him would have spread all over the sky."
"This...I just can't understand it, but since he dares to go to the inner hall to take the sword and armor test at the sixth level of the facial weapon, it means that the kid is at least good at refining weapons and knows how to do it. Won't……"
When Ma Hu said this, his eyes blinked a few times uneasily.
"Could it be that those evil things that are always circulating in the sect were refined and sold by that boy?"
"Horcrux...evil weapon?"
"possible!"
"Nadusha..."
"Junior Brother Qian, this is also our own guess. I think you should go to your inner hall tomorrow and ask carefully..."
"good!"
…
"This..." Tang Ping looked at the feather fan made by Qian Chao using eight-foot iron feathers in his hand. "Is it really that powerful? What's the difference between it and the fan made of sparrow feathers?"
"I personally think that the fan made from the bird feathers of the sparrow is better than this. At least I can control the power of the folding fan. I can only use this feather fan once, and I have to rest for a while before using it again. It is exhausted. There is too much spiritual energy, and just one fan blow will make me exhausted, and all the spiritual energy in my body will be gone. However, the power of this feather fan is quite tyrannical."
"That hole..." Tang Ping looked at the dark hole on the mountain wall, "Did you really fan it out?"
"Of course, I was terrified at the time. Who would have thought that this fan could be so powerful! What it fanned out was not strong wind at all, but a bunch of wind blades gathered together."
"So awesome! I want to give it a try..."
"Hey, be careful..."
After all, Tang Ping was not good at using spiritual weapons, so naturally she couldn't bring out the power of this fan. Even so, her face suddenly turned a lot whiter, and she felt that all her aura was being sucked out by the fan in her hand. As she left, there was a sound of crackling stones on the mountain wall opposite. When she looked again, there were many criss-crossing cracks on the stone wall. If she often used spiritual weapons, maybe there would really be another one there. Big hole.
"You are right, this thing does consume a lot of spiritual energy." Tang Ping felt a wave of fatigue coming over her body, and quickly stuffed the fan back into Qian Chao's hand, "I'll give it back to you, it's not fun."
After breathing for a while, Tang Ping asked again:
"You said you came to see me for something, what was it?"
Qian Chao shook his head. This girl snatched the fan to play with as soon as she arrived at her residence. Now she finally thought of serious matters.
"Remember those two names we overheard?"
"Oh, one Hai Kun and one Xing Rang, how come...we found them?"
"Well, it was all investigated by Ma Hu. Hai Kun found out. Ma Hu will keep an eye on him in the future, but Xing Rang didn't find much."
"Oh? What happened to Xing Rang?"
"This man has been missing for more than thirty years. More than thirty years ago, he was at the sixth level of Qi Refining. Like me, he also participated in the sword and armor examination in the inner hall of Chengqi Hall, but he failed. Then I went to the inner hall, but the senior brother in the inner hall was hesitant and refused to tell me everything. He also asked me why I wanted to ask about the punishment. This made me a little embarrassed. What could we be investigating? If you can't tell anyone, I can't make the decision, so I brought you here."
"Then what are your plans?"
"I'm asking Senior Brother Liao. According to what Senior Tang said, those who can stay in the sect at this time are all trustworthy people. But judging from what Senior Brother Liao means, he must know something. , but I don’t want to say it, it may involve some things that I didn’t want people to know in the past. Chengqitang still pays attention to face, so I think if I can ask a trustworthy senior brother to go to Senior Brother Liao first to talk about it. Say, let him know what we are investigating, let him put down his guard, and then tell us everything he knows, what do you think?"
After hearing this, Tang Ping thought for a while and said:
"Okay, I've heard about that Senior Brother Liao. He is said to be a very stubborn person. Well, it would be inappropriate for me, Senior Sister Ruoyun, to come forward, but Senior Brother Xu Sheng seems to have some friendship with him. He just happened to be back. I'll go Just beg him, it should be no problem.”
…
That afternoon, Qian Chao was still refining weapons in the Chengqi Hall, and then he saw two people coming out of the inner hall, one was Xu Sheng, and the other was Senior Brother Liao. The two of them were talking and laughing all the way out of the Chengqi Hall. 's door.
When he came back, there was only Senior Brother Liao. He looked around, found Qian Chao, and nodded.
Qian Chao immediately stopped what he was doing and followed Senior Brother Liao into the inner hall.
"Junior Brother Qian, Xu Sheng came here just now and talked about you little guys. Of course, he didn't tell everything, but the matter involved confidentiality, so I didn't want to hear everything. Since you are working for the sect, it also involves If you punish this person, I will tell you everything I know."
"Yes, junior brother, I am all ears."
"Well, there have indeed been several outstanding figures in our Chengqi Hall in recent years, such as Senior Brother Wuge, Junior Brother Xu Bo, and your Junior Brother Qian. They all entered the Chengqi Hall during the Qi refining stage. The inner hall is indeed rare and valuable, but there is another person who once became our inner hall disciple, and that person is the Xing Rang you are asking about."
"Ever?" Qian Chao was a little curious after hearing this.
"Well, I guess what you heard was that Xingrang failed the sword armor exam at that time, right?"
"Exactly."
"Haha, I said that on purpose later. To be honest, Junior Brother Qian, Xing Rang was expelled from our inner hall. He passed the sword armor examination back then. Well, but not like you this time. Strict, and it is precisely because of the punishment that you used the method of ten blind selections when you entered the inner hall."
"that is……"
"Hmph, punishment. He was removed only after his evil deeds were exposed. By the time he was removed, it would have been less than a month since he entered the inner hall."
"So..." Qian Chao picked up the small ID tag from his waist, "If it hadn't been discarded, Xing Rang would have had this thing on his body?"
"good."
"Then...brother Liao, please explain it in detail."
"Xing Rang is a very smart person who can work hard. The first time he took the sword armor examination was when he was at the third level of Qi refining. That time he really failed. The sword armor he refined could not meet the requirements of the inner hall. Standard, then, this kid started to work harder. At this point, at least at that time, we still admired him very much. Later, it was time for him to reach the sixth level of Qi refining. That sword armor test I am not in charge of the school, but before he got into trouble, I saw the sword armor he made. It was indeed good. Junior Brother Qian, it is not inferior to the one you made. Haha, at least I am on the sixth level of Qi Refining. I didn’t have this method when I was a kid, so I admired him very much at that time.”
"At that time, he passed the Sword Armor Examination, and all the things that were supposed to be given to him were given to him. Everyone was also very happy, thinking that there was another promising junior brother in the inner hall. Alas, who knew that in less than a month? Something happened with time!”
Qian Chao asked: "Brother Liao, what happened?"
"One day, someone came back from outside the sect with serious injuries and reported to the sect that someone had hurt someone with an evil weapon. This happened more than ten days after Xing Rang entered the inner hall. The sect immediately sent people to investigate, huh, then It went very well. After we went out, we chased for a few days and caught the boy who used evil weapons, and then brought him back for interrogation. Then we started to follow the clues and caught several guys who used evil weapons in the sect one after another. After interrogation, we found that the evil weapons used by these guys were bought from a few casual cultivators in Ruixuan Town. Then it was easy. We went to Ruixuan Town and captured those few casual cultivators. When we asked again, we were surprised!”
Qian Chao has already guessed the outcome.
"Those evil weapons actually came from our Five Spirits Sect and were refined by people within the sect. You must have guessed that the person who refined these things is none other than Xing Rang!"
"it is as expected."
"Hmph! It's a pity that Xing Rang sensed something was wrong in the limelight in advance, so he escaped in advance and failed to catch him, so our inner hall hurriedly removed him. It was really embarrassing, so the inner hall has been very embarrassed. Don't mention him less, even if you ask about him, I'm still very puzzled, why are you talking about this person? Junior Brother Qian, since you asked him, have you heard any news about this person recently?"
"Indeed, Xing Rang hangs out with some people who do evil in the sect. We heard this name accidentally. We thought it was a clue, so we came to find out about it from our senior brother."
"Hmph, it seems like this guy has been hiding outside all this time, damn it!"
"Senior Brother Liao, I have a question, where did Xing Rang learn the method of refining evil weapons? We certainly don't have this thing to teach others in our inner hall, so where did he get it from?"
"We were also curious, and we investigated for a long time, but to no avail. It seems that we can only find out if we catch him. Oh, Xu Sheng told me that the matter you are investigating involves a person in the sect. He's a guy who hides deeply. I understand the rules and won't ask too many questions. But if you really encounter Xing Rang, you must be careful. Later we heard that someone had seen him in Hanchichi, and the sect had also eliminated him. Cold pool, but there is no punishment among the people killed or captured. This kid has always been at large. The evil weapon he refined more than 30 years ago was very powerful. Now I don’t know what will happen. What if I encounter him? When you get up, be sure to be careful."
"Yes, thank you, Brother Liao, and one more thing. I have heard the name Hanchichi several times. Why can't I find this place on the map?"
"Hmph, how could that place be marked on the map? Well, Hanchi Pond is not far from Hanquan Valley. In the southeast of Hanquan Valley, there is a place called Matang Teng Mountain. Hanchi Pond is at the foot of Matang Teng Mountain. It is a very strange place. That place, the spiritual veins there are very chaotic, even if...several seniors went to clear out the Cold Pool Linking Pill, if it weren't for them, we wouldn't have been able to get in at that time. It's not that the other party is very strong, but the spiritual energy there. His pulse was confused and he went in rashly. The monk was afraid that he would faint before going very far. With the help of those seniors who opened the way, we swept around the outside of the cold pool, but there must be someone hiding deeper, but those seniors at that time also Some of them couldn't hold on any longer, so they gave up, so there have been people sneaking around there all these years, but it would be too difficult to completely eliminate them!"
"The spiritual veins are chaotic? Then...how can those people come and go freely there?"
"It is said that there were people hiding there a long time ago. I don't know who told them how to avoid those chaotic spiritual veins. Alas, anyway, those chaotic spiritual veins have become their barriers. If they say they come out to cause trouble, they I don’t have the guts. I’m afraid that the trouble will be too much. The Wuling Sect spent a lot of money to destroy it, but for so many years, it has always been a place where filth and people live in evil. If they don’t make a big fuss, the sect will open its eyes. One eye is closed."
Qian Chao nodded frequently after hearing this, secretly thinking that he had always heard the name of this cold pool, and now it seemed that he must go there once.
"When you go out, especially when the tide in Cold Spring Valley is approaching, don't go too far, let alone go to the Cold Pool."
Seemingly guessing what Qian Chao was thinking, Senior Brother Liao also gave special instructions.
