After the three seniors left, only the five of them were left in Qian Chao's residence. Although the sky was full of stars outside, the five people in the room did not disperse. This was simple because they had met the three people before. During the senior's questioning, Qian Chao talked to Tang Bonian and mentioned that the inner hall of Chengqi Hall had entrusted him with the task of completely clearing the cold pool. Although Li Jian, Yanxuan, and Lu Pingchuan had arrived, the matter I told them after that, but because Chu Yuan had been unconscious at that time and then the three foundation-building senior brothers arrived, I was too busy to go into details. Now that Chu Yuan has left, the three seniors have also left. Now it is just time to talk about it. Talk about this. .
Yanxuan was the first to speak. She looked at Tang Ping and Qian Chao hesitantly, and then hesitantly said:
"According to Brother Qian's wishes, do we really want to clear the cold pool?"
Regarding the matter of clearing the cold pool, Qian Chao told Tang Bonian tonight that the inner hall elder wanted to clean up the cold pool by himself. He observed the words and deeds and discovered the displeasure of senior Guhuo at that time. He understood the reason, but he couldn't say anything in front of the three seniors. Now that Yanxuan asked, he naturally had to explain. After all, Hanchichi is a dangerous place.
"Sister Yan, everyone, I told everyone about this matter after I was ordered. But then I went to Ruixuan Town and stayed with Mr. Zhuang for a few days. After I came back, before I could find everyone, Chu Yuan came back to deliver the letter. I have been busy these past few days and have been forgetting about it, so I can only tell you in detail now."
With that said, Qian Chao looked at Tang Ping again and said:
"But, before I say anything, Miss Tang, you have used Xing Rang's mental examination before, and you also spoke to me in general terms when we were outside. How about you tell me in detail what you know now?"
"Okay," Tang Ping nodded, "I have indeed found out a lot about torture, but I haven't had a chance to tell you in detail yet. Let's have a long talk tonight, and I'll tell you everything I know in detail. listen."
In the next period of time, Tang Ping told the companions present in detail all the past events about Xing Rang that she had learned through the mind-scrutinizing technique. After she finished speaking, several people started to explain why Xing Rang happened. I have a complete understanding of going astray.
Li Jian frowned and said:
"I didn't expect that the ones who seduced Xing Rang were actually the pill-forming monks, Chong Ling, and Nightmare Blood in our sect. What they want is the blood inheritance of the ancient true spirits. Is there really such a person in the sect?"
Yanxuan said:
"Why can't A Ping know the identity of the alchemy cultivator even with his mind-searching skills? If he could know it, then tell the elders, wouldn't this scourge be eliminated?"
Tang Ping said:
"After I came back, I asked Senior Ejing for advice. She said that there is indeed such a spell, called the 'eye-obstruction spell'. The caster does this to prevent the person who comes into contact with him from being caught by others and then being tortured. The Mind Examination Technique came to interrogate him, and he cast the 'eye-blinding technique' on himself in advance so that he would not be exposed. The Danjie monk seemed to be more careful from the moment he came into contact with torture. First, he never mentioned his name. Second, he never mentioned his name. Xing Rang always performs this 'blinding technique' in advance when meeting him, and that's why I can't know the true identity of the pill-forming monk."
Lu Pingchuan was a little confused.
Qian Chao said:
"The identity of this person has actually been known, and this person has also been killed. However, after all, his identity seems to be a monk of the Wuling Sect, but he was the one who seduced Xing Rang. When this happened The matter has not yet been thoroughly investigated, and secondly, it would not sound good to talk about it, so it has been kept secret."
"Oh," everyone looked at Qian Chao again, and Tang Ping urged, "Who is that person? Tell me quickly!"
"This is what I heard in the inner hall that day. After Xing Rang's matter was exposed, the sect, especially Jiuxuan's Chengqi Hall, immediately figured out where Xing Rang was hiding. After all, the "Secrets of Qiao Tong" " is a classic closely related to Hanchichi. However, at that time, the Chengqi Hall only stated that Xing Rang was expelled because his secret refining of evil weapons was exposed. It did not mention his stealing the book at all. It seemed that Xing Rang had stolen the book. Shu Er's inner hall has never been aware of it, and the inner hall has also sent a large number of people to search for Xing Rang outside the sect. Of course, this is just a show to those who are observing secretly, but in fact, while doing this, the weapon is being made. Several elders in the hall have been closely monitoring Hanchichi. Well, doing so does have an effect. Although there was no movement at first, but after a short period of time, the elders in the inner hall finally came to Xingrang. When they met and talked with the alchemy monk, they were blocked together..."
"Oh, who is that pill-forming monk?" Yanxuan asked curiously.
"Oh, it's an elder from Jiu Xuan. His surname is Gan and his name is Gan Bu. At that time, this person was even revered as Master Xuan Xiu in Jiu Xuan because he was good at the Five Elements Magic."
"Then what happens next?" Li Jian asked.
"The next step was to capture them naturally. As soon as Gan Bu saw that he was exposed, he immediately took action without saying a word. At that time, everyone thought that he was going to desperately escape from the Five Spirits Sect, but unexpectedly he rushed away with Xing Rang. After opening a road, instead of escaping, they fled directly into Hanchichi. How could those elders give up? They immediately dispatched manpower to clear Hanchichi. Well, that time was also Chengqi Hall or our Wuling Sect's attack on Hanchichi. The biggest eradication, but... there is something weird about the cold pool. It is a prison of heaven and earth, and it is also a place of chaotic spiritual veins. There are seven floors in total. There is a taboo on entering there, that is, the higher the cultivation level, the higher the level. It is difficult to go deep. The foundation-building monks in the cold pool are more relaxed than the pill-forming monks. Those pill-forming elders who chased in have been struggling as if they were pressed up a heavy mountain since they entered there, and that kind of heaviness The restraint became stronger the deeper it went. During that purge, a lot of people were lost, including an elder Xiang from the inner hall. Elder Xiang died after catching up with Gan Bu in the cold pool. Yes, but Elder Xiang’s death was not in vain. He pulled Ganbu and died together. Many others were injured, and many foundation-building brothers also died in the cold pool. Unfortunately, it has always been They failed to capture Xing Rang. It is said that Xing Rang, who has practiced Qi refining, can hide in deeper layers that even the foundation-building brothers cannot set foot on. In desperation, the elders ordered everyone to retreat, and only destroyed it before leaving. It was just the entrance to the Cold Pond, but it was of no use at all, so that the Cold Pond was still a dark and filthy abyss."
"That's it." Yanxuan nodded.
"It's a pity that we couldn't capture that Ganbu." Tang Ping had never been able to clearly see the appearance of the pill-forming monk in the mind-scanning technique, but she didn't expect that the man had been dead for many years.
"That means that in the cold pool, only those with Qi refining skills can go deep into it, right?" Li Jian said.
"Hehe, after hearing what Brother Qian said, I really want to go there and have a look." Regardless of whether he understood it or not, Lu Pingchuan was somewhat interested in the cold pool.
Qian Chao continued:
"Well, but don't think that the matter is over after Gan Bu dies. There are still many things in this. After Tang Yatou has finished talking about it, I will tell you that that day in the inner hall, Senior Brother Sima and Senior Brother Yan Zheng said to me I’ll tell everyone what I said.”
Next, Qian Chao told in detail what he heard from Sima Xiaoyan and Yan Zheng about the Evil Weapon Hall, the hidden power within the sect, and the speculations of the elders within the sect about the "seventh major sect". Everyone listen.
After he finished speaking, several people were silent for a while, and then Tang Ping said in disbelief:
"The seventh largest sect, is this true?"
Yanxuan said in surprise:
"It turns out that they have power in the six sects in the world, and there are more than just six sects. The rest of the sects, big and small, and even the aristocratic families are like this. This power is too huge!"
Qian Chao said:
"Of course I can't know the specifics. After all, these are just speculations among the elders. All the major sects only think that there is such a force, but they have never confirmed it. However, Girl Tang, you can do it after you go back. Go ask Elder Tang and see what he says. After all, these are what the elders in the inner hall told me. I don’t know how the elders in the council hall view this."
Tang Ping nodded.
Li Jian considered it and said:
"Does this seventh sect have anything to do with the Chongling and Nightmare Blood that Miss Tang mentioned before?"
Qian Chao said:
"This possibility is very high. It was Gan Bu who tempted Xing Rang. From his words, we can know that he is a spiritual cultivator, and the method he used to induce Xing Rang to go astray is consistent with what the inner hall said. The methods used by the secret forces are very similar. It is very likely that the Chongling Blood Cultivator is the so-called seventh major sect. They belong to the same sect as the Nightmare Blood Evil Cultivator, and the Nightmare Blood lineage cannot enter the major sect because it is easy to identify... "
Tang Ping immediately said:
"It is not necessarily that the evil cultivator of Nightmare Blood is not a force of the seventh sect. The evil cultivator of Nightmare Blood is causing chaos in the cultivation world, while the Chongling Blood Cultivator is lurking within the major sects. Chongling delivers news and transports talents for Nightmare Blood. , such as Xing Rang, then maybe Chongling can also get a steady stream of benefits from Nightmare Blood. Some of them are lurking in the big sects, and some are causing chaos in the cultivation world. They are interdependent on each other. No wonder those evil cultivators are so difficult. Be wiped out."
Yanxuan said:
"Then... what is their purpose? I heard from Brother Qian that these people don't cause any damage to the forces they belong to, so what are they trying to do?"
"For example, Ganbu," Qian Chao said, "his purpose is to obtain a drop of blood from the ancient beast Chaos that is banned in the cold pool, so that he can have the means to inherit the bloodline of Chaos. For him, it must be It has huge benefits, such as smooth practice, powerful methods, and the ability to break through barriers in the future, etc. I guess this should be what all blood cultivators, at least Chongling blood cultivators, want most, and probably all of them. This is the ultimate goal of blood cultivation. In order to obtain this huge benefit, Gan Bu seduced Xing Rang and asked him to go to the inner hall of Chengqi Hall to steal books. This is what is recorded in the "Secrets of Qiao Tong" How to enter the cold pool, but Ganbu cannot use this book because of his cultivation of elixir formation, and the seventh-level cold pool, what is recorded in this book can only allow Xing Rang to enter the third level of the cold pool. There are only six floors. The last floor requires Xing Rang to think of a solution on his own. Unfortunately, Xing Rang cannot do it. After so many years, even if Gan Bu dies, Xing Rang must have been deeply influenced by what Gan Bo wanted to do. Attracted and unwilling to leave, he has been staying there, but he has never found a way to enter the seventh floor. I guess that his cooperation with Wen Liang has something to do with this matter, but well, it is very likely that he was deceived by Wen Liang, Wen Liang's The plan is to enter the bottom of the cold pool, seal the seven orifices and awaken chaos, but from the previous arrangements in other heaven and earth cages, I can feel that Wen Liang is not good at the study of spiritual veins and formation techniques. , Well, he is good at refining jade pills. Otherwise, his plan to deal with Wuling Sect would have been successful long ago, and there would be no need to recruit so many casual cultivators and evil cultivators to deal with us. Now that Wen Liang has failed, he has to deal with The Wuling Sect's back-up force is Chaos. He knows that Xing Rang has a classic book, which is the "Secret Key to Apertures". Wen Liang should think that there is a way to seal the seven orifices of Chaos in that book. This is correct. It’s just that he didn’t know that the book Xing Rang stole was a broken book, so after Wen Liang failed in the fight with us, he fell out with Xing Rang. Not only did he seize the cold pool, he should also imprison Xing Rang. Now those two are probably thinking hard about how to enter the seventh floor of the cold pool..."
"Then what if Wen Liang really finds a way to enter the seventh floor of the cold pool?" Tang Ping asked.
Qian Chao smiled slightly after hearing this and said:
"Sealing the Seven Apertures of Chaos, well, looking at the world, some of the Patriarchs on Yuhu Mountain may know how to do it, but there are very few outside Yuhu Mountain who can do this. Wen Liang is definitely not among them, and I... …and now it’s one of them…”
"Mr. Zhuang?" Tang Ping asked immediately. She understood that Mr. Zhuang must have taught Qian Chao many things in the past few days.
"good."
Li Jian said from the side:
"One more thing, when Senior Tang asked Brother Qian, Brother Qian didn't seem to be in a hurry to clear the cold pool. Why is that? After all, in addition to the inner hall, I think Senior Tang also seems to want to teach us to clear the place. "
Qian Chao smiled softly and said:
"Do you remember Lin Jian?"
Tang Pingqi said:
"Why are you related to Lin Jian again? He is not in the sect now?"
Qian Chao continued:
"Well, it is true that he is not in the sect now, but I have always suspected that Lin Jian and Wen Liang have some kind of contact or relationship. Otherwise, why would Lin Jian take advantage of the tide in Hanquan Valley and Wen Liang to preside over the assassination of Yan Shuang? Did Shi take the opportunity to attack Yan Shuang and frame Shangguan Hong? But these can only be speculations and cannot be confirmed. Well, Lin Jian's background is indeed extraordinary, but at the same time, within the sect, there are people with similar identities to Lin Jian. There are many more, and the Chongling Blood Cultivation that Girl Tang mentioned earlier does not necessarily only have one Ganbu, so..."
Tang Ping interjected:
"So you're using the cold pool as a bait?"
"Yes, I just want to see if anyone in the sect will go there during the time when Wen Liang takes over the Cold Pool, or if someone wants to save Xing Rang, or to urge Wen Liang, well, basically just to borrow Let's go to Hanchichi and use Wen Liang to see if there is anyone else in the sect who is connected with Wen Liang or Xing Rang."
Tang Ping asked again:
"Then who did you send to keep an eye on it?"
"Well, although the identity of the leader of the Qi Refining disciples in this sect can command those elite disciples, to be honest, we are not very familiar with those people, so we may not be able to trust them absolutely. People like Ma Hu and Senior Sister Luo Ying are worthy of trust. But this is a boring and short-term job, so it is not suitable to work for them, especially Ma Hu. Now those people know that I have a good personal relationship with Ma Hu. If Ma Hu disappears for a long time out of thin air, it will definitely arouse suspicion. Therefore, the person responsible for monitoring Hanchi Pond is Shang Jie."
After hearing this, Yanxuan said:
"That Ganbu is a pill-forming practitioner. If someone in the sect goes there and is also a pill-forming or foundation-building practitioner, wouldn't Shang Jie be in danger?"
Qian Chao smiled:
"Here tonight, Elder Tang has not said many words, but I guess that the meeting hall has already made arrangements. We are only responsible for refining Qi and cultivating ourselves. The rest of Elder Tang must have arrangements. Sister Yan, Girl Tang, if you If you don’t believe it, you can go back to Elder Tang for confirmation.”
Yanxuan looked at Tang Ping, who nodded.
Li Jian said:
"What should we do if we find that a disciple from the sect secretly went to the Cold Pool?"
Qian Chao replied:
"I have a way now. I can use formations to block all the entrances and exits of Han Pond. Not to mention looking for Wen Liang's people, even Wen Liang can't escape. As long as the merchant sends us the news, we can first get Han Po. The pool is completely sealed so that none of them can escape. In that case, there might be even bigger fish coming out of the water in the sect!"
I see!
"I understand. According to your thinking, there is really no need to rush." Tang Ping said.
