One night a few days later, Zongwai was at the hiding place of Shang Jie and others.
In addition to Shang Jie and his partner, there are also three people staying here at this time: Tang Ping, Yan Xuan and Lu Pingchuan. Qian Chao and Li Jian are not here. Of course, it is not that they did not follow them this time. They came out together, but Qian Chao and Li Jian went to Hanchichi to set up the formation.
Just a few days ago, a companion named Zhang from Shangjie returned from Zongwai and found Qian Chao. He told him that two people were wandering around the cold pool for a long time that day, seemingly looking for the entrance to the cold pool. When Qian Chao heard Senior Brother Zhang describe the two people, one was a rare handsome man and the other was very thin, he immediately realized who they were. Then he took out two portraits and asked Senior Brother Zhang to identify them. , and as a result, Senior Brother Zhang immediately said it was these two people.
The handsome man is Hua Cong from Meng Cailou, and the very thin guy is Jiang Zhuopu from Lion Forest.
After sending away Senior Brother Zhang, Qian Chao immediately went to Tang Ping and told her about the matter. She then went to explain the matter to Elder Tang and asked him to advise him in case those outside the sect were involved next. What should the monks do? At the same time, they also decided to complete the formation that can seal the cold pool as soon as possible.
And that's why they came tonight.
Even at night, it is easy for others to notice if there are many people, and Qian Chao relies heavily on Li Jian's power of induction, so only the two of them went to set up the formation this time, leaving the other three behind.
I don’t know how long it took, but the sky in the east became faintly white, and the outline of the mountains could be seen in the distance from the sunrise. With the remaining darkness before dawn, Qian Chao and Li Jian finally Came back.
"Why have you been here for so long? Throughout the whole night, Brother Lu wanted to find you several times." Tang Ping complained as soon as Qian Chao returned.
"The Han Pond is such a big place, and there are more than one passages to enter. Some are easy to find, while others are very hidden. Brother Li and I struggled to find them. After we found them, we had to arrange the formations one by one. Fa, so I just came back now, but fortunately all the passages into the cold pool have been arranged now."
"Is there any movement at night? I mean inside..." Yanxuan asked from the side.
"No, it's quiet inside. It should be very deep down there. Brother Li sensed it and couldn't detect any movement inside."
"Hey, it would be great if we could just go in and catch that kid Wen Liang." Lu Pingchuan said at the side.
"That's good, but it's not as good as using him as bait."
As Qian Chao spoke, he took out a talisman from his body and handed it to Shang Jie.
"Senior Brother Shang, I'll give this to you. I'll tell you how to use this thing in a moment. Next, I have to trouble Senior Brother Shang to continue to keep an eye here for a few days. Well, I guess there will be people who can't bear to enter before the Cheng Guan En Trial. Han Pond, as long as he or they enter, you can just use this talisman and then return to the sect. After this talisman is activated, the formation I arranged at Han Pond will be activated at the same time. The pool is sealed, and even small insects, not to mention people, can't get out of it, and then we can catch turtles in the jar."
"Why is it before the Cheng Guan En Examination?" Yanxuan asked.
"The Centennial Consecration will be held immediately after the Cheng Guan En Trial. I heard Tang Yatou say that the Cheng Guan En Trial is the most lively event in the sect. By then, almost all the seniors and disciples in the sect will go to watch it, even if they don't go on stage. Those who compete will also come to watch the excitement, which means that that time is when there are the fewest outsiders, and presumably that time is also what those people think is the safest time."
Shangjie said:
"Well, don't worry, we've got it covered!"
…
After staying outside for a few days, the five people came to Ruixuan Town again.
In addition to going to see Mr. Zhuang as usual, Qian Chao also unexpectedly met Zuo You at Liu Feng's place.
And this time Zuo You actually suffered another injury, his body was almost covered with fine linen, and he was half lying on the bed with a pale face.
"Brother Zuo, what's wrong with you? Who beat you like this?" Lu Pingchuan asked in surprise as soon as he entered the room.
"The one who hurt Brother Zuo must be the guy named Yan Ding, right?" Qian Chao said from the side.
Zuo You nodded weakly and said:
"Yes, I happened to see the guy in Ruixuan Town when he left, so I followed him all the way. Unexpectedly, as soon as we left Ruixuan Town, the guy noticed me, and then I chased him one by one outside. He ran in circles for several days. Later, when he found that he couldn't get rid of me and I was alone, he led me to a remote place to take action. Alas, I miscalculated. I didn't expect Yan Ding to be like this. When I was confronted, the guy made no secret of his identity, and even asked me what my relationship was with you guys. Presumably, he also expected that I must have had help from the Five Spirits Sect to recognize him. , that boy also said that if there is a next time, I will definitely not recognize him, and the next step is to take action. Everyone, I have been in the spiritual world for so long, and this is the first time I have met a person with such vicious methods. Although I also injured him, but it must be said that my injuries were heavier than his. However, I was better at pretending than him, making him mistakenly think that I was still powerful, so he had to run away, and I was completely powerless. If we pursue him again, after much deliberation, the safest place to recuperate is Brother Liu, so I have to come back and continue to cause trouble to Brother Liu."
Liu Feng said from the side:
"Well, this Brother Zuo left in a hurry, and when he came back some days later, his face was pale and he could hardly stand. He fell into my shop all of a sudden. Well, this is the first time. This is the second time, it really shocked me at the time.”
Qian Chao thought of what Chu Yuan had said about Yan Ding's attack in Hanchichi, and asked:
"Aren't Yan Ding's five long needles very powerful?"
Zuo You looked at Qian Chao strangely and said:
"How do you know everything? Were you peeking nearby at that time?"
Then Zuo You fumbled and took out something from his storage bag. It was a long bone-white needle, about half a foot long, and handed it to Qian Chao.
"Hey, these are the spiritual weapons used by Yan Ding. There are five of them in total. This thing is hard to guard against. I suffered a lot from it as soon as I started to use it. Later, I destroyed and snatched one of them even though I was injured. In the past few days, To recuperate, I take it out from time to time and see that this long needle is not smelted from some iron ore, but looks like it was ground from the bones of some monster beast."
Qian Chao was looking at the long needle in his hand and couldn't figure out why. When Tang Ping asked him to go over and take a closer look, he said to Zuo You:
"Brother Zuo, can you lend me this item for a few days to review?"
"Why are you borrowing it? It's useless for me to keep it. If you find it useful, I'll give it to you."
What is worth mentioning here is what Zuo You said, "That boy said that if there is another time, I will definitely not recognize him." Qian Chao only thought that Yan Ding knew some tricks of disguise and did not recognize him. However, when Qian Chao and the other five people walked out of the sect in the future, they met Yan Ding again. Not only did they not recognize him, but they recognized him at a glance and then designed a trap step by step. The five of them were lured into the trap bit by bit, almost facing a desperate situation. Of course, this is not mentioned later, and this Yan Ding will not appear again for the time being.
Qian Chao said:
"Brother Liu, Brother Zuo, while you two are here, I just want to ask you something."
"If you have anything, just ask directly." Zuo You said.
Liu Feng already knew from Buyan Niao what Qian Chao wanted him to help inquire about, so he knew what Qian Chao wanted to ask, so he said:
"Brother Bu has already come to my place. I do have some eyes and ears in other sects, and the news has been spread out, but it will take some time to receive a reply. Well, I can now share some of what I know now. Talk to Brother Qian.”
"Thank you very much."
"When Brother Bu came, he also brought Brother Qian's portraits and lists. To be honest, most of them are very unfamiliar to me. This is normal, even if the strength of the four sects is not as good as that of the Five Spirits Sect. , but in our eyes, it is still a large sect that cannot be reached, and even if those people on the list have not yet become popular, they are all people with backgrounds in their sects. It is normal that I have not heard of it. However, among them, There is someone I may have heard of before..."
"which one?"
"There is a man named He in Meng Cailou."
"He Sinu?"
"Haha, to be honest, I'm not sure whether the Mr. He I heard about at that time is the He Si slave in your Wuling Sect now. That was what I heard in front of the elders many years ago. People like us The small aristocratic family would sometimes move around for a living, and would often go to other sects' territories, so they heard and saw more. That year, I heard from an elder of the Liu family who came back from outside, that in There was an incident in Meng Cailou's territory. It was said that the daughter of a small aristocratic family disappeared inexplicably. It was said that the missing woman's appearance was extremely beautiful, and she was engaged to another aristocratic family. You can become a Taoist couple after just building the foundation. After losing their daughter, the small aristocratic family searched for a long time and spent many spiritual stones but could not find it. In the end, they had to give up. Later, the small aristocratic family grew bigger little by little. In the past ten years or so, the family has developed into a mid-level aristocratic family. Later, for the cultivation of his nephew, the head of that aristocratic family took several children to Meng Cailou, wanting to send several children to practice there, but in the end In Meng Cai's building, the head of the family accidentally discovered his daughter who had been missing for more than ten years..."
Yanxuan heard this and said:
"Is that woman accepted as a disciple by Meng Cailou?"
Li Jian shook his head and said:
"If we accept that woman as Meng Cailou's disciple, there is no need to hide it from her family."
Zuo You said:
"I'm afraid she was kidnapped and sold as a maid, and has been serving a certain drunkard in Meng Cai's building for more than ten years, right?"
Liu Feng nodded and said:
"Yes, at least that's the case from what I heard. According to the woman crying to her father, she was taken directly into Meng Cai Tower after being kidnapped, and then she served a man in Meng Cai Tower. There is a very profound background of Mr. He in the building, but the name of Mr. He is not mentioned, so I am not sure that the current He Sinu in Wuling Sect is the same as the Mr. He I heard about. people."
Lu Pingchuan said:
"How come there are still Yazi in the spiritual world who are engaged in human abduction?"
Liu Feng smiled and said:
"Why not? Not only do they exist, but there are quite a lot of them. Population loss also happens from time to time. Moreover, they target not only women with outstanding appearance, but also men who are attracted by them. As long as there is profit, , they will also find ways to tie them up and sell them.”
Zuo You interfaced:
"Yes, what are they called? By the way, human puppets, sword slaves, and maidservants. Except for the maidservant, which must be a woman, the other human puppets and sword slaves are both male and female."
Qian Chao asked:
"I understand, maid, but what are these human puppets and sword slaves?"
Liu Feng turned to look at Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan and said:
"Two brothers, one of you is a physical cultivator and the other is a sword cultivator. This puppet is a physical cultivator who has his mind controlled, while the sword slave is a swordsman who has his mind controlled."
"What?"
"ah?"
"Brother Liu, please tell me in detail."
"Well, speaking of it, there are quite a lot of ways to harm people in this spiritual world. It is said that those who specialize in such evil things as abducting people have a harmful drug in their hands. After drinking it, people can People obey orders, and this is how they do things without leaving traces, because even if they are seen by others, the abducted person will follow them obediently without resisting at all, so they will not arouse suspicion. . After the sword slave and human puppet are obtained, they will be fed a more domineering drug again, and then supplemented by other means... I cannot know those. In short, after all this is completed, The abducted physical or sword cultivator will absolutely obey that person's orders, and will continue to practice according to the mental method he cultivated before. But at this time, he is a completely obedient fool. If he is asked to kill, he will kill. , if someone asks him to commit suicide, he will not hesitate to do it to himself, not to mention that when that person is in danger, they will completely ignore their own lives to protect him. And the reason why they choose physical cultivators and sword cultivators as the targets The target is precisely because these two types of monks are extremely difficult to deal with among monks of the same level. Of course, it is not easy to abduct them. Therefore, it is said that the prices of human puppets and sword slaves are also extremely expensive. Well, generally only Some big aristocratic families can afford it, and some of those big aristocratic families like to keep such puppets and sword slaves secretly. The number is usually not small, and they can be used as guards or do some shady things... ...Besides, don’t just think that this kind of thing only happens to Qi-refining sword cultivators and physical cultivators, I heard that even foundation-building cultivators were plotted by them.”
Li Jian asked:
"We all know that sword cultivators and physical cultivators are difficult to deal with, so how could they succeed?"
Zuo You replied:
"Brother Li, the most dangerous thing is the human heart..."
Liu Feng said:
"Yes, we all know that sword cultivation and physical cultivation are difficult to deal with, but not everything must be solved by force. What Brother Zuo said is absolutely true. The most dangerous thing is the human heart. If someone approaches a powerful physical practitioner with an open mind, A cultivator or a sword cultivator, try to gain the trust of that person, and then either take advantage of him when he is not prepared, or do something in the midst of food and drink, which is impossible to guard against."
After hearing this, Li Jian and Lu Pingchuan nodded silently.
After a pause, Liu Feng continued:
"As for the maids, they are even more pitiful. Don't think that the selection of this maid is only based on whether the woman's appearance is outstanding. In addition to appearance, it is said that women with better spiritual qualifications will be more expensive. Alas , In fact, the maids are not only used as playthings of those guys, but also used as furnaces for harvesting and replenishing. The final end can be imagined."
Hearing this, Yanxuan remembered what Liu Feng said just now and asked:
"Brother Liu, what happened to the daughter of the aristocratic family you just mentioned who was abducted into Meng Cailou?"
"Oh, it's so sad. The head of the aristocratic family spent a long time in Meng Cailou before finding Mr. He. Then Mr. He insisted that he bought the girl from outside and spent a fortune. A lot of spiritual stones, but in desperation, the head of the family had to spend a large amount of spiritual stones to redeem his daughter. Poor woman, she almost became a disabled person after suffering all this torture! Well, there are also , I heard from my elder that Mr. He actually specializes in this kind of business. He keeps a group of villains to work for him. Those outstanding men and women from big and small families are seen and obtained by them, so they I will never see you again. Oh, by the way, this time I specially sent someone to inquire about the aristocratic family in Meng Cailou, just to find out the name of Mr. He. If he can match the name of Mr. He in your sect, …”
Lu Pingchuan stared and said:
"Then I'll beat him to death!"
Yanxuan still didn't understand and said:
"They are all very coquettish. They don't need anything, so why do they do such evil things?"
Liu Feng said:
"Miss Yan, everyone is greedy, but if you can't control it, that greed will turn into a bottomless deep hole that cannot be filled. They lack nothing, not even spiritual stones, but who Who would think that he has too many spiritual stones? Who would think that the woman who serves him is too beautiful? Moreover, if such a dandy commits evil, there will be no shortage of helpers, which will allow them to achieve their wishes and cause harm! "
Zuo You also said:
"Yes, there are quite a few children from big families who have died in my hands. Speaking of which, those people are all greedy and evil dandies, and they are followed by some villains who work for the tiger. If it weren't for this greed, they wouldn't be here. My men have become ghosts!"
…
What Liu Feng and Zuo You said had a big impact on Yanxuan, who had always been relatively simple. On the way back to Wuling Sect, Yanxuan thought about it, and finally couldn't help but ask Tang Ping:
"Aping, is the guy named He from Meng Cailou really the Mr. He who does all kinds of evil?"
Lu Pingchuan heard this and said first:
"I think it's almost nine out of ten. As soon as that guy got off the boat, I didn't think he was a good guy. He was so dark-looking and had an unlucky look on his face that everyone owed him a fortune. He looked like a guy who deserved a beating. Huh, if it’s really him, I’ll go on stage and beat him to death right there!”
Tang Ping said:
"In my opinion, there is more than one He Sinu, and those who came are not simple."
Qian Chao interjected from the side:
"Don't just look at those people. There are such people in Meng Cailou, so why aren't they in our sect?"
"What did you find?" Tang Ping asked.
"Do you still remember the places we found where Wenliang refines jade elixirs?"
"Of course I remember...ah...you mean..."
"Yes, even if Wen Liang can stir up trouble behind his back, every time he refines a jade pill, he will take the life of a monk. Those corpses we have seen must not be all. Think about how many people he has recruited, how many people he has to recruit? How many such jade pills does he need to make those people work for him wholeheartedly? Do you think he can lure so many people from the practice world by himself? Even if he has this ability, what will happen to him inside and outside the sect? Maybe both? And the most important thing is, even if he has the means to abduct some monks in the practice world, how does he bring so many people in? I think there must be someone behind Wen Liang who is helping He, this person must be in the Wuling Sect, and this person should be very skillful. Maybe the reason why Lin Jian knew that Wen Liang would attack Yan Shuang during the great tide in Hanquan Valley was because that person told Lin Jian. "
Qian Chao's words made several companions put their minds back to the discoveries they made when dealing with Wen Liang in the past. Thinking carefully about what Qian Chao said, it turned out to be quite reasonable.
"Of course, what we have to worry about more," Qian Chao continued, "is that people from outside the sect are teaming up with guys within the sect whose identities we don't know yet!"
Just talking and flying like this, I don’t know how long it took, Yanxuan suddenly said:
"Hey, that seems to be Senior Sister Mei."
Several people followed Yanxuan's gaze and saw that there were indeed several figures in the distance who seemed to be flying all the way in the direction of Ruixuan Town. The distance was really not close, and they could clearly see that the person leading the way was a vague and graceful figure. It seemed to be the woman named Mei Qing from Qixia Mountain, and there were several people following her.
"What are you doing, Senior Sister Mei?" Tang Ping asked.
"I don't know. Senior Sister Mei doesn't come out that often. I guess she has something to do." Yanxuan said.
Mei Qing didn't seem to notice the five of them, so he didn't stop and had no intention of talking to them. So after taking a look, the five of them continued to rush towards the sect.
However, after flying for a while, Li Jian saw with his own eyes a shaky figure in the sky. Li Jian understood that the monk would not be able to do this without being injured.
"Brother Qian, look..." Li Jian reminded.
"Yes...it's Senior Brother Cheng!" Qian Chao recognized at a glance that the somewhat unstable figure in the distance was none other than Jiuxuan's Cheng Qantang.
What's wrong with Senior Brother Cheng? Are you injured?
Qian Chao immediately accelerated and flew over, and shouted before he could fly close:
"Senior Brother Cheng!"
It was Cheng Qantang, and it was Cheng Qantang who was seriously injured and covered in blood!
Cheng Qantang, who was on the verge of collapse and swaying, heard someone calling him and turned around to look. When he vaguely saw that the person flying close was Qian Chao, he suddenly fell into a coma. Li Jian's He was the quickest in movement and rushed over to catch him before he hit the ground.
Cheng Qantang suddenly woke up again, his pale hands covered with bloodstains. He grabbed Qian Chao's sleeves tightly, stared at Qian Chao and said intermittently;
"Junior Brother Qian... hurry... go... save her..."
"What!"
As if he was about to let out his final roar, Cheng Qantang shouted:
"Go and save Mei Qing!"
Then he completely passed out!
