Seeing the surprise on Su Qiqi's face, Master Huikong chuckled and said: "Legend has it that people who get the Star Gathering Map can find the treasures hidden by the first master of Seven Star Castle in Qilian Mountain. Where exactly is it hidden? Fang Qing I can’t explain it clearly, and I don’t dare to make false claims...but it is a living map, and I have personally verified it..."
"Oh?" Su Qiqi and Zheng Miao became more and more interested in the Star Gathering Diagram after listening to Master Huikong's words. Master Huikong saw the two people's expectant expressions and continued: "The origin of this star gathering chart can be traced back to more than two hundred years ago. The ancestors of the Yao family of Seven Star Castle once accumulated huge wealth. The descendants of the family also followed Emperor Taizu in the Northern Expedition and captured the enemy city... It is said that the Star Gathering Chart played a great role... It can locate the enemy's traces and assisted our army in many raids..."
As Master Huikong spoke, his eyes became a little wandering, as if he was immersed in those war years. Su Qiqi thought for a while and interrupted Master Huikong's memories.
"Master, how is the Star Gathering Chart used? Why is it so effective?"
Master Huikong was stunned for a moment and said in a deep voice: "The Star Gathering Diagram itself looks like an ordinary roll of drawings, but when used in conjunction with the Bagua Glaze Lamp, it activates divine power and can locate anyone you want to know within a thousand miles. You can also know the exact location of an object and its movements at any time..."
"Great! As long as we bring the Star Gathering Chart and the Bagua Glazed Lamp, we can successfully find Gu Zhongkai..." Zheng Miao said with excitement on her face, unable to restrain her excitement.
Su Qiqi also became more confident in the next rescue operation.
She decided to strike while the iron was hot to avoid new mishaps at Juxing Inn. She told everything about her thoughts, and Master Huikong agreed. Then she gave Su Qiqi the Star Gathering Chart and the Eight Diagrams Glazed Lamp hidden in the secret compartment of the cupboard, and asked her to lead everyone to the Star Gathering Inn again as soon as possible. Rescue important witnesses.
On the other side, Qin Chuan also had detailed communication with Granny Cui and received her support.
When Su Qiqi and Zheng Miao went to find Qin Chuan, Qin Chuan was also rushing over with Granny Cui. The four met in the backyard of the inn, and then went to find Protector Sun together to discuss the details of the action.
Everything is ready, just waiting for nightfall.
"Wanrou, wake up, it's time to go!" Su Qiqi saw that the sky had completely darkened, and stretched out her hand to wake up Zheng Miao, who was dozing at the table.
Zheng Miao woke up leisurely and looked at Su Qiqi in confusion: "Sister, where are you going?"
Su Qiqi smiled helplessly and whispered in her ear: "It's time for us to go to Juxing Inn to save people..."
Zheng Miao finally came to her senses, jumped up from her chair, and said, "I'm going to get my newly developed pills and elixirs..."
Su Qiqi nodded and went to pack the hidden weapons she wanted to bring.
Afterwards, the group quietly left the Tai'an Inn, met in a nearby alley, and then split up as planned.
Protector Sun and Granny Cui changed their appearance and pretended to be a couple visiting relatives in nearby counties and towns. They came to stay at Juxing Inn due to inconvenience in traveling at night. The two asked for a guest room. As soon as they entered the guest room, they screamed and lured the waiter over. When the waiter was not paying attention, he knocked him unconscious with the back of a knife and tied him behind the canopy bed.
After a while, the two of them went downstairs pretending to be nonchalant, ordered some food in the shop, and ate slowly. The two deliberately chose a position close to the counter in order to pay attention to the shopkeeper's movements.
I saw the fat shopkeeper fiddling with his abacus alone, mumbling something, but he didn't seem to notice that the waiter was missing. After about a cup of tea, the shopkeeper raised his head and looked around, then looked at the guest room on the second floor. His eyes were half-closed, as if he was thinking about something. After a while, the fat shopkeeper left the counter and walked straight to the second floor. When passing by Protector Sun and Granny Cui, they paused intentionally or unintentionally.
When he walked away, Sun Hufa approached Granny Cui with some worry and said, "Old lady, will he find something?" Granny Cui was relatively calm, and still slowly picked up a few chopsticks of vegetables, took a sip of soup, and then He got up and asked Protector Sun to go back to the guest room with him.
As soon as the two of them reached the door of the guest room where they lived, they heard a series of slight footsteps behind them. Granny Cui immediately stood on her tiptoes, jumped up, flipped a few times in the air, and landed on the corridor a few feet away. Guardian Sun was not so lucky. Just as he was about to run away, he was slapped by the man in black behind him and fell to the ground with a muffled sound.
Grandma Cui didn't have time to think too much, she flew over and wanted to save Protector Sun. However, the man in black stabbed his arm with a sword, and blood flowed gurglingly. Granny Cui jumped away again, tore off a piece of her clothes and simply bandaged the wound, preparing to fight the opponent again.
The man in black suddenly stopped his offensive, laughed a few times, and then said sternly: "You are in the same group as those three young people, right? Do you want to come here to save people?"
Granny Cui snorted and did not answer. The man in black laughed dryly again and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't tell me, I will kill your companion first..."
Granny Cui was stunned for a moment and was about to stop the man in black, but she was still some distance away from Protector Sun. If the man in black wanted to kill Protector Sun, she was not sure that she could save him in time... She was in a dilemma... Since Nianchen passed away From then on, she never worried about the life or death of others for a long time, but after finding Qin Chuan, her heart seemed to thaw again, and she had some people to worry about again...
The man in black saw Granny Cui's weakness and seemed to want to further threaten Granny Cui. Just as the man in black was approaching Granny Cui step by step, an old wooden fish with paint peeling off appeared out of thin air, drew an arc in the air, and hit the man in black on the left chest. The man in black immediately took a few steps back, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with his sleeve, and said angrily: "Who? Who attacked me?"
"Lin Quan, don't you recognize me?" The old monk was standing in the middle of the shop, still holding the wooden fish stick in his left hand, looking in the direction of the man in black expressionlessly.
The man in black looked at the old monk, his face covered in black scarf turned ashen. He quickly picked up the fallen sword and ran away to the corridor behind him without saying a word.
Granny Cui recovered from the shock, looked at the old monk carefully, and was stunned again: "Master Huikong? Why are you here?"
Master Huikong said: "I can't wait to die without rescuing him!" After that, he used Qinggong to go up to the second floor, and together with Granny Cui, he helped the injured and unconscious Sun Hufa out of Juxing Inn.
Outside the inn, Master Huikong handed Protector Sun over to the care of Granny Cui and Protector Sun's men, and entered the inn again to look for the whereabouts of Su Qiqi, Qin Chuan and others.
