After coming out of the ruins, the morning sun was slowly rising in the east.
"Has a whole day passed?" Lin Ji squinted slightly, then turned back to look at the stone door at the entrance to the ruins.
When leaving, they deliberately bypassed the previous martial arts field, so they saw several places such as the weapon refining room.
This ruins is indeed the dojo of ancient monks, or a sect.
"But there is no information about this ruins in it. It's so strange." Lin Ji frowned, confused.
Wu Nan on the side didn't think so much, he smiled so hard that he narrowed his eyes.
During this exploration, he obtained several bottles of elixirs and two excellent techniques, which made him a lot of money.
The elixirs of ancient monks will never be ordinary.
"Donor Lin, shall we go back to Xiangcheng?" Wu Nan asked with a smile.
"Let's go back to Xiangcheng." Lin Ji nodded.
When I arrived, Baici Mountain was very lively, but when I left, it was quiet and only the sounds of birds and animals in the forest could be heard.
The weak ones died in the passage at the entrance to the ruins, and the stronger ones, except for those who died on the way, were mostly killed and injured by Xu Dingtian's sword from the Taiyi Sect.
Those who can make it out alive, now calculated, there is not even one out of ten.
"Compared to ruins, monks are more dangerous." Lin Ji shook his head secretly.
Around noon, Lin Ji and Wu Nan returned to Xiangcheng.
Wu Nan also opened a room in Fulai Inn and lived next to Lin Ji.
He still had to wait for Lin Ji to give him the copy of the Wind Control Technique and the Fuyao Technique.
Lin Ji said hello and then went straight to the Xiangcheng government office.
After revealing his identity at the gate of the government office, he soon met Ouyang Ke.
As soon as he saw Ouyang Ke, Lin Ji got straight to the point.
"Lord Ouyang, Huang Jing has been executed."
Ouyang Ke nodded slightly, seemingly not surprised.
"Tell me about the process."
Lin Ji quickly explained briefly what happened in the ruins.
After listening to his narration, Ouyang Ke had a smile on his face.
"So, Huang Jing died in an accident? I mean, everyone thinks it was an accident?"
"Yes, I didn't expect this to go so smoothly." Lin Ji thought of this and found it funny.
That 'Eternal Sword' is too outrageous.
Ouyang Ke asked a few more questions casually, and after learning that Lin Ji handed over the Dao map to the Sansheng Cave, he didn't say anything against it.
"You have done a good job in this matter. Go ahead. I know you still have important things to do, so I won't send you any more."
After hearing this, Lin Ji stood up and saluted, then turned and retreated.
But as soon as he took two steps, he couldn't help but turned around and asked: "Sir, I have something unclear."
"What's the matter?"
"This matter is not too troublesome. Why did your Excellency ask the subordinate to conceal the identity of Jian Tiansi? Others have to investigate this matter, so it can't be hidden, right?"
Ouyang Ke grinned.
"Haha, it's just to save face."
Lin Ji didn't understand.
"Please elaborate, sir."
Ouyang Ke smiled and said: "Lin Ji, if someone is ordered to be an undercover agent next to you, but betrays him... Would you dare to use this person?"
"Of course I don't dare. If you dare to betray others, you dare to betray me..."
After saying that, Lin Ji understood something.
"My lord, what you mean is that Huang Jing has no use value for the Taiyi Sect and he can be treated as an abandoned child at any time."
"Yes." Ouyang Ke nodded and added, "But if they blatantly abandon Huang Jing as an abandoned son, who would dare to join them again?"
Lin Ji understood.
"So this matter was tacitly understood by Supervisor Tiansi and Taiyi Sect from the very beginning?"
"That's right. If you dare to betray Jian Tiansi, you will only die. And the Taiyi Sect doesn't look down on Huang Jing. After all, it is the best sect in the world. It's not just a cat or a dog who wants to take refuge. They all have to accept it."
Having said this, the smile on Ouyang Ke's face faded a little, and he tapped the table with his fingers.
"In the eyes of Jian Tiansi, Huang Jing, the traitor, must die; in the eyes of Taiyi Sect, after they obtained the information, Huang Jing's death would save them one trouble; but in the eyes of outsiders, it was just a monk of Taiyi Sect who died in an accident .”
Lin Ji laughed dumbly.
"The matter is resolved, and everyone can look good?"
"That's it!"
After thinking for a moment, Lin Ji asked again: "This matter is due to the fact that Huang Jing's identity is kept secret. What if someone from the Supervisor Tiansi betrays him openly?"
"No." Ouyang Ke shook his head, "No force will break up with Supervisor Tiansi. Even if they all have this intention, even the Taiyi Sect will not be willing to be the leader."
"At least for now."
Hearing this, Lin Ji bowed.
"It's the lower official who talks too much."
Ouyang Ke waved his hand to tell Lin Ji not to pay attention, and then picked up the tea bowl on the table.
Lin Ji understood and bowed quietly before quietly retreating.
...
After leaving the government office, Lin Ji looked gloomy.
Because you can see the big from the small, you can see the leopard in the tube.
From this small incident, he could see how huge the sect's power had become in Xiangzhou.
Even Supervisor Tiansi had to deal with it carefully.
If this matter were dealt with in Liangzhou, Jingzhou, Supervisor Tiansi would definitely not be so unreasonable. Instead, if you dare to kill my people, I will destroy your family.
"No wonder I didn't hide my actions before, but Ouyang Ke swore that I wouldn't have to worry about exposing my identity. It turns out that Huang Jing has been abandoned by the Taiyi Sect. Maybe even Xu Dingtian knows this."
Lin Ji remembered that in the ruins, after Huang Jing's death, Xu Dingtian became furious, and that was all.
At that time, Lin Ji thought it was because Geng Ran supported him. Now it seems that Xu Dingtian may have more to do with acting, and he may have suspected that he was from Tiansi Supervisor at that time.
He also remembered that Xu Dingtian acted like nothing happened and told him about the transaction.
Now it seems that this guy is not as upright and awe-inspiring as he seems on the surface, but has a deep scheming mind.
"It's a character."
Not long after, Lin Ji returned to the inn.
After entering his room, he first changed his clothes.
He was in a hurry to report to Ouyang Ke, so he was still wearing the gown from the ruins.
Half of the chest of this gown was damaged, which was the mark left by Geng Ran's pair of silver wheels. There was a small hole on the other side, which was Xu Dingtian's sword mark.
At that time, Lin Ji took advantage of Xu Dingtian's sword to get in front of Huang Jing.
Lin Ji took off his clothes and took out the book of cause and effect.
"As expected of the Book of Cause and Effect, I really saw you right."
Lin Ji had long known that the Karma Book was invulnerable to fire and water, but this was his first time using it as a shield.
At that time, the glazed armor was exposed in the damaged area on the other side of his clothes, so everyone probably thought it was the inner armor that blocked Xu Dingtian's sword.
But only Lin Ji knew that the glazed inner armor could at best block the attack of the fourth realm monks, but it could not withstand Xu Dingtian's full sword.
Without this causal book, he might not be able to get rid of Xu Dingtian smoothly and rush to Huang Jing.
Of course, it may not be able to scare Xu Dingtian and make him dare not act rashly.
