As soon as the Fire Lotus Fire fell, the news spread quickly.
A group of cultivators hurriedly arrived, then left in a hurry after Zhu Li left a mark, stirring up the storm in the city.
Mu Qing stood in the dark and saw that the leader's aura was much stronger than Zhu Xiao's. He was already at the peak of mortal transformation. He couldn't help but ask: "Who is this person?"
"Commander of the East Gate, Zhu Tianhu, host of the Black Tiger Flame." Zhu Hongyan watched Zhu Tianhu leave without any intention of going out to talk.
Mu Qing looked up at the sky and realized that it was already afternoon, and said, "When we left the inn in the morning, we originally wanted to find you at Zhu Xiao's place, but we happened to run into a murder case. You arrived before Zhu Xiao, right?"
Zhu Hongyan nodded and frowned: "I have been tracking this group of people these days. I thought that with the city lord here, I would definitely be able to keep them."
Mu Qing picked up the Yuan Guang Mirror and said, "I have some clues here."
Zhu Hongyan's eyes lit up, he turned around and said, "This is not the place to talk, come with me."
From morning to now, Mu Qing has spent half of his time underground and half of his time on the ground. He has gained a better understanding of the layout of Nangui City. Seeing that Zhu Hongyan did not go north, he said, "Aren't you going to the City Lord's Mansion?"
Zhu Hongyan looked sideways: "You asked the two Gu family members to say that you are members of the Dao Sect, do you want me to deceive the city lord too?"
Mu Qing shook his head.
Zhu Hongyan sighed softly: "Nangui City is too chaotic. Those people can hide for so many days and even know the underground waterways. There must be some of their people in the city lord's palace, and their status is not low."
Zhu Hongyan took Mu Qing and his party back to the south of the city. They did not go to Zhu Xiao's mansion, but walked through several streets to a small courtyard at the end of the alley.
Mu Qing looked at the secluded alleyway and suddenly asked, "Does anyone here know about it?"
Zhu Hongyan shook his head: "No one knows this place except those who are trustworthy."
Mu Qing sighed softly.
The next moment, Tantai Xuan grabbed a middle-aged man and came to Zhu Hongyan.
"Miss! I am Zheng Shi, the bodyguard of Young Master Xingqiu."
Zheng Shi actually remembered Mu Qing and others, but he never expected that Mu Qing would have a genuine Saint King Realm powerhouse beside him.
Thinking that he had just offended Mu Qing the day before, Zheng Shi's late-stage mortal state could not give Zheng Shi any confidence, so he spoke in a very low tone: "Young Master Zhe Qing, you should still remember me, right? I am really Young Master Xingqiu's Guard."
Mu Qing nodded and said with a smile: "I remember you, when you wanted to shoot my junior sister and me to death."
Zheng Shi looked embarrassed, but managed to squeeze out a grateful smile.
Zhu Hongyan asked with a cold face: "How does Zhu Xingqiu know this place?"
Zheng Shi said hesitantly: "Young master has always cared about the eldest lady, and it took some effort to find out where the eldest lady lives privately."
Zhu Hongyan narrowed his eyes slightly: "After finding out where I live, I sent you to monitor me?"
"No, the eldest lady has misunderstood." Zheng Shi quickly took out an invitation from his sleeve, glanced at Mu Qing, and said, "The young master met Mr. Zhe Qing unexpectedly the day before yesterday. I heard that he was your friend, the eldest lady, so he Planning to hold a banquet."
"It's a pity that I haven't had the chance to see you, and I'm worried that Master Mu Qing has been waiting for news, so I asked me to wait for you here so that I can send the invitation as soon as possible."
"I see."
Zhu Hongyan ignored Zheng Shi and walked into the small courtyard.
Zheng Shi didn't want to stay here for a moment. He put away the invitation and turned to leave, but Mu Qing's voice sounded behind him: "Does your young master like her?"
Zheng Shi turned his head and looked at Mu Qing's smile, not knowing how to answer.
In the small courtyard, the formation was activated, and Mu Qingxingren took off his disguise.
Mu Qing looked at Zhu Hongyan, who was still angry, and said curiously: "I have been in contact with Zhu Xingqiu for a while. Although this person is a bit conceited, he is not difficult to get along with."
Zhu Hongyan said: "Zhu Xingqiu is Zhu Jiyuan's grandson, and that old guy Zhu Jiyuan has always wanted me to marry Zhu Xingqiu."
Mu Qing suddenly recalled an earlier scene in his mind and said, "When you saw the gray robes, you asked them if they were from the Great Elder? This Great Elder
Elder..."
"The eldest elder of the Zhu family is Zhu Jiyuan. He is the only person in the Zhu family who has perfected the mental method of Nine Heavens Nether Flame Technique. Under He Dao, he has almost no opponents."
Before Mu Qing came to the Zhu family, he had been wondering who Zhu Yushan's enemy was within the Zhu family. Now seeing Zhu Hongyan's serious look, he immediately had the answer: "Is this Zhu Jiyuan also the real culprit behind the death of my aunt? "
Zhu Hongyan sighed and replied: "There is no evidence, but he is the most likely."
Murong Jing asked: "There is no evidence, why is it the most likely?"
Zhu Hongyan looked at Murong Jing's serious face, and thought that he was not fighting alone. He felt calmer. He stretched out a finger, and a golden flame appeared on the fingertip, saying: "Because of the Nine Heavens Nether Flame Art, and also because of the Golden Emperor." Burning Sky Flame."
"There are four levels of mental skills in the Nine Heavens Youyan Jue, namely entry, small success, great success, and perfection. Among them, planting the alien fire into the Dantian is just the beginning. The degree of compatibility between the host and the alien fire is still very low. It will not be until the great achievement. Only the host can bring out the full power of the alien fire. At this time, the Zhu family generally no longer calls it the host of the alien fire, but the master of the alien fire."
"Zhu Jiyuan is the master of the tenth-ranked Gale Wind and Fire, and he has gone one step further. He has used Gale Wind and Fire to blend with the soul, and has reached the state of perfection in the mind. Even if his body is separated from the soul, the soul The strength will not be weakened much, and the alien fire will not be extinguished, and the soul will not die."
Mu Qing listened very seriously and asked: "Since he has perfected his mind, why do he still covet the Golden Emperor Fen Tianyan?"
Zhu Hongyan: "Because the peak of the middle stage of the Saint King Realm is the limit of Gale Wind and Fire. If Zhu Jiyuan goes further, it will be Hedao. If Gale Wind and Fire cannot withstand the calamity thunder, he will die."
"So he wants to get the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame."
Mu Qing captured a key piece of information and asked in surprise: "Can the Golden Emperor's Burning Sky Flame withstand the tribulation thunder?"
Zhu Hongyan raised his eyebrows: "As far as I know, the top ten strange fires, in addition to the extremely powerful power of the strange fire itself, also have a unique ability. The ability of Jin Emperor Burning Sky Flame is to 'burn the sky, the world between heaven and earth' Everything, including thunder and spiritual energy, can be burned away."
Mu Qing was speechless, and then remembered the competition with Zhu Hongyan in the Black Sea. At that time, Zhu Hongyan showed this trait under his thunder method, and was very curious: "Then are you Dacheng now?"
Zhu Hongyan looked a little uncomfortable, "Zhu Jiyuan and I are different. To be precise, we are different from the other people in the Zhu family who have mastered the strange fire."
"They all first practiced the mental method and then became the host of the strange fire. I was directly recognized by the strange fire, and there was much less process of understanding the mental method."
"So, I'm probably just getting started."
Mu Qing knew Zhu Hongyan's situation more or less, and said with a smile: "You are a swordsman, so you have naturally failed to understand the Nine Heavens Youyan Jue. But what surprised me is that this Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame seems to be too soft to eat. Hard guy."
Zhu Hongyan hummed, looked at Murong Jing again, and said: "I used to think that it was the host's strength that limited the performance of the alien fire, but now I just think it is shallow. Every breakthrough in the mental method, the degree of compatibility between the host and the alien fire The deeper you go, not only can you exert greater power of the alien fire, but you can also get feedback from the alien fire and improve your realm."
"Sister's success in incorporating the strange fire this time may mean that she is in the late stage of mortal transformation."
Mu Qing's heart moved, this was one of the purposes of his trip, and he said: "I heard that the reward for the first place in the Three Mountains Trial is a strange fire."
"Yes. I signed up for this trial just to win this strange fire and give it to my sister."
Mu Qing and Murong Jing looked at each other and smiled: "We also signed up for the Three Mountains Trial."
"You also signed up?" Zhu Hongyan was stunned.
Mu Qing spread his hands: "I met Zhu Xingqiu when I signed up at Ziyun Palace."
"With you joining us, the strange fire this time will definitely be ours."
Zhu Hongyan had seen the ability of the two masks to disguise themselves, nodded and smiled.
Only then did Mu Qing take out the Yuan Guang Mirror and activate four figures. Zhu Hongyan's eyes narrowed: "These are those guys who are pretending to be gods and ghosts!"
Mu Qing nodded and talked about what happened to the Gu family, and then brought up the current business: "We heard what you and Zhou Feipeng said at that time. Are all the people killed this month your father's men?"
"Not entirely." Zhu Hongyan became much more serious after hearing this and said, "But I have carefully investigated and found that at least half of these people have been in contact with my father's people recently."
Mu Qing's thoughts suddenly broadened and he said, "Zhu Jiyuan guessed what your father was going to do, so he colluded with Zhou Qian and the others to strike first."
Zhu Hongyan frowned: "I also had such a guess, but my father completely excluded me from his plan."
Zhu Hongyan said: "The reason why I rushed to Huang Ding's house before my third uncle was because he has been hindering me from continuing to investigate. This is probably what my father meant."
Mu Qing analyzed the situation and said, "Can the Lord of Nangui City be trusted?"
Zhu Hongyan nodded: "She has always taken good care of me."
Mu Qing shook his head, "This is not enough. If there is evidence in the future that it was Zhu Jiyuan who killed your mother, is it possible for her to stand up and support you?"
Zhu Hongyan hesitated.
Mu Qing sighed softly. He only found out when he came to Nangui City that Zhu Yushan had been promoted to the acting head of the Zhu family after returning from the Black Sea. However, judging from the current situation, this acting head The force is obviously an extremely weak one. How confident is he that he can solve the hidden dangers in the forbidden area?
Mu Qing suddenly felt something in his heart, raised his head and said, "Besides Zhu Jiyuan, doesn't the Zhu family have another force?"
Zhu Hongyan knew what Mu Qing was referring to and said, "Although my aunt is already a new Zhu Sect, the old Zhu Sect is still there, and there are very few witches that my aunt can influence."
Mu Qing's words reminded Zhu Hongyan of a secret, and he said: "I heard Zhu Ling say that the city lord and the old sect leader had a close relationship, but they broke up completely because of something. If there is a helper that can be obtained, it may be her. .”
Mu Qing quickly got the direction and said: "It will be very dangerous if you continue to pursue it. I haven't revealed my identity yet, so leave it to us."
"You?" Zhu Hongyan was stunned for a moment, then said with a wry smile: "Are you going to keep pretending to be Daozong?"
"Why not?" Zhong Ling'er took back the Yuan Guang Mirror from Mu Qing's hand, shook it, and said, "We even use Dao Zong's treasure to beat people. They will only think that Sister Xuan is a Tao Zong recluse. The elder."
Tantai Xuan raised his jaw slightly, feeling that he had missed so many interesting things on the island.
"All right."
Zhu Hongyan looked at Mu Qing, "The Zhou family's group should have more than one goal. If they really collude with Zhu Jiyuan, then they probably have only one goal - the Zhu family's forbidden land, Fengu."
