Duanhai Waterfall is crowded with people, and the proximity of Wanxiang Sect adds a different meaning to the waterfall skyscape.
There are young men from aristocratic families who come here to play, there are also literati who come here to enjoy the scenery and write poems, and there are even poor families who want to try their luck and visit the mountain gate.
The former two are mostly found in wine shops along the coast, while the latter are gathered on the embankment.
But this hustle and bustle is isolated by the waterfall chasm. Half of it is the bustling and lively crowd, and the other half is the majestic and deserted palace complex.
Because it is close to a waterfall and the low-level disciples have low cultivation, in order to prevent moisture from entering the body, the building materials of the palace are either made of water-proof materials or engraved with water-proof patterns, so that they can feel dry and comfortable while walking.
On the long corridor leading to the main area of the sect, two footsteps sounded just like a month ago.
"Lao Wu, those guys were still arguing during the sect meeting yesterday?"
The middle-aged man with a beard sounded a little tired.
Lao Wu glanced at his old friend beside him:
"I was about to ask you, but you didn't go either?"
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Hearing this, the two of them suddenly fell silent. After a while, the bearded man sighed:
"We are arguing and quarreling there every day, blaming each other, pushing each other, and no progress can be made for a long time. It's as if we haven't gone. What's going on over there that you're responsible for?"
When Lao Wu heard this question, he slowly looked sideways and glanced into the distance.
The scenery here is very good, and you can have a panoramic view of the entire waterfall.
After staring for a few breaths, Lao Wu slowly spoke:
"That idiot, the Second Elder, has been asking me to send people to investigate quickly. How can I investigate? How dare I investigate? Ji Wencheng and the three of them have not received any news for so long. Something must have happened. Now that they are sending people there, they will be caught in a trap. Isn't this because there is no money here? Three hundred taels?"
The bearded man cracked the joints of his fingers and made a "click" sound:
"Three great masters, they just disappeared without a trace. Is it Yuanchu?"
Lao Wu shook his head:
"The problem now is not about this. We have to find a way to solve the problem quickly. Half a month ago, the secret we planted in the surrounding counties and counties has already sent back the news that there are troops mobilizing over there and rushing to Shengshan County. As a result, there has been little progress in the discussion so far. nothing."
The bearded man nodded:
"Indeed it is."
After a pause, he suddenly remembered something and asked in a low voice: "I remember that Xiao He and the fool named Li seemed to be in Shengshan County when the incident happened. How are they two?"
Lao Wu shook his head when he heard this:
"Xiao He is fine, but the blow was a bit severe. She should be under house arrest by the sect master now, but she should be able to figure it out. As for the idiot named Li, he should be dead by now."
"died?"
The bearded man frowned.
If Li Erzhu, a 20-year-old Fourth-Rank Integration Master, attained enlightenment within two years, the sect leader would most likely train him as his son-in-law.
Otherwise, Xiao He wouldn't be allowed to hang out with him all the time.
Lao Wu narrowed his eyes and whispered:
"On the way back to the sect, he told me that he was going back to Shengshan County to kill demons."
The bearded man raised his eyebrows and said strangely:
"Killing monsters in a tide of beasts?"
After a pause,
Lao Wu's eyes showed a hint of complexity, remembering what Li Erzhu said when he knelt in front of him:
"Fifth Elder, the sect will never be able to repay the kindness it has shown me in this life, but can you let me go back there to kill the demon? Or the elder can just kill me with one sword.
"My conscience is really uneasy."
Narrowing his eyes with unclear meaning, Lao Wu whispered:
"You also watched him grow up and know his temperament."
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The bearded man was startled, thinking of the boy's temperament, and hummed softly:
"He asked you to kill him?"
"Um."
"Unbelievably stupid."
"So I asked him to kill demons." Lao Wu smiled.
The bearded man frowned when he heard this:
"Aren't you afraid that he will reveal the matter?"
Lao Wu smiled coldly:
“The sect is so kind to him, and his temperament will never be forgotten.
"The sect leader died fighting for Shengshan County, which can remove some of our suspicions. It is much more valuable than me killing him with one sword."
The bearded man rubbed his eyebrows:
"It's a pity. Such a person can be a good tool if used well."
Lao Wu glanced at the beard, lowered his eyes, and said meaningfully:
"Maybe, maybe it doesn't matter anymore."
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Without saying another word, the two of them walked to the end of the corridor, and the door of the meeting hall came into view.
Pushing the door open,
Different from the thick atmosphere last time, the whole hall was a little noisy at this moment.
The various voices of more than a dozen people were mixed together. Compared with an important high-level meeting, this place was more like a small vegetable market.
One of the old men pointed at the nose of a young man in brocade robes opposite him and cursed:
"He Jigu! Just think about your Fenghai Chamber of Commerce! For such a big plan of the entire sect, does Shengshan County have a total of 50,000 taels? It has to be withdrawn in advance. After investigation, there was no target. Okay, If you do this, won’t you have a target?!”
The young man in the brocade robe held a folding fan and slammed it on the table:
"Drunken lunatic, don't scream here. Aren't you the most responsible for this failure?! You are responsible for the docking and acceptance of the formation. If there wasn't something wrong with the formation, how could we have failed?!"
"Asshole!! There is absolutely no way the formation can go wrong!"
"Then tell me how this thing was broken? The Fantasy Mist Formation is the work of Xu Xinyao, the formation master. But when it comes to this, the formation research you are responsible for, Mr. Jiu, is really disappointing. Every year, the sect invests It’s so big, not to mention the Phantom Mist Formation, in the end even the Ghost Capturing Formation has to be bought by others!! Do you know how much money it costs?!”
"The core of the ghost-catching formation is researched by me personally. Some of the edge lines I bought will turn into the whole thing when you put it in your mouth, a yellow-mouthed boy."
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Listening to the quarrels in the hall, Lao Wu and Xiuxiao looked at each other as they stepped inside, and both saw a hint of helplessness in each other's eyes.
When he saw the two people coming in, Master Wanxiang, who was sitting in the main seat with his eyes closed and concentrating, suddenly opened his eyes and said loudly:
"The fifth and youngest are here, please stop for a moment."
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The voice was powerful and powerful, directly echoing into the minds of everyone in the hall.
Seeing this scene, all the senior officials who were arguing stopped, but they still glared at each other.
You don't have to obey the orders of the sect master, but you still have to give face.
Master Wanxiang exhaled and asked in a gentle voice:
"What progress are you two making over there?"
The two people are responsible for matters related to information and intelligence. They can almost be said to be the most important two people in the Wanxiang Sect at this stage.
The two of them had to rely on the two of them to find out the mobilization of troops from local counties and counties, the movements of troops from other state capitals, and even the contents of memorials submitted to the court.
The current high-level quarrels largely stem from the fear of insufficient information.
They don't know what the current situation of the three people in charge of the formation is, they don't know if the people in Shengshan County are dead, they don't know how much their plan has been exposed, and they don't even know what the court's current attitude is.
Now, they only know that the imperial court will dispatch troops to Shengshan County.
Beyond that, nothing is known.
Ants on a hot pot.
Lao Wu bowed and brought a useful but bad news:
"Lord Sect Leader, I sent an undercover agent to follow the reinforcements to Shengshan County. News just came today that the wave of monster beasts has been contained. The reinforcements have cleared out more than 90% of the monster beasts. More than 200,000 people have died in the city."
Master Wanxiang asked the most critical question:
"Have you found out who helped Shengshan County in the city?"
This matter is related to their next response strategy.
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Hearing this question, Lao Wu walked to the seat and sat down, whispering:
"We only know that two people have been there. The captain of Shengshan County named Wang Jiadian personally received him. One of them is a grand master, and the other one does not know his cultivation level, but the grand master seems to be his follower."
Master Wanxiang narrowed his eyes;
"Can you continue checking?"
Lao Wu shook his head, a little helpless:
"Our dark son's highest status is only a thousand-man governor, and the clues are broken."
Shengshan County, county government.
A man with a cold face stood in the slightly dirty county government office, looking at Adjutant Li sitting in the hall with a smile.
After Colonel Wang left, Adjutant Li took his place with a somewhat hesitant look on his face:
"Mr. Yi, do you mean not to build a shrine for Mr. Zhou? Or even to erase the news that he has been here?"
Yi Tian bowed his hand:
"I hope Adjutant Li understands that our intelligence business should not be too famous."
Adjutant Li pondered for a moment and said:
"But many common people have seen them."
Yi Tian smiled, squinted his eyes and answered softly:
“We will take responsibility for these people.
"You just need to erase Zhou Chen from your report to the county, okay?"
There was silence in the meeting hall,
"The clue is broken?" Master Wanxiang frowned.
Lao Wu’s voice was very determined:
"Someone is interfering with our investigation of this matter."
After a pause,
Lao Wu looked around and whispered slowly: "But the range can be reduced."
Saying,
He raised three fingers and took one back every time he spoke:
"Breaking formations, surrounding and killing three great masters, and being able to directly contact important ministers above the court. I believe everyone knows who can do these three things in the state."
As soon as these words came out, the hall suddenly became noisy.
"Is it Tianyin Temple? Or Fengqingmen?"
"It's unlikely. Those two sects have always been on good terms with us, and their surrounding interests are basically the same."
"Who could that be?"
"Too much."
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Amidst the noisy discussion, the young man in brocade robe holding a folding fan suddenly said:
"I think it's the Qin family in the prefecture, or the Nangong family in Anxi County. These two aristocratic families have always been in conflict with us in the market share in this generation. Previously, the disciples went out to travel and lost a lot of people in their hands. , had it not been for the intervention of the state government to mediate, we would have been bitter enemies with them."
Hearing this, the drunk maniac opposite suddenly spoke:
"Sharing conflict? Deadly feud? He Jigu, don't say something nice. They originally put their property in our name to avoid court taxes, but you decided to annex them directly. If it's really them, this matter is all because of you. rise."
Hearing this, young master Jinpao had green veins sprouting from his forehead, energy surged all over his body, his fan creaked as he pinched it, and the words came out from between his teeth:
"Old man Jiu, keep your mouth clean. This is the sect's decision."
"Shut up, everyone!"
The leader of Wanxiang Sect suddenly shouted in a low voice.
He felt a little tired, and if he kept silent, the people below would start arguing again.
After suppressing everyone, he looked at Lao Wu, who was frowning in his seat:
"Lao Wu, what do you think about this matter?"
Lao Wu raised his eyes and said in a complicated tone:
"Sect Master, elders, what you said makes sense, but if it is really what they did, we still have room for maneuver in this matter."
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The people present were thinking about the meaning of these words, and a look of surprise and uncertainty quickly appeared in the eyes of some people who reacted quickly.
And Lao Wu’s words still continued:
"However, there are two missing from the forces you just discussed."
Speaking of which,
Lao Wu pointed at the dome and clicked on it.
Although it was not stated clearly, everyone present knew what Lao Wu was talking about.
Prime Minister's Mansion, Dayan Royal Family.
In the dead silence,
Lao Wu sighed, stood up, looked at Master Wanxiang, and solemnly bowed:
"Sect Master, Wen Lin implores you to immediately start implementing the worst plan."
"boom!"
Before he finished speaking, there was a muffled sound, smoke and dust flew everywhere, and a large crack opened in the palace floor made of special material.
Then,
The old man sitting in the first place on the left stood up:
"Xia Wenlin, we have no leaks and no substantial evidence. Even the current Holy Emperor dare not touch us."
The sect is loose, but if you want to kill a sect on an unfounded charge, it will cause collective resistance.
Because if they don't resist, it might be their turn next.
The sect knows this better than anyone else.
Speaking of which,
The old man stared closely at Xia Wenlin who was bowing and saluting:
"Look up, do you know what the worst-case scenario is?"
Lao Wu slowly raised his eyes and his expression remained unchanged:
"of course I know."
The worst-case scenario is to start a rebellion.
But everyone knows that the result of rebellion is death. After all, the example of Xuanqingzong is still there.
No one would think they could do better than Xuan Qingzong.
They could only abandon everything within the Great Yan territory, use the lives of the outer disciples to delay, and try their best to move the core disciples to the Wanxing Mountains.
But there will be a lot of movement in the preparations for this kind of thing, including the preparation of materials, the mobilization of personnel, and the sale of properties. It is impossible to hide such a big move from those who are interested.
In other words,
Once this begins, there is no turning back.
After a pause, Lao Wu's voice was calm:
"And Great Elder, we have a source of leakage."
"What?" The great elder frowned.
"There has been no news from Ji Wencheng's three people until now."
"If nothing can be done, they will kill themselves."
"What if I never succeed?"
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The source of energy surged around the great elder, causing the surrounding air to faintly deform:
"The three of them have each other's life gate. If nothing can be done, as long as one of them thinks of it, he can help the other two commit suicide. Even the second-grade Yuanchu is not sure of curing them at the same time. Do you want to say that there happens to be a powerful person who can transform into an ordinary person? The person happened to appear near Shengshan County?"
Lao Wu was not affected by it and continued:
"There are too many methods in this world. The art of enchantment, poison, illusion, and special Tao Yun can all achieve this goal."
The great elder sighed and softened his tone a little:
"Xiao Wu, the chances of these things you mentioned happening are too small to be counted. We can't gamble just because of such things."
Lao Wu clenched his fists slightly and looked at the great elder with extremely complicated eyes:
"Great Elder, it's not a gamble, it's too quiet."
"What?" The great elder had some doubts in his eyes.
Speaking of this, Lao Wu's body trembled slightly because of the tension:
"Great Elder, have you ever fallen into the sea?"
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Lao Wu smiled and sighed:
"When I went to sea as a child, I once fell into the sea from a boat. It was dark all around and I couldn't breathe. The only sound in my ears was the gurgling sound of water."
Speaking of this, Lao Wu sighed, feeling helpless:
"The Zongwei I'm in charge of now is just like me back then. He fell into the sea and couldn't hear any useful sound.
"There's just a murmur of gurgling noises.
"I really hope this sea is really a sea and not a pond built for us by others."
“But it was too quiet.
"No one went to Shengshan County to investigate, no one came to Wanxiang City to investigate, and no one even came to visit our Wanxiang Sect, which is the biggest suspect."
There was silence.
in silence,
Master Wanxiang asked in a low voice:
"Why didn't you report this earlier?"
Lao Wu raised his head slightly, looked at the dark dome, and exhaled a long breath:
"Sect Master, it takes time to transmit information, it takes time for people to travel, and it takes even more time to confirm the summary of information."
As he spoke, Lao Wu raised a finger:
"But after realizing this, I sent a lot more eagle riders to explore around Vientiane City. Do you know what the results I received today are?
“Some people came back, some people didn’t come back.
"Sect Master, Dongfang of Vientiane City has now become a restricted area."
Lao Wu retracted his fingers and laughed lowly with a trembling voice:
"It's really, really quiet."
The words fell,
The floating clouds and mist blocked the sunlight, and the hall was suddenly as silent and dark as the bottom of the sea.
No one agreed, but no one refuted Xia Wenlin's proposal.
I do not know how long it has been,
The darkness remained, but the silence was broken by an eagle's cry, and then a mighty voice spread throughout the sect:
"Master Wanxiang, please come out and talk."
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