Chapter 184
Zhuang Mochou stood up and walked to the edge of the cliff. Her long white dress was fluttering in the breeze, making her look fairy-like.
"Some time ago, Wang Chongyang, the eighth elder of the inner sect, and a group of disciples, planned to go to Huangzhou. Of course, they announced that they were going to Zhongzhou to perform a mission."
"However, there is no news about Wang Chongyang and his group of disciples. They are probably dead."
"And Yan Long, the elder of the outer sect who is in charge of managing the sea crossing ship, said that Wang Chongyang and the others have never been to the seaside. There are also rumors in the world that the famous sword sect sent people to attack and kill Wang Chongyang and those disciples."
"There are two possibilities now."
Zhuang Mochou frowned slightly:
"The first possibility is that Yan Long didn't lie, and the rumors in the world are true. It was the famous sword sect who did it."
Xiao Zhan frowned: "What about the second possibility?"
Zhuang Mochou frowned deeper:
"Wang Chongyang and the others went to Huangzhou and died there."
"And Yan Long is lying."
Xiao Zhan asked: "What state is Wang Chongyang in?"
Zhuang Mochou looked cold and said: "Like me, he is in the early stage of Tongtian Realm."
Xiao Zhan suddenly chuckled:
"As we all know, the deserted state is completely uninhabited, but there are many ferocious beasts."
"Is it possible that Wang Chongyang and the others were killed by Tongtian realm or a more powerful beast?"
"A powerful man in the Tongtian realm died under the claws of a ferocious beast. Who would believe it?"
“Besides, there’s no smoke without fire.”
"Since there are rumors in the world that the famous sword sect was responsible, then it is most likely that this is the case."
Zhuang Mochou looked at Xiao Zhan calmly.
Xiao Zhan looked a little uncomfortable, "Senior Zhuang, why are you looking at me?"
There was a chill in Zhuang Mochou's eyes: "Don't you feel that your words are perfunctory?"
Xiao Zhan's face darkened:
"Then what do I say?"
"Do you think the former speculation is possible?"
Zhuang Mochou was silent for a few seconds and slowly told what happened in Huangzhou some time ago.
After finishing speaking, Zhuang Mochou looked at Xiao Zhan:
“Do you think it’s the remnants of the Huangzhou that really exist, or are those people from the Famous Sword Sect?”
Xiao Zhan shook his head and said seriously: "I still think that the possibility of survivors in Huangzhou is almost zero."
"The latter sounds reasonable."
Seeing Zhuang Mochou's eyes turning cold, Xiao Zhan continued:
"This is all baseless speculation."
"Didn't you already bring Yan Long back to Qingtian Sect?"
"Let me meet him. Maybe I can find some clues from him."
Zhuang Mochou nodded, "You go ahead, Yan Long is under house arrest at Buddha Peak."
Xiao Zhan frowned slightly: "Senior Zhuang, aren't you going? What if you don't go and they don't let me see Yan Long?"
Zhuang Mochou casually threw his identity card to Xiao Zhan.
Xiao Zhan nodded, then quickly walked down the mountain, heading towards Buddha Peak again.
This time, Xiao Zhan approached in a swaggering manner and was immediately discovered by the Qingtian Sect disciples stationed here.
They stopped Xiao Zhan and yelled:
"Guard the important place, and the idlers retreat!"
Xiao Zhan took out his identity card from his waist and handed it to the young man who led him to look at it.
"Outer sect elder, Xiao Wuming?" The young man frowned and returned the identity tag to Xiao Zhan, his eyes full of doubts.
In the history of Qingtian Sect, there has never been such a young outer sect elder.
Judging from his age, he should be no more than thirty years old, right?
"Elder Xiao," the leading young man said solemnly, clasping his fists;
"According to regulations, no one below the inner sect elders is allowed to approach without permission."
Xiao Zhan nodded, then took out Zhuang Mochou's token and handed it to the young man.
The man's pupils shrank sharply and he quickly stepped aside.
Xiao Zhan smiled and took back his identity card, said "Thank you for your hard work", and then walked up to Buddha Peak.
The next moment, a middle-aged man appeared on the spot, exuding the aura of the peak Danhai Realm.
The middle-aged man looked at Xiao Zhan's figure walking up the mountain, frowned and asked:
"Who is that?"
The young man said truthfully:
"He is Miss Zhuang Mochou's confidant, his name is Xiao Wuming."
"He is Xiao Wuming," the middle-aged man nodded, "The newly promoted outer sect elder in the sect really only has the strength of the peak of the Qi Sea Realm."
"With such strength, he can actually become an outer sect elder, ha..."
The middle-aged man snorted coldly, his eyes full of disdain.
"What qualifications does he have?!"
A cold voice came from the darkness not far away.
"What qualifications do you think he has? Just because I asked him to serve as an outer elder, I plan to wait for his strength to improve and let him become an inner elder."
It was Zhuang Mochou who spoke.
She said she couldn't come, but it came anyway.
Linghua followed Zhuang Mochou and looked at the middle-aged man coldly.
Zhuang Mochou glanced at this middle-aged man at the peak of the Danhai realm and said coldly:
"do you have any opinion?"
"No... no, I don't dare!" The middle-aged man bowed quickly, cold sweat breaking out all over his body.
Not to mention that the woman in front of her is the only daughter of the sect leader Zhuang Busheng. Just because she can reach the Tongtian realm at the age of fifty, she is the number one genius of the Qingtian Sect and even the entire Qingzhou!
Zhuang Mochou glanced at the middle-aged man indifferently, "Watch your mouth from now on. Talking too much will kill people."
"Yes!" The middle-aged man trembled and quickly bowed aside.
Zhuang Mochou and Linghua also walked towards Buddha Peak.
From a distance, Buddha Peak looks like a Buddha with his hands clasped together, but in fact it is overgrown with grass and messy rocks everywhere.
Only on the top of the peak is a dilapidated stone house.
At this time, Yan Long was sitting cross-legged in front of the stone house, breathing in and out. The aura exuding from his body had a vague tendency to break through to the middle stage of the Dan Lake realm.
Xiao Zhan did not interrupt, but waited nearby.
After a full hour passed, Yan Long slowly opened his eyes and said unhappily without even looking at Xiao Zhan:
"I've said it many times!"
"Wang Chongyang, the eighth elder of the inner sect, has never been to the beach and has never looked for me!"
When Xiao Zhan saw that Yan Long was fine, the stone in his heart suddenly fell to the ground.
He slowly said:
"Elder Yan, please introduce yourself. I am an outer elder who has just joined Qingtian Sect. My name is Xiao Wuming!"
Hearing Xiao Zhan's voice, Yan Long's expression changed.
He naturally understood the hint in Xiao Zhan's words.
He turned to look at Xiao Zhan, who was approaching. Just as he was about to speak, he saw Xiao Zhan wink at him and quickly shut up.
"Are you a newly promoted outer sect elder? Do you have anything to do with me?"
"Of course it doesn't matter," Xiao Zhan nodded and said with a smile:
"I was ordered by Senior Zhuang Mochou to investigate the disappearance of the eighth elder of the inner sect."
"Please also ask Elder Yan to cooperate."
Yan Long slowly closed his eyes, "I have said everything that needs to be said. If you ask a hundred or a thousand times, I will still say the same thing."
Xiao Zhan nodded: "I believe Elder Yan is telling the truth, but some people in the sect don't believe it."
"So, Elder Yan, why don't you tell me the matter again, so that I can help you think about it and see if I can prove Elder Yan's innocence, so that I can help Elder Yan get out of this predicament."
Yan Long frowned and said quickly:
"I don't think this is a dilemma. Compared with the seaside, the energy here is strong and quiet, which just allows me to practice with peace of mind."
"Elder Xiao, don't worry about me. You don't have to worry about my affairs. If you have time, you'd better go have a drink and walk around to relax..."
This conversation sounds fine.
But in fact, Xiao Zhan was saying that he would find a way to rescue Yan Long.
Yan Long asked Xiao Zhan not to take risks and leave Qingtian Sect quickly.
Xiao Zhan looked more serious and said in a deep voice:
"Elder Yan, if you want to prove that you are not lying, you must provide evidence."
"How do you prove that?"
Yan Long snorted coldly:
"All the sea-crossing ships have been registered, and there is not one missing. Doesn't it prove that Elder Wang Chongyang and the others did not come to see me?"
Xiao Zhan frowned slightly. At that time, Wang Chongyang and the others drove three sea-crossing boats to Huangzhou.
In other words, it is impossible for Yan Long to manage many sea-crossing ships.
Unless... Yan Long has mastered the construction technology of sea crossing ships! He built three ships himself!
Thinking of this, Xiao Zhan's eyes flashed. This is a great good thing for Yanlong City.
But the plan for now is to find a way to help Yan Long get out of trouble.
Just when Xiao Zhan was thinking.
Zhuang Mochou's voice came from not far away;
"Elder Yan, since you said that you manage a lot of sea-crossing ships, why didn't you tell this information earlier?"
Hearing Zhuang Mochou's voice, Elder Yan immediately stood up and saluted Zhuang Mochou with clasped fists:
"Miss Mochou, to tell you the truth, I have resentment in my heart."
"I work hard to manage the sea-crossing ships for the Qingtian Sect. I stay in a place like the seaside where the true energy is thin year after year. I have no complaints."
"But now, the sect actually suspects me of betrayal, and I can't be more angry."
There was no emotion in Zhuang Mochou's voice:
"So, you just don't say anything and want to see how the sect will treat a meritorious person like you, right?"
Yan Long sighed:
"Miss Mochou, I know I was wrong."
"Actually, I understand that as an elder of Qingtian Sect, I should cooperate with the sect's investigation instead of being swayed by my own emotions."
"I've figured it out these days and I'm not angry anymore."
Zhuang Mochou did not believe Yan Long's words easily, but looked at Xiao Zhan and asked:
"How about it, do you think he is telling the truth or a lie?"
Xiao Zhan frowned: "How do I know whether he is telling the truth or a lie?"
"Emotionally speaking, I can understand Elder Yan's grievance."
"But if we want to find out the truth, in my opinion, we still have to start with the Famous Sword Sect."
"As long as the Famous Sword Sect admits that they did this, wouldn't it be enough?"
Zhuang Mo frowned slightly: "Tell me your opinion carefully."
Xiao Zhan looked at Zhuang Mochou and said slowly:
"Instead of investigating something that cannot be found, it is better to let the truth of this matter turn into something that is beneficial to us."
"Find a few disciples of the Famous Sword Sect and ask them to publicly admit that it was a strong man from the Famous Sword Sect who led them to intercept and kill Wang Chongyang."
Zhuang Mochou nodded, "Keep talking."
Xiao Zhan continued:
"When the time comes, it doesn't matter whether the Mingjian Zongcheng admits it or not, as long as the entire Qingzhou thinks that the Wuming Sect is provoking."
"I told Miss Mochou that day."
"If you want to capture Qingzhou, the best strategy is to defeat the enemy without fighting."
"There is an old saying that says, he who wins the hearts of the people wins the world."
"As long as the Qingtian Sect becomes a righteous force in the eyes of everyone in Qingzhou, and the Mingjian Sect or other forces become the sinners who actively provoke conflicts and disturb the peace of Qingzhou, then the Qingtian Sect will become the target of everyone's support in Qingzhou .”
A look of recognition flashed in Zhuang Mochou's eyes, and he nodded:
"This move is exactly the same as the method used by the four major states to deal with the barren state 80,000 years ago."
"To this day, people in the four states still firmly believe that the people in the Huangzhou are brutal and murderous and should be exterminated, while the other four states are the righteous party."
Hearing Zhuang Mochou mention Huangzhou, Xiao Zhan and Yan Long both had murderous intent blooming deep in their eyes.
That's right, Xiao Zhan's move was precisely to treat others in their own way!
