After receiving the blood letter, Chen Yutian immediately took Xue Tianhan, Ling Miaoyin and Xuan Xi from Jiulong Mansion to the outside of the chosen city.
But just after they left the city as quickly as possible, Chen Yutian, who was walking at the front, suddenly changed his expression and stopped.
The three people behind him felt strange and looked at him in confusion.
But Chen Yutian looked at the road ahead and smiled bitterly, then turned back and said to the three of them helplessly: "I suddenly thought of a question."
The three of them raised their eyebrows and looked at each other.
But Chen Yutian continued: "It seems that we... haven't figured out which ruined temple on the outskirts of the city in the blood letter refers to."
Hearing this, the remaining three people were startled!
It seems...that is indeed the case.
A ruined temple on the outskirts of the city. Although this was the address clearly written in blood, there was more than one ruined temple on the outskirts of the capital.
Not to mention far away, there are three near Xuandu.
These three are all ancient temples that were destroyed by wars during the previous dynasty. Although the incense no longer exists, fortunately they are large enough and have walls and roofs to provide shelter from wind and rain, so they have become a lot of homeless people and beggars. 's shelter.
More importantly, these three ruined temples are located in three directions of Xuandu City. They are far apart from each other. It often takes about a day to go back and forth.
Although the location of "a ruined temple on the outskirts of the city" was written in the blood book, it did not clearly indicate which ruined temple it was in. As a result, if Chen Yutian and the others want to find the "things they want to find" mentioned in the blood book, they can only search one by one.
But this will definitely waste a lot of time.
Of course, they can also choose to divide their troops into three groups on the basis of the two groups, and investigate the ruined temples coming from different directions.
In this way, a lot of time can naturally be saved.
However, what Chen Yutian is worried about is that doing so may play into the opponent's hands!
He even suspected that the exact location of the ruined temple was deliberately not stated in the blood book, probably because he had calculated that they would split up again because they wanted to save time.
In other words, the other party has most likely set up an ambush in one of the three ruined temples, just waiting for their so-called prey to take the bait.
The brows of Xue Tianhan and the three others also wrinkled slightly.
After a moment, Xue Tianhan's eyes flashed slightly, he looked at Chen Yutian, and spoke first.
"I know your considerations... but now is not the time for us to hesitate. Although the three ruined temples on the outskirts of the city are far apart, two of them are relatively close. If you believe me, then put these Leave the two places to me and Ling Miaoyin to investigate, while you and Her Royal Highness go to the last ruined temple. How about that?"
Hearing this, Chen Yutian's eyes flashed slightly.
On the side, Ling Miaoyin also nodded slightly, "I agree... Don't worry, with the sword skills of the two of us, there are only a handful of people in the world who can hurt us, not to mention that everything now belongs to us. Hypothetically, maybe there isn’t any trap.”
Seeing that the two of them were so determined, Chen Yutian could only sigh slightly and nodded.
"Then... okay, you two be careful..."
"Don't worry!" Xue Tianhan smiled faintly, then flashed and took Ling Miaoyin directly to the northeast.
Chen Yutian looked at the retreating figures of the two of them until they completely disappeared at the end of the road, then he slightly looked back.
"In that case, let's go..."
He looked at the girl next to him, then took the girl's hand and walked in another direction...
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Wulong Temple is a Taoist temple.
A Taoist temple with extremely prosperous incense and hidden dragons and crouching tigers.
In the eyes of the people of the capital, this is a particularly efficacious Taoist temple. It enshrines the supreme Taoist ancestor of the Taoist sect, the Sanqing Taoist. The Taoist priests who practice Taoism in the temple are like the legendary immortals. Not only are they born with immortal Taoist bones, He also knows how to refine elixirs. If anyone has a serious illness or a minor calamity, he can just go to the Taoist temple and ask for an elixir refined by the Taoist priests. If he keeps it, he can turn the evil into good luck and eliminate the disaster.
Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, the Five Dragons Temple is like the legendary residence of gods, which is supreme and cannot be desecrated.
But in the eyes of Huo Yuanji and others who are from the world of martial arts, the Five Dragons Temple has put on another layer of clothing.
A coat belonging to the martial arts world.
Because they know that this Five Dragons Temple is actually a stronghold established by the Enlightenment Alliance, one of the five dominant forces in the martial arts world, in Xuandu, the capital.
The entire people in the Five Dragons Temple are all disciples of the Enlightenment Alliance.
"Xie Dingtian, the leader of Wulong Temple, is the brother of Xie Cangtian, the leader of the Enlightenment Alliance. Although his martial arts is not as good as his younger brother, he is still considered one of the top masters in the world. With his skills, if someone brings the head to Wulong Temple, There is no reason why he can't notice it inside Longguan..."
Looking at the resplendent Five Dragons Temple sign above the door, Huo Yuanji murmured to himself.
On the side, Tang Fengling glanced at the gold-lettered signboard and said, "Maybe it's not a human head... I don't think that with the temperament of those old people in the Taoist Enlightenment League, how could something as dirty as a human head enter their Taoist temple."
There was a hint of contempt in her voice when she spoke, as if she was not interested in the people in the Enlightenment Alliance.
Seeing this, Huo Yuanji couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"It seems that the rumors in the world are true... Your master, Senior Thief Saint, is indeed..."
Before he finished speaking, he saw Tang Fengling's face change slightly, so he quickly stopped talking.
On the side, Lin Feifei, Wu Dongtian and others looked at the two of them curiously, "What happened between the senior Thief Saint and the Enlightenment Alliance?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuanji quickly waved his hand and smiled. "It's nothing... let's get ready to go in."
After saying that, he went directly to the door of Wulong Temple and knocked gently.
Behind them, the two people with curious faces and Tianying looked at each other, but they didn't know how to speak.
"Dong dong dong..." Huo Yuanji gently knocked on the door of Wulong Temple.
Soon, the door opened, and a young man dressed as a Taoist boy appeared in front of everyone. After looking at everyone, his eyes suddenly burst out with an extremely bright light!
Without waiting for Huo Yuanji to introduce himself, he directly asked: "How many of you are the Nine Dragons Divine Catchers of the Nine Dragons Mansion?"
Hearing this, Huo Yuanji's mouth that had just been opened froze in astonishment. He looked at the little Taoist boy with an unbelievable look of shock in his eyes.
"We are the Nine Dragon Divine Catchers. I wonder how you learned our identities, little master?"
At the critical moment, Bai Fan walked out slowly and came to Huo Yuanji's side, cupped his hands towards the Taoist boy and smiled.
"Great...you are really here..." The sparkle in Xiaodaotong's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his words actually revealed that he already knew that they would come to Wulong Temple.
But how is this possible?
Everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and they all felt a little incredible, so they asked the Taoist boy: "Little Master, how did you know that we would come here?"
"Of course it was the temple master who said it." The little Taoist boy replied excitedly. Then he seemed to have remembered something and said to everyone, "By the way, I almost forgot. The temple master told me a long time ago that if you come, I’ll take you to the main hall to meet him, my lords, let’s leave now.”
The few of them looked at each other, and then Bai Fan pondered for a moment and said, "In this case, I'd like to ask you, little master, to lead the way for us. Please!"
"please!"
After the little Taoist boy finished speaking, he led a few people directly into the Five Dragons Temple, and then went straight to the main hall...
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Not far from the northeast of Xuandu, there is a ruined temple.
The predecessor of this temple was a Buddhist temple founded by an eminent monk. It was once extremely glorious, but it gradually declined until war broke out in the previous dynasty and the monks in the temple died.
By the time the war ended, the entire Buddhist temple was almost an empty shell, and later it gradually became a gathering place for vagrants and beggars.
Later, the main hall of the Buddhist temple was damaged by wind and rain for a long time, and no one repaired it, so it gradually collapsed.
After that, even beggars and vagrants rarely came.
As of now, there is no trace of it.
But today, I finally remembered the sound of footsteps again.
There were two footsteps in total. They were accompanied by the sound of two breaking winds, and then shuttled among the ruins of the ruined temple, echoing in the hall from time to time.
These two footsteps belong to Xue Tianhan and Ling Miaoyin!
After they separated from Chen Yutian, they came here as fast as they could.
The sound of footsteps continued through the dilapidated ruins. Suddenly, the sound stopped abruptly.
The entire Buddhist temple instantly returned to those countless silent years.
But not long after, a slightly crisp, but extremely calm female voice suddenly sounded in this space that had been silent for countless years.
"It seems like there won't be anything we're looking for here..."
"Well...yeah, in that case, let's go to the next place..."
A voice sounded, this time, it was a slightly cold male voice.
"Um."
The short conversation ended, and with the departure of two breaking sounds, the place suddenly returned to the silence of the past...
Half an hour later, in another ruined temple more than thirty miles away, two figures slowly walked into the main hall.
The sound of their footsteps echoed clearly in his ears and echoed in every corner of the hall.
"Huh? This is it?"
The footsteps stopped suddenly, and were replaced by a surprised voice.
The astonished man slowly narrowed his eyes as he looked at something on the dusty Buddhist altar in front of him.
The people accompanying him also gradually frowned.
They saw a clean wooden plate on the Buddhist altar in front of them.
And in the wooden plate, there was something that made the two of them unable to help but change their minds.
It was a human head with a ferocious expression, but covered with solidified blood...
"It seems that this should be what we are looking for..." Looking at the hideous head covered with blood, the person in front of him looked pale and slightly uncomfortable, but he smiled slightly...
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Under the leadership of Xiao Daotong, Bai Fan and others quickly arrived at the main hall of Wulong Temple.
Before they stepped in, everyone saw an old man with white beard and hair sitting alone in the hall and meditating. There was a square wooden box in his hand.
The old man's fingers were tapping gently on the surface of the wooden box...
It seemed like something was bothering him.
"Master, they are here." The little Taoist boy led everyone to the main hall and gave a slight salute to the old man.
The old man raised his head slightly, and the moment he looked at Bai Fan, Huo Yuanji and others, his originally slightly cloudy eyes suddenly flashed with an extremely sharp light!
Seeing this, Huo Yuanji secretly palpitated. He is worthy of being the elder brother of the leader of the Dao Sect, and his skills are indeed extraordinary.
"The guys are finally here...I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
After scanning everyone's bodies with his sharp eyes, the old man slowly spoke.
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other again, still confused.
Seeing this scene, Xie Dingtian, the leader of Wulong Temple, couldn't help but grinned and said: "Don't be surprised, everyone. We are all people in the martial arts world. Compared with us, we all know the details of Wulong Temple. The reason why I can know that you are today." You will come to visit, firstly, because I just made a hexagram, and the hexagram shows this. Secondly, because of this thing in my hand, it tells me that you will definitely come."
After saying this, Xie Dingtian gently knocked on the wooden box at hand.
Suddenly, the attention of everyone in Jiulong Mansion was drawn to the wooden box.
Because according to Xie Dingtian, he only confirmed that they came back to visit after seeing this object. The implication is that the thing in this box must be something closely related to them.
"I don't know about this thing. Can the master of the temple let me wait and take a look?"
Bai Fan spoke for the first time after entering the hall.
"This is natural." Xie Dingtian nodded, raised his hand slightly, and the little Taoist boy beside him immediately took the wooden box in his hand and sent it to Bai Fan and others.
During this process, Bai Fan and Huo Yuanji keenly discovered that the little Taoist boy's hands holding the wooden box were trembling all the time.
At the same time, there was a hint of fear in his eyes!
It seemed that there was something in this box that made him very afraid.
"My lords, please take a look."
The little Taoist boy handed the wooden box in his hand to Bai Fan, and spoke with a slight tremor.
He didn't even dare to look at the wooden box, but closed his eyes slightly in front of Bai Fan. It seems that he dare not look at the contents of the box.
Such an action made everyone in Jiulong Mansion feel a strong curiosity in their hearts.
With this trace of curiosity, Bai Fan frowned slightly solemnly, then reached out and opened the wooden box in the child's hand.
Then he opened his eyes and looked inside the box.
But just one glance, just one glance, made him feel as if he was struck by five thunders. He was completely stunned and his pupils shrank suddenly!
"This is……"
Everyone who saw it had a flash of shock in their eyes at this moment. While their pupils shrank, their bodies trembled involuntarily!
I saw in the box... a human head!
A head with completely white beard and hair that looks like it is already old!
