"Actually, it's nothing. It's just that when the locust stone was sent out, the glass bead was thrown out at the same time." Tong Bo signaled with his eyes, and Liu Ningshi showed the glass bead in her right palm to Manager Lu.
"That's it! It is said that this bead can be used as an eye to form an array, and it can also store internal energy!" Manager Lu is a experienced and well-informed person. Looking at the glazed bead in Liu Ningshi's hand, there is still a hint of black hair left. Inner breath, he immediately understood the mystery.
"When she was injured earlier, Miss Liu wanted to give a glass bead as a gift to save her life." Tong Bo smiled and said, "I thought, why not store my inner strength in the glass bead in case of emergency, and it really came in handy today. .”
"If you want to control the Light Shadow Sword, you must use the Huanxin Jue." Manager Lu shook his head and asked doubtfully: "And your method is completely different from the Huanxin Jue. Aren't you worried that this girl will suffer backlash?"
"The inner force below and the Huanxin Jue are indeed not the same." Tong Bo nodded and explained the key point: "So when using the Huanxin Jue to draw the internal force in the glass bead, it must be fast, just like a shallow shadow. Like the light of a sword."
"Although there will still be backlash, Ningshi has reduced the level to a minimum." Liu Ningshi raised her red right palm.
"Okay, okay! You two are ruthless to the enemy, and you are also ruthless to yourself." Manager Lu put his hands on his hands and said with a smile: "It's not bad for such a person to be my exclusive bodyguard."
"Actually, senior doesn't mean to make things difficult, otherwise I could have exposed this fake Wang Junchen during our last three-day appointment." Tong Bo said with a smile: "How could this little trick of mine escape your notice?"
"Oh? I would like to hear, why do you think so?" Manager Lu looked at the man in front of him, becoming more and more confused about his depth.
"The reason for not exposing me is probably because my seniors are not trusted by the cabinet, right?" Tong Bo pointed out the reason sharply.
"If you don't have the trust of the cabinet, how can you start talking about this?" Although Manager Lu said hard, his face showed an uncertain look.
"Do you still remember that senior, after taking your pulse, those guards questioned you?" Tong Bo said with a smile: "Senior, at the Ziyan Inn, he killed those who doubted him with one blow, but why did he question you? Are your guards so polite? The only explanation is that these guards are someone's eyes and cannot be moved at all."
"Ning Shi and brother Xiang Yun saw many guards hanging around outside the senior's room along the way. It turned out to be for this purpose." Liu Ningshi added a sentence for Tong Bo at the right time.
"What are your names?" Manager Lu looked solemnly at Tong and Liu in front of him and thought to himself: "Maybe it is possible to get rid of the previous predicament."
"I'm Tong Bo, whose courtesy name is Xiangyun."
"Liu Ningshi."
Tong and Liu said their names respectively.
"Mr. Tong, Miss Liu! I don't want to ask you about the purpose of coming to the pavilion, nor am I interested in knowing, but I want to know how you plan to get out of trouble?" Manager Lu asked.
"Today's Ziyan Pavilion is already in chaos, and it is not a good place for retirement." Tong Bo naturally heard what Manager Lu had pointed out, and said unhurriedly: "After we work together to get out of trouble, why not leave it alone?" How about finding a place for you to retire?”
"Hmph! People are unpredictable, how can I trust you?" Manager Lu has been in the world for many years. Although he admires Tong and Liu, he has never lost his due vigilance.
"Ning Shi is willing to hand over the Qianying Sword to the senior for safekeeping until the promise of leaving Brother Xiangyun is fulfilled." Before Tong Bo responded, Liu Ningshi spoke first.
"The Qianying Sword is a magical weapon that can only be found but cannot be found. Are you really willing to give it up?" Manager Lu asked, staring at Liu Ningshi.
"I'm willing to give it up." After saying that, Liu Ningshi started to untie the scabbard wrapped around her waist.
"Girl is so generous, I do believe you." Manager Lu waved his hand towards Liu Ningshi and said, "Miss Qianying Sword, please keep it."
"Miss Liu is very generous, so I can't be stingy." Tong Bo took out a bottle of elixir from his arms and placed it in front of Manager Lu: "Your old technique seems to be able to assimilate the opponent's internal strength, but it also has a fatal flaw. It is slow to perform, but this bottle of Immortal Wind and Secret Pill can help seniors to accelerate the assimilation of the opponent's internal energy when performing the technique."
"Xianfeng Tianji Pill?" Manager Lu glanced at the porcelain bottle in his hand in surprise and said, "It is said that this pill can not only strengthen the body and strengthen the internal energy, but also increase the speed of internal energy gathering several times after taking it."
"Steward Lu is indeed well-informed." Tong Bo said with a smile: "Since I and Miss Liu have become your exclusive guards, I must show some respect, and this Xianfeng Tianji Pill can be regarded as a meeting gift."
Even if the Qianying Sword is used as a pledge to dispel Guanshi Lu's doubts, he will not get any substantial benefits. On the contrary, Liu Ningshi, who has lost the Qianying Sword, will lose a killing move when facing the enemy, which undoubtedly outweighs the gain; The gift of Dan to Guanshi Lu not only gave him substantial benefits, lowered his original wariness, but also kept the Qianying Sword. Tong Bo accurately controlled people's hearts.
"In this case, I will be disrespectful." As expected, the panacea is very attractive to those who practice martial arts. After Tong and Liu entered the steward's room, this was the first time they saw a smile on Steward Lu's face.
"As for the matter of finding someone I just mentioned, look at it..." Tong Bo struck while the iron was hot and immediately made his previous request to Manager Lu.
"Master, do you know that there is danger in this building?" Manager Lu played with the porcelain vase in his hand and asked Tong Bo a question instead of answering Tong Bo directly.
"Unknown! Please give me some advice, senior." Tong Bo solemnly bowed his hands to Steward Lu, because he knew the importance of information.
"The entire building is densely covered with mechanisms. The crossbow arrows we fired just now are just the most basic mechanisms." Manager Lu smiled proudly and continued: "And the most troublesome thing is that all important areas can be accessed from the main room of the pavilion. Get a glimpse of the whole thing.”
"Senior, what you mean is that from the moment we entered the building, we were under the surveillance of the Pavilion Master?" Liu Ningshi reacted very quickly and blurted out.
"The girl is right!" Manager Lu nodded: "Just now Mr. Tong said that I can't be trusted by the pavilion. If an untrustworthy steward walks around the building with two unfamiliar exclusive guards, I don't know what will happen. ?”
"Give me the truth, so that the Pavilion Master can take action against the seniors in a legitimate manner." Tong and Liu, both extremely smart, said in unison.
"That's right! So for now, the only thing we can do is wait for an opportunity." Manager Lu seemed confident and said with a leisurely smile.
"What you said is true!" Tong Bo immediately understood the meaning of Manager Lu's words and said with a smile: "If the pavilion master takes the initiative to come to you and takes the opportunity to act, you can avoid this risk."
"But what should we do if the Pavilion Master keeps ignoring our seniors?" Liu Ningshi expressed her concerns: "Do we have to wait forever?"
"With such a big move in the cabinet now, I believe I will be found soon!" Manager Lu said confidently.
"In that case, let us do our best for our seniors." Tong Bo said with a smile and cupped his hands towards Manager Lu.
In the west camp of Longjie, in the secret compartment behind the hundreds of tents, an old man wearing a cloak and a mask held a scroll and read it attentively in the light of the fire.
"Are you back?" The old man's earlobes moved slightly. Although he didn't blink, he could tell who was coming with his superb ear skills.
"I see you, Your Majesty." The person who came was the man in the white robe mask who escaped from the underground pontoon and sneaked into the Longjie military camp.
"Huh? Are you injured?" The slightly rapid breathing of the man in the white robe mask failed to escape the ears of the old man in black.
"A little injury, nothing serious!" The man in the white robe mask said respectfully with his hands raised, as if the injury really didn't matter.
"I can actually hurt you. Ziyan Pavilion is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!" The old man in black smiled slightly and suddenly asked: "Have you got what I want?"
"Your Majesty, I have obtained the method of making Caihou paper and fire seal clay." After the man in the white robe mask finished speaking, he suddenly started to hesitate: "It's just..."
"Just what?" The old man in black heard the tone of the man in the white robe and mask, and felt a bad feeling in his heart for some reason.
"Tianhao died in the battle at Ziyanxuan." The voice of the man in the white robe mask was as thin as a mosquito. He was worried in his heart and did not dare to look at the old man in black.
"What did you say? Didn't I hear you clearly?" The old man in black asked again, not knowing whether he really didn't hear you clearly or was just pretending.
"Tian, Tianhao died in battle..." Before he could finish his words, the man in the white robe and mask was hit in the chest by a scroll thrown by the old man in black. The strong internal force pushed him forward and back three feet, and his knees Kneel down and lean forward.
"Didn't I tell you to protect Tianhao secretly?" The voice of the old man in black was full of majesty that could not be disobeyed, and was extremely cold and stern: "Do you know how much effort I have put into cultivating Tianhao? "
"My subordinate failed to protect me well, please punish me." The injured man in the white robe mask stood up despite the severe pain, still kneeling on the ground, and admitted his mistake.
"With Tianhao's ability, no one can easily take his life?" The old man in black became less angry and asked: "Who did it?"
"Li Wushang." The injury combined with the blow from the old man in black made the man in the white robe mask overlap his hands and tremble slightly, but he still had to grit his teeth and say every word.
"Li Wushang, Li Wushang! What a rip-off." The old man in black suddenly raised his hand and split the long wooden table in front of him in half, his words full of anger.
"My Lord! Li Wushang had colluded with Xu and Wei for a long time and set up a trap. However, Tianhao was too showy and made countless enemies. He fought with Ye Hu and an unknown master before giving Li a trap. There is no opportunity for him to take advantage of it; by the time his subordinates arrive, Tianhao has already died under Li Wushang's traceless sword." The scene in the long corridor of Ziyan Pavilion kept flashing in the mind of the man in the white robe and mask. Flashing.
"Show this thing to me!" The old man in black changed the subject and asked the man in the white robe and mask for what he just said.
"I obey." The masked man in white robe took out two scrolls from his robe and handed them over respectfully.
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