As a result, Yuan Ming, along with Gu Zhiping and his party, escorted Tao Wenlong directly back to the punishment hall, and immediately began an intense interrogation.
Forced by various methods such as elixirs, talismans, and torture instruments, Tao Wenlong quickly opened his mouth and told all the information he knew.
"Are you saying that he is not really Tao Wenlong, but a casual cultivator who took over his identity through magic and disguise?"
In the punishment hall, Yuan Ming was a little surprised when he heard Gu Zhiping's brief description of the results of the interrogation.
"Yes, he is just a casual cultivator who belongs to the Beiming San Alliance. He infiltrated our sect this time for a certain task. However, the person who needed to issue the task did not tell him the specific purpose of the task. He just asked him to use the name Tao Wenlong. His identity is low-key and he will be contacted only if necessary." Gu Zhiping said.
If "he" just pretended to be someone else, didn't Tao Wenlong's fellow apprentices notice anything strange? Yuan Ming frowned.
"Tao Wenlong has a relatively withdrawn personality and didn't have many friends in the past. Moreover, he sneaked in and did not do anything unusual after that. He kept to himself every day and almost never left Xiujie Peak. If you hadn't discovered that he was using the token fraudulently, Junior Brother Zhen, I'm afraid, No one would have thought that he has changed into someone else." Gu Zhiping said helplessly.
"About him. What was the reason for stealing the token to enter the intelligence warehouse?" Yuan Ming nodded thoughtfully and asked.
"It seems to be to destroy an anecdote. According to his statement, the content is about an experience of Junior Brother Cui of Changle Peak. He and a casual cultivator friend went out to search for medicine. As a result, they encountered a level three monster. The two of them rushed to escape. In the end, only Junior Brother Cui survived.
He thought that the matter would be settled, but a few days later, Junior Brother Cui actually saw his friend acting like a normal person again, but his personality became completely opposite to before, and his memory was also missing. He was confused, and after many inquiries, It was discovered that his friend was actually dead, but his body was parasitized by a strange insect, which made him seem to be resurrected. "Gu Zhiping said, feeling quite amazed himself.
However, Yuan Ming became confused after hearing this: "Is this the information that the Beiming Alliance wants to destroy at all costs? It doesn't sound like there is anything worth paying attention to."
"Yeah, I was wondering too! So I sent someone to look for that Junior Brother Cui... Well, you see he just came back." Gu Zhiping said, suddenly seeing someone coming in a hurry, he smiled and said He waved.
"Senior Brother Gu, I went to Changle Peak and asked around. They all said that Junior Brother Cui left the sect a month ago and has not returned yet." The visitor said with a solemn expression.
Hearing this, both Gu Zhiping and Yuan Ming's faces darkened, knowing that Junior Brother Cui knew something he shouldn't know and was probably in serious danger.
"Senior Brother Gu's matter seems to be more serious than we thought. We should inform the Master of Guifeng immediately to avoid causing a catastrophe." Yuan Ming said immediately.
"This is not good. Although we have caught the undercover, he is just a small fish. After all, we have not found any key information. Now is the critical moment of the sect's grand ceremony. If he rashly disturbs his old man, he may blame us. It's not going well." Gu Zhiping's tone was obviously somewhat reluctant.
Yuan Ming was about to persuade him again when he suddenly saw Shen Peng coming from outside and waved to him.
"Junior Brother Zhen, you really hit the mark. Among the twenty-one peaks, including Lingxing Peak, there are five peaks that have this strange formation buried in them. I have asked my friends from the Formation Talisman Hall to help analyze the formation. It is estimated that we will be able to figure out its function soon." Shen Peng said with some excitement, with a bit of excitement in his tone.
Yuan Ming pretended to be surprised and took the jade slip, then his expression became serious.
"Senior Brother Gu, I have discovered key information here again. The situation is urgent. Please contact the peak master of your hall immediately. If there is any responsibility, I will bear all the responsibility." Yuan Ming said in a tone that could not be refused.
Gu Zhiping seemed to notice something was wrong. After hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded and took out the transmission talisman.
Not long after, Di Tao, the master of Tingtao Peak, descended from the sky and strode into the punishment hall.
Yuan Ming had inquired about the appearance of the master of the Twenty-one Peaks in advance. When he saw the visitor, he immediately greeted him before Gu Zhiping came forward to report.
"Uncle Di, I am Zhen Luo, the personal disciple of Lingxing Peak. I have something important to report to you." Yuan Ming said respectfully.
Di Tao frowned, seeming a little dissatisfied. Seeing this, Gu Zhiping immediately stepped forward and explained that Yuan Ming had caught the undercover person in the sect.
Di Tao already knew about the undercover situation from the transmission notes. When he learned that it was Yuan Ming who had done the work, his attitude immediately softened a lot, and he nodded to him, indicating that he would speak frankly.
"Uncle Master, this disciple has discovered three unusual things in the sect these days. One is that the undercover agent stole tokens, and the other is that the disciple's master once had a fight with a strange man in black in the cave. The old man was talking, and the disciple felt uneasy, so he secretly recorded the man's portrait. Now it is in this jade slip. The third one is that the disciple discovered a special formation covering the entire mountain peak at Lingxing Peak. I don't know. Whoever posted it, my disciples also wrote it down, and found similar formations in the four peaks, it seems that they came from the same source."
Yuan Ming said quickly and handed over two jade slips.
The three things he said are not worth paying attention to when viewed separately, but once you think about them carefully, you can understand what he means.
After hearing what he said, Di Tao frowned, looked at Yuan Ming for a moment, and then took the jade slip.
But when he saw the appearance of the old man on the jade slip, his expression suddenly changed, and a look of horror flashed in his eyes.
The next moment, he suddenly picked up his hand and cast a spell. The azure light fell on Yuan Ming and instantly turned into shackles, locking Yuan Ming's hands and feet.
His move shocked everyone present. Although Yuan Ming was prepared, he was a little surprised to see Di Tao being so decisive.
"Listen to Taofeng disciples, before I come back, you will strictly guard Zhen Luo. He will not be allowed to escape, nor will he be tortured."
Di Tao gave a stern instruction, and then hurriedly left the Punishment Hall, turning into a ray of light and galloping straight towards the main peak of Chaotian Sect.
Everyone was confused when they saw Di Tao leaving in a hurry. Only Yuan Ming knew that he was going to report the situation to the ancestor of Yuanying. He felt a little relieved and at the same time, he cupped his hands towards Gu Zhiping and asked calmly. : "Next, I'd like to trouble you, Senior Brother. I wonder if there is a secluded room in the hall that would be convenient for Senior Brother to keep an eye on."
In the middle of the night, the main peak of Chaotian Sect was reached.
The two Nascent Soul ancestors who had been in seclusion for many years suddenly appeared and summoned the peak masters of the Twenty-one Peaks to go to the main peak for discussion. The meeting lasted until the early morning of the next day. When the first ray of sunlight fell in the Chaotian Sect, the main peak hall The closed door suddenly opened, but only sixteen of the twenty-one peak masters walked out of the hall again.
At the same time, in the punishment hall, the hall master who received the order from Di Tao also released Yuan Ming.
Yuan Ming stood in the sunshine again. When he learned that his master, as well as the other four peak masters, were punished to face the wall on the main peak because of their rude words, he couldn't help but smile.
However, half an hour later, when he discovered that he had not left the illusion formation, the smile on his face disappeared.
In the wing of Lingxing Peak, Yuan Ming frowned and paced back and forth in the room, thinking about possible mistakes.
After his efforts, most of the unfavorable factors in the battle to destroy Chaotian Sect have been eradicated, and the only one left may be the mysterious old man in gray who is the leader of the rebellion.
But that person is a Nascent Soul Stage monk, so you can’t really let yourself, a Foundation Establishment Stage monk, deal with him, right?
Yuan Ming sighed and looked up, only to see a picture hanging on the wall. In the scroll, Shen Lingyun, who is dressed in a pure white robe, has eyes like water, soft and clear, and the smile on his face is as warm as the warm winter sun.
In front of him, Zhen Luo, dressed in shabby clothes, knelt down and worshiped. In the painting, his face was open and full of tears, as if he had just experienced an unspeakable suffering.
The two people in the painting are in different backgrounds. The contrast between light and dark seems to implicitly express the artist's inner longing and desire.
In the lower right corner of the scroll, the name of this painting is written. There are only two words: Master.
Yuan Ming stared at the scroll and felt a flash of inspiration in his mind. The memories since entering the illusion array came one after another and were finally connected completely.
Shen Lingyun is a soul cultivator, but he calls the old man in gray his master. But judging from the last time the old man in gray took action, he is not a soul cultivator.
Then who gave Shen Lingyun the soul cultivation technique? Could it be said that it was obtained by chance?
But it is so difficult to cultivate both the soul and the law. Yuan Ming himself relied on stealing the Heaven Cauldron and many opportunities to get to this point. Shen Lingyun not only had to go undercover in the Chaotian Sect, but also concealed the identity of the soul cultivator from the old man in gray. He Where did you get the resources to support yourself to this point?
In addition, the information that Beiming San Alliance sent people to destroy only mentioned a special kind of monster. Why did it cost so much to erase it?
If you connect this problem with the word "soul cultivation", all problems will be easily solved.
The methods of soul cultivation, aside from signature magic techniques such as illusions, are essentially an extension of soul refining.
Knowing what a soul cultivator's form-refining object is, although it cannot completely predict the soul cultivator's specific abilities, it can at least provide a general understanding of the range of abilities.
For example, the most prominent feature of the blood bats of Sha Hao and the Great Elder is the "sound wave", while the "far travel" of Yuan Ming's soul crow is the most important.
The information erased by the Beiming Alliance may contain information about a key figure.
Yuan Ming realized this and immediately rushed out of the wing without saying a word. He rushed to the punishment hall and found Gu Zhiping. He couldn't help but said: "Brother Gu, please inform Uncle Di that I have something to ask for." Report the matter."
