Chapter 123 Inside Story

Chapter 123 Inside Story

Chapter 123 Inside Story
"Because I don't really want to believe it myself. If I don't really want to believe it, you won't believe it either." Li Wuxiang looked in the direction of the Mountain Lord's Mansion for a while, "When I met Lou He, I gave him a fur coat and told him that I was using the fur coat to send a message."

"Leather coat?"

"Yes, it's the fur coat worn by the family of Jinshui Wang Hunter." Li Wuxiang paused, and after seeing Zeng Jianqiu nodded in surprise, he continued, "I had a good chat with him, but he said one thing - 'Wu Hao can bring you into this yard, not to say that the defense in the coffin city is useless, but that there is no need for it.' I was wondering at the time, why did he think I was in the yard, not outside the yard?"

"I thought he might just be saying it casually. But then, he told us not to come to rescue him. I ignored him, and he seemed to get angry. He leaned forward and looked like he was going to grab the fur coat, as if he knew... you know?"

Pan Muyun and Helian Ji were confused, but swordsmen all have their own secrets, so they didn't ask and just listened quietly.

Zeng Jianqiu frowned and thought for a while: "Maybe it's just..."

"Yeah, it was just a coincidence, or maybe he was thinking about something else at the time. But I also felt something was wrong with the other two points. It was also because of these two points that I didn't want to talk about it before."

"First, Senior Brother Lou told us not to save him. In fact, if he really cared about you and us, and found that I didn't listen to his advice, why didn't he threaten to die? At least before I came here, I heard you talk about him and knew that he was a bold and resolute person. But when he was in the yard, he only had one word of advice for me, and when he saw that I didn't listen, he agreed. I don't think he is like the Senior Brother Lou you are talking about. Because at least you were willing to risk your life to save him."

Li Wuxiang sighed: "But you didn't think there was anything wrong with this. I think it's because you were so eager to save people that you didn't think of this. So when I told you on the mountain, you might not believe it."

"The other person is Wu Hao. If Senior Brother Lou doesn't want Wu Hao to get involved in this, there are actually many ways to do it. But one person told another person a lot of things about the swordsman, and even hinted to him that the swordsman would come to save him, but just didn't warn him not to get involved. Brother, don't you think this is wrong?"

"So tonight, I wanted to give it a try first. And this is what happened - Wu Hao showed up, and Wu Shanzhu came over. I guess he didn't just happen to pass by and see us - they knew we were going to come to retrieve Lou He at Yinshi tonight."

"But I can't figure out why Senior Brother Lou did that. Also, if he really thought there was something wrong with that fur coat, how did he know about it?"

When Li Wuxiang said this, some monks from the True Form Sect came out of the Mountain Lord's Mansion. They were no longer as leisurely and contented as they were during the day, but walked in pairs, with solemn expressions and swords on their waists, apparently starting to search for traces of people who might have entered the Coffin City.

At the same time, wind blew in the Coffin City, very similar to the breeze that Master Wu had released in the forest before, flowing slowly but powerfully along the road, as if some evil spirit was searching with those monks.

As a result, the pieces of paper in the roadside debris were also blown away and slowly slid along the road - the few people seemed to be flying in the wind while staying in the same place, and began to move away from the mountain lord's mansion.

Li Wuxiang looked at the monks and continued, "So I have another guess. In fact, when you disguised yourself as a garrison soldier to visit Lou He a few days ago, you were discovered, but they didn't catch you."

"When I asked Wu Hao to bring me in today, I should have been discovered, but they didn't arrest me. If they want to wait until we are all together before taking action, then there is another problem - Senior Brother Lou has become a member of the True Form Sect, why not let him take the opportunity to infiltrate the Sword Sect again? What's the point of arresting a few of us who are not even Golden Core Swordsmen?"

Li Wuxiang turned to look at Zeng Jianqiu: "So, brother, is Wu Shanzhu your father?"

Pan Muyun was stunned: "Junior Brother Li, why are you scolding him!?"

Li Wuxiang smiled bitterly, "I'm not cursing you, I'm asking you sincerely. Brother, you said you were born into a wealthy family in Coffin City. But when you were talking on the hillside just now, you mentioned that most of the wealthy families in Coffin City came from the wealthy families among ordinary people. It should be difficult for such a family to gain power in a place ruled by monks."

"But when it comes to the Garrison, you said you have leverage over Chief Ying, and that once you return to the clan, Chief Ying might have to curry favor with you. Below the Mountain Lord, the ones in power are the Anmin Mansion and the Garrison. What kind of aristocratic family do you come from that would make the chief officer of the Garrison curry favor with you? Moreover, this aristocratic family was able to invite Lou He to be your teacher for eight years, and in order to capture one of us, even Mountain Lord Wu had to do it himself—"

"That's right." Zeng Jianqiu smiled and looked indifferently in the direction of the Mountain Lord's Mansion, "He is my father."

"So your mother's surname is Zeng?"

Zeng Jianqiu sighed: "Yes. But I have never seen her. I just don't want to take the surname Wu Xun. I should have told you about this earlier, but I didn't think it was Senior Brother Lou..."

Li Wuxiang nodded and turned to look at Wu Hao. He was standing a little far away from the others, looking at Zeng Jianqiu, his lips moving slightly, as if he wanted to speak.

Li Wuxiang looked around again - the rubble where they were hiding was pushed by the breeze in the city, and slowly drifted to the urban area where the residents lived along with some other debris on the roadside.

The road was bustling when we came here, but then three dull drum beats sounded in the city, and the ordinary people on the road gradually disappeared, replaced by armed soldiers. They walked hurriedly on the road, disturbing the breeze, so the trajectory of the floating paper became more unpredictable.

"If we stay here, they shouldn't be able to find us. Just float slowly, and we'll be out of the city in a while. Don't regulate your breathing here, the air here is very chaotic. Then--" Li Wuxiang smiled at Wu Hao, "The mountain master's surname is Wu, and your surname is also Wu. When you brought me into Lou He's guest house, the soldiers guarding the gate didn't check what was in your hand. If they let you in on purpose, it would be too suspicious. So, Wu Hao, is the mountain master also your father?"

After hearing this, Zeng Jianqiu turned his head abruptly. The two looked at each other for a moment, and Wu Hao trembled his lips: "You are... the second brother..."

Li Wuxiang slapped his forehead, sat cross-legged on the ground and slowly exhaled.

Something was wrong. Dramas happen to everyone, but when they are strung together, it is very wrong. It is definitely not a coincidence. Li Wuxiang felt that several thoughts were running around in his head, like fish that were looming under the water, slippery and hard to catch, but they must be a harbinger of something bigger and deeper.

Zeng Jianqiu and Wu Hao were both stunned. After a long while, Zeng Jianqiu said, "You... are not right. Then why are you in the garrison?" Wu Hao was still in a daze and did not respond to Zeng Jianqiu's question. Instead, he raised his hands to grab his hair, slowly sat down on the ground, and muttered to himself, "This is it... This is it..."

Zeng Jianqiu asked anxiously: "How is it?!"

"...No wonder I have such talent. My father...he...I thought he was..."

"Lou He hated your father for locking his wife up in the coffin mountain, so he kidnapped you. Your father hated Lou He for kidnapping you, so he married Lou He's daughter and gave birth to a son for himself, and left him here to disgust Lou He and himself - I don't mean to offend you two, but I guess that's what happened." Li Wuxiang frowned and waved his hand, "I really admire you guys, but the key is not here - Brother, you said before that you were looking for Guang Chanzi, and after you found him, you told me that there were a few people looking for Guang Chanzi... Senior Brother Pan, Senior Brother Helian, and Senior Sister Lu told me that they also knew about the search for Guang Chanzi, and not everyone in the sect was looking for him, but the swordsmen near Deyang were looking for him, and Lou He was also near Deyang... Who told you to look for Guang Chanzi in the first place? Lou He?"

Pan Muyun finally spoke at this time: "Yes. Senior Brother Lou said that he was passing on the words of the Plum Palm Sword."

Li Wuxiang closed his eyes for a moment and then opened them again: "Is Guangchanzi the martial arts technique passed down by Ranshan's ancestors?"

"Ranshan?" Pan Muyun was stunned. "No, Senior Brother Lou said that Guangchanzi leaked out of the sect and was obtained by Ranshan's people."

Li Wuxiang felt that the large shadow below the water surface in his head suddenly emerged to the surface, and he seemed to see it clearly.

Everything that he had thought was unreasonable before became clear to him.

There is a Ranshan method on the Jinchanzi, which was handed down by Ranshan. But if Guangchanzi was also handed down by Ranshan, then all the previous sect leaders were considered outstanding. Why was it that only Zhao Kui thought of the method of refining Taiyi?
If the former sect leader knew about this but didn't want to do it because of his character, he should have hidden Guang Chanzi's evil book long ago.

Therefore, Guang Chanzi should not be from Ranshan. According to Lou He, he came from the Sword Sect!
The letter must have leaked out. It must have been given to Ranshan's people and Zhao Kui on purpose! It was a pity that he was now under Li Wuxiang's feet and could not ask any more questions.

But...if it was someone from the Sword Sect, such as Lou He, who gave Guang Chanzi to Zhao Kui, it should be to ask him to use Jin Chanzi and Guang Chanzi to refine himself into what Li Wuxiang is now.

Why did Zhao Kui do this?
In order to... ask him to risk his life and give it a try?
Li Wuxiang exhaled slowly - Lou He knew how to refine his body into his current appearance, so he gave it to Zhao Kui Guang Chanzi. After more than ten years, when he felt that Zhao Kui had made enough progress, Lou He sent a message in the name of Mei Zhangjian, asking the swordsmen near Deyang to find Guang Chanzi.

Finding Guang Chanzi means finding Zhao Kui, finding Zhao Kui...If Zhao Qi hadn't accidentally invited him to the throne of the Kitchen God during the Jinshui period, then no matter whether it was Zeng Jianqiu, Pan Muyun, Helian Ji, or Lu Renjia, anyone would have no problem dealing with him!
Once Zhao Kui dies, Jin Chanzi and Guang Chanzi will be taken back to the sect by the swordsman... and Lou He will know whether he has succeeded in refining the elixir!

Was everything Zhao Kui did what Lou He asked him to do?
Then Lou He…this time he wanted not only Zeng Jianqiu, but also himself! So why was he suddenly captured by the True Form Sect at this time…after Zeng Jianqiu told him about his existence?
So they didn't make a move when Zeng Jianqiu entered the Mountain Lord's Mansion alone, and they didn't make a move when they entered the Mountain Lord's Mansion alone... They wanted two people! ?

Wait...if we think further, did Lou He really betray the True Form Sect, or did he betray the True Form Sect for Guang Chanzi?
Li Wuxiang took a deep breath and looked up at the Coffin Mountain. Zeng Jianqiu had said before that the many people who were "hiding their spirits and nourishing their energy" in the Coffin Mountain were actually being sucked of their vitality and popularity by the formation. Vitality and popularity were the power of incense and vows!

Waixie told himself that when he breaks through the realm, he can use the Five Mountains True Shape Map of the True Shape Dao to suppress the inner demons... The True Shape Dao is very suitable for cultivating vows!
Then Lou He...

Then... maybe I have been involved in this game since I first opened my eyes in this world!

There are still some things that don't make sense. But if these speculations are true, or even if only half of them are true, then Lou He should be the one who wants him this time, and Zeng Jianqiu is just a byproduct. It is troublesome to kill Li Wuxiang, who has become a swordsman, outside the parish, but in the coffin city, this matter may not be known by the Sword Sect, and these people will be killed by the True Form Sect in the end in order to save Lou Jianxia!
Then, Li Wuxiang also felt that the Ranshan illusion hidden in the piece of paper might not be safe - Xu Daosheng said that the Ranshan illusion was mentioned by Lou He, so would he also know the wonderful uses of this illusion?
Li Wuxiang turned his head suddenly and said, "Brother Zeng, Senior Brother Pan, Senior Brother Helian, we have to report this matter to the sect. We don't know whether Senior Brother Lou returned to the True Form Sect because he was captured this time, or whether he was wrong from the beginning. Also, what kind of person is Mei Zhangjian?"

Pan Muyun glanced at Zeng Jianqiu, then at Li Wuxiang, and frowned: "Plum Palm Sword? Do you think this matter has something to do with the Plum Palm Sword?"

"I didn't say that, I just asked first."

Zeng Jianqiu closed his eyes and was silent for a while: "I don't think so. Mei Zhangjian almost became the sect leader. After Sect Leader Jiang, Mei Zhangjian was the most respected. But after Sect Leader Jiang took the throne, Mei Zhangjian no longer cared about the affairs of the sect, and even stopped passing on his magic. It was because he met Lou Hecai..."

He was stunned: "Meet Lou He..."

"Almost became the sect leader... Then let me ask you a question, just a simple question." Li Wuxiang said, "Is it possible that Mei Zhangjian didn't become the sect leader, so he felt resentful. He met Lou He and knew that Lou He was not a true swordsman, but a spy of the Zhenxing Sect. He became resentful and then..."

He had just joined the Sword Sect and would never have said these words if it weren't for the current situation.

But the reactions of Zeng Jianqiu, Pan Muyun, and Helian Ji were beyond his expectations. They looked at each other, and Pan Muyun actually nodded and said, "Okay, this matter cannot be passed on to Mei Zhangjian, it should be passed directly to the leader."

Then he looked at Zeng Jianqiu again and sighed, "Old Zeng, now I know what you meant when you said that he is extremely talented and will be incomparable to us in the future. He might become a leader in the future."

Li Wuxiang raised his hand: "Don't let the leader hear this. Now let's do this. How do you plan to pass the message?"

He raised his face towards Wu Hao again: "What about him? What should we do?"

(End of this chapter)