Chapter 154 Li Daitao is stiff

Chapter 154 Li Daitao is stiff

Chapter 154 Li Daitao is stiff
There will always be a way when the car reaches the mountain, and the boat will naturally go straight when it reaches the bridge. These are the words that ordinary people often use to comfort themselves, but Lou He has always liked these two sentences.

However, for him, this is not a blind belief, but an expectation of the result. If you want to have such an expectation, you can't really wait for the car to reach the mountain or the boat to reach the bridge, but make some arrangements in advance.

For example, when we started making arrangements, we knew that a war between the Sword Sect and the Xuan Sect was imminent.

In the time of peace, the Five Mountains True Form Sect did things very slowly, and slow means carefully. If a person left the coffin city decades ago and disappeared without a trace, and came back decades later, even if the mountain master Wu Meng endorsed him, he would still be investigated in detail when he returned to the mountain gate headquarters. Once investigated, many things might not be concealed.

So he chose this time. His original idea was that even if he could not get Wu Meng's forgiveness, as long as he could stay in the coffin city and improve his cultivation, it would be useful in the upcoming war.

He had been to You Jiuyuan and knew the temperament of the swordsmen. There was no need for him to actually kill his fellow disciples. As long as he participated in every fight and survived with this familiarity and understanding, he would naturally come into the sight of the sect's top leaders little by little. At that time, there would be no need to pay attention to Wu Meng - he was just a stepping stone.

But he didn't expect that Li Wuxiang would come and mess up his plan. But since he had made arrangements, he could believe that things would work out. Li Wuxiang and Mei Qiulu killed Wu Meng and most of the Qi-refining monks in Coffin City, or in other words, those who knew his past.

So in the next few days, no one cared whether Lou He was living in the guest house or not. When he made some cautious hints and suggestions, his identity changed from a prisoner known only to Wu Meng to a senior who was about to become a god who had traveled in and outside the parish for decades.

When the mountain masters of Dancheng and Wucheng also died at the ferry crossing of Coffin City, the people in the city immediately panicked. The disciples brought by the two mountain masters immediately left, and the few remaining monks who came to travel in Coffin City also immediately found some excuses to return to the main temple, fearing that the Yuanying swordsman would become violent and really kill people in the city - everyone knew that there were only two Yuanying in the Sword Sect now, and the one wandering outside was naturally Mei Qiulu, and at least in the eyes of the people of Xuanjiao, Mei Qiulu had a bad temper and was notorious for being vicious!
Therefore, in the next ten days, before the headquarters sent the real person in charge, Lou He actually took control of the Coffin City together with the two heads of Anmin Mansion and Zhenshou Mansion.

On the sixteenth day, Lou He met the messenger from the Dongyue Altar of the True Form Sect on the first floor of the Mountain Lord's Mansion.

The Five Mountains True Form Sect is divided into five parishes, each named after one of the Five Mountains. Guancheng, the surrounding Dancheng, Wucheng, and another 34 large cities are all under the jurisdiction of Dongyuetan.

The leader of the Dongyue Altar is called the Dongyue Priest. The person who supervises the practitioners in the diocese under the Dongyue Priest is called the Shenming Hall Master.

The war is imminent, and all those who are mobilized are practitioners. Therefore, under the jurisdiction of the current Master Shen Ming, the position of "Exorcism" has been set up, who is responsible for recruiting disciples from the Dongyue Temple.

And the person Lou He met in the mountain lord's mansion was a cultivator in the spirit refining realm who was under the command of Dong Yue Jiao Chang, Shen Ming Tang Master, and Dong Yue Zheng Zheng. His position was "De Yang Garrison".

The Deyang garrison commander's surname was Miao, and his given name was Yi. Probably because of his own preference, he looked plump, white, and round, looking very harmonious.

When Lou He was led into the house by his attendants, Miao Yi was sitting on a chair with his eyes downcast, looking like he was resting. When he heard Lou He's footsteps, he raised his head, glanced at Lou He, and sighed: "Alas, this coffin city is almost destroyed. When I came here, I saw that the coffin mountain had collapsed, which shook the foundation of this city. This place will be abandoned in the future."

He waved his hand to the side and signaled the attendant to leave with his eyes: "Junior brother, please sit down. I heard that your name is Lou He, right?"

Lou He sat down diagonally opposite him and answered, "Yes."

Miao Yi frowned slightly and thought for a while, then leaned forward a little: "Several decades ago, I heard about a man named Lou He. He was very young at the time and was about to reach spiritual cultivation—"

Lou He smiled bitterly: "It's me."

Miao Yi leaned back and frowned at him: "Oh, so you haven't refined your spirit yet? What's going on?"

Lou He shook his head: "Zhen Shou, this matter, alas, the person is gone, let's not talk about it."

Miao Yi thought for a moment and said, "Master Wu Shan? Then you have to tell me. I came here this time to investigate what happened in the coffin city, and it also involves Master Wu Shan."

Lou He was silent for a moment and sighed: "Zhen Shou, if you really want me to say it, well, when I first came to the Coffin City, I was still young and my heart was not stable. I was misled by a woman and failed to cultivate my spirit. At that juncture, Wu Shanzhu helped me a lot. After that, he had some things to do. I thought I should repay his kindness, so I helped him do some things. Walking around inside and outside the parish... Wu Shanzhu also cultivated his spirit."

Miao Yi thought for a while and said, "So you went to help Wu Meng search for medicinal materials?"

Lou He smiled bitterly and shook his head.

Miao Yi leaned back in his chair, looked at him for a while, and let out a long sigh: "I understand. Well, it's not surprising. If you were not such a kind and honest person, you would not have stayed in the city to manage the overall situation and protect the people after the Yuanying swordsman of the Sword Sect killed our people. Junior Brother Lou, there are very few people like you in the sect."

"But I just said that I came to Coffin City to ask--"

Lou He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly stood up: "Ah, wait a moment, Zhenshou, I forgot——"

"What?" Miao Yi frowned, but he only said two words, and Lou He hurried up to the second floor of the mountain master's mansion. Miao Yi frowned even more, and was about to speak, but Lou He came down from the second floor again, holding a booklet in his hand and handed it to Miao Yi.

"what?"

"That night, when the Sword Sect's men sneaked into the city to kill people and destroy the mountain, they first had a fierce battle with Mountain Master Wu. When I arrived here, the Mountain Master's mansion was already in chaos, and some bold palace soldiers were taking advantage of the chaos to rob." Lou He sighed and said as he watched Miao Yi flipping through the booklet, "Those palace soldiers were executed on the spot a few days ago, but I don't know how many elixirs and magical materials were stolen from the mansion that night."

"I have searched these days... The remaining items in the Mountain Lord's Mansion were all used by Mountain Lord Wu for personal use. I sorted them out and made this booklet, listing them one by one. Now that Mountain Lord Wu is gone, these things should be handed over to the main altar or Dongyue Altar, but I am considered a hidden disciple of the sect... Miao Zhenshou, please let you hand them over. Those things are also put upstairs."

Miao Yi said nothing, finished flipping through the book, put it on his lap, and waved to Lou He: "Sit down. Alas, when I heard your name, I was still wondering why you hid yourself? If you really go back to Dongyue Temple, you will be severely punished. But now I know it's because of Wu Meng... The precepts in the religion are the precepts, but we practitioners have not reached the realm of harmony with the Tao. Privately speaking, who doesn't have seven emotions and six desires? Forget it, the responsibility for this matter lies with Wu Meng. As you said, he is gone, so don't pursue it."

He thought about it again: "What happened that night?"

Lou He whispered. Miao Yi listened and tapped the booklet gently. When Lou He stopped talking, he nodded and took a breath: "No matter how I thought about it, I never thought of such a thing... Wu Meng's son became a swordsman? He... I heard about him in Dongyuetan. I thought he was a strict and upright teacher, but I didn't expect it. Alas, if he is such a person, it's no wonder that he left you here. I guess he did something to you? Okay, okay, let's not talk about it. You are a loyal person. You are not willing to say his faults at this time. Alas."

Miao Yi sighed a few more times, and Lou Hecai asked: "Miao Zhenshou, this time you come, you also want to go to Dancheng and Wucheng to take a look, right?"

Miao Yi shook his head: "I came to the coffin city mainly to see what happened that night. After a few days, I will go to Deyang to take another look." Lou He was stunned: "Deyang? The Deyang outside the sect?"

Miao Yi smiled: "Of course, isn't my responsibility to guard Deyang? I have to go to Deyang to move mountains and fill the sea, and change the earth's atmosphere, so as to prepare for the army of the church to go out."

Lou He was stunned for a while: "Move out? This is..."

"You think it's too early? Yes. Over the years, the six ministries have always said that a war is imminent, and they have set up responsibilities for expeditions early on. But year after year, twenty or thirty years have passed, and the war is always imminent." Miao Yi shook his head, "This time, it's going to be real. You are a loyal person, and I intend to keep you by my side when I go to Deyang, so that you can also make some achievements - if someone mentions the things you have been hiding in the future, you can shut them up."

"Guarding the city, you... how can I be worthy of this..."

"Hey, how can good people not be rewarded?" Miao Yi waved his hand, "I'll tell you privately, this time, maybe the Sword Sect has run out of energy. Over the years, the six ministries have been investigating in Lingshan and in the human world, just to find out where You Jiuyuan is hiding. Slowly, they have a clue, but they are still a little short. Guess what? A few days ago, the Netherworld and Lingshan were shaken. It turned out that You Jiuyuan of their Sword Sect had an accident and revealed his whereabouts. Several elders in the sect immediately noticed it and found his whereabouts."

"So now, there is no need to wait for decades."

Lou He slowly straightened up: "...What happened?"

Miao Yi narrowed his eyes, as if he thought what he was about to say was very interesting: "Internal fighting within the sect. Don't laugh at this, I also find it funny - for the past three hundred years, the Sword Sect has always called each other brothers and sisters, saying that it was to avoid internal fighting within the sect, but what happened? It was because of this incident that You Jiuyuan's location was exposed."

"Brother Lou, do you want to know how serious their internal struggle has become? Haha, I only told you this a few days ago. After a few days, I'm afraid the whole world will know about it."

"To what extent?"

"Their leader, Jiang Jie, the land sword fairy at the Yangshen realm, was killed in a fight. Hahahaha!" Miao Yi laughed for a while, "Didn't you say before that there was another Li Wuxiang who came to Coffin City that day and formed a pill in Coffin City? Our news is that the leader of the Sword Sect was killed by that Li Wuxiang!"

Lou He slowly leaned back in his chair, silent and dazed.

Miao Yi laughed and looked at him again: "When someone knew the news, they were almost in the same situation as you, not knowing what to say. These fools in the Sword Sect have been playing house like children for these years, even fighting this kind of internal struggle is a mess. That Li Wuxiang is a newly achieved Jindan, what can he use to kill Jiang Jie? I think that Jiang Jie was killed by Mei Qiulu, so Li Wuxiang is also from Mei Qiulu's lineage, right? He should bear this crime for his master, otherwise how can Mei Qiulu be the leader in the future?"

Lou He opened his mouth: "Miao Zhenshou, then... is Jiang Jie really dead? He is the Yang God..."

Miao Yi stopped laughing at this time, and his face became more serious: "It's okay to laugh, but no matter what happened in the Sword Sect, we think it's outrageous just like you. The Yang God of the Sword Sect, if the emperor is to blame, is not comparable to our He Dao. Jiang Jie is the strongest person in the world."

"I heard that after the elders of the headquarters learned about this, they spent a lot of effort to verify whether Jiang Jie was dead or not. We naturally don't know their methods, but we only know that from the leader of our sect to the leaders and elders of the other five sects, they have all confirmed this matter - Jiang Jie is not only dead, but his body and soul have been destroyed!"

Lou He clenched his fists: "So... does that mean that we can quickly eradicate the Sword Sect this time?"

Miao Yi patted the armrest of the chair and leaned back. "It should be. We have thought so all these years. Now that we have found the location of You Jiuyuan, the six tribes will come out together, and the thirty-one elders of Hedao will join forces to strangle Jiang Jie. After the battle more than three hundred years ago, the Sword Sect has declined beyond recognition. We must get rid of him and eliminate the trouble forever."

"But this time, it was Jiang Jie who died." Miao Yi looked at him meaningfully. "After learning the news, I also heard from the headmaster that our six departments will not have He Dao to come forward, but will only send more teachers in the Huanxu realm. It is said that this battle is just the end of the battle more than three hundred years ago. After Jiang Jie died, the Sword Sect was leaderless, with only two Yuanying left, so there is no need to ask the leader and elders to take action."

"So, this time, it might be a long war. If the people of the Sword Sect are clear-headed and dispersed, they will be wiped out in the end, but we don't know how long it will take. Alas, for the people above, victory is a sure thing. For us, it's hard."

"Could Jiang Jie be faking his death?" Lou He said.

Miao Yi was stunned: "Fake death?"

"It is to make us think that within the Sword Sect, Mei Qiulu or Cui Daocheng have some means to completely kill a Yang God, so that our Hedao dare not show up?"

Miao Yi looked at Lou He seriously - his expression was solemn at this moment, and his tone was also extremely solemn, even to the point of being a little harsh.

But he didn't take it seriously and smiled: "I said you are a loyal person. Considering the important matters of this sect, you dare to speak out even such words. Haha, you and I get along well, I won't be shy with you - we have guessed this privately. The elders who want to unite with the Tao were frightened by the few words of the Sword Sect. After checking, it was found that Jiang Jie was really destroyed, which made them even more afraid."

"But if you think about it carefully, isn't this a stupid move? If he fakes his death, the remaining swordsmen will know that they can't resist and will abandon You Jiuyuan and run around. Why is that? Wouldn't it be better for him to take the swordsmen with him and run around? To put it bluntly, if they leave the parish territory and don't stay in one place, what can the elders of Hedao do to him, a guerrilla land swordsman? So, the elders must be really afraid, but faking his death, not to that extent."

Miao Yi patted the book on his lap and looked at Lou He again: "Junior brother, this matter is really unpredictable. You said that you were about to reach the level of a god several decades ago. If there hadn't been a catastrophe, and you were a natural talent, you might have reached the level of a god now."

"But if you really return to the void, maybe you will have a chance to fight this time. Let's guess, Mei Qiulu or Cui Daocheng must have some powerful magic weapon to kill the Yangshen Sword Immortal. The Hedaos above think that it will be difficult to practice for those who are about to ascend to heaven, so they asked the elders who have returned to the void to try and fill it with their lives. They are in charge of the rear, which is really safe and secure... Alas, it's hard to explain, it's hard to explain."

Lou He moved his body and said, "Then, when will you go to Deyang?"

"We'll leave in a few days. Let's go to Deyang first. All the rioters around Deyang need to be rounded up. This will be done by the Anmin Mansions in the three cities near you. Then, there are two sects near Deyang, right? The Tianxin Sect and the Louguang Sect?" Miao Yi smiled, "Why do you say that Jiang Jie didn't fake his death? There's also this point - we didn't care about the Thirty-Six Sects in the past because we had the Sword Sect. Now that Jiang Jie is dead, the Thirty-Six Sects can't get away with it."

"The people I brought, plus those selected from several nearby cities - go and take a look at them. To deal with the scattered swordsmen, it is best to take every step carefully and steadily, so that they can slowly have nowhere to escape. We need to raise mountains and change the land's atmosphere, and we also need to deal with the thirty-six sects who are just sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers. Those who know the current situation and submit to the six tribes can temporarily help the sect manage the nearby land and people. If there is anyone who is determined to die, the heavenly soldiers of the sect will uproot them once they arrive."

Lou He exhaled: "Yes."

Miao Yi smiled: "Follow me, don't worry. According to the saying during the Ye Dynasty, we are the grain and fodder officers, and you don't have to worry about not having achievements - Dongyue Sect Master also ordered that since the Sword Sect said that Li Wuxiang harmed Jiang Jie, no matter what the matter is, he must be arrested."

"If he really did it, he must have some powerful treasure in his hand. It would be best if he could submit to our sect. But if he really took the blame for his master Mei Qiulu, then with this kind of mentality, once Mei Qiulu firmly sits on the position of the sect leader, he will soon become famous. We must eradicate him as soon as possible and not let him become powerful. This time, we will first investigate this matter and find out his whereabouts, and then report it to the elders of Huaxu for handling."

(End of this chapter)