Chapter 256 Obsessed

Chapter 256 Obsessed

Chapter 256 Obsessed
For the whole night and morning that followed, Lou He thought carefully about one thing: Did Tu Nan notice anything?
The body he was wearing now belonged to Miao Yi, and he had exchanged it for the foreign evil. Unless Tu Nan was suspicious of Miao Yi, he would not have been able to detect anything. As for his movements, tone, and past experiences, they were all Miao Yi's, and he did not even need to figure out or imitate them.

So was it just a coincidence that he mentioned the name "Lou He"? Was it because of Zhou Qian?

Unlike himself, Zhou Qian was a subordinate of Tu Nan, the Dongyue Zhengtuo. He and he had no interactions, let alone any serious conflicts. He would not deliberately check his past, let alone harm him.

But no matter what, Lou He felt that he should not stay here for the time being. Before the matter in Dajie Mountain came to light, the farther away from Tu Nan the better.

Therefore, he spent an entire night asking people to select the elderly, the weak, women and children from Lianshan Town, and then in the morning, he left the city with these people.

Miao Yi's physical body looked to be in his thirties or forties, white and fat, and should not have been counted. However, after the matter on Dajie Mountain was accomplished, this physical body was no longer needed, so Lou Heyi was ruthless and amputated his left arm. He then applied some elixirs to make it look like an old injury.

There were 247 people in this group. They had seen the horrific scene in Lianshan Town last night, so they immediately fled in groups of two or three as soon as they left the city. Some were from the same family and walked together, while others were familiar with each other and also walked together. However, because of the Great Tribulation Alliance, there were many merchants traveling to and from Lianshan Town, so many of them were alone and could not find anyone, so they had to walk on their own.

People who go up the mountain alone are most likely to arouse suspicion - the Thirty-Six Sects must conduct a thorough investigation. Therefore, Lou He followed the scattered crowd for a while, and when he saw that they gradually dispersed, he began to look for targets.

Most of the people who were alone were women, some old, some young with children. He looked at a few of them and saw that they looked a little panicked and dull, thinking that they were not very smart, so he felt that they were not suitable.

After walking a little further and entering the woods, he found a suitable candidate.

The woman was also holding the child, walking in front of him. Judging from her clothes, she must have come from a wealthy family in the past, and was not used to walking in the wild. But she looked left and right while she was on the road, and did not seem panicked. She must be on guard against someone coming to harm her. It was more than a day's journey from here to Dajie Mountain. These people were driven out in a hurry and had nothing to eat or drink. Perhaps some of them were brave enough not to really go to Dajie Mountain to ask the immortal for help, and they might want to steal some property and run away.

He followed, deliberately treading heavily. The woman turned her head and looked at him when she heard his footsteps. She immediately wanted to go around to the other side of the bush. At this time, Lou He said, "If you walk like this, you may not be able to reach the Great Tribulation Mountain alive."

The woman was stunned for a moment by his words, but she didn't stop and continued to go to the other side of the bushes.

She was holding the child and it was difficult for her to walk, so Lou He followed her, three or four steps away from her, and whispered, "Some people don't want to go to the mountains to ask the immortals for help, and they might rob you on the way. If we really get to the mountains, the immortals on the mountains may not let us go up. At that time, you will be alone in the mountains with your child, eating and sleeping in the open air. What should you do?"

These words are not suitable for persuading people, especially when everyone is panicking. But the reason why he observed for a while before and wanted to find a smart person is because smart people will not be completely driven by panic at this time, but will still have some rational judgment. After listening to his words, you will know that he is not panicking in this situation. Just based on this point, you will think that it is best to go together.

But the woman just looked back at him again, said something, looked into the distance, and disappeared into the woods on her left.

She probably spoke the local dialect, and Lou He didn't understand what she meant for a moment. But from her expression, he knew that she didn't really intend to go to the direction of Dajie Mountain, but to find another way out as he had thought before.

He followed and said, "You don't want to go up the mountain? I advise you not to think too much - I was released because I paid some money to bribe those Taoist priests. There are people watching our group outside. If you go out, they will drive you back."

It was unclear whether the woman understood or not. She quickened her pace but continued walking in silence.

What Lou He said was true. Before these people left, six more nuns from the Zhenxing Sect came, saying that they were sent by Tu Nan to help him. Lou He thought that if Tu Nan really suspected him, then these people were sent to keep an eye on him and prevent him from running away.

What exactly did Tu Nan want to do? If he thought I was a spy, did he want me to send what he said last night to Jian Zong?
This thought frightened him the most. He considered himself a smart man, and Li Wuxiang also considered himself a smart man. He felt that if he and Li Wuxiang combined their brains to plot against someone, one in the open and the other in the dark, with the help of the external evil, and with plenty of time to prepare these days, it should be foolproof.

But even if Li Wuxiang and I thought about it, all we could think of was to borrow the power of the True Spirit and Taiyi.

First attract the people from Xuanjiao, and this will be accomplished.

Then, when they got up the mountain, Li Wuxiang really invited Taiyi's true spirit down and captured them all in one fell swoop. This matter was considered accomplished - Li Wuxiang got the method of inviting Taiyi's true spirit from the demon king who called himself the Ninth Prince.

As for what Tu Nan said last night, asking the Tiangong Sect to trigger the underground fire and the true spirit of the Five Mountains True Form Great Emperor to descend, this possibility had been considered by himself and Li Wuxiang - it was impossible. Because Li Wuxiang said that if the underground fire really erupted, the world would suffer a great disaster, and the Five Mountains Great Emperor would not do this.

Setting up a plan is just like fighting a battle, you have to counter each move. All the moves of the Zhenxing Sect were within his and Li Wuxiang's expectations, but... Last night Tu Nan told him that the Tiangong Sect wanted to ignite the earth fire, and then drove him to the Great Tribulation Mountain...

If he really doubted me, why did he ask me to tell Jian Zong and Li Wuxiang about this?

Then Tu Nan...the True Form Sect, doesn't it plan to invite the Five Mountains Spirits to the mountain?

Tu Nan was a bit paranoid, but he was definitely not stupid. Until yesterday, when the death energy in the lower world of You Jiu Yuan and the dead souls of the Sword Sect had not been eliminated, and the people from the six divisions had not yet obtained the East Emperor Seal, he should have thought that the people from the thirty-six sects would use this seal to invite Taiyi on the Great Tribulation Mountain.

But if the True Form Sect did not intend to invite the True Spirits of the Five Great Emperors, how would they respond if the True Spirit of Taiyi came down? Was there any other method that neither Li Wuxiang nor I had thought of?
He was unsure, so he cut off one of his arms before leaving. No matter how suspicious Tu Nan was of him, he had to try his best to gain his trust and not let him suddenly change his mind and detain him - he had to go to Dajie Mountain and tell Li Wuxiang about this and ask him what he thought.

One reason is that there is not enough time, as the Great Tribulation Alliance Meeting will be held tomorrow.

The second reason is that he is currently unable to pass this message to Li Wuxiang from Lingshan.

Previously, he possessed Lu Pan of the Qianji Sect, but was suddenly killed by a sword in the middle of the night. The sword was so powerful that it almost hurt his soul. After he returned to Miao Yi's body, his first thought was, could it be Li Wuxiang who did it?
The second thought was, if it couldn’t be him, then who was it?

He had been a swordsman almost as long as he had been a True Form Sect monk, so he was very familiar with the sword he had received - that was the sword energy of the Sword Sect, and it was at least a flying sword emitted by a Nascent Soul cultivation level!

So his third thought was, could it be Mei Qiulu? He knew that the things he did in the coffin city violated the taboos of the Sword Sect. Li Wuxiang once told him that Mei Qiulu had given him a "twenty-year" deadline. But Mei Qiulu was sometimes very casual in doing things, and it was possible that the sword was meant to teach him a lesson.

Then these few days he learned that Mei Qiulu really brought people to Dajie Mountain.

However, after thinking about it for two days, he also felt that it could not be Mei Qiulu. Senior Sister Mei was a person of temperament, but she knew the priorities, otherwise she would not have mentioned the twenty years. So, he planned to ask the external evil to help him again and go to find Li Wuxiang.

But from then until today, the evil outside no longer responded to him.

Lou He was sure that it had not left - he could feel it when he thought about it. But in addition to the feeling of grandeur and paleness, the previous feeling of "loftiness" became stronger.

The external evil before was like a huge and majestic mountain, and he was standing at the foot of the mountain. But now the external evil is like the Great Tribulation Mountain that he is seeing now - he can feel it, but it is very far away from him, so far that his divine sense can hardly contact it, as if it is separated by a layer of hazy fog!

He didn't know if this had anything to do with Li Wuxiang - had he used the method that the Ninth Young Master had taught him to get rid of the evil spirit? So it was still there, but it could no longer communicate with him through the sacred mountain?

So this time, he had to make the fake play real and really go to Dajie Mountain in person to meet Li Wuxiang!

But after he said this, the woman did not stop, but quickened her pace, stumbling and almost falling several times.

Lou He sighed inwardly, knowing that this might be a rational and calm person, but she did have her own thoughts, and did not want to believe anyone at this critical juncture - so this kind of person was not suitable.

So he gave up his goal and decided to find another one.

Just as this thought came to his mind, he heard a woman's voice behind him: "...Are you telling the truth?"

Lou He immediately turned his head.

What a coincidence, the person talking to him was also a young woman holding a child. Judging from her clothes, she was from a wealthy family. And from the tone of her words just now, she didn't seem to be very panicked.

When Lou He saw her for the first time, he just thought she was pretty. It was a gentle beauty, not the kind of beauty that was aggressive and seductive, but just made people feel kind and moving.

When I saw her for the second time, it seemed that because of her kindness and charm, I began to feel that she looked familiar, and even her voice seemed to be heard somewhere.

However, when I was selecting people late last night, I stood in the dark and looked at them one by one. How come I didn’t notice that this woman looked friendly?

An idea popped up in his mind - perhaps it was because it was too dark last night, and there was only candlelight to illuminate the selection, and these people were panic-stricken at the time, with distorted faces, so it was difficult to see clearly.

So he stared at her and said, "It's true. All of us will be driven to Dajie Mountain."

The woman came out from behind the tree holding the child, frowned and thought for a moment: "Then why did you say that we might not be able to climb the Great Tribulation Mountain?"

She spoke calmly and logically, which was rare.

Lou He stared at her and explained in a slow tone, "The Xuanjiao people drove us to Dajie Mountain because they put their people among us. The immortals on Dajie Mountain would also think of this - you know they are fighting, right? So they would be afraid that there are spies among us, and they might simply not let us go up the mountain. But if they do that, they will lose the support of the people."

After hearing what he said, the woman took another step towards him and looked at him carefully: "So you... you are one of them, right?"

This look and tone are very familiar, too familiar. Where on earth have I seen them before? Lou He felt that his thoughts were very similar to those when he was thinking about summoning the evil spirits these days - it was vague, looming, but separated by a layer of fog, and he couldn't see clearly.

"No." He realized he had spoken after saying these two words, "I just want to stay alive. I know a little bit about cultivation, and I know that if we are not allowed to go up the mountain, and the immortals on both sides start fighting, we will all die."

"People like us who are unknown to the people around us may not be allowed in by the Thirty-Six Sects. So it's better for us to go together and talk about each other's backgrounds on the way. If the Thirty-Six Sects really choose people to release on the mountain, it will be easier this way than going alone."

"Then...what if they really don't let us go up? Do you have any other ideas? Dajie Mountain is so big, can't we run up the mountain from some other place?"

Lou He frowned and stared at her, trying to remember where he had seen her before. He said, "The mountain is full of practitioners. You will be discovered if you go up there, and you will be sent down. You might even die."

After he said this, a thought suddenly popped up in his mind - why do I have to find a woman to accompany me? I am not an ordinary person without any Taoist skills. I just want to find Li Wuxiang. When I arrived at the bottom of the Great Tribulation Mountain, why didn't I just go up? Why do I have to find a woman to accompany me?
As soon as this thought came to his mind, he was stunned. He felt that what happened last night and today was just a farce. He couldn't even remember the real purpose of his suggestion to Tu Nan to drive a group of old, weak, women and children to Dajie Mountain - was it because Tu Nan was killing too many people and he couldn't bear to sacrifice all the people in the mountain town? Or did he really think of himself as a member of the Xuanjiao and felt that he really had to mix with these people to go up the mountain?
...Do you really think you are a member of the Xuanjiao?!
At this moment, Lou He remembered something Li Wuxiang had said before - when the foreign evil was trying to establish his power over him, he knew it clearly in his heart, but he just wanted to cut off his hand. What happened to him last night and today? He knew it clearly in his heart, but he was like a true member of the True Form Sect, thinking seriously about how to get to the mountain, and even cutting off his arm! ?

This is for——

The thought came to an abrupt halt, because at this moment, he suddenly remembered who this woman looked like.

Luo Xi. His wife in the Coffin City. He had betrayed the True Form Sect for her. How come this woman looked exactly like Luo Xi? !

(End of this chapter)