Chapter 254: Zhao Qipeng's Life
Chapter 254: Zhao Qipeng's Life
The east was slightly bright, and the morning light shone into the house.
This long night is finally over.
Chu Qing, who was sitting cross-legged on the bed, slowly opened his eyes. For some reason, the effect of his practice last night was very good, and the progress of [Nine Chapters of the Divine Jade] was slightly advanced.
[Nine Chapters of the Divine Jade] Nowadays, cultivation is extremely difficult. In the past, Chu Qing would have needed several days to achieve this little bit of progress.
But there was a hint of doubt in his eyes...
It was not because of his improvement in internal strength, but because he had not received any prompts.
"Logically speaking, the [Bone-Dissolving Palm] should have taken effect in about two hours, and Wudao should have been dead by then.
“Could it be that there is another magical skill in the Vajra Sect that can protect Wu Dao from death… But that shouldn’t be the case.
“The reason why Wuchan was able to survive Chutian’s clutches at that time was because he possessed the [Light-burning Magical Skill]. With the help of his heart lamp, he would not die as long as the heart lamp was extinguished.
"But what is the basis for enlightenment?"
I was doubtful and thought that if it didn't work out, I would find an excuse to go over and take a look.
After tidying himself up, Chu Qing walked out of the room. As soon as he went out, he saw Hua Jinnian practicing martial arts in the yard.
He is very diligent.
He waved the folding fan in his hand and moved his body with the momentum. The moves of [Different Sword Techniques] were all about being uneven and difficult to define, but that was when they were fighting. Now, when practicing, he tended to follow the rules and form his own style.
Chu Qing stood in front of the door with his arms folded, staring, and then he heard the sound of the door opening.
Wenrou and Wu Qianhuan appeared in the yard, one on the left and one on the right.
When she made eye contact with Wu Qianhuan, her face slightly turned red. Then she coughed lightly and came to Chu Qing in a generous manner.
Wenrou looked at Hua Jinnian steadily, her brows gradually becoming solemn.
Chu Qing was a little curious:
"Have you discovered something mysterious?"
Wenrou turned back to look at Chu Qing and said seriously:
"I just think that his weapon seems very... well, very inconvenient."
"……Why?"
"It's OK in the summer, but in the winter, with a fan in hand, how can you resist not fanning yourself?"
Although Hua Jinnian was practicing sword, he seemed extremely serious.
But he knew that Chu Qing and the others were watching from the side.
His hope was that Chu Qing would give him some pointers because of his diligence.
When Wenrou spoke, Hua Jinnian thought that she had really noticed something wrong, and thought that what this Taiyi Sect's top disciple said was very original.
Now it seems... it is indeed a unique idea.
I wasn't paying attention, my foot slipped, I misstepped, and I almost fell to the ground.
He turned around and gave Wenrou a displeased look.
Tenderness is all over the place, and it seems unclear why.
Chu Qing laughed in silence:
"Come to think of it, I'm curious...how could you resist the urge to fan me?"
Anyone holding a fan in their hands would be unable to resist...If you fan yourself a few times in the winter, you might catch a cold.
Hua Jinnian looked at Chu Qing speechlessly:
"You're just helping the evil, but you're right, I really can't help it, so I wear more clothes!"
"Good good."
Chu Qing nodded, feeling that this explanation was not bad.
The disciples of Tai Heng Sect brought breakfast over, and everyone ate in Chu Qing's room.
During the dinner, Chu Qing did give Hua Jinnian some suggestions, which Hua Jinnian took to heart and felt were of great benefit.
Before the meal was finished, Lan Shuyi arrived with people from Ding'an Hall.
"Master Li has already opened the Ten Thousand Swords Forest. We can go there in a while."
Lan Shuyi said this, sat down without any hesitation, picked up the chopsticks and started eating.
The crowd was not particularly welcoming of this uninvited guest. Chu Qing glanced at the Broken Army Swordsman in the yard:
"One person is missing."
"died."
"How did you die?"
"He was beaten to death by Wu Dao."
Lan Shuyi told Chu Qing about the enlightenment he encountered when he came back last night.
This is not something that needs to be concealed.
Chu Qing's face darkened slightly, and he sneered:
"Before going to Wanjian Forest, it seems that we should first pay a visit to this abbot who understands the truth."
Lan Shuyi pondered and said:
“Not yet, let’s go to the Wanjian Forest first.
“It’s not appropriate to keep delaying Zhao Qipeng’s matter. After all, his feud with Wu Dao is a personal one.
"Anyway, he won't leave Tai Heng Gate for a while."
"it is good."
Chu Qing nodded:
"Eat quickly, I'll wait for you outside."
Then he stood up and led Wenrou and Wu Qianhuan out the door.
Hua Jinnian took two bites of rice and followed him out, leaving Lan Shuyi and Wu Chan looking at each other in bewilderment.
Lan Shuyi looked at Wuchan, not knowing what to say.
Wu Chan smiled slightly:
"Please, take your time. There's no rush."
"..."
Lan Shuyi suddenly felt that he was in a hurry...
After quickly finishing his meal, he hurried out to find Chu Qing.
Seeing that Chu Qing was accompanied by two girls and a young man, he smacked his lips:
"You, investigating this kind of thing, also have so many people and power?"
"You don't seem to have any say in this regard."
Chu Qing looked at the Pojun swordsman behind Lan Shuyi.
“That’s different, my martial arts skills are low, so I have to let them escort me.
"You are a martial arts master, shouldn't you be alone?"
"We are not lone wolves. Humans are social animals after all. How can we live alone? Stop talking nonsense and let's go."
Lan Shuyi finally shut up and went to find Guan Changying with Chu Qing.
Only with Guan Changying leading the group can they go to Wanjianlin.
The process went smoothly, and soon everyone arrived at the Ten Thousand Swords Forest.
This place is in the back mountain of Taiheng Gate. The road is not difficult to find, but it is difficult to walk on. It is a narrow and winding road with steep peaks. When you reach a high point, it suddenly goes down and goes deep into a depression in the mountain.
When you get there, you can see a stone tablet with three big characters "Wan Jian Lin" written on it.
A Tai Heng Sect disciple stepped forward to stop them:
“Excuse me, my distinguished guests. The Ten Thousand Swords Forest is an important place of our Tai Heng Sect. If you want to enter, you need to unsheathe your swords.
"I will return it to you after you all come out."
Chu Qing nodded, took off the single sword from his waist and threw it to the other party.
Wu Qianhuan's sword and Hua Jinnian's fan were also handed over.
Seeing this, Guan Changying stretched out his arm to lead:
"Everyone please."
Chu Qing nodded, but his eyes glanced towards another place.
There is a master hiding over there.
There are many visible and hidden sentries in Wanjianlin, and the security is very tight.
As soon as everyone stepped in, they heard bursts of sword sounds.
It was like a sword in the forest, welcoming the visitors, yet also like silently driving them away.
Guan Changying explained:
"This is the wind that blows the swords. The terrain here is special. A little breeze will cause all the swords to ring."
Chu Qing found this very interesting.
When we actually stepped into the Forest of Ten Thousand Swords, we found that this place was indeed extraordinary. Everywhere we looked, there were swords.
Long swords were stuck everywhere, some on boulders, some on the ground, and some on the wall.
The sword tip trembled slightly in the wind, making a continuous buzzing sound.
Chu Qing took a casual glance and saw tiny words engraved on a sword.
[Liao Changfeng, started learning swordsmanship at the age of three, practiced swordsmanship at the age of seven, became successful in ten years, went down the mountain to kill bandits at the age of eighteen, was almost captured alive and became the leader of the village. He returned to the mountain and practiced hard for three years. At the age of twenty-one, he went down the mountain to seek revenge. He fought with the female village chief for three days, but was eventually defeated and captured...]
Chu Qing wanted to take a closer look, but Guan Changying had already walked forward. Chu Qing was reluctant to leave and felt that this was quite interesting.
I don’t know whether Liao Changfeng and the female village chief finally got together?
And when these swords, which had fought through life and death with the swordsman, were gathered together, they actually formed an indescribable sword intent.
It seems that he is willing to kill others if they disagree with him.
In the middle of the entire venue is a huge furnace.
Three long incense sticks as thick as an adult's arms stood in the middle, attracting smoke from the smoke.
Guan Changying led everyone to walk on the bluestone path between the sword edges, and finally came to the stone platform behind the incense burner.
There are boxes here with names on them.
Chu Qing saw Li Junmo and Guan Changying...
Finally, Guan Changying took out the box with Zhao Qipeng's name on it:
“Master has not been buried yet, and the sword has not been put into the forest. His entire life has been in this box.
"Everyone, please take your time to look around. This is where our senior from Tai Heng Sect rests. Please don't make any loud noises."
Use the sword as a tablet and preserve your life on the sword.
This place can indeed be regarded as the resting place of successive generations of disciples of Tai Heng Sect.
Chu Qing took the box, nodded, and opened it to reveal several notebooks.
After it was distributed to everyone, everyone started reading it.
These notebooks record in detail everything that has happened to Zhao Qipeng since he entered Taihengmen.
Judging from the life stories engraved on the surrounding swords, before Zhao Qipeng's sword entered the sword forest, someone must have picked out some important things based on the contents of these books and engraved them on the sword for later generations to admire.
Everyone read it at a fast pace, mainly because the things recorded in the book were very straightforward and not very nutritious.
On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, I got up to practice swordplay, had dinner two hours later, took a nap after dinner, and continued practicing swordplay...
Zhao Qipeng spent most of his life practicing swordsmanship.
As he was watching, Lan Shuyi suddenly said, "Huh?"
“Is there something missing in this place?”
He showed it to Chu Qing.
Chu Qing took a glance and felt that there seemed to be two pieces of paper missing.
There is a clear space between it and the other pages.
Chu Qing flipped through the first page, then flipped through the contents at the back, and frowned slightly:
"This... should be the record of the civil strife that occurred in Taiheng Sect more than 20 years ago..."
The previous content wrote that Zhao Qipeng and many of his fellow disciples were preparing for the succession ceremony of the headmaster.
The leader who is about to take over is named Qi Luo.
This man's reputation is actually quite impressive. Before Ling Beichen rose to prominence, Qi Luo had always been the number one talent in Tai Heng Sect.
Tai Hengmen has high hopes for him.
Many people even hope that Qi Luo can become the new leader of Tai Heng Sect.
But after Ling Beichen's rise, these hopes gradually shifted to Ling Beichen.
Eventually, they all disappeared into oblivion.
However, they didn't expect that something happened to Ling Beichen suddenly and the old leader also died. Qi Luo was then appointed to succeed the position of leader.
After that, he ordered the northern officials to return to the mountains and restore order.
In front of everyone, he stated Qi Luo's eight major crimes and beheaded him on the Imperial Sword Pavilion.
This matter has been settled...
What was missing from Zhao Qipeng's life was the series of events that had brought Beichen to the Imperial Sword Pavilion.
At the subsequent succession ceremony, Li Junmo became the successor.
Because Ling Beichen left the sect and wanted to live a carefree life, Qi Luo was killed by him. In the end, Li Junmo got the position of the head of the sect by chance.
"What happened during this?"
Several people looked at each other, and then looked at Guan Changying.
Guan Changying blinked:
"Everyone, I was only five or six years old at that time, so I had no idea what was going on...
“It is surprising that a few pages of this life have been torn off.
"What kind of person would do such a thing?"
Chu Qing remained silent, and just asked people to continue to let Zhao Qipeng go.
But after reading all the booklets, there was no extra content. Zhao Qipeng had been law-abiding all his life and had never crossed the line in the slightest.
Just as Li Junmo said, don't make enemies, don't make enmity, although you are among the crowd, you are independent and aloof.
He put away all the booklets except the one that was missing two pages.
Chu Qing stood up:
“Brother Guan doesn’t know what happened back then, but I think Sect Leader Li should know.
"This senior Zhao's life was too clean, and these two pages seem particularly special... maybe they are the main reason why the murderer wanted to kill Zhao Qipeng."
"In other words, the person who tore off these two pages should be the one who killed Zhao Qipeng."
Lan Shuyi smiled and said:
"I said there should be clues in the Ten Thousand Swords Forest."
"Please, Brother Guan, lead the way. Let's go find Sect Leader Li."
Chu Qing looked at Guan Changying.
However, Guan Changying's face showed embarrassment:
“This…I’m afraid this won’t work.
"My master suddenly announced last night that he would be in seclusion. I'm afraid he will have to wait until my sword-giving ceremony before he can come out."
……
……
In an alley of Taiheng Gate, Chu Qing and his group were silent.
There was something wrong with the timing of Li Junmo's retreat... Zhao Qipeng was dead, so why was he in retreat?
What's more, the sword-awarding ceremony is imminent.
However, Guan Changying explained it clearly, so Chu Qing and others didn't want to disturb him rashly.
"However, the incident was so serious back then that there must be more people who knew about it than just Sect Leader Li."
Lan Shuyi chuckled:
"At worst, I can just ask someone else."
Chu Qing glanced at him and shook his head slightly:
“It’s not this question. Two pages of Zhao Qipeng’s life were torn off, and Li Junmo suddenly went into seclusion. Everything is too coincidental.
"I am a little worried now. Li Junmo may not be in seclusion..."
"It's not seclusion... Could it be..."
Wu Qianhuan's expression changed slightly.
Lan Shuyi looked at Chu Qing:
"What are you going to do?"
"Whether he is in seclusion or not, let's check it out tonight."
Chu Qing said calmly:
"During the day, we will ask other Tai Heng disciples about what happened back then. At night, we will go to the retreat area in the back mountain to find out what happened."
"it is good."
Lan Shuyi nodded:
"What do you do now?"
"Now, of course, we have to go find ..."
Just as Chu Qing finished speaking, a prompt suddenly popped up on the system.
【Commission completed! 】
[Successfully assassinated King Kong Men Wu Dao and obtained a 'Random Martial Arts Treasure Box'. 】
(End of this chapter)