Chapter 373

The old man's sword technique attainments, which had been immersed in old papers for I don't know how many years, were indeed enough to support this ambush. Seeing Pei Ye believed that the other party had firmly stepped into the "Intent" realm.

It was just that the old man didn't give him many opportunities to compete in "Intent." After stripping away the Mystic Qi, he suppressed him under the sword blade with sword moves.

This was perhaps the greatest effort he could make. After everyone was blocked in the Sword Belly Mountain, a Mystic Gate master, so carefully setting up formations, killing people, taking beads... yet still defeated by the woman far away in the mountain.

It also showed that without the isolation of the formation, the other party had no confidence to face Zhanxin Liuli.

Seeing Pei Ye actually believed in the power of 【Yueque】. The woman once said that she could ensure his safety before 【Tuanshen】 within two hundred miles, but if facing 【Yueque】, Zhanxin Liuli actually couldn't guarantee anything.

Every ascension of the Mystic Gate realm is a qualitative leap. 【Yueque】 is already an immortal garment and jade bone, a person about to ascend to the Heavenly Tower. Although Zhanxin Liuli had the power to resist, Seeing Pei Ye himself was a fragile body.

"If facing 【Yueque】, you must be within my field of vision." The woman once said seriously.

But now this 【Great Si Shan】 chose to avoid fighting Zhanxin Liuli. Seeing Pei Ye did not have the ability to distinguish the cultivation of Mystic Gate masters, and the other party did not show it, but he had to suspect that he had not yet ascended to the third layer of the Jade Staircase, or his state was very bad.

In any case, the other party retreated actively after the formation was broken, and Seeing Pei Ye would of course never let him go.

Seeing Pei Ye stopped his figure. Wudong turned his head back, his face showing some fatigue after the fierce fight: "I couldn't keep him."

"The Mystic Qi is very faint. We shouldn't be able to find him if we go further." The black cat suddenly whispered.

The sound of fighting could no longer be heard. Such tragic traces stretched forward for nearly a mile. The further forward, the more shocking the traces became. Large areas of scorching began to wither old trees and burn rocks... Finally, at the end of these traces, Seeing Pei Ye saw a familiar figure.

The Scripture Library was built against the mountain. According to a trace of movement captured by the black cat, Seeing Pei Ye crossed the high cliff and plunged into the dense forest.

After walking for less than half a stick of incense, there was no need for the black cat to inform him of the movement of Mystic Qi. Broken wood and flying stones had already appeared in his field of vision. Old trees thicker than one could embrace were cut off by the lingering charm of sword Qi, and the broken branches and leaves shot out like urgent darts, nailing into the surrounding rocks and ground.

Finally, the black cat pressed his shoulder: "Alright, stop. I can't find—"

Cold night and thin mist, the forest was deep and hazy, many plants and trees were like cold emeralds after the rain, and flowing light flashed under the dark moon.

His appearance looked even more disheveled than that night in Bowang. His hair was scattered, his robe was full of blood-stained sword marks, and his long sword was inserted obliquely into the ground beside him, looking in another direction.

". Fresh and riotous Mystic Qi—someone is fighting!"

He glanced at the direction where 【Great Si Shan】 left again and whispered: ". It is incomparably correct."

Seeing Pei Ye's eyes condensed, and he immediately leaped forward.

In the silence, only the youth's light panting sound of leaping was clearly audible. Just in a few breaths, the other party had completely disappeared. It was a fantasy for a Sixth Life of the Pulse Tree to chase a Second or Third Rank master, but the decisiveness of the other party's departure only confirmed the necessity of the close pursuit at this time.

"What's wrong?"

Seeing Pei Ye cooperated with the black cat's keen perception to try to follow the traces, but it was obvious that he had fallen behind by I don't know how much.

"The Sword Belly Mountain was sealed. The Sword Master chose to send me out." Wudong looked at the youth's stunned expression, caught his breath, and sat down on a stone. "I originally felt this decision was not very good, but now I feel..."

"." Seeing Pei Ye pursed his lips and remained silent, continuing to run forward rapidly.

The words stopped halfway, but suddenly he raised his head to look forward.

"Lord Wu, why are you here?"

". How could it be sealed?" Seeing Pei Ye was a little panicked. "Nothing happened to Miss Ming, right?"

Wudong smiled: "What could happen to Ming Qitian?"

". That's good—I have Zhanxin Liuli, Lord Wu, you blocked him for a moment, that's great, let's continue chasing quickly!"

Wudong raised his hand to stop him, smiling and pulling his sleeve: "No need."

"Why?"

"I have a sense of proportion—just sit."

Seeing Pei Ye sat beside the old man in a daze. Wudong returned the blood-stained long sword to its scabbard: "Is there any trace of the green bird's letter tube being opened?"

". What?" Seeing Pei Ye was stunned.

Wudong just looked at him quietly.

The old man knew that the green bird was left behind, and he also knew that it would be released at some point, and even, roughly knew its use.

Seeing Pei Ye remembered that when the old man knew the soul bird was overdue, he only mentioned "or it was mountain formation interference" casually. At that time, there were other much more important things. Seeing Pei Ye originally thought that this Crane Inspector was temporarily unable to spare the energy to investigate carefully. Now he realized that countless things he knew or didn't know, important or subtle... had always been clear and bright in the old man's heart.

Even when Seeing Pei Ye hadn't thought about the Scripture Library at all, this Crane Inspector had judged where the incident roughly happened after the Sword Belly Mountain was sealed—only by coming straight to the Scripture Library after getting out of trouble could he happen to bump into the departing Great Si Shan.

"." Seeing Pei Ye had always thought that he, who came to Kongdong first, was uncovering the veil of the incident bit by bit. Only then did he deeply feel that what he saw was only a corner. This Crane Inspector, who was "specifically in charge of this case," understood what was happening far more clearly than himself.

—"Help me keep an eye on Kongdong" was indeed just a small task given to the youth.

"If it hadn't been opened, how could the other party be sure it could lure you to the 'Hidden Sword Pavilion'?" Wudong glanced at him.

". Yes, there is."

"If there is, then that's right. The other party wouldn't do things so roughly."

"." Seeing Pei Ye didn't understand what the old man was talking about again.

"But no amount of cover-up can change the essence. Since the green bird was indeed used to assassinate you..." Wudong looked at him quietly. "Then some things can be determined."

"I don't understand, Lord Wu." Seeing Pei Ye frowned. "Is this a flaw you deliberately left behind? Can you explain it more clearly?"

"Sorry, I can't tell you." Wudong said in a hoarse, low voice, a pair of gray-white eyes looking at the cold sky that was beginning to turn white. "But I will try my best to ensure... you will be the one standing at the end. Do you believe it?"

"."

Encountering an enemy without being informed was obviously not a pleasant thing, but just as the old man trusted him, Seeing Pei Ye also trusted this cold and sharp old man—he always knew where he should be.

"I believe." Seeing Pei Ye nodded seriously.

Thus, the old man rarely showed a somewhat happy smile and patted his knees.

"You didn't seem like this before going to the Sword Belly Mountain." Seeing Pei Ye also adjusted his state of mind and sat down with a relaxed body. "Did the green bird incident make you discover something?"

"Yes, the last time I bet my life, it didn't succeed, which made me confused all along." Wudong said. "Until just now, I realized that I had thought wrong. Let's not talk about this. Let's talk about the current things—before coming, I investigated everyone in Kongdong, including this Great Si Shan."

Seeing Pei Ye cheered up.

The old man's first sentence stunned him: "The Great Si Shan of this generation of Kongdong, real name Chi Jianzong, should be seventy-five years old this year. Before entering the mountain, he was stuck in the 'Tuanshen' realm. He loves and protects the younger generation, is obsessed with the sword collection, and has a pure temperament. He is indeed the same Zhang Meiqing you mentioned, both teacher and friend."

". Then why did he lean toward the Huan Si Lou and betray Zhang Meiqing?"

Wudong raised his hand and shook it: "My judgment is that no matter how you look at it, this person will not betray Kongdong."

(End of chapter)