Chapter 262

After Zhou Qing went out to the mountain gate, he saw from afar a white-clothed man with the word 【Eerie】 on his head, standing in the distance with his back turned.

Zhou Qing glanced at Elder Wu Zhu, nodded slightly to signal, and then stepped forward.

Speaking of which, since their parting at the Qingyu Immortal Sect, the two had not met again.

"Have you refined that 【Bad Luck Post】, bring it?" The white-clothed man still had his back to Zhou Qing and asked straightforwardly.

Hearing this, Zhou Qing's hand flashed with light, and a simple, yellowed post instantly appeared in his palm.

As he raised his arm slightly, the post flew straight toward the white-clothed man.

The white-clothed Lin Jin did not move his body, just extended his right hand, and with a seemingly casual grab, steadily caught the post.

Afterwards, he lifted his foot without hesitation and was about to leave.

Seeing this, Zhou Qing was somewhat surprised; he didn't expect this guy to act so decisively.

He couldn't help but speak: "Aren't you going to ask about the method of use?"

The white-clothed Lin Jin paused, turned slightly, walked back, and said in a flat tone: "Forgot."

Zhou Qing: "..."

Speaking of which, the two had no hatred, and even when they were at the academy, the other party had saved Zhou Shixiong Li Daoxuan.

It was precisely because of this that he had pretended to give him a so-called "antidote" for the 【Bad Luck Post】.

In reality, it was just a simple deception.

Zhou Qing steadied his mind and explained in detail: "For this thing, you just need to keep your eyes firmly fixed on the other party; after confirming the target, directly inject spiritual power into it, and then hit the other party with it."

"No matter how profound the other party's cultivation is, or what kind of blocking means they use, they cannot resist this post."

He paused slightly and continued: "Once hit, this person will have bad luck for three consecutive days. Remember, the validity is only three days; once three days pass, the post will automatically lose its effect."

"Of course, as the caster, you should be able to see information about the other party encountering major bad luck events at any time; don't be surprised when that happens, and there's no need to worry."

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, the white-clothed man shook all over, a look of disbelief on his face, and he was stunned: "Information?"

Zhou Qing nodded and said seriously: "Yes, just like when I heard you accidentally entered the Demon King's territory and were hunted down, returned to your secret base and it was attacked, and when you were healing, you unfortunately suffered qi deviation, and later you unluckily ran into the secret meeting of the Five Ghost Sect and the Ten Thousand Flower Valley, and they wanted to silence you, etc."

The white-clothed Lin Jin listened to Zhou Qing's description, and his body couldn't help but shiver involuntarily.

【Heart Appraisal Points +11】

At this moment, the 【Eerie】 note on his head instantly changed to 【Terrifyingly Eerie】.

"How much for one of these things? I want to order some in bulk!" The white-clothed Lin Jin said in a shocked voice.

Zhou Qing chuckled.

"I won't sell it for any price, and I don't plan to refine it anymore; this post is harmful to heaven and earth, and if you refine too much, you will also be contaminated with ominousness!" Zhou Qing said seriously.

Bulk order?

I don't even know when it will refresh myself.

After all, this thing is too random.

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, the white-clothed Lin Jin looked somewhat regretful.

But he quickly reacted and said: "The validity is only three days, then why did you give me an antidote that time, you?"

Zhou Qing said solemnly: "The antidote was something you asked for yourself. In order not to let you continue to harass my Third Zhou Shixiong, I had no choice but to use this strategy."

After hearing this, the white-clothed Lin Jin left speechless.

Zhou Qing looked at his back, but couldn't help laughing out loud anymore.

Speaking of which, who would he hit with the post?

For some reason, he was actually a little curious.

A month later, in the mountain range where the Fifth Prince Xuan Yuan Fengtai fell, five Blood Prohibition Army soldiers with cold expressions and an aura of slaughter suddenly appeared.

The leading Blood Prohibition Army soldier held a jade slip in his hand, his gaze sharp, constantly comparing it carefully with the surrounding environment, not letting go of any detail.

Immediately following, they dispersed and carefully checked the remaining battle traces here.

After checking, they exchanged information with each other, and one of them took out a red token from his storage bag and hurriedly sent the message.

In less than an hour, streaks of light appeared in the sky one after another, and more and more Blood Prohibition Army soldiers driving various magic treasures flew in rapidly from all directions.

In a short time, three hundred Divine Transformation Realm experts had gathered here.

These Blood Prohibition Army soldiers quickly dispersed and protected the scene tightly.

Not long after, a huge space ship appeared in the distant sky.

As the ship approached, a burly man wearing official robes stepped out into the air.

This person was none other than the Governor of Long Yuanjun, Zhong Yao, who had once been ordered by Prince Xuan Yuan Shuo to take the newly promoted third-level array master Lin Daochen, as well as Zhou Qing, to the border to repair the four-colored array.

And behind him followed Lord Xiao Ji, the Governor of Lingyun Prefecture, one of the nine prefectures under his jurisdiction.

After all, the place where the Fifth Prince finally came was Lingyun Prefecture.

As the Governor, Lord Xiao Ji bore an inescapable responsibility for this matter.

If it could not be handled properly, not only would his official career be worrying, but Lingyun Prefecture and even the entire Long Yuanjun might be implicated.

Lord Xiao Ji was tall and slender, and his gray robe made him look quite scholarly, but his face was full of worry.

Last time in the Spirit Skull Mountain Mystical Realm, he encountered the Ghost Emperor and nearly died, relying entirely on some life-saving means to escape.

Afterwards, fortunately, he received the spiritual medicine sent by his old partner Zhang Yifu, and with the careful care of his daughter Xiao Cancan and her best friend Li Shitao, he gradually recovered.

He hadn't lived a comfortable life for long when the Governor suddenly found him and said that someone had come from the Imperial Capital, and that the Fifth Prince Xuan Yuan Fengtai and three guardians at the Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation Realm had fallen in the area under his jurisdiction.

This really gave him a big scare.

And the messenger who came also brought the memory images once seen by the contemporary Emperor, asking him to help find the place of the fall and find the murderer.

For so long, they had checked many places, and now it seemed they had finally confirmed it.

After the two landed, they carefully observed the surrounding environment, which was almost the same as recorded in the jade slip.

It looked like it should be it.

Subsequently, the two looked at each other with solemn expressions, quietly glanced at the space ship behind them, a hint of worry flashed in their eyes, and they separated to investigate.

Just at this moment, three figures passed by on swords in the air; when they saw so many people gathered below, their eyes lit up.

Could it be that a mystical realm or treasure had appeared here?

Now that so many people were gathered, they could just take this opportunity to get a share.

The three looked at each other, understood, and without hesitation drove their flying swords, charging straight toward the bottom.

But soon one of them noticed something unusual, a hint of vigilance flashed in his eyes, and he hurriedly shouted: "Brother Liu, their clothing is uniform; it's clearly the same force!"

Another person also stared at the red-clothed armored soldiers who were all looking up with cold gazes, and seemed to think of something; in an instant, his face turned pale.

He screamed in terror: "Run, this is the Blood Prohibition Army from Long Yuanjun!"

But just in the next moment, a change occurred.

In the ship originally floating in the air, a powerful aura that made people suffocate suddenly erupted.

A giant palm was seen manifesting from the ship's cabin.

The palm presented an eerie cyan-black color, with veins bulging on it, and the fingernails were sharp and long, shimmering with a chilling cold light.

The palm wrapped in rolling black clouds and grabbed toward the three; wherever it passed, the air was squeezed, emitting a deafening explosion, and space was distorted and deformed.

Seeing this, the three were scared out of their wits; where would they dare to linger for a moment, desperately driving their spiritual power to escape.

However, the speed of that giant palm was too fast, and it caught up with them in an instant.

Only a few crisp "Crack!" sounds were heard, and the three were directly pinched by the giant hand, as if they were fragile ants.

Their physical bodies couldn't even bear this terrifying force and directly burst open, with blood mist splashing and broken flesh flying everywhere.

Immediately following, the giant hand loosened slightly, and three illusory primordial spirits floated out from the remains of the physical bodies in terror, wanting to flee.

But that giant hand seemed to have expected this, quickly closed, grabbed the three primordial spirits tightly, and then slowly retracted into the cabin.

A moment later, the door of the cabin slowly opened, and the eunuch Gao Xianzhong walked out with unhurried steps.

He wore a black robe with an eerie aura, his face was pale, without a trace of blood, and in his deep-set eye sockets, a pair of eyes shimmered with ghostly cold light.

He also held a whisk in his hand; the tassels of the whisk were actually woven from strands of black silk, and each strand of silk was wrapped in faint black mist.

He stood at the bow of the ship, overlooking the crowd below, then extended his scarlet tongue to lick the corner of his mouth, making people shudder at the sight.

Many Blood Prohibition Army soldiers lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look him in the eye, for fear of being swept by that cold gaze and bringing about a killing disaster.

"Eunuch Gao!" Governor Zhong Yao and Governor Lord Xiao Ji stepped forward to salute.

Gao Xianzhong nodded slightly, and the whisk in his hand waved gently; the swirling black mist surged accordingly.

He walked down from the bow slowly, his gaze sweeping around like a knife.

Immediately following, he took out an image stone, placed it on his shoulder, aimed it at the two, and said in a sharp voice: "Are you sure it's this place?"

Zhong Yao, as the head of a prefecture, was a person who had the final say on weekdays, but at this moment, facing this Gao Xianzhong, he didn't dare to be the slightest bit negligent.

This person was not only the most trusted Grand Internal Manager by the Emperor's side, but also firmly controlled the Heavenly Edict Prison, one of the three major heavy prisons in the Imperial Capital.

And in the past, a Governor and several Prefectural Governors were convicted and fell into the Heavenly Edict Prison because they made mistakes.

It was said that they were tortured by him until they wished they were dead.

Therefore, Zhong Yao felt a bit of fear when facing him.

"Returning to Eunuch Gao, we have repeatedly compared this place with the memory images of the Emperor, and we can basically confirm that this is indeed the place where the Fifth Prince fell." Zhong Yao said.

After speaking, he turned slightly and gestured to the messy battle traces that had been discovered around.

Gao Xianzhong narrowed his eyes, looked around, and then took out an array flag and handed it to Zhong Yao.

"This is the three-colored array, the Trace-Back Array, which can trace back a scene that once happened in a certain place within a certain period of time; you all set it up well, and let this humble servant see who is so bold and reckless to dare to harm the Prince!"

Zhong Yao and Lord Xiao Ji each took some array disks and array flags, nodded repeatedly, and began to set it up.

And no one noticed that in the mountain forest not far away, there were two figures, one black and one white, quietly observing.

After a long time, as everything was set up properly, Governor Lord Xiao Ji even paid out of his own pocket, injected a large amount of spirit stones, and the entire ground, with the array disk as the center, began to spread out streaks of light.

These lights constantly intertwined and entangled, gradually differentiating into three colors: red, blue, and green, and gradually outlined complex patterns.

Hum~

With a roar, as if time were flowing backward, the scene inside the array began to flow back rapidly.

Time passed bit by bit, and everyone was watching the scene inside nervously, but they didn't expect that after tracing back only half a month of scenes, it turned pitch black inside.

"Too much time has passed, and this place seems to have been tampered with by the other party, so even the array cannot trace it back; this is interesting!"

Gao Xianzhong said in a sharp voice, his voice carrying a hint of coldness.

"Then what should we do now?" Lord Xiao Ji couldn't help but speak.

Gao Xianzhong slanted a cold look at him and said: "In the entire Sacred Martial Dynasty's eight prefectures and seventy-two counties, the Fifth Prince had an accident in your place, and you actually ask this humble servant what to do?"

Zhong Yao saw this, his heart skipped a beat, and he hurriedly pulled Lord Xiao Ji's sleeve, signaling him not to speak anymore.

Afterwards, he apologized with a full face and said respectfully: "Eunuch Gao, please rest assured, we will definitely do our best to investigate this matter to the end."

"From now on, we will increase manpower, expand the search range, and conduct detailed investigations on every suspicious person and demonic beast that appeared in the array just now."

"No matter who is involved, no matter what price is paid, we must find out the truth behind this, give the Imperial Family a satisfactory explanation, and return justice to the Fifth Prince."

Lord Xiao Ji also came to his senses and hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, yes, Eunuch Gao, I was confused. We will go and arrange it now, and we will definitely not let Eunuch down."

Gao Xianzhong let out a cold snort, the dissatisfaction on his face did not subside, and the whisk in his hand waved casually; the swirling black mist seemed to roll with spirituality.

"Hmph, you'd better do what you say. The Emperor is heartbroken over the death of the Fifth Prince, and the court is also shaken."

"Especially the Imperial Consort behind the Fifth Prince; she is now heartbroken, and those family and sect forces associated with him are not easy to provoke."

"Of course, this humble servant also knows this is very difficult, and it has nothing to do with you, but since the order has come from above, this matter must be done; do you understand?"

Gao Xianzhong paused and emphasized his tone.

The two heard this, nodded repeatedly, and said: "This is our duty, Eunuch, please rest assured."

"Alright, you go ahead and get busy; anyway, this humble servant's only means has failed, and everything depends on you!"

Saying this, Gao Xianzhong actually turned around and headed toward the space ship.

Zhong Yao and Lord Xiao Ji looked at each other and couldn't help sighing.

So much time has passed, how can this be investigated?

Swish!

But just in the next moment, a ghostly light flashed in the forest in the distance, and a yellow light flew over at an extremely tricky speed.

And it instantly passed through between Zhong Yao and Lord Xiao Ji, clearly heading straight for Gao Xianzhong.

"Eunuch, be careful—" Zhong Yao, who reacted first, shouted loudly.

And Gao Xianzhong, who was about to step into the space ship, changed his face slightly.

As a capable confidant by the Emperor's side, he was also a veteran of many battles and was already half a step into the Soul Severance Realm.

At this moment, he also reacted extremely quickly; almost the moment the light attacked, his hands danced rapidly, and spiritual power gathered.

There was a bit more murderous intent on his originally cold face, and the aura around his body became increasingly eerie and terrifying.

He was seen pushing his palms forward, and a biting, cold black yin wind roared out.

Looking closely, a giant skeleton pieced together from countless bones could be vaguely seen in the yin wind.

Accompanied by a deafening roar, it then wrapped in black wind and directly tore toward that streak of light.

But just in the next moment, Gao Xianzhong's face was stunned, and in his originally confident eyes, only shock remained.

Because that streak of light seemed to be a yellowed post, and at this moment, it was completely unaffected by the "Bone-Eroding Yin Wind Palm."

It passed through easily, and in the blink of an eye, it broke through the last barrier of spiritual power and sank into his chest.

Gao Xianzhong only felt an eerie aura instantly spreading in his body.

Not daring to delay for a moment, he immediately closed his eyes and used all his spiritual power and spiritual sense to investigate what had entered.

Governor Zhong Yao and Governor Lord Xiao Ji saw this scene and were also shocked.

Zhong Yao almost subconsciously shouted loudly: "Blood Prohibition Army, listen to the order, quickly protect Eunuch Gao!"

As soon as the words fell, the surrounding Blood Prohibition Army soldiers acted quickly and surrounded Gao Xianzhong tightly.

And they set up a tight defensive formation, holding their magic treasures tightly, observing the surroundings vigilantly to prevent any other attacks.

At the same time, Zhong Yao and Lord Xiao Ji galloped toward the direction from which the post flew at the fastest speed.

But after arriving in the forest, they found that there was no one there.

The two immediately released their spiritual sense and searched carefully within a radius of several miles.

But strangely, whether it was visual observation or spiritual sense investigation, they did not find any signs of life.

The two looked at each other, both frowning.

"Governor Xiao, let's search separately!" After Zhong Yao said this, he headed straight for one direction.

Lord Xiao Ji's expression was solemn, and he didn't dare to delay.

The Fifth Prince fell on his jurisdiction, which had already made him overwhelmed, and if Eunuch Gao had an accident under his nose, he would really have no way to defend himself.

Just like this, until two hours later, the two returned again, looked at each other in the air, and saw helplessness in each other's eyes.

With the cultivation of the two at the Great Perfection of the Divine Transformation Realm, they actually didn't find any traces of suspicious people.

From the time the other party made a move to the time they escaped, it should have only been a few breaths; how could they disappear so quickly?

After the two landed, Gao Xianzhong was sweating profusely, still tirelessly operating his spiritual power again and again, searching in his body, not letting go of any meridian or any acupoint.

At this time, his heart was full of annoyance, and he felt that he had really capsized in the gutter this time.

In such a remote place, there was someone with such a dark hand, and even he, a veteran of many battles, had been tricked.

But at this moment, it was eerie that no matter how carefully he investigated, there seemed to be nothing in his body.

He absolutely did not believe that the person who made the move spent so much effort just to bluff.

Gao Xianzhong gritted his teeth, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes, and then looked at the two: "Bring all the detox pills on you to this humble servant."

When the two heard this, they hurriedly took out the detox pills in their storage bags and collected the detox pills of the more than three hundred Blood Prohibition Army soldiers together.

Gao Xianzhong saw this, and didn't care about distinguishing the types and quality of the pills, and swallowed them all in one go.

After all, the detox pills he had on him had just been refined, but the things that entered his body didn't seem to have been discharged at all, which made him sit and stand uneasily.

A stick of incense later, Gao Xianzhong's face suddenly became extremely ugly, and his originally pale face now had a layer of eerie cyan-gray.

His body began to tremble uncontrollably, and the aura on his body also became chaotic.

Just when Zhong Yao wanted to step forward to check, Gao Xianzhong suddenly opened his eyes wide, veins bulged on his forehead, and immediately following, with a "Wow" sound, a mouthful of turbid blood was sprayed out.

Subsequently, his body nearly fell forward to the ground, fortunately Zhong Yao and Lord Xiao Ji were quick-eyed and fast-handed, and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

【Latest news, the person hit by the post, after searching for the 【Bad Luck Post】 in his body and finding nothing, took a large amount of detox pills, causing the drug properties to conflict, and now his heart pulse has suffered serious trauma.】

Just at this moment, a line of strange characters suddenly floated past Lin Jin's eyes as he galloped.

This made him stagger in shock, fall directly from the air, and his eyes were full of incredulity.

"What's wrong?" At this time, the black-robed man in front also stopped immediately, and then turned back to ask.

Lin Jin looked at him and couldn't help swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

"This 【Bad Luck Post】 actually really has information!"

The black-robed man was puzzled, slowly took off his hood, revealing the appearance of Si Kong Yan, and asked in confusion: "What information? What are you talking about?"

The white-clothed Lin Jin didn't explain anything else, just felt his mouth dry.

And the 【Terrifyingly Eerie】 note on top of his head also instantly changed to 【Evil Spirit Level Eerie】 at this moment.

【Heart Appraisal Points +20】

Taiqingmen, Zhou Qing was feeding spirit stones to the hen, when the system's prompt sound rang in his mind, which surprised him.

For so long, this was the first time he had seen such a high number of Heart Appraisal Points.

Who is this?

What thoughts have they had about me for no reason again?

Subsequently, he took out the Enlightenment Ancient Tea Tree and looked at it carefully; the leaves were still green and the veins were clear, but it was no different from an ordinary potted plant.

The enlightenment aura that could make people instantly immerse themselves in an ethereal realm in the past had long since dissipated without a trace, leaving only a faint smell of grass and wood.

"Still need five supreme-grade wood-attribute spirit stones; if Zhang Wanbao has them, I still need to save up fifty ordinary supreme-grade spirit stones here!"

Zhou Qing was somewhat worried.

Where should he go to get money.

Just as he was worried, a message from Mo Xingjian came from the token, asking him to come to the peak quickly.

Zhou Qing was confused and had to leave his residence and drive his sword away.

Soon he saw Mo Xingjian, and saw him holding an image stone, looking solemn, thinking about something.

"Master!" Zhou Qing stepped forward and bowed respectfully.

Mo Xingjian heard the voice, came back to his senses, looked at Zhou Qing, and then handed over the image stone in his hand.

"Someone sent a gift box to Jinyang Peak, specifically naming your Senior Uncle Gao Xuan, but aren't they all in seclusion breaking through with the Sect Master now, so the thing was transferred here, you can take a look."

Zhou Qing stepped forward to take it, and a hint of curiosity couldn't help but arise in his heart.

Now that Master was the acting Sect Master, there were many affairs in the sect, and Master would naturally handle small matters properly.

Being able to make Master treat it so cautiously and specifically call him over, it seemed that this image stone must have recorded something extremely tricky.

As he injected spiritual power, soon, a picture of a little girl playing and catching butterflies in a sea of flowers was mapped out...

(End of chapter)