Chapter 294

"That's fine, be careful on the road. When you get to the border, don't get too close to those royal family members like Prince Xuan Yuan Shuo!" Mo Xingjian exhorted.

Zhou Qing nodded and soon said: "Hasn't Senior Uncle come back yet?"

Mo Xingjian shook his head and said: "Lingyun Prefecture is far away, it takes at least half a year to go back and forth."

"If there are any missing items on the list you listed, I'm afraid the time delayed will only be longer."

"But don't worry, I already let your Senior Uncle Tong Min go to Lingyun Prefecture to meet him a few days ago."

"There are many things to do in the sect next. If he continues to consume there, it is really inappropriate."

Before the words had even faded, two streams of light broke through the air.

Ling Yuexiao, the Peak Master of Baizhan Peak, and Ruan Mingxiu, the Peak Master of Yunyin Peak, landed with anxious expressions.

Mo Xingjian frowned and said: "What's wrong?"

Ling Yuexiao immediately took out an image stone. After activation, the picture showed corpses everywhere, with broken limbs scattered all over the ground.

The state of death was exactly the same as the tragic situation caused by the dried corpse driven by the Tianji Sect.

However, looking at the clothes of the deceased, they should belong to those small and medium sects.

"Was it done by the Jin Leizong?" Mo Xingjian's pupils shrank violently.

Ling Yuexiao said with a hoarse voice: "In just five days, six sects have been destroyed, and truly not even a chicken or dog was left."

"Among them, it also includes the Yiyang Sect, which was once attached to the Tianji Sect and now presented us with a supreme-grade fire-attribute spirit stone to seek protection."

Ruan Mingxiu added: "Zhou Shixiong Wang, who stayed at the Tianji Sect, went out to scout a circle and found that there were traces of arrays being set up on the periphery of all the destroyed sect mountain gates."

Zhou Qing's expression was cold, and he said in a deep voice: "That is to say, they were trapped in the array and slaughtered like turtles in a jar."

Both nodded at the same time and said: "Just like we guessed, Zhou Shixiong Mo, what should we do now?"

Mo Xingjian rubbed his chin and pondered for a long time before speaking slowly.

"At the beginning, we went to war with the Tianji Sect, claiming to the outside world that it was because they controlled dried corpses, slaughtered our mineral vein disciples, and tried to cover up the truth."

"Such a reason was far-fetched, and outsiders had many doubts, but the situation was urgent at that time, and we had no time to explain more."

"But the image stone evidence left by the Jin Leizong moving coffins late at night, as well as Tian Shu Zi and Ling Xuzi, we have not yet formally confronted them."

Mo Xingjian's eyes were like torches, "In other words, Lei Wuji and the others don't know that the matter of the Gobi cave has long been known to us."

"Even if Shen Yunzhou broke in by mistake at the beginning, he failed to go deep into the core. And the self-detonation array left by the Jin Leizong when they withdrew almost buried us all alive."

Ling Yuexiao frowned, his voice full of worry: "That's right, what the Junior Brother is worried about now is that the dried corpse at the Tianji Sect is now locked up with Ling Xuzi and the others, guarded by several Senior Uncles."

"But we also surveyed that cave. There are fifteen octagonal altars in total, each with pressure marks of eight coffins on it."

"Excluding the one that escaped, that is to say, the Jin Leizong controls at least one hundred and nineteen dried corpses!"

Ruan Mingxiu nodded in agreement, his expression serious: "Although these dried corpses are old and evolve at an astonishing speed, according to our research on that one, their strength limit is only the Soul Formation realm."

"If it's just a hundred Soul Formation realm dried corpses without consciousness, for us, it's just a matter of a few slaps."

"But what we are worried about is, what if the culprit who caused these sect destructions is not them!"

Mo Xingjian remained silent, but in his mind, he recalled the terrifying appearance of Lei Wuji left in the image stone brought by Tian Hong when he pretended to surrender.

What is even more disturbing is that according to Ling Xuzi and Tian Shu Zi, the corpse-refining manual left by the Corpse Yin Sect in the cave was tampered with by them.

They forcibly twisted a dangerous secret technique into a "shortcut" to break through the Soul Severance realm, successfully misleading Lei Wuji into going astray.

"Lei Wuji is probably deeply convinced of that wrong method now, which is why he tossed himself into that ghostly appearance." Ling Yuexiao's tone was full of dread.

Ruan Mingxiu's expression was gloomy, his tone solemn: "Being able to set up such a meticulous array, surrounding the destroyed sects tightly, and cleaning up the traces cleanly afterwards, the Jin Leizong absolutely cannot escape the blame. It is clearly helping the evildoer!"

He paused and sighed.

"Although it hasn't affected us yet, the rumors have spread. Everyone is saying that we don't keep our word and want to settle old accounts with the sects that once attached themselves to the Tianji Sect."

"Those small sects are panicked. Many who paid five-element spirit stones even gathered more heavy gifts, just begging us to let them go."

Listening to the words of the two, Mo Xingjian's expression became a bit solemn.

Is this Jin Leizong intentional or unintentional?

But after a brief thought, he immediately thought of a countermeasure.

"There are only a dozen or so sects that paid supreme-grade spirit stones to seek protection. The rest are still delusional about the law not blaming the public, hiding in the dark and watching."

Mo Xingjian tapped the image stone with his fingertips, "As for these rumors, eight or nine out of ten are deliberately spread by these people, wanting to stir up the situation that has finally calmed down again."

Hearing Mo Xingjian's analysis, the two showed bright eyes.

"Zhou Shixiong Mo, you mean—"

The two looked at Mo Xingjian.

"The Taiqingmen Sect has always valued promises as gold." Mo Xingjian snorted coldly, his sleeves waving violently.

"Since we have collected the protection fee, we naturally have to protect them. As for those who are lucky, they are just clowns and can't make any waves."

As he said this, he took out a map and looked at it carefully, saying: "It seems that as I guessed, this Jin Leizong secretly carried out the sect destruction, just accidentally bumping into this Yiyang Sect, which can be considered as innocent victims."

"They should also be clear that now is not the time to confront us head-on, so they are trying to avoid it as much as possible."

Mo Xingjian analyzed the orientation of the several major sects that were destroyed.

"Two Junior Brothers, you count the sects that paid spirit stones, and send twenty Taiqingmen Sect disciples to each sect, let them go to these sects."

"But don't enter the sect, just camp outside the mountain gate, and plant our Taiqingmen Sect flag."

"If the Jin Leizong is sensible, they should know that these places are already within the protection range of our Taiqingmen Sect."

"If they still ignore it, then don't blame us for being ruthless!"

Hearing Mo Xingjian's order, the two led the order in unison.

This strategy can be described as killing three birds with one stone: it deterred the Jin Leizong, consolidated the attachment of small sects, and made the rumors self-defeating.

It might even attract more forces to compete to pay tribute.

The two hurriedly took the teleportation array and went straight to the Tianji Sect.

Afterwards, Mo Xingjian turned his gaze to Zhou Qing, who had been silent: "Looking at your hesitant appearance, do you have any doubts?"

"The disciple is indeed confused." Zhou Qing stepped forward half a step, his expression solemn, "Those destroyed sects, the disciples are at least ten thousand, and at most more than one hundred thousand. It is obviously not done by dried corpses."

"Such a massive amount of essence and blood being sucked, I am worried about that Lei Wuji—"

Hearing Zhou Qing's words, Mo Xingjian also nodded with a heavy face.

"Although Lei Wuji was set up, he did indeed take this opportunity to break through to the Great Completion of the Divine Transformation realm."

"And now the Jin Leizong is helping him slaughter the innocent with all its strength. Master is worried, did they discover any shortcut by mistake?"

Speaking of this, Mo Xingjian's gaze suddenly became cold: "For the time being, we can stay out of it, but if we let it go, this fire will sooner or later burn to the Taiqingmen Sect."

Zhou Qing deeply agreed.

Although there are countless cities, most of the people living inside are mortals.

And the Jin Leizong dare not touch the foundation of the Imperial Dynasty, otherwise the subsequent trouble will be big.

Only sects far from prosperity are their targets for wanton slaughter.

"Forget it, you don't need to worry about these things. When your Senior Uncle returns, we will discuss it in the long run." Mo Xingjian patted Zhou Qing's shoulder.

Zhou Qing pondered for a moment, asked his Master for the names of the destroyed sects, and went to find Shen Huangmao.

During Zhou Qing's seclusion, Shen Huangmao went to the Gobi cave again. He originally wanted to see if there was any remaining corpse liquid, but unfortunately he gained nothing.

Zhou Qing actually felt a bit guilty about this.

After all, he was able to become the Buddha Child's Big Daddy, in the final analysis, it was he who gave a push.

In addition, comprehending the third strand of Phoenix Dao patterns was also thanks to the few wood-attribute spirit stones he ran thousands of miles to send.

When he arrived at the VIP residence area, he found that Lu Yaoyao's crisp laughter came from inside.

Zhou Qing's footsteps paused, and doubt arose in his heart.

When did these two become so familiar?

After entering, he saw Shen Yunzhou gesturing vividly in the lake pavilion, and Lu Yaoyao was laughing so hard she couldn't straighten her waist, tears welling up in her eyes.

"My old sister's embarrassing things are many. You don't know, once I secretly slipped to my grandfather's place, originally wanted to... yo, Zhou Shixiong—"

Seeing Zhou Qing appear, Shen Yunzhou waved enthusiastically.

Lu Yaoyao also hurriedly stood up, tears of laughter still hanging from the corners of her eyes: "Zhou Shixiong, come quickly! You absolutely can't imagine, Sister Shen was so funny when she was a child!"

Zhou Qing looked at Shen Huangmao helplessly. You have exposed your sister's bottom line completely. Be careful that one day she finds out and hangs you up and locks you in the small black room again.

But soon, his expression suddenly became solemn, and he immediately looked behind them, bowed and saluted: "Senior Shen Hanyi, when did you come? You didn't even say hello."

As soon as these words were spoken, the smile on Shen Huangmao's face froze instantly. His Adam's apple rolled violently, he turned his head stiffly, and his legs couldn't help trembling.

"Sister, listen to my explanation... things are really not what you think..."

When he turned his head, he found that there was not even a hair behind him.

Zhou Qing had already laughed out loud, pointing at Shen Yunzhou and shaking: "Brother Shen! With your courage, you dare to edit your sister behind her back?"

Lu Yaoyao also chuckled, but felt that this behavior was not very good.

After all, she came to inquire about the Third Mama actively. At this moment, she hurriedly covered her mouth, but her shoulders were still slightly heaving because of holding back laughter.

Shen Yunzhou's face turned red, which was so embarrassing. He immediately put his hands on his hips, held his head high, and snorted heavily from his nose.

"Can I not know if my sister came? Just now I was just deliberately teasing Sister Lu."

Shen Yunzhou defended himself, but his eyes dodged when he spoke, not daring to look directly at Zhou Qing's playful gaze.

"Who am I? I am the Poop Heavenly Emperor, the existence that suppresses all enemies!"

"When I was a child, I couldn't beat my sister. Now you let her suppress her cultivation to the Divine Transformation realm and try!"

Shen Yunzhou roared with a red face!

Zhou Qing said: "I believe this. I see your sister likes to wear white clothes. When your realm of understanding unfolds, just throw a few yellow spots on her, and she will definitely run away."

Shen Yunzhou couldn't help but shiver after hearing this sentence.

Because he really tried it.

But the result was almost beaten to disability, and even locked in the small black room for two full years.

Seeing Shen Yunzhou's face turning red and about to smoke, Zhou Qing coughed lightly and changed the subject: "Okay, okay, don't stand there, go to a place with me!"

"Where to?" Shen Yunzhou hadn't recovered from the embarrassment and asked subconsciously.

Zhou Qing threw the image stone to him and said: "A total of six sects were destroyed, maybe it will be helpful to you!"

Shen Yunzhou scanned the picture quickly, his pupils shrank violently, and his eyes were excited.

Then he raised his eyebrows suspiciously: "Could it be that you did it with that dried corpse?"

"Brother Shen's words are really hurting me." Zhou Qing's expression became solemn, and coldness rose in his eyes, "How could the Taiqingmen Sect do such a thing that angers both man and god?"

Shen Yunzhou scratched his head awkwardly: "Also, also... could it really be the poisonous hand of the Jin Leizong? These people are too cruel!"

"Hurry up, I'll go over and take a look too!" Zhou Qing turned and left.

Shen Yunzhou hurriedly followed, and Lu Yaoyao also trotted behind. The three boarded the flying boat and galloped toward the Yiyang Sect.

The sects slaughtered by the Jin Leizong this time were distributed in a fan shape, and the area of hundreds of miles was dead silent.

In the past, loose cultivators who took advantage of the fire dared not approach at all, which shows the deterrent power of this blood case.

When Zhou Qing and the three landed, there were only a few Taiqingmen Sect disciples conducting investigations here.

"Little Sect Master! Senior Sister Lu!" Dozens of disciples immediately gathered around and bowed in unison.

Zhou Qing nodded slightly, swept his eyes, and immediately noticed a dozen figures with three white circles embroidered on their cuffs in the crowd.

Zhou Qing remembered that Master mentioned that most of the Tianji Sect disciples chose to surrender, but they are still in the assessment stage.

Whether they can become regular depends on their subsequent performance.

Just like these people at this moment, when they saw Zhou Qing, their eyes were full of fear, but one person flashed a trace of gloomy resentment the moment he lowered his head.

Although it was fleeting, how could such a gaze be hidden from Zhou Qing? This is too looking down on a Divine Transformation cultivator's spiritual sense perception.

Zhou Qing looked at him indifferently, pointed at him, and said coldly: "You, come here!"

This Jin Dan disciple's body couldn't help but tremble, and then hurriedly stepped forward: "Seen Zhou Shixiong!"

Slap!

As soon as his words were finished, a Taiqingmen Sect disciple slapped him on the back of the head.

"Zhou Shixiong is also what you can call? No rules, call him Little Sect Master!"

This person staggered and almost fell, but didn't dare to have any resentment, and bowed again.

This time the voice was deliberately softened: "Little, Little Sect Master, forgive me! The disciple made a slip of the tongue, and I hope the Little Sect Master will not remember the villain's faults."

Zhou Qing suddenly showed a gentle smile, but it made people feel cold in their hearts: "Don't be nervous."

He stepped forward half a step and patted the other party's shoulder, "It just so happens to trouble you to take us around to see. You should be very familiar with this place, right?"

The man was stunned for a moment, but soon reacted and hurriedly said: "Yes, Little Sect Master!"

Afterwards, Zhou Qing looked at the others and ordered: "You don't need to go in, so as not to destroy some clues."

"Yes!" Everyone bowed neatly.

And this Jin Dan man hurriedly turned sideways, a flattering smile squeezed out on his face, and said: "Little Sect Master, please!"

"No, this stench is too fascinating, I'll go in first!"

After Shen Yunzhou finished speaking, he took out his dung beetle pet and rushed in impatiently.

Lu Yaoyao looked at Zhou Qing suspiciously, her eyes full of confusion, but she didn't say much in the end, just wrinkled her nose slightly.

As the two entered, a thick stench that made people vomit came from all directions, making people almost unable to breathe.

As far as the eye could see, there were incomplete corpses everywhere, lying on the ground, the blood had long solidified, and the smell of death filled the air.

Strangely, the buildings everywhere were almost intact, with no obvious traces of destruction, and there were no traces of lightning residue on the corpses.

It seems that the Jin Leizong did a seamless job of cleaning up, and the meticulousness of the mind makes people shudder.

"Little Sect Master, be careful. According to the clues we have found so far, the Sect Master of the Yiyang Sect is only in the early stage of Divine Transformation, and the rest are only a few Soul Formation elders..."

At this moment, the Jin Dan man who led the way had a smile on his face and began to introduce enthusiastically.

Zhou Qing covered his mouth and nose, his eyes cold, but suddenly said: "You, hate me very much, right?"

"W-what?" The man who was introducing trembled, the smile on his face froze instantly, and his body trembled slightly.

Zhou Qing suddenly smiled, but the smile carried a trace of mockery: "Looking at the problem from your perspective, it is understandable. Although I don't like slaughtering the innocent, but—"

Before the words were finished, a flash of lightning flashed, instantly penetrating his eyebrows.

The man didn't even have time to react, his eyes widened, his face still carrying a look of horror, and he fell straight down.

"I also don't hope to leave any hidden dangers for myself or the entire Taiqingmen Sect!" Zhou Qing said indifferently, his eyes without a ripple.

He believed there were many such people with ulterior motives.

He didn't do it outside just now because he was worried about causing psychological pressure on those people. After all, some people really chose to surrender.

If they misunderstood something, I am afraid it would bring certain potential turmoil and anxiety to the entire sect.

Some things can only rely on time to let them have a sense of running-in and belonging.

And what he can do is to deter those with ulterior motives with absolute pressure and cut off the tumor with thunderous means.

Looking at Zhou Qing who walked forward with his hands behind his back, Lu Yaoyao just felt a bit surprised.

A trace of complex emotion flashed in her eyes, but she didn't ask too much, just quickened her pace, covered her nose, and followed.

After they entered the depths of the sect, they noticed Shen Yunzhou standing in the air, with a disgusting aura lingering around him.

At this moment, the huge dung-yellow sky curtain behind him surged violently, and countless viscous filth twisted and entangled like living things.

And the fishy liquid overflowing from the corpses everywhere constantly turned into wisps of gray mist, rushing into the sky curtain.

This made Shen Yunzhou look satisfied.

Seeing this scene, the two felt nauseous and hurriedly left.

"By the way, have you decided on the realm of understanding you want to comprehend next?"

Outside, Zhou Qing breathed heavily and looked at Lu Yaoyao, his eyes carrying a trace of fatigue.

Lu Yaoyao's face was also pale, her stomach was still churning, and then she wiped the sour water from the corners of her mouth.

"Anyway, I won't comprehend a realm of understanding as disgusting as Uncle... Shen Brother."

Zhou Qing nodded slightly and said helplessly: "That's good. After Zhou Shixiong Li sparred with him several times, his psychological shadow is not ordinary. Now he has been pretending to be in seclusion and refuses to meet him."

Lu Yaoyao nodded lightly, and then her gaze fell on the corpses all over the ground, her eyebrows tightly locked, and she asked with a full face of confusion.

"Zhou Shixiong, do you think this was really done by the Jin Leizong? Are they not afraid of heaven's punishment?"

Zhou Qing's eyes were complex, and he said in a deep voice: "Heaven's punishment? The Battle of Canglan Mountain almost dragged all the strong men in the Eastern Region into the abyss. If Sikong Yan would be punished by heaven, he would have died hundreds of times."

But although he said so, Zhou Qing was full of worry.

At the same time, somewhere in the border Great Wall area!

Yan Sen was pointing at Jiang Pojun's eyebrows with one hand, and the black energy entwined at his fingertips kept making harsh clanging sounds.

And Jiang Pojun's pupils contracted, his eyes rolled back, and his whole body kept twitching.

After a few breaths, Yan Sen suddenly let go, and Jiang Pojun fell softly from the air like a puddle of mud.

With a "bang", he smashed onto the corpses of the Longxiang Army soldiers, splashing a cloud of dust.

Yan Sen licked his lips, his eyes flashing with excitement, like a wolf smelling prey.

"Thinking that Shen Hanyi took them across the border to that island, someone should have noticed. I didn't expect this Zhou Qing to be so famous."

Yan Sen whispered to himself, a trace of greed flashing in his eyes.

"Just catching someone casually, I could get relevant clues. Lingyun Prefecture, Eastern Region, Taiqingmen Sect, good, good, good!"

Yan Sen said three "good"s in a row, with a proud smile on his face.

He glanced slightly at the void on the side, then quickly took out a flying boat, flashed his figure, boarded the flying boat, and moved away instantly.

A few breaths later, Prince Xuan Yuan Shuo walked slowly out of the void behind him with his hands behind his back.

His eyes were like hawks, staring closely at the direction Yan Sen left, his brows locked, his face full of solemnity.

"Mid-stage Soul Severance, should belong to an outsider. Now I am fully refining that Tiger Emperor, really have no time to fight with such people again!"

Prince Xuan Yuan Shuo muttered to himself, his tone full of helplessness.

Afterwards, he looked at Jiang Pojun who was alive or dead below and waved his hand lightly.

A spirit power chain broke through the air like a spirit snake, precisely entwined around Jiang Pojun's ankle, and then pulled violently, pulling Jiang Pojun into the air and floating in front of him.

Looking at Jiang Pojun's twisted face, with saliva mixed with blood foam dripping from the corners of his mouth, Prince Xuan Yuan Shuo sighed softly.

A trace of pity flashed in his eyes: "Being soul-searched so roughly by a Soul Severance expert, this life is probably completely ruined."

"Hope there is still salvation!" Prince Xuan Yuan Shuo said to himself.

After speaking, he took Jiang Pojun's body and turned into the void, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Zhou Qing and Lu Yaoyao waited at the Yiyang Sect for two full days before seeing Shen Yunzhou pacing out from the depths of the sect filled with stench, licking his lips.

His body was still lingering with a faint foul aura.

"Full?" Zhou Qing raised his eyebrows and asked.

Shen Yunzhou first nodded heavily, then hurriedly shook his head to refute: "This word makes you say it, what is called full? This is called comprehending the realm of understanding!"

"Okay, okay, comprehending the realm of understanding." Zhou Qing was too lazy to argue with him and urged, "Hurry up to the next one, I have things to do next!"

Zhou Qing said, and took Shen Yunzhou and Lu Yaoyao to the next crime scene.

(End of chapter)