Chapter 211: Thieves Within the Family Are Hard to Guard Against

When Deacon Zhan said this, Liu Xiaolou felt that something was wrong. This guy didn't seem to be on the same side as Zhao Ru?

After thinking about it, he increased his tone and refused: "Deacon Zhan, please do not make me violate the rules of the array master profession, otherwise I will not be able to stand in this field in the future. If you have any questions, please ask Zhao Zhishi. I am afraid I cannot comply!"

His voice was not soft, but it did not attract the hidden Zhao Ru as expected, and Liu Xiaolou could not help but feel a bit anxious.

Deacon Zhan was still smiling, but a short knife as thin as a cicada's wing appeared in his palm. The short knife floated in his palm and began to rotate, rotating up, down, left, and right, turning into a ball of light.

Amidst the buzzing sound, this ball of light left his palm and rotated around Liu Xiaolou. Needless to say, this move had already demonstrated Deacon Zhan's cultivation—similar to Zhao Ru, at least at the Qi Refinement Perfection stage. This was the best threat.

"Do you want to lure that Zhao guy here? I'm afraid you won't have the chance. I'll say it one last time: three questions. If you answer them, I'll let you go."

Liu Xiaolou did not speak, just glared at Deacon Zhan, his peripheral vision following the rotating blade light, ready to protect himself at any time.

Deacon Zhan asked: "First, how did Zhao Ru find you? Was it him himself, or through someone else? Second, what is the weakness of the array? Did you see it, or did he tell you? Third, after you repaired the array, what did he promise to give you?"

Liu Xiaolou thought for a moment and said: "The road here is right in the middle, windy on all sides, not conducive to talking. Deacon Zhan, why don't you and I find a hidden place... Is there any cave or something nearby? Or a house built by your sect?"

Deacon Zhan smiled again and said "Follow me," and walked to the southeast side of the mountain road. Liu Xiaolou followed behind him, turned a few corners, and indeed saw a cave.

This cave was half-leaky, but it was already much better than before. Liu Xiaolou raised his wrist slightly and said in his mouth: "To answer Deacon Zhan's questions, I have to talk about my intention of coming to Yuge Peak. It's a long story, I hope Deacon Zhan won't mind."

"You say."

"I have a good friend, and his friend once told him that there was an ancient pine tree on Yuge Peak. My friend was very puzzled and said, this Yuge Peak is the mountain of the Luo Fu Sect, what is strange about having spiritual objects of heaven and earth? My friend's friend said, do you want to break a pine branch? This pine branch has experienced wind, frost, rain, and snow, has been struck by lightning and electricity countless times, and has absorbed the essence of the sun and moon..."

Liu Xiaolou began to tell a story. The story went further and further away, and after a long time, he didn't get back to the point. Deacon Zhan frowned, and a burst of irritability suddenly arose in his heart. He shouted: "Talk about yourself, don't talk nonsense! Just say... did you come by yourself, or... did Zhao Ru find you?"

Liu Xiaolou asked: "Deacon Zhan, I don't think any of your three questions were asked at the root. What exactly do you want to ask?"

Deacon Zhan took a deep breath, feeling that the irritability in his heart could not be suppressed. He said: "Just say, what did Zhao Ru tell you? How much does he know about the Earth Gate Array?"

Liu Xiaolou was stunned: "How much does Zhao Zhishi know about the Earth Gate Array? Deacon Zhan, your question really puzzles me."

Deacon Zhan already felt that his body was hot and unbearable. In his irritability, he wanted to slap Liu Xiaolou, but suddenly woke up and shouted: "What kind of trick are you playing? Poisoning me?"

While speaking, a rope suddenly wrapped around him, covering more than 140 acupuncture points in his meridians. At the same time, Liu Xiaolou's Three Mystical Sword suddenly appeared in his palm, the tip of the sword spitting out a foot-long sword light, circling Deacon Zhan's neck.

Caught off guard, Deacon Zhan was immediately wrapped around half of his neck by the Three Mystical Sword. In shock and anger, a shiny light fell from the side of his hair bun. I don't know what kind of treasure it was, but it was inserted right inside the Three Mystical Sword light.

Blocked by this light, the last move of the Three Mystical Sword light to pull his neck did not succeed, only leaving a blood mark on his neck. The sword light was forced away by this light, bounced off at an angle, and wiped off his two earlobes, bringing out two blood shadows.

At this very moment, Liu Xiaolou judged Deacon Zhan's cultivation—Qi Refinement Perfection, not yet Foundation Establishment.

To be able to make a move against a Qi Refinement Perfection stage and succeed in one fell swoop, the Illusory Fragrance this time was indeed domineering!

But that was all. The Mystical Truth Rope and the Three Mystical Sword did not dare to delay, and were taken back by Liu Xiaolou in the blink of an eye. Immediately after, he ran away, shouting while running: "Murder! Someone is impersonating a Luo Fu Sect deacon, robbing and killing..."

He didn't dare to use the array plate indiscriminately. Using the array plate meant that he would also be trapped here. He really didn't have the confidence to fight this Deacon Zhan with the array plate. If the array was forcibly broken by others, and his true qi was exhausted, he would only be at the mercy of others.

His way of shouting while running was truly unimaginable to people from famous sects like the Luo Fu Sect. Deacon Zhan was obviously not used to it, and Liu Xiaolou immediately escaped more than ten feet away.

But he quickly came back to his senses. The smile that had always been on his face had long since disappeared. Touching the blood all over his neck, his heart was full of rage and irritability. The evil fire was rising, and although he knew that cultivation should be stable and quiet, and anger should not be easily moved, he just couldn't suppress it.

Now he didn't care about anything, and he didn't bother to ask any questions. He just wanted to chop this shameless array master into pieces.

A group of blade light chased behind Liu Xiaolou, accelerating and slashing from time to time. If it were on flat ground, ten Liu Xiaolous would have been slashed, but unfortunately, this was Qingxia Valley, with dense forests, ancient trees, rugged mountains, and dense slopes. Deacon Zhan had not reached the Foundation Establishment stage, so the blade light could not move freely. Liu Xiaolou dodged left and right, and the several blade lights slashed continuously missed, either cutting down trees or collapsing rocks, always missing by a hair, making Deacon Zhan's eyes red and his blood boil.

Deacon Zhan gritted his teeth and simply threw out another life-saving hairpin on his body, preparing to use both hands.

Just as he saw the blade light and the hairpin flanking left and right, about to take down the thief in front, green light appeared in his eyes, and a "buzz" sounded in his ears.

Deacon Zhan wanted to take back the hairpin to save his life, but it was too late. His waist was grazed by the green light, and he suffered heavy damage.

A simple bronze sword flew ten feet away with a burst of blood, cut off two pine and cypress trees, and then spun back, pressing on Deacon Zhan's neck, pressing very tightly. The sword edge was almost pressed into the flesh, and the bloodstains appeared and disappeared under the sword edge.

Zhao Ru floated down from a large tree above, stepped on Deacon Zhan's waist, and true qi surged into his body, immediately sealing him tightly, and at the same time stopping the blood wound on his waist.

"I really didn't expect it, Brother Ruoshui, it was actually you!"

Deacon Zhan smiled miserably, coughed several times, and was too lazy to argue, just closed his eyes and waited for disposal.

Zhao Ru glanced at the direction Liu Xiaolou escaped, struggled for a moment, and finally did not chase, but lifted Deacon Zhan and rushed to Shangjie Peak.

Arriving at the cliff courtyard on the left peak, he threw Deacon Zhan on the ground and bowed to the main room: "Elder Lu, the person has been taken down, it is indeed the one surnamed Zhan!"

After a while, a light sigh came from the room: "Guarding against everything, thieves within the family are hard to guard against. Send him to Youju Cave first, tell the deacon in charge of punishment... lock him up for ten years first."

Zhao Ru bowed and accepted the order: "Yes."

Elder Lu in the room said again: "You also go down and prepare early. When the inner sect disciples are selected in the middle of the month, perform well."

Zhao Ru was overjoyed, feeling that the suffering of being exposed to the sun and rain and day and night for these few months was all worth it.

Just as he was happy, he heard Elder Lu say: "Family ugliness should not be made public. Has that array master been dealt with?"

Zhao Ru was full of anxiety and reported: "The disciple was negligent. In order to take down Deacon Zhan, the disciple tried his best. When I thought of Li Mu, he had already escaped without a trace."

Elder Lu was silent for a moment and said: "It's also your kindness. Forget it, it's not a big deal, you decide for yourself." ===== CHAPTER 212 =====