Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1342 Guidance
Jiang Yao walked to the body and carefully observed the cause of death.

"The cause of death for each corpse was this strange, as if it was a necessary process for this ritual. The deceased's back was close to the wall, but he was killed by an attack from behind."

"The reason why all the people died was the same. They had to do it. No matter what the reason was." Lu Ning said, "Jiang Yao, can you describe to me how the first few people died?"

"Okay, I—"

Jiang Yao stood up and looked back, only to see Lu Ning with two fingers raised and pointing them at her eyebrows.

After a moment of silence, a burst of icy internal force burst out from Lu Ning's fingers, accurately piercing Jiang Yao's forehead, leaving a dent on her head.

Jiang Yao took two steps back and sat against the wall. Blood flowed out of her seven orifices. Soon, her face began to break apart.

"Don't you have any face? When you borrow someone else's identity, don't you put some extra thought into it?" Lu Ning asked.

"How do you know that..."

"I just feel something is wrong. You imitated me very well. But Jiang Yao usually doesn't tell me everything. She either keeps it secret or lets me guess. She only tells me necessary things... There are too many things we just talked about that cannot be said."

Lu Ning drew out the sword.

"But it was only a suspicion, so the decisive judgment was that you didn't dodge the last blow. As for Jiang Yao, no matter what reason I made the decision to attack, she would choose to dodge first. I am sure of that. Your combat experience is too poor. Are you only concerned with deceiving people?"

"So..." The man coughed up a mouthful of blood, "Your strategy is... if you can't dodge, you're the enemy, and if you dodge, you're the real one?"

"Almost." Lu Ning pierced his chest with a sword. At first, she didn't feel any cutting of flesh. She swung the sword and a lot of paper pieces flew out of the wound. Even the blood turned into red pigment.

paper man.

Under Jiang Yao's face, there were only layers of cardboard. Lu Ning reached out and touched it, and found that there was nothing special left on the cardboard.

Among the unorthodox methods she had learned, there was such a thing. It had a similar effect to Lu Ning's teleportation spell, but this spell was obviously more difficult.

Lu Ning could not see any demonic aura on the paper man. If it was a demon, it would not have escaped Lu Ning's current demonic eyes. So the caster of the paper man was obviously a human. And the paper man was able to appear here and find her at such an appropriate time, so he must have made corresponding preparations long ago.

"Ha... Besides demons, humans can also have internal strife..." Lu Ning sighed, tore off a piece from the paper man and put it in her arms. She knew that it would probably not be easy for her to find out who was behind it, but she could always find someone who could find the target by smelling the scent.

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On the other side, Wen Rong went to find Qiu Suying first.

She did have some skills in finding people, at least people she knew.

Qiu Suying was not surprised that he was found, as he had not been hiding on purpose - or rather, he had been hiding all along.

When they met, Qiu Suying threw a piece of human skin to her.

"Hey! What is this!?"

"Kill the Painted Skin for something. It killed your peddler, so I killed it." Qiu Suying said, "There is another one, the one who bewitched the opera troupe. I think it won't be difficult to kill it, but the emperor has been more strict in arresting people recently. If I do it carelessly, I will get into trouble."

Not getting into unnecessary trouble is Qiu Suying's style.

"That's fine, but your identity itself is very troublesome." Wen Rong looked around.

No one could have imagined that Qiu Suying lived in Wangque Tower, the most luxurious restaurant in Xingyin City. After all, all the dignitaries lived here. In addition to those who had to serve the emperor in the palace, many officials lived here or nearby.

"My real body is not here." Qiu Suying said.

"Ah... is that the effect of your 'daydream'?" Wen Rong touched the human skin in his hand. "Until now, the only time I saw your true form was when we first met, right?"

"Of course I have to hide myself. After all, my identity is very dangerous as you said. Of course I won't stop daydreaming." Qiu Suying stood by the window. "You came to see me. Maybe you have done what I asked you to do?"

"I found a demon outside the city and killed it. But I've studied the Broken Dragon and I can't break it directly. The keyhole allows me to enter and exit freely, but the keyhole is not used for destruction. It can't completely destroy such a large ceremony."

"That demon was probably left behind to attract firepower. But it doesn't matter. Since you killed it, there will be less trouble in the city." Qiu Suying chuckled, "We are surrounded by enemies everywhere in this city. If you follow me, you will definitely encounter a lot of difficulties."

"I said I would take you with me if I ran away." Wen Rong said.

"There's no need to do that. My ability to save my life is no worse than yours. Besides, I'm almost done with my goal. What about you? When are you going to make the will known to the world?"

"Let's wait until the day when both sides start the fight, when the winner is decided." Wen Rong said, "I have seen the will."

"Can you see the words inside?"

"No." Wen Rong shrugged. "The text on the will is encrypted with a secret method. The words and sentences on the surface are completely incoherent. A specific method must be used to reveal the true content. Although I can also open this encryption with the keyhole, I am not sure if there is any means of destruction that can be forcibly cracked inside. It still needs to be announced in a formal way."

“What’s the formal way?”

"The emperor's blood." Wen Rong sighed, "A very traditional, yet very effective method."

"You are certain that the emperor will be injured that day. However..." Qiu Suying thought for a moment, "You may have another group of people to deal with."

"who?"

"There are a group of people who know about the existence of the will. The succession to the throne of the Wei Dynasty has always been bloody. Although Dong Zai is the legitimate one, he is also a bit troublesome. If you can make good use of the will in your hand, then it is still unknown who will be the emperor." Qiu Suying said, "And this group of people acted earlier than the emperor. They made advance preparations in the city. This is the reason for the death of your earliest subordinate."

"I remember...his death was a little unusual." Wen Rong frowned, "Do they have to kill someone before they can use it?"

"Minor and major ceremonies do not necessarily require human lives, but the final sacrifice and animal sacrifice must kill people to exert their full power." Qiu Suying sneered, "Those praised as orthodox are actually evil heretics."

Wen Rong agreed very much.

"Let's not judge whether they are good or evil. They are now on the opposite side of our enemy." Qiu Suying reached out and touched the window frame, saying, "At the same time, they can even hide themselves to the point where I can't find out who they are. It's easy to dodge an open spear, but hard to guard against an arrow from the dark. These guys hiding in the dark are probably more dangerous than the two parties who are fighting in the open." "Why don't we retreat first and come back after they fight to a conclusion."

Qiu Suying shook his head and reached out to tear down the window, as if tearing off the real scenery outside and replacing it with another scene outside the window.

"It's amazing." Wen Rong sighed.

The artifact "The Cave in the Pot" is what Qiu Suying calls the perfect product of refining. The so-called "perfect" means that there are no restrictions on the target of the demand, and it can be used as desired. There were many problems in the previous refining.

"This is connected to a window inside the palace." Qiu Suying pointed outside the window and said, "I can see the court officials outside through the window, but they behave normally."

"Too normal?" Wen Rong naturally understood Qiu Suying.

“Too normal.”

Qiu Suying sneered.

"As expected of officials who have served in the court for many years, each of them behaved flawlessly. If it weren't for the flaws in Xingyin City, I'm afraid I wouldn't have discovered the problem."

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When Lu Ning walked out the door, she found that the sky had become much darker.

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Clouds have covered the sky, and the cold from the south is approaching. A heavy snow is about to fall, probably in the next few days. The coming of heavy snow probably also means that Fengdu is about to descend here. As a Tianman Star, Lu Ning can already understand this upcoming event.

There is no doubt that the emperor intends to use all the power of the city to solve the ancient problem of Fengdu. At the same time, the Wei Dynasty is also at war with the evil star in the northern frontier. Lu Ning doubts whether the national strength of the Wei Dynasty can still hold up.

At this moment, she saw a gray figure flashing around the corner of the street. Based on her suspicion of the paper man, she immediately chased after it.

There weren't many people in this area, and a person who was obviously following them would be very obvious here. Lu Ning found that the other party was just walking very fast, but he didn't show any lightness skills, so he immediately caught up with him and pressed his shoulder.

But the man's shoulders shook and moved slightly, and Lu Ning's palm slid down from his shoulder as if it was grasping oil.

Then, the other person turned his head slightly, and his thin face with a hint of illness had a very sharp gaze.

Lu Ning's heart trembled slightly. She also had a relatively fair assessment of her current internal strength. Although she was not the top expert in the martial arts world, she was still at the first-rate level. If her grappling moves could be avoided by the opponent using some force-relieving techniques, it was either because the opponent's skills had reached the pinnacle, or because the opponent's internal strength was far superior to hers.

"It is you."

The gray-robed man—Li Duanyu glanced at Lu Ning.

He already knew the identities of all the tourists. Among these tourists, some were worth approaching, while others were worth just a look from afar. Lu Ning was his last target. As the leader of Danyang Chixue, he naturally had the ability to detect Lu Ning's current martial arts level.

After examining Lu Ning for a moment, he thrust out a palm.

The palm movement was slow, but Lu Ning felt like a mountain pressing down on her. She had to take two steps back before she had a chance to catch her breath.

"You have been affected to a certain extent." Li Duanyu pointed to his head. "This is not completely unsolvable. Everything you get in the scene can be an opportunity. It all depends on how you use it."

"You...you are a tourist?" Lu Ning calmed her breathing a little. She had never felt such a strong sense of oppression. Shi Tong was just a clone that time, and Jun Ying and Yu Wenbin were both her teachers. These two strongest fifth-level masters in the previous scene would not bring her such pressure.

"It's okay if you don't understand yet." Li Duanyu turned around and stretched out a finger. "Take three moves, and I'll teach you as much as you put in."

"Why do you want to teach me?" Lu Ning asked back.

"Danyang Blazing Blood - if you have heard of it, you should know it. We will teach any good seedling we meet, no matter who they belong to."

"Even from a puppet party or something like that?"

Li Duanyu chuckled: "That's not a good seedling."

"Please advise!"

Lu Ning instantly injected all the true energy he had gained from breathing in the past few days into the sword blade, and purple light cut through the air like thunder. Although it was not driven by the most suitable Taiyin essence, this time Lu Ning used up the power of the innate purple qi without hesitation.

Li Duanyu bent his fingers and a faint sword light flashed from his fingertips, accurately hitting the front end of the purple sword. After a crisp collision, Lu Ning flipped over in the air, directly passed over Li Duanyu's head, and then landed on the ground in astonishment.

She could feel that there was indeed something she could learn from that move just now—

"The finger sword style uses stabbing as a means. You should have experienced this from the previous attack. You have strong internal strength. Once you comprehend this method, you will be able to use it to the highest level of finger skills, which is the 'mantis arm trying to stop a chariot' just now." Li Duanyu said.

"I'll teach you..." Lu Ning exhaled lightly, and the Qi in her body had already circulated through a circle, completely removing the counterforce she had just received. The opponent did not counterattack, and she was not injured. However, she finally felt the "mystery" of a certain martial art.

No wonder Yan Rong enjoys practicing martial arts so much.

While thinking, Lu Ning's Qi began to surge, and the precious light rose and shattered on her body. All the formation flags accumulated so far shattered at the same time. The power of ghosts attached to her, making her breath fall into the cold of the netherworld. She threw the sword into the sky, raised her right arm horizontally, and injected all the power of "Giant Knuckles" into "Wild Plague". An ice bullet filled with curses and resentment was generated in the Wild Plague, and it was fired from her fingertips in a moment!

This time, Li Duanyu raised his eyebrows slightly and pressed his finger. This time, a sword light clearly burst out from his fingertips and collided with the ice bullet. The sword energy and ice knife erupted at the same time at the impact point. Lu Ning hurriedly rolled to the side to avoid the attack of the explosion and fragments.

"The objects given by the distribution center do have extremely strong offensive capabilities. However, you don't need to rely on them too much. You should extract the elements you need from them to assist your own abilities, rather than using them as weapons themselves. In fact, the more things you can bring into the scene, the heavier the burden will be."

Lu Ning patted the ice flakes on her body, stood up and looked at Li Duanyu.

“Are you also using the same stuff from the distribution center?”

"It used to be called 'Sword Feather', but now, it is only the method I use. Do you understand?"

"I have some insights." Lu Ning smiled, pulled out the sword that had just been thrown out and stuck in the ground, and put it into the scabbard.

The last move - the Tianman Star began to spin and shine rapidly in her spiritual sea. Lu Ning was stimulating all its power. Just as the other party said, these bad encounters could also be fate, so why not happen here?