The national teacher does not practice

Chapter 166 The Return of the Patriarch and the Mutation of Fragments
under night.

Ye Hongling tightened the reins suddenly, the pure black horse under the seat neighed, and the horse's hooves were raised, but the female warrior sat firmly on it, with a pair of sword eyebrows raised at the end of her beautiful face, her expression was extremely dignified.

"Boss..." Behind him, the fat and thin officials also stopped in surprise, and then they faintly noticed that the spiritual elements of the world in front of them fluctuated abnormally, and there was a faint feeling of suffocation from the distance.

However, that feeling lasted only for a moment before disappearing without a trace, like a hallucination.

Ye Hongling withdrew her gaze, only uttered the word "drive", and then turned into an arrow that left the string again, and rushed towards Banyue Villa.

The rest of the officials looked at each other in blank dismay, secretly vigilant, and also galloped on their horses, approaching the buildings that were not far away.

……

The mountain behind the villa, beside the stream.

Ji Pingan looked at the "Elder Prince" who was lying on the side of the river in a "front lying" posture, frowned slightly, and muttered:

"Why is it so brittle?"

On the ground, the eyes of the "Cursed Killer" who was showing off his power not long ago were wide open, blood was overflowing from the corner of his mouth, and his dull eyes were full of panic and despair, as well as a trace of unwillingness that had not yet erupted.

On the back of his chest, a bloody hole exploded in the satin brocade robe, and a heart was charred and carbonized, shrinking into a mass of pitch black.

The muscles were also burned, the blood was evaporated, and there was still a strong residual heat in the air.

As for the huge scarecrow, it had been torn into two halves by the sword energy, and it was thrown on the ground not far away.

"It's been a long time since I used the sword, and I didn't control the strength well." Ji Pingan felt the almost dry spiritual essence in the puppet's body, and said apologetically:
"Actually, I wanted to capture you alive..."

Ji Pingan was also a little helpless.

According to his original plan, he tried to capture the other party alive and interrogate him for more information, but he underestimated his "bad name".

Even Zhu Xun dared to face the Grand Master of Zhou and launch an attack, but the "Curse Killing Sanren" who started higher than Zhu Xun had stronger reincarnation skills, but was as timid as a mouse.

Fleeing for his life at the first time, facing the "Demon Lord" who once single-handedly fought against Kyushu and beheaded countless masters in Jieshan, he couldn't think of fighting him at all.

From Ji Ping'an's point of view, with "Pei's eldest son"'s martial arts foundation, even if the "spells" that Curse Kill is best at are perfectly restrained, he is not good at martial arts.

But you can also fight.But he was cowardly, no matter how strong his martial arts foundation was, he couldn't show his strength.

What's more, what he was facing was the long sword that Master Li Yang had picked up again after hundreds of years away.

Of course, there is another important factor, which is the "realm" of this puppet, which is higher than Ji Ping'an's body...

It is also the sword that consumes all the power of the puppet under the Nine Great Realms to kill it.

"Another opportunity for torture is gone..." Ji Pingan was disappointed for a while, but he didn't expect that this lecherous guy would be so unintimidating.

However, from the conversation just now, there is not nothing to gain.

"He said that he doesn't know more than me... It means that the information that every 'reborn' knows may be almost the same."

"At the same time, he mentioned different eras...how did he know about it? Did he know about it when he was 'reborn', or did he gather information recently, or even... had contact with other reborns? For example... ...the Four Sacred Religions?"

Ji Pingan was lost in thought.

He did not forget that the "magician's remnant body" secretly escorted by the Pei family was taken away by the Four Sages.

Who leaked it?It's not surprising that the eldest son of the Pei family knows this secret. Could it be that he has been in contact with the Four Sacred Sects these days?
After all, with the attitude he just showed, he seems to be no stranger to "talking" with other reborn people.

During the ups and downs of his thoughts, Ji Ping'an's thoughts diverged, but with a burst of heart palpitations and a faint sense of attention, he forcibly cut off his thinking.

Turning his head to look northwest, frowning slightly.Put away the bronze sword, squat down and touch the corpse quickly.

As expected, a second "Star Fragment" was found from the chest of the "Eldest Prince".

At the moment when he started, Ji Ping'an clearly noticed that the first fragment from "Zhu Xun" that he threw into the space kit was humming and trembling.

It seems to echo each other with the one in hand.

"what?"

Ji Pingan was surprised, but this is not the time to check.

He picked up the fragments, and put the remaining objects of the "loose people" into his arms, and then drove the mechanical puppet, which was about to run out of spirit essence, to sprint towards the mountains and forests to hide himself.

Immediately return the consciousness to the body.

Inside the villa, Ji Pingan, who was meditating cross-legged, opened his eyes, with a strong tiredness on his face.

——Manipulating puppets consumes a lot of soul.

"Well...don't touch me..."

At this time, something soft in her arms squirmed, and the fainted saintess rolled her eyes, exhaled again, and gradually regained consciousness.

Feeling being hugged by someone, instinctively resisting, the sword rope stabbed towards Ji Pingan like a snake, turned his head to avoid him, and then slapped him again:
"Wake up!"

Yu Yu opened his eyes in a bewildered face, and after seeing Ji Pingan clearly, he was shocked:
"Where is the person? Where is that person?"

"..." Ji Pingan sighed tiredly, raised his hand to put away the belt that was used as a barrier, and tied it around his waist again. Just as he was about to speak, suddenly two figures rushed towards him from the front yard.

Huang He and Mu Yaoyao were in good shape. Seeing the ruined courtyard here, they were taken aback for a moment. The former said:
"Young master, the woods told us that there is a large group of people rushing towards us."

As a star officer of the Jupiter system, one of his spells is to make nearby plants act as his "sentinels".

Ji Pingan gave an "en", not surprised, and said:

"I have a hunch that it should be the demon slayer, so let's evacuate immediately."

This scene appeared in the future picture he obtained during divination.

People from the government?

Yu Yu was surprised and puzzled, and immediately looked at the hole in the ruins with some reluctance. She hadn't explored it yet.

But she also knew that it would be troublesome if it was blocked by the imperial court. After all, the Great Zhou imperial court, the Daoist sect and the Qin Tianjian are not in the same position when it comes to looking for "reborn people".

The four of them didn't delay any longer, picked up the formation flags and other things left on the ground, and fled quickly.

……

Not long after they left, the sound of horseshoes approached outside the villa, and a large group of officials rushed in brazenly, and then they were shocked to find that the villa was in a mess and many corpses were scattered.

And from the looks of it, they are not ordinary households, but warriors from the rivers and lakes.

"The person died not long ago, and the murderer is a practitioner," the tall and thin official squatted down, opened the wound with his fingers, and said in a deep voice.

In the distance, a short, fat official walked over with a corpse wrapped around his neck by vines, with a blue face, and added:
"It's not an ordinary martial arts practitioner, it's a monk who knows the art of magic."

In the world of practitioners, the Wufu path is distinct from other paths.

A group of demon slayers looked ugly, and suddenly felt a strong sense of familiarity.

Walking all the way deeper, when they saw the backyard that was almost reduced to ruins by the fighting, they couldn't help but be speechless.

"At least break the Ninth Realm, otherwise you won't be able to play like this." A bearded official said in a deep voice.

Houses collapsed, broken trees and ruins, especially the terrain was in a variety of weird and distorted states, as if it had experienced a fierce battle.

At this time, there was the sound of breaking wind in the distance.

Wearing a black cloak, black gauze wings, a military officer's robe, and a black gold long knife at his waist, Ye Hongling flew over with lightness, and then slowly fell like fallen leaves.

Carrying a blood-stained body in brocade clothes in his hand, as soon as he landed, his eyes swept across the surrounding ruins with a solemn expression.

"Boss!" All the monster slayers bowed their hands together.

Arriving outside the villa, both parties split up.

Following the remaining sword intent, Ye Hongling went straight to the back mountain, picked up a corpse like a torn sack by the stream, and threw it on the ground. After listening to a group of subordinates' reports, she fell silent for a while, and said:
"It seems that someone attacked here not long ago, at least two of them, one of them is good at Taoism, and the other is more like a warrior with a negative sword."

This conclusion is not difficult to infer.

An official looked suspiciously at the impaled corpse on the ground: "Why does this person look familiar?"

Ye Hongling glanced at him, and said: "This is the eldest son of the Pei family, the broken seven warriors."

Eldest son!
Hearing this, a group of officials were all stunned.

You know, the eldest son of the Pei family is also a well-known hero in Yuhang City. Under the cultivation of the family, he entered the seventh grade at a young age, and he is the next head of the family. How could he be killed here?

And...Po Qiwufu... Judging from the frightened and lack of fighting spirit on the corpse's face, he seemed to have been greatly frightened during his lifetime.

Being able to make him escape and be killed without any resistance, isn't it saying: the murderer is the strong one sitting in the well?
"Boss, come here quickly, there is something wrong in the dungeon!"

At this time, the official who was exploring the ruins shouted, attracting everyone's attention.

Ye Hongling suppressed her emotions, took the lead, walked into the ruins, walked along the opened hole, and walked all the way into the "dungeon". Because it was underground, it was relatively well preserved.

With the help of the warm orange light emitted by the braziers on both sides of the corridor, Ye Hongling first caught a glimpse of the women in the cells on both sides, who were either dumbfounded and frightened, obviously mentally disturbed, or violated.

The female martial artist was startled, and then her face was filled with uncontrollable anger. The hands hanging on her waist were clenched tightly, and the joints made a crisp cracking sound.

The officials who followed behind were silent.

"How could there be such a dungeon in Pei's villa?" This thought arose in everyone's mind.

Although lynching by big families is not uncommon in this world, even in the private sector, relative to government punishments, family rules and lynching are the mainstream.

But it's one thing to do it in private, and it's another thing to be stripped away to bask in the sun.

If Mrs. Pei commits such evil deeds, what should be done next?
Fortunately, they soon realized that this was not a question of trade-offs.

"Pei Wei!"

Ye Hongling's footsteps stopped abruptly, her voice was incredulous, she stared at the cell at the end, and called out the name.

In the cell, imprisoned by iron chains, the missing Patriarch Pei was lying on the ground, gasping like a gossamer.

His burly and tall body seemed to be drained dry, his muscles were atrophied, his complexion was pale, his hair was half white, and his expression was haggard...

Hearing the movement, he raised his eyelids with difficulty, and the moment he saw Ye Hongling, his eyes glowed with hope, he opened his mouth, and shouted in a hoarse voice:

"Kill... kill..."

However, he didn't have the strength to say that name after all, his eyes went dark, and he passed out from exhaustion.

It caused a burst of confusion, and when everyone brought Pei Wei out of the dungeon and just returned to the ground, there was another thunderous sound of horseshoes outside the villa.

This time, it was a master named Pei who arrived.

It's slow to say, but it's actually a little later than Demon Slayer.

The leader was Pei Qian with a long sword in his hand, who rushed in murderously, only to see his father with a haggard look, and his elder brother who was cold on the ground.

Most of the pride in Pei Qian's chest was vented in an instant, his eyes were red, and he staggered over with a hoarse voice:

"This...how could this be..."

Ye Hongling shook his head, stabilized his emotions, gave a general description of the situation, and said:
"The top priority is to send Patriarch Pei back to the city for treatment."

"Ah, that's right." Pei Qian woke up like a dream, picked up Pei Wei on his back, and led the people back to Yuhang.

"Boss, the murderer's footsteps have disappeared, and he seems to have fled to the mountains." A messenger rushed back and reported with hands folded.

Ye Hongling was silent for a while, then suddenly said:

"It's too late, there's no need to chase after him. Bring the person in the dungeon back to the Yamen, and I will go to the Pei family."

She only felt that her head was as big as a bucket, and what she saw tonight was like a mess.But if he wanted to find out the truth, he could only wait for Pei Wei to wake up.

"Boss, are you really not going after him?"

An official sent a test, and he felt that this was not the character of his boss.

Ye Hongling shook her head, and suddenly laughed at herself:
"Is it useful to catch up?"

He vaguely guessed that the person who shot was probably related to the mysterious warrior before, or it was this person at all.

The other party was also interested in the curse killing case, similar to the case of the Four Sacred Sect, and rushed to act before the court.

More importantly, it was the sword intent that still terrified her even though it was so far away.

"A person who can possess that kind of sword intent, I... can I really beat him?"

Ye Hongling doubted herself, feeling more and more in awe of Ji Pingan.

……

……

It was dark at night, but inside Pei's mansion, the lights were still brightly lit.

A large group of family servants and maidservants have heard about the movement in the mansion, although they don't know the details, how can they have a rest?
In the inner hall of the long room, the dignified and dignified Li Xiangjun, who was wearing purple robes and a golden step on his head, was sitting in the main seat, restless.

The beautiful woman clutched the corner of the dress with both hands, very hard, showing the uneasiness in her heart.

After leaving the Onmyoji Academy, she didn't drive out of the city to go to Banyue Villa.

It's not that she doesn't want to, but she knows very well that she is just a weak woman, without force, and going out of the city will only add to the chaos.

In contrast, once the masters are mobilized out of the city, Pei's heart will inevitably fluctuate, and she, the mistress, must come back to sit in charge.

"Why is there no news yet?"

Li Xiangjun was upset, he glanced at a "clock" on the table that was invented by the national teacher and only wealthy people could afford it, and couldn't help but say.

The talented girl Pei Qiuwei who was on the side hurriedly stepped forward, took her mother's hand and comforted her:
"The mansion is far away from Zhuangzi. It takes a long time to go back and forth. How can it be so fast? Mother should go to rest first, and my daughter will wait here."

Li Xiangjun shook his head bitterly:
"Where are you talking, how can you rest at this time for my mother?"

Pei Qiuwei pursed his lips, knowing that his comfort was powerless, turned his head and glanced at "Mo Chou" who was sitting in the chair opposite, and said:

"My sister is weak, so let's go back first."

Xu Yuanyun, who was dressed in white and had a delicate appearance, shook his head:

For such a big event, even if I can't do my best, it's better to accompany my aunt. "

While speaking, she turned her head to look at the night outside the hall, her starry eyes flickered, but she didn't know what she was thinking about.

In the dull and oppressive atmosphere, time passed by little by little, and suddenly there was a loud noise from outside, which immediately attracted the attention of the three female relatives in the hall.

Li Xiangjun hurriedly stood up, and walked to the front of the hall in a few steps, looking forward nervously, only to see a servant rushing towards with a lantern, his expression panicked:
"Ma'am, the third young master and the others are back!"

"How?" Li Xiangjun asked anxiously.

The servant swallowed and said, "The third young master came back with the master on his back."

Li Xiangjun and Pei Qiuwei were overjoyed, and the mother and daughter burst into smiles: "The husband (father) is back?!"

Although the supervisor gave enlightenment, Li Xiangjun still had doubts in his heart, but he didn't expect it to come true.

The servant looked at the excited mother and daughter, and said: "But the master looks haggard, as if he was seriously injured and unconscious."

The mother and daughter of the Pei family turned pale with shock, and their mood slipped from the peak of joy. Pei Qiuwei hurriedly comforted: "It's good to be alive... injury can always be recuperated."

The servant took a breath and said, "The Eldest Young Master came back together..."

The mood of the mother and daughter rose again, and they were pleasantly surprised. They didn't expect that not only the old one came back, but also the young one.

The servant let out a sigh of relief, and completed the second half of the sentence: "There is still the body of the eldest son..."

There was a sudden silence in the inner hall, Xu Yuanyun stood in the corner, and clearly saw the smiles on the faces of the mother and daughter froze, Pei Qiuwei froze in place, and Li Xiangjun's legs softened, and the servant quickly supported him:

"What did you say?!"

At this time, a group of people from outside broke in mightily.

The leader is Pei Qian, who is carrying the patriarch on his back, followed by Iron Sand, who is carrying the corpse, and after that, a group of Pei family masters, and a large group of demon-killing officials.

Li Xiangjun stared at this scene for a while, then passed out without a sound, causing a lot of jumps.

……

Onmyoji Palace.

A "yin and yang person" got off his horse, pushed the door and stepped into the school palace, then walked along the corridor to the back, and arrived at the building imitating the star observatory in Shendu.

Lift a lantern and walk up the wooden steps step by step.

In Yuhang City, the pavilions used to observe and record astrology are officially called "Star Observatory".

There are seven floors in total, standing in the high-lying school palace, enough to overlook Yuhang.

When the young hermaphrodite took a step forward and pushed away the railing at the top of the observatory, she saw an old man with white beard and white hair in a strange robe sitting cross-legged on the flat gossip platform.

"How is it?"

Qin Tianjian opened his eyes and woke up from meditation.

The yin and yang who was sent to Pei's to wait for news said respectfully:

"Reporting to Si Li, the members of the Pei family have returned and brought back the body of the Patriarch, the eldest son. It is said that when he arrived at the villa, it was like this..."

He narrated the information he had obtained in detail.

Qin Tianjian was listening carefully, his eyebrows raised: "Master Pei, was someone killed?"

The latter gave an "en" and said:

"I don't know where the murderer came from. If the warrior of Poqi is killed like this, isn't he afraid that Mrs. Pei will go crazy and retaliate?"

Qin Tianjian suddenly smiled and said:

"It's not necessarily hatred, maybe it's kindness?"

The hermaphrodite was puzzled, but the old prisoner in front of him waved his hand and ordered him to rest without explaining.

When the people left, the star official made a deduction from the strongest person in the world, and cast his eyes on a certain direction in the city, thoughtfully:
"Could it be that 'little guy' mentioned in Li Guofeng's letter? Do you want to meet him?"

……

Xici Hutong.

Under the old pear tree, wearing a round hat, dressed as an old official, sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, the owner of Tianji Pavilion suddenly raised his eyelids and looked in the direction of the closed courtyard door.

After a few breaths, footsteps approached, followed by a knock on the door.

After a while, the guard led back a man who was inconspicuous in appearance and couldn't make any waves when he was thrown in the crowd. The latter saluted and said, "This subordinate has seen the pavilion master!"

Old Man Tianji gave an "En" and lazily sat on the rocking chair, with an attitude of immortality and demeanor: "But is there any movement from Pei's side?"

The latter was convinced: "The pavilion master has a clever plan, saying that there may be a change today, and it really will."

The old man Tianji heard a series of rainbow farts, and said a little annoyed:

"Speak the truth."

"Yes." The latter dared not continue to flatter.

When Mrs. Pei was about to rush to Banyue Mountain Villa, they found that someone was there first, dead bodies were everywhere, the eldest son was killed, and he only told the story of rescuing the seriously injured Pei Wei.

The specific details are not grasped, but the outline of the incident is already clear... There are many people involved, and it is difficult to cover up the movement of returning to the city. After all, this matter cannot be suppressed, it just spreads sooner or later.

Old Man Tianji didn't care at first, but after hearing this, his expression changed obviously.

After his subordinates finished telling the whole story, they learned that someone had "taken the first step". Under the calm face of this well-known and extremely high-ranking Master of the Tianji Pavilion, his mood was overwhelmed and it was difficult to calm down.

He remembered that not long ago, the "expert" who helped him break free from the shackles learned about the case of the curse killing technique from him, and this evening, the demon slayer went out to arrest him.

And within a few hours, the missing Pei's father and son were found, one was seriously injured in a well, and the other died... And this happened under the nose of Ye Hongling, the murderous goddess.

How could he not be astonished and shocked?
In contrast, the intelligence gathering ability that Tianji Pavilion is proud of is so ridiculous.

"Is this his real strength?" Elder Tianji whispered in his heart, becoming more and more in awe of Ji Pingan, and even felt unfathomable.

"Pavilion Master? Pavilion Master?" Seeing that the old man was distracted, the subordinates couldn't help calling softly.

Elder Tianji came back to his senses, waved his hand, and said:

"Go ahead. Keep looking at Mrs. Pei, and report back with the results."

……

Qinhuai River.

As the night darkened, the large crowds of tourists dispersed, but the river section, which was the place of romance and moonlight, was still brightly lit.

The boats and boats are filled with the sound of poetry reciting, drinking orders, music, singing and dancing, and the noisy sound of men and women laughing.

On the second floor, inside the Nuan Pavilion, Xiang Ning stood alone in front of the window, staring at the river outside and the river bank in a trance.

The night wind blew in, and the almost transparent gauze on her body shook, and she felt refreshed all over, but her face was full of anxiety.

As an experienced Anzi, she was not undetected in the past, but she relied on her wit to save herself from danger time and time again.

Only this time tonight, there was no sign at all, and the last words of the mysterious man made her even more imaginative.

"Not only did I see my 'body'... I even claimed to be my old friend..." Xiang Ning was a little distracted:
"Who is he? Who's will is behind it?"

As a professional spy, she subconsciously ran through the forces in Yuhang City in her mind, but she couldn't find any suitable targets.

"Forget it, since he's interested in Pei's case, I'll show him the way to Banyue Mountain Villa, then we just need to wait and see what happens."

"Oh, I'm not afraid of you moving, I'm afraid of you not moving... The premise is that you can come back alive."

Xiang Ning thought proudly, she had been secretly observing the "cursed killer" long ago, and felt a strong crisis.

Based on the information provided by the Yaozu's intelligence network in Yuhang City, she has already inferred:

If you want to deal with the people in Banyue Villa, at least you have to be a monk in a well to be safer.

"If you dare to threaten and scare me, I'm not easy to provoke." Xiang Ning thought quietly:

"This trick is called borrowing a knife to kill, and it is also called the oriole."

Just as she was proud, there was a knock on the door, and then a maid walked in:
"Girl, Mrs. Pei and the officials are back."

Xiang Ning turned around, stared at the other party with her deep eyes, and asked:
"Oh? How did things turn out?"

The "servant" said: "Patriarch Pei was seriously injured, and Young Master Pei died, but these have nothing to do with the demon slaying master and Pei's master, but a mysterious strong man who took the first step..."

The dark line of the Yaozu who was possessed by a maid told the news that he had found out.

The smile on Xiangning's face froze, her pupils dilated, Xue Ni's chest heaved violently, and her heart was filled with strong consternation and rejoicing for the rest of her life.

Undoubtedly, "he" was the one who made the move ahead of time... and I still questioned his strength, but now it seems... my life has really turned around in the gate of hell.

"Continue to investigate, I want to know the follow-up situation." Xiang Ning said.

The "maid girl" gave a grunt, then hesitated, and asked, "Do you need to change your identity?"

Xiang Ning hesitated for a moment, was silent for a long time, shook her head and said:

"No need for now."

……

Old Willow Street.

In the quiet and deserted alley, the blue bricks on the ground suddenly bulged and then collapsed, as if there was an earth dragon walking.

In the courtyard of Yijingzhai, soil splashed like a fountain, pushing four people out of it.

Huang He landed lightly, and Mu Yaoyao sat on the ground with her buttocks on the ground. With a sound of "Ouch", she rubbed her buttocks with her mouth pursed.

Yu Yu was gasping for breath, holding his knees, as if he was holding back, and when he saw Ji Pingan coming out, he couldn't help but say, "You really killed that guy? Why didn't the saint see it?"

On the way, Ji Pingan roughly explained the matter, hiding the key parts, and only said that he killed the "eldest son".

"You were in a coma at the time, so of course you didn't see it." Ji Pingan was confident.

Yu Yu choked, she looked suspicious, she felt that with Ji Ping'an's strength, it was impossible to do it, but she couldn't find any evidence of his cheating.

Ji Ping'an's cultivation was seriously exhausted, and he would be exhausted, so he said:
"Everyone go to rest first, and talk about it later."

After speaking, he returned to the room first, and after closing the door, impatiently took out two "star fragments".

At the moment when the two fragments were thrown on the floor at the same time, a sudden change occurred.

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