The national teacher does not practice

Chapter 202 A Golden Coffin and a Corner of an Old Red Dress ([-] words for subscription)
In front of the White Tiger Hall.

This sudden scene caused the crowd to riot briefly, but it ended equally quickly.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Huai, the leader of the martial arts alliance, punched out the werewolf who "exploded his identity" from the air, and until the dust settled, many people present realized it later and exclaimed.

"Duliang!"

Beside Ji Ping'an, Lu Qing's cheeks twitched, and he looked at the swordsman lying in a pool of blood in astonishment, his eyes filled with puzzlement and shock.

"The thief of the Four Sacred Sect, it was Du Liang who assassinated the head of Tiancan Sect and Old Xu!"

The rest of the Jianghu people couldn't believe it either.

Many people present had heard of this kendo genius, but it was also because of this that few people suspected him.

After all, a predictable Jianghu elite who has earned a reputation in the arena does not have many enemies. No matter how he thinks about it, it makes no sense to seek refuge in the Four Sacred Sect, known as the "Demon Cult".

"Hei Changshi, this person is really..."

Jiang Xiaotang also froze in place, still doubting himself.

Duliang fell on the ground with the scarf on his head scattered, and the corner of his mouth overflowed with blood, but he smiled:

"Unexpectedly, I thought I was cautious and avoided these warriors, but I didn't expect that I would follow the way of the Immortal Family of the Beast Sect. No injustice."

Yu Yu was amazed, and turned her fair face to stare at Ji Pingan:
"How did you know?"

Ji Pingan shook his head and said briefly:
"Last night, the Royal Beast Sect released a 'pupil bird' over the town."

Hitomi bird...is a relatively special pet beast. Its combat power is very weak, but it is born with a strong ability to hide from traces, and it has many eye holes, which can monitor a large area...

Ji Pingan returned last night, and only after Jiang Jiang reminded him did he notice the existence of the "pupil bird", and immediately realized that the Beastmaster Sect was also paying attention to this case.

The death of the head of the Tiancan Sect was too sudden, and there was no time to observe, but as a "walking", Hei Changshi would definitely not remain silent.

Therefore, after learning that the murderer made another attack last night, Ji Pingan knew that there was a high probability that his whereabouts had fallen into the sight of the "pupil bird".

Then, before arriving at the White Tiger Hall, he secretly knocked on the "token" to call Hei Changshi.

He is very clear:

The Emperor Beast Sect will not allow this alliance to be broken. Facing the enemy of the Four Sages, the Emperor Beast Sect also needs the efforts of the Wulin League.

Although Yu Yu's brain is not very bright, but he can see through it, and he let out an "Ah".

At this time, disciples of the Jiang family had stepped forward and bound the seriously injured Du Liang to prevent him from committing suicide.

Then, under Jiang Huai's instructions, it was dragged under the "Baihutang Plaque".

During the process, the martial arts heroes continued to curse and angrily reprimanded:

Knowing the face but not the heart.

And when this former genius was suppressed by Baihu, Jiang Huai asked even more harshly:
"Did the two of you kill them? Tell the truth!"

Du Liang kept silent, and suddenly a disciple who searched him pulled out a jet-black jade tablet from his bosom, and as it left the body, it shattered with a click, Du Liang grunted, his eyes blurred, showing fear :
"Yes……"

Sure enough, it's a magic weapon... Ji Ping'an nodded slightly, so the other party relied on cheats to avoid yesterday's "polygraph".

Then, Du Liang narrated the process of committing the crime, which was quite different from what everyone had speculated.

At first, he planned to take advantage of the alliance's agenda to kill the head of Tiancan sect, but unexpectedly, by chance, Ji Pingan became the biggest suspect and took away most of the firepower for him.

It was also for this reason that prompted him to speed up his attack on Xu Ming.

"You took refuge in the Four Sacred Cults? Why?" Jiang Huai asked sharply, his face turning livid.

Du Liang struggled briefly, bowed his head in silence, and was bound and knelt in front of the hall, trembling all over.

There was a lot of shouting and cursing around, as if he was desperately resisting the pressure of the white tiger, he refused to speak.

Ji Pingan's expression suddenly changed slightly:
"Not right..."

at the same time.

Du Liang suddenly raised his head, his handsome face was distorted and ferocious, and a huge "bun" protruded between his eyebrows, as if there were strange maggots crawling under his skin, which was extremely shocking.

"what is that……"

Amid the exclamation, Hei Changshi raised his hand to capture the person, but he saw that the corner of Du Liang's mouth suddenly split into an exaggerated arc, and his eyes were fierce and deep:
"It's late, you are already late, everyone is going to die..."

After finishing speaking, there was a "snap" between his eyebrows, and a cloud of blood exploded.

A body of black and red striped Gu worm exploded, Du Liang's whole body seemed to be hit by a bullet, his body tilted, and he fell to the ground with a "plop", his breath was cut off.

The old doctor "King of Medicine" stepped forward, took a look, and his expression changed slightly:
"Could this be the 'Gu worm' used by the Four Saints to manipulate people's hearts in the past? Demon species?"

The expression of Mrs. Wuxin and others changed slightly:

"Isn't this thing extinct long ago? Why did it reappear?"

The scene was chaotic.

"Devil Seed"...

This word is a bit unfamiliar in today's Jianghu, but it is recorded in the classics of various sects, and it is a method used by the Four Sages to control their subordinates.

It has made countless masters in the rivers and lakes frightened, and everyone is in danger.

Even Saint Yu Yu frowned:
"Has this group of people even tampered with Gu worms?"

Ji Ping'an's attention was only focused on Du Liang's last sentence:

"It's late, why is it late?"

……

……

a few days ago.

Qixia Town is located in Sanhuang County. To the northwest, that is, in the direction of Yuhang City, there is a "Chess Pier Mountain", which is famous for its resemblance to a "chess pier".

There is a village at the foot of the mountain.

More than ten days ago, people in the village fell ill one after another, lost their minds, and disappeared mysteriously.

When the news reached the county government, the magistrate of Sanhuang County attached great importance to it, and immediately dispatched the head of the government office to investigate. From the county town to Qidun Mountain, it took two days to ride a horse.

"Boss, the village where the accident happened is right ahead, but it feels a bit eerie."

At the foot of Qidun Mountain, a party of three in the Yamen rode on horseback to look out, and a fast guard muttered.

The leader he was talking about, that is, the head of the iron catcher of the Sanhuang County Yamen, showed displeasure:
"Zi Buyu speaks strange powers and distracts, what strange words."

Another cop said:
"Yes. But I always worry about whether there will be an epidemic."

The iron catcher shook his head and rejected it:

"A doctor has already seen it. It is not a disease that can be transmitted to others. What's more, I have brought Taoist medicine here and only stayed for a short time. There is nothing to be afraid of."

The two of them touched the elixir distributed by the yamen in their arms, and they immediately felt relieved.

The iron catcher shook the reins and continued on his way, but even though he said so, when he looked at the village ahead, he also felt that the light was dim, like an invisible layer of black veil in the air.

When the three of them entered the village, they felt more clearly that the heat from the sun had dropped a lot.

The village is not big, but according to experience, seeing outsiders coming will definitely attract the attention of many villagers.

But in reality, only a dozen or so villagers came out sparsely.

The head of an old man is the village head, and his face is a little blue at the moment. Seeing the arrival of the official, he hurriedly said:
"Little old man has seen the bad guy..."

The square-eyed Tie Butou got off his horse and waved his hands, and asked a few simple questions, but his brows were slightly frowned.

Although the dozen or so villagers in front of me can talk, their eyes are a little dull, their thinking is a little slow, and I don't know if it's because of the light, they always feel lack of color.

"Okay, don't talk nonsense, we don't know how to treat diseases, and we are here this time under the order of the county lord to investigate the disappearance of the villagers," Tie Butou said:

"Do you have any clues? Tell me in detail."

"Yes, yes." The elderly village head was stunned for a moment, then nodded slowly, and said:
"In the beginning, some people fell ill, and then at dawn, they were found to be missing, and no one could find them.

Later, another person fell ill, so we sent people to guard them all night. As a result, in the middle of the night, we saw the sick person get up, walk out of the house, and walk towards the stream outside the village. They were tied up, and it turned out that other sick people did the same... Afterwards, all the sick people in the village were tied up. "

Oh?
The iron catcher's eyes lit up, and he said:

"Which stream? Where exactly? Take me to see it."

As a head arrester in a county, he has more knowledge than ordinary people, and he has also come into contact with practitioners, so he immediately realized that this matter is not easy.

After listening to the old village head, he was stunned for a few seconds before he nodded in a daze:

"Come on……"

Saying that, leading the rest of the villagers towards a certain direction of the village, a policeman whispered:

"Boss, this group of people are weird, they look infiltrating."

Tie Butou glared at him, but he also clenched the handle of the magic weapon saber.

Not long after, a group of people walked around a forest, and a stream appeared in front of them.

It runs through the entire village, extending to Qidun Mountain at one end, and converging into the complex water veins of Sanhuang County at the other end.

"That's it." The village head pointed.

Tie Butou stepped closer and found that this was a shoal.

It should be the place where the villagers usually fetch water.

However, what surprised him was that under the sun, in the shallow water on the beach, something seemed to protrude.

"Boss, it looks like a coffin, no, it's a 'golden coffin'!"

A sharp-eyed catcher ran over a few steps and exclaimed.

A golden coffin?

Tie Butou was stunned, how could there be a coffin in the water?
No, the key point is the word "gold". Who can use gold to cast a coffin?
Probably gold paint, or copper... Could it be that there is an ancient tomb in Qidun Mountain?
A coffin washed down the hill by the rain?

Fell into a stream?
Tie Chuan's brain stretched, and he felt inexplicably uneasy, and wanted to raise his hand to say something.

But when the two subordinates heard the word "gold", they forgot their fear, stepped on the water in a hurry, moved over, and then yelled around the coffin:

"Boss, come and see."

Tie Butou hesitated, but walked over slowly while pressing the handle of the knife.

I saw that the coffin was inserted obliquely in the water, the lower half was deep into the sand, and the upper half was exposed.

The coffin board was loose and almost lifted, and a scorched black arm inside the coffin could be seen through the gap, as if it had been baptized by the catastrophe.

The surface shimmers with a faint light of metal-like light, revealing a kind of evil.

"Stand back! This thing might be a bit evil..."

As Tie Butou was talking, he suddenly found no one answering. He raised his head, only to see two yamen servants suddenly stiffened, their faces ashen, and they fell straight in the stream.

Tie Butou's pupils shrank suddenly, and only then did he see the corpses of villagers crouching in the mud and sand of the stream, bowing down to the golden coffin like a pilgrimage.

Deng Deng!

Tie Butou was startled, subconsciously took a few steps back, and drew out his knife with a "swipe", but heard a low-pitched laughter behind him.

Those villagers!

Tie Butou subconsciously turned around and looked at the village head and others waiting on the shore.

At the same time, in the golden coffin behind him, a finger on the front of the scorched arm suddenly moved lightly.

……

……

In front of the White Tiger Hall.

Du Liang's accidental death exposed the news of the reappearance of Gu worms called "Devil Seeds". Immediately, all the members of the Wulin League were in danger, and finally realized:
The importance of eradicating the Four Saints.

If you say that before, the reason why everyone formed an alliance was only because they were worried that the Four Sacred Religions would carve up and compete for their inherent interests.

At that moment, when witnessing Du Liang's death, an atmosphere of anxiety, urgency, and even panic began to pervade.

If the Four Sages have regained control of this method, then Du Liang, who has broken through the Four Realms, will be manipulated and driven by him. How confident are the rest of the Jiang Hu people present that they can resist?

"Everyone!" Jiang Huai's face darkened, and he said loudly:
"The methods of the Four Sacred Sects are brutal, and they have mastered the demon seeds. They have initially recovered, and there are not many methods. If they cannot be wiped out as soon as possible, once they are expanded and the demon seeds flood, I am afraid that we will not be free anymore. Become someone else's puppet!"

As soon as these words came out, all the experts in the old and new martial arts fell silent.

Realized that compared to life and death, the so-called "martial arts battle" was really nothing.

Chen Qingsheng also took the opportunity to encourage, saying that the top priority should be to deal with the Four Sages.

"I'm afraid our action is already too late." Ji Pingan said with an ugly face, looking around everyone:

"Do you still remember that the physiognomist said yesterday that he foresaw a catastrophe?"

Catastrophe... Everyone's hearts sank.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of a trumpet, which immediately attracted everyone's attention. Jiang Huai suddenly raised his head and looked out of the courtyard.

Immediately, only the sound of horseshoes approaching.

A group of Martial Arts League disciples rushed into the town on horseback. When they arrived in front of the White Tiger Hall, they got off their horses and rushed into the courtyard, panting:

"League leader! The spies have sent news that in Sanhuang County, there have been corpses resuscitated in many places, and murders have occurred. It is suspected that the evil way has caused chaos. Some members of the sect were attacked by corpses. After killing them, they found that they were suspected to be controlled by Gu insects..."

boom--

The scene suddenly boiled, and Ji Pingan sighed.

There is no need to listen to the follow-up words. With his knowledge, he has already guessed the situation from the description:

"I know the plans of the Four Saints."

Jiang Xiaotang's heart was in turmoil, and she couldn't help but look at him when she heard the words:
"Master Li, what did you say?"

Ji Pingan shook his head and said:
"The Four Sages must have used some method to spread Gu insects, using the people in the surrounding counties as the carrier and nourishment. This is the method of 'refining corpses and nourishing Gu'. It is a unique method of magic in ancient times, primitive Gu Insects are weak and can only invade mortal bodies.

After entering the human body, only some of them can survive, and transform the mortal body through the spirit of heaven and earth, making its skin as hard as iron. These become "iron corpses", and these iron corpses will grow by attacking others and devouring flesh and blood. Gradually become stronger.

When it matures, the original Gu worm can transform into a 'demon seed', and the corpse transformed by it can also be driven by the 'corpse refining method'..."

Hearing this, the expressions of everyone present changed suddenly.

Ji Pingan continued:
"The Four Sages knew that they couldn't sit still and wait for the major Jianghu sects to wipe them out, so they simply took the initiative to create chaos. Now if the entire county has spread, then they must take advantage of these iron corpses. Kill it, or if you allow it to grow, you will know the consequences."

The old doctor of Yaowang lost his voice:
"How dare they do this... aren't they afraid of attracting a great sect of immortal masters?"

Ji Ping'an was silent, those "old friends" who came back from history, even dared to make plans for the Great Zhou Guoyun, let alone killing people, raising Gu and refining corpses?
Having said that, Jiang Xiaotang suddenly looked at Hei Changshi:
"Can the Immortal Master of the Beast Sect come out of the mountain?"

The smile on Hei Changshi's face also disappeared at this moment, and beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, realizing that things were worse than expected.

He said solemnly:

"This matter is of great importance, and the Beastmaster Sect is duty-bound, but I'm afraid it's too late... Even if I go back to the mountain to report immediately, it may be too late when the sect sends people over."

Jiang Huai also spoke:
"What if the master takes action?"

Hei Changshi is bitter:
"The master is naturally extremely powerful, but the premise is that the enemy is clear, but now that the Gu worms are spreading among the people, and the iron corpses are spreading everywhere, even if the master takes action, the entire Sanhuang County can't be turned into scorched earth, right?"

The strong in the Divine Hidden Realm are indeed powerful, but they are not omnipotent!
Unless it completely disregards the life and death of mortals and conducts a saturated attack on the entire area, but this is obviously impossible.

Chen Qingsheng also changed his face and said:
"In this way, this matter can only be taken over by the Wulin League first, and try its best to kill the iron corpse to prevent it from being promoted to a more powerful 'devil seed', and then wait for the arrival of the immortal masters of the various sects and the court."

Ji Pingan remained silent, he felt that there were still some joints in this matter that did not make sense.

At this time, the warriors of the Wulin League could no longer sit still.

They came here to crusade against the Four Saints, and now they are more aware of:
Once the demon seeds and iron corpses have reached a scale, they will be enslaved by them sooner or later in the style of the "Four Sacred Religions" in history.

Whether it is for justice or self-preservation.

All can only be shot.

"What Master Chen said is very true, so what are you waiting for?"

"I'd like to try it out, how powerful is that Laoshizi Iron Corpse?"

All of a sudden, Jianghu warriors spoke one after another, and their evil spirits rose. Seeing this, Jiang Huai immediately called for a meeting to invite the powerful from all factions to discuss specific strategies.

"Master Li, aren't you going?"

Jiang Xiaotang couldn't help being surprised when he saw Ji Ping'an turned around and left with the crowd.

Ji Pingan just waved his hand and said:
"There are only three of us, just let us know after you agree."

Jiang Xiaotang felt a little regretful. She still wanted to test the identity of the "sword holder", but she had to give up now.

For a while, the people in the rivers and lakes dispersed.

Some went to a meeting, and some returned to their residences, packed their bags, and prepared to deal with it.

At the same time, spread this shocking news to the entire Qixia Town.

Hei Changshi also left with a sullen face, probably trying to use a special technique to report to the sect.

Wei Huayang in the crowd didn't say a word, he didn't know what he was thinking, but just looked at the back of Ji Pingan who was going away for a long time, quietly lost in thought.

……

Inside the inn.

"Ji Sichen, what should we do next? Why don't you attend their meeting?"

As soon as he returned to the room, Pei Qian couldn't help but say.

Yu Yu also looked over, and the smile on the saint's face disappeared, and she was a little dignified:

"Did you find something?"

The saint's IQ is average, but her intuition at critical moments has always been very reliable.

Ji Pingan said "En", pushed open the window of the inn, looked at the people from the rivers and lakes discussing in the teahouses and restaurants on the street outside, felt the strong tension in the air, and said:
"I suspect it's not that simple."

Yu Yu was curious: "Oh?"

Ji Pingan said:
"First, if the Four Sages just wanted to raise Gu and refine corpses, why did they have to choose Sanhuang County? They knew that there were a lot of people from the rivers and lakes here, and Sanhuang County was not too remote. Even the Zhou Army Mansion is not the farthest, if I were to do it, of course I would choose a remote and unobtrusive place."

Yu Yu fell into deep thought:
"Yes. It's not normal."

Ji Pingan continued:

"The second is the method. 'Refining corpses and nourishing Gu' sounds simple, but in fact it is very complicated. There are no omissions, but it didn't take long for the Four Sages to revive, and they could be re-cultivated, which is a bit faster.

Moreover, the most important point is that the only way I can think of to spread Gu worms to the entire county in a short period of time, causing corpses to appear everywhere, is to use something with a large enough source as the source ', and ask the experts to use a special secret method to deal with it, and then spread it through water veins or wind and rain..."

Yu Yu recalled the records in the Taoist classics, with a serious brow, and said:
"It's true, it's extremely difficult to do it. And there must be a way to avoid the eyes of the top powerhouses... Do you suspect that these two things are related?"

Ji Pingan nodded, his eyes flickering:

"I have some ideas, but I'm not sure yet. Need to confirm. Let me be quiet for a while."

Yu Yu froze for a moment, then pursed his lips, nodded and turned around.

Carrying the bewildered Pei Qian out of the room, he closed the door.

When he was alone in the room, Ji Pingan closed the window and sat cross-legged on the floor.

After thinking for a while, he first took out the space kit that he carried with him, and poured out the star fragments.

Starting with the heavy fragments, he immediately noticed that the spiritual essence in his body was abnormally active.

And there is a feeling of being connected with the blood of this fragment - this is the "harvest" he obtained last time by using astrology to spy on the secrets of the starry sky.

The most important thing among them was that the Taoist priest he saw in the "dream" threw him a strange power.

That power is hidden in the fragment, but it is always separated from him by a layer, and it seems that if he wants to use it, he needs to grasp the "fragment" thoroughly.

"Probably equivalent to the identification of the owner of the magic weapon?"

Ji Pingan muttered silently, habitually warming and nurturing with spiritual essence.

During this period of time, he had to warm and nourish him every night in his practice, and he could clearly feel that the distance from which he could use that trace of power was not far away.

But not enough yet.

Ji Pingan put away the fragments with his backhand, took out the old hexagonal astrolabe, and closed his eyes.

In the next second, the eyes released a brilliant light, and the complex star patterns on the simple astrolabe lit up one by one.

A illusory astrolabe phantom suddenly emerged, slowly revolving around him, and Ji Pingan tried to divination himself again.

Unsurprisingly, he sensed a force that interfered with fate, blocked the secrets of heaven, and prevented him from investigating.

But perhaps because the crisis was approaching, finally there were still a few broken and blurred "pictures of the future" coming into his mind from the starlight.

After a while.

Ji Pingan gripped the astrolabe tightly, finished the astrology, and the light in his eyes faded away.

Exhale lightly, frowning tightly.

Among the many pictures, the clearest one is lying on the ground, looking at the sky, a bamboo hat and a red skirt appear in the dark sky.

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typo to help catch bugs
(End of this chapter)