Bone Taoist

Chapter 544 Lure the snake out of its hole

The sentry gold flying sword shot through the air at high speed and was stopped by the palace's restrictions. The guards took action and captured it.

"This is the Sentinel Gold Flying Sword that comes from my Lingxia Mountain Gate."

Ye Zang's face darkened slightly, he glanced at the contents of the Whistle Golden Flying Sword, and hesitated.

"Master Ye Cave, what happened at the mountain gate?" Ao Chang asked attentively when he saw Ye Zang's expression.

"No need to worry about small things." Ye Zang waved his hands and smiled, tilting his head and saying.

"If there is anyone I can help with in the future, Cave Master Ye just ask." Ao Chang said with narrowed eyes.

"Thank you all for your love. Ye Han bids you farewell." Ye Zang bowed his hands and took off into the air.

Ao Shang looked at Ye Zang who was flying away, hesitating for a moment, and then called his bodyguard. This bodyguard was a member of the common people of Ao Shang's lineage. He seemed ordinary, but his moral conduct was also good. The realm of Nascent Soul.

"Go and investigate the foundation of Tianheng Mountain."

"Du Tong, he is just the master of Yilingshan Cave. Do you need to be so concerned?" the guard couldn't help but ask.

"This person has a clean foundation and extraordinary potential. He is new here and deserves a close friendship." Ao Chang said in a deep voice.

"Subordinates take orders."

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Ye Zang rode the mysterious light all the way and flew away through the air.

After half a day, we returned to Tianheng Mountain. Lingxia Cave is now flourishing. In the hundreds of cave palaces at the foot of the mountain, the outer disciples are concentrating on cultivating Taoism.

Hearing the commotion outside, they all came out to take a look.

But all he could see was a streak of blood-colored escaping light, which went straight to the top of Lingxia Peak like lightning.

As soon as Ye Zang entered the ancient monastery, Han Boxong and three others came in a hurry, holding a gold slip with the seal of the imperial dynasty on it.

"Master Master, you are finally back!" Miao Yi said.

"What's the matter, calling me in such a hurry?" Ye Zang asked, taking a sip of spiritual tea. In the sentry golden flying sword, Han Boji and the others only said that the number of tributes had changed, without any detailed explanation.

"Junior brother, just take a look." Han Boxong's face sank slightly and he presented the gold slip.

Seeing that the three people looked very solemn, Ye Zang realized that the matter was not simple. He took the gold slip and did not look through it immediately, but asked: "Who sent this golden slip and spiritual sticker?"

"It was sent by Wang Xun Angel's Taoist boy, saying it was the amount of tribute that will be paid in autumn this year." Gong Yuliang said with a slight frown.

Ye Zang heard the words and opened the gold slip to take a look.

His expression changed, and his face immediately darkened.

The number of tributes to be paid this year is 200,000 high-grade spiritual stones, 300 thousand-year-old spiritual bamboos, and 50 thousand-year-old heavenly materials and earthly treasures.

"This number is wrong. There are only one or two hundred people in Lingxia Peak, including the outer disciples. Why do we have to pay so much tribute?" Ye Zang threw the spiritual stickers on the table and said. According to the tribute rules of the Fengtian Dynasty, Lingxia Cave Heaven only needs to hand over 5,000 spirit stones to break the sky this year.

"The Taoist boy said that it was an old account when the master opened the mountain gate, and now it has to be settled together..." Han Boxong said with an embarrassed expression.

"An old account from ten thousand years ago, haha." Ye Zang sneered and said, "Someone must be causing trouble in this matter."

Not counting the old scores after so many years, Lingxia Cave Heaven has just begun to show signs of rising and prospering, and this happened.

The items handed over this time were not a small amount. Ye Zang did not bring many spiritual pearls and spiritual stones with him when he came to Zhongzhou. Basically, all the previous expenses were spent on repairing the mountain gate. Moreover, Lingxia has declined in recent years, and the surrounding spiritual land resources have been seized by others long ago. Now that they have just been recovered, they have not accumulated much wealth at all.

"Junior brother, do you doubt Luo Yanjun?" Miao Yi asked.

"Although the Sikong Xun Angel is Na Luo Yanjun's brother-in-law, he is meticulous and extremely upright in his actions. There is no way that this tribute matter will open up an old score from ten thousand years ago." Han Boxong frowned and said: "What's more, this year it's the Wang Xun The angel came to collect the tribute, and Luo Yanjun usually had little interaction with this patrolling angel."

"There is the seal of the patrol angel on it. The patrol angel Wang must have seen this gold slip. Since he has acquiesced in this matter, the tribute paid this time must not be less. Alas!" Gong Yuliang sighed.

The imperial seal has fallen, and no matter what, so much tribute has been paid.

At a critical moment in Lingxia's development, asking Lingxia Dongtian to devote so many resources is obviously to contain Lingxia. I don't know who is behind it.

"According to what the three senior brothers have seen, how should we deal with this matter?" Ye Zang looked up.

"In the west of Central Continent, you can't offend the patrol angels by offending anyone, let alone defaulting on paying tribute. Now in this situation, we have to bite the bullet and sell the spiritual land. Otherwise, when autumn comes, the tribute will not be collected, and the fairy city will be blamed. There will be consequences It’s unimaginable..." Han Boxong lowered his head slightly and said with a frown. The spiritual land had just been taken back from Taixu Cave Heaven, and it was still warm in his hands. When Han Boxong suggested it, his heart was bleeding.

"A few years ago, there was a sect in the west that failed to pay the tribute in full. The Wang Xun Angel overturned the mountain gate of the sect in a rage." Gong Yu said with a palpitating conscience. With that Wang Xun Angel's ability, if he gets angry, Lingxia Cave Heaven will never be able to withstand his anger.

"Wang Quan took up the position of Patrolling Angel five hundred years ago. At that time, he had already achieved the third level of Nascent Soul. In these years, he suppressed secret places in the west and collected tributes in order to accumulate military achievements and exchange for cooperation with the dynasty. Tao's out-of-body Taoism, among the seven patrol angels in the west, his strength can be ranked among the top three." Miao Yi also said.

In Zhongzhou, whether it is forming a pill or the soul leaving the body and traveling in the secret realm of Taixu, it must be checked and balanced by the imperial dynasty.

Therefore, after many talented casual cultivators become Taoists, they will choose to work in the dynasty, accumulate military exploits, and plan a path for themselves.

Ye Zang listened to the three people talking and was thinking about countermeasures in his heart.

Now that summer has just begun, and autumn is still three months away, the spiritual veins under Lingxia Peak can produce at most a thousand high-grade spiritual stones. Counting the resources of the surrounding spiritual lands, it can only sustain tens of thousands.

Ye Zang has a lot of treasures on his body, and he can exchange for resources by going to the Yibao Society. He can take advantage of this loss.

But those who are secretly obstructing must be found out and pay the price with blood.

The patrolling angel Wang only cares about the amount of tribute. The more he collects, the more military achievements he accumulates, but he cannot take advantage of it. The bad debts left by Chen Baishan at the beginning are justified. As for the life and death of Lingxia Cave, , he doesn’t care.

"Is there any clue about the murder of Senior Brother Miao Yi's direct disciple?" Ye Zang asked. He heard about this when he first came to Lingxia. At that time, Miao Yi's direct disciple was sent to the fairy city to do business. He was ambushed and killed on the way. The murderer was extremely arrogant and put the head of Miao Yi's disciple in a rosewood box. , sent to the gate of Lingxia Mountain.

During these days, Miao Yi was constantly running around for this matter.

Hearing Ye Zang mention this matter, Miao Yi also sighed and slowly said: "My disciple's body was found a hundred miles away from Lingxia Peak. The Taoism he practiced was extremely weird, and it didn't look like the sect in Tianheng Mountain. What you did.”

At that time, the head was cut off and brought to Lingxia Peak. The other corpses were found in the barren land far away from Lingxia Peak. At that time, the relationship between Taixu and Lingxia was tense, and Miao Yi thought it was Taixu Dongtian who did it. However, after carefully checking the Taoist aura remaining on the corpse, he found that it was not Taixu's Nascent Soul Master who did it.

The person who did this was obviously deliberately seeking revenge and killing for no reason.

"In the past, when the master was still here, he dominated Tianheng Mountain and drove out many small sects in Lingshan. He made many enemies. The death of my nephew may be related to the remnants of those sects." Han Boyong said calmly.

During the years when Lingxia Cave Heaven was in decline, the descendants of the sect who were driven out of Tianheng Mountain by Chen Baishan in the past caused a lot of trouble for Han Boxong and the others.

"Where is the body of Master Gao's nephew? Can you let me take a look?" Ye Zang asked at this moment.

Miao Yi's face darkened, and he immediately took out a crystal coffin.

The body of his direct disciple Gao Yuan was being sealed inside, with his head cut open and surrounded by a ghostly aura. This was the only clue. Miao Yi was well preserved.

The corpse has the Taoist aura left by the perpetrator.

Ye Zang's Dharma Eye penetrated through and observed it carefully.

"The murderer of the Taoist attack was Yuanying Taoist." Ye Zang took a closer look and noticed a few wisps of Yuanying's magic power.

In Tianheng Mountain, most of the Yuanying Taoists are the headmasters and supreme elders of the same sect. Those people are the only ones in total. If not them, they can only be monks from outside.

"During these days, have other Yuanying Taoists entered Tianheng Mountain?" Ye Zang asked.

"I never noticed it." Han Boxong frowned and shook his head.

"That person acted like this and killed the most talented disciple of my Lingxia Peak. He was not the Yuanying Taoist of Tianheng Mountain. It can be inferred that he must have had some kind of life-and-death grudge against me, Lingxia. According to what Senior Brother Han just said, it was probably These are the descendants of those sects that Master expelled back then." Miao Yi deduced.

"Since there is a first time, there must be a second time. Let the disciples under my sect be more careful and stop walking outside before the murderer is found." Ye Zang's eyes sank slightly and he said thoughtfully: "We have to find a way to lure the snake out of the hole. , lead that person out."

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Time passed quietly, and in the blink of an eye, two months passed, and the weather gradually became cooler.

Autumn is getting closer and closer, and the caves of various sects in Tianheng Mountain have successively received tribute gold slips from the patrol angels. They are all preparing spiritual materials and spiritual objects and do not dare to neglect.

The mountain gate of Taixu Cave, inside the palace cave.

Luo Yanjun was sitting on the futon with his eyes closed and concentrating. The rich spiritual incense was burning on the table, attracting the spiritual energy from all directions.

Since his defeat to Ye Zang that day, he has become more diligent in practice, studying Taoism and magical powers all day long, in order to one day be able to shame the Snow Jade Dragon Tiangu.

Suddenly, there was the sound of hurried footsteps outside. Lu Laodao was wearing a green robe and making hunting noises. His eye sockets were sunken and his expression was extremely gloomy. But at this moment, he was smiling, as if he knew something extremely happy. His whole body Radiant.

"Hahaha, Fellow Daoist Luo, God help me wait!" Lu Laodao strode away and laughed sternly.

Luo Yanjun squinted his eyes, raised his brows, and asked attentively: "Fellow Taoist Lu, why are you so happy? Could it be that you have made another breakthrough in your Taoist practice?"

"That's not the case. Have you heard about the movements on Lingxia Peak a few days ago?" Lu Laodao said with a sinister smile.

Luo Yanjun's eyes darkened, he spoke thoughtfully, and said: "Yesterday the clouds and mists dispersed, and there was thunder roaring and wanton in the high sky of Lingxia Peak, but something happened in the Nine Heavens, or something rare happened The natural materials were left behind?"

"No, just listen to me and tell me slowly!" Lu Laodao fluttered his sleeves, took a sip of spiritual tea, and said with a smile: "These days, I have been dormant around Lingxia Cave, observing the protection of Lingxia. Mountain Formation, I didn’t expect to have an unexpected harvest. Isn’t the Ye Cave Master a young infant cultivator? Yesterday was the Lotus Tribulation of the fourth level of crossing the earth. The thunder that was triggered was so overbearing that it directly split the top of the mountain. Hundreds of feet, dust and gravel flying everywhere!"

"Oh?" Luo Yanjun narrowed his eyes and stood up.

"I have a hidden clue buried in Lingxia Cave. He is a disciple of the inner sect. According to what he said, Cave Master Ye could not survive the Lotus Tribulation by force. Instead, his family suffered heavy injuries. He was preparing to go to the Yibao Society in the Immortal City to exchange for the healing treasure. !" Fellow Daoist Lu smiled sadly, his eyes were gloomy, and he said: "It's a shame that he didn't successfully overcome the tribulation, otherwise his Taoist magical powers would have greatly increased, making it even more difficult to deal with him in the future!"

"Is this serious?" Luo Yanjun's eyes flickered, as if he was thinking about something.

"How can it be false? All the disciples of the inner sect of Lingxia saw it. The cave master Ye's monastery was split into pieces, his whole body was bleeding, even the eight divine veins were torn, and his Taoist body was severely injured. Haha... Sure enough, he is still too young, how can he be in a hurry to warm up the Nascent Soul? The Ye Cave Master probably wanted to improve his Taoism as soon as possible, so something went wrong during the lotus tribulation of the fourth level of the Earth."

When Luo Yanjun heard Mr. Lu talking excitedly, he remained silent in his heart and walked around the hall with his hands behind his back.

"Fellow Daoist Luo, this is a rare opportunity. Let's work together and ambush Ye Han along the way to the fairy city. After that, in autumn, Lingxia Cave Heaven will be confiscated by tribute, and the mountain gate will be completely lonely. , I can’t rise!" Lu Laodao said bluntly, his green robe swaying.

"Let me think about it." Luo Yanjun thought cautiously.

"What else is there to consider? Bring the other two Yuan Ying Taoists in the cave with you. Including me, there are four Yuan Ying Taoists in total. Ye Han is not as good as a young infant, and he still suffered heavy injuries. If we ambush him, we can definitely kill him without fail!" Lu Laodao said in a sonorous tone.

This time he returns to Tianheng Mountain to avenge his family's destruction in the past. He has also coveted the gate of Lingxia Mountain for a long time. After this incident, he will seize the gate of Lingxia Mountain to rebuild the gate and recreate the glory of Zixiao Sect. posture.

"When will Ye Han leave for Immortal City?" Luo Yanjun asked.

"It is estimated that it will be just a few days ago. His divine veins have been severely damaged. He must take the healing treasure as soon as possible, otherwise the foundation will be damaged. Han Boyong and Miao Yi will escort him there. These two old guys have lost their vitality and blood, so there is nothing to be afraid of. ." Lu Laodao said with murderous eyes.

After a few breaths of silence, Luo Yanjun immediately waved his hand decisively and called his eldest disciple Xu Longchang over.

"Master, what are your instructions?" Xu Longchang cupped his hands and said.

"Call the two elders here. I have something important to discuss." Luo Yanjun said in a deep voice.

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(End of this chapter)