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() Following the sound of horseshoes, the disciples of the Treasure Hunting League who were watching the night in the distance finally came following the sound.

It's not just two or three cavalry who came, the lord who was in charge of arranging these operations carefully designed the pathfinding positions of all the troops. They gathered together and rushed towards here immediately, and the distance between each other was just right, which can ensure that even if they meet a master who can't deal with them, the people behind can escape or report in time.

It's a pity that when the dozen or so night patrol disciples who were waiting in full force came here with a murderous look, what they saw was a somewhat ridiculous scene.I saw that the most famous and most popular young monk of Shifang, who had been sitting cross-legged on the top of the tree all these days and no one paid attention to him, and looked like a real worldly expert, was being captured by that It is said that it is also his Zen female cultivator. The girl in white clothes who is as beautiful as a fairy in the painting was grabbed by the collar and screamed loudly.

"Little monk, why didn't you catch that man? Why did you let that bad man run away?"

The girl in white grabbed the collar of the monk from the ten directions and swayed from side to side, her willow eyebrows were erected, and she asked loudly.The little monk could only put his palms together, despite being caught by Mingyue and dangled in the air like a toy, he said with a wry smile: "The poor monk promises to you, Miss Mingyue, that if you meet that bully again next time Your bad guy will never let him escape."

"Next time? That bad guy is very cunning! Why didn't you catch him this time? He obviously can't beat you~! That bad guy knows a lot of things, I have to ask him to understand! How can you let him escape? "Speaking and talking.The girl in white pursed her mouth, frowned, her face was full of grievances, and tears seemed to be rolling in her eyes, but her hands didn't stop, she was still shaking with the monk of Shifang.

"Okay, okay, this time it is indeed the poor monk's mistake. The poor monk apologized to the girl and swore in front of the Buddha that he would try his best to track down the bad guy who escaped, and next time he would be caught and brought to you, Miss Mingyue. Let you ask all the doubts in your heart clearly and clearly.”

Then that young Taoist priest who seemed to be a friend of the Fourth Young Master of the Tang Sect also came forward to persuade him, took the girl in white by the hand and said, "Okay, okay, it's not easy for Master Shifang to come and save us, how can we guarantee it?" You must catch that person? Mingyue, you are so unreasonable to blame."

"Benefactor Xia's words are wrong. The poor monk did something wrong. Of course Miss Mingyue is justified in blaming her."

The grassland not far away was in a mess, the big hole that was blown out on the ground, a large pile of mud that was clearly left over from Taoism, and some traces of fighting all showed that the noise that came before was indeed not a bluff.No doubt there had been a major battle here.It's just that in the eyes of the disciples of the Treasure Hunting League who came here, this scene is indeed a bit nondescript, and it looks a bit like those young and innocent children flirting and cursing.The famous Zen monk was caught and played by a young girl.He still looks willing, and this is a shocking talk, and the young Taoist next to him is holding the arm of the girl Bai Shengsheng, which really makes people think about what is behind it. story.The dozen or so knights who rushed over all at once, old and young, were all tongue-tied, staring at each other but were silent.

Fortunately, the young Taoist priest finally pulled the white-clothed girl away, stepped forward and cupped his hands to the members of the Treasure Hunting League, saying, "The previous noise was that Xia and Miss Mingyue were following a suspicious person here, but they met A master with profound cultivation and strange deeds made a noise to alert the brothers who were watching the night to come to help. Fortunately, Master Shifang arrived first and repelled the master. I don’t know how the brothers came. Have you seen anyone else?"

"I just saw Master Shifang's figure flashing towards this side," the leader replied.The other people looked at each other and shook their heads, all with strange expressions.That's all for the gods and monks of the ten directions, but they actually let the Taoist priest and the girl cross their police cordon without anyone noticing.

"What about Daoist Chuyang? Have you seen it before?"

"We met Daoist Chuyang before. <>" This is the reply of a patrolling group of four. "He said that he noticed a change in the volcano's protective formation that day, and he wanted to come to this direction to sit down and investigate carefully. But we didn't see him on the way here. Probably we went back first."

The young Taoist nodded and smiled: "Well, he must have used some method to go back first. Now let's go find him."

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As for the Shifang monk, he didn't catch the mysterious person in the sedan chair.Xiao Xia didn't really care.Of course, he was also very curious about that person. Not only did that person know about him and Mingyue being in Qingzhou, but he also knew about Monk Chixia’s relics, which should only be known to him and Mingyue. Unbelievable.But compared to the risk of this news leaking.This curiosity doesn't seem to be so important anymore.

Moreover, that person escaped, and disappeared along with the half-dead head, but still left a clue of Taoist Chuyang.Given the pivotal role played by Taoist Chuyang in the Treasure Hunting League, Xiaoxia is almost certain that that person is definitely related to the matter of seeking the Vermilion Bird spirit fire, and Taoist Chuyang is an important pawn in his hands.

Xiaoxia remembered that Taoist Chuyang walked towards the Chaotian volcano.And he didn't know that his master didn't get rid of the two witnesses, Xiaoxia and Mingyue, and the role of his pawn can only be played in the Treasure Hunting League, so he must have come back under the volcano this day Come to the camp.So Xiao Xia is very confident that she will be able to find this person, and she will definitely be able to find enough evidence and secrets from this person.

It's a pity that when he and Mingyue and Shifang rushed back to the camp under Tianhuo, they found that he only guessed the beginning, but not the end.

Taoist Chuyang did indeed rush back to the camp quietly, and they found Taoist Chuyang easily, or almost without looking. The camp was full of commotion when they rushed back.Taoist Shi and several leaders of the Treasure Hunting League gathered together, looking straight at Taoist Chuyang on the ground.

Taoist Chuyang is dead.He was cut off half of his neck with one knife, and stabbed with two swords from the front to the back. He was already dead beyond death.And there were a few bloody and sweaty people standing beside them. They were the ones who killed Taoist Chuyang, and the leader was Shangguan Wenzhong, the second leader of the Treasure Hunting League.

Shangguan Wenzhong had the most blood on his body and the most sweat on his head. The face of the thin monkey was full of panic. It looked like he had killed a few chickens to scare him.What's even weirder is that he is holding a broken knife full of blood in one hand.In one hand, he was still holding the Golden Chuang Medicine and the bandaging cloth, and the corpse of Taoist Chuyang on the ground was almost wrapped into a rice dumpling by the Golden Chuang Medicine and the cloth towel.It's a pity that the two sword wounds on his chest had pierced his heart and lungs, and half of his neck was even broken. Even if he buried him with Jinchuang medicine, it would be useless.

It looks weird, but there is nothing weird about it.Although Xiaoxia's signal was tens of miles away, someone with advanced cultivation such as Daoist Shi still sensed it, and immediately gave an order to gather people, and on the one hand, sent people out to check what happened.On the one hand, it is also strictly guarded against accidents such as people's voices sneaking in and sneaking into the west.Shangguan Wenzhong, the second alliance leader who was in charge of liaison and scheduling, naturally led a few people to patrol around, and passed by a place not far from Chuyang Taoist's residence on the way.Suddenly they noticed a sneaky figure flashing past, they hurriedly followed up to check, but they didn't find anything for a while.The elder who happened to be with the second ally was an elder from the Scattering Shadow Society, who was very knowledgeable in the art of concealment, and at a glance, he saw that a dead tree was a bit strange, and it was covered by a blinding spell, so he used secret language gestures to hide the tree. This incident was reported to several other people, and after they pretended to approach inadvertently, they cut this person to the ground suddenly.Who knew that after the blinding spell was gone, it was discovered that this person turned out to be Taoist Chuyang.Immediately, he frantically took out Jinchuang Medicine to rescue him, but he couldn't save him.

"This was originally intended to keep him alive, but after seeing him injured, he suddenly took out the Taoist talisman, and we all played a cruel hand." Shangguan Wenzhong danced with the knife and the golden medicine in the hands of Daoist Shi several times. Explain clearly that Taoist Chuyang played an extremely important role in the entire operation, and this manslaughter was undoubtedly a major blow to the entire plan.

Standing in the distance, Xiao Xia, who had just found out the whole story from someone else, was dumbfounded.It's not surprising that Taoist Chuyang came back so quickly.The divine movement talisman, the invisibility talisman, and even the earth escape technique can be used. He was still thinking about how to explain to Taoist Shi, how to use tricks to extract a confession, and imagined several ways that Taoist Chuyang might not admit it or simply run away. subsequent countermeasures.But it was such a result that I couldn't even think of encountering it.

Whether it was a coincidence or God's will, in short, if this person died like this, the plot of the mysterious person in the sedan chair might come to an end, but all the clues would also be gone.

"Who killed this man?" Mingyue came to the side of Taoist Chuyang's body in a flash, looked at the strangely wrapped corpse with a frosty face, then swept her eyes over the others, and immediately fell on Huannai On the body of Shangguan Wenzhong with a dagger. "It's you?"

There was a bang, the ground was dusty, and a claw mark several feet wide and nearly ten feet long appeared on the ground where the second lord was standing just now, and the second lord who hadn't reflected on it had already been carried by Taoist Shi to the side.

"Why does this Mingyue girl want to do it without explaining?" Taoist Shi frowned slightly, and put down Shangguan Wenzhong in his hand.Huangshan Sword Immortal is a top-notch master even without a sword, and he happened to be able to save the second alliance leader. He glanced at Xiaoxia and Shifang who were not far away, his expression slightly displeased. "The one who died was from my Treasure League, and the one who killed was also from my Treasure League. Even if there is a need to deal with it, it's no one else's turn to do it?"

"This person is the worst. I have already said that he is a bad person! If you keep him, he will do bad things in the future!" Mingyue ignored the meaning in Shi Daoren's eyes, and just glared angrily at the frightened Shangguan who was screaming again and again. Zhong, the fingers were pinched into claws, and it seemed that the second swipe was about to continue.After landing, Shangguan Wenzhong looked at the claw marks on the ground to understand what happened, and backed away with a scream.

Xiaoxia hurriedly followed up to hold Mingyue, sighed, and said to Taoist Shi: "Don't be offended by Taoist Master Shi, it's because there are other secrets, but the matter is very important, can you take a step to speak?"

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"There is such a thing? You really read it right?"

In the wooden house where Taoist Shi lived, Taoist Shi was also full of astonishment after listening to Xiao Xia's narration.It's unbelievable.

Xiao Xia smiled wryly: "I almost lost my life, how can I be wrong. If Daoist Shi doesn't believe me, he can ask Master Shifang. A few disciples who were watching the night also saw Taoist Chuyang going there all the way .”

Taoist Shi didn't speak, but his brows were frowned almost upside down, and his face was so gloomy that water almost dripped out.If the gods from the ten directions and his night watch disciples testify, it is almost impossible for this matter to be false.He frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked Xiao Xia: "I remember you came to inquire about the details of Taoist Chuyang before, how did you start to doubt him?"

At this point, Xiao Xia didn't hide anymore, and said directly: "To be honest, I used the earth escape technique to visit him quietly on the first night when I first came here. Originally, I wanted to ask about the volcano's mountain protection array in private. But I found that when he was alone in private, his expression was very strange, and he looked like a dementia, so I kept paying attention. This time I suddenly found him going out alone at night, so I asked Miss Shangmingyue to follow him quietly all the way to see his appearance. The appearance of paradementia is because of being controlled by others”

"Heavenly Demon Heart Curse" Taoist Shi nodded and sighed. "I've also heard that this is the most dark and mysterious spell among the five strategies of the demon. It uses one's own soul and mind as a cauldron to smelt ghosts as a curse. It not only restrains acquired Taoism, but also brings people alive. Make it into a puppet. Or control people in the invisible without revealing half a trace. It's a pity that this person has been killed, otherwise there will be a master of Shifang. His Buddhism is the nemesis of this kind of magic magic, maybe he can still find out come up with some clues"

"Then what is Daoist Shi planning to do next?"

"" Taoist Shi pondered for a moment, then said with a muffled snort, "This Taoist Chuyang is dead, and the clues have been broken. What else can we do? You can't ask Master Shifang to check carefully whether any of these thousands of people have been caught by that person again." The chess pieces under control. Now we can only be more careful and vigilant, so as to respond to all changes with the same.”

"It's clear that the oriole has been seen behind him. The Taoist priest didn't think about just pulling back? When you have to let go, let it go. It's a man." Xiao Xia said suddenly.

"Back? Let go?" Taoist Shi's eyes flashed, falling on Xiao Xia's face, and then slowly disappeared after flashing a few times. "Why should I let go? This time I brought thousands of high-ranking people from the rivers and lakes. Zhou Mi planned for several years, but because of the shadow of a demon cult remnant, I let go? If I didn't know that you are Tang Sishao's friend, I would try to say something They are all the same as him, just because of your words, I have to suspect whether you have other plans."

"Excuse me, Daoist, it's me who has always been cautious and cautious." Xiao Xia patted her head and smiled wryly.In fact, as soon as this sentence came out of his mouth, he knew it was nonsense.

"No problem." Taoist Shi waved his hand to express that he didn't mind.He also said: "You and I are in different positions, so our thoughts and thoughts are naturally different. This time, it is only thanks to your alertness that you discovered this. You have a delicate and quick mind. What kind of people behind the scenes are going to use Chuyang Taoist to achieve?" The purpose, if you have time, you may wish to help me with the details. Everything that Daoist Chuyang said before has happened or has been proven to be true. It seems that the person wants him to mislead us in a certain key point."

Seeing Taoist Shi frowning and thinking hard, Xiao Xia couldn't help but sighed secretly again. If he had chosen the wrong path fundamentally, then it might not be meaningful to grind and grind these details carefully.But verbally, he could only agree: "Don't worry, Daoist Shi, everyone is more or less in the same boat now, if I find out, I will definitely come and tell the chief."

Turning around and walking to the door of the wooden house, Xiao Xia suddenly remembered something and turned around and asked: "By the way, the second master who killed Taoist Chuyang didn't know what Daoist Shi planned to do with it?"

Taoist Shi shook his head: "Although something bad happened, it was unintentional to say it. How can we deal with it?"

Xiao Xia said lightly: "Then I would like to advise Daoist Shi that it is better to take this opportunity to get rid of this person."

"Oh?" Taoist Shi frowned immediately. "Brother Xia, why did you say that? I have known this person for many years. Although he is cunning, there is absolutely no problem with his origin. Do you mean that he may also be controlled by the person behind the scenes? Then please Shi Fang Master went out to check to see if there were any traces of being manipulated by that ghostly curse."

"Maybe Master Shifang may not be able to see anything." Xiao Xia shook her head. "However, I said this not because of the possibility of him being manipulated by the person behind the scenes, but because you didn't listen to Miss Mingyue? He is a very bad villain. If you keep him, you can only continue to harm people. Keep doing bad things."

Daoist Shi was startled, and then immediately laughed: "Brother Xia is joking. This person is indeed just a cunning, opportunistic, opportunistic, profit-seeking person who forgets righteousness. Even I know that he is not a good person, but there is no real evidence , how can there be any reason to remove people just for this? That girl Mingyue has a simple and natural heart, she is just an extremely innocent child. Ming Ming's way of advancing and retreating, why did he suddenly start talking nonsense with her? Could it be that he is really obsessed with love, and the young man is sad about the beauty?"

Xiao Xia scratched her head, smiled a little embarrassedly, nodded and muttered: "Why do I suddenly feel that what children say out of their mouths seems to be quite right?"

Ignoring Taoist Shi's smirk, Xiao Xia turned and walked out, and the smile on his face had disappeared when he walked out of the wooden house.