Chapter 392: Unable to Escape

So, Yuan Ming followed Gu Zhiping and his party to take Tao Wenlong back to the Punishment Hall and immediately began an intensive interrogation.

Under the pressure of various elixirs, talismans, and torture instruments, Tao Wenlong quickly opened his mouth and told all the information he knew.

"You mean, he is not the real Tao Wenlong, but a casual cultivator who replaced his identity through magic and disguise?"

In the Punishment Hall, Yuan Ming was surprised when he heard Gu Zhiping's brief summary of the interrogation results.

"Yes, he is just a casual cultivator belonging to the Beiming Sanmeng. This time he sneaked into our sect for a certain mission, but the person who issued the mission did not tell him the specific purpose of the mission. He just asked him to hide in the identity of Tao Wenlong and contact him if necessary." Gu Zhiping said so.

"He just impersonated Tao Wenlong like this, didn't Tao Wenlong's fellow disciples notice anything unusual?" Yuan Ming frowned.

"Tao Wenlong is a loner, and he didn't have many friends in the past. Besides, he didn't do anything unusual after sneaking in, and he behaved himself every day, and he hardly ever left Xiujie Peak. If it weren't for you, Junior Brother Zhen, finding out that he had used the token for no reason, I'm afraid no one would have thought that he had changed into someone else." Gu Zhiping said helplessly.

"What exactly was the purpose of him using the token to enter the intelligence warehouse?" Yuan Ming nodded thoughtfully and asked.

"It seems to be to destroy a piece of strange news. According to him, the content is about the experience of Junior Brother Cui from Changle Peak. He and a friend who was a casual cultivator went out to look for medicine, but they encountered a third-level monster. The two of them rushed to escape, and only Junior Brother Cui survived. I thought the matter was over, but after a few days, Junior Brother Cui saw his friend moving like a normal person again, but his personality became completely different from before, and his memory was also missing. He was puzzled. After many inquiries, he found that his friend was actually dead, but his body was parasitized by a strange insect, which made him seem to be resurrected." Gu Zhiping said, and he was quite surprised.

However, after listening to it, Yuan Ming became puzzled: "Is this the information that the Beiming Sanmeng was willing to use a hidden player to destroy? It doesn't sound like there is anything worth paying attention to."

"Yes, I was wondering too! So I sent someone to find Junior Brother Cui... Hey, look, he just came back." Gu Zhiping said, and suddenly saw someone rushing over, so he smiled and waved at him.

"Brother Gu, I went to Changle Peak to ask around, and they all said that Junior Brother Cui left the sect a month ago and has not returned yet." The visitor said solemnly.

Hearing this, Gu Zhiping and Yuan Ming's faces sank, knowing that Junior Brother Cui knew something he shouldn't know, and he was probably in danger.

"Brother Gu, this matter seems to be more serious than we thought. We should inform the head of your peak immediately to avoid a disaster." Yuan Ming said immediately.

"This is not good. Although we caught the undercover, it is just a small fish, and after all, we haven't found any key information yet. In addition, now is the critical moment of the sect's grand ceremony. If we rashly disturb him, he may blame us for not doing a good job." Gu Zhiping's tone was obviously a little reluctant.

Yuan Ming was about to persuade him again, when he suddenly saw Shen Peng coming from outside and waved the jade slip in his hand at him.

"Brother Zhen, you are right. Among the twenty-one peaks, including Lingxing Peak, there are five peaks with this strange formation buried. I have asked my friends in the Formation Hall to help analyze the formation. I think we will soon be able to figure out its function." Shen Peng said with a smile on his face, with a bit of excitement in his tone.

Yuan Ming took the jade slip with pretended surprise, and then his expression became serious.

"Brother Gu, I have found key information here. The situation is urgent. Please contact the peak master of your hall immediately. If there is any guilt, I will bear it all." Yuan Ming said in a tone that could not be refused.

Gu Zhiping seemed to have noticed something wrong. After hesitating for a moment, he finally nodded and took out the sound transmission talisman.

Not long after, Di Tao, the peak master of Tingtao Peak, descended from the sky and strode into the Punishment Hall.

Yuan Ming had inquired about the appearance of the peak master of the twenty-one peak in advance. When he saw him coming, he immediately went to meet him before Gu Zhiping stepped forward to report.

"Uncle Di, I am Zhen Luo, the direct disciple of Lingxing Peak. I have something important to report to you." Yuan Ming said respectfully.

Di Tao frowned, seeming a little dissatisfied. Seeing this, Gu Zhiping immediately stepped forward and said that Yuan Ming had caught the undercover in the sect.

Di Tao had already learned about the undercover in the sound transmission note. When he learned that it was Yuan Ming who made the contribution, his attitude immediately softened a lot. He nodded to him, indicating that he should speak frankly.

"Uncle Master, I have discovered three unusual things in the sect these days. The first is the undercover stealing the token. The second is that my master once talked with an old man in black with a strange aura in the cave. I felt uneasy, so I secretly recorded the portrait of that person and now put it in this jade slip. The third is that I found a special formation covering the entire mountain on Lingxing Peak. I don’t know who set it up. I also wrote it down, and then I found similar formations in the other four peaks. It seems that the master has the same origin." Yuan Ming said quickly, and then handed over two jade slips in his hand.

These three things he said, there is nothing worth paying attention to separately, but once you think about them carefully, you can understand what he implies.

After listening to his words, Di Tao frowned, looked at Yuan Ming for a moment, and still took the jade slip.

But when he saw the appearance of the old man in the jade slip, his face suddenly changed, and a trace of horror flashed in his eyes.

The next moment, he suddenly raised his hand and cast a spell. The azure light fell on Yuan Ming, and instantly turned into shackles, locking Yuan Ming's hands and feet.

His move surprised everyone present. Although Yuan Ming was prepared, he was a little surprised to see Di Tao being so decisive.

"Disciples of Taofeng, please follow my orders. Before I come back, you must guard Zhen Luo strictly. He will not be allowed to escape, nor will he be tortured."

Di Tao gave a stern instruction, and then hurriedly left the Punishment Hall, turning into a ray of light and speeding straight towards the main peak of Chaotian Sect.

Everyone was confused when they saw Di Tao leaving in a hurry. Only Yuan Ming knew that he was going to report the situation to the ancestor of Yuanying. He felt a little relieved and at the same time, he cupped his hands towards Gu Zhiping and asked calmly. :

"Next, please take care of me, senior brother. I wonder if there is a secluded room in the hall that can be convenient for senior brother to keep an eye on."

…

In the middle of the night, the main peak of Chaotian Sect.

The two Nascent Soul ancestors who had been in seclusion for many years suddenly appeared and summoned the peak masters of the Twenty-one Peaks to go to the main peak for discussion. The meeting lasted until the early morning of the next day. When the first ray of sunlight fell in the Chaotian Sect, the main peak hall The closed door suddenly opened, but out of the twenty-one peak masters, only sixteen walked out of the hall again.

At the same time, in the punishment hall, the hall master who received the order from Di Tao also released Yuan Ming.

Yuan Ming stood in the sunshine again. When he learned that his master and the other four peak masters were punished to face the wall on the main peak because of their rude words, he couldn't help but smile.

However, half an hour later, when he discovered that he had not left the illusion formation, the smile on his face disappeared.

In the wing of Lingxing Peak, Yuan Ming frowned and paced back and forth in the room, thinking about possible mistakes.

After his efforts, most of the unfavorable factors in the battle to destroy Chaotian Sect have been eradicated, and the only one left may be the mysterious old man in gray who is the leader of the rebellion.

But that person is a Nascent Soul Stage monk, so you can’t really let yourself, a Foundation Establishment Stage monk, deal with him, right?

Yuan Ming sighed and looked up, only to see a picture hanging on the wall.

In the painting, Shen Lingyun, who is dressed in a pure white robe, has eyes like water, soft and clear, and the smile on his face is as warm as the warm sun in winter.

In front of him, Zhen Luo, dressed in shabby clothes, knelt down and knelt down to worship. His face in the painting was full of tears, as if he had just experienced an unspeakable suffering.

The two figures in the painting are in different backgrounds. The contrast between light and dark seems to implicitly express the artist's inner longing and desire.

In the lower right corner of the scroll, there is the name of this painting, which has only two words - Master.

Yuan Ming stared at the scroll and felt a flash of inspiration in his mind. The memories since entering the illusion array came one after another and were finally completely connected.

Shen Lingyun is a soul cultivator, but he calls the old man in gray his master. However, judging from the movements of the old man in gray last time, he is not a soul cultivator.

Who gave Shen Lingyun the soul cultivation technique? Could it be said that it was obtained by chance?

But it is so difficult to cultivate both the soul and the law. Yuan Ming himself relied on stealing the Heavenly Cauldron and many opportunities to reach this point. Shen Lingyun not only had to work undercover in the Chaotian Sect, but also concealed the identity of the soul cultivator from the old man in gray. He Where did you get the resources to support yourself to this point?

In addition, the information that Beiming San Alliance sent people to destroy only mentioned a special kind of monster. Why did it cost so much to erase it?

If you connect this problem with the word "soul cultivation", all problems will be easily solved.

The methods of soul cultivation, aside from signature techniques such as illusions, are essentially an extension of soul training.

Knowing what a soul cultivator's form-refining object is, although it cannot completely predict the soul cultivator's specific abilities, it can at least provide a general understanding of the range of abilities.

For example, the most prominent feature of the blood bats of Sha Hao and the Great Elder is the "sound wave", while the "far travel" of Yuan Ming's soul crow is the most important.

The information erased by the Beiming Alliance may contain information about a key figure.

Yuan Ming realized this, and immediately rushed out of the wing without saying a word, rushed to the punishment hall in a hurry, found Gu Zhiping again, and said involuntarily:

"Senior Brother Gu, please help me inform Senior Uncle Di that I have something important to report."