Chapter 372 The Wind Rises

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At this moment, there suddenly was another sound of plundering outside the forest, and it was extremely fast and heavy. Just as Pei Ye pressed his sword and turned his head, the figure appeared, and it was Sui Zaihua.

"As soon as I come out, I will inform Mr. Sui first." Wudong told the young man, then turned around and said, "It's a pity that I didn't catch up."

Sui Zaihua looked around: "What's going on?"

"Jianbelly Mountain is blocked." Wudong briefly stated, "There are only a few of us outside now. We just repelled [Dasi Mountain], but as we said before, there are still three senior executives in Huanshi Tower— —The actor, the shadow and [Cao].”

"Xiao Tingshu has been confirmed."

"Um?"

Sui Zaihua took out a scene: "It was found in Yuanwu Peak, 'Cao' noodles. There are still many things that can be searched, but Hejian seems to be more urgent here."

Wudong frowned and took it, and Pei Ye also tilted his head to look at it. It was indeed the smooth and bright color unique to the Huansilou scene, and there were obvious traces of wearing it.

"Xiao Tingshu actually joined the Huansilou" Pei Ye frowned.

"So it is more in line with our inference." Wudong flipped the scene twice, "Xiao Tingshu did not contact Huansilou as a representative of Kongtong, but someone with a higher status made this decision. Then, Just as he allowed Huansi Tower to invade Kongtong, the dramatist also handed over a high position in Huansei Tower to Xiao Tingshu - this is the cornerstone of cooperation. "

Sui Zaihua looked at Wudong: "Dasi Mountain?"

Wudong raised the corners of his lips: "We were just talking - there is no way this Da Si Shan will betray Kongtong."

"." Pei Ye glanced at the old man, but he had not yet given a reason.

But Sui Zaihua easily accepted this conclusion. He gently stroked the hilt of his sword: "Then there are only two people with a higher status than Xiao Tingshu in Kongtong."

"You remember that on our way here, we looked up the past events of our generation." Wudong leaned on the tree behind him. The arrival of Liuli and Sui Zaihua made him relax, "Ji Changyun and Xiao Tingshu are very unfamiliar, they are almost senior brothers. I single-handedly brought up this closed disciple."

"The sword-sensing method of Jianfu Mountain is also what Bai Tianqu is interested in." Wudong tapped the scabbard with his fingers, "If this senior brother entrusts him, it is not surprising that Xiao Tingshu will do his best."

"I have verified something here." The sky was dawning in the east. Sui Zaihua looked at Pei Ye, took a medicine and handed it to him. This gentleman seemed not to have the habit of relying on himself. He was always simple, clean and upright, "Ji Changyun Being excluded from the sect was even beyond our expectations.”

"Xiao Tingshu is very hostile to him, which is definitely not false. We don't know what the situation was like when Bai Tianqu was in power, but after Xiao Tingshu came to power, a very interesting thing happened." Sui Zaihua paused and glanced at the two of them, "Kongtong In the mountain formation, his true energy pattern was removed."

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After the Kongtong Mountain Formation was activated, Xiao Tingshu did this and almost excluded Ji Changyun from the sect.

Wudong narrowed his eyes and Sui Zaihua looked at him. The two of them were quiet for a while. Suddenly Wudong turned to look at the thoughtful young man next to him: "Hey, what do we, Mr. Pei, think of this?"

"ah?"

Sui Zaihua also smiled slightly and moved his eyes over.

"I don't think it's right." Pei Ye frowned, "No matter how tense the relationship between master and disciple is, we shouldn't do this kind of thing. Xiao Tingshu is not like such a narrow-minded person, who puts his name before his reality. This kind of behavior is very harmful to Kongtong. The damage is too great.”

"That's right." Wudong nodded and smiled at Sui Zaihua, "Look, I said that although he has little knowledge, he is very smart and measured."

Sui Zaihua glanced at the young man with a smile: "His most impressive thing is his swordsmanship, everything else is just a waste."

"All you see is swordsmanship."

"In his position, he will naturally seek his own government." Sui Zaihua smiled and changed the topic, "So, the reason why Xiao Tingshu showed such excessive hostility to his teacher, even to the point of breaking his face, was not because of how much he hated him, but just because of it. I don’t want Ji Changyun to get close to Kongtong or Jianfu Mountain.”

"Because this place is full of traces of the peace talks between Baitianqu and Huansilou." Sui Zaihua continued, "Ji Changyun was aloof and arrogant by nature, so he never showed up again. If Ming Qitian hadn't asked the sword here, or there was some trouble in Kongtong, maybe He will never appear in front of Kongtong disciples again until he dies."

"There is one more thing that can prove it." Wudong straightened up and added, "Ji Changyun did not appear in the ambush on Pei Ye just now."

Pei Ye's eyes widened. It was indeed true. If Ji Changyun had been on the side of Huansilou, then under the joint efforts of him and Da Sishan, he would have been killed just now.

Sui Zaihua was silent for a while, looked at the mountain top in the distance, and said softly: "But there are still some doubts about this situation."

"First, where is the dramatist?" Sui Zaihua looked at the two of them, "In Bowang, Qu Zhu acted as the dramatist, so what was [Sima] doing and why did his whereabouts need to be covered up."

"Secondly, although Bai Tianqu has an extreme temperament, he actually cares for his disciples far more than Ji Changyun. At that time, everyone in the world said that he protected his shortcomings. Xiao Tingshu made a mistake, and he was the one who protected him strongly. Will such a person really protect his disciples for the sake of 'Jian Zang'? 'Harm your fellow disciples?"

"Third."

"Thirdly, Xiao Tingshu's determination is too strange." Wudong took over, "This is also the paradox that pervades the whole thing. I think Pei Ye was just as surprised when he faced Da Sishan just now."

Pei Ye was startled: "Yes."

"Kongtong is one of the thirty-three sword gates of the Daoqi Society. It holds the Golden Book of the Tang Dynasty. No matter how you look at it, its future is bright enough." Wudong said, "For the sake of Jianzang, some cooperation with Huanshilou is understandable, but since the court has come to see it, it should cut off ties and draw a clear line. How can it go all the way with Huanshilou?"

"I'm afraid only Xiao Tingshu knows this reason."

"That's right."

"That's all." Sui Zaihua was quiet for a moment, looking back at the way he came, "I will personally go to find Ji Changyun and ask him to take charge of Kongtong now."

"There is one more thing. Send a letter to Shaolong." Wudong reminded, "The enemy is in Kongtong. The situation is very serious. You can send someone."

"Isn't the Soul Bird here? Just tell the Immortal Terrace."

Wudong smiled: "Liufeng has another mission."

Sui Zaihua nodded, and did not ask any more questions. He just looked at Wudong and paused for a moment: "Then, goodbye."

Wudong also looked at him quietly: "Goodbye, Mr. Sui."

Sui Zaihua jumped up, coming and going like a startled wild goose, with a long sword on his body, and wherever he passed, the trees parted for him.

The sky was getting whiter.

Pei Ye watched the man disappear from his sight, turned back, and Wudong was just taking out a piece of letter paper, and started writing on his bloody knees.

In the early morning, the moon was faint, and the old man crossed his legs and stretched them out. It was clearly a very casual posture, but Pei Ye saw a rare solemnity from the cautious and slow writing.

".What are you writing?"

"Unproven inferences." Wudong lowered his head, ".Send it to someone you never thought of."

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The boy looked at him with sparkling eyes. They had just talked a lot, but the figure that the boy had always kept in his heart seemed to disappear.

"Do you think he is in Kongtong?"

"Of course. This formation was created by him. At such a critical moment, there is no reason for him not to be there."

"Yes. But he will never show up with his own face." Wudong looked at the boy, "Or rather, he no longer has his own face, right?"

". Do you think a person can repair a broken arm within a few days?"

"For a master of weapon, it is easy to do it to the extent that outsiders cannot see it." Wudong paused on the paper for a moment, turned his head and said seriously, "Qu Zhu must be active. Just continue to investigate at your pace. Now you have unveiled the veil of [Da Sishan], which is very good. You can go back and sort it out. Maybe many things will naturally surface."

"Go back?"

"Yes." Wudong looked at him, "'Cangjian Pavilion' has not been thoroughly investigated, right? In addition, if the other party fails to get the 'Soul-stealing Pearl' from you, where will they turn to?"

Pei Ye's heart and lungs shrank suddenly.

Zhang Jingbi is still in the Law Enforcement Hall.

"We have sent the heads of the various peaks there, but it may still be unsafe." Wudong said in a hissing voice, "You have to go and take precautions."

"Okay." Pei Ye frowned and thought, holding the hilt tightly, "Then, what about you?"

"I" Wudong tapped the pen lightly, "Pei Ye, tell me in detail what happened in [Zhaoyou] again."

Pei Ye was startled: "Okay."

He adjusted his sitting posture and began to tell the old man about the quiet valley with cold wind and clear moon in [Zhaoyou] in detail. He also relived the story that spanned thirty years. When he finished speaking, the cold moon had faded, and the sun was clearly hanging in the east.

Wudong just put down his pen and closed his eyes in silence for a long time.

"You know," he opened his eyes and sighed slightly, "Since you first sent me a letter to tell me these things, I have been constantly having questions. Unfortunately, none of them can be answered by these past events themselves."

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"Leading the knife thread, leading the knife thread," the old man took a deep breath, his gray eyes staring at the slowly beating cold sun, "Why can he also use it to outline [Leading the thread]?"

Pei Ye subconsciously looked down at the strange and beautiful sword in the old man's hand: "Who are you talking about?"

The atmosphere was quiet for a while, Wudong did not answer his question, in fact, Pei Ye's mind was not too much on this, he kept thinking about what Qu Zhu would do, some inexplicable paradoxes had begun to fill his heart.

-Since Qu Zhu was in Kongtong, why didn't he come to help Da Sishan in the ambush of Cangjian Pavilion just now?

Even thinking further, why didn't Qu Zhu show up when taking Zhang Jingbi's soul?

I would rather let Jiang and Xi take action and let them fail as soon as they were discovered by me.

What other important things are there in this mountain gate?

Suddenly, the old man whispered in his ears: "What if they are the same person."

Pei Ye was startled and turned his head to stare at the old man.

Wudong just stared at the horizon motionlessly, his whole body seemed to be dead, and his gray eyes condensed into two ambers.

After a long time, he slowly relaxed, as if he was trapped in the silence of dusk.

"Since entering the Immortal Terrace, I have solved thousands of cases in the past few decades, and I have never encountered such a strange case." Wudong said softly, "It makes me feel for the first time that I am not capable enough. I can't control it."

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"But fortunately, there is still Lord Sui." Wudong sighed.

"Lord Sui?"

"Yes. I have known him for a long time, about ten years, and we have worked with each other in the past few days." Wudong looked at the horizon quietly, and suddenly lowered his head and picked up the pen again, "I believe him."

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"Go ahead." Wudong said, "There's no time to lose."

"What about you?" Pei Ye still didn't get an answer.

"Of course I have something to check." Wudong lowered his head and wrote quickly, his face once again hardened into that sharp coldness, "Goodbye, Pei Shaoxia."

Pei Ye didn't get any revelations, but at this moment he suddenly felt that what the old man was going to do was much more dangerous, and hesitated for a moment and said, "I'll give you the glass."

Wudong was startled, raised his head and looked at him for a moment, smiled and shook his head: "Absolutely not."

"Let's go." He waved his hand.

Pei Ye saluted and turned to leave, but he jumped up and stood behind the treetops, and suddenly another voice came from behind him.

"Pei Ye."

The young man turned his head.

Wudong was still sitting on the broken rocks under the tree, his gray hair was scattered, and the old blood on his clothes had begun to settle into mottled spots.

"I'm going to take a gamble, kid. I'm leaving because I won't help you anymore."

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"Next, you may have a hard time, a lot of pain, and you may even die in this vortex. No one can guarantee anything." Wudong looked at him quietly and said softly, "But if we win, we'll win completely."

".What do you mean by win completely?"

"I've made up my mind." Wudong didn't answer, but just grinned horribly and lowered his head again, "Goodbye."