Chapter 1164 The Secret of the Temple

"Being followed?"

The eagle-nosed old man said in surprise: "Your nose is so clever, who else can follow you?"

"I can't say, the opponent is not weak, and is extremely good at concealment. If I hadn't been extremely careful and sniffed out clues on the road, they might have succeeded," the hunchbacked man said with a solemn expression.

"Is there such a thing? It shouldn't be. We have been extremely careful. Logically speaking, no one knows our whereabouts."

The eagle-nosed old man pondered for a moment, and then continued: "The matter has come to this, we can't go in vain, no matter what, we must get the holy energy of the mountains and rivers. As long as my skills are restored, I can take you back to see the city lord. When the time comes, There’s no need to hide around.”

"snort!"

The hunchbacked man sneered: "The reason why I am in this situation is not thanks to you? If you hadn't forced me to go into the water, how could I be hunted down?"

"What's the point of talking about this now?" the eagle-nosed old man said impatiently: "You have to think about it, as long as we tell the city lord his secret, it will be a great achievement. In the future, it will be windy and rainy. , isn’t it much better than being inferior to others now?”

"Haha, after all, these are just your words!"

After hearing what the other party said, the hunchbacked man was not moved. Instead, he shouted angrily: "You said he rebelled against the city lord, but you never told me where the evidence is! And the sword manual you mentioned, You should have given it to me when I helped you escape and ascend to heaven, but you kept delaying it, and now you have only given me half of it, so how can I trust you?"

The hunchbacked man became more and more excited as he spoke, and by the end his voice had risen several points. Liang Yan had been eavesdropping outside the door. Judging from the few words spoken by the two of them, it seemed that they were avoiding someone's pursuit, and in this situation of being chased It was all caused by the hawk-nosed old man in the house.

"hehe."

The eagle-nosed old man sneered and said calmly: "If I pass on all the sword skills to you, will you still care about the life and death of this old man like me? Fellow Taoist, don't worry, as long as we can go back alive, we will get all the benefits we promised you before I will never break my promise!"

After hearing this, the hunchbacked man had a gloomy look on his face. He remained silent in the Taoist temple for a long time. Finally, he controlled his emotions and slowly said, "Okay, I will believe you again. What should we do next?"

"Of course we will continue to pursue the clues to the holy energy of mountains and rivers."

The eagle-nosed old man replied without hesitation: "Before you went to the dark market in the north of the city, I secretly contacted an old friend and asked him to help detect the news of the holy energy of mountains and rivers?"

"oh?"

The hunchbacked man raised his eyebrows after hearing this, and asked almost immediately: "Who is this old friend you mentioned? Is he reliable?"

"Don't worry." The eagle-nosed old man said with a smile: "Although this man has a somewhat exaggerated personality, he is a person who knows how to repay his kindness. He doesn't know my identity and origin, but he received my favor back then. This time he is Come to repay a favor.”

After listening to his words, the hunchbacked man nodded slightly, then narrowed his eyes and said: "Even if this person is reliable, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find clues to the holy energy of mountains and rivers. As far as I know, it's not just us who are looking for this thing, but also There are major chambers of commerce who are also secretly investigating, and they don’t even have any clues. How can your friend be so good?"

"Haha, the holy energy of mountains and rivers is one of the seven innate energies of creation. It is reasonable for the major chambers of commerce to be excited. But they can't find it, which doesn't mean my people can't find it either." The hawk-nosed old man hehe smiled.

"oh?"

The hunchbacked man seemed to have thought of something, with a look of surprise on his face.

The old man with the eagle-nosed face was still smiling, and then he said with a smile: "Have you forgotten whose territory this is? Although Guangling City is a mixed bag of dragons and snakes, in the final analysis it is still in the Xuanyuan Domain. That friend of mine is a general in the Xuanyuan Army. Now that he is in a high position and powerful, he is much stronger than the major chambers of commerce here."

"It turns out they are from Xuanyuan City!"

The hunchbacked man looked happy, nodded and said: "Yes, Xuanyuan Potian's command is extremely strict. The Xuanyuan Army must have many informants in Guangling City. If they take action, they will indeed be stronger than the major chambers of commerce in the city."

When he said this, he seemed to remember something, lowered his voice again, and said softly: "By the way, I found a person in the dark market today, he"

The voice behind became lower and lower, and in the end it was changed to the sound transmission technique. No matter how mysterious Liang Yan's "Eight Parts of Evolution" and "Secret Technique of Soul Dividing" were, they could not be heard clearly.

Just when Liang Yan was curious and wanted to know what he said next, the two people who were transmitting the message suddenly stopped!

The hunchbacked man suddenly turned around, first his nose twitched twice, and then a ray of light shot out of his eyes, looking towards the entrance of the courtyard.

"who?"

The hunchbacked man shouted low, raised his hand and threw out a yellow light, and went straight to the outside of the hospital to call.

Liang Yan was taken aback and secretly shouted in his heart:

"Impossible, how did he find out!"

With his mind shaken, Liang Yan subconsciously took a step back, touched the Taixu gourd on his waist, and was about to use his flying sword to defend against the enemy.

However, the next moment, he stopped again.

"Eh? No!"

Liang Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he quickly realized that the spiritual light was not hitting him, but running towards the other side of the courtyard door.

boom!

With a muffled sound, a yellow stream of light exploded in the dark night, and then a figure appeared from the shadows, waving his hands and smiling: "Slow down, slow down, Fellow Taoist Tiemu, it's me!"

"Ling Chongxiao?"

In the Taoist temple, the voice of the eagle-nosed old man came out.

"Haha, that's right!"

The man walked slowly from the shadows, revealing his appearance. He was seven feet tall, with a jade tree facing the wind. He waved a folding fan with scattered flowers in his hand, looking gentle and elegant.

"On a whim, Ling made a little joke at night. I hope Fellow Taoist Tiemu won't be surprised!" the elegant man chuckled.

"What are you talking about, Fellow Daoist Ling! Who in the entire Xuanyuan Domain doesn't know your reputation as the 'Confucian Divine General'?" The eagle-nosed old man said with a smile in the Taoist temple: "Since Fellow Daoist Ling is here, has it become clear what I asked you to investigate? "

"good."

Ling Chongxiao nodded, waving the folding fan gently with one hand and holding the other behind his back, and walked leisurely into the courtyard.

Liang Yan's heart trembled when he saw this, and he took a few steps back.

"This person is not simple. He was hiding nearby just now, and I didn't even notice it!" Liang Yan thought to himself.

You must know that he has made great progress in cultivation now, and has understood the true meaning of "Eight Parts of Evolution" from Master Lianxin. It is impossible for monks below the Transformation Tribulation Realm to hide it from his ears and eyes.

Although Liang Yan had just focused most of his attention on eavesdropping on the conversation between the two men in the Taoist temple, the fact that this person was able to walk so close without being discovered shows that he has probably reached the realm of cultivation. Transformation realm!

Fortunately, Liang Yan had the Tianji Pearl in his body. Although he didn't notice the other party at such a close distance just now, the other party didn't notice him either!

Ling Chongxiao had already passed through the courtyard and walked straight into the Taoist temple.

His eyes swept around the room and finally landed on the hunchbacked man. He said with an interested expression: "Although this little friend has not yet entered the realm of sensing between gods and humans, this nose is very sensitive." Now, Ling just came here not long ago, and he sniffed it out."

Sensation between heaven and man is a sign of a monk in the Transformation Tribulation Realm.

After a monk reaches the peak of Tongxuan Realm, there is no so-called bottleneck, but he has to find his own heavenly and human induction.

Once you have the feeling of heaven and man, you can spy on the way of heaven and vaguely sense when your own disaster will come.

In other words, if you want to experience the three disasters and nine disasters, you must first have the feeling of heaven and man.

The Tongxuan Realm monks have a lifespan of three thousand years. Some monks have been trapped at the peak of the Tongxuan Realm for thousands of years and have never been able to find their own heavenly and human induction, so they cannot enter the Transformation Tribulation Realm.

Only a very small number of monks can find the connection between heaven and humans and face their first difficulty.

Among these very few monks, less than 20% can survive their first difficulty and enter the realm of transformation.

Liang Yan had already seen through the hunchbacked man's cultivation level that he was at the peak of Tongxuan.

Ling Chongxiao called the hunchbacked man "junior" and said that the man had not yet received the telepathy from heaven and man, which showed that his own cultivation realm was indeed the realm of catastrophe.

"hehe."

The hunchbacked man chuckled lightly in the Taoist temple, stepped back to the corner, and said calmly: "I don't have any great skills, I just have this nose that is of some use, making my seniors laugh."

Ling Chongxiao smiled slightly, with a noncommittal expression on his face, and looked at the eagle-nosed old man on the futon.

"Fellow Taoist Tiemu, there are already clues to what you asked me to help investigate."

"oh?"

The eagle-nosed old man narrowed his eyes slightly and said with a smile: "He is indeed one of the twelve divine generals in Xuanyuan City. His hands and eyes can reach the sky! Fellow Taoist, please tell me, in whose hands is the holy energy of the mountains and rivers?"

"Don't be impatient, fellow Taoist Tiemu, please listen to me slowly."

Ling Chongxiao said unhurriedly: "In the past few days, I called some eyes and ears in Guangling City, and after a long investigation in secret, I found that this man with the holy energy of mountains and rivers seemed to be deliberately hiding his whereabouts, and did not want to be discovered. But with At the same time, several people who claimed to possess the 'Holy Qi of Mountains and Rivers' appeared in Guangling City. Under the guise of trading, they collected the spiritual power of those who came to trade."

When he said this, the hunchbacked man on the side suddenly interrupted:

"Yes! I also encountered this today. There is a person in the dark market who uses stones to collect people's spiritual power. It is said that only those who make the stones shine can be qualified to trade with him. I felt something strange at the time , so I didn’t step forward to inject spiritual power and went straight out of the dark market. Unexpectedly, I was followed by someone afterwards.”

"Haha, this matter is indeed a bit strange."

Ling Chongxiao smiled and said: "I secretly sent additional manpower to investigate, and found that these monks who claimed to have the holy energy of mountains and rivers were all instigated by others, and the person behind the scenes is most likely the person who truly possesses the holy energy of mountains and rivers. ! Since I couldn’t find the rightful owner, I took the time to investigate these monks who secretly collected spiritual power, and found that they all came from the same chamber of commerce.”

"oh?"

The eagle-nosed old man was obviously interested and asked: "Which chamber of commerce are they monks from?"

"Nine Palaces Chamber of Commerce!" Ling Chongxiao said calmly.

"Nine Palaces Chamber of Commerce?"

The hunchbacked man on the side frowned slightly and said: "According to my investigation in the past few days, the Jiugong Chamber of Commerce is a dark horse that suddenly emerged. It has a very mysterious background. It is said that there are masters of the Tribulation Realm in their chamber of commerce, and they have very strong financial resources. , have the capital to compete with Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, Jialan Chamber of Commerce, Qingyun Chamber of Commerce and Luowang Chamber of Commerce."

"That's right." Ling Chongxiao nodded and said: "This Jiugong Chamber of Commerce is very mysterious, even I can't find out their details, and they have not set foot in Xuanyuan Territory before, they should be doing business elsewhere. This 'Wentai Treasure Fighting Conference' seems to have appeared out of nowhere."

The conversation between the three people naturally reached Liang Yan's ears word for word.

The reason why he traveled thousands of miles and came to Xuanyuan Territory alone was for the holy energy of mountains and rivers. Unexpectedly, after many days of investigation in Guangling City, he finally got clues in this remote Taoist temple.

"Nine Palace Chamber of Commerce. I've heard people talk about it before." Liang Yan secretly thought in his heart: "This 'Confucian God General' is one of the twelve God Generals in the Xuanyuan Army. His status is not low. The information he investigated It should be reliable, maybe the Jiugong Chamber of Commerce really has something to do with the holy energy of mountains and rivers."

While he was thinking about it, Ling Chongxiao in the Taoist temple suddenly frowned and looked at the big tree in the courtyard.

"Fellow Taoist Tiemu, did this old locust tree in your yard have such a faint aura of death before?"

As soon as he said this, whether it was the old man with a hawk-nosed nose, the hunchbacked man in the Taoist temple, or Liang Yan outside the Taoist temple, their expressions all changed.

"Oops!"

Liang Yan realized in an instant that he had absorbed the death energy in the coffin not long ago in the unscented secret room, causing the life and death energy in his body to lose balance.

Although he is now highly cultivated and can suppress this death energy, the excess death energy can easily escape.

What enters the courtyard now is just a wisp of his own split soul, which has less control over the death energy than the main body. Although there is no breath under the cover of the Tianji Pearl, the death energy in the split soul is leaked out unknowingly. .

Among the three people in the Taoist temple, the hunchbacked man had insufficient cultivation, and the eagle-nosed old man was seriously injured. Only the "Confucian God General" had unfathomable cultivation and keenly discovered the strangeness in the locust tree.

Liang Yan was a little afraid of him, not only because of his cultivation, but also his status as a divine general.

"Walk!"

This was Liang Yan's first reaction.

At this time, he no longer had to hide. With a thought, the soul in the courtyard flew out, merged with his true self, and then disappeared into the light and flew away into the distance.

"Hmph, the locust tree is regarded as a 'ghost'. It's not that there is something strange about the locust tree, but that someone is doing something strange here!" The eagle-nosed old man sneered and looked at the hunchbacked man in the corner.

"I'll chase him!"

The hunchbacked man spoke expressionlessly, and was about to chase him out of the Taoist temple, but was stopped by Ling Chongxiao on the side.

"This person is not simple. With all due respect, I may not be his opponent."

The "Confucian God General" of Xuanyuan City had a calm tone and a gentle face. He put away the folding fan in his hand, turned around and cupped his fists at the eagle-nosed old man and said with a smile:

"Fellow Taoist Tiemu, if Ling does one last thing for you today, the previous kindness will be wiped out. From now on, we will owe nothing to each other!"

Thank you: I stole Fusheng’s half-day leisurely reward!