Chapter 50: Mysteries of the Past

At noon, the Hehuan Sect’s position, the Cuifeng City stronghold.

“Uncle Zhang, this is the list of the monks who came to support, please take a look!”

A disciple of the Hehuan Sect came to the wall of Cuifeng City and handed the jade slip in his hand to a monk in the early stage of foundation building who was wearing a purple robe, handsome, and had a feminine appearance.

This person was Zhang Sifan, who led the team to attack the Wutong Mine on the border of Jingzhou that year, but he had successfully passed the barrier and advanced to a monk in the foundation building period, and also came to the front battlefield.

“Well, you go down...”

Zhang Sifan took the jade slip and signaled the disciples to leave, and then his consciousness sank into the jade slip to check the list of monks who came to support this time.

At this moment, a soft voice came to Zhang Sifan’s ears.

“Brother, have the monks who came to support the sect arrived?”

Xiao Yuyao, who was wearing a purple long skirt, graceful and beautiful, walked towards Zhang Sifan with lotus steps.

This woman had also reached the perfect stage of Qi Refining back then. After attacking the Wutong Mine with Zhang Sifan, she also exchanged for the Foundation Building Pill with her accumulated military merits. Now she is also in the early stage of Foundation Building.

"They are just ordinary disciples in the Qi Refining stage. Junior sister, just arrange the tasks as usual."

Zhang Sifan said with a gentle smile on his face after seeing Xiao Yuyao.

After breaking through the Foundation Building stage, the two became Taoist couples and participated in the Great Dao together.

However, in order to consider the impact of the Golden Core stage in the future, the two still retain their Yuan Yin and Yuan Yang, which is considered to be husband and wife in name only.

After speaking, Zhang Sifan handed the jade slip in his hand to the other party and asked her to be responsible for arranging these disciples.

Hearing this, Xiao Yuyao nodded, took out another jade slip from the storage bag, handed it to Zhang Sifan and said: "Senior brother, this is the information from the rear..."

After seeing this jade slip, Zhang Sifan's eyes turned cold, took the jade slip and sank into it.

After a moment, accompanied by a "click" sound, the jade slip was crushed by Zhang Sifan directly.

"Is there still no clue about the Baiyu Lake incident?"

Seeing the uncontrollable anger on Zhang Sifan's face, Xiao Yuyao asked softly.

Nine years ago, after the two completed the border mission, they returned to the sect without stopping to retreat and officially impact the foundation-building period.

But after Zhang Sifan was promoted to the foundation-building period and came out of retreat, he received the news that Baiyu Lake was attacked by the Guiyuan Sect cultivators and his brother Zhang Qiwen was killed in the battle.

The sudden sad news almost made Zhang Sifan, who had just come out of retreat, lose his mind. If it weren't for the solid foundation of his own cultivation, he might have gone crazy and his realm would have fallen back to the Qi Refining period.

In the past nine years, Zhang Sifan has never stopped investigating the Baiyu Lake incident, hoping to find the murderer, but the harvest is not great.

Only from the surviving garrison disciples, it was learned that three Qi Refining cultivators, one woman and two men, attacked Baiyu Lake and used the second-level upper-grade Earth Shaking Talisman to break the formation.

Hearing this, Zhang Sifan shook his head and looked towards the south with cold eyes. That direction was Jinyang City, one of the strongholds of Guiyuan Sect.

Zhang Sifan actually had some guesses about the murderer.

They had just attacked the Wutong Mine for a month, and Baiyu Lake was attacked by the monks of Guiyuan Sect. It was obviously the "revenge" of Guiyuan Sect.

According to the speed of the cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage, it was impossible to rush from Guiyuan Sect to Baiyu Lake in a month. The person who attacked was probably at the border of Jingzhou.

Combined with the intelligence of the sect, the cultivator who attacked Baiyu Lake was most likely the cultivator who escaped from the Wutong Mine.

The only thing that puzzled Zhang Sifan was how the other party cracked the Fushui Formation.

The Fushui Formation was originally the trump card he gave to Zhang Qiwen to save his life. Zhang Sifan naturally knew how powerful it was. The cultivators in the Qi Refining Stage could not break the formation in a short time.

According to the investigation of the sect, there was no trace of the use of the second earth-shaking talisman at the Baiyu Lake scene.

With his brother Zhang Qiwen's cultivation strength, combined with the power of the Overturned Water Formation, not to mention killing all the garrisoned disciples, it should not be a problem to save his life.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sifan couldn't help but recall the "accident" that happened in the Black Copper Mine.

According to the spell given by the He family, not only did the Earthly Evil Formation fail to work, but it also alerted the enemy, allowing Chang Yun and others to prepare for defense.

Originally, Zhang Sifan thought he was tricked by the He family.

But when investigating the Baiyu Lake incident, Zhang Sifan learned that not long after they left Jingzhou, the He family was wiped out by Guiyuan Sect.

All the He family cultivators in Lianyun Mountain were slaughtered, and it is said that even the captive spirit beasts were not spared.

From this, it can be seen that the He family did betray Guiyuan Sect. It is very likely that they did not want to trick him back then, but there was a flaw in the plan.

Thinking of this, Zhang Sifan couldn't help but think of Su Ming's handsome face.

It was Su Ming who "snatched food from the tiger's mouth" and rescued Chang Yun and the other four.

Zhang Sifan had a hunch that all these doubts seemed to be related to this guy. As long as he found him, he would know the truth about the Baiyu Lake incident.

Jiang Kingdom was currently in a period of war, and the three Yuanying sects were in roughly the same situation.

From the fact that Su Ming and his men went to the border to garrison, it can be seen that the other party obviously had no background in the sect.

Unless these people all broke through the foundation-building stage, as long as the war was not over, it was only a matter of time for such disciples without background to be transferred to the front line.

"Don't let me catch you, or I will definitely let you taste the taste of soul-searching and soul-refining..."

Zhang Sifan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he thought to himself.

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One day later, at the hour of the Ox, Guiyuan Sect's position, Shiqing City.

The sky was dark, a black light flashed in the air, and finally landed near the gate of Shiqing City, revealing Su Ming's figure in green clothes.

Shiqing City is at the edge of Guiyuan Sect's position, bordering Hehuan Sect's position, and is about 3,000 miles away from Qingyuan City, the center.

Because he was at the front line of the battlefield and might be attacked by enemy cultivators at any time, Su Ming did not use the Shenxing Boat to travel, but controlled the Liangyi Soul Chasing Blade to maintain the normal flight speed of a cultivator in the early stage of foundation building.

Along the way, in order to ensure the state of mana, Su Ming would stop every few distances to restore mana, and it took nearly six hours to reach Shiqing City.

"This war zone is actually located in a mountainous and swampy area? This is good news for me..."

Feeling the humid air, Su Ming looked southward at Shiqing City. He could vaguely see endless mountains in his sight, and there were also large areas of obvious swamps and lakes.

The terrain of Jiang State is mostly mountains and forests, especially in Jingzhou and Yunzhou.

The battle zone of Shiqing City is located in the mountains and swamps, with rich water and wood spiritual energy. For Su Ming, who mainly practices water-based skills, although it is not his home field, it is better than fighting with others in the plains.

After Su Ming arrived in Shiqing City, he did not deliberately hide his spiritual pressure, and immediately attracted the attention of the garrison disciples.

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