Mortal Bones

The place where Dugu Qingxiao and Xu Taiping were hiding was an abandoned temple.

Because the temple was buried deep under the snow and there were often large numbers of wild beasts around, they had never been discovered by the monks who came to search.

"Pap, tap..."

At this time, Xu Taiping and Dugu Qingxiao were walking in a dilapidated corridor.

"So, Second Senior Brother, you and Senior Sister Zi Yan have fallen into their trap since they received the order to escape?"

After listening to the story of his second senior brother Qing Xiao, Xu Taiping couldn't help but frown.

He only felt that he had underestimated the conspiracy and calculations in the cultivation world.

It turns out that many years ago, when Second Senior Brother and Senior Sister Zi Yan started looking for the Dragon Order, the group of people who secretly planned what happened today had already targeted them.

"We can get the order to escape. Even if it is not directly related to them, they must be behind it."

Qingxiao nodded.

"And it's not just the walking dragon order. They also know everything about the techniques that Zi Yan and I have practiced. We also have several magic weapons with us."

"So when we step into the Kingdom of Thousand Buddhas, we become puppets under their control until we open the box and awaken the Bodhi seed."

When Dugu Qingxiao said this, his face became a little gloomy.

After a pause, he continued:

"The only thing they didn't expect was that the pair of bracelets you and Buyu gave us have the ability to eavesdrop on other people's voices."

"Without the pair of bracelets, we wouldn't even know we were planted with the Bodhi fruit, and we wouldn't have been able to escape when they took the fruit."

After hearing this, Xu Taiping was silent for a moment, and then asked:

"Senior brother, you said in the blood book that you can only live if you die, Senior Sister Ziyan. What does this mean?"

Hearing this, Qing Xiao stopped, as if he didn't want to recall this past.

After a long time, he continued walking and said:

"Although we discovered their plan, we were still defeated when we escaped, so they dug up Zi Yan's Bodhi Fruit in front of me."

"But in order to keep me at bay, they used evil methods to trap Zi Yan's soul in her body, and then used a magic weapon refined from a piece of ice soul stone to seal her body inside, so that Zi Yan could not survive or die."

"Later, I used the sword-breaking method at the cost of breaking my own flying sword, and forcibly raised my level to the realm of refining gods. Then I snatched Zi Yan from their hands, and then fled to Tianyin Temple. Entered that wormhole."

"At that time, the only way I could save Zi Yan was to let Zi Yan eat the Bodhi fruit from me when it was ripe."

"That's why I said that in the blood book."

When he said this, Dugu Qingxiao smiled bitterly and stopped.

Xu Taiping glanced at Qingxiao's empty sleeves and the unhealed scar on his face, and couldn't help but recall the scene he saw in the Moon Shadow Stone.

That's why the second senior brother showed such a desperate expression after going through all this.

He sighed in his heart.

At the same time, there was an unknown anger in his heart.

"But now it seems that my escape may also be part of those people's plans."

Dugu Qingxiao opened a door in front of him and entered the backyard.

"Senior brother, do you want to say that they let you go on purpose?"

Xu Taiping asked with some confusion.

"That's right."

Qingxiao nodded.

"But why do they do this?"

Xu Taiping asked.

"Because they not only want me to die, but also want me to die with a ruined reputation. They also want to use my death to shake my uncle's Taoist heart."

Dugu Qingxiao said with cold eyes.

Hearing this, Xu Taiping's scalp tightened, and then he hurriedly asked:

"Why does this matter involve my uncle?"

"Because the person who planned all this is named Su Chan, and the other one is unknown."

Dugu Qingxiao hesitated for a while, but finally decided to tell Xu Taiping the truth.

Xu Taiping was shocked when he heard this.

He stopped and asked Dugu Qingxiao in disbelief:

"Why did these two people come together?"

"Because the forces behind them have a common enemy."

"who?"

"Uncle Master, Uncle Ninth."

Qing Xiao replied.

"I can understand that Su Chan turned against Uncle Jiu after becoming a demon, but now I don't know why she resents Uncle Jiu?"

Xu Taiping asked with some confusion.

In his opinion, if Su Chan hadn't been involved in this matter, he wouldn't have been the second senior brother's opponent.

"How do I know now that I don't hate Uncle Jiu? He hates me and Master. What he hates is Uncle Jiu, the master of the first peak behind him and the leader Zhou Tong."

Dugu Qingxiao sighed, and then continued to explain:

"Uncle Jiu has always seen what the leader has done, but he can't take action due to his oath to the sect."

"But Qingxuan Sect has a rule, that is, after a peak wins the Seven Peaks Competition, the disciples of this peak can ask the master for swordsmanship."

"Once the leader loses in the sword inquiry, he will have to step down from the position of leader, and the Qingxuan Sect's Seven Peaks Restriction will not be able to be used by him."

"So these years, Uncle Ninth has been looking for the disciple who can ask the master Zhou Tong for swordsmanship."

"Previously, Peak Master Shen from the Five Peaks was actually one of the candidates, but now that Peak Master Shen's beloved disciple has been deposed and expelled from the mountain, he has become disheartened and no longer wants to interfere in the affairs of the sect."

"Then three years ago, Uncle Jiu found me and chose me as a disciple of Wenjian."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping had almost figured out the whole story.

"So the headmaster secretly colluded with Su Chan to get rid of you, the sword-asking disciple, and set up this trap for you in the Thousand Buddhas Country, right?"

Xu Taiping confirmed to Dugu Qingxiao.

"That's right."

Dugu Qingxiao nodded.

"Then what is Su Chan's motive? Is it just because he hates Uncle Jiu?"

Xu Taiping didn't think that Su Chan targeted Uncle Jiu just because of hatred.

"From what I overheard, Su Chan has actually been forcing Uncle Jiu to take action over the years. For example, in the two times in the Yunmengze Ruins and the Immortal Gourd Cave Heaven, he was behind it, and he also wanted Uncle Jiu to take action."

"As for why he did this, I don't know."

Dugu Qingxiao explained to Xu Taiping.