Mortal Bones

"Still no response."

At the door of a tea shop, Xu Taiping, who had changed his face, frowned and glanced at the jade slip in his hand, and at the same time sent a message to Bai Yu in his heart.

"Then it seems something is really wrong."

Bai Yu responded solemnly.

At this moment, Xu Taiping used the communication jade slip in his hand to contact Master Chongde, but he failed to contact him after many attempts.

In addition, he also has a message jade disc on him.

It was given to him by the abbot of Pilu Temple for the convenience of contact, but this jade plate had been broken into pieces seven years ago, and the specific reason was also unknown.

During the seven years he was trapped in the Dragon Tower, he had been practicing in seclusion. After he came out, he encountered the Tianhai Customs catastrophe.

So I never paid much attention to it.

After all, in his opinion, with the cultivation and strength of the young aunt, there would definitely be no problems in the capital.

As for the temples in Izumo Kingdom, if the abbots inside are capable of fighting against the Sirius King, there will be no problem.

More importantly, he had never thought that someone would try so hard to prevent him from participating in the Golden Scale Club.

But now that I think about it carefully, in the past seven years, the young master's aunt and the abbots of Pilu Temple have never looked for me, which is indeed strange.

"Go straight ahead on this street. After entering the dead end, knock on the wall three times, then knock three times on the wall for two breaths, and knock six times on the wall again for two breaths. Someone will open the door for you."

Bai Yu's voice came into Xu Taiping's mind again.

It was following Chu Xiaoxiao's letter and guiding Xu Taiping.

And this so-called secret passage is actually a route that Princess Tiancheng asked her men to arrange in the city in advance, which can not only lead to the Golden Scale Pavilion, but also avoid the eyes of those who want to harm him.

At least from the current perspective, this route is indeed concealed and safe enough.

"Bang bang bang."

After reaching the end of the wall, Xu Taiping knocked on the high blue brick wall in front of him three times in a row.

At this time, he used the method of changing the position of his bones and muscles to make himself look like a teenager, but his eyebrows and face shape looked more fierce.

"Bang bang bang."

"Bang bang bang bang bang bang."

After following the instructions in the letter and knocking three times and six times respectively, the wall in front of him suddenly cracked, and with a push of his hand, the piece was pushed open like a door.

"boom……"

When Xu Taiping walked in, a paper man with runes on it started to burn.

At the same time, the wall returned to its original state in the blink of an eye.

These were all arranged by Princess Tiancheng in advance. No wonder Chu Xiaoxiao repeatedly emphasized in the letter that this secret passage is very safe.

"But there is a contingency for everything."

Xu Taiping put on the hiding cloak and released Xuanyuan's clone at the same time, and then continued to follow the instructions in Chu Xiaoxiao's letter.

"This courtyard was originally a dyeing workshop in the capital, but it is now abandoned. Directly opposite the west courtyard of this dyeing workshop is the Golden Scale Pavilion. We have opened the door on the courtyard wall in advance. How to open the door and when entering the courtyard same."

Bai Yu read out the last sentence on the letter.

Xu Taiping, whose true form was already hidden, nodded and slowed down to follow his Xuanyuan clone.

Facts have proved that Xu Taiping's caution was right.

When his Xuanyuan clone came to the center of the west courtyard of Ranfang, a group of warlocks wearing exotic costumes surrounded Xu Taiping's Xuanyuan clone.

Xu Taiping counted and found that there were seven people in total.

"Fortunately, judging from the aura, my cultivation level is around the God Refining Realm. It seems that Princess Xiaoxiao is right. The person who wants to prevent me from joining the Golden Scale Association is afraid to send out a strong person from the Transformation Realm. ”

Xu Taiping felt a little lucky.

However, after the catastrophe in Tianhai Town, he was no longer so afraid of the powerful ones in the Transformation Realm.

After all, he had seen many times on the battlefield, demon lord-level strong men being surrounded and killed by ordinary red armors.

"Little brother, who asked you to come here?"

At this time, the leader of the seven warlocks suddenly asked Xu Taiping's Xuanyuan clone with a smile.

According to what Chu Xiaoxiao said in the letter, these people actually had no way to directly determine Xu Taiping's identity. The basis for their arrest was simply that he was contaminated with the aura they left in the Shilizhai and was about to go to the Golden Scale Society.

"Who are you?"

Xu Taiping asked Xuanyuan's clone to ask.

"Little brother, since you are unwilling to tell the truth, then just come with us. If you are not the one we want to find, we will naturally let you go."

The warlock had no intention of answering the question. With one move, the other six warlocks rushed forward.

"Uh-huh!"

Several warlocks all wrapped a rope emitting golden light in their hands towards Xu Taiping's Xuanyuan clone.

Immediately, these ropes seemed to have eyes and bound towards Xuanyuan's clone in different directions.

"Know!……"

But as a sound of swords sounded like the chirping of cicadas, the heads of seven monks, including the leader, flew up.

It is impossible for those in the realm of refining the gods with weak bodies and unstable foundations to stop Xu Taiping's chaotic cicadas now.

After killing several warlocks, Xu Taiping did not intend to interrogate them. He directly used his Skyfire Finger to throw out seven balls of flame and burned the corpses cleanly.

After these people die, someone will definitely come looking for them soon, so there is no need to take this risk.

The most important thing for him now is to get his name on the list.

"If there is an ambush here, there should be some of their people waiting for you in the Golden Scale Hall."

When Xu Taiping pushed open the secret door of the west courtyard, Bai Yu suddenly reminded him.

"It doesn't matter. According to Princess Xiaoxiao's letter, the people in Youyun Mansion are not the same as them, and the manpower they can arrange there must be very limited."

"And now, we know their plan in advance. It's not certain who is the prey and who is the hunter."

While pushing open the secret door, Xu Taiping pulled on his hiding cloak again, and his figure disappeared.

…

After a while.

Inside the Golden Scale Hall.

"Young Master Xu, please wait in this room for a moment. After the master of the palace has interviewed the three disciples in front of you, I will come over to inform you."

In a guest room specially used to receive the disciples participating in this competition, a deacon from Youyun Mansion brought Xu Taiping a cup of tea and gave him instructions.

"My lord, you are busy first, don't be in a hurry."

Xu Taiping nodded and smiled lightly.

The deacon immediately retreated.

But Xu Taiping's eyes fell on the cup of tea on the table.

No matter from the smell or color, this is a very ordinary cup of tea, and there is nothing unusual about it.

But in the eyes of Bai Yu, who has clairvoyance, this cup of tea is filled with black air and extremely turbid.

"poisonous."

Bai Yu conveyed the message to Xu Taiping with great certainty.

Although he had expected it, Xu Taiping was still amazed by the methods of the person behind the scenes.

From the time he entered the Golden Scale Pavilion until now, he only had less than a moment before the poisonous tea was prepared for him. It is impossible for ordinary people to do such a feat.

"Except for the Chu royal family, no one can do this, right?"

Xu Taiping thought this while picking up the cup of tea.

He first pushed the tea leaves floating on it to one side with the lid of the cup, and then blew it with his mouth. While drinking, he said to Bai Yu in his heart:

"The clone shouldn't be poisoned, right?"