Pawn Crossing the River

Zhou Mengyao did not answer directly, but looked at the headless corpse: "Let's confirm the identity of this remains first."

Qi Xuansu had no objection: "Thank you, Sanniang."

He also knew himself well. In this regard, he was far inferior to Zhou Mengyao. Not to mention Zhou Mengyao's immortal cultivation, his age was here. Even if many confidential matters had been exposed to Qi Xuansu, Qi Xuansu might not understand them. After all, Qi Xuansu needed to take the initiative to understand them, which all took time.

The secrets of Taoism are like a scripture pavilion. Even if there are no restrictions and you can watch them casually, it will not be finished in one or two years.

In fact, it is the same for being a great master. The great master nominally has almost unlimited power, but if you want to use this power to the extreme and truly live up to the name, you have to pay a lot of energy and have almost no free time. If you don't want to do everything yourself and want to be free, you must share power and give your power to others, and there will be the risk of being deceived or even being sidelined.

When Zhou Mengyao went to check the immortal's remains, Qi Xuansu asked Long Xiaobai again: "Xiaobai, how many days have you been here?"

Long Xiaobai said: "Like last time, I was teleported directly to the side of the alchemy furnace. There is no sunlight here and I can't get out. It's probably less than ten days."

Qi Xuansu calculated that according to Li Yuanjing's three thousand years, more than two months had indeed passed in the human world, but when he and Zhou Mengyao went to the Cangyun Castle in the underworld, they experienced two more time distortions, namely the fog on the city wall and when they entered the governor's mansion in the underworld. More importantly, Qi Xuansu also took the initiative to use the "Guizang Lantern" to conduct a small-scale time travel. So the two months were further shortened, which is reasonable.

Qi Xuansu asked again: "What's the matter with the 'shopkeeper'? Did you fight for ten days?"

Long Xiaobai said: "He came here yesterday. We had a fight because of a disagreement. It took me a lot of effort to exhaust his divine power. He is a bit difficult to deal with."

Qi Xuansu frowned: "In other words, the 'shopkeeper' did not teleport here directly like you, but came in from outside, but how did he get in?"

It's no wonder that Qi Xuansu has such doubts. What is the configuration of him and Zhou Mengyao? Immortal plus pseudo-immortal, plus immortal items and a little luck, it took a lot of hard work to get here, and Su Yuanzai's building ship and "Senluo Wanxiang Body" were also damaged on the way. The "shopkeeper" is just a celestial being in the stage of creation. Why did he come here?

It must not be because of the realm cultivation to get here, so there is only one explanation, the "shopkeeper" has something like a "key" in his hand and skipped the extraterritorial demon.

Even the extraterritorial demons are closely related to the "shopkeeper". The reason is simple. Su Yuanzai has come here many times and nothing happened. Why did it happen this time?

There are four variables here: Zhou Mengyao, Qi Xuansu, Long Xiaobai, and the "shopkeeper".

In fact, Long Xiaobai can be ruled out first, one because she has come here once, and the other because she was directly teleported to the core area.

Then there are Zhou Mengyao and Qi Xuansu, both of whom are victims. Only the "shopkeeper" who has disappeared has avoided the extraterritorial demons and is the most suspicious.

This raises another question. Whether it is the "key" that allows free entry and exit or the key to control the extraterritorial demons, where did the "shopkeeper" get it?

It is definitely not the "shopkeeper's" own thing. The Taoist sect has developed to the point where there are very few wild opportunities left outside. Even Qi Xuansu, all his opportunities, whether it is the "heart of the immortal stone" or other immortal objects, are essentially obtained from the Taoist sect.

So the answer is obvious, it was given by the Great Xuan Court.

It is not surprising that the Great Xuan Court, known as the "lower Taoist sect", has such a background.

This makes sense.

Yunmengze is magical, and the Great Xuan Court knows that it is related to "Cangtian". They want to keep it for themselves, but they are afraid of alarming the Taoist sect, so they cannot send people openly, so they hand it over to the "inn" who specializes in doing private and dirty work for the court.

Logically speaking, the "owner" should go out in person, but the "owner" was injured by Zhou Mengyao, so the "shopkeeper" could only take over temporarily.

As for whether it would be too hasty to just send the "shopkeeper"? In fact, it is not hasty.

Things are done in secrecy. For the court, the key is not to alarm the Taoist sect. Su Yuanzai has already discovered the magic of Yunmengze, but Su Yuanzai is not yet clear that the magic involves "Cangtian".

If a large number of experts were sent, Su Yuanzai would definitely be suspicious. Then, Su Yuanzai, who felt that the situation was out of control, would report directly to the police, which would be contrary to the original intention. Moreover, Su Yuanzai's status was here, and he could not be killed directly, so he could only send the "shopkeeper" to paralyze Su Yuanzai, so that Su Yuanzai would think that the situation was still under control and would not report to the police, and then wait for an opportunity to act.

When Qi Xuansu was sent to the South Continent by the Taoist sect, that is, the cultivation level of "shopkeeper", it cannot be said that the Taoist sect had the courage, but the Great Xuan court did not have this courage. It can only be said that Qi Xuansu succeeded, and the "shopkeeper" failed.

Having said that, the "shopkeeper" almost succeeded. If Qi Xuansu had not brought Long Xiaobai to intervene, the "shopkeeper" would have succeeded. If Long Xiaobai followed Qi Xuansu to the outer demon's body, his cultivation level would also be greatly damaged, and the "shopkeeper" could also achieve one against three.

Who would have thought that Long Xiaobai would be teleported directly to the core area, waiting for the opportunity to attack, and eventually beat the "shopkeeper" to death.

This is what God says.

Regarding this point, it may be related to the fact that Long Xiaobai has lived in Yunmengze since he was a child. Long Xiaobai is the only native of Yunmengze, and the others are outsiders. As the god of Yunmengze, it is reasonable that Long Xiaobai really has some strange connection with Yunshen, or has obtained some inheritance from Yunshen.

It can be understood that Yunshen has given Long Xiaobai, who was born in Yunmengze, a special favor, and she feels like going home when she enters Yunshen Cave Heaven.

With this in mind, Qi Xuansu walked quickly to the body of the "shopkeeper" and then checked the body of the "shopkeeper".

As expected, Qi Xuansu found a withered human head in the Xumi object of the "shopkeeper".

The human head, the headless body, and the human face "mask" on the body of the extraterritorial demon, all correspond to each other.

Before Qi Xuansu could think about it, Zhou Mengyao had roughly determined the identity of the corpse: "Tianyuan, I roughly know whose remains this is."

Qi Xuansu asked: "Who is it?"

Zhou Mengyao said word by word: "Wang Jujun."

Qi Xuansu asked again: "Why do you know?"

Zhou Mengyao said: "The corpse has traces of splicing, which means it has been dismembered. There are many immortals who meet the conditions of dismemberment, but there is only one person who wears the emperor's clothes and was born before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, and that is Wang Jujun. The most crucial point is that after Wang Jujun died, his head was chopped off and collected by the royal families of later generations."

Qi Xuansu nodded slightly: "As expected."

Zhou Mengyao asked: "You don't seem surprised at all?"

Qi Xuansu took out the head: "Because I found this, it just corresponds to your inference."

Zhou Mengyao was stunned, and then reacted: "Wang Jujun's head?"

Qi Xuansu said: "It should be. This is what I found from the 'shopkeeper'. You know, the 'inn' is backed by the Daxuan court. This head collected by the royal family of all generations fell into the hands of the Daxuan royal family. It is reasonable."

Zhou Mengyao rolled his eyes and thought quickly: "This makes sense. The most core seal is not this hall, nor is it Yunshen Cave Heaven and the ‘Illusion of the Great Void’ are not the corpse of Wang Jujun. ”

“When the Red Emperor established Dapei, he first used the Taoist Huang Lao, then used the Confucian school to check and balance the Taoist school, and then later abolished all schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone. It was the Red Emperor’s lineage that helped the Confucian school rise, but in the end it was backfired by the Confucian school, and finally the Confucian sage Wang Jujun usurped the throne and seized power.”

“The descendant of the Red Emperor, King Xiao, killed Wang Jujun with the help of ‘Cangtian’, thwarted the Confucian school’s first attempt to take power, and became the first emperor of Dapei. In order to warn the Confucian school, King Xiao not only abolished Wang Jujun’s saintly title, but also cut off the head of Wang Jujun, the Confucian saint, and kept it in the inner treasury, and then dismembered Wang Jujun. ”

“Wait for During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Taiping Dao relied on the "Huangtian" to defeat the "Cangtian" and overthrow Dapei. However, they were unable to completely eliminate the "Cangtian", so they pieced together Wang Jujun's body, sealed the "Cangtian" in Wang Jujun's body, and then built this hall in the depths of Yunshen Cave Heaven to place Wang Jujun's body here. "

"So Wang Jujun's head became the key to the seal, which is why it was collected by the royal family of all dynasties. It seems that the "shopkeeper" relied on this thing to make the "Cangtian" appear in the world, and almost ruined the two of us. "

Long Xiaobai was also listening nearby. Long Xiaobai's stupidity was mainly reflected in the worldly affairs, not that there was a problem with his IQ.

Hearing this, Long Xiaobai suddenly realized: "That is to say, the Great Xuan Imperial Family already knows the situation here, and they just want to control the 'sky'."

Qi Xuansu's face became serious: "No wonder they kept it a secret from the Dao Sect, how can this be allowed? What does the Great Xuan Imperial Family, the 'lower Dao Sect', want the outer demon for?"

Zhou Mengyao said indifferently: "Of course they want to kill you, are they going to kill me?"

Long Xiaobai asked curiously: "Why?"

Zhou Mengyao explained: "Because he is the popular candidate for the eighth generation of the Grand Master, and I am not, killing me is useless."

Qi Xuansu said: "At the beginning, the Great Xuan court was refining the 'Mind Monkey' in the Five Elements Mountain. ', but was stopped and defeated by the Dao Sect. Now he is seeking the outer demon again. Our emperor is really ambitious and must make both the upper and lower Dao Sect flourish. "

Zhou Mengyao gloated: "As the old saying goes, the first bird to stick out will be shot, and the first citron will rot first. As the old saying goes, the tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind, and the embankment that is higher than the shore will be destroyed by the waves. You are destroyed by the waves."

Qi Xuansu glanced at her: "Sanniang, don't be too happy too soon. It is precisely because of the wolfish ambitions of the Great Xuan Court that the Orthodox Dao and the Quanzhen Dao want to unite. We are on the same side now. Whether the Taiping Dao is in power or the Great Xuan Court is in power, they will not let you go."

Zhou Mengyao said: "That may not be the case. The cooperation between Zhengyi Dao and Quanzhen Dao is a dream of the same bed, and the cooperation between Taiping Dao and the Daxuan royal family is not much better. I think it is courting disaster. The Daxuan Emperor wants to do the same as Fenglinzhou, with a nominal monarch and a real appearance, and let the Grand Master be a decoration, and he will control the real power of Taoism. Even if they win, the Li family and the Qin family will have to fight again. At that time, we defeated generals will have the value of unity, just like the Confucian school during the confrontation between Buddhism and Taoism. But you must be eliminated, there is no room for any room."

Qi Xuansu snorted lightly, and really couldn't refute it.

Since he wants to stand up and compete for the position of Grand Master, he must not be generalized with others.

You are competing for the Grand Master, and you still want others to treat you with ordinary treatment. Isn't it a waste of competition?

The royal family of the previous dynasty can live, but the prince of the previous dynasty cannot live.

Qi Xuansu put Wang Jujun's head into the Xumi object: "Then I won't let them have their wish. I was able to 'calm the monkey' back then, and now I can also 'hold the sky'."

"Let me explain. I haven't been busy in the past few days, and I haven't been stuck. I just got sick. I have low blood sugar, which means I consume a lot but take in little. Others have high blood sugar, but I have low blood sugar, a problem I've had since childhood. Friends who often have low blood sugar know that when it attacks, I mainly feel dizzy and occasionally see stars. It's not serious, but the dizziness makes it impossible for me to concentrate at all. My typing efficiency is extremely low, and there is no good way. Eat regularly, supplement nutrition, and pay attention to rest. It can be relieved in a week or half a month. So my updates have been very irregular these days. I thought it would be fine in three or two days, so I didn't say anything. Now I'll explain it."