Pawn Crossing the River

The former site of the corpse raising ground on the west bank of Cuowenbu was once one of the nine workshops under the name of Huashengtang. However, a man-made disaster caused by the Zhiming Cult turned the place into ruins. After several changes, it fell into the hands of the "Inn".

This huge workshop, which is comparable to a county town, is like a concentric circle. The outer circle is the outer area. Most places have been turned into scorched earth, with only scattered vegetation and buildings left. At this time, it has directly turned into desert, like a desert. The inner circle is the core area, where the legendary corpse raising ground is located.

It is said that when this workshop was at its most prosperous, it was full of green grass, cranes, koi carps, and pavilions. At first glance, not only did it not have any ghostly air, but it looked like a fairyland.

But now, this place has turned into a ghost, as if it has come from the human world to the netherworld.

The huge "Ghost King" is raging here, and all the elites sent by the "Inn" have been killed or injured.

It's not that I don't want to escape, it's that I can't escape. Daomen's "Fengyan Jiasan" only destroyed most of the above-ground buildings, and some underground buildings still survived. However, now, these underground buildings have also been completely destroyed. Among the nine people in the "inn", except for the old man who was the leader, they stayed above. In addition, the other eight people all entered the underground building. As a result, the old man who stayed on the ground was the first to die. The remaining eight people were unable to leave immediately because of the collapse of the underground building and had to die.

At this moment, the huge Taoist flying boat crossed Cuowenbu and appeared in the sky above this place.

Shangguan Jing was still standing on the bow of the ship, looking down.

There was not much expression on his face. For a deputy leader of Tiangang Hall who had just escaped from the battlefield in the Western Regions, the seemingly scary sight was actually nothing. It was not more terrifying than the Shaman shaman.

A supervisor stood behind Shangguan Jing and said softly: "I have contacted the Huasheng Hall. It is indeed the sealed 'Great Asura'."

Shangguan Jing frowned and said in a cold voice: "What exactly does Huashengtang think? If it can't be taken away, it should be destroyed directly. Why did it choose to seal it on the spot? If that's all, it's time to make up for it. Late, after so long, why not carry out secondary remedial treatment? "

The director smiled bitterly and said: "According to the statement given by Huashengtang, it's not that they are unwilling to destroy it, but that it cannot be destroyed. At that time, the 'Great Asura' was located deep in the corpse raising area. With the manpower arranged by Huashengtang here, There was no way to destroy it, so we could only choose to seal it on the spot. As for why it was not processed a second time, Huashengtang was unclear. It probably involved... the pushback of several deputy hall masters of Huashengtang, and it was delayed like this. "

"Then it fell on our Tiangang Hall." Shangguan Jing snorted.

The boss is not good enough to say anything more.

Shangguan Jing looked at the figure standing on the shoulder of "Great Asura" and twitched the corner of his mouth: "The evil cult monster."

At the same time, the figure on the shoulder of "Great Asura" was also looking up at the huge flying boat in the sky, tapping his teeth lightly: "Tiangang Hall? Such a quick reaction is a bit unexpected, but I don't know Which deputy hall master is here?"

"Yes, you are right. This is not a reaction, but an advance prediction. In other words, we just happened to hit their muzzle. This is just a coincidence, but it is a quite fatal coincidence."

His words didn't sound like he was talking to himself, but like he was communicating with other people from a distance. He continued: "I know, after getting what we want, I will evacuate and will not interact with the Taoist sect." In a head-on confrontation with others, besides, I am no match for them alone.”

"How many houses with thousands of households have been sealed off? It is a rare joint action between the Taoist sect and the imperial court. It is worthy of being a national master."

"Okay, okay, I understand, that's it."

A very special Zimu talisman burned out, and this air-distance conversation ended.

This figure stamped his feet. Because he was standing on the shoulders of the "Great Asura", this action was somewhat like a pat on the shoulder, which was considered a final farewell. To be fair, he was still a little reluctant to part with this "Great Asura", but he also understood that under the tight siege of the Taoist sect and the imperial court, it was impossible to take this "Great Asura" away from this place.

On the flying boat, the chief handed a dossier into Shangguan Jing's hands, the key parts of which had been folded in advance.

Shangguan Jing opened the file directly, and despite the roar of the wind, the file in his hand did not move at all.

He quickly scanned the text on the file.

"Xuansheng not only split the 'Creation' into Huasheng Hall and Tianji Hall, but also took this opportunity to veto some projects, including all the corpse raising grounds left by the first generation of earth masters. Because of Xuansheng's supreme authority, no one Dare to openly oppose, even the second generation Earth Master had to express his submission. However, some high-quality Taoist priests left the Taoist sect openly or covertly to express their dissatisfaction with Xuansheng. Challenges, these people formed the secret society "Eight Tribes" to continue their research. "

Shangguan Jing just glanced at it and didn't pay much attention to it. These were all things he already knew, nothing new.

"The members of the Eight Tribes are very complicated. In addition to the high-quality Taoist priests who betrayed the Taoist sect, there are also some high-grade Taoist priests who have not betrayed the Taoist sect. They also secretly joined the Eight Tribes as individuals. They proposed to help each other. The purpose is to provide shelter for the eight tribes by high-quality Taoist priests who have not betrayed the Taoism, and at the same time share the achievements of the eight tribes.

Shangguan Jing saw this and said softly: "Interesting, but in the past, it was Quanzhen Tao that was in charge of 'creation' matters. Both Huasheng Hall and Tianji Hall have deep connections with Quanzhen Tao, so it is expected that Quanzhen Tao would be involved." thing."

Shangguan Jing continued to look down.

"It's just beyond my expectation that in addition to being inextricably linked to the high-quality Taoist priests within the Taoist sect, the Eight Tribes have also had similar relationships with core members of other secret societies in recent years, including Zhiming It is precisely because of the extremely close and complex interests among them, such as Qingpinghui, Inn, Qibaofang, and Tianting. Although these secret societies have conflicts with each other, they still communicate through the eight tribes. Through threads and threads, an alliance was formed that was only related to the eight tribes."

"If I have to make an analogy, it's probably like a partnership doing business. Zhimingjiao, Qingpinghui, 'Inn', Qibaofang, and 'Tianting' contribute money to buy shares. They are considered owners and do not participate in the operation. They are only responsible for investing money and dividends. Babu The public is the shopkeeper, responsible for the operation and also participating in the distribution of profits. In order to coordinate the relationship between the parties, the eight tribes and other secret societies have formed a special... let's call it a gathering, similar to our Taoist Golden Palace. It's called 'Bai Yutang'. The members of Bai Yutang all have dual identities, one is a member of Bai Yutang, and the other is a member of the secret society to which they originally belonged."

Shangguan Jing's eyelids twitched slightly and he asked the person in charge behind him: "Have you read the records in this?"

The chief bowed and said: "Yes, this is a record left by a chief of our Tiangang Hall, but this chief has died due to an accident."

"Now that you've seen it, what do you think the 'Bai Yutang' here means?" Shangguan Jing asked.

The leader pondered for a moment and said: "Yujing is also called 'Bai Yujing'. They named it 'Bai Yutang', which seems to imply the Taoist sect."

"We see the same thing, and I think so too." Shangguan Jing flicked the file in his hand, making a crisp sound, and then looked down.

"After Bai Yutang was established for many years, there was a gradual trend of breaking away from several major secret societies and establishing its own business. Several major secret societies also noticed this trend and intervened decisively. After an unknown internal fight, Bai Yutang no longer tried to I set up my own business, but still maintained considerable independence. I once tried to make friends with a member of Bai Yutang, but failed, and had to return to Yujing to report on my work. After the report, I will be sent to Jiangnan and cannot stay for a long time..."

The records in the file ended here. This record was left by the principal when he returned to Yujing. Not long after, he died due to an accident, which made it difficult not to doubt.

Shangguan Jing closed the file in his hand and asked: "What do you mean?

The chief said: "I think that the Eight Tribes don't seem to have such courage."

"You mean, Bai Yutang has such courage." Shangguan Jing said slowly, "A long-established secret association on the Taoist secret association list does not have such courage, and a new association that is not on the Taoist secret association list does not have such courage. , but to have such courage is really a strange thing.”

The manager wisely didn't answer.

Shangguan Jing did not expect the chief to answer. He handed the closed file to the chief and said: "Whether it is Bai Yutang, the Eight Tribes, or the 'Inn', they are all included in the scope of this purge. There is no need to Hold on. Just use...'Five Thunder Strikes'. The ultimate power of lightning is the best way to restrain these gloomy ghosts."

The chief took the file and left as ordered.

Not long after, the flying boat began to absorb the spiritual energy of the surrounding world. A huge illusory magic circle appeared under the hull, and various talismans even began to appear on the hull.

Then a thunder bead the size of a dragon's eye condensed over the flying boat. As it rotated slowly, wisps of thunder and lightning overflowed from it from time to time, turning into the shape of flying flowers, and then slowly dissipated.

The world's Taoism is revered by thunder. This thunder bead is condensed from hundreds of talismans.

The "Great Asura" was attracted by the aura and became manic and restless.

The next moment, the thunder bead flew straight up to the nine heavens.

In an instant, dark clouds gathered, even covering the sky with gloom.

Black clouds were pressing down, sky thunder was detected, and purple lightning rolled, as if a catastrophe had arrived.