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20 years ago, it was the 500th year of Huajiantang's establishment.From the beginning of spring to the depths of winter this year, sacrifices and celebrations of all sizes continued one after another without interruption.

The climax of the celebration was a grand ceremony held in mid-autumn.At that time, dignitaries from various famous families including Yuncang and Dongxixianyuan attended the meeting, and the grand occasion was unprecedented.

At that time, Zhao Xiangchuan and Du Linghe had become Li Ruhai's constant attendants.For this celebration, the extroverted and cheerful Du Linghe was in charge of directing, dispatching and controlling the overall situation; while Zhao Xiangchuan, who was delicate and thoughtful, was responsible for following Li Ruhai and focusing on entertaining those distinguished guests.

And precisely because of this arrangement, the fate of Zhao Xiangchuan and Du Linghe changed again.

Although it was said to be entertaining distinguished guests, in fact Zhao Xiangchuan had never really seen any of the distinguished guests.His duty was to quietly wait outside the flower hall where Li Ruhai entertained guests, and stop all possible intruders.As for the waiting, it was done by Li Ruhai, the grass and tree boy summoned by magic.

For Li Ruhai, a person without a mouth or a heart is obviously more reliable than a real living person.

Speaking of this, Zhao Xiangchuan stopped and looked at Fengzhangjun seriously: "Let's talk about the ugly first, I know that I am not a good person. There is no place for a really good person in Huajiantang. I need to have a little special to protect my own position and safety, so I managed to eavesdrop a little bit of what they were talking about."

"What did you hear?" Feng Zhangjun asked, "Is it important enough for you to protect yourself?"

"...It's very important." Zhao Xiangchuan smiled wryly, "It's important enough to get me into trouble."

At that time, separated by a thick wall, Zhao Xiangchuan couldn't exactly say the names of every person who participated in the secret meeting.However, he could still distinguish Li Ruhai's voice effortlessly.

The first person to speak seemed to be the sect master of some other sect, who placed something heavy on the smooth jade table.

"This is a carefully forged weapon that was smelted with the iron ore newly discovered in Biyunju last year. Please take a look at it, all adults."

There was a sound of a sharp weapon being unsheathed inside the room, even if he had no chance to witness it, Zhao Xiangchuan could tell that it was indeed a top-notch weapon.What's even more incredible is that he can also feel the flow of aura.

"This iron ore is a spiritual vein." The voice from just now explained, "Using these iron ores, you can forge a world-renowned magic weapon. I can guarantee that it will never be inferior to the phoenix tower on Yuncang's head. sword."

Everyone in the room commented again and again, and when it was almost quiet, another voice that was slower than the others sounded.

"Spiritual veins have been rare since ancient times. I think that Biyun's status in the Jianghu will be raised to a higher level soon."

Zhao Xiangchuan recognized this voice - it should be Xixianyuan's chief commander, he is Li Ruhai's distinguished guest, and also a highly respected senior in the cultivation world of the Central Plains.

The room was silent for a while, followed by Li Ruhai's voice, which sounded very respectful: "Your Excellency, I don't know. I heard that the head of Biyunju doesn't seem to be keen on running these things."

Immediately someone echoed: "That Ye Hao doesn't know what to think, he guards a treasure mountain to beg for food. What age is it, and he still guards his old routine of Qingxiu."

Another person also sighed: "In the past, his two apprentices could manage the affairs of Biyunju barely, but now..." As he said, he clicked his tongue twice.

Another softer voice asked: "This time, did Biyunju send an envoy?"

Li Ruhai also said respectfully to this person: "Instead, I sent a young apprentice called Gu Yanlan over, but it doesn't look like it's going to be a big deal."

The gentle voice still said: "That Gu Yanlan is the suzerain of Fazong, he should not be underestimated."

Da Si Ming said: "It seems that Miaoxuanzi also has some ideas about Biyunju."

Li Ruhai echoed: "After all, it's a piece of fat, so it's not surprising that people miss it."

The gentle voice asked again: "Since that's the case, what plans does Head Li have?"

"Plan?" Li Ruhai paused obviously, as if hesitating: "Your Excellency mentioned that, we do have a branch that is close to Biyunju..."

"correct……"

Da Si Ming suddenly let out a long and slow sound, as if he had thought of something: "Speaking of which, the master Ye Hao has devoted himself to practicing so much, it is his turn to become a fairy."

As soon as these words came out, the room was suddenly silent, as if everyone had noticed that this was a very special topic.

Zhao Xiangchuan outside the wall also found it strange. Although he knew that Xixianyuan's Fahua mirror could reflect the decree of the heavens, how could Da Siming predict in advance that Ye Hao would soon become an immortal?

He was thinking, but he heard Li Ruhai's voice suddenly raised: "If this happens, Li will naturally not forget the kindness of the Commander-in-Chief!"

I just heard Da Si Ming chuckle: "It's easy to say. It's a coincidence that the higher-ups are also clamoring for 'fresh blood'."

The gentle man interjected: "What? Didn't you just send a leader of the Tiantai faction up a few years ago? The 'appetite' is getting bigger and bigger?"

Da Si Ming disagreed: "So what if you have a big appetite? In short, what is in the sky belongs to the sky, and what is underground belongs to the underground. If the well water does not interfere with the river water, everything will be fine."

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard, and the guilty Zhao Xiangchuan had to stop eavesdropping.However, he already knew that he had heard terrible things far beyond his own ambitions.

After hearing all this, Feng Zhangjun also showed a solemn expression.

The head of the Tiantai faction was indeed promoted to immortality 20 years ago. Although the head had appointed a new head before he left, civil strife broke out within a few years.Afterwards, another faction superior with Yun Cang's secret support finally stabilized the situation.

Regarding this matter, he admitted that he had never thought deeply about it.But now, the dross is rising, which is scary.

The true meaning behind Zhao Xiangchuan's words is already very obvious—becoming a Taoist and becoming an immortal is not a supreme honor, but a well-designed trap.Whether it is Dongxianyuan, Huajiantang, or even Yun Cang, who secretly supports these sects, they are all trap setters.The real victims are those who seem to have achieved the Tao and become immortals, as well as the family members and disciples left behind by them.

Feng Zhangjun felt a chill rise slowly from his back.He suddenly realized that if he hadn't reunited with Lian Zhuxian and the series of revelations pointing to the truth hadn't happened, then maybe he might have stepped into the same trap.

So, what happened to these people who have achieved Taoism and immortality for thousands of years?How many people has the tragedy that happened to Ye Hao happened to?

He was about to think deeply, when suddenly he felt the hand he had been holding tightly move, and at some point Lian Zhu Xian had woken up.

"So, the leader of Nosoma...was deceived by others in order to make him leave the Five Immortals Sect so that the forces of the Central Plains could devour the Five Immortals Sect?"

No one is willing to answer this question—Nuosoma, who stepped into the peach blossom barrier for the future of the Five Immortals, turned into a fool who was transferred from the mountain, how sad and ridiculous!

The room fell silent, Feng Zhangjun gently stroked Lian Zhu Xian's hair as comfort: "Are you feeling better?"

"It's okay." Lian Zhu Xian nodded, "I said that my recovery ability is very strong."

He turned his gaze to Zhao Xiangchuan in front of the bed again: "So, you knew this secret 20 years ago, but you didn't tell anyone."

"No, I said it." Zhao Xiangchuan shook his head, his voice was deep and slow, and seemed to contain infinite remorse: "...I told Linghe."

Now Zhao Xiangchuan felt that telling Du Linghe this terrible secret was the most terrible and wrong decision he had ever made in his life.

But at the time, he thought he had no choice.

"Because Li Ruhai wanted to send Du Linghe to Biyunju. If I hadn't stopped him at that time, he would have become a real running dog under Li Ruhai's family—just like me. And he couldn't escape the bloodbath after all. The catastrophe in Biyunju."

Speaking of this, he immediately corrected himself: "No, Linghe is not the kind of person who is willing to help others, but he will be deceived by Li Ruhai's rhetoric, and he cannot escape Li Ruhai's tricks."

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Since Yirugong Shenyin, many sects in the Central Plains have set up branches in the border of Dayan to carve up the business of spiritual treasures from the Western Regions.Among them, Huajiantang benefited the most.Many of Huajiantang's artifacts, including the "Huahua Bell" that made the Five Immortals hate it, came from the Western Regions.But Huajiantang's most famous spell is not the flower protection bell, but another "forbidden spell" that has caught the attention of many people.

"In order to convince Linghe, I let him read my heart directly."

The "mind reading" that Zhao Xiangchuan said is the only forbidden technique of Huajiantang.Throughout the Central Plains, this technique is extremely harmful.Not only did it lead to protests from many sects, but even Huajiantang was strictly restricted. In principle, only the text of the heart method was sealed up, and no one was allowed to touch it.

Back then, the person who competed with Li Ruhai for the headship was ruined precisely because Zhao Xiangchuan exposed and studied the secret art of mind reading.

Zhao Xiangchuan was not allowed to study the art of mind reading, but he was by no means an obedient disciple.His original intention of secretly learning "Mind Reading" was to protect himself, but he didn't expect to use it for the first time to protect Du Linghe.

Du Linghe, who read the truth from Zhao Xiangchuan's memory, fell into a brief confusion.Zhao Xiangchuan's original intention was only to hope that he could find an excuse to avoid the injustice related to Biyunju, but what Du Linghe wanted to do was far more than that.

"Linghe said to reassure me, but secretly went to Li Ruhai to argue." Zhao Xiangchuan sighed, "He is the kind of naive and straightforward personality who insists that Li Ruhai is absolutely the mastermind of this matter... It’s not an exaggeration to say it’s stupid.”

Faced with Du Linghe's questioning, Li Ruhai behaved like all benevolent and dignified teachers.While comforting him, he clarified that he promised that he would never get involved in Biyunju's affairs, and the so-called "manipulating the way to become a fairy" is a misunderstanding.Under his eloquent defense, Du Linghe quickly dispelled his doubts and confessed everything he had learned to him.

There was only one thing, Du Linghe did not confess to Li Ruhai - he did not confess to Zhao Xiangchuan, he only insisted that he was the one who "accidentally" heard the conversation, and never revealed it to anyone else.Li Ruhai believed it on the surface, but secretly began to investigate.

"Couldn't Li Ruhai know that kind of mind-reading technique?" Lian Zhu Xian couldn't help interjecting, "If he could, why didn't he go directly to see Du Linghe's memory? Then you would be exposed right away, wouldn't you?"

"Your Excellency may have misunderstood mind reading."

Zhao Xiangchuan looked at him: "That's not a spell that can be completed without anyone noticing it, but requires the consent of both casters and the formation of a magic circle. If Li Ruhai asks Linghe for mind reading, first of all It is tantamount to admitting the fact that he secretly learned forbidden techniques; and Linghe will also realize that Li Ruhai does not trust him, and thus become suspicious."

But even if the mind-reading technique is not applied, Li Ruhai already has a doubtful candidate.

Zhao Xiangchuan continued to recall: "On the day Linghe talked with Li Ruhai, I happened to go out and was not in the hall. But the eyeliner I stayed in the hall came overnight and told me about Linghe. My first reaction was , I’m afraid I won’t be able to stay in Huajiantang anymore. Li Ruhai may pretend to be dignified in front of Linghe, but he never pretends to me, and he will definitely ask to read my heart.”

When he said this, Zhao Xiangchuan lowered his head all the time, as if he was avoiding the gazes of Feng Zhangjun and Lian Zhuxian, so as to avoid them suddenly asking some private questions that he didn't want to respond to.

Feng Zhangjun did not give up asking the question because of this: "So, has Li Ruhai ever read your heart?"

"I read it." Zhao Xiangchuan nodded, "But I didn't read anything."

Didn't read it?Feng Zhangjun and Lian Zhuxian looked at each other and realized something at the same time.

Sure enough, what Zhao Xiangchuan said next confirmed their guess—just like what happened to Huaiyuan, Gu Yanlan, and Zuo Yanye back then, when Zhao Xiangchuan was most helpless, Wuyouzi descended from the sky, giving a unique Help that only he can provide.

"Although I don't know the exact reason, he did remove all the bad memories for Li Ruhai from my mind." Zhao Xiangchuan is still a little unbelievable.

Zhao Xiangchuan, who had part of his memory removed, returned to Huajiantang, and accepted Li Ruhai's mind-reading technique almost immediately, and naturally passed it safely.

But the trouble didn't end there.

"At the beginning, I made a promise with Wuyouzi that once I passed the test of mind reading, I would retrieve that memory again. But Li Ruhai's suspicion was more serious than I imagined. One mind reading was not enough for him. control me to ensure my physical and mental integrity."

When he came to his senses, Zhao Xiangchuan was already in a dilemma.

Generally speaking, Li Ruhai would force Zhao Xiangchuan to accept a mind reading every ten days in order to fully grasp all of Zhao Xiangchuan's thoughts and secrets.Because of this, Zhao Xiangchuan had to entrust more and more memories to Wuyouzi, asking him to keep them on his behalf.

During that time, for Zhao Xiangchuan, the only freedom existed only during hunting.He can temporarily avoid the ghostly Li Ruhai, retrieve his own terrible memories from Wuyouzi, and race against time thinking whether there is a way to escape from this life on the tip of the knife.

But this kind of thinking is often futile, and he must return these new useless thoughts together with the old memories to Wuyouzi before the hunting is over and he returns to the sect.

"I'm afraid you can't understand how terrible this kind of life is... One moment, you were still a family dog ​​who was loyal to Li Ruhai and surrendered physically and mentally, and the next moment, you suddenly recalled Li Ruhai's insidiousness, his suspicion, his The cruelty... You really want to escape from him, but the best way to protect yourself is to force yourself to forget about these things and go back to Li Ruhai's side."

Having said that, Zhao Xiangchuan stopped and took a deep breath.Only then did Feng Zhangjun realize that his forehead was dripping with cold sweat.

"Why don't you leave Huajiantang?" Although there was already some speculation in his heart, Lian Zhuxian still had to listen to Zhao Xiangchuan's answer, "As long as you are willing, the world is so big, where can you not fit in?"

"Because I can't take Linghe away."

Zhao Xiangchuan confirmed Lian Zhuxian's prediction: "After being coaxed and appeased by Li Ruhai, Linghe once confronted me. And I happened to give that memory to Wuyouzi for preservation, so I categorically denied what I had revealed to him. All the content. Without any suspense, there was another dispute between us... Linghe is getting farther and farther away from me, but he trusts Li Ruhai more and more. And I... When I have no memory, the gap between Linghe and Linghe is getting deeper. Those who have memory Sometimes there is unspeakable suffering, all kinds of pain.”

Zhao Xiangchuan lowered his head and buried his haggard face in his hands.

Feng Zhangjun seemed to understand something: "You want to jump out of this endless torture, but you are imperceptibly restrained by Du Linghe. So you just decided to get rid of Du Linghe first?"

"No!"

Zhao Xiangchuan suddenly raised his head, his eyes were reddish with excitement: "I never thought of doing that... I would rather cut myself apart than hurt him!!"

After shouting this sentence, Zhao Xiangchuan's voice suddenly dropped again: "Linghe is so loyal and trusting to Li Ruhai, but why Li Ruhai still refuses to let him go? Why must he die? Why?"

This is not a question that has to be answered.Maybe Li Ruhai just wanted to completely own Zhao Xiangchuan; or maybe from the moment Linghe confronted Li Ruhai naively, a seed called "doubt" was deeply rooted in Li Ruhai's heart and could not be removed. , the only way to get rid of it is to go fast.

And Feng Zhangjun revealed some other things he learned from the intelligence of the spies back then——

"During the month before his defection and death, the relationship between Du Linghe and Li Ruhai deteriorated rapidly, and we once suspected that other sects were instigating it."

As he said that, he quickly passed a look to Lian Zhu Xian.

Although there is no conclusive evidence, both Feng Zhangjun and Lian Zhu Xian vaguely sensed that Zhao Xiangchuan may not be the only one who has come into contact with Wuyouzi.Du Linghe was also a pawn in Wuyouzi's hand, he kept it carefully at ordinary times, but when the time came, he was kicked out neatly.

Zhao Xiangchuan said that he was not a good person, and that Li Ruhai was insidious and suspicious, but he just ignored Wuyouzi, a man who stood silently in the dark.

All in all, Li Ruhai finally decided to get rid of Du Linghe, and he decided to take the opportunity to test Zhao Xiangchuan again.

Regarding the death of Du Linghe, Zhao Xiangchuan did not describe in detail.However, the brief process he outlined in a few words is also roughly consistent with the report Feng Zhangjun received earlier——

On the night of the incident, Li Ruhai asked Zhao Xiangchuan, who had no knowledge of it, to give Du Linghe a pot of "fine wine".However, Linghe saw through the poison in the wine and realized that Li Ruhai wanted to harm him, so he ran away immediately.

That night, thunder and lightning flashed, and the entire ancient city in the south of the Yangtze River was submerged in the downpour.Li Ruhai released countless hawks and dogs, and forced the desperate Du Linghe into the deep mountains outside Huajiantang.

Right there, Zhao Xiangchuan was ordered to catch up with Du Linghe.

The rain in the mountains was so heavy that it was maddening.The trees all over the mountains and valleys trembled in the strong wind, the streams surged, and the sound of waterfalls echoed the thunder in the sky.

Standing on the top of the muddy and slippery cliff, Zhao Xiangchuan only felt ten times, a hundred times heavier all over his body.The heavy rain that fell from the sky seemed to have turned into stones and solidified on his body.

And on the opposite side of him, less than a few steps away, is the Dooling River, which is also drenched and shivering with cold.

Thunder and lightning frequently lit up on the mountain not far away, and the rain curtain that wrapped them instantly turned into tens of thousands of candles to illuminate everything.

At this moment, Zhao Xiangchuan saw Du Linghe muttering, hesitant to speak but stopped.Then, when the electric light dimmed, he leaped and jumped off the cliff!

An unprecedentedly loud thunder almost exploded above Zhao Xiangchuan's head, causing severe pain in his ears and a bang.He felt that the cliff under his feet began to shake, and the soil and rocks softened by the rain began to collapse on a large scale!

If Li Ruhai, who had been hiding in the dark and watching, made a timely move, Zhao Xiangchuan would have died in the abyss along with Du Linghe!

The torrential rain continued for three days and three nights, and Huajiantang sent a team to search the Duling River, and they also searched for three full days in the rain.Finally, someone found a body in the robes of Huajiantang in the lower reaches of the valley.Although highly corrupt and unable to identify his face, he has the token of Du Linghe in his pocket, and his injuries should also be caused by the high fall.

However, getting the corpse was not enough, Li Ruhai ordered people to continue searching for the soul, but found nothing for a whole three to seven twenty-one days.Everyone thought that Du Linghe's soul had been separated long ago, and the three souls were reincarnated. Li Ruhai was afraid that if he continued to persist, he would cause suspicion, so he reluctantly gave up.

Back to Zhao Xiangchuan, after Du Linghe died, Li Ruhai read his mind repeatedly to make sure that Linghe's death did not shake Zhao Xiangchuan's loyalty to him.Although Zhao Xiangchuan was indeed sad because of Du Linghe, but because of the estrangement of the relationship over the years, he did not question Li Ruhai.

The real collapse happened after the 21-day soul-searching ceremony ended—taking advantage of Li Ruhai's brief departure from Huajiantang, Wuyouzi once again handed over all the memories to Zhao Xiangchuan.

Then Zhao Xiangchuan collapsed.

"In the end, I still didn't keep my most important person. What the hell have I been doing all these years..."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xiangchuan's already flushed eyes finally shed a tear, but there was a self-deprecating smile on the corner of his mouth.

Feng Zhangjun said: "But you are free. Without Du Linghe, you can leave Huajiantang and go far away, can't you?"

"No, I won't go." Zhao Xiangchuan shook his head firmly, "I want to kill Li Ruhai...to avenge Linghe!"

Hearing this, Lian Zhuxian let out a sigh.

Another trap completed.Zhao Xiangchuan completely became a link in Wuyouzi's series of schemes.As for Zhao Xiangchuan himself who didn't know about it, how would he view his misfortune with Linghe?Blame it on "fate and fate"?

He shook his head and sighed again.

As if reading what was in his mind, Feng Zhangjun squeezed his hand, then looked at Zhao Xiangchuan again: "Go on."

Zhao Xiangchuan's voice trembled faintly: "The last time I saw Wuyouzi was more than a month ago. That day he suddenly found me and said that he would return all the memories to me and never take them back."

"Why?" Feng Zhangjun asked, "Then you can't stay in Huajiantang any longer."

"He said he had more important things to do ... an important thing that had to be done with all his might."

Speaking of this, Zhao Xiangchuan sneered: "But I don't want to stay in Huajiantang any longer. After getting back the complete memory, I just wish I could cut Li Ruhai into pieces, the sooner the better."

After returning all the memories, Wuyouzi told Zhao Xiangchuan that a series of changes would soon occur in the Central Plains.All those he hates will be punished as they deserve.And Li Ruhai, whom he hated the most, was handed over to him to punish him personally.

"He told me that the chief commander of Xixianyuan will die soon. At that time, I will find an opportunity to go to Dongxianyuan. A person named Zuo Yanye will hand over a corpse to Me, what I want to do is to take advantage of the opportunity of the Huajian Tang Qixi Lantern Festival to mix corpse liquid into food and let Li Ruhai and others eat it... It's a pity that all of this is doomed to fail."

"But Wuyouzi also foresaw this situation." Fengzhang Jun thought, "That's why he told you that in case of any accident, you can come to Yuncang to find me... No, it's better to come to me than to come to me." He said that he predicted that I would become like this, and asked you to come to Yuncang to rescue me."

Li Ruhai did not continue this topic, but stood up: "I have done everything I can, it is safe here, I will arrange everything, Yun Cang will not think that you are hiding here... But let's go after resting , it looks like the world is going to be in chaos soon."

"Where are you going?" Lian Zhuxian looked up at him, "Back to Yuncang?"

"Is this still necessary?" Li Ruhai smiled, but his eyes were like a pool of stagnant water, "I'm going to find Li Ruhai."

"Wait a moment."

Lian Zhuxian supported Feng Zhangjun's arm with one hand, barely propped up his body, took off the bandage that was binding the wound, and handed it to Zhao Xiangchuan: "Take it, and my sleeve, and feed my blood to Li Ruhai. Same."

"..."

Although there was still some suspicion in his eyes, Zhao Xiangchuan still took the bandage.

Then he thought for a while, and then said softly: "The world is in chaos recently, Lord Chunwu said that there is a big problem with the sect. We came to discuss the crusade against the sect...he is going to attack the sect."

After saying this, he turned and left.

The author has something to say: I saw a sentence before: the same gold necklace is a decoration on the strong; it is a disaster on the weak.

The same is true for Zhao Xiangchuan - a person who is not even able to protect himself has obtained a secret that is enough to overturn the world.If this secret is in the hands of the strong, it can change the pattern of the world.But Zhao Xiangchuan couldn't do it, he even couldn't wait to give up this secret forever, it's a pity he couldn't even do this.

In this chapter, the biggest secret of this work is revealed—as everyone guessed, the so-called immortality is just a conspiracy.The quota for becoming an immortal is actually in the hands of mortal interest groups.You think you have jumped out of the world, but in fact you have been under the conspiracy of the same kind.Simply put: Life is an arrangement.

"Memory" is another important clue that runs through this story. People's seven souls can store memories, and people will start to lose their memories after death. The memory of the living, and Huajiantang's technique of reading the memory of living people is regarded as a forbidden technique by the Central Plains. The intention of "memory" actually refers to "self" in this article.People are trying to retain and hide their ego, and they are trying to win and retain other people's ego.Control and struggle are repeated unsolvable problems.

Then, Shang Wuyong had something to say:

Shang Wuyong: I always thought that I was the most perverted control freak in this story, but I never thought that Li Ruhai was the most perverted.

Huaiyuan nodded silently.