In the hall of the relay station, Xu Yuanshuang took out a Sound Transmitting Conch and activated it with a Warlock's secret method.
This Sound Transmission Magic Snail was an extremely precious magic tool. As a rank two warlock, his father had countless top-grade magic tools. However, he only had a pair of this kind of magic tools that could transmit sound over ten thousand miles.
The reason it was so precious was not because of the difficulty of refining it, nor was it because of the high grade of the array it was infused with.
Rather, it was because of the raw materials.
Living beings like the Sound Transmitting Conch were said to possess the bloodline of a Fiendgod, but their bloodline was very thin.
They could emit sound waves inaudible to mortals and communicate with their kin from thousands of miles away.
However, the Sound Transmitting Conch was on the verge of extinction. Her father's Sound Transmitting Conch was taken from the Celestial Commissioner.
Over the past twenty years, he had not found a living Sound Transmitting Conch.
"Senior Brother Ge …"
She called out to the conch.
A dozen breaths later, Ge Wenxuan's voice came from the Sound Transmitting Conch.
"You've arrived at the capital? Pass the Sound Transmitting Conch to Ji Yuan. "
When a Sound Transmitting Conch was refined into an artifact, it would be infused with a special Sound Transmitting Array. It could only communicate with Sound Transmitting Conches that were also infused with a similar array.
Simply put, it was an encrypted Sound Transmitting Array. Only Sound Transmitting Conches that came from the same furnace could communicate with each other.
Xu Yuanshuang tossed the Sound Transmitting Conch to Ji Yuan. The latter caught it in a fluster and complained.
"We only have two Sound Transmitting Conches in the entire Cloud Province. What if they break …"
As he spoke, he brought the Sound Transmitting Conch to his ear and retracted his smile.
"The envoy has arrived at the capital, but we haven't seen Xu Qi 'an."
Ge Wenxuan pondered.
"Based on his personality, if he's confident in his victory, then he'll probably give you a show of strength today."
Ji Yuan smiled.
"I found out something today. That Xu Qi 'an and the young emperor had a falling out. It seems to be about peace talks."
Ge Wenxuan was surprised.
"How did you find out?"
He was someone who had just arrived in the capital and had no foundation, yet he was able to find out about the Imperial Palace so quickly.
Could it be that Daibun's court was on the verge of collapse?
"Is the Imperial Court of Daibun on the verge of collapse?"
"Before sunset, Imperial Consort Chen privately sent someone to see me. She said that she was an old friend of the State Preceptor. She hoped that he would be lenient during the peace talks on account of their past relationship."
Ge Wenxuan was silent for a moment.
"The Imperial Preceptor's chess pieces are everywhere, they are everywhere … … Calm down Imperial Consort Chen, think of a way to get more information from her.
"In addition, the peace talks are only one of the purposes. The other purpose is to find a way to make Xu Qi 'an and the little Emperor fall out and make them even more chaotic. During this process, remember to find an opportunity to test Xu Qi 'an and see if he has any bargaining chips.
"Although the supervisor has been sealed, no one can guess what kind of backup plan he has left behind."
Ji Yuan snickered.
"I, on the other hand, can't wait to meet Xu and help my Seventh Brother vent his anger."
Ge Wenxuan said calmly.
"Be careful."
Ji Yuan waved the silver fan in his left hand and said with a smile,
"I know. Xu Qi 'an will be a fish on the chopping board sooner or later."
…
Fifteen miles away from the west gate.
Asuro … Xu Qi 'an looked at the tall figure in front of him, wearing a red and yellow kasaya. His mind was filled with thousands of thoughts, and he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
He understood many things, but at the same time, there were many things he didn't understand.
"You are Number Eight?!"
He maintained a relatively safe distance and stared blankly at the other party.
Asolo toyed with the small jade mirror. His tone was calm.
"If not, do you think you could have taken away Shen Shu's limbs so easily that day?"
He chuckled.
"If I had tried my best, I could have beheaded you within fifty moves. Then I would have sealed you and slowly tortured you to death."
"He really went easy on me …" Xu Qi 'an exhaled silently.
After Luo Yuheng's reminder, he realized that Asulo might have gone easy on him. After discussing it with the Nine-tailed Fox, they came to the conclusion that either this was a trick of the Buddhist Sect to lure him into a trap, or Asulo had other plans. For example, he wanted to seize the opportunity to reap benefits and advance to the next grade.
Now it seemed that he did have other plans. But it was not to advance to the next level, but to go easy on his friends.
How did the Jinlian Taoist priest develop this guy into a subordinate? That's awesome. It's like I, Xu Yinluo, developed a Supervisor into a subordinate … I thought he was just a frivolous Taoist priest who loved cats …
Xu Qi 'an took a deep breath. He had a thousand questions in his mind.
"Why did you do that?"
Azuro played with the jade mirror and looked to the west. His face was expressionless, but his tone suddenly changed.
"The Buddhists killed your father, your clansmen, and brainwashed you into the most devout Buddhist.
"What would you have done if it were you?"
F * ck your mother … Xu Qi 'an deliberated and said,
"Once you enter the Buddhist Sect, everything will be empty. How did you manage to fool them?"
Azuro smiled.
"What if I told you that the Myriad Demons King deliberately killed me back then?
"She knew about the Asura clan's past. Although we Asura clan were the most devout Buddhist back then, as long as we were free from the influence of the Four Realms of Emptiness, we would be able to find ourselves.
"And death was the only way."
Xu Qi 'an pondered.
"And back then, Guangdong Bodhisattva used the Great Reincarnation Dharma Idol to send the Buddhist experts who died in battle to reincarnate. Of course, he wouldn't leave you, a peak second-grade expert, to die.
"In that case, you became the holder of the Book of the Earth fragment before you returned."
Azuro nodded slowly.
"The Jinlian Taoist priest can tell the depth of a person's karma. He said that I was a person with great karma, so he gave me the Book of the Earth fragment.
"But I believe that he guessed that I was related to Buddhism."
Xu Qi 'an nodded when he heard that, but he quickly shook his head.
"It wasn't a guess. It was an investigation. After he gave you the fragment of the Earth Tome, he probably looked through all eighteen generations of your ancestors. "
As he said that, he recalled that after the Jinlian Taoist priest handed him the Book of the Earth fragment, he had lurked in the capital and investigated him.
During his stay in the capital, Taoist Priest Golden Lotus had more or less grasped fifty percent of the details of this little gong.
The remaining 50% had been blocked by the Supervisor.
Xu Qi 'an remembered that the Jinlian Taoist priest once told him — — you're the Supervisor's important chess piece.
If the Supervisor hadn't blocked him, other than the fact that he had transmigrated, the Jinlian Taoist priest would have already figured out the color of "Xu Qi 'an"'s underwear.
Of course, a treasure artifact like the Book of the Earth couldn't be given away so easily, so it was reasonable for the orange cat Taoist priest to investigate and observe the holder.
Azuro continued:
"After that, I went into secluded cultivation until I saw my true self, understood my past, and returned to Buddhism"
Xu Qi 'an caught onto a bug and asked in confusion:
"If that's the case, how did you hide from the Bodhisattvas? Back at Southern Border, you purposely let me take away Shenshu's severed limb, the Bodhisattvas couldn't have ignored it "
Returning to Buddhism would definitely have been brainwashed.
Even if he didn't, the Bodhisattvas would have been able to tell that Azuro had been an actor back at Southern Border.
When Asolo heard this, a hint of a smile appeared on his face.
"As I said earlier, the Jinlian Taoist priest knows that I'm related to Buddhism, so do you really think he would give the Book of the Earth fragment to an extremely devout Buddhist disciple?"
Xu Qi 'an seemed to have grasped something and pondered:
"You mean …"
Azuro didn't keep him in suspense and calmly explained:
"Before I returned, he had already taught me Taoism's Three Pure Ones technique"
Sure enough … Xu Qi 'an's pupils slightly dilated.
"The returned Azuro was indeed the most devout Buddhist disciple, as soon as he entered Buddhism, the four cardinal directions became void. But the other Azuro wasn't like that, he was his truest self, the self that hated Buddhism. One person became three, when I split my body, I became the real Azuro, a completely independent individual. Even the Bodhisattvas couldn't tell.
"Three became one. When I fused with the other Azuro, he would allow me to see myself and get rid of the four cardinal directions.
"Of course, the Three Pure Ones technique is too profound. I can only split one avatar now, but it's enough as a 'coordinate'."
Azuro smiled:
"Do you understand?"
So that's how it is. In this way, all the doubts can be explained. The Jinlian Taoist priest said a few days ago that he confirmed that the Eighth had come out of seclusion. He must have known the identity of the Eighth and the whereabouts of the last Magic Sealing Nail in my body, but he didn't tell me, making me anxious for so many days. Is it because I made him doubt his life repeatedly, so he wants to take revenge?
Some people appear to be kind on the surface, but in fact, they are narrow-minded Orange Cats … Xu Qi 'an came to a sudden realization. He immediately probed:
"Then why did you come to the capital this time …"
Asulo raised his eyebrows without any eyebrows and said calmly,
"To remove the last Magic Sealing Nail for you, of course.
"The Supervisor has been sealed. If I don't help, you and Daibun will die.
"Then my plan to take revenge on the Buddhists is doomed to be in vain. But this way, I can no longer hide in Alan Tuo."
"Three years, three years, you have become a peak second-class Buddhist …" Xu Qi 'an complained silently, in a good mood.
Asulo suddenly thought of something and said,
"Oh yes, when the Supervisor was sealed, the Dharma Form of Vairocana appeared in Alan Tuo, and the Bodhisattva took action."
"Are you sure it was the Bodhisattva?"
Xu Qi 'an was shocked.
At the same time, he solved a doubt in his mind. The super class behind Yunzhou was the one in Alan Tuo.
It wasn't easy for the Supervisor. He didn't lose unjustly.
"If that's the case, the source of the Dharma Form of Vairocana that took action in the Demon-slaying War 500 years ago can be explained."
Azuro took over the topic.
"After the war in Nanjiang ended and we returned to Alan Tuo, Dhu Lohan and I investigated in secret and found some clues."
He immediately told Xu Qi 'an about the breathing in the Demon Subduing Stream and the cry for help in the Zen Forest.
"Shit …" Xu Qi 'an felt his scalp go numb, which he hadn't felt for a long time.
One of the two places must be the head of Shenshu, which was most likely in the Demon Subduing Stream. The Confucian Sages statue had been destroyed, so the seal must be gone.
Then what about the cry for help in the Bodhi tree …
Seeing that he was silent, Azuro waited patiently for a long time.
Then he asked: "What do you think?"
He knew that Xu Qi 'an had profound experience and talent in this area.
Xu Qi 'an thought for a while and said:
"First of all, according to our second guess, the Bodhisattva and Shenshu are the same person, but different sides.
"The Confucian Sages statue has been destroyed, and the seal has been removed. This is consistent with what happened five hundred years ago."
Azuro nodded:
"You said that if the Confucian Sages statue has been destroyed, then the truth is the second guess. But how do you explain the cry for help? "
Xu Qi 'an said word by word:
"Didn't the Buddhist Faji Bodhisattva go missing for more than three hundred years?"
At this moment, Azuro's pupils suddenly shrank, and his breathing became a little chaotic.
Xu Qi 'an continued:
"Of course, this is my baseless guess, and I lack evidence. At present, I can't be sure that the second guess is the truth. If the first guess is the truth, then this matter will be even more complicated.
"But no matter what, now is not the time to unveil the mystery of the Bodhisattva."
Azuro agreed with him:
"The time is not right.
"I've come all the way to the east, and I haven't seen the Jinlian Taoist priest yet. Let's not waste time. I'll leave the capital after removing the Demon-sealing Nail."
Xu Qi 'an immediately summoned the Buddha's Pagoda and took the two into the second floor.
On the second floor, the Vajra statues were glaring angrily, and a solemn pressure filled the space.
Chai Xing 'er sensed that someone had come in. She opened her eyes and curiously sized up Azuro who was nearly nine feet tall.
It was obvious that this person was from the Buddhist Sect. Other than being ugly, he gave off a heroic and extraordinary feeling.
"The last Demon-sealing Nail is in the Juque acupoint of the Ren Meridian. This is one of the four Demon-sealing Nails that I can remove. You're very lucky."
Azuro examined him and nodded slightly.
"Let's begin!"
Xu Qi 'an said.
He chose to remove the Demon-sealing Nail here mainly because the old monk of the Pagoda Spirit was watching. If Azuro was a traitor, the old monk of the Pagoda Spirit could join forces with him to fight the youngest son of the Asura King.
Azuro stretched out his right index finger and gently touched the Juque acupoint.
The tip of his finger lit up with golden lightning and connected with the Demon-sealing Nail.
Xu Qi 'an closed his eyes, and a wave of grand Buddhist chanting resounded in his ears. At the same time, he felt a piercing pain in his Juque acupoint.
"Hah!"
Azuro roared in a low voice. The bones of his finger instantly thickened, and the muscles on his robust body bulged.
The Demon-sealing Nail was removed inch by inch … During this process, Azuro gnashed his teeth, the veins on his forehead bulged, and the muscles on his face trembled slightly.
The golden lightning dyed the entire second floor with a brilliant glow.
Ding!
Finally, the Demon-sealing Nail was completely removed and fell to the ground.
Azuro's aura fell rapidly, and his chest rose and fell as he gasped violently for breath. He had consumed a great deal of energy.
In this silence, Xu Qi 'an slowly opened his eyes.
At this moment, the vital energy that came from dual cultivation and painstakingly inhaled and exhaled suddenly connected the Ren Meridian. It was completely awakened and no longer suppressed.
It was as if an enormous slumbering beast from ancient times had awakened, and a tyrannical and terrifying energy instantly filled the entire space.
Rumble!
The Buddha's Pagoda shook violently, as if it was locking up an enormous beast that surpassed its level.
On the third floor, the old monk of the Pagoda Spirit narrowed his eyes and muttered.
"Such a deep foundation …"
In the shaking that seemed like the end of the world, Chai Xing 'er lay prostrate on the ground, shivering. Her heart thumped madly, and it became more and more intense, as if it would explode at any moment.
Perfect third grade!
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