Looking at Jiang Hengchuan's back, Mengqi's eyes were gloomy. Finally, he shook his head and smiled. He went down the Hero Tower and went straight to the Yellow Court Temple.
Now that he had been confirmed as not a chess piece, he could openly visit the young masters and ask for the reason. He didn't have to expose his identity as a Secret-searching Nark. He wanted to see how the mastermind would respond.
In Go, this was called "testing the hand".
The Yellow Court Temple was located in the east of the city. It bathed in the morning light and the cold moon, quiet and elegant.
Qing Yu lived in the guest yard. When Mengqi opened the door under the guidance of a Taoist priest, he saw Qing Yu's back to him. He was paying his respects to the Heaven Emperor and doing his afternoon class.
He was wearing a cyan Taoist robe and a purple crown. His movements were meticulous. He didn't look like a young man, but more like an old man who had been buried by time. He was also very focused.
Mengqi had the experience of watching the old man's statue in the morning, so he didn't disturb Qing Yu. He sat on the stone chair and waited for Qing Yu.
After a long time, Qing Yu finished his afternoon class. He slowly turned around and walked to Mengqi with "Time Sword" in his hand. There was a meaningful smile on his face. "What a big show last night."
"A big show?" Mengqi asked subconsciously. He immediately understood what Qing Yu meant. It seemed to be an old-fashioned show full of loopholes and strange plots.
Qing Yu stopped smiling and sat upright. "Donor Su, why are you here?"
"I want to know why you came to Maoling." Mengqi went straight to the point without any concealment.
Qing Yu raised his eyebrows and pursed his thin lips. He couldn't help but laugh. "So you're not."
"I'm not." Mengqi didn't feel ashamed at all.
Qing Yu didn't answer directly. Instead, he stroked the blade of "Time Sword" and said, "Since you're not, why should I tell you?"
"Because it has something to do with the trap I fell into last night." Mengqi's mouth twitched.
Qing Yu still didn't answer. He stared at Mengqi with a look that said, "If you don't give me valuable information, I won't talk."
Mengqi paused. "'The Astounding' has brought his family here because of the Lucky Chance. 'Ledgerkeeper of Lives' has come here because someone wants to compete with him. Well, he uses every young master who comes to Maoling as a chess piece."
Qing Yu's hand that was touching "Time" tightened. His face changed slightly and then became cold. "Someone told I that there are relics in Maoling and many young masters, including several top ten on the Ranking List of Young Masters, will come. I can fight with them to my heart's content, so I came."
"You came here to learn from each other?" Mengqi thought of what Qing Yu had said in the Hero Tower and believed this reason.
A hint of fanaticism appeared on Qing Yu's face. "Yes, I will gather all the heroes in the world."
"Who told you this?" Mengqi went straight to the point.
Qing Yu shook his head. "I don't know. Someone sent a letter to I. Maoling is the hub of the Yangtze River and there are many masters. Sneaky villains can't make big movements and certainly can't harm I. So I came to Maoling to explore. The result is consistent with the letter. I didn't expect to be used as a chess piece by someone else …"
When he said the last half of the sentence, he gnashed his teeth.
"In fact, it's very easy to solve the problem." Mengqi smiled.
Qing Yu's hand that was holding the knife relaxed. "I'd like to hear the details."
"As long as you leave Maoling and go back to your own families, no matter what kind of arrangements or conspiracies you have, they will all be in vain." When he said this, Mengqi suddenly felt like he was persuading a runaway child to return to the arms of his parents.
Qing Yu snorted. "How can I be as timid as a mouse? Since someone dares to use I as a chess piece, then I will turn over their chessboard and see what they are capable of! "
"And the more it is like this, the more I look forward to the young masters who come. If I don't meet them, how can I be willing to leave?"
Seeing that Qing Yu was so determined, Mengqi had no choice but to say, "If you find any clues in the future, please don't hesitate to tell me."
Qing Yu held the handle of "Time", put away his arrogance, stubbornness, and gnashing teeth, and said calmly, "You have to prove that I's clues will not be given to the wrong person. If I go through a lot of trouble to tell you the news, but you die directly in a dark corner, won't it be a waste of I's efforts?"
Understanding the meaning of Qing Yu's words, Mengqi cupped his hands and said, "Taoist brother, please enlighten me."
Qing Yu didn't draw his knife immediately. Instead, he looked at Mengqi's eyes and said word by word, "The bladesmanship that I practice is the 'Five Emperors' Knife of Five Directions' recorded in the 'Jade Book of the Emperor of Heaven'. There are five movements in total and thousands of variations."
As he spoke, his momentum gradually rose, noble and majestic. He looked down at the common people, and the void around him shook slightly, as if it was worshiping the ruler.
In the ancient times, there were Qing Emperor Duke of the East, Golden Emperor Queen Mother of the West, Black Emperor Zhen Wu, and Fire Emperor Feng Xi. They were known as the "Five Emperors of Five Directions" together with the Central Celestial Ruler, but they were all inferior to the Celestial Ruler. Therefore, Qing Yu had the saying that the Celestial Ruler suppressed the ancient times.
Among them, the Fire Emperor Feng Xi was the Demon Saint. When the Celestial Court fell, the Nine Levels of Heaven disappeared, the Celestial Ruler died, and the other three emperors either disappeared or passed away, she reached the peak and caused chaos in the world.
As Qi activity and spirit fought, Mengqi's momentum changed accordingly. Together with the stone table, the stone bench, the grass, the trees, the smoke in the Yellow Court Temple, and the swallows flying in the sky, he complemented each other and coexisted harmoniously. He was covered with the mortal world, but also not in the mortal world. He said, "The bladesmanship that I practice is the 'Ananda Oath-breaking Bladesmanship'. The mortal world is full of karma, and the immortals are not separated from the mortals."
The only bladesmanship that he could openly announce his name was the 'Ananda Oath-breaking Bladesmanship'. At this time, he also operated the mental cultivation method of this bladesmanship, releasing his spirit and half-blending into the environment.
At the same time, Mengqi used the Eight Nine Mysteries to deliberately change the outer muscle reaction and the flow of genuine Qi on the surface of his body. He couldn't sense Qing Yu's state, and he couldn't let Qing Yu easily spy on him.
Qing Yu slowly drew out the "Time". His movement was ancient and clumsy, with a kind of strange care, as if he was afraid of disturbing the time and leaving mottled marks, full of charm.
A flash of knife light flashed, and the passing of time was like this!
Under the influence of Qi activity, Mengqi also reached for the handle of the knife. His movement was so fast that it was like an illusion. Just as Qing Yu was about to draw out the knife, he saw the silver light jump out.
Life was fast, and death was also fast. Life was like a white steed passing through a crack. In an instant, endless beauty bloomed, and a lifetime of brilliance. This was the true meaning of the mortal world.
Mengqi's state of mind had changed, so he could draw out the knife so quickly. Countless movements erupted in an instant, imprinted in time.
Of course, this was also because of the mutual stimulation of the momentum of the two. Under the influence of Qi activity, they both climbed to the peak that was difficult to reach in the past.
That was why so many masters were looking for an equal opponent. It was easy to find a beauty, but difficult to find a good enemy. Without "you", how could I touch the will of heaven with my knife alone?
Qing Yu's movement was very slow, and his charm was long. His voice was ethereal, as if falling from the Ninth Heaven.
"This move is' Qing Emperor Exterminates Longevity '."
As soon as he finished speaking, "Time" fell from the sky like lightning.
The trajectory of this knife was so mysterious that it could not be described in words. There was no sound of wind, and the knife force seemed to disappear. There was no change in the surrounding airflow, but Mengqi felt that his vitality was disappearing and going to "Time".
The vitality of the fallen leaf was disappearing, the vitality of the stone table was disappearing, and his own vitality was also disappearing!
If his vitality was cut off, what was the difference between dodging or not dodging?
The silver light suddenly brightened, dancing like a wild snake, flickering, like a ghost attacking people's hearts.
The knife light was ethereal, greedy and detached.
Qing Yu's eyes were dull, and his face was filled with fanaticism. Time slowed down.
It was this slow down! "Heaven Inflicted Pain" shot out like lightning, cutting into the knife momentum of "Qing Emperor Exterminates Longevity", and grasped a little vitality!
"Clang!" The two knives collided, and the sound was clear, like the sound of a bell.
"Good bladesmanship!" Qing Yu put his knife back into the sheath and praised, his face full of excitement.
"'Qing Emperor Exterminates Longevity' is almost flawless, but the person holding the knife is not Qing Emperor, and there is also the heart of the secular world." Mengqi praised in this way.
He was so happy to experience another wonderful bladesmanship that he couldn't wait to go back and study it carefully, so as to strengthen his accumulation of bladesmanship and perfect the essence of bladesmanship.
"Abiding by the precepts and breaking the precepts, two minds at the same time. It is indeed a top-notch work of bladesmanship." Qing Yu paused and said, "After receiving the letter, I used the resources of our sect to search for the person behind the scenes, but the result was not great. We only found traces of two long-lost skills."
"What skills?" Mengqi was refreshed. It seemed that Qing Yu was not as arrogant as he looked. He also came after investigation.
Qing Yu smiled and said, "Others may not know, but our sect is the orthodoxy of Heaven Sovereign. How can I not know? One is Fire Lord's' Heaven-catching Skill of Nine Fires', and the other is Civil Star's' All Things Under-concealing Skill '."
"Lost skills of the Celestial Court …" Mengqi thought of many things, but he couldn't determine which force it was. It was possible that it was Demoness Gu, or the Myths organization with the name of 'Ancient Gods'.
Qing Yu patted "Time", his sleeves fluttering, and he looked happy.
"Today's competition is over. When we meet again, I will develop 'Fire Emperor Incinerates Heaven and Earth'."
"Good." Mengqi was happy to hear that.
Both of them fought with Exterior bladesmanship, but they were worried about the person behind the scenes, so they did not continue to consume each other's strength.
…
After leaving the Yellow Court Temple, Mengqi immediately raised his guard. He had made a move, but how would the person behind the scenes respond?
The rest of the young masters had not surfaced, and he did not know who else. He could only lay low and wait for changes.
When he returned to his rented courtyard, Mengqi saw that the coffin had been taken away by Jiang Hengchuan. The courtyard was empty, so he cleared his mind and began to practice Golden Bell Shield and Eight Nine Mysteries. These were the fundamentals, and he could not forget them.
"Knock, knock, knock."
At dusk, the knocking on the door startled the birds, waking Mengqi up from his practice.
Before opening the door, he had already sensed the identity of the visitor from his breath and movements. It was "The Astounding" Jiang Hengchuan.
"Any clues?" Mengqi opened the courtyard door with a squeak.
Jiang Hengchuan's face was slightly gloomy. "No. The characteristics of the wood carving are obvious. I found the craftsman, but there are many people coming and going. Many people buy the wood carving, and the wood carving itself is similar. How could he remember who bought it? I used some methods to confirm that he did not lie or hide anything. Then there was no clue on the note. "
The so-called obvious characteristics of the wood carving meant that if it was made by hand, different craftsmen had different styles and characteristics. It was not difficult to find a knowledgeable person to distinguish them. The wood carving itself was similar to the wood carving made by the same craftsman. Although it could not be exactly the same, the craftsman himself would not be able to distinguish which wood carving was sold at that time, unless it was particularly perfect or incomplete, and the person behind the scenes would not buy a special wood carving with high identification.
"I'll study the wood carving, the note, and the paper ball." Mengqi frowned slightly. "By the way, which craftsman was it?"
"Craftsman Li of Yellow Flower Alley. He made them himself and sold them on the street." Jiang Hengchuan returned the three items to Mengqi and left. He planned to investigate other clues in Wind-listening Villa.
Mengqi first looked at the note with "Killing Blade" Su Meng written on it. He found that the ink on the edge of the note was slightly blurred. It seemed that the person who wrote it had touched it.
Then he picked up the wood carving and went straight out.
Others could not ask, but he might not!
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