Chapter 194: The Gu Master Who Cultivated the Young Hero
Jiang Yan felt pain, and his already pale face turned even paler than paper. Due to his severe injuries and the forced exhaustion, he was now no different from a disabled person.
Three years ago, Jiang Yan knew that Qi He's obsession with his master was more serious than anything else. Three years later, this degree of obsession has only increased, which is frightening.
He who knows the times is a hero. Jiang Yan endured the pain in his body and spoke in a hoarse voice.
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When the sun is high in the branches for a long time, the weather becomes so hot and humid that it makes people feel upset.
In the Lin residence, Qu Ziheng and Yan Yixiuan were both a little anxious.
They came to check on Jiang Yan early in the morning, but learned from Lin Zhi that he had left.
Qu Ziheng didn't believe that Lin Zhi would deceive them. That was why they didn't understand why Jiang Yan had caused the Chiyu Sect to kill him, and why he left without saying a word. It was very strange that he came and went in such a hurry.
They were anxious and angry, feeling that Jiang Yan didn't consider them friends at all.
"I don't know when Xiao He will come back."
Qu Ziheng looked at the door, hoping that Qi He could bring back news about Jiang Yan.
Lin Zhi waved her fan and said, "Why don't you go and do your own things first. I'll pass on the news to you when I have it."
He did not leave with Qi He, not only for Qu Ziheng and Yan Yixiuan, but also because the five-day deadline had not yet arrived, so he would stay here.
Yan Yixuan said: "I don't have anything to do, I'll just wait here."
"What about the Ziheng sect?"
Qu Ziheng said: "It's almost done. Although I don't know who the traitor is, the Sect Master didn't tell us and told us not to worry. But the Sect Master seems to have something else to deal with and has not left."
Lin Zhi understood, and Taoist Yunxu also knew about the five-day appointment. His staying here was also a silent deterrent.
Since Qu Ziheng and Yan Yixiuan had no intention of doing anything else, Lin Zhi asked them to wait here.
Soon it was noon, and while they were having lunch, Lin Zhi received a letter sent by carrier pigeon.
After hearing what Taoist Yunxu said a few days ago, he sent people to investigate the news of the Holy Religion in the Western Regions, and now he has received a reply.
After reading the contents of the letter, Lin Zhi already had the answer in his mind.
"Xiao He, you're back! Did you catch up with Jiang Yan?"
Yan Yixiuan's voice was heard outside the house. Lin Zhi burned the letter in the brazier and walked out of the room.
Qi He shook his head at Yan Yixuan and replied, "No."
"Someone came to pick him up. I chased him for a while, but I couldn't catch up with him, so I came back."
"What is this Jiang Yan doing?"
Yan Yixiuan was worried and anxious, and couldn't figure it out.
They naturally knew that their friends were hiding something from them, and it didn't feel good, but they couldn't just ignore it.
Qu Ziheng and Yan Yixiuan asked Qi He for the location where they were lost and decided to look for them along the way.
"Brother Lin, Xiao He, see you another day. If there is anything urgent, just send a letter to Qixingmen."
Qu Ziheng clasped his fists, and Yan Yixiuan said the same thing. The two of them hurriedly said goodbye with their weapons.
Without the two of them, the yard suddenly became quiet. Lin Zhi knew that Qi He had something to say, so she took him into the house.
"Master, I caught up with Jiang Yan and asked him some questions."
Qi He told Lin Zhi what happened along the way, omitting the part about how to threaten Jiang Yan. He learned very crucial information from Jiang Yan.
"Jiang Yan was originally a hidden chess piece of the Akabane Sect, and was also a hidden line placed by the Western Region Holy Church in the Central Plains."
Previously they had always believed that the Akabane Sect and the Western Region Holy Church were competing for medicinal materials, but that was not entirely true. In fact, from the very beginning this was an internal struggle within the Western Region Holy Church.
The Western Region Holy Church was defeated in the war fifty years ago, but not all its members left. Some of its old followers stayed in the Central Plains, waiting to join forces again.
The Akabane Sect absorbed these people, or rather, these people voluntarily served the Akabane Sect, in order to secretly develop the power of the Western Region Holy Church.
Jiang Yan is a pawn of the Western Region Holy Church hiding in the Chiyu Sect, disguising himself as a righteous person on the surface.
Three years ago, there was chaos within the Western Region Holy Church. The leader of the Holy Church changed, the old leader died, and the new leader Hai Ye seized power and called himself the Ming King.
The power of the Holy Church has since been divided into two. The forces outside the territory are basically loyal to the Ming King, while the forces developing in the Central Plains are loyal to the deceased old leader. The two groups are naturally hostile to each other, and each wants to devour the other's power. However, the old members of the Holy Church have lived in the Central Plains for a long time, and they can do nothing about the captured base camp. The Ming King's hand cannot reach the Central Plains for a while.
Jiang Yan is a member of the old faction, but he is unwilling to be controlled all the time, so he joins a new master.
Snake Cloud Grass was indeed what the Akagawa Sect was searching for, but this task was not given to Jiang Yan. Jiang Yan received an order from King Ming and volunteered to carry out this task. He and other subordinates of King Ming took the Snake Cloud Grass away before the Akagawa Sect could react.
Therefore, in the eyes of his old subordinates, Jiang Yan was a traitor, and when they saw him show up this time, they planned to clean up the house.
"Jiang Yan should not have concealed anything. He said that the Holy Church has many hidden agents. He does not know the identities of other hidden agents, but he is sure that they exist in various sects."
Lin Zhi said: "It is consistent with what I investigated."
The spies reported that the Holy Church changed its leader three years ago. The new Holy Leader, Ming Wang, was born to the old leader's unfavored concubine. He had been missing before and suddenly appeared three years ago. Although he was young, he had great magical powers and deep inner strength. He defeated the old leader and ascended the throne.
His methods were as swift as thunder and anyone who disobeyed him would die under his sword. As a result, he had the entire Holy Church under his control. Soon after, he began to send people to the Central Plains to search for medicinal herbs. Not long after, the Akabane Sect also began to collect medicinal herbs, and the two sides began to compete for them.
Lin Zhi pointed at the table: "It seems that the situation is already very obvious."
When the Qi family incident happened, Hai Ye was not yet Ming Wang. It could only be the work of the old members of the Holy Church. Ming Wang used one person's information in exchange, which means that he probably didn't even know who the leader among his old members was, otherwise he would have come to join forces long ago.
Qi He whispered, "Master, do you feel familiar?"
Lin Zhi nodded: "Of course I am familiar with it. It can be said that it is exactly the same."
At a young age, Hai Ye had profound internal strength and mastered magic skills. He also collected medicinal materials. Not only had he taken pills, he even knew the prescriptions, just like Qi He.
Hai Ye is twenty-one years old this year, four years older than Qi He. Yan Sangeng died when Qi He was two years old. One is the son of the leader of the Western Region, and the other is a pharmacist from the Western Region Holy Religion. In addition, Hai Ye's whereabouts have been unknown, so they may have had direct interactions.
Let's put the matter of the prescription aside for now. It has been confirmed that the people who committed the Qi family massacre were the old forces in the Western Regions. Most of them are in the Chiyu Sect and have infiltrated other sects in the past fifty years. Even Jiang Yan, who is a secret agent, does not know the identities of the other secret agents.
Hai Ye didn't even know the leader of his old forces. It would not be easy for them to get the list of people who committed the murder back then. It wasn't because it was difficult, but because they didn't want anybody to slip through the net.
The masked woman that Bai Wuqiu mentioned might be the Blood Rose suddenly appeared in Lin Zhi's mind, and he began to think.
Lin Zhi wanted to tell Qi He something, but found that his expression was not right.
Qi He's brows were furrowed and he looked uncomfortable.
"What’s wrong with you?"
"When I was questioning Jiang Yan, the woman who was traveling with him attacked. I didn't feel anything unusual. Someone picked them up and ran away. I didn't continue to chase them. On the way, I met the people guarding outside our house. I killed them and came back. I was not injured."
Qi He also found it strange. When the woman was plotting against him, she stabbed a needle into his skin. The needle was black and obviously poisonous. His qi and blood became a little disordered, but the discomfort soon disappeared after he circulated his qi. He had internal energy and ordinary poisons could not do anything to him, so he did not take it too seriously.
Those who were originally chasing Jiang Yan attacked him when they saw him, and Qi He did not suffer any loss in the fight.
Now his energy and blood were surging again. He used his internal force to suppress it and it was calm. But suddenly it backfired violently, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Qi He couldn't see his own appearance, but Lin Zhi could see it clearly. Qi He's face and even his neck were red.
After the blood and qi surged, Qi He suddenly felt the changes in his body. He held onto the edge of the cold screen and said helplessly, "Master, it seems to be a love poison."
This was not something Qi He did on purpose. He had never thought that the woman had put an aphrodisiac on the needle instead of poison. However, this medicine was very strange.
It wasn't noticeable the first two times, but the third time was so violent that Qi He felt thirsty and a little dizzy.
Qi He seemed to smell the sweet fragrance coming from his master, and became more confused.
Lin Zhi remained silent. Although the method was a bit old-fashioned, it was not useless. He was thinking about how much benefit to give, but he saw Qi He suddenly take off the white silk on her eyes, hold one end of it, bite it with her teeth, and tie her hands.
"Master, please get me a bucket of cold water, so that I don't lose control and offend you."
Because of the heat, Qi He's face was slightly sweaty, and his pair of gray eyes were almost burning red.
Qi He found that the more he tried to suppress it, the more excited the stuff below became.
The sound in his ears became a little noisy, and the desire urged him to bite the young man in front of him and take him as his own, holding his legs and rubbing his tender parts, leaving a mark in the deepest part.
Qi He is not a gentleman, and he tied himself up and urged Lin Zhi not for the sake of the master-disciple relationship. It is true that there was some element of trying to win favor, but the more important reason was that Qi He did not want to lose his master in a state of irrationality.
He could soberly follow his master's sleeping instructions at night, but he could never act on instinct when he was not conscious.
He had to remember it clearly at all times, otherwise he would be resentful and jealous even to himself.
As Qi He thought so, his body seemed to go against his will. He easily broke free from the white silk that bound his wrists. The sound of cloth breaking was heard, and fragments floated down. He stretched out his hand but did not touch Lin Zhi. Instead, he removed his right arm without blinking.
The intense pain made Qi He clear his mind for a moment, but it was not enough.
"Master, don't worry. No one can hurt you while I am here, not even me."
Qi He's expression was not clear, and he even had a bit of fanaticism, but he still had a smile on his face and his tone was gentle.
When he was sober, he only knew to love his master, but if he was not in his right mind, he would probably lose his composure and vent all his delusions, restraining his master so that he could only stay on the bed, forcing him to wear Miao clothes or not wear any, forcing him to coax him and using every possible means to make him refine the love Gu.
But this won’t work, as it will anger the master and he won’t be able to win his heart.
That's absolutely not possible, he won't allow it.
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