The strange ball of light in the center has been sealed again, and the ancestors have left the Dragon Tower one after another.

Dragon Fox stood on the empty tower top, as if in a daze, when he suddenly heard someone in the distance say:

“Is this really worth it?”

Patriarch Canglong stood at the entrance of the stairs leading down, looking over here from afar.

"Long Hu, you should know... Long Long's style of doing things. Once he decides to do something, he won't give anyone else any chance to stop him."

"Just like he suddenly took you away from Dongzhou, the clan searched for you for months in vain. Now he has left you in the same way. Do you really think he will leave any clues for you to find him?"

"I don't know why you are so sure that he has gone to the human world, but even if you go there with great difficulty and find him... if he doesn't want to come back, what can you do?"

Dragon Fox was silent for a long time, until the Canglong Patriarch almost lost his patience, and then he slowly spoke:

"He promised my mother that he would send me to Beiming Fanyang to resolve the blood conflict in me."

"He also promised me that he would always be by my side and would never leave me."

"He kept his promise to my mother, so I will repay the favor on her behalf; but he did not keep his promise to me, so after I have compensated him, it will be my turn to collect the debt."

Patriarch Canglong felt a huge headache after hearing this, and thought to himself, are the relationships among the young generations so chaotic nowadays?

What do you mean you owe me and I owe you? Why don't we just offset these two debts?

I don’t understand!

However, Patriarch Canglong had already seen that Longhu was deeply obsessed with this matter, so he just sighed and did not continue to persuade him.

The world of cultivation, Kunlun Mountains.

Xu Yinglian flew his sword over many mountains and finally landed near a lake.

She felt that her thoughts were extremely chaotic recently and she couldn't calm down and think about the problems, so she decided to leave Donghai and find a place to sort out her thoughts.

The most confusing thing at the moment is the so-called "organization behind Chang Gung."

Each faction lost the fragments of the Bu Tian Stone due to a traitor at the same time, so it can be inferred that since so many people were sent to act as spies, there must be an organization behind the scenes coordinating the plan.

There is nothing wrong with this reasoning; the only problem is the lack of evidence.

If it is true, then the victims can unite, for example, I can unite with Shushan Jiangxiao and Penglai Dongyou. I want to find Senior Brother Changgeng, and they also want to find Qingheng and Jingyun respectively. Everyone's interests should be consistent and there should be no conflict.

Xu Yinglian also thought so at first, until Shi Liuli actually backstabbed her... That's right, he said they would work together to restrain the devil, but in the end he quietly slipped away alone, what else could this not be a backstab?

She was originally extremely angry and annoyed, but when she followed Witch Jiang down to the underwater cave and found that the place was already deserted, Xu Yinglian quickly realized that something was wrong with her keen mind.

Why did Shi Liuli disappear?

There were not many signs of fighting at the scene, and considering Dong You's ability in calculations, she would not necessarily foolishly enter the ambush circle without leaving any clues for help... So we can draw a conclusion that she followed the other party voluntarily and obediently.

There is no one else who can do this except Jingyun. However, even if Dongyou had already known that Jingyun was there, there was no reason for him to leave Xu Yinglian alone and go to the underwater cave. After all, this kind of deception is too offensive.

Based on Xu Yinglian's understanding of Shi Liuli, although this Taoist friend never says anything shocking, he is actually a man of many thoughts. He is the kind of person who keeps his thoughts to himself and will definitely not do anything meaningless.

In other words, there was some reason that drove Shi Liuli to choose to abandon himself.

Or to be more precise, Xu Yinglian believed that as the next successor to Kunlun's master, there were not many things in the world worth offending him for. And for Shi Liuli, who was born in Tiangong Workshop and had seen all the treasures in the world, the possible choices were even fewer - perhaps only Jingyun was worth her making an enemy of Kunlun.

But how could he possibly do something bad to Jingyun? He was not related to him, and they had no dealings in the past. Why would Shi Liuli think that if he let himself meet Jingyun, he would be bad to him... or in other words, it would not be in Shi Liuli's interest?

Xu Yinglian pondered for a long time, and gradually felt that the logic became clear:

This matter can actually be inferred in reverse, that is, instead of thinking about "what is worth Shi Liuli offending me", one should guess "what is worth breaking up with Shi Liuli".

Even earlier than Kunlun, Penglai had decided to let Dongyou succeed as the headmaster a long time ago. One reason was Jingyun's second-grade golden elixir, the second was Tiangongfang's dominance in casting, and the third was Shi Liuli's own calculation ability and meticulous thinking, which made him the only choice to manage the sect.

Considering it from this perspective, even if there was a conflict of interest between him and her, at most we would just quarrel with each other, but it was unlikely that we would really fall out and attack each other.

In other words, what would cause him to immediately turn hostile to her? To the point that Shi Liuli would rather deceive himself and help Jiang Xiao deal with the great demon than let himself reach the underwater cave first?

Considering this perspective, the conclusion is obvious:

Chang Geng.

If Shi Liuli wanted to harm Chang Geng, he would definitely turn against her.

Combining the previous inferences into one, the person there was either Jingyun or Changgeng, or even both of them.

Shi Liuli judged in advance that once she got there, she would immediately become hostile to her, so she used words to trap her and secretly went to the underwater cave first.

"So Senior Brother and Jing Yun are fighting each other!" Xu Yinglian finally came to the conclusion, "Once I get there, I will definitely help Senior Brother fight against Jing Yun, and this is what Shi Liuli doesn't want to see, so she abandoned me halfway!"

"That's not right." Feng Lan in the sea of ​​consciousness said, "Aren't there any signs of fighting down there?"

"It may not have reached the point of a fight." Xu Yinglian said seriously, "Or maybe they are just hostile to each other but haven't taken action yet?"

"If that's the case, what difference does it make whether you're here or not?" Feng Lan still felt something was wrong. "Shi Liuli should be most afraid of your fighting ability. After all, you're much better than her in this aspect. She's worried that she can't beat you, so she wants to drag you along."

"But there are no signs of fighting below." Xu Yinglian said.

"So it's not necessarily that Jingyun and Changgeng are both down there and are hostile to each other." Feng Lan concluded, "It's possible that only Jingyun is down there, and Shi Liuli is worried that you'll do something to him."

"Why didn't Senior Brother exist there? Why did Shi Liuli attack him?" Xu Yinglian asked subconsciously, and then quickly reacted.

How could Shi Liuli possibly defeat my senior brother... It's understandable that I attacked Jing Yun, but why should I kill Jing Yun?

"Could it be that Jing Yun is actually a demon?" Feng Lan suddenly had an idea and said, "Look, isn't the true identity of the deputy leader of the Fansheng Dao a great and free demon?"

"That's a bit possible." Xu Yinglian laughed and said, "If I find out that Jingyun is a demon, I will definitely turn hostile. If Dongyou protects him, I can only think that she is possessed and kill her as well."

"But what you said is absolutely impossible. Jingyun could be a traitor to the human race, but he can't be a demon, unless you think that the Wanxiang Immortal is a fool who can be deceived by illusions."

"That's not impossible." Feng Lan said, "Didn't they say before that there were demons trying to lurk in the human world and steal the Taiyin Suming Sword?"

"That was all over a hundred thousand years ago..." Xu Yinglian sighed, "Now at least the sect formations and many restrictions have the function of detecting bloodline aura."

"It's not a demon, nor a monster, so why would it make you angry?" Feng Lan laughed casually, "It can't be a traitor from Kunlun, right?"

"You mean Senior Brother?" Xu Yinglian said boredly, "How could Jingyun be Senior Brother..."

Then, she suddenly paused.

Because she suddenly remembered one thing, that is, she saw with her own eyes Shi Liuli blocking An Zhisu's attack for a man in the secret realm of Yutingmen.

The man called himself "Daoist name Wangshan" and had played tricks on him near Baicheng. Xu Yinglian still highly suspected that the man was his senior brother.

But Shi Liuli, who should have nothing to do with his senior brother, suddenly blocked the attack for his senior brother...

“No way?” Xu Yinglian had already sensed a strong sense of disharmony, as if he was standing at the gate of hell. He wanted to take a step forward to find the answer, but was terrified by the inexplicable sense of crisis. “Jingyun, Senior Brother… How could they be the same person? This…”

She calmed down a little, and then continued:

"Let's not talk about anything else. How did Senior Brother manage to be in Kunlun and Penglai at the same time? His day only has twelve hours, right? In the past, I spent every day with him, but I never saw him going back and forth from Penglai so often!"

"You ask me, I don't know either!" Feng Lan was also confused, "And this conclusion is not what I said at all, didn't you come up with it yourself?"

Xu Yinglian fell silent.

If we abandon the question “How could senior brother do this?”, then all the unreasonable questions will be answered.

If I had met that "Daoyou Wangshan" in the underwater cave, and just called out "Senior Brother, stop," and then saw Shi Liuli rushing over and calling him husband, I would have been so angry that I would have exploded on the spot, and would have fought the adulterous couple to the death with the Red Feather Nine Phoenix Fire.

From this perspective, Shi Liuli had very sufficient motives to deceive and abandon her at that time - her reaction in the secret realm of Yutingmen undoubtedly proved this point.

But……

This was still so unbelievable that Xu Yinglian didn't want to admit it was true at all.

Senior Brother is Wangshan, and Wangshan is Jingyun...

No! I have to go and find an explanation!

She flew up on her sword again and rushed towards the East China Sea day and night.

Near the southeast pillar of heaven, Xu Yinglian did not find any trace of the witch Jiang. He probably chased her all the way under the sea, and no one knew where she had gone.

She came to the place where the battle took place before, and indeed found the trace of An Zhisu - this man also had an extremely stubborn character. He came up empty-handed under the underwater cave, but refused to leave the range of Tianzhu and was still waiting here!

"Daoyou Jiangxiao." Xu Yinglian asked, "Have you ever seen Daoyou Dongyou?"

"...No." Perhaps because they had fought side by side before, An Zhisu hesitated for a moment and finally came out from his hiding place. "In the past ten days or so, I have been the only one here."

"I see." Xu Yinglian wanted to ask her about Chen Guanshui, but the words suddenly stopped at his throat.

Because she suddenly thought that this fellow Daoist Jiang Xiao seemed to have some very awkward, very persistent, and even very hateful feelings towards the so-called "Wangshan".

Could it be that fellow Taoist "Wangshan" is actually Shushan Qingheng in Jiangxiao's eyes?

Although such speculation is outrageous, it does not seem too difficult to accept given the previous preparations - the other party is already Chang Geng and Jing Yun, so why can't he still be Qing Heng?

Thinking of this, although Xu Yinglian had not yet obtained solid, conclusive evidence, she had already instinctively developed a guard against An Zhisu, so she just asked:

"Fellow Daoist Jiang Xiao, do you still plan to stay here?"

"What else?" An Zhisu asked her back.

Senior Sister An probably meant, "Besides staying here, do I have any other options?" But her tone wasn't very good after all, and it sounded a little harsh to Xu Yinglian's ears.

Therefore, Junior Sister Xu was too lazy to say anything more. She just dived into the sea again and headed towards the underground fire cave.

She arrived at the previous ground fire fissure and stared in a daze at the rising heat below.

If my guess is correct, Shi Liuli must have met fellow Taoist Wangshan here before, and then the two of them left together with the help of the earth escape technique.

The question is, where did they go?

Considering the environmental conditions nearby, we can guess that perhaps the heat from the earth's fire is needed to melt the fragments of the Sky-Repairing Stone.

In this case, even if they are forced to move away from here due to pursuit, they will not leave the range of the earth fire vein system.

Thinking of this, Xu Yinglian discussed with Feng Lan:

"My Fire Escape Technique allows me to travel through underground fire with Fire Escape. But the heat of this underground fire is too strong. If I encounter a place with a strong fire poison, I'm afraid I won't be able to withstand it."

"That's okay. I have a secret technique that can help you resist the fire poison." Feng Lan immediately offered advice.

"That's great." Xu Yinglian began to practice the method silently and learn it on the spot. As soon as he mastered the secret method, he would move along the veins of the earth's fire using the fire escape technique to find the place where the fragments of the Sky-Repairing Stone were being smelted.

"What did you find here?" A voice sounded behind him. It was An Zhisu who was worried and came down along the original route.

Xu Yinglian did not answer, or perhaps she had already guessed that Jiang Xiao was most likely an enemy rather than a friend, so she did not want to leak any information to her.

After a moment, she leaped up, fell into the ground fire and disappeared.