Upon hearing Liu Sui's analysis, He Mu stood frozen in place.
A chill rose from the bottom of his heart. He slowly looked at Chen Qinghe, hoping to find some comfort from him.
To his disappointment, Chen Qinghe did not refute him.
At this moment, Chen Qinghe frowned, and the vague doubts in his heart continued to grow.
The changes in Beiming Tunqiong occurred around the time of that battle.
Given his personality, would he be interested in a martial artist like Zhang Tianyang?
The answer is no.
The prestigious Beiming family has no shortage of followers.
Zhang Tianyang may have simply made the wrong choice at the wrong time.
His appearance indirectly helped Li Fan perfectly conceal his identity.
After all, no one could have imagined that Bei Ming Tun Qiong would die in the great battle.
No one could have imagined that Li Fan would be so audacious as to use his injuries to impersonate Bei Ming Tun Qiong.
"What Brother Liu said is basically what I was thinking."
Lord Beiming Tunqiong, it is very likely him.
If Wang Tianzuo's surrender was feigned, then Wu Qi must have been replaced without anyone noticing during the battle with Li Feitian.
If we continue to extrapolate from this speculation, then Long Daoji, who fought him today, probably also has problems.
Therefore, we are now facing three powerful cultivators who have reached the perfect tenth-grade Dharma Manifestation level.
In the end, Chen Qinghe's face turned ashen.
He was merely an imperial censor, and his expertise lay only in literary debates within the bounds of the rules.
He simply didn't have the courage to abandon all rules and resort to fists to communicate.
After seeing through Li Fan's disguise, he had absolutely no idea how to win.
Even setting aside top-tier combat power, their strength is insufficient even below the level of Dharma Manifestation.
After all, if Li Fan hadn't died, martial artists from Yunzhou, Nanzhou, and Haizhou could have come to his aid at any time, or perhaps they were already on their way.
This battle cannot be fought!
"Although it's difficult, we are not without a chance!"
After a moment of deathly silence, Liu Sui said in a deep voice, "Li Fan went to so much trouble to disguise himself as Lord Beiming, so his target is definitely not us. In that case, let's find a way to keep him here."
He wanted to rehearse, so we acted along with him.
We can use his conflict with Long Daoji during the day to launch a war against the Ten Thousand Blades Sect.
To prevent him from resorting to desperate measures, the battle can be confined to the realm of Dharma.
Therefore, he will definitely endure it for the sake of the plan.
Longdao will most likely sacrifice some of his interests to cooperate with his actions.
We'll also send men back to Tiandu to deliver a message, then launch a full-scale encirclement and annihilation operation!
"Brilliant!"
After Liu Sui finished speaking, Chen Qinghe and He Mu suddenly understood.
......
Three hundred li north of Tianjiang City lies Huaibei County.
The city was covered in snow, and the cold wind howled.
The restaurant was bustling with noise.
In a private room on the fourth floor, a refined-looking middle-aged man in a blue robe put down his wine glass.
He waved his hand gently, and the tightly closed window was shaken open by the strong wind.
"Would you mind coming in and having a drink with me?"
"In that case, Qingshan will accept your offer without further ado!"
A gust of wind blew in, and a dull-looking middle-aged man appeared in the room.
He walked straight to the table and began drinking by himself.
If any martial arts figures from the Central Plains were here, they would be utterly astonished.
After all, the owner of the private room was none other than Shen Jinghe, the world-renowned Shadowless Leg.
His reputation was extremely prominent even in the Central Plains, a land teeming with hidden talents.
What's even more astonishing is Shen Jinghe's attitude towards the taciturn man.
Faced with the rudeness of the taciturn middle-aged man, a hint of solemnity appeared on Shen Jinghe's refined face.
The four great families of Da Si are full of extraordinary talents.
But the person before me is absolutely a prodigy among prodigies.
Before he was fifty, he had already achieved the tenth level of Dharma manifestation.
Among his peers, he was only weaker than Chen Kui, who was once ranked fifth on the Tianxiong List.
This kind of monster shouldn't have been released under these circumstances.
His future is a realm that no one in the four great families has ever reached - invincible in the human world!
Although all indications suggest that the four major families have trump cards that make them invincible, these trump cards have significant limitations.
If someone truly reaches the realm of being invincible in the mortal world, then even the royal family of the Great Zhou Dynasty might not be able to suppress the four great families.
The fact that the four major families dared to send Ximen Qingshan to kill Jiang Xue must mean they were absolutely certain of success.
I just don't know if they've taken Li Fan into account as a variable.
After all, if it weren't for the news from Yunzhou, Shen Jinghe wouldn't have known that Li Fan was still alive.
"What brings you here, Qingshan?"
Shen Jinghe composed himself and asked.
"What is the purpose of Master Shen's investigation into the four major families?"
Ximen Qingshan calmly countered with a question.
"Qingshan, isn't there some misunderstanding here?"
Hearing Ximen Qingshan's words, Shen Jinghe was not alarmed.
He was very careful in his investigation of the four major families.
Even if someone is caught, nothing serious will happen.
After all, that person was not only his friend, but also a true direct descendant of the Dongfang family.
Even if it's exposed, at most people will think it was just drunken rambling.
As for Shen Jinghe, that's even easier to explain.
Given that he has remained at the Tenth Grade of the Dharma Image for so many years, it is understandable that he would approach the four major families, intending to curry favor with them and seek the path to becoming invincible in the mortal realm.
"Misunderstanding? Are you trying to say that you befriended Dongfang Quancheng in order to get closer to the four great families and explore the path beyond the tenth-grade Dharma Image?"
A smile appeared on Ximen Qingshan's usually expressionless face, a smile that sent chills down one's spine.
Shen Jinghe's smile froze, and then he said apologetically, "To be honest, I did have this purpose in befriending Youcheng."
"Is that really the case?"
Ximen Qingshan's tone carried a hint of sternness.
"That's so true!"
Shen Jinghe affirmed.
"Master Shen, don't ask about things you shouldn't in the future!"
As Ximen Qingshan spoke, he got up and walked outside.
"I was impolite. This will not happen again!"
As he spoke, Shen Jinghe stood up to see him off.
Just then, Ximen Qingshan suddenly launched an attack.
The jet-black longsword moved silently.
Within a small space, Shen Jinghe didn't even have time to react before the long sword pierced his heart.
Ximen Qingshan's move was completely unexpected.
Immediately afterwards, a surge of violent true energy erupted from the sword.
With his major acupoints repeatedly broken, Shen Jinghe could no longer circulate his true energy.
There are almost no martial artists in the world who can fight like Li Fan.
Duh!
The longsword pinned Shen Jinghe to the wall.
He glared at Ximen Qingshan and roared, "Ximen Qingshan, you've gone too far! Even if I overheard the secrets of the four great families, you don't have to be so ruthless!"
"Brother Shen, we've known each other for so long, but I haven't had a chance to introduce myself yet."
Just then, a thin old man pushed open the door and entered.
The old man wore a blue robe, and his full head of silver hair was neatly combed.
He looked at Shen Jinghe and said with a smile, "Dongfang Quancheng, the master of Spider Web, the intelligence organization of the four major families."
What we do is exactly the same as what you Tingfenglou do: collect information.
However, unlike you, members of the Spider Web can remain in hiding for life unless they are recruited.
If we hadn't realized that things weren't so simple in Yunzhou, we could still be good friends.
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