"Awake?" Yu Qizhe asked calmly, "Who are you and Cui Mubai going to rob when you break into the Nian Qu Tower?"
Wei Lichu coughed out the blood foam stuck in his throat. He was confused for a moment. He looked at the situation in the room and came to his senses. His eyes fell on Yu Qizhe. He licked his dry lips and asked, "You saved me?"
Lu Jin poured a cup of hot water, brought it to Wei Lichu's lips, and fed him some.
Wei Lichu closed his eyes. This time he forced his way into the Nian Qu Tower, and it was not without gain. Although he did not rescue his master, he finally saw him. When he thought of his master being tortured by Cheng Ying into that half-human, half-ghost appearance, Wei Lichu's chest began to boil with blood.
This time he has alarmed the people from the Eastern Depot. If he wants to save his master again, the Eastern Depot will probably set up a tight net for him.
"It's my master." Wei Lichu said slowly, "He has been imprisoned by Cheng Ying for several years. I just got the news recently that my master was imprisoned by Cheng Ying at the bottom of the Nian Qu Pagoda."
Yu Qizhe asked: "Who is your master?"
Wei Lichu opened his eyes, looked at the roof, and said without hiding anything: "Zhang Daoling, you probably haven't heard of him."
Yu Qizhe's eyes moved slightly. It turned out that the rumor that Zhang Daoling left the palace without saying goodbye and disappeared without a trace was actually imprisoned by Cheng Ying.
He originally planned to ask Wei Lichu about Zhang Daoling and Taixu, but he didn't expect that Zhang Daoling was Wei Lichu's master. In this way, Taixu should be Wei Lichu's uncle. These three people are indeed from the same school and are all proficient in alchemy.
Yu Qizhe: "Why did Cheng Ying imprison your master?"
Wei Lichu shook his head, his eyes a little blank. "I don't know either. When Master came to Beijing from Pingliang Prefecture, he said that he had seen the secrets of heaven. Taiyan Mansion was about to collapse, the emperor was in power, and the treacherous officials were ruining the country, which would put the people in dire straits. He said that he wanted to restore order, and going to Beijing was the right path for him."
"I was still young at that time. I only heard that Master went to the palace to make elixirs for the emperor. After that, there was no news from him. He only sent me a letter, asking me to predict the change of celestial phenomena and the appearance of Mars, so that I could go out of Pingliang Prefecture to look for him." Wei Lichu took another glass of water from Lu Jin's hand: "But I couldn't wait. Master's whereabouts have been unknown for so many years. How could I know if he was still alive? At the beginning of the year, I predicted that the star of the palace was shining brightly, so I went to Beijing. After a long period of investigation, I finally got a glimpse of traces. Master was first taken to Huairou and Qingzhou by Cheng Ying. The last trace of him was at the Fahua Temple in Chile Mountain, Qingzhou, where there was a formation arranged by Master. Later, Cheng Ying ordered people to build the Plum Garden in the suburbs of Beijing. After that, there was no trace of my master anymore."
That's why Wei Lichu suspected that there was a secret hidden in the Plum Garden. He went in and out of the Plum Garden several times. The rockery, rocks, lakes, bridges and corridors in the courtyard were similar to the Five Elements and Eight Diagrams. After Wei Lichu deciphered it, he found that the formation pointed to the dead tower of Nian Qu Tower. He suspected that this was a clue left for him by his master. Later, he sneaked into the tower at night and found that there was indeed a secret hidden in it. Not only did people from the East Factory appear, but there was also a tower keeper with extraordinary martial arts skills.
After hearing Wei Lichu's words, Yu Qizhe was shocked. He looked at Lu Jin, and Lu Jin also couldn't hide the surprise in his eyes. Lu Jin was adopted by Master Huijue since he was a child. He grew up in the Fahua Temple, but had never seen Cheng Ying.
Anyone who has seen a person as handsome and sinister as Cheng Ying will definitely be deeply impressed.
Yu Qizhe had a weakness since birth, and Song often took him to the Fahua Temple to burn incense and worship Buddha. Master Huijue was proficient in medicine and later accepted Yu Qizhe as his outer disciple. Yu Qizhe went to the Fahua Temple every month and even stayed in the temple for a while. He had never had any impression of Zhang Daoling and Cheng Ying.
If Lu Jin was careless and had forgotten what he had seen, it would be fine. However, Yu Qizhe had a calm personality since childhood and had a photographic memory, but he had no impression of it at all. This could only mean that they had never met Cheng Ying and Zhang Daoling in the Fahua Temple, or they did not see the same faces at all.
Yu Qizhe thought again of the string of black wood Buddhist beads on Cheng Ying's wrist. The reason why he paid special attention to it and mentioned it in front of Lu Jin was because he smelled the scent of the black wood. It was not only the fragrance of sandalwood, but also the smell of incense and candles in the temple. It takes years of offering in front of the Buddha to be immersed in the smell of Buddhist incense.
The string of black amber wood Buddhist beads that Master Huijue wore all year round had this smell.
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