Chapter 716: Wang Po's Death
The value of the items listed in the jade slip far exceeded Wang Qiupo's imagination.
As a spy who left home at a young age, there were some people he had never even heard of.
At this moment, Wang Qiupo began to believe Xu Bai's words to some extent.
After pondering for a moment, he motioned Xu Bai to wait here.
Then he lay back quietly on the rattan chair behind him, as if he had fallen asleep with his eyes closed.
From Xu Bai's perspective, Wang Qiupo's vitality was dissipating at an alarming speed.
But in an instant, he seemed to have died of old age and was no different from a corpse.
"As expected of a spy who has been hiding for eight hundred years without being exposed, he does have some skills." Xu Bai stared at him for a long time, thinking to himself.
The thatched cottage where Wang Qiupo lived also seemed to have some mysterious features. Wang Qiupo's disappearance did not attract the attention of the people outside. They were still queuing outside, waiting.
After a cup of tea, a light breeze seemed to blow in the room.
Then, like a dead tree coming back to life, Wang Qiupo regained his vitality.
However, Xu Bai keenly noticed that this old man, who was already 800 years old, seemed to be one step closer to death.
After coughing lightly, Wang Qiupo stood up again and walked in front of Xu Bai.
"I have confirmed it with the organization, young man, what you said is true."
"The previous transactions with us do indeed demonstrate the credibility of your Futian Society. However..."
Wang Qiu opened his old eyes and stared at Xu Bai: "How are you going to prove that you are a member of the Futian Society?"
"Instead of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance discovering my true identity and wanting to follow the clues and strike back?"
"What was the content of our previous two transactions?"
Facing Wang Qiupo's continuous questions, Xu Bai was not surprised. He smiled faintly and gave an answer.
"The first one was the Immortal Alliance's entrance exam. The second one was the true identity of the ancient cultivator the Immortal Alliance was looking for..."
When Wang Qiupo heard these two sentences, his straight body instantly hunched over again.
After a moment, he said in a deep voice: "The organization has indeed observed signs that the principles of heaven and earth are reversing. However, they have not yet locked down the true identity of this Heavenly Venerable..."
"The organization agreed to this deal."
"However, if we sign a contract involving the Immortal Lord, he might be able to sense it. So this transaction can only be agreed upon verbally and based on the credibility of both parties."
Xu Bai's eyes flashed slightly.
Then he shook his head and smiled, "It doesn't matter. There will be plenty of opportunities for our two families to cooperate in the future. I believe you will not break your promise."
"In that case, I will tell you about this first."
Xu Bai's expression became solemn, and he whispered, "What this Heavenly Lord reversed was precisely the [Principle of Life and Death]."
"Not long ago, we found some monks in the Yuan Shi White Mist who seemed to be neither alive nor dead. They were like the living dead."
"Through the observations of the reversal of the principles of heaven and earth not long ago, we finally confirmed this after some investigation."
"As for the true identity of this Heavenly Lord, we currently have no clue."
"However, there are some questionable targets."
After that, Xu Bai used his hand as a pen and wrote the two names "Lan Yu" and "Tian Yi" in the air.
Wang Qiupo narrowed his eyes and memorized it firmly in his mind.
Seeing that he was about to lie back on the rattan chair, Xu Bai suddenly asked the same question again: "Do you want to return to your hometown, old man?"
"If you take the information I told you as your basis, you can negotiate terms with the Five Elders Council."
"I think they will agree."
A glimmer of hope first ignited in Wang Qiupo's eyes, and then quickly extinguished.
Finally, he shook his head and said calmly, "The fate of spies like me is to rot in a foreign land, both body and soul."
"As for my hometown..."
"I had long forgotten what it looked like."
The voice was low, and Wang Qiupo was sleeping on the rattan chair, and his vitality slowly dissipated again.
"The things on the list will be given to you as promised."
"Go away. This time, I won't wake up again."
He said this before his life force completely disappeared.
Xu Bai nodded: "In that case, how about I lend you my life?"
Wang Qiupo was stunned at first, then seemed to understand something.
Using the last bit of his strength, he nodded slowly.
Before his life force completely disappeared, Xu Bai slapped out with one palm.
Wang Qiupo's body was instantly gone.
At the same time, Xu Bai shouted angrily: "So it's the villains from the Five Elders Association, looking for death!"
With Wang Qiupo's death, the restrictions on the thatched cottage disappeared, and Xu Bai's voice was able to be heard outside.
Combined with the strange falling phenomenon in the sky, the group of monks outside immediately understood what was happening.
This very handsome young man actually killed Wang Qiupo, the famous man in Tianliangzhou!
There was an uproar.
Angry, shocked, surprised...
Many emotions burst out in their hearts.
"Take him down!"
The monks were filled with righteous indignation and surrounded Xu Bai as he slowly walked out of the house.
Xu Bai, however, had a very calm expression. Facing the people who were about to take action, he turned around and shouted angrily: "You also want to become accomplices of the Five Elders' spies!"
Upon hearing this, all the monks present froze.
Although he had vaguely heard something about the Five Elders Society being scoundrels just now, he did not connect it with Wang Qiupo.
After all, this old man's reputation was too great. Almost everyone in Tianliang Prefecture knew him.
But the young man in front of him didn't seem like someone who would speak nonsense.
"What on earth is going on?"
Everyone looked at each other, actually scared by Xu Bai's words.
"Report it to the adults quickly!" After a while, someone finally reacted.
"You can't leave until the city lord arrives!" They stopped Xu Bai.
"No problem. It's better to call all the people from the Martial Arts Hall and the Garrison. After a check, you will know that what I said is true." Xu Bai did not resist, but said very calmly.
Seeing this, everyone felt even more guilty.
"If what this person said is true, and Wang Qiupo is really a spy for the Five Elders..."
“The sky is falling.”
Thinking of the countless monks he had recommended over the years, everyone swallowed and felt a chill in their hearts.
Before the crowd had to wait long, a beam of orange light flew down from the sky.
It happened to be the Lord of Tianliang City, Xiang Rongxin.
After glancing around, he locked his eyes on Xu Bai.
Without saying a word or even asking any questions, he looked down at me and formed a giant palm.
Xu Bai must be killed on the spot!
"This is to silence the witnesses!"
The monks present were all shocked when they saw this, but no one dared to stop it.
Just when they thought that this very handsome monk was about to die tragically.
But he saw him calmly take out a folding fan, and unfold it with a "swish".
Before the giant palm hit him, an invisible ripple appeared and neutralized the killing move.
"Um?"
A look of surprise appeared on Xiang Rongxin's face.
Looking at Xu Bai's seemingly mocking gaze, a vicious look flashed in his eyes.
He was about to mobilize all his strength and vowed to kill him.
But suddenly, a lazy voice was heard coming from the horizon.
"Wait a minute, City Lord!"
"I heard someone here reported that a spy from the Five Elders Society was killed. Is this true?"
Before he finished speaking, a monk in black appeared on the scene.
Xiang Rongxin's expression suddenly darkened.
Because the visitor was the commander of the Tianliangzhou Garrison, Nangong Shirong.
With him around, it's impossible to suppress the matter.
This is trouble.
Looking at the falling image above his head that had not yet dissipated, Xiang Rongxin sighed slightly in his heart.
"Wang Qiupo, Wang Qiupo, you have left me with a difficult problem."
After hearing the news from his subordinates, Xiang Rongxin immediately made a judgment. Regardless of whether "Wang Qiupo is a spy of the Five Elders" is true or not.
He had to make this thing look fake.
otherwise……
Looking at the smile on Nangong Shirong's face, Xiang Rongxin seemed to have foreseen the bloody storm that was about to engulf Tianling Province and even the entire Wanxian League.
"My dear friend, please come with me." Nangong Shirong said to Xu Bai in a kind tone.
"That's exactly what I meant." Xu Bai cupped his hands, showing no fear.
What happened next progressed very quickly.
Xu Bai insisted that based on some clues, he discovered that Wang Qiupo might be a spy.
With the purpose of punishing evildoers for the Wanxian League, he came in person to test the situation.
Unexpectedly, this guy actually admitted his true identity openly and even tried to attack Xu Bai.
Xu Bai was forced to fight back and killed him.
It's simple.
Nangong Shirong did not seem to delve into the truthfulness of Xu Baihua, but directly ordered his men to start investigating Wang Qiupo.
Even if he is not a spy, he cannot withstand the garrison's detailed investigation.
Wherever you go, you leave traces.
What's more, Wang Qiupo was indeed a spy for the Five Elders Society.
Before long, Nangong Shirong had a lot of solid "evidence" in his hands.
"Hahahaha, my friend, you have made a great contribution to our Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance this time!" Nangong Shirong patted Xu Bai's shoulder vigorously, with a very pleased expression on his face.
"Until the dust settles, you should stay here and don't go out. This is to prevent some people from taking revenge maliciously. Don't worry, once everything is investigated, all the rewards you deserve will be given!"
Xu Bai said solemnly: "It is our mission to clear out the evil for the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance."
Nangong Shirong was very satisfied to see that Xu Bai had such a high level of awareness.
He patted Xu Bai's shoulder again to encourage him. Nangong Shirong left in a hurry.
The final conclusion of this matter came faster than Xu Bai expected.
Because the Five Elders Association has also made an effort.
Facing the questioning and accusations of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance, the Five Elders Council declared that this was absolutely not the case. Wang Qiupo had nothing to do with the Five Elders Council at all.
The Five Elders Association always adheres to the principle of peaceful coexistence between the two sides and will never take the initiative to undermine the relationship between the two sides.
I hope the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance will not act out of their own accord and make unreasonable trouble.
…
The more you deny, the deeper your suspicion.
Although all signs indicate that this might be a plot to sow discord between the spy king Qiu Po before his death.
but……
It is better to kill a thousand people by mistake than to let one go.
In just over ten days, those monks who were promoted because of Wang Qiupo's recommendation were isolated and investigated.
Even some people who were exploring in the white fog were forcibly called back.
The final result is obvious.
A small number of people who were found to have problems were directly arrested.
Although there was no evidence to prove that most of them had any problems, they were no longer valued and were sent to work as cleaners. If nothing unexpected happened, they would spend the rest of their lives there.
Just when the entire Immortal Alliance was in turmoil.
A monk from the garrison academy who had taken the opportunity to fill a large number of vacancies due to the transfer of several monks from their original posts came to Li Fan.
"This is the agreed supplies."
"The organization is very satisfied with this transaction."
“Looking forward to our next cooperation.”
(End of this chapter)
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