Chapter 119: The Moon is Revealed After the Clouds Are Cleared
Lingxiang was lost in thought when she heard a knock on the door. She opened it and saw Xinyi. She simply nodded, and she understood immediately.
"So, Bai Wuchang wants to know why I can't make pills." Lingxiang said, walking to the table and sitting down.
"Actually, there's nothing to hide. The reason I was able to refine the life-extending elixir was because I had a magical weapon with me at that time. However, now this magical weapon is nowhere to be found, so I can't refine a superior elixir anymore."
Xinyi was extremely surprised. It was no wonder that Lingxiang, with only the foundation-building level of cultivation, could refine top-grade elixirs. It turned out that it was because of the magic weapon.
"You just replied to him directly like this. I think his master also knows about it."
"Even if I tell him this, aren't you afraid that he will find your magic weapon and secretly take it to the Demon Lord?"
Lingxiang chuckled when she heard that and said, "I was worried he couldn't find it. Ever since my magical weapon left me, I've searched everywhere for years and couldn't find it. If he really did find it, I could come and ask for it, right?"
Xinyi was very confused when she heard this: "What do you mean?"
"Now that magical weapon is only mine, even if he steals it, it will be useless. He will still have to come back to me in the end. This is assuming he can find it."
When she said this, Lingxiang suddenly remembered the call she heard in the chaos when she was injured a few days ago.
If that is the Linglong spirit, then it must be imprisoned in Yunfeng now!
But where could it be at Prison Cloud Peak...
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After the selection of inner disciples, only Plum Garden and Bamboo Garden still have people living in the four courtyards. Most of these disciples stayed because they were unwilling to be eliminated. Even if they cannot practice the inner door skills, it is a great honor to be able to hone their skills in the Yuanqing Sect.
However, the two previous murders had caused panic among the outer disciples, but things were very different since A Yuan came.
A Yuan has become more and more familiar with the outer disciples these days. He looks like a child and is good at speaking, which makes several female disciples very happy. They will come to the Bamboo Garden to find him from time to time and give him some small things.
The male disciples saw that the child was so thin and had a sweet mouth. Whenever they saw him, he would call him "brother". Even a seven-foot-tall man was impressed by his childish words.
There is only one exception...
Yuan seemed unwilling to have too much contact with him. Even if they met face to face, he would avoid him as if he was afraid of him.
That person was Hui Wu.
Everyone was also puzzled. Although Huiwu had a strange temper and didn't want to be around people, he wasn't scary enough. So why was little Yuan afraid of him?
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"Do you suspect him?"
"That's right. Logically speaking, both the Stepping Clouds Step and the Covering Water Sword Technique are Yuanqing techniques, and require Qi training before they can be practiced. Yet, this person was able to perform such moves in his first martial arts performance. This is truly suspicious. This person has a stubborn face, and I'm afraid he's someone who could easily go astray."
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That night, A Yuan got up alone and came out of the west room. However, for some reason, he did not go back into the room, but walked into the yard.
"Oh, the moon is as deep as the water tonight, it's so beautiful!"
A Yuan was walking alone, which made Hanwu Guanxu and the other man in the dark very confused - what was wrong with this kid in the middle of the night?
At this moment, Guanxu suddenly felt something strange and asked Hanwu:
"How could a young boy who grew up in a dilapidated temple and begged for a living say something like, 'The moon sinks like water?'"
Hanwu became alert upon hearing this and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Guanxu.
"Let's wait and see."
I saw A Yuan wandering around the yard, talking to himself from time to time, as if he was sleepwalking.
A child wearing only a shirt on this chilly night, yet able to speak freely and not seeming to feel the cold at all, was indeed extremely suspicious, and the eldest brother's suspicion turned out to be correct.
Guanxu was about to step forward and grab A Yuan, but was stopped by Hanwu again. He gestured to the courtyard to be silent.
A figure suddenly appeared behind Yuan, approaching him quietly. Yuan seemed not to notice and crouched down in front of the fence, teasing him.
Qinghui stretched the shadow of the person behind him extremely long, but A Yuan was still squatting there unaware of it. Seeing that the person was about to approach, even Hanwu Guanxu, who was hiding in the dark, couldn't help but move.
At this moment, A Yuan suddenly stood up and turned around, holding a huge horn beetle in his hand.
Both the approaching person and Hanwu Guanxu, hiding in the shadows, were stunned. How could a horn beetle be found in this high mountain, in the dead of winter? Furthermore, this horn beetle was as large as a bowl, something you'd never see even in the height of summer.
At this time, the moonlight shone down, illuminating the people coming clearly.
It’s Huiwu!
As soon as Yuan saw Huiwu, he immediately became nervous: "Brother Huiwu...it's so late...what are you doing out here?"
Upon hearing this, Hui Wu slowly approached Yuan with his hands behind his back: "Little Yuan, why did you run out in the middle of the night?"
"I...I..." Yuan kept backing away, looking very scared.
But Hui Wu continued to press on: "Why does Little Yuan always ignore me? Did the young elder say something to you?"
But Yuan had nowhere to retreat. He squatted down in fear and said tremblingly, "Elder Fu... Elder Fu Cang said..."
"What did she say?"
"She said someone had died in the courtyard before, murdered, and the murderer... the murderer was..."
"Who is the murderer?"
Hui Wu stood in front of A Yuan. Hidden behind him was a magic blade, which looked cold and sinister under the moonlight in the middle of the night!
Hanwu Guanxu finally saw clearly what was in his hand and was about to make a move when he heard a scream from Huiwu in the yard. He looked closely and saw Huiwu lying on the ground, scratching his face with his hands. On his face was the horn beetle that A Yuan had just caught.
At this time, Yuan stood aside, without any trace of fear on his face. He just said calmly:
"The murderer is you, Huiwu!"
These words were so resounding that Hanwu Guanxu was so shocked that he stood in the dark for a moment without moving.
Yuan picked up the magic blade beside Hui Wu and turned to the two men in the dark, saying, "Even though he's been hiding for a long time, he's seen what he should have seen, and the evidence is irrefutable. If you don't come out, do you want to collect his body?"
Hanwu Guanxu finally came back to his senses and hurriedly jumped into the yard, but when they got close to Huiwu, they were stunned again - they had clearly seen the horn beetle on Huiwu's face just now, but now there was nothing, and his face was scratched beyond recognition by himself.
Hanwu quickly made hand gestures to restrain Huiwu and prevent him from hurting himself. Guanxu looked back and saw no trace of A Yuan behind him. There was only a magic blade stuck in the ground, glowing green under the moonlight, which made people feel cold!
They were both shocked. Who on earth was this Yuan? How could he be so capable of confusing them?
Hui Wu seemed to have gotten rid of the illusion at this time. When he saw Hanwu Guanxu, he actually laughed. He laughed so hard that he was hoarse and his face was hideous, which was extremely weird in the middle of the night.
Seeing this, Guanxu quickly took out a handkerchief and stuffed it into his mouth, then said to Hanwu:
"Hurry up and report to the head master, and tell him that the murderer has been apprehended. I will take him to Wuji Palace."
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