Chapter 357: Raising an Army to Punish the Crime
The area around Nanqing Palace shook, and the sound was deafening.
The elders and true disciples of the earthly realm walked out of their mansions and looked out into the distance.
A few days ago, they heard rumors that the Nan Zun, who was known as the "most beautiful woman in the Divine Religion", was confined by the Kurong Palace and was not allowed to leave the Nanqing Palace. Of course, the title of the most beautiful woman was first called out by her eldest disciple Li Weiyi, and then gradually spread.
The middle and upper level cultivators at the main temple all knew that something was going to happen to Venerable Nan.
Today, the formation was broken, and a large number of troops surrounded the Nanqing Palace. It was obvious that everything was settled.
Nanqing Palace.
In the main hall with a green tiled roof, Yao Qingxuan sat in the front row on the right side of the hall. She knew that this day would come sooner or later, so she was extremely calm, waiting for the storm to come.
The master and deputy master of Kuruo Palace were the first to walk into the palace gate.
A man and a woman, one had a pure golden immortal body, the other a pure silver immortal body, both were around fifty years old, emitting a dazzling glow, dividing the blue-tiled palace into gold and silver, with a majestic aura.
They are in charge of the sect's punishments, rewards, divine prisons, and laws. They stay on the third level of the Shura layer all year round and are the two most feared figures by the disciples of the Rice Sect.
Those followers who do not have the blood of the rice man must pass the Kuruo Hall before entering the main temple.
Most of the human martial artists who sneaked in ended up in a tragic situation. Only those who passed the screening could enter the second level of the Shura Layer for cultivation.
For a pure human martial artist, it is extremely difficult to enter the earthly level of the headquarters.
"So Palace Master An is here too." said the Deputy Palace Master of Kuruo Palace.
An Xianjing had been in Nanqing Palace for two days. She sat on the main seat at the top of the hall, holding a rosary in her hand, with an uncertain expression. She said, "How about giving this seat to Palace Master Sikong?"
The Lord of Kuruo Palace said in a cold tone, "No need. I am only here to listen and arrest people. I hope Lord An will put the great cause of the Divine Religion first and not show favoritism or protection because of personal relationships. This is something we cannot afford to take on."
Afterwards, the two hall masters of Kuruo Hall, one on the left and one on the right, sat near the hall door and closed their eyes to rest.
They never looked at Yao Qingxuan from beginning to end, obviously they knew what was going on and had already convicted him.
Chu Tianshu, the deputy hall master of Tianli Hall, walked in. The snake head on his neck glanced at Yao Qingxuan, spitting out its tongue and showing a vicious smile. He saluted An Xianjing and the hall master of Kurong Hall in turn and sat down opposite Yao Qingxuan.
Immediately afterwards, the great Zen Master Xin Ku appeared at the door.
He was dressed in a purple cassock, two meters and five centimeters tall, and his belly was as big as a water tank.
Seeing An Xianjing sitting at the top, his eyes changed slightly, and he hid aside like a mouse seeing a cat, not daring to enter.
An Xianjing said: "My heart is bitter!"
The great Zen Master Xin Ku quickly appeared, bowed respectfully, and said flatteringly, "Greetings, Uncle Master."
The Great Zen Master Xin Ku was the most ruthless of the three great Zen masters in Guanshan, with extremely high cultivation and talent. In the southern border, his reputation was second only to the three great barbarian thieves.
"What are you doing here?" An Xianjing asked.
Master Xin Ku reported carefully, "I am here on behalf of Master! Master told me to bring Yao Qingxuan back alive."
An Xianjing closed her eyes and rested in silence.
The great Zen master Xinku hunched his body, standing there stiffly, unable to move forward or backward.
It was not until the ancestor of the Sheng family arrived that he stepped aside.
The ancestor of the Sheng family is one of the four giants of the Sui Sect, and is also the "Elder Qiu" of the seven elders in the southern border, in charge of the affairs of Qiuzhou.
He was the protagonist of today's drama. After entering the door, he saluted to the hall masters one after another, then poured out a bloody human from the bag, and dropped it to the ground with a bang.
It was Qi Xiao! He was already unconscious, barely breathing.
The ancestor of the Sheng family stood in the center of the hall and looked at Yao Qingxuan, his eyes as sharp as a sword: "Your Excellency Nan, he is from your Nanqing Palace, right? The troops I sent out tracked him all the way to Qiuzhou, and then they were all wiped out. Why did he go to Qiuzhou? What was he doing there? What's your explanation?"
Yao Qingxuan glanced at Qi Xiao lying on the ground calmly, not falling into the vortex of self-affirmation: "If you want to be promoted, are you strong enough?"
The Sheng family patriarch chuckled and said, "I knew you would turn the tables. I have no interest in the position of Southern Reverend. Yao Qingxuan, we have sufficient evidence. The reason we gave you the opportunity to quibble is only because you are in a high position. We hope that you will confess on your own initiative and make meritorious contributions. Perhaps you can die more comfortably."
"Otherwise, your fate will be either to be imprisoned in the God's Prison or to be sent to the Coffin Mountain, where you will be unable to live or die."
Yao Qingxuan had already made all the mental preparations and didn't say another word.
It was clear that the moment several hall masters appeared at the same time, her fate was sealed.
The ancestor of the Sheng family saw that it was different from what he expected. There was no fierce argument and no tension. He couldn't help but hesitate and secretly glanced at An Xianjing above.
Seeing that his one-man show was not going to work, the deputy head of the Tianli Hall spoke up to break the silence: "I have some impression of this kid. He seems to be from the Qi family in the southern border. He fled back to Qiuzhou. Could he have leaked some important secrets?"
"This is exactly what I am most worried about!" said the ancestor of the Sheng family.
The deputy hall master of Tianli Hall asked: "Have you interrogated him?"
"He was interrogated, but he refused to speak even if we beat him to death. We brought him back so that we could ask the people from Tianxia Palace to use the soul-seeking technique to directly take away his memory." said the ancestor of the Sheng family.
Only those who spread the spiritual fire of death can claim souls.
If an outsider asks for Qi Xiao's soul, the death spirit fire in his body will burn instantly.
The deputy head of the Tianli Hall asked, "Since all the people you sent out were wiped out, where did you capture him?"
"This boy is extremely cunning. He knows that the death spirit fire in his body will expose his position, so he hid in the underground immortal palace. If I hadn't taken action personally, it would have been difficult to track him down."
Seeing Yao Qingxuan still looked indifferent, the Sheng family ancestor could not help but say in a deep voice: "Whether the secret has been leaked or not will be revealed later. Yao Qingxuan, you claim to be extremely intelligent and have been a top-notch girl in the southern region since childhood. Even Palace Master An has been deceived by you. But you would never have thought that when I was young, I once met Zhou Bida when he was young in the Jiuli tribe."
"He later joined the Jiuli Hidden Sect, right?"
"Li Weiyi is a mysterious person from the Jiuli Hidden Sect, and Li Songgu also appeared at Nanyan Pass at the same time. So, you are also from the Jiuli Hidden Sect!"
Yao Qingxuan understood clearly in his heart.
The people of Suizong deliberately set up a trap with Zhou Bida to get rid of her. They wanted to dig out the Jiuli Hidden Sect and catch them all in one fell swoop.
The idea of Suizong to occupy Lizhou has not changed from ancient times to the present, from generation to generation.
Yao Qingxuan nodded lightly and sighed, "Amazing... I lost this round with all my heart! Yang Shenjing is indeed experienced. I admire him. I really have to admit it!"
Everyone in the hall looked at her.
She was thought to have pleaded guilty.
The ancestor of the Sheng family waved his hands and said in a high-pitched voice: "No, it is you, the Nine Li Hidden Sect, who are more powerful. Jiang Xin is dead! The foundation that the Divine Cult has built up in Nanyan Temple over hundreds of years has been destroyed by you in an instant."
The deputy head of the Heavenly Principle Hall secretly looked at An Xianjing and took the opportunity to add insult to injury: "Jiang Xin is the elder of Fuzhou of the Divine Religion, and Fuzhou is the location of the headquarters. His death will have a huge impact, and I don't know how many people will be implicated in the future. Just for this crime, he deserves the death penalty."
"Nanyan Pass is even more important. Hundreds of lives have been lost. It's a huge blood debt."
Yao Qingxuan was surprised. Logically speaking, Yang Shenjing had planned it himself and had all the advantages, so he would be able to wipe out Jiuli Hidden Sect. How did Jiuli Hidden Sect fight back when it was at a disadvantage? Outside the palace.
Someone reported that the elder in charge of planting the Death Spirit Fire in Tianxia Palace had been invited.
The rice-man elder from the Tianxia Palace entered the palace and released threads of spiritual light from his fingertips, which entered Qi Xiao's seven orifices to search for his soul and memories.
After a moment.
He bowed to Palace Master An and Palace Master Ku Rong and said, "We have found out!"
The deputy head of the Tianli Hall asked with a smile, "Did he leak any secrets?"
An Xianjing opened her eyes. As long as the secret was not leaked, she could still say a few words about this matter.
If a big secret is leaked, she can only avoid suspicion because it will definitely alarm Dao Zu.
The Tianxia Hall elder looked at the Sheng family ancestor and asked, "Excuse me, Elder Qiu, does he have a letter?"
The Sheng family patriarch looked at Qi Xiao, whose magic tools and robes were all torn to pieces, and said, "Even if there was a letter on him, it has been broken into powder. Anyway, I didn't find any letter on him."
The elder of Tianxia Palace nodded slightly: "Qi Xiao's sea of consciousness has been tampered with."
"What did you say?" the Sheng family's ancestor said in a deep voice.
The elder of Tianxia Hall said, "Qi Xiao's memory is missing a part. From the part that is not missing, we can see that he is carrying a letter from the Fourth Son of God. The content of the letter is that if there is any change in Nanyan Pass, he should immediately return to the main temple of the Divine Religion and inform the Nan Zun. Obviously, the Fourth Son of God sensed the danger before entering the pass and made arrangements in advance."
"Not long after Qi Xiao left Nanyan Pass, he was hunted down by the sect's masters."
The Sheng family patriarch heard the doubt in the other party's words and said, "You'd better stop talking nonsense."
Being able to be responsible for planting the Death Spirit Fire, the elder of Tianxia Hall must have a high level of telepathic attainment, and is a Holy Spirit Telepathist. He was not afraid of the Sheng Family Patriarch at all, and made a gesture of invitation, allowing him to investigate on his own.
At the same time, An Xianjing and the master of Kurong Palace each sent out a thread of spiritual light to investigate.
The Nanqing Palace was blocked several days ago.
Yao Qingxuan couldn't get any information from outside, and didn't know the specific situation of Nanyan Pass. She realized that the situation might turn around, so she chose to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.
She secretly wondered what her eldest disciple was planning. Even she couldn't see through the danger of Nanyan Pass, so how could that guy detect it in advance?
An Xianjing retracted the spiritual light thread: "There is indeed such a missing letter in his sea of consciousness. Logically speaking, if the three boys betrayed him, the Fourth Son of God should not let him return to the headquarters, but should let him return to the Qi family and the Zuoqiu Gate. How do you explain this?"
The Sheng Family Patriarch said, "It must be that the Zuoqiu Sect had received the news and deliberately cut off his memory and sent him back to cover up the truth. If it was done by me, his memory would have been cut off completely. How could he have left behind the memory of a letter? Think about it, if he really wanted to return to the main altar, it would be closer to go directly to the Daozu Temple. Why would he go to the entrance of the underground fairy palace instead of going far away?"
The deputy hall master of Tianli Hall said: "This matter is indeed strange and cannot be explained."
The elder from Tianxia Palace said, "If you want to retrieve a soul through consciousness, you need a lot of time and some luck. After all, consciousness is extremely fragile and can easily become disordered and chaotic. How can it be so easy to accurately manipulate a person's memory?"
The Sheng family patriarch's eyes turned cold, thinking that this old guy was deliberately going against him, and snorted: "Palace Master Sikong, Yao Qingxuan himself admitted that he was a member of the Jiuli Hidden Sect, plus the Nanyan Pass has irrefutable evidence, just convict him directly! This Qi Xiao boy is just a trap set by the Jiuli Hidden Sect."
"Elder Qiu, when did I admit that I was a member of the Jiuli Hidden Sect? I just admire your methods. You have gone to great lengths to deal with me." Yao Qingxuan said.
The Lord of Kuruo Palace asked, "Does Venerable Nan have anything else to say?"
Yao Qingxuan shook his head: "I know nothing about what's going on outside. My people came back to report to me, but they were beaten to death. What else can I say?"
The Sheng Family Patriarch said, "Your eldest disciple destroyed all of the foundations of the Divine Religion in Nanyan Pass. How many disciples of the Religion died tragically? Do you think you can escape this?"
There were sounds of commotion outside the Nanqing Palace.
Elder Xu's roar rang out from outside: "Get out of the way, I want to see the Palace Master."
"What happened again?" the Sheng family's ancestor asked angrily.
A sergeant from the law enforcement team came to report: "Two elders Xu from Linggu Hall brought a seriously injured person and wanted to see Hall Master An."
"Who is stopping my people?" An Xianjing was furious.
The law enforcement sergeant fell to the ground in fear.
"Uncle master, please don't be angry. I will bring the person in." The great Zen master Xinku walked out quickly.
Not long.
The two Xu elders carried the seriously injured Tuoba Butuo and came to the outside of the blue-tiled palace.
One of the elders, Xu, reported, "Palace Master, it was Tuoba Butuo, a great man under the Fourth Son of God. He said he had some urgent information to bring back."
Another elder Xu laughed and said, "We found him in the Dark Flower Black Swamp. This kid is really tough. There is not a single piece of good flesh on his body. One of his legs is broken, but he is still swimming desperately on the surface of the water. If he hadn't met us, he would definitely not have come back."
The reason why the two Elder Xu went to the Nether Flower Black Swamp was because Li Weiyi had previously exchanged a large amount of scrap copper and iron for a huge amount of Yongquan coins in the Linggu Palace.
Elder Xu asked him about it, and Li Weiyi was not stingy and told him the location of the treasure.
Just then he met Tuoba Butuo who escaped from the underground fairy palace!
"Palace Master An...Zui Zong rebelled...The Fourth Son of God died tragically..."
Tuoba Bhutuo's voice was choked with sobs and his hair was disheveled.
He was seriously injured, with countless wounds on his body, his abdomen was cut, more than ten bones were broken, his eyes were full of tears, and he looked extremely miserable. He really believed that Li Weiyi was trapped in Nanyan Pass and would die.
Everyone inside and outside the hall was stunned.
The Sheng family's ancestor was the first to react and shouted, "What did you say?"
His cultivation was so high that this roar contained a strong mental force. Tuoba Butuo's whole body went limp and he fell backwards.
"Old Ghost Sheng, are you going to kill me in front of me?"
With a bang, Yao Qingxuan smashed the chair with one palm and stood up suddenly.
She didn't know what Li Weiyi had arranged, but she knew that muddying the waters was the only way to survive.
Tuoba Butuo was rescued and tremblingly took out the blood-wrapped letter from his ancestral field.
"What is this?" Yao Qingxuan took it.
Tuoba Butuo looked dejected and sobbed, "I don't know. It was my only brother... it was the Fourth Son of God who asked me to send it back and give it to Palace Master An..."
The animal skin package is sealed with special runes from the Linggu Temple.
An Xianjing took the package and glanced at the ancestor of the Sheng family before untying the rune and taking out the two blood-written letters inside.
The Sheng family patriarch felt amused, knowing that it must be the kid surnamed Li who was playing some tricks. However, he actually dared to frame the Sui clan, which was simply too childish.
(End of this chapter)
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