Chapter 418 We are all betrayers! ?
"I lost."
Li Yanmo put down the chess piece and shook his head helplessly.
Yao Mengyi, who was sitting opposite Li Yanmo, completely forgot that she was here to ask questions. She squinted her eyes proudly and shook her head from side to side. After being frightened in Yanzhou for so many days, this was the first time she had played games so peacefully.
"Mr. Li, would you like another plate?"
"good--"
Li Yanmo also quite liked the atmosphere of playing chess with Yao Mengyi. There was no pressure and no need to worry about anything going wrong.
It's a pity that such peace was soon broken by a series of knocking sounds. Li Yanmo looked up and saw Shen Ziqing standing not far away with an awkward but serious expression, as if he had something urgent to do.
Yao Mengyi also saw Shen Ziqing, and knew that something might have happened, and nodded very obediently, "Mr. Li, you go and do your work first, I can do it by myself..."
Before Yao Mengyi finished her words, Hong Menglian sat opposite Yao Mengyi and slapped the table carelessly, "Little girl, let me play chess with you!"
The corner of Yao Mengyi's mouth twitched slightly, and she subconsciously wanted to nod in submission.
But Yao Mengyi changed her mind and realized that it was because she always gave in that she was always in a passive position.
She must muster up the courage!
Twenty-nine demigods silently surrounded the two of them, staring at the chessboard.
But it doesn’t mean it has to be today.
Yao Mengyi played Go in despair.
Li Yanmo also came to Shen Ziqing at this time and lowered his voice, "Second brother, what happened?"
Shen Ziqing hesitated for a moment before answering, “Master, the caves of Tianxu Tower in various small states have been attacked and completely destroyed. In addition to the Dayu Army, there are several other groups of people. Several incidents have occurred.”
Shen Ziqing added after a pause.
"I'm afraid someone is aiming at our ancient cave."
Hong Menglian and the other thirty semi-immortals immediately pricked up their ears. They seemed to be playing chess, but in fact their minds had drifted to the conversation between Li Yanmo and Shen Ziqing.
Hearing that someone else was trying to rob the cave, Li Yanmo was delighted and subconsciously raised the corner of his mouth, but still nodded in a serious manner, "Do you know who is inside?"
Shen Ziqing hesitated for a moment and whispered, “There is Xuantian Sect.”
Taoist Tianxuan glared and was about to speak, but Taoist Hunyuan slapped him in the face and pointed a trembling finger at Taoist Tianxuan, "You, you, you little—"
"Hunyuan Sect."
Taoist Hunyuan fell silent immediately.
Xiantian Taoist from Xianyue Tower raised his hands and pulled down his sleeves with two snaps. Just as he was about to slap the two old bastards in the face, Shen Ziqing spoke again.
"Xianyue Tower."
The Taoist Xiantian silently pulled down his sleeves.
"Anyway..."
Shen Ziqing looked at the half-immortals who were pretending to still be watching the chess game with a subtle expression, and raised his voice slightly.
"Those caves that were attacked had traces of the various sects' actions."
"It looks like... you guys are pretending to cooperate, but actually harboring evil intentions."
When these words came out, Kong Pu and others were horrified and waved their hands. Li Yanmo smiled helplessly, "I'm afraid this was done by the Immortal Palace, in order to create a gap between us and make us suspicious of each other."
After hearing what Li Yanmo said, Kong Pu and others breathed a sigh of relief.
Shen Ziqing also added at this time, "But the traces of the unique skills from various sects cannot be faked."
Kong Pu and others nodded with heavy expressions.
There might be some influence from the Immortal Palace in their sect.
This is not something unbelievable. The Immortal Palace is not only older than any sect of Dayu Taoism, but it is also the eternal black hand that caused the split between Taoism and the Dayu Dynasty. It is not a very strange thing to place spies in their sects.
Shen Ziqing thought for a moment and said, "Please play hard to get and arrange your disciples to explore the ancient cave of our Tianxu Tower. Take this opportunity to find out the spies of Tianxu Tower in your sects."
Shen Ziqing paused and added, “Of course, those ancient caves are not real ancient caves, but forged by our Taixu Tower.”
When Li Yanmo heard this, he immediately nodded with satisfaction.
As expected, he is his most promising disciple, with his head full of good ideas to make Tianxu Tower spend money.
"What do you mean?" Taoist Xiantian frowned.
Shen Ziqing looked at Li Yanmo, and after receiving a hint from Li Yanmo's eyes, he cleared his throat and said, "Those ancient caves are contracts between our Tianxu Tower and those ancient sects. We have an obligation to protect the inheritance of those ancient sects that trust us."
"Once those caves are destroyed, our credibility among those dormant ancient sects will decline. Some of the inheritance items have been taken away, and compensation cannot make up for it."
Kong Pu nodded, and the others looked at the person who was covering his face.
That man was the leader of the Immortal Valley. When Dayu was on an expedition to Xiaozhou, his apprentice stole the inheritance of the ancient sect Star Hall that belonged to the eldest prince Ji Xu.
The inheritance represents the Taoist tradition of a sect and its price is immeasurable. Once it is lost, it means that the road ahead will be extremely difficult and you may have to start from scratch.
So the revenge for stealing the inheritance is no less than killing one's parents.
"The Immortal Palace and... Dayu are probably aiming to destroy the relationship between Tianxu Tower and those ancient sects that are still dormant," Shen Ziqing said with a heavy face.
Yao Mengyi lay on the table, buried her face in her arms and pretended to sleep.
Hong Menglian, who was sitting opposite Yao Mengyi, nodded subconsciously and glanced in the direction of Hong Muer.
At this moment, Hong Muer was sitting on the table, cross-legged, holding her ankles and swaying from side to side like a tumbler.
He had no intention of avoiding suspicion, nor did he realize that he should do so. He even seemed a little impatient and absent-minded.
“Fortunately, there are still some ancient objects in Tianxu Tower. Since they want to destroy the ancient cave, let them destroy it.”
Shen Ziqing's eyes flashed, and he smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Tianxu Sect has always hoped to cooperate with you. I believe you have seen the new operating model of Zhuozhou and Meizhou. What do you think?"
Kong Pu and Xia Tian, who had already arranged the actions of their disciples, nodded immediately, "It's wonderful."
Shen Ziqing smiled and said, "I wonder if you are interested in converting your respective states to the same operating model?"
Kong Pu, Xia Tian and other first few semi-immortals nodded in agreement without even thinking.
But semi-immortal sect leaders who joined later like Xiantian Taoist were still a little hesitant.
They did see the new operating model and its potential, but such changes would completely change the way super sects operate. It seems to be fine now, but no one can guarantee that such an operating model will not have problems in a hundred or a thousand years that were not seen at the time.
So they plan to observe for a hundred years first.
Anyway, for a cultivator, there is no difference between a hundred years and a year. For a semi-immortal who measures his age in tens of thousands, there is no difference between a hundred years and a month.
Xiantian Taoist asked, "What does this have to do with the matter of the Immortal Palace?"
(End of this chapter)
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