These days, Su Xu has been living quite leisurely in prison.
When he was first locked up by the Lord Jijiu, he was very uneasy for a while, as frightened as a dog that has lost its home, and as anxious as a frightened bird. Especially when the Lord Jijiu came to visit him, not only did he ignore his flattery, but he coldly said, "Wait and see your despair before you die."
These words made Su Xu despair for a while.
However, ten days passed, twenty days passed, and the chief priest did not issue the execution order.
Judging from the jailer's tone, the Immortal Lord and the Lord Chief Priest were both busy with affairs. First there was the Immortal Alliance Conference, and then Yu Tianliu came to provoke. One problem after another arose, so naturally they had no time to deal with a prisoner who had already been caught.
Su Xu simply put his heart back in his stomach, and with the desire to survive, he began to study the surrounding environment.
The Lord Chief Priest had no habit of abusing prisoners, and the guards were kind enough to them. Moreover, Kunlun had just experienced a war and was short of manpower. Many of the guards were young monks with little qualifications and experience. Su Xu was known for his eloquence and had a bit of a reputation before he fell. It was no problem for him to deal with a few young monks. Within a few days, he had the guards stunned.
Especially in recent days, Su Xu watched with a cold eye and always felt that the guards were not as strict as before, but rather a little more absent-minded. Looking more carefully, it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were a little panicked and fearful.
Could it be that something happened to Kunlun again?
Of course Su Xu hoped that something would happen, and it would be best if it was a big one. The bigger the incident, the more chaos Kunlun would suffer, and the easier it would be for him to escape from this dark death row cell.
Therefore, the more panicked the guards became, the more relaxed he became.
In the past few days, he also heard some information from the guards - it seemed that there was a little discord between the Immortal Lord and the Lord of the Priests.
Is it really just a little discord? Su Xu laughed in his heart: The power in the hands of Master Jijiu is too great, and it seems that he is about to threaten the position of the Immortal Lord. It is a time of raging fire and oil boiling. Can the Immortal Lord tolerate it? Even a little discord may become the fuse for the Immortal Lord to completely eliminate Master Jijiu.
By then, I can escape in the chaos...
Just as he was planning how to escape, the guard suddenly brought in a man who said he was here to visit Lord Su.
Su Xu narrowed his eyes and looked up - the man was tall and strong, with an angry look on his face, and he walked quickly and heavily - it was undoubtedly the Wan Guangliu Wanfeng Master.
Su Xu was secretly delighted and simply assumed a comfortable position, pretending to take a nap.
He had never taken Wan Guangliu seriously. It was true that Wan Guangliu was an expert in swordsmanship, and he was indeed extremely brave in leading thousands of monks to fight against the Demon Cult, but he had no scheming or strategies outside of combat. Wan Guangliu had been his mortal enemy for many years, and fighting against him was like a steel knife cut into the water; he could not gain any advantage at all.
Sure enough, Su Xu hadn't rested for long when he heard Wan Guangliu speak in a cold voice, "Master Su, how are you?"
"Thanks to Master Wan Feng, I am just able to prolong my life." Su Xu laughed and then opened his eyes.
"I have something to ask you." Wan Guangliu widened his eyes and went straight to the point.
"Oh? I'm just a prisoner, how can I be worthy of Master Wanfeng..." Su Xu said politely.
"Humph, stop talking nonsense." Wan Guangliu interrupted him, his face showing "I hate you very much, but I have no choice but to come to you."
"Of course I have to answer Master Wanfeng's question well." Su Xu said with a smile.
"Right now, there is an opportunity to redeem oneself with merits. I wonder if Master Su is willing to accept it." Wan Guangliu said, "Master Su is eloquent and can certainly accomplish this feat."
Wan Guangliu had never praised Su Xu in his life. The phrases "his eloquence is like a hanging river, his tongue is like a lotus flower" were obviously learned from others, and were spoken in a very stiff way.
“Hahaha… I can indeed talk the living dead and the dead back to life, but I can’t do everything.” Su Xu laughed and said, “If I could do everything, I wouldn’t have fallen to this point today.”
"If it doesn't work this time, I will kill you with one sword." Wan Guangliu said angrily.
"Oh my! When did Peak Master Wan become so powerful that he could decide the life and death of prisoners?" Su Xu was surprised, and at the same time he was secretly calculating in his heart - although Wan Guangliu was a peak master with great military achievements, he couldn't just break into the prison and kill the prisoners casually, unless the Immortal Lord and the Master of the Sacrifice were no longer in charge, unless Kunlun was already in danger...
"Su Xu, you are smarter than a thief, so I won't hide it from you." Wan Guangliu thought for a moment and said in a deep voice: "As long as you can persuade the Immortal Lord and the Lord of the Imperial Court to restore the relationship between the monarch and his subjects, I will ensure that you walk out of this death row and enjoy all the glory and wealth as before."
"Master Wan, I don't deserve your words." When Su Xu heard this, his face became solemn and his voice returned to seriousness: "I am a cultivator from Kunlun Immortal Mountain. I should help Kunlun share the worries and solve the problems. Listen to what Master said, this matter is very serious! Please tell me slowly!"
Wan Guangliu was slightly surprised to see him being so sincere.
"Over the years, I have indeed been arguing with Master Wanfeng, but looking back, we were both thinking about Kunlun, and we both looked down on each other." Su Xu smiled bitterly and said, "In the past, I was narrow-minded... Master Wanfeng is a great hero, and I am definitely not a despicable person. If Kunlun is really in trouble, please believe me, Master Wanfeng."
Wan Guangliu's expression changed, and he couldn't help but sigh. He restrained his aggressive attitude and described Kunlun's current disaster in detail.
The Immortal Lord's temperament changed drastically and he stopped taking care of affairs.
The Lord of Priests has completely fallen out with the Immortal Lord and is now imprisoned in a dark room behind the Auspicious Hall, with no one knowing whether he is alive or dead.
At this moment, Yu Tianliu led tens of millions of monsters to attack.
Faced with a powerful enemy, Kunlun had no one to command, and the group was leaderless and in chaos.
Su Xu listened carefully, sighed a few times, turned pale, and was speechless for a while.
"Now, I'm afraid only Master Su can persuade the Immortal Lord." Wan Guangliu said.
"I?" Su Xu's eyes were blank, and he smiled bitterly: "Even if it were me, I'm afraid it wouldn't work..."
"No?"
"Master Wan Feng is desperate this time. The only person the Immortal Lord trusts is the Lord Chief Winemaker. If he doesn't even trust the Lord Chief Winemaker, who can he trust? He will certainly not listen to my advice, and I'm afraid he will even get furious." Su Xu sighed.
"Then Master Su is going to sit back and watch Kunlun's destruction?" Wan Guangliu said angrily.
"I think the best strategy now is to resist the foreign enemies first." Su Xu said.
"Without the Lord Jijiu, who else can command the sixteen teams of the eight mountain gates?" Wan Guangliu sighed, "I claim to be good at fighting, but I am not familiar with the overall strategy..."
"If Master Wanfeng trusts me, I will do my best to help you." Su Xu said.
"You?" Wan Guangliu asked doubtfully, "What are you capable of?"
"If I had no ability at all and only relied on my eloquence, I would not have been able to hold such a high position for so many years." Su Xu said, "Master Wan Feng still underestimates me."
Su Xu's words were sincere and his demeanor was awe-inspiring, and he actually looked like he could turn the tide.
Wan Guangliu asked him several questions about the deployment of troops, and Su Xu actually answered them fluently.
"I underestimated Pavilion Master Su." Wan Guangliu sighed sadly: "Now, the only one who can help me is Pavilion Master Su. It really makes people sigh..."
"No need to thank me." Su Xu coughed a few times and said, "It is our responsibility to do our best for Kunlun. Moreover, I believe that Master Wanfeng is an upright person. If I really make meritorious contributions, Master Wanfeng will definitely save me from this death row."
Su Xu was imprisoned in a solitary cell surrounded by stone walls. There was not even a fellow inmate in the cell, and no one could hear him talking. Therefore, Wan Guangliu felt relieved and was not afraid of leaks when discussing confidential matters with Su Xu.
"That's good. I have some difficult matters and no one to consult, so I have to discuss it with Master Su." Master Wan Feng was delighted, but he still pretended to be calm on the surface and asked for advice carefully.
A few hours passed quickly, and after Wan Guangliu left, Su Xu couldn't help but feel ecstatic.
It was true that he had helped Wan Guangliu solve a few difficult problems just now, but he also learned a lot of secrets from Wan Guangliu's few words.
For example, Yu Tianliu is coming with great momentum this time, and his chances of winning are extremely high.
For example, the Kunlun monks had not practiced a proper battle formation for many days and were already exhausted.
For example, the number of Kunlun monks is insufficient. Among the eight mountain gates, the two mountain gates in the southeast direction have very few guards. They can only rely on the remote terrain and gamble that Yu Tianliu will not attack here.
Su Xu paced back and forth in the cell, thinking secretly all night, and finally concluded that the best opportunity to escape had come.
Within a few days, news came from the cell - Su Xu was exhausted from worrying too much and fell ill.
The guards had always had a good relationship with Su Xu, and seeing that he was strangely ill, they had no choice but to go forward to comfort him. Su Xu, who was dying, took the opportunity to ask his trusted doctor to come and treat him.
The guards did not dare to treat the prisoners harshly, so they agreed to the request.
Unexpectedly, even after the full treatment of his trusted doctors, Su Xu still gradually weakened and finally died.
Naturally, the body could not be left in the cell, so a trusted confidant prepared a coffin and carried it out.
Wan Guangliu couldn't help but sigh when he heard about Su Xu's death. He felt extremely guilty. Su Xu was not in good health to begin with. He had been in prison for many days and looked haggard. When he was solving a difficult problem for himself that day, he was exhausted and worked very hard... It was really lamentable that he died of weakness.
No one knew that a few days later, in the middle of the night, a figure secretly climbed out of the coffin and escaped through the unguarded southeast gate.