"Yes, it was Chang Geng who revealed his identity on his own initiative, not us who tracked it down." The master of Shuiyue Temple carefully recalled the details of the discussion in the Seven Realms and remembered this matter again.
That year, smoke of war broke out in Lundao City. They discovered dozens of underworld insiders and captured them at the same time.
But the only thing is that the identity of the headmaster Chang Geng has not been discovered yet.
But it was at this time that Sect Leader Chang Geng took the initiative to attack.
In full view of everyone, he suddenly attacked, but was finally easily taken down by Master Taibai Sword.
Looking back now, it seems like an unwise act to attack in that situation.
Of course, they were wondering at that time why Master Chang Geng acted so rashly?
But since the person had been caught, there was no point in considering all these trivial matters, so after a brief moment of confusion in their minds, they just let the matter go.
Looking back now, it turns out that this was a foreshadowing?
"It turns out that it doesn't just look like committing suicide, but it is actually committing suicide?" The master of Shuiyue Temple made an accurate guess.
She began to think seriously.
Yes, whether it is Yang Quding or Master Chang Geng, there is a high probability that they both have two.
This can be determined in advance.
Only this statement can perfectly explain Yang Quding's words and the suicidal behavior of Master Chang Geng.
"He deliberately killed the life of the headmaster Chang Geng in order to cover up the matter."
When Huanling Sect executed Sect Leader Chang Geng, Great Xia's Qingmei King and their Tianji Temple's chief abbot were also present, so the fake death could not be hidden from their eyes.
Therefore, the headmaster Chang Geng must be dead as hell.
This is interesting .
"Master, what is going on? How could there be two Yang Quding in the world?" Lin Yao asked.
She is just a Nascent Soul cultivator, and her knowledge is still too weak.
"Synchronize memory..." The master of Shuiyue Temple hesitated for a moment and repeated what Yang Quding said.
"This sounds a bit like... the method of splitting one's body!" Finally, she gave her own conclusion.
"The method of clones? There is such a magical method of clones?" Lin Yao was puzzled. "Moreover, if Yang Quding, as a deacon of Huanling Sect, is only a clone, then what kind of identity would his original body be, and how powerful would it be?"
It is strange no matter how you look at it that an incarnation is specially separated to serve as the deacon of Huanling Sect.
"It's hard to say, but this is the biggest possibility at the moment," said the head of Shuiyue Temple, "Only in this way can we explain why there are two Yang Quding."
"If not unexpected, the biggest secret of Huanling Sect should lie in their true form." She narrowed her eyes slightly, not knowing what she was thinking.
only……
Who will the real body be?
The master of Shuiyue Temple went over the high-level monks of Huanling Sect in his mind again, but it was difficult to find anyone who matched the name.
The high-level monks of Huanling Sect, including the current Yang Quding, all have a clearly visible growth trajectory. They are living people. How could they look like a clone of someone else?
The only doubt is that the high-level monks of Huanling Sect once entered the South Bank to practice in seclusion for a period of time.
Only after coming out of the south bank did they start to soar into the sky.
This period of time spent in retreat on the South Bank was invisible and extremely mysterious.
In the eyes of outsiders, this should be the biggest reason why the Huanling Sect was able to emerge as a dark horse in Chang'an, be promoted to the Dao Sect, and its strength is growing day by day.
This is the biggest secret of the Huanling Sect.
It’s just a core secret of a Taoist sect. How can it be so easy to see through it?
Therefore, over the years, there have been many cultivators and sects who have been curious about the secret of the south bank of the Huanling Sect, but no one has been able to uncover this secret.
The master of Shuiyue Temple thought for a while, but found that he had no clue at all.
She suddenly shook her head.
The more important thing now is not the secret of the clone, but something else.
"What exactly is that thing?" the master of Shuiyue Temple asked softly.
This is the most valuable information Lin Yao gained from this conversation with Yang Quding.
"These are things that are only available in the major provincial capitals. Apart from these, the other six major Taoist sects also possess them..." Lin Yao said thoughtfully.
What on earth could this thing be?
She just felt clueless.
"The scope of thinking based on just this one sentence is too broad. We also need to combine it with other aspects to make inferences." The master of Shuiyue Temple was organizing his own thoughts and also guiding Lin Yao step by step.
"The Huanling Sect has specially called back the Eighth Realm cultivators from Longcheng Pass, which means that if we want to take this thing, we must mobilize the Eighth Realm cultivators to do it."
“That means that this item must be something that all the major states and our Dao Sect value very much and that they have sent out a large force to guard.
"The Central Spiritual Region is the land of the Huanling Sect. Although the other six major sects also have corresponding bases and manpower in the Central Spiritual Region, there are not many bases that the Huanling Sect really needs to mobilize the eighth-level cultivators to take over."
The master of Shuiyue Temple waved his hand lightly, and clouds suddenly appeared and swirled in the air, finally forming a thumbnail of the Central Spiritual Realm.
She stretched out her finger and tapped lightly, and three dots suddenly lit up in the thumbnail cloud map.
"This is the largest base of our Tianji Temple in the Central Spiritual Region."
The head of Shuiyue Temple pointed to the first bright spot first, "There are many people among them, and it is difficult to take them down unless you are a cultivator in the eighth realm. In addition, there are many resources collected by our sect in the Central Spiritual Realm, as well as precious spiritual objects such as spiritual stones. It can also be regarded as a treasure house."
"It's just that although these spiritual objects are valuable, they are worth a lot in total. Yang Quding is talking about that thing, which is a single finger, so it can be ruled out for the time being."
"This place is the intelligence headquarters of our Tianji Temple in Zhongling Domain. All intelligence information from Zhongling Domain will be summarized and analyzed here, and then transmitted to our Tianji Temple." After ruling out the first location, the master of Shuiyue Temple pointed his finger at the second bright spot and continued.
"Similarly, nothing here is of great value. Besides, intelligence is worth a fortune to those who need it, but worthless to those who don't. Its value is difficult to quantify."
“Not to mention, the thing Yang Quding was talking about is owned by all the major states and the other five Taoist sects.”
"So, this place can be temporarily excluded from the Huanling Sect's target."
"That is..." Having said that, there was no need for the Master of Shuiyue Temple to say anything more. Lin Yao looked at the third bright spot on the cloud thumbnail.
Immediately, her pupils shrank suddenly.
Because Lin Yao was extremely familiar with this third point.
"That's... a cross-domain teleportation array!" she exclaimed.
The third point was exactly the location of the teleportation array between the Zhongtian Realm and the Zhongling Realm constructed by their Tianji Temple.
Not long ago, she rushed from Zhongtian Realm to Zhongling Realm through this cross-domain teleportation array.
The seven domains of the human race are separated by a vast ocean.
There are countless sirens in the ocean, which are extremely dangerous.
If there were no cross-domain teleportation array, the seven domains would be isolated and unable to communicate with each other.
Only a small number of powerful monks can carry out cross-domain activities.
Even for a powerful cultivator, if he wants to use his own escape technique to travel from one realm to another, it would take a very long time, measured in years.
In this situation, the cross-domain teleportation array becomes extremely important and can be regarded as a strategic resource.
Daxia is centered on the Zhongtian Domain and has built a teleportation array system leading to the other six domains.
But even in Da Xia, cross-border teleportation arrays were only set up in the major state capitals of each domain, and they were not fully deployed.
This is because the construction and maintenance costs of the cross-domain teleportation array are extremely high, but there are not many monks who have the demand and financial resources to use the cross-domain teleportation array.
If too many cross-domain teleportation arrays are built, many of them will be idle most of the time, causing a huge waste of resources.
Apart from Daxia, among the vast human race, only Dao Sect has the capital to build a teleportation array to the other six domains.
"All major states and cities have them, and other Taoist sects also have them..." The head of Shuiyue Temple said softly, "The cross-domain teleportation array perfectly meets the conditions mentioned by Yang Quding."
"The cross-domain teleportation array is an important strategic resource, so in addition to having high-level cultivators guarding it, we have also set up many arrays to protect it. Cultivators who are not at the eighth level cannot have any ideas about the cross-domain teleportation array." Lin Yao added.
On this point, they are also right.
"So, it can be basically confirmed that the Huanling Sect's goal this time is the cross-domain teleportation array?" she deduced.
"But, what exactly do they want to do?" Lin Yao was confused.
"Perhaps I would have had a hard time coming up with an idea for a while if I had encountered this situation before, but the bloody massacre in Chang'an happened before..." The head of Shuiyue Temple had a gleam in his eyes, and said coldly, "There is really nothing new under the sun."
She whispered, "In order to buy himself time for the bloody massacre, Prince Qing destroyed all the teleportation arrays in the major cities of Xiazhou before taking action, thus turning Xiazhou into a temporary isolated state..."
Lin Yao suddenly realized, "So Master means that Huanling Sect wants to turn the Central Spiritual Region into an isolated region that is cut off from the other six regions?!"
"Apart from this, could there be any other purpose?" The Shuiyue Temple Master's eyes gradually turned cold. "Once they have the teleportation array in their hands, it will not be as easy to take it back as the Chang'an Blood Slaughter."
Even without the teleportation array, it would only take a few days for them to enter Xiazhou from other states.
However, there is no cross-domain teleportation array. If you want to enter the Central Spiritual Realm from other domains, it will take several years to do so, and the journey is extremely risky.
That's the difference.
"Huanling Sect, what exactly do you want to do?" Lin Yao pursed her lips with a heavy expression.
The Huanling Sect's desire is thought-provoking as they went to such great lengths to try to seize all the cross-domain teleportation arrays in the Zhongling Domain.
"I don't know yet," the head of Shuiyue Temple tapped the table with his fingertips, lost in thought, "What I want to know now is what exactly is the Huanling Sect? What's the situation?"
At the beginning of her investigation, she simply thought that there was a traitor among the high-ranking monks of Huanling Sect who was colluding with the demons.
But now it seems that things are far from that simple.
If there was only one traitor, it would not be possible to achieve this.
Therefore, it is very likely that there are two or more "demon spies", or even a large number of them.
The Dao Sect, the most important sect of the human race, has been infiltrated by spies from the demon race...
How terrible is this?
"We need to quickly inform the Sword Sect and the temple master of this news and wait for their decision. At the same time, we need to immediately dispatch personnel to strengthen the guarding force of the cross-domain teleportation array point," the Shuiyue Temple master made a decision. "As for the other four Taoist sects... we will not notify them yet. We need to see the situation."
She was now on high alert.
With King Qing of Great Xia in front of her and Daoist Sect Huan Ling behind her, under such circumstances, except for the Sword Sect, she dared not trust the other four Daoist Sects 100 for the time being.
If there are also demon spies infiltrating the other four major sects, what should she do if she rashly spreads the news and causes it to be leaked?
"Master, there is one more thing." Lin Yao thought of something and reminded him solemnly, "If Lin Shanye and Yang Quding are in the same situation, they are also clones. Then when they synchronize their memories and compare the situations with each other, they may find that in Lin Shanye's memory, he has never met Yang Quding in the prison department ."
"By then, they may realize that we have discovered their target."
"That's a problem..." The Shuiyue Temple Master pondered for a moment, then said, "But it's not difficult to solve."
She flicked her fingers suddenly, and a drop of scarlet blood floated in front of Lin Yao.
"What is this?" Lin Yao asked.
"Yang Quding's blood." The master of Shuiyue Temple replied.
"Since he hasn't met Yang Quding on Lin Shanye's side, why not make it up to him?"
"I understand." Lin Yao also reacted, stretched out her hand and took the drop of blood.
As long as he can transform himself into Yang Quding and meet Lin Shanye again, everything will be fine.
As for the content of the conversation, although it is impossible for it to be exactly the same, for the two of them, it was originally an insignificant conversation. Would they compare it word for word for no reason?
Obviously impossible.
The next moment, a golden light emerged from her hand and enveloped the drop of blood.
Under the influence of the golden light, the blood turned into countless complex, profound and strange characters and merged into Lin Yao's body.
In Lu Qingshan’s previous life, these strange characters should be roughly equivalent to "genetic" information.
Then, Lin Yao's figure became burly, his face began to ripple and become distorted, and his bones all over his body made crackling sounds.
The change took only a moment, and Lin Yao transformed from a graceful woman into the appearance of Yang Quding.
"It's just right. Let's test Lin Shanye's attitude and verify whether our guess is correct." Lin Yao said, but her voice had changed from a clear female voice to a rough male voice.
The changes in the phantom body's divine veins include voice, face, body shape and even breath, and there are no flaws.
Even the Demon Lord couldn't see through the changes, so how could Yang Quding and Lin Shanye see through it?
…
Yumen Pass, Hanguang Garden, and Shanlou.
Lu Qingshan walked decisively, so he returned to Yumen Pass safely without any danger.
At this moment, a large amount of spiritual materials were piled on the floor of the house.
These spiritual materials are colorful and have different auras.
This is because there are both spiritual materials unique to the demon race and spiritual materials from the human race.
After emptying the treasury of Yumo City, Lu Qingshan acquired a lot of new metal spiritual ores.
Adding to the spiritual materials he had previously collected, the reserves of spiritual materials in his mustard seeds were already astonishing, enough for Taohua to complete a transformation.
"Come out." Feeling the peach blossom in his dantian stirring and eager to try, Lu Qingshan no longer suppressed it.
Little Peach Blossom has always been very smart and knows that its "dry meal" time has come again.
——The three “brothers and sisters” in the family are already in perfect form and do not need to absorb spiritual materials to help them complete their transformation.
So there is no doubt that any "delicious food" is enjoyed exclusively by this little peach blossom.
With this in mind, Taohua was not jealous of the strength of her "brothers and sisters", but was even very happy about it.
It would be best if the natal sword Lu Qingshan finds in the future is also in perfect form, so that it can continue to enjoy the "delicacy" alone.
After getting Lu Qingshan's permission, Taohua did not hesitate. With a humming sound of the sword, she left her body and floated in front of Lu Qingshan obediently, sending out a thought - "Can we start eating?"
"Go." Lu Qingshan's mind moved.
Buzz buzz buzz!
The Peach Blossom Sword swung, and the sword hummed crisply.
Suddenly, the spiritual materials around began to glow, and some light spots lit up, floating up, and continuously poured into Taohua's sword body.
It is not picky about food. It can extract the essence of any spiritual material, whether it is from the demon abyss or the human sky.
After a while, the peach blossom scent began to change, and some tiny transformations were taking place.