Volume 7: The Strongest Four Realms Chapter 34 Storm
It looked like a one-sided crushing victory, but Guiyuan Zhenzun was, after all, in the late stage of refining emptiness. Lu Qingshan actually had to use all his means to win the battle.
The three natal swords were all out, leaving the two secret swords aside for now.
Breaking the law was his absolute trump card, and even Qin Yitian showed up to help. With two swords, one in front and one behind, they completed the counterattack.
In less than twenty breaths, he exploded 45% of his spiritual power, which had just been raised to the late Nascent Soul stage.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly to Qin Yitian.
Qin Yitian immediately understood, and his body turned into red clouds and disappeared into the dragon bird.
After Lu Qingshan took back his natal sword, he put away Guiyuan Zhenzun's storage ring. Finally, he took Guiyuan Zhenzun's broken body and flew away at full speed towards the direction of the Sword Sect.
He didn't know which force was targeting him this time.
The possibility of the underworld should be the highest, but there are other possibilities.
But no matter what, since this force was able to send out a Da Xia cultivator in the late stage of the Refinement Void Realm to kill him, the power of the person behind the scenes must be extremely terrifying.
He was worried whether there would be other follow-ups. Now most of his means were used up and his condition was not at its peak, so he hurried to leave this place and return to the sect first.
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When the Lin'an Palace was first built, the Silver Saddle was used to intoxicate the West Lake every day.
The main city of the human race in the Eastern Region is Lin'an City.
Although Lin'an City is not as prosperous as Chang'an City, it is still a big city belonging to the "An" lineage, and it is the most populous Daxia city in the Eastern Region.
"King of Lin'an" Xia Yue, as the lord of Lin'an City and the appointed domain pastor of Daxia, was originally handling official business when he suddenly raised his eyes and looked towards the door.
Soon, a respectful voice came from outside the door, "Prince Lin'an."
"Come in." King Lin'an said in a deep voice.
Then, a male cultivator wearing the robes bestowed by Daxia walked in.
"What's the matter?" King Lin'an looked at the visitor with a frown.
Because the male cultivator in front of him was wearing a gifted robe that represented his duties.
He is from Qiandeng Tower.
The lights in the Thousand Lanterns Tower refer to the soul lamps.
The owners of these soul lamps are the Great Xia cultivators in the Eastern Region, whose status is at least that of deputy city lords.
"Prince Lin'an, Deputy City Lord of Baita City, the soul lamp of Guiyuan Zhenzun just went out." The male cultivator who came in had a gloomy expression on his face and reported respectfully.
"What?" Although King Lin'an had expected the visitor, his expression still changed slightly at this moment.
After the male cultivator reported the matter, he took his leave and left.
What to do next is none of Qiandeng Tower’s business.
Prince Lin'an was filled with anger. "Who on earth is so bold? How dare he kill my Daxia officials? This is a provocation to Daxia..."
"It has been decades since any Daxia official was killed. No matter who this person is, once I find out, he will pay the price!" A shadow appeared in King Lin'an's eyes.
As a cultivator at the king level of Da Xia, he could not tolerate anyone being disrespectful to Da Xia.
After thinking for a moment, King Lin'an quickly issued an order, "Send a message to the Supreme Court, have them rush to Baita City and thoroughly investigate the death of Guiyuan Zhenzun."
soon.
Whoosh whoosh.
Dozens of figures from the Great Xia Tingwei Mansion received the order and dispersed from the big city in the Eastern Region . They kept moving through the teleportation array and headed for Baita City at an extremely terrifying speed to investigate the situation and find out the truth.
Baita City is also one of the largest cities in the Eastern Region, with teleportation points extending in all directions.
Under the leadership of Wang Yan, a Divine Transformation cultivator from the Supreme Court, dozens of Daxia cultivators arrived at this large human city adjacent to the Sword Sect in no time.
As soon as he came out of the teleportation array of Bai Ta City , Wang Yan went directly to the City Lord’s Mansion.
"Sir." The Lord of Bai Ta City had already received the news and was waiting in the City Lord's Mansion. When he saw Wang Yan coming, he bowed respectfully.
Wang Yan waved his hand and got straight to the point. "I am here to investigate the death of Guiyuan Zhenzun. Do you have any useful information?"
"Report to the Lord." The eyes of the Lord of White Tower were also full of anger.
After all, his deputy city lord died a violent death. Not only was he embarrassed, but he could not escape the blame as well. So now he is cooperating with Wang Yan very much, hoping that the real culprit can be found as soon as possible and the matter can be resolved.
"Guiyuan Zhenzun is not interested in fame and fortune. He usually practices diligently and rarely leaves Baita City. As far as I know, he has no enemies that are obvious to him. However, given our positions, it is inevitable that we may offend many people without making any noise."
Wang Yan nodded without saying anything, with a hint of displeasure in his eyes.
Of course he knew these things. What he wanted was the real stuff, not nonsense.
The Lord of the White Tower also sensed Wang Yan's dissatisfaction and quickly got to the point. "But as far as I know, shortly before Gui Yuan's death, when he left the mansion, he told his servants that he had something to discuss with 'Sword Sect Lu Qingshan'."
"Sword Sect, Lu Qingshan?" Wang Yan narrowed his eyes slightly when he heard the name and asked, "Is he the leader of the Seven Realms Discussion Forum?"
"I don't know the details, but I think it should be so," the Lord of the White Tower said carefully, "Perhaps Your Excellency can get some useful information from Lu Qingshan."
"How did Guiyuan Zhenzun know Lu Qingshan so well?" Wang Yan asked again, "As far as I know, this leader of the Seven Realms was born in the Southern Realm and has only been in the Sword Sect for a year. In other words, he has only been in the Eastern Realm for a year. According to what you said, Guiyuan Zhenzun is a person who is devoted to cultivation and rarely leaves Baita City. In this case, how could the two know each other?"
"I'm not sure about that," the Lord of the White Tower replied, "I don't know much about Guiyuan's private affairs..."
Wang Yan frowned slightly, his eyes flickering.
There is another doubt he didn't mention:
As Guiyuan Zhenzun, why do you have to tell your servants what you are going to do?
He smelled something unusual.
"Thank you for your help, City Lord." Wang Yan did not respond and took his leave with the Lord of Baita City.
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"Sir, what have you gained?" Outside the City Lord's Mansion, Wang Yan's men saw Wang Yan coming out and hurried forward to ask.
"This matter is not right. There may be something strange about Guiyuan Zhenzun's death."
"Something's wrong?"
"Let's go to Guiyuan Zhenzun's residence first." Wang Yan said.
The residence of Guiyuan Zhenzun.
Wang Yan's eyes were as sharp as knives as he scanned the servants in the mansion standing in front of him.
"When Guiyuan Zhenzun left the mansion, who did he tell you that he was going to look for Lu Qingshan of the Sword Sect?"
A servant with foundation building cultivation stepped forward and said timidly, "It's me."
"What is the specific situation?"
The foundation-building servant continued, "At that time, the head of the Zhao family in the city wanted to see the True Lord for something, and I passed the message on his behalf. The True Lord asked me to refuse the head of the Zhao family, saying that he had something urgent to do to find Lu Qingshan, and asked the head of the Zhao family to come the next day."
Wang Yan listened with a frown, but the feeling of something wrong in his heart did not disappear.
The statement of the foundation-building servants seemed reasonable, but upon closer thought, it was not so reasonable.
If you have something that prevents you from meeting the head of the Zhao family, you can just refuse. Why do you have to make the reasons for the refusal so specific?
This doesn't look like a rejection of the Zhao family's patriarch's request for a meeting, but rather more like an intentional reveal of the name "Sword Sect Lu Qingshan"?
But the problem is that their investigation has been stuck at this point, and they have to find Lu Qingshan before they can proceed to the next step of the investigation.
"Sword Sect..." Wang Yan had a headache and thought, "This is difficult."
The seven major Taoist sects have an equal relationship with Daxia, so even for them, it would be extremely troublesome to summon Lu Qingshan and inquire about the specific situation.
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