Silence. After a moment's silence, Lu Qingshan raised his eyes and his gaze became extremely sharp.
"What do you think?" Tan Tai Qing Run asked when he saw that he had digested the news.
"Where did you get this spiritual jade?" Lu Qingshan asked.
This is his biggest concern now.
Why does Tan Tai Qing Run hold such confidential information?
"I am also very confused," Tan Tai Qingrun shook his head and explained the details to Lu Qingshan, "I found this spiritual jade on my body just after I woke up... But I can conclude that this spiritual jade did not exist on my body before that. No one has the ability to put a spiritual jade on my body without me noticing, except for the period of time when I was unconscious before..."
Lu Qingshan naturally knew what time Tan Tai Qingrun was referring to, so he continued, " In other words , this spiritual jade was secretly placed on you when you were imprisoned."
Tan Tai Qing Run frowned slightly, "That's right... Who is this person who put the spirit jade on me? What is his purpose? Is the information he provided true?"
She was really at her wits' end.
The information was extremely shocking, but it came out of nowhere, giving people a feeling that there was some conspiracy involved.
Therefore, Tan Tai Qingrun wanted to hear Lu Qingshan's thoughts.
Her black and white eyes stared at Lu Qingshan.
Lu Qingshan glanced at Tan Tai Qingrun's slightly weak face, pondered for a moment, and analyzed: "Logically speaking, since you were imprisoned by Elder Murong of Qingluo Sect, the most likely person to have done this must be him, but obviously this possibility is very small."
After all, Elder Murong was only a Divine Transformation cultivator and it was impossible for him to have access to such confidential information. Moreover, Elder Murong hanged himself on the spot.
"That means there is an unknown third party. This third party must be extremely powerful, and could have placed this spiritual jade on you quietly under the nose of Elder Murong." He made the first guess.
"As for who this third party is..." Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment and shook his head, "Without much useful information, it is difficult to make an accurate inference for the time being."
"From the way he does things, we can make some inferences," he began to think, "Being able to know such a secret and put this spiritual jade on you under the nose of Elder Murong shows that this person has a very high level of cultivation. If this third person is a human cultivator, with his strength, there is no need for him to pass on the message in this way."
"He could have directly informed Zhizong, or informed Daxia, but this person chose this weird way. There is only one reason for that, that is, with his identity, he is not suitable, or he dares not to meet with the powerful cultivators of our human race." Tan Tai Qingrun showed a look of realization.
As expected of Xiuchun monk, his reaction is fast... Lu Qingshan nodded and continued: "So, from this point of view, this spiritual jade is most likely from the hands of a monk from the underworld."
"As for this person's purpose and whether the information is true or not, we can discuss them together."
"If the intelligence is true, then no matter how complicated the purpose is, the core purpose is only one, and that is to hope that we can stop King Qing's bloody massacre."
Lu Qingshan said slowly: "As to whether the monk from the underworld got to know this secret by chance and felt guilty and passed the message in this way, or something else, it is not known for the time being."
"If the intelligence is false, then the situation will undoubtedly be much more complicated and difficult to sort out for the time being."
"But whether it's true or not, we can only treat it as true now," Tan Tai's clear and smooth voice was a little heavy. "This news is too shocking and too horrifying. Even if there is only a hint of it, we can't just sit back and do nothing."
When the information about the Blood Word Formula is put together with the sentence "King Qing slaughters people in order to seek the ancestral realm", the meaning it conveys is very simple.
King Qing secretly allied with the giant demon clan, preparing to massacre the entire area, collect blood essence, and then rely on the giant demon clan to perform the blood magic to help him improve his strength.
You know, Prince Qing is now a ninth-level noble cultivator and a physical cultivator at the level of Martial Emperor.
How much blood and essence would it take for a peak human cultivator like this to improve his strength? And how many humans would he have to slaughter?
——The so-called bloody massacre by King Qing only killed humans.
There is no way the giant demon clan would allow King Qing to slaughter the demon clan and then help him refine the blood essence.
Moreover, as a human cultivator, King Qing was able to get the giant demon cultivators to help him improve his strength. He must have offered some conditions that the giant demons could hardly refuse in exchange and reached a deal in private.
After all, the demons are demons, not Bodhisattvas, so there is no reason for them to aid the enemy for no reason.
Lu Qingshan nodded in agreement and added: "Based on , this information is very likely to be true. The three cities of Donglin, Qianniao, and Tai'an are all empty, which is very likely related to this bloody massacre."
Tan Tai Qing Run slowly exhaled, "So how are you going to deal with this matter?"
"This matter involves too much, and King Qing is extremely powerful and has an extremely high status. I can't handle it alone," Lu Qingshan said decisively. "This is a matter of great importance. I must inform Tianji Temple and let them use their energy to verify the truth of this matter... It just so happens that we are in Tianji Temple right now, which saves a lot of time... For such a serious matter, any delay may cause incalculable huge losses."
There is no doubt about the intelligence capabilities of Tianji Temple. There would be no better choice than to let them handle this matter.
"In addition, I will also inform the Sword Sect of this news." Lu Qingshan said again.
One cannot put all his eggs in one basket. Although he believes in Tianji Sect in his heart, the Sword Sect is the only sect he can truly trust.
Therefore, this news must be reported to the Sword Sect in a timely manner.
"Do you need me to inform everyone in the building of this news?" Tan Tai Qingrun's eyes flickered and he asked hesitantly.
"How did you get imprisoned in Qingluo Sect?" When he heard her ask this, Lu Qingshan immediately remembered this.
Tan Tai Qingrun's thoughts turned, and he quickly told Lu Qingshan the details of what had happened.
"You mean, you were assigned a task by the building, asking you to go to Qingluo Gate to investigate the situation. But near Qingluo Gate, you were ambushed by unknown monks who were well prepared, and you were captured. Your storage ring was taken away, and they used your communication token to send a message to me, luring me into a trap... and finally those unknown monks handed you over to Elder Murong?"
Tan Tai Qing Run nodded in confirmation.
Lu Qingshan pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Then don't tell Zhishoulou about this news for the time being."
"Are you suspicious?" Tan Tai Qingrun bit her lip, somewhat unwilling to believe it.
Lu Qingshan nodded slightly. "You are Xiuchun monk. The person who can assign tasks to you through Zhishoulou must have a very high status in Zhishoulou. And when I received the message from your token, I went to Blade Island and met a monk from Zhishoulou."
Immediately, he told Tan Tai Qingrun everything that happened to him on Blade Island.
Tan Tai Qingrun was imprisoned in a secret room at the time, and he had no idea about Lu Qingshan's achievements in Qingluo Sect.
Now, she suddenly learned that Lu Qingshan had killed three cultivators in the early stage of fusion on Blade Island. She was immediately dazzled and no longer had a cold attitude. She was stunned: "You have been promoted to the God Transformation Realm and have the combat power of a seventh-level cultivator?"
Lu Qingshan nodded.
The former owner of Yuanshan Tower couldn't help but raise his pointed chin, and was so surprised that he didn't know what to say.
Lu Qingshan continued, "So, there is no doubt that the interior of Zhishou Tower... has been corrupted and infiltrated, and a big shot has betrayed."
"This matter was manipulated by this important figure from Zhishou Tower behind the scenes."
"These are turbulent times." He couldn't help rubbing his brows, and found that things were becoming more and more complicated.
The matter of the Huanling Sect in the Central Spiritual Realm has not been settled yet, and dealing with King Qing here is not an easy matter either.
Now the interior of Zhishou Tower has also rotted away, and it will take time and effort to catch this "evil traitor", which makes Lu Qingshan feel a little bit of losing sight of one thing while focusing on another.
It's simply omnipresent.
But no matter how chaotic it is, things can only be solved one by one.
The affairs of the Huanling Sect are currently being handled by the Jian Sect, so Lu Qingshan doesn't need to worry too much about it for the time being - even if he wants to care, there's nothing he can do.
How could he have any right to interfere in the affairs between the two Taoist sects?
The matter of Zhishou Tower was important, but compared with the "bloody massacre of King Qing", it was nothing.
Therefore, the most urgent task is to report this news as soon as possible.
…
Lu Qingshan obtained the spiritual jade and went to find the master of Shuiyue Temple.
Outside an exquisite pavilion.
"Mr. Lu." When the young nun from Lotus Peak saw Lu Qingshan, she hurriedly stepped forward and greeted him very politely.
——Lu Qingshan was a frequent visitor to Lotus Peak. The female disciples of Lotus Peak knew very well that this handsome swordsman was loved by their own master and senior sisters, so they were always very polite to him.
"I'm looking for the abbot. Please pass on the message." Lu Qingshan said.
"Okay." The young nun was very tactful and immediately ran into the building to pass on the message.
Soon, the young nun ran out and nodded to Lu Qingshan.
After getting a definite answer, Lu Qingshan walked into the building and saw the master of Shuiyue Temple sitting behind a desk. His eyes were full of wisdom, and he looked at him gently, calmly, and with a sense of intimacy.
"Aren't you accompanying your confidante? How come you still have time to come to see me?" The master of Shuiyue Temple was already very familiar with Lu Qingshan and even had the mind to tease him.
Lu Qingshan shook his head, not taking the teasing of Shuiyue Temple Master seriously, and directly took out the spiritual jade, "Master, please look."
When the head of Shuiyue Temple saw Lu Qingshan's expression, his eyes twitched slightly, and he stretched out his right hand and grabbed the Lingyu in the air, and asked at the same time: "What's going on?"
As she spoke, she had already probed her spiritual thoughts into the spiritual jade.
After a moment, the pupils of the master of Shuiyue Temple suddenly shrank. He stood up from his seat and stared at Lu Qingshan, waiting for him to explain the situation.
Lu Qingshan did not keep him in suspense and explained the whole thing in detail.
The head of Shuiyue Temple was silent for a few seconds, then asked, "Do you have any other clues?"
Lu Qingshan thought for a moment and said, "I plan to go back to Qingluo Gate to investigate the situation."
"Ancestor Qingluo, there is a big problem." He said with certainty.
He had previously wondered whether Elder Qingluo's attitude was too kind.
I also wondered whether there might be other underworld cultivators in Qingluo Sect besides Elder Murong.
However, Tan Tai Qingrun's situation was not optimistic at that time. He did not dare to waste time and was anxious to come to Tianji Temple, so he did not stay in Qingluo Gate for long.
Looking back now, there seemed to be even more doubts surrounding Qingluo Gate.
Why did the person who delivered the message place this spiritual jade on top of Tan Tai Qingrun?
You know, at that time, Tan Tai Qingrun was clearly in a state of imprisonment.
Unless... someone can conclude that Tan Tai Qingrun will be out of trouble soon and knows that he, Lu Qingshan, will go to rescue Tan Tai Qingrun.
Thinking of this, Lu Qingshan couldn't help but shudder, and he had a feeling that there was a pair of eyes watching him in secret.
Then, Lu Qingshan repeated his previous speculation in detail.
"If King Qing really massacred someone, the scale must be extremely large. Tianjiguan has the best intelligence in the world. Could it be that they didn't find any clues?"
He couldn't help but ask, "Also, for a long period of time before, the people under Prince Qing's command were killing families on a large scale and committing massacres. How come Tianji Temple didn't notice anything?"
For such a major event, the disciples of Tianji Temple, who are monitoring the world in the name of supervision, should not be completely ignorant of the news.
"No," the head of Shuiyue Temple shook his head, frowned slightly, and said helplessly: "You also understand the price we have to pay to use our magical powers to explore the secrets of the sky, so we generally don't use it easily. And King Qing is a member of the royal family of Daxia, and we should not interfere too deeply in the affairs of his subordinates, otherwise we will cause trouble."
"Plus, he deliberately concealed the truth, so the news was inevitably blocked."
It’s not that Tianji Temple is incapable of investigating the affairs of Prince Qing.
It’s just that Tianji Temple and the Daxia royal family coexist in the Zhongtian Realm and are allies.
Among them, the Daxia royal family is the main one, and the Tianji Temple is the auxiliary one. Under this situation, the Tianji Temple should not pay too much attention to the Daxia royal family.
Lu Qingshan nodded. He could accept what Shuiyue Temple Master said, and stopped asking, "Then how do you think this matter should be handled?"
The master of Shuiyue Temple said solemnly, "Don't worry, I will inform Jinghu immediately about this matter, and then go to Tianhe City to meet the master of the temple and inform him of the situation. I will take your spiritual jade away first."
Seeing Lu Qingshan nod, she continued, "This matter is urgent. If you want to go to Qingluo Gate to find out the news, go as soon as possible. I also need to hurry up here."
…
After reporting the matter, Lu Qingshan quickly wrote another spiritual letter and sent the matter back to the Eastern Domain Sword Sect. He then told Tan Tai Qingrun about his plan and left Tianji Temple again and rushed to Qingluo Gate.
Lu Qingshan flew on his sword, leaving a streak of light in the sky at an extremely fast speed.
"Blood slaughter, blood slaughter... I dare not imagine it. How dare King Qing? With his cultivation level, if he wants to break through the realm through blood slaughter, he must bleed for more than 30,000 miles, right? But such a large-scale blood slaughter is difficult to complete in a short time, and it is impossible to be silent. I am afraid that it will be discovered by others in a short time, and someone will try to stop him."
"I can think of all these things. If Prince Qing really wants to use Blood Slaughter to break through, there is no reason why he can't think of this. Therefore, he must have a way to solve this problem..."
“How do we solve this?”
Lu Qingshan thought hard and could only come up with two possibilities for the time being.
First, Prince Qing has invincible strength and is confident that he can defeat a thousand enemies alone and carry out a bloody massacre under the condemnation of thousands of people.
The second is that Prince Qing has some special means that can conceal the truth and complete the bloody massacre before anyone can react.
He prefers the second possibility.
Because if Prince Qing really had that invincible strength, why would he resort to such crooked means?
Moreover, not long ago, Prince Qing had just been defeated by Li Qiubai.
So what method did he use to give Prince Qing the confidence to conceal the truth?
As he was thinking this, the Qingluo Sect in the distance, without its protective formation, appeared nakedly in Lu Qingshan's sight.