Qin Tiexin put away the three Jade Slips and turned to go downstairs. Ling Shuyao walked him to the door and warned him again, "Go back and let Ming'an try the two Cultivation Methods. If they are not suitable, tell me and I will come back."
Qin Tiexin nodded in agreement.
After leaving Imperial Dao Arts Workshop, it was already dark. Qin Tiexin crossed two streets and turned into an alley.
He pushed open the courtyard door and found Ming'an sitting on the threshold waiting for him.
The little monk crossed his legs, twirling the string of beads in his hand, and looked straight in the direction of the courtyard door. When he saw Qin Tiexin coming in, his face suddenly lit up.
"Senior brother is back!"
Qin Tiexin nodded, took out an oil paper bag from his pocket, and opened it. Inside were a few pieces of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, still steaming, bought fresh from a shop on the street.
Ming'an took it, lowered his head and smelled it, smiling so hard that his eyes narrowed into two slits.
"Thank you, senior brother."
Qin Tiexin sat down next to him, put the bag of osmanthus cake in his arms, took out the two Cultivation Method and Jade Slip, and spread them in the palm of his hand.
"Ming'an, come and take a look, senior brother has found a good thing for you."
Brahma Sound Valley's stronghold in Ten Thousand Stars City is very hidden, hidden in an old house.
From the outside, this place looks like an ordinary house. The surrounding residents are all monks who have lived here for decades and don't know who lives in the neighboring yard.
Not to mention that those few people in simple clothes who came in and out occasionally were the spies planted by Brahma Sound Valley on Ten Thousand Stars City.
The innermost Zen room is not lit all year round, with only a small window letting in a few rays of skylight.
Xiao Wan sat on the futon with his back straight.
Her right arm was resting on her knee. The injury had been treated and all necessary medicines had been used. However, the burn left by Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame was extremely difficult to heal, and the pain in her arm was still burning, not severe, but lingering.
It has been three days since she came back from the Canglan Secret Realm. During these three days, she stayed at home and focused on recuperating. But instead of getting better, the wound showed signs of worsening. Xiao Residence's medical doctor came to see her and said that the injury was not in the skin, but in a deeper place.
Xiao Wan knows that this kind of injury burns karma, and medicine can only suppress it. If you want to eradicate it, you have to go back to the valley and ask several elders to work together to resolve it.
Xiao Wan frowned and pressed her left hand unconsciously on her right arm. The pain reminded her of how badly she had lost during this trip to the secret realm.
Brahma Sound Valley suffered serious losses during this trip. Four disciples who cooperated with Xiao Yan were all killed in the hands of Xuanli.
Those people are all experts carefully trained in the valley. Foundation Establishment Middle Stage started out and cooperated with each other tacitly. When outside, they can all stand alone. But in front of Devil Venerable Xuanli, the four of them had no room to fight back.
Xiao Yan and Xiao Rou were also seriously injured, but they managed to save their lives and are now recuperating at Xiao Residence.
Xiao Yan was injured and fell down. Xiao Rou was back-bitten by Secret Method. He is still unconscious. Whether he can wake up is still unclear.
And she, Buddha Maiden, who led the team, also came back with injuries.
The most important thing is that the plan fell through.
The bracelet was finally snatched away by an unknown physical practitioner. The man named Liu Qing was actually able to kill the remnant soul of Devil Venerable Xuanli by himself. Even facing him was extremely difficult.
The later news was even more disappointing, Liu Qing died.
With the bracelet and the astonishing wealth, he blew himself up during a siege. The bracelet disappeared, and the only remaining bead fell into the hands of the royal family.
She took a deep breath and looked at the old monk sitting cross-legged opposite.
Elder Benhong, the person in charge of the Brahma Sound Valley base at Ten Thousand Stars City, is also the most senior deacon elder in the valley. He is always smiling on weekdays, and is even known for his good temper and thoughtfulness in doing things. Even Xiao Yan took him to break off the engagement.
But Xiao Wan knows that this old monk has a better calculation than anyone else.
"Elder Benhong." Xiao Wan spoke, his tone uncontrollably cold, "Is that Liu Qing a spy arranged by other factions in the valley? Why don't I know his existence? Why is he Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame?"
Benhong paused for a moment with the Buddha beads in his hand, slowly opened his eyes, and did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked, "Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame? What's going on?"
Xiao Wan described his experience in the secret realm in detail.
From the moment she entered Pure Land Chan Temple as Xiao Rou, to the sudden appearance of Liu Qing, and finally to the melee. She spoke in great detail, not missing any detail.
Two key points are mentioned: first, the Buddhist Arhat Fist used by Liu Qing, the facial lines are so clear that the cinnabar mole on the center of the eyebrow can be seen clearly; second, Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame, the proficiency is extremely high, not the level of beginners.
The timing, angle, and intensity of Fire Lotus' attack were all perfectly timed, and even False Core Realm was forced to cut out her flesh to escape.
Benhong After listening, his fingers slowly moved a string of small rosary beads hanging on his wrist.
"The one-armed monk Mingjue who lives in Lin Residence is most likely Liu Qing who is hiding his identity." Benhong said slowly.
Xiao Wan frowned. "Didn't Liu Qing self-destruct and die?"
That day, "Liu Qing" was surrounded and killed. Although she did not take action directly, she followed him from afar.
The person was trapped in Fallen Star Valley, surrounded by hundreds of monks. She stood on a hillside thirty miles away, looking at the fire and smoke in the valley. When the explosion exploded, the flames shot into the sky, and the air waves shook the entire mountain.
She saw with her own eyes that the figure and aura of the man were exactly the same as Liu Qing. If it exploded like that, even the soul should be scattered, and it would be impossible for him to still be alive.
Benhong shook his head.
"Secret Realm Trial, I did something before." He said, "When we broke off the engagement, I just felt that this son was a little special and wanted to test him. Now it seems that the result of that test is exactly the same as Liu Qing in the secret realm."
Xiao Wan looked at him, waiting for him to continue.
Benhong started talking slowly. More than a month ago, before Secret Realm Trial started, he disguised himself as a down-and-out old monk and set up a stall in Ten Thousand Stars City's old market for a few days.
There are only two Jade Slips on the stall, both of which are Brahma Sound Valley extremely difficult Golden Core Realm martial arts.
One is Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame and the other is Dragon Elephant Golden Body Instruction. He marked these two martial arts at extremely low prices and mixed them with a bunch of inferior Cultivation Method, just waiting for him to buy them.
"I noticed something strange about this person when I was Lin Residence, so I disguised these two martial arts as basic Cultivation Method." Benhong said, "It is absolutely impossible for him to have contacted him in advance, but that Mingjue A few days after taking back, he entered the door. I later observed from a distance that his Dragon Elephant Golden Body Resolution has reached an extremely proficient level. In the valley, ordinary disciples have to practice for at least ten years. You know what that means."
Xiao Wan said nothing, but his face became darker and darker.
She knew that it was the characteristic of Innate Buddha Heart. A one-armed monk who had become a monk on the way, actually trained Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame and Dragon Elephant Golden Body Instruction to this point in just one month. There was no other explanation other than Innate Buddha Heart.
"Both martial arts have been fully practiced for only one month." Benhong stretched out a finger and said, "It is basically certain that Mingjue is Liu Qing. Liu Qing's self-destruction is probably a means of hiding his identity. Even if they are not the same person, Mingjue is very likely to have Innate Buddha Heart."
Xiao Wan's expression completely changed.
She had always thought that Liu Qing knew Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame because he was an accomplice from other factions in the valley.
She even suspected that there was another faction plotting secretly and sending someone to snatch it from her. Because of this suspicion, she made a fatal mistake in the secret realm. She hesitated, doubted, and flinched.
At the last critical moment of Pure Land Chan Temple, she even gave up the opportunity because of her hesitation.
What's the result?
She self-defeated herself.
That so-called "hidden piece" was simply a chess piece accidentally laid by Benhong. The reason why that physical practitioner knows Karma-Burning Wisdom King Flame is because Benhong personally sold his martial arts skills to him a month ago. All her guesses, doubts, and tests were all in the wrong direction.