Li Yan walked at the end of the crowd. He quietly Divine Sense let go and felt the surroundings. After a moment, he took Divine Sense back without expression. When he came over just now, he had already felt that there seemed to be a difference in the surroundings. Divine Sense After scanning, he found the fluctuations of the formation restriction opening here, which had surrounded them heavily.
Li Yan Divine Sense has far surpassed Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, reaching about seven hundred miles, but before Li Yan came, he knew that there was a Golden Core Realm in Xuanqing Temple Ancestor Qi was in charge, but he did not dare to act recklessly. He always put caution first and never let go of Divine Sense to scan the entire Xuanqing Temple in a wide range. Now that he was worried, he had to release Divine Sense to investigate at close range.
Li Yan finally stepped into this courtyard. He glanced around the courtyard first and found that this courtyard was more than half smaller than the first courtyard they stayed in before. There were only three rooms. This was already seen by Li Yan when he passed by the entrances of the four courtyards in the middle just now through the distance between the courtyard doors.
At this moment, there were four people in Daoist costumes standing in the courtyard. One of them was about forty years old, with a medium build, thick eyebrows and a square face, and a face like a jujube. He looked extremely majestic. At this moment, he was looking at Li Yan and a group of people walking towards him. He said lightly, "I am called Chui Luo in the palace. Outsiders also call me Daoist Master Xuanqing Guanzhang." "Sect, we don't want any trouble to happen in Daoist temple today, so I'd like to help you fellow Daoists. Fortunately, I'm an acquaintance among you, so it's easier to talk." After saying this, his eyes swept over the monk named Lin with the Flying Scythe of Blood, the leader of Qinggu Sect, and the fat man in red robes. When these people saw the Daoist priest's eyes, they also nodded.
Finally, the Daoist priest's eyes rested on the two black-robed men and the hunchbacked old man. "There are a few fellow Daoists here, but I am not familiar with them. I have offended you, so please forgive me." After he said these words, the two black-robed men remained silent, but the cloaks on their heads rose and fell slightly, as if they were nodding.
The hunchbacked old man acted as if he hadn't heard, his expression was a little dull, and the Daoist priest was not concerned when he saw this. After a while, he wanted to find out the identity of everyone present. As for Li Yan and other Qi Condensation Stage monks who were in his eyes, he just glanced at them one by one without asking any questions.
The three people behind Gong Daoren were also staring at Li Yan and his group. Li Yan didn't recognize these three people, but they were none other than Luo Sanpang, Song Bo and Qin Chengyi among the four people who came back from Fangshi early this morning.
Li Yan counted silently in his mind. Among the four people in this temple, there were three Foundation Establishment monks and one Qi Condensation monk. However, the Qi Condensation monk's realm had also reached the Qi Condensation tenth-level Great Perfection realm, and was only a slight chance away from Foundation Establishment. Plus the four Daoist priests and Daoist nuns who followed, there were a total of seven Foundation Establishment in this Daoist temple, which was extremely strong for a second-rate sect. Especially this palace Daoist, his aura is extremely calm, giving people a sense of mellowness and satisfaction. This feeling Li Yan had only seen on a few people of senior brothers Li Wuyi and Baili Yuan. Although this person's aura is restrained, it is impossible to tell his cultivation level without Divine Sense's closer inspection, but Li Yan has guessed that this person is not far away from condensing the fake elixir of the Golden Core Realm.
When the Daoist saw that everyone had entered the courtyard, he raised his hand and pointed to a side room with an open door behind him and said, "Junior Brother Liu, I see that something happened there, but I still want to tell you fellow Daoists what happened to explain the reason."
Then he turned around and said to a fat man among the three people standing behind him, "Junior brother Luo, please tell me what happened here."??
Luo Sanpang had been standing behind, feeling uneasy after listening to the middle-aged Daoist priest.
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After speaking, the fat on his body trembled, he took a deep breath, and then took a step forward, "This morning, Third Master... Oh, no, it was me, Senior Brother Liu, Junior Brother Song, and Junior Brother Qin who went to see the leader after we came back from Fang City. Senior brother, because of yesterday's incident, we broke the sect rules. Finally, the head brother ordered the four of me to be on duty for half a month. The Lingshi salary for the next month was reduced by half. Since the Daoist temple occupies a large area, even if one person leads a patrol for a day, it is still in a hurry, so afterwards I The four of them were divided into groups privately, so that one person could spend half a day, three... Oh, I was grouped with Senior Brother Liu, because we had been in charge of the "Dao Jing Hall" in the back hall for many years, and we had some tacit understanding with each other, so we formed a team with Master Song. Junior Brother and Junior Brother Qin are on duty in a group. According to the order of Senior Brother, Senior Brother Liu and I will be on duty continuously after noon today. At about noon, I will come over to find Senior Brother Liu and go to the front hall to gather the disciples, and then take over Senior Brother Kong's patrol.
On the way, I met Junior Brother Qin again. Because of what happened yesterday, I simply dragged him along, so that I could explain to him on the way that the violation of the sect rules yesterday was not entirely my fault and that of Junior Brother Song, so that he and Senior Brother would not be punished and lose their temper. During the conversation, we arrived at Senior Brother Liu's place together. I sent a message to enter, but there was no reply several times. I don't know what Senior Brother Liu was doing in the house. Our courtyards were protected by formations every day to prevent others from disturbing our practice, so I was unable to enter. At that time, I thought that Senior Brother Liu was trying to be lazy and deliberately pretended not to hear. I complained in my heart that he had broken the promise. I thought that I would be the one leading the disciples to patrol in the afternoon. No matter what the third master was at night... Oh, I also had to settle accounts with him. Then I said hello to Junior Brother Qin and wanted to go to the front hall alone. "Speaking of this, he glanced sideways at the young Daoist priest Qi Condensation Stage beside him. The person he was looking at was Qin Chengyi.
Qin Chengyi saw Luo Sanpang glance over and knew what he meant, so he nodded quickly, "What Senior Brother Luo said is true. The two of us did meet on the road and talked to each other before we came outside the courtyard here. Senior Brother Luo sent messages several times, but Senior Brother Liu did not respond."
After hearing Qin Chengyi's words, Luo Sanpang couldn't help but feel relieved, and continued, "Just when Junior Brother Qin and I were about to leave, I didn't expect that at this time, Senior Brother Liu's extremely weak voice came out, "Master... Master... Junior Brother, save... save me." I was shocked when I heard this. I didn't know what happened, but At this moment, the formation restriction covering Senior Brother Liu's courtyard fluctuated. He was about to remove the formation, but it only fluctuated for a few times and then became silent again. It only weakened the protective formation by a few points. When Junior Brother Qin and I saw this, we couldn't help but transmit sounds one after another, but there was no sound coming from inside.
Junior Brother Qin and I felt uneasy in our hearts, and after some discussion, we thought that there was something wrong with Senior Brother Liu's cultivation. Otherwise, he would have lost the magic power to remove the protection of the formation, and there would be no time to notify the head of the matter. So we gritted our teeth and used our magic at the same time to directly blast away. Fortunately, the restriction of the protective formation had been weakened a lot. After the two of us jointly attacked several times, we actually blasted away the protective formation.
As soon as the formation was opened, the two of us rushed in directly. However, when we rushed into the courtyard, we saw the door of Senior Brother Liu's training room open. We suddenly felt that something was strange. After entering cautiously, we saw Senior Brother Liu.
With a ferocious expression, he was lying on his back on the ground, already dead. I hurriedly cast a spell to summon the soul, but Senior Brother Liu's soul had dispersed and could not be gathered together at all.
Seeing this, I shouted loudly and went out, because the sound of bombarding the protective formation in Senior Brother Liu's courtyard had already alerted others. Senior Brother, you will be here soon. "Having said this, Luo Sanpang looked at Gong Daoist.
The art of summoning souls he mentioned is a method commonly used by cultivators. It can be used by cultivators above Foundation Establishment. After a person dies, his soul will leave the body. Enter reincarnation and reincarnate again, but if it is the soul of the deceased, due to the existence of resentment, it will still stay near the deceased for a long time and be unwilling to leave, but mortals cannot see it. The soul of the monk is more powerful and solid. After practicing to Foundation Establishment, if the body is seriously damaged, Foundation Establishment monks can already let their souls seize other people's bodies for rebirth. However, the conditions for seizing bodies are harsh and require physical body, soul fluctuations, etc. to fit in one by one. A monk can only seize a body once in his life. Otherwise, if a monk seizes a body as long as his body is old and decayed, wouldn't he be able to live forever?
"Well, what Junior Brother Luo said, I also asked Junior Brother Qin separately before. There is not much difference in the process described by the two. However, I would like to invite all fellow Daoists to come into the house and take a look before I say that Junior Brother Liu was killed just now. You should not be allowed to wait to watch, but it is a matter of human life. I also used the technique of summoning spirits before, but I was helpless about Junior Brother Liu's soul. It has been completely lost and cannot be condensed at all. It is probably taken away by the murderer or simply dispersed. I don't know what really happened. I will inevitably ask you for advice later, lest fellow Daoists go out and say that my Daoist temple is only a one-sided statement without knowing it, so I ask all fellow Daoists to seek truth from the facts."
Speaking of this, a monstrous aura suddenly surged out from the body of the Daoist Palace, and the pressure of the fake elixir realm came overwhelmingly. Just when everyone felt that it was difficult to breathe, even the monk named Lin with the bloody flying sickle changed his face. Although he was not afraid of the Daoist priest, People, but that's outside. With the several secret techniques he possesses, although he can't defeat the palace Daoist, he can escape. But now he is on their territory, and Xuan Qingguan's formation is so difficult, it is extremely difficult to escape.
This overwhelming pressure came and went quickly. The aura of the Daoist Gong was just released and retracted as he wished, without any stagnation. However, in just this moment, Li Yan and the others were weighed down like a heavy mountain. Those Foundation Establishment monks are relatively good, but the remaining Qi Condensation monks are pale, trembling, and have a look of fear on their faces. Li Yan is also pale. Of course, this is what he did deliberately. But those Daoist priests, including Qin Chengyi, all had normal expressions. It was obvious that the control of the magic power of the Daoist Gong just now was so wonderful that it only enveloped more than a dozen Li Yan people and did not affect the people around them at all.
The room where the incident occurred was the training room on the right side of the three rooms. The doors and windows of the other two rooms were closed. After Li Yan more than a dozen people entered the room, they saw that the furnishings in the room were extremely simple. There was only a futon on the ground and a wooden shelf placed against the wall. There were some books and a dozen Pill porcelain pieces on it. In the bottle, a man wearing Xuanqingguan Daoist robes was lying on his back. The Daoist priest was about twenty-seven or eight years old, with a hooked nose and a ferocious look on his face. He held a token in one hand and clasped the ground with the other. His nails were dug into the bluestone ground. He stretched his legs and it was none other than Senior Brother Liu among the four people who came back from the mountain gate in the early morning.
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Li Yan The people next to him already had solemn expressions on their faces. Divine Sense reached out and shot towards the ground. Li Yan did not check immediately, but looked around the house. This house has two windows facing the courtyard, one behind the door. On both sides, the two windows were closed at this time, and on the wall facing the door, there was a large window with double railings that was almost the same size as the two windows opposite it combined. It was also closed. Li Yan judged the location and there was no doubt that there should be a lotus pond outside this large window.
Finally, when Li Yan's eyes fell on the door, there were several cracks on the door, which had obviously been opened by someone using magic power.
Li Yan's eyes flickered for a few times, and then he turned his attention to the Daoist priest on the ground. The Daoist priest's robes were relatively neat, and there were no signs of fighting.
Li Yan Divine Sense directly probed the Daoist priest, and after scanning it, he became even more suspicious. There was really no trace left after the fight on the dead Daoist priest. Judging from his painful appearance, he seemed to have died of poisoning, but there was no sign of poisoning on his body. Li Yan couldn't help but put Divine Sense here again. The Daoist priest scanned the body carefully, and was suddenly shocked. There were actually several very small cracks in the Daoist priest's heart. Without careful inspection, he thought they were veins covering it. However, after Divine Sense observed carefully, he found that there were still small cracks. The inside of the heart had been shattered, leaving only an empty shell of the heart. Moreover, there were still faint spiritual fluctuations on the wounds of those small cracks.
"This was someone using magic to directly shatter his heart. According to Naluo Sanpang, he cried out for help and tried to release the protective formation. This should have killed him with one blow. It seems that this Daoist priest also had some skills. He protected his heart and made the last call for help." Li Yan looked at the token in the hands of the Daoist priest on the ground. It should have been used by the Daoist priest to open the protective formation in the courtyard before he died.
Li Yan then quietly moved to the back of the crowd. He did not want to attract attention. The Foundation Establishment monks had already looked at the Daoist priest. They had also finished observing. Although the remaining Qi Condensation monks had surprises on their faces, they did not dare to speak. Especially the Qi Condensation middle-aged couple who were traveling alone had a submissive expression on their faces.
"Fellow Daoist Palace, your junior brother's heart was obviously shattered and he died. Are there any clues to find out?" The bloody-hand flying sickle dressed as a scholar was the first to speak. As soon as he spoke, the fat man in red robe and Master Yue also nodded slightly. This is exactly what they saw.
The two men in black robes also raised their heads and looked at the Daoist Gong at this moment. After entering the house, they stood motionless at the corner of the door. They just released Divine Sense and glanced around. Then they looked up and saw two pale faces under the shadow of the cloak. They were twin brothers.
Li Yan stood behind the crowd, always acting timidly, and was closer to the middle-aged couple. Like them, the old man and the young master and servant did not seem to want to participate, and quietly watched the conversation between the Foundation Establishment monks and the palace priests in front.
Although Li Yan seemed to be a little scared, he quietly dispersed Divine Sense. He was confident that even the Daoist priest could not necessarily find his Divine Sense. This kind of tranquility at one moment, and murderous violence the next was not uncommon among cultivators. He naturally had to be on full alert. Just as the words of the bloody sickle fell, the purple-shirted young man among the masters and servants on one side of Li Yan Divine Sense curled his lips, but he immediately regained his composure.