Lord of Deception

Regardless of whether what No. 1 said was true or false, Yu Ziqing did not dare to take it lightly.

Being able to make No. 1 pay such a high price at least shows one thing. No. 1 himself can never do it.

This kind of decision is unlike Qing Qing. Qing Qing has no worries. Even if the Dragon Clan finds some clues, they are just pretending to be blind.

In addition, Qing Qing herself was cute, cute, and very sensible. For various reasons, Yu Ziqing brought him back.

As for what No. 1 said, he didn't dare to make a decision casually.

You can do whatever you want outside, but in Jinlan Mountain, it's completely different.

Yu Ziqing walked downstairs and left.

No. 1 sat there alone, silent for a long time, and sighed quietly.

This was the best he could think of.

It is also the only way that he can do something without interfering or meeting each other in the whole process.

His son and daughter are still alive today because he borrowed the power of the seventh floor when he settled them.

With the power of the Imperial Guard in hand and the ring on the seventh floor in his hand, it might not be particularly easy for him to know who the other members are.

But narrowing it down to a certain range is not particularly difficult.

He knew that No. 2 should be from the Shadow Division, and that the former No. 3 should be related to Baiyang Evil Priest.

I know which family the gangster No. 4 is running around probably belongs to, I also know which family No. 5 belongs to, and I even know that No. 7 belongs to Jinlanshan.

He knows very well who he can trust and who he can entrust with what matters.

Even if so many of his bloodline relatives are dead now, he doesn't dare to peep or contact them rashly. He doesn't dare to use all the power he apparently has.

If it moves, it will definitely leave traces.

So when he knew that one of his children had been saved by Xian Xian, he knew that Jinlan Mountain was his last hope.

He would not be so naive as to think that no one would ever discover the two remaining children.

If the four-eyed strange face can be found, it means that someone can still find it.

If there was no news about the four-eyed strange face, he would not bother to do anything about it, just as he himself did not know that he still had those two children.

No matter how dangerous it was outside, he didn't think his son was in danger. He didn't contact, meet or recognize him. He was already trying his best to eliminate the greatest danger.

Nowadays, Jinlan Mountain is the safest place. No matter how stupid those people are, they will not dare to break into Jinlan Mountain for the sake of two children.

As long as those two children entered Jinlan Mountain, it would be equivalent to completely severing ties with him.

No matter who it is, even if they know it, they will not cause trouble anymore.

Number 1 sat on the seventh floor for a few hours, left a message to number 7, and then left the seventh floor.

His consciousness returned to his body and he sat there with his eyes closed.

He is a typical Qiannan person. The customs and culture there since ancient times have long penetrated into the blood and soul of the people there. Clan, blood relatives, bloodline, and inheritance are the most important things.

Even if you die, you must leave blood relatives.

Even if you die, you must pass on your skills.

Therefore, there are many families or sects in the Qiannan area that do not appear to be very strong, but have long-standing inheritance.

When that kind of consciousness and idea becomes the foundation of one's existence and the foundation of continuation, then everyone will maintain it.

He offered a one-year offer, not because he didn't want to offer better terms, but because he felt that he might not survive more than a year.

Emperor Qian may be released from seclusion within a year, and if the chaos within Da Qian develops in another year, it may reach the point where it is necessary to bring order to the chaos.

That was the day of his death.

Song Chengyue thought a lot about why.

Why do we have to eradicate even those who don’t know anything about it?

After much thought, I came to the simplest conclusion.

It may not be about hatred, it may not be about offending many people, it may have nothing to do with those superficial things.

Just because he sat in this position for too long.

He knows too much.

So much so that even if he doesn't know something, someone will think he does.

Too many people would have trouble sleeping and eating if they saw him alive.

This is the fate of commanders throughout the ages.

After a long time, he closed his eyes and suppressed all these thoughts in his heart. When he opened his eyes again, he was still the arrogant and domineering commander.

…

Yu Ziqing found Xianqian.

"Xianqian, I have something to ask you."

He had never asked before. Until just now, he didn't even know whether the child was a boy or a girl.

After all, exposing people's scars for no reason is purely an act of cerebral palsy.

"Master?" Xianxian was a little confused.

"There is something going on now that I need to confirm with you. It may involve some of your past matters."

"Young master, just ask, there is nothing you can't say." Xian Xian understood immediately, she smiled and didn't take it seriously.

"How did that little baby girl you brought when you were in Kuihou Kingdom come from?"

"At that time, I was in a brothel and still receiving various trainings. My piano teacher at the time gave birth to a daughter.

I don't know where she came from, but in Kuihou Kingdom, a woman who can have a skill but not fall into prostitution must be from a wealthy family.

According to the rules, we don’t ask about the origin.

Later, there was a war, and some evil spirits took the opportunity to enter the city and search for the Zihe carriage.

My piano teacher unfortunately died. When she was dying, she entrusted her children to me.

Who the father of the child was was never revealed, and he never revealed it until his death.

The young master knew everything that happened next. "

After Xianxian finished speaking, she still seemed to feel that it was not too detailed, so she went over what she knew from the beginning in detail.

Yu Ziqing listened quietly, and roughly understood that what No. 1 said was basically true.

Most of the people involved in this kind of thing are dead. Except for those who are still alive, it is impossible to know too much details.

He probably guessed who No. 1 was now.

Although he is obviously powerful and powerful, he only dares to deal with his own relatives in this way. He is so careful that looking at the entire Daqian, there are not many people to be found.

After talking to Xianxian, Yu Ziqing found Lao Yang again and told the story.

After hearing this, Lao Yang thought carefully for a moment and sneered.

"Who else can we have? Song Chengyue, the commander of the Daqian Jinyi Guards.

Who else could meet these conditions and be able to do this besides Song Chengyue, a Qiannan native?

If he comes to you, it proves that he has no way out. To come to you to tell him is equivalent to self-reporting his identity. "

"The conditions he offered are very high, but I think it's a bit unbelievable. He is the commander of the Jinyi Guards. How could he be forced to this point?" Yu Ziqing was a little confused.

“A bad reputation is a bad reputation, but the power is not fake.

In the whole Daqian, there were not many people who dared to provoke Song Chengyue.

Even if he is a prince, he only dares to keep him at a respectful distance. If he does not get close, he will not offend him.

Who could force Song Chengyue to this point?

Are you really not afraid of that guy jumping over the wall? If that guy goes crazy and plans to kill a prince, it probably won't be difficult.

Anyway, he definitely felt that he was not destined to die well.

A guy who is not afraid of death and still holds great power is like a mad dog. Who is so crazy that they dare to force him like this?

I don't understand. "

Lao Yang frowned slightly and was thinking.

"Don't say you don't understand, I don't understand either.

But now someone is forcing him to jump over the wall.

Judging from what you said, he actually knew that he would not live long.

The inside story of this matter seems a bit complicated. It must be related to changes in the situation of the Qian Dynasty. Please don't interfere casually.

As an outsider, I can see that someone who dares to do this and is so confident must have the tacit approval of Emperor Qian.

And they are people from Jinyiwei.

Now it is not a problem of two children at all.

Even if you bring back those two children, we are not afraid, and no one will go crazy and continue to pursue them. "

"I understand, so I didn't say anything at all, I just left.

I understand this, Song Chengyue also understands this, so if anyone else knows this, they will also understand this.

So, I felt something was wrong. "

"What?" Lao Yang asked.

"It's so reasonable, even, Lao Yang, why after hearing about this incident, why was your first reaction to directly target Song Chengyue?

Why do you know?

You can be so sure, will other people who know Song Chengyue better also be the same? "

"This..." Lao Yang's expression instantly became serious.

He knew that Yu Ziqing sometimes thought differently from normal people and looked at problems from a different perspective.

But Yu Ziqing always gave him a lot of inspiration.

Yes, why is he so sure?

Is it just because Song Chengyue is from Qiannan?

The Gannan people as a whole are like this, but can he be sure that every Gannan person is like this?

Can he be sure that Song Chengyue is really like this?

After asking himself the question, Lao Yang was suddenly confused.

He instinctively drew a conclusion naturally from the accumulated information.

In other words, it is not called a conclusion, it is directly a fact that can be used.

This matter also happened to the commander of the Jinyiwei. He didn't think there was a problem. He thought it was normal and it should be like this.

After coming back to his senses, Lao Yang suddenly felt a creepy feeling.

On the contrary, only someone like Yu Ziqing, who was completely unfamiliar with Song Chengyue, would ask that question.

Yu Ziqing looked at the change in Lao Yang's eyes and immediately understood that Lao Yang seemed to have noticed something was wrong.

The matter was left alone.

Yu Ziqing didn't intend to reply to No. 1 either.

He just felt terrible.

It's true that a person is complicated. Song Chengyue could be a notorious eagle dog, or he could be a typical Qiannan person.

But when someone like Lao Yang actually knows this, and even instinctively feels that this is normal.

Then this is not normal.

Because there is a big loophole in this matter.

According to the information he learned, the most widely circulated information has always been on the surface.

Song Chengyue had no wife, no concubines, no children, no daughters, no father, no mother, and no worries.

So whether this guy is arrogant and domineering or evil-minded, as long as he sits in that position for a day, Emperor Qian will trust him.

Then, Song Chengyue has no weaknesses, he is the most perfect eagle dog.

In this case, then, Song Chengyue was a typical Qiannan person. How could Lao Yang be so sure of this information?

For a typical Qiannan person, as long as the family has enough food, the most direct sign is that the population is prosperous.

There are four elders at the top, wives and concubines in the middle, and groups of children at the bottom. This is called a typical person.

In today's Qiannan area, the most intuitive way to judge whether a family is big or rich and powerful is to ask how many children it has.

Although this kind of thing contains elements of prejudice, it is the most widely circulated and can reflect some problems.

Yu Ziqing turned around and forgot about the matter.

He believed that what Song Chengyue said was true, but he didn't believe that this was just the case. This had nothing to do with whether he was the commander or not.

Yu Ziqing is very busy now.

Practice subtle control. When nothing comes up, write it down first. If you think the topics are theoretically possible, start all the topics first.

After opening the topic, how to turn theory into practice has nothing to do with him.

Body training cannot be left behind. In order to complete the practice, you have to go to the abyss later and get some Yellow Sky Demon and Red Sky Demon that contain pure power.

The cultivation of Earth Fire Yang Dun has almost reached the stage of cultivating the internal organs.

Moreover, in order to maintain the balance of the five elements in the internal organs, there is also a tree-growing ceremony that needs to be practiced.

The required medium has been prepared for him by Lao Yang.

It was a piece of dragon liver that had been cut out of the evil dragon's body.

The vitality contained in it is so terrifying that even if the evil dragon is already dead, part of its liver can still remain alive.

Using this kind of thing as an entry medium to practice the magic formula will have a better effect than finding an old tree demon that has survived for tens of thousands of years.

A piece of dragon liver from the ninth-level dragon clan, he would never be able to find anything better in the future.

If he practices in this way, his practice before the rebirth realm will definitely be perfect and cannot be perfect again.

Two months later, Yu Ziqing left Jinlan Mountain, called Lou Huai, and headed for the abyss crack.

The Yellow Sky Demon and the Red Sky Demon are both very easy to catch.

Find a volcano nearby and you can catch two in one go.

…

Inside Jinlan Mountain, Laoyang penetrated deep into the mountain, all the way down.

The cultivation of Jinlan mushrooms has not been going well, and the ground fire has been caused. The fire flowing under Jinlan Mountain can only make the Jinlan mushrooms germinate.

Guchong

All conditions are met. The grown Jinlan mushroom only has a thick stipe, which is edible and can be used as a magical mushroom. However, it is small and pitiful and is not as thick as the stipe.

This is already excellent news. At least it can grow a little and can continue to reproduce, so that he will not be able to plant even if he wants to.

The old sheep cut off a small piece of dragon liver, which contained huge vitality, minced it, mixed it with fertilizer, and sprinkled it into the Jinlan mushroom forest.

That huge vitality is enough to give birth to all things.

Jinlan mushrooms emerged from the soil one after another and grew rapidly. After growing to the size of a big tree, the fungi at the top began to slowly unfold.

It soon grew to normal size.

But then, I saw that the fungus withered quickly, and closed again like an umbrella.

The old sheep transformed into a dragon, and after quietly sensing it for a moment, he turned around and came to the back mountain.

He stood in front of the huge black stone of the Jade Tomb and threw out a piece of dragon liver the size of a grain of rice. The vitality in it quickly dissipated and was absorbed by the Jade Tomb.

Lao Yang sighed and said angrily.

"No matter who you were before, I would like to advise you kindly. If you still think about being able to recover one day in the future, you can have a new life, or just come back directly.

Then you'd better not embarrass us now or hold us back.

It doesn't matter if you offend me. It doesn't even matter if you offend everyone else in Jinlan Mountain except Ziqing.

But you must not push him too hard, otherwise, I won’t be able to stop him.

Whether you have some instinct or awareness now, I think you know better than me how to make such huge progress.

You are now in Jinlan Mountain, and the people in Jinlan Mountain are borrowing your strength to maintain their health.

And you can sleep peacefully here, relying on the greater earth energy to recover, and waiting for the future recovery.

This is a mutually beneficial thing, so don’t screw it up.

I was wondering before, why since I returned from Jinlan Mountain, I have connected with the earth's energy, and even though the conditions are better, I still can't grow anything.

At that time, I suspected it was you.

I just didn't want to make things ugly so I never told him, but don't go too far.

From the moment I told him, there was no turning back.

When he goes crazy, if you think you can stop it and you can bear it, then just treat it as my fart, do whatever you want. "

The old sheep squatted beside the boulder, talked to himself for a long time, then turned around and left.

The next moment, I saw the black boulder and the shriveled dragon liver, with huge vitality pouring into it, as if it wanted to restore the rice-sized dragon liver to normal.

It's a pity that what is destroyed is destroyed. Where can it be restored? The vitality is hovering there, but it cannot be instilled.

Lao Yang looked back and added.

"That's for you."

After hearing this, the ball of life disappeared into the black stone again.

Lao Yang returned to the cave and continued to study the cultivation of Jinlan mushrooms.

This time, he added less dragon liver, mixed with fertilizer, and spread it over more areas. The new Jinlan mushrooms grew very slowly.

But this time, after the little fungus grew, it did not wither again. Although it was small, it was a huge improvement.

The next step is to consider reducing costs.

After all, the total production of these Jinlan mushrooms in a year under normal circumstances is not as valuable as that little bit of dragon liver.

All Laoyang wants is to start and find a direction, so he won't hesitate to spend money.

If we want to mass produce enough for everyone in Jinlan Mountain, there is still a long way to go.

Another thing that can be confirmed now is that the Jade Tomb seems to have recovered a little bit.

From a pure jade tomb, I began to have a little bit of consciousness that is as weak as instinct. I can listen to others' advice, know when I am afraid, and can make choices. This alone has left all the similar people in the world behind me. stage.

This is its big opportunity, and it wants to seize it. It is understandable that everyone can benefit from each other.

At least at this stage, Jinlan Mountain still needs the existence of Yuhua Tomb.

Whether it's to keep in good health, to plant Jinlan mushrooms, or to transform the forbidden land, it's all needed.

But this need is no longer necessary since the old sheep turned into a dragon and brought back the body of a ninth-level evil dragon. The foundation inside became more and more stable and its strength became more and more terrifying.

If that guy doesn't know what to do, Yu Ziqing won't scare him next time.

Digging it out and throwing it into the void, cutting off its chance and leaving it with no chance of recovery forever, is just the lowest means.

…

"Are you sure? Did you hear that again?"

Yu Ziqing frowned slightly and looked at the hungry businessman in front of him.

"I'm sure, very sure. I heard that there is a small volcano one thousand eight hundred miles south, where a large number of Red Sky Demons and Yellow Sky Demons gather.

Things have been quite chaotic here recently. I heard that there used to be a daytime demon king who got mad and dared to break into the black sky demon mother's angry river.

He was caught by the Black Sky Demon Mother and dragged into the Nu River. His screams can still be heard every day, which is unbearable.

Then, during the day, the demon's territory was noticed by other demons, and they fought hard.

I don’t know what happened over there in the south, but they also started fighting..."

The profiteer and hungry ghost swore that it was just like what he saw with his own eyes.

"There's no demon attack coming here, right?"

"That's not true. Those guys have a tacit understanding. As long as we don't go out, no one will mess with them. When they fight, they always avoid here and don't give us a chance..." The profiteer Hungry Ghost sighed with regret on his face. .

After all, hungry ghosts really want to tear some demons to pieces. Although they are worse than the demon thoughts and worse than the devils, at least they have enough to control.

Unfortunately, after the situation stabilized, they did not dare to take the initiative to cause trouble.

If we take the initiative, it could turn into a war between hungry ghosts and demons.

They are still too weak and need to slowly become stronger.

On the other hand, they didn't want to cause trouble for Yu Ziqing rashly.

Moreover, the last meal was so full that they had no desire to eat for a long time.

"Well, you're fine. Please inquire carefully. Let's slowly become stronger first. Except for the demons who broke into this place, ignore them and let them go their own way."

After Yu Ziqing chatted for a few words, he turned around to catch the demon.

It seems that things happened last time, which caused a lot of chaos here. Let's just be chaotic. Anyway, the demons are killing each other.

What he is doing now is also a matter between demons and has nothing to do with outsiders.

If no one sees through him, then he is a Krishna demon.

We rushed all the way to the place mentioned by the profiteer Hungry Ghost, and the arrest of the Red Sky Demon and the Yellow Sky Demon went smoothly.

These demons themselves are about to lose their minds, who will care about others.

But just as he was walking back and passing a mountain range, Yu Ziqing discovered something else.

He saw a man coming out of the mountains.

The man was wearing a demonic animal skin cloak, wrapping all his aura inside.

As soon as Yu Ziqing saw him, the man immediately turned back and glanced this way.

Yu Ziqing made a prompt decision and started to fight after the demon that Lou Huai had transformed into. Lou Huai was so smart that the demon fled quickly, with Yu Ziqing chasing after him.

The man in the distance just glanced at it, then shifted his gaze and glanced around.

Within a radius of ten miles, there were at least a dozen waves of demons fighting, and even more were left alone.

The man didn't dare to make trouble, he just tightened the animal skin cloak tightly and continued to move forward.

After a while, Yu Ziqing and Lou Huai came back and stared at the mountain range.

"Do you remember that person's appearance and breath?"

"His appearance is fake. He is not possessed by a demon. He doesn't even have demonic thoughts. I only remembered the aura of the cloak. It should be made of the skin of a black sky demon."

Yu Ziqing was a little surprised. Besides him, there were people running into the abyss.

If you dare to sneak in without being possessed by a demon, aren't you afraid that the demon will find out your identity immediately after you do it?

"Come on, let's go take a look."

Completely possessed by the demon, coupled with the disguised aura of the black sky demon, Yu Ziqing and Lou Huai walked swaggeringly on the desolate land, and not a single passing demon doubted his identity.

All the way deep into the mountains from the other direction, bypassing the place where the man came out.

Lou Huai sniffed all the way and followed the remaining breath to a small valley deep in the mountains, where he found a small crack.

The crack was only half a foot wide and only three to four feet long, and the aura was very weak. Even an ordinary demon would find it difficult to detect the aura of the crack.

"Brother, should we go and take a look?"

Yu Ziqing thought for a while, such a small crack in the abyss, he didn't know where it led to.

Since that person was so cautious, he must have been well protected and hidden there.

After thinking about it, Yu Ziqing transformed into the aura of the demon during the day, floated three feet above the ground, and Lou Huai swayed, transformed into a demon body, and floated over.

The two of them floated into the crack together and slowly sank.

When he crossed the boundary and sensed it began to rise, Yu Ziqing stopped and looked at the talismans hidden on both sides of the crack.

"That's a talisman used to warn against demons."

Lou Huai understood instantly, and immediately turned into black smoke and got into Yu Ziqing's boots. Yu Ziqing also dissipated the aura of the demon during the day, and turned to a purely human possessed state, slowly floating upward.

He got out of the crack and took a look around.

It's just a wilderness, with camouflage formations arranged around the crack to cover up the crack.

As he thought, the big forces would definitely not let an abyss crack appear in their territory, and they would seal it immediately.

Even if a crack in the abyss is discovered, one person will not be sent to explore in secret.

After walking out of the crack, Yu Zi walked slowly through the camouflaged formation without touching the ground. Looking back, everything behind him was camouflaged. There were no cracks at all, not even fluctuations in the formation.

After flying out, after checking the direction, Yu Ziqing dissipated all the demonic energy, and soon found a place with people.

Seeing the city from a distance, Yu Ziqing asked Lou Huai.

"Twelve Cities, do you know where it is?"

"I know, a small city in the south of Daqian."

"Southern Daqian..."

Yu Ziqing thought about it for a while, Daqian, Southwest, he seemed to have heard of these twelve cities somewhere.

After recalling it for a moment, I took out the recipe book for recording and looked through it. I quickly found the word "Twelve Liang" among the complicated information.

Here in Dagan, ten taels are equal to one catty, and they usually don’t say ten taels, so he felt that he must have seen it.

It records some information about Song Chengyue.

That guy was born in a mountain village near Twelve Cities.

It is said that when this guy was born, he was a premature baby, weighing only one pound. I don’t know how he survived at that time.

When Song Chengyue was rising all the way, for some reason, people in these twelve cities were far-fetched and said that it was the county magistrates of these twelve cities who came up with such a name in order to cling to Song Chengyue.

In fact, the names of the Twelve Cities have existed for who knows how many years.

The mad dog Yan Guan bit him randomly. A year later, Song Chengyue found a reason and took him into the Jinyiwei Yamen. When he was released later, he was already dead.

These were all collected by Yu Ziqing and widely circulated, and they were stories that poured dirty water on Song Chengyue.

He himself didn't read these outrageous stories too carefully, he just collected them on a routine basis.

The actual situation, Yu Ziqing estimated, was that Yan Guan was arrested first. Later, his comrades made up a story and spread it, and it became that the Jin Yiwei arrested Yan Guan because of his upright speech.

By the way, the county magistrate of Twelve Cities, who is not from their faction, should also be blackmailed.

Anyway, the villain of this story is Jin Yiwei, so some people must believe it.

Yu Ziqing scratched his head and said to himself that he came to explore the crack. In fact, the main reason was just to know where the crack led.

Borrowing through the abyss is really useful.

But it was much faster and more secretive to burn the jade than to take the flying boat.

In the abyss, he is not afraid of revealing his identity, nor will he be attacked by monsters.

This is difficult for others to do.

But I didn't expect that the place where the crack led was Song Chengyue's hometown, which he had not returned to for hundreds of years.

Then this gets a little weird.

Instead of going to Shiliang Cities, he turned around and walked back.

He was on another hill, waiting quietly.

After waiting for a full day, I saw a person walking out of the camouflage formation.

The man was wearing a black Feiyu suit. He was young and his expression was alert and serious.

After exploring the surroundings for a moment, he looked around vigilantly and used the probing method. After a moment, he stretched out his hand and threw it, and a huge boulder appeared, submerged into the camouflage formation, and blocked the small crack.

In the distance, Yu Ziqing closed his eyes when the other party came out to prevent him from being sensed.

When the people were far away and Yu Ziqing could only see a black dot in the distance, Yu Ziqing grinned.

Still an old acquaintance.

Back then, when Jinlan Mountain had not yet experienced great changes, Jin Yiwei Anyue came to Jinlan Mountain to do business.

This guy is not dead yet.

Yu Ziqing thought he was dead, but he didn't expect him to be alive and well.

He also ran here and explored the abyss secretly.

Yu Ziqing returned to the crack again. After entering the camouflage formation, he saw the boulder covering the center of the crack and explored around the crack for a moment.

"Lou Huai, the crack has gotten a little bigger, can you see it?"

"Brother, I can't see it, but I feel that it will be smoother when passing."

Yu Ziqing followed the edge of the crack, the part that was not covered, without touching anything, and slowly drilled down.

When he emerged from the other side of the crack again, he could see from this side that the crack had obviously become larger.

It is almost one foot wide and seven to eight feet long.

There is still some aura left here, which is obviously the aura of someone using a magic weapon here.

The breath was very light and was about to dissipate.

Yu Ziqing stared at the crack for a long time and asked.

"Lou Huai, do you know that this abyss crack can be opened artificially?"