Late at night, in the main hall of the Zhao Kingdom Palace.
A straight figure stood there, wearing a dragon robe, but his expression was sad, the fists in his sleeves were clenched white, and his sadness was mixed with helplessness.
This person is the Emperor of Zhao State, Zhao Yu.
"Your Majesty, the general has tried his best." In front of Zhao Yu, a middle-aged man in armor knelt on one knee. "A hundred thousand troops swept across a hundred miles, but no trace of those people was found."
"It's not your fault." Zhao Yu took a deep breath.
As soon as Zhao Yu finished speaking, a ghostly figure came like the wind and appeared in front of the two of them. It was naturally Ye Chen who sneaked into the palace.
"You..." Zhao Yu narrowed his eyes suddenly.
"Who is trespassing in the palace?" On the side, the man in armor instantly drew out the long sword from his waist and stood in front of Zhao Yu.
Ye Chen didn't speak, but just took out a token. There was spiritual energy lingering on the token, and the word "Heng Yue" was engraved on it.
"I have met the Immortal Heng Yue." When they saw Heng Yue's token, the expressions of Zhao Yu and the middle-aged man in armor changed, and they all bowed respectfully.
"I'm not an immortal." Ye Chen said, accepting the Heng Yue Token, but he never took off his hood and black robe.
"Please also ask the Immortal to save the people of my country Zhao." Zhao Yu seemed to be too excited and knelt down in front of Ye Chen with a bang. He was the ninth most respected person in the mortal world, but in front of Ye Chen, But he is just a weak mortal.
"I will find out the real culprit." Ye Chen used a gentle force to drag Zhao Yu up from the ground, and then asked, "Where is your national master?"
The national master in Ye Chen's mouth is also a member of the Hengyue Sect. Each sect will send a disciple to be the national master in the mortal kingdom. Their cultivation is not high, but in the eyes of these mortals, they are the supreme existence.
On the side, the middle-aged man in armor had already walked over with a jade box, and inside the jade box was a blood-stained Taoist robe. On the Taoist robe, the two words "Heng Yue" were clearly written. Character.
Seeing this, Ye Chen frowned suddenly, looked at Zhao Yu and the others, and said in a deep voice, "The report did not say that the disciples sent by Heng Yue to Zhao Kingdom had died unexpectedly."
"The Supreme Immortal Mingjian." Zhao Yucheng was horrified, "Yesterday, the Imperial Master went out on inspection and never returned. We sent people to search for him, but when we found the Imperial Master, only... this Taoist robe was left."
Ye Chen didn't say anything, secretly thinking that Zhao Guoguo's master might have discovered something, but he was not strong enough. Instead of surrendering to the evil force, he became a dead soul under the sword, leaving only a bloody Taoist robe.
With this thought in his mind, Ye Chen had already gently picked up the bloody Taoist robe, and the light in his eyes became uncertain.
"Cultivating at the Human Yuan realm, there is only one Taoist robe left." Ye Chen's thoughts were racing, he touched his chin and analyzed secretly in his mind.
"So, that evil force is at least someone with the cultivation level of the Human Yuan Realm, or maybe the cultivation level of the True Yang Realm."
While thinking about it in his mind, Ye Chen had already put the bloody Taoist robe in front of his nose and sniffed it. The Taoist robe had a strong smell of blood, but under the strong smell of blood, there was a smell that he was very sensitive to.
"The scent of elixir."
"Isn't it the alchemist who takes action?" Ye Chen narrowed his eyes slightly. As an alchemist, he is very sensitive to the smell of elixirs, and there is a faint smell of medicine on the Taoist robe in his hand. .
Putting down the bloody Taoist robe in his hand, Ye Chen fell into deep thought again.
"We only kidnapped children over one year old, are we going to use them to make alchemy?" Ye Chen thought of an evil method of alchemy that Xu Fu once said, which requires children over one year old to make medicine.
For a long time, Ye Chen didn't speak again.
Beside, Zhao Yu and the middle-aged man in armor stood there quietly, not daring to make a sound.
After all, it was Zhao Yu who broke the silence with one sentence, "Shangxian, can... have you found any clues?"
"Bring the map of Zhao State." Ye Chen said.
Soon, the middle-aged man in armor hurriedly took out a huge map from his arms, and then hung it on the wall according to Ye Chen's instructions.
Ye Chen stepped forward and looked at the map of Zhao country quietly. The dozen or so places he glanced at were all villages that had been massacred in recent times. Those villages were not very far apart, and some of them were right next to each other. .
After a long time, Ye Chen looked away from the map, looked at the middle-aged man in armor and asked, "Are you a general?"
"Reporting to the Immortal, the last general Qin Xiong is the mighty general of the Zhao Kingdom." The middle-aged man in armor said respectfully.
"Then let's talk about this from the perspective of a general."
Although Qin Xiong was stunned, he still came to the map and pointed out several villages where tragedies occurred. He said, "Judging from the locations and directions of the tragedies, the perpetrators moved from village to village from south to north. Massacre, obviously, they think they are powerful, so they are unscrupulous."
"Continue." Ye Chen said calmly.
Qin Xiong nodded, and then pointed out a few more places, "If we look at the route they took to massacre the villages, these villages should be next. If the Immortal takes action, these places must be the top priority."
"When were more than a dozen villages massacred?" Ye Chen looked at Qin Xiong.
"Zi Shi." Qin Xiong said with certainty, "According to the general's guess, that evil force seems to only appear at night."
"Blood-colored clothes only appear at midnight." Ye Chen touched his chin, with a deep look in his eyes, "Could it be a blood witch?"
Suddenly, Ye Chen thought of a strange race, which was a branch of the ancient witch clan. It was called evil spirits by decent monks. It only appeared at midnight, sucking human blood for a living, and its methods were extremely cruel.
"But what's going on with the smell of the elixir on the robe." Ye Chen pondered to himself, "Could it be that a high-level alchemist kept the blood witch in captivity? If so, then this matter would be much more complicated."
After pondering for a long time, Ye Chen turned to look at Zhao Yu, "Three things. First, before midnight, centered on the several villages pointed out by General Qin, the villagers within a radius of fifty miles moved as quickly as possible. Go out; secondly, withdraw the Zhao army sent out to search. Those people may be monks. No matter how many of you go there, it will be in vain; thirdly, be sure to spread fire in every village before midnight today. The more the better. .”
"I'll do it right away." Qin Xiong acted resolutely and immediately walked out, but after taking a step, he turned back and looked at Ye Chen awkwardly, "Well, I dare to ask the immortal, what is Huolin. "
"Huolin is the flame powder extracted from the Yan Jue Stone you are talking about. This kind of thing can resist evil spirits."
"Thank you, Immortal." Qin Xiong bowed his hands, turned around and walked out of the Golden Palace.
After Qin Xiong left, Ye Chen stood quietly on the huge map again, his deep eyes taking in every mountain and river on the huge map, as if he was looking for something.
"Shangxian, are you here alone?" Zhao Yu asked tentatively from behind.
"Are you afraid that I won't be able to deal with those evil forces?" Ye Chen tilted his head and smiled.
Suddenly, Zhao Yu panicked, "I...I didn't mean that."
Ye Chen smiled, but did not answer, his eyes still scanning the map of Zhao country.
After all, his eyes were fixed on a mountain, and there was still a glint in his eyes, because the terrain around the mountain was very strange, with three mountains surrounding it and one mountain standing in the center. According to their monks, this kind of terrain is the Three Mountains. Maybe ley lines will grow.
The so-called earth veins are a kind of earth spiritual veins. They are a kind of spiritual veins that absorb the essence of the earth. Mortals can live longer if they are above them. If monks are above them, their cultivation will be more effective.
Among the dozens of mortal kingdoms in Dachu, the Zhao Kingdom is not very large, but it has many mountains. Ye Chen is not surprised that there are three mountains and strange lands.
Naturally, it is not unreasonable for him to stare at the Three Mountains, because it is a good place for elixir refining. It absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon and the energy source of the earth veins. The elixirs refined must be of the highest quality.
"If there is really a mysterious alchemist controlling the blood witch to commit crimes, then there must be a secret hidden in the Three Mountains." Ye Chen touched his chin.
"Shangxian?" On the side, Zhao Yu saw Ye Chen muttering alone and called out tentatively.
"Just tell me if you have anything to say."
"I have already ordered you to go down and hold a banquet in honor of the Immortal, and also invite the Immortal to move to Fengluan Pavilion."
"We don't have time to eat now." Ye Chen turned around and smiled, patted Zhao Yu's shoulder lightly, and said with a smile, "You are concerned about the country and the people. You are a good emperor, so there is no need to eat.
It's important to save people. "
With that said, Ye Chen had already walked out of the Jinluan Hall.
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