Someone came in outside the secret room, one was Yun Ji who had arranged for Lu Wushuang, and the other was Yuan Gang who was holding a secret letter.
The two people who broke in together couldn't help but look at each other when they saw that Shang Shuqing was actually here and had already met the Taoist master who had taken off his mask.
Shang Shuqing was also surprised to see Yuan Gang and asked, "Master Yuan?"
She had heard about some of the circumstances. She knew that Yuan Gang had become the Holy Son of the Demon Cult, that Yuan Gang was missing, and that Yuan Gang had an arm chopped off.
Didn't he disappear? Why are you here? With her intact arms, she realized that the secrets of the people here might be beyond her imagination.
Yuan Gang nodded slightly and said hello, "Princess Princess."
Uh-huh! Niu Youdao sheathed the sword in his hand and said to Shang Shuqing, "I heard that the princess built a tomb for me?"
Shang Shuqing was embarrassed by the question and nodded.
Niu Youdao: "I heard that the princess remembers our old friendship and often goes to pay homage. Niu is grateful. Now that the princess knows that I am still alive, about the tomb, I hope that the princess will continue to go there as often as before. Don't Raising suspicion.”
Yuan Gang, Yun Ji, and Guan Fangyi glanced at each other subconsciously, and they all realized that the significance of the tomb to Shang Shuqing was simply downgraded by the Taoist master, or rather ignored by the Taoist master. I really don't know that Shang Shuqing How Shuqing must feel at this time.
Shang Shuqing showed a forced smile, "Don't worry, Master Dao, Qing'er understands."
Niu Youdao: "The princess should not stay here for a long time, it will easily arouse suspicion. I still have some things to deal with here, so I won't keep the princess here."
Shang Shuqing hummed and bowed slightly, "It's Qing'er who took the liberty of disturbing me. Qing'er will leave."
Niu Youdao tilted his head to signal, and Guan Fangyi immediately stepped forward and stretched out her hand to send Shang Shuqing away.
With Shang Shuqing in charge, Yin'er was quite obedient. Although he didn't want to leave Niu Youdao, he was still taken away by Shang Shuqing. How did he come and how did he leave.
Niu Youdao looked at the sword in his hand, feeling very emotional in his heart. If nothing else happened, the key to the secret he was looking for had always been by his side.
There were some things that even he didn't expect, let alone Shang Shuqing. Shang Shuqing ignored the sword, and he also ignored the sword.
Now looking back and thinking about it, Dong Guo Haoran gave the sword to King Ning as a token, and King Ning asked the sword to be returned to the Shangqing Sect. Dong Guo Haoran, who was in charge of the crow general affairs at that time, may indeed have left the article here. Inside the sword, he was negligent, indeed he was negligent.
When he asked Shang Shuqing just now, he just wanted to change the topic. He couldn't find the answer to the question he asked Guan Fangyi to ask. He didn't think Shang Shuqing was hiding anything. He didn't think there was anything Guan Fangyi couldn't ask. I thought I could ask something, but whoever wanted to make things worse was actually asked by him.
In fact, some things are destined. Even if he doesn't ask Shang Shuqing now, he will definitely ask one day in the future.
Yuan Gang came closer and asked, "Yin'er exposed you so quickly?"
Niu Youdao: "I knew earlier that the foodie was unreliable. He is really unreliable at all. Everyone should be more careful in the future." He didn't want to mention this matter anymore, so he squinted at the letter in the other person's hand and asked, "Is something wrong?"
Yuan Gang gave him the letter, "Xihaitang would like to ask you to meet."
Niu Youdao: "Did you say something?"
Yuan Gang: "I didn't say."
Niu Youdao thought for a while, "I guess I still want to know about Lu Wushuang. In reply, I just said that I am not available for the time being. By the way, I explained that we are now in a cooperative relationship with Lu Wushuang, and there is no need to explain anything else. In addition, let him pay attention to it. The movements of the Six Saints.”
After a while, Guan Fangyi came back.
Niu Youdao ordered: "There is a bellows for fire in the kitchen of Nanshan Temple. You go to Yuanfang to prepare it. If it is not related, I will be there in a moment."
Guan Fangyi glanced at the sword in his hand and knew what it meant. She nodded and left. She was also looking forward to it.
Niu Youdao did not explain to others what was going on. He put on Wang Xiao's mask again, and then left with Yun Ji. Walking around in the current thatched cottage, it was more appropriate to use the identity of Yun Ji's follower. Yuan It is not appropriate for Gang to show up and continue to stay underground.
"If you have anything to do, just come here as a humble monk. How can you let the boss do such a servant's work?"
"Old Bear, are you done yet? Get out!"
As soon as Yunji and Niu Youdao walked outside the kitchen of Nanshan Temple, they heard Yuanfang's flattering voice.
Nowadays, in the Thatched Cottage, the Taoist master is dead and Yuan Gang has disappeared. Naturally, everyone regards Guan Fangyi as the head of the family, especially Yuanfang, who wants to hug her.
When he walked to the door, he bumped into Yuan Fang who was driven out in despair. Yuan Fang nodded and bowed to the two comers, "Master Yunshan."
"It's none of your business here." Yun Ji reminded and entered the kitchen. Niu Youdao stood guard at the door with his arms folded.
Yuanfang laughed at Niu Youdao for a while and then resigned.
In the kitchen, after the fire was lit, Guan Fangyi greeted from inside, "That's it."
Niu Youdao looked around, then turned around and went in. He saw Guan Fangyi already pushing and pulling the bellows by the stove fire.
Niu Youdao leaned over and looked at the blazing flames in the stove. He took out the sword in his hand and threw it directly into the stove. The sword was silent in the hot flames.
Yun Ji on the side couldn't understand what was going on. She asked Guan Fangyi before, but the latter told her not to ask any more questions.
Most of the weapons used by monks in the world come from the Qiyun Sect of the Jin State. Regardless of the sharpness of the weapons forged by ordinary people, first of all, they have enough resistance to withstand hits. Ordinary weapons are easily destroyed when encountering those with high cultivation levels.
No matter who forged Dongguo Haoran's sword, its endurance was extraordinary. After adding charcoal fire several times, the sword became bright red.
At this time, Niu Youdao, who was staring outside the stove, cast a spell to grab the object. The sword in the stove flew out with fire, and with the blessing of the spell, it floated in front of Niu Youdao.
Guan Fangyi, who knew about it, couldn't help but come over to check, and Yun Ji also got closer to see what was going on.
The burnt red sword body was slightly turned over. Niu Youdao cast a spell with both hands and floated the sword. On the side of the sword with the words "Blue Blood Red Heart", a black line pattern appeared in the red color. To be precise, It's a map.
Guan Fangyi pointed, "Look."
Niu Youdao had already seen it. He stared at it and found that it was a landscape map. There was a villa in the map. He immediately cast his magic eye to take a closer look. After seeing the layout of the villa, he was slightly startled and found that he had actually been to this villa.
This villa is not somewhere else, it is actually within Nanzhou, in Cangwu County, which is the fiefdom of King Ning. And that villa is the royal palace left by King Ning. It was originally in Cangwu County with Shang Chaozong and others. Stay there when you settle down.
There was no mistake. He had lived there for a long time, but he was very familiar with the layout of the villa. Even the mountain on which the villa was built was exactly the same.
In addition, this thing is related to Prince Ning. It can be imagined that the possibility of making mistakes becomes increasingly slim.
Niu Youdao was suspicious, could that place be the place where one hundred thousand crow generals were hidden? Thinking about it, it seems impossible. After living here for such a long time, if there is a place where one hundred thousand crow generals can be hidden, it must be very dark, and it is impossible not to notice it at all.
When he wanted to take a closer look at the map, he found that the red sword body had gradually darkened and the patterns on it were no longer clearly visible. He immediately threw the sword into the stove again and said, "Add more heat!"
Guan Fangyi understood, and quickly walked to the bellows and pushed and pulled again.
Due to the remaining warmth from before, the sword turned red quickly this time. Niu Youdao cast the spell again to pull it out of hover, and the patterns on the sword appeared again.
He stared at the map and looked carefully again, and found something wrong. The map showed a river, but he had lived in a villa, and there was no river at all next to the villa, only mountain streams.
Suddenly it dawned on me that there was an underground river!
Although there is no river next to the villa, there is an underground river beneath the villa. The river on the map should refer to that underground river.
Is the target location in the underground river
He quickly stared at the river to check, and sure enough he found something unusual. At the bend of the river, he found a small handwriting. If you didn't look carefully, you would have missed it. There was a small "" written in the corner. The word "Ning".
There is nothing unusual about the entire river from beginning to end. Even the location leading to the hidden village is not marked. If there is a special place, there is only the place marked with the word "Ning".
This marked place might be the location of the target, but he didn't dare to confirm it 100% now. He could only confirm it after going to the scene to verify it in person.
The red color on the sword dimmed again. Niu Youdao suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the hilt of the sword. He pressed two fingers on the sword with his other hand, and a ball of flame flew out of thin air into the stove. The red heat on the sword disappeared instantly. . With a swipe of his hand, the sword was put into the scabbard inserted on the ground, and then he grabbed the scabbard and held the sword in his hand.
Seeing that he sheathed his sword, Guan Fangyi tried to ask: "Can you see the trick?"
Niu Youdao nodded slightly.
Guan Fangyi asked again: "What place does the map indicate?"
Niu Youdao glanced at her and said, "I already know it."
Guan Fangyi suddenly looked contemptuous, knowing that if he refused to say anything, it would be useless to ask again.
Forget about her, Yun Ji, who was also looking carefully at the side, didn't see anything special. People who have never lived in that villa suddenly saw such a map, and there were no place names. The world is so big, with mountains and rivers. There is so much water, and a section of the map is located somewhere.
However, Yunji recognized this sword as Niu Youdao's "Blue Blood Red Heart" sword. After following Niu Youdao for so many years, she was suddenly taken out to do this, and even got a map from the sword. She knew this place There must be some secret hidden there.
She also thought of Dong Guo Haoran, because she also knew that the sword originally belonged to Dong Guo Haoran.
Niu Youdao, who was standing in front of the stove with flickering fire, also fell into deep thought, remembering what he had heard about entering the underground river. It was said that King Ning fought in that area in his early years, and the underground river was accidentally discovered by the stragglers of King Ning's command. .
The reason why that battlefield later became King Ning's fief was because King Ning himself asked the court for it.
Now it seems that there was a reason why King Ning asked the Yan court for that fiefdom in his early years. I am afraid it was not just as simple as having a hidden village. That village was probably a cover-up after the incident, and the people in that village were found. Thinking that they had discovered Prince Ning's secret, there was no need to investigate other matters, thus covering up the secret of Prince Ning's real claim to the fief.
In other words, that village was a victim that King Ning prepared just in case.
If this is the case, then it should have been more than just the discovery of the underground river. There were obviously other discoveries, but they were deliberately concealed by Prince Ning.
Putting all this together, I am afraid that this is the reason why Dongguo Haoran's sword carries this map. Prince Ning and his people secretly managed a shocking secret in that place.