Yuan Yeyue was secretly taken to the mountain.
She looked at the people gathered in front of the ice cave from afar, and had already vaguely guessed what she would see. The thunderous wind whistling around her seemed to have completely disappeared. The snow and gravel hitting her face did not hurt at all, and she did not feel the cold at all. She just stumbled forward step by step in the knee-deep snow.
The block of ice had been completely chiseled off and was now placed on a huge rock. The skin, which had been frozen for a long time, was a strange purple-black color, and the bones were tightly curled together, dry and thin, not like a human, but like the monkeys that I had seen in my childhood, carried by the jugglers walking around the streets.
Yuan Yeyue put her trembling hand on the ice, wanting to dig the person out, but her palm was instantly frozen by the cold air, and as she moved more and more frantically, her skin and flesh were torn, leaving trails of blood.
"Axing."
Her voice was not so hysterical, but rather cautious. The cautious panic on her face was in stark contrast to the desperate digging with her hands. The hard ice quickly turned into a light red stream under her fingers, dripping with blood and falling to the ground. When her fingers touched the hard and cold clothes, Yuan Yeyue's suppressed emotions finally collapsed completely. She leaned over, hugged the ice that had not yet completely melted, and cried out sharply and hoarsely—
"I'm going to kill him, I'm going to kill him!"
The piercing sound pierced the silence of the snowy mountains, and the echo was blown away by the wind.
After a while, Li Sui signaled his men to pull the man aside.
Yuan Yeyue's entire body was limp, and he didn't even have the strength to speak. He just sat on the ground like a pile of mud, staring blankly.
Jiang Shenglin also came with Lin Xuefeng. He ordered the shadow guards to move Yuan Yexing's body out of the ice. After a rough inspection, he said, "He has been dead for at least three to four years."
Three years, four years.
Yuan Yeyue thought that it was four years ago that Chi Tian came to her to talk about practicing martial arts.
So my brother was already dead at that time.
Maybe he was possessed by a demon and died, or maybe he made some other mistakes while practicing. Anyway, he had been dead for a long time. But Chi Tian chose to give up as soon as his brother passed away. No, it could also be that when his brother was dying and struggling alone on the snowy top, he chose to find himself and become his new tool.
"I'm going to kill him."
Yuan Yeyue repeated it again in a daze.
Li Sui said: "You can't kill him."
"Yes, I can't." Yuan Yeyue raised her head suddenly, "But you can, I'll tell you everything, you kill him, you kill Chi Tian, and avenge Ah Xing!"
…
Except for Wan Zhuyun, the other sects in Snow City didn't know what happened, including Tianzhu Hall. Pan Shihou saw Zhu Yanyin walking around the house with his servants and guards early in the morning. When he saw him, he immediately turned around and went back to his residence.
"Is he normal recently?" Zhu Yanyin asked.
"It's the same as before. Apart from going to the Wulin League, I just hide in my room chanting scriptures and burning talismans."
Why is the burning going on endlessly? Zhu Yanyin brought a small chair and sat down to bask in the sun: "Tell me about the scene of him burning paper."
The scene? The servant thought about it and tried to recreate it as much as possible. He first took out a few talismans and lit them, muttered Pan Jinhua's name, said something like "live a long life", and then cried for a while. Those who knew said that his son was sick, and those who didn't know probably thought his son was dead.
The speaker may not mean it, but the listener may take it seriously. Zhu Yanyin was touched by the word "death" and looked up at him.
The servant thought that he was the one who said this about life and death, and the young master didn't like it, so he quickly said, "I—"
"Has anyone sent him a letter?" Zhu Yanyin interrupted.
The servant shook his head: "No."
"Never?"
"Never. Our people have been keeping an eye on the Sky Spider Hall, and there are absolutely no letters coming in from outside. Sir, are you asking this because you are worried that he is communicating with the Burning Fire Hall privately?"
"No." Zhu Yanyin stood up. "If he really cared about his son's illness, would he only chant sutras and burn talismans in the Northeast, but never let a letter be sent from home? Shouldn't he keep an eye on what's going on at home all the time?" Tianzhu Hall also has some financial resources. Let alone sending a letter every few days, they are definitely able to do it even if it's a letter a day.
The servant hesitated, "Then... he doesn't care about his son? That's not right. The name he repeated while chanting was clearly Pan Jinhua's name. And he didn't let anyone see him. He just stayed in the room and went crazy."
Zhu Yanyin's voice was light and quick: "Does chanting sutras necessarily mean praying for blessings? What if it means you are praying for salvation?"
The servant gasped: "Dead?"
"Oh no!" Zhu Yanyin suddenly remembered something, and his scalp instantly went numb. He turned around and wanted to run to find Wanren Palace, but was caught by Li Sui who came in: "Why are you running?"
"Blue Lady—"
"In the Fire Palace."
Zhu Yanyin was very annoyed and patted his head. "I knew it. I should have thought of this earlier. Yuan Yeyue has discovered that Chi Tian is using her, so she agreed to cooperate with us, right? Then why did she tell you about Miss Lan? The mastermind behind this is Pan Shihou?"
"She doesn't know the specific reason, nor does she know who is behind it."
"have no idea?"
How could the first guardian of the Burning Fire Palace not know
It sounds a bit unbelievable, but Yuan Yeyue really doesn't seem to know. When she saw Lan Yan and the other dozen Wanren Palace disciples, they were already in the dungeon of the Fire Palace. This group of people were imprisoned next to the Yan'er Gang and the Sushan Sect. Chi Tian only ordered his disciples to keep a close watch on them, but did not explain where they were captured from.
Zhu Yanyin asked, "So Miss Lan and the others were just imprisoned, and not used to practice the Moon Devouring Evil Skill, right?"
"The inner strength method of Wanren Palace is different from that of other sects. It works against the tendons and meridians." Li Sui said, "After the Snow Cliff, in order to avoid being injured by the Moon Devourer again, I tried to practice all the methods that my master taught me in reverse. Gradually, I found that as long as my comprehension is high enough and my reaction is fast enough, it is actually completely feasible."
If Chi Tian were to forcibly take this set of internal skills that went against the grain, he would also lose control and become possessed. Yuan Yeyue coveted the skills of Wanren Palace and had thought about using Lan Yan to improve his cultivation, but gave up for this reason.
Li Sui asked again: "Why did you think there was something wrong with Pan Shihou just now?"
"Because he has never received a letter from Baitou City." Zhu Yanyin said, "So I guess Pan Jinhua is actually dead, so he doesn't need to know about the current situation, so he can stay in the Wulin League without any worries."
Li Sui frowned and reached out to rub his temple.
Zhu Yanyin grabbed his wrist and said, "Don't worry about this kind of person. It's not worth it."
"After so many years, I've gotten used to it. Whenever I hear his name, I think something is going to happen." Li Sui nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you. I'll change it in the future."
Zhu Yanyin pulled him to sit down and said, "Tell me first, what's going on with Yuan Yeyue?"
"She sounds like a great protector in name only."
She was usually in charge of some trivial matters, managing the accounts of the Burning Fire Hall, and could dispatch all the other guardians. She seemed to have a high status, and Chi Tian seemed to trust her very much, but that was all. More important secrets about the Burning Fire Hall, such as who the spies of the Burning Fire Hall were in the martial arts world, were unknown. At most, they could only say that Du Yafeng of Shangru Villa had contacts with Chi Tian - what kind of secret was this? Everyone in the martial arts world knew about it.
Zhu Yanyin said: "Then it's all in vain, isn't it?"
Li Sui shook his head: "No, she is much more useful than Gusa Manmai. At least she is familiar with the terrain of Wanren Palace and all the gates. Yuanye Xing's body has been found on the mountain. She now hates Chi Tian to the core and only wants to avenge her brother."
"What about Pan Shihou? How do you plan to deal with him?"
"What do you think?"
Zhu Yanyin thought, do I need to see it? This is very obvious. In order to save his son, the old man did not hesitate to collude with the demon sect to betray Miss Lan, but in the end his son did not survive. That's why he suppressed his grief and concealed all the facts and ran to the Northeast. He must be determined to avenge his son and asked you to help kill Chi Tian.
As for whether Lan Yan's affairs would be exposed after killing Chi Tian, Zhu Yanyin felt that based on Pan Shihou's level of madness, he probably hadn't thought about the future at all. As long as Chi Tian died, it would be fine for him to die on the spot.
"Should we go ask Pan Shihou?"
"You continue to send people to keep an eye on him." Li Sui said, "As for Lan Yan, her entry into the Burning Fire Palace may not be a bad thing."
Zhu Yanyin: “?”
Being locked up in the dungeon of the Burning Fire Palace, where there is no light at all, and having to face Chi Tian, that greasy and ugly man, is not entirely a bad thing. Could it be that a little bit of good will happen
…
In the dungeon of the Burning Temple.
Lan Yan hugged her knees with both hands, sat on the straw pile and looked at the next door: "Master Liu, why don't you meditate today?"
Liu Liuyang, the leader of the Yan'er Gang: "..."
Lan Yan turned around again and said, "Master Wang, you usually take a nap at this time. Are you suffering from insomnia today?"
Wang Jin of Sushan Sect: “…”
Lan Yan turned around again and said, "Hey, little brother, you've been guarding here for three days straight. Isn't that muscular man with a full beard coming?"
Fire Palace Guard: "..."
Lan Yan approached every man within her sight, but it was obvious that no one was very interested in chatting. Only her own disciple came forward and whispered, "Miss Lan, you keep talking to people all day long. Are you trying to find out something?"
Lan Yan asked: "Otherwise, would I still like them?"
This time it was the turn of the Wanren Palace disciples: "..."
Jiang Shenglin in the distance: "A-choo!"
Zhu Yanyin comforted him: "Don't worry for now, Miss Lan is so smart and has value to Chi Tian, nothing will happen to her."
Jiang Shenglin ignored him and continued to pace back and forth in the room anxiously. He had never expected that this would happen. His beloved girl was actually sold to the Burning Fire Palace by a hypocritical hypocrite. Thinking of the fact that he had treated and prescribed medicine for Pan Shihou some time ago, the doctor wanted to chop off his hand on the spot to show his anger. But then he thought, why? If he had to chop off the old thief's hand, he would chop off the old thief's hand!
He asked, “What do we do next?”
Li Sui replied: "After the formation gate is broken, you go into the Burning Fire Hall and bring the person out in person."
Zhu Yanyin added: "You can also carry him out."
Jiang Shenglin nodded repeatedly and said, "Okay, let's do it. My strong arms are ready!"