Pei Ziyun said he was running away, but in fact, he was surrounded by the breeze, and he stepped a few meters away from the ground, feeling like a fairy.
At this time, the night was dark, and there were bushes or fields and canals not far away. There were only occasional autumn insects and crickets, which sounded even more lonely. He felt the power injected from the outside increase little by little, and traces of earthly immortal power were condensing. Pei Ziyun grew long. He let out a breath.
At this moment, the communication symbol lit up. Pei Ziyun hesitated and clicked on it.
"Master!" A Taoist from the Songyun Sect appeared opposite. He was middle-aged and slightly wrinkled. He bowed respectfully and said, "The news about Uncle Zhongqin has been received."
"Say it!"
"Yes, Master. After our investigation, Uncle Zhongqin was taken directly to the capital by the internal servants. Now in Qingning County, there are not many soldiers with him."
"I know." Pei Ziyun turned off the communication talisman, stepped forward a little, and felt his body gently float a foot away, heading towards the night. He suddenly sighed: "The power of the Earth Immortal is incredible."
As long as you move, there will be a gust of wind. Although it is a breeze, it can blow on your body and you will be pushed forward. Although it is not flying, it can really travel three hundred miles a night.
"Although the mission can be extracted now, I feel that it is better to wait a few days for the Qi mechanism to stabilize before extracting it."
"Qingning County is five hundred miles away from here. If I catch up, I will catch up within three days."
"Why bother waiting for the emperor to deal with Uncle Zhongqin's matter?" Thinking of this, Pei Ziyun showed a sneer and dived deeper into the night.
Hongqiao Town
The sky is full of dark clouds, which are getting thicker and thicker, and the rain is falling, bringing a bit of coolness. As a person walks through it, the rain falls and bounces away before it gets close to the body.
This man rushed to the pavilion, and suddenly felt a pain, a "pop" sound, and a mouthful of blood spurted out. He immediately covered his chest, groaned, and turned pale. The rain immediately rushed into his clothes and wet them all.
As soon as the man hesitated, he entered the pavilion and sat down against the pillars. He saw the rain falling, the night was dark far and near, and there was a continuous sound of wind and rain. The man did not watch, but just waited, and saw a little spiritual light. Emerged on the ground and pounced on himself.
The man immediately felt something in his heart. He reached out and touched his hair. He saw a few more strands of white hair, and the color suddenly changed.
"Pei Ziyun is only one of the ten greatest perfections. Although he has penetrated the threshold of the Earth Immortal, he is not yet a true Earth Immortal. He actually killed my clone directly."
This man was obviously an earthly immortal. As he said this bitterly, a sense of fatigue came out of his heart. He put his hand on his forehead again, and wrinkles quietly appeared on his delicate face.
"Damn it!" The Earth Immortal reached out and wiped it, and the wrinkles on his forehead gradually disappeared and returned to smoothness. With another wipe, the white hair turned black.
Although he still looked young, the Earth Immortal was not happy at all. At this time, the wind and rain hit his face, and he felt even colder. He looked at the sky without saying a word.
With the achievement of the Earth Immortal, the human body maintains its youth until it rapidly ages at the time of death. It can be said that for the Earth Immortal, once it ages, death is imminent.
The loss of Yin Shen is also a heavy burden on him, and it hurts his roots, which is why he is like this.
The Earth Immortal closed his eyes and felt it, and took a deep breath for a long time: "I only have thirty years left to live. This blow will take away at least five years of my lifespan."
After walking around for a few steps in the pavilion, he gritted his teeth and said with a ferocious expression: "I am an immortal, am I going to die one day?"
"Songyunmen Blessed Land will never become an Earth Immortal, so where did his mountain range come from, a newly discovered one?"
"What secret does Pei Ziyun have? Can it help me break through aging?"
The Earth Immortal thought gloomily for a long time, then threw himself into the rain and came to the battlefield.
The battlefield was still a mess, with corpses everywhere, but there was no moaning anymore - all the prisoners had been killed.
When the Qixuanmen Taoists saw the Earth Immortal coming, they all saluted: "See the True Lord."
"True Lord, Pei Ziyun is too dangerous." An elder said after saluting. The Earth Immortal looked gloomy and waved his sleeves: "I understand."
Yu Kan saw something was wrong, so he stepped forward and bowed: "Zhenjun, now that Xie Chengdong is dead, how will we face King Lu, and how will we deal with it specifically?"
After hearing Yu Kan's words, the Earth Immortal thought for a moment, took a few steps, and made up his mind for a long time. He said coldly: "King Lu is the source of evil worship and must not be contaminated. While Xie Chengdong is dead, he immediately ordered us to stay in Lu." All the disciples from the king’s camp will withdraw and this line will be completely cut off. All the recalled disciples will be examined and those who are polluted by evil spirits will be imprisoned or killed.”
Yu Kan listened to the Earth Immortal's clear order, his face paused, and he nodded: "Yes, True Lord."
Turning around to leave, Dixian suddenly had a new idea and shouted: "Slow down!"
Yu Kan stopped and saw that Dixian had a gloomy face and said word by word: "Pei Ziyun and the imperial court may not be of the same mind, otherwise they would not have left the Taoist official to me with a tacit understanding just now."
"No matter what, we killed Xie Chengdong and cut off support for King Lu. Outsiders didn't know there was Xie Chong and thought we were on the same side."
"With this, we can try to contact the imperial court and see what the imperial court says. If necessary, we can pass on the news from King Lu."
"Now the situation has changed drastically. We can cooperate with the imperial court. I think there are many people who want to kill Pei Ziyun quickly."
Speaking of this, the Earth Immortal felt a little sad: "I have lived for more than two hundred years. I think back then, the previous dynasty was a prosperous time when fire was cooking oil and flowers were blooming."
"You are indifferent when you are a Taoist. How many Taoists also have thoughts about their family and country and want to serve their country, but they are just passionate and almost never end well."
"There is too much blood and too many examples. I can conclude today that the heart of the imperial court cannot tolerate Taoists, let alone Taoists with great military exploits."
"Why, it's actually very simple. The Taoist already has power. If he has the status of a temple, who will rule the world in a few generations?"
"Even if you are loyal, dedicated, and die, with no selfish motives at all, you are a Taoist. If you want to make the people of the world and future emperors think that Taoists can be used, you will open the way for future Taoists."
"You have strength and authority and are endangering the future of our country. If I don't kill you, who will I kill?"
"So not only do we want to kill, we also want to obliterate history so that it becomes unknown and will not be followed by future generations."
"And now, this Taoist is Pei Ziyun. Based on this alone, I predict that the court will accept us and unite sincerely in cooperating to kill Pei Ziyun."
There was a faint cold light in the Earth Immortal's eyes, and there was a cold smile on the corner of his mouth: "I tell you the truth, neither the imperial court nor my generation can trust a single word!"
After listening to Earth Immortal's words, Yu Kan paused and had to admire him secretly.
Dao Lu Division
The sun is shining, but there is a big locust tree not far from the door, which casts a cool breeze, that's all. There are also exotic flowers and plants inside, which makes it feel cool just looking at it.
Some Taoist boys were practicing in front of a pool. There was a turtle standing in the pool, looking up at the sky, steaming under the sunlight.
Feng Min was reviewing the case files at this time, suddenly stopped writing in his hand, and stood up anxiously.
"The news of Zhang Ling's last report made me very uneasy. Did something happen?" Feng Min looked out the window with a gloomy face. The sun outside the window was bright, but it could not calm his uneasiness.
"Head up, sir, it's not good, it's not good." I heard a voice shouting loudly from outside the door, coming in a hurry.
"Did something happen?" Feng Min asked loudly as his face changed as he looked at the Taoist official who came in.
"Yes, sir, you see, just now Zhang Ling communicated that the Taoist officials he sent were recruited by Pei Ziyun. However, they were betrayed and the Qi Xuan Sect launched a massive siege. Now they are almost completely wiped out. Only a few people have escaped."
"What?" After hearing this, Feng Min's face changed drastically. All the teacups on the table fell to the ground with a crisp sound. He didn't even care about the teacups. He looked at them and asked, "Almost all the Taoist officials sent out were wiped out. What about Xie Chengdong and Earth Immortal? Are they dead?"
The Taoist official said quickly: "Just a reminder, they are also dead. Xie Chengdong was killed, and the incarnation of the Earth Immortal was also killed."
With that said, he handed over the case file in his hand.
"Huh." Feng Min looked at it, his expression unclear. He was silent for a moment before raising his head and asking: "Where is Pei Ziyun now? Is he with our remaining Taoist officials?"
"Sir, no. Pei Ziyun has disappeared since World War I. Our supervisors only saw Pei Ziyun throwing himself into the night and could not be found again. It turns out that the Taoist temple did not go back."
"Sir, how should we deal with this matter now?" After a period of silence, the Taoist official swallowed timidly and looked at Feng Min and asked.
The muscles on Feng Min's face twitched a little, and he thought for a moment with his face held high, and said coldly: "This matter is no longer something we can deal with at will. Let's report it to the court."
"Yes, sir."
Li County·Inn
The rain was falling, and the soldiers were patrolling in raincoats. In the side room, the lights were on, but Uncle Zhongqin was inside.
Although Uncle Zhongqin said that he had taken the lock to Beijing, he was actually treated well. This was an elegant small room, with a wooden couch occupying half of the room. There was also a bookshelf with some books on the shelf, and tiles and inkstones on the wooden table. He picked up his pen and lit a lamp. Uncle Zhongqin looked a little melancholy. He raised his head slightly and seemed to be thinking.
After a long time, he let out a long sigh: "Why did I lose? How could I lose?"
Uncle Zhongqin stood up and pushed open the window. The rain pattered down and hit the stone slab: "It is natural for me to be defeated and convicted."
"It's just that the imperial court needs to use Pei Ziyun."
"I don't think Pei Ziyun is not a good general. I have followed the emperor in his expeditions south and north, and I have seen many people, and this man is actually the world's best military strategist. With this man leading the army, King Lu will be at peace."
"But Pei Ziyun is a Taoist. He has unpredictable magical powers and has power. Who can control him?"
"Not to mention, once there are examples of knighthoods, generous rewards, and participation in the center, Taoists will take power one after another. Isn't it the disaster of the Yu Dynasty back then?"
"That almost destroyed the imperial court's dragon spirit forever, and caused the Taoist to steal the artifact. You know, the Taoist has power. Once he steals the artifact, he will be the Taoist dynasty from generation to generation."
"How many sacrifices were made at that time, several Dragon Qi Blessed Lands were almost destroyed, and many gods died before it could be solved."
"No, I am indeed guilty, but if you want Pei Ziyun to become a general, please show your guilt and serve, supervise Pei Ziyun, and make preparations."
"Pei Ziyun may have a moment of merit, but killing Pei Ziyun will be a lifetime achievement."
After thinking about it like this, Uncle Zhongqin returned to the table, took out pen, ink, paper and inkstone, picked up the pen and wrote the memorial. The pen he wrote was like a dragon and snake, and clear light came out bit by bit.
After writing, he took the paper and read it, blew it, and sighed: "Everyone in the world thinks that I have a personal enmity with Pei Ziyun, but the emperor knows my heart, so he allows me to bear the name of a traitor who framed Zhongliang and killed meritorious officials. You know." I sinned against myself, but it was Spring and Autumn."
Just as Uncle Zhongqin finished speaking, applause burst out in the room.
This sound was a bit inexplicable. It was able to break through the heavy patrols. Uncle Zhongqin was startled, took off his sword from the wall, and shouted coldly: "Who is it?"
(End of chapter)