Facts have proved that the news about Gu Yuesheng who is far away on Fairy Mountain Island is still a little behind. When Le Yuan and Xia Rou rushed non-stop to Yuwen Tuo, who had returned to Daxing Taishi Mansion, he discovered that the situation was far worse than he knew.
Daxing Taishi Mansion, as the residence of the current Grand Master Yuwen Tuo, cannot be said to be sparse, especially now that Yuwen Tuo is in his prime, it is not a problem to continue to safely assist the third and fourth generations of emperors, and he comes to the Taishi Mansion every day to see him There are countless officials.
But when Le Yuan came to this place again this time, the appearance of the Taishi Mansion could only be described as desolate. Except for the handymen who came out to clean up the palace, the entire front of the palace was rarely visited by ordinary people, let alone those who came to pay homage.
If he hadn't sensed that Yu Xiaoxue was in the Grand Master's residence, Le Yuan would have even thought that he was in the wrong place. Taking Xia Rou to the Grand Master's Mansion again, Le Yuan was not able to see Yuwen Tuo immediately upon entering. Instead, Xiaoxue came up to him excitedly.
There were still more than ten meters between the two of them when Yu Xiaoxue suddenly stopped, turned to one side and looked at Xia Rou behind Le Yuan. The unique resonance between the artifacts made Xiaoxue quickly understand that what Le Yuan brought was the person who was also the reincarnation of the artifacts.
"Brother Le, you are finally back. This sister must be the reincarnation of Donghuang Zhong. My name is Yu Xiaoxue. Just laugh at me Xiaoxue. I am the reincarnation of Nuwa Stone!"
Xiaoxue showed a sweet smile, and then said hello to Le Yuan and Xia Rou in a delicate voice.
Xia Rou seemed very close to Yu Xiaoxue, who was also the reincarnation of a female artifact. Within a few minutes of meeting the two, they called her sister and sister, leaving Le Yuan aside.
After the enthusiasm of the conversation between the two of them cooled down a bit, Le Yuan finally intervened.
"Xiaoxue, where is Grand Master Yuwen? Shouldn't he be with you? If the demon refining pot is not here with you, could it be that he is carrying it?"
Le Yuan's series of questions made Yu Xiaoxue's face in front of him become worse and worse. Finally, under Le Yuan's questioning, Yu Xiaoxue revealed the truth.
It turned out that when the two men were supervising that the Babel Tower was about to be completed, Emperor Sui Yang learned from unknown sources that the Shennong Tripod had unknowingly fallen into the hands of Yuwen Tuo. There is almost no emperor in the past dynasties who is not interested in seeking immortality.
Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was undoubtedly one of the most fanatical ones. After all, he was invincible and Yuwen Tuo, who defeated thousands of armies by himself, appeared in front of him alive. And I don’t know which unscrupulous guy told Sui Yang Emperor Yang Guang the news that the Shennong Cauldron could refine the elixir of immortality.
How could Yang Guang, who hoped to live forever and be the eternal emperor, resist the temptation of immortality? He immediately sent an urgent edict to Yuwen Tuo, who was supervising the construction of the Babel Tower in Luoyang, asking him to quickly bring the Shennong Cauldron to see him.
Yuwen Tuo, who was still working under Yang Guang, naturally could not disobey the emperor's orders at will. Although he had doubts, he still left Bongtian Tower and returned to Daxing. And this return was the beginning of all troubles. Yang Guang ordered Yuwen Tuo to hand over the Shennong Ding to make elixirs for him.
Naturally, Yuwen Tuo would not hand over this artifact that was enough to save all the people of China. After asking for advice and bargaining, Yang Guang directly used a trick. Using the Tower of Babel as a threat, he forced Yuwen Tuo to "borrow" the Shennong Cauldron and "return" the Shennong Cauldron after refining the elixir of immortality.
Yuwen Tuo did not explode this time, but obediently handed over the Shennong Ding. No one knows what Yuwen Tuo is thinking. As early as when he was adopted by Yang Su, Yang Su made him swear that as long as Sui Dynasty did not take the initiative to force Yuwen Tuo to death, Yuwen Tuo would never rebel or abandon Da Sui. Sui's safety was ignored.
On the day when Yuwen Tuo handed over the Shennong Cauldron, he secretly swore in his heart that if the day came to use the divine weapon and Yang Guang did not hand over the Shennong Cauldron, he would grab the Xuanyuan Sword.
Since presenting the Shennong Cauldron, Yuwen Tuo has also allocated part of his energy to monitoring the Shennong Cauldron, and from time to time he patrols the alchemy room where the Shennong Cauldron is located. This move seemed normal, as they were worried that the Shennong Ding would be stolen or something might go wrong, but it still aroused criticism from the court.
Some people rumored that Grand Master Yuwen was secretly trying to cause trouble in the process of refining the elixir of immortality so that Yang Guang could not get the elixir that could lead to immortality. There were even rumors that Grand Master Yuwen had evil intentions and wanted to use the elixir to create immortality. Cheng Zhiri took action to snatch it; and the most outrageous statement was probably that Grand Master Yuwen wanted to commit the crime and secretly poison the prepared elixir to murder Yang Guang...
People's words are fearful, and three people become tigers.
Although Yang Guang was originally very relieved about Yuwen Tuo, and Yuwen Tuo was also very loyal to the Sui Dynasty, Yang Guang, who was suspicious by nature, still doubted Yuwen Tuo this time.
Not only did he reprimand Yuwen Tuo for approaching the alchemy room, but he also ordered that Yu Wentuo not be allowed to come within a kilometer of the alchemy room; he asked Yuwen Tuo to stay in the Taishi Mansion, meditate behind closed doors, cultivate his moral character, and don't wander around the alchemy room at will.
This decree was a clear signal to the ministers, indicating that there was a gap between Yang Guang and Yuwen Tuo, and Yang Guang no longer trusted Yuwen Tuo as much as before. Of course, officials with good political acumen would not easily think that Yuwen Tuo had fallen. They just doubted whether Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty wanted to defeat Yuwen Tuo.
However, the next further steps made the officials couldn't help but sigh, it is true that accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. Originally, the power of Princess Dugu Ningke's palace was just for fun. Few people in the entire Sui Dynasty took her seriously. Even Yuwen Tuo did not take Dugu Ningke's power into consideration at all.
But who would have thought that at the same time that Yuwen Tuo was being beaten, Dugu Ningke's princess mansion was entrusted with important tasks by Yang Guang. At the same time, a group of capable people with miraculous skills appeared under Dugu Ningke's command, which greatly increased the power of the princess's mansion.
Suppress the Grand Master's Mansion and lift the Princess' Mansion. How could the various elites in this temple not guess what Yang Guang was thinking. He wanted to increase the power of the Princess's Mansion and proactively create a force that could check and balance the Grand Master's Mansion, or in other words, the humanoid nuclear weapon of Yuwen Tuo. Strength comes.
Suddenly, the entire Grand Master's Mansion seemed to be disgusted by gods and ghosts. Not to mention the various officials who came to curry favor, even ordinary civilians were unwilling to come.
It was completely unimaginable for Le Yuan that the situation could get so bad in a short period of time. In Le Yuan's opinion, after half a year of hard work, his side was already sure of victory, so he never thought that he would encounter such a stupid thing.
From Le Yuan's point of view, Yang Guang's detaining the Shennong Ding was not troublesome. As long as Le Yuan was willing, he could steal it from the seemingly watertight defense at any time. The question is whether Yuwen Tuo's possession of the Shennong Cauldron was still Dugu Ningke's handiwork, and what was her purpose in doing so? Is it just to cause trouble for Yuwen Tuo, or does it have a deeper purpose
As for the group of strange masters who appeared in the princess's mansion, Le Yuan could fully imagine that they must be players from another camp. The only thing he didn't know was what their mission was, to destroy the Nine Heavens Barrier and allow the demon world to invade? Whether the other player knows about Le Yuan's existence or not, Le Yuan needs to investigate on his own.
When Yuwen Tuo returned to the Grand Master's Mansion, Le Yuan's appearance and Xia Rou's presence made his originally depressed heart feel much relieved, and his original depression due to the forced conquest of the Shennong Cauldron suddenly dissipated a lot.
"Master Yuwen, can you give me a look at your demon refining pot?"
The demon refining pot that Le Yuan gave to Yuwen Tuo is still hanging on his waist. Yuwen Tuo naturally had no problem with Le Yuan's request. He took the demon refining pot from his waist and handed it to Le Yuan's hand.
Le Yuan's hands were rubbing the demon refining pot. There was nothing wrong with the demon refining pot, and it still had the spiritual imprint of Le Yuan on it. When Le Yuan took out the artifacts from the pot one by one, he suddenly stared at the two artifacts, Kongtong Seal and Fuxi Qin, and became stunned.
different! There are obvious differences between these two artifacts and the others. Perhaps Yuwen Tuo and Yu Xiaoxue are not aware of it. Even Le Yuan himself was almost confused by the aura of this artifact. But if Yuwen Tuo had carefully inspected the artifacts, he would have understood that these two artifacts must have been stolen.
Le Yuan once deliberately left spiritual marks on each artifact before going to the Mountain and Sea Realm. Although it cannot be said that no one can erase it, the marks on the Demon Refining Pot are still there, while the marks on the other two artifacts have completely disappeared. .
Le Yuan, who was inspecting the artifacts, raised his head and asked Yuwen Tuo and Yu Xiaoxue: "Have you dealt with these two artifacts in any special way?"
Yuwen Tuo and Yu Xiaoxue both shook their heads. This artifact was an important thing related to all the people in the world. After being entrusted and preserved by Le Yuan, they carefully placed it in the Demon Refining Pot. There was absolutely no way they could use it. Do any tricks.
"So besides you, has anyone touched these two artifacts?"
Seeing Yuwen Tuo and Yu Xiaoxue denying it one after another, Le Yuan's heart slowly sank. If it wasn't Yuwen Tuo and Yu Xiaoxue who did it, then of course someone else had tampered with these two artifacts. But Yuwen Tuo and Yu Xiaoxue, who were reincarnated by the artifact, still couldn't see the problem.
And if Le Yuan hadn't made a special cryptic mark, I'm afraid he would have been deceived by it. The Kongtong Seal and Fuxi Qin in front of Le Yuan were exactly the same as the real ones in appearance, breath and even magical resonance, but they lacked Le Yuan's mark.
"Everyone, please feel it. In your perception, are these two artifacts still the same as before?"
Le Yuan's words made Yuwen Tuo frown. The subtext of Le Yuan's words was that there was something wrong with the artifact. However, Yuwen Tuo, who didn't see anything wrong, had no choice but to close his eyes and use the power of his Kunlun Mirror to start magical resonance.
The Nuwa Stone, Donghuang Bell, Haotian Tower, Xuanyuan Sword and even the Pangu Ax and Demon Refining Pot in Le Yuan's hands all resonated strongly at the first moment. Only Kongtong Seal and Fuxi Qin seemed to be an afterthought and seemed to be insensitive to resonance.
Although it also exudes a faint resonance, it immediately pales in comparison to other artifacts. Yuwen Tuo also felt that something was wrong at this time. Compared with the moment they met before, the Kongtong Seal and Fuxi Qin at this time were like defective products. Although the appearance and breath were 99% similar, the power of the artifact But it seemed as if he was extremely short-changed and had no power to leak out at all.
"Artifact, this is fake, when?"
Yuwen Tuo exclaimed that he had been keeping several artifacts, but he didn't even notice when they were dropped.
There are still two months before the arrival of the Scarlet Demon Star, but Le Yuan's side has lost the two most important artifacts in setting up the Lost Array.