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The reason why the forest suddenly became so quiet was not because the master of the Tianci sect broke through everyone's thoughts with one word.
No one thought that Chen Changsheng would take advantage of the opportunity to heal his wounds to secretly poison him, because there was no reason for it, and he couldn't explain why. Everyone knew that Chen Changsheng was deeply loved by the Pope and supported by the Bishop's office. To become an Orthodox Academy at such a young age shocked the world, no matter how you look at it, it has a bright future. Compared with this future, it is impossible for any interests in Zhou Yuanli to drive him to do such a thing.
Be quiet because people really want to know how Chen Changsheng will react to such unreasonable accusations.
Chen Changsheng didn't react at all. He could see the reddish eye sockets of that Tiancizong master, and his face that was almost distorted by grief.
He and Zhe Xiu turned around and walked out of the forest, Senior Sister Tong and Ye Xiaolian greeted them with worried expressions on their faces.
After Chen Changsheng explained the situation in the forest, he and Zhe Xiu left the streamside and walked into the vast world of Zhou Garden again.
Not long after they left, Senior Sister Tong and two other well-known practitioners led the practitioners, supported each other, and walked towards the garden at the garden gate. There was an extra stretcher in the middle of the team. The dead Sect Master Fei was lying on it with his eyes closed, and there were cries from time to time by the stream.
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Standing on a boulder between the cliffs, watching the procession going downstream by the river, Chen Changsheng felt relieved.
"There's something wrong with how you handle it."
Zhexiu said expressionlessly: "When there is a disagreement in the team, no matter what method is used, it should be suppressed. If you want to survive, obedience is the most important thing."
Chen Changsheng didn't speak, turned around and entered the dense forest.
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The search and treatment continued, and more and more human practitioners were gathered in the three gardens, and they had already established contact with each other. The problem is that if the Zhou Garden cannot be opened for a day, do people have to stay in these seemingly beautiful gardens without any treasures
In the next two days, even more terrifying things happened. Several practitioners died strangely one after another. They were still poisoned, but no matter whether it was the people in the same company or after the inspection, they could not find the reason. As time goes by, people are under more and more pressure, some people may collapse, some people may become numb, and more practitioners are very likely to leave these three gardens again and go deep into the Zhou Garden world. Look for those magical artifacts and inheritances that are extremely precious to practitioners, because in their view, staying with other people is even more dangerous.
Yes, many practitioners have begun to suspect that all of this is a conspiracy of the demons, but until now, no one believes that the demons can sneak into the Zhou Garden. The bishop, Mei Lisha, led a group of priests from the state religion to verify their identities. Even the most mysterious black robe, a demon army strategist, would not be able to sneak in.
Since there are no demons in Zhouyuan, the danger of course comes from humans themselves, among each other.
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Chen Changsheng put his feet into the slightly cool stream and let out a soft sigh.
Running nearly a thousand miles in two days was also a very hard job for him, his clothes were covered with dust, and his eyes were full of exhaustion.
Compared with him, Zhe Xiu looked much tougher, it seemed that this wolf boy didn't know what tiredness was at all.
Chen Changsheng looked at the few little white fish in the depths of the stream, and said, "I still don't believe there will be traitors."
Zhexiu said: "Four people have been poisoned to death. Since we are sure that there are no demons in Zhouyuan, the person who poisoned must be a traitor."
This is a very simple and clear inference.
But Chen Changsheng still had a hard time accepting it.
The alliance of humans and monsters against the demons is a war of extermination, and there are very few traitors on both sides.
"Although the war has actually been going on at the edge of the snowfield, for the vast majority of life on the mainland, there has been no war for many years. Many lives have long forgotten the horror of the demons, and they have forgotten that this is a war of extermination." Mo Ran said: "In the snowy field, I have seen deer people who acted as guides for the demons many times. It is not surprising that among the human practitioners in Zhouyuan there are traitors bought by the demons."
After a moment of silence, Chen Changsheng said: "I have never wanted to admit that there are traitors, because now everyone has begun to suspect each other. I think this kind of distrust is even more dangerous."
Zhexiu admitted that playing with people's hearts has always been the scariest thing about the demons.
The demons don't need to enter the Zhou Garden at all, they only need to cut off the connection between the garden and the outside, and then let the traitors fan the wind in it and do some sinister things, then there will be chaos among human practitioners.
This kind of thing has happened many times in history.
Chen Changsheng continued: "These hundreds of cultivators in the Netherworld Realm are the future of mankind. There are many excellent and powerful people among them. There cannot be too many traitors that the demons can buy, so as long as these hundreds of cultivators Don't be suspicious, vigilant, or even confront each other, as long as people's hearts stay together, the demons can't do anything."
Zhexiu said blankly: "If you could do this, you humans would have dominated the continent long ago."
Chen Changsheng was silent.
According to his observations in the past two days, especially today in Panshan Linyu, he can confirm that the hearts of hundreds of practitioners have been scattered.
He is the leader of the team assigned by Li Palace, so the practitioners of the Northern Sect of the State Religion have the responsibility to take care of him, and Gou Hanshi's high regard makes his sense of responsibility even heavier.
However, the hearts of the people are scattered, how can the team lead
"As long as you stay in the garden, you should be fine. The people who were poisoned to death all died in the mountains, so don't worry about these people. You have to hurry up and find the rest."
Chen Changsheng took his feet out of the stream, stood wet on the rock, and looked at the other two foothills faintly visible in the sky.
It has been counted, and the practitioners who were found and gathered in the garden at this time are still more than a hundred people short of the total number of people who entered the garden.
"Some people don't want you to find them, so how do you find them?"
Zhexiu said expressionlessly, "I haven't seen any of Liang Xiaoxiao, Qijian, Zhuang Huanyu, and those powerful sects who have access to the upper realm."
Chen Changsheng shook his feet, put on his shoes, tied his hair tightly again, and said, "Even if the demons really bribed some spies, they wouldn't dare to lay hands on them."
Zhexiu said, "But they must be watching from the dark."
Chen Changsheng thought about Gou Hanshi's request in Tianshu Mausoleum, and said, "Let's go to Jianchi to have a look."
Even if they failed to rendezvous with Qijian and Liang Xiaoxiao, it would be a good thing if they could find Jianchi.
After working hard for two days and two nights, he felt entitled to think for himself.
Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu left the stream and walked into the forest.
They will consider the dangers hidden in the mountains for other practitioners, but they don't seem to worry about their own safety at all.
Because they are all young people, although they don't see any passion on the surface, they never lack in self-confidence, and of course they have no fear when they embark on the journey together.
And on the other side of them crossing the mountains, the girl in the white sacrificial dress was also walking.
She was alone, still fearless, with a calm expression, and at some point, a bow was added to her shoulders.
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Arriving at the stream that was the first to arrive, they still took the old road, going upstream, passing the place where the Master of Qingxu Temple fought with Senior Sister Tong of the Holy Maiden Peak the day before yesterday, Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu didn't even look at the river beach The remaining black blood stains continued to move forward in silence, without speaking for a long time.
The two of them are not good at talking, and they don't like talking very much. The conversations in the Zhou Garden in the past two days have been considered frequent exchanges.
In the quiet forest, birdsong occasionally sounded, it was the creatures awakened by their footsteps.
Chen Changsheng had seen records in Daozang that many years ago, someone found the scabbard of an ancient sword in this forest.
Liang Xiaoxiao, Qijian, and Zhuang Huanyu all disappeared upstream of this stream, which strengthened his judgment.
If there is really a sword pond in the Zhou Garden, it should be in this direction.
It is too natural for Lishan Sword Sect to find the legendary sword pool.
Chen Changsheng and Zhexiu didn't know about it at the time, and they both said that no one had ever seen a sword in the Zhou Garden, which was wrong.
Many years ago, the little martial uncle surnamed Su in Lishan once found a sword here and brought it out of Zhou Garden.
However, for some unknown reason, this matter did not spread.
The water volume of this stream is not too abundant, especially when going upstream, after passing through a few tributaries, the water becomes slower and clearer like a mirror.
But this river was very long, and the two of them started walking in the early morning and did not finally reach the end until the sun was high.
Like many streams and rivers, at the end of this stream, there is also a cliff, on which a silver-like waterfall cascades down.
Under the waterfall is a secluded pool, falling into the pool, making a low-pitched roar.
Zhexiu raised his head and squinted his eyes, looking at the top of the waterfall, and saw that under the blazing sun, the shallow water on the edge of the cliff was as transparent as glass, confirming that this was already the top of the mountain.
"I'll go up and have a look."
After saying this, without waiting for Chen Changsheng to respond, he rushed towards the cliff. While still on the way, his body suddenly lowered down, turned into a gray shadow with a whoosh, and jumped onto a cliff more than ten feet high. It took only an instant to reach the cliff.
Chen Changsheng watched from below, and he could vaguely see the cold light from his hands as he walked forward.
The figure of Zhexiu disappeared above the waterfall, and it should be to check the real landscape.
Chen Changsheng withdrew his gaze and looked at the pool under the waterfall, his heart fluttering slightly.
This place is already the top of the peak, with springs coming out of the green hills, the amount of water cannot be too large, and the picture he and Zhexiu saw is also the same.
The waterfall is very thin and the water volume is very small. Why is the pool below so deep
He walked to the edge of the pool and looked into the water, only to see a darkness, and he couldn't see the bottom at all.
He calmed down, slowly released his consciousness, and probed towards the bottom of the pool.
His divine sense had penetrated an unknown distance, and suddenly, he felt a slight pain in his eyes, as if he had been scratched by a thin leaf.
He closed his eyes and started to cry.
That was a sword intent.
Although Piao Miao was elusive, he was sure that it was a sword intent.
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