When Liang Yan came out from Qianlong's place, it was already midnight.
He looked worried and did not go to Li Xiran, but returned directly to his guest room.
After sitting down on his futon, Liang Yan recalled today's events again.
For some reason, he always had a feeling that everything that happened today seemed a little strange. From his trip to Tianxiangfang City to now, there seemed to be an invisible whirlpool that sucked him into it.
Before today, he would never have participated in the royal struggle in Xuanyuan City, but after today, he would not only be involved in it, but also tend to get deeper and deeper into it.
"What went wrong?"
Liang Yan reviewed the day's experience and felt that something was wrong. However, when he examined it carefully, he could not find anything suspicious.
"Xuanyuan Qi, Pei Xinhai, Qianlong. Are some of you lying, or is there someone else behind the scenes? What's the benefit of involving me?"
Liang Yan murmured to himself, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.
But he quickly came back to his senses and thought to himself: "The information we know now is too little, and it is useless to think too much. Since everyone has been involved in the situation, there is nothing to retreat from. No matter who is plotting secretly, sooner or later it will be revealed.
Your own minions can use them as they see fit when the time comes."
He made up his mind that in this royal struggle in Xuanyuan City, he would not seek merit, but seek no faults, as long as it did not harm himself.
If he can't get the Pure Yang Fire, at least he has a way out, and that is Wei Wenxiang from the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce. As long as he is willing to come to the 'Wentai Treasure Fighting Conference', Li Xiaosong will be saved.
Thinking of this, Liang Yan's heart moved, he made a magic formula with one hand, and his whole body turned into a gray light and penetrated into the Taixu Gourd.
In the inner space, on the top of a mountain towering into the clouds, Li Xiaosong was sleeping in the form of a monster.
Qianlong used golden needles to seal her acupoints, and all her flesh and blood had been completely petrified, while the strange black fire was burning the thirty-three golden needles with all its strength.
After this day, the length of the golden needles has been shortened by one point visible to the naked eye. Now it seems that Qianlong is right. The golden needles can only seal the acupoints for a hundred days at most. After a hundred days, these golden needles will probably be gone.
Saved.
When the black fire comes back, it will be even more powerful, and Li Xiaosong will have no chance of survival!
"Xiaosong, this is the path you chose. Do you regret it now?"
Liang Yan looked at the sleeping civet cat, pondered for a moment, took out a strange stone from his sleeve, raised his hand and cast a few spells, and sent it to Li Xiaosong's side.
Boom!
As the magic formula was printed, the strange stone suddenly cracked, and a pure Yang fire flourished from it, like an arrogant beast, roaring ferociously on the top of the mountain.
At the same time, the "Yin Candle Fire" in Li Xiaosong's body seemed to be attracted by it, and a black flame burst out. Although it was silent, it was not afraid of the beast-like pure Yang fire.
Instead, he faced it upward.
Two flames, one red and one black, one yin and one yang, started a battle on the top of the mountain. Countless flames fell and almost burned the entire mountain to the ground.
Seeing this, Liang Yan quickly drew his sword and used the sword's light to circle the two flames, preventing the aftermath of their fight from spreading, thus saving his own cave.
The fierce fight lasted only a few breaths.
After a few breaths, the two seemingly endless flames became entangled with each other, and the originally violent momentum gradually began to soften.
"It actually started to fuse! Qianlong really didn't lie to me!"
Liang Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, with a hint of excitement on his face.
"Extreme yin is called yang, extreme yang is called yin! If the strength is too different, one of them will be eliminated by the other, but if the strength is similar, the fire of extreme yin and the fire of pure yang will eventually merge with each other!"
After seeing this scene with his own eyes, Liang Yan finally fully believed Qianlong's speculation.
Just as he was excited in his heart, the two flames had completed the fusion of each other and turned into a red and black flame, which had the softness of extreme yin and the violent power of pure yang.
The next moment, this new flame slowly sank and disappeared into Li Xiaosong's eyebrows.
The black fire that originally burned the golden needle crazily, after this flame entered the body, the burning speed obviously slowed down.
Liang Yan secretly observed for a moment, and had already calculated the results in his mind. With the help of the pure Yang fire in this strange rock, Qianlong's golden needle sealing acupoints could be extended for at least another month, which would be more useful for rescuing Li Xiaosong.
I'm somewhat sure.
"Qianlong is right. Pure Yang fire can indeed save Li Xiaosong. Unfortunately, the flame in this strange rock is a rootless fire. It can only be a drop in the bucket for Xiaosong now. If you want to save him, you must find him.
The source of this pure Yang fire must be fused with the 'Yin candle fire'."
Liang Yan thought to himself. After what happened just now, he had a little more hope of rescuing Li Xiaosong.
"I will try my best to help you, but whether you can survive it ultimately depends on your own destiny."
Liang Yan murmured to himself, took one last look at Li Xiaosong, turned around and flew out of the Taixu Gourd's space.
And not long after he left, the civet cat on the top of the mountain, although his whole body was petrified, his closed eyelids blinked slightly, as if he heard what he just said.
After Liang Yan came out of the Taixu Gourd, he sat cross-legged and meditated in his room.
At noon the next day, he collected his exercises and was about to go out, but someone came to his courtyard first.
There was a gentle knock on the door. Liang Yan glanced outside the house and said calmly: "Come in."
The next moment, the door was pushed open, and a woman in her twenties walked in. It was his apprentice, Li Xiran.
"Master! You didn't even say a word to me when you came back! I sent people to investigate the details of the Taotie Chamber of Commerce, but found that I couldn't find out its origins, which made me worry all day long. Finally, I ran to Elder Gan.
I wanted to ask him to support you, but I didn’t know you were back until the end.”
The young apprentice was obviously a little angry, and he complained rarely.
Liang Yan smiled slightly after hearing this, waved his hand and said, "It's my fault. I was worried when I came back, so I didn't go to you."
"Okay." Li Xiran had a look of helplessness on his face, and after thinking for a while he said, "By the way, Master, someone outside the Chamber of Commerce has sent you a letter."
"Oh?" Liang Yan was a little surprised and asked, "Who is the messenger?"
"I don't know." Li Xiran shook his head. "The man seemed to have used disguise. He left the letter and left. He looked a little mysterious."
"Show me the letter."
Liang Yan had a thoughtful look on his face, reached out to take the letter from Li Xiran, and then opened it to read.
"It's him?"
Liang Yan saw the content of the letter clearly, his expression remained unchanged, but his brows furrowed slightly.
"It's good now. Before I went to find them, they came to me first. That's fine, let's go and see what's going on."
Liang Yan received the envelope and nonchalantly taught Li Xiran's exercises all afternoon. After sunset, he ordered the apprentice to go back to study on his own, and he left the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce leisurely.
After wandering around the streets of Guangling City for a while, I passed through an alley and when I came out, I was already a young man with dark skin.
After using magic to disguise himself, Liang Yan stopped wandering around and walked north along the deserted street, and soon came to a teahouse.
As soon as I entered the teahouse, a middle-aged scholar came over to me.
"Fellow Daoist Tan, why did you suddenly ask me to meet you today?"
Liang Yan pretended to be a familiar friend and stepped forward to say hello. Standing opposite him was none other than Xuanyuan Lingwei's right-hand man, Tan Youli.
The scholar was stunned for a moment and glanced over with some vigilance, but he immediately understood that the dark-skinned man in front of him was Liang Yan!
"Fellow Daoist Liang, if I want to date you, Your Highness has been waiting for a long time. Please follow me upstairs." Tan Youli lowered his voice and stretched out his hand to make a "please" gesture.
Seeing how vigilant he was, Liang Yan couldn't help but frown slightly, glanced upstairs, pondered for a moment, and finally followed Tan Youli to the teahouse.
On the second floor of the teahouse, Xuanyuan Lingwei was sitting on a wooden chair, with Zheng Gongbu and Zishan standing behind him. Their faces were not very pretty, and they seemed a little worried.
"Fellow Daoist Liang is here!"
Seeing Liang Yan's arrival, Xuanyuan Lingwei immediately stood up and managed a smile.
"Haha, your highness is safe and sound!"
Liang Yan smiled slightly, glanced at everyone, and suddenly said: "Fellow Taoist Ling Wei, if Liang remembers correctly, every time we met in the past, they were at your princess mansion or the other courtyard of Qingyun Chamber of Commerce.
Why did you choose this place this time?"
As soon as he said this, everyone present showed an unnatural expression on their faces.
"Fellow Daoist Liang doesn't know something."
Xuanyuan Lingwei sighed and said leisurely: "The current Princess Mansion has been planted with spies, and some people have even been instigated to rebel long ago. Now except for Fellow Daoist Liang and the three people around me, I don't trust anyone!"
"Insighter, instigating rebellion?"
Liang Yan was stunned for a moment, and a look of doubt flashed in his eyes.
"Who has the courage to set up spies in His Highness's residence? Wait! Is it the second prince?"
"good."
Xuanyuan Lingwei nodded, with a wry smile on his face: "Second brother has also arrived in Guangling City now! He and I were already at odds with each other. In addition, I was investigating a secret matter related to him recently, and we have been completely torn apart.
Shameless. There are many eyes and ears in my princess's mansion now. In order to prevent our secret conversation from being discovered, we chose to meet here."
When Liang Yan heard this, he was even more sure of Xuanyuan Qi's judgment. It seemed that the sixth princess Xuanyuan Lingwei, like him, was also investigating the second prince's affairs.
"If my guess is correct, the matter your Highness is investigating is the disappearance of the female cultivators in Xuanyuan Domain?"
"Huh? How do you know?"
Xuanyuan Lingwei looked surprised, obviously she didn't expect Liang Yan to reveal her true identity in one word.
"Look at this and then talk about it."
Liang Yan did not answer, but directly took out a jade box from his sleeve and threw it to the other party.
Xuanyuan Lingwei took the jade box, looked at the eight talismans at the seal, and her face condensed slightly.
"It's actually him."
Muttering to herself, Xuanyuan Lingwei raised her hand and cast several spells, untying the eight talismans one by one. The jade box opened with a click, and a golden light sprang out, directly into the center of her eyebrows.
"I see, the fourth brother has also come to Guangling City. Like me, he is also investigating the second brother."
Xuanyuan Lingwei finished reading the information contained in the golden light, with a thoughtful look on her face.
"I didn't expect the fourth brother to have investigated so much evidence. Well. With these things in hand, the second brother's suspicion cannot be cleared away. Plus what I investigated, my father is out of prison this time. It is to bring down the
Second Brother’s Day!”
Liang Yan had been observing secretly from the side. Although he was the messenger, he had no chance to open the box due to the eight talismans.
"Even Xuanyuan Lingwei said so. It seems that the second prince has indeed violated the laws of Xuanyuan City."
Liang Yan thought to himself, looked at Xuanyuan Lingwei, and said with a smile: "What a coincidence, Liang was entrusted by Xuanyuan Qi, and was about to go to His Highness to discuss the matter, but he hadn't left yet.
, His Highness sent someone to find me first, could it be for the same thing?"
"Not bad." Xuanyuan Lingwei looked at him and smiled slightly: "I came here this time to actually ask Fellow Daoist Liang to help deal with my second brother."
After hearing her request, Liang Yan's face looked a little strange. He didn't expect that Xuanyuan Qi and Xuanyuan Lingwei would ask him for help at the same time, and the purpose was to deal with the second prince whom they had never met before.
"You want my help? Your Highness, why don't you tell me your plan first?" Liang Yan asked noncommittally.
"Fellow Daoist Liang, do you still remember the Rakshasa Demonic Cow we captured in the forbidden area of Luofeng Temple?" Xuanyuan Lingwei raised the corners of her mouth slightly.
"Rakshasa Demonic Cow? Of course I remember that His Highness worked hard for this spiritual beast, but didn't he get what he wanted in the end?" Liang Yan shrugged.
"Actually, I caught this demonic cow for two reasons. One is that I plan to use it to assist in practicing a secret skill with thunder attributes, and the other is that I have taken a fancy to one of the innate magical powers of this demonic cow."
"Gifted supernatural powers? Is it related to your investigation?" Liang Yan's eyes narrowed slightly.
"Yes, the Rakshasa Demon Cow has a keen sense of smell for some special spiritual roots. I believe you have also heard from Xuanyuan Qi that the second brother is practicing an evil skill. This skill requires a large number of female cultivators as a cauldron to absorb them.
The essence of spiritual roots, thereby changing one’s own physique.”
When Xuanyuan Lingwei said this, she paused slightly and looked at Zishan beside her. She saw an angry expression on this woman's face and her two small hands clenched tightly into fists.
"Actually, I started investigating this matter very early because I used to have a close subordinate, Zizhu, who was the twin sister of Zishu. They had rare twin spiritual roots, but Zizhu mysteriously disappeared thirty years ago.