A group of black-clad men with scimitars, led by several men in silver-rimmed black robes at the head, strode into the Palace of Mirrors.
The leader looked solemn, and there was a hole in the robe on his shoulder. From time to time, a small purple-black snake poked its head out of it.
This person is the Snake King Xue Jinghao who hurriedly brought people here.
He had just received information from a mysterious person that Zhang Ying from the Taoist Sect's Mirror Palace was closely related to the White Eagle from the Golden Wing Tower.
So in order to find Bai Ying who killed his men, he immediately led his people and rushed over.
Since Bai Ying uses Da Dao to teach martial arts, he can just come directly to Da Dao to teach.
"who!?"
The gate of the Taoist palace was knocked open, and the martial arts cultivators responsible for defense gathered to greet him.
Each Taoist holds a long stick or a long knife in his hand. These are weapons that are easy to learn and get started with.
Used collectively, the power is even greater.
But at this time, no one in the group of Taoists dared to get too close.
Many of the Taoists in the Mirror Palace are older people. These people are well-informed, but they have experienced many turmoils in the past.
Therefore, many people recognized the special mark on Snake King Xue Jinghao.
The Black Ten Sect is a national religion with many followers among the Huxi people. Among them, the masters are from all over the country, and their cohesion is strong.
If there is really a conflict with them, the Taoist Cult may not be able to withstand it.
Among many sects, Taoism has never been known for its force.
At this time, they saw a group of people rushing in, including senior members of the Black Ten Sect, and the old people were a little scared.
Palace Master Chen Zhinian happened to be in the square in front of the gate. Holding his long snow-white beard, he slowly walked out of the crowd with a fairy-like image. He bowed his hands towards the Black Ten Sect members.
"But in front of the Snake King of the Black Ten Sect? The poor Taoist Chen Zhinian is the current Palace Master of the Mirror Palace."
Standing behind him were masters from the Mirror Palace, all of whom were masters of at least the sixth and seventh grades in the Dao Palace.
In the Mingjing Palace, among the various house lords, elders, chief and deputy palace masters, there are three people of the seventh rank and four of the sixth rank.
The strongest among them is Chen Zhinian himself.
Because he is the only person in the entire Taoist palace who only cultivates pure rejuvenation and pure time talismans to the seventh level.
In other words, he did not use other martial arts to break through the limits. Unlike other people, who lacked understanding of talismans and could no longer advance, they turned to low-level martial arts to supplement their shortcomings and break through the ranks.
And such people who are pure practitioners can generally reach the limit of the martial arts they practice.
Compared with those who are miscellaneous cultivators, their strength is much stronger.
If the martial arts they learn are strong enough, this type of person can even be one or two levels better than other miscellaneous martial arts masters.
This is also the true foundation of the great sect.
"Chen Zhinian, Palace Master Chen. I am Xue Jinghao." The Snake King stared at the other party with his reddish eyes, smiling slightly but not smiling at all.
"I think you should also know why we are here, right?"
Don't wait for the other person to speak.
He continued.
"The great elder of our religion was suddenly assassinated and died tragically near the church. Later, the leader of the Shinto altar was also assassinated in Tanyang City.
Is this such a big city really a dragon's pond and a tiger's den?"
Chen Zhinian kept his expression calm and suppressed the anxiety in his heart.
"Why did the Snake King say this? We have heard about the assassination, but what does this have to do with you bringing people to our Dao Palace? Do you think that the murderer is probably hiding here with us?"
"Is it hidden here? Check it out and look for it. Then you will know?" Xue Jinghao smiled.
"Isn't it appropriate?" The softness on Chen Zhinian's face also calmed down.
No matter what, he represents the interests of the Taoist Sect as a whole. If he is turned upside down by the Black Ten Sect so easily, then where is the face of his sect?
Will he be able to bear this responsibility in the future when the higher-ups investigate him?
"If there was no search warrant from Jixian Yuan, the Snake King would have gone back and forth from wherever he came." Chen Zhinian said solemnly.
"Old Taoist priest, do you think using Jixianyuan to scare me will be effective?" Xue Jinghao said with a smile.
"Our sect has suffered huge losses. Now that I have received information that your Daoist sect is harboring a murderer, I will bring people in to conduct a search. No one will be able to tell anything!"
He waved his hand violently.
"Come in! Search!"
So what if Taoism is a sect recognized by the government?
He had coordinated Sun Du's affairs before he came. Sun Du had the power to mobilize the entire surrounding garrison in Tan Yang.
Even if the Palace of Mirrors goes out to cause trouble, what kind of trouble can it cause?
"Which one of you dares!? This is the Taoist Divine Residence. If you dare to break in, be careful, you will be in constant trouble and have unbearable misfortune!"
An old Taoist suddenly jumped out and yelled.
This person is the current landlord of the dormitory. Now that he saw the palace owner and couldn't stop him, he suddenly felt bad and stepped forward immediately.
"Get out!" The second master of the Black Ten Sect at this time, the eighth-grade Fu Luo, took a step forward and pointed the lightning in his right palm towards the opponent.
Snapped.
As if struck by lightning, the old Taoist took a few steps back, and black handprints appeared on his arms.
"Practice Buddhist Mahamudra at the same time! Good, good!" The old Taoist's face turned pale. The Black Ten Sect was famous for its sword skills, but he lost to the opponent in terms of swordsmanship.
If this is revealed, he will have no face to speak of in the world from now on.
"Whoever dares to stop him, don't blame me for being ruthless." The Snake King stared at Chen Zhinian.
"Besides, if you want to report to the official, just go ahead."
After saying that, he led his people to quickly push aside a large group of Taoists from the Mirror Palace, and started to inspect one by one along the temple.
On the surface, he seems to be really looking for the murderer. In fact, he has received news many years ago.
The secret scrolls and scriptures have been sent to other places.
And there are probably manuscripts of scriptures and silks here.
Therefore, it is a lie that he brought people here to search, but it is true that he is looking for possible manuscripts.
Almost all the masters of the Black Ten Sect were dispatched on this trip.
Headed by him, followed by the new altar leader of the Shinto altar, Fu Luo.
Huo Hengdong, a swordsman from Fucheng, and Li Zicheng, a crazy swordsman from Shami.
Fu Luo is a true eighth-grade person. The other two are both seventh-grade.
Others include many low-level masters of the Black Ten Sect and dozens of elite cultists.
With such a force in the entire Tanyang City, even if Sun Du personally took action without mobilizing the real garrison, it would be impossible to contend with it.
Under the gaze of the Taoists from the Mingjing Palace who dared not speak with anger, the group quickly began to search the entire Taoist palace.
Snake King took the lead. After asking Zhang Ying where he lived, he rushed straight in that direction.
Halfway there, he suddenly raised his bare hands.
A dart flew out and accurately hit a red bird passing by in mid-air.
The little bird landed with a thud, struggled for a moment, and then stopped moving.
Xue Jinghao bent down to pick up the little red bird and took off the bamboo tube from its leg.
"The messenger bamboo tube of the Golden Wing Tower."
He casually threw the bamboo pipe to a few people behind him.
"Special envoy, don't you want to take a look?" The swordsman Huo Hengdong was one of the two people who had surrounded and killed Zhang Rongfang before.
They are controlled by the sect, and if they can complete their mission this time, they will be able to redeem themselves and gain freedom.
"No need, these things are all code words. Except for the people inside the Golden Wing Tower, no one else can understand it."
Fu Luo squinted his eyes and looked at the direction in which the little red bird was flying.
"It came from that way."
Several people spread out, keeping a suitable distance for shooting, and walked quickly in that direction.
Chen Zhinian and other senior officials from the Mirror Palace followed closely behind them, monitoring their every move.
A powerful master like the Snake King may cause great damage once he decides to do anything.
They followed behind. Although they were unable to stop him, at least their official positions prevented the other party from being too presumptuous.
Not long after, a group of people came to the courtyard where Zhang Rongfang lived.
"right here!"
Bang!
The courtyard door was severely hacked by a scimitar cultist, and he pushed the door open to enter.
The senior officials of the Palace of Mirrors behind him saw their blood pressure rising, but they did not dare to act rashly.
The Black Ten Sect has a state governor platform behind it. If this is not the case, what if the Snake King is a super grade? Is it possible that he really dares to stand against the Lingting?
It is precisely because of Sun Du's support that he dares to be so rampant.
"The red bird that sent the message just now flew from here, search it for me! Starting from this courtyard, search all the subsequent courtyards in this direction!"
The Snake King said in a deep voice.
He received news that the scriptures and silk had been obtained by Golden Wing Tower and sent back to Fucheng.
Therefore, the only way to achieve meritorious service now is to quickly obtain the possible manuscripts of the secret volume.
And according to what the mysterious man said in the message, Zhang Ying is probably a relative of Bai Ying.
After combining the analysis of the Black Ten Sect's own intelligence, Snake King and several other senior officials were convinced that there was indeed something wrong with Zhang Ying.
The person who summoned him probably wanted to use their power to investigate Zhang Ying.
But the Snake King doesn't care. In Tanyang City today, with his own power combined with Sun Du, who else can compete? Who dares to compete?
Those who dare to interfere will be killed if others stand in their way, and those who stand in the way of Buddha will be killed!
In addition, after combining his previous intelligence within the Black Ten Sect, he found that Zhang Ying was extremely suspicious, and immediately led a team to arrest the person in the Dao Palace.
"Wait a minute! This is the residence of the owner of the Taoist Palace Supervisor, and you just broke in like this? Who are you!?"
On one side, a thin old Taoist was walking towards the yard, carrying a basket of wine and vegetables.
This person is exactly a member of Xu Dao.
He came to Zhang Rongfang today to discuss with him the detailed understanding of Guanxu Kung Fu.
But he didn't expect that as soon as he came out, he saw this group of people rushing directly into Zhang Rongfang's yard.
Fu Luo, the leader of the Shinto altar, snorted coldly, stepped forward, dwarfed his body, and rushed towards Xu Yi in an instant.
He didn't hold anything back at all, and the speed and strength of the eighth-grade burst out with all his strength, which was simply beyond the reach of a sixth-grade Xu Taoist.
Bang!
The two exchanged a hasty move.
The wine and food in Xu Yi's hand fell to the ground, and he took more than ten steps back. Finally, with the support of two martial arts cultivators, he stood firm.
He looked at his hands which were all red.
If he hadn't used the limit-breaking technique in time just now, I'm afraid that instead of being slightly injured, he would have vomited blood and fallen to the ground.
"You...you...!?" Xu's face turned red, his energy and blood were temporarily blocked, and he couldn't flow smoothly at all. His breath was so angry that it got stuck in his throat and he couldn't move.
"What am I?" Fu Luo chuckled, "If we can't find the murderer today, I'll take the lives of other people in your Mirror Palace!"
"Anyway, the nearby rebels have just dispersed. A few sneaking into Tanyang City to cause chaos have nothing to do with us."
A group of people suddenly turned pale and did not dare to say a word.
Snake King Xue Jinghao's face remained unchanged as he walked past him, opened the broken courtyard door and walked in.
As soon as he entered the door, his eyes narrowed.
In the courtyard that was originally supposed to be vacant, a person appeared out of nowhere.
The figure has his back to them, standing in the middle, with white hair shawl and a silver mask on his face.
hiss.
Two pure white daggers slipped into the palm of this man's hand.
"Silver-faced Cicada...!!?" Snake King's whole body tensed up. He was also a super-grade man, so he naturally knew the true terror of Silver-faced Cicada.
This person... is known as the top player who is most likely to approach that level in the past ten years.
"Why are you here!?" The Snake King retreated slightly and quietly let Fu Luo and others stand out in front of him.
"It's just a transaction." Silver-faced Cicada turned around, his handsome face half-hidden by the mask was like a statue, with perfect proportions and not like a real person.
He looked at the Snake King and his group with confusion in his eyes.
"Do you have anyone who is really kind to you?"
The group of people were slightly silent, with fear in their eyes.
After counting their breaths in silence, someone suddenly spoke.
"I've heard of you a long time ago, but you're just a lunatic. There are so many of us here, what's there to be afraid of?"
Fu Luo snorted coldly, took a step forward, and quietly held an explosive poisonous powder ball in his sleeve.
The other two people also entered the courtyard from the side and half surrounded the silver-faced cicada.
The three of them, one of whom is of eighth grade, and two of whom are seventh grade, are all eyeing him covetously.
The Snake King calmed down and held the dagger in his hand.
He didn't believe there were so many people...
Whoosh!
In an instant, a figure appeared in front of him.
It’s the silver-faced cicada!
In an instant, white hair brushed his face, and daggers crossed each other.
Clang!!
The two daggers clashed, causing dazzling sparks.
The silver-faced cicada turned over and jumped up in the air. Its body was incredibly soft and it passed through the gap between the three weapons.
The two swords in his hands were like real cicada wings. The moment they passed by the Snake King, they vibrated at high speed and turned into two phantoms like cicada wings.
The shadow flashes and disappears.
Several streaks of blood spurted out from the Snake King's body at the same time.
In just a moment, he was declared seriously injured.
Without hesitation, he turned around and ran away.
None of these crazy people who pursue the extreme are easy to mess with!
He was in severe pain all over his body, and without looking back, he ran towards the distance. As for the followers of the Black Cross and others behind him, he was no longer concerned about them.
A series of screams kept coming from behind.
Silver-faced Cicada's figure is not fast, but it has an extremely short precision.
No matter what kind of attack he faces, he can evade it with incomparable precision.
No one can touch him.
But each of his swords can easily penetrate a person's vitals.