Wanderer of the whirling world

Chapter 396

"already dead?"

When Xin Ziqiu heard this, his eyebrows raised unconsciously.

He actually didn't know Lu Fu at all, and the news seemed irrelevant to him at first glance, but for some reason, after listening to Ding Junjie's words, a fleeting inspiration suddenly flashed in his mind, just as he had planned. The lightning that broke the sky broke through the heavy fog in front of me in an instant, illuminating the broad road leading to the secret.

But just when Xin Ziqiu wanted to see the secret clearly with the help of this short-lived dazzling streamer, the epiphyllum-like brilliance quickly disappeared into the darkness, and all the clues were once again like misty clouds, giving birth to various illusions, which made people feel uncomfortable. It's hard to tell the truth from the fake, and I'm at a loss.

Ding Junjie didn't notice Xin Ziqiu's subtle expression change, but explained to him slowly:

"That's right, as far as I know, Lu Fu died in a team confrontation mission not long after he got the inheritance and was promoted to a high-level walker. This news was reported to all the walkers in real time by Whirling World during the mission. , At that time, there were many people who heard and witnessed it, so it cannot be faked.”

Xin Ziqiu narrowed his eyes:
"Then how to explain this matter? You just said that no one in the Whirling World can be brought back to life. Could it be that Senior Brother Lu was wrong?"

Ding Junjie laughed sharply and said:

"Xu Xingzi is terribly cautious, he will never draw conclusions about things he is not sure of..."

He paused and continued:
"...Actually, you don't have to be surprised. For more than ten years, there have been some walkers who should have died in various missions hidden in the Floating Realm. Among them, it is even more widely spread.

"Some people speculate that the Whirling World may have deceived us and intentionally created the illusion of the death of those walkers, but in fact, for some ulterior motives, they were placed in the floating habitat and secretly performed some shady tasks.

"Some people also speculate that these walkers may have died in various dangerous missions, but no one has seen their bodies. Perhaps their remains have been taken away by the Whirling World and reinstalled in a new one. Fate. In other words, the Lu Fu that Xu Xingzi saw may not be the original Lu Fu, but just another person occupying his body. Or, hehe, maybe it is not a person at all. "

Xin Ziqiu gently rubbed his sore and swollen temples, and said with a wry smile:

"Your imaginations are really rich enough to even figure out this kind of thing."

Ding Junjie snorted coldly:
"Hmph, why is this impossible? Even a novice practitioner like you can master the supernatural powers of destiny, not to mention the omnipotent Whirling World.

Immediately afterwards, he changed the topic, raised his voice and said:
"In any case, don't you want to know what secrets are hidden in it? For example, why are we practitioners selected? Whirling world entrusts us with various tasks and gives us various benefits. What is the purpose? You're a smart guy, don't tell me you never thought about it.

"For a long time, all walkers have been obsessed with improving their strength and obtaining more powerful props in various tasks, but there is no free lunch in this world, who can guarantee that the whirling world must have good intentions?
"If the previous rumors are true, it means that the whirling world may have been calculating us from the very beginning, and even using those who should have died to do some shady things. But all of us have been kept in the dark In the dark, he is still foolishly at the mercy of others, and even life and death are only in his mind. Don't you think this is terrible?

"Except for the most powerful ones, ordinary practitioners like us have no communication channels with the Whirling World at all, so these things in the past are all rumors, and no one has seen them with their own eyes. I didn't expect that we would run into them this time..."

Although Ding Junjie only has a shadow here, from his gradually higher pitched voice, one can clearly hear the excitement that cannot be concealed.

He screamed impassionedly:

"Now that Xu Xingzi is being attacked, it must be because his investigation has approached some kind of truth. This shows that our guess is very likely to be correct. As long as we can continue to complete his investigation, the matter of Lu Fu will be resolved." If we get to the bottom of it, we may be able to find out where the walkers who came back from the dead came from, and even... we may even have a chance to discover the real secret of the Whirling World..."

Xin Ziqiu guessed in his heart that this might be the real reason why the Ancient Buddha Ran Deng sent Ding Junjie and Xu Xingzi into the Floating Realm, but he was not moved by Ding Junjie's provocative rhetoric, instead he sneered and interrupted The other party stumbled, and at the same time, a pot of cold water was poured over his head:
"Come on, don't be so excited. Curiosity killed the cat. Knowing too much about the whirling world is not necessarily a good thing."

Ding Junjie was puzzled:
"Don't you just expect to be a marionette all the time? Don't you even want to ask why?"

Xin Ziqiu sneered and said:

"Speaking of it, isn't it because Senior Brother Lu is in a coma and you have no helpers, so you want to recruit me into the gang? That's no problem, as we just said, as long as you can guarantee that Lingshan can help me find out The truth of my father's death, I can take a risk, but now it involves high-level walkers, this promise alone is not enough..."

Ding Junjie asked:
"Then you mean..."

"I have to pay more..."

"..."

Xin Ziqiu smiled:

"In addition to Lingshan's need to keep its promise, I also need to win this floating habitat and enter the core once."

Ding Junjie's tone became obviously lowered:
"This... no, the one who enters the core must be Xu Xingzi."

Xin Ziqiu shrugged:

"Forget it then. I'll just finish Senior Brother Lu here. Let's break up at once, each according to his own ability."

As he spoke, he took out his dagger and stabbed without hesitation.

"Wait!"

Ding Junjie shouted, and then said:

"If you kill him, you don't want to get the support of Lingshan, and I guarantee that any clues you want to find in the future will be strongly blocked by our Lingshan. You will never want to know the truth about Xin Yuanli's death..."

Xin Ziqiu smiled:
"What you said is almost like scaring a three-year-old child, but I don't like trouble. Well, let's take a step back. If Senior Brother Lu can wake up and really live to the end, then I need a follower." You are not allowed to intervene in his chance of a fair decisive battle."

Ding Junjie replied without thinking:

"Yes, I promise you this."

Xin Ziqiu showed a bright smile when he heard the words, and put the dagger in his sleeve readily:
"Okay, a gentleman's word is hard to follow, I think I won't be disappointed by defeating Buddha."

He guessed in his heart that, as a high-level walker, even if a thought of Ding Junjie came to the floating environment, he would never be without combat power. Otherwise, how could he follow Xu Xingzi all the way and provide him with help?

Not to mention that he may still have some means of suppressing the bottom of the box given by the ancient Buddha of the lamp, but presumably it is a preparation for dealing with other powerful enemies, and he will not easily waste it on ordinary walkers like himself.

Of course, Xin Ziqiu also believed that if he really insisted on attacking Xu Xingzi, Ding Junjie would definitely try to stop him at all costs, but it was not his wish that he would hurt both sides.

In contrast, exchanging a favor from Lingshan and the so-called "fair duel" verbal promise for Xin Ziqiu's help is a lucrative deal for Ding Junjie.

He also took advantage of this point to repeatedly test Lingshan's bottom line in exchange for greater rewards for himself.

As for himself, since he has been involved, he might as well think of a way to find out Zhu Cihong's true identity, to see if he is the allegedly dead Lu Fu, and what relationship he has with his father.

After all, if Lu Fu can exist in the whirling world in some form after death, then maybe his father can too.

Although this matter is a bit illusory, but I finally got a little clue, and I have to try to find out.

As for other things, no matter whether the mother-in-law world cultivates practitioners with good intentions or uses them maliciously, they are all things that the ancient Buddha of Dieng Deng, Yuanshi Tianzun and others should worry about, and it is not up to him, a little Beginners are concerned.

Thinking of this, Xin Ziqiu subconsciously put his hands in his sleeves, and lightly clenched the ancient jade hidden in his pocket. Feeling the warmth and warmth emanating from it, he thought carefully and made up his mind to continue. :

"Since this is the case, I will first find a way to get close to the emperor and find out his real identity."

Ding Junjie asked:
"Time is running out, what can you do?"

Xin Ziqiu pursed his lips and said relaxedly:
"No, but I am now the Chief Qian of the Tiansi of the Great Ming Supervisor. There will always be a chance. You don't have to worry about these things. Think about how to deal with that little beggar, otherwise there will be such a powerful enemy of unknown origin in the dark. , even if we find out everything, we are tied up and can't do anything."

Ding Junjie was a little helpless:
"But I only have one idea here..."

Xin Ziqiu squinted his eyes, looked at the distorted yellow shadow on the wall, and said with a sneer:
"Stop talking nonsense, for such a big matter, you Lingshan must have a careful plan long ago. Even if Senior Brother Lu falls, you must still have a way to deal with it. Whatever means you have hidden at the bottom of the box, hurry up and take it out now, don't worry about it. Count on me, a novice walker, to clean up all the mess."

After the words fell, seeing Ding Junjie remain silent, Xin Ziqiu understood that his previous guess was correct.

Sure enough, opportunities in the Floating Boundary are rare, even though Xu Xingzi is indeed the pride of heaven among the walkers of this generation, Lingshan will not pin all his hopes on him alone.

However, although Xin Ziqiu was curious about what the old Buddha Randeng left behind, he also knew that it must involve the secrets of Lingshan, and he would never show it to others easily.

Seeing how Ding Junjie kept his mouth shut, no matter how much he asked, he would definitely not speak out.

Of course, he is not interested in getting involved in these things. As long as Lingshan can help find clues related to his father, he doesn't mind taking a chance and even cooperating with them at risk, but other irrelevant things, at least Knowing something is not necessarily a bad thing.

Having said all that, Xin Ziqiu was not interested in staying any longer, so he said casually:
"Okay, let's make a deal like this. I will find out whether Zhu Cihong is a walker, and at the same time try to find the whereabouts of that little beggar. You can find a way to deal with him."

As he said that, he ignored the seemingly invisible shadow on the wall, turned around and strode out of the prison door.

But he didn't just leave. Instead, he turned a corner, went around to another prison, took out the key to open the door, and walked in.

This place is also made of mithril, the off-white silver bricks are uneven, and a tall man is lying crookedly in the corner. The white collar is tied by a chain, and the other end is welded to the wall, and there is no way to escape.

The person imprisoned here is none other than Aiden, a mid-level walker from the Hall of Valor.

Like Xu Xingzi, Aiden was manipulated by the little beggar, and his personality changed.

Xin Ziqiu felt that for things that could not be obtained from Xu Xingzi, perhaps he could try his luck with Aiden.

Obviously, after the previous madness, Jiantiansi's dungeon has strengthened its defenses against the newly captured "Xin Zhai", but in fact, even if there are not so many mithril chains, Aiden now has no strength to make any more. trouble.

At this time, he was lying limply on the ground, his long blond hair was disheveled, and his once handsome face became swollen and haggard. gas.

In the mithril-filled dungeon of Jiantiansi, Xin Ziqiu was not afraid of Aiden's violent attack, so he stepped forward, kicked him under the ribs with his toes and said:

"I said, weren't you very arrogant before? Get up now."

Seeing that Aiden on the ground only moved slightly, Xin Ziqiu rolled his eyes and continued in a mocking tone:

"Aren't you looking for Luo Hu? I am Luo Hu, I am Xin Yuanli, you can talk if you have the ability..."

However, at this time, Aiden was no longer the same as when he was crazy before. When he heard someone talking, he reluctantly replied:
"Who is... Luo Hu?"

As he said that, he slowly opened his eyes. A pair of blue eyes were dim and cloudy. It seemed that it took him a long time to find the focus. After seeing the person in front of him clearly, a strange look appeared on his face.

Struggling to stand up, Aiden managed to squeeze out a few words between his teeth:
"You are... Xiao... Zizai?"

As soon as the words fell, he collapsed on the ground again, as if he had exhausted all his strength to say these two sentences.

Xin Ziqiu was taken aback when he heard the words. Seeing this, Aiden in front of him had recovered his sanity.

This means that the clues about that mysterious Rahu have been cut off again...

Xin Ziqiu's heart was filled with anger, and he took a step forward and grabbed Aiden by the collar:
"Who the hell are you?"

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(End of this chapter)