Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 182 High reward, the background of Yanshen Sect!
Hearing this voice, Fang Xu was suddenly stunned.

He couldn't believe that someone in this remote town in the Central Continent would know him?

Duplicate name?
"Fang Xu!"

At this moment, the voice behind me sounded again.

Fang Xu felt a sense of familiarity from the voice. He quickly turned around and saw a short figure with a short blade in his hand looking at him with surprise in the bustling crowd.

"Li Xun??"

Seeing the figure opposite him, Fang Xu widened his eyes in astonishment. He never expected to meet Li Xun here!

……

In the tavern in Huangya Town, the two ordered a few side dishes and asked for two jars of the local famous Sanhuang Shao.

"Li Xun, how did you get here?" Fang Xu asked, looking at Li Xun, who was obviously much more mature.

Li Xun filled his own glass with wine, raised it towards Fang Xu, then drank it in one gulp, and looked at Fang Xu with some emotion.

"It's a long story..."

"All in all, I guess I'm not destined to die."

"Fang Xu, that damn curse seems to have disappeared from me."

Disappeared?
Fang Xu inconspicuously turned his consciousness to the friend list deep in his sea of ​​​​knowledge.

I found that there are four people in the current friend list, including Li Xun.

The four people are Emperor Yu Li Cangwu, the butcher Zhao Wuji, and the cultivator from Minghun Dao named Ju Yuan.

Among the four, Li Xun currently has the highest health value, which is maintained at about 50%. The health values ​​of Li Cangwu and the other two are only left at 20%.

Fang Xu estimated that this might be because the State of Yu had already gone to war with the branch of the Ascension Society.

Li Cangwu and Zhao Wuji underestimated Jiang Feng's strength from the very beginning, thinking that Jiang Feng's strength was at most equal to theirs.

In fact, they have always been confused by Jiang Feng.

Jiang Feng's strength had reached the late Yuanwu stage, so it was not difficult for him to deal with the three Yuanwu early stage cultivators.

"Fang Xu?"

Li Xun filled the glasses for himself and Fang Xu. Seeing Fang Xu seemed to be in a daze, he couldn't help but ask, "Why did you come to the Central Continent?"

As he spoke, he looked around cautiously, then moved closer to Fang Xu and lowered his voice, "I heard that a war broke out in the eastern sea area some time ago, and it is suspected that a fairy island appeared."

"There are rumors that the fairy island is the headquarters of the Ascension Society. This matter..."

Fang Xu nodded. In the battle on the Immortal Island, a strong man in the Dharma Realm took part. Many people in the Central Continent must have sensed this.

It's not really a secret.

And now the fairy island is gone, and no one knows its exact location.

"That fairy island was..." Li Xun looked at Fang Xu in surprise, wanting to know from him whether the fairy island was destroyed.

"Why are you so curious about these things?" Fang Xu looked at Li Xun with a smile.

He could see that Li Xun had now reached the seventh level of Martial Honor. Although he was not very strong, he was not too weak either.

It seems that he must have gained some opportunities in the Central Continent in the past few years.

Li Xun was stunned for a moment, then whispered: "Let's be brothers, I won't hide anything from you."

As he spoke, he slowly rolled up his sleeves, revealing a mysterious mark on his arm.

Fang Xu took a look and asked curiously: "What is this?"

This question made Li Xun a little confused.

"When did you arrive in Yellowfang?"

Fang Xu scratched his head: "Just arrived..."

Li Xun raised his glass helplessly: "Okay, drink first, I'll tell you in detail later."

The two of them clinked glasses and chatted while drinking.

"Fang Xu, when you left Yu State, was my father... okay?"

After three rounds of drinks, Li Xun, who was a little tipsy, suddenly asked.

Fang Xu was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to explain this to Li Xun.

Noticing his expression, Li Xun said with a somewhat unpleasant expression, "Did Grandfather Emperor attack Father?"

Fang Xu shook his head: "Your grandfather took action against the Shengxian Society."

"What!?" Li Xun was completely stunned when he heard this.

"Grandpa Emperor..." After being stunned for a long time, Li Xun smiled bitterly and shook his head, saying, "He still couldn't control his greed."

"Fang Xu, can you tell me what Elder Jiang's cultivation level is?"

After coming to the Central Continent for so many years, Li Xun's horizons are no longer the same as before when he was in Yu State. His intuition tells him that Jiang Feng's strength is not as simple as he previously thought.

Fang Xu shook his head and did not tell him Jiang Feng's specific cultivation level.

"You just need to know that even if Zhao Wuji and your grandfather attack together, or even if the entire Yu Kingdom combines its forces, they will not be a match for Elder Jiang."

There is one more thing Fang Xu didn’t say.

As the Emperor of Yu, Li Cangwu entered his own friend list. The luck of the entire Yu Kingdom was constantly fading, which means that the demise of the Yu Kingdom was inevitable.

"Ugh!"

Li Xun shook his head slightly and sighed, "I shouldn't be bothered by these things."

"Fang Xu, let's go."

Li Xun took out a thumb-sized dark crystal from his arms and threw it on the table, then left the tavern with Fang Xu.

Inside the inn.

Li Xun briefly introduced to him his experiences in recent years.

It turned out that after the two met for the last time in Canghai City, Li Xun went out to sea on a treasure ship.

This treasure ship was originally a hunting team heading to the deep sea to hunt sea beasts.

But on the way he was ambushed by a group of mysterious warriors and the treasure ship was destroyed. He stole a small raft for escape and managed to escape by chance. He then drifted on the sea for nearly a year before arriving at the Central Continent.

At that time, he had only reached the second level of Martial Honor. After entering the Central Continent, he had no relatives or friends and could only rely on assassination and take on some assassination missions to earn resources for cultivation.

Later, he gradually gained some fame in the killer circle and was found by a killer organization calling itself Di Ming. After weighing the pros and cons, he joined the Di Ming organization.

In the Central Continent, assassin organizations are not like rats crossing the street that need to hide in the dark.

Moreover, the Di Ming Organization is also considered a first-rate force in the Central Continent. With the rewards obtained from carrying out missions in recent years, Li Xun's cultivation has also been raised to the seventh level of Martial Honor, making him a killer-level assassin in the Di Ming Organization.

"Did you escape by yourself?" Li Xun asked after he finished telling his story.

Fang Xu shook his head: "There are still some fellow disciples, they are all in the Shiwan Mountains now."

Speaking of this, Fang Xu thought for a moment and said, "It seems that the forces from the Central Continent attacked the Fairy Island. Do you have any news about this?"

As a killer organization, Fang Xu felt that Di Ming must have its own intelligence network.

As a disciple of the Ascension Society, even though the Immortal Island is now missing, the forces that attacked the Immortal Island will definitely not let it go.

The fact that the other party can mobilize the strength of the Minghun Dao and the Yinshi Sect is enough to prove that the enemy is stronger than the Yinshi Sect and the Minghun Dao.

Especially the young man who is about the same age as himself but has already reached the Dharma Realm. There must be an extremely terrifying force behind him.

If you don't figure out who your enemy is, something bad will happen sooner or later when you travel in the Central Continent.

"I didn't notice this, but I can check it for you later."

"Any clues?"

Li Xun spoke.

Fang Xu thought about it and told Li Xun all the clues he knew.

Li Xun was stunned for a long time after hearing this and said, "Actually, the reason why I came to Huangya Town this time was because I received news that a big customer needed us to go to the places around Southern Xinjiang to kill some people."

"But what's strange is that there's no portrait or specific information about this mission. They just told us to come here first and said someone would contact us later."

"Do you think that the big customer who came to Di Ming is the mastermind behind the attack on Xiandao?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Xu fell into deep thought.

There is some truth in what Li Xun said.

but……

Thinking about it carefully, he always felt that something was wrong.

According to his understanding, the mastermind behind the attack on the Fairy Island was after something on the Fairy Island, not wanting to completely kill all the disciples of the Ascension Society.

It seems that their target should be the Fairy Island, and they would not spend a huge price to hire killers to assassinate their disciples who escaped from the Fairy Island.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore." Li Xun interrupted the topic and asked again, "What are your plans next?"

"Fang Xu, I have a suggestion for you. Regardless of whether the forces that came to Di Ming are targeting you disciples of the Ascension Society, you'd better not let others know your true identity from now on."

Fang Xu nodded.

He understood what Li Xun meant.

Now, no matter who the enemy is, one thing is certain, the identity of the Ascension Society is a problem.

"I left the Shiwan Mountains this time with the intention of gathering some information."

"After all, this is my first time in the Central Continent, and I know nothing about anything here."

Fang Xu stated his purpose.

Li Xun nodded: "I do know some basic information about the Central Continent, and I will sort it out for you later."

"But now that the Fairy Island is gone, you must establish a foothold in the Central Continent to practice. You still need to make plans for many things early."

The two chatted for a long time, and finally, at Li Xun's request, Fang Xu stayed in this inn temporarily.

Seeing that Li Xun used the dark crystal the size of a fingernail to book a room for him, Fang Xu asked curiously, "Is this currency?"

Li Xun nodded: "Because Huangya Town is adjacent to the southern border, most of the people coming and going are monks, and ordinary gold and silver are not circulated here."

"This thing is called Spirit Crystal Essence."

Spirit crystal marrow?
Fang Xu's mind moved slightly, and he took out a shiny irregular crystal directly from his Qiankun bag.

Li Xun took a look and said with some envy: "This is considered a top-grade spiritual crystal. One piece is worth ten thousand yuan for someone like me."

Fang Xu nodded.

There are more than ten pieces of this so-called high-quality spiritual crystal marrow in his Qiankun bag, which are all cultivation resources distributed by the Ascension Association.

However, because he was punished by the will of this world, he was unable to absorb the energy of the spirit crystal marrow, so it had remained in his Qiankun bag, and was of no use.

Now that this thing can be used as currency, I have some capital.

After staying in this small inn with Li Xun for a few days, Fang Xu also learned some things about the Central Continent from him.

The entire central continent is vast and is roughly divided into five regions.

One was the Ten Thousand Mountains in southern Xinjiang when they landed, which occupied about one-tenth the size of the central continent.

Half of the entire southern Xinjiang territory is occupied by barbarians. The largest force among the barbarians is the royal family, and there are tens of thousands of other tribes of varying sizes.

The other half of Southern Xinjiang was occupied by an immortal kingdom called Liang.

There are three immortal kingdoms in the entire central continent, namely Liang Kingdom, Qimin Kingdom and Guixi Kingdom.

Among the three immortal kingdoms, Liang Kingdom is the strongest.

These three countries divided up the most prosperous central region of the Central Continent.

From Li Xun, Fang Xu also learned that the demon race in the Central Continent was also very powerful.

The demon race mainly occupies the vast and endless territory of the Western Regions and is one of the main enemies of mankind.

As for the northern and central parts of the Central Continent, Li Xun said he was not very clear about it. He only roughly knew that the eastern region contained countless islands and was close to the sea, so the situation was rather complicated.

In addition to these forces, Li Xun also told him that the strongest force in the entire continent is not the three immortal kingdoms, nor the demon clan, but a sect that is ranked as the Dayan Taoist Sect.

In the entire Central Continent, there is one sect, one hall, two schools, two factions, and then there are the Three Immortals and the demon clan.

This so-called sect is the Dayan Taoist Sect. According to Li Xun's words, the Dayan Taoist Sect claims to act on behalf of heaven, and even the three immortal royal family members dare not disobey their will.

Looking at the entire Tianxuan Realm, the only one who dares to go against Dayan Dao Sect is probably the Dark Temple inherited from ancient times.

After understanding the power of the Tianxuan Realm, Fang Xu felt a little more confident.

On this day, after Li Xun came back from a stroll outside, his face looked very ugly.

After knocking on Fang Xu's door, he immediately looked around warily and then quickly closed the door.

Seeing him do this, Fang Xu frowned and asked, "Besides what?"

Li Xun looked at Fang Xu solemnly, then said, "Do you know who that big customer is looking for?"

Seeing him ask this, Fang Xu immediately had a guess in his mind.

"it's me?"

Li Xun nodded: "Now your portrait has been posted all over Huangya Town, and even your name and basic information have spread in the circle."

Hearing this, Fang Xu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"What price did the other party offer?"

Li Xun stretched out a finger: "One thousand pieces of top-grade spiritual crystal marrow."

I'm so valuable...

Fang Xu thought to himself, and then ignored it.

Seeing this, Li Xun suddenly became anxious.

"Fang Xu, do you know what one thousand pieces of top-grade spiritual crystal essence mean?"

Fang Xu didn't say anything.

Li Xun hurriedly said: "Your Shengxian Association is very strong among the third-rate forces, and it is rumored that the Shengxian Association's fairy island is the dojo of a certain ancient strongman and has a lot of wealth."

"But I estimate that the Immortal Ascension Association's fairy island plus the savings over the years is only worth a few thousand top-grade spirit crystal essences."

"That is to say, someone is offering a reward of a fraction of the entire Shengxian Association's wealth for you!"

Fang Xu remained calm: "So what? Even knowing this, I can't find a way to break the situation."

Li Xun was speechless after hearing his words, and then said solemnly: "Fang Xu, we can actually infer one thing from this bounty."

"The force chasing me is very powerful, right?" Fang Xu said slowly, "They are able to offer a thousand pieces of top-grade spiritual crystal marrow. According to what you said, I estimate that the force offering a bounty on me is at least at the level of the Third Immortal."

Li Xun nodded, looked at Fang Xu with a strange expression and said:
"How did you offend a force at the level of the Three Immortals?"

Fang Xu shrugged.

Who knows why a force of this level would target me?

I have never been to the Central Continent before.

In the Yu Kingdom, including the Immortal Island of the Ascension Society, the strongest force that wanted to kill him was the Yanshen Sect.

There can't be a third-immortal-level force behind the Yanshen Sect, right?
But this doesn’t make sense.

The Yanshen Sect had always planned to capture me alive and obtain the Yanshen inheritance from me.

But now the force that offered a bounty on him wanted him to die.

"Fang Xu, if it doesn't work, you should go back to Yu State and hide."

"I estimate that once we reach Yu Country, these forces from the Central Continent will not chase us."

Li Xun thought for a moment and then spoke.

As a member of Di Ming, he knew very well how terrifying it was for a warrior to be targeted by a force at the level of the Three Immortals.

Without hesitation, unless Fang Xu could join two sects or the Dayan Dao Sect now, he would have almost no place to stand in the entire Tianxuan Realm.

The problem is, even if they are disciples from two sects, the bounty price of one thousand top-grade spirit crystal marrows is enough to attract the attention of those killers and even some old monsters in the Dharma Realm.

"Need not."

Fang Xu thought about it, then shook his head and said, "If I return to Yu State, I will definitely bring this fire to the land of Yu State."

Although he did not have deep feelings for the State of Yu, the branch of the Yu State Ascension Society still existed.

There were his master, Yun Wan, Chu Mu and others.

Once people know this, they will inevitably be affected.

Fang Xu didn't want them to be in danger or even die because of him.

He even didn't plan to go back to the Shiwan Mountains.

With a thousand top-grade spirit crystal essences, anyone would probably be unable to resist attacking himself.

This also shows from the side that Li Xun really treats him as a brother.

"Li Xun, I will check out and leave Huangya Town later to prevent you from being implicated by following me."

After thinking for a long time, Fang Xu spoke.

"you……"

Li Xunben wanted to persuade him, but he knew that he would not listen to what he said now.

"Na!"

Li Xun placed a strange animal skin in front of Fang Xu and said, "This is your detailed information."

"That's all I can do to help you."

Fang Xu picked up the animal skin, took a close look at it, and his expression suddenly became solemn.

The forces that wanted to kill him knew him very well.

Appearance, cultivation, strength, and martial arts techniques that are used are all recorded.

In other words, even if he changed his appearance, he would be recognized immediately if he fought with others in the Central Continent.

Unless you are using a move you have never used before.

"Thank you, Li Xun."

After putting away the animal skin, Fang Xu immediately used the disguise technique that Gu Qiu had taught him before, and changed his appearance into that of Hurtu.

"gone."

"Do you remember what you said to me in Canghai City?"

Looking at Li Xun, Fang Xu smiled.

Li Xun was slightly stunned and then smiled.

Li Xun said this when he was leaving Canghai City.

If I don’t die on this trip, I will treat you to a drink tomorrow.

If I die, you will treat me instead.

"If I can't escape this disaster, just pour a cup of muddy wine on the ground."

After saying this, Fang Xu left the inn directly.

At this time in Huangya Town, many monks coming and going were indeed stimulated by the high reward.

Fang Xu didn't quite understand the value of one thousand pieces of top-grade spirit crystal marrow.

But converted into a fraction of the entire Ascension Association's assets, Fang Xu roughly understood that with so many things, as long as the aptitude was not too bad, it was entirely possible for a warrior to cultivate to the Dharma Realm, or even stronger.

"you!"

"Yes, it's you, come and check it out!"

"And you!"

"This one is a bit similar, try it!"

……

Under the temptation of one thousand pieces of top-grade spirit crystal marrow, many cultivators in Huangya Town began to set up checkpoints everywhere on the streets, checking every person coming and going, relying on their cultivation.

The secret method of disguise that Gu Qiu passed on to Fang Xu is quite good.

At least with Fang Xu's current strength displayed, a strong person who is not at the Dharma Realm should not be easily recognized.

In order to avoid fighting with others, he did not choose to escape. He honestly accepted the interrogation of these people and left Huangya Town smoothly.

Tianwu Mountain.

This is a giant mountain range that is several times larger than the Tilan Mountain.

Even so, Fang Xu learned from some passers-by that Tianwu Mountain could only barely rank in the top ten in Jiangzhou Prefecture.

After leaving Huangya Town, Fang Xu traveled for several months and finally arrived at the foot of Tianwu Mountain.

If you want to go to Jiangzhou Prefecture, you must cross Tianwu Mountain, otherwise the detour will be more than tens of thousands of miles long.
In Wushan City at the foot of the mountain, Fang Xu came to a building with a special symbol painted on it in the appearance of Huertu.

This special symbol is exactly the symbol of the Diming organization.

According to Li Xun, Di Ming not only undertakes the business of murder, but also sells various intelligence to the outside world.

As long as you can afford it, the Diming Organization can even find out for you the color of the underwear of the queens of the Three Immortal Kingdoms.

Fang Xu looked at the building in front of him and walked in slowly.

Many people gathered in the base of the Diming organization.

As soon as Fang Xu walked in, he saw a row of large characters hanging on a wall in the hall.

"The latest news about the ultimate bounty hunter Fang Xu. Starting at ten pieces of top-grade spiritual crystal marrow, no bargaining!"

Most of the people in the hall were gathered under this row of big words, waiting to buy the latest news about him.

Fang Xu glanced at those people. Most of them were at the Martial Honor Realm to the Yuan Wu Initial Realm, and there were even some warriors at the Martial Master Realm among them.

He must be a servant of some important person.

Without paying any attention to these, he went straight to another counter.

Behind the counter, the old man in charge of reception was sleeping soundly.

Nowadays, the most popular item in various Di Ming strongholds is the news about "Fang Xu".

No one came to inquire about other information.

"If you want to buy information about Fang Xu, go there."

Sensing someone coming, the old man raised his eyelids, pointed to the crowded counter and said, "The previous news about Fang Xu is at the first reception counter, and the latest news is at..."

"Senior, I don't want any news about Fang Xu."

Isn't it funny that you spend money to buy your own news?
Hearing his words, the old man looked at him suspiciously and asked, "What do you want?"

Fang Xu cupped his hands and said, "I want some information about the Dark Temple."

Hearing this, the old man sneered and said, "You have a very flexible brain, kid."

"The entire Tianxuan Realm is now frantically looking for that kid named Fang Xu, but you took this opportunity to cause trouble for the Dark Temple. Not bad, you have foresight."

Li Xun once said that the Dark Temple was inherited from ancient times and was once the overlord of the Tianxuan Realm. Later, the Dayan Taoist Sect rose and a great war broke out between the two sides.

After the Dark Temple was defeated, it gradually disappeared.

But Dayan Dao Sect does not seem to be ready to let them go. It has been offering rewards for members of the Dark Temple for many years and is determined not to give them a chance to make a comeback.

In addition to training and training, finding and capturing members of the Dark Temple has become a daily task for most cultivators in the Tianxuan Realm.

"There are too many wolves and too little meat. I, the younger generation, am confident of my strength and status, so I naturally don't want to join in the fun."

"Besides, Fang Xu's strength is comparable to Yuan Wu. With my strength, I will die if I go up to him."

Fang Xu chuckled.

The old man nodded in agreement: "Yes, with this self-knowledge, you will definitely achieve great things in the future."

“Knowing yourself and being down-to-earth is the most important thing.”

"What level of intelligence do you want, kid?"

"Here are the latest prices, take your pick." The old man pointed to the wooden board behind him and said.

Fang Xu looked up.

The price of a piece of Grade A intelligence is ten pieces of high-quality spirit crystal essence, while Grade B intelligence only costs one piece, and the subsequent Grades C and D are even cheaper.

He really wanted to ask the old man what the difference was between each type of information.

But she was afraid that asking would arouse the old man's suspicion.

After all, the hunting of Dark Temple members has been going on for who knows how many years. If I don’t even know this, doesn’t it clearly tell the old man that I have just arrived in the Central Continent?

“The price has dropped…”

Fang Xu muttered.

The old man said helplessly: "That's not right. Now everyone is focusing on Fang Xu's information. No one is interested in the information about the Dark Temple."

"Give me a Grade A."

Fang Xu took out ten pieces of top-grade spirit crystal marrow and threw them on the counter.

The old man was stunned when he saw this.

"Boy, are you sure you want the A-grade one?"

Seeing his suspicious look, Fang Xu smiled awkwardly: "Isn't this just taking advantage of the situation..."

"When they find out Fang Xu is not that easy to find, they will come back to the Dark Temple. This price..."

The old man laughed after hearing this: "You are really good at finding loopholes."

"But I remind you that the location of the Class A intelligence is not something a little guy like you, who is only at the Martial Honor Level 3, can set foot in."

"Also, you should know the rules of Di Ming. Never try to challenge Di Ming's bottom line."

Fang Xu nodded and bowed quickly: "Thank you for telling me, senior."

After giving some instructions, the old man collected the ten pieces of high-grade spiritual crystal marrow in front of him, took out a package, handed it to Fang Xu and said, "Go wherever you want."

Fang Xu took the package, but without checking it immediately, he turned around and left the hall.

Looking at his departing back, the old man had a hint of doubt in his eyes, and then he took out a small notebook and started recording.

In the 774th year of Longxing, on the 18th day of the seventh month in summer, around the time of Si...

What followed was a detailed description of Fang Xu's Huertu's appearance. Not only that, the old man also carved a sketch next to it, outlining Huertu's charm with just a few simple strokes.

Finally, he wrote a sentence at the bottom of the little notebook.

Suspected to be Fang Xu...

After writing this, the old man closed the notebook and hurried out of the hall.

At this time, Fang Xu had no idea that his identity had been suspected, and he didn't even know what had aroused the other party's suspicion.

At this time, after getting the package, he found an inn in the city to stay in, and then took out the package about the Dark Temple.

The reason why he purchased the information about the Dark Temple was because he had traveled all the way from Yellowfang Town and heard a lot of news about the Dark Temple.

In his opinion, this Dark Temple is somewhat similar to a revolutionary organization in a prosperous era, and their purpose of existence seems to be to overthrow the status of Dayan Dao Sect.

In terms of its style of doing things, the Dark Temple has received mixed reviews among the people.

But one thing is certain, although the people of the Dark Temple have been labeled evil by the Dayan Dao Sect, they rarely do things that would anger God and man.

In addition, at present, the entire Tianxuan Realm is stirred up by that bounty, and he has nowhere to go.

The ones who offered the bounty on him could be the Three Immortals, or two sects, or even the Dayan Taoist Sect, but it would definitely not be the Dark Temple.

This was one of the reasons why he wanted to get in touch with the Dark Temple.

The package was opened, and some of the things inside made Fang Xu feel a little strange.

A map, a brief note, a nearly dried arm, and a stone tablet with strange symbols carved on it.

After taking a look at the map, Fang Xu couldn't tell where the specific location shown on the map was.

Then he opened the short note again.

This notebook was very much like a diary recording intelligence, and it recorded the process of his discovery of the Dark Temple's stronghold and his fight with the Dark Temple's strong men.

Fang Xu picked up the almost dried up severed hand, felt it carefully, and his expression was suddenly startled!
This is……

Feeling the remaining breath in the severed hand, he suddenly discovered that the breath on this severed hand was extremely familiar!
It's divine blood!

It is the divine blood of Yanshen Sect!

Having dealt with the Yanshen Sect many times, he is very familiar with the aura of divine blood!
Could it be that the so-called Dark Temple is the Yanshen Religion! ?

Fang Xu was a little shocked!

This discovery directly overturned his previous speculation!
If the Dark Temple is the Yanshen Sect, then it is possible that they are the ones who offered the bounty on me.

Moreover, it is very reasonable that the Dark Temple members hid in the remote Yu Kingdom after being hunted down by the Dayan Dao Sect in the Central Continent.

In addition, the people of Yanshen Sect have dealt with him many times and know everything about him, which also confirms why the content of the reward is so detailed.

Coupled with the strange carvings on the stone in front of him, Fang Xu thought of the alienated forms of the Yanshen sect members he had seen before.

Looking at the broken arm in his hand, Fang Xu fell into deep thought.

All the evidence before us can almost prove that there is some kind of inseparable connection between Yanshen Sect and the Dark Temple.

But there are also doubts.

One of them is the aura of divine blood in the broken arm.

After a careful feeling, Fang Xu discovered that the divine blood in the broken arm was extremely pure and rich.

It was not like the divine blood he had seen before, which was filled with a strange evil aura.

Secondly, if the divine blood is so rich, the severed arm should be in an alienated state, that is, covered with scales.

Another point is that if the Yanshen Sect is the Dark Temple, considering that the Dark Temple is in a situation where everyone in the Tianxuan Realm is calling for its domination, it is still not realistic for them to offer a reward for themselves.

As he kept recalling every detail about the Yanshen Sect in his mind, Fang Xu suddenly thought of a possibility!
The Yanshen Sect of the Yu State might have actually been a part of the Dark Temple.

But with the disappearance of Yanshen, wouldn’t the Yanshen Church of Yu State have already rebelled?

After all, when he was in the second level of Yanshen Sect, he had seen the soul of the King of Human Goblins. At that time, the King of Human Goblins told him that Yanshen Sect was a group of traitors.

If you look at it this way, it seems to make sense.

Yan Shen might have originally been a member of the Dark Temple. When the Dark Temple was being hunted, Yan Shen and some members of the Dark Temple fled to the State of Yu and hid there.

Afterwards, Yanshen disappeared, and some members of the Yanshen Sect rebelled, killing the real members of the Dark Temple and replacing the real Yanshen Sect.

"Ugh!"

Fang Xu sighed deeply and felt a headache.

The current situation is so complicated and unpredictable that I have no idea what to do.

On the surface, a bounty made him the public enemy of the Tianxuan Realm, and the only Dark Temple that he had ruled out as a possible cause was suspected to be related to the Yanshen Sect.

It seems that I really have no place to stand in the Tianxuan Realm.

What should I do next?
Standing up from his desk, Fang Xu walked to the window and looked at the prosperous Wushan City. A sense of helplessness arose in his heart.

"Quick! Go and take a look!"

"I heard that a guy from the Dark Temple was found in the west of the city!"

"Someone from the Dark Temple? What level?"

"I heard he was a martial artist. I don't know how such a little fellow dared to run into the city."

"Martial Master, it's not worth much. How was he discovered?"

"It's a hound, of course..."

Just as Fang Xu was thinking about what to do next, a loud noise rang out in the inn.

Then, the sound of doors opening was heard in the surrounding rooms.

Listening to their discussion, Fang Xu felt a little curious.

Were there members of the Dark Temple who sneaked into Wushan City and were caught?

Go check it out!
Fang Xu immediately decided to go over and take a look.

He wanted to confirm for himself whether the people from the Dark Temple were actually members of the Yanshen Sect!

Following the large army, they soon arrived at the west of the city.

The sound of fighting breaking out in front indicated that the two sides were fighting.

Fang Xu chose a good position and could clearly see the two sides fighting in the crowd.

One of the parties was a girl who was only fourteen or fifteen years old.

On the other side were more than a dozen warriors in uniform, and behind them was a young man in brocade clothes and two guards who exuded the aura of great perfection of martial arts.

The young man held a chain in his left hand, and the other end of the chain was trapped on a slovenly man.

His right hand was holding a charming woman who was scantily clad, and his face was full of excitement.

The besieged girl's cultivation level was only at the seventh level of martial artist. Facing a group of martial artists with the same cultivation level as her, she gradually showed signs of decline.

"Be careful, don't kill them!"

"Such a pretty little girl, and she is from the Dark Temple. This young master must taste her before exchanging her for Spirit Crystal Essence!"

Seeing that the girl was dodging left and right and was about to be defeated, the young man shouted excitedly.

There was a flash of anger in the girl's eyes. She took out a small porcelain bottle from her arms and was about to drink the contents of the bottle.

Seeing this, a guard who was at the peak of martial arts beside the young man snapped his fingers!
A stream of energy accurately hit the porcelain bottle in the girl's hand.

Bang!
The porcelain bottle was smashed, and a large amount of light blue liquid scattered everywhere!
The crowds watching around hurriedly dispersed.

"It's demon blood!"

"Be careful not to get splashed!"

……

Everyone stepped back, and Fang Xu, who was originally standing on the periphery, now moved to the first row.

After the so-called devil's blood was shattered, a drop of it fell on Fang Xu's body.

The porcelain vase was broken, a trace of despair flashed in the girl's eyes, and she immediately raised her sword to commit suicide.

Bang!
A martial artist nearby took the opportunity to slap her on the arm, knocking the sword out of her hand.

Other martial artists took the opportunity to rush forward and talked about the girl's uniform.

The young man walked over slowly, stretched out his hand to lift the girl's delicate chin, with a lewd smile on his face: "Not bad, not bad."

The girl turned her head in anger, looked at the slovenly figure held by the man, and said angrily:

"traitor!"

The sloppy figure lowered his head in shame and didn't dare to answer.

Because of their practice, the people in the Dark Temple were close enough to each other to be able to feel each other's presence.

After this man was caught, he didn't want to die, so he willingly became a hound and helped the young man capture his companions. He is a complete traitor.

The young man looked down at the girl proudly and said, "This is called a man who knows the times is a hero. Little girl, if you are willing, this young master can also help you apply for a hound status."

"In this way, you won't have to die."

Pooh!
The girl responded to the young man's proposal directly with a spit.

The young man was spit on, but he was not angry. He gently wiped his face and said with a lewd smile:

"take away……"

The group of warriors took the girl away.

When passing by Fang Xu, the girl and the hunting dogs in the man's hands stopped in unison surprisingly.

Both of them looked in the direction of Fang Xu.

"Found the target again?" The young man asked excitedly when he saw the hound's reaction.

The hound glanced at Fang Xu and the people around him with some doubt, shook his head slightly and said, "I feel it's wrong..."

The young man was a little unhappy: "Pay attention to this young master!"

"If you make the same mistake again, I won't mind exchanging you for my Spirit Crystal Essence!"

The hound said nothing, but hung its head, allowing the man to lead it away.

Seeing them walking away, Fang Xu returned to the inn with a serious expression.

At this moment, he could be sure that the so-called Dark Temple was definitely related to the Yanshen Religion!
Because just now, when the hound and the girl passed by him, he clearly felt a slight fluctuation in the Yanshen inheritance in his body.

If it wasn't for the critical moment when he used the Mysterious Water Soul to cover up that slight fluctuation, his identity would definitely have been exposed.

Shaking his head with a wry smile, Fang Xu reached out to pour himself a glass of water and suddenly noticed a bit of blue on his sleeve.

what is this?
Fang Xu pulled up his sleeves and sniffed gently.

God's blood!?
The drop of azure on his sleeve actually exuded the same aura as the divine blood in the broken arm.

It seems that the porcelain bottle that the girl took out earlier should contain the divine blood.

This divine blood is indeed different from the divine blood of Yanshen Religion.

The evidence in front of me tends to suggest that there are certain differences between the Dark Temple and the Yanshen Religion of the Yu Kingdom. Perhaps I can give it a try.

With a plan in mind, Fang Xu decided to go to the area shown in the intelligence the next day to observe.

The next morning, Fang Xu checked out of the hotel early and left Wushan City.

The place indicated by the intelligence was to the north of Jiangzhou Prefecture, a journey of tens of thousands of miles. Fang Xu spent a top-grade spiritual essence to buy a ferocious beast, the Black Flame Wildebeest, from Wushan City for transportation, and then he headed towards Tianwu Mountain.

Although Tianwu Mountain covers a vast area, due to the frequent crossing of warriors, several inherent roads have been formed in the mountain.

It is much safer to cross the mountain via these roads.

Riding on a black-flame wildebeest, Fang Xu followed some early-rising caravans walking in the mountains.

At noon, a simple teahouse appeared on the mountain road. Passing by this place and smelling the tempting tea aroma, Fang Xu stopped and prepared to drink some tea to cool off before continuing on his journey.

Under the towering ancient trees, Fang Xu picked an empty desk, ordered some tea and a snack, and drank them by himself.

"hurry up!"

"I'm dying of thirst, young master!"

"Old man, bring two pots of herbal tea, quickly!"

As soon as Fang Xu brought the teacup to his mouth, he heard a familiar voice shouting.

Turning his head, he saw that the team that came was the young man who captured the girl in the city yesterday.

At this moment, he seemed to be planning to escort the girl somewhere, and she happened to be going the same way as him.

As the convoy approached, the young man, holding the chain, came over to the desk next to Fang Xu and sat down.

The hound beside him looked at Fang Xu again.

After staring at Fang Xu for a while, the hound approached the young man in a flattering manner and whispered a few words cautiously.

Hearing this, the young man turned around and looked at Fang Xu curiously.

Fang Xu saw this, although his face remained expressionless, he was very confused in his heart.

I had clearly used the Mysterious Water Soul to cover up the fluctuations of the Yanshen inheritance the moment I saw the young man. How could this hound still discover me?

Although the strength of the young men and their group is not high, once they start fighting, their identities will be at risk of being exposed.

The identity of an inheritor of Yanshen is troublesome enough. If the identities of "Inheritor of Yanshen" and "Fang Xu" overlap, Fang Xu feels that he will be found even if he escapes to the ends of the earth.

Thinking of this, he silently drank the tea in the bowl, then turned around and left indifferently.

The young man watched all this with a strange smile on his face.

It was soon night. Fang Xu was riding a wildebeest and moving forward when he suddenly felt a slight movement in the woods next to him.

Then, a figure walked out from behind the tree and blocked his way.

After seeing the man's appearance clearly, Fang Xu frowned.

He had seen this man before. He was the Martial Master Perfection Realm guard beside the young man.

"Our young master wants to see you." After stopping Fang Xu, the guard who was at the great perfection level of Martial Honor said in an unquestionable tone.

Fang Xu suppressed the murderous intent in his heart, smiled bitterly, and said, "Senior, I am in a hurry to go to Jiangzhou Prefecture, and I dare not delay. Please see..."

"Why so much nonsense!?"

"Do you want to go there by yourself, or do you want me to catch you?"

"To tell you the truth, if you let me do it, you'd better be prepared to suffer."

Fang Xu frowned slightly, and murderous intent slowly emerged in his heart.

He didn't want to get entangled with this group of people, but he never thought that the other party was determined to die!

"Please lead the way, senior."

The guard felt the indifferent voice was a little strange, but when he thought that Fang Xu was only at the third level of Martial Honor, he did not take it seriously and directly brought Fang Xu to where the young man was.

In the jungle, a luxurious carriage was parked under a big banyan tree. The young man was sitting by the campfire, quietly enjoying being fed by the charming woman in scantily clad clothes.

The hound was tied to a nearby tree trunk, and the captured girl was torn into pieces, her hands and feet tied, and thrown next to the carriage.

"Master, the person has been brought here."

The guard brought Fang Xu forward and bowed to the young man.

The young man raised his head and looked at Fang Xu with interest: "You are also from the Dark Temple, right?"

Fang Xu said nothing but looked at the hound next to him.

He knew that this guy must have told the young man his identity.

"The hound told me that he could vaguely sense the scent of his kind from you, but you were very good at hiding it..."

The young man gently stirred the bonfire in front of him, threw the stick in his hand into the bonfire, stood up and walked in front of Fang Xu and whispered: "As far as I know, the people of the Dark Temple have no way to hide their aura in front of their own kind."

"Tell me how you did it."

Facing his gaze, Fang Xu still didn't say anything. He was thinking about something at the moment.

There were twenty-one people in total including the young man and his guards, and the hounds and the scantily clad women could be ignored.

What should I do to solve them in the shortest time possible?

"Boy, are you interested in being my hound? As long as you are sensible, you don't have to be like him."

Seeing Fang Xu didn't say anything, the young man spoke again.

Fang Xu slowly raised his head, looked at the young man, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, raised his fingers, and tapped the young man's brow with one finger.

He moves very quickly!

The guard who was almost at the Martial Master level didn't even react!

puff!
The sharp sword energy directly pierced through the young man's eyebrows!

After doing all this, Fang Xu didn't even turn his body, but casually swung a sword energy at the warrior who was at the perfect state of Martial Honor!
puff!
As soon as the guard raised his hand, his body suddenly stiffened, with an expression of disbelief on his face.

Goo!
Goooo!

He pinched his neck with his hands and wanted to say something, but in the end he couldn't utter a single word.

Fang Xu's figure flashed repeatedly, and his afterimages flickered among the guards!
In the blink of an eye, all the guards present had their throats cut by the sharp sword energy.

Only three people were left alive.

The hound, the girl, and the scantily clad woman.

"Don't...don't kill me..."

When the woman saw Fang Xu walking towards her, she collapsed to the ground with a look of fear on her face.

call out!
Fang Xu directly released a stream of energy that pierced her forehead.

At the same time, without any nonsense, the hound was killed on the spot.

Coming up to the girl, Fang Xu looked at her, stretched out his hands to break the chains on her body, and pulled the rag out of her mouth.

"Are you from the temple?"

The girl looked at Fang Xu with some excitement and confusion.

"No, you are not from the temple..."

The girl then spoke again: "You have the aura of Lord Yanshen on you. Have you ever seen Lord Yanshen!?"

After taking a look at the girl, Fang Xu directly took out the map he had obtained from his Qiankun bag.

"Is this place your base?"

The girl glanced at the mark on the map, her expression changed slightly, and then she denied it flatly: "I have never been here."

She thought she could hide it from Fang Xu in this way, but she didn't know that Fang Xu had already noticed the change in her expression.

Putting the map away, Fang Xu came to the bodies of the young man and his bodyguard, took away all the valuables on their bodies, and then falsified the scene to give the illusion of robbery and murder.

Just as he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly felt a faint spiritual fluctuation from the young man.

Fang Xu was a little curious, so he reached out and sucked the young man's soul out of his body.

"A Martial Honored Initial Stage actually has a spirit?"

Looking at the young man's soul wrapped in a transparent light shield, Fang Xu felt a little surprised.

Immediately, he applied slight force with his palm.

"do not want!"

Seeing this, the girl shouted to stop it.

But it all seemed too late.

The young man's soul and the strange transparent light shield were crushed in an instant.

"It's over..."

The girl said absentmindedly: "You are in big trouble."

Fang Xu was puzzled: "What do you mean?"

The girl came to the young man's body, glanced at him, then stared at the Qiankun bag in Fang Xu's hand and said, "There should be his identity token in it."

Hearing this, Fang Xu immediately rummaged through his Qiankun bag and found a black token.

"it is this?"

When the girl saw the token, a look of despair appeared on her face: "It turns out that he is from Galan Mountain..."

"Galan Mountain?"

"What sect is that?"

Fang Xu asked with a frown.

The girl looked at him and said, "Galan Mountain is a second-rate force. Although it is not very powerful, it has a very difficult method."

"Among the core skills of the Galan Temple, there is a skill called the Karma Pulling Star Technique. If someone who practices this skill is killed, the resentment of the soul will leave a mark of resentment on the murderer."

"This kind of stigma is difficult to remove. As long as the people of Galan Mountain want to, they can find you even if you run to the ends of the earth."

Hearing this, Fang Xu's expression changed slightly, and his consciousness quickly scanned his body, and indeed, he found a strange gray mark on his body.

This mark condensed on his flesh and blood, and there was a faint gray line connecting it to his soul.

Seeing this, he immediately mobilized the divine flame to burn the gray mark.

However, no matter how the divine flame burned, the gray mark was always deeply imprinted in his flesh and blood.

"Is there really no way to get rid of this thing?" Fang Xu frowned.

The girl thought for a long time before she said, "I'll take you to see someone. If he can't do anything, then it really can't be removed."

After saying that, she untied a black-flame horned horse from the carriage and took Fang Xu to the depths of Tianwu Mountain.

(End of this chapter)