Half-life immortal

Chapter 39 Emperor Qingluo Appears, Trapped in Yongchang

They didn't dare to talk much in Wanbao Temple, so they walked out of the temple quickly and walked to an empty street corner, and then began to talk about the information they just got: "Brother Fang, you heard it just now, they said they were going to meet at the bridge of the Li River. What plan to implement. I think it is necessary to see..."

Fang Suihan was distracted just now, and didn't hear anything about Lihe's plan at all, so he could only nod his head, almost listening to Xue Qinglan retell the conversation between the three of them.If he had a brighter mind, he would have discovered that they were obviously here to retrieve the "lost bank notes", and they were the ones taking advantage of the truth, while the other party was the "thief".
However, at this moment, all he could think about was Xue Qinglan's big bright eyes, her long eyelashes, and her fragrance, and he had long forgotten what they were doing.

Xue Qinglan took out the simple map of Yongchang City on her body and looked it up. The Li River is not long in Yongchang City. Among them, there are five intact stone bridges, and three of them are near residential buildings. There are many people in this kind of place. Miscellaneous, it should not be used to execute the so-called plan, so there are only two places left.

There are two remaining places, one in the southwest and the other in the northwest, quite far apart.No way, Xue Qinglan couldn't rule it out, all she had to do was check one by one.

She decided to go to the bridge of Lihe River in the northwest, which is relatively near, so she put away the map, flicked her clothes, bowed her hands, and said, "Brother Fang, let's not change the green mountains, and the green water will flow forever, and then——"

Before she finished speaking, Fang Suihan said impatiently, "Are you leaving?"

She gave him a helpless look, thinking that you should at least wait until I finish my lines before interrupting!I finally had the opportunity to say this, can't you satisfy my vanity?

"Brother Fang, there is no feast that never ends..." She said meaningfully, and she really wanted to say goodbye to Fang Suihan.In her opinion, although Fang Suihan is foolish and easy to deceive, he is not on the same side as her after all, it is better to separate earlier, lest he can't take care of him and hurt him in vain.

Fang Suihan said seriously: "We don't have a banquet, and we don't have to leave."

Xue Qinglan had no choice but to think that this guy is really stubborn, and anyone can be shocked to death by saying anything from his mouth, but he didn't argue with him, saying: "You are a disciple of the Fang family, right? You this time What did you come to Yongchang City on behalf of the family? Did you participate in the martial arts competition? Now you should recharge your batteries—”

Fang Suihan scratched his head and said embarrassingly: "This... I am here on behalf of the family, but I am not here to participate in the martial arts competition."

Xue Qinglan was taken aback for a moment, she always thought that this stunned Qingwufu must be here to fight, didn't he?If not, how could he be so clear about the venue of the martial arts conference?
"Then what are you here for?" she asked quickly.

Fang Suihan didn't want to hide it from her, and said, "Actually, I'm just here to deliver the goods on behalf of Fang's family."

"Delivery?!" Xue Qinglan was so surprised that her mouth could hold an egg.

He explained in a calm and unhurried manner: "Well, our Yangzhou Fang family has businesses in all major towns. Yongchang City is the capital of the country. Although we are far away, we have a lot of business contacts. We will send people every one or two months. Come to discuss business. I arrived two days ago, and the business has already been negotiated. The rest of our Fang family returned to Yangzhou yesterday, and I wanted to see the martial arts competition, so I stayed. "

Xue Qinglan looked at him suspiciously, and said, "So you're just doing nothing now?"

After she said this, Fang Suihan's face turned even redder. He was really in a state of doing nothing.I thought the martial arts tournament had started long ago, but who knew it was delayed again and again, making it seem like he really had nothing to do.

She rubbed her temples, and suddenly felt dizzy again, and even the appearance of Sui Han in front of her eyes became wobbly and blurred.

"Qing'er!"

Fang Suihan hurriedly supported her, and said worriedly, "What's wrong with you? Are you really sick?"

Just like the previous few times, the feeling of dizziness and discomfort only lasted for a few seconds and then completely disappeared. She shook off Fang Suihan's hand without a trace, and said, "I don't know, maybe I really caught a cold... "

Do immortal cultivators still have a fever and get sick?She doesn't know about this, but it was windy in the middle of the night last night, and she was injured, so it's not impossible for her to catch a cold.

Fang Suihan persuaded: "Then let's go back and rest first, and don't go to the bridgehead of the Li River today."

She refused without thinking: "No, we only have this clue, we can't let it go. Don't worry, I'm not going to desperately, just to find out who they are and what they are planning."

"Then I'll go with you. I'm worried about your appearance." He said with firm eyes.

Xue Qinglan didn't feel any discomfort at this time, she emphasized: "I'm really fine, you can go as long as you want, but you have to protect yourself, I have no ability to protect you."

Fang Suihan patted his chest and said, "I'm here to protect you. How can a younger sister protect a brother?"

Xue Qinglan didn't argue with him too much, and after they reached an agreement, they set off for the nearby bridgehead of the Lihe River. When they got there, they found out that the bridgehead had been blown up half a month ago because of the construction of the study, and the bridgehead of the Lihe River had been blown up. This small section of tributary leads eastward, and there is neither Li River nor bridgehead here.

"Oops, it's the other side!" She looked at the sky, it was already dusk, and it would be completely dark soon, maybe it would not be able to keep up with the plan of the group.

"Not enough time!" Fang Suihan also knew the situation. It would take at least half an hour to rush from the northwest to the southwest, and it would be dark by then.

Xue Qinglan originally thought that if she had enough time, she would drop by to inform the two senior brothers, but now it seemed that they could make it to the scene. She didn't want to miss the clue, so she had to postpone the notification to the senior brothers.

Just as they were about to go to the Lihe Bridge in the southwest, suddenly there was a blue light in the sky above Yongchang City, and the mysterious talisman flashed layer after layer of golden light, and it actually enveloped the entire Yongchang City. The mountain guard array.

Seeing this, Xue Qinglan froze for a moment. After all, she was not an aborigine of Yongchang City, so she didn't know what the situation was.Fang Suihan knew much better than her, and explained with a frown: "This is Da Luo's defensive formation—the Qingluo Emperor's formation. It is the last line of defense for the city and the foundation of Da Luo. Generally speaking, it is It will not be activated. This large formation can completely isolate Yongchang City from the outside world, and it also has an air ban effect, making it impossible for people to fly."

"Isolate the outside world? That is to say, no one else can come in, and we can't get out? Is Da Luo crazy?"

She had never heard of the name of the Qingluo Emperor Formation, because this large formation had not been activated a few times in history, and only some big families with a long history in the Central Plains had such records.At present, the Central Plains is relatively peaceful in this period, at least the war has not yet spread to the capital of Da Luo, so naturally no one mentions the matter of the city defense formation.

Now Da Luo's sudden activation of the city defense array in a good way surprised her.This is not a fun thing to activate a large formation. Let alone the massive amount of spirit stones needed to operate the formation, the loss of information and business losses caused by the isolation from the outside world is an inestimable large number.

Not only was she uneasy, but the people in the whole city were in a commotion.Most of the people here have heard the legends of the Great Fortress Array, but the Great Fortress Array will only be activated when faced with the threat of destroying the city and the country. Now that there is neither external nor internal trouble, why is it suddenly activated?
In order to appease the people, an old man's voice came from the top floor of the imperial city: "The citizens of Yongchang city do not need to panic. Today, a royal family in Daluo was attacked by assassins. To prevent the assassins from escaping from the city, the city guards will be temporarily activated. The city guards will immediately To catch the assassin and bring him to justice, everyone should be more vigilant."

The person who spoke was so powerful that his voice could travel hundreds of miles just by exhaling, so that everyone in Yongchang City could hear him clearly.Xue Qinglan thought to herself: Judging from the tone of this person, it should not be the emperor himself, but perhaps an outsider hired by Da Luo. How much worse is his strength compared to the immortal master?Her master has never shown anything in front of her, so she has no way of comparing him, and only feels that the other party is really strong.

After the emotion was over, she was shocked and remembered what she had eavesdropped in Baohua Palace just now.The barefoot man seemed to say that the Da Luo royal family was also involved. Could it be that the defense formation was activated for the incident at the bridgehead of the Li River?If this is the case, does it mean that the action has already started or finished?
Fang Suihan believed the old man's words and said in surprise: "Someone dared to attack the Da Luo royal family? Don't die? I don't know what happened to the people who were attacked. The scope of the royal family is too wide. People who have some relatives with the royal family There are so many, I don’t know if it refers to the emperor himself. It should only be the assassination of His Highness the emperor that requires such a big pomp, right?”

Xue Qinglan immediately sensed something was wrong, and said, "Even if the emperor is attacked, it doesn't need to make such a big noise. The emperors of all dynasties have to be assassinated. If they are so profligate, Da Luo's treasury will be empty long ago. The old man What he said was obviously an excuse, maybe there was no such thing as assassination at all."

Fang Suihan was shocked and said, "Ah? You mean they activated the formation on purpose? But why?"

She frowned and thought hard: "It may be for their convenience, it may be to cover up something, or it may be to trap us in this city. If the Da Luo royal family did not participate in it, they must have been completely controlled , it seems that there are a lot of tricks in the turbulent martial arts competition. Forget it, we should be able to find out the truth when we arrive at the bridge of the Li River."

The timing of the launch of this large formation was outrageous, just after she heard about the group's secret plan, and the timing coincided with their action time, so it was definitely not simple.

She didn't waste any more time, and ran to the bridge of the Li River with Fang Suihan.

There were very few people on the street at night. I don't know if it was because the time was late or I heard the old man warn that there are assassins in the city and everyone should be in danger. In short, it was very different from yesterday's bustle, which made people look weird.

The wind in the autumn night is very cold, and there was no rain in the end after yesterday's overcast clouds and strong winds. I don't know if it will rain today.At present, the starlight is still quite bright, and the moon has not yet risen at night, and many people in the city are already anxious to light their lamps.

Half an hour later, the two of them came to the Li River Bridge on the map. This side was close to the edge of Yongchang City. It seemed to be used as a mass grave in the past. The city residents had lingering fears about this place, so they avoided it. Not only are there no residential buildings within ten miles, but there are not even half of the residents.This place is very dark and eerily quiet, as if there would be a will-o'-the-wisp at any time, just staying here makes people feel uncomfortable.

Xue Qinglan has traveled a lot in the wilderness, and she has seen ghostly ghosts with ghost scales many times. After all, they are just fabricated to scare people. The common ghost fires are also normal corpse fire phenomena, and there is nothing terrible about them.Besides, even if it is a real ghost, it is also a creature of the six realms, as long as you know its true form, there is nothing to be afraid of.

She said in a low voice: "This place is very cloudy. If it goes on like this, it might become a ruin someday."

Yinxu is the place where yang ghosts live, that is, the paradise for ghosts in the world, and it is generally an extremely yin place where the sun does not see all the year round.The old mass graves like this one can still receive the sunshine during the day, if there is no accident, it should not be turned into a ruin, Xue Qinglan just felt it and said casually.

Fang Suihan is not a cultivator, and he doesn't know much about other creatures in the six realms. Naturally, he doesn't know what the Yinxu she is talking about, but he instinctively feels that this place is very bad, and said: "Qing'er, this place is so gloomy, aren't you afraid? Look There seems to be no one around, did the group finish their work and leave?"

Xue Qinglan shook her head and sighed: "It's not that I'm afraid, but we might really be a step late, and that group of people seems to have really left. Sigh, look around to see if there are any other clues!"

It's all here, and it's not too late, so she simply searched around the Lihe Bridge, trying to find some clues.

Not long after, she really discovered a big "clue".

"Brother Fang, what do you think this is?" She pointed to a piece of land not far from the Lihe Bridge, where a large hole appeared suddenly, bottomless, and the wall of the hole was gray-black rock, because there were still stones on the stone wall near the river. A lot of water seeped out, making it slippery and difficult to walk.

The diameter of the big hole is about three feet, and the traces at the entrance of the hole don't seem to be newly made, but it seems to be formed naturally. I don't know what is going on with this hole.

What they didn't know was that the entrance of the cave was invisible during the day when the water level dropped.Now that it has just entered the night, the entrance of the cave has only just been revealed.

Fang Suihan didn't know the wonder of this water hole, so he guessed: "Could it be a natural waterway?"

Xue Qinglan hadn't studied the waterways, so she couldn't say why, but she just said based on her feeling: "I don't think so. The rivers and waterways are mostly muddy and sandy, and the underground waterways don't seem to be so wide... It's hard to say, the nature is amazingly crafted. It is not impossible to find such a strange cave. I think they should be planning to refer to this cave, which is a secret."

Fang Suihan was not afraid, he pointed to the dark cave and said, "Shall we go down and have a look?"

(End of this chapter)