Do not die

After being freed from the identity of the Earthly Ghost Turtle, Meng Zhou began to consider his next steps.

Sneaking into the Xingxiu Sea is only the first step of the plan. There is still a long way to go before using this fourth-level spiritual vein to break the pill and become an infant.

Moreover, now there is another huge obstacle standing in front of him, which he did not expect at all when he made the plan.

"Xingxiu Tianchi!" Meng Zhou whispered softly in his heart.

…

In order to avoid leaving any traces as much as possible, although Meng Zhou used the female cultivator Fan Ling to sneak into the Xingxiu Sea, he deliberately did not use her to spy on the Xingxiu Sea.

His only interaction with this woman was to take a "hitchhike" with her return.

On Kou Chong's side, Meng Zhou often used the monkey demon's vision to observe Kou Chong's life and improve his understanding of Xingxiu Palace.

Through Kou Chong's deliberate exploration these days, Meng Zhou also gained a deep understanding of the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

…

On Lingming Island.

Inside a large stone hall.

Inside the hall, the space is very large.

Excellent lighting, transparent and bright.

In the empty hall, there are bookshelves one after another made of stone with a texture like black jade.

The spacing between each bookshelf is very large, and each bookshelf is equipped with insect-proof, moisture-proof and other functions.

On the bookshelf, there are volumes of paper books arranged in categories.

In addition to paper books, there are also special books containing text or pictures made of bamboo slips, wooden slips, silk fabrics, and even animal skins and tree barks.

Most of these books have a long history. They can survive to this day, thanks to the proper preservation of Xingxiu Palace and the conscious maintenance of all Xingxiu Palace people.

Although, Xingxiu Palace did not know how many copies of the contents recorded in these books were secretly copied using jade slips.

If you want to look up some information, you can search directly on the jade slips with your spiritual consciousness, which is much more efficient than coming here to search through books one by one.

But when the Xingxiu Palace monks want to find an answer to the doubts in their hearts, this hall will still be their first choice.

Buried in the vast sea of ​​books, through time, have a direct dialogue with the collections accumulated by these Constellation Palace people from generation to generation, and exchange and discuss with the deep wisdom hidden in the classics.

When they look through these books, they see more than just the content contained in the text.

There is also each word itself written by the author's own hand.

The words written by the writers with their heart and wisdom are like solid music, like the continuous gurgling water, the heavy pause of the strokes, and even the trembling of a certain line, it is likely that there is something hidden in the book. A certain throbbing in the reader’s state of mind at that time...

If you can completely immerse yourself in them and go deep into the words of these books, you can really touch the soul, wisdom and even some subtle thoughts of the author that are not really recorded in words.

This kind of experience cannot be given by viewing the information on the jade slips.

This is a situation that can only be triggered by directly reading the first-hand text notes written by the author, completely immersing yourself in them, and even putting yourself in his shoes.

This is also the true expectation in the hearts of those who come here to seek answers to some confusions in their hearts.

They try to find a certain paragraph of words that makes their eyes light up and can even dispel all the gloom in their hearts from these words that are as numerous as the rivers of sand.

This was how Yanzhuang used to be.

The same is true for Kou Chong now.

At this moment, Kou Chong was sitting casually on the smooth and cold floor of the hall, with stacks of books piled around him.

The height of the pile of books exceeded the height of his body.

At this moment, a figure came from a distance and stopped outside the "maze array" formed by stacks of books.

This was a thin old man. At this moment, he had a straight face and looked at Kou Chong with anger, who was completely ignorant of the outside world.

"Kou Chong!" The old man suppressed the anger in his heart and shouted directly to Kou Chong who was buried in a pile of old papers.

Kou Chong didn't react at all.

"Kou Chong!"

The old man shouted again, this time with undisguised anger in his voice.

In addition to anger, there is also a wonderful power mixed with it.

When this sound entered Kou Chong's ears, it was like ox hair needles piercing Kou Chong's eardrums.

Kou Chong, who had no reaction at first, immediately let out a scream and even wanted to jump up on the spot.

But he was pinned to the ground by an invisible force.

He could no longer make any movements except to barely lift his head.

"Ah, Uncle Zheng!"

The old man known as "Uncle Zheng" is the current steward of the main hall here. Although, according to the rules of the Xingxiu Palace, as long as the cultivation level is in the same realm, they should treat each other as peers, and refer to each other as senior brothers, junior brothers, and senior sisters.

But the old man is really too old. If you really want to talk about it, he is even older than the Nascent Soul Ancestor who died in his prime. A "young boy" like Kou Chong would not dare to call him carelessly. "Senior Brother Zheng", gradually, the old man named Zheng also got the conventional title of "Uncle Zheng".

"Uncle Zheng" gave a slight hum as a response.

He immediately noticed Kou Chong's red eyes, and then saw his face that looked too haggard due to long-term overdraft.

When the old man saw this, the anger in his heart immediately disappeared by eighty-nine points, and his voice quietly softened.

"How many times have I told you? Just read in a disciplined manner when reading. You can only take out ten books at most at a time. After reading, return them to where they were before you can pick them up again!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Kou Chong who was sitting casually on the ground, then glanced at the piles of books surrounding him in the center, and his voice rose again:

"Besides, didn't I provide you with tables and chairs here?

If you want to read a book, just read it in an upright manner. What are you like now?

If everyone behaves as randomly as you do, no one will be able to watch it for a long time! "

After listening to the old man's reprimand, Kou Chong stood up with a stern expression, bowed to the old man, and explained:

"Uncle Zheng, believe me, I must have been fascinated just now. I didn't want to run back and forth, so I just browsed at the bookshelf. I don't know why, so I sat down, and the books around me were piling up more and more... I It’s really not intentional!”

The old man snorted.

“It doesn’t matter whether you did it on purpose or not, it’s just what you did.

...This is my third warning. If you ignore my words again, I will drive you away directly. Don’t come here again! "

After hearing this, Kou Chong finally showed a nervous look on his face and put away all the little thoughts in his heart.

"Uncle Zheng, please wait a moment. I will correct it right now. I will correct it immediately!"

As he spoke, Kou Chong stretched out his hand and touched it gently, and all the books on the ground floated gently under the support of a gentle force.

Then, these books quickly dispersed, like tired birds returning to their nests, returning to different empty spaces on different bookshelves.

During the whole process, Kou Chong was cautious, as if he was afraid of bumping them due to his rudeness.

After all the books were returned to their places, Kou Chong looked at the old man with an expression asking for credit.

As if to say: "Look, I have done everything you asked me to do."

The old man nodded with satisfaction, but warned again: "Remember, this won't happen again!"

"Hey, I took note of it...then you are busy with your business."

With that said, Kou Chong turned around and walked towards other bookshelf areas.

At this moment, the old man suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute."

Hearing this, Kou Chong stopped, turned around, and looked at the old man with doubts on his face.

The old man stared at Kou Chong and said, "You are in a very bad state now."

Kou Chong nodded, did not reply, and continued to look at "Uncle Zheng". The look of confusion on his face did not disappear, but intensified.

"If I remember correctly, you came here very quickly after you returned from the Juye wilderness half a year ago.

I stayed here for half a year and never went out again, right? "

"Well, yes." Kou Chong replied.

The old man nodded, thought for a while, and said: "I roughly understand what you are looking for. I can tell you clearly that if you continue to search like this, you will not get any results even if you stay here for a hundred years."

When Kou Chong heard this, he looked startled, and then murmured: "You mean, there is nothing I'm looking for here?"

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. I'm just a manager. If you ask me, who should I ask?"

Kou Chong was obviously not satisfied with his answer and muttered:

"Then why are you so sure that there will be no results if I stay here for a hundred years!

Since you don't know, you shouldn't say such things for no reason. Isn't it fun to kill people's hearts? ! "

The old man shook his head again, "Is this what I'm talking about? I'm talking about your attitude and method of doing things!"

"What do you think of reading? Do you think that if you put in the effort, you will be rewarded? What a joke!"

"A smart brain, abundant energy, active thinking, and a flash of inspiration after reading a lot of books... Without these prerequisites, what you see is just a dead text record."

"You just watched it briefly. Apart from that, what else do you expect to gain?"

After hearing what the old man said, Kou Chong was speechless.

"Then...what should I do now?"

"You should go back and have a good rest now, and then come back after you have regained your energy." The old man said.

Kou Chong was silent, but there was some hesitation in his expression.

Seeing this, the old man suddenly said: "If you listen to me, I can give you some more useful suggestions."

When Kou Chong heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he looked at the old man eagerly, like a greedy puppy waiting for his master to feed him.

"You are searching aimlessly now. There are so many books, do you really plan to search them one by one?" the old man asked.

Kou Chong said, "Uncle Zheng, you must know something, right?"

As he spoke, he had a look of affirmation on his face, nodded and said:

"You have been responsible for taking care of this place for hundreds of years. There is no one in our palace who is more familiar with the situation here than you!

So, you must know something, right? ! "

The old man shook his head and said, "I don't know."

Kou Chong was not disappointed. Instead, he stared at the old man with his eyes, as if to say, you make it up, keep making it up!

"However, I can point you in which area to search, and you will have the greatest chance of success." The old man said slowly.

Kou Chong's face showed the first smile in half a year, as if to say, look, you showed it yourself, right?

After all this, you still say you don’t know anything. Is this appropriate?

"Uncle Zheng" seemed to know what he was thinking, shook his head and said:

"Do you think you are the only one who wants to find that answer? Don't think of yourself too special!

I have seen too many people like you. They were looking aimlessly like you at first, but in the end, those who persisted and never gave up will stay in a certain area for a long time. "

After hearing this, Kou Chong's eyes lit up and he said, "So, the answer is probably hidden in the book collection in that area?"

"Uncle Zheng" nodded, "I think so too, but this is also my guess. I don't know whether it is the case or not."

Kou Chong, on the other hand, looked unbelieving, "You've already put the food in your mouth, how can you hold back your greed? I don't believe you haven't verified it yourself!"

"Uncle Zheng" shook his head and sighed:

"What am I asking for proof? For me, if it is a real proof, what's the use?

I am no better than you. I am able to get to where I am today simply by living a long time and cultivating my abilities bit by bit.

At my age, I am thankful to God if I can keep my cultivation level intact. There is no hope of going any further.

You said, why should I seek verification?

It's okay if you don't seek proof, but if you really seek proof and something comes out, it will cause countless troubles, wouldn't you make yourself unhappy? ! "

Kou Chong was choked by "Uncle Zheng"'s frank words.

He also realized that his feelings could not be equated with the feelings of all Xingxiu Gongdan.

Although the disciples of the Xingxiu Palace are all geniuses, how many of them can cultivate all the way to the ninth level of pill formation and still have the energy and ability to continue moving forward?

Most of these people had already tried it during the last mountain closure period that lasted for nearly two hundred years.

Some have succeeded, and many have failed.

"So, I am the 'few exceptions'."

Thinking of this, Kou Chong felt inexplicably a little disappointed.

Originally, after learning from others about the consequences that "Xingxiu Tianchi" would have on the Xingxiu Palace Formation Pills, Kou Chong subconsciously felt that he was standing with all the Xingxiu Palace Formation Pill Formations.

The four newly promoted Nascent Soul Ancestors stood on the opposite side of this whole group.

This kind of imagination gave Kou Chong inexplicable confidence.

But now, "Uncle Zheng's" words suddenly made him realize that he did not stand with all the Xingxiu Palace Formation Pills.

He was probably standing alone opposite the four new Nascent Soul Ancestors.

This kind of imagination made Kou Chong unable to breathe for a while.

Soon, Kou Chong suppressed these thoughts in his heart, changed the topic and asked:

"Then can you tell me the specific location of the book collection area?"

"Uncle Zheng" smiled and shook his head: "Have you forgotten my request?"

Kou Chong said "Yeah", with a look of surprise on his face, and said hurriedly: "I'll go back and rest right now, I'll go back and rest right now."

With that said, Kou Chong, who was about to turn around and leave the palace, suddenly thanked "Uncle Zheng" solemnly and said, "Thank you for your concern."

"Uncle Zheng" waved his hand and said, "I just don't want you to die suddenly here. Then I, an old man, will have to deal with you."

As he spoke, he shook his head and walked away.

Kou Chong was stunned.

After the old man left, he shook his head and chuckled: "This is Uncle Zheng."

With that said, Kou Chong also left the hall with a massive collection of books and walked outside.

At this moment, he was in a pretty good mood.

It can even be said that since returning from the Juye wilderness half a year ago, his body and mind have never been so relaxed.

Ever since he returned from the Juye Wilderness and learned from other people what impact the opening of the "Xingxiu Tianchi" would have on the Xingxiu Palace Pill Formation, he was in a state of almost suffocating depression.

He was unwilling to do so.

He was unwilling to let his path stop there.

Although, reason told him that even if the road to Yuanying was open to him, the chance of him being able to rush through was very small.

But whether I can rush over or not is my business.

Even if I can't make it through, or even die before the checkpoint, it's all a matter of my own abilities.

But this cannot be the reason for you to "close the road"!

He is not angry.

Why?

Why do you four have to block the way for us latecomers after you four become Nascent Souls?

How do you qualify to be called "ancestor"?

He wanted to know more about the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

He even wants to find a way to crack it!

In fact, after half a year of aimless searching, he himself had lost much confidence in it.

He would even occasionally jump out of his body, stare at himself who was busying around from a bystander's perspective, and laugh at him mercilessly: "Hey, let's see how long you can last."

As the initial emotions that filled my heart, boiling as if they were about to erupt like a volcano, slowly dissipated in the futile search.

Kou Chong found that there was no longer so much unwillingness and resentment in his heart.

If there was no more light, he even doubted how long he could torture himself in vain.

The appearance of "Uncle Zheng" and some of the information revealed in his words were like rain falling on the dry earth.

His heart suddenly showed signs of revival.

This made his heart, which had been tense for half a year, suddenly relax.

However, it was precisely because of this sudden relaxation that many negative states that had been suppressed by his strong cultivation and will came flooding back.

Now, as soon as Kou Chong walked out of the hall, he felt a strong sense of sleepiness hitting him like a mountain and a tsunami. He couldn't wait to return to the cave and have a deep sleep.

As for his original purpose of returning this time, to break through to the late stage of pill formation, he had long forgotten about it.

His state over the past six months is indeed not suitable for this.

At this moment, Kou Chong suddenly remembered this "business" again.

"Breakthrough?...Eh, breakthrough?!"

…

Three months later.

Kou Chong, who had reached the seventh level of Dan Jie from the peak of the sixth level of Dan Jie, stepped onto the steps of the book collection hall again.

At this moment, his condition is much better than when he left here three months ago. He is completely different.

After entering the empty and quiet hall with the token, Kou Chong did not immediately notice the figure of "Uncle Zheng".

He walked around the rows of bookshelves for a long time before he found "Uncle Zheng" in a hidden corner, quietly leaning on a recliner with his eyes closed and taking a nap.

A beam of sunlight shines in from a not too big window diagonally above, and is projected on a place not far from "Uncle Zheng". This strong change in light and dark makes the area where "Uncle Zheng" is increasingly difficult to detect. , it is easy for people to ignore.

This is why it took Kou Chong a long time to find him.

"Uncle Zheng."

Kou Chong opened his mouth and shouted softly to the old man on the recliner.

"Um?"

After taking a nap, "Uncle Zheng" opened his eyes and looked at Kou Chong, and said in surprise:

"It's you, kid. I thought you weren't coming. How many months has it been?"

Kou Chong smiled and said, "Didn't you ask me to have a good rest? I just wanted to take this opportunity to handle the business of coming back this time, so I spent some extra time."

"Uncle Zheng" nodded, looked up and down Kou Chong, waved his hand and said, "Then go ahead."

Kou Chong stood still and didn't move.

"Uncle Zheng" looked at him doubtfully, as if to say, "What are you still doing there?" It's blocking me from the sun!

Kou Chong said helplessly: "Where should I go?"

"Uncle Zheng" let out an ouch, clapped his legs and said, "Ouch, I'm so confused, let me think about it, let me think about it..."

"Uncle Zheng's" brain seemed to have just been turned on and restarted, as if he was trying to retrieve memories.

After a while, he said:

"Diyin District, yes, you go to the bookshelves in the first to twentieth rows of Diyin District and look for them.

By the way, remember what I said last time, you can only take out ten books at most at a time. Once you have taken them, find a seat, sit upright, and look at them properly. Do you want me to see... uh, where are the people? "

After giving instructions, "Uncle Zheng" also remembered his responsibilities and said the words he had repeated so many times smoothly again.

But before he finished speaking, he realized that Kou Chong, who had been standing respectfully in front of him a moment ago, had disappeared.

He immediately thought of what was going on and cursed: "This little bastard..."

After scolding him, he calmed down and closed his eyes again.

While he was resting with his eyes closed, the corners of his mouth curved slightly, as if he was happy that he had fulfilled his management responsibilities.

…

Time goes back to three months ago.

All of Kou Chong's thoughts were attracted by the "Xingxiu Tianchi", and he had no intention of paying attention to anything else.

He didn't think about letting the monsters sleeping in the beast bag out to play with after returning to Xingxiu Sea.

The monkey demon transformed from Tai Sui's body was naturally able to sleep peacefully in the beast bag.

This also unintentionally provided convenience to Meng Zhou.

Meng Zhou also learned about Kou Chong's activities in the six months after he returned from the Five Realms to Xingxiu Sea.

Naturally, I also have a clear understanding of the "Xingxiu Tianchi".

When Kou Chong was reading, he also read with him.

Logically speaking, the information the two of them obtained from the books in the hall was the same.

But the ability of the two to absorb information was completely different. Kou Chong just looked at it. He just threw away any records that had nothing to do with "Xingxiu Tianchi" and didn't put them into his mind at all.

All the books that Kou Chong read were stored word by word by the monkey demon into the "deduction world".

——Due to some special designs, the books in the collection are usually in a sealed state. Only when the viewer opens a certain page, the contents will enter the viewer's field of vision.

The purpose of this is to preserve the divine meaning in the book as much as possible and prevent the subtle true meaning hidden between the lines from being lost under the erosion of a long time.

But this also brings another effect, that is, practitioners cannot directly absorb the information in the book with their powerful spiritual consciousness.

If not, Meng Zhou would have already found a way to use the monkey demon to "package" all the books in the hall into the "World of Deduction", and use his information processing power far beyond that of other monks to eat them up.

——In addition, it should be mentioned that Meng Zhou did not directly observe Kou Chong’s environment through the monkey demon, including the people and things around him.

The monkey demon's real body is limited to the peak level of the third-order mid-level, and the body of Tai Sui used by Meng Zhou is also of the same quality. Under such circumstances, the strength that the monkey demon itself can exert will naturally be greatly limited.

Even if he can make the monkey demon's power be used more efficiently to achieve a power output that exceeds its own strength, this will undoubtedly put the monkey demon into a more dangerous situation.

His understanding of Kou Chong and the people around him came entirely from Kou Chong himself.

It was the blood-colored meatballs that transformed into the monkey demon's body that were used by the contractor. This was originally a method for the contractor to control the contracted monster beast. However, after Meng Zhou's processing, not only was a perfect "transplantation" performed, but the contractor's method was also used. The "one-way channel" for controlling contract monsters has become a "two-way channel."

Through this connection, what Kou Chong sees, the monkey demon can also see.

Even Kou Chong's intense emotional changes can be sensed by the monkey demon.

In the Xingxiu Sea where pills like this are everywhere, you don't even know where the Nascent Soul will appear. It is undoubtedly a very dangerous behavior to directly peep out with the monkey demon.

Hiding behind Kou Chong is undoubtedly a more concealed and safer approach.

…

Meng Zhou could feel that after half a year of almost venting "torture", many of the negative emotions that suddenly arose in Kou Chong's heart when he suddenly heard about "Xingxiu Tianchi" had subsided a lot unconsciously.

According to this development, Kou Chong will wake up from this "crazy" state in at most half a year.

From start to finish, it took less than a year.

He couldn't really destroy himself because of this.

"It's great that Uncle Zheng showed up!"

Meng Zhou felt the same emotion as Kou Chong.

However, the deep meaning contained in it is completely different.

In Kou Chong's eyes, the appearance of "Uncle Zheng" was like a timely rain.

When he was most confused, most in need of help, and most in need of guidance, "Uncle Zheng" appeared.

Because of the appearance of "Uncle Zheng", the originally confused and wavering state of mind was suddenly stabilized and nourished.

I'm OK again!

Mountain darkly, vista!

But in the eyes of Meng Zhou, a calm onlooker, this had a completely different meaning.

He even tasted a familiar flavor from it.

Such a familiar feeling!

However, it was obviously the first time Meng Zhou met this "Uncle Zheng".

In fact, it can only be regarded as "half-seen" at best.

"Something weird!"

"There's something wrong with this Uncle Zheng!"

This is Meng Zhou's intuitive judgment.

All the memories related to the Xingxiu Palace were quickly retrieved in Meng Zhou's mind.

Finally, Meng Zhou discovered the source behind that intuitive judgment.

At that time, Yan Zhuang suddenly realized that the "Blood Successor Secret Technique of Cleansing Spirits" had caused fundamental damage to his foundation.

He can no longer reach the peak of Dan Jie on his own, let alone break through Nascent Soul.

The "Secret Method of Surrogate Baby" became his only way out.

The "true spirit of ancient painting" that has been refined in the blood of generations in Cuiyu Lake for more than a hundred years has become his only hope for further progress.

Therefore, he couldn't wait to return to the Five Realms (i.e. the Juye Wilderness Realm).

But at that time, Xingxiu Palace was still closed.

There is no way for him to secretly sneak out of the Xingxiu Sea and come to the Five Realms.

In the end, he made the same choice as Kou Chong. With such doubts, he also came to the hall where a massive collection of books was hidden.

Hard work pays off.

After spending about half a year, he finally found a way to sneak out of the Xingxiu Sea during the closure period from an ancient book.

Originally, Meng Zhou didn't think there was any problem with this.

Now, comparing it with Kou Chong's experience, the problem naturally emerges.

First, Kou Chong searched hard for half a year but found nothing. Facing the vast mountain of books, Kou Chong gradually began to think about retreating. But Yanzhuang found the answer he wanted after half a year of hard work.

And with the help of the secret method he found, he successfully sneaked out of the Xingxiu Sea and arrived in the Five Realms many years earlier than anyone else in the Xingxiu Palace.

Is it because Yan Zhuang is too lucky and Kou Chong is too unlucky, or is the answer Yan Zhuang is looking for really easier to find?

Of course, Meng Zhou had suspected back then that the process of finding the secret method that Yan Zhuang thought was lucky was actually not due to luck, but someone deliberately "feeding" it to Yan Zhuang.

It just made him think he found it by himself.

Later, after confirming that the person behind Yanzhuang was Lian Ziling, Meng Zhou automatically regarded the person behind Yanzhuang as Lian Ziling.

Originally, Meng Zhou didn't think there was any problem here.

But now, after spending half a year immersed in this hall with Kou Chong, a problem arises.

According to "Zheng Bo"'s several timely appearances, Kou Chong was warned and stopped for exceeding the management regulations.

And the "reasonable explanation" before he gave effective advice out of good intentions was based on the analysis of the behavior trajectories of many monks who had a similar mentality to Kou Chong in the library hall in the past.

"Uncle Zheng's" behavior and his words to Kou Chong actually illustrate the fact that he, as a manager, manages this library hall very well.

Despite his dim-sighted appearance and seemingly doing nothing, in fact, every move of every monk who enters this library hall is under his control.

This is his home court.

So, if Lian Ziling was secretly doing something back then, Yan Zhuang "just happened" to find the secret method that could solve his predicament at the right time.

Can this kind of thing be hidden from "Uncle Zheng"?

In other words, without "Uncle Zheng's" acquiescence, would the secret method have appeared in Yan Zhuang's hands so "naturally"?

Second, in Yanzhuang's memory, there is basically no mention of "Uncle Zheng".

Of course, this does not mean that "Uncle Zheng" does not exist, but that "Uncle Zheng", who is always very low-key and only active in the library hall, is almost a rumor-like existence in the Constellation Palace. In addition, Yan Zhuang spends most of his time and energy immersed in his own little world, and he doesn't care at all about people like "Uncle Zheng".

This is also an important reason why although Meng Zhouyi intuitively felt that there was something fishy about "Uncle Zheng" at first, he could not find the specific reason.

Because in Yan Zhuang's memory, he had never met "Uncle Zheng" face to face.

Yanzhuang didn't think there was any problem here, and Meng Zhou certainly didn't think there was anything wrong here either.

It wasn't until he compared it with Kou Chong's encounter that the problem emerged automatically.

Although "Uncle Zheng" is indeed low-key, it is hard to see him anywhere else, so even in his "base camp", the library hall, it is not easy to meet him head-on.

But even so, in just half a year, Kou Chong and "Uncle Zheng" met four or five times.

If you add in the number of times Kou Chong had met "Uncle Zheng" in the past, it would only be even more.

But in Yan Zhuang's memory, he had never met "Uncle Zheng" once.

This is so strange.

If "Uncle Zheng" appeared in front of Kou Chong, it was because he had violated the rules of the hall, and "Uncle Zheng" came forward to warn and stop him.

Meng Zhou searched Yanzhuang's memories more carefully, and he suddenly discovered that back then, Yanzhuang was eager to find the secret method to sneak out of the Xingxiu Sea, and during the search process, he would inevitably act impatiently.

He has also done this illegal behavior of taking it out and reading it on the bookshelf, or even getting a lot of books to read on the spot!

So, why did "Uncle Zheng", who was so conscientious and responsible, not show up at that time?

Is it possible that "enforcing the law" on one's own territory is selective and selecting people for the job?

After exposing these contradictions openly and openly, Meng Zhou could easily draw two conclusions.

First.

"This 'Uncle Zheng' is deliberately avoiding any direct contact with Yanzhuang."

second.

"This 'Uncle Zheng' has special thoughts about Kou Chong."

Finally, after analysis, Meng Zhou felt that these two conclusions may exist at the same time.

Why did "Uncle Zheng" deliberately avoid any direct contact with Yanzhuang?

Meng Zhou asked himself this.

Naturally, Meng Zhou thought of the "informant" hidden behind Yanzhuang, Lian Ziling.

Soon, Meng Zhou had an idea in his mind.

"Perhaps it wasn't Yanzhuang that 'Uncle Zheng' avoided, but Lian Ziling who was behind Yanzhuang!"

A long time ago, Meng Zhou had a suspicion in his mind that just like Lian Ziling was controlling Yanzhuang from behind, there might be a being hiding behind Lian Ziling.

At that time, he also made the strongest prediction possible about the strength of this being.

We don't even rule out the possibility that the other party is a hidden Yuanying.

He really didn't expect that after entering Xingxiu Sea, he didn't take the initiative to find the answer, but the "answer" jumped out on his own initiative.

Still such a "bad old man".

Although "Uncle Zheng" is also at the peak of the ninth level of pill formation, his aura of decay and twilight cannot be concealed no matter what.

This is really a dying "old man".

This was far from what he imagined as the boss behind the scenes.

Even the speculation in my mind was shaken by this.

However, when he thought about the "infant surrogate plan" that Yan Zhuang had spent most of his life and finally invested his life in, he suddenly figured it out.

For "Uncle Zheng", isn't this the most perfect solution? !

The peak of the ninth level of pill formation is the end he can reach in this life.

On his own, he would never be able to get to the next level no matter what!

He had already started to decline hundreds of years ago.

And having been in charge of the library hall for hundreds of years, he may be the most knowledgeable person in the entire Xingxiu Palace, and the one who has the deepest and most thorough understanding of various "crooked ways".

I have time, I have energy, I have a reason to do this, and I have such a huge "treasure" on my back...

I didn’t run away, but if I were in his situation and had his convenience, I would definitely make the same choice!

After a thorough analysis, Meng Zhou was 100% sure that "Uncle Zheng" was the one who had hidden the deepest secrets in the Yanzhuang incident.

He couldn't even find a reason why it wasn't him.

As for the fact that its true state and strength were far different from what he originally expected, Meng Zhou felt that he was too "romantic" at the time.

"If there really is a being who is powerful enough to do whatever he wants, and whose strength in all aspects is far higher than that of others, then there is no need to hide behind and do things secretly. Wouldn't it be uncomfortable to stand up and stand upright?"

"The big boss behind the scenes, if you really expose it, there is actually a reason why he has to be like this."

"Simply avoid their most powerful facades to discover their equally frail natures."

"'Hiding behind the scenes' is their most powerful shield.

As long as this shield is removed and exposed to the sun, it is nothing more than a paper tiger, not even qualified to bluff people. "

Meng Zhou himself did not expect such an unexpected gain.

As for what special thoughts he has about Kou Chong, Meng Zhou still doesn't know yet.

But what he is basically certain of is that this is nothing more than "if one plan fails, try another plan."

Because of Meng Zhou's intervention, his plan against Yanzhuang completely failed.

Under such circumstances, it is natural to find other ways out.

But this time, maybe Kou Chong happened to hit the muzzle of his gun, or maybe the failure of Yanzhuang's plan also gave him a huge blow. He was getting closer and closer to the death line, and he was becoming more and more impatient, with limited life. He is not allowed to spend one or two hundred years to lay out the plan.

It made his operation much more direct this time, and he became the "grandpa" in person.

There is some impatient meaning.

Of course, there is another important reason why he behaves this way.

Because of the presence of Lian Ziling behind Yan Zhuang, he had to be careful in all operations of Yan Zhuang, even pretending to be Lian Ziling's hand.

But Kou Chong's back was very "clean" and there was no such thing as Lian Ziling.

Compared to Yanzhuang, Kou Chong was much easier to fool.

This should also be the reason why he dared to leave the field directly.

Thinking of this, Meng Zhou suddenly felt a little funny.

"Kou Chong doesn't have Lian Ziling behind him, but he does have me behind him!"

"What is this? Fate gave 'Uncle Zheng' the most appropriate retribution in a way that is closest to black humor?!"

Meng Zhou had many things figured out in his mind.

In fact, not only in the Kou Chong incident, fate played a malicious joke on "Uncle Zheng".

Regarding the Yanzhuang incident, even without Meng Zhou's presence, there is a high possibility that he would be in trouble.

"Lian Ziling is not as easy to handle as you think!" (End of Chapter)