Mortal Bones

Qingxuanzong.

Hall of merit.

This merit hall located on the main peak is a must-go place for every training disciple who goes down the mountain and returns to the mountain, because your training mission will not be completed until you hand over the token to the elders in the hall.

Xu Taiping is naturally no exception.

After returning from outside the mountain, he was sent here directly by Elder Yunye.

"Xu Taiping, a disciple of the Seventh Peak, has completed this sect training mission. This is a token that the disciple has retrieved. I would like to ask the elders to see it."

After arriving at the Hall of Merit, he handed a small box containing a jade bracelet to the elder in gray.

This jade bracelet was naturally the one he took from Haitang.

"Seventh Peak Xu Taiping, let me take a look at your training mission..."

The gray-clothed elder nodded, then placed the jade bracelet on a bronze mirror in his hand, and then lines of text began to appear on the bronze mirror.

"You are going to the Eagle Country this time?"

After reading the lines of words displayed on the bronze mirror, the old man in gray suddenly looked at Xu Taiping with suspicion.

"yes."

Xu Taiping nodded.

The look in the elder's eyes gave him a bad premonition.

But he wasn't particularly worried. After all, he had been mentally prepared before coming back.

"Who gave you this half jade bracelet?"

The chief in gray clothes picked up the half of the jade bracelet, and then looked at Xu Taiping with a somewhat stern expression.

"The sixth princess of the White Tree Kingdom."

Xu Taiping replied.

"What's wrong, Elder Sun?"

Just when Xu Taiping was thinking about whether to explain to the elder in front of him, an old man in white robes suddenly came down from upstairs.

"Elder Lu, why are you here?"

After the elder saw the old man in white, he immediately bowed respectfully.

This old man in white is named Lu Zimu, and his status in the Hall of Merit is only lower than that of the deputy hall masters.

The elder in white nodded, then looked at Xu Taiping aside and said:

"Are you Xu Taiping from the Seventh Peak?"

"Xu Taiping has met Elder Lu."

Xu Taiping saluted the old man in white.

"How did you get the other half of the jade bracelet?"

Elder Lu picked up half a jade bracelet from the table and asked Xu Taiping again.

"Reporting to Elder Lu, after sending Li Yu, the sixth princess of the White Tree Kingdom, to the Imperial City of the Black Vulture Kingdom, she handed over the other half of the jade bracelet as a token to her disciple."

Xu Taiping had already guessed why Hall Master Lu and Elder Sun would ask him this question one after another, but decided not to mention the matter of Senior Haitang and Senior Xiang Nantian yet.

Because of the special relationship between the two of them, I shouldn't mention it if I can, otherwise it is very likely to involve some unnecessary trouble.

"you are lying!"

What Xu Taiping didn't expect was that after hearing what he said, Elder Lu suddenly scolded him loudly.

"The sixth princess of Baishu Kingdom has died in the palace of Wujiu Kingdom. You must have snatched this jade bracelet from her before then."

As Elder Lu spoke, he raised the bronze mirror in Elder Sun's hand and placed it in front of Xu Taiping.

Xu Taiping took a closer look and saw four large characters and a line of small characters emerging from the bronze mirror——

"Experience failed."

"We have received news that the Sixth Princess of the White Tree Kingdom assassinated the Emperor of the Black Eagle Kingdom in the name of peace talks. The Emperor of the Black Eagle Kingdom was seriously injured. The Sixth Princess of the White Tree Kingdom was killed on the spot and died in the Palace of the Black Eagle Kingdom. Xu Taiping failed to escort her back safely. The mission of the White Tree Kingdom.”

After reading the two lines of words on the bronze mirror, Xu Taiping thought to himself:

"As expected, this false news has reached Qingxuan Sect."

He was actually holding on to a bit of luck, thinking that as long as the token was there, the mission could be completed. In that case, there would be no need to take out the talismans of Haitang and Xiang Nantian.

"Elder Lu, Elder Sun, you two don't know something. Although the Sixth Princess was assassinated in the name of peace talks, she is still alive. Not only is she alive..."

"That's nonsense."

Xu Taiping was about to explain to the two of them, but Elder Lu interrupted him.

"We already know the plan of the princess of the White Tree Kingdom today. Even with the Baby Crying Sword, it is impossible for her to deal with so many masters in the Black Vulture Kingdom's palace with just one person!"

At this time, Elder Lu took out another jade slip.

The densely packed small characters on the jade slip describe the details of the conspiracy of the imperial concubine of Baishu Kingdom.

So you already knew this?

Xu Taiping frowned slightly when he heard this.

Now it seems that Senior Haitang is right. The upper echelons of Qingxuan Sect only did not participate in this dispute on the surface, but they acquiesced behind the scenes.

In other words, my sect experience this time was also deliberately arranged by the leader?

After gradually guessing the inside story, Xu Taiping calmed down.

If this experience was arranged by you, then the difficulty you are facing at this moment must have been planned in advance, right? Are you really making such a big noise just to embarrass me, a little monk?

While Xu Taiping was thinking this, he gave up the idea of ​​immediately taking out the Haitang couple's transmission note to prove his innocence, and instead began to watch with cold eyes. He wanted to see what these people wanted to do.

"Xu Taiping, what else do you have to say now?"

Elder Lu saw that Xu Taiping was silent, so he asked again.

"Elder Lu, this disciple did not lie. The sixth princess of Baishu Kingdom is indeed still alive."

Xu Taiping insisted.

"Do you dare to say this again to the Mirror of the Heart?"

Elder Lu snorted coldly.

"Of course."

Xu Taiping nodded without hesitation.

He knew that the Mirror of the Heart was one of the famous secret treasures of Qingxuan Sect. When you stand in front of the Mirror of the Heart, as long as what you say is inconsistent with your heart, the reflection of you in the mirror will tell you the true thoughts in your heart.

Every word he said now was the truth, so he naturally didn't worry about the Mirror of the Heart reflecting his true thoughts.