Mortal Bones

Golden Scale Hall.

In the courtyard of the guest room waiting for the reception.

"Master, please wait a moment until someone comes forward to inform the young master."

Arriving at the door of the guest room where Xu Taiping was, the deacon of Youyun Mansion carefully asked Master Qiu for instructions.

Although he had confidence in his own people, everything was unforeseen, so he wanted to step forward to check first.

If there really was an emergency, he would be able to deal with it in advance.

"Go ahead."

Palace Master Qiu nodded.

He also felt that it was inappropriate for him to go in so rashly.

Hearing this, the deacon breathed a sigh of relief, then hurried forward and knocked on the door with his hand.

"Mr. Xu, it's your turn to meet the palace master."

The deacon asked into the room.

But after waiting for a long time, there was still no response from the house.

The master of the palace, Qiu Shanyuan, suddenly frowned, slightly displeased, feeling that this Zhenwutian monk was a little impolite.

But when the deacon saw no response from the room, he was overjoyed.

Because this also means that the monk from Zhenwutian in the room has been taken away by their people.

As for how he would deal with the palace master behind him after he was taken away, that was simple.

"Master, there should be no one in the house. It may be an imposter monk who escaped early because he was worried about being discovered by you."

The deacon said with a trace of "anger" on his face.

"Open the door and take a look."

Palace Master Qiu still insisted on letting the deacon open the door.

"yes."

The deacon was completely calm at this time.

There has been no movement inside so far. In his opinion, there is only one possibility - our people have succeeded.

"Squeak..."

So the deacon used some strength to push the door open.

But the moment the door opened, he was stunned because what he saw was a room covered in blood and broken arms and limbs everywhere.

"Why didn't you deal with these bastards before you left?"

The deacon cursed in his mind.

But even so, as long as the monk in the room dies, he can still find a way to deceive the master behind him.

After all, they have seen hundreds of vendettas involving the Golden Scale Society instead of a thousand in the past few years.

But when he glanced around the room carefully, his scalp suddenly became numb.

Because he discovered that the severed arms and limbs in this room did not come from the Zhenwutian monk, but belonged to one of their own!

The cultivator from Zhenwu Tian held a few formation flags in his hands and sat there leisurely drinking tea.

"Why is there such a strong smell of blood there?"

Qiu Shanyuan's somewhat cold voice suddenly sounded behind the deacon.

What also appeared at the same time was Palace Master Qiu's violent aura fluctuations, which were like overwhelming mountains and oceans.

At the same time, Xu Taiping, who was drinking tea in the room, also put down his cup and raised his hand to say hello to the deacon:

"My lord, is it my turn?"

When the deacon saw this, he didn't hesitate at all. He quickly made a Dao seal with his hand, and then suddenly opened his mouth and said:

"Master, please step back. This boy is a monster. I'm here to get rid of him!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the deacon suddenly spit out a small green sword from his mouth, and with a "swish" sound, it pierced the air and stabbed Xu Taiping.

"boom!"

But what shocked the deacon was that Xu Taiping, who was stabbed by the flying sword, just turned into a ball of green steam and dissipated.

Before he could figure out what was going on, a fist hit his chest so hard that he flew backwards with a bang.

However, when his body passed by Palace Master Qiu Shanyuan, an invisible force, like a big hand, pressed the deacon to the ground with a "bang".

Then, the master of the palace, Qiu Shanyuan, first looked at the deacon who was unable to move on the ground, and then looked at Xu Taiping who was standing at the door and said:

"This little brother, can you explain to me what is going on?"

Hearing this, Xu Taiping looked at Qiu Shanyuan carefully, and then asked:

"Are you the Lord Qiu?"

"It's me." Qiu Shanyuan nodded.

Xu Taiping smiled helplessly when he heard this and said:

"I also want to ask you why the people from your Youyun Mansion poisoned my tea and arranged for four assassins to assassinate me in the house."

Upon hearing this, Qiu Shanyuan's face suddenly turned cold. He then turned to look at the deacon and said with a disappointed look on his face:

"You also intervened in this matter?"

When the deacon heard this, a look of determination suddenly appeared on his face, and then he gritted his teeth hard.

Then there was a "bang" sound, and the deacon's head exploded like the young monk before.

Seeing this scene, Master Qiu's face turned pale. The deacon's suicide undoubtedly confirmed his suspicions.

"Master Qiu, can you tell me what is going on?"

Seeing the expression on Qiu Shanyuan's face at this moment, Xu Taiping seemed to know something, so he asked again.

"Show me your golden scale mark."

Qiu Shanyuan did not answer, but looked up at Xu Taiping and extended his hand to him.

Xu Taiping took out the token Huang Que had given him and a small seal as a token.

However, he did not hand it to Qiu Shanyuan, but held it in his hands vigilantly.

Qiu Shanyuan didn't say much, he just glanced at it from a distance, then withdrew his hand, nodded and said:

"You come to the Golden Scale Hall with me. No matter whether this matter is directed at you or not, as long as you are on the Golden Scale List, no one will dare to hurt you, not even the idiots from the royal family."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping felt a chill in his heart.

Although Palace Master Qiu did not make it clear, he had implicitly pointed the person behind the scenes to the Chu royal family.

And it can be seen from the tone in which he said this that he was also very dissatisfied with this matter, but due to the limitations of his power, he could not intervene.

"Thank you, Master Qiu, for the tip."

Xu Taiping thanked Qiu Shanyuan, then followed him and walked quickly towards Jinlin Hall.

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at the same time.

Zhenwutian, Qingxuanzong.

The dojo of Dugu Qingxiao, the second senior brother of Qifeng, is located in the bamboo forest in the backyard of Youxuan.

"Second Senior Brother, these are the last few days for the Golden Scale Society to enter the list. Junior Brother, his name has not appeared on the list yet. Is there something wrong with your spiritual mirror?"

Zhao Linglong put her chin in her hands and looked at Dugu Qingxiao who was chatting with Zi Yan in the bamboo forest with a puzzled look on her face.

"Impossible, this is the spiritual mirror that Huangque brought from Jiufu. It is specially used to observe the golden scale meeting. The total of Zhenwutian is only three pieces."

Dugu Qingxiao shook his head.

"Then this is strange, could it be my junior brother..."

Zhao Linglong suddenly had an extremely bad premonition in her heart.