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Chapter 658: Ancient Cultivator's Troubles

Chapter 658: Ancient Cultivator's Troubles

Yu Lie sat cross-legged in a quiet room, inhaling and exhaling immortal energy every day to transform his purple palace, and he was busy and happy.

Originally, regarding the matter of setting up the formation in the Purple Mansion, he did it all by himself in order to prevent others from seeing any secret things in the Purple Mansion.

But after a few days, Yu Lie found that arranging the formation was too complicated, and he was now at the first level of Dancheng, and the vastness of his Purple Mansion had long been exposed to the eyes of the Ancient God Son and others.

In addition, the bronze wine cup has now been refined into his body, and even the Great Celestial Venerable cannot see it.

So he was lazy again and simply invited outsiders into the Purple Mansion to help him set up the formation. They only needed to be responsible for some key parts. Of course, for the sake of caution, Yu Lie only let one person in, and the other person was his confidant.

This day.

After Sang Yutang finished communicating with a group of masters of formations, alchemy, weapons, etc. outside the quiet room, he walked into Yu Lie's room as usual, muttering to himself.

These days, she has been assisting Yu Lie in setting up the formation. Not only has she received guidance from many masters, but she also has many formation diagrams to browse through. In addition, her own qualifications are also outstanding, and her skills in formation are improving by leaps and bounds.

The harvest was so huge that the woman seemed to be possessed by a demon, and was in a state of mysticism all day long.

Seeing her in such a state, Yu Lie originally wanted to give her a few days off to rest and digest what she had learned before returning to work. Unexpectedly, this woman only looked confused and dazed, but in fact her mind was clear.

She even discovered that there was an extremely mysterious formation in Yu Lie's purple palace.

This formation was the nameless formation that helped Yu Lie expand the Purple Mansion. He obtained it from the birdcage and had never told outsiders about it. He also deliberately concealed this formation when he invited Sang Yutang into the Purple Mansion.

Unexpectedly, the woman was able to see through and identify it based on various clues.

Fortunately, the situation is different now. The formation has been discovered, but it is still within Yu Lie's tolerance range. There is no need to coerce this girl or even erase her memory.

At the same time, there was another surprise. Sang Yutang discovered that the series of transformations that Yu Lie had carried out on the Purple Mansion could be completely implemented relying on the nameless formation.

If this move is successful, not only can the production of the Purple Palace's Dan Qi be more natural, it can also further integrate the nameless formation into the Purple Palace, check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and guard against possible loopholes in the formation.

However, this move also carries the risk of causing the nameless formation to collapse or weaken its effectiveness.

But when Yu Lie heard about the benefits of modifying the formation, especially the benefit of finding loopholes and filling in the gaps, he agreed without hesitation.

His Purple Mansion has now expanded to its extreme, and it is no longer possible to grow by swallowing things from the secret realm. Moreover, its shape has been determined, so even if the nameless formation collapses, the Purple Mansion will not collapse.

Therefore, this formation is of no use to him at the moment.

Even with its inherent suppressive effect, Yu Lie now has his own great power and the spirit of beheading immortals to suppress it.

On the contrary, he was extremely worried that this nameless formation would remain in his body. One day, the owner or successor of the formation would come to him and use it to open the back door of his Purple Mansion.

By then, it will be too late to regret.

So he thought about it for a while, and not only agreed to Sang Yutang's proposal, but also directly opened up part of the authority of the formation to the other party, allowing this woman to move on her own in his purple palace, and also to enter and exit Yu Lie's purple palace on her own.

Today, Sang Yutang walked to Yu Lie's side. After she bowed to Yu Lie, she opened the Purple Mansion door placed beside her. Just as she was about to step in, she suddenly woke up and said to Yu Lie:

"My dear, it seems that someone you know came to see you outside the palace today. He was evasive and I asked him to tell me what he was talking about, but he refused and said it would be better for me to meet you in person.

Upon hearing this, Yu Lie opened his eyes in surprise.

Seeing that he had heard it, Sang Yutang nodded, muttered some incantation in a mysterious voice, and then disappeared into Yu Lie's purple palace.

"An acquaintance?" Yu Lie chewed something in his mouth, his spiritual sense flying, instantly covering the entire hall, and then he saw the sneaky figure of Kuimulang.

He suddenly burst out laughing: "So it's this guy, has he also joined the Chaos Immortal Palace?"

Yu Lie recalled carefully and found that he had indeed seen the figure of Kuimulang when he was in the Sword Garden.

It’s just that the other party was sneaking around in the sword garden, and seemed to be intentionally keeping a distance from him. Yu Lie was too lazy to pay attention to him, so he didn’t take it seriously and ignored him.

Not only did Kuimu Lang join the Immortal Palace, but Yu Lie also recalled and discovered that Jiaomu Jiao was also here.

Yu Lie thought to himself, "This guy isn't here to make friends, is he?"

Although he and this beast had fought side by side in the secret realm of the Star City, it was not a complete truce. The other party probably knew this, so he had been hiding from Yu Lie in the Immortal Palace.

After thinking about it and regulating his breathing for a while, Yu Lie finally took some time out of his busy schedule to ask someone to call Kuimulang in.

Not long after.

Kuimulang lowered his head and tucked his tail between his legs. As soon as he entered the door of the quiet room, without waiting for the door behind him to close, he prostrated himself on the ground and performed the formal ceremony of kowtow three times and nine bows.

"Little Taoist Wood Wolf, I pay my respects to His Highness! May His Highness ascend to heaven and become an immortal soon, transcending the realm of immortality!"

This fellow spoke in a very compromising way, and even addressed Yu Lie as "Your Highness", directly bringing over the Taoist court's stale etiquette and hierarchy, which was extremely flattering.

Yu Lie couldn't help but chuckle when he heard this: "Okay, Master Mulang, stop talking nonsense. You didn't come to me today to flatter me. If you have anything to say, just tell me.

But let me be frank, we have a lot of karmic connections, but our relationship is not such that I need to help you too much. You can decide for yourself."

Kuimu Lang said quickly:

"How dare I, how dare I, how can I be worthy of being your teacher? Your Highness, just call me Xiaomu, or Xiaolang."

The guy paused and looked back at the door of the quiet room behind him.

Yu Lie waved his hand knowingly, causing the gate to close. The formations around him also rose up. He said with a playful look, "Now I can tell you that even if you want to betray the way and go against the heaven, no one else here will know."

Then, Kuimu Lang heaved a sigh of relief and said:

"Your Highness, you are wise! It turns out that Your Highness has long known that someone wants to slander Your Highness for colluding with Gu Xiu."

"What?" Yu Lie was suddenly shocked. He really didn't know what Kuimulang wanted to say.

However, his expression remained unchanged, and his eyes were filled with a more playful look. He acted as if he had mastered the whole thing, and said:

"Oh, go on and listen."

Immediately, Kuimulang lowered his head and told Jiaomujiao, word by word, every detail of how Jiaomujiao had forced him to leave the palace and go to Huoxing City to wait for Gao Yunzi's orders.

While this beast was talking, Yu Lie secretly instructed the disciples in the palace to fetch the list of people who would go out in the next few days and send a message to him.

After looking through the records of entry and exit, it was discovered that just a few hours ago, Kuimulang had just finished his shift and he and Jiaomujiao secretly left the Immortal Palace, taking a small path.

It's just that they thought no one knew about it, but they didn't know that the entire Immortal Palace was shrouded in a large formation, and even the entry and exit of a wisp of spiritual energy would be recorded, let alone a living person.

As for what Kuimulang said, after listening to a few words, Yu Lie was even more shocked and suspicious:

"What? There are suspected ancient cultivators in Taozhou? Isn't it true that the Inspection Department is picking on the weak for performance reasons and deliberately labeling Taozhou as a traitor from the Shanhai Realm who is secretly in contact with the ancient cultivators?"

Yu Lie wanted to ask Kuimulang directly several times whether he told a lie or not, but in order to maintain his identity and to get more information out of him, he held back.

I continued to listen for a few more times, according to what Kuimulang said.

What Gao Yunzi was planning was to force the Taozhou lineage to reveal itself during the Dancheng Ceremony, in order to ruin the joy of the people in Qianzhou. He even planned to take advantage of the situation and encourage Yu Lie to kill the Taozhou lineage, and then inadvertently expose the relationship between Taozhou and Qianzhou afterwards.

In this way, although Qiangong was eliminating traitors, the image it presented to the people of the Mountain and Sea Realm would inevitably be one of betrayal, arrogance and domineering. At the same time, it was also a free job for the Dao Court.

If Yu Lie accidentally lost his true energy or even got injured in the process of eliminating the traitors, it would be even more appropriate for Gao Yunzi and the Dao Court.

"How did the ancient cultivator target Taozhou? How did he sneak into the Mountain and Sea Realm?"

Yu Lie pondered over it, feeling doubtful.

As far as he knew, or as far as anyone in the Mountain and Sea Realm knew, the native land of the Mountain and Sea Realm was shrouded in heavy dragon energy and surrounded by groups of immortals in the sky.

Although there had been ancient cultivators who had sneaked in before, they all had the help of world fragments, that is, they had sneaked in when the mountain and sea realm took the initiative to release the barrier.

Moreover, all the stowaways cannot escape from the fragments of the world. The final result is that they are turned into ashes along with the fragments and become the nutrients of the Mountain and Sea Realm. There is no need for the people of the Mountain and Sea Realm to deal with them deliberately.

Yu Lie suddenly thought of Shi Hanzi and thought to himself, "Could it be that this matter is related to me?"

Although this association seems a bit absurd, what if the traitor in Taozhou is exposed?

This incident was most likely the first time in history that Shanhai Xiandao was "invaded" by foreigners since its establishment.

At least it will be the first time in public.

At that time, the Immortal Court will certainly do everything it can to find the clue for the sake of face, or for the sake of the safety of the world.

If we are not careful, if the ancient cultivators in Taozhou are really lured by Shi Hanzi, their existence will be exposed and Yu Lie will be implicated.

Even if Yu Lie was a first-grade golden elixir, he would be punished, forcing him to make meritorious contributions and prove his loyalty. Because he had no Taoist talismans in his mind, if someone wanted to kill him, it was not impossible.

For a moment, Yu Lie felt a sense of uneasiness in his heart.

He vaguely felt that there seemed to be a huge net in front of him, slowly approaching him and waiting for him to fall into it.

In the quiet room, Kuimulang did not notice Yu Lie's abnormality. He landed in front of Yu Lie and continued to loudly talk about Gao Yunzi's intentions, but he only said some superficial things. He secretly insulted Gao Yunzi and Jiaomujiao from beginning to end. Among them, Kuimulang was the most honest person.

It seems that this guy has no idea how big of an uproar it will cause in the Mountain and Sea Realm if the matter of the ancient cultivator from Taozhou is exposed.

"Wait." Yu Lie narrowed his eyes and thought to himself:

"Kui Mulang is an old man in the Inspection Department. When he brought me into the department, he was very clear-headed and ruthless. Does this guy really not know about the matter of the 'Ancient Cultivator of Taozhou', or is he pretending not to know and deliberately reminding me?"

Especially at this time, the official war between the Mountain and Sea Realm and the ancient cultivators may not be far away.

As for other forces, they still don't know. But the indulgence of Immortal Sword and Ancient God in the Chaos Palace has been vaguely reminded, and Kuimu Lang is now one of the disciples of the Chaos Palace!

Immediately, Yu Lie looked at this beast meaningfully and said:

"Brother Mulang, is this all you plan to tell me today?"

Kuimulang stopped talking abruptly, his eyes rolled around, but there was no expression of confusion on his face.

"Your Highness, I have listed all that I know here, and I have not concealed a single word."

After pondering for a while, Kuimulang immediately prostrated himself on the ground and shouted loudly:

"If Your Highness finds that there is something fishy going on in this matter, I am willing to swear an oath to prove my loyalty and serve Your Highness like a dog or a horse to test my loyalty. Please give me your instructions."

Yu Lie chuckled.

It is obvious that the cunning Kuimulang knows how serious the consequences will be if the matter of "Ancient Cultivator of Taozhou" is taken seriously.

It's just that I don't know whether the other party is deliberately testing Yu Lie, or wants to keep something in reserve so that he can take over the task from Yu Lie, or he will decide whether to give Yu Lie further reminders based on the circumstances later.

Yu Lie said calmly: "In this case, if I send you back to the Mountain and Sea Realm and rush to Taozhou to find out what's going on, can you do it?"

Kuimulang had an enthusiastic expression at first, but suddenly he choked. He took a breath, but held it back and dared not say anything.

Yu Lie shook his head and said, "Then I'll ask you to lead people to the Dao Court and either torture Gao Yunzi or invite him to the Immortal Palace to confront me face to face. Do you dare to do it?"

Kuimulang's lips trembled a few times, and he seemed to want to say something again but stopped himself. He buried his head, not daring to look at Yu Lie.

Seeing this, Yu Lie laughed and scolded: "This is not okay, that is not okay, and you still dare to say that you can do whatever I say. Kuimulang, if you only have loyalty but no courage and ability, you will not be able to get things done."

These words made Kuimulang blush.

Fortunately, Yu Lie let this guy go in time.

Buzz!

I saw a dim jade sword floating up and landing in front of Kuimu Lang, and Yu Lie's command was heard:

"You are ordered to take this order and secretly capture Jiao Mu Jiao, detain him in one place, and torture him severely.

At that time, will there be anyone inside or outside the palace to inquire about it? How many people will there be? Please write down all the details for me!"

The jade sword was given to Yu Lie by the Son of Ancient God for him to comprehend the magic formula. Now the magic formula inside it has been used up and it has become a decoration. However, the Immortal Palace disciples who hold this item can still command the three great sword masters and mobilize most of the formations, which can be regarded as proof of the identity of the Son of Ancient God.

Kuimulang quickly stood up and held up the jade sword. He looked excited and shouted in a loud voice:

"Yes! I will obey your Highness's order."

Whether it was going deep into the enemy camp, gathering intelligence, or capturing the Taoist master, Kuimulang didn't have the courage to do so.

But eliminating colleagues and fighting among themselves were his specialties.

Did he really think that he, Kui, had been an inspector for hundreds of years for nothing?!

(End of this chapter)