Star Trace Gate

In the collapsed ruins of the inn, Ren Ye looked at the portrait of the old man on the ground, and suddenly he felt dizzy, his eyes were bloodshot, and he had a trance-like feeling from overusing his brain.

He instinctively touched his temple, shook his head, calmed himself and said, "He...he is not dead, he is still alive?"

"Yes, I remember this person too." Old Liu nodded.

"I have only met him twice." Xu Qingzhao added.

Xu Bangzi listened to what the three people said and asked curiously, "Who is this person you are talking about?"

Ren Ye looked at the ground, frowned and replied, "He is a very prestigious old friend in Qingliang Prefecture."

"An old friend is an old friend, what does adding a special one mean?" Xu Bangzi didn't understand.

Old Liu replied in a boastful tone: "You are a newcomer, why are you asking so many questions? Many of the secrets of the empire require money to find out..."

"I hope you'll be killed by the poisonous insects from southern Xinjiang and your mouths will explode." Xu Bangzi found that Lao Liu was very bullying. Since he arrived, he has become the man at the bottom of the food chain in the team.

After thinking for a while, Ren Ye turned his head and said to Xu Qingzhao: "Ask a few more ghosts to see if we can find any news about Song Xing. If not, we'll get ready to leave."

"can."

Xu Qingzhao nodded in response.

After Ren Ye finished speaking, he walked out of the ruins and walked to the outskirts of the restricted area: "Brother Yan, I'm afraid we still have to go a long way. The brother who met us earlier said that after a fierce battle here, Song Xing and others chased after the two supernatural powers. I want to see if I can find these two people along the way."

Yan Bo asked with his hands behind his back: "Are these two people related to you?"

"Yes, one was my close attendant, who was lost in the battle on Canyon Road; the other one, who could be considered my predecessor, also appeared here and was ambushed by Song Xing and others." Ren Ye replied.

"Okay, then we will leave the county later and ride the Blue Bird in the woods. Let that brother lead the way and we will search along the way." Yan Bo nodded in agreement.

Ren Ye clasped his fists upon hearing this, and expressed his gratitude from the bottom of his heart: "Tonight, without your help, we might have all died in Southern Xinjiang, not to mention tracking down so many clues. I don't need to thank you for your kindness, and I will beat you up in the future."

"King Huai, please don't be polite. Forget the beating." Yao Chi said with a smile, "Just don't forget our agreement."

The foxy girl hung a pink umbrella around her waist, looked at Ren Ye with seductive eyes and asked, "I have something I don't understand, and I would like to ask King Huai for advice."

"I'm not worthy of your advice, but you can always talk, Mei'er." Ren Ye replied politely.

A faint smile appeared on Foxy's pretty face, her eyes full of playfulness.

She was charming and seductive, but she didn't have the coquettish feeling of powder: "I want to ask King Huai, does this man like a virtuous wife or a man who likes to take off his underwear?"

Damn, she has to open the microphone right away, playing double rhyme? And this topic is very naked, it turns out that the women of southern Xinjiang are generous and unrestrained by nature.

Ren also immediately rapped with her and politely replied: "Being a good wife during the day, taking off underwear at night, and vomiting with an iron rod late at night, these are the three perfections of a man. Those who have all of them can rest in peace."

After listening to this, Yan Bo and Yao Chi immediately showed an expression that showed that Your Excellency is indeed a man of great talent.

Foxy usually drives and rarely meets someone who is her match. At this moment, her eyes are bright as she exclaims, "Prince Huai is indeed quick-witted."

"The ruthless years always teach us a lot." When Ren Ye was talking nonsense, he suddenly felt a sharp gaze coming from behind.

When I turned around, my beloved concubine, who had just finished chatting with the little ghost, showed an expression like the King of Hell.

"Well...I didn't teach you too much." Ren Ye immediately explained.

Xu Qingzhao rolled his eyes at him and said coldly, "I summoned a few more souls to ask questions and learned that Song Xing and his companions attacked the guest in Room A of the inn, who was our acquaintance, at around midnight. There were sixteen of them in total, and Erlang and the acquaintance killed three of them in the inn. After that, they fought and fled, heading towards the mountains in the northwest until they disappeared."

Ren nodded slowly, "Anything else?"

"According to several waiters and waitresses in the inn, the guest in Room A said something after being attacked." Xu Qingzhao paused and said, "He said: Qingliang Prefecture is guilty of the will of heaven because of the actions of Prince Huai, so heavy rains have fallen in this prefecture for several days as a punishment from heaven. You are using the power of heaven to spread the plague, just to turn Qingliang Prefecture into a ghost town. You are taking me back now, are you going to make me replace Prince Huai and become a puppet of your master behind the scenes? What a wishful thinking...!"

"Are these the exact words of the guest of Room A?" Ren Ye deliberately used Room A to refer to that person in front of Yan Bo and others.

"Yes, that's roughly what I mean." Xu Qingzhao nodded.

"Anything else?" Ren Ye asked.

"There are also some minor details," Xu Qingzhao said, "most of them are related to the battle, and there are no important clues."

"it is good."

Ren nodded after hearing this and said, "Then please follow me and search along the way together."

"it is good."

Yan Bo and others responded.

……

Soon, everyone left Funan County, and under the guidance of the green forest hero who was responsible for picking them up, they rode on the blue bird and searched all the way to the northwest.

To be honest, Ren was also very concerned about Erlang and that acquaintance. He was afraid that these two people would be caught alive by Song Xing, which would be troublesome.

However, after searching for a long time along the way, the crowd did not see any traces of the battle between the supernatural powers. The dense forests in the mountains along the way were intact, and there were no star source fluctuations left.

After chasing for hundreds of miles, they saw towering mountains ahead, like a barrier blocking the way ahead.

At this time, Yan Bo reminded him, "King Huai, we can't go any further. The front is the restricted area of ​​our Southern Xinjiang. The highest peak you see on your left is the Bulao Mountain. Behind the Bulao Mountain is the Mausoleum of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Kings of Southern Xinjiang, where all the witch masters are buried. Unless it is a major national event or a sacrifice, no one can enter at will. There are also many tribal elders who are about to reach the end of their lifespans."

Ren Ye looked at the towering Bulao Mountain and saw clouds floating above the peaks. The mountain was covered by a thin layer of mist, giving it a mysterious feeling of a fairy mountain.

He paused for a moment, turned his head and asked, "What would happen if my guards and acquaintances escaped here and mistakenly entered the tomb of the Twenty-Four Heavenly Kings?"

"Deep in the Heavenly King Mausoleum is a fourth-order secret place. In addition to those tribal elders who have died, there are also many ancient beasts that we cannot even name. It is very dangerous." Yan Bo replied: "But after Song Xing and others chased here, they should not have the courage to dare to break into the Twenty-Four Mausoleums. Therefore, your guard, if he is a normal person with a clear mind, should be able to escape calmly after walking around the periphery. After all, there are many mountains here, and it will be difficult to find him in any forest."

Ren also nodded slowly: "In this way, the probability of them escaping is very high. After this incident, if Erlang escapes, they will probably take him back to Qingliang Mansion."

"That's right. Although Erlang is a stubborn and reckless man, his intelligence is still normal. He won't force his way into someone else's cemetery." Old Liu nodded: "What's more, he is originally from Southern Xinjiang, so he naturally knows the importance of this mausoleum."

"Yeah, that makes sense."

Hearing what Lao Liu said, Ren was relieved a little and said softly, "It's getting late. Everyone has been too busy tonight. Let's find a place to rest and take a break."

"Once we enter Lingnan, there are countless inns in our Green Camp where we can rest." Yan Bo nodded: "Let's go, I'll take you there."

……

After daybreak, everyone returned to the territory of Lingnan Prefecture and randomly found an inn under the jurisdiction of Qianli Green Camp on the edge of the city to rest.

Yan Bo, Hu Meizi, Yao Chi and the others had been running around all night and were very tired, so after entering the inn, they went back to their rooms to sleep.

But Ren Ye, Lao Liu, Ai Fei, Xu Bangzi and other four people gathered together and began to collect various clues.

Xu Bangzi sat on a chair and asked softly, "Who is the guest in Room A? There were outsiders here before, so I couldn't ask."

This time, Old Liu did not play it safe and only replied softly, "His name is Fenglin Taoist. He was once a counselor and military advisor under the old King Huai. He is just a think tank hidden in the dark, much like Guangxiao in black beside Taizu, or Lao Wu beside the Fourth Master."

"I roughly understand. They are the close ministers beside the emperor, who specialize in planning political or military conspiracies?" Xu Bangzi confirmed.

"Yes." Ren also nodded.

He looked at the rising sun outside the window and began to recall the Taoist Fenglin who only existed in his memory.

Why do you say that?

Because Ren is not the real Zhu Zigui, and Lao Liu is not the real Liu Jishan, they all entered Qingliang Mansion later, obtained the memories of these two door spirits, and replaced their identities.

Moreover, Ren had once guessed that the "characters" replaced by the seven players in Qingliang Mansion should all be residual souls that have not yet been enlightened. Only the beloved concubine played herself and was a local.

Therefore, the memories that Zhu Zigui provided to Ren Ye were not perfect, and many of them were fragmented. This would not cause mental pollution to the players, but it was enough to support the role-playing gameplay.

In Zhu Zigui's memory, Fenglin Taoist was indeed the first counselor beside the old King Huai, and he held a high position in the 300,000 Qingjia Army. However, everyone only knew his name, and few people had seen him in person.

As the counselors around the emperor, they are always forced to do some things that are not worthy of being shown in public. It is a very normal thing for them to show up less frequently and maintain a sense of mystery.

Ren Ye sat in the chair and thought carefully.

Even Zhu Zigui had only met Fenglin Taoist once, and that was on the day of his wedding to his beloved concubine. The old King Huai was very happy about his eldest son's wedding and drank to the point of almost losing his composure.

It was also on that day that King Huai introduced Taoist Fenglin in public, claiming that this man had the talent to assist the king, and that the victory in the many hard battles in Southern Xinjiang was entirely due to the strategies offered by this man.

At that time, there were so many guests that almost all the people of Qingliang Prefecture were watching the ceremony near the government office. As a result, Taoist Fenglin became famous in Qingliang Prefecture within just one day and enjoyed a very high reputation.

The reason was simple. The old King Huai thought highly of him. On the day of his wedding, he said to all the generals, officials, and gentry, "If one day I die in battle, and Qingliang Prefecture is left without anyone to manage it and the three armies without a commander, then Fenglin Taoist will assist my eldest son Zhu Zigui. But if Zigui is unable to shoulder the responsibility and make decisions, then for the sake of the 300,000 Qingjia soldiers under his command and the people of Qingliang Prefecture, Fenglin Taoist can take his place, depose Zigui, and lead the three armies."

Although this evaluation was uttered when the person was drunk, it fully demonstrated the trust and favor that King Huai had for this person, so it was hard for Fenglin Taoist not to become popular.

As everyone knows, the people of Qingliang Prefecture love King Huai very much. They openly call him the number one military general of the Daqian Dynasty and a pillar of the country, so naturally they will believe what he says.

King Huai said that Taoist Fenglin offered advice in many difficult battles in southern Xinjiang and achieved the final victory for the Daqian Dynasty. Such a person... would naturally be worshipped like a god.

This is not an exaggeration. People just like to create gods, to build a perfect person in their own minds. The more feudal the society is, the more it needs it. The more mysterious the "god" created is, and the more it cannot be looked at directly.

This is a long-standing thing since ancient times, whether in ancient times or modern times.

And when "society" no longer needs such a god, the statue will be smashed to pieces and anyone can step on it or spit on it.

However, the real "God" often watches all this silently and smiles as if everything is under control.

But Taoist Fenglin's fate was good. He was not smashed to pieces and has always lived like a god in the hearts of the people of Qingliang Prefecture.

Why?

Because on King Huai's last triumphal journey, he encountered a situation where the king ordered his subject to die, and the subject had to die. The Taoist Fenglin who was accompanying the army disappeared in the chaos of the battle.

However, although he was missing, he still had a high prestige in the hearts of the people of Qingliang Prefecture. Because everyone remembered what King Huai said on the day of Zhu Zigui's wedding, and also remembered this "prime minister in black" who had only appeared in public once.

Ren Ye recalled Zhu Zigui's memory, frowning and saying, "Didn't Taoist Fenglin die in the chaotic battle when Emperor Jing wanted to stab the old King Huai to death?"

Xu Bangzi was silent for a while: "Fenglin Taoist, this name sounds quite poetic and rare. Does it have any deep meaning?"

Old Liu looked at him and squinted his eyes and said, "I remembered a poem. Maybe it has something to do with this name."

"What poem?" Xu Bangzi asked humbly.

Old Liu narrated softly: "Stop the car and sit to enjoy the maple forest at dusk. Maybe his name was taken from this, expressing a yearning for... car sex."

Xu Bangzi was speechless: "People who have received education are different...!"

Ren ignored them and just frowned in thought, when he suddenly heard the reminder of the Star Gate in his ears.

[Special reminder—Due to your persistent investigation, the mission event of the source of the plague has been upgraded.]

[Investigate the source of the plague: C-level mission - upgraded to - Border Storm: S-level mission. ]

[Please wait, the supreme laws of the divine land are evolving the Immortal Mountain...]