Bringing the Hokage legacy to the Nine Realms of Golden Light

Barren Mountain Position

Although it is very important that the Mirror Man looks the same as him, he still wants to stay by his second son Zhangyi's side.

Until Qiao Rulai came back and attracted his attention.

In the Central Plains Conference Hall

Only the father and son

After listening to Qiao Rulai's report, Shi Yanwen also frowned.

"Do you think the Demon Armor was taken away by the people from the Western Sword School?" Shi Yanwen asked Qiao Rulai. This was also a test.

“Although the Demon Armor was worn by Xiaokong, I believe that the Demon Armor was not taken away by Xijianliu!

“Few people knew that the Demon Armor was originally stored in Wuji Mountain. The Western Sword School was invaded by invaders from Japan, and they should not have such a foundation in the Central Plains.

“Besides, Senior Shi Gan is quite capable, he wouldn’t be killed without giving out any intelligence.

“As for the Central Plains, if someone really got such a treasure, no matter who they are, they would not give it to the Japanese invaders, causing immeasurable losses.

"Combined with the current rumor, I think the person who secretly took away the Demon Armor should be from Miaojiang." Qiao Rulai said.

"If all this is the plan of the Miao people, then what is his purpose in doing this?" Shi Yanwen looked at Qiao Rulai with relief as he thought.

He could see that Qiao Rulai's talent in intelligence and strategy was even greater than his, but she just lacked experience and guidance.

As long as Qiao Rulai is willing to think, Shi Yanwen will naturally be happy to help.

Moreover, the future of Central Plains will eventually be handed over to the young people of their generation. This is inheritance.

It is not for the purpose of controlling the so-called leadership of the Central Plains. If there is really someone who can do a better job than their Shi family, they are willing to hand over this heavy responsibility.

“The Demon Armor has a very strong defensive ability, and can even ignore and defend against all attacks. If it is given to the Western Sword School, it can strengthen the power of the Western Sword School, allowing them and the Central Plains to achieve a mutually destructive effect.

"And spreading the rumor that my father and Cangjingren are twin brothers has the greater effect of causing the mutually hostile Central Plains and Miaojiang to fall into civil strife?"

When it comes to the last sentence, Qiao Rulai is a little uncertain because there are some contradictions in it!

"According to what you said, Miaojiang gave the Demon Armor to Xijianliu so that Xijianliu and Zhongyuan would both suffer losses, and Miaojiang would benefit in the end.

"But, according to what you said, the magic armor is powerful, it can make the wearer invulnerable to swords and axes, and invulnerable to water and fire. It is almost invincible. Isn't Miaojiang afraid of cultivating a powerful enemy, and making Miaojiang unable to bear such consequences?

"Also, if Miaojiang pushed Xijianliu and Zhongyuan to a mutual defeat, then why did he spread rumors and cause trouble for both places?" Shi Yanwen continued to ask his own questions, guiding Qiao Rulai to think deeply.

"Unless they are not afraid of the consequences of these two things!" Qiao Rulai responded as if she suddenly realized something.

"How can we not be afraid?" Shi Yanwen continued to guide.

"The Demon Armor is fake! Or, they recast it after getting it, and added some restrictions in it!"

The Demon Armor was previously disassembled into eight swords and eight knives, which led to the reputation of the Eight Swords of the Central Plains and the Eight Sword Kings of the Western Regions. In order to deal with powerful enemies, they collected the eight swords and eight knives and recast them. Now that they have been taken by some ambitious people, it is not difficult to understand why they are disassembled and recast again!

“As for the rumors, perhaps they were meant to cause internal strife between the two sides!

“After the previous battle, the strength of the Western Sword School has dropped sharply, and is now less than half of its previous strength.

"Now that Mr. Zhou Zhengyi has taken Xiaokong back, the plan of Xijianliu has been cut off. The plan of the ambitious people behind the scenes to hurt both sides has failed. So, they have no choice but to find another way and create new conflicts to cause unrest in the Central Plains and Miaojiang in advance, consume their fighting power, and balance the power among the Central Plains, Miaojiang, and Xijianliu!

"And..." Qu Qiao Rulai spoke more and more fluently, and her eyes became brighter and brighter, but at the end, she suddenly stopped.

"Why don't you say anything? Keep talking!" Shi Yanwen encouraged him to continue!

"Moreover, the rumor about my father and the Mirror Man may not be untrue! Because as long as the Mirror Man takes off his mask, it can be verified. The person behind the scenes cannot fail to think of this, so this rumor can only be true!

"Could it be that my father and Cang Jingren are really..." There is a long-standing feud between the Chinese and Miao people. Qiao Rulai couldn't believe how much of a blow it would deal to her father's reputation after Cang Jingren, who was revered as the war god of the Miao area, killed so many heroes in the Central Plains. Then, it was revealed that he was a twin of the Central Plains sage Shi Yanwen!

It may even cause the Central Plains to return to a state of disunity with no one in charge.

Worse still, if a pawn arranged by the other side mixed in among the group of heroes and incited the people of Central Plains to force the father to kill his twin brothers with his own hands, how cruel it would be!

Moreover, given my father's personality, he would definitely not be able to kill him in the end. Then at that time, those people incited the heroes of the Central Plains to force my father to death. How vicious they were!

"Your grandfather, my father once told me that I did have a twin brother, but he was lost on the battlefield, and there has been no news of him since then!" Although Shi Yanwen only said this simply, his meaning was very clear.

"This is my father's business. I will handle it. You don't need to worry about it. The Nine Palaces Martial Arts Discussion is a foregone conclusion. What you need to think about now is what the purpose of the person behind the scenes is. Only by understanding this matter can you make the best targeted arrangements."

As he was speaking, Ling Zun, who had been busy in the underground secret room for two days, finally came out from underground and came to the meeting hall.

"Am I here at a bad time?" Ling Zun came to the door of the hall and noticed that there were only the father and son in the hall, so he couldn't help but ask.

"Jingzhong came back from the investigation, and Yanwen was just discussing some matters of the current situation with him. Does Senior Lingzun have good news?" Shi Yanwen said with surprise after explaining.

“Regarding Xiaokong, I have already removed some of the spells that the Western Sword School had left on him, and I have also used the soul transfer method to eliminate some of the powerful spiritual energy and consciousness that the Western Sword School had left on him.

“He also used the spirit summoning method to recall his own spiritual consciousness, but it still takes time to restore it to normal.

"In addition, the demon armor on him is very likely not real!" Ling Zun finally expressed his opinion.

"As long as there is still a chance to recover, we can wait! Yan Wenming was deeply moved to receive help from his seniors.

"And Demon Armor, why did Senior Lingzun say so?" Shi Yanwen asked curiously. This point is very important now.

“I have also heard rumors about the Demon Armor. Although I don’t know its specific origins, the battle centered on the eight swords and eight knives to recast the Demon Armor had a great impact in the Central Plains.

“That is to say, the real Demon Armor has at least gone through the process of casting, splitting, and then casting again.

“No matter how skilled the caster is, the difference between a recast object like this and a once-molded object can never be erased.

"And the magic armor on Xiaokong is this kind of one-time formed thing!"