Seeking immortality in a deceitful way starts by making oneself into a puppet

The Golden Flower Thief can be said to be a giant thief who is wanted and hunted by all forces. In the web of cause and effect woven by the divine court and heaven, he still has a way to commit crimes and cause misfortune. He has committed crimes everywhere and committed numerous crimes over the years. Naturally, that is nothing. Idle characters.

What is certain is that this golden flower thief must have mastered an unusual method of hiding his identity. This method can even evade many detection methods in the world.

At least, the people in the Fang family don't seem to know the true identity of the Golden Flower Thief. Even Fang Xiongyang, the master of the Fang family and the head of the family, is very afraid of the Golden Flower Thief.

"Fang Xiongyang's cultivation is not weak, and the Fang family is a local gangster, so they are not afraid of the Golden Flower Thief... If we really want to say that one of the reasons why this Golden Flower Thief makes Fang Xiongyang extremely fearful, it should be The reason is that the Golden Flower Thief has some powerful means of concealing his traces and disguising his identity.”

But if it were He Ping, it would not be difficult to find this person. His thoughts were like a dragnet, wrapping up the entire Duyang City. In the blink of an eye, an inconspicuous young man was found.

This young man seems to be a young scholar, dressed in white and studying in an academy.

"...Be harmonious without flowing; strong means corrective. Neutral but not dependent; strong means corrective. If the country has a way, it will not change; strong means corrective. If the country has no way, it will not change until death; strong means corrective."

This is Dongshan Academy in Guyang City. It is located in the southeast corner of this huge city and is considered a relatively remote area.

Although this academy also belongs to Guyang City, it is not actually under the jurisdiction of the city lord of Guyang City. The previous presidents have all received the title of Taoist officials in the Zhengfa Taoist Academy, and they are nominally appointed and dismissed by the court of the Yuhuang Dynasty. Yes, it does not belong to the same system as Guyang City.

Dongshan Academy was founded by a famous scholar who resigned from the court and returned to his hometown during the heyday of the Yuhuang Dynasty. After hundreds of years, it slowly expanded and grew into the current Dongshan Academy.

This is also embarrassing to say. Originally, when the Yuhuang Dynasty was powerful, Confucian sects such as Dongshan Academy were at their peak in the Spring and Autumn Period, and were on equal footing with forces such as Zhengfa Taoist Academy.

As the power of the Yuhuang Dynasty gradually declined, even the management power of Dongshan College gradually fell into the hands of the Zhengfa Taoist Academy.

"Brother Luo, you really have leisure and ambition."

A scholar holding a jade flute in his hand, wearing a robe and a jade-colored belt around his waist, and looking like a jade tree standing in the wind, walked in next to him.

"In a few days, it will be the day when the Zhengfa Taoist Hall will hold the rituals and take the Taoist examination. If Brother Luo doesn't study the meaning of the Taoist scriptures, what's the use of reading these ancient scriptures that can only be talked about?"

The scholar in white smiled bitterly and said: "We are Confucian students after all. Instead of learning the meaning of the scriptures of the Confucian sages, we instead study Taoist scriptures such as the Nanhua Sutra and the Yushu Sutra. Isn't this putting the cart before the horse?"

"However, the decline of the Yuhuang Dynasty is already a fact. After the reform of the Zhengfa Taoist Academy, the old rules of selecting scholars through the imperial examination that have continued to this day were replaced by Taoist officials."

The young scholar, who seemed to come from a wealthy family, shook his head.

"In the past, several great scholars who had the support of the Emperor went to the Taoist Academy to protest and sat in silence in front of the main entrance of the Zhengfa Taoist Temple for ten days. As a result, they were all killed by thunder from the sky. From then on, no one dared to say anything to the Taoist Academy again. Opinion."

"I also know what you said."

The scholar in white punched the desk hard.

"It's just hard to accept this result. The Zhengfa Taoist Academy's move is really unnecessary and is simply humiliating us Confucian scholars."

The name of this scholar in white is "Luo Yiting". He belongs to the Luo clan and is also a descendant of the aristocratic clan in Guyang City.

Of course, the Luo family is not a big family. Its ancestors were great scholars from the Yuhuang Dynasty. During the heyday of the dynasty, the family held many high-ranking officials, and some even reached the rank of Third Duke. However, the world changed and things were unpredictable.

A hundred years later, the power of the dynasty gradually declined, and the former authority became riddled with holes and was in a state of decadence. The emperor of the Holy Ancestor State in the center of Kyushu could no longer command the world.

The Luo family has also fallen from being a big family in Guyang City to the bottom of the top ten families. The Shi family and the Fang family, which were looked down upon by the Luo family in the past, have emerged, which has always made Luo Yiting feel bad.

"Brother Luo."

The young scholar from a wealthy family smiled helplessly.

"Perhaps the Taoist Academy is not targeting the Confucian sect, but someone else."

"Brother Shen, you said it was the rumor among the people..."

The scholar in white raised his head, with a strange light in his eyes.

Naturally, he had heard some legends about a certain emperor of the Jade Phoenix Dynasty who committed a taboo and angered God, and was therefore abandoned by the Heavenly Court.

Certain families with big surnames know that the abolition of the secular court in the human world depends to a large extent on the control of the divine court.

The emperor that the world is familiar with, and the great cause of the Jade Phoenix Dynasty that rules the entire Tianzhou Continent, are just playthings of the gods in the heavens.

"As long as you understand."

The scholar named Shen nodded.

"Although the rumors may not be credible, today, the power of the Yuhuang Dynasty is not as strong as before, and it cannot control the overall situation at all. In the entire Tianzhou Continent, there are countless big families and local wealthy families who occupy a city. They only follow the decrees of the Holy Ancestor State in name, but they go against it behind the scenes. Today, no one knows how many careerists there are in the world, waiting for an opportunity..."

"What chance?"

The scholar in white continued to ask.

"This is the opportunity for the collapse of the Jade Phoenix Dynasty."

The young scholar surnamed Shen sighed: "Of course this is an opportunity to compete in the restaurants and revolutionize the world!"

He continued: "The general trend of the world is constantly changing. In the land of Jiuzhou on the Tianzhou Continent, thousands of cities stand side by side, heroes compete, and strong men and heroes from all walks of life emerge in endlessly. In the future, there will inevitably be local tycoons looking for opportunities to establish their own country. Become the king and dominate, and then separate one side and become independent.”

"What?"

Luo Yiting, the scholar in white, was shocked.

"Brother Luo really knows nothing," the scholar surnamed Shen smiled bitterly: "We in Fengli Prefecture are relatively peaceful. In fact, there are some forces in various places who have begun to build countries secretly and call the princes, but they are still reluctantly facing each other. The dynasty pays tribute.”

"Is this a rebellion?"

Luo Yiting's face also turned ugly.

"There is no way. The emperor is alone and weak, and the power of the dynasty can only be maintained in the Holy Ancestor State. Naturally, it cannot suppress these powerful people from all over the world. In the face of the chaotic situation in various places, we can only turn a blind eye. Even our local Fang family in Guyang City has ambitions to integrate all the forces in the city. "

The young man surnamed Shen said calmly: "If this continues, maybe Guyang City will be renamed Guyang Country in the future."

Luo Yiting, the scholar in white, lowered his head, feeling somewhat frustrated and discouraged.

Shen Qiwu didn't comfort him. He picked up a purple jade folding fan from nowhere, shook it in front of him, turned around and walked out.

Just when Shen Qiwu took a few steps forward, a faint sigh came from his ears.

"I see, Chen Qiwu, no, should I call you the Golden Flower Thief, or His Highness the Seventh Prince of the Jade Phoenix Dynasty."

This voice was as ethereal as mist, and it reached Shen Qiwu's mind at that moment. This also made the golden flower thief's consciousness suddenly shake, and his whole person froze in place.

"Who is it?"

"My identity was actually seen through?"

"How could something like this happen?"

Shen Qiwu, or rather the Golden Flower Thief, was very shocked by this situation.

It was hard for him to imagine why his identity would be exposed. After handling the Shi family case, he had been living in seclusion in Guyang City for these days without revealing any flaws.

Shen Qiwu was certain that even the cunning and cunning head of the Fang family, Fang Xiongyang, knew nothing about his true identity.

"escape!"

At this moment, there was no other thought deep in his consciousness, and all his thoughts were reduced to six words.

"Must, must, escape immediately!"

In an instant, Shen Qiwu's figure had turned into nothingness. He used the most powerful secret technique he had to save his life. It was a spiritual talisman called the Flying Star Moon Escape Talisman, which he accidentally obtained from the treasure house of the Jade Phoenix Dynasty. .

This talisman can escape through the void, break through various forbidden laws, temporarily tear apart the turbulence of the void, and use the space to escape and move. I don't know how many times, he, the golden flower thief, has relied on flying stars to escape. Yue Fu escaped from a life and death crisis.

"Fire and flying stars in the night, piercing the clouds and reflecting the moon, escape!"

With a low shout and a clicking sound, the void in front of him moved out of the way, causing various strange changes.

Then, the space seemed to be peeling off, constantly breaking apart, directly revealing a pitch-black nothingness.

Then Shen Qiwu's body fled, stepped into it and disappeared, blending into the turbulent flow of the void.

No one in Dongshan Academy saw this strange scene, and they knew nothing about anything that happened to Shen Qiwu.

…

At this moment, Shen Qiwu knew that he was being targeted by a very scary person.

As the famous Golden Flower Thief, he was also an old man in the world, and his vigilance was immediately aroused. He didn't dare to delay at all, and almost immediately made the most "wise" decision, which was to "escape".

Uh-huh!

He used the Escape Electric Light Talisman to travel through the void, and suddenly arrived in a bamboo forest. Before he could take a breath, palms patted his shoulders gently.

"I've been waiting for you for a long time, Golden Flower Thief... No, how about calling you His Seventh Highness?"

A few soft words flashed by Shen Qiwu's ears like thunder. The rampant thief roared angrily and was about to make a move, but found that all the magic and energy in his body had been absorbed by an unfamiliar force. The suppression made his body unable to move.

He turned around with difficulty, shouting in his heart: "Impossible, how could it be you...Luo Yiting."

When Chen Qiwu turned around, what appeared in front of him was a familiar yet unfamiliar face. The owner of this face was none other than Luo Yiting from Dongshan Academy.

‘How could Luo, Luo Yiting have such a level of cultivation? He is just a scholar who studies stupidly, and he has no attainments in Taoism and magic... There is no way Luo Yiting can follow me when I activate the Escape Electric Light Talisman. ’

"What's wrong?"

Luo Yiting chuckled: "Brother Shen, do you have any doubts about me appearing here?"

Suddenly, Shen Qiwu showed a sly smile on his face: "Interesting, but that's all for today. Next time, I, the Golden Flower Thief, will definitely meet you in person."

As he spoke, Shen Qiwu's face turned pale, as if he was dumbfounded, his eyes were empty, and his face was expressionless. Then his body suddenly went limp, and an invisible force was quickly drawn away from his body, quickly dispersing throughout the world, slowly drifting on the earth.

Looking at Shen Qiwu who fell to the ground like a broken thread, "Luo Yiting" frowned slightly.

He couldn't help but raise his lips slightly: "Puppetry?... Isn't this just dancing with a sword in front of Guan Gong?"

...

In a deserted village hundreds of miles away from Guyang City, "Shen Qiwu", no, the Golden Flower Thief suddenly woke up, recalling everything he saw in his mind: "What's going on? Could it be Luo Yiting, or someone disguised as Luo Yiting, but the aura is exactly the same."

He closed his eyes and slowly recalled his perception of Luo Yiting - the aura and the body's behavior, there was no change at all... The Golden Flower Thief could be sure that the other party seemed to be Luo Yiting himself.

"Forget it... The other party's strength should be above mine. Could it be a powerful god... But the master of the God of Zhengfa Daoyuan can't detect my identity-"

"Shen Qiwu" frowned, not knowing what went wrong.

While he was thinking, the whole person had stood up, moved his feet, and left this simple house, quickly pulling up a residual image, like a phantom flashing in the air.

It was a pity to abandon the puppet substitute, but his real body must not be discovered.

Although the other party should not know the location of his body, "Shen Qiwu" would not underestimate a mysterious strong man who seemed to be a god, so he fled quickly to prevent the other party from catching up.

But before he left the deserted village, he was about to step out of the east end of the village when he saw a man who looked very familiar. He stood with his back to him, his hands behind his back, and looked like he had been waiting for him for a long time.

"Brother Shen, why do you have to keep people away from you..."

Luo Yiting turned around and glanced at "Shen Qiwu" with a smile on his lips.

"However, I am a little curious, when did the Seventh Prince of the Jade Phoenix Dynasty worship the Puppet Palace of the Wood Master Sect, one of the Three Master Sects..."

Looking at Luo Yiting in front of him, the Golden Flower Thief's throat moved slightly, and he swallowed his saliva subconsciously. He could accurately feel the breath of this familiar and powerful "Luo Yiting" in front of him. The other party was not a master, and his cultivation was very ordinary.

However, such an ordinary "Luo Yiting" just stared at him, which also brought him unprecedented huge pressure.

"Shen Qiwu" finally couldn't stand it anymore, and he slowly raised his hands.

"Senior, I surrender!"