Forced Marriage [Cultivation]

The days passed by calmly and without waves, but it was impossible to last forever. After all, the calmer the sea, the more likely there were rough waves hidden underneath.

That night, Gu Baitang was ordered to go to Yan Mingtang to secretly interrogate an important prisoner.It's not that this prisoner committed any shocking major crime, but because this prisoner is a disciple on Tianzhu Peak in Xicheng, and was detained by the Law Enforcement Palace because of his involvement in a complicated case.As for the positive image of Xicheng, the fewer people who know about it, the better, so Gu Baitang, who has a blank memory and is in power, was sent to interrogate.

Since it was a secret interrogation, it was in the dead of night, and Gu Baitang went alone, with only one disciple who was responsible for recording the interrogation process, in case it would be included in the secret history of the West City and sealed in the Shuxiang Pavilion of Yuding Palace.

Yan Mingtang has a confinement room, which is dedicated to detaining important offenders in the West City.The confinement room is often a wall of gray and white, there is not even a window inside, it is very cramped.Only the dim light of the lantern shone on the wall, making it look even more eerie.

"Yue Zhen, are you the Xicheng where Huo Yan entered in his last year?" Gu Baitang's deep voice sounded in this quiet and oppressive atmosphere.He was indeed a scrupulous interrogator, without emotion.

"Yes." In the center of the confinement room, there was a monk with white hair sitting on his knees.

"You were 70 years old when you entered the city. Because you were too old for daily training, you were sent to Tianzhu Peak to guard the sword pavilion... 680 years, and you have never been to Tianzhu Peak?"

The interrogation room was very quiet, even Gu Baitang's voice flipping through the files could be clearly heard.

Counting from the above records, Yue Zhen is already seven hundred years old this year, and his cultivation base at the Golden Core stage shows the strength of a cultivator who has no talent but is diligent and determined.Even at this moment, Yue Zhen, who was detained in the confinement room of Yan Mingtang because of the case, had a calm look on his face, neither arrogant nor impetuous.Facing the back of Gu Baitang, a late student who was just in his early 20s, he was neither humble nor overbearing, very calm.

Yue Zhen said: "Yes, this old man has never descended from Tianzhu Peak."

"Then how do you explain this time someone reported that you colluded with the disciples in the city and sold Shoujiange swords to the outside world for a long time?"

"No explanation." Yue Zhen said calmly, "The report is true, and the old man accepts the punishment."

Gu Baitang stared at Yue Zhen who was opposite, and frowned slightly.Yue Zhen admitted it directly, but if the case was really that simple, Elder Huo would not have personally appointed Gu Baitang to interrogate him.

It's not that no one has ever interrogated Yue Zhen before, but he always said the same thing. He admitted the sale of swords and didn't talk about the rest.

This involves partisan disputes within the west city, which is intricate and involves a lot of people.The most arrogant among them is a group of people called "Nancheng monks". Most of these people are sword cultivators on Tianzhu Peak. Monk".They are often in the middle and late stages of the golden core stage, but they still can't break through the level of the Yuanying stage, and they can't enter the palaces to serve as elders.Tianzhu Peak was originally an excellent place for self-cultivation, but no matter what the situation in the world, there are always people who strive for fame and fortune. Over time, some people develop a unique sense of nobility.They can't understand the palace management system in the city, despise the elders of the palaces, and even call the law enforcement palace a secular tool, and people like Gu Baitang and Zhuo Xinian are vividly called lackeys.

There are not a few people who have such thoughts, and they slowly gather on Tianzhu Peak to form a self-reliant group.However, it is this group of "Nancheng monks" who claim to be noble and divorced from the world, but cultivate their own power in private, trying to replace the main administrative palaces in Xicheng.What's more, there are mountain buildings called "Little Law Enforcement Palace" and "Little Jade Cauldron Palace" on Tianzhu Peak.

This phenomenon has existed since ancient times, but at that time it was relatively easy to cultivate immortals, and Tianzhu Peak was a holy place that produced all kinds of venerables.The monks are devoted to cultivating immortals and have no intention of secularism.However, in the past ten thousand years, it has become more and more difficult to cultivate immortality, and there may only be one or two people ascending in 1000 years.Many monks often spend hundreds of years on Tianzhu Peak before their end is approaching, and their ascension is more like a fantasy.Especially in the past 1000 years, Zhou Hui was the only one who ascended to the ascension in history, while most of the nearly [-] Heavenly Pillar Peak cultivators at the same time as him had died of old age, dust returning to ashes.In this case, the monks belonged to the secular world, seized power and fought for fame, and became no different from the group in the world.

This phenomenon was very obvious when Ming Zheng was appointed as the head teacher, but Ming Zheng was too young, and the group of Nancheng monks who were eight or nine hundred years old on Tianzhu Peak never paid him much attention.After Mingzheng left, Jiang Suxing, who had fostered one, came to power.In the eyes of Nancheng monks, this is a big joke.Everyone knows that Jiang Suxing is just a puppet, and the ones who are really in power behind him are the Royal Guest from Afangzhai and Huo Bingqing from the Law Enforcement Palace.However, no matter what, in name, the head teacher of Xicheng is just a brat.

Now that he is in charge of teaching and retreating, the power hangs in the air, and Yu Su, the auxiliary elder, never even asks this group of people on Tianzhu Peak. It is equivalent to saying that the real elder in power in the city is Huo Bingqing.This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for monks in Nancheng. In the past three years, they have acted very boldly and frequently. In the past year, the disciples of Tianzhu Peak, who are in the name of "advanced training" at the next peak, are trying to seize important positions in various palaces in the city. There are 500 people, which is more than the previous 20 years.

"Further study" means that the disciples who practiced on Tianzhu Peak return to the original palaces to study, but because of their deep cultivation and seniority, they often stand out among the younger generation of disciples and are named coaches or Chief.This is actually a prelude to seizing power.Although the disciples of Tianzhu Peak were not prohibited from returning to the palace to take up important positions in the city, these people were monks in the southern city, and their purpose was to subvert the existing system in the western city and disrupt the public order in the western city.It is just the tip of the iceberg of their arrogance that the magic weapon on the Shoujian Pavilion is openly sold on the black market in the outside market.There are even more rumors from the outside world that the West City will be renamed "South City" if it's too late.

The monks in Nancheng had become so arrogant, for the sake of the overall situation, Huo Bingqing naturally couldn't turn a blind eye.Therefore, Gu Baitang was ordered to start with Yue Zhen's sale of swords, with the intention of tearing apart the monks in Nancheng.

"Yue Zhen, have you heard of "Nancheng monks"? "Gu Baitang asked directly. In front of an old man like Yue Zhen, he didn't need to go around in circles. The monks in Nancheng are well-known, and even Gu Baitang, who has lost his memory, has heard of it in the past three years.

Sure enough, the calm Yue Zhen showed a smile, but no matter how you looked at it, there was more contempt hidden in this smile.He and Gu Baitang are both in the mid-to-late stage of Jindan, and he is 770 years old, but Gu Baitang's age is not even a fraction of his own, so naturally he can't look down on him.

"Gu Xiaoyou was joking, the old man has lived on Tianzhu Peak for a long time, and he only knows the west city, not the "south city". "Yue Zhen became arrogant in an instant, he said that he didn't know about "Nancheng", but "Nancheng monks" were known all over the world.

But Gu Baitang's attention was suddenly diverted, he stared at Yue Zhen: "Do you recognize me?"

According to Yue Zhen, he lived on Tianzhu Peak for a long time and never went down the mountain.His words and demeanor showed a feeling of being very familiar with Gu Baitang. He called Gu Baitang a "little friend". Could it be that Gu Baitang had a good relationship with him before?

Yue Zhen laughed, and looked at him with cool eyes and said: "It seems that the rumors are true, Gu Xiaoyou was indeed sealed... Oh no, amnesia, amnesia. Hahaha."

He had nothing to do with Gu Baitang before, he just used this method to provoke and anger Gu Baitang.

Gu Baitang narrowed his eyes, and there was a dangerous light in his eyes for a moment.Yue Zhenxiao was cunning and cunning, he hid half of what he said, his contemptuous attitude and this way of speaking successfully provoked Gu Baitang's anger.

"Seal?" Gu Baiti's voice was low, one must know that he has been pursuing the secrets of himself these days.Yue Zhen lived on Tianzhu Peak for 700 years, during which time Zhou Hui practiced on Tianzhu Peak.As for the truth about Zhou Hui's ascension and even the secrets about Gu Baitang, Yue Zhen, a monk in Nancheng, might really know.

Yue Zhen successfully took control of the interrogation, and he became more and more proud, saying: "Oh, really, look at me being confused, what kind of seal, there is nothing."

Gu Baitang's dark eyes darkened: "Yue Zhen, do you know that I have the right to throw you into the Demon Lock Palace and imprison you for life."

Yue Zhen smiled and said: "Don't threaten me, I know the laws of the West City. Selling contraband is indeed a felony, but it's not enough to be imprisoned for life. At most, you will deprive me of my status as the head of the Jiange, and send me to a higher level." If you go to a remote mountain to practice, I won't even enter the magic palace."

Gu Baitang sneered, "Are you so confident?"

Yue Zhen laughed meaningfully, he was silent for a while, and then said: "It's not that I'm confident, of course I believe you have that right. But this old man firmly believes that little friend would not do that."

Gu Baitang didn't speak, just stared at Yue Zhen to see what kind of tricks he was playing.

"Because I have some secrets here, which my little friend has been trying to pursue for the past three years." Yue Zhen smiled all over his face. At this time, he slightly shifted his gaze to the Shuxiang Pavilion not far behind Gu Baitang to record his disciples, and then looked at Gu Baitang , said: "But I don't think you are very interested in these secrets, why don't we talk about it today."

Yue Zhen is reminding Gu Baitang that the secrets he has about Gu Baitang should not be heard by the recording disciples.He wanted to make a private deal with Gu Baitang.

Gu Baitang frowned deeply, breathing heavily, he stared at Yue Zhen for a moment, and said in a deep voice: "Yue Zhen, it seems that you are loyal to the monks in Nancheng, but I advise you to think clearly, the foundation history of tens of thousands of years in West City, isn't it You group of gnats can be shaken in the slightest. Your final fate is nothing more than old age and death in Bianfeng, and even some people can only spend their lives locked in the magic palace."

After saying that, he stood up and walked away.

The disciple who was diligently writing down every word the two said was still a little dazed, and looked up at Chief Gu who was walking away.Looking at the smiling and kind old monk opposite, he could only lower his head and write down the four characters "interrogation is over" at the bottom of the file, then packed up his pen and ink and left Yan Mingtang.

Three days later, Gu Baitang went to Huo Bingqing's Office of the Law Enforcement Palace to report the results of the interrogation. He only said that Yue Zhen's sale of swords was true, and there was no progress on the rest of the monks in Nancheng.

Huo Binqiang was very melancholy, so he had no choice but to order Gu Baitang to deal with Yue Zhen seriously under the premise of the law, in order to give a warning to the monks in Nancheng.

One month later, Yue Zhen was deprived of his status as the head of the Sword Pavilion, and assigned to a desolate side peak among the peaks of Tianzhu Peak.If there is no major change, this person's future fate can only be old and dead Bianfeng.

However, this winter, half a year after Yue Zhen was sent to Bianfeng, the disciples patrolling the city found his body in a frozen lake.

The corpses had long since decomposed before being frozen to death.Judging from the naked eye, Yue Zhen had been dead for more than half a year.According to the normal procedure, this matter was notified to the Law Enforcement Palace, and then the disciples of the master of ceremonies arranged a soul-calling ceremony to recall Yue Zhen's dead soul and find out the truth of his death.

However, this is not the case.After the disciples patrolling the city reported the matter to the Law Enforcement Palace, the Law Enforcement Palace only sent people to incinerate Yue Zhen's body, and did not notify the Master of Ceremonies to recall Yue Zhen's soul.The amazing thing is that not only the palaces in the city pretended not to see this matter, but even the Nancheng monks on Tianzhu Peak did not pursue it.

Yue Zhen is a monk in Nancheng, and the elders in the city did not summon his soul because of different interest groups, which is understandable;

Why would the monks in Nancheng give up?

The reason is that half a year ago, when Yue Zhen was assigned to Bian Feng, the group of elders also dealt with a group of Nancheng monks in the city at the same time.So in the mind of Nancheng monks, it was Yue Zhen who betrayed them.Naturally, it was reasonable for them not to pursue Yue Zhen's death.

However, according to the records of Shuxiang Pavilion, Yue Zhen never betrayed anyone from Nancheng monks during the interrogation.So where did the elders in the city get the wind and evidence to deal with the exact group of Nancheng monks?

Some people said that half an hour after the trial ended that day, Gu Baitang once again visited Yan Mingtang's confinement room.The conversation he had with Yue Zhen at that time was not recorded in the book.After all, the monks in Nancheng had suffered a huge loss, so they were certain that Yue Zhen had betrayed them during that conversation.

However, what exactly Gu Baitang and Yue Zhen talked about that day, and what the "secret" Yue Zhen said is, no one will ever know.

Half a year later, in the middle of the night, Gu Baitang was standing on the towering Tianzhu Peak, alone.

The night wind was raging, and the wiped forehead tied to Gu Baitang's forehead was blown away with the wind, revealing the diamond-shaped seal beneath it.

In the center of the red diamond seal, there is a circle of black shadows, like a hole after the fire.

Gu Baitang's eyes were deep and distant, as if staring into the infinite abyss under the clouds.His pupils, which were as black as obsidian, were unexpectedly faintly purple.

His demeanor was a little confused, but also a little indulgent.At this moment, he couldn't help recalling those incredible words that Yue Zhen said that day: Yu Su is not his real master, his real master is on the eighth floor of Suomo Palace, and his eyes were gouged out; Zhou Hui's ascension was fake, It is true that the fallen devil was punished; it is false that Gu Baitang lost his memory, and it is true that he was sealed... As for why Yusu wanted to seal Gu Baitang, Yue Zhen did not know the answer, but only provided a guess.

"Some people say that Zhou Hui is reincarnated, and you, Gu Baitang, are the reincarnation of the devil Zhou Hui."

Gu Baitang still remembers Yue Zhen's demeanor at that time, his smile was extremely weird.

Naturally, he also remembered the arrogance of Yue Zhen's shock and relief when he died: "West City may not be destroyed by the monks of Nancheng, but it will also be destroyed by the hands of your devil Gu Baitang! Hahahaha!"

Gu Baitang suddenly felt a chill all over his body, it was extremely cold; after a while, it was extremely hot and scorching again.There was an uproar in his lungs, Gu Baitang covered his lips, and spat out a piece of blood.

The mountain wind is bitter, and the heights are extremely cold.

Gu Baitang stared at the blood, raised his head after a while, and turned his eyes to the sky.There is no moon in the sky, and it is full of dark clouds. If you stare carefully for a long time, it looks like an abyss like a bottomless pit.

It's like his endless future...

Gu Baitang's eyes flashed, but his eyes darkened.He flew on Yujian, crossed countless mountain peaks, and finally came to stop under Congyun Peak.

There was no one in Xiaoxue Lingchi late at night, and the water was turbulent.Gu Baitang jumped into the pool, his white figure was like a sharp sword moving through the water, and disappeared after a while.