The devil has too many vests

It was late at night, and in the wide mountainside, rocks exuding strange auras were inlaid on the mountain walls everywhere, and the soft and hazy light illuminated the vast space.

After being completely subdued by Yan Weilou, Xu Hui was silent for a while, and then said hoarsely: "Tell me first, how did you know my identity? Who leaked it?" A fierce light flashed in the corner of his eyes.

Logically speaking, the only ones who knew his true background were a few confidants trained by his subordinates since he was a child, but those people were either sitting in Lianshanwu, or they were sent out by him privately.The person in front of him should have no chance to know his identity.Xu Hui was really puzzled.

Yan Weilou smiled without explaining.

In fact, this is just his guess, not fully sure.The cause was the bluestone wall that he saw inadvertently before entering this cave.The words "Mianlongjian" are written on the stone wall.

The bandits in Lianshanwu were illiterate, but Yan Weilou recognized it at a glance. It was clearly a font that was popular at least 800 years ago when the Dayou Dynasty was still in existence.It is rarely used nowadays.And the handwriting was very familiar to him.

In the process of coming in all the way just now, Yan Weilou carefully mobilized his memory, and finally remembered where the handwriting was familiar - it was clearly the same as the ancient book he had read in the Library Pavilion of the Academy when he was still studying in Shengjing. The font is exactly the same.

If Yan Weilou remembered correctly, many of the ancient books in Zangshu Pavilion were spoils of war obtained by Dayong after he stormed the palace of Dayou. The ancient book he read was written by Xue Yizhuo, the last great master of Dayou.

This Grandmaster Xue was very famous back then.It is said that if he practiced steadily step by step and accumulated enough time, he would have had the opportunity to become a celestial being. He was one of the most talented people 800 years ago.

It's just that he voluntarily gave up the opportunity. In the final battle to protect the Dayou Dynasty, he forcibly broke into the half-step heaven and man, and escorted the last prince to break through the blockade of a million troops. He disappeared.

This great master Xue didn't like dancing and writing, and the only ancient book he left behind was not a magical secret method, but a diary of what he had seen and heard when he traveled around the world when he was young.However, it happened to be dug out by Yan Weilou, and happened to see the same handwriting here.

This has to be said to be a kind of fate in the dark.

Recognizing Xue Yizhuo's handwriting, and thinking about what the villagers of Xiaoye Village said, many people here are survivors of Dayou, Yan Weilou had some guesses in his heart.

With guesses, he naturally paid attention to everything, and when he saw Xu Hui, after a fight, Yan Weilou really recognized the traces of "Zhenlong Jue" from Xu Hui's moves.

Although the name of this exercise is simple and rude, it was a famous unique skill of the Dayou royal family back then, and it was only passed down to the direct line. It is said that it was created by the founder of the country.

Even though what Xu Hui is using now is not the complete version, but has undergone many deletions and modifications, but the similar line of practice and martial arts routines, as long as you observe carefully, you can still find clues with Yan Weilou's eyesight.

With all these evidences in front of him, he couldn't help but suspect that the head of Lianshanwu had something to do with the Dayou royal family.But whether it is a direct descendant is not certain.After all, when Dayou was at the end of the road, the "Zhenlong Jue", which was only passed down to the direct line, might have spread a long time ago.

Yan Weilou cheated casually.

Who knows that Xu Hui is actually a direct descendant of the Dayou royal family back then.In fact, his real name should be Xu Hui.

Of course, Yan Weilou would not tell Xu Hui about these causes and consequences, so he just smiled and said nothing.

In Xu Hui's eyes, Yan Weilou's silence seemed so unpredictable.He couldn't figure out how he was seen through, so he looked at Yan Weilou with more and more probing eyes.

Zheng——

Yan Weilou flicked the shiny blade suddenly, a cold light flashed in Xu Hui's sight, and another bloodstain was wiped on his neck.

The smile on the young man's lips was particularly profound: "Okay, Master Xu, you have no right to bargain with me. Now, tell me everything."

Xu Hui was silent, feeling helpless.He thinks that he has always acted in a low-key manner, until now he still doesn't understand how he provoked such a mysterious and terrifying enemy!

So much so that just after he came out of the training room, he was slashed by this person without saying a word, and then the two fought again because they disagreed.

He fought a wrongful fight in vain, even though he has become the opponent's prisoner now, he still doesn't even know the opponent's purpose.

Xu Hui asked, "What do you want to know?"

"Hebo blesses you."

Yan Weilou only said four words, but Xu Hui immediately understood what he meant, and felt a little funny in his heart—he came here for this matter?Just for such a small thing? !

He looked up at Yan Weilou in surprise, and tentatively said, "You shouldn't be a local, right? Could it be that some of my idiots offended you? Or, what does the sacrifice selected this year have anything to do with you?"

Yan Weilou shook his head: "Not at all."

"Then you're here for the untouchables."

As he said that, Xu Hui's tone changed, and he laughed uncontrollably: "It turns out that he is just a meddling child."

"It's ridiculous that two masters of insight would kill each other here for the sake of some insignificant common people!" He had a slightly sad expression on his face, as if he had personally experienced a ridiculous farce, "What's more, I never hurt them Instead, they have sheltered them for many years, but only received some rewards."

When he said this, Xu Hui looked at Yan Weilou with extremely helpless eyes, as if he had just started to walk the rivers and lakes, and he drew his sword to help when the road was rough.

Yan Weilou shook his head again: "No, I'm not standing up for them, I just can't see you, a guy who pretends to be a ghost."

This kind of guy who can only play ghost tricks behind his back, wants what he wants but doesn't dare to snatch it openly, but secretly plots against people's hearts... In Yan Weilou's view, it is really not elegant!

"There used to be a guy who pretended to be a ghost to give me orders. With his words, I was in a dangerous situation, and I was almost desperate..." The soft halo reflected from the various colored stones inlaid on the stone wall was absorbed by the boy's dark pupils. It seems to be remembering something.

Xu Hui was a little curious: "What happened next?"

"Later, he was hacked to death by me."

"..."

The boy suddenly pulled out the scimitar stuck in the ground, and the blood-stained blade suddenly pierced through Xu Hui's shoulder blade, pinning him to the ground, and staring straight at him.

"So, don't waste any more time, just talk!"

The moment the sharp blade pierced his body, a strong gust of true energy flowed into Xu Hui's body, causing his face to turn pale.

"Okay, let me tell you..." Xu Hui said word by word, "He Bo's blessing is indeed fake, I am using these sacrifices to practice—but I am not planning behind the scenes, as early as 300 years ago There it is!"

In Yan Weilou's surprised eyes, he sneered and said, "300 years ago, someone among the ancestors thought of this idea. They began to use He Bo's name to search for sacrifices to help their practice! I just inherited this custom. "

Yan Weilou's expression was slightly startled, an incredible thought flashed in his mind, and he suddenly asked: "What is the origin of the ancestors of those Dayou survivors in the mountains?"

Xu Hui seemed to have no scruples: "It seems that you have already guessed it? That's right, their ancestors were Grandmaster Xue and other soldiers who escorted their ancestors into the mountains."

There was a moment of silence in the cave.

After a while, Yan Weilou breathed out lightly, his eyes were strange: "...I understand everything."

When the Dayou Dynasty fell, Xue Yizhuo and a few of Dayou's loyal soldiers escorted the young master away and went deep into the Daheng Mountains in order to avoid the pursuit of the new dynasty.Since then, he has settled down here.

Perhaps Xue Yizhuo also took advantage of his forcible promotion to half-step heavenly manhood to deliberately change the environment of the Dahengshan Mountains, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack, easy to enter and difficult to exit.

Xu Hui's words corroborated his guess: "Why do you think Yuanhe is so miraculous? It was the place where Grandmaster Xue transformed into Taoism. Before he died, he dispersed his cultivation and changed the nearby land veins. From then on, the spiritual energy gathered in Yuanhe, Even ordinary people who drink this water for many years can also strengthen their bodies and avoid all diseases."

Yan Weilou continued: "It's a pity that he devoted his whole life to Dayou. After his death, his descendants were calculated by the royal family of Dayou, and they were regarded as cauldrons from generation to generation, allowing others to take away the foundation of Dao."

His tone was quite calm, as if he was speaking in a straightforward manner, without any righteous indignation or sighs.

Xu Hui's face became hot when he was said, and he defended himself: "Master Xue is loyal to me, Dayou. If he is alive, he knows that it will help Dayou's restoration, and he will agree to do so."

The more he talked, the more natural his expression became, and he gradually became more confident and self-persuading: "When our ancestors escaped into the deep mountains, there were only a group of remnants and defeated generals around, and even Grandmaster Xue was seriously injured and dying..."

In order to conceal their identities, these people pretended to be ordinary civilians who had fled into the mountains due to the war, and intermarried with the mountain people to settle down.

Due to serious injuries and a short lifespan, Xue Yizhuo deliberately concocted a play of the Son of God in front of the mountain people, and put the young Prince Dayou on the throne of the Son of God—a half-step heaven and man can be called a demigod , He personally acted, pretending to be a ghost, those shallow-sighted mountain people naturally couldn't see the clue, and they worshiped the "Son of God" like a god from then on.

Even after the older generation died, their descendants still respected the blood of the Son of God.

With the passage of time, many people have forgotten the past, and the lineage of the Dayou royal family has been passed down as a stream of priests who communicate with the gods, and has a unique position among all the mountain people.

But these descendants of the royal family have never forgotten their identities. They always want to go out of the mountains and restore Dayou—it's a pity that on the vast land of Shenzhou, whether it is the three holy places or the three dynasties, there are celestial saints sitting in the town .If there is no strength to compete with heaven and man, the so-called restoration is just a daydream.

And how can heaven and man achieve it so easily?After hundreds of years, the most powerful figures in the lineage of the Dayou royal family have only barely entered the Tao.Until 300 years ago, one of Xu Hui's ancestors, "Xu Yizhi", had a whim and found another way.

Hearing this, Yan Weilou's eyes flashed, and he suddenly uttered three words: ""Bending the Sky"?"

Xu Hui's pupils shrank suddenly.

Suddenly Yan Weilou directly pointed out that he originally wanted to make up some lies and deceive Yan Weilou with half-truths and half-false methods, but he also calmed down.

"You guessed right, it is "Bending the Sky Jue"."

"800 years ago, Grandmaster Xue and many soldiers made an oath with our Dayou royal family to serve them for generations. However, the descendants grew up drinking the water of the source river, full of spiritual energy, and free from all diseases. Occasionally, there are people with extraordinary talents. People are born... Isn't this the best furnace top bestowed by heaven?"

Having said that, it is already clear.

Yan Weilou once obtained the original volume of "Bending the Sky Jue" from Shen Lao's relics, and asked himself if he knew this famous and peerless magic skill.

The way of heaven is to damage more than to serve not enough. "Mending the Sky" can directly plunder Dao foundation, so that ordinary people can become geniuses.Such a heaven-defying effect naturally has very strict restrictions.The most important point is that in order to seize the Human Dao Foundation, one must first have a causal connection with the other party. The deeper the cause and effect, the greater the probability of success.

Back then, the reason why Chang Xinhou insisted on letting his daughter enter into a marriage contract with Yan Weilou was because he mistook him for the true son of King Qi with innate Dao body, and tried to establish cause and effect and seize his Dao foundation?

It is also practicing "Bending the Sky", but Xu Hui's lineage has advantages that Chang Xinhou does not have.

There is a vow made by their ancestors between them and the survivors of Dayou, and they are connected by cause and effect from generation to generation. There is no need to bother at all - all the survivors of Dayou are the easiest targets for them to seize the Dao foundation.

After realizing this, Xu Yizhi used his status as a priest 300 years ago to announce the oracle of Hebo to other villagers. Since then, the custom of worshiping the gods here has completely changed.Instead of sacrificing animals, children are used as messengers to ask Hebo for blessings.

Yan Weilou was a little curious: "So simple, do the villagers believe it?"

"of course not."

When Xu Hui said this, he also had some admiration for the ancestor who had a whim and audacity.

"This cave was secretly opened by our ancestors for generations. Back then, our ancestors secretly used the mechanism here to secretly control the channel of the Yuanhe River..."

He looked around slowly, feeling a little sentimental.

"Once the villagers don't believe it, they will cut off the downstream, make the water level rise and flood the village, claiming that if they offend Hebo, they will be punished by God; once the villagers believe, they will return to the original state... Repeat this several times, and finally everyone is convinced."

Yan Weilou couldn't help sighing: "What a good way! After thinking about it, he will bestow treasures in the name of He Bo. From then on, several talented children can be screened out every year, and secretly sent here in the name of praying for He Bo's blessing. Quietly seize its Dao foundation."

The most ingenious thing is that he didn't hurt these children at all except to take away their talents.On the surface, these children were unscathed, and after going back to rest for a few days, they would be fine, and the villagers would not think too much about it, let alone suspect anything.

As the custom of "He Bo's blessing" was handed down, the lineage of priests gradually disappeared and turned into He Bo who was hidden in the dark. Today, few villagers know that there were priests in the village hundreds of years ago.

Hearing this, Yan Weilou suddenly asked: "By the way, are there any people in your lineage who also inherited "Bending the Sky Jue"?"

It was not in fantasy that he had this question, but he suddenly remembered that he was born as a commoner, but rose rapidly with the help of "Bending the Sky", just like the protagonist of the novel, Changxin Hou Fangtianxun.Thinking about it now, the other party seemed suspicious.

——Nowadays, it seems that the scattered "Bending the Sky Jue", one volume is in the Big Dipper Demon Palace, and the other volume is in the Dayou Imperial Family, they are not ordinary forces... Fang Tianxun was a commoner back then, how could He De obtain this magical skill?Could it be that the protagonist of the novel is really lucky?

"Other inheritors?" Xu Hui was taken aback, as if thinking of something vaguely, then shook his head uncertainly, "I don't know."

Xu Hui is the descendant of this generation of Dayou royal family.Unwilling to hide in the deep mountains all his life, he left the mountains at a young age, and later recruited a group of subordinates to establish Lianshanwu.

Only when he needs the "He Bo's blessing" every year, he will return to the mountains to make up for his own talent by seizing other people's foundation.

In his opinion, even if those children grow up, they are ordinary people who catch fish and shrimp. It is just a waste to have that talent, so it is better to give it to him.Anyway, he never hurt their lives or ruined their future.

——And the reason why the little girl Manman's body is so depleted is that her lifespan is short.It may be because her talent is too amazing, Xu Hui made a mistake when she plundered, in short, it was too much.

"Clap!"

After listening to Xu Hui's words, he threw Xu Hui, whose true energy was sealed, on the ground. Yan Weilou stood up and clapped his hands lightly:

"It's an astonishing plan—it doesn't need a brilliant plan or extraordinary wisdom, it only needs a sufficiently ruthless heart to do it."

In 300 years, ordinary people can pass it on for more than ten generations.Playing with more than ten generations of people, manipulating their fate behind the scenes - and each of them is the descendant of the loyal ministers of the year - using it as a reward for personal promotion, this is indeed something that can only be done by the family of a ruthless emperor .

Even if Yan Weilou claimed to be cold-blooded, he could not be so ungrateful.

"No matter how amazing the plan is, haven't you seen through it now?" Xu Hui sat on the rock wall with a gray face and a calm expression, "The winner is the king and the loser. Since I have fallen into your hands, I will do as you please." .”

Although the words were harsh, his survival instinct prompted him to look at Yan Weilou, and his tone was very sincere: "But if you spare my life, you will gain more."

"...the secret treasures hidden by the Dayou royal family, many unknown secrets of the world, legends from hundreds of thousands or even ten thousand years ago, and the wealth looted by Lianshanwu for many years, and even the peerless magic "Bending the Sky" Tactics"—these will all be yours."

His words are full of temptation, which makes people unknowingly think of the picture he painted: "With these things, you can go to any remote place, the overseas islands, and build a small country. , enjoy all the pleasures, more than enough!"

As Xu Hui narrated sentence by sentence, the young man's eyes gradually began to brighten.His handsome face was illuminated by the soft halo all around, showing a glowing smile, and then fell into deep thought.

"Hmm...wealth, magical powers, world-shocking secrets...sounds really good, and I'm tempted."

Xu Hui was overjoyed, with a smile on his face.

In the next moment, the corner of the young man's lips curled up into a smile that was not a smile: "Unfortunately, there is no need - if I want these, I still need to trade with you?"

He sneered, stretched out a hand neatly, and pressed it on the top of Xu Hui's head without hesitation, a deep ink color flashed in his pitch-black pupils.

"Whatever I want, I should take it myself."

At this moment, Xu Hui was shocked physically and mentally, and he was extremely horrified: "The forbidden technique of the ancient demon sect, soul-stirring..."

His voice stopped abruptly, and his eyes fell into confusion.A pair of dark eyes flashed in front of his eyes.

……

boom!

Half an hour later, with a loud noise like a landslide, the huge mountain peak slowly moved his body like a crawling giant, so clusters of rocks rose abruptly from the originally empty mountainside.

Just like a child twisting a Rubik's cube or stacking blocks, the entire interior of the mountainside is undergoing drastic changes.

After a while, it changed drastically.

Looking at the mountain road that appeared out of thin air under his feet, Yan Weilou used his true energy to control the unconscious Xu Hui, and there seemed to be an invisible thread in his hand, pulling him behind him like a balloon.Immediately, he walked briskly down the mountain path, slowly heading deep into the ground.

According to Xu Hui, this place was originally built by Xue Yizhuo, and the entire mountain was hollowed out by him alone.

"Worthy of being a half-step heavenly man, this kind of method can be called uncanny workmanship..."

With a sigh of admiration, Yan Weilou continued to move forward along the deep mountain road.And a dark room that was originally hidden underground appeared in front of his eyes.

Yan Weilou randomly opened the nearest room.

When the stone gate slowly opened, a large expanse of golden color almost dazzled his eyes, the whole room was piled up with gold, it was really a quite shocking picture.

Rao Yan Weilou claimed not to be moved by money, his heart couldn't help but beat faster in shock.

He walked through this secret room and opened the next one.

This time it was a burst of bright light.Mountains of spiritual stones shone brightly in the dark room, and even just taking a light breath of the rich spiritual energy would make the whole body comfortable.

Yan Weilou raised his eyebrows in surprise.

After opening the third secret room, dozens of spiritual artifacts of different grades appeared in front of his eyes.There are also some special utensils with the emblem of the Dayou royal family.

This time, Yan Weilou was very calm.

... After all, I'm used to it.

The fourth room, the fifth room... Looking all the way, Yan Weilou's expression gradually became numb.

According to Xu Hui, these are just a part of Xue Yizhuo hastily scooped up in the secret vault of Dayou before he left, which is less than one percent compared with the treasures in the entire secret vault, and the rest of the treasures cannot be taken with him. Leaving, it was all ruined by Xue Yizhuo.

Thinking of this, Yan Weilou felt a little sad.

Under the control of this subtle emotion, Yan Weilou came all the way to the end of the corridor, before the last secret room.

According to the method Xu Hui explained, he opened the mechanism and pushed open the last door.

Before he had time to see what was in the secret room, Yan Weilou's eyes were first attracted by the wall facing the stone gate.

There are several paintings hanging on the wall, all of which are different characters.

Yan Weilou did not recognize the first two paintings.

According to the inscriptions in the painting, they seem to be the queens of the Great You Emperor.The painter painted it with pen and ink, and the color tone looks very warm and comfortable.

But the tone of the latter one is just the opposite. At first glance, it has a cold, gloomy, and weird atmosphere.It seems to describe the scene of hell.

The flames were raging, and only the burnt tiles remained in the palace. Some people walked out of the flames, with white clothes and black hair, and their feet did not touch the dust.In one hand, he held a half-god and half-ghost mask that Yan Weilou was extremely familiar with, and he seemed to be about to put it on his face.

And most of the face that was not completely covered by the mask was revealed, as if created by a god, not like it belongs to the world.

The man raised his eyes slightly, a pair of empty eyes happened to look in the direction of Yan Weilou, and there was an indescribable loneliness in his eyes.

...as if there is no interest in life.

Yan Weilou was completely shocked: "... Mingguang?!"