fictionpage #276 - Terribly strong
#276 - Terribly strong
Zhao Bao's mind went blank upon hearing this.
He had only just entered Qingzhou's territory and met up with the Senluo Sect when the Great Virtuous Teacher blocked his path?
Was the Taiping Dao really this all-seeing and all-powerful!
Especially this Great Virtuous Teacher, who looked far too young.
Zhao Bao had originally thought the Great Virtuous Teacher would be an old man in his seventies or eighties.
But he never expected him to be a handsome and elegant young man.
At this moment.
Liu Yunyi's expression changed again, and more blood gushed from the corner of his mouth.
Within the sound of the flute, his internal energy frequently went out of control, causing his internal injuries to worsen.
"I don't believe you're that powerful!"
Liu Yunyi roared, and his entire body suddenly leaped into the air.
His lightness skill was indeed impressive.
After soaring several yards into the air, his feet lightly tapped on the cliff face, using the force to quickly move upward.
He walked on this nearly vertical cliff face as easily as if it were flat ground.
Seeing such exquisite lightness skill, Zhao Bao couldn't help but secretly praise him.
Liu Yunyi was indeed worthy of being the Vice Sect Leader of the Senluo Sect. With such amazing lightness skill, the Great Virtuous Teacher would probably suffer.
Since the Great Virtuous Teacher's flute skill was so terrifyingly bizarre, then his weakness was probably a fear of close combat.
As long as Liu Yunyi could get close to him, he would definitely gain the upper hand.
Liu Yunyi thought so too.
He stepped on the cliff face and quickly moved upward, and in the blink of an eye, he had already leaped to the top of the cliff.
However, at this time, the blood constantly gushing from Liu Yunyi's mouth had even stained his clothes red.
"Demonic fiend!"
"Prepare to die!!!"
Liu Yunyi shouted explosively.
Even though he was still in mid-air, a palm strike had already been unleashed.
As the palm moved, the violent internal energy formed a huge palm print, fiercely attacking the young man who was playing the flute.
The young man, however, seemed to have not heard it.
His whole person was like a spirit crane preying, and he once again slapped his palm towards the young man.
The young man didn't even glance at him, and simply threw a punch.
His fist collided fiercely with Liu Yunyi's palm.
"Bang!!!!!"
The powerful force spread out, causing the trees around the cliff, as thick as bowls, to be broken one after another, and the rocks flew around like bullets.
"Pfft!"
Liu Yunyi spat out another mouthful of blood.
His entire body was blasted off the cliff by this punch, falling down like a kite with a broken string.
"Vice Sect Leader Liu!"
Zhao Bao was shocked by the sight.
He hurriedly wanted to step forward to catch the falling Liu Yunyi, but it was too late.
"Bang!!!"
Liu Yunyi's entire body crashed heavily to the ground, splashing up a cloud of dust.
When Zhao Bao came to his side, he saw that Liu Yunyi's entire body was fractured, and blood was constantly gushing from his mouth, nose, and ears.
He looked at Zhao Bao, unable to say a word, and then kicked his legs and died completely.
The flute music was lingering.
Still echoing in the mountains.
At this time, all the disciples of the Senluo Sect were dead.
Even Elder Shi Yan, who was at the fifth-grade realm, had already fallen to the ground, dying with a strange smile on his face.
He didn't seem to die in pain, even before his death, he seemed to be immersed in some wonderful and beautiful feeling.
Hiss!
Zhao Bao couldn't help but take a cold breath.
He had just been traveling with everyone, talking and laughing.
But in the blink of an eye, who would have thought that everyone would have died on the spot.
Zhao Bao raised his head and looked at the elegant figure on the cliff, only feeling endless chill rising in his heart.
The Great Virtuous Teacher was even more terrifying than the legends said!
Even a master as unfathomable as Liu Yunyi was beaten to death without even having the power to fight back in front of the Great Virtuous Teacher!
Faced with such a terrifying enemy, Zhao Bao only felt that he couldn't resist at all.
Despair welled up in his heart.
Brother Jin, Xiao Lian...
This time, he was probably really unable to return.
At this moment.
Above the cliff, the flute music had subsided.
The flute player spoke loudly:
"Brother Zhao Bao, why not come up for a chat?"
The voice was as if it was ringing in front of Zhao Bao.
One stood on the top of the cliff, and the other stood on the ground, but it was as if they could talk face to face.
Zhao Bao's heart trembled again.
The other party had even mastered his name.
The Taiping Dao's intelligence was indeed powerful. Zhao Bao was probably stripped bare of his identity as soon as he approached this Qingzhou.
Now that things had come to this, it was obviously impossible to escape.
Zhao Bao gritted his teeth and endured the chill and trembling on his body, and began to look for a way to walk up the cliff.
He didn't have Liu Yunyi's superb lightness skill, and he couldn't fly directly up, so he could only go around.
Finally.
Zhao Bao came to the top of the cliff.
He saw that there was an open space on the top of the cliff, and a group of yellow-clothed girls were respectfully kneeling on the ground, holding various magic tools in their hands, chanting scriptures non-stop.
In the middle of the open space, a magic altar in the shape of a crane was lying flat on the ground.
Several strong and burly Yellow Turban soldiers knelt around the altar with their heads bowed.
And the yellow-robed youth who had been playing the flute was already sitting cross-legged under the canopy of the altar.
In front of him, green smoke curled from the two incense burners.
Looking at it, it was otherworldly.
Seeing this, Zhao Bao braced himself and stepped forward.
He secretly felt the Rainstorm Pear Blossom Needle tied to his leg.
This was probably his last life-saving trump card.
"Please, Great Virtuous Teacher, spare my life!"
He begged for mercy, kneeling on the ground with both knees.
Having experienced many years of palace life, Zhao Bao already understood that begging for mercy to save his life was not shameful.
Only by living can one have opportunities.
However…
Zhao Bao found that he couldn't kneel down.
It felt as if an invisible force was holding him up, preventing his knees from hitting the ground.
This made Zhao Bao panic.
Could it be that he wasn't even being given the chance to kneel and beg for mercy?
Just then.
The young man on the altar smiled and said:
"Brother Zhao Bao, why beg for mercy?"
"You and I are not enemies, please come and sit beside me."
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After the young man finished speaking, the force holding Zhao Bao disappeared.
Zhao Bao could only stand firm.
He felt a slight relief in his heart.
He also understood that the Great Virtuous Teacher hadn't really intended to kill him just now, otherwise, how could he still be alive at this moment?
Zhao Bao slowly walked towards Liang Jin.
However, he didn't dare to sit down.
Liang Jin looked at Zhao Bao in front of him, a smile on his face.
This brother from the palace was now standing in front of him, but he couldn't directly acknowledge him.
However, since Zhao Bao had come, Liang Jin would naturally do his best to be a good host and entertain him well.
Liang Jin said:
"I feel an immediate connection with Brother Zhao Bao, a sense of kinship."
"I hope Brother Zhao Bao doesn't feel like a stranger."
Of course, Zhao Bao didn't really believe these words.
In his ears, it sounded like the Great Virtuous Teacher wanted to make him defect!
The Great Virtuous Teacher must be planning to make Zhao Bao surrender, so that Zhao Bao could be a double agent, providing the Jinyiwei or Consort Han with information about the Taiping Dao.
Immediately, Zhao Bao hurriedly begged for mercy:
"Great Virtuous Teacher, I am just an insignificant little person."
"I can't provide any useful value at all, please let me go like you would let go of a fart!"
"I will immediately return to the capital, and I will never dare to set foot in Qingzhou again in this lifetime!"
As soon as Zhao Bao finished speaking, he suddenly regretted it in his heart.
If he really had no value to the Taiping Dao, then how could he still have a reason to live?
At this moment, Zhao Bao realized his slip of the tongue and was so frightened that his face turned pale.
Liang Jin shook his head slightly upon hearing this:
"Brother Zhao Bao, didn't you want to take a good look at my Taiping Dao, and didn't you want to find out more about my information?"
"If you leave like this, how will you report back?"
Zhao Bao was once again greatly alarmed.
The Taiping Dao's intelligence gathering was so powerful that they had even found out the purpose of his trip.
I'm afraid there are also spies from the Taiping Dao in the capital!
Thinking of this, Zhao Bao became even more frightened.
Liang Jin waved his hand:
"Brother Zhao Bao, why not ride with me, and we will return to Qingzhou City together."
"I will take you to visit the Taiping Dao headquarters, so that you can collect some information, so that you can have something to report back after you return."
Saying that, Liang Jin motioned for Zhao Bao to sit on the altar.
But how dare Zhao Bao sit on it.
As things stood now, he could only follow the Taiping Dao's requirements.
He hurriedly said:
"I can just walk, how dare I ride with the Great Virtuous Teacher?"
Seeing this, Liang Jin shook his head helplessly:
"Forget it, bring a horse for Brother Zhao Bao."
Immediately, someone brought a horse for Zhao Bao.
Zhao Bao jumped on the horse.
The Yellow Turban soldiers then lifted Liang Jin's altar, and a group of people marched towards Qingzhou City.
… … … … … …
Qingzhou City.
Prefectural Office.
Prefect Gao Yuan, Censor Feng Tian, Commander Lu Yao, and other major officials of Qingzhou gathered together.
But everyone's face was filled with worry.
A long time had passed since the Yang family's destruction.
Now, the imperial court had finally given a reply.
But this reply was conveyed by the Jinyiwei.
Commander Lu Yao of the Jinyiwei said:
"The imperial court does not completely believe our report."
"Therefore, the imperial court has transferred a new commander of the Jinyiwei to Qingzhou this time, and also asked the new commander to investigate the matters we reported."
"This new commander is named Liang Qizhi, and he used to serve as a commander in Dongzhou. This person is from a family of judicial officials, and he has a wealth of experience in handling cases. He has solved many major cases."
"With such a person investigating the Yang family's rebellion case, I'm afraid…"
Lu Yao didn't finish his words, but everyone basically understood what he meant.
If they were discovered to be deceiving the imperial court, losing their official positions would be a small matter, losing their lives would be a big matter.
Although everyone present was familiar with the practice of deceiving superiors and deceiving subordinates.
However, the Yang family's rebellion case was of great importance after all, with the Korean father-in-law behind it, and even indirectly involving Consort Han.
It was really not that easy for everyone to finalize this case.
Now that everyone present was on the same boat, they could only find a way to solve this problem.
Feng Tian asked:
"Does that Liang Qizhi have any weaknesses?"
Everyone has weaknesses, and as long as there are weaknesses, they can be exploited.
This kind of thing had happened before.
Qingzhou had also encountered major incidents before, and the imperial court sent an envoy, but that envoy was inherently greedy for money.
After receiving the money offered by the officials of Qingzhou, the envoy returned with satisfaction, and concealed the matter for the Qingzhou officials.
At this time, Feng Tian also wanted to follow suit.
Lu Yao shook his head upon hearing this:
"That Liang Qizhi is an honest official and it is difficult to find any weaknesses in him."
"If he were not incorruptible, he would probably have been promoted long ago, and he would not have come to Qingzhou to be a commander now."
"It seems that the imperial court attaches too much importance to the Yang family's rebellion case, so they sent an incorruptible official to investigate in order to ensure the authenticity of the investigation results."
Hearing this, everyone fell silent again.
Encountering an upright and incorruptible official was simply the most troublesome thing.
Finally.
Prefect Gao Yuan sighed:
"We can't bear this matter ourselves."
"This official will go and discuss it with the Great Virtuous Teacher. If they, the Taiping Dao, don't want to be rebels, they have to help us find a way to deal with this Liang Qizhi!"
"If we fall, they, the Taiping Dao, shouldn't think of having a good time either!"