Chapter 536
Conspiracy
After listening to Lianxing's words, Li Musheng remained silent for a moment, then spoke up and gave the order:
"Go to the White Tiger Temple now and tell them that if the Green Mountain Tower Master and the elders of the Jingjue Ancient City clan are in their hands, then have them send them back immediately. If they are not there, then go and find them and bring them here."
Upon hearing this, Lianxing was visibly startled and frowned slightly, saying:
“Sect Master, the Hidden Killing Pavilion and the White Tiger Temple already have conflicts, so they probably won’t pay any attention to what you’re saying.”
Li Musheng waved his hand and said:
"You can go first. If they don't agree, I'll go myself."
"Also, the former leader of the Hidden Kill Pavilion is in the hands of the White Tiger Temple. You can bring him back with you."
Lianxing frowned even more, clearly having just learned that the White Tiger Temple had somehow captured the former leader of the Hidden Kill Pavilion.
However, Lianxing simply fulfilled her duty and did not ask any further questions. She raised her eyes and gave Li Musheng a deep look.
He knew perfectly well that although the White Tiger Temple had retreated in the face of the new leader of the Hidden Killing Pavilion, it did not mean that the White Tiger Temple was a paper tiger.
In reality, the true strength of the White Tiger Temple far surpasses that of the Hidden Kill Pavilion, and it is not something that can be easily shaken by just anyone.
Li Musheng's current domineering attitude towards the White Tiger Temple clearly made her uneasy, fearing that the White Tiger Temple might actually take action.
Lianxing knew that she had already questioned Li Musheng once, and it would be inappropriate to speak again. Therefore, she had no choice but to nod reluctantly and then leave Li Musheng's room.
Li Musheng glanced at the departing figure, toying with "Dream of a Thousand Autumns" in his hand. He regretted that he hadn't been careful enough and hadn't set up the strongest illusion of "Dream of a Thousand Autumns" in the main hall on the seventh floor of the White Emperor Tower, which allowed the four people to escape and now he had to search for them everywhere.
At this moment, not long after Lianxing left with Li Musheng's instructions, the hidden assassins and guards from the Hidden Kill Pavilion suddenly came to report:
"Master, a blind man covered in blood has arrived outside, saying he wants to see you."
Upon hearing this, Li Musheng glanced in the direction outside the courtyard, then a thought struck him, and he said:
"Let him in."
The assassin guards from the Hidden Kill Pavilion agreed, and soon, the Great Chu King, covered in blood and in a disheveled state, was brought into the room.
"When did you emerge from the Tomb of the White Emperor? Why is everyone else nowhere to be found?"
Li Musheng looked at the blind man, and before the man could speak, he raised an eyebrow and asked.
The person in front of him was the blind man who had offered to lead the way in the underground White Emperor City, but who had tried to catch up with him but failed.
Li Musheng had assumed that the other party and the Earthly Guide Ancestor, like the other martial arts masters who entered the White Emperor's Tomb, had all disappeared. However, he did not expect that the other party would not only come out of the White Emperor's Tomb but also take the initiative to show up and look for him.
Upon hearing Li Musheng's question, King Xun of Great Chu couldn't help but cough violently twice, swallowing the metallic taste rising in his throat with difficulty, and took a deep breath before saying:
"I knew that with His Highness's strength, there was absolutely no way he could be trapped in the White Emperor's Tomb."
Upon hearing this, Li Musheng flicked his finger and sent a wisp of energy into the body of the Great Chu King, saying:
"Don't rush, tell me slowly. What exactly happened at the Tomb of the White Emperor?"
King Xun of Great Chu felt his injuries suppressed and the venomous energy that had been eroding his meridians completely dissipate. He immediately clasped his hands in thanks and then replied:
"I came to Your Highness to inform you of this matter. My uncle and I originally wanted to follow Your Highness and do our best, but in the end, because of the insurmountable gap in strength between us, we not only failed to catch up, but also got lost along the way." "However, this also inadvertently led us to discover a huge conspiracy in the Tomb of the White Emperor."
At this point, King Xun of Great Chu subconsciously glanced around the room with his lifeless eyes. However, apart from sensing a large cat fast asleep in the room, there was no one else present.
"Don't worry, just tell me what you want to say."
Li Musheng's voice rang in the ears of King Xun of Great Chu, who then nodded slightly and continued:
"Your Highness should still have some impression of my uncle. My uncle has a little reputation in the Western Desert martial arts world. He is known as the Earth-Guiding Ancestor and is famous in the martial arts world for his mastery of the Earth Vein Divine Skill."
"At that time, my uncle and I lost track of His Highness and got lost. My uncle used his Earth Vein Divine Skill to travel through the earth veins in an attempt to get me out of trouble. However, we accidentally stumbled into a hidden cave under the White Emperor's Tomb."
"And in that hidden cave, we found that the people of Qingshan Tower and Baihu Temple were actually gathered together in a conspiracy."
After a slight pause, King Xun of Great Chu said:
"My uncle and I hid in the shadows and eavesdropped, and learned from the experts of Qingshan Tower and Baihu Temple that the so-called Tomb of the White Emperor, which had not been opened for a thousand years, was actually a premeditated conspiracy and trap from beginning to end."
"Those top martial arts masters in the Jianghu and the remnants of the Jingjue Ancient City were actually deliberately lured into the Tomb of the White Emperor. Their purpose was to place some kind of ancient talismanic secret technique on us Jianghu masters in the Tomb of the White Emperor, so as to control us and use us for their own purposes."
"You should know that the vast majority of the people who came this time are top martial arts masters in the Western Desert Jianghu. They all have great power behind them. If you can control these people, you can control almost half of the power in the entire Western Desert."
Upon hearing this, Li Musheng reached up and touched his chin. Although he was somewhat surprised by what the blind man said, it was actually within his expectations.
After all, he had previously discovered that there were two Green Mountain Pavilion Masters, and the fact that the Green Mountain Pavilion Masters had taken the initiative to gather so many martial arts masters into the Tomb of the White Emperor was already quite suspicious.
"So that's how it is."
Li Musheng spoke thoughtfully, noting that the Green Mountain Tower Master's inability to be selected by the Soul Searching Technique was similar to the situation of the three skeletons of the White Emperor Tower.
And since the White King has a close relationship with the White Tiger Temple, this connection makes sense.
Thinking of this, Li Musheng turned to look at the Great Chu King Xun before him and asked:
Do you know where the people controlled by the White Tiger Temple and Green Mountain Tower are now?
Upon hearing this, King Xun of Great Chu shook his head and said:
"The White Tiger Temple can almost control the entire Tomb of the White Emperor. Although my uncle could rely on the Earth Vein Divine Skill to secretly travel between the earth veins, he could not escape the array restrictions they set up. Later, he was discovered by the people of Green Mountain Tower and the White Tiger Temple."
“My uncle almost risked his life to get me out, so we don’t know what happened afterward.”
Then, King Xun of Great Chu changed the subject, saying:
"However, I can tell from their plan that they only intend to control these martial arts masters and the forces behind them, not to kill them directly. They will probably release them soon." (End of Chapter)