Chapter 113 Portraits of the Living, Monuments of the Dead

Before dawn, two teams of Divine Guards arrived at the Zhao family mansion and accepted the subsequent search and inventory.

The leader was actually an old acquaintance.

"Brother Zou?"

Zou Kui was carrying the mace and was still in the shock of the Zhao family's destruction. When he raised his head and saw Li Yuan, his heart skipped a beat.

"Li, Senior Brother Li!"

Zou Kui felt a little embarrassed. He had only been here for a few days, but he was already killing everyone along with him?

As expected, the Inner Sect Hammer Soldiers Hall are all ruthless and murderous people...

"I haven't seen you for a few days. Brother Zou has actually joined the Divine Guards?"

Li Yuan stepped forward.

The other soldiers of the Divine Guards looked at each other and dispersed. Zou Kui didn't want to stay at all, but he could only respond with a stiff smile.

Only then did Li Yuan know that on the day of the initiation ceremony, the Divine Guards had also recruited many people from the martial arts world.

"The Divine Guard has recruited more than 400 people?"

Li Yuan's heart tightened slightly.

For more than a thousand years, the Divine Guard Army has only had 3,000 people. As some advance, others must retreat, and they have always maintained vitality and strong combat power.

There must be a deeper reason for suddenly breaking the rules at this moment...

"Thanks to Commander Qiu's respect, Zou has become a senior leader and can be considered a disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley."

In the second half of the sentence, Zou Kui emphasized his tone.

"Who is Commander Qiu?"

Li Yuan thought of the heroic woman holding a long bow who shot and killed the master of Tongmai last night.

"There is only one Commander Qiu in the valley, of course..."

Zou Kui was tall and strong, but he was very cautious at this time and did not dare to mention his name.

"It is indeed Qiu Changying!"

Li Yuan felt relieved.

The sect is not a family, and it is difficult for a family to produce geniuses from generation to generation. From Qiu Zhengxiong to the present, the Qiu family has only produced one Qiu Changying in six generations.

He found out some things while chatting with Shapingying last night.

This proud daughter of the Qiu family, born with five shapes, was soaked in a vat of medicine before she even opened her eyes, and her muscles and bones were massaged every day by a maid who had cultivated her inner strength.

He has been taught by Qiu Zhengxiong himself since he was sensible. At the age of sixteen, he took the form of a small dragon. At the age of nineteen, he has become a real person. He has to pass on the 'Lichen Jiuyin Spear' and the Qiu family's secret 'Soul Chasing Arrow Technique'.

His talent is better than that of the Valley Master himself, and the current number one true disciple of the Divine Weapon Valley, ‘Shi Hong’.

He was the well-deserved contemporary number one genius in the Divine Weapon Valley before he entered the field.

"I haven't congratulated Brother Zou on his promotion to chief yet..."

Li Yuan chatted with Zou Kui for a few words, but the latter already left with a haha, he really didn't want to deal with anyone who was related to Han Chuijun.

"What on earth did Old Han do to make such a vicious man so afraid?"

Li Yuan did not underestimate Zou Kui.

Few people use maces, but high-end maces are not much cheaper than swords.

Who dares to carry thousands of taels of silver and go out of the city alone to chase a wanted criminal? How can it be easy?

"Qiu Changying's bow..."

Li Yuan was a little itchy. Gaoliu County was too remote, and people in Jianghu rarely used bows and arrows. He had not mastered bows and arrows yet.

"The near-hammer is a far-reaching bow, and the flying knives are used when not near but not far away... Well, I'm afraid the Divine Guards have a lot of good stuff!"

Li Yuan felt that he had gained a lot of experience, and he had already begun to make plans in his mind to look for Zou Kui more in the future.

"Well, it can be considered a bit of a gain."

He looked back at the Zhao family mansion, which was brightly lit but still looked cold:

"The six major families collapsed immediately. Old Han was so ruthless."

Li Yuan was shocked when a large family in the land was wiped out overnight. During the day, he was still lamenting the family tradition of the Zhao family...

"Thanks to Zhao Yunsheng's visit during the day, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get these three house deeds."

There are rules for suppressing rebellion in Shenbing Valley.

Seventy percent of the capture from Fucheng will be returned to the valley, two percent will be sold to the government office, and the last ten percent will be shared among all the disciples tonight.

Among them, 80,000 li is the bulk, and the rest is divided among dozens of people. He estimates that the maximum is 180 taels?

After all, land deeds and the like are not included in profit sharing.

"If you go out for a walk, you can earn a hundred and eighty taels. It's a good deal."

Li Yuan yawned and was about to go back to the yard to catch up on his health.

At this moment, the night was gradually going away and the east was getting whiter. Li Yuan was going to have breakfast on the way and then go back and take a nap.

"Huh?"

As soon as he walked out of a street, Li Yuan's heart suddenly moved. He lowered his head, and a white light suddenly appeared in his eyes.

"This is?"

After being promoted to the fourth level of Zhang Wengui, he could sense the light on the weapons within ten meters with just a little attention.

Under the ground within ten meters, there is a first-level long knife, with the control effect of 'Little Green Snake Knife Dacheng'.

"Zhao's little green snake knife?"

Li Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "The Zhao family's secret passage?"

After thinking about it, Li Yuan was no longer in a hurry to have breakfast. He walked along the streets in front and back, and he really felt the light of the weapon again.

"It's Xiaoqing Snake Knife again! It's the Zhao family's tunnel that didn't escape!"

There was no single evidence, but one after another, Li Yuan was convinced.

"With four streets in front and back, this secret passage really extends in all directions... There won't be any fish that slip through the net, right?"

Li Yuan didn't want to turn back.

Sha Pingying and others chased him for almost half the night, and it was almost time to kill and capture him.

However, he still wandered along a few streets. If there were a few famous utensils missing in the tunnel, he would make a lot of money.

Li Yuan's mobility was astonishing. In this roundabout, the sky was bright.

"Is there really something?"

Outside a certain courtyard wall, Li Yuan's eyes narrowed slightly and he caught a glimpse of a blood-like light, which was something related to the method of worshiping gods.

and……

【Portrait of a living person】

[The blood of nine kinds of spiritual beasts, mixed with the secret mud of the five yin and red blood essence stones...the stone statues cast in batches are quenched by the heart blood of relatives and edified by incense. They gradually become spiritual and can be worshiped all year round. The danger of twisted minds...]

[Conditions for control: second level of god worshiping method, Zhao family blood]

[Control effect: three levels of worshiping gods, bewitching people's hearts, divine foot meridian, worshiping gods]

It’s the Evil God Cult again!

Li Yuan frowned. The Zhao family had colluded with the Evil God Cult. All the disciples from Shenbing Valley who participated in the killing of the Zhao family last night heard about it.

But this portrait still made him a little uncomfortable.

Casting statues of living people, quenching the hearts and blood of loved ones... No matter how you look at it, this looks like another evil path.

"This stuff is still available in batches..."

Li Yuan shook his head inwardly.

He looked around. It was just dawn and there were no pedestrians on the street. He turned over and entered the yard.

The courtyard door of this house is covered with cobwebs, and the courtyard is full of dead leaves. It has obviously been uninhabited for a long time.

Glancing around, he took out his shovel and started digging at the right place.

Whoops!

Li Yuan's strength was so great now that he shook his arms, made the soil fly, and soon dug five or six meters underground.

During this period, there were many big rocks, which he cut one by one with the Qiushui Sword and threw them out.

This was different from digging in the forging shop before. Not only was the blessing more abundant, but also because he could clearly sense the direction.

No need to hollow out the entire yard.

laugh!

Soon, Li Yuan felt that the shovel was empty and the tunnel had been dug.

"It's more than eight meters deep. If it were three to five meters deeper, I wouldn't be able to detect it..."

Taking back the shovel, Li Yuan leaned over and got in.

The tunnel was very narrow, and he had to lower his head slightly to avoid bumping his head. It was not spacious, and a person could barely pass through it.

Of course, not including 80,000 miles.

…

"ah!"

In the dark tunnel, footsteps could be heard walking quickly, and faint screams could be heard from time to time.

In the hole in the earth wall that could only accommodate him, Zhao Yunsheng turned pale and held the package that Butler Liu had given him.

Sometimes he trembles, sometimes he gnashes his teeth.

"It's over, it's all over..."

Zhao Yunsheng was covered in cold sweat, feeling desperate and angry.

He was pushed into this secret passage in a hurry, and he didn't see what happened last night, but when he saw Eighty Thousand Miles, he knew that everything was over.

There are five halls in Shenbing Valley, each performing their own duties. Among them, when the Hammer Hall is moved, it often means killing people.

The Zhao family is finished, and so is he...

"Probably, there shouldn't be anyone left, right?"

When he heard the footsteps moving away and the surrounding area became quiet, Zhao Yunsheng breathed a sigh of relief.

Not long after escaping last night, he fell behind. It wasn't that he couldn't keep up, but that he didn't dare to keep up.

How could he not know how powerful the Divine Weapon Valley was? There was absolutely no way outside the secret passage would be safer than this secret passage extending in all directions.

As long as he escapes the first wave of pursuit in the Divine Weapon Valley, there is hope that he can escape...

"This package..."

Zhao Yunsheng drilled hard into the pit and piled the previously excavated soil to the entrance of the hole, leaving only a small gap.

Then he took out the fire certificate and unfolded the package that Butler Liu had given him in the dim light.

In this heavy package, there were only some scattered gold and silver coins.

There is only a stone tablet the size of two palms, a stone statue the size of a fist, a parchment scroll, and a thin secret book.

"The old guy didn't even prepare any food for me?!"

Zhao Yunsheng's expression changed, and his heart was filled with shock, anger and despair.

After a long while, he managed to gather his energy and began to count the contents of the package.

"The basic diagram of Xiaoqing Snake Sword Technique, this booklet..."

Zhao Yunsheng brought the booklet closer and saw clearly the red characters on the booklet:

"Worship God and rectify the Dharma..."

After turning a page, Zhao Yunsheng was so frightened that he almost clicked the book. On the second page of the book, there was a portrait drawn.

It's none other than my own grandfather...

"What, what is this?"

Zhao Yunsheng flipped through it, almost getting angry out of despair. He flipped through more than a dozen pages of the book, and all of them showed his grandfather's gloomy old face.

Just the angle and movement are different.

"Give me this for what it's worth!"

After the fire was extinguished, Zhao Yunsheng's heart tightened and he heard the sound of "rustling" digging.

"Is there someone digging nearby?"

Zhao Yunsheng was startled, looked up, and then remembered that he had another way to escape.

Yes, you can dig the soil and dig it out!

Zhao Yunsheng's eyes brightened slightly. He guessed that one of his cousins ​​might be hiding here like him. He carefully opened the soil at the entrance of the cave and looked out.

It was very dark in the tunnel, but as the soil fell, there was light. Zhao Yunsheng's eyes widened and he shrank back:

"Li Yuan?!"

…

"The bodies are hard."

Li Yuan scanned the surroundings vigilantly, and soon saw the corpse in the tunnel not far away.

The corpses had been plundered, and only a stone statue the size of a fist was thrown aside.

"Could this carving be the head of the Zhao family?"

In the dim light, Li Yuan recognized it.

It’s not that he has a good memory or good eyesight, but it’s that the stone statue is carved vividly and even dyed.

At first glance, doesn't he look the same as the old man in black coat last night?

"This thing..."

Throwing it into his arms, Li Yuan walked towards the depths of the secret passage, preparing to put away the broken blades of the remaining soldiers he had seen before.

Mosquito meat is also meat.

…

"Li Yuan!"

In the pit, Zhao Yunsheng looked ferocious. He hated the disciples of Shenbing Valley, but he still held back.

For a moment, he wanted to violently kill the genius of the Divine Weapon Valley, but he was afraid that someone would follow him.

After a long time, seeing that he was alone, his mind became more active.

"If a true disciple dies, Han Chuijun and Gong Yangyu will also feel heartbroken, right?"

Zhao Yunsheng murmured, anger and murderous intent rising in his heart.

Phew~

After waiting for a long time, Zhao Yunsheng carefully opened the soil at the entrance of the cave with a knife.

"If you want revenge, why don't you seek revenge from me?"

Almost the moment he heard the sound, Zhao Yunsheng screamed "no" in his heart, but how could he do it in time?

He just raised his head, and without seeing anyone, he was hit hard in the face with a hammer.

"Zhao Yunsheng?"

Lifting the hammer, Li Yuan looked down and recognized the person from the corpse's clothes. After all, they had just met during the day yesterday.

"This is really unlucky."

After just receiving three house deeds from someone, he immediately beat him to death. Li Yuan was a little speechless, but he didn't have any trouble in his heart.

Zhao Yunsheng may have been mentally disturbed, muttering something in his mind, but he actually screamed out...

But that didn't stop him from reaching out and taking out the package.

He went around in a circle and found many broken weapons and broken swords. However, the only real good thing was this one.

[Monument to the Mutilated Dead]

[Supplemented by nine kinds of Yin materials such as Yin corpse mud, spirit beast human blood, red blood essence stone, etc. found in mass graves,

The thousand-year-old statue is made of clay from the incense burner ashes, gradually becoming supernatural and sinister...]

[Conditions for control: third level of worshiping gods, bathing in the blood of spiritual beasts]

[Control effects: six levels of god worship, confuse people's hearts, god worship, nerve foot meridian, nerve palm meridian, nerve meridian, life extension method, death substitution method]

"Fifth level!"

After putting away the package, Li Yuan was still a little stunned. He was shocked when he walked around and saw it just now.

A dead man's monument is actually a high-grade famous artifact?

Which dead person puts on such a grand display?

He changed his mind and without any hesitation, he picked up Zhao Yunsheng's long knife and raised his hand to knock down the pit with one punch.

Seeing Zhao Yunsheng's body buried in the soil, he silently recited a few verses about the salvation of people before turning around and leaving.

…

…

After turning back to the yard, Li Yuan took out the shovel and filled it back with soil before turning over and walking away.

This alley is relatively remote. Li Yuan moved so quickly that no one noticed. He had already returned to the rented yard.

"Zhizhi~"

The little mouse bit its tail and spun around.

He tore off two pieces of meat and threw them away. Li Yuan returned to the inner room and took out Zhao Yunsheng's valuables.

Something that can be put together with the fifth-level dead man's monument shouldn't be an ordinary thing, right?

"The basic diagram of the little green snake is still...with a portrait of a living person? Well, is this, worshiping gods and rectifying the Dharma?"

Li Yuan's eyes suddenly lit up when he caught a glimpse of the words on the book.

"Worship God and Dharma, no, it's a statue of a living person and a monument to a dead person. Can this thing be Dharma?"

Muttering in his heart, Li Yuan opened the book and saw a gloomy old face.

"..."