Chapter 1 A Letter

Poppy, also known as "Twelve Peaks of Wushan".

Twelve peaks are located on both sides of the river. There are six peaks in the south and north of the river, among which Goddess Peak is the most beautiful. The clouds and rain in Wushan are unpredictable. There is a poem saying that once there was no water in the sea, except for Wushan, it was not a cloud.

It's just that there are twelve peaks among the eleven witches, and there is one less great witch.

Probably because Master Qingwei had already set the tone, Qi Xuansu's trip to Qizhou Daofu did not cause any twists and turns, such as a blind junior from the Li family who jumped out to provoke Qi Xuansu or something like that - the older generation would not do that. They are all behind this kind of thing, and they are just talking and laughing on the surface.

In-person provocation is like young people fighting for the opposite sex. Being too arrogant is not the style of the old guys.

The Xidaomen delegation, headed by Huangfu Ji, first visited Qizhou.

In a sense, Qizhou Daofu is like a miniature Taoist sect. Qizhou is equivalent to the Central Plains, which is the core area. The Bohai Prefecture and the Liaodong Peninsula area under its jurisdiction are equivalent to the overseas Taoist Prefecture of Daomen. The part of Silla under its jurisdiction is similar to the Southern Continent.

After Huangfuji visited various prefectures in Qizhou, he walked along the inland sea, passing through Bohai Prefecture and the peninsula area of ​​Liaodong, and finally arrived at the border of Silla.

Then Huangfuji's trip to the Taoist sect was successfully concluded, and he was about to set off back to the southern continent. Qi Xuansu was traveling with him, including Lu Yujue and others.

Just as Qi Xuansu reported to Qingwei Zhenren, Liu Hu was left in the Jiangnan Taoist Mansion with Lei Xiaohuan to practice first and become familiar with the various rules and procedures of the Taoist sect.

Qi Xuansu's main mission to the southern continent this time is still related to Kukulkan. The Taoist sect does not allow the existence of an unstable factor, especially when this unstable factor has the strength of an immortal, or a god.

Therefore, Qi Xuansu was entrusted by Jinque with the important task of conducting a secret investigation of Kukulkan. This means that Qi Xuansu is likely to face a god, or even several gods.

Although Qi Xuansu has met many immortals, Buddhas, ghosts and gods, most of the time he just followed them by waving flags and shouting or beating drums. When we were in Fenglinzhou, it was Master Qingwei who took the lead, and Master Zhang Dazhen and the Imperial Master took over the formation. When they were in Borneo, it was Master Lan and Master Jiang who took action one after another. The most powerful opponent Qi Xuansu has ever encountered is at the level of pseudo-immortal. This time, Qi Xuansu has to shoulder the heavy responsibility and face the immortal gods directly. It has to be said that it is a huge challenge.

However, Qi Xuansu was not alone. In addition to Huangfuji, he could also seek help from Tantai Zhenxiao, Gongfu, and Ixichel.

Especially Tantai Zhenxiao, Qi Xuansu has a deep memory. This is what he saw

The first immortal in the lineage of human immortals, his Qi and blood are as huge as ancient giant beasts. He is completely different from the earthly immortals, heavenly immortals and gods. He is also the first person in Xidao Sect.

But then again, on this matter, the opinions of Daomen and Xidaomen are not completely consistent. Before Qi Xuansu has solid evidence, it is not easy to ask the immortals of Xidaomen to come forward. This is not the traditional sphere of influence of Daomen. There are not so many people for Qi Xuansu to deploy, at least there are no spiritual officers, which means that Qi Xuansu has to go into battle in person many times.

Fortunately, there is Huangfuji, the real person in charge of the Juesheng Church. He holds many secrets about the ancient gods. However, in the past, most of Huangfuji's attention was focused on the Steam Gospel in the north. , ignoring these things.

Now, at Qi Xuansu's request, Huangfu Ji ordered someone to summarize and organize the relevant content files, so that they can check them one by one just after they return to the Southern Continent on the "Sun Boat".

Of course, Huangfuji has no interest in these things now. His attention has now shifted to the new port that is about to start construction. This trip to Daomen has given him a lot of inspiration, and he can't wait to turn these inspirations into something visible to the naked eye. Results.

The Jueshengtang side is very efficient. They have sent some files to Qi Xuansu through the "Xunfu Array" on the ship. They are all simple summaries of their past years. Although the real person in charge of the hall, Huang Fuji, does not care about these "weird powers". "Chaos God" thing, but they still do their duty and have records all the time, and it doesn't take too long to sort it out.

This actually made Qi Xuansu's journey no longer boring. In the past few years, Qi Xuansu has developed the habit of not wasting any time and filling up all his spare time. Whether it is cultivation, handling official duties, practicing calligraphy, reading, etc., there is no room for idleness. when. Now he has something to do again, and that is to read the dossier.

At the front of this file, there is also a letter from the chief deputy head of Xidaomen Juesheng Church, which can be regarded as the words written at the beginning.

However, this letter was not addressed to Huangfuji, but to Qi Xuansu. It seemed that the chief also knew that his boss would not care about these matters, so even if he wrote it, it would be in vain, so he simply bypassed Huangfuji and reported directly to Qi Xuansu.

Qi Xuansu opened the letter. The content was relatively concise, omitting polite words such as "seeing the words as the face", and used vernacular to get straight to the point.

The content is as follows.

I'm happy finally

Someone noticed these anomalies and took them seriously. I also have to admit that Beichen Hall’s professionalism, especially in terms of sense of smell and alertness, is significantly higher than that of Juesheng Hall. I don’t think the leader will be angry because of this. After all, I am not as good as Chief Qi, and he is not as good as Qingwei.

Chief Qi asked us to summarize the suspicious events related to the ancient gods that have occurred in recent years. This is not an easy task. Because most of the content we have is some "fragments", which are not enough to piece together a complete picture, and the context is difficult to sort out. I can only make a rough explanation based on my understanding. And because these "fragments" themselves have omissions and contradictions, I made some appropriate supplements and guesses.

It should be pointed out that this series of strange events occurred after Kukulkan completely replaced the original sun god Itsumna, which is one of the important reasons why we suspect that this series of events is related to Quetzalcoatl and the current sun god Kukulkan. (The word "completely" is bolded and emphasized.)

Of course, this is just a suspicion. There is no solid evidence, so it is naturally impossible to submit it to the real people for discussion. This series of strange events, which we generally call the "Shadow Case" internally, has not yet been concluded. Even because of the war between the North and the South, the Absolute Saint Hall had to focus most of its energy on intelligence collection on the northern continent, which caused the investigation of the "Shadow Case" to be shelved indefinitely.

So I was very surprised and delighted to hear that the head of the hall decided to restart the investigation of the "Shadow Case". It must be said that the charm of Taiping money is so great that it is impossible to refuse. Chief Qi paid for the construction of the new port, and the head of the hall could not refuse Chief Qi's request.

Back to the topic, we first noticed the "Shadow Case" because of a murder case in Cusco. Cusco is the old capital of Tawantin, with a prominent political status, and the identity of the deceased is even more unusual. He is a priest of the sun god.

The people of Tawantin could not solve the case, so they found us and we took over the case.

The specific investigation process will not be described in detail. We used a series of methods including "earth energy backtracking", "dialogue with the dead" and even divination and prophecy, but still did not find the murderer. However, we also found some unusual things. There is a black sun tattoo on the heart of the deceased. And in the last words of the deceased, he showed great fear, as if he was being hunted by something. Note that it is not the real last words, but the last words we obtained by talking to the dead through magic.

This made us

have some reasonable suspicions. Who is chasing this Sun God priest? He is so scared, why doesn't he seek help from the temple? According to normal thinking, the biggest suspect is someone in the temple, so he dare not ask for help from the temple.

This seems to be the most reasonable answer. We shouldn't interfere too much in the affairs of the temple, so we closed the case.

But other cases later made us realize that the case of the Sun God priest might not be that simple.

This leads to the second case, the New Xijing case.

Qi Xuansu paused when he saw this.

Xijing is Xijing Prefecture. Before Xidaomen left the Central Plains, its headquarters was located in Xijing Prefecture, just like the headquarters of Nandaomen was located in Shangqing Prefecture, Wuzhou. After Xidaomen came to the South Continent, it established a new Xijing Prefecture here, so it was named "New Xijing". In fact, many place names in the South Continent have oriental and western colors, and few local colors. Western names were taken by Westerners when they occupied the South Continent, and oriental names were taken by Xidaomen.

Xinxijing is not a city of Taoists. There are various temples here. However, under the pressure of the West Dao Gate, the temples were moved to the mountains outside the city. If believers want to go to the temple, they have to walk through a long and difficult mountain road. The West Dao Gate calls it the pilgrimage road, which tests the believers' heart for Taoism. As for the Taoist temple, it is naturally located in the center of the city, or in the most prosperous area. The West Dao Gate said that this is called not being high above, but being close to the common people and opening the door to convenience. Anyway, the good and bad words are all said by the West Dao Gate.

This is the background.

Then Qi Xuansu continued to look down.

A temple of the sun god on the mountain outside the city was suddenly covered by shadows. When we arrived, none of the priests and believers inside survived. We dispersed the shadows and checked the bodies. We found that the souls and internal organs of these sun god priests had disappeared, and these sun god priests also had black sun tattoos on their bodies.

This seems to be an internal fight between two factions within the temple. We initially thought that it was a purge of the Itsumna faction by the Kukulkan faction. This is not surprising. After all, the emperor has his own ministers. The sun god has changed, and the priests under him must also be changed. So the case was handed over to the temple for handling. To put it bluntly, let them kick the quilt by themselves, and we should use our energy on military affairs.

But the occurrence of the third case made us realize that this is a series of interrelated cases, and it involves more than just a temple of the sun god.