Chapter 55 Small World

Under the fire, some buildings began to collapse.

The alchemists from Jiangnan Daofu also arrived. They began to prepare spells and talismans, which were more efficient than using water trucks to put out fires. There were also Taoists from Huashengtang who were responsible for sending the seriously injured to the local Huashengtang branch for treatment.

With Bai Yingqiong on the scene to command, there was not much chaos.

Zhang Yuelu looked at the sea of ​​fire with a heavy heart and said slowly: "So much evidence was burned, Ye Xiu was also dead, and the hard work of many days was destroyed like this Zhenwu Temple."

Qi Xuansu stood beside her and said: "At least they left a head of a celestial being."

Zhang Yuelu turned her head and looked not far away.

There was a cylindrical glass jar, about the thickness of a bucket, filled with an unknown liquid - this was just asked from Huashengtang, for the preservation of corpses or specimens.

In the jar was a head, with messy white hair, eyes open, and horror in his eyes.

Marshal Lei.

It is hard to say who is more miserable, Marshal Lei or Marshal Tianpeng, one died without a complete body, and the other had no bones left.

Zhang Yuelu did not have the strange habit of using the enemy's head as a trophy, but had to do so in case someone would make a fuss about it in the future and force the crime on Zhang Yuelu's head.

They did it, and it is not impossible to accuse Zhang Yuelu of dereliction of duty in the end.

With this head, Zhang Yuelu will be more proactive. After all, she is a small return to the true nature, and her ability to kill a celestial being is already the limit, so she cannot be blamed.

To make an inappropriate analogy, it is like marching and fighting. Facing 100,000 people, it is more reasonable to give only 10,000 people and let 10,000 people defend the city. But if these 10,000 people are allowed to go out of the city to fight against the enemy army that is ten times their own, they must win a great victory. If they cannot do it, they will be convicted. That would be a false charge and it would not be convincing.

However, the most likely thing is to attack Lei Xiaohuan, after all, Lei Xiaohuan is the person in charge of the investigation team.

Zhang Yuelu retracted his gaze and looked at the "Cang Lei" in his hand. This is the relic of Marshal Lei, which is a top-grade treasure. Even for the celestial beings, it is a great help.

"Tianyuan, I was just wondering, how could Marshal Tianpeng disappear for no reason? This is deserting one's post without permission, which is a taboo for both the Taoist sect and the secret society." Zhang Yuelu said thoughtfully, "I always feel that something is strange. Could it be that a third party has intervened?"

Qi Xuansu has become accustomed to Zhang Yuelu's keen insight, and he is not panicked. He said: "It is indeed possible. Maybe someone has led Marshal Tianpeng away, or simply killed him."

Zhang Yuelu gently touched his forehead: "If there is a third party, then is there a fourth party? I am really afraid that someone will take advantage of the situation, take advantage of the chaotic situation, and start to stir up troubles while the Taoist sect is fighting internally."

Qi Xuansu did not speak, but was also thinking.

Qi Niang said she was going to meet an old friend, which can be understood as she didn't want to meet Zhang Yuelu yet, but with Qi Niang's personality, if she didn't want to meet, she would just leave without deliberately finding an excuse. So who is this old friend? Is it an old friend like Lei Xiaohuan and Pei Xiaolou? Or an enemy? After all, it is very common in the martial arts world to call opponents and enemies of many years "old friends".

If Qi Niang is regarded as a third-party force, then would the old friend she mentioned be a fourth-party force?

Today's Jinling Mansion is too weak.

For some people with bad intentions, this is a godsend opportunity.

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Lei Xiaohuan has never been so angry, but she can't do anything about it.

She knew that the cardinal deacon Shi Luosi had set up a dinner with bad intentions, even a domineering night banquet, but she thought that on the territory of the Taoist sect, the people of the Holy Court did not dare to do too much, so she also brought people to the banquet calmly.

But she didn't expect Shi Luosi to take action and trapped her here.

At this time, Lei Xiaohuan was in a small world, which originated from the Buddhist saying, corresponding to the so-called big world. Later, Taoism also adopted this saying, referred to as the small world.

In the words of Western sorcerers, this is a subspace that relies on the real world and is relatively independent of the real world.

The ground under his feet was divided into squares like a chessboard, but it was not the 19 vertical and horizontal lines of Go, nor the Chu River and Han River of chess, but a black and white square. There are eight squares in each direction, staggered, for a total of sixty-four squares.

There are a total of thirty-two chess pieces, which are also divided into two groups of black and white, sixteen each. Each player holds a group, which is divided into two types, namely a king, a queen, two chariots, two bishops, two knights, and eight guards. Similar to the car, elephant, horse, and soldier in chess.

Lei Xiaohuan was well-informed. Knowing that this was Western chess, he could not help but think of a patriarch named Wei of Quanzhen Dao. He had a similar treasure that could forcibly open up a small world and accommodate people. Unless the small world could be forcibly broken or the spiritual energy of the treasure was exhausted, the person could only leave after winning the next game of Go.

This Go treasure was made by the earth master Xu Wugui. For immortals, it was naturally a child's toy, but for ordinary people, even celestial beings, it was an extremely useful treasure - provided that one was extremely confident in one's own chess skills.

The ancestor surnamed Wei was a chess player who traveled around the world, made friends with chess, and made a living by gambling on chess. After the age of 20, he had few rivals. So he went to the Imperial Capital to challenge a national player, won three games and became famous. But when he left the Imperial Capital, the national player with a wide network of contacts bribed a group of bandits and almost killed him in the woods outside the city. Fortunately, the earth master Xu Wugui happened to pass by and rescued him, so he became a Taoist.

Lei Xiaohuan knew this story and understood the operating principle of this small world. She even felt a little emotional. It seems that the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign people have similar ideas. Disguising this kind of treasure as a chessboard is the easiest way to fool people.

No, she was fooled.

The difference is that one is Go and the other is chess.

Lei Xiaohuan tried it and found that she could not break this small world, so she was a little desperate. After all, she was only in the ever-changing realm of a warrior, and had not yet reached the realm of breaking the void. If a Taoist priest of the same realm specializes in his own art, he may be able to crack this small world.

As for why she felt desperate, the reason was simple. She knew chess, but she didn't know how to play it. It was a foolish dream to want to win.

She could only wait for the time to come and the small world to collapse by itself, so she could escape.

But she also understood one thing. Although she was trapped here, her life was not in danger, but it was enough for many things to happen outside. Shi Luosi took such a big risk. It was not that he was attracted to her and wanted to have a good exchange with her.

She was quite aware of her appearance.

Moreover, even if Shi Luosi went crazy, others would not miss this great opportunity and would definitely take action.

No one knows a husband better than his wife. According to her experience, Pei Xiaolou was not a very reliable person in any aspect, otherwise Pei Xuanzhi would not let him be just an assistant, and he did not let him lead the investigation team this time.

Zhang Yuelu was very reliable, but too young, with insufficient experience and realm cultivation. If she has the cultivation of the stage of heavenly man, that's about it.

As for Qi Xuansu, it can only be said that the future is promising. He has all the shortcomings that Zhang Yuelu has, and he also has the shortcomings that Zhang Yuelu doesn't have. For example, the position is lower, the family support of the master is lacking, the prestige is insufficient, the experience of overall planning and dispatching is lacking, and so on.

Now she can only hope that Qi Niang will arrive in time to save the situation. But Qi Niang is an unstable variable. She has the ability to do things well and make people feel at ease, but she often sits on the shore and watches the boat capsize, which depends on whether the peace money is enough.

If the matter is done, then no matter how she vents her anger on Shi Luosi afterwards, it will not help. After all, Shi Luosi is a member of the Holy Court, and she can't really kill Shi Luosi.

She can only blame herself for being too careless.

Shi Luosi, dressed in a white robe, sat on a high-backed chair made of gold and inlaid with gems, with his elbows against the armrests, supporting his chin, and quietly looking at Lei Xiaohuan opposite.

Compared to Lei Xiaohuan's anger, the cardinal deacon was very calm, his blue eyes were like a quiet lake.

Of course he knew what the consequences of doing this would be, but he still did it. The reason was simple, he was also drawn into this vortex, and in order to protect himself, he could only choose the lesser of two evils.