Chapter 10 Xuanming Sect

As it was still early, there were not many people on the street.

There was light snow in the sky, and some snow grains covered the heads of both of them.

Ji Ruxue held the sword and looked back many times until she could no longer see the old farmer's house...

Xiao Yan saw it and knew that she was remembering the direction to go back and repay her later.

Not far away, a slightly noisy noise came from the market. Someone was pulling a cart of winter vegetables past them and heading towards the market.

"According to convention, the people of Xuanming Sect usually don't set up a branch in the city." Ji Ruxue held the sword in her arms and said, "According to the information we have collected, they will choose a large tomb and then dig it out to serve as a branch. This is why it is difficult for ordinary people to find their branch."

"It's really a bit crazy."

Xiao Yan frowned and asked, "Does the Xuanming Sect have any quirks?"

"I don't know either. According to rumors, when powerful people in this sect travel, they are hidden in coffins and carried out by the sect members..."

Xiao Yan was a little surprised, then shook his head and said, "Is there any way to find them quickly?"

Ji Ruxue actually didn't know. For so many years, she had mostly stayed in Fengxiang and had never had such an experience, so she suggested, "Why don't we break into the government office and ask?"

"No, according to what you said, I'm afraid even the officials don't know where their station is."

Xiao Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Let's go out of the city and check the suburbs first. Judging from the fact that this sect likes to play tricks, they are probably hiding in some extremely evil place like a mass grave."

……

As the hinterland of Daliang, the city gate of Dangshan County was almost undefended. The two men asked the locals for the direction of the mass grave and then went out of the city.

The mass grave is next to a dense forest, but is very far away from the pipeline, with only a steep mountain road for people to pass through.

Outside the mountain road, Ji Ruxue used the hilt of her sword to pick up a branch and used it to push aside a patch of snow. Under the snow, a pile of horse manure was revealed.

The horse manure was still moist because it was covered by the fallen snow.

“The direction should be correct.”

Xiao Yanxu covered his eyes and looked around, intending to go towards the mass grave.

At this time, Ji Ruxue called out: "Wait a minute."

Looking back, I saw her listening carefully for a moment with a vigilant look on her face. Then she said, "Two people on horseback are coming from the west."

Xiao Yan did not doubt her ability, and immediately hid in the dense forest, hiding his body with the shadows of the trees.

The girl followed him.

Sure enough, only a moment later, two figures wearing black jackets inside and leather armor with red edges outside came riding horses galloping towards them.

Just looking at its appearance, it is just like the ghost soldiers in the legend, emitting the aura of death, making people want to avoid it from a distance.

At the side of the mountain road, the two men dismounted from their horses and tied their two horses ostentatiously to the side of the road, completely unafraid of horse thieves.

Next to Xiao Yan, Ji Ruxue rested her elbows on the tree trunk and whispered, "Such audacity, the branch office is undoubtedly on this hilltop."

Then, she whispered to the former: "How?"

"Don't move them yet, so as not to alert the enemy."

Xiao Yan leaned out a little and followed the direction of the two people.

……

The mountain path is not long and it only takes a few moments to reach the end.

The two Xuanming Sect members were both wearing hoods and fang masks on their faces. At this moment, one of them was complaining in great dissatisfaction.

"Caozhou is just home to a deposed emperor, why is it necessary to mobilize so many troops? Yuansheng Yanjun led their branch's troops and it is not enough, and they insist on asking our own helm to contribute. By the time so many people are gathered, don't make it like the pursuit of Longquan Sword a few years ago, which ended up in vain."

"Okay, I've listened to you talking all the way. If we don't wipe out the remnants of the previous dynasty, how can you and I make so much money?" Another person walked to a tomb without a tombstone and turned the tribute table next to the tomb.

While waiting for the tomb door to open on both sides, he continued, "The higher-ups probably have the same idea. Now that the martial arts world is peaceful, even the mighty Tianshi Mansion was almost wiped out by us. If we don't make some noise, the Underworld Emperor will probably lose favor with His Majesty..."

"I have been suppressing the remnants of the previous dynasty for so many years, and there is nothing left to gain. Next year, I will definitely shed this skin..."

As the tomb door closed again, the voices of the two people gradually became blurred.

Until finally, everything returned to normal, as if nothing had ever happened.

Xiao Yan and Ji Ruxue jumped down from the tree and stopped in front of the tomb without a tombstone.

Looking around, there were graves of varying heights, most of which were hidden in the dense forest. No one had ever worshipped them all year round. Ji Ruxue squatted down, looked at the tribute stand welded to the ground, and raised her head to ask, "What do you mean?"

"You stay outside and wait."

"Guard?" Ji Ruxue frowned and asked puzzledly: "Where are you going?"

Xiao Yan twisted the tribute platform, then looked at the slowly opening tomb door, and took off his slightly bloated cotton clothes, leaving him only in a plain white long gown with narrow sleeves and a cross collar.

"If anyone escapes later, you will deal with them all."

As he finished speaking, he had already stepped onto the stone steps leading down, and his figure slowly went deeper into it.

The tomb door closed, and Ji Ruxue held Xiao Yan's clothes, a little dazed.

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After the light from overhead disappeared, the tomb chamber seemed a little dim.

After going down the steps, although I saw candle lamps on the recessed lampstands on both sides of the corridor, most of them were extinguished at this time.

The ground was slightly damp, with reptiles scattered in the corners. Occasionally, the sound of mice could be heard, but no one knew where they were hiding.

Looking around, this tomb is indeed very large.

However, the environment really made Xiao Yan unhappy. He couldn't understand what the person who established this rule in the Xuanming Sect was thinking.

Fortunately, this place can be cleaned up soon.

The deeper he went, the bright indigo light in his eyes began to burn brighter.

At the corner, a fang mask appeared, and its owner was instantly grabbed by a huge force. Then, while he was still dizzy, his head was slammed heavily against the stone wall.

Blood spurted out along with white brain matter, but when it was within a finger's distance from Xiao Yan, it was blown away by the strong energy emitted by him.

Seeing the corpse of the ghost soldier limply falling down the wall, Xiao Yan reached out and pulled out the sword from his waist.

Inside, two ghost soldiers holding documents were stunned when they saw this, but the corridor was too dark to see clearly. One of them leaned over and cursed, "Who is causing trouble?"

But before he could finish his words, he saw a figure flying quickly from outside the corridor.

Then, a cold light lit up, illuminating the pair of increasingly bright indigo eyes.

The two were horrified and tried to dodge backwards.

But immediately, two balls of blood mist gushed out and, in the light of the knife, all splashed onto the wall.

……

Inside the main tomb chamber, the leader of this branch sat behind a long table and threw aside the handwritten letter that the two riders had brought to him.

"Why did the Saint Lord Yan mobilize half of his men to enter Caozhou?"

"Captain, the news from Caozhou is that the former Tang Dynasty bad guys have been found. Lord Yan said that we might be able to find the Longquan Sword through this clue."

"The Bad People?" The leader sneered and said, "The Bad People have been exterminated for thirty years. Who would still use this name to cause trouble? Well, take my token and go to each county to pick someone."

"Um... Lord Yan wants the captain to lead the team personally. According to the news, there may be people from Tongwenguan or Huanyinfang in Caozhou."

"What a bastard! We are both captains, but he is just called Lord Yama, and yet he can order me around so casually?" The leader was furious. Suddenly, he heard a noisy sound coming from outside, so he cursed, "Is this rebellion? What are you doing?"

Immediately, the noise stopped abruptly.

The chief frowned and stood up from behind the table.

Outside the main tomb chamber, a figure gently pushed open the door.

boned...

A head wearing a fang mask rolled in, and then a bloody knife slowly emerged from behind the door.

Outside, the strong smell of blood also appeared as the slender figure appeared, and continued to swarm into the main tomb chamber.

The leader took a step back in surprise and asked in a deep voice: "Who are you?"

Xiao Yan weighed the knife in his hand and said with a smile: "I just heard you say that."

"Bad people."

(End of this chapter)