The three of them rode their swords to the west. On the way, they would ask the merchants in the tea houses by the roadside from time to time, but no one had seen the group of people from Thunder Mountain Villa. They must have followed the wrong path.
When it was time to light the lanterns, the three of them had already arrived at the foot of Jishi Mountain. This place was under the influence of the Thunder Mountain Villa, and there were many sentries. In order to avoid exposing their tracks prematurely, the three of them had disguised themselves.
This time, it was Sheng Nian who helped the three change their appearances. The disguise technique he learned from Master Buyi was much more brilliant than Qin Rou and Big Hong. Unless Lei Yuan and the others became suspicious and carefully examined them, they definitely wouldn't be able to see any flaws at first glance.
The three of them stayed in an inn. Ding Yuan and Sheng Nian meditated on the bed and cultivated for more than four hours. They felt that their fatigue had been swept away and their spirits were greatly boosted. The two of them left Qin Rou in the inn to guard and both took advantage of the night to head straight to the Thunder Manor.
The Thunder Mountain Villa was built at the foot of Jishi Mountain. It had thousands of mansions and occupied more than 2,000 mu of land. If they did not find out the exact location, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to save someone.
Sheng Nian had sneaked into the villa to save dozens of girls who were captured by Lei Wei, so he knew a little about the situation in the villa. The two of them sneaked out of the manor. It was just past midnight, and it was quiet inside. Only a few lanterns flickered in the moonlight, and occasionally a few dogs barked.
Sheng Nian crouched behind a mountain rock and said with secret sound transmission,"Junior Brother Ding, I'll sneak in from the back while you go to the front. The purpose of our trip is to find the whereabouts of Old Master Qin and Ah Niu. We need to see if they have been brought back and where they are locked up. Therefore, we must be careful. We must not alert Lei Wei and the others.”
Ding Yuan nodded slightly. Sheng Nian continued,"Regardless of the results of the investigation, we must return to the inn before dawn. Don't make a move unless it's absolutely necessary. Once you're discovered, it's best to escape quickly to avoid exposing your identity. It'll be difficult to save them again.”
"I understand. Senior Brother, be careful!" Ding Yuan replied in a low voice.”
Under the cover of the night, the two figures separated from each other like the wind. Ding Yuan used the movement technique of " Passing through Flowers and Winding Willows " and flew in the air like a dragon, entering the Thunder Mountain Villa as fast as lightning.
If someone looked up unintentionally, they would at most see a black shadow flash past their heads, thinking that it was a night bird looking for food.
In the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Ding Yuan had already entered the inner manor.
The Heavenly Thunder Manor was divided into four inner courtyards and four outer courtyards. Wu Li, Diao Heng, and Ge Gang were the leaders of the four outer courtyards, while the leaders of the four inner courtyards were responsible for guarding Lei Wei's mansion. Their cultivations were higher than Wu Li's.
He had heard Sheng Nian say that Lei Yuan and the other top experts in the manor all lived in the inner manor, so the security was much stricter than the outer manor. Even in the sky, there were still black-feathered falcons raised by the manor to prevent immortal experts from sneaking in from the sky.
Ding Yuan did not dare to be careless. He withdrew his body and landed in a secluded courtyard, hiding on an old locust tree.
Just as he hid, he heard light footsteps coming from the west side of the Moon Door. Two servants dressed in green walked in with lanterns in their hands. One of them even carried a food box in his hand.
The servant on the left yawned and mumbled,""It's already so late, why aren't you sleeping? Why are you ordering supper? Why do you have to ask the manor master's chef, Old Zhao, to personally make it and send it over?”
The servant on the right looked around and said in a low voice,"Be gentle. That man is as tall as a monkey and has a bad temper. If he hears us talking about him behind his back, he won't be able to bear the consequences later.”
The servant on the left walked under the pagoda tree and untied his belt to pee. He curled his lips and said,"What's there to be afraid of? Look at his sneaky eyes, he might not have any ability. If it wasn't for the Manor Lord, I wouldn't even be bothered to serve him.”
The servant on the right chuckled." Don't spout nonsense. This Old Master Bi is our Manor Lord's honored guest. I heard that his abilities are not inferior to Master Shen Ya's. He's like half a god." I advise you to be careful. If you anger him, you might suffer.”
The servant on the left lifted his belt and mumbled,""What the hell? He's the first one I don't like.”As the two of them spoke, they slowly walked away through the courtyard. Ding Yuan thought for a moment and quietly followed.
The two servants chatted as they walked in front, completely unaware that someone was following them. They turned two moonlit doors and disappeared into a quiet and elegant courtyard.
Ding Yuan hid outside the door for about half a cup of tea's time, waiting for the two servants to come out and grab them to get some confessions.
From the tone of these two people, it seemed like they were servants who served Lei Yuan and the others. Perhaps they knew some inside information. It was better than him aimlessly searching around.
Sure enough, after a while, footsteps sounded from inside again. A green-robed servant who had entered earlier came out with a food box. When he reached the door, he looked around as if to make sure that there was no one else before boldly returning the way he came.
For some reason, Ding Yuan felt that something was wrong. It wasn't that there was one less person when he said it, but that although the manservant looked exactly the same, he was slightly shorter.
With a thought, Ding Yuan's eyes shone on the manservant's face. The manservant's true appearance was immediately exposed. He was not a manservant of a manor. He was clearly a skinny old man with a wretched and ugly appearance. He had a mustache on his upper lip, which was similar to the " Old Man Bi " that the manservant had mentioned earlier.
However, what he used was not an ordinary disguise technique, but a rare evil technique in the Heavenly Continent-"Heavenly Devil Incarnation Technique".
This technique did not require the use of any disguise materials. It could change one's appearance into someone else just by changing one's body. It was quite similar to the Immortals 'Vientiane Manifestation.
However, in order to practice the "Vientiane Manifestation as One Wishes", one must have the cultivation base of an Itinerant Immortal. Even a top expert of the Sky Continent like Zeng Shan could not do it. However, although the incarnation technique was inferior to the "Vientiane Manifestation Technique", it did not have such a high threshold.
It was just that cultivating the incarnation technique was time-consuming and laborious, and it might not be practical. Furthermore, one would need to consume hundreds of medicinal pills every year to cleanse their meridians and disguise themselves. In the end, their appearance would become extremely ugly. Therefore, those who were truly willing to devote themselves to cultivation could be said to be rare.
Ding Yuan's glance immediately alerted the person, and a pair of bean-like eyes shot out a sharp light as they looked towards the place where Ding Yuan was hiding.
Ding Yuan was shocked and quickly retracted his divine art to conceal himself. The man looked at him for a while and did not notice anything unusual. He patted his head and suddenly stuck out his tongue. He quickly curled it back and continued to walk west.
Ding Yuan asked suspiciously," I don't know where this old man came from. It sounds like he's a guest invited by Lei Yuan. But why did he sneak out in the middle of the night and disguise himself as a manservant?" He deliberately did not carry the lantern in his hand, afraid that others would see through his flaws, but he did not know what he wanted to do.”
Ding Yuan's curiosity was piqued, and he decided to follow them down to take a look. He knew that the person's cultivation level was not lower than his, so he kept a distance from him, but he did not dare to lock onto him with his spiritual perception, lest the other party had a warning sign.
Ding Yuan followed him for a while and saw that person arrive at the side door of the Lei Residence. He handed the waist token to the guard and smoothly entered.
Of course, Ding Yuan could not use the same method. However, the twenty feet tall walls of the Thunder Mansion were not a problem for him. He floated in like a feather, not even disturbing a single weed.
That person used his identity as a servant of the Lei Residence as cover and smoothly infiltrated the heavily guarded Lei Residence. Although there were many sentries inside and there were guards patrolling back and forth, no one suspected him.
However, Ding Yuan was becoming more and more suspicious of him. If this old man wanted to enter the Lei Residence, he would have only needed to introduce himself and no one would have stopped him. Why was he acting so sneakily and mysteriously?
The person walked along a small path and suddenly stopped at a secluded place. When he saw that there was no one around, he suddenly leaped over the courtyard wall and entered. He was even faster than a civet cat. Ding Yuan followed him and saw an elegant garden. One end of the garden was connected to a luxurious building. It must be one of Rayen's inner residences.
On the surface, the garden looked quiet and pleasant, but Ding Yuan did not even need to look to sense that there were hidden sentries everywhere. There were almost no blind spots. Even a fly flying through the garden could not escape surveillance.
The man crouched in a bush under the courtyard wall and observed for a moment, as if he was calculating his route. After a while, his body flashed out like the wind, using the flowers, trees, pavilions, rockery, and flowing water in the garden to conceal his tracks. The route he chose was actually in the shadows of the moonlight.
Ding Yuan was greatly surprised. This person's movement technique was strange, but what was rare was that the route he took was all unique and ingenious. It just happened to avoid the surveillance of the hidden sentries. Under almost impossible circumstances, he silently crossed more than half of the garden. If he wasn't a veteran, it was impossible for him to have such mastery in stealth.
The man suddenly disappeared after he reached the edge of a pond and didn't come out for a long time.
Ding Yuan was startled, but he followed suit and landed on an ancient tree beside the pond.
There was a guard lying among the dense branches, but he had already fainted. When he woke up in a daze at dawn, he probably didn't know that someone had come. He thought that he had been lazy and slept.
Ding Yuan looked down and saw that there was nothing special about the He Pool except for the undercurrent flowing under it, which seemed to be connected by a canal. Why did the old man slip here and disappear?
Finally, he fixed his gaze on the artificial rock in the middle of the pool. On the west side of the pool, there was a small waterfall that was more than twenty feet high. The clear water gathered in the pool, causing a crisp and pleasant sound.
Ding Yuan's gaze pierced through the waterfall and found a pitch-black cave hidden behind it. The entrance was just big enough for one person to enter. He thought for a moment and decided to follow them in to take a look. He relaxed his body and shot into the stone cave behind the water curtain like a tired bird flying into the forest.
It was pitch black inside the cave, and the water splashing in from the waterfall was a little slippery. Oil-green moss grew on the stone walls, and a narrow and long tunnel slanted down to the underground.
Ding Yuan listened attentively for a moment. It was dead silent ahead. That person must have gone far away.
Ding Yuan walked along the tunnel, and the terrain became lower and lower. In the end, the tunnel had already reached several feet underground.
Ding Yuan felt strange. Such a secret passage was most likely dug by someone to escape, but how did that person know? If this secret passage led to Lei Yuan or Lei Wei's bedroom, then it would be wonderful. Perhaps they could capture him and exchange him for Iron Hero Qin and Ah Niu.
After walking for more than three hundred steps, they reached the end of the tunnel. A straight tunnel appeared above Ding Yuan's head. The cave was three feet square but fifty feet high. The top of the tunnel seemed to be covered with a layer of iron plate. It should be the other exit of this secret tunnel.
This height was not a problem for Ding Yuan. He leaped lightly and floated up, floating right below the iron plate.
Ding Yuan wasn't in a hurry to push the iron plate, and he first used his spiritual perception to look outside. Right now, he was going to see through a three-inch thick iron plate to see the situation on the other side. It was no different from child's play. He could easily see the situation outside.
It turned out that there was a study room on the iron plate. There was a red wooden tiger chair above Ding Yuan's head. In front of the chair was a wide desk that was lit by a candle.
Ding Yuan suddenly realized that there must be some kind of mechanism on the red wooden tiger chair. Once something happened, the person sitting on it could activate the mechanism and quickly sink into the secret passage to escape. The living water of the He Pool must also be connected to the underground river, and they could escape outside the village through the river.
However, there was no one in the study. The mysterious old man disappeared after he went out of the secret passage. Ding Yuan was about to find a way to enter the study room when he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. He quickly held his breath and circulated his inner breath.
The door of the study opened and closed, and two people walked in one after another.
The person walking behind was an old acquaintance of Ding Yuan, Master Shen Ya who had almost taken half of Ah Niu's life that day. The tall old man walking in front had a mighty figure and a steady aura. His face was like a heavy jujube, his nose was straight, his mouth was wide, and his beard and hair were silver. He looked somewhat similar to Lei Yuan, but he was more domineering and profound than Lei Yuan.
Ding Yuan was excited. He thought to himself," Could this man be Lei Wei? He and Master Shen Ya came here late at night. They must have something important to discuss. Maybe it has something to do with Ah Niu and Iron Hero Qin."”
He knew how powerful Master Shen Ya was, and Lei Wei didn't look too bad either. He might be even more difficult to deal with, so he was more cautious. Fortunately, although the two people outside had extraordinary cultivation, they definitely did not expect someone to be hiding under their feet. If they had used their spiritual senses to search like Ding Yuan, they would not have been unaware.
Rayen sat down on the red wooden tiger chair, and Master Shen Ya sat opposite him.
Lei Wei spoke first." You've worked hard, Master. You've put in so much effort to deal with Guan Luo Bodyguard Agency. I'm grateful for your efforts. I'll repay you in the future."”
Master Shen Ya had a smug look on his face, but he said,""Head Villa Master, you don't have to be so polite. Even without my help, it would be as easy as squashing an ant to wipe out a mere Guan Luo Bodyguard Agency with the strength of the Heavenly Thunder Villa. I just happened to be at the right time and was just waving the flag and shouting a few times from behind.”
Lei Wei laughed and said," You're too modest. If you hadn't acted according to the situation and persuaded my brother to pretend to stop, then rushed back to the villa and planned a surprise attack with me. Then, you invited the Red Beard Primogenitor to help you. How could you have today's credit?"”
It turned out that after Lei Yuan and the others retreated, they did not really leave Heng City, but hid outside the city temporarily. Lei Yuan lost his soldiers and generals, and his efforts were futile. He was naturally unwilling, but the appearance of Ding Yuan and the others also made him mistakenly think that Emerald Cloud Sect had already interfered.
After discussing with the others, Master Shen Ya rushed back to Thunder Mountain Villa to inform Lei Wei and ask for reinforcements.
When Rayen heard that someone from Emerald Cloud Sect had intervened, he felt that it was troublesome. However, if he wanted to stop now, he would not only lose his face, but he would also feel resentful. He immediately ordered people to send out Thunder Villa's " Thunderbolt Invitations " with the " Thunder Eagle " to invite fellow cultivators to fight with Guanluo Bodyguard Agency and Emerald Cloud Sect to regain some face.
Master Shen Ya volunteered to persuade Red Beard Heavenly Venerate to go to Heng City together with Lei Wei and invited Perfected Lord Heavenly Dragon, Duke Mulberry Earth, and the other nine demons to help.
Lei Yuan had received news that Ding Yuan and Su Zhiyu had left. Only the heavily injured Ah Niu was left in the agency. As for Iron Hero Qin, Shang Zhi, and the others, they were nothing to worry about.
Lei Yuan took the opportunity to attack Guan Luo Bodyguard Agency at night. Not only did he almost massacre the entire agency, but he also captured Iron Hero Qin and Ah Niu alive. Therefore, Master Shen Ya and the Red Beard Heavenly Venerable escorted Iron Hero Qin and Ah Niu back to the villa. Unexpectedly, Ding Yuan and Sheng Nian caught up with them.
Ding Yuan kept sneering under the iron plate. Every time Rayen praised Master Shen Ya, he would add another debt to his debt, and he would settle it later.
Master Shen Ya was pleased with himself, he laughed and said,""Chief, now that Ironhero Qin and that kid surnamed Luo have been brought back by me and Celestial Venerable Chi, how do you plan to deal with them?”
"Iron Hero Qin is just a mere escort, yet he dares to be my enemy. He's overestimating himself." Lei Wei muttered. But now I'm going to use him to lure out the person who destroyed my immortal treasure that day and let this old fellow live for a few more days.”
"The one who is a little difficult to deal with is Luo Niu. If he is really a direct disciple of Emerald Cloud Sect, I will inevitably form an irreconcilable enmity with Emerald Cloud Sect if I kill him. Although I'm not afraid of those cow-nosed Daoists of Emerald Cloud Sect, it doesn't seem necessary to fall out with the seven great sects of the Heavenly Continent for such an unknown kid.”
Master Shen Ya asked,"Could it be that Manor Master is planning to let this kid go?"”
He had fought with Ah Niu that day, and not only did he lose a lot of demonic treasures such as the Five Luo Flying Wings and the Forest Fire Crow, he was also almost embarrassed by Ah Niu. With Master Shen Ya's vengeful nature, he was naturally brooding over this, which was why he was willing to help Lei Yuan. If Rayen let Ah Niu go so easily, how could he accept it?
Rayen snorted and said," Let him go. Heh, there's no such good thing. At least this kid will have to suffer in the Black Ice Snow Prison for a few more days. I can take this chance to vent my anger."”
Hearing this, Ding Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He secretly remembered the name of Black Ice Snow Hell and waited for a chance to investigate it later.
Master Shen Ya's oily green eyes turned and he laughed sinisterly,""I have a way to deal with him. Instead of letting him go and letting people think that the Heavenly Thunder Mountain Villa is showing weakness to the Emerald Cloud Sect, we might as well take this opportunity to invite our fellow cultivators to escort Luo Niu to the Zuowang Peak to interrogate Master Daoist Dan. Then, we will ask him to hand over that kid Ding Yuan and return justice to the Manor Lord!”
"That Ding kid killed two of my presidents. We can't forgive him!" Lei Wei said coldly. The Green Cloud Sect is a righteous sect, but they have no discipline. They connived at their disciples to hurt others and interfere in my personal grudge with Iron Hero Qin. I will definitely seek justice from Master Daoist Dan Yi!”
Master Shen Ya said respectfully," With your prestige, as long as you raise your arm and call us, all of us immortal friends will follow you." At that time, everyone would charge up the Emerald Cloud Mountain in a mighty manner. They would not be afraid of those bull-nosed people of the Light One Sect not bowing their heads and admitting their mistakes!”
"In this way, not only will we be able to vent our anger for the immortal friend who has been suppressed by the seven great sects for decades, but we will also be able to raise the reputation of the chief manor master. From now on, my fellow cultivators of the Heavenly Continent will definitely follow the lead of the Heavenly Thunder Manor!”
Lei Wei laughed dryly and said," Master, you think too highly of me. I'll be grateful if you and your friends can help me deal with this matter."”Actually, he already had this thought in his heart, but he just wanted to borrow Master Shen Ya's mouth to say it.
If he took a step back and thought about it, if Emerald Cloud Sect pursued this matter in the future, he could push Master Shen Ya to the front to block them. But didn't Master Shen Ya have the same thought?
The two of them chatted for a long time before leaving the study. Ding Yuan saw this and was about to return the way he came when he realized that the closet on the left side of the desk had silently flipped over, revealing a secret door.
With a flash of the green shadow, the old man who had disappeared earlier came out of the secret door. However, there was a bulging bag on his back.
He cleanly closed the closet and walked towards the carved tiger mahogany chair. The smile on his face was extremely smug, and he was just short of humming a tune. Then, he reached out and pressed on the tiger head on the left armrest of the mahogany chair. He turned to the left twice, and the floor in front of the chair suddenly opened to the two sides, slowly revealing the entrance to the secret passage.
Just as the old man was about to go down, a figure flashed in front of him. A middle-aged man in his thirties jumped out of the secret passage and sat on the chair.
The old man was shocked. His body floated more than ten feet away from the ground. He stared at the person up and down with his beady eyes and asked suspiciously,"Who are you?"
That person was naturally Ding Yuan. When he heard this, he also replied with a secret voice transmission,"And who are you?"
The old man stuck out his tongue and said,"You go first!"”
"What are you carrying?" Ding Yuan snorted.”His gaze swept across the package and he activated the "Demon Illumination Eye". He immediately saw a one-foot-square jade drum inside. The surface of the drum was made of some unknown material, but it was like a green jade mirror.
The drum was inlaid with a huge emerald, and there were three handles carved from coral, which were divided into three kinds of divine beasts: dragon, phoenix, and qilin. The jade at the bottom of the drum was carved into a picture of a fierce tiger roaring at the moon, which was vivid and beautiful.
Although Ding Yuan was not sure what kind of treasure this drum was, just the quality alone was already priceless and could be called a peerless treasure.
Needless to say, the old man had stolen the drum from the dark room in Rayen's study.
The old man hurriedly tightened his grip on the bag and shook his head."Nothing. I didn't steal anything.”
Ding Yuan had seen many people steal things in his life, but this was the first time he had encountered a guest stealing the treasures of the host's house.
However, this old man had stolen something from the Thunder Mountain Villa, which was to Ding Yuan's liking.
Not to mention that this old man only took this drum, even if he took away all the treasures in the Thunder Mountain Villa, Ding Yuan would only clap his hands and cheer. However, he had other plans for this old man, so he naturally wanted to make a big fuss about this matter.
"A real man dares to take responsibility for his actions," Ding Yuan said."Since you stole this drum, why don't you dare to admit it?" Don't worry, I'm not interested in catching thieves.”
The old man's small eyes turned, and he seemed to heave a sigh of relief."So you're not a member of the Heavenly Thunder Manor.”
Ding Yuan was startled and was about to speak when the old man suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a scarlet tongue. The tip of the tongue split into two and curled towards Ding Yuan's throat like a waterfall.
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The three of them rode their swords to the west. On the way, they would ask the merchants in the tea houses by the roadside from time to time, but no one had seen the group of people from Thunder Mountain Villa. They must have followed the wrong path.
When it was time to light the lanterns, the three of them had already arrived at the foot of Jishi Mountain. This place was under the influence of the Thunder Mountain Villa, and there were many sentries. In order to avoid exposing their tracks prematurely, the three of them had disguised themselves.
This time, it was Sheng Nian who helped the three change their appearances. The disguise technique he learned from Master Buyi was much more brilliant than Qin Rou and Big Hong. Unless Lei Yuan and the others became suspicious and carefully examined them, they definitely wouldn't be able to see any flaws at first glance.
The three of them stayed in an inn. Ding Yuan and Sheng Nian meditated on the bed and cultivated for more than four hours. They felt that their fatigue had been swept away and their spirits were greatly boosted. The two of them left Qin Rou in the inn to guard and both took advantage of the night to head straight to the Thunder Manor.
The Thunder Mountain Villa was built at the foot of Jishi Mountain. It had thousands of mansions and occupied more than 2,000 mu of land. If they did not find out the exact location, it would be like looking for a needle in a haystack to save someone.
Sheng Nian had sneaked into the villa to save dozens of girls who were captured by Lei Wei, so he knew a little about the situation in the villa. The two of them sneaked out of the manor. It was just past midnight, and it was quiet inside. Only a few lanterns flickered in the moonlight, and occasionally a few dogs barked.
Sheng Nian crouched behind a mountain rock and said with secret sound transmission,"Junior Brother Ding, I'll sneak in from the back while you go to the front. The purpose of our trip is to find the whereabouts of Old Master Qin and Ah Niu. We need to see if they have been brought back and where they are locked up. Therefore, we must be careful. We must not alert Lei Wei and the others.”
Ding Yuan nodded slightly. Sheng Nian continued,"Regardless of the results of the investigation, we must return to the inn before dawn. Don't make a move unless it's absolutely necessary. Once you're discovered, it's best to escape quickly to avoid exposing your identity. It'll be difficult to save them again.”
"I understand. Senior Brother, be careful!" Ding Yuan replied in a low voice.”
Under the cover of the night, the two figures separated from each other like the wind. Ding Yuan used the movement technique of " Passing through Flowers and Winding Willows " and flew in the air like a dragon, entering the Thunder Mountain Villa as fast as lightning.
If someone looked up unintentionally, they would at most see a black shadow flash past their heads, thinking that it was a night bird looking for food.
In the time it took to brew a cup of tea, Ding Yuan had already entered the inner manor.
The Heavenly Thunder Manor was divided into four inner courtyards and four outer courtyards. Wu Li, Diao Heng, and Ge Gang were the leaders of the four outer courtyards, while the leaders of the four inner courtyards were responsible for guarding Lei Wei's mansion. Their cultivations were higher than Wu Li's.
He had heard Sheng Nian say that Lei Yuan and the other top experts in the manor all lived in the inner manor, so the security was much stricter than the outer manor. Even in the sky, there were still black-feathered falcons raised by the manor to prevent immortal experts from sneaking in from the sky.
Ding Yuan did not dare to be careless. He withdrew his body and landed in a secluded courtyard, hiding on an old locust tree.
Just as he hid, he heard light footsteps coming from the west side of the Moon Door. Two servants dressed in green walked in with lanterns in their hands. One of them even carried a food box in his hand.
The servant on the left yawned and mumbled,""It's already so late, why aren't you sleeping? Why are you ordering supper? Why do you have to ask the manor master's chef, Old Zhao, to personally make it and send it over?”
The servant on the right looked around and said in a low voice,"Be gentle. That man is as tall as a monkey and has a bad temper. If he hears us talking about him behind his back, he won't be able to bear the consequences later.”
The servant on the left walked under the pagoda tree and untied his belt to pee. He curled his lips and said,"What's there to be afraid of? Look at his sneaky eyes, he might not have any ability. If it wasn't for the Manor Lord, I wouldn't even be bothered to serve him.”
The servant on the right chuckled." Don't spout nonsense. This Old Master Bi is our Manor Lord's honored guest. I heard that his abilities are not inferior to Master Shen Ya's. He's like half a god." I advise you to be careful. If you anger him, you might suffer.”
The servant on the left lifted his belt and mumbled,""What the hell? He's the first one I don't like.”As the two of them spoke, they slowly walked away through the courtyard. Ding Yuan thought for a moment and quietly followed.
The two servants chatted as they walked in front, completely unaware that someone was following them. They turned two moonlit doors and disappeared into a quiet and elegant courtyard.
Ding Yuan hid outside the door for about half a cup of tea's time, waiting for the two servants to come out and grab them to get some confessions.
From the tone of these two people, it seemed like they were servants who served Lei Yuan and the others. Perhaps they knew some inside information. It was better than him aimlessly searching around.
Sure enough, after a while, footsteps sounded from inside again. A green-robed servant who had entered earlier came out with a food box. When he reached the door, he looked around as if to make sure that there was no one else before boldly returning the way he came.
For some reason, Ding Yuan felt that something was wrong. It wasn't that there was one less person when he said it, but that although the manservant looked exactly the same, he was slightly shorter.
With a thought, Ding Yuan's eyes shone on the manservant's face. The manservant's true appearance was immediately exposed. He was not a manservant of a manor. He was clearly a skinny old man with a wretched and ugly appearance. He had a mustache on his upper lip, which was similar to the " Old Man Bi " that the manservant had mentioned earlier.
However, what he used was not an ordinary disguise technique, but a rare evil technique in the Heavenly Continent-"Heavenly Devil Incarnation Technique".
This technique did not require the use of any disguise materials. It could change one's appearance into someone else just by changing one's body. It was quite similar to the Immortals 'Vientiane Manifestation.
However, in order to practice the "Vientiane Manifestation as One Wishes", one must have the cultivation base of an Itinerant Immortal. Even a top expert of the Sky Continent like Zeng Shan could not do it. However, although the incarnation technique was inferior to the "Vientiane Manifestation Technique", it did not have such a high threshold.
It was just that cultivating the incarnation technique was time-consuming and laborious, and it might not be practical. Furthermore, one would need to consume hundreds of medicinal pills every year to cleanse their meridians and disguise themselves. In the end, their appearance would become extremely ugly. Therefore, those who were truly willing to devote themselves to cultivation could be said to be rare.
Ding Yuan's glance immediately alerted the person, and a pair of bean-like eyes shot out a sharp light as they looked towards the place where Ding Yuan was hiding.
Ding Yuan was shocked and quickly retracted his divine art to conceal himself. The man looked at him for a while and did not notice anything unusual. He patted his head and suddenly stuck out his tongue. He quickly curled it back and continued to walk west.
Ding Yuan asked suspiciously," I don't know where this old man came from. It sounds like he's a guest invited by Lei Yuan. But why did he sneak out in the middle of the night and disguise himself as a manservant?" He deliberately did not carry the lantern in his hand, afraid that others would see through his flaws, but he did not know what he wanted to do.”
Ding Yuan's curiosity was piqued, and he decided to follow them down to take a look. He knew that the person's cultivation level was not lower than his, so he kept a distance from him, but he did not dare to lock onto him with his spiritual perception, lest the other party had a warning sign.
Ding Yuan followed him for a while and saw that person arrive at the side door of the Lei Residence. He handed the waist token to the guard and smoothly entered.
Of course, Ding Yuan could not use the same method. However, the twenty feet tall walls of the Thunder Mansion were not a problem for him. He floated in like a feather, not even disturbing a single weed.
That person used his identity as a servant of the Lei Residence as cover and smoothly infiltrated the heavily guarded Lei Residence. Although there were many sentries inside and there were guards patrolling back and forth, no one suspected him.
However, Ding Yuan was becoming more and more suspicious of him. If this old man wanted to enter the Lei Residence, he would have only needed to introduce himself and no one would have stopped him. Why was he acting so sneakily and mysteriously?
The person walked along a small path and suddenly stopped at a secluded place. When he saw that there was no one around, he suddenly leaped over the courtyard wall and entered. He was even faster than a civet cat. Ding Yuan followed him and saw an elegant garden. One end of the garden was connected to a luxurious building. It must be one of Rayen's inner residences.
On the surface, the garden looked quiet and pleasant, but Ding Yuan did not even need to look to sense that there were hidden sentries everywhere. There were almost no blind spots. Even a fly flying through the garden could not escape surveillance.
The man crouched in a bush under the courtyard wall and observed for a moment, as if he was calculating his route. After a while, his body flashed out like the wind, using the flowers, trees, pavilions, rockery, and flowing water in the garden to conceal his tracks. The route he chose was actually in the shadows of the moonlight.
Ding Yuan was greatly surprised. This person's movement technique was strange, but what was rare was that the route he took was all unique and ingenious. It just happened to avoid the surveillance of the hidden sentries. Under almost impossible circumstances, he silently crossed more than half of the garden. If he wasn't a veteran, it was impossible for him to have such mastery in stealth.
The man suddenly disappeared after he reached the edge of a pond and didn't come out for a long time.
Ding Yuan was startled, but he followed suit and landed on an ancient tree beside the pond.
There was a guard lying among the dense branches, but he had already fainted. When he woke up in a daze at dawn, he probably didn't know that someone had come. He thought that he had been lazy and slept.
Ding Yuan looked down and saw that there was nothing special about the He Pool except for the undercurrent flowing under it, which seemed to be connected by a canal. Why did the old man slip here and disappear?
Finally, he fixed his gaze on the artificial rock in the middle of the pool. On the west side of the pool, there was a small waterfall that was more than twenty feet high. The clear water gathered in the pool, causing a crisp and pleasant sound.
Ding Yuan's gaze pierced through the waterfall and found a pitch-black cave hidden behind it. The entrance was just big enough for one person to enter. He thought for a moment and decided to follow them in to take a look. He relaxed his body and shot into the stone cave behind the water curtain like a tired bird flying into the forest.
It was pitch black inside the cave, and the water splashing in from the waterfall was a little slippery. Oil-green moss grew on the stone walls, and a narrow and long tunnel slanted down to the underground.
Ding Yuan listened attentively for a moment. It was dead silent ahead. That person must have gone far away.
Ding Yuan walked along the tunnel, and the terrain became lower and lower. In the end, the tunnel had already reached several feet underground.
Ding Yuan felt strange. Such a secret passage was most likely dug by someone to escape, but how did that person know? If this secret passage led to Lei Yuan or Lei Wei's bedroom, then it would be wonderful. Perhaps they could capture him and exchange him for Iron Hero Qin and Ah Niu.
After walking for more than three hundred steps, they reached the end of the tunnel. A straight tunnel appeared above Ding Yuan's head. The cave was three feet square but fifty feet high. The top of the tunnel seemed to be covered with a layer of iron plate. It should be the other exit of this secret tunnel.
This height was not a problem for Ding Yuan. He leaped lightly and floated up, floating right below the iron plate.
Ding Yuan wasn't in a hurry to push the iron plate, and he first used his spiritual perception to look outside. Right now, he was going to see through a three-inch thick iron plate to see the situation on the other side. It was no different from child's play. He could easily see the situation outside.
It turned out that there was a study room on the iron plate. There was a red wooden tiger chair above Ding Yuan's head. In front of the chair was a wide desk that was lit by a candle.
Ding Yuan suddenly realized that there must be some kind of mechanism on the red wooden tiger chair. Once something happened, the person sitting on it could activate the mechanism and quickly sink into the secret passage to escape. The living water of the He Pool must also be connected to the underground river, and they could escape outside the village through the river.
However, there was no one in the study. The mysterious old man disappeared after he went out of the secret passage. Ding Yuan was about to find a way to enter the study room when he suddenly felt a sense of foreboding. He quickly held his breath and circulated his inner breath.
The door of the study opened and closed, and two people walked in one after another.
The person walking behind was an old acquaintance of Ding Yuan, Master Shen Ya who had almost taken half of Ah Niu's life that day. The tall old man walking in front had a mighty figure and a steady aura. His face was like a heavy jujube, his nose was straight, his mouth was wide, and his beard and hair were silver. He looked somewhat similar to Lei Yuan, but he was more domineering and profound than Lei Yuan.
Ding Yuan was excited. He thought to himself," Could this man be Lei Wei? He and Master Shen Ya came here late at night. They must have something important to discuss. Maybe it has something to do with Ah Niu and Iron Hero Qin."”
He knew how powerful Master Shen Ya was, and Lei Wei didn't look too bad either. He might be even more difficult to deal with, so he was more cautious. Fortunately, although the two people outside had extraordinary cultivation, they definitely did not expect someone to be hiding under their feet. If they had used their spiritual senses to search like Ding Yuan, they would not have been unaware.
Rayen sat down on the red wooden tiger chair, and Master Shen Ya sat opposite him.
Lei Wei spoke first." You've worked hard, Master. You've put in so much effort to deal with Guan Luo Bodyguard Agency. I'm grateful for your efforts. I'll repay you in the future."”
Master Shen Ya had a smug look on his face, but he said,""Head Villa Master, you don't have to be so polite. Even without my help, it would be as easy as squashing an ant to wipe out a mere Guan Luo Bodyguard Agency with the strength of the Heavenly Thunder Villa. I just happened to be at the right time and was just waving the flag and shouting a few times from behind.”
Lei Wei laughed and said," You're too modest. If you hadn't acted according to the situation and persuaded my brother to pretend to stop, then rushed back to the villa and planned a surprise attack with me. Then, you invited the Red Beard Primogenitor to help you. How could you have today's credit?"”
It turned out that after Lei Yuan and the others retreated, they did not really leave Heng City, but hid outside the city temporarily. Lei Yuan lost his soldiers and generals, and his efforts were futile. He was naturally unwilling, but the appearance of Ding Yuan and the others also made him mistakenly think that Emerald Cloud Sect had already interfered.
After discussing with the others, Master Shen Ya rushed back to Thunder Mountain Villa to inform Lei Wei and ask for reinforcements.
When Rayen heard that someone from Emerald Cloud Sect had intervened, he felt that it was troublesome. However, if he wanted to stop now, he would not only lose his face, but he would also feel resentful. He immediately ordered people to send out Thunder Villa's " Thunderbolt Invitations " with the " Thunder Eagle " to invite fellow cultivators to fight with Guanluo Bodyguard Agency and Emerald Cloud Sect to regain some face.
Master Shen Ya volunteered to persuade Red Beard Heavenly Venerate to go to Heng City together with Lei Wei and invited Perfected Lord Heavenly Dragon, Duke Mulberry Earth, and the other nine demons to help.
Lei Yuan had received news that Ding Yuan and Su Zhiyu had left. Only the heavily injured Ah Niu was left in the agency. As for Iron Hero Qin, Shang Zhi, and the others, they were nothing to worry about.
Lei Yuan took the opportunity to attack Guan Luo Bodyguard Agency at night. Not only did he almost massacre the entire agency, but he also captured Iron Hero Qin and Ah Niu alive. Therefore, Master Shen Ya and the Red Beard Heavenly Venerable escorted Iron Hero Qin and Ah Niu back to the villa. Unexpectedly, Ding Yuan and Sheng Nian caught up with them.
Ding Yuan kept sneering under the iron plate. Every time Rayen praised Master Shen Ya, he would add another debt to his debt, and he would settle it later.
Master Shen Ya was pleased with himself, he laughed and said,""Chief, now that Ironhero Qin and that kid surnamed Luo have been brought back by me and Celestial Venerable Chi, how do you plan to deal with them?”
"Iron Hero Qin is just a mere escort, yet he dares to be my enemy. He's overestimating himself." Lei Wei muttered. But now I'm going to use him to lure out the person who destroyed my immortal treasure that day and let this old fellow live for a few more days.”
"The one who is a little difficult to deal with is Luo Niu. If he is really a direct disciple of Emerald Cloud Sect, I will inevitably form an irreconcilable enmity with Emerald Cloud Sect if I kill him. Although I'm not afraid of those cow-nosed Daoists of Emerald Cloud Sect, it doesn't seem necessary to fall out with the seven great sects of the Heavenly Continent for such an unknown kid.”
Master Shen Ya asked,"Could it be that Manor Master is planning to let this kid go?"”
He had fought with Ah Niu that day, and not only did he lose a lot of demonic treasures such as the Five Luo Flying Wings and the Forest Fire Crow, he was also almost embarrassed by Ah Niu. With Master Shen Ya's vengeful nature, he was naturally brooding over this, which was why he was willing to help Lei Yuan. If Rayen let Ah Niu go so easily, how could he accept it?
Rayen snorted and said," Let him go. Heh, there's no such good thing. At least this kid will have to suffer in the Black Ice Snow Prison for a few more days. I can take this chance to vent my anger."”
Hearing this, Ding Yuan's heart skipped a beat. He secretly remembered the name of Black Ice Snow Hell and waited for a chance to investigate it later.
Master Shen Ya's oily green eyes turned and he laughed sinisterly,""I have a way to deal with him. Instead of letting him go and letting people think that the Heavenly Thunder Mountain Villa is showing weakness to the Emerald Cloud Sect, we might as well take this opportunity to invite our fellow cultivators to escort Luo Niu to the Zuowang Peak to interrogate Master Daoist Dan. Then, we will ask him to hand over that kid Ding Yuan and return justice to the Manor Lord!”
"That Ding kid killed two of my presidents. We can't forgive him!" Lei Wei said coldly. The Green Cloud Sect is a righteous sect, but they have no discipline. They connived at their disciples to hurt others and interfere in my personal grudge with Iron Hero Qin. I will definitely seek justice from Master Daoist Dan Yi!”
Master Shen Ya said respectfully," With your prestige, as long as you raise your arm and call us, all of us immortal friends will follow you." At that time, everyone would charge up the Emerald Cloud Mountain in a mighty manner. They would not be afraid of those bull-nosed people of the Light One Sect not bowing their heads and admitting their mistakes!”
"In this way, not only will we be able to vent our anger for the immortal friend who has been suppressed by the seven great sects for decades, but we will also be able to raise the reputation of the chief manor master. From now on, my fellow cultivators of the Heavenly Continent will definitely follow the lead of the Heavenly Thunder Manor!”
Lei Wei laughed dryly and said," Master, you think too highly of me. I'll be grateful if you and your friends can help me deal with this matter."”Actually, he already had this thought in his heart, but he just wanted to borrow Master Shen Ya's mouth to say it.
If he took a step back and thought about it, if Emerald Cloud Sect pursued this matter in the future, he could push Master Shen Ya to the front to block them. But didn't Master Shen Ya have the same thought?
The two of them chatted for a long time before leaving the study. Ding Yuan saw this and was about to return the way he came when he realized that the closet on the left side of the desk had silently flipped over, revealing a secret door.
With a flash of the green shadow, the old man who had disappeared earlier came out of the secret door. However, there was a bulging bag on his back.
He cleanly closed the closet and walked towards the carved tiger mahogany chair. The smile on his face was extremely smug, and he was just short of humming a tune. Then, he reached out and pressed on the tiger head on the left armrest of the mahogany chair. He turned to the left twice, and the floor in front of the chair suddenly opened to the two sides, slowly revealing the entrance to the secret passage.
Just as the old man was about to go down, a figure flashed in front of him. A middle-aged man in his thirties jumped out of the secret passage and sat on the chair.
The old man was shocked. His body floated more than ten feet away from the ground. He stared at the person up and down with his beady eyes and asked suspiciously,"Who are you?"
That person was naturally Ding Yuan. When he heard this, he also replied with a secret voice transmission,"And who are you?"
The old man stuck out his tongue and said,"You go first!"”
"What are you carrying?" Ding Yuan snorted.”His gaze swept across the package and he activated the "Demon Illumination Eye". He immediately saw a one-foot-square jade drum inside. The surface of the drum was made of some unknown material, but it was like a green jade mirror.
The drum was inlaid with a huge emerald, and there were three handles carved from coral, which were divided into three kinds of divine beasts: dragon, phoenix, and qilin. The jade at the bottom of the drum was carved into a picture of a fierce tiger roaring at the moon, which was vivid and beautiful.
Although Ding Yuan was not sure what kind of treasure this drum was, just the quality alone was already priceless and could be called a peerless treasure.
Needless to say, the old man had stolen the drum from the dark room in Rayen's study.
The old man hurriedly tightened his grip on the bag and shook his head."Nothing. I didn't steal anything.”
Ding Yuan had seen many people steal things in his life, but this was the first time he had encountered a guest stealing the treasures of the host's house.
However, this old man had stolen something from the Thunder Mountain Villa, which was to Ding Yuan's liking.
Not to mention that this old man only took this drum, even if he took away all the treasures in the Thunder Mountain Villa, Ding Yuan would only clap his hands and cheer. However, he had other plans for this old man, so he naturally wanted to make a big fuss about this matter.
"A real man dares to take responsibility for his actions," Ding Yuan said."Since you stole this drum, why don't you dare to admit it?" Don't worry, I'm not interested in catching thieves.”
The old man's small eyes turned, and he seemed to heave a sigh of relief."So you're not a member of the Heavenly Thunder Manor.”
Ding Yuan was startled and was about to speak when the old man suddenly opened his mouth and spat out a scarlet tongue. The tip of the tongue split into two and curled towards Ding Yuan's throat like a waterfall.
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