Chapter 213: Diverting the trouble to the east, borrowing the corpse to revive
“I wonder what clever ideas my sister has?”

Seeing that Xue Linglong didn’t say anything for a long time, Cheng Xinzhan asked urgently.

Xue Linglong said slowly, “This matter is really not easy to handle.”

Cheng Xinzhan remained silent, waiting for what was to come.

Xue Linglong continued,
“If we want to kill him, we definitely can’t go to the Wood Temple. There are countless Yin trees there. If we fail, the Yin trees will become a trap and we won’t be able to escape. When the people from the Gold and Earth Temples come, we’ll be caught in a jar.”

“rational.”

Cheng Xinzhan nodded in agreement.

“We must invite him out of the Wood Temple. He can’t come to my place, and he can’t go to your place. I think we can’t do it inside Tianjiao Mountain. As I said before, if we fail, it will make too much noise.”

“It makes sense.”

“We have to trick him outside and find a secret place to kill him.”

“How to deceive, what secret place to find?”

“I tricked my sister into coming, and borrowed my brother’s idea to lure him out with the undecided mountain master. I used the old friendship between the three temples that united to slay Longbo Village as an excuse, and said that the Water and Fire Temples wanted to make him their master. I also used the excuse that the three temple masters meeting in the mountains would easily arouse suspicion from the Gold and Earth Temples, and asked him to talk outside the mountain. I suddenly killed him during the banquet. What do you think?”

Cheng Xinzhan immediately shook his head upon hearing this, “No.”

“Why not?”

“Although Li Laogui is not very smart, he will definitely have a backup plan or a plan before going to the banquet alone. He will either bring two trusted aides with him, or he will decide the venue for the banquet. In this way, we will not be able to take action.

“Even if he is the only one attending the banquet, as long as he tells his men before he leaves, if he doesn’t come back, it must be the work of the Water and Fire Temples. When the truth is revealed, how are we supposed to respond?”

After saying that, Cheng Xinzhan glanced at Xue Linglong, and the meaning in his eyes was quite clear:
You thought about it for a long time and came up with this idea?
He said again,
“Sister, don’t just think about killing people and taking the bones and ignore the rest. What’s more, what if this old ghost Li didn’t carry the dragon bones with him, but hid them in the temple? If we kill him and cause a turmoil in the wooden temple, not only will we not get anything, but we will also get into trouble.”

Xue Linglong chuckled again. She was not that stupid. She just said it to test the old mandrill. Now it seems that this old man is old and has a steady mind. He is a good person to start a business with. She continued,
“Brother, you are right. I have thought about it carefully. It is indeed inappropriate to trick him out in our name. Brother, you have made a good suggestion, but it has made me think of a way to divert the trouble.”

“How? Where?”

Xue Linglong then told the method that he had just thought out.
“Brother, who do you think Li Laogui usually hangs out with in the mountains?”

“You, and Old Lady Tian from the Earth Temple.”

Xue Linglong nodded and then shook her head.
“Brother, what you said before is true. The human race has always looked down on us monsters. That’s why Old Ghost Li is so close to me just to get the spiritual fluid from my Water Temple to nourish his Yin Tree. In fact, the one who is closest to him among the five temples is Old Lady Tian from the Earth Temple.”

“So you want to put this disaster on Old Lady Tian? How?”

Cheng Xinzhan asked.

Xue Linglong asked in return, “Where is Old Lady Tian now?”

Cheng Xinzhan vaguely grasped the clue, his mind was full of thoughts, and he spoke slowly,
“This old lady went out five or six years ago and hasn’t returned yet. She must have gone to find a place to survive the pill cleansing disaster. That’s why I asked my sister to quickly plan the matter of the temple master. Otherwise, when she comes back, it will be another obstacle and variable.”

Xue Linglong nodded and continued,

“Brother, you don’t know that my sister has a younger sister outside the mountain. She is a fox fairy who is very good at changing her appearance and confusing people.”

“You want the fox fairy to pretend to be Old Lady Tian to trick Li Laogui out of the mountain? If Old Lady Tian succeeds in overcoming the tribulation, she will be in the realm of the Four Cleansings. Does she have the ability to transform?”

Cheng Xinzhan immediately raised his doubts, thinking in his heart that it seemed that the snake demon still had doubts about the alliance between the two, and was taking the opportunity to bring in a close outsider as a backup!

Xue Linglong smiled and said,
“Brother, you don’t know my sister’s ability, but since you are worried, I might as well tell you the truth. My sister is from the Sky Fox clan, and her cultivation has reached the third level. It is natural that she can pretend to be Old Lady Tian.”

Cheng Xinzhan frowned and said,

“But sister, what we are doing now, to put it bluntly, is a fight between our own family! We are killing our fellow disciples! Even if outsiders think we are evil corpses of the devil, we still have to save some face.

“After all, if this matter gets out, even if I become the mountain master, I’m afraid my subordinates will all disperse. I dare not leak a single word about this matter, but now you’re dragging outsiders into this…”

Xue Linglong laughed in her heart as she listened to this, thinking to herself that I want you to be cautious and have something to hold against you! Thinking this in her heart, she swore in her mouth,

“Brother, don’t worry. My sister and I have a special relationship. We lived in the same nest and ate the same food before she transformed. She will never harm me. My sister participated in the internal strife and murder of fellow disciples that you mentioned. I was the mastermind in luring Li Laogui to death. It will not be good for me if the secret is leaked.

She looked at Cheng Xinzhan and said, “Old Ghost Li is quite powerful. If it weren’t for the difficulty in killing him, I wouldn’t have told my brother about our relationship. This is my sister’s biggest retreat in her cultivation.”

The mandrill frowned, and after struggling for a while, he finally relaxed and said in a muffled voice,

“Tell me your plan.”

Xue Linglong smiled complacently, and then continued to tell the story…

—-

Ten days later.

Cheng Xinzhan quietly left Tianshao Mountain.

Following the instructions left by Xue Linglong, he came to an inconspicuous place deep in the mountains. There were towering ancient trees and lingering miasma, just like any other place in the mountains of western Hunan.

This mandrill also has a magic eye, which is a kind of pupil technique called “Illuminating the Ghostly Fire Eyes”, which can be regarded as the innate magical power of the mandrill clan. It can see through ghosts, mazes, poisonous gas and other things in the mountains. However, this level of pupil technique is far inferior to Cheng Xinzhan’s own Dan Tong Bi Jing. Cheng Xinzhan glanced around and didn’t see anything unusual.

“Brother, how about my step-sister’s illusion?”

At this time, Xue Linglong’s laughter rang in Cheng Xinzhan’s ears.

Cheng Xinzhan nodded. Since the mandrill couldn’t see through the fox’s illusion, Li Xiahuai from the wooden temple wouldn’t be much stronger.

“It is indeed miraculous! But I’d better trouble the fox fairy to remove the spell first, so that I can see the true face of Mount Lu.”

He said.

“Giggle.”

With just a light laugh, the dense forest in front of him was removed like a canvas, and what appeared before Cheng Xinzhan’s eyes were rolling green hills. The green grass was higher than his calves, as clear as if it had been washed. When the mountain breeze blew, it surged like sea waves.

In Qingqiu, there were two women standing close to Cheng Xinzhan. One of them was naturally Xue Linglong, but the other one made Cheng Xinzhan’s heart tremble!
This girl is so beautiful that the moon and flowers can shame her, with naturally charming eyes. She is dressed in a cloud-like dress and adorned with flowers and colorful jewelry. She is truly like a fairy. Especially with a demon like Xue Linglong by her side, her elegance and beauty are further highlighted.

Cheng Xinzhan was distracted for a moment.

However, his distraction was naturally not because he was seduced by the beauty of this woman, but because this woman’s figure and appearance were exactly the same as the Aunt Bao he saw in the “Place where the Heavenly Master’s Seal and Sword are kept” in Longhu Mountain!
If there are any differences, there are some. The one from Mount Longhu is dressed as a woman and has a more rounded figure, while the one in front of me is still dressed as a girl and has a thinner and prettier figure. Other than that, they are exactly the same.

However, when the two women saw Cheng Xinzhan’s dazed look, they saw that he was naturally seduced by her beauty, so they laughed softly again.

Cheng Xinzhan came back to his senses and walked closer pretending nothing had happened.

Xue Linglong naturally would not expose the ugly behavior of the mandrill, and introduced the two people with a smile.
“Brother, this is my adopted sister, her surname is Hu and her name is Baozhuang.”

“Sister, this is my brother in Tianjiao Mountain, the master of the Fire Temple, his surname is Shan and his name is Xingwei.”

Cheng Xinzhan bowed and said, “Meet Fairy Hu.”

He was even more surprised. Treasure makeup? The one from Mount Longhu, the little Taoist priest called her Aunt Bao. Both of them have the word “treasure” in them, so it seems that they are really related.

The woman also returned the greeting, “Meeting Master Shan.”

Then, Cheng Xinzhan was taken by the two women to a cave deep in Qingqiu. The cave was decorated very elegantly. It did not look like a demon cave, but rather like an embroidery tower.

When the three of them sat down, Xue Linglong started to make trouble again.
“Brother, there is something I want to discuss with you.”

“Oh?”

“It’s like this. According to the plan, my sister will lure Li Xiahuai here, and then use my sister’s treasure land formation to isolate the inside and outside. We will catch the turtle in the jar together, right?”

“good.”

“But brother, it’s okay for my sister to help. But we can’t guarantee that we can kill Li Laogui with one blow. Li Laogui’s dying counterattack will definitely turn my sister’s cave upside down. We can’t let her help and lose the land. So after we kill Li Laogui, shouldn’t we share some of the benefits with my sister?”

Cheng Xinzhan chuckled when he heard this, and then said,
“My sister never mentioned this to me. I thought the money given to Fairy Hu was from her own benefits, but I didn’t expect that she was eyeing my wallet.”

Xue Linglong also smiled and said,
“Brother, you should be more generous and consider your sister. You pay 70% and I pay 30%. If I pay more, it will be in vain. Besides, my sister is willing to use such a strong illusion for my sake. I have contributed a lot.”

Cheng Xinzhan shook his head and his voice became a little cold.

“What my sister said makes sense, but it’s too late. If you had said it earlier, I would have said nothing. But now that we are about to take action, are you blackmailing me by bringing this up now?”

Xue Linglong quickly apologized with a smile.

“It’s my fault that I spoke too late, but brother, think about it, whether it’s Old Ghost Li or Tianjiao Mountain, those things are most likely related to zombies. Those things are useful to us, but useless to my sister.

“So what my sister is thinking is that after killing Old Ghost Li, the treasures he brought with him that are not related to corpse refining can be given to my sister. After annexing the Wooden Temple, won’t the bulk of the things in the corpse cellar and treasure house still belong to my brother?”

Cheng Xinzhan remained silent upon hearing this and did not respond.

Xue Linglong was silent for a while, and Hu Baozhuang lowered her head and drank tea without saying a word.

The cave was silent for at least twenty to thirty breaths. Just as Xue Linglong’s smile was gradually becoming stiff, Cheng Xinzhan burst into laughter.

“Okay! I’ll do as you say, sister!”

Xue Linglong breathed a sigh of relief, but Hu Baozhuang, who actually got the benefits, looked indifferent, as if it had nothing to do with him.

At this time, Cheng Xinzhan continued to smile and asked another question,

“I don’t know, sister. Oh, and Fairy Hu, do you have any other requests? Let’s say everything at once.”

“I do have a small matter to discuss with Fellow Daoist Shan.”

At this time, Hu Baozhuang spoke.

Xue Linglong lowered her head and began to drink tea.

Cheng Xinzhan performed very well in suppressing his anger, and his tone was much lighter.

“Oh? Please go ahead, Mr. Hu.”

Cheng Xinzhan looked over.

Then I heard Hu Baozhuang say,
“I don’t have any other requests. I just think that Master Shan is far-sighted and powerful, and he is not an ordinary person. In my opinion, he will definitely be able to sit on the position of Master of Tianjiao Mountain. I only hope that Master Shan can take care of my sect when the time comes.”

Cheng Xinzhan narrowed his eyes when he heard this, glanced at Xue Linglong, then looked at Hu Baozhuang.
“Today, I came to Fairy Hu’s place, and your sister kept saying shocking things. I thought she was just commissioning someone to kill someone, but I never thought that Master Xue told Fairy Hu all our secret plans! I also never thought that Master Xue’s sister-in-law had such a great background!”

Xue Linglong’s hand holding the teacup froze. She knew that the old mandrill was really angry.

At this time, I heard Hu Baozhuang say,

“Master Shan, please don’t vent your anger on my sister. I pestered you to tell you all this, and no one else knows about it. Master Shan, don’t worry. I sincerely hope that you can become the master of Shan Mountain, and my sister can become the deputy master of Shan Mountain, so that she can take good care of me in the future.”

Cheng Xinzhan snorted, and his red nose made a loud noise.

“Then I wonder what kind of precious sect Fairy Hu came from? What high position does she hold in the sect?”

Hu Baozhuang smiled and said,

“Excuse me, Master Shan, but I am the leader of a new sect, and I am honored to be the leader. The name of the sect is “Mihunku.”

Cheng Xinzhan’s eyes suddenly sparkled with fire, and the teacup in his hand cracked. He then spoke slowly,
“May I ask Fairy Hu, what is the relationship between this ‘Cave of Confusion’ and the ‘Soul-Lossing Gorge’ that was destroyed by the Eastern Taoist not long ago?”

Hu Baozhuang covered her mouth and laughed.

“It’s just a change of name, a resurrection of the dead. If we were so easily wiped out by two Taoists, wouldn’t we in Xiangxi be called Taoists long ago?”

The mandrill’s eyes flickered, and then his anger turned into joy again, and he smiled,

“That makes sense! That makes sense! Today, Fairy Hu gave me so many surprises and accidents that I lost my composure. It turns out that Fairy Hu is the leader of the Soul-Losing Sect. It won’t take long to restore the grandeur of the Lost Soul Gorge. When that happens, I’ll have to ask Fairy Hu to help me more!”

Cheng Xinzhan laughed loudly, but he was already extremely frightened and angry in his heart.

Good, good! After destroying the Wandering Soul Mountain, there is the Shouting Soul Cave, and the Lost Soul Gorge, now there is the Bewildered Soul Cave. It really is an endless succession!

What a fox fairy!
What a great Longhu Mountain!

(End of this chapter)