Chapter 249 The Man Behind the Scenes
A forest thirty miles away from the Divine Gate.
There were three figures standing there.
These three people are naturally Lin Ye, Zhang Wuji and Jing Yu.
Although the disciple who reported the news informed Zhang Wuji, Sect Master Ren did not allow him to return to Shenyun Sect.
The fact that Sect Leader Ren could say this clearly shows that the enemy encountered by Shen Yun Sect this time was very powerful, so powerful that Sect Leader Ren felt that Shen Yun Sect would not be able to withstand it. The reason why he did not let Zhang Wu Ji go back was most likely to leave a seed for Shen Yun Sect.
However, how could Zhang Wuji not go back? When he learned that someone was attacking Shenyun Gate, he couldn't help but rush back the first moment, but was stopped by Jing Yu in the end.
Seeing Jing Yu stopping him, Zhang Wuji almost fought with Jing Yu, until Jing Yu said something, Zhang Wuji held back.
"In fact, long before I came to the God-level Sect, Sect Master Ren told me that if the Shenyun Sect encountered danger, I should stop you, Elder Zhang."
Agreement!
When Lin Ye heard Jing Yu's words, the first thing he thought of was the agreement that Jing Yu mentioned in the yard.
At that time he felt that this agreement would not be so simple. Now it seems that he was right in his guess, and there is something else going on.
Jing Yu looked at Zhang Wuji's confused expression and continued, "In fact, the reason why Sect Leader Ren gave me the quota to come to the God-level Sect is because he and I have an agreement. Even if Li Yifei didn't take the initiative to come to provoke me, I would still find a disciple from the God-level Sect to compete with him."
"Why, why does my senior brother insist that you spar with the disciples of the God-level sect?"
"It doesn't require me to spar with the disciples of the God-level Sect. It requires me to use the Falling Snow Sword and then make the snow fall onto a mountain."
Jing Yu's face was filled with reminiscence, and he continued, "The territory where the God-level Gate is located has dozens of peaks, and what Sect Leader Ren wants me to do is to make the snow fall on a peak behind the main peak of the God-level Gate. I guess Sect Leader Ren wants to find out something from this."
“The mountain behind the main peak is the forbidden area of the God-level Gate. Even inside the God-level Gate, only the elders and the gate master can enter.”
Zhang Wuji frowned. He had been to the Divine Level Sect several times and was familiar with the situations of various hills of the Divine Level Sect. But why did his senior brother want to spy on the forbidden area of the Divine Level Sect?
"Because of my Falling Snow Sword, everyone knows when the snowflakes fall, so the god-level disciples won't suspect it. I have an agreement with Sect Leader Ren that I will tell him in a secret code whether the snowflakes have landed on that mountain."
Hearing Jing Yu say this, Lin Ye did not ask for any secret code, because setting a secret code is too simple, such as a look, or a body movement, or a pause in the speech...
"Brother Jing, did the snow fall on that hilltop?"
"It fell."
Jing Yu nodded: "After Sect Leader Ren received my secret signal, although Sect Leader Ren concealed his expression very well, I still caught the expression on his face at that moment, which was disbelief mixed with anger."
Out of curiosity about Sect Leader Ren's purpose, Jing Yu paid special attention to Sect Leader Ren's expression at that time and was able to capture the fleeting .
"Brother Jing, so you suspect that the crisis suffered by Shenyun Sect is very likely related to the Shenji Sect."
Lin Ye opened his mouth and looked at Jing Yu, who nodded. The moment the disciples of Shen Yun Sect came to report the news, he connected the two things together.
"God-level gate!"
Zhang Wuji had an angry look on his face. "No matter who did it, even if it was a God-level sect, I will definitely avenge this vengeance, but now I must rush back!"
"Brother Zhang, if you want to go back, we will definitely not stop you. Besides, Brother Jing and I are also elders of Shen Yun Sect. Although we are guest elders, we will not stand idly by."
Lin Ye's words warmed Zhang Wuji's heart, and he was about to speak, but Lin Ye stretched out his hand to signal him to listen to him finish.
To Lin Ye, this was not an exaggeration. If the enemy was too strong, he would just pause the time in the other world, return to the real world to practice hard, and come back when his strength improved.
But he now had a guess in his mind, and if this guess was correct, then rushing back to Shenyunmen at this time was not the best choice.
"Brother Zhang, before we go back, I want to ask you a few questions. This will determine whether we can save Sect Leader Ren and whether we can save Shen Yun Sect."
"Ask." Hearing Lin Ye say this, Zhang Wuji responded quickly. He knew that Lin Ye's brain was much more flexible than his, and there must be a reason for him to say that.
Lin Ye didn't say anything more and asked directly, "Brother Zhang, has Sect Leader Ren done anything strange recently? Or has anything strange happened in the martial arts world recently? I mean in the area of Nanjiang Prefecture."
Lin Ye could only think of Zhang Wuji for this question. Although he was a warrior, he seldom moved around in the martial arts world and had no interactions with other warriors. Jing Yu stayed in his bamboo forest every day. Lin Ye estimated that he didn't know much more than himself.
"Strange behavior?"
"Yes, it's very important. Brother Zhang, you must think about it carefully."
Seeing Lin Ye's serious expression, Zhang Wuji thought for a moment, and then said: "In recent years, there has indeed been a strange thing in the martial arts world. Several Jingzhe middle-grade or even Jingzhe upper-grade masters have disappeared inexplicably. Most of the missing are elders or masters of sects, and some Jingzhe masters from some warrior families have had their entire families wiped out."
"You should know that there are only a few Jingzhe Realm warriors in Nanjiang Province, and even fewer mid-level and high-level warriors. In the past few years, almost half of the Jingzhe Realm warriors in the entire Nanjiang Province have been killed, so many Jingzhe Realm warriors have chosen to leave Nanjiang Province."
Lin Ye's expression remained unchanged, but his guess in his heart was confirmed. However, he continued to ask: "What does this have to do with Sect Leader Ren?"
"Last year, a Jingzhe Realm upper-grade expert was also killed. That person had a good relationship with my senior brother. My senior brother went to that person's house and stayed there for a few days. After that, my senior brother would leave the sect for several days every month..." Zhang Wuji seemed to have thought of something: "Yes, my senior brother must have gone to investigate the mastermind behind the scenes, and the people who attacked Shenyun Sect should be those masterminds..."
At this point, Zhang Wuji couldn't help but want to leave. Lin Ye said quickly, "Don't worry, Brother Zhang. I think the masterminds behind this are from the God-level Sect."
"God-level gate? Why would the God-level gate do this? The God-level gate is already the holy land of martial arts in Nanjiangzhou. Even those Jingzhe realm masters cannot shake the status of the God-level gate."
It was Jing Yu who spoke. If the God-level Sect was afraid that other sects would threaten their status as a martial arts holy land in Nanjiangzhou, it would be understandable for them to secretly eliminate threatening opponents. However, those martial artists who did not join a sect but inherited the tradition from a family could not affect the status of the God-level Sect at all.
Could it be that the God-level sect deliberately muddied the waters so that people wouldn't suspect them?
Jing Yu and Zhang Wuji looked at each other, and both thought of this .
Similarly, Lin Ye also saw the looks of the two, but shook his head and said, "It's not for status. If it was for status, then it shouldn't have happened in the past few years. After all, it took more than a few years for the God-level Sect to become the holy land of martial arts in Nanjiangzhou, so this kind of thing wouldn't have happened in the past few years."
"What's that for?"
Lin Ye looked at Zhang Wuji, pondered for a while, and asked seriously: "Brother Zhang, have you seen the half-step martial saint of the God-level Sect?"
Zhang Wuji hadn't answered yet, but when Jing Yu heard Lin Ye's question, his pupils shrank because he guessed what Lin Ye was going to say.
"No, he has been in seclusion since I went to the God-level Gate. I have never seen him. Not only me, but I am afraid that except for the master and elders of the God-level Gate, the disciples have not seen him either."
Zhang Wuji shook his head. Jing Yu looked at Lin Ye and asked what he had guessed: "You mean, these things are very likely related to the Half-Step Martial Saint of the Divine Level Sect?"
"If that Half-Step Martial Saint is in seclusion in the forbidden area, then he can't escape. Otherwise, there would be no need for Sect Leader Ren to let you, Brother Jing, test him with snowflakes. If I'm not mistaken, it's very likely that the Half-Step Martial Saint of the Divine Level Sect had fallen many years ago."
These words made Zhang Wuji and Jing Yu's expressions become serious.
"Brother Lin, you mean to say that the Half-Step Martial Saint of the Divine Level Sect is dead, so the Divine Level Sect secretly killed the middle-grade and upper-grade warriors in the Jingzhe Realm, just because they are afraid that the position of the Divine Level Sect's martial arts holy land will be lost." Zhang Wuji asked.
"Is it possible that the God-level Sect is not afraid of losing its position as a martial arts holy land, but wants to create another half-step martial saint or even a martial saint."
Lin Ye looked at Zhang Wuji and Jing Yu meaningfully. Zhang Wuji opened his mouth slightly because he didn't quite understand what Lin Ye said. Jing Yu, on the other hand, showed a thoughtful look on his face. After a while, he said, "You mean practicing forbidden techniques?"
Practitioners have their own evil ways, and warriors also have their own forbidden techniques (I didn’t want to use the word forbidden techniques, but I was afraid that the other two words would be blocked).
As the number one martial arts holy land in Nanjiangzhou, the Shenji Sect has collected countless martial arts secrets over the past few hundred years. Lin Ye and Jing Yu knew this very well when they went to the library. Although there were no forbidden techniques in the library, it did not mean that the Shenji Sect did not have any.
The fact that there is no such thing in the library actually proves that the god-level sect must have a place where forbidden techniques are hidden.
"Is there any forbidden technique that can extract the martial arts power from others?"
Facing Lin Ye's question, Zhang Wuji and Jing Yu both began to think, but Jing Yu was a swordsman and was only interested in swordsmanship. He really didn't pay much attention to the forbidden techniques in this area.
"Yes, sixty years ago, there was such a warrior in Nanjiang Prefecture. He practiced forbidden techniques and relied on devouring the martial arts power of other warriors. In just three years, he went from Bailu to Jingzhe middle-grade. Later, when he was assassinating a Jingzhe middle-grade warrior, the warrior escaped. The news leaked out and he was hunted down by martial artists..."
Zhang Wuji recalled as he spoke, and his expression became excited at the end: "Yes, the one who killed this person was an elder of the God-level Sect, and there were no other martial artists present at the time. The news released by the God-level Sect to the outside world was that the man was killed on the spot by the elder of the God-level Sect, but there is no guarantee that the elder of the God-level Sect found the method to practice the forbidden technique on the other party."
"That's right."
Lin Ye also agreed with Zhang Wuji's guess. Combined with what Sect Leader Ren asked Jing Yu to do, he already had a detailed idea of what happened in his mind.
The Half-Step Martial Saint of the God-Level Gate, even if he didn't die, had some serious problems, and the place where the Half-Step Martial Saint was in seclusion was the forbidden area of the God-Level Gate.
If nothing had happened to that Half-step Martial Saint, Jing Yu's snowflakes probably wouldn't have been able to fall on the mountain. Even for a Half-step Martial Saint, the mighty level of his blood energy was extremely terrifying. Regardless of whether it was for this reason or not, Sect Leader Ren would let Jing Yu do this, which meant that Sect Leader Ren was confident enough to confirm this point.
Sect Leader Ren should have already discovered that the mastermind behind the incident was related to the Divine Level Sect, and guessed what the Divine Level Sect was going to do, so he made such an agreement with Jing Yu to prove his guess.
After getting the answer from Jing Yu, Sect Leader Ren must have done something to arouse the murderous intent of the God-level Sect.
"That old bastard Chen Yichun, if my senior brother or any disciple of Shen Yun Sect is killed, I will definitely kill him with my own hands."
After Lin Ye's analysis, Zhang Wuji has already determined that the person behind the scenes is the God-level sect, and looking at the entire Nanjiang Province, only the God-level sect can do this.
The three of them did not waste any more time and quickly rushed back to Shenyun Gate.
However, when they rushed back to Shenyun Gate, Zhang Wuji saw a scene that was extremely terrifying.
The disciples of Shen Yun Sect were lying on the ground in all directions. Several elders died in the battle, but the body of Sect Leader Ren was nowhere to be found.
"God-level gate!"
Zhang Wuji looked in the direction of the Divine Level Gate, his whole body filled with murderous aura.
Lin Ye looked at the corpses, and although he was also frightened, he said after a while: "Brother Zhang, there should be more than just these disciples in Shen Yun Sect."
After becoming the outer sect elder of Shen Yun Sect, Lin Ye also learned something about Shen Yun Sect. There were about a hundred disciples and elders in Shen Yun Sect, but at the moment there were only a dozen corpses.
"It must be that the God-level sect abducted the person in order to devour the power of martial arts."
Zhang Wuji gritted his teeth, but Lin Ye felt that it was not that simple. According to Zhang Wuji, in recent years, the Divine Level Sect only captured strong men above the Jingzhe Realm, and the families and disciples of these strong men were directly killed.
There is no reason to capture so many disciples after arriving at Shenyun Sect.
It's hard to keep it secret when we arrest so many people.
"I am going to the Shenji Sect to avenge my senior brother and many disciples of the Shenyun Sect. Brother Jing and Brother Lin don't have to come with me."
Zhang Wuji was already prepared to die, but he didn't want to implicate Lin Ye and Jing Yu. After all, the strength of the Divine Level Sect was there.
"I hate owing favors to others the most. I have spent a lot of money on offerings to the Shenyun Sect in the past few years. I will accompany you to this divine gate."
Jing Yu looked very calm, as if he was traveling somewhere.
"Brother Zhang and Brother Jing are both going. How can I be a coward who is afraid of death?" Lin Ye also smiled carefreely.
Anyway, he will pause!
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God-level gate, main peak!
Zhao Yichun stood alone in front of the hall, looking at the flickering flame on one side, not knowing what he was thinking. He stood there for an hour, and then his voice was heard from the hall.
"Send a message to all the martial arts sects in Nanjiangzhou, inviting them to watch my god-level sect's ceremony of appointing a new young sect master in three days."
Li Yifei was defeated by Jing Yu in the martial arts arena, which made many elders dissatisfied with his status as the young sect master. They felt that if Li Yifei continued to serve as the young sect master, it would bring shame to the divine sect. They all suggested re-selecting the young sect master. However, Zhao Yichun, as the sect master, remained silent and did not express his opinion.
"Please ask the elders from each peak to come to the main hall to discuss the selection of the new young master."
The two deacons outside the hall were shocked when they heard this, but they did not dare to delay and hurried to report the news.
