Inquiry about immortality

Chapter 2106 Mirage Jue

The two of them sat down at the stone table in front of the cave, with the rustling of bamboo leaves, looking relaxed and comfortable, but they both knew that the situation had reached its most tense moment.

“We need to send the selected disciples from each sect to the shelter before we can give it a try,” Qin Sang said.

It is still unclear what the Zhuyan tribe's attitude is towards outsiders. Min Zhuo had acted fearless before, not worrying at all that they would report the matter to the Zhuyan tribe, which made Qin Sang even more suspicious.

We have to prepare for the worst. Qin Sang even considered whether he should just bluff on the surface, not actively contact the Zhuyan tribe, quietly build the Thunder Altar, and wait for the other party to come to him.

Perhaps it can be delayed until the Thunder Altar is completed.

However, doing so would be tantamount to giving up the initiative. If Min Zhuo exaggerated and confused right and wrong in front of the Zhuyan tribe, the Zhuyan tribe would have a preconceived idea and the situation would become even more unfavorable to them.

After all, even if the Thunder Altar was built, it could only protect the Storm Realm, and it was impossible to take the initiative to attack and destroy all enemies. If the Zhuyan Clan was hostile to them, and ordered the major Yu Clan to besiege them and harass them endlessly, making them exhausted, it was not what Qin Sang wanted to see.

After much thought, it is better to do it as soon as possible. If the Storm Realm wants to gain a foothold in the Sea of ​​Fog, it must be honest.

"Let Su Nu stay behind this time, and Daoyou and I will escort the disciples from various sects together. On the way back, we will visit the Zhuyan tribe. Yuan Miao has a straightforward personality, and we still have his token in our hands, so we might as well contact him first," Qin Sang paused and said, "Just in case, Daoyou might as well send a companion beast first, so you don't have to go through the danger yourself."

"Thank you, Brother Qin, for considering this for me. However, in my opinion, given the nature of the Zhuyan tribe, I'd better go there in person to show my sincerity. Even if the Zhuyan tribe has plans for us, they will only make them clear and will not bother to attack me at this time."

Silu said with a firm tone.

Qin Sang nodded secretly. The Zhuyan clan was well-known and worthy of its reputation. What Silu said did make some sense.

In fact, Si Lu also had his own considerations. After seeing Qin Sang's strength, he had always wanted to form an alliance with Qin Sang and ask Qin Sang to help him return to the Siyou tribe for revenge. He even regarded Qin Sang as his greatest hope.

The sooner he fights back, the better. Keep delaying until the enemy completely controls the situation. Unless he can advance to the Saint Realm, there will be no hope of a complete comeback.

But Si Lu couldn't come up with any conditions that could impress Qin Sang, so this was the best opportunity.

If you are afraid of death, how can you show your value?

In front of Qin Sang, Si Lu never deliberately concealed her thoughts, nor did she need to.

Qin Sang knew it very well, but pretended not to know. It was not until today that he took the initiative to ask about Si Lu's grievances and hatreds.

"This is a matter of great importance. Although it concerns your privacy, I still want to ask, are you from a royal family or a descendant of the royal family?"

Si Lu's eyes flashed with joy, and Qin Sang finally let go, "Brother Qin, you should have heard something about the Si You clan when you were in the Si You clan's territory before. The Si You clan is a structure of one emperor and many kings, but the kings also have differences in strength. Among them, the four royal families have the highest reputation. I was born in the Yanshansi family, one of the four royal families, and my father was the previous generation of Yan King!"

"The royal family of Siyou seems to also have the surname Si?" Qin Sang asked.

When he passed through the Siyou clan's territory, he made some inquiries. Considering that Si Lu was protected by an expert guard named Xia Changshi, he suspected that Si Lu might be from the Siyou royal family.

The power struggle within the royal family is bound to be a life-and-death struggle. This truth is true everywhere, and the Inhumans are no exception.

Qin Sang is not yet capable of intervening in the fights among the Siyou royal family, so he has been avoiding exploring Silu's secrets.

Si Lu nodded and explained.

"The Si family of the Siyou clan is divided into many branches, large and small, countless, so the name of the territory is added in front of it to distinguish it. For example, our Yanshan Si family, and the royal family was originally called Xinghu Si family.

“It is said that in ancient times, all the Si family members came from the same branch. There is even a legend that the Siyou clan originated from the first head of the Si family.

"But the time is too far away. A Siyou tribe member can reproduce a branch and pass it down from generation to generation. The blood connection between the Siyou tribe members has become extremely thin, and they no longer have the same tribe. It is not uncommon for them to hate each other and be irreconcilable.

"In addition to the imperial family, another large royal family originally had the surname Si, but later changed it to Si for some unknown reason."

Qin Sang thought to himself, so that's how it is. The information he hastily gathered was indeed biased.

"Who are your enemies?"

Si Lu showed a look of resentment on her face, and said in a hateful voice: "The Hanjiang Lu family, one of the four great royal families!"

It’s not the royal family!

Qin Sang's expression moved slightly, but he didn't relax at all. Si Lu was born into one of the four royal families, his father was the previous King of Yan, and he had guards who were comparable to those in the late stage of Lianxu. Yet he ended up in such a situation. This showed the strength of the enemy.

Since the Hanjiang Lu family is as famous as the Yanshan Si family, why was the Si family destroyed by them? Is there any other force supporting them, such as the royal family?

Thinking of this, Qin Sang asked: "One emperor and four kings, how strong are they?"

"The Siyou clan has been able to maintain this pattern because the strength of the royal family is not enough to intimidate the other kings, and the four major royal families need to check and balance each other to maintain their status. When my father was alive, among the four major royal families, my Yanshansi family and Hanjianglu family were the strongest.

“However, the person that the Hanjiang Lu family needs to be most vigilant about is not King Lu, but the Lu family’s chief priest!

"When my father was young, he traveled abroad and met Eunuch Xia. He was kind to Eunuch Xia, and later Eunuch Xia was willing to stay by my father's side as an attendant in order to repay his kindness.

"That Lu family chief priest is not from the Lu family either, but he has a very high status in the Lu family. It is said that King Lu has always treated him as a teacher. He is the strongest person in the Lu family. Attendant Xia admits that his strength is not as good as this person."

Si Lu didn't know much about the Lu family's chief priest. He had no qualifications to stand in front of the Lu family's chief priest back then, so he could only tell him all the information he knew.

Hearing this, Qin Sang became even more confused. The Lu family had a great priest, and the Si family had Lady Xia. Their strength was not much weaker than the other side, so why did they lose so miserably?

He frowned and asked, "Will the Siyou family sit back and watch your Yanshansi family be destroyed?"

"The Lu family was able to succeed because, firstly, they took advantage of the fact that my father had passed away, and secondly, there was another hidden reason...

“That year, on the day of my father’s funeral, the masters of Yanshan Sijia came to pay their respects, but that night some people were poisoned. The poison was extremely strong and strange. Even with the cultivation level of Changshi Xia, he was unable to force the poison out. He could only pay a huge price and suppress it with secret techniques.

“At the same time as the poison took effect, an alarm sounded outside. I don’t know when the Lu family’s masters had been lurking outside. In the panic, the Lu family broke into the palace.

"At that critical moment, when Chang Shi Xia saw that the defeat was inevitable, he could only take me out of the encirclement. Many of my father's guards sacrificed their lives to cover our retreat. It was not until we moved to Kanzhou that we got rid of the pursuers. However, that poison was too terrifying..."

Si Lu's eyes revealed a trace of fear. "After we were safe, Xia Changshi wanted to heal her first. However, as time went by, the secret technique could not completely seal the poison. If we delay any further, it is likely that we will be unable to recover. As a last resort, we could only go out to find a way to detoxify, but we were caught by the people from the Water Department. On the way to escape, Xia Changshi became weaker and weaker, and finally he could only fight to the death to fight for a glimmer of hope for me."

Recalling the scenes at that time, Si Lu's face showed sadness and the hatred in her heart deepened.

Qin Sang was also extremely surprised when he heard this.

What kind of poison is it that even a master in the late stage of the Refining Void Realm cannot suppress it, causing such a tragic end?

If the other party still has this kind of poison, can he resist it after losing the poison bead?

"Empress Xia once said that this should be a special poison that is specifically used against our Siyou clan. It specifically attacks our spiritual acupoints between our eyebrows, causing the spiritual acupoints to continue to deplete. Every time Chamberlain Xia uses the art of mutual transfer, or overdraws the power of a companion beast, he will lose this companion beast, as if it was swallowed by the poison and can never be restored. Chamberlain Xia tried every way he could, but could only barely stop the poison from continuing to devour, and the strength of the surviving companion beasts was already very weak."

Seeing Qin Sang frowning, Si Lu explained further.

“In the texts of our Siyou clan, there are several similar poisons recorded. They are extremely poisonous to us, but they may be just ordinary things or even superior elixirs to others.

“These poisons have long disappeared from the world. I don’t know where the Lu family got them from, but they certainly couldn’t have gotten too much.

"These poisons have different properties, so it's not easy to poison them. We suspect it's Yuntian Yuanye, which is colorless and tasteless. It must be swallowed to take effect. It will be invisible and difficult to sense once it dissolves into the water. If the Lu family had a plan in advance, they could have sent someone to put it into the spirit wine during the night banquet at the palace. It's completely possible to do it."

"hope so."

Qin Sang nodded slightly. If the poison was administered in this way, they had previous experience and as long as they were cautious, there was no need to worry.

However, the safest thing to do is to prepare the antidote in advance.

Si Lu sighed, "Empress Xia did figure out some of the characteristics of the poison, but he didn't have time to comprehend the detoxification method, so he only had some rough ideas. Unless we invite a master of alchemy, and the other party is willing to spend time and energy on this."

The Siyou clan has a master of alchemy, but Silu doesn't dare to contact him at all.

It seems I have to be careful.

However, for cultivators other than the Siyou clan, Yuntian Yuanye is not a highly toxic substance.

Qin Sang pondered, "How will the royal family and other kings react when the Hanjiang Lu family annexes your Yanshan Si family?"

"Ji Hong and I didn't find out what happened next. The Lu family's move couldn't have been hidden from the eyes and ears of the royal family and the kings. They probably didn't want to cause a stir in the clan, so they worked together to block the news. But there was no chaos, which means that my Yanshansi family shouldn't have been massacred. Otherwise, everyone would be in danger, and the royal family wouldn't be able to suppress it. Some of my father's old subordinates should have been saved. Perhaps, the Lu family and the royal family reached some kind of deal..."

Over the years, Si Lu has been deducing various possibilities and how she can take revenge.

Now that the Lu family is powerful, Prince Yan and Lady Xia are dead, the Yanshansi family has dispersed, and the former Prince Yan's old subordinates may not be willing to stand up and support him.

As time goes by, people's concepts will change.

"In that case, why did the Lu family risk the world's disapproval and launch a surprise attack on you, but were unable to completely annex you? Was it just to expand the territory, or is there a feud between your two families?"

Qin Sang had to understand the motives of the Hanjiang Lu family in order to know how determined they were to eradicate the problem.

Once Silu's news leaks out, how many experts will they send?

Si Lu did not hide anything about this, "This is just one of the reasons. Besides, they must want to snatch the Mirage Jade from me!"

As she spoke, Si Lu took out something from her sleeve. It was a jade ring the size of a thumb ring, made from two pieces of precious jade combined into one.

The peculiar thing is that half of the jade ring is real jade, but the other half looks hazy and illusory, like the shadow of a precious jade.

"What is this?"

Seeing that Si Lu handed it to him without hesitation, Qin Sang hesitated for a moment, then reached out to take it and looked at it carefully.

This jade seemed to be half real and half in nothingness. Other than that, Qin Sang did not sense anything magical about it. It was obviously not a spiritual treasure, let alone a real treasure.

“Brother Qin knows that our alien race has a holy land, and that all the strong men above the holy realm go to the holy land to practice. I’m afraid you don’t know that the holy land has another important function.

“There are opportunities left by the ancestors of each tribe, which will be opened every once in a while. Those in each tribe who are close to breaking through to the holy realm will wait until that time to enter the holy land. It is said that it is easier to break through there than outside.

“In addition, each tribe can also send some people into the holy land at that time. If they are lucky, they can get the opportunity of their ancestors.

"However, opportunities also come with dangers, and opportunities need to be fought for. The Holy Land is the largest battlefield between the Heavenly Tribe and the Water Tribe. There are even fights within the two tribes and between the tribes. There are countless casualties, but those who come out of the Holy Land safely will greatly improve their strength.

“There are two requirements for entering the holy land.

"The first holy land is opened in Yuanjiao Sea City. One must be qualified to enter Yuanjiao Sea City, that is, one must have the second level of Void Realm cultivation. Small clans with weak strength are not qualified to participate. But once a second level of Void Realm master appears in the clan, he or she can enter the holy land and perhaps soar to the sky from then on.

“The second thing you need is a token, which is this Mirage Token.

"The situations within each clan are different, and the methods of distributing Mirage Orders are different. The Mirage Orders of the Siyou clan are all controlled by the royal family and the four major royal families."

Qin Sang played with the Mirage Order in his hand, and it turned out that there was such a secret behind it.

I don’t know what the holy land of the aliens is like. Will it be a cave?

Since the strong ones in the saint realm and ancestral realm can practice in it, it is definitely not an ordinary small world.

The battle for the holy land also reflects the good intentions of the Inhumans' ancestors. The Inhumans are hiding in the sea of ​​fog. There is no threat from the outside, and they will lose their vigilance and bloodiness over time.

Of course, these have nothing to do with Qin Sang.

There was no way the Inhumans would allow an outsider like him to enter the holy land.

Qin Sang returned the Mirage Jue to Si Lu.

Si Lu hesitated for a moment and said, "A Mirage Order allows one person to bring a helper into the Holy Land in addition to the owner. I don't know much about the Holy Land, so I'm not sure if we can bring outsiders. If there is a precedent, I'd like to go with Brother Qin."

He thought about it and thought that this might be the only condition in his hand that could impress Qin Sang. (End of this chapter)