Chapter 1640

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　　Upon hearing this, Lu Xi Bai coldly snorted and said：
　　“Du Gu Qingxiao, my qualification for this True Martial Swordmaster Assembly was personally bestowed by the Nine Courts. Don’t you smear me with blood.”
　　The implied meaning was that if he was really one of the thirteen arsonists, it would be absolutely impossible for him to be invited by the Nine Courts.
　　Du Gu Qingxiao said expressionlessly：
　　“If not to invite you here, how could I kill you？”
　　Hearing these words, Lu Xi Bai was actually at a loss for words for a moment.
　　Just at this moment, a team of people from the Nine Courts came hurriedly.
　　And the leader was the Yellow Sparrow of the Nine Courts.
　　“Brother Lu, Brother Du Gu, if there is anything, it can be discussed well in the Nine Courts. There is no need to fight and kill on this street.”
　　The Yellow Sparrow stepped forward and persuaded.
　　Lu Xi Bai waved his hand and said：
　　“Brother Yellow Sparrow, there is no need.”
　　Lu Xi Bai looked at Du Gu Qingxiao again, and then the corner of his mouth raised and said：
　　“Brother Du Gu, this sword interrogation between you and me will have to wait until the True Martial Swordmaster Assembly.”
　　Saying that, he led Liu Changtian and a group of young disciples from the Forgotten Sorrow Valley and swaggered past the Yellow Sparrow and the others.
　　Seeing this, Zhao Linglong said indignantly：
“Second senior brother, if I had known this earlier, you might as well have let me chop off that Liu Changtian just now.”
　　Du Gu Qingxiao smiled helplessly at Zhao Linglong and said：
　　“Linglong, before finding Taiping, we still have to rely on the Nine Mansions. We can’t cause trouble on their territory for now.”
　　Upon hearing this, Zhao Linglong was stunned at first, and then her eyes lit up. She asked in a low voice：
　　“Second senior brother, is there any news about little junior brother？”
　　Du Gu Qingxiao nodded imperceptibly and said：
　　“Just got some clues. I have to go to the Nine Mansions to confirm.”
　　Zhao Linglong nodded repeatedly upon hearing this and said：
　　“Okay, okay, okay, senior brother, you go！”
　　At this time, only Huang Que, who was standing on the street, shouted Du Gu Qingxiao again：
　　“Brother Du Gu, come with me to the Nine Mansions today！”
　　Du Gu Qingxiao ignored Huang Que and instead reminded Zhao Linglong solemnly：
　　“Don’t cause any more trouble before I come back.”
　　Zhao Linglong said somewhat aggrievedly：
　　“Second senior brother, I’m not a child anymore！”
　　Du Gu Qingxiao smiled and patted Zhao Linglong’s head and said：
　　“In the eyes of the second senior brother, you are just like the little junior brother, a child.”
　　Saying that, he walked quickly towards Huang Que in the eyes of Zhao Linglong’s dissatisfaction.
　　And after seeing the two of them off, Zhao Linglong didn’t have the heart to stay in this teahouse and drink tea anymore. So she turned around and shouted to those behind： “Eighth junior brother, you take the others back to the inn, and I’ll walk around this town casually.”
　　The eighth junior brother in Zhao Linglong’s mouth was naturally Wu Liang, a disciple of the Seventh Peak.
　　Upon hearing this, Wu Liang immediately showed some embarrassment and said：
　　”Seventh senior sister, the second senior brother asked us to return to the inn together. You this…”
　　Before Wu Liang could finish speaking, he saw Zhao Linglong roll her eyes at him and say：
　　”Eighth, when did even you stop listening to me？”
　　After feeling the anger exuded by Zhao Linglong, Eighth Wu Liang immediately shrank his head and said：
　　”Then, then Seventh senior sister, you must come back to the inn quickly.”
　　”Although there are guards from the Nine Mansions everywhere in this Liuxian Town, but right now, after all, the town is full of fish and dragons…”
　　This time, still before Wu Liang could finish speaking, he saw Zhao Linglong impatiently wave her hand and say：
　　”Got it, got it, I will definitely return to the inn before dark！”
　　As if she didn’t want to listen to Wu Liang’s nonsense anymore, after saying this, Zhao Linglong directly stepped on the flying sword, and her figure turned into a stream of light and flew out.
　　In just the blink of an eye, she appeared at the end of the street.
Although the nine mansions have explicitly prohibited cultivators from using their swords in the town, for someone like Zhao Linglong who briefly Cast, they simply won’t be able to detect it.
　　“Patta.”
Zhao Linglong jumped off the flying sword, found a secluded alley, and went straight to walked over.
　　As she walked forward aimlessly, she murmured：
　　“Finally it’s a bit quieter.”
　　The reason why Zhao Linglong didn’t return to the inn wasn’t because she had something else to do, but simply that she wanted to be alone and quiet for a while.
　　As she spoke, she reached out and took out a small altar of wine from her sleeve, tore open the wine seal, and took a sip.
　　“Whoosh…”
　　After drinking a large mouthful of strong wine, Zhao Linglong let out a long sigh, and then said with a somewhat depressed expression：
　　“I hope Second Senior Brother can really find news of Little Junior Brother this time. Sigh…”
Over the past fifty years, Qing Xuan has been constantly searching for the trace of Xu Taiping but every time it has been fruitless.
because of this, Zhao Linglong actually didn’t hold much hope for the information of the nine mansions this time.
　　Holding the wine altar and walking in the alley, Zhao Linglong suddenly raised her head to look at the sky and murmured：
　　“Little Junior Brother, you probably don’t know.”
　　“During the days when you were away, many major events have happened in the cultivation world of Zhenwu Tian.”
　　“These things are both good and bad.”
　　“Well, for example, as the barrier of Zhenwu Heaven gradually disappears, in the various immortal mansions, some secret realms that were originally hidden by the barrier have emerged like bamboo shoots after a spring rain.”
　　“Among them, the Yunlu Wonderland where our Qingxuan Sect is located and the Xianxia Immortal Mansion where the Xiaoyao Sect is located have the most secret realms emerging.”
　　“Precisely because of this, our Qingxuan Sect has been growing stronger day by day in recent years.”
　　“Just in terms of the combat power of high-level cultivators, we are already not inferior to the Xiaoyao Sect and the Chunyang Sword Sect.”
　　“I, father, and second senior brother, we all know very well.”
　　“If it weren’t for the martial luck that you earned for the Qingxuan Sect when you were in Youyun Heaven, the strength of our Qingxuan Sect would never have grown so rapidly.”
　　“But clearly all of this is because of you.”
　　“Clearly our Qingxuan Sect already has the ability to protect you, but you are gone…”
Failed to find Xu Taiping’s trace after searching for so many years.
　　In fact, many disciples of the Qingxuan Sect, including Zhao Linglong, have already determined in their hearts that Xu Taiping has died in the hands of the Qingtong Evil Lord.
　　The reason why they are still constantly looking.
　　It is only because of unwillingness and the debt to Xu Taiping.
　　“Gurgle　gurgle　gurgle…”
　　Zhao Linglong picked up the wine jar and drank the remaining more than half of the wine in one go.
　　Then she wiped her mouth forcefully and said very angrily：
　　“Blue Pupil Evil Lord, one day, our Azure Profound Sect will make you pay with your life for my little junior brother！”
　　And just at this moment, a rush of rapid footsteps suddenly came from behind her.
　　Zhao Linglong tightly clenched the hilt of the sword at her waist with a vigilant look on her face, and then turned around to look.
　　I saw at the entrance of the alley, an old man with all white hair and beard was carrying a stone tablet wrapped in black cloth and walking quickly into the alley.
　　After carefully looking at the old man, Zhao Linglong let go of the hand holding the hilt of the sword.
　　Just a strange-looking old man.
　　So Zhao Linglong turned around and took out a jar of wine from her sleeve, ready to drink up this small jar of wine and then return to the inn.
　　But just as Zhao Linglong was about to tear open the wine seal, the jar of wine in her hand suddenly disappeared out of thin air.
　　In an instant, a layer of fine cold sweat broke out on Zhao Linglong’s back.
　　“Zheng！…”
　　Without any hesitation, Zhao Linglong suddenly pulled out her sword.
　　At the same time, she also made the fairy silk that was originally wrapped around her waist fly and spin around her.
　　But just as Zhao Linglong was about to strike with her sword in the direction of the original old man behind her, an old man’s slightly tired voice rang in her ears——
　　“Little girl, I have no malicious intentions.”
　　If there was only this sentence, the sword in Zhao Linglong’s hand would probably still stab out.
　　First, the old man’s next words rang in her ears——
　　“Xu Taiping asked me to come and find you.”
　　As these words sounded, the old man’s figure appeared beside Zhao Linglong, and with a “bang”, he forcefully inserted the stone tablet on his back into the ground.
　　Then, after he let out a long sigh, he continued：
　　“This Dragon-Slaying Tablet will be the key to whether your junior brother Xu Taiping can return to this world！”