Xuanxia

Chapter 328 Iron Box
"Li Qing is missing..."

Fu Qingzhou looked at the little girl in front of him who was extremely haggard, pale and thin, crying and gasping for breath, and his face looked very ugly.

Li Qing was the person he rescued from Fanyin Temple. At that time, he promised him that he would place him and his sister Xiaoyue in Wulin League and let them live a good life. Later, Li Qing said that he would take his younger sister back to his hometown to pay tribute to his deceased brother...

Unexpectedly, when I saw Li Xiaoyue again, what I heard was the news that Li Qing was missing!

Li Xiaoyue was just a little girl in her teens...According to her, after Li Qing disappeared, she searched for him in her hometown village for two days but couldn't find any trace of him. She finally realized that something might have happened to her second brother.

Therefore, she, penniless and without any relatives, could only place her hopes on "Qing Ge" in Yucha Town, whom her second brother had introduced to her.

She also remembered that "Brother Qing" went to Luoyi and Wulin League.

Therefore, the little girl, who was only in her teens, had to burn her long hair and dress herself up as a little beggar... No, it was not just dressing up, she really came all the way from her hometown to beg.

"Qing, Brother Qing."

Li Xiaoyue sobbed and looked at Fu Qingzhou carefully: "Second brother, second brother must not be dead, I, I want to find him."

At this time, Fu Qingzhou's injuries had not healed yet, and his body was wrapped in bandages, but the anger on his face could no longer be suppressed.

When Li Xiaoyue was brought here by the disciples of the Wulin Alliance just now, the exiled old man had already left, and only Tang Jiao was left.

At this moment, she looked at her eldest brother's expression and realized something: "Brother, do you know who attacked Li Qing?"

"Do we still need to guess?"

Fu Qingzhou snorted, "Besides the monks in Fanyin Temple, who else has Li Qing offended?"

Tang Jiao was shocked: "But, wasn't the Fanyin Temple destroyed?"

At this point, her pupils shrank: "Brother means that Jin..."

"Ah."

Fu Qingzhou interrupted her and said in a deep voice: "We must deal with the Jinchan Temple, but with our current capabilities, we are not able to fight against such a large temple. We should first find Li Qing... But now, no one knows who took Li Qing away and where he is. It's really unfortunate that Yuan Zhen just ran away a few days ago."

"Master Yuanzhen, it's time to go to the capital and return to the temple." Tang Jiao said softly, "It seems that we have one more thing to do when we go to the capital."

Then, she comforted him, "Brother, don't worry. Li Qing's cultivation is not deep, and he is not a big threat to Jinchan Temple. If they want revenge, they will kill Li Qing directly... But if they capture him now, they must have other plans. He may not be in danger for the time being."

"I know."

Fu Qingzhou sighed, "But this makes me even more uneasy... Why did Huixin and Huijue want to capture an ordinary person?"

As he spoke, he turned his head and glanced at Li Xiaoyue who was sitting at the table.

She didn't know when, but her tears had not yet dried, and her eyes were attracted by the pastries on the table, and she kept swallowing her saliva.

A child in his teens walked hundreds of miles begging...

Fu Qingzhou felt a pain in his heart.

"Little Moon."

He forced a smile: "Eat when you're hungry, eat whatever you want."

Li Xiaoyue wiped away the tears from her eyes and glanced at him nervously: "Is it okay?"

"can."

Fu Qingzhou nodded and said, "Your second brother is gone for the time being. You are my own sister now. Don't be polite."

Tang Jiao looked at Li Xiaoyue with a look of pity in her eyes. She stroked her head with her hand and said softly, "You have been hungry for so long. You can't eat something so greasy all at once. You have to take your time. Sister will take you to drink some soup first, okay? We will have something better to eat in the evening~"

As she said that, she stretched out her hand and wanted to hold Li Xiaoyue's hand.

Li Xiaoyue shrank back in fear, put her hands behind her back, and subconsciously turned her gaze to Fu Qingzhou.

Fu Qingzhou nodded: "Xiaoyue, Jiaojiao is my sister just like you. She will be your sister from now on. You should listen to her and let her take you to dinner, okay?"

Li Xiaoyue nodded slightly, then extended her hand again and put it into Tang Jiao's hand.

"poor child……"

Tang Jiao looked at her and tears welled up in her eyes, probably because she thought of the difficult days when she had to walk alone many years ago.

"Jiaojiao, please place Xiaoyue in the Wulin League first. You will have to take care of her these days."

Fu Qingzhou whispered, "I have to visit Alliance Leader Jiang first and ask about the iron box."

"Brother... your injury hasn't healed yet..." Tang Jiao said, but smiled: "Walk slowly, don't rush."

……

Given Fu Qingzhou's current injuries, it took him a quarter of an hour just to get from his guest room to the courtyard where Jiang Baichuan was, and he was sweating profusely.

Therefore, when the Wulin League disciples guarding outside the courtyard saw him, they were shocked.

"Master Fu, aren't you still unable to get out of bed? Why did you come here by yourself?"

The disciple exclaimed. Fu Qingzhou panted and smiled, "It's too much to not be able to get out of bed... I've been stuck in the yard for almost half a month, I have to get out for some fresh air, and I also need to do some rehabilitation."

"Are you here to look for your master?"

The disciple hurried forward to support him and said, "Master is meditating to cultivate his energy. Can you wait for a moment?"

"No hurry, no hurry... just let them know." Fu Qingzhou waved his hands like an old man.

After arriving at the teahouse in the courtyard and sitting down, he immediately collapsed, almost dying of exhaustion.

"I haven't been this weak in many years..."

He smiled bitterly and said, "I dislike Qi Ran Jue's high-intensity brainwashing when I have nothing to do, but without it to heal my wounds, I'm half useless."

"I wonder how many more medicines I have to try before Master Wu can cure me?"

As he spoke, Fu Qingzhou began to look around the tea room.

This should not be the teahouse where Jiang Baichuan usually receives friends, but a place where he sits and relaxes. There are only one or two small cups on the tea table, and the furnishings in the room are not very tidy and clean. Instead, the bookshelves and shelves are a bit messy. It seems like a place where he would flip through books and take a sip when he has nothing to do.

After looking around for a while, Fu Qingzhou's gaze fixed.

I saw something leaning against the wall in the corner, behind the bookshelf. Wasn't it the iron box from the Fanyin Temple?

Fu Qingzhou quickly forced himself to stand up.

He limped to the corner and reached out to touch the iron box.

The lock of the box was still intact, but there were many blurred palm prints and fingerprints on the surface of the iron box, which showed that someone had often been holding the iron box and looking at and touching it.

"Young man, have you finally remembered this box?"

At this moment, Jiang Baichuan's voice sounded behind Fu Qingzhou.

He turned his head and saw Jiang Baichuan with a smile on his face.

"Alliance Leader Jiang."

Fu Qingzhou bowed slightly, but before he raised his hand, Jiang Baichuan came to him like a gust of wind, chuckled and stopped his movements: "You are so injured, there is no need to be polite."

"hehe."

Fu Qingzhou was also straightforward and said with a smile: "Then I won't salute you - Alliance Leader Jiang, are you recovering well?"

"It's okay, my injury is not serious. After Huo Yaer escaped, the evil spirit that invaded my soul dissipated." Jiang Baichuan said calmly: "The Xuanxing technique is indeed extremely profound, but it's a pity for Brother Kong... Alas."

As he said this, he turned his gaze to the iron box.

"Is this why you came here today?" he asked.

Fu Qingzhou nodded and said, "That's right... There are still remnants of evil in Fanyin Temple. The person I rescued from Fanyin Temple is missing, and his sister came to rescue him. That brother has never been involved in the martial arts world and has no grudges against anyone..."

Having said this, there is no need to say more.

Jiang Baichuan suddenly realized: "Do you think it has something to do with this iron box?"

"That's probably it." Fu Qingzhou said, "This is what Yuan Wu carried with him when he escaped, and it is protected by various spells, so it must be extremely important. I can't think of the meaning of the remnants of the Fanyin Temple taking my brother away. Maybe... they want to threaten me to hand over this thing."

He did not mention the matter of the blood cicada and the Buddha's robe.

Even the name of Jinchan Temple was not specifically mentioned.

It’s not that he doesn’t trust Jiang Baichuan - it’s a question of identity.

If the person talking to Jiang Baichuan at this time was Hua Wuying, then they could talk about everything between master and disciple without any taboos.

But it was different for me... No matter how good my relationship with the Wulin Alliance was, I was still an outsider. As an outsider, it was inappropriate for me to talk to Jiang Baichuan about the "Golden Cicada Temple's conspiracy". After all, the Wulin Alliance was one of the leaders of the righteous world like the Golden Cicada Temple. By saying this, was I trying to sow discord between the two families?

Jiang Baichuan smiled and said, "So, Young Master Fu, you must be planning to take the iron box away with you?"

"I am here now and I can't take it away."

Fu Qingzhou smiled and said, "Although it may be a bit shameless, I still want to ask, can Alliance Leader Jiang break the spell on this box?"

Jiang Baichuan shook his head.

Although Fu Qingzhou had expected this, he still sighed helplessly.

"I thought about it a few days ago. What's on this box is authentic Buddhist magic." Jiang Baichuan said, "I haven't studied much about Buddhism, so I don't dare to act rashly. Even if you don't ask, I will return the iron box to you after the Qianlong Baijie Conference is over."

Fu Qingzhou turned around and reached out to touch the iron box.

It felt cold and hard, and he curled his lips... Buddhism? It seemed that he would have to find Yuan Zhen.

But I have to find another opportunity to try Yuan Zhen again and see if he is really trustworthy.

(End of this chapter)