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Chapter 128: One of the Nine Bells, Naraku Red Silk

The snow is falling.

In front of Guangze Street where Zhao Wumian once saved Su Qingqi, next to Dingnan Bridge, Eunuch Lin in gray was standing with his hands behind his back, standing by the broken bridge, looking calmly at the frozen river below the bridge.

The surrounding area was filled with palace secret guards, or Dongyan secret guards, holding knives and swords. They were searching for Zhao Wumian inch by inch along the street.

Not long after, a middle-aged man came quickly with a sword on his waist. He stood beside Eunuch Lin and whispered, "Foster father, the queen was frightened and became ill. She said that she must capture Zhao Wumian alive and bring him to Kunning Palace to be executed in person before she can make her mind clear."

This person was none other than Lin Miao, codenamed Hanyu, whom Zhao Wumian had originally wanted to investigate. He was also the one responsible for retrieving the pearl relic treasure tower from Little Western Heaven, but his plan was ruined by Zhao Wumian.

Eunuch Lin's expression remained unchanged. He just nodded slightly when he heard this, and then asked, "Where is Li Zhengkong?"

"It was he who let Zhao Wumian into the palace last night, but when the Mingfeng letter tube was lit, he was caught by the people from the Detective Department in Tianlu Palace."

"The Detective Department is quite quick."

"Among the guards Li Zhengkong sent to patrol various places in the palace, there was a jade-branded captain from the Detective Department. I guess the Detective Department had long expected that Zhao Wumian would be exposed, so they followed Li Zhengkong secretly... But Chief Constable Su did not show up last night, but two martial arts masters suddenly appeared out of nowhere to help Zhao Wumian escape... One of them should be Chief Constable Su." Lin Miao said in a very cold tone.

"Of course it is so. Zhao Wumian is escorting the legitimate princess. Chief Constable Su and Xu Ran, the head of the Xu family, are both members of the 'Empress Faction'. Two of the four martial arts champions in the Dali court are on Luo Chaoyan's side. The head of Wugong Mountain is the emperor's teacher, but he is unwilling to interfere in the country's foundation." Eunuch Lin sighed, "I'm afraid that only when Xiao Yuanmu, who is behind Zhao Wumian, shows up, will True Man Guiyi take action."

Lin Miao frowned tightly, "As long as Zhao Wumian's identity as a member of Taixuan Palace is exposed, the legitimate princess dared to go with the rebels and get their support. By then, she will be in an illegitimate position and will definitely cause a mutiny."

"Do you think Luo Chaoyan is now qualified to compete for the throne because she is a legitimate princess?" Eunuch Lin smiled faintly.
"If it weren't for the fact that she has two martial arts masters and 100,000 naval forces behind her, we wouldn't have focused on her. It doesn't matter if she wants to stay in Guixuan Valley for the rest of her life and cultivate the environment. Even if she travels with the thieves from Taixuan Palace, so what? As long as Zhao Wumian takes the initiative to admit that he is a spy planted by the legitimate princess in Taixuan Palace, or claims to have abandoned the dark and joined the light, who would dare to use this matter to stop the legitimate princess? As long as you have an army and military force, then this little bit of public opinion storm is nothing to worry about."

Lin Miao opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything in rebuttal.

Isn't that right? Whether in the underworld or in the imperial court, the one with the biggest fist is the one who rules, and gender identity is irrelevant.

He pondered for a moment and asked, "Zhao Wumian's injury, even with the use of extremely rare healing holy objects, will take ten days to half a month to recover. He can't escape from the capital now, so he can only recover in the Detective Department, the Su family or somewhere else... I heard that he sneaked into the palace half a month ago to steal the Nine Bells, and he succeeded. Could it be that he stole the 'Qingying Jade Clothes'?"

The theft of the Nine Bells was a secret within a secret, and only Eunuch Lin and the secret guards in the inner treasury that night knew the details.

The Nine Bells were too deeply involved, and any news about them leaking out in the martial arts world would cause a bloody storm. In total, the imperial court only had three Nine Bells, one Qingying Jade Clothes, one reward to Wugong Mountain, and the other was stolen by Zhao Wumian.

If this news were to get out, everyone in the martial arts world would start looking for it, and the Nine Bells would definitely be taken back. But it is expected that they would not fall into the hands of the imperial court, so the imperial court has been searching secretly for the past half month. For this reason, Master Guiyi has been away from Wugong Mountain for half a month and has not returned yet.

"It's not the Qingying Jade Clothes, it's the Nine Bells..." Eunuch Lin shook his head slightly, with a strange look on his face, and then he whispered:

"You must know that the power of the Nine Bells is a gift from heaven and earth. It is unique and cannot be changed or moved by human power.
Just like the Qingying Jade Robe, everyone knows that wearing the Qingying Jade Robe will make the body immortal, but few people know that if one absorbs the breath of the Qingying Jade Robe into one’s body and tries to use it to comprehend the heaven and earth and build a bridge to communicate between heaven and earth, then things that shouldn’t grow will grow on one’s body…”

Lin Miao's breath was choked, but he saw Eunuch Lin slightly raised his dry palm, his eyes showing a bit of complexity.

“During the Hongtian period, I reached the level of Wu Kui and was given the title of One of the Five Mountains. This was a gift from Emperor Taizu Gao, which enabled me to comprehend the Qingying Jade Clothes. At that time, I was only one step away from building the bridge between heaven and earth. Therefore, the time for comprehending it was not long. But even so, I had an extra palm under my ribs. Its skin was white and tender, and it was as small as a baby’s.” Hongtian was the reign title of Emperor Taizu Gao.

Lin Miao was completely speechless. His scalp went numb and his whole body felt cold. After a moment, he asked in horror, "And my godfather is..."

“Chop it off.” Eunuch Lin stood with his hands behind his back, his expression calm again, and said indifferently: “I practice martial arts not to make myself a monster, but when I chopped off the baby’s palm, I still felt the pain of a severed limb.”

After saying that, Eunuch Lin paused for a moment, then shook his head, "Nine Bells are created by heaven and earth. We humans are said to be the pinnacle of all living things in this world, but what are they between heaven and earth? Wu Kui, is it very impressive? I just slightly comprehended the Qingying Jade Clothes, and I can hardly maintain my human form...

As for the Nine Bells that Zhao Wumian took away, as far as I know, it is suitable for warriors. It looks like a strand of red silk, called "Naraka Red Silk."

Lin Miao had heard of the name of 'Red Silk of Naraku', so he sighed, "It can make a warrior's speed doubled... That's why Zhao Wumian was able to steal 'Red Silk of Naraku' and quickly escape from the capital. He got the upper hand."

"'Naraku Red Silk' is not that simple. Speeding up is just the most superficial appearance. Its real effect is to speed up and deduce time." Eunuch Lin raised his hand and gently grabbed a strand of his white hair, his eyes complicated. "In normal use, it can indeed speed up a person's speed, but this speed is essentially exchanged for your lifespan."

Lin Miao was full of confusion.

Eunuch Lin paused, and then said calmly:

"But if a warrior is willing to guide you, you can use the characteristics of the 'Red Silk of Naraku' to deduce your martial arts. At that time, you will find that there will be more chaotic memories in your mind that mostly do not exist.

Suppose you practice my "Five Qi Sutra" for two years, and then use the "Red Silk of Naraku" to deduce the "Five Qi Sutra", and deduce its proficiency to "ten years", but the extra eight years are not only eight years of practicing the "Five Qi Sutra", but also eight years full of your future life, as if forcibly cramming your memory eight years later into your brain. "

Lin Miao took a breath and said, "Predict the future?"

Eunuch Lin smiled coldly, "Precognition? Do you think that 'Red Silk of Naraku' can be so miraculous? Deducing martial arts is just a trick that martial artists have used for thousands of years to take advantage of the characteristics of 'Red Silk of Naraku'!"
The reality is, your extra eight years of memory are just fabricated and deduced based on your existing memories, just like 'Naraku Red Silk' can also deduce the follow-up of martial arts!
If 'Naraku Red Silk' can deduce martial arts, why can't it deduce memory? It's okay to deduce for a day or two, but if it takes a year or two, ten years or a hundred years,

At that time, will you still be you?"

Lin Miao was sweating profusely.

Eunuch Lin sighed, "Ten years can show the coming and going of spring and autumn, a hundred years can show birth, aging, sickness and death, a thousand years can show the change of dynasties, and ten thousand years can show the movement of the stars. The 'Red Silk of Naraku' is like a long river of time, rushing forward on its own. Martial arts and life are just a speck of dust in this long river, and Zhao Wumian..."

Eunuch Lin was silent for a moment, thinking for a long time, and then slowly said: "Half a month ago, he used the Wan Yue Xian, but his technique was crude and not worthy of being accepted by the hall. But now, just half a month has passed, and his Wan Yue Xian has already faintly possessed some of Xiao Yuanmu's style."

After saying that, Eunuch Lin pointed to his temple and smiled coldly:
"He used 'Red Silk of Naraku', so there must be something wrong with him."

After saying that, Eunuch Lin waved his sleeves coldly, "Perhaps Zhao Wumian took the Red Silk of Naraku back to Taixuan Palace, or perhaps he hid it somewhere, but it is Guiyi Zhenren's job to retrieve the Red Silk of Naraku. Now we are only trying to arrest Zhao Wumian. Even if he pushes Wan Yuexian back a hundred years, he will be nothing more than an ant if he does not reach the level of Wu Kui."

"Go to the Detective Department first to ask for Li Zhengkong. He was the one who brought Zhao Wumian into the palace. There's no way he doesn't know something."

(End of this chapter)