I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 136 "Qiongqi" Golden Tablet
Bianliang City, the inner courtyard of the Changle Gang Heroes Building.

Li Qingyun slowly opened his eyes and a happy expression appeared on his face.

Suddenly, his shoulders shook lightly, and two streams of true energy burst out of his body, instantly transforming into two heads and four arms. His appearance was solemn and awe-inspiring.

His three faces show different expressions: the main body in the middle has eyes as sharp as torches, showing a cold fighting spirit, with meticulous firmness and toughness; the face on the left is smiling, upright and calm, and has a sense of being free and unworldly; the head on the right has a compassionate face and gentle eyes, as if it can see through the suffering of all beings in the world.

After the three-headed, six-armed Dharma image was fully revealed, Li Qingyun was filled with shocking power and majesty. His aura doubled, and his whole body exuded an inviolable sacred aura.

The next moment, the other two bodies turned into two streams of clear air, and in the blink of an eye they turned into two "Li Qingyun" and stood in front of him.

When the two clones first appeared, their eyes were a little dull, but then their eyes turned and they regained their spirits. They smiled at each other and their minds were connected.

The fifth level of the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong - "Three heads and six arms, an incarnation outside the body" has been completed!
As expected of a powerful technique derived from the power of the gods, the Nine Revolutions Yuan Gong endowed Li Qingyun with power far superior to that of an ordinary fourth-level cultivator. Now that he had a clone, he was confident that he could take the initiative even when facing siege from several people of the same level. This provided a solid guarantee for his upcoming trip to the Worry-Free Cave.

The invitation from Xiaoyao Tower came at a strange time. Although both sides had conflicts with Lianhua, it was normal for them to form an alliance with each other. But on the one hand, the Changle Gang was weak and not qualified to form an alliance with a behemoth like Xiaoyao Tower. Secondly, after bringing Jiao Shou into the city today, Li Qingyun's identity as an official of Kaifeng Prefecture was no longer a secret. Xiaoyao Tower owner Xiong Mingda was a wanted criminal, but he dared to send an invitation in person. Wasn't he afraid of exposing his hiding place and being besieged by Kaifeng Prefecture?
This sudden invitation also made Li Qingyun suspicious, and he had already done some divination for it.

As expected, he got a sign of "a small disaster", proving that Xiaoyao Tower had no good intentions in inviting him to form an alliance.

But there is an intriguing revelation in the divination, that is, during this trip to Wuyou Cave, he will have the hope of obtaining the whereabouts of the "Qiongqi" golden tablet. This mythical beast is not only the key to opening the mysterious cave in Mount Li, but is also closely related to his destiny and should not be missed.

After breaking through into the Innate Realm, the knowledge Li Qingyun mastered from the "Taotie" golden slip has become increasingly clear, and he can vaguely sense the whereabouts of the other three golden slips. He knows that the "Qiongqi" golden slip is in the Wuyou Cave, but he has not been able to obtain more specific information, so he did not set out to look for it.

But no one expected that clues would suddenly appear out of the blue. It is reasonable for Xiaoyao Tower, a powerful organization that controls most of Wuyou Cave, to know the whereabouts of the "Qiongqi" golden tablet.

It was indeed somewhat unexpected to find out the whereabouts of the golden tablet in this way. It was as if there was some unspeakable connection between it and his fate, and they were always mysteriously attracted to each other and had intersections.

In this case, whether for the sake of his promise to Mu Guiying or to fulfill his own destiny, Li Qingyun felt that he had to take a risk and go to Xiaoyao Tower to find out what was going on.

But before that, he planned to go to Mu Guiying first and get some helpers.

It was not appropriate to ask Kaifeng Prefecture for help on this matter. Firstly, it involved the business of the underworld in Bianliang City. Even though he already had some prestige in Kaifeng Prefecture, it was not easy for him to ask for help. Secondly, there were undercurrents in Bianliang City now, and even the Liao people had mixed in. Xu Liang was injured again, and there were not enough staff in the government office, so they could not transfer any experts to Wuyou Cave.

But Tianbo Mansion is different.

Li Qingyun went to Wuyou Cave this time to find the "Qiongqi" golden slip and to help Mu Guiying. It was only natural for Hun Tianhou to help.

With a plan in mind, he immediately relaxed, threw himself on the bed, and fell asleep.

……

Outside the city of Bianliang, deep in the dense forest.

As night falls, the moonlight is blocked by the treetops, with only a few spots of light showing through, and the air is filled with the smell of moist, rotten earth.

The trees here have strange shapes and their branches are twisted like the claws of the devil.

In the eerie darkness, Xiao Woli's vague figure was lurking quietly.

His body was shriveled and thin, like a withered leaf, completely different from his original strong and majestic appearance.

The deep hood hid his face, and only a pair of eyes flashing ominously stared ahead from the shadows, as if waiting for something.

Suddenly, under the bushes, a circle of strange shadows kept changing, appearing and disappearing.

Among those shadows, there seemed to be countless distorted faces and deformed figures hidden. They roared silently, telling of unspeakable madness, as if opening a portal to unknown horror.

The next moment, the shadow rippled like water waves, and a naked man slowly emerged from it.

He had a long horse face and a big hooked nose, his eyes were abnormally gray, and there was a noticeable mole under his ear with a tuft of black hair on it.

If Li Qingyun were here, he would be very surprised, because this was Qiu Wang, the leader of Xuanwu Pavilion and a follower of Wushi Sect, whom he had killed once in Wuyou Cave.

When Xiao Woli saw Qiu Wang, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, revealing a strange smile:
"I haven't seen you for more than ten years. Brother Qiu Wang is still as charming as ever. He has even been promoted to the fifth level, 'Life Seer'. This is truly cause for celebration."

Qiu Wang's horse face looked a little pale in the moonlight, and he said weakly:
"This is all thanks to your help. Thank you for coming all the way here to lend me a hand."

Having said this, he stared at Xiao Wuli for a moment and asked in surprise:
"You are injured too?"

Xiao Wuli coughed twice and snorted coldly:
"According to your plan, in order to attract as many strong people as possible to Bianliang City, I had to act in a high-profile manner and found an excuse to fight with Zhang Shouzhen, a high-ranking official from Mount Longhu. In the end, I was no match for him and was hit by his sword.

"This Niubizi is indeed the 13th-ranked expert on the Earthly Fiends List. Although his brain is not very good, his Taoist flying sword skills are superb. He is indeed quite capable."

Qiu Wang nodded:

"Thank you for your hard work. Zhang Shouzhen's flying sword is unique and quite powerful. As a sorcerer, you are not good at direct combat. You should be proud of yourself for being able to fight him and escape unscathed. In the next list of the 72 heroes of the Earthly Fiends, you can move up a place."

Xiao Wo Li sneered:
"Those are just empty names. Ensuring the success of our plan is the most important thing. By the way, your fake death and rebirth this time was not part of our plan. The Pope is very puzzled. He asked me to ask you, what exactly happened?"

Qiu Wang sighed:

"My identity was discovered and I was put on a wanted list. I had no choice but to stage a play with Liao Qingqing and use the secret method of the Tianmu Sect to fake my death and escape, so that the strong men in Bianliang City would temporarily stop paying attention to me. Fortunately, everything went smoothly. I also broke through to the realm of 'Fate Watcher', and my perception of fate increased significantly. Now even if someone wants to plot against me, it won't be that easy."

Xiao Wo Li said seriously: "You are a spiritual practitioner, and you act so secretly, how could your identity be discovered? Kaifeng Prefecture does not have such means."

Qiu Wang shook his head:

“I don’t understand, but I have some guesses.

"A young master has emerged in Bianliang City. His name is Li Qingyun. Although he is just a warrior, he has many strange things. Before he entered the country, he had devoured my spirit seed with strange means. Later, when he surrounded and killed me in Wuyou Cave, he had already reached the level of a Xiantian warrior. He was able to break through my illusion and see through my clone method. It's quite weird."

Xiao Wo Li frowned:
"I've heard of this kid Li Qingyun. He's very famous in Bianliang City now. But with the abilities you mentioned, he still can't find out your identity. What went wrong?"

Qiu Wang nodded and said:

“His abilities are more than that. I even suspect that he has some powerful divination skills.

"In order to clean up the clues, I once lured and killed Du Huairen, the third in command of my subordinates. Coincidentally, when Du lost control and collapsed, Li Qingyun happened to see him for the last time. From then on, my name was on the wanted list. Although I don't know how he did it, it is certain that Li Qingyun caused my identity to be exposed."

Xiao Woli's eyes became alert and fierce:
"In this case, I would rather kill three thousand people by mistake than let one go. He is just a warrior in the Xiantian realm. I will get rid of this trouble."

Qiu Wang thought for a moment, shook his head and said:
"After your battle with Zhang Shouzhen, you must have been targeted by someone. Once you show up, you might be surrounded and killed. I still need you to hide in the dark as a deterrent to attract more powerful people to Bianliang City. It's best not to cause any trouble.

"In fact, I have successfully escaped the attention of Kaifeng Prefecture. We don't need to cause trouble for ourselves anymore."

Xiao Wo Li sneered:
"When did I say I would do it myself? This time when I came to Bianliang, I brought a lot of experts with me, and they can do it for me. And this way, we can disrupt the situation here. The more chaotic the current situation is, the more beneficial it will be for what we are going to do next."

Qiu Wang nodded slightly:

"As long as you don't get involved in this matter, it will be fine. But you have to be careful. Li Qingyun is definitely not as simple as he seems. It would be best if you can kill him, but there is no need to force it if you can't. Our plan is the most critical.

"How's Su Yue'e doing?"

Xiao Wuli replied:
"Everything is going as planned. She is now at the altar, and the golden tablet is in her hand."

Qiu Wang said with satisfaction:
"That's good. As long as everything goes smoothly there, there will be no problem with the God's Descent Ceremony. We just need to continue to create chaos and confuse people, so that the strong men in Bianliang City will be too busy to take care of other things..."

……

Early the next morning, Li Qingyun got up from bed and went to Kaifeng Prefecture to check on Xu Liang's condition. He was relieved to find that the White-eyebrowed hero had recovered quite well.

He wanted to find Zhang Shouzhen and ask him about Xiao Woli, but this high-level master from Longhu Mountain was not in Kaifeng Prefecture, but had gone out to meet friends.

Due to Xiao Wuli's arrival, the Song Dynasty did not know what conspiracy the Liao Kingdom had, so it sent out invitations to heroes and invited many famous cultivators to gather in Bianliang City.

It is said that many powerful people came last night, including Bai Yunrui's teacher, the chief of the Upper Three Gates, and the Baiyun Swordsman Xiahou Ren from the Babao Yunxiao Temple in Mount Emei.

This swordsman ranks fourteenth on the Earthly Fiend List, just one place behind Zhang Shouzhen. Not only is he powerful, but he is also fair and peaceful, very kind, and has the demeanor of an elder.

With these senior masters in charge, Li Qingyun felt that the pressure on his shoulders was suddenly relieved a lot.

After leaving Kaifeng Prefecture, he went to Tianbo Prefecture as planned, and then went to Wuyou Cave for a meeting alone with peace of mind.

Following the instructions from Xiaoyao Tower, Li Qingyun came alone to an inconspicuous earth wall on the Refugee Street. Led by the little leader who had been waiting there, he found a hidden entrance and entered the underground Wuyou Cave.

Although this was his second time to explore Wuyou Cave, the surrounding environment was very different due to the different entrances. The only things that remained unchanged were the intricate corridors and the depressing and eerie atmosphere.

The walls of the corridor here are covered with dark green moss, giving off a decaying smell. Occasionally, there are spots of dim yellow lights that illuminate the way ahead, but they flicker, as if they will go out at any time and plunge the place into darkness again.

As one goes deeper, the corridor becomes narrower and darker. Occasionally, some unclear ancient runes appear on the walls. Gravel and bones are scattered on the ground, which seem to be the last traces left by the countless souls that were once lost here.

Even the guide who led him in had to carefully identify the direction and route, because if he took a wrong step, vicious mechanisms and hidden traps would be waiting for him.

Finally, at a corner, Li Qingyun finally saw the end of the passage.

It was a huge cave that could accommodate hundreds of people. The dome was more than ten feet high. Some hanging stalactites could be vaguely seen, like huge teeth hanging in the air. They were rough and ancient, covered with traces of time. Some places were dyed various colors by natural minerals, from dark blue to orange-red, presenting colorful patterns.

In the center of the cave, there stood a middle-aged man with green eyes, blue hair, tall and straight, his skin had a faint metallic luster, his eyes were like burning gems, deep and mysterious, especially his pair of pupils that were slightly erect, revealing a strange aura.

As if he had expected this, Li Qingyun said calmly:

"Your Excellency does not seem to be Xiong Mingda..."

The middle-aged man said bitterly:

"Xiong Mingda will not come. I just used him to lure you to Wuyou Cave. I didn't expect you to take the bait so easily. I don't know if you are really stupid or arrogant and self-righteous. In any case, since you are here, you can't leave today.

"You killed my beloved son and my two brothers. This hatred is irreconcilable and must be avenged..."

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(End of this chapter)