Lady, let me explain.

Chapter 33 Engraving
At dusk, the setting sun is blood-red.

Lin Yi entered Xiangyang City and found the inn where the Huashan Sect was staying according to the marks left by Yue Lingshan.

He did not go through the main gate, but sneaked in with Zhao Min.

In the room, Ning Zhongze and Yue Lingshan, mother and daughter, were extremely anxious.

"Don't worry, Shan'er. Pingzhi is very skilled in Qinggong. If he wants to leave, those people can't stop him."

"But he hasn't come back yet, Mom, could it be that Pingdi..."

As Yue Lingshan was speaking, she suddenly heard a familiar voice beside her ear: "Could it be something?"

"Brother Ping!" Yue Lingshan rushed over with a happy face.

Ning Zhongze also looked back, feeling a little surprised... She knew that Lin Yi was good at Qinggong, but she didn't expect that the other party had already entered the house without her noticing.

Yue Lingshan entered the inner room and suddenly saw the person standing next to Lin Yi. She was so shocked that she stopped in her tracks.

"Brother Ping, why is she here too..."

Zhao Min looked at Yue Lingshan indifferently. Her attention was on Lin Yi in the afternoon, so she had no impression of Yue Lingshan.

She has an average look and figure, far inferior to me! Lin's taste is not good either... Zhao Min complained inwardly.

Ning Zhongze was also surprised when he saw Zhao Min: "Pingzhi, why did you bring her here? Didn't you say you would let her go..."

Ning Zhongze frowned. People in the martial arts world value credit the most. Not to mention aliens, even when facing enemies, one must keep their word!

Lin Yi smiled and said, "After receiving your signal, I released her... right, Princess? I didn't break my promise."

Zhao Min was so angry that she gritted her teeth, turned her head away and said nothing - this was simply a great humiliation!
"Then what is..." Yue Lingshan was puzzled.

"Let him go and catch him later." Lin Yi said as a matter of course.

Then, he recounted what had happened. When Ning Zhongze and his mother heard that Lin Yi wanted to exchange Zhao Min for the five major sects two months later, their eyes were full of excitement.

Yue Lingshan smiled happily. Her idea was very simple. If Lin Yi could save the five major sects, he would be a great hero in the world!

Ning Zhong was a little dazed, and her vision was of course longer-term.

If Lin Yi could truly accomplish this, his reputation in the Central Plains martial arts world, and the fame of the Huashan Sect, would both greatly increase...

Shaolin, Wudang, and Emei are all top-notch and reputable sects. Lin Yi has done him such a great favor. If something happens to him in the future, these sects will definitely not stand idly by. With the appeal of these three sects, won't they all respond to his call?
Then Lin Yi called Zhou Zhiruo and Ning Zhongze to look after Zhao Min together.

Zhao Min is extremely cunning. Even though Lin Yi lets ordinary people look after her, he is still worried. Fortunately, Zhou Zhiruo is not an ordinary woman either.

"Junior Sister Zhou, remember not to let her pass on any information to the outside world. If anything goes wrong, your master won't be able to be saved."

Zhou Zhiruo nodded solemnly in agreement. Suddenly, Lin Yi thought of something else: "To be cautious, search her first. Search her carefully."

Zhao Min said angrily, "Mr. Lin, what do you mean?"

Lin Yi ignored her. Zhao Min was acupunctured and unable to resist, so she was pulled into the house by Zhou Zhiruo.

After a while, Zhou Zhiruo came out with a few things.

"Ruyang Palace tokens, seals... quite a complete collection." Lin Yi picked up two porcelain bottles. "Is this the Ten Fragrance Muscle Softening Powder and the antidote?"

He remembered that Zhao Min carried the Ten Fragrance Muscle Softening Powder with her, and Zhou Zhiruo stole it from her on the island and drugged everyone.

Lin Yi handed the remaining items to Zhou Zhiruo for safekeeping and took away the Ten Fragrance Muscle Softening Powder and the antidote.

He probably won't need the Ten Fragrances Softening Powder. The leader of the righteous martial arts sect even poisoned him, which would damage his reputation. Once he uses it, it would be best not to leave anyone alive.

Moreover, although this medicine is effective, it has to be secretly put into water or food for people to take in order to be effective. It is not as convenient as Yipintang's Beisu Qingfeng.

Lin Yi values ​​the antidote more. Although the Nine Yang Divine Art has the effect of being immune to all poisons, the Ten Fragrance Softening Muscle Powder is an exception. Now that he has the antidote in hand, he has nothing to worry about.

Then Lin Yi took Yue Lingshan to stay in the next room.

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The next morning, "When will we return to Huashan? The Five Sacred Mountains will be united in six months, so we need to prepare for this early."

Zuo Lengchan had been plotting the merger for a long time, and now that Yue Buqun was dead, Ning Zhongze couldn't help but feel a little worried.

Fortunately, Huashan Sect now has a master like Lin Yi.

Lin Yi thought: "Master's Wife, we have been traveling for more than a month and are finally safe. Let's rest in Xiangyang City for two days before returning to Huashan."

Now that he is the head, Ning Zhongze certainly has no objection.

Then Lin Yi went to give Zhou Zhiruo some instructions before preparing to leave the city to find Dugu Sword Tomb.

Xiangyang City is the first barrier facing the Mongolian army and is heavily guarded. Lin Yi is not afraid that the masters from Ruyang Palace will come to rescue people.

"You're going out? Take me with you!"

Zhao Min likes freedom and can't stand being watched all day long.

"No."

Lin Yi refused directly. With his lightness skills, he could search all the valleys around Xiangyang City in one day. It would be a complete waste of time to bring Zhao Min along.

Zhao Min watched Lin Yi walk out the door and pursed her lips.

She knew in her heart that ever since she stabbed Lin Yi yesterday, the other party's attitude towards her had become much colder.

Just as Lin Yi said, if she was obedient she would still be a princess... but now she is being treated like a prisoner.

Lin Yi took some dry food for lunch, went out of the city gate, and used the Feixu Qingyan skill to head southwest.

"Yang Guo couldn't run far after his arm was broken, so the sword tomb must be within a radius of fifty miles."

Lin Yi observed the terrain and went specifically to search in remote mountain forests.

He had outstanding lightness skills and his speed did not decrease at all in the wild forest. In addition, the Nine Yang Divine Art restored internal energy very quickly, so the search efficiency was very high.

By the afternoon, Lin Yi had found many traces of the eagle's life. Soon he found a deep valley and came to a large cave.

"Finally found."

Lin Yi looked at the cliff behind the cave, thought about it, and decided to enter the cave where Dugu Qiubai was buried.

The cave was pitch black. Lin Yi took out a tinder to light it up and saw a pile of rocks in the corner, which looked like a grave.

"I wonder if that's Dugu Qiubai..."

He took up his sword and wiped away the moss on the cave wall until the three lines of words were completely revealed.

"Roaming the martial arts world for over thirty years, killing all enemies and traitors..."

Lin Yi narrowed his eyes and frowned.

The strokes of these three lines of characters are very fine and deeply engraved into the stone. It is obvious that they were carved with a sword.

"It seems a little unusual..."

Lin Yi brought the fire lighter closer, looked at it carefully, and observed every stroke.

But after looking for a long time, I still couldn't figure out what it was.

Lin Yi shook his head and continued searching the cave, but found nothing after searching around.

"No, Laobai, you're no match for Zhang Wuji and the Golden Snake Prince in this regard. You didn't even leave a secret manual behind, and all you know is carving words to show off!"

Lin Yi was about to go to the sword tomb, but the words engraved on the stone wall kept lingering in his mind, giving him a mysterious feeling.

Lin Yi pondered...

"Could it be that I'm not understanding enough?"

(End of this chapter)