Repugnant Gateway

Chapter 941 – Perpetrators

Zhao Mie’s words were like thunder that exploded in An Zheng’s heart. He could not imagine, that after living for so long, he could only do one thing … That was to continuously stir up wars between cultivators. After so much time had passed, just how many cultivators would die because of this person?

According to the rumors, the cultivators of the ancient mortal world were dissatisfied with the domination of the immortal palace, as they gathered the power of the demon race to attack the immortal palace. However, with the power of the Mortal Realm, they wouldn’t be able to defeat the powerful immortal palace. After all, there were three Immortal Emperors in the Immortal Palace. Even if Immortal Emperor Purple Ivy would not interfere, but whether it was Xuan-Yuan or Qing Lian, as long as one of them made a move, the cultivators in the Mortal Realm would all become cannon fodder.

However, in the end, the reason why the cultivators of the Mortal Realm were able to defeat the Immortal Palace was because of the internal strife between Xuan-Yuan and the Blue Lotus Art.

An Zheng’s mind started to work quickly, organizing the information he had received so far.

In the secret realm of Xuan-Yuan’s Immortal Palace, he had discovered the Wordless Monument left behind by this person. As for the secret, it was actually in the groove of the stone tablet. He had already clearly stated his goal. If this person has two identities … He was the advisor of Great Shu Country in the mortal world. He helped Great Shu Country grow stronger, but he also continuously instigated wars between the country and the other countries. It was the most brutal period in the history of cultivation. The countries battled year after year, and at least tens of thousands of cultivators died every year.

If this person still had another identity, and was a close subordinate of Immortal Emperor Xuan-Yuan, Xuan-Yuan would obey every word he said … Then, he would have the ability to incite Xuan-Yuan and the green lotus to battle when the Mortal Realm attacked the Immortal palace. In this way, the Immortal palace would be equivalent to giving up on the war.

Afterwards, the cultivators of the Mortal Realm attacked the Immortal palace, causing it to turn into ruins.

After the great battle between the immortals, the cultivation world was so exhausted that there were no longer any experts of the Immortal Realm or above. This person was too terrifying, so frightening that it caused one’s heart to turn cold. He played a variety of roles in history and continuously instigated wars …

An Zheng took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Mie, “What is the name of your strategist?”

Zhao Mie’s eyes were still staring at the feather fan: “My Military Advisor’s name is Zhuge Qionglu, he’s the most outstanding person in the world. If the lord had not had a military advisor to assist him, he would not have achieved great things. Later on, the Military Advisor travelled to various countries and persuaded the various monarchs to join forces to fight against the Immortal Palace … He alone faced the difficulties of the strategists and scholars of the other kingdoms, but he explained the righteousness of the land, making all the people of the kingdoms, from the kings to the commoners, submit to him. In the end, the various countries formed an alliance and decided to start a war against the immortal palace. The advisor then went to find the Demon Emperor’s Grand Criticism and asked Da Chi to help him.

Zhao Mie sighed: “Advisor, at that time, there was no one who could compare to him. In my heart, he irue hero, one who has existed since ancient times. ”

An Zheng wanted to say what he thought, but he knew that if he said it out loud, it would be too big of a blow to Zhao Mie. Zhao Mie was a loyal subject and a pure subject. In his heart, he did not think of himself as his master, but rather, he thought of the Great Shu Nation. Once his understanding of the Military Advisor Zhuge Qionglu was destroyed, his entire life would collapse.

“This place was probably built by your strategist.”

An Zheng looked around him, “Perhaps, it is just as you guessed. Your Military Advisor did not die during the Great Immortal War, but was lucky enough to survive. It’s just that after the war, the country of Shu perished. That’s why he didn’t return and chose to live in seclusion here. ”

“That’s not right!”

Zhao Mie’s eyes turned cold, “The Military Advisor is a cultivator from the Mortal Realm, why would he create a secret realm in the Inside the Immortal Palace?”

“Maybe it was created after the destruction of the immortal palace?”

An Zheng had to think of a lie: “Look, the buildings here haven’t been destroyed at all, and the outside world is already in ruins. So it’s extremely possible that this secret realm is the place where you, the Military Advisor Zhuge Qionglu, stayed in after the battle.”

Zhao Mie acknowledged, but he was still skeptical. “But why is that so? If the Military Advisor did not die, he would not necessarily perish when he returned to Shu. ”

His eyes were full of doubt. “What happened that year?”

He stretched out his hand and picked up the feather fan. He saw a small imprint on the bottom right corner of the feather fan … Zhuge.

An Zheng could not help but ask Zhao Mie: “I have two friends that came over to look first. Have you seen them?”

An Zheng described the situation between Chen Shaobai and Du Shoushou before he shook his head, “I heard someone talking behind me last time, so I didn’t take a look. Being attracted by the military advisor’s items, he didn’t care about anything else. If you are in a hurry to find them, go to the backyard and take a look. ”

An Zheng thanked him and turned.

The monkey covered in bandages asked, “What’s the situation?”

An Zheng pointed to the backyard, “Let’s take a look over there.”

He turned around to take a look, but Zhao Mie was still holding onto that feather fan, and was looking at him time and time again. An Zheng knew that he had become suspicious, but he still had no way of convincing himself. Counsellor Zhuge Qionglu was the most perfect person in his heart. His doubts had undoubtedly shattered his entire world.

The few of them went to the backyard, and after passing through a gate in the moon, they realized that the backyard was completely empty. Not to mention humans, there weren’t even any flowers or plants. The entire backyard was bare, not even a blade of grass growing. An Zheng wrinkled his nose, and said with a slight frown: “There seems to be a smell of lime.”

Monkey nodded. “Indeed, even though it is very faint, it must be the taste of lime.”

The four of them continued their way through the backyard until they reached the last row of houses. If there were no more traces of Chen Shaobai and the rest, then something big could have happened.

“Don’t split up.”

An Zheng signalled the monkey to protect Gu Qianye and Qu Liuxi from the back, he opened the door and walked in first.

The room was large and smelled uncomfortably dry. The furnishings in the room were extremely simple and clean. There were some calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, and they didn’t seem to have lost any color, as if they had only recently been hung up. The few of them walked around the room but did not find anything. Everyone’s heart became more gloomy.

Just then, Zhao Mie walked in with the feather fan in hand. He looked around and his expression changed. He strode to the wall, pointed tainting and said, “This is the battle of the Jiao Wall. The Military Advisor commanded us to fight against the strong enemy, and the enemy was ten times stronger than me.

“This is the first time that the stronghold has joined forces with the enemy nation to advance towards the grasslands people, forcing them to retreat thousands of miles.”

“This is the battle of Qilian. It is the battle where we destroyed the enemy forces and pushed the borders of Dashi several hundred kilometers to the north. After that, the flags on Mount Qilian were all planted with the flag of Dashi.”

He looked at them one by one, his face not filled with excitement, but growing darker and darker, “Why are these paintings hanging in Inside the Immortal Palace?”

An Zheng originally wanted to say something, but at this time, no matter what he said, it was meaningless. It is better to tell a man the cruel truth than to let him live in an illusion. Therefore, An Zheng explained his guess once again. According to logic, if Zhao Mie trusted and revered Military Advisor Zhuge Qionglu like this, he would definitely berate An Zheng. But when An Zheng finished speaking, he lowered his head and did not speak for a long time.

Monkey was covered in injuries and he was tired from standing so he sat on the desk and said, “The most important thing right now is to find Chen Shaobai and Fatty. There is nothing else we need to worry about. As for who Zhuge Qionglu is, I don’t care about what kind of person he is. ”

He reached for the pen holder on the table to take a look, but didn’t move it even after taking a look. With a quick thought, Monkey shook the pen holder left and right. With a “kacha” sound, sounds came from underneath the pen holder and a large hole suddenly appeared in the floor of the room. Caught off guard, everyone fell except for the monkey. The monkey cried out, then jumped down.

Fortunately, this hole wasn’t too deep. Before An Zheng fell to the ground, he threw out a few pearls that floated in the air, lighting up the surrounding area. It was very wide down there. He could not see the end of it beyond the light. The first thing An Zheng felt after landing was that the smell of the lime in the room was simply too strong, it made people’s heads spin.

“AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!”

Gu Qianye suddenly let out a startled cry, and subconsciously hid behind An Zheng.

Following the direction that Gu Qianye pointed, An Zheng could vaguely see a lot of corpses. An Zheng pointed with his finger, and the floating pearls flew over to illuminate his direction. When they saw it clearly, everyone’s faces turned ugly.

There were corpses over there.

The corpse inside was only left with bones, but it still maintained its position as it died. The corpses outside were still covered in blood. Lying outside were many people, and among them were Du Shoushou and Chen Shaobai.

An Zheng was shocked, and subconsciously rushed over.

Fortunately, the two of them were only unconscious and uninjured. Only then did An Zheng notice that the people underground were all cultivators who had entered the Immortal Palace secret realm this time. There were two or three that looked familiar. They were laid out side by side, neatly against the wall. Some had died, and six or seven were lying unconscious.

An Zheng suddenly turned and thrusted his sword towards the shadow at the corner. There was a movement, then a rush through the wall. This was underground. He didn’t know how he had managed to break through the wall. By the time An Zheng wanted to chase after him, it was already too late.

“They were just brought in. They haven’t been killed yet.”

An Zheng pointed at the corpses: “One by one, line by line, and then, split open the chest one by one... One more person is enough to reach Du Shoushou. If we were even a minute late, both of them would have died. This person is too vicious with his actions. He lured everyone here and used some unknown method to make everyone faint. He slowly killed them one by one. ”

“Too terrifying.”

Gu Qianye hid behind An Zheng: “That must be a great villain.”

An Zheng couldn’t help but think of that advisor. That person seemed to be wearing a white robe when he flashed past.

“Come and take a look.”

Monkey pointed to the corpses inside. “They … They should all be cultivators who are participating in the great war between Immortal cultivators. ”

An Zheng quickly walked over. He had worked in the Ming Fa Si for so many years that he was exceptionally sensitive to injuries.

“These are the people who were injured in the war but didn’t die. They were moved here and killed one by one. There are still scars on their bones, but they do not die. ”

“With so many people, even if they were injured, how could they be brought here without any resistance, unless they were tricked?”

“What if they know the person who tricked them into coming here? What if they even know the person?”

An Zheng looked at Zhao Mie, and Zhao Mie’s eyes were filled with grief.

“Why?”

Zhao Mie lowered his head and said these three words, his voice trembling.

An Zheng could not help but have this scene appear in his mind … During the great war of Immortals, many people were injured, some were seriously injured while others were light. At this time, a cultivator that they all knew and respected appeared, saying that he would temporarily bring them to a safe place to hide. They finally believed that after following this cultivator here, the rest of them would be knocked unconscious, and they would be killed one by one.

An Zheng felt chills down his spine, as if he could seair of eyes staring at him from the darkness.