allonlinenovel Chapter 174 Okay, okay, you forced me to do this!
Chapter 174 Okay, okay, you forced me to do this!
The next day, the rising sun drove away the night again.
With the help of Yan Bingqing, Zhao Mu dressed neatly, and the young couple went out hand in hand. The necessary preparations had been made last night, and it was time for Xuantian Dao Sect to open the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror.
However, just as the two of them went out and before they had time to leave, Wu Yao came over with a heavy face.
"What happened?"
It was the first time that Zhao Mu saw this expression on the face of the young rich woman.
"A member of the Zhao family from Yuzhou City appeared on the punishment platform of the Xuantian Dao Sect's outer sect this morning. Now, this news has spread to all the peaks of the inner sect."
"The punishment platform?"
Zhao Mu chuckled, his lips curled up slightly as he said, "That bastard Xu Shenghao is starting to plot!"
The punishment platform of Xuantian Dao Sect is essentially an execution platform. Anyone who goes up here is either an executioner or a death row prisoner.
The Zhao family in Yuzhou City couldn't be the executioner, so the person could only be the death row prisoner.
Xu Shenghao, that bastard, clearly wanted to use this method to force him to take action, so that he would take the initiative to remove his disguise and reveal his true identity. In order to kill him, he could also make the previous offense of Xuantian Dao Sect against the Fire God Temple and Wu Di City in front of the Xuan Emperor Palace disappear without a trace.
but.....
This guy seemed a little too naive, or perhaps he knew too little about what happened in Yuzhou City that day and was unaware of many of the inside stories.
"Aren't you in a hurry?"
Wu Yao looked at Zhao Mu with some confusion, and then at Yan Bingqing. She found that there seemed to be no emotion in the eyes of the former two, as if the person on the punishment platform was an irrelevant person, but that person was obviously from the Zhao family in Yuzhou City!
"Why should I be so anxious? My parents and relatives, who were willing to make me compromise, have already fled Yuzhou City. Even the Xuantian Dao Sect doesn't know where they are. If I'm not mistaken, the person from the Zhao family on the punishment platform is probably from a side branch.
Why should we be so nervous about someone who betrayed his lineage? But...”
At this point, Zhao Mu chuckled and said with interest, "Since Xu Shenghao has set up a stage to perform, why don't we go and watch the show? Maybe this guy's real body will show up, and we can kill him. Even if we kill his spirit body, it will be a small profit."
Wu Yao was confused by what she heard, but she still followed Zhao Mu to the punishment platform outside the gate.
On the way, after listening to Zhao Mu's explanation, Wu Yao suddenly realized.
It turned out that before the various forces divided up the Zhao family, the various side branches of the Zhao family had forced the main branch to abdicate, forcing her father-in-law to abdicate. Later, with the reminder of a mysterious person, they quietly fled Yuzhou City before the chaos broke out.
No wonder Zhao Mu didn’t care at all about the people of the Zhao family on the punishment platform. It turned out that they were traitors!
"Can you guess who that mysterious man is?"
Wu Yao said thoughtfully: "If nothing unexpected happens, that mysterious person should know where your parents are. If we can find that person..."
"To be honest, I really can't guess!"
Zhao Mu shook his head decisively and said, "Under the circumstances at that time, who would dare to risk the wrath of the world to help the Zhao family? After all, once you are accused of being an accomplice, you will definitely die. No one in the righteous path who colluded with the evil path has ever had a good end."
"Then...what about the Demonic Path?"
After thinking for two seconds, Wu Yao changed his angle.
"I'm not entirely sure, but based on the last traces, I can infer that the mysterious man isn't from the Demonic Path. Furthermore, I've never heard my father or uncles mention any connection between the Zhao family and the Demonic Path."
Zhao Mu shook his head and became more and more curious about the identity of the mysterious man.
"It seems that we have to wait until we find your parents to find out the identity of that mysterious man."
Although the shortcut was broken, Wu Yao still comforted Zhao Mu warmly, "Don't worry, the people I secretly sent out are doing their best to search. Although the world is vast, your parents are just ordinary people after all. Even if they left Daozhou, they must be in the neighboring states and can't run too far."
"Ok!"
Zhao Mu nodded in agreement. For mortals in the secular world, being able to cross a state is already the limit. After all, mortals have a limited lifespan, and a state often spans hundreds of thousands or even millions of miles. The border states are even larger.
Even with a dragon-scale horse, it would take years or even decades to cross the two states.
In the absence of pursuers, Zhao Mu did not think that his parents and relatives would continue on the run, but would have already found a safe place to settle down and live in seclusion.
.....
The outer gate of Xuantian Dao Sect, the punishment platform.
Although the sun had just risen in the east, there were already many people gathered around.
The outer sect disciples are basically all in the Body Tempering Realm, and have not left the realm of mortals at all. What's more, even the cultivators who have successfully broken through to the Transcendent Realm mostly still like to watch the fun and be spectators.
There was a woman kneeling on the punishment platform. She was quite pretty, but her appearance was rather miserable. Not only were her clothes disheveled, but her black hair was also messy, making her look like a mad woman.
"Zhao Yuanyuan!"
At a high point on the edge of the punishment platform, Zhao Mu looked down at the punishment platform and recognized the woman kneeling on the ground at a glance.
In terms of blood relationship, he and Zhao Yuanyuan are indeed very close. Their grandfathers are brothers from the same mother. Among the many side branches, Zhao Yuanyuan's branch is definitely the closest to the main line.
However, during the palace coup in Yuzhou City that night, the branch that Zhao Yuanyuan belonged to not only did not help the main branch, but instead stood on the opposite side.
So what if they were blood relatives? Zhao Mu wouldn't even blink an eye if there were one, let alone ten or a hundred people like this who died.
"There's no sign of Xu Shenghao!"
Wu Yao's golden eyes swept around the punishment platform, then she shook her head at Zhao Mu, showing a hint of disappointment.
"It seems that this bastard is more cautious than I thought!"
Zhao Mu smiled and shook his head, saying, "Forget it. There's no need to bother with this rat hiding in the shadows. Let's go about our own business. It's time for Xuantian Dao Sect to fulfill the opportunity of the Yin-Yang Treasure Mirror."
"Yin Yang Mirror?"
Wu Yao was stunned for a moment, frowning and reminding: "Xuan Tian Dao Zong agreed so readily, I'm afraid there is something fishy going on. Sister..."
"Of course I know it's a trick, so let's see whose tricks are more clever! Hehehe!"
Zhao Mu chuckled.
.......
An outer disciple under the punishment platform was informing Xu Shenghao of the news.
"Brother Xu, the people from Wudi City are here! But... they only stayed for a moment and then left immediately. What should we do next? Should we really execute this Zhao Yuanyuan?"
In a remote cave in the outer gate area, Xu Shenghao looked at the flashing communication stone, and a strange look flashed across his face.
"Gone? Is Zhao Mu so cold-blooded? Zhao Yuanyuan is his cousin, and he just watched her get beheaded?"
"No, he wouldn't think I'm just using Zhao Yuanyuan to force him to take action, and he doesn't dare to actually kill him, right?"
"Haha! Zhao Mu, you think I don't dare to kill you, right?"
"Okay, okay, then I'll kill him right away."