Refuse to trample on the pride of heaven

Chapter 124 Puppet Master

"Our current generals are Yan Xunfeng, the young general of the Yan family, and Yan Buhuan, the general of the Yan family."

Liu Zhong's words explained a lot. It seemed that the general of the Yan family came from a military family, while General Yan did not have a family background.

Sending two generals to one army is meant to balance the power, indicating that there is now a sharp conflict between the imperial power and the military power in Dayong. This General Yan must be one of the royal family's own people sent by the royal family.

Lu Wensheng thought to himself - it is necessary to figure this out, unity is the power of unity...

The first person they saw was Yan Xunfeng, who was in the tent. When they came in, he seemed to be looking at a sign. After hearing the report from the people outside, he stuffed the thing back into his clothes.

Yan Xunfeng looks like the young general that one imagines, full of vigor and vitality.

He is dressed in armor and looks heroic, like a jade tree planted between black mountains and white water, exuding the brilliance of colored glaze all his life. His dark and bottomless eyes are like a pool of deep water, drowning people without a place to breathe.

Hearing the noise, he subconsciously glanced over sharply, but after seeing the appearance of the people in front of him clearly, he suddenly relaxed. In order not to appear to have any malicious intent, he stood up and saluted with his fists. As he moved, the armor on his body made a rubbing sound.

"Yan Xunfeng meets several immortal masters. You have come from far away. The army has prepared tents for you to rest, but the conditions are limited. I hope you can forgive me."

He was neither humble nor arrogant, and behaved properly, but if you paid attention, it was not difficult to sense that he didn't seem to be very interested in these "immortal masters" and just wanted to get rid of them.

"I heard that the Immortal Master is here?"

Before Lu Wensheng and the others could say anything, a middle-aged man who looked like a general hurried in without bringing any report.

He was wearing heavy armor, and his posture was upright. Time had left some wrinkles on his face, but his eyes were still sharp. His black hair was mixed with a few strands of silver, and was neatly tied under his helmet. His beard was neatly trimmed, and he looked capable and energetic.

He looked like a capable general, but his behavior was somewhat disrespectful to Yan Xunfeng, and his eyes were deep, giving the feeling that he was plotting something.

"My name is Yan Buhuan, and I am also a general in this army. I would like to meet you, the immortal masters!"

Compared to Yan Xunfeng's coldness, General Yan seemed much warmer. He did not hit someone who smiled at him. Lu Wensheng and others returned the greeting, which was considered a greeting.

Yan Xunfeng frowned and wanted to say something, but then he saw Yan Buhuan slap his head.

"Oh, look at my memory. I forgot to inform you and came in. I will go and receive the punishment in a moment. General Yan, please don't mind!"

He looked like a veteran who had been around for a long time, how could he make such a low-level mistake? It was obviously intentional, but Yan Xunfeng had said all the good things, and it was inappropriate for him to say anything at this time - as for accepting the punishment, even if the other party did not do it, Yan Xunfeng was still Yan Xunfeng's predecessor, and he was sent down by the higher-ups, so Yan Xunfeng could not say anything.

Tsk tsk tsk, there are so many gossips in the workplace, and it has started now? Yan Qingshu glanced at the old-fashioned Yan Buhuan and the stern Yan Xunfeng who pursed his lips, and felt that the officialdom of Dayong was more corrupt than she had imagined - it was such a late hour, and they were still fighting among themselves.

Liu Zhong looked at the silent confrontation between his two superiors and felt a little embarrassed. He said goodbye and took a few people to a rest area.

Coincidentally, Xun Ruo and the others were also there. They were outside the tent, surrounding several broken corpses.

"You guys are here?"

After seeing the horrifying "Jingguan", Lu Wensheng had already adapted well to seeing the body parts. He found that there were strange patterns on the body parts, black in color, like a coiled poisonous snake, and emitting a faint black mist.

"Is this a living puppet?" Liu Jiqian was knowledgeable and recognized it at a glance.

"Yes, but I haven't fought with the puppeteer yet. We found these living puppets in the city, and they are attached with evil spirits...

The method of making living puppets is cruel. Runes are carved on living people to transform them. In order to control the puppet body, the puppeteer will block the original soul of the puppet body to achieve the conditions for maintaining the physical body's activities. This kind of puppeteer who manipulates the soul is intolerable. We must find the puppeteer as soon as possible."

Xun Ruo said this with a serious expression.

"According to the traces, this puppeteer should be an elder of the Xuanyin Sect. He is very skilled in puppetry. He used to use corpses as puppets, but later found that living people were more suitable, so he began to refine living puppets. After being discovered, he took the initiative to become a demon. He is not a good person."

The Xuanyin Sect is considered an old-fashioned demon sect, and the sect is filled with a group of lawless and unethical demon cultivators.

Ji Yanli: "The puppeteer of Xuanyin Sect? But Qu Yanhui? The demon cultivator who has the quirk of keeping company with corpses?"

Xun Ruo nodded: "It is very likely that he is right."

Wait, Qu Yanhui? Have you heard this name somewhere before?

[Wen Sheng, he is Shi Yubai's capable subordinate after he became the Demon Lord! ]

Hearing the system prompt, Lu Wensheng frowned and asked the system to retrieve the original content about Qu Yanhui - it turned out that there was no reliable information. Qu Yanhui appeared after Shi Yubai became the Demon Lord.

Lu Wensheng: The plot has changed so much that even my own mother can’t recognize me, right?!

"Is he very powerful?" Lu Wensheng felt the urgency and wanted to know more.

Gu Jinzhi: "Well, I know this! He can be said to be the youngest and most promising person among the demon cultivators. Before he fell into demonism, he seemed to be in a sect that studied puppets. Later, he was found to have used his fellow disciples to refine puppets. He was suspected of killing his fellow disciples, and the sect hunted him down and issued a wanted order. You can look for it in the Jade Mirror. The relevant order at that time may still be there."

Ning Rongrong added weakly, "After he fell into evil, he became notorious. Many things were dug up. It was said that before he joined the sect, he was a coffin-born child in the mortal world. He was kept alive by the milk of a dead person. He was later found by a coroner and survived."

(PS: In fact, Qu Yanhui did not give birth to a child in a coffin. This is a word-of-mouth legend and has also been fabricated. The true situation will be described later.)

"The most urgent task is to find the living puppet, so as to prevent the puppeteer from plotting behind the scenes."

The one who was speaking was a direct disciple of Piaomiao Valley, a rare species of male cultivator in the valley. He was dressed in a moon-white robe with silver thread and dark floral patterns, which made his figure stand out like a cypress. He wore a jade crown to tie his hair up, with a faint smile between his brows. He was a gentle nobleman, carrying a guqin on his back. In addition to his appearance, his name was also very much like the male protagonist in a novel, Xiao Mo.

Fang Xiaoliang raised his hand and said: "Finding the demon cultivator is also my mission! I can help smell the scent!"

Yan Qingshu couldn't help but look at Fang Xiaoliang: Foxes are canines, she knew that.

Xun Ruo: "Then we will split up into two groups. Let Junior Brother Xiao and Fellow Daoist Fang lead the people to find the living puppets and remove the chess pieces they have planted. We will guard the Great Yong side first and check whether there are any formations they have set up on the battlefield."

No one had any objection.

In order to familiarize himself with the environment, Lu Wensheng went out for a walk and found that the deserted suburbs were full of human bones. Upon closer inspection, he saw dense and tiny tooth marks on the bones.