Chapter 486 Murder

Cai Longshen never expected that a situation destined for defeat could have a chance to turn around.

He had already planned to leave, but with the mindset of taking one last look at the ending, he quietly lurked over and happened to see Yuanshi Tianzun single-handedly killing the enemies of the evil faction.

Cai Longshen was both shocked and bewildered, not understanding what had happened, so he patiently observed. When he saw Yuanshi Tianzun take out the Source of Life Elixir to save Huang Taiji and the others, he finally confirmed that the situation had reversed.

Now that the Lawful faction had won, there was naturally no need to teleport away, and his appearance at this time was for the ultimate secret of the Five Elements Chaos.

With Cai Longshen's knowledge and experience, it was not difficult to see that this instance was extremely valuable.

If the Five Elements secret techniques were brought out of the instance, it would definitely cause a huge uproar in the entire Five Elements Alliance. This was a tremendous achievement, and how could he miss it?

Zhang Yuanqing's gaze swept over Xiao Yuan, looking at the approaching young man, he sneered:

"There are still some alive? What kind of bug is this?"

He originally said it out of genuine emotion and surprise, but the words that came out of his mouth turned into mockery.

Hearing the word "bug," Cai Longshen frowned slightly. He raised his chin slightly and introduced himself:

"Cai Longshen. My grandfather is Elder Cai from headquarters."

He needed to establish his position first, to pave the way for the distribution of spoils later.

The grandson of a headquarters elder? Zhang Yuanqing tilted his head and thought about it, but he hadn't heard of Elder Cai. But that wasn't Elder Cai's problem, it was his.

He had never paid attention to the IDs of the ten elders at headquarters, only knowing that the five great elders of the five major gangs were among them. The only one whose name he knew was Huang Taiji's grandfather, Grand Elder Di Hong of headquarters.

"Yuanshi Tianzun, you did well." Cai Longshen nodded slightly, like a well-connected and privileged young man, praising the grassroots talents in the organization, saying:

"You've made a great contribution. When we return to the Lingjing, I will truthfully report it in the instance report, and let headquarters reward you handsomely."

He further aimed to gain the initiative and leadership with his status.

Zhang Yuanqing tilted his head, and curled the corner of his lips, "I hate the way you talk. You should be glad that I am in a good mental state right now. Go stand aside."

Cai Longshen's expression slightly froze.

After seeing Cai Longshen, Xiao Yuan immediately raised her eyebrows, her eyes cold and stern.

Princess Yinyao’s head hanging on her waist shook, seemingly wanting to say something through the small horn...

But Huang Taiji was one step ahead of them, and said in a deep voice:

"Besides Cai Longshen, Jiang Ju is also in the instance, but he was seriously injured and should still be recuperating. Yuanshi Tianzun, didn't you say you wanted to enter the tomb palace?"

The arrogant and uninhibited Yuanshi Tianzun grunted, ignored Cai Longshen, and walked straight towards the tomb palace.

Xiao Yuan and Princess Yinyao, one above and one below, simultaneously looked at Huang Taiji, feeling dissatisfied with his behavior of covering up for Cai Longshen.

But soon, Xiao Yuan understood Huang Taiji's good intentions.

Yuanshi Tianzun had a history of killing colleagues, and he was in an unstable mental state right now, a bit neurotic. If he knew what Cai Longshen had done, it would be hard to guarantee that Cai Longshen could survive.

And with Cai Longshen's status and position, if he died in the Lingjing, the official headquarters would definitely check the instance report to find out the cause of his death.

The headquarters would investigate the death of any noble second or third generation.

Dying at the hands of an evil profession was naturally understandable, but if he was killed by Yuanshi Tianzun, who was also an official, the situation would be serious.

On the other hand, Cai Longshen's behavior of not saving others in distress could not be severely punished by the headquarters. Cowardice, selfishness, and fear of war were human nature. In the instance, no one had to be responsible for anyone else's life.

Xiao Yuan didn't care about Cai Longshen's life or death, but she cared about Yuanshi Tianzun's future. Taking a deep breath, she walked towards the tomb palace.

Zhang Yuanqing stopped at the entrance of the tomb palace, raised his hand and pressed his brow, suppressing the frantic emotions, then turned back and said:

"Yinyao, take care of your future companions."

Princess Yinyao immediately stopped, collected the corpses of the two Mist Lords, tied them together, and borrowed a dagger from Xiao Yuan to prepare to dissect the Snake Woman.

The scales, snake skin, venom glands, etc. of the Snake Woman were all excellent materials.

For example, the venom glands could be used to refine a Yin corpse that was good at attacking with toxicity.

Looking at the busy Princess Yinyao in the distance, Huang Taiji glanced at Cai Longshen, his tone rarely cold:

"You shouldn't have come."

"Shouldn't have come to steal your treasures?" Cai Longshen's eyebrows and eyes were gloomy, with a smile on his lips:

"Since the Lawful faction won, as a member of the Lawful faction, why can't I come over?

"Don't blame me either. That's how instances are, life and death are determined by fate. When the situation is bad, self-preservation is the first choice. Even Grand Elder Di Hong can't say anything about me."

Huang Taiji frowned and said, "He swallowed Murong Long's soul, and his current state is very unstable."

"I can see that. What, want to scare me with him?" Cai Longshen said with a smile that was not a smile.

Yuanshi Tianzun's state was indeed not quite right, but he was not yet irrational. As long as he had reason, he would not offend the grandson of a headquarters elder like him.

Huang Taiji turned and left, and said faintly:

"Don't talk nonsense, and don't do unnecessary things."

This was his last warning.

At the entrance of the tomb palace, Xiao Yuan said softly:

"That Cai Longshen seems to have a way to get out of the Lingjing."

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly put his arm around Xiao Yuan's waist, his smile was so charming and unruly, and said: "Don't be afraid, I have a way to get you out of the Lingjing."

Xiao Yuan frowned and quickly pushed him away, and said in a low voice:

"You are a Night Wanderer, the power of the Five Elements does not belong to you, it is inside your body, I am afraid there will be problems."

Zhang Yuanqing suddenly sighed affectionately:

"Xiao Yuan, although I have a girlfriend, your contribution to me today has deeply moved me. I don't mind having another girlfriend. When we get out of the Lingjing, we'll go to bed."

...Xiao Yuan's mouth twitched for a long time, and finally took a deep breath, deciding not to talk to the psychopath.

There must be something wrong with Yuanshi's condition, but she was helpless.

Soon, Princess Yinyao dissected and took out the valuable materials from the Snake Woman.

Under Zhang Yuanqing's leadership, the four people bent down and drilled into the tomb palace, went down the narrow steps, and arrived at the tomb chamber a few minutes later.

Murong Long's tomb chamber was a brick chamber imitating a wooden building structure, divided into front and rear chambers. The front chamber was flat and rectangular, and the tomb roof was a corbelled roof. There were murals on the east and west walls.

There was a passage in the middle, nine meters long, connecting the front and rear chambers. Two *zi棂windows were built on each of the two walls, and there was a chronology inscription "Murong Fu, first year of Jingde" on the lower part of the east wall.

The group found the stele erected for him by Murong Fu's descendants in the center of the passage.

The stele was engraved with Murong Fu's deeds.

Huang Taiji quickly read the deeds in the stele and frowned:

"He went north when he was young, traveled in the Central Plains, and obtained a lucky encounter, and practiced the Five Elements secret techniques... It's strange. I have experienced many Song Dynasty instances and seen countless strategies.

"Immortal sects were everywhere in the Song Dynasty, but even those immortal sects don't seem to have anything to do with the Five Elements secret techniques. Murong Fu came from a humble background, but he was so special in that era."

Zhang Yuanqing raised his finger and pressed his "thumping" painful brow, and chuckled a few times:

"Naturally special, because he is the only inheritor of the Five Elements."

Princess Yinyao bit her small horn and showed a look of thought, "I have never heard my master mention that there was a Five Elements technique in the Song Dynasty."

"That old hag likes to stay at home to cultivate, and she is only obsessed with the Golden Crow secret technique and flattery, she knows nothing." Zhang Yuanqing's tone was full of disdainful sneers.

Princess Yinyao only hated that the small horn did not have a recording function.

Xiao Yuan asked in a low voice:

"What do you know?"

Everyone knew that he had devoured Murong Long's soul and obtained information, but they tacitly did not mention it, actively ignored his abnormality, and deliberately did not mention the mental contamination, so as not to stimulate Yuanshi Tianzun.

Just like carefully not stimulating a mental patient.

Zhang Yuanqing said:

"When Murong Fu was young, he was fond of meddling in other people's business, offended people in the pugilistic world, and was hunted down as a result. He fled into the depths of the mountains and forests, and accidentally entered a mountain cave. The mountain cave was left by a reclusive expert, and there was a Five Elements secret book, several treasures, and the withered bones of the expert who had died there.

"Murong Fu found a Yin-Yang two-colored divine pill in the withered bones. He learned through the secret book that swallowing this divine pill could quickly get started with the Five Elements secret techniques.

"So he took the divine pill and practiced hard in the cave for three years, and the Five Elements secret techniques became a success. Only then did he leave the cave and roam the pugilistic world."

Xiao Yuan nodded, and Huang Taiji said:

"This is what you... learned from Murong Long?"

"No," Zhang Yuanqing showed a treacherous smile:

"Murong Fu told me that, Murong Fu is Murong Long. Murong Long sneaked into his ancestor's tomb and stole the Five Elements secret book. He found a divine pill in the bones of his ancestor.

"It was by swallowing this divine pill that he cultivated the Five Elements secret techniques. But there are aftereffects to swallowing the divine pill. Murong Fu's will has awakened in his body, so Murong Long was possessed by a demon."

Hearing this, Huang Taiji and others' expressions changed slightly, "Then Murong Fu back then..."

"Yes!" Zhang Yuanqing's expression was exaggerated, like telling a ghost story to scare people, "The reclusive expert also revived in Murong Fu's sea of consciousness back then. The Five Elements transform into each other, endless life, that's what it means."

"But Murong Fu was very lucky. When he left the cave back then, he was possessed by a demon. He killed innocent people indiscriminately in the pugilistic world, and was subdued by a wandering Taoist. The Taoist was proficient in Night Wanderer magic, and eliminated the will of the reclusive expert for him.

"In order not to let his descendants repeat his mistakes, Murong Fu laid down the rule that they must not practice the Five Elements secret techniques."

In this dim tomb palace, everyone looked at Yuanshi Tianzun's treacherous smile, and felt a chill in their hearts.

Cai Longshen's heart moved. If he practiced the Five Elements secret techniques, wouldn't it be equal to another kind of longevity?

Walking through the passage, they came to the back chamber.

The back chamber was hexagonal, with a pagoda-shaped truncated six-lobed caisson ceiling. There were painted colors on the imitation wooden buildings, and there were also colored murals on the four walls.

An opened stone coffin was displayed on the central base, with a skeleton lying in the coffin, and six items.

A long sword with a rotten scabbard; a brass bell; a fiery red gourd; a black long ribbon embroidered with gold thread; a bamboo basket.

Finally, there was a bronze metal plate, but with five colors, engraved with the three characters "Bu Liang Ren" (lit. "Bad People," an official detective force in ancient China).

Cai Longshen's eyes lit up when he looked at the props in the coffin.

He came to the right place.

If he had been hiding in Jian Pavilion and had not come to the cemetery to check, even if he successfully completed the task and cleared the instance, the score would be very low and he would not get a big reward.

As a reward for the winning faction, the quality of the props in the coffin was definitely not low.

But what made him most excited was the five-colored bronze plate, all five colors were available, which was by no means ordinary.

Huang Taiji searched for a while and said in disappointment:

"There is no Five Elements secret technique..."

Everyone was very disappointed. Obviously, the Lingjing did not want this kind of secret technique to be obtained by the Lingjing Xingzhe.

The legendary secret technique did not appear in the rewards.

Cai Longshen quickly adjusted his mentality, coughed, and said loudly:

"We can distribute the props. There are six things here, plus Jiang Ju outside, exactly six people."

He knew very well that when it came to picking spoils, the early bird catches the worm. With his status and position, as long as he was fast enough, even if others were dissatisfied with taking what he wanted, they would not pester him to death.

So he did not hesitate to grab the Bu Liang Ren bronze plate and said, "I choose this one..."

"Poof!"

Water splashed.

Cai Longshen looked in astonishment at the water splashing from his wrist. Then, the water re-condensed into a wrist.

He stared incredulously at Yuanshi Tianzun: "You... dare to chop off my hand?"

Yes, his wrist had just been chopped off, thus triggering the passive of the Water Ghost.

It was Yuanshi Tianzun who did it.

Zhang Yuanqing's mouth cracked open little by little, his expression was slightly neurotic, like the Joker in Gotham in a movie, "Who gave you the courage to touch my spoils?"

Cai Longshen was furious:

"Who gave you the courage to attack me? Whether it's in an instance or outside, attacking official colleagues is a capital crime. Yuanshi Tianzun, have you forgotten who I am?"

Even if you are a genius, what does that little status mean compared to the grandson of a headquarters elder?

In the entire Five Elements Alliance, there are only a handful of young people who are qualified to be on an equal footing with him.

The divine light in Zhang Yuanqing's eyes became more and more dangerous, and the arc of the corners of his mouth became larger and larger. Suddenly, he rubbed his face hard and muttered:

"Calm down, calm down, impulsiveness is the devil!"

He ignored Cai Longshen and picked up the "Bu Liang Ren" bronze plate.

Huang Taiji stared at Cai Longshen with a serious and sharp gaze, and shook his head slightly.

Cai Longshen snorted, but his eyes became more and more gloomy.

A few seconds later, the item attribute information appeared in Zhang Yuanqing's eyes:

【Name: Bu Liang Ren Waist Tag】

【Type: Ornament】

【Function: Key】

【Introduction: An early waist tag of a supreme being. It has followed him for many years, immersed in the power of the Five Elements, and obtained a certain divinity. Holding the waist tag, you can meet that great existence.】

【Note: The prerequisite for using the key is to find the keyhole.】

This waist tag was what Zhang Yuanqing saw in Murong Long's memory, an interesting thing.

It was brought out by Murong Fu from that mountain cave, and according to Murong Fu's memory, the hermit was from the end of the Tang Dynasty. It was by holding this waist tag that he met a great existence, and thus obtained the Five Elements secret techniques.

This thing was likely the key to obtaining the Five Elements secret techniques.

At this time, Huang Taiji said:

"Cai Longshen, do you have a teleportation prop?

"Now that the instance has been explored, after the spoils are divided, give that prop to her and let her leave the Lingjing."

The main mission of the instance was to eliminate the practitioners of the opposing faction, otherwise the mission would never be completed.

They would never be able to return.

Cai Longshen looked at the five-colored bronze plate in Yuanshi Tianzun's hand, a look of displeasure flashed in his eyes, and said:

"Teleportation props are priceless, why should I give it to a Psychic? Of course, she can buy it."

Huang Taiji frowned, "How much do you want?"

Cai Longshen did not look at him, but swept over Xiao Yuan and Yuanshi Tianzun, "I want three props in the coffin, and you have to give me the bronze plate in your hand."

Huang Taiji said in a deep voice: "You better think again."

Zhang Yuanqing didn't even look at Young Master Cai, and said to Xiao Yuan:

"I have a teleportation jade talisman to send you away. Choose three props in the coffin as compensation for the level drop. After returning, I will give you some more Source of Life Elixir and cash."

Yuanshi also has teleportation props? Cai Longshen was stunned for a moment, then his face changed slightly, so the capital he had to drive up the price did not exist.

Zhang Yuanqing looked at Huang Taiji again, his smile frivolous, "Godfather, you can take one."

Huang Taiji couldn't tell for a moment whether this Godfather was a joke or a mockery, thinking that Yuanshi Tianzun was already a psychopath, there was no need to argue with him.

So he nodded.

Zhang Yuanqing said to Princess Yinyao again: "You take one too."

He didn't leave anything for himself, the princess's props were equal to his props, if necessary, Xiao Yuan's props could also be his props.

There were too many top-quality props in the item bar. Instead of hoarding them all himself, it was better to distribute them and give each companion one.

Just like this instance, if the princess had a few props on her body, if Little Red Riding Hood was worn on the head of the Blood Rose, the Lawful faction would not be so thrilling.

Cai Longshen's face completely darkened. He could hear that Yuanshi Tianzun didn't intend to give him props. Was this going against him?

You say you won't give it and you won't give it?

Cai Longshen grew up in the official system, and was not afraid of fighting the most. He sneered in his heart, grabbed the bell, bamboo basket, and gourd, and put them into the item bar.

"You..."

Huang Taiji's face changed drastically. He immediately looked at Yuanshi Tianzun, only to see that the veins on Zhang Yuanqing's face were protruding one by one, and the madness and violence in his eyes were rapidly spreading.

Bad... Huang Taiji's heart sank, and he said in a deep voice:

"Cai Longshen, take out the props, now!"

"Take it out?" Cai Longshen sneered: "Why should I take out my spoils? Huang Taiji, if you don't agree, you can complain to the headquarters after you get out of the instance."

What he said was Huang Taiji, but it was actually said to Yuanshi Tianzun.

He was hinting at his identity.

Zhang Yuanqing turned around slowly, staring at Cai Longshen, and curled the corners of his mouth: "Take another look at what you took?"

Cai Longshen was stunned, and subconsciously looked at the coffin, only to see that the five props were lying neatly beside the skeleton.

What did I take just now?

Cai Longshen hurriedly opened the item bar, only to find that he had not taken anything.

He was hallucinating.

"Yuanshi Tianzun, are you sure you want to go against me?" Cai Longshen was furious.

Zhang Yuanqing cracked his mouth: "Sorry, I can't help it, Young Master Cai, I'll send you back to the Lingjing today."

He raised his right hand, and the black and white Qi in his palm danced and turned into a rolling vortex, covering this prominent Young Master Cai.

Cai Longshen quickly experienced the despair and fear of Huang Taiji and the other three just now. His body was fixed by the vortex, and his source of spiritual power was flowing away.

In just three or four seconds, he felt the threat of death.

"Yuanshi Tianzun, are you, are you sure what you are doing..." Cai Longshen's eyes widened, still not believing, "You better clear up your muddled head."

"My grandfather is a headquarters elder, if you dare to kill me, no one can protect you."

"Let him come!" Zhang Yuanqing said coldly.

The vortex suddenly intensified, and the divine light in Cai Longshen's eyes quickly dimmed.

"No, no, don't kill me, I beg you..." He finally realized that his identity was useless.

The identity that had been invincible since childhood was useless.

Yuanshi Tianzun really wanted to kill him.

A strong fear surged into his heart, and he tried to open his mouth to beg for mercy, but the plea in his mouth gradually became inaudible...

"Don't kill me, don't..."

The sound disappeared completely, and he became a pale corpse.

Zhang Yuanqing seemed to have taken a tonic, and his face was rosy.

Huang Taiji sighed heavily, the thing he was most worried about still happened.

Yuanshi Tianzun killed Cai Longshen, no matter how the mission report was written, the headquarters would repeatedly confirm it.

When he got out of the Lingjing, he had to make a phone call with Fu Qingyang to see how to suppress this matter.

"Killed him, very good!" Princess Yinyao commented.

Zhang Yuanqing let go of his hand and threw the corpse aside. Then, he took out a jade box, took out a jade talisman from it, and said:

"Choose three props and leave the instance."

Xiao Yuan looked at the corpse on the ground, hesitant to speak, and finally silently took the jade talisman, and picked the bell, sword, and bamboo basket from the coffin.

Under Zhang Yuanqing's gaze, Huang Taiji chose the black long ribbon, and Princess Yinyao chose the fiery red gourd.

Xiao Yuan lowered her head, stared at the jade talisman, read the item information, and mastered the use of this prop. She raised her eyelids and said:

"I'll go back first, you better find a way to solve your mental problems."

"Crack!" Squeezed the jade talisman.

The next moment, she disappeared from everyone's sight.

As soon as Xiao Yuan left, the Lawful practitioners received a Lingjing prompt:

【Ding! Congratulations on completing the multi-person Lingjing mission - Five Elements Chaos, No. 028, difficulty level A, rewards are being settled.】