Chapter 402 Collusion The ice field blocked by dark clouds appeared again, and the towering icebergs standing out from the clouds reflected the starlight, glowing with a hazy brilliance. This area was transformed from the ice dragon that died earlier. The group was originally heading for a familiar place, and they landed on the highest ice peak. Shi Chun asked the others to step aside and only left Li Hongjiu. "This place is not too far from the exit." This is Shi Chun’s opening remarks. Li Hongjiu looked around and said with a bright smile, "I thought you would dare to run to the exit now." Shi Chun: "Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, if we calculate the time, the exit will be opened the day after tomorrow, right?" Li Hongjiu: "It shouldn't change. This is the longest safe time limit for detention that countless ancestors have concluded with their lives. If we delay for another day, the two ends of the inner and outer passages may lose contact. No one who has entered the Divine Fire Domain has survived until the next opening of the Divine Fire Domain." Shi Chun nodded, "Okay, then let's set this as a point." Li Hongjiu was puzzled, "What order?"

Shi Chun: "Find out the location where the murderer of your sect is. When you get to the exit, wait for a few people from your sect there, and then send them here." When he heard that the murderer was going to be exposed, the smile on Li Hongjiu's face faded and he asked, "Which sects are they from?" Shi Chun: "Tianlu Sect, Fengluo Sect, Lianling Fort, Qixing Island, when you see people from these four sects, you don't have to call them all over. Just call the sect with the most people." In fact, he was not quite sure how many survivors there were among the four factions. He didn't know whether there were any people from these four factions among the factions that had entangled him before. He thought that the possibility of all of them being destroyed was not high. Hearing that there were four sects that he had no impression of, Li Hongjiu was suspicious, "What are the situations of these sects? Why are they killing my Yanbao Sect disciples?" Shi Chun: "It is also possible that killing the disciples of Yanbao Sect is not the purpose, but to make you kill me. I offended the largest sect in Shengzhou, Jieyunshan, in Dongsheng Shenzhou. These four weapon refining sects are from Shengzhou. I got some secret information before entering the Divine Fire Domain. Jieyunshan instigated the people of these four sects to kill me. Some people spread rumors before, saying that I and the people in Shudao Mountain had found hundreds of sacred fires, which led to the entanglement among various factions. I realized at that time that someone was deliberately making trouble behind the scenes, and it must be targeting me. Of course, this is just my guess. They are just one of my suspects. I need to verify it next. The four sects are a group. If someone from one sect comes over, we can figure out the situation. Jiu Ge only needs to watch and know the truth. " Li Hongjiu thought and hesitated. Shi Chun waited for a while, and seeing that there was no reply, he asked in surprise, "Any questions?" Li Hongjiu shook his head slightly. "I was just thinking about how to get them here. After all, we are not from the same sect as them, and we didn't have much contact with them before." I thought it was something, Shi Chun said: "Brother Jiu, you are worrying too much, just find them directly, ask them to come over to help a little, and promise them a divine fire as a reward. As for what the small matter is, it's up to you. With your status as a disciple of a big sect, plus the temptation of the divine fire, as long as they have no guilty conscience, they will definitely come. I won't make it difficult for you. If they are sure that the murderer is not them, you can still give them the divine fire you promised. I have the divine fire ready for you." Li Hongjiu thought about it and it made sense. If they didn't have something to hide, there was no reason for the people from those four sects not to come. So he thought it was okay and there really wasn't a big problem, so he nodded and said, "Okay, got it." Then he pointed at each other and said, "Shall we separate now?" Shi Chun: "It's better to figure it out sooner and feel at ease sooner. It's better to leave more room for tolerance than to deal with it when the time comes. Of course, I suspect more than just those four sects. I'd like to trouble Brother Jiu to send another group of people over. You should know this group of people, Gong Shixi and Qianyan Sect." Li Hongjiu narrowed his eyes slightly. He had doubts about this group before, because they set out together with the disciple who got into trouble. His disciples got into trouble, but Gong Shixi and his group returned safely. It was hard for him not to be suspicious. At this point, Shi Chun asked back, "Does Jiuge also suspect him?" Li Hongjiu nodded slightly. Shi Chun asked again: "Does he know that you suspect him?"

Li Hongjiu: "Of course. The sects whose disciples had accidents all had doubts about him. They questioned him face to face, so he must have an idea in his mind." This is what Shi Chun wanted to hear, and he immediately gave a suggestion: "Then you can't use the method of the four sects in China. If you look for him, he will definitely be scared and may not come. Brother Jiu, you just need to let him know where I am by accident, and he will definitely come to investigate." Li Hongjiu understood what he meant. Anyone who followed various factions to harass Shi Chun must have ambitions to covet Shi Chun. It would be strange if he didn't come to verify Shi Chun's whereabouts after knowing it. However, he changed his mind and asked, "Then why do you doubt him? Do you mean that he gave Wu Shanshan to you?" "I didn't say that." Shi Chun waved his hands to deny. "Brother Jiu, I can't tell you who sent Wu Shanshan here before the murderer shows up, or else she will be wrongly accused to death. People are helping me out of good intentions, so I can't say anything. I am a man of integrity. Brother Jiu, the outcome will be clear soon, why are you in such a hurry?" Then he pointed in a direction and said, "There is an iron forest over there. I'll take you there to see the location and then lead Gong Shixi and his group over there. We can't let both groups gather here, or it will be difficult to deal with them." After barely convincing Li Hongjiu, he called the people from Mingshan Sect over and asked Chu Jingtang to take two people to lie in ambush here and make relevant preparations. After that, the group left the three behind and rushed all the way to the Iron Forest. After Li Hongjiu identified the location, the two sides officially separated. Before leaving, Li Hongjiu jokingly asked, "You're not going to run away after sending me away, are you?" Shi Chun asked back: "Brother Jiu, is that necessary? If you really want to run, I might as well let you die. I wouldn't have saved you when I could have killed you before." Li Hongjiu certainly understood this truth, but he just couldn't help but be wary of the guy in front of him. Facts have repeatedly proved that this guy is very cunning. He subconsciously guarded against him and pointed at his nose and said, "Brother, if you dare to play tricks on me, don't blame me for settling the score with you later." Shi Chun patted his chest and said, "I'd be fine with being cut into pieces." In order to reassure Li Hongjiu, he simply made a decision and took a group of people with Li Hongjiu to the exit. They changed their appearances along the way, some even wore masks. After arriving near the exit, Shi Chun and his group stopped. After making an appointment with Li Hongjiu to meet there, they watched Li Hongjiu leave. They could see the high mountain at the exit from afar. The Li Hong wine that suddenly appeared also landed directly at the peak of exports. His sudden arrival moved the elders of the ten sects, and they all stood up one after another. The small number of disciples who were staying nearby also stood up and looked around in surprise, including Gong Shixi and his group. Li Hongjiu noticed him while looking around, but he just glanced at him without showing any concentration. He turned to the elder of the sect and saluted, "Disciple greets the elder." The elder of Yanbao Sect also had the surname Li and his name was Qianqiu. After looking him up and down, he asked, "How is your injury?" As soon as he heard it, he knew that it was a fellow disciple who had returned. Li Hongjiu smiled bitterly and said, "Not bad." Then he looked back and asked, "Where are Guanghaoyou and the others?" Elder Li: "He has nothing to do anyway, so he asked them to continue looking for the divine fire. What's going on?" Li Hongjiu glanced at the other elders and said reservedly, "I dare not break the rules of the Divine Fire Covenant. I will report to the elders in detail after I leave. Now let me heal my wounds first." As he spoke, he glanced at the elder. Elder Li understood and nodded, then watched Li Hongjiu leave and go to a nearby place to sit cross-legged in meditation. "Alas." Elder Li sighed, not knowing why he was melancholy. He walked back and forth on the top of the mountain with his hands behind his back. When he walked to the edge of the mountain alone and paced, he scraped a piece of the ground with his foot. Li Hongjiu, who was sitting cross-legged with his back to the elders, also leveled a piece of ground in front of him, then raised his two fingers and chopped them in front of his chest. A swirling breeze suddenly appeared on his fingertips, and he dived into the empty night. Soon, the wind on the mountain began to blow and stop constantly, which was exciting but not heart-stirring.

The wind blew out lines of words on the dust on the ground under the feet of Elder Li Qianqiu, while Elder Li, who was secretly casting a spell under his feet, also kept drawing interrogative words on the ground in front of Li Hongjiu. In this silent and secret question and answer session, Li Hongjiu reported the relevant situation to Elder Li in detail, and asked the elder to make the final decision on whether to help Shi Chun and his group leave. Elder Li naturally wanted to keep the secret method of finding the sacred fire in the hands of Yanbao Sect, but now all the sects were keeping a close eye on Shi Chun and his gang, and it was almost impossible to get them out, which was very difficult. "It's difficult to take the cake in this matter alone. Let's find out the murderer who killed our disciples first. You should keep him calm while I think about it carefully." Seeing the words cast by Elder Li in front of him, Li Hongjiu smoothed them out with his fingers. He looked around at the few people from various sects around him, and he didn't know whether the people from the sects that Shi Chun mentioned had come. He had to find a way to explore slowly without attracting the attention of outsiders. After a brief thought, he stood up after a rest, first found Gong Shixi, and asked directly: "Have you seen where Guang Haoyou and the others are?" Gong Shixi smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Li, I really don't know. We were all scared at the lakeside. After we ran back, we hid here and didn't dare to leave. We only saw them come back once, and we don't know where they went next." Forget about not knowing. Li Hongjiu did not say a word to him. He went to find another sect. When they met, he bowed and said politely, "I don't know which sect or school you are from. Have you seen where my disciples of Yanbao Sect are?" The answer I got was similar to that from Gong Shixi. Li Hongjiu didn't mind the trouble and asked them one by one. The other elders on the mountain didn't know what he was doing and were a little suspicious. So one of the elders called people from other sects over and asked what Li Hongjiu was doing. They learned that he was inquiring about the whereabouts of Yanbao Sect's disciples. They didn't ask anything else and felt relieved. After all, he was the team leader and he had lost his own people. (End of this chapter)