bookcurios Chapter 26 Continuous twists and turns
Chapter 26 Continuous twists and turns
The person Gao Xingchen thought of was Coach Zheng. This old coach had been in the Tianxing Sect for decades and his understanding of the sect was unmatched. Perhaps he knew some secrets about the forbidden area.
When the two found Master Zheng, he was instructing his disciples to practice martial arts in the martial arts arena. Gao Xingchen explained his purpose and took out the jade pendant. Master Zheng carefully examined the jade pendant, and a hint of surprise flashed in his cloudy eyes.
"This jade pendant... I seem to have seen it somewhere..." Coach Zheng pondered for a moment and said slowly, "Let me think about it, let me think about it..."
Gao Xingchen and Nan Li waited patiently, not daring to disturb Master Zheng's thoughts. After a long time, Master Zheng suddenly raised his head, with a gleam in his eyes: "I remember! This jade pendant was a personal item of the previous master!"
"The previous leader?" Gao Xingchen's heartbeat suddenly quickened. "Then do you know what the relationship is between this jade pendant and the forbidden area?"
Coach Zheng shook his head and said, "I don't know about this. However, I remember that the headmaster once said that this jade pendant is related to the survival of Tianxing Sect, so it must be kept well."
Gao Xingchen was even more certain that this jade pendant was inextricably linked to his life experience and the secrets of Tianxing Sect. After thanking Coach Zheng, he left the martial arts arena with Nan Li and began to investigate clues about the forbidden area.
However, their every move was seen by Lin Feng in the dark. Lin Feng secretly cultivated a lot of confidants, who were spread all over the corners of the sect to pass on information for him. After learning that Gao Xingchen was investigating the forbidden area, Lin Feng was secretly happy, and he knew that his chance had come.
Lin Feng began to use his influence in the sect to secretly sabotage Gao Xingchen's investigation. He spread rumors to mislead Gao Xingchen's judgment; he bribed the sect disciples to make trouble for Gao Xingchen; he also secretly destroyed the clues to make Gao Xingchen confused.
Gao Xingchen and Nan Li's investigation was extremely difficult. They were in danger many times but could not find a breakthrough.
"Xingchen, this is not a solution." Nanli said worriedly, "Lin Feng is full of tricks, we can't let him lead us by the nose."
Gao Xingchen also understood this logic, but he had no idea what to do now and could only take one step at a time.
"Let's go back to our residence first and discuss it carefully," said Gao Xingchen.
When the two returned to their residence, they found that the room had been moved. Gao Xingchen's heart trembled, and he immediately realized that they had fallen into Lin Feng's trap.
"Be careful!" Gao Xingchen grabbed Nan Li and protected her behind him.
As soon as he finished speaking, the mechanism in the room was activated, and countless hidden arrows shot from all directions. Gao Xingchen waved his sword and blocked the hidden arrows one by one, but the number of hidden arrows was too large, and the two gradually fell into disadvantage.
At this moment, the ground in the middle of the room suddenly collapsed. Gao Xingchen and Nan Li were unable to dodge and both fell down...
The two men fell heavily into a dark secret room. There was silence all around them, with only a faint light coming from the torches on the wall, illuminating the cold stone walls around them.
"It seems we have fallen into a trap." Nanli dusted himself off and said calmly.
Gao Xingchen nodded, his face solemn. He knew that this secret room must be a trap carefully set by Lin Feng, and what awaited them would be an even more dangerous challenge...
The air in the secret room was dull and humid. Gao Xingchen groped the wall, trying to find an exit. Suddenly, he felt something engraved on the wall. He leaned closer to the firelight and took a closer look. He found it was an ancient star map.
"This secret room should be quite old." Nan Li's voice sounded behind him, "The markings on the star map are somewhat similar to the Qingyun Sect's skills."
Gao Xingchen's heart moved. Could this secret room be related to the history of Tianxingmen? He carefully studied the star map, trying to find clues to escape.
At this moment, a sound of fighting suddenly came from outside the secret room. Gao Xingchen and Nan Li looked at each other, and a glimmer of hope rose in their hearts.
"Someone is coming, let's go out and take a look." Gao Xingchen said in a low voice.
They worked together to push open the stone door of the secret room, but the scene before them surprised them.
Coach Zheng fell to the ground covered in blood, dying, while Lin Feng stood beside him with a sinister smile on his face.
"Coach Zheng!" Gao Xingchen hurriedly stepped forward to help Coach Zheng up and asked anxiously, "What happened?"
Coach Zheng coughed weakly a few times and said intermittently: "I...I found out that Lin Feng was secretly monitoring you, so...so I came here to inform you, but I didn't expect..."
"Old man, you are still meddling in other people's business." Lin Feng sneered, "But don't worry, Gao Xingchen will be down to accompany you soon."
"Lin Feng, why did you do this?" Gao Xingchen asked angrily, "Have you forgotten that you are also a disciple of the sect?"
"Disciple?" Lin Feng laughed as if he had heard a joke. "Those old pedantic guys don't understand the true meaning of strength! Only I can lead the sect to glory!"
"You're crazy!" Gao Xingchen roared, "For your own ambition, you actually want to destroy the entire Qingyun Sect!"
"The victors take the cake, and history is written by the victors." Lin Feng said coldly, "When I control the entire star field, who will remember you losers?"
Gao Xingchen then realized that Lin Feng’s goal was not only to take revenge on the sect, he wanted to use the sect’s resources to control the entire star field!
"Don't even think about succeeding!" Gao Xingchen drew out his sword and pointed it at Lin Feng, "I will never let you succeed!"
"Just you?" Lin Feng sneered disdainfully, "You don't know your own limitations!"
A great battle was about to break out, but at this moment, the walls of the secret room suddenly began to shake violently, rocks kept falling from above, and the entire secret room seemed like it would collapse at any time.
"Oh no, this place is going to collapse!" Nan Li exclaimed, "Let's go!"
Gao Xingchen also knew that now was not the time to fight, so he picked up Coach Zheng and rushed out of the secret room with Nan Li.
Lin Feng looked at their fleeing figures, a sinister light flashed in his eyes, but he did not chase them, but turned and walked into the depths of the secret room, where there seemed to be a bigger secret hidden... The sound of the secret room collapsing was deafening, Gao Xingchen carried Coach Zheng on his back, and ran wildly in the narrow passage with Nan Li. After escaping, they found Xuanfeng, settled Coach Zheng, and began to discuss the next countermeasures.
"Lin Feng's strength is unfathomable. We must stop him as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous." Xuan Feng's face was solemn, with a hint of anxiety in his tone.
"I plan to use Lin Feng's plan and do the opposite." Gao Xingchen's eyes flashed with a gleam of light, "He wants to use the resources of the sect to control the star field, we want to make him empty-handed."
"Do you have a specific plan?" Nan Li asked.
"I have found a secret base within the sect, where precious techniques and weapons accumulated over generations are stored." Gao Xingchen paused and continued, "I plan to use the same trick to lure Lin Feng to the secret base, then set a trap there and catch him in one fell swoop."
"This plan sounds good, but it's also very risky." Xuan Feng said worriedly, "Lin Feng is not so easy to deal with. We must be fully prepared."
"Don't worry, I have already contacted our allies from other sects, and they will send people to support us." Gao Xingchen said confidently, "As long as we work together, we will be able to take down Lin Feng in one fell swoop!"
In the next few days, Gao Xingchen and others began to prepare intensively. They recruited disciples from their sect to form a team to resist Lin Feng, and trained day and night to improve their strength.
However, just before Gao Xingchen was about to implement his plan, an unexpected visitor disrupted their originally peaceful life.
As night fell, Gao Xingchen was meditating alone in his room. Suddenly, a strong aura enveloped the entire room. He opened his eyes suddenly and saw Lin Feng appear in front of him with a playful smile on his face.
"How did you find this place?" Gao Xingchen was shocked and asked vigilantly.
"What? You don't welcome me?" Lin Feng chuckled, with a hint of sarcasm in his tone, "I came here to tell you a secret, a secret about your life experience."
Gao Xingchen frowned, and a bad feeling rose in his heart, "What do you want to say?"
"Do you know? You are actually a descendant of the founder of Qingyun Sect." Lin Feng's voice was low and hoarse, "But because of a misunderstanding, you were regarded as the descendant of a traitor by the sect and have been discriminated against and suppressed."
Gao Xingchen was struck by lightning, and he froze in place, his mind blank. He had always thought that he had just traveled through time and space to become an ordinary orphan, but he had never expected that the original owner of this body had such a complicated life experience.
"Impossible! You are lying to me!" Gao Xingchen shook his head in disbelief. He was unwilling to believe what Lin Feng said.
"You know whether I lied to you or not." Lin Feng smiled coldly, turned around and left, leaving only one sentence echoing in the room, "Enjoy your last moments, Gao Xingchen."
Gao Xingchen sat in the chair blankly, Lin Feng's words kept echoing in his mind, and his heart was full of confusion and despair. He didn't know who to trust, nor did he know where to go.