Humph, you traitor, you colluded with outsiders and murdered your own family! Do you admit to these crimes? "
Zhao Chongxiao's pupils shrank when he heard this, and the smile on his face froze instantly. He was extremely shocked and frightened.
In a family of immortal cultivators, colluding with outsiders to murder a relative is considered a heinous crime. For anyone guilty of this crime, being executed is a minor matter; the most terrifying thing is being unable to die.
"Second Grandpa, what are you talking about? I am confused." Zhao Chongxiao still had hope and pretended to be at a loss.
Seeing that the other party was still holding out hope, Zhao Sheng stepped forward and showed the evidence, asking, "Let me ask you, will this year's Qixia Festival fall on the first or fifteenth day of the seventh month? Why did you want the insect powder that left the shadowless insect on my shoulder?"
When Zhao Chongxiao heard this, the expression on his face suddenly fell.
He fell to his knees with a plop, and in the blink of an eye he burst into tears.
At the same time, he hugged Zhao Jinding's thighs and cried out in tears:
"Second Grandfather, I was forced into this! I didn't want to do this either! But they put a blood-corrupting insect in me. If I don't do what they tell me, the insect will attack, and I'll turn into a pool of rotten blood."
Zhao Jinding kicked him away and asked harshly, "Who are they? Why did they ask you to do this? Tell me everything you know!"
Zhao Chongxiao quickly got up and knelt again, his face filled with fear as he said, "I don't know who they are, I only know they are three people who call themselves the Three Immortals of Wushan.
Seven days ago, I was accidentally captured by them and was poisoned with the Corrupted Blood Gu. Then, they asked me to trick Chong He and Chong Wei out."
Having said that, he looked at the three of them eagerly.
Seeing this, Zhao Jinding urged in a sullen tone: "What else?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhao Chongxiao suddenly started knocking his head so hard that it started bleeding.
"I know I was wrong. I beg Grandpa and Uncle Qin to spare my life. I will never do it again!"
Zhao Chongxiao knew that if he didn't take the opportunity to beg for mercy, he would die in the end.
Zhao Jinding kicked him to the ground again and cursed: "Humph, you deserve to die!"
After seeing this, Zhao Sheng's eyes flashed, and he suddenly said, "Second Grandfather, Zhao Chongxiao was also helpless. Since he has admitted his mistakes and has not caused any serious consequences, why not spare his life?"
Zhao Keqin also advised: "Yes! Chongxiao doesn't want this to happen. The family is short of manpower right now, why not let him make amends for his crime!"
As he spoke, his tone turned stern, and he demanded, "Chongxiao, tell me the truth. What is their plan? If I ask you to lure them out, can you do it?"
Seeing the life-saving rope thrown down, there was no reason for Zhao Chongxiao not to grab it.
He was overjoyed and immediately told everything he knew. Finally, he expressed his willingness to use himself as bait to lure the other party into the trap.
After hearing what he said, Zhao Jinding's anger subsided a little. After discussing with Zhao Sheng and Zhao Chongxiao, they decided to lure the snake out of its hole and try to catch the other party in one fell swoop.
A day later, at noon.
Outside the Zhao family residence in Longli Lake, three green-scaled dragon horses, over ten feet tall and with smoke coming out of their hooves, were shaking their manes in the open space. Occasionally, they snorted loudly, and a green air rushed out of their nostrils.
The Green Scaled Dragon Horse is a common beast in the world of immortal cultivation, specially bred by the Beast Taming Sect. Legend has it that it has a trace of dragon blood in its veins, allowing it to travel a thousand miles a day and even gallop continuously for three days and three nights.
Next to the dragon horse, Zhao Jinding solemnly handed two pieces of blood-red soft armor to Zhao Sheng and Zhao Chongwei respectively.
Zhao Sheng took the soft armor and took a look. He saw that it was covered with fine red scales, and countless runes were flowing and disappearing on the scales.
He instantly exclaimed in surprise: "Spiritual weapon Red Scale Armor!"
"No, this is too precious!" Zhao Sheng quickly declined.
The Crimson Scale Armor is the Zhao family's most valuable treasure. It is made from the scales of 580 hundred-year-old red carp. Its defense is twice as strong as that of the same-level defensive spiritual weapon.
The Zhao family has been based in Longli Lake for nearly three hundred years, but has only accumulated four pieces of red-scale armor.
Two of them have been sold. The two pieces in Zhao Sheng and the others' hands were worn by the family's foundation-building ancestor, and the rest of the time they were kept in the family treasury and never shown to anyone.
Zhao Jinding pushed the red-scale armor back into Zhao Sheng's hands and said seriously, "Put it on! Are your lives worth less than a mere dead object?"
Zhao Sheng saw this and had no choice but to put on the red scale armor and cover it with his robe. Zhao Chongwei beside him followed suit.
When Zhao Chongxiao saw this scene, his eyes turned red with envy and jealousy.
At this moment, Zhao Jinding turned his head to look at him, and scolded him in an icy tone: "Be smart when the time comes! Even if you die, don't let these two get hurt. Otherwise, don't blame me for personally expelling your family from the clan."
"Yes, Second Grandpa, I understand."
When Zhao Chongxiao heard this, his body shook violently and he nodded repeatedly in agreement.
In the world of immortal cultivation, being expelled from one's clan is tantamount to treason, and is almost certain to result in death. This punishment is extremely cruel and merciless.
Before leaving, Zhao Jinding took out a second-level Dragon Trapping Talisman from his storage bag and handed it to Zhao Sheng, instructing him, "Chonghe, when you see the enemy, don't hesitate and throw the Dragon Trapping Talisman. We will follow behind secretly. Just delay them for a while, and we will arrive soon. Do you understand?"
"I heard you! I'll be careful."
Zhao Sheng nodded seriously, then jumped on his horse.
drive!
Later, with the sound of a whip, three green-scaled dragon horses suddenly raised their hooves and stepped on the smoke and clouds. Their majestic bodies instantly leaped into the air, and then galloped along the straight road towards the horizon, stepping on the smoke.
"Let's go too!"
After watching the three people go away, Zhao Jinding took out a two-meter-long wooden kite made of light wood from his storage bag.
At the same time, Zhao Keqin, Zhao Jinge and other four people in the late stage of Qi training also took out the same magical weapon, the wooden kite.
The Zhao family was really angry about this matter. Not only did they send out five people in the late stage of Qi Refining at once, but each of them was equipped with a second-level true talisman.
You should know that even the lowest-grade second-level True Talisman is as powerful as a full-strength attack from a cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment. Each one costs at least several hundred Spirit Stones.
Two breaths later, the light wooden kite, piloted by five people, soared into the sky.
Soon, the wooden kites turned into black dots and disappeared into the clouds.
On the other side, Zhao Sheng and the other two rode on green-scaled dragon horses and galloped towards Qixia Peak.
Zhao Chongxiao had no idea what the Wushan Three Immortals were planning. He was only ordered to take Zhao Sheng and the other two to Qixia Peak.
As for whether the Three Immortals of Wushan would choose to strike midway or at Qixia Peak, Zhao Chongxiao was not sure.
Therefore, when the three of them were riding their horses, they had to pay attention to their surroundings at all times.
It's really tiring to keep the mind tense like this!
Three hours later, when the sun was setting in the sky, Zhao Sheng and his two companions had not encountered any accidents along the way and arrived at Qixia Mountain very smoothly.