“Long time no see, Hall Master Li!” Someone said with a smile as they slowly emerged from behind the lamplight.

When I saw that person, I couldn't help but pause slightly: "Jiang Junci?"

Jiang Junci smiled and said, "Hall Master Li didn't expect it to be me, did you?"

I shook my head slightly: "I thought the person waiting for me here would be Jun Jixue, but I didn't expect it to be you, Jiang Junci."

Jiang Junci laughed: "I said that I would definitely find an opportunity to compete with Hall Master Li. Just to clear my sect's name. However, it's really a bit difficult to find Hall Master Li for a contest, so I accepted the employment of the Wenchen faction and made a move against you."

I nodded slightly and said, "No wonder Cang Tianji came after you left. From the moment you declared war on me, our contest began, right?"

"Hall Master Li is indeed worthy of his reputation!" Jiang Junci gave a thumbs up: "According to the rules of the martial world, after I declare war, I can fight with you at any time and in any way. I wonder what Hall Master Li thinks?"

I laughed: "That's right, what you did is within the rules. If I can't beat you, it's because I'm not skilled enough. However, I want to ask a question, was Cang Tianji hired by you?"

"No!" Jiang Junci shook his head: "The status of a Tianming Shi (Heaven's Decree Master) is detached. Unless the other party takes the initiative to submit, the employer can only ask him to tell fortunes, and cannot ask him to do anything else. The appearance of Cang Tianji was just an accident, but her appearance made my plan more realistic."

Jiang Junci said: "The feud between you and my junior sister Tian Dan started with Xie Sanbao, so naturally I have to get it back from Xie Sanbao. Therefore, my layout has always been on Xie Sanbao."

"I know that Hall Master Li is a person who keeps his promises. Since you promised Xie Sanbao that you would take action one more time, you will definitely fulfill your promise. It's only a matter of time before you look for Xie Sanbao."

"What I want to do is set up a trap and wait for you to take on Xie Sanbao's business."

"If there was no Cang Tianji, I would have to wait a while longer. Now that they are here, the battle between us has begun."

I asked in return: "Are the legends of Maozi Mountain and Jiufen Gou true or false?"

"They are all true!" Jiang Junci said: "My master told me that the tricks of deception in the martial world can be divided into three types."

"The lowest level of deception is to deceive people with lies, and you have to keep using other lies to cover up this lie. If you are not careful, you will be exposed. Therefore, deceiving with lies is the lowest level."

"The middle level of deception is half-truth and half-lie. I think I don't need to explain this, right?"

"The highest level of deception is to deceive people with truth, with real things. Because no matter how the other party investigates, what they find are real things. By the time he discovers the falsehood behind the truth, it will be too late."

Jiang Junci paused and said: "The legend of that family is true, and the story of Maozi Mountain and Jiufen Gou is also true. The bandit Yizhen Feng (Gust of Wind), Xue Li Hong (Red in Snow), does exist. There was nothing wrong with Xue Li Hong sending the corpse home."

"Because real things are the most reasonable, that's why you walked step by step in front of me."

I said calmly: "Then what about Jun Jixue?"

Jiang Junci said: "Jun Jixue is also my chess piece."

"I said, this duel is being led by me, so every step is within my calculations."

"You know that the Wenchen faction suppressed all the secret orders, so you will think that the Wenchen faction will definitely take action against you. The appearance of Jun Jixue is just to give you a target. If you focus on Jun Jixue, you will use your usual thinking to consider all the problems."

"Jun Jixue is a person who only uses yang mou (open plots), not yin mou (schemes). What you are least afraid of is yang mou, so I only need to let Jun Jixue shake in front of you to achieve my goal."

"Wang Peng's five-way Juesha (Absolute Kill) scheme made you relax your vigilance against the Wenchen faction. You think that Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) can take on the five-way killing moves, so you no longer care about the arrangements of the Wenchen faction."

"You found Hei Bai Wuchang (Black and White Impermanence) to suppress the City God and slapped the Red-Clothed Civil Official in the face, which made you further put down your guard against the Wenchen faction and concentrate on finding a way to enter the land of ghosts and gods. You drilled into my trap step by step."

"At the same time, after Hei Bai Wuchang appeared once, they will not appear a second time. It is also equivalent to knocking out your biggest reliance. So, this time, it is just a duel between our two sides."

"Not bad!" I nodded slightly and said, "I have another question. If you didn't set up a layout here, would I be able to enter Erlin Town?"

"Yes!" Jiang Junci said affirmatively: "I have already said that I am deceiving you with real things. The way to open the passage to Erlin Town is the female corpses in those nine coffins."

"However, it is not enough to just bury the coffins to open the passage. You also need to use some other methods."

Jiang Junci spread his hands and said, "I didn't plan to enter Erlin Town, I just wanted to lure you over. So, I haven't studied the specific methods, and I can't give you a correct answer."

I asked again: "Will your so-called five-way Juesha (Absolute Kill) be launched?"

"Yes!" Jiang Junci said: "The five groups of people I personally arranged are ten times stronger than Jiang Wuyou's calculations. Your Liangjie Tang (Two Realms Hall) really needs to be careful!"

Jiang Junci seemed a little impatient when he said this: "Does Hall Master Li have anything else to ask?"