The tea cup is getting colder, the fog is gradually disappearing, and it is slanting westward.
In the main hall of the city lord's mansion, Bai Tuanzi, completely wrapped in a thick cloak, stood motionless outside the door, letting the cold wind blow.
It wasn't until a familiar figure appeared not far away that Hua Ruxue's frown relaxed, and a glimmer of hope flashed in her eyes.
"Bai Musheng." She could only place her hope in Bai Musheng. If she could confirm from him that the person taken away by the Tian family's guards was Ning Shuyan, she could come to ask for him openly.
Bai Musheng originally wanted to take on the airs of the young city lord. Every move should be neither hasty nor slow, giving people an inscrutable feeling. His expression should be calm at all times, and he should have a decent smile on his face to make people unpredictable.
Unfortunately, as soon as he saw Bai Tuanzi guarding the door, seeing Bai Tuanzi shivering in the cold wind, all the pomp and airs were forgotten.
Bai Musheng rubbed Hua Ruxue's head and said distressedly: "Xiaoxue, be good, let's go inside. It's cold outside."
After saying that, he snorted in disgust at Su Yi, expressing his dissatisfaction. He thought to himself: This man follows Xiaoxue's sister like a wooden stake day after day, and he doesn't even know he feels sorry for her. Sure enough, he still has to care for his own sister.
Hua Ruxue followed Bai Musheng back to the main hall obediently. If she hadn't asked for help, she would never have let Bai Musheng rub her head.
"Bai Musheng, I'm looking for someone. I need your help. If you have any conditions, please feel free to ask." Time was tight, and she didn't want to waste her limited time on irrelevant things. The sooner she acted, the better.
Bai Musheng is a shrewd person. He knows how to maximize the interests of himself and the City Lord's Mansion, and he does not stick to any means.
It's not wise to expose your intentions and weaknesses in front of him.
She was already prepared to be blackmailed by Bai Musheng. The most she could do was follow his wishes and stay in the City Lord's Mansion instead of going to the Sword Sect with Su Yi.
Or be squeezed severely.
In short, we should solve the immediate matter first and then find Ning Shuyan.
The rest will be settled later, she will never let herself suffer.
Bai Musheng squatted down in silence, looking intently at Bai Tuanzi, who looked extremely serious in front of him. He showed a bitter smile, as if he didn't understand why Bai Tuanzi showed such a desperate attitude in front of him.
Then he finally figured it out, smiled in relief, gently stroked Bai Tuanzi's head, and said a little aggrievedly: "Then you call me brother first."
"..." Hua Ruxue was immediately defeated, feeling that what she had just thought was already known to him.
She looked away, feeling guilty and not daring to look at him again. His bitter smile seemed to say: You are judging the heart of a gentleman with the heart of a villain.
"Brother." After only two breaths of hesitation, she called out obediently. It was just a title. If Bai Musheng was not satisfied, she could call him a few more times.
Bai Musheng seemed to know what Hua Ruxue was thinking, and couldn't help but feel a little regretful. The title he was thinking about was insignificant to her.
But he was already satisfied with hearing this "Brother".
He seemed to have been waiting for this call for a long time, just like Bai Xun was waiting for the purple vetch to bloom, longer than fourteen years.
He stood up and took out a black stone token. The back of the token was engraved with the word "Guanyun" painted in gold.
"Who are you looking for?" Bai Musheng asked. Seeing how anxious she was, he was curious about who the other party was.
Upon hearing the inquiry, Hua Ruxue was stunned for a moment. She was still waiting for Bai Musheng to make a request, but Bai Musheng directly asked who she was looking for. Is she about to start working?
She suppressed the confusion in her heart and said, "Dongyang Ning clan, Ning Shuyan."
Bai Musheng used his spiritual power to write the seven words "Ning Shuyan of Dongyang Ning Family" on the token. The gold-painted handwriting on the token lit up with white light. He used his spiritual consciousness to connect to the barrier in the inner city to check. Ning Shuyan came up The record of one pass was in March this year, out of the inner city.
"She is not in the inner city." Bai Musheng said.
"Not there?" Hua Ruxue asked hesitantly: "Will it leave a record as long as you pass through the barrier in the inner city? If you use a teleportation array or a teleportation rune..."
Bai Musheng knocked on her head
, signaling her not to make random guesses, "Do you think the gates of the inner city are just decorations?"
If you can enter the inner city by relying on teleportation arrays or teleportation runes, then what is the use of this barrier? Isn't it just a decoration to build a city gate and send people to guard it day and night?
"If you want to pass through the inner city barrier silently, you must have fairy runes." Su Yi said, fairy runes are not accessible to ordinary monks like them, so Ning Shuyan has not been to the inner city today. Z.br>
Bai Musheng responded with an affirmative look, "If there is an immortal who is not afraid of death and insists on coming to the lower world to observe Yun City, this barrier will naturally not be noticed."
"Really not here?" Hua Ruxue asked again without giving up.
Seeing that she still didn't believe it, Bai Musheng replied angrily: "Not here."
Knowing that Ning Shuyan had not entered the inner city, Hua Ruxue was relieved at first, and then became nervous again.
The outer city is a mixed bag of fish and dragons, covering an area of tens of thousands of hectares. Looking for someone in the outer city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Hua Ruxue stared at the token in Bai Musheng's hand, hoping that it had some other uses.
Bai Musheng shook the token in his hand. Hua Ruxue's eyes followed the token unconsciously. He chuckled and put the token back into his storage bag.
"Don't look at it. This token connects the inner city and the outer city. It's usually of little use. I can only see that your friend did not enter the inner city today, nor did he leave the outer city."
"We used tracking techniques to find Miss Ning's whereabouts and found that she disappeared in the alleys of the outer city. The guards guarding the city gate saw that the Tian family guard had brought a person similar to Miss Ning into the inner city. This was Tian Wei, the eldest young master of the Tian family. Mo Zeng had some issues with Miss Ning. Now it is confirmed that Miss Ning is still in the outer city, may I ask the Young City Master if there is any way to find her?"
Su Yi briefly explained what happened. The two of them were now at their wits' end and had nothing to do. As the young lord of Guanyun City, Bai Musheng is well-informed and may have other methods.
"Yes, yes, yes, is there any way you can help us find Sister Ning?" Hua Ruxue asked. She did not seek help from the Dongyang Ning clan. Firstly, it was because she was not familiar with the Dongyang Ning clan. Ning Shuyan has not been heard from since. If it lasts longer than three hours, they may not be interested.
What's more, if someone has a grudge against Ning Shuyan and interferes with her, it would be detrimental to her.
Secondly, this is Guanyun City, not Dongyang Ning Sect. Of course, finding people for this kind of work depends on people from Guanyun City.
Thirdly, Ning Shuyan has a special status. If something happens, there will be a dispute between Guanyun City and the Dongyang Ning family. They wanted to find the person before Dongyang Ning's people took action to ensure safety.
After listening to the two people's accounts, Bai Musheng reconnected with the inner city barrier and confirmed whether the person who entered the inner city with the Tian family guards was Ning Shuyan.
"The person who entered the inner city with the Tian family guards was not your friend."
As he spoke, Bai Musheng pretended to think seriously, and inadvertently glanced at Bai Yi, who was fighting to the side. He winked at Bai Yi and signaled Bai Yi to say something quickly.
Seeing that his master kept blinking, Bai shouted worriedly: "Master, you have an eye problem again! Just wait, I will call the city lord to help you treat it!"
Hua Ruxue suddenly heard Bai Yi mention her eye disease and thought it was Bai Yi giving her a hint. She quickly blocked Bai Yi's way and said to Bai Musheng: "What eye disease? I am a medical fairy! As long as you help me find Sister Ning, I will The medicine is guaranteed to cure the disease!"
Bai Musheng: "..."
"Young City Master, you may as well speak directly if you have something to say." Su Yi noticed Bai Musheng's little movements and understood that he had a way to find the person. He wanted to hint Bai Yi to give them some hints, but Bai Yi mistakenly thought it was an eye disease.
It seems that this is not the first time that the young city lord has been misunderstood by Bai Yi.
"That's right, if you have a hidden illness, you can just tell me. I still have medical ethics! I will keep it a secret for you!" Hua Ruxue stretched out her little hand and swore to the sky. She secretly looked at Bai Musheng and found that Bai Musheng today was better than the one at Sword Burial Gang. Day, seems a bit shorter...
Eighty percent of it is some kind of hidden disease.
Seeing that Bai Musheng's face turned red due to anger, Su Yi lowered his eyes and coughed twice, "The most important thing now is to find Miss Ning. If the young city lord has any request, it doesn't matter."
"Yes, it's better to treat the disease as early as possible. I'm a doctor, so don't feel embarrassed." Hua Ruxue said while making gestures to help.
Bai Musheng checked her pulse and thought: Is this bad thing trying to trick her again? If you have something to say, tell me quickly. What are you doing? It was useless to delay her from finding someone!
Bai Musheng subconsciously put his wrists behind his back and took three steps back to distance himself. He always hated taking his pulse, as it would arouse some not-so-good memories.
"Put that person's belongings on it, preferably those containing spiritual power and blood." Bai Musheng took out a compass and put it in his hand without embarrassing them.
"Thank you, Young City Master."
Su Yi took the compass. Although there was only one pointer and groove on the compass, which looked very simple, its function was far more than just finding people and things.
"It's useless for me to hold these pill prescriptions. After much deliberation, it's best to give them to you." Hua Ruxue handed the jade slip with the pill prescriptions to Bai Musheng as a thank you gift.
She would visit him in person to help him treat his illness in the future, thanking him for not taking the opportunity to embarrass them.
Bai Musheng accepted the jade slips and saw that the jade slips contained ten long-lost prescriptions for elixirs. He was immediately jealous. He held his heart and said aggrievedly: "It's important to find someone. I'm fine. You go quickly."
Hua Ruxue: "..."
When Bai Yi and the two of them left the city lord's mansion, the purple milkvetch that was still in full bloom in the backyard instantly shrank away from its purple-red flowers, leaving only a patch of green.
Bai Xun stared at the leaves in front of him for a moment, as if the flowers blooming just now were just his illusion.
The use of the compass requires a lot of spiritual power, and it cannot be used with the first level of Qi training, so Hua Ruxue can only watch from the sidelines.
Su Yi placed Ning Shuyan's token in the groove of the compass, and the pointer immediately pointed to the northwest.
The group was pleasantly surprised and started looking for the person according to the compass's guidance.
When the group of people reached the northwestmost part of Guanyun City, the pointer suddenly turned and pointed to the southeast again.
"Did Miss Ning move somewhere?" Lin Feng was a little surprised when he saw this.
"Sister Ning is moving?" Hua Ruxue glanced at the afterglow of the setting sun on the street, a trace of suspicion flashed in her eyes. Unknowingly, it was already dusk, and so much time had passed.
"Perhaps there are too many of us and our whereabouts have been exposed, so we will act separately." Su Yi and Hua Ruxue looked at each other and decided to act alone.
While talking, Hua Ruxue took out two ordinary compasses and threw them to Lin Feng and Feng Helan, asking them to disguise themselves and lead the others to move separately.
"Sister Ning lost her trace, and the guards guarding the city said that within that hour, they saw Tian Weimo's guards leading a person similar to Sister Ning into the inner city. Tian Weimo was narrow-minded, and had a close relationship with Sister Ning has formed a dispute. Is this some coincidence? "
"There is indeed a problem." Su Yi said.
"what is the problem?"
Su Yi knelt down and saw that the object in the groove of the compass had been replaced by Su Yi's jade pendant.
But the compass needle still pointed to the southeast.
Su Yi glanced around, as if nothing had happened, he took Hua Ruxue and walked to the southeast, saying through a message: "If someone is found, the pointer will rotate. But the pointer did not rotate. Instead, it Keep pointing southeast."
"It is impossible for Bai Musheng to tamper with the compass. The only people who have touched the compass along the way are Lin Feng, Feng Helan, He Yuan, Lin Xi, Lin Tian and Huang San."
The six people all said they wanted to contribute. In addition, using the compass consumes a lot of spiritual energy, so several people took turns inputting spiritual energy into the compass along the way.
"When I was in Yanmiao Village, before the consciousness of the senior disappeared, he told me that there was something wrong with the illusion and that it had been tampered with. Now that I think about it, maybe the senior didn't leave any entrance, and someone else left the entrance. .”
And that person was among these six people.
Hearing this, Su Yi no longer hesitated and took out the teleportation rune, and the two immediately arrived at Guanyun City near the southeast wall.
The pointer on the compass instantly changed and pointed to the north.
"This is stalling for time."
No matter how dull the two of them are, they still understand that this is a trap.
Among the six Lin Feng, some were helping to hide Ning Shuyan's traces.
