"Dead?" Yang Zhen raised her eyebrows: "How did you die?"
"He was bitten to death by a monster in the wild." Liang Xingsong's expression gradually calmed down, and his voice became less stuttering.
"When did this happen?"
"About twenty days ago."
"Why don't you report it to the county office?"
"Reported. However, at that time, the old head of the museum resigned and Qian Kun acted as director. He did not have the power to appoint the disciples stationed in the village. Therefore, he found a junior in the clan to act as temporary agent." Liang Xingsong explained.
"Oh, that's it." Yang Zhen waved her hand: "I don't blame you for this, sit down."
Liang Xingsong sat down. After just a few words of conversation, he found that his back was already wet.
The talks continued.
At the end, Yang Zhen announced that he would investigate the twelve towns one by one.
"I have chosen your Liangjia Town as the first stop," the young man said with a smile: "I heard that Liangjia Town is the richest among the twelve towns in Wushui County. I want to fight with you, but I don't want to be petty! Don’t worry, I won’t run out of food for you!”
Everyone laughed.
Finally, every resident disciple who attended the meeting received a high-grade Qi Restoration Pill and several talismans as souvenirs, which was another unexpected surprise for them.
…
Early the next morning, a flying boat sailed toward the southwest.
There were three people on the flying boat, Yang Zhen, Liang Xingling, and a young man named Heitu Liuqiu.
This person is twenty-two years old and is at the third level of Qi training. The reason why Yang Zhen brought him along was because she planned to appoint a new disciple to be stationed in Liangjia Town, and she specifically asked the leader of the Black Earth Clan to recommend him.
Generally speaking, if the cultivation resources can be guaranteed, not many people in the clan are willing to become the disciples stationed in the village. The fact that the leader of the Black Earth Clan can select a monk from his own clan is also a form of support for Yang Zhen.
More than two hours later, Feizhou arrived in Liangjia Town.
Liang Yuanxiong had returned two days ago. After receiving the news, he personally greeted the group outside the town and took the group to the clan to entertain them.
Yang Zhen knew that this was an unavoidable process when going to the countryside for inspection, so she did not refuse and went to the banquet happily.
The Liang family showed unusual importance to their new owner. Not only the clan leader showed up, but also other important figures in the clan.
"This is the second elder of the Yi clan, his Taoist name is Daoquan."
"This is the third elder of the Yi clan, with a Taoist name of Chongjun."
Liang Yuanxiong pointed at two middle-aged people who looked to be in their thirties or forties and introduced them one by one. The two people did not dare to neglect and saluted Yang Zhen respectfully.
Yang Zhen also quickly returned the gift. He did his homework before coming and found out that one of these two people was named Liang Daoquan. He had a fifth-level cultivation level and was about 160 years old this year.
The other person is Liang Chongjun, who is on the second level of the foundation building and is ninety years old this year.
There are four foundation-building monks in the Liang family, namely the clan leader and the top three elders. Three of them have already appeared here.
"The Great Elder Yuanying has been in retreat for the past few days and has not been able to greet the owner of the hall. Please forgive me."
Liang Yuanxiong continued. This great elder's name is Liang Yuanying. He has a seventh-level cultivation base and is two hundred years old this year.
Yang Zhen said a few polite words.
Next came some Qi-training monks. Although these people are not highly cultivated, they still hold important positions in the Liang family. Yang Zhen greeted them one by one.
The last one is very young. Before Liang Yuanxiong could speak, he only heard this man laugh and say: "Senior Brother Yang, I have always admired you very much! I still remember how Senior Brother Yang passed through seven levels in the sect selection competition back then, and I was so impressed that I was so impressed! "
After saying that, he bowed deeply, his face full of admiration.
Yang Zhen was a little surprised, then Liang Yuanxiong smiled and said: "This is my incompetent little grandson, named Liang Xingyun. Seven years ago, as a schoolboy in my Wushan County, he went to the sect to participate in the selection test. It's just that he was not good at academics and was on the list. nameless!"
"After he came back, he kept telling me that there was a schoolboy in the selection competition who, with the bravery of a young man and fought bloody battles, managed to pass the seventh level of the Nine-Nine Formation and ranked first in the competition. Let him win again. It’s admiration, but also shame.”
"I taught him a lesson at that time. In our practice, we are fighting against the will of heaven, so we have to be ruthless and face difficulties. I also told him that he should learn from that young man if he had the opportunity."
"I didn't expect that the young talents who were selected in the sect's apprentice selection competition are now only twenty years old, and they are already at the eighth level of Qi training, and are disciples of the sect's inner sect. Now, they have become hundreds of monks in our Wushui County. The owner!"
As soon as Patriarch Liang said these words, the whole audience burst into laughter. They all cheered and praised Yang Zhen loudly, making him feel a little embarrassed.
There is no need to go into details about the process of the banquet. The man named Liang Xingyun came over to toast Yang Zhen and chatted for a few more words.
This person has the same qualifications as Zhao Lian and has three spiritual roots, but his luck is much better than the latter. Although he failed to enter the sect, when he was in the middle stage of Qi training, his family spent spiritual stones and entrusted someone to let him advance in the Black Wind Valley. Therefore, his current cultivation level has reached the sixth level of Qi training, which is not much behind the sect's three spiritual root disciples.
"Grandpa is looking for someone. Once the contact is established, I will go to the sect again and attack the late stage of Qi training." Liang Xingyun laughed.
"Then I wish junior brother in advance a successful journey to immortality." Yang Zhen also responded with a smile.
The Liang family all look the same. Regardless of whether they are men or women, they all have long legs and are very tall. Although their cheekbones are somewhat prominent, they appear to be facing sharply. But for young people like Liang Xingyun and Liang Xingling, it adds a bit of heroic spirit.
This is especially true when they are friendly and laughing.
…
After the banquet, Yang Zhen started the inspection as planned. Liang Xingyun and Yang Zhen had a good chat, and they clamored to go together. However, their grandfather glared at them, and they immediately became silent and did not dare to say anything more.
The last person accompanying Yang Zhen and Heitu Liuqiu was Liang Xingling.
This woman was carefully dressed, with a plain white hat on her head, with a circle of light yellow tassels hanging from it, which obscured her face and made her figure even more graceful, adding a bit of temptation.
Obviously she also understands that her appearance is somewhat unsatisfactory, and by dressing up like this, she is taking great pains to make the best of her strengths and avoid her weaknesses.
Yang Zhen knew the intention of doing this, but she just pretended not to know.
In fact, according to his original intention, he wanted to investigate alone, but he also knew that this was difficult to do.
Liangjia Town covers an area of 200,000 square kilometers, occupying a small half of the southwest part of Wushui County. The population is relatively small, only 120,000, of which Liangjia Town has more than 30,000 people, which is equivalent to the population of the county.
There are one hundred and twenty-three monks, including about eighty from the Liang family, and the others are casual monks who come from other places to operate and live in Fangshi.
According to the practice of Xu State, if foreign monks register and pay taxes locally, they will be counted and managed according to the local monks.
Different from other towns in Wushui County, because Liangjia Town is close to the Million Mountains, there are monks from other places every ten days, most of them are casual cultivators, who go to the mountains to capture monsters or explore other spiritual herbs and materials.
There were more people coming and going, so a small market was opened in this town.
The first stop of Yang Zhen's inspection was Fang City, Liangjia Town.
The city is not big, with only one street less than a mile long. Most of the houses on both sides are single-storey or double-storey wooden houses. The ground floor is a shop, with wooden signs and cloth curtains hanging outside. There are not too many pedestrians on the road, and many of them are dressed as casual cultivators, with faces covered in dust.
Gu You and Yang Zhen strolled to the first shop at the street entrance. The store is three stories high, luxuriously decorated and covers a large area. There are three characters "Kangsheng Pavilion" written in the middle of the store.
The shop assistant was receiving customers. When he saw Yang Zhen coming in, he looked at her carefully. Although she was a stranger, seeing Yang Zhen's extraordinary demeanor, she didn't dare to treat her lightly. Then she looked at the woman wearing a bamboo hat behind her, with a look of surprise in her eyes, and she had obviously recognized the latter's identity.
"Miss Fourth." The waiter saluted respectfully.
Liang Xingling frowned, waved her hands and said, "You are busy with your business."
She said that, how could the waiter dare to do this, so he immediately went to the back room and called the shopkeeper out.
The shopkeeper is a fat man in his forties with a round face. Seeing the behavior of the fourth lady of the host family, he immediately guessed that the identity of the young man in front of him was not simple. He hurriedly came over, carefully greeted him, and then accompanied him personally.
Yang Zhen originally just wanted to take a look, but the other party was so enthusiastic, which made him quite uncomfortable.
This shop opened by the Liang family is really full of things, including elixirs, talismans, magic weapons, array disks, etc., but the grades are not high, they are basically first grade, and occasionally there are some second grade ones. Most of them are inferior.
Yang Zhen looked very interested. She asked about the price of each item. Then she compared it with Yunzhou and Yunyafang City in her memory. She found that the goods here were basically 20% more expensive, and some were even 100% more expensive. times.
The reason, he soon figured out, was that this place was the last place to enter the million-dollar mountain. If casual cultivators want to replenish supplies, there is no other place to choose from except here. It’s no wonder that things are rare and valuable.
Soon, he spotted something familiar.
"How to sell the best rejuvenation pill?" Yang Zhen asked as she picked up a bottle of pill on the counter.
Although he had always just asked but not bought, the shopkeeper did not dare to be dissatisfied at all. He thought for a while and said: "One four spirit stones, one bottle costs three hundred and fifty spirit stones."
Yang Zhen put down the elixir expressionlessly.
Due to the subtle differences in refining habits of each alchemy master, the elixirs that appear to be exactly the same in the eyes of outsiders, in the eyes of the alchemy master, are like fingerprints on the hand, and their appearance will be different.
Yang Zhen could tell at a glance that the elixir in the bottle was made by herself.
It's just that the price...
A bottle of 100 pills for rejuvenation. Ordinary ones, that is, a bottle of mid-grade Qi Restoration Pill costs thirty spirit stones, a top-grade one costs one hundred spirit stones, and a top-grade Qi Restoration Pill costs about three hundred spirit stones.
Yang Zhen delivered it to Tiezhu for sale in the county. Each bottle cost only 250 spirit stones, and the retail price was three spirit stones per bottle.
Na Caisi said that all the Qi-Reviving Pills had been bought up by the Liang family, but it turned out that they were continued to be sold here!
However, this is also the way people do business, and he has no intention of pursuing it.
"In the future, I have to tell Caisi to change the maximum number of ten pills per person per time to the maximum ten pills per person per day to avoid being robbed by one family." He thought to himself.
At this moment, I heard a voice behind me shout:
"You, the shopkeeper, are obviously talking nonsense. When I bought it yesterday, you told me that it costs six spiritual stones to buy one piece alone and five hundred spiritual stones for the whole bottle. Why is there such a big price difference now!"
Yang Zhen turned around and saw that the person speaking was a handsome young man who looked to be in his twenties and had reached the seventh level of Qi training.
There was a woman next to him, dressed in purple, her face covered with the kind of black cloth that could shield her spiritual consciousness from prying eyes. Only her pretty eyes were exposed, and she looked familiar.
Yang Zhen did not see these two people when they entered the store, and they should have entered after him.
"Little brother," the woman dissuaded, "don't be too troublesome."
As soon as she spoke, Yang Zhen finally remembered who she was.
Chen Ru!
In the secret realm of Langshan, one of the casual cultivators who participated in the plot to seize the treasures of the cave was also the only one who survived.
I didn't expect to meet an acquaintance in such a remote place like a border county!
The world is not that big!
The woman felt someone was observing her and looked over. When she saw Yang Zhen's face, her beautiful eyebrows trembled slightly and she quickly regained her composure.
"This..." The shopkeeper secretly hated the young man's meddlesomeness. Seeing Yang Zhen looking at him without blinking, obviously waiting for his reply, he could only falter:
"Maybe the clerk remembered it wrong yesterday. How much did your Majesty buy yesterday? Our store will refund the difference."
"Really?" The young man was overjoyed when he heard this. Regardless of Chen Ru's pull, he quickly took out five pills from the storage bag and said proudly: "There are five pills in total. You need to give me ten spiritual stones back!"
The shopkeeper was filled with hatred, but he still had to count out ten spiritual stones with a smile on his face and hand them over to the young man.
When his eyes turned to Chen Ru beside the young man, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Let's go!" Chen Ru didn't want to stay any longer and hurriedly left with the young man.
When she was about to walk out of the store, her steps suddenly stopped, she paused for a moment, and then continued walking.
…
outside the store
"Senior sister, do you know the young man who asked about the Qi Restoration Pill?" the young man asked.
Although he was a little careless, he was really interested in the beautiful senior sister next to him, and he noticed something was wrong with her expression at that time.
"Yes," Chen Ru did not deny, "I met him four years ago. At that time, he was only at the fourth level of Qi training."
"Fourth level of Qi training?" The young man said with a smile: "Then he must have received a lot of care from his senior sister back then, right?"
Chen Ru rolled her eyes at him, but she didn't know what the junior brother was thinking, as if she was afraid that someone would come to rob her.
"Take care of him?" She sneered: "Back then, three ninth-level qi-training sieges failed to capture him."
"As for now," she said in a daze, "I'm afraid our leader may not be his opponent even if he takes action."
"How is that possible!" The young man was obviously unconvinced: "Senior Brother Zhang is at the third level of foundation building, can't he still be able to deal with him at the eighth level of Qi training?"
Chen Ru remained silent.
The young man thought she was angry, so he chatted with her for a while, and then couldn't help but ask:
"He sent a message to you, what's the matter?"
"Ask me to meet in the evening." Chen Ru made no secret.
"If he is really as powerful as you say, let's, let's leave here and never see him again!" the young man suggested.
"No!" Chen Ru said firmly: "That's why I want to see him. Maybe he can help with the whereabouts of Junior Brother Huang and others!"
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