In the box, there are twelve jade boxes neatly stacked. In each box, there is a black stone that is faintly glowing with fluorescence.
Yang Zhen was too familiar with this thing.
Kong Ming Stone!
The twelve Kongming Stones are all about the size of a fist, and they are all middle-grade Kongming Stones.
If Qin Wan's bidding price for a single spiritual stone of 40,000 was used that year, there would be a full 500,000 spiritual stones here.
Why did the Liang family buy so many Kongming stones?
Yang Zhen was confused.
But with a sweep of his hand, the entire box was thrown into the bluestone space.
Immediately afterwards, his hands kept moving, and everything in the secret room, whether useful or not, was swept into the space one by one.
Originally, he didn't plan to touch the things here to avoid letting the other party know. But after seeing these Kongming stones, he changed his mind.
He and the Liang family are already at odds with each other. These Kong Ming Stones worth hundreds of thousands, no matter what the other party uses them for, they cannot keep them.
Now that one thing has been taken away, the other things should be taken away as well, since they can no longer be concealed.
He will hand them over to the sect after the Liang family is convicted.
Soon, the secret room was cleared, not even the two shelves were spared.
Although he was a little disappointed because he found no evidence of any crime against the Liang family, the hundreds of thousands of spiritual stones were gone, which was enough for the Liang family to drink a pot.
Yang Zhen left the house and took out the flying sword.
At this time, it was time to consider running away, otherwise Liang Yuanxiong or the great elder he had never met before would come back and take advantage of the home court, and he would definitely not be able to gain favor.
The flying sword flew towards the back mountain. In a secret place, the young man changed his clothes and appearance, and then Shi Shiran went to the town.
He planned to contact Chen Ru and ask if there was any progress in the search. He promised to help, but he has been too busy to pay attention to this stall.
The sound transmission stone did not respond, which meant that the other party was not in town.
Yang Zhen thought for a while and handed out a piece of paper kite left by Chen Ru.
Two quarters of an hour later, he received a reply.
When I opened it, I saw a woman's somewhat confusing handwriting on the paper kite, with only four words:
"West of Zangshui Village."
Four words?
A piece of paper kite, which can send messages thousands of miles away, requires at least three spirit stones. If spread out, it is about the size of a palm, and can contain at least dozens of words.
So you only wrote these four words?
Could it be that she was in a hurry to find someone and didn't have time?
You can leave a voice message, and you can still explain things more clearly.
Unless Chen Ru was inconvenient at the time and even wrote it secretly behind someone else's back.
What's going on?
The more Yang Zhen thought about it, the more she felt that things were a little weird.
On the other hand, he had the impression that Zangshui Village was one of the six villages under the jurisdiction of Liangjia Town. It is about four hundred miles northeast of the town and is the village closest to the Million Mountains.
There is already the edge of the mountain, and a few miles further to the west is the vast forest.
His heart moved, and a map of Liangjia Town appeared in his hand, which he had just obtained from the shelf in the secret room.
This map was more detailed than the map of Liangjia Town kept by the county museum. Based on a rough impression, Yang Zhen quickly found the location of Mashui Village.
He moved his finger slowly on the map, continuing west from the forest. About thirty miles away, a mark caught his attention.
Monkey King Cave Spirit Mine!
Spirit mine? The young man thought for a moment and remembered that the Liang family had indeed bid for the mining rights of a spiritual mine through the county government, which seemed to be at this location.
Could it be that this spiritual mine is where Chen Ru and others are going?
Could it be that Zhou Po's sister and others were kidnapped by the Liang family to mine spiritual minerals?
With the character of the Liang family, this is really possible!
Suddenly, Yang Zhen thought of something.
Kong Ming Stone!
Could it be that those twelve Kongming Stones were not bought, but were mined privately by the Liang family and prepared to sell them!
The Kongming Stone Mine is often not too far away from the Spirit Mine. The Liang family may have discovered a Kongming Stone Mine nearby!
If so, a lot of things seem to make sense.
Loose cultivators who disappeared for no reason, resident disciples who were killed, twelve neat middle-grade Kongming stones...
The young man's heart was beating fast, and he intuitively felt that he had touched the biggest secret of the Liang family.
These families really don't know how to live or die. The Zhu family is like this, and the Liang family is like this.
Thinking of this, he couldn't sit still anymore and decided to go and investigate in person.
…
The time when Yang Zhen was preparing to go to Zangshui Village was about two o'clock in the morning.
Let's turn the time back an hour ago.
At that time, Liangjiabao was opening its door to welcome Yang Zhen, the "distinguished guest".
As for Zangshui Village, two outsiders also came.
These two people were dressed in ordinary clothes, had ordinary looks, and were at the eighth or ninth level of Qi training. They were also very ordinary at the edge of this mountain.
One of them looked older, about forty years old, and his figure was half a head taller than the one next to him who was in his thirties.
After the two people entered the village, they paid a deposit and asked for a room at the only inn in the village.
Because it is close to the mountains and monks often come and go, the conditions of this country inn are not bad. The house is very large, it's a suite, and the bedding inside is also very neat.
The two people had been traveling all the way, but had no intention of resting. They just tidied up the room a little before going to the upper room next door.
There, there were already five people waiting for them.
After entering the house, the short one instantly put on a soundproof barrier, and then the two of them looked at everyone calmly.
Among the five people, the leader was a young man in his thirties with thick eyebrows and a straight nose. He cupped his hands in front of the two of them with a very respectful attitude:
"Disciple Zhang Qianfan, I have met the protector brother and the hall master brother!"
The tall, older man known as the Dharma Protector said "hmm" through his nose. The short hall master's eyes were wandering around, and his eyes lingered on the masked woman behind him for a long time.
Zhang Qianfan straightened up and began to introduce the four people behind him.
The first is a handsome young man.
Grain cake
"This is Junior Brother Zhou Pozhou. His sister is one of the three disciples who disappeared here last year."
"Oh? The disciple who can sense my sister's location is you, right?" the older man asked.
"Replying to the protector brother, you are exactly the disciple." Zhou Po responded quickly.
"What kind of exercises do you and your sister practice?"
"This..." Zhou Po hesitated. In the world of cultivating immortals, it is considered rude to inquire about other people's skills at will, especially when meeting someone for the first time.
"Huh?" The older man raised his thick eyebrows, and a faint foundation-building coercion enveloped him.
Zhou Po suppressed his dissatisfaction and replied in a muffled voice: "It's called [Yin Yang Lingxi Jue]."
"Yin and Yang are in harmony? Haha!" The short man sneered: "It sounds like a dual cultivation method. Could it be the one between you and your sister?"
He didn't say any more, but the obscene smile on his face was undisguised.
Zhou Po's face suddenly turned red, a trace of anger flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly: "We are not dual cultivators! My sister and I are innocent! Master, please don't slander anyone!"
"Hey, I haven't poked you yet, and you are so angry. You can't be a little husband, are you!" The short man was also a little annoyed, and his words were even more unbearable.
Zhou Po was furious, clenching his hands and trembling slightly. If it weren't for the huge difference in cultivation, he would almost take action.
"Okay, let's get down to business." The tall man waved his hand and said, "Tell me about your technique. How did you sense your sister, and why did it take you so long to locate her at this location."
"Yes!" Zhou Po responded, glared at the short man bitterly, and then said:
"My disciple and my sister-in-law are twin brothers and sisters. Therefore, after we practice this technique, as long as one of us runs this technique, we can sense the other's existence."
"The reason why it took more than ten days is that my brother and sister's cultivation is low, and the disciple believes that my sister-in-law probably spends most of her time not above the ground, but underground!"
"Lingshi mine!" The tall man interrupted.
"That's right, Lingshi Mine!" Zhou Po gritted his teeth and said: "When we found this Zangshui Village, we heard from the villagers that there was a Lingshi Mine in the mountains and forests to the west. Combined with the disciple's occasional induction at this time, the disciple I boldly conclude that my sister-in-law is probably in the spirit stone mine!"
"Can you confirm the specific location of the Lingshi Mine?"
"Yes, but it will take time. If my brother and sister are relatively close, I can sense it even if my sister-in-law is hundreds of feet underground!"
"After sensing it, can you find the entrance to the spirit stone mine?" the tall man asked, breathing a little faster.
"Yes!" Zhou Po said loudly: "This is the wonderful thing about my technique. As long as it senses the other party, the most convenient path will automatically appear between the two parties. In this way, it must be the one who enters the spirit stone mine. aisle!"
"Good!" The tall man clasped his hands and was overjoyed. He looked at each other and saw pure greed in the other's eyes!
In Xu State, except for the very large ones, most of the spirit stone mines are mined by the sects to various families, and they collect a fixed share every year.
As a result, these spiritual mines mined by various families have become fat in the eyes of casual cultivators.
However, most spiritual mines are hundreds or even thousands of feet deep underground. If you can't find the entrance to the cave, even if you know there is a spiritual mine here, you can only call Naihe.
Of course, even if you find the entrance to the cave, the family will set up various obstacles along the way, such as mechanisms, traps, formations, etc., to make it difficult for you to walk around.
However, compared to finding a hidden cave entrance in the vast mountains, dealing with these obstacles is much easier.
Moreover, what level of institutional obstacles can the Liang family, a small cultivator family with only four foundation members, create?
Thinking of this, the two men, tall and short, couldn't help but feel complacent and full of confidence in the plan.
The cultivation level of the leader of the Rogue Cultivator Alliance is unknown, but the protector is usually in the late stage of foundation building, and the hall leader is in the middle stage of foundation building. Of course, the hall leader here represents a title, which does not mean that your subordinates are in charge of a hall.
In fact, since the Casual Cultivator Alliance is a loose alliance of various casual cultivators, some so-called hall leaders may not have a single person under their command, while some Qi training disciples may have dozens or hundreds of people under their command.
Finally, in the early stage of foundation building, they were called deacons, so they now have a team of seven, including one protector on the ninth floor of foundation building, one hall master on the sixth floor of foundation building, and one deacon (Zhang Qianfan) on the third floor of foundation building. There are also four elite disciples who are in the late stage of Qi training, and their strength is definitely not weak.
As for the Monkey King Cave Spirit Mine, according to the information they collected, it is likely that there is only one foundation builder, the elder of the Liang family who often stays in seclusion, guarding it.
With just one protector, they are very sure to kill the opponent in a surprise attack, and with two foundation-building helpers, they can boast boldly:
The advantage is mine!
And what's the result? The Liang family’s spiritual stone mine has an annual output of fifty thousand spiritual stones!
Even if most of the spiritual stones are transported away, it doesn't matter, because there is something more important in the mine -
A magic circle for mining spiritual stones.
This is exclusively manufactured by the Yunxiao Sect. Its core components and materials are in the hands of the sect, making it extremely difficult to imitate. Moreover, ordinary family cultivators do not dare to imitate them at will, otherwise they will bring about the disaster of annihilation.
But if you steal a magic circle and secretly find a place to mine spiritual minerals, the concealment will be much stronger, and it will be difficult for the sect to discover it.
Although the lifespan of such a magic circle may only be five to ten years, that is still several fifty thousand spiritual stones!
Done!
The two looked at each other and smiled again.
In the crowd, Chen Ru frowned secretly when she heard their conversation.
Then, the protector asked Zhou Po several questions, such as:
"When you use this set of skills to sense your sister, will she also sense you at the same time?"
In response, Zhou Po glared at the short man again and replied: "No. If both parties are Taoist couples, then it is okay."
This refuted the short monk's nonsense from the side.
After Zhou Po, Zhang Qianfan then introduced two male cultivators. Among them, Yang Zhen had met in Kangsheng Pavilion. The young man who was with Chen Ru was named Wu Zhirong, and the other one looked duller, named Lu Chengqi.
Finally it was Chen Ru's turn. Zhang Qianfan was about to speak when the short monk laughed and said:
"When you go out, wearing a hijab attracts more attention. Why not take it off?"
After saying that, without waiting for Chen Ru's reaction, she stretched out the five claws of her right hand and pulled off the woman's hijab!
A pretty face that would captivate a country, be ashamed and jealous appeared in front of everyone.
The short monk was stunned for a moment and murmured: "It's so beautiful."
Chen Ru's face was red, she only hated that her skills were inferior to others, so she could only glare at the short man.
Her chest rose and fell violently, obviously extremely angry.
"That's enough!" the tall man shouted angrily, quite angry at the short man's recklessness.
He turned to look at Chen Ru: "However, what Junior Brother Qingni said makes sense. It is unwise for you to be so secretive when traveling in the world. Let me teach you a set of concealment methods that can change your appearance and improve your appearance. If you are not in a higher realm than you, you will never be able to tell."
After speaking, there was a sound transmission, explaining the key points of the formula to the woman one by one.
Seeing that the matter had come to this, Chen Ru had no choice but to accept the other party's kindness. Fortunately, this formula is not difficult to learn. It only took a quarter of an hour for her to master it roughly, and she was about to transform herself into an ordinary-looking middle-aged woman.
In the end, the two of them introduced themselves. The tall one was named Qingye, and the short one was named Qingni. It was immediately obvious that these names were pseudonyms.
Next, everyone agreed to split up tomorrow morning, go into the mountain together, and search slowly near the Ling Mine.
After the matter was discussed, Qingye Qingni and the five people said goodbye. Qingni's eyes couldn't stop looking up and down Chen Ru. Because of the change of appearance, I saw less of that face.
Chen Ru was extremely angry, feeling as if she was being targeted by a poisonous snake, and felt uneasy in her heart.
Just when the two were about to leave, Zhou Po, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes and said in surprise:
"I feel my roommate's breath. It's very clear. She must have reached the ground!"
