Return via Qingyuan Village.
Zhong Yan went to the toll station and took a look around.
The protection fee increased to fifty prayer beads, equivalent to half a low-grade spiritual stone.
However, in recent years, the prayer beads have been continuously harvested and widely circulated. The exchange ratio has been adjusted again and again. Now, one spiritual stone in Qingyang can be exchanged for 103 prayer beads.
Such a good business, no one is grabbing it, it is estimated that most of the income of the Liu family will be turned over to the Five Elements Sect.
As for the strength in the village, there is one more foundation-building second-level person, and the rest are in the Qi refining period. Apart from the warriors, there are only a dozen security guards in total.
Zhong Yan sent a message to Gu Baiyu to arrange things for the guest.
The wind is gentle and the sun is beautiful, and the flowers and plants are fragrant.
Yan Sandao took the opportunity to do it alone and took a life drawing class.
Stepping on the sword and flying in the air, she said: "Husband, how about I give you a child?"
Like Jiang Huan, she has no specific tasks assigned in the mansion and is Zhong Yan's 'personal secretary'.
Mainly because Zhong Yan used her to help run errands and deliver some news.
Zhong Yan smiled and said: "Having a child is a hardship. If you like, just have one."
Yan Sandao nodded and said with a smile: "If you're not afraid of the knife, then I won't take the medicine this time."
Tang Xiaoshu also mentioned this. When he submitted the shadow guard information a few days ago, he frankly revealed the truth that Qin Ben sent him as a spy.
The system feedback shows that after several classes, the reward value is relatively stable and reaches the normal level.
Moreover, she also revealed the relationship between Qin Ben and Marriage Pavilion.
As guessed earlier, Qin Ben did not cooperate with the Marriage Pavilion. He only took Lin Xuelan's personal leverage and blackmailed her into doing things in private.
In addition, for a period of time, Zhong Yan could not find a female cultivator no matter how long he queued up. It was also Qin Ben who ordered a suitable female cultivator to lurk in the Zhong Mansion later. That is, Ye Weiwei, who had been instigated to rebel.
Flight room.
Zhong Yan suddenly slowed down and glanced at the woods below, where two groups of people were fighting.
Yan Sandao recognized the uniform clothes worn by the four of them: "Husband, a disciple of the Five Elements Sect."
Zhong Yan looked suspicious, and with a flash of his body, he flew down with his concubine, blocking the way between the two parties.
A group of people stopped fighting.
The four Five Elements Sect disciples looked wary and could not see clearly the cultivation level of the incoming person. One of them clasped his fists and said, "Fellow Taoist, we are disciples of the Five Elements Sect. Please don't meddle in other people's business!"
Zhong Yan glanced over, then waved his hand with a burst of cold light, killing the four of them instantly. He turned to look at the two female cultivators.
A beautiful young woman at the seventh level of Qi refining, and a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl at the sixth level of Qi refining. The two looked quite similar, and they looked like mother and daughter or sisters at first glance.
The opponents were two on the seventh floor and two on the sixth floor. They probably had just fought each other and the two were not injured.
At this moment, the two women were reinforcing their defensive shields. They both looked frightened and were waiting with their swords in hand.
But when she saw Zhong Yan's face turned around clearly, the young woman was stunned for a moment and blurted out: "Brother Zhong Yan?!"
Zhong Yan smiled: "Junior Sister Meng, long time no see."
This girl's name is Meng Zhilei, a fellow sect of the Fire Cloud Sect, and also has four spiritual roots. She was famous for her beauty in the outer sect, and was pursued by many disciples, but she was the only one who fell in love with him.
When he was young, he would follow him and call him "Brother Zhong Yan". He repeatedly hinted that he wanted to become a Taoist couple, but he refused because he wanted to live forever.
"It's really you!"
Meng Zhilei's face was filled with joy, but her heart was in disbelief. She clearly remembered that Zhong Yan's brother had worse qualifications than her, and his cultivation was slow. He had been at the third level for many years. How could he become so powerful?
Killing four monks with just a simple wave of his hand was probably something only a master of foundation building could do.
"Brother Zhong Yan...Senior Brother Zhong, why are you here? Are you out of the sect for training?"
"I have been away from the sect for more than ten years and now live in Qingyang City."
"Senior brother has also left the clan?"
Meng Zhilei was startled for a moment, and then quickly pulled the girl who was rolling her eyes back and forth between her and Zhong Yan's faces forward: "Shuang'er, come and meet your uncle!"
The girl blinked, knelt down and bowed her head, and said in a crisp voice: "Shuang'er pays homage to Master Zhong!"
Zhong Yan smiled, bent down and put a hand on the girl's arm: "Get up, no need to be polite."
A trace of uneasiness flashed across Meng Zhilei's face, and she explained with a smile: "My daughter's name is Wu Shuang, she is just sixteen years old..."
Zhong Yan sighed with emotion. Calculating it carefully, it must have been more than 20 years since he last met. He didn't expect the child to be so old.
He turned over his hand, and a small sword appeared in his palm and handed it to the girl: "The qualifications are good."
The girl glanced at her mother, took the small sword weapon, and said with a smile: "Thank you, Master Zhong!"
Meng Zhilei smiled happily and said: "She is better than me and has three spiritual roots. It is only thanks to her own hard work that she has achieved her current level of cultivation."
The girl's lips moved. In fact, her mother prioritized her cultivation resources, otherwise she would have entered the late stage of Qi refining so soon.
Zhong Yan nodded slightly, "I just heard you say that you also left the clan?"
Meng Zhilei nodded and said: "Well, it's been sixteen years. I went to see you to say goodbye. Senior Brother Liu said that you went to Yunmeng Swamp for training... Senior Brother Wu Que and I settled in Anlu City, and then moved to several cities. , I just arrived in Qingyang a few days ago and live in Sangtian Town. I went out for the first time to go to Laifang City to inquire about the situation in Qingyang, but I was intercepted by disciples of the Five Elements Sect. Fortunately, my senior brother happened to pass by."
Wu Que... Zhong Yan only roughly remembers such a name, but he can't remember which face it is. He must have never had direct contact with him.
"Why did you come so far to Qingyang?"
Meng Zhilei's eyes flickered and she said, "I heard that there are many opportunities during the Wei War. I plan to take Shuang'er to experience it."
Zhong Yan noticed her expression and did not ask further questions. Instead, he asked, "Why don't you send your child to the sect?"
"Her father and I are no longer in the sect. We were worried that we wouldn't be able to take care of her, so we took her with us to practice casual cultivation together."
Reminisced about old times and chatted for a while.
Zhong Yan asked: "Do you still want to go to Fangshi? I'll take you there."
Meng Zhilei shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's go next time."
Zhong Yan then waved his hand to roll up the three of them and flew towards Sangtian Town.
Meng Zhilei and Wu Shuang looked at each other, and they were indeed in the Foundation Establishment realm.
It's not far away, less than a stick of incense is there - a dense area of houses and buildings near the mountain.
"Senior Brother Zhong, we live in the town, just put it down in front."
Zhong Yanfei landed on a hilltop and looked into the distance. He didn't see it passing by, but the information about the town in his mind was very detailed.
Qingyuan Village belongs to Sangtian Town, and Sangtian Town is a large town with a population of over 100,000 people (including residents of various villages) under the rule of Qingyang City.
Because it is relatively close to Yangquanfang City, many monks have settled in the town, as well as two small cultivating families without spiritual veins.
Su Yue requested more than ten towns around Qingyang, and Sangtian Town was included in Zhong Yan's plan.
Yang Liu'er also opened a restaurant in the town, but outsiders didn't know it belonged to Zhong Mansion.
"Senior Brother Zhong, thank you for escorting us back."
Zhong Yan said: "If you need anything, come to Cangbao Street, Qingyang South District and find me."
Yan Sandao immediately understood and handed her the four storage bags.
Meng Zhilei quickly waved her hand and said with a smile: "Senior Brother Zhong, you killed this person, how can I have the nerve to take it."
Zhong Yan took the storage bag, erased the mark, scanned it with his spiritual consciousness, put the hundred or so spiritual stones and some prayer beads, and elixirs in a separate storage bag and stuffed it into the girl Wu's hands.
As for the magic weapon, the two of them had just arrived here and were not familiar with the place. It was not convenient for them to take action, so they kept it themselves.
"Take it, there are a lot of monks gathered in Qingyang now, and they are mixed and chaotic. Try to go to the market as little as possible, and find a few familiar partners to go with you."
After saying that, he waved his sleeves and left with Yan Sandao.
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