Fairy City, Jingcheng.
West District, 'Wu Yan Tong Xing' shop.
A child cried.
Shi Lingzhen stood up with her daughter in her arms and went to the inner courtyard to breastfeed: "Oh, oh, Jin'er won't cry..."
On the street outside the shop, Huo Qing was playing graffiti on the corner with stones.
A tall, beautiful female nun in blue approached, looked up at the shop sign, and then took a closer look at the little boy's face.
She walked forward and knelt down, showing a charming smile: "Kid, what's your name?"
Huo Qing turned his head, his big eyes were clear in black and white, he blinked, and seemed to be infected by the woman's smile, and said timidly: "My name is Huo Qing."
Huo Qing... the woman murmured in her heart and repeated with a stronger smile: "What a good name. When you grow up, you will stand upright."
As she said this, she couldn't help but reach out and touch the child's head.
A vendor walking down the street with a pole happened to pass by.
The woman stopped, bought a bunch of candied haws, and handed it to Huo Qing. The little boy shook his head slightly.
The woman smiled and said: "Well, little Huo Qing, you did the right thing. You can't just take things from strangers. But it doesn't matter to me. You saw it. I just bought it. I am your father's friend. Your father called Huo Donglai. Right?"
Huo Qing's eyes widened and he was surprised, but he still shrank his hands and did not pick up the candied haws.
The woman smiled and handed it forward: "It doesn't matter, just take it."
At this time.
"Qing'er!"
Shi Lingzhen, who was holding his daughter in his arms, rushed over, holding his son behind him, and shouted: "Fellow Taoist, what are you going to do?"
The woman stood up and stepped back one meter. She looked at Shi Lingzhen and felt a little complicated. She raised her hand and said with a smile, "Don't get me wrong. I don't mean any harm. This is your child. It's so cute."
Shi Lingzhen looked alert, ready to activate his magical power at any time. The woman in front of him couldn't see clearly, and she was obviously wearing a mask on her face.
"Sorry for disturbing you."
The woman in blue bowed her hands, smiled at Huo Qing, glanced at the child in Shi Lingzhen's arms, and turned to leave.
Shi Lingzhen's eyes flickered as he watched the woman go away. Then he hurriedly pulled his son back to the shop, handed his daughter to the maid, grabbed his son's hand and explored his whole body while asking in detail.
After confirming several times that nothing was wrong, she breathed a sigh of relief.
"Brother Donglai's friend..."
Shi Lingzhen frowned and whispered, her husband did have many suitors in the sect, but she and her husband have been married for many years, so to be able to come here in private without revealing their identities after such a long time must be very close and inconvenient...
For some reason, she felt a sense of uneasiness in her heart.
Huo Qing on the side nodded his head and said, "Mom, that beautiful sister said daddy's name."
Shi Lingzhen came back to his senses, pulled his son to straighten his position, touched his head and smiled softly: "Qing'er, mother, I remembered that she was a classmate of the sect many years ago. I wasn't very familiar with him, so I didn't recognize her for a moment. He should be looking for your dad, let’s give him a surprise and don’t tell him, okay?”
Huo Qing rolled his eyes and nodded.
Shi Lingzhen kissed her son on the forehead: "Qing'er, be good! Mom will buy you candied haws!"
…
Half a day later.
The woman in blue appeared in the Central District, walking on a busy street full of pedestrians.
Passing an intersection, she looked towards the two female cultivators walking in front of her on the left. Her eyes missed each other and she was surprised. She walked straight forward in the direction of the teleportation array of the Bada Palace.
Two female cultivators, an older middle-aged beautiful woman, and a stunningly beautiful girl. If Yuan Ziyi were here, he would definitely recognize them as the two people who passed by to watch the battle when he returned to Qingyang.
At this moment, the beautiful woman in the palace dress stopped, looked at the back of the woman in the blue dress in the crowd, and said softly.
The girl looked at it and asked through a message: "Master, what's wrong?"
The beautiful woman said suspiciously: "There is something strange about this girl, she must be pregnant with a strange treasure."
After a pause, he continued: "You have entered Jindan at a young age, and your future is boundless."
The girl blinked, quite surprised: "She is in the Golden Core realm? Aren't there only a few people in Yan State's Golden Core realm?"
The beautiful woman smiled and said: "The world is huge and there are countless strange people. There may be a peerless evildoer hidden in any corner. However, she is probably a descendant of a big family in the Eastern Region who traveled here..."
The two of them went to Shenxiao Sect's 'Baotong Trading Company', and then went to the Bada Hall.
The girl stopped and looked up at the route map and price list on the wall. Her eyes were fixed on the location of 'Hundred Leaf City', her eyes showing reluctance and regret.
The beautiful woman sent a message: "For more than ten years, a child who has been helpless has a very small chance of survival if he is not adopted."
The girl was obviously unwilling: "Master, didn't you say that my little sister is very likely to have a special physique like me?"
The beautiful woman sighed: "One is bright and the other is dark. If she is dark, her spiritual roots will not be revealed. How can outsiders find out? What's more, all the major sects and families in the Yan Kingdom have already inquired. They dare not hide it, and no one will help. How could a frail child survive? She was so young and thin at that time, and I didn’t know what she would look like..."
The girl was silent and said: "Yes, Master, I understand."
The beautiful woman looked at her disciple's face, sighed again in her heart, and said: "That's all, if nothing happens, let's go to Minglan and Qingyang for a walk. A mortal refugee's range of activities is not very large, and then we will go back to the sea from the Wei River. "
The girl was delighted: "Thank you, Master. When I return to the palace, I will concentrate on my practice and form elixirs as soon as possible!"
The beautiful woman rubbed the girl's hair and said with a fond smile: "Don't be impatient. With your qualifications, forming pills and condensing babies are just small problems. The road is long and the focus is on the state of mind. First, lay a solid foundation."
"Yes, I will obey my master's teachings!"
"Let's go, Tan'er."
…
Qingyang City, Cangbao Street, Zhongfu.
Zhong Xiaozhong was in a hurry and found Gu Baiyu and handed him a letter: "Mrs. Yu, there is a letter from the master! It's from the Xingyue Sect, a sect far away."
Gu Baiyu took it in his hand and looked at it. There was a strong seal on the letter. The signature was 'Xingyue Sect' on the top and 'Qingyang Zhongyan Qinqi' on the bottom.
"It just so happens that I also have something to talk to my husband about."
She rolled up Zhong Xiaozhong and stepped on the sword and flew towards the deep courtyard.
Not long after.
Zhong Yan, who had carved the formation pattern for a long time, walked out of the training room, slightly surprised. He took the envelope, examined it with his spiritual consciousness for a moment, and used the Ye family's "Green Spirit Seal" to unlock the seal.
"Brother Yandao, the words are as clear as the face. The wadding has reached the stars and the moon. Everything is fine. Don't read it. There is no need to reply."
Zhong Yan was dumbfounded. There were many creases on the piece of letter paper, which must have been written over and over again for a long time. The few lines expressed hesitation and longing.
However, Ye Xu is definitely a key disciple of the sect. Letters like family letters sent from the sect will be strictly checked to prevent the leakage of secrets, and they can even only be written in person. It is impossible for Ye Xu to write about what he has seen and heard about the sect. I am too embarrassed to express my longing for him.
Zhong Xiaozhong said: "I carefully checked the seal of the letter and found that it was sent from a place called Xingyue Sect in Xiafei Valley. It was transferred to the capital of Jin State, and later to Broker State, Da Chu, Liang State, and Wu State. , to Yuchan City in Yan State, and finally distributed to Qingyang, passing through twenty-seven cities, large and small."
After a pause, he added: "Master, you can reply, but the price is only 8,000 low-grade spiritual stones."
Zhong Yan twitched the corner of his mouth. The cost of this long-distance relationship is really high.
He thought for a while, went to the study, took out the letter and paper, wrote a few lines of words, sealed it with a spell, and handed it to Zhong Xiaozhong.
"Send it, and go back to Mrs. Yao to get the spirit stone."
"Yes, sir."
Zhong Xiaozhong stepped aside.
Gu Baiyu said: "Husband, as you expected, all forces have made tentative moves. In addition to the business in Qingyangfang City, there are people in Sangtian Town and Wudong City who are making trouble in our territory, but for the time being it is just a small fight. It's just a little fuss, but it doesn't mean anything serious."
Zhong Yan smiled and said: "Go ahead and ignore it. Suffer your anger and don't start any conflicts. Your life is the most important thing."
Even if all businesses are closed, it will not have much impact.
Zhongfu does not need to pay tribute to the outside world, only the management fees of Qingyang and Wangdi.
The resources obtained from the destruction of the Liu family alone are enough for the Zhong Mansion to support several years of expenses.
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