Cheng Ling's guess was correct. Feng Ping was talking about the He family's clan.
It turns out that since the He family was wiped out, the Chen family and the City Lord's Mansion have been busy fighting for land. Besides, the He family's treasury has been robbed. There is only an empty house, which is of little value, and it has been abandoned.
Now that Cheng Ling and others came, Feng Ping took advantage of the situation and sold the He family mansion. Originally, given the size of the He family's land, even 50 million low-grade spiritual stones were not enough, but now the He family has been wiped out. The City Lord's Mansion nominally controls all the land deeds in Luoye City.
However, he didn't dare to open his mouth. If the asking price was too high, the Chen family would inevitably come to take a share of the pie. He was also afraid that Cheng Ling would run away. Five million spiritual stones would not be taken seriously by the Chen family. Besides, he still retained After careful consideration, he only explained that it was rent, and this caravan would not stay in Luoye City forever.
After they leave, he can take them back. This is a completely costless transaction. While helping Cheng Ling, he can make a fortune at the same time, so why not do it.
Cheng Ling was also moved. He had been to the He family's mansion. It occupied a huge area and could be used to set up formations. It was a good place to stay.
The two had similar intentions and quickly signed the relevant agreement. In this way, the island caravan's stronghold in Luoye City was finalized.
Feng Ping wanted to stay with Cheng Ling for a casual meal and treat him well, but he got a lot of benefits from her. Cheng Ling, however, reasoned that the young lady was still waiting at the city gate and did not dare to stay for a long time, so he left first.
Back at the city gate, Cheng Ling greeted everyone to go to the He family's land. A group of people pulled the carriage and pushed the goods, and they didn't settle down until noon.
Cheng Ling then said to the porters, "Is there any of you willing to stay here and work?"
Several porters looked at each other, but only one was willing to stay. They were all invited by Cheng Ling in a mountain village along the way. They were all just mortals, how could they dare to stay in such a big city.
Cheng Ling gave them some gold and sent them away. After those people left, he said to the porter who stayed behind: "Why are you willing to stay?"
"Returning to the master, the villain is alone and has nowhere to go. Seeing that the master is so powerful and looks like a cultivator, he has the courage to stay and learn to practice the Dao!"
Cheng Ling was stunned. He didn't expect that there was such a person among these people with very high ambitions. He asked, "What's your name? How old are you this year?"
"The villain's name is Zhang Hu, and he is eighteen years old this year!"
Cheng Ling's mouth twitched, why is it Zhang Hu? Shouldn't it be called Zhao Hu? Well, it seems that I have been poisoned by Bao Qingtian, and even the guys want to join the four bodyguards.
He nodded and said: "Yes, since you are willing to stay, you should work hard. Depending on your performance, if I am satisfied, I will naturally teach you the art of Taoism."
Zhang Hu was overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Yes! Thank you for your cultivation!"
"You don't want to call me "Sir" anymore. You can call me "Guard Guard" or "Master". I don't have many rules here. Don't kneel down all the time. Remember that there is gold under a man's knees."
"Yes, Master, I understand!"
"Okay, now there are a few things for you to do. If you do it, you will be rewarded!"
"Yes, please give me your instructions, Master!"
"The first thing is to recruit some men, preferably locals who are familiar with the city. The second thing is to find some maids to serve the lady. These maids don't need local people. The third thing is to recruit some monks. , there is no limit to your cultivation level, do you understand?"
Zhang Hu rolled his eyes and nodded: "Yes, I understand. Master, please tell me how many people we need to find?"
Cheng Ling threw him a storage ring and said meaningfully: "What do you think? You must complete it within three days! If these three things are done well, your future path will be different!"
After saying that, without waiting for Zhang Hu's answer, he entered the inner palace and walked towards Xi Yan's wing.
The He family's mansion is very large, with shops facing the street and the outer mansion behind it, which is dedicated to entertaining distinguished guests. After passing the outer mansion and going in, there is a tall entrance wall that separates the outer mansion from the inner mansion.
After turning around the entrance, there is another large garden with a lake dug out in the middle of the flower surface. A winding corridor on the lake divides the inner palace into left and right sides. The male owner lives on the left side, and the female family members live on the right side.
Cheng Ling and Xi Yan settled in, naturally taking the place of the host and hostess. At this time, he was walking towards Xiyan's wing. There were some things that he still needed to discuss with her!
After arriving at the side room, he saw Xi Yan sitting in front of the bed, stroking the edge of the bed and sighing deeply. She was tightly wrapped in a cloak, but she still couldn't adapt to the clothes Cheng Ling designed for her.
He then said: "Why, are you familiar with this wing?"
Xi Yan sighed: "This is my aunt's room. She loved me very much back then, but it's a pity that she left like this."
Cheng Ling said: "I only restrained her back then and didn't kill her. I don't know who killed her!"
Xi Yan said: "It's Chen Haoran. I heard him say with my own ears that no one from the He family will be spared! His heart is so cruel!"
"That's all, now that it has happened, let it pass. Chen Haoran will have to pay the price after all!"
"Yes, I think so too, brother Ling, I see you easily convinced the city lord, what are your plans now?"
Cheng Lingshan said: "He is like that. He can easily deceive ten people. Those people in my hometown are difficult to deal with. I want to enter the Chen Mansion. You are very familiar with it. Do you know where the treasury is?"
"Are you going to rob their treasury?"
"good!"
"Brother Ling, the Chen family's treasury is not so easy to enter. Not only is it protected by formations, but it is also close to Chen Qingyang's residence. You should think of other ways!" Xiyan said worriedly.
"It doesn't matter, you just need to tell me the specific location. If nothing can be done, I can get away naturally."
Xi Yan sighed and knew that she could not persuade him, so she could only tell him the location of the treasury.
Cheng Ling asked again: "What kind of spiritual root do you have? How are you practicing?"
"I have a water spiritual root. I practice the Chen family's technique. It's called Shui Ling Jue. It's the only middle-grade technique of the Chen family!"
Cheng Ling nodded, took out two secret books from the storage ring, and said: "This is a water system skill that I obtained in Canglang Sea. It has reached the top level. If you switch to practice, there is also a water system sword skill that matches it." , it should be much better than what you are learning now.”
Xiyan took it and glanced at it, and saw that one was "Canghai Jue" and the other was swordsmanship, and the name was "Dragon Roaring Nine Heavens". She said happily: "Thank you, Brother Ling!"
Cheng Ling smiled and said: "There is also a middle-grade water sword here, let me give it to you. In the future, we will face too many dangers. You can increase your combat power as much as possible and have more ways to protect yourself!" "
"Yes, I will practice more frequently."
What Cheng Ling gave her was naturally the secret books and swords he had collected from Canglang Island, which he had not planned to give to her before. But in the past few months, the two of them got along, and they also admired Xiyan's character. In addition, since one of them was alone, they decided to improve her combat power.
He added: "Today, I will arrange multiple formations in the He Mansion to ensure your safety. In a few days, several maids will come to serve you, so you can practice with peace of mind."
"Brother Ling, I don't need a maid!"
Cheng Ling chuckled and said: "You are the eldest lady of our caravan, how can you not have a maid to serve you? Remember, you are a lady. Fortunately, this is your life for more than ten years, and there is no need to act. It should be It’s easy to get used to it!”
Xi Yan felt sweet in her heart and said shyly: "You know how to make fun of me!"
Cheng Ling laughed and said, "There are some things that you still need to deal with. It's always good to make more preparations. Okay, you can rest first. I'll go out and set up the formation!"
Xi Yan said: "Brother Ling, I will work hard, but you don't have to work too hard!"
Cheng Ling nodded and left.
After arriving at the mansion, he began to deduce the nodes. If the entire He Mansion was covered by the formation, although it could be done, the coverage would be too wide and the defense effect would be too low. In the end, it was decided to only cover the inner palace, and then just set up a few restrictions on the shop floor. .
He started to take action, and two hours later, he set up four levels of formations in the inner palace, including a magic formation, a trapping formation, a killing formation, and a defensive formation. This made the inner palace look like an iron barrel, which was almost the same as the formation on the island. No one must be able to break it.
However, he did not activate all the formations, only the defensive formations. The other three formations can only be activated if they have the corresponding tokens. After the arrangement was completed, he returned to Xiyan's wing, told her the arrangement of the formation, and gave her a touching token in case of emergency.
At this time, the sky became dark. Cheng Ling changed into night clothes and disappeared into the night sky.
He was familiar with the roads and quickly entered Chen's house, carefully following the directions given by Xi Yan.
Along the way, I encountered several waves of patrolling disciples and all of them dodged past. He also found that the number of people patrolling the Chen family was much smaller now. It was obvious that they had been fighting with the He family and the City Lord's Mansion in the past few months, causing heavy casualties.
The breath gathering technique was running and he soon arrived at the periphery of the treasury. He stopped to observe, and sure enough he found traces of the formation. The level of this formation was still very high, reaching the top level of the fourth level.
But in Cheng Ling's eyes, it was still not enough. He carefully began to lay down pillars on the edge of the formation, destroying the nodes in the formation.
But just after finishing a few formation pillars, an old voice came: "Who are you, you want to break the treasury formation? Show yourself to me!"
Cheng Ling only felt a sharp palm force coming from behind him, and hurriedly dodged to avoid it. With a "clang" sound, the sword in his hand was unsheathed and he thrust the sword towards his palm.
"Hey! The boy reacted very quickly!" The voice screamed in surprise, but his hands kept coming, and the second palm followed.
Cheng Ling felt it was difficult to breathe. The force of the palm dispersed all the air around him. Under the terrible palm pressure, his swordsmanship stopped a little. He knew that this person was Chen Qingyang, the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Chen family.
Unexpectedly, the other party was so alert and could see the fluctuations of the broken formation so quickly. He tightened his sword in his right hand and used Qingfeng Swordsmanship to resist the opponent's attack.
Although the Broken Cloud Sword can delay the opponent's attack, this swordsmanship has some origins with Yunyin Swordsmanship. It was also used in the Chen family back then. He did not dare to use it easily for fear that Chen Qingyang would find out his identity, so he could only use Nengqingfeng Swordsmanship to fight against the enemy.
Chen Qingyang's cultivation level was much higher than his. Although Qingfeng's swordsmanship was exquisite, the power was far different. After the two of them exchanged more than ten moves, Cheng Ling was surrounded by dangers and it was extremely difficult to resist.
Chen Qingyang said calmly: "Yes, with your perfect cultivation of golden elixir, it is very rare that you can persist for so long. Just stay today!"
