"Northern Border Snow City." Qu Wuming nodded and continued.
He Buyu shook his head, smiled slightly and said, "Lin's Anjiyuan."
"Oh?" Qu Wuming's heart skipped a beat, but on the surface he still said calmly, "Is this where Ji Wuchang last appeared?"
Seemingly seeing through Qu Wuming's cover-up, He Buyu smiled slightly and said: "According to our investigation, Ji Wuchang is used to using some tricks to make people sleep. Especially for ordinary people and those with low cultivation level, it is almost impossible to prevent them. But even if the victim is rescued, two groups of light brown spots will appear near the temples, which will take at least half a year to dissipate."
"When I came here before, I noticed that almost everyone here has this kind of mark. I thought that Ji Wuchang must have been here after he fled to the Snowy City in Northern Xinjiang." He Buyu explained, "Considering that Wu Chang In the end, the Xiangnu Demon Head also had frequent activities in the city, and Ji Wuchang seemed to have disappeared, so I judged that the Ji Wuchang that Qu Daoyou asked me to inquire about should have died in the hands of the Wuxiang Girl Demon near Anjiyuan. Alright?"
Qu Wuming did not answer his question, but asked in a deep voice: "Fellow Daoist He found out Ji Wuchang's whereabouts, how much do you plan to charge for this information?"
"Haha, Fellow Daoist Qu, although Ji Wuchang is a small character, I didn't expect that his life experience involved many secrets, so it cost us a lot to find out these information." He Buyu smiled slightly, "It's just, We are willing to use these prices to buy information from Qu Daoyou!"
"Oh? How do you say this?"
"Someone is very interested in the main skill that Ji Wuchang obtained in the Monster Continent. As long as fellow Daoist Qu can tell me the whereabouts of this skill, the previous information can be regarded as reward."
When Qu Wuming heard this, he immediately thought of the "Secret Book of the Hehuan Sect" that was burned on the red crystal in Ji Wuchang's storage ring. Although Qu Wuming didn't have time to study the exercise in detail, he discovered during the previous browsing process that the parts of the exercise involving dual cultivation contained very evil tonic techniques, which were definitely not righteous techniques.
No matter how powerful such a technique is, it is better to hide it deep inside and never come out of the world.
Thinking of this, Qu Wuming could only shake his head and said: "To be honest, Ji Wuchang wanted to abduct someone from Lin's Anjiyuan, so he exposed his whereabouts. As a result, the Wuxiang Witch arrived in time and took him to the spot. Kill him. However, the things he left behind have been taken away by the Formless Witch. As for whether he has the skills he cultivated, Qu has no way of knowing." At this point, Qu Wuming silently said to the woman in white. I apologize, thinking that your whereabouts are secretive, so no matter how powerful the person behind the words is, there should be nothing they can do to you...
He Buyu heard the words, but nodded as if he was not surprised and said: "Sure enough. If the phaseless female devil is addicted to grabbing treasures and kills Ji Wuchang, she will naturally not let go of her storage ring. Can she? After confirming this news from Daoist Qu, I can turn around and return to my life."
"You are so polite, Fellow Daoist. When I rushed here that day, I just had time to see Ji Wuchang killed by her with one blow! Later, when she disappeared and left, I didn't even notice it." Qu Wuming said "truthfully" .
"In this case, we can consider this business settled." He Buyu stood up and clasped his fists, "However, He has two final words to say to fellow Taoist Qu."
Qu Wuming had just stood up to see off the guests. Hearing this, he frowned slightly and said, "What?"
"If anyone asks Fellow Daoist Qu about Ji Wuchang again in the future, I hope that Fellow Daoist Qu will keep it a secret. Those who want to track down Ji Wuchang's skills are not ordinary people. I'm afraid even the phaseless witch won't be able to offend him easily. Good go, if you don’t want to cause trouble, Fellow Daoist Qu, today’s matter will only be between you and me.”
"I see." Qu Wuming nodded and said, "Don't worry, this matter has nothing to do with me, and I don't want to cause trouble at will."
"That's very good! He said goodbye!"
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After sending He Buyu away, Qu Wuming sat quietly in the living room. He thought hard for a long time, but could not guess what kind of organization was behind He Buyu. He found out without any effort in a few days. So many secret things!
However, since they were eyeing Ji Wuchang's technique, Lin Wanqing and the other three people who knew that the storage ring fell into their hands were probably going to have to take some preventive measures.
Before nightfall, Lin Wanqing led people back from the military camp. Qu Wuming called the three of them to his guest room one by one, hid in the Zifu space and explained the situation to them. After getting the permission of the three, he deleted The three of them were relieved that they had all the memories about Ji Wuchang.
Lin's Anji Yuan can be regarded as Qu Wuming's only "industry" in the Eastern Continent. Hundreds of years ago, Qu Wuming also invested in some businesses such as wine shops and inns, but in the end they all ended in vain. Whether he makes money or not is secondary. The main reason is that Qu Wuming's whereabouts are unpredictable. It is difficult to take care of the business stably for a long time. With a fixed industry, sometimes the income is not as much as what he can make by reselling some specialties when he travels from place to place.
Of course, the quickest way to get money (spiritual stones) is to grab them through fighting.
Although Qu Wuming never took the initiative to engage in robbery, he was keen on robbing those who did it.
For Qu Wuming, this is the fastest way to make money for Taoists, especially casual cultivators.
Now that the beast tide has ended, many Taoist cultivators from various sects have gone on the road together, rushing to the real extreme north. Qu Wuming settled down the affairs of Lin's Anji Yuan and left a lot of gold, silver and spiritual stones for Lin Wanqing, so he no longer delayed, and took advantage of the moonlight to leave the Snowy City in Northern Xinjiang, turning into a streak of escaping light. , and went straight to the land of the demon clan.
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It has been several days since we crossed the vast snow-capped mountains on the north side of Beijiang Snow City.
Qu Wuming was worried that there were still demons ambush in the snowy mountains, waiting to hunt down the human monks who dared to follow the demons and sneak into the demon territory. Therefore, he often hid in secret for several days, and his daily traveling speed was not very fast.
Moreover, Qu Wuming also deliberately avoided the usual routes that some sect monks liked to take.
After all, once you enter the underworld in the future, everyone will be a competitor. Under such circumstances, there will never be a shortage of competitors who hope to eliminate competitors from the road ahead of time.
Qu Wuming is not so big-hearted as to think that anyone can be easily trusted.
On the second day of the trip, Qu Wuming began to miss Geng Liqiu. He was the only good brother who dared to give his back to him in so many years, apart from his confidante.
It's a pity that this man has passed away. Even if he avenges him, there will no longer be a Geng Liqiu in the world.
As he continued to move forward in a state of despair, the scenery in front of Qu Wuming gradually became clearer.
The continuous snow-capped mountains are left far behind, and there are dense, dark green forests everywhere. Walking through them, you will be startled from time to time by flocks of wild birds, which hover from a forest like a sky and block out the sun. It spun around a few times in the air and landed on several other trees not far away. Or perhaps a few small beasts would appear in surprise, fleeing in all directions among the dense forest grass, and then disappear without a trace in the blink of an eye.
There are several clear streams flowing from the foot of the snow-capped mountains in the distance, running through the dense forests like jade belts, nourishing the vegetation on both sides, flowing endlessly into the valley, and gradually forming a surging river. , extending windingly towards the north...
This dense forest is extremely rich in products, especially rich in various spiritual herbs and elixirs. In addition, there are almost no monsters in this area, so it has become a paradise for many medicinal collectors.
Most of the people who often come here to collect herbs are Taoists whose cultivation is stagnant in the Qi training stage and foundation building stage.
With limited qualifications, it is difficult to continue to improve his cultivation level, so he relies on collecting herbs to make a living. If he is lucky enough to collect a century-old or even thousand-year-old elixir, he may be able to exchange it for a magical elixir that can help him break through, and then extend his life. It is also possible to live for tens to hundreds of years.
This place is already very far away from Snowy City in Northern Xinjiang. In fact, it is actually closer to Winter City from here. Therefore, many herb collectors will use Winter City as their base, and will go to Snowy City through the teleportation array when there is a need for large transactions.
Perhaps it is because Snow City is the breakthrough point for the beast tide chosen by the monster clan. Whether it is before or after the beast tide, the place remains the same, without any trace of monster beasts at all.
The people collecting herbs in the dense forest didn’t even know that a tragic battle had occurred in the Snowy City of Northern Xinjiang a few days ago...
Among the many herb collectors, there were three inconspicuous people. The three had similar temperaments, so they often traveled together for several years.
Unlike most other herb collectors, this person is actually not too old. He is still in his thirties and is in the early stages of foundation building. The older one is named Bian Ji, the other two are named Leng Jie and Gao Mo.
Putting the qualifications of the three of them in an ordinary sect, they are the kind of disciples who cannot achieve high or low levels. Generally, they have no hope of promotion and can only survive by dawdling. If they are lucky enough to get a supervisory position, they can It's like burning incense.
However, although the three brothers have mediocre qualifications, they are not low-spirited. They are not willing to live a mediocre life in the sect. After some discussion, they left the small sect they originally belonged to and traveled thousands of miles to come here. Northern Xinjiang finally became an ordinary member among hundreds of herb collectors.
On this day, the three of them discovered a piece of stone caltrop on the rock wall of a valley. Judging from its color, it seemed that it was at least decades old! When the three of them saw this, they couldn't help but be ecstatic. They each took out a flying talisman, condensed a pair of white wings on their backs, and flew to the rock wall to pick it.
"Haha, you're lucky today! If you get this batch of Shiling Flowers, you can at least exchange them for hundreds of high-level spiritual stones! Our advanced elixir is finally here!" Bian Ji was cutting the Shiling Flowers hard with a knife. Genbu, said excitedly.
"Yeah!" Leng Jie cut the stone ling flower and just hummed slightly to express his agreement.
Gao Mo simply nodded and just cut his head.
Bian Ji seemed to have been used to Leng Jie and Gao Mo's taciturn style for a long time, and didn't take it seriously at all. He then said to himself: "These are at least 60 years old Shi Ling flowers. They are so rare that they will definitely sell for a lot of money." Good price.”
"Yeah." Leng Jie responded with another hum, and slowly flew up the mountain wall. Not long after, he actually saw a dark cave about three feet in diameter, hidden among the weeds on the mountain wall. Under the blowing of the mountain wind, gentle whimpers came out, which was indescribably weird...
