It was a dark and windy night, and there was a remote mountain village in the Cangye Mountains a hundred miles northwest of Gaocang City. The whole village only had a dozen thatched houses, shrouded in the night, and there were some hunters who made a living. At this time, a wooden boat flew by Come, fall into the fenced yard of a thatched house at the east end of the village.
A person got off the wooden boat, and it was Meng Shengming. Five days ago, Meng Shengming asked his uncle Changshan Taoist for leave in the name of delivering goods to Fuxue Store. He left Gaoyang City that night and came to this small village in the mountains because We need to take action on the four boxes of raw Yin Stone that were smuggled out of the Ghost Forest.
"Squeak!" The oil lamp lit up in the thatched house, the wooden door opened from the inside, and a hunchbacked old woman walked out with a kind smile on her face, leaning on a wooden crutch, limping towards the wooden boat.
"Old lady, I haven't seen my fellow Taoist here for more than half a year. Is it a long time since this time?" The old woman glanced at the various goods piled on the canoe and said with a smile.
"Some things have been delayed, this time it's four boxes." Meng Shengming replied expressionlessly, using the Art of Controlling Objects, four "Lingka Mine Boxes" flew out from the bottom of the wooden boat and landed steadily on the ground. The village is a secret meeting point at the entrance of Gaocang Hall of Samsara Hall.
Meng Shengming joined the Samsara Palace when he was still in the Qi training stage. Now he is a six-star Samsara Dead Attendant. He comes to this small mountain village every time he wants to buy raw Yin Stone mines.
After the last war between the northern and southern sects, most of the Samsara Palace's strongholds in Yunzhou had been evacuated or destroyed by the three sects, leaving only a few secret strongholds. These strongholds were hidden extremely deep and were only connected to a few high-star-level sects. Contact the waiter.
"The price remains the same, what do you want to exchange for this time, fellow Taoist!" The old woman clapped her hands, and two reincarnation guards with devil masks on their faces immediately ran out of the thatched house and carried the "Lingjiao Mine Box" on the ground into the thatched house. The old woman asked calmly, obviously this kind of transaction was commonplace.
"It's all written down above!" Meng Shengming took out a souvenir and handed it over.
"Then just like before, fellow Taoist just wait in the Fuxue shop in the city. The things will be delivered to fellow Taoist within three days." The old woman took the letter and nodded.
"Then it's time to work!" Meng Shengming said no more, jumped on the canoe, immediately took off into the sky, turned into a spiritual light and flew towards Gaocang City.
Meng Shengming believed in the reputation of the Reincarnation Hall and was not afraid of things being swallowed up. This had always been the case in the past few years when selling raw Yin stone ores, with the goods delivered first and payment later. The Reincarnation Hall had never failed to give out a piece of spiritual stone.
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"Ancestor, you're here!" After a meal, Meng Shengming flew to a talisman blood shop originally opened by He's family in Gaocang City and is now a talisman blood shop of Meng's family. The wooden boat was parked in the backyard of the shop, and several waiters A dozen barrels of "spiritual mustard jars" filled with Gaoyang's donkey blood and some groceries carried on the wooden boat were being moved into the warehouse.
"How has the business been in the store these past two months?" After unloading the things and putting away the canoe, Meng Shengming came to the store in front of the courtyard and asked Meng Qiu, the middle-aged owner of the store.
"Ancestor, we have almost sold out the talisman blood in the store. We are waiting for you to send it from Gaoyang City, ancestor. We also sold some magic talismans, but not much. All the income in the store has been recorded above."
Meng Qiu said respectfully and handed over the account book. Although his ancestor looked like he was middle-aged, in fact, his ancestor was nearly two hundred years old. The prosperity of the Meng family today is all due to his ancestor’s years. Work hard.
"Yeah!" Meng Shengming looked through it quickly. After two months, the store had made less than 50,000 yuan. The main profit point was the sale of talisman blood. The talismans he drew and put for sale in the store were still good. It looks like I can't sell a few copies in a day, and I can't earn any spiritual stones.
First of all, this market in Gaocang City is not large in scale, and most of its guests are children of small and medium-sized families, or poor and casual cultivators who do not have much money.
Secondly, his own talisman skills are not exquisite, and he can only draw a fourth-level talisman "Qi Shield Talisman" at the highest. The success rate of each level of talisman is not high, so naturally he cannot sell it at a good price.
With just this amount of revenue, he was not even able to pay for the elixirs needed to sustain his rapid cultivation, let alone support the entire Meng family. There are now nearly twenty cultivators in the Meng family. Count on a small cultivator family.
Meng Shengming went into seclusion to build the foundation before opening one palace. More than a hundred years have passed and he has cultivated to the fourth palace. If he only relies on this spiritual stone to practice, even if his life span is exhausted, he will not be able to cultivate the nine palaces. .
Not to mention overcoming the tribulation and condensing the elixir, which is why Meng Shengming took the risk and teamed up with Shangxu and Qiuji to secretly sell the Yin Stone.
You must know that stealing and selling Yin Stone is not a trivial matter. If the sect discovers such a way of harming the public and enriching private interests, the consequences will be disastrous. It is considered a light thing to abolish the cultivation level and be expelled from the sect. It is normal to be imprisoned and beheaded. , regarded as a desperate act.
"If Shopkeeper Cai comes to the store these days, please ask him to come to the backyard." Meng Shengming frowned and put down the account book, turned around and returned to the backyard residence, and did not forget to tell him.
"Shopkeeper Cai is here. Meng Qiu immediately invited him to the ancestral house." Meng Qiu immediately nodded and replied.
The shopkeeper Cai mentioned by the ancestor is the shopkeeper of a grocery store called "Dafengtang" in Fangshi. He and the ancestor should be good friends. Only when the ancestor is in the store, he will occasionally visit the store and sometimes take care of him. In-store business.
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"Grandfather, Senior Junshan should be back soon!" In the house of Taoist Xu on the Wei Suoying Fortress, his grandson Pu Chu and his fourth disciple Wang Qingchi were drinking tea and chatting. Pu Chu asked cautiously.
"Counting the days, we will be back soon. Chu'er, what do you want from Junior Brother Junshan?" Taoist Shangxu took a sip of tea and said casually.
"It's nothing, I just ran out of elixirs." Pu Chu replied with some embarrassment. The reselling of Yin Stone has been stopped for more than half a year. The elixirs on his body have long been gone. Originally, they would be smuggled out every one or two months. If a batch of Yin Stones are released, these people will be able to share some pills for practice.
"Hmph!" Taoist Shangxu snorted, a useless thing.
"Master, this disciple has something to report!" Wang Qingchi thought of something, his face froze, and he suddenly said.
"What's the matter?" Taoist Shangxu asked with a frown.
"The day before yesterday, Senior Brother Chu went to meet with Senior Qiu Ji. When he was transporting the ore, he happened to meet Senior Uncle Xuanting coming to inspect. During this period, Senior Brother Chu was nowhere to be seen, and he even asked about his whereabouts." Wang Qingchi said in a deep voice.
"Oh! There is also this matter, Qingchi, how did you return? Please tell me carefully about the specific situation at that time." Taoist Shangxu's face changed and he immediately continued to ask.
"Master, don't worry. This disciple has excused Senior Brother Chu from going hunting in the forest." Wang Qingchi said hurriedly.
"That's good, Qingchi, what do you think about this matter? Is it a coincidence? Or is it intentional?" Taoist Shangxu asked with a solemn face.
"Disciple thinks it's a coincidence! If it was intentional or if he knew something, he wouldn't ask the disciple directly. And afterwards, he didn't see any other actions in the past half month." Wang Qingchi had considered this matter for a while and replied. .
"However, this person is more concerned than before taking office. He must personally inspect the Ghost Forest Defense Line every day. Especially during the half month when Master Tai Xiong left, he even inspected it several times in one day. If this continues, maybe This person will be aware of it, which is a big hidden danger." Wang Qingchi continued in a serious tone.
"What we did secretly, what could he detect?" Pu Chu said unkindly.
Hasn't it always been like this for so many years, and nothing has gone wrong? Although the newly appointed Dutou Xuanting wears a cold iron mask all day long, when he comes into contact with him, he is actually a good old man and he cannot see any hidden dangers.
"What do you know! Qingchi, do you have any countermeasures?" Taoist Shangxu's face was extremely ugly. He first glared at Pu Chu angrily, and then asked.
The fourth disciple, Wang Qingchi, was always thoughtful, so he already had a countermeasure after raising this matter.
"Disciple has been thinking about it for a few days and has indeed come up with some arrangements. By the way, two members of the third team will be expiring in the next few days. Does senior brother know?" Wang Qingchi said slowly.
"It's natural. We didn't even mention this at the morning meeting yesterday. We also wanted to transfer one person from the first team and our team to the third team." Pu Chu nodded and replied.
"Usually, we are in a group with the second team, and the first team and the third team are in a group, and they take turns to garrison. Why not take the opportunity to transfer my brother Wang Chen from our team to the third team to act as eyes and ears. After we go to the ghost forest to garrison, we will stay Wang Chen is monitoring Dutou's whereabouts at the camp."
"Especially on the day when senior brother goes to the Ghost Forest to transport the ore, we must pay close attention to the movements of the capital. As soon as this person leaves the camp, he will notify us in advance. In this way, the situation like the previous days will not happen. This person broke into something." Wang Qingchi said with a slight curl of the corners of his mouth.
"This is a very good arrangement!" Taoist Shangxu immediately agreed. The matter of secretly selling the Yin Stone was of great importance, so he had to be careful. Naturally, the fewer people knew about this matter, the better.
But one or two people couldn't handle this matter, so over the years, Taoist Shangxu slowly arranged for some of his own people, tribesmen or disciples to join the mining team and the defense team.
Pu Le, a Taoist from Shangxu, is a native of Gaocang. He has the water system of heavenly spiritual roots and has superior talents. Before the foundation was established, the whole family had to cultivate him. However, the Pu family was only a small family and could not get help from the family after the foundation was established.
He can only rely on himself. In addition to taking care of his own cultivation, he also needs to support his family. This makes Pu Le very stretched. He is short of spiritual stones, so he has to take on some tedious sect tasks.
When he came to work at the Tianshi Guard Office, he was initially interested in the generous job remuneration, and also because he had served as the Kailing Deacon at Gaoyang Taoist Temple, so he was familiar with this area of Gaoyang City.
Who would have known that the conditions at the Tianshi Guardhouse were so bad, and the salary from the position was not enough for daily practice.
In the past few years, Pu Le had been regretting every day. If he had known better, he would have stayed in the sect and practiced hard. With the rich spiritual energy of the sect, he could barely maintain his own practice.
As a result, it was inevitable that he would often share his grievances with his junior brother Meng Shengming, whom he had known since his early years. One day when he was complaining to Meng Shengming, Meng Shengming vaguely suggested to him the idea of secretly selling Yinshi raw ore, saying that he had a way to sell it. dirty.
Pu Le refused at first without even thinking about it, but he was here for a long time, and his cultivation was not making progress, so he only persisted for two years before finally agreeing to the matter.
They also attracted the ghost Xiu Qiuji, who had the same disease, and the three of them took advantage of their positions to start reselling the raw Yin stone. Shangxu and Qiuji were responsible for the mining, and then transported the raw Yin stone out of the ghost forest, and Meng Shengming was responsible for selling the raw materials. There has never been a hand in the meantime, until now.
