Ji Beichen didn't take a few steps before he found Zhao Bai'er who was wandering around. After all the troubles just now, Ji Beichen looked at the peaceful scene on the street and felt that although Wuyou Town was small, there was an undercurrent surging.
Swords and spiritual weapons are always hard to find in the world of cultivation, so most of the people in the town are monks. However, the security in previous years has been very good. On the one hand, the Cangxu sect of Jiujie Mountain is in charge, but mainly because of General Zhao Ji, the defender of Cangzhou City. The city is well managed, but now this town...
"It's been less than a year, how can the public security in this town be so bad now?" Zhao Bai'er sighed, thinking that this kind of forced purchase of magic weapons at low prices is nothing new. The monks bullied the people in the town by relying on their strength. Naturally there are many.
Ji Beichen shook his head thoughtfully. When General Zhao Ji was alive, Cangzhou City could still guard one side. Now that General Zhao Ji has passed away, Zhao Baier's cultivation qualifications are too low and he really can't suppress the immortal sects and demon sects in all directions.
Ji Beichen was thinking about the people at the moment and complained a lot about Zhao Bai'er: "Liangzhou Wuji Temple has a profound foundation, mysterious skills, and a superb swordsmanship. Brother Zhao, you have great qualifications, why don't you concentrate on training, and why are your realm breakthroughs so slow? "
Zhao Bai'er was focusing on the shops on both sides of the street, looking for delicious restaurants. After passing the wine shop, he was already hungry, and he was thinking about having a full meal in a while, and then finding an inn to have a good sleep. As soon as he heard Ji Beichen's words, his good mood for the meal disappeared.
"I, I'm working very hard now!" Zhao Bai'er looked up at Ji Beichen. He originally felt guilty and didn't dare to talk back, but he still replied in a hesitant manner.
In fact, Zhao Bai'er realized his mistake long ago. Since he took over the post of general guarding the city, he has not had a day off. He ate and lived with the soldiers in the military camp outside the city all day long. He did not dare to neglect his cultivation in the morning and evening, and his cultivation improved rapidly.
When he accompanied Ji Beichen to Wuyou Town this time, Zhao Baier originally planned to do some repairs, but unexpectedly, he was mentioned by Ji Beichen at the beginning of the vacation. At this time, Zhao Bai'er was irritated and murmuring in his heart: This boy Ah Chen, how can he still look like he was when he was a child? He is so rigid and strict, he looks so much like his father!
In fact, Zhao Bai'er didn't know that after Ji Beichen went missing at the age of eight, he lived a wandering life outside. After joining the Cangxu Sect, the head master's teachings to him were also quite harsh.
As the saying goes: The children of the poor become rich early. Children who have experienced other people's sufferings always mature and learn early, unlike Zhao Bai'er who had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, and his master loved him so much, so he matured late and could not bear hardships.
The two of them found a medium-sized restaurant, and the waiter led them to a private room on the second floor and ordered some food.
Seeing that Ji Beichen's expression was still serious, Zhao Baier knew that he was worried about the safety of the people, so he said seriously: "Recently, there have been many incidents of harassment of the people in Cangzhou City, and some monks were drained of their souls and lost their lives. And these cases all happened in Cangzhou City Wuyou Town, I came here this time to conduct a secret investigation!"
"Drain the soul?" Ji Beichen was shocked when he heard Zhao Bai'er's words. Cangzhou has always been peaceful, how could something so rampant happen!
"Yes, it is different from the Chenghuan Sect's secret method of harvesting yin and replenishing yang, but the soul is sucked dry!" Zhao Bai'er has never seen such a cruel method before.
"Have the golden elixirs been taken away from those who died?" Ji Beichen suddenly thought of the Huan Mie Sect's secret technique of taking away the golden elixirs.
Zhao Baier shook his head: "That's not true. This method is done in an extremely secretive way. On the surface, it looks like excessive supplementation. I have carefully examined the corpse and found that all three souls and seven souls have been sucked out!"
Zhao Bai'er was young and inexperienced. Ten years ago, the Huan Mie Sect challenged all the major sects in the four states with the intention of unifying the world of cultivation. Zhao Bai'er had never participated in it, so he did not recognize this kind of technique.
Ji Beichen frowned and said: "Sucking people's souls and plundering cultivators' cultivation is a practice method commonly used by the Huan Mie Sect. I didn't expect that just after the ten-year appointment, they would come out to make trouble!"
Ji Beichen recognized this technique. Ever since the master, Master Xu Hai, was seriously injured and forced to surrender, he hated the Demon Sect, especially the Huan Mie Sect's technique, which he had studied thoroughly!
Zhao Bai'er suddenly realized and said happily: "I discussed this matter with Brother Mu before leaving the city, and I have written an urgent report to express to His Majesty. It's just that Cangzhou is far away from the capital, and the situation in the capital is unclear now. I'm afraid there will be changes, or You have to go there in person to feel at ease..."
Zhao Bai'er knew that his cultivation level was too low, and Mu Qing didn't know anything about cultivation, so he could only report to the court for further discussion.
Since Ji Beichen went up the mountain at the age of eight, he has been living in Jiujie Mountain, where he escapes from the mortal world. Now that I have just entered the world, I am very unfamiliar with these common things in the mortal world.
Listening to Zhao Bai'er talk about the events in Beijing, I felt that the situation in the court was unpredictable! I just feel that even though I am a cultivator, I am so insignificant that I cannot save anyone...
Zhao Bai'er did not notice the change in Ji Beichen's mood and continued: "I have just broken through the foundation building and entered the object-expelling stage. The master sent a text message from Wuji Temple the day before yesterday, asking me to go back and observe in the near future. I am going to Liangzhou and I can pass by. Although there is no summons from His Majesty in the capital, you can go to my sister’s place to inquire about it. My sister and I have not seen each other for many years..."
Zhao Xian'er, Zhao Bai'er's sister, married the new emperor Mu Yan twelve years ago and now thinks that the emperor has given birth to a prince and a princess. The prince was named Crown Prince as soon as he was born.
When Mu Yan first ascended to Dabao, he originally wanted to cut off the vassal status of the three states' city lords, but he didn't want to bring disaster to his imperial uncle before he started cutting off the vassal status.
Two years later, Mu Yan relied on the "ten-year agreement" that Huan Mie Zong would not leave Youzhou to restrain the lord of Youzhou City, and secretly advanced the matter of reducing the vassal status in order to ensure the stability of the imperial power in the capital.
Now that the ten-year agreement between the Huan Mie Sect has been resolved, and the lord of Youzhou City has been released from imprisonment, the court and the world of cultivation will once again be in turmoil!
After the meal, the two asked for two upper rooms and went back to their rooms to rest. When night fell, Zhao Baier changed into night clothes, pushed out the window and flew out. He planned to visit the magistrate's mansion in Wuyou Town at night.
An emergency report from the army mentioned that there had been no fewer than ten cases of monks being sucked to death in Wuyou Town, but the county magistrate kept it secret for fear that the magistrate had changed. Therefore, Zhao Baier only pretended to be a night detective this time, and did not visit during the day.
Zhao Baier walked through the night streets and soon arrived at the magistrate's residence in Wuyou Town. At this time, the backyard of the county magistrate's house was full of people and countless birds and birds.
I saw Magistrate Nakong sitting on the upper seat, followed by the shopkeepers of various spiritual stone and fairy weapon shops in the town and the owners of the spiritual weapon casting villages. Everyone was changing cups and cups under the moonlight, with beauties of various colors and scantily clad women lying in their arms.
"Has Master Li of Juhe Jianzhuang arrived?" After three drinks, Magistrate Kong asked the servants around him.
The servant stepped forward, shook his head at County Magistrate Kong and said, "Master, I haven't arrived yet."
"Master Kong, you have invited Mr. Li three times for such a grand party, and you haven't seen him come yet!" The shopkeeper of an immortal shop who was sitting next to County Magistrate Kong saw that Magistrate Kong was turned away. Complain about him.
"Hey, Master Li's spiritual sword is about to be born. The spiritual sword is important! Come on, come on, everyone, keep drinking!" Magistrate Kong was afraid of spoiling everyone's elegance, so he hurriedly greeted everyone and signaled the beauties to pour wine for the guests.
I don’t know how many drinks I drank, but all the guests were a little drunk.
The servant hurried over and whispered in Magistrate Kong's ear: "Master, Miss Bai is here."
"Hurry up and invite me!" When County Magistrate Kong heard that "Miss Bai" had arrived, he woke up and quickly got up and went out to greet her.
The monks in Zhao Baier's expulsion stage could naturally hear the whispers of the two of them. I can't help but wonder, who is this white girl?
Zhao Bai'er moved slightly and walked to the back door of the county magistrate's house. From a distance, he saw a woman with a hot figure wearing a pink dress. Zhao Bai'er could feel the suppression of that person's cultivation. The woman happened to be walking towards the backyard. Zhao Bai'er saw the woman's appearance clearly. It was her!
Zhao Baier recognized this person. He was none other than Bai Shuxiang, a disciple of the Chenghuan Sect and a fifth-level Jindan practitioner. Zhao Bai'er was afraid that she would find him, so he didn't dare to get too close, so he could only listen to the conversation between the two from a distance.
Just listen to Bai Shuxiang say sweetly: "Master Kong, the sisters have been playing with those old men for a long time, shouldn't they be given some benefits?"
Magistrate Kong was particularly attentive to Bai Shuxiang, and his words were full of discussion: "It's easy to talk, but you have to be more careful this time. Many of the monks died before, so it's better not to make too much noise!"
Bai Shuxiang ignored Magistrate Kong's plea, and her words became even more seductive: "Those stinky men are very greedy. They pestered them until they were sucked dry. Can they blame us?"
When County Magistrate Kong heard Bai Shuxiang's crispy voice, he quickly relaxed and said, "That's what Miss Bai said!"
The two finished talking at the back door, and Bai Shuxiang followed Magistrate Nakong to the backyard wing. Zhao Bai'er followed carefully, and soon he saw the beauties who had accompanied the shopkeepers before entering various rooms.
Zhao Baier poked through the window paper of one of the wing rooms and looked inside. I saw a man lying on the bed in the side room. The beauty who had just entered walked straight over and was changing clothes to take some tonic with him. Zhao Bai'er turned away in shame before going through personnel matters.
After a while, there was no movement inside. Zhao Bai'er went to check again, only to find that the man on the bed had died of exhaustion. After the beauty took the tonic, her cultivation level increased greatly. The beauty packed her clothes and went out. Zhao Baier climbed through the window and came forward to inspect the corpse. It was exactly the same as the soul-drained corpse he inspected before.
Zhao Baier couldn't help but wonder: "Why is this happening? They are indeed members of the Chenghuan Sect. Why do they use the Huanmie Sect's soul-sucking technique?"
Zhao Bai'er checked outside the county magistrate's mansion again and found no other abnormalities. Not long after, Bai Shuxiang also left the mansion. Zhao Bai'er saw that she was in high spirits and knew that she must have absorbed the souls of many monks.
Early the next morning, Zhao Baier told Ji Beichen what he had discovered last night.
"It seems that Bai Shuxiang of the Chenghuan Sect has secretly colluded with the Huanmie Sect." After hearing Zhao Bai'er's words, Ji Beichen knew what was going on.
"Ah Chen, I don't know much about the Demon Sect. But aren't the people of the Demon Sect all the same? How can they collude? Of course, except for the Yan Yue Sect!"
Zhao Bai'er didn't understand why Ji Beichen said that, so he apologized quickly for saying the wrong thing in a hurry.
Ji Beichen was not annoyed with him. In the past, he also had many prejudices against the Demon Sect. Now he explained to Zhao Bai'er: "Of course it's different! The Demon Sect is divided into four families, the Yanyue Sect in Cangzhou, the Chenghuan Sect in Qiongzhou, the Huanmie Sect in Youzhou, and the There is the Moying Sect in Moying Mountain. You know the Yanyue Sect, the leader of the Yanzong is very good at running the sect, and the Yanyue Valley opens the valley regularly every year, which is stricter than many immortal sects."
When Zhao Baier heard what Ji Beichen said, he nodded quickly and said, "That's true. I have never heard of violent and bloodthirsty people appearing in Yan Yue Sect. However, some immortal sects have many young people!"
