"The latest sea map of the Forbidden Sea, 20% off on everything, buy one get one free!"
Lin Yang was walking towards the third waterway in the outer city when he heard the sound of people selling charts again in front of him, but this time it was a clerk from a shop facing the street.
"Sir, do you want a chart? The latest chart of the Forbidden Sea is at 20% off." The guy wearing a green hat saw Lin Yang approaching and hurriedly approached.
Lin Yang had just bought two maps, so he was naturally not interested. He waved his hand to the clerk and continued walking forward.
But the clerk still refused to give up and followed Lin Yang, shouting loudly: "Sir, the latest sea chart only costs six low-grade Yuan stones. If you buy a sea chart, you will get a map of Tiangan City as a gift!"
Lin Yang was stunned immediately. He immediately turned around and walked back. He wanted to settle the score with the hawker.
Making money when doing business is a matter of course. But for six pieces of low-grade Yuan Stone, Lin Yang received eleven pieces of low-grade Yuan Stone. Lin Yang believes that this is not making money, but a naked fraud!
However, when Lin Yang returned to the street corner, the hawker was nowhere to be found.
"You black-hearted hawker, just wait and see, I will have to settle this account with you sooner or later. I will have to spit out everything I eat." After Lin Yang searched around the corner to no avail, he could only regret it. Leave and continue to the third waterway in the outer city.
There are nine waterways outside Tiangan City that are connected to the Forbidden Sea. Except for the first and ninth waterways that are connected to the Tiangan River, the other seven waterways are all artificially dug and connected to the artificial lake in the city.
The residence of Jiang Duxing, commander of the third battalion of the Forbidden Sea Guards in the outer city, was built next to an artificial lake connected to the third waterway. In front of and behind the house, the Forbidden Sea Guards surrounded the house and were heavily guarded. They wanted to get in without anyone noticing. ,almost impossible.
At dusk, Lin Yang arrived outside Jiang Duxing's mansion. After observing for a while, he walked straight to the gate of the mansion.
"This is the forbidden area for the forbidden sea guards of Tiangan City. Stop anyone who comes here!" The two forbidden sea guards guarding the door of the mansion shouted when they saw Lin Yang approaching.
"Zhenhai Guard Lin Yang, I have something to ask you to see Commander Jiang." Lin Yang directly showed the red waistband of Zhenhai Guard.
After the two Forbidden Sea Guards saw Lin Yang's Zhenhai Guard waistband, they both put away their stern expressions. One of them smiled at Lin Yang and said, "Brother, please wait a moment, I'll go now." General commander."
After saying that, he turned around and entered Jiang Duxing's commander's residence.
After a moment, the forbidden sea guard turned around, cupped his hands towards Lin Yang, and said, "Please follow me."
Lin Yang followed the forbidden sea guard, crossed the screen wall, walked through the corridor, passed the lotus pond, and then passed through many doorways, and finally saw Jiang Duxing in a well-decorated reception room.
Jiang Duxing looked to be about forty years old, with a medium build and a thin face. He was sitting at the top of the reception room.
Moreover, Jiang Duxing was not the only one in the reception room, there was also a middle-aged man with double eyebrows and sunken eyes sitting next to Jiang Duxing.
The moment Lin Yang walked into the reception room, his heart was shocked, because through the Tianhe Gourd, he sensed that the middle-aged man next to Jiang Duxing had a holy flame hidden in his body. Moreover, Lin Yang also sensed strong energy fluctuations in the middle-aged man's body, and his cultivation level was at least the Hundred Spins realm.
"The Dark Alliance really reached out to Tiangan City! What on earth is the Dark Alliance trying to do?" Lin Yang suppressed the shock in his heart, bowed to Jiang Duxing and saluted, and said loudly: "Zhenhai Guard Lin Yang has met Commander Jiang."
Jiang Duxing turned his attention to Lin Yang, with a puzzled expression on his face. He detected that Lin Yang was only at the Yuanji realm, and Zhenhai guards at the Yuanji realm were rare to see in Tiangan City.
Lin Yang then turned around, cupped his hands towards the middle-aged man with a straight eyebrow, and said, "Zhenhai Guard Lin Yang, I have met the senior."
"You're welcome." The middle-aged man's voice was cold, and he smiled faintly at Lin Yang, with a superficial smile but no real smile.
"Are you from the Danxia Sect?" Jiang Duxing asked softly.
"I heard that Commander Jiang is an expert at knowing things. When I see him today, he is indeed worthy of his reputation. I really admire him." Lin Yang responded loudly and raised his hand towards Jiang Duxing.
"My little friend is joking, how can you say that you are like a god? Tiangan City has never had Zhenhai Guards at the Yuanji Realm before, and the Danxia Sect happened to have personnel rotation recently, so these two things are related together. It's not difficult to guess the identity of this little friend." When Jiang Duxing saw Lin Yang admitting his identity as a disciple of the Danxia Sect, and was complimented by Lin Yang, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and he even called Lin Yang very fondly. After getting intimate, he then asked: "I wonder why my little friend came to see me today?"
"It's just a small matter, but it will disturb the commander. Lin Yang is deeply uneasy." Lin Yang had an apologetic expression on his face. At the same time, he was wondering in his heart that Jiang Duxing was much higher than him in terms of cultivation and status, but he treated him as a little friend, which was a bit abnormal.
"You don't need to be polite, little friend, but it doesn't matter." The smile on Jiang Duxing's face did not diminish.
"Commander Jiang, I have a clan member who once served under the commander, but suddenly lost contact ten years ago. I took the liberty to come to see Commander Jiang to see if Commander Jiang can provide some clues." Lin Yang saw that the time was ripe. , he stopped being polite and directly explained his intention.
"Oh, I wonder what the name of this little friend is?" Jiang Duxing asked slowly.
"Lin Zhengfeng..."
"Lin Zhengfeng? I seem to have heard of this name. Is he a warrior?"
"Exactly!"
Jiang Duxing said oh, and then raised his voice slightly and said: "I remembered, wasn't Lin Zhengfeng the only warrior in Tiangan City who became the Forbidden Sea Guards? Lin Zhengfeng was a famous person in Tiangan City at that time, even though he was just one Although he is a famous warrior, he performed outstandingly in the battle against the Yuan Beast. He even killed a second-level Yuan Beast with his own hands. With his military exploits, he became a Hundred Guards under my command. His Hundred Guards Waist Card was obtained by me myself. It's for you to wear. Unexpectedly, Lin Zhengfeng is actually your tribe. It seems that my little friend and I are really destined."
"Does Commander Jiang know the reason for Lin Zhengfeng's disappearance?" Lin Yang felt hope rising again.
"Well, talking about Lin Zhengfeng's disappearance, I really feel a little regretful. After Lin Zhengfeng became the Hundred Guards of the Forbidden Sea Guards, the Forbidden Sea Guards under my command who were just warriors all had role models and goals, whether it was motivation or The combat effectiveness has been greatly improved. Warriors account for the majority of the Forbidden Sea Guards in our outer city. As their combat effectiveness increases, the combat effectiveness of the third battalion of the Forbidden Sea Guards in the outer city that I command will naturally increase as well. , there was a faint tendency to catch up with the 1st and 9th Battalions. Unfortunately, when Lin Zhengfeng was inspecting the gate of the third waterway, he suddenly encountered a tsunami, and even people and boats were involved in the Forbidden Sea. I Afterwards, we sent people to search everywhere, and even called in the Zhenhai Guards, but found nothing. Alas, what a pity." After Jiang Duxing finished speaking, he let out a long sigh.
Lin Yang carefully observed Jiang Duxing's demeanor and found that the regretful expression on Jiang Duxing's face did not seem to be fake.
"Commander Jiang, I have a little doubt about what you said. There should be signs before the tsunami appears. He should have avoided it in advance, right?" Lin Yang raised a question.
"Are you questioning Commander Jiang?" The middle-aged man with a straight eyebrow suddenly spoke. He said to Lin Yang in a bad tone: "The Forbidden Sea changes without reason. It wants to produce a tsunami, so why do you need anything?" Sign? You first came to Tiangan City and know nothing about the Forbidden Sea, so don’t rely on your ignorance to talk nonsense!"
Lin Yang was not surprised at all by the middle-aged man's sudden attack, because the Dark Alliance was currently at war with the top ten sects of Qianzhou. The middle-aged man knew the identity of a disciple of Lin Yang's Danxia sect, so naturally he would not have a good impression of Lin Yang. .
Originally, Lin Yang was thinking about getting close to the middle-aged man from the Dark Alliance first to see if he could get some information about the Dark Alliance in Tiangan City, but he never thought that the middle-aged man would not give Lin Yang a chance at all.
So, Lin Yang raised his head, cast his piercing dark eyes at the middle-aged man with a straight eyebrow, and said with a cold tone: "Who are you? Looking at Commander Jiang's face, I just I respectfully call you senior, but don’t think of yourself as a real person! When I’m talking to Commander Jiang, where is your turn to interrupt?”
As soon as Lin Yang said these words, his sharp edge was revealed.
The middle-aged man with straight eyebrows suddenly changed his expression, and Jiang Duxing was also very surprised by Lin Yang's toughness.
"What an arrogant boy! Do you think you are from the Danxia sect, so I don't dare to touch you?" The middle-aged man stood up from his chair angrily, his aura surged, and he was about to attack Lin Yang.
"Brother Lu Qian, please don't get angry. If you have anything to say, say it properly. Don't hurt the harmony." Jiang Duxing also quickly stood up and stopped in front of the middle-aged man with his eyebrows lined up.
Jiang Duxing knew very well that Lin Yang was only in the Yuanji realm, while Lu Qian was in the Baixuan realm. If Lu Qian really gave way, Lin Yang would definitely be defeated. If Lin Yang made a mistake in his mansion, he would not only be unable to explain it to the Danxia Sect, but he would also be unable to explain it to Hua Yingyue of Zhenhai Guard.
Therefore, he would never let Lu Qian take action against Lin Yang.
Lin Yang was naturally sure of this, he stood upright, looked at the furious Lu Qian without fear, and said: "Since you mentioned my identity as a disciple of the Danxia Sect, you naturally have concerns about the Danxia Sect. But I am not as timid as you. Even if I were not a disciple of the Danxia Sect, I would definitely sneer at someone as rude as you! Moreover, if I were not in Commander Jiang’s house today, I would definitely be the first to I’ll give you two slaps and teach you what etiquette is!”
"Commander Jiang, let me kill this kid. I, Lu Qian, am responsible for all the work. I will never harm you in the slightest!" Lu Qian's strength is obviously not as good as Jiang Duxing's. He tried to rush to Lin Yang several times, but Jiang Duxing was blocked. Hold it down forcibly.
"Commander Jiang, you were just speaking for you. This kid humiliated me like this, why are you still trying to stop me?" Lu Qian was blocked by Jiang Duxing many times, and he was a little angry at Jiang Duxing.
"Brother Lu Qian, everything is negotiable. If you take action, it won't end well." Jiang Duxing was persuading him kindly, but he was cursing in his heart: Are you speaking for me? Obviously you want to push me into the fire pit.
"Commander Jiang, if this is the case, don't count on Lu anymore to control the poison on your daughter. Farewell!" Seeing Jiang Duxing's obvious preference for Lin Yang, Lu Qian was so angry that he trembled all over. He slammed his sleeves and threw her away. The door left.
"Brother Lu Qian, Brother Lu Qian!" Jiang Duxing chased him to the door of the reception room. Seeing that Lu Qian had gone away, he shouted towards the door of the mansion: "Give me a good send-off, Doctor Lu."
"Commander Jiang, I'm sorry for causing you trouble." Lin Yang saw Jiang Duxing turning around and quickly apologized.
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter, little friend, where were you talking about just now?" A smile appeared on Jiang Duxing's face again, as if what just happened never happened.
"Commander Jiang, tsunami, we just talked about tsunami." Lin Yang reminded.
"Oh." Jiang Duxing sat back in his chair, and asked Lin Yang to sit down at the same time, and then said: "Little friend, I don't know. There are no rules for tsunamis on the sea. They come and go when they say they want. , impossible to guard against. The duty of our Forbidden Sea Guards is to defend the city. We hardly need to go to the sea. We only go to the Forbidden Sea when we need to repair the gates, and it is right at the foot of Tiangan City. Lin Zhengfeng was also unlucky, and it was his turn to repair the gates. When we were there, we encountered a tsunami.”
Lin Yang frowned slightly and asked, "Commander, does he know whether the people who went to repair the gate with him at that time survived?"
After Jiang Duxing thought for a moment, he shook his head.
Lin Yang felt very disappointed, knowing that he could not find any useful information from Jiang Duxing, so he prepared to leave.
Jiang Duxing glanced at Lin Yang, suddenly slapped his forehead, and said, "Little friend, there is a person who knows much more about Lin Zhengfeng's disappearance than me."
"Oh!" Lin Yang immediately beamed with joy and said urgently, "Commander, please tell me this person's name."
"This person was Tian Qinghe, Lin Zhengfeng's direct supervisor at the time. At that time, he was responsible for the unified dispatch and arrangement of the maintenance work of the third river channel." Jiang Duxing was very direct.
"Commander Jiang, is Tian Qinghe still in the Third Battalion of the Forbidden Sea Guards?" Lin Yang asked quickly.
Jiang Duxing shook his head, with a look of shame on his face, and said slowly: "I'm not afraid of my friends' jokes. A few months ago, there was civil unrest in Tianqian City, and someone from my third battalion was involved. The leader was Tian Qinghe. This person is now on Brownstone Island."
"Brown Stone Island!" Lin Yang frowned deeply. He was previously worried that he would go to Brown Stone Island to look for clues about his father. Unexpectedly, Lin Zhengfeng's clues were actually on Brown Stone Island.
"Thank you, Commander Jiang!" Lin Yang had already got the answer and was about to say goodbye to Jiang Duxing. However, before leaving, he politely said to Jiang Duxing: "If Commander Jiang is of any use to Lin Yang in the future, just ask. ."
Lin Yang believed that Jiang Duxing was a dignified leader of the outer sect and had many capable subordinates, so he should not have any use for himself.
However, what Lin Yang didn't expect was that Jiang Duxing seemed to have been waiting for his polite words.
Jiang Duxing didn't wait for Lin Yang to finish what he said, and said with obvious urgency: "My little friend, to be honest, Jiang really has something that needs my help!"
