To the northwest of Wuling Sect, there is a town named Ruixuan.
Ruixuan Town is located in the northwest of Wuling Sect, which is located in the south. To the south of Wuling Sect is the vast sea, and in the other three directions are the vast land of Zhongzhou.
Although Ruixuan Town is called a town, it is actually a very big place. Unlike other towns in the world, there are no city walls or gates outside of Ruixuan Town. Naturally, there are no people who guard the city gates or conduct inquiries like those in the world. Pedestrians or soldiers collecting taxes. Looking from a distance, this place looks like an extremely large farm. However, what is different from that farm is that Ruixuan Town is full of buildings and pavilions. On the neat and wide roads, people come and go, and it is extremely lively. .
More importantly, mortals in the world cannot come to this place, but everyone who appears in Ruixuan Town is one and the same, from young boys to octogenarians, from the clerks who stand respectfully outside the shop to greet customers attentively to the shops. The gentlemen who smile all over their faces but are somewhat reserved are all practitioners.
This is a small town in the world of spiritual practice, so the people who come and go are also practitioners.
However, the identities of these practitioners in the town are also different.
Since it is close to Wuling Sect, the middle and high-level disciples of Wuling Sect can be seen everywhere in this town. Although there is a small market in Helou every month in Wuling Sect, there are people buying and selling items in Jiuxuan almost every day. , but those are all run by the disciples of the sect. No matter how many people buy and sell, they are nothing more than some spiritual weapons, elixirs and materials, and nothing else. They are far inferior to the complete range of items sold by the shops in Ruixuan Town. It's rare and fresh, so any Five Spirit disciples who have reached the intermediate level of Qi Refining will definitely come to Ruixuan Town to see the excitement and buy some things they like.
In addition, Jiu Xuan in the Wuling Sect is famous for refining weapons, while Qixia Mountain is famous for elixirs. These merchants in the town have been doing business for a long time, so naturally they all have some familiar names in the Wuling Sect. People, they use these people to find ways to bring out the well-refined spiritual weapons or rare elixirs from the sect. Although there are many sects and aristocratic families in the practice world, there are naturally those who refine weapons and elixirs, but compared to As far as the Wuling Sect is concerned, the difference is really too far. Any spiritual weapon or elixir leaked from the Wuling Sect can be sold at a good price here, and then sold by these traders at a markup. He has gone to various places in the spiritual world.
Since it was profitable, it naturally attracted some people from the Wuling Sect. Most of these people were Jiuxuan disciples. They either partnered with people in these towns or were just a few Wuling disciples, and they were also here in Ruixuan. Businesses have opened in the town. Of course, doing business is not something that can be done in a moment of enthusiasm. Naturally, there will be profits and losses. Speaking of a senior brother named Xiang who once had the idea of Qianchao Lingwei, he talked with others. The partnership runs a small shop in Ruixuan Town, but the business is a bit bleak.
Apart from these disciples of the Five Spirit Sect, the rest of the people in the town can be roughly divided into two categories.
The first category is people from other small sects and small aristocratic families. Because these people have some support, they mainly do business in Ruixuan Town.
The other type of people are casual cultivators. The life of casual cultivators is generally not easy, so there are not many of these people doing business. Most of them sell things they get from everywhere in exchange for spiritual stones and elixirs. He is even willing to take risks and do some shady things for others for things like spiritual stones and pills.
These two types of talents are the permanent residents in Ruixuan Town.
Apart from these two types of people, there are also some unidentified people. Wuling Sect belongs to one of the six major sects in Zhongzhou. Although these six major sects are in harmony with each other on the surface, they are also in unseen corners. There are constant secret fights, so it is more important to keep track of the movements of other sects and learn about each other's intelligence. In the elegant rooms of teahouses and restaurants in Ruixuan Town, or in the secret rooms of some business shops, a look or a code word can be understood in the blink of an eye, and a piece of paper full of words will be exchanged for a bag full of souls. Shi, for example, it was leaked out which disciples of Wuling Sect were going out and doing something recently, or something happened in a certain family or sect that angered a senior of Wuling Sect, and the senior became furious and wanted to call an army to hold him accountable. In this way, this unlucky family or sect can become a potential target to be attracted by the other five sects.
It's just that the identity of such a person is extremely secretive.
Because it is a town where practitioners gather, and because it is not only close to but also located within the Five Spirits Sect, the Five Spirits Sect has also stationed several foundation-building monks here to maintain daily affairs. Of course, their main focus is on Those who may work for the other five sects, so if someone leaves this town and never returns, it is most likely that they were secretly captured because their identity was exposed, and they will never be seen again.
After all, the secret fighting between sects is so cruel.
It was approaching noon that day, and a haggard middle-aged man appeared outside the town and walked into Ruixuan Town.
Flying is not allowed in Ruixuan Town, whether it is to control weapons or to control the air. When the monks reach the outskirts of the town, they must fly around the town. To enter the town, they must land outside the town and then enter on foot.
This haggard middle-aged man walked along the wide road in Ruixuan Town, passing by store after store. Following the lively crowd, he stopped in front of a store called "Ya Qi Ji". He looked at the plaque on the shop, and then looked in through the open door of the shop. There seemed to be three or two monks negotiating the price inside. After thinking for a while, he walked in.
"Sir, please take a seat first. I will come and talk to you after I finish my work."
The store of this "Elegant Artifact Collection" is not big, and there are all kinds of spiritual weapons on the shelves inside. There is only one middle-aged man who seems to be the shopkeeper who is greeting the two monks. The shopkeeper sees When the middle-aged man came in, he quickly greeted him.
Soon, the price was agreed upon, and the two monks paid the spiritual stones and left with the purchased spiritual weapons.
"Sir, please have some tea." The shopkeeper had time to bring a tea tray to the haggard middle-aged man. After pouring the tea, he sat down and looked at the middle-aged man up and down before speaking again. He said, "I wonder how this gentleman will take care of the business of the shop today?"
"I have something I want to sell, and I want the shopkeeper to take a look at it and give me a price."
As he spoke, the haggard middle-aged man took out a small black box from his body and placed it on the coffee table.
The shopkeeper looked at the small box, then glanced at the middle-aged man. He stretched out a hand and gently opened the lid of the wooden box. Before it was fully opened, he could already see clearly what was in the box. He closed the box with a snap, but with a smile on his face, he said to Han Tian: "Haha, this thing is really valuable. This gentleman is trying to make amends. I can't see clearly with my eyes. How about asking this gentleman to move to the second floor and asking our chief shopkeeper to take a look?"
"That's fine."
The haggard middle-aged man picked up the wooden box and turned around to go upstairs.
"The big shopkeeper is on the second floor. You can see it as soon as you go up. I have to be busy with the business here, so I won't go up with you." The shopkeeper said behind him.
Because there were less things on the second floor, it seemed much more spacious than the first floor. When the haggard middle-aged man went upstairs, he saw that there was only a bookcase in the middle of the second floor. Behind the bookcase, there was a young man in his thirties sitting holding a book. A scroll of books looked at him, and the haggard middle-aged man didn't say anything. He just stretched out his hand and threw the wooden box in his hand towards the young man.
The man caught the wooden box, opened it and looked at it. Then he stood up from behind the desk, pushed his hand on the wall, and opened a secret door. The haggard middle-aged man stepped in in one step.
In the dark room, the haggard middle-aged man rubbed his face with both hands a few times, and then his facial features were blurred. When it was over, there was no trace of the haggard and downcast middle-aged man. He was clearly a The handsome young man with picturesque features is none other than Han Tian.
There were tables and chairs in the dark room. Han Tian walked over and sat down on a chair, with a rather depressed look on his face.
"Brother Han," the young man asked in confusion, "Why are you here? What happened?"
Han Tian said with some regret: "Oh, forget it, it's all my fault for being negligent, which almost led to a big mistake."
"Oh?" The young man was a little surprised when he heard this. He also sat down next to him and asked, "What happened?"
"That Wen Zhang was sent back to the Wen family by Mr. Wen Mian."
"What!" The young man was very surprised when he heard this. After thinking for a while, he asked again, "How could such a thing happen?"
Then Han Tian told the young man exactly what happened in the secret room.
After finishing speaking, both of them were silent for a while.
The young man first said: "Brother Han, it seems that you are indeed a little impatient. Who would have thought that a few disciples of the fourth level of Qi Refining could join forces to kill two high-level Qi Refining monks? Huh, fifth level Qi Refining monks. Lingzong is really a place that never lacks surprises. Well, now that the matter is over, what are Brother Han going to do next?"
"Brother Liu, since the matter has already begun, it is impossible to give up halfway. Besides, that is not my temper. Although Wen Zhang was sent back, you know the affairs of the Wen family better than I do. Wen Zhang is probably staying in the Wen family. He will come back sooner or later. During this period of time, I can still gain a foothold in the Five Spirits Sect without him, it’s just that there will be some trouble."
"Are you worried that Luo Ying and those people will continue to look for you?"
"Those people are not actually what I'm most worried about. In the final analysis, although the idea of what they did was mine, without Wen Zhang, it would be impossible to do it. They also know this, and they are looking for Firstly, I came because they had no way to go to Wen Zhang to settle the score. Secondly, even if they came to me, it would just be to vent their anger. However, I estimate that in the next two years, well, even the time will be shorter, Luo Ying and others will definitely build a Gee, at that time, they will have no intention of causing trouble for me. To say the least, even if I are caught by them, I can protect myself after asking myself some words. It will just be a little humiliation. What I am worried about is: Two things.”
The young man named Liu said: "One is the gentle one, and the other one is the Qianchao, right?"
"good."
"Brother Han, I heard that Wen Liang is so powerful. Haven't you heard of this person before?"
"Not only have I heard of it, but I remember seeing it a few times. But at that time, Wen Liang was always hanging out with some high-level disciples. He seemed to be just an errand boy. He never showed off his talents. Who could tell him He took it seriously and said, "Huh, I didn't expect this person to be a secretive guy. Brother Liu, we must pay attention to this person. I will still go back to the sect later, and I will continue to secretly inquire about his affairs." But I estimate that I won’t be able to find out much. The origin of this person should be investigated from outside the clan. This requires Brother Liu to ask more people to collect things about this Wen Liang, where he was born, who else is in his family, and who he used to be. I need Brother Liu to help me collect information about what happened, what kind of temper this person was when he was at home, etc. I always felt that it was not a good thing that he suddenly showed kindness to me, and besides, I felt that it was better than ours. What this Wen Liang is planning is a big deal, and I'm afraid that I'll be plotted by him if I'm not careful, and I'll have to suffer for him in the end, and that won't be good."
"Well, don't worry, I will find someone to handle this matter. Brother Han, you also said that this Wen Liang is a well-hidden guy, but why can't he help himself to go to you now and even ask for help? You avoid trouble to show your kindness. When you go back, you must pay more attention to this. If he keeps forbearing, nothing may happen, but when he comes to you, it means that he may be planning something or about to do something. When doing one thing, you have to pay more attention to this."
Han Tian thought about Brother Liu's words and nodded.
"Also," the young man named Liu said again, "that little guy named Qian Chao, it seems that you take him seriously?"
"That's right, but it's not all him. Brother Liu, I'm not afraid of offending people like Luo Ying and Wenyuan. In fact, they are easy to deal with. In their eyes, I just had some bad ideas. When the time comes, I just need to be willing to put down my dignity. , if you beg and say nice words regardless of face, nothing will happen. Those people are capable, have a good background, and are arrogant by nature. As long as they are satisfied with their face, they will not go into it. On the contrary, Qian Chao and the others will not It will be so.”
"Why?"
"Well, hum! If the last idea I gave Wen Zhang comes true, that Qian Chao will definitely die. Not only will he die, but the few little guys around him will probably not survive either. Alas, I feel a little confused when I say this. Regret, I never expected that Qian Chao would be with a little girl who has some background. This is where I made a mistake. I should have inquired more beforehand. This is one. Second, according to Dong What Dong said at the end was that he was trapped in a formation as soon as they fought. He was trapped for more than two days. Brother Liu, regardless of who arranged the formation, after Dong Min was trapped for two days, Qian Chao It took several people to interrogate him, but he didn't see the fight at all. It lasted more than two days. According to my estimation, it was definitely not the two people who were killed by the little girl with some life experience using some life-saving thing given by her elders. Because if that would be quick and straightforward, several of them would also come to interrogate Dong Min very quickly. The reason why it took more than two days was probably because they had experienced a life-and-death battle, were injured or exhausted, and had no choice but to If you don't cultivate yourself for a while, then you can come and ask Dong Zhong who is trapped."
"Can a low-level Qi refining person kill a high-level Qi refining person?" The young man named Liu still didn't believe it.
"Now I have realized a truth. What monks fight is their cultivation, their methods, and even each other's brains! Don't forget, Dong Min was trapped as soon as they fought. If he can be trapped, the rest Why can't two people be trapped? Even if they can't trap them all, even if they trap one more, five people can still have a slight chance of winning if they try their best to deal with one of them. One of them is called An Zhen. Brother Liu has also heard of that person. He also carried an evil sword with him. Dong Min said that the evil sword was cut off. This shows how fierce the fight was at that time. It must have been a fierce battle of life and death. Tell me, I put them through this for no reason. Life and death, can they not hate me? They are not high-level disciples facing foundation building like Luo Ying, and neither am I. I will stay in the sect for many years in the future. If I am just hated by a Qian Chao That's all, but with the addition of that difficult little girl, things are not simple. I heard people say that this girl has a mean temper, and she has suffered such a big loss this time, so she will definitely not let me go, so If I can get rid of them, it will be beneficial to my future actions, but I don’t dare to act rashly.”
After hearing this, the man named Liu asked: "What's the name of that little girl?"
"Tang Ping, a member of the Tang family in Jinghai, the granddaughter of Elder Tang Bonian of Shuiyun Valley, and the apprentice of Fairy Guhuo."
Hearing these words, Liu's face was moved. This girl's background was much greater than that of Wen Zhang. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but said: "Since Tang Ping has such a profound background, if they are eliminated, things will definitely not end well." , Brother Han, even if you want to do it, you can’t rush it, you need to endure it for a while and think about it again and again?”
"I know, I am also considering this matter. We don't have to do this unless it is absolutely necessary. It would be too dangerous and would also involve our respective families. But" having said this, Han Tian looked at the man surnamed Liu. The young man said, "We would rather be prepared than use it, rather than not being prepared when things happen. Besides, we have to be on guard against those gentle people. You should pay more attention to it in the future. You might as well build up more manpower. Don't use people from the town. From outside." Look for me, I will come to you if necessary in the future. Of course, it is best for you to send a few more capable people from home. Their role is..."
The man surnamed Liu naturally understood that the so-called manpower was just the desperado-like casual cultivators found from outside. These people would be eliminated after being used once!
"Well, that's fine. I'll arrange this as soon as possible."
"Hmph, compared to Qian Chao, this gentle man makes me even more unpredictable. In his words, he hopes that I can get rid of Qian Chao as soon as possible. I really don't know what kind of entanglement he has with Qian Chao, but how can I let him If he gets his wish, I will make some inquiries when he gets back to see when Qian Chao offended him."
"Brother Han, I have an idea."
"Oh? Tell me."
"Have Qian Chao and that little girl named Tang Ping been together all this time?"
Hearing this, Han Tian was stunned. He had not paid attention to Qian Chao, Tang Ping and others. It was only after Qian Chao refused to refine weapons for Wen Zhang that he inquired about them briefly, but he did not know much, but this person He knew what Brother Liu was asking, so he nodded and said, "What I heard is that they will definitely be together whenever they go outside the sect."
"Well, if that's the case, the one named Wen Liang encouraged you to get rid of Qian Chao, but if you really do this, will the other four have to be eliminated as well? Let's put it another way, Brother Han, even if you want to get rid of this person yourself Qian Chao, if you really take action, what will you do with the other four people?"
"Well...if we get to that point, we must get rid of them all together."
"In my opinion, Wen Liang may not have any old grudges with Qian Chao. Of course, we need to continue to inquire more about the matter, but I always feel that only someone with a background like Tang Ping is more likely to be targeted. , not that Qian Chao, after all, in the world of spiritual practice, it seems that no aristocratic family is named Qian."
The words of the young man surnamed Liu made Han Tian think about it. Unfortunately, he knew very little about the origins of these five people before, so he simply stopped thinking about it and said, "What Brother Liu said makes sense. It seems like It is very likely that Wen Liang misled me, and it may not be Tang Ping. Any one of those five little guys could be the person he wants to harm. I want to get to know the details of these five people when I return to the sect."
The young man named Liu heard what he said and knew that Han Tian already wanted to leave, so he said, "Brother Han, are you ready to leave now?"
"Well, I won't stay here any longer. No matter who Wen Liang is planning, you still have to do what I said immediately."
"Don't worry, I will make arrangements right away."
