On the night of the second day, Lu Pingchuan's wish was fulfilled, and the five of them went to the Star Picking Tower to have a taste.
While in the Star Reaching Tower, Yanxuan seemed to accidentally see a familiar figure. It was a tall and strong man. However, she only saw a profile at that time. Then the man turned around and accompanied a young and slim man. A woman and a young girl walked over. She was a little curious. She seemed to have seen that man somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for the moment. Just as she was thinking about it, she was interrupted by Lu Pingchuan, who was holding a wine bowl and urging him to drink. , and then after a glass of wine fell into her stomach, she coughed, her cheeks turned pink, and she felt a little top-heavy, and she never thought about it again.
However, although he drank to his heart's content, Lu Pingchuan didn't think highly of the Star Reaching Tower. He kept saying that the drinks here were just average, as light as water, and even worse than the spiritual wine used for cultivation given by Sister Tang. Light.
That night, the five people asked for four rooms in Zhaixinglou and slept here.
While the five people were resting in the Zhai Xing Tower, downstairs in the Zhai Xing Tower, several figures were talking quietly in a dark corner where the light could not shine.
"Do you see clearly? Is there that boy?"
"Yes! I saw it clearly. The boy who asked me about the country woman during the day is in the star-picking building. I asked just now that the five of them drank here and will rest here tonight."
"Humph, I heard that they rested at Song Feng Tower last night and are here again at Zhaixing Tower tonight. They are really a bunch of fat sheep. Well, in this case, they might as well kill them for meat."
"But...there are five of them. I only thought there were two at first. Now there are five of them, and one of them is still very alert. Are we..."
"Are you worried that we can't eat it ourselves?"
"In the past, people who have just reached the fifth level of Qi Refining have never shown off like this in Ruixuan Town. We should be more careful to avoid accidents."
"Well, that's fine. I'll make the arrangements. Just keep an eye on them and don't let them go."
"good!"
…
Just when Qian Chao and the other five people were resting in their own rooms, they were also in one of the elegantly decorated guest rooms on the star-catching floor.
The little girl who said in Baihe Tower that it was Tang Ping who robbed her of Cuizhiqing looked at her sister in the room and asked carefully:
"Sister, didn't you say you hate that boy named Cao Ze to death? Why didn't you drive him away when you saw him today? You even drank tea with him at noon and drank with him at night?"
There is a cup of hot tea on the table in the room. The fragrant tea soup in the fine white porcelain cup is steaming up. A green-white finger is sliding along the round mouth of the tea cup. After listening to her sister's words, the woman named Shangguan smiled, turned to look at the girl, and asked:
"Xiu'er, what do you think? What do you think my sister is going to do?"
The girl frowned and looked at her sister for a while, then said:
"I don't know, but I always feel that my sister is definitely not getting along with him again. Is it...does my sister want that boy Cao Ze to suffer a big loss?"
The little girl asked tentatively.
"Huh, let's get back together..." The woman surnamed Shangguan smiled coldly, "That's absolutely impossible. He has failed me once, do I still want to give him another chance? How could I be that stupid! When we meet today, If he just said hello politely and left, I didn't expect that he was still persistent in his evil intentions. Then you can't blame me, huh! You need to plan this matter carefully to make that girl from Qixia Mountain Look, what kind of wolf-like face is the person she longs for, and I want to make it difficult for this boy named Cao to even gain a foothold in the sect, let alone build a foundation!"
"Ah, sister..." The little girl was startled by the chill in the woman's tone. "There's no need to make him miserable!"
"Oh, silly girl, don't be deceived by his face. Do you know how deeply I was deceived by him at that time? The slightest chance is the hatred of eternal mistakes. Fortunately, he has never been able to succeed with me. And I worked hard on that girl from Qixia Mountain, which made me see him clearly. Xiu'er, remember, you must keep your eyes open in the future. A man with a good skin is not a good thing. You There will definitely be many people pestering you in the future, so you must control yourself, do you understand?"
"Oh," the girl nodded, "Then... what are you going to do?"
"Well, there is no need to rush this. Anyway, that kid can't break through the foundation for the time being. I still have time. Take my time. I have to plan carefully and deal with him bit by bit. When he understands, I will It’s all too late. When the time comes, he will be criticized by thousands of people, his reputation will be ruined, and he will even be expelled from the school. I just want to watch the fun!"
The woman named Shangguan said calmly, but her sister could feel the depth of hatred in her sister's heart. Although her sister still seemed to be sitting there leisurely, her hand holding the teacup was extra strong. The tendons are all highlighted!
…
At the same time, in the secret room of a shop in Ruixuan Town, a young man was talking to the person in front of him.
This young man is exactly the young man named Liu who found Qian Chao in Song Feng Tower last night. In front of him is a person dressed as a disciple of the Five Spirits, or rather a disciple of the Five Spirits, wearing a jade pendant around his waist. can prove his identity.
Mr. Liu said to the man:
"I went to see Qian Chao last night and explained to him everything Master Han wanted to say. When I saw him last night, I found that Qian Chao was indeed as extraordinary as Mr. Han said..."
After saying this, Mr. Liu stopped, glanced at the person opposite, and then continued.
"His intelligence is definitely not inferior to Mr. Han's. I spoke a few words, and he started talking eloquently. He actually explained Mr. Han's methods of dealing with the Wen family clearly and clearly, and he also... hum... also... he... The young master’s current predicament has also told me, alas, it’s really inappropriate to go against such a person!”
The person listening on the opposite side nodded, seeming to agree with Mr. Liu's statement.
Mr. Liu continued:
"I told Mr. Han about what happened to Qian Chao before... and apologized to Qian Chao on Mr. Han's behalf. Also, the last time Mr. Han took action against Qian Chao at Na Wenliang's request, it seems that Qian Chao and others I haven't encountered this before. I thought about it later. Probably when those people entered Wuling Sect, someone was dealing with Yan Shuang. The two things were mixed together. Maybe those people died in the chaos. Maybe he thought he was outmatched and fled directly, but in short, he didn't fight Qian Chao and others. You have to tell Mr. Han about this when you go back."
"And...well...that's what Qian Chao said. He said he didn't care about the past, but asked Mr. Han, if we want to deal with that Wen Liang together, how can Mr. Han help? You go back to this I also said that I would listen to Mr. Han and let him think about it carefully. In fact, it is not just him who has to think about it, but we also have to think about it..."
Seeing the puzzled look in the man's eyes, Mr. Liu smiled softly and said:
"What I just learned recently, I'm afraid Mr. Han himself couldn't have imagined. Miss Han Ning, oh, actually Ning Han, the Han family didn't know where they got the news from. I knew that after Ning Han entered the Five Spirit Sect, he had an affair with a man named Lin Jian. In fact, you should know that this is Ning Han's escape plan. She does not want to marry into the Wen family. She wants to use Lin Jian's family to get rid of the Han family. You always know the Lin family, Chuzhou In the Lin family, there is Lin Hengzu in the Wuling Sect, who is Lin Jian's father, a monk who formed elixirs, and most importantly, Lin Jian's grandfather. He is the Yuanying Patriarch in the Wuling Sect, and he is currently practicing on Yuhu Mountain. , the Han family, huh, after the Han family learned about it, instead of intervening and bringing Ning Han back to the Han family, they decided to go with the flow. In Xuanzhou now, the Wen family had just suffered an assassination, although they were not injured. The strength of the Wen family has been shaken, but the foundation has been shaken. The decline of the Wen family can be expected in the future, and the Han family has deliberately planned to ruin the engagement through the assassination of the son of the Wen family who was engaged to Ning Han, and then marry Ning Han. Then Lin Jian formed an alliance with the Lin family of Chuzhou. Chuzhou and Xuanzhou are not far apart. If the Han family gets this strong support, in time they will become the Wen family again. Such a thing must never happen!"
"You also need to tell Mr. Han about this. He should understand what I mean. Hey, let's help him together. Originally, we were each following the family's orders to deal with the Wen family, but now, we are working together to deal with him. The Han family, however, Mr. Han is a man obsessed with love. He has been working for so long and done so much to be able to be with Ning Han. He will never give up even if he does not break up with the Han family. , at least we will try our best to stop the Han family from doing anything. We must add fuel to the flames, and... I also disclosed this matter when I was talking to Qian Chao at the time. I promised him that as long as he is willing to help Han Tian, we We will skip Mr. Han here and directly provide him with any information we can get and some help we can. Of course, what Qian Chao wants is to deal with Wen Liang, and he has no idea about our Xuanzhou matter. Oh. , there is no need to tell Mr. Han these things, lest he worry too much."
"Then..." The person opposite Mr. Liu finally said, "What did Qian Chao say?"
"After hearing this, he did not comment, but he looked at the four companions beside him. Among them was a girl in a blue skirt, who seemed to be the Tang Ping that Mr. Han mentioned. The girl acquiesced. Qian Chao later He said that they will come to Ruixuan Town frequently in the future, and there will definitely be a chance to meet again. We will see how some things develop, and I don’t mind joining forces if necessary."
"That's all for the most part. You should be more careful when you come and go. Next time, someone else can come, not just you. There might be gentle people hiding in Ruixuan Town. I'm worried about Mr. Han now. He was unfavorable in dealing with Qian Chao, and he might have angered Wen Liang, or... well... it was very possible that on the night when Yan Shuang's accident happened, that was the night when Qian Chao and the others showed off their skills, Wen Liang was very likely He was just watching there. If he saw Qian Chao's methods, he might change his mind and not let Mr. Han continue to deal with Qian Chao. In that case, Mr. Han would be in danger. If it was useless, he might Wen Liang will get rid of him to avoid future troubles, so before Wen Liang is captured, Mr. Han had better not leave the sect easily."
The man nodded, and seeing that Mr. Liu had nothing to say, he said:
"Then I'll go back."
"Okay, no, wait, although we are interested in joining forces with Qian Chao, you must remember that in the Wuling Sect, you must not have direct contact with Qian Chao, let alone go to him. Everything must be done Come and do it in Ruixuan Town. If you have anything to do, tell me and I will talk to him. I will tell you what is related to Mr. Han. Naturally, I will not hide anything related to Xuanzhou from you. It is better for us to be more cautious. To guard against Wen Liang, secondly not to let Young Master Han think too much, and thirdly, not to let people from the Wuling Sect focus on us and let them mistakenly think that we are going to be detrimental to the Five Spirits Sect, do you understand?"
"okay, I get it."
…
Zhai Xing Tower, in Tang Ping and Yan Xuan's room.
With a sound of "Ah", Yanxuan suddenly stood up from the bed, panting heavily.
Tang Ping was naturally awakened. She also sat up, put her arms around Yanxuan's shoulders, and said carefully:
"Sister Yan, how's it going? Did you catch her this time?"
Yanxuan has told Tang Ping the reason why he always has nightmares, so Tang Ping is no longer worried about Yanxuan, but now he always hopes that Sister Yan can defeat the other Yanxuan in his sleep. In that case, Yanxuan Sister will be able to get the superior fire spirit that Senior Zhong mentioned. However, looking at Yan Xuan's appearance now, panting unsteadily and looking slightly frightened, I think that in the dream just now, Sister Yan failed.
Yanxuan shook his head and turned to look at Tang Ping.
"Aping, I was fighting with that guy in my dream, and I couldn't use any spells. She was the same. Alas, the two of them were scratching and tearing randomly, rolling around on the ground. It was so ugly. Moreover, she She was much stronger than me. She kept pressing me down and beating me, and it was difficult for me to fight back. Finally... in the end, she bit me on the throat and didn't let go at all. I was frightened and woke up. !”
As Yanxuan spoke, he touched his throat with his hand, as if there was still pain there.
"There's no rush, Sister Yan," Tang Ping comforted, and pulled Yanxuan to lie down again. "How long has it been? Besides, since it is a superior fire spirit, it is so easy to tame it. It will always cost you." After a lot of tricks, my master said that my senior brother stayed outside for almost a year in order to tame a young crackling wind bird. He spent every day with it and had to be careful to find food for it every day. He was pecked by it, and now that Rift Wind has become his right-hand man, don't worry, you have just started, or you can ask her after Senior Zhong comes back."
"Um."
…
In the darkness of the night, there were two people talking in a room in another building.
One of them is dressed as a disciple of the Five Spirits Sect. He looks like a man in his thirties, with an ordinary face. However, even men in the cultivation world have the habit of taking Zhuyan Dan, so this person's age cannot be judged by his appearance.
This person dressed as a disciple of the Five Spirits had appeared before, right where Wen Liang was hiding. He followed Wen Liang to see Gui Su, who was almost killed by Qian Chao, and later talked with him in Wen Liang's secret room.
This person is none other than Yin Kuang.
Sitting opposite Yin Kuang was a young man in a yellow robe. He had a slight smile and an ordinary face. Only his eyes shone under the light, indicating that his cultivation had reached the foundation.
Yin Kuang looked very respectful in front of this man. He sat down next to him and told the man in yellow robe in front of him exactly what Wen Liang had told him, and then he kept his mouth shut and looked at the man.
After listening to Yin Kuang's words, the man in yellow robe looked up at the ceiling and thought for a while, then lowered his head and said to Yin Kuang:
"Wen Liang... Huh, why, is that boy from the Qian family so difficult to deal with? The one named Wen doesn't dare to take action!"
"Well... it's not that he didn't dare to take action, but he felt that he was at a disadvantage due to the terms he negotiated with his family last time. Speaking of which, this boy from the Qian family is indeed a little different. I only started to pay attention to him after Wen Liang came to me this time. , I also heard the news about this boy Qian in the sect. It is said that this boy passed the sword armor examination when he was on the second level of Qi Refining and became a disciple of the inner hall of Jiuxuan Chengqi Hall. Based on this alone, he This shows that this boy is very different from the previous one in the Qian family. What's worse is that this boy somehow got into a heated relationship with the granddaughter of an elder named Tang in Shuiyun Valley. They have been together all the time. It seems that he has some tricks. That Gui Su was able to kill Mr. Qian if he had a chance, but it was the girl named Tang who saved him, which shows that the relationship is extraordinary. What's more, I also saw Gui Su with my own eyes, and the people from Mu Yangzong were targeting Yan. Shuang Lai's methods must be extraordinary, not to mention that he is named Gui, but he was beaten by Qian Chao without a single good piece of skin. There was a sword wound on his chest that penetrated the front and back. He was almost dead. With such a method, it was even more... Being able to meet that Qian guy means a lot. So Wen Liang started to hesitate and came to me to discuss, if the family is willing to do more..."
"Huh! He can't even think about it!" The man in yellow robe interrupted Yin Kuang.
"Well, since Wen Liang refuses, the deal with him will be over at most. It seems like we can't kill that Qian guy without him!"
"Uh...Brother Tian, Wen Liang told me at the beginning that he wanted the family to think carefully about what he said before."
"Haha, that's even more impossible. Brother Yin, don't look at Wen Liang's efforts to make it look impressive. In fact, he can't achieve anything. The purpose of the Tian family is not to make plans for the Five Spirits Sect, so they rejected him in the first place. , Wen Liang, hum, if he continues, he will definitely get burned, how can the Five Spirit Sect be so easy to deal with?"
After hearing this, Yin Kuang felt relieved and said:
"Okay, then I will follow Brother Tian's words and go back to him later, but...that money boy?"
A cold light flashed in the eyes of the man in yellow robe, and he said in a deep voice:
"That Qian boy must be removed. If the family affairs are to be completed, at least there must be no more obstacles in the country. Well, I will arrange this matter. It won't take long for that Qian boy to be decapitated." , and then uproot the Qian family and eliminate the chess piece that the Wuling Sect planted in Qi State!"
When Yin Kuang heard this, his heart tightened again. He didn't want to get involved in any trouble anymore. He just wanted to calm down and practice. If he couldn't break through the foundation building, he would only have a few years to live.
The man in yellow robe caught a glimpse of the subtle changes in expression on Yin Kuang's face, and said with a smile:
"Don't worry, we don't need to bother Brother Yin from now on. Just focus on building your foundation. Only when Brother Yin builds the foundation, can the family rely on you more!"
Yin Kuang quickly said yes. Although he did not need to take action against Qian Chao in the future, he could understand the meaning of this man's words, that is, even if he established the foundation, he was still a pawn of the Tian family in the Wuling Sect. , thinking of this, he felt a little hesitant. However, he immediately thought that since the person in front of him wanted to deal with Qian Chao and did not go through him, it meant that there were other people in the Tian family working for him in the Wuling Sect, and he didn't even know it! It seems that the Tian family will also know everything about his situation in the sect these years. The Tian family is by no means the timid and timid family that Wen Liang thought!
"Brother Tian, if..." Yin Kuang hesitated when he spoke, but the man opposite told him to just keep talking, "Recently, the sect has been investigating Yan Shuang's matter very strictly, and Wen Liang will also have several people involved in it. The person responsible for the incident has been rescued. Maybe he will be targeted after a while. If there is a day when he is captured, will he..."
Yin Kuang's meaning is very obvious, that is, if the Wuling Sect captures Wen Liang and is tortured, will he learn something about the transactions between him and the Tian family from Wen Liang's mouth? Even if the Tian family does nothing, the Wuling Sect will Whether they will let the Tian family go is another matter.
"Don't worry," the man in yellow robe naturally knew what Yin Kuang wanted to say. He smiled and said leisurely, "That man Wen Liang will never fall into the hands of the Five Spirits Sect alive!"
When Yin Kuang heard this, he couldn't help but tremble. He immediately understood... There were also people from the Tian family around Wen Liang, but Wen Liang didn't know it!
Then... the Tian family knew what Wen Liang was going to do, but they did not participate in it. Instead, they drew a clear line with Wen Liang. Even if Wen Liang was responsible for killing Qian Chao, it was just a business, and they had never participated in it. When Wen Liang planned something against the Wuling Sect, the Tian family must have thought that Wen Liang would fail and would not succeed. However, the matter would also be harmful to the Wuling Sect, so they let Wen Liang do it. As long as the Five Spirits Sect If Lingzong is damaged to some extent, the Tian family will definitely be able to profit from it. Then when Wen Liang fails, the people placed by the Tian family around Wen Liang will assassinate Wen Liang!
is that so?
How many people did the Tian family place in the Wuling Sect?
When Yin Kuang looked up, he found that the man in yellow robe opposite was looking at him with amusement, which frightened him into quickly lowering his head.
It's better to keep such things in your heart, after all, you are just a chess piece.
"It's late at night, so I won't bother you. Just bring my words to Wen Liang. Brother Yin has a rest early. I'll take my leave."
…
Also under this night, I don't know how many people are secretly planning and discussing, because Yan Shuang appeared in Baihe Tower during the day, and because Luo Ying who was with Yan Shuang said that he would leave Ruixuan Town and return to Wuling Sect. , or maybe it was because of Luo Ying's "Qian boy" that many people recognized Qian Chao and Tang Ping. In short, under this night, there were several lights that had long been extinguished. In each building, someone quietly pushed open the wooden windows one after another, and then one or several light and small spiritual birds spread their wings from their loosened hands and disappeared into the night sky.
Perhaps, what they didn't expect was that even if what they did was confidential, they still wouldn't escape the surveillance of pairs of eyes.
Of course, it is also possible that those people had expected it and were just pretending not to know.
Those small and delicate spiritual birds that were released one after another did not have any fighting power, but they were able to fly very fast and were unobtrusive. Naturally, a small paper tube was tied to their legs with thin threads. , which contains the message to be conveyed. Looking at the flight directions of those birds, some are heading inside the sect, while others are flying directly outside the sect.
But no matter which bird it was, after it flew out of Ruixuan Town, a figure chased it straight from behind, grabbing it in the air like picking a fruit from a book. He took it into his hand, and then the figure turned around and flew back towards Ruixuan Town, flying directly in from the open window of a high-rise building.
And that tall building is the Chengming Building in the center of Ruixuan Town. The monks from the Wuling Sect who are responsible for the daily affairs of Ruixuan Town are all in this building!
The foundation-building monk who had just flown in from the window took off a small paper tube from the leg of the bird in his hand, and then said to one person:
"Senior Brother Xu, this is the seventh one tonight."
That senior brother Xu was none other than Tang Bonian's disciple Xu Sheng. He took the small paper tube, unfolded it, looked at it, shook his head and said:
"This seems to be a request from some store to replenish supplies. It may also be a code word. Let's take a closer look later."
After saying that, Xu Sheng made a note in a book on the desk.
Seeing Xu Sheng's meticulous records, the foundation-building monk asked with some confusion:
"In the past, these merchants had such contact with their own families. Why is the investigation so strict within the sect now?"
Xu Sheng smiled and said:
"Junior brother Jiao, this is them testing the sect, and the sect is testing them. There were indeed such connections in the past, but those must be different from the ones now. If you don't believe it, if you check it later, there will definitely be a lot of people who didn't use this before. It seems that we are doing this indiscriminately, but in fact it is to show the truth and to lure the truth..."
"Why?"
"Oh, you don't think those guys will stop attacking Yan Shuang, do you?"
"Could it be...?"
"Only by cutting off their extended hands once more and digging out all the hidden details, will those people give up. Now, maybe they are planning something. Look, how many people are there in Yan Shuang today? As soon as we left, there were so many more messenger birds, people replenishing goods, collecting accounts, huh, it’s just like the real thing, but in fact they are still testing us, so we’ll just go along with their performance.”
"Oh, that's right. Oh, by the way, Junior Sister Tang was also there today and met with Yan Shuang and the others."
"I know, so be sure not to let her know I'm here, otherwise she will definitely come and make this place a mess!"
"OK!"
