After Lingshan left, Yuan Zhiping's expression suddenly lost its calmness and turned into solemnity.
He didn't tell his daughter the truth.
He could somewhat guess what the city lord was planning.
The city lord must not know about the loss of the Kongjie Stone, otherwise, his Yuan family will be in danger of overthrowing in an instant.
However, he also knew in his heart that paper could not contain the fire, and the matter would be exposed before long.
There were only two paths before him right now. One is to pack up your things immediately, disperse your family and escape from Xitian City, and live as long as you can.
And the other way...
He sat at the table, his expression changing for a long time, and finally reached out to touch the storage ring and took out a communication talisman.
"Lord City Lord, the Sky Boundary Stone has been obtained and sealed in the ancestral box. It will take a few days to unseal it."
After imprinting this message with his divine consciousness, Yuan Zhiping took a deep breath and directly activated the communication talisman.
Whoosh——
The communication talisman suddenly turned into a stream of light and jumped into the void, disappearing.
Next comes the excruciating wait.
A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour...an hour passed.
Yuan Zhiping stared closely at the still void, and cold sweat gradually broke out in his palms.
Does the city lord already know?
Impossible, Jing'er clearly said that everyone on the spirit boat except her and Lingshan had fainted, and the five of them knew about the Sky Boundary Stone.
No, there’s that female nun too!
Yuan Zhiping's expression changed slightly, and he was about to make a move, but at this moment, a messenger talisman engraved with the symbol of the City Lord's Mansion finally flew over.
Yuan Zhiping's eyes lit up, and he reached out to take it and put it between his eyebrows without saying a word.
"Let's wait until the seal is released. Wait until the Piaoxue Palace disciples leave before sending the things over."
After reading the reply, Yuan Zhiping couldn't help but take a long breath, his expression visibly relaxed.
There is an unwritten rule in the Xizhou cultivation world.
Fang Cun Ji can only be controlled by the top sects of the sixth rank and above. If any sect below the sixth rank dares to get involved, they will be targeted by all the top sects.
Of course, there are also some rogue cultivators with strong cultivation who have Fang Cun Ji in their hands, who are difficult to fight and kill.
In addition, this group of people were barefoot and not afraid of wearing shoes, and the top sects did not want to provoke them, so they turned a blind eye and allowed them to establish large and small wild markets everywhere.
The Lord of Xitian City is attached to the Wuji Immortal Sect. He is obviously not a barefoot man, nor is he an official disciple of the Wuji Immortal Sect.
This is a taboo.
If people from Piaoxue Palace knew that the Lord of Xitian City was plotting against Fang Cunji, trouble would definitely arise.
The Piaoxue Hall disciples now live in the city lord's mansion. If the city lord is cautious enough, he will never let him hand over the Sky Boundary Stone at this time.
He had already guessed the twists and turns here.
But guesses were just guesses after all, which made him feel uneasy.
Now that he received a reply and his suspicion was confirmed, he was really relieved.
As expected, the Piaoxue Palace disciples will live in the City Lord's Mansion until they participate in the auction seven months later.
If we can recover the Sky Boundary Stone in the hands of Old Taoist Huangquan within these seven months, this disaster can be averted! .
In the blink of an eye, half a month passed.
The city of Xitian is becoming more and more lively, and all the inns in the city are full.
When there are more monks, there will naturally be more disputes. When enemies meet, they become extremely jealous and start fighting in the street, which is very lively.
Fortunately, they all knew in their hearts that this Xitian City was an affiliated city of the Wuji Immortal Sect. Except for the deadly feud, the others were relatively restrained in their actions and did not cause too much trouble.
Xiang Shu had no idea about the excitement outside.
In the past half month, apart from looking at the jade slips of information sent from the inn every day, she had spent the rest of her time on the jade box.
To be precise, he was attracted by the seal on the jade box.
The nature of this seal is completely different from that used in the current world of cultivation. It is made up of nine snake and insect glyphs connected to each other.
Xiang Sheng can guess its function by comparing it with Snake and Chong Wen. It should be to limit spatial fluctuations.
This method of isolating fluctuations is not very clever, but its operating logic has something in common with the incomprehensible part of the teleportation array of the Ancestral Demon Temple.
She naturally became interested and originally planned to set aside a month to study thoroughly.
It's a pity that the person who set up the seal was too low in cultivation, and the runes were so weak that he couldn't help but toss them over and over again, and they were completely worn out in just half a month.
Although half a month was short, she was sure that these snake and insect runes were exactly what she needed.
If she could use this to restore the structure of the teleportation array, she might be able to build the teleportation array and leave this world without waiting for the inheritance tower to open.
Thinking of this, Xiang Shu stuffed the jade box into his arms, went down the mountain to settle the room fee with the waiter, and was about to leave.
But at this moment, a pair of masters and servants walked in from the door, both female cultivators.
The hostess walking in front walked straight up the stairs as soon as she entered. She was obviously a resident of this room. Her pretty face was hidden in the fog, making it difficult to see clearly.
The maid walking behind, whose cultivation was at the stage of forming pills, was slightly one step behind, and she happened to look at Xiang Shen.
Xiang Shuo looked slightly surprised when he saw the maid's face, then he chuckled lightly and left.
The maid was attracted by the laughter and subconsciously looked back at Xiang Yu.
This sight made her tremble and her whole body froze on the spot.
That back view...
"Xiao Tao, what are you looking at?"
Questions came from the stairs.
Xiao Tao suddenly came back to her senses, took three steps at a time and returned to the woman's side, and said to her face: "Sister Yue, I just saw that female cultivator, her walking back looks very similar to..."
Xiao Tao didn't say everything, but the woman immediately understood something and her face changed slightly.
"Let's talk about it when we get back to the house."
At the same time, the Yuan family in the east of the city.
In the past half month, Yuan Zhiping has been secretly transferring cultivation resources while secretly contacting various wild groups to inquire about the Sky Boundary Stone.
Today, as usual, he was extremely busy when he suddenly heard someone coming to announce that there was a female cultivator named Li outside the door asking to see him.
Yuan Zhiping was immediately shocked.
That female cultivator actually came back alive from the hands of the old Taoist Huang Quan?
"Invite people to the front hall quickly!" Yuan Zhiping ordered.
When people left, he immediately drew a water mirror with his fingers, straightened his rather messy clothes and hair, making sure that no one could see his haggard look, and then walked to the front hall calmly.
Not long after, Yuan Zhiping stepped into the front hall and saw a woman with a cold temperament, lowering her head to sip tea. He was about to say hello when he suddenly sensed a spatial fluctuation from her body.
Empty boundary stone? !
He was shocked, and the shock in his eyes could hardly be suppressed.
At this time, the woman seemed to have realized something. She looked up and said with a slight smile: "You are the head of the Yuan family, senior Yuan Zhiping, right?"
"Senior, if you don't dare to take this on, just call your Taoist friend."
Yuan Zhiping barely suppressed the shock in his heart, walked to the main seat and sat down, with a faint smile on his face: "I encountered an encounter on the road. After my daughter returned home, she made it clear that she would like to thank fellow Taoist Li for her help."
"Senior Yuan is too polite. Speaking of this old Taoist Huang Quan, this junior is also lucky."
Xiang Shu had a look of emotion and fear on his face, "This junior has been walking in the world of cultivation for a long time, and has developed an excellent escape ability. I thought I could escape the pursuit, but I never thought that my old Taoist body skills are not bad either.
I ran for my life and was almost overtaken. If the old Taoist hadn't suddenly stopped pursuing me for some reason, my life or death would have been uncertain. "
Xiang Shu said these words sincerely and did not seem to be lying.
Yuan Zhiping was dubious when he suddenly saw the other party take out the jade box, put it on the coffee table, pushed it forward, and said with a smile:
"This thing was taken away by a junior in desperation that day, and now it has been returned to its original owner."
When Yuan Zhiping saw the jade box that was related to his wealth and life, he was so excited that he didn't care much. He reached out and took the jade box and opened it.
Seeing an empty boundary stone lying intact inside, he
With his heart settled, he looked up at Yu again, his eyes suddenly became a little more intimate and complicated.
"Fellow Taoist Li, do you know what this thing is?"
Xiang Shen nodded slightly, "Of course I know that the Sky Boundary Stone and Xumi Mustard Seed are rare treasures that can be used to make Fang Cun Ji."
When Yuan Zhiping heard this, his expression became more complicated, and he sighed: "My Taoist friend knows the value of this thing, but he is willing to return it. He is really a noble character, and I can't match it."
Hearing such complimentary words, Xiang Shu shook his head and chuckled: "Senior Yuan, there is no need to think so highly of my junior, but I don't need to."
"You don't have to be humble, Li Daoyou?"
Yuan Zhiping waved his sleeves and said, "Wealth lovers are in the right place. They cultivate themselves and cultivate themselves. The word "wealth" ranks first.
If this thing were exchanged for cultivation resources, it would be enough to fill the entire Yuan family mansion. As long as they are monks, there will be no one who is not jealous of it, so why would they say it is unnecessary? "
Speaking of this, Yuan Zhiping's eyes showed gratitude, "Friend Li, I'm telling you the truth. If you lose the empty boundary stone, your whole family will suffer a great disaster.
This fellow Taoist's righteous act is nothing less than a life-saving grace for me. Is this fellow Taoist in trouble? If you can use my Yuan family's money, just ask! "
When Xiang Shu heard this, he gave Yuan Zhiping a meaningful look, smiled, and said, "I am a casual cultivator who travels around and does whatever I want. I am not someone who wants to repay kindness. Senior Yuan doesn't have to be like this."
As soon as these words came out, Yuan Zhiping immediately understood that his little temptation had been seen through, and his expression suddenly showed a bit of embarrassment and shame.
In the world of cultivation, intrigues and deceptions are commonplace, but he has never seen such a noble and pure person like Taoist friend Li, who has no desires or pursuits.
Thinking of this, Yuan Zhiping sighed, stretched out his hand and bowed: "I made my fellow Taoist laugh, but if my fellow Taoist really has nothing else to ask for, I won't feel at ease."
"If Senior Yuan is really sorry, why not take this junior in for a while? It's not easy to find an inn in Xitian City now."
Yuan Zhiping perked up, "Of course it's natural now! My daughter also mentioned this matter, and she ordered people to clean up the guest house early, and is waiting for Fellow Taoist Li to come to the door."
Xiang Shen stood up immediately and smiled slightly: "Then this junior is bothering you."
"Haha, how can this be disturbing? It's too late for my Yuan family to be happy."
After saying that, Yuan Zhiping stood up and said, "My fellow Taoist and I will go to the guest house together so we can have a chat."
"Thank you."
"Haha, I happen to have nothing to do today. Speaking of which, my daughter has been practicing very diligently recently. She will be very happy when she comes out of seclusion and sees her Taoist friends..."
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