After sending Xiang Shu to the guest courtyard, Yuan Zhiping did not stay too long and left quickly.
Of course he didn't really have nothing to do.
Now that the Sky Boundary Stone has been recovered, his previous order to evacuate Xitian City needs to be revoked without leaving any trace, lest the city lord misunderstand that his Yuan family is suspected of escaping with the treasure.
Yuan's Guest House is a courtyard with two entrances. In terms of layout, it is naturally not as luxurious as the Xianchen Inn, but it is also leisurely, quiet and well-equipped.
Xiang Shen looked around for a moment, and was about to turn around and step into the quiet practice room when he suddenly felt a familiar aura approaching quickly.
She smiled, walked out of the eaves, looked up and saw Yuan Jing falling from the sky with a happy face.
"That's great, Sister Li, you are really okay!"
As soon as Yuan Jing landed, she stepped forward and grabbed Xiang Shu's hand tightly, looking excited.
"I just finished practicing and heard your news, you don't know how happy I am!
Dad said that you also brought the Sky Boundary Stone back. I really don’t know how to thank you for such kindness. "
Xiang Shen smiled slightly and said, "Don't be too busy thanking me. I will be staying in your mansion for the next day."
"What's this? Sister, just stay here."
Yuan Jing held Xiang Shen's arm and walked inside, "Sister Li, you don't know how important this Sky Boundary Stone is to my family.
If it was just an ordinary transaction, it would be fine. This was an errand specially assigned by City Lord Wen. If one of them is bad, my whole family will suffer. "
"City Lord Wen?"
A strange look flashed in Xiang Shen's eyes, "Which city lord is it?"
"Who else could it be? It's our Lord of Xitian City."
Yuan Jing replied matter-of-factly, and then sighed, "In Xitian City, the Lord of the City is Heaven. Our Yuan family is rooted here, so we must be obedient.
If it were another city lord, how could my father take on such a dangerous job? "
Xiang Shu nodded slightly, "You just said that the city lord's surname is Wen? Which Wen?"
"It is Wen who is both civil and military."
Xiang Shen's eyes flashed, and then asked: "What is the relationship between the Wen family in the city and the Lord Wen?"
"Sister Li, do you still know about the Wen family?"
Yuan Jing looked surprised and then replied: "The name of Wen City Lord is Wen Zizhen, so the Wen family and Wen Zizhen are indeed the same family, but they are not of the same lineage.
To be precise, Wenzi was originally a descendant of a collateral line of the Wen family, and the Wen family in the city was a direct lineage of the main family.
However, when Wen Zizhen took the position of city lord, the relationship between the two parties naturally reversed. Now in the entire Wen family, only Wen Zhen is following the lead. "
Speaking of this, Yuan Jing spoke in a fair and solemn tone, "The Wen family has the city lord as their backer, and they act very arrogantly.
Sister, if you are walking around this city and see the words "Wen Family", you'd better walk around to avoid getting into trouble. "
"Okay, I've written it down."
When Yuan Jing saw Xiang Shu's promise, she smiled again and started talking about interesting things in the city.
Xiang Shu listened with a smile, but had another thought in his heart.
She learned from the memory of the old Taoist Huang Quan that it was the Wen family who made the deal with the old Taoist.
The Wen family relies on the city lord to make a living, so it is absolutely impossible for them to lose their jobs.
In other words, the one who allowed Old Daoist Huang Quan to rob the Sky Boundary Stone on the way and control everything behind the scenes was none other than City Master Wen who gave the mission to the Yuan family. Wen Zizhen?
Although her contact with the Yuan family was short, she found that the family was honest and honest, and they were not people who stole chickens and played tricks.
City Lord Wen could get the Sky Boundary Stone safely as long as he waited at home, so why did he send people over to grab it?
She raised her eyes and glanced at Yuan Jing, who was still chirping aside and talking about interesting things in the city, and the corners of her lips curled up slightly.
This city lord is really interesting.
It's night in the blink of an eye, in the study room of the city lord's mansion.
A middle-aged monk in purple robes stood in front of the window with his hands up and down, half of his face hidden in the dark, making it hard to see clearly.
Not long after, a servant came to report, "Master, all the disciples of Piaoxue Hall have returned to the guest courtyard."
middle-aged man in purple robe
The monk waved his sleeves, and the servant immediately bowed and left.
Not long after, a monk in black walked into the room from outside the door and knelt on one knee.
The middle-aged monk in purple robe just turned around, revealing an overly cold and thin face.
This person is none other than City Lord Wen Zizhen.
When the black-clothed monk saw Wen Zizhen turning around, he quickly lowered his head and said respectfully: "Master, the Yuan family has been calm recently, nothing unusual.
However, shortly after Yuan Family Lingzhou arrived, the teacher beside Miss Yuan Family quickly left with a group of people and disappeared without a trace.
And today, a female casual cultivator came to make friends with her. She heard that she was a friend that the eldest daughter of the Yuan family met on the road and came to stay for a while. "
Fumiko listened expressionlessly and sneered, "Do you think this information is useful?"
The black-clothed monk trembled and lowered his head, "Master, spare your life!"
"roll!"
The black-clothed monks immediately left in a hurry as if they were granted amnesty.
The room fell silent again.
Wen Zizhen sat down with a puff of sleeves, the annoyance between his brows was even richer than the night.
What exactly went wrong?
Yuan Zhiping's cultivation level is the same as that of Huang Quan Lao Dao, both of whom are in the late Nascent Soul stage.
In order to let Huang Quan Lao Dao succeed, he deliberately left Yuan Zhiping in the city and asked his daughter to lead a team to get the empty boundary stone.
When Yuan Jing's team set off, he watched from a distance. The one with the highest cultivation level was Lingshan. However, in the late stage of pill formation, how could he stop the old Taoist Huang Quan?
He designed this plan so seamlessly that it should be absolutely foolproof.
Why is it that now that Yuan Jing has returned home safely, there is no news about the disappearance of the old Taoist Huangquan?
Who can kill the old Taoist Huang Quan?
Or is it that the old Taoist Huang Quan took his things, just walked away and ran away?
Wenzi was really puzzled. She raised her head and glanced in the direction of the guest house, with a mixture of displeasure and fear flashing in her eyes.
The adult said that the matter must not be made serious.
If the people from Piaoxue Palace hadn't arrived too early, he would have had a hundred ways to make the Yuan family obey.
Now, if you act under the nose of Piaoxue Palace, you have to find a valid reason, which is really troublesome.
He then pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of something, his consciousness moved, and the message continued.
"Go and find out where the Yuan family placed the Sky Boundary Stone."
"yes!"
"Sister Li, look, this is an exquisite flower that is popular in the city recently. There are seven or forty-nine variations. I bought one with great difficulty."
Under a peach blossom tree in the guest house, the flowers are in full bloom.
Yuan Jing held a tower-shaped color-changing flower and waved it in front of Xiang Shen.
Xiang Shu looked indifferently, smiling and saying nothing.
She has lived in Yuan Mansion for more than a month.
Over the past month, Yuan Jing has been coming over every few days, either to bring her some novelty items to enjoy with her, or to ask her to go out to eat, drink and have fun together.
For her, it was rare to feel relaxed, and her mind, which was tense for cultivation, also relaxed a lot.
When Yuan Zhiping saw his daughter was so depraved and had no intention of practicing cultivation, he would have scolded her long ago.
But this time, instead of scolding him, he was happy to see the results, and supported Yuan Jing with many spiritual stones, allowing her to play with Xiang Shu to her heart's content.
And Lingshan, who was leaning on one side like a pillar under the tree, saw the harmonious scene in front of him, with a simple and honest smile on his face.
Half a month later, he received a summons outside and rushed back at full speed. He saw that Yuan Zhiping's attitude towards this female cultivator from the Li family was exactly the same as Yuan Jing's.
As the head of the family, Yuan Zhiping's thoughts are far beyond what the eldest lady can match.
Even the head of the family is like this. Why should Lingshan doubt the identity of the other party? He is also simple-minded and simply pleads guilty.
Xiang Shen didn't care too much about it and gently opened it.
Lingshan was greatly moved, and the resentment in his heart instantly dissipated, leaving only deep gratitude.
he
I didn't know how to repay him, so I just came to the guest house when I had time, listened to Xiang Shen's instructions, and became a loyal servant.
Yuan Jing played with the exquisite flowers for a while, then put them down and sat down with an awkward expression. She hesitated several times and finally couldn't help but said:
"Sister Li, I want to ask you a favor."
"oh?"
Xiang Shu pretended to be surprised, then smiled and said, "I am of low cultivation, so I don't know if there is anything I can do to help you. Let me know."
"Sister Li, for a person as knowledgeable, kind and gentle as you, how could I possibly ask you to help me fight and kill?"
Yuan Jing praised her vigorously, then took out a snake, insect and animal skin book, carefully placed it in front of Xiang Shu, and asked with an anxious expression:
"I wonder, sister, do you recognize the words on this booklet?"
When he saw the booklet, Xiang Shu curled his lips imperceptibly, flipped through two pages, and then closed it.
When Yuan Jing saw this, her face suddenly dropped, and she stopped looking so quickly. Was this because she didn't recognize it?
As soon as she had this thought in her mind, she heard Xiang Shen slowly say:
"In the ancient world of cultivation, there was a clan of monsters called Abyss Snakes."
As soon as these words came out, Yuan Jing's eyes suddenly brightened, "Sister Li, you mean..."
Xiang Shen nodded lightly, "These are indeed the words of the Abyssal Snake clan, but they are very old and I don't know many of them. It will take a lot of time to decipher the contents. And..."
At this point, he turned to Shu Yufeng and hesitated: "This thing should be a treasure in your family, so you just showed it to me..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter."
Yuan Jing waved her hands repeatedly, "I told my father before I brought the things over. Sister Li, just watch.
Besides, this booklet has been left at home for I don’t know how many years. No one can understand it. If I don’t show it to you, sister, who else can I show it to? "
"Well."
Xiang Shen smiled slightly and said, "After I finish reading it, I will make a translation of the contents and send it to you."
"good!"
Yuan Jing clenched her fists excitedly, then pointed to her eyes, "Sister Li, you have seen my eyes, and you must have guessed that this booklet is passed down from ancestors.
When my grandfather was still alive, he also said that my eyes were atavistic.
Unfortunately, I have not yet been able to discover the benefits of these eyes. At most, they can see further than others.
There may be a record about my eyes in this booklet. Sister, if you can decipher it, it would be great. I'm going to tell dad the good news. "
"I'll go with you."
Xiang Shen stood up and smiled lightly: "Just in time, I also have something to talk to your father about."
