"Not sure exactly."
Bai Zhengyi said slowly: "However, during this period, Feng Banxi and many casual cultivators have been very close, possibly trying to win over each other. According to my speculation, they may not have wanted to act so quickly, but they did not expect that the great elder suddenly established a Ji, so it is possible to take action while the Great Elder has just made a breakthrough and his realm is still unstable."
really.
The Great Elder has just established the foundation, and if he does not stabilize his cultivation in this month and instead fights with monks of the same level intensely, even if there are no serious consequences, it will cause trouble for the Great Elder's future cultivation.
"Where is Fellow Daoist Li Yuntian?" Zhao Yongqi asked again.
Li Yuntian, Bai Zhengyi and Feng Banxi are the highest-level casual cultivators on Dongwei Mountain and the only late-stage qi-training cultivators.
In recent years, although Dongwei Mountain has accepted a group of casual cultivators, it still strictly controls the cultivation level and no longer allows casual cultivators to settle in the later stage of Qi training.
"Fellow Daoist Li has just come out of seclusion." Bai Zhengyi said bluntly: "But I have known this fellow Daoist Li for many years, and I have a little understanding of his character. He is a man of few desires and a loner. Except for practicing, he has always been If you don’t like to get involved in trivial matters, it’s probably hard to be won over by Feng Banxi.”
Zhao Yongqi nodded thoughtfully and warned: "Even so, we should not take it lightly."
"This information came very timely. I should give credit to Mr. Bai."
After speaking, Zhao Yongqi patted the storage bag, and three middle-grade spiritual stones floated in front of Bai Zhengyi.
"Mr. Bai will keep these spiritual stones for now. If there is any other news later, remember to report it in time. There will be rewards in due course."
Three medium-grade spiritual stones are equivalent to three hundred spiritual stones, which is almost equivalent to the spiritual stones that Bai Zhengyi can get from the Zhao family in a year. For Bai Zhengyi personally, this spiritual stone is not a small amount. But as long as the information he sent is true, these three hundred spirit stones are completely worth it.
After a pause, Zhao Yongqi took out a stack of ten transmission notes and gave them to Bai Zhengyi: "Mr. Bai, please keep these transmission notes. If there is something urgent, you can report directly through the transmission notes."
Although the transmission talismans are not precious, each one costs nearly ten spirit stones. For a monk like Bai Zhengyi who would like to break one spirit stone into two pieces, it is indeed a luxury consumption.
What Zhao Yongqi gave to Bai Zhengyi was the "Thirty Mile Transmission Note".
As the name implies, it can transmit sound within a range of thirty miles. It is naturally incomparable with the hundred-mile sound transmission note given by Feng Mo of Shuiyue Valley, but it is still enough. The limit distance between Dongweishan Mountain and Weishan Mountain is definitely not. More than fifty miles.
also.
The information that transmission notes can convey is very limited, so if it is a complicated matter, it still needs to be communicated in person.
It is said that there are very high-grade transmission notes, which not only have no limit on distance, but can even communicate for no time limit. But this kind of transmission talisman is not accessible to the Zhao family.
Bai Zhengyi took the spirit stone and the transmission talisman and saluted and thanked them.
Both he and Zhao Yongqi understood that as monks who joined the Zhao family halfway, loyalty was not a matter of course, and they both understood it tacitly. The relationship between Bai Zhengyi and the Zhao family is completely related to interests. The reason why he came to report the news was that after comprehensive consideration, he decided to put his treasure on the Zhao family.
Again.
If he chooses to help Feng Banxi, and Zhao Yongqi finally reveals the contract to hire him, then he will truly be a slave of the three surnames.
Even at such an old age, he still wants to retain as much face as possible.
The most important thing is that even if the Zhao family really still has the Foundation Building Pill, Bai Zhengyi asks himself that it will not fall into his hands.
"Clan leader, I will go back right away. I will send you any new information as soon as possible."
"Yes." Zhao Yongqi nodded slightly and ordered: "Try to determine the time when they are going to take action, and whether the insider in the Zhao family is true or false. If it is true, we must find a way to find out who that person is."
Compared to the plots of the casual cultivators, what Zhao Yongqi hates even more is the possible traitors within the Zhao family.
"Yes." Bai Zhengyi accepted the order and resigned.
Looking at his leaving figure, Zhao Yongqi felt as if he was blessed. Zhao Yongqi suddenly thought of the words the great elder said before building the foundation, and his heart moved: "Old Bai, wait!"
"Clan leader?" Bai Zhengyi stopped and turned around, with a look of doubt on his face.
"I wonder if Mr. Bai knows this kind of black stone?" Zhao Yongqi didn't talk nonsense and took out a fist-sized black stone from his storage bag. It was exactly the kind of stone that hides the Black Mountain Demon's God Altar.
"This is?"
Bai Zhengyi stepped forward with great interest, looked at it and then said: "If I remember correctly, fellow Daoist Li once wanted to buy a black stone at an exchange meeting. It looked the same in appearance, and the name seemed to be... .....”
"It's called Shanling Moshi!"
Zhao Yongqi only asked about this matter on a whim. Unexpectedly, he got a valid reply and immediately confirmed again: "Friend Li, Li Yuntian of Dongweishan?"
"That's right, it's fellow Taoist Li Yuntian. How about I ask him again, or ask him to come to the clan leader." Bai Zhengyi was extremely enthusiastic about such a trivial matter.
Zhao Yongqi pondered for a moment and said, "No, I have my own arrangements."
...
"Shanling Ink Stone."
After sending Bai Zhengyi away, Zhao Yongqi played with the black stone in his hand while thinking about the casual cultivator.
If Bai Zhengyi's information is true, I am afraid that I will have to disturb the great elder who is in retreat, and also catch the traitor of the Zhao family. Try to delay it for another twenty days, so that the great elder can consolidate his cultivation...
Think about it for a moment.
Zhao Yongqi held out Zhang Chuan Yuan, whispered a few words, and the Chuan Yuan turned into flames and disappeared in front of him.
Make an appointment for a cup of tea.
Zhao Chongxue came to visit.
"Aunt Chongxue, are Yongwen and Fuyu okay?"
Originally, only Zhao Fuyu followed Zhao Chongxue to practice, but after the death of the third elder, Zhao Yongwen was also given to her to take care of. Anyway, taking care of one is still in charge, and taking care of both is not much different.
"These two children..."
Zhao Chongxue shook his head, and then said with pity: "My close relatives have left not long ago. Now I don't leave the door or take a step forward. I only think about cultivation."
"but......"
There was a pause.
She glanced at Zhao Yongqi with a rather strange look: "Although they experienced similar experiences, their relationship with each other was not harmonious. They would always stare at each other when they met, and they would even quarrel over a piece of monster meat at the dinner table. My aunt is too old to know what the little girl is thinking, so it would be great if the patriarch can visit her in his spare time."
Zhao Yongqi finally heard it.
This is accusing him of being sentimental, but he didn't do anything. Who can control the little girl's thoughts?
He simply did not mention this issue and talked about business: "My aunt is in charge of the Foreign Affairs Hall. Have you noticed any changes in the casual cultivators in Dongweishan?"
As the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Yongqi must think carefully about everything. He cannot just listen to Bai Zhengyi's words and make rash judgments, even if what Bai Zhengyi said has a beginning and a finish and does not seem to be a lie.
Zhao Chongxue was brought here to confirm the authenticity of Bai Zhengyi's words.
