"Rogue cultivator...there doesn't seem to be anything unusual."
Halfway through Zhao Chongxue's words, he saw Zhao Yongqi's expression solemn and extremely serious. Even though she was a monk at the ninth level of qi training, she couldn't help but murmur in her heart. The qi nourished the body. The clan leader was not very old, but he had already developed a unique majesty.
At the same time, she realized that Zhao Yongqi was obviously not asking casually, but had a deeper meaning.
Zhao Chongxue racked his brains and said slowly: "If there is anything different from usual, Li Yuntian has been in seclusion for two years. He just came out of seclusion not long ago, and he is already at the twelfth level of Qi training."
"There is also Feng Banxi. He has been very active in recent days. He frequently travels between Dongwei Mountain and the outside world. It is unknown where he has gone."
"That Bai Zhengyi was not at ease either. He found a group of Bai clan members from somewhere. Now there are more than 2,500 Bai clan mortals."
At the end, looking at Zhao Yongqi's solemn expression, even though Zhao Chongxue was a little confused, she knew that there must be something happening that she didn't know about, and it might be related to the casual cultivators in Dongwei Mountain. She couldn't help but ask: "Clan leader, what happened? Is it okay?"
"It's okay, don't worry."
What Zhao Chongxue said was exactly the same as what Bai Zhengyi said. Zhao Yongqi believed 90% of what Bai Zhengyi said, but he had no intention of telling the other party about it.
The main reason is that there may be a traitor in the Zhao family. To avoid alerting others, the fewer people who know about it, the better.
Again.
Even if she told Zhao Chongxue, she wouldn't be able to help.
At the same time, his conversation with Zhao Chongxue also made him realize that perhaps he should start building an intelligence system.
If it weren't for Bai Zhengyi, the Zhao family might have faced a sudden disaster this time.
He actually had this intention when he established the Foreign Affairs Hall, but the Zhao family had just arrived in southern Xinjiang at that time and were unfamiliar with everything here. Moreover, the establishment of the intelligence network required a large amount of spiritual stones and sufficient support from the core monks of the family, so he just thought about it in his mind and did not implement it.
Choosing Zhao Chongxue to be the deacon of the Foreign Affairs Hall was based on her comments: she is thick on the outside but delicate on the inside, and has a delicate mind.
But now it seems.
She may be careful in her work, but she is obviously not that good at information. He has good control over the dynamics of casual cultivators, but he lacks the analytical ability and sensitivity to judge affairs, or in other words, lacks the intuition for approaching dangers!
Bai Zhengyi is suitable for intelligence, but his surname is Bai, so he is destined to be unable to enter the core class of the Zhao family.
...
"After my aunt returns, she will help me visit Li Yuntian and ask him to come to Weishan Palace at noon tomorrow. She said that I have something to discuss."
When bidding farewell, Zhao Yongqi warned again: "Don't tell outsiders about today's conversation, including members of the Zhao family."
"Don't worry, Patriarch, I know the severity."
Zhao Chongxue nodded, but then said: "But Li Yuntian is quite withdrawn. Even if the clan leader invites him, he may not agree."
"If he doesn't come, ask him if he needs the Shanling Ink Stone." Zhao Yong said confidently, "He won't refuse."
...
Zhao Chongxue left.
Zhao Yongqi sat on the chair and thought for a long time before finally getting up.
First, we walked to the underground quiet room. There was a portrait hanging on the west wall of the quiet room. The portrait showed a pretty woman with a sweet smile.
This woman was the confidante who died blocking his sword in the first life.
Looking across the portrait, Zhao Yongqi looked calm and did not dwell too much.
"Dong, dong, dong..."
He took off the portrait and tapped his fingers rhythmically on several specific locations on the wall behind it.
Kaka, rumble...
The next moment, the sound of gears biting and turning was heard, and more than a dozen stone bricks began to move, revealing a hidden compartment behind. In the hidden compartment were three black and gold-rimmed storage bags.
This is the secret compartment where Zhao Yongqi specially hides items.
There are several similar secret grids, all made of special stone bricks that shield spiritual consciousness. Even foundation-building monks cannot find the secret grids unless they search carefully.
This type of secret grid creation was specially taught to him by Zhao Shouyan, the second-generation patriarch.
Zhao Yongqi took out the storage bag in the middle and took out three wooden boxes from it. After thinking about it, only two wooden boxes were left, and the remaining wooden box was put back into the storage bag.
Opening the two wooden boxes, there is a blue bead lying on each one. From time to time, you can see miniature lightning flashing on the beads.
Heavenly Thunder Bead.
It is made by intercepting the thunder and lightning between heaven and earth, compressing and refining it. It is also a very big threat to the foundation-building monks, and it can be regarded as one of the Zhao family's trump cards.
Excluding the Qingjiu Sword and Talisman in Zhao Yongqi's hand, the Zhao family actually only has two trump cards.
The three sky thunder beads are the same, and the other one is called "Fire Man Evil Bottle".
Fireman Evil Bottle.
It is not a weapon or a treasure, but a one-time rare treasure.
Its shape is like an ordinary long-necked jade vase, but it is filled with fire evil evil spirit inside. If the fire evil evil evil spirit falls down, it can cover most of the peaks like Dongwei Mountain in an instant.
Even if a monk in the foundation-building stage is entangled by a large number of fire beasts, his skin will peel off even if he is not dead. Not to mention ordinary qi cultivators or mortals, unless they get the news in advance and run away, their muscles and bones will be melted by the fire beast in an instant.
However, this kind of large-scale destructive exotic treasure cannot see the light.
If it is used against aliens, it will be fine. If it is used against humans, causing a large number of innocent human casualties, the high-ranking sect will immediately send someone to investigate.
And it also kills rare treasures without distinction between enemies and friends.
Therefore, it can only be used as the Zhao family's ultimate trump card and cannot be used unless life and death is at stake.
...
Soon, Zhao Yongqi took two thunder beads and went to the retreat place of the great elder.
The snow that was originally several feet thick on Weishan Mountain has disappeared.
Long before the third elder was buried.
Because the heavy snow continued to fall, they used the power of the Fiery Octagonal Array to melt all the snow on half of Weishan Mountain by raising the temperature.
Arrive in front of Xiaoyuan's Five Symbols Formation.
Zhao Yongqi slightly waved his robe, and a trace of magic power was immediately transmitted into the formation through the specific position of Xiao Yuan's Five Symbols Formation.
Wait a moment.
The formation in front of him flashed with light, transforming into a portal that could accommodate two people passing through in parallel.
"Chief, what happened again?"
Visiting at this time, the Great Elder knew without asking that something important must have happened, otherwise Zhao Yongqi would not have disturbed his retreat.
"That's right. I got new information. There is a suspected foundation-building monk behind Feng Banxi in Dongwei Mountain..."
Zhao Yongqi recounted the information he had obtained.
Visible to the naked eye, the great elder's expression gradually became solemn: "Traitors should be killed!"
He knew Zhao Yongqi very well and knew that the other party would make moves beforehand and would not fight an unprepared battle. He asked in a deep voice: "Does the clan leader have a plan?"
Although the Great Elder looked gloomy, he was not too moved.
First, he is a serious person.
The second is the promotion of his cultivation, which makes him more confident.
"The person who knows me is my uncle." Zhao Yongqi nodded slowly: "I do have some ideas, but I still need my uncle to help me think about it to see if it is feasible."
