Behind the flower garden of Tianxiang Valley.
Gu Xiaotian and the others arrived early and waited.
When they heard that another member of the All-Martial Arts Association had appeared, these three people were all in high spirits.
Everyone is gearing up and preparing for a big fight.
Qu Xiaohan hasn't arrived yet, so she won't make herself miserable. She talked to Yu Guichang for so long yesterday, and in the end the atmosphere got louder and she even drank some wine. She still hasn't woken up yet.
Feeling bored, Gu Xiaotian walked around the flower garden a few times and found that this flower garden was not ordinary.
Most of the flowers here were ones he had never seen before, and they also had a faint fragrance. When he smelled them, he felt that his energy was slowly increasing.
This improvement was subtle, but he felt it.
The three of them meditated, and they didn't know how long it took before they were gently aroused.
It was Qu Xiaohan who came.
Qu Xiaohan looked apologetic at this time, apologized repeatedly, said a few words of sorry, and explained why he got up late, without any airs of being a leader.
Gu Xiaotian couldn't bear it and kept saying it was okay.
Qu Xiaohan finished his polite remarks and went straight to the point: "You probably understand the matter, but I haven't gotten any useful information about the deeper things. You still have to rely on yourselves."
Gu Xiaotian asked: "So this time, which force from the All-Martial Arts Association is it?"
"Jinyu Tower."
Jinyu Building is one of the sixth floors of the Quanwuhui. As you can tell from the name, this building is in charge of finances and is also responsible for delivering messages.
Duan Peng analyzed: "Lou, who is in charge of finance, shouldn't be too weak against him."
"Why?"
"Finance is always the lifeblood of an organization or the world. People die for money, and birds die for food. To manage a lifeline well, there must be strong people guarding it. If you just send some soldiers and generals, the finance department will It’s all been taken care of by others, so why bother talking about plans?”
Duan Peng's analysis is indeed correct. The Jinyu Tower is the second strongest overall building among the six buildings, and is managed by the five military chiefs.
Qu Xiaohan said: "That's probably it, but before that, I have to take you to meet someone."
After a few people left Tianxiang Valley, they went straight to Taocheng.
In the most luxurious courtyard in Taocheng, Qu Xiaohan slowly walked forward.
This place is a stronghold of Tianwangzhou.
If you want to say what these four alliances have in common, it is true that they all like to use other courtyards as their strongholds.
Guarding the door were two women, who were naturally Shangguan Hong's men.
Of course they knew Qu Xiaohan, and they hurriedly bent down to bow. Qu Xiaohan also rarely showed off the airs of the leader of the alliance, "Inform the leader of the Shangguan alliance that Qu Xiaohan is coming to visit."
A guard quickly opened the door and entered the courtyard, while another woman stood guard at the door.
Not long after, the guard came out of the door and said, "Leader Qu, please come in."
Qu Xiaohan brought the person in and went straight to the main room.
On the wall in the center of the main room is a large map.
Many target points have been marked on it. Shangguanhong was arranging tasks at this time, lowering his head to write and draw, and at the same time looking through the pile of information as high as a mountain on the side.
Qu Xiaohan greeted: "Leader Shangguan, how many nights have you not slept a wink?"
Shangguan Hong raised his head, with dark circles under his eyes.
"Leader Qu, when you come, let's get down to business."
It can be said that she is very busy now, and even feels a little exhausted.
There were only so many cards in his hand, and there was no more cards to play. He originally wanted to borrow two decks of cards from Tianxiang Valley, but Yu Gui refused directly.
Of course, the average alliance leader will definitely say some good things and try to win more or less.
But Shangguan Hong is quite arrogant. If she wants to say something nice, she might as well just go to heaven. That is easier.
Qu Xiaohan pointed at Gu Xiaotian who was following behind him, "I know you've already played your cards well. I'm not here to give you cards."
Shangguan Hong looked at Gu Xiaotian and the others with no good expression.
"No, thank you for your kindness."
She didn't believe what role Gu Xiaotian and the others could play.
At that time, it might be a disservice and make things
It’s even harder to do.
Because she doesn't know Gu Xiaotian's strength yet, she just knows that he has some strength. This can be seen at a glance, but the legend of the world is a legend of the world after all, and it will only be exaggerated.
Qu Xiaohan smiled and said: "These three people working together are much more useful than your women's army, and there are many things that are really inconvenient for women, but it is more convenient for them."
Shangguan Hong looked disdainful. These women's troops of his were all those who fought with her in the north and south, and no one was allowed to say "no".
Before Shangguan Hong could refute, Qu Xiaohan continued: "You made the plan, and they won't act rashly. When I entered your courtyard, I scanned around and there weren't many people. I think they all were sent out. It’s been so long and there’s still no progress, is there any obstacle?”
Speaking of obstacles, there are still real obstacles.
Because the power of Jinyu Tower is mostly scattered in various places, and these places are places that are inconvenient for some women to enter.
There are also gambling houses in the four cities in East Vietnam, but the business is bleak because women don't like gambling.
This gave Jin Yulou an opportunity to send people to the casino. Whenever a woman came to a casino for more than two days in a row, she would naturally attract attention.
Qu Xiaohan explained: "The Four Alliances are one family. Let me show you something so that you can feel more at ease with them."
Taking out Gu Xiaotian's hall master's waist badge, Shangguan Hong was obviously surprised. This was Shui Longyin's hall master's waist badge. You know how important a hall master's waist badge is, so why would you give it to someone so casually?
After careful consideration and Qu Xiaohan's constant persuasion, Shangguanhong finally decided to give it a try.
But I won’t assign too many tasks to them. The main reason is that they are biased and uneasy.
After finishing the task, Shangguan Hong drove away the guests directly.
Returning to the gate of the courtyard, Qu Xiaohan said: "The next step is up to you. I will take Yao Yao to live in Tianxiang Valley during this period. If you really die unfortunately, I will always take Yao Yao with you." Just don’t worry about protecting her.”
Gu Xiaotian had a dark look on his face, "Leader Qu, can't you just hope that we will do well?"
Qu Xiaohan chuckled, waved his hand and went back to Tianxiang Valley.
...
The group of people walked to the place marked by Shangguan Hong.
Gu Xiaotian once wondered whether Shangguanhong just randomly assigned a place to send him away.
The reason is that the place in front of me is dilapidated and completely uninhabitable.
Gu Xiaotian asked without hesitation: "Do all people in the Martial Arts Association like to live in shabby places?"
Duan Peng said: "The more this happens, the more careful you have to be."
Compared with the so-called secret realm next to Jiuhua, this place can only be described as worse.
After standing at the door for a long time, I couldn't figure out the reason. After observing for a while, I realized that this place was abandoned. Even the street where it was located had no one paying attention. The whole street was like this. A shabby shop.
In this case, the search range will be vast.
Gu Xiaotian raised his feet and said, "Go in and have a look."
In the current situation, just squatting and watching will definitely not work. It is a waste of time and energy. It is more direct to go in and take a look.
After entering the store, Gu Xiaotian shouted several times and asked if anyone was there.
However, there was no response for a long time.
It seems that this store is undoubtedly an empty store.
After walking around for a few times, there was nothing but some wooden tables that were somewhat moldy.
Gu Xiaotian was about to turn around and leave, but was stopped by Duan Peng.
Duan Peng didn't stay on the surface just now, but went straight into the innermost part, which really made him discover something.
The innermost table looked ordinary, but I never thought that Duan Peng just put his hand lightly and immediately discovered the problem.
There is still warmth on this table.
In other words, there was a person lying on this table just now, and just as soon as Gu Xiaotian and others came in, he was already hiding.
Duan Peng said calmly: "If you know we are coming, don't hide it, otherwise the store will be completely opened up, and neither of us will benefit."
Sure enough, there was a dark sound coming from the ground.
Immediately afterwards, a piece of floor was lifted and a person emerged from inside.
Gu Xiaotian, who had quick hands and quick eyes, quickly pulled the man out first.
It is already very rare for men to appear in the four cities of Dongyue, not to mention that most of those men are in excellent shape. But the man in front of him cannot be considered ugly, but it has nothing to do with being in good shape. At this time, he is hunched over. Back, looking frightened.
Gu Xiaotian didn't say anything. He had seen a lot of this kind of blinding method. The more he looked at people and animals as harmless, the more important he might be.
"Whoosh!"
The sharp sword was placed directly on the man's neck.
The man quickly knelt down and kowtowed, shouting: "Young hero, spare your life, young hero, spare your life!"
Duan Peng watched clearly from the side. This man was different from Ah Jiu. His fear was completely instinctive, not pretending. He silently held Gu Xiaotian's edgeless heavy sword and drew it back: "This person should be just an ordinary person, with no real energy in him."
It is difficult for a warrior to hide his true energy without being discovered.
Although you can rely on the assistance of elixirs or talismans, these things themselves contain true energy. Even if the true energy can be hidden perfectly, you can definitely sense it if you really have to sense it carefully.
This is also the only way to distinguish warriors from ordinary people.
After putting away his sword, Gu Xiaotian said coldly: "I ask, you answer, if there is even half a lie, your head will fall to the ground."
The man who was still kneeling on the ground stood up tremblingly, wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, and said cautiously: "Young hero, just ask, I will definitely tell you everything I know."
"What's your name? Who are you? Why are you hiding in this building?"
The man smiled bitterly and shook his head: "My name is Li Er, I am the boss of this building. This place is all my property, so I naturally want to sleep here."
Listening to Li Er's words, Gu Xiaotian had no doubts.
In the four major cities in East Vietnam, all women are in power. How could there be an extra male boss for no reason?
"You didn't tell the truth." Gu Xiaotian threatened.
Li Er quickly knelt down on the ground with a pop, put three fingers up to his ears and pointed at the roof: "Young hero, everything I said is true! If there is even half a lie, there will be thunder and lightning!"
Gu Xiaotian was silent, thinking about things.
Li Erze kept kneeling on the ground. He would never dare to get up unless others told him.
Duan Peng was not idle. He went out for a while. After a while, he came back and pulled Li Er, who was kneeling on the ground with painful knees, and said, "What is this street like? Tell us?"
Li Er nodded and said: "Young hero, all the shops on this street are ordinary people like me. They don't look good. They just want to open a shop to make a living. How can I expect that the business will be bleak. The reason why I avoid you , just because a lot of strange people have come to this street recently, many of my friends have been brutally murdered, so I dug a tunnel overnight just to survive."
If this is the case, it would make sense.
The bunch of strange people Li Er mentioned should undoubtedly be members of the All-Martial Arts Association.
