After Xia Yunuo left, Chu Fan and Zhang Xueyan were arranged by Jiao Lao in an accord.

In addition, a bodyguard from the middle of the Ming Realm was specially sent to be responsible for the safety of the two.

"Xiao Fan, what do you mean by this Miss Xia?"

"Why do you have to leave us in the Xia family?" Zhang Xueyan stared at Chu Fan with a pair of big eyes, very puzzled.

"Does she want to put us under house arrest?"

"But why is that? We didn't provoke her!"

"Besides, how can there be such a house arrest person in the world, not only is there good food and drink, but also a special bodyguard to protect her when she goes out, what does she want to do?"

In this regard, Chu Fan just smiled indifferently:

"Xiao Yan, there is an old saying that if you come, you will be safe, since people want to play, then we can only accompany you!"

Although this was just a joke, her intuition told Chu Fan that Xia Yunuo must have her intentions in doing this.

Of course, this is also the main reason why Chu Fan is willing to stay.

Otherwise, where can I leave the Nine Shades Saint Venerable?

"Two little friends, I think you have misunderstood!"

However, at this moment, the door of the Accord was pushed open.

"Old Jiao, Sister-in-law Li, why are you here?"

For these two people, Zhang Xueyan is not wary, especially Sister-in-law Li, who feels very kind.

No, seeing that the two of them were here, she immediately got up to greet them.

And Chu Fan also nodded slightly to show politeness

"Are you two satisfied with the accommodation here?"

"If you are not satisfied, the old man will order someone to replace the two!" Jiao Lao first smiled and greeted the two

"The environment is good, and the accommodation is good"

In this regard, Zhang Xueyan did not shy away from it and said bluntly:

"It's just that we can't figure it out, why does Miss Xia have to force us here, isn't it too overbearing to do so?"

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Jiao Lao's face suddenly put away

"Hey!"

I only heard him sigh, his expression was embarrassed and helpless

"I know that the two of you will definitely have doubts in your heart, but please believe that the old man, the young lady has absolutely no ill will towards the two!"

"Hehe, according to you, we should thank her?"

For such an explanation, Chu Fan didn't buy it.

Nima, is there still such good intentions in the world? Leaving people in their own homes and sending people to follow them 24 hours a day? What kind of good thing is this?

Seeing this, Jiao Lao knew that if he continued to conceal it, he was afraid that it would cause unnecessary misunderstandings, so he had to say stupidly:

"Mr. Chu, Miss Zhang, you don't know, my young lady is actually protecting you by doing this!"

"Protect us?"

Chu Fan was immediately happy after hearing this: "Oh, is it, I want to hear it!"

It turns out that in Fanyang territory, it is not uncommon for human traffickers to cheat and rob babies on the street, especially in the past six months, which can be described as frequent.

Almost every other week, a baby is snatched by traffickers

Moreover, most of the robbers were newborn babies or babies under one year old.

From Jiao Lao's mouth, I learned that the Xia family had also sent someone to investigate quietly in secret.

However, as the investigation deepened, they found that this matter was far from being as simple as they imagined, and there was a powerful force hidden behind it, and there seemed to be some ulterior secrets.

"You mean, the human traffickers we met this time are not just simple human traffickers, there may be other forces behind them?"

Chu Fan reacted immediately

"Not bad!" Jiao Lao nodded, his expression slightly solemn.

"Have you found out who it is?" Zhang Xueyan was a little indignant:

"Don't these people have parents and relatives? If they do this, aren't they afraid of thunder and thunder?"

Speaking of this, Zhang Xueyan's heart was sad.

She has been separated from her parents since she was a child, and she has not seen each other for more than ten years, so what is the difference between her and these robbed babies?

"Shame!"

In this regard, Jiao Lao could only sigh secretly:

"For this matter, we have successively sent four martial arts masters at the peak of the Ming Realm, hoping that they will find out the truth."

"However, unfortunately, all four people disappeared last month, and their fate is unknown, and the investigation was interrupted."

After speaking, Jiao Lao shook his head helplessly.

"The four martial arts masters at the peak of the Ming Realm, all missing?"

Chu Fan couldn't help but move in his heart

From this point of view, those four people must have been more than lucky.

And to make the four peak masters of the Ming Realm disappear at the same time, the strength of the other party must not be underestimated.

"I see, the reason why your young lady invited us here and forcibly left us behind is because we are worried that we will be retaliated against by this group, right?" Chu Fan asked

"Yes, my eldest lady does mean this!"

"Then you really haven't found any clues?" Chu Fan asked again

"Or is it inconvenient to tell us?"

"Uh, what's this......" Jiao Lao paused when he heard this, and became a little hesitant.

After a long time, he made up his mind:

"Okay, Mr. Chu and Miss Zhang helped Sister-in-law Li, and they are not outsiders, so it doesn't hurt to tell you."

"On the day of the disappearance of the four martial arts masters, one of them called us and said that he had seen someone using the blood of a baby to refine the magic weapon. ”

"It's a pity that before he could continue, the phone was cut off and no one could be contacted!"

"Baby's blood?"

Chu Fan and Zhang Xueyan were stunned when they heard this, especially Chu Fan, whose eyes flashed with unprecedented killing intent.

Such a vicious crooked evil method, who else could it be besides the Xuanyin Sect?

"Okay, very good, it's really a narrow road, I haven't gone to settle accounts with you, but you sent it to the door yourself. ”

"In that case, the deity doesn't mind destroying you all!"

Zhang Xueyan also frowned, he couldn't imagine that the Xuanyin Sect would lose his conscience so much, and he didn't even let go of the baby.

I hated that I used to worship under his door, but now when I think about it, I feel scared for a while.

The past was unbearable, and Zhang Xueyan's heart tingled.

At the same time, thinking that his parents were still in the hands of the Xuanyin Sect, he was inevitably a little sad.

"So, Mr. Chu, Miss Zhang, I hope you don't misunderstand the eldest lady, she really has no malicious intent, she just doesn't want you to be hurt!"

Seeing that Chu Fan and the others were silent, Jiao Lao hurriedly cleared Xia Yunuo's name

"I can leave this matter aside for the time being"

However, Chu Fan still didn't buy it: "No matter how you say it, the two of us are also guests of your Xia family, but what attitude did she have just now, she yawned a lot, and left alone without saying a few words, making it clear that she didn't want to see us, is this the hospitality of your Xia family?"

To be honest, it's not that Chu Fan likes to be careful, who is he?

It's just that his intuition tells him that the Xia family, including the first beauty in Fanyang, is far from being as brilliant as he imagined, and there must be some unknown secrets in it.

Sure enough, as soon as his voice fell, Sister-in-law Li couldn't help it:

"Hey, Mr. Chu, don't you know, our eldest lady, she, it's really not easy for her!"

There was a hint of distress in her eyes, obviously, Sister-in-law Li really regarded Xia Yunuo as her own relative.

And Jiao Lao also shook his head helplessly

Now that all the words have come to this, he has nothing to hide.

"Mr. Chu, our eldest lady is so tired, it's all for the sake of being able to keep our Xia family and fulfill the last wish of the old master!"

After the next conversation with Jiao Lao, Chu Fan finally learned part of the truth of the matter

The home of the Eight Great Spells of Fanyang seems to be united on the surface, but in fact it is intrigue and intrigues.

And the Xia family, as the head of the eight major families, has long been declining, and it is no longer as brave as it used to be

Especially after the death of the old family master and Xia Yunuo succeeded as the new head of the Xia family, the rest of the seven major clans were even more unconvinced, thinking that Xia Yunuo was too young to be qualified to take on this great responsibility, and the Xia family was not capable of continuing to be the head of the eight clans.

Just half a month ago, the elders of the eight clans went to the Nine Star Pavilion in Yangshan to hold the annual elders' meeting.

During this period, the elders of the other seven clans united and demanded the opening of a magic conference with an absolute advantage of seven to one.

That is, each clan needs to send representatives to learn with spells and alchemy as assessment items, and the family that finally wins is the new generation of masters.

For the current Xia family, there is no big problem in terms of spells, after all, Elder Liu has reached the realm of immortal masters, and the elders of the other seven major clans can be described as half a catty and eight taels, if they really want to fight the law, no one can take advantage.

However, regarding the refining of medicine, it is a headache.

When the old family master was alive, his level of refining medicine had reached the fifth grade of the Xuan Rank, and looking at the alchemists of the entire eight major families, he was also a leader.

It's a pity that when he goes, the Xia family can't say that he is a Xuan-level alchemist, and even an ordinary yellow-level alchemist can't take out a few.

And they are all crappy products of the yellow order and two grades.

In desperation, Xia Yunuo could only go into battle in person according to the alchemy codex left by his grandfather, and use the remaining time to frantically practice the art of alchemy, in order to make a breakthrough.

You must know that for these magic clans, and even for the martial arts world, the status of alchemists is much higher than that of ordinary cultivators or martial artists.

After all, when you cultivate to a certain level, whether it is a technique or a martial art, you need to supplement it with pills to make an inch.

This is also the reason why the Valley of the God of Medicine is so respected

Therefore, this conference is not so much a magic conference as a medicine refining conference.

The level of the alchemist is directly related to who is in charge of the position of the stick, and in terms of spells, it is purely incidental.

"So that's the case!" Chu Fan didn't expect the relationship here to be so complicated

"In other words, if your eldest lady can become an alchemist above the Xuan rank, then your Xia family still has hope to continue to be this or something?"

Hearing this, Jiao Lao smiled bitterly:

"What Mr. Chu said is extremely true!"

"However, how easy is it to become an alchemist above the Xuan Rank? Looking at the entire Fanyang, there will not be more than twenty. ”

"I think my young lady is so talented, and she has studied day and night, so that she can break through from the third grade of the yellow order to the fourth grade of the yellow order."

"As for the Xuan Rank, I don't think it's going to be three or five years, don't even think about it!"

"Xuanjie?three or five years?hehe, that's because you didn't meet me Chu Jiuyou!"

Chu Fan's heart only felt a burst of amusement

If it was personally guided by him, the Dan Saint, not to mention the Xuan Rank, even the Earth Rank that was out of reach in the eyes of these mortals, the Heavenly Rank was only a matter of ten days and half a month, so why would it take three or five years?