Obviously, even if they went to Xinhuo Street to inquire according to the child's description, there would be no results, although they were still a little worried, but since Lu Lin and the others were fine, they didn't bother with this matter anymore.

Now that the place of residence has been arranged, after hurriedly retreating from the room, Chen Qingniu and his party walked in the direction of Wuwang Street.

There is no curfew in Cangbei Mansion at night, it is more lively than the daytime, between the neon lights, all kinds of pedestrians shuttle among them, although most of them are civilians in cloth clothes, but there is no shortage of richly dressed dignitaries and warriors with swords and knives.

However, what Chen Qingniu cared about was naturally the people who were hidden among these people who were neither visible nor dewy on the mountain, and they were paying close attention and always being vigilant.

When he was in Yunxian Residence, Li Liang explained what the two ice crystals in Jin Yue'er's eyes were.

Xuan Ice Condensation, even for those great cultivators of the Jindan Realm, is an unattainable thing.

Although there is now an ice spirit veil to cover the qi, which can blind the spiritual consciousness of some ordinary Jindan realm monks, the most feared thing in the world is naturally that what if.

Fortunately, until the group arrived at Xuanwu Street, there were no accidents.

In front of me, there is a cold alley.

Cold, does not mean that there are few people living on this Wuwang Street, on the contrary, at a glance along the alley, there are undulating red lanterns hanging outside the door on both sides, and there are night guards guarding the door in front of most of the courtyards, and the sound of sedan chairs sounding from time to time, cold, but compared to the noisy and lively night street outside, and as described by Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang, there are indeed no peddlers and merchant shops who set up stalls or carts to sell in this alley, and there is less worldly liveliness, but more deserted and strict.

Chen Qingniu doesn't need to think about it to understand that this is obviously related to the people who live in the courtyard of the mansion with lanterns lit, most of these people must be beyond the category of Yin Shi, and they are probably still the people who have a big face and a lot of power in this Cangbei Mansion.

But this has nothing to do with him Chen Qingniu.

Therefore, even if the group of four people passed by from time to time and led a lot of entourage and slaves in a sedan chair, Chen Qingniu still turned a blind eye to the strange eyes of those people.

On the contrary, Zhu Yanzhang felt a little uncomfortable when he saw this: "Chen Gongzi, it was the old slave who was negligent." ”

Chen Qingniu just smiled faintly: "It's okay, with these big people who are not low at a glance, this street is undoubtedly a safe place in the city of Cangbei Prefecture, if I am not there in the future, I can also worry a little less." ”

Only then did Zhu Yanzhang nod.

In fact, whether it is a private person or the government, there are a lot of residences for sale in this city, he and Huang Fu looked at more than a dozen places and finally chose this place, and most of them responded to Chen Qingniu's request, and it was undoubtedly difficult to find a clean place in this Cangbei Mansion City.

Not long after, the group had arrived at the middle of Wuwang Street.

Huang Fu, who was walking in the front, suddenly stopped outside a high-walled compound with closed gates on both sides, and then, Huang Fu walked to the left gate of the house, took out the key, and with a creak, the door opened.

"Chen Gongzi, it's here!"

Looking at the huge building in front of him, which was said to be a mansion but more like a mansion, Chen Qingniu was quite stunned.

Zhu Yanzhang explained with a smile on the side: "The old man has an old friend who works on an errand in the household department, and the official is not big, but fortunately, it is still somewhat convenient to do it for a long time." ”

Chen Qingniu was relieved.

In his previous life, the housing prices of any city were not an inch of land, even if he crossed it, he would not believe that this world would be much better, after all, this is not a small place like Anqing County, but a dignified city.

It's just that he's still a little curious.

Standing in front of the gate at this moment, he was now facing the opposite mansion, which seemed to be uninhabited and had no plaques, so he asked, "Could it be that there are no people living in there?"

Huang Fudao: "It should be lived, when I came to Lao Zhu Bairi, the door was open, and there was an old man sweeping the floor in the door, the age was not much different from the two of us, and he chatted a few kind words, and he was quite easy-going." ”

Chen Qingniu nodded, didn't ask any more questions, and the group entered the courtyard.

This is indeed an official mansion, although the plaque on the door has been removed, but the internal layout is the same as most official mansions, there is a small courtyard in front, facing the largest main hall, and behind, there is a living residence such as a study wing.

Led by Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang, Chen Qingniu and Jin Yue'er followed, it took half an hour to finally turn around this mansion.

Chen Qingniu can also be regarded as having seen what is called a real wealthy compound, in addition to the dozens of side rooms, there is a courtyard garden with a study, in the deepest part of the mansion, there is an open place, paved with large bluestone, nearly half an acre of square area.

The people who lived here before must have a high status in this Cangbei Mansion.

Although he doesn't know why the family moved out of such a huge mansion and where they went, these have nothing to do with him.

So, after some discussion, Chen Qingniu chose a room closest to Jin Yue'er, and Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang were naturally more casual, but the four of them were not far away.

There are only four of them living in such a large mansion, which is really a bit deserted.

At the beginning, Chen Qingniu, who was the landlord of the land, threw out a handful of silver tickets and Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang, and said: "Huang Lao, Zhu Lao, I still bother you two to run again tomorrow, if you can, and hire some maids, it doesn't take too much, you can maintain the daily turnover in the mansion." ”

Zhu Yanzhang didn't go to pick up the silver ticket, but said: "Chen Gongzi doesn't have to worry about this matter, my old friend is already doing this, it's just that it's easy to hire people and it's difficult to pick people, since you have spent money, you naturally have to pick some people who are diligent and honest." ”

Chen Qingniu nodded: "That's fine!"

In fact, Chen Qingniu did this, not because he bought a mansion and wanted to put some kind of landlord master's shelf, he didn't need to be served, but Jin Yue'er was now unserved.

Before returning to the room, Chen Qingniu told Jin Yue'er: "Don't practice tonight, until your eyes recover, it's not allowed, I'm in the next room, if you don't listen, even if you hate me, I will take back that water spirit." ”

Jin Yue'er said helplessly: "I know, Ah Niu, when did you become so verbose?"

Chen Qingniu was obviously still a little uneasy, but compared to this, he was more concerned about the things that he had not talked about in front of the two old men who had been running around for a day about this matter, and said: "Although this mansion Zhu Lao said that it was convenient for his old friend to introduce him, but for some reason, I always feel that this place is a little weird, and the mansion opposite gives me the same feeling." As soon as I stepped through the door, I felt like something was pressed on my heart, but as soon as I sensed it, there was nothing out of the ordinary, I hope it was just because I was too vigilant. ”

Who knows, Jin Yue'er actually replied: "Ah Niu, I also have such an induction!"

Chen Qingniu's face suddenly sank.

Although Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang are two old men with experience in walking the rivers and lakes, they are a second-rate martial artist and a first-class martial artist, and they are still ordinary people after all.

He is different from Jin Yue'er, he is a real mountain cultivator, although one is a qi refining cultivator and the other is a spiritual path cultivator, but in essence, they are both refining the spiritual energy of heaven and earth for their own use, and their bodies have undergone transformation as early as the moment the spiritual energy of heaven and earth enters the body, and they seem to be more sensitive to all kinds of inductions in the world.

Now that Jin Yue'er said the same, then Chen Qingniu can 100% conclude that his previous induction was not out of nowhere, and this mansion is indeed strange.

It's just that if it's too late today, this mansion has already been bought, and it can't be returned or abandoned, so naturally it still has to live.

Chen Qingniu thought for a while and said, "The matter has come to this, this mansion, we naturally still have to live, but everything is better to be careful." ”

"Huang Lao and Zhu Lao don't know about this matter, let's not alarm them, even if the second elder is a person who practices martial arts, but he is old, and he must be a little tired after a day of running. ”

"Yue'er, you should also go back to your room to rest first, and I will deal with this matter. ”

Jin Yue'er was quite worried: "Ah Niu, we just came here and don't know anything, and we can't even tell where that kind of induction came from, how can you deal with it?"

Chen Qingniu smiled: "Naturally, it is handled in the way of our cultivators. ”

What is the way of a practitioner? Naturally, it is a means of cultivating to speak.

Seeing that Jin Yue'er reluctantly entered the room, Chen Qingniu sat down cross-legged on the spot and meditated and cultivated.

Now, directly in front of him is Jin Yue'er's room, and five rooms to the left are the residences of Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang, no matter what is strange about this mansion, if there is an abnormality, he can react immediately.

This is Chen Qingniu's method.

Simple and straightforward!

In fact, Chen Qingniu's first reaction was to think that there was something evil and ominous in this mansion, after all, whether it was a large mansion or a small residence, if it was not inhabited for a long time, most of them would be occupied by some ghosts and ghosts, which was very common in this world.

But as time went by, even when the yin qi was at its heaviest, there was still no abnormality, and Chen Qingniu's guess faded a little.

In fact, his speculation itself is untenable, as an important place in the city, not to mention those mountain cultivation sects entrenched inside and outside the city, it is the city protection array set up by the imperial court, where do ordinary lonely souls, wild ghosts, evil ghosts and demons dare to come to such places to spread wild.

However, if it weren't for these, what could it be that could make Chen Qingniu and Jin Yue'er, who were cultivators, feel very depressed and restless as soon as they stepped into this room?

The time is about midnight.

While meditating and cultivating to consolidate his cultivation, Chen Qingniu was closely vigilant about everything around him.

But at some point, an old man appeared behind him.

The old man is hunched over, his appearance is old, his steps are faltering, and he looks no different from ordinary old people at a glance, and his degree of fitness is even worse than Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang.

After the old man appeared, he obviously didn't think about hiding, and deliberately left some footsteps when he walked, so Chen Qingniu found the other party as soon as possible.

If Huang Fu and Zhu Yanzhang were here, they would definitely be able to recognize at a glance that this old man was the old man who was sweeping the floor and lived in the opposite mansion they saw during the day.

Chen Qingniu, naturally he didn't recognize the sweeping old man in front of him, even if he did, he wouldn't believe that the other party was really just a sweeping old man, and he could easily appear behind him without being noticed by him, if it weren't for the old man deliberately pulling away and walking a few steps to make a sound, even at this moment, he still couldn't find the other party.

But no matter what, even if the old man didn't show malicious intent, when the old man walked in front of him, Chen Qingniu still sat up in shock under the conditioned reflex, and the majestic vitality in his body was agitated, and if something was wrong, he wanted to make a move.

The old man stood still half a foot away from Chen Qingniu, looked at Chen Qingniu, there was no kindness on his face, but he said: "The realm is quite low, but the cultivation of the Yuanhai Realm, this reaction is really a little slow, even if I am in the same realm as you, if I make a sudden move, you will definitely die." ”

At a glance, he was seen through the realm, and Chen Qingniu was naturally even more vigilant: "Dare to ask the senior's honorable name, why did you break into Chen's mansion at night?"

"Chen?"

The old man pursed his lips, but he didn't see his move, and the next moment, Chen Qingniu had already flown out a few feet away, and before he landed, he was caught by a force, pulled back in front of the old man, and was pressed to the ground.

The old man smiled and said: "Boy, dare to call Chen in front of the old man, there are indeed a few people in the world, but just rely on your ...... way."

The old man shook his head: "No!"

Chen Qingniu, who was suppressed by a huge force, naturally would not sit still, but no matter how he struggled, not only could he not mobilize the vitality of the dantian, but even the connection between consciousness and the copper space was broken.

The old man squinted his eyes and looked at Chen Qingniu, who was gritting his teeth and struggling desperately, he still didn't put away his strength, and said with a faint disdainful smile on his face: "Boy, do you want to accept it?"

But if you are an ordinary person, you will not dare to disagree in such a situation, after all, why is a cultivator called a mountain person, it is naturally because of those extraordinarily powerful means, and now, Chen Qingniu's all means are restricted by the old man, what else can he think except to be convinced?

But Chen Qingniu gritted his teeth and said, "No...... Serve!"

"Not convinced?"

The old man sighed softly.

The next moment, Chen Qingniu suddenly felt that the force pressing on his body increased, and it was getting worse all the time, and it was already like a mountain, pressing him almost out of breath.

The old man asked again, "Have you taken it?"

Chen Qingniu, who already had some tinnitus, wanted to speak again, but spit out a mouthful of blood between opening his mouth.

Chen Qingniu's eyes were about to crack, and he still gritted his teeth intermittently and said, "No...... Serve!"

And when he finished saying these two words, the force pressed on his body dissipated in an instant, and after coughing a few times, Chen Qingniu didn't have time to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and immediately condensed the spirit of the pangolin with his spiritual powers.

"What do you want from your predecessors?"

After calming down, Chen Qingniu did not do it immediately, but said coldly: "The juniors are just coming here, if they inadvertently provoke the seniors, they still hope that the seniors will raise their noble hands, but if the seniors are unreasonable and want to embarrass the juniors to find fun, even if the seniors are real great cultivators, the juniors must also ......."

"What do you want?"

"Naturally...... Fight to the death!"

Suddenly, Chen Qingniu took advantage of the strength of the spirit of the pangolin and crushed the old man directly.

The old man did not move, but when the spirit of the pangolin approached him, it dispersed in an instant.

Chen Qingniu had naturally expected this situation for a long time, which was also the reason why he did not summon a group of beast spirits with his spirit control supernatural powers.

However, he still did not choose to retreat.

This old man came inexplicably, and his shot was inexplicable, and even what he said was also inexplicable, and there was a feeling of making fun of him.

But even so, this old man is indeed very strong, even so strong that Chen Qingniu can only look up.

If it was a change of place and a different situation, Chen Qingniu might have already admitted it, not being afraid of death does not mean that he has no brains to give away people's heads, but tonight, here, it can't.

Whether it was for himself or Jin Yue'er in the room behind him, Chen Qingniu knew in his heart that tonight, no matter how strong this old man was, it would be impossible for him to retreat half a point.

"Jumping Nine Styles!"

After the spirit of the pangolin dispersed, Chen Qingniu took advantage of his momentum to get close to the old man half a foot away, and he had already thrown several punches in a row.

The old man sighed lightly again: "Boy, you can still use martial arts?"

Chen Qingniu naturally wouldn't answer.

But the next moment, only a few dull sounds were heard like stones sinking into the sea, Chen Qingniu flew out upside down again, fell to the ground, and the force of five punches in a row bounced back on himself.

The pain came, and at the same time that Chen Qingniu's heart was already monstrous, there was already a sense of despair, this old man's strength was far beyond his reach.

"When you are not getting stronger, don't try to ask people who are higher than you why you are cultivating, because most people, especially those who are in cultivation, don't like to be reasonable. ”

Lying on the ground, feeling the pain in my body, the advice of the night is still in my ears.

Chen Qingniu gritted his teeth and got up again with difficulty, although he was desperate, he was still unwilling to give up.

only to find that the old man had already stood in front of him again.

"Although some tigers are not anti-dogs, but just rely on your punches ......"

This time, the old man's face did not have the strange expressions he had before, but his face was full of solemnity, and he said in a deep voice: "Now, the old man can answer your previous question." ”

"The old man's surname is Huo, and his single name is a central character, as for how to call it, that's your business. The old man came here at night, but he didn't want to disturb the other people. The old man has to do two things, one is to remove the scattered spirit array here, otherwise, there is no half of the aura of heaven and earth here, not to mention the daily practice of you and the little girl in the room, that is, if you survive here, your spirit will gradually fail, especially those two ...... Well, those two brothers, in a few days, will inevitably die. ”

"Second, it is entrusted by someone to guide you in your cultivation, remember, it is guidance, not to accept you as an apprentice, the old man does not have the ability to be your master, and you are not qualified to be the old man's apprentice. Therefore, whether you succeed or not, how much you can grow, that is your business, and it has nothing to do with the old man. ”

Listening to the old man who said inexplicable things again, Chen Qingniu's words were still cold: "Why do you believe you?"

Huo Yang pouted again and said: "The old man can crush you if he doesn't do anything, what else can you do besides faith?"