Chapter 66: News
As soon as Liu Yi and the others left, Wu Yucheng hurriedly sighed with a smile: "Cousin, we have been really lucky recently, it seems that we should go out more to take on tasks, maybe there are other opportunities waiting for us!" ”
Hearing this, Wu Guang also smiled, "Not bad." Speaking of which, it's all thanks to that mortal woman. Last time, she instructed us to find the spirit plum fruit, and this time it was up to her to inspect five spirit stones in vain. ”
The two were talking and laughing as they went to Wanpeng's cave.
The Scattered Cultivation League covers a large area in the entire Dongchuan.
The Scattered Immortal Alliance of the Quadrangular City is only one of its branches. It is said that the original intention of the establishment of the Scattered Cultivation Alliance was to gather the strength of all the scattered cultivators together and contribute to the Guangju Building opened by it. Later, it gradually developed into a super scale that did not suppress any of the Dongchuan sects.
However, the Sanxian Alliance is different from the sect, the management of the sect is very strict, the discipline is strong, the door style and the virtue of the disciples, and the power is also very concentrated, and the binding force on the disciples is very strong.
Although the Scattered Immortal Alliance also exists in the form of an organization, in addition to gathering all the scattered cultivators together, it does not restrict or interfere with the freedom of its scattered cultivators.
The Scattered Immortal League station in Sifang City is divided into three compounds: Kun Courtyard, Leaving Courtyard, and Kan Courtyard. Each courtyard includes several hills, and there are thousands of caves distributed in them, and tens of thousands of people live there.
Liu Yi arranged for the disciples of the Liu family to wait outside the station, and he only took Liu Ke and Liu Wen to Kun Courtyard.
A Ying Ling Tablet has been erected at the entrance and exit gates of the three courtyards of the Scattered Immortal Alliance, and the registered members will keep their essence and blood in the Ying Ling Tablet, and when they enter, they only need to put their palms on the Ying Ling Tablet to breathe, and the Ying Ling Tablet will give corresponding instructions.
There is a special person in front of the spirit card to check the personnel entering and exiting one by one.
Liu Yi and the three of them came to the deacon in front of the Ying Ling Monument, explained their intentions, and handed over ten spirit stones, and the deacon came to the gate with a cold face and led the three into the Kun Courtyard.
"I've checked, the person you're looking for lives in Cave Mansion No. 542 of Kunyuan, and walks along this road all the way up the mountain, almost halfway up the waist, and there is a number plate at the door. Don't make a mistake, I won't help you clean up if you get into trouble. ”
The deacon brought Liu Yi and the others into the door of Kun Courtyard, stopped, shook off his words with a cold and arrogant attitude, and turned to leave.
Liu Yi and the others hurriedly saluted and thanked, "Thank you, Deacon." ”
When the deacon walked away, Liu Wen straightened up and snorted in annoyance: "It's just a watchdog, what a pride!" ”
"Shh
Liu Ke hurriedly pinched Liu Wen's arm, shook his head at him, and signaled not to speak rashly.
Liu Yi's face was also very ugly, and he sighed: "People are under the eaves, and they have to bow their heads." Who will take the Liu family in their eyes now? Okay, it's important to get down to business, let's go. ”
"This fellow Daoist, may I ask if there is a monk named Fan Wenbai in the cave mansion?"
As soon as Liu Yi and the others found the cave where Fan Wenbai lived, they saw a young monk in a gray robe coming out of it, Liu Yi hurriedly stepped forward with a smile and asked.
The gray-clothed monk looked at Liu Yi and the others carefully, and without saying a word, he stretched out a hand and spread it in front of Liu Yi.
Liu Yi was stunned, reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth, took out two spirit stones from the Qiankun bag and handed them over.
The gray-clothed monk quickly put it into the shriveled Qiankun bag around his waist, and threw down the sentence "He's not here." He left without looking back.
The three of them were stunned for a while, and by the time they reacted, the Grey Friar had long since disappeared.
"Second uncle, he ......" Liu Wen was so angry that he couldn't speak, and pointed in the direction where the gray-clothed monk left.
Liu Yi waved his hand, "Forget it, find someone to ask." ”
Liu Ke, who had not spoken, patted Liu Wen's shoulder comfortingly, "Second brother, the cultivation realm is so indifferent and ruthless. In the future, your temper will really have to be restrained. ”
Liu Wen muttered angrily: "But he has already received our spirit stones!" ”
Liu Ke chuckled and said, "People also said that he is not here." ”
"This ...... How can this work? ”
"Why not? If people are not there, they are not there, we asked, and people answered, what else can we say? There is no obligation to explain to us politely and in detail. Besides, the person's cultivation just now is higher than that of both you and me, even if we know that he has deceived our spirit stones, if the second uncle is not there, what can the two of us do with him? Maybe you will suffer from it. Therefore, when it is time to endure, bear with it. ”
Liu Wen was quite unconvinced, and he didn't know how to refute it, so he had to respond sullenly: "I know, big brother." ”
Liu Yi's face on the side had softened a little, and he turned his head to look at the two of them and said, "Let's talk about these things later." ”
"Yes." The two of them nodded in unison.
"Second uncle, let's go in and say hello." Liu Wen saw Liu Yi standing in place, staring thoughtfully ahead, and suggested anxiously.
Liu Yi shook his head slowly, "There are no people in this cave mansion who don't know yet, and it will be annoying to go and disturb them rashly, so let's wait." ”
The three major courtyards of the Scattered Immortal Alliance are all large cave mansions, and there are almost five to ten scattered cultivators living in each cave mansion.
After waiting for almost half an hour, he waited for an old monk in a yellow robe to walk out of the cave gate slowly, and Liu Yi hurriedly stepped forward.
"This senior is polite."
The old monk squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Yi for a long time, and then replied with a strange face: "Daoist friends don't have to be polite. ”
Seeing that the other party's attitude was quite friendly, Liu Yi hurriedly told him about his search.
The old monk squinted his eyes and thought for a long time before he said, "Oh, I remember. There is a surname Fan, and the old man has no contact with him on weekdays, so he doesn't know much about his whereabouts. ”
"Do you know if there is anyone who is close to him?"
The old monk shook his head in embarrassment, "This old man really doesn't know. Although we have all joined the Scattered Immortal Alliance, we have nothing to do with each other, we just live under the same roof and meet and say hello on weekdays. ”
Liu Yi nodded disappointedly, and smiled reluctantly: "So that's the case, thank you." ”
"Well said, well said." With that, the old monk smiled and left.
Liu Yi turned around and glanced at Liu Ke and Liu Wen, and sighed in dismay.
"Let's go back first and see how your third uncle and their side are doing."
Wu Guang and Wu Yucheng came to Wan Peng's cave mansion and happened to meet Wan Peng preparing to go out.
"Wan Daoyou."
Wu Guang stepped forward enthusiastically and saluted, and Wu Yucheng on the side also saluted: "Wan Daoyou." ”
Wan Peng looked at it fixedly, and hurriedly replied: "Who is my Dao, it turned out to be the two brothers Wu Daoyou, you are out of the customs?" ”
Wu Guang smiled and waved his hand, "Where, I just feel that my breath is a little unstable, and I have been pranayama for a few days." ”
"Oh, so you two have the right assignment right now?" Wan Peng nodded and asked.
"Not yet, I'm not going to come to Wan Daoyou as soon as I get out of the customs. Our brothers are still counting on Wan Daoyou to help you again! ”
"Wu Daoyou is so polite! It just so happens that I have a task on my hand, to go to Xingyue Valley to pick Tibetan grass. You also know that although there are many Jizo grasses in Xingyue Valley, there are also many demon beasts, especially the herds of jackals and leopard beasts, it is really difficult for me to deal with them alone, why don't we go together? ”
Wu Guang had read the task book before, and the reward for the Jizo Grass was a superb marrow cleansing pill.
"But there is only one reward for the task of this Jizo grass, this ......," Wu Guang asked hesitantly.
Wan Peng waved his hand disapprovingly, "If Wu Daoyou likes this marrow cleansing pill, why not let Wan give it to you?" The three of us went together, naturally not only to collect elixir, but also to hunt some demon beast materials by the way, maybe there would be other unexpected gains. ”
Wu Guang and the others remembered the matter of picking the spirit plum fruit, and their hearts were suddenly full of expectations.
"Exactly, it's me who is in the picture, and everything is at the behest of Wan Daoyou."
Seeing that the two brothers Wu Guang complimented themselves so much, Wan Peng was very happy in his heart, but there was a humble look on his face, and he pushed it again and again:
"How dare you, how can Wan Mou be virtuous, how dare you take on the word command, everyone is an equal, there is something to discuss, let's go."
There was nothing to do along the way, and Wu Guang told Wan Peng about his encounter with Liu Yi and others to inquire about the news, and Wan Peng smiled after hearing it, but secretly had a suspicion in his heart.
Liu Yi and the others returned to the inn at dusk, and after meeting with Liu Zheng and the others, they told the news they had discovered.
"So, this is called Fan Wenbai's outing, and he hasn't come back?" Liu Zheng asked with a frown.
Liu Yi nodded and replied in a deep voice: "Exactly." According to Fan Niuniu, Fan Wenbai and the woman surnamed Ye should have returned to Sifang City a long time ago, but now there is no news, could it be that something happened on the road? ”
"Change?" Liu Ke, Liu Zheng and several others couldn't help but look at each other.
What can happen to the monk is either to be injured or to die.
Liu Zheng sat down on the chair with his head down, and sighed helplessly, "Alas! I finally found some clues, but it was broken again! ”
Liu Wei on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Third uncle, don't worry. We have only been investigating for a day, and we have found such an important clue, and if we continue to investigate, we will definitely be able to find the traces of the other party. ”
Liu Zheng sighed: "I don't know that the news I'm worried about right now has leaked. The matter of our coming to Sifang City can be concealed for a while, but not for a long time, and in two days, the Wang and Tong families will definitely receive the news. ”
"Is the third uncle afraid that they will meddle in this matter?" Liu Ke frowned and asked.
Liu Zheng nodded and did not speak again. Liu Yi continued: "If this matter is known by the Wang Tong family, they will definitely be suspicious. At that time, if they learned that the woman surnamed Ye had our Liu family's family heirloom in her hands, they would definitely send someone to look for it. In case the Liu family's mastery falls into the hands of outsiders, our Liu family will really be finished! ”
As soon as Liu Yi's words fell, the atmosphere in the cave mansion immediately became solemn, a few people, you look at me, I look at you, and no one spoke again.
The next day, Liu Yi and the others continued to lead their disciples out to inquire about the news of Fan Wenbai and Ye Zi.
At this time, the Wang family had already received the news, but Wang Kuncheng did not intend to pay attention to it, but put all his attention on finding the source of the mine.
In another year, it will be the opening day of the Baiyun Immortal Mansion once every ten years, which is related to the amount of Zhuji Dan for the entire family in the next ten years. And building the foundation is one of the important conditions for breaking through the foundation building period, without the foundation building pill, the foundation building of the new generation of disciples of the Wang family will be greatly affected, and Wang Kuncheng has to be cautious.