As for the Lin family, the "Zuge Gate" incident a few days ago was temporarily suppressed by Lin Tianxiong's forced order, and even the theft was not leaked at all, but various speculations circulated in the outside world, which made the Lin family the focus of the city for a while, but few people knew the truth, and even Lin Long's "free" incident in the Zuge was rarely known.

I have to say that the Lin family is very tight, and there is no storm in the city, and with the influx of a large number of outsiders, the topic of this township test and the quota is becoming more and more attention-grabbing, and various legends are also very popular.

"Have you heard, this time the township test in Qingluo City has received unprecedented attention, which has caused many children from other big cities to flock to it. ”

"Yes, this kind of thing is simply incomprehensible, I really don't know why the rural test in Qingluo City is so attractive. ”

"Have you heard, Qin Ancheng, Jindui City, Nanfeng City and many other talented young people are here, and even the sons of the world have come to join in the fun!"

"It's strange, these people from the big city rarely come to our remote Qingluo City, and they have never looked down on here, but for some reason, they all came together, is there something that strongly tempts them?"

"I guess yes, I heard that there are major secrets in the Cliff Blessed Land, and there are many secret treasures that have never been discovered, otherwise, how can it be possible to attract all the geniuses of those big cities?"

"No wonder the quota is so tight now, it seems that this time the cliff blessed land will be very lively!"

"yes, there's going to be a lot of good shows......"

"It is estimated that the City Lord's Mansion will make a lot of money!"

"Not only that, but I also heard that because there are too many outsiders, the competition for places is becoming more and more intense, many people still don't have tickets, and the contradictions between all parties are also difficult to reconcile. ”

"Wouldn't it be even more fun to watch this time!"

A lot of people are talking about it......

But I'm afraid no one would have thought that this so-called martial arts competition was actually deliberately arranged by Chai Jiudao, nominally to fight for places through the competition, but in fact it was to find the mysterious boy related to the "theft" of the Lin family.

Not only did the contradiction be diverted, but there was also an opportunity to lay a trap for the "mysterious teenager".

This trick is quite exquisite, it is really a conspiracy and a conspiracy to be carried out together, it can be called killing two birds with one stone!

So how will Lin Yan face it?

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A day later, Granny Qi came to Lin Yan with a stiff face.

"Granny Qi, why do you make your old face full of sadness?"

"Hey, Lin Xiaoyou, there is something that the old body has to say, but I didn't expect that the matter of the quota suddenly changed!" Granny Qi had to tell Lin Yan the truth.

"There has been an accident in the quota?" Lin Yan didn't expect that it was this question that stumped the elder of the Alchemist Alliance, and he also wanted to know more about it, "Can you be specific?"

"Because some news has spread in many big cities, this time the township test in Qingluo City has attracted much attention, and even the Hou Shizi of Pingyang has to intervene, the old body said this, you can understand!"

Why is he? Lin Yan was slightly stunned, could this matter have something to do with this person? Although I am not sure, Granny Qi was able to mention this person, which means that this matter has something to do with this guy.

Of course, he understood what Granny Qi meant, and it was more or less due to the arrival of a large number of outsiders, which made the already tight quota even more scarce, and even Granny Qi felt tricky.

"Is it that the City Lord's Mansion is deliberately making things difficult, or is it that the Hou Shizi of Pingyang has a lot of influence?, or is it that these places have been divided among those outsiders?" he looked at Granny Qi and guessed.

"Almost, there are all these reasons, but there are things that are even more annoying to the old body, the old body has just received a message from the Alchemist Alliance, asking me to rush back as soon as possible, hey, in fact, some other cities have also been holding township trials recently, and the demand for their respective elixirs has skyrocketed, and the Alchemist Alliance is just to meet the needs of many families......

When Granny Qi said this, Lin Yan had completely understood the situation.

It seems that the Alchemist Alliance doesn't care about the market in Qingluo City! This is Lin Yan's first feeling, otherwise he wouldn't have rushed to send Granny Qi back, after all, she herself is here, and she can refine some pills on the spot to meet the market demand.

Because the quota has not yet arrived, and Granny Qi has to leave, Lin Yan didn't need to think much to know that his tickets were naturally in trouble.

"Granny Qi, how can I solve the quota problem?" After all, he doesn't know the rules of the township test, this question must be asked clearly, and he can't use other excuses to prevent Granny Qi from going back, this trouble can only be faced by himself.

"There are several ways, one is that if you can join the Alchemist Alliance, not to mention Liu Chengmin, even the royal family of the Qingliang Kingdom must sell some face to the Alchemist Alliance, and the quota problem will naturally be solved; In addition, it is said that in order to pass on the increasingly fierce contradiction in the number of places, the City Lord's Mansion deliberately set up a ring in the City Lord's Mansion, providing a total of ten places, as long as you can stand out, you can get a place. ”

"Oh, but I don't know, which of the three is more feasible?"

"Although the old body very much welcomes Xiaoyou to join the Alchemist Alliance, this method is not feasible at present, not to mention the complicated procedure, just the qualification assessment of the alchemist cannot be achieved in the short term. ”

Granny Qi did not deliberately conceal or prevaricate, but told the truth. Lin Yan could understand this, and he nodded, "If you join the Mu family, what trouble will there be?"

For Granny Qi's second proposal, Lin Yan subconsciously was a little repulsed, because the so-called joining, in a sense, is actually to become a subordinate of other families, whether it is status or freedom, he will be subject to various restrictions, and even involuntarily, which is obviously not acceptable to him.

"Joining the Mu family, you naturally have to accept the rules of the Mu family, and your freedom will also be restricted, of course, you also have to do a lot of things for the Mu family, or complete some tasks, in fact, this is no different from joining some sects, because it is impossible for the Mu family to provide protection and resources for anyone for free, I believe you will not understand this. ”

Granny Qi had long seen that he was unwilling to be subservient, and she also understood that "joining the Mu family" would have many drawbacks, so she had not let Mu Dailin take the initiative to mention it to him before.

And this time she also took the opportunity to test Lin Yan's psychological bottom line, so she did not deliberately avoid these drawbacks.

"Then what if I just become the 'guest secretary' of the Mu family, that is to say, the relationship between me and the Mu family is mainly some kind of cooperation, the Mu family does not need to provide me with 'Yulu', and I do not need to be bound by the Mu family, if the Mu family needs to use me, I can do what I can for the Mu family, of course, within the principle of equality and equivalent exchange. ”

This is Lin Yan's bottom line and his principle.

"This is also the case in the pastoral family, but those people are unique in some way, in other words, they are actually quite famous and have been famous for a long time. The shepherd family will not give this kind of treatment to a young man who has not yet become famous, as for the reason, you should also be clear. ”

Granny Qi also knew very well that if she told a very rational person like Lin Yan how good it was to join the Mu family and how it was to talk about it, not only would it not achieve its goal, but it would cause him to have a strong disgust, so it would be better to tell the truth.

So she said it very directly, and she was also looking at Lin Yan's eyes seriously, but she never saw any emotional fluctuations in Lin Yan, as if the object she was talking about was not him at all, which more or less made Granny Qi, an old Jianghu who had read countless people, have another layer of understanding of Lin Yan.

This young man is not only mysterious, but also able to be moody, which is really rare!

After hearing this, Lin Yan nodded, but this did not mean that he agreed, he said to Granny Qi: "According to the normal situation, this is indeed the case, since this is the case, then I am not suitable to join the Mu family at present, and I hope Granny Qi understands." ”

This answer did not surprise Granny Qi at all, but was expected by her.

She smiled and said, "For your answer, the old body can guess it a long time ago, but if you can first obtain the alchemist qualification certificate issued by the Alchemist Alliance, then you are qualified to become a guest of the Mu family, and the old body is very confident in you." ”

"It's a good idea, but it seems to be difficult to implement at the moment. Lin Yan agreed, and then returned to the topic, "The top priority is to find a way to get tickets, and judging from the current situation, you can only participate in the ring match of the City Lord's Mansion." ”

Granny Qi was a little worried, "This ring match is not only held in the City Lord's Mansion, but there will definitely be many geniuses from other cities, they are all eyeing this place, I don't know what Xiaoyou's current combat strength is?"

"I rarely fight against people, and to be honest, I'm not sure, but I don't know, what is the strength of most of the others?"

"It is said that for this cliff blessed land, many families have sent their best disciples, many of them are true geniuses, and their strength has reached the ninth level of condensation, and they are only one step away from breaking through the foundation building realm. ”

As soon as she talked about this issue, Granny Qi's face became solemn, and at the same time, she was also paying attention to the change in Lin Yan's expression.

However, Lin Yan's expression was always unwavering, even bland, as if it had nothing to do with him at all, which made Granny Qi look at Lin Yan even more, or began to look at him even more impressed and curious.

I really don't know how much confidence he has to face those geniuses!

And when she was expecting Lin Yan to answer, she heard him say, "Thank you Granny Qi for telling me!"

This sentence did not hear what he was thinking at all, but there was absolutely no timidity.

However, Granny Qi couldn't help but ask, "Then do you have confidence?"

"If you can't even pass this level, why do you want to enter the Cliff Blessed Land again?" Lin Yan just smiled confidently.

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Thousands of miles away from Qingluo City, there is a large city, which is more than twice as large as Qingluo City, because this is Pingyang City, the capital of Binh Duong County, which has more than ten cities, and the Marquis of Binh Duong is the supreme administrator here.

After several days of starry nights, Liu Chengmin finally arrived here, although Pingyang Hou was his top boss, but he did not come this time to report on his work, but to sneak in.

The reason why he came to Pingyang City in the way of "smuggling" was because he wanted to come here to meet an important person.

For this reason, he not only could not let anyone discover his traces, but also avoided the eyes and ears of Pingyang Hou, otherwise it would have an extremely adverse impact on him.

In the middle of a rather ordinary-looking manor, there was an attic and no one around.

In a hall in the attic, Yoo Seungmin was standing with his hands down. At this moment, not only did his outfit change dramatically, but even his face, which was usually very serious, was completely changed, not only full of wrinkles, but also full of white hair, and the whole person looked like an old man dressed as a merchant.

There was also a person in front of him, but this person was dressed in black, and even his face was completely hidden, revealing only a pair of eyes.

"Subordinates see the commander!" Liu Chengmin knelt on one knee respectfully, completely devoid of the arrogance and majesty of the past, and some were just servile and servile.

"Being able to dress up like this, it seems that you really care about it. The black-clothed masked man was very satisfied with Liu Chengmin, and then cut to the topic, "How are the preparations for the township test in Qingluo City this time?"

His voice was so low that he couldn't hear men or women, and after what he said, those who didn't know thought that the black-clad masked man had been sent by the royal family to supervise him.

However, Liu Chengmin did not dare to slack off at all, and immediately reported: "The subordinates have already spread the news through various channels, and the arrangements are in place, just waiting for the cliff blessed land to open at that time." ”

"You did a good job!" the black-clothed masked man praised him, "As far as this envoy knows, even the Qingliang Kingdom has a family sent people to Fengtian City, and the Hou Shizi of Pingyang is not willing to be lonely and run to join in the fun, which shows that you are also careful in this regard, as long as you can find something this time, this envoy will make a great contribution for you!"

"Thank you to the commander, my subordinates will do their best to share the worries and problems of the commander!" Liu Chengmin said these words, but he listened to his subordinates tell him on weekdays, and now he gave them to the commander in front of him almost unchanged, it seems that he is extremely talented in identity transformation.

"In addition, you should also pay more attention, if there are special or very talented teenagers in this township examination, you may wish to learn more about them, and if you can, find a way to recruit for the organization. The man in black said again.

"Subordinates understand!" Liu Chengmin replied without hesitation, but he didn't really understand the intentions of the man in black, so he whispered tentatively, "Commander, but my subordinates don't know ......."

In fact, he was also worried, after all, this kind of township test was mainly for the Yunding Sect, one of the five major sects, to select talents in the secular world, if he did this, I am afraid it would be quite difficult to do, not to mention the burning of himself, and he didn't know what kind of identity he should use to recruit those young geniuses for the organization he was working for now.

"You don't need to know too much, you just need to do what the envoy wants, and you don't have to think about anything else!"

I don't know if he has considered Liu Chengmin's worries, but even if he does, I'm afraid he won't bother to care too much, because in his opinion, this is completely Liu Chengmin's business, and as for how to do it, it is Liu Chengmin's own brain.

"Yes!" Liu Chengmin hurriedly lowered his head, not daring to disobey in any way. At this moment, he seemed to fully appreciate the nervousness and helplessness of his subordinates when facing him.

"Okay, the day of the opening of the Cliff Blessed Land is coming, you should rush back as soon as possible!" After speaking, the man in black stopped speaking, and didn't even look at Liu Chengmin.

"Subordinates take orders!" Liu Chengmin didn't dare to say more, and left quickly.

Although he already knew that he had traveled thousands of miles to come over, and he had eaten and slept in the open along the way, just listening to a few words, he was by no means willing, and where did he dare to have any complaints, because there was a "death seal" in his body.

The reason why it is called "Death Seal" means that it is extremely terrifying, and once it occurs, it cannot be killed!

Watching Liu Chengmin leave in a hurry, a trace of disdain and disgust flashed in the eyes of the black-clothed masked man, and the little satisfaction he had shown before was completely swept away, and the front and back were simply like two people.

"What a wretched bunch of poor and despicable men! How can you possibly understand the great ideas and intentions of the Order?"

When muttering to herself, this voice is completely different from before, no longer a low and mixed with ugly voices, but a female voice, and like an elegant and beautiful melody, it is very pleasant.

Then she quietly took off the mask on her head, revealing an extremely charming and beautiful face!

Who is this beautiful and mysterious woman, and who is she the commander of a mysterious organization, and what do she mean by "great ideas and intentions"?

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