Chennian nodded: "I think there's what we're looking for below." ”

"Shall we go straight down then?" After finishing speaking, Ji Min was about to rush down, but was pulled by Chennian: "Don't be reckless, I don't know what the specific situation is down now, if you rush down like this, it is very likely that you will startle the snake and put yourself in danger." ”

Ji Min nodded consciously and looked at Chennian: "Then what should we do now?" ”

"Let's leave first, go back, go to the town by the sea to have a look, understand the situation, and then make plans." Chen Nian said, seeing that Qimin nodded, and the two of them turned around and walked back.

When they came to a small town by the sea, the two of them looked at each other, chose to stand in an inconspicuous corner of the town, and then disguised themselves as townspeople, and walked out into the street, ready to go to the largest inn in the town to stay overnight, and casually inquire about the news.

With this in mind, the two of them asked all the way and came to the largest Fulai Inn in the town.

Entering the Fulai Inn, Ji Min shouted: "Xiao Er, come to a pot of tea!" ”

Xiao Er carried a teapot and walked quickly to the table of Chennian and Qimin: "Is the guest officer sharpening or staying in the hotel?" While asking, he enthusiastically poured a bowl of tea for each of Chennian and Qimin, and then gently placed the teapot on the table.

Hearing Xiao Er's question, Qi Min didn't speak but looked at Chen Nian, who took out a certain amount of broken silver in his arms, put it on the table and said, "If you live in a hotel, you want two upper rooms." ”

Xiao Er smiled and replied, "Okay, I'll arrange it for you." Then he took the silver and left happily.

Ji Min looked at Chen Nian and said, "You are really generous. ”

Chen Nian took a sip of tea and said to Qi Min: "It's not generous, how can you find out the news later?" Only then did Qi Min understand, and said with a look of sudden realization: "Money can make ghosts grind." ”

Chennian didn't speak, and motioned to Qi Min to observe the people around him, it didn't matter, Qi Min found that most of the people in this inn were immortal cultivators, and they all looked like dust servants, and they should have just arrived here.

With this discovery, the two of them stopped talking, just quietly drinking tea, but they were also paying attention to the sounds around them, wanting to see if there was any useful news.

After listening to it for a while, Ji Min looked at Chen Nian with some doubts: "Why do these people seem to be here to hunt for treasures, they are all excited, they are all thinking about going to sea to find some otherworldly treasures, haven't they found an anomaly on the East China Sea?" ”

Compared with Qi Min's doubts, Chen Nian calmed down a lot, and she said to Qi Min: "The more strange treasures appear in the world, then naturally there will be many different places from before, and the current abnormality on the sea seems to be a harbinger of the appearance of treasures in their eyes." ”

"But aren't all treasures auspicious in the world, not as lifeless and bloody as they are now, they are all immortal cultivators, can't they even understand these?" Ji Min said a little anxiously, worried that these people would be attracted because of the so-called treasures, but there was no return.

Chen Nian shook his head and said in a low voice: "The truth is understood, but people's desires sometimes blind their eyes, especially for cultivators, it is really too important to have a treasure to take advantage of, this is no less than the attraction of catnip to cats, and it is inevitable that they will automatically ignore these abnormalities under this temptation." ”

"So, what then? Is it just like watching everyone die? ”

"It's hard to say what the specific situation is now, and it will backfire if we rush to prevent everyone from going, and if we don't do it, people will think that we are trying to prevent them from fighting for treasures by themselves, which will cause public outrage." Chennian said worriedly.

"Then we'll just let things go?"

"You tell Xiao Er to call and ask." Chennian said to Ji Min.

"Ask what?" Gimin felt like they already knew enough.

Chen Nian ignored him and beckoned and shouted, "Little Er." Xiao Er, who heard the voice, walked briskly: "What do you have to say from the guest officer?" ”

Chen Nian took out a certain amount of broken silver and put it on the corner of the table, looked at Xiao Er and asked, "Dare to ask Little Second Brother, has there been any major incident in our town recently?" Why are there so many cultivators all of a sudden? ”

Xiao Er looked at Chennian: "The guest officer doesn't know? I thought you were just like them and came with the news. ”

Ji Min understood the meaning of Chennian a little now, and said with a smile: "No, we came here to travel, and then we found that something big seemed to happen in the town. ”

Seeing this, the little second brother sat directly at the table and said to Qi Min and Chennian: "The guest officer doesn't know, originally there are not so many cultivators in our town, and most of the people here live by fishing in the sea, but since the past two years, there have been abnormalities in this sea area. ”

"Oh? What's the anomaly? Ji Min asked

Xiao Er lowered his voice and said: "Since two years ago, fishermen have often been lost at sea and unable to come back, and every once in a while, it will be accompanied by the bloody smell on the sea surface and a large number of dead fish. ”

Chen Nian and Qi Min looked at each other and felt the unusualness, and Chen Nian asked out loud: "But someone has gone to sea to investigate, do you know what the reason is?" ”

Xiao Er was still a little scared when he thought about it: "Why didn't you go, and I also invited the sect of cultivating immortals to help find out the reason, oh, it was the famous Shangguan family of Chen Country that I was looking for, and I asked them to send a master." ”

"The result?"

"The Shangguan family did send someone over and went to sea, and the monks of the Shangguan family stayed at sea for almost half a month, and then the head of the Shangguan family also came, and followed him to the sea, and after another week, the monks of the Shangguan family came back to protect the head of the Shangguan family, and it is said that they were covered in blood at that time, and they should have experienced a vicious battle."

"What was the result? You must know that the Shangguan family, as the patriarch of the three dynasties of the big family of Chenguo, still has many powerful characters in their hands. Qi Min thought about Shangguan Qing'er and said.

"The guest officer knows a lot." Smiling Xiao Er continued: "That's right, the strength of the Shangguan family is indeed not ordinary, at that time, the monks of the Shangguan family concluded that in two years, there will be strange treasures born in this sea area, and now these are just the harbingers of the birth of strange treasures, but ordinary people can't resist at all, so with the help of the Shangguan family, the fishermen have a new route to the sea, but there is no phenomenon of people going and not returning, but it is necessary to send some sacrifices to the sea every once in a while." ”

"Sacrifices?" Dust Nian was puzzled

"Yes, it's mainly living creatures, chickens, ducks, cows and sheep can be, but it must be alive." Xiao Er thought for a while and said, "So in the past two years, there have been fewer and fewer living creatures in the town, and the corpse qi and bloody qi on the sea have become more and more intense. ”

"Is it two years now?"

"Counting the days are almost, it is estimated that there will be ten days and half a month, which is the date determined by the Shangguan family at that time, so in the past two years, monks have begun to come here one after another." Xiao Er thought back.

"Is there anyone from the Shangguan family who is also here? After all, this matter was discovered by the Shangguan family, and there was no reason why he didn't come to get a piece of the pie. Dust Nian said.

Xiao Er shook his head: "No, at that time, the head of the Shangguan family concluded that there was a strange treasure in two years, but he also made it clear that because of their intervention, this treasure had nothing to do with the Shangguan family, and the descendants of the Shangguan family and monks were expressly forbidden to participate in it." ”

Chen Nian didn't speak, looked at Ji Min and shook his head, and turned to Xiao Er and said, "Thank you, Little Second Brother." ”

Xiao Er smiled and said, "The guest officer is polite." ”

When Xiao Er left, Qi Min said directly: "Chennian, what do you mean by this Shangguan family?" ”

Chen Nian shook his head: "I don't know for the time being, but judging from the current situation, these monks must have been deliberately lured here by the Shangguan family, but what their purpose is still needs to be slowly investigated." ”

Ji Min nodded: "Then should we go to the sea to explore first, or wait to act with everyone?" ”

Chen Nian thought for a while: "Let's wait for a while and set off with everyone, so that there is something to take care of, and we may be able to find out more news during this period." ”

Qi Min nodded, and then remembered the previous conspiracy of Danji, and asked guessingly: "Chennian, do you say that this is the same as the previous plan of Danji, luring the monks here, and then using the strange treasure as a guide to lure them to kill each other, after all, there are thousands of monks, but the foreign treasure is not, if you want to get it, you can only rely on your ability." ”

The more he talked about it, the more he felt that it was possible, and when he thought about it again, he felt that the people of the Shangguan family were suspicious, thinking about it like this, he couldn't help but look at Chen Nian with disbelief in his eyes, but before he could say anything, he saw Chen Nian nodding at him, and then shook his head again.

Neither of them spoke, but ordered Xiao Er to take the two of them back to the room directly.

And Chen Nian went directly to Ji Min's room and said: "I know that you must be suspicious of the Shangguan family now, judging from this matter at present, the Shangguan family must be inseparable, but I don't know if he took the initiative to cooperate with the Son of Darkness or was coerced, but two years ago, the Son of Darkness was afraid that he was not strong enough to coerce the Shangguan family." ”

Qi Min then analyzed: "But if it is cooperation, then the Shangguan family must have a plan, but the Shangguan family is now the elder of the three dynasties and has a transcendent position in the court, so if he is not satisfied, he can only be ......"

Saying that, Qi Min stopped, looked at Chen Nian in disbelief, and asked, "Will the Ten Thousand Dynasty Sect be in danger?" ”

Chen Nian also thought of this possibility, and frowned with some concern: "I only hope that Wan Chaozong can find evidence of the Shangguan family's collusion with the demon clan, but he already knows the ambitions of the Shangguan family, and he should also take precautions in advance." ”

After thinking about it again and again, Qi Min couldn't help but say: "This matter is full of strangeness, otherwise, you should write a letter to him and remind him again." ”

Chen Nian didn't say anything, as if he was considering the feasibility of this matter, and after thinking for a while, Chen Nian said: "It's not suitable for me to have anything to do with Wan Chaozong now, it's best for him to stay away from me, forget me, and let me completely disappear from his life." ”

Ji Min was a little angry: "It's like this every time, what are you hiding from us?" ”