Chapter 24: Hope
"So what are you going to do now? ”
Wan Ning and Xiao Meihuagan sat in a simple cave house, and there was only one stone table and one stone bed in the cave, which was extremely shabby.
Originally, these daily necessities could be obtained directly from the Outer Sect as a disciple of the Outer Sect, but after such a toss by Elder Mu, Wan Ning not only lost all his rights, but could not even buy them in the sect with his own spirit stones.
"What else can I do, if I knew this was the case, I would just change the sect and join. ”
Wan Ning lay on the hard stone bed, his eyes were empty, and he sighed.
"Being blocked like this, even if you practice in retreat, without the blessing of elixir supplements, it will be difficult for your cultivation progress to surpass others. And you haven't learned any kind of spiritual art until now, you must know that the selection of winners is not just a competition for cultivation. ”
Little Plum Blossom floated in mid-air, bending over to arrange the hem of her skirt while saying to Wan Ning.
"Let's not mention this matter for the time being, I'm tired today. The side effects of the Flame Cry haven't completely subsided yet, and with the just now, I need to take a good rest, and as for my future plans, I'll think about it tomorrow. ”
Wan Ning, who was physically and mentally exhausted, said, turned his body sideways, put his hands under his head, and slept with his clothes.
"I thought it was a fish jumping over the dragon gate, but I didn't expect it to be planted headlong into the cliff. ”
Xiao Meihua shook her head and said to the young man who was snoring.
"Knock knock, knock knock. ”
At dusk, when the sun was setting, the young man in white was lying quietly on the stone bed, when suddenly there was a sharp knock on the door, interrupting his deep sleep.
"Who is it? ”
Wan Ning beckoned Xiao Meihua into his divine sea, rubbed his eyes and walked towards the door, as soon as he opened the mechanism, a figure came in, and the sudden action made Wan Ning himself startled, and he lost his sleepiness in an instant.
"Wan Ning, have you been restricted from all your rights by the Inner Gate Elders?!"
After looking closely, he realized that the man in front of him turned out to be Zhao Wen, Wan Ning thought for a while, and didn't know how to answer Zhao Wen's question for a while.
"Those inner door elders are becoming more and more lawless, they didn't say anything about slandering Brother Wan'an before, but now they are taking this opportunity to turn their backs on the Yin people, I must report this matter to Elder Mu and let the old man make a decision. ”
It seems that Zhao Wen's comments on some of the sect elders Yu Wan'an are very clear, but he doesn't seem to know that the disseminator of these public opinions is actually Elder Mu, whom he admires.
"No need, my arms can't twist my thighs, as long as Brother Wan'an doesn't appear again, this matter will never be clear to them, I have accepted the reality. Senior Brother Zhao, let's forget about this matter. ”
Wan Ning still couldn't bear to pierce Elder Mu's face in front of Zhao Wen, so he could only explain like this.
"You're right, with the two of us, there's nothing we can do about them. I was also informed by the other elders before, telling us that we can't give you all the rights to pass through the sect, in other words, they want to keep you in a cage where you can't do anything. ”
Zhao Wen, as the elder of the outer gate and one of the people who had close contacts with Wan'an in the past, only learned about this after receiving a warning or threat from the elder of the inner gate, so he hurried to Wanning's cave mansion.
"In that case, then Senior Brother Zhao, please go back, don't worry too much about my affairs, I will find a way to deal with it myself. ”
Wan Ning didn't want Zhao Wen to get involved in his whirlpool anymore, so he said.
"Don't be afraid, don't give in to them, Brother Wan'an didn't do anything wrong in the first place, besides, take 10,000 steps back and say, if he is guilty, why should he be angry with you? ”
And Zhao Wen thought that Wan Ning was frightened by this situation, so he said with relief.
"What's the way?"
Wan Ning raised his head and asked Zhao Wen.
"My duty is to be the envoy of Aoki to the outer gate, and I have formed a lot of relationships with the person in charge and contact person of Zhao Guofan, and I have traveled south and north after taking over. And sometimes they need to ask for help from spiritual cultivators, but they are not qualified to contact the four major sects, so they often contact me and ask me for help. ”
Zhao Wen said seriously, although he doesn't like to form gangs and isolate others, he still does not reject ordinary interpersonal relationship management, after all, that is also part of his work as an Aoki envoy.
"What do you mean..."
Wan Ning's eyes lit up, and he probably guessed what Zhao Wen wanted to say.
"I often get private requests for help, which are often simple and of course not very rewarded. I took on a good task before, but due to time constraints, it has been delayed until now, can you solve this problem for me? ”
Zhao Wen looked at Wan Ning and said, as for whether Wan Ning had to help because of time constraints, it was unknown.
"It's just that this kind of thing can also be counted as the right of the sect, I can't accept it, if it is discovered by the elders of the inner sect, it will be terrible to find out your head. ”
Wan Ning thought about it, considered the pros and cons, and still refused to Zhao Wen.
"This is my Zhao Wen, the transaction with other mortal forces, it has nothing to do with the Aoki Sect, I just leave some of these affairs to you to deal with, you don't have to worry. ”
Zhao Wen stood up, patted Wan Ning's shoulder and said.
"Since Senior Brother Zhao has come to this point, it would be too modest for me to make excuses, so Wan Mou would be respectful and obedient. ”
Wan Ning bowed to Zhao Wen and thanked him. He knew that although what Zhao Wen said was high-sounding, but if he really wanted to find out, those elders would not care about it, and then Zhao Wen's young political life in the Aoki Sect would come to an end.
"Okay, this is one of the commissions, you can set off after reading the details, the head of this house knows me, he has a lot of money, if you complete the task perfectly, you can get a lot of benefits from him. Using spirit stones that do not belong to the Aoki Sect to buy items in markets that do not belong to the Aoki Sect are not within the jurisdiction of those elders. It's not too early, I'm leaving. ”
Zhao Wen took out a blue jade cylinder from the storage ring, handed it to the young man, and then repeatedly told him, and left Wanning's cave mansion.
"Take a look at what is written in the commission in the jade tube. ”
Seeing Zhao Wen walking away, Xiao Meihua appeared again, and she couldn't wait to encourage Wan Ning Dao.
"What are you in a hurry, you won't lose a piece of meat if you open it later. ”
Wan Ning glared at Xiao Meihua, and said angrily, but the movements in his hands did not stop, he quickly unscrewed the jade tube, took out a bamboo scroll, and read it carefully.
"The Zhou family of Chang'an Mansion.... Haunted... Please Mr. Zhao come and catch ghosts... The remuneration is guaranteed to be a thousand lower-level spirit stones... Damn! A thousand spirit stones! What a rich man!"
The young man who saw the task was originally disgusted, the so-called haunting is generally the soul for some reason can not enter the reincarnation, wandering in the world, there is almost no harm, even if it is an ordinary person without spiritual power, with some Taoism can achieve ghost hunting, let alone a spiritual cultivator like Wan Ning.
However, when he saw the remuneration again, he couldn't help but burst into foul language. A thousand spirit stones can be used to buy two good mortal spirit weapons, or two mortal spirit arts, if they are used to buy pills to assist in cultivation, it will make Wan Ning's cultivation take a big step forward.
However, looking at the specific address of the Zhou family, Wanning also felt that it was not surprising, it was Chang'an Mansion, one of the five richest prefectures in Zhao State.
Chang'an Mansion Lin'an Mansion and Huai'an Mansion three areas are spliced together, Lin'an Mansion is adjacent to the Forest of the Eastern Expedition, mostly spiritual gathering, next door is Qi State, is one of the important places of Zhao Guojun; Huai'an Mansion is close to Zhao County Mansion, the capital of Zhao State, the relics of the last dynasty live in seclusion here, belonging to the second political center of Zhao State; and Chang'an Mansion is located between the two provinces, the country's businessmen walk more than two places, and establish large and small chambers of commerce in Chang'an Mansion, so even Chang'an Mansion is also economically rich and prosperous. It is not an exaggeration to say that San'an Prefecture is the lifeblood of Zhao State.
"Let's go, let's go right away, set off for Chang'an Mansion! Those old things don't want to trap me to death in the Aoki Sect!"
Seeing the hopeful Wan Ning, his haggard look changed and his spirits were greatly lifted, he hurriedly packed up his things and walked towards the outside of the cave.