Later, when he inadvertently picked up an empty mahogany brocade box on the ground of the Dan Pavilion, he saw that the earth dog had already disappeared without a trace, and then realized that it was broken. 【】

How could this brocade box fall to the ground by itself for no reason? Moreover, the elixir in the brocade box was also missing.

Immediately, the fifth elder opened a brocade box that was placed in the exquisite pavilion closest to him, and was stunned. Because, the brocade box is empty, there is nothing.

Then, the five elders opened the second brocade box, and then opened the third brocade box...... Without exception, all the pills in the brocade boxes disappeared without a trace, and there was not even a single one left of the more than two hundred brocade boxes.

The five elders stood stunned for a while before they wailed and hurriedly found the patriarch to report the matter. When the patriarch heard this, he was also shocked, and he hurriedly came to the Dan Pavilion to check in person, and sure enough, as the five elders said, all the pills in the brocade box disappeared.

Since the five elders guarded the Jing Pavilion, only the earth dog had ever come to the Dan Pavilion, and now all the pills are missing, obviously, the pills have been eaten by the earth dogs.

The patriarch called a few family elders and began to discuss what to do about this matter.

"Patriarch, Fifth Elder, don't worry, these pills were eaten by the earth dog, and the earth dog was brought back by Xia Yan. Even if Xia Yan wants to blame, he must blame his dog first. The Great Elder spoke.

"Who would have thought that a dog would steal the elixir?" the Great Elder stroked his beard.

"Patriarch, elders, in fact, with Xia Yan's surname, he knows that the pill was eaten by the earth dog, so he will definitely not say anything. "Xia Changhe knows Xia Yan best.

"However, the pill reward plan has already been formulated and released, and some of the family's children have been extremely diligent in their cultivation recently. I'm worried that some of the family's children will soon be able to meet the criteria for rewarding pills. When the time comes, we won't be able to reward the children with the corresponding pills, which will have an impact on the cultivation of the children of the family. The third elder, Xia Changhe, was quite worried.

"yes, exactly. It is imperative that this issue be addressed. Patriarch Xia Feilong nodded.

However, the family's business is expanding rapidly, and there are too many places to spend money. In the family, there is no extra money to buy pills to fill this hole. Xia Feilong shook his head.

"Patriarch, didn't Xia Yan leave five million gold coins in the family?" Xia Changhe asked.

"Xia Yan did leave five million gold coins for the family, and now there are about four million left, but this money can only be used to expand the family's power, and it must not be used to buy pills now. If you want to buy the pill, you have to wait until the family's business starts to make a profit in the future. Xia Feilong said categorically.

Several other elders also nodded.

"Patriarch, I have also accumulated more than 10,000 gold coins over the years, let's take them out for emergency purposes first!" the fifth elder sighed and said.

More than 10,000 gold coins are enough to buy more than a dozen ordinary pills. However, this is also a drop in the bucket, and it cannot completely solve the problem at all. There were more than two hundred pills that Xia Yan left in the Xia family at that time.

"I also have a few thousand gold coins!" said the third elder Xia Changhe.

"I probably have ......"

Several elders have to take out their savings for many years.

"Okay, let's not talk about that for now. Wait for Xia Yan to come back, let's talk about this matter. By the way, has you found that Xia Yan's earth dog?" Xia Feilong asked the Fifth Elder.

"Tugou has always been in Xia Yan's courtyard, with Xiaoqing. The five elders said in unison.

"Since the pills have already been eaten, it is useless to find the earth dog. Wait for Xia Yan to come back, and then see what to do about this matter. That earth dog is not ordinary, let's not provoke it. Xia Changhe said solemnly on the side.

"Hmm!" Xia Feilong nodded.

........................ "Xia Yan, I have one more thing I want to ask you!"

After entering Yushui City, Xia Yan and Fire Phoenix walked on the streets. Xia Yan originally wanted to hurry back to Xia's house as soon as possible, but the fire phoenix insisted on walking slowly.

In the end, he couldn't, Xia Yan could only follow the fire phoenix slowly, but fortunately, even if he walked slowly, it wouldn't take much time to reach Xia's house. Entering the city from the south gate of Yushui City, this southern district was originally occupied by the Xi family, and now most of the industries in Fang City in the southern district, as well as the nearby businesses, have been acquired by the Xia family.

Those who run Fang City have been replaced by the Xia family. Some of the small families and forces that were affiliated with the Xi family in the past were included in the Xia family, and some were expelled from Yushui City by the Xia family.

"What's the matter?" Xia Yan asked rhetorically.

"In the Sin Forest, the Holy Emperor once said that you were already a Heavenly Palace cultivator, why didn't you tell me?" said the Fire Phoenix Meimu as she looked at Xia Yan.

Xia Yan said directly, "The identity of a Heavenly Palace cultivator cannot be revealed to outsiders at will. ”

"After the newlyweds' three-month vacation is over, I will enter the Heavenly Palace. When the time comes, you can't go down the mountain at will. If you want to go down the mountain, you have to get the permission of the patrol. Xia Yan said.

As the daughter of the president of the Zhou Yun Commercial Bank, the fire phoenix also has some understanding of the Heavenly Palace. Of course, not much is understood.

"I see, I really want to go to the Heavenly Palace to see how you cultivate......" Fire Phoenix said with some longing.

"Actually, it's nothing!" Xia Yan saw that the Fire Phoenix was like this, and said in his heart, "Anyway, when I was in the Sin Forest, the Holy Emperor himself also talked about the Heavenly Palace in front of the Fire Phoenix, and it shouldn't be a big deal if I just told the Fire Phoenix about the Heavenly Palace." ”

"In the Heavenly Palace, there are many devil arrays, and Heavenly Palace cultivators can usually train in the devil array. In addition to the Devil's Array, the Heavenly Palace also has a Jade Flower Pool, and every Heavenly Palace cultivator can have a chance to enter the Jade Flower Pool and go through the baptism of the Jade Flower Pool. It is said that cultivators who have been baptized by Yuhua Pool can greatly improve their strength. ”

"The most mysterious and powerful thing in the Heavenly Palace is not the Devil Array and the Yuhua Pool, but a cultivation tower in the center!" Xia Yan said about the cultivation tower, and his heart was also a little excited.

"What is the Tower of Cultivation?" the Fire Phoenix asked curiously.

"I haven't entered the Cultivation Tower either, but I heard from cultivators that the Cultivation Tower is very high, and no one knows how many floors the Cultivation Tower has except for the Holy Emperor. And the spiritual power of the first-layer cultivation tower was ten times that of the outside world. The second layer is twenty times, and the third layer is thirty times ......"

Xia Yan's eyes lit up and said.

The higher the spiritual power rises, the higher the concentration of spiritual power, and of course, the higher the requirements for cultivators. It's not that cultivating at the higher level is better, but if you don't have enough strength, you won't be able to go to a higher level at all.

"Oh my God!" the fire phoenix was surprised.

"Doesn't that mean that even if you cultivate at the first layer of the Cultivation Tower, your cultivation speed will be ten times faster than that of ordinary people?" said the Fire Phoenix's eyes widened with envy.

"Ten times the speed may not be, but six or seven times, seven or eight times the speed is. Xia Yan smiled and nodded.

"No wonder, no wonder so many cultivators aspire to enter the Heavenly Palace to cultivate" Fire Phoenix suddenly said, "I knew that the Heavenly Palace was so good, and I also found a way to enter the Heavenly Palace." ”

"Now you still have a chance!" Xia Yan said with a smile, "Heavenly Palace cultivators are assessed once every three years, and non-academy cultivators under the age of forty have, in theory, have a chance to obtain the assessment quota. ”

"Is it??, the assessment quota is determined by the Holy Emperor?" the fire phoenix asked hurriedly.

"No, it's not a cultivator of the academy, it's Zhang Xun and Jian Xun who set the assessment quota. However, this place is also difficult to obtain. In the entire continent, every three years, less than ten people can get the opportunity to be evaluated. Xia Yan told the truth.

"Hehe, I'll try!" Fire Phoenix's eyes flickered, "Enter the Heavenly Palace, then I can cultivate in the Heavenly Palace with you." Alas, though not free ......"

Fire Phoenix, in fact, likes that kind of unrestrained life, otherwise with her identity, how could she do those mercenary tasks all year round?

"Miss......"

At this time, several figures appeared near the two of them, and the person at the head shouted loudly.

Xia Yan glanced at this person, the guard outfit, about forty years old, with the strength of the late stage of the Great Spirit Master, with a righteous face, his eyebrows were slightly furrowed at this time. The other people who followed him were also in the spirit master realm.

"Miss, where have you been these days, we can't find you anywhere!" the guard asked respectfully, but it was evident that he was in a hurry.

His responsibility is to protect the fire phoenix secretly, but a few days ago, he lost people. The Fire Phoenix doesn't like others to follow, they can only follow secretly.

But a few days ago, they suddenly lost the trace of the fire phoenix.

"Hmph, where am I going, do I still need to report to you?" the fire phoenix snorted coldly and said very politely.

Xia Yan smiled secretly in his heart.

It's no wonder that the Fire Phoenix almost didn't appear in Jade Water City a few days ago, it turned out to be trying to get rid of these tails. Let people carry letters to themselves from Cow and Snake Town, naturally to avoid these tails.

Shaking his head slightly, Xia Yan said to the fire phoenix, "Then we will separate here, I still have to go back to the Xia family, and if I have the opportunity in the future, I can have someone write to me." ”

"Who are you?" the guard glanced at Xia Yan vigilantly.

He didn't recognize Xia Yan, and he didn't know Xia Yan's identity. Seeing that Xia Yan and the Fire Phoenix seemed to be very close, out of his own duty, he immediately looked at Xia Yan with some vigilance.

"My name is Xia Yan, your young lady, and I am with you these days. Xia Yan smiled at the guard and said.

The guard looked at Xia Yan for a while, and finally turned his head and didn't speak.

"Xia Yan, that ......" Fire Phoenix pondered for a moment, "Forget it, I'll go to you in the future." Now, I'm gone!"

As he spoke, the fire phoenix turned around and quickly left along the street. And the guards also quickly followed.

Xia Yan watched the fire phoenix leave, then turned around and quickened his pace towards the Xia family.

"Let's go back to Xia's house first, and then go to the Holy Hall!" Xia Yan quickly made a decision in his heart.

In front of the courtyard of the Xia family's house, several guards with weapons stood upright.

Suddenly, a figure approached the courtyard gate, and the guards immediately turned their gaze away.

"It's the hall master!" These guards all know Xia Yan's identity.

"I've seen the hall master!" the guard saluted respectfully.

"Well, a few people have worked hard!" Xia Yan nodded, looked at a few people and asked casually, "The patriarch is in the family now, right?

(To be continued)