Chapter 22: Law Enforcement Disciples
Baoling Peak, the sister peak of Baohua Peak, separated by two peaks and one valley, echoes each other from afar, showing the trend of horns.
The front and back pavilions of the Treasure Pavilion, the shops are located in the first outer courtyard, which is the largest, most complete and most expensive store in Yunxiao Sect, and also the store with the highest comprehensive quality of goods.
Xue Tong entered the store, and did not walk to the sales counter with a dazzling array of neatly arranged containers, he went straight to the second floor and stopped in front of the rental cabinet.
"I want to rent storage bags, the most ordinary kind." Xue Tong said.
Storage bag, the unavoidable Xuanmen magic weapon for martial artists, the most ordinary storage bag is the first magic weapon.
Due to the limited number of items to carry, the people in the Xuanmen used space spiritual materials such as Sumeru wood, sky vines, lamp heart feathers, and nine-core iron to create space magic weapons, and used the huge space contained in them for carrying things.
The space inside the ordinary storage bag is one zhang high, two zhang wide, and three zhang long, commonly known as one, two, and three storage bags, which can hold tens of thousands of times more things than the pockets of ordinary clothes.
Storage bags are so useful, but the price is not particularly expensive, and the low-end bags sell for about five thousand spirit stones.
But for Xue Tong at the moment, this price is still too expensive.
He had accumulated three thousand spirit stones.
If you can't afford it, you can rent it, and low-level martial artists can't even afford to rent it.
"The deposit is five hundred, the monthly rent is thirty, you are a disciple of the outer sect, and in the future, the monthly income will be directly allocated to the Treasure Pavilion until the storage bag is returned." The man behind the counter looked up and replied stiffly.
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Xue Tong changed his strategy and began to spend money to buy "points". There are all kinds of disciples in the Yunxiao Sect, some are in urgent need of points, and some are not short of points, and they are in urgent need of spirit stones. Xue Tong only asked for contribution points, and the spirit stones did not take a penny, and even pasted one to three times upside down.
Soon, more than two thousand spirit stones were spent.
When Zhou Yan transmitted the news to him again, Xue Tong no longer shirked, and generously accepted the task of two five-point points, anyway, Cangliu would not kill people and set fires, and it would not be a big deal to make trouble, so he would first get the exercises and martial arts he urgently needed.
When he had worked hard to get together fifty points, the first thing he did was to go to the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion to change the "Devil's Fist", and the moment he changed back to the boxing technique, Xue Tong even had a feeling that no one could stop me from moving forward.
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months later.
"Toot toot!"
Jade brand sound.
"Hurry up to the Law Enforcement Hall, Wei Geng!"
Xue Tong's heart froze, Wei Geng had never transmitted the message to him, and his tone revealed an urgent and stern meaning, something big must have happened.
Sure enough, in the "Mirror Hanging Hall" in the side courtyard of the Law Enforcement Hall, Wei Geng's expression was solemn, and when he saw Xue Tong, he immediately got straight to the point and said: "I came to you for the matter of Pingshan, remember the Blood Sword Sect and the Great Moon Gate I told you last time, the place where my Yunxiao Sect and these two sects meet, is called Pingshan Town."
"Pingshan is about a thousand miles away from Chijin Peak, and there are more than 10,000 residents in the town. The flow of people and logistics in Pingshan is gathered, the strength of all parties is staggered, and the situation has been complicated. ”
"In the past year, our sect's store in Pingshan has lost several batches of goods, and some disciples have been killed, although there is no reliable evidence that it was the Blood Sword Sect's doing, but they are the most suspicious, and they must not be able to get out of it."
Wei Geng said eloquently, and Xue Tong listened with pricked ears, for fear of missing a word.
"The Law Enforcement Hall has successively sent several law enforcement disciples to secretly investigate, but not only has it been fruitless, but two people have disappeared one after another recently!" Wei Geng was very angry and said in a loud voice.
"Ah, so serious? The thieves are too bold. Xue Tong said.
"Yes, the dog thief is bold, according to our judgment, the reason is complicated, in order to thoroughly understand the situation in Pingshan, I decided to send you there." Wei Geng said solemnly.
"Ah, I'll go?!"
"Yes, I analyzed that the first few batches of people sent by the Law Enforcement Hall were too big in target, and they were in the open, so that the operation failed, you are young and inconspicuous, and you may be able to see miraculous results when you blend into Pingshan."
"Blending in?" Xue Tong asked puzzled.
"Pretend to be someone who is not from the Yunxiao Sect, and mix in Pingshan as a casual cultivator." Wei Geng explained.
"Isn't that dangerous?!"
"There will be dangers, people who need to be thoughtful and adaptable on the spot, I think twice, you are the most suitable." Wei Geng's eyes were blazing, with an unquestionable look.
"Uhh
"But you don't have to worry too much, Pingshan belongs to the boundary of the three sects after all, and the basic rules of the Xuanmen are still told, and there are very few cases of indiscriminate killing." Wei Geng comforted.
He continued: "The task is dangerous, but there are many benefits, you were originally an ordinary outer disciple, and now you have been promoted to a law enforcement disciple, not to mention the two points per month to contribute to the sect, and auxiliary exercises such as vigilance, concealment, tracking, and disguise will also be directly gifted."
"This is a rare opportunity for you to enter the law enforcement disciple sequence." Wei Geng's implication is that it will not be so easy to become a law enforcement disciple after missing it.
"Oh" Xue Tong's mind relaxed, but he still had doubts.
"I'm going to Pingshan and I'm going to fight alone?"
"For the sake of secrecy, only me and Hall Master Duan know about your visit to Pingshan, but there are our people in Pingshan, you just need to show the law enforcement jade talisman, and others will know your identity."
After Wei Geng finished speaking, he took out a brown tiger-shaped jade talisman, and Xue Tong asked as he answered: "I am in Pingshan, do I have a specific identity?" For example, a registered disciple who originally belonged to a certain sect, or a child of a martial arts family in a certain place, and so on. ”
"Well, your identity is a loose cultivator in Wangzhang Mansion in Dengzhou, and because you can draw a good talisman, you went to Pingshan to open a talisman shop."
"I prepared some rune paper and rune ink for you and the capital to open a store."
"The master is thoughtful and detailed, and the disciple is willing to go to Pingshan to find out valuable news." Xue Tong cleared all his doubts and agreed.
"Okay, you prepare for two days, this matter must not be disclosed, contact me alone if you have something."
After Wei Geng finished speaking, he whistled lightly, and a red-billed falcon slightly larger than a sparrow flew in outside the window, and her blue eyes looked at Xue Tong vigilantly.
"The red-billed falcon is also a kind of spirit bird, it can remember the journey of three thousand miles, you take this falcon to Pingshan, and after settling down, apply the blue bottle flavor to a certain place, and let the finch falcon smell the red bottle flavor when sending the message, and the finch falcon will fly back to Xiaodang Mountain, and I will let it smell the blue bottle, and it will fly to Pingshan."
Xue Tong's eyes lit up, "It's so amazing!" As he spoke, he reached out and touched the falcon.
Unexpectedly, the falcon spread its wings and hissed, pecking hard with its beak, but Xue Tong avoided it with his retracted hand, and said with a smile: "What a fierce bird."
"Well, the falcon has a short temperament, and it will be docile to recognize people after feeding it a few times, and the falcon only eats plum artemisia fruit, and if you don't feed it twice, it will fly back to Xiaodang Mountain." Wei Geng said and handed over a bag of fruits.
"Hehe, the disciple knows." Xue Tong said with a smile.
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Seven hundred miles away from Chijin Peak, it gradually came out of the boundary of the Yunxiao Sect, and after another two hundred miles of buffer, it entered the Great Moon Gate and the Blood Sword Sect, and Pingshan Town was located in the buffer zone where the three gates converged.
The terrain is gentle, dry and windy, and for several months of the year it is shrouded in gray haze. Most of the residents of the town, except for ordinary laymen, do not belong to the three major Xuanmen, they go alone, and they are not uncommon loose cultivators in the Xuanjie.
There are many reasons for the formation of loose cultivation, some ordinary people embark on the martial arts path due to some kind of chance, and there are also people who were removed from the sect, or took the initiative to quit the original Xuanmen people, and even there are many important criminals of the Jiayuan Dynasty, who fled to the people and changed their identities to hide.
The people in Pingshan Town are varied, and the dragons and snakes are mixed, reaching more than 10,000.
With the increase of Pingshan's fame, the population is also rising, restaurants and casinos are numerous, and there are even active people who bring charming and coquettish women from other places and open several brothels, making Pingshan more and more smoky.
On this day, Xue Tong quietly went out, rode a healthy horse, after two days, near dusk, he wore an ordinary cyan robe, pinned an ordinary iron sword, and led the horse into Pingshan.
Hirayama's style was unlike any other he had been, and the bustle was limited to the seven or eight streets that lined up in the center of the town, with shops lined up one after another, among which the shops of Yunxiao, Blood Sword and Otsuki were particularly tall and shiny.
On the outskirts of the town center, the streets are deserted, and the stone walls of the bluestone courtyard are towering, revealing only the roof and a few pine branches and cypress leaves.
The small courtyards are one after the other, and there is no end in sight, and countless secrets are hidden in these courtyards that do not seem to be much different from each other on the outside.
The whole town was gray, and there was an air of intimidation.
Xue Tong walked into an inn, and Xiao'er greeted him warmly, "The guest officer came to live in the hotel, there are three courtyards in the store, which is chic and quiet, and the Taoist friends are satisfied?" ”
For the sake of privacy and security, the Xuanmen Inn is divided into small courtyards for rent, Xue Tong paid three days' rent, the yard is not big, a bungalow is ordinary, and it is clean and tidy.
"If you come to mingle, you have to go out for a walk, and you stay in the yard." Xue Tong pointed to the eaves, threw out a plum artemisia fruit, fed the falcons that followed him all the way, and went out alone.
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Street taverns, brightly lit and full of people.
This is one of the liveliest in the neighborhood.
Eight or nine square tables were full, and sweaty men carried wooden plates full of wine and meat, skillfully shuttling around the store, singing the names of the dishes, serving one plate in the east and one plate in the west.
Seeing Xue Tong enter the store, Xiao Er looked at the chaotic diners in the store in embarrassment, and bowed, "The guest officer is really sorry, the small store is full, and I need to wait." ”
"Little brother, there is still a vacant seat here, if you don't dislike it, come and squeeze it."
A man in his twenties stood in front of him on the left and raised his hand.
The guests of the tavern are all mid-to-mid-stage martial artists, and it is rare to see high-level martial artists in a tavern with such a low environment.
"Okay, I'm sorry."
Xue Tong sat down and beckoned Xiao Er to add wine and food.
"If you want to mix up a place like Hirayama, you can't be too conservative!" Xue Tong planned to behave boldly.
What's more, among the three people at the table, a good-looking young woman was staring at him unfriendly.
"I can't be too bad!" Xue Tong silently reminded himself.