In the northwest of the Five Spirits Sect, there is a town named Ruixuan.

This Ruixuan Town is in the northwest of the Five Spirits Sect, the Five Spirits Sect is located in the south, the south of the Five Spirits Sect is the vast sea, and the other three directions are the vast land of Zhongzhou.

Although this Ruixuan Town is called a town, it is actually a very large place, unlike the towns in the world, there is no city wall outside this Ruixuan Town, and naturally there are no soldiers in the world who guard the city gate or check pedestrians or collect taxes. Looking at the past from afar, it is like a very large grange, but the difference from the grange is that the town of Ruixuan is lined with buildings, pavilions and terraces, neat and wide roads, crowds come and go, lively and abnormal.

More importantly, mortals in the world can't come to this place, but all the people who appear in Ruixuan Town, one is counted as one, from the drooping boy to the old man, from the guy who respectfully serves and greets guests outside the shop to the gentleman who is smiling but a little reserved in the shop, all of them are cultivators.

This is a small town in the cultivation world, so the people who come and go are also cultivators.

However, the identities of these cultivators in the town are also different.

Since it is close to the Five Spirits Sect, then those middle and high-level disciples of the Five Spirits Sect can be seen everywhere in this town, although there is a small market in the Crane Tower every month in the Five Spirits Sect, and there are people buying and selling items in the Nine Spirits Sect almost every day, but those are all operated by the disciples in the sect, even if there are many people who buy and sell, it is nothing more than some spiritual weapons, pills and materials, and nothing else, far less than the items operated by the shops in this Ruixuan Town are both complete and rare and fresh. Therefore, all the Five Spirit disciples who have cultivated to the middle level of Qi refining must come to this Ruixuan Town to see the excitement, and by the way, buy some favorite things and go back.

In addition, the Jiuxuan in the Five Spirits Sect is famous for refining weapons, and Qixia Mountain is famous for pills, these trading merchants in the town have been doing business for a long time, and naturally there are some familiar people in the Five Spirits Sect, and they use these people to find ways to bring out those well-refined spiritual weapons or rare elixirs in the sect from the sect, although many sects and families in the cultivation world naturally have refining tools and alchemy, but compared to the Five Spirits Sect, the difference is really too far, but where the spiritual weapons or pills that flow out of the Five Spirits Sect, They can be sold here for a good price, and then they will be sold all over the world after being raised by these buying and selling shops.

Since it is profitable, it naturally attracts some people in the Five Spirits Sect, most of these people are Jiuxuan disciples, they are either partners with these people in the town or a few Five Spirits disciples, and they have also opened a business in this Ruixuan Town, of course, doing business is not something that can be done well for a while, and naturally there are profits and losses.

Except for these disciples of the Five Spirits Sect, the rest of the people in the town can be roughly divided into two categories.

One is the rest of the people from small sects and small families, because these people rely on them, so they mainly do business in Ruixuan Town.

The other type of people are casual cultivators, and the days of casual cultivation are generally not very easy, so there are not many people who do business among these people, and most of them sell things they get from everywhere in exchange for spirit stone pills, and even are willing to take risks for things like spirit stone pills, and do some shady things for others.

These two types of talents are permanent residents in this Ruixuan town.

In addition to these two types of people, there are some unidentified people, the Five Spirits Sect belongs to one of the six major sects in Zhongzhou, although these six major sects are harmonious with each other on the surface, but they are also secretly fighting in the invisible corners, so it is more important to grasp the movements of other sects and listen to each other's intelligence. In the private room of the teahouse and wine shop in Ruixuan Town, or in the secret room of a certain business shop, a look or a code word, in the blink of an eye, you will understand, the paper full of words will be exchanged for a bag full of spirit stones, such as which disciples of the Five Spirits Sect have recently gone out and what they are doing will be leaked out, and for example, something from a certain family or a certain sect has angered a certain senior of the Five Spirits Sect, and this senior is furious and wants to ask the teacher for guilt, so that this unlucky family or sect can become a potential target to be co-opted by the other five sects.

It's just that the identity of such a person is extremely secretive.

Because it is a town where cultivators gather, and because it is not only close but also located in the Five Spirits Sect, the Five Spirits Sect has also stationed a few monks here to maintain daily affairs, of course, their main eyes are on those who may be able to do things for the other five sects, so if someone leaves this town and has not been able to return, it is very likely that they have been secretly captured because their identities have been revealed, and they will never be seen again.

After all, the secret battle between the sects is so cruel.

It was close to noon on this day, and a middle-aged man who was described as haggard fell outside the town and walked into Ruixuan Town.

This Ruixuan town is not allowed to fly, whether it is the imperial weapon or the sky, it is not allowed, the monk to the outskirts of the town or fly around the town, to enter the town must land outside the town, and then enter on foot.

This haggard middle-aged man walked along the wide road in Ruixuan Town, passing by one storefront, and with the lively crowd all the way to stop, he stopped in front of a shop called "Yaqiji", he looked at the plaque of the shop, and looked through the open door of the shop, there seemed to be three or two monks negotiating the price, and after a little silence, he walked in.

"This gentleman, please sit down less, and come and talk to him when I'm done."

The storefront of this "elegant artifact set" is not large, and the shelves inside are also all kinds of spiritual weapons, and there is only one middle-aged man who seems to be the shopkeeper in the storefront who is greeting two monks, and the shopkeeper hurriedly greeted the middle-aged man when he saw him come in.

Soon, the price was negotiated, and the two monks paid for the spirit stone and left with the spirit weapon they bought.

"This gentleman, please have tea," the shopkeeper was free, so he came to the haggard middle-aged man with a tea tray from inside, poured the spiritual tea and sat down, looked the middle-aged man up and down before he spoke, "I wonder how this gentleman will take care of the business of the small shop today?" ”

"I have something I want to sell, and I ask the shopkeeper to take a look at it and make a price."

As he spoke, the emaciated middle-aged man took out a small black box from his body and placed it on top of the coffee table.

The shopkeeper looked at the small box, glanced at the middle-aged man again, stretched out a hand and gently lifted the lid of the wooden box slowly, before it was fully opened, he had already seen the contents of the box, and "snapped" to close the box, but there was already a smile on his face, he said to Han Jin: "Hehe, this thing is really valuable, this gentleman atoned for his sins, and he can't see it clearly in the lower eye, why don't you ask this gentleman to move to the second floor and ask our big shopkeeper to take a look?" ”

"It's fine."

The emaciated middle-aged man picked up the wooden box and turned around to go upstairs.

"The big shopkeeper is on the second floor, and I can see it as soon as Mr. goes up, and I have to be busy with business here, so I won't accompany Mr. up." The shopkeeper said behind him.

The second floor is much more spacious than the first floor because there are few things, and the haggard middle-aged man went upstairs to see that there was only one bookcase in the middle of the second floor, and behind the bookcase sat a young man of about thirty years was holding a book and looking at himself, and the haggard middle-aged man did not speak, but only stretched out his hand and threw the wooden box in his hand to the young man.

The man took the wooden box, opened it and looked at it, then he got up from behind the bookcase, pushed his hand on the wall, pushed open a secret door, and the haggard middle-aged man stepped into it in one step.

In the dark room, the haggard middle-aged man rubbed his face a few times with his hands, and then saw that the facial features on his face were blurred for a while.

There were tables and chairs in the dark room, and Han Ji stepped over and sat down on a chair, with a somewhat depressed expression on his face.

"Brother Han," the young man asked, puzzled, "why did you come here, is something wrong?" ”

Han Jin said with some regret: "Alas, don't mention it, it's all because I was negligent for a while, and I almost made a big mistake." ”

"Oh?" The young man was a little surprised to hear this, and sat down next to him, and asked, "What happened?" ”

"That Wen Zhang was sent back to the Wen family by Wen Mian Lao'er."

"What!" The young man was very surprised to hear this, and after a moment's thought, he asked, "How could such a thing happen?" ”

Then Han Jin told the young man everything that happened in this secret room.

After saying that, both of them were silent for a while.

The young man said first: "Brother Han, it seems that you are indeed a little anxious, who would have thought that a few small disciples of the fourth level of qi refining would be able to join forces to kill two high-level qi refining cultivators, hmph, the Five Spirits Sect is really a place where there is never a shortage of accidents." Well, but it's come to this, what does Brother Han plan to do next? ”

"Brother Liu, the matter has already begun, it is impossible to give up halfway, and besides, that is not my character, although Wen Zhang was sent back, but you know the affairs of the Wen family better than me, Wen Zhang is estimated to be unable to stay in the Wen family, sooner or later he will come back, during this time, without him, I can also gain a foothold in the Five Spirits Sect, but there are some troubles."

"Are you worried that Luo Ying's people will continue to look for you?"

"Those people are actually not what I'm most worried about, in the final analysis, what they did to a few of them, although the idea was mine, but without Wen Zhang, it would be impossible to do it, they also know this, they came to me because they couldn't go to Wen Zhang to settle accounts, and even if they came to me, it was just a breath, but I estimate that in the past two years, well, even the time will be shorter, Luo Ying and others will definitely build the foundation, and then where will they still have the heart to come to me for trouble, take a step back, even if I am held by them, After asking oneself a word, you can protect yourself, but you will be humiliated. I'm worried about two things. ”

The young man surnamed Liu said: "One is that gentle, and the other is that money tide, right? ”

"Not bad."

"Brother Han, I heard you say that Wen Liang's power is so great, haven't you heard of this person before?"

"I've heard of it, I remember that I seem to have met a few times, but at that time, Wen Liang was mixed up with some high-level disciples, and he looked like he was just a little errand runner, and he never showed his dew, who could put him in his eyes, hum, I didn't expect this person to be a hidden guy. Brother Liu, we must pay attention to this person, I will still go back to the sect in the future, and I will continue to inquire about him secretly, but I don't think there will be many things I can hear, and the origin of this person should be investigated from outside the sect. This requires Brother Liu to let people collect more things about this gentle person, where he was born, who else is in the family, what things have happened before, what kind of person this person was when he was at home, etc., all of which Brother Liu has to help me collect. He suddenly made overtures to me, I always felt that it was not a good thing, and I felt that compared to what we had to do, this gentle and good man was planning a big thing, and I was afraid that if I was not careful, he would calculate, and in the end I would have to suffer for him, which would not be good. ”

"Well, don't worry, I'll find someone to do this. Brother Han, you also said that this Wen Liang is a well-hidden guy, but why can't he help but go to you at this time, and show you favor by helping you avoid trouble, this point is waiting for you to go back, you must pay more attention, if he has been forbearing, maybe nothing will happen, but when he finds you, it means that maybe he is planning something or is about to do something, you have to pay more attention to this. ”

Han Ji thought about this Brother Liu's words and nodded.

"Also," said the young man surnamed Liu, "that little guy named Qian Chao, it seems that you have taken him seriously?" ”

"Yes, but it's not all him. Brother Liu, I'm not afraid of offending people like Luo Ying and Wen Yuan, in fact, they are easy to deal with, in their eyes, I just have some bad ideas, when the time comes, as long as I am willing to put down my body, regardless of my face to plead, to say good things, but there will be no problem, those people have ability, life experience, and arrogance by nature, as long as they are satisfied with their face, they will not go deeper. On the contrary, the people of the money tide will not be like this. ”

"Why?"

"Hmm! The idea I finally gave Wen Zhang, if it comes to pass, that Qian Chao will die, not only will he die, but the little guys around him probably won't survive, alas, I have some regrets when I say this, I never expected Qian Chao to be with a little girl with some background, this is where I made a mistake, I should have inquired more beforehand, this is one of them. Second, according to what Dong Cong said in the end, he was trapped in a formation as soon as he fought, and he was trapped for more than two days, Brother Liu, no matter who arranged this formation, after Dong Cong was trapped for two days, Qian Chao and a few people came to interrogate him, and he didn't see the process of fighting at all. It's been more than two days, in my estimation, it will definitely not be the two people killed by the little girl with a background who used some life-saving things from the elders, because if it will be very fast and crisp, several of them will also come to interrogate Dong Cheng soon, the reason why it has dragged on for more than two days is probably because he has experienced a battle of life and death, or he is injured or exhausted, and he has to recuperate for a while, and then he comes to the trapped Dong Cheng for questioning. ”

"Can the low-level Qi refining kill the high-level Qi refining?" The young man, surnamed Liu, still didn't believe it.

"Now I guess I have realized a truth, the monks are fighting for cultivation, means, and each other's minds! Don't forget, Dong Cheng was trapped as soon as he fought, he could be trapped, why can't the remaining two people, even if they can't all be trapped, even if they trap one more, five people can have a few chances of winning if they try their best to deal with one, one of them is called An Zhen, Brother Liu has also heard of it, that person also has an evil sword on his body, Dong Cheng said that the evil sword was cut off, it can be seen how fierce the battle was at that time, it must be a vicious battle of life and death, you talk about it, I let them experience life and death for no reason, can they not hate me? They are not high-level disciples like Luo Ying who are facing the foundation building, and neither am I, I will stay in the sect for a long time in the future, if I am just hated by a tide of money, but with that difficult little girl, things are not simple. I've heard people say that this girl is a snarky character, and she will definitely not let me go if she suffers such a big loss this time, so if you can get rid of them, it will naturally be good for me to act in the future, but I don't dare to act rashly. ”

Hearing this, the surnamed Liu asked, "What's the name of that little girl?" ”

"Tang Ping, a member of the Jinghai Tang family, the granddaughter of Elder Tang Bonian of Shuiyun Valley, and the apprentice of Gu Yu Fairy."

Hearing the emotion on the face of these surnamed Liu, this girl's origin is much more than that of Wen Zhang, thinking of this, he couldn't help but say: "Since this Tang Ping has such a deep background, if you get rid of them, the matter will definitely not end well, Brother Han, even if you want to do it, you can't be in a hurry, you have to endure it for a while, and think twice?" ”

"I know, I'm also thinking about this matter, unless we have to, we don't have to do this, it's too dangerous, and it will implicate our respective families, but" Speaking of this, Han Ji looked at the young man surnamed Liu, "We would rather be prepared than not use it, and we can't be unprepared when it comes to the end, and besides, we must guard against those gentle people, you should pay more attention to it in the future, you might as well save some more people, don't use the people in the town, look for it from the outside, I will come to you if I need it in the future, Of course, you'd better send a few more capable people from your home here, what is their role......"

The surnamed Liu naturally understood that the so-called accumulated manpower was just a loose cultivation of those outlaws found from outside, and these people would have to be eliminated after using it once!

"Well, it's okay, then I'll arrange this matter as soon as possible."

"Hmph, compared to Qian Chao, this Wen Liangcai is more incomprehensible to me, he hopes that I can get rid of that Qian Chao as soon as possible, I really don't know what entanglement he has with Qian Chao, but how can he be happy, I want to inquire carefully when I go back, and see when Qian Chao offended him."

"Brother Han, I have an idea."

"Oh? Let's hear it. ”

"Have Qian Chao and that little girl named Tang Ping been together all the time?"

Hearing this, Han Ji was stunned, he didn't pay attention to Qian Chao and Tang Ping and the others, or Qian Chao only inquired a little after refusing to refine the Wen Zhang, but he didn't know much, but he knew that this Liu brother asked questions, so he nodded and said: "What I heard is that a few of them will definitely be together if they go outside the sect." ”

"Well, if that's the case, the one named Wen Liang instigated you to get rid of Qian Chao, but if this thing is really done, will the other four also get rid of it together? In other words, Brother Han, even if you want to get rid of this money tide yourself, when you really do it, what are you going to do with the other four people? ”

"Hmm...... When it really gets to that point, it must be all eliminated. ”

"Then in my opinion, Wen Liang may not have any old grudges with Qian Chao, of course, I have to continue to inquire about things, but I always feel that only Tang Ping's background is more likely to be targeted, not that Qian Chao, after all, in the cultivation world, there seems to be no family surnamed Qian."

The words of the young man surnamed Liu made Han Jin think about it, but unfortunately, he knew very little about the origin of these five people before, so he simply didn't want to, and said: "What Brother Liu said is very reasonable, so it seems that it is likely that Wen Liang misled me, and it is not necessarily that Tang Ping, any of the five little guys may be the person he wants to kill, and I want to touch the details of these five people when I return to the sect." ”

When the young man surnamed Liu heard him say this, he knew that Han Ji already wanted to leave, so he said, "Brother Han, are you ready to leave?" ”

"Well, I won't stay here any longer, no matter who Wen Liang is planning, you still have to do what I said right away."

"Don't worry, I'll arrange it right away."