"Are you leaving now?" Kong De'an hesitated.

"Well, is there anything else you want to say?" Qin Hao asked.

"I ...... Yesterday you said that you took the children in the village to cultivate immortals, do you still count? Kong De'an didn't seem convinced, and his tone became less and less convinced.

Qin Hao smiled and said, "Of course, as long as they and their families agree. ”

Kong De'an let out a long breath, as if he had made a difficult decision. He pulled Kong Mingshan in front of him, pressed his hands on his shoulders, and said in a bitter voice: "Then, please take my son away." ”

Qin Zhen didn't answer, just looked at him, waiting for him to finish speaking.

"When the people of the village heard that they were going to take their children, they were reluctant. Although everyone has suffered from the monks, in the end, it is I, the village head, who have led them farther and farther down the road of hatred, and now I propose to let the children go to cultivate immortals, but it will not work. ”

"I only have this one child, and I don't want to let him go with you like this. But this kid himself wants to cultivate immortals, I ...... I ......" His lips squirmed for a long time, and finally he didn't finish his sentence.

Qin Zhen looked at Kong Mingshan, he was still young, at most six years old, but his gaze was more determined than his peers.

"Please accept me, I will definitely listen to my seniors and practice hard!" Kong Mingshan looked at Qin Zhen's eyes, without fear, and said loudly word by word.

This is what Brother Heng taught him yesterday, saying that as long as he said so, Qin Zhen would definitely agree.

Sure enough, Qin Zhen retracted her gaze with a chuckle, and said to Kong De'an: "Since you said so, we will take the child back." Don't worry, I'll teach him well. ”

In Kong De'an's reluctant look, Qin Zhen and the others left Xinzhao Village.

"We're going back to the sect now, what are you going to do?" Qin Hao asked.

Yin Huan frowned in confusion: "I have to rush back to Zhongzhou." It's already a day late, and if I go back later......"

She didn't finish her words, but Qin Hao already understood the regret in her words. She comforted: "There is still a chance to meet again, don't rush at this time, we will go to Zhongzhou in a while." ”

"Really!" Yin Huan's eyes widened with excitement all of a sudden, and then he seemed to think of something, "That's right, the 'Battle of Geniuses' has been held recently, if you pass the audition, you can come to Zhongzhou." ”

"Well, if nothing else, it won't be long before we meet again."

After getting Qin Hao's assurance, Yin Huan was much more relieved, and even the back of leaving after saying goodbye looked very happy.

After sending Yin Huan, the next thing is to solve the problem of Heng Mingzhi and Kong Mingshan.

Qin Hao and Ye Yousheng still had to go to Yangping City to continue to participate in the "Battle of Geniuses", because they were now in the alert period of Qianyuanzong, and they could no longer enter and leave Yangping City without a pass, so the four of them could no longer go together.

And if Heng Mingzhi takes Kong Mingshan to Tianyizong on foot, it is estimated that when Qin Zhen and the others come back from the competition, neither of them will be able to leave. Therefore, Qin Zhen sent them to the nearest teleportation array, and paid them spirit stones, and then set off with Ye Yousheng again and headed for Qianyuan Sect.

After the theft of Qianyuanzong, the atmosphere in Yangping City was obviously different.

In the past, when entering the city, only mortals were interrogated, but this time, no matter what their identity and background, the monks were all stopped and waited for the confirmation of the information before they were released into the city.

However, although the steps were a bit cumbersome, the processing speed of the monks guarding the city was still very fast, and Qin Zhen and Ye Yousheng did not wait long before passing the inspection and entering Yangping City.

Inside the city, patrols are also more frequent than before. Whenever a patrol sees a suspicious person appearing, they are quickly escorted away and wait until they reach the trial bench before making a decision.

Ye Yousheng was a little worried about Qin Hao's safety: "Senior sister, will they take this opportunity to find a reason to arrest you?" ”

Although there is this possibility, it is not like something that Xiang Rong will do. Xiang Rong is a person who cherishes his reputation, and he will never do anything like this that will directly lead the finger to him. People who would do such things, such as Shen Qifeng, should now want to lure out the "other state forces" behind him through himself, so he will let himself act, rather than startling the snake now.

After figuring it out, Qin Zhen relaxed and comforted the nervous Ye Yousheng: "They won't do such a thing now." ”

The expression on Ye Yousheng's face relaxed, but his heart became more and more worried. What does it mean that it won't be now? Is it that as long as there is a chance, they will arrest the senior sister like this?

But no one could answer his question, Ye Yousheng could only endure the anxiety in his heart and follow Qin Zhen to Qianyuan Sect.

When they arrived, the new round of the game was about to start again, Ye Yousheng went to the competition platform to draw the order of the game, Qin Zhen stayed in the audience, took out a book from the storage bag to read, and waited for him to play.

"Ahem." A soft cough sounded from her side.

Qin Hao didn't look over, just looked at the book in his hand intently.

The person next to "......" fell silent, scratched his head in annoyance, and sat down beside her.

"Well, thank you for saving me." She pondered her words for a moment and thanked Qin Zhen, "I heard my father and Shen Yingyao say that after my father asked you, you entered the Qianyuan Sect." And Shen Yingyao saw you come out of the sect master's study again, and I was released after that. ”

Lin Han took a deep breath and bowed deeply to Qin Hao, with a solemn tone: "I don't know what price you paid to save me, but in the future, no matter what difficulties you encounter, I will do my best to help you." ”

Qin Zhen closed the book and raised her head to look at her: "I just want to repay your father's kindness to me, and now that this favor has been paid off, we don't need to be involved anymore." ”

Lin Han smiled: "Am I not clear about my father?" There is only a limit to what he can do to help you, but it is far less than you can save me from the sect master. I know promises are unreliable, and I don't force you to believe them, so you just take me as a thank you. ”

This time, Qin Zhen looked at her seriously.

Lin Han's facial features are not particularly outstanding, but the whole person acts and speaks very neatly, and it can be seen that he is a very assertive person.

Seeing Qin Zhen looking at her, Lin Han stretched out his hand generously: "Then let's get to know you officially, my name is Lin Han." I know your name is Qin Hao, the new sect master of Tianyi Sect, thank you again for your rescue. ”

Qin Zhen shook her hand and smiled, "Hello." ”

"Now those sect masters don't have the heart to pay attention to this side for the time being, the time is urgent, and I will say some things here." Lin Han raised his hand and showed Qin Zhen the silencer in his hand.

That way, no one else around them will hear what they're saying.

"You know about the Qianyuan Sect pretty much. Shen Yingyao and I were still guessing who the person who cooperated with Shen Hezheng to deliver the news was, but it turned out to be you in the end. Lin Han sighed.

Qin Zhen asked, "You entered the patrol team of Qianyuan Sect just to find out who is cooperating with Shen Hezheng?" ”

"Yes." Lin Han wasn't surprised that Qin Hao could think of this, "Because the captain of the patrol team, Chen Ke, is Shen Hezheng's person, and the patrol team has a special task and needs to go out often, once out of the Qianyuan Sect, there will be more opportunities to pass on the news." So at that time, we all thought that the person who was hiding was in the patrol. ”

"So you deliberately went to tell Chen Ke that you were going to patrol Yongye Peak alone, just to see who would go to Shen Hezheng to report the news. It's just that you didn't expect that Shen Hezheng was too ruthless and too fast, and he was going to use this matter to wipe you out. Qin Zhen added.

Lin Han looked at Qin Hao regretfully: "If you are good in the Qianyuan Sect, then you can join us." ”

Qin Zhen smiled and didn't speak.

"Originally, we thought that Shen Hezheng would be able to take advantage of the theft of the Treasure Pavilion, and the people who cooperated with him would be the forces of other states. It's just that looking at it now, it's not wrong to think so, but there are two groups of people who work with him secretly. One group is you, who pass on news to him on a daily basis, and the other group is the people who participated in this incident. ”

Lin Han looked extremely distressed: "I don't know where Shen Hezheng has the ability to make so many people cooperate with him." ”

"I would venture to ask, how many people are there over there now?"

"Ahem...... If you join again, then there will be three of us on our side. ”

Isn't that just a nobody? Qin Hao thought silently.

"Can you ask why you chose to work with him in the first place? The matter of Qianyuan Sect should have nothing to do with your Tianyi Sect, why do you want to involve yourself? Lin Han looked at Qin Zhen sincerely, "In the current situation, if you want, cooperate with us." What Shen Hezheng can give you, we will try our best to give it to you. ”

At this moment, Qin Hao figured out the question that distressed Lin Han, "Why did Shen Hezheng let so many people cooperate with him."

The key to determining the gap between Shen Hezheng and Shen Yingyao lies in Shen Qifeng's true attitude.

He put his favored youngest son Shen Yingyao in the position of the young sect master, but he only told Shen Hezheng about the real game between the sects. The more information you get, the more angles you can look at, which also leads to a growing information gap between Shen Yingyao and Shen Hezheng.

So even if she went back in time to the day when she cooperated with Shen Hezheng, she saw Shen Yingyao before being approached by Shen Hezheng, and Shen Yingyao would not take the initiative to reach out to her to cooperate.

Because he didn't know what happened in Tianyizong at all, he didn't know the hatred between her and Qianyuanzong, and he didn't feel that his father was unfair to him, so he was destined to have no possibility of cooperation between them.

If this is the case, does it mean that Shen Qifeng's real heir is Shen Hezheng?

Lin Han still looked at her intently, waiting for her answer.

Qin Zhen said slowly: "I don't cooperate with Shen Hezheng anymore. ”

Before Lin Han could be pleasantly surprised, she continued: "But unfortunately, we have no possibility of cooperation, because our interests are not aligned. ”

It is impossible for Shen Yingyao to help her kill Shen Qifeng, so if she helps Shen Yingyao reduce Shen Hezheng's power, it will undoubtedly shoot herself in the foot. What's more, I don't know how Shen He got on the line with the forces of other states, so it is obviously unwise to stand on Shen Yingyao's side rashly.

"Okay." Lin Han was not reluctant, but he still felt some regret in his heart.

She stood up and patted the hem of her clothes: "But what I said before is sincere, no matter what difficulties you encounter in the future, you can come to me, and I will definitely do my best to help you." ”

Seeing that Lin Han was about to remove the silence note, Qin Hao suddenly said, "If you all die in the end, will you continue?" ”

"Are you saying that Shen Hezheng will get rid of us all in the end?" Lin Han didn't seem to think so, "Hmm...... I don't care, but Shen Yingyao will definitely be fine, Shen Hezheng can't ask for his own brother's life for the position of a sect master. ”

Having said that, there is no need to say any more.

Qin Zhen watched Lin Han walk away, then opened the book in his hand and continued to look.

Shen Hezheng can kill his biological father, will he let go of this younger brother who has robbed him of all his favors since he was a child? The answer to this question may only be answered by Shen Hezheng himself.