Shangguan's family was slaughtered overnight, shaking the entire East Lake, and there were all kinds of rumors, and the spearhead was directed at Ximen Zong.

Chu Ming only heard about it after returning to Donghua City, and the heat on this matter has not dropped after a whole month.

"Lao Ning and I have investigated the corpses, and all of them were killed with one sword, including the head of the family, Shangguan Qi, and several worshippers and people...... I'm afraid the strength is not below me. ”

Others don't know the realm of Old Lady Lu, but Chu Ming is very clear, when he healed the old man, he faced the origin, and then Chu Ming knew that the old man had this emperor cultivation!

Will the Simon family send an emperor to accompany Simon? Chu Ming didn't believe it, the more he thought about it, the more weird he felt. But if it wasn't Simon Zong's command, who would have done it?

"Okay, you don't have to worry about this matter, Lao Ning and I will investigate in secret, you better go back to the inner courtyard as soon as possible, it is best to retreat and practice for a period of time with peace of mind, and the five courtyards will be held at the end of the year, you know this, right?"

"I heard the dean say—" Chu Ming nodded.

The Five Academies Martial Arts is an exchange competition held every ten years between Donghua College and the four universities in Zhongzhou, and this year it is the turn of Donghua College to host it.

"The Five Academies will break through, and the rewards are far more generous than you imagined! Your strength is a rare opponent in Donghua Academy, but compared to the genius disciples of the four universities in Zhongzhou, it may not be a sure victory. ”

The old man's words made Chu Ming a little surprised, and he asked tentatively, "Is the strength of the four universities in Zhongzhou really so strong?" ”

"It's not that the four universities are strong, it's that the entire Zhongzhou is more than one grade stronger than Donghua!" Lu Ding sighed and made an analogy, "Donghu and Zhongzhou are like comparing Lingyun Town with Donghua City, after all, it is a cultivation holy land second only to Nanyuan. ”

"Understood-" Chu Ming nodded, and continued: "There is one more thing that needs to be dealt with next, the retreat is not good, if you have time, go to the inner courtyard to cultivate!" ”

"The Tang family's business?" The old man didn't seem to be too surprised, his fingers tapped on the armrest of the chair, and he said slowly: "Tang Qian is scheming and ruthless, the eldest and third of the Tang family suddenly died violently, it is estimated that he has nothing to do with him, and even his own brothers can be killed, are you sure you want to wade into this troubled water?" ”

Lu Wan didn't tell the old man the reason why Chu Ming had to intervene, so in the old lady's opinion, it was very irrational to interfere in other people's family affairs for no reason.

"I have a reason why I have to—"

Chu Ming couldn't help but smile bitterly. After looking for so long, I haven't found a clue to the lost place, and finally there are clues, so naturally I have to track it down to the end, and there is no way to bypass the Tang family in this matter.

Hearing Chu Ming's words, the old lady didn't say anything more, nodded and said, "Then you just do it, if you need help, just ask." You have this! ”

The old man threw a storage ring as he spoke, and Chu Ming took it and looked at it, his face even more puzzled.

"Master, ...... are you?"

There are several large stacks of medium-grade spirit stones neatly stacked in the ring.

"You forget, there was an agreement at the beginning, after the Five Elements Spirit Gathering Array was put into use, the income was halved, and this was the first month!"

So much! It's only been a month, and being tired together is equivalent to a small half of a medium-grade spiritual vein!

As if seeing Chu Ming's surprise, the old man smiled and said, "This is not only the income from the martial arts arena, but also the income from the few pills you took out are also discounted in half to you, even so, it is still my Lu family who takes advantage." ”

"It's all my own people, why should the master see it like this."

That's right, you don't have to be so polite with this kid!

The more spirit stones the more the better for Chu Ming, after the Mixed Yuan Holy Body was completely activated, he absorbed the spiritual energy all the time around his body, and with the blessing of these spirit stones, the absorption speed would be faster.

Leaving the Lu family, Chu Ming did not rush back to the academy, but decided to go to the old site of Shangguan's house to see if he could find anything, and when he arrived, he saw a large group of people densely packed in front of the ruins, and there was a faint sound of fierce quarrels coming from the crowd.

Chu Ming planned to squeeze in to take a look, but the person in front of him was watching the play, and he was very dissatisfied with being disturbed, and when he turned his head and saw that it was Chu Ming, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

"Young Master Chu, why are you here? Didn't I hear that you are in retreat in the inner courtyard? ”

Retreat in the inner courtyard? Hearing this, Chu Ming was stunned for a moment, and then reacted, this should be the cover that Old Lady Lu gave him after discussing with the dean, helping to hide the matter of chasing and killing Gu Yu.

"It's not a thing to practice all day long, it's okay to go out for a walk, what's going on?"

Chu Ming saw the source of the conflict, and the two groups of people were facing each other, and there were many familiar faces among them.

"That's the case, isn't the Shangguan family destroyed, this lot is also vacant, the Tang family and the Tan family are fighting, but the two sides happened to collide today, so they quarreled......"

Chu Ming understood. This world is no better than the earth in the previous life, there is no so-called land ownership, but the general big cities have their own rules.

"Shouldn't this kind of thing be decided by several parties?"

"It's because they didn't discuss a result that they quarreled endlessly, and the academy, the Lu family, and the Fang family all made it clear that they would not interfere in this matter."

I see!

The academy has never been involved in the dispute between local forces, and the Tang family and the Tan family have both stood on the side of the Ziyun Chamber of Commerce before, and Old Man Lu can't wait for these two families to fight to the death. The Fang family is now looking forward to the Lu family, and they will not be good at making propositions to clearly express which side they support.

Chu Ming didn't have much interest in this matter, but he just noticed Tang Long who was following the fourth master of the Tang family, gave him a look with four eyes, and finally turned to leave.

Entering a nearby tea shed, Tang Long followed not far away.

"Why did you choose to be here, people come and go...... It's not good for others to see it......"

"What's so bad, do you have to make it the same as an underground joint? Do you think that the Tang family will not check your whereabouts over the years if they accept you into the house? ”

Tang Long was stunned when he heard this, and said, "Brother means that they know that the two of us know each other?" ”

"Of course, that's probably what they're happy to see!" Chu Ming called Tang Long a pot of tea and asked, "How are you doing in the Tang family?" Can someone give you a face? ”

Chu Ming's words were a bit joking, the purpose was to make Tang Long relax a little and not to be too nervous.

Tang Long showed a wry smile and said helplessly: "Of course some people have shaken their faces, but I have always followed what you taught, low-key and cautious, but no one blatantly embarrassed me!" ”

Chu Ming nodded and said, "At first, you had to keep a low profile, but now that you have been back to the Tang family for a while, you can't keep going down under the pretext of being nameless, it's time to show a little edge, and taking the old site of the Shangguan family is the first step!" ”

Tang Long was shocked when he heard this, and immediately sat up straight, like a child ready to be taught.