Chapter 54: The First Signs
There is a courtyard in the northwest, and several Taoist robes of the Rongyang Sect are drying in the courtyard. The door was tightly closed, and it seemed that no one was inside. Li Yuanxiao confirmed that there was no one around, rushed into the courtyard, took off his robe, came to the back of the house to change into it, and quietly hid his Taiqing Sect's clothes under a big stone.
"I didn't expect that my dignified Taiqing Sect Master would steal other people's clothes...... Li Yuanxiao kept shaking his head, "That's it, that's it! In order to solve this mystery, let's just go down three times!" As for his appearance, it is not so easy to change. However, Li Yuanxiao was not worried, he changed into the Dao robe of the Rongyang Sect in order to deceive the people of the Poison Refining Sect, and now he has learned that the trading hall of the Tianyun Sect is in Qinghuo Peak, which means that the people of the Poison Refining Sect are also there. As long as you are careful on the road and don't be detected by the people of the Rongyang Sect.
Since it's a pretence, the road can't be walked. Li Yuanxiao specially picked grass and woods and marched, and came to Qinghuo Peak. The largest hall on Qinghuo Peak was naturally left to the Tianyun Sect, and Li Yuanxiao searched around for a long time, but he didn't see where the trading place of the Poison Refining Sect was. "Could it be that the trading place of the Poison Refining Sect is not on the Qinghuo Peak? No, it is impossible, the Rongyang Sect must be a territory divided according to the rules of one county and one mountain peak. But after looking at all the large and small buildings around, I didn't find it, could it be that the Poison Refining Sect had already left?" Just thinking about it, Li Yuanxiao suddenly caught a glimpse of another house on the edge of the cliff in the distance. "Could it be there? No, hehe. Let's go and see. He himself thought it was funny, the house on the edge of the cliff, a thatched hut to be exact, was small and old, and looked like a thatched house.
When they got closer, there was a faint sound of talking from inside the hut, and Li Yuanxiao quietly stuck to the side wall and listened carefully. Fortunately, the house was far from the main road, so no one noticed him eavesdropping.
"Master, it's no wonder that someone would come to trade in this hellish place where birds don't! I have nothing to do here all day...... a voice complained.
"Senior brother, you are wrong. Where is no one coming to trade because the place is remote? It's because people don't rarity the items of my Poison Refining Sect! If I tried it here in the Red Sun Sect, it is estimated that the people who came to trade would have collapsed the hut long ago. Another voice said.
A slightly old voice sounded: "You two are so noisy! Most of the immortal cultivators don't like our sect, and you don't know it, so that old ghost Zhan Zhengxiang arranged such a dilapidated place for us." After a pause, the voice added, "None of this matters. Yin Quan, Shiliang, have you completed all the tasks I have given you?"
"Master, it's almost done, and I've asked a friend to help us get enough medicine. The junior brother also found someone to exchange a few fairy swords. The rest can be traded in less than a day. The first voice replied.
Li Yuanxiao knew in his heart that the person named "Yinquan" must be the Xu Yinquan mentioned by Gongsun Yang, the one called "Shiliang" was Xu Yinquan's junior brother, and the old man was the master of the two of them. "The Poison Refining Sect is really pitiful, even the trading items have to be entrusted to others on their behalf, this reputation is really bad. He said to himself.
"That's very good. finally lived up to the suzerain's entrustment. The Taoist friend outside the door, why don't you show up to meet you? I, Zhang Bohuai, am very willing to make friends from all walks of life. The old voice suddenly raised its voice and shouted.
Li Yuanxiao's heart sank, this person's cultivation is estimated to be not low. Although Li Yuanxiao did not deliberately conceal his aura, with his realm in the late stage of annihilation, it was not easy to discover him. Zhang Bohuai...... I don't have any impression, I guess I haven't seen it. He thought to himself. Since he hadn't seen it, he was not afraid that the other party would recognize his identity, Li Yuanxiao tidied up his robe and stepped into the hut.
There was a table in the middle of the hut, around which three people sat . Facing the door was a white-haired old man, with a young man on the left and right. The three of them were all wearing dark green robes.
"It seems that this is Zhang Daoyou, in Xia Rongyang Sect Prince Mu, fortunately, fortunately. Li Yuanxiao arched his hand. The name "Wang Zimu" was made up by him for a while.
The white-haired old man narrowed his eyes slightly: "Oh, Wang Daoyou, I don't know which of the masters of the Rongyang Sect are you?"
"Liu Tianhua of the Rongyang Sect is the family teacher. Can Zhang Daoyou know?" Li Yuanxiao casually said a name again, and said secretly in his heart: "I don't believe that you know everyone in the Rongyang Sect!"
Of course, it was impossible for Zhang Bohuai to know a person who didn't exist, but Li Yuanxiao's reply didn't hesitate in the slightest, he really believed it, and pretended to touch his beard: "It turned out to be Liu Daoyou's disciple, I have heard of the name of Lingshi, but unfortunately I didn't have the opportunity to visit." Dare I ask you why you are here this time, and why did you come without entering, hiding outside the door and eavesdropping?"
Li Yuanxiao replied calmly: "Zhang Daoyou, it's really a misunderstanding. When I came down, the three of them happened to be talking, out of politeness, I waited outside, and I wanted to wait for the three to finish speaking before coming in, and I didn't want Zhang Daoyou to cultivate to be profound, so I found out. I came down to find Xu Yinquan Daoyou. ”
That Zhang Bohuai picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip: "I see." Fortunately, the content of our conversation is not confidential, otherwise, whether you eavesdrop on it intentionally or unintentionally, you would have gouged out your tongue and pierced your ears as a punishment. ”
Li Yuanxiao secretly scolded in his heart: "This person is vicious, and as a guest, he will not show any mercy when talking to me, a 'person from the Rongyang Sect'. On the surface, he smiled all over his face: "Senior Zhang, I know my mistake below, thank you Senior Zhang for sparing me." ”
The title changed from "Zhang Daoyou" to "Senior Zhang", and Zhang Bohuai looked at Li Yuanxiao a lot more pleasantly. In fact, Li Yuanxiao's appearance is not much younger than him, but in the world of cultivating immortals, appearance is not an exact basis for measuring a person's age, so when Li Yuanxiao first entered the door before, Zhang Bohuai had quietly released his spiritual sense to probe Li Yuanxiao's realm, and saw that Li Yuanxiao's realm was only in the middle of the void, so he didn't think so, and when he heard Li Yuanxiao call himself a "senior", he thought he was frightened by himself.
Zhang Bohuai's realm was in the middle stage of the Cave Void, and he never expected that the "middle stage of the void" and "average qualifications" "Rongyang Sect disciple" in front of him was actually a superb realm in the late stage of annihilation. Before Li Yuanxiao entered the door, he had already suppressed his cultivation in the middle of the void and darkness, and Zhang Bohuai was more than a whole realm behind him, so he couldn't see the clue at all.
"Wang Daoyou, I am Xu Yinquan. I don't know what you're looking for me? We don't seem to know each other. The young man sitting on the left spoke.
"That's right, Zai Xia and Gongsun Yang are good friends, he has exchanged the jade pendant for the items he wants, and now he has left the Rongyang Sect, so I am asked to thank you. Li Yuanxiao had already thought of a reason.
"Ahh......h
"Hmm, Yinquan, which jade pendant is it, and who is Gongsun Yang?" Zhang Bohuai put down the teacup and frowned.
"Master, Gongsun Yang is a casual cultivator, and he is a fellow villager. Jade Pendant ...... It's the one with the blue ...... in it."
"Nonsense! Nonsense! Didn't I tell you not to leave that jade pendant? Why did you exchange it?" Zhang Bohuai said angrily.
"Master, that jade pendant is not of much use to me, so I used it to exchange some minerals with Gongsun Yang. What's more, before this Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, Senior Uncle Zhao told me that if I can get Drifting Immortal Iron and Starstripe Steel, he will help me refine the Medium-grade Immortal Sword......" Xu Yinquan said aggrievedly.
"Medium-grade fairy sword, medium-grade fairy sword, all day long, you talk about your medium-grade fairy sword! You have just learned to quench low-grade poison now, what do you want such a good fairy sword to do? Do you still have to find me to help you re-quench it every time the sword poison is exhausted? Besides, that old man Zhao, his ability to refine the fairy sword is higher than that master? What do you ask him to do? Do you know how important that jade pendant is?" Zhang Bohuai seemed to forget that Li Yuanxiao was still in the house, and began to teach his apprentice in front of outsiders.
"Master, isn't it just a piece of jade pendant, senior brother has the Cleansing Divine Pill given by the sect master, what's the use of that jade pendant? Besides, what is the name of Gongsun Yang, didn't he use it to exchange it for something else? The person who needs the jade pendant is estimated to be not high, if the jade pendant is really so precious, let's go and grab it back!" The young man on the right spoke.
"Senior brother is right, Master, I think forget it, I have been carrying that jade pendant for five years, and it is still a little useful at first, and after I ascend to the middle stage of the Qingling realm, its effect is not as good as a pill. With the strength of my sect, there is no shortage of pills such as the Cleansing God Pill, so for me, the jade pendant is just an ordinary ornament, and it is also a burden to carry, and I think it is worth it after exchanging so many materials. Xu Yinquan said as he spoke, but he thought hatefully in his heart: "That Gongsun Yang, he is really full and has nothing to do, I can help him forget it, and call someone to come over to thank you, what is ......it?"
The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the intention. Li Yuanxiao's ears only echoed two words - "five years". Wasn't her daughter Li Yuru killed five years ago?" It seems that after her daughter's death, it didn't take long for the jade pendant to reach Xu Yinquan's hands. Could it be that Xu Yinquan was one of the real murderers back then? However, judging from his words, if he was really a murderer, he should have known that Wen Huayu's pendant was the stolen goods obtained from murder, and it was absolutely impossible to easily trade it out during the crowded Ten Thousand Immortals Conference. However, that Zhang Bohuai was a little suspicious, he seemed to have been very nervous about that piece of Wenhua jade pendant......" Li Yuanxiao's heart passed through many thoughts in a moment. However, depending on the situation, he could not continue to stay here, so as not to cause trouble. Fortunately, one thing is certain, this Zhang Bohuai, and even the Poison Refining Sect behind it, should have something to do with the tragedy of Yundui Villa.
Therefore, before Zhang Bohuai could speak, Li Yuanxiao interjected: "Everyone, I'm sorry, I just came here to pass on the word, and you should discuss other things in detail after you leave." With that, he gave up his hand and turned to leave the thatched hut.
"Stop!" Zhang Bohuai said unhurriedly behind him. Li Yuanxiao frowned slightly, but immediately turned around and smiled: "I don't know what Senior Zhang else commanded?"
Zhang Bohuai's two sharp eyes stared directly at Li Yuanxiao's eyes: "Wang Daoyou, I don't know what Gongsun Yang exchanged for the jade pendant? Have you ever seen that jade pendant with your own eyes?"
Li Yuanxiao nodded and replied: "I have seen the jade pendant, Gongsun CCTV is a treasure, I only took it and shook it in front of me, I vaguely remember that it was mutton fat jade, and there was a piece of green jade." As for what Gongsun Yang exchanged for it, I don't know. ”
Zhang Bohuai retracted his gaze, twisted his beard lightly, pondered for a moment, and said, "Okay, it's okay, you can go." ”
Li Yuanxiao laughed secretly in his heart, was silent on the surface, gave up his hand again, turned around and walked out of the room. His answer just now was false and true, true or false, which made it difficult for Zhang Bohuai to judge. The content of the whole conversation revolved around Wen Hua Yupei, if Li Yuanxiao denied seeing Wen Hua Yupei, maybe Zhang Bohuai would suspect that he was in a hurry to break off relations with Wen Hua Yupei. But we can't say too much detail and too precisely, if Zhang Bohuai is really related to the tragedy of that year, he may kill people again, and that kind of trouble will inevitably attract others. As for what Gongsun Yang exchanged for the jade pendant, it is even more impossible to say. There are not many sects in the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference that can take out the immortal sword as an exchange item, so if Zhang Bohuai finds out to the Taiqing Sect, I am afraid that he will be shocked. Therefore, Li Yuanxiao simply described the appearance of Wen Huayu, which made Zhang Bohuai mistakenly think that he was wrong, and regarded Wen Huayu as mutton fat jade and Bilangya as green jade.
After walking out of the door, Li Yuanxiao was not afraid that Zhang Bohuai would want to kill people again, Prince Mu of Rongyang Sect was a vain person. "This Zhang Bohuai is very suspicious, and I underestimated his strength, he actually has a mid-stage realm, it seems that he is a more important figure in the Poison Refining Sect. took him as the starting point, and slowly followed the vine to figure out the ins and outs of the tragedy of Yundui Villa. Li Yuanxiao made up his mind in his heart. When Zhang Bohuai released his spiritual sense, he had already felt it. At the same time, he also let go of his spiritual sense to probe Zhang Bohuai's cultivation, but Zhang Bohuai didn't know it. It is extremely rude to let go of the spiritual sense to probe and cultivate, unless the realm is higher than the other party and the other party does not know, Zhang Bohuai is stupid and a little overconfident.
Li Yuanxiao returned to the courtyard where his robes were dried, the door in the courtyard was still closed, he changed back into the Taoist robe of the Taiqing Sect, and strode out of the Rongyang Sect with his head held high. After all, the Rongyang Sect is the territory of another sect, and it is inconvenient to act, and the Taoist robe of the Taiqing Sect is too conspicuous, so Li Yuanxiao first went to a nearby town to buy a few sets of clothes, and then hid in the woods at the foot of Huoye Mountain. The rest is to wait for the Poison Refining Sect and the others to leave the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference.
Zhang Bohuai was not idle. Wen Huayu Pei was traded by Xu Yinquan, and he faintly felt a trace of unease. In this Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, the Poison Refining Sect came to their three masters and apprentices, and now the two apprentices have been sent by him to find out who Wen Hua Yupei is in the hands of now. It's a pity that Gongsun Yang was trading with the Taiqing Sect outside the Rongyang Sect, and no one saw it at all, and the Taiqing Sect had already left the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, so any investigation was in vain. For three days in a row, the two apprentices returned in vain, and Zhang Bohuai had to give up this idea.
The "Prince Wood" that suddenly appeared in the thatched hut that day, Zhang Bohuai felt that something was not right, but he couldn't say what was wrong. He had instructed two disciples to investigate the whereabouts of Wen Huayupei, and at the same time, by the way, he asked about the news about "Wang Zimu" and his master "Liu Tianhua", but there are many disciples in the Rongyang Sect, and it is impossible for everyone to know the people with lower status, and the people with higher status disdain to have a lot to do with the disreputable Poison Refining Sect, so they only prevaricate and say that they don't know, and in the Rongyang Sect, they have never seen the figure of "Wang Zimu" again.
Later, Zhang Bohuai thought of a way to directly find Gongsun Yang to ask, but Gongsun Yang was a casual cultivator, and he still had no fixed place to live, wandering around, and it was even more difficult to find him.
The ten-day Ten Thousand Immortals Conference was about to end on the last day, and after three consecutive days of unsuccessful investigation into Wen Huayupei's whereabouts, Zhang Bohuai finally began to suspect the person who left early.
On the last day of the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, Zhang Bohuai made many inquiries and learned that before the nowhere "Wang Zimu" came to the hut, there were four major sects that had left: the Chiri Sect, the Taiqing Sect, the Night Departure Sect and the Ethereal Sect, and there were twelve small and medium sects, and the number of loose cultivators was unknown.
According to Zhang Bohuai's analysis, Gongsun Yang was originally a weak loose cultivator, and it was extremely unlikely that he would exchange the Wenhua jade pendant, which was still precious to him, for other loose cultivators, so the possibility of a loose cultivator was excluded. And the big sect didn't look down on that piece of Wenhua jade pendant at all, so Zhang Bohuai didn't think about it. Eventually, he targeted the twelve small and medium-sized sects. Among the twelve sects, four of the sects were obviously above the Poison Refining Sect in strength, and it was inappropriate to rush forward to inquire about it, so Zhang Bohuai planned to start the investigation from the two medium-sized sects whose strength was similar to that of the Poison Refining Sect.
Zhang Bohuai thought that his analysis was very rigorous and leaky, but he missed the most important point, and it was also the most unfavorable point for him - Wen Huayu Pei was obtained by Taiqing Sect. But it's no wonder that Zhang Bohuai is not to blame. First, because this incident is too coincidental, it would not hurt if the rest of the Taiqing Sect saw Wen Huayu, after all, no one knew that its original owner was Li Yuru, but the result was seen by Li Yuru's biological father Li Yuanxiao;
In this way, after the end of the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, Zhang Bohuai immediately flew to Kanglong County with his sword, just to send the two apprentices on the way. After dropping the two down near Wenzhou in the southeast of Tenglong County, Zhang Bohuai began an investigation as planned. Since the direction is wrong, it is conceivable that the investigation is destined to be inconclusive, but he himself does not know.
In addition, he didn't know that from the moment they left Huoye Mountain, they had been quietly followed by Li Yuanxiao, who was hiding in the woods.
Xu Yinquan is in the early realm of Hehe, and Zhou Shiliang is only in the late realm of Qingling, and neither of them can fly with a sword. So, they carried two big burdens on their backs and leisurely returned to the Poison Refining Sect all the way. With the lowly realm of the two of them, even if Li Yuanxiao didn't deliberately hide his aura, they wouldn't be aware of it. Li Yuanxiao's eyesight was extraordinary, he followed the two from a distance, and had already changed into ordinary clothes, which was no different from ordinary pedestrians.
Li Yuanxiao's target is only Xu Yinquan alone. Although it can be inferred from what Xu Yinquan said in the hut that day that he did not know the origin of the Wenhua jade pendant, Li Yuanxiao wanted to know where he got the Wenhua jade pendant. From this point in, you may be able to find some important clues. As for how to act, Li Yuanxiao had already planned it, from here all the way to the Wuling Mountain Range area of Xianglong County, there were many relatively remote places along the way, and he could easily subdue the two of them with a casual hand or two. Even if their master Zhang Bohuai was there, Li Yuanxiao was completely sure that he would clean it up with him.
"God help me, the slightly troublesome old man is gone. Li Yuanxiao smiled secretly in his heart.