A small piece of Wenhua jade pendant made Zhang Bohuai, who had always been very calm, not calm. Wen Hua Yu Pei fell out of the Poison Refining Sect, if it was seen by someone who knew the origin of the jade pendant, the consequences would be unimaginable. Zhang Bohuai hesitantly walked out of the gate of the Shenyi Sect, raised his sword, and flew towards the south.

The Shenyi Sect is one of the twelve small and medium-sized sects that left the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference in advance, and its strength and status are comparable to the Poison Refining Sect, because Zhang Bohuai is a well-spoken figure in the Poison Refining Sect, so the Shenyi Sect is quite polite to him. After inquiring, he learned that Gongsun Yang had not exchanged jade pendants with Shenyizong, Zhang Bohuai immediately quit the mountain gate and flew towards the next target, Mangjingzong of Kanglong County.

Zhang Bohuai didn't know that his apprentice had been targeted.

His apprentices didn't know either.

"Senior brother, this Xiaozhou City is really lively, much more fun than Muzhou near our sect. Zhou Shiliang gently shook the folding fan he had just bought and said.

Xu Yinquan carefully measured a short dagger in his hand: "That's nature." Tenglong County is located in the center of the Qinglong Continent and extends in all directions. In addition to the mountains and mountains in our place, even Muzhou is half a day's journey away from the sect, which is too inconvenient. ”

"If it weren't for the sake of sending these herbs and minerals back to the sect, I would have wanted to take a good look around. Usually, the master doesn't allow us to go down the mountain, and it's really boring to always face those poisons in the sect. Zhou Shiliang looked back at the Xiaozhou city that was gradually moving away, and was reluctant to give up.

Xu Yinquan didn't answer, still staring at the delicate dagger in his hand. The dagger was sheathed, pulled out with a "poof", revealing a bright dagger, and then inserted back with a "click".

Zhou Shiliang turned his head, looked at Xu Yinquan's focused expression, and asked puzzledly: "Senior brother, what are you buying this dagger for?" It doesn't seem to be of much use except for being good-looking. ”

Xu Yinquan raised his eyes: "You don't understand." The dagger, which is also a type of sword, is shorter than the short sword, but in terms of rigidity, it is the strongest except for the thick-edged heavy sword. The blade is mostly thinner, so the longer the blade, the more flexible it is. The dagger is a sword weapon that can be pulled out by surprise at the last critical moment, killing the opponent. As he spoke, Xu Yinquan took out the dagger and held it horizontally in his hand and slashed it into the air a few times.

Zhou Shiliang pouted: "Then why do you still bring a sheath? Put it directly in your arms, and you can use it when you pull it out, how can you have time to pull it out of the sheath at a critical moment? Besides, if you want to kill someone with this little sword, isn't it too reluctant?"

"The sheath is to protect yourself from cuts. Senior brother, you also underestimate my poisonous refining sect's poisonous kung fu. Now we are only at the low-level level of quenching, and there is still a long way to go. When we reach the realm of poison transformation, even the masters of the Silence and Mahayana periods will be afraid of our poisonous sword!" Xu Yinquan said proudly.

The poison refining sect's poison practice is divided into several steps: the first step is to recognize poison. This is the training that a new disciple must undergo to recognize the various poisons, know the characteristics, strength, duration, and so on. To put it simply, it is to cultivate all kinds of poisonous herbs, poisonous flowers, poisonous insects and other poisons; the third step is to quench the poison, which is also divided into four levels according to the level of the poison quenched; the fourth step, to refine the poison, this step is also divided into four levels, and refining the poison is a very profound knowledge. It is not only necessary to memorize the combination and ratio of the ingredients in various mixed poisons, but also to have superb skills to refine them. Some high-grade poisons and high-grade poisons have extremely high requirements for skill cultivation, so the refining of poison is ranked after the step of quenching poison, and the fifth and final step is to transform poison. Hua, which means to transform the realm, is also the highest realm of the legendary use of poison. It is said that the master of using poison who has reached this realm is unpredictable, and between his hands, he can change non-toxic to poisonous, turn toxic into non-toxic, and his own poison is inviolable. Since the establishment of the Poison Refining Sect, there have only been three people who have cultivated to such a realm.

"Chemical ...... Easier said than done. Even the head of the sect is barely able to quench a research-grade poison, and the refining of poison has only reached the intermediate level. If we want to practice poisoning, we will have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the Horse, and we don't know if we can live until then. Zhou Shiliang said.

The conversation between the two was listened to word for word by Li Yuanxiao, who was following behind. He had also heard of the former poison transformation master of the Poison Refining Sect. However, it has been hundreds of years since the fall of the last poison master, and how brilliant the Poison Refining Sect was at that time, Li Yuanxiao couldn't imagine it, but the current Poison Refining Sect made him look down on him a little.

According to the records in the historical materials in the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, the former masters of the Poison Refining Sect had a very high character, and although they practiced the exercises to enter the Tao with poison, they never hurt people for no reason, but often used the time to hunt for poison everywhere to punish the traitor and eliminate the evil, which was respected by other sects. Unexpectedly, now the disciples of the Poison Refining Sect not only have their skills declined, but their character has also gone wrong. Instead of relying on superb cultivation to enhance the power of the sect, but often using insidious poisonous methods to deter others, it is no wonder that he is coldly regarded by other immortal cultivation sects.

Xiaozhou is a large border city in the southeast of Tenglong County. After half a day's journey, I entered the boundary of Xianglong County. However, the Qinxue River flows right through the border between the two counties, so if Xu and Zhou want to return to the sect, they have to ferry the Qinxue River.

There are many villages on both sides of the river, and there are no particularly remote places, so Li Yuanxiao can only wait until he enters Xianglong County before starting to act according to the original plan.

Originally, it was enough to simply cross the river by ferry, but Zhou Shiliang had to take a boat to sightseeing along the river. As a last resort, Li Yuanxiao could only follow the two of them on the boat together.

The ship is huge and imposing, with four floors above deck and three more below deck. With such a large ship, it is not an exaggeration to call it a moving castle. This kind of building boat was built by wealthy merchants, mainly for tourists who visit the Qinxue River.

"Forget it, just take a good look at the scenery of the Qinxue River. Li Yuanxiao was also happy for a while, just to relieve the tension after getting Wen Huayu. There are wines, teas, snacks, dishes, etc. on the boat building, he found a small table on the top of the open floor, asked for a pot of wine, ordered a few snacks, and began to enjoy it leisurely.

At this time, it is the morning, the sun is shining, the river is rippling, the water is very clear, you can see the fish in the water on the boat, and from time to time there is a flock of birds in the sky "chirping" and flying over, the small claws shrunk under the belly, bring endless joy to people. Li Yuanxiao took a sip of wine lightly and looked at the riverside that was slowly moving backwards.

The boat went down the river and arrived at the opposite shore after about half a day. The tourists on the boat got off the boat and set foot on the boundary of Xianglong County. At this time, it was almost dusk, and Xu Yinquan and Zhou Shiliang arrived at Jianzhou City, the capital of Xianglong County, before dark.

Although Jianzhou is not close to the river, it is not far from the river, it is in the northwest to Tenglong County, northeast to Kanglong County, and it is the palace of Zheng Xiangnan, the king of Pingyu, so it is more lively than Xiaozhou. Xu Yinquan and Zhou Shiliang were very playful, and they stayed in Jianzhou for three days in a row, and did not continue on the road until the morning of the fourth day. Li Yuanxiao was a little anxious, he was worried that Zhang Bohuai would come to meet the two, and when the time came, he would not be able to ask some secrets that he wanted to know.

Zhang Bohuai was also anxious, Li Yuanxiao thought well, he was indeed rushing to Xianglong County. He had arrived at Mangjing Sect in Kanglong County a day earlier, and the sect master, Lu Runquan, had received him. Zhang Bohuai asked Lu Runquan about Wen Hua Yupei, and learned that Gongsun Yang had not exchanged items with Mang Jingzong. But when Zhang Bohuai was chatting with Lu Runquan, he overheard a piece of news that made him uneasy-Taiqing Sect Master Li Yuanxiao had not returned to the sect since the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference.

Before the start of the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference, Lu Runquan had met Li Yuanxiao, Yu Ruijiang and others, and at that time he learned that two of the four people injured by Hua Qiwei and Zheng Shiqi five years ago were Li Yuanxiao's grandsons. Listening to Yu Ruijiang's slightly angry tone, Lu Runquan has been pondering, waiting for the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference to visit the Taiqing Sect to see Li Yuanxiao's current attitude towards Mangjing Sect, and to promote the friendship between the two sects. But after going to Taiqing Sect, Lu Runquan did not see Li Yuanxiao, and only after inquiring did he know that he had not returned.

Since the Taiqing Sect was also one of the sects that left the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference in advance, Zhang Bohuai asked a few words about the situation of the Taiqing Sect, and Lu Runquan also unintentionally said that Li Yuanxiao had not returned to the sect. At that time, Zhang Bohuai didn't think much about it, but after leaving Mangjingzong, he gradually became uneasy. In the past ten days, he had already asked seven small sects that had left the Ten Thousand Immortal Assembly in advance, but he still hadn't heard from Wen Hua Yupei. To say that the worst situation is that Taiqing Sect got Wen Hua Yupei. Although Zhang Bohuai was not sure whether the jade pendant really fell into Li Yuanxiao's hands, he always felt that there was something wrong with Wang Zimu that day. Carefully recalling Wang Zimu's words, movements, and demeanor that day, there seemed to be a faint hint of a master's aura between his gestures. Zhang Bohuai was apprehensive, and began to worry about his two apprentices.

He pinched his fingers and counted the date, estimating that the two of them should arrive in Xianglong County at this time, so he changed his original plan, and flew straight to the southwest after leaving Mangjing Sect.

It's a pity that Xu Yinquan and Zhou Shiliang were too able to rub the time, Zhang Bohuai flew to Cangzhou in the north-central part of Xianglong County, and the two of them had just walked out of Jianzhou in the north.

The opportunity that Li Yuanxiao had been waiting for finally came. On this day, it suddenly rained heavily, Xu Yinquan and Zhou Shiliang covered their heads with a large canvas, passing through a deserted village. The village is located in a basin between several hills, and there was originally a small lake next to the village for the villagers' livelihood. But half a year ago, the lake suddenly dried up, so the village chief led the whole village to move away, leaving only such a deserted and empty house.

"Senior brother, it's really disappointing, such a heavy rain, I saw the village from afar, I thought I could rest here tonight, but I didn't know that it was a deserted village. Zhou Shiliang was very displeased.

"Hurry up and get out of this mountainous area before it gets dark and find a village or a state town. Xu Yinquan said, and said secretly in his heart: "It's inconvenient to not know how to resist the sword." This time, I must ask Uncle Zhao to help me refine a good sword, and I will no longer have to endure the pain of walking in the future. ”

"I've been walking for most of the day in this hill, and I only saw the broken village just now along the way. What if I can't meet the village when it's dark?" Zhou Shiliang asked.

Xu Yinquan didn't care: "It's a big deal to sleep in the open, what kind of residence do immortal cultivators still pay attention to." ”

"No, senior brother, I don't know when this heavy rain will stop, and I always feel that we have gone astray, this is a hilly place, and there are no people around, I feel a little crazy......" Zhou Shiliang looked around uneasily.

Xu Yinquan said disdainfully: "What, are you still afraid of ghosts? We and other immortal cultivators should be fearless of ghosts and ghosts......" Before the words fell, there was a "bang", and a blue-faced and fanged monster suddenly fell in front of the two, with eyes as big as copper bells, a nose like an eagle's beak, teeth like sharp teeth, a tongue longer than a belt, and two horns on his head.

"Ahh

"It's really useless!" the blue-faced monster uttered. Zhou Shiliang glanced through the gap in his eyes and found that the monster was staring at him fiercely, and he had the courage to take a closer look at the monster's face, and then he saw clearly that what kind of monster was there, it was clearly just a scary mask. Zhou Shiliang breathed a long sigh of relief and simply lay on the ground. Xu Yinquan, who had escaped, also turned around and walked back.

"You are so rude, scary, and will scare people to death, do you know?" Zhou Shiliang shouted.

"Hehe, who made you two cowardly? Especially you, it's just a kid's thing bought on the street, and you're so scared that you pee your pants?" the "monster" laughed.

Zhou Shiliang's face was flushed, and he was embarrassed to answer. Xu Yinquan opened his mouth and said: "Then you shouldn't deliberately frighten the two of us, there are no people in a radius of dozens of miles, how can you not be afraid when you suddenly come out with this kind of mask?"

"Didn't you just say that immortal cultivators should be fearless? Why are you so scared that you don't even care about your junior brother and run away alone?" "The monster" said again.

Xu Yinquan hesitated: "This ...... Let's not talk about that for now. Who are you and why are you here?"

"You don't need to know who I am, it's the two of you I'm waiting for here. In fact, this "monster" is Li Yuanxiao. According to the direction of the two, he expected that the two would walk to this place at dusk, so he changed into a set of night clothes early, put on a mask he bought in Jianzhou, and hid in a tree to close his eyes and recuperate. Sure enough, Xu and Tuesday came here at dusk, and Li Yuanxiao happened to hear Zhou Shiliang say that the atmosphere here was terrible, so he deliberately appeared out of nowhere and teased the two. Seeing the exaggerated reactions of the two of them, Li Yuanxiao also had a score, it seems that these two are timid people and have no great courage. He was secretly happy in his heart, and it seemed that the plan was almost successful.

Zhou Shiliang got up from the ground, patted the mud, and asked, "What are you looking for us?"

"I'm waiting for the two of you, but he's the only one I'm looking for, and he has nothing to do with you. Li Yuanxiao deliberately lowered his voice and pointed at Xu Yinquan, "You only need to answer a few questions from me, and if I am satisfied, you can leave safe and sound." If I'm not satisfied, hum, I'm sorry, next year today will be the day of sacrifice for both of you!"

Xu Yinquan frowned: "I'm a disciple of the Poison Refining Sect, I don't know if you've ever heard of my sect's name?"

"Since I came to you, I naturally know the name of the Poison Refining Sect. But you'd better not use the sect to suppress me, with my ability in the late stage of the cave void, what if I kill the two of you? I don't believe that the Poison Refining Sect can find out. Li Yuanxiao sneered. In order to avoid trouble, he deliberately lowered his cultivation level by a level, after all, there were not many masters in the late stage of Annihilation.

"Looks like you're prepared. Well, you ask. However, if your question involves my sect's secret method of using poison, please forgive me for not commenting. Xu Yinquan said. In the later stage of the cave void, he was even more powerful than his master Zhang Bohuai, and he had to obey Li Yuanxiao's wishes.

"Don't worry, I'm not interested in your poisonous methods at all. Let me ask you, do you have a piece of Wenhua jade pendant on you?"

Xu Yinquan was very entangled in his heart, after exchanging the jade pendant to Gongsun Yang, the master counted him down, and in the next few days, he was busy inquiring about it, but he didn't expect to be stopped on the way back to the sect to ask about the jade pendant.

"There used to be, and a few days ago, I traded to others at the Ten Thousand Immortals Conference. Xu Yinquan replied truthfully.

"To whom?"

"A loose cultivator, named Gongsun Yang. Later, he traded Wen Hua Yu Pei with someone else, so you'd better ask him in person. Xu Yinquan silently thought in his heart: "Gongsun Yang, Gongsun Yang, in order to protect myself, I can only confess you." ”

"Okay, second question, where did you get that piece of Wenhua jade pendant?" Li Yuanxiao calmly asked the question he wanted to know the most.

Xu Yinquan was a little strange, he thought that the other party's second question would ask whose hand the jade pendant was in now. "It's a gift from Senior Brother Chao on my fifteenth birthday, what's wrong?"

Li Yuanxiao hurriedly asked, "Senior Brother Chao?"

"Senior Brother Chao is not a disciple of my sect, but a friend of Master. ”

"What is his name, and which sect is he a disciple?"

Xu Yinquan didn't understand why Li Yuanxiao was so interested in Senior Brother Chao, but it was none of his business, he didn't need to risk his life for a disciple of his sect, so he replied fifteen-ten: "Senior Brother Chao's name is Chao Zhongwei, and he is a disciple of Tianyun Sect. ”

Tianyun Sect! It was actually involved in the Tianyun Sect! Li Yuanxiao's mind immediately appeared the face of Ye Shenrong, the leader of the Tianyun Sect, who was kind on the surface, but actually sinister and cunning.

Seeing that Li Yuanxiao had not made a sound, Xu Yinquan asked timidly: "Senior, senior, I don't know if there are any other problems?"

Xu Yinquan didn't know the origin of the jade pendant at all, and his answer was honest, Li Yuanxiao didn't plan to continue to embarrass the two: "Okay, it's okay, let's go." ”

Xu Yinquan and Zhou Shiliang, who had never dared to speak up, were amnestied and immediately trotted away.

The purpose of this trip has been achieved, the clues have been found, and the next move is inconvenient for Li Yuanxiao alone. That Chao Zhongwei was in the Tianyun Sect, and it was unrealistic to want to find him alone without passing through Ye Shenrong's level. Li Yuanxiao raised his sword and flew towards the northeast, it was time for Hui Zong to draw up his next plan.

As for Xu and Erren, Li Yuanxiao is not worried that they will leak today's matter. Covering their faces, they changed their voices, and concealed their realms, I believe they wouldn't know that the face hidden behind the hideous monster mask turned out to be the face of the dignified Taiqing Sect Master.