Chapter 304: Sleepless Nights

The new discovery comes from the perception of the shadow, and the reason why Jiang Feng was able to lean on the stone tablet safely and inquire with his apprentices about the various pasts of the Black Snake Spirit Taihua was because there were shadows roaming in the nearby shadows to reconnoiter and guard against hidden dangers.

Originally, everything was under control.

After all, most of the tomb sweepers near Fuyun City will come here during the day to pay respects to their relatives and friends, and no one will travel at night, but the shadow found that there are inexplicable shadows, wandering and patrolling in this cemetery, as if they are guarding something.

It has to be said that this is a toothache find!

Through the perception of shadows, Jiang Feng and the two apprentices cautiously approached the strange thing, hid on the edge of another barren mound, looked at the strange figure from a distance, and walked forward in the barren grass, it was almost the same height as ordinary people, with a nearly semi-transparent void body, if it were not for the movement of the barren grass, it would drive the bending of the barren grass, and some scattered strips of cloth on the body, few people would easily find their existence in the dark night.

Further observation found that such a mysterious existence is not only "one person", there are three suspected yin spirits nearby, but they are like spirit puppets, and the path of their patrol has a certain intersection, and at that intersection is a tomb with a well-preserved tombstone.

They're guarding here?

This is the most straightforward answer, the question is, what can be in this tomb?

As a cemetery close to Fuyun City, the ruined capital of the Biyun Sect, there may be monks buried in it, but there will definitely be no high-level burial goods, otherwise it will have been dug up and sold for money by people with intentions, so there will be no value of guarding, unless this barren mound has a special meaning to the owner of this spirit puppet.

"Go and see!" A child's voice came from behind him, it was the Black Snake Spirit Taihua who had not yet returned to Jiang Feng's body.

"Shhhhhh ”

"Of course I do. But is it useful to stay here all the time?"

"That makes sense, so you're going to get them out of the way?"

"This kind of thing that is suspected of being a ghost thing, it is naturally better to have something alive to attract it. The spirit of the black snake looked at the two people crouching on the ground, "You won't let your master go, will you?"

"Master, I'll go!" Jiang Zhiwen was teased by Taihua and volunteered.

"There are also three Golden Retriever Diggers here, so you don't have to take any chances. Jiang Feng thought about it, maybe this refined demon beast was enough, this suspected Yin Spirit Ghost Thing, and like the existence of a spirit puppet, he didn't know how to be strong before his death, there was no need to let the apprentices take the risk of testing, so he quietly released three Golden Retriever Digging Tigers and went towards the three ghost creatures respectively.

Sure enough, the breath of the Golden Retriever Digging Tiger quickly attracted the attention of the ghost thing, but their speed was not slower than that of the Golden Retriever Digging Tiger, and soon they chased closer and closer, Jiang Feng immediately let a few demon beasts start digging into the ground, and they hid in the soil in a moment, and the ghost thing was not allowed to enter, but they were attracted by the blood and qi emitted by the demon beast, and they kept patrolling nearby, and they broke away from the original patrol route for a while.

"Let's go!"

Jiang Feng flew quickly, and went straight to the intersection where the ghost had inspected before, and soon, he found this tomb, except that it was slightly larger and there was less grass in front of the tomb, it was not much different from the surrounding tombs, and there were a few words engraved on the well-preserved tombstone:

"The Tomb of the Beloved Daughter"

Who's this?

Jiang Feng thought for a moment, and did not find anything about this name from his memory, it seems that this person has nothing to do with him, under the visit of "Linglong Baoguang", this tombstone is also unremarkable, and there is nothing special, but in the soil at the corner of the tombstone, there seems to be a thing that emits a slight green light.

Well?

Jiang Feng stretched out his hand and probed into the soil, silently saying something like "I'm sorry, I'm sorry to disturb" in his heart, and took out a jade jade talisman with a dark green body from more than a foot deep in the soil.

This jade talisman is not a pure magic weapon, but it is slightly engraved with some magic circles that do not have much function, and the patterns on it are not exquisite, and the shape is not beautiful, but it can be seen that this jade has been some years old, not newly carved, and the brown rope on it is slightly worn, and it seems to have been worn on the body for a long time, and there are no traces of decay and corruption.

In other words, someone recently paid homage to the owner of the tomb and buried it here.

It seems that this tomb owner has a bit of a background. What kind of person can let the three ghost creatures guard here? Just thinking about it, an idea suddenly collapsed in his mind, it was a ghost thing that had already succeeded and successfully devoured a golden retriever digging tiger, Jiang Feng hurriedly called his apprentice and the spirit of the black snake who was still curiously observing everywhere, and returned to Fang Cai's exploration point, sure enough, the ghost thing that succeeded quickly returned to its original path and continued to patrol here, the black qi on its body became thicker, and it benefited a lot from Fang Cai's hunting.

There was a pain in his heart, and he ordered the other two golden retriever digging tigers to dig quickly, no longer attracting the ghost thing, and soon, the three ghost things returned to the original patrol route, and Jiang Feng was also able to recover the two demon beasts, and Jiang Chengzi fed one or two, and then carefully put them away.

"What the hell is this?"

Jiang Feng pinched the jade talisman in his hand, and suddenly thought that what did this have to do with him, taking the relics of other people's sacrifices seemed to be very unkind behavior.

Forget it, in short, you have to hurry during the day, and this ghost thing will hide until dawn, and you will return it to the tomb owner at that time, so you don't need to worry about this matter

On the spur of the moment, he actually damaged a demon beast, but he lost money. Take a breath of light, the heart is long and the night is long, since you can't sleep, you still do business.

The first thing to do now is to take stock of the losses of this trip to the swamp.

Originally, he explored Song Weiduo's tomb with Lei Youqi and the prefecture-level monk Fan Xihai he invited, and the three of them agreed on the distribution ratio of treasures in advance, but Fan Xihai assassinated himself in order to escape the harm of the "Blood River Soul Bead" halfway, and was killed by the strange "Blood River Soul Bead" because of greed for money, and the things on his body fell into the hands of Jiang Feng and Lei Youqi.

Jiang Feng got sixteen third-order spirit stones, but there were still ten of them that he had paid in advance, and the rest were mainly twenty-five second-order pills of poor quality "Tiger Transformation Cloud Shake Pill", and other talismans and pills were not of much value, and Jiang Feng had already divided some of them to his three apprentices.

Of the eight relics of Song Weiduo, Jiang Feng got four pieces, as for how many spirit stones he could sell, he still needed to wait until he returned to the sect and found a shop for identification. At first, Jiang Feng and Lei Youqi and other "black clothes" When the team members explored the tomb together, they estimated that their value was about twelve third-order, but that should be one of the two best treasures here, and now these four should be of lower quality, and they may even be much worse, Jiang Feng estimated that the total value of these four relics will not exceed twenty-five third-order, or even less, plus the spirit stones they have shared, they should be able to pay the first fee that needs to be paid to Shangguan Boliang, and as for the gifts that need to be given to Chu Yiming, they may empty the remaining inventory.

Lei Youqi was besieged and killed by Su Liqing and several others, except for temporarily pinning a wisp of divine thought to Jiang Feng's mind, the rest, along with the corpse and property, were all plundered by Su Liqing's men, Jiang Feng did not have any benefits, even if there were, he would look for Lei Youqi's family and find a way to return the things to his descendants, although Jiang Feng didn't know, but maybe the first person to cooperate with Lei Youqi could know some details. Although he didn't have any belongings left, Jiang Feng thought that if he solved the current predicament and had more money, he should go to find the children of his clan and give some compensation, or simply move to the Qianshan Sect and take care of it as much as he could.

On Fan Xihai's body, there was nothing but robes and ordinary utensils, but unexpectedly, on a chain of fine broken beads around his neck, Jiang Feng actually found a specially-shaped bead, and the spiritual power was slightly injected, it was actually a storage bag, and the lights went out when people died, Jiang Feng quickly broke the prohibition above, and the items inside were unobstructed.

This is nearly a hundred alchemy-related books, a small number of jade slips, and a few should be alchemy notes, in addition, there are more than 20 kinds of alchemy materials treasured in the jade box, so that the apprentice Jiang Zhiwen can distinguish most of them, most of them are second-order, and a few are third-order, so he simply handed over this string of beads with a secret storage bag to Jiang Zhiwen, and instructed him to carefully sort out and read it in his spare time, if there is anything to understand, Jiang Feng will find a way to help him find a suitable alchemy master to answer in the future.

This pile of alchemy-related things, if you want to find and purchase, you also need a lot of spirit stones and kung fu, and now that you get it, it is not a small gain, but it is not helpful to improve Jiang Feng's current situation, but it is helpful to the apprentice, Jiang Feng is also happy to do it, at least this kind of item, sometimes even if there are spirit stones, it may not be able to buy.

The second thing Jiang Feng remembered was related to Li Youde, he had also considered the breach of the appointment in Ruijinmen before, and the fact that Li Yufeng had visited Nuangu County, but then because he suddenly thought about other things, he quietly missed it, but now that he calmed down and thought about it carefully, he felt that this was a big problem.

If Li Youde was instigated by Li Yufeng to do something harmful to the sect, it would be troublesome. From another point of view, Li Yufeng should know that the consequence of Ruijinmen's failure is that he may be placed under house arrest by the Jincheng faction for a long time, so if there is a means of communication between the two, such as a magic weapon like the "Thousand Miles Yin-Yang Mirror", will Li Youde be encouraged to do something secret to maximize the interests of the Qianshan Sect?

Jiang Feng couldn't predict whether Li Yufeng would do this, and if the other party really did what he expected, what Li Youde's reaction would be, and what the outcome of this matter would be, he couldn't predict it.

However, it is still necessary to prevent the worst in advance. Thinking of this, he took out another set of "Thousand Miles of Yin-Yang Mirror" that contacted Zheng Yiyu of the Spiegel Division, and according to the code agreed in advance, he pondered for a moment and wrote down a line of words, hoping that he could see it in time, considering the distance between here and the Asagima Zongluo River, it is not optimistic whether it can be contacted.

"It's safe now, the return date is undecided, and it's cheap to do. ”

Jiang Feng felt that this sentence should be able to represent his current state, and the shrewd Zheng Yiyu should realize that the sudden "reporting peace" was not something to tell him alone, after all, he was not a relative of his own head of the family, and he was not responsible for the safety of the head of the sect on weekdays, but was responsible for the order in the sect, not to mention, there were also four words "cheap engagement", which could summarize his intentions.

After all, it is not known whether Li Youde will do anything to endanger the sect, and there is no empirical evidence to openly suspect his subordinates, and the real number is taboo.

After doing this well, Jiang Feng's hanging heart was put down, but there are some things that are difficult to deal with without returning to the sect, such as the problem of Tuqiao Town, and the problem of Donghu County, all of which need to wait until he returns to Luochuan, depending on the attitude of the Jincheng faction, what he can do now, in addition to beware of rumors, is to make a detour back to the Asshan Sect as soon as possible, and pass by the way

Knowing Tu Mountain, after being betrayed by Rui Jinmen, Jiang Feng felt that the friendship of Luoyingmen was more important to him.

Thinking of Donghu County, the last time Dou Jinqiu mentioned the problem of making peace with the intermediary, after the bad relationship with Su Liqing this time, things will be even more difficult to handle, and there may be bad consequences one after another, but presumably, the Changning Chamber of Commerce, a chamber of commerce with prefecture-level monks, will not be so easily overturned by this turmoil, and most of them will prepare early.

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Jincheng faction, Lelin City.

Dou Jinfan was dressed in a brocade robe, and behind him stood Dou Jinqiu, who had a silent expression, and the two important stewards of the Chamber of Commerce, waiting for Leng Tingtao's meeting in the foyer of the City Lord's Mansion, there seemed to be a lot of visitors tonight, and there have been people constantly coming in and out, some of whom Dou Jinfan still knows, but on this occasion, neither side can say much, just say hello lightly, and then hurriedly say goodbye.

"Brother Rulin. ”

A warm and warm smile appeared on Dou Jinfan's face, and he greeted Li Rulin who came out of the city lord's reception room, he came to visit today, and he took Li Rulin's way, although the Changning Chamber of Commerce and the Lengjia Chamber of Commerce controlled by Li Rulin actually controlled by Li Rulin, although there were not many contacts in business, there were few conflicts, and when they were suppressed before, they also secretly cooperated with one or two.

"The city lord is tired today, so why don't you go to my mansion. Li Rulin smiled, he naturally knew Dou Jinfan's intention today, the Changning Chamber of Commerce entered the Jincheng faction to do business, the first was introduced by Jiang Feng, the head of the Qianshan Sect, and now, Jiang Feng and the head of Su Liqing have a bad relationship, as an existence with a special label on the body, the Changning Chamber of Commerce may encounter a lot of blows either bright or dark, of course, without Su Liqing's approval, these blows will not have much effect.

Su Liqing's attitude is still unclear, this is the result of Leng Tingtao informing Li Rulin, and it is also the main reason why Leng Tingtao does not want to see Dou Jinfan for the time being, so if Li Rulin, his closest staff, comes to see him, he will have enough flexibility to control it in the follow-up treatment.

"Pacify, pull to our side first, but don't make promises. ”

Li Rulin remembered Leng Tingtao's promise, and the smile on his face became stronger, "Brother Jinfan, I have prepared thin wine at the house, how about we go back to the house and chat?"

"That's very good, Brother Rulin is right, it's late at night, and it's really not appropriate to disturb the rest of the Leng City Lord. A trace of depression on Dou Jinfan's face dissipated in an instant, and along Li Rulin's guidance, the two of them got into the same horneer carriage one after the other, as an old man who had been in the business world for several years, he could guess that Leng Tingtao did not want to meet his true intentions, but he knew that in the Jincheng faction where all forces were mixed, the support of one more prefecture-level monk was commendable, so Leng Tingtao also needed him, but for the time being, he was the same as himself, and he didn't want to be bound to the other party. In fact, if it weren't for the fact that the industries of the Changning Chamber of Commerce were in the central and northern parts of the Jincheng faction, he would have recently found a more refreshing and direct way to vote for Zuo Zicicada, the city lord of Shuanglong City.

Jiang Feng asked the Su family for marriage at this time, but refused to fully trade, this decision was too hasty, Dou Jinfan couldn't help but think in his heart, however, he also doubted in his heart, whether this rumor that suddenly spread throughout the city was reliable, whether it was the smoke deliberately released by the Jincheng faction, and what was the actual situation? He had already promised a large sum of money to buy the truth of this matter on the black market, but he had not received an answer in a hurry.

Sandwiched between the Jincheng faction and the Assanyama sect, the truth behind this matter is too critical for the Changning Chamber of Commerce, which is why he wanted to take the lead in joining Leng Tingtao before the situation was unknown.

The wildebeest carriage gradually moved away, Dou Jinfan in the car didn't know, at this time, Leng Tingtao in the city lord's mansion was also very anxious in his heart, after hurrying back from the south, he had been straightening out Su Liqing's plan before and after this action, on the one hand, it was to learn the other party's methods and analyze his own shortcomings, on the other hand, he was also guessing the other party's next move.

Fighting with Jiang Feng, whether it is for Su Liqing or the Jincheng faction, because of the gap between personal cultivation and the size of the sect, there is no need to worry about the other party's retaliation, but for Leng Tingtao, who has just reached a four-party agreement with Jiang Feng, Tu Shan, and the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce, this temporary alliance will be difficult to sustain.

Especially the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce, the head Su Liqing clearly expressed his willingness to cooperate, estimating that the Eastern President of the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce will soon meet with Su Liqing, and if nothing else, a comprehensive cooperation will be reached, in addition to harming his future interests, Leng Tingtao is more worried that he will become the abandoned son of the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce, resulting in the content of the previous cooperation presented in front of Su Liqing, fortunately, no agreement was reached on paper at that time, it was only a verbal approval, and he was not worried about being directly caught.

Even if he is caught, Su Liqing, who is also a prefecture-level, can't do anything to himself, but morally, Su Liqing can stand on the commanding heights, and together with several other prefecture-level monks, openly squeeze his own interests, so what should he do?

On the other hand, the other three prefecture-level monks in the sect, Zuo Zichan, Liu Kuiyi, and Sun Baotai, in the case of Su Liqing, the head of the sect, kept it secret and forcibly used the imperial decree of the head of the sect in a vain attempt to merge with the Qianshan Sect, would they have the same other thoughts as themselves, especially Sun Baotai, who must have been used by Su Liqing, right?

This requires an extremely secret liaison to deal with, but before that, maybe I need to get in touch with someone from the Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce, Leng Tingtao thought to himself. I want to talk about "Ten Generations of Leaders" with more like-minded people, and pay attention to "excellent reading literature" on WeChat, talk about life, and find confidants~