Chapter 240: Faintly Noticed
The Spirit Cage Chamber of Commerce has some connection with Tianli Sect, which is a possibility that Jiang Feng is faintly aware of.
However, after making bold assumptions, this matter needs to be carefully verified, fortunately, Tianli Gate and Assayama Sect are separated from Yingmen and Chixia Gate, and he is not worried about the threat of the other party now. At the roulette secret auction, Jiang Feng didn't see anyone from Tianli Sect, of course, on this occasion, they may have deliberately kept a low profile, except for a few monks who were said to be from the Red Dragon Sect, most of the other monks present were wearing gray and yellow robes that are common to casual cultivators, or they were dressed casually, after all, this is not where the strength of the sect needs to be demonstrated.
With these sixty third-order pieces, Jiang Feng's mind became much calmer, he planned to go back to his room first, check the things that Yan Shujia had given, and study the few items that he had roughly circled at tomorrow's auction, whether he needed to further select, which one was more suitable for him, in Lizhou City, although Cai Qiuzhen's whole body was full of garbage, but what he said also had a certain truth, the best defense is to attack, now it's time to find some magic weapons that he can use, before he has a clue about being promoted to the ground level, the matter of attacking magic weapons must be solved firstγ
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Jincheng faction, Lelin City.
Qiu Zhenzhen deliberately walked a secluded path, pretending to travel in secret, stopping and stopping along the way, often looking back to observe, she had confirmed that someone had followed her, so she was more cautious, at dusk, before nightfall, to the Zhong Mansion.
Three long and one short, she concocted it according to the law, pretended to be a code, and knocked on the back door of the Zhong Mansion.
The one who opened the door was an old woman with wrinkles crisscrossed her face, judging from the brown coarse cloth clothes on her body, she should be an ordinary servant engaged in chores, and she also had an old broom in her hand, which should be cleaning up the back garden from the back door, and you can see it at a glance. Although they used to be prosperous for a while, but that was when the Yanqiling Sect was not extinguished, and now they are under the fence, this gesture, anyone to be the head of the family, should be clear in their hearts.
"What's the matter with you?" the old woman had a good look in her eyes, and recognized the person in front of her as a monk.
Qiu Zhenzhen took two steps forward, hiding in the shadow of the doorpost, a smile appeared on his face, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Someone bought a wood carving in my store and asked me to send it here." She immediately took out the half-man-high wooden carving from the storage bag and placed it gently at her side, just sheltered by a bush of low trees, and the people outside could not see the wooden carving unless they looked closely.
"Can you leave a name?"
"He didn't say anything, just said let me send it, I am the shopkeeper of the 'Jingwen Pavilion', and the guest gave a reward, and you can't ask more, you just accept it." β
"That's not going to work, I can't explain it. The old woman was a little embarrassed.
"Oh, he left a letter. You leave it to the head of the house. Qiu Zhenzhen walked out of the shadow of the pillar again, slowly took out a letter, and handed it to the old woman, "I'll send the things here." Please. This time she did not take the same road, but bypassed a few alleys, and entered the night market that had just begun to make noise, and returned to the "Jingwen Pavilion" on the big road, with Fang Cai's performance and letters, Qiu Zhenzhen believed that even if the other party could not be sure that his shop was in contact with the Zhong family, he would be quite suspicious, and he would not be less concerned about his store in a short time, but he should not take action.
The daughter of the Zhong family, the city lord Leng Tingtao is about to get married, and he will not do anything to the suspected Zhong family's eyeliner at this juncture, Qiu Zhen really has enough confidence in his heart.
Back at the store, Li Xianzhu and another buddy Zhou Daxiang are still busy, counting the two ordinary guys, there are only five of them in this shop, in fact, from the perspective of the operation of the store, it is completely unnecessary, this is also a problem that Qiu Zhen is really worried about, however, it is normal to not think about it well in a short period of time, and it is normal to operate poorly, and the surrounding shops, in less than twenty days since she came, there have been three owners who have changed owners.
After a while, I will have to change places, as a Xuan-level monk, although it is nothing in Lelin City, where there are many monks, but after a long time, it will still be noticed by people with a heart.
"The shopkeeper, the herb shop diagonally opposite, was smashed by a few troublemakers today. Zhou Daxiang came up and said this.
"Do you know why?" Qiu Zhenzhen asked in a low voice as he observed the outside of the store.
"The one who smashed the field said that he was selling fake herbs, how could it be possible, I know Li Gui of that guy's plan, he said that our street is secluded, and those who walk are repeat customers, how can they sell fakes. He said he had provoked someone he shouldn't have messed with. β
"Who?"
He said that their shopkeeper recently changed the purchase channel, from a purchase called Changning Chamber of Commerce, and the next day there was this incident. It seems that it has something to do with the Changning Chamber of Commerce. β
"Changning Chamber of Commerce?"
Qiu Zhenzhen remembered Jiang Feng's explanation and asked herself not to touch the Changning Chamber of Commerce, but she didn't expect that the other party's business had expanded to this secluded small street, and she faintly felt that this matter was not simple, "You continue to pay attention to see who is fighting against the Changning Chamber of Commerce, their shop is an old nail on this street, and they will definitely come up with a way." β
"Okay, I'll stare at the point. Zhou Daxiang touched a spirit stone from the counter, "I'll go find Li Gui to drink." β
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Lelin City, Zhong Fu.
Zhong Shanping, the head of the Zhong family, withdrew his left and right attendants, leaving only his sister Zhong Yun alone, and carefully opened the letter handed from the back door.
Tearing it open carefully, he saw only two blank pieces of paper, and nothing was written.
What does that mean?
Zhong Shan was a little stunned in an instant, called the old woman who delivered the letter, and asked about the cause and effect, except for the name of "Jingwen Pavilion", the old woman didn't know anything, of course, there was a wood carving that symbolized auspiciousness, he carefully groped for a long time, and found nothing, and there was no mark code or letter left, it seems, the secret is in this "Jingwen Pavilion".
"Big brother, could it be a trap?" Zhong Yun on the side also thought for a moment, "Maybe it's testing our Zhong family's loyalty to the Jincheng faction?"
"I don't rule it out. Zhong Shan paced in the hall with his hands behind his back for a long time, "Maybe this matter is not simple, but if this matter does not exist, let's wait until the marriage between you and Leng Tingtao is decided." β
"Brother, do you really want to get married?"
"Of course you have to get married, and it's not easy to climb a big tree, which is very good for you and the Zhong family. The relationship between the Liu family should be broken. β
"Okay, listen to you. Regarding the suggestion of the eldest brother Zhong Shan, Zhong Yun did not hesitate at all, "But ......"
"But what?"
"Will the Liu family embarrass us? After all, the sixth daughter of the head of the family, Su Ji'er, helped to pull the strings. β
"The Liu family is far from being the opponent of the Leng family. Moreover, I don't think Su Jier's attitude is sincere. I heard that the head of the family said that the eldest daughter Su Qiong said that she liked Liu Sijiang, and Su Jier came over in a hurry to say her relatives for you, also for Liu Sijiang, maybe she just wanted to use you and interfere with this family business. Zhong Shan analyzed, "However, I still find an opportunity to come to the door to explain one or two, people are under the roof, and everything must be guarded." If you marry into the Leng family, you must also give birth to a boy and a girl as soon as possible, so that you can stabilize your position, remember to take the 'Zhuzi Hugging Dragon Pill' if the time is right. β
"Yes. β
Zhong Yun's eyes immediately became slightly dark, and she lowered her head to straighten up her falling black hair, but when she used her spare eyes to see the dilapidated and slightly damaged furnishings in the house again, she couldn't help but secretly make up her mind.
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Rocky sea, snow island. A lookout platform in the mountains.
"Senior sister, that's there, I always feel that there is something abnormal there, you see, if you can investigate one or two, maybe there are strange treasures in the world, maybe there are some strange treasures. Yan Shujia found a plausible excuse and asked Senior Sister Chen Xuanli to go to the platform alone, pointing to the nameless archipelago looming in the distance and said.
"Oh?"
Senior Sister Chen glanced at Yan Shujia suspiciously, "When did you come to this platform by yourself?" I thought you had been working hard in the room. She had a slight suspicion in her heart, but she still focused her gaze on the distance that Yan Shujia was pointing to. A pinch of blue light appeared in his hand, condensed into several palm-sized blue butterflies, the blue butterflies vibrated their wings, quickly flew into the air, and went straight to the direction of the archipelago, their speed was extremely fast, and they disappeared in an instant.
"Senior sister, your Blue Shadow Butterfly seems to be more sophisticated. β
"Don't you want to be paid? I don't want more, give me your topaz bracelet, I've been thinking about it for a long time. β
"It's a pity that the bracelet was accidentally lost on the treasure ship the day before yesterday. Hearing that the senior sister asked for the bracelet, Yan Shujia looked a little flustered, and hurriedly made up a reason, wanting to prevaricate.
"Lost it, Senior Sister, you are so careful about everything, will you still lose things?" Senior Sister Chen looked incredulous, looking at Yan Shujia with a scrutinizing eye.
"Look!" Yan Shujia rolled up his sleeves, revealing his white arms, "I'm also annoyed, this bracelet was a gift from my aunt when I entered the master's door, and all the topaz beads on it are from the topaz mine in my hometown, which is very memorable." β
"Hmph, you lie to me, the child has learned badly, maybe he will give it to a lover. Senior Sister Chen teased, seeing Yan Shujia's deflated appearance, her heart was even more proud, secretly thinking that although Senior Sister Yan Shujia is beautiful and smart, she really won't be able to think about the sea.
Thinking of this, she pondered whether she should find an opportunity to have a showdown with her junior sister, to see what her perception of Wan Feiran, the head of the Northern Sword Gate, was, and the purpose of the master's arrangement for Yan Shujia to participate in the auction, she faintly realized that on the one hand, it was indeed for the purpose of helping herself and her junior sister to experience and increase her knowledge, on the other hand, it was also a good thing to promote the senior sister and Wan Feiran, the head of the Northern Sword Sect. On the other hand, I am afraid that she is just responsible for protecting Yan Shujia's chess pieces, but if the junior sister Yan Shujia really has no intention, maybe she Chen Xuanli can seize this rare opportunity and soar into the sky.
I'm not old, and I know a lot of knowledge that my sister doesn't understand.
Letting go of the distracting thoughts in her heart, she felt the position of the blue shadow butterfly again, Chen Xuanli's left index finger moved slightly, condensing a white light, and the white light rotated in the opposite direction, converging into a crystal clear jade plate, the jade plate stood in the air, from blurry to clear, showing the vision of those blue butterflies.
In the field of vision, there are more than a dozen islands of different sizes, end to end, forming the shape of a flying dragon exploring the sea, at the position of the dragon's head, occasionally there is a faint black mist, from which it erupts thin, diffuses everywhere, and with the small vibration that comes, the picture occasionally becomes blurred.
Under the dragon's head, there is a round island, covered with red sandy soil, without a single vegetation, which is clearly distinguished from the surrounding islands, and between the ravines in the center of the island, there are some scattered ruins, which seem to have been inhabited by monks.
"It's indeed a bit abnormal, but it doesn't look like a strange treasure is in the world, maybe it's just a volcano about to erupt, and there are many such beings on the island of Capture in the northeast of Qi Kingdom. Chen Xuanli said, what she was referring to was naturally the island at the dragon head location she saw before, "As for the red soil island, there should have been monks living there, but there is nothing unusual." As she spoke, the picture suddenly blurred, and countless spider-like cracks suddenly appeared on the crystal jade plate, and before she could react, the jade plate had already shattered into powder.
"It's really weird, and it's not small. Chen Xuanli's face changed suddenly, "Under this island, there is an inexplicably powerful existence, and it is not something that you and I can easily peep into, junior sister, don't pay attention to this kind of thing anymore, it's very dangerous." Let's go!" she pulled Yan Shujia over, and disappeared on the platform in an instant.
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Slightly empty, quiet room.
Although he knew that the room blocked by the stone door had a certain effect of isolating sound and peeping, Jiang Feng still typed a soundproof note, and then took out the "Zi Dao Sutra" that Yan Shujia gave him, turned to the middle ridge of page thirty-nine, and tore the book with force, falling out of a folded and incomparably small note.
He carefully unfolded the note, and there were a lot of small characters written on it, as well as two pictures of medicinal herbs, and the handwriting was beautiful and clear, which should have been written by Yan Shujia himself.
This record is very long, and it is all related to ancient treasures, perhaps because of this, Yan Shujia did not explain it in person. Yan Shujia emphasized in the record that the refining method was not customized for the Tower of Eternity, but a very old universal alternative method, although it was not very efficient, and it was not as good as the soul sacrifice, but it should not kill people.
Wild ghost root vine, night god fruit.
These are two second-order herbs or spirit fruits that were born in the cemetery and gathered death qi, and by refining the little soul breath contained in these two materials, they can achieve an effect similar to that of a soul sacrifice.
However, although these two herbs are not of high grade, they are very rare, and they are almost extinct in Hokuriku.
So what's the use of this method? It's not operational at all.
Jiang Feng couldn't help but complain, noting down the names and key characteristics of these two herbs, the aura in his hand bloomed, crushed the note into pieces, and thought about where to find these two herbs, since they are so rare that they are close to extinction, then the ordinary pills, I'm afraid they can't use these two herbs, but replace them, and in the ordinary herbs and spirit fruit shops, there will be no such useless inventory, where to find it?
He thought about it, and suddenly it occurred to him that he had an unusual idea.