Jincheng faction, Lelin City, Zhongfu.

Although he has received the letter of appointment personally signed by Su Liqing, the head of the Jincheng faction, Zhong Shan, the head of the Zhong family, has been dragging it out, and has not yet arrived in Ningta City to take up his post, only the Xuan-level cultivator, and knows that Leng Tingtao is the uncrowned king of the northern Jincheng faction.

Zhong Yun returned to the door today, Zhong Shan and his henchmen Zhu Yuan, as well as his sister Zhong Yun, talked about the trip to Ningta City for the last time, as the remaining bloodline of Yanqiling, Zhong Shan has been trembling and walking on thin ice, but after being appointed as the city lord of Ningta City, the long-frozen heart in his heart is alive again.

"Ninta City is not a big city. ”

Zhong Yun, the younger sister who married into the Leng family, is three points stronger than before, "So big brother, you still have to keep a low profile, although I am here, Leng Tingtao will not do anything to you in a short time, but don't forget, the eyes and ears of the head Su Liqing are also watching you." Not to mention anything else, if you delay any longer and don't take office, I'm afraid that the deputy city lord Zuo Mingtong will sue you first! He is the Zuo family, and he has never dealt with the Leng family, and now you have more than one label on Yanqiling. ”

"That's it, it's true. ”

After the change of status, Zhong Shan's attitude towards his sister Zhong Yun was also polite and kind, time passed, and he married the Leng family, but fortunately, his sister still thought more about the Zhong family, and did not hate herself for rashly sending her to the Leng family as a rising bargaining chip. "But sister, what should I do about the trade route from Ningta City to the Assanzong sect, I asked Leng Tingtao, but he didn't have any instructions. ”

"Just do it, this is the order of the head, and no one can find fault with it. However, on the face of Asayama Zongming, you have to keep your distance, I heard that the head of the family is the most taboo for ministers to collude with outsiders, you must clarify this boundary. ”

"Yes, I've heard of that, I'll pay attention. ”

"However, for the sake of the Zhong family, you must also contact the Assayama Sect to leave a way back for ourselves, now we are sandwiched between the Leng family and the head of the family, although it seems to be left and right, but in fact it is a dilemma, it is obvious that Su Liqing wants to borrow our Zhong family to snatch Leng Tingtao's popularity, now with me, there will be no problem, but once I give birth to an heir, I am afraid your life will ......"

"Huh?"

After being reminded by his sister, Zhong Shan suddenly realized that this seemed to be a delicate but qualitative change in the joint, if Zhong Yun gave birth to a monk boy, for Leng Tingtao, the value of his own existence would not be great, unless he only looked forward to Leng Tingtao in everything, but that would go against Su Liqing's vision.

It's really embarrassing.

I also persuaded my sister to give birth to an heir as soon as possible, but now, I expect her to be a little later, or even nothing, but obviously this initiative is no longer in my hands, if he has not given birth to an heir, Zhong Yun will gradually fall out of favor in the Leng family, then he must firmly stand on the side of Su Liqing, the head of the house, and Leng Tingtao, who is close to the water, will not give himself good fruit to eat.

In any case, it seems to be going to turn into a "rush vanguard" rhythm.

"My sister reminded me, I reminded me. ”

Originally a little arrogant, the complacent Zhong Shan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat, and even thought of the situation where he was simply eliminated by one of the parties, not to mention anything else, Ma Dingyi, the deputy city lord of Ningta City before, wasn't he suddenly convicted and executed, how to say that he was also a Xuan-level monk, and he had a background of listening to the Tao coldly, but there was no room for resistance, and he thought that his ability was unusual, and it was unrealistic to impact the ground-level cultivation, and it was not realistic in the short term, it is conceivable that once he was disliked by some people......

"There's no need to worry in the short term. ”

Zhong Yun saw Zhong Shan's sudden change of color, knowing that her brother was frightened, this was not what she expected, "As the saying goes, there are three holes of cunning rabbits, brother, you are slowly trying to figure it out, even if I give birth to an heir, it is unknown whether I will awaken within six years, and there is still time to prepare, during your tenure as the city lord, you can secretly and slowly gather the manpower of my Yanqiling hometown, and then plan for the future, however, everything is careful, and at the critical moment, there must be the determination of a strong man to break his wrist." ”

"I remembered, there was something to do. Zhong Shan, who calmed down, realized the situation of Fang Cai, and immediately calmed down again, "Zhu Yuan, you immediately present the inheritance of my Zhong family, the Blood Ripple Light Sword, to the head Su Liqing, to show my Zhong Shan's loyalty. ”

"The Blood Wave Light Sword is a symbol of my Zhong family, this ......"

Zhu Yuan, who was beside Zhong Shan, had a sad face, he had been listening to the discussion between the two brothers and sisters of the family, and he didn't interject a word, but when he heard this order, he was still shocked, "The canonization document is not in our hands, we have lost the qualification to inherit the Zhong family's foundation, if we also lose this bloody wave light sword, I am afraid that the old people of Yanqiling will not agree with us, so wouldn't it make Zhong Yin and them get cheap for nothing?"

"Those guys who ran to Luoyingmen can't make any climate, so don't worry. Compared with this, I am more worried about the illegitimate son of the former head Zhong Jun, who is rumored to be in his hands. If you can find him and get the canonization paperwork, it will be much more appealing than this bloody wave light sword. Zhong Shan analyzed.

"Zhu Yuan, my brother is right. Zhong Yun agreed, "Leaving this kind of worthless thing empty will only cause Su Liqing's suspicion and cause unnecessary trouble. ”

"Oh well. ”

Zhu Yuan stroked his gray beard and pondered for a moment, "Otherwise, the head of the family, the lord of Yunjun, we will also disclose the matter of the illegitimate son of the head of the family to Su Liqing, can we cheat a secret investigation fund to secretly support those old people of Yanqiling who defected to us, is it feasible?"

"That's a good idea. The canonization document has always been something that Su Liqing wants, but because there is no way, and it is inconvenient to issue the task of the sect to find it, it is justified to hand it over to us. Zhong Yun's eyes lit up, and he deeply agreed with this idea, and then looked at his brother Zhong Shan, but the other party frowned and sighed deeply:

"It's okay, it's just cannibalism, and it may be laughed at by others. ”

"Don't worry, Su Liqing also wants to be embarrassed, and he won't make this matter public, after receiving the third-order magic weapon Blood Ripple Light Sword, he should allocate a sum of spirit stones to you. Zhong Yun persuaded, "Moreover, this matter can divert the master's attention to you in other matters, with this cover, even if you contact the old people in Yanqiling, it can be completely reasonable, after all, you are looking for the illegitimate son of the master, it is impossible not to contact them." ”

"Very good!" Zhong Yun's analysis, Zhong Shan finally made up his mind, and was about to take out the Blood Ripple Light Sword from the secret box on the incense case, but suddenly someone reported:

"The head of the house, a gift came from the backyard, saying that it was a gift from the old man. An old woman's voice came from outside the door, and Zhu Yuan was the first to hear it, it was the old woman Li Mama who was in charge of cleaning the back garden and the life of the Zhong family's servants.

"Mama Li, what's the situation?"

Zhu Yuan opened the door and let Mama Li in, but saw that she was dragging a foot-long red lacquered wooden box in her hand, "It was sent by the 'Jingwen Pavilion' in Kong Er Old Street, saying that a guest had bought this item and wanted to send it to the house, but he did not leave a name." ”

"You didn't leave a name again?, it's that Jingwen Pavilion again?" Zhong Shan remembered, and this seemed to be the second time. He dismissed Mama Li and stepped forward to open the red lacquered wooden box carefully, but saw that in this wooden box, there was a tower-shaped wooden carving wrapped in silk, at first glance, there was nothing special, it was roughly the same as the last time he received the wooden carving, but it was more delicate and smaller, he looked inside and outside the wooden box again, as well as on the silk, and found nothing unusual for a while.

"Here!"

Zhong Yun watched from the sidelines, but found something different, she pulled out a round wooden ball from the top space of the wooden tower, gently crushed it, revealing a small piece of rolled up note, spread it out, only to see only two words written on it:

"Asa Mountain"

What is this? The three of them were puzzled at the same time, what did these two words mean? Was it a personal name, or did it refer to the nearby Asa Shan sect? Was this a code, or was it some kind of implication?

"I'll leave this to you. ”

Zhong Shan pondered for a moment, then turned around and explained to his henchman Zhu Yuan, "The situation is unknown, don't send your own people to do it, it's best to have an idler with a foreign sect to go to the joint first, try it with a code, as for the location, go to Jingwen Pavilion, if it's a trap, just sacrifice this person." And, don't forget, the Leng family is still staring at us, so be careful. ”

"Yes, I'll arrange it. ”

Zhu Yuan listened to the order, but he faintly disagreed with Zhong Shan's arrangement in his heart, but he didn't say much, after all, Zhong Shan was going to Ningta City to take up his post, and everything here was in his own hands. He respectfully held the blood wave light sword handed over to him by the head of the family, Zhong Shan, and turned around and walked out of the Zhong Mansion.

Sending away his sister Zhong Yun, Zhong Shan breathed a sigh of relief, carefully thought about Fang Cai's various things, calmed down, and after an hour, he got rid of all kinds of unhappiness that Fang Cai 'pretended to pose and forcibly acted' in front of his sister, and played a few talismans to cover his breath, carefully removed his seat, carefully pried up a floor tile, and removed the copper plate more than two inches thick on it, revealing a small iron box.

The iron box has no lock, let alone a seal, Zhong Shan believes, but once he gets this small iron box, it is only a matter of time before the restriction is broken, so there is no fortification. He opened the iron box, revealing a golden contract, spread it out, silently recited the words on it several times in his heart, and couldn't help but smile on his face, no one must know, this canonization document of Yanqiling is in my hands, right?

The same question arose in his mind again, should he take this canonization document of special significance with him and take it to Ningta City, or should it be safer to stay here? He pondered again and again, put the document in the small box again, put it back in the dark compartment, pressed it again with a copper plate, embedded the floor tiles, and restored the seat to its original position, and then breathed a sigh of relief.

Forget it, if you put this thing on your body, it may be more prickly, and at the critical moment, if you don't stay on your body, you may be able to save your life. However, if you want to make a comeback one day, a life is still far from enough, as my sister Zhong Yun said, before you have enough strength, it is the king to secretly find a few more backers and a way out.

It's just that a small sect like the Assayama Sect, is it worth kneeling on your own?

I heard that their leader, Jiang Feng, was just a Xuan-level monk. And this code word marked "shallow mountain" is it the kindness that the other party passed on first, or is it a trap laid by someone in the sect?

............

Asayama sect, Luo Chuan.

Shangguan Boliang dropped the flying sword, and soon arrived at the inner mansion of the head of the house as promised, and the little servant Zhang Yang passed the word, and Jiang Feng greeted him.

"Brother Shangguan, I'm really sorry for letting you toss. ”

Shangguan Boliang's previous agreement with Jiang Feng was to help build the small spirit vein, and there was nothing today, so Jiang Feng had to respectfully apologize, the reason why he came here was also because there were no monks in the sect who were familiar with the formation, and Si Guanghao was just a half-witted man with some knowledge.

"Let's get down to business!" Shangguan Boliang didn't eat the polite set, he was suddenly recalled from Caomiao Town, and no one would be happy in his heart, but he was not hypocritical, and he was a person who was more than a man in everything.

"Come with me, here, please. Jiang Feng retreated from Zhang Yang, the fewer people who knew about the matter, the better, and took Shangguan Boliang into his Cave Mansion Purple Qi Pavilion alone, "Brother Shangguan, can you see that there is something wrong with this formation that supports the operation of the Cave Mansion?"

"Do you ask about the formation?" Shangguan Boliang looked around, turned around and walked out of the cave, taking off the sword, overlooking the formation layout in mid-air, Jiang Feng also took off the boat, but saw Shangguan Boliang take out a strangely shaped array plate, moving it up and down left and right in the air, and watched the changes of the array plate with his hand.

This is an expert, sure enough, the professional is different, Jiang Feng sighed in his heart.

"Nothing out of the ordinary. Shangguan Boliang's words made Jiang Feng choke suddenly. "You say...... Nope?"

"Yes, no, it's just that it's a little changed compared to the standard formation, sacrificing stability and airtightness, there may be demonic thoughts occasionally sneaking in, but it can also be used to sharpen the state of mind, which is not a bad thing. And, as an added bonus, the cost of spirit stones has also been reduced. ”

"Minor changes?sacrificing stability and airtightness?demonic thoughts sneaking into the tempering state of mind?reducing the consumption of spirit stones?" Hearing these analyses, Jiang Feng suddenly understood something in his heart, and led the way, and the two of them entered the inner mansion of the head of the sect together, calling the three elders, "Did you have such a request before?"

"No, we didn't mention it. Zheng Luda was very sure of this, "How can we sacrifice stability and airtightness, our Shallow Mountain Sect, the law is already poor, and the avenue is difficult, how can we not get along with ourselves, what kind of moth to sharpen the state of mind?"

"No, no, even if I talked to another company before, I didn't say that I was going to do this. Seeing that Shangguan Boliang was here, Wu Quanzhong did not mention the name of "Jincheng faction", but directly replaced it with the title of "another".

"It's kind of weird like that. Jiang Feng thought for a moment, and felt that this matter had to continue to be investigated in depth, but it was better to solve the problem first, "Brother Shangguan, do you have a way to change this formation to a normal formation?"

"It's okay to change it, but with the little spirit vein, I'm afraid it will be delayed for a few days. Shangguan Boliang said.

"It's okay, this Luo Chuan's formation is more important to us, if you need labor expenses, you can mention it. "This formation restructuring is not something Shangguan Boliang promised before, the other party is willing to help, it is a great thing, Jiang Feng naturally will not let him be busy in vain, but he still hopes that the other party can be less.

"Spirit stones are not a problem, and I have nothing to do left and right. Shangguan Boliang didn't care very much, "It's just that you promised me, do you have eyebrows?"

"Rest assured, we'll do our best. If the tribute is 20,000, anyone in my sect will report it as long as they find the person you are looking for. ”

"20,000 tributes ......"

Shangguan Boliang smacked his touch, and he didn't know what 20,000 tributes could represent, but it still sounded quite a lot, Jiang Feng's description of Wanqing before made him sure that the other party had indeed seen this person, and there was a certain probability of finding it, but in the past few days, he had been busy in the Asshan Sect, and he had forgotten about it a little, which was a strange thing.

"After the restructuring, the cost of this formation will increase by two percent, what is the demon spirit lamp you are currently using?"

"Pseudo-green dragon wood. ”

"This is ......" Shangguan Boliang just wanted to complain about what kind of broken thing this is, but then he remembered that the Asa Mountain Sect could not be compared with a famous sect like the Li Sect, even the recent generations of leaders, and it was only a Xuan level, and he couldn't help but feel relieved, "This is not suitable, after I transform, the consumption of the large array has increased on the one hand, and on the other hand, the pseudo-green dragon wood, it cannot give full play to the value of the large array." Do you have better supplies?"

"Spare ...... "A few elders, you look at me, I look at you, and finally looked at the head Jiang Feng together.

"I have the materials, but no one refines them. Jiang Feng took out half of the "Ghost Vine Heart Wood" and handed it to Shangguan Boliang, "I originally wanted to find an opportunity to ask your family for help, but we may not be able to afford the cost of refining it for the time being." ”

"It's a good thing indeed. ”

Feeling the leap from the palm of his hand, Shangguan Boliang pinched the ghost vine heart wood, the blue light shining on his fingertips, and carefully probed the various changes, "I can help you refine the new demon spirit lamp, and I don't need you to give me the spirit stone, but I have one condition." ”