Two days later, a convoy slowly came to the outside of Guanjiu City, and a large blue flag was held high in the procession, with the word "loyalty" written on it, which was the caravan of the Loyal Bone Gang, and one of them a man and a woman slowly flew in front of the team. The woman's figure is graceful and her face is snow-white, giving people a sense of weakness, while the man's appearance is extremely ordinary, wearing a cyan robe that is common in casual cultivation, and the flying knife under his feet looks of good quality.

This person is Zhou Xiang, after being hired by Zhuang Xiaolu as the caravan protector that day, he secretly transmitted the sound of Ding Yi, and the two of them said goodbye to Jiucheng. In the following days, Zhou Xiang actively and responsibly took charge of the defense of the caravan, and Zhuang Xiaolu also burst out with a rare enthusiasm for him, and the two were almost inseparable along the way, and Zhou Xiang took the opportunity to understand the situation in Guan Jiucheng.

It turns out that the city is currently controlled by four major forces, and the Loyal Bone Gang is one of them, and behind it stands the Immortal Ghost Sect. The gang leader Tong Jinhai is a mid-stage cultivator of the Jindan and is the original deacon of the Immortal Charm Sect; the deputy gang leader is the early cultivation of the Jinfeng Jindan, and he is an inner disciple of the Immortal Charm Sect who has just been sent out recently; there are three deacons under the gang leader, namely Chu Yinhe in the middle stage of foundation building, Ning Yin in the early stage of foundation building, and Zhuang Xiaolu in the middle stage of foundation building. Among them, Chu Yinhe is responsible for the precepts, promotion, and distribution of spirit stones within the gang, Ning Yin is in charge of the management of stores in the gang and external liaison, and Zhuang Xiaolu is in charge of business route protection and external transactions.

The Loyal Bones Gang's stronghold in Sekiya Castle is located to the southeast.

The other three gangs are the Five Tiger Gang located in the northeast of the city, the force behind it is the Shenjia Pavilion, there is the Grass Peasant Gang in the west of the city, and it is Mudingmen who supports it, and finally there is the Scattered Cultivator Society located in the center of the city, and the force behind it is the city lord of Guan Jiu City, the great monk Pang Yun in the late Yuan Infant period.

Guan Jiucheng was able to gain a place in the gap between the three major forces in Muyang District, mainly because of the support of a scattered cultivator god behind him, and the three major forces all gave him a face, so that he could maintain a radius of a hundred miles.

When Zhou Xiang and his entourage came to Guan Jiu City, he found that this place was far away from the city in his impression.

There are no walls at all, and there are no monks to check passers-by. In front of Zhou Xiang, there was only a dirt road leading from the suburbs to the city, and the buildings on both sides of the street were unsightly, ranging from thatched huts no more than a few feet high, to wooden pavilions with several floors, and bulky houses made of brick and stone. There were ragged mortals, luxurious carriages, and monks flying around, and the smell of all kinds of food wafted nearby, mixed with the constant stench of the roadside gutter.

Zhou Xiang and his party followed the dirt road through a chaotic mortal area, and then a slightly neat monk area.

Even after a long time in the city, the road was still winding and uneven, and they turned several corners before they came to a street paved with stones. The pavilions that stand here are relatively high, and the side facing the street is all opened into shops, and all kinds of strange things are placed outside, which makes the whole street extremely noisy and cramped, and the caravan needs to stop from time to time to make a mistake with the carriage coming from the opposite side.

I finally came to a place with dense trees, and after passing through a building that resembled a door, the surroundings instantly became quiet. Zhou Xiang looked up and saw a black stone square in front of him, and the caravan people parked the carriages on both sides of the square. Zhuang Xiaolu introduced to Zhou Xiang: "Zhou Daoyou, this is the general altar of our Loyal Bone Gang, and after the affairs are settled, I will take you to meet the gang leader and a few deacons!"

Zhou Xiang nodded, and at this time, a member of the Loyal Bone Gang in blue clothes came over to greet Zhuang Xiaolu with a smile, and then the two went to the side to compare something.

Zhou Xiang stood in place and looked at the other side of the square, where there were two black monster stone carvings squatting vividly at a certain doorway, the door was not very big but showed a trace of yin qi, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable, and then they would involuntarily look away from him.

Zhou Xiang's divine sense quietly spread through the Chaos Stone, and he found that a strange tree was planted behind the doorway, and it was from this tree that the trace of yin qi was generated. Dozens of houses were nestled in the woods, and many monks dressed in Loyal Bone Gang costumes walked through them without knowing what they were doing.

In the distance, there was a low palace, which seemed to be divided into different functional areas, and Zhou Xiang's divine consciousness continued to go deeper, and after passing through a stagnant water, there were independent and quiet courtyards, and in the center of the building there was a large living room, where three monks were discussing something. The head monk is extremely strong, and his cultivation is in the middle stage of Jindan, so he should be the leader of Tong's gang. The other two monks, one in the middle stage of foundation building, and one in the early stage of foundation building, should be the two deacons mentioned by Zhuang Xiaolu.

Just as he was about to continue the investigation, Zhuang Xiaolu on the side walked over: "Zhou Daoyou, I have completed the handover, please follow me into the hospital to meet the people in the gang." ”

Zhou Xiang withdrew his consciousness and nodded slightly at Zhuang Xiaolu: "So, it's hard work!"

Zhuang Xiaolu smiled sweetly, and after saying the request, she took Zhou Xiang straight to help the insider. The direction she was walking was the strange doorway.

Zhou Xiang followed, Zhuang Xiaolu didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, the body walking in front of Zhou Xiang swayed and multifaceted, and the moving curves of women were revealed from time to time under the blue robe.

Zhou Xiang was unmoved, his divine sense took the opportunity to sweep towards the strange trees on both sides, these trees themselves were not a problem, Zhou Xiang looked down along the trunk again, he found that the more underground, the heavier the yin qi, after going deep into a few zhang, Zhou Xiang couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that there were many humanoid objects wrapped under the roots of the tree, and after further confirmation, Zhou Xiang found that they were really all kinds of corpses that had rotted to the point of not being shaped.

After expanding the scope of the investigation again, Zhou Xiang confirmed that each tree that emitted yin qi in the area was wrapped in several deeply decomposed corpses, but these corpses seemed to have some strange dependency on the trees. Because he noticed that there was another gray spiritual energy slowly pouring into the corpse through the trees, making the whole scene look even more eerie.

After passing through the courtyard, the two of them came to the hall where the three monks were, and before they came to the hall where the three monks were, the Loyal Bone Gang had already reported the situation outside.

Gang Leader Tong led two foundation building monks to greet him: "Deacon Zhuang, you are back, I heard that you encountered a sneak attack by those sluts of the Five Tigers Gang on the way? This gang leader was hated and angry when he heard the news! Seeing you appear in front of us well, this gang leader finally put down a stone in his heart!"

The other two deacons also chimed in: "Yes, Deacon Zhuang is really auspicious, and the gang leader and we have been thinking about you every day these days! It's okay, it's okay!"

Zhuang Xiaolu's face was slightly moved, but she covered it up well: "Thanks to the care of the gang leader and the two deacons, Xiaolu was able to retreat this time without dishonoring her mission, all thanks to the help of this Zhou Daoyou beside me." ”

After speaking, she turned to Zhou Xiang and smiled: "Zhou Daoyou, let me introduce, this is the Tong gang leader I told you, this is Deacon Chu and this is Deacon Ning." ”

Zhou Xiang hurriedly saluted one by one: "The juniors have seen Tong Gang Master! I have seen Chu Daoyou and Ning Daoyou!"

Tong Gang Master suddenly stepped forward and grabbed Zhou Xiang's hands tightly, as if to prevent him from saluting, his face was full of enthusiasm: "Zhou Daoyou doesn't need to be polite, this time thanks to you, Deacon Zhuang can return safely, come, please inside, please inside!"

While speaking, the Tong gang leader quietly invaded a yin force into Zhou Xiang's body, but Zhou Xiang didn't realize it.

The other party didn't know that the person in front of him was a Yuanying monk, and after clumsily probing the yin power, he didn't find any traces of exercises related to the Divine Hunting Pavilion or the Muding Gate. Tong Gang Leader's heart was relieved, but his face was still extremely enthusiastic, in the eyes of outsiders, he did not have the pride and disdain of facing the foundation building as a Jindan monk, but a style of breaking the corporal.

Everyone came to the hall, and Zhou Xiang was pulled to the left head to sit down.

"Zhou Daoyou, I heard a report from the people below, saying that Deacon Zhuang hired Daoyou as the temporary protector of the Blind Gang, and there are still 1,000 spirit stones that have not been paid? Now that the task has been completed, in addition to the 1,000 spirit stones, the Hidden Gang has some extra intentions for Zhou Daoyou to accept!"

Then he slapped the storage bag, and a small pile of medium-grade spirit stones immediately appeared on the table next to Zhou Xiang, and a porcelain bottle also appeared there at the same time, "This is a bottle of Four-Grade Vein Protecting Pill, which is quite useful to the monks in the middle stage of foundation building, and it can be regarded as a little bit of the gang's heart!"

Seeing this, Zhou Xiang showed a happy look on his face, and after expressing his gratitude excitedly, he put away the spirit stone and pill.

"Listening to Deacon Zhuang's introduction, Zhou Daoyou is a casual cultivator who has traveled here, but I don't know what to do next?" Seeing that Zhou Xiang had accepted the spirit stone and pill, a hint of discoloration flashed in his eyes, and then he asked seemingly casually.

Recently, I have encountered some bottlenecks in my cultivation, and I know that meditation is useless, so I travel around, hoping to get an epiphany or have some adventures to help the younger generation break through. This time I came to Guan Jiu City just for a pleasure! When this time is over, the younger generation will stay in Guan Jiu City for a while, or find something to do!"