After a while, Tang Li and Lin Wantian glanced at each other, and there was a look of embarrassment on their faces.

"Brother Qiao, we received a secret mission, this mission ......"

"Since it's inconvenient to say it, forget it, I'm just asking casually. ”

Qiao Yuanjian saw the embarrassed expressions of the two, so he naturally understood the meaning and hurriedly spoke.

"Brother Qiao, forgive me, this matter is very important, and we really can't say much. ”

Tang Li sighed lightly and said with an extremely solemn expression.

Qiao Yuan's expression was as usual, but he secretly wondered in his heart, what important tasks could these two people have when they stayed in a mortal town.

"Brother Qiao, we won't stay at home for long, and in a few days, we will join up with a few senior brothers and leave this place together. ”

Tang Li seemed to be able to guess what Qiao Yuan was thinking, and said softly.

His words didn't sound like much, but when you think about it, they contain a lot of information.

That secret mission was a collective mission, and the danger must not be small, otherwise it would not have allowed the two of them to return to their hometown to visit relatives, Qiao Yuan guessed that Tang Li and Lin Wantian must have planned for the worst.

"I see, then we must have a good drink today, and we won't get drunk or go home. ”

Qiao Yuan sighed secretly in his heart, but there was a smile on his face, picked up a jar of wine, patted the mud, and said heroically.

Tang Li and Lin Wantian were very happy to see their friends before leaving, and at this moment, they also picked up the wine jar together, raised their heads and drank it.

"I'll come too. ”

Zhan Yao, who was eating silently on the side, rolled up his pink sleeves, revealing his white lotus arms, raised a jar of wine, and said with a smile.

"Okay, Miss Zhan Yao is really a heroine among women, and her demeanor is not inferior to your eldest brother. ”

Lin Wantian laughed and praised.

It didn't take long for Zhan Yao to hold a wine jar and fall drunk on the table, while Qiao Yuan, Tang Li, and Lin Wantian were drinking.

After drinking for a full day and a night, Qiao Yuan said goodbye to Tang Li and Lin Wantian, he did not go to Tang Mansion or Lin Mansion, but left Huayun City directly with Zhan Yao.

Qiao Yuan came to Huayun City, firstly, to let Zhan Yao have a long insight, and secondly, to find out the news of Zhao Xue.

I heard what Lin Wantian said before, Zhao Xue was introduced to the outer gate of the Moon River Sect by him through some connections as early as three years ago, and now he is doing quite well.

The news has been learned, and a big stone in Qiao Yuan's heart has also been put down, and then he took Zhan Yao all the way to the mountains and rivers, traveling around.

Three months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Qiao Yuan has learned a lot about the affairs of the cultivation realm, and knows that the cultivation realm is now on the eve of storms, and I am afraid that there will be a big war in the near future.

Although Qiao Yuan understood that the cause of this battle was the immortal stone, he never believed that it would be so simple, I am afraid that there was something hidden in it.

After thinking about it again, Qiao Yuan didn't plan to stir up this troubled water, once the war started, he would take Zhan Yao back to the Hengshui Mountain Range.

On this day, before the two came to a small city, Qiao Yuan looked at the city wall more than ten feet high, and the three big characters on the city wall, with a look of reminiscence in his eyes.

"Little Hancheng, this name is so strange. ”

Zhan Yao looked at the name of the city and muttered in a low voice.

"Xiao Yao, suppress the cultivation to the perfection of Qi refining, otherwise the two of us will be a little too eye-catching. ”

When Qiao Yuan had just entered the Moon River Sect, he had been here with Yi Chenfeng and the others, and he also had some understanding of Xiaohan City.

This city is considered to be the largest trading city in the vicinity of the Moon River Sect, and there are no permanent residents in it, only low-level casual cultivators who open shops.

The lord of this city is named Xiao Han Daoren, who is a monk who has built a perfect foundation, and this little Han Dao man has a brother named Da Han Dao Ren, who is a loose cultivator in the Jindan period.

If Qiao Yuan and Zhan Yao entered Xiaohan City without concealing their cultivation, I am afraid that they would attract the attention of Xiaohan Dao people, which was naturally not what Qiao Yuan hoped for.

The two of them registered at the gate of the city, handed over twenty lower grade spirit stones, and entered Xiaohan City.

Because in the previous three months, Zhan Yao's beauty had caused a lot of trouble, and Qiao Yuan placed a ban on her face and changed her appearance.

At this moment, the two of them were no different from ordinary casual cultivators in terms of dress and appearance, and entering Xiaohan City did not attract the attention of others.

The city is divided into four areas, and the things sold are different, Qiao Yuan has an understanding of these, and at this moment he entered the city and walked directly towards Xicheng.

It didn't take long for the two of them to come to a very ordinary shop, and when they looked up, they saw a signboard hanging on the shop, with the words "Qingpinge" written on it.

The reason why Qiao Yuan came to this small cold city was to come to this Qingpin Pavilion, but he heard Yi Chenfeng say that this Qingpin Pavilion was a tea shop on the surface, but it was actually an intelligence trading shop.

And he once saw Huang Xiuming and Xiang Ling here, these two Qiao Yuan were about to forget, but when he saw Xiao Hancheng, he remembered it.

Back then, Huang Xiuming, Xiang Ling, Zhang Qian and Qiao Yuan traveled together, and in a small town near the trading market, Qiao Yuan and Huang Xiuming were assassinated by a group of men in black.

Qiao Yuan killed three people, but Huang Xiuming didn't know whether he was alive or dead, according to Zhang Qian, Huang Xiuming was likely to have suffered an accident.

But then he saw Huang Xiuming and Xiang Ling enter the Qingpin Pavilion here, and he hadn't seen them come out yet.

Qiao Yuan didn't take this matter to heart, but after leaving Xiaohan City, he encountered an ambush in the valley.

At that time, Qiao Yuan didn't think much about it, but after returning to the Yuehe Sect, the more he thought about it, the more wrong it became, and when he went, it was calm, but only one day later, the valley became a murderous place.

Combined with all kinds of details, Huang Xiuming and Xiang Ling were very suspicious, which once made Qiao Yuan extremely suspicious.

It's a pity that he has been staying in the Moon River Sect since then and has never left the sect, so this matter has gradually faded away.

Now that he has come to this small cold city again, Qiao Yuan wants to find out what happened back then, otherwise once his identity is exposed, I am afraid that the shadow will make a comeback.

Walking into Qingpin Pavilion, Qiao Yuan walked straight to a window position on the second floor and sat down with Zhan Yao.

The two of them ordered a pot of tea, and while drinking it lightly, they opened their ears to listen to the conversation of the other monks.

There weren't many monks drinking tea on the second floor, but there were also three tables of guests scattered around, two of these three tables of guests were talking about the upcoming big war in the cultivation realm, and one table seemed to be the same as Qiao Yuan, who came to listen to the news.

The people at the two tables didn't mind Qiao Yuan and the others eavesdropping, anyway, they were talking about some things that everyone in the cultivation world knew.

After listening to it for nearly an hour, a pot of tea had already been drunk, and Zhan Yao looked at the scenery outside the window rather boredly, not bothering to listen to the two tables of monks talking.

Qiao Yuan also felt that what those monks said was of little value, so he looked at the street outside the window, and at this look, he just saw three monks walking into Qingpin Pavilion.

His eyes flashed, and he turned his head to stare at the staircase on the second floor, only to hear a noisy footsteps, and a guy led the three of them up very respectfully.

The three of them walked side by side, and the people on the left and right sides of it, Qiao Yuan recognized them at a glance, they were Huang Xiuming and Xiang Ling.

As for the middle-aged man walking in the middle, there was a faint coercion on his body that had built a complete foundation, and he didn't have to think about it to know that the middle-aged man was likely to be the lord of this city, a little cold man.

The three of them did not stop on the second floor, but led by their fellows, they went straight to the third floor.

"That's ...... Little Handao people. ”

The monks at the hot table that had just been discussed fell silent for a moment when they saw the three of them, and it wasn't until the three of them reached the third floor that one of the monks couldn't help but exclaim.

"The person who walked to the left of the little Handao man seemed to be the shopkeeper here. ”

The other whispered.

When Qiao Yuan heard this, he was amazed in his heart, that Huang Xiuming was actually the shopkeeper of Qingpin Pavilion.

Originally, he thought that Huang Xiuming and Xiang Ling were just ordinary casual cultivators, but now it seems that the identities of the two are not simple.

Thinking of this, Qiao Yuan took Zhan Yao and walked towards the third floor.

"The two guest officers please stay, the third floor has been taken over by the city lord. ”

The guy who led the way just now stood at the top of the stairs, stretched out his hand to block Qiao Yuan's way, and said with a hint of arrogance.

"Who is this person, I didn't see that the city lord had already gone up, and he actually dared to go to the third floor. ”

The monk who had just been talking about the little cold man said sarcastically.

"I want to drink a cup of tea. ”

Qiao Yuan ignored the sarcastic monk, but looked at the guy and said with a slight smile.

"Guest, do you want to drink tea?"

The guy glanced at Qiao Yuan and Zhan Yao a few times, and saw that they were all just Qi refining cultivators, and said in surprise.

"Can't you?"

The corners of Qiao Yuan's mouth showed a hint of a smile but not a smile, and said lightly.

This Qing Pin Tea is the sign of Qing Pin Ge, in fact, there is no such tea, but this is a code word, once the guest says that he wants to drink Qing Pin Tea, it means that he wants to buy the news.

The purchase message needs to go up to the third floor, and Ching Pinge cannot refuse unless there is no news here that the guest wants.

The guy showed embarrassment, the shopkeeper had just explained to him that no one was allowed to go up to the third floor, but this guest wanted to drink Qing Pin Tea, and he couldn't refuse, otherwise this would be a violation of the rules and smash the signboard of Qing Pin Pavilion.

"Guest officer, you also know that the shopkeeper is entertaining the city lord, can you wait a moment and let the little one ask the shopkeeper. ”

The guy hesitated for a moment and said with a bitter face.

Qiao Yuan nodded, he knew that once he went up to the third floor, he would definitely attract the attention of Huang Xiuming and the others, in this case, it would be better to be bright and go up in the name of drinking tea.

It didn't take long for Qiao Yuan and Zhan Yao to be taken to a private room, and the guy walked in the door and served a pot of tea to the two of them, and said very respectfully.

"Two guest officers, the shopkeeper is entertaining the city lord, please wait a moment. ”

Qiao Yuan nodded and sent the guy away, and then he spread his consciousness and leaned out.

The doors and windows of the box all have prohibitions to isolate divine consciousness, but these prohibitions are simply pediatric in Qiao Yuan's eyes.

His divine sense penetrated into the boxes without the slightest hindrance, and finally found three people in the Tianzi box.

Because Qiao Yuan had cultivated the Qingyue Heart Sutra, the more his divine sense surpassed that of a cultivator of the same level, and the little Han Dao person who had built a foundation and cultivated to perfection did not notice it at all.

The Tianzi box is more than twice as large as the box where Qiao Yuan is located, and it is divided into two areas inside and outside by a mountain and river screen, and Huang Xiuming and the three of them are sitting in the innermost, discussing things.

"Huang Daoyou, are you sure about this?"

Xiao Handaoren's expression showed a hint of excitement, and he hurriedly asked.

Huang Xiuming laughed at himself and said softly: "Such a big thing, how dare Huang talk nonsense." ”

The excitement on Xiao Han Daoren's face was uncontrollable, and he asked eagerly: "It's because the poor Dao is too careful, then do you know why the White Hall Master wants to come to Xiao Han City?"

Huang didn't know the specifics of this matter, but he heard some news. ”

Huang Xiuming's face slowly became solemn, and he said in a deep voice.

"I heard that four years ago, the White Hall Master and the Lian Jingshan of the Yuehe Sect fought in the dense forest of Chu Mountain, and finally suffered a big loss, this time the Yuehe Sect took action, and after the White Hall Master found out, he planned to find trouble with that Lian Jingshan. ”

(Attached: Thanks to the red giant's reward, Xiaolan will definitely work harder!!)