The whole process was Wencheng and Dai Lao talking.

For a moment, it felt a little cold.

After Wen Cheng took a sip of hot tea, he played with the teacup between his fingers with three fingers, and suddenly looked at the two and said.

"Since the two of you have sent someone to inform you, I don't know what the important matter is?"

The old man smiled and reached out to take the teacup in Wencheng's hand, put it on the table, lifted the teapot and poured another cup of tea for Wencheng, and explained while pouring tea: "There is something important there, just to find an excuse, the three of us will get together for a while." However, the old man brought the two of them here today, and he also had several small purposes. ”

"This is the first one, of course, to congratulate Brother Wen on your appointment as the secret envoy. Congratulations. After speaking, Dai Lao hugged his fists again and congratulated Wencheng.

Cao Huanhe's cold face forcibly put on a little smile, and he also congratulated Wencheng.

Wencheng naturally thanked them one by one.

At the same time, from the change in Cao Huanji's expression, Wencheng felt it. This secret envoy of his own has a lot of weight in the hearts of the two.

Lao Dai has always been smiling, and he can't see the change in his expression.

But Cao Huanhe's expression changed, and Wencheng could see it clearly. Although Wencheng has only chatted with each other since he entered the door and sat down, Cao Huan has not even said a word from beginning to end.

However, it was precisely because of Cao Huan and this that Wencheng felt that this Lord Cao's style of acting, like the kind of soldier who acts in one one and two in two, and goes straight to the point, is more like an eight-sided and exquisite official.

But such a person who put joy, anger, sorrow and happiness on his face, when Dai Lao mentioned that this was to congratulate him on his appointment as secretary envoy, Cao Huan and he actually had to forcibly put a smile on his face.

Oh, although the smile he piled up was as ugly as crying. However, Wencheng can see from it that the weight of the position of the secretary is not light.

And Cao Huanji is an official of the imperial court, no matter what the imperial court says, it is also a nominal ruler, and his strength will definitely not be worse than Dai Lao's Hall of Eternal Life.

Just as Wencheng's thoughts were dissipating, there was a noise outside the door, and soon the waiters of the restaurant came in with one dish after another.

Soon the table was filled with all kinds of delicacies.

The waiters retreated.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Dai Lao motioned to Wencheng and Cao Huanji, and said with a smile: "Please feel free to do so." ”

Now that he understood his status, Wencheng was not polite to the two, grabbed chopsticks with them, picked up a piece of fish meat on the plate in front of him and put it in his mouth.

The fish is crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and you can't feel the earthy smell of the fish at all, but there is a special fragrant aroma.

"Good taste. Wencheng swallowed the fish, took a sip of tea and rinsed his mouth, and then exclaimed.

Lao Dai nodded and smiled, and said, "It's good if Director Wen likes it." ”

The three of them chatted while eating, but basically they talked about daily affairs. are all exchanges of some ordinary materials, including some unique medicinal materials and unique minerals in the north, as well as what things are exchanged with Lao Dai and Cao Huan and the two, how much are exchanged, and so on.

Wencheng has learned a little about these things from Yupping Lake.

The exchange between the three of them is not the kind of business that you fight for at all, and the three of them are very casual, how to exchange the corresponding materials and how much to exchange, they are all completed in a negotiated tone.

That's because what they're going to need this year is something they've already decided.

As long as the materials can be satisfied, there is no point in exchanging more, there is no hoarding of these special materials, and there is no malicious price increase at all.

Because this year we need these supplies, and maybe next year, we won't need them at all.

After three rounds of drinking, the three of them warmed up with each other a lot. Even Cao Huanji didn't have the initial sense of rustiness, and blushed and called Wencheng a brother.

Dai Shuisheng looked almost there, and quietly put down his chopsticks.

When Wencheng saw him move like this, they also put their eyes on him, waiting for his next step.

"Lao Yu is looking for two people to come over today, there is really something to do, and he needs the help of two of them. ”

The highlight is coming, and Wencheng knows it.

Sure enough, there is something wrong with Dai Lao calling himself and Cao Huan and the two of them out, and it is not as simple as he said at the beginning.

Dai Shuisheng saw that Wen Cheng and the two did not speak, so he continued: "The old man has just received the news that my Immortal Hall needs another Dharma sacrifice. ”

Wen Cheng's heart moved when he heard this, this means that the master said that the sacrificial artifact?

Thinking of this, Wen Cheng suddenly understood a little bit of the master's intentions, maybe this is because the master wants to let himself get in touch with the clan, so he let himself serve as the secret envoy.

After all, for the power of clans, gods, and fields, these things are definitely hidden in this world.

Master, no matter how much he explains to himself, he may not be able to explain everything clearly. After all, as long as you are human, you will have your own preferences. Explain to yourself, you will definitely start from the master's own preferences, and may not be able to explain it to yourself.

In this case, it is better to simply expose yourself to these things, so that you can have a comprehensive understanding.

Wencheng was grateful in his heart for the good intentions of his cheap master.

Straight to the point.

Could it be that this Hall of Eternal Life actually has a divine object? However, it is normal for the Hall of Eternal Life to have a divine object. Otherwise, if it was just an ordinary force, it would definitely not be able to reach out to the territory of the Feng clan from the imperial capital.

Wen Cheng was pondering the words "Dharma Sacrifice", and when Cao Huan heard Dai Lao's words, he exclaimed in surprise, "Why do you want a Dharma sacrifice? Isn't your artifact more than three years away from the next Dharma sacrifice?"

Sure enough, this ritual sacrifice is said to be a sacrificial artifact. And listening to Cao Huanji's meaning, this sacrificial artifact still has a strict set time? Otherwise, he would not have such a big reaction. Only a sudden break with the routine will make him shocked.

"Originally, it was like this, the Dharma sacrifice is held once every ten years, and there has never been a mistake in the past. It's just that this time I don't know what's going on, it's been less than seven years since the last Dharma Sacrifice, but the hall master suddenly notified me and asked to prepare the Dharma Sacrifice Resources. ”

Dai Lao smiled bitterly, hugged his fists towards Cao Huan and Wencheng, and said, "I want to ask the two of you to help." ”

Wen Cheng didn't know why for a while, and in the face of Dai Lao's request, he just replied lightly, "It's easy to say." ”

Cao Huanji didn't respond to Dai Lao immediately, he looked at Dai Lao with straight eyes, and said faintly: "The Dharma sacrifice is in advance, nine times out of ten, this is because the power of the gods has begun to decline, this is almost an open secret." Aren't you worried?"

Cao Huanji's words were meaningful, but Wen Cheng could only listen quietly.

The power of the gods will also decline, which is manifested in the fact that the time of the ritual is advanced, and this is an open secret. That is to say, if others knew that the Immortal Life Hall was preparing the resources for the Dharma Sacrifice in advance, wouldn't they know that something was wrong with the Immortal Palace's divine objects?

Whether it is the Hall of Eternal Life or the clan, in essence, they are stealing the power of the gods for their own use.

In other words, their strength is closely related to the power of the gods.

If the power of the fetish begins to decline, will their power be affected with it?

Definitely, there's no doubt about it. Even if Wencheng is unknown, he can deduce this conclusion from it.

The power of this immortal temple artifact is like the source of all the power of the immortal hall, and the power of the source has declined, so how can the power mastered by these people in the immortal hall not decline?

The people of the Hall of Eternal Life are definitely reluctant to reveal this news, but there is no way, this is not a secret, almost everyone at this level knows about it.

As long as the Hall of Eternal Life began to collect resources to prepare for the Dharma Sacrifice, the news of the decline of the power of the divine object would inevitably be leaked out.

"Although Lao Yu is a mortal, he has been working for the Hall of Eternal Life all his life. As the saying goes, even if it's a stone, if you hold it in your arms for a long time, you will have feelings, so how can you not worry?"

Speaking of this, Dai Shuisheng sat down and bowed to the two of them, pleading: "So the old man pleads, Lord Cao, you can look at the past feelings, and try to help cover up the collection of resources, and don't make a noise." ”

Then he turned his head and said to Wen Cheng: "Brother Wen, although we have just met, we have a deep relationship, and the old man also asks you." ”

Dai Shuisheng is preparing to delay time, Wencheng suddenly realized.

The Hall of Eternal Life must have a rival, and for such a major event as the weakening of the power of the divine object, the Hall of Eternal Life will definitely go all out not to let the opponent know.

It's just that such a news blockade is not a thing. You can't just drag it out and not collect resources. In this way, it is better to watch the power of the gods continue to weaken, so it is better to leak the news in exchange for collecting resources with all your might.

Therefore, now the Hall of Eternal Life is the news of the decline of the power of the gods, and it can be delayed as long as it can be blocked. And for the collection of ritual resources, it cannot be stopped.

But the Hall of Eternal Life must be watched by their opponents all the time, if they collect relevant resources with great fanfare, then everyone can guess that there is something wrong with their divine artifact law sacrifice.

The opponent will definitely take advantage of its illness to kill it.

Therefore, the Hall of Eternal Life thought of a hidden way. Gather resources by communicating with other forces that they have resources with each year.

First, the relationship between such a force and the Hall of Eternal Life, even if it is not possible to live and die together, is at least good on the surface. Otherwise, so many years of material trading would not have been able to sustain until now.

Second, the opponent will only pay attention to what the Hall of Eternal Life is doing at all times, and will not pay attention to what other forces are doing. After all, there are many forces that have resources with the Immortal Palace, and it is impossible to pay attention to them all the time.