"This retreat has been unexpectedly long, and on the Dark Star side, it is estimated that I have already received the news that Zhu Jianwen has been killed, and it is time for me to go out and receive my payment. ”

After a long time, Li Yan calmed down, changed his clothes, and left the mansion.

Recently, Chang'an City has been very tight because of the relationship between the Li family and the Zhu family, and a team of elite guards has been following Li Yan and wanting to protect him.

Li Yan had no choice but to spare a lot of roads before he threw these guards away and walked towards the stronghold of the Dark Star.

It's still the ghost house, after Li Yan knocked on the door, the ghost-faced man opened the door to answer, and then he saw the bull head in the secret room.

"Niu Tou, Zhu Jianwen has been killed by me, I came over to ask for my payment. If you want proof, this one is. If this is not enough, I have other proof. ”

Li Yan threw the finger sleeve directly on the table, and the latter rattled.

"No, we already know that Zhu Jianwen was killed by you, and many people saw it at that time, and there were spies from our dark star among those people, so they couldn't fake it. ”

Niu Tou glanced at the finger cuff magic weapon, revealing a different kind of brilliance, and then retracted his gaze and said, "I saw that you didn't show up during this time, and I thought you were injured and recuperating somewhere." ”

"Nothing. I just made a breakthrough in the battle with Zhu Jianwen, so I found a place to retreat. Haven't you noticed that my cultivation has improved even more than last time?"

Li Yan's body shook, and he released all the aura of the peak of the early stage of the Heavenly Realm.

Originally, he refined the blood yuan power of Zhu Jianwen and Yu Qiu, but he barely reached the peak of the early stage.

But later, after a massive amount of colored heaven and earth vitality was stationed in the dantian, the realm of the peak of his early stage of the heavenly realm was finally completely stabilized.

"That's really congratulations to Brother Lieyang, this is your reward, and it has been prepared for you a long time ago. According to what we heard, it was found that there was another Celestial Realm at that time, which we did not expect from Dark Star. Therefore, the reward for you is 50,000 taels more gold than I said before, which is considered compensation. ”

Niu Tou took out a thick envelope, said something, and handed it to Li Yan.

Li Yan opened the envelope, glanced at the golden ticket inside, and felt that the number was not bad, so he said, "Even if you still have some credit." I took Zhu Jianwen's task, not for money, but for magic weapons and spirit crystals. ”

"Please wait, spirit crystals and magic weapons are much more valuable than gold, I need to apply for them before I can take them out. In particular, magic weapons are particularly precious, and many powerhouses who have just entered the Heavenly Realm do not even have a low-grade magic weapon. ”

Niu Tou nodded apologetically, got Li Yan's permission, turned his head and left through the back door.

"Well, I'll wait for you. ”

Li Yan nodded understandingly, looked around, and found that there was no difference from last time, so he lowered his head and pretended to sleep.

Magic weapons are indeed precious, their Li family has been sparing no effort to collect magic weapons over the years, if it weren't for the assassination of Zhu Jianwen this time, they would not have taken out a magic weapon to offer a reward.

With Zhu Jianwen's strength and status, there are killers who are willing to take the risk of assassination, which shows the charm of magic weapons.

"Next, do you want to take on the task? Dark Star's three-star mission, in Chang'an City, there seem to be a few. However, my strength is still a little poor, and this time in the face of Zhu Jianwen, I almost capsized in the gutter. ”

Li Yan remembered the details of the battle with Zhu Jianwen, and said in his heart: "This time I participated in the Taixuan Enlightenment Dao Diagram, which made my strength at least triple, and now I, facing the strong man in the middle of the Heavenly Realm, even if the other party is holding a magic weapon, he has the power to fight, but in the face of the strong man in the late stage of the Heavenly Realm, it is estimated that it will not work." Therefore, I need to improve my strength in the short term, at least to the extent that I can protect myself in the face of the late stage of the Heavenly Realm. In this way, you can continue to do the task. ”

On the other side, not long after Li Yan entered the haunted mansion, two sneaky figures showed their heads in a ruin not far away, observing the haunted mansion.

"Brother Sun, you said that this kid is not stupid, he actually threw off the guards who protected him by himself, so that we could take the opportunity to approach. If it goes according to the original plan, I will need to lure these guards away so that you can kill him. Not anymore. The two of us join forces, and this kid will surely die. ”

"Yes, how can a little imp who is not even a Heavenly Realm be an opponent for the two of us. Li Yan is in the Li family, he is known as a genius, he is not yet fifteen years old, he is already the ninth layer of the mortal realm, if we kill him, the head of the family will definitely not punish us for doing things badly, and maybe reward us. After all, Li Yan, a little ghost, with his talent, will inevitably enter the Heavenly Realm in the future, and will become a big problem for the Zhu family. ”

These two people are the two Heavenly Realm powerhouses that the Zhu family came to support Zhu Jianwen a few days ago, Lan Boxiong and Sun Wufeng.

The two of them did not rush to Chang'an City before Zhu Jianwen was assassinated, and Zhu Jianwen, who was killed, was assassinated by Li Yan.

During this period of time, the target they aimed at was Li Yan's sixth uncle, Li Maobing.

What made the two angry was that Li Maobing was either in the city guard barracks or in the Li family's mansion every day.

These two places are heavily defended and heavily trapped, and even if they lurk in, there is no return.

Occasionally, when Li Maobing went out, hundreds of armor soldiers followed, and there was also a Heavenly Realm powerhouse guarding him, which made the two grit their teeth fiercely, and they were helpless.

They could only secretly scold Li Maobing for being as cowardly as a mouse, obviously he was a master of the ninth layer of the mortal realm, and he still took so many people with him when he went out, like a ghost who was afraid of death.

Li Maobing's assassination difficulty coefficient is too high, even if he can successfully assassinate this person, it is estimated that he will not be able to escape.

Fortunately, the two were very patient and aimed at another target of the Li family, Li Yan, who was rumored to often go out alone.

So, the two of them waited for several days, and finally found that Li Yan had left the mansion and followed him.

In the eyes of the two, with their tracking technology, it was impossible for Li Yan to find them.

Compared with Li Maobing, Li Yan was like an angel, not only throwing off the guards behind him, but also coming to such a remote place, as if he had been specially sent to the door for them to kill.

Lan Boxiong was a tall and thin man, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and he said, "Brother Sun, this kid has been in for a long time, should we follow up and take a look?" lest he run away." ”

"No, I don't. ”

Sun Wufeng was an old man, and when he heard this, he shook his head resolutely, and said firmly: "This shabby place is a bit weird, let's wait for him to come out." ”

He saw that Lan Boxiong was puzzled, so he said: "Chang'an City is the territory of the Li family after all, they have been operating here for hundreds of years, who knows how many forces there are in secret, this ghost mansion may be a secret stronghold of the Li family, otherwise Li Yan, as the core clan of the Li family, why would he come to this kind of place? Let's wait here, he will always come out." ”

"Brother Sun is right, I was reckless. Lan Boxiong said humbly.

So the two of them lay down on their stomachs, hiding in the shadows of the broken wall, and continued to watch the gate of the haunted house.

At the same time, in the secret room, Niu Tou came back, holding two brocade boxes in his arms, opened them and put them in front of Li Yan, and said, "Brother Lieyang, your spirit crystal, as well as the three-eared pot of the inferior magic weapon, are here." ”

In the brocade box on the left, there are five spirit crystals, and in the brocade box on the right, there is a strange wine jug with no handle or lid, only three curved and long spouts.

"This is a low-grade magic weapon three-eared pot? It looks quite weird. ”

Li Yan picked up the flask and stared carefully.

The three-eared pot is white jade-colored, with a thick waist and a thin neck, and the body of the pot is carved with some peculiar lines, which adds a sense of beauty, like a work of art more than a magic weapon.

Those three spouts are much thicker than ordinary spouts, and if they are used to pour wine, it is estimated that two or three times, a pot of wine will be poured.

"Yes. ”

Niu Tou, as a competent connector, also knew something about this magic weapon, and explained: "The three-eared pot is a fire attribute magic weapon, infused with the true qi of the Heavenly Realm, and in the mouth of the three pots, fire bombs will be spewed, and the power is not bad." Each fire bomb is equivalent to the full force attack of the ninth layer of the mortal realm, which is suitable for a wide range of attacks. In addition, the three-eared pot also has another way to attack, that is, to continuously inject true qi, and when the true qi accumulates to a certain extent, the three-eared pot will become a big fireball, which is powerful, even if it is a strong person in the middle of the heavenly realm, he is not willing to take it hard, so he can only dodge. ”

After Li Yan heard what he said, he injected Jin Jiao's true qi into the three-eared pot.

The spouts of the three pots really burst out with red rays, as if the next moment, there were fireballs spraying out.

As Li Yan continued to inject Jin Jiao's true qi, the white body of the pot turned fiery red, and with a bang, a half-foot-high flame appeared on the body of the bottle.

The flames were blazing, and the temperature of the entire room suddenly rose a lot, causing the air to distort.

Li Yan held the three-eared pot in his hand, but he didn't feel the slightest bit of burning.

Because it was his true qi that destroyed the three-eared pot, these flames naturally would not hurt him.

"The power is not bad, if it is further refined, the power of this flame should be even stronger. ”

Li Yan nodded with satisfaction, the light on his hand flashed, and he put the three-eared pot into the storage ring.

The bull head's eyes froze, his eyes scorching, staring at the storage ring on Li Yan's finger.

If he guessed correctly, the storage ring on Li Yan's hand should have been obtained from the dead Zhu Jianwen.

"This is a storage ring, even if it is a big family, there will not be a few, many families, even willing to use medium-grade magic weapons, in exchange for storage rings, this kid this time, is really lucky." ”

The bull head roared enviously in his heart.

"By the way, Bull Head, I have a question for you. Of course, I won't let you answer in vain, you can tell me how many golden tickets you need. ”

Li Yan put a spirit crystal in the palm of his hand, kneaded it and asked.

This is the first time Li Yan has this kind of need, Niu Tou stood solemnly, and said solemnly: "What is the problem, as long as I know, I will definitely tell you." We, the Dark Star Organization, have our own business in this area. If you want to ask us for information, you just need to pay us a fee for the information. ”

"It's nothing, I just want to ask, what is the purpose of this spirit crystal? I see that many people are collecting spirit crystals, but they don't know what they are for. ”

Li Yan asked the doubts in his heart.

This is what he wants to know most at the moment, but unfortunately the Blood Sea Demon Lord refuses to tell him, and the spirit crystal on his body doesn't want the people of his family to know, so he can only ask the Dark Star Organization.

"It turned out to be the problem. ”

Niu Tou breathed a sigh of relief and replied with a smile: "Many strong people who have just entered the Heavenly Realm will consult this question, and the price required is not large, five thousand golden tickets are enough." For ordinary people, five thousand golden tickets are sky-high, but for you Heavenly Realm existences, this amount of money is really not much. ”

"This is 10,000 golden tickets, and the excess is for you. ”

Li Yan didn't talk nonsense, and directly took out a golden ticket with a face value of 10,000 yuan, and put it on the table quite arrogantly.

"Then you're welcome. ”

Niu Tou collected the golden ticket, seemed to be in a very happy mood, and said: "Lingjing is a very rare ore, according to legend, in our Great Song Kingdom, only the royal Yang family, there is a small Lingjing vein, every year a small amount of Lingjing will be mined, put on the market to sell, in exchange for resources." As for the other big families, it is said that they also have a source of spirit crystals, but compared to the royal family, they are not small. And the use of spirit crystals has to start with magic weapons. ”

"Oh, I don't know that spirit crystals have something to do with magic weapons. Li Yan said in surprise.

"According to the news of our Dark Star Organization, the spirit crystal is actually a kind of spar containing spirituality, which can improve the spirituality of the magic weapon, and if you absorb enough spirit crystals, the magic weapon will be promoted. ”

The bull head said slowly.

"Do you mean that the spirit crystal can make the magic weapon upgrade to the next level? That means that I have a low-grade magic weapon, and if it absorbs enough spirit crystals, it can be promoted to a medium-grade magic weapon?"

Li Yan asked incredulously, it was the first time he had heard that magic weapons could be advanced.

In his ring, there are eleven spirit crystals, and I don't know if he can upgrade the flying knife magic weapon to a medium-grade magic weapon.

"Yes. ”

Niu Tou nodded affirmatively, and then said: "However, it also depends on the quality of your magic weapon, the materials for refining magic weapons, if you can reach the middle grade level, then this magic weapon can absorb spirit crystals and be promoted to a medium grade magic weapon, but not vice versa." ”

When Li Yan heard this, his eyes showed a sudden look, and he said: "I see, I'll just say, how can it be possible to improve it without limits, it is relatively easy to upgrade a low-grade magic weapon to a medium-grade magic weapon, but it will definitely be difficult to upgrade a medium-grade magic weapon to a high-grade magic weapon, after all, the materials for refining a high-grade magic weapon are very rare in the treasury of the big family, not to mention that the spirit crystals needed to upgrade the magic weapon to the high-grade magic weapon are estimated to be not a decimal." ”

The bull head thought deeply and nodded in agreement: "That's what it means." It is estimated that only the three major families and the royal family have the high-grade magic weapons of our Great Song Kingdom. Other families, if they can have a medium-grade magic weapon, they can call it the treasure of the Zhen clan. ”