Chapter 42: Infiltration
"Seeing that it's about to rain, Brother Bai, bring the grain bag at the door. ”
"Okay!"
A young man with a black and gray face and a dry towel around his neck ran out of the inner hall, carrying a grain bag in one hand and running towards the backyard.
"People are diligent, but they don't like to be clean. The second shopkeeper of the grain store looked at the back of the young man, smashed it, smashed it, and muttered.
"Boom!" As soon as Bai Ge'er finished carrying the grain bags at the door, the sky became dark, and bursts of muffled thunder sounded above everyone's heads.
The rain soon hung from the eaves like a beaded curtain, and Bai Ya sat on the threshold of the backyard, staring unfocused at the rainy and misty sky, thinking about his own affairs.
His current name is Guan Bai, a wandering orphan who had just been hired as a temporary worker by the grain store four days ago. Of course, it is the hardest and most tiring work.
Wugu grain store is a chain store in Shu, and Chengdu also has their branch, which is a very strong grain store. Bai Ya knew that when Qingcheng procured food, it basically purchased from them.
There are two kinds of food eaten by the martial artists of the sect, one is no different from the grains eaten by ordinary people, which can be purchased in the world, and the other is the "immortal food" grown by the sect itself.
This kind of "immortal grain" is a special variety developed by the peasant disciples of the hundred schools of Zhuzi, which is full of vitality and has very few filthy impurities, and is most suitable for cultivators to eat.
It's a pity that the "immortal grain" matures once every three years, the maturity period is very long, and the yield is very low, and it is generally only provided to true sect disciples. Qingcheng's outer martial artists only have one gruel every morning to be this kind of "immortal food", and three meals at noon, evening, and night are ordinary grains.
Emei is similar to Qingcheng, most of the grain has to be procured from the towns under the mountain, and the grain store is likely to be one of the regular suppliers.
Bai Ya came to Guan'e City in order to sneak into Ling Tian Pavilion to find Wu Zhen, so he was willing to stoop to be a small guy carrying bags and picking up goods in the grain store.
He knew that Ling Tian Pavilion was on Er'e Mountain, but this mountain range had a phantom array, even if it was not lethal, it would alarm the Emei disciples after entering the formation. The best result is that people think he is an ignorant villager at the bottom of the mountain, and he is knocked unconscious and sent down the mountain.
Of course, Bai Ya has just entered the grain store now, and it is impossible to join the grain team that went to Emei Taoist Temple. However, he doesn't have to join the food team, he just needs to know when the food team will leave.
It's just that the business of the grain store is very busy, and there are grain trucks being sent away every day, and Bai Ya thought that he would need to lurk for a long time before he could find out which grain team was going to Emei Taoist Temple.
However, he didn't expect the opportunity to come so quickly, about half a month or so, when the grain store was preparing a batch of grain, it attracted Bai Ya's attention.
There are both old and new grains in the grain line, and the prices of the two are different. If the quantity demanded by the buyer is too large, then the grain bank will inevitably mix the old grain with the new grain to maximize the profit.
But this batch of grain is not like this, the grain store did not do anything at all, not only all the new grain was given, but also deliberately opened the package and screened it, and it was almost a grain of rice to pick.
Bai Ya immediately knew in his heart, this batch of grain was what Emei wanted, but he didn't know if Ling Tiange was among them.
When the grain team set off, Bai Ya immediately asked the shopkeeper for excuse and asked for leave, and followed the grain team closely.
After the grain team went out of the city for half a day, they entered a Taoist temple called Qingxinguan in Er'e Mountain. After the grain store left, more than ten young Taoist priests took over the grain team and drove the grain cart into the mountain.
Bai Ya followed them all the way into a canyon in Er'e Mountain, and from the cliff where he was, the canyon was already full of grain trucks. Most of the people standing next to the grain cart were Taoist priests, but there were also some young monks wearing monks' robes.
Judging from the manpower sent by the Pure Heart Temple, there should be more than a dozen Taoist priests and monks gathered here.
A smile appeared in Bai Ya's eyes, he had finally found an opportunity to infiltrate Ling Tian Pavilion.
These Taoist priests and monks have no sign of setting out for the time being, and they may continue to wait for people. Bai Ya no longer hesitated, took out a set of Taoist robes from the mustard seed bag, and began to dress up.
He first wiped the black ash off his face, washed it with water, and peeled off a light oil film from his face. As this layer of oil was removed, his appearance suddenly changed a lot.
This disguise technique was taught to him by the senior of the medicine hall in Qingcheng, this kind of oil film is called a disguise cream, and after it is applied to the face and dries, it will be integrated with the complexion, and there is no flaw in the slightest.
Of course, when mixing the oil film, he also needs to add some colorants to imitate different skin tones. Before the oil film dries, you need to stick your eyebrows, eyelashes, beard, etc.
However, this disguise technique is broad and profound, and Bai Ya has only learned a little bit now, and he can only change a few appearances, and there are many flaws, so he will make his face black and gray every day.
After a while, Bai Ya turned into a young man with a young face with a young face, and put on a Taoist robe, no different from a fifteen or sixteen-year-old little Taoist priest.
Bai Ya took out the glass mirror and gestured it, grinning, feeling very satisfied.
As the sun set west, there were two more grain trucks in the canyon, but they couldn't get on the road, and the sky was already a little dark.
White Cliff's eyes flashed, he stood up from his hiding place and slowly groped towards the canyon.
In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the sky was bright, the Taoist disciples in the canyon began to pack their tents and set off.
A young Taoist priest who was about to climb into the grain cart suddenly felt a numb ankle, and suddenly stepped on the air and fell off the grain cart.
"Not good!" the young Taoist priest shouted in his heart that he was unlucky, the canyon floor was full of gravel, and it was estimated that it was enough to choke when he fell.
However, he was obviously worried in vain, and just as he lost his balance, there was a pair of big hands behind his back to support him.
"Senior brother, are you okay?" The young Taoist priest was shocked, and when he looked back, he saw a little Taoist priest with thick eyebrows and big eyes and a young face behind him supporting him.
"Oh, it's okay, it's okay!" The young Taoist priest touched his ankle and found that it was not sprained, so he immediately said with a grateful face, "Thank you, junior brother!"
"Don't worry!" The little Taoist priest on the other side grinned, pointed to the grain cart and asked, "Senior brother, may I get in the car and sit down?"
"Okay!" The young Taoist priest hesitated for a moment, then nodded in response, and was a little puzzled in his heart why this little junior disciple didn't follow his own Taoist team.
"This ...... Senior brother, which Taoist temple are you a disciple?" After the grain team went on the road, the young Taoist priest finally couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart.
"Hmph, if you don't tell you, you should drive me away. The senior brothers who are pure in their hearts think that I have little strength and don't let me help. The little Taoist priest said with a dejected face.
The young Taoist priest secretly couldn't help laughing, and didn't tell me yet, hasn't this already been exposed?
"Then you can stay here in our Meiling Temple, and when you want to go back, just tell me. ”
"Okay!" the little Taoist priest smiled and blinked vigorously.
The little Taoist priest didn't stay long in the grain cart, and soon went to the side of the Qingxinguan, and pointed to the young Taoist priest with the disciples of the Qingxinguan. Seeing this, the young Taoist priest immediately smiled and made a gesture towards the Qingxinguan.
The disciples of the Qingxinguan also returned their salutes, and the little Taoist priest always couldn't sit still, as if there were screws under his buttocks, and he ran here and there from time to time, causing everyone to laugh, thinking that the other Taoist temple had a little junior brother who couldn't live in peace.
Bai Ya didn't feel like laughing in his heart, there was a reason why he worked so hard to perform.
The grain team sends the grain up the mountain, and finally must pass through the teleportation array. The martial artist guarding the teleportation array will definitely check the identity card of the Taoist disciple, and he has stolen the identity card of the Qingxinguan in his hand, but he can't mix in the team of the Qingxinguan and pass through the teleportation array, so he will be recognized.
Therefore, he must be in the Meilingguan team and mix with the identity card of Qingxinguan.
In this way, Qingxinguan thought that he was a disciple of Meilingguan, and Meilingguan would not question his identity, so he invisibly helped him make an identity certificate.
Even so, when Bai Ya really passed through the teleportation array on the mountainside, he still secretly pinched his sweat.
Fortunately, his performance was very successful, and the warrior guarding the teleportation array was indeed not suspicious. Maybe these people didn't expect someone to dare to impersonate and blend into the hinterland of Emei.
The grain team sent grain to each peak in turn, first of all, there was a small sect of Emei called Ma Dai Dian, followed by a branch of Fuhu Temple and an outer hall of Qingyin Pavilion, and Ling Tiange ranked fourth.
When passing through Qingyin Pavilion, Bai Ya wanted to stay and meet Lu Qing, but he finally restrained himself.
He only has one chance, if he can't find Wu Zhen this time and find out the truth about the death of the Lu brothers and sisters, it will be impossible to sneak into Er'e Mountain next time.
When passing by the outer hall branch of Ling Tian Pavilion, Bai Ya pretended to be a little Taoist priest and left the grain team silently. Although the disciples of Qingxinguan and Meilingguan were a little confused, they didn't care about it and quickly forgot about it.
Bai Ya stood on an uninhabited cliff at the top of the peak, watching the grain team go away, a cold light slowly appeared in his eyes, and after a while, his figure disappeared into the mountains.
Ling Tian Pavilion had many outer hall branches, and Bai Ya now needed to find the mountain where Wu Zhen and Lu Yuan were located. He had heard Lu Yuan say before that the outer hall branch was on the top of Jingque Peak, and it was still separated from the Blue Maple Cliff where he was now on a mountain.
As time passed, darkness slowly climbed the many peaks of Mt. Ni'a. When the last rays of light receded in the sky, Bai Ya finally saw the building gallery on the top of Jingque Peak.
Bai Ya didn't sneak into Jingque Peak right away, the layout of the outer hall branch of Ling Tian Pavilion was similar to the layout of the Sword Finger Peak of the Qing Capital Temple, and there were at least hundreds of martial artists on the mountain.
Except for a small number of Qi Realm martial artists, most of the others are martial artists above the artistic conception, and he is now touching it completely to find death, and it is unlikely that he will happen to find Wu Zhen.
Taking advantage of the darkness, Bai Ya found a cliff opposite the martial arts arena and took out the blanket and food from the mustard seed bag.
Anyway, his trip went very smoothly, there was one less temporary employee in the grain store, at most he was an official, he would never have imagined that he would get into Emei, and he had a lot of time to find Wu Zhen.