Chapter Seventy-Three: Checking for Cheating
This time, Cai Xiongbo was sorting out several pieces of information with great interest, most of which came more than a month ago.
January 2:
Rongwan City, Zhu Renzhi, the master of Baishamen, with the help of the monks of this sect, defeated Ma Ming, the head of the Ma family, with the middle-level siege formation of Shadow Pearl Mountain, annexed his family compound, spiritual fields and other spiritual resources, and thwarted his plot to compete for low-level spiritual mines, Shadow Pearl Mountain spiritual mines.
In this battle, kill or capture all the monks of the Ma family, kill the four monks of the end stage of Qi refining of the Feng Ling Sect who were hired by the Ma family for a reward, kill or capture their spirit beasts, escape the two monks of the end stage of Qi refining, and flee outside the city.
In this battle, only one of the monks of this sect hired by Baishamen for a reward appeared, and he cultivated at the end of qi refining, and he was good at using talismans and formations, and his strength was extraordinary.
January 3rd:
Fengling Mountain, when it was Mao, a fourth-level spirit bird appeared, flying southward, and there were six monks at the end of Qi refining.
In Hengshui City, at the end of the day, a fourth-level spirit bird appeared, flying from north to south, and there were six monks at the end of Qi refining.
In Shaobei Town, before that time, a fourth-level spirit bird appeared, flying from north to south, with six monks at the end of Qi refining.
In Rongwan City, at the beginning of the day, a Huatian Sect monk who had helped Baishamen in the battle left and began to return to the sect in a carriage.
January 4th:
Rongwan City, Zishi, eight miles outside the west city, there were fourth-level spirit birds, there were six monks at the end of Qi refining, and one monk who escaped from Fenglingzong before picking it up, a total of seven people, flew along the official road out of the city and flew in the direction of Huatianzong in the south. Another escaped friar had already returned north to the Fengling Sect ahead of schedule.
In Fulin Town, at that time, a fourth-level spirit bird appeared, and there were seven monks at the end of Qi refining, flying along the path of the town and heading towards the direction of Huatian Sect in the south.
Fulin Town is about 550 miles away from Rongwan City, about 450 miles away from Huatianzong, 50 miles to the south is Xingxing Gorge, and further south is Huanghua Town 320 miles away from Huatianzong. But in Huanghua Town, there was no news coming.
In Fulin Town, when Shen Shi, a fourth-level spirit bird appeared, and there were three monks at the end of Qi refining, flying along the path of the town and heading towards Rongwan City in the north.
January 5:
Rongwan City, Yinshi, outside the West City Gate, there were four-level spirit birds, there were three monks at the end of Qi refining, two were bound, one was a monk of this sect, and they stayed at the Huaya Inn in Xicheng. At the end of the day, the monks of this sect went out of the inn and entered the Baishamen to ask to see the master of the Zhu Gate. At the time of the unitary, the mid-level siege formation appeared in the Shadow Pearl Mountain again, and after that, the fourth-level spirit bird carried three people and flew towards the direction of Zhonglong Mountain in the south-east.
There are also two pieces of information that came two days ago:
February 14:
In Huanghua Town, from time to time, a fourth-level spirit bird appeared, flying south from the direction of Zhonglong Mountain in the north-east, and there was a monk at the end of Qi refining.
In the small town of South China, when Hai Shi, there was a fourth-level spirit bird, flying from north to south, there was a monk at the end of the sect's qi refining, and he began to walk one mile outside the town and returned to South China Peak.
Cai Xiongbo fell into deep thought.
More than a month ago, if the Fengling Sect dispatched the foundation building period monks, these monks could fly at a height of two thousand zhang with their swords, as long as they didn't use their divine sense to probe down, it would be difficult for the foundation building period monks on the ground to find out.
However, the Fengling Sect sent a Qi Refining Period cultivator to come, and such a fanfare was quite provocative. According to the agreement of the Seven Great Sects, it is okay for monks on both sides to go to each other's spheres of influence, even if they inquire about the news, as long as they do not trespass on the forbidden land, each faction will turn a blind eye and close one eye. After all, it is also a balance to control each other's movements, and no one wants to break this balance unless it is absolutely necessary.
Of course, if one party carries a heavy treasure and goes to the other party's sphere of influence, such as escorting many spiritual objects across the border, and being attacked and destroyed by unknown forces, it is inevitable and difficult to investigate. This kind of secret battle for treasures, both sides are naturally happy to do it.
However, if there were other sect cultivators within Hua Tianzong's sphere of influence who took the initiative to attack, or even attacked Hua Tianzong's monks, then Hua Tianzong could justifiably kill them, and the responsibility lay with the sect that made the first move. Of course, the premise is that the Huatian Sect monk can arrive at the scene in time, or find evidence.
This time, Fenglingzong picked up the escaped monks from Rongwan City and flew south to the direction of Huatianzong, obviously tracking down the war-aiding monks of Huatianzong, and chased them between Fulin Town and Huanghua Town, which should be in the area of Xingxingxia, and attacked the war-aiding monks of Huatianzong.
It's a pity that for passing monks, limited to manpower, Hua Tianzong only tracks people above the foundation building period. Qi refining period cultivators, passing through the sect's sphere of influence, are quite common, and no one cares. In this way, Hua Tianzong didn't know what happened to Xingxing Gorge.
And Feng Lingzong and his entourage, it was also because there were fourth-level spirit beasts that cultivated in the early stage of the construction period, plus seven monks at the end of the Qi refining period, their cultivation was not low, and the number of people was relatively large, so they attracted the attention of Fengtang.
From the later intelligence analysis, the attack of Fenglingzong failed, and no one escaped. One Huatian Sect monk, with two captives and captured spirit birds, returned to Baishamen, and arranged a mid-level formation to improve its protective power. It may be to warn Baishamen of the revenge of the Fengling Sect and solve the problem of fire spirit food for the wind and fire spirit birds.
After he flew to Zhonglong Mountain, he stayed in that area for a month, probably familiar with the fourth-level spirit bird he had just captured. It was not an easy task for a novice at the end of Qi refining to control a fourth-order spirit beast by himself. He may then have imprisoned or killed two captives before returning to the sect.
Cai Xiongbo also has a mission report and a discrepancy report at hand. The deacon disciples from the South China Fengling Book Pavilion who manage the bounty task, and the deacon disciples who enter and exit the gate at the foot of the mountain.
The two reports have clearly written that Wang Xian is the assistant monk of Huatianzong, and there is no one else, in terms of time and task, it coincides with the battle of Rongwan City. As for the other half of the tasks that Ren Xing divided, it is estimated that it is just a personal favor.
Cai Xiongbo, more than 100 years ago, was the intelligence chief of the Armament Department of the Xia State Military Department, and was in charge of the Xia State's war readiness intelligence collection of various countries for a long time. Later, when the chief military officer of his cronies exterminated the lair of bandits in the border area, he sent loot seized from the bandits' lair, several rare jade and ancient paintings. He accidentally obtained the spiritual power in the jade and the cultivation of ancient paintings, and entered the cultivation realm.
Regarding Wang Xian's operation this time, after reviewing several pieces of relevant information, he analyzed it in detail, and guessed the true situation.
Cai Xiongbo was relieved and curious. Feng Lingzong's fanfare attacked, he made a disgrace, the whole army was annihilated, and he was deflated in Hua Tianzong's sphere of influence, so he was quite relieved to let them know that Hua Tianzong was not easy to mess with.
He was also curious about Wang Xian, how did Wang Xian destroy the seven Qi Refining Terminal Stage Cultivators and also take the fourth-level spirit beasts? Could it be that it was just by virtue of the talisman? Could someone secretly help him? Who is the force behind it?
Cai Xiongbo felt that if Wang Xian did this alone, he would be a hidden and powerful monk. If there were monks behind him who were good at hiding his whereabouts above the foundation building period to help him, then Wang Xian would not be as simple as he said about loose cultivation.
In order to prevent other forces from interfering in the bounty task, find out whether Wang Xian has a complicated background and hide his identity from the sect. Cai Xiongbo issued an order from Fengtang, asking the hidden monks of Fengtang in Fulin Town to immediately investigate the area around Xingxing Gorge, find traces of the fighting method, and confirm the number of people on both sides of the fighting method.
Three hours later, the monk of the Wind Hall sent a transmission note, confirming that somewhere in the Star Gorge, two days ago, there were traces of many people's fighting methods. One of them must be a man, who has his back against one side of the mountain wall, and responds to attacks from the front three directions, left and right. On the other side there were six or seven monks. There were also traces of a fourth-level fire spirit beast and five third-level spirit beasts besieging this person.
The traces of the attack of this fourth-level spirit beast were originally left by the Earth Fire Dragon, but Chi Xia Peng was captured before he could launch an attack that day. This place was regarded by Cai Xiongbo as left by Chi Xia Peng, and it can be regarded as a hundred secrets.
After Cai Xiongbo confirmed his guess, he put his mind at ease and admired Wang Xian's strength. If you send a Yuntang Foundation Cultivation Initial Cultivator, it will not be easy to deal with a fourth-level spirit beast, plus seven Qi Refining Terminal Stage Cultivators.
This Qi Refining Period cultivator, however, has one enemy and seven enemies, and he will either capture or kill all opponents, plus capture fourth-level spirit beasts for use, not counting the killing of five or six third-level spirit beasts that assist in the battle, this sub's strength and means are not simple, and it is worth paying attention to.