That's what villains are like

Chapter 111 Your Bad Taste Is Really Abominable

In the garden, the fragrance of flowers bursts.

With a smile on his face, Xiao Teng was drinking tea while listening to Ye Zhiyan talk about his life here these days.

Besides her, there is also a woman surnamed Song from the Naxian League living in the courtyard.

The elder sister has been taking care of her, because it is inconvenient for her to travel, so many things are bought by the elder sister for her.

In her description, Song Youwei is gentle, considerate and considerate, just like a big sister next door.

Xiao Teng also nodded secretly, very pleased, and said that if he could see him in the future, he would be very grateful to him.

He also promised to help Ye Zhiyan in secret, as long as she has something, as long as it is within his ability, he will definitely help her.

However, he didn't tactfully ask too many things about the Naxian League.

He has already learned from his father Zhenbei Wang Xiaohe that the Naxian League is suspected to be related to the royal family, and the Zhenbei King is loyal to the royal family, so if he secretly helps the Naxian League, it is actually equivalent to doing things for the royal family, which does not conflict .

In addition, it is estimated that only the royal family dared to promise Xie Jianjia so directly that they would help the Xie family clear their grievances and return to their original posts.

The time together is beautiful, but it is also short-lived.

Xiao Teng glanced at the bright moon that was about to rise into the sky, sighed secretly, a little bit reluctant.

He already knew from Xie Jianjia's mouth that she would leave this courtyard soon and meet again, but he didn't know when.

"Then Jian Jia, I won't bother you anymore, I'll take my leave first."

Xiao Teng put away his reluctance, got up and prepared to say goodbye.

Ye Zhiyan also got up, intending to see them off, and said softly, "Brother Xiao Teng, go slowly, today's brief parting is supposed to be for our long-term reunion in the future."

Xiao Teng nodded secretly, with a smile on his face, just let her stay in the courtyard, he can find the way.

Hearing this, Ye Zhiyan gave up and stopped in front of the arched door of the corridor, looking at him away with affection and reluctance.

Until Xiao Teng's figure had completely disappeared.

She just withdrew the look she had just now, and returned to the pavilion where she was sitting expressionlessly.

The tea was no longer hot, but she still raised her snow-white swan-like neck, gulped a few sips, rinsed a few times, and then spit out the tea.

"Is this the bad taste of you men..."

She no longer saw the cold and weak look she had when she faced Xiao Teng just now, instead she was somewhat disgusted and resentful.

"Not really, it's just mine."

Jiang Lan's voice came, and he slowly appeared from the darkness beside him, and smiled.

The moonlight fell on his white clothes, which were as fine as dust and snow, and the mist rose up, blurring and blurring, like an exiled fairy walking in the world.

Ye Zhiyan's connection with his abominable behavior just now doesn't match his current image at all.

"I can understand, but don't go too far..."

"Although my life and death are in your hands, it doesn't mean that I have no means to fight back. At worst, I will let you fetch water from a bamboo basket, and it will be nothing." She said expressionlessly.

Jiang Lan seemed to know that the actions just now were a little too much, she sighed slightly, "Are you angry?"

Ye Zhiyan remained expressionless and said, "Young Master Jiang, your bad taste is really hateful."

In fact, Jiang Lan just wanted to test whether Xiao Teng's luck could be obtained through this method.

But found little effect, the biggest reason may be that Xiao Teng himself may not know about it.

As a Mongolian man, he probably didn't notice the abnormality in Ye Zhiyan's body just now.

Of course, it is also due to Ye Zhiyan's natural acting skills.

"I'm sorry, I won't do it next time..." Jiang Lan thought for a while, then looked at her seriously and said.

Ye Zhiyan was taken aback, but he never thought that he would apologize to himself, and he was so serious, a strange feeling suddenly arose in his heart.

"It's not an example."

She turned her head away, took another sip of tea, and then rinsed her mouth several times in front of Jiang Lan.

"I asked the person to pick you up, and it will be here soon."

"There should be nothing else for you in the future, just recover from the injury with peace of mind. I will help you pay attention to the matter of the magic crystal. Although the magic weapon is hard to find, there is still a way..." Jiang Lan smiled and said.

Although Ye Zhiyan took Xie Jianjia away, she is still a demon in essence. During the process, the demons will use secret methods to assimilate the body of the person who took the house, making it more suitable for themselves.

That is to say, the appearance of Ye Zhiyan in front of him looks the same as that of the human race, but in fact he is a demon race in essence, whether it is the body or the soul, they are all the same.

That's why she needs items such as magic crystals to practice, which is why Jiang Lan prepared many magic crystals early in the morning.

Although Ye Zhiyan was rinsing her mouth and ignored him, her ears were always listening to what he said.

Hearing this, he nodded and didn't say anything more.

Jiang Lan got up and planned to leave. Song Youwei had been away for a few days, and the Blood Immortal Sect must also be planning and planning for this South Hunting exercise.

Xia Huang prepared for a long time for the grand plan of hunting in the south in a few months.

This move is not only to show the country's prestige and deter Xiaoxiao, but also to show her fist muscles and sharp minions to the princes, county kings, princes and nobles of Daxia.

Generally speaking, it is similar to the military parade in the previous life.

The difference is demonstrated by clearing up the barbarians in Nanman Prefecture.

Nanman Prefecture is located in the south of the land of Kyushu, and it can be seen from its name that it is a wild and unexplored land, full of primitive wasteland.

Most of the barbarians are uncivilized and simple-minded.

Relying on her innate brute strength and her belief in barbarian gods to gain strength, she has plundered human cities all year round. When there is a shortage of food, she will also use human races as rations.

With the gradual enlightenment and wisdom of the aristocratic class among the barbarians in recent years, a ruling class has been formed, with strict rules and various sophisticated weapons.

The barbarians, who were not a concern at first, gradually became a threat to the Great Xia Dynasty.

In addition, the barbarians multiplied extremely fast, and even other alien races suffered greatly from it, often giving rise to mixed-race barbarians.

Not only is his intelligence comparable to that of the human race, but he also has some heterogeneous blood, and can practice the skills of various races, so his strength is very tyrannical.

Every few years, Daxia will send troops to conduct regular south hunting, and the major immortal sects will also go to observe the ceremony. This has been a tradition formed in Daxia for thousands of years.

And before each south hunt, the royal family will also conduct a drill.

The practice site is located in the back mountain of Jingyang City. At that time, many powerful people will work together to open one of the ancient hunting grounds in the void, and put a group of death row prisoners in it for hunting competitions.

With this reward, the royal family will reward many precious martial arts treasures, natural and earth treasures, and inscriptions of magical artifacts. Many immortal sects and orthodoxy will also come to participate and get a share.

Jiang Lan is familiar with the plot, so she naturally knows that the Blood Immortal Church is making trouble at this time.

Now that Song Youwei is being called over, she must be discussing something together. As for whether it will develop according to the plot he knows, after Song Youwei comes back, she will know after asking.

With such an eyeliner planted in the Blood Immortal Cult, he was not worried about things beyond his control.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Xiao Teng, who planned to leave the Osmanthus Garden and return to the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, did not expect that he almost bumped into a very charming beautiful woman wearing a scarf as soon as he opened the door and walked out.

Hu Sanniang, who was following the instructions of the leader of the Naxian League, came to the appointment to take away the woman living in the Osmanthus Garden, did not expect that in such a late night, there would be a strange man who pushed the door and walked out.

Surprised and suspicious on her face, she sized up Xiao Teng in front of her, who was dressed in a smart outfit, and quickly recognized him by the moonlight.

As a senior member of the Naxian League, she naturally has some understanding of the powerful disciples in Jingyang City.

Xiao Teng in front of him didn't hide his face, anyone who knew Zhenbei Palace would know who he was.

"Master Xiao Teng?" Hu Sanniang asked tentatively.

Xiao Teng never expected that this person recognized him all of a sudden, and even called out his name like that.

"Are you... a member of the Naxian League?" He sank his mind and guessed.

Hu Sanniang also breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the words, and said with a smile, "I am indeed a concubine."

Xiao Teng was completely relieved now.

At this moment, Hu Sanniang vaguely guessed who the woman living in the Osmanthus Garden was, and she would ask the three sons of the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion to come to a private meeting late at night, plus the robbery incident that had been raging a while ago...

"Jian Jia will trouble you to take care of her."

Xiao Teng didn't want to cause too much trouble and trouble, so he left in a hurry after leaving such a sentence.

Hu Sanniang didn't say much, went to the garden as instructed, and soon found Ye Zhiyan among them, and told her why she came, Ye Zhiyan also cooperated very much, packed up her things, and left here with her.

Jiang Lan, who had not gone far from the Osmanthus Garden, watched the scene not far away, and then nodded in satisfaction.

The reason why he let Hu Sanniang come after Xu time is so that she and Xiao Teng can just meet each other.

In this way, not only can the doubts of the two be completely dispelled, but it can also prepare in advance for Xiao Teng to contact people from the Naxian League in the future.

"The key to the opening of the Tianzi Temple is in the hands of Ge Qixing, the national teacher..."

"In the original plot, he was the only one who cracked the armor of the spirit turtle, but there is no rush."

"After all the current matters are resolved, we can then plan for Zhou Tian 36's Immortal Law."

On the way back to Yuxianfang, Jiang Lan began to think about other things.

The Nanshou rehearsal is coming soon, and Emperor Xia will be very busy during this time, and he has no time and thought to investigate and pay attention to him.

The only thing he thinks about is the people from the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect.

When he was still in Anyang City, the commander of Tianjian named Linglong went to visit him.

It seemed that he was asking about his assassination in Yuyi City, but he was actually trying to manipulate many insects, ants, birds and beasts in the mansion to monitor his actions.

Jiang Lan asked herself how she acted meticulously without leaving any flaws or loopholes. How did the commander of Tianjian notice him?
At that time, he guessed that there might be something wrong with the records related to him in the Jiantian Division, either because the records were incomplete, or there were some logical inconsistencies that could not be justified.

If it was the latter two possibilities, then he could use this to trick Emperor Xia.

Although the commander named Linglong belongs to the Tiansi Supervisor, it is reasonable to say that she would not intervene in the affairs of the royal family, but the Wanshou Mountain behind her is different. It is a famous royalist faction in Daxia.

At a critical time, it will definitely fall to the royal family.

Apart from the three major sword sects, the Canglan Sword Sect, the Wuji Sword Sect, and the Daocang Sword Sect, there are also six major foundational strengths in Daxia, which are not weaker than those of the top immortal sects.

Among them, the Ten Thousand Beast Gate is one of them.

In addition, there are Yaowang Valley, Qianji School, Zhanzhan Hall, Tianfu Hall, and Ronghua Palace.

For example, the Imperial Medical Office is backed by the Valley of the Medicine King, and the Tiangong Institute actually has the Qianji faction behind it...

These sects and orthodoxy have been established and survived since the founding of the Great Xia, and they share weal and woe with the Great Xia, and their misfortunes and blessings are related.

Behind the royal family, there is also the existence of Yinlong Mountain.

Emperor Xia seemed weak, but if his father wanted to easily shake the Daxia Sheji and change his country and surname, it would not be that simple.

After these forces surfaced one after another, it was the beginning of the real chaos and turmoil in Great Xia.

Right now, Jiang Lan doesn't have the time and energy to think about these things. His personal power doesn't seem to be weak, but under this overall situation, it's basically impossible to stay behind the scenes and manipulate everything, at least for now.

"Improve your strength, harvest luck, and secretly develop your own power by the way..."

"Only then can we have the ability to make maneuvers in the next big situation."

So before going to Yangchun City to meet the sixth prince Qi Qingxuan in the original plot, Jiang Lan planned to intercept a confidant who could do things for him first.

In the current period of time, he searched his memory again, and indeed found that only that guy was the most suitable.

If Lin Fan hadn't died, that guy would have become his most loyal follower.

In addition, if you count the time, the two-day semi-annual auction meeting in the imperial capital is about to begin.

Qi Qingxuan, the sixth prince in Yangchun City, should have been noticed by Princess Shang Mingyu, the remnant of the Hong Kingdom.

Shang Mingyu, the remnants of the Hong Kingdom in the original plot.

Hongguo is one of the hundreds of countries around Daxia, and it is close to the outer sea countries. Many years ago, because of offering sacrifices to believe in evil gods, the country was wiped out by Daxia Qing.

"Speaking of which, Shang Mingyu's true identity should actually be a descendant of the royal family of the Shang Kingdom, and the Hong Kingdom was built by the remnants of the Shang Kingdom."

"She has a treasure in her hand, called the Ball of Great Wishes. It was a treasure cast by sacrificing and believing in evil gods before the Hong Kingdom was destroyed. It can absorb Great Wishes and beliefs, and condense incredible power..."

"In addition to this, it can also deduce the fate of chance, and has many mysterious abilities."

Jiang Lan is familiar with this episode, and even more aware that the great wish ball in Shang Mingyu's hand actually contains the great wish technique left by the ancient emperor of the Shang Kingdom.

In the original plot, Shang Mingyu will assist Qi Qingxuan to fight against Emperor Xia, intending to cultivate new dragons to eat away at the old dragons, so that Daxia will fall into chaos and turmoil, so that she will have the opportunity to restore the Shang Kingdom.

……

At the same time, in the eastern district of Jingyang City.

In a stretch of pavilions and palaces.

In the dark underground palace, one after another shark oil copper lamps were lit, flickering on and off.

The corridor was very quiet, only the sound of footsteps made by one figure after another wearing black robes and hoods, and hiding under the robes.

In the depths of the underground palace, there is a high platform engraved with complicated blood-colored patterns.

Surrounded by altars one after another, they are simple and secluded, with a rusty color, like blood coagulated for a long time, accompanied by bursts of fishy smell.

"Is everyone here already?"

On the high platform, an old figure as thin as a tree branch stood.

With his hands behind his back, he was also wearing a black robe, his eye sockets were deeply sunken, and his pupils glowed with a strange and frightening light.

Just looking at each other makes one's scalp explode, and one's hair stands on end, as if being targeted by a terrifying monster.

Song Youwei was also wearing a loose black robe, with a human skin mask on her clear face, which looked very sallow and ordinary. She stood under the high platform, but she was very close to the front.

Like everyone else, she lowered her head, her hands were folded on her chest in a prayerful way, and she seemed to be chanting some sacrificial rites.

"Elder, basically everyone is here, and some are on their way to Jingyang City. For some reason, they couldn't make it to the small sacrifice ceremony in time."

Beside the skinny figure, a man in black robe said respectfully.

Hearing this, the skinny figure nodded, his creepy gaze slowly swept across the congregation in front of him, and then he said in a hoarse voice, "The holy fire will never go out, the holy religion will never go out, and the blood fairy will never go out." world, save all sentient beings..."

While chanting, several people behind him worked together to sacrifice prepared vases one after another, poured out blood from them, and poured them into the surrounding altars.

Faintly, those altars trembled slightly, and one after another blood-colored lines lit up, and simple and deep blood-colored runes flashed through them, extremely gorgeous, but with a palpitating blood-colored light.

And those blood-colored runes kept sinking into all the congregants here.

Everyone's forehead and cheekbones became crystal clear, and the corresponding bloody light could be seen flickering in it, so as to determine their identity.

Song Youwei's face was calm, and the Blood Immortal Sect had mobilized many people for this plan.

In addition to the elder with the strength of the seventh realm in front of him, there are other guardians on the way.

Those who can participate in this small sacrifice are all important figures in the Blood Immortal Cult.

If there is a mistake in the mapping just now, it will be killed instantly.

Even she didn't dare to be negligent. The Blood Immortal Sect's method is very strange. It can judge the degree of religious piety of the congregation by the degree of blood light reflected in the ceremony just now.

If it mixes with other people, or if the belief is not pure enough, it will be directly obliterated, so as to ensure the privacy of this parliamentary plan.

She had obtained a secret method many years ago, which could absorb the power of faith from others.

Therefore, she also benefited from this reason. It seems that the power of faith is very strong, and she is the most devout believer of the Blood Immortal Sect.

"No problem at all."

Sweeping around, the skinny figure on the high platform nodded with satisfaction, and then he waved his hand, and the four corridor doors leading to this place were immediately closed.

Immediately afterwards, the misty blood light spread, completely covering this place, so as to ensure that there would be no movement here, nor would it be detected.

"Youwei, what's going on with the investigation of the Naxian League? Has there been any progress?"

After doing all this, the skinny figure on the high platform looked at Song Youwei standing in front and asked.

The members of the Blood Immortal Cult do not know each other's true face and identity.

So most of the people who come here are hiding their true faces, and Song Youwei is no exception.

But she has a special status in the Blood Immortal Sect, and even the elders are very polite to her.

Hearing this, Song Youwei also replied with a hoarse voice, "Reporting to the elders, the results of the investigation and testing have come out, but who built the Naxian League is yet to be investigated..."

"The suspicious people today include Jiang Lan, the son of Xiangguo's mansion, Xiao Teng, the third son of King Zhenbei, Situ Jian, the second young master of Duke Zhongguo's mansion, Xia Jie, the third son of Prince Wuxuan, and the eldest young master of Chong'an County King..."

She directly mentioned many names, all of them were famous disciples of the powerful and powerful in Daxia Jingyang City.

Among them are some young and middle-aged talents, but they are already over 30 years old.

When the elders on the high platform heard these reports, their faces remained unchanged and they just nodded.

"The Nana Immortal League has indeed ruined the good things of our Holy Cult many times. If it is not eradicated in time, it may cause a lot of trouble later. However, the big plan is ahead now, and you don't have to put a lot of thought on it, Youwei."

"The Naxian League can be resolved at any time, it's not worth your attention." He said.

The matter of investigating and testing the Naxian League was actually proposed by Song Youwei herself.

In fact, the upper echelons of the Blood Immortal Sect didn't pay attention to an organization like the Naxian League, which has just been established for a few years.

But Song Youwei will become the saint of the Holy Church in the future, second only to the future leader of the Holy Church.

She proposed to solve the matter of Naxianmeng.

The high-ranking members of the Blood Immortal Sect must not think carefully, and then give orders to test the suspicious dignitaries in Jingyang City.

"Youwei understands, don't worry, the elder, I will put the overall situation of the holy religion first." Song Youwei said calmly.

The skinny figure nodded and said, "The top priority of our holy religion now is to find out as soon as possible where the southern hunting place of Great Xia is. The high-level barbarians have also reached an agreement with us. The covenant will deal him a heavy blow during the Great Xia's southern hunting..."

The Blood Immortal Sect and the barbarian high-level officials intend to prepare an ambush and plan ahead of time in the southern hunting land of Daxia.

Just like what happened in the secret place of Zixia Mountain outside Anyang City some time ago.

Until now, all the high-level members of the Blood Immortal Sect are still proud of it, thinking that it was a hidden senior of the Blood Immortal Sect who plotted to give a lesson to all the immortal sects in Zhongtian Prefecture and promote the reputation of the Blood Immortal Sect. .

"In the past, the Great Xia Dynasty's Nanshou land would choose an open land adjacent to the Southern Barren State, and would not choose an area that would be easily ambushed and killed."

"In recent years, the female army god who guarded the southern barren state has killed the barbarians and retreated steadily. Hearing this, his face changed, so I guess that the land of Nanshou will be in the territory guarded by that female army god... "Song Youwei revealed some speculation.

The female military god of Daxia, named Xia Jin, is the daughter of Prince Wuxuan, and also the sister of Xia Jie she mentioned just now.

However, the female military god was not born of Prince Wuxuan's wife and concubine, but was born of his drunken promiscuity and maid.

Speaking of which, the life of the female army god Xia Jin was quite fantastical and confusing, with a mysterious color like a myth.

Since she was born, she was not liked by Prince Wuxuan. Her mother was bullied by his wives and concubines, and died early. The maids of several wives in the mansion also occasionally bullied her.

Unfortunate childhood, father disliked, mother died young, it is said that even the coals in the stove in winter were withheld by several wives...

However, her cultivation talent in her childhood was quite good. Under such circumstances, she still emerged at a young age and became famous.

Later, Prince Wuxuan asked her to marry a son of a county king. Unfortunately, when the female military god was 13 years old, something happened suddenly, and she was killed by someone. Her dantian was abolished, and her spirit sea dried up overnight.

When the county king heard the news, he brought his son to the door overnight to withdraw the engagement.

Her spiritual sea was exhausted, her cultivation was completely lost, and she even suffered a divorce.

If ordinary people were hit by this blow, they would have already been depressed, but that was not the case for the female military god. She dealt with it calmly and calmly. After retiring, she seemed to have abandoned her shackles, left Prince Wuxuan's mansion, and went to the south.

Years later, when the world heard about her again.

With one shot and one horse, she went straight to a tribe of the barbarians, pierced through a powerful existence of the barbarians comparable to the six-level monks of the human race, and nailed them to death in their tents. walk away.

Since then, the reputation has grown greatly, and after Emperor Xia heard about it, he even sealed the territory and bestowed on him the title of General Bravery.

For many years, the female army god has guarded the south, and the barbarian army dared not enter. Even uncivilized barbarians would be terrified when they heard her name.

"What Youwei said is reasonable, but there are still a few months before Daxia Nanshou. Before that, we need to investigate more carefully." Hearing her guess, the skinny figure thought for a while and nodded.

Song Youwei didn't say much anymore, this is actually what Jiang Lan asked her to say.

As for Jiang Lan's intentions, she didn't know, and she didn't try to guess.

"Besides this Great Xia Nanshou, there is another important thing right now..."

"Before the southern hunting exercise, Daxia will send the death row prisoner in Tiansi to the hunting ground. Originally, the high-ranking barbarians asked us to help rescue one of the barbarian masters and bring him back to the barbarians safely. .”

"But now the barbarians have changed their minds. At that time, they will send a barbarian god pill, let me wait and help, and let the barbarian master swallow it. At the same time, the barbarians will perform a reception ceremony, calling The savage gods descended and washed the hunting grounds with blood."

"At that time, the scene must be extremely chaotic. I need you to take the opportunity to go to the palace and steal the national weapon town dragon seal. If you can't take it away, then use the blood of the blood fairy sacrificed during this period to completely erode it. , filthy ruined Daxia's national fortune dragon spirit..."

The skinny figure on the high platform pondered for a while, and his horrified eyes swept across the people here again, and told them all the plans and instructions to come in detail.

Song Youwei's heart was shaken when she heard that, she didn't expect that the barbarians would change their previous plan.

No wonder the Blood Immortal Church suddenly summoned everyone to come here to discuss how to deal with it and change their strategy.

Following the Nanshou rehearsal, all the immortal families will come to watch the ceremony or participate in it.

If the barbarians call for the arrival of the barbarian gods, it will be a terrible disaster for everyone who goes into it to hunt at that time.

……

Two days passed quickly.

Because the Nanshou drill is coming soon, the patrol manpower in Jingyang City has increased several times compared to before.

Many immortal sect forces from remote lands are already on their way.

In the past few days, some Xianmen disciples can also be seen haunting stone workshops, weapon shops, arenas and other places in Jingyang City.

On the day when the various lists of Tianji Pavilion are announced, among the restaurants and teahouses, you can hear the discussions and conversations of monks and souls.

Many disciples of Tianjiao will also fight for some of the rankings.

More good people are more inclined to focus on lists such as the stunning list, which are biased towards entertainment and gossip.

Whether it is Ling Zhuyun, the quasi-saint of Yaochi Zong, or Fairy Gong Miaoyin, the goddess, they are all on the list.

Young Mu Ai, even many talented and invincible young Tianjiao often pay attention to these lists, and have certain expectations and admiration for some of the fairies and goddesses.

"In the newly released stunning list, there are suddenly a few new faces. However, Ling Zhuyun, the saintess of the Yaochi sect, is still impressively listed. She really is on the list, and she is an iron-struck saint."

"However, this Tianji Pavilion is also clever. It is just a list of ten people, regardless of ranking. It means that each has its own merits, and its appearance is rare in the world. Haha..."

"Brother Zhang Yuan, why have you been staring at the portrait of the Holy Maiden Lingzhuyun of the Yaochi sect?"

"He's wearing a veil, but he can't see his true face. Could it be that you also admire this holy lady of the Yaochi Sect?"

"Compared to this holy maiden from the Yaochi sect who can only be seen from a distance and is not to be played with, I still like the fairy Miaoyin from the Goddess Palace. The kind that gets hooked..."

In a tea house.

Several young disciples wearing the same blue cardigan and robes, carrying long swords behind their backs, and embroidering the pattern of Yijian Palace on their cuffs and chests, were sitting together near the window.

They are all in their early twenties, male and female, each holding a book in their hands at the moment, flipping through the contents.

One of the disciples, who had small eyes and had a somewhat lewd smile, was winking with the young man next to him and talking about something.

And what he said caused the female disciples on the opposite side to roll their eyes secretly, as if they were very disdainful.

The young man named Zhang Yuan, with a fair and handsome face and regular features, sat there firmly, with a somewhat extraordinary demeanor of a swordsman.

"Senior Brother Sun Hou, are you kidding me? I'm just a little curious about this stunning list..." He shook his head, gave a wry smile, and then closed the book in his hand.

"Hey, I thought you admired that holy lady Ling Zhuyun, and stared at her portrait for a long time." The disciple named Sun Hou laughed.

They are all inner disciples of Yi Jianzong, and this time they came to Jingyang City, the imperial capital, with the elders of the master sect to participate in the Nanshou practice.

But after arriving in Jingyang City, they separated.

Some disciples came to the Great Xia Imperial Capital for the first time, and were shocked by its magnificence, and planned to walk around.

The few of them have a good relationship in the sect on weekdays, so they invited them to walk together.

It just happened that Tianji Pavilion refreshed and announced a new round of list, so they bought one each.

"The saintess of the Yaochi sect, Ling Zhuyun..."

After closing the book, Zhang Yuan looked calm, but his heart was not as calm as it appeared on the surface.

While chanting this name, I feel a little sad in my heart.

After the Zixia Mountain incident was over, he never saw Ling Zhuyun again, let alone had the chance to explain to her.

After returning to the Yaochi Sect, Ling Zhuyun seemed to have fallen into penance, and there was no news of her from the outside world.

Only on this stunning list, her blurred face is impressively depicted.

Ling Zhuyun already hated him deeply now, if she saw him, she would definitely not give him a chance to explain, it is extremely difficult to prove her innocence...

The Zhang Yuan in front of him is naturally not Zhang Yuan, but Ye Ming who will use the method of changing the fetus to seize the house in the secret place of Zixia Mountain to ban Zhang Yuan, a disciple of Yijian Palace.

After leaving Zixia Mountain safely that day, he returned to Yijian Palace without any danger under the leadership of the master of Yijian Palace who came from behind.

His injury also recovered in the subsequent recuperation.

It turned out that Zhang Yuan was a disciple of an elder in Yijian Palace when he was young. He had no parents or relatives, and his personality was relatively withdrawn, so he didn't have many friends.

This also made Ye Ming feel at ease, and would not worry about being found to be a fake because of some habits.

During the time in Yijian Palace, he submerged in secret arts, and after refining various treasures obtained by Zixia Mountain and his party, his strength improved a lot.

Later, he took on a few missions and earned a lot of merit, in exchange for a few Yijiangong spells.

At the same time, he also made a few friends in front of him, and he barely gained a firm foothold in Yijian Palace.

It has nothing to do with him for the time being how the immortal sects of the outside world hunt down and search for his traces.

For this Nanshou exercise, Yijian Palace sent many disciples to accompany them.

Originally, Zhang Yuan's strength was considered to be in the middle and upper reaches among the inner sect, so he was naturally called up at the same time.

Even if Ye Ming wanted to shirk, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and follow.

"Junior Brother Zhang Yuan, I didn't expect you to have some insights into Origin Technique?"

"If it wasn't for your help just now, I would probably have been scammed by the boss of the stone betting workshop. Who knows that the origin stone that looks like aura is empty, but fortunately you stopped me in time, otherwise I would have spent half a year. All the spirit stones have to be pitted there."

Suddenly, a soft and clear voice came.

A pretty woman opposite Ye Ming looked at him with a smile and said.

"Senior Sister Liu Xue is overrated. I just read some books by chance. There are some records about Origin Stones. It's just a fluke..."

Ye Ming waved his hand and quickly explained.

"No matter what, I owe you a favor again, Junior Brother Zhang Yuan." The female disciple named Liu Xue was full of smiles.

Ye Ming felt helpless, and smiled bitterly.

He is very cautious now, he is afraid of being noticed by others when he shows his extraordinary.

The original Zhang Yuan didn't have this kind of means. If it wasn't for the senior sister Liu Xue who helped him a lot during the last mission, he didn't want to let her suffer.

Things like origin stones are not accessible to ordinary people.

A piece of origin stone can cost hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of spiritual stones, and only those disciples with rich family backgrounds dare to try their luck.

Ye Ming was also reminded by the old ghost that he realized that there was something wrong with the source stone in Gambling Stone Workshop just now, so he reminded Liu Xue.

It just so happened that someone next to him bought it in time when he saw it, and cut it open after being taken advantage of. There was nothing left, and thousands of spirit stones were wasted.

If there hadn't been someone who took advantage of him to buy it, otherwise Liu Xue might turn around and blame him for blocking his way of making money.

Except for those controlled by a few major sects, the stone gambling workshops in Jingyang City are all supported by the Changlong Merchant Alliance.

Ye Ming knows that many gambling workshops will deliberately forge origin stones behind their backs in order to earn spirit stones crazily, so as to deceive young monks who are ignorant and new to the world, and sell them at high prices.

Such a black industry has always been controlled by the Changlong Chamber of Commerce.

Even the monks who were deceived did not dare to argue and seek justice after realizing it later, and could only admit that they were unlucky.

And those origin masters who have profound attainments in origin techniques will be hired by the Changlong Merchant Alliance to serve as disciples.

Once the source stones are excavated from the source mine, they will be inspected first to make sure that nothing good will be leaked, and then they will flow into the gambling stone workshop for others to choose.

Ye Ming also learned about these dirty stories from the mouth of the old ghost.

In the past, he wanted the old ghost to help him and make a fortune in the Stone Gambling Workshop, but later he realized that even if he cut out something good, he might not be able to take it away from the Stone Gambling Workshop.

It can also be seen how rich the Xiangguo Mansion, which controls the Changlong Business Alliance, is.

"It's getting late, let's go to the auction house to take a seat first. A lot of people have come to the imperial capital these days. It is estimated that many people are here for this auction."

"I heard that many things at this auction were brought from overseas countries, and there are some novelties that have never been seen before..."

At this time, one of the disciples suggested.

"Yes, let's go to the auction meeting first, otherwise there will be too many people in a while, and there will be no good seats."

The rest of the people also realized that this trip to the imperial capital, apart from participating in the Nanshou drill, they came for the auction meeting.

The auction house in Jingyang City is the largest in the entire Great Xia and even in Zhongtian Prefecture. Basically, you can find all kinds of good things, such as panacea, natural treasures, heavenly tools, slaves and beauties... everything.

Hearing this, Ye Ming's eyes showed a bit of anticipation. He followed them, and he also came to learn more by the way.

Soon, while chatting with each other, they left the teahouse and headed for the inner city of the imperial capital.

The auction conference is located in the inner city, covering an extremely wide area, surrounded by high walls and pavilions, with palaces and courtyards in the middle, shrouded in clouds and mist, as if a fairy palace is located in the world.

And the building in the middle, shaped like an exquisite pagoda, shone brightly and was enveloped by the bright rays of the sun. It was the location of the Imperial Capital Auction Conference.

The pagoda is nine stories high.

Each floor has its own caves, containing space patterns, and the bottom floor is enough to accommodate thousands of people.

At this time, many people have already rushed here, and among the pavilions and lakes, people can already be seen, all with excited faces.

At the same time, on the ninth floor of the pagoda.

In the most front box, Jiang Lan was looking at a colorful strange stone in front of him, filled with strong sunlight.

This strange stone is only the size of a skull, and it is densely covered with cracks, but the marks are not deep, as if it was knocked out.

From every crack, one can see the rays of light radiating out one after another.

"Master, this is the strange stone brought back from overseas countries that is about to be auctioned..." A wealthy middle-aged man respectfully said.

(End of this chapter)