When I take my cultivation to the extreme

Chapter 41 The mantis catches the cicada, the oriole is behind
Li Fan heard someone mention his name in the noisy sea market.

Human hearing is very interesting. In the midst of chaos, all that enters the ear is noise. But once someone mentions his or her name, no matter how small the sound is, it suddenly becomes clear and people can't help but notice it.

This is Li Fan's situation now.

With sharp eyes, he looked towards the direction where the sound came from.

He sees an acquaintance.

"It's him?"

"Xu Jie?"

What Li Fan saw was Xu Jie, the bodyguard of the Xu family.

Xu Jie is only at the seventh level of Qi refining. He was originally not qualified to join the Xu family's treasure ship and come to this Lingsha Sea Market.

However, it may be that Xu Jie hugged Xu Xianhua's lap, qualified to board the treasure ship, and followed him.

Firstly, Xu Jie is not good at his level, secondly, he has no special skills, and thirdly, he is not a concrete person like Xu He, so he is just a marginal role among the people from the Xu family. No one pays attention to him, and he has no status.

Li Fan almost forgot about this person, but he didn't expect to see Xu Jie in the sea market today and at this time.

Li Fan looked over and saw that Xu Jie was not far away from Li Fan at this time, only less than five feet away.

There are too many people in Haishi, and it is normal for people to rub shoulders and not see each other even though they are five feet apart.

Li Fan found Xu Jie's location based on the sound.

It was next to a black shack, with slightly less traffic.

Xu Jie was there, talking in a low voice.

Li Fan is now wearing the mask of a middle-aged prodigal.

Xu Jie obviously didn't notice Li Fan, but stood there with all his attention, talking in a low voice.

Li Fan observed the person talking to Xu Jie.

He was a 37-year-old man in his prime, with a tall build and short hair. He was not sure if he was a Buddhist who had returned to secular life.

This person obviously didn't show any active expression, but there was always a sense of anger on his face, as if he was wearing an anger mask, making people feel that he was not easy to deal with.

"This person is not from the Xu family!"

"Xu Jie is a marginal character in the Xu family caravan. How did he know this person?"

"And why was my name mentioned?"

Li Fan thought.

Li Fan followed the flow of people and walked to less than a foot behind Xu Jie and the mature monk. Then he squatted down and rummaged through a monk's stall. He seemed to be picking things, but in fact he was listening to Xu Jie and the mature man. dialogue.

Xu Jie and the mature monk were still talking.

"You asked me to meet, right here, surrounded by people... Haha, what do you mean? Do you like to plot openly?" the mature monk said with a sneer.

Xu Jie smiled but said: "Now that this situation is going on, I'm not worried about you knowing. I'm just afraid that you guys will do something bad to me."

"Here, there are people everywhere, and under so many pairs of eyes, you have to be careful if you want to touch me!"

"If we move you, do you still need to choose a place?" The mature monk sneered and said, "Don't forget who helped you pay your gambling debt!"

"If you offend us, as long as we reveal what you did before to the Xu family, what do you think will happen to you?"

Xu Jie's face suddenly turned ugly.

"Stop talking nonsense. You just said that you can fish out Xu Xianhua, and you need to use the man named Li Fan. What's going on?" asked the mature monk.

Xu Jie looked around and whispered: "Xu Xianhua wants the Foundation Establishment Pill, but the key seems to fall on a spiritual planter named Li Fan in the Xu family's caravan."

"Li Fan doesn't give Xu Xianhua face. Xu Xianhua hasn't given up yet and wants to make Li Fan surrender."

"We can..." When Xu Jie said this, he probably finally remembered that we were talking about something relatively secret, so he used the sound transmission technique. His lips kept touching, saying something, but no sound came out. .

Li Fan squatted at the stall and frowned slightly.

"Is Xu Jie planning a conspiracy against Xu Xianhua?"

"And it also affects me?"

Li Fan was quite concerned.

He wanted to continue listening, but Xu Jie finally began to be careful and no sound came out.

After a while, Xu Jie finished speaking.

The mature monk thought for a moment and said, "Your plan is quite feasible."

"I didn't realize that there is still some bad water in your stomach."

The mature monk obviously didn't take Xu Jie seriously.Xu Jie didn't give this person a good look either.

"I have to go back. The ban on the Xu family camp has become stricter recently. I have been out for too long and I am easily suspected." Xu Jie said.

"If you think about it carefully, I will find a chance to come out tomorrow afternoon and do it in the evening!"

"Go." The mature monk said.

When Li Fan heard this, he originally wanted to follow Xu Jie or the mature monk to take a look.

However, he didn't get up in a hurry. He just glanced at Xu Jie from the corner of his eye and continued to wait quietly.

Shortly after Xu Jie left, the mature monk snorted coldly and followed Xu Jie from behind, as if he was following someone else.

When Li Fan saw this, he still didn't get up, but pretended to continue bargaining with the stall owner.

After a few breaths, among the crowd, a man wearing yellow clothes, tall and thin, with a hairband on his head and long hair came out and walked in the direction where the mature monk left just now.

In front of him, the mature monk who had walked some distance suddenly turned back.

The tall, thin man wearing a headband raised his hand and made a gesture.

The mature monk nodded slightly and responded with a coded gesture.

After communicating with gestures, they reentered the crowd and soon disappeared with the crowd.

"really."

Li Fan breathed out lightly.

He just felt that the mature monk must have some back-up plan.

Sure enough, the mature monk was not alone, but had accomplices.

Li Fan narrowed his eyes.

"I heard Xu He say before that Xu Jie gambled excessively and owed a lot of gambling debts, but in the end someone helped him pay it off."

"I originally thought it was Xu Xianhua who helped him pay his gambling debt, but now it seems that it was this group of people with unknown origins who did it."

"Moreover, they used this as a basis to blackmail Xu Jie into doing things for them."

"And this time, their target seems to be Xu Xianhua, the direct grandson of the Xu family."

Li Fan sorted out the information he knew.

Xu Jie was threatened because of his gambling debt, and he must have done something detrimental to the Xu family, so the young monk could threaten Xu Jie with further evidence.

Xu Jie has now boarded the pirate ship and cannot get off.

As for the young monk and the identity of his accomplices, Li Fan also had some guesses.

It's very likely that it's Jie Xiu!

Li Fan had heard many legends about Jie Xiu before he came out of Wangxian Island.

This is a group of people with no bottom line and no morals.

However, you can say that Jie Xiu is bad, but you can never think that they are stupid.

The real Great Tribulation Cultivator is extremely cunning and good at planning. He is like a poisonous snake hiding in the dark. He can launch a fatal blow at any time. After he succeeds, he immediately escapes far away, hides his name, and lives a life of dissipation and extravagance until the spiritual stones are not enough. ticket.

Li Fan would not be surprised at all if a robbery cultivator was targeting Xu Xianhua.

The direct grandson of the Xu family has relatively little experience and insufficient experience. Although he cannot be said to be stupid, he really has no advantage when facing Jie Xiu who is scheming in the dark.

A monk in his prime is probably a Jie cultivator.

These people use Xu Jie, and Xu Jie wants to use Li Fan to fish out Xu Xianhua.

Li Fan doesn't like Jie Xiu.

But he also didn't like Xu Xianhua.

Especially, Xu Xianhua had just threatened Li Fan.

"Haha, neither Jie Xiu nor Xu Xianhua are good people."

"They are dog-eat-dog, and I didn't want to get involved...but since the other party has involved me in their plan, I can't stay away from it alone."

"Let's see what Xu Jie and the others want to do."

"If it really involves me, then I can just go with the flow and let the mantis catch the cicada, with the oriole behind."

Li Fan thought in his mind.

(End of this chapter)