Longevity starts with inheriting a friend's legacy

Chapter 151 Gu Qiu’s purpose, Beicang City, Yushan Tianyi! ?

Huayang Mountain.

It was already the next morning when the two returned to the Ascension Meeting.

After handing the Cloud-Stepping Horse to the disciple in charge of guarding the stable, Gu Qiu said, "You go and hand in the task. I'll go discuss some things with Senior Brother Jiang and come back to see you."

Fang Xu nodded.

The disciples who were guarding the stables were filled with envy when they saw this scene.

They already knew Gu Qiu's identity. He was a core disciple from the Fairy Island, and his status was higher than that of the deacons in the sect.

It's really enviable that Fang Xu can get along so well with a core disciple.

Under the gazes of several people, Fang Xu walked directly into the mountain gate and headed towards the Transmission Hall.

The Chuan Gong Hall needed to send someone to confirm this mission, but because of Jiang Feng's special care, the Chuan Gong Hall did not suspect that Fang Xu would cheat in this matter, and directly determined that his mission was passed.

"I will tell you the third task after I have confirmed it tomorrow." Looking at Fang Xu, the elder of the Transmission Hall said.

Fang Xu bowed, turned around and left the Kung Fu Hall.

Standing outside the Kung Fu Transmission Hall, he hesitated for a moment, then turned and walked towards the Divine Weapon Hall.

There is a piece of big demon snake skin in the Qiankun bag, and the secret method of Kuiniu Jin seems to be more suitable for Tieshan, the deacon of Shenbing Hall.

If he could earn another contribution point from Tieshan with these two things, then he would be able to pay off his debt.

Inside the Divine Weapon Hall, Tieshan was sitting comfortably on a recliner drinking tea. Hearing the noise, he glanced sideways.

"Fang boy, I haven't seen you for a long time." Tieshan said with a smile.

Fang Xu nodded, and then handed the snake skin he had taken out of his Qiankun bag to Tieshan: "Deacon Tieshan, I got a snake skin by accident. How much contribution points do you think it's worth?"

Snake skin?

Tieshan took a casual glance and then suddenly sat up!

"Is this... the skin of the Red Flame Winged Snake?"

Looking at the snake skin covered with red scales, Tieshan had a look of surprise on his face.

Fang Xu nodded.

"wrong!"

"This red-flame-winged snake... is it a demon!?"

Spreading out the snake skin, Tieshan took a look at its size and felt the scent on the skin, and suddenly discovered that this snake skin was not that of an ordinary ferocious beast!

Fang Xu smiled and nodded again.

Seeing him admit it, Tieshan lost his composure and immediately called two disciples to help spread out the entire snake skin in the yard.

"Master, the snake skin is intact. It looks like it shed its skin voluntarily." One of the disciples said.

Tieshan nodded. There was not a single damaged spot on the entire snake skin. This must be the skin that the Red Flame Winged Snake demon shed on its own initiative.

The Red Flame Winged Snake is a natural fire-attributed monster and is extremely poisonous.

If you use its snake skin to make inner armor, it will have a good ability to resist poison and fire damage.

The key is that this piece of snake skin is very large, and it can be used to make many sets of inner armor.

"Deacon Tieshan, are you satisfied?" Fang Xu said with a smile.

He knew that the skin of the Red Flame Winged Snake King should be worth a lot of contribution points. Seeing Tieshan's expression at this time, he felt more confident.

"Thirty thousand contribution points!" After Tieshan calculated for a while, he directly quoted a price.

"Thirty thousand is fine, but you must leave a piece of top-quality inner armor for me." Fang Xu said.

"to make!"

Tieshan is not a pretentious person. This snake skin has aroused his desire for forging.

"Bring me your identity token."

"Deacon Tieshan, wait a moment." Fang Xu thought for a moment and said, "I have also learned a secret method that should be very suitable for you."

Secret method?

Tieshan frowned and said in a daze: "My body is in such a state that secret techniques are of little use to me."

"If you have any good secret techniques, you can go and see old man Xu from the Transmission Hall and ask him to give you an estimate."

Fang Xu smiled and shook his head, saying: "Disciple thinks this secret method is more suitable for you."

"Senior Sister Gu Qiu from the Fairy Island has taken a look at this and offered the boy two hundred thousand contribution points."

Two hundred thousand contribution points! ?
When Tieshan heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.

As a deacon of the Ascension Society, he roughly understood the significance of 200,000 contribution points.

Gu Qiu came from the Fairy Island, and she probably wouldn't be interested in ordinary secret techniques. But since she offered a price of 200,000 contribution points, and Fang Xu said that this secret technique was more suitable for him, Tieshan instantly became interested.

"Boy, show me how to use it."

"Deacon Tieshan, I will pass on the secret method to you directly. What do you think?"

The movement of Kuiniu Jin is too loud, and it is a secret method that can be used as a trump card to escape at the critical moment. It would be bad if it is used.

Tieshan was stunned for a moment and nodded: "That's fine."

Fang Xu stretched out his hand and touched Tieshan's forehead, directly transmitting the Kuiniu power to Tieshan.

After learning about the secret method of Kuiniu Jin, Tieshan was completely stunned!

Kuiniu is an ancient mythical beast that walks on one leg and has immense strength.

No wonder Fang Xu said that this secret method is more suitable for him. Now it seems that this secret method is simply tailor-made for me!

Although Tieshan has not yet fully understood the Kuiniu power, he can see the magic of this secret technique just from the words.

"Fang Xu, is there anyone else who knows this secret method?" Tieshan said solemnly.

"Besides this disciple and Senior Sister Gu Qiu, you are the third one."

He was not going to pass on Kui Niu Jin to anyone else, but it was not because he was selfish. For some things, the fewer people knew about them, the greater the effect they could have.

If everyone knew about the existence of Kui Niu Jin, and were on guard against him using Kui Niu Jin at critical moments, then the effectiveness of this secret technique would be greatly reduced.

"Gu Qiu will give you 200,000 yuan, and I will also give you 200,000 yuan. Don't pass this secret method to others in the future." Tieshan said, suppressing his inner excitement.

He is a warrior at the eighth level of Martial Honor and is very powerful.

But because he lost a leg in his early years, although it did not affect his mobility, his strength was greatly reduced. He has been staying in the Divine Weapon Hall for all these years. Not to mention going out, he is even too lazy to teach his disciples.

Now seeing Kui Niu Jin, hope was rekindled in his heart.

Kui Niu Jin may be just a secret method for Fang Xu, but for Yu Tieshan, it is a great opportunity.

With the help of Kuiniu form, Tieshan felt that he might still have the possibility to go further.

For such an opportunity, he felt that twenty contribution points were too little.

But he hadn't thought about earning contribution points over the years, and he didn't have much on him.

"How many contribution points do you still owe Elder Wu?" Tieshan asked after thinking for a while.

"It should be around 170,000." Fang Xu thought for a moment and said.

It was more than 160,000 before, and now more than a month has passed, including interest, it is only about 170,000.

"Okay, including the snake skin, I'll give you 60,000. You don't have to worry about the remaining 170,000. I'll go find Elder Wu."

Tieshan said as he took Fang Xu's identity token and directly transferred all of his remaining contribution points to Fang Xu.

"Sixty-three thousand, all given to you."

"As for the inner armor, you can come and get it the day after tomorrow."

After obtaining the Kuiniu power and a whole skin of the Red Flame Winged Snake King, Tieshan's decadent aura was swept away, and he instantly looked full of energy and spirit.

Fang Xu nodded and left the Divine Weapon Hall.

After returning to his residence, he thought of Yun Wan again and immediately came to Yun Wan's courtyard.

Ok?
The dust on the door lock was gone, and the few flowers outside the door had been simply trimmed, obviously someone had come back.

"Senior Brother Fang!"

At this moment, Long Long came from a distance and saw Fang Xu stopping in front of Yun Wan's courtyard gate. Long Long said, "Senior Sister Yun Wan has passed the inner sect disciple assessment and has become an inner sect disciple."

"Where is she?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

Long Long shook his head: "I heard that he went back to Huangzhou."

"Brother Fang, I plan to apply for the inner disciple assessment in the next two days."

The outer disciples of the Ascension Society who have a little bit of strength will not remain outer disciples forever. Fang Xu estimated that his senior sister Lu Qingluo should also apply to be promoted to an inner disciple during this period of time.

"come on!"

Fang Xu patted his shoulder encouragingly.

The two left Yun Wan's courtyard. Fang Xu wanted to go to the office, so he didn't talk much with Long Long.

In addition to issuing tasks to inner disciples, the Ascension Association Affairs Hall also collects some intelligence.

He thought of going to the Affairs Hall to see what had happened to the Yun family in Huangzhou.

"Brother, are you accepting the mission or handing it in?"

Arriving at the affairs hall, a slightly plump female disciple asked politely.

These are the outer disciples of the Ascension Society, and they all joined the sect many years ago.

Knowing that there is no hope for promotion, many people choose to stay in the Ascension Association to do odd jobs, earn some contribution points, and improve themselves as much as possible.

"I want to find out some information." Fang Xu said.

The female disciple was stunned for a moment and asked, "Brother, what kind of information do you want to find out?"

"The more detailed the matter about the Huangzhou Yun family, the better." Fang Xu replied.

The female disciple made some inquiries and said, "Brother, the information about the Huangzhou Yun family requires a total of one thousand contribution points. You can learn all the information about the Huangzhou Yun family from the beginning to the present."

One thousand contribution points, so expensive! ?
Fang Xu was a little stunned.

The female disciple seemed to see what he was thinking, and explained with a smile: "The Huangzhou Yun family has existed since the establishment of the Yu Kingdom, and has a history of thousands of years. Gathering and preserving intelligence within the sect requires a lot of manpower and resources."

"What if I only need the ones from the last two years?" Fang Xu asked again.

He didn't care about the history of the Yun family, he just wanted to know what had happened to the Yun family recently.

"This only requires one hundred contribution points."

One hundred is one hundred.

Fang Xu handed over his identity token. The female disciple skillfully deducted 100 contribution points from it, then found a stack of papers and handed them to Fang Xu, saying, "Brother, you can go to the private room at the back to view it, or you can make a copy, but you cannot take the original copy out of the office hall."

Taking the stack of papers, Fang Xu nodded and came to the private room in the office hall.

This stack of papers records everything that happened to the Yun family in the past two years.

Fang Xu slowly checked it out.

In July of summer in the year 1149 of the Dayu calendar, Yun Hong, the old patriarch of the Yun family, passed away. After the death of Yun Hong, the pillar of the Yun family and a martial arts master of the seventh level, the top fighting forces of the Yun family became the brothers Yun Tianming and Yun Tianhe.

In September of the autumn of 1149 in the Dayu calendar, Yun Tianming, the head of the Yun family, failed to break through the seventh level of Martial Honor and was seriously injured. In the same month, Yun Tianhe seemed to have received some news, left Huangzhou and entered Tilan Mountain.

In November of the winter of 1149 in the Dayu calendar, the eldest prince and the seventh prince of the Yu Kingdom visited the Yun family one after another. It is speculated that both sides wanted to win over the Yun family.

At the beginning of the first lunar month of the 1150th year of the Dayu calendar, news came out that Yun Tianhe of the Yun family obtained an extraordinary martial art in Tilan Mountain, but he also encountered trouble. A large number of Yun family members secretly went to Tilan Mountain to seek support.

In February of the spring of 1150 in the Dayu calendar, Yun Tianhe was suspected to have been killed by a mysterious martial arts master in Tilan Mountain, and his life or death was unknown. In the same month, Yun Wan, the eldest daughter of the Yun family, left the Yun family to gain experience.

At the end of March in the year 1150 of the Dayu calendar, news of Yun Tianhe's death came, and the ruins of Tilan Mountain were exposed.

Fang Xu roughly knew what happened afterwards.

Time went on to September of the 1150th year of the Dayu calendar. The major families united to hunt him down. Some family heads went to Huangzhou in person and asked Yun Tianming to join forces to build defenses in Huangzhou, but Yun Tianming refused.

The Yun family began to be targeted by various major families. They first joined forces to suppress the Yun family's business, and then supported some second-rate families in Huangzhou to fight against the Yun family.

There were some frictions between the two sides, but strangely, in these frictions, the ones who suffered the most were the Yun family, the masters of Huangzhou.

After losing a large number of warriors, the status of the Yun family went from bad to worse, and they could no longer suppress those second-rate families in Huangzhou.

Afterwards, the Yun family's assets were slowly eroded, Yun Tianhe died, and Yun Tianming was unable to help due to a hidden illness. In the end, only Yun Jin was left to support the huge Yun family.

Later, the seventh prince Li Xingchao once again proposed a marriage to the Yun family, but Yun Tianming rejected Li Xingchao on the grounds that they should decide their own children's marriages.

On the last page of the intelligence, Fang Xu saw some even weirder messages.

It was during the time when he and Gu Qiu were on the third level of the ruins that a group of warriors attacked the Yun family at night. Yun Jin was injured, and Yun Tianming's forced attack worsened his injuries.

At the same time, the Xing family, a third-rate family in Huangzhou that was originally unknown, found Yun Tianming and said that they wanted to cooperate with the Yun family to jointly control Huangzhou.

After reading this information, Fang Xu's face became a little solemn.

He had guessed before that the Yun family might have a hard time, but he didn't expect it to have come to this.

A big family like the Yun family may seem prosperous, but in fact, there are undercurrents.

When there is a strong foundation in the family, others will obey you and dare not disobey you.

But if they lose their foundation and show any signs of decline, those forces and families that had previously submitted to them will pounce on them.

When the wall falls, everyone pushes it. Many second-rate and third-rate forces in Huangzhou all want to replace the Yun family and become the new master of Huangzhou.

Today, the Yun family obviously does not have enough strength to intimidate them.

Such a big family could not survive relying solely on Yun Jin and Yun Tianming who was still seriously injured.

Although Yun Wan is now an inner disciple of the Ascension Society, it is absolutely impossible for the Ascension Society to take action to protect the Yun family. After all, in the eyes of the Ascension Society, the Yun family and the Tuoba family are all the same.

The Yun family has fallen!

Fang Xu sighed, thought for a moment, and then went to the front hall of the Office and said, "Can the Office help me send a letter to Huangzhou and give it to Senior Sister Yun Wan?"

The female disciple nodded and said, "Sure, ten contribution points will be delivered today, and I will definitely hand them over to Senior Sister Yun Wan personally."

Fang Xu nodded, and immediately took out paper and pen to write a letter to Yun Wan.

After spending ten contribution points to send the letter, he left the Affairs Hall.

Huangzhou, the Yun family mansion.

Yun Wan was looking at her father who had fallen into a coma when a servant suddenly came running over with a letter:

"Miss, your letter."

"They said it was sent by the Zhongzhou Ascension Association."

Will the Ascension Society send it?
Yun Wan took the letter in confusion.

"Sister, is the Shengxian Society planning to help us?" Yun Qing asked excitedly from the side.

Yun Wan smiled bitterly and shook her head: "The Ascension Society will never take action."

As she spoke, she opened the letter and took a look: "It's from Fang Xu."

Fang Xu?

Yun Qing looked at her sister with some surprise and asked, "What did he say in the letter?"

After reading the letter, Yun Wan's face turned a little ugly.

"See for yourself."

Yun Qing took the letter, and Yun Jin beside him also came over. After they both read the contents of the letter, their expressions turned grim.

"This guy!"

"Are you trying to make my Yun family rebel?"

Yun Qing angrily tore the letter in his hand into pieces.

"Wan'er, what do you think?" Yun Jin was still calm and asked Yun Wan.

"Aunt, I think Fang Xu is right."

"now……"

"Cough cough..."

As the three were talking, Yun Tianming woke up on the bed.

"What are you arguing about?" Yun Tianming asked as he struggled to sit up.

"Dad, it was Fang Xu. He asked our Yun family to leave Huangzhou immediately and go to the northern grasslands..."

"Xiao Qing!"

Yun Wan glared at Yun Qing fiercely, then looked at her father with some concern and said, "Dad, don't get angry..."

Yun Tianming waved his hand, took a deep breath and said, "I think his suggestion is good."

"Brother!" Hearing this, Yun Jin said anxiously: "The Yun family has been operating in Huangzhou for a thousand years, and the ancestor of the Yun family was also a founding hero of the Yu Kingdom. Is this the right way to do it..."

"Little sister, haven't you figured it out yet?" Yun Tianming said with a wry smile, "It's not just the big families who are taking advantage of others' misfortunes. The one who is behind all this is that person."

"Which one?" Yun Qing asked blankly.

Yun Wan's expression changed, and she looked at her father solemnly: "Dad, do you mean that Emperor Yu wants to take action against the Yun family?"

Yun Tianming did not give a direct answer, but just sighed and continued:
"The royal family has suffered from the troubles of the aristocratic families for a long time."

"I suddenly understand why the royal family is so indifferent to such an important relic as the Blue Mountain Ruins."

"Also, when Fang Xu comprehended the first-grade martial arts, all the noble families went crazy and hunted Fang Xu down, but the royal family didn't intervene and just let them do whatever they wanted?"

"Why?" Yun Qing asked blankly.

Yun Tianming ignored him and looked directly at Yun Wan and asked, "What do you think, Wan'er?"

Yun Wan frowned slightly, thought for a long time, then a hint of realization appeared on her face and she said, "Kill with a borrowed knife!"

Yun Tianming smiled and nodded, saying, "I heard from the people at the Imperial Observatory that Dayu's national fortune has been declining recently, and no solution has been found."

"This is why His Majesty personally issued an edict of repentance some time ago and exempted many taxes."

"But the edict of self-blame and tax reduction are only a temporary solution. Your Majesty is ambitious and has long been dissatisfied with the situation where our family has become so powerful that it is like a country within a country."

"Now is a good opportunity to make the major families stir up trouble."

After hearing Yun Tianming's words, Yun Qing was still confused: "But how could Fang Xu be qualified to be a sword before?"

"A martial artist facing the pursuit of the entire Dayu Dynasty..."

"Doesn't he have the qualifications now?" Yun Tianming said calmly, "A disciple of the Ascension Society, in just one year, he grew from a martial arts apprentice to a martial arts master, and also mastered a first-grade martial arts skill. He survived the pursuit of so many forces in the Yu Kingdom and arrived in Zhongzhou alive."

"Such terrifying potential has become a sword hanging over the heads of all the major families!"

"Once he grows up, all the families that have participated in hunting him down will suffer his revenge."

After hearing Yun Tianming's words, Yun Jin's face showed a trace of horror.

"In this way, the royal family can easily eliminate all the major families and then hold the power of the entire Yu Kingdom in their own hands!"

"Emperor Yu has such a deep plan!"

"But brother, are our Yun family really going to the North?"

The Yun family has been operating in Huangzhou for a thousand years, and all their assets are in Huangzhou.

If we really leave Huangzhou this time, all the family fortune accumulated over thousands of years will be wasted!
"Sister, do you think there is still room for our Yun family to gain a foothold in such a huge country like Yu?" Yun Tianming said bitterly, "Now, even if our Yun family gives up the position of the Lord of Huangzhou, people will be afraid that one day the Yun family will rise and take this position back."

"While they still have some fear and haven't completely torn their relationship apart, our Yun family can only withdraw from Huangzhou and leave Yu State to have a chance of survival."

There is never any compromise in the struggle between major forces.

Apart from abandoning everything and leaving, there are only two options left for the Yun family. Either forcefully kill these clowns who dare to challenge the Yun family's dignity!
Or just wait to be wiped out!
"Dad, do you really want to do this?" Yun Wan asked softly.

Yun Tianming nodded and looked at Yun Jin and said, "Little sister, have someone pack up secretly as soon as possible. Leave some people to deal with the secular properties and other things that cannot be taken away. All the direct descendants of the Yun family will be sent to the northern grasslands in batches immediately."

"Wan'er, does Fang Xu have any other arrangements in the letter?" Yun Tianming asked.

Yun Wan thought for a moment and said, "He told us to tell him after we have made our decision."

Yun Tianming nodded and said, "Okay, go write him a letter back."

"My Yun family will eventually owe him a favor, and I don't know if I can repay it."

"That's easy. Why don't I just let my sister marry him?" Yun Qing blurted out.

Bang!
After hearing this, Yun Wan kicked him in shame and anger: "Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm telling the truth!" Yun Qing rubbed his thigh and continued, "If you marry him, he will be the son-in-law of the Yun family. Isn't it natural for a son-in-law to help the Yun family a little?"

"Wan'er, what Xiaoqing said makes sense." Yun Jin also spoke from the side.

"aunt!"

Seeing them all say this, Yun Wan stamped her feet in shame.

"Haha...alright, let's get busy."

"Wan'er, Dad is not dead yet, and the family affairs can still be taken care of. You should hurry back to the Ascension Fairy Association."

"Practice well. When you become a core disciple of the Ascension Society, my Yun family will surely return to its peak."

For an inner sect disciple, would Shengxian care?

But if a core disciple uses some power to help his family, it is not difficult.

“Dad, let’s talk about returning to the Immortal Society after we’ve dealt with things at home,” Yun Wan said.

With her family facing a life-and-death crisis, she couldn't concentrate on her cultivation even if she returned to the Ascension Society.

You might as well stay and help.

"Okay, then send someone to deliver a letter to Fang Xu first."

……

At the Ascension Meeting, Fang Xu arrived at the Transmission Hall early in the morning, ready to receive his third mission.

As soon as he arrived at the entrance of the Transmission Hall, he saw Gu Qiu chatting with the Transmission Elder.

"Senior Sister, Elder." Fang Xu bowed.

"Fang Xu, you've come just in time." The elder who teaches skills said, "Your third mission is with Junior Sister Gu Qiu."

"Just follow her. When you come back, you will be an inner sect disciple."

Fang Xu frowned and smiled bitterly when he heard this: "Elder, you have to tell me the content of the mission, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Qiu stood up and said, "Senior Brother Xu Yan has already told you to follow me, so I'll take you out to travel and have fun. When you come back, your mission will be completed. Why are you asking so many questions?"

"Senior Brother Xu Yan, let's go!"

Waving to the martial arts master Xu Yan, Gu Qiu pulled Fang Xu and rushed out of the mountain gate.

As soon as the two arrived at the mountain gate, they saw two disciples guarding the gate stopping a man, and the two sides seemed to be arguing with each other.

"What happened?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

"Brother Fang, you're here just in time."

"This person said he was from the Huangzhou Yun family, and he came to find you on the orders of Senior Sister Yun Wan."

There are regulations for ascending to immortality, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter the mountain gate.

"Senior Sister Yun Wan asked you to come?" Fang Xu asked, looking at the Yun family warrior. "Young Master Fang, the eldest lady asked me to deliver a letter to you." The man said, taking out a letter from his bosom and handing it to Fang Xu.

Fang Xu opened it and took a look on the spot.

In the letter, Yun Wan told her father Yun Tianming's decision and thanked Fang Xu for his help.

"Please go back and tell Senior Sister Yun Wan that I will arrange for someone to pick you up at the northern grassland." After reading the letter, Fang Xu said to the man.

"I will go back and tell the young lady, thank you, Mr. Fang."

The Yun family warrior left, and Gu Qiu glanced at him and said, "You seem quite free to worry about these things."

Fang Xu was stunned, not quite understanding what Gu Qiu meant.

"Sister, the Yun family is Sister Yun Wan's family. They have helped me before, so I want to repay the kindness..."

"Okay, let's go quickly."

Before he could finish, Gu Qiu waved his hand with a cold face, asked for two Treading Cloud horses from the stable, rode on one of them, and walked straight ahead without paying any attention to Fang Xu.

Looking at her back, Fang Xu felt a little confused. He shook his head helplessly, turned over, and rode on the Treading Cloud Horse to catch up.

"Senior sister, where are we going?"

"Liangzhou."

"Why go to Liangzhou?"

"Play and see the desert scenery..."

"..."

After the two cloud-stepping horses left Huayang Mountain, they headed straight to the west.

"Shouldn't we go north to go to Liangzhou?" Fang Xu asked curiously.

"Aren't you going to the Northern Grasslands to deliver a letter?" Gu Qiu said unhappily in front of him, "It's better to take a detour through the Northern Grasslands instead of going through the Death Sand Sea."

"Senior sister just said that we should go see the desert scenery..." Fang Xu muttered.

"Horse, stop!"

In front, Gu Qiu suddenly shouted.

The two Cloud-stepping horses braked obediently, causing Fang Xu to almost fall off their horses.

"division……"

Fang Xu was just about to speak when he saw Gu Qiu staring at him angrily, with such a fierce look that it seemed as if he wanted to bite someone.

"Horse! Go!"

After staring at Fang Xu for a while, she spoke directly.

The two Cloud-stepping horses suddenly took a step forward and ran. Fang Xu was thrown off the horse again and almost fell off the horse.

The two of them continued on their way until two hours later, when they left Zhongzhou and arrived at Qingzhou. Only then did Gu Qiu's complexion look a little better.

"Senior Sister, what exactly are we going to do in Liangzhou?" Fang Xu asked.

Until now, he still knew nothing about his mission this time. Gu Qiu had been keeping it a secret and he was unsure.

"I'm going to investigate something." Perhaps because he was annoyed by Fang Xu's questions, Gu Qiu said, "There is an inner sect disciple named Yushan Tianyi in the Yu Kingdom Ascension Association branch. Do you know him?"

Yushan Tianyi! ?

Hearing this name, Fang Xu's heart was shocked!
Could it be that Gu Qiu came here from the Fairy Island mainly to investigate the disappearance of Yushan Tianyi?

"I've heard of it and I've seen it."

Suppressing the shock in his heart, Fang Xu spoke.

I have to be careful in dealing with this matter.

He didn't know what Xiandao's specific attitude was towards Yushan Tianyi's affairs.

"Yushan Tianyi is a quasi-core disciple. His disappearance is taken very seriously by the Immortal Island." Gu Qiu said, and glanced at Fang Xu and said, "I know everything about the relationship between you and Yushan Tianyi."

"Now you can tell me the truth, what exactly happened between you and Yushan Tianyi in the ruins?"

Facing Gu Qiu's gaze, Fang Xu looked indifferent.

"There's nothing worth hiding. She wanted to kill me, but the terrain on the second floor of the ruins changed, and I luckily escaped her control."

“I never saw her again.”

Only a few people from the Yanshen Sect saw him using the Yin-Yang Xuantuo Sutra to nourish Yushan Tianyi, so he naturally wouldn't tell anyone.

"Fang Xu, the methods of the fairy island are more powerful than you think. Don't lie to me." Gu Qiu looked at him playfully.

Fang Xu smiled faintly: "Since the methods of the Immortal Island are so sophisticated, why did Senior Sister ask me?"

"Besides, I am the victim in the Yushan Tianyi incident."

Gu Qiu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then changed the subject and said, "Forget it, let's go to Liangzhou first and talk about it after we meet Yushan Tianyi."

On the way, the two of them did not mention anything about Yushan Tianyi again.

The two of them passed through Qingzhou without stopping, and headed straight for Wangyue Mountain. After crossing Wangyue Mountain, they soon arrived at Muyun Grassland.

Through the remnants of the Muyun Kingdom on the grassland, Fang Xu quickly found the hiding place of Nan Wu and others.

"You mean to ask the Huangzhou Yun family to move to the Muyun Grassland?"

After listening to Fang Xu's story, Nan Wu frowned and spoke.

Fang Xu nodded: "The Yun family has no place to stand in Yu Country now. I know that there is some hatred between Yu Country and Muyun Country."

"But the ones who massacred Muyun Kingdom and hunted down the people of Muyun Kingdom were the royal family of Yu Kingdom and the Lu family of Qingzhou. The Yun family of Huangzhou should not have any direct hatred with Muyun Kingdom, right?"

“The enemy of my enemy is my friend.”

Looking at Nan Wu who was lost in thought, Fang Xu didn't say anything more.

He knew that if Nanwu really wanted to restore his country, he would not refuse the Yun family's joining.

A lean camel is still bigger than a horse. Although the Yun family is in decline now, it still has the foundation of a first-class force. With the joining of the Yun family, the power of the Muyun Kingdom will be greatly enhanced.

"They can come if they want."

"I can promise not to attack them, but Muyun Grassland now belongs to Yu State..." Nan Wu said sadly, "The royal family of Yu State and the Lu family of Qingzhou will send troops to sweep here from time to time."

“We can’t help with these things.”

Fang Xu nodded and said, "Senior, don't worry about this."

What he was most worried about when letting the Yun family come to the Muyun Grassland was that the people of Muyun would not tolerate the Yun family. If the Yun family was suppressed by both the Yu Kingdom and the remnants of the Muyun Kingdom, it would be difficult for them to survive here.

"Fang Xu, your master is now..." After confirming the affairs of the Yun family, Nan Wu asked about Lu Zhiyuan.

"Senior, Master is still imprisoned in the Ascension Society. After I am promoted to become an inner disciple of the Ascension Society, I will immediately break into the Ascension Platform and rescue him."

After hearing this, Nan Wu nodded slightly and couldn't help but look at Gu Qiu.

"This little girl seems to be..."

"Don't reveal my identity, otherwise..." Before Nan Wu could finish her words, Gu Qiu interrupted her directly, and there was even a hint of murderous intent in his eyes.

Upon seeing this, Nan Wu wisely shut his mouth.

Gu Qiu’s strength has reached the fifth level of Martial Honor. She believes that she is no match for him, so naturally she dares not say much.

"Okay, it's over, let's go." Gu Qiu seemed unwilling to get along with Nan Wu and others. Seeing that the matter had been discussed, he directly urged Fang Xu to prepare to leave.

Fang Xu stood up and bowed to Nan Wu to say goodbye. Then the two of them went north along Wangyue Mountain and headed towards Liangzhou.

The speed of the Stepping Cloud Horse was very fast. In just half a day, the two of them arrived at the border of Liangzhou.

"Are we going to Liangzhou City?" Fang Xu asked.

"Don't go to Liangzhou City, go to Beicang City in the far north." Gu Qiu replied while riding on the cloud horse.

Liangzhou is desolate, with only three cities in the entire Liangzhou. Beicang City is a city located in the desert at the northernmost end of the Yu State.

Beicang is a place of exile, and some people from the State of Yu who have committed serious crimes are often exiled to Beicang City.

According to Fang Xu's understanding, there don't seem to be many people in the entire Beicang City. Could it be that Yushan Tianyi was taken to Beicang City by the people of Yanshen Sect?
The two continued to move forward, occasionally seeing some dry bones with shackles scattered on the desolate Gobi Desert.

From time to time, they could see some huge prison vans carrying many prisoners slowly moving forward across the vast Gobi Desert.

Seeing this, Fang Xu frowned slightly.

"Sister, did you notice something is wrong?"

Gu Qiu followed his gaze and looked at the prisoner cars in the distance and said calmly, "They are just some prisoners. What's wrong with them?"

Fang Xu shook his head and said, "Years ago, Emperor Yu just issued an edict of repentance and pardoned the whole country, reducing a lot of taxes."

"Exile is a serious crime. Logically, there shouldn't be so many prisoners recently."

"And, Senior Sister, have you noticed that although those prisoners are all unkempt, you can vaguely see that most of the women among them are young women with decent looks."

Gu Qiu seemed to have not yet realized what Fang Xu wanted to say, and directly asked: "Young and beautiful women can't be prisoners?"

"Fang Xu, you don't want to be a hero and save the beauty, do you?"

A black line appeared on Fang Xu's forehead.

"These women reminded me of something." Fang Xu said.

Gu Qiu looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

Fang Xu said, "It is rumored that the concubine Li of Yushan country is born with a natural beauty and is very pretty."

"Some time ago, when I came back from a mission in Fushan Kingdom, I happened to encounter some warriors who were arresting some common people in Yushan Kingdom."

"It seems that a disciple of Yushan country in the Shengxianhui base in Canghai City was also captured."

Hearing this, Gu Qiu looked a little serious and asked, "You mean, these prisoners are all Li people from Yushan Country?"

"It's just a guess." Fang Xu said.

He didn't know whether these prisoners who were transported to Beicang City were the common people of Yushan Kingdom. If so, this matter might not be so simple.

Gu Qiu was going to Beicang City to investigate the affairs of Yushan Tianyi, and it happened that all the people of Yushan Kingdom were captured in Beicang City.

It seems that there must be some connection between the two things.

He knew very well that Yushan Tianyi was captured by the Yanshen Sect.

Gu Qiu didn't know how he concluded that Yushan Tianyi was in Beicang City at this time, so there was a high possibility that the Yanshen Sect had a secret base in Beicang City.

Thinking of this, Fang Xu couldn't help but feel a headache.

Ever since he obtained the Yanshen Zang, he seemed to have been connected with the Yanshen Religion.

This evil and brutal ancient organization has been hunting me down time and time again, which is really annoying.

It just so happens that I always manage to get there by chance.

"Are you hiding something from me?" Seeing Fang Xu's expression suddenly change, Gu Qiu asked curiously.

Fang Xu shook his head: "I was just wondering if she would still want to kill me when she sees Yushan Tianyi."

He did not show mercy to her in the Tilan Mountain ruins. If they really met this time, Fang Xu didn't know how to face her.

"I'm here, leave the matters between you to me." Gu Qiu vowed.

The speed of the Stepping Cloud Horse was very fast. When night fell, the two of them quickly crossed the vast Gobi Desert and arrived at Beicang City.

The low and dilapidated city wall, the crumbling city gate eroded by wind and sand, and the almost invisible plaque on the entrance.

Everything shows that this city called Beicang City is not what a city should be like.

Looking at everything in front of them, the two were stunned for a moment, then rode straight in.

Most of the buildings in the city are simple dwellings made of gravel. The scenes inside the house can be vaguely seen through the gaps in the stones. There is no privacy at all.

The slightly better ones are some houses built with adobes, with some thatched roofs nailed on them, which can barely provide shelter from the wind and rain.

The two walked on the street covered with yellow soil and searched for a long time before they finally found an inn that looked pretty good.

The door of the inn was closed. Fang Xu knocked on the door. After a moment, a sleepy woman with messy hair opened the door from the inside.

The woman was only wearing a washed-out bellyband, through which her loose underwear was faintly visible. There was a yellowed spot on her white underpants, which gave off a faint scent of heather.

"Stay in a hotel?"

After taking a look at Fang Xu and Gu Qiu, the woman didn't care at all about her revealing clothes and turned around to let the two of them in.

"There is only one guest room left, two taels of silver per day."

The woman said, throwing a shiny key on the counter.

Fang Xu took a look, then casually took out a ten-liang silver ingot and threw it over.

"Is there any hot water?"

"There is a well in the backyard, one ounce of silver per bucket."

"Water is precious here, don't waste it."

Fang Xu didn't say much, and took out two taels of silver and threw them to the woman, saying, "Bring two buckets of water and send them to the room."

The woman took the silver, looked at Fang Xu and Gu Qiu and said, "Wait."

After saying that, the woman walked towards the room behind the counter.

"Hurry up! I'm fine again!"

A man's voice was heard in the room, followed by a rustling sound, two women's screams in between, and then the sound stopped abruptly.

All in all, it only took a few breaths.

Things started too quickly and ended too quickly. Gu Qiu and Fang Xu witnessed the most primitive activity between a man and a woman.

Gu Qiu blushed a little and spat softly, then walked directly towards the room on the wooden stairs. Fang Xu followed behind him and couldn't help laughing.

"What are you laughing at!?"

Gu Qiu turned around and glared at him.

Fang Xu didn't dare to speak. He used the key in his hand to open the door and the two walked in.

The room is not big, although it looks a bit old, at least it is clean.

Both of them are warriors and don't need to sleep at night, so it's okay for them to just make do with it.

After removing all the bedding belonging to the inn on the bed, Gu Qiu was about to take out the bedding he brought from his Qiankun bag when there was a knock on the door of the room.

Fang Xu turned around and opened the door, and the woman walked in carrying two buckets of water.

Putting the water aside, she glanced at the quilt that Gu Qiu had lifted aside and smiled faintly: "Do you think it's dirty?"

"It's better to have it than not to have it. If you move too much, it will hurt you."

“Unless you’re on it.”

After saying this, she turned and left.

Gu Qiu looked confused and didn't understand what the woman meant for a moment, until the door was closed and she realized what was going on.

After understanding what the woman said, she was so angry that she wanted to rush out and teach her a lesson.

"Forget it." Fang Xu held her back and said, "Why bother with them?"

As he spoke, he poured out some more water from the bucket, and the two of them washed up briefly.

"Senior Sister, can you confirm that Yushan Tianyi is in this Beicang City?"

Gu Qiu's hand flashed with light, and something like a compass appeared. He deduced it carefully and said, "It should be in the west of the city. Let's go and take a look tomorrow."

"Now that we have found Yushan Tianyi, what are you going to do, Senior Sister?" Fang Xu asked again.

If Yushan Tianyi was taken to the Immortal Island and became a core disciple of the Ascension Society, it would probably be a disaster for Fang Xu.

"She is from the Yu Kingdom branch. I don't care."

"The reason we came here to look for it is to bring back the Immortal Ascension Order."

Ascension order?
Fang Xu was slightly stunned and asked: "What is that?"

"Similar to the Immortal Gate Passage of the Ascension Society branch."

"Every year, the Immortal Island will give an Immortal Ascension Order to inner disciples who are eligible for promotion to core disciples in advance. The Immortal Ascension Order can guide the holder on the road to the Immortal Island."

"Over the years, Yushan Tianyi is still the first person who got the Immortal Ascension Order but did not go to the Immortal Island."

Hearing this, Fang Xu suddenly felt happy.

He originally thought that Gu Qiu had gone through so much trouble to come back from the Fairy Island this time in order to bring Yushan Tianyi back to the Fairy Island and let her become a core disciple again.

She never thought that what she cared about was only the Ascension Order on Yushan Tianyi.

From this perspective, the danger to myself seems to have been reduced a lot.

"Having the Ascension Order but not going to the Immortal Island to take the core disciple assessment, does Yushan Tianyi still have a chance to become a core disciple of the Ascension Association?" Fang Xu asked tentatively.

Gu Qiu shook his head: "I don't understand this. After all, I just said that Yushan Tianyi is the only one who missed the assessment."

"Okay, take a break. We'll go to the west of the city tomorrow."

Nothing happened that night, and the two of them left early the next morning.

Under the leadership of Gu Qiu, the two soon arrived at the west side of Beicang City.

"It should be here..."

Looking at the dilapidated houses around, which had obviously not been inhabited for a long time, Gu Qiu frowned and asked, "What is she doing here?"

Fang Xu thought for a moment and said, "Based on this situation, Yushan Tianyi might not have come here on her own."

"Was he captured?" Gu Qiu asked curiously.

Fang Xu didn't say anything, but looked around, always on guard against the Yanshen sect members who might attack at any time.

Gu Qiu was able to confirm that Yushan Tianyi was here, so this place was most likely the stronghold of the Yanshen Sect, and there must be Yanshen Sect believers around!
"Xiao Hei, go in and look for him!"

Gu Qiu patted the little squirrel on his body and decided to let it slip in and take a look.

The surrounding houses are intricately arranged. If Yushan Tianyi was captured by someone as Fang Xu guessed, then there must be danger here.

The little squirrel squeaked twice and dived directly into the dilapidated ruins in front of it.

call out!
At this moment, a sound of breaking air suddenly came from a dilapidated house in the distance!
"careful!"

Gu Qiu reacted quickly. There was a flash of light in his hand, and the silver sword was instantly in his hand. He chopped at the incoming arrow!

Bang!
The dazzling sword light directly cut through the dilapidated house and the sharp arrow!

However, a black mist emanated from the sharp arrow that was cut open!

boom!
Seeing this, Fang Xu immediately punched out!
The force of the fist formed a hurricane, which directly blew the black powder away!

Gu Qiu tiptoed and came directly to the house he had split open with a silver sword in his hand. He found a warrior who had died tragically in the ruins.

"Red robe, puppet face, this is a member of the Yanshen Sect."

"Could it be that Yushan Tianyi was captured by the Yanshen Cult?"

Gu Qiu looked puzzled, and suddenly seemed to remember something, his expression suddenly changed!

"I see!"

"Oops!"

Fang Xu came over and looked at Gu Qiu and asked, "What's wrong?"

Gu Qiu said solemnly, "Do you remember those prisoners we met on the road?"

Fang Xu nodded.

Gu Qiu continued, "If those prisoners are really the common people of Yushan Country, then it proves that Yanshen Cult is planning something big!"

Fang Xu was still confused.

"The Yanshen Cult has an evil method called the Blood Prison Divine Code. It can use the blood of the same clan to perform a sacrifice, turning the person being sacrificed into a blood demon who only knows how to kill."

"Senior Sister, what you mean is that the Yanshen Sect intends to use the people of Yushan Kingdom to sacrifice to Yushan Tianyi and let her transform into a blood demon?" Fang Xu finally understood what she meant.

Gu Qiu nodded and said, "This is not the most troublesome thing."

"I'm worried that the Yanshen Sect has discovered the existence of the Ascension Order. Once they get the Ascension Order from Yushan Tianyi, the location of the Immortal Island will be exposed."

The location of the fairy island is exposed?

Fang Xu was a little puzzled and asked: "With the strength of Yanshen Sect, do they dare to attack the Immortal Island?"

Although the Yanshen Sect is very powerful, at least based on what I know so far, they do not have the strength to compete with the Shengxian Society.

After all, they were able to be destroyed by the royal family of Yu State back then, so their overall strength is probably about the same as that of the royal family of Yu State.

"You do not understand."

Gu Qiu said solemnly: "I don't know whether the Yanshen Sect has the strength to attack the Immortal Island, but if some enemies of the Shengxian Society know the location of the Immortal Island, they will definitely take action."

"Hurry, we have to find Yushan Tianyi!"

Gu Qiu looked around anxiously, waiting for the little squirrel to arrive.

Squeak!
A moment later, the little squirrel came running hurriedly from a distance, squeaking, and there seemed to be some blood on its body.

"Little black!"

Gu Qiu flashed and held the little squirrel in his arms. He checked it with some concern and found that its injuries were not too serious. He breathed a sigh of relief.

"Have you found it?" Gu Qiu asked.

Squeak!
Squeak!
The little squirrel gestured for a while, then pointed to a house made of huge stones in the distance.

Gu Qiu nodded, put the little squirrel on his shoulder, took out a Pei Yuan Dan and stuffed it into its mouth, then said to Fang Xu: "Xiao Hei said that the people of Yanshen Sect are hiding under that building. It was injured by the mechanism when it went in. It's very dangerous inside."

"Then what do we do now?"

The situation inside was unclear, and it would be inappropriate for the two of them to rush in rashly.

"follow me!"

Bringing Fang Xu to the front of the house, Gu Qiu took out a small bamboo basket from his waist and opened the lid.

Insects that looked like bees flew out of the bamboo basket and in the blink of an eye they flew into the house in front of them.

These bugs crawled into the house through the cracks in the floor.

a long time--

Bang!
call!
call!
The Yanshen sect members, dressed in red and wearing masks on their faces, broke through the floor of the house and crawled out!
After a few people came out, they drove away the insects that were biting them while carefully checking everything around them.

Gu Qiu pointed at the people inside, then pointed at himself with three fingers, and then pointed at Fang Xu with two fingers.

What it means is that three are given to me and the remaining two are given to you.

Fang Xu nodded, and the two of them acted at the same time. They quickly jumped into the house and killed the five Yanshen sect followers in the blink of an eye.

Gu Qiu was about to rush in from the hole in front of him.

"Senior Sister!" Fang Xu quickly pulled her aside and whispered, "We can just stay here."

"Since these five people are still not coming down, the people below will definitely send someone up to check."

When Gu Qiu heard this, her beautiful eyes suddenly lit up: "That's a good idea."

So the two of them squatted at the entrance of the cave, waiting for the followers of Yanshen Sect to come to them.

(End of this chapter)