Chronicles of Celestial Origins

That night, Du Yuankai left the intelligence station overnight after giving a clear account of his intelligence work during this period.

The next day, Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the stone room with his eyes closed and practicing Qi. The huge body of the little white snake was coiled around him, with its huge head resting on his legs.

Ever since he went to Qi and Wu to investigate the corpse bugs, the little white snake had been huddled in the spirit beast bag and had not gone outside to breathe for a long time.

Tang Ning just threw the Vitality Pill into the spirit beast's bag every day for it to swallow without letting it out.

Now that I'm back on my home turf, I don't have so many worries, so I let it out to breathe "fresh air".

The little white snake played in this room all night, using the space technique to shuttle back and forth, and did not calm down until dawn.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and Tangning opened her eyes: "Come in."

A tall, broad-set man with thick eyebrows and big eyes pushed open the door and bowed, "Senior Tang."

This person was none other than the Cree Yinglong that he had rescued when he passed by and escaped from being hunted by the Immortal Cult.

The little white snake raised its huge head, stared at him with vertical green eyes as big as copper bells, spit out a scarlet letter and hissed. It had never seen this person before, so it warned him.

Cree Yinglong was stared at tightly by his eyes, and the hairs all over his body stood on end, and he couldn't help but retreat slightly.

Tangning stroked the little white snake's head and smiled slightly at him: "It's you! How are you? Are you still used to it after coming to the intelligence station? You are a casual cultivator and are used to being free. Our intelligence station has many rules, so it must be difficult to accept it for a while. !”

"Thanks to senior, everything is fine. I heard that senior has returned, so I took the liberty of disturbing you."

"What's the matter?"

Cree Yinglong opened his mouth but stopped talking.

"If you have something to say, it's okay to say it. I personally arranged for you to enter the intelligence station. There are no outsiders here. You can say anything no matter what. It will come out of your mouth and into my ears, and no one else will know."

Cree Yinglong said: "Master Ren has assigned the junior a task of translating secret texts. I have nothing to do every day. I am a loose man by nature. Therefore, I hope that the senior will arrange for the junior to do something concrete and useful. No matter how difficult or dangerous it is, I can do it." I will do whatever I can to repay the life-saving kindness of my predecessors.”

Tangning smiled: "Isn't it useless to translate the cipher text?"

Cree Yinglong hurriedly said: "This junior did not mean this at all. It is just that I have received great kindness from my seniors and cannot repay it. I work here every day and do nothing, and I feel very uneasy."

Tangning glanced at him and said, "Every job in the intelligence station has corresponding personnel arrangements. I don't know what to ask you to do at the moment. Since you don't want to stay in this small and depressing basement, I will give it some thought. Make arrangements again.”

"Thank you, senior. This junior is taking the liberty of nagging me. I shouldn't, so I'll take my leave." Cree Yinglong bowed and slowly exited.

"Call Kong Ji, I have something to tell you."

"Yes." After Cree Yinglong left the room, not long after, Kong Ji pushed the door open and saluted, "Uncle Tang, what are your orders?"

"Last time I asked you to investigate Crepe Dragon, how was the investigation? Are there any questions?"

"I was about to report to my uncle. Cree Yinglong was from Qingshui County, Beiyuan. His father worked as a farmer and his mother died in childbirth. His father also died of illness when he was twelve years old."

"He left home at the age of twelve and did not know how to embark on the path of spiritual practice. He had no teacher. As far as we know, he returned to Qingshui County at the age of sixteen and started practicing practice when he was about twenty."

"He lives in Bowang Mountain in Qingshui County on weekdays. He has a few casual cultivator friends there who often get together to discuss cultivation methods. So far, no problem has been found with him." Kong Ji said, flipping through it with his left hand, taking out a file and handing it over. give him.

Tangning took the file and read it carefully: "Go to the casual cultivator friends he often contacts one by one and ask about their impressions of him to see if there is anything weird about him."

"yes."

"How has he behaved at the intelligence station during this period?"

"He seemed a little out of place and seemed quite impatient. He told me twice that he wanted to do some specific investigation-type matters. It seems that he doesn't like staying here very much."

Tangning nodded: "Go!"

After Kong Ji exited the room, a long time later, Tangning followed him out of the room, left the underground intelligence station, and disappeared into light.

………………

In the majestic and majestic palace, a man with handsome features was sitting cross-legged in the room, practicing self-cultivation with his eyes closed.

The door suddenly opened, and a beautiful woman with almond-shaped eyes and rosy cheeks came in angrily, shouting: "Ding Jianyang, did you do this?"

The man slowly opened his eyes, expressionless: "I don't know what you are talking about?"

"Stop pretending to be stupid with me. Did you kill Guan Yulang?"

Ding Jianyang smiled coldly: "Oh? Is he dead? Anyone who commits injustice will be punished by his own death. It seems that God is still somewhat fair after all."

The beautiful woman stepped forward and pinched his neck, and the huge spiritual power in her body imprisoned him: "Who else could be there besides you? A few days ago, someone warned him to leave Chu State and stay away from the Zhu family. Besides your Ding family, there are others Who is too bored to care about these trivial matters? I warn you, go back and tell your Ding family to be calm. If you interfere in my affairs again, don't blame me for being rude to your Ding family. "

Ding Jianyang's expression remained unchanged, without any resistance. He let her pinch his neck and said with a slight smile: "You think too highly of the Ding family. The Ding family is just a dog of the Zhu family. How dare a dog bite its owner? Even if you give them ten I don’t have the guts to do this.”

Just as he finished speaking, a woman's voice came from outside: "Miss, please come back to your home."

The beautiful woman let go of her hand, turned around and strode away. When she walked outside the house, she saw a man falling with a sword. When the man saw him, he quickly stepped aside and bowed slightly: "Sister-in-law."

The beautiful woman glanced sideways at him, snorted coldly and turned into light and left.

The man waited for her to leave, then went straight into the building and knocked on the room: "Jianyang, it's me."

"come in!"

The man pushed open the door and walked in: "Tomorrow, Zhu Bochong will invite us to a banquet. Father hopes that you can come with him."

"Since I'm inviting you to a banquet, why bother dragging me along? You're having a great time together, and if I go, won't it just cause trouble? That bitch Zhu Yunrou talks bad things about me around Zhu Bochong all day long, how can he give me a good look?"

The man said: "Although Zhu Bochong loves his daughter very much, he is not so stupid that he cannot distinguish between right and wrong. He knows in his heart that everything is wrong because of Zhu Yunrou's arrogance. This time, the Zhu family has shown great sincerity and wants to deepen cooperation with us. . We are going to develop several gambling houses, shops, and collaborate on elixirs, weapon refining, etc. We will discuss these things tomorrow.”

Ding Jianyang smiled coldly: "The Zhu family is willing to put down their posture and surrender. It seems that Zhu Mingxuan really doesn't have many days to live."

The man was noncommittal: "Oh, by the way, the Zhu family sent a gift yesterday, and my father asked me to give it to you."

"what?"

The man turned his right hand and pulled out a one-foot-tall black brocade box from the storage bag.

Ding Jianyang opened it and saw a lifelike human head inside, with red lips and white teeth, and was extremely handsome.

"Who is this?"

"Guan Yulang, someone sent by the Zhu family said that he had insulted you in public, so he was beheaded."

Ding Jianyang sneered and closed the box without saying a word.

"Jianyang, since the Zhu family is so sincere, let's not be too petty. Regardless of whether you and Zhu Yunrou have feelings for each other, just treat them as strangers. Just don't let your emotions ruin the friendship between the two families."

Seeing that Ding Jianyang remained silent, the man sighed slightly and exited the room.

"What he said makes sense. Since the Zhu family has shown sincerity, let's just borrow Poxiadonkey and take this opportunity to repair the relationship with them." Less than ten breaths after the man left, a leisurely voice sounded behind him .

Ding Jianyang didn't even look back: "Why are you here?"

The visitor was none other than Tang Ning. He originally came here to inquire about Zhu Mingxuan's injuries after he showed up. When Zhu Yunrou broke in, he hid underground and listened to the conversation between the two until the man left and there was no one else in the attic. , he finally appeared.

"Long time no see, let's see how you are now?"

"Humph, just say it if you have something to say, don't pretend to be pretentious."

"I heard that the old man of the Zhu family was released from confinement yesterday. How is his injury?"

"Do you think that with my status in the Zhu family, I can find out?"

"Aren't you going to have a banquet with Zhu Bochong tomorrow? Ask around."

"If Zhu Mingxuan dies, what action will you take?"

"That depends on the Zhu family's attitude. We have no reason to suppress a prominent family that keeps its own rules."

Ding Jianyang said coldly: "Unless they collude with the Corpse Puppet Sect, you will not take action no matter what happens. Can I understand this?"

"Yes, but with your current cultivation level and your relationship with the Zhu family, even if they really collude with the Corpse Puppet Sect, you will definitely not know about it. So you must improve your cultivation level as soon as possible, ease the relationship with the Zhu family, and enter their core Only from within can we have a chance to bring down the Zhu family."

"In other words, as long as they don't make mistakes and collude with the Demon Sect, then all my efforts will be useless, right?"

Tangning smiled and said: "How can hard work be useless? You might as well think about it from another angle. You now have many resources in your hands, with the expectations of the Ding family, the protection of the Zhu family, and our secret help. As long as you can improve your cultivation Because you can have a great say in the affairs of the Zhu family and the Ding family in the future, the only person you hate is Zhu Yunrou, we don’t care about this kind of personal grudges. "

"If you have the ability, you can advance to Jindan. You can destroy the Zhu family at will. Don't just rely on us."

Ding Jianyang was noncommittal: "You heard the conversation we just had, right! Zhu Mingxuan probably doesn't have many days to live. I hope that after building the foundation, you can support me and gain a foothold within the Zhu family as soon as possible."

Tang Ning said: "There is no problem with this. I will fully support you within the scope of my authority. If my authority is not enough, you can also apply for support from the sect."