Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Tang Ning and the others fled for more than two days and finally arrived at Source Valley.

The majestic city walls surrounded the land with a radius of more than a thousand miles. Giant cannons were displayed on the city walls, and people came and went inside and outside the city walls.

The three of them entered from below the city outline. Inside, there were rows of attic shops, roads criss-crossed, and people coming and going, making it quite lively and prosperous.

The three of them walked to a majestic attic. On the door plate were engraved the words "Quanyang Spiritual Equipment Shop". The main hall inside was decorated with carved beams and painted pillars and was quite luxurious.

The huge crystal palace lantern hangs high, illuminating the entire hall extremely brightly. There are rows of cabinets and cabinets in the palace, and spiritual weapons with many functions are spread out on the cabinets. At this moment, there are more than ten monks in the palace in each cabinet. Select goods beforehand.

"Senior, what are your orders?" The three of them stepped into the hall, and a beautiful woman came to greet them.

"We are here under orders to see Uncle Wei Chu." Guan Chao said.

"Senior, follow me." The woman led the three people to the second floor of the attic, came to a stone room, and knocked on the stone door.

"Come in." A gentle voice came from inside.

The woman pushed the door open and saw a middle-aged man with white temples and a broad forehead sitting cross-legged on a futon inside.

"Senior Wei, the three seniors of your sect want to see you."

"Go ahead!" The man opened his eyes and waved.

The woman retreated and closed the stone door.

"Disciple pays homage to Uncle Wei." The three of them bowed and saluted.

"Sit down!" Wei Chu slowly stood up from the futon, walked to the main seat above and sat down, and said with a smile: "You must be here because of the robbery of your goods!"

The three of them sat down as they were told, and Guan Chao replied: "Uncle Master is right. We were ordered by Master Xue Jian to come here to investigate for clues. May I ask if Uncle Master knows the ins and outs of this matter?"

Wei Chu smiled slightly: "I am only responsible for the sale of the shop. As for transportation and other matters, I am not responsible for it. Before you came to me, you must have already contacted the Xiaoxian Sect! They are specifically responsible for the investigation. I know There are certainly no more than them.”

Xiao Han said: "Uncles Xue Jian and Liu Yuan went to Xiaoxian Sect, and we just came from Rhinoceros Mountain, and we only know the simplest things, so we came to ask for help, uncle, you have been in Yuanquan Valley for so many years, We must know some things that we don’t know, please enlighten me.”

Wei Chu smiled and said: "I have only heard about this matter and have not officially participated. Since you have come all the way here, you can't go in vain, so I will tell you what I know!"

"Thank you for your understanding, uncle."

"First tell me your speculations and thoughts about this matter, and I will add more to see if there is anything that can help you find clues."

Guan Chao took the lead and said: "Obviously, this was an organized and premeditated operation. The other party only sent four people to ambush the Yuanyang Mountains to rob the Xiaoxian Sect's Xuanling Ship. This shows at least two points."

"First, they understand the personnel rationing on the Xuanling ship. Otherwise, they would never dare to send out only four Nascent Soul monks to rob the Xuanling ship. If there are gods-forming monks on board, they will simply die."

"Second, they know the route of the Xuanling Ship, because the Yuanyang Mountains are not the only way for merchant ships to pass, but they are ambushing there, which shows that they know the precise route of the merchant ships."

"From these two points, I think there may be something going on inside the Xiaoxian Sect."

Wei Chu nodded slightly: "It's not surprising to know the route of the Xuanling Ship, because every time their merchant ships transport spiritual weapons, they take that route, but knowing the personnel rationing must have gotten the exact information in advance."

Xiao Han said: "Dare I ask my uncle, does Xiao Xianzong use the same merchant ship every time to transport our goods?"

Wei Chu said: "Yes, they always use the "Guanshan" Xuanling Ship to transport our spiritual weapons. In fact, each merchant ship has a fixed purpose. Unless there are special circumstances, merchant ships are generally not replaced. "

"This is one of the reasons why we use their merchant ships to carry goods. Each warship has a fixed purpose. The headquarters really can't spare any extra merchant ships to specifically transport goods on this route, and the Xiaoxian Sect wants to Build a good relationship with us and agree to transport goods for us.”

"In addition, many of our spiritual weapons are exported to the Xiaoxian Sect, so we leave this trade route to them."

Xiao Han nodded and said: "Since the other party clearly knows the personnel rationing and route of this merchant ship, they must also know that the merchant ship carries our goods. Moreover, this merchant ship is used to transport goods every time, so they are not targeting Xiao Xianzong, but us."

Wei Chu said: "It is precisely because of this that the headquarters will send you down to investigate. Otherwise, we can just leave it to Xiaoxian Sect to handle it."

Tang Ning muttered, "This disciple and Senior Brother Xiao have slightly different ideas."

"Let's talk about it, one person can be a loser, but two people can be a gainer!"

Tang Ning said: "Disciples do not think that the perpetrators came specifically to target us. If they were targeting us, then there was no need for them to be cruel to the Xiaoxian Sect disciples. After the Xiaoxian Sect disciples abandoned the ship and fled, they directly plundered the goods. Just leave, why bother chasing those fleeing disciples!"

"This is Xuanyang Pavilion. You may encounter monks from the Xiaoxian Sect at any time. Logically speaking, the longer an ambush goes deep behind enemy lines, the greater the danger."

"Why did they take such a big risk and even pursue the fleeing Nascent Soul cultivator? I think there must be grudges between the two parties, otherwise they wouldn't be chasing after them so fiercely."

"If it's just targeting us, there are quite a few merchant ships transported by our headquarters. Why would we choose this one? This is unreasonable."

"The disciples believe that they may have conflicts with us, but they must have enmity with the Xiaoxian Sect."

"Yes." Wei Chu nodded and said, "These words are not unreasonable. There are no more than five people who dare to rob our goods in Xuantang City. The Jiang family, Liu family, Qiankun Chamber of Commerce, Fengyun Chamber of Commerce, and It’s the Netherworld Sea Organization.”

"Among these five forces, only two meet the requirements. One is Fengyun Chamber of Commerce. Some time ago, there was a dispute between the Xiaoxian Sect and the local branch of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce due to the acquisition of spiritual beasts."

"The second one is the Netherworld Sea Organization. The Xiaoxian Sect and the local Netherworld Sea Organization have never dealt with it well."

"You can start investigating from these two aspects. You may gain something."

"As for other aspects, I can't help you. You can go to the management office of Fang City and ask the disciples of the Xiaoxian Sect. The Xiaoxian Sect is also responsible for this place. Maybe they can give you some useful clues."

Guan Chao said: "We don't know many people here. Uncle Master, can you send someone to lead us there?"

"Here comes someone." Wei Chu called out. As soon as he finished speaking, the woman outside pushed the door open and came in: "Senior Wei, what are your orders?"

"Go and summon Lin Yuan."

"Yes." The woman responded and left, and a short time later she came with a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes.

"Uncle Wei." The man bowed and saluted.

"These are the disciples sent by our headquarters to investigate the robbery of commercial goods. You take them to the management office to find people from the Xiaoxian Sect to inquire about the situation and see if there are any clues."

"yes."

"Then I won't bother you, Master. I'll take my leave."

The three of them got up and left the attic. After walking for a short time, they came to a majestic hall.

Sitting in front of the desk inside are several disciples dressed in Xiaoxian Sect costumes, sorting out files.

Lin Yuanxing came to a person and said, "Fellow Taoist Fei, could you please introduce us to him? We want to meet Senior Zhang."

The man raised his head and glanced at a few people: "Come with me!"

After that, he led several people to the second floor of the attic, where a middle-aged man sat cross-legged on the futon.

"Uncle Master, these are fellow Taoists of Taixuan Sect. I have something to ask you to see." The man surnamed Fei saluted.

The middle-aged man opened his eyes and frowned slightly: "What do you want?"

"Senior Fei, these three senior brothers were ordered by the headquarters to investigate the attack on Guizong's merchant ship. I hope senior will give you some advice," Lin Yuanji said.

"Whatever you want to know, I have already told several senior brothers in this sect what needs to be said."

After the three people heard this, they knew that he must know something inside.

Guan Chao asked: "I don't know who is the perpetrator this time? I must have an inference in my mind, senior, please tell me."

"Inference?" The man surnamed Zhang sneered: "How can such a thing rely on inference? There must be real evidence! Otherwise, how can others admit it?"

"Senior, what do you mean by others?"

"I'm not a party involved, and everything I say is just talk. If you want to ask questions, ask the survivors at the time! Fei Ming, call Qin Qing."

"Yes." The man on the side responded and left.

Seeing him leaving, Xue Jian said: "Senior, we are here specifically to deal with the robbery of your sect's merchant ship. This is not only your business, but also our business. Today's words come out of your mouth and into ours. "Ear, no one else knows, why don't you tell me, senior? If some big forces are involved and your sect is worried about it, we can do some things that are inconvenient for your sect."

The man named Zhang was silent.

Tangning then said, "I heard that your Chamber of Commerce has been unhappy with the Fengyun Chamber of Commerce and the Netherworld Sea Organization recently. Is this true?"

The man glanced at him and said slowly: "You are quite well informed. Two months ago, our sect did have some friction with the local branch of Fengyun Chamber of Commerce."

"What's the matter? Senior, can you explain it clearly?"

The man said: "It's not a big deal. Fengyun Chamber of Commerce has a large spirit beast breeding farm in our pavilion. What a place! It's in the southwest area of ​​our pavilion. It's under the jurisdiction of our sect. It's about a thousand miles wide. It's leased by our sect. It’s due next year.”

"My sect went to negotiate with them, but they said that this piece of land belongs to them and they have signed an agreement. These issues left over from history cannot be explained clearly in a sentence or two, because this sect caused friction with them."

Xiao Han said: "Then what's the end! Did your sect take back this territory?"

The man surnamed Zhang raised the corners of his mouth slightly, with a half-smiling look on his face: "Thanks to your sect. With the mediation of senior sect member Fang, Fengyun Chamber of Commerce finally returned the territory to us. Of course, we also compensated them for this. Considerable spiritual stone.”