Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"Senior Sister He, it's very unfortunate that a few days ago, Master Zhou Mao's disciple came to me to act as a lobbyist for the Gao family. I have promised to hand over the Bigu Pill matter to the Gao family." Tangning directly used Zhou Mao as a shield and was vague. As his disciple, He Yulan can't compete with Zhou Mao!

Even if she finally asked for confirmation and found out it was Wu Siyuan, she could still excuse herself from the confusion.

Sure enough, when He Yulan heard about disciple Zhou Mao, she didn't ask whether it was Zhou Wen or Gao Huan. As a disciple of the External Relations Department, she often dealt with them, so she naturally knew them.

"Since it's Master Zhou's disciple's lobbying, that's all. I have other important matters, so I'll take my leave."

Tang Ning looked at her fading figure and sighed in her heart. The area of ​​Jingbei is only seven counties in size. Just for this unpopular Bigu Pill, first Zhou Mao walked under Wu Siyuan, and then the sect's external relations. He Yulan, a disciple of the Department of Science and Technology, came to lobby for help. So what if it was for greater benefit? No wonder the Xuanmen Demon Sect has been fighting with each other for so many years.

Tang Ning called Zhao Guang: "You guys go immediately to inform each family and come to the house at Mao tomorrow to discuss matters."

This matter cannot be dragged on like this any longer. We must make a decision quickly, otherwise we don’t know who they will invite to lobby.

The next day, before the sun set, several family heads gathered in Jingbei Mansion.

They all knew that today was the time to decide on Xu Mansion's property, so they came earlier than the agreed time.

"Now that everyone is here, let's get started!" Tang Ning sat on the main seat and said, "After many days of thinking, after considering the pros and cons of each, and weighing your specific strengths, I decided to transfer Xu Mansion's original Bigu Pill matter. It was handed over to the Gao family, and He Maocai exposed the Xu family for his merits, so the remaining properties of the Xu family were taken over by the He family. "

As soon as these words came out, several people started talking among themselves. In fact, they all had some idea of ​​who the Xu Mansion's property would eventually belong to, but they still had a bit of luck in their hearts. The result was not much different from what they expected.

He Maocai was smiling. He had learned yesterday that the Bigu Dan industry had been managed by the Gao family. Although he was a little disappointed, he had no choice but to accept it.

Now that he heard Tang Ning announce that he would hand over the other properties of the Xu family to him, he finally felt a little relieved. After all, he had spent a lot of effort to bring down the Xu family. If he ended up making wedding clothes for someone else, he would really become a laughing stock.

"In addition, I have to make some adjustments. Although the Xu family was taking care of Bigu Pill matters before, they only needed to refine four thousand pills every year. The remaining six thousand needed pills were handed over to each family to refine one thousand, because The previous directors thought that leaving 10,000 Bigu Pills to one company would not be enough to complete the task, so they sent them out."

"But now we know that the Xu family refines nearly 12,000 bigu pills every year, which is enough to complete the task. Therefore, I decided that from now on, the 10,000 bigu pills will be refined by the Gao family, without bothering the other families. This way, one can manage them easily, and the other two can be easily managed. It also saves you and other disciples the effort, what do you think, Fellow Daoist Gao?" Tang Ning asked.

Naturally, he did this to prevent the Xu family's situation from happening again. If they refine too much and turn in too little, who can they sell the remaining pills to? Only the Demon Sect can eat such a large amount, and selling it to casual cultivators can't afford so many elixirs.

"Well, I'm afraid the Gao family doesn't have enough manpower!" Gao Yingyuan mused, refining 10,000 pills and handing them over every year, which would greatly reduce the profits, and of course he didn't want to.

"You can use the Xu family's method to recruit casual cultivators to help refine the elixir. Those casual cultivators who help the Xu family refine the elixir are still in Jingbei. These people do not need to be taught. There are still many herbs for the Bigu Pill. You can start refining the elixir immediately after you find them. If If Fellow Daoist Gao really doesn’t want to, then forget it, it’s okay to find someone else who is willing to take over.”

"Okay!" Gao Yingyuan nodded. After Tang Ning's words reached this point, he had no choice but to agree.

"Since everyone is here, let's have a banquet in the mansion before leaving!"

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Niutou Mountain stretches for tens of miles. The peak is named because it looks like a bull's head. There are countless green pines and cypresses, and there are large insects and beasts running across it. In addition, the terrain is quite high, so it is rarely visited.

Deep in the mountain, two men were playing with several flags of different colors. They were none other than Tang Ning and Zhao Bao.

After inserting the eight formation flags according to their directions and placing them into the spirit stones, Tang Ning took out the formation plate and tapped it gently. The formation flags rose in the wind. Half an hour later, the small cloud and mist formation began to take effect, and a steady stream of clouds and mist surged from the formation altar. came out, covering dozens of feet of land around it.

"It's done." The two of them worked here for two days, building a large-scale cave, building an array altar, building a center, and casting the small cloud and mist array.

Tang Ning originally bought the Small Cloud Mist Array to cover the Jingbei Mansion. Because he wanted to catalyze the elixir seeds brought from the sect in the mansion, he originally asked Zhao Guang to open a new courtyard behind the mansion. , and arranged four guards to guard the courtyard to prevent anyone from approaching.

It wasn't until later that I realized something was wrong. People coming and going in Jingbei Mansion were too easily exposed, and using the cloud formation in the Mansion made people feel very weird anyway, but it attracted more attention.

So I found a place like this. It was inaccessible and there were many venomous snakes and beasts. It wouldn't be strange to build a cave here and cover it with a small cloud formation.

"Go back! From now on, I will practice here. The affairs in Jingbei will be handled by your father and the others. If there is any emergency, you can come to me here."

Zhao Bao nodded, and without saying a word, he took up the magic weapon and left in the air.

Tang Ning returned to the newly opened cave. The cave was divided into four parts, the main room and the auxiliary room, the back courtyard and the front courtyard. It covers an area of ​​about two or three acres, and the interior is very simple. The main room is empty, with only a stone bed, a stone table and two stone benches.

Finally, I can safely catalyze the elixir. The matter in Jingbei is almost settled. The real culprit of He Wen's murder case has been found. The Xu family was confiscated and exterminated. After the Gao family took over the Xu family's Bigu Pill industry, they recruited casual cultivators who originally made elixirs for the Xu family. Alchemy has now begun.

Gao Yingyuan did not break his promise and personally delivered a generous reward of five hundred spiritual stones. Tang Ning gave two hundred of them to Zhao Guang and the others.

They had been promised rewards after the work was done. Although they also made some money while looting various properties of the Xu family, they must keep their promises to others.

The He family annexed the other properties of the Xu family and also sent two hundred spiritual stones. Tang Ning did not take any of the money, but only told him that he had done meritorious service in the expose and deserved the reward.

The back courtyard of the cave was extremely spacious. The previously standing pines and cypresses were uprooted, and the weeds and wildflowers were burned cleanly.

Tang Ning took out the dragon fruit seeds from the storage bag and buried them deep in the ground. She formed the Zi Wu Chou Hai Mao Seal with her hands and used the rejuvenation technique. The dragon fruit seeds were irrigated by green spiritual power and grew wildly. Not long after, a tender green bud broke through the ground. out.

He sat down cross-legged, took out a vitality pill and swallowed it to restore the spiritual power in his body. After half a day, the spiritual power in his body had been restored to 77%, and he continued to catalyze the dragon fruit tree.

Day after day, I watched the dragon fruit tree grow taller, branching out, and leafing out, until it sprouted stamens, slowly bloomed, and then formed small green and round fruits, which grew bigger day by day. , the green skin fades away and turns into a red ripe dragon fruit.

It took a full two months. Due to the improvement of cultivation and the increase of spiritual power in the body, the last trial site absorbed the magic crystals of several monsters. The green spiritual power in the body increased a lot, so the catalytic progress was also greatly enhanced. .

Tang Ning pocketed thirty dragon fruits, cut down the fruit trees, cast a fireball spell to burn them to ashes, and then took out the seeds of ichthyosaur and fluorescent flowers to start catalysis.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Zhao Bao suddenly came to the cave and told him: "The monk named Wu Siyuan came again last time and said he was following the wishes of Senior Zhou."

Tang Ning left Zhao Bao to guard the cave and hurried back to Jingbei Mansion. He drove his magic weapon directly to the inner courtyard. When he met a maid, he asked: "An immortal master named Wu came just now. Where is he now?" "

"Master Immortal, the guests are waiting in the inner hall."

Tang Ning went straight to the inner hall and said, "Fellow Daoist Wu, you have been waiting for a long time."

Wu Siyuan said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist is a little too harsh on himself. Instead of living in a comfortable mansion, he prefers to settle down in the mountains to practice."

"Alas! There were people coming and going in the mansion, and there were many things that disturbed my practice, so I found a quiet place to hide. To be honest, many of my secular affairs have been handed over to the people below to take care of. If it hadn’t been for fellow Taoists to come, I would never have come out of the mountain.”

"Last time, Pindao was unable to express his gratitude for the Gao family's affairs, so this time Senior Zhou sent someone to Jingbei to announce his intention, and Pindao took the initiative to invite him. Here, he is here to read out Senior Zhou's intention, and secondly, to express his gratitude to fellow Taoist friends."

"How can I say thank you for such a trivial matter? If it hadn't been for the words of my Taoist friends, I would still be hesitant and hesitant, and I wouldn't be as pure as I am today. I wonder what orders Uncle Zhou sent my Taoist friends here?"

"Fellow Taoist has misunderstood. Senior Zhou sent the poor Taoist to Jingbei this time specifically to praise him. Fellow Taoist Tang single-handedly found out that the Xu family colluded with the Demon Sect and killed fellow Taoist He Wenwen. Senior Zhou reported it to your sect a few months ago. Now, The commendation from your sect has been issued. This is your sect’s commendation order.” Wu Siyuan took out a piece of paper and handed it to him.

Tang Ning took it and took a look at it, only to see it read: Jingbei Chief Tang Ning exposed Xu Qingxian and his family for colluding with the Demon Sect and had meritorious service in the murder of the former Chief He Wen. After investigation and confirmation by the Inspection Department, he is now rewarded with two bottles of Vitality Pills and a Spirit Stone. One thousand, as encouragement. The seal of Xuande Palace is printed below the article.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, congratulations." Wu Siyuan took out a storage bag and handed it to him. It contained two bottles of vitality pills and a thousand spiritual stones.