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"Absolutely true!" Bai Xing nodded.

"Let's go." Fang Xiu pointed to the alley next to him.

The two entered the middle of the alley.

Fang Xiu asked: "Brother Bai, as far as I know, the Red Blood Carp King generally lives in the central area of ​​Yunmengze, while the fishermen fish in the outer area of ​​Yunmengze."

"Brother Fang, you don't know that the Red Blood Carp King is different from ordinary Red Blood Carp. They usually come to the outer area to lay eggs in winter. These eggs will hatch and grow up near spring, and then return to the center of Yunmengze with the Red Blood Carp King." Bai Xing said.

"I see." Fang Xiu nodded.

Bai Xing continued, "It was also by chance that I found a red-blooded carp king in the reed marsh southeast of the fishing village the night before yesterday.

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It's a pity that the red-blooded carp king was too strong and dragged me underwater to exhaustion, and finally even my net bag was dragged away by it.

However, since the red-blooded carp king appeared in the reed marsh, it means that the fish eggs it laid are all nearby.

If you dive into the water again to look for it, you should be able to find it."

Fang Xiu frowned slightly: "Junior Brother Bai may have found the wrong person. I can't swim. Besides, it's so cold today. Even if a warrior in the Mo Skin Realm goes into the water, it won't take long for him to be frozen."

"Senior Brother Fang misunderstood. I will go into the water myself then." Bai Xing waved his hand.

"I will tie a rope around my waist. Brother Fang just needs to wait for me to catch the Red Blood Carp King and pull me up. After the job is done, we will split the money from selling the fish equally, how about that?"

"Equally..." Fang Xiu was a little tempted.

Just watching and helping out, he could earn 100 taels of silver. This deal is very profitable.

However, Fang Xiu did not agree directly, but asked: "Why did you find me?"

"Because I came to the county town secretly to sell fish several times, and only Brother Fang helped me out."

Bai Xing said gratefully.

"I just did it for the Red Blood Carp." Fang Xiu said lightly.

"A gentleman judges deeds rather than hearts. Without Brother Fang's help, I'm afraid I would be broken by the Money Gang and frozen to death on the roadside... How could I be here today." Bai Xing sighed.

"Although Senior Brother Gaosheng is a good person, he is a Flesh Refining Realm warrior. After the matter is done, I am not qualified to share the benefits with a Flesh Refining Realm warrior."

"You have entrusted your life to me. Aren't you afraid that I will be tempted by the money and harbor evil intentions?" Fang Xiu said in a deep voice.

Bai Xing said frankly: "Compared to others... I choose to trust Senior Brother Fang.

Although there are trustworthy people among the fishermen in the same village, ordinary people do not have the ability to pull me and the Red Blood Carp King up at the same time.

Once there are more people... there will inevitably be conflicts due to uneven distribution of benefits.

I believe that Senior Brother Fang is not a short-sighted person and will not attack me for small profits.

After all, there may be more than one Red Blood Carp King..."

Bai Xing did not continue to say the rest of the words.

"Don't flatter me... I still need to think about it." Fang Xiu pondered.

"Okay." Bai Xing nodded. "It will take about half a month for the ice on the lake to completely melt. We should be able to take action within ten days."

"Don't think about it for so long. I'll give you an answer within three days." Fang Xiu nodded.

"Thank you, Brother Fang!" Bai Xing clasped his fists.

"I still have something to do. I'll leave first." Fang Xiu bowed and turned to leave the alley.

On the way to the inner city, Fang Xiu was still thinking about what happened just now.

"Make way, please make way."

A luxuriously decorated carriage drove across the street. Four warriors riding tall horses were guarding all around. Behind them were several foot laborers pushing a cart full of wooden boxes.

"The Ye family..." Fang Xiu stood by the roadside and looked at the small flag on the carriage with the word "Ye". There seemed to be no big family with the surname Ye in the county, but this style of going out was not something that ordinary families could have.

When the convoy disappeared at the end of the street, Fang Xiu remembered that the frequency of "encountering" foot laborers had been very low recently.

However, Fang Xiu did not take it lightly.

"Let's say that if you are more suspicious, you should suspect that Bai Xing is colluding with Jiang Ming to set a trap for me and trick me out of the city."

Fang Xiu thought as he walked. Although this possibility is not great, it is not impossible.

When he returned to the county prison and delivered food to the prisoners, Fang Xiu kept thinking about this question.

"Assuming that my guess is true, if Jiang Ming knew that I would go to the fishing village in the east of the city, he might relax his vigilance and surveillance."

Fang Xiu suddenly thought of this.

Whether it is to go to the ruined temple in the west of the city to find property or to catch the red-blooded carp king in the fishing village in the east of the city, it must be done at night.

Although it is more secretive at night, if someone knows the whereabouts in advance, the risk is even greater.

In addition to Bai Xing, other apprentices in the martial arts hall and even the jailers in the prison may sell Fang Xiu's whereabouts for silver.

"You can not go to the fishing village, but you have to go to the west of the city."

......

The next day.

Fang Xiu found Bai Xing and agreed to cooperate with him.

"Thank you, Brother Fang!" Bai Xing was a little excited.

"When can we act?" Fang Xiu asked.

"The day after tomorrow, I need a day or two to prepare." Bai Xing pondered.

"Okay, then the day after tomorrow, meet outside the East City Gate." Fang Xiu nodded.

"Okay!"

The matter was decided so simply.

...

That night, after delivering the meal, Fang Xiu found Li Han, who was on night duty, hoping to switch shifts with him in the next two days, saying that something would happen in the next two nights and he would not be able to escape.

Li Han agreed directly and went home to sleep with a lamp.

In the middle of the night, Zhao Zhisheng came over to do night duty.

Seeing that Fang Xiu was on night duty, he yawned and asked, "Brother Fang? Isn't Uncle Li on duty tonight?"

"Oh, I have something to do in the next two days, so I will switch shifts with Uncle Li today and tomorrow."

Fang Xiu responded.

"Oh." Zhao Zhisheng nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

After dawn, other guards came to change shifts. Zhao Zhisheng invited Fang Xiu to have breakfast with him at a roadside stall. During this period, he kept mentioning the girl from Chunjiang Tower with a lustful expression on his face.

Fang Xiu just listened to him and did not express his opinion.

Practicing martial arts does not require abstinence, but it does require moderation.

He just wants to become stronger now.

...

After breakfast, Fang Xiu returned home and slept until night.

Before going to the county jail for the night, he pulled out a wooden box from under the bed in his room, took out two iron plates, placed one in front of him, and the other to protect his back.

Then, he grabbed a few bulging paper bags and stuffed them into his arms.

Finally, he picked up a cloth bag. Inside was a copper pipe about seven or eight inches long, a small piece of copper, and three iron clusters of about the same length. There was a small slot under the arrow.

Fang Xiu put the iron cluster into the copper tube, pressed the spring inside the copper tube, and used the copper sheet to block the missing slot.

Whoosh!

Then, he pinched the copper piece back with his middle finger, and an iron cluster shot out.

Duh!

The iron cluster hit the wooden window two feet away, and the small half arrow pierced into the wood.

Fang Xiu stepped forward, reinstalled the iron cluster, and fired several times.

This was made by Zhang Chengjia's blacksmith shop more than a month ago.

Zhang Cheng practiced for more than three months before he could break through the skin barrier, so his family no longer supported him in continuing to practice, and he had returned home to inherit the family business.

Fang Xiu made a lot of preparations in advance and was finally able to use it today.

...

midnight.

County jail.

Fang Xiu, who was on night watch, suddenly stood up holding his stomach, "Ouch!"

"Brother Fang, what's wrong?" Zhao Zhisheng, who was reading his script, looked up at him.

"Hi~! Maybe I have a bad stomach. I have to go to the latrine. You can watch first while I go back!" Fang Xiu covered his stomach with pain on his face.

"Okay, Brother Fang, go ahead." Zhao Zhisheng nodded and returned his attention to the storybook.

Fang Xiu held his butt between his legs and walked out of the county jail gate.

After leaving the county jail, he walked into a dark alley and instantly regained his composure.

He took off his soap uniform, revealing the black outfit underneath, and walked toward the outer city.

...

After leaving the west city gate, Fang Xiu walked slowly at first. When he was out of the sight of the guards, he ran towards the mountains and forests in the distance.

Although it was his first time to go to the west of the city, he had rehearsed it countless times in his mind.

Tonight, the moon and stars are sparse, the wind is biting, and in the forest with withered vegetation, most of the snow has melted, and the air is filled with a chilling atmosphere.

Fang Xiu walked alone to the 'Mountain Temple' halfway up the mountain.

Looking at the ajar temple door, Fang Xiu was in no hurry to enter.

As the saying goes, one person does not enter the temple, and two people do not look into the well.

Fang Xiu picked up a stone and threw it in through the crack of the door.

In the stillness of the night, there was the sound of pebbles falling.

Seeing that there was no other movement in the temple, Fang Xiu threw a few more stones in. After waiting for a long time, he opened the temple door and walked in.

The mountain temple is not big. The windows around it have long been rotten, the statues are broken and dusty, and the bronze incense burners are rusty.

Relying on the moonlight, Fang Xiu came to the back of the stone platform where the statue was enshrined, and wiped away towards the lower left corner. As a result, he found nothing but rough bricks, and none of the bricks were loose and could be pulled out.

"This should be the location..."

Fang Xiu continued to explore.

When Zhao Daqiang robbed the Zhou family's property, he was in a hurry to get away and did not carefully count the things he robbed.

Before being arrested, he put gold and silver jewelry and other items on his body, while the banknotes and a piece of cloth were hidden in the ruined temple.

Click!

Fang Xiu circulated the blood in his chest, his right palm expanded in a circle, and he slapped the brick in front of him hard.

The bricks were shattered by his brute force. He dug out the broken bricks and found a cloth bag the size of a palm.

"Found it!"

Fang Xiu's face was filled with joy. He opened the cloth bag. Inside were five banknotes of one hundred taels and folded cloth.

Fang Xiu spread out the cloth and saw that it was densely embroidered with small characters, no less than a thousand words.

The top is embroidered with five large golden characters.

Hunyuan Qi Jue.

"Is this... is it an internal skill?"

Fang Xiu was surprised and happy.

He quickly put the banknotes and cloth close to his body and prepared to leave.

However, as soon as he walked out of the ruined temple, he saw two warriors wearing swords, chatting quietly as they walked.

"Who?!"

The two of them were obviously surprised when they saw Fang Xiu suddenly walking out of the temple.