The Fourth Financial Crisis

As a cultivation center in the southeastern coastal area of ​​Zhongzhou, Songjian Pavilion, the top inn in Tianshu City, has mostly cultivators as its customers, and its decoration and service levels are no less than those of Haiya Pavilion.

As soon as he entered the open hall made of pine fragrant wood, Yang Lu felt a vague wave of spiritual energy sweeping through his body.

According to Chen Ping's previous introduction, this should be Songjian Pavilion's anti-tracking formation taking effect.

If a guest of Songjian Pavilion is cast by a malicious monk with a tracking spell, they will be easily wiped out by this extremely high-level anti-tracking array, which can protect the privacy of the guest to the greatest extent. This is why Chen Ping specifically emphasized that Songjian Pavilion The Pavilion is the safest inn in Tianshu City, bar none.

Looking around the hall of Songjian Pavilion, Yang Lu found that his senior brother Chen had set up a sumptuous banquet in the corner.

After Yang Lu arrived and sat down, Chen Ping asked with all his face, "I've been waiting for you for a long time, what happened?"

Seeing that Chen Ping was a little unhappy, Yang Lu chuckled and said, "Sorry, I just wasted some time in Baibao Pavilion."

"How was your purchase of training materials?"

Yang Lu didn't hide it from his senior brother, and said frankly: "I have bought most of the things, but I haven't bought the offensive magic weapon yet. Manager Liu of Baibao Pavilion specially invited me to participate in the auction organized by the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce tomorrow. I I’ll pick it up when I think of it.”

Chen Ping was just asking casually, but when he heard this answer, he couldn't help but be shocked and said: "Liu Qi would actually invite you to participate in the private auction organized by the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce? The Liu Family Chamber of Commerce's private auctions are very famous and usually only entertain monks in the foundation building period. , if any monks in the Qi Refining Stage want to participate, they need to show an invitation letter from the Liu family!"

Yang Lu joked: "Guanshi Liu and I hit it off right away. He insists on inviting me shamelessly, but I can't help it! But I still need my senior brother to keep this matter a secret for me."

Chen Ping smiled bitterly and did not continue to ask.

When his junior brother was still a mortal, he dared to insult him until he was speechless. Now that he has become a cultivator and hugged Li Qingning's lap, there is nothing he can do to him!

Maybe it's because Yang Lu always does things unexpectedly. Now that he heard that Yang Lu made big news just after he came to Tianshu City, Chen Ping was only surprised for a moment for some reason.

He didn't even hesitate too much, and took the initiative to change the topic: "Now is the period of the Immortal Fate Meeting, and the accommodation in Songjian Pavilion is very tight. I have just asked my connections to help you book a room. As for the room fee, I have to trouble you to come." Pass it to me when the time comes."

Yang Lu knew that his senior brother was a wealthy man in Haiya City, so he couldn't help but said a little speechlessly: "Our senior brothers, do we care about those few spiritual stone coins?"

Chen Ping glanced at him sideways and said with some displeasure: "My brother is settling the score, who doesn't know that you are worth a lot of money now! By the way, if you are going to participate in the auction of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce tomorrow, remember to be a little more careful... "

"Be careful? What does that mean?"

Chen Ping subconsciously glanced at the surrounding environment and said softly: "I always feel that the atmosphere in Tianshu City is a bit weird now. Because of the pilot issue of the reform of the social security system, Tianshu City is simply the eye of the storm in the entire Zhongzhou. But I just said A familiar Taoist friend of the Shanying Sect said that at this critical moment, the leader of the Shanying Sect, Chen Ming, and the deacon of the Gongde Hall, Fang Fang, all went to the headquarters of the Wuliangjian Sect to report on the specific situation of the reform of the social security system in Zhongzhou. went……"

Neither Chen Ming nor Fang Jiancai are in Tianshu City?

Upon hearing this information, Yang Lu raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you suspect...that someone is going to take advantage of this opportunity to cause trouble?"

Chen Ping replied in an ambiguous tone: "I don't know either. But seeing that Cai and Chen Ming are not here just now, it always makes me a little worried. After all, we are not familiar with each other here. What if something happens to Tianshu City?" What a moth..."

Yang Lu thought about Liu Qi's attitude just now, and felt that there was no big problem, so he said: "It doesn't matter, that manager Liu Qi is very close to me. If we encounter a danger that cannot be dealt with, we can still contact the Liu family Please help the Chamber of Commerce, no one in Tianshu City would dare to embarrass Elder Liu Hanxing’s guests!”

Hearing Yang Lu describe the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce as his own backyard, Chen Ping didn't know what to say.

Your tone is too loud!

So he had no choice but to say: "Then you can take care of yourself! Both Miss Qingning and Master have said that this trip to Tianshu City is still focused on you. But I suggest that we should leave as soon as we finish things, Tianshu A place like this city that is right and wrong...should not stay for a long time!"

Yang Lu quite agreed with Chen Ping's judgment.

Chen Ming's reporting to the senior officials of the Infinite Sword Sect is indeed a bit strange. He started this so-called pilot project because it was Sima Zhao's intention. Everyone on the street knew it. What's there to report?

It's like your subordinates are ready to rebel. Instead of thinking about how to deal with it, you ask them to make a report on why they want to rebel. Isn't this a flaw in your brain?

If it was Cheng Shuying who asked Chen Ming to report, then he was a little too anxious. You should at least get things started first and make the showdown after a fait accompli!

Thinking of this, he echoed: "What the senior brother said is absolutely true. If there are no unexpected circumstances, we will leave immediately after the auction ends tomorrow!"

Although Yang Lu behaved very honestly, Chen Ping always felt a little nervous, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he could only nod and pretend that nothing happened.

After enjoying a table of delicious food, the two of them went back to rest.

After another whole night of training in his dream, Yang Lu increased his training progress from 14% to 17%. He waited until three o'clock in the morning before he set off for Baibao Pavilion without haste. Liu Qi, the manager, was also very punctual and had already been waiting at the entrance of Baibao Pavilion.

"Mr. He, let's get ready to go to the auction now!" Seeing Yang Lu coming, he immediately greeted him

"Isn't this auction not in Baibao Pavilion?"

Facing Yang Lu's question, Manager Liu just smiled softly: "How can a noisy place like Baibao Pavilion be used to receive the distinguished guests of our Liu Family Chamber of Commerce? The Liu Family Chamber of Commerce has long established a cave in Yingxiangding, specifically for Used as a venue for auctions.”

Knowing that Yang Lu was still unable to control the escape light, Liu Qi made a gesture of invitation and led him to climb to the top of the mountain on foot.

Being chosen as the regional head of the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce, Liu Qi is obviously a very good businessman. Along the way, he enthusiastically introduced the customs and customs of Tianshu City. Although there were only two people traveling together, there was no indifference at all. Feel.

As the highest peak of the Tianshu Mountains, Yingxiangding reaches straight into the sky like a hub of heaven and earth.

Xiuzhenfang City and Songjian Pavilion were already located on the mountainside. The closer they got to the peak, the steeper the terrain became. Not long after continuing upward, Yang Lu noticed that the dense sea of ​​clouds in the Tianshu Mountains had appeared at his feet.

Halfway through, there was also a monk from Mountain Eagle who was responsible for patrolling the mountain and asked the two to show their identification.

However, Liu Qi just took out a token engraved with the golden eagle symbol of the Mountain Eagle Sect, and the monk on duty let them go unconditionally, without even asking about their specific identities.

Yang Lu was not surprised by this.

Although Liu Hanxing and Chen Ming are not the same person, he is the boss of the Wuliang Sword Sect after all. For Liu Hanxing's sake, the Mountain Eagle Sect will definitely give the Liu Family Chamber of Commerce considerable privileges.

According to Liu Qi's introduction along the way, there are many differences in the distribution of disciples between the Shanying Sect and the Haiya Sect.

The Haiya area has developed agriculture and a large population. There are nearly 10 million people in total, scattered throughout the coastal plain. Most of the low-level disciples of the Haiya sect are sent to these agricultural settlements to serve as resident immortals, and there are many more. The total number of Haiya cultivators who are rarely sent to lead ocean-going fleets and live in Haiya City all year round will not exceed 1,000.

The Tianshu Mountains have a small population and are highly agglomerated. Most of the population is concentrated in the huge Tianshu City. Most of the remaining mortal settlements are concentrated around the Monster Nature Reserve, as well as various businesses. The location of the road node.

Precisely because of the relatively concentrated population distribution, the number of low-level disciples Shan Ying sent to various places to rule was not large.

There are more than 4,000 monks in the entire Shanying sect, and almost 2,000 of them are permanently stationed in Tianshu City and Yingxiangding. Li Wen, the Tingheyu Pavilion assassin who received orders to assassinate Yang Lu, has never left in recent years. Tianshu City is half a step away.

Yang Lu often encounters Shanying monks patrolling Tianshu City. On the one hand, it is because the Shanying Sect strictly manages Tianshu City. On the other hand, it is also because the number of Shanying monks living in Tianshu City is indeed very large. .