Phi-Fic Chapter 221: Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Sun.
Chapter 221: Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Sun.
Chapter 221 Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Sun.
For a moment, Zhao Qing fell into deep thought.
The guests from various districts were protected by the Xueyi Merchant House. As early as eight years ago, before he met his aunt, he had received a promise from the Danxia Xueyi Merchant House that if a war broke out in the city, he could follow the Xueyi spirit boat and leave.
But... a Qi-cultivating guest official is being hunted down by the Zheng family. Can't Zeng Nian solve the problem?
But then again, shouldn't the business house be concerned with such personal grudges?
My aunt's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and she said thoughtfully, "Zeng Nianke should be here soon. Let's get to know the details first."
Shuyue sat on the edge of the bed, holding the bowl of glutinous rice balls and blowing gently with her cherry lips, her bright eyes occasionally looking out the window... In the dark and cold night, snow was flying like cotton wool.
……
A moment later, a streak of light illuminated the snowy night and fell directly into the manor's martial arts field.
Qinghuan also walked out of the bedroom and came to the stone pavilion to quietly listen to the unusual movements in the alley.
The beautiful woman smiled as she stepped off the spiritual boat and said, "An hour ago, Guest Sun bought a spiritual weapon at the Blood Robe Building. He then had a conflict with a cultivator from the Zheng family in the market and fled outside... Judging from the direction he was heading, he wasn't heading back to the Sun family."
Zhao Qing nodded slightly.
The distribution of power in this area is very simple. The entire Songshan County belongs to the Changsheng Sword Sect... Songshanfang naturally also belongs to the Changsheng Sword Sect.
Apart from these, there are the Sun family and the Zheng family, two cultivation families. The heads of the families are both at the foundation-building stage, so he has not paid much attention to them.
My aunt asked suspiciously, "What's so special about this Sun Binghao that warranted Manager Zeng's special mention?"
Zeng Nianke pondered for a moment and realized that it would be the same to tell Xiaoyi that Zhao Zhushou's family was not like those clans.
"The Sun and Zheng families are now on the verge of a fight. There is a high possibility of a melee. There are many shops in the market, and the independent cultivators and guests will be affected."
"Everything has been peaceful for the past two years. Why did the situation take a sudden turn for the worse?" My aunt said with a puzzled look on her face.
Zhao Qing sat quietly by the side eating glutinous rice balls, and even wanted to have a refill. It was a cold winter night with snow falling, and it was very comfortable to drink an extra bowl of soup.
He handed over the silver spoon. Gu Qinghuan's eyes trembled slightly, and she lowered her head and put a cinnamon dumpling into her mouth.
Zhao Qing didn't care too much about the conflict in the town. Even if there was a fight between two cultivation families, it would not affect his family.
But as a garrison of the Blood Robe, I have to protect the merchant building and the guest officials...
Zeng Nianke frowned slightly and continued, "This Sun Binghao is a new guest official. He exchanged a piece of spiritual ore for 120,000 spiritual stones at the merchant building during the day."
Noticing Zhao Qing's puzzled look, the beautiful woman added, "Top-grade spiritual ore. This kind of thing rarely appears in Songshan. At least I haven't seen it yet."
Oh……
Just twelve high-grade spirit stones?
Zhao Qing nodded and continued eating the dumplings.
"Around the evening hour, I received the news—the Sun family came out in full force, slaughtered everyone in the Zheng family's mine, and took it for themselves."
"The cause is... all the disciples and independent cultivators in the Sun family's mine were killed."
Zhao Qing:?
My aunt's face showed understanding, and she whispered, "Manager Zeng, do you think that the high-grade spiritual ore in Sun Binghao's hands is related to this matter?"
Zeng Nianke nodded and said, "They must be related. Sun Binghao has purchased cultivation resources from the commercial building many times before. Judging from the time..."
"This guest Sun must have discovered a high-grade spiritual ore in the underground cave, broke in, killed his own cultivator by surprise, and stole it."
"After that, the Sun family discovered the tragic situation in their own mines and rushed to the Zheng family's spiritual mines and began a massacre."
Zhao Qing slowly put down the jade bowl in his hand...
Is this Sun family a bunch of idiots? Why don't they investigate first?
My aunt noticed her man's gaze and whispered, "It doesn't matter who did it. The Sun family must have some confidence and used this to stir up trouble and seize the Zheng family's resources."
Zeng Nianke looked thoughtful and said with a wry smile, "Sun Zhaolin isn't that smart. He's probably just seeking revenge."
The head of the Sun family, Sun Zhaolin...
My aunt wondered, "If it's revenge, why don't you investigate it first?"
The beautiful woman looked helpless.
"This is the situation in Songshanfang. No matter who harms the interests of the Sun family, the Sun family will only attack the Zheng family."
Zhao Qing: ...
He laughed and said, "If the disciples of the Changsheng Sword come to bully our family, will Sun Zhaolin only attack the Zheng family?"
Zeng Nianke nodded gently: "Yes!"
Zhao Qing continued, "If you and I were to rob the Sun family's mine..."
Zeng Nianke had a strange look on his face and whispered, "We'll also attack the Zheng family."
Hearing this, Zhao Qing couldn't help but stand there in a daze.
Isn't this fucking stupid?
At this moment, he probably understood what was going on.
There was a traitor in the Sun family who stole their spiritual mine.
The head of the Sun family is also an idiot. He robbed the Zheng family's spiritual mine without even asking.
The problem at the moment is... that traitor surnamed Sun is actually a guest official in blood-stained clothes.
Zeng Nian Ke pondered and said, "It's difficult for Nian Ke to make the decision alone."
"Guest Sun, do you want to save Xueyi? Should you explain the truth to the two families? If a fight breaks out in the market, independent cultivators will try to take advantage of the situation, and the business house will be in a very passive position."
Zhao Qing's eyes flickered. If the two clans in Songshanfang came to blows, he could take the people from the business building back to Changshengfang for vacation...
He looked at the beautiful woman and smiled, "Our Xiaoyi has the final say."
Zhou Xiaoyi glared at her man with her beautiful eyes, causing several people to look at each other and laugh.
The woman whispered, "In Shopkeeper Zeng's opinion, if we ignore it, the worst consequence will be..."
Zeng Nianke said, "Everyone in the Blood Robe Tower will follow Zhao and temporarily leave Songshan."
After some thought, she added, "There are a total of eight foundation-building cultivators in these two families, and more than half of the shops in Songshanfang belong to them."
The aunt's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly as she looked at Zhao Qing and said, "This guest Sun cannot die at the hands of the Zheng family. Save him first."
"Then meet with the two family heads and see how to resolve the issue?"
Zhao Qing put down the jade bowl and stood up: "Let's go together."
Shuyue frowned slightly and asked doubtfully, "Qinghuan and I are going too?"
Zhao Qing nodded and smiled, "Just treat it as reading a storybook."
He put his arms around his wife's slender waist and sent her directly to the spirit boat of the Blood Robe Tower.
Zhao Qing had become a little numb from facing various big guys. Now that he was focusing on building his foundation and cultivating his Qi, he felt a lot more relaxed.
The spirit boat of the Blood Robe Tower rose into the sky, transformed into a streak of light, and disappeared into the snowy night.
As for how to resolve this matter...
Zhao Qing took out Luo Xianning's communication jade and engraved the message on it: "A high-grade spiritual ore has appeared in the Songshan mine."
What about the Sun family, the Zheng family, and so on? I only know the Changsheng Sword Sect. If you don’t know anything about them, don’t dig into them.
The cold wind howled.
Wang Shuyue stood beside her husband, gazing at the tiny lights hidden in the snowy night. She whispered, "Qinghuan and I will wait on the spirit boat later to avoid causing you any trouble."
Zhao Qing raised his eyebrows. What trouble are you causing?
"A cultivator at the sixth level of Qi training is being chased everywhere. I'm afraid you can handle it alone."
Hearing this, Shuyue shook her head slightly, but a hint of eagerness to try flashed in her eyes.
Zeng Nianke said slowly, "Sun Zhaolin and Zheng Shichang are both cultivators in the middle stage of foundation building, and their cultivation is much higher than mine."
Zhao Qing nodded without saying anything. He was not going to fight with anyone.
Besides... when he used the Burning Heart Divine Ability, he really didn't take the two family heads seriously.
When I was still a young Qi-cultivating cultivator, I felt awe-inspiring when I met Pei Jin. The overwhelming pressure from the foundation-building cultivator was boundless.
But I'm already at the second level of foundation building, just waiting to break through and take drugs to enter the middle stage of foundation building. I'm even ready to condense the golden elixir...
Isn't it easy to handle such a small thing?
Yin Hua in his mind gently rippled, and Si He smiled and said, "The monsters are too weak, the game version should be updated."
Zhao Qing: ...
He thought, "Is there any chance that the difficulty of the main quest for Si He will be lowered?"
Si He: "That depends on your performance..."
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Zeng Nianke piloted the spirit boat and flew across the sky above Songshanfang with Zhao Qing and his family, following the direction in which Sun Binghao had fled.
She held a communication jade in her hand and whispered, "No response, maybe he met with an accident."
Although the beautiful woman said this, she still controlled the spirit boat to follow the trail.
Zhao Qing stood quietly, his spiritual awareness strengthened by the power of the netherworld, allowing him to clearly perceive the situation within a radius of several miles...
In just an incense stick's time, he found a body in the wind and snow. It was a young man who seemed to have died not long ago.
"died!?"
He whispered, "Go five miles east and take a look."
Zeng Nianke immediately changed direction, but not long after she discovered the male corpse.
The beautiful woman's eyes turned cold and she shook her head, "It's not Sun Binghao. Sun Binghao is younger than this man."
A moment later, Zhao Qing's family of four and Zeng Nianke gathered around the corpse.
The cold wind whistled in my ears, and from time to time the low roars of animals could be heard through the mountains and forests.
The corpses beneath their feet had already stiffened, having been wiped out for at least an hour. Zhao Qing recalled Qingrao's previous bone-viewing technique...
He carefully sensed the fluctuations of spiritual energy emanating from the surroundings, as well as the three gates and three orifices of the corpse. The spiritual energy surged from the top of the skull, at least opening up the Jade Pillow Gate, and divine consciousness was born.
But there was no storage ring on his hand, so it must have been taken away by someone.
"Late stage of Qi training, died not long ago, identity unknown."
Zhao Qing finished speaking, and then looked at Zeng Nianke doubtfully. The beautiful woman whispered, "Maybe he is a disciple of the Zheng family."
What do you mean by possible?!
Zhao Qing suddenly missed Kong Yang a little... Although he talked a lot of nonsense, the information he provided was extremely accurate and he was a very reliable teammate.
Shuyue leaned forward slightly, carefully examining the wound on the corpse's neck, and said crisply, "One shot to the throat."
"It's wider and thicker than an ordinary spear tip. It should be a halberd." My aunt shook her head slowly.
Sun Binghao kills a late stage Qi training cultivator with one halberd?
Zhao Qing felt a little curious. At the sixth level of Qi training, without any spiritual consciousness, he was already at a disadvantage. Yet, this guy had managed to counterattack so cleanly and efficiently...
He subconsciously asked, "What spiritual weapon does Zhao Binghao use?"
The beautiful woman frowned slightly and shook her head, saying, "I don't know. I have never bought a spiritual weapon in a commercial building."
Zhao Qing: ...
He silently looked up at the stars in the snowy night. When Kong Yang was around, he thought he was useless, but without the help of the Cuiyuan lineage, it would be really troublesome.
Helpless, they continued to drive the spirit boat to search for Sun Binghao's trace.
Shu Yue whispered, "I have only just begun to develop my spiritual consciousness. I am no match for this guest Sun."
Zhao Qing ruffled his wife's hair and chuckled, "We're going to rescue this guest official Sun."
"Hmm...Shuyue understands."
"But Sun Binghao even killed his relatives and friends in his own mine. He is definitely not a good person."
Zhou Xiaoyi said softly: "Of course he is not a good person."
"Hand him over to the Sun family, and they will deal with him."
After Ling Zhou searched back and forth twice on the official road in the north of the town, he only found three bodies, all of which were killed by a halberd... There were no more injuries on their bodies.
But no trace of Sun Binghao was found.
This made Zhao Qing frown slowly, sensing something was wrong.
Is an ordinary sixth-level Qi training person really that powerful?
Invincible at the same level?
Crackling and hacking?
He wanted to ask... what was the cultivation level of the person Sun Binghao killed in the spiritual mine.
But on second thought, I decided to forget it.
Zeng Nian Ke probably doesn't know either...
He took out Luo Xianning's communication jade and examined it, then shook his head and said, "Let's go directly to the Sun family and not look for them anymore."
"Explain the situation to Sun Zhaolin, so that the troubles between the two families won't affect the business building."
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The Sun family's meeting hall.
At this moment, there are only more than ten disciples gathered, and the rest of the cultivators are guarding the Songshan Spirit Mine.
Outside the palace gate, the wind and snow were roaring. The female corpse on the ground had a beautiful face. Her long eyelashes were covered with snowflakes, and the wound on her neck was covered with snow.
The head of the family, Sun Zhaolin, sat at the head, his brow furrowed with his hand on his forehead.
Among the collateral descendants, there is a pair of siblings whose parents have both passed away... The older sister is the corpse outside the door.
He sighed and said, "The Second Brother's lineage is considered broken, right?"
Someone else whispered back, "Maybe Binghao is still alive."
"Humph!"
"He killed his brothers and sisters, so he dared not come back."
Sun Liancheng stood in the crowd with a sad face and remained silent.
How could my second brother's son do such a beastly thing as killing his own sister?!
During the day, he saw the brother and sister walking side by side. Qian'er had just returned home less than half a day ago...
But the facts are right in front of us. Qian'er died here, and Binghao disappeared without a trace.
Someone stepped forward and said, "Master."
"Could the bloody disaster at Songshan Mine also be attributed to Binghao?"
Sun Zhaolin shook his head slowly.
"Even if three cultivators in the late Qi training stage join forces, there's no chance of resistance at all, at least until a Foundation Establishment cultivator takes action."
Just then, he frowned and took out the communication jade to check.
It was the shopkeeper Zeng from Songshanfang...
What is she here to do?
After a moment's thought, the man temporarily removed the Sun family's formation and let the shopkeeper Zeng in.
A light spiritual boat landed outside the hall, and a familiar, sweet laugh was heard: "Daoyou Sun, Nian Ke is here to help you."
Sun Zhaolin stood up to greet him and said with a loud laugh, "Quickly prepare tea for our distinguished guest."
He glanced at the five people who stepped off the spirit boat and couldn't help feeling a little confused.
In addition to Zeng Nian Ke, there are one man and three women... The man is in the foundation-building stage, and the others are in the late stage of Qi training.
And it seems that this man is clearly the leader.
I only heard the beautiful woman introduce: "Friend Zhao Qing, the Chu State is stationed in my Blood Robe Tower. These three... are also...
Sun Zhaolin showed understanding on his face, and seeing that Zhao Qing had no intention of greeting him, he nodded slightly.
The Blood Clothes Building is a commercial building spread across various markets in Yongning Prefecture. This man surnamed Zhao should be a senior executive of the Blood Clothes Building of the Chu State.
With a slight wave of his hand, many of the Sun family's disciples dispersed, leaving enough tables for the five of them to sit down.
"Manager Zeng, what is this...?"
Zeng Nianke was speechless and laughed. It was her aunt who stood up and said, "Xiaoyi greets Fellow Daoist Sun."
She stood up, looked around, and chuckled, "My Blood Robe Building has already figured out the matter of the Sun family's spiritual mine being robbed."
"Sun Binghao has a piece of top-grade spiritual ore worth 120,000 spiritual stones. He just left the Blood Robe Tower at 5:00 PM."
My aunt was not afraid of the head of the Sun family in front of her at all. She had once obtained a special recipe to cure the poison and helped Grandpa Zhou Yunfeng prolong his life and break through to the golden elixir stage.
The Zhou family, which already had great power in the State of Chu, was now at its peak.
As the daughter of a prime minister, if she came to an ordinary clan, even if she was alone, she would be a guest of honor.
Hearing the laughter of the proud woman in front of them, Sun Zhaolin and the disciples in the hall changed their expressions instantly.
"There's a top-grade spiritual ore in the underground cave!?"
"Did the second brother's kid really do it?"
"With Binghao's cultivation level, it's impossible for him to achieve such a level!"
"There must be someone from the Zheng family doing something behind the scenes!"
Sun Zhaolin took a deep breath, his eyes narrowed slightly. "Three late Qi training masters joined forces to defend the city, but no news of them came out... With his sixth Qi training level, he can't do it, right?"
He turned his gaze towards the male cultivator named Zhao. Although he remained silent, he could sense the vast spiritual power emanating from this man... He was definitely not an ordinary foundation-building cultivator.
The man slowly stood up, but did not mention Sun Binghao.
……
Zhao Qing looked at the Sun family disciple of His Highness and said softly, "Long time no see, Fellow Daoist Sun."
In the Sun family hall, he met an acquaintance... the immortal master sent by Huanyu Pavilion to Lanxian Town - Sun Liancheng!
At this moment, everyone looked sideways. The middle-aged man at the fifth level of Qi training smiled bitterly and bowed: "Liancheng greets you, senior."
Zhao Qing nodded slightly, raised his hand and pointed outside the hall, and said slowly: "Her name... is Sun Qian, right?"