"This is...?!!!" The old master with the first stage of the second stage of cultivation looked at the damaged road surface that Zhang Xiaohua pointed at, and his brows suddenly furrowed.
This old master named Qin, whose real name is Qin Haozhi, was a hunter of exotic beasts when he was young.
He was once very prosperous back then, but later he had disputes with his teammates due to some things. Frustrated, he quit the profession of exotic beast hunter, settled down in Tap Rock City, and opened a small shop to make a living.
As a former hunter of exotic beasts, although he no longer hunts and kills, and his physical strength and energy are far less than before, his eyesight is still there.
Based on what I saw about the damage to these pavements, these pavements were not collapsed due to disrepair at all, but were clearly damaged by someone using huge force.
There are many potholes in various parts of the manor, most likely caused by fighting. Otherwise, it would not be possible to distribute them in such an orderly manner in various parts of the manor.
"Master Qin." Zhang Xiaohua saw Qin Haozhi looking at the damaged road in a daze, and immediately asked him.
"Ah?" Qin Haozhi, who was looking at the damaged road in trance, suddenly came back to his senses when he heard Zhang Xiaohua calling him, and then said to Zhang Xiaohua with a smile.
"Girl, there are a lot of broken roads on your road! If you repair them all, it will cost two gold and twenty silver."
"Two gold and twenty silver?" When Zhang Xiaohua heard Qin Haozhi's quotation, he calculated it in his mind. Based on his own experience, he felt that the price was quite reasonable and did not report the price.
Seeing that Master Qin in front of him was not as open as a lion, Zhang Xiaohua smiled and nodded.
"Okay, for this price, when can you start work, Master Qin?"
Qin Haozhi said, "Since you have decided, I will call some people to build the road for you when I go back now."
"OK."
After discussing the matter of road construction, Zhang Xiaohua prepaid ten silver coins to Qin Haozhi as a down payment for road construction. After the latter received the money, he immediately left the manor and returned to his shop.
After sending Qin Haozhi to the gate of the manor, Zhang Xiaohua withdrew his gaze, turned around and walked into the manor after seeing him leaving.
She was going to report to Wu Yin and Lin Fei about the road construction situation she had decided on.
"Miss Wu."
As soon as she walked to the door of the villa in the manor, Zhang Xiaohua happened to meet Wu Yin walking out of the villa with a kettle in her hand.
Wu Yin, who was about to water the flowers she planted, smiled and said to Zhang Xiaohua, "I just heard from Zhang Xiaochun and Zhang Xiaoyu that you went out to find the road builder, and you are back so soon?"
"I have arranged for the road repairman to repair the broken roads at home..." Zhang Xiaohuahui reported, "It will cost a total of two gold and twenty silver coins. I first paid ten silver coins to the road repairman as a deposit."
"Two gold and twenty silver? This price is quite cheap!" Wu Yin glanced at the roads damaged by the battle last night and smiled at Zhang Xiaohua.
"It's not very cheap, it's the normal price in the market." Zhang Xiaohua said, "Mr. Lin gave too many gold coins this morning. I will give him the remaining gold coins later."
"Um."
The two chatted briefly, and then Wu Yin took the water bottle in her hand, walked to the place where she planted flowers, and began to water her flowers of various colors.
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In a place very far away from Tap Seac City, there is a valley surrounded by three mountains.
There is a brown castle built in this valley. The castle is more than 20 meters high. There are many big men in gray clothes coming and going inside.
In this wilderness, there is actually a castle built by humans, and there are people living in it. If other people saw it, they would be very surprised.
After all, alien beasts often appear in the wilderness. If you build a castle in such a place and settle in it, you will most likely be attacked by alien beasts.
Of course, now that these people dare to build a castle here and settle in it, it only shows that these people are extraordinary and not afraid of attacks by strange beasts.
This castle is actually a secret stronghold of the Poison Fang organization. As for how many castles like this the Poison Fang organization has, no one knows.
The top floor of the castle.
In a dark room, there was a figure wearing a black mask, sitting on a chair with an expressionless face, looking at a broken jade plaque on the table.
The broken jade token is a spiritual weapon, and its fragmentation represents the death of a senior member of the Poison Fang organization.
The figure wearing a black mask looked at the broken jade plaque in front of him and was silent for a long time. Suddenly, someone knocked on the door of his room.
"Dong dong dong..."
Hearing the knock on the door, the figure wearing a black mask raised his head and shouted at the door.
"Come in."
"Click."
The door opened, and a tall man with a height of 1.8 meters, a muscular body and an eyepatch on his right eye walked into the dim room.
"Elder, what do you want me to do when you call me here?" The tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye walked into the room, came to his boss, and asked respectfully.
"Jin Feng is dead." The figure wearing a black mask said.
"Jin Feng is dead?!!!" The tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye heard this and had a look of disbelief on his face.
Because the man named Jin Feng mentioned by his boss was only a smidge inferior to him in strength.
As long as he is not against the enemies of the third level peak, his life is basically not in danger. Now that he is dead, it means that the enemy who killed him must have at least the strength of the third level peak.
"I sent Jin Feng to Tap Sic City. According to his itinerary, he should have arrived at Tap Sic City yesterday... This morning, I found that the jade plaque representing Jin Feng was broken." The figure wearing a black mask spoke in a gloomy tone.
said.
"Elder, Jinfeng was sent to Tapashi City by you to lead the people and rob the team sent by the Lord of Tapashi City to transport the spiritual stones.
Now that something happened to Jinfeng, could it be the city lord of Tapashi City who took action?" asked the tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye.
"It was not the city lord of Tapashi City who took action..." the figure wearing a black mask said.
"Didn't the city lord of Tapashi City do it? Then who killed Jinfeng? That city lord was the only one in Tapashik City who had the strength to kill Jinfeng." said the tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye.
"After I discovered that the jade tablet was broken, I immediately contacted the undercover personnel in the Lord's Mansion of Tap Rock City.
The other party told me that the city lord of Tapashi City has been staying in the study room of the city lord's palace to handle official business in the past few days and has not left the city lord's palace." said the figure wearing a black mask.
In just a few words, the elder of the Poison Fang Organization actually revealed a shocking news, that is, there was actually an undercover agent he had planted in the palace of the city lord of Tapashi City.
The Venomous Fang organization secretly planted an undercover agent in the residence of the majestic Lord of the City, and this undercover agent actually knew the recent movements of the Lord of the City.
It's really scary to think about it. This Venomous Fang organization actually has such a terrifying intelligence network.
"Since the city lord of Tapashi City has not left the city lord's mansion in the past few days, but Jinfeng has died, does it mean that there are other third-level peak practitioners in Tapashi City?" said the tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye.
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"I don't know about this, but our Venomous Fang organization has lost two high-ranking third-level members in Tap Rock City. We must send someone to find out." The figure wearing a black mask said coldly.
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"Even if our enemy is a cultivator at the peak of the third level, if he dares to attack our people like this, we have to show him some shame."
"Elder, do you want me to go to Tap Rock City now to investigate this matter?" asked the tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye.
"Well, that's what I meant when I asked you to come. Now that even Jin Feng has been killed, then the people I sent to snatch the Lord of Tapshi City must all be dead...
Now I ask you to go to Tapashi City. You just need to investigate the matter and find the murderer. I will find a way to deal with the rest." The figure wearing a black mask said.
"Yes, elder... I will set off for Tap Rock City right now." The tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye said, turning around to leave.
"Wait a moment."
"Huh?" The tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye heard that the figure wearing a black mask had other instructions. He immediately stopped, turned around, looked at the other person, and asked doubtfully, "Elder,
Do you have anything else to explain?"
"You have a quick temper. Don't be impulsive when you go to Tap Seac City to investigate this time.
After investigating what happened and finding the murderer, don't act rashly." The figure wearing a black mask warned his confidants.
"Don't worry! Elder, I have a sense of balance in my heart. Since the murderer was able to kill two of our senior members one after another, I already know what level his strength is. I am not reckless enough to seek death." He wore a mask on his right eye.
The tall man with the eyepatch said with a smile.
"Well, as long as you know, go ahead! Be careful along the way... Now we have lost two senior members, which is also a big blow to us.
If something happens to you again, the status of our branch within the organization will drop several places." The figure wearing a black mask said.
The tall man with an eyepatch on his right eye nodded, and then left his boss's room. After closing the door, the room returned to its original dark appearance.
"Don't think that you can humiliate our Poison Fang Organization twice in a row just because you have the strength of the third level peak."
In the quiet and dim room, the figure wearing a black mask murmured to himself.
At this time, he faintly revealed spiritual energy fluctuations that far exceeded the peak of the third level.
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It's around two o'clock in the afternoon, which is the hottest time of the day.
The scorching sun in the sky spreads its heat to the earth, and the strong sunshine makes everything listless.
Whether it is humans in the city or strange animals wandering in the wild, at this time, they all choose to go to a shady place to avoid the sun.
Zhang Xiaohua and her two companions came from a distance carrying water bottles.
When they came to the shade of the big tree, they said to Qin Haozhi and his disciples who were sitting on the grass and resting against the big tree.
"Master Qin, drink some water!"
"Thank you three girls." Qin Haozhi was resting with his apprentice. When he saw the three girls bringing him water, he immediately thanked them.
Zhang Xiaohua and the others filled the cups with cold boiled water and handed them into the hands of the road builders.
"Tons, tons, tons..."
When constructing under the scorching sun, the human body consumes a lot of water. These road builders drank several glasses of water in a row.
"I'll put this kettle here. If you need to drink, you can pour it yourself. If you run out of water, let me know and I'll add more for you." Zhang Xiaohua put the kettle on the ground and said to Qin Haozhi and others.
After delivering water to the road builders, Zhang Xiaohua and the others left.
"Master, these three girls are kind-hearted! They just gave us fruits before, and they brought us water now. This is the first time I have encountered such good customers." A young apprentice said to Qin Haozhi.
"Yes, yes, last time we went to a wealthy family to help them build a wall, but they were not even willing to pay us any attention."
"That's the family you're talking about! It's really bad. I asked their servant for a bowl of water, but he just gave me a blank look and ignored me and left."
The young disciples talked to each other one by one, and spoke very highly of Zhang Xiaohua and the others.
"Just like a master, there are also servants. These three girls treat us like this, which shows that their masters are also very kind-hearted." Qin Haozhi smiled at his young apprentices.
"That's true. After all, these three girls are just servants of this family. Without the master's permission, they would not dare to give us fruits and water." Qin Haozhi's young apprentices nodded.
In fact, Qin Haozhi still had something he didn't tell his young apprentices, that is, the kind-hearted owner of the family might be very cruel to thieves.
While he was repairing the damaged road surface for the family just now, Qin Haozhi took a tour of the manor.
According to his past experience, a group of people should have climbed over the wall at the gate last night, and then had a fierce battle with the owner of the manor.
The reason for this speculation was that he saw dense footprints on the corner of the wall.
As well as some damaged areas on the ground, there were dark marks. Qin Haozhi was very familiar with these marks. They were the colors that changed over time after blood flowed out of the body.
"Through the small talk I just had with those girls, I found that these girls are not afraid of the intrusion of thieves at all. They are just ordinary people. When encountering the intrusion of thieves, they did not react at all with fear.
There is only one possibility for them to be so confident and not afraid of the invading thieves. Their master is a very powerful practitioner." Qin Haozhi made a psychological analysis and nodded secretly.
Although it has been many years since he stopped being a hunter of exotic beasts, Qin Haozhi's habit of analyzing every clue he can find has not changed after so many years.
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This chapter has been completed!