"Hmph, you are deceiving the public with your monstrous words, and it is not a pity to die!" Yun Xuzi snorted coldly, and said without changing his expression.
After hearing this, the scholar shook his head and sighed, his expression seemed quite melancholy.
"Think about how the Ninth Prince of the Tang Dynasty was so magnificent and unparalleled for a while. But now that time is urging people to grow old and their years are wasted, they suddenly turned into a sloppy old man, which is very sad!"
Although the scholar's words lamented the passage of time, they could easily be misunderstood as sarcasm.
But Yun Xuzi didn't seem to be angry at all. He glanced at the scholar, frowned slightly and said, "Sick scholar, is the root of your trouble still not cured?"
"Haha, it can't be cured, it can't be cured!"
The scholar laughed loudly and said: "I have been ill for a long time and am terminally ill! It's a revelation that we can be reunited today!" As he spoke, he picked up the big bowl and took a swig.
Maybe the strong alcohol burned his throat, so the scholar drank it all in one gulp, dropped the big bowl, and started coughing violently.
Yun Xuzi's brows tightened, and after the scholar regained his composure, he slowly said: "Your condition is so bad, and this matter is quite dangerous. Are you sure you want to join?"
"No problem!"
The scholar waved his hands and said: "If you and I join forces, we can naturally get an advantage in this matter. Although I have hidden health problems, I will not hold you back. Besides, the pure yin body I am responsible for has been found, and it is you.
"
He paused, looked at the young man in gray clothes aside and said, "Although the pure Yang body you are responsible for is hard to find, there is no need to use this young boy to make up for it, right?"
"Hmph! You don't know something."
Yun Xuzi shook his head slightly, and suddenly stretched out a finger, and a stream of cyan spiritual power came out from his hand, piercing the young man's waist.
It was obvious that the young man could not help but make a sudden move. His expression changed drastically and he hurriedly jumped back. At the same time, a golden light erupted from his body, instantly covering his whole body. There was a faint sound of Buddhist chanting in the small wine shop.
"Bang!"
The white spiritual power hit the young man's lower abdomen. The young man grunted and secreted a stream of blood from his mouth. However, he took a few steps back and still managed to take the blow.
"Huh?"
The scholar looked very interested and stared at the boy in gray for a long time before nodding and saying:
"That's it! I don't know what kind of Buddhist magical power this boy has practiced, and he has actually reached the realm of Vajra Tempered Body. It is not pure Yang, but better than pure Yang!"
This young man in gray clothes is naturally Liang Yan.
He never expected that Yun Xuzi would fall out at the drop of a hat. One moment he was chatting with someone, and the next moment he would slap him with a finger. However, his life was in someone's hands right now, so he couldn't help but be dissatisfied.
Liang Yan stretched out his hand to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, remained silent, and sat back on the table again.
"Wonderful, wonderful!" The scholar clapped his hands and said with a smile, "It seems that we both got the tickets this time."
Yun Xuzi also showed a smile and said: "Old friend, we have known each other for many years. This time we have secretly formed an alliance. The other five people will not know about it. As long as we are careful, we can say that we are in an invincible position."
"That's right!" The scholar nodded and said, "My old friend came to drink this bowl of wine. I wish both of us will get what we need and get away safe and sound!"
As he spoke, he raised the big bowl in his hand and bowed to Yun Xuzi from a distance. Yun Xuzi also raised the wine bowl on the table. The two looked at each other and smiled, and both drank in one gulp.
“Good wine!”
Yun Xuzi praised him, stood up and cupped his hands towards the scholar:
"There are still ten days left before the agreed date. I still have some personal matters to take care of, so I'll take my leave now!"
"Haha!" The scholar nodded and said with a smile: "Fellow Taoist Yunxu, please help yourself. The scholar will wait here for a few days and then go directly up the mountain to the agreed place. I just hope that the Taoist friend will know what he knows and don't delay me with some trivial matters.
What a big deal!”
"This is natural!"
Yun Xuzi responded, put on his coir raincoat and bamboo hat again, turned around and headed out of the store.
"Squeak!"
The wooden door of the wine shop was opened again, and a cold wind poured in.
Liang Yan took a breath of cold air and sighed softly. He took out some broken silver from his sleeve and threw it on the table. He quickly followed him out, and gradually disappeared into the wind and snow outside the store with the old man's back.
Mingyi City is not far from Siming Mountain. It only takes about seven or eight days for an ordinary traveler to ride a horse. Mingyi City is a transportation fortress that connects the north and south of Zhao State. In the past, there was an endless stream of people and it was very lively.
In the evening of this day, on the towering city wall of Mingyi City, two figures were standing side by side, one old and one young. They were Yun Xuzi and Liang Yan, who had just arrived here not long ago.
At this time, dusk falls and the lanterns begin to light up.
Many shops in Mingyi City have closed during the day, but some romantic night markets have just begun to open, and dots of lights gradually light up in the streets and alleys.
Yun Xuzi was dressed in a soap robe, with his hands behind his back without saying a word. He just stood silently on the city wall and stared at the lights of thousands of families below, not knowing what he was thinking.
Liang Yan had long been accustomed to this. Yun Xuzi was a very sophisticated person and would never talk to others easily, let alone his own chess piece whose life was in his hands.
The two of them had not been standing on the city wall for long, when three figures suddenly emerged from the city. These three people leaped on the roof like flying, their steps were extremely fast, and they were in front of Yun Xuzi and Liang Yan in the blink of an eye.
I saw these three people, all wearing navy blue robes, kneeling on one knee and saying respectfully:
"Meet the Guanzhu!"
Yun Xuzi hummed and asked calmly: "How is the matter I want you to investigate?"
"this"
The three of them looked at each other, with a hint of anxiety on their faces, and one of them said:
"My subordinates are incompetent. Of the five people that the temple master told us to monitor, we have only found the whereabouts of two of them. Both of them arrived in Mingyi City three days ago, and the time difference is only about half a day."
"Oh? Which two people are they?" Yun Xuzi's voice was calm, and there was no hint of emotion or anger at all.
"It's the 'Smiling Monk' and the 'Crane Woman'!"
"It turned out to be them." Yun Xuzi frowned and murmured to himself: "The timing of these two people is so coincidental, is there something fishy secretly?"
He pondered for a moment, then suddenly asked again:
"Apart from these two people, are there any other strange things happening near Siming Mountain and Mingyi City?"
The three people kneeling on the ground looked at each other in confusion, and one of them suddenly said:
"There is one thing that is quite special. Thirty miles to the west of Mingyi City, there was a small family of immortal cultivators named Lu. But just three days ago, this family of cultivators of immortality was wiped out. There was no one among the more than one hundred family members.
They were all alive, and they were all cut off at the waist. The murderer's technique was clean and neat, leaving no traces."
Unexpectedly, Yun Xuzi shook his head and sneered after hearing this: "Are there no clues? That's not necessarily true. More than a hundred people were killed in the middle, which in itself is enough to explain the problem."
He pondered for a while, then suddenly came to his senses and said calmly: "Okay, the three of you did something bad. According to my rules, you should be punished."
As soon as these words came out, the three people on the ground all broke out in cold sweat, and even their hands and feet couldn't stop shaking.
"However." Yun Xuzi changed the topic and continued: "Considering that the current situation is special and it is the best to employ people, I will give you a chance to atone for your sins. In the remaining ten days, you should carefully keep an eye on the surrounding area.
If there is any trace of the target person, please report to me immediately!"
"Yes!" The three people responded quickly.
"Okay, let's all go down!" Yun Xuzi waved his hand and said.
When the three young Taoist priests heard this, they kowtowed on the ground a few more times and then left in a hurry.
"Liang Yan, I still have some things to deal with. You can walk around this city as you like. As long as you don't have any thoughts of running away, I won't care about you."
Yun Xuzi turned to look at Liang Yan and continued: "You have finished drinking the medicinal liquid now, and you no longer need to take it every day. However, without my detoxification pill within a month, you will still die from the poison."
It will be even more miserable, I hope you are self-aware!"
Liang Yan nodded and said, "Don't worry, I'm not dissatisfied with my longevity."
"Okay! In seven days' time, the 'Ruyun Xiaozhu' in the city will be waiting for me."
After Yun Xuzi finished speaking, he flicked his sleeves, and like a big bird with spread wings, it slowly slid down from the towering city wall into the city, and finally disappeared among the crowds of people under the night lights.