"It's great to congratulate you, Fellow Daoist Zhou, you are finally back!"
"After Jin heard about the incident at the underground auction, he worried about his fellow Taoist for a while. Now that he has seen his fellow Taoist return safely, Jin is relieved!"
In Qingyuan Pavilion, as soon as Jin Qu, the shopkeeper, saw Zhou Yang, he immediately looked at him with joy and sighed. The happy look on his face did not look like he was faking it.
Seeing this, Zhou Yang nodded with a look of rejoicing on his face and said: "Worrying fellow Taoist Jin, Zhou is also blessed with great fortune and luckily escaped the disaster!"
He didn't want to talk more about it, so he quickly changed the subject and talked about his purpose.
"I wonder if Fellow Daoist Jin can contact Senior Zhao Hao from your sect? Zhou has an urgent matter and wants to meet with Senior Zhao to discuss it."
Jin Qu is also a sensible person. After hearing this, he immediately followed his words and said: "Of course there is no problem. Jin will help Daoist Zhou to send a message to Master Zhao. However, whether Master Zhao is willing to see Fellow Daoist Zhou is not something that Jin can control."
That’s it.”
"We have fellow Taoist Lao Jin here."
Immediately, Jin Qu helped Zhou Yang pass the words to Zhao Hao at the Qingyuan Sword Sect's mountain gate through the Qingyuan Sword Sect's communication channel, and then the two of them drank tea and chatted in the room while waiting.
Zhao Hao’s reply.
After waiting like this for half a day, Zhao Hao's reply was sent back to Qingyuan Pavilion.
After reading the reply message, Jin Qu couldn't help but smile at Zhou Yang and said: "Good news, Uncle Zhao has agreed to meet you, fellow Taoist Zhou, and is on his way to Haoyang Immortal City."
The mountain gate of Qingyuan Sword Sect is quite a distance away from Haoyang Immortal City. Zhou Yang did not stay and wait in Qingyuan Pavilion, but said goodbye and returned to the cave.
Returning to his cave, Zhou Yang immediately activated the multiple formations in the cave and took the time to count the trophies obtained from killing Bayan'er.
Most of Bayan'er's magical weapons and spiritual talismans were broken during his previous escape. Only the fifth-level low-grade magical weapon scimitar and his own magical weapon flying knife can still be used.
And because he was on a mission to conduct a sneak attack deep behind enemy lines, his storage ring only contained dozens of spare mid-grade spiritual stones, in addition to the thirteen high-grade spiritual stones used to restore mana.
The most valuable thing Zhou Yang could find in his storage ring was a bottle of the fourth-level high-grade elixir "Jade Pure Heart-Building Pill" used for healing, and there were only two elixirs left in it.
This is definitely the poorest Golden Core Stage monk Zhou Yang has ever seen!
When he thought about the risk of exposing his identity, risking his death, using all means to kill the opponent, and also consuming the only fifth-level healing talisman "Return to Heaven and Life-saving Talisman" in his hand, Zhou Yang's mood suddenly changed.
That's not good.
"What a big loss this time!"
He sighed bitterly, his face looking as ugly as he could.
There is no doubt that the reason why he took the risk to kill Bayaner was because he saw that the opponent was injured and had lost most of his magical weapons, so he felt that he had an opportunity and wanted to take a chance.
Affected by the relics of several Golden Core monks he had obtained in the past, Zhou Yang took it for granted that the rewards from killing a Golden Core monk would definitely be greater than the price he paid.
But what happened this time told him that he had completely overthought it.
"Empiricism kills people!"
Zhou Yang looked at the few trophies in front of him with a grimace, and finally realized what "stealing chickens and losing rice" means.
Now he just hopes that Zhao Hao can get what he wants, otherwise he will really suffer a big loss this time.
One day later, Zhou Yang met Qingyuan Sword Sect Jindan Elder Zhao Hao again in Qingyun Pavilion.
The last time he failed to kill the Jiao, Zhao Hao's chance to break through to the late stage of the Golden Elixir fell through. Now several years have passed, and his cultivation level is still at the sixth level of the Golden Elixir.
"Fellow Daoist Zhou said that if there is any important matter, you must discuss it with me personally. I wonder how important it is?"
In the quiet quiet room, there were only two people, Zhou Yang and Zhao Hao. Even Jin Qu, the shopkeeper of Qingyuan Pavilion, also left the quiet room to avoid suspicion.
Hearing Zhao Hao's inquiry at this time, Zhou Yang also bowed his hands calmly and said: "Senior Zhao Mingjian, I take the liberty of inviting Senior Zhao to come over. Actually, I want to make a deal with you, Senior."
"What deal?"
Zhao Hao's eyes flashed with curiosity, and he looked at Zhou Yang in surprise.
"Head trading!"
A smile broke out on Zhou Yang's face, and with a wave of his hand, the head of Bayaner, a monk in the golden elixir stage, was thrown to the ground.
"This is……"
Zhao Hao's eyes narrowed, and after carefully observing the ferocious face on the ground with a solemn expression, his expression suddenly changed, and he couldn't help but exclaimed: "This is Bayan'er, the elder of the Golden Sword Hall of the Great Light Immortal Palace!"
The Grand Guangming Immortal Palace has three palaces and eighteen palaces. The palace master of each palace and the master of each palace are all Nascent Soul Stage monks, while the Golden Core Stage monks serve as elders.
As the elder of the "Golden Sword Palace" among the eighteen palaces, Bayan'er is also a figure registered in the Backlight Alliance. Every Golden Core monk in the Backlight Alliance has seen his portrait, and Zhao Hao has naturally seen it too.
So when he saw Bayan'er's ferocious face that was unfamiliar but also had a hint of familiarity, he just thought about it and recognized its origin, and then he couldn't help but exclaimed.
"It will be easier if Senior Zhao knows this person."
"Junior knows that there is a bounty on the head of every Golden Core Stage monk in the Great Light Immortal Palace in the Backlight Alliance, and the bounty is quite generous."
"The deal I want to make with you, senior, is to use Bayan'er's head in exchange for a Purple Heart Chalcedony and a fifth-level low-grade attack talisman. What do you think, senior?"
Zhou Yang looked at Zhao Hao solemnly and said in a deep voice the purpose of inviting him over.
After a swap meeting and an underground auction, he failed to get the "Purple Heart Chalcedony" he wanted. On the surface, Zhou Yang could comfort his niece Zhou Guangxiang, but in fact, he was quite anxious about this matter.
So when he saw the injured Bayan, he took it into consideration and came up with the idea of exchanging the other person's head for "Purple Heart Chalcedony".
However, he did not want to do this matter of exchanging heads for rewards by himself, because that would expose his murder of Bayaner and bring him endless trouble.
So he thought of Zhao Hao. Zhao Hao himself was a member of the Anti-Light Alliance and a sixth-level Golden Core monk. He took Bayan'er's head in exchange for a reward. No one would suspect anything.
Even if some people are suspicious, Zhao Hao's status can completely withstand the investigation.
For Zhao Hao, the head of a Golden Core Stage cultivator from the Great Light Immortal Palace would definitely be exchanged for more than a "Purple Heart Chalcedony" and a fifth-level low-grade spiritual talisman.
Just his record of killing Bayan'er was enough to make him famous in the Backlight League.
Therefore, Zhou Yang was not afraid that Zhao Hao would not agree to the deal.
"Did you kill Bayaner?"
The expression on Zhao Hao's face changed for a while. He endured it again and again, and finally couldn't help but ask this question.
"This doesn't seem to be important. What's important is that Bayan'er is indeed dead, and the person who brought his head back is you, Senior Zhao, isn't it?"
Zhou Yang smiled on his face, neither admitting nor denying, but looked at Zhao Hao with deep meaning and pointed out the key points.
Seeing this, Zhao Hao became more convinced of his guess.
He murmured in a low voice with a complex expression: "I didn't expect that Fellow Daoist Zhou's strength would be so strong. Zhao really made a mistake at the beginning!"
Before he finished speaking, he nodded heavily and said: "Okay, Zhao has agreed to Brother Zhou's conditions. Zhao can give you the fifth-level spiritual talisman now, and [Purple Heart Chalcedony] Zhao will also use Bayan'er's
Please apply to the alliance for a copy!"
"Thank you very much, Senior Zhao. I will wait for the good news from Senior."
Zhou Yang's face lit up, he smiled and bowed his hands, expressing his gratitude.
When Zhao Hao saw this, he quickly returned the courtesy and said: "Fellow Taoist, you are too polite. In this matter, Zhao is the one who took advantage of fellow Taoist Zhou,"
Regardless of whether Bayaner was killed by Zhou Yang or not, when Zhao Hao treats Zhou Yang now, he no longer dares to treat him as an ordinary Zifu monk. Some etiquette attitudes that he didn't care about before have now become serious.
stand up.
This is both a good thing and a bad thing for Zhou Yang.
The good thing is that when he interacts with Zhao Hao in the future, he will never be treated like a rag and thrown away after use.
The downside is that Zhao Hao will definitely investigate his identity when he looks back.
However, there is nothing that can be done about it. Zhou Yang has long known that as he gradually reveals his strength and becomes known to others, his identity will definitely be investigated.
Fortunately, since he came to the Far West, he has never appeared in front of anyone with members of the Zhou family other than Zhou Guangxiang. Even if someone investigates him, they can only find records that he once stayed in Cangyuan Immortal City for a short period of time.
There is no way he would have any connection with a newly built small family in Cangyuan Immortal City.
But based on these clues alone, at most he would be labeled as having "mysterious origins", and he would not be actually found to be from the world of immortality outside the Far West.
In this case, Zhou Yang can still hold on.
Immediately, Zhao Hao directly took out a fifth-level low-grade spiritual talisman "Weak Water Rotting Immortal Talisman" from his storage ring and handed it to Zhou Yang, and then rushed to a backlit place in Haoyang Fairy City with Bayan'er's head.
Alliance Office.
The Backlight Alliance has an office in each country, usually located in the country's largest fairy city, with dedicated personnel handling various internal affairs of the alliance.
Zhao Haonai is a Jindan monk and has the right to directly meet with the head of the office.
After he met He Bin, the general manager of the Jinyang domestic office, he took out Bayaner's head without saying any nonsense.
Regarding Bayan'er's appearance in Jinyang, He Bin, the branch manager of the Niguang Alliance, naturally learned the news from specialized intelligence channels.
At this time, Zhao Hao took out Bayan'er's head. He was just surprised for a moment, then took the head in his hand to check the authenticity, and asked some questions about Zhao Hao's killing of Bayan'er.
Zhao Hao naturally made up a story casually, and He Bin didn't go into details. He immediately registered it in a book and recorded it as he said, and asked what kind of reward Zhao Hao wanted.
Soon, Zhao Hao returned to Qingyun Pavilion with the reward he received, and handed one of the rewards, "Purple Heart Chalcedony", to Zhou Yang who was waiting here.