Jiang Li had been to that place in the Yinnan Kingdom. During that mission, he came to prominence for the first time and saw the cruelty and danger of the world of immortality.
However, after returning from somewhere, Elder Duan Shuang defected, which triggered a series of events that followed.
Even the golden elixir monks have caught the Tao. Jiang Li knows that the water there is too deep and thinks he can't control it yet.
I originally planned to go there to find out what happened after I became stronger, but I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, the place was gone.
"I'm not sure. Haven't you received any news from the Misty Mountains?"
"The news on my side is mostly from Shengxian Pavilion and several small sects. I can't tell whether it is true or false yet."
"However, many people here in the Evernight City are now spreading the rumor. Moreover, the little demon in the direction of Yinnan Kingdom suddenly brought back a large number of ghosts. I don't think it is fake."
After the two Manjianghong stores opened, Yan Hong has been using his identity as a registered disciple of the Foreign Affairs Hall, staying in the city that never sleeps, and handling a lot of trivial matters.
In a city that never sleeps, the transmission of news is often the fastest. Although it may not be accurate, it is also of great reference value.
"I understand. I will confirm the news from the sect as soon as possible. You should also continue to pay attention to it. It is best to inquire about which sects are the most vicious."
As Yan Hong was in the Qi Refining Period, he naturally could not receive much respect in the city that never sleeps, but no one dared to cause trouble in the two Manjianghong stores listed in the Sutra Storage Valley.
In general, the benefits far exceeded the small fights in the trading area, and all conditions were still above the expected value.
This sign really saved them a lot of work. Compared with the scripture token that was useless to him, it was indeed a huge profit.
Under his "integrity" management, Manjianghong Inn has accumulated good trust and influence in the circle of those little monsters in a short period of time.
No, even the monsters from Yinnan Country will come all the way here.
With the number of these low-level little monsters, if they can really be used to form an intelligence network, the intelligence coverage capability will probably be even more amazing than imagined.
"In addition, Yan Hong, I have three things, please help me arrange them as soon as possible."
After Jiang Li thought for a moment, some of the ideas he had already had in his mind had to be implemented in advance at this time.
"You can just say whatever you want. This Azolla is yours to begin with. It's not enough to just be the hands-off shopkeeper. At least you need to give it a direction for development."
This shop and inn were all obtained through the exchange of benefits between Jiang Li and Ma Donggui, the Foreign Affairs Hall.
Although he himself didn't care much about this, Yan Hong always insisted that Jiang Li was the boss behind the scenes and he was just acting as an agent.
Even because he was afraid of causing losses to Jiang Li, Yan Hong's business methods have always been very conservative and law-abiding.
He has changed a lot since he was bold and cautious and dared to take a chance when he was in the trading area at the outer gate of the Sutra Valley.
Jiang Li also advised him that there was no need to do this, and Yan Hong just smiled and said that he would gain experience first and talk about it later.
Now Jiang Li, the boss behind the scenes, finally has specific needs. For Yan Hong, it can be regarded as a direction without having to worry about the consequences.
"If what happened in the Yinnan Kingdom is confirmed to be true, then the sect will definitely send a flying boat there, and I will let them pass by the Nightless City. When the time comes, you can bring a team of people to follow and go to the Yinnan Kingdom to purchase a large number of souls nearby."
Although the Inan Kingdom is remote and weak, it is still a country within the protection range of the Sutra Valley. Otherwise, if the child was comatose at that time, they would not be able to take over the mission.
If an incident like this happens, the sect must take some action. And the ones who will be dispatched will most likely be the men and warships of the Demon-Following Hall. With Jiang Li's identity and status in the Demon-Following Hall, let Yan Hong and the others take action.
Smooth sailing is just a matter of words.
That was a country that was massacred. Although it was only a small country, its population was definitely higher than that of Yunxi City before.
Even if many ghosts have been wiped out by lightning, there must be a lot left. The burial coffin is now at the critical moment of advancement, and he cannot be willing to let go of these ghosts picked up for nothing.
Yan Hong naturally had no objection. This matter was just a little troublesome, not difficult to handle.
"In addition, start recruiting some smart monsters, give them the human speech pills I gave you before, use them as translators, and build a basic intelligence network as soon as possible."
The second thing Jiang Li said was to use a large number of little demons to collect intelligence. This was an idea he had long ago, and Manjianghong Inn was also working hard to implement it.
But the problem is that most of the little monsters cannot speak, making communication very difficult. Transactions with clearly marked prices are barely possible, but complex intelligence collection is too difficult.
However, if you want to reach the level of being able to speak through normal cultivation, the monster must first cultivate the demon elixir.
Those were powerful monsters on the same level as the monks in the Dan Formation Stage. How could Jiang Li afford to hire them to work for him?
Fortunately, Jiang Li once saw a mouse in a red coat that could utter human words, and learned from it that it was caused by secretly drinking lamp oil from a ruined temple.
Jiang Li later went there to look for it, and although he didn't find any secrets about elixirs and artifacts, he found a small half-pot of lamp oil of unknown origin.
Later, after he brought it back to the sect, he gave it to Senior Sister Xiaosi and asked her to help refine it into thirty Renyan Pills.
After taking this thing, it can dissolve the transverse throat cartilage, allowing these low-level monsters to have the ability to speak human language. Then, using them as translators, the work of collecting intelligence can be carried out without any obstacles.
"Isn't this too wasteful?...Forget it, you are the boss and you have the final say."
Yan Hong obviously feels a little sorry for those Yan Dan. Using this precious elixir on such a low-level demon is undoubtedly a waste of natural resources and feeding delicacies to pigs.
But he also knows the importance of intelligence, and this upfront investment is nothing.
"One last thing, I want you to start posting tasks in the outer gate area to recruit short-term workers."
Jiang Li suddenly made such a request out of nowhere.
And when he said this, his tone was slightly different, and it sounded like he was paying special attention to this matter.
"Part-time workers? We only have two stores, and we have expanded our manpower once before. Now we don't need any day-job workers at all."
Yan Hong was a little confused and didn't quite understand what Jiang Li meant.
"Chopping down trees, mining, blacksmithing, feeding pigs, you can let them do whatever they want. I don't care about that, but day laborers must be recruited, and there must be a large number of them."
Jiang Li stated his needs again, and now Yan Hong finally understood.
"You mean...I understand, do you have any specific requirements?"
Jiang Li only recruited part-time workers for the purpose of recruiting part-time workers, or in other words, he wanted to allow certain specific groups of people to temporarily leave the sect and fall under their control.
"Let me think about it, these short-term workers should be replaced every three days, without interruption or repetition. You can consider the price yourself, just make it higher than the same type of tasks."
"The mission reward will be paid out of the store's income. If it's not enough, just ask me."
"In addition, I will give you a list, and the candidates for the task will be selected from them first, but don't make it too obvious."
When talking about these requirements, there is no doubt that Jiang Li had an ulterior motive in issuing this mission, and it is unlikely that he deliberately concealed it from the sect.
but.
"I see."
Yan Hong accepted without hesitation. Compared to the sect, Jiang Li was obviously more trustworthy to him.
After giving Yan Hong a few more explanations, Jiang Li hung up and summoned the spirit stone.
"Two Shushan sword cultivators suddenly massacred the city. It seems that I really underestimated that branch of Jiuyou."
Jiang Li was talking to himself in the room. When he heard the news, he immediately remembered the experience of the sword cultivator's clone.
Some time ago, under Jiang Li's instruction, the sword cultivator carefully considered his words and reported the information about the presence of monsters below the Mazu River Basin to the Five Elements Peak of Shushan Mountain.
His original intention was to cause the snipe and clams in Shushan and Linggen branches to fight, so that he could benefit from it behind the scenes.
The top management of Shushan also said at that time that they would send people there to investigate clearly. However, they did not expect that the two Jindans would join forces and explain where it was so straightforwardly.
This was a bad move on his part.
But the problem is that he himself does not have the power to compete head-on with the underwater cemetery, so he can only rely on external forces.
Moreover, he was a golden elixir sword cultivator from Shushan. How could he say that he had failed just because he had failed?
Jiang Li was a little depressed, and now he could only hope that Shushan would stop being timid and send stronger monks to take down the tree.
Sighing, he ran to Elder He. The three leaders were discussing things together. Chu Yunxuan and several other disciples were also there. Apparently they had received some news and came here to seek confirmation.
Jiang Li didn't need to ask at all. After listening for a while, he knew that this matter was not a rumor.
The big news of the Sword Cultivating Massacre at the Five Elements Peak in Shushan is spreading at an alarming speed.
There are already too many people who know, and the paper can no longer contain the fire.
Moreover, most of the casual cultivators did not have communication spirit stones, but they all learned the news quickly.
Judging from this situation, there should be someone who is deliberately adding insult to injury.
I believe that it won’t be long before the dark history of Shushan will be known to everyone.
Massacre of a city is no small matter.
Especially if something like this happens to the leader of the righteous path, Shushan Five Elements Peak, it will attract even more attention.
After connecting to the Jianxiu clone, the station at Five Elements Peak in Shushan fell into a state of depression.
The sword cultivators who used to be so high-spirited in the past are now as gloomy as eggplants beaten by frost.
This is why they, who have a strong sense of justice and cannot tolerate their own stains, feel ashamed of the wrong things done by their classmates!
If it were the other three major sects, it would just be a massacre of the city. Sorry, we apologize, and then directly hand over a wanted order and hang it up. We will continue to live our lives as usual without any change.
Elder Duan Shuang also massacred the city back then, but the Sutra Library Valley did not suffer much controversy and even won a lot of positive reputation in the world of immortality.
This was partly because Zangjing Valley acted very quickly and killed the traitor Duan Shuang on the spot, which made up for his mistake.
On the other hand, it is because of the history of the Buddhist Scripture Valley Loose Cultivator Alliance. The sect they formed had a chaotic and neutral attitude at the beginning, and it was a sect that was both good and evil.
It is already very good that the Sutra Valley can finally step into the shackles of the righteous path. The entire world of immortal cultivation does not have high expectations for them.
We were all casual cultivators hundreds of years ago, but I have a mixed bag of good and bad. Don’t you understand?
Under such circumstances, it is normal for one or two demon cultivator traitors to appear in the sect. What's more, they also killed the traitors with their own hands, which is already a good ending.
But for the pure white Five Elements Peak of Shushan Mountain, such a stain is too dazzling.
"How could Zuo Mo and Zuo Luo do such a thing! This is impossible! There must be something hidden inside!"
"The people at Bailian Mountain should have known the news a long time ago, so they deliberately acted strangely in the competition. Damn it!"
Elder Wei was still holding the message spirit stone that had just been extinguished. The expression on his face was very complicated, including anger, disbelief, self-blame, and disappointment.
He is the peak master of Jinxing Peak, and the two elders Zuo Mo and Zuo Luo are his subordinates. If something like this happens, he can be said to be shouldering the responsibility.
"Elder Wei, please don't worry about Bailianshan and the others for now. What should we do next?"
"Should we go find the two elders first?"
The elders were also very sad. Shushan had never experienced anything like this before.
However, they did not issue a wanted order and still had expectations for their companions.
Although the two elders Zuo Mo and Zuo Luo are usually a bit withdrawn, after years of getting along with each other, they still find it hard to believe that those two people would do such evil things.
Even if there are messages flying all over the place, even if Shushan has given confirmation, they are still willing to believe that the two brothers are innocent.
After some final discussion, Elder Wei decided to go in person to investigate the whole situation, retrieve the two elders, and ask them to tell the truth about the matter.
Jiang Li heard more detailed information from them.
The two sword cultivators started massacring mortals without any warning. Their goal was very clear, just killing people.
And when he heard that the entire Yinnan Kingdom was completely destroyed in a thunderstorm, Jiang Li was also a little surprised.
Once and twice, it was the massacre of the city that caused the thunder disaster, Elder Duan Shuang and the two Jindan sword cultivators. These two incidents can most likely be handled together.
Could it be that the two golden elixir monks are planning to practice golden elixir together?
....
Rumors that are unfavorable to Shushan are flying all over the sky, but the Dazhongshan monk competition has reached a critical period, so naturally it cannot stop here.
Amid the rumors and rumors, the contest went on as usual.
Jiang Li can concentrate on practicing during these few days.
As he approaches foundation building, he must polish his cultivation as much as possible to avoid flaws in his foundation in the future.