After leaving Tangfu Tea House, Mai Xiaorou and I rushed to the wreath shop in the county town without stopping.
By the time we passed by, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening, and the door here was still open for us.
When we entered, the person who received us was not Li Guidao, but Li Dihuang.
This time she did not let us stay in the store, but led us directly into the backyard and then into a room.
There is a row of bookshelves here with many books on them. There is a simple mahogany tea table and a rocking chair in front of the bookshelf. There is a teapot and a teacup on the tea table. The teacup is filled with tea and is still steaming.
The aroma of tea slowly floated out, making the whole room seem artistic.
After Li Dihuang led us in, he said to us: "Wait in this study for a moment. One of my uncles wants to see you. He has some suitable cases for you."
Li Dihuang's uncle?
After saying that, Li Dihuang went to the wreath shop without giving us a chance to speak. As she walked, she stretched out her hand to tie up her hair again. It seemed that she was preparing to tidy up the wreath shop.
Li Dihuang is a Taoist daughter who is bigger than Zhang Rui and Tang Qing. Not only does she have no airs, she actually does the menial work herself. I am even more interested in this huge Taoist sect.
At this time, there were footsteps on the second floor. I walked to the door and looked up, and found a middle-aged man walking down from the second floor.
He was wearing a Tai Chi suit, had short hair, and was holding a bird cage in his hand, which contained a little red bird that I couldn't name.
Hearing that voice, Li Dihuang also shouted to the backyard from the wreath shop: "Uncle Xiao, you have a good rest. Someone is here and waiting for you in the study."
Is the man upstairs named Xiao?
I heard Zhang Rui say that the real people in charge of the North China Branch are the Xiao family, a Taoist family that is larger than the Tang family. Could it be that Li Dihuang's uncle Xiao is from the Xiao family?
No matter what, the other party must have a noble status in the Taoist sect.
Li Dihuang's uncle Xiao came down from upstairs and went straight to the study. He nodded to us and said, "You are Chen Yu and Mai Xiaorou. You are much weaker than I thought. It's hard to imagine you."
How to successively destroy the conspiracy of the Tang family."
Mai Xiaorou and I didn't speak, we just saluted him.
He entered the study and sat down directly on the rocking chair, then put the birdcage in his hand next to the table before continuing: "My name is Xiao Jing, you may not have heard of it, but it doesn't matter, I came here this time to
I'm going to give you two a case. I wonder if you are interested in taking it. If you take it, this will be your sixth case among the thirty-six cases!"
Xiao Jing? We have indeed never heard of this name.
I asked him: "Did you ask Wang Zhuhan to find us and then say some unpleasant things to provoke us?"
Xiao Jing shook his head and said: "I can't control that weirdo. Let's put it this way, Wang Zihan and I were arranged by someone. Wang Zihan may have been sent by him to provoke you, but I chose to be sent by him to arrange the case for you.
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Was Xiao Jing sent here?
I asked who that was, but Xiao Jing smiled and didn't answer.
At this time, Li Dihuang shouted to the backyard: "Uncle Xiao, don't sell it, isn't it my father who asked you to arrange the case? There is nothing to hide in this. You are hiding your head and hiding your tail. It has caused many problems for my father."
It's mysterious, what a kind person he is."
Li Dihuang's father? He is also Li Guidao's master. Couldn't he just ask Li Guidao to arrange the case for me? Why did he find another person named Xiao?
Before I could say anything, Xiao Jing also smiled and said: "Girl Dihuang, do your job. No matter what, I am the leader of the party, so you have to give me some face."
Tihuang also stopped talking.
Xiao Jing continued to say to us: "The cases assigned to you by the Holy Lord belong to some secrets guarded by our Xiao family, so it is not convenient for Junior Nephew Li to arrange them, so we, the Xiao family, need to arrange them in person. Originally, these matters can only be arranged by us.
It would be nice if a few juniors from the Xiao family can make arrangements for you, but I am curious in my heart, who can let the Holy Lord arrange tasks personally, so I came here for a visit. It can be said that I came here specially to see you.
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Holy Lord? This should be Xiao Jing's name for Li Dihuang's father, but I don't know what kind of title the Holy Lord is in the supernatural world, and how much higher it is than the honor of Taoist Lord that Wang Tiehan is about to receive.
Thinking of this, I asked Xiao Jing if Shengzun was also the honorary title of the Taoist sect.
Xiao Jing said, yes.
I asked again, are there many people with the title of Holy Lord?
Hearing what I said, Xiao Jing burst out laughing. After laughing for a while, he said to me: "There are only three people with the title of Holy Lord in the supernatural world today. Do you think that is a lot?"
There are only three titles of saints? Li Dihuang’s father is one of them?
Then isn't Li Dihuang's father one of the three most noble people in the Taoist sect today?
I couldn't help but look at this gate a little more highly. This gate, which is inconspicuous and watertight, is actually so powerful.
Seeing that Mai Xiaorou and I were stunned and speechless, Xiao Jing continued: "Don't be so surprised. This matter is not a secret in the supernatural world. It's just that you are relatively new to it, so you haven't heard of it yet."
Mai Xiaorou hesitated and asked Xiao Jing: "May I ask what senior Xiao's title is..."
Xiao Jing smiled and said: "Me, I won't mention it, since I'm not a saint anyway!"
Then Xiao Jing turned the topic to the case and said: "Have you decided to take my case? If you complete this case, you will have the opportunity to participate in the selection of the 100-star list. If you do not take this case,
If you take on a few small cases before April, there is no hope of being on the 100-star list this year."
I asked Xiao Jing: "You want us to be on the 100-star list? Why?"
Xiao Jing smiled and said: "As a scourge, the disasters you bring will become bigger and bigger, and your strength is progressing too slowly. If we don't pull out the seedlings and encourage them, we may have to uproot you and avoid future troubles forever."
Now, you must control the evil in your body as soon as possible, and the competition between the Hundred Stars List and the Top Ten Supernatural Masters is a test of your strength. If you cannot enter the Top Ten Supernatural Masters in three years, then there is only one result waiting for you.
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I took Xiao Jing's words and said: "Be killed!"
Xiao Jing nodded and said, "That's true!"
Sure enough, my life is not in my hands at all, but the only thing I can do now is to obey their arrangements and work hard to improve my strength so that I can become one of the top ten supernatural beings in three years!
Before I could say anything, Mai Xiaorou said: "We took that case!"
Xiao Jing smiled and said, "See what's interesting!"
I pulled Mai Xiaorou, but Mai Xiaorou said firmly: "Chen Yu, don't you understand? We have no way out. Don't worry, I will be more careful when we file a case. Everything will be done with your
For the Lord, I will not use magic unless necessary."
Yes, I have no choice. I only have three chances to enter the 100-star list and one chance to be among the top ten supernatural beings. I can't give up any chance.
Thinking of this, I asked Xiao Jing what the case we were going to do this time was.
Xiao Jing said: "The phoenix returns to its nest!"
When we heard this name, Mai Xiaorou and I couldn't help but were stunned. Phoenix? Could it be the legendary divine bird?
I asked Xiao Jing if it was true, and he smiled and said, "Of course it is true. I will briefly introduce this case to you."
"Our Xiao family guards a place where a fire phoenix once died tragically in the hands of our Xiao family. In order to atone for our sins, our Xiao family members were sent to guard there day and night, build a phoenix nest, and wait for the tragic death of the fire phoenix.
The phoenix re-nirvana, but in recent days, some strange things have appeared in the place we guarded. Many lonely ghosts suddenly appeared. Their yin energy seriously affected the yang energy gathered in the phoenix nest, and also affected the return of the real phoenix to the nest.
, if the true phoenix does not return for a day, our Xiao family's guilt will not diminish day by day, so in order to ensure that the true phoenix returns to its nest, you must go there to eliminate the ghosts and find out the reason for the sudden appearance of those ghosts."
True phoenix?
There really is a phoenix!
I'm already a little excited.
Mai Xiaorou asked Xiao Jing where that place was.
Xiao Jing said: "I will send you the detailed address. This case is a bit difficult. It will be a bit reluctant to rely on just the two of you, so I will send a few more helpers to follow you."
I asked who it was.
Xiao Jing said: "They are all your acquaintances, Zhang Rui, Tang Qing, and Ning Xi!"
Zhang Rui and Tang Qing told me that I was not surprised, after all, they were both from the North China Branch, but when it came to Ning Xi, I felt a little surprised.
Every time that person approaches Mai Xiaorou and I, her motives are obviously impure. If she follows Mai Xiaorou and me, will it be detrimental to us?
Seeing my hesitation, Xiao Jing asked me: "Why are you not satisfied with this arrangement? Don't worry. In this case, you are the one who talks about everything. You have the final say in everything."
I!?
Zhang Rui, Tang Qing, Ning Xi, and even Mai Xiaorou, none of them have more experience than me. Why do you let me, a newbie, be the talker?
Xiao Jing said: "This is the special order of the Holy Lord. Pull out the seedlings to encourage them to grow. It is you who are pulling out the seedlings. If you let others do the talking, it will not be effective."
I asked Xiao Jing: "Aren't you afraid that our case will go wrong and it will affect the true phoenix's return to the nest?"
Xiao Jing said: "If you fail, I will immediately send the elite of our Xiao family to deal with the matter there. I will definitely not delay the return of the true phoenix from nirvana!"
Sure enough, this Xiao family has a backup plan.
Xiao Jing did not say much about the specific circumstances of the case, but told us that we would stay here for one day and leave directly from the wreath shop tomorrow.
At this time, I suddenly thought of a question, that is, what is Xiao Jing's status in the Xiao family, and then asked casually.
Xiao Jia smiled at me and said, "Me, I am the coordinator of the North China Branch. The entire North China Branch is under my control."
The highest authority in the North China Branch!? (To be continued)