Huang Yun arrived in front of Liu Ming and others in just a few breaths.
A tall old man standing on top of the cloud had a majestic face and was obviously used to giving orders. He glared at the two young men, then saluted Liu Ming and said with an apologetic expression on his face:
"Your Majesty, these juniors have limited knowledge. Please forgive me for any offense."
"It's okay. It's no wonder if you don't know. May I ask, are you the head of the Kaiyang family of the Xu family?" Liu Ming naturally didn't take these trivial matters to heart and said with a slight smile.
"Your Majesty, your eyes are as bright as a torch. I am the head of the Xu family." The tall old man's expression froze, and he was filled with surprise. For a moment, he didn't understand how the person in front of him could figure out his identity.
Liu Ming smiled slightly. Considering the other party's cultivation level in the Condensation Realm and his tone of scolding two Xu family disciples, how could he not be able to determine the other party's identity.
As for his identity as a disciple of the Taiqing Sect, it is likely that the other party has received the news in advance that someone has taken on the mission from his clan, and may even have a certain understanding of his appearance, otherwise he would not be able to come forward so easily and immediately.
Welcome.
The two young men on the Black Eagle hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and at the instruction of the tall old man, they immediately took the first step to report the news to the mountain behind.
Not long after, the restrictions outside on the mountain peak fluctuated, and a passage slowly opened.
"Your Majesty, please come to the fort first to talk." Seeing this, Xu Kaiyang immediately ended his greetings and moved one hand to make a respectful gesture.
Liu Ming was not polite, nodded, and floated away into the passage.
As a result, after flying dozens of feet, a yellow light flashed before his eyes, revealing a rather majestic tall castle-like building below.
At a glance, the highest point of the castle is more than 30 feet, surrounded by layers of shadowy buildings. The outermost edge is a tall city wall that surrounds most of the mountain peak.
"Our place is very crude, please don't blame me, sir." Xu Kaiyang said to Liu Ming while leading Liu Ming to fly to the door of an inner hall of the ancient castle.
"Master Xu, you're welcome." Liu Ming responded calmly.
After a while, the two of them landed on the ground. Several old men in yellow clothes were already standing at the gate and came to greet them.
"This is the envoy of the Taiqing Sect. I am Xu Yunzhen, the eldest elder of the clan. Please forgive me for missing the welcome this time." The speaker was a thin old man with yellow beard and hair.
Everyone seemed to be looking at him with caution.
"Fellow Taoists, you are welcome. I, Liu Ming, have been ordered by the sect to complete the task entrusted by the Xu family." Liu Ming glanced around. He smiled slightly, cupped his fists and returned the salute, and at the same time took out his outer disciple identity plate.
Throw it over.
"It turns out that Ambassador Liu is a disciple of Taiqing's outer sect. His future is bound to be great, and he will be able to achieve the realm of crystallization in the future. Come on, let me introduce you to the ambassador. These are the elders of my Xu family." The skinny old man caught them.
Token. After a brief inspection, his burnt-yellow eyes lit up, he took the thing in his hand and said with a smile.
Then, together with Xu Kaiyang, he began to introduce everyone present one by one.
The elders of the Xu family are all monks in the liquid condensation stage. The skinny old man has the highest cultivation level, which is in the middle stage of liquid condensation. The others, including the clan leader Xu Kaiyang, are in the early stage.
Although these people all looked peaceful, Liu Ming discovered with just a quick scan of his consciousness. Except for the head of the Xu family, the rest of the people present had some qi and blood surging, and there was a faint hint of anger on their faces.
Black energy, obviously seriously injured.
After some polite greetings, Liu Ming walked into the hall of the castle surrounded by several elders.
After several people sat down separately according to the guest of honour, a maid served tea.
"This 'Yellow Dew Tea' is a specialty of our Cangman Mountain. Although it is not a top-grade spiritual tea, it is still sweet and warm with a long aftertaste. Your Majesty, please have a sip." The head of the Xu family sat opposite Liu Ming and smiled.
road.
"You can drink the tea slowly, but the sect's mission said that two powerful ghosts appeared near here. I don't know what the specific situation is?" Liu Ming picked up the tea cup and took a sip, and then spoke.
Hearing this question, everyone in the Xu family present couldn't help but look at each other with embarrassed expressions.
"I didn't expect that the Lord Envoy is also an impatient person. In fact, even if my Taoist friends don't ask, I still have to say it." When the skinny old man saw this, he coughed lightly and came over.
"The thing is like this. Our Xu family originally had a vein mine in the east of Cangman Mountain. We have mined some ordinary ores for more than a hundred years, and nothing major happened. But two months ago, two clan members
When our disciples were ordered to go on a routine inspection, they suddenly disappeared in the mining area. We sent people to search for them for several days but could not find them. At first, we thought they had just gone elsewhere and didn't pay much attention to them.
"But a few days later, two more junior disciples from the clan disappeared in the mining area. One of them was a late spiritual disciple cultivator. This incident naturally touched us. After some investigation, we were surprised to find an unknown person deep in the mine.
When did two powerful ghosts in the middle stage of liquid condensation appear and robbed the disciples to absorb their essence? Naturally, the Xu family could not allow such a situation to exist, so they gathered the strength of many people to fight against it. I was also present at the time. It is a pity that this happened
The two ghosts were too powerful. After a fight, we were all seriously injured. At the critical moment, we reasonably mobilized a rare treasure from the family and managed to escape. "The skinny old man said this, and many people were present.
The family members all showed helpless expressions.
Liu Ming's expression did not change when he heard this and he did not answer. He seemed to be waiting for the old man to continue speaking.
"Those two ghosts are still entrenched in the mining area, so we had to temporarily block the mine. If such a big thing happens, we can't do anything with our own strength, so we can only ask the Supreme Envoy of the Taiqing Sect for help." The thin old man
He smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly, and finally slowly told the entrustment.
"So, you have only seen two ghosts. Is it possible that there is a third one?" Liu Ming pondered for a while and then suddenly asked.
"That shouldn't happen. We fought with those two ghosts that day and were only able to barely escape. If they had accomplices, we wouldn't be able to escape so easily." The skinny old man replied after thinking for a moment.
Xu Kaiyang also nodded repeatedly.
Liu Ming also felt that what the other party said made sense.
As far as he knows, ghosts usually like to suck the essence of living people to feed themselves, and one spiritual disciple is worth dozens of mortals. If those two ghosts have other companions, they should not let these condensations go in vain.
Only those who are early monks are right.
"I don't know what the specific appearance of those two ghosts are? I have some knowledge about ghosts, maybe I can deduce the origin of those ghosts?" Liu Ming touched his chin and asked thoughtfully.
When it comes to understanding ghosts, he really knows a lot. The former Barbarian Ghost Sect was a sect that specialized in studying these demons and ghosts.
The "Hundred Ghosts Night Journey" left by the Liuyin Patriarch in the Mangui Sect's classics contains a total of 108 kinds of ghosts.
"This...these two ghosts will drive a large amount of ghost mist when they fight. They are especially good at concealing their movements and launching surprise attacks. We haven't been able to clearly see their true appearance." Hearing this, the skinny old man said with a blush.
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After hearing this, Liu Ming was speechless for a while.
These elders of the Xu family are really useless. They can't defeat others. They were killed and ran away without even seeing the appearance of the enemy. It seems that their actual combat ability is definitely not too high.
"Although those ghosts are powerful, but with the help of the envoy and us old guys, we will definitely defeat them in one fell swoop this time. Fellow Taoist, please rest assured. Although our Xu family cannot compare with those big families now, there are still some things in the warehouse.
There are some rare mineral materials left by some seniors. If you don't mind it, fellow Taoist, you can pick out a few after these two evil spirits are removed." Seeing Liu Ming's contemplative expression, the head of the Xu family said quickly.
Liu Ming was slightly startled when he heard this, and soon understood.
I think these elders are afraid that he will retreat after hearing that his opponent is too powerful.
At this time, Xu Kaiyang was really worried.
Although the Xu family is also officially under the Taiqing Sect, the family has long since declined, and resources are really tight. This time something like this happened. Although they asked the Taiqing Sect for help, they needed to treat the injured members of the family first.
The clan had almost spent all their spiritual stones, and at that time, they could only offer 20,000 spiritual stones as a reward for the mission, which was really shabby.
If Liu Ming in front of him just lets go, I'm afraid no other Taiqing disciples will come.
Seeing that Liu Ming seemed to be hesitant at this moment, the head of the Xu family, although he was heartbroken about the lack of weapons-refining materials in his clan, could only grit his teeth and make a promise.
"Don't worry, everyone. Since I have accepted the task, I will naturally complete it. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to the sect when I go back." Liu Ming heard this, his eyes flashed a few times, but he said with a chuckle.
"That's great. It's been a hard work for the envoy to come all the way. Let's take a rest today. There's no rush for the task. It won't be too late to get busy tomorrow. There will be a banquet in the mansion tonight, and I would like to invite fellow Taoists to honor it.
One or two." The head of the Xu family felt relieved and said with a smile on his face.
Several other elders, including the skinny old man, also looked relieved.
Liu Ming was indeed a little tired after traveling all the way, so he did not refuse. After saying goodbye to everyone immediately, he was led by a servant and went to the guest room prepared by the Xu family to meditate and rest.
As for the banquet, he naturally declined it tactfully.
Early the next morning, Liu Ming, accompanied by another elder of the Xu family who looked like a middle-aged scholar, left the Xu Family Fort and flew to the veins of Cangman Mountain.
The eldest elder of the Xu family originally wanted to gather everyone and go together, but Liu Ming politely declined.
They were just two ghosts in the middle stage of liquid condensation, but he didn't care about them.
(The prices of elixirs in the first two chapters were written incorrectly in some places. I revised them again!)