Puzhou City.
After achieving the Heavenly Dao Yuanying, Qi Yuan, whose strength is now far beyond the past, flew all the way and soon arrived in front of a majestic city.
The city wall stretches for more than a hundred miles and is more than thirty feet high, like a giant beast crawling at the foot of Canglan Mountain.
Puzhou City is an important town in the southwest of Daxia Kingdom. The city has a population of one million, with immortals and mortals living together, and a mixture of fish and dragons. Various caravans come and go in an endless stream, and it is a prosperous and luxurious atmosphere.
The Daxia court is one of the forces under the Wuya Holy Land. It has always been submissive and docile to other holy places. It has been offering sacrifices for many years and focuses on human relationships. Therefore, it can establish a country for a long time and has a deep foundation.
It is said that there is a cultivator of the Hedao Realm in the royal family of Daxia, who is considered a local overlord.
It was sunset at this moment, and the streets and alleys were still bustling with pedestrians and spirit beasts. Qi Yuan walked on the streets, vaguely feeling like visiting a temple fair in his previous life.
Originally, he planned to return to Luoyun Valley directly, but halfway through the journey, he received news from Liang Huai that the mission was completed. Then he came to Puzhou City on the way to inspect the mission results of the two disciples of the Holy Land.
It has only been six or seven days since there was news. As expected of the elite disciples in the Holy Land, they are efficient enough.
Qi Yuan browsed the customs and customs of Puzhou City while thinking silently.
Suddenly, he frowned slightly and subconsciously looked in a certain direction.
A thin figure in a black robe and hood came over stealthily, leaned over to him and whispered:
“A plate of pig head meat.”
What?
Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment, and didn’t quite react.
Seeing that he didn’t respond, the figure lowered his voice and added: “A plate of pork head!”
This time Qi Yuan heard it clearly, and blurted out:
“Two taels of Laobaigan.”
Hearing this, the figure’s eyes lit up, and he quickly lifted the cloth mask on his face, revealing a pair of cunning eyes, looking at Qi Yuan with some excitement in his eyes:
“The king of heaven and the tiger of earth.”
Qi Yuan gave him a strange look, “Pagoda to suppress the river monster, who are you?”
The man’s tone became more and more excited:
“Earthquakes in high hills, and a school of streams and mountains for thousands of years…”
At this time, Qi Yuan had realized something. Before he finished speaking, he immediately waved his hand and asked with a strange expression:
“Stop talking nonsense. Are you Li Mingwang or Zhang Caiqiang?”
The two names he mentioned were the two disciples of the Holy Land who received the task.
Seeing that Qi Yuan even got the names right, the black-robed man smiled and quickly took off the cloak on his head, revealing a round head:
“Comrade, I finally found you. I’m Li Mingwang. This time I’m looking for you to hand in the task.”
Sure enough!
Qi Yuan’s mouth twitched slightly, and he said with a smile:
“Who told you these contact codes? Also, what shameful things did you two guys do? How come you, disciples of a holy land, act like thieves?”
Li Mingwang smiled and said with a hint of pride, “These codes were taught to us by Deacon Liang of Yuhua Peak. He said that the people who come to inspect the task will be able to answer them.”
“As for this outfit… We brothers decided that since the high-level sect leader who issued this task used anonymity, it means that the elder definitely does not want to reveal his identity.”
p>”As a disciple of the Holy Land, of course you have to consider the elders and keep a low profile during the mission to avoid being recognized.”
You are really a little genius!
Qi Yuan was speechless.
He did formulate some secret codes for the patrol and guard work of Yuhua Peak, but he didn’t expect that Liang Huai would use them.
However, he chose to remain anonymous mainly to avoid attracting the attention of some people in the Holy Land. The mission itself is not something shameful. You two can just do the mission openly. Is it necessary to be so sneaky?
Thinking of his purpose this time, he could only suppress his annoyance and ask, “Where are Zhang Caiqiang and the others?”
“Senior Brother Zhang is still waiting in a hidden place.” Li Mingwang said seriously, “The more important the task, the more we need to act separately, otherwise it will give the enemy a chance to catch us all in one fell swoop?”
At this moment, Qi Yuan’s face was already full of black lines.
The mission has been completed, why are you two still nervous?
In order not to waste time, Qi Yuan was too lazy to talk nonsense, and said directly:
“Lead the way.”
Then, under the leadership of Li Mingwang, he turned four or five alleys in a row, took seven or eight detours, and finally stopped in a secluded alley.
“Is he here?”
Qi Yuan’s tone was a little anxious, he felt that his patience was almost at its limit.
Li Mingwang smiled mysteriously:
“Senior Brother Zhang is a lurking expert, we just need to climb over a few more walls and we’ll be there.”
Qi Yuan: “…….”
After climbing over more than ten walls, Li Mingwang finally stopped in an abandoned house.
Then, he pointed to a dry well in the yard.
“It’s here.”
Qi Yuan shook his head and followed.
“Brother Zhang, I found the contact person, please come out quickly.”
Li Mingwang lay at the mouth of the well, put his head in and called twice.
However, the well was silent, and there was no response except for the empty echo.
Seeing this, the veins on Qi Yuan’s forehead were faintly throbbing, and he wanted to kick this pitfall to death.
Li Mingwang retracted his head embarrassedly, muttering: “No, Brother Zhang was here last time. Is it because I haven’t contacted him for too long that he has moved to another place?”
Just then, a large number of bubbles suddenly emerged from a calm pool next to him, and then a fat black figure emerged from the water.
“Haha, you didn’t expect that, did you, Junior Brother Li? This time I hid in the water!”
The man was tall and fat, wearing a conical hat, and was wrapped tightly in a black water suit, which was constantly dripping with water.
Li Mingwang raised his thumb:
“Brother Zhang, it’s been a day since we last met. Your lurking skills have improved again. I admire you.”
“Enough!”
Qi Yuan really couldn’t stand it anymore. He took a deep breath and tried to restrain the urge to hit someone. “Let’s talk business. How did you two complete your mission?”
“The mission has been completed. We’re just waiting for someone to come and check it out.”
While speaking, Zhang Caiqiang smiled and raised a large jar from the ring on his hand. He slammed it to the ground with a bang, and the whole ground shook.
“What is this?”
Qi Yuan looked at it and saw that the large jar was filled with a gray-white ash-like substance, and his brows were slightly frowned.
“To be honest.” Zhang Caiqiang rubbed his fat hands and explained excitedly: “Didn’t the mission say that we should investigate the missing monks? It also specifically stated that we should find the person alive and the corpse if dead.”
“But all the victims were drained of their flesh and blood. There is no person or corpse. Only some bone fragments are left. Let alone distinguishing their identities, we can’t even recognize whether they were male or female when they were alive.”
“In order to leave evidence of completing the mission, we brothers can only bring back the ashes…”
Ashes?
Looking at the full jar of ashes in front of him, Qi Yuan couldn’t help but fall into deep thought.
Are these two guys kidding me?
How could there be two of you, Crouching Dragon and Phoenix, at the same time in the dignified Taixuan Holy Land? He now seriously suspected that the two of you had taken the back door during the entrance examination…
