Hearing the old man's question, Lin Xiao blurted out the words he had planned in advance.

"I don't dare to deceive the old man. This sword was found by a young man who traveled west along the Shifang Mountains and found it under a cliff. At that time, there were still a few traces of blood on the sword."

"Blood stains?" the old man asked.

"It's just blood, but it has dried up." Lin Xiao explained: "When the boy found this sword, it fell among the rocks. It would be extremely difficult to see it unless he happened to walk by."

The old man did not speak and signaled Lin Xiao to continue.

Lin Xiao added: "Seeing this scene, the boy thought that there must have been a fight nearby, so he took a detour to the top of the cliff, and finally found the body of a middle-aged scribe in the dense forest."

"Middle-aged scribe? What does that man look like?" The old man asked immediately.

Lin Xiao had a recalling look on his face. "Looking like this, he was about forty years old, wearing gray clothes. But when the boy found him, he had already died of anger. Even the storage bag disappeared without a trace. I don't know who died."

Hand."

The old man sighed when he heard this. "Oh, from my description, it must be Taoist Sun..."

"Fellow Daoist Sun? Are you the owner of this sword?" Lin Xiao quickly chased after him.

"That's right, this person's surname is Sun, he is at the fifth level of Qi Refining, and he can be regarded as a casual cultivator with a little reputation in the area." The old man nodded and continued: "But this person is aloof and arrogant, and no one usually interacts with him.

.I know his name, and it’s because he has been with me several times, so I recognize his weapon.”

"I see..." Lin Xiao suddenly said.

"Yes, it's just that we were destined to meet each other a few months ago. I didn't expect to hear it again, but he died unexpectedly. Alas..." The old man let out a long sigh, looked up at Lin Xiao and said, "Now that I know the cause and effect, I have a clue."

I give you my word."

"Sir, please speak."

The old man nodded lightly and hummed. "Of course, this long sword cannot be purchased, but I remember to keep it carefully and don't expose it on the boundaries of Qinghefang City. Otherwise, just in case, no matter if it is Daoyou Sun's

Neither friends nor murderers can let you go. When you travel elsewhere, you can decide for yourself whether to destroy or sell it."

Lin Xiao was moved when he heard this, and immediately stood up and bowed his arms to the ground.

"Thank you, Mr., for clarifying my doubts, and thank you, Mr., for saving my life!"

Although most of what Lin Xiao said before were lies, this thank you was genuine. After all, it is not easy for someone to sincerely give guidance to a young boy who has just entered the world. On the other hand, it can be regarded as because he cannot tell the truth.

Apology.

The old man waved his hand. "You don't have to thank me. The rivers and lakes are deep, so you can take care of yourself." He wrote a note on his hand and handed it to Lin Xiao, "If you have nothing else to do, you can use this note to go to the agent just now to exchange it."

Twelve low-grade spiritual stones are enough to get both money and goods."

"Thank you, old sir."

Lin Xiao took the note, put away the long sword, thanked him again, turned around and left the quiet room.

The subsequent delivery went smoothly, and after collecting the spirit stones, Lin Xiao left "Qinghe Hanjiang" without stopping.

When he came to the street, Lin Xiao let go of his spiritual sense to prevent anyone from following him, and then plunged into the nearby alley, twisting and turning, changing his appearance twice, and changing his coat, waiting for him to appear again.

When he entered Fangshi Square, no one recognized him as a low-level monk who had been to the weapon shop before.

Looking at the bustling crowd in front of him again, Lin Xiao's mood at this time had a completely opposite change, and a piece of information that could be determined before was quietly summarized in his heart.

"I decided that someone would hire a murderer to kill me, otherwise the middle-aged scribe wouldn't have such a fortune. This is one of them."

"The funder should be operating in the one-third of an acre of land near Qinghefang City. This is the second point."

"As for the reason, since I have never met before, after much thinking, I can only block the other person's way, either because of power or wealth, otherwise there is no need. This is the third reason."

"Now, what can I do to stand in the way? I can only be the soul seeker of Nanshan County. From this point of view, can it be said that the person who wants my life is in Nanshan County? This is the fourth step.

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"The true essence mark used for tracking was probably left secretly by someone in the outer gate's main hall. This is the fifth one."

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao smiled instead.

"With such a skill, the person who wants to kill me really has great hands and eyes, and actually extended his claws into the main hall..."

If all the clues hadn't been strung together, he would never have imagined that he, who had fled the mountain gate to avoid disaster, had just escaped Li Enyu's plan, and then turned around and fell into another inexplicable murderous situation.

And all of this comes from the so-called "remote country", Nanshan County - a small town in Yinzhou, which records in the outer sect's scriptures that it can only offer hundreds of low-grade spiritual stones and 50,000 to 70,000 taels of silver to the mountain sect a year.

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"The plan has changed. We absolutely cannot go to Nanshan County for the time being..."

Lin Xiao's smile was quite playful. In fact, there was still the last half of the sentence he didn't say. Even though he originally planned to visit the head of the Yinzhou Outer Sect first after coming to Fengchang, he didn't want to meet him, at least not for now.

Go and meet.

In fact, this is normal. Lin Xiao has been making a living in the arena with an opera troupe since he was a child. He is not a reckless person.

It is absolutely impossible for him to take risks alone and show up in Nanshan County before he is fully prepared.

I say that I am not familiar with the place where I was born. As an outsider, what can I do against the local snakes? What is the difference between that and actively seeking death?

"The enemy is in darkness and we are in the clear, what should we do next?..."

Lin Xiao frowned slightly and thought for a while, then immediately made up his mind.

First of all, for the job vacancies in Nanshan County, are you going to take the job, or are you going to another place?

The answer is obvious, of course, after all, the skin of the outer disciples of Hanxi Mountain cannot be thrown away, and the revenge of the assassination must be avenged!

Since you are going, first of all, two things must be arranged in advance, one is information, and the other is an escape route.

The information is easy to understand. There are too few records about Nanshan County in the outer sect scriptures. Regarding this place, I basically have a dark eye. I must investigate this place thoroughly, otherwise I will die.

I don’t even know.

Besides, the escape route must be well reserved. If the situation encountered by Nanshan County is too dangerous, then it must be withdrawn in time, and the escape route can only be left outside, so as not to be directly closed and strangled.

After thinking over and over in Lin Xiao's mind, the plan was decided. Then he thought about the poison on his left arm, and suddenly felt that time was waiting for him.

At this time, when I looked at the forty or fifty stalls lined up in front of me, my interest dropped a lot.

"I'm not in a hurry when I'm shopping for goods at random stalls. There's something I have to do now..."
Chapter completed!