"Lingshi, I can give you the spirit stone." Li Tianqi said and took out a storage bag from his body.
"I don't lack spiritual stones at all." Hua Taisui shook his head.
"Then...what do you want?" Li Tianqi asked.
Hua Taisui picked up the tea cup and took a sip: "Let's do this. If you promise to do something for me, I will take you to the auction."
"What's the matter?" Li Tianqi asked in surprise.
"I haven't thought about it yet. Just remember it first. When I think about it later, you can help me." Hua Taisui said casually.
"This..." Li Tianqi looked hesitant.
Hua Taisui glanced at Li Tianqi: "Don't worry, I won't put forward excessive conditions. In short, I will let you do it."
Li Tianqi thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I promise you."
"Okay, it's getting late, we should go back." Hua Taisui stood up and walked towards the door.
"Hey, fellow Taoist Hua, what about the auction?" Li Tianqi stood up and asked.
"Since I promised you, I won't regret it. Just wait for my news." Hua Taisui walked out of the private room without looking back.
Li Tianqi sighed, asking for help was just holding his breath.
After leaving the restaurant, Hua Taisui and Li Tianqi returned to the inn. At this time, Li Tianqi learned that Hua Taisui also lived in this inn, and was on the same floor as Li Tianqi, separated by several rooms.
house.
"Go back and have a good rest. When the day comes, I will naturally take you there." Hua Taisui waved to Li Tianqi: "I am a little tired now, so I will go back to my room to rest. Remember, there is nothing important, so don't disturb me.
Me." After saying that, Hua Taisui returned to his house.
In the next few days, Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui stayed together almost every day. They went out to play during the day and went back to the inn to rest at night. They lived a very leisurely life.
After a few days of getting along, Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui became familiar with each other, and the two really became good friends.
…
A closed secret room.
Jinhua sat on the chair, frowning slightly, thinking secretly.
"Kakaka..."
The door to the secret room was opened, and Cheng Gang, dressed in white, walked in quickly.
Jinhua raised her head: "Cheng Gang, how's it going? Have you found that Li Tianqi?"
Cheng Gang shook his head: "No, I asked my disciples to search inside and outside the small town for several days, but they couldn't find Li Tianqi's whereabouts... Since the robbery of the caravan could not be exposed, I could only let people search Li Tianqi's whereabouts secretly. In this way,
Come on, the search effect is much worse... Is there any news from Chen Bao?"
"No, there is no news about Chen Bao so far. It seems that he has not made any progress there." Jin Hua said with a frown.
"Senior Sister Jinhua, I have never been so depressed as I am now. I'm so suffocated." Cheng Gang exhaled.
"I am holding my breath, but what can I do? If the action fails, it is a failure. There is no point in being angry. The most important thing right now is to quickly find the whereabouts of the puppet spider!" Jinhua said.
Cheng Gang nodded: "I understand, Senior Sister Jinhua, if there is nothing else, I will go out first." After saying that, Cheng Gang turned around and left the secret room.
…
Mingyue Sect is an immortal cultivation sect that has been passed down for thousands of years. The sect is very powerful and famous in the human world. If it were to be ranked, Mingyue Sect would definitely be ranked among the top ten among all immortal cultivation sects.
Recently, Mingyue Sect's disciples have been going down the mountain frequently. In just a few days, hundreds of disciples have left the Mingyue Sect. After these disciples came down from the mountain, they immediately dispersed and went in all directions.
High in the sky, several men were flying. Judging from their attire and clothing, they must be disciples of the Mingyue Sect.
"Senior Brother, who is the person Elder Zhang asked us to find?" A young man with big eyes asked the middle-aged man next to him.
The middle-aged man called Senior Brother said: "I don't know who it is, but I heard that this person killed three of Elder Zhang's apprentices."
"No wonder Elder Zhang is so angry. It turns out that guy killed three of Elder Zhang's disciples." A look of surprise appeared on the face of the big-eyed young man.
"This man is so courageous. He even dared to kill Elder Zhang's disciples, and he killed three of them at once. I think he is tired of living." Another young man with a fat head and big ears snorted.
"It's really depressing. I originally planned to retreat to the Mingyue Sect to attack the sixth level of the foundation period. Who knew that I would be sent out to find the murderer of Elder Zhang's disciples? It's really depressing." The black-faced man at the end said helplessly.
"Who told us that our cultivation level is low? We can only do the hardest and most tiring work." The big-eyed young man curled his lips.
"When can we get through this?" The fat young man also had a frustrated face.
"Okay, stop complaining." The senior brother waved his hand: "Let's find the murderer quickly. Only if we catch the murderer can we return to Mingyue Sect. By then, we may even get some rewards..."
The fat young man with big ears twisted his mouth in disdain: "Reward? Senior brother, you don't have to comfort us. Elder Zhang is famous for being stingy and stingy, so he is reluctant to give us rewards."
The elder brother frowned and glared at the fat young man with big ears: "Be careful what you say. If Elder Zhang finds out that you dare to say bad things about him behind his back, he will never let you off lightly!"
"We are thousands of miles away from Mingyue Sect. How could Elder Zhang know that I said bad things about him?" The fat and big-eared young man said nonchalantly: "Besides, what I said is all the truth and I am not fabricating it out of thin air.
Yes, Elder Zhang is really stingy."
The eldest brother curled his lips and said: "There are some things that you just need to understand in your heart. There is no need to say them out. Don't you understand the principle that disaster comes from words?" At this point, the eldest brother paused and said, "As disciples, we must
Do things for the master, don't make unnecessary complaints, put it away, we are much better than those disciples in the Qi refining period, at least we can still receive some spiritual stones and elixirs every month, and can go to the library to read the classics at any time
, those disciples in the Qi refining stage are not as lucky as we are... Well, everyone, stop talking about these useless things, and hurry up and think about how to catch the murderer."
"Elder Zhang only gave us a portrait and no other clues. Now we are just like looking for a needle in a haystack." The big-eyed young man said depressedly.
"If there were clues, Elder Zhang wouldn't have to send so many disciples out to find the murderer..." Senior Brother sighed: "Anyway, Elder Zhang didn't give us a time limit this time, so let's look for it slowly. If we can find it, it will be the best."
Well, I can’t find it...there’s nothing I can do about it.”
Everyone nodded and stopped talking.
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Ten days passed before I knew it.
In the evening of that day, Hua Taisui came to Li Tianqi's room: "Tidy up, we are going to attend the auction."
"Is there news?" Li Tianqi's eyes lit up and he stood up from his chair.
Hua Taisui took out a token and waved it: "Well, I now know the location of the auction, let's go there now."
"Okay." Li Tianqi nodded and followed Hua Taisui out of the inn.
After leaving the inn, Hua Taisui walked straight towards the city gate. In order not to attract the attention of interested people, Hua Taisui did not walk very fast, but just a little faster than ordinary people.
Li Tianqi followed closely, looking at the city gate getting closer and closer, and asked doubtfully: "Is the auction location outside the city?"
Hua Taisui nodded: "Yes, the message given to me on the summons token is outside the city."
After a while, Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui walked out of the city gate. After leaving the city gate, Hua Taisui checked the direction, then turned and ran towards the west, and Li Tianqi hurriedly followed.
Not long after Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui left, a short-built man wearing a felt hat walked out of the city gate. Without saying a word, the man chased directly in the direction where Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui disappeared.
…
Half an hour later.
Hua Taisui and Li Tianqi came to a woods.
"Is the auction location in this forest?" Li Tianqi asked in surprise.
"The message given to me on the token is to go to this forest... Huh?" Before Hua Taisui could finish speaking, a red light suddenly shot out from the token in his hand, directly hitting a big tree on the opposite side.
"Crack!"
The big tree hit by the red light slowly split open, revealing a dark hole.
"Whoosh!"
A man in black clothes and a bamboo hat jumped out of the hole.
Hua Taisui and Li Tianqi were startled, and hurriedly took a few steps back, looking at the man in the bamboo hat warily: "Who are you?"
The man in the hat glanced at Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui, and then focused on the token in Hua Taisui's hand: "Are you here to participate in the auction?" The man in the hat spoke in a very stiff voice, which made him sound very uncomfortable.
Comfortable.
Hua Taisui nodded: "Yes, I'm here to participate in the auction... who are you?"
"I'm here to welcome you. Give me the token in your hand, and then pay the entry fee of ten intermediate-level spiritual stones, and then you can go in." The man in the hat said calmly.
Hua Taisui pointed at Li Tianqi: "Can I take him in with me?"
The man in the hat nodded: "According to the regulations, the person who owns the token can bring a friend into the auction, but he needs to pay double the spiritual stones."
"No problem." Hua Taisui nodded and handed the token and spirit stone directly to the man in the hat.
The man in the bamboo hat moved away from the hole behind him: "Okay, you can go in. After you enter, someone will naturally receive you."
Hua Taisui and Li Tianqi nodded and walked into the cave entrance together.
After entering the cave entrance, Li Tianqi and Hua Taisui discovered that there was a stone step sloping downward. After they walked down the stone step for about ten feet, a square stone platform appeared in front of them.
Opposite the stone platform is a stone door more than one foot high.
Li Tianqi stretched out his hand to pull Hua Taisui and said softly: "Fellow Taoist Hua, why do I feel so gloomy here..."