Judging from the appearance, this should be a human monk.
But for some unknown reason, his body was covered with a very faint red light curtain, covering up his whole body's aura.
Even if you observe with the highest configuration of the second-level Qi Watching Technique, you can only see a vague outline of a human figure and a looming gray cyclone under the cover of red light.
Another Kaiyuan realm!
Gao Yuan saw this, and his falling movements couldn't help but stagnate.
He was seen standing high in the sky, quietly watching the red figure below.
The invisible air shield produced by the second-level breath gathering technique isolates the slight disturbance to the surrounding void caused by the slow operation of the blast spell.
The dark gray color of the whip bearer's mask and cloak was already very inconspicuous under the cover of the night.
Coupled with the invisible talisman array imprinted on it, the two superimposed on it, making him integrated with the surrounding night sky, without any worry of being discovered by others.
In his field of vision, this red shadow was like a ghost, sliding quickly and silently against the stone road on the ground.
From far to near, we soon arrived at the door of Changqing Inn.
There are two fist-sized moonstones inlaid under the porch of the inn, which are currently projecting bright white light.
While illuminating the road in front of the door, it also illuminates the red shadow passing by the door.
Gao Yuanyuan quickly removed the state of the second-level qi-gazing technique and looked with the naked eye, instantly seeing clearly the opponent's appearance and features.
The visitor was a pretty woman in her early twenties. She was not wearing a skirt like ordinary women, but was wearing a rather slim-fitting red trousers.
The cloak of the same color was held firmly behind her, not moving at all as she floated forward.
"Is it her?"
Gao Yuanyuan's heart suddenly jumped and he recognized the other person instantly.
This person was exactly the woman in red he met when he was performing an alliance mission in the Qifeng Mountains.
Although she was walking close to the ground, she was moving very quickly.
Not long after, he walked out of the alley where Changqing Inn was located, turned right on the street, and disappeared into the shadow of a shop.
"Why is she here?"
Looking at the direction in which the other party disappeared, Gao Yuan whispered with some curiosity, but quickly put the thought aside:
"Forget it, the other party is originally from Yifeng City, so it's not surprising that he appears in a market town within the territory."
"Looking at his behavior, he didn't deliberately hide his whereabouts. Even if he appears here, it shouldn't be a big deal."
With this in mind, he reactivated the second-level Qi Watching Technique and looked around carefully.
After confirming that there was no problem, he lowered his body, came to the window of his room, opened the window and jumped in.
…
Jiming Alley is located in the south of Laiyuan Town and is a large alley hundreds of meters deep.
But for the residents of Laiyuan Town, they are more accustomed to calling it Ruxue Lane, because all the buildings in this alley belong to Ruxue Fang.
The town's curfew cannot control this alley, so Ruxuefang is also the only city that never sleeps besides the seven major Kaiyuan realm family forces in the town.
Although it was already three o'clock in the afternoon, Cockcrow Alley was still very noisy, and the lights were brightly lit from the entrance to the end of the alley.
Banquets, escorting prostitutes, fighting, etc., as long as the spirit stone is produced, regardless of status, one can always find entertainment here.
The innermost part of the alley is a large courtyard.
Compared with the alley entrance, there are neither densely arranged moonstones nor noisy noises here, making it very quiet.
This is the living area for the internal staff of Ruxuefang, and it is also the only area in the entire Jiming Alley that is not open to guests.
This courtyard is not small in size. Although it is not as big as the stalls in the Yu Family Courtyard, there are many elegant pavilions built inside.
This was the time when Ruxuefang was open to the public, so most of the pavilions in the courtyard were dark.
Of course there are exceptions, which is the building on the innermost side facing south.
This is a huge house with three rooms and two bays. The interior is brightly lit, and leaning on the soft roof of the east wing is a figure wearing a purple shirt.
This is a beautiful woman, although it is difficult to see her face clearly because her face is covered with a scarf.
But whether it's her exposed eyebrows or her exquisite curves exposed through her clothes, they all present an astonishing sense of charm.
I saw this woman's eyes slightly closed, leaning on the soft cushions on the inside, with her legs slightly raised in an inelegant sitting posture. Not only did it not destroy her overall beauty, but it actually added a kind of charm to her original charm.
Delicate and enchanting.
At this moment, several crisp knocks on the door suddenly came from the direction of the main hall, and then the door creaked open.
A maid, about twenty years old, wearing a goose-yellow skirt and robe, opened the door and walked in. She turned around and closed the door, then walked straight in the direction of the woman in purple.
Seeing the latter's slightly frivolous sitting posture, the maid in yellow frowned and said:
"Miss, you don't pay attention to your manners anymore. If this happens to your aunt..."
"Shut up and stop making noise in front of me. After finally getting away from my aunt, you still don't allow me to slack off?"
The woman in purple shirt impatiently interrupted the maid's chatter, and did not see her open her eyes. She just asked casually:
"Has the previous matter come to an end? How many people came this time?"
After hearing this, the maid in yellow looked more serious and said:
"Mother Rong secretly counted it. In addition to the four Kaiyuan realms in Laiyuan Town, there are a total of twelve Kaiyuan realms that came from Yifeng City!"
Having said this, the maid in yellow raised her head and glanced at the woman in purple, hesitated for a moment, and then added:
"Mama Rong said that these twelve Kaiyuan realms are all direct descendants of the Lord's Mansion of Yifeng City and the Hunyuan family."
After hearing this, the woman in purple clothes opened her eyes, looked at the face of the maid in yellow clothes, and said calmly:
"What do you want to say?"
"Miss, you are using the name of Ruxuefang to lure these children of aristocratic families to Laiyuan Town this time. Once the news of what happened to these people reaches Yifeng City...there will be trouble!"
The maid in yellow paused for a moment before speaking, and then said:
"Besides, Xuefang itself is of great importance, and the clan has always strictly prohibited people from using it privately. If there is a mistake in this matter, the clan will investigate it..."
"What kind of trouble could there be? The one who did it was the person from Ember. What does it have to do with Ruxuefang?"
The woman in purple robe curled her lips disdainfully and continued:
"Besides, we just slightly increased the propaganda of the 'Southern Region Witch', and we didn't kidnap these people to come to far away town!"
"Really speaking, it's just these bumpkin from the Northern Region who are lustful and unlucky enough to bump into 'Ember'."
"But……"
The maid in yellow was about to say more after hearing this, but was interrupted impatiently by the woman in purple:
"There's nothing to worry about. There's no turning back. This matter has already come to this point. There's no need to dwell too much on this point!"
Speaking, regardless of the hesitant expression of the maid in yellow, the woman in purple waving her fingers said:
"For example, there are twelve here in Xuefang, and seven more have moved to Yu's house in the afternoon, plus the original fourteen in Laiyuan Town...well, a total of thirty-three Kaiyuan realms, which should be enough."
The people of Ember' have opened the seal of Qifeng Mountain!"
"Well, I guess the people from 'Ember' will take action as soon as the Yu family's birthday party starts tomorrow!"
"The only problem is the Kuang family. Their old man probably has something like a beacon on him."
"When the time comes, I will have to keep an eye on Jiang Yao. Your mission is to keep an eye on the old man from the Kuang family. Once you see him emitting a beacon, immediately use the 'Spirit-Swallowing Jade Toad' to intercept it.
Come down!"
Seeing that the other party was still very worried, the woman in purple stood up. She didn't see her wearing shoes, so she stepped forward barefoot and patted the maid in yellow on the shoulder, and said with a heroic look:
"It doesn't matter if something goes wrong. According to the clan rules, the most they can do is demote me to a 'miko' and assign me to a branch like Xuefang."
"Many of those in the clan who have received special awards from their ancestors started their careers as 'resident witches'. If they can do it, I can do the same!"
"Maybe I can also find the 'source of the Holy Spirit' through this method, and maybe it will shine on our branch!"
…
Ever since he settled in the wild forest, Gao Yuan had not eaten much serious food.
All he ate was monster meat all day long. Even though he tried his best to change the food, he was still tired of eating it.
Now that he was living in a rural town, he naturally didn't want to eat the dried meat stored in the storage space.
Therefore, early the next morning, after washing up briefly in the room, he was ready to go out to find a restaurant to have something to eat.
At this moment, I suddenly heard the door to the opposite room creak open, and soon I heard several knocks on my own door.
Without even using his spiritual thoughts, Gao Yuan could tell that the person standing outside the door at this moment was the skinny old man from yesterday.
The other party didn't come back until after midnight this morning. You don't have to think about it to know that he slept outside last night, but he didn't know why he knocked on the door to find you.
"Isn't it just to show off what you know about that 'Miko of the Southern Region'?"
With his thoughts turning, he walked to the door and opened it.
…
"Hey, haven't you seen that figure, those eyebrows, that face... She is so beautiful!"
A few minutes later, Gao Yuan looked at the thin old man opposite him with a speechless face, and he really guessed that the other man was here to show him what he had seen last night.
After patiently listening to a few more words, he interrupted helplessly:
"Didn't you just say that the 'Miko of the Southern Region' had her face covered? Why did you see her face again?"
"Hey, what's the point? Considering this girl's figure, how can she look any worse?"
"Okay, this guy has been talking for a long time. It turns out that it all depends on the brain?"
Gao Yuan complained in his heart, resisted the urge to activate the spiritual storm and put the opponent down, stood up and chased him away:
"Huang worked all night to make the talismans yesterday. He was very sleepy at the time and wanted to go out to eat..."
Only then did the skinny old man remember the reason why the other party did not go to Ruxuefang last night, and he nodded and said:
"You go, you go, I have to go back and take a rest first."
"Damn it! Xihe is such a fierce girl. Normally we can handle it together. But last night, I was the only one. I really couldn't handle it. It's such a toss-up..."
As he spoke, the skinny old man cupped his hands towards Gao Yuan, shook his head and went back to his house.
"What the hell, can we work together as a team for this kind of thing?"
Gao Yuan complained in his heart somewhat speechlessly, then closed the door and walked straight out of the inn.
…
Laiyuan Town has developed commerce and trade, and there are many people coming and going, so there are quite a few restaurants of all kinds in the town.
For Gao Yuan at this time, the price of this kind of restaurant, which mainly caters to Qi-training monks, is simply a drop in the bucket.
Just click on a few low-level spiritual stones and you can put a sumptuous table on the table.
Even for the big restaurants with head offices located on the main roads and in Yifeng City, one mid-level spiritual stone is enough for one meal.
For Gao Yuan, who just wanted to satisfy his appetite, he didn't pay much attention to the grade of monster meat used in the ingredients. He walked all the way and ate happily.
During this period, in order not to attract other people's attention, he changed his appearance several times.
After eating at five restaurants in succession, Gao Yuan felt slightly full even with his exaggerated appetite at this time.
With nothing to do, he began to wander around the city aimlessly.
Looking at the bustling pedestrians on the street, he couldn't help but feel a little touched in his heart.
After the Qingyuan Town incident, he had been almost instinctively avoiding having too many interactions with others.
This trend became more and more intense after he settled in the wild forest.
In the past few years, apart from studying in seclusion, almost every time he went out to interact with people, he was performing alliance tasks.
And the final result was that these people died in his hands without exception.
In this isolated life, his subconscious desire is to communicate with others.
This was also the main reason why he didn't knock him out even when the skinny old man came to harass him frequently.
Without delaying things, it's quite interesting to listen to nonsense, especially a wizened old man who always makes "astonishing" remarks.
…
Time passed quickly as he wandered around.
In the blink of an eye, it was already approaching noon.
During this period, many camel carts came from the direction of Yifeng City.
After these camel carts entered the city from the north gate, some went straight to various shops in the city. They should be convoys transporting supplies. Some also went to the Yu family mansion, and they should be people coming to watch the ceremony.
Walking along the stone road, Gao Yuan inadvertently came to a place a few hundred meters away from the Yu family mansion.
At this time, there was a lot of excitement in front of the latter's door, and the voices of guests calling names kept coming and going. It was obvious that it was not long before the birthday banquet started.
Looking at the congratulations on the flags on the roadside, Gao Yuan suddenly felt a little emotional.
"Others are celebrating their birthdays, but I'm waiting here to wait for an opportunity to kill them. This feeling is really weird."
Of course, this idea only flashed through his mind.
Through his understanding in the past few years, he is very clear about the evil and anti-humanity of the organization "Ember".
Since this Yu Ke is involved with the people of Ember, he definitely deserves to die.
He won't feel any psychological burden if he kills such a person.
While his mind was spinning, Gao Yuan glanced flatly at the Yu family mansion not far away.
Estimating that the time was almost up, I planned to leave the city to reinforce the consciousness seals of Huang Zhan and others.
The moment he turned around, he suddenly heard a huge buzzing sound that reflected the void, coming from the direction of the Yu family mansion behind him.