As the power of divine thoughts spread, the picture in Gao Yuan's mind also expanded.
The power of his spiritual thoughts did not stop in the courtyard outside, but spread straight towards the room where he had killed the skinny old man.
This house had obviously been renovated. Whether it was the layout of the house or the furnishings of the furniture, there was no resemblance to the impression in his mind.
And this small courtyard is obviously inhabited by people. Whether it is the yard outside or every corner of the house, there are a lot of traces of life everywhere.
At the same time, in the innermost bedroom, Gao Yuan also 'saw' a middle-aged man with a square face, lying on his back and sleeping soundly.
After the power of his spiritual thoughts withdrew from this small courtyard, Gao Yuan directed his spiritual thoughts to the small courtyard on the other side.
But I saw that the young woman's family that originally lived there had now been replaced by an older, middle-aged couple with three teenagers.
At this time, the whole family was gathered together and having breakfast.
"It doesn't look like anything special."
Gao Yuan observed attentively for a moment, and then muttered to himself.
"But that's normal. The people I killed before didn't have any deep backgrounds at all."
"Even if he is shot to death at home, it should not cause much trouble in the city."
"What's more, since I left here, I haven't been back to Qingliang City once in the past four years."
"Even if the person in charge of the law enforcement team pays special attention to this case, after such a long period of pursuit with no results, it is the most common approach to seal the case."
Gao Yuan muttered a few words to himself.
Then he recalled the original instigator of this incident.
Although he had previously chosen to leave Qingliang City and move to the depths of the wild forest, a large part of the reason was to facilitate hunting of monsters and to enter the Gray Desert to collect the Source of Mutation.
But Gao Yuan still will not forget that the person behind that incident was a distant relative of the Mei family named "Xu Liangyong"!
Originally, according to his original plan when he left, he was going to try to grasp the general whereabouts of 'Xu Liangyong' through 'Su Qing' and others.
He hoped to find an opportunity to kill him outside the city when he was promoted to Kaiyuan Realm and started to carry out the Mei family's field mission.
But later, he discovered many bloody and cruel massacres around Qingliang City, which made him have concerns about returning to Qingliang City.
Worried about being involved in an unexpected incident, he naturally did not dare to set foot on the boundaries of Qingliang City easily.
In addition to several members of 'Su Qing's' team, the incident in the 'Qifeng Mountain Range' subsequently occurred, causing his only internal agent in Qingliang City to be disconnected.
Therefore, the hunt for 'Xu Liangyong' was put on hold indefinitely.
"More than four years have passed unknowingly. After such a long time, that 'Xu Liangyong' must have already advanced to the Kaiyuan Realm."
"Hey, you'd better not fall into my hands this month, otherwise, I can only blame you for your fate."
As his mind turned, Gao Yuan's feet kept moving.
He walked through the alley leisurely, turned onto the street on the other side, and then headed straight towards the inner city.
According to the information received previously, the location of the special market opened in advance by the Qingliang City Lord's Palace for this big auction is right next to the entrance to the north gate of the inner city.
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Qingliangcheng inner city.
Adjacent to the Mei Family Courtyard with stacked buildings, there is a large complex of buildings attached to it.
This building complex has criss-crossing internal roads and a variety of large and small shops with different functions mixed in. It is like a village in the city.
This is the living area specially designated by the Mei family in the inner city for their guests.
In this building community, there are both neat rows of row buildings and small but independent quiet courtyards.
Since they are all disciples of the Mei family, they naturally have corresponding levels.
For example, in those townhouses composed of stacked rooms with uniform shapes, the people living in them are all the lower-level disciples of the Mei family's Qi training realm.
In order to live in those relatively independent and spacious courtyards, only those who have made great achievements and received special rewards from the Mei family.
You must have at least a Kaiyuan realm cultivation level to be qualified to live here.
In this living area, next to the Mei family compound and close to the street, there is a relatively larger house.
With a larger area and a good location, it is natural for people to live in this small courtyard.
This person is Xu Liangyong, the cousin of the third cousin of the Mei family, who some people call the "young master cousin".
Because of his relationship with the third room of the Mei family, Xu Liangyong was specially allowed to be placed in this small courtyard before he was promoted to the Kaiyuan Realm. He lived there for more than ten years.
This courtyard covers an area of about 500 to 600 square meters, with two entrances and two shelves.
Its overall architectural style is very similar to other buildings in the Meijiamenke living area, with cyan exterior walls and sand-red roof tiles.
But different from the ordinary appearance of these houses, the interior decoration of the houses is extremely exquisite.
Whether it is the floor texture laid on the ground or the style of furniture such as tables, chairs, benches, etc., they are all quite unique.
The tea cups and water sets in the house, as well as the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the walls, also reveal the good taste of the owner of the house.
In the largest room in the deepest part of the courtyard, Xu Liangyong was sitting cross-legged on a soft bed with his eyes slightly closed, practicing his kung fu.
On the table in front of him were placed three porcelain bottles used to hold elixirs.
However, the wax seals of two of the porcelain bottles had been removed, and they were all turned sideways on the table, but no elixir came out, so it was obvious that they were empty inside.
After a while, Xu Liangyong, who was in meditation, suddenly opened his eyes.
I saw him reaching out to pick up the last porcelain bottle, casually removing the wax seal on it, and looking into the porcelain bottle.
Only the last pill remained in this three-inch porcelain bottle.
At this time, the latter was following his movements, spinning on the bottom of the porcelain bottle.
Seeing this, Xu Liangyong couldn't help but look a little embarrassed.
There are still three full days until the next monthly payment is due.
But the pills he used to practice were no longer enough for today's practice!
In fact, as a disciple of the Mei family in the Kaiyuan realm, Xu Liangyong would not have been so depressed that he could not even supply the elixirs he cultivated.
The main reason why he is like this now is because he just withdrawn two spells in installments a year ago.
Therefore, before he could get the monthly monthly quota, more than half of it was deducted by the deacon's office.
Secondly, Xu Liangyong himself didn’t actually show up for work at all.
In fact, in addition to being the confidants of each house, most of the Mei family's Kaiyuan realm disciples have to be stationed abroad to perform various garrison or escort tasks.
However, in the past two years, the surrounding areas of Qingliang City have been very unstable, with news coming back that the disciples of any one stronghold were being massacred.
Xu Liangyong finally broke into the second level of Kaiyuan Realm in the middle of last year.
As long as we leave it to the peaceful times, it's not impossible to be stationed outside to perform field missions.
But the key thing is that now is not a time of peace. Every once in a while, similar bad news will come.
How could Xu Liangyong, who had a low level of cultivation and no powerful treasures to protect him, dare to casually run outside the city to go on field duty at this time?
Therefore, relying on his relationship with the third wife of the Mei family, he finally found a job in the Mei family compound.
In this way, he is safe, but the monthly rate is much lower than that of those who go out to work.
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However, Xu Liangyong's qualifications are pretty good, his cultivation speed is not slow, and his monthly pill consumption is also very high.
Without any additional expenses, he could barely break even and have a slight surplus.
But after withdrawing two spells in installments a year ago and receiving a fixed amount of spiritual stones every month, his life became a bit uncomfortable.
"Hey, when will we stop living such a tight life?"
Looking at the empty medicine bottles on the table in front of him, Xu Liangyong suddenly looked up to the sky and sighed.
"There is actually a way!"
He added in his mind.
As long as we can catch Chen Ziming, that little bitch.
When the time comes, any random leakage of resources from the Mei family's main house will be enough for him to use them comfortably for a long time.
And this was another reason why, besides the risks of going out on the field, he had to live and die in the Mei family compound and refused to go out.
"That's true, but it's easier said than done!"
At this thought, Xu Liangyong sighed again in his heart.
That girl Chen Ziming, although she looks weak and easy-going, is actually very assertive.
Xu Liangyong still remembers how weak Chen Ziming looked when he first arrived at Mei's house. Under his deliberate pandering, he soon became friends with Chen Ziming.
However, every time when he thought the heat was enough and wanted to go further, he would be sternly rejected by the other party.
As a result, after more than four years of getting along, the relationship between the two has not changed at all. It still maintains the same state of neither far nor close when they first met.
Every time he thought of this, Xu Liangyong felt an indescribable feeling of resentment in his heart.
He wished he could catch that untouchable named Gao Yuan, skin him, remove his bones, crush his bones and scatter them into ashes.
But he could only think about it. Since that incident four years ago, that person has disappeared.
As for the reason why that person disappeared, Xu Liangyong actually knew it well.
Zhou Kui, the man he hired, and his cronies were all killed in the courtyard next door to that man.
In fact, the first person to discover this was Xu Liangyong himself.
At that time, he received the information reported by Zhou Kui, so he gave a deposit and agreed to let him lead someone to kill this "Gao Yuan".
I just didn't expect that after Zhou Kui took the money, there was no news from him, and there was no further information.
Xu Liangyong thought that Zhou Kui had taken away the deposit and ran away. When he came to the door and took a look, he discovered several rotting and smelly corpses.
The tragic death of those people gave him a huge shock, making him terrified of the other party's cruel methods.
It wasn't until he reached perfection in Qi training later and finally, with the help of the Yuan Jing Stone, that he successfully entered the Kaiyuan realm that he was able to recover.
But since that incident, for more than four years, Chen Ziming would go to the small courtyard where that person rented every once in a while.
Later, after learning that the rent of the small courtyard was due, Chen Ziming even directly used the Mei family's connections to directly buy the small courtyard, which specialized in leasing and never took out food.
After that, Chen Ziming even went to the small courtyard every once in a while to clean and tidy it up himself without changing all the furnishings in the room.
Xu Liangyong knew all the details of these subsequent events very clearly.
Because in the past few years, he has specially arranged special personnel to monitor the small courtyard at all times.
However, the man named 'Gao Yuan' really seemed to have disappeared from the world.
Since then, it has never appeared again.
"Hmph, if you are not dead, you'd better never show up in Qingliang City again, otherwise I will personally kill you and kill you to the last dregs!"
As his thoughts turned around, Xu Liangyong secretly said cruelly.
Then he turned his attention to Chen Ziming again.
He got up, washed and tidied up carefully, then changed his clothes and walked towards the Mei family courtyard.
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Qingliangcheng inner city.
Deep in the Mei family compound with its many buildings, there is a small but very elegant courtyard in the Jiujin courtyard next to Mei's parents' house.
The courtyard is located on the central axis. Under the cover of the wing rooms at both ends, there is a gorgeous building with white walls, glazed tiles and cornices.
In the inner side room, a beautiful girl was seen, sitting cross-legged on a soft cushion with her eyes slightly closed.
Wisps of misty, smoke-like heat steamed up from the top of her head, intertwined with the blue smoke floating from the incense burner on the table beside her, and then slowly dissipated in the air.
Her age seems to be no more than twenty years old.
She wore a well-cut aqua blue gauze dress, and her satin-like hair was tied neatly behind her back.
Coupled with the two gorgeous beads she wore on her head, she added a bit of charming and shy temperament to her beautiful and soft face.
This woman with a beautiful face is none other than Chen Ziming.
Compared with four years ago, the youthfulness in her body gradually faded away, and she gained a fragrant and charming mature air.
After exercising for a long time, Chen Ziming slowly finished his exercise and ended this morning's morning exercise.
Looking at the gilt incense burner on the table in front of her, a gloomy look suddenly appeared on her face.
She has been stuck at the seventh level of the Qi Training Realm for almost half a year.
In just over a month, she will turn eighteen.
If she still cannot advance to the late stage of Qi training before this, it will prove that her cultivation qualifications are really average.
According to the previous agreement between her and her aunt, once it was proved that her cultivation qualifications were average, she must accept her aunt's arrangement and start preparing for the marriage.
In order to give birth to offspring for the Chen family as soon as possible and spread the branches and leaves.
In fact, starting two months ago, her aunt began to mention several candidates in front of her.
These people were all considered by my aunt to be well-informed and suitable candidates.
Even from the beginning of this month, her aunt had begun to arrange for her to meet some men she thought were suitable.
And these people basically have several similar characteristics.
First of all, these people basically have shallow foundations or even no foundation.
Secondly, these people all have certain cultivation talents. They either advanced to the Kaiyuan Realm before the age of thirty, or they showed a very fast cultivation speed when they were in the Qi Training Realm.
As for the reason, it was because her aunt planned to find a wife for her.
That's right, the Qingyuan Chen family, which was famous in the Northern Territory back then, now has the only descendant left besides her aunt who is now a married woman.
In order to prevent the Chen family from being cut off, recruiting a new wife was the only way.
Chen Ziming is actually not disgusted with her aunt's arrangement because she understands her aunt's mood very well.
only……
In her mind, she subconsciously recalled the fierce battle outside Qingyuan Town and the figure of the man who always created miracles.