Looking at the maid outside the door who was startled by the sudden opening of the door and unable to see the situation in the room clearly due to the backlight, Gao Yuan asked expressionlessly.
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"Sir, Elder Liu from the Elder's Hall just sent the steward to deliver a greeting card."
"I'm planning to pay you a visit tomorrow at six o'clock."
Although this little maid named Ruochan is only seventeen or eighteen years old, her professional qualities have been trained quite well.
After hearing Gao Yuan's question, he immediately got rid of the brief state of confusion and reported in a gentle and respectful tone.
"Elder Liu of the Elder Hall?"
"Better greetings?"
Hearing the latter's words, Gao Yuan couldn't help but be slightly startled, but he quickly reacted.
The maids and servants in his house were all sent by the lord of Zeyuan City.
Therefore, the 'Elder's Hall' mentioned by the maid Ruochan is naturally referring to the 'Elder's Hall of Zeyuan City'.
As for Elder Liu, Gao Yuan could not be said to be unfamiliar.
This person's name is Liu Qi, and his status in Zeyuan City is similar to that of Gao Yuan in Qingliang City. He is probably the elder of Keqing.
When the combined fleet arrived at Zeyuan City that day, it was this Liu Qi who came to receive the chief of the Northern Territory formation on behalf of the Zeyuan City Lord's Mansion.
Therefore, although they have no contact in private, Liu Qi and Gao Yuan can be regarded as having a relationship.
"If you want to visit me, just send me a messenger."
"Why are you still pretending to be sending greeting cards?"
He casually picked up the so-called greeting note sandwiched between two thin square jade plaques that Miss Ruochan offered with both hands, and Gao Yuan complained in his heart somewhat speechlessly.
Then he remembered the notification he had received before:
In order to take precautions, there are members of the 'Ember' gang lurking in Zeyuan City, passing on information to the outside world.
It is prohibited to use any form of communication method under the protective formation of Zeyuan City.
Therefore, even when senior Yu Linglong summoned Gao Yuan two days ago, Feng Zeyuan conveyed this order on his behalf.
"Tsk!"
"Whether it is in the past life or this life, once wartime communication control is implemented, it will cause great inconvenience!"
With a silent sigh in his heart, Gao Yuan casually unfolded the jade letter of greeting in his hand.
The content contained in it is very simple. After excluding some polite remarks that fit the situation, it is roughly the same as what Miss Yuchan said just now.
"Is the steward still outside?"
After quickly browsing the content of the invitation, Gao Yuan turned his eyes and casually glanced at Miss Ruochan in front of him.
"As far as I'm concerned, sir, the steward is still in the concierge at this time."
"Ask him to go back and tell Elder Liu that I know."
Gao Yuan was naturally too lazy to play such a formal trick with an elder from Zeyuan City who might not even be able to catch one of his moves.
As soon as he heard that the manager of the Liu Mansion was still there, he simply explained a few words to Miss Ruochan and dismissed the matter.
After restoring the partition barrier in the room, Gao Yuan quickly put the matter behind him.
He calmed down again, followed the mental method of 'Breaking Realm Art', spread out the origin of his soul, and slowly probed towards the location of his 'spleen'.
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A day of meditation without words.
Early the next morning, there were still about five or six minutes left before the agreed hour.
Elder Liu Qi Liu came as expected.
After receiving the report from Miss Ruochan, Gao Yuan withdrew from self-study.
Finally, a few minutes later, I saw Elder Liu in the flower hall of this temporary residence.
This is a middle-aged man with a majestic build and a rough face.
Just like when the combined fleet arrived at Zeyuan City that day, this man was still wearing the standard black robe.
After the two parties took their seats, the guests and hosts exchanged brief greetings.
Elder Liu Qi finally expressed his intention to come.
"A private exchange meeting for people of the same level in Hunyuan Realm?"
"After the combined fleet arrived in Zeyuan City, didn't they already hold an exchange meeting under the leadership of the alliance?"
After patiently listening to what Elder Liu Qi said, the expression on Gao Yuan's face did not change, and he asked softly and noncommittally.
The latter's meaning was very simple, that is, to invite him to his mansion in the evening two days later.
Participate in an internal trade fair attended by more than twenty Hunyuan Realm monks.
"Exactly!"
Regarding Gao Yuan's doubts, Liu Qi didn't show any surprise on his face. He just explained with a smile:
"Although Zeyuan City has publicly held a large-scale trade fair under the leadership of the alliance officials a while ago."
"However, due to the tight situation in the Southern Territory at that time, in addition to Zeyuan City, other cities in the Southern Territory would also be attacked by 'embers' from time to time."
"Therefore, at that time, most of the Hunyuan Realm people of the same level in the cities in the southern region did not come to Zeyuan City to participate in the Four Regions Trade Fair because they were responsible for defending their own territory."
"And this time, with the gradual advancement of the alliance's plans, the current situation of the cities in the southern region has been greatly improved."
"Affected by this, the elders of these southern cities finally got the opportunity to rest in rotation."
"In addition, because the alliance is about to send people to the 'Lanying Swamp' to seal the ancient ruins."
"In recent days, more than ten Hunyuan realm elders from other cities in the Southern Region have been ordered to gather in Zeyuan City."
"And Liu has quite a wide range of contacts in the past, and he is more or less familiar with these Hunyuan Realm elders who came here."
"In addition, this time, I have been ordered by my family, Qin, to be responsible for receiving and settling these Hunyuan realm elders who have newly arrived in Zeyuan City."
"Therefore, when I heard that many of them felt extremely regretful because they had not had the opportunity to participate in the Four Realms Exchange Meeting before."
"This idea came to Liu's mind. Why not gather as many people of the same level as Hunyuan Realm who need replacement together as much as possible."
"So that everyone can take this opportunity to communicate with each other in a timely manner so as to accumulate more strength for the next actions."
After listening to Gao Yuan's question, Liu Qi nodded gently and said with a half-explanatory smile.
"I see!"
When Gao Yuan heard this, he felt quite impressed with Liu Qi——
"I didn't expect that this Liu Qi, who is not very handsome, actually has the attributes of a Sheniu!"
As for the invitation in the latter's words, Gao Yuan's first reaction was actually rejection.
After all, what he is thinking about right now is all about the practice of 'Breaking Realm Art'.
In order to cultivate it to the second level in the shortest possible time.
This unlocks the ability to locate and refine the 'original energy' from the void under ordinary circumstances.
Apart from that, he didn't really want to pay attention to anything else.
But when I think about it, all those participating in this exchange meeting are Hunyuan Realm elders from other cities in the Southern Region.
The reason why the latter gathered in Zeyuan City at this time was mostly because they were heading towards the recently discovered ancient ruins located deep in the 'Lanying Swamp'.
As for the Four Realms Alliance's upcoming action against this ancient ruins, Gao Yuan also heard a brief mention from the senior 'Yu Linglong' when he was in No. 3 Courtyard of Qingwu Street.
Due to some undisclosed methods, the Four Domains Alliance unexpectedly learned the specific location of this ancient ruin that had just appeared deep in the "Lanying Swamp" due west of Zeyuan City more than ten days ago.
At the same time, the Four Domain Alliance also determined through some unknown channel that something very important to the 'Ember' was sealed in this ancient ruins.
Therefore, as soon as the existence of this ancient ruins was confirmed, the Four Realms Alliance dispatched a number of great monks from the Soul Realm to seal the perimeter of this ancient ruins tightly.
At the same time, taking advantage of the blockade, the Four Domain Alliance is also trying to break the protective restrictions of this ancient ruins.
In order to quickly move the item that is very important to the latter from this ancient ruins to a relatively safe place before Ember takes action.
However, what is surprising is that the protective restrictions of this ancient ruins are extremely powerful.
In the past ten days, although the Four Realms Alliance has dispatched many big bosses who are proficient in formations, they still cannot break through the protective restrictions of this ancient ruins.
Only after some attempts, I accidentally discovered the protective restrictions of this ruins, which are mainly aimed at the power of the divine soul realm dominated by the 'original energy'.
But for monks at the Hunyuan realm and below, this restriction is much smaller.
So much so that in subsequent attempts, the Four Regions Alliance successfully sent an elder from the Eastern Region’s ‘Wancang City’ into the ruins.
The latter did not stay too long after entering the ruins and quickly retreated.
At the same time, a piece of news was brought out, that is, there are a large number of third-level guard puppets in this extremely large ruins.
With the help of the ruins restriction, the strength displayed by the latter is extremely terrifying.
Even compared to ordinary late-stage Hunyuan realm monks, he still seems to be giving in too much.
Coupled with the staggering number of more than a dozen of them dispatched at the same time, the power unleashed by each other's combined attacks is even more terrifying.
So much so that the elder Ke Qing of ‘Wancang City’ who was the pioneer and entered the ruins first.
Caught off guard, he was almost severely injured by these ruins guarding puppets.
In view of this, after several subsequent attempts to no avail.
The leaders of the Divine Soul Realm of the Four Realms Alliance finally unanimously decided to select a group of outstanding people from the Hunyuan Realm elders in each city to form a joint formation.
On the one hand, go deep into this ancient ruins and bring out as many items as possible.
On the one hand, they brought various formations issued by the alliance and placed them throughout the ruins, thereby sealing the ancient ruins from the inside before the joint formation exited the ruins.
Thus, at the root, the hope of 'Ember' to explore this ancient ruins is cut off.