Zhou Yuan was confused and looked at the man in black robes. He was wearing a mask, but he gave people a vague sense of familiarity.
The man in black robe under the mask smiled slightly and immediately reached out and took off the mask.
"Elder Nie?" Zhou Yuan was suddenly surprised.
Under the mask is a middle-aged man, it is Nie Chong, the elder of the main building who met Zhou Yuan in Tianluo City when he inspected the local branch building.
Nie Chong has not been looking for him for more than two years, and Zhou Yuan has almost forgotten him.
It's just that Nie Chong's complexion is obviously not very good now. There is a large and ferocious mark on the left half of his face, and blood can be seen faintly oozing out.
Seeing Zhou Yuan recognize him, Nie Chong immediately turned around and closed the door.
"Little friend Zhou Yuan, it turns out that you are in the imperial capital, and it is such a coincidence that I can meet you." Nie Chong's face was filled with joy, and when he saw Zhou Yuan, he felt as if he was seeing a relative.
Zhou Yuan also invited Nie Chong to sit down, poured him wine, and said, "Actually, I have been practicing at Seven Star Academy for more than two years."
Nie Chong suddenly realized, "No wonder I didn't see you when I went to Tianluo City."
Nie Chong naturally came to Zhou Yuan because of the mark on his face.
Zhou Yuan looked at his face carefully, half of his face was almost burned through and turned gray and black.
"The backlash of Dan Fire is getting more and more serious. It seems that Yin Huo Dan can no longer suppress it."
"Exactly, now that I have taken Yin Huo Dan, it has basically no effect. I couldn't find you before, so I kept putting it off." Nie Chong said with a sigh.
"Why don't you go to Seven Star Academy to find me?"
Zhou Yuan was stunned, relying on the intelligence system of Xingyue Tower, wouldn't it be easy to find him?
Nie Chong frowned slightly and said with an ugly face: "The main building has been investigating the cause of Zhuang Tianyi's death. I was worried about leaking your whereabouts, so I have been looking for it privately."
Only then did Zhou Yuan understand, and at the same time he was shocked. It seemed that Xingyue Tower had learned that Zhuang Tianyi died in his own hands.
And Nie Chong has been secretly protecting himself because of this incident.
"However, if you come to Xingyue Tower today, according to the efficiency of our Xingyue Tower intelligence system, I'm afraid we will know about you soon. When the auction is over, you'd better leave as soon as possible." Nie Chong immediately reminded.
Zhou Yuan looked solemn and immediately clasped his fists, "Elder Nie is determined."
It seems that during this trip, my whereabouts were unknowingly exposed. In this case, it would be troublesome.
Zhou Yuan became vigilant in his heart. From now on, he would either have to stay in Seven Star Academy or be hunted by Xingyue Tower in the outside world. There was no other solution.
And Nie Chong is just a small errand boy here in the main building. He is quiet and soft-spoken, so naturally it is impossible to protect himself.
"I have been suppressing this matter for you before, but the fire can't be suppressed. You know that our Xingyue Tower's intelligence system has even penetrated into the palace. It is still very simple to investigate you.
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Nie Chong said.
Zhou Yuan nodded slightly, he understood everything now.
He immediately turned over his hand and handed a copy of the elixir recipe to Nie Chong.
"This Shuhuo Pill can completely cure your Dan Fire Backlash, but it requires a sixth-grade alchemist to refine it. You can only find a way for this by yourself." Zhou Yuan said.
With Zhou Yuan's current physical strength, he can completely condense the seventh-grade elixir fire, and then go to the simulated alchemy room to simulate it hundreds of times, and maybe he can also refine the Shuhuo Dan.
But he couldn't grasp the grade of the elixir. The grade was not high and the efficacy of the medicine was not enough.
Moreover, the materials required for the refining of Shuhuo Dan are very precious. If collected, seventy or eighty thousand spirit stones cannot be stopped, so naturally they cannot be wasted.
However, Nie Chong still looked overjoyed when he took the prescription.
For him, having an alchemy recipe is enough. As for the alchemist, the current chief building owner of Xingyue Tower is a sixth-grade alchemist.
Nie Chong then said apologetically: "I'm sorry, but you will probably be exposed in the future, and I may not be able to help you suppress it anymore."
"It doesn't matter." Zhou Yuan smiled, "You have helped me enough."
Immediately, Nie Chong left the private room.
For more than an hour, Zhou Yuan waited patiently and also increased his vigilance.
He is now in the tiger's mouth and may face a life or death crisis at any time.
Fortunately, it didn’t take long for the man from before to come back. He smiled and said to Zhou Yuan: “Sir, those three materials have been sold in the auction, and the Fierce Sun Caipiao sold for twelve thousand.
The Winged Snake Emperor sells 18,000 spiritual stones, and the Xuantian Colorful Crystal sells for 32,000 spiritual stones.
Excluding the handling fee drawn by my Xingyue Building, plus the spiritual stones from the Fire God Ox and Ice Snow Fox, I will pay you a total of 65,500 spiritual stones. Sir, do you want to do the math again?"
"No."
Zhou Yuan didn't have the time to spare. After the man transferred all the spirit stones to him, he left Xingyue Tower directly.
Back at Nangong's house, Zhou Yuan did not mention the matter to Nangong Zhengnan, but was always vigilant.
A few days later.
In a certain hall of Xingyue Tower.
Nie Chong held a jade box in his hand and walked in with a bow.
At the top of the hall, an old man with disheveled hair was sitting. He had sharp eyebrows and starry eyes. At this moment, he slowly opened his eyes, and his eyes were as bright as stars, and he looked at Nie Chong.
"Greetings to the host." Nie Chong bowed to the old man.
This old man is the owner of the main building of Xingyue Building, and the current real owner of Xingyue Building, Dong Xinghai.
"It turns out to be Elder Nie, what do you want from me?" The old man said calmly, his voice was hoarse, and there was a cold light in his eyes as he looked at Nie Chong.
Nie Chong bent down and didn't notice Dong Xinghai's eyes, and then said: "Please help me refine this Shuhuo Dan."
Dong Xinghai looked down at Nie Chong, "You must have obtained this elixir recipe from a man named Zhou Yuan."
Hearing this, Nie Chong's expression suddenly changed, and his heart skipped a beat.
He raised his head slightly, and then he noticed Dong Xinghai's eyes, and he immediately broke into a cold sweat.
It turns out that the head landlord had known about this for a long time.
Moreover, even the details of Dan Fang are known clearly, which means that Zhou Yuan has really been exposed.
"To report to the original poster, to be honest, Zhou Yuan and I have had some interactions..."
However, before he finished speaking, Nie Chong was interrupted by a cold snort.
Dong Xinghai's gray hair was messy, and a cold snort resounded through the entire hall. His eyes were not angry, and he said: "Since there was an intersection, why didn't you tell Zhuang Tianyi when he died?"
"This Zhou Yuan killed Lord Zhuang, but you, Nie Chong, are protecting him." Dong Xinghai's voice rolled.
Nie Chong's forehead was covered in cold sweat.
A sneer appeared on Dong Xinghai's face, and he continued: "This boy is quite mysterious. It is indeed not easy to be able to come up with such a long-lost elixir recipe and kill the earthly spirit beasts in the spirit transformation realm in the Demon Hunting Forest.
But if he killed me, the owner of Xingyue Building, he would definitely have to pay a heavy price for it."
Nie Chong was immediately shocked. Louzhu Dong was really omnipotent. He didn't even come up with the recipe, but he knew that Shu Huo Dan had been lost for a long time.
The next moment, Nie Chong knelt on the ground directly.
"Please let the original poster be more open-minded and let Zhou Yuan go. Don't blame him for Zhuang Tianyi's incident..." Nie Chong prayed.
"Hmph, no matter what the reason is, the person who kills me in Xingyue Tower will have to pay with his life, and you condone and protect him, and you also took the elixir he gave you and asked me to make elixirs for you, which is even more sinful."
Dong Xinghai was completely unreasonable, and his voice rumbled in the hall.
With a wave of his sleeve, Nie Chong instantly spurted blood from his mouth and flew backwards out of the hall.
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After staying at Nangong's house for a few days, Zhou Yuan took Nangong He back to Seven Star Academy again.
As for what happened to Nie Chong in Xingyue Tower, Zhou Yuan did not know, nor did he know that Dong Xinghai had already issued an order to kill him.
However, the journey back to Seven Star Academy was uneventful.
"Where is Zhou Yuan? Come out quickly."
"Zhou Yuan is not here."
Snapped!
As soon as he returned to Leiyuan Peak, Zhou Yuan saw a scene that seemed familiar to him.
He saw a woman in red shouting his name, but she raised her hand and fanned Su Ruobing away.
There were blood marks on Su Ruobing's cheek, but she still got up and came to the woman in red. She said firmly: "I told you that Zhou Yuan is not here. If you want to fight, just fight with me."