Li Yan came here with Shangguan Tianque on an important matter. He had to finish the things at hand and wait until he had time to go there after returning to the sect.
After hearing this, Dong Lin Tingyue was very anxious, but she thought of what Liu Huaigu had said to Shangguan Tianque before, and she had some related guesses in her mind.
No matter how she talks now, Li Yan will not immediately follow her back to the family, so she is tactful enough not to dwell on the matter anymore.
Fortunately, the "Pojun Sect" and the "Donglin Family" belong to the same force, and the distance between the two families is much closer than to the market town.
The two families were only tens of thousands of miles apart, which did not take too much time for them as Nascent Soul cultivators. Moreover, if Dong Lin Tingyue went back, he would be traveling most of the way with Li Yan and the others.
After returning to the inn, just as the three of them were walking towards their respective rooms, Dong Lin Tingyue's voice rang in Shangguan Tianque's mind.
"If you, Daoist Shangguan, have finished your work and still believe in my words, I am willing to go back with you!"
Shangguan Tianque paused slightly. He was also a very smart man, and he understood the meaning of Dong Lin Tingyue's words in an instant.
The other party should have seen through my plan, and will leave here at any time, and this departure will definitely be quiet and silent, and I don't want others to know.
I have rented this place for half a month, but even after asking others for information, I still cannot be sure of the time I will leave the market.
There was another meaning in Dong Lin Tingyue's words. If he agreed to leave with her, and if something happened on the way, she might help him.
The key here is whether you believe in the other party. Shangguan Tianque pondered for a moment and immediately sent a message to the other party.
"Just be ready, fellow Daoist!"
Then, Shangguan Tianque walked towards his room.
At this moment, he already had some guesses about whether Dong Lin Tingyue had completed the deal with Li Yan. Dong Lin Tingyue was not in a hurry to return to the family.
One is that the two of them were unable to complete the transaction immediately, but it should not be a failed transaction. This can be seen from Dong Lin Tingyue's attitude.
A big reason may be Li Yan, and if Dong Lin Tingyue fails to complete the transaction immediately, he may want to look for other opportunities in the market.
The second was that after Dong Lin Tingyue got the detoxification pill, he had the same concerns as himself, fearing that he would be alone and helpless and something might happen to him on the way back.
After considering the relationship between the two families, the other party chose to believe me and planned to return with me so that we could take care of each other on the way.
It has to be said that when they reach this level, even the holes for their eyelashes are empty. They can often guess a lot of things from the other party's casual words, and they are extremely close to the facts.
Four days later, in the morning, Shangguan Tianque took Li Yan to the auction house. This time he did not call Dong Lin Tingyue. If the other party was willing to go, he probably wanted to go alone.
Everyone has their own privacy, so it is better to keep a certain distance. After everyone enters the auction hall, the auction hall will give everyone a black robe from head to toe.
After putting on this robe, and with the suppression of the auction house's formation, it is said that cultivators below the fusion stage will not be able to know who is under the black robe.
Their voices would be changed into various tones that did not suit their own styles, and after putting on the black robes, everyone's height, weight, and appearance would be exactly the same.
You also cannot judge whether the other person is a man or a woman, old or young, or whether he or she is someone you suspect based on his or her body shape.
This is a kind of protection that the auction house provides to all guests. When leaving, guests will also be separated one by one through different passages. This is the important reason that makes everyone feel at ease about the auction house.
Only people like Shangguan Tianque and Li Yan who entered together knew who each other was.
Therefore, Shangguan Tianque didn’t want to know whether Donglin Tingyue would enter the auction house, nor did he want others to know when he entered. After the two of them left the inn, they found a place to change their appearance...
Time flies, and half a day passed quickly. When Li Yan and Shangguan Tianque returned to the inn in batches, no one knew where they had gone.
Of course you can suspect that they went to the auction house, but at least you have no idea whether they participated in the bidding after entering, whether they won the bid, etc.
Or maybe the other party just took a stroll around the market.
After Li Yan returned to the room, he began to sit cross-legged in meditation. Previously at the auction, Shangguan Tianque finally spared no effort to bid for the "Kongyin Grass".
Li Yan estimated that Shangguan Tianque had almost used up all the spirit stones on him, but fortunately, at this auction, there appeared a lot of medicinal herbs that could help Nascent Soul cultivators break through.
There are fewer people competing for it. Even if there are people like Liu Huaigu, they cannot be sure what Shangguan Tianque is ultimately interested in and what kind of raw materials he needs.
It's impossible for him to think that Shangguan Tianque is bidding on every item he suspects, and he would participate in bidding. If he made a mistake, he would have to buy it.
If a person who is just a Nascent Soul cultivator dares to disrupt the reputation of a merchant by bidding a random price and does not have enough spirit stones, he may not be able to walk out of this market alive.
After seeing the appearance of "Kongyin Grass", Li Yan could still hear the depression in Shangguan Tianque's voice, even though his voice became very low after he put on the black robe.
That was after he raised the price again and again, trying hard to suppress his anger towards those who raised the price, and he was also deeply worried.
As soon as he returned to the inn, Li Yan immediately began to meditate and regulate his breathing. He intended to keep his condition at its peak.
After winning the bid for the "Kongyin Grass", Shangguan Tianque immediately sent him a message that they would leave the market at night three days later.
Shangguan Tianque did not choose to leave immediately after the auction, and of course avoided the attention and speculation of some people at the moment.
Three days later, late at night, when Li Yan left the inn alone, he began to explore everywhere with his spiritual sense. After confirming that no one noticed him, he flashed into a long alley...
When he came out again, he had turned into a bald old man in a gray shirt. He staggered and soon blended into the night market in front of him. Many places in the market were open day and night.
Often, the night markets in some places have even more people than the daytime markets, with people coming and going and bustling about.
After entering several shops, Li Yan wandered around the free market for more than half an hour before walking slowly along the street towards the southwest.
There is an exit of the market town there, and there are many cultivators leaving the market town at this time. Many of them are reluctant to stay here for a night and save a lot of spirit stones.
So, once they have bought what they want, they will leave immediately. But most of them go in groups of three or two, or even four or five people...
Three hundred miles southwest of the city, it is out of the jurisdiction of the city. In the dark night, the mountains are like crawling monsters, whether far or near, giving people a feeling of coldness.
It was as if they would pounce at any time and devour anyone they chose! In the dense jungles or bushes, all kinds of strange noises could be heard from time to time, like the laughter of a night owl or the roar of a ferocious beast in the dark night.
In the sky, a figure landed silently in a mountain stream in a valley. The stream here was gurgling, making a clear sound, which could be heard from far away in the night.
The black and white light reflected by the stars in the sky makes the scene here look extremely dark.
When the figure fell, the man immediately looked around. As he scanned the surroundings, a ghostly shadow suddenly appeared from the shadow of a huge rock in front of the mountain stream.
The man appeared silently, so the moment his figure appeared, the person who fell into the mountain stream was startled.
Then, he saw a bald old man in gray standing there on a moonlit night. The bald old man in gray made a strange gesture to the visitor, and the visitor immediately felt relieved.
The person who came also chuckled and immediately made a strange gesture with his hand.
"Elder Li, you are very clever. I didn't even realize you were hiding here. I thought I had arrived earlier."
In the light of the night, you can see that the person coming is a fat monk. He is patting his glowing head and laughing.
The chuckle that came out was somewhat inconsistent with his fat body and seemed very gentle.
"I just arrived too. Now that you are here, we should hurry on and get back as soon as possible!"
The bald old man in gray shirt was Li Yan. Looking at the fat monk in front of him with a bloated body, he did not expect that Shangguan Tianque would actually transform into such an appearance. It was extremely difficult to associate him with the real him.
Both of them had changed their appearances, and in order to avoid misunderstandings, they had already agreed on a confirmation gesture when they met.
Moreover, at this time, both of them spoke in their own voices and quickly confirmed each other's identity.
"Let's wait a moment, Fairy Tingyue hasn't come yet!"
Shangguan Tianque now used sound transmission, and quickly chose a shaded place and blended in in an instant.
"Oh? She's going back with us?"
“She had made this request, but we only set the return time at the end of the auction, so we were not in a hurry to inform her.
I just sent her a message this evening, so I'm not sure if she'll be willing to leave with me today? We'll wait here for another half an hour before setting off!"
Shangguan Tianque spoke in a voice transmission, his voice revealing calmness, and he did not give any further explanation for hiding the truth from Li Yan.
After hearing this, Li Yan's heart moved.
"Shangguan Tianque is so careful that he only told me about this matter now, and also informed Donglin Tingyue at the last minute..."
Regarding Dong Lin Tingyue's request to leave together, Li Yan guessed that it must be related to him. The other party might be afraid that something would happen to him, so he wanted to go with him to ensure his safety.
As for what happened to Shangguan Tianque, although Li Yan was unhappy in his heart, he thought that he was not too familiar with the other party, so it was normal for him to be on guard.
Moreover, he had also concealed a lot of things, and the other party should have been able to guess some of them. Therefore, the two sides could not talk about heart-to-heart communication, but could only say that from the perspective of the sect, they still trusted each other.
However, as long as the other party has no intention of plotting against him, Li Yan just needs to do his job well and he won't care too much.
The other party has made a name for themselves with the name "Pojunmen" and has been around till now. This is also inseparable from the other party's caution, otherwise they would have been eaten by others without leaving any bones.
Li Yan could understand this, as he was also borrowing the other party's land to stay temporarily.
Once I have prepared my schedule to go to the Cang Xuan Realm, I will no longer have any contact with them in the years to come.
Afterwards, the two of them hid in another place and quietly communicated with each other. About half a cup of tea later, another figure quietly landed in the mountain stream...
In the darkness of night, on a flying magic weapon called "White Jade Boat", three people stood on the boat. The transformed appearance of Li Yan and Shangguan Tianque did not recover, but remained in their previous appearance.
At the bow of the boat, Shangguan Tianque and Dong Lin Tingyue were communicating with each other, while Li Yan stood at the back with his hands behind his back. He released his spiritual sense and scanned the surroundings. In the night, there were rays of light crossing the sky, near or far.
There were more than three of them traveling in the night, but after sensing each other, they chose to avoid each other's route at a distance, obviously not wanting to get into trouble.
This "White Jade Boat" was also a magical flying weapon that Shangguan Tianque took out. Qingyunque did not use it when he came here, in order to avoid being discovered by familiar people about their origins. He was really cautious in everything.
Li Yan looked at the young man standing next to the fat monk in front of him and couldn't help but say in his heart.
"If you really care so much about your appearance that you have to be extremely handsome even when you transform into a man, won't it still attract attention? The effect will be greatly reduced!"
At this moment, Dong Lin Tingyue has turned into a young man, but he looks like a handsome and elegant gentleman.
Although Li Yan didn't know what the other person's face looked like under the silver mask, he still felt that the other person's appearance was somewhat eye-catching. For Li Yan, he would never do that.
Under the starry sky, various flying magic weapons turned into meteors of different colors, flashing like arrows, making the night sky look gorgeous and dreamy...
But under this dreamy starry sky, many murders and treasure robberies were constantly happening. The three of them took advantage of the night and flew towards the southwest!
Five days later, only Li Yan was left in front of the "White Jade Boat", and the other two were meditating with their eyes closed in the back.
After the three of them chatted about some things in the early stages, there wasn't much else to talk about.
Especially after Dong Lin Tingyue indirectly inquired about Li Yan's background several times, he saw that the other party was very cautious about it and didn't want to talk more, so he gave up the idea of probing for information.
Afterwards, the three of them divided the work slightly. Each of them took turns to operate the "White Jade Boat", always paying attention to the movements around them, while the other two meditated and rested.
So, the three of them traveled along this way, and the journey was relatively smooth.
After all, the three of them exude the aura of the Nascent Soul Realm, so they are considered a strong team here. Unless there are cultivators above the Spirit Transformation Realm who bully the weak, otherwise, there will be a few other cultivators who are so short-sighted as to come and find them.