On the ninth day of the eighth lunar month, the day after the seven-day heavy rain stopped, the person sent by Baihu Hall to take over Luo Jing's shift finally arrived.
Luo Jing was lucky and didn't have to wait too long in the mountains.
The successor was a middle-aged man who was in urgent need of spirit stones to exchange for some magical instrument materials. He was dressed in a magic cloud robe and was also an inner sect disciple of Xiaoyue Peak. He was very talkative.
As soon as they met, he started talking to Luo Jing a lot about refining equipment, and seemed like a equipment refining fanatic.
Luo Jing handed over the goods to him according to the rules, then packed up his things, activated the jade talisman, and flew towards Xiaoyue Peak.
This jade talisman took Luo Jing and turned into a ray of light, flying over the mountains.
The flying speed of the Guiding Jade Talisman is fixed and has nothing to do with the level of cultivation.
Therefore, even though Luo Jing's cultivation level was far higher than when he came, it still took him a day to go back.
When he saw Xiaoyue Peak among the mountains, it was already dark.
The market town below Xiaoyue Peak was still brightly lit and bustling.
But Xiaoyue Peak, suspended among the mountains, is somewhat quiet, forming a sharp contrast with the bustle below the mountain.
When Luo Jing landed outside the gate of White Tiger Hall with the magic bag, he was surrounded in an instant.
A total of ten White Tiger Hall disciples wearing Demon Cloud Robes suddenly jumped out from the shadows, surrounded Luo Jing with wary eyes, and demonic aura rose.
"Put your hands up high! Don't move! The use of magical weapons is strictly prohibited!"
The leading White Tiger Hall disciple activated his magic weapon and stood ten feet away from Luo Jing with full alert, saying, "Sect patrol! Junior Brother Luo, please cooperate."
This sudden encirclement left Luo Jing stunned.
How come he was surrounded when he hadn't even summoned his immortal incarnation yet
When catching a thief, don’t we have to catch him dirty
Fortunately, it was just a false alarm. After checking Luo Jing's magic bag and personal belongings, the White Tiger Hall disciples shone a bronze mirror-like magic weapon on Luo Jing for a while and then let him leave.
Obviously, he determined that there was no problem with Luo Jing.
When I walked into the White Tiger Hall, the once bustling and noisy hall was still crowded with people, but there was no noisy discussion.
Everyone stood silently in front of different bamboo boards, silently looking at the words of commission written on the boards, and rarely talked.
When they occasionally spoke in a low voice, their voices were also very low.
The entire White Tiger Hall... or rather, the entire Xiaoyue Peak, was immersed in a certain depressing atmosphere.
This made Luo Jing feel surprised. Why did he feel that the atmosphere in the sect was weird
Another interrogation, and no one said anything...
After handing over the Jade Talisman and the magic treasure bag issued by the White Tiger Hall, Luo Jing quickly received his reward.
One hundred and one spirit stones, the extra one was the reward for Luo Jing staying in the mountains for a few more days.
Everything in the Soul Refining Sect was clearly marked with a price. There were many ways to earn back the spirit stones from the disciples, and they simply didn't bother to cheat people when distributing spirit stones. If you stayed in the mountains for more days, the spirit stones would be distributed according to the schedule.
Afterwards, they gave Luo Jing a monthly salary of nine spirit stones based on his three months' salary, totaling one hundred and ten spirit stones. Luo Jing almost forgot that he could receive three spirit stones from the sect every month.
After receiving the spirit stone, Luo Jing did not stay for long, nor did he ask passers-by casually.
He took the spirit stone and hurried away, then went to find the only person he knew in the mountain besides Luo Yanyin.
Liu Yunshan.
When Luo Jing arrived, the door of Liu Yunshan's wooden house was closed and only a single lamp was on.
Upon hearing that Luo Jing was coming, Liu Yunshan, with a head full of white hair, hurried out to greet him with a smile on his face.
"Junior Brother Luo is back? Congratulations. Now that Junior Brother Luo has saved up enough spirit stones, he can go to the Weapon Refining Hall to buy a suitable magic weapon tomorrow."
Liu Yunshan still had that familiar flattering and mercenary smile on his face.
Luo Jing didn't waste any time and asked straight to the point.
"Senior Brother Liu, did something happen in the mountains? Why does everyone look so gloomy? I was even interrogated when I came back." Luo Jing asked.
The Soul Refining Sect is his current residence, and the environment of the demon sect itself is dangerous enough.
Luo Jing doesn't want to encounter any more danger.
His current cultivation level is too low, and a stable soul refining sect is very important to him.
Liu Yunshan sighed and said, "It actually has little to do with us. It's just that not long ago, the relics of the ancestors enshrined in the Sorrowful Valley were stolen by thieves."
"At that time, the sect sent out all the disciples of the Nine Veins to search in the Manggu Mountains."
"But in the end, the relics were not recovered, only the body of the thief was found."
Liu Yunshan said: "The sect leader ordered accountability, the chief elder of the Sorrowful Valley accepted the crime and was punished, and all the disciples in the valley were punished. At this point, the matter should be considered over."
"After all, the real thief has obviously escaped. We can only slowly track down the whereabouts of the Frost Evil Jade Pendant later."
"But a few days ago, the ruler of the Great Western Kingdom outside the mountain caught a rapist who stayed overnight in the harem. The rapist was from the Central Plains, his name was Ximen Luan, and he was the Peach Blossom Evil that had been wreaking havoc in the Central Plains in recent years."
"After the Great Western King captured this thief, he followed the rules of our demonic sect and skinned him, stripped his bones, extracted his soul and locked his spirit. He also cut up Ximen Luan's flesh and blood, as well as his spirit, and used them as materials for practicing ritual instruments and refining medicine."
"But when he used the soul-searching technique on Ximen Luan's soul, he discovered the reason why this thief came to wreak havoc in the Great Western Kingdom."
Liu Yunshan said: "It turns out that Ximen Luan came to the Great Western Kingdom on purpose."
"He made an appointment with Ji Canghu, a famous thief in the Central Plains Demonic Path, to come to the border area to seek great wealth in the Soul Refining Sect."
"Ximen Luan lurks in the Great Western Kingdom to pick up Ji Canghu. Ji Canghu uses his unique secret technique to sneak into the Manggu Mountains to steal treasures."
"The two of them had already arrived in the Western Regions three years ago. Ximen Luan waited for three years, but Ji Canghu did not come out. He was really bored of waiting, so he went back to his old ways and looked for some beautiful women in the Great Western Regions to spend the night with."
"Later, Ximen Luan was attracted by the beauty of the favorite concubine of the Great Western King. He slept in the harem for half a year before he was caught by the Great Western King who noticed something was wrong."
Liu Yunshan said: "Since Ximen Luan is still in the Great Western Country, he has not waited for Ji Canghu to pick him up. In other words, Ji Canghu is very likely still in the Soul Refining Sect."
"The elders of the sect all suspect that the person who stole the Hansha Jade Pendant was Ji Canghu."
"Peach Blossom Evil Ximen Luan has been waiting outside for three years to pick up Ji Canghu. It is obvious that Ji Canghu does not have the ability to leave the Manggu Mountains alone."
"That Ji Canghu, known as the Faceless Demon, is said to be able to transform into thousands of forms. No one knows what he looks like now or where he is hiding."
"These days, the sect has checked all the inner disciples, and all the nine sects are checking themselves."
"Once we have checked the inner gate, we will check the outer gate."
Liu Yunshan said: "Brother, don't run around these days. Be careful not to get into trouble."
Liu Yunshan's story made Luo Jing suddenly realize.
"So that's how it is? But why would they seek enormous wealth and steal the Hansha Jade Pendant? The jade pendant is just a relic of the founder of the Demon Refining Sect. It's nothing special, right?" Luo Jing expressed his curiosity.
Liu Yunshan shook his head and said, "I don't know about that. After all, we, the inner sect fry, can only know some scraps of information."
"The real inside details are not something people like us should ask about."
"Brother Luo, you'd better not ask too many questions. Stay in the house and don't run around these days."
"There is a lot of panic in the sect right now, be careful not to run into unexpected disasters."