"Rong Qing? Rong Qing?"
"Ah?" Rong Qing suddenly raised his head, and Helian Hongzhan beside him was frowning at him, "What's wrong, Master?"
Helian Hongzhan frowned even deeper, "You still asked me what's wrong, I was the one asking you, but you didn't seem to hear what I was talking to you, and you kept looking so ugly, what were you thinking?"
"Ah...it's nothing." Rong Qing lowered his head, he didn't want Helian Hongzhan to see the hatred and...fear in his eyes.
Helian Hongzhan looked at Rong Qing's appearance, was silent for a while, and finally did not ask any more questions, but the corner of his eyes never left Rong Qing's eyes. When he left Xuande Hall, Helian Hongzhan summoned a flying sword and was about to call Rong Qing up , but a person chased out from behind, and flew in the air.
Rong Qing also felt that someone was coming in his direction, turned his head and looked over, Ouyang Jing had already arrived in front of him.
"What's the matter, brother Ouyang?"
"It's nothing." Ouyang Jing looked at Rong Qing firmly, "You...you have to be careful."
Depend on! His master is still here! When he is dead
Helian Hongzhan dragged Rong Qing to stand on the flying sword, tilted his head slightly, and looked at Ouyang Jing coldly with squinted eyes, "Rong Qing is under my protection, don't worry about Senior Brother Ouyang^" Rong Qing was captured by He Lian Hongzhan held back, but still smiled politely at Ouyang Jing, "Thank you, Senior Brother Ouyang, for your concern, but I'm just a small foundation-building disciple, and I believe that the person who killed Senior Brother Zhu might not like me. And... and Master really protects me, I have nothing to be afraid of when Master is around."
Helian Hongzhan didn't speak, but the corners of his mouth curled up in an arc so small that it was hard to detect.
Ouyang Jing nodded, "I also know that Junior Brother Helian is powerful, but the enemy is in the dark and we are in the clear. It is better to be careful before catching the murderer. You have to practice diligently on weekdays. The master is right. Only your own strength will continue to grow. That's the best way to protect yourself."
Rong Qing's gentle expression gradually became sharper with the raised corners of his eyes and brows, "Of course the master is right! How could the master be wrong? So as long as we follow the master's footsteps, we will do what the master says. , then the future is boundless. Even if we are going to do something harmful, but as long as there are enough interests to drive us, the leader will definitely teach us to "start from the overall situation". This small mistake is nothing at all. Senior Brother Ouyang I understand everything, but with Master here, I really don’t need others to worry about my affairs, I just need to trouble Master alone, brother, please stay.”
After speaking, Rong Qing stood directly behind Helian Hongzhan, not even leaving the corner of her eye to Ouyang Jing.
He Lian Hongzhan drove away with the flying sword, but he was not so happy because Rong Qing stunned Ouyang Jing. He looked solemnly at Rong Qing, who had been bowing his head in silence. If Ouyang Jing really meant nothing to Rong Qing, Rong Qing would not be able to control his emotions just because Ouyang Jing said that he wanted to listen to the master. go back.
If it is really an insignificant person, Rong Qing will not have the slightest expression of something wrong even if he is touting the head of the sect. Rong Qing is already very good at hiding his emotions. It is even more unacceptable to obey someone who has a deep hatred with him only if he is someone he approves of.
He Lian Hongzhan still didn't know what kind of grievances and grievances there was between Rong Qing and the head of the sect, and he couldn't figure out how a poor kid from a poor family in a small village who should have never been to Lingyun before this had a relationship with the first disciple of cultivation. The only thing that is certain is that the head of a sect has a grudge, at least for Rong Qing.
But no matter what, Rong Qing's attitude towards Ouyang Jing is indeed different from others.
For the next month or so, Ling Yun was in a tense atmosphere. Although it is not enough for everyone to be in danger, it is not pleasant to doubt the people around you and be doubted by the people around you.
When you run into fellow students on the road, no matter whether they belong to the same peak or not, there is less chatting and playing in the past, and more is to use the corner of your eye to look at and be on guard. Such an atmosphere is really uncomfortable. Even He Tian, who was always active, didn't want to go out, so he took Mu Mu to practice within the range of his cave.
Rong Qing is definitely one of the few who have not been affected by this atmosphere. He is different from those disciples who have not gone out to see much of the market under the protection of the sect. He has experienced too many things in his previous life. What is murder? This is a world where the weak prey on the strong. The seemingly peaceful and comfortable life is just because the strong are delicately checking and balancing each other, or this is just the law they have formulated temporarily. Many people's life and death are between these people's thoughts. .
In order not to be disturbed by the outside world, Rong Qing simply retreated. However, allowing him to retreat for more than a month is rarely for cultivation, but mostly for alchemy. Improving his cultivation through alchemy is the normal state of his current practice. Of course, he has always remembered what Helian Hongzhan said about the auction of the elixir.
In a month's time, Rong Qing refined seven fourth-grade top-grade Qingxin Pills, gave five to Helian Hongzhan, one to Ouyang Jing anonymously, and another one to be auctioned. In addition, there are five bottles of third-grade top-grade Qingxin Pills, each containing ten pills, which is quite a considerable amount. Although he quietly sent the third-level pills he refined to He Tian and Mu Mu at night, they were enough for him to sell for a good price.
Ordinary inner sect disciples of Lingyong Peak would definitely not be able to refine so many pills in three to four months, not to mention that they would not be able to refine the third-level Qingxin Pill at all. The third-level Qingxin Dan is considered a relatively precious elixir in the entire small world, and the fourth-level is even rarer. Once it appears, few monks at the Golden Core stage can resist its temptation.
Daozhou Fucheng is the largest prefectural city closest to Xiaoling Mountain. With Daozhou City as the center, there are twelve towns around it, and each town has a township and village government. The small village Rong Qing used to live in is at the level of the village government. , not as big as the smallest village in Daozhou Prefecture.
The most prosperous place in Fucheng is naturally Daozhou City. Daozhou City was originally a transportation hub, and trade in all directions drove the development of Fucheng. In addition, if visitors from the southeast direction want to go to sea, this is the only way to go. It is also very convenient to resupply or rent a boat here. Naturally, the economy is more developed, and the news from all over the world is also more informed. There are also people who sell news Business.
There are many mortals in the Fucheng, and there is no lack of people who cultivate immortals. Although people who cultivate immortals are highly respected no matter where they go, but also because the people in Daozhou Fucheng really see too many immortal masters, so there are fewer such people. The sense of mystery is more yearning and respect, as well as the opportunity to learn a thing or two from the immortal master.
Because cultivators trade with spirit stones, all stores and inns in Daozhou Fucheng accept real gold and silver, and also accept spars of different grades. There is also a special bank in Daozhou City, which can be used for the exchange between spar and gold and silver. Because the spar is too precious, it is not easy for ordinary people to buy things, so as long as they receive the spar, they will basically go to the bank to exchange it for gold and silver.
This trip was due to personal reasons and had nothing to do with the sect. Both of them changed into normal clothes and put Lingyunmen's clothes into storage bags. As the first sect of cultivating immortals, Lingyun Sect has a high degree of recognition, and sometimes it is not convenient for them to do things.
However, Helian Hongzhan and Rong Qing are also very particular people, and the clothes they buy again are all made of high-quality materials, and the price of a piece is no less than a hundred gold. The folks even gave this material a local name, "" "Rolling oil", which means that even if oil falls on the clothes, it will not get dirty, but will just roll down without leaving any traces.
The only ones in Fucheng who can wear such clothes are immortal masters, and at least the immortal masters in the late stage of foundation establishment, otherwise they really don't have the money. Therefore, in the eyes of ordinary people, clothes made of this material are basically equal to the standard equipment of powerful immortal masters.
Rong Qing still remembered the scene when they went to the tailor shop to pick out clothes. They went down the mountain wearing the ordinary clothes of the outer disciples. When buying the best clothes, the shopkeeper also said that if you don’t have money, don’t look at them, and don’t stain their clothes.
Then Helian Hongzhan raised his hand and "accidentally" split the table made of Yinyaoshi in the shop into two halves. Yinyaoshi is a material that non-Gold Core monks can't touch at all, and the shopkeeper immediately frightened him. With trembling legs and smiling faces, he led them to the back to pick out the best clothes in the store, and refused to ask for money, saying that he would make amends for them.
But are they the kind of people who take advantage of others? Of course not! So Helian Hongzhan gave the shopkeeper... a silver ingot. That's right, it's a silver ingot!
Rong Qing still clearly remembered that the shopkeeper said no need to use it, while greedily stretching out his hands under Helian Hongzhan's raised fist, and when the latter opened his hand and dropped the ingot of silver ingot, Rong Qing was sure of the shopkeeper's His face must have cramped.
In fact, he was even more curious about where He Lianhongzhan got the silver ingot.
The largest auction house in Daozhou Fucheng is Tianhe Auction House. The auction is almost every two months, because the flow of people to and from the capital city of Daozhou is very large every month, and there are always many people offering various auction items. Even once every two months, some people feel that the cycle is too long. long. Moreover, nine out of ten auction items and those participating in the auction are all cultivators.
The latest auction will be held tomorrow, and under normal circumstances, items participating in the auction must be registered ten days before, and new auction items will not be accepted within ten days. However, this kind of rule is only for general auction items. If you can provide hot items, you can make an exception. It mainly depends on what you can provide.
Neither Rong Qing nor Helian Hongzhan had any connections, so they could only go directly to the auction house to inquire. However, they also knew that some auction houses were shady. Although Tianhe Auction House was large in scale, it was necessary to guard against others, so they bought cloaks and masks to hide their identities.
Helian Hongzhan's mask was a black black iron mask with golden veins on it, while Rong Qing's was a silver silk mask with dark silver outlines.
In Rong Qing's opinion, these two masks are quite pretentious, which is the feeling of telling others "although I hide my identity, but my identity or strength is awesome". The black cloak is also wearing a hat, which is full of mystery!
The entrance to the back door of the auction house is on the other side of the street. It is a small alley that is not very conspicuous. It looks no different from the back streets of ordinary alleys. They are all the back doors of those courtyard houses. Rong Qingyuan thought that the people who provided the auction items would be able to deceive people to a certain extent by entering and exiting here, but since even the fried dough sticks on the roadside knew that the back door of the auction house was of no use here - there were two people standing at the door. Tall and burly young man, his cultivation base is in the middle stage of foundation establishment. The monks in the foundation building period are guarding the door. It seems that this auction house is indeed very powerful, and its hand is big enough.
Helian Hongzhan gave each of the two gatekeepers a medium-grade spirit stone, and one of them happily went inside to report. I heard this from the old man who sells deep-fried dough sticks on the side of the road. The little devil is hard to deal with. If there is not enough oil and water, the two gatekeepers will go according to the "regular procedure", so they have to wait outside the door for at least an hour before entering. . Under normal circumstances, the spirit stones given are low-grade spirit stones, and it takes less than half a stick of incense to get in. It is relatively rare for someone as generous as Helian Hongzhan.
Soon, the person who went in to report came out, leading the way and leading the two people in.
There are only a few winding corridors and corridors. Rong Qing's sense of direction is not very good. Now he can't tell the difference between east, west and north. Which intersection is the opposite.
Moreover, the passageway in this corridor is really narrow, if two people walk side by side, there will not be much gap left. If there is a hidden weapon on the wall, it must be easy to get caught.
Most of Helian Hongzhan's body was blocked in front of Rong Qing, such invisible protection was almost subconscious, Rong Qing saw it in his eyes, and his heart was sour and sweet.
A few people walked to a gate carved in mahogany, Rong Qing looked at the two Pixiu on the gate that almost occupied the entire field of vision, hehe! Sure enough, it is a place to ask for money. These two Pixiu are carved so lifelike that they must have been carved by skilled craftsmen who spent a lot of money. Although Pixiu attracts wealth, it is also a fierce beast. Does it mean seeking wealth and wealth in places like auction houses
The person who led the way opened the door, and the two walked in. The room was large, but there were only a pair of tables and chairs and a long couch.