Chapter 103 You Have a Backer in Zhongzhou
She touched the bamboo leaves and put them in her pocket.
There was no movement outside. Ruan Xing bowed to the old man and said, "Then I will not disturb you, Elder."
Elder Wen did not leave her. He waved his hand casually, and Ruan Xing left the yard on her own.
She had just explored three suspected places. She had destroyed the protective formation in one of them and went in to take a look. One of them had been confirmed to be Elder Wen's residence, so the last one must be Elder Xu's room.
Ruan Xing repeated her old trick, destroying the protective formation and then quickly searching. Before being caught, she silently told herself to end the simulation.
Recalling the memories of the search just now, Ruan Xing couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. She didn't find any place that could be used as a secret room or a place to hide items.
Or perhaps it was because her cultivation was not yet high enough and she could not see through the method used by Jindan Zhenren to hide the secret room.
Since she had no chance of getting the treasure, even though she was unwilling, she had no choice but to give up. Ruan Xing shook her head and sighed, then turned and went to the Sect Master's Hall.
The last time she met the sect leader, she felt for some reason that he was kind to her from the bottom of her heart. This time she understood why.
This sect leader seemed to have no airs at all. Every time Elder Xu appeared somewhere, she always held her head high and was followed by two disciples to serve her. However, not only did the sect leader walk and chat with her outside the hall, there was not even a single disciple serving her in the hall.
She stood outside the hall and sent a message to the sect master. After waiting for a while, the sect master let her in.
"You're back? Have you finished your business?" The clan leader looked at her kindly and smiled, "If there are no problems, take the voucher this afternoon and I'll take you to the teleportation array."
Ruan Xing nodded, "It's up to the Sect Master to arrange."
After a pause, she continued, "Master, there is one more thing I am not sure whether I should ask... Do you think Elder Xu may have absconded with the money?"
Ruan Xing pretended to be ignorant and worried and tested the sect leader.
After all, they were two Jindan-stage cultivators... They should be relatively important strategic resources for the sect. Is it really okay for them to just die like that?
"It's just tens of thousands of low-grade spirit stones. He doesn't need that." The sect leader laughed. "Maybe you think it's a lot now, but when you reach the Golden Core stage, there will be many ways to earn spirit stones. Besides, he is different from you. Elder Xu has his family to support him. If he said he was afraid of being held accountable by Xu Congshen and fled, I think it's more believable."
"Oh, by the way, Xu Congshen is Elder Xu's cousin, and he is an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall in Zhongzhou. Xu Sixi is his only son who was born with spiritual bones, and he values him very much. However, he is narrow-minded. His son died in Nanzhou. I am afraid that anyone who has anything to do with Nanzhou is a thorn in his eyes. You have to be careful and keep a low profile, so that he won't find a reason to arrest you and take you to the Law Enforcement Hall."
The sect leader gave Ruan Xing some instructions, and Ruan Xing nodded repeatedly.
It can be said that both Elder Xu and Xu Sixi died because of her. She must pay more attention to this Xu Congshen and make a note of it in her little notebook.
Since they have already formed an enmity, in order to avoid any further complications, she'd better kill him before the other party finds out.
I just don’t know what level of cultivation this person has. To be able to become an elder of the Law Enforcement Hall in Zhongzhou, his level must be quite high.
Ruan Xing did not dare to ask more questions, but showed a worried look, "If Elder Xu ran away, then wouldn't all the blame fall on you, Sect Master? It was obviously Elder Xu's failure to supervise properly that caused the chaos in the Jintai Secret Realm..."
"He won't run away. He can't bear to leave Xuanbing Sect and the Xu family." The Sect Master shook his head and said leisurely, "At most, he just wanted to do something that was inconvenient for me to know, so he left temporarily. If he is still alive, he will come back sooner or later. If he doesn't come back, he must be dead."
Ruan Xing lowered his head thoughtfully. It seemed that the sect leader was already prepared for Elder Xu's death.
"Let me take you to see someone. When you first entered the inner sect, I recommended you to him. Unfortunately, you didn't catch his eye." The sect leader suddenly said with a teasing tone. Meet someone? Ruan Xing's heart skipped a beat.
This is different from the simulation... In the simulation, the sect leader said a few polite words to her and then sent her to the teleportation array.
Was it because she asked a few more questions about Elder Xu?
I don't know whether this change is a good thing or a bad thing, but it should be safe at the moment. Ruan Xing calmed down and asked, "Master, who do we want to see?"
"In fact, you should have seen him. He is the other Elder Wen who is in charge of the Golden Platform Discussion." The sect leader said, pulling Ruan Xing's arm with one hand and waving his right sleeve. Ruan Xing only felt that the scene in front of her was like a rapidly moving track, and the wind brought about a mess of her hair.
In just a moment, the two of them appeared in front of Elder Wen's courtyard gate.
Ruan Xing couldn't help but exclaim, "What kind of magic is this? So cool!"
The clan leader smiled and said, "This is not a spell, but a magic array. It is called the Instant Teleportation Array. It doesn't have much effect. It can only quickly travel back and forth between two places with magic arrays set up at a close distance."
It turns out it's not a magic, what a pity, she still wants to spend points to learn it.
This speed is faster than Jian Lai's ghost escape technique, but unfortunately it requires setting up a magic array in advance, and there are many restrictions, which makes it not suitable for practical use.
The sect leader set up such a magic circle in his own hall, probably because he often visits Elder Wen, and they probably have a good relationship.
In the courtyard, Elder Wen was lying on a recliner fishing. His fishing rod was swung over a large vat, and the splashing water droplets rolled down the center of the water lily leaves.
The clan leader strode over and said with a smile, "Are you so leisurely and elegant today? Have you caught any fish?"
Elder Wen stroked his beard and said lazily, "Hasn't this already been baited?"
The clan leader was stunned for a moment before realizing that he was the one being talked about. He smiled unhappily and said, "You!"
Elder Wen scratched his head silently, turned his wrist, and a green bamboo leaf appeared in his palm, "Take it and play with it."
Is this the bamboo leaf in the simulation?
Didn't he say it was ordinary and useless? Why did the leader bring her here to get this piece of bamboo leaf?
Ruan Xing suppressed the surprise in his heart, reached out to catch the flying bamboo leaf, put it away carefully, and cast a puzzled look at the sect leader.
The old man continued to concentrate on fishing, while the sect leader explained to her in a low voice: "I thought it would take a few more words to explain, but I didn't expect Junior Brother Wen to be so straightforward."
"This is Junior Brother Wen's magic weapon. It's made from the leaves of Qingling Bamboo. There's nothing special about it compared to ordinary bamboo leaves. At most, it can make tea with a stronger aroma. But I asked him to give it to you, not for making tea."
The clan leader paused, put his hands behind his back and looked up at the sky, "When you get to Zhongzhou, the people who know this bamboo leaf will take care of you."
So, even though Elder Wen refused to accept her as his disciple, he still helped her find a backer in Zhongzhou?
This old man is pretty cool.
She folded her hands solemnly and bowed to the old man, "Disciple Ruan Xing, thank you Elder Wen."
I'm stuck.
(End of this chapter)
