Longevity begins with loose cultivation

Chapter 174 Confrontation
Take a seat and serve tea.

After a few words, Zhang Miao got to the point, with a serious look on his face, he said: "I heard that Lin Tao Pavilion was threatened by the chief steward, Lin Fangyun. I wonder if there is such a thing?"

"I did receive a note the day before yesterday." Lu Zhong told the truth, with a clear understanding in his heart, he guessed the other party's intention.

I'm afraid it's just to grab the opponent's handle.

Sure enough, Zhang Miao immediately slapped the table and said angrily, "It's unreasonable! I never imagined that such a black sheep would appear in the chamber of commerce without my father!"

Immediately afterwards, he looked at Lu Zhong again, and said apologetically, "Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Lu, I promise to give you justice in this matter."

"That's it, thank you very much!" Lu Zhong followed suit.

After sending Zhang Miao away.

Lu Zhong went to the backyard to carry a bag, ready to go out.

Regarding the matter of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, he already had the firm idea of ​​changing suppliers in his heart, so he was going to deal with some of the spirits he had accumulated before.

Get on a beast cart, and soon come to the southern area of ​​the port city.

The Southern District is similar to the Central District, with the same strong commercial atmosphere, but the businesses here are not open-faced businesses, they are all gray and shady, so they are dubbed the "black market".

Of course, it is called "South City" on the surface.

Or set up a stall, or open a shop.

There are a lot of people in Nanshi, but they basically cover their faces to prevent people from seeing their identities. The distance between them is a little far, and everyone is extremely vigilant.

At this time, Lu Zhong also changed into a black robe, and added a bamboo hat on his head.

The bamboo hat is covered with a layer of black gauze, which is woven from "spirit-blocking silk". It is the cheapest fabric to block spiritual consciousness. It can effectively prevent various spiritual-eye techniques, and it also has a certain hindering effect on the exploration of spiritual consciousness.

Such a bamboo hat, paired with a profound breathing restraint technique, meant that it was not something to be trifled with.

So wherever he goes, everyone avoids it.

Lu Zhong watched as he walked, this was his first time in Nanshi.

There are a lot of things in Nanshi, but the quality of the things is uneven, and most of them are from abnormal sources. Although there are occasional rumors about picking up big leaks, it is more likely to be deceived by people who have been deceived. After the accident, there is often no one to claim compensation for. Therefore, buying things here is a test of eyesight, otherwise you will have to swallow it if you suffer a loss.

Passing by a shop, it is full of cages of various sizes, exquisite workmanship.

Looking into the cage, there are all bodies half-covered by light veils, with different ages and postures, including old and young, wives and daughters, who can meet the different needs of customers, and many of them have cultivation bases, but without exception They wear special collars around their necks, representing their status as prisoners.

It seems that this kind of slave is not captured casually.

Basically, the monks or their family members who were sold by Changchun Valley after committing crimes by themselves or their relatives, each has a clear identity, and all the hands and tails have been cleaned up by Changchun Valley. You can buy them as concubines at will Picking up supplements, and even using it as a stove, there is no need to worry about causing trouble.

Lu Zhong only glanced twice, then looked away.

He is not a pervert who abuses the weak, and he still has the basic bottom line of being a human being. It is impossible to use people as furnaces, no matter what.

Moving on, there is a small "stall area".

With a look of nostalgia in his eyes, Lu Zhong walked over.

It's no surprise that most of the things sold here are fakes, and there are many fake ones among the real ones, but it's not that there are no honest people. The prices they give are relatively fair, but they all have a vicious look. Appearance, looks very difficult to mess with.

Lu Zhong couldn't help laughing when his eyes fell on a "Millennium Huang Jing".

This thousand-year-old sealwort is neither sealwort nor a thousand-year-old elixir. It is purely a model carved out of roots, and then soaked in spiritual liquid for a period of time to create a rich texture of spiritual energy.

False.

The stall owner's thoughts don't stop there.

If you look carefully, you can find that "Millennium Polygonatum" seems to be another kind of elixir. Its name is "Huang Guijie", which is the origin of the root. The purpose of the stall owner is probably to sell this piece of inferior yellow.

Sure enough, he was playing tricks again.

Lu Zhong looked at it for a while, and just happened to see a Xiaobai, so he "picked up the leak" and bought it.

"The market price of this piece of Huang Guijie is only about ten spirit stones, but this person has spent a total of eighty-seven spirit stones. It is really a blood loss!"

After witnessing a good show, he continued to walk towards his destination.

On the way, a small thief who dared to reach out was abolished.

Soon after arriving in the depths of Nanshi City, the number of cultivators on the road gradually decreased. People often peeped at Lu Zhong in the streets and alleys, lingering on the bulging bag in his hand. They all moved away quickly as soon as their faces changed.

Stopping in front of a shop, this is a buying house.

There are not many purchasing firms in Nanshi, and all of them are concentrated in the depths. This is why Lu Zhong traveled so far.

After looking at the hanging "Blood Cup Buying Firm" plaque, Lu Zhong stepped in.

The layout of the shopping mall is antique, and there is a smell of incense in the air, which smells rich and greasy. After a few more breaths, it feels very fragrant, obviously it is not an ordinary spice.

Facing it was a large counter with many tools on it, such as small hammers and scales.

On the left of the counter is the coffee shop, and on the right is the escalator leading to the second floor.

At this moment, someone came down from upstairs. The leader was an old man who looked like a manager. Next to him was a female nun wearing a light gauze veil. She was wearing a loose cassock so her figure could not be seen clearly. Behind her was a man and a woman. The monks are all in the early stage of foundation establishment.

Being able to hire foundation-building thugs, this female cultivator obviously has a lot of background.

His gaze passed by, Lu Zhong didn't continue to look over there, a maid came to greet him, so he followed her to the teahouse, sipped tea and waited for the manager of the purchasing office to come over.

During the process, he glanced at the door again. The female cultivator hadn't left yet, as if she was waiting for something.

"Wang Pingshi, the manager of the old blood cup purchase department, welcome fellow daoists to come, I wonder if there is anything I can do to help you?" The manager of the purchase department came over, stared at the bag in Lu Zhong's hand for a while, then folded his hands and said with a smile.

"Dispose of these storage bags and the contents inside." Lu Zhong said, throwing the bag in his hand on the table.

When he was in Lingyueyu before, he accumulated a lot of storage bags, and some spiritual objects with imprints or obvious characteristics that are very inconvenient to sell have been kept to this day.

Now that I have come to the Changchun domain, it is time to deal with the exchange of spirit stones.

"Okay, okay..." The steward Wang Pingshi looked at the bag of storage bags. Even though he had seen many rare treasures, he was a desperado who wandered in the East China Sea before. Now he saw dozens of storage bags from different origins. bag, still unavoidably stunned for a moment.

After reading the contents of the storage bag, I couldn't help but take another look at Lu Zhong.

Xin Dao didn't look like a man of mountains and rivers, but he was probably a black-hearted evil cultivator, otherwise he wouldn't have gotten so many storage bags.

At the door, noticing the expression of the steward Wang Pingshi, the masked female cultivator cast her gaze.

Lu Zhong noticed something, so he exchanged a glance with her, but saw that the other party bowed his body and saluted, and then walked directly towards this side, and an inexplicable chill approached him.

"I live in Feng'er, and I have met fellow Taoists."

When Lu Zhong heard the name, he thought it was a coincidence that he would meet this woman.

As far as he knows, Yu Feng'er is the current head of the Yu family in the city, the nominal vice president of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce, and a Taoist relationship with the missing Zhang Hai, but she and Zhang Miao are not biological mother and child. Born to Zhang Hai's concubine, the relationship was estranged and there was a power struggle.

After thinking about it, Lu Zhong decided not to reveal his identity.

So he said indifferently: "Stop talking nonsense, what's the matter?"

When Yu Feng'er heard this, she couldn't see the change of expression under the veil, but she raised her voice, "I want to hire a fellow daoist to help me eradicate the enemy! Fellow daoist has a high level of cultivation and wants to deal with an early foundation-building cultivator. It should be easy to grab, I don't know how to deal with friendship?"

It turned out to be a murderer.

Lu Zhong had seen this a lot, but it was the first time he did it.

Inevitably became interested.

"What price?"

Yu Feng'er gritted her teeth, and in front of the manager of the purchasing department next to her, she directly offered the price: "[-] spirit stones! I can give half of the spirit stones in advance to show my sincerity, and the remaining half of the spirit stones will be handed over by fellow daoists." Come change."

"The price is not low, is it? Then why don't you find assassins in the city, they specialize in this field, and it's perfect to buy murderers to kill people."

"It's not that no one is willing to take it. My opponent has already obtained the support from there, but those who support my side don't have a helper like your Excellency who is good at hiding and hiding, and has a strong fighting skill. This deal!" Yu Feng'er said with a bit of anger in her tone, gritting her teeth.

Lu Zhong could tell that she really wanted Zhang Miao to die.

The reason why it was Zhang Miao was because Lin Fangyun was already in the mid-stage of foundation establishment, which did not match the target information disclosed by Yu Fenger.

Glancing left and right, Lu Zhong didn't give a reply immediately, but was silent for a while, and then he seemed to be sure of something, then got up and said: "This is not a place to talk, is there a convenient place to talk about things?"

"Uncle Wang, I will lend you the second floor." Yu Feng'er spoke respectfully to Wang Ping Shidao.

"Well, let's go, don't be too hasty, if this matter fails, there will still be opportunities in the future." Wang Shiping said in an elder tone, his relationship with Yu Feng'er is obviously not shallow.

The quiet room on the second floor, to be precise, should be a secret room.

One look at this kind of place, and you can tell that it has excellent secrecy, and there is no fear that the walls have ears.

Looking at Yu Feng'er carefully, Lu Zhong was sure again, and then said calmly: "Let's just say it bluntly, I can take over the job, but the reward has to be changed."

"What reward do you want?" Yu Feng'er took off the veil at this time, revealing a beautiful face. The cassock that originally covered her body was also untied and hung aside. That delicate and charming body was in front of Lu Zhong at this moment. revealed.

Sensing Lu Zhong's gaze on her body, she lightly tapped her red lips with her fingers, and then slid down on her white and tender skin, trembling, she chuckled lightly:

"Could it be that you want a concubine to sleep in bed?"

As soon as this remark came out, Lu Zhong was expressionless, but the male cultivator who was following Yu Feng'er heard the change in expression behind him, and couldn't help taking a step forward, but was stopped in time by the female cultivator next to him.

"If fellow Taoist wants to use it as an addition, I will not refuse it, but what I want is three drops of ice soul essence blood!" Lu Zhong said his condition, and at this time he used the gray mist space , confirming that the woman in front of me has a special physique, a very rare ice soul spirit body, and it is the old party that feels the inexplicable chill.

The chill doesn't affect the body, but the soul of the monk.

Taking Bingpo essence and blood will have the effect of slightly freezing the consciousness.

Lu Zhong proposed to ask for Bingpo Essence Blood in order to practice the secret technique of shocking the mind. Since the raw materials for the nourishing liquid will not be available for a while, according to his current understanding of alchemy, it is also possible to use Bingpo Essence Blood instead. It also has the effect of reducing pain.

If you can use this to become a shocking thorn, it is worth causing some trouble.

His spiritual consciousness is far superior to that of his peers, and the shocking and stabbing secret technique he has practiced will surely be used as a trump card and the key to fighting in the future.

Hearing this, Yu Feng'er's complexion changed, but she recovered instantly, and said with a sweet smile:
"Fellow Daoist, you are joking. This Ice Soul Essence Blood is the person who has the Ice Soul Spiritual Body. It took a huge price to condense it. My body is just an ordinary physique. How can I condense this kind of spirit?"

As he spoke, he let out his breath deliberately.

Lu Zhong sensed that there was indeed no such chill as before.

Apparently, Yu Feng'er had something to conceal the aura of the spirit body.

But this trick can fool other people, but it can't fool him who has the gray fog space.

Lu Zhong sneered, and said to himself: "If I guess correctly, the Chengde Chamber of Commerce's struggle for power must have reached a critical juncture. It stands to reason that shopping malls should use shopping malls to solve it. Fellow Daoists are now doing this kind of murder. I'm afraid I was forced to a desperate situation, but what I said was wrong?"

What he said was not baseless.

First, Lin Fangyun, the head of the Chamber of Commerce, used all means to gather strength, and then Zhang Miao came to visit and personally collected evidence of the opponent's mistakes. It is very clear where the situation is going.

Judging from the current situation, Zhang Miao has the upper hand in the fight for power in the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.

The chief executive, Lin Fangyun, was at a disadvantage, while the power of the former president of the chamber of commerce represented by Yu Fenger was at an absolute disadvantage, so he put all his eggs in one basket, hoping to turn things around by buying a murderer.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhong looked at Yu Feng'er whose expression was changing, and said with a smile: "Friend Yu, you don't want the Chengde Chamber of Commerce to fall into the hands of others again, do you? So..."

As soon as these words came out, it seemed to hit Yu Feng'er's weakness in her heart, making her lose all strength.

"So have you made up your mind? I have the strength to defeat Huayi Qizi. As long as the target has no golden core to protect him, I want to solve it easily." Lu Zhong said calmly, his words were full of confidence in his strength.

"...I promise!" Yu Feng'er couldn't deny that she really wanted to get back the Chengde Chamber of Commerce that her father Yu Chengde started from scratch and worked hard all his life on.

And the information that Lu Zhong revealed, he said that he could defeat Hua Yi Qizi, judging from those storage bags, this statement does not seem to be fake, just now Uncle Wang did not stop her, obviously recognized this person's strength, Zhang Miao It is impossible to invite a guard stronger than this person.

"Secretary Lin Fangyun, you have to deal with it at that time!"

Without these two, she, Yu Feng'er, will have no obstacles in controlling the Chengde Chamber of Commerce.

"Yes, but you have to pay more!" Lu Zhong said as he stood up straight.

Killing one is killing, killing two is also killing, and he doesn't mind killing one more.

"Spiritual stone, or the blood of the ice soul? Don't hide it from fellow daoists, three drops of the blood of the ice soul is already the limit. How about... how about changing the body of the concubine with a bed servant?" Yu Feng'er bit her lip and said .

The body is a kind of capital, and she has long been prepared to use it.

Unexpectedly, Lu Zhong shook his head and said:
"Fellow Daoist Yu was joking, I'm not impatient, so let's use this material to offset it."

Speaking, give a list of materials.

Yu Feng'er took the list and looked at it, and found that most of it was high-year elixir, and it was quite difficult to get it together, but thinking of getting rid of Lin Fangyun in exchange for it, she agreed.

In the end, Yu Feng'er didn't forget to give the hands-on time.

"Seven days later, the Chengde Chamber of Commerce will hold a meeting in Yunlu Pavilion outside the city as usual. At that time, the next president of the Chengde Chamber of Commerce will be determined. I hope fellow Taoists can make preparations in advance."

(End of this chapter)