Unrivaled Tang Sect: Xiao Ding Zhen Tian

Chapter 103: Seven Absolute Cities

Shrek City and the Tianhun Empire were not far from each other, and with the help of flying soul guides, the speed was naturally much faster than when he and Dugu Jing were riding in a carriage.

After landing on the outskirts of Qi Jue City, everyone returned the flying soul guide to Cai Meir and then headed towards the city gate.

After entering the city gate, Cai Meir brought a few people to a more remote villa.

There was a knock on the door, and accompanied by a creaking sound, an unremarkable middle-aged man opened the door.

Please come in, "Dear Inspectors of Shrek." His voice was neither cold nor indifferent, as if he was just a person responsible for passing messages.

After entering the courtyard, several figures came out soon. They were all wearing ordinary clothes, and their behavior was not much different from that of ordinary people.

But with Cai Meir's many years of experience, she could naturally see some subtle traces on these people.

"Welcome, inspectors. I am Zhang Long, the envoy of the investigation team appointed by the royal family." The leader was a sturdy-looking man. He laughed and extended his hand to Cai Meir.

"Hello." Cai Meir said, but did not shake hands with him.

Zhang Long didn't feel embarrassed or annoyed. He smiled casually, and his expression gradually became serious. "Sir, our royal family attaches great importance to this incident, so we were sent to investigate with you."

"I know that according to the intelligence we have, this series of cases is very likely a vicious incident led by an evil soul master. Our supervisory team also takes this incident very seriously." Cai Meier also nodded, "Do you have any plans?"

"You also know that although we were sent by the royal family, we are here to assist you. The specific plans still have to be formulated by the inspectors. We are only responsible for helping." Zhang Long said with a smile.

Cai Meier thought for a moment and said, "Let's go in first."

"That's right. You all have come from far away and you probably haven't had enough rest. Let's not rush. You should all get enough rest first before we start the investigation." Zhang Long said as he took the initiative to lead everyone into the yard.

Zhang Lexuan looked around and couldn't help asking, "You use this place as your base camp, don't you want to alert the enemy?"

"Yes, you, the Shrek Supervisory Group, have dealt with evil soul masters more times than I have, so you naturally understand how cunning and difficult evil soul masters are. If we are not careful and let them escape, we will have a headache in the future." Zhang Long sighed helplessly, "It is indeed unfair to let you live in a place like this, but we have no choice."

Cai Meier smiled slightly, "It's okay, you don't have to take it to heart."

"Haha, that's great." Zhang Long said with a smile, "Then I won't bother you any more. If you need anything, just call me."

Having said that, he left very consciously.

Although this villa is a bit old, it is not small in size. With the number of people including Cai Meier, they can perfectly arrange a room for each person.

Since they didn't know how long they would need to stay here, everyone first went back to their respective rooms to tidy up, and then returned to Cai Meir's room for the meeting.

After taking off the masks on their faces, everyone gathered together and their expressions became a little more serious.

"Except for Xiaoyun, everyone present here is an elite from the inner courtyard. This is not the first time you have participated in such an operation." Cai Meier glanced at everyone present, "Our biggest disadvantage now is the lack of intelligence. I don't know if the Tianhun royal family has deliberately concealed something, but from the information we have now, we can't find out the movements of these evil soul masters, and we can't even figure out their methods of committing crimes and their behavior habits."

Taking a deep breath, Cai Meier continued, "Evil soul masters are generally a bunch of lunatics. No one can understand their thoughts, so when facing them, we must be absolutely safe."

"The next task is very simple. I will divide you into groups one by one. What you need to do is to conceal your identity and try to get as much information as possible without revealing your identity."

After listening to Cai Mei'er's words, Xiao Yun pondered for a moment and asked softly, "Do you think that the Tianhun Royal Family does not have 100% trust in us?"

"Perhaps you may not want to believe it, but this is the fact." Cai Meir sighed softly, "Now whether it is the Tianhun Empire, Douling, or Xingluo, they are all very wary of our Shrek Academy. Even some of our actions in these three countries will be obstructed from time to time. Of course, they still dare not act recklessly in public, but if they are given some ambiguous information, they can still do such things."

Xiao Yun naturally believed what Cai Meir said, but what made him feel uncomfortable was that the royal family of a country would actually put the civilians of their country into danger because of such a thing.

Of course, he himself is not the king of a country now, and since he has not yet come into contact with that kind of circle, it is difficult for him to say much.

But, discomfort is still discomfort after all.

"Lu Han, Wang Zixuan, the two of you take this letter and go find Ji Changming from the Ji family in Qi Jue City. He was once a graduate of the inner courtyard like you, and the Ji family is one of the top families in Qi Jue City. Maybe you can find out something by looking for them." Cai Meir looked at the two inner courtyard students and said.

Both of them have the cultivation level of Soul Emperor, are quite powerful, and are not too old. They are considered to be relatively famous elite students in the inner courtyard.

"Le Xuan, just take Xiao Yun for a walk around the city. I believe the evil soul master will not pay too much attention to a child like Xiao Yun." Cai Meir's gaze turned and fell on the faces of Xiao Yun and Zhang Le Xuan.

"You should change your clothes. It's easy to be recognized if you're wearing the uniform of the Inspector General."

After leaving Cai Mei'er's room, Xiao Yun found some clothes to change into. As soon as he walked out of his room, Zhang Lexuan had also changed her clothes. The two looked at each other and their breathing stagnated.

Although Xiao Yun was only wearing ordinary casual clothes, his tall and slender body combined with his handsome face still attracted a lot of attention.

Zhang Lexuan was wearing a light blue long skirt with some white mist-like embellishments on the skirt, which added a bit of fairy spirit to the already beautiful Zhang Lexuan.

"Sister Lexuan, what are you thinking about?"

Zhang Lexuan, who was in a state of daze, was suddenly called by Xiao Yun. She came back to her senses and smiled at him, "Nothing, let's go."

However, Zhang Lexuan still muttered in her heart, why does this little guy Xiaoyun look good in anything he wears?

Xiao Yun didn't have such complicated thoughts as Zhang Lexuan. The main reason was that he had never seen Zhang Lexuan wearing any clothes other than the inner school uniform and the Inspector's cloak, so there was a brief moment of surprise.

But, it's just amazing.

"Sister Lexuan, wait a moment." Xiao Yun suddenly called Zhang Lexuan when he was about to leave the courtyard, then walked back to Zhang Long and other members of the Tianhun royal family. After talking with Zhang Long for a while, Xiao Yun returned to Zhang Lexuan and said, "Okay, let's go."

"What were you talking about just now?" Zhang Lexuan couldn't help but ask.

"I confirmed some things with them." Xiao Yun smiled.

"You little guy, you are really smart." Zhang Lexuan laughed and patted Xiao Yun's head gently.

Xiao Yun was helpless, "Sister, why do I feel like you look a bit like Sister Wu Ming now?"

"I look like Xiao Ming? No way?" Zhang Lexuan was stunned, then couldn't help but laughed bitterly, "But Xiao Ming is really enviable. She is carefree and happy every day."

"Sister Lexuan, aren't you happy every day?"

"That's not the case, but... I don't know how to say it." Zhang Lexuan looked at the young man beside her and shook her head slightly.

As the senior sister of the inner courtyard and the future senior of the college, Zhang Lexuan is not old, but the burden on her is not small at all. No matter what, under such pressure, it is impossible for Zhang Lexuan not to be tired.

A hand suddenly stretched out and took Zhang Lexuan's delicate right hand. The young man in front of him showed a reassuring smile.

Zhang Lexuan was a little dazed for a moment, and it took her a while to recover.

I don’t know why, but whenever Zhang Lexuan is with the little guy Xiao Yun, she can always feel her heart becoming extremely peaceful.

It was only after the two of them left the villa that the investigation team under the Tianhun royal family began to speak.

"Is that little guy also from the Shrek Supervisory Group?" A member of the investigation team couldn't help but ask.

Another member also nodded. "He looks like he is only about twelve or thirteen years old, and he speaks very maturely. But Shrek Academy wouldn't let such a young child join the Supervisory Group, right?"

"Okay, what happens to that kid has nothing to do with us. Remember, we are only sent here to assist these Shrek guys. We can't do any hard work." Zhang Long said at this time.

Just as Cai Meir had thought, although the Tianhun royal family sent an investigation team, they said they took the case seriously, but in fact, they only sent some soldiers from the second and third-rate legions. Most of these people were just waiting to die, so it was naturally impossible for them to contribute as much as possible for a case.

On the surface, they wanted the Shrek Supervisory Group to pay attention to this incident, but in reality they wanted to get something for nothing.

There was no way Cai Meir couldn't have guessed this, but what made her feel helpless was that since the Tianhun royal family chose to do this, there were only two possibilities.

First, directly tear the relationship apart and cause the relationship between the Tianhun Empire and Shrek Academy to continue to deteriorate.

As for the second situation, it is natural that Cai Meir will turn a blind eye and take the initiative to lead her inspectors to complete the operation.

If it is the first case, then we have to say that the Tianhun Empire is really bold, but it also seriously affected the status of Shrek Academy.

The second situation would not have much impact in the short term. It would just be that Shrek Academy would help the Tianhun royal family to clean up some evil soul masters. But given the character of the Tianhun royal family, there would definitely be a second and third time after the first time.

In short, no matter which situation it is, it is not a good thing for Shrek Academy.

Of course, Xiao Yun naturally didn't know about the difficulties that Shrek Academy was facing now.

At this moment, he was strolling on the streets of Qijue City with Zhang Lexuan. The last time he came here with Dugu Jing, they had to change buses, and the old coachman’s instructions, Xiao Yun didn’t want to cause trouble, so he didn’t take a good walk in Qijue City.

Now coming here again, looking at Zhang Lexuan beside him, Xiao Yun did not immediately investigate the previous cases. Instead, he came to this snack street and took Zhang Lexuan for a stroll.

Not to mention, although Xiao Yun is only twelve years old, due to his high level of cultivation and the fact that he has gained a lot of opportunities and has a taller figure, he now looks a little older than his actual age.

As for Zhang Lexuan, she is already in her twenties, but she also looks a lot younger than her actual age. When she and Xiao Yun walk together, they really look like a couple.

What Xiao Yun didn't expect was that after arriving at this snack street, although Zhang Lexuan didn't say a few words, every word she said could accurately point out the most signature snack stalls here.

"Sister, have you been here before?" After buying two signature snacks, Xiao Yun couldn't help but ask Zhang Lexuan.

Zhang Lexuan nodded gently, "I came here once before when I was still in the outer courtyard. At that time, my sister's appetite was much bigger than it is now. There are many stalls in the whole snack street and I have eaten from them all."

At this point, Zhang Lexuan smiled and said, "Today, my sister is treating us. I will take you to try some delicious food."

"Let me treat you. You treated me to such a luxurious meal last time. I can't let you pay for these snacks again, right?" Xiao Yun shook his head.

"That's fine. The last time you treated me to a meal was when you went to buy candied haws with Xiaoxiao." Zhang Lexuan said with a smile, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes, "How is Xiaoxiao? I haven't seen her for a long time. I miss this lovely little girl a lot."

Xiao Yun held the snack box and put a piece of tender stewed meat into his mouth. "That's good. She has now broken through to the third-ring soul master. I think she should be able to pass the entrance exam to the inner courtyard in the future."

"Uncle Xiao and Aunt Shen really have a pair of wonderful children." Zhang Lexuan said with a smile as she looked at Xiao Yun standing beside her, but the smile on her face froze as if she had thought of something.

Xiao Yun was stunned for a moment, and then he was silent for a while, then he asked softly, "Sister, are you missing your parents?"

"Hmm." With a silent sigh, Zhang Lexuan looked at the food in the food box that exuded an alluring aroma, with a hint of longing in her eyes, "Xiaoyun, sometimes, I really envy you~"

“It would be great if my parents were still alive.”

(End of this chapter)