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Chapter 268 Retreat
The prey for sacrifice or salvation in the God's Nest must be a corpse.

In other words, as long as he is still alive, Zhang Yuan's sacrifice and salvation for him will fail.

This means that the guy who just took poison in front of him is either not dead yet, or he is pretending to be dead!

Zhang Yuan believes it is the latter.

In fact, this is not the first opponent who pretended to be dead in front of him.

Zhang Yuan shook his head, looked at the pursuer lying motionless on the ground in front of him, and swung out the sword again.

A sharp blade light flashed, and the opponent's head was instantly separated from the body.

Previously, Zhang Yuan had the idea of ​​capturing the man alive and forcing him to confess, but now he no longer had any interest in it.

What was surprising was that not a drop of blood came out of the tracker's broken neck, and his flesh and bones took on an abnormally pale green color.

Not only that, the entire corpse was expanding at a speed visible to the naked eye.

scoff!

The clothes were torn to pieces.

Seeing this scene, Zhang Yuan's eyes flashed and he immediately flew backwards.

There was a muffled "bang" sound, and the swollen corpse suddenly exploded, and the thick corpse gas mixed with human tissue fragments flew everywhere.

Large areas of the surrounding vegetation were instantly contaminated.

The plants immediately withered and rotted, and emitted a foul odor.

Because Zhang Yuan retreated early and kept his distance, he was not contaminated at all.

But it also felt pretty disgusting.

At the same time, he became more alert.

No matter who sent the other party, their strength should not be underestimated.

Because such brutal and vicious assassins cannot be cultivated by ordinary forces!

For some reason, the ugly and arrogant face of Xuan Xin, the steward of the inner hall of the Heavenly King Palace, appeared in Zhang Yuan's mind.

Could it be this guy?
Probably!

And if his guess is correct, then he may have to re-evaluate the opponent's threat level.

Zhang Yuan suppressed the ripples in his heart and continued moving towards his destination.

Such an unexpected situation is far from enough to make him change his ways!

In the following days, Zhang Yuan frequently went in and out of Taiwu Mountain, collecting herbs and selling them in the city.

The herbs he collected were all good.

Either the medicinal material itself is of high value, or it is of high age, or it is both of high value and high age.

He would bring back a large bag at a time and exchange it for a large sum of silver.

Meanwhile, in Xucheng, the renovation of Zhang Yuan’s residence was also proceeding vigorously.

Progress can be seen every day!
In this way, Zhang Yuan did not encounter any accidents until the end of the half-month hunting season.

It seems that the enemy hiding behind the scenes has ceased its activities.

However, Zhang Yuan not only did not let down his guard, but remained highly vigilant.

He stopped going into the mountains to collect herbs only when the first snow fell after winter.

A few days later, the reconstruction of the new house was completed.

Because Zhang Yuan required a very tight deadline and high standards, he spent all the fifty taels of gold he had paid earlier, and paid an additional one hundred and fifty taels.

But the result made Zhang Yuan very satisfied.

After the original two houses were connected, the area of ​​the courtyard expanded to almost three times its previous size, and then the ground was paved with hard and thick Qinggang stone slabs, which were both flat and durable.

Zhang Yuan lived alone and had no intention of hiring servants.

So half of the original wing was demolished, a well was filled in, and two courtyard trees were dug up.

This new courtyard, which serves as a private martial arts training ground, is more than enough for him to show off his skills and practice swordsmanship!
As for bedrooms and other rooms, there are not many changes.

Zhang Yuan didn't care about it.

In short, after spending so much money, his home in Xiaxu basically meets his needs.

During this long winter, Zhang Yuan's goal was to first practice the "Hunyuan Tiangang Zhengfa" and then master the first three swords in the "Fengyun Nine Swords".

By then, the combat effectiveness will be greatly improved. On the third day after moving into the new house, Zhang Yuan suddenly received a message from the Heavenly King Palace.

In fact, the place where he lived was not far from the Heavenly King Palace, and it didn’t take much time to walk there.

However, when the Heavenly King Palace delivered messages or issued notices, they all used kite letters or talisman letters.

It doesn't matter the distance.

The content of this letter was very simple, informing him to attend the outer hall guardian monthly meeting tomorrow night.

Zhang Yuan was somewhat confused about this.

He had only attended the Dharma Protector Monthly Meeting once before, and never went again.

The Dharma Protector Monthly Meeting is a regular meeting for the Dharma Protectors of the Outer Hall to communicate with each other, and usually there are new Taoist tasks to be assigned.

But whether to participate or not is entirely up to personal will and there is no mandatory requirement.

Likewise, there will be no special notification.

Anyway, the time and place of the monthly meeting are fixed.

Therefore, this was the first time Zhang Yuan received a notice to attend a conference.

After thinking about it, he arrived at the second floor of Chunfeng Pavilion on time the next evening.

What surprised Zhang Yuan was that there were more than thirty people attending the Dharma Protector Monthly Meeting tonight, and three outer hall managers including Xuan Yong were also present.

It can be said that there are many people gathered here.

Among these people, Zhang Yuan only knew a few.

None of them were familiar.

Han Zixun wasn't there either.

Under such circumstances, Zhang Yuan chose a seat in the corner and sat down, ready to be a bystander.

In comparison, the other outer hall guards were much more cordial with each other, some chatting and laughing, some exchanging pleasantries, and some whispering to each other.

The atmosphere on the scene was very lively.

"Protector Zhao, we meet again."

Just as Zhang Yuan was pouring his drink, a soft voice suddenly sounded beside him.

The next moment, a fragrance came and a beautiful woman sat down in the empty seat next to him.

However, Zhang Yuan frowned at this unexpected "good fortune".

Because this woman is Xun Lingling!

Zhang Yuan didn't have a good impression of her.

When Zhang Yuan attended the Dharma Protector Monthly Meeting for the first time, Xun Lingling showed a strong interest in him.

He even wanted to pester Zhang Yuan.

Fortunately, Xuan Cheng stepped forward and helped Zhang Yuan solve this problem.

Later, Xun Lingling did not look for him.

Unexpectedly, tonight, this charming woman would come to me again.

Zhang Yuan put down his wine glass and said coldly, "Protector Xun, what can I do for you?"

"Protector Zhao, don't you know what I want?"

Xun Lingling smiled coquettishly, her eyes full of charm, immediately attracting many gazes from the people around her.

Zhang Yuan replied expressionlessly: "I'll go back and ask your cousin."

Xun Lingling’s cousin is Xuan Cheng!
"Are you talking about my cousin Xuancheng?"

Xun Lingling sighed and said, "He has been in seclusion. I'm afraid he won't be able to come out for a year or so."

Xuan Cheng is in seclusion!
This was something Zhang Yuan had never expected.

"Ah."

Xun Lingling chuckled.

She leaned close to Zhang Yuan's ear and whispered, "I heard that Manager Xuanxin is looking for trouble with you!"

(End of this chapter)