I come to see Bai Yujing today

Chapter 95 Then Find a Backer

The map of Jade Capital in the sky slowly closed in Chen Zhian’s mind.

He opened his eyes and when he reached out his hand, there was already a petal of the Five Zen Flower in his hand.

The petals were fragrant, and wrapped in a thick layer of bright yellow scent. Chen Zhian did not hesitate. He opened his mouth and swallowed it. After thinking for a while, he took out two cicada shell pills and swallowed them as snacks, then sat cross-legged to practice.

Chen Zhian had already memorized the third level of the White Jade Cicada Shell.

He has mastered every special change of true energy, and the operation route is extremely clear, so there is no difficulty in practicing it.

The seven divine auras in his mind wrapped around the fresh air brought by the petals of the Five Zen Flowers and were refined accordingly.

Chen Zhian was surprised to find that the speed at which the seven divine essences refined the medicinal power of the Five Zen Flower petals was much faster, and less pure energy was dissipated.

He was satisfied and sat cross-legged in this way to practice.

For three consecutive days, Chen Zhian practiced diligently in the courtyard, as the saying goes, diligence brings perfection.

Even though he has extraordinary talent and physique, if he takes it lightly, he will waste his natural talent and physique.

"But if I think about it carefully, is genetics useless in this world? My father's talent is not high. Seeing my mother sitting in the Red Bean Courtyard without breaking free from the shackles of the Li Mansion, even if she has a high talent for cultivation, I'm afraid she can't compare to Li Bodu.

So is my talent and aptitude really innate?"

"A 1.75-meter-tall couple married and gave birth to a 2.2-meter-tall child? Am I considered a genetic mutation?"

Chen Zhian worked hard to practice amidst such a chaotic state of mind.

Apart from having dinner with Li Xushi these days, there were only some trivial episodes.

For example, he also drew a portrait of Shen Haohao.

For example, the Xiezhi envoy from the Inspectorate, Liu Shanze, indeed sent six hundred taels of gold.

Six hundred taels of gold are equivalent to six thousand taels of silver.

Since even the stingy Inspectorate can give such a price, we know that the head of a rough jade bandit is worth far more than ten thousand taels, and there is no market for it.

“I wonder if there is such a thing as a bounty hunter in this world.

If someone specifically hunts down these monks wanted by the government, wouldn't that be a huge profit?"

Chen Zhian thought about this and then changed his mind and thought... these bandits are organized and are likely to be connected with each other.

If a Jade-wielding monk went to hunt it, he would probably not get the bounty but only the head.

If one is a cultivator above the innate level, he can earn money in all walks of life and there is really no need to take risks.

So he gave up the idea of becoming a bounty hunter to make money and concentrated on practicing.

The time it took to condense the eighth divine essence was much shorter. After a few days, Chen Zhian finally condensed the eighth divine essence at the end of May.

“It’s not that difficult actually.”

Chen Zhian frowned, sensing the eighth divine essence entangled in the Niwan Palace, and felt a little surprised.

He took the petal of the second Five Zen Flower, and then took two or three Cicada Shell Pills every day. It seemed that condensing the eighth divine energy was not as difficult as he had imagined.

Chen Zhian even felt that he could condense one or two divine auras.

"I still have three petals of the Five Zen Flower... Now it seems that what is hindering my cultivation speed is actually the nutrients I take in from the elixirs, not my natural talent."

Chen Zhian took out three petals, thought about it, and simply swallowed all three petals into his mouth at the same time.

In an instant, three strands of clear air rushed into his body and then into his Niwan Palace.

The eight divine auras wrapped around and locked the three strands of pure energy and began to refine them continuously.

Chen Zhian separated a wisp of divine energy and put it into the Chenglu Ring, but he saw that in addition to a knife and a few silver bills, there were also several large bags of medicinal materials.

These medicinal herbs were the reward Chen Zhian asked for from Qu Junhui last time. He had already planted each one in Kunlun Lake for future use.

But even so, there are still many left.

"It's a pity that there is no good prescription, otherwise I could ask Boss Qu to refine some elixirs to speed up the process of condensing my divine essence and refining my true essence."

Chen Zhian plucked five petals of the Wu Zen flower in Kunlun Lake, but it was still alive.

The roots of the forty red ginger plants were interconnected, still continuously absorbing the Kunlun spiritual energy from the Kunlun Lake.

The five-chan flower was also slowly growing new petals.

However, the new petals grew too slowly, and Chen Zhian did not have the Yujing Qi on hand, so he could not inject it into them to speed up the growth of the petals.

Chen Zhian practiced for several days in a row, condensing the eighth level of divine energy, and finally had time to catch his breath.

He stood up, went out to eat with Li Xushi, and took back several robes that he had ordered earlier.

Li Xushi had a youthful mentality and was quite happy to wear new clothes. He carefully put away a set of snow-colored cloud-patterned silver silk brocade cloak custom-made for his senior brother.

It was clearly midsummer, but Li Xushi had his senior brother make a cloak for him, which made Chen Zhian feel quite strange.

"It's too cold on Old Sword Mountain. My master, my second brother and I don't mind it, but my eldest brother is quite afraid of the cold."

"The surface of this dress is embroidered with flowing cloud patterns using extremely fine silver threads. It looks like the clouds on Laojian Mountain. It is warm and beautiful. I'm sure you like it, Senior Brother."

"Brother Chen, thank you for paying for the clothes made for me and my senior brother."

Chen Zhian smiled and waved his hand: "It's not worth much silver."

Li Xushi was very envious: "Senior Brother Chen is really wealthy. Just these four or five pieces of clothing cost him two hundred taels of silver. If my senior brother heard this, he would probably faint."

Chen Zhian was very curious about Laojian Mountain.

He really didn't know how a mountain sect that was ranked fourth in the world could be both poor and powerful.
This is really unreasonable.

After strolling for a while with Li Xushi, Li Xushi returned to Fusang Street, while Chen Zhian came to Balian Street to rest.

Early this morning, Qu Junhui sent a message through a paper crane, asking Chen Zhian to go to Baliang Street, but no one knew what it was about.

Chen Zhi'an entered the resting room. Qu Junhui was not sleeping for a rare time. Instead, he was sitting at the desk, writing something seriously.

When he saw Chen Zhian coming, he put away his pen and paper, frowned at Chen Zhian and said, "Did you kill Liuhuo Mountain King Fengshu?"

"Hmm?" Chen Zhian frowned.

This matter was actually a secret of the Inspectorate. When Liu Shanze came to give him the reward, he specifically asked him not to make it public. He was probably afraid that the Inspectorate would have a bad reputation if the fugitive escaped.

But it’s only been a few days, how come even Qu Junhui knew about it?

When Qu Junhui saw Chen Zhian's expression, he knew that this was true.

He looked Chen Zhian up and down, and sighed again: "I should have known not to give you the [Long Day's An Yin Sutra], now your true essence is shrouded in mist, and your divine essence is even more hazy. Even if I don't use my magical powers and manifest my divine appearance, I can't see your cultivation clearly."

"But, Wang Fengsuo was injured? She is at the level of Unpolished Jade Pass. How can you kill her with your divine essence?"

When he said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he stood up and leaned over: "Are you a rare genius in cultivation? In just one month, you have cultivated from the Perfect True Essence to the Unpolished Jade Realm?"

Chen Zhian looked at him speechlessly.

Qu Junhui laughed and shook his head: "It's just a joke, it's just a joke. I don't know if there is such a person in the world."

"Boss Qu, how do you know that I killed Wang Fengsu?" Chen Zhian asked.

Qu Junshou suppressed the smile on his face and said, "I told you before, I am a broker in Xuantianjing, and I take on some shady deals."

"Now the news of the deal has reached me, Chen Zhian...you're in big trouble this time."

When he said this, seeing that Chen Zhian was unmoved, he continued, "Not many people in Xuantianjing know about this, but Liuhuoshan in the remote Jianghuai Prefecture has already heard the news.

Wang Fengsou is the only daughter of Wang Jinghuai, the master of Liuhuo Mountain. Wang Jinghuai loved her very much. Now you have killed his beloved daughter.

In the undercurrents that flow freely throughout the world, there is a new piece of news: he wants your head."

After hearing what Qu Junhui said, Chen Zhian lowered his head and thought, then raised his head: "Not many people know that I killed Wang Fengshu, and it has only been a few days. How did this news spread across mountains and rivers to Jiang Huaizhou?"

Qu Jun replied: "Is there any need to think more about this matter? Naturally, someone with a purpose sent the message."

"Who is this person with ulterior motives?" Chen Zhian's eyes rolled and a smile appeared on his face.

He always felt that this was the work of the Si and Li families. Before, he thought that sending people directly to assassinate was too straightforward and dirty, and did not reveal the family's background.

Now it seems that they have made preparations for both scenarios.

It would be best if Wang Fengsu could kill him. If Wang Fengsu survived, the matter would be discussed further. But if Wang Fengsu died, no matter how he died, this matter would probably fall on Chen Zhian's head.

"But... even if we have two plans, it doesn't sound very smart."

Chen Zhian suddenly looked at Qu Junhui and said, "Boss Qu, can you sell me information?"

Qu Jun replied: "This matter involves the Inspectorate. Who in Dayu dares to sell the information of the Inspectorate?"

Chen Zhian looked at him.

Someone tried to assassinate the son of the Chu family in Beihai, General Pingye, time and again. Qu Junhui tried to save him time and time again, but now he is being humble?

Qu Junhui saw Chen Zhian's expression, and suddenly smiled, saying, "I owe you a favor. After seeing this news, I simply dug deeper and found some clues, so I came to find you."

"For example... how did Wang Fengshu escape the escort of the Inspectorate? The clue to this matter lies in the Xiezhi [He Ling] who escorted Wang Fengshu, and the Tianzi Xiezhi who controls He Ling and Liu Shanze."

"I checked carefully. The person with the character Tian, Xiezhi, has a clean background and seems to have nothing suspicious. But the person with the character Di, He Ling... has a brother who is currently serving as the county magistrate in Nian Gu County."

"Not long ago, the county magistrate was suddenly summoned to the Inspectorate and met a senior official of the Inspectorate, who was Shi Gaozhong, the Inspectorate Manager."

Qu Junhui said a lot, and finally added: "The Experience Department of the Supervisory Council is in charge of the inspection of officials. Even the promotion of officials below the sixth rank in the Ministry of Personnel also requires the inspection documents issued by the Experience Department.

And this year is the year for the Nian Gu County Magistrate to conduct an inspection."

Chen Zhian listened carefully, but still didn't quite understand.

He really didn't know how Qu Junhui ended up talking about a high-ranking official in the Inspectorate.

But then, Qu Junhui said something that finally made Chen Zhian understand.

"This Gao Zhong is no stranger to you, Chen Zhian.

You once killed his nephew, Zhou Xiujing from the Zhou family, in Sunan Prefecture.

It's all such a coincidence.

——Gao Zhong met He Ling’s brother, the county magistrate, against the rules. After the brother returned, he sent another letter to He Ling. After that, Wang Fengsuo, who was escorted by He Ling, escaped, and Wang Fengsuo died in your hands again…”

Chen Zhian took over the conversation: "Then, the news that I killed Wang Fengsuo quickly spread to Liuhuo Mountain. Now, Wang Jinghuai, the owner of Liuhuo Mountain, is trying to buy my head."

Qu Junhui nodded, knocked on the table again, and said, "But it's not that simple.

Chen Zhian, Liuhuoshan King Jinghuai has always been mysterious, no one has ever seen his face, you killed his beloved daughter, I am afraid he will come to kill you personally."

"and……"

Qu Junhui said this, blinked his eyes, and the smile on his face became brighter: "And after the news of the artesian volcano came out, there seems to be another piece of news about the underground undercurrent.

You came from Western Penglai, Chen Zhian, but I didn't know that you and the Iron Horse, Ox and Snake of Western Penglai also have a deep hatred, and they also want your life. "

Chen Zhian showed some embarrassment on his face, and asked, "This is Xuan Tianjin. It's only twenty days away from the Imperial Court Festival. The world's strongest people will gather here. The bandits from Liuhuoshan and Xi Penglai won't be so bold as to come to Xuan Tianjin to kill me at this time, right?"

"On the contrary." Qu Junhui shook his head: "The court ceremony held every ten years is extremely lively. Although there are countless strong people in Xuantianjing, it is also a mixed bag, so it is easier to do many things.

And Chen Zhian...how do you know that the strong men who come to Xuan Tianjing will not take off your head for the promises of Xi Penglai and Liuhuoshan?"

Chen Zhian sighed. This matter sounded a bit troublesome.

but……

"I'm really curious, how can a man with a lot of experience, who is in charge of documents and inspections in the Inspectorate, easily contact bandits like Shangliu Huoshan?"

Qu Junhui's smile faded: "It seems that someone is giving advice to this experienced person, or even acting as a matchmaker."

"It's impossible that the person who went through so much trouble is Chu Xiubai, with whom I only have verbal disputes." Chen Zhian let out a long breath: "But... this method is really a bit confusing."

Qu Jun replied: "How about this, you owe me a few more favors, if there are any suspicious people coming to Xuan Tianjing, I will inform you."

Chen Zhian asked: "Can they come to the Imperial City to kill me?"

"I'm not that brave, but do you never leave your yard?"

Chen Zhian lowered his head and fell silent. After more than ten breaths, he raised his head and said, "Then let's settle accounts with the people who handled this matter first, and let them know... I, Chen Zhian, also have a backer, and I am not some unknown person.

Let them know that there will be a price to pay for attacking me."

Qu Junhui was stunned: "Who do you have as your backer? Could it be Prince Duanque? Prince Duanque is a leisurely prince. With the reputation of being leisurely, it is difficult for him to interfere in many things."

"That's true." Chen Zhian nodded: "So I plan to find one now."

"Looking for a backer now?" Qu Junhui sneered: "What backer can settle the history of the Inspectorate from the fourth rank, what backer can intimidate Xi Penglai and Liuhuoshan?

It would be better if you sold yourself to me and I would protect you."

Chen Zhian said softly: "Yes."

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