I, a minor character, fell into the Shura field of the heroine and the villain

He also told this to the housekeeper, who probably thought he wanted her to stay and work while she went out to have fun, so she complained a few words.

But when he said he would prepare some materials for her to break through to the God Transformation stage, she fell silent again. Spiritual items like these were rarely cheap, and it wasn't impossible for her to gather them herself, but it would likely drain her savings.

This time, when he went to Fuxian City, he was going to find Yunyan Pavilion and ask them to investigate the identity of the masked man. He had previously suspected that the man was a remnant of the Tianlan Sect, but later on, he thought that the man might not be from the Tianlan Sect.

In addition to this matter, he also needs to investigate whether the disciples of Jianya Palace who died in battle were really killed.

Yunyan Pavilion has spies all over the world of immortal cultivation, and there is almost nothing they cannot find out.

No one knew who that masked guy was, but he actually dared to threaten him and wanted to hurt the people around him. If he caught such a person, he would definitely not have a good ending.

Now that Aunt Yun is in charge of the City Lord's Mansion, she will definitely not give him any chance to take advantage of it.

To ensure that nothing could go wrong, Zhao Kangping set up numerous defensive formations in the City Lord's Mansion. Unless they were close to him, no outsider could easily enter the City Lord's Mansion.

After finishing all this, it was already night.

It seems that we have to wait until tomorrow to go to Fuxian City.

He originally wanted to continue handling official business in the evening, but Zhao Mengyao came to find him first.

It wasn't just Zhao Mengyao who came to see him, there was also Wan Baiyi following behind her.

"What, Master wants to go to Fuxian City? I want to go too." Zhao Mengyao was also restless. When she heard that he was going to Fuxian City, she also wanted to join in the fun.

"I'll be back soon from over there. Why are you going there? You should practice well at home." Zhao Kangping patted her shoulder and said.

Then he glanced at Wan Baiyi and said, "You don't want to go too, do you?"

The girl shook her head: "No, I'm here and not going anywhere."

Even though he knew that the White Snake Girl was an undercover agent, he did not blame her.

After all, she had no choice, and she offered to be his slave, which largely dispelled his doubts.

"How about this, I'll stay with you tonight." He put his arms around the waists of the two girls, one on the left and one on the right.

Zhao Mengyao naturally had no objection. Wan Baiyi blushed, but did not object.

So, after they returned to Zhao Kangping's bedroom, they chatted for a while and then got down to business.

Zhao Kangping discovered that Wan Baiyi seemed unable to cultivate; her strength was fixed. Perhaps because she was merely Shangguan Xueyi's clone, she had already reached the Great Perfection of Spiritual Transformation when she was created, but her strength would not increase any further unless she could sever her connection with Shangguan Xueyi and become an independent individual.

As a clone, if the original body died, she would die. However, if she died, the original body would at most be injured, but not in danger of death.

He knew that in order to free Wan Baiyi from Shangguan Xueyi's bondage and become independent, he would need to collect a lot of materials and perform a ceremony.

Each of these materials was difficult to collect, especially since he had to extract some of his own essence and blood, which meant he would have to face Shangguan Xueyi. He felt that his strength was not yet sufficient, so he temporarily gave up the idea.

After satisfying the two women, he hugged them and talked to them.

"Your senior sister is already in the late Nascent Soul stage. It won't be long before she's ready for the Spiritual Transformation stage. If you don't work hard, aren't you afraid that she'll bully you in the future?"

"Then Master can protect me."

"But you can't just look for trouble. I know you're the one who's causing trouble most of the time. If you don't jump like that, she won't hit you."

“…Master, you are biased.”

"No way, both of you are important to me."

He hugged his little disciple tighter.

She could feel that her master loved her, but most men were fickle, and it was impossible to ask him to be loyal to her.

She didn't dwell on this topic any more.

It seems that it is time to put the formation of a baby on the agenda. Otherwise, if my senior sister pulls me too far away, I might really be bullied to death by her, and it will be difficult for my master to be caught in the middle.

Zhao Kangping looked at Wan Baiyi again, and found that she had actually fallen asleep. She was not just pretending to sleep, but was really asleep.

This girl is either eating or sleeping, she is almost becoming a little pig.

The next morning, Zhao Kangping got up at dawn, covered the two women with quilts, kissed each of them on the cheek, and left.

Now that he has reached the Spirit Transformation Stage, his flying speed far exceeds that of the Nascent Soul Stage.

It took him several hours to fly to Fuxian City when he was in the God Transformation Stage. It would only take him less time now.

But he didn't plan to fly by himself, so he used the heavenly book to create a flying boat to travel.

In less than an incense stick of time, he arrived at Fuxian City.

When he came this time, he contacted Qin Lingxuan, hoping that she could introduce him to Yunyan Pavilion.

Miss Qin really has connections.

According to Qin Lingxuan, her father had actually wanted to extend an olive branch to Yunyan Pavilion when he was still alive, hoping to bring them into the Qianshang Alliance.

After all, Yunyan Pavilion is in the intelligence business. If they can be brought in, the intelligence capabilities of the Qianshang Alliance will definitely be greatly improved.

There is no need to elaborate on the importance of intelligence to business.

Old Master Qin offered very generous conditions at the time, but Yunyan Pavilion rejected them.

The reason is that Yunyan Pavilion is unwilling to rely on any force.

Zhao Kangping knew that Yunyan Pavilion would not easily rely on others, and there were almost no forces that could control it.

However, although Yunyan Pavilion rejected the Qianshang Alliance, it still stated that the two parties could cooperate.

It is also because of this relationship that Qin Lingxuan has the contact information of Yunyan Pavilion.

When Zhao Kangping found the leader of the Qianshang Alliance, she was meeting with the alliance's shareholders.

He waited in the reception room for about half an hour before she finally arrived.

"City Lord Zhao, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting." The female businessman came over with a smile on her face, but it was unclear whether the smile was sincere or just a business smile.

He responded politely, "Miss Qin, you're welcome. I know you're busy with something important. I understand."

"A few days ago, I officially succeeded as the Lord of River City, and it was thanks to the ceremony you helped me organize. I want to thank you again."

"You're welcome, you're welcome." Qin Lingxuan found a seat and sat down.

She continued, "Lord City Lord, you want to find Yunyan Pavilion, right? You told me about this on the communication jade slip."

"I do have their contact information. But you have to be careful when dealing with them."

"The people in Yunyan Pavilion have strange personalities, so I would rather avoid them if I can."

Zhao Kangping became interested: "Oh? How strange is it?"

In fact, he had read the original novel and knew some inside information, but he pretended to know it for the first time.

Qin Lingxuan did not hide it and said immediately: "If the city lord wants to obtain information from them, he can't trade it with spirit stones."

"They will hold an intelligence exchange every night, and everyone who enters must disguise their identity and cannot show their true face."

"If you want their intelligence, you have to have what they need."

It's almost like barter, except they're exchanging information for what you have.

He remembered that in the original novel, Luo Xueqing participated in an intelligence trade fair organized by Yunyan Pavilion, and someone took out a priceless magic weapon in exchange for information.

However, the people from Yunyan Pavilion refused. It was not because they could not find the information, but because they had no use for this magic weapon.

Zhao Kangping knew that although on the surface Yunyan Pavilion did not belong to any sect or family power.

But in fact, many senior executives of Yunyan Pavilion come from a hidden family.

This family was very powerful thousands of years ago, but during the war between humans and demons three thousand years ago, it experienced a catastrophe that was almost catastrophic.

Although they managed to survive thanks to their profound background, the family was severely damaged and had to find a place to live in seclusion to avoid being hunted down by certain enemies.

This family is the Gu family, where Gu Jinqiu, the formation master among the Seven Saints of Jingshi, came from.

Legend has it that the Gu family possessed remarkable mastery in the art of formations, particularly Senior Gu Jinqiu, who left behind numerous works on formations. These included research materials on ancient formations, such as "A Study of Formations in the Ancient Cultivation World," and treasured collections of formations, such as "The Illustrated Record of Formations."

Unfortunately, few of his works have been circulated. Either one has to marry into the Gu family or do some great favor to the Gu family, otherwise there is no way one can borrow the books on formations left by Senior Gu.

If his works were to be circulated, the formation practitioners in the world of immortal cultivation would probably flock to him like sharks smelling blood.

Although the Gu family was the original founder of Yunyan Pavilion, the organization absorbed many people in the process of development. Therefore, Yunyan Pavilion is not dominated by the Gu family alone, but they still have a relatively large say.

Zhao Kangping knew about the intelligence fair Qin Lingxuan was talking about. Not only did they have to wear masks and not use their real names, but they were also forbidden from interacting with each other, not even by voice transmission. Those who violated the rules would be immediately expelled.

If a successful intelligence transaction is carried out, they will agree on a time to deliver the corresponding intelligence and never delay.

After the intelligence fair is over, everyone must leave.

Because Zhao Kangping knew the rules of Yunyan Pavilion, he had made preparations long ago.

He prepared things in advance that the other party would most likely be interested in.

If he wanted Yunyan Pavilion to help him investigate something, he had to provide something useful to them. To be more precise, it should be something useful to the Gu family.

He happened to have a set of twenty-eight constellation formation flags in his hand, which he had found as spoils from the storage ring of the Feathered Saint Son. He had originally intended to keep them for his own use, to set up a constellation formation.

However, when he came to Yunyan Pavilion this time, he knew that the Gu family should also need this set of formation flags, so he had no choice but to give it up.

That night, Qin Lingxuan personally took Zhao Kangping to an abandoned village outside Fuxian City.

This place is very desolate. When you look from a distance, you can see that there are no lights in the village. When you get closer, you can see ruins of walls everywhere. Only three or five houses are still intact, and these houses are almost all covered by plants such as ivy.

Judging from the outside alone, there is no trace of life here, as if it has been abandoned long ago.

"Is this the Yunyan Pavilion stronghold you mentioned?" Zhao Kangping took a quick look and did not find anyone in the abandoned village.

"That's right, I have to remind you that outsiders call this a stronghold, but insiders call it a gathering place. This is where Yunyan Pavilion trades intelligence." Qin Lingxuan has been here many times, but this is the first time she brought other people here.

Fortunately, it was not in a desolate graveyard.

Well, he was talking about the Yunyan Pavilion gathering place in the Great Zhou territory where Luo Xueqing went in the original novel. That gathering place was hidden in a desolate mass grave, and it was particularly eerie and scary at night.

Zhao Kangping and the other man slowly descended from the air and landed in the village.

The ground was covered with weeds and there were many broken bricks and tiles scattered on the ground.

"This used to be a relatively quiet and peaceful village, but over two hundred years ago, a group of bandits came here and killed all the villagers."

"Then this place was abandoned for a while, until about a hundred years ago, when people from Yunyan Pavilion found it and renovated it."

"The entrance is here." Qin Lingxuan released a woman-shaped puppet and controlled it to pull open the vine-covered cover behind a house.

After opening the cover, they entered an underground space.

Not long after walking, a ghostly figure emerged from the darkness.

She was a hunchbacked old woman, short in stature and with a hunched back. Her eye sockets were dark and sunken. It was unclear whether there was nothing in them or because there was not enough light in the room.

Zhao Kangping noticed that the old woman seemed to have no feet and was floating in the air. A timid person would probably be scared to death.

In fact, she is not a ghost, but a corpse puppet.

"Pass~" the old woman said in a ghostly voice.

Both of them showed the passes they had prepared long ago. The one Zhao Kangping had was naturally given to him by Qin Lingxuan.

Anyone who dares to enter here without a pass will inevitably be attacked by this corpse puppet.

Don't be fooled by the old lady's seemingly fragile image. In fact, when she bursts out her full strength, she has the strength of the Nascent Soul stage.

Although Zhao Kangping was not afraid, if those young people who had just arrived bumped into her, they would probably end up here.

After passing this first level, the old lady corpse puppet led the two into a deep tunnel.

"City Lord Zhao, if you have any questions now, you can ask them earlier. After we go in later, we won't be able to communicate." Miss Qin was quite enthusiastic. She was afraid that he would cause trouble here, so she wanted to explain it to him in advance.

In fact, Zhao Kangping had a general understanding of the rules of Yunyan Pavilion through the original book, but he still pretended to know nothing and asked her various questions.

Not long after, they walked into a small room.

On either side of the room stood a cabinet, each filled with masks. Before officially entering the gathering place, traders were required to put on a mask and give themselves a code name.

This was not Qin Lingxuan's first time here, so there was already a special mask prepared for her.

Her mask is a little sparrow, and her code name is Miss Sparrow.

Zhao Kangping casually glanced at the mask rack. He pointed at a sheep-head mask and asked the old lady with the corpse puppet, "Is this mask worn by someone?"

The corpse puppet raised its head, grinning, revealing a mouthful of yellow teeth, and said in a sinister voice, "No, the last person wearing this sheep mask was so bold that he actually exchanged a fake for our information. Later, he was tracked down and killed by our people."

"I hope you won't follow in this fellow's footsteps."

The tone of the corpse puppet was sinister, and it made people feel creepy.

The old lady's voice is really uncomfortable to listen to. I don't know what the aesthetic taste of the person controlling this corpse puppet is, who always makes such underworld things.