Chapter 25 The Good Guy is a National Treasure
Before dawn the next day, Li Qingxiao packed up his things and hurried out of the city.
The atmosphere in Linjiang City is really too strange. After the auction of Qizhen Pavilion last night, this strange atmosphere also reached its peak. There were fewer pedestrians on the streets, and many casual cultivators and small family monks were leaving the city one after another.
The operations of shops and restaurants have become a bit bleak, and the doors are deserted.
All signs are on the surface, and the city is no longer safe.
Based on Zong Hanwen's fearless words yesterday, Li Qingxiao guessed that Zijian Pavilion had sent some big figures to Linjiang City, which led to Guo's attack only outside the city and did not dare to take action in the city for the time being.
Yesterday, the elder Guo Wanlu and Zong Hanwen were all great monks in the late stage of foundation building, and they were just people in the open face of their own families. What other big figures could make the Guo family, the first family of Lansha Island fear?
It is very likely to be a real person with a golden elixir!
If Jindan Zhenren takes action, he will always have dozens of miles of trouble. No wonder everyone in Linjiang City's cultivators are in danger and will run out with their families.
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"There were rumors that the ancestor of the Zong family, Tianqing, was secretly building a pill with the help of Zijian Pavilion. Guo probably had received this news long ago. Now he searched for Zong Tianqing's whereabouts everywhere in Lansha Island, trying to stop him from building a pill."
"Brother Qiao, aren't you afraid of the Zong family in such a relationship with Guo? Even if Zijian Pavilion is the backer, if Zong Tianqing fails to form a pill, wouldn't the entire Zong family be doomed?"
"Qingxiao, you don't know that this Zong family has had a long entanglement with the Guo family. More than 130 years ago, a city lord sent to Linjiang City wanted to eradicate the Zong family.
Unexpectedly, Zong Tianqing took the initiative first and found a large number of foundation-building cultivators from somewhere. After a battle, he drove the city lord away. He heard that if the Guo family's Jindan ancestor had not taken action in the end, the city lord would have died.
In this battle, the two sides were killed and injured. From then on, the two families were like water and fire, and they had a deep resentment. In recent years, the Guo family did not send their clan members to Linjiang City. If it weren't for the recent leak of news that Zong Tianqing was secretly forming pills, the Guo family would not have targeted Linjiang City so eagerly."
At this time, on the way back to Yulin Town, the one who was talking to Li Qingxiao about the secret affairs of the Guozong family in Linjiang City was a pair of middle-aged brothers. The older brother was Qiao Liang and the younger brother was Qiao Chun. Both of them were wearing short-sleeved clothes, and they were also people who had been operating the store for a long time.
Although the two seemed to be around forty, they were actually in their early 80s. They both had the seventh level of Qi training. They originally ran a small restaurant in Linjiang City. Recently, Linjiang City suffered a major change and their business was bleak. The restaurant could not maintain it, so they could only find another way out.
When they met halfway, Li Qingxiao certainly would not let go of such a casual cultivator who came to the door. When he learned that the other party was looking for another way out, he immediately invited the two of them to come to Li as a worshiper.
Although they met by chance, they were able to chat, so the two did not explicitly refuse and only said that they would follow Li Qingxiao to Yulin Town first to take a look.
The Qiao brothers have been in Linjiang City for decades and have heard about what happened in Linjiang City over the years. Of course, Li Qingxiao would not miss this opportunity. He quickly found out that he had this conversation.
From this point of view, the Guo clan has been resentful for a long time, and when it comes to knowing that Zong Tianqing is about to form a pill, it is reasonable for Guo's family to do this. In addition, the group of foundation-building foreign aids recruited by Zong Tianqing more than a hundred years ago are most likely people from Zijian Pavilion.
This is a grudge that has lasted for hundreds of years!
It seems that the current situation in Linjiang City depends on whether the elixir of the ancestor Tianqing, the Zong family, can succeed. It is said that Zong Tianqing is still the legitimate brother of the great grandmother Zong Wan'er, and is considered the brother-in-law of the great grandfather Li Yaowen, and it is also related to their Li family.
If the pill is successful, will Li have an extra thigh?
However, thinking of Zong Hanwen and the style of the Zong clan people he saw, Li Qingxiao still put aside the idea of contacting the other party.
It is still said whether the thigh can be formed into pills successfully. Even if it is successful, judging from the appearance of the Zong clan, the Li family will take the initiative to stick it on, and it is probably not good to have a lot of money.
The three of them were on the same journey, and in order to take care of the Qiao brothers, Li Qingxiao deliberately slowed down. In less than half a day, the three arrived in Yulin Town together.
In the Li clan, Li Qingxiao took the two of them directly to the worship hall. When Chen Xiantang saw Li Qingxiao coming back, he quickly got up and felt relieved.
Although he agreed to leave in batches, he became worried when he thought that Li Qingxiao was carrying two such valuable things as the foundation-building pills on his body, but fortunately he was back smoothly now.
"Grandpa Chen, these two are brothers Qiao Liang and Qiao Chun, and they also came from Linjiang City. They want to find another way out!"
"This is Chen Xiantang, the head of my Li family worship hall. He is now in charge of the worship hall. If your two brothers have any requests, you can tell him in detail. There are still important things to do. Let's take your leave first and visit you in the evening!"
Chen Xiantang was a mature person, and he couldn't tell what Li Qingxiao meant. He hurriedly reached out to invite the two of them and asked Li Qingxiao to go and do it first.
Arranged the two brothers to wait temporarily in the tribe, and Li Qingxiao rushed directly to Bayu Mountain.
After all, the most important industry of the Li family is the Lingyu Pond in Bayu Mountain. Most people of the tribe often stay there, and the ancestor Li Yaowen is always in charge, for fear that others will break in.
However, as he gradually approached Lingyu Pond, he became more and more aware that something was wrong. There was no one in the several buildings built near Lingyu Pond, and Li Yaowen was not even in the small courtyard on the island in the center of the artificial lake.
Did something happen?
A trace of nervousness flashed in Li Qingxiao's heart, and suddenly a loud noise came from the north bank of the Lingyu Pond, and a wave of spiritual power came, and Li Qingxiao rushed over immediately.
When they got closer, Li Qingxiao discovered that all the tribe members were gathered at the top of a small hill about thirty feet on the north bank of Lingyu Pond, as if they were looking down on the other side of the mountain.
Li Qingxiao walked up the hill gently and coughed gently. The ancestor Li Yaowen was standing in front. Hearing the sound, he immediately turned around and looked at Li Qingxiao, showing his index finger and put it on his lips.
Hush………
The other tribe members also made this gesture. This strange scene made Li Qingxiao inexplicable. Li Yaowen pointed to the bottom of the hill, and Li Qingxiao looked at him carefully:
A giant black and white figure about ten feet long is leaning leisurely on the hill, with its black short legs barely crossing each other, not only crossing its legs, but also swaying, as if it is leisurely basking in the sun.
The hair on the limbs is black, and the neck looks like a black scarf, which is in sharp contrast with other white parts. The two round ears are standing up high, as if they have noticed someone above the hill.
He held a handful of purple bamboo in his left hand, and a piece of it in his right hand, and bite it into his mouth with a click, biting a large piece, chewing while smacking his lips, nodding his head and stamping his feet, looking satisfied, and his black eyes were filled with joy, and he threw a look of praise at the purple bamboo in his hand.
A giant panda?
The national treasure has also begun to cultivate immortality?
For a moment, Li Qingxiao felt tens of thousands of horses running by in his heart.
The things in front of you are not looking at the figure that is nearly ten feet long, the appearance, the expression, including the bamboo in your hand, are clearly a giant panda!
"Qingxiao, do you know what kind of monster this is?" Li Yaowen saw his expression and seemed to know the origin of the monster in front of him, and immediately asked.
Li Qingxiao smiled bitterly and shook his head, and said casually: "I don't know much, but I have seen it in ancient books before. It should be a bear, called panda, which is gentle in nature and likes to eat bamboo, and seems to be not aggressive."
"This thing is cute and is really different from the bear monsters I have seen before. It's appropriate to call it a panda."
"Who is on duty recently? How long has this thing been around!"
Li Jinhu has been on duty recently. When he heard the inquiry, he immediately walked up and said with a bitter expression: "It's been five days. This thing came from the depths of Bayu Mountain five days ago. After coming here, he didn't do anything. He just lay on this hill, just kept eating bamboo and sleeping when he was tired.
I wanted to drive him away before, but you see..."
As he whispered, Li Jinhu pointed at the right side of the panda's huge body down the hill.
A huge round pit with a diameter of about tens of feet came into view, and Li Qingxiao's face suddenly froze.
"As soon as we got closer, the panda threw down the bamboo, slapped it on the ground, and made such a big pit."
Li Yaowen also responded at the right time and said seriously: "This monster has at least the strength of the late stage of foundation building, and its huge power is extremely terrifying. I am afraid that if an ordinary peak monk at the foundation building realm comes, it will be difficult to fight with it."
When Li Qingxiao looked at the giant panda again, he felt that the other party was not cute at all, and he was even a little scared.
"But fortunately, the other party just slept and ate bamboo. Apart from drinking water, he did not cross this hill. We didn't provoke him, and he didn't get angry casually."
After hearing Li Jinhu's words, Li Qingxiao breathed a little relieved. Fortunately, the other party had a bad temper.
"Go back first. Since he likes this place, just let him stay. On weekdays, you should not get close to this place to avoid angering it. Let's talk about it later."
Although they had been discussing for a long time, in fact, everyone was just discussing in a low voice. The panda below occasionally turned his head and looked at them with small eyes drippingly. It seemed that after understanding that these people had no malice, they could feel at ease to turn back their necks and continue to chew bamboos with peace of mind.
When he returned to the island in the middle of the lake, Li Qingxiao and Li Yaowen entered the yard. This time he encountered many things, and he also needed to explain it to his ancestor Li Yaowen.
Sitting quietly in the yard, after listening to Li Qingxiao's experiences along the way, Li Yaowen did not show any surprise. He even nodded slightly when he heard the news that Zong Tianqing was about to form a pill.
After waiting for Li Qingxiao to finish speaking, there was no sound. Li Yaowen looked up and found that Li Qingxiao's eyes were looking at him in surprise.
"What, I think my reaction is too calm?"
After being guessed, Li Qingxiao did not hide it, nodded slightly and said, "Qingxiao guessed that the ancestor should be very happy to learn that his brother-in-law would immediately form a pill. He didn't expect that the ancestor would react so dull."
After laughing silently, Li Yaowen reacted that his brother-in-law was referring to Zong Tianqing, and said in a plain tone: "Brother Tianqing has outstanding talent and extraordinary qualifications. I have already guessed that he has embarked on the road to forming pills.
But since you said that Guo is the enemy outside, the Zijian Pavilion behind him is not 100% reliable.
Not to mention the consequences of the failure of the Killing Dan, even if it is successful, a mere Jindan real person, compared with Guo’s family and Zijian Pavilion, who have been in the fortunate years, he has just come to the stage."
What a guy, look at the ancestor's tone, "A mere Jindan real person." Li Qingxiao's face was a little thrust. Could it be that he knew that the ancestor was not a targetless person, and he really thought that the ancestor was bragging to him now.
Li Yaowen didn't care about his opinion either, but just worried about it and asked.
"As far as you think, don't you think much of the Zong family?"
"That's right, the Zong family's style is too flamboyant. The Zijian Pavilion behind it is not visible, but it is quite mysterious. Moreover, the Guo family has only sent three houses of the branch to encircle him. Although he is afraid and dared not enter Linjiang City to start a war directly, looking at his behavior, he has not been able to concentrate the Zong family in Linjiang City and catch up with them in one go.
Not to mention what the ancestor just said, even if the ancestor Zong Tianqing had achieved success in forming pills, he had just come to the stage. I am afraid that the end of the Zong family will have to rely on Zijian Pavilion. This practice of handing over its own destiny to others is too risky."
The answer was detailed, and combined with Li Qingxiao's previous experiences and experiences about Linjiang City, Li Yaowen's hidden worries became a little stronger. He seemed to want to say something, but he still didn't say it to Li Qingxiao.
Chapter completed!