Time flies by like a flash, and another four years pass.

Tang Ning was on duty at the Intelligence Section office, responsible for intelligence liaison. From the daily and monthly reports, he could clearly sense that the war between the two Xuan Demon sects was about to begin again, and the Demon Sect's actions were becoming more and more frequent.

They used the spiritual mines in the mountains they occupied as a base, spread their branches and leaves, slowly infiltrated the surrounding areas, and bit by bit devoured the industries that originally belonged to Xuanmen, and their power became stronger and stronger.

At present, they are relatively restrained, and they are annexing insignificant small industries around their respective strongholds. Xuanmen suffered heavy losses in the battle at Xuanyue Mountain, and has learned a profound lesson. They want to stop their troops and recuperate, otherwise the station would have been opened long ago.

Already.

In addition to being responsible for his job of intelligence liaison and training every day, Tang Ning also occasionally goes to the alchemy room to refine elixirs. He is now able to refine Qi Condensing Pills, although the success rate is not very high.

He has not given up on the Immortal Mother-of-Pearl Clam, and pours part of his green spiritual power into it every day, but so far there is still no change.

It is worth mentioning that in the past four years, the spiritual power in the little white snake has gradually increased, and it has reached the mid-level first-level spiritual beast cultivation level. He does not know whether this is due to its own cultivation or the effect of swallowing the wind-splitting beast. It may be both.

Of.

Tang Ning wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at the round elixir in her hand, sighed slightly, and twisted it gently. The elixir immediately turned into powder and scattered on the ground. The elixir's power was not fully integrated.

The spiritual power is disordered, so it will be disbanded immediately upon contact with interference from external spiritual power.

With his current skills, the success rate of refining Qi Condensing Pills is less than 50%. Sometimes waste pills are produced, sometimes they are in poor condition, and a dozen pills in a row are all waste pills.

Refining elixirs consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness and spiritual power. Tang Ning's current level of cultivation would not be able to endure even a few days of continuous elixirs. Therefore, every time he continued to refine useless elixirs, he had to cross his legs and rest for a while.

The night passed quickly, and before he knew it, it was dawn. Tang Ning left the alchemy room and went to the Intelligence Department office. There was no intelligence report today, so he stayed in the attic for a while and then returned to the cave.

Around noon, Wei Yun, a disciple of Kong Fanxing, came to the outside of the cave and handed over a transmission note to pass through the clouds and mist. Tang Ning received the transmission note and left the cave.

Wei Yun saluted him and said, "Uncle Tang, I would like to ask you to come over and have a talk."

Tang Ning nodded and the two of them arrived at Kong Fanxing's cave. Wei Yun led him to the main room.

Kong Fanxing sat cross-legged on the futon and said with a smile, "Junior brother Tang is here."

Tang Ning sat opposite him: "I wonder why Senior Brother Kong called me here? Could it be that he came to play chess with me when he had nothing to do? I don't dare to play chess with you anymore. My annual salary is not enough to lose a few games.

Where’s the chess piece!”

Kong Fanxing laughed: "Originally, I planned to play a game with you. Since Junior Brother Tang said so, let's forget it this time. We will play chess in the future. I invited you here today to tell me something."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Kong Fanxing turned over with his left hand, handed him a thick file and said, "You should take a look first!"

Tang Ning took it and flipped through it one by one. This file seemed to be a list of the Dou family in Qinchuan. It described in detail the current main figures of the Dou family, their children, their respective grievances, interests, and hobbies.

There are dozens of pages.

If this volume fell into the hands of some good people among the people, it could write a history of the grievances and hatreds of a wealthy family.

"This is this?" Tangning asked in confusion, wondering why he showed this to her.

"Details of the Dou family in Qinchuan. We have received intelligence that the Dou family has recently had contacts with the Demon Sect. Their family power is entrenched in the west of Qinchuan, not far from Ziqing Mountain. We suspect that they may change their banner and join the Demon Sect. ." Kong Fanxing said

There is a spiritual mine in the Ziqing Mountains. It was originally under the jurisdiction of the Qianyi Sect. It was later attacked by the Corpse Puppet Sect and used as a stronghold. It settled nearby. In recent years, its power has grown stronger and stronger, annexing several counties around the Ziqing Mountains. , including some industrial resources were also occupied by their people.

Tang Ning frowned slightly. He was responsible for intelligence liaison and was well aware of the intelligence information coming and going from inside and outside the sect. He had never seen this type of intelligence information in Qin Chuan's intelligence station report.

"Who submitted the information? Is it reliable?"

"The secret report, Senior Brother Lu said that the information came from internal disciples of the Corpse Puppet Sect, so it should be correct."

"Since we have found out that they have colluded with the Demon Sect, we can hand it over to the Inspection Department, but this does not seem to be within our scope of authority. Senior Brother Kong, do you want me to go there?" Tang Ning asked.

"Isn't there no conclusive evidence for this? The influence of the Dou family in Qinchuan is not small. If he is rashly convicted and executed, it may cause shock to Qinchuan, and other families will inevitably feel as if the rabbit died and the fox died."

"Now the Corpse Sect is peeking at the land of Qinchuan. If people's hearts turn against the Demon Sect one after another, the land of Qinchuan may not be owned by our sect. We have to be careful in this regard. Senior Brother Lu reported this matter to the sect leader. The disciple ordered us to obtain conclusive evidence before we can use the power of thunder."

Tangning nodded: "Do you want our intelligence department to detect it first? It's probably not easy to get conclusive evidence for this kind of thing!"

"Senior Brother Lu talked to me yesterday and wanted you to take full responsibility for investigating the specific situation of the Dou family. Originally, this kind of thing should be the responsibility of Junior Brother Lu. What he meant was that Junior Brother Lu couldn't spare any manpower. As you said, we need to It is not easy to obtain conclusive evidence that the Dou family colluded with the Demon Sect. This matter cannot be completed in a matter of days. The specific affairs of our entire intelligence department are under the control of Junior Brother Lu. It is not suitable for him to stay away from the sect for a long time, so you are sent Go investigate this matter."

Lu Guang is Lu Xingxian's confidant and has always been regarded by him as the successor of the deacon of the Intelligence Section. The specific affairs of the Intelligence Section he is in charge of can be said to be the most powerful person in the department. The transfer, reward and punishment of the disciples of the Intelligence Section are all decided by him. And decide.

Lu Xingxian never allowed others to get involved in this position. Even if Lu Guang occasionally left the sect to perform tasks, he would still hold this position personally.

Things like investigating the Dou family would take a long time, be laborious and might end up in vain. Of course Lu Xingxian would not let Lu Guang do it. Although Tang Ning was in charge of the Intelligence Department with them, he was in the Intelligence Department. His internal status can only be regarded as that of Kong Fanxing's follower, a man of little influence.

If Lu Xingxian wanted to transfer him, he didn't even need to discuss it with him. He could just go to Kong Fanxing directly for discussion.

And he really didn't have the strength to refuse. According to the sect system, Lu Xingxian was his direct superior. All the disciples in the Intelligence Department had to be transferred by him, and Tangning was no exception. It was within his authority to assign administrative tasks as a deacon. matter.

"Is it an open investigation or a secret and private investigation?" Tang Ning asked.

The so-called public investigation is to ask the Qinchuan Intelligence Station to assist and monitor everyone in the Dou family, while the private investigation is to conduct a secret investigation by Tang Ning alone, without allowing the intelligence station to be involved in the matter.

"Of course we have to investigate privately. The Dou family is very influential and powerful in Qinchuan. It is hard to say that there are not people close to them among the casual cultivators recruited by the intelligence station. If we alert the enemy, the consequences will be serious."

"We are still in the suspicion stage. There is no solid evidence. It is impossible to say that there is no such thing. If the persecution is too much, it will force them to change their banners and join the Demon Sect due to mutual suspicion. You are not necessarily going to find out who is here.

Come on, don't be prejudged by intelligence information. You just need to truthfully report the investigation situation, and the sect will handle it on its own.

Tang Ning nodded, as long as he said this. If he had to find out Chou Yin Mao, he didn't have much confidence: "When should I set off?"

"Wait a few more days for the Qinchuan Intelligence Station to send the report."

"Didn't you say that they won't be allowed to participate in this matter?" Tangning asked in confusion.

You have to be famous, right? Otherwise, if you go to Qinchuan alone and don't come back for months and months, how can the Dou family not be suspicious? They are also a big family in Xingang. If nothing else, there are several of them in our sect.

Where are the children of the Dou family! As long as you show up in Qinchuan, it won't take long for them to know your identity. You, a foundation-building monk from the Intelligence Department, have stayed in Qinchuan for so long for no reason. If they really collude with the Demon Sect, things will be different.

Was it exposed immediately?"

"But, what does this have to do with the intelligence station's report?"

"Senior Brother Lu led a drama so that you could go to Qinchuan legitimately and then secretly investigate the Dou family."

"What kind of drama?" Tangning became more and more confused as she listened.

"Senior Brother Lu has secretly ordered the disciples of the Qinchuan Intelligence Station to give a perjury letter to falsely accuse the person in charge of the intelligence station of illegally stealing information from other intelligence stations. In this name, you entered Qinchuan in the name of investigating and rectifying the Qinchuan Intelligence Station. Stay here.

For a year and a half, we secretly investigated the Dou family."

"I see."

"You need to be careful about someone after entering Qinchuan."

"who?"

"The head of Qinchuan, Jiang Youzhi, was originally a disciple of the Internal Supervision Department of the Yuanyi Palace. He was demoted to Qinchuan as the head of the Qinchuan family because of privately embezzling a large amount of sect property. He has a lot of connections with the Dou family.

In order to be close to each other, after he was demoted to Qinchuan, he married a wife who was the daughter of the Dou family."

"Senior Brother Kong, do you mean that he has also fallen into it?"

"There is no conclusive evidence. I am just telling you this situation. If your investigation in Qinchuan is unable to start and reaches a deadlock, this person may be a breakthrough."

"Investigating Chief Qin Chuan? I don't have the right. If I'm discovered, things may not end well."

"Don't worry about this. Senior Brother Lu will report this matter to the Dean of the Secret Academy, and the Academy will give you an authorization document."

"Okay then." Tangning nodded. As long as the procedures complied with the rules, he didn't want to be caught.

"Senior Brother Lu said that when you go to Qinchuan, I can first allocate funds for five thousand spirit stones to you. If you have any other requests, you can ask for help. If you need manpower, you can transfer a few people from the disciples below to help you."

"There is no need for manpower. Since it is a secret investigation, the fewer people who know about it, the better. If allowed, I hope that the files of the Secret Security Division can be retrieved for me to review."

"Whose profile do you need?"
Chapter completed!