Everyone was waiting outside. After about two-quarters of an hour, the light curtain melted again, and a group of people filed out and formed two teams. There were about twenty people, all monks from the Chamber of Commerce.

Chen Fan followed a man with a beard and full cheeks, walked straight to Tang Ning, and introduced, "Senior Brother Tang, this is fellow Taoist Lu Qingyuan from the Chamber of Commerce. He is responsible for the loading and unloading of our supplies in Fang City.

Fellow Daoist Lu, this is Senior Brother Tang Ning from our sect who is in charge of escorting us."

"Friend Lu, I have long admired your name," Tang Ning said in awe.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, please come with us!" Lu Qingyuan said expressionlessly, then turned around and walked inside.

Tang Ning waved his hand, and the disciples filed in behind him. The monks from the Chamber of Commerce were guarding them on both sides. They entered the market and walked for less than half an hour before arriving at a huge warehouse.

Its pavilion is about a hundred feet high and covers an area of ​​several miles. It has the three characters "Property Management Pavilion" written on it.

As everyone entered the room, a man dressed in Baoxing Chamber of Commerce dodges and falls in front of them. He exchanges a few words with Lu Qingyuan and then points to a room in the northwest corner of the attic.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, please store your supplies in that room." Lu Qingyuan said.

Tang Ning nodded and said hello, and directed everyone to carry the stone boxes into the room one by one. The room was empty, and it was more than enough to put down twenty-five stone boxes.

There are dozens of rooms like this in the entire warehouse, and there are ten warehouses of this size in the city.

Everyone arranged the stone boxes neatly in the room and filed out. A monk from the Chamber of Commerce turned his left hand and took out a white scroll about one foot long. He wrote the six characters "Qian Yi Zong Fire Bird" and pasted it on the

Outside room.

"Fellow Daoist Lu, I'm sorry." Chen Fan turned his left hand and took out a storage bag and handed it to him.

Lu Qingyuan took the storage bag and showed a smile: "We are all old friends. Fellow Daoist Chen is so polite. Don't worry! Just leave everything to us."

"Thank you."

At this time, a city official pulled out several booklets and handed them to Chen Fan.

Chen Fan signed and pledged it one by one, and everyone left the property management pavilion.

"Senior Brother Tang, please lead the disciples back to the sect first. Junior Brother Shen, Junior Brother Wei and I will stay here for a while to be responsible for the handover of the Flaming Bird," Chen Fan said.

"Okay." Tangning nodded and led everyone straight out of the city.

They traveled day and night for more than a month and finally returned to Tianshui Lake.

From a distance, some sentry disciples spotted them. From a distance, a ray of light shot out, revealing the figure of Zhang Chong.

He bowed his head and said, "Senior Brother Tang, you are back. Is everything going well?"

Tang Ning nodded and said, "It went very well. The Fire Bird has been escorted to Fangshi. Junior Brother Chen, Junior Brother Shen and Junior Brother Wei are staying there to take charge of the handover. I'll come back first. How are you doing here? Nothing has happened in the past six months, right?

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Zhang Chong said: "The weather is calm and the sea is calm. After the Demon Sect was defeated last time, it must have known its power and did not dare to attack this place rashly again."

"Let's go!" Tang Ning led everyone to the front of the formation, waved her hand, and passed the transmission talisman inside.

Not long after, the light curtain melted to create a gap, and a ray of light flashed out from inside, revealing the figure of Cheng Wu, who bowed his head and said: "Senior Brother Tang, you are back."

Tang Ning said: "Junior brothers and garrison disciples, please go back to the main formation first to guard against the Demon Sect. I have to go back to the sect and give orders to Master Peng. The disciple responsible for escorting the sect will go with me."

"Yes." Everyone responded.

Tang Ning jumped into the air, and the forty escorting disciples followed him with flying swords, and the group headed southeast.

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After traveling for a day, he returned to the sect. Tang Ning ordered his disciples to go back to their respective departments. He then came to the Peng Wanli Cave in Yuanyi Palace, waved his hand, and handed the talisman into the thick fog.

Soon, as the thick fog rolled, a ray of light flashed out, revealing the figure of a slender man. He bowed his head and said, "Senior Brother Tang, Uncle Peng, please come in."

The two of them entered the inner room one after the other and went straight to the main room. Tang Ning bowed to Peng Wanli who was sitting cross-legged on the futon and said, "Disciple pays homage to Master."

Peng Wanli said: "You're back, how are you? Is it going well?"

"Everything goes well. Junior Brother Chen, Junior Brother Shen, and Junior Brother Wei are staying in Fangshi to take charge of the follow-up handover. The disciple will come back first to take orders. I would like to ask my uncle, is the next step for the disciple to return to the Ministry or Department?"

"Tianshui Lake cannot be left unguarded. With you here, we can rest assured. The affairs of the Intelligence Department will be left to your department to handle them with full authority. You will come back when a suitable candidate is found."

"Yes, disciple, please leave." Tang Ning responded, left the room, transformed into a dodge light and walked away. Not long after, he came to Qianxing Mountain Luo Qingshui Cave Mansion, entered the room and saluted him, "Disciple pays homage to the master."

"sit down!"

"Yes." Tangning followed the instructions and took her seat.

"How is the situation over at Tianshui Lake?"

"Everything goes well. The disciple has escorted the Flaming Bird to Fangshi and came here to give orders to the master."

"Have you met Junior Brother Luo?"

"I just went to take my life."

"How did he say?"

"Uncle Luo asked his disciples to continue guarding Tianshui Lake and return to the sect when a suitable candidate is found."

Luo Qingshui nodded and said: "Then go! Nowadays, the demon sect is attacking our territory on a large scale, and disciples are needed to guard every place. Tianshui Lake is one of our important resource industries, with millions of spiritual stones! If the demon sect is attacked, The destruction of the sect will be a huge blow to the sect's finances. With you here, we can feel more at ease and let others handle the affairs of the Intelligence Department!"

"Yes." Tangning responded.

"Go for it!"

"Disciple, please retire." Tang Ning left Qianxing Mountain and returned to the cave to rest for the night.

The next day, he left the sect, returned to Tianshui Lake, and took over the defense affairs again.

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The days passed as calmly as water, and several years passed in a flash.

In the past few years, there have been wars and wars in Chu State, and small-scale conflicts between the Demon Sect and Xuanmen have continued to break out. The Demon Sect has attacked from all sides, looting and attacking various industrial places where Xuanmen is stationed.

Two years ago, a large-scale conflict broke out between the two sides. The Xuanmen monks stationed at the Yingxia Mountain camp fought head-on with the Demon Sect monks stationed at the Wancong Mountain camp.

As a result, in less than three days, the Demon Sect took the initiative to retreat. Although the battle was loud and the raindrops were light, none of the high-level monks were killed, but the foundation-building Qi-refining disciples suffered many casualties.

Although there was a lively fight outside, Tianshui Lake was sitting on the Diaoyutai despite the wind and waves.

Because this place is too close to the sect, the Demon Sect is invaded by small groups such as Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining, and plunders everywhere. The Golden Pill monks dare not go deep into the dangerous situation, and it is useless for the Foundation Establishment monks to come before they can wait for them. After breaking through the formation, the sect's support will arrive.

Since the last time the Demon Sect dispatched a team of sixteen people to build a foundation, but returned without success, they have never attacked this place again.

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Tang Ning was sitting cross-legged in the room, practicing by herself. The storage bag at his waist suddenly shook. He opened his eyes, took out the formation plate a little, took the talisman into his hand, poured his spiritual consciousness, and heard a man's voice in his mind.

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But it was Li Xian, the captain of the Opportunity Team of the Intelligence Division, who said he had obtained clues about the auction and came here to report it.

Six months ago, Tang Ning returned to the sect and gave orders to various intelligence stations, asking them to find clues about the auction.

The purpose is to purchase the materials needed to condense the elixir through the auction and prepare for the future attack on the golden elixir realm.

He now has Xin Yunzhi and Gentian Dan, but these two are far from enough. At least he needs a formation to resist the invasion of the spiritual power of heaven and earth and an elixir to cleanse the marrow and ease the bones.

These four items are indispensable. Of course, the more auxiliary materials, the better. Forming an elixir is ten times more dangerous than building a foundation, so the more thorough the preparations, the better.

These items are not available in ordinary markets and shops. Tang Ning also went to the Duanjishan Market to inquire, and almost all the shops there did not sell these items.

Therefore, I had no choice but to try my luck through the auction. If that didn't work, I had to leave Xingang and go to the big islands in Qinghai to buy.

Tang Ning fiddled with the array plate, and a gap appeared in the outer light curtain. A man with a smooth forehead and a broad face was waiting. When he saw the light curtain melting, he flashed into the inner room, came to Tang Ning's room, and knocked on the door.

Knock on the room.

"Come in."

Li Xian pushed open the door and entered, bowing and saluting: "Disciple pays homage to Master Tang."

Tangning asked: "Where will the auction be held?"

Li Xian turned over with his left hand, took out a file and handed it to him with both hands: "This is the news from the Bianjing Intelligence Station five days ago. I don't know the specific location. Master Xu received this news and sent his disciples to inform him."

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Tang Ning took the file and unfolded it and took a look at it, but she saw it said: Fang Yuan, a disciple of the Southern Intelligence Station in Bianjing, submitted a report. The disciple inquired and learned that there will be a secret auction in Bianjing. I heard that it will be organized by the Chamber of Commerce. Specially

Report to Uncle Master."

"I understand." Tangning put away the file, turned her hand over, took out two middle-grade spiritual stones and handed them to him: "Go back!"

"Thank you, uncle. Disciple, please leave." Li Xian took the spirit stone and exited the room.

"Here comes someone." Tangning shouted, her voice carried far away.

Not long after, a disciple pushed open the door and entered, bowed and said, "Master, what are your orders?"

"Go and invite Junior Brother Chen Fan."

"Yes." The disciple responded, turned around and left the room.

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Around tea time, footsteps could be heard outside. Chen Fan walked in from the outside and asked, "Senior Brother Tang, what are your instructions for calling me here?"

"Oh, I have to go out for something, and I'll leave the defense of the formation to you." Tangning flipped her left hand over, took out the central formation plate and handed it to him.

Chen Fan took the array and asked, "How long will it take Senior Brother Tang to go out? Do you want to say hello to the sect?"

"That's not necessary! I'm going out to do some personal things and I'll be back in a few days. Just wait and be on guard."
Chapter completed!