Yi Tianxing took the wooden sign and took a look at it to confirm that Tang Ning's identity was correct before returning it to him. He flipped through it with his left hand and took out a golden account book. With his right hand, he took out a black magic pen and started to draw on the account book. He wrote: "In the past few years, I have tried my best to allocate the work at hand. Unfortunately, the sect stipulates that any purchase and sale of more than one thousand spirit stones must be confirmed and recorded by a person in charge or above. If you want to practice peace of mind in this place, you can It's really not an easy task. Come on, sign here and make a pledge."

Yi Tianxing handed the account book to Tang Ning, and saw it written on it: July 24, 660, Dao Ji Ding, a set of small cloud and mist formations were sold for 1,150 spirit stones. Buyer: Qian Yi Tang Ning, a disciple of Zong Herbal Medicine.

Tang Ning signed and fingerprinted the wool roll, took out eleven medium-grade spiritual stones and fifty low-grade spiritual stones from the storage bag and gave them to him. Yi Tianxing put away the spiritual stones and said with a smile, "Junior Brother Tang no longer wants to Do you need anything else? It's bitterly cold in Jingbei! The spiritual energy is thin. Junior Brother He Wenwen used to buy some elixirs from me. With his qualifications and cultivation level, Junior Brother Tang can't just be greedy for pleasure! We monks can still get it. Cultivation Master, by the way, speaking of Junior Brother He, since you were transferred to Jingbei, I wonder where Junior Brother He was transferred?"

"Senior Brother Yi, don't you know? Junior Brother He Wenwen was killed a few months ago, so the sect transferred me to Northern Jing." Tang Ning said strangely, Huang Maple Valley is the only regular market in the northern part of the Chu Kingdom, and the monks' business in the northern part of the Chu Kingdom is Most of the transactions are carried out here. As the actual person in charge of one of the largest shops in this city, he must be well-informed. Moreover, this place is not far from Jingbei, so he didn't know about it.

Yi Tianxing was slightly surprised when he heard this: "Oh? I really didn't know that this happened. I have been practicing hard these past few months, leaving aside external affairs as much as possible. Everything in the store is left to the people below to take care of it. I didn't hear what was going on outside the window, and I never thought that Junior Brother He was dead. I wonder who did it? Does Junior Brother Tang know?"

"To be honest, Senior Brother Yi, this is one of the tasks that the sect sent me to northern Jingzhou to investigate the murder of Junior Brother He Wengan. People from the Inspection Department came to investigate before, but they did not find out who committed the crime. Junior Brother He's body was not found. , we don’t know exactly when he was killed, and we don’t know where the incident occurred. It is not easy to investigate.”

"Junior Brother Tang, do you have any clues?"

"All the clues so far point to the Demon Sect, and it should be the Demon Sect's monks." Of course, Tang Ning would not tell him the truth and prevaricated.

"Hey! In recent years, for some reason, the Demon Sect has suddenly shown signs of revival. It has repeatedly come out to cause trouble and rob practice resources. It was even more rampant in the past few years, and Xuanmen disciples were often attacked. In recent years, it has been a little calmer, and few people listen to it. When I heard the news about the raging Demon Sect, I didn’t expect that Junior Brother He would die in their hands.” Yi Tianxing sighed and said, “Speaking of which, I met Junior Brother He once about half a year ago. He bought a lot of things at the store. I At that time, I was still wondering where he got his windfall, but now it seems that there must be something fishy in it, these things may be his talisman, and I don’t know who has targeted him.”

"Oh? What did Junior Brother He buy at that time?" Tangning asked

"I can't remember exactly what it was. There were quite a lot of types, including elixirs, magic weapons, and talismans. I bought more than 3,000 spiritual stones at one time."

Half a year ago? More than three thousand spirit stones? This may be what happened after He Wengan blackmailed the Xu family. The number is also consistent with what was mentioned in the note. In other words, the Xu family gave the money, gave the money Are you still killing people? Are you afraid that He Wenbin will betray his promise and report them? Or are you worried that he will use this as a basis to continue blackmailing in the future? Several thoughts immediately flashed through Tang Ning's mind.

"I understand. This clue is quite important. Thank you, Senior Brother Yi. I'll take my leave first." After bidding farewell to Yi Tianxing and leaving the Qian Yizong store, Tang Ning walked around to several other stores and discovered the items in the market. The price is generally higher. Take Wan Ling Dan as an example. A bottle of Wan Ling Dan on the market costs 300 Ling Stones. In many shops in Fang City, the price is as high as 360 Ling Stones. They even call it buying one. The entire bottle enjoys a discount of 20 spirit stones, and the unit price is 12 spirit stones. The price has increased by 20%, which is simply terrifying.

The strange thing was that he found that even though the prices were generally high, there were still a lot of people buying them. The people here seemed to be money-hungry people, and they didn't feel bad at all when they bought them even though they knew the prices were unreasonable.

This kind of market can actually survive and do so with great success. It has to be said that this business alliance does have a way to monopolize all business transactions. The profits from just a few markets are astronomical.

As the sun set, Tang Ning walked out of a shop door. After asking for the location of the management office, she arrived at the Fang City Management Office. Zhao Bao was waiting for him at the door. The two of them entered the hall, where there were six people dressed in black. The manager had a golden bowl painted on the left shoulder arm of his clothes, and the words "Baoxing Chamber of Commerce" were written on the chest. Tangning walked up to a woman and handed the stone plaque to her: "We are here to return the stone plaque."

The woman took the two stone tablets, took a look at them, took out a golden account book with her right hand, flipped through it and said: "According to the regulations, you need to hand in a spiritual stone every day when entering the market. Are you here today?" , hand over two spirit stones and you can go out."

Tang Ning took out two spirit stones and gave them to her. The woman took the spirit stones and handed back a note to Tang Ning: "Take this note and leave the management office, go east or west, go to the guard office, hand in the note and go out." The two went to the guard office to submit the terms. The monks at the guard office controlled the array disk to melt a gap in the large array of light curtains. The two people left Fangshi, took up their magic weapons and flew away. It was already late at night when they returned to Jingbei.

So he set up the formation flags overnight, built the formation altar, and built the center. After working for about an hour or two, the small cloud formation was set up. Tangning placed twenty-two spiritual stones in the center of the formation altar, and placed eight more. A spiritual stone is placed in the pre-set groove of the formation flag. If you tap lightly on the formation plate, the formation will be activated immediately. The formation flag absorbs the spiritual power in the spirit stone, slowly changes, and gradually rises in the wind for about half an hour. It stopped changing when it reached about three feet high. At this time, the formation began to take effect, and a steady stream of clouds and mist poured out from the central formation altar and dispersed in all directions.

The formation is a very advanced thing. Most people cannot afford to use it. Not only is it expensive, the most important thing is that it is a consumable. It requires spiritual power to operate. Take this small cloud formation as an example. It covers the entire As for the Jingbei Mansion, thirty spirit stones can only consume it for a month. This still controls its range. The Jingbei Mansion only covers an area of ​​about three acres.

If the small cloud and mist array is used at full strength, it can cover an area of ​​ten acres, and it will not be able to go down without consuming a hundred spirit stones in a month. Clouds and mist are constantly pouring out from the formation altar, and soon the entire Jingbei mansion is covered with a thin layer of clouds and mist. , the sky was already turning pale at this time, Tang Ning took out twenty spirit stones from the storage bag and handed them to Zhao Bao: "Thank you for your hard work today. I want to express my gratitude for these spirit stones. Don't refuse."

"This, Tang Xianshi, this is the responsibility of my subordinates. What is the hard work? Lingshi's subordinates will never dare to accept it." Zhao Bao quickly declined.

"Take it! Remember to warn the people in the house tomorrow not to let them touch those formation flags and altars." Tang Ning put the spirit stone into his hand and went straight into the room.

To Zhao Bao Lingshi, I just thought that he was a really good person. He worked hard all day without complaining, and he was a loyal person. As a subordinate, he was taciturn and never asked much about others, so he was obviously qualified.

Early on the next morning, the maids in the mansion were shouting and vying to see the vision. They were all amazed. They didn't stop until Zhao Bao came out and scolded them. By then, the entire mansion was covered with thick clouds.

, looking down from above, Nuo Da’s mansion was completely obscured by clouds and mist.

Tangning has been staying at home for several days since returning to the mansion. It is worth mentioning that he has moved from his original residence to the newly opened courtyard.

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In Yuelong Inn, a first-class private room in Yazhi, He Yingqing took small steps back and forth, feeling slightly anxious. Since the day he sent his maid to deliver a message to Tang Ning, he had been staying around the Jingbei mansion to observe secretly.

He has never left, and the trouble is huge. This matter is related to the rise and fall of the entire family, and even the survival of the whole family. He can't help but deal with it with all his energy.

Now there is no one in the core family who is not anxious, including his father. Although his face is calm, his inquiries about the news in Jingbei Mansion several times a day show that his father is just as anxious as he is. They are all waiting for Qian Yizong's news.

The news is that this is a dangerous move, and it is also a killing move. If it fails, it will lead to failure. If the Xu family cannot be eliminated in one fell swoop, the consequences can be imagined. There will be a life and death battle between the two families.

He knew that the newly appointed head of Jingbei had left the mansion for more than ten days in the past few days, most likely to report the Xu family to Qian Yizong, but he had been back for so many days, why was there no movement at all? Could it be something?

Something happened?

A few days ago, he saw thick clouds and mist rising above Jingbei Mansion. He thought it was some kind of signal. Later he learned that it was a formation. Today, the clouds and mist suddenly dispersed. He couldn't help but suspect that something had happened inside and it was not him.

Everything is in control, but this time is too sensitive. Every move in the Jingbei Mansion affects the heartbeat of the entire He family.

Not long after, a slim woman wearing a black gauze pushed the door in. It was the former maid of the He family.

"What's going on? Why did the clouds and fog above your house suddenly disperse? Is there something new?" He Yingqing asked quickly

"Second Young Master, my servant doesn't know about this either. It's just that the thick clouds and mist disappeared when I woke up early in the morning."

"Where is Master Tang! Have you seen him? Are there any strange guests in his house?"

"I heard that Master Tang Xian has been practicing behind closed doors in the newly opened courtyard these days. He has never come out to meet guests, and my servant has never seen any strangers."

"Then are there any other changes in your mansion?"

"Change? No, oh, one thing, those flags of different colors around the house a few days ago have been removed."
Chapter completed!