Tian Yuan Xian Ji

Chapter 297 Investigation
The old man sighed: "I am not like you. I am young and vigorous, and I have plenty of lifespan. For a person like me who has no hope of practicing, what other hope can he have other than finding an apprentice to teach him the mantle. To be honest, I will return to Xingang this time. , traveling all over the world, just to find a child with a good spiritual root to pass on my mantle. When I saw her, I felt familiar, like a fate from a previous life.

The man said: "As practitioners, spiritual awareness is the most important thing. Since brother Qin has such intuition, it must be a blessing from heaven. Congratulations, brother Qin, for getting a good disciple."

The old man nodded and said: "I think so too. If I hadn't come to Chu State on a whim in my free time and happened to meet fellow Daoist Diao, I wouldn't have come to look for you, and passing by that remote place, naturally I wouldn't have had the chance to meet her. Above, it is God’s will. But God’s will is also determined by man, I gave her a small test, if she can achieve it, then I will pass on what I have learned in this life, if not, it can only be destined or not.”

The man said: "Brother Qin's art of refining weapons is the best in Xingang, everyone knows it. Even Broken Ridge Mountain Fang City once invited you to refine weapons for them. It is a pity that such unique skills are lost. If there are disciples who can inherit the mantle, It’s also a blessing.”

"The thing I'm most proud of in my life is this art of refining. Unfortunately, my cultivation aptitude is poor, and I spent too much time on the research of refining in my life. As a result, my cultivation has stagnated, and I have no chance to step into the realm of golden elixir to refine more. The only regret in this life is not being able to refine a complete magic weapon, which is a tool for high-level cultivation. It can be said that I regret it for the rest of my life. Now I only hope that the disciples who continue my legacy can go further than me."

"Brother Qin stepped into the world of practice as a mortal boy who was down and out on the street, and became the top craftsman in Xingang, which is beyond the reach of many people. This land of Xingang includes various sects, chambers of commerce, and cultivation families. There are only a few people who can refine top-grade spiritual weapons, and Brother Qin is the only one. This kind of talent is not inferior to those of the big sects, but it is not as rich as the resources they get."

The old man waved his hand: "Brother Xiao's words are too much, people don't know it? Although I have some talent in the art of refining, I am not far behind those proud sons of the big sect. Even on the Baidao of Qinghai, There are also quite a few senior craftsmen who have convinced me wholeheartedly."

"To be honest, if I hadn't been born in Xingang, my achievements would have been more than that. But if I were to compare with those rising stars of the big forces, I still have some self-knowledge."

"I still remember the first time I went to Qiyun Island to compete with other craftsmen. It really opened my eyes and I was ashamed. From then on, I realized that I have always been a frog at the bottom of the well. Brother Xiao, if you have a chance , and when you walk out of Xingang, the outside world is a wonderful one.”

The man said: "Sincerely, I have a wish, but I can't go there due to my low cultivation level. I will go to Xingang to see it when I have free time in the future."

The two men toasted and drank, the man asked: "Brother Qin, I don't know what kind of test you just set up for a small test."

The old man said: "That child's life experience is quite similar to mine, and she was also killed by her father. I told her that there is a person in this mountain, and she should mind her own business. If she can come here by overcoming thorns and thorns, it will prove her sincerity. If his ambition is firm, he can pass on my mantle."

"Meddling in other things? Brother Qin is the one who knows me."

The two laughed.

...............

Tangning sat cross-legged in the room and closed her eyes to practice, when there was a knock on the door outside.

"Come in."

Kong Ji pushed the door open, and handed him the file in his hand: "Uncle Tang, this is urgent news from Beiyuan."

"what's up?"

"The inside line we placed in Jin's house was killed."

Tangning frowned and took the file in his hand, opened it, and saw that it read: On the third day of September, Jin Xuanyang went out to Fengxuan Tower and was assassinated. The murderer was a foundation cultivator, whose identity is unknown.

Jin Xuanyang was an important insider that the intelligence station placed in the Jin family. Long before Tangning took over, Du Yuankai had already wooed him to turn against him.

His status in the Jin family is not low, he has a nine-level cultivation of Qi refining, and his job is Fengxuan Lou, and all the information about the Jin family in the intelligence station is provided by him.

The Jin family is a large family in the Northern Plains, and the family power is located in the northwest of the Northern Plains, bordering Longyou. If the Corpse Puppet Sect wants to expand its power to the Northern Plains, the Jin family will bear the brunt of it, so the sect is very wary of its family.

Jin Xuanyang was assassinated, probably because his identity was exposed. Who did it?The Jin Family or the Corpse Puppet Sect?
Thoughts were racing through Tangning's mind. If the Jin family did something, they wouldn't do it in such a blatant way. It would be equivalent to breaking with the Qianyi sect. They wouldn't be so stupid as to do such a pointless thing.

Then it can only be a member of the Mozong. Even if the Mozong knows that he is an insider of Qianyizong, there is no need to kill him. Isn't this exposing himself?Unless Jin Xuanyang discovered some secret about the relationship between the Demon Sect and the monks of the Jin family, he had no choice but to punish him.

"Immediately inform the Zongmen of this news, and send a message to the Beiyuan intelligence point, so that they can find out what happened and who killed Jin Xuanyang."

"Yes." Kong Ji took the order and left.

Tangning pondered for a while in the room, then got up and went out. He felt that this matter was not easy. With the manpower of the Beiyuan Intelligence Station, he might not be able to handle it. It's better to go and see for himself.

He ordered everyone to hand over all affairs in the station to Xu Qingwan, left the intelligence station, traveled for two days and one night, arrived in Beiyuan territory, and came to a compound on the outskirts of Wuhuang County.

As soon as the light falls, the people in the house have already noticed it.

"Who?" A loud shout came from the room, the door opened wide, and a burly man walked out. Seeing Tangning, his expression changed slightly.

Tangning didn't say much, and handed the token to him. The man immediately saluted after seeing him, "Disciple Zuo Tongming pays his respects to Master Tang."

Tangning nodded slightly, "What's going on with Jin Xuanyang? Have you guys checked it out?"

"In the past few days, my disciples have made many inquiries. It is reported that the person who killed Jin Xuanyang was a casual cultivator, and the Jin family is currently hunting them down with all their strength."

"Sanxiu?" Tangning frowned, "Sanxiu has the guts to offend the Jin family? Who is his name? Where did he come from?"

"This, the disciple does not know for the time being."

"You don't even know this, so how do you know that it was a casual cultivator who killed him? Where did you get the news from?"

"It was revealed by a member of the Jin family. I heard that the Patriarch of the Jin family personally went to arrest him, and had a big fight with that casual cultivator, but he still escaped."

The Patriarch of the Jin family, Jin Lingyuan, is a monk in the late stage of foundation establishment, and he can't win a casual cultivator?
Tang Ning felt that there was something weird here, let alone a casual cultivator who was at ease, why did he go to the Jin family to trouble him and get himself caught up in the fire?
Simply speaking, there are only a handful of casual cultivators in Xingang who have reached the late stage of foundation establishment. They ran all the way to the north to kill a Qi refining monk, and it happened that this person was their insider. It's too much of a coincidence, and it doesn't make sense logically.

Could it be a smoke bomb deliberately released by the Jin family?
"What do you think about this?"

"Five days before Jin Xuanyang's death, my disciple met with him. He looked normal, and I didn't hear him say that he had any enemies or offended anyone. If it was really the work of casual cultivators, it may be that the Jin family offended someone unintentionally. , Jin Xuanyang is just a scapegoat for the Jin family."

"Where was Jin Xuanyang killed?"

"In the area around Luoxia Peak, the body was found there. It was only thirty miles away from Fengxuan Tower. Someone saw him being killed, but he didn't see the appearance of the assailant. He only knew that he was a Foundation Establishment cultivator. Go to Jin Xuanyang, cut off his head, and leave soon."

"Besides that! Was the Jin family killed?"

"The day before Jin Xuanyang was killed, two children of Chaotianguan Jin's family were killed, and some women who were imprisoned there escaped."

Jin Xuanyang is the business of Fengxuanlou, and Fengxuanlou is a place for people to entertain, and there are naturally female cultivators who practice the art of carnival. Chaotianguan is the place where the Jin family hides spiritual root women. The place of repair is actually the private prison of the Jin family.

The Jin family helped them transform into monks and taught them the art of carousing.

Could it be that some of the women imprisoned by the Jin family had someone with a strong background that caused others to retaliate?

Tangning fell into deep thought. After a while, he said, "Don't worry about how Jin Xuanyang died. The problem now is that we have lost the insider information of the Jin family. We need to fill in the gap immediately. I will leave this matter to you. Find a way to instigate a counterattack. The children of the Mingjin family have become our people. If you need any assistance, please let me know."

"Yes, this disciple will do his best." Zuo Tongming replied.

With a flash of light, Tang Ning left the yard and fled for half a day. He came to an inn, which was the contact point of the Beiyuan Western Intelligence Station. He revealed his identity, and the disciples of the contact point saluted immediately.

"Call Jiang Chang here," Tangning said.
"Yes." The disciple took the order and went away. Two or three hours later, a tall and thin man came to the inn and quickly went up to the second floor: "Disciple Jiang Chang pays his respects to Master Tang."

"How much do you know about Jin Xuanyang, a son of the Jin family, who was killed?" Tangning asked straightforwardly.

"Jin Xuanyang?" Jiang Chang frowned slightly: "I heard that she was killed by a casual cultivator passing by. One of the women captured by the Jin family has a lot of background. I heard that she is a very famous casual cultivator. What is her name? I don't know either. The head of the Jin family fought against this person two days ago, and the Jin family stopped searching after that."

"Take me to Jin's house. I have business to visit Jin Lingyuan."

"Yes." The two left the inn, walked for a day, and arrived at the Jin's mansion.

Before Tangning escaped to the Jin residence, two Jin family disciples came with their swords.

"Jiang Daoyou, I don't know why you came to my Jin family." One of the men said
"This is Uncle Tang of our sect. I have important matters to call on Senior Jin Lingyuan. Please inform me."

"Please wait a bit later, I will report to the Patriarch." The man said, and left with the flying sword, and after a while, he returned to the two of them: "Patriarch, please enter."

Tang Ning followed him to a large hall, entered the hall, and saw an old man with a handsome head and white beard sitting on it, with piercing eyes.

"Your Tang Taoist came from afar, but he never greeted you. I hope you forgive me. Please take a seat." Jin Lingyuan said

Tangning sat down as promised, and Jiang Chang stood behind him with his hands down.

(End of this chapter)