Chapter 306 Banquet (1)

Tao Zi asked, "Liu Yue, besides the things I told you to do recently, have you got anything else to do?"

Liu Yue suppressed her excitement and said, "Big Sister, there's news from Xing Zhan."

She immediately sat up straight and asked calmly, "How is it?"

"He passed out some names of people who were suspected of being traitors."

Tao Zi narrowed her eyes and said, "After confirming it, we will recycle the waste and then solve it."

"Liu Yue understands."

She continued to ask, "How is the situation at Xing Zhan?"

Liu Yue's expression darkened, and he whispered, "It's not good. I don't know what provoked Xu Qianjia to send people to torture and execute him again, but because of this, the news was able to spread again."

Xu Qianjia...

Tao Zi curled her fingers and knocked on the table unconsciously. She whispered, "Didn't they say they released someone over there?"

She said helplessly, "I can't normally come into contact with Xing Zhan."

Tao Zi pursed her lips and finally said, "How are the things I asked you to investigate?"

Liu Yue perked up and said, "In the years after Senior Sister jumped off the cliff, people would escape every once in a while. Some of them contacted my people, some contacted Wu Yue's people, and some probably didn't know about our existence and fled to other places, so I couldn't find them. As for the period Senior Sister asked about, there was indeed a large-scale escape."

She asked, "Aside from the sheer scale, is there anything else that's wrong?"

"Yes, I heard that a demon cultivator appeared that day and blocked the Minglan Sect's progress, thus helping the people from the Punishment Hall escape in disguise."

Demonic cultivator... Yes, she was possessed by a demon.

Liu Yue continued, "Also, the Minglan Sect chased the demon to a teleportation formation, but the formation was destroyed and they didn't know where it led to."

Tao Zi knocked on the table again and said softly, "I understand. Let's leave it this way for now. Be careful and leave when necessary."

"Yes, Liu Yue will pay attention to it."

After the person on the other side of the mirror disappeared, Tao Zi removed the sound insulation and leaned back in her chair in a daze.

Han Yueshan knocked on the door at this time: "Senior Sister, it's snowing so hard, don't you come out and take a look?"

She laughed silently. She had seen the snow for hundreds of years and was already tired of it.

Despite this, she walked out.

Xi Jing and Cheng Anran were playing in the snow. When they saw her come out, they waved to her excitedly. Tao Zi smiled and said, "You two should be careful and don't fall."

Cheng Anran replied loudly: "I won't fall!"

Han Yueshan smiled and said, "Senior Sister, have you ever seen snow before?"

"I have." Tao Zi suddenly remembered something and turned to ask, "Yueshan, Senior Sister hasn't asked you before, where did you find Senior Sister?"

Hearing this, Yue Qingya and Li Xiu looked over curiously.

Han Yueshan scratched his head, thought about it carefully, and said, "It seems to be at the foot of the mountain."

"Is it the direction of the teleportation formation?"

He thought about it again and said affirmatively: "It seems so."

Tao Zi changed the question: "Was Master there during those days?"

Han Yueshan touched his head and looked at his senior sister in confusion. He didn't understand why she asked these questions, but he still answered truthfully: "I was there during those two days, but it seems that I left for a while in the days before that."

He was still a little uncertain as he spoke, so he turned to ask Zhao Xue.

Zhao Xue nodded and said firmly, "Yes, Master left a few days before Senior Sister came."

Tao Zi reached out and caught a few flakes of snow, watching them melt in her palms, and murmured, "So that's how it is."

Han Yueshan asked doubtfully, "Senior Sister?"

She smiled and said, "Nothing, just cleared up some questions."

He scratched his head and didn't ask any more questions.

When the snow had almost stopped, Tao Zi turned around and went back to the room.

The inner demon emerged and said, "Congratulations, you are getting closer and closer to the truth."

She remained silent, and the inner demon continued, "But so what? Tao Zi, even if you uncover all the truth, what can you do to that Tianzun?"

Tao Zi finally looked over, a cold look in her brows: "Can I kill him just by being possessed by a demon?"

The inner demon still looked casual, but his tone was a little seductive: "Of course, I can promise you."

She smiled coldly, and couldn't help but said with a bit of disgust: "Get away."

The inner demon spread his hands and said with a nonchalant smile: "One day, you will take the initiative to become a demon."

Tao Zi ignored it.

At this time, Xi Jing rushed in: "Senior Sister, let's build a snowman together!"

She controlled her emotions and smiled gently, "Senior Sister, I won't pile up anymore. You guys can play by yourselves."

She felt a little disappointed, but still said, "Okay, I'll go with my brothers."

Xi Jing became happy again in an instant and skipped out.

In the evening, Yan Wenxuan and He Yinggui came to talk about the banquet, and Tao Zi came to the yard.

As soon as she came out, she saw five little snowmen piled in the middle of the yard. The snowman in the front was holding a branch as a crutch.

Seeing her come out, Xi Jing happily pointed at the snowman and said, "Senior Sister! Look quickly, this is the master and the four of us that my third senior brother and I built!"

Tao Zi smiled gently, but before she could say anything, contestant Yan Wen waved his hand, and seven or eight snowmen appeared in front of Xi Jing. "Are you so happy? Look, I just waved my hand, and seven or eight snowmen are ready."

The smile on Xi Jing's face gradually disappeared, and the sleeves of her hands slowly rolled up. Hua Monk stopped her and said, "This person is in the Spiritual Silence Stage. You can't beat him."

She looked at her senior sister pitifully and said coquettishly, "Senior sister, he laughed at me."

Tao Zi didn't know whether to laugh or cry. She looked at Yan Wenxuan and said, "The most important thing about this snowman is the process of building it. You're just wasting your time like this."

Yan Wenxuan apologized to Xi Jing with a smile, and waved his hand to restore the snowmen to their original state. Only then did Xi Jing feel better.

He Yinggui said impatiently, "Master Yan, why are you meddling in the affairs of these children?"

Xi Jing threw a snowball at him, and he was furious. Tao Zi gave him a look, and he had to endure it.

Yan Wenxuan said with a forced smile, "Don't bother with a child. If a child hits someone, especially with a snowball, how much pain can it possibly cause?"

Xi Jing snorted and ran out to play with Cheng Anran.

Tao Zi then said, "Didn't you come to me to discuss the banquet?"

Yan Wenxuan said irritably, "The situation at this banquet may be different from previous ones."

"Tell me about it."

"In the past, the banquet was held after the disciple-recruiting ceremony, but this time the sect's disciple recruitment efforts didn't go well, and as a result, the disciple-recruiting ceremony wasn't going well either. Therefore, the banquet may be postponed."

Tao Zi asked curiously, "The result was not good?"

"The disciple who went to Xujia Sect is the second to last one, and Minglan Sect is not even half as good as him."