Entering the city

I just don't know whether it is aimed at her alone, the Qin family, or the entire Guiyi Sect.

After Qin Baoyao pulled Shi Yue away, Qin Gu finally realized that the kid was fooling him, but he had to admit that what they said was actually not wrong. No matter what, Guiyi Sect was still the largest sect. How could it be reduced to the point where it needed disciples to prove themselves in this way?

So, in the hall, some people felt that because of the rumors spreading in the world of cultivation about the Qin family, she, the person involved, still needed to prove it, while others felt that if you don't agree, come and fight, if you have the guts, just go and tell Qin You directly, what kind of hero is she who talks behind his back.

"Alright, alright, I was also confused for a moment. Let's first let people publicize the news of Baoyao and Shiyue's foundation-building. As for the others, there is no need to have a competition. Wait until they return from their training and let them both fight in the sect competition." After Qin Gu came to his senses, he made the latest decision.

Those who followed the crowd and thought they could take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble were so angry when they saw all this.

How come they suddenly became so shrewd? They hadn't even encountered Qin Baoyao before they started to act foolishly?

Thinking of this, the man returned to his residence, entered the dark room, took out a drop of his heart's blood, and dripped it on the dim lotus lamp. After a while, a dark shadow appeared with an unbearable pressure, and a buzzing voice came out: "Didn't you say, don't contact me if there is nothing wrong?"

"Master, the plan has failed again. Qin Baoyao was not deceived by the Lingmei Pill."

"What did you say?! I even gave you the Heavenly Spiritual Charm Pill, and now you tell me you've failed again? What use are you, useless people?" The black shadow instantly solidified and struck out with a palm. The man was beaten so hard that he vomited blood, but he still had to run up and kneel to atone for his sins: "It's my fault, please calm down, my lord."

"Where's the other piece?"

"My Lord, she has failed in every mission assigned to her."

"Go teach her a lesson, make her more proactive. If you ruin my great cause, you'll be in trouble." The black shadow said, throwing out another object, "Take it. You don't need my teaching on how to do it! If you still fail, bring your head to me."

"I understand, my lord, please rest assured." The man said respectfully. After the black shadow dropped the thing, it disappeared.

After the shadow disappeared for a while, the man stood up, took the things left by the shadow, and smiled: "I want to see how you can dodge this time."

Qin Baoyao had no idea that someone was determined to deal with her. She was leading her team down the mountain to Songzi City to start her first team-leading mission after establishing her foundation.

As soon as Qin Baoyao entered the city gate, she wanted to go straight to the City Lord's Mansion, but Shi Yue stopped her: "What are your plans?"

"??? Let's go, let's go directly to the City Lord's Mansion." Qin Baoyao was puzzled. "Isn't this a commission from the City Lord of Songzi City? Let's go directly to him."

Yan Yuan didn't care. When he was not leading the team, he would do whatever the captain said.

When the sisters Jiang Lan and Jiang Qing heard what Qin Baoyao said, they were shocked: Is he so rude?

When Shi Yue heard what Qin Baoyao said, he held his forehead and said: He knew it!

Seeing that Qin Baoyao had no idea what was wrong with her plan, he had no choice but to make a decision: "Senior Sister Baoyao and I will go to the City Lord's Mansion. You guys go explore the city and pay more attention to the southwest and northwest corners."

After he finished speaking, Yan Yuan and the Jiang sisters looked at Qin Baoyao, who nodded and said, "Just listen to Shi Yue. Let's act separately."

After they had gone far away, Qin Baoyao asked her doubts: "Why should we pay more attention to these two places?"

Qin Baoyao was puzzled. She raised her head to look at the two places Shi Yue mentioned, and then found that there were eaves everywhere. She was about to fly with her sword, but was stopped.

"This is inside the city." Shi Yue stopped her from flying the sword.

"Oh oh oh, I forgot for a moment." Qin Baoyao was stopped just as she took out the sword, and then she realized that she could not wield a sword at will in a mortal city.

"But if I don't fly, I can't see the southwest and northwest corners you mentioned," Qin Baoyao said. "Is there something wrong with these two places? This doesn't make sense. I looked at the city gate just now, before entering, and the whole city looked normal."

Because of the rule that flying swords at will is not allowed in the city, they slowed down when they were about to reach Songzi City and observed in mid-air for a while.

"My intuition." Shi Yue couldn't tell Qin Baoyao for the time being. He had an innate sensitivity to certain things, so when he was outside the city, he had already felt something was wrong from a distance, but he couldn't sense the specific direction at the time. The feeling became very obvious after entering the city.

"Intuition." Qin Baoyao circled around him suspiciously. When did Shi Yue ever rely on intuition? I don't understand!

But he will definitely not harm me after all. Thinking of this, she no longer worried about why Shi Yue suddenly acted on his intuition. She asked someone for directions and then swaggered towards the City Lord's Mansion.

Outside the City Lord's Mansion, he took out the token and the mission letter: "Please inform us that we are here to find out the details from the City Lord."

The guards at the entrance of the City Lord's Mansion saw Qin Baoyao and the others appear and what she had taken out. One of them immediately went in to report. A moment later, a middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes hurried over and said, "Dear Taoist priests, please come in. My master has been waiting for you in the hall for a long time."

Qin Baoyao stared at him for a long time, then exchanged glances with Shi Yue, who then shook his head slightly.

So she didn't say anything and followed the middle-aged man into the mansion.

After entering the mansion, her eyes widened and she looked at Shi Yue and signaled: Did you see that?

Shi Yue nodded to indicate that he saw it.

When she arrived at the main hall, the first thing Qin Baoyao saw was the various golden and magnificent objects in the house. She looked at those things in disbelief, and then looked at Shi Yue: Is this right?

It's not that she has never seen good things, but Songzi City is a city where ordinary people live. Generally, the lords of such cities are cultivators in the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stages. It is normal to have some cultivation-related items in the mansion, but half of the items in this room are magical instruments that cultivators in the cultivation world also compete for. This makes people feel that something is wrong.

After all, the man sitting in the middle was only at the initial stage of foundation building.

The man seemed not to notice Qin Baoyao and Shi Yue's confusion and asked, "Fellow Daoists, are you from the Guiyi Sect?"

"That's right." Qin Baoyao showed him the nameplate of Guiyi Sect and handed him the task authorization letter. He thought: I said at the door that we are from Guiyi Sect. Didn't the person who reported it tell you?

However, she only thought about this in her heart and did not ask it out loud. After all, one should be polite when going out.

"I'm Xia Guansha, the lord of Songzi City." The man sitting in the middle stood up and said with a bow.

Qin Baoyao glanced at him and continued to look at the layout of the room.

Shi Yue acted as the representative for the external conversation: "I am Shi Yue, this is Qin Baoyao, the two of us are here to talk to the city lord about the mission."

Guan Sha raised his hand: "Butler, go get the information for the two fellow Taoists."

"Yes." The gorgeously dressed middle-aged man who brought them in answered.

This was the first time that Qin Baoyao had done a mission that required an investigation first. In the past, when she accepted missions, she would go straight to the mission location and start working directly. So she didn't have much experience in this mission, let alone greeting people.

Needless to say, Shi Yue didn't say anything if he could, so the three of them waited in awkward silence.

After waiting for a while, Qin Baoyao felt a little strange. As the lord of a city, he couldn't even greet others?

Looking at the things in the house again, she couldn't help but ask, "City Lord Guan, our ancestors are not simple, right?"

Guan Sha looked at her in confusion: "What do you mean, Fellow Daoist Qin?"

Qin Baoyao pointed to the painting of clothes hanging on the left side of the place where he had just worked and said, "This is a sixth-level defensive magic weapon, the Ganyuan Diagram. Only masters in the Lianxu stage can refine it."

Qin Baoyao thought: This thing is very valuable. Either my ancestors were very rich and bought it, or my ancestors had a cultivator in the Void Refinement Stage. In short, no matter how they got it, the Guan family is not simple.

Shi Yue had little contact with magic weapons, so he naturally knew little about them. In addition, sixth-level magic weapons were generally not see-through, so he didn't see anything. However, he didn't expect that Senior Sister Bao Yao would see through it and tell it directly, and he didn't even have time to stop her.

He looked at Guan Sha and saw that his eyes had changed. His heart tightened: Trouble!

"Fellow Daoist Qin is quite knowledgeable and can even recognize the Ganyuan Map." After the two of them came in, Guan Sha could see that they were both cultivators in the Foundation Establishment stage.

"Yes, I recognize it." Qin Baoyao nodded.

After Qin Baoyao nodded, Guan Sha looked at them. Originally, his commissioned task only required the Foundation Establishment Stage, so it could be accepted by someone. He didn't care who accepted it.

But after Qin Baoyao mentioned the Ganyuan Diagram, he narrowed his eyes at them. "It seems these two are not simple. Could it be that one of them is a key disciple of the Guiyi Sect? I remember that the mission wasn't supposed to be difficult. Why would they send a disciple who could decipher the Ganyuan Diagram? Could they already know what I did?"

Qin Baoyao wanted to say something after hearing his words, but Shi Yue's eyes stopped her. She immediately switched to secret communication: "What's wrong? Can't you tell me?"

"Hmm," Shi Yue also secretly transmitted a message, "There's something wrong with this city lord."

When Qin Baoyao heard this, based on the tacit understanding between her and Shi Yue, she immediately realized that this "something" was not simple.

"What should I do? I just said it out loud." Qin Baoyao was a little anxious. Her brother had also refined a Ganyuantu, but it was obviously not as advanced as this one. That's why she said it subconsciously after seeing it just now. As a result, Shi Yue said that there was something wrong with the person in front of her?

"I'm a little curious, how did Fellow Daoist Qin recognize them?" Guan Sha asked tentatively. Could it be that the two people in front of him were not simple Foundation Establishment cultivators?

Qin Baoyao secretly communicated with Shi Yue and realized that something was wrong. So she took out a low-level, crude Ganyuan map and said angrily, "I was cheated before and bought a fake one."

When Guan Sha saw what she took out and heard what she said, he instantly felt that he was overthinking. He turned out to be a fool. He thought she had discovered what I had done and sent fake Foundation Establishment disciples to pretend to be Foundation Establishment disciples and suppress my cultivation.