Jiang Li had been to the country of southern India before. He made his mark for the first time during that mission and also witnessed the cruelty and danger of the world of immortal cultivation.

But after returning from there, Elder Duan Shuang defected, which triggered a series of events later.

Even the Jindan cultivators were tricked. Jiang Li knew very well that the water there was too deep and thought he could not control it for the time being.

I had originally planned to go over and find out what was going on after I became stronger, but I didn't expect that the place would be gone in the blink of an eye.

"I'm not sure either. Haven't the Misty Mountains received the news yet?"

"The news here comes from Shengxian Pavilion and several small sects. It is still unclear whether it is true or not."

"However, many people in the Never-Sleeping City are spreading the news. Moreover, the little demon in the direction of the Southern India suddenly brought back a large number of ghosts and spirits. I don't think it's fake."

After the two Man Jiang Hong restaurants opened, Yan Hong had been using the identity of a registered disciple of the Foreign Affairs Hall, living in the City That Never Sleeps, handling a large number of trivial chores.

In a city that never sleeps and where all kinds of people gather, news is often transmitted the fastest. Although it may not be accurate, it is also very valuable for reference.

"I understand. I will confirm the news from the sect as soon as possible. You should also continue to pay attention to it. It would be best if you could find out which sects are spreading the most rumors."

With Yan Hong's status as a Qi Refining Stage cultivator, it was impossible for him to receive much respect in the city that never sleeps, but no one dared to cause trouble in the two Man Jiang Hong stores listed in the Sutra Valley.

In general, the benefits far exceed the minor fluctuations in the trading zone, and all situations are still above expectations.

This signboard really saved them a lot of trouble, and compared to the useless scripture token, it was indeed a big win.

Under his "honest" management, Manjianghong Inn has accumulated a good degree of trust and influence among the little demons in a short period of time.

Look, even the monsters from southern India would come here from thousands of miles away.

Given the number of these low-level demons, if they could really form an intelligence network, the coverage of the intelligence would probably be even more amazing than imagined.

"Also, Yan Hong, I have three things to do. Please help me arrange them as soon as possible."

After Jiang Li thought for a moment, he had to implement some of the ideas that he already had in his mind at this time.

"Just tell me what's going on. This Man Jiang Hong restaurant originally belonged to you. You can't just sit there and do nothing. You have to at least give it a direction for development."

These shops and inns were all acquired through the exchange of interests between Jiang Li and Ma Donggui from the Foreign Affairs Hall.

Although he himself doesn't care much about these things, Yan Hong has always insisted that Jiang Li is the boss behind the scenes and he is just in charge.

Even for fear of causing losses to Jiang Li, Yan Hong's business approach has always been very conservative and conventional.

He has changed a lot compared to the bold, careful and courageous man he was when he was in the outer trading area of ​​Zangjing Valley.

Jiang Li also advised him that there was no need to do so, but Yan Hong just smiled and said that he should accumulate experience first and talk about it later.

Now Jiang Li, the boss behind the scenes, finally has specific needs. For Yan Hong, this means he has a direction to go in without having to worry about the consequences.

"If the matter in Yinnan Country is confirmed to be true, then the sect will definitely send a flying boat to go there. I will let them pass through the Never-Sleeping City. When the time comes, you will bring a group of people to follow and purchase a large number of souls in Yinnan Country."

Although the country of Southern India is remote and weak, it is still a country under the protection of the Sutra Valley. Otherwise, when the child fell into a coma, it would not have been their turn to accept the mission.

After such an incident, the sect had to take some action. And the ones dispatched would most likely be the people and warships of the Demon Subduing Hall. With Jiang Li's status and position in the Demon Subduing Hall, it would only take a word for Yan Hong and his men to take a ride.

That was a country that was massacred. Although it was just a small country, its population was definitely larger than that of the previous Yunxi City.

Even if many ghosts had been turned to ashes by the lightning, there must be many left. The Burial Yin Coffin was at a critical juncture of advancement, and he would not be willing to let go of these ghosts that he had picked up for free.

Yan Hong naturally had no objection. This matter was just a little troublesome, but not difficult to handle.

"Also, start recruiting some clever monsters, give them the Human Language Pill I gave you earlier, and use them as translators to build a basic intelligence network as soon as possible."

The second thing Jiang Li mentioned was to use a large number of little demons to collect intelligence. This was an idea he had a long time ago, and the Manjianghong Inn was also working hard to implement it.

But the problem is that most of the little demons can't speak, so communication is very difficult. Transactions with clear prices are barely possible, but complex intelligence gathering is too difficult.

However, if a monster wants to reach the level of being able to speak through normal practice, it must first cultivate a monster pill.

They are powerful monsters of the same level as Jindan stage cultivators. How could Jiang Li afford to hire them to work for him?

Fortunately, Jiang Li had once seen a red-coated rat that could speak human language, and learned from it that the mouse had stolen lamp oil from a dilapidated temple.

Jiang Li later went there to look for it, and although he did not find any elixir, artifact, or secret manual, he did find a small pot of lamp oil of unknown origin.

Later, after bringing it back to the sect, he gave it to Senior Sister Xiao Si, asking her to help refine it into thirty Human Language Pills.

After taking this thing, it can dissolve the transverse throat cartilage, allowing these low-level monsters to have the ability to speak human language. Then, using them as translators, the work of collecting intelligence can be carried out without obstacles.

"Isn't this too wasteful?... Never mind, you're the boss and you have the final say."

Yan Hong obviously felt sorry for those people. Using this precious elixir on those low-level monsters was undoubtedly like feeding pigs with delicacies from the mountains and seas, which was a waste of natural resources.

But he also knew the importance of intelligence, and this little upfront investment was nothing.

"There is one last thing. I want you to start posting tasks in the outer gate area to recruit short-term workers."

Jiang Li suddenly and inexplicably made this request.

And when he said this, his tone was slightly different, and it sounded as if he attached great importance to this matter.

"Short-term workers? We only have two stores, and we expanded our staff once before. We don't need short-term workers at all now."

Yan Hong was a little confused and didn't quite understand what Jiang Li meant.

"Chopping trees, mining, forging iron, feeding pigs, you can ask them to do anything, I don't care, but you must recruit temporary workers, and in large numbers."

Jiang Li stated his needs again, and this time Yan Hong finally understood a little.

"You mean... I understand. Do you have any specific requests?"

Jiang Li only recruited temporary workers for the sake of recruiting them, or in other words, he wanted to let certain specific people temporarily leave the sect and fall under their control.

"Let me think about it. These short-term jobs should be replaced every three days. No interruptions or repetitions. You can decide the price yourself. It can be higher than similar tasks."

"The mission rewards are paid from the store's income. If it's not enough, just ask me."

"Also, I will give you a list. You should choose the mission candidates from among them first, but don't make it too obvious."

Once these requirements were made, there was no doubt that Jiang Li had other intentions in issuing this task, and the fact that he deliberately concealed it from the sect showed that it was unlikely to be something that could be made public.

"I see."

Yan Hong agreed without hesitation. Compared to the sect, Jiang Li was obviously more trustworthy to him.

After giving Yan Hong a few more instructions, Jiang Li hung up the communication spirit stone.

"Two Shushan sword cultivators suddenly massacred the city. It seems that I really underestimated the Nine Nether branch."

Jiang Li was talking to himself in the room. When he heard the news, the first thing he thought of was the experience of the sword cultivator's clone.

Some time ago, under the instruction of Jiang Li, the sword cultivator's clone carefully considered his words and reported the information about the existence of monsters under the Mazu River Basin to the Shushan Five Elements Peak.

His original intention was to cause a conflict between Shushan and Linggenfen, so that he could reap the benefits behind the scenes.

The Shushan leaders also said at the time that they would send people to investigate the matter. But they did not expect that the two Jindan would just leave it there so simply.

This was a bad move on his part.

This work is organized and uploaded by Liujiu Book Bar~~

But the problem is that he doesn't have the power to confront the underwater cemetery head-on and can only rely on external forces.

Besides, he was a Jindan swordsman from Mount Shu. How could he just fail like that?

Jiang Li was a little depressed. Now he could only hope that Shushan would not be cowardly and send out stronger cultivators to take down the tree.

Sighing, he ran to Elder He. The three leaders were discussing things together. Chu Yunxuan and several other disciples were also there. Obviously, they had also received some news and came here to seek confirmation.

Jiang Li didn't even need to ask. After listening for a while, he realized that this was not a rumor.

The big news that the sword cultivators from the Five Elements Peak of Shu Mountain massacred the city was spreading at an alarming speed.

Too many people already know about it, the truth can no longer be hidden.

Moreover, most of the independent cultivators did not have communication spirit stones, but they all learned the news quickly.

Judging from this situation, there must be someone who is deliberately adding fuel to the fire.

I believe that it won’t be long before Shushan’s dark history will become known to everyone.

Massacre in a city is no small matter.

Especially when something like this happens to the leader of the righteous path, Shushan Wuxing Peak, it will attract more attention.

Connecting with the sword cultivator's clone, the base at the Five Elements Peak of Mount Shu was now in a state of depression.

The sword practitioners who were once full of vigor and vitality now looked as gloomy as eggplants hit by frost.

This is because they have a strong sense of justice and cannot tolerate any stain on themselves, so they feel ashamed for the mistakes made by their fellow disciples! If it were the other three major sects, wouldn't it be a massacre? Sorry, we apologize, and then directly put up a wanted order, and live our lives as usual, without any change.

Didn’t Elder Duan Shuang also massacre the city in the past? However, the Sutra Valley has not suffered much controversy and has even won a lot of positive reputation in the world of immortal cultivation.

This was partly because Sutra Repository acted very quickly and killed the rebellious cultivator Duan Shuang on the spot, thus making up for the mistake.

On the other hand, it was because of the history of the Tibetan Sutra Valley's loose cultivator alliance. The sect they formed had a chaotic neutral attitude at the beginning, and was a sect that was both good and evil.

It was already very good that Sutra Repository was finally able to join the righteous path. The Immortal Cultivation World did not have high expectations for them.

We were all independent cultivators hundreds of years ago. I am a mixed bag of good and bad people. Don't you think that's unacceptable? In this situation, it's normal for one or two evil cultivators to become traitors in the sect. What's more, they got rid of the traitors themselves. This is already a good ending.

But for the pure white Five Elements Peak of Shu Mountain, such a stain is too glaring.

"How could Zuo Mo and Zuo Luo do such a thing! This is impossible! There must be another hidden story!"

"And the people at Bailian Mountain must have known the news a long time ago, so they were deliberately acting weird during the competition. Damn it!"

Elder Wei was still holding the communication spirit stone that had just gone out, and the expression on his face was very complicated, with anger, disbelief, self-blame, and disappointment.

He is the master of Jinxing Peak, and the two elders Zuo Mo and Zuo Luo are his subordinates. When something like this happens, it can be said that he has no choice but to take responsibility.

"Elder Wei, let's not worry about Bailianshan and the others for now. What should we do next?"

"Should we go find the two elders first?"

The elders were also very sad, as Shushan had never experienced anything like this before.

However, they did not issue a wanted warrant and still had hope for their companions.

Although the two elders Zuo Mo and Zuo Luo were usually somewhat aloof, after years of getting along with each other, they still found it hard to believe that the two men would do such a heinous act.

Even though there were messages flying all over the place, and even though Shushan had confirmed it, they were still willing to believe that the two brothers were innocent.

After some discussion, Elder Wei finally decided to go in person to investigate the whole story, find the two elders, and let them explain the truth of the matter.

Jiang Li heard more details of what happened from them.

The two sword cultivators began to slaughter mortals without any warning. Their goal was very clear: simply to kill.

Jiang Li was a little surprised when he heard that the entire country of Southern India was completely destroyed in the thunderstorm.

The first and second times were both massacres that triggered thunder disasters. As for Elder Duan Shuang and the two Jindan sword cultivators, these two incidents can most likely be handled together.

Could it be that the two Jindan cultivators were planning to practice Jindan together again? . . .

Rumors that are unfavorable to Shushan are flying all over the place, but the Dachongshan monk competition has reached a critical period and naturally cannot stop there.

Amidst the rumors, the competition went on as usual.

Jiang Li can concentrate on practicing during these few days.

As he is approaching the stage of building his foundation, he must hone his cultivation as much as possible to avoid any flaws in his future foundation.

This wait lasted for five days.

Not enough time to edit, terrible

(End of this chapter)