Chapter 409: Remains of the Zhou General (21)
In the chaos, only Tao Zi noticed this and glanced sideways at his brother.
Cheng Wuchou stood there as if nothing had happened, smiling broadly, and said, "I haven't seen the Ninth Master during the day."
Jiu Qingling glanced at him, and because he was Yue Qiran's brother, she replied, "I entered the city at the moment when day and night changed. Seeing me in broad daylight is like seeing a ghost."
As the early morning approached, things outside gradually returned to normal.
The old man appeared out of nowhere on the chair, but no one in the inn noticed it at all and was still whispering about other things.
Tao Zi looked over there from time to time, so she was naturally the first to discover it.
The old man smiled at her, then looked at Jiu Qingling and said, "Miss, a guest room and a bag of spirit stones."
Everyone was startled and turned to look over, some even raised their weapons.
Jiu Qingling realized that the ghost was talking to him, so he handed over a bag of spirit stones.
Under the old man's gaze, everyone went upstairs to rest, preparing to sleep for the morning before coming down.
Yue Qingya found an excuse to come to Tao Zi.
She looked at her friend who looked serious and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Those ghosts are getting stronger."
Cheng Wuchou looked at him doubtfully and said, "Didn't we already know this a long time ago?"
Yue Qingya shook his head, his tone becoming more serious: "Last night we fought against those evil spirits again, and this time even the Out-of-Body Stage was having a hard time."
Tao Zi suddenly looked at him and said, "Those three evil spirits are actually as powerful as those in the Out-of-Body Stage?"
He hesitated for a moment, realizing that the siblings had misunderstood him, and clarified, "It was the three of them working together who were able to tie with an Out-of-Body Stage cultivator."
Cheng Wuchou relaxed a little and said, "Fortunately, the growth rate is not that exaggerated."
She rubbed her forehead, not quite agreeing with her brother's words: "But just the day before yesterday, Shaohua was still able to suppress them, but now it's a tie... At this rate, we don't have much time left."
He smiled and comforted his sister: "It's okay, General Zhou is probably more anxious than us."
After Yue Qingya delivered the message, he got up and left.
Tao Zi stared at Cheng Wuchou. He coughed twice and said, "Azi, I'm going to rest first."
She looked at his back as he stood up and asked slowly, "Brother, why did Cheng Luo suddenly provoke Qing Ling and the others?"
Cheng Wuchou paused for a moment, then turned around and smiled, "Maybe he's mentally retarded."
Tao Zi's mouth twitched and she was speechless.
He coughed twice more and said implicitly, "You are injured, and she is injured too. Neither of them is seriously injured. This matter is over now."
With that, he quickly walked to his bed, closed his eyes and went to sleep.
There was no way around it. The person he was beating was his sister's friend who was said to have been around for hundreds of years, so he was a little cautious.
Tao Zi was a little amused, but she closed her eyes and rested.
At noon, many people went downstairs.
Tao Zi looked at the three people, Xuan Huan, who were sitting together, and followed her brother past them and sat at another table.
Wangxu seemed to have come to a not-so-good conclusion, and his expression looked particularly solemn.
Cheng Luo's nonchalant voice came: "I told you this is a mortal relic. The methods used before were ineffective, but you just don't believe it."
Tao Zi raised a brow in confusion. Xi Jing and the others came over and explained in a low voice, "Last night, Sect Master Wang and his men went to several of the more famous buildings in the city, but found nothing. I heard from Senior Shao Hua that special buildings in ruins like this usually have various opportunities, but this time..."
Even though Tao Zi didn't say the rest of the words, she understood.
The old man was still looking at the account book, looking very leisurely, and not many people came up to talk to him.
Tao Zi was casual, looking over directly and asked with a smile: "Old man, may I ask what the opportunity here is?"
The entire inn fell silent. No one had expected Tao Zi to be so aggressive that she could even ask such a question.
The old man looked at her with a smile and said, "The time has not come yet, so naturally there is no opportunity."
The entire inn became even quieter. No one expected that the ghost would actually answer, and this answer made the people from the Tiandao Sect seem a little stupid, as if they had done so much work in vain.
Fellow Daoist Yuan humbly asked, "Senior, what do you mean by timing?"
The old man pretended not to hear and even turned a page of the account book.
Everyone: ...
To prevent Tao Zi from being targeted, Cheng Wuchou asked with a smile: "Senior, is the time coming soon?"
The old man flipped through another page in his account book and replied slowly, "When everyone is gathered, it will naturally come."
This also answers Fellow Daoist Lian Yuan’s questions.
Everyone looked at the two of them with complicated expressions.
Cheng Luo was delighted when he saw this and wanted to join in. He thought of a question and asked with a smile, "Old man, do you think I can be the final winner?"
Xi Jing almost dropped the cup in her hand, and looked at each other with Zhao Xue in bewilderment. It must be said that this question was stupid and a bit narcissistic.
The disciples of Xujia Sect turned their eyes away silently. The eldest brother was not like this before. What happened?
The old man glanced at him, his smile widening as he said, "It's probably good enough that you're still alive."
Cheng Luo burst into laughter and nonchalantly poured more tea for himself, making it seem like this was just a joke, but the person making the joke was a ghost.
For a moment, the Tiandao Sect could not figure out the old man's routine and could only analyze his words.
Not long after, more people came. This time they were other disciples of the Sword Sect, as well as elders of the Xujia Sect and some Buddhist practitioners of the Yi Nian Sect.
As a result, the disciples of Xujia Sect, Jian Sect and Tiandao Sect were all present. Some disciples of Chunqiu Sect, Jiuzhuan Sect and Yinian Sect also came. Only Minglan Sect was still silent.
When they discovered this, many people were very interested.
Tao Zi didn't have the mind to pay attention to this matter, her attention was all on Hua Seng.
The moment the Buddhist monks from Yi Nian Men came in, Hua Seng put a rabbit mask on his face. Was he afraid that Yi Nian Men would not notice him?
She and Li Xiu looked at each other and made a gesture. Li Xiu immediately stood next to Hua Seng and found a reason to take him up.
Seeing the Flower Monk's even more hurried steps than usual, Cheng Wuchou transmitted a message, "A disciple of the One Thought Sect."
Tao Ziwei nodded invisibly.
After a while, around sunset, the young master of the Minglan Sect finally arrived, but Lan Yongji beside him did not look well.
Cheng Luo smiled and greeted politely: "Master Xu, you are a little late."
He glanced around the inn. Cheng Luo from Xujia Sect, Wangxu from Jian Sect, Qiu Huanhuan from Chunqiu Sect, Jiuqingling from Jiuzhuan Sect, Qianxuanhua from Yinian Sect, and the main disciples of Tiandao Sect had all arrived. Only he arrived the latest. His eyes darkened for a moment, but quickly returned to normal.
Tao Zi knew what he was thinking at a glance. He was probably feeling embarrassed, and even wondered if others looked down on him. After all, in terms of strength, family background, and talent, he was not as good as the proud children of heaven like Wang Xu. Yet, his status was similar to these proud children of heaven, so it was normal for him to be sensitive and suspicious.
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