Guo Rui was ready to teach Chen Shiyan a lesson.
He has been repeatedly defeated by a cuckold son-in-law.
It was really unbearable for him, a child of a wealthy family.
Three days after the second son Guo Rui arrived in Qianyuan County, some rumors gradually appeared on the streets.
"Have you heard? That ruin is the remains of an ancient sect, and there are a lot of skills inside."
"Huh? That's not right. I heard that there are ruins of a fairy city inside, with all kinds of elixirs and spiritual weapons flying everywhere."
"There must be something good in there anyway."
"Of course, otherwise how could the 'Spirit Stone County Magistrate' spend a large amount of spirit stones to create a formation?"
"Alas, I can only earn a few spirit stones this time, so forget about the ruins."
Most of the local monks know the county magistrate well, so don't even think about taking what he likes.
Don't provoke it, or you will die.
As for the monks from outside, it is different.
Not all of these monks are from certain families or independent cultivators.
There are also some pirates and robbers, all of them are strong men.
It was impossible to expect them to behave themselves, not to mention that they were forced by Qianyuan County to collect a wave of spirit stones.
"Brother, what did you say?"
A big shot found them the other morning.
Let them spread some rumors.
Then wait for follow-up orders.
This was exactly what the second son Guo Rui arranged.
As for why the pirates were found so easily.
There are many pirates in Tianhua County, and there are some big families behind them. Without their help, they would have been wiped out long ago.
Helping these big families do some dirty work is also a way of survival.
It seems that these pirates are free and easy, coming and going like the wind.
In fact, it is just a bargaining chip in the hands of the bigwigs in the county city.
One fish, two ways to cook it, or even three ways to cook it.
In addition to doing some dirty and tiring work, the biggest reason for the existence of water bandits is the "bandit suppression funds" allocated by the dynasty every five years to deal with water bandits.
This amount of spiritual stones was allocated based on the extent of damage caused by the water bandits.
Many bad debts were settled by the invasion of pirates, and then the workers who were responsible for the bad debts had to go to the capital to apply for a sum of spirit stones.
A steady source of income and a good way to make money.
In addition to this, there is also a military budget allocated every ten years to Tianhua County's "navy" to specifically suppress bandits.
The "navy" of Tianhua County basically has no people, all of them are empty pay. When they need manpower, they just recruit some independent cultivators and give them some spirit stones or contributions.
This is also a considerable amount of money.
The last reason for its existence is that during performance appraisals, it can allow the pirates to hand in some heads in order to complete the task.
By the way, the middle and low-level officials also got some spirit stones from these leaders who were not sure whether they were bandits.
From county magistrates and wealthy families to middle-level officials, the existence of water bandits has brought huge benefits.
As long as the pirates don't do anything to "enforce justice", no one will care.
As for those monks who were robbed, they can only blame it on their bad luck.
"The big shots in the county city have arranged new jobs for me and given me some spiritual objects for the foundation-building period. I'll distribute them to the brothers later. Starting tomorrow, show them off everywhere. If anyone asks, just say you got them from the ruins."
"Brother, there is a formation in the ruins? What's the meaning of doing this?"
"It's okay. Just say there is a loophole. You can make up whatever you want. As long as there are cultivators who believe it, it's fine. As for the purpose of doing this, it's probably because the bigwigs want to stir up trouble and fish in troubled waters."
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Chen Shiyan returned to his life of enjoying the view and tasting wine on the terrace.
There is no tension during this period as before.
I originally thought that the second young master was up to something strange, but I didn't expect that it had been so peaceful during this period.
Even the Jindan Zhenren that he had expected to appear did not show up.
There are still a large number of Qi Chain Stage and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators coming here.
"Is it because he has not yet been fully born?"
Dou Zhengyuan walked up.
"Sir, there have been some rumors in the city recently. A few days ago, some monks appeared with some spiritual materials and objects, parading around the city, saying that they were obtained from the ruins."
"Oh? I think the ruins are alright."
"No, the formation is intact and the ruins haven't changed much."
"That's strange."
"Yes, do you think someone is plotting something?"
Chen Shiyan gave Dou Zhengyuan a cold look.
"Aren't you talking nonsense? Whose second-level spiritual objects and spiritual materials were blown in by the wind?"
"Someone must be secretly trying to do something."
"Go down first, I'll think about it."
"You keep a close eye on this matter, and send more people to the ruins. If there are any special circumstances, notify me, and then enter the formation. I will give you the disk of the psychedelic formation."
"I will not betray your trust."
After Dou Zhengyuan left, Chen Shiyan began to think.
It’s not about thinking about who did it. There had been a conflict recently, and the only one who could take out several second-level spiritual objects and materials as bait was the second young master Guo Rui from the county city.
What is his purpose?
"Ruins, great formations, thinking of using the gossip of the crowd and the cultivators attracted by the spiritual objects to create a great momentum so that I can release the formation?"
Is he sure I'll fall for it?
Or simply cause confusion?
He definitely won't start the big formation, now is not the right time.
As for chaos? What Chen Shiyan feared was that it wasn't chaotic enough.
Since the second young master has come to Qianyuan County again, he should not leave.
It's better to be a little messy. It muddies the water and makes it easier for him to do his work.
In the next few days, Dou Zhengyuan came to report that more and more monks were active around the ruins.
His answers were always "ignore it, don't contact it, and let it go."
Dou Zhengyuan never came to report again after that.
He had already foreseen that some foreign monks were going to be in trouble.
In the evening of a month later, the monks gathered in the ruins finally took action.
Some people began to take the lead in attacking the monks from Qianyuan County who were guarding the place.
Fortunately, everyone was prepared and after blocking the first wave of attacks, they all entered the psychedelic formation.
Dou Zhengyuan contacted the county town's formation through the seal.
When Chen Shiyan saw the large formation appear in the county town, he knew that something was wrong at the ruins.
He called some foundation-building officials and independent cultivators, and flew towards the ruins on a flying boat.
They were gone not long.
The flying boat from the county town also flew out.
When they were still some distance away from the ruins, Chen Shiyan and his companions on the flying boat saw all kinds of streams of light attacking the formation.
Fortunately, the formation was set up by a third-level formation master. If it was a second-level formation, it would have been broken long ago.
The flying boat was suspended high in the sky. Chen Shiyan stood on the deck, looking down at the monks who were shouting and fighting below.
"Anyone who attacks government facilities will be killed without mercy."
After saying this, he waved his hand, and the monks behind him fell from the flying boat one by one and joined the group of monks who were attacking the formation.
The first to fall were the Qi Chain Stage monks who were there to support the occasion.
The person disappeared as soon as we met.
When this group of monks reacted, they stopped attacking and dealt with the threat from behind. At this time, the psychedelic array was opened again.
Dou Zhengyuan and his tax collectors also joined the battle.
Chen Shiyan slowly landed on the ground.
At this time he saw the flying boat belonging to the county city also appeared here.
Soon, more than a dozen foundation-building monks came down from above.
Among them, the three most powerful cultivators at the peak of the foundation-building stage had clear goals and quickly surrounded Chen Shiyan.
"Master Chen, you are so elegant. You came to this remote place so late at night to find a place to bury yourself?"
Every word he spoke was filled with murderous intent.
"Second Master, you really don't hide your intention to kill Chen. Aren't you afraid that I will do the same as last time?"
"Hahahaha, you're in the county town, I really can't do anything to you, now?" He opened his arms and looked around.
"I didn't kill you last time because you are a waste of the Li family. Do you think I am the same as them?"
His momentum suddenly increased, and it was actually the ninth level of foundation building.
Guo Rui had a set of spiritual weapons, a ninth-level foundation building cultivation, and three guards at the peak of the foundation building level. When he fought against Chen Shiyan, who was also at the ninth-level foundation building level, he really didn't know how he could lose.
"Today, you are dead!"
"What a coincidence, I thought so too!"
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