Chapter 115 Cats Go to Southern Xinjiang
The climate in southern Xinjiang is hot and humid, which is very different from the northern border where Lingxiao Sect is located.
Bai Qingchen and his group of five finally arrived at the area where the distress signal was last sent, Kunwu City, the largest city in southern Xinjiang.
The people here wear all kinds of strange clothes and speak with unfamiliar accents.
The city was quite bustling, but there was also a sense of chaos.
"The signal finally disappeared in Kunwu City. The area is quite large, so it's quite difficult to find the person who sent the signal."
As the leader of this mission, Chen Yi solemnly arranged, "It will be more efficient for us to search for clues separately. Remember, your own safety is the most important thing."
He glanced at everyone and said, "In two hours, regardless of whether we have found anything or not, return here and reunite."
Soon, the groups were finalized.
Chen Yi was in a group with Yan Shen, who was also from Liuyun Peak, while Bai Qingchen was in a group with Chen Xing, who had always been taciturn.
Obviously someone was left behind. Xiao Jin snorted coldly. He was disdainful of traveling with others and chose a direction to leave on his own.
Bai Qingchen knew very little about Senior Brother Chen Xing. He only knew that he was also a disciple of Hanyuan Peak. He usually lived in seclusion and very few people knew him.
The two walked side by side on the bustling street, and the atmosphere was a little depressing.
Bai Qingchen focused on searching for possible marks or abnormal spiritual fluctuations, and his eyes carefully scanned the corners of the wall.
Suddenly, his eyes fixed.
On the bluestone ground in a secluded street corner, he discovered an extremely hidden carving. The shape was very similar to the secret code used by Lingxiao Sect for communication, but it seemed slightly different. It was probably drawn in a hurry and the pattern was slightly deformed.
He was so engrossed in watching that he subconsciously squatted down to see more clearly, and completely failed to notice that a gorgeously decorated carriage was rushing towards him on the street behind him.
The servant driving the carriage had an arrogant look on his face, cracking his whip and scolding the crowd that was blocking the road.
There was chaos in the streets and screams of surprise.
By the time Bai Qingchen noticed the commotion and whistling wind behind him, the carriage was already very close.
At this critical moment, Chen Xing, who had been silent on the side, suddenly took action.
He moved very quickly, grabbed Bai Qingchen's arm and pulled him back.
Bai Qingchen staggered back several steps, his back hitting Chen Xing's chest, and the carriage almost brushed past the corner of his clothes, and the strong wind blew his hair into disarray.
"Thank you, Brother Chen."
After Bai Qingchen stabilized his body, he was still frightened and turned to thank Chen Xing.
Chen Xing just nodded slightly as a response, his eyes still calm, as if it was just a casual task.
On both sides of the street, several stalls that failed to dodge were knocked over by the carriage, and fruits and vegetables rolled all over the ground.
The stall owners had angry looks on their faces, but no one dared to yell. They just sighed silently and bent down to clean up the mess on the floor.
Bai Qingchen frowned and walked over to the nearest stall, where an old man was picking up pears. He asked politely, "Old man, do you know the man who just rode the horse? Is he running rampant in the city without anyone to stop him?"
The old man was startled by the sudden voice. He looked up and saw that it was a stranger from another place, and then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He glanced around nervously, lowered his voice, and leaned closer to Bai Qingchen: "Young Master, you're from out of town, right? Don't make it public... Did you see that emblem on the carriage just now? The purple cloud pattern on a green background, it belongs to the Xi family!"
"The largest family in Kunwu City is now flourishing. I heard that a remarkable immortal has emerged from their family. Their people... well, they've always been like this in the city. How dare we ordinary people mess with them..."
After the old man finished speaking, he quickly lowered his head and continued to clean up, not daring to say anything more.
Bai Qingchen frowned. It was the Xi family again. It seemed that the family tradition of this newly emerging immortal family was not that good.
He and Chen Xing continued to explore along the way and discovered several similar, somewhat hasty marks.
Following the guidance of these marks, they passed through several streets and alleys. Unexpectedly, at a fork in the road, they ran into Chen Yi Yanshen, who had also followed the clues, and Xiao Jin, who had appeared out of nowhere and was standing beside him with his arms folded.
"You guys found out too?"
Chen Yi was not surprised to see Bai Qingchen and the others.
Yan Shen said, "We also found some strange marks, and we followed them and got here!"
Everyone looked in the direction of the last mark. It was a dead end with only a high, mottled wall at the end. There was nothing unusual.
The clue seems to be broken.
Chen Yi pondered and said, "Let's find a place to exchange information first. Just now, Junior Brother Yan and I were in the west of the city and encountered a man who suddenly became hysterical in the street. He was talking nonsense and attacking passers-by. I intervened and subdued him. The people around him seemed to be accustomed to it and even said that he had consumed too much immortal water again."
"Fairy water?" Bai Qingchen caught this unfamiliar word.
"I asked a few people, but most of them were very secretive and didn't want to talk more." Chen Yi shook his head.
"Only an old woman quietly warned us that the magic water was not a good thing and should not be touched."
Xiao Jin, who was standing by, suddenly spoke up, his tone filled with his usual sarcasm.
"There's also a riot in the East Market. A group of people are fighting over something. It seems Kunwu City is in chaos."
Although he did not say it explicitly, he had obviously heard or witnessed things related to the fairy water.
The five people gathered together to exchange information, and they all felt that although Kunwu City seemed prosperous, there was a sense of weirdness inside.
What happened to the fellow disciple who sent out the distress signal? Where is he now?
As it was getting dark and the clues were cut off, Chen Yi decided to find a place to stay first.
They found an inn on a relatively quiet street.
After checking in, everyone returned to their rooms to rest for a while.
However, not long after, an inn waiter knocked on their door stealthily.
The guy lowered his voice and tried to sell a liquid in a small porcelain bottle to Yan Shen and Bai Qingchen, who seemed to be the most talkative.
"You two young masters are obviously distinguished guests from other places. Would you like to try the special immortal water from Kunwu City? It is refreshing, strengthening, and beneficial to spiritual cultivation..."
The guy's eyes were twinkling, but he was very skilled in selling.
Chen Yi was about to refuse sternly, but Bai Qingchen took the initiative and asked calmly, "How many spirit stones are in one bottle?"
The guy quoted a high price, and Bai Qingchen actually took out spirit stones and bought a bottle.
Xiao Jin leaned against the door frame and sneered, "Why, you want to take this crooked path to improve your cultivation?"
Yan Shen immediately retorted: "Senior Brother Xiao, Senior Brother Bai did this for his own reasons, so please be careful with your words and actions."
Xiao Jin was actually embarrassed by a junior fellow apprentice and snorted coldly with an unhappy look on his face.
Chen Yi glanced at Bai Qingchen and seemed to understand his intention. He did not stop him, but said coldly to the clerk: "We've bought the things, you can get out now."
The guy took the spirit stone and slipped away with a wry smile.
The five people gathered in Chen Yi's room, and Bai Qingchen poured the liquid in the small porcelain bottle into a clean tea bowl.
The liquid is a light amber color, but upon closer inspection, it has a faint, almost imperceptible red tint.
When you smell it up close, there is no special smell, but it gives people an inexplicable feeling of greasy, cold and uncomfortable feeling.
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