"You don't even know where Honglian is?" Deacon Hong asked in confusion.
Xue Kong frowned: "Deacon Hong, I hope you will be careful with your words."
"Although Honglian is my maid, I have never restricted her freedom. She can go wherever she wants and do whatever she wants without having to report to me. How can I know where she goes every time she goes out?"
"Don't blame me, Third Young Master Xue." Deacon Hong realized she had spoken out of turn and immediately explained, "I allowed Honglian to be your personal maid since she was little, in return for your kindness. Now that Honglian has been missing for two days, I'm extremely worried."
"I thought she had been following you all along, and perhaps you knew where she was going, so I came to ask. I'm sorry for being so rude. Farewell."
After saying that, Butler Hong was about to leave, planning to look for Honglian somewhere else.
Xue Kong looked at the anxious Deacon Hong, his mood calm and without any fluctuation.
He said calmly, "Because of the Fairy Lady's Dharma Assembly these past few days, independent cultivators from all directions have come to Yinliu City. There must be many sinister and treacherous people among them. Perhaps Honglian was careless and got entangled by a villain."
"Someone dared to covet my Xue family's precious tree, and the willow roots were stolen. She..."
Xue Kong didn't continue talking, believing that Deacon Hong could understand the implication in his words. Then he walked into the house, closed the door, lay down on the bed, and fell into a deep sleep.
In the courtyard, Deacon Hong stared at Xue Kong's door. Even though he was anxious to find Hong Lian, he couldn't help but stop in his tracks because of the surprise in his heart: "There is a faint fluctuation of spiritual power on him. How can such a person with mediocre talent have such spiritual power fluctuations?"
He was puzzled, but had no time to stay and find out the reason.
There was nothing wrong with what Xue Kong said. There were many independent cultivators in Yinliu City recently, and most of them were not bound by rules and order. They almost did whatever they wanted, and it was not surprising that they did anything.
Without stopping any longer, Deacon Hong left quickly. His face was red and pale, and he was extremely anxious and wanted to find Honglian as soon as possible.
Until Deacon Hong left, Xue Kong was still sleeping soundly in the house.
Half an hour later.
On the deserted street outside Xue Kongyuan, a figure slowly opened his eyes in the shadows. As his eyes opened, the spiritual consciousness that had spread into Xue Kong's house quickly retracted into his body.
"He is indeed fine." This figure was none other than the head of the Xue family.
"So, who was the thief who colluded with outsiders to steal the willow rhizomes? Was it the missing Honglian?"
Muttering to himself, the head of the Xue family walked out of the shadows and slowly walked to the end of the street. He believed in the existence of a thief in his family, otherwise how could outsiders know the secret of the Xue family's treasure tree.
Shortly after the head of the Xue family left.
Xue Kong, who was lying in bed, slowly opened his eyes. His expression was indifferent. He sat up and looked across the room in the direction where the clan leader was leaving. He murmured, "After this spiritual sense scan, his suspicion of me will probably subside for a few days."
Xue Kong was a cultivator in the middle stage of the Jindan stage in his previous life. He was extremely sensitive to spiritual consciousness. After leaving the clan leader, he realized that there was a spiritual consciousness falling on him and following him into the house.
They are only withdrawing now.
With the departure of Deacon Hong and the head of the Xue family, the compound became deserted again. Xue Kong liked this feeling, which made him feel comfortable and peaceful.
Xue Kong got out of bed and took out a coarse cloth package from under the bed.
After opening it, he found that the package contained all the materials he had prepared for the Blood Refining Array.
Monks usually use space storage bags to store items, but the Xue family has limited resources. Only the clan leader and Deacon Hong possess such precious treasures. Xue Kong can only hide these materials under the bed temporarily.
However, it is not a good idea to keep hiding like this forever.
Refining it makes it more convenient to carry.
The fairy lady's ceremony lasted for three days. Just as Xue Kong expected, after three days, no one, including the independent cultivators who came from all directions, was accepted into the Three Immortal Sect by the fairy lady.
After three days, the fairy lady will be returning to the Sanxian Taoist sect.
The Xue family's blockade of Yinliu City continued. They could not find any willow roots on those ignorant cultivators. Instead, with the end of the Dharma Assembly, the cultivators all left Yinliu City.
Was stopped by the Xue family.
This aroused strong resistance from the scattered cultivators.
Yinliu City was filled with complaints for a while, not only from the independent cultivators who were too weak to compete with the Xue family, but also from the local people of Yinliu City, who were worried that they would be affected, so they pointed fingers at the Xue family and cursed them.
What's more, some people ran to the fairy lady's residence and asked her to punish the Xue family.
In the quaint and quiet inn, the young boy and girl who came with the fairy lady, and two Taoist children, covered their ears, but they still couldn't block out the loud shouts of requests outside the inn.
The young man said angrily, "These mortals are really despicable. They actually dare to order us around to solve their problems, thinking we are so idle and have nothing to do."
"The road to the great Dao is long, and every second counts in cultivation. How can we waste our energy on this!"
The girl also pouted: "Perhaps they are not qualified to join the sect, and are deliberately trying to tease you and me. Look, I will teach them a lesson!"
As she spoke, the girl made hand gestures with one hand and was about to cast a spell to punish the mortal. At this moment, a faint voice came from behind the two Taoist children: "Shancai, Shanxin, stop messing around."
The girl with the Taoist name Shancai curled her lips and turned around, saying aggrievedly: "Master, I was wrong."
In the attic, a graceful figure walked out slowly. She had not yet fully appeared, only a vague shadow was revealed. The surrounding space seemed to be stagnant, and a faint fragrance filled the entire attic.
The eyes of the two Taoist boys, Shancai and Shanxin, immediately brightened up and showed admiration.
A young woman in a silver-white long dress appeared in front of the two Taoist boys. She had willow-shaped eyebrows, phoenix eyes, bright eyes and white teeth. Her delicate white hands were folded in front of her waist. She was graceful and had an immortal air.
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