"Gao Han is a student at Penglai University. He got the Silver Essence Lizard. Penglai University will definitely protect him because he can't consume the entire Lingyun Stone vein by himself."

"That's right, but I heard that he has a relationship with Zhongli Tingzhou. What should I do if the Zhongli family gets involved?"

"So our two families must unite. I'm sure your Yuan family doesn't want the Lingyun Stone Mine to be acquired by Penglai University and the Zhongli family any more than we do."

"How can we be sure that your sources of information are accurate?"

Yuan Shuzhi's caution was justified. The Tang family suddenly came to him and asked to cooperate with them. They also said that they knew who had the Silver Lizard. They had been searching for half a month but couldn't find anyone. How did the Tang family know that?

"Of course I saw it with my own eyes. Why would I lie to you?" Tang Yuxi immediately stood up. He always disliked being questioned by others, but this matter was of great importance, so he endured it this time.

"There are so many reasons. Who knows if you are trying to trick us into being the first to take action? And if I'm not mistaken, the person you are talking about has a good relationship with Zhongli Tingzhou. Everyone knows that you like Zhongli Tingzhou. You may also want to kill someone with a borrowed knife to get rid of your love rival." The speaker was Yuan Yaonu, whose real name was Yuan Jiaqing.

Tang Yuxi didn't like Yuan Jiaqing either. He snorted coldly, "I'm not so confused as to not know the priorities. Besides, if I want to kill a first-year student, do I need to go to such great lengths to set up such a big trap to lure you into it? It's as if the Yuan family and the Zhongli family had a good relationship in the past."

Even though she was ridiculed, Yuan Yaonu was not angry. With Tang Yuxi's nickname of a madman, he would have plenty of opportunities if he really wanted to kill his love rival. The reason she doubted him was that she just didn't want to agree so quickly.

"If you still don't believe it, then let's just pretend that we never mentioned the cooperation and let it go." Tang Yuxi sneered and turned to leave.

"Wait," Yuan Shuzhi said, "How are you going to cooperate?"

There are other forces that share the same idea as the Tang and Yuan families.

Everyone has been searching the disaster area like headless flies for half a month, and now even if it is fake, they still take it seriously.

"Ayi, do you know this student named Gao Han?" The Sima family also heard the news, and Sima Zhong immediately called Sima Yi over to ask.

"I know him. I heard that he has a good relationship with Zhongli Tingzhou. However, he is a freshman and should have been training in the disaster area at Damen." Sima Yi was also surprised when he heard Gao Han's name.

Sima Zhong speculated, "Could it be that Zhongli Tingzhou or someone from the Zhongli family brought him in?"

Thinking of the relationship between Gao Han and Zhongli Tingzhou, Sima Yi nodded slightly, "It's possible, but it shouldn't be Zhongli Tingzhou. Maybe he told the Zhongli family about it."

No one could have imagined that Gao Han came through the tunnel dug by the Yuan family.

The two disaster areas could not communicate with each other, so the Yuan family still didn't know that their plan had failed.

"You see, should we also participate in this fight?" Sima Yi asked.

Sima Zhong thought for a moment, "So many people want the Silver Essence Lizard, and several major forces are competing with each other. Some people may unite. It is very important for us to stand on the right side now. Let's go and check out the situation."

Sima Yi thought so too. He was not sure whether Zhongli Tingzhou would help Gao Han, but Penglai University would definitely not allow Gao Han’s Silver Lizard to be taken away by the Yuan family or the Mo Ling people.

However, the possibility of Zhongli Tingzhou's gang is still very high, and the Zhongli family will not sit idly by, and the military will definitely be involved in the end.

With three strong fortresses like these, he doubted whether anyone could defeat them.

The situation on the Demon Spirit side is not as stable as everyone thinks, because Zhao Lingqiu has not been found, and Sun Wangkun was tricked by General Shen and Zhongli Tingzhou. Now he is seriously injured, and it is not known whether he has the ability to compete with other major forces for the Silver Spirit Lizard.

Sun Wangkun was indeed very angry at the moment. He didn't even know who Gao Han was. He sent people to check and found out that Gao Han was a freshman at Penglai University and was said to have no background.

This may be useful to fool ignorant kids, but how could a freshman with no background end up in the disaster area of ​​Baicheng?

To make matters worse, his subordinates came in to report that Xu Maojun and his men were looking for him.

When Sun Wangkun heard the name, his expression did not look good, but even uglier.

Xu Maojun's level in the magic spirit is about the same as his. The organization sent him this time, obviously because they were dissatisfied with his progress. To put it nicely, he was sent to assist him, but to put it bluntly, he was sent to replace him.

"Long time no see, grandson." Sun Wangkun's nickname is grandson, but there are not many people who dare to call him that in person, and Xu Maojun is one of them.

Sun Wangkun's face immediately darkened. "What are you doing here?"

"Don't you know why I'm here? There has been no progress in the task assigned to you by the organization, so of course I was sent to urge the progress. And what about the matter of your wife? I heard that she has been missing for a long time and still hasn't been found? What are your people doing?" Xu Maojun spared no effort in finding a rare opportunity to mock.

"There are so many forces in the disaster area of ​​Baicheng. No one has the upper hand now, no matter who gets the Silver Lizard." Sun Wangkun snorted. "As for Madam, I will send someone to look for her. You don't need to worry about it."

"Send someone to look for him?" Xu Maojun suddenly sneered, "Did you really send someone to look for him, or are your men pretending to obey but secretly disobeying your orders?"

"What do you mean?" Sun Wangkun's face turned cold.

Xu Maojun took out a black robe and threw it in front of him, "Look what this is?"

There was a special symbol on the black robe, representing the other party's identity. Sun Wangkun's face changed, "How come the madam's robe is in your hands?"

"How did it get into my hands? Of course I found it in the disaster area, and there's blood on it. You can explain it to the boss yourself when you go back." Xu Maojun said proudly.

"Impossible. Madam is quite powerful. This robe might have been dropped by her." Sun Wangkun clutched the black robe tightly. The bloodstains on it had dried and were almost invisible.

"You are deceiving yourself. If nothing happened to your wife, why hasn't she come back to see you for so long?" Xu Maojun didn't give him a chance and pointed out the bloody facts.

"Madam likes to travel around and doesn't like to be restricted. It's normal for her not to come back for half a month."

"Okay, then you can just search slowly. My wife disappeared in the south. If you follow this line, you might be able to find her."

Xu Maojun also didn't want anything to really happen to his wife, but this hope now seemed a little slim.

"Also, the boss asked me to help you capture the Silver Lizard. I have already checked the situation of that student. He is just an ordinary person. The most likely possibility is that the Silver Lizard was taken away by Penglai University."

…

"Student Gao, there are really some birds of prey here. I saw them with my own eyes this morning." Zhang Fantao took Gao Han to a high ground. Looking down, they saw a small valley that was completely blocked by lush branches.

The bird of prey has a diamond-like beak and limbs as sharp as blades. Its bones and muscles are bulging and gray-black in color. At first glance, its entire body seems to be covered with a layer of extremely hard black steel.

This bird is a treasure from head to toe, even its feathers are useful as materials for refining spiritual weapons. Due to its rarity, it can only be seen in high-level disaster areas, so the price on the market is not low.

Gao Han helped them a lot, so Zhang Fantao and others wanted to repay him. He was a weapon maker, so giving him materials was the most appropriate thing to do.

Ordinary materials were not of sufficient use, so they looked for special materials. After a day, they actually discovered the existence of a bird of prey.

Early this morning, they called Gao Han out and brought him here.

Gao Han checked the terrain and said, "The bird of prey can fly, so it's not easy to catch it."

This is one of the reasons why the market price of Raptor materials has remained high.

"As long as we lure it out, we will have a way to capture it." Zhang Fantao said confidently.

"What do you have in mind?" Gao Han asked curiously.

He Guang smiled and said, "Student Gao, you don't know that we have been training in the disaster area for more than a year or two. The seniors also taught us some skills and the weaknesses of mutant creatures, such as the food that birds of prey like to eat."

"Yes, birds of prey like to eat something called sour spirit fruit. This fruit tastes very sour and has an extremely hard shell. It mainly grows on cliffs. When it is ripe, it will emit a fragrance that only birds of prey can smell."

As Zhang Fantao spoke, he took out a purple fruit from his body. This fruit was the sour spirit fruit.

The shell is so hard that only the strong beak of a bird of prey can peck it open.

"I happen to have a sour spirit fruit here. I can use it to lure out the bird of prey."

"This kind of fruit should not be cheap to buy on the market." Gao Han didn't expect that they had thought of so many things.

Zhang Fantao shook his head. "I didn't buy it. I found it during training in the disaster area. I didn't use it because I wasn't sure I could catch the bird of prey. Gao helped us so much. I have no way to repay him. I can only use this sour fruit as a reward."

"You don't have to do this. I'm not helping you for free." Gao Han understood when he heard it.

"That's different. If you lose your life, no matter how many things you have, it will be useless." Zhang Fantao was referring to the fact that Gao Han saved them.

Gao Han knew that these people had their own principles, so he did not refuse. He accepted the sour spiritual fruit and began to direct everyone to set traps.

He chose a space that was not too empty so that the birds of prey could not move freely.

They were lucky and found a cave not far from the valley. The cave was quite spacious and could accommodate quite a few people, and it happened to be right under a cliff.

Everyone worked together to set up the trap and then waited quietly for the bird of prey to take the bait.

Half an hour later, He Guang, who was guarding outside, ran in and lowered his voice.

“Here I come.”

A few minutes later, a larger shadow fell at the entrance of the cave. It was the shadow of a ferocious bird. Just by looking at the shadow, I was shocked by its sharp and thin limbs.

The bird of prey was slow to come in, only using its sharp beak to sniff tentatively outside, as if trying to confirm whether the sour spiritual fruit was inside and whether anyone was lying in ambush nearby. It was quite cautious, but in the end, it still couldn't escape the temptation of the sour spiritual fruit.

A metallic head poked into the cave, and its glowing black eyes caught a glimpse of the sour spiritual fruit that fell in the corner. The vigilance in its eyes instantly diminished a lot.

Gao Han had specially studied the placement of the sour spirit fruit. If it was placed in a too conspicuous location, it would definitely arouse the suspicion of the raptor.

After a minute or two, the bird of prey probably couldn't stand the temptation of the fragrance any longer and was almost halfway into the cave when suddenly there was a loud noise outside.