Chapter 97 Tracking, Real and Fake Ruan Qingzhu
Cao family.
The head of the family, Cao Hao, was indeed injured in the massive attack by evil cultivators half a month ago, but the injury was far less serious than announced to the public. After taking healing pills and recuperating for a few days, he recovered completely.
Originally, Cao Hao was planning to show up at Xiao Changqing's foundation-building celebration and offer his blessings.
It's considered giving face to Xiao Changqing.
After all, he is not as arrogant and difficult to deal with as the Cao family's supreme elder. Although he is also quite thoughtful, he has always been kind to others and is relatively friendly and easy to talk to.
Nowadays, there is a subtle trend of confrontation between Xiao Changqing and the Cao family. Currently, Xiao Changqing is the only one in Nanshanfang who dares to go against the Cao family. This makes many members of the Cao family dissatisfied with Xiao Changqing and have opinions about him.
But Cao Hao still restrained his clansmen from having an open conflict with Xiao Changqing.
The Cao family should try their best not to provoke Xiao Changqing's two concubines, Guangjulou, and the Mu family who came forward to protect them.
Because Cao Hao saw very clearly that the current Nanshanfang could not do without Xiao Changqing's second-level talisman skills, and needed Xiao Changqing to continuously provide second-level talismans for the war.
After the war, how the Cao family and Xiao Changqing will get along is another matter, but for now they have to tolerate Xiao Changqing.
but.
Tolerance is tolerance.
Cao Hao was not unprepared. He had already been planning in his mind to find out Xiao Changqing's background.
He was not too afraid of Xiao Changqing who was in the Qi Refining Stage, but the threat level of Xiao Changqing after he established his foundation had risen sharply, so he needed to be cautious and take it seriously.
However, before Cao Hao had time to find a way to test Xiao Changqing's strength, he accidentally discovered an opportunity that seemed to require no effort on his part.
The evil cultivator seemed to be unable to hold back any longer...
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Ever since the last time the evil cultivators tore a huge hole in the Nanshanfang mountain protection formation and launched a large-scale attack, Cao Hao has become more cautious and thought that the mountain protection formation may not be particularly effective anymore.
Which second-level formation master in the evil cultivation camp, although his attainments are limited and he cannot break through the mountain protection formation that has reached the second-level late stage by drawing power from the spiritual veins, he may be able to take a different approach and break some small cracks more easily.
If a large crack is opened and a large number of evil cultivators come in, he can easily detect the movement and immediately mobilize people to encircle and suppress them.
But since it is a small crack, the evil cultivators will not send many people in, or they will just send one or two people in, so the noise will be small and not easy to be discovered.
Just yesterday, Cao Hao actually sensed slight movements in the mountain protection formation, and an evil cultivator quietly entered Nanshanfang.
If he hadn't paid special attention to this matter, he would not have been able to discover any clues.
Cao Hao was in the middle stage of foundation building, and with the help of the mountain protection formation, he did not take direct action to avoid alerting the enemy. He wanted to see the other party's intentions, and the evil cultivator who sneaked in did not realize that he had been discovered.
After Cao Hao's secret surveillance, he quickly guessed something about the evil cultivator's plan.
Because after sneaking into Nanshanfang, this evil cultivator did not go on a killing spree, wantonly slaughtering the high-level cultivators in the Yi Cave in Nanshanfang, nor did he have any intentions towards the members of the Cao family, or him or the Supreme Elder.
He only had one focus, and that was Jiayi Cave!
The person who lives in the Jiayi Cave is naturally Xiao Changqing.
"It seems that the evil cultivator suffered a great loss from the second-level talisman last time, and wanted to solve the source of the second-level talisman in Nanshanfang once and for all, so he assassinated Xiao Changqing."
Cao Hao thought in his heart.
Of course he would not allow Xiao Changqing to be assassinated by the evil cultivator.
The evil cultivator wanted Xiao Changqing to die as much as he wanted Xiao Changqing to live.
If this evil cultivator who sneaked in took action and threatened Xiao Changqing's life, Cao Hao would definitely come to the rescue.
Therefore, Cao Hao did not attend Xiao Changqing's foundation-building celebration, but just asked people to send gifts and blessings. The reason was that he had to monitor the movements of the evil cultivators all the time to ensure that he could take action in time when the other party took action.
"You're quite good at choosing the time."
After Xiao Changqing's foundation-building celebration was over, the guests had already left.
After secretly investigating the evil cultivator for two days, he was finally ready to take action.
After the excitement, people are most likely to relax their guard, so choosing this time is indeed the easiest time to succeed in an assassination.
Moreover, Cao Hao discovered a scene that surprised him.
No one knew what trump card this evil cultivator had, and he was expected to assassinate Xiao Changqing. However, he first discovered that this evil cultivator was extremely good at disguise.
In the dark corner, the evil cultivator's magic power fluctuated slightly, and when he appeared the next moment, his appearance had completely changed.
He no longer looked like the thin man before, but had turned into a beautiful woman with a voluptuous and charming figure, and looked exactly like Ruan Qingzhu, the owner of Baibaolou!
Not only the figure, appearance and temperament, but even the aura and magical power fluctuations are exactly the same!
At least in Cao Hao's perception, he didn't find any clues!
If he hadn't witnessed it with his own eyes, he probably wouldn't have thought that this 'Shopkeeper Ruan' was an evil cultivator in disguise, but the real person!
"What a brilliant disguise! Even with my cultivation level at the middle stage of foundation building, I can't see through it at all!"
"Is it some kind of secret technique, or some special magical effect?"
Cao Hao had a serious expression. Such an enemy lurking in the dark was really scary and hard to guard against.
If you don't discover it in advance, put yourself in their shoes.
This evil cultivator disguised himself as a core elder of the Cao family and approached him openly, intending to kill him when he was off guard. Could he react and resist?
I'm afraid his life might be in danger, right?
He had originally been relaxed, wanting to use the evil cultivator to find out Xiao Changqing's background so that he could have a clear idea of the situation. But now he had to think carefully about whether to let the other party assassinate and test Xiao Changqing.
What if Xiao Changqing is too weak and is killed in one blow? It will be too late for him to regret!
……
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"Manager Ruan? Let her in."
Upon hearing this, Xiao Changqing wondered why Ruan Qingzhu came back, but he didn't think too much about it and let Lin Ziyu bring him in.
Ruan Qingzhu was no different from when she attended the banquet just now, not only in her clothes and appearance, but also in her temperament. Her behavior was very dignified and reserved, but because of her mature charm, she had a faint sense of charm.
"Senior Xiao, I have something very important to tell you. This matter is of great importance and cannot be known to any third person..."
Ruan Qingzhu looked respectful as he walked towards Xiao Changqing and spoke.
When Xiao Changqing heard this, his expression suddenly became strange.
Senior Xiao?
When a cultivator in the Qi Refining Realm faces a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Realm, it is indeed correct for him to call him "senior", regardless of his age.
Just like at today's foundation-building celebration, many guests did not dare to go beyond the line and addressed Xiao Changqing as "Senior Xiao".
It was just three days ago that Xiao Changqing went to Baibao Tower and met Ruan Qingzhu. He told the other party not to be polite and just call him Master Xiao Fu.
in this case……
"Okay. Ziyu and Zixi, you guys go down first."
Xiao Changqing remained calm and spoke to the Lin sisters.
"Yes, my lord."
The Lin sisters were a little curious, especially Lin Zixi who secretly glanced at Ruan Qingzhu several times before leaving. They wondered if this shopkeeper Ruan had something important that required him to meet with the master alone to report?
Is there some unspeakable secret?
However, my sister reminded me before that as a concubine I should not be jealous, and I should not care about who the master likes or how many women he has!
Don’t say anything else.
The master is now a foundation-building cultivator with a lifespan of 180 years, but the hope for the two sisters to build a foundation is slim, almost impossible.
Even if the sisters all take anti-aging pills in the future to ensure that their appearance does not age, they can only accompany their master for most of the time.
When they turn into dust in the future, the master can't be without women by his side, right?
So Lin Zixi was a little confused but didn't show any expression and left with his sister obediently.
"Boss Ruan, please tell me what you want to say."
At this moment, Xiao Changqing quietly released his spiritual consciousness and at the same time used the Dragon Prison Bracelet to double the effect of the soul enhancement.
In other words, at this moment his soul strength has reached an external radius of eighty-four feet, enough to rival some weaker Jindan cultivators!
Of course, the distance of eighty-four feet may still be far less than what binocular vision can see in most cases, but it is very effective in distinguishing truth from falsehood and seeing through illusions.
The more powerful the spiritual consciousness is, the more difficult it is to be deceived by disguised illusions.
"The Patriarch of the Cao family? Why is he outside my cave?"
"And you are so timid and cowardly. Could it be that..."
When Xiao Changqing's spiritual sense expanded, most of the huge Jiayi Cave was within his perception range.
He did not sense anything unusual on Ruan Qingzhu at the first time, but he discovered the head of the Cao family who was hiding outside the cave.
Today he was celebrating his foundation building. Someone from the Cao family said that the head of the family was avoiding light to heal his injuries, so he could not attend the celebration. However, he secretly came to Jiayi Cave Mansion at this time.
This made Xiao Changqing suspect that the Cao family had lost their minds and wanted to attack him.
"This matter is too important. We should be worried about eavesdropping." Ruan Qingzhu's pretty face had a solemn expression, and there was no sign of anything. She approached Xiao Changqing calmly, as if she was going to tell Xiao Changqing in a low voice.
At this moment, Xiao Changqing still couldn't find any clues from Ruan Qingzhu.
His spiritual power sensed Ruan Qingzhu's aura, magic power, and even soul were all normal. Only the core part of her soul seemed to be shrouded in mist, making it impossible for him to tell the truth from the false, nor could he detect any other aura on her.
But everything is too normal, which is itself an abnormal thing.
Because Ruan Qingzhu's cultivation level was only at the ninth level of Qi Refining, he could not see clearly under Xiao Changqing's consciousness, which was comparable to that of a Jindan Zhenren.
Either Ruan Qingzhu has a huge secret, or this person is not Ruan Qingzhu!
Ruan Qingzhu was trapped in the ninth level of Qi Refining for such a long time and was demoted to Nanshanfang by Baihua Valley. He didn't even dare to try to build his foundation. It was obvious that he was not someone like Xiao Changqing who had a big secret.
and so……
"I want to see what tricks your Cao family is going to play."
A sneer appeared on Xiao Changqing's face.
He did not stop Ruan Qingzhu from approaching. With a thought, the secret technique of his spiritual consciousness, 'Nightmare Technique', had already enveloped Ruan Qingzhu.
(End of this chapter)
