Chapter 1174 Investigation
According to what he had seen secretly in the hospital that night, the eagle-nosed old man had suffered extremely serious injuries. Now that he saw this secret alchemy room again, Liang Yan's heart gradually I have a guess.
"It must be that this person's injuries are still getting worse. He can't suppress it with his own strength alone. He must take specific pills to save his life!"
Yes! After coming to this conclusion, Liang Yan felt happy and walked up slowly.
I saw a lot of dark elixir residue inside the brass alchemy furnace, which seemed to be leftover from the alchemy refining by Taoist Dog.
Although Liang Yan himself was not good at alchemy, he did not let go of this clue. Instead, he took out a palm-sized jade vial from the storage ring and collected all the residue.
After collecting the residue, Liang Yan walked around the alchemy room again. Unfortunately, except for these residues, nothing else remained.
Judging from the situation here, Confucian God General must have made too much noise that day, and these two people were afraid of exposing their identities, so they left in a hurry and did not have time to destroy this underground place. Alchemy room.
After finally confirming that there were no other clues here, Liang Yan walked out, set up a soundproof barrier around it, and smashed the alchemy room to pieces with another sword.
The reason why he did this was because he did not want to leave any clues to the people of the Jiugong Chamber of Commerce.
The president of the Jiugong Chamber of Commerce is that sick man. This person has almost no principles at all. He will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. You must be cautious when dealing with such a person.
Never expect that the other party will keep its promise. This is tantamount to playing with fire and burning yourself. Only when you have chips of equal value in your hand can the other party deal with you fairly.
So Liang Yan now has a deep understanding that he must capture Gou Qi and his companions alive. Only by holding these two people in his hands will the other party exchange the holy energy of mountains and rivers.
If he really listened to the sick man, killed Gou Qi and the eagle-nosed old man, and took their heads with him, then the president of the Jiugong Chamber of Commerce would most likely turn his back on him. people.
At that time, I will be in vain!
After understanding this, Liang Yan set a fire within the barrier and burned the entire Taoist temple clean. After all the dust settled, he lifted the barrier and left the ruins leisurely.
After returning to Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce, Liang Yan found Li Xiran.
"Master, what is inside this?"
Li Xiran asked curiously after seeing the jade vial he took out from the storage ring.
“This is some elixir residue.”
Liang Yan said calmly: "My master has given you a task. Help me bring this bottle to the alchemist of the Chamber of Commerce for a look. See if we can guess what kind of elixir the other party is refining and what ingredients are used in it." Materials?"
"I'm afraid it's a bit difficult."
Li Xiran's face showed a hint of embarrassment, and he slowly said: "Although the alchemists of the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce are not low-level. , but they have to rely only on some residual It’s almost impossible to reversely estimate the recipe.”
“I’m not asking you to reverse estimate the entire recipe, but I want you to see what materials the other party added during the refining process. You need to calculate the specific weight, and you don’t need to list all the ingredients. You only need to find out the rarest ingredients in the recipe.”
“If this is the case, there is still a few points. Maybe." Li Xiran nodded.
"In addition, I can also provide you with two clues."
Liang Yan then said: "First of all, this is a healing elixir, and the grade is not low. It can deal with the calamity realm. Secondly, the injured person must have had his meridians damaged by the supernatural power and could not repair them, so he relied on this elixir to stay alive."
These two clues are both. He discovered it while peeking outside the Taoist temple that night.
At that time, Liang Yan used the secret technique of dividing souls to sneak into the hospital. After observing closely, he found that the aura of the old man with an eagle nose was extremely unstable, and the spiritual power in his body was scattered and intermittent, so he deduced the meridians of this man. It may be damaged, or it may even be sealed by someone with great supernatural powers.
After listening to Liang Yan's addition, Li Xiran smiled and nodded: "With these two clues, the scope of the investigation can be greatly shortened. I think it won't take long to give Master a satisfactory answer. .”
"Okay, then I will wait here for your results."
Liang Yan smiled slightly, sent Li Xiran away, and returned to the guest room to meditate and practice.
Two days of such peaceful days passed. At noon on the third day, Li Xiran came to his room again.
"Master, I summoned four alchemists with the word "Heaven" from the Chamber of Commerce, and finally got the results today. The furnace slag you found is probably for refining a kind of medicine called "Purple Fire" What's left of the Soul Renewal Pill"
"Purple Fire Soul Renewal Pill?"
After listening to Li Xiran's report, Liang Yan pondered for a moment and then asked: "What is the effect of this elixir, and what are the materials needed to make it?"
"Reporting to Master, 'Purple Fire' Continued The soul pill's main purpose is to protect the heart veins and keep the three souls and seven souls of the seriously injured person in the body. I guess the person the master mentioned must have had his heart veins shattered by someone's great supernatural power, and the three souls and seven souls along with him. His soul was also shattered a lot, Only by constantly taking the 'Purple Fire Soul Renewing Pill' can one breathe a sigh of relief."
After saying this, Li Xiran paused slightly and continued: "As for the 'Purple Fire Soul Renewing Pill'. There are a total of one hundred and thirty-eight kinds of materials, most of which are not rare, but the 'Ghost Talk Flower' and 'Zhu Snake Fruit' are very special."
"Oh? Where?" Liang Yan became interested.
"'Ghost Talk Flower' only exists in the Zhang family of Fengdu City. The location of Fengdu City has always been a mystery, and this mysterious Zhang family has never seen its beginning or end. But every two hundred years, there will be a Zhang family. The monks from the family are here, and they bring precious ghost resources with them to trade with the presidents of major chambers of commerce, and 'Ghost Talk' is one of them."
"There is such a thing!"
Liang Yan's eyes showed a trace of surprise, and he slowly said: "Then according to what you said, apart from the 'Guitanhua' that has been traded, the remaining Most of them are in the major chambers of commerce in Antarctica?"
"Yes!"
Li Xiran nodded and said: "The same is true for the 'Zhu Snake Fruit'. Although it is not as precious as the 'Ghost Talk Flower', it has a characteristic that it must be picked within three hours each time it blooms, otherwise it will be infected with the poison and lose its medicinal properties and cannot be used to make elixirs. The 'Red Snake Fruit' can only be stored for thirty days after being picked. After thirty days, the medicinal properties will gradually dissipate and become completely useless."
Liang Yan understood immediately after hearing this.
"If you say so, almost no one will carry the 'Red Snake Fruit' with them. Most of them go to the Chamber of Commerce to buy it temporarily when they are in need?"
"Not bad!"
Li Xiran clicked He nodded and said: The 'Red Snake Fruit' itself is not an extremely rare spiritual object, but the price is extremely high. All major chambers of commerce have special medicinal gardens to grow this kind of spiritual fruit. It doesn't matter if it is wasted at ordinary times. Once someone buys it, they can make huge profits from it. "
After listening to Li Xiran's words, Liang Yan understood instantly. The two materials "Ghost Talk Flower" and "Zhu Snake Fruit" can only be purchased in the Chamber of Commerce, and both of these materials are It's not simple. I'm afraid there is no such thing as an ordinary small chamber of commerce.
As for which place has the most chambers of commerce now, it is of course Guangling City, which is about to host the "Wentai Treasure Fighting Conference"!
"It seems that these two people are not only following the holy energy of the mountains and rivers, but also coming for the 'Ghost Talk Flower' and the 'Red Snake Fruit'! In other words, the original purpose of their trip is just to come here. When purchasing medicinal materials, people from the Jiugong Chamber of Commerce figured out their whereabouts in advance and used the sacred energy of mountains and rivers to lure the snake out of its hole."
Liang Yan thought for a while and felt that he was far away from the truth of the matter! He was getting closer and closer, and after pondering for a while, he gave instructions to Li Xiran: "I'll do one more thing for my master. Check the transaction records of the Chamber of Commerce to see if anyone has purchased a large amount of 'Guitanhua' recently." And 'Zhu Snake Fruit'. If possible, check the transactions of other chambers of commerce."
Li Xiran nodded and agreed without thinking.
"By the way, starting from today, if anyone comes to Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce to purchase these two spiritual objects, they must notify me as soon as possible." Liang Yan added.
"Don't worry, Master, I will definitely keep a close eye on you!"
"Yes."
Liang Yan nodded. He was still very relieved about Li Xiran, his apprentice. of.
The biggest advantage and the biggest disadvantage of this woman are the same, that is, everything is too serious. If she agrees to help him investigate, she will spare no effort to carry it out, and there is no need for her to say anything.
"You must put your own safety first in everything. If you find anything, come back and tell me. Don't investigate it yourself."
Liang Yan told Li Xiran again and asked her to leave his residence.
In the following days, Liang Yan has been meditating in his room and occasionally walking around the streets of Guangling City to see if he can find Gou Qi's location through the induction of the Black Lotus Sword.
Unfortunately, for more than ten days, there has been no movement from the Black Lotus Sword.
Guangling City is so big that it is almost equivalent to the territory of Nanchui Country, and Liang Yan only has to walk in front of Gou Qi for the Black Lotus Sword to sense it. If the other party is hiding in a house or secret passage Among them, he couldn't find it at all.
The most important thing is that Liang Yan is not sure whether Gou Qi and the others are still in Guangling City.
Seven or eight days have passed like this. On this day, Liang Yan has just returned to Wenzhou. Xiang Chamber of Commerce saw Li Xiran's escaping light falling in his courtyard.
She bowed to Liang Yan first, and then said: "Master, the results of the investigation you asked me to investigate have already been concluded."
"Oh? What is the result? Who purchased it? "Master. In the past six months, a total of one hundred and seventy-three people have purchased 'Ghost Talk Flower' or 'Red Snake Fruit', and the quantity purchased by each person has been There aren't many, so I can't tell who is more special," Li Xiran said with some regret.
"It's impossible. If they want to continue to refine the 'Purple Fire Soul Renewal Pill', they will definitely need a lot of materials."
Liang Yan muttered to himself first, and then immediately reacted. He cursed secretly in his heart:
"What an old dog, always so cautious!"
Obviously, Gou Qi did not purchase all the materials at once, but divided them into parts and purchased them each time. Each time, he used the art of disguise to transform into different monks, and completed the purchase in multiple batches.
Among the one hundred and seventy-three purchasing monks, there are probably at least forty who are pretending to be him.
"With so many people, if we continue to investigate one by one, I'm afraid that by the time the 'Wentai Treasure Fighting Conference' is over, we won't be able to find half of them, and by then I won't be able to ask for the sacred energy of mountains and rivers."
Liang Yan couldn't help but frown when he thought of this, looking worried.
Seeing this, Li Xiran on the side continued to speak: "Master, I am here today to report an important news. This morning, someone purchased a large amount of 'Ghost Talk Flower' and 'Ghost Talk Flower' at the same time in our chamber of commerce. 'Zhu Snake Fruit'."
"Huh?"
Liang Yan immediately became interested and asked hurriedly: "Who is this person? Has anyone sent someone to pay attention to him? Whereabouts? ”
"This person is"
Li Xiran hesitated for a moment, and then said slowly: "This person is the general of Xuanyuan City's 'Tianhuoying', his name is Ningyang Xia, his cultivation is in the early stage of Tongxuan. Because it involves Arrive at Xuanyuan City Military Headquarters, And this is the Xuanyuan Territory, and the Chamber of Commerce does not dare to investigate too deeply, let alone send people to follow him."
"Ningyang Xia? How come it is related to the Xuanyuan Army? ”
Liang Yan frowned, suddenly realized, and asked: "What does this Ningyang Xia have to do with the Confucian God General of Xuanyuan City?"
"'Tianhuoying' belongs to Tianwei. Divine Generals, Twelve Divine Generals Among them, 'Tianwei Divine General' ranked third and 'Confucian Divine General' ranked eleventh. The two have no contact. As for whether Ning Yangxia and Ling Chongxiao have any personal relationship, we can't tell. Got it." Li Xiran replied.
"It seems like things are a little difficult to handle again."
Liang Yan couldn't help but sigh in his heart after hearing Li Xiran's introduction.
He forgot about Ling Chongxiao!
That night, it was this guy who discovered himself in hiding, and from the conversations he had overheard before, he learned that Ling Chongxiao seemed to owe the old man a favor.
He came to chase Liang Yan just to repay the favor, but unfortunately Liang Yan managed to escape in the end.
On the other hand, if Ling Chongxiao failed to repay the favor, would he make up for it in other ways?
This Ningyang Xia was most likely ordered by Ling Chongxiao to purchase medicinal materials for Gou Qi and the others!
Thinking of this, Liang Yan's eyes froze slightly, and suddenly a thought flashed through his mind, and he secretly shouted:
"No! This Ningyangxia purchased so many medicinal materials at one time, only I'm afraid Gou Qi and the others are already planning to leave Guangling City, or even Xuanyuan Territory!"
When he thought of this, Liang Yan couldn't help but become anxious.
In such a short period of time, the only clue to where to find these two people is in the Xuanyuan Army, which is a place that I cannot touch.
Wait!
Xuanyuan Army?
Liang Yan suddenly thought of someone, and a glimmer of hope arose in his heart.
“As long as I ask her for help, I don’t know if she will agree”
Liang Yan thought of this and without hesitation, he gave Li Xiran a few instructions, turned around and left the Wenxiang Chamber of Commerce.
(End of Chapter)