Xuanxia

Chapter 1024: Diverting trouble to the east
Wangxian Pass.

"No, I can't get through it."

The first thing Tang Jiao said when she returned to the inn was this: "I wonder if our people were killed on the road before and attracted attention. The rebels have deployed very tight defenses in the past two days. No caravan or escort vehicle can pass through Wangxian Pass."

There were two other people sitting in the room.

One of them is a master from an aristocratic family who replaced Yuan Chen and was responsible for the transfer of these people to Fuhe Province. His name is Le Xu, he is in his early thirties and has reached the sixth level of martial arts.

The other person was a descendant of an aristocratic family who had been hiding in Wangxian Pass for a long time. She had no cultivation and no property, so she was able to avoid the raids and cleansing by the rebels. This was a woman named Liao Lin, and her public identity was a pawnshop accountant...

This pawnshop once belonged to the Nebula Chamber of Commerce, and Liao Lin was the insider planted by the aristocratic family into the Nebula Chamber of Commerce.

After various events happened, the Nebula Chamber of Commerce also withdrew from the pawnshop business. She should have left, but then the rebel army and the Xishuo army went to war, so she stayed and became a secret agent.

"It's very possible."

Hearing Tang Jiao's words, Liao Lin whispered, "That Brother Tian...when will he be able to come back? He has the highest level of cultivation and can gather the most intelligence. I'm afraid we still need him to help us think of a solution."

Tang Jiao pondered in silence.

More than two days ago, Fu Qingzhou left in a hurry. Her explanation to the public was that Fu Qingzhou had discovered the person who attacked the convoy that day and decided to track him down. He didn't have time to greet everyone...

"Not sure."

Tang Jiao whispered: "He left too hastily..."

"Who are those people who killed Elder Chen?"

At this time, Le Xu, who had been silent for a long time, finally asked, "If it was the people from the Yijun and Xuanmeng, why did they only kill one group of people and not attack us? Since they were able to find Wangxian Pass, they probably knew we were here, right?"

"It's a ghost cultivator."

The one who answered his question was Fu Qingzhou... who was also "Tian Lieyang" in their eyes.

He appeared in the room quietly, and none of the three people in the room noticed him!

"who!"

Le Xu reacted most violently, and suddenly pulled out his knife, but the knife was halfway out of the sheath when Tang Jiao pushed it back: "Don't worry, it's Brother Tian."

The three of them then reacted and saw "Tian Lieyang" sitting in the corner of the room.

"You're back!"

Le Xu's face lit up with joy, then he thought of something and his expression changed slightly: "What do you mean by ghost cultivation?"

Fu Qingzhou walked out from the shadows.

He looked very tired, his clothes were tattered, and he had some wounds of varying sizes on his body, but no obvious serious injuries.

"Brother Tian, ​​what's wrong with you?" Tang Jiao stood up and asked with a frown.

"I almost didn't get away when they discovered me."

Fu Qingzhou responded briefly.

He sat down next to the three people and his eyes stopped on Liao Lin: "Who is this?"

"My name is Liao Lin."

Liao Lin stood up, bowed, and briefly introduced himself.

"Okay, got it."

Fu Qingzhou waved his hand impatiently: "What's the situation here?"

"Wangxian Pass is very well-defended..." Tang Jiao sighed and replied, "It's much more well-defended than what Sister Liao usually sees. I'm afraid it's because the bodies of our people were found on the official road, which caused a reaction."

"This matter is..."

Fu Qingzhou held his forehead and said, "I'm not sure who the murderer is, but I'm sure it's a ghost cultivator who manipulated a female ghost..."

"Ghost cultivator, could it be someone from Xishuo's army? Aren't they our own people?" Le Xu couldn't help but ask, "Why are they attacking us?"

"Who knows about this?" Liao Lin suddenly got angry. She crossed her arms and said with a sullen face, "Before, they told me to stay undercover in the Nebula Chamber of Commerce and return after three years. But three years followed by another three years! There's no end in sight! Who knows what those big guys are fighting about? The ones who are sacrificed are the little guys like us!"

"That's right. We don't know what the people above are fighting about, and we are not qualified to know."

Fu Qingzhou sighed, "But now, our own lives are more important - we now have two choices, either try our best to escape back to Fuhe Province, or simply give up and leave."

"This……"

Le Xu was shocked: "Just quit and leave?"

"I understand what Brother Tian means."

Tang Jiao responded at the right time: "We don't know who sent out the ghost cultivators... If it was from King Xishuo, it would be fine. We just need to return to Fuhe Province and the family will definitely protect us. But what if it was the family that did it?"

"But why?" Le Xu's eyes turned red: "We fought for our family, why do they want to kill us?!"

"Brother, don't get excited."

Fu Qingzhou patted him on the shoulder and said calmly: "It is still uncertain whether it was done by the family... In fact, I am more inclined to believe that it was not the family. All our actions are under the family's eyes. If they want to harm us, they have plenty of ways to do it. There is no need to go through so much trouble."

After he said this, Le Xu's emotions stabilized a little and he nodded.

Liao Lin on the side wanted to say something, but finally sighed softly.

It was not until this time that Fu Qingzhou and Tang Jiao actually exchanged glances.

With the tacit understanding between the two, he didn't need to explain anything, and Tang Jiao could fully understand his thoughts.

Although she didn't know what Fu Qingzhou had discovered this time, nor did she know what his plan was, as long as she followed his train of thought, there would be no problem.

"Brother Tian, ​​please tell me."

After a while, Le Xu recovered. He looked at Fu Qingzhou and said, "You have the best ideas and your cultivation is the highest. We will follow your arrangements."

"Ah."

Liao Lin also nodded: "I don't want to stay here either...Brother Tian, ​​no matter where you go, you take me with you, I can give you all my savings over the years!"

"Okay, let's not talk about saving money for now. Money is something that needs to be spent in life."

Fu Qingzhou looked at Tang Jiao and asked deliberately: "What about you? Will you also listen to my arrangements?"

Tang Jiao hesitated for a moment and nodded: "I have no problem, but we are bringing some young masters and young ladies with us this time, they..."

"They are our bargaining chips."

Fu Qingzhou lowered his voice a little: "This is also the reason why I tend to think that the family will not take action against us... Although the two masters Yuan Keng and Yuan Ye have the final say in the family, the other branches are more or less powerful. If all these young masters and young ladies died, would anyone cause trouble? Would anyone be dissatisfied? They are all the blood of those masters and ladies!"

"As long as these people are here, the family will probably still want us to return... What we need to do now is to find a way to pass the news back to the family and let them find a way to save us."

"They may only care about those young masters and young ladies and not us, but we can take this opportunity to find a way to go back with them - at least the four of us have to go, as for the others, we can just leave it to fate."

After hearing these words, the gloom in Le Xu and Liao Lin's eyes dissipated a lot, and Tang Jiao also showed a look of relief.

"As for those ghost cultivators..."

Fu Qingzhou said in a deep voice: "We can only think of ways to protect ourselves and hope for the best. Perhaps after the family's masters arrive, we will know why."

This is his plan.

Winning over Le Xu and others to his side was just a matter of convenience.

The most important thing is that he wants to recruit the masters of the Yuan family.

The person who used Qiu Chan to create the fake soul was probably King Xishuo...and when the fake soul appeared before, it killed Yuan Chen and others without hesitation, and it didn't care who was around Fu Qingzhou.

As long as Fu Qingzhou remains silent, similar fake souls may appear again.

So, should we let it... compete with the masters of the Yuan family?
It is quite interesting to see the noble family and King Xishuo pulling each other's hair.

(End of this chapter)