Chapter 31 Before the Storm

Jiuhe City is located in the east of Moqiu, adjacent to the border, with roads extending in all directions, and has always been a battleground for military strategists.

However, this concept of a battleground for military strategists is limited to mortals. From the perspective of the Immortal Family, the terrain here is vast, the spiritual energy is thin, and it lacks a harsh environment. Therefore, it does not produce any natural materials or earthly treasures, and there is no fairy mountain to occupy. Therefore, it does not have much significance. Therefore, although it is a big city, it is only an important town for mortals. In the eyes of immortals, it is a small land, and its value is not as good as that of Moyun City.

Despite this, Jiuhe City is located on an important road and is close to the border. It has many commercial contacts with other countries, so the business in the market is not bad. Every year, some cultivators come here to seek elixirs and medicine, so sometimes There will also be some good elixirs, which can be regarded as a place without much value but with occasional surprises.

The Five Qi Chaoyuan Pill is obviously the surprise this time.

Standing in front of the gate of Jiuhe City, Tang Jie, who had transformed into a black-faced man, was being interrogated.

Due to the recent turmoil in Tang Jie, interrogations in various places in Moqiu are now tightened.

It's a pity that this kind of interrogation intensity was not enough for Tang Jie. He couldn't catch Tang Jie, but he caught a lot of small fish and shrimps.

On the top of the city of Jiuhe City, there are two cultivators who are good at insight patrolling. Unfortunately, Jiuhe City is of a low level in the eyes of the Immortal Family, and the strength of these two cultivators is also average. The spiritual light swept across Tang Jie's body. But nothing was found. After checking Tang Jie, the two soldiers under the city gate let him in.

After entering the city, Liu Laosi, who was following Tang Jie, hurriedly walked two steps: "I still feel..."

"Shh!" Tang Jie raised a finger.

Liu Laosi was in a state of shock, lowering his head and not daring to speak.

The two of them walked forward, and after a while Tang Jie said, "You can talk now."

Liu Laosi hurriedly said: "I still think this matter is too dangerous. I think it is probably a trap set up by Tianshen Palace to lure you into action so that I can capture you."

Tang Jie smiled: "I know, but the layout has to be baited, so this Five Qi Dynasty Yuan Pill should really exist."

"So what?" Liu Laosi said anxiously: "You are looking for death. Do you know that there may be countless monks hiding in the city waiting for you right now?"

Tang Jie replied slowly and calmly: "The premise is that they can recognize me. Since we want to set up an ambush, we must lower the other party's precautions and invite you to the urn. Otherwise, if I see something and can't do anything, abandon it and leave." How? Choosing Jiuhe City is by no means aimless.

Precisely because this place is not a fairy town, it is relatively safe. Those means that can see through my illusion will not be available here, at least not before the auction starts... "

"I see." Liu Laosi understood what Tang Jie meant: "But what happens once the auction starts?"

"Then it's time for everyone to show off their magical powers." Tang Jie replied, "Don't worry, if something is absolutely necessary, I won't force it."

"I'm just afraid that people will die for money and birds will die for food!" Liu Laosi paused and said. He didn't feel Tang Jie's comfort at all. He came all the way here. He didn't believe that Tang Jie would really do this. give up.

Hearing what Liu Laosi said, Tang Jie laughed and found an inn to stay.

There are still three days until the auction starts. During these three days, Tang Jie still has a lot to do.

Next, Tang Jie wandered around the city and spent a day walking around Jiuhe City.

This was acquainting himself with the terrain while also preparing him for what he was going to do next.

One day later, Tang Jie returned to the room and said, "Yi Yi."

The little girl jumped out and raised her little hand. Countless plants in the room grew out of thin air, interlaced and intertwined, and a small house was born in the open space in the room, which was the prototype of Jiuhe City.

This skill is quite similar to that of the eldest of the Twelve Eagles. Yiyi used the method of making the Jade Flower Palace to create a terrain sand table. Tang Jie gave it a good name: Green Jade Sand Table.

Compared with the fantasy map of Twelve Eagles, the biggest problem with the green jade sand table is that it cannot be saved. Its simulation ability depends entirely on Yiyi's memory ability. Once time passes and Yiyi forgets it, it will be impossible to recreate it. In contrast, the map spell of the Twelve Eagle Boss is permanently solidified and cannot be forgotten.

Because of this, the sand table made by Yiyi at this moment also contains many inaccuracies.

Fortunately, Tang Jie is still here.

His memory ability was much stronger than that of Yiyi. At this moment, his hands were like scissors. After some pruning, a more accurate sand table of Jiuhe City was finally completed.

Looking at the green jade sand table of Jiuhe City, Tang Jie drew with his hands, and a stream of spiritual energy extended out and landed on the sand table, but a formation was quickly arranged.

Spirit detecting array.

This was the first magic circle Xu Muyang taught him back then.

This array is used to detect the movement of the surrounding heaven and earth spiritual energy, but it can also be used to detect cultivators. It was through this array that Xu Muyang detected the arrival of Shi Wu Nian. As strong as Shi Wunian, the powerful Zifu, after all, still couldn't hide it from a junior like Xu Muyang, and couldn't hide from a small soul-detecting formation that didn't even need materials. It can be seen that the way of heaven and earth, the realm is by no means unique.

For Tang Jie, a battle between dragons and tigers was indispensable at the auction three days later.

Before that, all he had to do was to first understand who his opponents were and how many there were.

It is said that each party will show off their magical powers at the beginning of the auction, but in fact, various invisible battles have already begun before then.

The battle between cultivators is not only a battle of minds, but also a battle of spells. Many good methods and ideas are sometimes no better than one useful spell.

The first is the battle between reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance spells.

While the Tianshengong was still watching Dandan to find Tang Jie, Tang Jie carefully avoided the other party's search while starting to look for his opponent.

The side spirit array and green jade sand table were the methods he chose.

When the two are combined, a magic circle whose main purpose is to detect cultivators is officially completed.

Different from Tang Jiebu's spirit detection array back then, Tang Jiebu's array now is much more vast, and its magnificence is not much different from Xu Muyang's.

As the formation flashed and the spiritual light flashed, various different colors of light appeared in the sand table spiritual formation. Each bright spot represented a cultivator at the corresponding position in the city. The different colors of the light represented the difference in strength.

The biggest advantage of using the spirit detection array to detect cultivators is that it is not easily obscured. The disadvantage is that it can only distinguish between strong and weak, but not between good and evil enemies.

The flashes of light within the formation would not tell Tang Jie which bright spots were the reinforcements sent by Tianshen Palace to hunt down and which were not, but Tang Jie had his own way of distinguishing them.

"My peak realm of transcendence should have been exposed. Those below the same realm will basically not be sent to kill me. Even if they are most likely to do errands," Tang Jie whispered, and with a wave of his hand, those who showed their strength in the sand table were All the bright spots below the peak of transcendence were extinguished by him, and the remaining spiritual light in the formation suddenly became much less.

"Some important places need to be guarded by cultivators. These places are not suitable for outsiders to approach, let alone hiding places, so places like the teleportation array and the warehouse can also be removed." Tang Jie said to himself, and quickly pointed out the teleportation array and the warehouse. After a few clicks, some bright spots were eliminated again.

"Since they were sent to arrest me, it should be a group of people, organized and ordered to act in a unified manner, so they should be gathered together, and those who are scattered can be ignored." Tang Jie waved his hand, and some bright spots were eliminated.

At this time, there were only two piles of bright spots above the green jade sand table.

One of them has about seven or eight bright spots, and the other one has about twenty or so. The strength of the former is relatively average. Judging from its light, it is almost the peak of extraordinary strength. The other pile is uneven. There are spiritual ring stages, peaks, and even nine turns. Because the highlights are gathered together, Tang Jie did not remove those low-level ones.

"Twelve Eagles..." After looking at these two piles of bright spots, Tang Jie suddenly muttered, and his eyes finally landed on the more than twenty bright spots.

If the prediction is correct, the people Tianshen Palace really sent to deal with him should be this group of people. Of these twenty-odd highlights, excluding the characters below Tianxin, there are twelve who are in the spirit ring stage alone, and there are also two inner demon stages. Using such a lineup to deal with him, Tang Jie, shows that he attaches great importance to him.

As for why there was no soul transformation, Tang Jie probably had something to do with the bet. For the Tianshen Palace, it was enough to capture Tang Jie and the inner demon stage. It didn't matter whether he sent the soul or not. What was important was that he could use this to further humiliate Xiao Biehan.

This is indeed the case. With two cultivators in the inner demon stage, plus a bunch of spirit ring stages, Tang Jie plus the ghost guard cannot be an opponent. It doesn't matter whether he has a soul or not.

But this is considered from the perspective of confrontation. Outside of the perspective of confrontation, many powerful search spells still require powerful monks to perform them. In this case, the lack of soul-transforming monks will still cause a lot of trouble.

From this perspective, Tianshen Palace’s way of thinking about problems is still limited to “confrontation.”

This may also be a common problem among cultivators in this era. It is said that if you have enough strength, you can have everything.

The bright spot on the sand table was located in the west area of ​​the city. Tang Jie took a closer look and confirmed that it should be in a residential house on Baishui Street. However, because the combination of the sand table and the spirit detection array was not perfect enough, there was inevitably an error and it was not certain yet. specific address.

Despite this, Tang Jie was confident enough to find his opponent.

If he suddenly throws a bunch of Heavenly Evil Thunder Beads in at this time...

That result made Tang Jie feel happy just thinking about it. It is estimated that except for the two inner demon stages, there are not many people left alive.

It's a pity that even if he does this, he may not be able to defeat the two inner demon stages. Moreover, even if they are not the cultivators sent by the Tianshen Palace to chase him, they will probably come up and attack him once they see Tang Jie. The most important thing is that the auction will definitely be ruined because of this, and my ultimate goal will still not be achieved.

Tang Jie could only put away this thought, touched his chin, looked at the pile of bright spots on the sand table, and fell into long thoughts.

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While Tang Jie was thinking, he was in a residence on Baishui Street.

This is an extremely spacious courtyard house.

To the north of the courtyard is the first room. Two cultivators of the inner demon realm are sitting up in the room, closing their eyes and concentrating. There are two more people following them, but they are two ninth-level disciples in accompanying clothes.

To the west of the courtyard is the residence of the Twelve Eagles. Twelve people live in the same house, but it is quiet and peaceful, with only some low voices occasionally heard.

The room in the east of the courtyard seemed much livelier.

There are five other spiritual ring stage cultivators living here, one of whom is a woman.

At this moment, a dark-faced man with a curly beard was pacing the room angrily, saying loudly: "The twelve eagles of the straight mother-in-law, it's been five days, and I still can't go out. I'm almost suffocated to death."

The twelve eagles on the opposite side clearly knew this person's nature, and no one paid him any attention.

When the black-faced man saw that no one was paying attention to him, he continued to curse. His voice alone could stand up to the words of everyone here.

When the scolding becomes too much, the two inner demon cultivators in the north room will let out a light cough, and then the black-faced man will stop for a while, and then start scolding again after a while.

Repeatedly, everyone was speechless.

Staying behind closed doors was an order from the boss of Twelve Eagles. The reason was simple: to avoid alerting Tang Jie.

But being shut up behind closed doors may not be a difficult thing for others, that is, just meditating for a few days, but for the black-faced man, it was a kind of torture. This person's name is Heisha. His real name is unknown. He was not like this in his early years. He was accidentally possessed by the inner demon when he was trying to attack the inner demon realm. Although he luckily escaped with his life, his mood was ruined and he became anxious from then on. The body cannot sit for long periods of time.

The reason why the palace sent him here was because after this man's manic demon entered his body, although his state of mind was destroyed and he could no longer make any progress, he also unintentionally mastered a spell, Thunder Flash, which could make his body faster in a short period of time. If the thunderbolt flashes and comes and goes suddenly, it is extremely fast and has a powerful attack, which is the best way to capture the escaping opponent.

Unexpectedly, when he got here, the first thing he did was to make him unable to leave.

Hei Sha had been suffocating in the house for five days, and he was already depressed and restless, so he must have been scolding him non-stop every day.

I wanted to let him go out for a walk, but when I thought about his temper, I was afraid that he would cause some trouble after he went out. If Tang Jie was disturbed, it would be bad, so I could only ask him to be patient.

He tolerates it in this room, and others tolerate him.

After shouting at this moment, Hei Sha saw that no one was paying attention to him, and finally couldn't help but said: "I don't care, no one can stop me today, I must go out to find a girl and have fun!"

As he spoke, he strode towards the door.

The boss of the Twelve Eagles suddenly raised his head when he saw this, and appeared at the door in a flash, blocking Heisha's path: "Heisha, wait a moment, the auction will start in two days, and Tang Jie may have arrived by now, so hide away In the dark. If you go out now, I'm afraid he will notice."

"So what if he notices it? Even if he sees me, how can he be sure that I am from Tianshen Palace? Even if he is sure that I am from Tianshen Palace, how can he know that I am here to arrest him? Even if he knows that I am here to arrest him, Is there any cultivator in Moqiu who doesn’t want to catch him? What does this have to do with the arrangement at the auction?"

This person spoke with a really loud voice. He even shouted "arrangements at the auction" in a buzzing tone. If Tang Jie were standing on the street at this time, he would know that something was going on at the auction without checking. He would be so angry. Shou Ying almost didn't vomit blood and shouted: "Shut up! Do you still want to shout until the whole city knows?"

Heisha also knew that he had made a mistake. He hesitated for a moment, and finally said helplessly: "I'm just complaining. I'm really frustrated."

"Go ahead if you can't hold it back anymore." A voice suddenly sounded.

Everyone turned around in shock, but no one was there.

Shou Ying frowned and said, "Xiao Twelve, what are you talking about?"

Clear words came from the air: "It's better to block it than to open it up. Hei Sha's nature is like this. It's not good for him to sit for a long time. Being bored for a long time will make him sick. On the contrary, it's a bad thing. Let him go for a walk, visit the brothel, and vent his anger. It's not bad before it starts. Let's talk about it." Tang Jie will not go to the brothel."

Hei Sha's eyes lit up: "It turns out to be Twelve Lang, haha, thank you Twelve Lang for speaking for me. I have long heard that Twelve Lang was an extraordinary young man. He was selected into the Eagle Hall when he first entered the world, and was selected into the Twelve Eagles when he entered the ninth rank. , He is indeed an extraordinary and handsome man."

He couldn't even see the other person's face, but he just praised him for being so handsome, and flattered the Nine Turns boy as a dignified spiritual master. This showed that he had been holding back enough for the past few days.

Shou Ying over there had already frowned: "I know that the possibility of running into Tang Jie is very small when Hei Sha is here, but everything must be taken precautions. When Tang Jie comes, it is impossible not to have doubts in his heart, and any disturbance will be It may allow him to escape. To catch this person, our Tianshen Palace has tried our best. At this critical moment, we cannot make any mistakes!"

"This is just to prevent mistakes. There are still two days left. Boss, are you sure Heisha can survive? What if he really goes crazy and starts fighting? Then something will really happen. Let him go this time, and the next In two days, he should be able to calm down."

Heisha nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, let me go out and have a good time for a day, no, just for one night. After this night of fun, nothing will happen."

Shou Ying lowered his head to think.

The invisible Twelve Eagles over there said: "If you are still not at ease, I will accompany him."

"You?" Shou Ying looked up, his eyes like lightning, as if he could penetrate the darkness and see through the existence hidden in the darkness.

"Yes, I will accompany him. If he dares to cause trouble and ruin our plans...I will kill him."

The Twelve Eagles, with their nine-turn bodies, said they had killed a real spirit ring master, but their tone was extremely bland. The most remarkable thing was that no one in the audience, including the two inner demon masters, thought that this was the case. Exaggeration.

Boss Shouying nodded slightly.

He said, "Well, you go with him and everything will be left to you."