Chapter 523 I Know Wang Ping

Seeing the two of them seeming to enjoy themselves as they pleased, Lou Xiu didn't want to force them to do anything. But it would be inappropriate to show too much concern, as it would easily arouse suspicion. After all, their relationship wasn't as casual as that of true friends. Even if he came this time, he had to find an excuse that he was worried about something going on.

After confirming that everything was fine, he pretended that since he had already come to the proprietress's place, he felt relieved and left.

The fact that Shi Chun and the other person hid in Zhulang Pavilion again really made all parties helpless.

It's not that there's really nothing we can do about them, but no one wants to make any noise and attract attention from other parties. No one will act recklessly unless it's absolutely necessary. After all, no one has the strength to do so, so they can only send people to keep a close eye on them.

On the grassland hillside, in the grass waves swaying in the wind, Zhu Xin flew out again, landed in front of Qiu Ben, saluted and reported, "Master, the two people who were secretly in contact with the scoundrel Hua Chong have just been contacted by someone else. The new contact person left the city and went to the sacred mountain."

"Shenshan?" Qiu Ben was surprised. He didn't know what Shenshan meant by this. The entire Yaoshan City was Shenshan's territory. Was it necessary to do this?
Zhu Xin added: "Disciple has already contacted the people left behind at the sacred mountain and asked them to rush to the exit and watch to see who these people are."

Qiu Ben was worried that something might happen if he relied on the disciples to do their work on the sacred mountain, so he said in a deep voice, "Keep a close eye on Shi Chun and report to me immediately if there is any change. I will go back to the mountain to check."

"Yes." Zhu Xin agreed.

Qiu Ben left most of the men here and quickly took two people back to the sacred mountain.

On the city guard side, Lou Xiuren had just returned to the inner court and had just passed on the news about Shi Chun and the others when there was a knock on the door. He immediately put away the mother-child talisman and called out, "Come in."

Tu Bicheng pushed the door open and quickly closed it. He walked around the screen and quickly came up to him. After bowing, he leaned closer and reported in a low voice. What he reported was similar to what Zhu Xin had reported to Qiu Ben. It was the same situation.

The people from Jihuo Sect were keeping an eye on Hua Chong, while Lou Xiu was like a mantis stalking a cicada while the oriole was waiting behind. The situation discovered by Jihuo Sect also fell into Lou Xiu's observation range.

"The people on the mountain are watching the Jihuo Sect?" Lou Xiu muttered in confusion for a while, and then asked: "Can you tell which side they are from?"

Tu Bicheng shook his head, "I don't know, I haven't seen it anyway."

Lou Xiu shook his hands, asked him to leave, and then passed the message to his superiors again.

This matter soon alarmed Jiang Youer in the mountain, and it was not difficult to get the result.

Jiang Youer, who had learned about the situation, rushed to the North District Center and entered an alchemy room. He found the North Mountain Commander Huang Ye, who was rummaging through bottles and jars. After paying his respects, he approached and reported, "The person Lou Xiu mentioned has been found, and he is not from the mountain."

"No?" Huang Ye turned back in surprise, "Could it be someone from the Jihuo Sect?"

Jiang You'er quickly explained: "It's a little unbelievable, but it's Grandma Qi's people."

"Is it her?" Huang Ye was quite surprised this time. He put down the jar in his hand and paced back and forth in the alchemy room with a frown on his face. After a long time, he was still puzzled. "Why is she staring at Shi Chun? Is she also from some lineage?"

Jiang You'er whispered beside him, "It seems that her sudden arrival is not a coincidence."

Huang Ye walked to the large alchemy furnace and put his hands on the furnace ears. "Arrange people to keep a close eye on the Bai family members on the mountain."

"Yes." Jiang Youer agreed.

Outside the quiet guesthouse on the hilltop, a man came slowly.

He was wearing bamboo-green clothes, had brown hair, and a cold and mature face with clear edges and corners. It was Po Yuan, who came here after being called.

Huang Lang, the eldest disciple beside Qiu Ben, was already waiting for him at the door. This polite and gentle disciple first greeted him and then extended his hand to invite the other party to follow him.

Arriving at the main hall of the main courtyard, Qiu Ben was not polite when he saw Po Yuan. He pointed in a direction and asked, "What kind of people live on the two hills over there? My disciples went there to observe the qi, but were stopped and not allowed to trespass. What's going on?"

These were all excuses. In fact, the disciples in the sect were tracking down the person who went up the mountain after the meeting in the city, and they found out that they were blocked on the top of the mountain.

Po Yuan thought for a moment and said, "It's really not right to trespass. It's the Bai family from Fenglinzhou. The clan leader, Grandma Qi, has come in person. She raised the goddess single-handedly, so how can we disturb her residence casually? The sacred mountain is so big, you can observe and gather qi from any mountain, there's no need to be unreasonable."

"The Bai family..." Qiu Ben muttered to himself. He knew a little about this family. What puzzled him was why the Bai family also targeted Shi Chun.

Seeing that there was nothing else to do, Po Yuan went to the courtyard to find a place to drink tea and wait for orders. Since the head of the Jihuo Sect's Martial Hall had returned, he naturally had to accompany him in person.

While drinking tea, he kept staring at the gate of the courtyard. The scene of Qiu Ben suddenly changing his whereabouts after hearing the news that Wang Ping and his gang were going down the mountain in front of the gate kept lingering in his mind.

He also secretly observed Qiu Ben, who occasionally showed up, and realized that Qiu Ben was in a state of deep thought. He himself was also thinking about something over and over again.

After a long time, he saw Qiu Ben again, who was standing under the eaves with his hands behind his back looking up at the sky. He suddenly raised his head, drank the tea in the cup in one gulp, stood up and walked towards Qiu Ben.

There were some things that he couldn't do, or things that he couldn't do on his own, as well as some resentment that he couldn't vent. After repeated hesitation, he finally decided to ask for help from an outsider.

When he reached the bottom of the stairs, Qiu Ben, who was not blind, also saw him. He watched him go up the stairs and then stand side by side with him.

A mere mountain patroller actually dared to stand side by side with him, which made him a little unhappy.

Po Yuan asked before he could express his displeasure, "Master Qiu is interested in Wang Ping?"

Qiu Ben was startled. He had no idea what the little demon was talking about. He couldn't understand anything at all, so he said indifferently, "Are you interested in Wang Ping? Who is Wang Ping?"

Po Yuan raised his chin towards the gate. "Before, Hall Master Qiu wanted to go to Beishan to observe the qi. When he walked to the gate, he suddenly heard people talking outside, saying that two guests had gone down the mountain. So Hall Master Qiu suddenly changed his mind and said that he was missing something and wanted to buy something, so he also went down the mountain. I checked and confirmed later that the two guests who went down the mountain had lived in the Beishan area that Hall Master Qiu wanted to go to. Could this be a coincidence?"

Qiu Ben's eyes instantly turned cold, and he glanced at the other party sideways like a knife, but soon he became confused. What the other party said was generally correct, but what the hell was "Wang Ping"?

Realizing that the other party seemed to be in a state of half-understanding, he simply asked: "You said that one of the two people is called Wang Ping?"

Po Yuan: "I only know Wang Ping. I've never seen the tall guy before. I asked the person who cleaned the place where they stayed before, and he said his name was Gao He."

Qiu Ben understood that Shi Chun's alias became Wang Ping, and Wu Jinliang's alias became Gao He. Why do these two aliases sound familiar?

Before setting off, he couldn't help but have some understanding of these two people. In an instant, he understood why they sounded familiar. At the Tianyu Meteor Conference, one of them was called Wang Sheng and the other was called Gao Qiang.

It turns out that this time he didn't even change his surname. The "sheng" in his name became "ping", and the "qiang" became "he", which means he is a lot more low-key. But the way of being low-key is quite crude. Isn't the way of changing his name too lame, as if he has never been to school and can't think of any other name?
What he was more curious about now was how Po Yuan knew Shi Chun, so he immediately asked, "How do you know Wang Ping?"

He didn't know whether the other party knew Shi Chun's true identity, but he wouldn't reveal it anyway.

Po Yuan said: "Something happened in the previous Dazhicheng. Wang Ping was working as a handyman in a library called 'Chaoyue Pavilion'..."

"No..." Qiu Ben couldn't help interrupting the other party just as he started to speak, "You said he was working as a handyman in a library?"

He was obviously a little bit incredulous. In terms of fame, Shi Chun might not be less famous than him in the cultivation world. With his current wealth, was it necessary for him to be a handyman?
He heard from people from the sect who attended the event that the benefits he had gained from their Jihuo Sect alone were enormous. It seemed that nine of the top ten sects in the weapon refining world had been plundered by him.

Po Yuan observed his reaction and nodded slightly, saying, "It seems that I was right. This Wang Ping is indeed a man of other names. It's no secret that he works as a handyman at Chao Yue Pavilion in Dazhi City. You can find out if you ask around. But he has left Chao Yue Pavilion now and has been hired as a clerk at Bai's Rice Shop. You can also send someone to Dazhi City to verify this."

"Bai's Rice Shop..." Qiu Ben grasped the key points in the words and repeated the name to deepen his memory.

Po Yuan: "Yes, it is the Bai's Rice Shop. Does it sound familiar? The customer on the hill you just asked about is from the Bai family. The Bai's Rice Shop is the business of the Bai family."

Qiu Bendun was shocked and confused. He didn't understand, if Shi Chun was in cahoots with the Bai family, why were the Bai family members secretly watching Shi Chun and the others? Supervising them?
Po Yuan confirmed his guess from his reaction. He was indeed here for Wang Ping and his group. He then added, "Several waves of guests suddenly arrived on the mountain almost at the same time. I don't know if Grandma Qi and his group's visit to the mountain are related to Wang Ping and his group's visit to the mountain."

Qiu Ben asked: "Why are you telling me this? Why are you telling me this?"

Po Yuan: "With the power of Jihuo Sect, it shouldn't be difficult to find out what happened to me in Dazhi City. In addition, I roughly know what Wang Ping and Grandma Qi want to do in the mountains."

Qiu Ben was immediately perked up. He had never expected that the secret he wanted to find out could be learned from this patrolman. He immediately asked, "What do they want to do?"

Po Yuan: "Do you admit that you came here for Wang Ping and the others?"

Qiu Ben: "Since you can say all this, you must have your own purpose. You say yours and I listen to mine. We each get what we need. There is no need to probe each other's bottom line. What do you think?"

Po Yuan thought for a moment and said, "Huang Yingying, it's a rat demon. They should be coming for him. To deal with them, you just need to keep an eye on this rat demon. Oh, Lou Xiu, the new inner court officer of Yaoshan City, was also just transferred from Dazhi City. He and Wang Ping should be in the same group. Lou Xiu has a lot of power and background in the mountains. With their help, it may not be that easy for you to deal with Wang Ping."

Hearing this, Qiu Ben raised one eyebrow slightly. He also rose from the bottom of the sect and vaguely understood the other party's intentions. There might be a struggle inside Shenshan, and the other party wanted to borrow external forces.

He immediately asked what he was most concerned about at the moment, "Where is that rat demon?"

"Once Hall Master Qiu understands what happened in the city before, he will naturally know." Po Yuan left his words and walked down the stairs. He would not leak a single word about the specific affairs on the mountain.

(End of this chapter)

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