nucmednet Chapter 11 Invitation
Chapter 11 Invitation
Baiyun Manor, a top-tier power in Dongjiang County, is located thirty miles outside Dongjiang County City, halfway up Baiyun Mountain.
Looking up, Baiyun Mountain stands majestically, shrouded in mist, like a celestial palace. Baiyun Manor is nestled halfway up the mountain, appearing and disappearing in the mist. Around the manor, ancient pines and cypresses stand proudly, and only a road paved with bluestone leads directly to the gate of Baiyun Manor.
at this time,
Deep within Baiyun Mountain Villa,
Liu Jun sat opposite a middle-aged man in his forties with a refined demeanor. This man was Zhou Chang, the third master of Baiyun Manor.
Lin Tiantong, the Grand Elder of the Changhe Gang, sat to their left.
On the table in front of Liu Jun and Zhou Chang were portraits and some written descriptions.
Liu Jun held the portraits and flipped through them one by one.
Among them was a portrait of 'Shen Lang', with the following written underneath:
'Shen Lang, of unknown origin, is skilled in swordsmanship and has completed four bounties from the Zhenwu Hall since seven days ago!'
Zhou Chang began to speak:
"Young Master Liu, these are the young people who have appeared in various parts of Dongjiang County recently, skilled in swordsmanship and at the eighth rank."
"There are nine people in total, but none of them are Xiao Bieli, the one you are looking for."
“I suspect that Xiao Bieli has already fled outside Dongjiang County. If he doesn’t show himself and hides in the deep mountains and forests, let alone my Baiyun Manor, even if the Cangyu Sect and the Twelve Linked Forts help search together, they may not be able to find him!”
If Liu Jun hadn't been an inner disciple of the Cangyuan Sword Sect, he would have given up long ago.
If an eighth-rank official truly wanted to escape, hiding deep in the mountains, finding him would be like searching for a needle in a haystack.
Liu Jun frowned and said in a low voice:
“I know it’s really difficult to find Xiao Bieli in Dongjiang County, but this matter concerns Senior Brother Zhuo… I really dare not neglect it. I still need to trouble the Third Master. I don’t ask to find Xiao Bieli, I just want to make a fuss so that Senior Brother Zhuo can see that I’m trying.”
"Otherwise I'll be in trouble!"
"There's no need to trouble the Third Master for long. I've already sent someone back to the Liu family in Qingzhou to retrieve the 'Tracing Gu.' As long as Xiao Bieli is still in Dongjiang County, I can find him. If Xiao Bieli isn't in Dongjiang County, there's no need to trouble you."
"Consider this a favor that my Liu family owes the Third Master!"
Now Liu Jun was starting to regret it. If he hadn't gone to the Sanjiang Alliance first, but had gone to the Xiao family himself, Xiao Bieli would never have been able to escape, and Senior Brother Zhuo's mission would have been completed.
Tracking Gu?
Zhou Chang's heart stirred slightly. The 'Tracing Gu' was a unique Gu worm of the Gu God Sect among the six sects of the demonic path. Although it was only a fifth-grade Gu, it was extremely difficult to refine and its value far exceeded that of ordinary fourth-grade Gu worms. Moreover, the Gu God Sect had always been in the miasma-covered Hundred Thousand Mountains and rarely had contact with the outside world.
The Liu family actually possesses such a Gu worm?
And Senior Brother Zhuo?
As far as he knew, there was only one true disciple in the Cangyuan Sword Sect, surnamed Zhuo, who was 'Four Directions Sword' Zhuo Qingyun.
Ranked seventh on the Dragon and Tiger List.
Those are the most outstanding talents on the Dragon and Tiger Ranking!
The Dragon and Tiger List selects 72 outstanding individuals under the age of 35.
Anyone who makes it onto the Dragon and Tiger List is a young prodigy with the potential to reach the fourth-grade Grandmaster realm in the future. This means that the outstanding young talents on the list have the potential to become dragons and tigers.
In the entire Dongjiang Prefecture, there wasn't a single fourth-rank Grandmaster, and in the past century, not a single young prodigy from Dongjiang Prefecture had been able to make it onto the Dragon and Tiger Ranking, which shows how prestigious the Dragon and Tiger Ranking is.
In the entire Manzhou region, there are only four fourth-rank Grandmasters, all of whom are elusive and rarely seen.
One thought comes to this,
Zhou Chang no longer hesitated and smiled:
"What does Young Master Liu wish me to do?"
Liu Jun said calmly:
"I need to make a fuss so that Senior Brother Zhuo knows that I am also trying to make amends. Since these people all appeared in Dongjiang County during this period, I will trouble the Third Master to bring them all back. I will check them one by one. If they are not Xiao Bieli in disguise, it will not be too late to release them!"
Zhou Chang frowned slightly and said in a low voice:
"There's no need to arrest them all; there are too many people."
"Even if Xiao Bieli disguises himself, he only needs to bring back these five people who are similar in height, build, and age!"
Liu Jun glanced at Zhou Chang and nodded:
"In that case, let's do as the Third Master says!"
"Third Master, remember this: make a big commotion, or I won't be able to explain it to Senior Brother Zhuo!"
……
Xiao Bieli had only been practicing the Yi Jin Jing for a short time.
Tuk-tuk-tuk!
A knock on the door reached Xiao Bieli's ears.
Xiao Bieli stood up and opened the door.
Standing outside the door was Zhu Shou, a master from the Zhenwu Hall whom Xiao Bieli had met twice before. Back when Xiao Bieli accepted the bounty at the Zhenwu Hall, he had spoken with Zhu Shou a few times.
He just didn't know why Zhu Shou had come to see him at this time.
Zhu Shou cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Xiao Bieli and smiled:
"Young Master Shen, I apologize for disturbing you!"
Xiao Bieli stepped aside to let Zhu Shou into the room, casually closed the door, and asked:
"May I ask what business you have with me, senior?"
Zhu Shou:
"I've come this time to ask Young Master Shen for a favor."
Xiao Bieli: "Zhenwu Hall is a large and powerful organization. Is there anything you need my help with?"
Zhu Shou: "I wonder if Young Hero Shen has ever heard of Tianlang Village?"
Tianlang Village?
Xiao Bieli was taken aback. He had indeed heard of the name Tianlang Village. Tianlang Village was located in the mountains a hundred miles away from Dongjiang County. The village chief, "Three-Headed Wolf" Hu Xiong, was a sixth-rank expert and had a considerable reputation in Dongjiang County. However, Tianlang Village was even more infamous.
Tianlang Village was notorious for its arson, murder, looting, and all sorts of atrocities.
Even so, the Tianlang Village has not been wiped out over the years, which must mean that it is supported by other forces.
"Could it be that Tianlang Village robbed Zhenwu Hall of its belongings?" Xiao Bieli asked.
Zhu Shou shook his head and said, "Although my Zhenwu Hall doesn't have any experts in Dongjiang County, Tianlang Village wouldn't dare to rob my Zhenwu Hall."
"This time, Tianlang Village robbed the Ma family of a batch of goods. The Ma family communicated with Tianlang Village several times, willing to exchange the goods for silver, but Tianlang Village ignored them. Moreover, in several subsequent conflicts, Tianlang Village even killed Ma Yuan, the eldest son of the Ma family."
"I have some connections with Ma Mingfeng, the head of the Ma family, so when he came to me, all I could do was help him find a few reliable people!"
Xiao Bieli shook his head:
"With a sixth-rank expert guarding Tianlang Village, I'm afraid I'm powerless to help."
“Young Master Shen, you don’t need to deal with Hu Xiong!” Zhu Shou said, “Ma Mingfeng himself is at the peak of the seventh rank. He has invited a renowned master from Dongjiang County to help him. We only need to deal with the other experts from Tianlang Village!”
"Ma Mingfeng has promised me a reliable seventh-rank expert to handle this case, and I'll give him five hundred taels of silver."
"As for you, Young Hero Shen, I'm also calculating your rank at seventh grade. After all, you're definitely worth that price for killing Han Long and so many of his men!"
Xiao Bieli asked:
"When will we do it?"
The original owner's father was also a seventh-rank master, but he could only get two thousand taels of silver from the Xiao family every year, and those two thousand taels had to be used to pay the monthly wages of the servants in their courtyard.
They don't have much money left over each year.
A seventh-rank expert normally charges two to three hundred taels of silver for a single risky operation, which is indeed considered a premium.
He also needed to kill to improve his cultivation, and since Tianlang Village had a bad reputation, and he was working with the Zhenwu Hall, even if the people behind Tianlang Village caused trouble, the Zhenwu Hall would be there to protect him.
Zhu Shou:
"Tonight alone, I have already contacted seven people for the Ma family, and Young Master Shen is the last one!"
"If Young Master Shen is unwilling to go, please do not spread the word."
Xiao Bieli:
"go with!"
"Just in time, I've run out of money!"
Zhu Shou wore a puzzled expression.
He knew very well that the man in front of him was the one who bought information from Jiangshan Pavilion with silver. Others made money by completing a bounty at Zhenwu Hall, but this man lost money while doing chivalrous deeds.