The morning light illuminated the window paper and the room had just calmed down.

Wu Qingwan's dress was neat and even her hair was tied up again. The fox's ears were taken off, and she sat in Zuo Lingquan's arms, using her chest as a pillow to avoid falling asleep.

Because the weight in front of her was a bit heavy, Zuo Lingquan raised his hand to help support her in order to make her sleep more comfortable. To be honest, the weight is quite heavy, much heavier than the dumplings.

Tang Jingwen has not fallen asleep since she woke up in the middle of the night, but when she saw something she shouldn't have seen, she, a pretty girl, had no worries to get up and say hello first, and she was still pretending to be asleep seriously at this time.

As the saying goes, "Birds who wake up early will eat insects." The first thing that makes a sound in the room is the dumplings that wake up from hunger.

"Jiji~"

The dumpling was buried in the quilt, slowly emerged with a furry head, screamed twice, and asked the master for breakfast.

When Wu Qingwan heard the sound, she woke up immediately, stood up quietly from Zuo Lingquan's arms, and sat cross-legged beside her.

Zuo Lingquan waited for Wu Qingwan to pack up her demeanor before speaking:

"Sister Tang?"

"Hmm?...oh~ Why is it getting brighter..."

Tang Jingwen raised the curtain and looked at the tea bed Wu Qingwan sat cross-legged with a dignified and quiet expression without any smoke and dust. It was a world of difference from the charming fairy wearing a bellyband last night.

Tang Jingwen felt strange in her heart and said:

"I fell asleep somehow, nothing happened, right?"

"Nothing is wrong."

Zuo Lingquan sat up, took out the dried fish sent by Shangguan Lingye, and fed it a piece of dumpling.

Wu Qingwan also "stops his work and calms his energy" and said softly:

"Is the Jingyan girl sleeping well last night? I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, so I got up and meditated. I don't know if I woke you up."

Tang Jingwen didn't know what to say about Wu Qingwan, but she could only pretend to be confused and cooperated with her:

"I slept a little bit hard, but I didn't pay attention."

Wu Qingwan nodded slightly. She had just been repaired for two hours and had not recovered yet. She was a little embarrassed to stand in front of Tang Jingyan. After chatting for a few casual words, she ran to the outside of the room to wash.

Tang Jingwen and Zuo Lingquan were alone, and they couldn't help but think of Zuo Lingquan's tossing out of the way last night. His expression was a little cramped, and he ran out even though he thought about it.

After Zuo Lingquan finished feeding the dumpling and Xiao Chongchong, after the two girls were packed up, they went out together and continued to inquire about the news in the city.

Because the goal of walking together was too big and it was easy for people to notice, Zuo Lingquan walked in front with Tuanzi alone, while Wu Qingwan and Tang Jingyan kept a distance together, pretending to be wandering and followed secretly.

Zhuyan City is a place for refining weapons. There are many foreign monks. The streets are bustling. Small street stalls set up by scattered cultivators everywhere, and pedestrians are shoulder to shoulder.

To find a monk who may be hiding among the crowd in such a large city is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.

Although there was news on selling ghost locust trees in the black market, I probably wouldn't be able to catch fish for a while. Zuo Lingquan could only temporarily put down the task of the Demon Ending Department and concentrate on finding Wu Zunyi who had been missing for many years.

However, Wu Zunyi is not very easy to find. According to the information we have obtained so far, it is probably only Lei Hongliang who knows that Wu Zunyi’s exact whereabouts; if you don’t know the inside story, it is definitely not OK to go directly to inquire. If Wu Zunyi was murdered by Lei Hongliang, going to ask at home is equivalent to dying.

Lei Gong Mountain is a private cave, and you will be noticed without getting close to it properly; Lei Hongliang has high levels of Taoist practice, so it is even worse to sneak in rashly.

Zuo Lingquan was thinking about countermeasures while walking, but he didn't think of the reason for visiting the door, but was attracted by a small matter on the street.

In the early morning, the streets were crowded with people, and many people from all over the country walked east of the city with their children. Most of them were riding in carriages, and some adults were walking on foot with their children.

When Zuo Lingquan came here yesterday, he met Zhang Zhengye and others and learned that Zhuoyan Sect was recruiting new disciples these days. Yesterday, he left halfway and came to Zhuoyan City first. According to time, the convoy should arrive.

He paid attention to the crowd, followed him and gradually came to the end of the main street.

Zhuoyan City is just outside the main gate of Zhuoyan Sect. At the end of the main street is the gate of Zhuoyan Sect. The protected sect formation obscures the scenery inside the sect. From the street, you can only see a dense forest that stretches for several miles. Outside the woods are a stone archway building, and a large square is in front of it.

There were many monks wearing sect costumes standing under the archway in the square, with the people with children outside; the elders of Zhuoyan Sect were touching the children one by one, while the parents were waiting respectfully beside them.

Zuo Lingquan glanced around the crowd and found the people he met yesterday among the adults. Because he came from a township, more than 20 people stood together, without saying a word, just waiting quietly for the immortal master on the mountain to call his name.

Zuo Lingquan remembered that there were seven and a half children in the carriage yesterday, four men and three women, but at this time, there were only six children being led or held by adults, and one missing.

The few are a girl, it seems that she was the one who was not accompanied by her parents yesterday.

Zuo Lingquan thought he had been selected, so his eyes moved to the children selected below the archway, all the selected children stood in front of the disciples of the sect. The parents were negotiating with the sect manager, but there was no girl inside.

Wu Qingwan and Tang Jingwan also walked up to him and found that Zuo Lingquan's expression was wrong. Wu Qingwan asked in a low voice:

"What's wrong?"

Zuo Lingquan looked carefully in the crowd: "When I jumped off the boat yesterday, the little girl who picked it back from the hillside didn't seem to be with me today."

Yesterday, Zuo Lingquan recounted the inquiry in detail. Wu Qingwan knew something and asked:

"Is it the girl you mentioned who is not accompanied by her parents?"

"right."

Tang Jingwen stood beside him, thought for a while and said:

"The parents who are on a long journey cannot be with you, so they will definitely arrange someone to help take care of you. Are you there?"

Zuo Lingquan shook his head. He thought about what happened yesterday carefully before he remembered that he asked why the little girl was not accompanied by her. Zhang Zhengye explained and then changed the topic.

At that time, he was focused on inquiring about the news and did not notice this little detail.

Zuo Lingquan felt something was wrong, so he raised his hand to signal the two women to wait in place. He squeezed into the crowd in the square and came to more than twenty people.

Yesterday, I helped kill the ferocious beast and walked for a while. The adults naturally recognized Zuo Lingquan. When they saw him coming, they greeted him:

"Tang Xianchang, you are here too..."

"Call the immortals..."

Zuo Lingquan had a casual expression. After standing in front of him and asking about the child's bone touching situation, he looked around and asked:

"Why is that little girl missing? I remember where did the seven kids go yesterday?"

Aunt Wang, who carried the little girl onto the carriage yesterday, shook her head and said:

"I don't know that Zhang Xianchang was the escort invited by the government. When we set off on the road, the little girl was in the carriage, and I don't know that it was the girl from the village. After arriving in the city in the middle of the night yesterday, Zhang Xianchang took the girl away."

Zuo Lingquan frowned secretly, thought for a while and asked.

"After touching the child's bones, you still have to go back to your hometown. Then Zhang Xianchang will be escorted?"

"Yes, I have to leave tomorrow and I have to go back to harvest the crops..."

"How do you contact Zhang Xianchang?"

"Zhang Xian looked like a carriageman. We lived in the carriageman last night, just on the other side of the street. We will be back later..."

...

Zuo Lingquan nodded slightly, chatted for a few more words, said goodbye to a few people, turned around and walked west of the city with the two girls.

The carriages that the people call are strictly speaking, the Immortals' escort agency. The large number of utensils refined by Zhuyancheng and the massive materials coming in from outside require transportation and escort. You can take the Immortals' ferry to a large place, but you can only rely on the two legs of a monk or flying sword to the sects and cities outside the channel.

As the saying goes, "If the car, boat, shop, the foot and teeth should be killed without guilt." The experience of the secular world is only more than that of the practice path without the limits of the king's law. If you abduct a child in the secular world, the worst thing is to sell it as a slave or a prostitute. However, in the practice path, the value of a child in an ordinary family is less than a white jade zhu. If you can abduct it, the end of life is probably worse than death.

After Zuo Lingquan's halfway through, his face turned completely cold. In just a moment, he arrived outside a courtyard full of carriages in the west of the city. From the street, he could see many monks of low realm, escorting the carriage frame in and out.

Zuo Lingquan hid his voice, jumped onto the roof, trying to find a suitable target to ask about Zhang Zhengye's whereabouts; but after waiting for a while, he found that Zhang Zhengye and his partner were carrying two jars of wine, talking and laughing from the alley to the back door of the car door...

"Old Zhang, the Nine Sects Alliance will start in a few months. After this trip, let's go over and see the fun..."

"I'll finish running first. If I encounter two more beasts, it's a question whether we can come back alive..."

Zhang Zhengye suffered some skin injuries when he killed the bear yesterday. He raised his hand and rubbed his shoulders. He was about to curse the ferocious beast's claws, but he saw a figure falling from the roof next to him.

Zhang Zhengye's face changed slightly. He looked up and saw that the man was wearing a green robe, a hat, and a sword hanging around his waist. His figure was a bit familiar.

"Fellow Daoist Tang?"

Zhang Zhengye was a little surprised, stood there without going forward, and said warmly:

"How are you here? Have you found the right weapon refiner?"

Zuo Lingquan raised his hat and smiled:

"Not yet, I was wandering around, but I didn't expect to meet Brother Zhang again. What a coincidence. Where did the uncle and aunt I saw yesterday go?"

Zhang Zhengye raised his eyes and signaled to the east of the city: "Zhuoyan Sect recruited people in the morning, and they all went to the square. They went straight to the same road, and I didn't need to accompany me."

Zuo Lingquan walked towards Zhang Zhengye and smiled and said, "The crying girl yesterday, the adults didn't follow him, can you go there alone?"

Zhang Zhengye blinked: "Let the sister-in-law of the Wang family help him watch..."

Bang

As soon as this was said, the wine jar that Zhang Zhengye held in his hand exploded.

The cool wine flew away, but did not fall to the ground, but turned into a "water curtain".

Zhang Zhengye and his partner's faces suddenly changed, but what can a cultivator with tenth level of Qi refining have great skills?

Zuo Lingquan didn't even raise his hand. While walking slowly, he controlled the water curtain to wrap the two of them and covered the whole body. Then, with a thought, the water curtain condensed into solid ice.

Zuo Lingquan refined the black dragon carp. His hand "Reigning water to make ice" is considered a blood talent, and there is no need to make tricks at all. But in an instant, two ice men appeared in the alley.

There was only a very thin layer on the ice surface, but it was obviously impossible for Zhang Zhengye to break free. He was so impatient that he could not move his eyelids, and he only showed surprise and fear in his eyes.

Zuo Lingquan walked to Zhang Zhengye, his eyes as sharp as a sharp knife, shaved his eyes:
To be continued...