Chapter 71 Self-Defeating

The woman in red was stunned for a moment by Liang Yan's question. If she took a closer look at his expression, she was indeed surprised, and it didn't look like he was faking it. I couldn't help but wonder in my heart: "Could this person have an old relationship with my Wenxiang Sect? I don't know if there is any quarrel. I have to find out what he says first."

She had made up her mind, looked at Liang Yan and said with a slight smile: "The three of us are indeed disciples of the Wenxiang Sect, and I am Nangong Xiaomei." Then she pointed at the woman holding the sword and the girl in green and said: "These two They are my junior sisters Yue Xiaozhu and Li Xiaosong respectively. I wonder if your surnames are related to my Wenxiang Sect?"

After listening to Nangong Xiaomei's words, Liang Yan thought to himself: "Senior Brother Zhuo made it clear before he came down the mountain that most of the Wenxiang sects are women, and they are especially good at heresy. The girl and the sword-wielding woman just now are both good at poisoning, and their methods are superb. Even I can't. Come on. Could it be that they are really members of the Wenxiang Sect!"

Thinking of this, he already believed it. He hurriedly jumped down from the tree, first saluted and apologized to the three of them, and then said: "To be honest with you three fellow Taoists, I am Liang Yan, a handyman disciple of Yixing Pavilion. I actually came down the mountain because I wanted to find Wenxiang for a private matter." Let’s discuss with everyone from the sect.”

But before he could finish speaking, Li Xiaosong on the side intervened: "I don't care what sect you are! Is Yixing Pavilion great? Are the faces of all your sects as bad as yours?"

Liang Yan was suffocated when he heard this, but after all, he was the one who ruined his good deeds first, and at this moment he was asking for help from others, so he had to apologize:

"It was indeed Liang who was reckless and ruined the girl's plan before. I was at fault in this matter first. If you have any requests, please feel free to make them. As long as Liang is within his ability, I will try my best to help you complete it."

Seeing that he spoke so politely, Nangong Xiaomei couldn't make up her mind for a moment, so she asked, "Let's not mention the request for now. What do you want from me, fellow Taoist, you might as well say it clearly."

"I wonder if you have brought your noble sect's intoxicating incense?"

As soon as he said this, Nangong Xiaomei immediately looked alert and said secretly: "The intoxicating incense is our sect's secret recipe, so many people want it. This person asked for it as soon as he came up. Could it be that he has a plan for a long time."

She secretly speculated in her heart, and silently stepped back a few steps, vaguely protecting Li Xiaosong and Yue Xiaozhu behind her. At the same time, she glanced around, as if looking for Liang Yan's hidden accomplices.

Seeing her expression, Liang Yan said to himself: "No, I'm so eager to ask for the fragrance, but I'm afraid it's too abrupt. I'm afraid these people are suspicious and won't sell it to me."

Sure enough, Nangong Xiaomei said: "Your Majesty wants to be intoxicated, so you don't go to the Pingfeng Mountain Exchange Meeting, but you want to contact us in private. What's the rationale for this?"

Liang Yan smiled bitterly and said: "It's a matter of hidden dangers, and the stakes are very important. Liang is determined to get this intoxicating fragrance. As long as the fellow Taoist offers a price, I will go bankrupt and buy it."

Nangong Xiaomei sneered: "If you don't sell it, should you use force?"

"Don't dare!" Liang Yan said seriously.

"In that case," Nangong Xiaomei said calmly: "Then let's meet at the exchange meeting at Pingfeng Mountain. After all, there are rules for everything. We came here this time to respond to the call of the Qishan Sect, and we had promised them that we would meet If we take the intoxicating incense to be auctioned at the exchange meeting and sell it to the young master privately at this moment, wouldn't it be a violation of the rules of the four sect alliances."

These words made perfect sense, but looking at her expression, Liang Yan knew that she still secretly hated herself for hurting her two junior sisters. But now that she had finished speaking, there was no room left. She might not even think about getting this intoxicating fragrance in advance.

At this time, Liang Yan could only sigh helplessly: "In this case, Liang will attend the auction at Pingfeng Mountain on time. I also hope that everyone from the Wenxiang Sect will not miss the appointment."

"This is natural, Mr. Liang doesn't need to worry about it."

Nangong Xiaomei smiled slightly and said: "If there is nothing else, I will take these two useless junior sisters and say goodbye."

Liang Yan nodded, cupped his fists at him and said, "Goodbye."

Nangong Xiaomei bowed to him, then turned and left with her two junior sisters. As for Li Xiaosong, before he left, he turned around and bared his teeth at Liang Yan, showing two small tiger teeth, and shook a fist at him in a demonstration.

Liang Yan watched the three girls go away and laughed to himself: "This is really self-defeating. I shot myself in the foot."

He pondered for a moment and said to himself: "Let's go to the exchange meeting on Pingfeng Mountain first. Although there are still three days left, I am not familiar with this area, so it would be a good idea to go and prepare early. After all, there is no room for mistakes this time. ”

Pingfeng Mountain towers into the clouds, and white mist rises from nowhere near the top of the mountain. Not to mention mortals here, even birds and beasts will lose their way when entering, and in the end they can only return without success.

At this time, a young man in gray clothes walked up the mountain road, wearing straw sandals and a straw hat hanging on his back. It was Liang Yan who had come all the way.

He walked to the front of the white mist, reached out and took out a talisman from his storage bag, and threw it into the air. The talisman ignited when it caught the wind, spun around and landed in front of Liang Yan, and then he dived into the white mist, just like that. It's like leading the way ahead.

Seeing this, Liang Yan suddenly remembered that when he attended Cuishan Auction for the first time, he had seen others using this "road guide". At that time, he had an old monk to guide him, so there was no need for a "road guide" at all. At this moment, yesterday reappeared, and I couldn't help but recall every detail of getting along with the old monk, and my heart felt sour for no reason.

"I don't know what's going on with his old man now. Well, that day he just said he had found a strong enemy and left me behind. Old man, please don't die too early."

Liang Yan felt a sense of nostalgia in his heart, but the "Lu Yin" didn't wait for him and drifted forward in a flash. In the blink of an eye, he was already far away from him, slightly looming in the white mist.

Liang Yan could only suppress his thoughts and follow quickly.

He followed "Lu Yin" around in the white mist for half a stick of incense, and the fog in front suddenly became lighter. Then "Lu Yin" burned out, the flames went out, and turned into a pile of ashes and fell down.

Liang Yan took a step forward, and suddenly the white fog in the sky disappeared. Only then did he realize that he was at the top of Pingfeng Mountain. He saw only blue sky and white clouds, and the breeze was blowing. It made people feel relaxed and happy, and they felt like they had become immortals.

He looked around, although he didn't see the town where the monks gathered in his impression. But at this moment, many monks have come to the top of the mountain. Some of these people are whispering together in twos and threes, while others are sitting cross-legged on a huge stone alone in meditation with their eyes closed.

"After all, it is an exchange meeting held by some small sects, and the conditions are not very good." Liang Yan thought to himself.

After all, as long as the monks reach the middle and late stages of foundation building, they can establish a sect. The strongest combat power of many small sects is only in the foundation building stage. In Zhao State, if someone from a sect breaks through to the Juyuan Realm, they can develop into a medium-sized sect. After all, super sects like Yixing Pavilion are in the minority, otherwise they would not be called the number one sect in the Zhao Kingdom.

However, most of the immortal cultivators like them do not pay too much attention to worldly materials. As long as they can achieve their goal of exchanging what they have, naturally everything will be easy.

When Liang Yan saw this, he sat cross-legged alone on a boulder beside a cliff. On the surface, he closed his eyes and meditated like an old monk in meditation. In fact, he secretly used the "Hunting Skill" to increase the six senses to the extreme, secretly listening to the conversations of people around him, and trying to obtain some information related to the exchange meeting.

It's a pity that although these people talked a lot, they seemed to only know a little bit about the contents of this auction, and they didn't find any valuable information at all.

Liang Yan fell asleep like this for three days. During these three days, more and more immortal cultivators gathered at the top of the mountain. By the morning of the third day, there were almost no cultivators emerging from the white mist. It was obvious that almost all the people attending the auction had arrived.

At this moment, a burst of hearty laughter suddenly came from the white mist, and then a big man in yellow walked out of it. This big man has thick eyebrows, big eyes, a beard, and a long-sleeved robe. He looks like a knight in the world.

Liang Yan narrowed his eyes: "Foundation-building monk!"

Following the big man, there were three junior Qi practitioners. The person at the head was dressed in white, with a handsome face, and he was gently swinging a folding fan in his hand, showing his extraordinary demeanor. There was also a man in blue attire with a knife on his waist and an unruly look in his eyes. From the beginning to the end, he did not look sideways and did not even look at the person in the scene.

As for the last one, she is a woman, wearing a gorgeous red dress and a mahogany hairpin. She has a gentle and pleasant smile, which makes people fall in love with her at first sight.

But Liang Yan actually knew this woman. She was none other than Nangong Xiaomei, who had a conflict with him three days ago!