"Just friends."
Lin Sheng shook his head slightly, not caring about Zhao Kongfang's words.
His impression of Cao Ying is indeed pretty good, but compared to the love between his children, he is more fascinated by the improvement of his own strength.
"Tsk... If I didn't say you were a prick, senior brother, I could tell at a glance that Cao Ying was interested in you..."
Zhao Kongfang shook his head and said, his face full of regret.
"When your kid gets enlightened in the future..."
At nightfall, Wanhua City Middle East District, by Chunyue Lake.
On the flower boat.
Snap!
The fine porcelain tea cup fell hard to the ground and broke into pieces with a crisp sound.
"No news yet!?"
Shi Yan's face was as gloomy as water, he looked at the people in the hall and said in a cold voice.
"Back to the gang leader, my subordinates have sent people to search all places in the city. No trace of the Third Leader's family has been found. In addition, all the close associates of the Third Leader's family don't know their whereabouts. I suspect... that the Third Leader's family may not be in the city, or..."
A strong man in black clothes in the hall spoke respectfully, but he hesitated at the end.
"That's what..."
Shi Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and stared at this subordinate coldly.
"My subordinates speculate that the third master, he... has something happened to him..."
The strong man in black spoke hesitantly, but before he finished speaking, his voice stopped abruptly. His eyes widened and he lowered his head, looking at his chest in disbelief.
At this time, his chest had been penetrated by a big hand, and streams of scarlet blood flowed out.
With a thud, the strong body of the strong man in black fell to the ground.
Behind him, a tall and thin man in white retracted his palm, but the blood stains on it mysteriously disappeared into his body.
This person is none other than Shi Kai, the second in command of White Dragon Gang, and the warrior of Bone Transformation Sixth Layer.
"Brother, you don't have to worry too much. With the strength of the third brother, there are few who can beat him in this Wanhua City. It is basically impossible to kill him silently."
Shi Kai looked at the elder brother sitting in the hall and said in a deep voice.
"So in my opinion, the third brother is very likely to have something important. Maybe if we wait a few more days, there may be news."
But after listening to Shi Kai's words, Shi Yan's face was still gloomy, not getting any better. He was silent for a while before slowly speaking.
"Second Brother, do you think that with Third Brother's prudence, he would not inform you or me of anything urgent?"
"This..."
Shi Kai was a little silent but didn't know what to say.
Based on his understanding of Shi Gu, he seems to be crazy but is actually very thoughtful and will act after making a decision. He will not do anything risky or leave without saying goodbye.
"You are right. In Wanhua City, there are very few people in Wanhua City who are stronger than your third brother and capable of killing him, but there are a few who can do it."
Seeing Shi Kai's silence, Shi Yan continued.
"Fang Family old ghost, Crimson Whale Hall Scarlet Hair, and the old guy Seven Forms Sect Ouyang Bing. Apart from these three people, no one can kill the third brother."
"Brother, you are saying that the disappearance of the third brother is inseparable from these three people."
Shi Kai said in a deep voice, as if he thought of something, and then added.
"I heard that the third brother had a conflict with the Seven Star Sect a few days ago, and even Mr. Ouyang went down the mountain. Could it be that Mr. Ouyang was responsible for this?"
"It's unlikely. The first thing I thought of when my third brother disappeared was the old guy Ouyang Bing. But in the past few years, have you ever seen that old guy take action?"
"Brother, what you said seems to be true. Is it possible that the rumor is true? Ouyang Bing This old guy really hurt his foundation when he broke through before." Shi Kai pondered for a long time and slowly spit out his conjecture.
"This thing should be true. The old guy has damaged his foundation, but he doesn't know how much strength he has left. However, with the strength of the third brother, it will not be so easy for him to kill the third brother. What's more, with the Seven Forms Sect's current situation, he may not dare to attack the third brother."
"And there is also news from Undercover Agent on the other side of the Seven Forms Sect. Ouyang Bing has been on the mountain Secluded Cultivation since that time and has never gone down the mountain. Therefore, the disappearance of the third brother is unlikely to be caused by this crippled old guy."
When he said this, Shi Yan narrowed his eyes, clenched his fists and made a bone crunching sound.
"So, the only two people who are most likely are Scarlet Hair and Fang Family. However, Fang Family's eyes are basically focused on the beast mines in Congyun Mountains, and it is unlikely that he will take action against Third Brother, so the only one who is most likely is Scarlet Hair."
Hearing this, Shi Kai frowned slightly and said in a deep voice.
"Wanhua City The strongest among our major forces is the old guy Ouyang Bing. Besides him, he is the guy Scarlet Hair, especially Crimson Whale Hall who has been While studying his unique hidden weapon, Scarlet Hair is even more enthusiastic about it. If the incomplete red dragon roar inherited from his family is completed by him, then it is indeed possible to eliminate Third Brother silently without any mental arithmetic..."
"That's right, you think the same thing as me, that's why I ordered someone to test Crimson Whale Hall." Shi Yan said calmly.
"But logically speaking, brother, although we have been causing trouble for the Crimson Whale Hall during this period, it has not reached this point. Isn't that guy Scarlet Hair afraid that we will fight to the death with him!?" Shi Kai didn't understand.
As the third boss of their White Dragon Gang, Third Brother is also their third brother. He is the core figure of White Dragon Gang. Killing him will easily trigger a war and completely break the already uneasy situation of Wanhua City.
The other two companies will undoubtedly benefit by then.
Soon he seemed to realize something and exclaimed.
"Could it be that that guy Scarlet Hair has already repaired the Red Dragon Roar and made a large number of Red Dragon Roar, so he is so confident!!"
"I don't know, that's why I asked you to come over in a hurry. After all, you have always been in charge of the Crimson Whale Hall. Now that something happens to Third Brother, their next target is likely to be you, so it's better to stay here."
Shi Yan said in a deep voice and at the same time warned.
"Also, take advantage of this period of time to ask Undercover Agent over at the Crimson Whale Hall to investigate the situation clearly."
"I understand, brother, I will make arrangements right away."
The next day, at noon.
"We're finally back. Our Tingyue Pavilion suddenly stopped. I don't know how much damage was done during this period. I hope we can recover some."
On the carriage, Cao Luan poked his head out of the carriage and looked at the majestic city wall in front of him, with a look of eagerness on his face.
"It's only the businesses outside the city that have been suspended. At least Tingyue Pavilion in the city is still open for business, but there shouldn't be much inventory now. We'll have to make raw materials soon."
Cao Ying's voice sounded in the carriage, but there was no anxious look on her face compared to Cao Luan.
Seven Forms Sect During this period of time, she was pleasantly surprised to find through letters that the business in the city was not affected at all, and no one asked for trouble, so it was able to maintain normal business, which was a blessing among misfortunes.
"Young Master Lin, since we have arrived in the city, we will return to the store first. Thank you Young Master Lin for taking care of us during this time."
In the carriage, Cao Ying had a smile on his face and whispered to Lin Sheng.
"Okay, after being delayed for so long, it's time to clean up. Let Wang Dehai take you there."
Lin Sheng nodded slightly, took out a few treasure notes from his arms, stuffed them into the other party's hands, and then stood up and got out of the carriage.
"Lin..."
Before Cao Ying had time to react, Lin Sheng's figure had disappeared.
She had no choice but to swallow her words and looked down at the treasure banknotes in her hand. She saw that they were five large banknotes with a face value of one thousand taels.
Cao Luan, who retracted his head back into the car, saw a hint of surprise on his face when he saw the treasure note in his sister's hand.
"Sister, it's rare for me to be generous, so just accept it. I didn't expect this bastard...Lin Sheng, although he is arbitrary in doing things, he is still... uh... let's just do it."
Ignoring Cao Luan's words, Cao Ying looked through the curtains of the carriage that were raised by the breeze, his eyes fell on the crowd of people and he squeezed the treasure banknotes in his hands.
She really needs this money. Tingyue Pavilion was robbed one after another just after she started. Not only did she not make any profit, she also suffered a lot of losses. She had already lost all her savings and even borrowed some foreign debts.
Originally, when she came back this time, she was thinking about how to borrow some money from her previous business partners. Now that she had 5,000 taels of silver, she was undoubtedly able to solve her urgent need.
Not paying attention to what the two people in the carriage were thinking, Lin Sheng had already returned to Residence.
After all, he had to quickly confirm the situation of Three-eyed Spirit Monkey in the past five days.
He soon arrived at Residence, opened the door, and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Three-eyed Spirit Monkey, who was a little sluggish in the cage.
After all, he had been targeted by people from White Dragon Gang before, and he was really afraid that someone would become greedy for Three-eyed Spirit Monkey during his absence, but fortunately, he didn't.
It's just a pity that the Spirit Beast meat in the front yard is gone.
He could only take some dried high-grade Mortal Beast dried meat from the side room and throw it to Three-eyed Spirit Monkey.
Then he went to the compound in the South District.
Compared with the completeness over there at Residence, the courtyard was in a mess.
It had obviously been turned over by those people.
It's just a pity that there is nothing else in this compound except poisonous insects.
Not caring about the mess in the courtyard, he went directly to the room where poisonous insects were cultivated.
As soon as he entered, he saw two mutilated corpses covered in black and gray on the ground.
The corpse was in rags and looked like a beggar wandering the streets.
Apparently during this period, a beggar had his eye on this compound and sneaked in. As a result, he was attacked by poisonous insects and was left here directly.
As if he sensed someone coming in, a beggar's mutilated body suddenly bulged, and the next moment there was a whooshing sound, and a black shadow shot towards him.
However, before he could get close, Lin Sheng had already caught his head.
This is a poisonous snake with a round head Black Scale, which is exactly the poisonous insect named Black Fiend Snake in the original pond.
It's just that Black Fiend Snake at this time has some changes from before.
Black Scale originally had a few small dark red lines on its entire body, and its body was a bit larger than before. When the snake's mouth opened and closed, bursts of fishy smell came out, which was obviously highly poisonous.
These toxicities are nothing to Lin Sheng.
However, for ordinary people and even low-level warriors in the Body Tempering realm, just the fishy smell they exhale may be enough to kill them.
At this moment, Black Fiend Snake's head was strangled but he did not give up the struggle. The snake's tail quickly wrapped around Lin Sheng's neck. Unfortunately, Lin Sheng's hand shook hard, and the snake's tail raised by Black Fiend Snake hung down weakly.
Like a big black noodle, it fell softly into the hands of Lin Sheng.
Lin Sheng glanced around the room again, and paused for a moment on some bloody scale residues in the room and a few bare flowerpots in the corners, with a bit of surprise on his face.
"Unexpectedly, those people did not touch these poisonous insects."
It seemed that all the poisonous insects in the pond had entered Black Fiend Snake's belly, and the plants that promoted mutation had also been eaten clean by it.
This was beyond his expectation.
I originally thought that with the courtyard outside looking like that, the poisonous insects in the room would not be immune, but I didn't expect that the people at White Dragon Gang didn't touch these poisonous insects.
But after thinking about it for a moment, you will understand why.
The poisons he cultivated are all highly poisonous. Although they have some value, ordinary warriors may not be able to avoid them, let alone struggle to capture these poisonous insects. If they are not careful, they may lose their lives. It is no wonder that they have no interest in these poisonous insects.
Moreover, Black Fiend Snake seemed to have some signs of mutation, and the progress was much faster than he originally expected, which was an unexpected surprise.
Thinking of this, he thought, and the letter Black Fiend Snake appeared in his mind.
[Beast name: Black Fiend Snake (high-level mortal product)]
[The body is covered with Black Scale, the body is three feet long, the movement is agile, and it is a highly venomous snake. Because it eats a large number of poisonous insects and poisonous weeds, it has a tendency to mutate and become more toxic...]
[Integration requirements: Poison Augmentation 1]
[Body penetration effect: Poison Augmentation 3, Agility Boost 1]
"Poison Augmentation Is it already three o'clock!?"
After seeing the information of Black Fiend Snake on the panel, a smile appeared on Lin Sheng's face.
He did not expect that the effect was even more obvious than he imagined. Originally, the Poison Augmentation of Black Fiend Snake only had two points, but now it is a little longer.
Don't underestimate this, the effect of poisonous blessing is more rare than the basic attributes.
After all, Black Tiger Ape only has a little bit of Poison Augmentation.
The three-point Poison Augmentation has reached a quite powerful level.
Thinking of this, he inserted his fingers into Black Fiend Snake's scales, and then he chose to insert it directly into his body.
After a few breaths, the entry into the body was successful.
As for Black Fiend Snake, he was obviously sluggish. Lin Sheng took out a Vital Blood elixir from his arms, crushed it, and threw it into Black Fiend Snake's mouth. After seeing that his breath was stable, he threw it into the pool.
At the same time, his right hand had turned pitch black, as if it had been dyed by ink. Without paying attention to this, Lin Sheng mobilized Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm poisonous blood. With the poisonous blessing of Black Fiend Snake, he could feel that the martial arts in his body seemed to be more comfortable.
"You can collect some more poisonous poisonous weeds, preferably like Star Dew Grass, then the efficiency of Three Corpses Soul Severing Palm will undoubtedly be greatly improved..."
Without the suitable bird Spirit Beast to enter the body, the progress of Qingniao Chasing Star Finger is not optimistic. However, now that he is back in the city, he can first use it as his main training method and move into Blood Circulation realm.