Chronicles of Celestial Origins

When Tang Ning came to the living room in a hurry, she saw Ding Jianyang sitting on the left side of the room. He had been left to dry for half a day. He was still smiling, as if he was the master.

"Senior Tang, please forgive me for intruding." Seeing Tang Ning enter, Ding Jianyang stood up and said with a smile, but there was an indescribable sense of teasing.

Tang Ning glanced at him and felt that this man was indescribably annoying. The smile on his lips seemed to be mocking. After not seeing him for many years, Ding Jianyang had already reached the middle stage of becoming a god, and his cultivation was not slow.

Tang Ning couldn't help but think of the dark shadow that appeared in his body when he robbed a merchant ship with him. Although he didn't know what it was, he thought it was closely related to his growth in cultivation.

"Stop using polite words. If you have anything to do, just say it directly!" Tang Ning sat down at the main seat and said in an unceremonious tone.

"Senior Tang broke through the void refining so quickly. It's really unexpected. That golden phoenix and jade dew must have played a lot of role!" Ding Jianyang still had a faint smile on his face.

"Stop talking nonsense, if you have nothing else to do, please do as you please! I don't have time to entertain you."

"It's really chilling to treat an old friend like this. Since it's Senior Tang's order, I'll get straight to the point and tell you the truth. I have a business and want to cooperate with you."

Tangning's face was expressionless: "Cooperation? You want me to kill people and steal treasures for you again? Is it to steal the Chamber of Commerce's treasures this time or to kill your enemies?"

"Don't say that! Aren't we happy every time we cooperate? From treasure hunting in Qinghai to plundering merchant ships, the benefits you get every time are no less than mine. Including the time when I killed Ma Shouyang, I also paid you accordingly. , isn’t it?”

Tangning didn't answer, she just looked at him expressionlessly.

The two looked at each other, and Ding Jianyang smiled: "Okay! You guessed it right, I asked you to cooperate this time because I want you to kill someone for me."

"I'm not interested, please hire someone else!" Tangning heard this and refused without thinking.

"You will be interested, I promise." After he finished speaking, Ding Jianyang immediately answered: "This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, don't you want to hear it?"

"A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity?"

"I know the location of an ancient ruins, which not only contains many treasures left behind by top monks in ancient times, but also can be confirmed to be the place where a Mahayana monk sat. If we cooperate, I can take you into that space. As long as you find one or two treasures, it will be of endless use."

Tang Ning's expression remained unchanged, but she was quite surprised in her heart.

The ancient ruins are not a secret. He once obtained the little white snake under the ancient ruins buried in Xingang. If there are any clues to the ancient ruins, it wouldn't be a bad idea to take some risks.

"How did you know about such a secret thing?"

"Don't worry about it. Anyway, everything I said is true."

"It's such a good thing, why are you looking for me?"

"I need to get something to enter the ancient ruins, and I can't get that thing with my own strength. I have to ask for your cooperation."

"What is it?"

"A key to get in."

"The person you want me to kill is the holder of that key?"

"Yes, as long as you grab the key, we can enter the inner room."

Tang Ning didn't answer as her thoughts raced in her mind.

He was always dubious about Ding Jianyang's words. Although the two had cooperated several times, he knew that this person had always been ambitious, selfish and unscrupulous. He had to consider carefully whether this was a trap.

With his current cultivation strength, he is not too worried about Ding Jianyang's ambush. The only thing worth worrying about is whether this is Ding Jianyang's plan to use him to kill his enemies.

The room fell into a brief silence, and the atmosphere was a little subtle. Ding Jianyang was still smiling and looking very calm.

"Am I allowed to suspect that you made up a story and wanted to use me to kill your enemies?" After a while, Tangning said slowly.

Ding Jianyang smiled slightly: "Of course you have reason to doubt, but if you think about it carefully, you should understand that there is no need for me to do that. If I need to borrow your hands to kill people, I will not use this method at all. When I asked you to assassinate Ma Shouyang, I’m sure you won’t forget that even though something unpleasant happened, you were fully aware of the whole thing from beginning to end. I didn’t even hide such a vital matter of life and death. Is there any need for anything else?”

"You might as well look back, what has I deliberately concealed since our cooperation? Our cooperation over the years has been going very smoothly, and there will be opportunities to cooperate in the future. I am not such a short-sighted person, and you are a strong person to me. What good will it do me if I try to trap you with my powerful foreign aid?”

Tangning held her chin in her hand and stared at him: "Why don't you directly cooperate with the person who owns the key? Instead of asking me to snatch it, isn't this unnecessary?"

"Simple, because he won't cooperate with me, so I need you."

"He is your enemy?"

"no."

"Have you already talked to him?"

"No."

"Then how do you know he won't cooperate with you?"

"He knows how to enter and has the key. Does he still need to cooperate with me?"

"Why should I trust you?"

"It's up to you whether you believe it or not. I can only guarantee that everything I say is true."

"If you want me to cooperate, you have to tell me the whole story."

"What else do you want to know?"

"How did you know about this? Don't tell me that it was provided by internal intelligence in Netherworld Sea. If you were able to know such confidential information, it would have spread throughout the world."

"Someone told me."

"who is it?"

"I can't tell you, this is an agreement between me and him."

"If I get the key, will this person follow us in and take out the ancient ruins?"

"No, he's already dead."

"I didn't realize that you would keep your promise to a dead man."

Ding Jianyang ignored the sarcasm in his tone and said calmly: "Everyone has their own secrets. If I ask you, how come you, a person with average or lower spiritual qualifications, have been making such rapid progress since you joined Taixuan Sect?" In a short period of time, your cultivation will reach the point of refining the void, so you won’t tell me everything!”

Tang Ning's face remained calm, but she was already convinced that the news was inextricably linked to the dark shadow within his body.

"Who is it that you want me to kill?"

"So, you have agreed to cooperate."

"I have to know who the other party is before I consider it."

"He is a child of a cultivating family in Pingyuan County. Before you agree to cooperate, I can only tell you so much."

"What kind of cultivation level does this person have?"

"Don't worry, it's definitely within your capabilities. If it were a fusion monk, I wouldn't be looking for you."

"According to you, this person has the key to enter the ancient ruins and knows the method. Why not go by yourself?"

"Because it's not time yet?"

"time?"

"This will be kept secret for the time being, and we'll talk about it after you get the key." Ding Jianyang didn't wait for him to continue asking, and stood up and said: "I have other things, and you need some time to think about it. That's it for today!" I'll come back to you in a few days, and I hope you can think it through."

Tangning watched him leave the room and disappear from sight, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

Although he didn't trust Ding Jianyang, he had to admit that what he said made sense. At least at this time, he had no reason to harm himself, which would not do him any good.

Assuming that the secret of the ancient ruins is true, it is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to enter the inner room.

After a while, he came back from his thoughts, got up and returned to the main room. Before he could enter, the disciples from the mansion hurried over, bowed and saluted: "Master, uncle, there is a Shao Hui outside. The monk asked to see you, and the guard hall came to ask for instructions. I wonder if you know him?"

When Tangning heard this, she immediately thought about Jin Lei Zhu: "Where is he now?"

"This person is not a coalition monk. He is temporarily detained by the Guard Hall."

"Go and bring them here! Forget it, I'll go there in person." Tangning turned around and left the cave. A monk was waiting outside. After explaining the situation to him, the two of them jumped up and arrived. Guard Hall.

"Senior Tang."

"Senior Tang."

"Meet Uncle Tang."

When everyone inside saw his arrival, they stood up and saluted.

"Just now a monk from Ding Jianyang came in and out of the headquarters and showed me his records."

"Yes." One person responded.

"You're here, come with me!" Tang Ning said to Shao Hui, who was standing nearby.

"This junior is here on the orders of Master Zhuo Jing to invite senior to the Lishi Inn for a talk."

"Oh? Fellow Daoist Feng is also in this city?"

"yes."

"Uncle Tang Master, this is the entry and exit information registered by Senior Ding. Please take a look at it." A disciple of the Guard Hall took a stack of files and handed it to him. The top line clearly recorded the entry and exit time and position of Ding Jianyang, and his current status. His position is the inspector of the fifth regiment of the third column of the Ninth Army.

Tang Ning glanced at it, handed the file to the disciple, and led Shao Hui away.