Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Time flies by like a flash, and another four years pass.

Tang Ning was on duty at the Intelligence Section office and was responsible for intelligence liaison. From the daily and monthly reports, he could clearly sense that the war between the two Xuan Demon sects was about to begin again, and the Demon Sect's actions were becoming more and more frequent.

They used the spiritual mines in the mountains they occupied as a stronghold, spread their branches and leaves, slowly infiltrated the surrounding area, and bit by bit devoured the industry that originally belonged to Xuanmen, and their power became stronger and stronger.

At present, they are relatively restrained. They are annexing insignificant small industries around their respective strongholds. Xuanmen suffered heavy losses in the battle at Xuanyue Mountain and has learned a profound lesson. They want to rest their troops and recuperate, otherwise the war would have started long ago. .

In addition to being responsible for his job of intelligence liaison and training every day, Tang Ning also occasionally went to the alchemy room to refine elixirs. He was now able to refine Qi Condensing Pills, although the success rate was not very high.

He has not given up on the Immortal Pearl Clam, and pours part of his green spiritual power into it every day, but there is still no change so far.

It is worth mentioning that in the past four years, the spiritual power in the little white snake's body has gradually increased, and it has reached the first-level mid-level spiritual beast cultivation level. He does not know whether this is due to its own cultivation or the effect of swallowing the wind-splitting beast. It may be both. Of.

Tang Ning wiped the sweat from her forehead, looked at the round elixir in her hand, sighed slightly, and twisted it gently. The elixir immediately turned into powder and scattered on the ground. The elixir was not fully integrated, and the inner elixir was not fully integrated. The power is disordered, so it is immediately disbanded as soon as it comes into contact with the interference of external spiritual power.

With his current skills, the success rate of refining Qi Condensing Pills is less than 50%. Sometimes useless pills are produced, sometimes they are in poor condition, and a dozen pills in a row are all useless pills.

Refining elixirs consumes a lot of spiritual consciousness and spiritual energy. With his current level of cultivation, he can't endure it for several days in a row. Therefore, every time he continuously refines useless elixirs, he has to cross his legs and rest for a while.

The night passed in a flash, and before he knew it, it was dawn. Tang Ning left the alchemy room and went to the Intelligence Department office. There was no intelligence report today, so he stayed in the attic for a while and then returned to the cave.

Around noon, Wei Yun, a disciple of Kong Fanxing, came to the outside of the cave and asked him to come over for a chat.

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In the main room of the cave mansion, Kong Fanxing sat cross-legged on the futon and said with a smile, "Junior brother Tang is here."

Tang Ning sat opposite him: "I wonder why Senior Brother Kong summoned me here? Could it be that he came to play chess with me when he had nothing to do? I don't dare to play chess with you anymore. My annual salary is not enough to lose a few games." It’s chess.”

Kong Fanxing laughed: "Originally, I planned to play a game with you. Since Junior Brother Tang said so, let's forget it this time. We will play chess in the future. I invited you here today to tell me something."

"Oh? What's the matter?"

Kong Fanxing turned over with his left hand, handed him a thick file and said, "You should read it first!"

Tang Ning flipped through it and found that this file seemed to be a list of the Dou family in Qinchuan. It described in detail the current main figures and descendants of the Dou family, as well as their respective grievances, hatreds, interests and hobbies. It ran to dozens of pages. So much.

If this volume falls into the hands of some good people among the people, it can write a history of the grievances and hatreds of a wealthy family.

"This is this?" Tangning asked in confusion, wondering why he showed this to her.

"Details of the Dou family in Qinchuan. We have received intelligence. The Dou family has recently had contacts with the Demon Sect. Their family power is entrenched in the west of Qinchuan, not far from Xushu Mountain. The sect suspects that they may change their banner. Join the Demon Sect," Kong Fanxing said.

There is a spiritual mine in the Xushu Mountains, which originally belonged to the Qianyi Sect. Later, it was attacked by the Corpse Puppet Sect and used as a stronghold. It settled nearby. In recent years, its power has become stronger and stronger, annexing several counties around the Xushu Mountains. Including some industrial resources were also occupied by the Demon Sect.

Tang Ning frowned slightly. He was responsible for intelligence liaison and was well aware of the intelligence information coming and going from inside and outside the sect. He had never seen this type of intelligence information in Qin Chuan's intelligence station report.

"Who submitted the information? Is it reliable?"

"The secret report, Senior Brother Lu said that the information came from internal disciples of the Corpse Puppet Sect, so it should be correct."

"Now that we have discovered that they have colluded with the Demon Sect, we can just hand it over to the Inspection Department, but this does not seem to be within our scope of authority. Senior Brother Kong, do you want me to go there?"

"Isn't there no conclusive evidence for this? The Dou family's influence in Qinchuan is not small. If they are rashly convicted and executed, it may cause shock to Qinchuan, and other families will inevitably feel as if the rabbit died and the fox died."

"The corpse puppet sect is now peeking at the land of Qinchuan. If people's hearts turn against the Demon Sect one after another, the land of Qinchuan may not be owned by our sect. We have to be careful in this regard. Senior Brother Lu reported this matter to the sect leader. The disciples ordered us to obtain conclusive evidence before we can use the power of thunder."

Tangning nodded: "Do you want our intelligence department to detect it first? It's probably not easy to get conclusive evidence for this kind of thing."

"Senior Brother Lu talked to me yesterday and wanted you to take full responsibility for investigating the specific situation of the Dou family. Originally, this kind of thing should be the responsibility of Junior Brother Lu. What he meant was that Junior Brother Lu couldn't spare any manpower. As you said, we need to It is not easy to obtain conclusive evidence that the Dou family colluded with the Demon Sect. This matter cannot be completed overnight. The specific affairs of our entire intelligence department are under the control of Junior Brother Lu. It is not suitable for him to stay away from the sect for a long time, so I have sent you. Go investigate this matter."

Lu Guang is Lu Xingxian's confidant and has always been regarded by him as the successor of the deacon of the Intelligence Section. The specific affairs of the Intelligence Section he is in charge of can be said to be the most powerful person in the department. The transfer, reward and punishment of the disciples of the Intelligence Section are all decided by him. And decide.

Lu Xingxian never allowed others to get involved in this position. Even if Lu Guang occasionally left the sect to perform tasks, he would still hold this position personally.

An investigation like investigating the Dou family would take a long time, involve a lot of effort, and may end up in vain. Of course, Lu Xingxian would not let Lu Guang do it. Although Tang Ning was in charge of the Intelligence Department with them, he was in the Intelligence Department. His internal status can only be regarded as that of Kong Fanxing's follower, and he is inconspicuous.

Lu Xingxian didn't even need to discuss with him if he wanted to transfer him, he could just discuss it directly with Kong Fanxing.

And he really didn't have the strength to refuse. According to the sect system, Lu Xingxian was his direct superior. All the disciples in the Intelligence Department had to be transferred by him, and Tang Ning was no exception. It was within the deacon's authority to assign management tasks. matter.

"Is it an open investigation or a secret and private investigation?"

The so-called public investigation is to ask the Qinchuan Intelligence Station to assist in monitoring everyone in the Dou family, while the private investigation is to conduct a secret investigation by Tang Ning alone, without allowing the intelligence station to be involved in the matter.

"Of course we have to investigate privately. The Dou family is very influential and powerful in Qinchuan. It's hard to say that there are no people close to them among the casual cultivators recruited by the intelligence station. If someone is alerted, the consequences will be serious."

"We are still in the suspicion stage. There is no solid evidence, so it is impossible to say that this matter did not happen. If the persecution is too severe, self-doubt will force them to change their banners and join the Demon Sect. You are not necessarily going to find out who is here. Come on, don't be prejudged by intelligence information. You just need to truthfully report the investigation situation, and the sect will handle it on its own.

Tang Ning nodded, as long as he said this. If he had to find out Chou Yinmao, he didn't have much confidence: "When should I set off?"

"Wait a few more days for the report from the Qinchuan Intelligence Station."

Tangning asked in confusion: "Didn't you say that they would not be allowed to participate in this matter?

"You have to be famous, right? Otherwise, if you go to Qinchuan alone and don't come back for months and months, how can the Dou family not be suspicious? They are also a big family in Xingang. If nothing else, there are several people in our sect. As long as you show up in Qinchuan, it won't take long for them to know your identity. You, a foundation-building monk from the Intelligence Department, have stayed in Qinchuan for so long for no reason. If they really collude with the Demon Sect, things will go wrong. Was it revealed immediately?"

"But, what does this have to do with the intelligence station's report?"

"Senior Brother Lu led a drama so that you could go to Qinchuan legitimately and then secretly investigate the Dou family."

"What kind of drama?" Tangning became more and more confused as she listened.

"Senior Brother Lu has secretly ordered the disciples of the Qinchuan Intelligence Station to give a perjury letter to falsely accuse the director of the intelligence station of illegally stealing information from other intelligence stations. In this name, you entered Qinchuan and stayed there for a while in the name of investigating and rectifying the Qinchuan Intelligence Station. For half a year, I secretly investigated the Dou family."

"I see."

"You need to be careful about someone after entering Qinchuan."

"who?"

"The head of Qinchuan, Jiang Youzhi, was originally a disciple of the Internal Supervision Department of the Yuanyi Palace. He was demoted to Qinchuan as the head of the Qinchuan family because he embezzled a large amount of sect property privately. He has a close relationship with the Dou family and has many connections. In order to be close to each other, after he was demoted to Qinchuan, he married a wife who was the daughter of the Dou family. "

"Senior Brother Kong, do you mean that he has also fallen into it?"

"There is no conclusive evidence. I am just telling you this situation. If your investigation in Qinchuan is unable to start and reaches a deadlock, this person may be a breakthrough."

"Investigating Chief Qin Chuan? I don't have the right. If I'm discovered, things may not end well."

"Don't worry about this. Senior Brother Lu will report this matter to the Secret Academy, and the academy will give you an authorization document."

"Okay then." Tangning nodded. As long as the procedures complied with the rules, he didn't want to be caught with anything.

"Senior Brother Lu said that when you go to Qinchuan, I can allocate funds for five thousand spirit stones to you in advance. If you have any other requests, you can ask for help. If you need manpower, you can transfer a few people from the disciples below to help you."

"There is no need for manpower. Since it is a secret investigation, the fewer people who know about it, the better. If allowed, I hope that the files of the Secret Security Division can be retrieved for me to review."

"Whose profile do you need?"

"The files of Qinchuan's chief Jiang Youzhi and all his sect disciples."