Chronicles of Celestial Origins

The man's light disappeared and his figure appeared. He looked at the handsome man beside the old man and frowned: "Who is he?"

Du Yuankai said: "Junior Brother Tangning from our department, this time the sect has sent him to take over my position. From now on, you will contact him directly. Junior Brother Tang, this is fellow Taoist Li Pingfeng. He has been lurking in the Corpse Puppet Sect for many years. He is one of our own."

"Friend Daoist Li, I have long admired you. I hope we can cooperate sincerely in the future." Tang Ning gestured with his head.

"Tang Ning? This name seems familiar." Li Pingfeng frowned and thought for a while.

Tang Ning and Du Yuankai looked at each other, not knowing what they meant.

"Young Daoist Li met Junior Brother Tang before?"

Li Pingfeng shook his head and looked at Tang Ning: "Did Liu Zitai be executed by you?"

"What?" Tang Ning was slightly stunned: "What Liu Zitai? Fellow Daoist Li must have recognized the wrong person. Tang has never heard of this person, let alone dealt with him."

"Ten years ago, did you join the elite team of the Xuanmen organization? Did you have a battle with the elite disciples of the Demon Sect? Killed a disciple of the Corpse Puppet Sect?"

When he said this, Tang Ning remembered: "Is this true? Could it be?"

"That's right, the corpse puppet sect disciple who was killed by you was named Liu Zitai, and he was the nephew of the Jindan monk of our sect. No wonder I said your name is familiar to me. Back then, our Jindan master uncle heard about his nephew My son died at your hands, and I am in great pain. I have offered a reward, saying that whoever can behead you will be given a top-grade spiritual weapon." Li Pingfeng said.

"So there is such a connection." Du Yuankai smiled and said: "Junior Brother Tang, you have become famous in the Demon Sect."

Tang Ning had a different feeling when he heard it. He felt unhappy instead of worried and felt a headache.

The Corpse Puppet Sect monk he killed actually had such a background. More importantly, the Golden Pill monk had a grudge against him and even offered a reward.

Fortunately, after that battle, he returned to the sect and never came out again. Even though he hated it deeply, he could do nothing.

But the problem is, now I have left the sect! There is no airtight wall in this world. Once someone knows where he is hiding, he will not come to kill him himself.

"How did he know that it was me who killed his nephew?" Tangning asked. There were so many people at that time, fighting everywhere, and he didn't even know who the Demon Sect disciple was who died in his hands. How did the Corpse Puppet Sect know his name? of?

Li Pingfeng said: "After the battle between the Xuanmen and the Demons, the Demon Sect considered that you are the elite disciples selected by Xuanmen and will be the backbone of your respective sects in the future, so they collected the intelligence information of all Xuanmen disciples in that battle. , and made corresponding combat power rankings.”

"Zhuang Xingan, Qin Tianjiao ranks at the top. You killed Liu Zitai. Excluding those dead Xuanmen monks, you rank thirty-second among the remaining forty-eight people."

I didn't expect that the Demon Sect had considered it quite far-reaching, even ranking the combat power list. Tang Ning frowned and pondered. Now she was being targeted by a golden elixir monk and had escaped from the protection of the sect. If her whereabouts were exposed, the consequences would be disastrous.

I can only hope that after so many years, the golden elixir monk has forgotten this matter, otherwise he will really be in a difficult situation.

"Fellow Daoist Li, what is the name of the Jindan monk from your branch? Is the reward order still high on the Corpse Puppet Sect's list?"

"The name of the Golden elixir monk of my sect is Deng Xuanfan. As for the reward order, there is no such thing. He just said this and let it go. Fellow Taoist Tang does not need to worry too much. He has not mentioned this matter again for so many years. It may have been long ago. Just forget about it." Li Pingfeng said when he saw the worried look on his face.

After hearing his words, Tang Ning felt a little relieved.

Du Yuankai asked: "Fellow Daoist Li, has there been any unusual behavior within the Corpse Puppet Sect recently?"

Li Pingfeng said: "The Corpse Puppet Sect is currently focusing on managing internal affairs and planning for development based on Qinchuan and Longyou. I transferred myself from the main forum and came to Qinchuan to take charge of the eastern affairs. The news has not changed. So enlightened.”

"Recently I heard that the Demon Sect intends to expand the spirit beast industry. The senior monks of the Youmei Sect have gone to the large islands in Qinghai to discuss matters such as the supply of spirit beasts with chambers of commerce and practicing families."

"Once they reach an agreement with those chambers of commerce and aristocratic families and solve the problem of sales channels, the spirit beast industry will be on the right track and large-scale cultivation will be carried out. The cultivating families under the jurisdiction of the Demon Sect are very interested in large-scale cultivation of spirit beasts and are willing to cooperate. ”

Du Yuankai said: "I came here today mainly to introduce Junior Brother Tang and Fellow Taoist. The previous contact information remains unchanged. If there is any change in the Demon Sect, Fellow Daoist can get in touch with Junior Brother Tang."

Li Pingfeng nodded.

"I'll take my leave first and see you again someday."

After saying that, the two of them turned into light and left.

"Senior Brother Du, who is this Li Pingfeng? How did you develop him into an insider?" Tang Ning asked.

Du Yuankai said: "This person was not developed by me. He was a chess piece left by Senior Brother Wang Quan, the head of Silver Fox Station in the previous generation. Li Pingfeng was originally from Huayang County. His mother was very beautiful and attracted the attention of the Demon Sect disciples, so he sent her to Li Pingfeng." His father killed him and took possession of his mother."

"Li Pingfeng vowed to take revenge and happened to meet Senior Brother Wang. Seeing that he had spiritual roots, Senior Brother Wang asked insiders from the Demon Sect to arrange him into the Corpse Puppet Sect. Senior Brother Wang handed this person over to me when he left office. Later, he successfully established the foundation and became an important member of our Corpse Puppet Sect."

Tangning nodded and said, "That's it."

Du Yuankai smiled and said: "Now he is truly a veteran of three dynasties."

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In Gufang City, Tainan, in Baoxing Inn, Du Yuankai inserted a beautiful bouquet of peonies into the waterside pavilion in the back courtyard.

At night, a man came directly to their door and knocked on the door.

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After a month or two of running around, Du Yuankai led him around and met with insiders from various forces.

The two returned to their hiding place in the Xuanyuan Mountains of the Central Plains. Ren An sent a large stack of files, all submitted by intelligence personnel this month. Du Yuankai read them one by one and handed them to Tangning.

The content of the dossier is mostly trivial and trivial.

For example, a well-established member of a certain cultivating family is dissatisfied with Taoism and makes some extreme remarks.

A certain disciple within the Corpse Puppet Sect successfully attacked and built the foundation.

There are many such things as the internal shops in the Chamber of Commerce City having contact with the disciples of the Demon Sect.

Du Yuankai selected some valuable intelligence information, turned over with his right hand and took out a three-inch seal, stamped it, signed and stamped it, and asked Ren An to forward it to the sect. He turned back to Tangning and said, "The intelligence reports from various places are too great." Miscellaneous, let’s go through one side of the screening and present the more important and valuable information, and we won’t use the rest.”

"Is there a relative standard?"

"Generally, any information related to the Demon Sect or the Foundation Establishment Monk must be reported." As soon as he finished speaking, there was a knock on the door outside the house.

"Come in."

A beautiful young woman walked in outside the door, it was Xu Qingwan.

"Fellow Daoist Xu, you're here, what's the matter?"

Xu Qingwan said: "Envoy Du Xian, there are no more than one thousand spiritual stone subsidies allocated by your sect last time. Do you want to apply for another subsidy from your sect?"

Du Yuankai nodded: "You write a file and list the accounts in detail, and I will report it to the sect and ask for the spiritual stone subsidy."

Xu Qingwan took out a file from her sleeve robe and handed it to him and said: "This is the account I listed the day before yesterday. I ask Du Xian to read it clearly and revise it if there are any deficiencies."

Du Yuankai took the file and opened it and read it: "Junior Brother Tang, what do you think of it?"

Tang Ning took it and took a look, only to see a page full of files with rows and columns of accounts. They were clear and clear at a glance. Every income and expenditure was very detailed.

He looked down and suddenly saw a line in one of the accounts that read: Chen Xun, a disciple of the Corpse Puppet Sect who instigated rebellion, paid one thousand spiritual stones and rewarded the intelligence officer with two hundred spiritual stones.

He remembered that Du Yuankai had said that it only cost three hundred spirit stones to instigate Chen Xun, but now the accounts show that he had to pay one thousand two hundred spirit stones, which was more than four times the actual cost. It seemed that everything else was spent. The ratio is almost the same for each account.

The entire file was listed one by one, with a total expenditure of 20,000 spirit stones. At the end of the file, it was written: Due to the financial constraints of the intelligence station, there are no more than 1,000 spirit stones left, so I am applying for a subsidy of 50,000 spirit stones from the sect. .

"Fellow Daoist Xu, when was the last time you applied for a subsidy from the sect?" Tang Ning asked.

Xu Qingwan said: "Three years ago."

“Then how much was the last time you applied for subsidies?”

"Fifty thousand spiritual stones."

Du Yuankai said: "Junior Brother Tang, you don't know something. Our entire intelligence station needs expenses in all aspects. The funds allocated by the sect every year are far from enough. We can only apply for subsidies from the sect. This has been the case for so many years. , the department and the sect are aware of our situation.”

Tangning said nothing.

Du Yuankai said: "Fellow Daoist Xu, I know about this matter. I will present this file to the sect later. You go first!"

"I bid farewell." Xu Qingwan turned and left.

"Junior brother Tang, I was just about to have a detailed discussion with you about the funding issue. Just in time, Taoist friend Xu came to report it, so I'll tell you directly! Let's not talk behind closed doors, let's talk openly and honestly, you Do you like it?"

"Please give me some advice, Senior Brother Du."

Du Yuankai said: "I won't talk about the messy and miscellaneous things in various departments of our sect. You know it well."

"I'm just talking about this site. If the water is clear, there will be no fish. If you want the people below to work hard, you can't do it without giving them enough fodder, especially since most of them are not disciples of the sect. , although they are all recruited through selection, it is impossible to expect them to be devoted to the sect. "

"If you want to suppress them and prevent them from becoming disloyal, you need a combination of kindness and power. You understand this truth!"