Chronicles of Celestial Origins

Dark clouds covered the moon, heavy rain poured down, and in the remote mountains, two rays of light shot down, revealing the figures of Wang Yan and another middle-aged man with big ears.

"Senior Tang, he is Huang Xian, the head of our sect's northern intelligence station. It was he who reported the news about your sect's disciple Wang Suquan."

"Junior has met Senior Tang." Huang Xian bowed his head.

Tangning went straight to the point and asked, "Fellow Daoist Huang, I wonder where you got the news?"

"This junior has seen it with his own eyes."

"Oh? Have you personally seen Wang Suquan haunting the shops in Ganxuanling?"

"Yes, that day, I was having fun in a loft in Ganxuanling. When I was leaving, I saw Senior Wang Suquan walking out of a nearby shop. Therefore, after receiving the request from the headquarters to inquire about Senior Wang, I immediately submitted the file."

"Is he alone?"

"No, there is another person traveling with him."

"who?"

"Chen Xuan, the steward of the Xianyuan Chamber of Commerce store in Tingcheng."

"Is it him?" Tang Ning was slightly shocked. He did not doubt what Huang Xian said. As the head of the intelligence station, whose main purpose is to gather information, it was natural for him to know the "important figures" in the station.

And this matter has nothing to do with him, so there is no need for him to make up a lie to cause trouble for himself.

I didn't expect it to be Chen Xuan. If that happens, things will flow smoothly.

Wang Suquan left Langya Mountain on the ninth day of May, probably just to buy a few bottles of elixirs for practice. On May 11th, he arrived at the Xianyuan Store in Tingcheng and bought ten bottles of Yuanyang elixirs, where he met Chen Xuan.

Then Chen Xuan was dragged to Ganxuanling by some kind of interface, and a trap was set for him. The two agreed on a time. On July 26th, Wang Suquan lied about purchasing elixirs and secretly left Langya Mountain and came to the agreed place. , and was killed by Chen Xuan.

With Chen Xuan's cultivation in the late stage of Jindan, he has set up traps so that if he is prepared, he will be unprepared. It should not be difficult to deal with Wang Suquan, a monk in the middle stage of Jindan.

As for why he planned to kill Wang Suquan in this way, it is unknown what grudges there are between the two.

The reason why Tang Ning concluded that Chen Xuan conspired to kill Wang Suquan based on the two men's presence in Ganxuanling on May 16th was because when he visited Xianyuan Shop that day, Chen Xuan said personally that he had not seen Wang Suquan since May 11th. , and never met him again.

If he didn't have a guilty conscience, why would he cover up this normal relationship?

"Fellow Daoist Huang, can you take me to Ganxuan Ridge."

"Of course." The three of them jumped into the sky and walked for less than half an hour. They arrived in front of a mountain light curtain. Huang Xian turned his hand and the talisman sank into the room.

Shangming Pavilion has a radius of 100,000 miles. Naturally, there cannot be only one "commercial market" in Tingcheng. There are small markets in various places to facilitate nearby monks to purchase spiritual supplies.

Ganxuanling is such a small city, which was established by the Chamber of Commerce.

According to the management regulations of the Commercial Alliance, only chambers of commerce that have joined the Trade Alliance are eligible to establish markets within their jurisdiction. Like the previous Baoxing Chamber of Commerce, it is the only chamber of commerce in Qinghai that has joined the Trade Alliance, so it can establish markets on various islands in Qinghai. city.

Other chambers of commerce can only build a trade city in their own territory and pay the Baoxing Chamber of Commerce spiritual stones.

Xuantang City is also average. The entire Xuantang City has a radius of three million miles and thirty pavilion cities. Only Kunyan Chamber of Commerce has joined the Merchant Alliance and is one of the member chambers of the Merchant Alliance. Therefore, it is the only one qualified to operate in Xuantang City. Each pavilion establishes a market.

For example, the Xianyuan Chamber of Commerce, although it is a major overlord of Shangmingting and occupies a 15,000-mile radius of Shangmingting, it cannot be ranked in Xuantang City at all and can only open one in the territory it occupies. Trade City, and need to pay a certain fee to Kunyan Chamber of Commerce to ensure its legality.

If it wants to establish a market elsewhere in Shangmingting, it will need to pay a reasonable fee to the Kunyan Chamber of Commerce, and it will also depend on its face whether it agrees to their establishment of a market.

This is the difference between merchant alliance members and non-merchant alliance chambers of commerce. To be precise, only by joining a merchant alliance can it truly be called a chamber of commerce organization.

Other chambers of commerce are just vassals of the members of the local merchant alliance and can be replaced at any time.

If a second powerful force appears in Shang Mingting, then it can replace it with the Xianyuan Chamber of Commerce. Of course, it must obtain the consent of the Kunyan Chamber of Commerce in advance.

The members of the Merchant Alliance are protected by the Merchant Alliance organization because it has obtained the legal status of the Merchant Alliance. For example, back then, the Kunyan Chamber of Commerce cooperated with the local Netherworld Sea organization and was targeted by the alliance.

The Chamber of Commerce invited the chief executive of the Qiankun Chamber of Commerce stationed in this pavilion to come forward to coordinate, and finally resolved the crisis.

Unless Xuanmen is ready to go to war with the Merchant Alliance, it will have to be more cautious, and it is impossible to eliminate them directly. If it is someone who is not a member of the Merchant Alliance, it may not be as simple as apologizing and admitting the mistake.

This is why all chambers of commerce are trying to join the Chamber of Commerce.

In fact, there is a limit to the number of members of the merchant alliance. A city usually only has one merchant alliance member. If it is a city that is very rich in materials, there are only two at most.

After Tang Ning waited outside for a while, a corner of the light curtain melted away, and the three of them flashed into the inner room and arrived at a majestic attic.

"What's the matter with the seniors?" A woman wearing the costume of Kunyan Chamber of Commerce stepped forward and asked.

"Is the chief of Guifang City here? I have something important to see him." The man glanced at the three of them: "Senior, please follow me."

"Fellow Taoists, please wait here for a moment." Tang Ning said, and she and the woman went to the courtyard behind.

"Come in." A deep voice came from the stone room.

The woman pushed open the door and walked in. There was a burly middle-aged man sitting cross-legged on a futon inside.

"Master Feng, this senior of Taixuan Sect said that he has important matters to meet with you."

The man surnamed Feng looked him up and down, stood up and said, "I don't know if I can help you?"

Tang Ning glanced at the woman: "Fellow Daoist Feng, can you lend me a moment to speak?"

"You go out first."

"Yes." The woman responded and retreated.

"Your Excellency, Tang Ning, I am a disciple of the Sixth Team directly under our sect stationed in Xuantang City. This time, I was ordered by the alliance to investigate the murder of a disciple of our sect. I have a question and I would like to ask fellow Taoist Feng for help. Tang would be very grateful." Tang Ning He turned his hand over and handed the sect token to him.

"I wonder what your friend is referring to?"

"On May 16, Wang Suquan, a disciple of our sect, and Chen Xuan, a monk from the Immortal Chamber of Commerce, came to Guifang City and may have bought some items. Can you check the transaction files of the two on that day?"

"Okay!" The man surnamed Feng hesitated for a moment and then nodded in agreement: "Fellow Taoist Tang has come a long way, so I can't let you go in vain. Please wait."

"Thank you."

The man surnamed Feng left the stone room and returned a short time later: "I wonder who was killed in your clan?"

"I am Wang Suquan, a disciple stationed in this pavilion. I found out that before I disappeared and was killed, I came to Guifang City with Chen Xuan, a monk from the Xianyuan Chamber of Commerce, so I came to check on the things he left behind and see if I can find them. What clue?" Tang Ning said with mixed feelings.

"I see." The two chatted for a while, and after about an hour of burning incense, a woman came in and presented the file in her hand to the man surnamed Feng.

"Fellow Taoist Tang, this is the transaction record of your disciples in Weifang City on May 16th. Please take a look!"

Tang Ning took the dossier and unfolded it, and saw a row of cultivation materials listed on it, which were purchased by Wang Suquan. There were livers of third-level monsters, sealed dossiers, third-level liquid materials, third-level stones, and several high-grade third-level sheets. There are a total of eight or nine third-level materials for the talisman, which cost more than 400,000 spirit stones.

"Fellow Daoist Feng, can I make a rubbing of this file and take it with me?"

"Can."

"Tang has another unkind request. Can this matter be kept secret?"

"no problem."

"Thank you. I'll take my leave."

Tang Ning printed a file and left, then parted ways with Wang Yan and Huang Xian of the Baoyu Sect.

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In Langya Mountain, in the main room of the cave mansion, Tang Ning and Shi Kuan were sitting opposite each other.

"Do you suspect that Chen Xuan from the Xianyuan Chamber of Commerce secretly murdered Wang Suquan?" Shi Kuan put down the file and asked.

Tang Ning said: "Now all the evidence points to him, and I think it's almost certain. The items in this file should be materials prepared to break some kind of restriction, and Wang Suquan is a disciple of the Formation Flag Department, so everything makes sense. "

"Chen Xuan must have used the trap of the secret treasure to lure him into the confinement formation that he had already arranged, and then killed him."

"No matter what, let's control him first, so as not to leak the news and let him escape."

"Then let's do it!"