"Ayan, what's wrong with you?" Luo Xu looked at him like he was asking an accusation, "You gave away a lot of things today, have you changed your personality?"

"An eighth-level spiritualist has successfully stolen from the four major families. Isn't this ability enough for me to win him over?" Yan Liang said casually, not knowing what he was thinking.

"It's impressive, but the commission from the auction house and Qi Sui's talisman are enough to show our sincerity, right?" Luo Xu stretched lazily.

"Besides, you know how hard it is to find the materials for the sound transmission ruler. I have only made four so far... Did you plan to give him the fourth sound transmission ruler you asked me for not long ago?"

"Luo Xu is right." Qi Sui came over. "If you want, there are many ways to pass messages. You don't have to use the sound transmission ruler."

"Besides stealing skills, is there anything else that makes him outstanding?" Luo Xu thought with his chin in his hand.

Qi Sui added: "There are also disguise and voice changing techniques."

"That's right!" Luo Xu said loudly, "I really don't know how he did it..."

He gestured exaggeratedly: "From a teenager to an old man, the difference is too big!"

"Okay, let's go back first." Yan Liang said with fatigue, "I've been busy all night."

When they returned to the inn, Yan Liang was the first to change out of his night clothes and take a shower. When Luo Xu and the others arrived at his room, they saw him wearing a simple moon-white straight-collared robe and leaning comfortably on the couch. His black hair was casually tied with a silver ribbon, and a few strands of hair on his forehead were blown by the wind and intertwined with the silver ribbon.

"Okay," Luo Xu casually took a stool and sat down, "Tell me why you value her so much."

Qi Sui then sat down at the small table, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it all in one gulp.

"The first one is, of course, his stealing skills and disguise skills." Yan Liang held the white jade bone fan in his hand and played with it, "The second one is the top-grade elixir he sent."

Luo Xu opened his mouth slightly: "Top-grade elixir? I haven't heard you talk about this."

"They are just some first and second level pills. They are not of high grade, but their quality is important."

"So, there is a highly talented alchemist behind him?" Qi Sui asked.

All three of them knew that anyone who could refine top-grade elixirs would never stop at Xuan-grade elixirs.

"Maybe he's not the one behind him... Who can say for sure? Anyway, you know, we can count on one hand the number of people who can make top-grade elixirs." Yan Liang said seriously, "We must find a way to get closer to an alchemist who can make top-grade elixirs."

"Third..." Yan Liang paused and pondered the wording, "Do you remember that when I first met him at the Shen family, I said that he suddenly disappeared?"

"I remember!" Luo Xu answered quickly, "Didn't he say at the time that he must have used Qi Sui's instantaneous talisman?"

"What's the problem?" Qi Sui asked.

Yan Liang suddenly got off the couch, walked slowly to the window, and looked at the gradually brightening sky outside in deep thought.

"No... don't leave me in suspense halfway through!" Luo Xu urged him when he saw that he was hesitant to speak.

"That's what I thought at the time, but now that I think about it, it doesn't seem to be the case..." He turned his head, his expression unclear, "The talisman requires spiritual power to activate. As long as I use the talisman, I will definitely notice obvious fluctuations in spiritual power, but when I think about it carefully, it seems that I didn't notice any fluctuations in spiritual power that time."

"…It's as if it disappeared out of thin air." Yan Liang added slowly.

As soon as these words came out, both of them fell silent.

After a long while, Luo Xu broke the silence: "If it wasn't a talisman, then what else could it be? A formation? Space? Did someone teleport him away?"

"It's not a formation." Yan Liang said affirmatively.

"Okay, now that you've spoken...what could it be?" Luo Xu's face wrinkled in confusion.

Qi Sui added: "I've never heard of a space that can hold living things."

"It's possible that they were taken away by someone, but what kind of strength does it take to transfer people so quietly?" Luo Xu asked, "Crossing the void? Creating a space channel?"

“Just because I’ve never heard of a space that can accommodate living things doesn’t necessarily mean it doesn’t exist.” Yan Liang pondered.

"Oh... okay, I know why you are so enthusiastic about him. A person like him who is full of secrets really needs to be won over." Luo Xu said helplessly.

Yan Liang smiled and said: "That's good to know. I never do business that loses money."

Qi Sui stood up and patted him on the shoulder: "You should have known that no one would let you suffer any loss."

Yan Liang glanced at him and snorted: It seems that in Qi Sui's eyes, my image as a profiteer cannot be changed.

"Okay, let's all go back and have some rest... We can still rest until tomorrow, but the Shen family must be having trouble sleeping and eating." Yan Liang smiled maliciously.

They both agreed.

……

Shen family

After being rescued, Shen Feng was forced to suppress his anger and flatter everyone at the banquet. He only vented his anger after seeing the guests off.

That night, the entire Shen family knew that the master of the Shen family was furious. From the butler to the third-class servants, everyone was implicated to varying degrees. They all spoke and acted carefully, fearing that they would be caught and severely punished if they made a mistake.

That night, the head of the Shen family strengthened the defense of the entire Shen family overnight, and even sent people to guard the West Courtyard, which had been basically ignored in the past.

The Second Prince Fu Chengling, who slowly woke up from his "coma", knew nothing about the previous fall into the water. He only said that he seemed to have been ambushed and lost consciousness, and asked the head of the Shen family to conduct a thorough investigation.

But for the sake of the Shen family's reputation, the Second Prince "kindly" asked not to mobilize a large force. He simply told others that he had fallen into the water, and refused the Shen family's head's invitation to stay overnight, and hurried back to his mansion under the cover of night.

The matter of the forbidden area was of great importance, which made Shen Feng exhausted. In comparison, he overlooked the incident of Shen Xianyue falling into the water, but this incident still caused a stir.

Shen Xianyue is in the courtyard.

Outside the courtyard, a group of maids and servants were kneeling tremblingly. The lights in the house were brightly on, and there was a fierce sound of porcelain breaking.

"Get out! Get out! Get out now!"

Hearing the furious roar of their Third Miss, everyone lowered their heads even more, and even their breathing became lighter.

In the room, Yingyue, who was closest to the victim, suffered the worst. Just now, a white jade teacup was thrown heavily and hit her on the forehead, but she knelt upright and did not move, allowing the teacup to hit her head, and the blood flowed from her forehead to her face.

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