Nonsense! How could my adopted son be a villain?

Who knew that Dongyang Li's face would fall as soon as he heard Chai Feng's name: "I'm not familiar with him, who knows if he'll go or not."

Xu Lingguang ignored him: "You two are arguing again?"

Dongyang Li snorted: "I'm busy with countless affairs every day, how could I have time to argue with irrelevant people?"

Xu Lingguang: "But if Chai Feng goes too, we'll have one more helper."

Perhaps finding his words reasonable, Dongyang Li frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Let me ask."

He then took out a communication talisman and sent a message: "Senior Brother Zhao, when are you going to Fengling City?"

Senior Brother Zhao was clearly very familiar with him, and immediately teased, "Do you want to ask me or Chai Feng?"

Dongyang Li said unhappily, "Aren't you from the Xuanhuo Clan going together?"

Senior Brother Zhao grinned and said, "We're going together, but Chai Feng isn't with us. We're going to join in the fun, so we don't know about Chai Feng. If you want to know, just ask him yourself."

Unable to get any information, Dongyang Li angrily disconnected the communication talisman.

Xu Lingguang was speaking when his gaze swept across the room and he suddenly spotted a familiar figure. Pointing to the person sitting diagonally opposite them, he said, "Isn't that Chai Feng?"

Chai Feng was sitting two tables away. As a cultivator, he was sharp of hearing and sight, and he had obviously heard the message between Dongyang Li and Senior Brother Zhao. He got up and walked over.

When Dongyang Li turned around, Chai Feng had already walked over. He first nodded to Xu Lingguang, and then looked down at Dongyang Li and said, "I'll go."

Dongyang Li's face flushed red, and he gritted his teeth: "Go if you want, why are you telling me!"

Chai Feng sat down at the table and poured himself a glass of wine: "I'll go with Brother Guan, as long as you don't have any objections."

Dongyang Li: "..."

He gritted his teeth, poured himself a glass of wine, and gulped it down. His expression made it seem as if he wanted to smash the wine jug over Chai Feng's head.

Xu Lingguang suppressed a laugh and said, "We're preparing to leave for Fengling City tomorrow. You probably heard it just now. If you hear any news about Uncle Muyun, please keep an eye out for him."

Chai Feng nodded: "I know people from the Ten Thousand Beasts Manor. I'll ask them for you when we get there."

After listening to him say so much, Xu Lingguang immediately felt more confident.

After the meal, Dongyang Li acted as a tour guide, showing Xu Lingguang around Li Huo City.

At the city gate of Li Huo City, there were weapon-refining shops, but further in, there were gambling dens, brothels, and all sorts of places to squander money. Xu Lingguang even saw Qian Jin Lou, which was located in the best part of the busiest eastern district of Li Huo City. Its storefront was even more impressive than that of Qian Jin Lou in Qing Yu City, and it looked like it was a place that would burn through spirit stones.

Xu Lingguang peeked inside and thought that if the Qianjin Tower in Qingyu City were as grand as the one in Lihuo City, he probably wouldn't have dared to enter back then.

Big cities are indeed big cities.

Seeing that his gaze lingered on Qianjinlou for a long time, Dongyang Li assumed that he was interested and was about to take him inside for a look. He casually said, "Qianjinlou has a lot of cooperation with us. If you want to buy anything, just mention the name of Jiuzhuan Mountain Villa and you can get a discount."

Then he curled his lip and said, "You heard about the auction in Fufeng City a while ago, right? The Sky-Piercing Crossbow that they used as the finale was personally crafted by our manor lord, and it fetched a high price of 530,000 mid-grade spirit stones at the auction."

“Five hundred and thirty thousand mid-grade spirit stones!” He repeated through gritted teeth, “My master personally went to bid for it after he came out of seclusion. Now everyone outside is laughing at us, Nine Revolutions Manor, for being suckers.”

Unexpectedly, he suddenly brought up this topic. Xu Lingguang rolled his eyes guiltily and cautiously replied, "Since it was made by your manor lord, how did it end up at an auction?"

Dongyang Li frowned: "I don't know about that. My master suspects that someone from the other two branches secretly took the manor lord's private stash and sold it outside. My master even fought with the heads of the other two branches because of this."

He glanced at Chai Feng with dissatisfaction: "Master finally came out of seclusion, but after we finished talking, he didn't even say a few words to me before angrily going back to seclusion."

Seeing that he was full of emotions, Chai Feng had no choice but to explain to Xu Lingguang: "There are too many strange things about this matter, and it is impossible to make a judgment in a short time. Logically speaking, the Sky-Piercing Crossbow should be kept in the manor lord's storage room, and no one should be able to touch it without permission. Later, after the second manor lord consulted with the manor lord who was in seclusion, the three lineage masters opened the storage room together. After investigation, they confirmed that the Sky-Piercing Crossbow had actually been stolen a long time ago, and not only the Sky-Piercing Crossbow was stolen, but several other magical artifacts were also stolen."

"But no one can figure out how the thieves managed to bypass the numerous traps and formations in the storage room and steal the Sky-Piercing Crossbow silently."

They originally intended to keep the news a secret, but the Sky-Piercing Crossbow was auctioned in full view of everyone, and then the three clan leaders started fighting. The news could not be kept secret any longer, so they simply stopped trying to hide it.

Now everyone knows that Jiuzhuan Mountain Villa has been robbed.

Xu Lingguang was increasingly surprised as he listened. He never expected that the original owner of this giant crossbow was not a relative of Fire Refining True Monarch, but a thief.

He hesitated, wanting to subtly tell Dongyang some clues, but then he thought that if he revealed everything, it would inevitably involve Lanjian, who had saved his life, and if that led to the Ailao Mountains... He thought and thought, and decided to remain silent.

Dongyang Li cursed the thieves indignantly, then pulled Xu Lingguang into Qianjin Tower.

Feeling guilty, Xu Lingguang kept his mouth shut and was pulled inside like a quail.

He was just about to take a casual look around when he looked up and saw a silver-haired man sitting behind the screen on his left.

This seems to be the man I saw in Qingyu City last time, the owner of Qianjin Tower.

I never expected to run into him here again.

His appearance was too outstanding, and his long silver hair that reached the ground was even more eye-catching. At this moment, the two were separated by a thin screen, and Xu Lingguang couldn't help but take a few more glances at him.

Unexpectedly, the man who had been sipping his tea suddenly turned his head and glanced at Xu Lingguang with a light but not heavy look, his voice as cold as ice: "What are you looking at?"