Chapter 159 Anxious Red Lotus

In order to hide his shock, Mo Juren immediately pretended to be enlightened and said to Hong Jin,

"So that's it! This matter is actually very easy to handle. Now I know what's going on. I will definitely keep it in mind and help Senior Hong pay more attention to it."

Perhaps Hong Jin felt that Mo Juren's attitude was too good, a bit perfunctory, so he said gloomily,

"Humph, I am not forcing you to do these things for me. I have told those casual cultivators that if they have accurate information to provide me, they can exchange it for some resources from me."

"You can propose skills, elixirs, and caves for cultivation. You can even recommend a place to enter the outer gate of Spirit Beast Mountain."

Mo Juren pretended to be enlightened, as if he had been bribed, and nodded repeatedly.
"It's just a small matter, and you can get such a reward? Haha, Senior is really generous. If I have any news, I will come to Senior Hong as soon as possible. Please rest assured."

After listening to it, Hong Jin did not comment, but did not say anything else.

Then he told Mo Juren a place and asked him to take the people on the boat there.

After that, he turned around with a look of indifference and walked away.

This made Mo Juren secretly breathe a sigh of relief. The sect inspector of Lingshou Mountain was most likely looking for his cloud-winged bird and the bones of the iron-toothed bird forest. This made him have to be on guard.

After returning, I must ask Hu Pinggu and others for information in this regard.

Hong Jin has the support of the sect, has a high level of cultivation, and is a greedy person. If he keeps targeting me, it will definitely cause me a lot of trouble in the future.

He was like a sword hanging over his head, ready to fall at any time and chop Mo Juren's head into a bloody mess.

In addition to working hard to improve his cultivation, Mo Juren also has to find ways to obtain as many resources and external help as possible to make himself feel more at ease.

I don’t know if I can buy a formation that can resist foundation-building cultivators. If there is, at least the safety of my cave will be more guaranteed.

However, in order to obtain these materials, one must inevitably trade with others and exchange the precious medicinal resources in hand for spirit stones.

However, the Tainan Market was too dangerous to go there, so they could only go to the larger Lingshou Mountain Market to think of a solution.

During these days, when Mo Juren and Zhang Qing were practicing in the cave for an unknown period of time, another person became very anxious. He was the Honglian Sanren who had visited them once.

For some unknown reason, this woman used Hu Pinggu's talisman to send three or four messages to Mo Juren's cave when he was in seclusion.

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, Sister Hu has refined a magical weapon called 'Iron Wire Armor', which is of extraordinary quality. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Zhang would like to come and see and congratulate her?"

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, the cloud-mist tea in Tianshui Village has bloomed. This is the annual grand spectacle of Tianshui Village. Sister Hu invited all of us Daoists to enjoy the flowers and taste the tea. I wonder when Fellow Daoist Zhang will be free to go with us."

"Fellow Daoist Zhang, Honglian, a humble person, helped Sister Hu and Brother Xiong to subdue the mountain ape beast. I wonder if fellow Daoist Zhang is interested in discussing beast taming with me?"

Mo Juren simply replied with a few words, "in a few days", "let's talk about it later", "I'm practicing", and then sent her away.

If Honglian Sanren was really an ordinary female cultivator like her appearance, Mo Juren might suspect that she was attracted by his "charm" and that was why she approached him deliberately, performing a "Phoenix Seeking the Phoenix".

But the fact is, based on her true appearance, as soon as it is revealed, she will definitely be loved by everyone, and there is no need for her to do something as shameful as chasing a boy, which is extremely embarrassing for an ordinary woman.

Moreover, given her shy character as a young girl, it would be impossible for her to do such a bold move.

So Mo Juren was happy to see her pestering him, wanting to see what her ultimate intentions were.

This was like playing a game to see who could endure to the end. I guess Honglian, this little girl, couldn't beat this "old fox". It was not until later that Hu Pinggu personally sent a message to ask Mo Juren if he wanted to go to the Lingshou Mountain Market together that Mo Juren gave a positive answer.

The four of them agreed to meet at the old place in Nanxiang Town, and then they would go to Lingshou Mountain together.

Mo Juren had no objection to Honglian Sanren going as well.

Although her purpose is not clear for the time being, Mo Juren has witnessed Honglian Sanren's true strength with his own eyes.

If we can take her with us to the Lingshou Mountain Market, it would be like having an extra free bodyguard, which would greatly enhance the strength of the team. Why not do it?

Mo Juren also mentioned intentionally or unintentionally in the subsequent voice transmission that not only was Hong Jin asking him to pay tribute to spirit stones, but he also had to help him keep an eye out for news about spirit birds, and he complained.

Hu Pinggu immediately responded via voice transmission,

"Hong Jin has been talking about this for more than ten years. Almost all the independent cultivators in Lanzhou know that he is looking for these exotic spiritual birds. I don't know why he is so persistent about this matter."

"Brother Zhang, don't take it to heart. Just be perfunctory. After all these years, I haven't seen him find any clues."

Mo Juren was even more certain when he heard this. Wasn't it more than ten years ago when he and the Fifth Madam discovered the Cloud-winged Bird while hunting? The time was completely consistent.

Fortunately, he had already sensed the extraordinary nature of the Cloud-Winged Bird, so he asked them not to reveal it to anyone else and just raised it secretly.

Until now, only he and the Fifth Lady knew that the Cloud-Winged Bird had an extremely fast flying speed.

In addition, Master Jin Guang had also seen it, but he was far away in the barbarian land of Yunzhou and should have had no intersection with the independent cultivators of Lanzhou.

At this point, Mo Juren's initial caution has become a kind of foresight, as it has resulted in Hong Jin not receiving any news in Lanzhou for more than ten years.

On the other hand, it may also be because Hong Jin took it for granted. He seemed to have predicted that those spiritual birds would definitely appear in Mengshan.

The altar and animal bones in the iron-toothed bird forest had been destroyed when Mo Juren went down into the underground cave, and it could be said that there was no trace of them left.

As long as the whereabouts of the Cloud-winged Bird are protected from now on, it will be difficult for Hong Jin to track down Mo Juren.

For some unknown reason, Mo Juren suddenly felt that he had been connected to the so-called three great foundation-building cultivators of Lanzhou without realizing it.

Diao Yuanzheng and the Gu seller might be searching for his Nuan Yang Jade and the Mohist ancestral land!
Hong Jin might be coveting his Cloud-winged Bird and the opportunity to cultivate immortality!
Granny Jinhua might be the real master of the mysterious Third Lady!

Thinking in this way, Mo Juren couldn't help but feel a little nervous, and he had to find a way to quickly increase his strength.

On the appointed day, considering what Hu Pinggu had said, the journey to Lingshou Mountain Market was quite far away and might take quite a while.

So Mo Juren first called Zhang Qing and explained to her clearly the matters that needed to be taken care of in the cave, such as the poisonous insects and spiritual herbs.

Mo Juren also gave her the token to open the formation. Otherwise, she could only exit the formation but not enter, which was equivalent to locking her in the cave and not daring her to go out.

Having Zhang Qing practicing here is equivalent to having half of his disciple. It not only saves the four times spiritual energy of the Spirit Gathering Array, but also helps him manage the cave. In this way, he can travel without any worries.

Mo Juren then left the cave and went to Nanxiang Town to keep his appointment.

(End of this chapter)