Under the guise of spying on the Bai family's background, Xiao Mian dragged Ding Kaishan out of the small courtyard of the Jade Hoe Ancestor and accompanied him to wander around Wanzongyuan.

"Brother Xiao, the Bai family's mansion is in the Tianmen area in the center of Wanzong City, should we go there directly?" Ding Kaishan didn't doubt him, but felt that Xiao Mian was so concerned about the matter of the farmer's stream, which was really commendable, but Xiao Mian asked rhetorically: "Tianmen?" Brother Ding said that there are nine districts and thirteen gates in Wanzong City before, and I used to doubt it, this Tianmen is the last thirteenth gate, right?

"Tianmen, it is indeed the thirteenth gate in Wanzong City!" Between the words, Ding Kaishan stopped, turned to face south, pointed to the three sacred mountains above Wanzong City, and said: "I told Brother Xiao before that Wanzong City can't help but fly, but the height of the flight must not be higher than the three major sacred mountains, and it is impossible for ordinary monks to fly directly to the three sacred mountains, they must pass through the Heavenly Gate." In other words, the Heavenly Gate is a teleportation array, a teleportation array that connects the nine regions on the surface of Wanzong City and the three major divine mountains in the sky!"

Ding Kaishan's words made Xiao Mian even more fascinated by the mysterious three sacred mountains.

"The Gate of Heaven is not only the only way to the three sacred mountains, but also the center of the nine districts of Wanzong City, and therefore, it is the most prosperous area in the entire Wanzong City, which can be called every inch of land. The best inns, magic weapon workshops, spirit grass halls, spirit beast halls, formation halls and other shops in Wanzong City are all concentrated there, of course, the expenses there are not ordinarily high, even if you are a foolish brother, you don't dare to set foot easily!"

In a few words, Ding Kaishan made the overview of Tianmen clear, Xiao Mian nodded secretly after listening, thinking that Xuan Lang and Ye Qingguo should not be in Tianmen.

But it turned out that from the beginning, Xiao Mian didn't plan to inquire about the news of the Bai family, but pulled Ding Kaishan, an old horse who knew the way, trying to find his long-lost friend.

"Dare to ask Brother Ding, in addition to the Bai family's mansion near the Heavenly Gate, are there any other places in Wanzong City dedicated to the residence of alchemists?" When he said this, Xiao Mian couldn't help but think of the little girl who called her "big brother" all day long, and the Xuan Lang who claimed to be an honest person and was proud of being a casual cultivator, and couldn't help but smile. Ding Kaishan was stunned when he heard this, and after a little thought, he said: "There really is such a place!"

Ding Kaishan is talking about a slum at the southernmost end of Wanzong City, don't look at Wanzong City as a holy place for scattered cultivation, but there are two sides to everything, there is a rich paradise like a heavenly gate in the city, and naturally there are slums as a gathering place for poor monks.

Most of the people living in this slum were alchemists, and they were all alchemists who were dissatisfied with the Bai family's monopoly on the refining of the original elixir of Wanzong.

I think that after the Bai family annexed Dandingliu, although they inherited most of the inheritance of Dandingliu, there were also many alchemists who disdained what the Bai family had done, and they were angry and set up their own doors. It stands to reason that alchemists are very wealthy auxiliary professions, but they need a large amount of spirit grass to back, and after these self-supporting alchemists were suppressed by the Bai family, they could not get enough spirit grass to refine the pills, and even if they refined the pills, they could not compare to the ultra-low prices deliberately suppressed by the Bai family.

After a long time, the lives of these alchemists were naturally poor.

Among them, many alchemists who claimed to know the times and were handsome returned to the arms of the Bai family, but there were also many alchemists who did not bend their waists for five buckets of rice and persevered.

These alchemists gathered together, not to make a fortune, but to communicate with each other, to study new pill recipes, to develop new alchemy techniques, and gradually, it became a scene in the city of Wanzong, but their poverty could not be improved.

Now that he heard that Xiao Mian inquired about the gathering place of alchemists, Ding Kaishan was naturally full of suspicions, but Xiao Mian didn't bother to pay attention to him, and just flew away towards the south. Ding Kaishan looked at Xiao Mian's figure that was gradually moving away, shook his head, and had to follow closely.

The small courtyard of the Jade Hoe Ancestor was in the northeast corner of Wanzong City, and the slum that Ding Kaishan said was in the southeast corner of Wanzong City, and the two had to cross the entire Wanzong City. Fortunately, I can't help but fly away in Wanzong City, otherwise the distance of nearly a thousand miles is enough to make people crazy.

Rao is like this, Xiao Mian and the two of them also flew away for half a day before they arrived at their destination.

"Whew...... , Brother Ding, don't tell me: That's how you wander around Wanzong City on weekdays?" It wasn't until he personally experienced the flight from north to south that Xiao Mian deeply realized the vastness of Wanzong City within a radius of thousands of miles. Even Xiao Mian felt a little uneasy about his true qi, not to mention other monks who had less total true qi. Ding Kaishan gasped for breath twice when he heard this, and then scolded angrily: "! Who has nothing to do when they are full? We usually sit in the teleportation array......

"Biography...... Teleportation Array?There is a mutual teleportation array between the nine districts of Wanzong City?" After Ding Kaishan nodded, Xiao Mian asked, "Why didn't you say it earlier?"

"Did you let me say it? Besides, didn't you say that you wanted to spy on the details of the Bai family? Sitting in the teleportation array, you can spy on a fart!" Rolling his eyes, Ding Kaishan muttered in a low voice: "Grandma's bear! I wanted to give him a dismount, I'm so tired......"

Although Ding Kaishan's voice was very small, Xiao Mian heard it clearly, and glared at Ding Kaishan angrily at the moment. The two didn't know, because of Ding Kaishan's tricks, some people's arrangements were in vain. Near the teleportation array in the northeast region where the Jade Hoe Ancestor was located, there were three or five people who were talking to each other, and then lurking quietly.

Xiao Mian didn't bother to deal with Ding Kaishan, and after recovering his true qi a little, he began to search in the slums next to the city wall.

During this time, Xiao Mian saw that although the monks in the slums could not be called unclothed and hungry, their clothes were indeed inferior to those of other monks in Wanzong City, but their faces did not have the hustle and bustle of others at all, but they were indifferent, as if they were at ease, as if they should be like this. This couldn't help but make Xiao Mian think, as a monk, should he do everything he could, concentrate all his cultivation resources on himself, or should he be content and happy, and he should not be quiet and far-reaching?

Wrong!

I'm afraid they've all stepped into their own horns!

The road is simple, pointing directly to the heart.

Blindly exhausting and fishing is not good, blindly retreating is not advisable, the so-called golden mean, impartiality, the natural way, is the most reasonable.

This realization was just a blink of an eye, but it made Xiao Mian feel like an enlightenment.

At this moment, a familiar figure appeared in the corner of Xiao Mian's eyes, and after a moment's pause, the corners of Xiao Mian's mouth hooked slightly, and he let out a knowing smile.

Not far away is a small stall dedicated to bartering, and on the stall in the corner, there is a cloth banner with a big word "medicine" written on it. As for the owner of the stall, he shrank on the edge of the city wall, with his back to the city wall, holding a book in his hand, reading with relish, and from time to time he took out a small notebook from his bosom and wrote and painted.

That person, isn't that a square and upright loose cultivator Xuanlang?

Thinking of the huge word "medicine" on the cloth banner again, it is obvious that Xuan Lang is now mainly selling pills, thinking deeper, Xiao Mian guessed that these pills sold by Xuan Lang should all be from the hands of that young girl.

In this way, Xuan Lang and Ye Qingguo should be safe and sound.

Thinking of this, Xiao Mian turned around and left, but he didn't even take a second look.

Now that he was sure that his old friend was safe and sound, Xiao Mian's heart was relieved of most of it. Now that Xiao Mian is in the whirlpool of the secret struggle between the Bai family and the peasant family, if he rashly recognizes them, it will not be a good thing for Xiao Mian or the two of them.

Rather than that, it is better to turn a blind eye.

It's just that Xiao Mian just wanted to leave with his front feet, but there was Xuan Lang's angry shouts behind him.

"What do you want to do here? In broad daylight, is there any royal law in Wanzong City!?" Xuan Lang's voice was filled with righteous indignation, and the image of a good old man who had always been kind and pleasant was almost subverted, which showed Xuan Lang's indignation at this time. Xiao Mian was stunned for a moment, turned sideways without a trace, and saw that there were three people standing side by side in front of Xuan Lang's stall, and the three of them didn't drink much Xuan Lang. Xiao Mian looked at it fixedly, and saw one of them looking at Xuan Lang with a smile, and whispered, "Why is Brother Xuan so angry? My young master just wants to be close to Miss Ye, why are you so unkind?"

"Guo'er is still young, he is not sophisticated, and he is dedicated to studying alchemy, so there is no need to be close to your young master if he has no time!"

"Hmph! That's good!" In the face of Xuan Lang's stern refusal, the man was not only angry, but said with a pleasant face: "The elixir on your stall today, my young master has all the pills, pack it!

"You! You have been in arrears three times and twice, and the payment for the goods last month has not yet been settled, and now you are still on credit, how can I believe you?"

"Yo! Brother Xuan'er, is this not going to do business with my young master? Okay! My young master has always persuaded people with virtue, and he will never do that kind of forced buying and selling. Speaking of this, the man looked around at the people around him and said loudly: "But I have a word first, the pill on Brother Xuan'er's stall is the one that my young master fancies, if anyone dares to buy it privately without authorization, don't blame my young master for being mad! Don't blame me for being unpredictable!"

At these words, Xuan Lang was so angry that he wanted to crack, but he couldn't make a sound.

As for those onlookers, they obviously all know Xuan Lang and the three people who came to make trouble, and they all know the entanglements between them. Xuan Lang knew that he might not be able to open it again today, and although he was anxious, he still planned to close the stall and go home.

At this moment, a voice resounded throughout the audience, deafening.