The Fourth Financial Crisis

Although his excuse was exposed by Liao Xingchi, Yang Lu did not show any embarrassment, but continued to ask with a very natural look: "Aren't you afraid that Lu Anping will fall out? Lu Anping told me personally that he has something against you. , if you don’t lend a helping hand to him, he might..."

However, before Yang Lu could finish his words this time, Liao Xingchi interrupted him with a smile and waved his hand: "That's why I said that Lu Anping is not very smart. He didn't even think about how many cultivators would be able to rely on the sect's monthly salary alone. Can you cultivate to the golden elixir stage? Nowadays, the price of a foundation-building pill alone will eat up the monthly salary of an ordinary Qi refining disciple for nearly twenty years, and the barrier-breaking pill required to break through the golden elixir stage costs even more than the foundation-building pill. Dozens of times more elixirs. If people are arrested in the order of how much money they receive, all the golden elixir monks of the Wuliang Sword Sect should be imprisoned in Qishan Prison according to their level of cultivation, so where would it be his turn to be imprisoned, Lu Anping?"

As soon as these words came out, Yang Lu was speechless.

He thought that Lu Anping really had some handle on Liao Xingchi, but he didn't expect that it was just evidence that the other party was making money. Using this handle to blackmail Liao Xingchi, Lu Anping really thought too much!

Seeing Yang Lu's silence, Liao Xingchi took the initiative and asked, "So you met Lu Anping in Qishan Prison?"

Yang Lu nodded and said: "That's right!"

Liao Xingchi immediately asked: "So where were you when the riot in Qishan Prison occurred? Did Lu Anping die after the riot? What do you know about that riot?"

Yang Lu directly pretended to be ignorant and answered: "I visited Lu Anping before the riot, and when Wang Sandao broke out of the prison, I had already taken advantage of the chaos to escape from Qishan Prison. For Qishan I don’t know anything about what happened in the prison later. And didn’t Elder Liao just say that it makes no difference to you whether Lu Anping is dead or alive?”

Liao Xingchi raised his eyebrows slightly: "You and Wang Ziwei are both disciples of President Li, and we went to Qishan Prison with him. Don't you know that he is an undercover agent of the Spirit Clan?"

Yang Lu answered honestly according to the given caliber: "Even President Li didn't see it. How could I see it? It's really Wang Ziwei, the undercover spirit clan, who is hiding too deep and is too cunning!"

However, Liao Xingchi was not so easy to fool, and asked quickly: "Did President Li really not see it at all? Wang Ziwei did a lot of tricks in the name of President Li back then. Can Li Qingyang really be so confused?"

Seeing that the other party was throwing dirt on Li Qingyang, Yang Lu said solemnly: "Who do you think Mr. Li is? If he discovers Wang Ziwei's identity as an undercover Spirit Tribe, how can he engage in favoritism for this thug? Wang Ziwei is really too much. Shameless and betraying President Li’s unconditional trust!”

Liao Xingchi looked at Yang Lu's righteous expression for a long time, but finally saw nothing. This made her narrow her eyes slightly: "So there is something wrong with Cheng Shida?"

"Why did Elder Liao say this?"

Liao Xingchi said firmly: "The riot in Qishan Prison was definitely not committed by Wang Ziwei alone. He was just the scapegoat who was pushed out to take the blame!"

Yang Lu didn't expect that this meeting would turn into the scene of Liao Xingchi's crime, but he still pretended not to know: "Why did Elder Liao say this?"

"The reason is very simple. Wang Ziwei usually works at Lingshi Reserve Bank. Someone must make arrangements for him in Qishan Prison in advance, and this person must have very strong energy. I have recently carefully sorted out the list of guards in Qishan Prison over the years. , only Cheng Shida, the successor of Yuanying, has enough appeal and organizational power. According to my investigation, this person not only had contact with Wang Ziwei, but also served in Qishan Prison for too long..."

After listening to Liao Xingchi's analysis, Yang Lu couldn't help but sigh:

There are so many talents in the Wuliang Sword Sect!

Elder Liao was already very close to the truth of the matter based on just some reasoning.

If Liao Xingchi hadn't known that Yang Lu also had a reason to use Wang Sandao to overthrow Lin Jianxing (the test of the ascended immortal), she might have been able to directly target Yang Lu as a criminal suspect.

However, with Mingzhu protecting her, Yang Lu was not worried about her being harmful to him, so he still had the thought to ask, "Then why didn't you arrest Cheng Shida for interrogation?"

Liao Xingchi spread his hands and said: "These are just my personal guesses. Since Cheng Shida dares to do such a thing, he will never be caught. Elder Cheng Shuying will not allow anyone to interrogate Cheng Shida. What's more, Cheng Shuying originally He is an ally of Senior Brother Mo, how could I take the initiative to meddle in such nosy matters?"

At this point, Liao Xingchi finally changed the subject and returned to the topic that Yang Lu was most concerned about: "So, why did Advisor Yang visit me today?"

Yang Lu also said straight to the point: "I want to meet Elder Mo!"

Liao Xingchi suddenly frowned: "This is too unfortunate. Not long ago, Leader Lin and Senior Brother Mo just held a high-level meeting of the sect, but the result of the meeting can only be said to be an unhappy one. And Mo Yun Elder Lan has officially announced that he is going to retreat indefinitely to enter the late Nascent Soul stage. He has also given me full authority to manage the Duzhi Hall, and has strictly ordered that no one can interrupt his retreat. I am afraid that this is really true. I can’t help you!”

Yang Lu didn't believe it: "Even if Elder Mo is in seclusion, he can't be completely deaf to what's going on outside the window. I believe Elder Liao must have a way to contact Elder Mo. After all, if there is an emergency in the sect, the president of the Duzhitang We can’t have no one making the decision!”

"But there is no emergency now. How can I interrupt Senior Brother Mo's practice?"

Seeing that Liao Xingchi ignored Yang Lu's request, Mingzhu Ancestor, who was hiding next to him, also impatiently said secretly: "If you ask me, we shouldn't talk nonsense to this guy, let me come out and take her down directly. That’s it!”

However, Yang Lu didn't hear it at that time, and made a very covert gesture of waving his hand.

If things were really as simple as Mingzhu thought, Yang Lu would have asked Mingzhu to take action directly. However, since Liao Xingchi is the acting hall leader of Duzhi Hall, he can be said to be one of the most powerful people in the entire Wuliang Sword Sect today. , Mo Yunlan entrusted such an important task to Liao Xingchi, how could he not leave her some trump cards to protect her life and body?

Of course, this does not mean that Mo Yunlan accurately predicted the emergence of Mingzhu. The main reason is that Liao Xingchi also faced many potential dangers within the Wuliang Sword Sect:

Although this possibility is not high, what if Qiu Longbo and Lin Jianxing choose to jump over the wall and capture Liao Xingchi directly?

After all, when Liu Hanxing asked Zhu Ziming to be his special envoy, he left his own magic weapon to the other party to protect his body; when Qiu Longbo sent Tan Sijun to arrest Li Feiyu, he also gave Tan Sijun his own Yama Law; Mo Yunlan was always a thoughtful person. Seniors, how could they be more careless than Qiu Longbo and Liu Hanxing?

Mo Yunlan's backup doesn't even need to be able to defeat Ming Zhu, as long as it can hold Ming Zhu off for a moment and a half: after all, this is the headquarters of the Infinite Sword Sect with six Nascent Soul Ancestors!

Therefore, Yang Lu always regarded Mingzhu as a last resort.