bookbashuk Chapter 10 Level 2 Intelligence
Chapter 10 Level 2 Intelligence
Tianyuan Market is one of the markets in Yingchuan County, founded two hundred years ago by Yuguang Pavilion and Xuanguang Gate.
The market town is rich in resources, and even cultivators from Yanxing County often come here to buy items. A late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator from Yuguang Pavilion and Xuanguang Sect is stationed in the market town year-round to ensure its safety.
Without the intervention of a Golden Core cultivator, a late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator could practically roam freely in Yingchuan County. Coupled with the prestige of the two major sects, no one dared to act recklessly.
Zhang Lingyu had long wanted to visit the market town, but now that Zhang Xinghao and the other man had brought it up, she still had some concerns about the town's defenses: "Thirteenth Uncle, what about the town's defenses?"
"Go ahead without worry!"
Zhang Xinghao waved his hand and continued:
"The spirit rice has all been harvested, but it will take some time to plant it again. You'll only be gone for a few days anyway. What, do you plan to stay there for a long time?"
"I have no such thoughts!"
Zhang Lingyu smiled awkwardly and looked at the old man beside her, asking, "Seventh Grandfather, when shall we depart? I'd like to plan what I need to buy."
Actually, he didn't have many spirit stones on him, but fortunately, the family's contribution points could be exchanged for spirit stones, with one contribution point being equivalent to one spirit stone.
Once you reach the family shop in the market, you can exchange for the items.
Including the monthly salary for guarding the town and the expenses for the year, I now have a total of 400 contribution points.
Zhang Yuanming noticed his anxiety and reassured him:
"Don't rush, Little Nineteen. In previous years, the harvest alone took three days. We still have to wait for your Tenth Grandfather to come along. Considering the three-day journey, it will take at least six days to get there."
"Even with you escorting us this time, our speed will remain the same."
Although the independent cultivators of Yingchuan County wouldn't dare to rob them on the road, there's no guarantee that some desperate criminals or independent cultivators from other counties might dare to attack them.
Just in case, the Zhang family would always send two late-stage Qi Refining elders and five mid-stage Qi Refining clansmen to transport the spirit rice from Biyue Town and Pingshui Town.
Bishui Town is closer to the market town, so we have to wait for the people from Pingshui Town to arrive before we set off together.
"I understand!"
Zhang Lingyu didn't pay much attention; three days would pass in the blink of an eye for a cultivator.
Seeing that Zhang Xinghao and the other man still had something to say, he wisely took his leave.
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After Zhang Lingyu left, Zhang Yuanming's face, which had been all smiles, instantly darkened, and he muttered:
"Thirteen, the situation at the Crimson Fire Essence Mine has been getting increasingly volatile lately. Have you received any warnings from the family?"
"nature!"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Xinghao lost his usual domineering air and said with concern:
"I received it a month ago. My family told me to be extra careful. I sent Ling'an to check the outskirts of the town and the border. So far, there is nothing unusual."
"That's good."
Zhang Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief, but one question remained: "Since these are extraordinary times, why do you want Lingyu to go to the market? After all, you don't have enough manpower right now."
Zhang Lingyu's solo slaying of the Black Name Python a year ago impressed many clansmen, and the Second Elder Zhang Yuanlin was especially gratified.
In addition, he has grown rapidly under Zhang Xinghao's tutelage over the past year, and can contribute greatly even if Bishui Town is attacked.
Zhang Xinghao shook his head and explained:
"Seventh Uncle, Lingyu is about to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining, but I can't let him go back alone to exchange for pills. Most of the family's manpower is concentrated at the Crimson Fire Essence Mine, so it's impossible for someone to send them over."
"Why don't we send him to the market to buy pills to break through to the fifth level of Qi Refining? Once he breaks through, the pressure on me will be reduced a bit."
"That's true. Fortunately, the clan told me to bring some things back with me when I go back, so that I'll have some means to deal with any sneak attacks from the Yun or Ming families in the future."
Hearing this, Zhang Xinghao felt much more at ease and smiled, "Then I'll have to trouble you, Uncle Qi!"
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Three days passed in the blink of an eye.
Zhang Lingyu got up early as usual. The spiritual rice from Pingshui Town had arrived in Bishui Town early yesterday morning, and today was the day they would set off for Tianyuan Market.
The items to be purchased at the market had been planned well in advance. In addition to the daily cultivation resources needed, the rest were some talismans and the like.
Of course, Zhang Xinghao and Zhang Ling'an also gave him the list of items they needed to buy.
Since I've finally made it to the market, I can't just focus on myself, can I?
After packing her things, Zhang Lingyu prepared to go out and meet up with the others.
I had just taken a step when I remembered there was something else I hadn't done.
Daily intelligence records.
Zhang Lingyu skillfully opened the intelligence system and was about to record something when her expression changed drastically after just one glance.
[Level 1 Intelligence: The rogue cultivator who was being pursued by the Tranquil Heart Pavilion in the Bone Forest this morning has successfully escaped and is currently hiding in the Misty Mountains to heal his wounds. If you wish to go there, please proceed with caution.]
[Level 1 Intelligence: Tomorrow morning, a Tier 1 monster, the Poison Pool Crocodile, will break through to Tier 2 in the Poison Pool in the central area of the Bone Forest. Please proceed with caution if you wish to go there.]
[Level 2 Intelligence: Tomorrow, on their way to Tianyuan Market, the Zhang family will be ambushed by Ming family cultivators while passing through the Rocky Forest. Lin Dahai, a rogue cultivator in the group, is an inside agent of the Ming family. If you wish to proceed, please be careful.]
[Remaining Intelligence Points: 293]
"Level 2 intelligence, we've been waiting for you for so long, but unfortunately it's bad news."
Zhang Lingyu was startled by this intelligence and immediately used thirty intelligence points to exchange it for more detailed information.
The text on the jade tablet twisted for a moment, and after two breaths it turned into more detailed information.
[Level 2 Intelligence: Tomorrow morning, Zhang Yuanming, the seventh elder of the Zhang family, Zhang Yuanyi, the tenth elder, and seven mid-stage Qi Refining cultivators will transport spirit rice to Tianyuan Market for sale. One of the two rogue cultivators in the group is named Lin Dahai, an inside agent of the Ming family, with a strength of Qi Refining Level 5. Ming family elders Ming Yichen and Ming Yixing will lead five mid-stage Qi Refining clansmen to ambush in the southwest direction of the Chaotic Stone Forest. Ming Yichen and Ming Yixing are at Qi Refining Level 7. If you wish to go there, please be careful.]
"Two at the seventh level, five at the mid-level, and one rogue cultivator acting as an inside agent..."
After reading it, Zhang Lingyu had a headache. Although the Ming family's numbers were about the same as his own, the addition of a rogue cultivator to launch a sneak attack would definitely cause heavy losses to the Zhang family.
He also met the two rogue cultivators. They were currently in Biyue Town. In the past, the Zhang family would not hire rogue cultivators to transport goods, but this Lin Dahai and the other rogue cultivator Qi Xing were good friends of Zhang Yuanming and lived in the Zhang family's territory for many years.
They were also going to the market to buy cultivation supplies, so Zhang Yuanming took them along.
Now that I have the intelligence, I can't just tell Zhang Yuanming that my family will launch a sneak attack in the Rocky Forest tomorrow, can I?
Regardless of whether the information is true or false, when asked how they knew it, they will have no way to explain themselves!
Zhang Lingyu sighed. If he were in a high position in the family, he could prepare information about the family in advance. Now, all he could do was remind them to pay more attention.
We can't very well ask Zhang Xinghao to come along too, can we?
Just as he was racking his brains for a solution, an urging voice came from outside the door: "Nineteenth Brother, are you ready? We should set off!"
"Okay, I'm coming!"
Zhang Lingyu sighed after hearing this and walked towards the door. As for how to deal with the Ming family's sneak attack, he could only continue to remind them on the way.
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