The black wooden token of the Seven - Star Alliance.
Zhao Shuning had seen it before.
However, it was more than forty years ago.
"The Seven - Star Alliance? Is it the sect founded by Lin Lang, an inner - sect disciple of the An family back then? But it has long since disappeared over the years, hasn't it?"
When Zhao Shuning mentioned the Seven - Star Alliance, everyone was a bit surprised.
"Perhaps - it didn't disappear."
Instead, it had gone into hiding in the martial world.
Moving from the open to the shadows.
"Why does Xie An have a connection with the Seven - Star Alliance?"
Zhao Shuning shook her head.
The Seven - Star Alliance was a sect under the An family. Over the years, due to the rise of the Zhao family, it should have been quite squeezed out.
Viper also knew that the Zhao and An families didn't get along well.
If so, why did he have a connection with the Seven - Star Alliance?
Zhao Shuning couldn't figure out the reason.
She had no choice but to accept the black wooden token.
With this thing, she wasn't worried about not being able to find someone related to the Seven - Star Alliance.
She had Phoenix. Phoenix had an extremely sensitive sense of smell. As long as the black wooden token was placed beside it, as long as the person was within ten miles, it would surely be able to find his trace.
After dealing with the affairs of the Zhao family for a while.
Zhao Shuning bid farewell to Old Zhao. Then, unable to decline, she had no choice but to set off with a lot of luggage.
A few days ago, after the banquet was over.
Yan Ruyu left in a hurry.
Zhao Shuning knew that it was already very difficult for him to come, and he had accompanied her for such a long time.
When he left, Bu Ran still muttered that they didn't give Zhao Shuning a grand engagement ceremony. But Zhao Shuning thought the occasion was already grand enough. If it was any grander, it seemed that everyone on the Nine - Province Continent would come to congratulate her on her engagement.
She didn't want this matter to be so sensational.
Yan Ruyu had no choice but to follow Zhao Shuning's wishes. He also promised Zhao Shuning that when they got married in the future, he would surely use the sky as a betrothal gift, with a hundred - mile red bridal makeup and a vast expanse of territory to marry her into his home.
This remark.
Zhao Shuning just listened casually.
She didn't take it to heart.
But Yan Ruyu was very serious when he said that.
When Zhao Shuning set off for the imperial capital, Chang'an, with the black wooden token, in a small mountain village a hundred miles outside the imperial capital, there was a gloomy and dark small building.
"Drop -"
The sound of water dripping on the wooden board.
A man gently pushed open the courtyard door of the small building. The door made an old - fashioned creaking sound, full of implications.
The birds inside instantly flew in all directions.
The man who came in shivered and walked tremblingly inside.
He took five steps.
Suddenly, a sharp blade appeared in front of him.
The man quickly said, "Leader, it's me."
The man inside coughed lightly, and the blade on the man's neck slowly withdrew.
"What's up?"
This voice.
At first hearing, it had a very vicissitudinous feeling.
"We still haven't found the leader of the Shuiyun Sect."
"Useless!"
The man growled.
The man outside went limp in the knees and immediately knelt down.
At this time, a woman slowly walked out from the right side of the small building. This woman looked somewhat familiar. Taking a closer look, she was quite familiar. She resembled Miao Xi, who had appeared in the Yuan family many years ago, by seven or eight points.
She slowly said, "You're really useless. Viper has already fallen into Brother Lin Lang's scheme. Your action should have been like catching a turtle in a jar, but you still let him escape. Brother Lin Lang has been planning for so many years. When it's time to close the net, it's all ruined by you low - level people."
The woman spoke plausibly.
She seemed like the mistress of this small building.
However, it was strange.
The man sitting in the dark in the room didn't refute at all.
"It's the subordinate's incompetence."
"You are really incompetent. Remember, if it weren't for my aunt propping up and taking care of your Seven - Star Alliance all the time, otherwise, your Seven - Star Alliance would have already fallen apart."
The man in the dark.
Suddenly tightened his grip on the chair he was sitting on.
The chair shattered into two pieces under the man's great strength.
"Bang!"
The woman was startled.
She looked inside.
Before she knew it, the man had stood up.
Although he was in the dark, his eyes were still so fierce and scary.
"Have you said enough?"
Lin Lang spoke.
As his words came out, he slowly walked out.
It could be seen that there were thick cloth strips wrapped around his chest. He should have been injured recently.
Although the man was injured, he was still like a wild wolf in the middle of the night, not allowing anyone to be presumptuous.
Miao Xi came to her senses.
She quickly said, "Brother Lin Lang, I didn't mean that."
Lin Lang stretched out his hand.
He took a long breath and forcibly suppressed his anger.
"It's okay. You're right." He was living under someone else's roof. He really relied on the head of the An family to have such development.
However.
He was extremely talented. Even without the head of the An family, it was just a matter of time before he became a strong person.
Miao Xi let out a sigh of relief.
"Brother Lin Lang, I have no malicious intention."
The man walked completely into the light.
Under the sunlight.
His face was so sinister. Obviously, he looked only in his early twenties, but his voice was extremely vicissitudinous. It seemed that he had also taken the beauty - preserving pill.
The sunlight was a bit blinding.
Lin Lang stretched out his hand.
The wound on his chest pulled, causing pain.
He gasped.
"Brother Lin Lang, how are you?"
"Miao Xi."
"Hmm? Brother Lin Lang, what do you want to say?"
"If you have nothing to do, go back. Otherwise, the head of the family will scold me again. Now the Seven - Star Alliance is no longer as grand as before. You staying here all day is just wasting your time."
"Brother Lin Lang."
"Go." The man's tone was firm.
Miao Xi didn't dare to refute.
Although she was the niece of An Susu and deeply loved by An Susu.
But Lin Lang was the man she had loved since childhood.
Whether in the past or now, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't catch up with him.
"Brother Lin Lang, your injury?"
"It will be okay after some rest."
Miao Xi was disappointed.
The moment she knew that Lin Lang was injured, she rushed over.
However, when he saw her, Lin Lang showed no sign of happiness. Instead, there was a trace of unhappiness on his face.
He didn't even tell her who had injured him.
Now, he had personally issued an order to drive her away.
"Miao Xi -"
"Hmm?" Miao Xi quickly turned around.
The man's lips moved.
He only said, "If you really regard me as your elder brother, don't tell the head of the family about the matter of Viper."
"Why?" As soon as the three words were out of her mouth, Miao Xi looked up and met Lin Lang's firm and patient eyes. She swallowed and then nodded.
"Okay."
She didn't know why Brother Lin Lang was secretly carrying out this plan without telling her aunt.
But this was the first time he had asked her for something.
She had no choice but to agree.