The Fourth Financial Crisis

While the three of them were laughing and joking, they had already left the lively Pinghai Avenue.

Just walking through the streets and alleys at will, the flow of people around them became less and less. In the end, even the hustle and bustle of the commercial street gradually faded away. When the three of them arrived at a remote alley, the surroundings had completely quieted down. Only the pleasant chatter and laughter of Li Qingning and Murong could be heard from time to time in the alley.

Yang Lu originally enjoyed this warm atmosphere, but the too quiet environment around him quickly caught his attention, and he frowned slightly. He stared at the uninhabited alleys passing by with some confusion.

"Murong, are there usually no people in this area?"

Hearing Yang Lu's initiative to ask questions, Murong quickly freed his little head from Li Qingning's towering chest and answered seriously: "This area is the cargo storage yard of major chambers of commerce, Qingning Chamber of Commerce and Haiya Chamber of Commerce. The farm is also nearby. Very few people come here usually, but now that ocean trade has been completely suspended, there will definitely be fewer pedestrians than usual."

However, Yang Lu shook his head slightly: "Now it is the eve of the Immortal Ascension Conference. Haiya City is filled with out-of-town immortal seekers. The city lord's palace is eager to transform the sewers into dormitories for immortal seekers. This huge area of ​​goods How could the storage yard and the City Lord's Mansion just let it sit here so empty?"

After being reminded by Yang Lu, Murong also felt that something was wrong: "You are right. Even if these cargo yards are temporarily idle, the major chambers of commerce should send people to guard them to prevent vagrants from coming in and stealing. But we haven’t seen anyone else for a long time... This is indeed a bit strange!"

Seeing that the two people were talking more and more mysteriously, Li Qingning couldn't help but frown and said: "There is no one for some reason. Is it the effect of illusion?"

Before Yang Lu had time to ask what illusion was, crisp applause suddenly sounded from the shadows on the side of the road.

Following the sound, a masked man wearing a bamboo hat appeared out of nowhere: "I didn't plan to show up so soon, but I didn't expect you to discover the existence of the phantom array so quickly! But it's not a big problem. It’s enough to lead you here.”

When Li Qingning saw the man in a hat suddenly appeared, he immediately asked, "Is it you who set up the magic array in this area?"

The man in the hat nodded and said, "Yes, this [Yu Ji Hong Sales Formation] was laid out by me myself."

Li Qingning calmly took a step forward, protecting Yang Lu and Murong behind him, and then continued to ask: "Who are you? What do you want to do to us?"

The man in the bamboo hat did not answer directly, but recited a poem softly: "Listen to the wind. On the high building, the mist wets the cloud clothes. The rain is coming and the rainbow is shining, and the foreign minister's hammer is ringing... I am also entrusted by others to come here to do something. That’s all.”

This poem obviously had a different meaning. Li Qingning's pupils shrank slightly: "Tinghe Yuge! You are actually the killer of Tinghe Yuge!"

"Oh? You actually know the name of Heyu Pavilion?" Seeing Li Qingning reveal his identity, the man in the hat was obviously a little surprised.

After seeing through the identity of the other party, the vigilance in Li Qingning's eyes became even stronger: "Ordinary people don't know what Ting Heyuge does. How could I not know? You are so brave, you dare to attack me. !”

However, the man in the hat gently shook his head and said: "Our target is not you, but the man named Yang Lu behind you. I don't know what the relationship between you two is with him, but I suggest that you better not obstruct the listener. Heyu Pavilion is on a mission!"

Although Li Qingning does not often appear in public, he is definitely more famous than Yang Lu. Since the killer of Tingheyu Pavilion knows Yang Lu's identity, there is no reason why he should not know Li Qingning's true identity. This shows that the other party has not seen through Li Qingning's superb skills. Disguise, but treat her as an ordinary mortal!

Hearing that the killer wanted to take his life by name, Yang Lu couldn't help but feel nervous: hiding in the headquarters of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce for more than a month, he had almost forgotten the cruelty of the cultivation society.

The essence of business competition in the cultivation world is actually the competition between the cultivation forces behind the major chambers of commerce. Since the game is dominated by cultivators, physical destruction is undoubtedly one of the potential competitive strategies. My drastic reforms during this period have offended countless vested interests, and now some people are even trying to hire killers to eradicate me!

Thinking of this, he immediately warned in a deep voice: "Cultivators who kill mortals will lose a lot of merit!"

However, Ting Heyuge's killer smiled coldly: "So what? As long as the reward is high enough, it's worth deducting some merit!"

Yang Lu pointed to his head and asked, "What price did the person who hired you pay?"

Listening to the Heyu Pavilion killer smiled and pointed out four fingers: "A total of 40,000 yuan of spirit stone coins!"

"What a generous act!"

"You are the consultant of the Qingning Chamber of Commerce, the price is not expensive!"

Seeing that the other party was determined to take his life, Yang Lu immediately turned his questioning eyes to Li Qingning.

No matter how powerful this killer organization named Tinghe Yuge is, it will never dare to assassinate the great-granddaughter of the president of Lingshi Reserve Bank. Yang Lu believes that as long as Li Qingning is willing to take the initiative to reveal his identity, the other party will worship him without saying anything, at least Will also retreat when faced with difficulties.

However, Li Qingning ignored Yang Lu's gaze and instead showed an eager expression. Even if she didn't speak, Yang Lu could see her true thoughts:

The eldest lady wants to fight!

Seeing that Yang Lu didn't say anything for a long time, he heard that the killer of Heyu Pavilion stopped talking nonsense. As soon as he raised his left hand, a jet of black sword light made a strange roar and struck in the direction where Yang Lu was standing.

However, Li Qingning had already been ready to take action.

Almost at the same time as the killer made his move, Li Qingning stretched out his slender hand, and a cyan vortex appeared in his palm. Then, as if disturbed by some force, the jet-black sword light was quickly pulled aside by an invisible force, directly punching a huge transparent hole in a brick-and-stone dry bulk warehouse next to the road.

"Wind attribute spiritual root, you are a Qi Refining Dzogchen practitioner!"

Seeing Li Qingning easily blocking his attack, the smile of the Heyuge assassin suddenly froze.

After the fight just now, both sides have clearly felt that Li Qingning's cultivation level is better than that of Ting Heyuge's killer!

This Mr. Killer never expected that Yang Lu, a mortal employee of the Chamber of Commerce, would be protected by a cultivator when he went shopping. If he had known that things would become so troublesome, he would never have accepted this deal for 40,000 yuan of spirit stone coins. commission.

Realizing that the other party's cultivation level was not as good as his own, Li Qingning said proudly: "Tell me about your employer and I will spare your life!"

When the Heyu Pavilion killer heard the proposal given by Li Qingning, he suddenly showed a look of struggle.

Just when Li Qingning thought that the other party had been shaken, he heard a sudden change in the expression of the Heyu Pavilion killer. The black light that had just been knocked away unexpectedly shot out from the ruins of the warehouse again, stabbing Li Qingning in the back of the heart at a faster speed.

It turns out that the killer's hesitation just now was all an illusion. He actually took advantage of Li Qingning's unpreparedness and launched a sneak attack!

Although Li Qingning had a higher level of cultivation, she obviously had little actual combat experience. She hurriedly volleyed her palm in the air and swatted the incoming black light, but her movements were slightly slower than half a beat.

"Oops!"

Li Qingning was careless and was hit head-on by the black light. He suddenly let out a mournful cry of pain and was shot to the side like a cannonball, even knocking down a stone wall on the side of the road.