Huang Yun came to Liu Ming and the others in a few seconds.
A tall old man stood on the cloud with a dignified face. He was obviously a person who was used to giving orders. He glared at the two young men, then he bowed to Liu Ming and said with an apologetic face,
"Sir envoy, these juniors are ignorant. Please forgive them if they have offended you."
"It's okay. Are you the Xu Family's Master Kaiyang?" Liu Ming naturally wouldn't care about these little things, so he said with a slight smile.
"Sir envoy has a sharp eye. I'm the Xu Family's Patriarch." The tall old man's face stiffened. He was surprised. For a while, he didn't understand how the person in front of him saw his identity.
Liu Ming smiled slightly. With the other party's Condensation State cultivation and the tone of reprimanding the two Xu Family disciples, how could he not judge the other party's identity?
As for his identity as a Taiqing Gate disciple, most likely the other party had received the news in advance that someone had accepted the mission from his family. He might even have a certain understanding of his appearance. Otherwise, he would not come out to greet him so easily.
The two young men on the black eagle hurriedly stepped forward to greet him in fear. Under the command of the tall old man, they immediately went to the mountain behind to report.
Not long after, the enchantment outside the mountain peak fluctuated, and a passage was slowly opened.
"Sir envoy, please come to the castle first." Seeing this, Xu Kaiyang immediately ended the small talk in his mouth. He made a respectful gesture with one hand.
Liu Ming was not polite. After nodding, he floated into the passage.
As a result, after flying for a hundred meters, a yellow brilliance flashed in front of him, revealing a rather magnificent and tall castle-like building below.
At a glance, the highest point of the castle was more than three hundred meters. It was surrounded by layers of shadowy buildings. The outermost was a tall city wall that surrounded most of the mountain peak in the middle.
"Our place is very simple, please forgive us, sir envoy." Xu Kaiyang said to Liu Ming while leading Liu Ming to an inner hall door of the castle.
"You're too kind, Family Leader Xu," Liu Ming replied calmly.
A moment later, the two of them landed on the ground. There were already several yellow-robed old men standing at the entrance, and they came up to greet them.
"You must be the High Emissary of the Taiqing Gate. I am Xu Yunzhen, the First Elder of the clan. Please forgive me for not welcoming you earlier." The one who spoke was a skinny old man with yellow hair and beard. The people behind him seemed to be following his lead.
"Fellow Daoists, you're too polite. I'm Liu Ming. I'm here on the orders of the Sect to complete the task entrusted to me by the Xu Family." Liu Ming looked around and returned the greeting with a smile. At the same time, he took out his Outer Disciple Nameplate and tossed it over.
"It turns out that Envoy Liu is the outer disciple of the Taiqing Sect. His future must be bright, and it is just around the corner for him to reach the Crystallization Period. Come, let me introduce you to the elders of my Xu Clan. " The skinny old man caught the token, and after checking it, his yellow eyes lit up. He immediately said with a laugh as he put away the token in his hand.
Then, together with Xu Kaiyang, he began to introduce the people present one by one.
These elders of the Xu Family were all cultivators of the Condensation Period. The skinny old man had the highest cultivation at the Condensation Period intermediate stage. The others, including the patriarch Xu Kaiyang, were all at the early stage.
Although these people were all calm, Liu Ming had already discovered with a slight scan of Divine Thought that these people present, except for the Xu Family's patriarch, everyone else had some blood surging, and there was a hint of black gas faintly on their faces. They were obviously seriously injured.
After exchanging some pleasantries, Liu Ming walked into the hall of the castle under the escort of several elders.
After they were seated according to the host and the guest, a maid immediately served tea.
"This' Yellow Dew Tea 'is a specialty of my Cangman Mountain. Although it is not an upper grade spirit tea, it is still sweet and moist with a long aftertaste. Sir Envoy, please have a sip." Xu Family's patriarch sat opposite Liu Ming and said with a smile.
"The tea can be drunk slowly, but the Sect's mission said that there are two powerful ghosts near this place. What is the specific situation?" Liu Ming picked up the teacup and took a sip, then he said.
When the Xu Family people present heard this question, they couldn't help but look at each other awkwardly.
"I didn't expect Sir Envoy to be an impatient person. In fact, even if you don't ask, I will say it." Seeing this, the skinny old man coughed lightly and said.
"It's like this. Our Xu Family originally had a mineral vein in the east of the Cangman Mountain. We have been mining some ordinary ores for more than a hundred years, so nothing major has happened. But two months ago, two disciples of the family were ordered to go on a routine patrol, and they suddenly disappeared in the mining area. We sent people to look for them for a few days, but we couldn't find them. At first, we thought they just went somewhere else, so we didn't pay much attention. "
"But a few days later, two more junior disciples of the family disappeared in the mining area. One of them was even a cultivator of the Spirit Apostle later stage. This matter naturally alerted us. After some investigation, we found that two powerful ghosts of the Condensation Period intermediate stage appeared in the depths of the mine, and they took away those disciples to absorb their essence. Xu Family naturally couldn't allow such a situation to exist, so we gathered many people to fight against them. I was also present at the time. Unfortunately, those two ghosts were far too powerful, and we were all severely wounded after a brief exchange of blows. In that critical moment, we had to activate one of our clan's treasures to escape with great difficulty, "the skinny old man said, and all of the Xu Family clansmen present wore helpless expressions.
Liu Ming's expression did not change when he heard the words. He didn't answer as if he was waiting for the old man to continue.
"The two ghosts are still entrenched in the mining area, so we have to temporarily block the mineral vein. Since such a big event happened, we can't do anything with our strength alone. We can only ask the Taiqing Sect's Sir Envoy for help. "The skinny old man smiled a little self-deprecatingly, and he finally slowly said the entrusted matter.
"In that case, you only saw two ghosts. Is it possible that there is a third one?" Liu Ming suddenly asked after a little hesitation.
"This shouldn't be the case. When we fought with the two ghosts that day, we could barely escape. If they have accomplices, we can't escape so easily. "The skinny old man thought for a while and replied.
Xu Kaiyang also nodded repeatedly.
Liu Ming also felt that the other party's words made sense.
As far as he knew, ghosts usually liked to suck the essence of living people to nourish themselves, and a Spirit Apostle was equivalent to dozens of mortals. If the two ghosts had other companions, they shouldn't let these Condensation Period cultivators go for nothing.
"I don't know the specific appearance of the two ghosts? I also have some understanding of ghosts. Maybe I can speculate the origin of the ghosts? "Liu Ming touched his chin and asked thoughtfully.
As for his understanding of ghosts, he knew quite a bit. The Barbarian Ghost Sect was a sect that specialized in researching these demons and ghosts.
In the Barbarian Ghost Sect's ancient book, the "Hundred Ghosts Parade Painting" left by Grandmaster Liuyin recorded a total of one hundred and eight kinds of ghosts.
"This … When these two ghosts fight, they will control a large area of ghost fog. They are especially good at hiding their tracks and launching surprise attacks. We were not able to clearly see their true appearance." The skinny old man said with a red face when he heard this.
Hearing this, Liu Ming was speechless for a while.
These elders of the Xu Family were really useless. It was fine if they couldn't beat the enemy, but they were killed before they could even see the enemy's appearance. It seemed that their actual combat ability was definitely not too high.
"Although those ghosts are powerful, with the help of the High Ambassador and us old fellows, we will definitely be able to defeat them. Fellow can be at ease. Although our Xu Family can't compare to those large clans, we still have some rare ores left behind by our ancestors in the storehouse. If Fellow doesn't mind, after we get rid of these two evil ghosts, you can pick a few. "The Xu Family Leader saw that Liu Ming had a thoughtful expression and quickly said.
Liu Ming was slightly startled when he heard this, but quickly understood.
These Xu Family Elders were afraid that he would retreat after hearing that the opponent was too powerful.
At this time, Xu Kaiyang was really anxious and fearful.
Although the Xu Family was also under the Taiqing Gate, the family had long been in decline and their resources were really incomparably tight. This time, when something like this happened, although they had asked for help from the Taiqing Gate, because they needed to first treat the injured members of the family, they had already spent almost all of the Spirit Stones in the family. At that time, they could only take out eighty thousand Spirit Stones as a reward for the mission. It was really incomparably shabby.
If Liu Ming in front of him didn't care, perhaps there really wouldn't be any other disciples of the Taiqing Gate coming.
At this moment, seeing that Liu Ming seemed to be hesitating, although this Xu Family Leader was greatly distressed about the lack of refining materials in the family, he could only grit his teeth and promise.
"Everyone, please be at ease. Since I have accepted the mission, I will naturally complete it. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain it to the Sect when I return." Hearing this, Liu Ming's eyes flashed a few times, but he said with a light laugh.
"That's great. The High Ambassador must have had a hard time coming from afar. Rest for today. The mission is not urgent, so it won't be too late to work on it tomorrow. There will be a banquet in the mansion tonight, and I hope Fellow can come. "The Xu Family Leader was relieved and said with a face full of smiles.
The other elders, including the skinny old man, also heaved a sigh of relief.
Liu Ming was indeed a little tired all the way, so he didn't refuse. After bidding farewell to everyone, he came to the guest room prepared by the Xu Family to meditate and rest under the guidance of a servant.
As for the banquet, it was naturally euphemistically declined.
Early the next morning, Liu Ming left the Xu Family Castle accompanied by another middle-aged scholarly elder of the Xu Family and flew to the mineral vein of the Cangman Mountain.
The Xu Family Grand Elder originally wanted to gather all the people and go together, but he was politely declined by Liu Ming.
Two ghosts at the intermediate stage of the Condensation Period weren't enough for him to worry about.
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