I am a cannon fodder, so what's wrong with grabbing an opportunity?

Jing Kun frowned and looked at the person inside. If he hadn't confirmed that the breath was indeed Zhao Qiu.

He couldn't believe that the person who was pinned down on the couch like a piglet by three or five female cultivators, unable to move, was Zhao Qiu.

If it were any other time, he might have felt relieved, but now he just felt like he was slapping himself in the face.

He immediately released the pressure from his Spiritual Realm, forcing everyone around him to their knees.

Mr. Xia was a little better, but he also lowered his head.

He knew that this was a warning from the city lord. He didn't understand if Zhao Qiu was really so important to the city lord?

"take away."

At Jing Kun's command, the pressure from Xia Lao and others disappeared.

He hurried forward and took the person away.

Everyone in Qianjin Pavilion could only watch as Jing Kun and his group took the man away.

"Quick, go and notify the steward." After the restraints on his body disappeared, the leading man said as a matter of routine.

Xie Zhiqiu was helped to a room where a doctor had been waiting.

The doctor went forward to check and reported to Jingkun.

"Reporting to the city lord, Patrol Envoy Zhao has been eating food tainted with Bromochorium poison for several days. The toxins have been squeezed out for many days, causing diarrhea."

"As for the wound on my face, it was caused by accidentally inhaling the swelling that has been floating around in Xishuang City recently."

"Many people experience swelling in different parts of their body after aspiration, which usually heals in three to five days."

"In addition, Envoy Zhao inhaled a lot of muscle softening powder and antidiarrhea medicine. It will take another half a day for the effect of the medicine to completely dissipate."

Jing Kun didn't say anything. He raised his hand and the pharmacist and others went out.

Only Xie Zhiqiu and Jing Kun were left in the room.

Jing Kun sat next to Xie Zhiqiu and asked, "Zhao Qiu, you did this on purpose, didn't you?"

"No," Xie Zhiqiu tried his best to act like a person who couldn't speak fluently.

Even if everyone knew it, she would never admit it.

Jing Kun warned: "I don't care what you want to do, you'd better not think about running away, otherwise I don't mind stopping your immortal journey here."

"No...just."

Jing Kun didn't care whether she dared or not, and said, "There will be a banquet tomorrow and you will come with me. Don't think about embarrassing me."

Xie Zhiqiu didn't expect that Jing Kun would actually take him to a banquet. If nothing unexpected happened, it should be the banquet hosted by Jin Ning.

Jing Kun turned and left without waiting for Zhao Qiu's response.

Day two.

Xie Zhiqiu's face had recovered a little, and he spoke more fluently, but his voice still hadn't returned to normal.

"Put it on." Old Xia handed a mask to Xie Zhiqiu, "Don't embarrass the city lord."

Xie Zhiqiu pretended to take it reluctantly, muttering, "I have to cover up such a beautiful face as mine."

Mr. Xia: ...

He urged, "Hurry up, don't keep the city lord waiting for too long."

Xie Zhiqiu reluctantly put on the mask given to her by Old Xia and followed Old Xia to find Jing Kun.

The two were escorted to the banquet hall, and Xia Lao and others were guarding outside.

Old Xia didn't understand why the city lord chose to bring Zhao Qiu instead of him since he could only bring one person to the party. How could Zhao Qiu help him?

As soon as we entered the banquet hall.

Then Qian Mian was seen bringing Jin Ning, apparently introducing someone to Jin Ning.

Seeing them come in, bring Jin Ning over.

Xie Zhiqiu listened quietly to Qian Mian introducing the two of them, without saying a word. Her role today was not suitable for speaking.

Now that the routine greetings are over, it's time to leave.

But Qian Mian was such a devil that when anyone pointed at her at this time, she covered most of her face.

"Lord Jing, this is Special Envoy Zhao."

Jing Kun smiled and said, "Master Qian is as humorous as ever. We are all so familiar with each other, don't you know Zhao Qiu yet?"

"It's been a while since we last met, and you're wearing a mask so I can hardly recognize you. What happened to Special Envoy Zhao?"

Jing Kun did not answer directly, but let Zhao Qiu explain himself: "Zhao Qiu, Mr. Qian is asking you a question."

"His face is disfigured..." Xie Zhiqiu explained simply.

Jin Ning looked at Zhao Qiu in front of him and felt that he was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember where he was familiar.

Qian Mian introduced Jin Ning, "This Daoist Fellow Zhao is an expert at refining weapons. Even though her cultivation is not high, she is able to refine precious weapons."

At this point, he pretended to discover, "Oh, Special Envoy Zhao has been promoted to the Golden Core stage. Congratulations."

Jin Ning understood Qian Mian's subtext. Zhao Qiu was able to refine precious artifacts when he was in the foundation-building stage. He was indeed a rare talent.

With the intention of making friends, he formally introduced himself to Xie Zhiqiu: "Jin Ning, a disciple of Xuantian Sect."

Xie Zhiqiu returned the greeting: "Hibi City, Zhao Qiu."

Seeing that it was almost time, Qian Mian took Jin Ning to meet the others.

The banquet begins.

Jin Ning sat at the top, Qian Mian sat beside her, hosting the banquet for her.

Xie Zhiqiu stood behind Jing Kun, carefully observing everyone present.

In addition to Jing Kun, there are four powerful people in the Spirit Severing Realm, and another ten in the Nascent Soul Realm.

Xie Zhiqiu thought to himself: This lineup is really big, I wonder if Jin Ning can control it.

Even though Qian Mian took her to meet these people one by one in advance, it doesn't mean that these people will pay for it.

As expected, when Jin Ning spoke, someone sneered outright.

"A little kid in the Jindan realm is also commanding us."

"Old Jiang, you can't say that. He is the direct disciple of the number one sect in the world."

"Tsk, if it weren't for Qianjin Pavilion's face, I wouldn't have come."

Xie Zhiqiu watched Jin Ning ignore what those people said and continued to speak his own words.

"Dear seniors, I am Jin Ning, my disciple is Feng Yang, the elder of Xuantian Sect's Discipline Peak."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone who had something to say shut up.

Jin Ning just deliberately did not say who his master was, just to suppress these people at this moment.

Everyone present here knows Feng Yang from the Xuantian Sect. He is a powerful being in the Spirit Transformation Realm. There is no one in this world who does not know him.

All the people present together were not enough to beat him.

Xie Zhiqiu listened to Jin Ning talking a lot, feeling drowsy, but finally he heard the main point.

To put it simply, Jin Ning knows where the entrance to the Qingyan Secret Realm is, but she needs everyone present to help her open the entrance.

"When the time comes, we will all enter the Qingyan Secret Realm together, and what we get will depend on our own abilities."

Unfortunately, everyone here has reached the Nascent Soul stage or above, and the secret realm is no longer very attractive to them.

For them to advance, they either rely on chance or have something particularly powerful that can help them break through directly.

Jin Ning also noticed that everyone was not interested.

He knew it was time to reveal his biggest bargaining chip: "There is the Moqing Karma Fire in the Qingyan Secret Realm."

"Moqing Karma Fire?" Someone slammed the table and asked, "Are you talking about Moqing Karma Fire, one of the ten great karmic fires?"

"Yes." This is exactly the effect Jin Ning wanted.

"And as far as I know, the Qingyan Secret Realm's cultivation limit is the Spirit Severing Realm. Everyone here can enter the secret realm."

Jin Ning's words brought the atmosphere of the entire conference hall to a climax.

Xie Zhiqiu didn't expect that the cultivation limit in Qingyan Secret Realm would be so high.

But when she thought about the cultivation level of everyone present, Jin Ning could not defeat any of them. However, she still said it out loud, whether she wanted the karma fire or not.