After Fei Si reported the incident, he received Meng Kui's approval and hurried back to Yun City. When he saw Zhu Xuanji and Song Fuli again, he first sent a message to the former: "Master Zhu, Huoshi Fairy City and Lava Fairy Palace are facing siege. We must unite and cooperate, work together, and overcome the difficulties together." "At present, we still need the help of Song Fuli's group to be more confident in fighting against the monster tide and overcoming this crisis." "I have obtained the authorization of Master Meng Kui and can discuss compensation with Song Fuli." "I am afraid that this person will ask for too much... Alas, our situation is indeed passive." "In this case, I hope Master Zhu will help us for the sake of being a citizen of Nandou!" Zhu Xuanji nodded and quickly sent a message back: "Meng Kui and I are officials in the same dynasty. We are one body. Now we are in the same boat and should contribute more." "Don't worry, I will also participate in the negotiations. I also have the right to make some decisions about the royal family's things." Whether it is his own position or the oral contract just now, Zhu Xuanji actively participated in the negotiations. With Zhu Xuanji's reinforcement, Fei Si secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He invited Song Fuli to the City Lord's Mansion, and asked Zhu Xuanji to accompany him to start a negotiation. It was obviously impossible to track down the stolen treasures and return them to Yunshang within two days. The City Lord's Mansion wanted to unite with Yunshang to fight against the monster tide. To show sincerity, he simply negotiated compensation to win over Song Fuli. Negotiations were difficult, and the three parties were entangled, and the situation was quite complicated. On the surface, Zhu Xuanji and Fei Si joined forces to discuss with Song Fuli. Secretly, Zhu Xuanji and Song Fuli also had a tacit understanding, and they all wanted the City Lord's Mansion to bleed more. Two hours later, the compensation negotiation finally came to a conclusion. Song Fuli's hearty laughter came from the reception room. Fei Si's face was extremely ugly. The City Lord's Mansion paid a huge price, and he almost didn't keep the bottom line left by Meng Kui. Zhu Xuanji wiped the sweat from his head. He also paid a lot of price on behalf of the Nandou royal family. Song Fuli made a lot of money! Not only can he legitimately participate in the competition of Lava Fairy Palace, but he also took advantage of the monster tide to make the City Lord's Mansion and the Nandou royal family pay high fees in exchange for their assistance. After calculation, not only did he fill the hole of stolen treasures completely, but he also made a lot of money! The three parties finalized the details and quickly signed the contract. There was a knock on the door, and a monk from the City Lord's Mansion came to report. Reporting at this time must be a major event. Fei Si thought that there was a problem with the city defense, and hurriedly asked his subordinates to come in, but he heard that "the warehouse guard was corrupt and derelict of duty." It turned out that the monsters attacked the city and the Fire Persimmon Fairy City was passively defended. Fei Si thought of mobilizing fire persimmons and making explosives on a large scale as a trump card in a critical moment.
As a result, when the subordinates took the fire persimmons from the warehouse, they found that a large amount of fire persimmons had disappeared! Since the persimmons were picked, the warehouse has been sealed, and only the manager can enter and exit. So, the spearhead was pointed directly at the clerk who managed the warehouse. If it wasn't him who embezzled, who else could it be? This immediately made Fei Si very angry. "Good, good, good, very good!" "At this critical moment, corruption really makes my City Lord's Mansion proud." Fei Si was so angry that his face turned pale. He regretted calling in his subordinates and exposing this matter to Zhu Xuanji and Song Fuli. Especially Song Fuli, he cast a distrustful look again. "I was also confused. I was so unwise to handle official business in front of outsiders!" "Alas..." Fei Si lamented. The negotiation just now really made him rack his brains and talk a lot, and his mind was not in a good state. At this time, he was fortunate that they had just agreed on a compensation and cooperation plan and signed a contract. Otherwise, Song Fuli would probably despise the City Lord's Mansion even more because of this incident, and thus ask for an even higher price. At this point, in order to save his reputation, Fei Si simply ordered: "Bring up the corrupt clerk!" Soon, the clerk was escorted and knelt in front of Fei Si and the other three Jindan cultivators. "Tell me! How did you embezzle! What method did you use to forge the array records? Who did you sell that batch of fire persimmons to?!" Fei Si shouted. The warehouse manager at the foundation-building level was so scared that he peed and cried, "Sir, Sir Feisi, please see clearly!" "I am innocent, I have not embezzled at all." "Those fire persimmons have been delivered directly to the warehouse through the teleportation array since they were picked during the festival." "I am only responsible for checking, and I dare not touch them at all." Feisi's eyes were sharp: "You dare to quibble!" "Then you have checked many times, why did you only find the large-scale deficit until the fire persimmons were put into use today?" The clerks cried and said, "Although I check every day, I only check the surrounding surface, but I didn't find that the pile of fire persimmons has been emptied!" "I failed to check, extremely failed, this is indeed my fault!" "But I really didn't embezzle, I swear to heaven, I really didn't touch a single fire persimmon." The clerk cried and was sincere. "Okay, okay, you are quite good at avoiding the important issues. I believe you have expected this and have been trying to get around our country's laws all day long, right?" Fei Si's face was gloomy, revealing his murderous intent.
Zhu Xuanji sighed lightly. He saw that Fei Si wanted to cut the Gordian knot quickly, to kill the chicken to scare the monkey, and to restore the reputation of the City Lord's Mansion. This was impatience. Zhu Xuanji couldn't stand it and stood up: "I just used some tricks to check, but this guy is not lying." "How many fire persimmons were lost?" Fei Si's face was gloomy, staring at Zhu Xuanji like a hawk. The two of them confronted each other with their eyes for a while. After all, Fei Si didn't want Song Fuli to see the internal strife of Nandou Kingdom, so he had to take a step back and report a compromise number. Zhu Xuanji's eyes flashed with gold, and he immediately recognized that Fei Si was not sincere and was lying. Obviously, in this situation, Fei Si could only report a smaller number. This immediately made Zhu Xuanji frown and his face darken: "So many?!" A lot of fire persimmons were lost, especially many ten thousand and thousand year old fire persimmons. Fire persimmons are like fire spirits. If so many fire persimmons are used by people with ulterior motives, it is likely to cause great damage to the Lava Fairy Palace, especially at the time when the monster tide is constantly attacking. If the fire persimmon explodes, causing the front line to collapse and allowing the monsters to rush into the city, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties. "This matter must be investigated and cannot be ignored!" Zhu Xuanji stared at the clerk, with a golden light in his eyes. This is really bad news. Compared with the theft of Yunshang's goods, this is even more important. Song Fuli said: "It was able to easily steal the treasures of the City Lord's Mansion, and it was not discovered until now. Could it be that the same group of people did it?" "Bukongmen?" Fei Si's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "It is very likely!" If it weren't for Zhu Xuanji, he would have confirmed it immediately. No matter what, he couldn't take this pot on his shoulders and affect his career. Zhu Xuanji had a bottom line and said: "We still have to investigate to determine the real culprit!" He originally thought that he could return to Lava Fairy Palace immediately after he dealt with Yunshang, but he didn't expect that the fire persimmon theft case would happen. He went to the warehouse without stopping and conducted on-site surveys. Under the golden eyes, almost everything was exposed. Soon, Zhu Xuanji made an amazing discovery! "Black Shadow Demon Cultivator?!" After tracing the source, Zhu Xuanji "saw" a scene that had happened here. The Black Shadow Demon Cultivator hid in the fire persimmon warehouse, took away a large number of fire persimmons, and then covered in black smoke, like a black python, and easily drilled out of the warehouse. There were six layers of magic arrays in the warehouse, but the black python came and went freely along the gaps between the magic arrays! "So, the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator has been hiding here? But is he the original Black Shadow Demon Cultivator?"
During the Jindan melee, several Black Shadow Demon Cultivators had emerged. Zhu Xuanji could not judge the true origin of this Black Shadow Demon Cultivator based on this past image alone. "Is it the Meng family who embezzled? Or is the City Lord's Mansion just a simple victim?" In an instant, the fog enveloped Zhu Xuanji's heart. Seeing Zhu Xuanji's expression change, Fei Si asked anxiously: "Did Lord Zhu find any key clues?" "Yes, I found something. The one who stole the fire persimmon was the black shadow demon cultivator!" Zhu Xuanji thought about it and told him the truth. Fei Si stared: "Black shadow demon cultivator?!" He was stunned for a moment, then reacted: "Wait, doesn't that mean that anyone could be a possible person?" After the Jindan melee, the identity of the black shadow demon cultivator was common, and anyone could play the role. Zhu Xuanji nodded slowly. He said: "The Fire Persimmon Mountain often shakes, even with the Lava Fairy Palace suppressing the bottom of the mountain, it is inevitable." "The city defense formation has not changed for many years. It has been damaged by the shaking of the mountain, and the repair work can be seen all year round." "When the six-layer magic formation was first arranged, it was tightly connected and there was no space for the formation." "But as time goes by, there will always be gaps due to the shaking of the mountain." "The Black Shadow Demon uses these gaps to enter and exit the warehouse." Fei Si stared again: "Such a narrow gap can get people in?" Zhu Xuanji sighed: "It seems that some kind of magic or magical power was used." Fei Si was speechless. After a moment of silence, he reacted completely. Immediately, Fei Si bowed deeply to Zhu Xuanji and said sincerely: The City Lord's Mansion is definitely the victim, and this is definitely not a self-directed and self-acted thing. Zhu Xuanji's eyes were shining with gold, and he kept staring at Fei Si. "I know you didn't lie. However, just because you didn't do it doesn't mean the City Lord's Mansion didn't do it, right?" Zhu Xuanji said. Fei Si was speechless. Zhu Xuanji's implication was that Meng Kui secretly arranged it and kept it from Fei Si. This is indeed possible. After all, it is taboo for the righteous to use the magic chess pieces, and the fewer people know about it, the better. If such a thing really exists, Fei Si would rather not know it! The more such secrets he knows, the more dangerous he is. Fei Si subconsciously looked at the top of Huoshi Mountain, and immediately realized that this action was inappropriate.
He frowned and immediately promised that he would give orders to let his subordinates thoroughly investigate the front line and the key points of the fairy city. "But I can't do anything about the Lava Fairy Palace." Fei Si then sighed and asked Zhu Xuanji in a helpless tone to follow this clue to the end! Zhu Xuanji also sighed: "I need to consider it comprehensively."