"You take care! Xiao Jiu will temporarily stay with me, no need to worry!"
Zhang Wei returned to the elevator area and pressed the button to call the elevator.
He recalled the information he had just received.
This old man was not a Cultivator; from Xiao Jiu, he learned that Xinning was not a Transcendent, and the Kunpeng members who were tailing her also reported that Xinning did not have the aura of a Cultivator.
And An Chen only had Xiao Jiu stay at his good friend Xinning's house during the day.
It was very reasonable...
Taking the elevator to the first floor, Zhang Wei took out his phone and dialed his subordinate.
"The investigation and tracking of Xinning can be stopped. Just leave one person to keep an eye on Xiao Jiu, that dangerous target. I didn't find an opportunity to speak with her alone."
After saying this, Zhang Wei was a bit puzzled.
Even if there was an old man in their house, why didn't he get a chance to speak with Xiao Jiu alone?
He had originally planned to find an opportunity to go inside and chat with Xiao Jiu, since the person outside was just an ordinary old man, neither a Transcendent nor a Cultivator.
But how did he forget?
Going back now seemed a bit redundant, so Zhang Wei still chose to leave first and find another opportunity next time. After all, contacting important members of Jiuzhou was not urgent, nor was it particularly important.
Upstairs, Xiao Jiu stood on her tiptoes, peering out the window, watching Zhang Wei leave.
"What did you do?"
"Nothing much, just slightly altered his memory so he wouldn't suspect me, and, well, my disciple."
As soon as Zhang Wei entered, Hong Shan knocked him unconscious. In fact, there was no communication between them. After Hong Shan finished his work, he waited for Zhang Wei to wake up and then sent him out the door.
Then came the scene just now.
Hong Shan waved his hand, gesturing for Xiao Jiu to sit opposite him.
"Hurry up, hurry up! Today I'm going to get my revenge for yesterday. I refuse to believe I can't beat you at Old Maid!"
Xiao Jiu walked back, sat down, and picked up the cards on the table.
"Didn't you say you could only use Qi Refining Stage power? That guy looked like he was at least Spirit Nurturing Stage. How did you deal with him so easily?"
Hong Shan smiled slightly.
"It's true that I can only use Qi Refining Stage power, but my physical constitution is there, and I have Primordial Spirit assistance. Plus, I ambushed him, so knocking him out wasn't difficult."
Hong Shan stroked his beard and chuckled.
"As for the so-called memory alteration method, it's just a utilization of the Primordial Spirit. This kid is in the Spirit Nurturing Stage, his Primordial Spirit hasn't even fully formed yet, so doing something like this is effortless for me. Although this isn't Qi Refining Stage power, it doesn't use much spiritual energy, and it's the Primordial Spirit at work, so it won't be rejected by the world's rules."
A Soul Transformation Stage Peak is still a Soul Transformation Stage Peak. Even if he suppressed his Realm to the level of Qi Refining Peak, he was still not comparable to some Spirit Nurturing Stage junior.
"And, this method isn't something everyone knows. After all, manipulating someone else's memory is quite difficult, but I know how. How about that?"
Xiao Jiu, however, glanced at him.
"Why do you always speak in such a smug tone?"
Hong Shan paused.
"Am I very smug?"
"Aren't you smug?"
"..."
Xiao Jiu silently lowered her head, thought carefully, then drew a card from Hong Shan's hand and compared it with all her own cards.
"Damn it, Old Maid!"
Xiao Jiu cursed loudly.
"Then why didn't you just modify more of his memories, make him think that An Chen and I aren't a threat? That way, An Chen wouldn't have to be so cautious every day. Sometimes I don't even know what he's guarding against."
However, An Chen was often very accurate in his precautions.
And Xiao Jiu also didn't have a good impression of the Kunpeng people. After knowing that the Kunpeng people had been secretly monitoring her and An Chen, this emotion grew even stronger.
Therefore, when Zhang Wei came, she didn't show him a good face.
She knew that Zhang Youcai had been arrested, and if these people suddenly decided to arrest her one day, she might not be able to fight back.
"How is that so easy!" Hong Shan blew his beard: "If I modify and fabricate his memories, I still have to consider rationality. If I conjure up some impossible memories out of thin air, then his memories will conflict with each other..."
It was impossible for Zhang Wei to believe that Xiao Jiu, a Cultivator at the Qi Refining Twelfth Level, plus her identity as the Fire Phoenix Sect Master's daughter, was not important.
Moreover, memory is not something only one person possesses.
Other members of Kunpeng also possessed these memories, and Hong Shan couldn't modify them one by one.
"So, this is my limit."
Xiao Jiu hissed.
"Oh, so that's all it is. I thought you really had some ability."
Hong Shan immediately became displeased.
"You can call me old, but you can't say I'm incompetent!"
"Then help us get rid of those guys?"
Hong Shan was speechless again.
After all, there were native Soul Transformation Stage Cultivator in this world, and he didn't want to attract the attention of such people.
"Once An Chen reaches the Soul Transformation Stage, he will naturally be able to get rid of those people with his own strength..."
"Then you're still completely useless?"
Hong Shan's face flushed with anger, but he couldn't say anything.
These days, these young girls only know how to annoy people, annoy people, and still annoy people!
On the contrary, An Chen seemed calm...
Sigh!
...
When school was out at noon, An Chen and Xinning returned, and Xiao Jiu told them about the incident.
"Then... should we move? Master, is your method reliable?"
Upon hearing this, Xinning became alert, but An Chen remained calm and said nothing.
"Kid, why aren't you surprised at all?"
Without answering his disciple's question, Hong Shan raised his chin and asked.
"It was expected."
Hong Shan thought about it and suddenly felt that something was wrong.
This guy was usually so cautious, he must have known that the Kunpeng people were following him. So, in this situation, he still frequently interacted with Xinning, and even entered their house...
Damn it!
"Kid, you did it on purpose!"
Only then did Hong Shan understand that all of this was planned by An Chen, to lure the Kunpeng members into a trap, and then rely on him, the great Senior, to solve the problem, perhaps even once and for all, eliminating future troubles.
Even if the problem wasn't solved, he could still probe his background and see what countermeasures he had.
Hong Shan felt a tingling sensation on his scalp, and his eyes narrowed.
This kid was using him.
"I'm your good friend's Master, and you dare to use even me!"
"I'm not, I didn't, don't talk nonsense."
An Chen denied it three times in a row, his attitude sincere, and he even blinked.
But Hong Shan would not be fooled by his innocent expression.
"I don't believe a word you say!"