Asking About Longevity Chapter 459

Chapter 459 Corpse Mine

 Zhang Quan is dead, and there is no evidence of his death.

 The Iron Corpse was robbed and the clues were lost.

Now we can only start with the traitors from the Xiaolingyin Sect.

Mo Hua thought for a while, then ran to ask Yan Jiaoxi:

“Teacher, do you think that traitor is in Nanyue City?”

Yan Jiaoxi's eyes flickered and he sighed:

“I have been searching for a long time, but there are no clues. Maybe he is no longer here...”

Mo Hua shook his head, "Teacher, you lied."

Yan Jiaoxi was stunned for a moment.

Mo Hua looked determined.

Yan Jiaoxi couldn't help but ask, “How did you know I lied?”

"My guess!"

Mo Hua said in a clear voice.

He looked at Yan Jiaoxi, his eyes were black and white, with deep pupils, and his eyes were pure and spotless.

 Looking at Mo Hua like this, Yan Jiaoxi felt that he had no way to hide it.

 There is even some guilt in my heart.

Yan Jiaoxi was silent for a long time, struggling a little in his heart, and finally sighed and said:

"That man is indeed in Nanyue City..."

"I didn't tell you before, firstly because I didn't want to involve you, and secondly because this was just my guess. I don't have any evidence, so I can't be sure."

Mo Hua's eyes brightened slightly and he asked quickly:

 “Where is it in Nanyue City?”

Yan Jiaoxi frowned and said, "I guess it's at the Lu family."

 The Lu family!

Mo Hua's eyes moved and he thought silently in his heart.

The traitor's surname is Shen Mingcai. He changed his name and may also change his appearance. He is lurking in Nanyue City and will most likely find a force to rely on.

 It is impossible to do casual cultivation.

 First, casual cultivators work hard. He definitely did not bully his master and destroy his ancestors just to live a hard life.

The second reason is that he is a formation master, and he is mixed among the casual cultivators without any relatives or reasons, which makes him more eye-catching and his identity even more suspicious.

 If you are not a casual cultivator, you must find a force to rely on.

 If you want to rely on it, it must be a big force.

 It is easy for him to enjoy the shade under the big tree, and it is also easy for him to take shelter under the crowded trees.

The three major forces in Nanyue City are the Daotingsi, the Nanyue Sect, and the Lu family.

Daotingsi pays attention to family background, and no one with an innocent identity—at least on the surface, with an innocent identity—cannot get in;

Nanyue Zong is a sect, and the Lu family is a family.

  Relatively speaking, as long as you have the ability, you can get in.

 Being a teacher, an outer sect or branch elder, a guest minister, or a bride-in-law, there are many choices, and the status is quite high, and the treatment is good.

Mo Hua had also guessed before that if the traitor was hiding, he would be hiding in the Nanyue Sect or the Lu family.

 But he was a little unsure.

And Yan Jiaoxi also guessed that the traitor was in the Lu family...

Mo Hua asked: "Why do you think he is in the Lu family?"

Yan Jiaoxi said: "You are right, I... lied to you with something..."

"I saw the traitor's formation handwriting in Nanyue City. When I told you that I didn't find out the origin of this formation, I actually lied..."

 “I found out…”

Yan Jiaoxi looked solemn and said, "This formation comes from the Lu family."

“There is also that mine. The atmosphere of the formation inside is familiar yet obscure, with some evil..."

“I guess the formation used in the mine is the Lingshu Formation.”

“That mine also belongs to the Lu family.”

“I was also suspicious of the Lu family, so I rented a house near the mine to find out some information and find clues about the traitor..."

Yan Jiaoxi was a little helpless, "I never thought that I would meet Zhang Quan, take him hostage, and be trapped in the zombie village..."

 “You know everything that happens next...”

 Yan Jiaoxi told everything.

Mo Hua nodded slowly, "Looking at it this way, the Lu family is indeed the most suspicious."

Yan Jiaoxi also nodded slightly, then looked depressed:

“The Lu family is so powerful that it occupies several mines and has several people who are responsible for building mines, brothels, gambling houses, and restaurants. They own most of the prosperous Jinhua Street. Their relationships in Nanyue City are intricately intertwined..."

“I don't have the ability to investigate the Lu family. Even if I could, I'm afraid…”

 Yan Jiaoxi sighed deeply.

Mo Hua knows the difficulties of strict teaching and learning.

The Lu family is such a powerful local force, and a foreign monk, even an formation master, cannot inquire about it under strict supervision.

Even if he found out, Yan Jiaoxi was not good at Taoism, so he couldn't do much.

If you report to the court, it is said that someone in the Lu family deceives the master and destroys the ancestors.

 It is estimated that Yan Jiaoxi will be arrested instead.

Mo Hua comforted Yan Jiaoxi and said:

“Teach me, it's actually right to stay out of things. You should also consider your life-long affairs, marry a Taoist couple, and live and work in peace and contentment.”

 Yan Jiaoxi stagnated for a while, feeling helpless.

Mo Hua added: "Good deeds and evil deeds are rewarded. Maybe that person will die suddenly on his own one day?"

“You can feel free to stay here during these days, drink tea with Mr. Zhuang, chat, and talk about formations...”

 “Other things, just let them take their own course and don't take it too seriously.”

Having said that, Yan Jiaoxi's knot is definitely not that easy to resolve.

 But after listening to Mo Hua's words, Yan Jiaoxi still felt a little warm in his heart.

Over the years, he has been depressed and somewhat withdrawn.

 The care of others is also rarely felt.

But then Yan Jiaoxi realized something was wrong and looked at the ink painting with some suspicion, "Do you... want to do something?"

Mo Hua smiled, shook his head and said:

"nothing."

 What he wants to do cannot be told to Yan Jiaoxi yet.

 After that, he changed the topic, chatted with Yan Jiaoxi for a few more words, and then ran to Daotingsi to find Situ Fang.

Since it was difficult for Daotingsi to speak, the two of them found a remote teahouse.

Mo Hua lowered his voice and asked:

“Sister Situ, have you ever received bribes from the Nanyue Sect?”

Situ Fang was startled, thought for a moment, and nodded.

“Then has he ever received any bribes from the Lu family?”

Situ Fang nodded again.

Mo Hua was silent. He asked in a different way:

“Then in Nanyue City, is there any sect or family that has not bribed him?”

Situ Fang hesitated and said: "Maybe there is, but such a force should no longer exist..."

Mo Hua was a little unbelievable, "Is he so greedy?"

Situ Fang said tactfully: "He is my immediate boss after all. It is not easy for me to discuss his rights and wrongs."

Mo Hua understands.

  Meaning that she is so greedy that she has nothing to say.

Mo Hua frowned, "Is he so greedy and no one cares about him?"

Situ Fang coughed twice and whispered:

“The Daoting Secretary has the power, and he is greedy when he has the power. It's just that he is greedy more or less.”

“There are people who are not greedy, but they are rare.”

 “Power and money are mutually beneficial.”

“As long as you have the authority, someone will bring the spirit stone to you. Even if you don't have to do it, they will put the spirit stone into your pocket.”

“And as long as you have spiritual stones, you can naturally use them to exchange for power…”

Mo Hua nodded, suddenly feeling a little strange:

“Sister Situ, the tone of your words is so similar to Uncle Zhang Lan...”

Situ Fang was a little disgusted, "This is what he told me."

Mo Hua was stunned.

Situ Fang sighed: "He was afraid that I was too upright and too simple, so he told me these things when I was the Dian Si."

Situ Fang didn't believe it at first.

Later I became a magistrate and saw many things, and I had no choice but to believe them.

Mo Hua thought for a while and then asked:

 “Then the money manager, from which company did he receive the most bribes?”

 “That must be the Lu family.”

 “Is the Lu family the richest?”

 “Yeah.” Situ Fang nodded and sighed:

“Most of the mines in Nanyue City belong to the Lu family, and most of the mine repairmen in Nanyue City work for the Lu family. How can we not be rich?”

I guess there is one sentence missing: Most of the Daotingsi in Nanyue City have been bribed by the Lu family...

Mo Hua cursed in his heart.

Situ Fang glanced at the ink painting, frowned, and suddenly reminded:

"Don't go against the Lu family..."

"A strong dragon cannot overwhelm a local coward. The Lu family has huge power, deep connections, and complicated relationships. Unless the Dao Ting takes action, no matter how many bad things the local forces do, they will still be able to hide everything if they collude with the local Dao Tingsi." .”

 “Chopping the weeds can't get rid of the roots…”

The Situ family also acted under the rules when they arrived in Nanyue City.

 Occasionally there may be conflicts of interest, but there will be no quarrels.

 The problems in Nanyue City are deep-rooted.

  It is simply not something that the Situ family can solve if they want to.

 What's more, Situ Fang is just a Diansi.

Situ Fang had a close relationship with Mo Hua, and was afraid that he would not know the stakes involved, so he would get involved rashly with passion, and he would not be able to escape.

Mo Hua nodded and said with a smile:

 “Don't worry, I've got it figured out.”

  Confirmed the relationship between the Lu family and Daotingsi, and then Mo Hua went to the Lu family's mines.

 On the surface, the Lu family's mine is as noisy and busy as ever.

 But Mo Hua noticed that the surrounding formations had changed.

 The formations are more complete and the guards are tighter.

There are many dust formation formations set up around the mine. There are even imaging formations at the gate...

These formations seem to be used to defend yourself...

 At the same time, the monks guarding the mine also changed.

The Lu family monk named Lu Ming was transferred away.

The Lu family's foundation building in the mine has also become two.

They no longer have beautiful maids shaking fans, delicious food and wine, but sit quietly with solemn expressions. Occasionally, they will release their spiritual consciousness and glance around, as if they are wary of something.

 “It's very problematic…”

Mo Hua muttered in his heart.

 There is a foundation, a dust formation, and a shadow formation, so it's not easy to sneak in.

Mo Hua wants to go in and have a look at night.

 But at night, the two foundations were still there.

With a sweep of Mo Hua's consciousness, he could even find that there were many Lu family monks lurking in every corner.

 At night, when no one was digging, they guarded the mines even more closely.

 Don't give ink painting a chance.

 “It's a big problem…”

Mo Hua simply waited outside until midnight.

 Waiting until midnight, there was finally some movement in the mine.

　　A gloomy breath came from the place.

  But what is different from before is that these movements are very subtle.

 The breath inside is also very weak and difficult to detect.

It seemed like it was deliberately restrained, or like it was completely covered up by something like a formation.

It is completely different from the dense, eerie and palpitating feeling I experienced before with ink painting.

Nowadays, the smell of the mine is weak and the movement is small.

Even ordinary monks passing by may not be able to detect anything unusual about the mine.

 The ink painting looks slightly solemn.

 He sat down cross-legged, let go of his consciousness, and carefully felt the breath of the mine.

 After a moment, Mo Hua opened his eyes, feeling reassured.

 My guess is correct.

The smell in this mine is zombies!

 He didn't know it before.

But after dealing with Zhang Quan, he went to the Zombie Village, grabbed the zombie control bell, took the "zombie map", and "ate" a few zombies.

 Ink painting is very familiar now.

That kind of deathly aura is the corpse aura in zombies.

That rotten smell is the rotten smell of walking corpses.

The evil formation is exactly the evil spirit formation painted on the zombies.

The smell used to be so dense and heart-stopping that it was because there were countless zombies hiding in this mine!

 This mine of the Lu family is a corpse mine!

 (End of this chapter)

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