Chapter 1582: Slipped away

Only those who harbor the intention to harm others and carry out the act of harming others will worry about being harmed or followed at all times.

This is also a manifestation of a guilty conscience.

Dong Rui hummed: "Letting this guy escape, it won't be easy to catch his tail next time."

Heaven Water City was so big; Tian Yun had shed his shell like a cicada, so where could He Lingchuan catch him again? "Let's re-examine it." He Lingchuan pulled him to the side. "The murderer who killed Boss Situ Yu has targeted the two of us; the reasons could be two: one is entrusted by others, and the other is aimed at the Nine Nether Great Emperor."

The Black Armor Army took away his demon puppets and let Xiao An go; this grudge was deeply settled.

Dong Rui said lazily: "Maybe both reasons are there."

"If we say we've shown any flaws in the past, it's mostly you."

Dong Rui was stunned, then furious: "What? Who are you saying showed flaws!"

Saying he wasn't professional? This was a very serious accusation!

"I've thought about it over and over; your Ghost Ape has only had one public transformation in the Flash Gold Plain, seen by everyone, which was in the Boss Situ family's territory, leading the crowd to ambush the Profound Lu Ghost King. Others might have just seen it and that's it, just feeling that this demon is quite amazing. But in the eyes of other demon puppet masters, this might be worth pondering." He Lingchuan analyzed.

Dong Rui was dissatisfied: "Hey, there are many kinds of demon apes; who would immediately conclude it's a demon puppet?"

"I see Tian Yun was also half-believing, so he came to inquire." He Lingchuan patted his shoulder. "Speaking of the matter, I'm not blaming you; who knew there was a demon puppet master organization in the Flash Gold Plain at that time?"

Laymen watch the excitement, while experts can see the doorway.

He Lingchuan added: "His insect puppets wanted to drill into your mountain kiln. Heh, I don't know if I'm his target, but you definitely are!"

Dong Rui's face twitched: "He can just come at me; let's see who can knock whom down."

Did he really think he was a soft persimmon? He Lingchuan pondered: "We won't be staying in Heaven Water City for long, so for the next few days, you just stay honestly in the villa and don't run around; I will strengthen your protection."

Dong Rui patted his own chest: "There's no reason to guard against thieves for a thousand days; why not lure him out and kill him?"

He was willing to be the bait.

"We can try." Since he knew the other party had evil intentions, He Lingchuan also hoped to nip the danger in the bud. "But this person didn't appear early or late, but just at this juncture; I'm afraid the matter isn't that simple."

"If he was invited by Qingyang—" Dong Rui thought for a moment and shook his head. "Hey, would Qingyang make a move on you at this time?"

"Logically speaking, he shouldn't." Qingyang seemed to be preparing for a big plan and big action, so he shouldn't be moving against He Lingchuan at this time.

At a critical moment, it's better to have one less thing than one more thing. Qingyang has experienced so many storms in his life; he wouldn't not understand such a simple truth.

But He Lingchuan also understood that plans can't keep up with changes. Qingyang's secret planning also has to face countless accidents and isn't something that can be calculated perfectly.

Just at this moment, someone reported that a beetle with a red line on its belly was found in the dirt pit by Apricot Terrace, dead.

He Lingchuan immediately ordered Dong Rui and Ling Guang: "You two, make a pesticide; it's best if it can be sprayed. I plan to spray the entire villa."

Driving away insects in key areas wasn't difficult, so Dong Rui nodded: "Leave it to me."

Before long, the bat demon puppet flew over and landed on his shoulder.

I don't know how these two communicated, but Dong Rui's spirit lifted: "It says it has a discovery."

He Lingchuan followed him to White Birch Ridge and saw the Ghost Ape guarding under a thick white birch tree, not allowing anyone else to approach.

Under the tree roots was a dug-out small dirt pit, and the two looked down to see two fist-sized things lying inside, round and yellowish; at first glance, they looked like steamed buns, but there were fine threads on the surface.

He Lingchuan looked for a long time but couldn't identify them: "What is this?"

Dong Rui touched it lightly with a tree branch, and the yellow bun moved a few times, as if a bit impatient.

"There's a living thing inside." He speculated. "It's probably some kind of egg... spore?"

Wanqi Feng saw this from the side and said in a low voice: "You be careful, maybe it will explode."

Dong Rui laughed: "Tian Yun has already left; this thing should be relatively stable."

Tian Yun buried them here, naturally hoping they would be useful later.

Dong Rui took out a bottle and sprinkled some cyan powder on these two yellow buns, let them sit for a while, and then used a tree branch to poke them.

This time, the yellow buns didn't move.

Only then did Dong Rui carefully wrap them up and stuff them into the Ghost Ape's hand: "Put them in the mountain kiln later."

Not long after, the group also dug out a few yellow buns near the sweet spring.

He Lingchuan asked: "Are you sure these are things Tian Yun buried in the soil?"

Could they have been in the ground originally?

"The powder I sprinkled is specifically for calming demon puppets. Back then, the Hinge-Tailed Tiger and the Woodlouse Porcupine ate this, which is why they slept all the way to Mang Continent." Conversely, the powder took effect, which meant these yellow buns...

Dong Rui rubbed his hands, somewhat excited: "There's more fun to be had!"

Tian Yun burying these egg spores in the soil definitely didn't have good intentions.

"We and Tian Yun are currently tied." They saw through Tian Yun's identity and purpose and dug out the spores he had quietly buried in Spring Gushing Shanzhuang; while Tian Yun successfully dodged the tracking and counterattack of Spring Gushing Shanzhuang and hid his tracks.

In the next round, will we see the real deal?

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After Tian Yun left the Yihe Bank, he circled around Heaven Water City a few more times until he was sure there were no pursuers behind him, before walking into another inn in the east of the city.

On the way, he had already changed his clothes.

The disciples were waiting in the guest room.

As soon as the master entered the guest room, those who were supposed to show concern showed concern, those who were supposed to serve tea served tea, and someone offered a warm, wet towel to ask him to wash his face and hands. Two other disciples stood by the window, consciously keeping watch.

Tian Yun sat on the couch and took a sip of tea, slowly relaxing.

Although the man surnamed He had the face of a merchant, Tian Yun saw at first glance that he wasn't simple.

Not an easy target to kill.

Tian Yun said slowly: "The man surnamed He is suspicious; Qingyang wasn't wrong. He really cares about his own life; Spring Gushing Shanzhuang's defenses are tight, with guards every five steps. I think it's best not to make a move in the villa."

His real name naturally wasn't Tian Yun, but Cao Wendao.

"Master, did you find Wei Yishan?"

"Hmm, found him."

The disciple's flattery was never late: "As expected of Master, success on the first try! If it were us, the villa is so big, we wouldn't know where to find Wei Yishan."

The others on the side cursed inwardly: 'Bah, this guy snatched the lead again.' The man's mouth seemed to have been greased, it was so slippery. ===== CHAPTER 1584 =====

He Lingchuan frowned: "Lost him?"

"Yes." Wansai Liang and several subordinates couldn't even lift their heads.

"Tell me about it."

"Tian Yun returned to the south of Tianshui City by carriage, and I watched him walk into a superior room at the Yixin Inn."

He Lingchuan interrupted him: "Was there anyone else in the room?"

"Hard to say. As soon as he went in, he called for bathwater and then closed the doors and windows." Wansai Liang hadn't had time to look closely. "We kept watch at the exits, and after waiting for the time it takes to drink two cups of tea, the longer we waited, the more wrong it felt, so we used the excuse of delivering food to knock on the door, but no one answered. Then I rushed in, but the guest room was empty; there wasn't a shadow of a person, and the apricot wine was placed in the corner of the wall!"

"He knew long ago that he would be followed, so he just picked a random inn to shake you off." He Lingchuan said to Wansai Liang, "Ginger is still spicier when it's old."

He immediately asked again: "Then, the Tracking Luo Pan couldn't track him either?"

He usually had a backup plan for his actions.

The small-denomination silver notes traded to Tian Yun were stained with the juice of tracking bee pupae; he could discard other things, but he had to carry money, right? So He Lingchuan had also handed the Tracking Luo Pan to Wansai Liang, just in case.

As it turned out, the "just in case" really happened, and they hadn't guarded against it.

Wansai Liang took out the Luo Pan and offered it with both hands. When He Lingchuan and Dong Rui looked, the needle on the Luo Pan was motionless.

"Where is this money?"

"Yihe Bank." Wansai Liang said in a low voice, "The Yixin Inn is right next to the Yihe Bank. My subordinate deduces that after the man surnamed Tian slipped out of the inn, he deposited the silver notes into the bank and left on his own. Perhaps, perhaps his accomplices were already waiting inside the bank."

If so, Tian Yun could hand the money over to his accomplices to handle and leave leisurely himself.

The level of commercial development in the Yao Nation was second to none on the Flash Gold Plain, and the banks here provided deposit and withdrawal services for merchants. People usually didn't like to carry huge sums of money on long journeys, so they could deposit the silver into a chain bank and withdraw it when they reached their destination.

For example, if He Lingchuan deposited one hundred thousand taels of silver notes into the Yihe Bank and kept the voucher, he could withdraw the money at the Yihe Bank in Mangzhou.

Of course, if the amount was too large, it might take a few days.

However, depositing money was very fast.

Using this method could effectively avoid tracking spells, because even if Tian Yun withdrew money in another place, he wouldn't withdraw this specific silver note.

He didn't know that He Lingchuan used tracking bee pupae juice, but the tracking supernatural powers in this world were strange and varied, yet the principles were all the same; they would definitely leave some kind of mark on oneself or on the objects one obtained.

Then, as long as Tian Yun erased the traces of his contact with He Lingchuan, such as the silver notes, the apricot wine, and the clothes he wore to the Yongquan Shanzhuang, the possibility of being tracked would be greatly reduced.

Dong Rui muttered: "Good fellow, he's actually this cautious!"

Wansai Liang gritted his teeth and pulled out a dagger: "I will never make this kind of mistake again, otherwise, I'll cut off this finger!"

After saying this, he was about to slice off the little finger of his left hand!

But the next second, he only felt a lightness in his hand, and the dagger was gone.

When he focused his eyes again, the dagger was in He Lingchuan's hand, and he had even deftly performed a knife flourish.

"You are my personal guard; you should obey only me. I haven't nodded, and you dare to self-mutilate?"

Wansai Liang said loudly: "Liang handled things foolishly, without any progress, and requests punishment!"

"We have major matters to handle in a few days; don't go around chopping off your hands and feet to cause trouble at this time!" He Lingchuan threw the dagger back to him. This fellow was as stubborn as an ox and only listened to He Lingchuan's words; sometimes even Wansai Feng couldn't move him. "Record one demerit, and I'll punish you later."

"Yes."