Chapter 419

"I see."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin put away his mobile phone and continued, somewhat helplessly,

"However, I must take Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng and A You and hurry back to Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge's side, otherwise it's easy to give the game away."

"Understood. For Tan Tan Tan Tan Daban, serving the Crown Prince well is the most important matter."

"Then I will have to trouble you..."

"I will arrange it."

"You really have worked hard, Tan Dui."

"Don't say such things; it makes us seem like strangers."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin felt at ease leaving matters for Zhao Yi to arrange; the tacit understanding between Tan Dui and Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge could save a lot of costs in communication channels.

When Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin moved the mobile phone to his side to listen together—no, when the one surnamed Li made the call at this moment—Zhao Yi knew that this job was arranged for him.

How should he put it? Zhao Yi was already used to it.

While he studied the one surnamed Li, the one surnamed Li also had him figured out completely.

It is easy to get benefits from the one surnamed Li, but wanting to take advantage of him? Impossible!

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin walked to the side of the massage bed and reached out to pat Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng's chest.

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng opened his eyes, still feeling as if he hadn't had enough sleep.

"We are going back, Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng."

"Okay."

Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng got off the bed, and accompanied by a series of friction sounds from his bones and muscles, his previously protruding belly and restless aura both returned to normal.

The corners of Zhao Yi's mouth twitched.

This meant that Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng had finished digesting.

That vitality which had almost burst him to death was, for Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Lu Runsheng, just a full meal.

During this period, he himself had only just tasted it, sampling the saltiness.

Just like this evil flood dragon remaining in his own body, he was also only temporarily keeping it in custody.

Life is bitter; it is nothing more than this.

Fortunately, I encourage myself along with my ancestors.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin waved goodbye to Zhao Yi.

When he walked outside and found A You, he discovered that A You's belly was a bit bulging.

This bathhouse had a buffet restaurant on the second floor, which was still quite rare at the time; A You had led Chen Jing there and eaten until his belly was round.

Fortunately, on the way back, the earliest stalls were already open at the morning market, so Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin bought a lot and let A You carry it.

"Hiccup, Brother Bin, I really can't eat anymore."

"Carry it, wipe some oil on your mouth with a fried dough stick; the police officers won't provide meals during anti-vice raids."

"Oh."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You took a fried dough stick, wiped it on his mouth, and then took a bite; the freshly fried dough stick was very fragrant and crispy. After finishing one, he picked up a second one and continued eating.

Before they even reached the place, half the food in the bag was already gone.

The earlier oil-wiping was simply an unnecessary move.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Alright, stop eating; if you keep eating, it'll be gone."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You smiled embarrassedly.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "How come your appetite has grown even larger?"

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "I am full, but the Master Tongzi wants to eat."

After swallowing the Twin Jades to further improve the degree of fusion, Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's spiritual level could receive replenishment from the Master Tongzi, and the Master Tongzi could also draw nutrition from Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You's body, creating a two-way cycle.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "When my mother was pregnant with me, she also liked to say such things to my father."

Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Lin Shu You: "Uh..."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "You should be more careful; don't disturb the fetus."

Returning to the entrance of the inn, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin did something to the tires of his own small pickup truck parked downstairs.

Only then did he lead everyone upstairs.

Opening the door, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin entered the room he shared with Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

The youth was still lying on the bed sleeping.

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin: "Little Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Brother Yuan Ge, our matters have all been resolved. A police officer who once took advanced training classes with my father—he was a classmate for a period of time—said he would help me wrap up the remaining affairs."

"Sleep. After you've rested enough, we will go directly to Ji'an."

"Mm."

Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin took off his clothes and got into bed.

When he picked up the water glass on the nightstand to drink, his peripheral vision inadvertently swept over that "Wordless Book."

He could now almost be certain that this "Wordless Book" was the source of the "surveillance."

After putting the water glass back, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin closed his eyes, preparing to sleep.

He could not sleep.

Having clarified that the source of the greatest danger was only a pillow's distance away from him, his crisis awareness could not help but act up.

His snake pupils rotated, hypnotizing himself.

Soon, Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin fell into a deep sleep.

At the same time, Zhao Yi sat in Ran Ran Yarou's office, eating the dumplings that Ran Ran Yarou had personally brought to him.

Ran Ran Yarou stood at the door, watching Zhao Yi as he ate; there was an unease on her body that she was trying hard to cover up and suppress.

She, or rather they, had actually already sensed that the person before them should be the real Jiujiang Zhao Yi.

A person's name is like the shadow of a tree.

Zhao Yi ate the dumplings one by one, finding it funnier the more he ate.

Compared to Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Tan Wenbin who had been here earlier, they were actually more afraid of him.

But as it happened, offending him was not a big problem, because he liked to bargain.

But if one offended the one surnamed Li, one would only be able to hire an outsourced funeral service later, because the family wouldn't be able to scrape together enough people.

Zhao Yi finished the dumplings, let out a breath, and praised:

"Delicious."

Ran Ran Yarou: "Before my husband passed away, he loved eating the dumplings I wrapped by hand the most."

Zhao Yi: "How did he go?"

Ran Ran Yarou: "He perished together with a wild boar spirit that came down from the mountain to eat people and commit evil."

She took the initiative to mention this matter to raise her side's status.

But Zhao Yi's Life-Death Gate crack could see through the human heart; he knew she was not telling a lie.

That woman whose body was eaten hollow by maggots had been sensed by them, and they had also been searching for her; the two sides had met at the most coincidental location, which triggered the subsequent conflict.

Zhao Yi: "It wasn't easy."

Ran Ran Yarou lowered her head and didn't speak again.

She should have continued to expand on this topic to lay a better foundation for resolving the subsequent matters between the two sides.

But under the words of the man before her, her emotions were a bit out of control; she really began to miss her late husband.

After being immersed for a while, she suddenly realized that she had fallen into the other party's trap.

A fox immortal successor most skilled in the spiritual level had been influenced in her emotions by the other party without a sound; this could almost announce her complete defeat in this aspect.

Zhao Yi rubbed his fingertips, lit his pipe, took a breath, and exhaled smoke.

Feelings are feelings, and business is business.

Next, if he wanted to make the other party cooperate with him as much as possible to complete the work in a short time, the most effective means was to demonstrate his own strength.

He had to let them know that if it weren't for his own coma at the start, they would have had no chance at all to fight a fierce battle for several days against his subordinates who were left without a leader.

Ran Ran Yarou raised her head again, fox light swirling in her eyes.

Zhao Yi's Life-Death Gate crack was stimulated and began to rotate.

Fresh blood flowed from the corners of Ran Ran Yarou's eyes, and she squatted down.

Zhao Yi: "Why bother?"

Ran Ran Yarou: "You must have matters to discuss. Since we need to probe the bottom, let's probe it clearly so that it will be convenient for both sides."

Zhao Yi laughed.

As expected of a woman who could stand alone.

Outside the door, deliberately made footsteps could be heard.

Ran Ran Yarou didn't wipe the bloodstains and opened the door.

Lu Yu looked at Ran Ran Yarou, then looked at Zhao Yi sitting behind the office desk.

"What's wrong?"

"I just probed him, and I lost completely."

Lu Yu nodded slightly, walked into the office, and asked Zhao Yi:

"How should I address you?"

"Jiujiang Zhao Yi."

Straight to the point, completely confirmed.

Lu Yu sat down on the sofa opposite and said, "In that case, it seems we have gained a great advantage."

Zhao Yi stood up: "It is my people who were ignorant; I apologize here."

Lu Yu, who had just sat down, stood up again to return the courtesy: "Then we are friends who met through a fight."

Zhao Yi: "There is a matter that requires your help."

Lu Yu: "Speak your mind."

Zhao Yi: "In this vicinity, is there any place that even you dare not venture deep into?"

Lu Yu: "There is."

Zhao Yi: "How many such places?"

Lu Yu: "Quite a few."

Due to historical legacy issues, many places are tacitly allowed to exist as long as they do not export harm to the outside world.

Even in Nantong, there are not a few such places; Qingan is the largest one there, and because he has awakened and caused the peach forest to bloom, he has suppressed other "hazards" so much that they dare not raise their heads.

Zhao Yi: "I want the most dangerous and mysterious one."

Lu Yu: "There is one, but it is easy to go there and never return."

Zhao Yi: "As people of the righteous path, if there is no return, then there is no return."

Lu Yu: "What do you need us to do?"

Zhao Yi: "Tell me the location, tell me the history, tell me how to get there; apart from that, help me with some small errands. You only need to watch the results from the periphery, and we will go in ourselves."

Lu Yu: "This is not appropriate."

Zhao Yi: "In what way?"

Lu Yu: "We can wait on the periphery, but if you truly go in, and if you truly die inside, we are willing to take the risk to retrieve your remains for burial."

Zhao Yi: "I don't think that is necessary."

Lu Yu: "This is dignity and protocol."

Zhao Yi: "Thank you."

Lu Yu: "Thank you."

The rhythm of progress was smooth and fast.

Lu Yu stood up and began to recount:

"Not far from here is a valley, and within the valley is a Five Immortals Temple; the true bodies of the Immortals we serve are all enshrined in that temple."

Zhao Yi understood.

Lu Yu's meaning was to have his group help them resolve their family's difficulties.

"Below the Five Immortals Temple, there is a mountain stream where the water flows black and pours into an abyss; from time to time, evil energy overflows, and every so often, monsters contaminated by it attempt to escape and wreak havoc on nearby villagers.

The purpose of the Five Immortals Temple being established there is, first, to deal with these fierce and violent monsters, and second, to suppress and guard the source below.

Legend has it that a princess of a fallen kingdom once fled here with a retinue of servants, and seeing no hope of restoring her country, and not wanting to be captured and humiliated, she led hundreds of her palace maids and eunuchs to commit ritual suicide there.

Their resentment and corpses were swept by the mountain stream into the abyss, and over time, nourished by this evil mountain and foul water, they eventually became a great scourge.

Historically, they once erupted, almost causing a terrifying catastrophe.

Fortunately, it was suppressed, and the Five Immortals Temple was established after the suppression to prevent it from recurring."

Zhao Yi: "This princess, is she that powerful?"

Many people have committed ritual suicide, but few could cause such aftermath, and certainly not on such a large scale.

Lu Yu: "It is said that this princess was already addicted to... evil arts."

Zhao Yi: "Oh~"

That makes sense; the fallen princess was just her most ordinary identity. In essence, she was an evil cultivator leading hundreds of people in a sacrifice, making a desperate gamble under the resentment of a fallen kingdom.

The people had long been chosen—perhaps there were even requirements for the birth dates of the maids and eunuchs—and the location had long been scouted; she clearly knew this was no ordinary place.

Moreover, the abyss below that mountain stream might have been managed and constructed by her ancestors long ago.

It is impossible for a princess to just like evil arts and become self-taught by finding a few books among the common people, unless she is named Princess Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Li Zhuiyuan.

Such small kingdoms often perish quickly and miserably; secular power systems often carry their own national destiny, and if members of the Profound Sect delve too deeply, they might die without even knowing how.

Historically, those "Exoteric Sects"—sects with great influence and fame among the people—once they try to bind themselves to power and borrow strength to develop, the outcome is soon the destruction of the sect.

As for royalty entering the Profound Sect themselves, that is even more of a mad act, like dancing on a mountaintop with a lightning rod on one's head during a thunderstorm.

Zhao Yi: "Can you be specific about where the danger lies?"

If the Li family wants to stage a scam, they must pick a big one; if it could be easily solved by the Li family, then who is scamming whom?

Lu Yu: "I was sent by my family to the Five Immortals Temple to practice since I was young. The masters in the temple only allowed us to operate on the periphery, from the earliest days of keeping watch and giving warnings to later participating in hunting down monsters trying to escape from there.

But from beginning to end, even at my age, I have never been allowed to go deep inside.

This is the temple's rule; regardless of whether one is a senior master or a junior master, and no matter how high one's status in the temple is, one must not enter without authorization."

Zhao Yi: "Be more specific."

Lu Yu: "The vast majority of the power of the Immortals we serve remains in the Five Immortals Temple, suppressing that mountain stream."

Zhao Yi: "Mm, I understand."

The development and growth of a legacy force is a spontaneous instinct.

Lu Yu and the others inherited from the Five Immortals Temple and operate in the human world, actually representing the external influence of that legacy.

But this legacy of theirs goes against "human nature" by consuming most of their energy and resources in that Five Immortals Temple, which is enough to show how serious the problem below really is.

Correspondingly, if his own group can solve the problem there, it is equivalent to completely untying the force behind Lu Yu. Not to mention anything else, people like Lu Yu and Ran Ran Yarou could receive more, or even several times more, assistance from their Immortals.

This is a true local dragon; he does not suppress the strong dragon, but follows the trend and treats it as an aid.