Chapter 353: Preempted

"Junior Ma Tongsheng, I am the Deputy Gang Leader of the Sihai Gang. Is Senior here to find our Gang Leader?" Seeing this strange Foundation Establishment senior in front of him, who seemed to be aiming for their Gang Leader, the blue-clothed cultivator who was the leader looked at Li Mu with a look of doubt.

"Hmm! Is Wang Sihai not here now?"

The blue-clothed cultivator bowed his hands and replied: "Senior may not know, Gang Leader Wang has been missing for a period of time and has not returned until now. We all don't know where he is now?"

"Wang Sihai is missing? When did this happen?" Hearing that the target he was looking for had suddenly gone missing, Li Mu immediately frowned.

"About three months ago, we met a person near Mount Dongyang who was dressed similarly to you. That person's cultivation method was strange and very powerful. He killed several of our brothers as soon as he made a move. The Gang Leader saw that he was no match for this person and fled directly, and has not returned until now. We searched the vicinity afterward but didn't see the Gang Leader's tracks. It is estimated that there is a high possibility that he has already been abducted by this person."

Seeing that Li Mu did not seem to be just aiming for Gang Leader Wang Sihai, Ma Tongsheng hurriedly poured out the unfortunate event they encountered not long ago like a bamboo tube pouring beans. For fear that Li Mu would not believe them, he also specially let the two companions among the crowd who were injured by that person show their wounds to Li Mu.

"He hasn't returned for several months, how are you sure that he is not dead yet, but just missing." Li Mu looked carefully and then asked another question.

Ma Tongsheng heard this, paused, and then replied: "Senior, it is like this. Although Gang Leader Wang is missing, a magic tool he obtained in his early years is still in the original cave dwelling. This magic tool is relatively special and needs to absorb a part of the cultivator's divine soul to refine. After the Gang Leader refined it, unless his divine soul dissipates by itself, others have no way to refine this magic tool. We also checked this magic tool and determined that the Gang Leader should still be alive now."

"Where is this magic tool now? Take it out and let me see it!"

Just as Li Mu's voice fell, a yellow bell had already appeared in Ma Tongsheng's hand, which he respectfully sent into Li Mu's hand, still carrying a look of reluctance in his eyes.

Although this bell looked like its grade was not high, it was only a first-grade mid-quality magic tool, but this thing was a very rare magic tool that attacked the cultivator's divine soul. Putting it on the market, it was estimated to be worth at least fifty or sixty spirit stones. Most of these loose cultivators did not have very rich family assets, so it was no wonder Ma Tongsheng would feel so distressed after taking out this item.

After Li Mu looked at this magic tool carefully, he asked Ma Tongsheng again: "Is the person you met that day a Foundation Establishment cultivator?"

Ma Tongsheng was silent for a moment and then replied: "Senior, to tell you the truth, we are not very sure about this either. This person did not reveal his cultivation base when he made a move, but from the fact that he could kill several of us at once, it is indeed very likely that he is a Foundation Establishment cultivator who hid his cultivation base."

"Alright! I came here today to find Wang Sihai. Since he is not here, then forget it. However, I still have a question I want to ask you?"

"Senior, please speak freely. As long as it is something we people know, we definitely dare not hide anything from you."

Li Mu looked around them, raised his hand to adjust the bamboo hat on his head, and then said to the crowd slowly in a calm tone:

"Has anyone come here to find you today?"

Hearing Li Mu ask this, the seven or eight people present were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and thought they had misheard just now, not daring to answer directly.

After a long time, a relatively green voice slowly sounded in the crowd.

"Today... today, except for Senior, I haven't seen anyone else come here." The person speaking was a young cultivator who looked somewhat dull, and while speaking, he was also carefully looking at Li Mu in front of him.

"Oh! Is what you said true?" Li Mu heard this answer, but he didn't seem very happy and asked Ma Tongsheng, who was somewhat nervous on the side, again.

Hearing that the tone of Li Mu's reply was somewhat wrong, Ma Tongsheng's brain turned instantly, and he hurriedly slapped the face of the person who had just spoken, shouting sternly: "Yan Hu, you idiot, what nonsense are you talking about? Today we clearly haven't seen anyone, where did anyone come to find us?"

Suddenly being slapped by Ma Tongsheng, Yan Hu, who was caught off guard, was immediately slapped to the ground, looking at the surrounding crowd with some grievance. What made him somewhat surprised was that after seeing him being beaten, everyone did not come forward to stop Ma Tongsheng, but instead cast some unkind gazes toward him.

After slapping Yan Hu, who was still somewhat confused, to the ground, Ma Tongsheng did not explain anything more to him, but immediately turned around and said earnestly to Li Mu with a fawning face:

"Senior, don't worry, we haven't said anything today, and we have never seen you. This guy's brain is usually not good, so he is talking nonsense. We will definitely reprimand him strictly when we turn back."

Seeing that Ma Tongsheng was so sensible, Li Mu finally nodded and smiled softly: "Hehe! You are indeed a sensible person. This magic tool is of no use in your hands, so why don't you let it be given to me? See if these spirit stones are enough."

"Thank you, Senior, for the reward!"

Seeing that the bag thrown by Li Mu contained nearly a hundred spirit stones, Ma Tongsheng and the people around him were immediately overjoyed and knelt down to thank him!

After putting away the bell in his hand, Li Mu moved his feet, performed the Light Body Technique he had already cultivated for many years, and left here quickly.

After walking to a small mountain hollow more than a hundred miles away from Mount Longyun, Li Mu stopped his steps, took out the yellow bell from before again, and muttered to himself.

"Senior Feng He, you said before that the person who abducted Wang Sihai might be a demon cultivator. Is this true?"

Just after Li Mu finished speaking, an old voice sounded from behind Li Mu very quickly.

"According to what they said before, abducting people for no reason and being a person with strange cultivation methods, most of those who do this kind of thing are those demon path cultivators who cannot see the light. Now that you have this magic tool in your hand, just do as I say. As long as this person hasn't left the Wei State, I will definitely be able to help you find him."

"Since Senior has this certainty, then we won't waste time here and will go directly to find this person."

After learning the news that Wang Sihai had been abducted by someone, Li Mu was indeed somewhat surprised. He had inquired in Guiyunfang for more than half a month and finally found such a suitable target, but the result was that he had been preempted by someone else, and his heart was somewhat discouraged for a moment.

Just as he was preparing to go back, Feng He on his body suddenly secretly transmitted a voice to tell him that the person who abducted Wang Sihai should be a demon cultivator. As long as Li Mu took the bell magic tool in Ma Tongsheng's hand, he would be able to help Li Mu deal with this demon cultivator and take back Wang Sihai.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 354 =====