“Beep, beep, beep—”

"Stop it Zhang Qiling... the phone is ringing... stop"

"Never mind."

…

"I've called several times but no one answered. Could they have something urgent?" Huo Xiuxiu handed the phone to Jie Yuchen.

Xie Yuchen put away his phone, thought for a while, and said, "Maybe. Let's prepare things first, and then I'll call Wuxie."

Huo Xiuxiu nodded and left the yard. Xie Yuchen called Wuxie again, and fortunately someone answered this time.

"Hey Wuxie, can you tell me where that picture came from?" Xie Yuchen asked.

"Did you find any clues?"

"I found out. Where are you now?"

Wuxie on the other end of the phone said, "I'm in Guangyou."

"Guangyou? What are you doing in Guangyou? Also, tell me where that picture came from." Xie Yuchen continued to ask.

"Okay, I can tell you, but you have to prepare four sets of diving equipment for me." Wuxie began to negotiate.

Xie Yuchen sighed, "No problem, but you have to come to Xingcheng first. We'll meet in Xingcheng. Also, I'll help you prepare the equipment, and you have to tell me everything."

"Why do you want me to go to Star City?" Wuxie was a little confused.

Xie Yuchen kept silent about it and only said, "You'll know when you get here. I'll send you an address later. It's a place I know well."

After hanging up the phone, Xie Yuchen and Huo Xiuxiu set off for Xingcheng. It was noon when Wuxie arrived. As soon as he entered the door, Wuxie asked, "Xiuxiu, do we have any old acquaintances who run a restaurant?"

Huo Xiuxiu crossed her arms and smiled, "You'll know in a moment."

"Wu Xie, the equipment you want is here." Xie Yuchen led Wu Xie to the coffee table in front of the dining table. Wu Xie saw the equipment and exclaimed excitedly, "High-end stuff! Not bad, Xiao Hua, you must have spent a lot of money."

Xie Yuchen smiled and said, "I can give it to you if you like it."

"No, no, no, no..." Wu Xie quickly put down the things in his hands and said righteously: "We Wu family still abide by the rules."

"Then do you want it or not? If not, I'll return it and you can buy it yourself."

"Hey, hey, hey, stop it!" Wu Xie stretched out his hand. "Tsk, you've gone through so much trouble to bring it back. It will be even more troublesome to take it back. Let's put it this way, rules are dead, but people are alive. Our Wu family's rules can be summed up in four words: flexibility! I'll accept it reluctantly!"

Wu Xie smiled contentedly as he held a set of diving equipment. After seeing Wu Xie accept it, Xie Yuchen took out his phone and asked, "Can you tell me the origin of this picture now?"

Wu Xie curled his lips, "Okay, for the sake of these equipment, I'll tell you, this pattern was found on a hunchback when we were in Banai..."

…

"After they went out, they went to look for Mr. Shen, and then found the one you mentioned. After that, because the place was too big, they didn't know how to find it." Yin Nanfeng walked in and said.

Zhang Rishan wiped the Erxiang Ring in his hand, and frowned slightly after listening to Yin Nanfeng's words, "How did they find him?"

"The Second Master has told Jie Yuchen about Mr. Shen." Yin Nanfeng replied.

Zhang Rishan nodded thoughtfully, then asked, "Is there anything unusual about the one in the other courtyard?"

Yin Nanfeng shook his head and replied, "Nothing else, I just heard from the people guarding the yard that after Mr. Shen went there yesterday, he asked them to move a lot of ice into the house."

"No more?"

“No more.”

Zhang Rishan stood up, put away the Erhuanxiang, picked up his coat, and left after saying "keep an eye on the Crescent Hotel." Yin Nanfeng was left standing there alone, completely confused. He really couldn't understand these two people.

…

"Could it be that... the man with the tattered shoulders is Lord Buddha's man? Then why did he attack us? Or does Banai have Lord Buddha's secret, and the man with the tattered shoulders is there to protect the secret?" Wuxie guessed.

"No matter what, the clues you found in Guangyou must be related to Master Buddha, and they must also be related to the secrets of the Nine Gates."

After hearing what Jie Yuchen said, Wu Xie nodded and said, "You make sense. I'll give them a call first."

“Beep, beep, beep—”

Wu Xie frowned and hung up the eighth unanswered call. "What's going on? Didn't Fatty say he'd call Xiaochuan if he had anything to do? Why can't he get through?"

"No one answered when I called this morning. Maybe they were busy with something." Xie Yuchen smiled obscurely.

Wuxie put away his phone and packed his diving gear, "I have to go back quickly!"

When he reached the door, Wu Xie paused again, turned around and asked Jie Yuchen, "That's not right. You called me all the way to Xingcheng, not just for this matter, right?"

Xie Yuchen slowly picked up the teacup and drank a sip of tea, ignoring Wuxie's questions.

Wu Xie continued, "The high-end product you bought, this model and style, has just been put on the shelves in Beijing. If that's the case, why don't you just let me go to Beijing to pick it up? Why bother coming all the way to Star City?"

Seeing Jie Yuchen remained silent, Wuxie dropped the equipment he was holding onto the table. He leaned over to Jie Yuchen and asked softly, "Did you find out anything? Did you find out anything about me... Jie Lianhuan?"

Xie Yuchen took a deep breath, stood up from the chair, walked to the window, and said, "Yes, I'm checking Wu Sansheng. I looked for Mop before, and he told me that Wu Sansheng planned to take him to Xiangxi after he came out of Tamudu."

"Did you find him?" Wuxie asked.

Xie Yuchen shook his head regretfully. "But I know he went to Xiangxi to find the Yicheng waterway. Xiuxiu and I have been there before, but it was opened decades ago by someone using the Zhang family's double-finger exploration technique. I continued to investigate and found out that it was Master Zhang Dafo, my master, and Shen Zujun who went there."

"Shen Zujun?" Wuxie asked.

"It's Chen Tingsi. Your second uncle should have told you about it. I heard that they have a good relationship." Xie Yuchen said.

Wuxie suddenly realized, "Isn't Mr. Shen Xiaochuan'er's master?"

"Xiao Chuan'er's master?" This time it was Xie Yuchen's turn to be surprised. "No wonder he told us, so that's how it is..."

"What?" Wuxie asked.

"Nothing." Xie Yuchen skipped the topic and continued, "Wu Sansheng must have gone there for something there. Since Master Fo has brought the thing out, if we find that thing, we should be able to find clues about Wu Sansheng."

Wu Xie thought for a moment and said, "You mean, Master Buddha left the things in Star City."

Huo Xiuxiu continued, "It should be hidden in a secret room in Star City. We came to Star City just to find that secret room."

The three of them fell into silence...