The second cobbler said, frowning, "I do know about the Ninth Pier. It became the territory of the Huo family two or three years ago. No one knew about it openly, and they just thought it belonged to the Situ family. Most of the people guarding there were also members of the Huo family. But this time, with the fall of the Situ family, they have all been evacuated long ago."

"Let's not talk about the people on the shore for now. At least there is no one left in the Huo family in the underwater base. So the monster you encountered that can pretend to be a human without any flaws... I don't know what it is, but I can guarantee that it is not from the Huo family. The Huo family does not raise such a thing."

"So what I thought was indeed correct, it was a third party force?"

Lin Wu was even more confused. "Besides the Huo family and the Gu family, who else would want the artifacts? Did the Huo family offend someone?"

The second leatherworker said, "This thing can come and go freely in there, obviously it is not the first time, and it has been in there for a long time. To be able to do this, it means that its own strength is very strong, and the power behind it should not be underestimated. But the Huo family is a group that attaches great importance to seclusion. They will not offend such a power, nor will they let such a power know their details and know where their territory is."

So no matter what, it's strange that this thing appeared under Pier 9.

Lin Wu suddenly had an idea. "Could it be that... the Huo family actually knows about this monster and is in league with him?"

"You just said that the Huo family had evacuated completely a long time ago, probably because they were afraid that others would find them. But their belongings were still under the water. In order to ensure that no one could find their traces, it was inconvenient for them to send someone to get the artifacts, so they found someone to help them?"

However, before the second cobbler could say anything, Lin Wu rejected the idea himself.

"If that's the case, the Huo family could have just told this monster what the artifact was, and he could have taken it away earlier. Why did he have to stay in there for so long?"

"When I found the reservoir, he obviously didn't know it was the Buddha's head either. He only knew it after I opened my spiritual eyes and confirmed it. This doesn't make sense."

"Besides, they have already sent Leng Linfeng, so they can just let Leng Linfeng take the artifacts away. There is no need to look for someone else, which would be troublesome and more likely to expose their tracks."

The more Lin Wu thought about it, the more he felt that it was unlikely that the Huo family and that monster were in the same group.

The second cobbler was stunned when he heard what she said, and suddenly asked, "Wuwu, you just said that the monster was identified by you?"

Lin Wu nodded.

The second cobbler looked slightly serious, "I think these should be two separate things."

Lin Wu: "? What do you mean?"

"Before, I actually didn't know that the artifact was under the Ninth Pier. I even thought that the artifact was in the hands of the Gu family. I knew that the Ninth Pier belonged to the Huo family because most of the Situ family's goods passed through the channels on Ghost Street. Many of the goods collected did not look like the Situ family's style, but more like the Huo family's. That's why I guessed that the Situ family and the Huo family had dealings."

"But at that time, I didn't think the Situ family and the Huo family were in the same boat."

The second cobbler said slowly and coldly.

"Because the Huo family is best at secretly disintegrating and infiltrating other people's forces."

"I thought the Huo family had finally set their sights on the artifacts that might be in the Gu family. They found it difficult to take action against the Gu family, so they wanted to infiltrate the Situ family to contact the Gu family and take away the artifacts without making any noise. Therefore, although I found that Pier 9 had become the home of the Huo family in recent months and many members of the Huo family had infiltrated, I was not surprised and was waiting for the Huo family's next step."

As soon as he changed the subject, his tone became serious: "But now, the Situ family and the Huo family are on the same page, and the artifacts are also at Pier 9, right under the eyes of the Huo family. Think about it, even if the Situ family is in a dilemma, they will lean towards the Gu family, and put the artifacts in to test it according to the Gu family's instructions. Will the Huo family not find it?"

Lin Wu's mind worked quickly and he immediately understood what the second cobbler meant.

"But someone took it, which shows that this artifact is still very important."

"However, the possibility you mentioned is theoretically contradictory to the possibility I guessed, so neither is true. In other words, the Huo family left important artifacts in the territory they absolutely controlled. There is indeed an important purpose, but it is not related to the Gu and Huo families."

"In fact, few people know that the Gu family went to the scene after the rebellious Huo family member died, and the Huo family may not know about it. So their goal from the beginning to the end was not to target the Gu family, but another person whose purpose we don't know."

"And I helped them achieve their goal by accident, right?"

The second cobbler nodded with a tense expression.

Lin Wu took a deep breath and continued, "So, the Huo family should have two purposes for the base under the ninth pier. The first purpose is derived from the Buddha head. Although we don't know what it is yet, it is obviously very important to them. The second purpose is to blow up the entire base storage area to prevent anyone from talking about it."

"These two things are important, so it makes sense to send two different people to complete them."

"In this case, the monster and the Huo family might be in the same boat."

"good."

The second shoemaker replied.

That's what he meant.

After thinking for a while, the second leatherworker said, "If that's the case, where did the Huo family find such a monster? It's worth investigating. Do they have only one such monster, or... many? This is a very important question."

If the Huo family can produce more monsters like that, then the Huo family will undoubtedly be more difficult to deal with than they thought.

The second cobbler also didn't want Lin Wu to investigate further.

He only has this one student, and he doesn't want her to...

Thinking of this, the second cobbler felt his head hurt even more.

"In the past few years, the Huo family has been wary of me. They contact me less and less, and many things will no longer go through me. There is not much useful information that I can provide you. However, this Leng Linfeng, I think they are training to succeed me. If you want to investigate something else, you can start with him."

The second cobbler looked at Lin Wu deeply, and couldn't help but persuade him: "I still say the same thing, if you can avoid investigating, don't investigate. You are still young, don't put yourself in such danger. Do you think you can be lucky enough to survive next time like this time? What if something happens to you, what will happen to the teacher? Who will take care of the teacher in his old age?"

Lin Wu listened to him silently, then said, "It's too late."

Second leatherworker: “?”

Lin Wu said calmly: "I already know what secrets the storage base under the ninth pier has, and Leng Linfeng also knows that I have discovered it. The Huo family will also know it."

She tilted her head with difficulty to look at the second cobbler, and said something with an innocent face that made the second cobbler's expression suddenly change: "It's not that I can withdraw now if I want to. The Huo family will never let me go."