Chapter 4: Emperor Jiang Ren...may be practicing magic

Jiang Li understood what was going on. In order to use his name as a banner, the Jiang family didn't dare to directly say that they were very close to him, so they gave others a hint that they were very close to him.

"You said before that the lost child was related to Emperor Jiang Renhuang. What's going on here?"

The middle-aged man's smile faded and he became serious. He didn't want to say more to Jiang Li. He even released the pressure of the Jindan stage to make Jiang Li retreat. In his opinion, Jiang Li was just a kid who had practiced Qi for a few levels.

As a Jindan elder, it is necessary to let this little guy retreat and not get involved in this dangerous incident.

"Don't talk about this, it's dangerous for you!"

Unexpectedly, Jiang Li controlled his strength at the peak of the Nascent Soul Stage and also released his coercive power.

"I want to see what danger there is."

"Yuan, Yuanying period..."

It was obvious that this matter was related to Jiang Li, and the middle-aged man also had a misunderstanding of him. If he told him his true identity, he would be even less likely to tell the truth. So Jiang Li chose to disguise himself as a Nascent Soul cultivator. The Nascent Soul cultivator was not too strong, but he could intimidate the middle-aged man.

The middle-aged man hurriedly saluted: "So you are a senior in the Nascent Soul stage, Yuan Wuxing, who doesn't know the real person."

Yuan Wuxing broke out in a cold sweat. Who could have thought that the person who was trying to dissuade an indignant teenager on the roadside was actually in the Nascent Soul stage? He looked like a teenager, but he might actually be an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years. Although his previous behavior was not considered rude, it would be bad if this senior had a small mind.

In Yuan Wuxing's eyes, cultivators in the Nascent Soul stage are already extremely powerful. There are only a few of them in the entire Qingcheng, and the Lord of Qingcheng is only in the early Nascent Soul stage.

"Okay, I don't mean to blame you. Now can you tell me about the lost child?"

Jiang Li shook off the pressure and asked calmly.

After some hesitation, Yuan Wuxing finally said cruelly: "Senior, can you swear to heaven that this matter will not be spread to others?"

The path of cultivating immortals requires following the will of heaven, so swearing an oath to heaven is no trivial matter. Most cultivators believe that if they break their oath, the punishment they promised will come true.

Jiang Li stretched out two fingers without hesitation and said seriously: "I swear to heaven, no third person will know what Yuan Wuxing said to me next. If anyone violates this, he will be punished by the immortal tribulation!"

Yuan Wuxing was in awe. This was a severe punishment. If he broke his oath, he would face the calamity of becoming an immortal, which would mean death for someone in the Nascent Soul stage.

Of course, he didn’t know that Jiang Liba would have to go through several more tribulations to become an immortal.

"Senior, please come and sit in my humble abode."

Yuan Wuxing invited Jiang Li back home, and skillfully set up several layers of formations. After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and crushed a piece of precious jade, and set up another layer of formation that even the Nascent Soul stage could not detect.

Yuan Wuxing brewed a pot of his treasured tea, poured a cup for Jiang Li first, and then poured a cup for himself.

"The story begins ten years ago. Ten years ago, I was already at the peak of the Golden Core stage, and I was only one thin film away from breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage. However, I spent twenty years without any clue about this film, and I couldn't find a way to break through, so I wanted to come to Qingcheng to look for inspiration for a breakthrough."

"When I first came to Qingcheng, I found that someone had lost a child. I like to help people, so I wanted to give them a hand. But when I checked, I found that the matter was not that simple. It was horrifying. It was not just the recent loss of children. Qingcheng and several nearby cities have been losing children for more than two hundred years, and the lost children were all babies under one year old!"

"I also discovered that the time when the child was lost was very similar to the time when the Jiang family worshipped their ancestors. The more frequently the Jiang family worshipped their ancestors, the more frequently the child was lost. So I investigated the Jiang family and found that it was indeed the Jiang family that was stealing the child. I overheard the conversation between the head of the Jiang family and the mayor of the city. The Jiang family colluded with the successive mayors of Qingcheng City to suppress the matter of the lost child. At first, Qingcheng Prefecture sent people to pretend to look for the child, but in the past two years, they simply stopped pretending and directly said that they didn't have enough manpower and would not look for the child anymore! A bunch of bastards!"

When Yuan Wuxing said this, veins on his forehead bulged and he crushed the teacup with force.

"The Jiang family has the support of the Emperor behind them. If I were to tell anyone about this, it would not be the Jiang family that would be in trouble, but me!"

"We must find solid evidence and make it public. This way, even if the Emperor himself comes, he won't be able to stop the gossip!"

Jiang Li was silent for a moment, then asked, "What does the Jiang family want these babies for?"

"This..." Yuan Wuxing hesitated, "...I don't know, maybe it's a magic weapon."

Jiang Li stared into Yuan Wuxing's eyes and said in a very stern voice: "You are lying, what are you afraid of!"

Yuan Wuxing's scalp was numb from being stared at: "Senior, this matter really cannot be discussed. Whoever discusses it will die!"

Jiang Li took out a jade token from the storage ring. "Dao Zong" was written on the front, and a constantly rotating Tai Chi pattern was on the back. The whole piece of jade token was integrated and did not seem to be carved. Instead, it looked like a work of nature.

"And now?"

Yuan Wuxing widened his eyes and looked at the token in disbelief, his lips trembling. He seemed to be afraid of meeting an important figure, but also excited of seeing the dawn.

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"Dao Zong Ling! Are you a Dao Zong walker!?"

Dao Zong Ling, whoever sees this token is like seeing the Dao Zong leader himself.

Those who can have Dao Zong Orders are either other people in the Tribulation Crossing Stage or Dao Zong Walking Stage. It is said that there will be no more than five of them, and the Yuanying senior in front of him is obviously the latter.

This person might not be the old monster who has lived for hundreds of years as he thought before, but a genius who has cultivated to the Nascent Soul stage at the age of twenty! Jiang Li nodded: "I will not change my name, the current Taoist master, Zhang Li."

Jiang Li temporarily made up a name and identity for himself, thinking that given his relationship with the Dao Sect leader, the other party would not blame him.

"So you are a Taoist priest. I actually asked you to swear an oath. This, this, this..."

Yuan Wuxing was so excited that he was incoherent. Dao Sect was walking, which meant that he would be the next leader of Dao Sect and the future top cultivator. Dao Sect was the oldest sect, and it had existed even longer than the Human Emperor Palace. It had many immortals and a strong foundation. It was a rare force that was not afraid of the Human Emperor Palace.

Of course, the premise of all this is to eliminate Jiang Li, the most powerful emperor in history.

With Dao Zong's involvement at this time, the chances of bringing down the Jiang family will be even greater!

Yuan Wuxing's face was filled with joy, and he recited the Qingxin Jue several times in his mind before he managed to calm down.

"The reason why I dare not say it is because I am afraid of implicating Senior Zhang. Emperor Jiang Ren might very well kill you and me because of this. But since Senior Zhang is a Taoist, he must not be afraid of Emperor Ren."

"Emperor Jiang Ren...may be practicing the magic way!"

Yuan Wuxing lowered his voice to a very low level, as if if he spoke louder the Human Emperor would hear him.

After he said this, he looked at Jiang Li, hoping to see expressions of horror and shock on his face, but he appeared to be completely unconcerned, with even a hint of a smile on his face.

(End of this chapter)