Chapter 117 Going Fishing in Ping'an Town
Master Cheng looked at him deeply, thought for a while, and then said, "It's okay to tell you guys."
"This is because there have been a number of missing children cases in various counties within Hangzhou Prefecture in recent days. The number is not large, with at most three to five children in each county and no more than one child in each village or town, so no one has taken it seriously."
"These types of cases cannot be solved and must be reported to the government office. When I was sorting through these case files, I found something strange."
"It's not uncommon for a county to lose three or two children within a month. But the number of children lost during the same period totaled to dozens, which is very rare in Hangzhou."
"And the description of the crime method is very similar. They are all children playing outside in the village. They disappeared in the blink of an eye. The perpetrators did not leave any traces."
"I immediately decided to combine these cases and treat them as a major case. At the same time, I notified the constables from the government office to investigate. After a few days of investigation, they found that there was some suspicious movement of vehicles and horses in Ping'an Town. It might be the place where they hid the child."
"But it would be difficult to make any further progress if we investigate further, and we suspect that there are cultivators involved. I was just about to submit the files and ask for help from Chaotianque. Then this letter came."
"I guess this is a warning from that gang of villains..."
Bang!
Monk Shenmu pounded his fist on the table and said angrily, "How arrogant!"
Mr. Cheng glanced at the rosewood table with heartache and felt his head hurt even more.
Li Chu was also a little angry after hearing this.
Kidnapping and trafficking in children is an extremely hateful crime in any era, and these evildoers even dared to use witchcraft to murder imperial officials.
That's too much.
Zhao Liangchen pondered for a moment and said, "If the cultivators kidnapped these children, then their purpose is probably not trafficking them."
"Oh?" Mr. Cheng asked, "What is that?"
"It's not uncommon for evil demons to do things that anger heaven and man." Zhao Liangchen said, "Of course, the most likely scenario is that they pick smart children and abduct them, train them as disciples, and expand their power."
There are evil spirits, demons and monsters in the world.
Only "demons" are formed from other creatures that have been demonized, and 90% of the demonized creatures are humans.
Ironically, the vast majority of "demons" are humans who have cultivated themselves into beings.
Because there was a demon sect in the martial arts world, which was once as famous as the Taoist and Buddhist sects at its peak. However, it was later suppressed by the current imperial court and the righteous sects, and gradually disappeared.
However, there are many inheritances in the Demonic Sect, and they are extremely bizarre and difficult to eradicate completely. Some of them still have considerable power.
The techniques practiced by these demonic practitioners are all against the right path and are risky.
For example, human sacrifice, killing to break through the realm, and many other evil methods. Even if these are not needed, there will most likely be other strange and unspeakable things.
The benefit of cultivating magic is that one can progress very quickly. In the early stages of cultivation, the speed of the magic cultivators is much faster than that of the righteous cultivators. Moreover, in the same realm, the strength of the magic cultivators is often greater than that of the righteous cultivators.
But correspondingly, they have to run the risk of being possessed by demons at all times, which is tantamount to walking on a tightrope.
In the seven realms of heaven and man, basically at each threshold, more than half of the demon sect practitioners either died or became possessed. Every possessed person would completely lose their humanity and become a bloodthirsty and evil "demon". Coupled with the strength of the magic skills, this kind of demon is very difficult to deal with.
Therefore, every living cultivator of the Demon Sect can be regarded as a time bomb.
The higher the level of the demon cultivator, the greater the risk of explosion.
In recent years, under the strong suppression of the Heluo Dynasty, it has been difficult for the Demon Sect to recruit disciples. The court also wants to use this method to cut off their fresh blood and let them gradually shrink and wither.
Now, it is very likely that some of the inheritances in the Demon Sect cannot withstand the pressure and have begun to rob children.
"well--"
Upon hearing this, Master Cheng sighed, "These evil thieves may have spies in the government office. When I recover... even if I ignore my health and submit the case immediately, it will probably take several days for the government office to review it and then submit it to the Imperial Palace. After so many days, I'm afraid they have already succeeded and moved away."
"How ridiculous!" Monk Shenmu stood up suddenly. "How can such a cheap thing happen? No need to look for that damn Chaotianque. I will go to Ping'an Town now and find out which group of evil thieves in the Demon Sect these are! Do you two want to go?"
Zhao Liangchen frowned.
He also understood what Master Cheng said, but...
Since it is the demonic forces that are causing trouble, we should first figure out which force they are, right?
Although most of the demon sects are small inheritances that are struggling to survive, there are also large forces. There are even the Yanyue Sect and the Buerfeng that are comparable to the Twelve Immortal Sects...
The methods of the demon sect cultivators are treacherous and difficult to defeat. If they are from a large force with many masters, they have fought their way out of the jungle. If you rashly go to them, it is like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth...
The fight with the demon cultivators was different from that with other evil spirits. Monsters, ghosts, and spirits were not human after all, and their thinking was very different from that of humans. But the demon cultivators were still human... and therefore they were the most difficult to deal with.
Is there any creature in the world more insidious and cunning than humans? Probably not.
Just as he was thinking this, he saw Li Chu also stood up and said very naturally: "We must rescue those children."
Li Chu's statement was like a surge of blood rushing to Zhao Liangchen's head.
He stood up in response, and said in a sonorous voice: "As cultivators of my generation, we naturally cannot retreat! Where the Tao is, I will go even if there are thousands of people against me!"
After he said this, several people in the room looked at him approvingly.
He couldn't help but feel excited for three seconds. Very good.
This guy is pretending to win.
But three seconds later, Monk Shenmu patted him on the shoulder heavily and said, "Well said, let's go!"
"Forehead……"
Watching the monk and the Taoist priest turn around and leave... Zhao Liangchen was stunned and sighed.
Oh, you damn vain...
Helplessly, he had to hurry up and follow. At the same time, he secretly prayed in his heart that it would be an ordinary small force, and not the Yanyue Sect...
…
Li Chu asked Wang Longqi and Xiao Jinli to go back first and would not take them with him to Ping'an Town.
Wang Longqi is just a mortal, and the little koi... has almost no combat power that can be demonstrated on the surface. Its role as a mascot remains to be verified.
Ping'an Town and Yuhang Town are almost the same distance from Hangzhou City, but in exactly opposite directions.
And like Yuhang Town, Ping'an Town is also the county seat with the same name as the local county. So the place they went to can be called Ping'an Town, or...
Ping'an County.
We took a boat to Ping'an Town and it was getting dark when we got off the boat.
Monk Shenmu touched his shiny head and asked, "How do we find this group of people?"
Zhao Liangchen narrowed his eyes and said quietly, "You don't even know how to find someone, and you're already aggressively calling for help?"
God looked at him: "You know?"
Zhao Liangchen spread his hands and said, "Of course I don't know."
The information that Master Cheng gave them was not much. They only knew that a child was missing from Hangzhou Prefecture recently and was suspected to be hidden in Ping'an Town, but they couldn't even be sure.
If they could find out the exact location, they wouldn't have to come here, as it would have been reported to the government office long ago.
It is such a big town, plus the surrounding villages. If we search them piece by piece, it will take who knows how long.
Li Chu sighed.
It looks like...
The two teammates I matched with this time didn't seem to be very smart.
So he said, "Since we can't find each other, it seems... we can only let them find us."
"Let them come to us?" Monk Shenmu touched his head and said suddenly, "Yes!"
Zhao Liangchen also nodded thoughtfully, "That's a good idea."
Monk Shenmu glanced at him and asked, "You thought of that too?"
Zhao Liangchen blinked: "No...but I think you all seem to have thought of something...I would seem weak if I don't nod..."
Monk Shenmu said: "It's nothing, it's just fishing!"
"Fishing?" Zhao Liangchen was stunned. "You mean..."
Li Chu nodded and said, "I remember you have a few little ghosts. We can let them pretend to be lost children and try to explore the surrounding areas of Ping'an Town. If those thieves really hide all the children around here, then they should have more spies. We will monitor them from behind, and once they take action..."
"But in this case, our spiritual sense must cover a wider range than theirs. Otherwise, they will find us before we find them. I just entered the divine union realm not long ago..." Zhao Liangchen said frankly: "My spiritual sense only covers a few dozen feet."
"Although I don't have divine consciousness, I have a pair of wise eyes that can see through the distance..." Monk Shenmu said: "It can reach hundreds of feet."
"I only have one mind-eye technique, which can cover an area of approximately..." Li Chu said, "30 miles in radius."
"In that case... huh? Wait..."
Zhao Liangchen was about to say something when he suddenly felt something was wrong. Monk Shenmu also turned his gaze to Li Chu.
Something strange seems to have happened among us?
This feels... a bit like a cross-server chat... Are we talking about the same thing?
"Are you sure you meant... thirty miles?" Zhao Liangchen asked in surprise.
If the spiritual awareness covers thirty miles, it must be at least the peak of the Wanxiang Realm... or even the Zhan Sui Realm.
Moreover, spiritual consciousness is not like realm, which can be broken through by sudden enlightenment. It basically grows through accumulation over time and constant meditation.
Even for a genius, it would take thirty to fifty years to grow to this level, right?
Li Chu said calmly: "My mind-eye technique is different from the spiritual awareness of the cultivators. Maybe there are some small differences."
Oh, a small difference?
Zhao Liangchen didn't want to dwell on this issue anymore.
If he continued thinking about it, his life would become disillusioned again.
Without saying anything else, he pulled out a small black bottle from his sleeve, pulled out the stopper sealed with the talisman, and poured the liquid down.
Then, a thick white mist like mutton fat flowed out.
In the white mist, the figures of several little kids appeared, seemingly unreal, all curled up with their knees hugged.
As the white mist gradually dissipated, the figures became clearer and clearer.
There were four boys and one girl, the boys had pigtails and the girl had a pair of braids. They were all wearing thick black and red cotton jackets that looked like paper clothes.
Li Chu smiled slightly when he saw these figures. The last time he met these little ghosts, he thought they were quite interesting.
When the white mist dissipated, the little kids raised their heads one after another and shouted out in unison with great joy.
"Have you eaten yet?!"
Sorry, there is a network problem and I can’t send it out. I’ve been trying for a long time.
(End of this chapter)
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