After spending several days investigating near Qiuguan City, Ji Mofan discovered that Wang Shu had truly never shown any suspicious signs. He had never revealed his face in public, and even the disciples of Qianhe Tower only knew that he was a friend of Senior Brother Yu Wen.
However, those at the peak of the Nascent Soul stage, about to break through to the Void Refinement stage, are extremely rare in the entire cultivation world, if not extremely rare. If Ji Mofan were determined to investigate, it wouldn't be difficult to find out who among them was acting suspiciously.
It is common for cultivators to immerse themselves in a secret realm for ten days or half a month, or to find a blessed land to seclude themselves for a year or half a year without ever appearing in public.
And coincidentally, it really reminded Ji Mofan of such a person.
The Lord of Qianhe Tower took over the sect at a very young age and became the sect leader.
He should be in his fifties or sixties now, and by all accounts, he and Yu Wen should be related as uncle and nephew.
This explains why he received resources and care at Qianhelou, and why Yu Wen treated him with great respect.
The outside world only believed that Master Qianhe was still in seclusion, and there was never any news of him being injured.
This is not hard to understand. After all, the safety of a sect leader is related to the honor and disgrace of the entire sect, especially in small sects where it is of paramount importance. If the leader is easily exposed, it will cause the disciples under the Thousand Crane Tower to lose focus.
But why was Yu Wen running around for him?
Moreover, in his previous life, he was the one who, with the Arc Light Qilin that was not used as medicine, turned around and slaughtered the people of Qiuguan City whom they originally cared for.
The problem lies with Yu Wen or Wang Shu.
Ji Mofan narrowed his eyes.
In this life, he will no longer be a bodhisattva who treats everyone equally.
Those who deserve to die should be turned into dust and go on their destined cycle of reincarnation.
This time, Ji Mo Fan didn't really act recklessly, and only returned on the eve of the Dao Asking Conference.
He explored two secret realms to consolidate his mid-Nascent Soul cultivation before returning to the Yun Cang Sword Sect with Ge Gen.
While laying a solid foundation for himself, he also fed Ge Gen a lot of rare and precious herbs that he picked up along the way.
While relying on these shortcuts to build up cultivation is not conducive to later cultivation, Ji Mofan was also thinking about the medicine he would give Ge Gen so as not to raise the child astray.
Besides, he is hardworking, and eating a few snacks won't make him fat.
By the time he returned to the sect a month later, Ge Gen had already broken through from the early stage of Qi Refining to the middle stage, and had even grasped the basics of the later stage.
At this rate, by next year's Daoist Conference, Ge Gen will at least have learned how to control a sword.
Ji Mo Fan didn't want anything to go wrong, so he had to put in extra effort to help his child get up and fly together.
It's technically good, but it just seems a bit lacking.
In the month or so without Ji Mofan, the Yuncang Sword Sect was in complete chaos.
Although he was out of the picture for a while, no one caused too much trouble because he was still in the sect.
But when he so openly declared himself the "hands-off manager," some people's true intentions became impossible to hide.
Ji Mofan felt that the treatment he received upon entering the door was almost the same every time he returned. Shen Yun sent him a communication talisman with a "snap," telling him to go directly to the main peak.
He raised an eyebrow, and a faint smile curved the corners of his mouth.
Last time it was a recruitment fair, the time before that it was to ask him for a demon core, what new surprise will he give him this time?
Knowing nothing of what had happened in the past month, Ji Mofan could only have Ge Gen take Shuanghuang back to his courtyard while he went to the main peak alone to face the demons and monsters filling the hall.
The elders and true disciples were all present today, making the large hall seem a bit crowded.
"Chief, you must give us all an explanation for what happened today."
Ji Mofan had just stepped one foot inside when Ji Yunhong's question came crashing down on him.
He frowned.
Without responding to his words or even making eye contact with anyone, Ji Mofan walked through the entire hall with a calm expression, until he reached the main seat at the highest point, where he sat down with a flick of his robe.
"What makes Elder Ji say that?" He rested his chin on his hand, looking quite relaxed.
Ji Yunhong was furious at his dismissive attitude. "I used to think that the chief was humble and respectful, but now it seems that he is just good at putting on a show!"
"If I hadn't asked Weisheng to check the warehouse ledgers, I wouldn't have known that the former chief had accomplished so many great things!"
Ji Mo Fan lifted his eyelids slightly.
He thought it was something serious...
It turns out that Qi Fengyu's secret misappropriation of the sect's public resources has been discovered.
The chair below the head of the table was originally Qi Fengyu's seat. But it was empty at the moment, probably because he had feigned illness to avoid a direct confrontation.
If Ji Mofan were to reveal the truth here and accuse Qi Fengyu of orchestrating everything, given his reputation in the Yun Cang Sword Sect, everyone would only accuse Ji Mofan of slander.
Ji Mofan glanced at Shen Yun again.
The middle-aged man, with an air of otherworldly wisdom, seemed unconcerned, sitting comfortably in the chair furthest to the left.
Li Geyue stood behind him with her head down, fidgeting with her fingers, seemingly lost in thought. Ever since Ji Mofan entered the room, his furtive gaze hadn't stopped drifting over.
Ji Mofan also felt that the mother Gu in his hand was restless.
He smiled and said, "I did manage the financial transactions in the warehouse before. I wonder if Elder Ji discovered any problems in that?"
Ji Yunhong snorted coldly and threw the ledger onto the table beside him. "Wei Sheng, you tell me!"
Ning Wei forced herself to walk out.
He is now truly in a dilemma, caught between a rock and a hard place.
On one side is his master who has shown him great kindness, and on the other side is... Ji Mo Fan.
He didn't want to embarrass either side.
However, the money that had flowed out of the warehouse over the years and the discrepancies in the accounts were real, and even if he was unwilling, he had no choice but to speak up and testify for his master.
“Last time, my master told me that the training resources in the peak were not enough, and asked me to go to the warehouse to get some.”
"For the past few years, the eldest brother has been in charge of the warehouse accounts, but this time there was an urgent need, so I bypassed the eldest brother."
“These are all normal resource uses, and there have been similar precedents before, so I thought I would wait for my senior brother to come back before reporting the expenses. I will just register them myself for now.”
"But when I went to the warehouse... I found that the resources I needed were gone."
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