As soon as An Moxue's alarm rang in the morning, she got up immediately, ate only breakfast, and rushed to the small woods on the west mountain where she was monitoring the educated youth settlement. She exchanged information with the two militiamen who were monitoring the settlement and learned that they had never left. She then took over the monitoring work, and the two militiamen left.
An Moxue decided to extend the surveillance distance today, as ensuring her own safety was more important than anything else.
I took a high-powered telescope from my spatial storage, adjusted the focus, and tested it. Even from this distance, I could see the educated youth settlement courtyard clearly—it was just dawn, and smoke was already rising from the chimneys of the settlement, so it seemed they were preparing to leave early.
She practiced her boxing in a secluded spot in the woods while observing the educated youth settlement.
Not long after, Li Bin and the other two left the educated youth settlement together. The five of them met up again at the place where they had met yesterday, and then headed into the mountains together. Today's route was slightly off to the north.
An Moxue spent the last night cramming on books about landforms and topography, and it wasn't in vain. Although she still didn't understand how to interpret them in detail, with actual landforms for comparison, she could roughly judge whether the sorcerer group had found a feng shui treasure land based on the length of time they stayed and her own understanding.
Moreover, during her observations that day, she discovered that this sorcerer was not just an ordinary martial arts practitioner; he must be a master. At the very least, she was no match for him. As for the young man, she didn't know.
Several times when she wanted to get a closer look, she had a feeling that she would be exposed to the sorcerer, so she stopped in the end and had to admire his keenness.
After the three sorcerers entered the educated youth settlement, the day's surveillance ended, and An Moxue went directly to Village Chief Guo's house.
At Village Chief Guo's house, Old Ma and Village Chief Guo were chatting when they saw An Moxue return, and the group got down to business.
An Moxue recounted the day's findings: "Based on my observations, this middle-aged sorcerer isn't just looking at large tomb complexes, but also those auspicious burial sites that seem to hold hidden graves. Today, he didn't even stop at several mixed burial grounds and mass graves, just glanced at them and left. However, he looked at several burial grounds with only a few graves repeatedly; the scenery was quite nice. I don't really understand this; I can only rely on my intuition. That's my feeling. And it seems he hasn't found them yet. This sorcerer is a master; at least I'm no match for him. He's also very perceptive; several times when I tried to get closer to observe, he almost discovered me." What she didn't say was that at this rate, he would find her family's ancestral graves in another two or three days, and she felt the matter was urgent.
Old Ma relayed the information from the county and town: "The county's intention is that this case has dragged on for too long. Now that the sorcerer has appeared, they're not going to delay any longer. They've requested military support and are preparing to arrest all involved by the day after tomorrow. They've already started deploying the operational plan and have asked us to keep a close watch on the people for the next couple of days. We might need the militia's assistance in the arrests. Mo Xue, you should also follow along; consider it training. I've already asked my superiors, and they've approved it."
An Moxue replied, "Okay, Uncle Ma, I will cooperate. But, Uncle Ma, that sorcerer is probably no match for an ordinary person. He gives me the feeling that he is very strong."
"I will report what you said to my superiors."
Village Chief Guo also said to An Moxue, "Moxue, you'll have to work hard during the day these next two days, and the militia will keep watch at night. You'll hand over the duties in the morning."
"It's not hard work, Uncle Guo. I actually think it's quite good for training myself," An Moxue replied cheerfully.
Old Ma waved his hand at her and said, "Alright, you can go back now! You must be tired after a long day, go back and get some rest!"
An Moxue looked at the village chief, Guo Xiwang: "Uncle Guo, is there anything else you want to say?"
Village Chief Guo waved his hand and said, "No, go back!"
An Moxue stood up and said to the two men, "Uncle Ma, Uncle Guo, I'm going back."
The two nodded, and An Moxue left the house.
An Moxue returned home, lit a fire in the stove, added a large piece of wood, then went into her spatial dimension to take a bath, eat, and then go to her study to read. She now has a deeper understanding of the saying, "You only realize how little you know when you need it."
An Moxue spent her days monitoring the three sorcerers and her nights studying geomancy in her spatial dimension, and another day and two nights passed.
At four in the morning, before dawn, someone knocked on An Moxue's door. An Moxue hadn't slept long, and the person knocking kept shouting, which made her so angry that she wanted to hit them.
After a few minutes, she opened the door and called out, "Get up, wait a moment." There was silence outside.
After she got dressed, took her crossbow, and went out, she saw that the person who came was a militiaman from the militia company. He said that the village chief had asked her to come to his house to discuss the arrest operation. The police and soldiers arrived a little late last night, so they didn't call her.
At the village chief's house, the various parties met and decided to wait until the three sorcerers left the educated youth settlement and entered the woods before taking action to make the arrest. They reasoned that arresting educated youths inside the settlement would easily result in them being taken hostage.
The target was four soldiers to arrest the sorcerer, two police officers to arrest the young man the sorcerer was with, and Li Bin. An Moxue and the militia corps assisted in the encirclement and blockade to prevent them from entering the village or the mountains.
Finally, they discussed where to ambush the youth. Soldiers and policemen found hiding places outside the youth settlement, An Moxue and some militiamen were in the woods to the west, and some militiamen were at the brigade headquarters.
They were all surrounding the educated youth settlement, not far away and easy to hide. If they were all hidden outside the educated youth settlement, they would be closer, but with that sorcerer's keen senses, it would be easy to discover something was wrong. It would be terrible if they retreated to the educated youth settlement and took the educated youth hostage.
After the discussion, the group filed out and dispersed to their respective ambush sites.
As dawn broke, the smoke from the cooking fires at the educated youth settlement had died down. The people lying in ambush remained vigilant. People gradually emerged from the courtyard; a few went to the toilet, and two carried firewood into the house.
Suddenly, the two sorcerers and Li Bin emerged from the gate of the educated youth settlement, and various forces mobilized together, rushing towards the three of them.
A policeman was the first to grab Li Bin, pouncing on him like a hungry tiger and pinning him to the ground. He then used a hand-held grill to restrain Li Bin's hands. The fastest militiaman came to his side and took over the task of guarding Li Bin.
When An Moxue and a group of militiamen arrived, the soldier was already entangled in a battle with the sorcerer. The four of them couldn't do anything to him and he even seemed to be gaining the upper hand. She immediately joined their fight, and the five of them barely managed to achieve a draw against the sorcerer.
The militiamen who arrived quickly surrounded the two men, and the two policemen who were dealing with the young man were also just barely able to keep up. Everyone was amazed by the two men's strength; they were really too strong.
The educated youth at the settlement heard the fighting and came out to investigate, but were warned by the militiamen and told to go back and lock their doors and windows tightly.
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