Chapter 061
special……
The days that followed on the flying boat were quite peaceful. Cheng Hui and Lin Qingyang felt that they had gained such a great benefit, so they stayed in their rooms and practiced honestly.
Cheng Hui was especially impressed. He refined the old pervert who wanted to possess his body. The bead he swallowed allowed him to reach the peak of the Wandering Corpse Realm with some room to spare. Every day when he practiced dual cultivation with Lin Qingyang, his cultivation level increased rapidly.
In just less than a month, Lin Qingyang's cultivation had already approached the ninth level of Qi Refining and was about to reach its peak.
Once he reaches the peak of Qi Refining, he can successfully complete the foundation building and become a foundation building cultivator by taking the foundation building pill.
If this kind of training speed were to be revealed to the outside world, any sect would train him as their most core disciple.
Unfortunately, at this stage, both of them were stuck on the edge of advancement. Lin Qingyang didn't want to expose his cultivation level. His cultivation level had improved by leaps and bounds in such a short period of time, which was tantamount to telling others that he had had a fortuitous encounter.
He trusts his eldest brother very much, but that may not be the case with his other brothers.
For safety reasons, he did not buy the Foundation Establishment Pill at the shop in Feidu Villa, but decided to wait until he got off the flying boat and then go to the small markets near the mine to buy it.
Foundation-building pills are very common and can be bought in ordinary medicine shops.
Five days passed in a blink of an eye. Early in the morning of this day, Zhang Yifan called everyone out of the room.
He told everyone to get ready and wait until the flying boat landed again, which would be their time to disembark.
After hearing this, Lin Qingyang returned to the room and waited quietly. Around noon, the flying boat slowly stopped.
Together with his fellow disciples, he followed Zhang Yifan off the flying boat and then entered a small town near the flying boat's stop.
This small town is located in a remote area, but it is unexpectedly prosperous. Lin Qingyang asked Zhang Yifan and found out that although it is located in a remote area, it is rich in mineral resources. There are many mineral veins around it, which are controlled by several sects.
The small spirit stone mine controlled by the Corpse Puppet Sect is one of them. Perhaps because the quality of this spirit stone mine is not high, and coupled with the reputation of the Corpse Puppet Sect, no one dares to take over here.
However, this time the sect split, the strength of the Corpse Puppet Sect has obviously declined. Although the foundation is still there, it is inevitable that some confused people will think that the Corpse Puppet Sect is no longer viable and thus set their sights on them.
Near this small town is stationed a second-rate sect called Tianming Sect. The sect leader is a cultivator in the late Jindan stage. Tianming Sect surrendered to Shikui Sect a long time ago and pays tribute on time every year. Shikui Sect provides shelter for Tianming Sect. This has been the case for hundreds of years. However, in recent times, something seems to have happened within Tianming Sect, which resulted in the tribute not being submitted in time this time.
In the past, the Corpse Puppet Sect would not have pressed the surrendered sects so hard, and it would not have been impossible to postpone for some time, but the problem was that the timing of the incident with the Tianming Sect was a bit delicate. The Sect Leader and several elders suspected that the Tianming Sect had colluded with the defected disciples of the Demon Puppet Sect and plotted to seize the spirit stone mine here, so they asked Zhang Yifan to lead some disciples to garrison here, which was also a disguised way to strengthen the strength of guarding the spirit stone mine.
The one originally stationed here was a cultivator in the late Jindan stage. Together with Zhang Yifan, who was about to advance to the Jindan stage, the two-to-one situation was enough to suppress the leader of the Tianming Sect.
After Zhang Yifan and his friends entered the small town, they went straight to a small courtyard.
This is the headquarters of the Corpse Puppet Sect. Logically, there should be two or three disciples stationed here, but when Zhang Yifan and his friends arrived here, it was completely deserted.
Zhang Yifan pushed open the door and saw the dust on the table in the room, frowning.
It seems that the people here have been gone for at least ten days. They had contact with the people here before boarding the flying boat, so... what happened here during their flight?
"Everyone, look around and see if there are any clues." Zhang Yifan ordered.
The other brothers scattered and began to search the courtyard.
On the surface, Lin Qingyang was just a nine-year-old child. Everyone put him aside, but he wandered around by himself. Zhang Yifan took a look at him and didn't say anything.
Lin Qingyang and Cheng Hui walked around the yard and silently returned to Zhang Yifan's side.
Zhang Yifan glanced at them and teased him, "What did you see?"
Lin Qingyang said calmly, "There was a fight here before, and many people died, but someone later cleaned up all the remaining traces."
Zhang Yifan: …
All fellow disciples: ...? ? ?
Lin Qingyang did not lower his voice particularly when speaking. The courtyard was not big, and the monks were all very sharp-eyed and sharp-eared, so everyone heard what he said.
"You've figured out so much in such a short time?" Zhang Yifan's eyes twitched.
So many of them were looking for clues, but Junior Brother figured it out at a glance?
...I feel like my senior brother's dignity has been completely destroyed..._(:з」∠)_
Lin Qingyang looked up at him and suddenly smiled brightly: "Yes, it's all thanks to my good teaching."
Zhang Yifan: ...I, I taught you? (⊙﹏⊙)
Other brothers: ...As expected of you, you're a senior brother! You're truly amazing! You even managed to teach such a young child so well! I admire you! I admire you!
Zhang Yifan was completely bewildered, but seeing the admiring looks from his fellow disciples and the brilliant smile from his junior brother, he accepted the blame without knowing why.
Although I don't know why the junior brother said that he taught him, since he said so, he must have his reasons. As a senior brother, it is only right that he should take better care of him.
He laughed, took the blame, then put on a stern face and acted as if testing him, asking Lin Qingyang to explain to everyone.
Lin Qingyang followed suit and talked about the marks on the ground that did not match the table legs, and then went on to talk about some bloodstains that were not well hidden in a certain corner. In total, he counted out more than a dozen clues. Combining these clues, it was just as he said, a battle had broken out here and many people died. Although the bloodstains at the scene had been cleaned up, there were always some traces left in some hidden cracks.
Although Zhang Yifan had a stern face, his expression became very ugly.
This is the headquarters of the Corpse Puppet Sect. Any battle breaking out here would be tantamount to a provocation to the Corpse Puppet Sect.
The most important thing is that he vaguely felt a hint of foreboding through this incident. Could it be that someone really dared to target their Corpse Puppet Sect?
Zhang Yifan's eyes turned: "Let's go directly to the spirit stone mine." If an accident happened at the base, the spirit stone mine might be in danger as well.
Zhang Yifan had never been here, but he had a map in his hand. Following the instructions on the map, Zhang Yifan led his fellow disciples to rush to the spirit stone mine.
In just one afternoon, they arrived at the location. From a distance, they saw the disciples on duty guarding the mine. When they saw them, they immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Stop, this is the location of the mine, which belongs to the Corpse Puppet Sect. What can I do for you?"
Zhang Yifan threw out his identity token. The disciple on guard took a look and exclaimed in surprise, "It turns out to be Senior Brother Zhang from the Thirteenth Peak. Are you here to support us? Great!"
"Has anything happened in the mine recently?" Zhang Yifan heard something wrong in the disciple's tone and immediately asked.
The disciple said with a bitter face, "Brother Zhang, have you heard about this? Yes, there have been some issues at the mine recently. The miners have been saying it's haunted and are too scared to go to work. Several people have even died. But every time we go, we can't find any ghosts, not even a trace. If this continues, the miners will be scared away."
Zhang Yifan paused slightly: "Haunted?"
The disciple sighed, "Yeah, who would believe it? We have so many monks, and we've searched the mine several times, but we haven't seen a single ghost. But once our people withdraw, those miners will encounter ghosts again..."
"Brother, from what I just heard from you, I mean that my eldest brother should have heard from others that the mine is haunted. Is that true?"
The disciple looked at the small Lin Qingyang in surprise and said with a smile: "Yes, little junior brother, didn't you hear the news from my junior brothers? Judging from the direction you are coming from, you should be coming from the small town, right? Then you should have seen my little junior brother."
As soon as this person said this, the other brothers realized that something was wrong.
According to Senior Brother Zhang, the people at the base have disappeared for at least ten days, but from what this junior brother said, it seems like they are still in contact with the base?
Zhang Yifan suddenly asked, "How long has the mine been haunted?"
"Probably five or six days." The disciple said after thinking for a while.
This time, everyone noticed something was wrong. One of the younger brothers accompanying the team asked in surprise, "Five or six days? You mean you've been in contact with the people stationed there these past few days?"
The disciple was stunned: "Yeah, what's wrong? We received a communication jade talisman from my junior brother yesterday."
The other disciples all looked at Zhang Yifan at the same time. Zhang Yifan paused and said, "Let's go see Uncle Zeng first, and then we'll talk."
The fellow disciples had no objection, they all kept their mouths shut and followed Zhang Yifan closely.
However, the other disciple might have noticed something, and the excitement he had felt at seeing his fellow disciples disappeared without a trace.
During the second half of the journey, the junior brother remained silent. He looked at Zhang Yifan several times as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he did not open his mouth to ask.
The atmosphere on this journey became extremely solemn, and Cheng Hui felt a little uncomfortable. Fortunately, the journey was not long, and they soon entered the mining area. They were led by the disciple to find that uncle Zeng.
Soon, they arrived at the courtyard where Uncle Zeng lived. Zhang Yifan went forward and knocked on the door, and then heard someone say gently, "Come in."
When they pushed the door open, they immediately saw an elegant man standing in the middle of the courtyard, quietly gazing into the distance.
At first glance, this man looks young, but if you look closely, you will find that there is a hint of doubt in the corners of his eyes.
A Foundation Establishment cultivator has a lifespan of 200 years, while a Golden Core cultivator has a lifespan of 500 years. If they cannot make further progress within these 500 years, then the Golden Core cultivator will only face the fate of death.
Although the uncle Zeng in front of him is already a cultivator in the late Jindan stage, it can be seen that his lifespan is about to end. If he does not have any adventure before it ends, he may never have the chance to reach the Nascent Soul stage in this lifetime.
Generally speaking, jobs like this one guarding remote mines are often undertaken by monks who are old and have no future prospects. Since Uncle Zeng can stay here and guard it for decades, it is enough to show that his talent may limit itself.
"Greetings, Uncle Zeng." Zhang Yifan took the lead in bowing, and the others followed suit, saying in unison, "Greetings, Uncle Zeng."
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