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Since opening her fried chicken shop, Xu Ya hasn't felt any malice from Yunmeng Xianze for a long time.
She opened a shop here, and although she was still doing business with monks, she truly felt the sense of freedom and equality.
In addition, he had unexpectedly saved those high-level cultivators and lived peacefully with them.
This allowed Xu Ya to feel that she was still able to catch her breath for a moment in this world within the book.
She was so engrossed in the food that the cultivators who ate her fried chicken would come back to buy it again after their cultivation improved. Their attitude towards Xu Ya, who had once been a useless person in the Immortal Realm, was also completely different.
Xu Ya could feel that she was gradually being respected.
But now, including Shen Qi, only one of the three shop assistants is a low-level cultivator, and there is also an innocent child who is being dragged into the shop like an animal.
The group of people were all dragged and staggered. The high-level cultivators didn't care how much they struggled; they just needed to take them away for treatment.
This gave Xu Ya a suffocating feeling, like she had returned to a quagmire.
But she knew that the fried chicken she made would never have this problem; she had confirmed this with the system several times!
However, An Jiaze probably won't give her a chance to explain...
The three were thrown into the dungeon in the Immortal Marsh.
However, since there are people specifically responsible for handling trivial matters within Xianze, even if the three of them were to be dealt with directly, it would still require a rather complicated procedure, all of which would require the approval of the chief official, An Jiaze.
Currently, An Jiaze is at a crucial stage in his advancement to immortality and doesn't have the time to deal with the three of them. However, An Jiaze still has a bit of a wicked sense of humor. Rather than executing those useless people with a single sword strike, he'd rather wait until he's finished his advancement and then slowly torture them. Watching the low-level cultivators' expressions of fear and waiting for death as he slowly cuts flesh with a dull knife is one of the few things that is quite interesting.
Therefore, he only ordered Xu Ya and the other two to be arrested and put into the dungeon, and did not order them to be killed immediately.
This gave them some time to catch their breath.
It took Shi Yuzhen several weeks of meditation to regain his composure. He could sense that the inner demons locked in his heart were about to break free of their cages.
This matter was of great importance, and Shi Yuzhen was usually very cautious about it, not daring to tell anyone.
Zhan Zhengzhen hesitated for a moment, then looked around and saw that everyone looked like they were holding back their words but dared not speak. After holding back, he finally said what he thought: "I don't think this is just targeting Junior Sister."
“I’m afraid it’s because of you, Senior Brother.” Zhan Zhengzhen looked at Shi Yuzhen’s bloodshot eyes and continued, “Your close relationship with Junior Sister is common knowledge throughout the entire Immortal Swamp. He might be experimenting. He wants you to go mad. They probably have other plans to deal with you, so they’re resorting to any means necessary. To be honest, if the Immortal Swamp wanted to get rid of them, it would be very quick, really very quick. Senior Brother, you need to stay calm first.”
After their return, they had been lying in wait for some time and gradually gathered some information and made some progress. They didn't want to alert the enemy and were still in the discussion stage. Their primary goal was to lie low and wait for an opportunity. But now, it seemed that the villains in the shadows didn't want them to be caught off guard and were deliberately making some noise to provoke them.
Cai Wenle descended from the sky and delivered the good news: "An Jiaze went into seclusion as soon as he entered Xianze, so it probably won't be resolved so quickly. They always pride themselves on procedural justice when solving cases, so there should still be some breathing room for Junior Sister's matter!"
Upon hearing this news, everyone's brows relaxed.
Rong Aoqing was always quite composed. She suggested, "We've made some progress in our investigation. Those people in the shadows probably just want to see you go crazy and lose your temper for your junior sister. Think back to when you were ambushed at a crucial moment. The methods were exactly the same. I also believe that your junior sister doesn't have the ability to kill someone with a higher cultivation level than her on the spot. There's still room for maneuver."
Immediately after the accident, Zhan Zhengzhen secretly took some samples of the blood and flesh on the ground and preserved them. He suspected that An Jiaze might not be serious about solving the case, so he kept some samples in case of emergency. As a result, his actions came in handy.
The group tidied up the messy shop and put all the fried chicken that Xu Ya hadn't sold into the treasure bag, which was then handed over to Zhan Zhengzhen for safekeeping.
Zhan Zhengzhen took on the task of investigating why the cultivator had died suddenly, and said to everyone, "I will live up to your trust and find out the truth of this matter."
After thinking for a moment, Yu Manjing suggested, "Perhaps we can use this. Doesn't he want Senior Brother Shi to be anxious about this? Then Senior Brother can pretend to be anxious and lure him into a trap in your cave."
The five people deeply hated the villain who set up the body-snatching talisman that day, and all wanted to capture him quickly and cut him into a thousand pieces. Although this task was extremely dangerous, Shi Yuzhen had indeed broken through to a higher realm, all thanks to the fried chicken made by Xu Ya.
The person in the shadows couldn't hold back any longer and made a move. Besides provoking Shi Yuzhen, they were also afraid that Shi Yuzhen would be too difficult to deal with if she advanced further.
Shi Yuzhen agreed to Yu Manjing's suggestion without much thought.
Once everyone was ready, they dispersed and headed to the Immortal Marsh.
The news that "Shi Yuzhen was so furious because Xu Ya was arrested that he was so angry that he had a stroke and has returned to his residence to meditate and recuperate" spread like wildfire.
At the same time, a figure dressed in the attire of a low-level cultivator mechanically flashed behind a mansion's artificial hill. Upon seeing the artificial hill again, there was some movement, which might make one think that they were seeing things.
Only that person knew the secret behind the disappearance of the low-level cultivators.
A talisman with thick black lines flew swiftly from behind the artificial hill into a tightly closed room, using its size advantage to slip inside unnoticed.
The talisman seemed to possess sentience, hesitatingly exploring left and right before finally choosing the bottom of a futon as its hiding place.
Suddenly, someone pushed the door open and entered.
Shi Yuzhen intentionally released her leaking spiritual energy to reach that state of demonic possession.
Rong Aoqing and her companions quietly spread this rumor throughout Xianze.
I'm sure the person lurking in the shadows will take action upon hearing this; now all we need to do is wait for the right opportunity to eliminate them.
Shi Yuzhen was not unprepared. After the attack, he imbued all the facilities in the house with a slight, imperceptible spiritual energy so that he would be aware of any changes immediately.
Today, the meditation cushion that Shi Yuzhen often used for meditation has subtle differences.
Shi Yuzhen walked over to that spot and sat down in a meditative posture.
Shi Yuzhen continued to leak spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy around her condensed under her body due to gravity. The thin talisman paper seemed unable to withstand such a clash of spiritual energy, and the paper was already covered with cracks.
Shi Yuzhen waited for a long time. He didn't believe that the person had only prepared a ridiculous talisman of unknown purpose and effect to deal with him, so he had to remain vigilant.
When someone came to visit, Shi Yuzhen discovered it was Teacher Chen.
Shi Yuzhen activated his spiritual energy to open the door—he still needed to show some respect to his master.
Teacher Chen walked in, and Shi Yuzhen had already stood up from the prayer mat and bowed to her beloved teacher.
Master Chen: "I heard you had another stroke during your cultivation. Just now, I sensed outside the door that your spiritual energy was indeed leaking out. How are you? Did you handle it well?"
After Master Chen finished speaking, he reached out as if he were a child, wanting to probe his breath and dantian.
Shi Yuzhen suddenly had a fleeting thought, but did not reach out to accept Master Chen's outstretched hand of concern.
Instead, she secretly attached her spiritual energy tentacles to Master Chen's neck, attempting to verify his authenticity.
Shi Yuzhen is too cautious; he is unlikely to fall in the same place a third time.
Master Chen's expression changed, but even faster than Master Chen was the talisman paper under the futon.
The talisman exploded on the prayer mat, and the lightweight mat struck a pillar inside the mansion, making a loud noise.
Shi Yuzhen remained cautious, sending out a faint signal to alert the person lurking in the shadows.
This action was so subtle that it was hard to notice, but Master Chen seemed to have instantly returned to the body of a young man, with a strange smile on his face, and lightly gathered that spiritual energy into his palm.
The talisman behind it then transformed into a human figure and attacked Shi Yuzhen.
The two of them joined forces and completely surrounded Shi Yuzhen.
However, Shi Yuzhen is not the same as she was back then. At this moment, Shi Yuzhen has made a great breakthrough in her cultivation. In an instant, the paper figure that Chen Shi helped almost tore in half, and its power was much less than at the beginning.
Shi Yuzhen laughed: "Is that all you've got?"
Master Chen did not answer, but suddenly revealed his gleaming white teeth, presenting a strange expression that he had never shown to Shi Yuzhen before.
His moves were ruthless and deadly.
However, the seemingly deadly move appears to be all show and no substance, unable to unleash its full potential!
He spoke to Master Chen, but it didn't seem like he was talking to Master Chen. He could tell from the movement of the talisman that had turned into a human figure where the strange feeling came from.
After several attempts, Shi Yuzhen was certain: this Master Chen was also a person who made talismans out of paper!
Sending two talismans to probe Shi Yuzhen is a gross underestimation of her.
However, this did remind him of someone.
As soon as the paper talisman appeared, Shi Yuzhen immediately thought of Shen Qi, with that same expression, that pale face, and the dense runes covering the exposed skin of his arms.
Thinking of this, Shi Yuzhen realized that Xu Ya and Shen Qi were currently locked up together. This was bad! The person behind this might try to harm her!
Damn it, is this some kind of feint?
Shi Yuzhen had no time to deal with the two paper soldiers. She used her ink sword to burn the two paper figures with real fire in an instant.
While other cultivators' true fire might not be effective, Yu Zhen is now in the early stage of the Nascent Soul realm. The true fire released by the Nascent Soul and the original body can instantly turn everything in the world to ashes.
In this way, Shi Yuzhen no longer wanted to pretend that he had been promoted, and Xu Ya was in trouble!
Shi Yuzhen did not turn around to look at the hideous face that was gradually being burned to ashes by the real fire.
Immediately activate the Ink Sword to head to the Immortal Marsh Dungeon.
Although there was a task assignment, Zhan Zhengzhen was responsible for finding out the truth of the incident, Cai Wenle was to lie in wait in Xianze, and Rong Aoqing and Yu Manjing were to keep an eye on An Jiaze's movements around the dungeon.
But Shi Yuzhen still rushed to the hidden Xianze dungeon as quickly as possible.
After experiencing the two paper figures, Shi Yuzhen finally realized who the rat from Yunmeng Xianze truly wanted his body.
The answer was right there in the question itself—Teacher Xu.
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