Free Web NovelIn the early morning, the east glowed with a faint fish-belly white, and a dreamlike butterfly flew out from Buyun Tower.
The bronze carriage quietly drove out of Buyun Tower, heading into the morning dew, following closely behind the dream butterfly. After traversing the vast Dijin for nearly half an hour, it moved from prosperity to the chaotic marketplace.
The streets were dirty and messy, crisscrossing and complex, making people dizzy within them. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
The difference from Nijiao Alley in Ziyang Prefecture was probably that it was much larger here.
“Dijin still has places like this.”
Li Mo thought that if Ice Cube came here, the probability of her getting lost would be one thousand percent.
“Every city has its shadows.”
Xiao Qin had never been to Dijin, but he seemed accustomed to such scenes.
“Amitabha.” Murong Xiao looked at the straw mat in the corner of the street and softly recited a Buddhist chant.
A corpse was wrapped in the straw mat. It was unclear if he hadn't worn shoes before or if his shoes had been stolen after his death, as only a pair of bluish-black feet were exposed.
That strange feeling surged in Li Mo's heart again.
It was clearly the same city; on one side, there was Fengyue Small Building, with porcelain used for its structure and gold and jade paving the roads, while on the other, there were still people frozen to death on the streets.
Before long, the dream butterfly dissipated.
Qin Yuzhi's voice came as the dream butterfly dissipated:
“This is it.”
Looking ahead, there was a single-story house, its door slightly ajar.
Peeking through the crack, Li Mo frowned and pushed the door open.
A dark, damp, and foul odor assailed him from inside the room. Aside from a bed, the furnishings were utterly bare.
A corpse lay face up on the bed.
It was Lu Zhuang, emaciated to the bone.
A Guan Shen Realm expert, outside of Dijin, would be a well-respected martial artist. Yet, he now lay dead in such a tragic state, with several gnawing rats crawling on his body.
“It was indeed right for this monk and Brother Li to come together. This heavenly venerable sauce has caused no small harm.”
Murong Xiao's face showed his distress, and he sighed again.
On the way here, he had already learned that this person had brought it upon himself.
“Cough, it's divine power powder!”
Li Mo took a deep breath and emphasized.
If he had known this would happen, he wouldn't have given the instant noodles recipe to the Demon Summoning Sect, preferring to forgo the Power of All Beings.
He just hadn't expected the Blood Refinement Hall's methods to be so wild.
Of course, even without heavenly venerable brand instant noodles, divine power powder would still spread in other ways.
“He probably died around midnight yesterday,” Xiao Qin judged.
“His Physical Body is almost completely empty, his Qi and blood exhausted, completely devoured.”
Huang Donglai was speaking.
Squeak! Squeak!
A rat suddenly showed a fierce glint in its eyes. After eating the flesh from Lu Zhuang's body, its size had grown several times larger than an ordinary rat. It suddenly lunged towards Huang Donglai.
But it was caught by Huang Donglai in mid-air.
“This divine power powder doesn't seem to be digestible by the human body. It's also effective if rats consume it.”
“Now that the person is dead, what should we do?” Murong Xiao asked.
“Let me think.”
Li Mo started to use his brain.
“First, Lu Zhuang didn't just purchase divine power powder for himself. Yesterday, he also carried a portion to sell to others. He might just be a runner for the Demon Summoning Sect.”
“So, the person who supplied him with divine power powder, if they can't contact him for a long time, will definitely come looking for him.”
“We can find a place to wait.”
“That makes sense.” Huang Donglai and Xiao Qin felt this explanation was reliable.
“That's what I was thinking too.”
Murong Xiao didn't quite understand, feeling like he had picked up a pen during a math class, looked up, and realized he understood nothing.
But since everyone else understood, he also nodded seriously.
“We are all on the Qianlong Ranking; there's a chance we might be recognized.”
Xiao Qin thought for a moment: “It's best to disguise ourselves...”
Li Mo said: “Then let's pretend to be Demon Summoning Cultists.”
“Demon Summoning Cultists aren't that easy to impersonate. Their clothing...”
“Like this?”
Li Mo took out several black hooded robes.
“Just having clothes isn't enough. Demon Summoning Sect members all have identity tokens...”
Xiao Qin's words were cut short as he suddenly froze.
He saw Li Mo holding an iron token in his palm, with 'Hundred Beast Divine Envoy' written on it.
Damn, his status wasn't low.
“Brother Li, where did you get this? It looks just like the real thing.”
Xiao Qin's face showed surprise, because even his teacher couldn't tell the authenticity of these clothes and tokens.
“When you're out and about, your identity is what you make it. Hurry and change.”
Li Mo waved his hand and emphasized again:
“Remember, try to speak as little as possible later. If you're asked something you don't understand, just smile it off. Demon Cult members have cunning minds; if you say nothing, they'll just make up their own theories.”
“Hehehe...” Murong Xiao followed suit: “Is it this kind of smile?”
“No, no, no, watch me.”
Golden Statue Award Best Actor Xiao Li imparted his acting skills, his mouth twisting: “Jie jie jie...”
“...”
Huang Donglai and Xiao Qin exchanged glances.
Brother Li is truly... quite skilled.
The group changed their clothes and were about to find a place for covert observation.
Suddenly.
Bang—
The door was kicked open, accompanied by an aggressive shout:
“Government business! Everyone put your hands on your heads and squat down!”
The newcomer was a constable dressed in black, wielding a long saber with gold inlay patterns. His Aura was at Guan Shen Nine Apertures, and vaguely behind him, one could see the Divine Intention of a Xiezhi with a sharp sword in its mouth.
The person looked young, appearing to be just over twenty, with a heroic and spirited demeanor.
As she entered, she saw several people dressed in black hooded robes.
And the leader was letting out a strange 'jie jie jie' laugh.
“!”
Xiao Li's laughter abruptly stopped.
He had never expected this.
The Demon Summoning Sect contact hadn't arrived, but the constable had.
And at such a coincidence.
“Uh, a misunderstanding, please listen to me...”
“You can say nothing, but anything you do say will be used as evidence in court!”
Clearly.
The female constable didn't want to hear any explanations. A flash of bright saber light came at them.
The saber light was sharp, and the Xiezhi's roar shook their hearts.
The ceremonial saber first met Huang Donglai. He executed the Flying Poison Double-Faced Turtle movement technique, his figure like a ghost, and silently threw several punches.
The punches were blocked, sending out a circle of dust.
“Hmph, ignorant little ones, still trying to sneak attack! My Prison Suppressing Saber Art fears no underhanded tricks!”
The female constable said, but her expression became much more serious.
There were four opponents.
She was currently facing one and couldn't take him down in a short time. If they all attacked at once, she might find it difficult to parry.
Fortunately, the opponents were overconfident and didn't swarm her.
She had to seize the opportunity of their underestimation and finish the fight quickly!
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The saber clashed with the gauntlet again, kicking up dust.
“Where did all this dust come from?”
The female constable's suspicion had just arisen when she suddenly felt dizzy.
Not good.
This wasn't dust; it was Soft Tendon Powder!
“Miss, we are not Demon Cult members...”
“If you're not, then am I?”
Seeing that the other party believed them even less and seemed ready to escape, Li Mo sighed.
“Let's take her down first.”
