txolops Chapter 128 Arrives in Succession
Chapter 128 Arrives in Succession
Xiantao Mountain Cave.
"Possession?"
Upon hearing Gu Musheng say that the child he brought from Tengfeng Village was suspected of being possessed, Li Ping couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
He never expected that in a righteous city like Immortal City, a cultivator would actually possess someone's body, and moreover, he happened to possess someone related to him.
However, upon closer reflection, this seems unsurprising.
After all, cultivators can easily damage their physical bodies when fighting against demonic beasts in the Cloud Mist Mountains.
If the injuries are too severe, the only option if one doesn't want to die is to possess another's body.
However, cultivators of Qi Refining have fragile souls and, except in certain specific circumstances, cannot separate from their bodies to seize another's body.
Generally, those who can successfully separate their soul from their body and seize another's body are at least Foundation Establishment stage cultivators.
……
Listening to Gu Musheng's account, Li Ping instinctively didn't want to get involved. In the end, that guy named "He Yunyi" had nothing to do with him.
Why would he risk offending fellow cultivators and get involved?
"Brother, what should we do?" Gu Musheng asked Li Ping for his opinion after explaining his discovery.
Li Ping shook his head and said, "Cultivator possession is a major taboo in the cultivation world. I think we should report this matter directly to the Immortal City. The Immortal City will surely handle this matter properly."
Upon hearing Li Ping's decision, Gu Musheng nodded in agreement: "Brother is right. Perhaps the one who possessed us is someone from inside the Immortal City. Let them handle this kind of troublesome matter themselves."
After saying that, he turned to leave.
Just then, Bai Lin led Ji Shuxuan, who looked anxious, into the room.
Upon seeing Li Ping, Ji Shuxuan immediately cried out urgently, "Senior, Hengchuan is in danger! Please save him!"
"What happened? What's wrong with Yokokawa?" Li Ping's heart sank when he saw Yokokawa's anxious look.
Ji Shuxuan took a breath before recounting what had happened.
It turned out that after visiting Li Ping not long ago, he was fooled by Yan Hengchuan's words and did not insist on telling Li Ping about the suspected criminals hiding in the restaurant.
Afterwards, the two went their separate ways.
But after returning to the brewery, Ji Shuxuan couldn't help but worry about Yan Hengchuan's situation.
So, after thinking it over, he decided to go to the restaurant to see Yan Hengchuan.
When he arrived, he found the entire restaurant awash in blood, with corpses strewn everywhere!
Upon seeing this scene, his heart sank. Fortunately, after searching, he did not find Yan Hengchuan among the corpses.
They suspected that Yan Hengchuan might have escaped and was hiding somewhere waiting for rescue, or that he had been taken hostage.
He couldn't sit still any longer and rushed to Xiantao Mountain to ask Li Ping for help.
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After hearing Ji Shuxuan's story, Li Ping's face instantly turned ugly.
He could ignore everyone else, but Yan Hengchuan was his third senior brother's grandson, and their relationship was extraordinary.
Moreover, it was only with his assurance that the third senior brother agreed to let Yan Hengchuan come to the Immortal City to cultivate.
If Yan Hengchuan were in the Immortal City, something would have happened right under his nose.
He truly had no face to see his third senior brother!
In his anxiety, an idea suddenly flashed through Li Ping's mind. He looked at Ji Shuxuan and asked, "What's the name of the restaurant where Hengchuan learned his skills?"
Ji Shuxuan honestly replied, "Buyun Residence!"
Li Ping then looked at Gu Musheng beside him, only to see him nod with a wry smile: "Brother, you guessed right. Buyun Residence is the place where I sent He Yunyi to cultivate. It seems he has been alerted and fled the Immortal City after committing murder and robbery."
Upon hearing this, Li Ping's expression grew even more unpleasant.
If Yan Hengchuan escaped and went into hiding, that would be fine. But if he was taken hostage by the person who possessed his body and taken out of the Immortal City, then that would be troublesome.
The area outside the Immortal City is so vast, and most of it is uninhabited. If the other party just randomly chooses a mountain to hide on, where would he find them?
With his divine sense, which was 50% stronger than that of an early Foundation Establishment cultivator, the detection range was only about 150 feet in radius.
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At this moment, Gu Musheng, who was standing to the side, analyzed in a low voice: "Brother, once a cultivator's soul leaves the body, without the protection of the physical body, it will soon turn into nothingness and dissipate when exposed to the wind and sun."
Li Ping's heart stirred, and he looked at him, gesturing for him to continue.
"So... I suspect the body of the person who possessed the body should be not far from Sixth Brother's village." Gu Musheng frowned, recalling the scene when he brought He Yunyi to the Immortal City several years ago: "When I brought him to the Immortal City, he didn't bring a storage bag or any spiritual items. After he left the Immortal City, he might go back to retrieve his storage bag?"
Hearing Gu Musheng's analysis, Li Ping felt that it made sense.
Of course, the main issue is now that he has no other options and can only try anything as a last resort.
Without much hesitation, he looked at the two of them: "Both of you are involved with the person who possessed your body, so for your safety, you should stay in Xiantao Mountain for now and not leave. I'm going to Tengfeng Village to check on the situation!"
"Yes, senior!" Ji Shuxuan quickly replied.
Gu Musheng hesitated for a moment before nodding decisively, "Okay, big brother."
He then carefully told Li Ping the location of Tengfeng Village in detail, so that Li Ping could find it. While he was talking, he also drew a simple map on the spot and handed it to Li Ping.
"Okay." After taking the map, Li Ping didn't say a word and immediately rode his escape light towards the outside of the city.
Because he was worried about Yan Hengchuan and left in a hurry, he did not notice the hesitation in Gu Musheng's eyes.
Gu Musheng actually wanted to go out of the city with Li Ping to Tengfeng Village to investigate the situation.
After all, there might be a storage bag belonging to a Foundation Establishment cultivator hidden there, containing the life's wealth of that cultivator.
How could he not be tempted by such a windfall?
However, considering his own safety and his elder brother's instructions, he gave up the idea of following them out of the city.
"Given my brother's personality, if he finds the storage bag, he'll probably share some with me," he thought to himself, hoping silently.
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Liu Wusheng and Miaorou.
During this period, they have been using various methods in the city to search for the whereabouts of the person possessed by Yan Liming.
Of course, it was mainly Miao Rou who did the work.
After all, before she betrayed Yan Liming and returned to Qi with Mr. Yan, Miao Rou had spent decades in the Immortal City as the manager of Lingbao Pavilion, accumulating a deep network of connections.
Now, with her identity as a member of a demonic sect still hidden, all these connections she has built up have come in handy.
What the two of them focused on investigating was the flow of some unique resources needed by Yan Liming during his cultivation of the "Blood Spirit Hundred Transformations True Scripture".
If Yan Liming abandons his own physical body and chooses to possess another body, his cultivation will inevitably be reduced to zero, and he will need to slowly rebuild it.
During the process of rebuilding, he continued to practice this technique, which he had thoroughly studied, which was clearly the best choice!
Therefore, as long as they find traces of someone buying these unique resources, they can follow the clues to find Yan Liming.
Originally, Miao Rou didn't have high hopes for this.
Firstly, after Yan Liming possesses a body, he may not necessarily come to the Immortal City to cultivate. If he possesses a member of a certain immortal cultivation family, he will only stay in the family's spiritual land to cultivate.
Secondly, even if Yan Liming is in Xiancheng, the flow of people in Xiancheng is chaotic, and with her connections, she cannot completely cover all kinds of transaction channels, and she may miss the other party's purchase traces.
But to everyone's surprise, after some investigation, she actually found traces of the corresponding resource purchases.
Considering that he had betrayed Yan Liming, if Yan Liming were to return to his former life, he would definitely target him first, and he would probably suffer a fate worse than death.
Miao Rou couldn't wait to pull Liu Wusheng to "Bu Yun Ju". She said with a smile, "That old thief Yan Liming disguised himself as a waiter in this restaurant. He thought that as a Qi Refining cultivator, he could go to the market to secretly buy some small things and not attract attention. But coincidentally, the stall owner who sold him those resources usually liked to come to Buyun Ju for entertainment. When he bought the resources, he recognized him at a glance."
"He Yunyi, the waiter in this restaurant, came here about four years ago. That coincides with the time when that old thief was besieged and fled. It's highly likely that he's the one who possessed the old thief." She looked at Liu Wusheng: "Go inside and catch up with your master. I'll wait for you outside."
Upon hearing this, Liu Wusheng did not enter the restaurant. Instead, a smile appeared on his face, a smile that sent chills down one's spine: "Master's wife, are you perhaps plotting something wicked? I think we should go see Master together. Please go first, Master's wife."
Liu Wusheng wasn't worried that Miaorou would run away after he entered the restaurant.
What he was really worried about was that although his master had no choice but to possess another body due to his serious injuries, there was no guarantee that he wouldn't have some life-saving items on him that could harm a Foundation Establishment cultivator.
He would take Miao Rou with him, so that he could use her as a shield if they encountered danger.
"Hmph!" Miao Rou saw through his plan, snorted coldly, and had no choice but to push open the restaurant door and go in first.
Then, she froze.
A moment later, noticing that there was no movement inside the restaurant, Liu Wusheng cautiously entered.
Looking at the corpses scattered on the ground, the two exchanged bewildered glances, the same thought simultaneously popping into their minds: "That old fox, so cunning!"
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Before anyone noticed what was happening inside the restaurant, the two left quietly. They then thought back to the location where He Yunyi had been possessed.
Of course, they didn't know that Yan Liming failed to take the storage bag with him when he possessed the body.
Their only hope was to use this lead to investigate more about Yan Liming and find out where he had fled.
Soon, the two of them found out the location of the village where He Yunyi was born through Miao Rou's connections.
While searching for information, Miao Rou also took advantage of Liu Wusheng's inattention to secretly spread the message that "Yan Liming possessed He Yunyi, killed someone, and escaped."
Liu Wusheng wanted to obtain Yan Liming's storage bag, so he did not want to alarm the officials of the Immortal City.
But Miao Rou was different. Although she also wanted to obtain Yan Liming's storage bag, she wanted Yan Liming to die completely even more!
Only if Yan Liming is completely dead will he stop seeking revenge on her.
She didn't mind leaking the information to Xiancheng; as long as Yan Liming was dead, she didn't care who killed him!