C206 medium grade
The sudden death of Xiong Manshan had caused a cloud of suspicion in the middle of it all, because the Xiong Family and the county magistrate's men had arrived at the first possible moment, which had even shrouded the entire town in a thick fog of death.
Some said that the Heavenly Wolf Sect had assassinated Xiong Manshan after infiltrating Mengyu County, while some guessed that there was the shadow of the county magistrate Chen Ji behind this, and some said that this was an internal conflict between the three tyrants, while some said that the powers outside of Yuxian had used the assassination of Xiong Manshan to incite the relationship between the Xiong Family and the county magistrate.
Some people even cast suspicious gazes at the Western Mountain Village. After all, Xiong Manshan had played a rather dishonorable role in the turmoil of the Western Mountain Village.
Desolate Hill Village is the only way for Mengyu County to get to Chenyu County. Because of the death of Xiong Manshan, the county magistrate had already sealed off the entire town. Naturally, Yang Junshan's plan to go there was delayed.
However, at this time, Wu Shuo, who had been cultivating in the pomegranate forest and rarely appeared in the village, suddenly found Yang Junshan and told him that he had recently sensed the aura of his people.
Yang Junshan looked at him in surprise and asked, "Are there a lot of witches?"
Wu Shuo thought about it and shook his head. "I don't know."
Yang Junshan asked again, "What are you going to do?"
Wu Shuo pondered for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know either, but I want to go take a look."
"Do you know where it is?"
Wu Shuo said, "Not long after my clansmen's auras appeared, they began to converge in the northeast direction. After that, they stopped sensing the presence of the clansmen and it seems like they're not in a good situation. They're hiding from something."
"Northeast direction?" Yang Junshan frowned and blurted out, "Xiong Manshan wasn't killed by your people was he?"
Yang Junshan had only said that a few days ago. He didn't expect that more and more accurate information would come from the Barren Hill Town a few days later. However, it also confirmed the accuracy of Yang Junshan's unintentional words.
Xiong Manshan had died without any warning, and his body was still healthy without any disease. After he died, there were no wounds on his body, and he did not die from poison. He did not seem to have been plotted against, but rather, he died naturally as if his life force had been depleted.
The power of the curses of the Witch Clan was already so hard to guard against. If it wasn't for the fact that they knew how to deal with the Witch Clan, it would be extremely difficult for them to find out anything from the dead person. However, the Witch Clan members were not originally from this world, so no one knew about them.
However, it was precisely because of this that Yang Junshan could not let Wu Shuo leave. If it was really done by the Witch clan, wouldn't Yang Junshan let Wu Shuo leave like a lamb into the mouth of a tiger?
Although the cultivators of the county magistrate and the Xiong family might not know the methods of these foreign races and could not detect anything from Xiong Manshan, as the investigation went on, the suspect was soon confirmed by the county magistrate and the Xiong family. It was said that the last person to come into contact with Xiong Manshan was a woman, but later on the woman disappeared.
Since he had already determined the target of the search, the blockade against the Barren Hill Town was gradually being eased. Yang Junshan decided to go to Chunyu County to look for the third treasure of the Zhangsun family. Unexpectedly, Wu Shuo stood out and decided to follow him.
"You still want to find your clansmen? This time, I am only passing by the Desolate Hill Village. Although the blockade has been partially lifted, it is still an external and internal matter. If there is really someone who is going to attract attention, would you really think that the head of the Xiong Family is someone who has nothing to do with food? " Yang Junshan advised.
However, Wu Shuo had obviously made up his mind and said, "Don't worry, I have a secret communication method between the Witch clan members. I only need to leave an imprint with my Witch clan's secret arts when I pass by the Wasteland Town.
Helpless, Yang Junshan had no choice but to bring Wu Shuo along with him through the Barren Town to Chenyu County. The journey was peaceful, and neither the Xiong Family nor the other cultivators from the county yamen gave them any trouble, but Yang Junshan could see the wariness in their eyes.
From what he heard along the way, it was said that in order to thoroughly investigate this matter, the county magistrate had ordered Chen Zhenren to send a team of Dream Yoga Guards over. The Xiong Family also had a powerful family member overseeing this area.
Wu Shuo also saw it clearly beside Yang Junshan. He mocked, "Although the investigation was strict, it looked more like they were competing with each other."
Yang Junshan laughed, "If the murderer wants to find someone, then we have to fight for the vacant spot as the guardian."
Wu Shuo asked with a smile, "Then, who do you think will obtain the position of protector?"
Yang Junshan thought for a moment, and said: "The Barren Hill Town is the traditional territory of the Xiong Family. If we were to snatch this position, it would be tantamount to tearing off the face of the Xiong Family. This time, it would be more like testing the grass to scare the snake, and not fighting for this position."
Yang Junshan paused for a moment, and said, "But this is a chance after all. I think the Chen County Order won't let people come here for nothing. I guess they will throw a nail in the dirt to pin the Xiong Family down."
The location of the treasure in Chenyu County was even further away. Even with the map fragment in Yang Junshan's hand and Wu Shuo's help, it took him a full two days to find the entrance that was blocked by a large rock next to a mountain path.
"What a close call. I was just 10 feet away. This underground cave was actually found by the person who created this mountain."
Yang Junshan and Wu Shuo were both extremely proficient in body forging. Although this patch of rubble was much larger than the rest of them, it was quickly cleaned up by the two of them.
According to the Changsun clan's map, this place should have been a hill, and the materials for the Changsun clan's cultivation were stored in a cave below this hill. However, a long time ago, a road had been opened up here, and this hill had been flattened.0
This road was connected to Morning Yu County and was also connected to Green Stone Town. There were also several villages nearby the road, and there were a lot of people passing by.
This path directly passed above the hole, and was only six or seven feet away from digging through it. Fortunately, the entrance to the hole was more than thirty feet away from the side of the road, and was extremely hidden.
When Yang Junshan and Wu Shuo walked into the underground cave, there were still many people driving large carts by. The rumbling sounds echoed in the cave, causing people's ears to buzz.
When the cave finally quieted down, Yang Junshan was delighted to see the mountain of practice materials. He said, "I didn't expect that the storage here is the largest among the three cave's. How about it, see if there's anything you need?"
Wu Shuo had already walked around the room, and after hearing that, he said, "You actually said there are a few things here. Since you are so generous, I will not be polite with you. With these things, I can restore my cultivation to the Second Stage of the Power Mage Realm."
The two of them continued to rummage through the cave. Wu Shuang said, "How do you plan to transport the things here? "There are quite a few pedestrians on the way up. If they were to bring someone with them, who knows how many people it would alarm."
Yang Junshan had just found Qi Beiyu in a wooden box, which was one of the forty-nine rare low-grade spiritual materials used to make chess. Yang Junshan had just found Qi Beiyu in a wooden box, which was one of the forty-nine rare spiritual materials used to make chess.
The two of them spent most of the day picking out the items they needed. Only when their storage pouches were full and they had to give up some of the items they had picked earlier for something of higher value did they leave the cave.
Before he left, Yang Junshan laid down another concealment array at the entrance of the cave. The two of them even moved the huge rocks nearby and pressed them down the entrance of the cave again, which made them feel relieved to leave.
The two of them drove a large carriage back along the road. Wu Shuo noticed that Yang Junshan was still holding onto the storage bag in his hand, as if he was counting his gains in the catacombs. He smiled and said, "How about it? What do you want to do the most now?"
Yang Junshan shook the storage bag in his hand, and a middle-grade magic tool that was like a disk appeared in his hand. He smiled and said, "What I want to do the most now is to exchange for the upper half of the Earth Escape Technique."
Wu Shuo looked at the disk magic tool in Yang Junshan's hand and asked with a smile, "You are willing to part with it?"
Yang Junshan hesitated for a while. In the underground cave of Chenyu County, he had also found the Concealment Array and the Jade Fragment Array combined together. This time, he had obtained three treasures after breaking the array, and one of them was the mid-grade magic tool in his hand!
Yang Junshan's own Mountain Lord's Seal was also a low-grade magic tool, while Han Xiumei and Yang Tiezhu's hands were still empty. Honestly speaking, if this mid-grade magic tool was brought back to the family, although it would not be compatible with the skills of Han Xiumei and Yang Tiezhu, it would still be a rare increase in strength for the Yang family.
Besides, the Earth Escape Technique in the Dark Market was only half complete. Even if Yang Junshan successfully cultivated it, he could only hide in the ground and not escape. At least, in Wu Shuo's eyes, it was not worth it.
Just when Yang Junshan was hesitating about whether he should exchange this mid-grade magic tool for the half set of Earth Escape Technique, Wu Shuo's expression suddenly changed. Yang Junshan also noticed the commotion, and just at this moment, the curtain at the entrance of the carriage fluttered, and a figure quietly flashed in.
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