Bu Ji's narration was a bit stumbling, and Wei Feng needed to ask questions from time to time to understand what he wanted to express.
To sum up, it is very simple. Nothing unusual has happened to them since they left yesterday. However, when they came to the stronghold to gather this morning, they noticed that there was a very dangerous person there. They did not dare to go there. They only squatted at the door, waiting for Wei Feng to come to him. warning.
Wei Feng touched his nose, but unexpectedly he rushed to have breakfast on a whim today, and actually arrived earlier than Bu Ji and the others.
He thought of the many new merchants who had entered the caravan today, and the peek that made him a little uncomfortable. I'm afraid the so-called dangerous people were among those merchants.
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At the beginning of the month, the servants of the White House were already busy. They needed to prepare all the necessary things for the master's family to wash and change clothes.
Practitioners in the Bai family generally don't like to be served by servants. They need a quiet space without being disturbed. The same is true for Bai Shangjie.
The servants will be waiting not far from the master's room, waiting to be called at any time, but they will not interrupt rashly on their own initiative.
"Fourth Master, the master of the house has invited you." There was a knock on the door outside Bai Shangjie's room. He was the fourth generation in the family, so his servants generally called him Fourth Master.
He frowned slightly. Normally, Lao Li would be the one to deliver the message when he arrived at the door. But today he was the big manager. Lao Li had served him since he was a child. Bai Shangjie had always kept him as a personal messenger. This was his person. In the big family There are some rules here that are default.
"I know." He responded calmly, and immediately stood up and opened the door. The chief steward bowed slightly at the door.
"Where's Lao Li?" he asked seemingly unintentionally.
"Fourth Master, you will know when you get to the main hall." The chief steward's eyebrows were slightly lowered, but he gave it a pass.
"Then let's go."
The chief steward led the way, and Bai Shangjie followed him expressionlessly. He was thinking quickly about what he had asked Lao Li to do in the recent period, and whether there was any violation of the rules. But he couldn't help but think of last night. When Lao Li stepped back, his body movements were somewhat stiff.
As he got closer and closer to the main hall, the ominous premonition in his heart became stronger. Until he saw the seats in the main hall that were almost full and a corpse lying in the middle of the hall, the ominous premonition seemed to be confirmed.
He walked a few steps quickly and squatted in front of the corpse, stretched out his hand to press on the face a few times, then probed into Yuanli to feel it, and his expression finally darkened.
"Master." He stood up, bowed to the master, and asked in a deep voice, "Where was Lao Li's body found?"
The current head of the Bai family, Bai Jianxing, stretched out his hand to show his calmness: "Have you noticed anything wrong with him since you returned home the day before yesterday?"
Bai Shangjie recalled attentively: "I was seriously injured when I returned the day before yesterday, so I went directly to the medicine hall. After diagnosis and treatment, the steward of the medicine hall brought me healing medicine. I told Lao Li one thing and then went inside to take medicine to heal my injuries. For Lao Li, Li didn't pay much attention.
Last night I summoned him to ask if the arrangements had been completed, and after a few instructions I let him leave. Since I had important things to worry about, I didn't pay attention to Lao Li's condition.
It's just... I just vaguely felt that Lao Li's movements were a little stiff, and I thought that it had been raining continuously for the past two days, and maybe he was suffering from some illness, so I didn't ask, but I never thought..."
"It's not your fault." Bai Jianxing stretched out his hand to stop his words: "Old Li was found in the martial arts academy. He was planted with some kind of spell and was left breathing. Shangwu sent someone to notify me after he realized something was wrong. I Remove the spell from his body and he will be dead."
Bai Shangwu is Bai Shangjie's second brother, and Wuyuan is the name he gave to his small courtyard.
"Spell?" Many people in the hall were a little unfamiliar with this statement, and they all turned their attention to the head of the family.
Bai Jianxing shook his head slightly: "Curse is an extremely partial way to use Yuan Power. Yuan Power can be condensed into a spell and placed in the body of a living being to achieve curses, seals, or control.
There used to be a Miao family in Zhanzhou that was good at this, but it was exterminated three thousand years ago and the inheritance was cut off. Even the academy only has partial records.
You all learned about the disaster three thousand years ago when you were young. Various niche cultivation systems were almost extinct after that. I only speculated based on the characteristics shown. It is hard to say whether it is specific. "
Then he changed the topic and said in a deep voice: "I just asked the chief steward to ask the servants. Lao Li has not done anything extra in the past few days. Except for the trivial things he should do, he has been staying in Shang Jie's yard. Dialogue There is no intention to explore other parts of the mansion, which shows that its goal is very clear, that is Shang Jie.
You were seriously injured when you returned the day before yesterday and did not report the encounter to your family. Now that you have almost recovered, please tell us in detail what you experienced during this trip. "
Bai Shangjie nodded and began to tell.
He was invited by a good friend, Ding Yichuan, a professor from the academy, to go out this time to carry out a task assigned by the academy to investigate the cause of the unusual movement in the Shiwan Barren Mountains a few months ago.
Ding Yichuan originally planned to complete it independently, but he was in the critical period of Longmen Realm and the cost of using all his strength was too high, so he called Bai Shangjie, who was in the perfect Tuo Pulse Realm, to assist.
The two of them did not dare to go deep into the Shiwan Barren Mountains and only moved outside the core area. During the operation, they met an absconding criminal. It was normal to meet fugitives in the Shiwan Barren Mountains and Spotted Lake. It just happened that Bai Shangjie had a grudge with that person before. , At this time, the enemy was extremely jealous when they met, and started to fight without saying anything.
With Ding Yichuan assisting him, the fugitive was unable to defeat the two of them, so they had no choice but to escape. The two chased him for a while before letting the man escape, and they strayed into a cave.
There was a blue energy vortex floating quietly in the cave. Ding Yichuan was originally here to investigate. Seeing this scene, his eyes were confused. Then he boldly stepped forward to try. Bai Shangjie also followed. The two entered another place through the vortex. a space.
The space was huge, and there were many mysteries, and there were also alien beasts chasing them. The two of them tried their best to destroy the alien beasts, and obtained a jade-like treasure. They didn't know its use, but they saw that its texture was extraordinary. , containing mysterious energy, after some discussion it was decided to let Ding Yichuan take it back to the academy for study.
However, when they were chasing the fugitives, they made too much noise and attracted the attention of many people hiding in the dark. It was inappropriate to walk out in a big way. The two decided that Ding Yichuan would appear frontally with the jade talisman, while Bai Shangjie would sneak away and escape.
In this way, if someone is paying attention to the two of them, they will most likely track Bai Shangjie, but will not focus on Ding Yichuan on the surface. As for those who cannot find traces of Bai Shangjie, it means that their abilities are average and they will most likely not pose a threat to Ding Yichuan.
Although the tactics of the two were very risky, they still worked to a certain extent. The people attracted by Bai Shangjie were not weak, otherwise they would not have been able to seriously injure him, but he didn't know whether Ding Yichuan escaped or not.
After he returned home, he ordered people to stay at the academy. If Ding Yichuan returned to the academy, he would report back. It had only been three days, and the result was still unknown.
