"There is no news about Wu Qi yet."
Deep in the endless marsh, in the underground palace of the corpse, Mo Shang slowly stood up from his chair and said to the guard who was hunched over in front of him.
The guard buried his head and said respectfully: "I would like to report to the Great Elder, there is no news yet. How about... I send someone out to look for it?"
"No need." Mo Shang raised his hand, "No one is allowed to leave here without my instructions. Go and call Ge Qiu. I have something to tell him."
"Yes, Great Elder."
The guard took the order and left quickly. After landing in the square, he quickly flew towards the first main road on the left. This main road was very long and it was difficult to see the end at a glance. There were also huge stone rooms on both sides.
However, the guard did not leave for long before he stopped at the door of a stone room called Qianji Hall.
at this time.
In the stone room, a middle-aged man wearing black clothes and a thin face was sitting at the main table discussing something with more than a dozen men and women sitting on both sides of the hall. When he saw the guard at the door, he immediately raised his hand to interrupt. Everyone asked calmly: "Liu Weiwei, what's the matter?"
Everyone looked at the guard at the door.
Although this person's position is not as good as theirs, as the front guard of the Yin Corpse Palace, he cannot be ignored.
Guard Liu slightly cupped his hands and said, "Hall Master Ge, the Great Elder invites you."
Great elder.
Upon hearing this, Ge Qiu quickly stood up from his seat and said to everyone, "Everyone, let's stop here for today's meeting. I'll go see the great elder first."
After finishing speaking, he hurried out of Qianji Hall without waiting for anyone to say anything. He followed Guard Liu for a while before tentatively asking, "Brother Liu, do you know what the elder wants from me?"
Although he is the leader of a hall, the great elder has always been unpredictable. He might not be able to continue to be the leader of the hall in the next moment, so he wanted to find out some rumors so that he could be prepared.
Liu Shiwei shook his head and said, "I...I really don't know, but before inviting the hall master to come, the great elder asked about Wu Qi. I wonder if it may be related to this matter."
Wu Qi.
Hearing this name, Ge Qiu couldn't help but feel shocked.
As the leader of Qianji Hall, he is in charge of all external affairs and intelligence resources, so he naturally knows what Wu Qi is doing when he goes out. Moreover, Qianji Hall is also involved in this matter and has a dedicated person to assist Wu Qi in investigating the whereabouts of the two people.
But unfortunately, more than a month has passed, but there is no clue about the two people.
Could it be that the great elder is unhappy?
This is really troublesome!
Ge Qiu's mind was racing, trying to find a suitable reason for himself to escape, but he couldn't think of a suitable way after much thought.
In the blink of an eye, the two of them had arrived at the entrance of the palace.
Ge Qiu saw Mo Shang's expressionless and terrifying old face from a distance, and couldn't help but feel heartbroken. He rushed into the hall in two or three steps and knelt in front of Mo Shang crying for his father and mother, "Great Elder... I am guilty... Great Elder... I have failed you..."
The cry was so miserable that Liu Guards outside the door and the man opposite were stunned.
When Mo Shang saw this, his brows furrowed suddenly, his eyes were like daggers, he suddenly stared at Ge Qiu, and shouted in a cold voice: "Bastard! What did you do again!!!"
I?
What's the matter?
Ge Qiu was stunned for a moment, thinking, didn't he come to me about Wu Qi? Damn it, am I making myself uncomfortable?
If he was pretending just now, he was really crying now. He was so stupid that he cried. He pulled his sleeves and slapped himself twice, crying: "Great Elder, my subordinates are not doing things well. More than one It’s been months since I’ve been able to help Wu Qi find the traces of those two people, my subordinate... is guilty..."
"So that's what you said."
Mo Shang looked at Ge Qiu quietly and thought to himself that this guy is quite sincere. I didn't plan to pursue him yet, but he took the initiative to plead guilty, so he said: "Okay, since you took the initiative to admit your mistake, I will punish you." Go to the execution hall to get a hundred sticks!!!”
"One, one hundred sticks!" Ge Qiu felt depressed in his heart. He had just invited himself a severe beating.
"What?" Seeing that Ge Qiu seemed unhappy, Mo Shang's face darkened again.
"Ah, it's okay, I... just think that one hundred sticks is too little."
"Oh? Really? You kid is very enlightened, so go and get two hundred sticks!"
"ah!!!"
"Um?"
"No, no, I'm going, I'm going." Ge Qiu didn't dare to say another word. He was afraid that he would be in trouble if he said "not enough" if he got excited.
With two hundred sticks, even if he was at the twelfth level of Qi training, he would still be beaten to death. If it were more, he might really be beaten to death.
After saying that, he got up and left.
"Wait!" At this moment, Mo Shang stopped him again.
Ge Qiu's heart was beating wildly, and he turned around, his expression uglier than that of his dead father, "Big, big elder...please give me your instructions."
"I asked you to find an alchemist. How did you go about refining the corpse-raising elixir?" Mo Shang looked at Ge Qiu and asked.
It turned out that it was for this matter. Now Ge Qiu understood what the other party wanted to do with him. He quickly saluted respectfully and said: "My subordinates have sent people to do it. Five alchemists can be found in about two months." .”
"Are you looking for someone to do it?" Mo Shang thought for a while and said, "The corpse nourishing pills are already in very short supply. You cannot be careless about this matter. To ensure that nothing goes wrong, you will handle it personally. If there is even the slightest mistake, just report it. See you!"
Ge Qiu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly accepted the order: "Yes, yes, yes!"
When Guard Liu at the door saw Ge Qiu running out of the hall in disgrace, he couldn't hold it in any longer. He burst out laughing, causing Ge Qiu to glare angrily before he forced himself to hold it back.
Ge Qiu didn't stop when he left the main hall, and went to the execution hall obediently. Although he was asking for this because of his bad mouth, the old man had spoken. If he dared not to go, he might have to go to the pit of corpses tomorrow. sleep.
...
The main residence of Jinyangfang.
"That kid is really hardworking. It's been three days since he came here and he still hasn't come out yet."
At the stone table on the edge of the square, Wan Hongan, Li Xiuyun, and Jia Tong were sitting together chatting. Jia Tong suddenly looked at the Alchemy Tower and said with emotion on his face.
"Hey, young people are very motivated." Wan Hongan rubbed his fat belly with envy, "Unlike me, I don't want to do anything but eat."
Hearing this, Li Xiuyun frowned and said, "Huh, I think that guy is just cramming. Didn't Brother Jia Tong say that he refined the elixir five times before he could make it? I’m probably worried about being embarrassed when the time comes to actually take action.”
"Brother, don't say that. I said that the quality of the elixir refined by Fellow Daoist Qin is much better than mine. If you say this, if Fellow Daoist Qin finds out, he will have to fall out with me."
"Falling out?" Li Xiuyun sneered, "I'm a sixth-level Qi practitioner. Are you afraid of falling out with a kid who's at the fifth level of Qi training?"
"It's wrong for me to say this. It's not that I'm afraid of him. I just think that since everyone is an alchemist, it's inevitable to communicate with each other. Don't make the relationship too tense."
"Hmph!" Li Xiuyun stood up suddenly and said disdainfully, "I can't stand communicating with a mere little baby who is still young. I can't stand this old face. I don't agree with each other. I'm going back to rest first. When is the master? Find enough people and then call me me."
Watching Li Xiuyun leave angrily, Wan Hongan and Jia Tong both smiled bitterly.
