Chronicles of Celestial Origins

"All of this is a trap set by Ding Jianyang. Yan Qing is an undercover agent of the Netherworld Sea Organization. He followed Ding Jianyang's order to trick you out of the alliance. But he certainly didn't expect that Ding Jianyang would kidnap him as well. It would be unavoidable The incident was extraneous, and he was killed and silenced." Tang Ning briefly told the whole story.

Gu Yuanya was shocked and murmured in disbelief: "Junior Brother Yan wants to take revenge on you, so he actively cooperates with Nether Sea. How could this happen? How could he do such a thing?"

Tang Ning knew that although she sometimes seemed ignorant, she was kind-hearted, sentimental, and willing to help others. Especially for those close to her, she always trusted and helped without reservation.

Yan Qing's betrayal was really hard for her to accept. She wanted to offer some words of comfort, but then she thought that she would have to face these things eventually. This experience might be a growth for her, so she said.

"Some people will be grateful to you if you help them. Yan Qing is this kind of person. He deserves to die. The human heart is the most complicated and unpredictable. You never know what a person is thinking in his heart. Yan Qing may act very loyal and gentle when he is with you, but secretly he is thinking about how to put our master and disciple to death. "

"So, you must be wary of anyone, and never let go of this guard against others at any time."

"If you think about this matter carefully, you will find that Yan Qing's words are contradictory. Before I left, I told you not to disclose this matter to anyone, so how could I tell Yan Qing such a confidential matter? ?”

"Besides, all the more important matters as a teacher are usually handled by Gao Yuan and Chen Xiaofan. The two of them are better in cultivation. How could they order Yan Qing alone for such an important matter today?"

"Yan Qing found you within an hour of being a teacher. When did he get the news?"

"As long as you think carefully about these many doubtful points, you can find the flaws. But you trust the people around you so much that you follow him without doubting the authenticity of his words."

"Every experience makes you wiser, Yuan Ya. No matter what happens in the future, you should use your head more and think about it."

Gu Yuanya lowered her head, tears streaming down her face, and said softly: "I'm sorry, master, my disciple has caused you trouble."

"Don't think so wildly." Tangning rubbed her head and said, "As long as you're fine, I'll be fine. I'm just telling you this because I hope you'll be more cautious in the future, lest you suffer such a disadvantage again."

"Ding Jianyang has already planned it. Even without Yan Qing, he will find ways to kidnap you and use it to control you as a teacher. His real goal is to become a teacher, and you are the one who suffers the consequences."

"But..." Gu Yuanya raised her head with red eyes: "Master, if you killed Ma Shouyang for Ding Jianyang this time, wouldn't you have something in Ding Jianyang's hands? What if he threatens you with this matter again in the future? "

Tangning's eyes flashed with murderous intent: "As long as he dares to show up again, I will kill him. This person will be a disaster if he is left alive. I will kill him sooner or later."

"What worries me is not his future threats, but the immediate danger. If the incident comes to light and he is taken in by the Nether Sea organization for interrogation, he will probably reveal that he killed Ma Shouyang for the teacher, and then we will be in trouble."

"Master, what should we do?"

"The plan now is to take it one step at a time. The initiative is not in our hands. I hope Ding Jianyang can be smarter and do things more cleanly so as not to be caught. Let's go! It's not suitable to stay here for a long time."

Tang Ning disposed of Yan Qing's body, took away Ding Jianyang's confidant, and hid him somewhere else. Keeping this person might be of some use in the future, so she was not in a hurry to kill him.

………

In the spacious and bright room of Haimang Mountain and Netherworld City, a man pushed the door open and saluted Xue Jing who was sitting cross-legged inside: "Fellow Daoist Xue, the situation has changed."

"what happened?"

"Ma Shouyang is missing."

"What?" Xue Jing frowned: "What do you mean by missing?"

"He seems to have disappeared. When we visited Ma Shouyang twice, he was no longer in the cave. Then we searched all over Haimang Mountain and didn't see him. He may have left here."

"Where did he go?"

"I don't know. We checked the entry and exit registration information, and there was no report of him going out. Then we asked everyone around him, no one had seen him, and no one knew where he went."

Xue Jing couldn't sit still anymore and stood up suddenly: "Call everyone immediately and bring all the stewards in Xuantang City and people around Ma Shouyang to the meeting hall."

"good."

The two of them left the room, and the escaping light soared.

"Does Ma Shouyang have this central array plate on him?"

"Yes, it has always been with him, but in the past, every time he went out, he would hand it over to deputy chief Cui Jian."

"What do you think?"

"We do not rule out the possibility of Ma Shouyang escaping. He knew that we had already suspected him, but he was not sure how far we had reached and did not dare to stay and take risks, so he escaped from here secretly. Otherwise, it is difficult to explain why he would The person who disappeared silently must have quietly opened a corner of the defense array with the array disk. "

"About how long has he been missing?"

"It's hard to say, it's been at least three days, and the last person to see him was Ding Jianyang."

"Ding Jianyang?"

"Yes, according to the monks in his cave, he left the cave not long after Ding Jianyang met him."

"Didn't you leave anything behind?"

"No."

While the two were talking, they arrived at the meeting hall.

Not long after, several more men and women arrived one after another.

"We are summoned suddenly today because of an urgent and major matter. According to our investigation, fellow Taoist Ma Shouyang has been missing for three days and his whereabouts are unknown. This matter is of great importance, so we have invited all fellow Taoists to discuss it," Xue Jing said. He said, his eyes swept over several people, carefully observing their expressions and movements.

Upon hearing this, several people present showed a look of surprise.

"Fellow Daoist Xue, what do you mean by missing?" asked a thin middle-aged man, Zhao Qian, one of the deputy directors of Xuantang City.

"Fellow Taoist Ma has disappeared. We have searched Haimang Mountain but cannot find him, and there is no registration information about him. We have questioned everyone around him, and no one knows his whereabouts and movements. He is like a human being. Like evaporation, he suddenly disappeared from Haimang Mountain."

"how so?"

"Why did he suddenly disappear?"

"Did he leave Sea Python Mountain secretly?"

Several people looked at each other in shock and confusion.

Ding Jianyang asked: "Fellow Daoist Xue, are you sure that Daoist Brother Ma has disappeared? Is it possible that he went on a secret mission?"

"Whether it is a secret mission that others don't know about, Fellow Daoist Cui should know very well. If it is really a mission, he will definitely hand over the center of the defense array. Fellow Daoist Cui, I heard that you didn't get the center of the array, right?"

Cui Jian nodded and said, "That's right. In the past, every time Fellow Daoist Ma went out, he would hand over the array center to me. Therefore, I agree with the monitoring team's judgment that Fellow Daoist Ma has disappeared."

"Fellow Daoist Ding, as far as we know, you were the last person to see him. What did you talk about?"

"Three days ago, Fellow Daoist Ma summoned me and asked about some financial matters. Fellow Daoist Xue just said that I was the last person to see him. Could it be that he disappeared after talking to me?"

"Yes, according to the monks in his mansion, he left the cave after talking to you. No one knows where he went to this day? So, fellow Daoist Ding, what exactly did you talk about? We think this is very important."

"The headquarters moved to Haimang Mountain, which cost a lot of money. In addition, many matters have to be reopened. Fellow Daoist Ma took the initiative to find me about the financial situation of the headquarters. We talked a lot. In addition, there are..." Ding Jianyang wanted to say something. Stop again.

"Fellow Daoist Ding, is there anything else you can't say that's inconvenient to say now?"

"Fellow Daoist Ma asked me about the specific situation of the inspection team's financial review."

As soon as these words came out, several people had different expressions.

"Fellow Taoist Ma has disappeared for no reason. I propose that the Xuantang City branch immediately enters a level 1 alert state and conducts an all-out search for clues about Daoist Ma's disappearance."

"The chief of my department has disappeared for no reason. This is a serious matter. What's more, he also carries the central array of the department's defense array. If it falls into the hands of someone with malicious intentions, the consequences are unpredictable. From now on, we must Strengthen the defense of Haimang Mountain," Cui Jian responded first.

Zhao Qian said: "I agree. In addition, all intelligence forces must be used immediately to find clues about Fellow Daoist Ma. At the same time, a large number of manpower can be mobilized to investigate everywhere."

The two deputy chiefs expressed their opinions one after another, and the others all agreed.

Soon, the entire Netherworld Haixuantang City branch was running rapidly like a huge machine.