Chronicles of Celestial Origins

The full moon will be in four or five days, and the time is very consistent. Therefore, it can be basically concluded that Su Yao was abducted by the corpse insect host to use as reserve rations.

The biggest question now is where the corpse insect host is hiding. Su Yao disappeared the day before yesterday. If he was a corpse insect host in the foundation-building stage, two days would be enough for him to travel to half of the country of Wu.

Generally, zombie hosts know that they are weird and do not dare to stay in the local area for fear of being recognized. Therefore, they wander around and commit crimes randomly. It is difficult to determine their identity, and it is even more difficult to find them.

While Tang Ning was thinking, the stone door opened again, and a dark-faced man pushed the door open and said, "Senior Brother Wang, are you calling me?"

"Yes." Wang Ming nodded: "Junior sister Lu just told me that three monks have disappeared in our jurisdiction for no reason in the past few days. Do you know about this?"

"I heard a little bit that Zheng Tiancheng from our intelligence station is also missing, as well as Su Yao from the Su family. The two families are sending people to search." The man said

"I have reported this matter to the sect, and the ministry will send people to investigate. You should go and investigate immediately. The monks who have recently come from outside our jurisdiction have selected a few suspicious candidates for secret surveillance. I will go to the Su family and the Zheng family to inquire about the situation. , don’t wait for the division master to come down, we will just ask questions and don’t know anything.”

"I understand, I'll go right away." The man said and left the room.

Tangning also quietly withdrew, fled for several miles, appeared in person, and disappeared into light.

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Xuanting Mountain stretches for more than ten miles, with undulating mountains and clouds and mist at the top. This is where the residence of the Su family, one of the local powerful people, is located.

A ray of light shot out from the distance, passed through the clouds and mist below, and landed in front of the rows of mansions. The person who came had a handsome face and a slightly thin figure, it was Tang Ning.

He found out about the location of the Su family's residence along the way, so he came straight here to inquire about the situation from the Su family.

As soon as the light disappeared, a man came towards me with a flying sword on his feet. He looked at him warily and asked, "I wonder who the senior is? Why are you here at my Su family's residence?"

"I have something important to do and I would like to see the head of your family. Please let me know."

"Senior, please wait a moment." The man said, and walked away with the flying sword. He walked no more than a mile and came to a majestic and majestic hall. He quickly stepped inside and bowed to the middle-aged man sitting cross-legged in the hall: "Uncle, there is a foundation-building monk visiting from outside. He said he has important matters and wants to see you."

The man opened his eyes from his trance, and frowned lightly: "Do you know who he is?"

"The visitor has no official name"

The middle-aged man hesitated for a moment: "Invite him!"

"Yes." The man replied, and after leaving the main hall, Yu Feijian came to Tang Ning's side shortly after: "The head of the family invites seniors to meet inside."

Tang Ning followed him to the main hall, bowed her head to Su Zhongrui, the head of the Su family who was sitting there, and said, "I dare to disturb you, but I hope fellow Taoist Su will not take offense."

Su Zhongrui also stood up and returned the salute: "Fellow Taoist, please take a seat."

Tangning followed her instructions and took her seat below.

"I wonder why your friend came to our house?"

"To be honest, I am Tangning, a disciple of the Qianyi Sect from the intelligence department. I am here to track down a wanted criminal. I heard that a child of your family disappeared without any reason the day before yesterday. I wonder if this is the case?"

Tang Ning did not hide anything, truthfully informed him of her identity and purpose of coming, and handed him the sect token.

He had lingered in a gambling house for several days, and kidnapped Zheng Tiancheng, a member of the Zheng family. Now he was also involved in the investigation of the corpse insect host. Sooner or later, the Qingyang Sect would know about the existence of such a person. A little investigation would make it clear, so there was no need to hide it.

When Su Zhongrui heard him announcing his family identity, he was a little confused. He didn't know why the disciples of Qianyi Sect came to find him. He immediately took the token and penetrated into the room with his spiritual consciousness to confirm his identity.

"There is indeed a disciple missing in the mansion. I don't know what it has to do with your sect. Why bother Taoist fellow Tang to come all the way here?"

"Our sect is very special in tracking down that felon. He practices a weird technique and feeds on the flesh and blood of monks. I searched for clues all the way to this place. I heard that someone was missing in your house, and I suspected that it was him. Therefore, I took the liberty to disturb you. , I wonder if you have any clues?”

"Fellow Taoist Tang said that this person's technique is to absorb the flesh and blood of monks, but the missing disciple of our house is not dead, and her life soul stone is still intact and has not been extinguished. If it is really this person's work, it is expected that she will be dead at this moment Killed."

"Fellow Daoist Su doesn't know that the cultivation technique practiced by this person is extremely special. He must eat the flesh and blood of monks during the full moon, otherwise he will suffer backlash. Therefore, the life of the disciple of your house is not in danger for the time being, but once it is delayed until the full moon, day, it will become food for the thief.”

Su Zhongrui's expression changed slightly when he heard this: "I see, thank you Taoist friend Tang for telling me. My Su family has sent many people out to search in the past few days, but so far no trace of the thief has been found."

"What is the cultivation level of the missing disciple of your mansion?"

"It's just the fifth level of Qi refining."

"Do you know where she disappeared?"

"I don't know the exact location, but I must have been on my way back from Cangyun Ridge. It was my third brother's 100th birthday the day before yesterday. All the children in our family came back to celebrate his birthday, but she didn't arrive, so we knew that he was missing."

"I wonder which places your monks have searched in the past two days?"

"The main thing is to search all the way from Cangyun Ridge to Xuanting Mountain."

"Don't you have any clues?"

Su Zhongrui said: "My third brother is solely responsible for this matter, so I don't know the details very well. My brother is still leading people to search for it. Maybe he will be able to gain something when he comes back."

Tang Ning pondered for a while: "I have a heartfelt request, I hope you can grant it."

"Fellow Taoist Tang, it's okay to say so."

"I hope to cooperate with your monks to search for the whereabouts of the thief."

"This..." Su Zhongrui hesitated for a moment. He knew very well that the so-called cooperation was just using their manpower and connections here to make things easier: "I wonder what the traitor's cultivation is?"

"They are a strict cult organization called the Immortal Cult. As far as I know, the leader is a monk in the middle stage of foundation building. There are four guardians below. One of the guardians is in the early stage of foundation building, and the other three are at the ninth level of Qi Refining or The rest of the tenth-level monks are not qualified to be taught this technique."

Tangning didn't know what the person's cultivation level was, but she couldn't reveal it, so she moved the immortal disciple over: "The person I'm following is a protector, but I've never met him, so I don't know whether it's for Qi refining or foundation building. "Monk."

"Okay! Since fellow Taoist Tang is so sincere, we will work together to find the thief." Su Zhongrui heard that the other party might be a foundation-building monk, so he agreed without hesitation.

One more person means more strength. If there is a hand-to-hand encounter with the thief, Tang Ning, a monk in the middle stage of foundation building, will always be a little more confident.

What's more, this matter has nothing to lose for them. The two sides have different purposes. One is to find the Su family's children and save the Su family's face, and the other is to catch the wanted criminal.

"Without further delay, I hope to join the search team in your mansion immediately. Two days have passed, and the thief still doesn't know where he has gone."

"In that case, I will personally send my fellow Taoist to meet up with my younger brother's search team." Su Zhongrui stood up and said, the two of them walked out of the hall, turned into light and soared into the sky.

After walking for less than an hour, we arrived at the top of a hundred-foot-high mountain. Several men and women were searching the entire mountain.

However, I saw many almost transparent and unknown objects that resembled silkworms floating up and down the mountain. The male and female monks were following these silkworms in search.

The two of them disappeared from the light and appeared. A woman hurriedly came over and bowed respectfully to Su Zhongrui.

"How's the investigation going?" Su Zhongrui asked

The woman replied: "We have searched hundreds of miles from Cangyun Ridge to Xuanting Mountain in the past two days, and there is no trace of Yao Mei'er. The third uncle ordered us to increase the search area, and I and a few others are responsible. Search this area.”

"What are those?" Tangning asked, pointing at the wandering transparent silkworms.

Su Zhongrui said: "Those are the summoned colorless insects. These creatures are very sensitive to strangers and have extremely strong perception ability. They can sense people within a radius of fifty feet. Therefore, they are used to search for traces of people in the deep mountains. , which can greatly improve search efficiency.”

Tang Ning nodded. The area of ​​perception within a radius of fifty feet was basically comparable to the range of spiritual consciousness of a monk in the middle stage of foundation establishment, while the spiritual consciousness of a Qi Refining disciple only covered an area of ​​three to four feet.

As expected, these cultivating families have some hidden treasures. The last time Qi State captured the corpse insect host, it was the Su family who used red-haired and green-eyed dogs to search and help them find Wang Xuan.

"Where is Kang Chengmu now?"

"Third uncle led most of the people to search west." the woman replied

"Well, you continue searching and don't miss any clues." Su Zhongrui said, and he and Tang Ning turned to the east and headed west.

Half an hour later, they arrived at a mountain range that stretched for dozens of miles, and the Su family disciples scattered throughout the mountains to search.

A ray of light shot towards the two people in the distance, and soon arrived in front of them, showing the appearance of a middle-aged man, tall and thin, with a serious smile.

"Zhong Rui, why are you here?" The man glanced at Tang Ning as he spoke: "Who is this fellow Taoist?"

"Kang Cheng, let me introduce to you. This is fellow Taoist Tang Ning from Qian Yizong who came from afar. He is tracking a felon, and this person is the thief who kidnapped Xiaoyao. Fellow Taoist Tang hopes to cooperate with us to catch Catch the thief." Su Zhongrui said, "Fellow Taoist Tang, this is my brother Su Kangcheng."

"Qian Yizong disciple?" Su Kangcheng frowned.

"That's right." Tang Ning repeated what she had said to Su Zhongrui, and finally asked, "Have you found any clues, fellow Taoist?"

Su Kangcheng glanced at Su Zhongrui and said slowly: "That person should not be a foundation-building monk."