Taming the Demon: A Guide to Raising a Great Sage

"Mu Laixin, urgent, return quickly."

The six small characters, which seemed to be condensed by clouds, hovered in the air for about three seconds, and then gradually dissipated.

"Unexpectedly, the token given by Master Wanfa also has the function of remote transmission!"

Shen Lang stood up, put away the token, and greeted Xiaoyu:
"There is something urgent, we have to go back to the city immediately, there is no time to test the spell!"

The little fish was not disappointed, but heaved a sigh of relief—it was really worried that a thunder would chop Shen Lang apart, and now that Shen Lang said he would not test it, that was of course the best!

At that moment, the little fish flicked its tail, jumped up from the lake, flew over ten feet across the sky, and leaped towards Shen Lang.

Shen Lang raised his left hand, gently caught the little fish, and with a thought, he put it into the fine brush space.

Afterwards, Shen Lang dug some mud by the lake and put it into the space, and blessed himself with a seventh-rank "Spiritual Flying Technique", and immediately became as light as a swallow, and performed lightness kung fu with deep internal strength, supplemented by second-order agility enhancement , the whole person seems to have turned into a gust of phantom, flying towards the outside of the valley.

Flying with full strength, it only took more than an hour for Shen Lang to go out of the mountain, return to the small town at the foot of the mountain where the horses were stored, retrieve his own black horse, and gallop towards the capital.

at dusk.

Shen Lang led the black horse and held a large pottery pot with a five-foot sapling in his arms, and appeared in front of the yamen of Shenchuitang.

Tie the horse to the horse post in front of the door, Shen Lang had the badge of Shenchuangtang on his belt, and entered the door unimpeded all the way.

"Master Yan!"

"Xiao Shen is here. Look at you, it seems that you have driven a long way? Sit down, have a cup of tea first, and take a break."

"Master Yan, may I ask what did Master Mu say in her letter? Did something urgent happen to her?"

"Don't worry. It's true that something happened to Xiao Mu, but nothing happened to her..."

"how do I say this?"

"Well... you should look at this first."

Yan Tianying took out a file from the drawer and handed it to Shen Lang.

Shen Lang got up to take it, opened it, and saw that the first page was a portrait of a beautiful woman with a straight spear and a heroic posture.

There is also a text description below:

Ling Yunfeng, 24 years old, a true disciple of the Gunslinger Sect, a martial artist of the fifth rank, is expected to condense the seeds of true energy before the age of 25, and enter the fourth rank.On a certain day of a certain month, he disappeared while visiting friends in the mountains. The horse was abandoned in a certain place, eaten by wild beasts, and his luggage was scattered all over the place.There were no traces of struggle, and no blood.It is suspected that the location of the horse's body is not the location of the first incident.

Turning to the next page, there was another portrait of a beautiful woman with a high ponytail, a short cape, and a long sword with sheath.

Text description:

Zhuo Jingjing, 22 years old, a native of Yunzhou Prefecture, studied as a teacher of Qingyun Sanren since childhood, and is a martial artist with five ranks.On a certain day of the month, I went out to visit friends and disappeared. I have searched for my teacher so far, but to no avail...

one more.

Hu Jiao, a native of Lianzhou Prefecture, a fourth-rank early stage disciple of Chu Daoren, the number one swordsman in Lianzhou.Chu Daoren went to Dongzhou to visit friends and disappeared in early March. After hearing the news, Hu Jiao went out to look for his teacher. He also disappeared in mid-April. The exact location of the disappearance is unknown...

There is a thick dossier, which records more than 50 disappearance cases.

The missing persons in each case of disappearance are young and beautiful female warriors, and many of them have the reputation of being chivalrous.

But what is surprising is that these more than 50 disappearance cases all occurred in different state capitals.

There were even two cases of disappearances that were very close in time. One occurred in a military state in the Western Regions, and the other occurred in an outer island in the East China Sea. The distance between the two was more than ten thousand miles?
Yan Tianying said slowly:

"These disappearances of chivalrous women all happened in different states, all over the world, so these cases were originally treated as isolated cases, and were only investigated and dealt with in their respective states. My God catching hall has not received any reports.

"After Xiaomu's arraignment, I ordered the collection of similar cases of missing chivalrous women, and I went to the file warehouse of the Ministry of Punishment, and asked the old officials of the Ministry of Punishment to help me find the information, and finally compiled more than 50 files.

"What do you think about this case, Xiao Shen?"

Shen Lang pondered and said:
"These more than 50 disappearance cases all occurred this year, from the beginning of spring to the beginning of winter. The locations of the cases were scattered all over the country, and they were not related to each other. If all the information is not compiled, no one will regard them as the same case.

"From the perspective of my subordinates, this should be a serial kidnapping case. There is a high probability that all the missing chivalrous women were committed by the same force. This force... spreads all over the country, and it is very powerful!"

When he said these words, a subtle sense of déjà vu suddenly rose in his heart.

I feel as if I have encountered a similar incident.

Soon, he thought of his adventures in the "Palace of Remains".

Although he was not "kidnapped", if he hadn't escaped from the "real man's residence", he would of course be included in the file as a "missing person".

Moreover, at the beginning, he clearly entered the Yifu Mansion in the wild temple of Damang Mountain, but after he came out, he jumped seven or eight thousand miles and came to Luling Mansion not far from the capital.

This kind of great shift in space and geography...

There are cases of missing chivalrous women all over the world. The first one happened in the Western Regions, and the latter happened in the East China Sea...

There is always a very subtle connection between the two.

While thinking, I heard Yan Tianying whisper:
"Although Xiaomu hasn't found any evidence of Duke Ying's crimes, she has basically eliminated the blood shadow cult that infiltrated Yingzhou. Originally, she wanted to stay in Yingzhou for another month and come back a year ago, but I feel that her state is not right. ..."

Shen Lang was shocked and asked:

"Master Mu is not in the right condition? What's wrong with her?"

Yan Tianying frowned slightly:
"Xiao Mu once asked for help from the God Detective Hall, and I sent her a few assistants. When the head arresters routinely reported the progress of the case last month, they said that Xiao Mu's mood changed drastically, becoming increasingly irritable and impulsive, and even once In the courtroom, beating up local arresters in public. This is completely different from her usual personality and style.

"In addition, when Xiao Mu reported the case to me last month, she claimed to have developed a new secret technique, which can perceive and distinguish the evil spirits on the blood shadow evildoers. With this secret technique, no matter how good the blood shadow evildoers are It is difficult to escape her pursuit even if she pretends to be. It is with this secret technique that she basically wiped out all the blood shadow evildoers who had infiltrated Yingzhou.

"But according to the situation reported by her assistants, I always feel that there is something wrong with Xiaomu's so-called 'secret technique' that can distinguish the aura of demons. So I asked her to put aside the matter of Duke Ying and return to the capital as soon as possible."

Hearing this, Shen Lang's heart skipped a beat—when Mu Qingxue went to Shaking Island, she was injured by an evil spirit, and this injury has never healed. It even happened once on Jiange Island where the South Sea Sword Sect is located.

Later when Shen Lang asked her about the situation, she only said that she had dealt with it properly and her injury had improved, but she didn't tell him the specific situation.

So could it be that Mu Qingxue's emotional changes and behavior were affected by the injury?

Has she not really healed from her injuries for so long?
While thinking, Yan Tianying continued to say:

"On the way back to Beijing, Xiaomu ran into another kidnapping case. The victim was a beautiful chivalrous woman in her early twenties. Xiaomu originally wanted to go straight to arrest the kidnappers and save the chivalrous woman, but it was on them. That 'secret technique' sensed the breath of demons."

Shen Lang's heart moved:
"The kidnappers are related to demons? Are they believers of evil gods like the Blood Shadow Cult and the Spider Mother Cult? Kidnapping a chivalrous woman is for a blood sacrifice?"

Yan Tianying neither affirmed nor denied, and continued:
"After sensing the demonic aura, Xiao Mu decided to use her plan. She pretended to be the companion of the chivalrous woman, rushed over to save her, and after rescuing the chivalrous woman, cut off the back for her. Afterwards, she pretended to be invincible and was captured by mistake... "

Shen Lang said: "Master Yan, Mrs. Mu, is she acting like a joke? Even if she wants to pretend to be the companion of that chivalrous woman, she must be recognized by others!"

"I also find it strange. But she said that she used the 'secret technique' to confuse that chivalrous woman's cognition, so that the chivalrous woman really regarded her as a close friend."

"Master Kemu's appearance..."

"She said she changed her appearance."

Hearing this, Shen Lang's heart moved:
"Master Yan, Master Mu's urgent letter came after she 'missed and was captured'?"

Yan Tianying nodded:

"You once used a positioning talisman, which can be implanted in your teeth. After it is activated, it can lock your location even if you are thousands of miles away. Xiao Mu went to Yingzhou to handle the case. Of course, he also has a similar positioning talisman.

"And because she is in the third-rank realm, after activating the talisman, she can transmit a lot of messages with her thoughts within a limited period of time, and appear on the receiving magic weapon on our side.

"The ins and outs of Xiaomu's 'missing capture' were transmitted in this way. And after she was escorted to a secret place, she also met several chivalrous women who had been kidnapped for a month or two. After that, she During the interrogation, the names of those chivalrous women who were tied up for a month or two were also passed on."

Hearing this, Shen Lang suddenly said:

"It was through the names of those chivalrous women that Master Yan discovered the clues and put together several disappearance cases that were originally considered isolated cases. Disappearance cases with the same characteristics?"

Yan Tianying smiled ashamedly:
"I didn't discover it. It's an old clerk who is well-known and memorized. When I checked the information of another case in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, I saw the files of the disappearance of those chivalrous women. This time I saw Xiao Xiao The names that Mu sent back linked them together."

"..."

Shen Lang blinked, and changed the subject as if nothing had happened:
"Since Mr. Mu has successfully broken into the secret base where the kidnappers are imprisoned, and has a positioning talisman, has the location of the kidnappers been locked, so that they can be wiped out?"

Yan Tianying's expression became serious:
"This is the problem. Although Xiaomu sent the message, her location cannot be locked by the positioning charm. The positioning charm on Xiaomu's body has lost its positioning function!"

Shen Lang said in surprise:
"How could it be? The locating talisman was made by Daoist Chang, right? How could the locating talisman refined by a first-rank Daoist be invalid?"

Yan Tianying clenched the corners of her mouth and remained silent for a while before slowly saying:

"If there is a high-rank Daoist person who sets up restrictions, confuses the direction, reverses the world... then the positioning magic talisman will lose its positioning effect."

Shen Lang took a short breath and said in a deep voice:
"The mastermind behind the kidnapping case... is a first-class Dazheng?"

Then, can this case be investigated together with the "Great Adventure of the Remaining Mansion" that I encountered?

In other words, there are only a limited number of first-rank Dazhengs in Dongtu today. Even if a rigorous detective would not let go of any possibility, including Daoist Wanfa and Venerable Liuli as suspects, there are only six suspects in total.

only……

No matter which one of these six people, it is impossible to investigate easily!
"It can't be Yuzhen." Yan Tianying said: "It's not that I'm partial to her. It's just that if she has done so many actions, she can't hide it from me. This is me, Yan Tianying, as the number one in the world today. The confidence of a master."

Shen Lang nodded:
"The subordinates also feel that Daoist Wanfa cannot be suspected. Venerable Liuli is also not suspected."

"Well, Venerable Liuli is indeed not suspicious. Her real person's appearance is very special. Under the lotus seat, the fire of karma is constantly burning. Once she creates bad karma, she will immediately burn herself with karma, or her soul will be injured. For the sake of great loss, or fall into the devil's way and become a demon."

"Then there are four left..."

"Bodhisattva Dawei, Daoist Wulei, Daoist Qiankun, and Daoist Bailong. Among them, Daren Qiankun and Daoist Bailong are all from the royal family."

"Master Yan, you know me, it's not that I'm prejudiced against the royal family, but this kind of bad thing, I just feel it, it's very likely to be related to Qian Kun and Bai Long..."

"..."

Yan Tianying glanced at Shen Lang subtly, and said lightly:

"The Immortal Qiankun is the younger brother of the Taizu Emperor. He is more than 150 years old this year. He followed the Emperor Taizu to sweep the world. The Bailong Immortal is the grandson of the Taizu. He is over 80 years old this year.

"Realist Bailong is good at refining mechanical puppets. The human and animal puppets he refines are almost exactly the same as real creatures. Not only are they flesh and blood, but they even have real aura. It is difficult for ordinary warriors and monks to distinguish the authenticity.

"Tiankun Zhenren... is good at formations, and has the ability to form formations with one thought. His space-shifting formation is unique in the world..."

The array of space shifting?

Thinking of the experience of moving seven or eight thousand miles in space before and after I entered and exited the Yifu, and the geographical locations where these more than 50 kidnapping cases took place, and Mu Qingxue's locating talisman failed inexplicably, and she was unable to pinpoint her specific location...

Daoist Qiankun, who is unique in the world in the space array, is really suspicious!

However, Yan Tianying said:

"Reverend Qiankun and Reverend Bailong are certainly suspicious, but are you being too assertive? Don't forget, Xiao Mu said that she sensed a demonic aura from the kidnapper.

"As for Master Qiankun and Master Bailong, they have always been able to push back the matter of strengthening the seal of Yunding Demon Palace. On the contrary, those of us who have to strengthen the seal every few years have a greater possibility, unknowingly Corroded and polluted by demonic breath..."

Shen Lang spread his hands together:
"If you want to say that, even Master Yan is suspicious of you. After all, although you are not a real person, there is a real person by your side..."

Yan Tianying was stunned, but unexpectedly, he went around and wrapped himself in.

He smiled helplessly at the moment, shook his head and said:
"In short, this case is very difficult. All I can do to help you is to stare at other real people with Yuzhen so that they cannot move easily. It is up to you to investigate the case."

Shen Lang knew that Yan Tianying called him back, and he must be involved in the investigation.

And now that Mu Qingxue has penetrated into the enemy's interior, Shen Lang is naturally obliged.

It's just that he was a little puzzled:

"Master Yan, the mastermind of the first rank is probably behind this case. If so, do I have to send a stronger arrester to lead me? It's not that I underestimate myself, it's just that my strength...is really not enough."

Yan Tianying said:

"Xiao Shen, do you know how many second-rank warriors there are in our God's Catching Hall?"

Shen Lang asked: "How come there must be three or five?"

"not a single one."

Yan Tianying was expressionless, and said lightly:
"There are no second-rank warriors in the Shenchuitang, and there are only three third-rank warriors including Xiaomu. There are only 18 fourth-rank warriors. Faxie only has Daoist Wanfa to see my face, and reluctantly served as the consultant of the Shenzhangtang guest minister. "

"Ah?" Shen Lang was stunned: "The Hall of the Gods is majestic, and even the world is so powerful... How could it be possible to have such a small number of people?"

Because of me, God's Catching Hall is so powerful in the world!

Yan Tianying sighed inwardly, but she didn't boast about it, she only said softly:
"Although the salary of Shenchuitang is good, there is no shortage of cultivation resources, and there are all kinds of magic tools and panacea provided by the Daoist Wanfa series for free or at low prices, but the rules of our Shenchuitang are too strict. Want to make a fortune Those who are wealthy will not come to Shenchuangtang. Those who want to be free and unrestrained, and even do whatever they want, will not come to Shenzhangtang.

"The people who voluntarily join the God Catching Hall are mostly young people with passion and justice in their hearts. But young people are used to the warmth and coldness of human relationships, and after seeing the prosperity of the world, they will change.

"After all, no matter how high the salaries and benefits of our Shenchuitang are, in this capital, compared with those wealthy children, it seems a bit shabby. And we can't earn gray income. The way to get money is salaries and bounties. .

"Xiao Mu's dignified third-rank martial artist, a year's regular salary plus New Year's Day rewards and case-handling bounty, at most only more than 2000 silver dollars. Which other third-rank martial artist would take this little money seriously? They don't pay more than 2000 a month. Will do it!

"There is little money, many things, and danger, and people offer rewards on the black market every now and then... How many high-quality warriors are willing to risk their lives for hundreds of thousands of dollars a year?

"So, many young people who joined God's Catching Hall with enthusiasm back then, some became corrupt and depraved halfway, and many left voluntarily in pursuit of a better life.

"It's been coming and going, until now, our Shencatching Hall is only a little bit of a master."

Shen Lang asked:

"Can't you increase your salary? Headhunters who are bleeding and fighting to uphold the law and justice should enjoy better treatment."

Yan Tianying spread his hands:
"Our Shenzhang Tang takes care of everything and arrests everyone. Not only do demons and heretics hate us, but many honorable nobles and even many court officials regard us as thorns in the eyes and thorns in the flesh. Don't talk about improving the treatment, can you It's nice to be cut funding!
"In other words, in recent years, there have been several court discussions in the court to cut the funds of our God's Arrest Hall. There was even a servant of the Ministry of Punishment complaining openly, saying that the existence of our God's Arrest Hall is under the jurisdiction of the Division of Punishment.

"In short, during those few times, if there were not a few upright ministers who tried their best to fight for it, and I, Yan, was quite thin-faced, there would have been a public discussion in the imperial court to cut the funds of our God's Catch Hall.

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. The headhunters of the God Catching Hall can get the magical tools, equipment, and panacea of ​​the Wanfa Daoist series for free and at a low price. I, Yan Tianying, have contributed a lot! I am a grand master of the first rank, and my salary is all Hand it over, don't you dare to believe that you don't have a penny of your private money?"

Hearing Yan Tianying's down-to-earth complaints, Shen Lang felt kind and sad at the same time.

As long as you are willing, like the Dragon King of the Seven Seas, you can find a place to stand on your own and become the king of your own country.

But now I don't even have any money for my own house...

Tsk tsk, it's really pitiful and respectable.

"It's getting too far. Alas, as I get older, I become more verbose, and I always digress without knowing it..."

After complaining a few words, Yan Tianying returned to the original topic:
"Anyway, the number of people in our God Detective Hall is too small, and the other two third-rank arresters are rushing outside to investigate important cases. The eighteen fourth-rank arresters also have their own important responsibilities.

"By the way, Xiao Shen, don't you feel that our yamen is too deserted? Except for a few old and young scribes, basically you can't see anyone else? It's because everyone is away! During the New Year dinner, you may not be able to come Half of the people..."

Shaking his head, he looked at Shen Lang and said solemnly:
"The other two third-rank head arresters are not here, and the fourth-rank head arresters are also handling cases outside. Among the remaining head arresters, they have fought against more than 100 killers alone, and killed them all, and single-handedly exterminated Spider Seven. Sister Shen, you... are already the strongest."

"..."

What Yan Tianying said was so reasonable that Shen Lang was speechless.

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