Locust

Chapter 403 Overt and covert strategies
"This is how the same thing?"

"Could it be that my actions to disperse the calamity have been noticed by the people of the Xieji Cult?"

Ao Wenguang was hiding in a secret room deep below, looking ugly.

He has been cultivating quietly in Nanxiehai City for more than ten years. Four years ago, he had reached the state of divine transformation and was only one step away from being promoted to the realm of returning to the virtual world.

Therefore, the move to spread the calamity was a little bigger. In his opinion, this was the only flaw that might have exposed his identity.

"Mr. Fo, is the Minglong Taoist still using his magical powers to investigate?"

In the ancestral orifice between Ao Wenguang's eyebrows, a black iron finger shook slightly, and mist of yellow clouds spurted out, turning into an inch-inch monk.

"Amitabha!" One-inch monk Baoxiang solemnly clasped his hands together, "The great power of Hedao has passed through the formation barrier and spread the power of the soul to the entire Nanxiehai City. The donor must not act rashly, otherwise the opponent will surely be harmed. Sense the hiding formation here."

This invisible formation barrier was set up by his own hands, and some of the power of the true saint was infiltrated into it. Therefore, even the powerful Yingjie could not detect it. As long as he did not leave this formation, it would be extremely difficult for Minglong Daojun to escape. Discover them.

"Damn it!" Ao Wenguang gritted his teeth, "Could it be that the Evil Ji Sect has colluded with Penglai Palace, and they want to capture me in such a big way?"

"Amitabha!" The one-inch monk clasped his hands and said calmly, "Perhaps the news that the benefactor possesses a valuable treasure and a supreme inheritance has been known to interested people, which is why this disaster has been caused."

Ao Wenyuan frowned and said angrily: "Ao is about to be promoted to the realm of the Taoist Transformation Lord. It is really unlucky to let people from the Xieji Sect destroy it at such a critical moment."

The Yicun monk lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, and said with a smile: "Heaven is going to entrust this man with a great responsibility, and he must first work hard on his mind and body."

"It is normal for a protagonist like the donor to experience some disasters every time he is promoted. Such disasters are just tempering. Most of them are near misses, so there is no need to worry about them."

Ao Wen Guangweng said in a loud voice: "This disaster happened too suddenly. If the power of the disaster hadn't increased dramatically, Ao would have been alert in advance and almost suffered disaster."

"I just hope this disaster will pass soon and not affect my promotion."

The purpose of Daojun Minglong and others was clear. The targets of their attack were all the blood bandit leaders that Ao Wenguang had spread before. Therefore, neither of them doubted that they were just two fish among the fish in the pond...

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Over Nanxiehai City.

Minglong Daojun's face was as dark as water. For ten days, the Xieji Sect searched Haishi inside and outside for three rounds, but still found nothing.

Master Red Whale and the King of Thieves were on one side, not daring to breathe.They were helpless. Although they moved quickly and unexpectedly, the enemy was too alert and escaped one step ahead of time.

Taojun Minglong said in a deep voice: "You two have been searching for many days, have you found any valuable clues?"

The King of Thieves looked troubled, cupped his hands and replied: "Reporting to Lord Dao, what can be confirmed now is that a Green Demon Shark did appear in Nanxiehai City, and he suddenly disappeared after the Sea City was banned."

"Junior believes that the Blue Demon Shark is probably still hiding in the sea city barrier, or relying on magical transformation techniques to hide among the crowd, or relying on some kind of secret treasure or small formation barrier to hide in a certain place. Hidden place.”

"Do you have any way to force the opponent out?" Daojun Minglong looked at him intently.

The King of Thieves muttered: "Forgive me for my young talent, but that person's methods are too clever. Even if the Blood Thieves Alliance tries their best, we still can't find any trace of that person."

"Trash! I can't even catch the thieves in my own territory." Daojun Minglong cursed with a roll of his sleeves.

"..." The Thief King looked ugly and felt aggrieved.

You, Dao Lord Minglong, and everyone from the evil cult also participated in the search operation. This is also your territory, so don’t you still find nothing?
Master Red Whale raised his hands in time and said: "Reporting to Daojun, Red Whale Tower has captured and interrogated all the suspected blood bandit leaders. It is learned that there should be only one Blue Demon Shark appearing in Hai City. According to reports, Judging from his words and deeds, that person is Ao Wenguang, who carries the legacy."

"The younger generation connected the nodes where he appeared one by one. It can be seen that he has different intentions to avoid the area south of the city."

After a pause, he smiled slightly: "When people do dirty things, they will always avoid their permanent residence. Therefore, this junior judged who is hiding in the south of the city now."

Hearing this, the Thief King sneered: "Stupid! The south of the city is also the location of the main altar of our Blood Thieves Alliance. The blood bandits don't dare to act recklessly there. It makes sense that Ao Wenguang deliberately avoids the south of the city. Now it's your turn His mouth became his hiding place?"

Master Red Whale replied calmly: "It's dark under the lamp! It's dark under the lamp! The management of your Blood Thieves Alliance is lax, which gave Ao Wenguang the opportunity to hide for several years. He deliberately hid under your nose. What's the point? Strange?"

"Besides, the south of the city is also the commercial center of Nanxiehai City. The treasures and treasures that Ao Wenguang uses to spread calamity cannot be endless. Maybe he happens to be there and has a stable way of income. "Okay." Daojun Minglong raised his hand to end the argument between the two. He stared at Master Red Whale and asked slowly: "These are your inferences and are of little practical use. I Just asking, do you have any way to find out Ao Wenguang?"

Master Red Whale's face froze, and he cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to the Taoist Lord, Ao Wenguang was able to escape for many years in the hands of Penglai Palace of Taishang University, and live freely in the East China Sea. It shows that his methods are high, and the younger generation is only weak. I really don’t have the ability to find him out.”

Feeling the rising anger of the other party, he quickly added: "After much thought, there are only two immature ways."

Taojun Minglong swallowed back the curse words forcibly, and his face brightened slightly: "Have you thought of a way to get rid of it? Let's talk about it."

Master Red Whale calmed down, folded his hands and replied calmly: "Junior has two strategies, one is overt and the other is dark. The overt strategy is to use force to break the situation. If Ao Wenyuan can hide from Dao Lord's detection, he may not be able to hide it from those who are above the Hedao realm. The sense of a great supernatural being..."

"Above the level of Hedao?" Daojun Minglong frowned: "You mean to find a foreign aid to deal with the disaster?"

Master Red Whale nodded and replied, "That's right. If Ying Jie's power fails, it may be necessary for the True Saint of Great Vehicle to take action himself."

"This is nonsense!" Daojun Minglong couldn't help shouting loudly, "Who are you, and you want to command a Mahayana true saint?"

The Mahayana True Saint is the pinnacle of the human world, and even he has never seen it a few times. Now that the other party is so casual, saying that to deal with a small mermaid in the realm of god transformation, he may have to ask the True Saint to take action, which naturally makes him furious. .

"Please forgive me, True Lord. I am just making reasonable inferences based on relevant information. I am definitely not deliberately alarmist." Master Red Whale quickly lowered his head and apologized.

This is also one of his strategies, exaggerating the difficulty of the problem, so that even if the final result is unsatisfactory, the other party cannot blame him.

A trouble that requires a true saint can be solved, but you, Daojun Minglong, asked a Void Returning Power to solve it. Is this making things difficult for others?
Taojun Minglong snorted coldly: "The Ghost Cry True Sage can't even be easily moved by the Evil King. You are just trying to cover up your own incompetence by saying such unrealistic words. Don't think that I don't know this."

Master Red Whale replied: "Reporting to Dao Lord, if Ying Jie can find out Ao Wenyuan, everything will be fine. If he still can't, it can only mean that Ao Wenyuan's inheritance is greater than we expected. Even more astonishing. In this case, it is not unreasonable to ask a Mahayana true saint to take action."

"Moreover, the helping hand that junior Mingce refers to is not just the Three Holy Islands. The people from Penglai Palace should want to capture Ao Wenguang more than anyone else."

Taojun Minglong's face changed slightly, and he hesitated: "Penglai Palace and our Mirage Sea are enemies, not friends. At present, they can only be regarded as water in the well but not in the river. How can we attract its help?"

Master Red Whale smiled slightly: "In this world, there are never permanent enemies. As long as the benefits can be properly distributed, anyone can become a friend."

"Your Majesty, Taoist Lord!" He cupped his hands and said, "Red Whale Tower has also received a commission from Penglai Palace to investigate the traces of Ao Wenguang. If the Xieji Sect is interested, I can help bridge the gap between the two families!"

Taojun Minglong took a deep look at the other party and said calmly: "It turns out that you have benefited from the Penglai Palace. No wonder you are so positive."

Master Red Whale began to break into a cold sweat: "Red Whale Tower and Penglai Palace only have some information and business dealings, not much friendship. All the plans of this junior are for the sake of the Xie Ji Cult. I hope Dao Lord will learn from it."

Taojun Minglong was noncommittal and said calmly: "Tell me about your secret plan."

Master Red Whale replied: "If the overt manhunt fails, we may be able to reduce the intensity of the manhunt, and send a large number of secret agents into the city to search for clues."

"Furthermore, if we can contact Penglai Palace, we can also borrow Penglai Palace's national artifact, the Blue Demon Mirror. This mirror has a special power of induction for the Blue Demon Shark clan, and it can be secretly placed in Haishi. As long as Ao Wenguang shows up at the entrance and exit, it will be impossible to escape..."

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Medicine King Hall, alchemy room.

"Whoosh!" A stream of light entered the room and transformed into Du Qi's figure.

At this time, he couldn't hide the joy on his face. He raised his hands and said: "Envoy, Du has found out that in the past month, the Xieji Sect and others have found nothing. No useful clues have been found, and no arrests have been made. To the person they want to catch."

"Perhaps it's just going from light to dark, and we are still being closely investigated and searched, but the gate of Nanxiehai City has been reopened. It is the best time for us to evacuate at this time."

"Who told you that we were going to separate?" Ao Wenyuan was still refining the elixir, and said with a faint smile, "Their target is not us, why do they still follow the other party's plan and show their flaws?"

Du Qi said anxiously: "Envoy, this is a dangerous place after all. We have been here for more than two months. I think we have enough Gu insects to arrange, so why do we still stay here?"

Ao Wenyuan said calmly: "Don't be anxious. Taoist Tongtian's important task has not been completed yet. Please sit here and wait for the opportunity..."

(End of this chapter)