Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Chapter 1365 Living in an Infinite World 12
Liu Xueming and Zhang Han obtained some clues from Liu Tong.

Although Liu Tong was unable to find the missing women due to the rules, he still managed to find some clues.

Liu Tong told them to Liu Xueming and Zhang Han.

Liu Xueming and Zhang Han were very happy. After finishing the noodles that Liu Tong had treated them to, they left with much lighter steps.

Before leaving, they asked about Liu Dong's current address and said they would visit him.

After the two walked away, Liu Qiu went home. Passing by the Taoist temple, he peeked inside and narrowed his eyes.

This Taoist temple lacks the purity one should have in a monk; instead, it is shrouded in darkness.

The people in this Taoist temple have definitely done a lot of evil deeds.

Based on the clues he found, Liu Tong drew some conclusions, which he then told Liu Xueming and Zhang Han.

Let the players reveal the truth about the Taoist temple.

At this moment, Liu Xueming and his companion reunited.

After several rounds, players can no longer be matched with teammates at any time when entering dungeons.

Instead, it's a group of people who have a good relationship and respect each other's abilities who form a team to run dungeons together.

The people Liu Xueming and Zhang Han have now joined are those who have gone through life and death with them in several dungeons. They have developed a tacit understanding and a high degree of trust.

Liu Xueming: "Zhang Han and I ran into an old friend today?"

Player A: "Did you encounter these people in other dungeons?"

This county town instance can accommodate a large number of players; besides their team, there are quite a few other players.

Liu Xueming: "Not a player, but an NPC?"

The others exclaimed in surprise, "NPCs? NPCs from other dungeons? They can even jump between dungeons?"

Liu Xueming: "Perhaps. This child isn't an ordinary NPC. When we were clearing the Huaxi Slave dungeon, we relied entirely on Liu Tong for help. He must be that kind of special NPC."

Since he's a special NPC, the information he provides will definitely be useful.

Everyone was hoping that Liu Xueming would reveal useful information.

Liu Xueming: "A-Tong said that the magistrate's father was obsessed with alchemy."

All players: ??

However, with so many people, some were still able to understand what Liu Dong was trying to convey.

A player from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners said, "In ancient times, Taoist priests, when refining elixirs, would add not only poisonous substances like mercury and sulfur, but also things like children's urine and menstrual blood."

One player with a good grasp of history said, "In order to refine the 'elixir of immortality,' the Jiajing Emperor forcibly conscripted thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girls and extracted their virgin menstrual blood to refine the elixir, which killed many people. The palace maids hated him to the bone and almost strangled the Jiajing Emperor to death."

Other players, upon hearing this, couldn't help but despise the Jiajing Emperor, but they reacted quickly as well.

Player A said, "Could it be that the pregnant lady was captured to refine pills?"

A traditional Chinese medicine enthusiast said, "Placenta can be used in medicine and was also an important ingredient in alchemy in ancient times."

Players: "What is a placenta?"

A TCM enthusiast: "It's the placenta."

Player A: "Those missing pregnant women, are they possibly in the Taoist temple?"

Player B: "Or maybe he's being held at the county government office."

Player C: "No wonder the authorities can't find anyone. Isn't this a case of the thief crying 'stop thief'?"

Liu Xueming: "Tomorrow, one group of us will investigate the Taoist temple, while the other group will try to get into the county government office."

The players agreed and each chose which location to investigate.

The next day, Liu Xueming and Zhang Han came to see Liu Tong.

The two bought pastries at the shop and entered Liu Dong's residence under the pretense of visiting an old friend.

The young Taoist priest at the entrance of the temple saw the two enter Liu Dong's house.

At this moment, two other players who had come to investigate entered the Taoist temple. Under the guise of offering incense and praying to the gods, they stuffed a considerable amount of silver into the donation box.

However, the young Taoist priests in the temple were very wary of them, and they felt like they were being watched wherever they went.

These players cannot act alone, nor can they discover any clues.

They left disappointed.

However, this also confirmed to them that the Taoist temple definitely had a secret.

Liu Xueming and Zhang Han had lunch at Liu Dong's house; the food was delivered from the restaurant.

Liu Tong went out and called a yamen runner, gave him a few taels of silver, and the yamen runner happily ran errands for Liu Tong.

Zhang Han noticed this detail and asked, "Are there many yamen runners around here?"

Liu Tong: "After all, he is the patriarch of the county magistrate's family. With more yamen runners, the security will be better."

Zhang Han, however, felt that was not the case, and he asked again, "Do you have a good relationship with the yamen runners?"

Liu Tong: "I'm too lazy to go out, so I pay them to run errands for me."

The rewards were generous, so the constables really enjoyed the job.

Occasionally, the young Taoist priests from the neighboring temple would also try to take over this job.

Therefore, Liu Tong had good relationships with both the Taoist priests and the yamen runners.

Therefore, when Liu Xueming and Zhang Han passed by the Taoist temple after lunch and said goodbye, they "suddenly decided" to go in to burn incense, and did not have anyone watching them like their companions did.

But they still dared not make any major moves, only slightly...
Back at their lodgings, the players began discussing their day's gains.

Two of the players were arrested for "fighting" and imprisoned by the authorities, but were later redeemed by another player with money.

Two players locked in a cell talk to the prisoners inside and spend money to get information from them.

Player A: "There's nothing unusual in the prison. If there were women inside, these prisoners wouldn't be so well-behaved."

Everyone agreed with this viewpoint.

Some players disguised themselves as vegetable vendors and sneaked into the back hall of the county government office, but found nothing unusual.

Players who went to the Taoist temple all felt that the temple held a secret, otherwise the Taoist priests inside would not have been so anxious and intimidating.

The players decided to explore the Taoist temple at night.

In the middle of the night, Liu Dong heard noises from next door.

He walked out of the house, jumped onto the big tree in his yard, and sat on the top of the tree, where he could see the Taoist temple next door.

As expected, the rules of the instance must be triggered by the players.

The arrival of the players caused the scent of the captured pregnant woman to be revealed.

Liu Dong's divine sense detected that they were being imprisoned underground in the Taoist temple.

An identical Taoist temple was built underground, mirroring the one on the surface.

The players are now inside the mirror image, but they are unaware of it.

The Taoist priests in the mirror image have transformed into demons and are chasing after the "little rats" that have sneaked in.

The players used various methods to dodge, and soon some of them were injured.

Liu Tong took out a Five Thunder Talisman he had drawn himself and threw it towards the Taoist temple.

Whether or not the player can seize the opportunity depends on themselves.

He's not the player's babysitter.

Five powerful bolts of lightning struck the Taoist temple, affecting even the underground structure.

The monsters were the most affected; they were stunned by the blows.

The players took the opportunity to escape from the Taoist temple.

Before long, the Taoist temple calmed down, and the monsters regained their human appearance.