Grudge Breaker

Chapter 318: The Art of Dream Nirvana
Mo Tingfeng and Ding Heran finally found Ye Wujiu, just outside the entrance of a garden rockery only a hundred meters away from the dry well. Obviously, this inconspicuous crack was the exit of the Huiming Xuanji Array.

No one knew how Ye Wujiu came out. He was seen lying unconscious in a pool of blood. The arm that had been infected by Ma Zhenchun's "Solar Prominence Gu" was severely chopped by a sharp weapon and was almost broken in two. Mo Tingfeng looked at the wound carefully and found that it was obviously caused by his own sword. Judging from the way he raised the sword and the wound marks, the person who injured him was Ye Wujiu himself.

"Lao Ye!"

Ding Heran rushed over, hurriedly took out the golden wound medicine from his arms and sprinkled it on his wound, but the shocking cut could not be cured by this method. No matter how good the golden wound medicine was, it would only be a drop in the bucket.

Ye Wujiu's face was pale as if he was on the verge of death. Ding Heran sniffed his breath tremblingly, and was relieved when he felt that he was still breathing.

He remembered that there was a life-saving pill sewn between the seams of his clothes that he had been reluctant to use, so he quickly tore it open, took it out and fed it to Ye Wujiu. Then he looked at the bleeding broken arm and wanted to press the wound to stop the bleeding, but his hand stopped in mid-air and began to tremble violently - it was the first time he saw Ding Heran so panicked.

"Tsururan, calm down."

Mo Tingfeng knelt on one knee beside Ye Wujiu, releasing his magical power in his palm, sweeping the healing energy across the broken end of Ye Wujiu's arm. However, he clearly felt a fresh, mysterious aura lingering in it, mixed with the Ghost King's death curse and the blood of the corpse ghost - could it be that the necromancer really came to the Lord's Mansion tonight?

"Tingfeng? Why are you...Wujiu! What happened to him?"

Under the cover of night, Zhuang Yuheng and Jing Lan, with her face covered with gauze, came quietly. It was obvious that they were looking for Ruan Mianmian.

Seeing Ye Wujiu lying on the ground covered in blood, Zhuang Yuheng's face tightened and he hurried forward to check and help treat his injuries.

"Lord Yuheng, please save Wujiu! Just tell me what you need me to do!"

Ding Heran was obviously relieved to see him coming, and he wanted to kneel down and kowtow loudly to Zhuang Yuheng.

"Shh, I need you to stop making noise."

"..."

Ding Heran took two steps aside awkwardly and dared not say another word.

Zhuang Yuheng was already anxious because of Ruan Mianmian's disappearance, and his aunt Jing Lan was pestering him every day to find her, nagging in his ears all the time, which made him feel overwhelmed. What he needed most now was some peace and quiet.

However, as long as Zhuang Yuheng is there, Ye Wujiu will be fine. Mo Tingfeng also felt relieved and put away his magic power and walked to Jing Lan.

"Lord Si Chen."

Jing Lan took off her veil and bowed. Although she was wearing formal attire and heavy makeup, her swollen eyes could not be concealed.

It has been ten days since Ruan Mianmian disappeared. It is hard to imagine how difficult these days have been for a mother who has lost her precious daughter.

Mo Tingfeng nodded to Jing Lan in return.

"Mrs. Jing, have you discovered anything this time?"

Mother Ruan's long sigh was the best answer.

There are at least twenty resentment-breaking masters scattered around the Territory Lord's Mansion tonight. They are all top-notch experts in tracking and finding traces in the Si Chen Mansion. They are all looking for Ruan Mianmian's whereabouts, but have found nothing so far.

In fact, Mo Tingfeng had another guess in his mind - Ruan Mianmian was not in the Lord's Mansion at all, but he still needed to let everyone enter the mansion tonight to verify it quietly. Otherwise, according to the temperament of Ruan's mother, who came from the escort agency, she might do something outrageous in the Lord's Mansion with great fanfare.

Jing Lan put on her veil again and glanced at Zhuang Yuheng.
"Lord Si Chen, Yu Heng will stay here to save people. I will go back to the main hall first. It seems that we must report this to the Territory Lord directly and ask him to send people to search the mansion thoroughly. Even if we have to dig three feet deep tonight, we must find my Mian Mian!"

"Absolutely not!"

Zhuang Yuheng, who was always gentle and elegant, was unable to get up because he was treating Ye Wujiu, so he could only stop him in a hurry.

"Tingfeng, stop your aunt!"

Mo Tingfeng pondered for a moment, then set up a barrier that blocked the view of the few people. Not only was Jing Lan unable to get out, even if other people walked by, they would not be able to see or hear them.

"Mrs. Jing, I understand how you feel, but if you really do this, Mianmian may never be found again."

"We don't have any solid evidence that Mianmian was kidnapped into the Territory Lord's Mansion. If we speak rashly, it will only alert the enemy and have no effect."

"Why is there no evidence?!"

Jing Lan was very emotional.
"Hasn't your Sichen Mansion already found the blood-stained handkerchief in Mianmian's house? Mianmian is in the Lord's Mansion!"

"Mrs. Jing!"

Ding Heran, who had been huddled quietly aside, stood up and clasped his fists towards Jing Lan. Since they were discussing his main business, he could no longer remain silent.

"After all, this is the Territory Lord's Mansion. If we want to search for someone in public, we need a search warrant issued by the Supreme Being in the Upper Realm." "Moreover, the blood handkerchief is also mixed with Du Juan's cursed blood, so we can't be sure of the accuracy of the search results. Especially since this blood handkerchief was found in the 'Not Entering the Five Elements Formation', which is extremely special and unpredictable, so we can't be sure that the search results are true..."

Before Ding Heran finished speaking, Ruan's mother's face was already covered with tears. She hadn't slept since Ruan Mianmian disappeared, and her nerves had been stretched to the limit.

She had placed all her expectations on tonight, but now it seemed like nothing more than self-deception.

"Ten days have passed. If we can't find Mianmian, she will become the scapegoat for that damn girl Dujuan! Right now, there is only one clue, the Territory Lord's Mansion. What do you want me to do? What should I do?!"

When the situation became critical, Ruan's mother even started to beat and push Ding Heran. He had a penetrating wound on his waist, and was accidentally hit by Jing Lan. Blood immediately oozed out. Ding Heran groaned in pain, but did not retreat a single step.

Mo Tingfeng frowned and went over to pull away Ruan's mother.

"Madam Jing, do you really think the Territory Master is unaware of our unusual movements tonight?"

"It was just a small family banquet, and the head of Sikong Mansion hardly showed up from beginning to end. Mo also left the banquet with an excuse not long after it started. How could the territory master not notice this abnormality?"

"Have you ever thought that, apart from the ingenious magic array, we never encountered any palace soldiers blocking us when we walked through the palace tonight? Doesn't this prove something?"

"The territory master has already noticed it, but he didn't ask any questions and let us do it privately. This is a huge trust in us."

"Under such circumstances, we still can't find any trace of Mianmian, which means she is somewhere else. The blood handkerchief pointed to the Territory Lord's Mansion. I'm afraid the person behind this did it intentionally and has other intentions."

His words completely deflated Jing Lan. She covered her face and slowly squatted down, her shoulders locked. She looked like a withered flower that had suddenly lost its moisture.

Mo Tingfeng bent down and helped Jing Lan up.
"It will take more than a month for the Five Elements Formation to take effect. We still have time. Madam Jing, don't be discouraged. The most urgent thing is to take care of your own health first, so that you can have the energy to save Mianmian."

"I will set off for the far north of Huangquan tomorrow morning, and perhaps I will find something."

In fact, the search tonight was not entirely fruitless, especially the eerie aura lingering from the wound on Ye Wujiu's broken arm gave Mo Tingfeng a new inference - the person behind the creation of the necromancer Ma Zhenchun was using the "Eight Formations of Wu Hou" of the Lord's Mansion to cause trouble, and their purpose was obviously not as simple as taking Ruan Mianmian or Ye Wujiu's life.

This also means that not only is there a traitor in Si Chen Mansion, but even Jingzhu Mansion is not immune - and this person knows the secrets of the mansion's magic array mechanism in detail, and his identity is definitely not an ordinary one.

Mo Tingfeng fell into deep thought.
From the moment I picked up the corpse ghost mask in the Pingyang forest, I learned the death curse, evil puppetry, corpse array, not entering the five elements, Wu Hou Eight Arrays, necromancer, blood puppet...

One thing after another, without giving the person a chance to breathe, came crashing down on him. With the ability to stir up such a situation, it's no exaggeration to say that the person behind the scenes is extremely powerful. But why would such a person go to so much trouble when everything he wants is readily available?
...There are so many things to think about, but there is no clue at all.

Originally, Mo Tingfeng didn't want to go to the extreme north of the underworld too early. If his previous inference was correct, the Corpse Array must be set up there. If he could successfully break the array, not only Ye Wujiu's injury, but even the death curse on Song Weichen caused by the Corpse Ghost King's mask would be solved.

Ruan Mianmian was abducted by the necromancer's blood puppet Dujuan. If you want to find her, you must find something by finding the corpse formation.

The reason why Mo Tingfeng hasn't gone there yet is that he is waiting for an opportunity, or to be more precise, he is waiting for a solar term.

Awakening of Insects.

"All things come out of the shock, which is thunder, so it is called the Waking of Insects, because hibernating insects are startled and flee."

The Yellow Springs is extremely cold and frozen in the far north, and looking for the Corpse Array hidden there is like looking for a needle in a haystack. However, it is different on the Waking of Insects Day - any evil magic array will breed a large number of poisonous insects, especially during the Waking of Insects season, when the Yang energy rises and the thunder from the sky cleanses the area. The poisonous insects will inevitably run wild in fear, making it much easier to find the array. One only needs to pay attention to the places where the poisonous insects appear in large numbers.

But calculating the time, it would take another six days until Jingzhe. Mo Tingfeng was worried that Jing Lan would lose his patience and take drastic actions during this period, which would not only do harm to saving Ruan Mianmian, but might even affect the search for the person behind the scenes. So he had to go to the extreme north of Huangquan in advance.

……

"grown ups……"

Ye Wujiu woke up, and his broken arm had been bandaged with a special linen cloth woven by Zhuang Yuheng using his magic power. It seemed that it was most likely saved.

He was half leaning against the rockery wall. Although his physical strength had not yet recovered, at least his eyes were clear and his consciousness was alert.

"Sir, please move aside. I have something to say to you in private."

Mo Tingfeng understood. He must have discovered that Ruan's mother Jing Lan was also there, so he said this. He then moved closer as he was told.

"Sir, I saw Ma Zhenchun in the formation cave."

"But it was only after I escaped from the battle that I realized that it was not his true body, but the Dream Nirvana Technique."

"The art of Dream Nirvana is extremely vicious and was abolished by the Dream Weaving Department 1,700 years ago. My subordinate was subjected to this forbidden art today, which makes people have to suspect that someone in the Dream Weaving Department is involved in the Ma Zhenchun case and has conspired with the person behind the necromancer."

Mo Tingfeng's eyes were stern.
"Dream Weaving Division?"

"Isn't that the place where Gu Cangyue is the new head?"