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Chapter 1346 Yunxi Village

Lin Hao said calmly, "There is a type of mushroom with a very brightly colored cap called the fly agaric, which is a hallucinogenic plant. After a short time, people who eat it will enter a hallucinatory state, where everything they see will be magnified. Ordinary people will appear as towering monsters in their eyes, causing them to feel terrified and even go mad!"

“You are indeed talking about the Crimson Umbrella!” Si Teng raised an eyebrow and said, “But what does that have to do with the disappearance of Wafang?”

Instead of answering, Lin Hao asked, "You've dealt with the Suspended Sect. Does the Suspended Sect's techniques include the ability to cause hallucinations?"

Si Teng thought for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, the techniques of the Suspended Gate are mainly aimed at the Kagyu tribe, and there has never been any record of them."

Lin Hao sneered and said, "But our Miss Shen has the ability to cause hallucinations!"

"What? You're saying Shen Yindeng can cause hallucinations? He used it on you?" Si Teng was shocked upon hearing this. He looked Lin Hao up and down and asked with concern, "Are you alright?"

"Do I look like something's wrong?" Lin Hao pulled her into his arms, then explained:
“That day, you and Yan Furui were talking in the courtyard when I went out and ran into her. She used her hallucinogenic abilities to pull me into a hallucination again!”

"Actually, this isn't the first time she's used it on me. The last time we invited the Suspense Master to dinner, we discovered that Shen Yindeng was spying on us. I chased after her and caught her, and she used it on me once, which is how she got away!"

"The second time, I was on guard. I not only broke her illusion, but also forcibly hypnotized her. Even now, she still thinks I've fallen for her trick!"

At this point, Lin Hao almost laughed. Did they really think just anyone could pull him into an illusion?

With Shen Yindeng's meager abilities, he might be able to deal with ordinary people, but he wouldn't even dare to make a move against a regular master of divination, let alone Lin Hao.

Upon hearing this, Si Teng breathed a sigh of relief, then frowned and said:
"But this alone shouldn't be enough to prove that Shen Yindeng is the Red Umbrella, right?"

Lin Hao pointed to the blood-soaked mud in the glass bottle on the table and said, "Isn't there still blood-soaked mud there?"

"Although Shen Yindeng concealed it well, I have studied medicine, and I can tell whether the blood is fresh or from several months ago. Shen Deng said it was left from when he injured Chisan several months ago, how is that possible?"

Then Lin Hao looked at Yan Furui and said, "If I'm not mistaken, Shen Yindeng shouldn't have appeared with you last night!"

“The house is missing. With so many of you and making such a commotion, you should have come out immediately. Besides, you live so close by, there's no way she wouldn't have heard you.”

Upon hearing this, Yan Furui recalled what happened last night and realized that, as Lin Hao had said, Shen Yindeng, who lived next door to him, had not appeared at all. His expression immediately turned grim.

"Mr. Lin, Miss Si Teng, you must save Wa Fang! He's still so young, please!"

As he spoke, Yan Furui was about to kneel down before the two men.

Lin Hao hurriedly helped him up, saying, "Alright, we'll definitely rescue Wafang!"

Yan Furui pointed in the direction of the hotel in the distance: "Shall we go to the hotel to search now?"

Lin Hao located the tiled house using his mental imprint, then shook his head and said:

“One night is enough time for Shen Yindeng to do a lot of things, and she can’t possibly still keep the tile-roofed house at the hotel!”

"Because there are just too many cameras there. Although she can interfere, it will definitely consume some of her magic power every time she uses it!"

"With a major battle imminent, she wouldn't be that foolish, so I speculate that she may have already sent the tiled house to Yunxi Village through other channels!"

Si Teng nodded and said, "Shall we set off for Yunxi Village now?"

"Yes, yes, let's hurry to Yunxi Village and rescue Wafang!" Yan Furui said anxiously.

Lin Hao shook his head and said, "Wait a moment, let me calculate whether the tiled house is auspicious or inauspicious!"

As he spoke, Lin Hao made a few meaningless gestures with his fingers, then smiled slightly and said:

"My guess was right, the tile-roofed house is no longer here, but the good news is that it's still alive!"

"Mr. Lin, you must be joking. Fortune telling is all a scam. What kind of time is this to be doing this?!"

"Alright, stop talking!" Lin Hao said impatiently, "If the Suspended Gate technique can be real, why can't fortune telling be real?"

"I don't know about others, but as long as it's someone I've met, especially someone I've paid attention to, I can figure it out!"

After saying that, Lin Hao pulled Si Teng away. Yan Furui had no choice but to leave, but he felt a little better after hearing from Lin Hao that the house was safe for the time being.

Back in his room, Si Teng looked at Lin Hao with curiosity, then pinched Lin Hao's cheek.

"What?" Lin Hao brushed Si Teng's hand away.

"What you just said was true?" Si Teng asked, somewhat skeptical. "You can even predict good or bad fortune, and even location?"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you!" Lin Hao smiled, then said helplessly:

"I don't have such extraordinary abilities. I've placed special marks on the people I care about, and these marks can confirm their life or death and their condition!"

"So, you left your mark on me too, right?" Si Teng grabbed Lin Hao's belt and asked fiercely.

"Of course, and the most at that!" With that, Lin Hao picked up Si Teng and pushed her down onto her bed.

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The next day, Xuanmen and his group set off for Yunxi Village.

Due to his severe injuries, President Cang Hong was unable to endure the long journey. In the end, he handed over his spear-shaped magical weapon to his disciple Wang Qiankun, asking him to go and "slay demons and eliminate evil spirits".

Meanwhile, Lin Hao drove off slowly with Si Teng in tow.

Yunxi Village is located deep in the mountains, but fortunately there is a road, although it is a dirt road, it is better than nothing.

The village is built against the mountain, and cars cannot go up it. There are dozens of narrow stone-paved paths leading up the mountain.

A giant cave near Blackback Mountain.

"If I had known, I wouldn't have agreed to let Master take on the responsibility for him. Those people are so cunning, none of them dared to come. They asked me to come alone. I've never fought against the Kagyu tribe before!"

Wang Qiankun was ranting and raving at the entrance of the cave.

He'd had enough. The other sleight of hand masters were taking advantage of his ignorance; they'd just glanced at the passageway upstairs and then refused to come in!

Instead, they sent him deep into the cave to inform Shen Yindeng that Lin Hao and Si Teng would be arriving in the afternoon, while they themselves rested there.

As he spoke, he arrived at a cave entrance. The entrance was a slope, and the moss on the ground made it easy to slip and fall every time he entered or exited.

The cave was very deep, and the temperature inside was lower than outside. The rock walls were seeping water and covered with moss, and there was a strange smell as soon as you entered.

Wang Qiankun turned on his flashlight and looked closely. The result was filth resembling animal excrement, as well as the bones of pigs and cows. The entrance was narrow, but the inside was spacious, with several branching passages.

These branching caves converge at the end into one large cave, about four or five meters high, with stalactites hanging from the ceiling and stalagmites below.

The stalactites and stalagmites are still growing, and it is estimated that in another thousand or eight hundred years, they will definitely grow into stone pillars.

As Wang Qiankun walked further in, he saw many local men dressed in Miao ethnic clothing, all with thick waists, busy at work with chisels, axes, and hammers. Further on, Wang Qiankun spotted Shen Yindeng directing the work.

"Miss Shen!" Wang Qiankun greeted her.

Shen Yindeng looked over upon hearing the sound, then asked, "Why are you here?"

Wang Qiankun said, "I came to tell you that Miss Si Teng and the others will probably arrive this afternoon!"

Shen Yindeng frowned and said, "Then I'm afraid you'll have to find a way to keep her for a few more days. To be absolutely sure, I need to make some more preparations."

"Wow!" Wang Qiankun looked around, his face showing surprise as he exclaimed in admiration.

"It's a wonder Miss Shen was able to find a place like this. If I were Si Teng, I'd believe it too!"

Shen Yindeng smiled smugly, then said, "It has to be a place like this to fool Si Teng!"

"Ms. Shen, you've had a hard time. Please take good care of yourself. I noticed the environment here is quite harsh when I came up. You're pregnant now, so please be extra careful when you walk!"

Considering that they were both from the same sect and that the other party was "pregnant," Wang Qiankun gave her a few more words of advice.

Shen Yindeng smiled and deliberately reached out to touch her lower abdomen, saying:
"It's all for this child. What does it matter if we suffer a little now? Even if the child is born, the mother and child won't be able to see each other!"

"No, don't overthink it!" Wang Qiankun reassured them, glanced at the busy crowd, and then said:
"Then you guys get ready, I'll head back now!"

Hearing the conversation between the two, two of the younger men among the busy men looked at Shen Yindeng with curiosity.

After Wang Qiankun left, they ran over. The shirtless young man scratched his head, somewhat puzzled, and asked:

"Sister Yin, are you pregnant? I haven't heard Brother Yangbo mention it."

“Yeah, never heard of it!” another young man chimed in.

Shen Yindeng raised a finger to shush, and said with a cryptic smile:

"No, I'm not pregnant. I lied to them. Otherwise, why would I have gone to such lengths to help us?"

Upon hearing this, the two left somewhat disappointed. They were friends of Shen Yindeng's husband, Yang Bo, and had just heard Shen Yindeng say she was pregnant, and they were happy for Yang Bo.

Now that I've inquired, I know it's fake, and I'm naturally a little disappointed for Yangbo!

Yan Furui only learned after arriving at Yunxi Village that Chisan, who was disguised as Shen Yindeng, was actually married.

Shen Yindeng's husband is named Yangbo. He is a tall and handsome Miao man who has inherited the silversmithing skills from his ancestors and runs a silver jewelry shop.

No wonder when I first met Shen Yindeng, she was wearing so many exquisite silver ornaments; they were all made by Yang Bo himself.

Yan Furui walked up to Yang Bo and praised, "No wonder Miss Shen has so many exquisite silver ornaments on her body. It turns out you made them all by hand!"

Knowing that Shen Yindeng was the Jurchen who stole the tiled house, Yan Furui felt both hatred and fear.

But in order to save Wafang, he decided to continue to infiltrate Shen Yindeng and the others, gathering information for Lin Hao and Si Teng.

Yangbo, who was making silver ornaments, said with some pride, "If Ayin likes them, I'll make more for her?"

'Ah Yin, do you think you're Lin Hao?'

In truth, Yan Furui harbored deep hostility towards Shen Yindeng and Yang Bo, but in order to save Wafang, he could only smile and say without revealing his true feelings:

"You two have such a great relationship. By the way, where is she?"

Yangbo replied, "They said they'd take all the guests for a walk around the neighborhood. By the way, why didn't you go with them?"

"Am I not going to be late?" Yan Furui said, deliberately feigning embarrassment.

"By the way, they've been gone for quite a while now. Hopefully they haven't gotten lost."

Yangbo laughed heartily. He carefully brushed away the silver dust on the board before saying:
"Don't worry, with Ah Yin here, we won't get lost. But since so much time has passed, we've probably gone to Blackback Mountain!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Furui quickly continued, "What kind of place is Blackback Mountain? Is it a tourist attraction here?"

"Look, it's over there!" Yangbo stood up, pointed to it for Yan Furui, and then said:

"It's about across a valley, a place few people go to. Ah Yin goes there because her mother and grandmother are buried there!"

Yan Furui pressed on, asking, "Why do so few people go?"

“That area!” Yangbo said after thinking for a moment.
“At night, red glowing soil would appear. At first, the people in our village thought that some kind of miracle was happening!”

"Later, many people went up the mountain to collect herbs but died there, so no one went there anymore."

Yan Furui asked in surprise, "Really?"

Yang Bo nodded, his expression quite solemn, and said, "Of course it's true, and it's terrifying!"

Having gathered a lot of information, Yan Furui sent a message to Lin Hao, who was far away.

In the afternoon, Lin Hao and Si Teng arrived at Yunxi Village and rented a quiet little courtyard on the outskirts of the village.

At the entrance of the bamboo house, Si Teng leaned back in a rocking chair, swaying gently, looking very comfortable and clearly enjoying the natural environment.

Lin Hao took a sip of tea and pointed to the distant mountain path: "Yan Furui said that Wang Qiankun and his group went there earlier."

"That place is called Blackback Mountain. It is said that because of its remote and dangerous terrain and the legend of monsters that eat people, many years ago, a herb gatherer went there and disappeared without a trace, so locals basically don't go there."

Si Teng pointed in the direction Lin Hao indicated, looked around, then sensed it for a moment before saying:

"The Kagyu tribe prefers dense forests and deep mountains, where few people venture. Coupled with the legends of monsters, it certainly seems like the work of the Crimson Umbrella. This Shen Yindeng is quite capable!"

"So what if she's highly skilled? Her meager tricks are only half your abilities left; otherwise, how could she be a match for you?"

Si Teng raised an eyebrow upon hearing this, then said arrogantly, "Even with only half the power, she's not someone she can easily deal with!"

"Alright, alright, you're awesome, that's enough!" Lin Hao said indulgently.

After a moment of silence, Si Teng suddenly asked:
"By the way, can you tell me who Bai Jin is now? I really can't remember where I've seen him before!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Hao said calmly, "Do you still remember the towering tree you were attached to?"

Instantly, Si Teng's expression changed drastically. "Sky-Supporting Tree, you mean he's that Sky-Supporting Tree?"