Alien Hotel.

Chapter 374: Clues Connected
Yu Sheng finally understood that Master Xuan Che was indeed an explorer. He could always pull out strange objects from all kinds of strange places. In a sense, he was a Doraemon...

"Now that I think about it, the outpost should have been an abnormal space node - not a foreign land, because there is no 'depth difference' between it and the real world," Yuan Hao Zhenren said as he held the strange mask in his hand, "The black-robed monk should have gone to the outpost to look for something, but was trapped inside by the abnormal space that kept circulating..."

Yu Sheng was stunned when he heard this. His eyes followed the strange mask in the other person's hand. He waited until the other person finished speaking before he subconsciously asked, "Where is the outpost? Can we still find it?"

"That asteroid belt isn't hard to find, but the outpost is gone," Yuan Hao shook his head, looking a bit regretful. "I went back the following year to look for it, but the place was empty. I think it has been completely swallowed up by the abnormal space. This kind of abnormal space can't be maintained for a long time. A year is enough for it to collapse and be annihilated. It's just that it's hard to say how this abnormal space was formed. Maybe the outpost's equipment malfunctioned, or maybe it encountered some natural phenomenon? It's hard to say."

The hall fell silent for a moment, and everyone was thinking about their own things. After a moment, Master Yuan Ling broke the silence: "Besides that, what else? Brother, did you investigate the black-clothed man at that time? Did you check his background?"

"Nothing can be found," Yuan Hao sighed. "That person is clean and there is nothing to prove his identity. It seems like he just appeared out of nowhere. It is obvious that he made special preparations and was determined not to reveal the secret even if he died. In addition, the deceased has very thorough body tempering marks, so it is difficult to find his origin. However... although his origin cannot be found, I have discovered some other situations."

Yu Sheng and Yuan Ling Zhenren said in unison: "Any other situation?"

"There was a piece of jade fragment in the man's mouth. He must have put it in at the last moment when he realized there was no hope of survival."

Yu Sheng blinked, turned his head and saw the thoughtful look on Yuan Ling Zhenren's face, and immediately became curious: "What does this mean?"

"They should be the descendants of the frontier pioneers who were born in Handing or Shuji," Yuan Ling Zhenren said, explaining the life, "holding a stone in the mouth when dying is the habit of many tribes living on the border of the star field. Because the environment of many pioneer planets was harsh, the early pioneers could not even preserve their bodies when they encountered danger, or got lost in the void and could not return to their hometowns. So they had the saying that the dead hold the stone of their hometown in their mouths in order to return to their hometowns. Over time, it was passed down from generation to generation, and even when the pioneer planets became stable, this became a local custom.

"At the same time, because the pioneer planets are far apart and have different products, this custom has some subtle differences. Although they all hold stones from their hometowns in their mouths, some places hold purple gold and stone crystals, while others hold white stones and long rocks. The only people who hold jade in their mouths are the descendants of the pioneers who were born in Handing or Shuji."

Yu Sheng listened in amazement to these "folk customs" that only the locals of Feiyu-13b star field would understand, and then quickly reacted: "Then this just corresponds to our previous judgment. Those black-robed monks are indeed from the border and are from the pioneering planet..."

"That's right," Yuan Ling Zhenren nodded solemnly, "Not only that, if those black-robed monks really came from 'Shu Ji', this even corresponds to another clue."

"What clue?"

"That old senior Yun Qingzi," said Yuan Ling Zhenren with a solemn expression, "a thousand years ago, someone observed him fighting with an unknown powerful enemy and disappearing on a desolate planet near the star 'Shuji'!"

As soon as the old man said this, Yu Sheng's eyes widened instantly. A light flashed in his mind, and countless originally chaotic clues seemed to have found a common path and were instantly connected together -

A thousand years ago, the ancestor of the immortal sect, Yun Qingzi, fought a fierce battle with an unknown powerful enemy near a border planet called "Shuji" and was suspected to have died. Only his limbs were left on the battlefield, and he has been missing for a thousand years since then. A thousand years later, a strange foreign land appeared near Taixu Lingshu, and a group of black-clothed monks suspected to be from "Shuji" suddenly appeared, looking for the so-called "Emperor's relics"; at the same time, Yun Qingzi, who had been missing for a thousand years, suddenly appeared in a "dream illusion", and his target was exactly the "Emperor's relics".

In addition, Yun Qingzi's personality seemed to have changed drastically, from a gentle and elegant senior in the immortal world to a neurotic one...

Yuan Hao Zhenren had no idea what his fellow apprentice was talking about. He was obviously stunned for a moment, and then he was shocked: "Yun Qingzi? The 'exiled immortal from the wilderness' who disappeared a thousand years ago? Why did you suddenly mention this senior?"

"This matter may be related to the missing senior," Yuan Ling Zhenren carefully considered his words and spoke slowly, "Yu Sheng saw a man who called himself 'Yun Qingzi' in a dream, and the man was also after the 'Emperor's Legacy'."

At that moment, he told everything about "Yun Qingzi". Yu Sheng also made a lot of supplements in the middle. After everything was explained clearly, Yuan Hao and Yuan He in the hall were both stunned.

After holding it in for a long time, the tall and thin Yuan He Zhenren suddenly said, "Why don't I go back to check on my Rare Beast Pavilion? I haven't figured out whether my disciples have completed their studies well in these days since I left..."

"Don't leave in such a hurry. If you go back now and see the three-dimensional cockroaches and mosquitoes with a lifespan of ten years refined by your disciples, you will be even more troubled," Yuan Ling Zhenren immediately stopped his fellow apprentice. "If this matter really involves an ancient great power, and even brings out things from the 'old world', then I'm afraid none of us will be able to stay calm."

Yuan He Zhenren sighed: "Alas, I just want to concentrate on studying, why is it so difficult..."

Irene, who was sitting on Yu Sheng's shoulder, suddenly had an idea: "So, those black-robed monks might have been sent by Yun Qingzi? Did he send them out to find the Emperor's Legacy?"

"We can't rule out this possibility," Yu Sheng said seriously, and then he looked up at Yuan Ling and Xuan Che, "How is the black-robed monk we captured before? Can we interrogate him?" Yuan Ling Zhenren pondered for a moment and nodded slightly, "...It's safer to 'cook' him for another day or two, but now that we have two breakthroughs, 'Yun Qingzi' and 'Shu Ji', we can go and ask him."

"Well, let's interrogate him now," Yu Sheng said immediately, "and see if he can confess anything useful."

A moment later, under the leadership of Zhenren Yuanling and Xuan Che, Yu Sheng and his party arrived at a remote place some distance away from the main hall of Queyun Palace.

The place is surrounded by towering stone walls and dark woods. There is also a lingering chill that always hovers between the dark woods and the high walls. It seems that countless vigilant eyes are hidden in the chill, staring at everything around, and within the gray and white high walls, there is only a plain-looking pavilion.

As soon as Yu Sheng walked into the courtyard behind the high walls, he felt an inexplicable feeling of depression rising from the bottom of his heart, as if countless people were whispering something in his ears.

Irene on his shoulder subconsciously raised herself up, and her little hand casually and irritably moved to the side: "What are you blabbering about?"

The next second, Yu Sheng heard a sharp "hiss" sound in the air, and a black light flashed on the fingertips of the little puppet, and the whole yard became quiet in an instant...

With a "pia-ji" sound, Yu Sheng saw a pitch-black shadow suddenly imprinted on the outer wall of the simple building. The black shadow twitched and slid down, turning into a woman in black clothes and a veil.

The scene was instantly silent, and Yu Shengze was startled: "...Who is this?"

"... a disciple who guards the Inquiry Pavilion," Yuan Ling Zhenren also looked a little embarrassed, "She must have just habitually used the 'Inquiry Mantra' to check whether there are any bad intentions among those who step into the wall. This girl is a bit rigid. After receiving this task, she has always routinely 'questioned' me when I come here. I am sorry to offend the two guests."

“Ah, this.” Yu Sheng was even more embarrassed than Yuan Ling Zhenren when he heard this. He quickly poked Irene on the shoulder and said, “Hurry up and apologize to her. You hit her so hard…”

As he spoke, Xuan Che had already run forward and helped the veiled woman in black up. The latter looked around in a daze before finally focusing her eyes on Master Yuan Ling. She stepped forward a little late to salute him, "Master, I was attacked just now..."

Before she finished her words, Yu Sheng took two steps forward holding Irene, with the doll lowering its head in mid-air. “Well, I’m sorry. I thought someone was blowing in my ear, so I attacked subconsciously.”

Woman in black: “……?”

She obviously still didn't understand how she was stuck on the wall just now.

Yu Sheng had another feeling in his heart - he usually saw Irene being slammed against the wall, but this was the first time he saw the little doll being able to stick someone to the wall. It can only be said that everyone has their own expertise, and when it comes to mental attacks, this 66.6cm tall dwarf has never been afraid!

"Miss Irene's ability to calm souls and spirits is truly extraordinary," Master Yuan Hao subconsciously looked at the little puppet for a few times. His sword-like eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and there seemed to be some doubt in his eyes. "But as far as I know... Alice puppet doesn't seem to specialize in this type of method, right? You seem to be mainly good at spells?"

Irene was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and blinked her eyes: "Yes, is that so?"

But she was only stunned for a moment, and soon waved her hand carelessly: "Well, it's almost the same, because I'm very good!"

After saying that, she turned to the female nurse in a black dress and apologized earnestly: "I'm sorry, are you okay?"

The latter only realized what had happened at this time. Looking at the master and uncles in front of him, he was suddenly at a loss: "I, I'm fine, just now..."

"Let's talk about what happened just now later. We are here to interrogate that evil cultivator," Yuan Ling Zhenren interrupted him, "How is he doing?"

"He is in a daze, and I am afraid that he will wake up and commit suicide, so I just gave him some elixirs to seal the gods and lock the heart, and calm the soul and concentrate the mind..."

(End of this chapter)