Hidden moth

Chapter 108: Pollution and Staining

Mengya, this name sounds very imaginative. She is 22 years old this year and has graduated from college for more than a year.

She started school a year earlier than most people and graduated a year earlier. She did not continue her studies after graduation, not because she was not a good student, but because she met Peng Xian.

Graduate school is nothing more than learning knowledge and skills, but what knowledge and skills in the world could be more attractive than the mysterious and unfathomable art? She learned the art of observing the body from Peng Xian.

Peng Xian appeared before her as a sorcerer of the Guanshen Sect and introduced her to many things about the ancient sects, techniques, and sorcerers.

Peng Xian's words were mostly true, but he embellished some sensitive details and left out some important information. He told Meng Ya that in today's society, sorcerers must act in secret and never reveal their identities.

Meng Ya's cultivation was still shallow. He had to pass the mission test and break through to a higher realm before he could become a formal disciple of the sect and then come into contact with other fellow practitioners...

At that time, Meng Ya had already mastered the art of body observation and became a first-level "diagnostician", but she did not know that if she continued to practice, it would be difficult to break through and become a second-level "moxibustion practitioner".

At least in Peng Xian's opinion, this is almost impossible.

The secret techniques Peng Xian taught her only contained the foundation-building techniques of body observation and the first-level content, but did not include the advancement ritual for a first-level diagnostician to break through to the second-level moxibustion practitioner, because Peng Xian himself had not mastered it.

Peng Xian's goal wasn't to train a disciple of the Guan Shen Sect; it was a carefully designed advancement ritual. As Meng Ya mastered the Guan Shen technique, Peng Xian successfully advanced from a first-rank "pretender" of the Xing Shen Sect to a second-rank "fisherman."

The key to this ritual is to successfully carry out a perfect disguise, not only to convince the person being disguised, but also to achieve the core purpose that is commensurate with the disguised identity.

Does the ceremony have to be designed like Peng Xian's, to deceive a young girl who is not very worldly-wise? Of course not. The same details can be replaced by other methods.

So, wasn't Peng Xian's design for the advancement ceremony too unethical? Meng Ya thought he was a candidate for the Guan Shen Sect, but he didn't know that he wouldn't be able to obtain the complete inheritance, nor would he have the chance to come into contact with the true art.

There is no doubt that Peng Xian is a wicked person, and practice has fully proved this.

But looking at it from another perspective, he at least passed on Meng Ya's true skills, allowing an ordinary person to have the opportunity to practice the basics of body observation and achieve extraordinary accomplishments - this did not count as harming Meng Ya.

At least that's what Peng Xian himself thinks, and it doesn't seem completely unreasonable.

But if he can't even do these, the advancement ceremony will not be successful.

Meng Ya privately wanted to call Peng Xian "Master," but she had never formally accepted him as her disciple. She also called Peng Xian "Brother-in-law," but the two were not truly related.

During the summer vacation of her junior year and the first semester of her senior year, Mengya worked as an intern in a company. It was not because she was short of money, but because she wanted to participate in social practice.

The person in charge of this company was a woman, not too old, only in her thirties. She was from the same hometown as Mengya, a distant relative. Anyway, according to the custom in their hometown, when they met in other places, they would call her cousin.

This cousin is said to be the widow of a big boss, who has passed away. Some say he ran away, while others say he was actually a big boss...

In short, a widow is a widow. She "inherited" a company that was doing well, mainly because of its valuable franchise qualifications. Peng Xian came to discuss cooperation, but ended up with another kind of cooperative relationship with his cousin.

That's why Meng Ya called him brother-in-law. In her opinion, her cousin was so lucky to meet a man like Peng Xian. As for Peng Xian's method of getting both money and a man, Meng Ya didn't realize it at the time, and even if she noticed it, she wouldn't think too much about it.

Meng Ya sees Peng Xian through a filter. He is a charming, mysterious, handsome man with extraordinary abilities and skills. He opens the door to a mysterious world for her...

Meng Ya admired Peng Xian very much and was psychologically dependent on him. She obeyed his words and never questioned him.

Peng Xian asked her to come to Qiyuan and arranged for her to work as a call center operator. She happily accepted the job. In fact, she could definitely find a better job, at least one that was much better than this one.

The operators at the 110 emergency call center receive a lot of negative emotions every day. They can't expect people reporting crimes to be happy when they do, right? And emotions are contagious.

There are also many strange people who call the police, such as unreasonable, ignorant, those who deliberately stir up trouble, and even all kinds of perverts... In short, only by experiencing it yourself can you know how complicated the situation is.

The work of a telephone operator was tough, the pay was low, and she often had to work night shifts, but Meng Ya was quite happy with it. She didn't work as an ordinary person, but experienced the world as a "master of magic."

To put it more exaggeratedly, it is like being a god descending to earth to experience the sufferings of the world, but not feeling the suffering himself.

In her view, this was a test of the magic sect and also a sorcerer's experience in the world. Peng Xian asked her to pay attention to special cases and police reports, and she faithfully carried out her duties.

Xiaopang played a prank and replaced the apples in Gao Xue'e's living room with oranges. No one else noticed this, and outsiders could not have known about it, but Meng Ya informed Peng Xian in time.

Doing so is a violation of work discipline, but Mengya did this job with another purpose and mentality.

Before the Golden Week holiday, Peng Xian told Meng Ya that he had important matters to attend to, which might take some time, perhaps one or two months. He told Meng Ya not to contact him unless necessary, but that he would contact Meng Ya if necessary. Peng Xian also told his subordinates at Jinxing Media the same thing.

So until a long time after the holiday, Meng Ya didn't feel anything unusual, and even Jinxing Media was operating normally.

But three months had passed and it was almost the end of the year, and Peng Xian was still missing. She finally felt something was wrong.

Meng Ya first went to Jinxing Media to inquire. Jinxing Media was also trying various ways to find their boss. From the management to the employees, everyone finally realized one thing - Boss Peng seemed to be missing!
Although Boss Peng often disappeared for ten days or half a month in the past, he had never been out of contact for such a long time. Moreover, the end of the year was approaching, and many things needed his decision, such as - how much should the year-end bonus be and how to distribute it?
Just two days ago, Jinxing Media decided to call the police.

It wasn't Mengya who answered the police call. She had taken a leave of absence this week.

Unable to find anyone at Peng Xian's company, Meng Ya contacted her cousin who lived in another city. However, when her cousin heard that she was looking for Peng Xian, she started to curse him, not at her but at Peng Xian.

My cousin told Meng Ya that Peng Xian was a swindler who had taken a large sum of money from her and then disappeared, causing her company's cash flow to be in trouble...

The cousin has determined that Peng Xian is a liar and must have run away with the money. She also asked Meng Ya with concern - has she also been cheated by Peng Xian?
Meng Ya suggested that her cousin call the police to find someone, but her cousin hesitated... She didn't know that there was actually something wrong with the money, and the whole story was somewhat shady, so her cousin didn't want to call the police.

Meng Ya felt like her worldview was about to collapse. She didn't dare to believe what her cousin said. She thought something must have happened to Peng Xian and felt very worried.

She used to not care about the negative energy at work, but recently it has gradually become an unbearable torture, so she asked for leave.

She just wanted to find Peng Xian. Even if something happened to Peng Xian, she wanted to find out what happened.

Meng Ya thought of Gao Xue'e again. She heard Peng Xian mention that the department led by Gao Xue'e had cooperation with Jinxing Media. Peng Xian also told her that he wanted to find out Gao Xue'e's background.

In desperation, Meng Ya finally found Gao Xue'e. She claimed to be a relative of Peng Xian and came to inquire about Peng Xian's whereabouts because Peng Xian had lost contact.

Hearing that Mr. Peng had cooperated with the project team and had even done team-building together, she asked Gao Xue'e if she had any news about Mr. Peng recently, even if she could provide just a little clue.

Someone came to inquire about Peng Xian's news, and Gao Xue'e's vigilance immediately reached the maximum. She asked Meng Ya what she did. When she learned that the other party was the operator of the alarm center, she realized that this was her enemy!
What did Gao Xue'e have to do with that group of sorcerers who came to Qiyuan to search for the hidden moth? It was because of this little girl that they tipped off the group, and they kidnapped her and He Kao together.

As time went by, Gao Xue'e's excitement gradually faded. Sometimes she even thought that if it were not for that, there would not have been such a deep development between her and He Kao.

But when she suddenly saw Meng Ya in person today, Gao Xue'e was still furious!

She didn't lose her temper on the spot, but she didn't look happy either. She just said with a stern face that she didn't know any news. She hadn't contacted Peng Xian since they met during the department team building a few months ago.

Meng Ya asked to add her as a friend, and if Gao Xue'e had any news about Peng Xian, please inform her. Gao Xue'e did not add her as a friend, but just left her contact number and then informed He Kao.

He Kao once asked Gao Xue'e to help him keep an eye on the alarm center operator and try to find out her identity through Jinxing Media. His main purpose was to inherit the body-viewing technique from her.

Later, He Kao told Gao Xue'e that she didn't need to worry about this matter anymore because he had already obtained the inheritance.

Now that so much time has passed, He Kao has been very busy, for example, busy guessing riddles with Elder Jiang, and almost forgot about this matter. But now he suddenly heard that the man had come to his door, and his identity, name, and contact information had been confirmed.

He Kao felt that he needed to have a good talk with Meng Ya. He couldn't let her continue looking for him like this, otherwise she might find something wrong.

Gao Xue'e was also involved in the Hidden Moth incident. Apart from He Kao and Gao Xue'e, Meng Ya may be the only person who knows about the incident now, but He Kao can't silence her, right?

He Kao first heard the word "hidden moth" in the recording of the conversation between Peng Xian and Meng Ya. After going through so many things, He Kao could guess that this girl must have been deceived and used by Peng Xian.

If this matter is not resolved in some way, Meng Ya will probably live in confusion for the rest of her life, searching endlessly. In the end, what she is looking for is not only Peng Xian, but the answer to life itself.

He Kao had personal experience of this. After hearing the recording, he was also confused about what happened to his father back then and wanted to figure out what was going on... Fortunately, he was able to resolve the knot in his heart later.

He Kao also admitted that he was somewhat moved by compassion, but what to do exactly depended on who Meng Ya was and whether it was worth it.

Although Peng Xian was killed by Xiaopang a long time ago, his story is not over yet. The traces he left behind are still there, and the impact he caused is still continuing.

It’s very easy to ask Mengya out. Just call her and tell her there’s news about Peng Xian, and the meeting time is set at 8 o’clock in the evening.

Meng Ya arrived more than half an hour early. He Kao made sure that no one was following her and appeared in front of her on time, at the same coffee shop where they used to be.

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(End of this chapter)