Hidden moth

Chapter 149: Suddenly Startled Old Friend Hears the Desolate Valley

In a sheltered spot in the river bend, someone had set up a felt tent. Next to the tent, a simple stove made of stones was built. Pine wood was burning in the stove, and two people were grilling meat.

He Kao, wearing a Yin'e veil, used stealth skills and quietly approached from the downwind side. When he met people camping in such a place, he instinctively remained alert, but he couldn't suppress his curiosity, so he came over to take a look.

He slowly poked his head out from the height of the forest and saw the two men. One of them was very burly and wore a thick roe deer fur coat, while the other was wearing less bulky clothes, which were professional mountaineering cold-proof clothes.

He Kao also has a set of this kind of cold-proof clothing, which he wore a while ago. It is professional equipment for climbing the world's major peaks, and the colors are generally bright and eye-catching.

This person's clothes seemed to be specially dyed white, and painted with mottled black and brown stripes, which was a good camouflage in this environment. He was sitting on the snow, but there was a tiger skin under his butt!
Animal fur needs to be tanned into mature hides for easy preservation and use, but He Kao felt that this looked like a fresh raw hide. Could these two people be poachers who had just hunted a tiger in the mountains?

So what they are roasting now is also tiger meat?

He Kao didn't dare to use his spiritual sense to investigate, but fortunately his eyesight was much better now, and he could see the faces of the two people clearly even from a long distance. He inexplicably recognized one of them.

The man in winter clothes looked to be about thirty years old. He was Zeng Hongye, a fourth-level sorcerer of Xingshen Sect.

The divine mind seal that Old Man Jiang left for him was so mysterious that even cultivators he didn't know or had never heard of could recognize it upon seeing it.

Zeng Hongye's original name was Zeng Hongye. Perhaps he felt that the name was not nice or not grand enough, so after entering middle school, he called himself Zeng Hongye. He officially changed his name when he graduated from high school.

He is 35 years old this year and lives in Yimei City in Northeast China. Two years ago, he broke through the fourth level of cultivation and became a high-level magician. He is considered a rising star with a certain reputation in the magic world.

This is data as of October last year.

As for the other person, He Kao didn't recognize him. His brown hair and beard were messy, and it was hard to tell how old he was. His skin color and facial features were obviously not that of a Dong people. He looked like a foreigner from Mao Luo country.

Zeng Hongye's father was a lumberjack in a forest farm, and he himself was a forest ranger... As for the relatively important figures in the art, the "database" provided by Old Man Jiang deliberately introduced a few more sentences.

A fourth-rank warlock of the Xingshen Sect, jokingly called the Beggar or Huazi, not only masters various high-level applied spells, but is also familiar with many underworld tricks.

How could he appear so far outside the country at this time of year? Is he poaching in collusion with foreigners?

If this kind of thing was discovered, the other party might get angry and embarrassed. Although He Kao was already a third-level explorer, he thought that he was still no match for Zeng Hongye. At least he would definitely not be able to defeat him in a head-on confrontation.

So he quickly lowered his head, continued to maintain a stealthy and breath-holding state, did not release his spiritual sense, but just concentrated on listening to the sounds coming from the wind.

At such a distance, it was difficult for Zeng Hongye's spiritual sense to detect him. Moreover, in such a place, the other party would not condense his spiritual sense into a beam for no reason and specifically investigate in one direction.

The foreigner actually spoke fluent Dongguo dialect with a very standard Northeastern accent.

In Heilongjiang Province, for example in Acheng area, there is actually a group of Mao Luo people living there all year round. They speak Northeastern dialect very well. This person may be in the same situation.

"Master, can that kid really get here?"

Zeng Hongye: "We chased him across the Wulong River, but a snowstorm wiped out all our traces... But this morning, we found traces again in this river valley.

Someone dug up the ice on the riverbank and seemed to have dug out a large river clam. There were footprints around it... Who else would come to this place at this time of year except him?

I guess the kid is starving and looking for something to eat. He should be nearby and can't run far!

We always keep an eye out for any smoke... He might not dare to make a fire during the day, so he should hide somewhere sheltered from the wind and light at night, maybe digging a hole in the snow or finding a cave.

As long as he's out and about, he'll definitely leave traces. We don't have to worry, we'll find him soon."

Foreigner: "It's not easy to bring a living person back from this place. Since he has violated the Communist Party's death order, why not just kill him and avoid trouble?"

Zeng Hongye: "We want to capture him alive. As for why, don't worry about it. You don't need to bring him back after you catch him. Just find a place nearby to keep him. Someone will come to take over."

Xiao Si, the fact that I'm teaching you magic shouldn't be known to outsiders. The sect doesn't allow the art to be passed on to outsiders, let alone a foreigner like you... You should just stay away when the time comes." Xiao Si: "Just follow Master's instructions." After a moment's thought, he added, "What if we capture Wu Yanjun... and he tells others? Wouldn't that expose your teaching me magic?"

Zeng Hongye waved his hand and said, "Don't worry, he won't be exposed. Someone just wants to ask him some questions. If he is caught by us, he will have no chance of leaving alive..."

Since he violated the collective punishment order just issued by the Shumen, it is only natural to get rid of him... The Shumen just needs to catch an example, who can say anything?
Besides, his master died long ago, and he has no other fellow disciples. No one cares about his life or death under his uncle’s tutelage... Even if his uncle wants to investigate, there’s nothing he can do! "

Hearing this, He Kao felt a little suffocated, because he clearly heard the three words "Wu Yanjun". He believed that there would be no one in the Shumen with the same name.

The foreigner was Zeng Hongye's apprentice, and Zeng Hongye called him Xiao Si.

Zeng Hongye secretly taught Xiao Si magic, but did not report the matter to the magic sect. There was no information about Xiao Si in the magic sect's census of disciples last year.

Either Xiao Si has not yet started practicing, or Gao Hongye is deliberately concealing it... Looking at Xiao Si's appearance, he probably has some practice, so the situation is the latter.

Judging from Gao Hongye's tone, he must have lied to Xiao Si, saying that the sect is forbidden to teach magic to foreigners.

But as far as He Kao knew, the sect didn't have such a rule. Although under normal circumstances, the elders of the sect were quite taboo about accepting overseas disciples, and might even be disgusted, they would not punish them without reason.

What was Gao Hongye's purpose in doing this? Perhaps it was like the Huiming Shi family training cleaners, training subordinates to do some shady work... such as poaching.

But what He Kao was most concerned about was not these. These two people were actually here to track down Wu Yanjun, and Wu Yanjun had also crossed the Wulong River and fled to the territory of Maoluo!

It's New Year's Day, why is Xiao Wu coming here instead of going back to Nanhua to visit his parents?
Those two also said that Xiao Wu had violated the collective punishment order that had just been issued by the Shu Sect... You must know that the clan law hall issued the collective punishment order as a result of He Kao's suggestion, so why did the first blow fall on Wu Yanjun? What exactly did he do wrong?

The two men thought they had found Xiao Wu's trail, but it was actually a misunderstanding. The traces on the riverbank were actually left by He Kao yesterday. They must have been searching along the riverbank and happened to stop there to rest and eat.

He Kao was no longer in the mood to listen, and his figure disappeared quietly, leaving only the trace of a lying human figure on the snow.

He set out from Heling City and used the power of a stealth moth to travel through the forest and snow. He usually did not carry a mobile phone with him, and sometimes even if he did, he would turn on the flight mode, otherwise it might cause signal abnormalities.

There was no signal in most places deep in the mountains, but you could always find a spot with signal. After crossing the border, he hadn't brought his phone with him.

After returning to the hotel in Heling, He Kao took out the mobile phone he usually used, but he didn't receive any relevant messages.

If Xiao Wu committed a crime, and violated the latest collective punishment order issued by the clan law hall, someone should have told him... At least Qian knew that he had a good relationship with Xiao Wu, and Elder Jiang should also know it.

Qian had indeed sent a message to He Kao a few days ago.

He Kao took two more weeks off, while Lao Qian took an extra week after the holiday and returned to Qiyuan early. The sect's second Dharma transmission ceremony was successfully completed, and Lao Qian also found an elder to help him refine the rough pieces of his magical instruments.

He Kao even sent a special message to congratulate Lao Qian. According to the calculation, Lao Qian was supposed to start work tomorrow... He Kao immediately called Qian Guran, but the phone rang for a long time before he answered.

I only heard Lao Qian's voice saying, "I'm playing cards with some leaders here... I heard you went to Acheng to visit the Ice and Snow World. Why haven't you had enough fun yet? What's the matter? Don't you want to go to work?"

He Kao: "I didn't stay in Acheng. I went north again these days to dig wild ginseng."

Qian Guran: "You still have this ability? Bring me a piece of top-quality wild ginseng!"

He Kao: "It's for you. I've prepared it. But I want to ask you something. I heard that Wu Yanjun, a disciple of Ruwei Sect, violated the latest order of collective punishment issued by the Zongfa Hall. What exactly happened?"

Qian Guran's reaction was a bit confused: "Wu Yanjun, isn't he the Xiao Wu you know? I haven't heard anything about what happened to him?"

He Kao: "I met two people in the desolate mountain valley and overheard their conversation. They should be disciples of the Shu Sect... They are tracking Wu Yanjun."

Qian Guran said, "I haven't heard anything about this. That shouldn't be the case. Don't worry, I'll ask someone right away. Aren't you familiar with Elder Jiang? Do you have his contact information? You can also ask Elder Jiang..."

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(End of this chapter)