Hidden moth

Chapter 208 You seem lucky but also uneasy

In order to confirm the situation introduced by "Senior Huoqing" some time ago, Lan Jiuwan specially investigated the Huiming Shi family in private after they had been purged by the Shumen Zongfa Hall.

In fact, many things can be concluded by observing secretly. However, in order to confirm, Lan Jiuwan personally found the Zhiyuanke Li Weiping and then brought in the second-level sorcerer Li Yu.

After hearing a lot of inside information from the brother and sister, she finally believed what Ye Liangcheng and Huo Qing said, and guessed that Huo Qing was Yin E.

Before that, she focused on investigating the surviving sorcerers in the Huimingshi family, and then chose the brother and sister, especially Li Yu, as the subjects of questioning.

Lan Jiuwan had a complicated mentality when she saw Li Yu, and even felt a little unfair subconsciously. From an observer's perspective, she might just be a little jealous.

Lan Jiuwan was actually jealous of Li Yu? This was not surprising.

Because Li Yu's experience was so similar to hers, both were discovered by the cultivators of the Huimingshi family and were considered to be good candidates for practicing magic, so they were accepted as disciples and taught magic.

Their destinies, however, took completely different paths. Li Yu was several years older than her, and had practiced for several more years than her, yet he was only a second-tier Mo Ke, while Lan Jiuwan had already become a third-tier appraiser.

In terms of cultivation skills, ten Li Rou combined would probably not be a match for Lan Jiuwan.

However, Lan Jiuwan was a shady cleaner. If her identity was exposed, she would likely be killed by the Huimingshi family. Furthermore, as a disciple of Kucha, Lan Jiuwan could not receive the complete secret teachings and theoretically could never break through to the fourth level.

Li Yu's master was Shi Zhiliao, an elder of the Shi family. Shi Zhiliao was the cousin of the family head, Shi Zhizhai, and a third-rank appraiser. He was very old and in poor health, reportedly due to a previous injury.

After Li Yu entered the cultivation world, she married Shi Haotu, a member of the Shi family. This was actually a marriage alliance to maintain the inheritance of power. Her master introduced her to many candidates, but she chose Shi Haotu herself.

Li Yu is an official disciple of Ruweimen and can enjoy various resources of Huiming Shi Family. He only needs to practice with peace of mind on weekdays, and he has a huge power group to support him. If he can break through to a higher level in the future, his status will be even more enviable.

Why are the outcomes so different in similar situations?

Lan Jiuwan was of course resentful, and as a victim, she naturally had no good feelings towards all the sorcerers of the Huimingshi family, and it was even more impossible for her to like Li Yu.

She chose to "attack" Li Yu's siblings, somewhat influenced by this mentality, perhaps even without realizing it herself. He Kao had obviously noticed it, so he was watching from the dark. Fortunately, Lan Jiuwan didn't really embarrass Li Yu.

Being able to completely break away from the cleaners' organization and become a disciple of Yin'e, Lan Jiuwan gradually came to his senses. When he looked back at Li Yu, his mentality had also undergone subtle changes.

Is Li Yu worthy of envy? Perhaps. Now that she knows the details of the Huiming Shi family, if she were to switch places with Li Yu and become a public Shi family cultivator, she might not be willing!

What happened to all the sorcerers in the Huiming Shi family? Five, led by the patriarch, Shi Zhizhai, were executed, meaning not a single high-ranking sorcerer survived! Another seven were exiled, and fifteen were stripped of their membership and banned from teaching.

Only ten people still retained the status of disciples of the Shu Sect, and they only received instructions and were banned for one year. Among them were Shi Zhiliao and Li Yu, master and apprentice.

Shi Zhiliao practiced too eagerly in his early years and suffered severe internal injuries. Not only was there no hope for him to continue improving his cultivation, but he was also in a semi-disabled state.

He did not enter the core power circle of the Shi family, and according to the investigation of the clan law hall, he had nothing to do with those violations of regulations and taboos.

Li Yu's husband, Shi Haotu, had practiced for over a decade but was still a mere zhiyuanke, a marginal figure within the Shi family. However, since he had married a formal sorcerer, Li Yu, the Shi family had entrusted him with the management of some businesses unrelated to the sect and its techniques.

From the very beginning, Shi Haotu advised Li Yu to keep a distance from other sorcerers in the Shi family, and Li Yu has always done so.

Looking back now, Li Yu's situation in the Shi family was equally dangerous. It was only because he kept himself clean that he was able to barely preserve himself in this devastating storm, but he will no longer be welcomed in the Shu sect in the future.

After Lan Jiuwan understood this, she even felt a little sympathy for her.

Lan Jiuwan secretly investigated the Huiming Shi family, focusing particularly on Li Yu and his sister, and uncovered a number of other details. Her latest surprise was a plot to murder Shi Haotu and Li Yu!

The Shi family's high-ranking sorcerers had been wiped out, and the remaining ones either had their cultivation crippled or were still in a restricted period, unable to use their magical powers. Even if their cultivation was intact, none of them could match Lan Jiuwan.

With Lan Jiuwan's cultivation skills, if you investigate carefully, many secrets cannot be hidden from her.

Lan Jiuwan originally only discovered some suspicious clues, but after what happened that day, she always felt that she owed Li Yu a favor, so she deliberately investigated it again. As a result, the situation became more and more wrong.

The fall of a giant beast marked the beginning of another gluttonous feast. This metaphor may not be quite appropriate, but it is somewhat similar to the situation of the Huiming Shi family.

The clan law hall punished the Huiming Shi family with confiscation, and all things related to the inheritance of the Shu sect were taken back by the clan law hall.

Many people have also benefited from it... Master Gu Chun, the geomancer, floats around on a cloud every day. This magical artifact was obtained from the secret vault of Hui Mingshi's family.

The clan law hall dispatched more than fifty sorcerers to assist in handling this matter, but they couldn't let people work for nothing. For example, lawyer Yao Shaolan received a large amount of agency fees, but the wool still came from the sheep.

The clan hall still has to abide by the rules when doing things. It is impossible to arbitrarily encroach on the various resources and wealth of the Huiming Shi family. The seizure must be based on the law.

The person who handled this matter was also a sorcerer. If they commit any crime in the future, they will have to follow this process.

The Huiming Shi family claims to have inherited five generations of sorcerers, and is actually a family of four generations of sorcerers. It is impossible that all the industries they run are related to sorcery, and it is impossible that the huge wealth they have accumulated was all seized through illegal means.

His industry can be simply divided into two parts. The first is those that are not related to the art and magic, which have basically been preserved, and Shi Haotu happened to be in charge of this kind of business.

The second is industries related to or close to the art of magic. Some are directly seized by the clan hall, while others need to be reorganized, separating out the parts that should not be seized and leaving them to the remaining people of the Shi family.

These tasks are very complicated, so so many professionals are mobilized to help. These professionals are knowledgeable and know which of the Shi family's businesses are profitable, so they will often participate in the divestiture and restructuring.

The Shi family's attitude was surprisingly welcoming. Not only did they not refuse, but most of the shares were actively invited by them! The previous warlock family had fallen, and the survivors divided up the inheritance. The fact that other warlocks were willing to participate also provided new security.

These professionals were all sent by the clan hall, which in itself means that they may be valued by the elders and senior leaders and are their direct descendants... In short, many things that happened in the past six months revolved around the redistribution of interests.

No one could have imagined beforehand that Shi Haotu, who was originally semi-marginalized, would actually double his worth.

The Huiming Shi family has a trading company registered in Nanhua, called "Nanhua Huishi Trading Group". Shi Haotu holds 80% of the shares and is in an absolute controlling position.

Shi Haotu was originally working for the senior members of the family and supporting a group of relatives at the same time. The shares were under his name, but he did not have the final say in many matters. There were also many family members working in the group.

But now that Shi Zhizhai and other senior executives are dead, Huishi Trading has truly become an industry controlled by Shi Haotu. No one can compete with him for control either from a legal perspective or from an actual operational perspective.

There are still ten sorcerers in the Shi family who retain the status of Ruweimen disciples. They are now the decision-makers in the family. With the master and disciple pair of Shi Zhiliao and Li Yu around, no one else can covet the property under Shi Haotu's name.

Shi Haotu had no other ideas and just wanted to continue managing the business he was originally in charge of.

A rough calculation shows that Shi Haotu's net worth is at least a dozen small goals. In fact, compared to the original huge wealth of the Huiming Shi family, this is only a small part, but it is still quite considerable.

What’s more important is not only the wealth on paper, Huishi Trading is also a very profitable platform with high profits and huge cash flow every year...so it became a target.

The one targeting Shi Haotu and his wife was Shi Yunlu, another sorcerer of the Shi family. Although he was Shi Haotu's nephew by blood, he was only two years younger than Shi Haotu.

Shi Yunlu's father, Shi Haoguang, died of illness at a young age before the amendment was completed. His mother, Chang Manxia, currently works as an executive at Huishi Trading and owns a 5% stake, making her a small shareholder.

In the original family business, Chang Manxia was only a proxy shareholder, receiving a generous salary but not having to worry about the business, because her son Shi Yunlu was already a third-level sorcerer.

Because Shi Yunlu's father died early, he did not gain any advantage in the distribution of interests and power struggle within the Shi family in his early years. Moreover, his character was somewhat problematic, and his elders did not like him very much, so he simply went abroad to study.

He obtained a doctorate degree abroad and spent two years in the name of entrepreneurship. He spent a lot of money but did not make any achievements in entrepreneurship. However, he avoided the purge of the Huiming Shi family by the clan law hall and rushed back to China after the storm.

His mother told him that they might not be able to live as well as they did before, but Shi Yunlu didn't think that was necessarily the case.

He thought he understood both business and law. After some research, he found that as long as he got rid of Shi Haotu and Li Yu and his wife, he and his mother would be able to take over Huishi Trading.

He didn't dare to set his sights on other businesses of the Huiming Shi family because he didn't understand many of the situations and might offend the sorcerers sent by the clan hall. However, Huishi Trading, which was controlled by Shi Haotu, was exactly what his mother was familiar with and understood.

Lan Jiuwan had noticed that Shi Yunlu and his lawyers had privately researched equity succession and control relationships. Although the cases they were studying used code names, such as Company A and Company B and names like Zhang San and Li Si, they closely resembled the situation at Huishi Trading.

Shi Yunlu concluded that eliminating Shi Haotu alone wasn't enough; Li Yu had to be eliminated as well. As for the elder, Shi Zhiliao, he was old and frail, and no longer posed a hindrance. As long as he acted cleverly and avoided being discovered, he would be fine.

Lan Jiuwan didn't pay much attention to the matter at the time, but thought to herself that the Shi family members were no good. Later, she felt that she should pay more attention to it, so she secretly investigated Shi Yunlu and his mother.

For Shi Yunlu, how could he do it subtly and without being noticed? Forget about hiring someone to kill someone. Even if the police couldn't find out, wouldn't a master of the art be able to find out?

Moreover, although Li Yu's magical powers were forbidden, his physical fitness, perception, and reaction speed were still far superior to those of ordinary people. So Shi Yunlu decided to do it himself and told his mother not to worry, as he had found a master to help.

Although Shi Yunlu is a third-level sorcerer, his magical powers were also banned after he returned to Nanhua. He has a very creative mind, and the solution he came up with is to lift the ban!

The method of sealing a sorcerer requires him to actively cooperate and release his body and soul, allowing the caster to leave restrictions in his furnace and meridians. He can carry out normal activities and even continue to practice, but he is not allowed to use his magical powers.

For example, when He Kao was treating Lan Jiuwan, he was also able to seal him off at the same time.

However, if one wanted to ban another warlock, even if the other party had to actively cooperate, one must have at least a fourth-level cultivation level; lower-level warlocks didn't have this ability. And removing a ban required even higher standards than imposing one.

The penalty of ban has a greater impact on those with higher cultivation levels. First and second level warlocks may not feel that they are restricted much, but for third level warlocks, many of the methods they usually master will be temporarily useless.

This is the official punishment from the clan law hall. If Shi Yunlu lifts the ban without authorization, it will be a serious violation of the order. According to convention, his cultivation may be abolished and he may be expelled from the sect.

Therefore, no one could have imagined that Shi Yunlu would do this, as it was a huge risk for him. However, he found a way, promised enough benefits, and persuaded a master to secretly lift the ban for him temporarily.

Shi Haotu is just an ordinary person, and Li Yu's cultivation and magic power have been sealed. Even if they were not sealed, he would not be a match for Shi Yunlu.

The couple has been very busy recently, often driving back and forth between Huiming and Nanhua. Shi Yunlu can just find an opportunity to create an accident on the way, or even make them disappear from the world.

Afterwards, Shi Yunlu asked the master to seal him again, so that even the clan law hall would not be able to find any flaws. The master also stated that he was only responsible for temporarily unblocking Shi Yunlu and did not want to ask or know his purpose.

Shi Haotu is planning to build a new online platform company, which will concentrate all the most profitable online projects on hand. Some of these projects come from Huishi Commerce, while others have recently been spun off from other industries of the Shi family.

As one of the prices for the move, the expert will also have to hold 30% of the shares in the new company in the future, but he will not hold the shares personally. Someone will be sent to hold the shares on his behalf.

Chang Manxia asked her son who the expert was and whether he was reliable. Shi Yunlu told his mother not to ask and to just think about how to take over Huishi Trading in the future.

Lan Jiuwan secretly discovered the conspiracy between mother and son, but she didn't know who the master was who had helped Shi Yunlu break the imprisonment. Shi Yunlu didn't tell his mother, and Lan Jiuwan couldn't find out.

Lan Jiuwan thought that this situation was very important and must be told to the head senior brother. At the same time, he also felt that he should try to save the lives of Shi Haotu and his wife, and this matter needed to be discussed with the head senior brother.

Although she didn't have time to talk to him in person, He Kao left her an email address, so she wrote an email about the matter and sent it to him.

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