Hidden moth

Chapter 212: Appreciating Elm Seeds Amongst the Flowers

Sheng Tiangang was a Zhiyuanke, Shi Yunlu's distant cousin, and one of the hangers-on who depended on the Huiming Shi family for a living. Like the crew-cut Li Weiping, he was originally a henchman for Shi Haowu and his gang.

Now that Shi Haowu is gone, Sheng Tiangang's mind worked quickly. He immediately turned to Shi Yunlu, who had just returned to China, and became Shi Yunlu's younger brother who ran errands for him.

This may be called path dependence. He is most skilled in this kind of work, and he may not be able to adapt to other jobs suddenly.

Why didn't he go find someone else? Because no one else would accept him! Those big shots from the clan hall were impossible for him to get along with, and Shi Yunlu was the biggest thigh he could cling to.

This afternoon, he went to a Western restaurant that Shi Yunlu often went to for lunch, and even the dishes he ordered were according to the menu that Shi Yunlu had given him in advance.

The waiters in this restaurant all knew him and greeted him politely. Even the manager came over to greet him. This made Morita Tsuyoshi feel a little flattered and awkward at the same time. He could only try to appear calm.

Because today he had Shi Yunlu's face and was wearing Shi Yunlu's clothes.

Lan Jiuwan once made a very exquisite mask. When he put it on, it looked like Shang Yan, another cleaner under Ku Cha. He could also use Shang Yan's identity card on weekdays.

Shi Yunlu also made a mask like this, with his own face. It was not because he was particularly smart and insightful, but because someone had taught him specifically. After all, he was also a third-level sorcerer of the Huiming Shi family.

The reason why he chose Tsuyoshi Morita to impersonate him was because his height and weight were very close to his. After changing his clothes, he didn't need to put on any additional makeup, he just had to be careful not to leave fingerprints.

If someone investigates him in the future and asks him where he was when the crime occurred, the restaurant's manager, waiters, and multiple surveillance cameras inside and outside the restaurant can provide him with an alibi.

Although it is not certain that anyone will find out about him, he still thinks it through very carefully to be prepared for any eventuality.

The cuisine of Zhujiang Province is very famous. The locals not only like to eat but also know how to eat. Many inconspicuous shops in the alleys do very good business. As long as you can afford it, there is no shortage of high-end restaurants.

The restaurant where Sheng Tiangang ate was an exception. Coming to Nanhua to eat Western food felt a bit like admiring elm seeds among a sea of flowers.

There are not many customers in this restaurant. If you don’t ask for it, the waiter will only bring you a knife and fork but not chopsticks. The prices are quite expensive. I wonder what Shi Yunlu’s mentality is when he often invites people to dine here?
But Shi Yunlu not only gave him a generous meal allowance, but also promised to arrange a high-paying position for him in the group in the future. This job seemed quite easy.

After paying the bill and walking out the door, Sheng Tiangang looked up at the sky and finally breathed a sigh of relief. He would drive back to his residence on Shiyun Road later, and his mission for the day would be completed.

When he was about to move forward, he didn't notice that the grass in the green belt beside the road seemed to suddenly come alive.

This description wasn't accurate either, because grass was originally alive, but at this moment, a few slender blades moved without wind, extending and moving like snakes, and burrowed into his trouser legs...

By the time Sheng Tian reacted, he found that his whole body was bound by some unknown force. He couldn't even shout. He raised his feet stiffly and walked towards a van, his posture like a puppet - that was not the car he drove.

It looked like he got into the car by himself, and then the van took him to an unknown place.

Shi Yunlu didn't know that Sheng Tiangang had been taken away. He was quietly lying in ambush in the woods beside a highway. This was the highway from Huiming to Nanhua, and Shi Haotu and his wife would drive past here.

This is a hilly area. From the perspective of Shiyun Road, the highway turns to the left halfway up the mountain according to the terrain, and on the right is a steep downward slope, which is very steep and high.

If a high-speed vehicle suddenly loses control here, it will crash through the guardrail and roll down the mountain.

Li Yu, whose cultivation had been sealed, would surely be unable to react and would be dead, not to mention Shi Haotu. Even if they were lucky enough to survive, Shi Yunlu, lurking nearby, would use clever means to seriously injure them.

This is the plan Shi Yunlu made, to use the simplest method to create the most common accident.

Shi Yunlu arrived a little early and sat in the woods waiting quietly. He was very patient. As a third-level sorcerer, he could sense the arrival of Shi Haotu and his wife's car from a long distance away.

Shi Yunlu was unaware that his movements, which he thought were hidden, were actually being filmed.

He Kao hasn't played with a drone for a long time, but today he had the opportunity to show off his skills. This is his newly bought drone, and its performance is quite good among civilian products.

Even the ultra-quiet model still makes noise, so the drone was very far away from Shi Yunlu and did not fly above him. It flew diagonally and low at least two kilometers away, sprayed with camouflage and hidden among the treetops, just to ensure that the camera was aimed at Shi Yunlu.

This lens was specially modified by He Kao, costing more than ten times the price of the drone itself. Connected to software that could automatically track and lock onto targets, it only needed to record Shi Yunlu's movements. No matter how powerful Shi Yunlu's spiritual sense was, it couldn't extend that far. Furthermore, the environment he was in was very noisy, with the wind blowing through the grass, the chirping of birds and insects, and especially the noise of traffic on the highway, making it difficult for him to notice a drone that far away.

As a third-level appraiser, Shi Yunlu is very good at distinguishing various objects. If there is anything wrong with the grass, trees, or even a stone in front of him, he can tell with a little attention.

However, detecting drones hidden among the treetops, far beyond his spiritual awareness, was not his forte, and his attention was entirely on the highway, watching for vehicles coming from the direction of Huiming.

After he stopped in the woods by the roadside, He Kao retracted the drone. He had just used it mainly to provide a location, because no one knew in advance where Shi Yunlu would choose to take action.

According to the information Shi Yunlu had obtained in advance, Shi Haotu and his wife would return to Nanhua after lunch and arrive here around 1:30 pm.

The time was estimated very accurately, to be exact, it was 1:28.

Shi Haotu and his wife were riding in a seven-seater commercial vehicle, both of them sitting in the middle seat. Lan Jiuwan was driving in the front. They did not slow down too much when turning, and the speed was maintained at about 70 miles per hour.

There is a piece of gravel outside the guardrail, slightly larger than an adult's fist. Its shape is a bit like an irregular caltrop, with four protruding tips. Its texture is actually quite hard. It was Shi Yunlu who quietly placed it there.

As Shi Haotu's car approached, the rock suddenly slid down the road. Shi Yunlu aimed to get it under the right front wheel, then waited for the loud bang of a tire blowout...

But he heard nothing. The stone was suddenly bounced out of the guardrail by a force and flew into the grass at the bottom of the steep slope. Before he could react, the vehicle had already gone far away.

Shi Yunlu didn't have time to care about the car anymore. It was obvious that someone had tried to stop him, and his first reaction was to leave quickly.

But just as he turned around, he waved his hand and threw a few stones, because he suddenly found a person standing in the woods not far away. He didn't know whether he was there originally or had followed him here.

These stones are about the size of quail eggs and look like agate pebbles. In fact, they are the leftover scraps from refining magical instruments. They have a high "affinity for spiritual consciousness" and are very suitable for controlling with the method of controlling objects.

The stone drew an arc, bypassed the blocking trees, and hit the man with a whistling sound. Then Shi Yunlu only felt a flash of golden light in front of his eyes, and the stones he hit seemed to be shattered, and then he was hit hard in the chest.

It felt like being knocked down by a brick.

If it was really a brick, he would have broken bones and tendons, but at this moment his bones were not broken. It was as if his whole body was hit by a huge force, and all his strength was drained in an instant. His eyes went dark and he passed out.

What hit him was a golden light, which came from a gold bar in the other person's hand, and the other person had not yet thrown out the "brick".

Qian Guran walked through the woods and approached. He puffed out his chest and let out a long sigh, then frowned and pursed his lips. He seemed very disappointed. He had been ready to show his skills, but Shi Yunlu turned out to be so weak.

Wangqimen sorcerers are not supposed to be good at fighting, but Lao Qian has reached the fourth level of cultivation. More importantly, he has a magic weapon, which is the gold bar in his hand engraved with plum branch patterns.

He originally wanted to name this magic weapon "Zhentian Seal" to pay tribute to the "Fantian Seal" in the mythology of the Eastern Kingdom. However, Yao Shaolan said that the name was not only too pretentious but also too rustic, and suggested naming it "Meihua Town".

Qian Guran said that this name couldn't be chosen, because the current head of the Danding Sect was known as the Plum Blossom Fairy. What was the point of creating a magic weapon called Plum Blossom Town? He finally named it "Golden Branch Seal".

Lao Qian still felt unsatisfied, as the Golden Branch Seal still had two magical uses that he hadn't had time to use!
But this was actually the best outcome. If he was forced to use all his tricks, the situation would be dangerous. His opponent had fallen, but Qian didn't let his guard down. He still held the Golden Branch Seal and kept a vigilant watch on his surroundings.

After a while, another car came from the direction of Huiming, turned on the hazard lights and stopped in the emergency lane on the side of the road. Qian Guran quickly got into the car carrying the half-dead Shi Yunlu.

This was Shi Yunlu's car, but He Kao was driving it. Qian Guran asked with a stern face, "Did you find anything?"

He Kao didn't look back, but just looked at the rearview mirror and smiled: "I didn't see anyone else, Boss Qian is still the most powerful!"

Qian Guran's expression was a little reserved. "It's just a small fight! You had to ask me to come all the way here? If the other party was an expert, it would be fine, but you want me to deal with such a thing?"

He Kao smiled and said, "It's wise to be lenient with your enemy. Who knows his strength before you attack him, or whether he has other experts helping him secretly? I was worried that I couldn't handle it myself, so I asked you, a great master, to take action. You have done a great deed again!"

As he spoke, he looked up at the sky in front of him. It was blue sky with white clouds and bright sunshine. He wanted to tell if there was anything unusual in the clouds, but unfortunately he could not see anything.

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(End of this chapter)