Hidden moth

Chapter 261: Lang Hui as I See It Before the Case

He Kao was just contented but not complacent, because he knew very well that all this was not his own ability, but came from his identity as Yin Mo.

Just like a modern person can take out his mobile phone and click a few times to have things packaged and delivered to his door from all over the world. This is not because of the person's ability, but the credit of the entire production, information and logistics system.

Gu Chun once asked him in Chongchuan, what if he was not a Yin Moth, but just an ordinary sorcerer who practiced the Yin Moth technique?

His original intention was to remind He Kao to more clearly understand the mystery of the Invisible Moth Technique. This was like piercing a layer of window paper, and He Kao realized the soul's journey, and the ability of the Invisible Moth was further improved.

But from He Kao's perspective, he always felt that Elder Gu had a hidden meaning, as if he was pointing at him! The identity of the Hidden Moth can be gained and lost, and the Hidden Moth's ability is not his own cultivation. He is just a fourth-level sorcerer.

It was from that time that he truly distinguished between "He Kao" and "Yin E". How to put it, it was like the difference between Qian Guran and the general manager of the Qiyuan branch.

This is not schizophrenia, but a clear state of mind. Only in this way can one truly leave no trace.

When He Kao was drinking water, he lowered his head and saw the mother-of-pearl oyster at his feet. Another thought suddenly popped up in his mind. The mother-of-pearl oyster is so magical that it can condense the natural magic weapon Xue Guanghan. Then, can it become a spirit?
The so-called river clam becoming a spirit is the clam monster... Wasn't there also a legend of the snail girl in ancient Dongguo?

However, when the mother-of-pearl oyster condenses the Snow Light Cold, its life force is cut off, and there is definitely no chance of it becoming a spirit again. If you want to try, you can only find mother-of-pearl oysters that have the potential to condense the Snow Light Cold but have not yet condensed this treasure.

There are two more questions: one is where to find this thing, and the other is how to feed medicine to river clams?
He Kao couldn't help but think of the five big wolfhounds that Ye Liangcheng raised in the abandoned park. Among them, the dog named Lao Liu was also quite smart. Should he find an opportunity to feed it some Qiling Pill?
Then he thought of a group of yellow magpies in a valley in Piaocai Cave Heaven. One of them seemed particularly intelligent. He wondered if it had the chance to awaken its intelligence and cultivate into a demon?
There's a saying that goes, "A man with a hammer in his hand sees only nails." Li Xiuyuan probably encouraged him to do just that by giving him those pills.

He Kao did what he thought. He did not continue to sit in Maoluo Kingdom to enjoy the snow. He packed up and left, planning to get some delicious food to entertain the birds in Piaocai Cave... First, cultivate the relationship.

Whether it is feeding the river clams with medicine or helping Lao Liu to awaken his spirit, He Kao still lacks some skills. Although he has reached the fourth level of cultivation, he still needs to continue practicing and comprehending how to help animals take and digest the awakening pills.

After returning to Qiyuan, He Kao received many New Year greetings text messages, including those from Zhang Jinkui and Chang Anju, two "new" disciples of Xingshen Sect whom he had just met. They had left their contact information when they met last time.

After chatting with the two of them for a few minutes, He Kao found that they were not idle either. They wanted to take advantage of the Spring Festival holiday to go to Fengyu Dongtian, go to the Patriarch Hall to worship the ancestors, and pay a visit to their master Li Siren.

Fourth-rank cultivator Zhang Jinkui needed to sense the call of the cave heaven and cross mountains and rivers on his own to reach the cave heaven's portal. This was the ancestral rule of the sect. Chang Anju followed Elder Li and waited for Zhang Jinkui at the portal. They agreed to meet on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

Chang Anju is a third-level sorcerer and is not yet qualified to enter the cave to receive the second inheritance, but this time he went in the name of paying homage to his master and obtained the approval of the head master.

How did Li Siren become Chang Anju's master? This was Li Xiuyuan's arrangement. Li Xiuyuan first introduced Chang Anju to Zhang Jinkui, then asked Zhang Jinkui to teach the Dharma on his behalf, and asked Chang Anju to worship Zhou Yuandan as his master.

Because Zhou Yuandan is no longer alive, the one who will guide him in practicing the secret method will be his senior brother Zhang Jinkui. Grandmaster Li Siren and uncle Li Xiuyuan will also be able to guide him if the chance arises.

In this way, both of them would become Li Siren's disciples, and they should go to pay a visit first. Moreover, it would be best if Li Siren agreed to this matter.

He Kao had never imagined that Elder Li could pull off such a maneuver, essentially allowing Chang Anju to join the Jianji Palace lineage. There was another thing He Kao hadn't thought of yet!

Zhang Jinkui and Chang Anju went to Fengyu Cave Heaven and wandered around Fengwei Township for a while. They officially returned to the art world, and their horizons and information channels became broader.

Some people said that He Kao was the secret disciple of a certain elder. Everyone guessed that it was either Elder Jiang or Elder Gu, but these two people concluded that everyone was wrong.

In their opinion, He Kao is Elder Li Xiuyuan's secret disciple. This is set in stone and there is no doubt about it, and they have their own experience to prove it... Then the future leader of the Jianji Palace faction will probably be He Kao, so they must get close to him!

This judgment couldn't be wrong, and from their perspective, they were almost bound to come to this conclusion. Just like from Lao Qian's perspective, based on the facts he witnessed with his own eyes, he had already determined that He Kao was Elder Gu's secret disciple.

Someone came to wish He Kao a happy new year, so of course He Kao also wanted to wish his relatives a happy new year. Among those who should be visited, besides Lin Qingshuang, there are three elders, Jiang Daozhen, Gu Chun, and Li Xiuyuan, who are also his teachers.

Unfortunately, I couldn't contact Elder Jiang or Junior Sister Wei. Poor Junior Sister Wei was probably still in seclusion in the cave during the Lunar New Year holiday. Gu Chun replied that there was no need to be bound by conventional etiquette and that anyone who wanted to kowtow could do so. Li Xiuyuan replied that he was busy and had no time to accept gifts these days.

This clearly means that they don’t want to give out New Year’s money!

He Kao was unable to visit the three elders, but others did. Li Yu and Shi Haotu flew all the way from Nanhua to Qiyuan, while Ye Hui drove over from Taigu with his apprentice and daughter. They came not only to visit He Kao but also to Lin Qingshuang and Qian Guran. He Kao suggested that everyone stop being so polite and go visit the elder, namely Lin Qingshuang.

So He Kao also changed his schedule to the third day of the Lunar New Year and gathered with everyone at Qihuang Lingyuan. During the meal, He Kao only drank tea but did not touch any food or wine, claiming that he was fasting. Everyone did not force him, and they also exchanged many spiritual experiences with each other.

But Huang Xiaopang was drunk, and he claimed that he drank too much on behalf of He Kao. Lin Qingshuang scolded his apprentice a few times, but laughed while scolding him.

Ye Yuxuan sat there secretly amazed. She had heard her father mention Lin Qingshuang in her early years. He said that this senior had a notoriously cold and hard temper, was aloof and serious by nature, and was not good at socializing and difficult to deal with.

But after seeing this Master Lin several times, he never looked so serious. Where was the cold and icy look he was supposed to be? Could the rumors be wrong? But my father couldn't be lying to me.

Wu Yanjun beside her didn't think about these things. He just ate and drank there, seeming a little heartless.

After dinner, everyone gathered together again to drink tea and chat. He Kao called Huang Xiaopang, and the two went to the car to get some things, and then each brought in a basin of gifts.

Whose gifts were in a basin? More precisely, it was a washbasin-sized, shell-shaped dish, filled with various New Year's goods, as well as a batch of magical herbs that He Kao had collected in the snow.

After entering, Xiaopang called Mengya to come over and kowtow to the master and wish him a happy new year, and said with a playful smile that he wanted lucky money. Wu Yanjun suddenly became smart and also pulled Ye Yuxuan to join in the fun.

Lin Qingshuang smiled from ear to ear and said that ordinary red envelopes could not hold too many, so she would give one to each person as a token of appreciation and then transfer the money directly!
In fact, Qian Guran, Yao Shaolan, Li Yu, Shi Haotu and others are also Lin Qingshuang's juniors, but they did not feel comfortable going over to kowtow and ask for red envelopes. Their relationship is not that close, and they cannot be as shameless as Wu Yanjun.

Two pots of things were placed on the coffee table. Amid the commotion, Qian noticed that the tray containing the things was very distinctive. At first glance, he thought it was a polished giant clam, but when he looked at it more closely, he felt something was wrong.

Although Qian didn't know what mother-of-pearl was, he instinctively felt that it must be a good thing!
Clam shells usually give people the impression of being black and dirty, but that is the trace of mud on the shell from bumps and collisions. After careful cleaning by He Kao, the whole shell reveals an exquisite mother-of-pearl texture, scattering colorful luster.

Ye Hui and Li Yu also noticed it. They were knowledgeable, but they looked at it several times before they were sure. Then they looked at each other and subconsciously exclaimed, "Is this mother of pearl? It's actually mother of pearl!"

Lin Qingshuang was so happy that she didn't even have time to look at the gift carefully. Now she found that the plate on which the gift was placed was very special. She asked in surprise, "Child, where did you get the mother-of-pearl?"

Fatty Huang stood up with a smile, pointed at He Kao and said, "Xiao Kao brought it."

Lin Qingshuang: "Xiaokao, I've accepted all the gifts, but you can take the plate back with you...it's too precious!"

He Kao: "This pair of pearls is specially given to you as a gift. They are of no use to me."

Meng Ya asked curiously, "Master, what is mother-of-pearl?"

Lin Qingshuang explained, and everyone was amazed. Then everyone asked He Kao where he got it. He Kao just said that during the Spring Festival last year, he went to the Northeast, crossed the Wulong River to the territory of Maoluo, and happened to pick it up in a river valley.

This is the truth. What he gave today was the pair of mother-of-pearl that he gave last year.

Many people present here know the inside story. He crossed the Wulong River to rescue Wu Yanjun, who was being hunted by scum at the time... I didn't expect that there would be such an experience interspersed. It can be said that good people will be rewarded.

Lin Qingshuang finally accepted the pair of mother-of-pearls. The most important reason was just as He Kao said, this thing was of no use to him at the moment.

Mother of pearl is not only a spiritual medicine but also a spiritual material. It can be used to create many things, but its most important value is to be used as the main medicine to refine beauty pills.

Although He Kao inherited the alchemy method, he didn't have the ability yet, but Lin Qingshuang could do it! Even if Lin Qingshuang was a little reluctant to do it herself, she could still ask other masters of Guanshen Sect for help.

After receiving the mother-of-pearl, Lin Qingshuang said with a smile that this thing would be used to refine beauty pills. After it was refined, everyone present, including Xiao Li, Xiao Yao, Xiao Ye, Xiao Meng, Xiao Wei... would have a share!

Everyone was overjoyed. They hadn't expected to come here to celebrate the New Year and receive such a reward! Wu Yanjun asked again foolishly, "Who is Xiao Wei?"

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(End of this chapter)