Hidden moth

Chapter 273: Autumn Colors and a Single Leaf

Since Elder Li asked for this, He Kao "described" a story -

Wang Yuheng went to college at the age of 2020 in . Unfortunately, the timing coincided with the epidemic, so he often took online classes at home, and forced himself to turn full-time studies into part-time correspondence studies.

Many things in school were communicated by the counselor in the class group, so he was not very familiar with many classmates. Instead, he had a particularly deep impression of the counselor Luo Mingzhi, and they met offline quite often.

Luo Mingzhi, I think that was her name. She was about 25 years old at the time and had just graduated with a master's degree. She was an outstanding student leader during her studies, so she stayed in school as a counselor and continued to study for a doctorate while working.

She is good-looking and knows how to dress. In Wang Yuheng's eyes, she is full of youthful and mature intellectual beauty. In short, she has an indescribable unique charm, so he has a crush on her.

Wang Yuheng did not pursue a master's degree. After graduation, he returned to his hometown and found a job. However, the overall environment was not good, his career development was not very smooth, and he felt a little depressed.

There are some things he doesn't know who to talk to, and he occasionally communicates with his former counselor online.

He still keeps in touch with Luo Mingzhi, sending her messages every holiday to wish her well. At the end of last year, he mentioned his current situation and his desire to resign and move to Qiyuan, even if it meant working while preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam.

Wang Yuheng originally just wanted to find someone to talk to and inquire about the situation, but he didn't expect Luo Mingzhi to express support and encouragement, and was willing to help. So he resigned, packed his bags and came to Qiyuan to meet Luo Mingzhi.

Luo Mingzhi actually found him a place to live and let him settle down first. She also visited him often with great concern... This was Wang Yuheng's experience.

As for Luo Mingzhi, there is another story. She and He Kao are also alumni, three years older than He Kao, but He Kao does not know her. After all, there are so many people in the school, and they are not from the same department.

For Luo Mingzhi, Wang Yuheng was a natural fit. She was looking for someone suitable to work in Sesame Apartment, primarily to confuse the public and disrupt the focus and direction of the clan hall's investigation.

Why did Luo Mingzhi do this, or who was she doing this for?
She either belongs to a hostile force outside the sect or a scum force within the sect, and it is very likely that she was recruited as a member by these forces two years ago.

Two years ago, news came out that the hidden moth had reappeared in the world. It was said that its whereabouts were in Qiyuan. Qian Guran and others came here upon hearing the news, and then a large number of sorcerers poured in.

Many people were targeting He Kao and would undoubtedly investigate his past at Qiyuan University. It was probably around that time that Luo Mingzhi came into the sight of those forces and was recruited as a member.

Why did they choose Luo Mingzhi? Perhaps it was because she was talented, or perhaps because she was a teacher at He Kao's alma mater, making her a perfect candidate as a hidden chess piece.

Luo Mingzhi may not be a bad person. She may have been deceived by the tricks of the underworld, or she may have been attracted by the mysterious secret techniques... I think Meng Ya was used in this way.

This scheme was very subtle. Even if they could find out that Wang Yuheng's move into Sesame Apartment was arranged by her, there wouldn't be any problems on the surface. Who wouldn't come to Qiyuan to find a job? Who wouldn't want to help others? Couldn't they live in Sesame Apartment?

The story is so simple that it can be told in just a few words.

Li Xiuyuan chuckled: "I want you to tell a story, but I just want you to describe the natural interpretation of your experience after witnessing that dream, not to make up some random little essay!"

There were only a few lines of dialogue and two scenes in the dream, but the story He Kao told was much more complicated, and much of it was conjecture or even fabrication.

He Kao also laughed and said, "I didn't make it up. It's all based on sound reasoning and evidence."

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said, "A spontaneous interpretation and a random guess are two different things. Take what you have. There's no need to force things when there's no material."

It was somewhat strange that Elder Li suddenly brought up this topic. He Kao asked thoughtfully, "Is there any particular significance to this?"

Li Xiuyuan: "I can't explain it in a few words, but this is the key to getting started with the Lingxi technique. I haven't practiced Lingxi as a sideline either, but I've dealt with Jiang Laogui quite a bit, so I have some understanding of his techniques."

He Kao spread his hands and said, "I'm not studying concurrently. I really don't have the energy for it right now."

Li Xiuyuan: "But you may be dealing with people who practice Lingxi magic, not only those within the sect, but also those outside the sect. You have to have a good understanding of their methods.

When Xingshenshu reaches the fourth stage, the divine power gained is called "seeing colors and depicting shapes." And when Lingxishu reaches the fourth stage, the divine power gained is called "knowing the coming of autumn from a single leaf." This is the mystery behind it.

No matter how much I explain, it's useless. You need to distinguish for yourself... In the story you just told, which parts of it were the result of a single thought?"

He Kao quickly explained, "Some of the content is not true. I just made it up by guessing."

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "It's good that you can tell the difference. Now I have a task for you.

Since you found this clue, it is your responsibility to continue to find out whether there is a person named Luo Mingzhi at Qiyuan University and what his situation is.
Dreams cannot be regarded as reality. The purpose of asking you to investigate is to verify how much your previous judgment is consistent with the facts, and more importantly - what contents are consistent?
This is actually a tactic used by the Lingxi Sect to test their disciples. Of course, they don't use dreams, but rather various other things. I'm taking this opportunity to let you try it out, so you can understand how to deal with this kind of person.

There is no time limit for this task, so you don't have to rush. Just take the time to investigate.

Regardless of whether or not we find out anything, you must take care to protect yourself... Let's leave this person alone and move on to the next one."

The next target was the couple that He Kao met with Lao Qian last time. The man was called Li Gongcheng and the woman was called Zhao Qingfang. They brought their child to attend the art training class.

The child's grandfather was Zhao Huai'en, a second-level mountain guest from the Danding Sect. However, neither he nor his wife had yet entered the cultivation realm; they were merely guests of the Zhiyuan Sect. The two of them returned to Building No. 1, but Mei Guyu hadn't finished get off work yet, and Qian was certainly not there either.

Recently, due to the Digital Life Project, a lot of preparatory work is being carried out intensively, and the relevant teams often work overtime until late at night. Mr. Qian and Xiaomei have worked hard.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Elder Li asked He Kao about his feelings again and gave him another reminder with his spiritual thoughts.

A few days ago at Longlin Slope, Elder Li had analyzed Tuoshe's various precautions. Just now, He Kao had made a new attempt at dreaming and discovered and summarized a number of issues.

The closer the object of enchantment and the caster are physically and psychologically, the clearer the feelings will be, and theoretically the safer and more controllable the process will be.

So the best object of Tosh is human.

Entrusting oneself to someone else seems the safest option, even allowing one to enter and exit their dreams, as He Kao's previous attempt has proven. However, precisely because of this, potential risks are often the easiest to overlook.

Elder Li had long ago warned He Kao not to indulge someone for an extended period of time, let alone repeatedly. The soul is like a mirror, and can be contaminated.

Yesterday morning, He Kaozeng stayed at Wei Digao's house, which lasted for quite a while. He already had some experience in this regard.

The time he had just been with Wang Yuheng was very short, only two or three seconds due to the special nature of the dream, but he was still affected a little.

When describing his dreams and telling stories, he thought of the counselor Luo Mingzhi, and he felt inexplicably aroused and eager to have sex with her, but he didn't know this woman at all, and he couldn't even see her face clearly in his dream.

Could it be because he'd just had a wet dream? Wang Yuheng's wet dream was the equivalent of his own...could the effects be so pronounced in just a few seconds? It seemed dreams were indeed more special than reality, and their influence on the soul was even more profound.

Fortunately, He Kao noticed this in time.

The most frightening situation is that the soul is inadvertently contaminated without knowing it.

Therefore, Elder Li warned He Kao that things like entrusting someone to someone else should never be done lightly unless it is absolutely necessary, especially in dreams, so try not to try it.

Without Elder Li's assistance, could He Kao enter other people's dreams? Of course he could, he could just send someone else's message while they were dreaming. However, with Elder Li's magical powers, he could turn entering someone's dream into sending someone else's message.

Today was a special occasion, and He Kao was cooperating with Elder Li to conduct a dream investigation. However, Elder Li also asked He Kao to take a break, calm down and concentrate on eliminating the contamination, and then move on to investigate the next person.

No matter what I find out today, I will only try it twice and must not enter the dreams of more people.

Elder Li also specifically reminded him, "You are now at the fourth level of cultivation. The pendant that Elder Jiang gave you back then can now automatically activate its magical effect, which is perfect for your current situation."

The pendants that He Kao had been wearing in the past year or so were all fakes made by Wu Yanjun's junior sister Ye Yuxuan, and this fake was exactly the real thing of the Yin Moth, and no one could tell the difference.

As for his original magic pendant, he always let Gao Xue'e wear it close to her body to assist her in her practice.

Today, Gao Xue'e broke through to the second level of cultivation. He Kao finally breathed a sigh of relief and replaced her with a pendant that should be more suitable for her temperament and her current stage of cultivation.

It was a necklace with a piece of snow-white hair wrapped around a thin silver branch.

As for the magical beast claw, He Kao had put it on again. He now had two identical beast claws on his pendant, and Elder Li had certainly noticed it.

The family of three lived on the same floor as Qian Guran, so Li Xiuyuan and He Kao first entered Qian Guran's apartment. He Kao sat down for a moment and used the technique of controlling the instrument to activate the calming effect of the beast claw pendant, which proved to be very effective in removing the contamination of the soul.

After about ten minutes, He Kao opened his eyes and asked, "Could it be that Elder Jiang had already predicted that I would need such a magic weapon today more than twenty years ago?"

Li Xiuyuan smiled bitterly and said, "I absolutely don't believe that Jiang Laogui could have predicted the current situation more than 20 years later! But it's completely normal for him to predict that such a magical tool would be of great use to you."

The two of them sneaked into the apartment rented by the family of three. It was a two-bedroom, one-living room apartment. The child lived in the small bedroom, and the couple slept in the large bedroom.

He Kao took out the animal claw pendant and gestured a few times in front of the two doors. The movements looked like writing in the air, but in fact he was casting a spell to calm the mind, so that the family of three could sleep better and not wake up suddenly.

The calming effect of the beast claws is not only a passive effect when worn on the body. Once a person has reached the fourth level of cultivation and mastered the method of controlling the weapon, he can also actively use it on others.

When he came to the bedroom and saw the couple sleeping on the bed, He Kao signaled to Elder Li with his eyes - which one should he choose?
Elder Li pointed at the husband, Li Gongcheng.

He Kao asked again with his eyes - why?
Elder Li replied with his mind, "You are not a woman. You should try to choose someone who is more compatible with you physically and mentally. Otherwise, the feelings will be very awkward, and the pollution to your soul will be more serious."

Then, Elder Li used the same trick again. He cast a spell to secretly guide Li Gongcheng. When Li Gongcheng began to dream, He Kao immediately passed away...

The dream unfolded abruptly. He Kao "found" himself sitting at a table drinking with another person, a cigarette tucked into his left hand. Across from him was a man in his thirties, and there was no one else in the room.

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(End of this chapter)