Hidden moth

Chapter 69 It Can’t All Be Coincidence

He Kao originally thought that the portal was a more suitable place to practice the Yin E Guan, but he found out that the Yin E Guan he practiced should have been called Wu Guan, which was just the introductory technique of the Yin E technique.

To practice the various techniques of the Yin Mo Sect, one must primarily be in the real world outside the portal. The reason is simple: within the portal, whether one is stealthy or not is irrelevant, as there is no concept of "moving," and similarly, there is nothing to perceive.

The portal is mainly a place for inheritance and enlightenment. When you encounter a barrier in reality that you cannot break through, or when you are about to break through, you can try to enter the portal to practice, but it is not suitable most of the time.

After realizing this, He Kao sat on the bed and continued to practice, which was the first level of the fundamental technique of the Hidden Moth Technique he had just obtained, also known as "See Me View".

Now he is not only a Hidden Moth, but also a first-level stealth practitioner of the Hidden Moth Sect. The next step in his training is to work hard until he has perfected the first level of the Hidden Moth technique, and in the process, he will try his best to learn and master various applied techniques.

The next day was October 7th, the last day of the Golden Week holiday. After experiencing an unforgettable danger, it was time to go out and relax.

They got up much earlier that day and drove off at 8:30. Both of them were wearing sportswear, and Gao Xue'e was wearing He Kao's high school uniform.

They didn't eat in Pugang Town, but instead had breakfast and lunch at a food stall near the border between the two provinces. Gao Xue'e had looked up the place using an app; the online reviews had been very good, and it really was.

According to Gao Xue'e, the chef at this food stall is already 70% as skilled as He Kao. However, according to He Kao's own assessment, the truth is the other way around: he is only 70% as skilled as the other chef.

This is already quite good. He is just a programmer at a large company, not a restaurant owner. As the saying goes, every trade has its own specialty. If we compare carpentry skills, he is definitely far superior to the chef in this restaurant.

During the meal, Gao Xue'e asked, "Don't you have to buy a car too? It's not good to always borrow the Huang Si family's car... How about I buy one first and then lend it to you?"

He Kao laughed and said, "What's the difference between this and me buying it myself? Besides, the car you bought should be suitable for you to drive. I might as well buy another one myself. I can afford it now."

He Kao has savings of over 70,000 yuan. His daily income is enough to live on, and he can save several thousand yuan every month. He is an outlier among the young people who live paycheck to paycheck today.

He wants to buy a car, and even if he doesn't have enough savings, he can choose to pay in installments.

But he didn't want to take out a loan; his budget was the rent Lin Qingshuang had given him. Lin Qingshuang had given him two million yuan as a deposit, and half a million yuan of it was his to use, which should be enough to buy a car.

Originally, He Kao had never thought about buying a car. First, it was because he had no money, and second, there was no need to do so since his workplace was not far from his rented apartment.

But now that he had become a Hidden Moth, he needed to consider buying a car. If he became more advanced in the future and mastered the ability to travel through space like Huang Xiaopang, he would have to make some preparations in advance.

The hidden moth can reach places regardless of distance, as long as they are places it has been to and can remember. So it should try to go to more places, including some secluded and deserted places, to facilitate the opening of the space portal.

Gao Xue'e became interested the moment she heard this: "I suggest you buy a hybrid car that can be used for long trips. You can choose an SUV, which seems to suit your temperament..."

As she spoke, she lowered her head and started browsing her phone, looking for suitable brands and corresponding models, intending to send them one by one for He Kao to choose.

At this moment, He Kao received several more messages in a row. He had gone to Lin Qingshuang the day before yesterday and asked her to help him find out Qian Guran's whereabouts. Now he finally received a reply.

Lin Qingshuang told He Kao that she had already gone to Gu Yunteng, but Gu Yunteng flatly denied having done anything to Qian Guran. Lin Qingshuang judged that Gu Yunteng didn't seem to be lying.

Because Lin Qingshuang had already pointed out Gu Yunteng's suspicion, if the money was indeed missing, then the Shu Sect's Dharma Hall, especially the Wangqi Sect, would definitely investigate. If Gu Yunteng really did something, it would be difficult for him to deny it.

In a sense, this is good news. Gu Yunteng probably did not take action, so Lao Qian must have encountered something else.

Maybe Lao Qian knew what happened that night, and he didn't want to be implicated, so he hid himself so that he could say that he had nothing to do with the disappearance of those disciples of the magic sect.

This matter really has nothing to do with him. It was all done by Xiaopang and He Kao.

Through Lin Qingshuang's reply, He Kao could also judge that Gu Yunteng did not tell what happened on the night of October 4th. Either he did not know, or even if he could guess something, he did not want to have anything to do with this matter.

But it wasn't all good news. Lin Qingshuang also told He Kao that Gu Yunteng had seen the material and knew its contents. He could also imagine that the material might be leaked, and therefore made targeted preparations.

So Lin Qingshuang reminded He Kao again that if he wanted to send the materials, he must be careful not to let the authorities verify the identity of the sender.

The materials all talk about things that happened twenty years ago. Even if He Kao himself shows up, it will not have any effect and will only bring him trouble.

Lin Qingshuang finally reassured He Kao that as long as he stayed out of this matter, Gu Yunteng wouldn't do anything directly against him. Gao Xue'e, unaware that He Kao was reading Lin Qingshuang's reply, assumed he was also checking car model information on his phone, so she tentatively asked, "What's your budget? If you don't have enough money..."

He Kao: "I still have some money on hand. The budget is within 500,000 yuan, preferably around 200,000 yuan. I just want something that works."

Gao Xue'e suddenly remembered something: "I almost forgot, you recently got a pair of gold paperweights, which weigh ten kilograms in total, right? Converted to the current gold price, it's worth five million, enough to buy a car.

Besides the gold paperweight, there's also a property deed for Guanliu Community. The houses there aren't cheap. Have you checked them out? If you have any trouble with the paperwork, I can find someone to help you."

Not to mention that she almost forgot, even He Kao himself had put this matter behind him.

Following Qian Guran's advice, He Kao had originally planned to hide the materials, claiming that the safe deposit box contained only gold bars and the property deed. If it weren't for the subsequent incident, this would have been his most important priority in the near future, and he would have undoubtedly been concerned about it.

But the gold bars and the house deeds seemed insignificant compared to what happened to him later. He had been very busy the past two days, too busy to think about it at all, perhaps subconsciously not wanting to think about it.

When this was mentioned, He Kao's mood suddenly became low again, because on the night of September 30th, he, Lao Qian and Xiaopang ate musk deer and drank wine together, and talked about many topics.

Qian Guran said he would find a lawyer to help handle the relevant procedures, so He Kao wouldn't have to worry about it. Xiaopang also offered to help clarify the current situation of the house, saying he knew people in Guanliu Community.

But of the two people that night, one is missing and the other has lost his memory.

It was a rare opportunity for He Kao to relax with Gao Xue'e, so he didn't want to show his emotions. After thinking for a moment, he said, "There's no rush for now. The house is already there and we can't move away. It's been there for twenty years, so I don't mind a few days or months."

At around ten o'clock in the morning, they arrived safely at the Jinghu City Post Office. Along the way, He Kao kept paying attention to make sure that they were not being followed by anyone.

Theoretically, it was almost impossible to secretly follow the hidden moth without being discovered. As long as the hidden moth was awake, even if it didn't know who was watching it or how, it would be able to sense that it was being observed.

If there is no one nearby watching you and there is no surveillance, then you are definitely being followed.

After becoming a true Hidden Moth and a first-rank warlock of the Hidden Moth Sect, He Kao realized that he seemed to have possessed some kind of inexplicable ability since he was a child, which was the ability to distinguish whether someone was kind or malicious towards him.

This seems to be just an intuition, and sometimes it seems to make no sense. For example, when he was a child, he was playing at the village entrance. A strange aunt passed by and wanted to give him candy with a smile, but he suddenly got frightened and ran back home.

He still remembers the feeling at that time.

According to Lao Qian, this is the skill that the Qi-Valuist is good at. How could an ordinary child like him have such ability?
If you think about it carefully, many ordinary people actually have this ability to some extent, which comes from their personality habits and life experience. For example, whether they have grown up in an environment where they need to observe other people's words and expressions and carefully guess their attitudes.

He Kao was undoubtedly such a person, but his intuition had another reason: the animal claw pendant. The pendant had been a part of him for as long as he could remember, and over time, it seemed to have become a kind of instinct.

That's why he has a good relationship with Huang Xiaopang, hits it off with Wu Yanjun, and is willing to let Gao Xue'e stay in his bedroom. When Lao Qian lost contact and needed help, the first person he thought of was Lin Qingshuang.

Although Lin Qingshuang always had a cold expression, he could not sense any ill will from this senior, but instead felt very warm.

The pendant's magical properties were "malice detection" and "calming the mind," cultivating his instincts to discern hostility and maintain composure. If this were intentional, it would be more like preparing for the cultivation of a hidden moth than a phantasmagorian.

That precious pendant, worn by the Son of the Hidden Moth since childhood, came about in a very strange way.

If it had been given by my father, it would be understandable. But the pendant had nothing to do with my father. It was a leopard claw that my grandfather had acquired in his early years, and later had someone craft it into a personal ornament that he wore, according to folklore, to ward off evil spirits.

Who on earth helped Grandpa process this? This is no ordinary skill, and what was the other party's purpose?
My father's transformation into a hidden moth was likely a coincidence, just like the woodcutter in the historical legend. However, what happened to me later couldn't have been entirely coincidental. First of all, that pendant was suspicious.

Some people may predict that they will become the next hidden moth, so they make some arrangements in advance, as if to make them become a real hidden moth as much as possible, rather than a fake moth like their father.

If nothing unexpected had happened, Zhou Du really wanted to pass the identity of Yin Mo to his son. Unfortunately, man proposes, God disposes, and accidents are always inevitable. Later, the Yin Mo turned out to be Huang Cankui and his son Huang Si.

After so many years of twists and turns, He Kao finally became a hidden moth, just like something deviated from the direction someone had imagined, but eventually returned to the original track, just many years late.

When his body and mind were finally able to relax, this was what He Kao thought of as he watched Gao Xue'e walk into the post office.

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(End of this chapter)