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Chapter 378 Exploration
"How is it now?"

Lei Dongzi asked in a low voice.

"Everyone is in the hall. Today is the wedding of Miss Yaoqin and Zhu Zhong. Many guards from the Fireworks Tower have also gone there, but there are still two places that are closely guarded." Zhang An answered cautiously.

"One is the small house in the backyard, and the other is the attic on the top floor of the west building. If there is a problem, then these are the two places."

Li Ming looked at the bustling crowd and the festive atmosphere nearby and said softly, "I'll go to the backyard. Xiao An, you go to the attic and take a look. Yu Shu, you stay with your Uncle Lei. Xiao An, be careful and try not to reveal your whereabouts. If something really happens, your own safety comes first. We always have excuses to cover it up."

Then Lei Dongzi nodded and said, "That's fine."

At this time, there was a lot of commotion over there. The groom was just breaking through the second door and people were surrounding him.

Lei Dongzi nodded towards Zeng Yushu and said, "Come with me."

Then he said to Li Ming and Zhang An, "Be careful."

Zhang An and Li Ming nodded together.

Thanks to Lei Dongzi's vigorous promotion and Lu Shan's agreement, although Zhu Chong himself had no relatives, neighbors and even old customers of the oil shop were invited, which increased Zhu Chong's popularity and strengthened his reputation.

Seeing that everyone was immersed in the joyful atmosphere, Li Ming and Zhang An looked at each other and went towards their respective goals.

Lei Dongzi walked into the crowd with a smile on his face and a look of relief.

Li Ming concealed his presence and walked carefully into the backyard. The fireworks building occupied a large area. The backyard was full of flowers and shaded by green trees. There was also a pond for guests to enjoy in their spare time. There was only a small house in the northwest corner, which was said to be reserved by Hua Gu to imprison troublesome maids.

Just like Yaoqin, some were bought, or some did not want to be prostitutes, so they naturally needed to be trained. The mildest way was to starve them, and the worst was to lock them up in a small dark room with the door locked and guarded by someone to prevent them from escaping. After two or three days at most, the girl would give in.

Li Ming walked slowly over and saw that there were indeed two guards at the door, so he went forward to talk to them.

"There's a wedding taking place in the building today, why are you two still here looking after it?"

The man on the left glanced at Li Ming. He was tall, but had a young face and an old voice. He then addressed him as "big brother." He was confused for a moment, so he sighed and said, "Little brother, you don't know. Everyone wants to join in the fun, but we're guarding the back door. If a thief breaks in, it will ruin everything!"

"The back door?" Li Ming laughed and said, "The back door is clearly over there. Aren't you two guarding this room?"

The man on the right said, "Hahaha, can't we see the back door from here? Besides, we need to patrol back and forth and move around frequently."

"I see." Li Ming nodded and said.

"How about I treat you two to some wedding wine and share in the good cheer?"

The two were somewhat tempted. After all, they were people who worked in this place. It was impossible for them not to drink at all. With such a big commotion today, the two were envious.

After all, you are working overtime while others are on vacation, but you don’t get overtime pay, so it would be nice to have some comfort gifts.

Seeing the two of them like this, Li Ming persuaded them a few more times. In the end, the two of them could not resist the temptation. Li Ming immediately took out the prepared wine glasses and wine pots. The three of them sat on the ground and drank a few glasses.

Li Ming was also very considerate and provided some side dishes to go with the wine. Once the man drank, he started to talk.

The three of them drank and chatted, and Li Ming took the opportunity to ask a few questions.

Only then did I realize that guarding in front of this house was a rule, and all people on duty in the backyard had to abide by it and ensure that there was at least one person watching over it.

Another rule here is that the day shift guards and the night shift guards never meet each other, and they must leave before sunset, otherwise they will lose their jobs.

After a while, the two of them were swaying and finally fell asleep, snoring loudly.

Li Ming shook his head and said, "Although fine wine is delicious, don't drink too much."

Then he stood up straight and walked to the front of the house. The chain in front of the door was naturally nothing to him. He cut it into pieces with just a magic power. When he pushed open the door, he saw a dark little house, but it was empty and there was nothing special about it.

"The difference between day and night. The difference between morning and evening!"

Li Ming looked at the house and pondered for a moment, then released his spiritual perception.

At this moment, there was a sudden roar from upstairs, and then the magic circle of this generation was interrupted for a moment. At this moment, Li Ming clearly caught the evil aura, and the source of the evil aura did come from underground.

Because of the unfamiliarity of the formation, several purple-black vines visible to the naked eye spread out of the dark room. Li Ming's eyes flashed, he took a step back, waved his hands, closed the door tightly, and then spit out a breath of real fire, burning the broken iron chain back to its original state.

Then he went to the ground and shook the two of them.

The two were almost drunk when they heard the sudden thunder and woke up after hearing Li Ming's call.

Li Ming said, "Brothers, I have to go to pick up the bride, so I can't keep you company." The two men were still not clear-headed at the moment. They only knew that they seemed to be drunk. They stood up staggeringly, but when they looked again, Li Ming was gone.

But Li Ming was seen running quickly, like lightning, and in just a moment he crossed the backyard and came to the front hall.

But he saw Lei Dongzi grabbing Zhang An's ear and yelling at him.

"Good boy, you stole my magic weapon to play with it, but you don't know how powerful it is. It's impossible not to get into trouble if you play with it casually. What are you doing on this happy day?!"

Zhang An quickly apologized with a smile, "Master, listen to me, I know this thing. It's a lightning-attracting bead. I placed two on the rooftop to congratulate the newlyweds and to create some momentum. You see, the effect is remarkable."

Lei Dongzi snorted heavily and said, "How can you congratulate like this? I don't know how many people you scared. Now apologize to all the guests!"

Zhang An also followed suit and nodded and bowed to everyone.

When everyone saw that it was Lei Dongzi and his disciple, they knew their identities but did not dare to do anything. In addition, Lei Dongzi and Zhang An acted like that, so they just let it go and did not talk about it anymore.

Instead, Zhu Zhong laughed and said, "Thank you for your help, young Taoist priest. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to open this last door!"

Only then did Hua Gu say, "So it's a prior appointment, so it can't be counted. Hurry up and get out. Let's do it again!"

Zhu Zhong, however, carried Yaoqin, who was wearing a bright red new dress, on his back and laughed, saying, "How can this happen again? From now on, Miss Yaoqin is my wife!"

Li Ming smiled in the crowd and secretly glanced at Lei Dongzi. Lei Dongzi understood what he meant and immediately joined in the fun, continuing the lively atmosphere. Everyone continued the wedding process as if nothing had happened.

Zhu Zhong's wedding banquet was a big event, so in order to avoid revealing any flaws, everyone did not leave immediately. Instead, they followed the team back to Zhu Zhong's home and waited until the newlyweds paid homage to heaven and earth and entered the bridal chamber before leaving.

All of these are omitted here.

Everyone returned to the villa and talked with Zangshan again.

"Now it seems that there is indeed a big problem."

Li Ming said seriously, "I opened the door to the hut in the backyard, and it was empty. But the moment Zhang An used the Thunder Bead to vibrate the magic circle, I saw several vines spreading out from under the house, full of arrogance. If there's anything strange, it's right here!"

Zhang An said, "I went upstairs to take a look and saw that it was the core of the magic circle. I thought that the other day, Master and Master Shannian broke the wall of the building to trigger the magic circle to change, which leaked a trace of its aura. I thought that if my place is normal, then the secret must be hidden underground. So I used the lightning bead given by Master Uncle and hit it outside. Although it didn't destroy the magic circle, it shook it for a moment, which made it easier for Brother Niu to investigate."

Lei Dongzi laughed and said, "Okay, okay, I'll credit you for this achievement!"

Only then did Zhang An touch his head and chuckle.

Then Zang Shan said in a deep voice: "Zhang An has visited the city in the past few days and has found several places with the same or similar magic arrays. Take a look."

As he spoke, Cangshan waved his sleeves and a thumbnail of Hulu City appeared in front of everyone's eyes. Then Cangshan pointed at it with his finger, explaining as he pointed.

"This is the area around the fireworks building, this is the slaughterhouse, this is the slums, this is..."

Finally, Cangshan emphasized the center and said, "This is the City Lord's Mansion, which has seven locations in total."

Li Ming couldn't help but praise him: "Well done, Xiao Anzi, you do great things quietly."

Zhang An smiled shyly.

Lei Dongzi nodded approvingly, obviously very satisfied with his disciple. Then everyone looked at the map and the several places pointed out.

Li Ming took a closer look and said, "It seems to be the location of the Seven Stars and the Big Dipper. The City Lord's Mansion is the location of the Tianshu. The common characteristics of these places are that they are a mixed crowd, with a large flow of people. In addition, they are places that ordinary people don't go to. So it seems..."

"There is a problem!" Zang Shan said finally, waving his sleeve and scattering the map into tiny starlight. Then he said, "Fellow Daoist Niu, what you see are vines spreading, which means they are monsters of the plant and tree family. What could the other places be? Why does his Hulu Immortal Mansion raise monsters?"

Lei Dongzi pondered, "So, it makes sense that they raise monsters in the Hulu Immortal Mansion. Could it be that they want to subdue the tiger monster and suppress it in the city with a magic circle? But why do they do this? What's the point of these connected magic circles?"

"We can't jump to conclusions, but what we know now is that the Lu family in Hulu City, his Hulu Immortal Mansion, raises monsters and sacrifices human beings to them. As for their motives, it's still unknown. But if it's really as you said, then the tiger monster released its minions to wreak havoc on the people and commit so much murder. This is probably not an oversight, but an intentional act, in order to cultivate a great golden elixir monster!"

There was a gleam of brilliance in Zangshan's eyes, and his voice was even more murderous.

Lei Dongzi also narrowed his eyes and sneered: "What a great gourd fairy palace, haha, what a great human demon!"

Zeng Yushu was a little hesitant to speak. Li Ming finally said, "Tomorrow is the 'Yuan Dan Small Meeting'. Let's hold back and make plans after we leave this place."

Everyone nodded and went back to rest.

(End of this chapter)