Under One Person: Dressed as Lü Liang, with vests all over

Chapter 125 A new force emerges?!
"Wait, don't go over there yet!"

Mei Jinfeng's reminder interrupted Zhang Chulan's progress, and everyone immediately perked up and became alert.

Lu Liang also saw the body.

He was a young man with brown hair and an ordinary face. There was nothing special about him. The only thing that caught people's attention was a black mole on his right cheekbone.

At this moment, the man's face turned a strange purple color, and he looked like he had died of poisoning, and his whole body exuded a breath of death.

"what on earth is it?"

The moment they saw the corpse, Zhang Chulan was the most surprised among the people present.

He immediately looked at Lu Liang and asked:
"Lü Liang, what's going on? Why are there other people coming to Qinling?"

"Yes," Lu Liang responded calmly, "We are not the only ones keeping an eye on this place."

He glanced at Zhang Chulan indifferently.

"Didn't you read the post?"

"The post? The one on the forum?"

Zhang Chulan's eyes flashed, his mind worked rapidly, and he quickly reacted.

"Aren't those two posts exposing each other? The focus of the posts, besides you, is only... Yaoxing Society!"

Zhang Chulan's voice suddenly paused, his eyes as sharp as torches, staring straight at Lu Liang, and asked:

"You mean, the Yaoxing Society also entered the Qinling Mountains, and arrived earlier than us?"

Lu Liang nodded slightly.

After getting confirmation, Zhang Chulan's expression instantly became serious.

His thoughts involuntarily drifted back to Longhu Mountain, recalling the suspicious interview that Yaoxing Society had taken the initiative to conduct with Sister Baoer.

It now seems that the Yaoxing Society has been secretly investigating the Jiashen Rebellion.

But how did the Yaoxing Society discover the connection between the Jiashen Rebellion and Sister Baoer? What other intelligence do they hold?
Zhang Chulan intuitively felt that Lu Liang in front of him knew the answers to these questions.

Yesterday, after receiving Lu Liang's text message, Zhang Chulan hesitated for only a moment and then quickly made up his mind.

Since it concerns the baby, he has to check it out even if it is a trap.

So he found an excuse, hid it from Xu San and Xu Si, and rushed over with Feng Baobao without stopping.

All he knew about the trip to Qinling, apart from the brief text message from Lü Liang, was the two sentences Mei Jinfeng said when they all reunited:

"Everyone...be sure to follow me after we enter the mountain. Don't fall behind."

"If anyone falls behind, please stay where you are and don't go anywhere."

……

At this moment, Zhang Chulan realized that there was another force operating in secret, and the sense of urgency in his heart suddenly intensified.

He didn't care about the other people around him, and walked straight to Lu Liang and asked:
"Lü Liang, now that we're here, there's no need to hide it from me anymore. What's inside the Qinling Mountains?"

"Wu Gensheng's collection."

Lu Liang's answer was very straightforward. He pointed to Mei Jinfeng beside him and added:
"This is Granny Jinfeng, a veteran of Quanxing. It can be said that she spent the longest time with the former Quanxing Sect Leader Wu Gensheng."

Hearing this, an inexplicable blush quietly appeared on Mei Jinfeng's face, while Xia Liuqing on the side was so angry that he blew his beard and glared.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Chulan's eyes widened slightly and he looked at Mei Jinfeng with curiosity.

Feng Baobao also tilted her head, her eyes sparkling with wit, and looked straight at Mei Jinfeng.

Mei Jinfeng first looked at Feng Baobao for a moment, then turned her gaze to Zhang Chulan and asked:
"I heard from Lu Liang that you are Zhang Huaiyi's grandson?"

Zhang Chulan nodded, and then asked, "Grandma Jinfeng, do you know my grandfather?"

Mei Jinfeng shook her head slightly, a look of reminiscence appearing on her face.

"I haven't had any direct contact with him, but the headmaster has often mentioned this person before."

"Wu Gen...your leader...what did he say?"

Zhang Chulan was nervous and asked with a hint of urgency in his tone.

"The headmaster said your grandfather is a very interesting person."

"He seems non-competitive... but in reality, he's just too disdainful to argue. When he really encounters something he cares about, his competitive spirit is stronger than anyone else's."

Hearing this, Zhang Chulan's expression revealed a hint of excitement.

Based on his understanding of his grandfather, he had to admit that Wu Gensheng's description of his grandfather was extremely insightful and accurate.

It seems that Mei Jinfeng really knows a lot about the past.

……

After some friendly chat, Zhang Chulan brought the topic back to the current situation.

He asked Mei Jinfeng doubtfully:

"Mother-in-law, I'm not sure how secretive Wu Gensheng's collection is... but generally speaking, if you're heading to a place, shouldn't you take the shortest route?"

"Since entering the mountains yesterday, we have been hurrying along the slopes, but no matter how we look at it, this road we are taking does not seem to be the best route."

"Mother-in-law, I don't understand. Since we knew someone had taken the lead, why didn't we take a shortcut and speed up to get there?"

Hearing this question, Mei Jinfeng did not answer directly, but sighed and said slowly:
"If the master's collection is lucky enough not to be lost this time, I will move it. As for this place..."

"If you still want to live well, don't come back..."

Zhang Chulan had finally grasped this clue, so he naturally wouldn't give up easily.

He continued to ask:

"Why? Does that mean that if we want to find Wu Gensheng's collection, we have to follow this route?"

"There's more than one way into the Qinling Mountains, but the bodies we found were on this road. This suggests another group was following the same route as us. This is simply too much of a coincidence."

At this point, a sharp light flashed in Zhang Chulan's eyes, and his speech speed unconsciously quickened a bit.

"Unless, this is not a coincidence, but intentional!"

"Could it be that if we don't follow a specific route, something bad will happen?"

While Zhang Chulan was asking Mei Jinfeng questions, he glanced at Lu Liang from the corner of his eye, observing his reaction. At this moment...

On the side, Barron, who was wearing camouflage uniform and had been listening silently, suddenly spoke.

He also looked at Lu Liang and spoke in fluent Chinese:

"Lu, you didn't lie to me. This place is really interesting."

"I think it's very similar to the 'death place' I've heard of..."

"Death place?"

Zhang Chulan's face was full of confusion, his brows were furrowed, and his eyes were fixed on Barron, his eyes full of inquiry.

"Um……"

Barron nodded, a hint of reminiscence showing on his chiseled features.

He went on to explain:

"There are places in the world where you have to go a certain way, at a certain time, or by a certain route to get there."

"Otherwise, bad things will happen, such as falling into inexplicable danger, like a curse..."

Zhang Chulan was surprised when he heard this. "So magical?"

Barron nodded and pointed to the body on the ground.

"All it takes is a careful examination of the body to verify my statement."

After saying that, he turned to look at Mei Jinfeng, "Mei, can I go over to that location and take a look?"

……

Mei Jinfeng shook her head slightly and rejected Barron's request.

However, the next moment, she used her telekinesis to move the corpse over and placed it in front of Lu Liang and the others.

In her opinion, these people were enemies who were trying to steal the master's collection, and she also wanted to find out about their situation.

Barron was the first to walk towards the body. He squatted down swiftly and began to examine it carefully.

After a moment, he said with certainty: "The cause of death of this person is poisoning."

His eyes fell on the corner of the corpse's mouth.

"A small amount of yellow powder, resembling pollen, remained on the lips. The deceased's face was purple, and his limbs were swollen... Judging from these signs, it seems he was poisoned by Gelsemium elegans..."

As he spoke, Barron reached out his hand again, opened the corpse's pupils and took a look.

Then he added: "He didn't die for long, probably no more than a day."

"Was it caused by the internal strife among the Yaoxing Society members?"

Zhang Chulan couldn't help but lean over and asked curiously.

"No, there aren't any external injuries on his body."

Barron replied as he continued his inspection.

After carefully examining the corpse, Barron slowly raised his head, glanced at everyone, and said:
"Gelsemium elegans is brightly colored and has a pungent smell. Normally, no one would accidentally eat this poisonous weed. It seems more like his death was an accident."

Barron shrugged. "Perhaps he was just walking when a Gelsemium flower happened to fly onto his lips, and he died of the poison."

"Is there such a way to die?"

Zhang Chulan had a look on his face that said, "Are you kidding me?" and couldn't help but quip, "This isn't the movie Final Destination."

Barron shrugged again and said calmly:

"'Deathland' is just like that. Anyone who strays into it will die inexplicably, as if they were cursed."

"That's not right." Xia Liuqing suddenly retorted, with a hint of doubt in his voice.

“Here, if you don’t follow a specific route into the mountains, you will indeed die in strange ways.”

"But if they really read Jin Feng'er's memories, they shouldn't have made such a mistake."

Hearing Xia Liuqing's words, Lu Liang frowned slightly.

This is also the question he is thinking about.

Moreover, Lu Liang also noticed that the muscle lines of this corpse were very obvious, and he must have been a good practitioner of horizontal training when he was alive.

In addition, the calluses on the back of his right hand and elbow are relatively thick, which indicates that he may have practiced martial arts such as Bajiquan.

……

Soon, Lu Liang's doubts were answered.

Barron had no concerns about being poisoned at all, and he began to feel around the body with his bare hands.

Soon, Barron stopped what he was doing, raised his head, looked at Lu Liang with a smile on his face and said:
"Lu, I have an interesting discovery."

As he spoke, he raised what he had taken from the corpse, raised it gently, and showed it to everyone.

"Based on my experience, this is an identity card. Perhaps there are more than one or two forces eyeing this place!"

Lu Liang looked closely and saw that Barron was showing a wooden badge.

The shape of this badge is quite peculiar. At first glance, it looks like a flame formed by four leaves cleverly combined.

And in the center of the badge, the word "true" is clearly engraved.

"what is this?"

Zhang Chulan stared at it curiously, with a glint of inquiry in his eyes, but he didn't dare to reach out to take it.

"This is the symbol of the Truth Seeking Society."

When everyone was confused, Feng Baobao suddenly spoke in a clear and firm voice.

"Seeking Truth Society?" Zhang Chulan was surprised.

When Lu Liang heard this, his eyebrows raised slightly.

Unexpectedly, even the Truth Seeking Society came.

These twenty-four sections of Tongtian Valley are really becoming more and more lively!
　Happy New Year's Eve!
　　There is another chapter today~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)