Under One Person: The Taoist Priest Descends the Mountain

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During this time, Xia He learned a lot of sorcery knowledge from Cheng Mo, all of which were treasures from the Liangyi Temple. Although she couldn't use them herself, she could at least help the young Taoist priest think about them.

Hearing Cheng Mo say that now, she sensed something was wrong: "Don't we all have definite answers?"

Cheng Mo shrugged: "I don't know what happened either. Let's verify them one by one."

Xia He asked, "How do you plan to verify this? Go directly there?"

Cheng Mo thought for a moment and said, "I think we can take two paths. We can look for information through other channels, and at the same time, we can go and check out the address I got."

Xia He thought for a moment: "Aren't the shamans in the Northeast the most well-informed? Even Deng Youcai doesn't know, should we find other shamans?"

Cheng Mo shook his head: "No, we won't use the power of the supernatural world. We'll find that knife using the methods of ordinary people."

Xia He was stunned: "How do you find ordinary people? Wait a minute... you're not going to try and recruit that delegation visiting China, are you?"

Cheng Mo shook his head: "I don't know those people, and the news didn't report it in real time."

Xia He realized what was going on: "Oh, you're looking for Uncle Wang? He seems to be quite influential."

Cheng Mo clapped his hands: "You understand me best."

Xia He rolled her eyes at him: "If you hadn't mentioned it, I would have forgotten. We have another channel."

Cheng Mo asked, "Huh?"

Xia He said, "They can reach anywhere. Isn't the Northeast a large region? Their information should be more comprehensive."

Cheng Mo was somewhat surprised: "Aren't you worried?"

Xia He countered, "What are you worried about?"

Cheng Mo said, "Just like that time in Xiangfan."

Xia He waved her hand: "Hey, not everyone at Na Du Tong is like Zhou Mingyuan, a guy who just sits in a position without doing anything. Old Liao and Old Meng are both pretty good, and Uncle Hua from our Northwest is also quite nice."

"If you think it's okay, then we can ask the company," Cheng Mo said. He was worried that Xia He might have some reservations, which was why he didn't think of starting with the company.

Xia He nodded: "I'll give Lao Liao a call and ask about the other kids."

She took out her phone, found Liao Zhong's number, and dialed it.

After waiting for a while, the other end finally answered.

"Hello, Miss Xia, what's up?" Liao Zhong's voice came through the receiver.

Xia He smiled and said, "Uncle Liao, it's been a long time since we last contacted each other. I just wanted to say hello."

Liao Zhong wasn't buying it: "What you're saying is making me tremble with fear. I heard that scoundrel was recently beaten up by Brother Cheng. I don't want to end up with a pig's head too."

Xia He was taken aback: "Huh? News of the golden retriever getting beaten up has already spread?"

Liao Zhong chuckled, "Of course! Let me tell you, you have no idea how annoying that jerk is in the company. He never does anything productive all day long. Every one of the people I've rotated through has been tricked by him."

Xia He asked curiously, "Why didn't you beat him up?"

Liao Zhong was silent for two seconds: "...What are you saying? If you could beat someone up, wouldn't you have done it already? You wouldn't be able to win."

Xia He laughed: "Uncle Liao, I have an idea for you. Next time, let's surround him with a group of people and bully him with numbers!"

Liao Zhongyi slapped his thigh: "Hey, you know what!"

He turned to the side and shouted, "Remember this next time! If you run into that bastard Wang Zhenqiu, gang up on him! All of you, attack! Don't talk about sportsmanship!"

A chorus of agreement came from the other end of the phone.

Liao Zhong turned back to the microphone and said, "Let's get down to business. What do you want from me?"

Xia He put away her joking tone: "It's nothing, I just wanted to ask how the kids are doing? We haven't heard from them in ages."

Liao Zhong's tone softened: "The kids are all doing well, though a few are starting to experience the growing pains. By the way, you and Brother Cheng are traveling, right? Where are you planning to go next? I have some videos I can send you."

Xia He said, "We're staying at the Huayue Hotel in Fengtian."

Liao Zhong suddenly realized: "You went all the way to the Northeast... for the demon sword Hirumaru?"

Xia He exclaimed, "You know? Oh, right, your company must know about this."

Cheng Mo, who was listening nearby, kept nudging her arm and whispered, "You're really good at pretending."

Xia He pretended not to hear.

Liao Zhong replied, "How could I not know? All the Japanese outsiders have entered the country. Not to mention the Northeast, we've been on high alert here lately."

Xia He seized the opportunity: "That's perfect! We haven't heard anything about that knife. If it's convenient for you, could you tell me?"

Liao Zhongting readily agreed: "Of course it's convenient! The higher-ups are practically hoping that you outsiders can handle this. But I'm not on the front lines, so I don't know the specifics. I'll give you Gao Lian's phone number; he's the person in charge there. Just say Lao Liao recommended him."

He gave me a number.

Xia He told Cheng Mo to write it down, and then said into the microphone, "Thank you, Uncle Liao. I'll hang up now."

Liao Zhong waved his hand and said, "There's no need to thank me. Just let me know if you need anything."

After hanging up the phone, Liao Zhong exhaled a smoke ring and muttered to himself, "Hey, that Lao Gao is really something. He even asked me to invite Brother Cheng over. And look, he came knocking on my door himself. Tsk tsk, Lao Gao, you owe me a favor now~"

……

Xia He hung up the phone, and Cheng Mo leaned over and said, "I have a question."

Xia He looked at him: "Hmm?"

Cheng Mo asked, "Why do you call Lao Liao 'Uncle Liao' and Lao Meng 'Brother Meng'?"

Xia He said matter-of-factly, "Old Liao looks older than Old Meng."

Cheng Mo laughed: "What if I told you they're the same age?"

Xia He's eyes widened: "Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

Cheng Mo waved his hand: "I'm not teasing you anymore. You contact Gao Lian, and we'll go straight to his door."

Xia He took his phone and dialed the number she had just written down.

Beep beep beep—Connection complete.

The voice on the other end of the phone was that of a middle-aged man, sounding quite steady: "Who is this?"

Xia He cleared her throat: "Are you Uncle Gao Lian? My name is Xia He, and Liao Zhong introduced me."

Gao Lian paused for a moment, then his tone warmed up: "Oh, Miss Xia! Old Liao just mentioned you to me. What's up, you've arrived in Fengtian?"

Xia He said, "Yes, we're in Fengtian now. Uncle Gao, is it convenient for you? We'd like to visit you and ask you about something."

Gao Lian replied directly, "Convenient, of course convenient. Where are you? I'll send someone to pick you up."

Xia He thought for a moment and said, "Let's go this afternoon. We can go by ourselves; we don't need to be picked up."

Gao Lian said, "Okay, call me when you arrive. I have some things to take care of here, so I won't chat any longer. I'll treat you to a welcome dinner tonight."

Xia He said, "Uncle Gao, you're too kind. See you this afternoon."

I hung up the phone.

……

Nadutong Northeast Regional Office Building.

Gao Lian put down his phone, quite happy.

Old Liao is a very reliable person.

He picked up the phone and dialed Liao Zhong: "Old Liao, thanks this time. Whether things work out or not, I'll remember this favor."

Liao Zhong chuckled and said, "Just remember that. Buy me a drink later."

Gao Lian laughed and scolded, "You'll get your share!"

Liao Zhong reminded him, "But Lao Gao, let me warn you, those two aren't easy to fool. Just say what you want to say, don't beat around the bush."

Gao Lian said, "I know what I'm doing."

Regardless of how Liao Zhong and Gao Lian tried to curry favor, Cheng Mo and his companion went empty-handed without preparing any gifts.

The company people don't need to deal with these things. Didn't you hear what Liao Zhong just said? The higher-ups are eager for these non-company outsiders to solve problems.

They went there to help, not to ask for help, and it's good enough that they didn't ask Gao Lian for gifts.