Hidden moth

Chapter 246: The Stacked Scepter, Park Meizhi

The street urchin tried his best to act like a normal gangster, but his voice was a little weak. In fact, he had already prepared himself to be imprisoned for five to thirty days at most, but he didn't know what he was afraid of.

He didn't know but He Kao knew.

Although Mei Guyu is very eye-catching, she has an invisible aloof temperament that makes people subconsciously afraid to approach her. At noon, a circle of seats around her in the restaurant were inexplicably empty. Ordinary people can also sense this.

Before the street urchin could finish his words, he groaned and fell to the ground, holding his chest and abdomen.

Not only him, the other two were the same, curled up on the ground, twitching like they were having an epileptic seizure, looking very painful but unable to make any loud sound.

He Kao, who was behind, was preparing to attack secretly, but at this moment he couldn't help but exclaim - what a great swordsmanship!

Mei Guyu seemed to be casually swinging the branch left and right, but He Kao could see clearly that she stabbed nine times, and each street urchin was hit three times.

The branches pierced the inside of their knees and the diaphragm between their chest and abdomen. The septum was particularly struck, causing them to lose their breath and unable to shout.

Those two blows to the knees were actually more brutal. With He Kao's mastery of body observation, he could tell that for at least the next month, the blood circulation of these people would be blocked. On the surface, they would be fine, but while walking, their legs would go weak and they would kneel down inexplicably.

But this wasn't considered heavy-handed, as it was right next to the street, and it wouldn't be easy to hit them too hard. Imagine if the branch had hit their throat cartilage or pubic area, they would have been crippled if not dead!

Mei Guyu, without using any magical powers, knocked down three strong men with a wave of his hand, threw away the branches and continued moving forward as if nothing had happened.

Mei Guyu walked away, but He Kao behind him hesitated for a moment. He didn't know whether he should deal with the three people on the ground, or how to deal with them?

Several elders had advised him to keep an eye out for suspicious people appearing in the Qiyuan area recently, especially problematic sorcerers. If he found any, he should either tell the elders directly or report it to the clan hall through Qian Guran.

These three thugs are not only suspicious, but they also blew themselves up! Do we need to figure out their identities and use this as a clue to find the mastermind behind the scenes?

Since the mastermind dared to do this, he must have some cover-up method, thinking that the clan law hall would not be able to find out...

Wait, with such a huge sect, it's impossible to rely on He Kao for everything, right? What if he doesn't get off work on time today? Since this is a plan, the sect's top management must have made corresponding arrangements.

Thinking of this, He Kao expanded his spiritual sense and looked around, and indeed he made a discovery. Then he stopped caring about other people's business and stepped over a gangster and continued to walk towards Sesame Apartment.

Across the street, someone actually set up an easel, moved a stool, and spread out his palette to start sketching.

You can see people sketching in many scenic spots, but is this also the case along the main road? Actually, it's possible. Urban skyscrapers are also an important expression of modern art...

Well, He Kao felt that he could hardly continue making up stories, so he could only secretly complain in his heart.

The person doing the sketch is an adult male, probably not young, but still smooth and sleek. One could say he is in his forties, fifties, or six or seven years old. In short, it is difficult to tell based on the description of his features.

This person has wavy black hair with a few silver strands, and a small braid tied at the back of her head. She looks quite artistic, and I don't know if the waves are caused by perming or are naturally curly.

He wore a green military coat with his chest open, a butterfly floral shirt underneath, and washed-out tofu-skin jeans. The seemingly incongruous outfit was actually quite trendy, creating the image of a classic and stereotyped old rogue artist.

There was also a young girl with a good figure standing next to him. Her facial features were very delicate, which must have been fine-tuned. She held her hands in front of her chest and looked at Lao Li with admiration... What was Lao Li doing? Was he trying to pick up girls in the name of art?

He Kao actually didn't recognize him at first glance, and only realized it was Li Xiuyuan after seeing him for the third time! It's not his fault that he was short-sighted. He really didn't expect Elder Li to appear in this place in this image and this way.

The girl next to him was just an ordinary person, and no spiritual aura or magical power could be detected from Li Xiuyuan, so He Kao didn't pay attention to him just now. But now that he recognized the old man, he felt more and more shocked the more he looked at him.

Back then, when Elder Jiang was living in seclusion in Pugang Town to endure his trials, no one knew his whereabouts except Elder Li and Elder Gu. However, there was Gu Chun who was protecting him in secret and had set up a large formation with the jade sycamore tree as the center.

Now that Mei Guyu has entered the game, the Shumen can't possibly have no arrangements, nor can they rely on Qian Guran and He Kao if something goes wrong. So it's not surprising that Li Xiuyuan showed up in Qiyuan, but doesn't the old man think this image is too ostentatious?
After complaining a few words in his mind, He Kao immediately realized that he had fallen into a misunderstanding. Not everyone needs to be as careful to hide a certain identity as he does, and not everyone knows the leaders of the major martial arts sects.

Most people have never seen the elders of the clan hall, and they don’t even know their names.

Of the seven elders in the clan's ancestral hall, the most familiar was the geomancer Gu Chun. Besides Gu Chun, Kang Rulin and Zong Zheng were also well-known, as their origins were clear from a young age.

However, most ordinary disciples did not know the specific names of the other four elders, Jiang Suanshi, Li Huazi, Ye Fenghuang, and Meihuaxian, and many people could not recognize them when they met them.

He Kao knew Li Xiuyuan so well, yet even today, when he unexpectedly saw him, he recognized him only after a third glance. If someone could truly recognize Li Xiuyuan, even if they were just observing him curiously nearby, he would have likely noticed it long ago, right? With a master like this, even if you were paying close attention to him, he would almost certainly notice you. Xingshenmen's sorcerers are particularly adept at this, not to mention the great leader, Li.

Since Elder Li was here, someone would definitely take over and follow up on the matter of the three thugs, so He Kao left without interfering in other people's business, but secretly memorized the appearance and demeanor of the three thugs.

He Kao has the means to let his Yin spirit leave his body. As long as it is within the range of his spiritual consciousness, he can be tracked. Let's leave a mark first.

Li Xiuyuan didn't even raise his eyelids just now, he must have known very well that Mei Guyu could handle it easily.

Only at this time did He Kao have a relatively clear understanding of the title "Mei Jianxian".

As a peak sixth-rank cultivator, even though Mei Guyu has lost his magical powers, his physical fitness, senses and nerve reactions are far superior to those of ordinary people, not to mention his superb swordsmanship.

Just now, Mei Guyu just picked a branch and hadn't used the real weapon yet.

He Kao noticed that she was carrying a backpack, the kind that many office workers use to carry laptops, with space for an umbrella or a water bottle on the side, but there was a stainless steel ruler stuck on the side of her bag.

When He Kao goes to the site, he often brings a steel ruler, a tape measure and a measuring tape. He looks very professional with all his equipment, but most of the time he uses the smart rangefinder and the ruler is only used for calibration occasionally.

It's not at all strange to carry this thing with you, and you can pass all kinds of security checks, but in Mei Guyu's hands it's a killer weapon. Not to mention ordinary people, even ordinary low-level warlocks are no match for him.

But He Kao still had doubts. From the perspective of the mastermind behind the scenes, what was the point of sending those three thugs to test the waters? As he walked, he suddenly understood.

Many people don't know Mei Guyu, and they always want to test her to see if she is the legendary Plum Sword Fairy. Then perhaps the test just now was successful. A girl of this age and appearance can still have such swordsmanship. It is very likely that she is the Plum Blossom Fairy herself!

The second conclusion from the investigation was that the Plum Blossom Fairy had most likely lost her magical powers. Otherwise, she would have been able to get close enough to the three thugs and even use the branch herself.

No wonder people always say that He Kao is too meticulous, or that he is too thoughtful. On the way back to Sesame Apartment, except for Mei Guyu's less than one second of action scene, the rest is all He Kao's inner drama.

Seeing that Mei Guyu had already reached the gate of Zhima Apartment, she suddenly stopped, turned around and said, "He Kao, thank you for what happened just now!"

He Kao was stunned: "Why are you thanking me? I didn't help at all!"

Mei Guyu: "You've already taken action, thank you!"

He Kao had indeed taken action just now. He expanded his spiritual sense and saw three small stones floating up from the roadside, but he didn't have time to throw them out... Even if Mei Guyu didn't take action, those three thugs would have been knocked down by him.

He Kao's movements were slow because he wanted to see what Mei Guyu was planning to do with the branch. Mei Guyu had obviously noticed, so even though he didn't need his help, he still thanked him. He was a very polite person.

But why didn’t she smile when she said thank you? Is she really that unwilling to laugh?

Seeing He Kao stunned, Mei Guyu said again: "You don't have to be like this, there's no need to do this deliberately. I can take care of myself, and some things have nothing to do with you. Just treat me as a colleague."

Upon hearing this, He Kao knew that she might have misunderstood and thought that he had deliberately "escorted" her off work, but in fact it was just a coincidence.

He Kao was at a loss for words and could only reply sheepishly, "Forget about colleagues. Even a kind-hearted stranger wouldn't stand idly by if they saw something like that."

Mei Guyu: "Ordinary kind-hearted citizens don't have such exquisite magical powers to control objects."

He Kao: "How can I call my little skill exquisite in front of you? Your swordsmanship just now really amazed me!"

Mei Guyu: "With your exquisite control of objects, you can learn swordsmanship. Do you want to learn?"

He Kao was stunned again, not knowing how to respond. Mei Guyu didn't say much, just looked at him questioningly.

He Kao immediately came to his senses and realized that when communicating with someone like Mei Guyu, it was best not to beat around the bush and be too polite. The other party seemed to be able to see what he was thinking or not, otherwise he would not ask.

He Kao answered honestly, "Yes."

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