Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 261 Surfaced
Lian Gouyu strictly followed Wei Xi's selection criteria and actually found a man who was about 30 years old.

This man was the first refugee to enter Bingzhou City. Because his team was broken up and his mother was sick, he had to stay here.

"He said the rumor had been around for a long time, but no one paid much attention to it. It wasn't until they discovered the granary had been emptied that they killed the guard to vent their anger."

"The most important thing is that this person still remembers where he heard the rumor from." Lian Gouyu stood on tiptoe and pointed in the direction of the main road. "Maybe someone is giving out porridge in that area."

Wei Xi was cheered up: If we can find the source of the rumor, maybe we can follow the clues and save a lot of effort.

Now there are two places that need to be checked: the granary and the soup kitchen. Wei Xi turned his attention to Qin Feng.

Unfortunately, the clues Qin Feng found had a high degree of overlap, which was basically the timeline of this riot, so he spoke quite fast.

Just when Qin Feng was talking about the refugees surrounding the provincial capital, Wei Xi suddenly stopped him, his eyes gleaming.

"I remember you travelled for three days?"

"Yes, I left Bingzhou City as soon as I received the news. However, the message didn't mention any specific information. Investigating cases is not my specialty, so I didn't travel day and night."

Qin Feng was extremely unhappy about being involved in the fight for the throne, so he naturally wouldn't rush into investigating the case.

"Lian Gou," Wei Xi turned to ask the other party involved, "You've been at the government office. I remember you mentioned that the governor hadn't received the notice regarding the relief grain?"

"Yes, he also wants me to check the flow..." Lian Gou was stunned for a moment, "...Is that He guy lying?"

Wei Xi almost laughed out loud, "What a trick to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"

Qin Feng and Lian Gouqie looked at each other and saw full of doubts in each other's eyes.

Fortunately, Wei Xi quickly recovered and explained with a hint of excitement, "The disaster in Bingzhou was a man-made disaster! I was wondering how these refugees could take over Bingzhou City in just one day."

"When I met Li Feng, he told me that the missing military rations were discovered in the early morning of the previous day, and Qin Feng was already on his way to help at that time."

"What I got was a mission board," Qin Feng said in astonishment. "This thing is managed by the Ten Thousand Swords Sect. Could it be that someone has foresight?"

"There's no such thing as foresight in this world," Wei Xi touched Lingyin, and [Pulling Threads] coiled around her palm, like light and dark lines on it. "It's clear someone prepared the mission cards in advance, using the issue of military rations to divert the monks!"

The chill ran from the soles of their feet to the top of their heads, and the three of them felt a silent malice.

Wei Xi finally sorted out the messy clues, and after comparing them with the other party's story, he was able to grasp the minor flaws.

In this way, Qin Feng received the mission to assist the investigation first, and the Xizhou military rations were actually looted later. Qin Feng's departure from Bingzhou City left the city's most powerful cultivator without a position—the other two cultivators were hiding outside and were not in Bingzhou City.

"Who should we believe between the Lord of the Mansion and Madam He?" Lian Gou asked impatiently.

"No one is lying," Wei Xi narrowed his eyes. "We need to see the granary first to know the details."

"But I have a guess," Wei Xi rubbed his index finger, "Let's go to the soup kitchen first."

Lian Gouqie knew Wei Xi's temperament, so he suppressed his excitement and walked in front to lead the way.

There were still several groups of refugees wandering the streets, wearing protective gear of a strange kind, some of which were clearly the standard gear of the State of Ju.

Qin Feng's face was gloomy and unhappy, and it was unclear what he was thinking. The soup kitchen was not only next to a main road, but also facing a notice area used for issuing government decrees. Overturned kitchen utensils were everywhere. Wei Xi poked around a few times but didn't find anything unusual.

"This pot is too clean," Qin Feng said solemnly, "I can't tell anything from it at all."

Obviously, after the order that ordinary people abide by collapsed, the soup kitchens became the focus of attention for a while, and were squeezed out of the last bit of value before being thrown on the ground and ignored.

The enemy finally revealed a flaw, and Wei Xi did not dare to take it lightly, "If I were... why would I choose to spread rumors here?"

“There are so many people!” “It’s convenient!”

Wei Xi nodded subconsciously and looked around. She suddenly found a place that perfectly matched her guess.

"Let's go to the clinic and take a look!" Wei Xi led the team into the clinic.

Wei Xi did not choose this location by chance. Firstly, this place was right behind the porridge distribution point, and the geographical location was very advantageous. Secondly, it was difficult for refugees entering the city to be free of illness, so the clinic was their best choice.

In front of the clinic is the pharmacy and the area where patients are treated. There is nothing surprising about it. There is no one inside. The Chinese medicine cabinets have been turned upside down, and many of the medicinal materials are empty.

It was not until Wei Xi opened the door to the backyard that a doll controlled by [Pulling Thread] instantly changed from shriveled to full.

Unfortunately, it was not Yin and Yang Qi. Wei Xi felt a little regretful. She controlled [Pulling Silk] to spit out the spiritual energy of unknown origin, and she coated herself with a layer of spiritual power shield.

"The spiritual power of the two people is radiating out." Qin Feng is very sensitive to spiritual power and spiritual energy. "There must be a large-scale formation here!"

Wei Xi's face was solemn: the remaining spiritual power could fill the puppet doll as soon as they came into contact. The enemy's strength could be seen from the formation of such a scale.

What's even more terrifying is that there was no sign of the existence of these scattered spiritual energies before the door was opened, which shows that the person who drew the formation has achieved a considerable level of control over the precision of his own spiritual power.

"What's your cultivation level?"

Qin Feng frowned, and after carefully feeling it, he said, "I can't separate the two people's spiritual energy. I can only tell that one of them has a hydrophilic attribute."

"But being able to achieve this level is definitely a true accomplishment."

"Even the monks who worship Taoism do bad things differently," Lian Goujie complained, "They do it in a unique way."

The three were very alert, but they were unwilling to miss this key clue, so they huddled together to search for clues.

As the saying goes, "If you have done nothing wrong, you don't have to worry about ghosts knocking on your door." Wei Xi didn't know whether there was a ghost knocking on the door or not, but she did find some clues.

There were some rice grains left in the grass in the backyard of the clinic.

Wei Xi picked up a grain of rice with his fingers and smiled silently.

"Although we still can't find the cultivator who did this," Qin Feng tapped the rice grains on Wei Xi's palm, "at least we can report our mission!"

"To ease the situation," Wei Xi said calmly, "I'm afraid this is not enough!"

Wei Xi put the collected rice into a cloth bag and continued, "Even if the imperial court sends troops to quell the rebellion, even if we take this evidence, it won't affect the overall situation. I'm afraid the lives of the refugees stranded here will still be in danger!"

(End of this chapter)