Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 275 You Family
"How is it similar?" Lian Gouqie's face was drawn when he saw the portrait on the bulletin board. "This painting is so chilling!"

Facts speak louder than words, no matter what Gou Xie says.

Wei Xi compared the reconstruction with the map and read out the missing person notice: "Wang Wu, a native of Hua County, Bingzhou, born in the 23rd year of Taichang, with a strong physique, a bulbous nose, and a square face. He disappeared in May of the 14th year of Tianyou. Anyone who can provide information will receive two pounds of flour."

"May of this year? At that time, the drought in Bingzhou was quite severe. Wang Wu's family treated him well for bringing out rice and flour to look for people!"

"Miss, if there's a bounty, this guy will be a steal!" Lian Gouyue made a face, not serious at all. "But what does this guy do? Is it worth offering all this food as a bounty?"

"Human life is not divided by these things," Qin Feng was very disgusted with this kind of distinction between high and low, "Perhaps his family..."

"Da! Da! Da!" Lian Gouyue made a series of strange noises and held up a finger. "This is something a human trafficker wouldn't want to hear. Why are you cultivating immortality instead of becoming a merchant?"

"You..." Qin Feng was speechless for a moment, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "I won't argue with you about this!"

"That's enough!" Wei Xi stopped him and reached out to tear up other notices. "Find similar missing person notices based on the restored portrait."

"Or a wanted warrant!" After being glared at by Qin Feng, Lian Gou Xie made a gesture of pinching his lips.

There are four portraits in total, three of which were found on the bulletin board in the notice area of Bingzhou City. They are Wang Wu, whose occupation is unknown, Ling San, the ship captain, and Madam Duan, the proprietress of Yingkelou.

"Identity, age, gender...there aren't any obvious features," Wei Xi said, clutching the three portraits in his hand. "The method of death is surprisingly consistent, and their bones..."

"So those demons dug up the roots and bones of these people in Bingzhou City?"

"They also robbed food and incited the refugees to riot," Qin Feng added, "I hope they have more heads!"

Wei Xi thought more deeply: whether it was Tangkou Town using the Hu people and Cheng County Magistrate to cause trouble, or Bingzhou City using food to provoke the sensitive nerves of the refugees, the overlapping parts of these two actions were one's roots and bones, and the other was the white cloth called the soul flag.

"That skin-changer named Tumi, she calls the one blowing sand 'Master'?"

Qin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Yes, should we go to the Western Regions to investigate the various sects?"

"There are countless sects, big and small, in the Western Regions. If we just rely on the three of us, how long will it take to find them?"

Wei Xi put on a fake smile, "They're colluding with the Hu people. The people in Jucheng are more worried than us. Oh, and these people are digging out people's roots and bones. The Wanjian Sect has to help me!"

"The Hu people in Tangkou Town may not be..." Qin Feng saw Wei Xi's persuasive eyes and suddenly realized: "You want to lie, right?"

"It's not really a lie," Lian Gouqie touched his chin. "After all, the Hu people really did show up in Tangkou Town. Besides, Wei Xi was imprisoned for two years for no reason. What's wrong with them helping out?"

"This debt must be repaid with Coach Li's life," Wei Xi said with a sinister tone as he shoved the missing person notice at Lian Gou. "Report it to the sect, and the Wanjian Sect's people will come looking for us. Cen Jin is not silent, so Jucheng will know about it soon."

"From now on, it's like playing with a dog," Wei Xi said with a more sincere smile, "whatever we say is true."

After enjoying the future of dog show, Wei Xi decided to put it into practice.

Wei Xi and the other two went around the martial arts field and found some remnants of water-attributed spiritual power.

"It's possible that a temporary magic array was built here, and cultivators with an affinity for water attributes were able to transport such a large amount of food here."

Upon hearing this, Wei Xi said, "Tu Mi, except for the skin-changing skill, all of his spells are fire-attributed. The one called Hui Yang, his spiritual power is light green, so he should be wood-attributed. Their leader, the sect leader, has an earth-attribute affinity."

"Including the water-affinity cultivator who controls the martial arts arena," Lian Goujie added, "four people?"

"Wu Fangfei said there were two cultivators," Qin Feng thought for a moment, "four to six people?"

"As if one pervert digging out human bones wasn't enough," Lian Gouqie grumbled, "This is when the advantages of the paper man become apparent."

"Who said it wasn't? It's gone with the wind!" In the niche of sarcasm, Qin Feng was indeed hard to find a rival. Lian Gou Xie opened and closed his mouth, unable to come up with a good rebuttal, so he gave up.

The martial arts arena was covered with thick ashes, but all Wei Xi saw were endless wheat fields and cracked hands.

"The entire Bingzhou and the years of hard work of the farmers have been burned to ashes." Standing next to Wei Xi, Qin Feng's tone was extremely heavy.

Unfortunately, there were no more clues in this place, so Wei Xi and the other two could only leave with doubts.

Before finding Cen Jin, the three of them headed to the refugee detention center. The soldiers at the gate politely escorted the "timid Bao Tian" over, then withdrew to allow them to chat. "Masters... I wonder if my wife... is she alright?" Bao Tianren, looking rather embarrassed, trembled as he spoke, "She's a woman... she's not seen the world much..."

"Your wife is a hundred times stronger than you," Lian Gouqie placed the tea bowl in front of Bao Tian's hand, letting some of the turbid water slosh out. "You are quite courageous, daring to rebel!"

Bao Tian smiled awkwardly, and the wrinkles on his face trembled. "Master, my body can't stand hunger... I didn't kill anyone, I just stole some food..."

"You look so strong," Qin Feng said, looking him up and down. "It would be a pity to kill you. Why not give you a chance? Just answer our questions honestly. Maybe after three years of guarding the border, this matter will be over."

Bao Tiantou was so excited that he kept saying, "I'm from here, I know everything! Feel free to ask any of you immortal masters!"

Wei Xi had no doubt that this man had told the riot leader the same thing, so he didn't take it seriously and asked, "Who owns the clinic near the notice area?"

"Doctor You, he's very young, but he has a kind heart..."

"Name, she asked for the name!"

"Ah, You Lanjing! His name is You Lanjing!"

Lian Gouqie asked, "How is it written?"

Bao Tian was a little embarrassed and answered in a low voice: "I can't read... I just heard it from others..."

"This Doctor You," Wei Xi signaled Lian Gouyu to tone down his threats—this man was already scared to death, yet he still wanted to find another one. "He's so young, yet you still trust him!"

Bao Tian's voice was a little louder. "His father is the old doctor You. His family has been practicing medicine in Bingzhou City for many years. All ailments, big and small, are referred to the You family."

"Old Doctor You is such a kind man! When he was serving in the military, he found a child in the Western Regions and raised him in his clinic. Later, the couple had a daughter, so they adopted her as their son to support the family. She became Doctor You."

Wei Xi felt there was something interesting going on, so he pretended to ask casually, "So Doctor Xiao You has a sister? What's her name? Is she still alive?"

The local, Bao Tian, swallowed his saliva and said, "Call them... You Mingjing! Yes, both of these siblings have the character 'jing' in their names. Everyone thinks that Doctor You is a cultured person, so he always gives nice names..."

"However, this little sister of the You family is already dead," Bao Tian said with some sympathy. "... I remember that there seemed to be a thief in the house, and the little sister You's throat was cut... It seems to have happened during the Taichang period!"

"Old Doctor You and his wife are gone too... In the end, only Little Doctor You is left..."

Wei Xi was like a hound that had smelled blood, clinging to this clue tightly. However, she wasn't as excited as a hound and couldn't control her saliva. She deliberately asked a few irrelevant questions before continuing, "Do you know the proprietress of the Yingkelou?"

To prevent Bao Tian from overthinking things, Wei Xi added, "Her body was found among the refugees, and the government suspected she had some connection to them."

"I...I don't know Duan...well, she's not familiar with me," Bao Tian said, putting down his teacup in fear. "Didn't she disappear a long time ago? Many people have helped look for her...Yes, even Doctor Xiao You helped! It's more convenient for him to travel between the mass grave and the charity cemetery..."

Qin Feng helped to cover up and deliberately said in a rough voice: "You didn't help to find it?"

"I have to support my family...how can I have the time to do this?"

After Bao Tian was fooled, Wei Xi and the other two left.

"This guy knows quite a bit," Qin Feng rubbed her cheeks. She had just pretended to blush, but her face was now stiff. "So the clinic is indeed connected to the Western Regions. It's very likely that this You Lanjing was the one who orchestrated the Bingzhou City incident!"

"Didn't you say that Tumi is at least at the Jindan stage? Anyone who can control her must be at least fifty years old, right? This Doctor Xiao You is very young!"

"I've been imprisoned on the Yin-Yang slope of Dieqi Mountain. I know this," Wei Xi raised his hand enthusiastically. "Jiedan is about using Yin-Yang Qi to cleanse the bones and skin. The Yin-Yang boundary of Dieqi Mountain opens only every fifty years, but the wandering Yin-Yang Qi is always there."

"So much that it can allow Doctor Xiao You to form a pill?"

"A lot, you can't imagine."

Qin Feng couldn't stand it. She looked incredulous and said, "Xiao Xi is in prison. Don't joke about this!"

"You can't do it yourself!" Qin Feng glared at Wei Xi fiercely, and the latter quickly covered Lingyin's beak.

　Wei Xi: What’s wrong! What’s wrong!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)