Evil Master and Disciple

Ye Feng recalled in his mind the interactions he had with Yue Yinling during this period.

The first time I saw Yue Yinling was in a gambling house, where she was gambling with Fang Tongtong and others.

Then there was the Yellow Smoke Forest on the back mountain, and the grave digging at the mass graves on the back mountain of Luoxia Peak...

After that, the two of them had more interactions.

They even invested money together to rent a shop and open a store.

It seemed that after he was released from prison in his ancestral land in the back mountain, Yue Yinling was always present in everything he did.

Including watching the competition in the square.

Yue Yinling is the best among the young disciples of this generation in Yunhai Sect. Although he smokes, gambles and has a bad temper, he is not the kind of person who hangs out with a bunch of playboys all day long.

Ye Feng originally thought that his group of people and Yue Yinling had similar interests and could get along well.

Today, Fu Jinghong suddenly mentioned Yue Yinling, which made Ye Feng feel a little creepy.

It seems that Yue Yinling has been deliberately getting close to him during this period of time.

What made Yefeng even more uneasy was that Fu Jinghong had just said that the map and the list were in his hands.

This broke Ye Feng's previous inferences based on various clues.

He was very sure that the map that Yue Yinling had dug out was now in the hands of the ancestors in the ancestral hall.

How could Fu Jinghong say that it was in his hands?

What about the list?

There was no list of names in the box dug out from the elephant graveyard.

Ye Feng now felt that all his previous inferences seemed to be wrong.

A feeling of panic spread in my heart.

Ye Feng asked, "Brother Fu, what exactly are the map and list? And how did they end up in your hands?"

Fu Jinghong took out a wooden box from the storage bag, opened it, and took out two items.

It's two sheepskins.

After unfolding it, one was a topographic map and the other was filled with numbers.

Fu Jinghong asked, "Do you still remember this map and list?"

Ye Feng reached out and touched it gently, looking at the map lines on the sheepskin and the numbers on the list.

He frowned slightly and shook his head, "I don't remember."

"You handed this to me yourself."

"Uh? I gave it to you?"

"Yes, about a year ago, you found it privately and gave me this box. Inside was a map and a list. You told me that these two things were very important and asked me to keep them safe.

I didn't take it seriously at the time, I just thought you were fooling around again.

Later I discovered the secret of this map."

Ye Feng looked at the map carefully. It was also a topographic map of the Tianyun Mountains, which was much more detailed than the map he hid in the elephant cemetery.

Many locations are also marked on it, which are very similar to the underground spiritual veins of Tianyun Mountain.

As for the list, it was also written on sheepskin and was written with a red pigment, like cinnabar.

The font is graceful and round, probably written by a woman. Each stroke always rises slightly at the end, which looks very nice.

It’s more like a string of numbers than a name.

126, 149, 232, 633…

If the words "List of Participants" were not written on these numbers, who would have thought that this thing was a list?

At least at first glance, Ye Feng's selection looked more like the number selection for Welfare Lottery 3D.

Ye Feng looked at the numbers above and said, "Old Fu, what do these numbers mean?"

Fu Jinghong shrugged and said, "You're asking me? You gave this to me. You're the only one who knows what the numbers represent."

"Is this my handwriting? I didn't know my handwriting is so beautiful."

"What are you thinking about? How can your shabby handwriting be pleasing to the eye? This must have been written by a woman."

"woman?"

Ye Feng frowned slightly.

He felt that the original owner's death and what he experienced before his death were too bizarre.

Seeing Ye Feng remained silent, Fu Jinghong said, "At first I didn't take this map and list seriously. It wasn't until you got into trouble half a year ago that I remembered it.

So I sent people to investigate secretly and finally discovered the secret you left on the map. This map is a top secret of the Yunhai Sect. It not only covers the direction of the underground spiritual veins of the 3,000-mile Tianyun Mountains, but also includes the distribution of the connection points between the spiritual veins and the surface, as well as the core of our Yunhai Sect's mountain protection formation.

It was then that I realized that someone was stealing the spiritual energy from the earth's veins.

The list should be the names of the disciples you know who participated in stealing spiritual power. Each group of numbers should be a person's name. I haven't cracked it yet.

Look carefully at these numbers and see if anything comes to mind."

Ye Feng shook his head slowly.

Last time in Sanzhier's underground treasure house, when Ye Feng cracked the Zhenlong chess game, his soul entered the secret world set up by Yan Rijing. In the process of traveling through the secret world, Ye Feng saw the fragmentary memories of the original owner.

This made him realize that the original owner's memory had not disappeared, but was sealed.

There may be a chance to unlock the original owner's memory in the future.

But now Ye Feng has no choice.

Ye Feng said: "I can't remember anything... If these numbers hide some secrets, is it possible that there is a code book?

For example, a certain book, or the disciple registration book that our Yunhai Sect keeps in the Elders' Hall. For example, the number 126 represents the 126th disciple.

Fu Jinghong said, "It should be the disciple registration book."

"Uh? Didn't you say it wasn't cracked?"

"According to my secret investigation, a year ago, you asked Qi Yao to steal a set of registers from the Elders' Council, and about ten days later, you returned the registers.

A few days later, you gave me the map and the list, so I suspect the secret to unlocking these numbers lies in the register you borrowed.

So I dug out the register you borrowed and compared it over and over again, from the disciple serial numbers to the corresponding pages. I verified it countless times, and the corresponding disciples were all over the place, and many of them were already dead."

Ye Feng touched his chin and fell into deep thought.

It seems that the clue in the register is correct, but Fu Jinghong just didn't find the right method.

The original owner was only in his teens and probably couldn't come up with an overly complicated digital password.

But he must have put some thought into preventing others from understanding the list.

"and many more……"

Ye Feng suddenly thought of another point.

Why did the original owner go to so much trouble to hide this list?

Ye Feng counted and found that there were about two hundred groups of numbers on the list. The lowest group of numbers was three characters, and there were also numbers consisting of four or five digits.

There are even numbers consisting of six digits, such as 215711.

The original owner was a teenager, what was he hiding? What was he afraid of?

Also, why did he give this map and list to Fu Jinghong privately?

If he really discovered that many people were stealing the spiritual energy of the earth veins, he should hand it over to the head of the sect or the head of the Discipline Institute.

Fu Jinghong felt a little disappointed when he saw that Ye Feng really had forgotten how to decipher these digital codes.

He said slowly, "Whether or not your memory will be restored, and when it will be restored, is anyone's guess. However, this matter cannot be delayed any longer, so I would like to borrow your Golden Cicada."

"why?"

“Although I have confirmed that this map is a spiritual vein map, and the circled locations are the connection points between the spiritual vein and the ground surface and the array core of the mountain protection formation, Tianyun Mountain is too large. A circle is five or six miles in radius, and the connection point between the array core and the ground vein is only an area the size of a palm.

It's almost impossible to find the exact location. At least not for me and my people.

The only ones who truly know the location of the array's center are the four clan elders and my master.

The golden cicada on your body is extremely sensitive to spiritual energy and can help me find the specific locations of these array centers."

"Oh, so Jin Chan has this ability..."

Ye Feng was a little surprised.

This is why Fu Jinghong wants to borrow the golden cicada.

Fu Jinghong nodded and said, "I had forgotten about this until the last time you and Shen Tianqi fought in the arena. Then I remembered what Uncle Shan said about the magical uses of the golden cicada when he gave it to you thirteen years ago.

Then I thought, how could you discover the secrets of that group of people? Perhaps the key lies in the golden cicada on your body."

Ye Feng nodded slightly, he also agreed with Fu Jinghong's analysis.

He said slowly, "What does Hong Jiu use this golden cicada for? Is he also looking for the connection point between the spiritual vein and the surface?"

Fu Jinghong said, "I don't know. Hong Jiu's identity is quite special. He is the only disciple of Third Uncle-in-Chief and rarely appears in public. Before this battle, few people in Yunhai Sect had heard of his name. He has no friends and I have never heard of him interacting with others.

As for when you lent him the golden cicada and what he did with it, only you know.

However, given your current amnesia, I will privately discuss this matter with Hong Jiu. If possible, please avoid any contact with him alone."

"Ah."

Ye Feng responded, then reached out and took out the lifelike golden jade cicada from his arms.

He said, "Old Master, I have now entrusted my entire life and property to you. You must not cheat me."

Fu Jinghong laughed and said, "When have I ever cheated you?"

Ye Feng said angrily: "Don't give me that. Last time you asked someone to place the offerings, wasn't that cheating me?"

Fu Jinghong's mouth twitched slightly, and he seemed a little speechless.

Ye Feng was too lazy to argue with Fu Jinghong anymore. After handing the golden cicada to Fu Jinghong, he said, "Take the map. I want to study this list."

Fu Jinghong did not refuse and directly took out a thick and huge book from the storage bag.

He said, "This is the disciple roster that you asked Qi Yao to secretly take from the Elders' Council. Since you came up with the password yourself, perhaps only you can crack it."

Ye Feng nodded.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing that it was getting dark, Fu Jinghong left.

Ye Feng sent Fu Jinghong out. Miao Xiaorou was in the kitchen with Ling'er and Xiaoman, laughing and tinkering with some dark dish.

Fu Jinghong said: "Junior sister, let's go!"

"You go first! Ling'er is teaching me how to cook."

Miao Xiaorou's voice came from the kitchen.

Fu Jinghong said, "Don't go back too late, otherwise Master will be angry again."

"I know! That's a long way to go!"

After Ye Feng sent Fu Jinghong away, he stood at the kitchen door and looked inside. He saw three girls kneading dough. Huang Ling'er and Xiao Man were fine, their bodies were clean, but Miao Xiaorou, who never touched water, was covered in flour.

Ye Feng shuddered, wondering if the food cooked by Miao Xiaorou was edible?

He returned to the room and lit the candle.

Then start studying that list and roster.

The list is very thick, probably several hundred pages, and is quite large.

It is a huge book that is two feet long, one and a half feet wide, and half a foot thick.

The paper used for the pages of the book should have been specially treated, and a forbidden barrier was set on each page to prevent corrosion, water and fire.

Even if this thing is left in the library for thousands of years, the books should not rot and the words on them should not deteriorate.

This is a registration book for inner disciples.

And there is not only one generation of disciples. The record starts from Ye Feng’s great master, that is, the 25th generation, then the roster of the 26th generation of disciples, and finally the 27th generation of disciples to which Ye Feng belongs.

Tens of thousands of names are recorded in scattered pieces.

The information includes name, Taoist name, place of origin, gender, entry age, date of birth, and entry ranking.

There is a lot of information with numbers on it, such as entry age, date of birth, entry ranking, etc. There are numbers on it.

Ye Feng began to compare the entry rankings based on the numbers on the list.

Just as Fu Jinghong said, it doesn't match at all.

Because many people have already quit.

Moreover, some numbers completely exceed the maximum ranking number in this book.

Ye Feng rubbed his aching head and muttered, "What do these numbers mean... one-two-six... one-two-six..."

"Brother Ye, it's time to eat!"

Xiaoman knocked on Ye Feng's door and shouted loudly outside.

Ye Feng came back to his senses and said, "I understand. I'll be right there."