Evil Master and Disciple

Hong Jiu's words made Ye Feng understand some things.

The original owner went to the herb garden to work, perhaps to steal the fairy fungus for Miao Xiaorou, but this was definitely not the main purpose.

His main purpose was to protect the spiritual tablet that Qin Luo gave him, and then use his work outside the Yunhai Sect to secretly investigate the main activities of that group of people.

From this point, it can be seen that although Qin Luo is one of them, he does not seem to know all the activity bases of this group of people.

Converting the list into numbers was not something the original owner came up with using his clever brain.

It was my third uncle Yulin who came up with it.

Third Uncle-Master is a good man, but he is caught between two forces.

On one side is the Yunhai Sect's thousands of years of foundation, and on the other side are good brothers who once shared life and death together.

He didn't want to see the foundation of his ancestors destroyed, nor did he want to inform on his former good brother, so he came up with the idea of ​​asking Ye Feng to turn the list into a digital code, which might allow the head brother to track down the group of people based on this clue.

After receiving instructions from the third uncle, the original owner first asked Qi Yao for help, borrowed a disciple roster from the Transmission Institute, and then asked Xiao Man to help copy it.

Finally, he handed the numerical list and map parchment scroll made by Xiaoman to Fu Jinghong.

Thinking of this, Ye Feng's expression froze.

He always felt that he had overlooked something.

Now when these clues were connected, he finally understood what he had overlooked.

It's a timeline.

An inconspicuous timeline.

Or two.

Because there are two groups of people secretly stealing the underground spiritual veins.

He stroked his chin and tried to recall the two timelines.

Ye Feng came to this world on the third day of March half a year ago.

On March 10th, he returned to the medicine garden alone, and was then captured by Lin Yi and Xu Kai and taken to the Discipline Institute, where he was detained for more than a month.

After he was released, he enjoyed himself for a while, but was then punished to guard the ancestral land in the back mountains for three months.

A month after he arrived at his ancestral land, around July, he captured Xu Kai.

According to Xu Kai's confession at the time, the original owner stole the spiritual vein map from Lin Yi a year ago, which was around July last year.

However, he blackmailed Lin Yi in early March this year.

Nine months have passed, why didn't the original owner blackmail Lin Yi?

What was the original owner doing during these nine months?

Since the original owner's trip to the medicine garden was part of a plan with Qin Luo, and the spirit tablet was on him, he should have been able to tell as soon as he stole the map from Lin Yi that it was the map of the land veins near Xingluo Peak.

There are two groups of people stealing the spiritual veins.

The group of people led by the eldest brother and the group of people led by the losers are not two parallel lines, they do intersect.

Ye Feng initially thought that the intersection was Lin Yi.

According to Ye Feng's speculation, it was Lin Yi who provided the spiritual vein map to the eldest senior brother, and then proposed to use the stolen spiritual veins to win over the hearts of the people and strengthen his own strength, thus setting a trap for the eldest senior brother.

This speculation is based on Xu Kai's confession.

But what if Xu Kai’s confession was wrong?

From another perspective, perhaps Xu Kai himself did not know that his confession was wrong.

The original owner stole the map from Lin Yi, and it was Lin Yi who told Xu Kai about it.

Is what Lin Yi said necessarily true?

Lin Yi never told Xu Kai the truth from beginning to end. So the story about the original owner stealing the map from Lin Yi and blackmailing him was most likely a lie.

But the eldest brother's people were indeed stealing the spiritual veins.

If the map of the spiritual vein array eye that the eldest brother had did not come from Lin Yi, then could it be possible that it came from the original owner of this body?

He murmured in his heart: "Stinky boy, what did you do back then?"

Ye Feng's speculation was not groundless.

Because the original owner was not a good person.

He might have it both ways.

What Dugu Changkong was looking for was the map of the formation's core hidden in the Xianzhi box.

What the group was looking for was the geomantic map recorded on the spiritual tablet next to the Xianzhi box, as well as the list.

They are looking for different things.

It’s just that Lin Yi cleverly combined the two things together and dealt with Ye Feng as one.

"Wait, if the original owner was able to get both, is it possible that he could get all three? Since he was able to secretly give a digital code and a geomantic map to Fu Jinghong, then he might have also given one to Dugu Changkong?

Maybe he didn't want to take advantage of both parties, he just wanted to protect himself and make sure this matter was foolproof.

Damn, I forgot to ask Xiaoman that day. How many copies did she make?

If Xiaoman copied it twice, then everything would make sense.

Wait, there's also Miao Xiaorou. This woman is very strange. I had just come out of the stone prison in the Discipline Courtyard when she came to give Ling'er her ID card, and she acted very strangely.

There was no way she didn't know that Miao Wanshu's Taoist name was Jingshu. Even if she didn't know, she should have known about it since Fifth Uncle had just caused a big commotion in the Transmission Academy.

However, when she gave Ling'er the ID card, she didn't react at all and pretended nothing happened.

Then he mentioned the coquettish elephant to me...

The clue about the elephant was given to me by Miao Xiaorou. Was it intentional or unintentional? This is suspicious."

After staying in this world for a long time, Ye Feng now thinks no one is a good person.

He had never doubted Miao Xiaorou before. He just thought that this girl was just a little gangster who took advantage of her status as the master's disciple and liked to take advantage of others.

Now Ye Feng thought about it and found that both lines were connected to the elephant cemetery, and the clue of the elephant cemetery was provided to him by Miao Xiaorou.

Maybe this is just a beautiful coincidence.

But after experiencing so many things, Ye Feng no longer dares to trust anyone easily.

Whether it is a coincidence or not, he must investigate it thoroughly before he can make a conclusion.

Ye Feng's mental strength was already very weak, and at this moment a storm broke out in his mind, with all kinds of thoughts and ideas coming to his mind one after another, and the more he thought about it, the bigger his head became.

It feels clearer, but also more confusing.

The stabbing pain in my head came along with a deep sense of drowsiness.

He had no choice but to stop thinking, and rubbed his head gently with his hand, the tiredness on his face becoming more and more intense.

Hong Jiu saw Ye Feng was lost in thought without saying a word, his expression constantly changing.

Sometimes he frowns, sometimes he becomes enlightened.

Even a fool could see that Ye Feng's heart must be in turmoil at this moment.

But Hong Jiu is not a curious person.

He is a smart man.

He only told Ye Feng what he knew and never asked what Ye Feng thought based on what he had just said.

This is a way to protect yourself.

As he said, although he found several bases of that group of people, he did not see the identity of any of them.

If he doesn't see the other person's face, then he is safe.

At least that's what he thought.

Suddenly, footsteps were heard outside the ancestral hall.

The two looked up and saw the old ancestor walking into the ancestral hall with his hands behind his back, still holding the blood-stained bamboo sword in his hand.

Seeing two people in the ancestral hall, his brows furrowed slightly.

Then he placed the bloody bamboo sword on the altar.

Hong Jiu's expression changed, and he immediately knelt down on both knees and kowtowed, saying, "Junior Hong Jiu, I pay my respects to the ancestor Dugu."

Dugu Chan asked, "Do you know me?"

Hong Jiu nodded and said, "My master, Yulin, told me about our ancestors."

"Oh, so you are the disciple of Yulin."

Dugu Chan has very deep memories of Yulin.

Fatty Yulong tried his best to curry favor with Dugu Chan and only learned some insignificant little spells.

However, Dugu Chan passed on the blazing sky and the divine form transformation to Yulin.

From this we can see that Dugu Chan once looked at Yulin differently.

"Get up."

Hong Jiu stood up as he was told.

Dugu Chan asked, "I haven't seen your master in almost three hundred years. How is his health now? What level of cultivation has he reached?"

The pride on Hong Jiu's face was wiped away. He stood with his hands hanging down and said humbly, "In reply to the old ancestor, Master is in good health. As for the realm of cultivation, he has reached the peak of the Void Transformation Realm."

"Peak of the Void Transformation Realm? Sure, you're only one step away from the Heavenly End Realm. It seems your master has been living in seclusion on Tiankui Peak these past few years, cultivating his mind and tempering his character. His mind has been smoothed out quite a bit, which is truly rare."

Hong Jiu said, "Master said that he was able to reach the pinnacle of emptiness because of the guidance and teachings given to him by his ancestors."

"Don't say that. Your master is a top choice except for his arrogant nature. Once his arrogant character is smoothed out, his achievements in cultivation will surpass Yun Yi's.

By the way, you came here today because of Qin Luo's death, right? Your master was not involved in this matter, right? "

Hong Jiu immediately shook his head and said, "No, no, on this matter, Master, Uncle Yun Yi, and Uncle Yu Long are on the same front."