I'm in the world of Xianjian

Lin Shen was distracted by the system's alarm and asked, "System, what happened on Xianling Island?"

After a while, the system produced the image of the Water Moon Palace on Xianling Island.

Shuiyue Palace was draped in mourning, with dozens of Taoist nuns sitting in a dead silence in the palace hall. A middle-aged woman was holding Xiao Ling'er, who was crying in her arms.

Lin Shen felt that there seemed to be someone missing in Shuiyue Palace. He carefully checked and remembered that the Taoist nun who guided Zhao Linger was missing when he last looked.

Lin Shen asked, "System, the change you mentioned, could it be that something happened to the Lord of Lingyue Palace?!"

The system responds, "Yes."

"How long have I spent since I started practicing?"

"In reply to the host, it took a total of one year. Now issuing a side quest: Find out the cause of the change in Shuiyue Palace and find the Palace Master of Lingyue Palace."

"We can't worry about the main and side quests now. Let's go to the Fairy Island now."

Lin Shen immediately made hand gestures and chanted a spell, and a purple magic circle appeared under his feet. After a flash of purple light, he was teleported to the Fairy Island.

Lin Shen remembered that there was only the tomb of the Lord of Lingyue Palace in the game, but the game did not mention why it was gone.

Although Zhao Linger is said to have ascended to heaven in New Immortal, after searching through the people in the world of Xianjian, it seems that not many people have truly achieved immortality in the physical body. Those who rely solely on magic without any other assistance are even fewer, and at most they can live a little longer than ordinary people.

Furthermore, at first glance, the Lingyue Palace Master appears to be younger than Grandma Jiang. Lin Qing'er sacrificed herself to seal the water monster. How could Grandma Jiang be fine, but the Lingyue Palace Master died first? There's something fishy going on here, and it might be a significant one.

Lin Shen tried to eavesdrop from outside Shuiyue Palace, but the noise inside was too chaotic. He couldn't hear anything clearly, so he asked, "System, do you have any hidden Gu?"

"Replying to the host, yes. 200 system coins each, valid for half an hour."

Lin Shen bought one without thinking and swallowed it, then tiptoed into Shuiyue Palace. At this time, he heard the Taoist nuns gossiping.

"Ah Qing, what's going on? How could the Palace Master just disappear out of nowhere? What's going to happen to Shuiyue Palace now?"

"Yes. He was supposedly going to Fujian to provide disaster relief, but was swept away by a flood. Not even his body was found. Xiaoyu, what do you think about this?"

"I don't think it's right. The Palace Master is a powerful magician. If it was just an ordinary flood, the Palace Master would be fully capable of protecting himself. How could he be swept away?"

"I think there's something fishy going on here. Maybe someone wants to do something behind the scenes."

"Impossible. The Palace Master is well-connected. Who would harm her for no reason? And she has the ability to cause such a massive flood."

Lin Shen, who had listened to the general situation, thought: This incident is likely to be caused by someone, but logically speaking, the water monster is sealed, so who else could be capable of such a thing? However, it is not impossible for them to take advantage of the flood to find an opportunity to attack. It seems that they need to go to Fujian.

At this moment, Lin Shen noticed Ling'er, still crying. He wanted to comfort her, but couldn't speak out loud. He gently stroked Ling'er's back a few times, then hurried out of Shuiyue Palace. Sure enough, not long after leaving, the Hidden Gu lost its effect.

Xiao Ling'er felt someone touching her several times and subconsciously touched her back. Jiang asked, "Ling'er, what's wrong?"

Ling'er looked around and said, "Grandma, I felt like someone touched me a few times just now."

Jiang looked around and said, "No, there is no one here except your sisters."

Xiao Ling'er scratched his head and said, "Could it be that I made a mistake?"

After Lin Shen ran out of Shuiyue Palace, he found a place to hide. Not long after, he heard a man and a woman talking.

"How did things go?"

"Dead. The body was thrown to feed the fish."

"Why don't we take action now and bring the little princess back."

"It's not the right time yet. She hasn't reached the age of awakening yet. Now she can only lie dormant and wait."

Lin Shen was stunned when he heard this, thinking: There really is something fishy about the death of Lingyue Palace Master. It seems that I need to capture him alive to get any clues.

Soon, the two separated. Lin Shen followed the man to the ferry, caught him off guard, and knocked him unconscious. He then tied him to a peach tree.

About half an hour later, the man woke up and found himself tied up. He panicked and looked around while shouting for help.

Lin Shen walked up to the man and asked, "Tell me, what's going on with Lingyue Palace Master?"

"What's going on? I don't understand what you're saying."

Lin Shen used his ring to transform into a knife and said, "I advise you to tell the truth and don't force me to do it. Otherwise..."

"Otherwise, what else?!"

Lin Shen stabbed the guy in the left leg. The man screamed in pain.

Lin Shen said impatiently, "No one will save you even if you scream your throat out. The people in Shuiyue Palace are busy with the Palace Master's funeral and have no time to deal with you.

I'll give you another chance. Tell me, was the Palace Master Lingyue killed by you?"

The guy was still stubborn and refused to speak. Lin Shen took one look and said, "Good, you have guts. Have you heard of a Han Chinese punishment called inch-chopping, commonly known as lingchi?"

The man panicked. Lin Shen gestured at his cheek with a knife and said, "As far as I know, the highest record is $3600. I don't know what's so special about $3600, but I can give you some practice. You can become a coroner or something like that in the future."

The man was so frightened that he wet his pants and begged for mercy, "No! No! I'll tell you everything you want to know! I'll tell you everything!"

Lin Shen threw away the knife and said unhappily, "Speak."

The man took two breaths and said, "It was the leader who told us to do it."

"Master, Moon Worship Master!?"

"Yes, yes. The leader is considering bringing the little princess back to Miao territory in the future, and the biggest obstacle is Palace Master Lingyue.

Now, through an informant, we know that the little princess is practicing the Five Elements magic. We must get rid of the palace master before the little princess's magic reaches perfection to avoid future troubles.

We learned that there was a recent flood in Fujian, so we eliminated her there."

"That's not right. The Lingyue Palace Master is very powerful in magic. How did you do it?"

"That's not easy. Find a few people to disguise themselves as refugees and attack Lingyue Palace Master when she is off guard. Then throw her into the water and that's it. Although she has powerful magic, she is not immortal."

The more Lin Shen thought about it, the angrier he became. The dignified Lord of Lingyue Palace died at the hands of a bunch of rats.

"Where did you throw the remains of Palace Master Lingyue into the water?"

"A fishing village in Quanzhou, but I forgot what it was called."

"Thank you." Lin Shen then struck the man with lightning, smashing him into dust. He dumped the debris into the lotus pond and used the Transcendental Technique to reach Quanzhou.

After asking around, Lin Shen finally found the place where Lingyue Palace Master was killed and called out to the system. "System, is there any way to fish Lingyue Palace Master's body out of the water?"

The system checked the water surface and found the Palace Master. It said, "Yes, but it will cost 1000 system coins."

Lin Shen was speechless, but he thought saving people was more important and he was too lazy to argue, so he agreed.

After a while, a magic circle appeared beside Lin Shen, and the body of the Lord of Lingyue Palace was teleported over.

Lin Shen checked and found three knife wounds on the chest and two on the back. Judging from the width, they were caused by a dagger. The flesh had become pale and swollen due to being soaked for a long time, and there were dozens of wounds left by fish.

Lin Shen suddenly thought of something, so he used the Yuexing technique to bring the body of the Lord of Lingyue Palace back to the Spiritual Time House.

(End of Chapter 5)