In the basement, the pungent fishy smell became stronger and stronger. Under the Yin Qi, a slight cool breeze occasionally blew for no reason.

There are several places on the ground that are dark purple. It is unknown what kind of liquid soaked the earth and dyed it. In addition, there are green or blue stones on the stone walls. When you get closer, you can smell a faint odor of unknown items.

Other than that, the entire basement is empty.

"Is this what the basement looked like when Guizong discovered it?" Yin Qingyuan asked.

"There are also some other items that we have cleaned up."

Jiang Yuhuan asked: "Can some of these rocks and ground soil be taken away?"

"Please."

Jiang Yuhuan stepped forward and wrapped the green or blue stones and dark purple soil in cloth. These can be taken back to the sect for peeling off and the liquid materials contained in them can be restored.

A few people stayed in the basement for about half an hour, searching carefully and asking He Jin some indirect questions about the source of the immortal spirit.

He Jin's attitude was quite good, and he was not impatient at all. He kept answering with a smile. However, when he mentioned the clues about the source of the undead spirit, he said he had no comment.

Finally, several people left the basement and headed southwest.

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Three hundred miles west of Kyoto in the Kingdom of Wu, there is a mountain forest filled with peach blossoms, hence the name Peach Blossom Valley. There is a city in the middle of it.

In Fangshi, a bearded man was walking out of Qingyang Sect's shop and heading towards the Fangshi management office. Suddenly he saw someone blocking the way and looking at him with a smile.

The man was startled when he saw it, his expression changed slightly, and he blurted out: "Senior Brother Zhou, why are you doing this again?"

The person blocking the road was none other than Zhou Yuan, the deacon of the secret security department of his sect.

In Xuanmen, the Secret Security Bureau is a law enforcement agency that specializes in investigating the disciples within the sect. It is not a good thing to be targeted by them. Therefore, the man's expression changed slightly, and he was thinking that he had not committed anything major enough to be arrested by the Secret Security Bureau.

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Zhou Yuan could only be heard saying: "Junior Brother Yan, please excuse me to speak."

Yan Yuanfan looked suspicious, said hello, and followed him to a retreat room in Baoxing Inn.

"Senior Brother Zhou, what is going on? You don't plan to interrogate me here! Even if you suspect that I have committed something, you have to go back to the sect."

"Junior Brother Yan, don't get me wrong. I know that you left the Spirit Mine and came to Taohuagufang City. I came here specifically to see you. I hope you can do us a favor."

The man named Yan frowned slightly: "Can I help you?"

Zhou Yuan nodded slightly: "Monitor the director of the Xuanyue Mountain Spirit Mine for us and report his every move to us."

"What?" The man surnamed Yan was shocked: "Isn't it true? Do you suspect that he is a secret agent of the Demon Sect? Impossible!"

"The whole story of this matter cannot be disclosed to you for the time being."

The man surnamed Yan was silent for a while: "Have you obtained authorization from above? If I secretly monitor him for you, would it be a violation of the sect's laws? The following is a serious crime!"

"Without permission from above, I will not come to you. This is the master's order." Zhou Yuan turned over his left hand and handed a piece of paper to him.

The man surnamed Yan was even more shocked after reading this. Even the headmaster knew about it and even gave the order himself. He knew very well that this person's status in the sect was loved by high-level monks and he had always been regarded as the future Great Sect of Light.

The existence of the door is cultivated.

I didn’t expect that it would come to this. Could it be that it was really the work of the Demon Sect? It shouldn’t be! Why would a monk with his status collude with the Demon Sect! Unless he himself came from the Demon Sect, was trained since he was a child, and was sent to Qingyang Sect.

Under the door.

"How is it?" Zhou Yuan said.

"Since it's the master's order, I don't dare to disobey it. Everything depends on the order. What do you want me to do?"

"There is a large formation inside the spirit mine. It is inconvenient for us to enter. To avoid alerting others, we can only monitor it from outside. The situation inside depends on you. What does he do every day? Who has he met? We all need to know."

"Okay, I'll try my best."

"Be careful and don't let him discover it. Only you and I know about this matter. If the news leaks out, the consequences may be serious."

"I know."

"Then I'll trouble you, Junior Brother Yan. You should return to the spiritual mine immediately and monitor him."

The man surnamed Yan didn't say much, got up and left the room.

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On the top of the foggy mountain, a few rays of light fell, revealing the figures of Tang Ning and others. This was their temporary place to stay.

Guan Sheng asked: "Senior Brother Yin, what's the next step? Qingyang Sect refuses to cooperate, and we have cut off the information channel."

Yin Qingyuan said: "For the current plan, we can only look for clues ourselves. I want us to split up. I will follow and monitor He Jin. Since he is the member responsible for investigating this matter, he will definitely know if there are any clues. Follow him and follow the clues...

We can get important information about Qingyang Sect."

"Junior Brother Jiang, take the stones and soil you got from the basement back to the sect and conduct a peeling test to see what kind of liquid material it is. Then look for clues through these materials."

"Junior Brother Guan, you are responsible for finding out how many late-stage foundation-building monks there are in the Wu Kingdom, and then identifying suspicious candidates."

"Junior brother Tang, you are responsible for investigating the clues about the host of the corpse insect. Judging from the posture of Qingyang Sect, they should have a lot of information about the person behind the scenes. In other words, the person behind the scenes should be the monks from the Wu Kingdom. Since the original land is in

There must be many hosts possessed by corpse bugs in the Wu Kingdom. If we can find one or two, we can get new clues."

"Junior brothers, what do you think?"

Naturally, the few people had no objections and all nodded in agreement.

Yin Qingyun continued: "Everyone agrees, let's take action! Without Xuan Ying to communicate information, we have to think of a contact method to avoid finding the person after getting clues."

Tang Ning said: "Let's use it in the form of a code! Everywhere you go, leave a few code words. If you find a clue, you will change it to another code form. If there is nothing important and you can't get away from it, you will return every ten days.

Gather here."

"Okay. Just follow what Junior Brother Tang said."

At that moment, several people discussed the contact code and each turned into light and left.

Tang Ning traveled for a day and came to Danyang, the capital of Chu State, which was located in the southwest of Chu State.

If he wanted to find clues about the zombies, the most convenient and fastest way was to start with the Qingyang Sect's intelligence system. He would not be so stupid as to run around like a headless fly by himself.

The state of Chu can be said to be large or small, with a radius of seven to eight thousand miles.

With one person's efforts alone, trying to find a few hidden corpse insect hosts within a radius of seven to eight thousand miles is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

It is much easier to find information through the information station.

Therefore, his first step was to find the local intelligence station, then infiltrate it and use their intelligence network to look for clues.

It is very easy to find the specific location of the intelligence station, and its existence is almost an open secret.

All the local wealthy families know about it, and some of their sons are even members of the intelligence station themselves.

There is no way around it. The disciples sent by the sect alone are simply not enough to maintain the operation of an intelligence station. It is necessary to recruit monks from outside to expand the manpower. The children of local wealthy families are the best choice.

First, their identity is relatively reliable. At least they have a family and a business, and they can be found if something goes wrong.

Secondly, many things done by the intelligence station require the support of local powerful families.

The spiritual family can also obtain the information they want to know through the information station. The two parties can use each other to achieve a win-win situation.

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Wanjiao Pavilion is located at the top of Huju Mountain, 230 miles west of Danyang capital. The owner behind it is the Zheng family, one of the local powerful ones.

Zheng Tiancheng held a beautiful and plump woman in his arms, toasting frequently with the people below, laughing and chatting.

After a long time, everyone dispersed. Zheng Tiancheng came to the side room with the woman in his arms. After a happy moment, he put on his clothes and left the attic. He flew his sword with her and headed south.

While he was flying, a ray of light came quickly from behind. When Zheng Tiancheng noticed it, he turned around and saw that the ray of light was already in front of him. He was wearing a bamboo hat and a black robe.

Without saying a word, the man grabbed his shoulder with one hand.

Zheng Tiancheng could only feel the huge spiritual energy surging around him, squeezing around him. He was horrified and his expression changed.

He wanted to speak, but found that he couldn't even make a sound, his bones creaked, and he felt huge pain.

He had no power to resist, and was wrapped in its spiritual power as he walked forward. He could only hear the roar of the wind in his ears. After a while, he closed his eyes and fell into a coma.

I don't know how long it took, but Zheng Tiancheng woke up in a daze, but saw that the light was weak, he could hardly see his fingers, and the ground was very wet.

Only then did he remember that he had been kidnapped by a foundation-building monk. He suddenly got up and found that his spiritual power was unable to be mobilized and his consciousness was also in a closed state.

His heart sank, and his face turned pale for a moment. He was restrained by spiritual power. His desire to survive made him forget about calm thinking. He groped the wall in a panic and walked forward step by step.

"No need to work anymore, just sit down and be patient!" A man's voice came next to his ear.

Hearing these words and knowing that the person was not far from him, Zheng Tiancheng's body trembled uncontrollably for a moment, and he asked tremblingly: "Who is the senior? Where is this place?"

"You don't need to know who I am. If I ask you, you can answer truthfully. If not, you know the consequences. Let me remind you, be honest. I also know your situation generally. If there is any untruth,

, I won’t ask any more questions, understand?” A man’s voice came from the darkness.

"Yes, I understand, I will tell you everything I know. Please ask me, senior."

"Tell me about yourself first. Who is your last name? Where do you work?"
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