You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 156 Tracking the Trace
The governor of Shangbao City was named Yi You, sixty-one years old, an old man with a gentle personality.

Compared with leading troops to fight and kill, he is better at managing the people's livelihood in the city and the rear.

Because of this, he was sent to Shangbao City, which served as the core transit point among the three major cities in the north of Youzhou. On the one hand, financial management was most needed here to maintain the expenses of the northern fortress, which was suitable for Yi You; on the other hand, he was also an old minister brought up by King Wei and was loyal to him. When the logistics were handed over to him, King Wei felt at ease.

Such an old governor usually does not have much to do. He mostly takes a walk, does office work, and supports talented and ambitious young people. He can be considered a good official known far and wide.

When he heard that there was a fire in the city, he hurried out, rode his old horse, and rushed to the scene with his team.

One was to comfort the people, and the other was to bring more manpower to help put out the fire.

After Yi You went around four or five alleys and finally reached the place where the fire was lit, he did not see any burning flames.

Several rows of houses with their windows and facades completely destroyed stood alone on both sides of the street. The walls were hollow, as if they had indeed been burned by flames. However, at this moment, the houses were not charred black, but were full of fresh blooming flowers, white, pink, red and yellow, bright and dazzling, quiet and pleasant.

Just by looking at it, I thought I had arrived at a thatched cottage where immortals practiced, not the scene after a fire.

Didn't they say it was on fire? What's going on?

When I looked sideways, I found corpses lying on the street, covered with white cloth, revealing a pair of burnt black feet. There were people crying next to the corpses with swollen eyes. Only then did I realize that there was indeed a fire in this place.

He went up to the people who had lost their loved ones, comforted them in a soft voice, and gave them more than ten taels of silver to calm their emotions.

After spending half an incense stick of time, Yi You handed over the matter of providing relief to the victims to his subordinates, while he himself started looking for someone to put out the fire.

The fire scene turned out like this, it was definitely not caused by his own fire masters. It must be a Taoist master who passed by and used magic of this level to suppress the flames.

After looking around, Yi You found that the fire masters were gathered together, looking cautiously at a Taoist not far away.

I also felt a little bit of understanding in my heart.

As he took a step forward and was about to go over to the Taoist to salute and say hello, Yi You suddenly saw a familiar young man walking towards him not far away.

"Grandpa Yi."

Hu Wen quickly ran to Yi You's side, and Hu Ni, who was squatting on his shoulder, screamed softly and almost fell down.

Yi You smiled gently after seeing Hu Wen:

"Xiao Hu, why are you here suddenly?"

"Some business."

The two seemed to be quite familiar with each other.

Shangbao City is the closest to the Northern Fortress and has large ships for travel, so if the soldiers of the Northern Fortress and the families in the palace want to go to some lively places, Shangbao City is the right place.

Hu Wen often came here when he was young and had a good relationship with Yi You.

After saying hello, Yi You's eyes fell on Hu Ni.

He also heard the voice of a young woman coming out of the little fox's mouth just now.

I already have some guesses in my mind:

"It seems that you have been through a lot during this period. Do you have time to introduce this girl to me?"

Hu Wen nodded and quickly told the whole story of how he went to find the Taoist priest and entered the dense forest.

After listening to Hu Wen's description, Yi You's eyes were also filled with surprise.

He looked at Fox Ni and said with a smile: "This old man has met the Fox Fairy."

The latter looked around and asked in confusion, "Where is the Fox Fairy?"

"It's on my shoulder." Hu Wen said somewhat unhappily.

"Ah? Why didn't I see it?" Foxy yelled.

Hu Wen: "...stupid foxes can't see it, only smart foxes can see it."

Foxy pouts her little mouth and jumps back and forth on Hu Wen's shoulders.

She jumped and shouted, "You are not allowed to stand on my husband's shoulders."

Yi You, who was watching happily, almost choked.

He looked at Hu Wen with a somewhat strange look in his eyes, and Hu Wen also sensed a strange look in the depths of his grandfather's eyes.

Anxious, he kept explaining: "Grandpa Yi, don't listen to what this vixen says! She's not smart enough!"

"Who's stupid? Fox Nico is very smart!"

The fox looked up.

Yi You simply didn't respond, but turned to look in Zuo Chen's direction:
"This person is actually the immortal Taoist priest? I originally thought he would be more...immortal-like."

"...The Taoist master has profound magical powers and should be as old as the mountains. We can't judge him just by his appearance." Hu Wen also gave up explaining and let Hu Ni grab his head and shake it, and followed Yi You's words to introduce Zuo Chen.

Yi You nodded and understood.

At that time, Yi You also received the message from Qianli Chuanxiang, but Ranxiang had no way of sending pictures after all, and the only description given to him was "young Taoist".

Based on these words, the image that appeared in his mind was a Taoist with a beard and an immortal look. However, when he actually took a look, he found that it was completely different from what he had in his mind.

More like a handsome man.

Suppressing his surprise, Yi You straightened his clothes and prepared to go over and pay his respects to Zuo Chen.

Hu Wen pulled Yi You:
"The Taoist priest is currently using his magic to catch the culprit of this fire. Please come and visit him after things are settled."

Hearing what Hu Wen said, Yi You frowned: "What's going on? Someone is causing trouble in Shangbao City?" Hu Wen told Yi You about Ku Hai and Xiao Huanxi.

After hearing what Hu Wen said, Yi You's expression changed from confusion at first to anger.

"These thieves." Yi You cursed uncontrollably, "They were running around all over the place when I was young. I thought they had been quiet for the past two years, but they've popped up to cause trouble again! If I catch them, I'll chop off their heads!"

Hu Wen patted Yi You on the back to calm the old man down.

It was also the first time he saw Yi You so angry.

After being annoyed for a while, Yi You finally sighed a little depressed.

He hadn't heard any news about Xiao Huanxi, the evil sect, for many years, so he had become a little lax.

It seems that we need to strengthen our defenses and send more capable personnel to protect the city and the people.

……

On the other side, Caiyi followed Zuo Chen's request and took the mud ball.

"Master, what are you going to do?"

Caiyi was a little confused and didn't know what means Zuo Chen was going to use to catch the Smiling Buddha.

Could it be a divination method from Taoist scriptures?
When she was a child, she had seen some fortune tellers looking for lost items. They took a small compass and calculated, and then they could find the lost items. It seemed quite magical, but she didn't know if the Taoist priest could use this method.

Zuo Chen smiled and said, "Use the Qi-viewing technique to look at the mud ball."

Caiyi did as she was told.

She saw many lines radiating outward from the mud ball like strands of silk, floating in all directions.

"Master, there are many threads here. Are you planning to follow them to find someone?"

"Of course not, that's too troublesome." Zuo Chen shook his head. "When I took the first drop of the Bitter Sea, I did follow a few clues and killed a few monsters, but not many. If I really check them one by one, I estimate I will have to spend three months here. If I'm lucky, I can find the Smiling Buddha, but if I'm unlucky, I'm afraid I can only catch one of his men."

"So what are you planning, Taoist priest?"

Caiyi still didn't understand what Zuo Chen was going to do.

Zuo Chen picked up another drop of bitter sea.

There are also strands of silk on it, the silk threads in the drop of bitter sea in Caiyi's hand.

Some of these threads are heading in the same direction, while others are spreading in the same direction into the distance.

"Most of these threads connect people who are disturbed by the sea of ​​suffering, but there is also one thread that connects the releaser." Zuo Chen smiled and said, "In other words, as long as the two seas of suffering were released by the same person..."

"There must be a black line gathering on that person!"

Caiyi finally reacted!

This is not some kind of magic trick, nor is it some unique method.

Just like pulling a string at two ends, the ends of the string will eventually converge at the same point. It’s an extremely simple logical problem.

But this method requires Caiyi to think about it, which is definitely something Caiyi cannot imagine.

"We are too close now. Even if there are lines that converge in the same direction, they will be together and difficult to see. You stand here and don't move. I will walk a little further away, and then we should be able to see the intersecting lines."

After giving Caiyi a warning, Zuo Chen flicked his sleeves and soared into the air, causing the fire masters who were watching nearby to exclaim in surprise.

Even Yi You, who had some doubts about Zuo Chen's identity, was shocked. Only then did he confirm that the Taoist was really the immortal in the legend!
Zuo Chen had already flown into the air in the blink of an eye.

Lower your eyes and stare at the long line in your hand.

Several long lines stretched out and pointed into the distance.

Then he lowered his eyes to look at the colorful clothes below, and looked at the lines spreading out from her hands.

And two of them extend towards the north!

"found it!"

Zuo Chen took note of the black line and leaped into that direction. In the blink of an eye, he had flown away, leaving a white mark in the air.

……

The laughing monk hummed a little tune as he walked along the waterway, a clean-eaten chicken leg in his mouth.

He had already left Shangbao City for some distance, walking down the waterway and running a long way.

"Hehe, I don't know what kind of expression the Taoist priest will have when he sees the good things I left behind. I'm afraid he wants to eat me alive." A smug smile appeared on the face of the laughing monk: "It's a pity that grandpa cherishes his life and puts a lot of his skills into escaping. Who would play against you? Do you want to die?"

Although most of the people in Little Joy are not mentally normal, and some of them will even run to jump in front of a powerful enemy for their own happiness, he is not like that.

Ever since he heard that Dahuang was beheaded, he knew that a monster had emerged from Daliang, whom he absolutely could not confront head-on.

Fight this guy head-on?
There must be something wrong with his brain.

I was humming a little tune and walking forward happily, when suddenly I heard a man's soft voice from behind:
"You are quite self-aware."

The smiling monk's smile suddenly froze on his face.

Turning his head slightly, the laughing monk saw a Taoist priest floating in the air behind him, with a tall crown on his head tilted and looking down at him.

I just sent the saved draft...I haven't finished editing it yet, it's numb...

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