Poor Taoist Qiu Chuji

Chapter 288 Where did Yang go?

With a wave of his hand, the flying sword transformed from the refined sports car broke into pieces of metal decorations and stuck to the collar and cuffs of Qiu Chuji's Taoist robe, changing Qiu Chuji's originally plain Taoist robe into a metal-interlaced texture, with a bit of the charm of a cyber Taoist priest or a punk cultivator.

Qiu Chuji did not make this change for show, but to reduce trouble. It was a necessary change.

Now that his soul has been sealed, he has temporarily "lost connection" with the small world evolved from the Yuxu Bell. Although he can still sense all the changes happening in the small world, and even manipulate some of the changes remotely, Qiu Chuji, who is in this world, cannot open the channel between the small world and conduct the most basic material exchange.

This means that Qiu Chuji no longer has any storage space on his person. In modern society, if he carries a controlled knife on the road, wouldn't he be checked dozens of times a day?

Therefore, as early as when he was refining the sports car, Qiu Chuji spent more time and effort to carve several more layers of the transforming talisman, so that the flying sword had more changes in shape.

At 7:50 in the morning, after enjoying a hearty breakfast, Qiu Chuji was sitting on the sofa and browsing his phone when he saw Bai Shengyuan rushing in with an energetic old man and several middle-aged men and women. From a distance, he could see the old man stretching out his hands.

"Thank you, old brother, for saving my grandson's life."

The old man had a friendly attitude and a simple tone, just like an ordinary veteran cadre.

But Qiu Chuji's soul was so sharp that he immediately smelled a different scent on the old man.

"You're welcome! I think it's my fault for being nosy. Even if I didn't do anything, you can still keep him safe with your ability."

"Now it can be said that I have ruined your fate!" Qiu Chuji responded calmly and glanced at the old man's wrist.

The old man was not embarrassed when he heard this, but showed the silver-white, plain old domestic mechanical watch on his right wrist: "Is this what you are talking about, brother?"

"Old brother, you don't know that my brother Guopeng was seriously injured in his early years and has been resting most of the time. He can protect me, but he can't protect my children!"

Qiu Chuji asked, "You call it brother, so you are in a cooperative relationship?"

Qiu Chuji could predict that the monsters in this world had different causes, so some of them fed on humans, while others might cooperate with humans and use human power to achieve their own practice. However, he was not clear about the form of cooperation between monsters and humans, whether it was full of randomness or had formed a relatively complete system.

The appearance of this old man now may be able to solve his doubts.

"That's true! I had some opportunities when I was young, and was valued by Brother Guopeng, which is why we have a cooperative relationship."

"I shoot commercials for it every year to expand its fame, increase its value, and make this brand a top luxury product that everyone aspires to. It protects me from being harmed by other spirits and from external evil." The old man seemed quite frank, and he answered whatever Qiu Chuji asked.

Of course!

After Bai Shengyuan brought Qiu Chuji back to Emei Villa, he didn't seem to do anything unnecessary.

In fact, the surveillance video in the villa had long been remotely connected to the mobile phones of the old man and others.

They all saw the scene where Qiu Chuji refined the sports car and turned it into a flying sword.

With the help of the spirit essence in the watch and a little bit of luck, the Bai family has built up their current foundation. If they could obtain the method of refining and controlling the spirit essence from Qiu Chuji, wouldn't they be able to reach great heights in one step?
As for whether Qiu Chuji was aware of this surveillance?
Of course I know!

The ability to refine monsters was something Qiu Chuji did intentionally, and it was just a normal way of demonstrating his value!
He is not a pure ancient person, he has a very thorough and profound understanding of many things in modern society.

Unlike the ancient world where transportation and information were extremely inconvenient, in the modern world, there are so many things that can be done, not to mention those in power, even the rich.

If we can use the power of the Bai family to achieve our goals more easily, why not do it?

It seems that Qiu Chuji is being monitored, but isn't this also a signal of cooperation that Qiu Chuji is actively sending out?

The old man was obviously a wise man. He understood Qiu Chuji's plan from the beginning, so he not only pointed out the abnormality on his body, but also used this incident to show that their Bai family was a good partner.

The value of Guopeng watches can be found out by simply checking on the Internet.

Although it is a domestic product, it seems to lack the so-called aristocratic temperament of foreign products, but as long as there is more advertising, large investment, and good value retention, its value will naturally increase.

Sometimes, so-called luxury goods are essentially not much different from virtual currencies.

Of course, the messages Qiu Chuji heard from the old man's answer were more than just the ones listed above.

At least Qiu Chuji was certain that the cooperation between the old man and the strange watch was a random development.

As to whether there exists in this world some specific supernatural system that can utilize the power of spirits and monsters more reasonably and properly, Qiu Chuji is unable to make a complete judgment.

However, even if there is, it should not be comprehensive or authoritative.

After all, any comprehensive and authoritative supernatural system must be a popular science. Even if not everyone can get started, it must be known by the vast majority of people.

This is also a manifestation of controlling power and fame.

There would never be a powerful and mysterious organization that secretly controls the vast majority of power and fame, but few people know about it and is extremely secretive.

Because many times, true power and secrecy are inherently contradictory and incompatible.

For example, the so-called Skull and Bones Society and the Illuminati in the Western world in the past life were said to be extremely mysterious, but almost everyone knew about them; it’s just that people could not see clearly what was going on inside.

"Since we are all of the same mind, I will speak frankly!"

"Mr. Bai! I would like to ask you to find someone. If you can find that person, I am willing to make a treasured door-guarding device for your Bai family!" Qiu Chuji said, taking out his own price.

If you just want to tame a monster and make it obey certain people's instructions, it will undoubtedly be much simpler and easier than refining a monster and being able to use it to exert one's own power.

The old man's eyes showed joy. Although he still had some greed in his heart, he kept saying, "Master, you are too polite! You saved my grandson, so I should do things for you. Talking about rewards is really too polite and too formal!"

"Yuan Fan! I'll leave this matter to you. No matter who the Taoist priest wants to find, as long as it does not violate the country's laws, you can fully assist."

The old man's words were flawless. A middle-aged man who had been standing behind the old man and had not spoken a word nodded calmly and said to Qiu Chuji, "Master, wait a moment. I will arrange for someone to find a few good sketch artists. You draw the people you are looking for, and I will arrange the rest."

Qiu Chuji said: "No need to go through so much trouble!"

“This table shouldn’t be expensive!”

Qiu Chuji pointed to the walnut table where he had eaten before.

The old man immediately said, "No problem! No problem! Taoist Priest, please do as you please!"

Qiu Chuji pointed his finger and said "Go!"

The metal pieces stuck on his body connected together and turned into a flying sword, slashing towards the table.

After a moment, Yang Guo's appearance was carved through the table, lifelike and more real than the photo.

"His name is Yang Guo, and he is my disciple!"

"After finding him, tell him that it is his master who is looking for him, and you can ask him to call me directly!" Qiu Chuji raised the mobile phone that Bai Shengyuan had given him.

When he borrowed the phone before, Qiu Chuji had checked and found that there was no novel called "The Return of the Condor Heroes" in this world, and there was no related film and television works. However, there was a similar cultural work called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", which was also a story about a master and a disciple falling in love, then making trouble in the martial arts world, and finally becoming a fairy couple living in seclusion, but it was already an "old thing" from decades ago.

With today's fast pace and abundant entertainment, a mere teacher-disciple romance is too weak and has absolutely no appeal to attract viewers.

"Since it's the Taoist priest's family affair, it will be easier to handle!"

"Yuanfan! Go contact Director Hou and ask him to help us use the express lane. Finding relatives is a big deal." The old man emphasized his tone, showing that he took it more seriously.

Bai Yuanfan walked away holding the wooden face carved by Qiu Chuji, while the Bai family, young and old, continued to chat with Qiu Chuji, without mentioning interests at all... But this just shows that they have big ambitions and are not satisfied with just what Qiu Chuji promised.

It didn't take too long. About three hours later, Bai Yuanfan came back with a tablet computer and clicked on a video in front of Qiu Chuji.

"This is a special video that we obtained through some internal channels. Take a look at the person in it and see if he is your disciple's grandson." Bai Yuanfan respectfully placed the tablet computer in front of Qiu Chuji.

In the picture, a young man who looks like Yang Guo is fighting a vending machine with a baseball bat.

Qiu Chuji could tell at a glance that the young man was using the Ancient Tomb School's swordsmanship with a baseball bat.

Obviously, this is Yang Guo. As for why he didn't use the Divine Sword Slash, it was of course because he had no true energy and internal strength, and could not mobilize his thoughts. The power of the Divine Sword Slash could not be exerted at all. Just from the action, the Divine Sword Slash was just a simple chopped move.

On the contrary, the more 'low-end' Ancient Tomb School swordsmanship, with its delicate and flexible moves, was originally designed for women with insufficient strength, and is more suitable for the situation in Yang Guo's scene.

Sure enough, after fighting with the vending machine for about three minutes, Yang Guo slid sideways and cut off one of the power cords of the vending machine with a baseball bat, causing the vending machine to temporarily short-circuit.

Yang Guo did not hesitate. He took a step forward and disappeared from the surveillance camera's range in a few seconds.

"It's him!"

"Can you find where he is now?" Qiu Chuji asked.

Bai Yuanfan said: "It's a bit troublesome! Your disciple's grandson is actually not in the country, but in Tailan."

"This video is not from the past two days, but has been circulating on Thailan video websites for a week. However, most of them were blocked two days after they were posted. Although we have obtained the video, it is still not easy to locate his specific location."

Qiu Chuji nodded and said, "It would be great if we could get some clues!"

"Thank you!"

"If you have any difficulties, please feel free to tell me."

Bai Yuanfan glanced at the old man and saw his father nodded slightly, so he immediately said: "Okay! I will go and tell them right away. Our group also has a branch in Tailan. I will ask for some in-depth cooperation and exchanges with the Tailan government in the name of increasing investment in Tailan."

This is going to cost a lot of money!

Although Thailand is not as comprehensive as China in terms of information networks, the same old saying still applies... In modern society, there are few things that cannot be done with money.

If so, it's because not enough money was spent.

There are few monitoring devices, but there are many mobile 'monitoring' devices!
In the age of universal self-media, too many people's so-called privacy is inadvertently photographed and then posted online.

What's more, mobile phones can be detonated remotely. Is it really that difficult to remotely control the camera to briefly turn on the camera and then do facial recognition screening?

Qiu Chuji waited for two days in the Bai family's Emei Villa.

On the third day, Bai Yuanfan brought news that Yang Guo had been found on Meisu Island in Tailan.

However, Yang Guo's condition was not good.

He first fought with two monsters and was injured, and then was captured by Tailan's special department and tortured with the Great Memory Recovery Technique for a certain period of time. Now he is in a seriously injured state. If he wants to be transported back to the country, not only is it possible to injure his body, but there will also be certain obstacles.

The official statement from Thailand is that Yang Guo should be allowed to recover from his injuries before returning to the country to avoid causing some international misunderstandings and affecting tourists' travel.

"Master! Our people have already rushed to Meisu Island. After finding your disciple, they will help and protect him every step of the way. After he recovers from his injuries, we will charter the nearest flight to bring him back to China." Bai Yuanfan said.

In fact, there is another troublesome point, that is, Yang Guo himself does not have an ID card of his own country and is an unrecognized illegal immigrant.

It is easy to deal with this kind of illegal immigrant in Thailand, but it is troublesome to send him back to China.

Bai Yuanfan didn't mention this matter.

With the Bai family's connections, they could first find a way to get Yang Guo a citizenship of a small country, and then send him back to China with a job offer, that's it!

"Arrange for me to go to Tailan as soon as possible. Only when I find him in person can I feel at ease!" Qiu Chuji said.

At this time, Qiu Chuji no longer wanted to play role-playing games with Yang Guo.

Although Yang Kang trained Yang Guo very well, he successfully grew him into a hero with broad mind, bearing and means.

But he still had not seen what true despair and darkness were.

Qiu Chuji was a little worried that Yang Guo had suffered some unbearable torture in Tailan and turned evil.

If you are black, it will be very difficult to clear your name.

As we all know, if one is originally evil, it is easy to whitewash oneself if one still has a conscience.

But if you were originally white, but turned black because of witnessing and experiencing despair, it would be almost impossible to whiten yourself again.

Qiu Chuji's identity was arranged a day ago. In name, he was an ancestor of the Bai family who lived in seclusion in the mountains.

So in the afternoon, the group took a chartered flight to Meisu Island in Thailand.

Generally speaking, there are few direct flights from China to Mueang Suan Island, so you basically have to transfer.

But since it is a charter flight, it is not difficult to fly directly after coordination.

When they arrived at Meisu Island, it was already late at night. The group drove straight to the hospital. Accompanying Qiu Chuji this time were not only the bodyguards arranged by the Bai family, but also Bai Yuanfan and Bai Shengyuan.

When they arrived at the hospital, Qiu Chuji saw two Thai policemen guarding the door of Yang Guo's ward.

Seeing that Qiu Chuji and others were about to go in to visit Yang Guo, the two Thai policemen did not let them in, but called their superiors.

Only after confirming the identities of Qiu Chuji and others did they reluctantly let them go.

And when Qiu Chuji really saw Yang Guo, the anger that had not been burning in his heart for a long time suddenly swelled and burned.

It had been so long since he had killed anyone that Qiu Chuji had almost forgotten that he was also a killer!
(End of this chapter)