A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 341 Yang Sixuan
In fact, this hill is where Shang Xiangyu lived.

Shang Xiangyu resigned from the sect, saying that he was going to travel outside for half a year, but he did not say that he would not come back.

This time Yang Yi came here to investigate Pan Yong's case. He didn't need to turn Shang Xiangyu's place upside down.

But Yang Yi just wanted to use the Pan Yong case to thoroughly investigate this place.

Shang Xiangyu's two strange furnace explosions before, and the disappearance of two registered disciples in this mountain in the past two or three years, made him feel uneasy about Shang Xiangyu.

He could vaguely feel that there might be something behind the frequent deaths of disciples here and Shang Xiangyu's traveling outside.

In the past, when Shang Xiangyu was around, he couldn't have started such a big war.

Now that Shang Xiangyu is not here and he has a ready-made excuse, he will naturally take the opportunity to resolve the doubts in his heart.

After searching the dense forest, Yang Yi and his men returned to the cliff in the gloomy night.

Duan Rong was sitting cross-legged in the depths of the cave, gathering his energy. He could hear the chaotic footsteps outside the cave, but he was only focused on refining the medicinal power in his meridians and ignored the noise outside.

He knew very well that he had handled it very cleanly and there was no trace that could be traced back to him.

When Yang Yi passed by the entrance of Duan Rong's cave, he did not stop, but walked quickly past it, along the cliff wall, and went straight to the entrance of Pan Yong's cave.

At the entrance of Pan Yong's cave, there was a man guarding it with a sword in his hand, and a burning torch in his other hand.

Yang Yi walked in with a torch.

Pan Yong's cave had already been checked by his men.

Duan Rong had cleaned up Pan Yong's cave before. Not only did he clean up the bloodstains, he even made up Pan Yong's bed.

Because the hammock was stained with blood, Duan Rong took it down, rinsed it in the mountain spring, and hung it up again in the cave after it dried.

There was a cold light in Yang Yi's eyes as he scanned the cave. His gaze paused for a moment on the bronze mirror on the stone table and the hammock beside him.

Afterwards, Yang Yi suddenly drew out the long knife from his waist. He turned the knife over and knocked on the surrounding walls with the back and tip of the knife, trying to see if there were any secret compartments in the cave.

Yang Yi checked again and found no problems, so he left quickly.

Yang Yi not only checked Pan Yong's cave, he also checked the caves where Chen Hu, Yin Cong and Tang Zhu lived during their lifetime. He even checked the abandoned caves that had been uninhabited for many years.

After some investigation, Yang Yi finally arrived at Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber.

Outside of Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber, there were two men guarding there.

Yang Yi glanced at the two men, then walked into the cave with a torch.

Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber has also been checked by his people.

I saw that the cupboard in the corner was already open, and the broken copper lock was thrown on the ground.

The cupboard was filled with bottles and jars, but these people didn't dare to move them because they couldn't tell which were poisons and which were medicines.

Yang Yi walked around the stone chamber holding a torch. He then did the same thing, pulling out his long knife and tapping lightly on the walls and the ground.

He knocked on the wall and gradually stood beside the stone bed.

Yang Yi suddenly took out a knife and knocked on the side of the stone bed.

The sound was noticeably hollow after this knock. Yang Yi's eyes jumped. He used the back of the knife to knock on that spot again. The sound was still hollow and dull.

Yang Yi immediately became interested. He used the back of the knife to walk along the side of the stone bed. He was sure that the stone bed was hollow.

Yang Yi suddenly turned his head, looking coldly at the people following him, and shouted, "Who led the investigation of Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber?"

When Yang Yi continued to hit the stone bed, a fair-skinned young man appeared in the crowd with a pale face and cold sweat.

At this moment, seeing Yang Yi shouting, he walked out of the crowd, clasped his fists and said, "Boss Yang, it's me."

Yang Yi looked at the young man, the veins on his forehead throbbing faintly. He suddenly slapped the young man in the face and cursed, "I have taught you in vain. I have entrusted you with the investigation of such an important place. What did you investigate for me?"

The young man fell to the ground after being slapped by Yang Yi. A large area of his face was bruised and bloody.

The young man immediately stood up from the ground, clasped his fists and said, "Yangtou, I know I was wrong... It was my negligence for a moment."

"That's enough!" Yang Yi said impatiently, "Get out."

"You don't have to stay in the Judgment Bureau anymore. This place is not suitable for you!"

"Ah..." The young man stood there in a daze, his eyes clearly showing a look of struggle, but when he looked at Yang Yi's ashen face, he still covered half of his bloody face and walked out of the stone chamber.

The moment the young man turned around, two tears as big as beans dripped from his eyes.

Those who can enter the Judgment Department of the Sect usually have some background in the sect.

The young man really didn't expect that Yang Yi would actually kick him out of the Judgment and Clan Affairs Office.

But he didn't dare to contradict Yang Yi and could only swallow his grievances.

Because Yang Yi’s second uncle is Yang Sixian, the chief of the Zongzhengsi.

In the sect, even the sect leader has to be wary of this person.

Seeing that the young man had left, Yang Yi looked at the others coldly and said, "What are you still standing there for? Go and find the mechanism in the hidden compartment of the stone bed."

The others immediately surrounded the stone bed and began to touch it randomly.

A few people crawled on the bed and groped around, but after a while, no one found the mechanism.

Yang Yi's expression was becoming increasingly impatient.

"Everyone get out of here!"

Upon hearing this, everyone immediately dispersed and stood aside.

Yang Yi walked to the stone bed with a grim expression, and suddenly gathered his strength and slapped a corner of the stone bed with his palm.

There was a loud bang, and a corner of the stone bed was smashed by Yang Yi and collapsed.

I saw that the stone bed was indeed hollow and pitch black inside.

Yang Yi saw that so many of his men had been searching for a long time but still hadn't found the mechanism. It was obvious that the mechanism was hidden and it would be futile to continue searching. It would be better to just smash it open with force.

In order to avoid damaging the things inside, he deliberately slapped a corner of the stone bed.

Yang Yi's eyes moved, and he used his palm again to smash one side of the stone bed from the inside. The broken stones fell to the ground.

Seeing that the secret compartment had been opened, Yang Yi looked at someone and said, "Go and take a look. What's in the secret compartment?"

"Yes!" A dark-faced young man answered and walked towards the stone bed.

The dark-faced young man held a candle and climbed into the hollow stone bed. After searching for a while, he only came out with a pile of books.

Yang Yi's eyelids jumped. "Are these the only books?"

"Yes, Yangtou. It's empty inside, except for these few books."

Yang Yi's eyes moved, he grabbed the candle from the dark-faced young man's hand, and got into the stone bed.

Yang Yi took a quick look and found that there was indeed nothing inside. Then he came out, took the books and roughly flipped through them.

When he saw the last few books, which were about the Filthy Blood Sect and the Filthy Blood Divine Art, Yang Yi's expression suddenly changed.

"I knew there was something fishy about this guy!?" "He actually hid the books of the Filthy Blood Sect in the sect, and they are all early and rare copies! Shang Xiangyu, what on earth do you want to do?"

Duan Rong was practicing in a dark cave when suddenly a chaotic sound of footsteps was heard in the cave.

Duan Rong opened his eyes on the stone bed and saw Yang Yi standing in front of him, with two people following behind Yang Yi, holding torches.

The light from the torches made the originally dark cave glow red.

Yang Yi said, "My dear friend Duan, I know you just joined the sect not long ago. I didn't want to involve you in this case. But now the case is getting more and more involved. I have no choice but to ask you to go with me to the Zongzheng Division for judgment."

Duan Rong's eyelids twitched slightly.

He saw a person behind Yang Yi, holding a pile of books in his hands. He only looked at the side of the pile of books, but he knew that those were the books in the secret compartment of Shang Xiangyu's stone bed.

So, what Yang Yi said about the increasing involvement was obviously referring to the Filthy Blood Cult.

Duan Rong really didn't expect that things would develop so rapidly to this point.

At this point, Shang Xiangyu's affairs hadn't been exposed. He was still an inner disciple of the sect, and also a pharmacist, but he was going to be away from home for the next six months.

Although Duan Rong already knew that he would never come back, Yang Yi didn't know.

How could this person be so bold?!
The current case was nothing more than Pan Yong stealing the sect's rare medicine. Duan Rong originally thought that Yang Yi came here just to investigate Pan Yong.

As Pan Yong was no longer in the mountain at this time, but had fled outside, it was natural for the local government offices to issue arrest warrants for this man.

But when Yang Yi came here, he was like a mad dog.

Dig this mountain three feet deep inside and out!
Isn’t he afraid that Shang Xiangyu will come back and make trouble for him?
He actually found the secret compartment in Shang Xiangyu's stone bed and took out the pile of books.

Shang Xiangyu is both an inner disciple and a pharmacist. Even if he has a secret compartment in the stone chamber, that is his secret. As long as he doesn't commit any crime, why do you investigate him?
And now, Shang Xiangyu has only been away from the sect for more than ten days.

Yang Yi actually searched the secret compartment in his stone chamber.

What a mad dog!

Duan Rong glanced at Yang Yi, got off the stone bed, followed the two people behind Yang Yi, and walked out of the cave.

Yang Yi's crazy behavior obviously disrupted Duan Rong's plan.

Yang Yi stood at the entrance of Duan Rong's cave holding a torch. He turned around and glanced inside the cave. Before he waited for him at the entrance of Duan Rong's cave, he had already carefully checked the inside of Duan Rong's cave.

Just because he didn't find anything suspicious, he had been quite nice to Duan Rongcai.

Yang Yi and his group took Duan Rong and walked towards the cable car.

Beside Duan Rong, the black iron cabinet in Shang Xiangyu's stone chamber was tied tightly with iron chains and was carried by two people, walking side by side with Duan Rong.

Duan Rong originally thought that the focus of Pan Yong’s affairs was not within the mountain gate, but in the government offices in various places in the secular world.

After all, Pan Yong went to the lower house to find Old Man Qin to get the approval slip, and then disappeared inside the mountain gate.

According to normal logic, shouldn't we let local government offices search for him?

If that was the case, he would still serve as a medicine boy and continue to guard the gate for Shang Xiangyu. Although Shang Xiangyu was no longer in the mountain, his influence should still remain.

More than half a year later, the sect realized that Shang Xiangyu had disappeared. By then, time had already passed and there was no trace of him left.

At that time, he had been guarding the mountain alone for more than half a year, which also showed that he was kept in the dark. He had no idea that Shang Xiangyu had defected from the sect.

But now, Yang Yi has exposed the matter so early.

Isn't this causing trouble for him? !
As Duan Rong walked, he cursed Yang Yi's ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart.

The Sect Judgment Office is located on a hill not far from the Council of Elders.

Here, there are only two ropeways, one in and one out.

Both cable cars are guarded by people, and there is an arrow tower within three meters of each cable car.

In addition to the cable car, various important mountain passes are also guarded all year round.

Duan Rong jumped down from the cable car and was burned by a blazing torch next to him, causing pain on his face.

Duan Rong took a few steps forward, moving a little further away from the flames blown by the night wind.

Duan Rong stood there and looked up, he saw fire everywhere on the top of the mountain, in the dark night, it was like the flames of hell.

A tall arrow tower three meters away was looming. Duan Rong knew that on the top of the arrow tower in the darkness, there must be a pair of clear eyes staring at him.

Yang Yi and his group took Duan Rong along the mountain path.

Duan Rong was quite shocked as he walked along the road. There were sentries every few feet on the mountain road, and at every high place, there was an arrow tower standing in the darkness.

Torches and pot lanterns were placed everywhere, lighting up the entire mountain path.

Yang Yi and his group brought Duan Rong to a stone wall.

On the stone wall, there was a big black iron gate. On both sides of the gate, there were two people holding swords. Not far away, on both sides, there was an arrow tower, standing opposite each other like mountain peaks in the dark night.

When Yang Yi came here, he suddenly said to the group, "Take him to the dungeon. Take the cabinet to the evidence room in the dungeon as well. I will ask a pharmacist to check the contents tomorrow."

After Yang Yi gave the order, he took the stack of books that he had searched out from the secret compartment of Shang Xiangyu's stone bed from the arms of a man beside him, and hurriedly walked along the mountain path to a higher place.

Duan Rong was taken into the dungeon.

As soon as Duan Rong entered the dungeon, he was taken to a cramped room. A thin middle-aged man with long and nimble fingers began to search him.

He turned out all the scattered things in Duan Rong's sleeve pockets and the inner pockets of his lapel.

However, every item Duan Rong carried with him was carefully considered by him, and there was nothing revealing about it.

After the body search, Duan Rong was locked in a cell with stone walls on three sides and a corridor made of log fences.

Yang Yi held the pile of books and walked along the mountain path to a valley not far from the top of the mountain.

It was pitch black in this valley. Unlike other places where flames were everywhere, there was only one light here, dimly visible in a bamboo building.

This is where Yang Sixuan lives.

This valley is planted with tall bamboos, which makes it quite quiet and peaceful.

Yang Sixian lives here in a bamboo house he built with his own hands. No one dares to disturb him unless it is something important.

At this time, the sky was pitch dark, with only a single light flickering. It was the time when Yang Sixian was reading at night.

At this moment, only Yang Yi dared to come to him.

Yang Yi stepped on the bamboo ladder of the bamboo building, which made a slight creaking sound. He tried to make his steps as light as possible and walked up to the bamboo building.

Yang Yi took a quick look and saw that the windows of the bamboo building were closed, but the door was slightly open.

Yang Yi knocked lightly on the door three times. After that, he paused for two breaths. Without waiting for any movement from inside, he opened the door and walked in slowly.

On a table in the middle of the room, there was a dim candle lamp, the light was as small as a bean. Yang Sixian was sitting in front of the table, flipping through a yellowed ancient book.

Yang Sixian is already in his fifties, but his hair is combed very neatly and is as black as ink without a trace of white hair. His forehead is very full, his eyes are bright and restrained, and his chin line is strong. If it weren't for the dense crow's feet on both sides of his eyes, which would reveal his age, at first glance, he looks like he has just turned thirty.

Yang Yi had already made quite a bit of noise, so Yang Sixuan didn't even need to look up to know who was coming. "What's going on?"

(End of this chapter)