The road is vague

Chapter 134 The Truth

Chapter 134 The Truth
When Lu Cuicui learned that Li Mo was about to leave the sect, she was stunned.

"Aren't we spending the Dragon Boat Festival together?"

Lu Cuicui looked aggrieved and reluctant.

"And what about those matrix puppets? We agreed before that we would complete them together."

"Ugh."

Li Mo sighed lightly, then hugged Lu Cuicui's slender and petite body in his arms, with a hint of apology on his face.

"Master, I dare not disobey your orders. As for this set of matrix puppets, I can only complete them after returning to Bai'an City. Anyway, the only step left is to refine the formation. I am confident that it shouldn't take too long."

Lu Cuicui pouted and snuggled in Li Mo's arms, still feeling extremely sad.

"Since you're leaving soon, I'll accompany you to the market tomorrow to buy some spare materials. Bai'an City is different from here, so you need to prepare more. Besides, we didn't celebrate the Flower Festival together this year, and Lu Tong even laughed at me."

Seeing Lu Cuicui's sad and reluctant look, Li Mo nodded and smiled slightly.

"it is good."

the next day.

The two of them came to Wudao Peak in the back mountain together.

Lu Cuicui leaned in Li Mo's arms, and Li Mo used the wind-controlling technique. As the Qingming Crane Cloak gathered pure wind spiritual power, the two figures took off into the air and flew towards the market at the foot of the mountain.

"I'm flying!"

Lu Cuicui leaned in Li Mo's arms and shouted happily.

Li Mo smiled gently, put his arm around Lu Cuicui's slender waist, circled in the air for a few times, and then came to the market at the foot of the mountain.

The two of them bought a lot of spare supplies in the market, and then took Lu Shun to a restaurant for a feast. Then they held hands and went for an outing towards the top of the mountain.

The warm sunshine shines on the grass, and butterflies dance among the flowers.

Lu Cuicui occasionally spins around, enjoying the beautiful moment.

As the two of them came to a deserted place, she actually lay down among the flowers, opening her arms and enjoying the beautiful spring sunshine.

Seeing this, Li Mo also lay down beside her.

The two looked at each other among the flowers, and the corners of their mouths curled up at the same time, revealing a happy arc.

Lu Cuicui moved a little closer to Li Mo, rested her head on his arm, closed her eyes and enjoyed the spring scenery.

"That's great."

"Ah."

Nearby, there were the sounds of the wind rustling the grass, the fluttering of bees' wings, the calls of spring birds courting, and the heartbeats of two people.

In the distance, there were the sounds of flying instruments, flying boats breaking through the air, and the melodious ringing of bells from the top of Qingming Mountain.

I do not know how long it has been.

Li Mo noticed the sound of a magic weapon flying and stopped not far away, which made him frown. The other party was too rude.

So he opened his eyes and looked towards the sound.

About a hundred meters away, at low altitude, a middle-aged female cultivator in a gray crane cloak stood on a flying sword, her face stern and angry, looking here.

"Senior Sister, what can I do for you?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Cuicui slowly opened her eyes.

The moment she saw the female cultivator, she stood up suddenly, looking at a loss.

"Mom, you...why are you here?"

Whenever she was nervous, Lu Cuicui would stutter, and this time was no exception.

When Li Mo heard Lu Cuicui actually call this female nun, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, but this could not be considered a coincidence. As the saying goes, if you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet.

"My name is Li Mo, nice to meet you, aunt."

He had already heard Ye Xuan talk about Lu Cuicui's family affairs.

Although he liked Lu Cuicui, not to mention that he did not have 100,000 spirit stones, even if he did, he would never agree to her mother's absurd request of selling her children.

Now that he is a foundation-building cultivator, he will not be afraid of the other party.

"Humph!"

Lu Cuicui's mother snorted coldly, then looked at Lu Cuicui who was at a loss.

"Come here quickly! It's broad daylight, and you're alone with your wife. How can this be disgraceful?"

"Yes."

While making a gesture behind her to tell Li Mo to hurry up, Lu Cuicui ran back to her mother and flew towards Qingming Mountain on her flying sword.

Li Mo shook his head helplessly, sighed and left.

the next day.

Li Mo went to visit, but was refused entry by Lu Cuicui's mother. Unable to meet Lu Cuicui, he snorted helplessly and left the mountain gate.

a few days later.

After a tiring journey, Li Mo finally arrived back at Tianmingsi in Bai'an County in early May.

"Mr. Li, you're finally back!"

"What does the court say?"

"Those people from the Yanzhou Dongfang family..."

When everyone saw Li Mo, they immediately surrounded him and asked him questions.

"Rest assured, everyone! This matter has been completely resolved. Under the laws of the imperial court, the Dongfang family has publicly apologized and made compensation!"

After learning that the matter had been completely resolved, everyone shouted excitedly.

Lu Tianyou was in the crowd, smiling brightly and was truly happy for Li Mo.

"Mr. Li, I've already hired someone to renovate your mansion. Do you want to continue living here or move somewhere else?"

"Tianyou, please."

Li Mo thought for a moment and then said, "Let's continue living here. I'm used to it."

Zhu Wei came to Li Mo with a serious expression.

"Mr. Li, I have been carefully investigating the Dagou Village case you asked me to investigate, following the clues you provided, and I have indeed made some discoveries."

Li Mo looked at Zhu Wei briefly without any expression and put away his smile.

"Come to my office to discuss this in detail."

Next, Li Mo signaled everyone to continue working, noticed Shi Yongjie's expectant eyes, sighed, and came to his side.

"I'm sorry, there's nothing I can do about this."

Shi Yongjie looked at Li Mo blankly. He didn't understand why this happened.

"But don't worry, I will never treat you differently because of this. Bai'an County Tianming Division is your home. You can always come to me if you have any problems in the future."

Li Mo patted Shi Yongjie on the shoulder and returned to his office.

Zhu Wei followed closely behind and slowly closed the office door.

"General Li, I have been patiently investigating Dagou Village for three months. I have searched for clues over and over again for three months, and I have indeed made some discoveries!"

Zhu Wei calmly took out two things.

They are a booklet and a scroll of bamboo slips respectively.

"Bai'an County household registration and land register, Dagou Village population registration list?"

Li Mo looked at the two objects and frowned slightly. Zhu Wei nodded and explained.

"I found the household registration and land register from the county tax bureau, and I found the Dagou Village population registration list from the township government office. They are from different government systems, so there's almost no possibility of collusion and falsification."

When he said this, his breathing became a little rapid.

"But I discovered that some of the names of people from Dagou Village were unknown to the villagers, and even their parents didn't remember them. Even more frightening, I discovered that the order of children in these families with missing people was very natural: eldest, second, and fourth. When I asked them who the third child was, they couldn't even explain it, as if they had just skipped over it."

Zhu Wei's voice was actually trembling.

He finally understood why Li Mo had given him such instructions before he set off.

This inconspicuous thing hidden in reality actually defied logical clues, which frightened him far more than any evil, as if he had seen an unnatural distortion between heaven and earth.

"And yet these people's land was fully taxed seven or eight years ago, or even more than ten years ago. Could it be that someone has gone insane and has too much money to spend?"

Upon hearing this, Li Mo quickly flipped through the pages.

He saw many people's names circled in red by Zhu Wei.

Sudden.

Li Mo's instinct as a rune formation master was to feel a sense of danger towards the inconspicuous thing in front of him, but it was far from the danger of exceeding the critical value when peeking into the secrets of heaven. It was just in a relatively gray area.

"this?"

Li Mo's face showed a solemn expression.

Every time he turned a page, he had a feeling of oppression as if he was looking up at the sunset, and vaguely felt that there was a bad omen.

However, Zhu Wei never stops making shocking remarks.

"Because you haven't been back for the past few months, I used this as a basis for an in-depth investigation. I discovered that Dagou Village isn't an isolated case. Similar incidents are occurring in every village and town in Bai'an County!"

His breathing was a little rapid.

"From the court officials to the villagers, no one has forgotten about these people who were registered but disappeared. They even forgot to continue collecting taxes. It's just that the situation is more serious in some towns and less serious in others. But I don't believe that there are people in this world who pay more taxes in other people's names!"

Zhu Wei looked at Li Mo with an anxious look.

"I was looking at the population registration list of Dagou Village before. After repeatedly studying it according to your instructions, I suddenly felt like I had broken through some bottleneck and finally realized where these missing people were. If it weren't for your hint, I would never have noticed the strangeness in my life and would have naturally ignored them. Only evil spirits can have such incredible power. Is there a great evil hidden in our Bai'an County that can make people forget certain things without knowing it?"

"I do not know."

Li Mo paced in the office.

This power obviously involved evil, and it was definitely not an ordinary evil. He felt that while investigating the Baiyue Organization, he was gradually approaching a terrible truth.

"It seems that this secret organization in Bai'an County is more bizarre, secretive, and powerful than Senior Sister imagined, but it is also much weaker. Otherwise, why would they spend so much effort sneaking around in various villages instead of directly destroying certain villages? They must have some concerns."

Speaking of it.

Li Mo turned and looked at Zhu Wei.

"I feel like we're getting closer to the truth. This investigation is on the right track. The truth lies hidden in these forgotten, insignificant details. I'll grant you a long vacation. Go to Beikou County now and investigate Liu Biao using this method. If he's a member of this mysterious organization, he'll definitely replicate this method there, and it'll definitely be even more crude!"

"Yes!"

Zhu Wei was about to turn around and leave when Li Mo hurriedly gave him another reminder.

"If you find anything wrong, come back and inform me immediately. Don't force us. We must dig out everything behind this!"

Li Mo said with a somewhat gloomy expression.

Zhu Wei looked at him, and when he thought about the death of his close friend, he couldn't help but reveal a ferocious look.

"I see."

Zhu Wei nodded seriously and left the office.

After a while.

Li Mo rubbed his temples. The formation master's spiritual perception told him that he was on the edge of danger.

But this matter concerns hundreds of fellow villagers in Hua'an Town five years ago, and the death of Zhao Siman, so he cannot give up.

So he put away the books and bamboo slips on his desk, strode out of the Tianming Department, and walked towards Jiang Feiyan's mansion.

After waiting outside the mansion for half an incense stick of time, Jiang Feiyan appeared after completing the Great Circulation.

"Junior brother, you are finally back. Is the matter resolved?"

"Yes, it has been completely resolved. After Master reported the matter to the court, the Dongfang family, under pressure from the court, publicly rebuked Dongfang Secret Spirit and compensated me with 3,000 spirit stones."

"Wow!"

When Jiang Feiyan heard this, her eyes lit up.

"Three thousand spirit stones. Even if I don't eat or drink, it will take me four years to save up enough. The Dongfang family is really generous."

After the two exchanged a few pleasantries, Li Mo changed the subject.

"Oh, Senior Sister, when I came back, Master asked me to bring back a message. He said that Sima Fu, who is currently in seclusion, has instructed the Sect Master that when Bai'an County tests spiritual root qualifications this year, there's no need to cooperate with the Supervisory Hall to arrange a farce. What does this mean?"

Jiang Feiyan sighed when she heard this.

"It's all the work of the Justice Society. Every year during the Dragon Boat Festival when we test our spiritual roots, the Supervisory Hall sets the stage, and we perform the show, arranging for unwilling mortals to accuse the disciples of the noble families of manipulation and deceiving their spiritual roots. This has been going on for over a decade now, and sometimes, even without us having to deliberately arrange it, someone will take the initiative to jump out and accuse the disciples of the noble families."

Li Mo was in high spirits.

He remembered that when he was testing spiritual roots in Anle City, the provincial capital, there was also a young master who was unwilling to be a mortal and publicly accused the disciples of the aristocratic families of concealing their spiritual roots.

Before that, Jade Fox Wang Ying said the same thing.

And behind all this, it turned out to be just a means of bargaining between the Justice Society and the monks from the aristocratic families. Master Lu Qi also participated in this game between masters and disciples!

As the saying goes, when gods fight, the people suffer.

Sima Fu, the acting head of the sect, made only a few arrangements, but countless people were affected, even himself. Deep down in his heart, he harbored a sense of vigilance and hostility towards the four major families.

"Junior brother, don't overthink it. I know you have an upright heart, but the struggle between us independent disciples and the disciples of the aristocratic families has been going on for over thirty years. I am already forty-nine years old this year. From the day I entered the sect, the two sides have been fighting fiercely. The source of all this is the struggle between the two acting sect leaders for the promotion to the Nascent Soul stage."

She sighed helplessly.

"We are caught in this situation. As independent disciples, if we don't want to be constantly bullied by the disciples of the aristocratic families, we can only resort to some shameful means to suppress their power advantage in the sect. There is nothing we can do about it..."

Li Mo forgot how he left Jiang Feiyan's cave.

He only felt that all his long-held aspirations for his master had collapsed as the truth came to light at this moment.

The fight between the two sides is endless and increasingly fierce.

So is Ye Qing, and so is Lu Qi.

No one in the sect can stay out of this anymore.

The Lingmu Sect is like a dying beast. It is doing its utmost to ensure that all the cultivators can produce a Nascent Soul cultivator in the shortest possible time at all costs.

There is only one cultivator in the Nascent Soul stage in the Lingmu Sect today.

Even if True Man Qingling can still hold on for the time being, the crisis of inheritance being cut off is imminent.

As the lifespan of the master continues to increase, the conflict between the cultivators from aristocratic families and the independent cultivators will inevitably intensify.

By then, the two sides may even escalate into war.

The victorious side will maximize the gathering of all cultivation resources and try to give birth to a Nascent Soul cultivator!

If it doesn't work anymore, Lingmu Sect will be finished.

"I can't do anything about the life and death of my sect, but I can fight for the safety of tens of thousands of people in Bai'an County. Baiyue Organization, let me see your true face!"

Li Mo strode towards his mansion.

He wanted to rearrange his formation here to protect himself.

(End of this chapter)

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