The road is vague

Chapter 135 Secret Report on Major Cases
The complete Six Disasters and Six Tribulations Dust-Destroying Formation is a large formation that is powerful enough to threaten a Jindan-stage cultivator.

However, what Li Mo had arranged in his mansion at the moment was just a set of flag formations, which naturally could not be compared with a real large formation.

The characteristic of the flag formation is not to fight on a large scale or for a long time, but only to temporarily guard a personal cave, to buy time for the cave owner to complete the Great Circulation, or to serve as a trap-like device, which is set up in advance and then waited for an opportunity.

But even if you set up a flag formation, you have to pay a price.

Now Li Mo has successfully arranged the six disasters and six tribulations to eliminate Chen in his mansion.

Even if the flag formation is in a dormant state, it will consume almost half a spirit stone every day. Accumulating over time, it will consume almost two hundred spirit stones a year, which is not a small number.

At least for cultivators in the Foundation Establishment Stage, it is already a luxury.

After setting up the outer protective flag formation, Li Mo set up the Bagua Spirit Gathering Formation in the dormitory.

As the formation was activated, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth in the vicinity continuously gathered.

After Li Mo sensed it a little, he couldn't help feeling refreshed.

He seemed to have returned to his master's sect on the top of Qingming Mountain, meditating peacefully in an environment filled with extremely abundant and rich spiritual energy.

"Great."

When on Qingming Mountain, Li Mo, as a cultivator in the Foundation Establishment Stage, naturally did not dare to set up the Bagua Spirit Gathering Formation at will.

Otherwise, if we are discovered by the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall, it will be troublesome.

School regulations.

No one is allowed to set up a spirit gathering array without permission.

Only for cultivators in the Jindan stage, disciples from the sect's law enforcement hall will set up a spirit gathering array in their daily meditation caves free of charge, and provide them with the spirit stones needed for daily maintenance.

You should know that Qingming Mountain itself is a huge spiritual eye.

If more spirit eyes are placed within the spirit eye, it will inevitably affect the overall trend of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth. Therefore, not only the Lingmu Sect, but almost all sects will exercise restraint to avoid affecting the spiritual vein foundation of the sect.

"Fortunately, the Eight Trigrams Spiritual Gathering Formation doesn't consume many spirit stones. It only consumes one spirit stone every ten days or so. After all, this formation itself has the effect of gathering spirits, and it can convert some of the dissipated spiritual energy into maintaining power."

Next.

Li Mo released the six waves of green water matrix puppets and the semi-finished eight trigrams spirit gathering matrix puppets to guard his mansion.

After this.

Li Mo can rest assured as he practices the Great Circulation here.

"It's better to refine this half-finished matrix puppet as soon as possible."

More than half a month later.

There were eight flying swords floating in the refining room. These flying swords were floating upright and neatly arranged, like a row of bamboo slips.

Li Mo held his breath and concentrated, the Eye of Tao shone with silver light.

As he drove the Thunder Sword, he accurately carved a large number of silver tadpole characters on the blades of these flying swords, just like writing articles about the order of heaven and earth in silver tadpole characters on bamboo slips. Almost every silver tadpole character possessed an amazing spirit, as if it had come alive.

The whole process lasted several days.

The tip of the Thunder Sword continuously carved on the blades of these mid-grade magical weapons, forming a melody of the order of heaven and earth. There were absolutely no stumbling blocks or typos. These silver tadpole characters were actually connected into one, becoming an article that matched heaven and earth.

"good."

Li Mo examined the fruits of his labor, nodded and smiled knowingly.

Then he soaked these flying swords in the demon blood for about half an hour.

As the spiritual power in the demon blood was gradually absorbed by these flying swords, the original grooves on the sword bodies also returned to being smooth.

Only monks can detect the rune restrictions on it.

However, these magical weapons have lost their function in fighting and confrontation, and can only be used as a set to set up the Bagua Spirit Gathering Formation.

Li Mo inserted these array-based magic tools into the energy departments of the eight matrix puppets, completely integrating them with these matrix puppets.

"Success?"

A large amount of silver tadpole characters, along with the spiritual power of the spirit stone, poured out from the body of the matrix puppet.

Just for a moment.

Li Mo felt that some special changes had occurred in these eight puppets.

"It seems... uh, more energy-efficient?"

Li Mo frowned, and as his thoughts surged, the eight puppets quickly moved to different directions, forming a formation field and activating the Bagua Spirit Gathering Formation.

"This……"

Li Mo was stunned for a moment.

He suddenly realized that this formation seemed to be useless in the fight against the enemy.

"How could I do such a stupid thing!"

He was so focused on comprehending the characteristics of matrix puppetry that he didn't think about its practical application at all. As a result, he created this rather weird thing.

It's impossible to suddenly activate the Bagua Spirit Gathering Formation during a war, right?

This is the consequence of not having a master to guide you. You will always make some almost ridiculous common sense mistakes.

After a period of speechless regret, Li Mo tried to change the formation, but found that it would affect the entire formation and it was impossible to change it.

"Ugh."

Li Mo sighed helplessly and had to go with the flow and continue testing.

But then he made an unexpected discovery.

This set of Bagua Spirit Gathering Matrix puppets is not completely useless.

That is, these puppets consume almost no energy during their non-combat dormant period. Therefore, if they are in seclusion for a long time, or are placed to guard certain secret objects, especially those that require years of care, a considerable amount of spirit stones can be saved.

And he thought of another possibility.

If higher-level matrix puppets are created in the future, such as matrix puppets in the Nascent Soul stage, or even matrix puppets in the God Transformation stage, in the absence of sufficient high-grade and top-grade spirit stones, perhaps a higher-level spirit gathering array can be used to replace most of the spiritual power supply.

"interesting."

This unexpected discovery surprised Li Mo.

"It seems that different formations will also bring different passive attributes to the matrix puppet."

He remembered something that happened before.

"No wonder I always thought the six-wave green water matrix puppets were unique. They were clearly damaged by that Foundation Establishment cultivator from the Dongfang family, but just a few days later, when Lu Cuicui and I planned to disassemble the six puppets for maintenance, we found that they were as good as new. It turns out they have a passive self-healing property."

In just a moment, Li Mo figured out the key.

……

night.

"General Li!"

Lu Tianyou brought a strange monk to the gate of Li Mo's mansion.

After Li Mo noticed something, he activated the flag formation and walked out.

"It's so late, what's wrong?"

After hearing this, the strange monk bowed respectfully.

"Reporting to the General Flag Officer, I am Zhang Zheng, a disciple of the Advanced Training Hall. I have been entrusted by Senior Sister Lü Cuicui of the Guardian Hall to deliver a letter."

Upon hearing this, Li Mo immediately took the letter.

"Li Mo, I'm truly sorry about what happened the other day. Mother doesn't know about us yet. My father died in the war, and Mother has been unable to extricate herself from the situation. She vowed to avenge him, and her temperament has gradually become extreme. Please don't make things difficult for her. I will try to persuade her. It's not convenient for me to go out during this period. I will try to visit you in the fall."

After reading the letter, Li Mo sighed softly.

Then he looked at the disciple of the Advanced Studies Hall named Zhang Zheng.

In just two years, Li Mo has transformed from a disciple who performs tasks similar to delivering letters to a person who receives letters.

"It's getting late. You should rest here for the night. Tomorrow morning, I will issue you a private commission as the general flag of this place. If you bring me a reply letter, I will pay you five spirit stones."

Zhang Feng was immediately surprised when he heard this. This meant that he could earn five more spirit stones from this mission. This was truly a pleasant surprise.

"Tianyou, please arrange a room for him in the department."

"it is good."

After Li Mo returned to the mansion with the envelope, Zhang Zheng breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lu Tianyou, expressing gratitude again.

"Thank you, Senior Brother. I didn't expect that this Senior Uncle Li is not only young and handsome, but also so gentle and accommodating."

Lu Tianyou nodded and smiled, without saying much, and took Zhang Zheng to the Ministry of Destiny.

the next day.

After Li Mo came to the Ministry of Destiny wearing a flying bird costume, he met Zhang Zheng and handed him five spirit stones and a letter.

"You must secretly deliver this letter to Lü Cuicui of the Guardian Hall. Remember to do it when no one is around her. This is your reward."

"Thank you, General Banner."

Zhang Zheng bowed respectfully, took the spirit stone and secret letter, and turned to leave the Ministry of Destiny.

Next.

Li Mo's life is back on track.

In the morning, he would work in the Ministry of Destiny.

He kept looking through the household registration and land registers of Bai'an County and the population registration list of Dagou Village, marking out all the people who had disappeared inexplicably in the entire Bai'an County, and then entrusted the inspectors of the department to secretly visit and investigate.

In the afternoon, Li Mo would return to his mansion to practice.

He began to practice alchemy again according to the "Fire Alchemy Sutra".

During this period, he would frequently activate the Five Thunders Transforming into Dust Technique, and constantly practice cracking the recipes of the mortal-level basic elixirs he had collected from his master's market.

After nightfall.

Li Mo will further comprehend the art of refining, the art of rune formations, and the art of matrix puppetry. Occasionally, he will take out "The Art of Returning to the Origin of the Seven Apertures", "Bronze Pole Script", and "Spiritual Illumination Sword Manual" for study and understanding, and finally use the Five Thunders to transform dust into decomposition of the waste from refining.

Also read "The Misty Box".

As Li Mo's cultivation progressed, when he read "Piao Miao Box" again, he no longer had the same empty imagination as before, but some more concrete associations.

unconsciously.

It was the end of June.

Thunderstorm season is approaching.

For more than a month, Li Mo has not been able to enter the ethereal dream, but he is not anxious because he knows that with the arrival of the thunderstorm season, the frequency of entering the ethereal dream will suddenly increase.

This morning.

Gao Zhengyi looked solemn as he strode to Li Mo's office and gently knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

After Gao Zhengyi entered Li Mo's office, he solemnly handed him a piece of information.

"General, my informant in the Eighteen Mountains just sent me news. Half a month ago, four mysterious monks entered the Eighteen Mountains. Each of them could fly. Since then, more than a dozen people have joined them, but none of them can fly. They seem to be holding some kind of mysterious ceremony there."

"Is this serious?"

"It's true."

Li Mo quickly looked through the information in his hand.

"Could it be the White Moon Organization?"

After he finished reading the informant's information, he immediately stood up, paced back and forth with a serious expression on his face, thinking.

He would never allow incidents like the Tanhe evil spirit incident to happen again.

Judging from the detailed descriptions in these intelligence reports, it does not seem to be a fake. Connecting these clues together and further inferring, it is indeed quite consistent with the characteristics of a secret cult organization.

Furthermore.

Li Mo has great trust in Gao Zhengyi Xiaoqi's personality and work ability.

So after careful consideration, he immediately took out the emergency order from the locked drawer, signed his name on it, and then took out the seal on his badge and stamped it decisively.

"Pass on my order to issue the highest security alert order for Bai'an County. Summon all patrol officers on duty to return to their posts immediately and await dispatch from the Ministry of Destiny!"

"Yes!"

After Gao Zhengyi received the signed order, he walked out of the office door and shouted.

"Bai'an County's highest security alert order, all patrol officers return to their posts immediately!"

Following Gao Zhengyi's shout, the people who were originally chatting and laughing in the office area quickly stood up and lined up with serious expressions on their faces. They sent sound transmission notes to the team members who were on night shift or temporary leave, including Jiang Feiyan's residence.

About half an incense stick later.

Jiang Feiyan rushed over.

"Junior brother, what happened?"

Li Mo took out Gao Zhengyi's information.

"This is the information passed on by Gao Xiaoqi's informant. Several unidentified monks have gathered in the Eighteen Mountains. Four of them possess the ability to fly. They are about to perform some kind of mysterious ritual. Even if they are not members of the White Moon Organization, they are definitely members of a secret organization, possibly even a cult."

"Four cultivators with the ability to fly, four suspected foundation-building cultivators?"

After reading the complete information, Jiang Feiyan couldn't help but look solemn.

"follow me."

The two of them strode into the secret room of the Ministry of Destiny.

As Jiang Feiyan took out the general flag badge and inserted it into the forbidden slot, the runes on the door gradually dimmed, followed by a burst of intensive gear turning sounds, and the heavy secret room door opened with a bang.

The two of them stepped into it.

In the air of the secret room, a strange mechanical device was floating. It seemed to be composed of more than twenty rings, with large rings surrounding small rings. Each ring had its own unique operating trajectory, constantly fitting together and separating, emitting a mysterious light.

Li Mo was surprised to find that this mechanical device was completely consistent with the Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.

"This is the Tianming Division's emergency rescue device, called the Divine Armillary Sphere. If a county encounters a case involving demons, monsters, or secret organizations that is difficult for it to resolve independently, it can use the armillary sphere to transmit information to the Tianming Divisions of surrounding counties and prefectures, obtaining support and filing a report with the sect and the imperial court. I used it once when I first took office in Bai'an County six years ago."

It turned out to be a product of the Shenji Sect.

At this time.

A ray of spiritual light shot down from the magical armillary sphere.

Jiang Feiyan hurriedly put the information about the Eighteen Mountains secret organization into the spiritual light.

The divine armillary sphere made a loud "hum" sound, and an invisible ripple spread out from the secret room in all directions. Li Mo felt that the nearby heavenly stems and earthly branches were actually disturbed by it.

"All right."

After Jiang Feiyan took back the intelligence letter, she took Li Mo out of the secret room. The process was quite convenient.

The two men came to the office area, and the four flag bearers lined up to report in turn.

"Report! Team Tian Feng was supposed to have six members, and there are actually six!"

"Report! Team Gao Zhengyi was supposed to have eight members, but we've only got six. The two missing are Wei Ning and Shi Yongjie. Wei Ning went to Hua'an Town on a mission three days ago and hasn't returned yet. Shi Yongjie requested leave to visit his family seven days ago, so he still has eight days of vacation left."

"Report! Zhu Wei's team was supposed to have six members, but only four have arrived. Zhu Wei, the flag bearer, has been on extended leave. Zhao An went to Tongchao Town on a mission five days ago and hasn't returned."

Zhu Wei's captaincy will be temporarily replaced by Wang Ping, but there will be no changes in position for the time being.

"Report! Meng Xiangqiao's team was supposed to have seven members, and there are actually seven!"

Jiang Feiyan looked around at the twenty-three inspectors present and pointed out five of them.

"Five of you will stay in the department to handle urgent matters. The remaining eighteen people will follow the two of us to the Eighteen Mountains to handle the case."

"Yes!"

The people wearing bird costumes filed out and rode away at full speed.

(End of this chapter)