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Gu Jinyan frowned, and asked seriously, "Liuli, do you know the art of finding people?"

Yin Liuli nodded. "Yes, who are you looking for?"

"Ah Yun."

A dark look crept across Gu Jinyan's handsome, sharply defined face as he spoke in a low voice.

"Recently, several cases of missing children have occurred in the capital. The methods used in these cases are clean and efficient, and even the Dali Temple has been unable to find any clues."

Yesterday, Ah Yun sent me a letter saying she'd found a lead and was going to investigate it.

As he spoke, he handed a neatly handwritten letter to Yin Liuli, "Take a look at this first."

Yin Liuli took it and examined it closely, then frowned.

Fang Zhengyun wrote in his letter that his friend Gao Hong, the son of the Vice Minister of War, had also mysteriously disappeared.

Gao Hong said he had found a clue, so the two of them went to investigate on their own.

He left behind only the name of an inn outside the west gate of the capital.

Gu Jinyan frowned and said,

"The Duke's mansion sent someone this morning to inquire, saying that he went out yesterday and has not returned since. I was afraid something had happened to him, so I kept it a secret for the time being."

Liuli, I sent my undercover guards to investigate that inn outside the west gate. There was nothing wrong with the inn, but the person disappeared after leaving it.

Can you find his whereabouts?

A child has gone missing, and Fang Zhengyun's whereabouts are unknown...

Yin Liuli's eyes narrowed slightly.

Do you have any items that Fang Zhengyun used? Anything is fine.

Gu Jinyan shook his head.

Yin Liuli said calmly, "Used items will become tainted with the owner's blood and essence, so the Qi-finding method is the most accurate and effective."

If not, I can only resort to divination... Wait for me a moment.

She got up and went inside to get a wooden box. Her slender fingers reached inside and picked out three ancient coins.

He held the ancient coin in his palms and shook it gently, then said in a deep voice, "Tell me Fang Zhengyun's birth date."

Gu Jinyan recited a string of numbers.

With a clang, Yin Liuli scattered the copper coins on the table.

She glanced at it briefly and said,

"I'm in a dangerous situation, my life hangs by a thread. The direction I'm looking for is Kan (坎), so I should go north and search in the mountains and forests about ten miles away."

A person imprisoned among the rocks will encounter water but be safe; if they do not, danger lurks everywhere.

Gu Jinyan nodded, a chilling aura emanating from him.

"The North? Mountains and forests... There is a Chaoxia Mountain just north of the capital!"

I'll go right now! Liuli, please apologize to Madam for me, and I'll come back to make amends another day.

After saying that, he got up to leave.

"etc."

Yin Liuli grabbed his arm and looked at him with clear, bright eyes.

"I will go with you! This divination contains hidden evil; if it is the work of a sorcerer, you are no match for him."

Gu Jinyan paused for a moment, then said, "Okay."

Madam Zhen had prepared a table of food, but when she came back in, the place was deserted and the tea had gone cold.

……

Outside the door, the guards had already prepared a horse for Yin Liuli.

"I'll return to you through the snow."

Just as Yin Liuli was about to mount her horse, Gu Jinyan pulled her in front of the snow-white horse, patted its neck, and said, "Listen to her well."

"hold head high……"

Ta Xue let out a neigh at Yin Liuli, then turned its head, bit the reins, and stuffed them into Yin Liuli's hand.

What a clever little one!

Yin Liuli gave a silent compliment and mounted her horse.

The two horses galloped forward, followed by several guards who converged from different directions, appearing and disappearing behind them.

Once you leave the capital, you'll see a majestic, rolling green mountain range; it's just a couple more miles away.

The horses stopped at the foot of the mountain.

Yin Liuli noticed that several carriages were parked in the open space, and most of the people coming and going from the mountain were women and young ladies, carrying food boxes and baskets.

"Gu Jinyan, are there any temples on this mountain?"

Yin Liuli asked.

Gu Jinyan nodded.

"This mountain is called Chaoxia Mountain. There is a Chaoxia Temple on the mountainside. It is very popular with pilgrims from the vicinity of the capital."

Something flickered in Yin Liuli's heart, and she frowned,

How many children are missing? What are their ages? Are they boys or girls?

Gu Jinyan replied without hesitation,

"To date, there have been nineteen missing persons cases reported to the authorities, all of whom are boys aged between seven and twelve."

Various pieces of information surfaced in Yin Liuli's mind, piecing together like a jigsaw puzzle.

She suddenly said in a cold voice,

"Gu Jinyan, do you have enough manpower? I suspect there's something wrong with Chaoxia Temple; those missing children might be here!"

"What?"

A hint of surprise flashed across Gu Jinyan's handsome face.

Yin Liuli's eyes darkened. "Pure Yang Pill! Those missing boys may very well have been captured and used to refine a kind of pill called Pure Yang Pill."

Gu Jinyan secretly gasped. "What makes you say that?"

Yin Liuli said,

"Boys are of pure Yang constitution, which is most abundant between the ages of seven and twelve. Younger boys have insufficient Yang energy, while older boys' Yang energy has begun to dissipate."

The Pure Yang Pill uses a young boy's flesh and blood as a furnace to refine the pure Yang energy within his body, condensing it into a pill. One pill is enough to strengthen his foundation and rapidly repair damaged true energy!

Gu Jinyan felt a chill run down his spine. "Using young boys' bodies?...How many would you need?"

"The number seven!"

Yin Liuli paused for a moment, a sharp glint flashing in her cool eyes.

"Do you remember when Wu Yazi set up a formation at the Duke's mansion to save Yin Yuzhu?"

I broke his formation back then, and he must have suffered a backlash from the formation, which is why he needed to use the Pure Yang Pill to repair it!

Although it was just a guess, she couldn't think of anyone else who would use such an extremely sinister method!

Gu Jinyan's handsome face, with its sharply defined features, suddenly darkened.

"Ah Yun must have been kidnapped here while searching for clues outside the West City!"

"Liuli, let's go quickly..."

Fortunately, he consulted Yin Liuli. If it weren't for her divination, he would still be searching for someone outside the West City!

Not to mention, there was a major lead in the child abduction case!

"etc."

Yin Liuli stopped him, saying, "Refining Pure Yang Pills is easy to attract evil spirits. Wu Yazi must have set up a formation. We need to be fully prepared."

Have your people buy cinnabar to wear, applying a small amount to the center of the forehead, the chest, and the lower abdomen, to prevent injury from the formation.

Gu Jinyan nodded, glanced sideways, and called out softly, "Qian Yi!"

Immediately, someone stepped forward from a short distance away, bowing and waiting for orders, "Master."

He said in a deep voice, "Do as instructed and await further orders."

After they had made their own arrangements, Yin Liuli suddenly said, "Gu Jinyan, give me your hand."

Gu Jinyan opened his palm without hesitation and presented it to her. "What?"

Yin Liuli grasped his hand, her slender fingers drawing a "Primordial Chaos Talisman" on his palm. With a thought, she activated the talisman, which transformed into a faint ray of light and entered his palm.

Gu Jinyan looked at her quietly, a glint of light appearing in his deep eyes.

"Alright, the Hunyuan Talisman protects the body with Yin and Yang energies, and transforms into a Hunyuan Pearl to protect the mind when danger is encountered."

Yin Liuli pushed his hand back, then tapped her earlobe, summoning the wailing sound, and thought to herself,

"Stay with me, and report anything that seems amiss immediately!"

"Wow!" he exclaimed, clenching his fists in a majestic gesture.

"Yes, Master!"

To avoid alerting the enemy, the two bought some incense from the villagers at the horse parking area and disguised themselves as pilgrims as they headed up the mountain.