Chapter 824 Water Bandits


    The Dao Ting is powerful, has complex relationships, and the intelligence network is very powerful. Although the real secret may not be able to be so deep, at least the "official" means are used to find the clues on the surface very thoroughly.


    This also saves a lot of trouble in ink painting.


    If he asked him to find these things in person and check them one by one, there would probably be no progress in a few months.


    "Sure enough, you must be more flexible and you must learn to take shortcuts occasionally."


    "Daoting''s thighs are not something that cannot be hugged..."


    Mo Hua nodded and then began to stare at the smoke and river map in her hand.


    The figure marked the location where Shui Yanluo once appeared and the smoke and water basin that may have been moved.


    I don’t know how Xia Diansi found out.


    However, it seems not surprising that Xia Diansi can find these things with his back against Daoting, at least it is within the expectations of ink painting.


    Water Yama is a big fish.


    Next, you can set up a net and catch this big fish.


    There are many places on the smoky water river map.


    These may be just a small piece of them in the picture, but on the vast Smoky River, it represents a large section of the river.


    "The area is still too big, you need to shrink a little more."


    Mo Hua''s understanding of Yanshui River appeared in his mind, judging the location of the ferry where Shui Yan Luo appeared, and pondering the nature and habits of Shui Yan Luo. At the same time, he also put together a series of clues he found before...


    All these things become the cause.


    The ink painting has a deep gaze and a spiritual consciousness flows. From these "causes", the "fruit" is inferred from the "causes".


    On the Smoky Water River map, wisps of causal lines appear and fall into a net.


    Without the magic tricks of heavenly secrets and the guidance of seniors, ink painting can only explore the usage of the magic of heavenly secrets little by little based on objective facts, as well as one''s own intuition and experience.


    After a moment, the causal line stretched along the river and overlapped with some marks.


    Mo Hua recorded all these places and sent them to Xia Diansi.


    “Sister Xia…”


    "It''s called ''Xia Diansi''." The opposite person said.


    "Oh, Xia Diansi," Mo Hua said, "Based on my information, these places on the picture are very suspicious."


    In the Daoting Si, Xia Diansi, who was still busy with affairs, frowned slightly, "How did you know these places?"


    I calculated...


    Mo Hua said silently in her heart.


    Of course, this cannot be said.


    Mo Hua said vaguely: "I don''t know either, it''s something others told me."


    Xia Diansi shook his head slightly and passed the letter, "Okay, I''ll take some time to go to Yanshui River to take a look."


    A line on the picture, reality is a river.


    It is indeed difficult to understand the inside story without looking at it in person.


    "Xia Diansi, it''s best to go the day after tomorrow." Mo Hua suggested.


    "Why?" Xia Diansi was puzzled.


    "Because I''ll have a rest the day after tomorrow." Mo Hua said calmly.


    Xia Diansi was silent for a moment, raised his eyebrows slightly, "Do you want to go together too?"


    "Yes!" Mo Hua said.


    "But... it''s quite dangerous for you to build a foundation in the middle stage." Xia Diansi had some concerns.


    "It''s okay," Mo Hua said, "I''ll take Uncle Gu with me, he will protect me."


    Xia Diansi looked strange.


    This child said this, as if Gu Diansi was his bodyguard...


    Gu Changhuai, bodyguard…


    Xia Diansi thought about Gu Changhuai''s cold look, and inexplicably felt that he was quite suitable to be a "bodyguard".


    "Okay." Xia Diansi said.


    "Thank you Xia Diansi." Mo Hua was overjoyed.


    So two days later, it was the end of the day.


    Mo Hua packed up early in the morning, hired a carriage, and went to Qingzhou City.


    In order to cover up, he did not go to the Gu family, but waited in a teahouse in Qingzhou City.


    This is the agreed place.


    When I arrived at the teahouse, Mo Hua looked up and found that Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi had arrived early.


    Both of them are experienced Diansi, and their temperaments are both decisive and decisive. If the affairs of the Daotingsi were not delayed, they would act very punctually.


    But although they arrived early, they sat on the same table, but each ordered a pot of tea, drank it alone, without saying a word.


    It looks like two strangers who are strangers.


    Mo Hua shook her head and sighed.


    Stones are not good at enlightenment.


    The iron tree also does not bloom.


    It''s really worrying.


    Mo Hua walked forward, greeted the two of them, took a simple sip of tea, ate some pastries, and got up and left together.


    After confirming that no one was following, the three of them hired a hidden carriage, left Qingzhou City, and drove towards the lower reaches of Yanshui River.


    When he arrived at a river ferry near the downstream, Gu Changhuai rented another small boat.


    The three of them took a boat and rowed towards the depths of the Yanshui River.


    The Yanshui River basin is wide, and from top to bottom, it also has many tributaries, and the water shape is also complex.


    There are still many vicious water monsters lurking at the bottom of the river.


    The ink painting has only been by the Yanshui River before. As I am now, it is the first time I have been sitting in a boat and rowing to the middle of the Yanshui River.


    The edge of the boat was pressing against a pool of green river water. Looking around, there were vast rippling waves around it. The water and the sky were all in color, and there was no land or road.


    Ink paintings are both novel and strange, but as the boats sway on the water, they also feel a little strange and uncomfortable.


    The three of them took a boat and followed the ink painting based on cause and effect. They flowed forward along the river lines drawn in the Smoky Water River map, and at the same time they let go of their spiritual consciousness and searched for clues.


    The sun is rising, and the sun is getting brighter, making the river water shaky, like a mirror, a little dazzling.


    The three of them searched for a while and found something.


    “There are some shallow stalls in Hejian with footprints on them.”


    "There are some corpses of water monsters that are soaked in water and are already smelly, but the wounds on their bodies are very evil, as if they were used by someone to penetrate their chests with a powerful evil weapon..."


    "The smell of blood is quite heavy..."


    "There are some spiritual weapons that sink under the water."


    …


    "There should be a group of sinful cultivators appearing nearby, but..."


    Gu Changhuai frowned.


    But the smoke and water river is vast and the surging rivers cover up most of the traces, and the specific whereabouts of these people cannot be found.


    The nearby river basin is very complex, with side branches intertwined, looking around, I don’t know which direction to check for a while.


    Just as he was confused, a small boat came from a distance.


    There were several fishermen on the boat wearing hats and enduring the sun, and casting nets.


    Mo Hua''s eyes lit up and she said, "Tell them about it?"


    Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi thought for a moment and nodded.


    As soon as the fishing boat approached, the three of them came up on the boat.


    The two ships met, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi greeted him a little, and then asked:


    "Can there be suspicious monks nearby?"


    There were four fishing practitioners on the boat catching fish. When they saw Gu Changhuai and the others, they looked a little nervous and shook their heads repeatedly.


    Xia Diansi also asked a few questions, but he didn''t ask anything.


    After that, the fishing practitioners bowed their hands and said nothing, and carried the boat away with a vigilant look.


    Mo Hua sighed, "Uncle Gu, Xia Diansi, you can''t ask anything like this. Don''t say they don''t know, even if they know, they can''t say it."


    Both of them are Taoting and the Dianshi, and they are also Jindan monks.


    Mo Hua is familiar with them and may not feel anything.


    But for these ordinary fishing practitioners, Gu Changhuai and others can be regarded as "unfathomable" big men. When they met on the vast and uninhabited Yanshui River, these fishing practitioners were inevitably afraid and naturally did not dare to say more.


    Gu Changhuai looked indifferent.


    Anyway, he looks like this and it is impossible to change it.


    Xia Diansi also frowned slightly.


    She comes from the Xia family and rarely comes into contact with these low-level casual cultivators.


    Mo Hua sighed, "Let me ask."


    After a moment, another fishing boat came over.


    Mo Hua stood at the bow of the boat and greeted him. When the fishing boat approached, he jumped up and shouted with a smile, "Hello brothers, brothers", and then took out some spiritual wine and dried meat to them, saying that he was on a boat to visit relatives, but he was lost and didn''t know where to go, so he wanted to ask how to go in the water.


    He has a clear gaze, handsome appearance, not tall, does not look aggressive, has a gentle temperament, and looks friendly, which is easy to attract favor.


    What''s more, he also gave spiritual wine and spiritual flesh.


    This is a good thing for fishing practitioners.


    For a time, several fishermen on the boat were extremely enthusiastic about painting.


    Mo Hua sat with them, drinking and eating meat, and chatted in a harmonious atmosphere for a while. When he said goodbye, the fishermen had already warmly called Mo Hua "little brother" and asked Mo Hua to visit their house.


    Mo Hua gave them another pot of wine and waved goodbye to them.


    Back on his boat, Mo Hua nodded and said:


    “Here are all questions!”


    Xia Diansi and Gu Changhuai were a little stunned.


    Mo Hua recalled the conversation just now and pointed to the river channel in front:


    "There are forks here, which cannot be seen by the naked eye, but there are four or five waterways in these clusters of aquatic plants, which can easily hide traces."


    “There are indeed suspicious monks nearby.”


    "According to these elder brothers, they are a group of water bandits who kill people like a lot. They are elusive in this area of ??water and kill people when they see them."


    "But these bandits only appear at night, so the fishing practitioners nearby catch fish as soon as possible during the day. As soon as the sun sets, they must go back as soon as possible."


    "Once it gets late, if you walk on the waterway at night and are hit by these bandits, you may have your life here." Xia Diansi frowned, "Will they not report to Tingsi when encountering a water bandit?"


    Mo Hua said helplessly: "It''s useless to report it. This is not a fairy city. There are many fishing practitioners, but they don''t even have any book to repair it. Daotingsi doesn''t want to take care of it. Even if he wants to take care of it, the river situation here is complicated and it''s difficult to start."


    Xia Diansi was a little surprised.


    Daozhou is almost entirely a fairy city, and the control of monks’ sects in their cultivation is strictly controlled, so this situation will basically not happen.


    She turned her head, looked at Gu Changhuai silently, and said coldly:


    "It can be seen from this that the Daotingsi in Qianxuezhou is indifferent to the work and is not good at doing things."


    Gu Changhuai said coldly: "Don''t forget, you are now also the Diansi of the Daoting Department of Qianxuezhou."


    The two of them looked at each other coldly.


    Mo Hua nodded.


    good.


    The relationship between these two people has improved and they know how to quarrel.


    After that, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi attacked each other for a few more words and then they each made a truce.


    They are Diansi after all, and it is impossible for them to be difficult to distinguish between the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity of the severity


    The most urgent task is to find Shui Yanluo.


    Xia Diansi looked at the intricate waterway in front of him, pondered for a moment, and his eyes slightly condensed:


    "I''ll go back and adjust more people, start from here, searching one by one. I''ll check the entire water area."


    But Gu Changhuai said, "Don''t hurry, as there are too many people, it is easy to alarm the enemy."


    Xia Diansi had a bad eye and asked Gu Changhuai:


    "What do you think you should do?"


    Gu Changhuai was silent for a moment, his eyes flashed slightly, he raised his chin at Mo Hua and said:


    "You ask this kid."


    Xia Diansi was stunned and looked confused, "Ink painting?"


    Mo Hua originally wanted to be more low-key, but now judging by this situation, he is no longer allowed to be low-key.


    It is important to seize the water Yanluo.


    "Is there any broken knife left on the water demon just now?" Mo Hua asked.


    Gu Changhuai handed a crimson broken knife to Mo Hua.


    Ink painting puts the broken knife on the bow of the boat, and then sits down cross-legged to concentrate.


    Xia Diansi looked at it silently, not knowing what ink painting was going to do. Just when he was feeling strange, he suddenly felt that the temperament of ink painting suddenly changed, from clear sunshine to deep and strange.


    It''s like...


    From a kind boy to an unknown monster.


    At the same time, a mysterious aura spread out from the ink painting.


    After a moment, everything strangeness dissipated. Mo Hua looked as usual, pointing to a waterway in front of him: "From the middle to the right, you can find the master of the broken knife..."


    Xia Diansi''s expression was slightly shocked.


    "Is this...find the way?"


    She looked puzzled, thought for a while, and suddenly her pupils shrank and she said in a lost voice:


    "Tianji?!"


    Gu Changhuai was shocked when he heard this and suddenly looked at the ink painting.


    But Mo Hua said in confusion, "What is the magic of heaven?"


    Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua''s clear eyes and was a little surprised, "Do you know what the magic of heaven is?"


    Mo Hua nodded.


    He actually knows something.


    But what he knew was summed up by his own guesses and experience.


    It is a wild path, not a place of elegance.


    He didn''t know what the real, systematic, and academic secret technique was.


    So it is not a lie to say that you don’t know what Tianji Technique is.


    Xia Diansi frowned, "Then what are you using just now?"


    Mo Hua blinked, "I learned it from an old Taoist priest who passed by, dressed, but kind-hearted and kind-faced when I was in my hometown in Lezhou."


    "This is a divination method. It can conduct ''divination'' through spiritual sense sensing and ask for the correct path, so as to find the person or thing lost in the mountains."


    The ink painting is very serious.


    Xia Diansi himself knew nothing about the secret technique, but had heard some basic knowledge. At this time, he thought about it and felt that what Mo Hua said was reasonable.


    The so-called "divination and way-questioning method" should be some folklore methods of the end of the Heavenly Secret Methods that are circulated among the lower level monks.


    Occasionally, you can glimpse some small causes and effects, but compared with the real magic of heaven, it is still completely different.


    As for the old Taoist priest who was worn out, kind-hearted and kind-faced...


    It seems that there is no problem.


    There are indeed many experts or strange alchemists in the world of cultivation who like to travel around the world.


    It is normal for them to master some bizarre methods.


    Xia Diansi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.


    She said, how could someone learn the magic of heaven by just building a foundation...


    However, Xia Diansi still warned Mo Hua:


    "This method is not used in front of others in the future, and do not use it randomly..."


    "Why?" Mo Hua asked.


    Xia Diansi said with a serious expression:


    "Although it is just a small method of cause and effect, after all, if you are involved in the word "cause and effect", it will excessively consume your spiritual thoughts and easily cause fluctuations in your own qi. The most serious thing is that once the "divination" reaches the cause and effect of some powerful monks, it is easy to anger the masters and be subject to cause and effect backfire, and you will build your foundation..."


    Xia Diansi looked at Mo Hua with a worried look, "...This violent backlash of cause and effect is something you, a child, cannot afford."


    There is actually a causal backlash...


    Mo Hua felt a little frightened in her heart and nodded with a serious expression.


    Then he thought that he seemed to have considered a lot of cause and effect along the way, but he seemed to have not angered any "experts" and caused a backlash against cause and effect.


    I don’t know if it was because I was lucky or because my master secretly arranged methods to protect myself silently.


    No matter what, I have to keep some snacks in the future.


    But the matter of Shui Yan Luo should be fine at the moment, at least there will be no too many concerns in terms of cause and effect.


    After that, the three of them drove the boat and drove quietly along the waterway where the ink painting "divination" asked.


    The further you go, the more complicated the river situation becomes, and it is harder to distinguish the direction.


    Here is the downstream, with silt and sand accumulation, occasionally there are beach areas, and weeds half a human tall.


    So the boat has to stop as it walks.


    Take out the broken knife in ink painting, "divine" it again, and then re-determine the lower position.


    Xia Diansi looked at the ink painting silently, and the more he looked, the more he felt confused.


    All the secrets of heaven, cause and effect, and even the divine thought methods require the consumption of spiritual consciousness, especially the secrets of heaven and cause and effect algorithms, which consume more of the divine consciousness.


    But this young boy had "divination" so many times along the way, but his spiritual sense had not been used up yet.


    How deep is his spiritual consciousness?


    Xia Diansi was a little scared.


    Of course, no matter how strong the spiritual sense of ink painting is, it is impossible to use it all the time.


    What''s more, this kind of derivation involves two kinds of Tianji algorithms, which is actually very difficult.


    After forgetting the ink painting a few more times, his spiritual consciousness almost came to an end.


    But there were still a bunch of water and plants in front of me, and the surroundings were hazy, no people were seen, and there were no other clues.


    Mo Hua was patient and began to meditate and restore his spiritual consciousness.


    About half an hour later, Mo Hua opened her eyes and her spiritual consciousness had recovered most of her.


    But he couldn''t forget it anymore.


    Using the secret of heaven and the calculation of heaven and earth is harmful to the sea of ??consciousness.


    He has calculated it too many times, and the sea of ??consciousness has already felt a little tingling.


    The spiritual consciousness can be restored through meditation, but the damage to the sea of ??consciousness cannot be done.


    What''s more, water routes are not as difficult as land routes, especially in such complex waters, to find a way through Tianji Derivative Calculation.


    Mo Hua sighed.


    The turtle of Shui Yan Luo really knows how to find a place to hide it.


    Gu Changhua saw Mo Hua''s face turned slightly pale and asked softly, "Is it okay?"


    Mo Hua nodded, "It''s okay, it''s just..."


    He looked at the water plants, mud, shallows, waterways in front of him, mixed with waters, and said helplessly:


    "It seems that it''s not possible today..."


    Xia Diansi looked up at the sky and said:


    "It''s getting late. If these water bandits are hiding out at night, they will easily be discovered by them once we drag them until night."


    "And it''s dark at night, the river is dangerous, and water monsters appear, so it''s a bit dangerous..."


    It doesn’t matter to them both Jindan.


    The danger is ink painting.


    After all, ink painting is only in the middle stage of foundation building, and its blood and energy are weak. If you are in danger in the dark, you may be in danger.


    Gu Changhuai said, "Let''s go back first and come tomorrow."


    Mo Hua nodded.


    But he felt a little unwilling.


    We have already walked here, but now we have to go home.


    Although it means that we can come back again on a day, some things should not be too late. Who knows what happens after a day?


    When Mo Hua was thinking about it, Gu Changhuai had already turned the bow of the boat and swam back slowly.


    After swimming for a while, Mo Hua was suddenly stunned, as if he had noticed something abnormal. He quickly closed his eyes, put his spiritual consciousness to the extreme, and sensed everything around him.


    Soon, a very subtle, intermittent sound came to his ears.


    “Mr..”


    Mo Hua was stunned for a moment and looked down at the sound.


    Then I found that along the side of the boat, a small silver fish was waving its tail desperately, chasing his boat.


    “…Little silverfish?”


    (This chapter ends)