First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 62: Stolen

"After returning to the sect, let's see if there's any way to open it," Shen Mo thought, not bothering to collect the corpse for the old Taoist and turned to leave.

He didn't return to the Shen family.

After informing Gu Ming and having him bring Gu Chao out, he planned to leave.

"You have committed many crimes. I originally wanted to kill you, but considering that your cultivation has been destroyed and you helped me kill Xuanzhi, it can be considered as redeeming your sins. I will spare the lives of you siblings," Shen Mo said.

"Go and live your lives well."

Upon hearing Shen Mo's words, Gu Ming's expression became somewhat lost, and his heart was filled with mixed emotions.

His life was spared.

But losing his cultivation, his former glory had truly become like smoke in the wind.

Where should he go now?

"Take care of yourselves."

Shen Mo didn't say much to the two of them and left with these words, riding his sword.

Flying across the sky, Shen Mo shuttled through the sea of clouds.

On this return journey, he finally experienced the speed of traveling thousands of miles in a day.

The distance between Tianyou City and the mountain gate of the Linjiang Sect, which was over three thousand miles, only took him a day to reach.

"Flying on a sword is indeed much more efficient than running on two legs."

After arriving at the mountain gate, he put away the Longque Sword and couldn't help but sigh, "However, this Longque Sword is still too narrow. While flying on the sword, I can only stand in one place without any room to move."

If there is a chance in the future, he should get a broader sword specifically for traveling.

"Outer disciple Shen Mo returning to the sect."

Arriving at the mountain gate, after showing his identity token to the disciples guarding the gate, Shen Mo returned to the sect and went straight to his residence.

"Ying! Ying! Ying!"

At the top of the courtyard wall, the Spirit-Hiding Rat sat alone, looking into the distance as if trying to see through it.

When it saw Shen Mo's figure, it immediately became excited and called out.

Swoosh!

It quickly turned into a gust of wind and jumped to Shen Mo's side, tugging at his pants leg with a pitiful look.

"You must have been lonely all by yourself for many days."

Seeing the Spirit-Hiding Rat's actions, Shen Mo couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. He bent down and touched its little head, saying, "Missed me, huh? Sorry for coming back late."

"Ying!"

The Spirit-Hiding Rat whimpered softly and rubbed its head against Shen Mo's neck, as if acting spoiled.

He put the Spirit-Hiding Rat on his shoulder and pushed open the gate of the courtyard.

As soon as he approached, it jumped down from Shen Mo's shoulder as if inviting him in.

"What's this?"

Seeing its actions, Shen Mo was somewhat surprised and followed its lead into the house.

When he saw the house filled with all sorts of miscellaneous materials, ores, and talismans, he was completely shocked.

"These... did you find all of these?"

"Ying!"

The Spirit-Hiding Rat stared at Shen Mo with its two small black eyes, seemingly waiting for his praise and comfort.

"Inside the Linjiang Sect is not the same as the outside world. If you randomly search and bring things here, if you're discovered, there will be trouble."

Shen Mo carefully looked at this pile of things. Most of them were commonly used by outer disciples of the Linjiang Sect, but there were also a few things that only inner disciples had. He couldn't help but feel a headache.

Although the Spirit-Hiding Rat could find treasures, it couldn't create them out of thin air.

When it obtained one thing, it naturally had to steal another thing.

If it were outside, it would be fine, but within the Linjiang Sect, everyone is a disciple of the sect.

What you can see when you lower your head and what you can see when you raise your head, doing things like this will cause problems sooner or later.

"Ying! Ying!"

Lingcang Mouse's face fell. It had thought that Shen Mo would be happy when he came back.

But unexpectedly, he seemed a bit caught off guard and couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved.

"Never mind, never mind, it can be considered that you have good intentions."

Seeing this, Shen Mo quickly comforted him with a few words.

Speaking of which, this Lingcang Mouse agreed to follow him back to the sect, and he left it alone outside the residence.

Rarely, this Lingcang Mouse remembered him and specially prepared a surprise for him.

Even though there was suspicion of doing good things that turned out bad, Shen Mo still couldn't bear to reprimand it.

He set up a fire and roasted a meal of red-browed deer meat for the Lingcang Mouse.

"In the future, remember not to search for treasures within the Linjiang Sect, and don't wander around."

While stuffing the deer meat into its plate, Shen Mo said, "Not far from the foot of this mountain, there is a small town with a specialized market selling all kinds of treasures. If you want to get something, it will be much safer to go there. If you have free time in the future, I'll take you there."

In the market of Jiyun Town, there are many wandering cultivators coming and going, even if something is stolen, it won't be traced back to the Linjiang Sect.

The Lingcang Mouse didn't know if it had listened, it just wagged its tail and then focused on eating the roasted meat.

"It smells so good!"

Outside, a voice sounded, followed by someone pushing the door open.

"You, you really came back to the sect."

The person who came in was none other than Cao Ren, who had been in seclusion for several days.

At this moment, he had a smile on his face and was carrying two jars of fine wine, as if he had just come back from going down the mountain to buy wine.

"You came out of seclusion!"

Shen Mo saw Cao Ren and a smile appeared on his face as well.

This guy had been in seclusion for several months, and he couldn't find him no matter how many times he looked for him.

"I came out of seclusion a few days ago."

Cao Ren put the fine wine in his hand on the stone table and explained, "After I came out of seclusion, I heard my dad say that you came to look for me several times, so I wanted to come and see you. I didn't expect you to be away from the sect."

"I went down the mountain to buy some wine just now, planning to have a good drink with my old man, but it seems like he's not in a good mood."

"What happened?" Shen Mo was slightly surprised and curious.

"He was robbed." Cao Ren shrugged and said strangely, "I don't know why, but he lost some things these past few days for no reason."

"Pills, talismans, materials, if it weren't for me being in seclusion all this time, he might have suspected that I did it."

"Originally, the things that were lost weren't very valuable, just some ordinary things, but what made him anxious was that a key material for his alchemy was lost. That's why he's so worried, but unfortunately, he can't find the thief."

"According to reason, this shouldn't happen. How could there be thieves in the Linjiang Sect? Moreover, his cave is protected by restrictions, and ordinary people can't enter."

Just as Cao Ren was puzzled, Shen Mo's heart tightened.

So these treasures were stolen from your dad!

"Ying!"

The Lingcang Mouse, listening to this, suddenly stopped eating and shouted at Cao Ren, as if it wanted to say something.

But Shen Mo reacted quickly and hit it on the head, letting it continue eating and not make a fuss.

If this were exposed, it would be very embarrassing.

Shen Mo's face showed a slightly embarrassed but polite smile, trying to change the subject. "Since you've come out of seclusion, I suppose you've successfully made a breakthrough?"

"Of course!"

When it came to this, Cao Ren's spirits lifted, no longer dwelling on the matter of his father's cave being robbed. He proudly took out a jade plaque from his pocket.

This jade plaque was made of white jade, with exquisite cloud patterns carved on the front and the words "Inner Sect" written in the center.

On the back, Cao Ren's name and background were engraved.

(End of this chapter)