The Secret Way of Immortality

Ren Qing's separated soul carefully inspected the interior of the Wuwei Dojo several times.

The damaged walls could indeed recover on their own, but the three Dao Ancestor statues could not, and it was unknown what that represented.

He did want to go outside the dojo, but the two seemingly old wooden doors were tightly closed, probably requiring a specific key.

Of course, it was possible that the problem would be easily solved after Dao Being Dao advanced again.

The separated soul stayed for a long time, and no preaching occurred during that time.

The next day, he put aside the matter at hand and rushed to the location indicated by the task prompt.

Since it might involve the Wuwei Dojo, Ren Qing paid more attention to it.

The destination was the Wu Family Escort Agency in the south of the city.

As for why Ren Qing felt that the task was related to the Wuwei Dojo, in addition to the inexplicable successive disappearances of the escorts.

It was also because he vaguely remembered that Wu Mo, the eldest son of Wu the Escort Chief, had participated in the previous imperial examination, and was said to have the talent to top the list.

The Wu Family Escort Agency had a small reputation in the city, recruiting dozens of escorts, mainly transporting goods to surrounding towns.

The incident was triggered half a month ago after Wu the Escort Chief went to Crane Mountain Town to escort goods and returned.

The process was relatively calm, but since returning to Sanxiang City, the people involved in the escort began to disappear inexplicably.

The missing escorts could not even be found with their bodies, and the yamen currently had no clues.

Ren Qing was not in a hurry to go to the Wu Family Escort Agency.

Two probationary members had already accepted this task. They investigated for three days, and because it involved a strange object, the Jail Envoy was dispatched.

Ren Qing first contacted the probationary members through the mortise feather, and then set off towards the escort agency.

The Wu Family Escort Agency was located in a relatively remote location in the south of the city, with a small footprint.

Ren Qing strolled to its street, and from afar noticed two probationary members wearing bamboo hats hiding in the shadows of the alley.

They noticed the Jail Envoy token on Ren Qing's waist and quickly came over.

The probationary members were a man and a woman. The woman's appearance was relatively unfamiliar. The technique she cultivated should be related to fingers. It was obvious that both hands were crystal clear and wood-green.

When he saw the man, Ren Qing's expression suddenly showed surprise.

It was Lin Cheng, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

"Lin Cheng, I didn't expect it to be you."

"En… is… you…"

Lin Cheng stared at Ren Qing intently, his mouth wide open and unable to close, not knowing how to answer.

Ren Qing clearly became a probationary member at the same time as himself, and only a few months had passed before he was already a formal Jail Envoy.

It was incredible, and there were few similar examples in the Jail Envoy Hall.

Lin Cheng then thought of his uncle's previous instructions.

Zhang Qiu felt that Ren Qing could gain Song Zongwu's appreciation and independently cultivate to the Ghost Servant realm. His talent must be outstanding among his peers, and he was a person worth befriending.

Lin Cheng didn't have time to visit, but the other party was already out of reach.

What surprised him the most was that becoming a Jail Envoy in less than a year of probation meant that Ren Qing had already obtained the marks of three Yin Messenger realms.

Ren Qing was definitely a Yin Messenger realm seed recognized by the Jail Envoy Hall.

The woman poked Lin Cheng with her elbow and said respectfully, "Senior, I am Lu Xiaoyu, a half-corpse realm probationary member."

"I cultivate the withered finger technique. The bones of both hands have been petrified and can be used to derive from them, but only within ten meters."

Lu Xiaoyu was not taking on a task for the first time, so she was relatively familiar with the process.

She knew that Jail Envoys were capricious. If she couldn't get along with them, she probably couldn't even hope for a convenient rescue in case of danger.

Lin Cheng's expression was complicated. He also cupped his fists and saluted, and then described his own technique information.

He didn't deliberately mention that his cultivation had reached the Ghost Servant realm, probably because his foundation was weak and rashly exposing it would be more harmful than beneficial.

The relationship between the two was mediocre.

Lin Cheng knew that the gap between himself and Ren Qing was too great, and his posture suddenly became extremely low.

Ren Qing sat on a stall overlooking the escort agency, ordered three bowls of herbal tea, and asked, "Lu Xiaoyu, what's the situation inside the escort agency?"

Under the influence of the Mirrorer, the middle-aged stall owner didn't hear Ren Qing's words at all, and was busy serving tea and water.

Lu Xiaoyu was frightened by the strength that Ren Qing occasionally showed. She thought for a moment and replied, "Of the batch of escorts from half a month ago, only the seriously injured Wu the Escort Chief remains."

"What are Wu the Escort Chief's injuries?"

Lin Cheng shook his head and added, "I'm not sure. We wanted to see Wu the Escort Chief, but Wu Mo declined for various reasons."

Although Wu Mo had not yet passed the imperial examination, as a scholar he could still use his fame to suppress probationary members, and they had no way to deal with it.

"I see."

Ren Qing drank the tea in one gulp, threw down a few copper coins, and headed towards the Wu Family Escort Agency.

Whether the escort agency was related to the Wuwei Dojo or not had to be verified in person, but this kind of cover-up was definitely problematic.

After the three approached, the escort at the door saw that Ren Qing wanted to break in directly, and subconsciously prepared to reach out to stop them.

As a result, their feet were unable to move as if they were wearing iron shoes, and their mouths were tightly closed.

Ren Qing's gaze swept over, and the details of the courtyard came into view, not even missing the flowers and plants in the corner.

He turned to Lu Xiaoyu and whispered a few words.

Thirty or forty escorts put down the equipment for tempering their bodies, and the female relatives hid in the corner. Everyone looked at Ren Qing.

"The yamen is here to investigate the unexplained disappearances, and I hope you will cooperate."

"Please come in, officers."

The old butler hurriedly greeted him, and secretly winked.

Even though they vaguely knew that the Jail Envoy represented the yamen's strange and unusual people, six of the escorts still followed behind.

Walking in the martial world, you certainly can't do it without some courage.

Ren Qing went straight to the厢房 (xiāngfáng), but stopped abruptly at the intersection.

The heavy pupils quickly noticed that there were some bloody skin scraps and powdery bone fragments in the corner of the 厢房 (xiāngfáng) wall.

Under normal circumstances, this would only occur when large wild animals were eating.

And similar traces were not uncommon around the 厢房 (xiāngfáng), indicating that Wu the Escort Chief's situation might not be as complicated as imagined.

Ren Qing pointed to the 厢房 (xiāngfáng) at the end and asked, "Who lives in this room?"

The escorts looked at each other, not knowing how to answer, and had to remain silent.

The butler said with a smile, "That's the warehouse… the warehouse…"

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Ren Qing narrowed his eyes. The seriously injured Wu the Escort Chief probably lived inside, which showed that the escort agency had been deliberately concealing it.

He immediately strode over.

The escorts wanted to stop him, but their bodies fell to the ground uncontrollably.

Lin Cheng hesitated to speak when he saw this. Didn't similar tasks possibly involve strange objects? Jail Envoys should be more cautious when dealing with them.

Why was Ren Qing so swift and decisive? Wasn't he afraid of the strange object getting out of control?

At this moment, the door at the end was opened from the inside.

A young man in his early twenties walked out slowly, his expression haughty, and said, "Sir, I am Wu Mo. We met during the previous imperial examination."

"Oh."

Ren Qing looked at the young man. Although he didn't have much of an impression, he could see that he had some talent.

"Someone is missing from the escort agency. The yamen should go find the criminals who committed the crime. What's the use of embarrassing us? When my father recovers, he will definitely come to the yamen to inform you in person…"

Before Wu Mo could finish speaking, Lu Xiaoyu suddenly walked over carrying a large cotton sack. After she casually threw it on the ground, a few heads with unseeing eyes rolled out.

"Sir Ren, the bodies were indeed buried in the backyard."

The escorts burst into an uproar, and Wu Mo stared in disbelief.

Then he saw a slender spine drill out of the Jail Envoy's palm, directly splitting open the door of the 厢房 (xiāngfáng).

A strong smell of medicine wafted over.

However, Ren Qing still noticed the abnormality. The smell of medicine was obviously covering up the blood.

Ren Qing's aura was undisguised.

The figure on the bed tried to escape, but was directly nailed to the ground by the Dragon Serpent Spine, and blood flowed down the wall to the outside.

The movement was so loud that it naturally attracted the rest of the escorts.

Where was Wu the Escort Chief? What was strung on the Dragon Serpent Spine was actually a monster similar to a mountain spirit, struggling with a ferocious face.

Ren Qing was slightly disappointed. He thought Wu the Escort Chief was related to the Wuwei Dojo, but it was all bark and no bite.

He estimated that Wu the Escort Chief had intentionally swallowed a strange object, after all, if he could master the technique, he could reach the sky in one step.

It's just that under the influence of the strange object, his mentality began to change, and he unconsciously tried to kill and eat meat.

Wu Mo's expression was dull and speechless.

He had never thought that things were really related to his father. Even if Wu the Escort Chief didn't let him approach, he just thought he had contracted a difficult and complicated disease.

He originally wanted to find a doctor to treat him, but he turned into an evil spirit.

Ren Qing retracted the Dragon Serpent Spine and grabbed Wu the Escort Chief's neck with his right hand.

After looking around, he said, "This person was possessed by an evil spirit, so he killed the escorts. Next, it will be handled by the Jail… yamen."

The family members couldn't help but cry out in pain.

The escorts felt a lingering fear. If the evil spirit had suddenly become hungry in the past few days, I'm afraid the dozens of people in the escort agency wouldn't have been enough to eat.

Wu the Escort Chief gave up struggling, his eyes showing some relief, and then he was swallowed into the prison in Ren Qing's stomach by the different mouth.

Ren Qing and the three of them left the escort agency neatly.

The people in the escort agency showed different reactions to Wu the Escort Chief's death, all hoping that Wu Mo could be on the gold list, so that the escort agency would not be down and out.

On the day the yamen released the list, Sanxiang City was filled with the sound of firecrackers.

Clerk Zhao personally led the constables through the streets, and whenever they arrived near the home of someone who had passed the examination, they would loudly announce their name in a singing voice.

And when he read the top of the list, he happened to walk to the front of the Wu Family Escort Agency.

"Wu Family Escort Agency, Wu Mo is the top scholar～～～"

Cheers rang out, and even many escorts were wearing white mourning clothes.

Wu Mo stood in front of the door with a haggard expression, accepting congratulations from relatives and friends from all directions, which could be described as bringing glory to his ancestors in the eyes of others.

But not far from the escort agency, a small figure squatted in the corner.

Du Gu's clothes were relatively tattered, and his right hand was wrapped with bandages for several laps. The look in his eyes towards Wu Mo was extremely venomous.

He had also participated in the imperial examination, but not only did he fail, but he also contracted a strange disease afterwards. Seeing the smooth sailing Wu Mo, he was naturally indignant.

"If only I were Wu Mo…"

Du Gu suddenly felt his left hand itching uncontrollably, and couldn't help but take off the bandage, revealing a palm that was as stone-like.

It was as if it had been taken from a statue.

"And that mutton soup restaurant on the corner, how come it doesn't even have any meat."