Chapter 98 97. Preparations before entering Tianguangxu (Third update)

into the night.

It was like an inky night sky sweeping across the starry sky, extending from the towering city walls to the Tao family mansion.

At this time, the sky had just darkened, but the entire Tao family was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop, and not a single light was on.

While waiting.

Xu Qing asked Mo Qingxue about her afternoon investigation: "How is it? Has anyone else died in the Tao family during this period?"

Mo Qingxue responded in a deep voice: "I sent someone to inquire. After the old master Tao died of illness, the Tao family prohibited the family members and disciples from leaving the house in the name of keeping vigil. They also sent servants to strictly guard the surroundings of the house to prevent anyone from escaping."

"Seal off the house completely?" Xu Qing pursed his lips slightly, "Is the family member who reported to the police before a cultivator?"

"No."

"If not, how did she, a weak woman, escape from the Tao family? Unless someone helped her."

"Anyone help?"

"Hmm." Xu Qing cast his gaze towards the white-robed monk sitting in the backyard and murmured, "This Buddhist also realized that the Tao family was hiding something, so he dragged the government into it?"

"By the way, that family member only said that Patriarch Tao showed up again and someone in the Tao family died. Is there anything else to say?"

Mo Qingxue shook her head: "No. Apart from these two things, she didn't say anything else. She just urged us to get rid of Patriarch Tao as soon as possible."

Upon hearing this, Xu Qing fell into deep thought.

"As a constable in the government, can't you bring Tao Yiqing back to the government office for interrogation and make him explain everything?"

"This way we won't be so passive."

"If I could, I would have done it long ago." Mo Qingxue said unhappily, "Although the government has the responsibility to arrest people, it is impossible for them to arrest and interrogate everyone who has problems."

"What's more, the Tao family is now a victim."

Xu Qing shook his head: "After all, the Tao family is still a noble family. Even if it is a family that has fallen to the point of only having one Confucian cultivator at the second level, as long as it has this reputation, the government will not dare to touch it easily."

Mo Qingxue didn't know how to respond.

Because that's the truth, one world, two sets of rules.

When the two finished their discussion, Zhao Yinxi suddenly poked Xu Qing's shoulder and said, "Here you come."

"Ah."

Xu Qingyun looked with all his eyesight and saw a figure with a weak soul and a very familiar face and figure wandering aimlessly in the Tao family house.

Xu Qing and Zhao Yinxi looked at each other.

Patriarch Tao really appeared again?!

"What should we do now?" Zhao Yinxi didn't know where to start with something that would reappear after being liberated.

"Wait." Xu Qing gave his answer, "Wait until dawn!"

"After daybreak, this evil creature should return to Patriarch Tao's body. Then we will destroy the body and this matter will be over."

"Didn't they say that the body of Patriarch Tao has been buried in the ancestral tomb? Are we going to destroy someone's ancestral tomb?" Zhao Yinxi said with a confused look on her face.

Mo Qingxue also raised her eyebrows and looked at Xu Qing.

"If he was really buried in the ancestral tomb, how could the body of Patriarch Tao continue to ward off evil?" Xu Qing sneered, "The ancestral tombs of these aristocratic families are all Feng Shui treasures, it is impossible for such a consequence to occur."

"In addition, there is also the family's luck suppressing it."

"Don't even mention the corpse qi turning into evil spirits. Even if the corpse is in the process of turning into zombosis, as long as the corpse is buried in the ancestral tomb, the process of turning into zombosis will be interrupted." "If the old master Tao is really that vicious and has ruined the feng shui and luck of the ancestral tomb, the Tao family should also suffer the backlash."

"In short, I have concluded that the body of Patriarch Tao is not in the ancestral tomb."

A crack shaped like the Chinese character "川" appeared between Mo Qingxue's eyebrows. "Not in the ancestral tomb? Do you think that the matter of Patriarch Tao's corpse turning into an evil spirit was caused by the Tao family themselves?"

"Whether it is true or not, it will become clear in the morning."

The evil creature formed by the qi of the newly dead body of old Patriarch Tao was wandering in the Tao family mansion. Time passed in the blink of an eye, and soon a ray of morning light spread out from the end of the sight.

The evil creature that had been wandering all night stopped and its body gradually disappeared.

"Disappeared?" Zhao Yinxi pondered, "How should we track him?"

Then, she saw a statue that was about twelve feet tall, with a graceful appearance, glowing skin, wearing a clanging skirt and armor, and holding a Ruyi trident in his hand appeared beside her.

"What is this?" This was the first time that Zhao Yinxi saw Xu Qing's guardian deity.

Xu Qing released the Ding Chou God, and with the help of the divine eyes, he unraveled the mystery, stripping away all tangible matter and focusing only on that other world where only breath flowed.

Finally, I captured the "line" that extended to somewhere in the distance!
"Found it, follow me!"

Xu Qing put away the Ding Chou God, called out to Zhao Yinxi and Mo Qingxue, then rushed out, moving quickly in the direction of the "line".

Zhao Yinxi and Mo Qingxue were stunned for a moment, then hurriedly chased after him.

The white-robed Buddhist who had been sitting in the backyard courtyard chanting Buddhist scriptures all night opened his eyes and looked in the direction Xu Qing and the other two had left.

"Brother, is this your work again?"

"The magic bell guided me to Huai'an, which means you left the most traces here. Now I have attracted the attention of the government and Yuanfu Temple. If the three parties work together, your plan will never succeed."

After muttering to himself, the Buddhist in white turned around and looked at the Tao family hiding in the house behind him: "Amitabha, greed is like a snake swallowing an elephant, and one's own selfish desires will eventually lead to disaster for the whole family."

"The aura of the evil creature disappeared here when the sky became completely bright."

Xu Qing's eyes were filled with light as he scanned the surroundings: "It seems that there was another space here before, but it has disappeared now."

Mo Qingxue stared at this remote place, gloom and coldness condensing between her brows.

"This is where Tianguangxu is located."

"Tianguang Market?" Xu Qing's eyes moved. "The ghost market where several corpses appeared that you mentioned before?"

"Yes." Mo Qingxue pointed at this place, "This is just a remote place with few people coming during the day, but it will become a bustling market at night."

"This market is only open to cultivators and other things. There are all kinds of strange things sold in it."

"Has this place been sealed off by the government?" Xu Qing asked.

"No." Mo Qingxue shook her head and said, "Tianguangxu has become an independent space. The last time people died was because some cultivators were robbing each other. After Tianguangxu disappeared, those corpses appeared here."

"As long as it doesn't affect the city and no civilians are injured, the government won't intervene."

Xu Qing pondered.

The body of Patriarch Tao is in Tianguang Market? Did the Tao family make some kind of deal with the people in Tianguang Market using the body of Patriarch Tao?
No wonder the Tao family refused to say anything.

Once this matter is exposed, it will be impossible for the Tao family to maintain the name of a noble family and continue to exist in Huai'an.

"It seems that we have to go into this Tianguang Ruins to explore tonight." Mo Qingxue's eyes flickered strangely, "I have to prepare some special lanterns first."

(End of this chapter)