The Disciple’s Diligence Makes the Master Seem Lazy - Chapter 34

[Chapter 34: Questioning]

“Song Ming, I’m here.”

Li Xu smiled happily: “Don’t run, grandpa has been looking for you for a long time.”

“Go away.”

Song Ming was furious. This was the first time he met such a terrible person. How did he get here in a flash? You must have mastered the avenues of space and time, right?

He didn’t have time to think about it and ran.

However, Li Xu came to his side like a ghost, patted his shoulder, and said with a smile:

“Faster.”

“Go away.”

Song Ming used all his strength to slap him, but Li Xu grabbed his arm.

How did Li Xu easily dissolve his power?

Song Ming was stunned.

The sword quickly lost control, he staggered and fell to the ground.

Both of them fell to the ground, and a huge pit appeared on the ground. Li Xu was fine, just looking at him quietly. Originally, Song Ming was fine, but he was beaten by Li Xu and was covered in blood.

In the end, Li Xu used the immobilization and acupuncture to completely imprison him and took him back to Taixu Academy.

Just after returning to the gate of Taixu Academy, the paper man in the deep mountains and old forests also returned, but he returned empty-handed.

The information Li Xu got from the “paper man” was that the three thieves turned into black water and died. It was indeed a forbidden technique.

He waved his hand and took back the paper man so that he could reuse it next time.

When he stepped into Taixu Academy, he found that the other thieves inside had also died, all turned into black water and died. This was all within his expectations.

He also put this paper man back into the storage bag.

Whoosh…

Suddenly, waves of spiritual power ripples appeared in the sky outside the gate of Taixu Academy. Two cultivators descended.

“Come in.” Li Xu said.

Soon the faces of the two cultivators appeared in front of him.

One had a square face, a sturdy figure, and was about two meters tall.

The other was an old man standing upright. Although his face was frowning, his eyes were bright and energetic. He was wearing a loose robe and had a long knife box behind him. The knife box was longer than his height and looked very domineering.

“Grand Censor, Imperial Academy Priest.” Dean Qinglian came up and bowed.

The two nodded, walked to Li Xu, and said with a smile:

“Old friend, long time no see.”

“You are so slow, I have dealt with it.”

“We rushed here as soon as we received your message.” The Grand Censor said.

“Stop talking nonsense, this is the only remaining surviving thief.” Li Xu threw the immobile Song Ming to the ground.

The Grand Censor and the Imperial Academy Priest stared at Song Ming.

“Don’t look at me, I won’t say anything, even if I die, I won’t say anything.”

Although Song Ming couldn’t move his whole body, he had a lot of backbone, and he was too stubborn to learn to bend.

Li Xu pulled out a chair from the storage bag, sat with his legs crossed, and looked at the Grand Censor and the Imperial Academy Priest:

“Since you don’t say anything, then let’s do it by slow slicing.”

“Shall we do it?” The two looked at Li Xu.

“Was it me? You came too late, I won’t say anything about you, of course you will do the interrogation, I will just watch.” Li Xu sat and said leisurely.

The Imperial Academy’s chief priest looked at the Imperial Censor and said, “You should do it.”

The muscular Imperial Censor gritted his teeth and said, “Okay.”

He took out a dagger, stabbed it into Song Ming’s thigh, and rotated it.

“Ahhh…”

A scream came out, and the blood instantly dyed his entire leg red, and the grass on the ground red.

“I ask you to answer.” The Imperial Censor said.

“I won’t tell you even if you kill me.”

Song Ming gritted his teeth, his eyes were bloodshot, staring at the Imperial Censor, the Imperial Academy’s chief priest, and Li Xu, and roared, “You all have to die.”

“You’re just being stubborn, right?”

The Imperial Censor continued to rotate the dagger, and suddenly exerted force, the dagger pierced his thigh, and a heart-wrenching scream came out.

His forehead was covered with sweat, he rolled his eyes, and looked like he was about to die.

The scream was very harsh and hit the heart. Tang Sheng and An Zhiyu had already gone back and didn’t dare to look.

Lu Wu and Dean Qinglian were still there.

Continue to interrogate.

Finally, under the violent means of the Imperial Censor, Song Ming could not bear it anymore and said tremblingly:

“I will tell you everything. The Fifth Elder asked the Song family to set up a branch in Yuyang County. I am a member of the Song family. I was ordered to come and steal the Tao of Dean Qinglian. I plan to steal the Tao of a dean to establish my prestige.”

“What is the name of your organization? Where is the headquarters? How much has it infiltrated in Zhuanxu Country?” The Imperial Censor asked.

Song Ming shook his head: “I don’t know. Perhaps the only one who knows the name is the head of the Song family, ‘Song Shi’.”

“What is the purpose of your organization? Why do you want to steal the Tao of the ascetics?”

“We usually steal the Tao of the ascetics and graft it onto teenagers, let them inherit these Taos, and let them start at the fourth level of Tao. Our slogan is not to let children lose at the starting line.”

“F*ck…”

Li Xu jumped up and kicked. What a damn slogan. This organization is definitely crazy.

The Imperial Censor and the Imperial Academy’s Priest were also speechless. If Li Xu hadn’t kicked him, he would have wanted to kick Song Ming.

“Where is the branch in Yuyang County?” Li Xu asked.

“I don’t know.”

“How do I find the organization?”

“I don’t know.”

“How do I join the organization?”

“The organization recognizes your talent and will take the initiative to find you. You can’t find it unilaterally.”

“Do all you Tao thieves have this symbol?” Li Xu drew the “亼” pattern on the ground.

“We all have this symbol on our left arms. Since we joined the organization, this symbol has been engraved on our left arms. It is through this pattern that forbidden techniques are planted in people’s bodies. As long as it is activated at a certain time, people will turn into black water and die.”

“Then how are you still alive?”

Li Xu said.

Song Ming closed his eyes, stretched his legs, blood flowed from the corners of his mouth, smoke came out of his body, his flesh and blood turned into black blood, and even his bones turned black. He died just like that.

Li Xu, the Imperial Censor, the Imperial Academy’s Priest, and Dean Qinglian looked at each other.

Li Xu looked at the puddles of black water on the ground and said, “Fortunately, I now know three useful pieces of information.

The Thief will establish a branch in Yuyang County;

the Thief will plant forbidden techniques in people’s bodies through the ‘亼’ pattern on the left arm;

the Thief will take the initiative to find you if he recognizes your talent;

now we are one step closer to wiping out the Thief.” Li Xu felt that he had gained a lot from this move, and it was considered to be a preliminary unveiling of the mystery of the Thief.

“The fact that there are thieves coming to such a remote place as Yuyang County shows that their minions may have spread across the country, or even the whole Daozhou.” The eyes of the Imperial Academy’s chief priest flashed coldly, and he had a bad premonition.

The Imperial Censor also felt something was wrong. The thieves had done so many things in secret that even Yuyang County, which was far away from Emperor Zhuanxu’s capital, had to set up a branch, which showed that the thieves had developed to a terrifying level.

“It can’t be concealed anymore. You should announce the matter of the thieves to the world.” Li Xu looked at them.

The Imperial Academy’s chief priest nodded.

The Imperial Censor also nodded in agreement. In the past, he was worried about announcing the thieves, fearing that someone would want to achieve success quickly and go astray. Now this situation can only be announced.

“We will go back and prepare for the announcement immediately, and at the same time prepare to conduct a census to capture all those who have that pattern carved on their left hand.”

Li Xu said, “There is no time to lose, you should go back immediately.”

The Imperial Academy’s chief priest looked at Li Xu: “Wait, I have another question to ask?”

(End of this chapter)