Chapter 022: Formation
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu were shocked when they heard this.
"I know." Gao Xiang said.
"You two are not newbies in this field. You should be able to see that this is a mysterious case, right?" said Boss Qian.
"That's right." Gao Xiang nodded.
The so-called Xuan'an is what they call it in their industry, which means abnormal cases, also called Yin'an or ghost's cases.
Then Boss Qian said, "This is a new bounty mission. If you can solve this mysterious case, you will get a reward of 20,000 yuan plus a set of dragon-suppressing talismans made by Master Qingyun himself."
"Dragon-Suppressing Talisman? Made by Master Qingyun himself?" Gao Xiang cried out in surprise. Even Sun Muyu looked at Boss Qian in astonishment.
Twenty thousand dollars as a reward was nothing in their eyes, but that was the Dragon Suppressing Talisman, and it was made by Master Qingyun.
Master Qingyun, whose real name is Li Qingyun, is a famous talisman master in the Maoshan orthodox sect. The dragon-suppressing talismans he personally wrote are truly priceless to mages like them!
"Who offered this reward?" Gao Xiang asked curiously, wondering which company could be so generous.
Sun Muyu was also a little unsure, thinking that maybe it was his uncle Kang Wenlong who made the move? Although the Kang family was wealthy and could afford to spend any amount of money, the Dragon Suppression Talisman was something that could only be found by chance, and even the Kang family might not be able to produce it.
Then Boss Qian laughed and said, "I'm not sure about that. It was an order directly from the top." As he spoke, he raised a finger and pointed upwards.
Gao Xiang moved closer and asked in a low voice, "Boss Qian, who is the boss of your Qianji?"
They had been dealing with Qian Ji for quite a long time, and he had always been very curious about the background of Qian Ji. Qian Ji was extremely well-informed, and the boss seemed to know almost everything that happened in Jiangning City, it was just a matter of whether to tell or not.
Moreover, any kind of work in this area can be found through Qianji.
This is just a small grocery store, where does it get so much power?
Boss Qian smiled and said, "It's not convenient to say that."
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu looked at each other and realized that it was useless to ask, so they stopped talking.
"So who is taking on this job now?" Gao Xiang asked.
"There are a few, not too many." Boss Qian said with a smile: "This is not an easy matter."
Of course, if this matter were simple, how could they offer a reward for a set of Dragon-Suppressing Talismans?
"Is there any master or famous person who can help?" Sun Muyu asked.
Boss Qian shook his head and said with a smile: "No, why would these masters patronize a small shop like mine?"
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu remained silent. What Boss Qian said made sense.
"Do you two want to give it a try?" Boss Qian said with a smile, "The reward is generous, but the risk is... If an old man says one more word, the risk is huge. If things go wrong, your life may be in danger!"
Sun Muyu laughed bitterly and said, "I got it."
Gao Xiang was still hesitating, but when he saw that Sun Muyu had made up her mind, he slammed the table and shouted, "Take it, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
"Damn it, I can't kill him!" Sun Muyu roared with red eyes.
"Haha." Boss Qian said with a smile, "Then I will wait for your good news."
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu looked at each other. Even though they were shouting loudly just now , they actually had no idea at all and didn't know where to start.
"Then where shall we go first?" Gao Xiang asked Sun Muyu.
But Sun Muyu had no idea where to go, and the two of them stared at each other for a while.
Gao Xiang scratched his head and was just thinking about going to Yunshui Bay first to see if he could find any clues. At this moment, his cell phone rang and a WeChat message came.
"It's from the Great God." Gao Xiang was delighted, clicked it and took a look, then said, "The Great God asked us what we are doing."
"Just say you're busy." Sun Muyu was in no mood.
Gao Xiang naturally wouldn't reply like that. He typed on the screen for a while and sent a message: "I'm just sitting around with nothing to do, what do you think, Master?"
After a while, Xu came back: "That's great, is Xiao Muzi with you? Come and help me."
Gao Xiang quickly replied: "He is with me, Master, please tell me if you have anything to say."
After waiting for a while, Xu Lai came back and said, "You have heard about the Zijin Garden and Yunshui Bay. I plan to catch the bug."
“Fuck!” Gao Xiang shouted excitedly, and quickly replied: “I know, Master, where are you? We’ll be there right away!”
"What are you doing? Are you so excited?" Sun Muyu looked at him unhappily.
Gao Xiang slapped him on the shoulder and said excitedly: "Do you know what the great god said just now? He asked us if we knew about Zijin Garden and Yunshui Bay. He wanted to catch bugs!"
"Really?" Sun Muyu grabbed Gao Xiang's arm. The so-called "catching bugs" is their jargon, which means catching the sneaky people who are causing harm.
The purpose of putting it here is to catch the murderer of Zhao Wenjun.
"This must be true!" Gao Xiang said excitedly.
Sun Muyu hurried over to check his phone. After a while, she saw Xu Lai replying with a message: "Where are you? I'll go find you."
"It's at Boss Qian's place on Malan Street." Gao Xiang replied quickly.
"Okay, then you wait for me." Xu Lai replied.
Gao Xiang put away his phone, patted Sun Muyu on the shoulder, and said happily: "That's it!"
Sun Muyu was also quite relieved. If a great master like Xu Lai joined them, their chances of winning would be much greater.
They stayed at Qianji's place and didn't go anywhere. After waiting for about half an hour, they saw Xu Lai get off the car nearby and come over with a bag.
The two of them hurried over to greet him.
"Master, this way!" Gao Xiang shouted at him.
Xu Lai also saw them, walked over here and said, "What's wrong with Xiao Muzi? He seems to be in a bad mood?"
Sun Muyu has always been resentful of the name "Xiao Muzi", but today she didn't react at all.
"Oh, a girl he had a crush on was harmed by someone, and he is very sad." Gao Xiang explained for him.
"What's going on?" Xu Lai was a little surprised.
"Oh, it's Zhao Wenjun who was murdered in Yunshui Bay." Gao Xiang recounted the incident in general.
Xu Lai really didn't expect that Zhao Wenjun and Sun Muyu had such a relationship.
Seeing Sun Muyu standing there blankly, knowing that there was no way to comfort him, he patted him on the shoulder and said, "Okay, let's talk about other things after we catch this bug."
Sun Muyu took a deep breath and said, "Master, just tell me, what should we do?"
"Yes, Master, you take charge!" Gao Xiang followed.
Xu Lai handed them the bag in his hand and said, "You two should find a way to divide these up."
Gao Xiang took the bag and opened it. It was filled with acacia seeds. These were the ones he bought from Qianji last time.
Sun Muyu was more observant, and he reached out to pick up a love bean, only to see a rune engraved on it. Gao Xiang simply grabbed a handful to look at, and sure enough, every love bean in the bag was engraved with a rune.
But these runes are not the same. At a rough glance, there are at least a dozen types.
"Master, what is this..." The two were puzzled.
Then Xu said, "You should find a way to give these acacia seeds to people. Don't concentrate them too much among the people. Disperse them more. It would be best if they can be distributed all over this area."
Xu Lai opened the map on his mobile phone and marked out an area in it, which was roughly a circle expanded from Tianxiang Garden and Zijin Garden as two singularities.
Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu looked at each other in bewilderment. What was going on? Besides, even if they were given away for free, no one would want them.
Xu Lai said: "This is the most critical step in our plan. Is there any problem?"
"No problem!" Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu immediately agreed, "Master, do you have any other requests?"
Xu Lai thought for a moment and said, "The kitchen belongs to the element of fire, so the acacia seeds should be placed in the kitchen of that household. But this requirement is a bit high, so it doesn't matter if it can't be done."
"Okay, we understand." Gao Xiang and Sun Muyu nodded.
"Okay, you guys go ahead and do your work. I have other things to do. I'll contact you then." Xu said, and said goodbye to the two of them.
After coming out of Malan Street, Xu Lai turned onto Ninghe Road, took out a bamboo nail engraved with runes, walked to the intersection of Ninghe Road and Guilan Road, found a place where there was some soil, and slapped it with his hand. The bamboo nail immediately shot out and sank into the ground.
Without stopping for a moment, he walked straight along Guilan Road, turned a few corners, and entered Xiangjisi Road. When he reached the middle of the road, he hammered another bamboo nail into the ground.
By three o'clock in the afternoon, he had driven seventy-two bamboo nails engraved with forbidden runes into the ground one by one. If the locations of these bamboo nails could be marked on the map one by one, it can be seen that the distribution of these bamboo nails has a hidden pattern, forming a formation in the circle area between Tianxiang Garden and Zijin Garden.
During the process, he received several WeChat messages from Chen Duo, all asking him how things were going. This girl seemed to be very concerned about this matter.
Xu Lai sent another WeChat message to Gao Xiang, asking how things were going over there.
Not long after, Gao Xiang replied: "Master, just wait and see, no problem!" He also added a smug expression.
"Where are you now?" Xu Lai asked.
Gao Xiang quickly sent an address.
Xu Lai went to the address and found a large shopping mall . The entrance was very busy with a long queue of people. From time to time, someone would come out happily holding an electric rice cooker.
Xu Lai walked over and heard someone calling him. He turned around and saw Gao Xiang squeezing out from the crowd and running towards him.
"You are here." Xu Lai said with a smile, "What are you doing here?"
"A rice cooker for free." Gao Xiang laughed and pointed to the sign over there.
Xu Lai took a look and saw a sign that said the mall was offering big rewards to customers by giving away free rice cookers. Each household was limited to one, while supplies lasted.
Gao Xiang came closer and lowered his voice and said, "I asked someone to hide a love bean in every rice cooker, so that... hehe."
When Xu Lai heard it, he immediately understood.
"This must cost a lot of money." Xu Lai said with a smile, it was a miracle they could think of this.
Gao Xiang chuckled and said, "Money is not a problem. This mall is owned by our family. It's not just this one. My family and Mu Yu's family have several malls in Jiangning City. We will give away rice cookers at the same time. We will definitely complete the task before the evening."
"It seems that you two are rich young masters." Xu Lai said with a smile.
Gao Xiang chuckled and didn't deny it. In terms of magic skills, they couldn't compare with Xu Lai. But when it came to the ability to spend money, he was still quite confident.
