Volume 5: The Mystery of Shamo Chapter 16 Habit is the root of all evil
After everyone was settled in the courtyard, Yan Zheng gave some instructions and specifically told the shopkeeper not to let anyone disturb them. Then he left and went out alone to look for the master.
Originally, Yan Zheng was a little worried about the three Nayu people, but Ying Lili patted her chest and promised that she and Mo Yi would handle the matter. Yan Zheng hesitated for a moment and didn't say anything more.
Ping Lili looked at Mo Yi and wanted to ask her about Jiang Wu, but seeing Mo Yi's expression, he didn't seem to want to explain to her. Then she thought, forget it, if Mo Yi is willing to tell her, he will tell her. It would be boring if she continued to ask, so why bother?
Besides, seeing Mo Yi's attitude towards Jiang Wu, Ying Lili felt very relieved, absolutely relieved.
So what if she is a fiancée? If Mo Yi doesn’t like her, she is still just a passing cloud.
She was feeling proud when she saw Mo Yi waving at her. As soon as she approached, she was grabbed by Mo Yi and taken out. Without even turning back, she heard Mo Yi say to Ze Ze, "You little brat, stay here. Don't let any strangers in, and don't let Qiongqi and that kid out."
Zeze pouted, his face filled with displeasure, wondering why the heck you guys get to hang out while he has to stay behind to guard the house. However, he kept this to himself. He'd been so impertinent with Mo Yi just now because he relied on Sister Lili's support. If he had to face Mo Yi alone, he'd be a bit timid. He knew this Brother Yi wasn't as easy to talk to as Brother Zheng.
Although he was reluctant, Zeze, as a smart man, could only nod obediently. Seeing his pitiful and eager look, Pinglili felt a little soft-hearted, but when she thought that Mo Yi was so serious about taking her out, he must have something important to do, and keeping Zeze was also for his safety, she had to remain silent.
As Gong Lili had expected, Mo Yi came to the yard and called back the Purple Cloud Beast. He then let the Purple Cloud Beast cast a concealment spell on the two of them, concealing the spiritual pressure emanating from them, and then he flew away. Seeing how cautious he was, Gong Lili had already guessed what he was going to do, but she was a little curious, why did he bring her with him?
Logically speaking, if it were in the past, Mo Yi would definitely act alone. Perhaps noticing the surprised expression on Gong Lili's face, Mo Yi said calmly, "If I leave you here, you'll probably start to have wild thoughts again. It's better to take you with me to save trouble."
It is true that Mo Yi's gentleness is deeply hidden in his bones.
Mo Yi brought Gong Lili out so cautiously, of course not to go out for fun, but to eavesdrop, and the person he was eavesdropping on was naturally Jiang Wu's.
The two of them quietly sneaked into the second floor of the small wooden building of the inn where Jiang Wu and others were staying. Just now, Gong Lili had used the Life Spirit Technique to find out that the three people were in the same room, which was Room No. 2 on the second floor. After Mo Yi looked around, he took Gong Lili and sneaked into the room next to Room No. 2.
Ying Lili was a little surprised at first. Logically speaking, with her skills in the Life Spirit Technique, she could know their every move and every word even if she just found a random spot downstairs. But she didn't know why Mo Yi went to such great lengths.
Moreover, why would they sneak directly into the next door room so brazenly? According to their Qinggong skills, climbing up the eaves of the house is not difficult, and eavesdropping is not that difficult.
After entering the empty room next door, Mo Yi signaled Gong Lili to practice the Life Spirit Technique and eavesdrop in the corner, while he himself was busy with his own things. Gong Lili saw him looking for something carefully in the corner, and then he realized that Mo Yi was planning to be a sneak attack.
But he didn't know what he was looking for. He could have found it with a simple pinch of the Life Spirit Technique, so why was he searching so hard? It took him a split second to realize that this was probably the room of one of the two people traveling with Jiang Wu. Was Mo Yi going to all this trouble to come here in search of some clues?
But, there shouldn't be anyone so foolish, right? If it was something important, they would definitely have it with them. How could they be so foolish as to leave it in the inn room?
Just when Ying Lili was puzzled, he found that Mo Yi had found a pile of things that looked like ashes under the tea table. He carefully gathered the ashes scattered on the ground together, curled the corners of his lips, and a look of expected expression flashed across his face. Could it be that what he was looking for was this pile of garbage-like ashes?
The corners of Ping Lili's mouth began to twitch, but thinking of the other purpose of this trip, she did not dare to be lazy and quickly started to practice the Life Spirit Technique. The three people in the next room all had solemn expressions on their faces.
There was a water mirror in front of Jiang Wu, which seemed to be able to project everything that the peeping worm saw. At this time, Jiang Wu and the other two Nayu people were studying the illusion sent back by the peeping worm. However, they did not know that the Purple Cloud Beast had already tampered with the peeping worm released by Jiang Wu. The Purple Cloud Beast was quite smart, and the illusion it created was not exaggerated. It was just some ordinary actions. At this time, all Jiang Wu and others saw was the smiling faces of a family of three.
The other two men in black became more and more confused the more they looked. They had grown up with Mo Yi and had a general understanding of Mo Yi's temperament. Although Mo Yi had disappeared in the Xu Ming Realm for five hundred years, they found it hard to accept that Jiang Wu insisted that the man with a lovely wife and beloved son by his side and a smile on his face was Mo Yi. This was completely different from the ruthless Mo Yi in their minds.
One of the men in black spoke first, "Jiang Wu, we all know you're deeply in love with Mo Yi, but you can't just jump to conclusions and say someone who looks like him is Mo Yi. We all saw that man before, and he doesn't look like he has a high level of cultivation. And look at him, he looks like a good husband and a loving father. If you say he's the Mo Yi of yesteryear, the sun will set in the west."
The man in black spoke in a very firm tone, while Gong Lili secretly laughed when she heard it. She glanced at Mo Yi who was standing in the corner with his back to her and doing something unknown, and thought to herself, this is the truth. If I were in Jiang Wu's position today, I probably wouldn't believe that Mo Yi would have such an expression, right?
Before Jiang Wu could reply, another man in black with a frown on his face spoke up: "I think we should not waste too much energy on these meaningless things. The barrier master that the clan leader asked us to find is still missing. We must hurry and look for him, otherwise we will ruin everything!"
After hearing this, Ying Lili was stunned. Their goal was also to become a barrier master? Could it be...
A bold guess suddenly arose in Gong Lili's mind. Could it be that their purpose was the same as his, and they all came for the barrier master who could break the barrier of Shamo City as Yan Zheng said?
What do the Nayu people want to do? Are they planning to invade Shamo City again?
Just as Ying Lili was about to tell Mo Yi the news she had heard, she saw that a ball of ice-blue mist had condensed in the palm of Mo Yi's hand. The mist now surrounded the pile of ashes. A wonderful thing happened. Some small inky dots of light were faintly emerging from the pile of ashes that originally seemed ordinary. The inky dots of light slowly floated in the mist, and seemed to gradually condense into lines of handwriting?
However, the handwriting still looked very blurry. Mo Yi was very patient and carefully applied spiritual power to the ashes, as if waiting to completely restore the handwriting.
Is this even possible? Ying Lili was stunned. She thought, Mo Yi is really wasting his talent if he doesn't become a spy or something. He can actually find clues from a pile of rubble.
But she didn't know that Mo Yi had actually hit the jackpot by accident. Just as one of the men in black had said before, they all grew up with Mo Yi. The two men in black were named Ling Xuan and Chu Yun. Ling Xuan had often gone out with Mo Yi since they were young to carry out the tasks of training . Therefore, Mo Yi was very familiar with him, and he knew that he had a habit, or it could be said to be a bad habit. Every time he received a cloud-chasing talisman used by the tribe to transmit messages, he would habitually use the power of his palm to turn the cloud-chasing talisman into ashes.
He thought that this would solve the problem once and for all, without leaving any trace. However, he did not know that if the talisman was processed with special spiritual power, it could be restored even if it turned into ashes. This was a skill that Mo Yi had learned by chance from his father, the clan leader. Even among the Nayu people, no third person knew about it.
Mo Yi was a very bold and careful person. The moment he stepped into the inn, he noticed Ling Xuan who was going upstairs. Ling Xuan was holding a cloud-chasing talisman in his hand. He must have just received it and was about to go into the room to take a closer look. In order to keep it secret, the Na Yu tribe's cloud-chasing talisman was also infused with special spiritual power. It needed to be roasted over a candle before the words could appear.
That's why Mo Yi judged that after Ling Xuan checked the Cloud Chasing Talisman in the room, he must have turned it into ashes without hesitation, which is why he took such a risky action. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.
I really didn't expect that Ling Xuan's bad habit of turning the Cloud Chasing Talisman into ashes has not changed in five hundred years.
It seems that people's habits are sometimes really terrible things, Mo Yi thought with emotion in his heart, but at this time, he wanted to thank Ling Xuan for this "good habit".
However, when the line of small words completely appeared in front of Mo Yi, Mo Yi's brows frowned even deeper. Gong Lili originally planned to come over to see what was written on it, but Mo Yi got there first and turned her into a pile of ordinary ashes.
Ying Lili glared at Mo Yi with some dissatisfaction, but Mo Yi was in no mood to pay attention to her at this moment.
Father, father, how can you let this go? Thinking of the words he had just read, Mo Yi shook his head helplessly. Could it be that he really had to break off completely with the Nayu people?
A bold and adventurous idea suddenly emerged in Mo Yi's mind!
