Chapter Twenty-Three: The Elixir of Immortality

When Yang Xiaojun came to the Guangzhou Institute of Biology, it was close to noon, and Zhao Tao chatted with him alone and told him about the general situation. In the nationwide investigation of cases of illegal underground trade in babies, remarkable achievements have been made throughout the country, and more than 2,000 people have been arrested who have directly or indirectly participated in the crime, including many medical personnel. But as the case is solved, another sensational fact gradually emerges. In this criminal gang, the top-level purchasers turned out to be some Taoist disciples, all of whom had acquired some superhuman abilities through long-term cultivation, and they could be regarded as owners of a class of special functions. The police didn't know it at first, but in a net collection operation in Nanning, Guangxi, five case-handling personnel were sacrificed at a time, including a special police officer, which attracted everyone's attention.

After a month's investigation, I have probably figured out the true situation of these supernatural groups, these people are not an independent organization, they are all disciples of some Taoist sects in Wuyi Mountain in Fujian, Longhu Mountain in Jiangxi, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Qiyun Mountain in Anhui, and Laojun Mountain in Henan. The supernatural people in these sects themselves belong to the management of our institute, but the main management work is entrusted to the Taoist Association, and many of our colleagues are disciples of various sects. There are many masters in the sect itself, and when such a thing happens, the Taoist Association feels that it is simply a great shame, and immediately asks all sects to start cleaning up the portal, and each sect is now closing its own mountain gates, and most of the supernatural people are closed inside, and self-examination and self-correction are carried out. But there are also some relevant scum who go out to do errands, or deliberately avoid in various places, and now what we have to do is to check those fish that have slipped through the net, which is a complicated work, in addition to investigation, it also needs to be captured and handed over to the relevant sects for disposal.

"What are they buying those babies for?" Yang Xiaojun asked puzzled.

"Alchemy. Refining the elixir of life. Hi... I can't go on," Zhao Tao said with a look of resentment.

"These inhuman creatures. Why don't you kill this time, these talents should be cut by a thousand knives. Yang Xiaojun's clenched fists gurgled.

"They belong to different sects of Taoism, and now each sect is starting to clean up the scum in their own sects, most of them are within the scope of closure and control, these will be gradually cleared or controlled, and the rest are basically some of the outer disciples who have just started or secretly accepted, mainly doing field work, some of them are in the same stream, but there are also many who are forced or controlled by their own masters or brothers. There are also some lucky people who are hidden, these people who are hidden deeper are all capable of a certain level, they think that they have reached the level of independence, and they do not want to be restricted by the sect anymore, this part of the people is also the most dangerous, and they need special attention. Zhao Tao explained.

"What do we do if the other side resists and endangers my safety or that of my teammates?" Yang Xiaojun asked with a cold look in his eyes.

"Killing or killing, keeping yourself safe is the most important thing." Zhao Tao said with certainty.

"Director Zhao assigns the task" Yang Xiaojun was already furious, just waiting to catch these inhuman killers after accepting the task, and vent the anger in his chest.

"Not against it this time? That's right, we are people who uphold justice, and if we have the ability but do not fulfill our obligations, that is a sign of cowardice," Zhao Tao said as he looked at Yang Xiaojun appreciatively.

"It's incumbent on me to do this kind of thing, I was still too selfish before, and I just wanted to live a comfortable life," Yang Xiaojun replied.

"You are in a group with Ouyang Wentao this time, and you are mainly responsible for the north of Qingyuan, all the way to Shaoguan and Meizhou, which are northern Guangdong, including counties and cities bordering Jiangxi and Fujian." While Zhao Tao was drawing on the map, he assigned tasks to Yang Xiaojun.

"Isn't it with Liu Xinyu this time? I worked well with him last time, and I learned a lot from him, and I want to continue to learn from him," Yang Xiaojun asked.

"Your task this time is very arduous, most of you will surrender when you hear the news, and those who are lucky and stubborn are some relatively strong abilities, and ordinary people with abilities may not be able to deal with them. But don't worry too much, these people haven't reached a very high level yet, and ordinary high-level cultivators don't bother to cultivate this kind of evil and crooked spell. Liu Xinyu still needs to be strengthened in this aspect, Ouyang Wentao's fighting ability is comparable to you and me, you don't have to be distracted to take care of him when you meet an opponent, besides, Ouyang's ability to distinguish taste is second to none in the country, he can accurately find those cultivators who have taken pills through the smell. Zhao Tao reminded.

"When are we leaving? What about Ouyang, why didn't he come? Yang Xiaojun asked.

"He went to Luofu Mountain to get some special equipment, and when he came back this afternoon, you will set off in the evening. Ouyang used to be a proud disciple of Luofu Mountain Chong Xuguan, and you should learn more from him about some Taoist methods. Zhao Tao said.

Ouyang Wentao returned to the institute at four o'clock in the afternoon, he has always belonged to the staff of the Institute of Biology, so he already knew the details of the mission yesterday. As soon as he came back, he immediately found Yang Xiaojun and gave Yang Xiaojun some equipment, mainly dozens of kinds of peach wood swords, talisman seals, special hemp ropes, etc., and taught Yang Xiaojun how to use them and under what circumstances. Even with Yang Xiaojun's super learning ability, it took nearly 3 hours to master these. The most surprising thing for Yang Xiaojun is a sachet, he has seen Xie Wuji have similar ones before, it turns out that this is called "Qiankun bag", it looks like it is not as big as a wallet, it can actually hold a lot of things, mainly relying on the power of his own mind to control the access and placement of items, if his own mind is strong enough, this is a super large warehouse, and it is not a problem to put a few containers of items. At eight o'clock in the evening, the two of them simply ate something and set off.

Their first destination was Qingyuan, the closest city to Guangzhou. But there is no specific goal, so I can only find a random hotel to settle down first and carefully check around. Their investigation is not like the case-handling police door-to-door asking, Yang Xiaojun's current mental power can basically feel the abnormal energy fluctuations within a range of five hundred meters, in this range, as long as the other party conducts vomit exercises, or engages in some activities that are different from ordinary people, Yang Xiaojun can feel the accurate position, and then look with his eyes, as long as someone passes by near him, he can quickly feel whether the other party is an alien or not, and he also has a rough judgment on the strength of his skills. Of course, this is only limited to people whose abilities are not too different from him or lower than him, and if they are much more skilled than him, he has no way of knowing. Ouyang Wentao can smell an abnormal smell within a kilometer if the smell is not disturbed.

Therefore, the main investigation work still relies on Ouyang Wentao, which makes Yang Xiaojun very depressed, every time he performs a task, he is an auxiliary person, and it seems that it is urgent to improve his ability. In the first few days, they repeatedly patrolled the area they were responsible for, and they did find a few scum of the Dao Sect, and they were subdued without much effort. Due to their lack of qualifications, these people are unable to cultivate powerful special functions, so they can only follow this crooked path in order to live forever. Can people really live forever? What if you use this way of exterminating humanity, even if you really live for many years? Yang Xiaojun hated and felt pity for this kind of ignorant cultivator, he didn't have a correct outlook on life, and no matter how strong his ability was, he was the scum of mankind.

After more than two hours of searching, they determined that there was no target they were looking for within nearly 5 kilometers, and it was already more than one o'clock in the evening, so they could only go back to the hotel to have a good rest.

During the day, because there is a lot of odor interference, Ouyang Wentao's ability is limited to a certain extent, so the speed of investigation will be relatively slow. Besides, people are constantly on the move, so most of the work depends on intuition and luck. The two pretended to be tourists along different paths to investigate in Qingyuan City, always maintaining a certain distance, so that once the target was found, they could quickly support each other. Until lunchtime, most of Qingyuan City was walked by them, and they failed to find a definite goal.

This time period was the time period when Ouyang Wentao's ability was the most restricted, because various smells were mixed together, and the impact on his sense of smell made him unable to clearly feel where his goal was. sent a text message to Yang Xiaojun, agreeing on the address to meet in the evening, and he was going to rest for a while in the surrounding hotels to relax. I had just eaten something and was about to go to the hotel opposite to open a room, when I found a woman with a baby in her arms hurrying by. In the face of a severe crackdown across the country, there are still people who commit crimes against the wind, and it seems that it is really for the sake of profit, and some people really don't care about anything.

originally wanted to notify the police to send someone to follow him, but Ouyang Wentao felt that there was no big goal anyway, so follow this woman to see the situation first. He focused his thoughts, locked the woman, and found that the baby in the woman's arms had a special breath, and it should be sick, and if she was sick, she would not go to the hospital, which made his judgment more certain. Pretending to be careless about the scenery of the city, he also took out his camera from time to time to take pictures, but he was always no more than a hundred meters away from that. After looking at the map, he found that there was a big deviation from the route they had agreed upon, and after hesitating, he decided to notify Yang Xiaojun of the route change.

After Yang Xiaojun received Ouyang's text message, he also quickly changed the established route, but he didn't know the destination, he could only follow Ouyang within 500 meters, although the two walked on different streets, they both knew each other's locations. After a few turns, the woman turned into an alley, surrounded by low, abandoned bungalows, which could not be followed and were easily spotted. Ouyang Wentao didn't smell any special smell, and when he let go of his mind power to search, he was suddenly counterattacked by an even stronger mind power, which made him feel dizzy.

Ouyang Wentao knew that he had met a master, and it was a master who was much stronger than himself, and just as he wanted to move closer to Yang Xiaojun's direction to ask for help, a figure flashed in and cut off his way. In front of him stood a middle-aged man in his forties, wearing the most ordinary white shirt on his upper body and blue jeans on his lower body, his body looked very thin, looking at Wen Wen quietly, if he added a pair of glasses, he was exactly the same as a college teacher on the college campus.

The other party faced Ouyang Wentao, although Ouyang Wentao was not in a dead end, there was a way out on all sides, but he knew that with the action of the middle-aged man just now, he would not be able to escape. He thought that if Yang Xiaojun could rush to support him quickly, but he immediately realized that with the ability of the two of them, it was estimated that they were not necessarily this person's opponent, because the pressure on the other party was too great, and among the people he knew, except for Xie Wuji, who came to Beijing last time, it was his master and several uncles who had this kind of strength. It is best that Yang Xiaojun also felt the danger and immediately went to move the rescuers, but where to move the rescuers, and how long could he hold up in front of this person.

Yang Xiaojun felt that Ouyang Wentao had encountered an opponent, but what he thought of was not to call for help, but to rush over to support. The middle-aged man in the shirt didn't seem to be in a hurry at all, and after Yang Xiaojun arrived, he took a deep breath and said: "The current regular army is becoming more and more inadequate, and even this kind of goods dare to come out alone and wander around." ”

"Who are you, we are investigating a special case, not to oppose you, if it has nothing to do with this matter, it is better to go our separate ways and not interfere with each other." Ouyang Wentao thought about countermeasures and wanted to delay time.

"You're all here, so of course I'm going to have something to do with it. If I guessed correctly, you are the proud disciple of Luofu Mountain Chong Xuguan Yuxiaozi, Ouyang Wentao, who is now working for the government department. This little brother is a bit of a face, and he can't tell whose subordinate it is from the characteristics of the exercises, but it doesn't matter, you will all disappear from this space after today" The man in the shirt looked at Ouyang Wentao and asked.

"Since I know the name of the family teacher, and I am so familiar with the younger generation, I am also a fellow believer, it may be that we have recognized the wrong person, I hope you will forgive me for the offense just now." As soon as Ouyang Wentao heard the other party talk about the name of his master, he knew that he was a person of the same generation as his master, so naturally he could not deal with it. It may be that the senior master who lives in seclusion here has interfered with the other party's cultivation with his mental power just now, so it is inevitable that the other party will be a little angry.

"I've always heard that Yuxiaozi has an apprentice with a particularly smart nose, and was later absorbed by the government department, and it was really you, that's right, like yours, this innate ability is coveted by many people and want to study it well, but there is no chance, this time God also took pity on me, a lonely monk, and sent you over, there is a way in heaven that you don't go, and hell has no door to break in, then don't blame me for being polite, I can't give up such good nourishment in vain." The man in the shirt showed a greedy gaze, looked at Ouyang Wentao and said.