Chapter 21: Cat and Mouse (1)

Bai Huiye looked at the three big words "southwest of the city" on the white paper with a pale face. Of the four things in front of him, the dagger had not changed, but the candle had been extinguished, the potted plant had turned yellow, and the bowl with dew had cracked.

Although his expression was calm at this time, his heart was stirring. The first half of the divination was still in order, but when he saw half of the city south of Huinan Mansion from the long river of fate, before he could narrow down the scope again, he was slashed by an abrupt knife light in front of him, cutting off his connection with the long river of fate, but his hand still wrote the three words southwest of the city with the residual guidance.

He had never encountered such a situation, after all, he was only an innate fourfold heaven now, and the four elephants had only learned it after entering the innate intermediate level, and he had only studied it for more than a year. He had used this trick to calculate the location of the item before, and since there was no interference, he had calculated the location very accurately, and he had also tried to calculate the information of the innate master, but unfortunately the sky was in obscurity. Basically, it's either clear all the time, or it's blurry when it comes up.

But at the beginning of today, it was still very clear, and a knife light suddenly came in the middle, and the state of divination that he broke away from directly still made him very confused.

This state of affairs is much like the one who reckoned in the account when he noticed it and interrupted it. However, isn't this situation only perceptible to a first-class master who is at least at the peak of the innate being close to the outer gods, or a person who has cultivated the technique of dabbling in the art of calculation? Moreover, if the person who takes the thing is really such a master, he will not be able to see anything at all. What's more, the opponent's casual counterattack can make him seriously injured and vomit blood, and it will never be as simple as letting the sacrificial weapon block this blow and quit the divination state.

Bai Huiye, who was puzzled, could at least be sure that he didn't feel a major danger in it, so the other party was eighty percent of the acquired realm, but he might have mastered some secret technique that could isolate his own exploration, and only let him push out a general direction.

But this kind of secret technique is very rare, so this person is likely to have a powerful background. Before, he found out that Zhang Ling and Li Jianghui belonged to the bottom of the rivers and lakes, so he didn't care about the identity of this fish that slipped through the net, he just wanted to get the information he needed after finding it.

But after such an experience, he was a little unsure. Because this kind of secret method of innate estimation isolated by the acquired realm is very rare—even if his own calculation technique is very ordinary—it is also very remarkable, and he himself is not qualified to learn it anyway. This is basically a life-saving secret method prepared by a famous faction for his descendants.

What's more, across a large realm, the "Six Pillars and Six Hearts Method" that Bai Huiye knows is to directly disturb the heavenly machine and cut off the calculation, which is just a defensive skill. But what he encountered just now was a head-on slash, although because the opponent's skill was too weak, he only injured the sacrificial weapon, and did not cause any damage to him, but in Bai Huiye's opinion, if the opponent's strength is enough, he can definitely cause damage to himself. And the strength required for this does not even need to reach the innate level, which is terrifying.

In short, this leaker is likely to have a deep background, even if his strength is low, he should not be underestimated. So after finding it, he needs to be as polite as possible, he doesn't want to casually provoke the disciples of the big forces who come out to travel, although the famous sects generally don't let the acquired disciples come out to roam the rivers and lakes, but everything has a just in case, isn't it?

Bai Huiye first summoned his subordinates and asked them to visit the southwest part of the city to see if there was any easy place to hide, and then he changed back into his regular clothes, and sat in the house to breathe and recover the true qi he had just consumed, preparing for tomorrow's search.

Because the southwest of the city is the junction of Nancheng and Xicheng, the dignitaries and nobles of Xicheng are reluctant to be neighbors with the mud legs of Nancheng, so there is a large gap between them, and there are few households, which is convenient for his people to find. So the next morning, the news came back and several places where people might be hidden.

Bai Huiye didn't waste time, and directly followed the list one by one. When it was almost noon, I finally found the abandoned house.

He entered from the backyard and saw at a glance the dead branches and leaves piled up on the ground. After all, he immediately saw the essence contained in it. The innate realm has achieved the primordial spirit and cultivated the true qi, and has been able to absorb the vitality from the heavens and the earth, so it is very sensitive to this kind of item containing essence, so he hurriedly went over to investigate it carefully.

In fact, Da Xuan Chengping has been peaceful for a long time, and few goblins and ghosts have come out to harm the people on the bright side, even Bai Huiye, who is a side disciple of the Bai family, has not seen it a few times. But fortunately, he is also a lover of reading, and compared with the records in the classics at home, it is roughly confirmed that what is in front of him is a willow tree spirit that has just died for a month, but judging from the essence contained in it, it is not too powerful, and it is estimated that he can't even stop his own random punch.

However, from the perspective of time, the date of its death almost coincided with the day when the acquired martial artist went to Zhang's mansion. So it is very likely that he found a temporary residence here after coming out of Zhang's mansion, and as a result, he met the willow spirit, and after getting rid of this goblin, he lived here during this time. The record also recorded the rumor that this house was haunted, and it is estimated that it was a ghost made by the willow spirit, and it was indeed possible to isolate a lot of attention from the eyes of the people who lived here temporarily after cleaning it up.

Thinking of this, Bai Huiye went from room to room to check. He also found a crude charcoal kiln in a corner of the backyard, which looked like it was newly built, and he didn't know what Zhang Qing was burning charcoal for.

Since Zhang Qing couldn't judge how long it would take for someone to find this place yesterday, he just hurriedly packed up and left, which made Bai Huiye's investigation make great progress.

First of all, Bai Huiye was sure that there were indeed people living here for a month, and they only left in the past two days, if he was not mistaken, he left after being alarmed by the Four Elephants yesterday afternoon.

Secondly, the person who lived here was a child or a dwarf, because whether it was from the rest or the traces of knife practice, it could be seen that the other party was less than five feet tall. Bai Huiye felt that the possibility of a child was too high, because he clearly remembered that Zhang Ling had an eleven-year-old son who was not sure whether he was killed by the Tinghe Gang. And this warrior uses a knife, and it can match last night's sword light.

Eventually, he saw the wooden box, and after a brief confirmation, he was sure that it was what had been hidden in the dark compartment before. It made him sure he wasn't looking for the wrong person. It's just that the box is empty, and there are no other clues.

He first summoned his men and asked them to inquire if anyone in the vicinity knew who lived in the ruined mansion. Then I began to think in secret, connecting all kinds of clues together.

This is a child who is very likely to have miraculous skills, but it does not match the identity of the son of Zhang Ling, who was born at the bottom of the rivers and lakes. It is impossible for Zhang Ling to obtain advanced exercises, otherwise he would not be at the peak of his age.

However, it cannot be ruled out that his son has obtained some adventures, and in this case, it is likely that he has obtained the legacy of his predecessors. If he didn't have any backing behind him, then Bai Kaguya would have some ideas, and maybe he could get some benefits from it.

Just when all kinds of ideas came to me, a flash of inspiration suddenly occurred in my mind, and I thought of the child I met outside Zhang's mansion a few days ago.

The age is right, the body is right, and the solitude is also right. And that chic and uninhibited meaning is likely to be the temperament brought by divine skills at this time. The more I thought about it, the more I felt like it, and I couldn't help but regret that I couldn't hold back my curiosity at that time and didn't touch it.

He checked the courtyard again, and when he was sure there were no other clues, he went to the gate and waited for his men to report back.

Soon after, a man dressed as a vegetable vendor was brought over, and he asked directly without nonsense: "You live around here?"

The greengrocer was obviously afraid to come near the house, and he wouldn't have come if it weren't for the money. So he replied with some fear: "If you go back to the adult, I live in Huilong Lane in the south, and I sell vegetables in this neighborhood every day. ”

"Oh? ”

"Yes, maybe a little more than a month ago, there was a kid in the neighborhood who suddenly came to the street, bought food on the street every day, and later bought raw meat to make himself, and every time he was not old or young, so all the vendors in this area have seen or heard of him. ”

Bai Huiye nodded secretly and asked again, "Then do you know where he lives?"