Chapter 170: Honest Qi’s Schemes (2/2)

With that, Mo Wuji hurriedly rushed into that passage, and soon disappeared. He had already scanned the passage with his spiritual sense and confirmed that this shop assistant wasn’t lying to him. This was a genuine passage to leave the underground market.

Emerging from the underground market, Mo Wuji did not return to the crowded and bustling Lost Sky City. Instead, he picked a direction and started running.

As he ran, he opened the map he purchased from Honest Qi.

Half a day later, Mo Wuji stopped. In front of him was a barren wasteland; it was a desert with no end. According to his map, this desert was within the boundaries of the Lost Sky Ruins.

Mo Wuji kept his map and discovered that he did not bring any water. However, he was already in Channel Opening Stage Level 12, he would not die of thirst right?

Someone was hunting him, all the way to the Lost Sky City. He definitely couldn’t go back to get water.

Mo Wuji simply entered the desert, and soon disappeared within the yellow sands of the desert.

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Thousands of miles away, in the Heaven Seeking Palace Dao Gate Hall, Jin Yu, a Dao Gate elder, had an especially ugly expression on his face. His most favoured clan member, Jin Jiuzhen, was actually killed. Furthermore, he was killed on his way to the Heaven Seeking City.

How could this not anger him? One must know that he had specially brought Jin Jiuzhen from his clan to Heaven Seeking Palace.

”The person who killed Jiuzhen must definitely be from our sect. Others wouldn’t act on him there, nor would they even dare. I wish to investigate on all cultivators from the Spirit Building Stage and above, and I hope that the Dao Lord can support me in this,” Jin Yu clasped his fists and said towards a clean shaven man sitting at the head chair. His words were firm and resolute.

The clean shaven man was the Dao Lord of the Heaven Seeking Palace Dao Gate, Qu Jiangyuan. He was different from the Pill Pagoda’s Granny Linglong. The various pill refiners in the Pill Pagoda had no control over one another. But the Dao Lord of the Dao Gate was the number one person in the Heaven Seeking Palace Dao Gate.

Qu Jiangyuan glanced around at the other elders; at this moment, no one stood forward to speak for Jin Yu. This was because that clan member of Jin Yu was too domineering. Because of Jin Yu’s position and his exceptional spirit roots, he had always walked around the sect belligerently and acted as he wished.

If such a person were to depart from the sect, he would definitely suffer. Unexpectedly, before he even left the sect, he was killed.

Seeing that no one was willing to stand forward, Qu Jiangyuan helplessly said, ”The Dean definitely wouldn't agree to this request. Even with Jin Jiuzhen's superb spiritual roots, he's merely a Channel Opening Stage disciple. After all, in the Heaven Seeking Palace, there are as many geniuses as there are clouds. However, if Elder Jin really believes vehemently in your case, I can help bring it up.”

”Brother Jin, didn't you leave imprints on Jin Jiuzhen's storage bag?” The female cultivator sitting by Jin Yu's side asked quizzically.

Jin Yu sighed, ”Why would I not? I didn't only leave imprints on his storage bag, I left imprints on Jiuzhen's spirit stones, pills, magic treasures… everything! Clearly, his murderer must be a skilled hand. He didn't even take any of those things.”

In actuality, Jin Yu's proposal definitely wouldn't be approved by the Dao Lord. Even if the Dao Lord did agree, the dean wouldn't. Investigation the entire Heaven Seeking Palace? Jin Yu wasn't that big a deal. His words were simply used to make his later request seem much more moderate.

”Dao Lord, then I wish to release a wanted poster under the Heaven Seeking Palace's name…” After answering the female cultivator's question, Jin Yu continued. This request was what he truly wanted.

Qu Jiangyuan asked doubtfully, ”You know who killed him?”

Jin Yu shook his head, ”This I do not know. But before Jiuzhen died, he had a clash with an outer sect disciple. Thereafter, Jiuzhen and his two guards were killed outside. Coincidentally, that outer sect disciple had also left the sect at that time.”

In his investigation, Jin Yu also found that Jin Jiuzhen had sent people to occupy Mo Wuji's residences. However, he naturally wouldn't reveal it. Such matters could be known privately but not divulged.

”Oh, is that outer sect disciple’s cultivation very high? What's his name?” Qu Jiangyuan asked interestedly.

Jin Yu replied reluctantly, ”His name is Mo Wuji. He just joined the Heaven Seeking Palace not long ago. As to his cultivation, it couldn't be considered high. He should only be at the Great Circle of Channel Opening.”

In reality, Jin Yu's mind was also filled with questions. He had investigated on Mo Wuji and verified that Mo Wuji was truly in the Channel Opening Stage. He also did not find any clue of Mo Wuji advancing into the Spirit Building Stage. Ostensibly, Mo Wuji was still in the Channel Opening Stage. An ant that had yet to build his spirit actually killed two Spirit Building Middle Stage cultivators and a Channel Opening Stage Level 9 cultivator? Was that even possible?

”Keke, Elder Jin, did your frustrations cloud your mind? An outer sect Channel Opening Stage disciple killed two Spirit Building Stage cultivators? And isn't your clan member Jin Jiuzhen also in Channel Opening Stage Level 9? Tell me, how did that cultivator do it?” A Dao Gate elder who had always been dissatisfied with Jin Yu did not hesitate to deride him.

Since it wasn't an important inner disciple of the Dao Gate, this elder did not see the need to continue discussing about such pointless matters.

Jin Yu replied coldly, ”Maybe he had some helpers.”

With that, Jin Yu clasped his fists once more, ”Dao Lord, I just wish to catch that person in question and interrogate him.”

[1] What lies HAHA