Li Huowang once again confirmed the stolen items on the paper. Although looking at the materials alone, Li Huowang could not identify the efficacy of the elixir.
But as Danyangzi's original alchemy disciple, Li Huowang could still easily tell that this was an alchemy recipe.
"Could it be another Danyangzi?" Recalling his past in Qingfengguan, Li Huowang's expression became uncertain.
Seeing the change in Li Huowang's expression, Lou Zhixian immediately accompanied him and asked carefully: "Sir? Did you find something? Did you find those babies?"
"No, not yet, but I already have a clue." Li Huowang slapped the paper in his hand on his chest.
"Although I don't know what they are refining, there are some things that cannot be changed. The elixir refining must meet the requirements of One Qi, Two Poles, Six Dusts and Seven Returns. These elixir materials are not enough. In order to reach the six dusts, they will definitely steal some fifty powders next.
Such medicinal materials."
"Count out all those medicinal materials and keep a close eye on them! No matter what they are, they will definitely come again!" When Li Huowang said this, he was categorical.
Regardless of whether it is another Danyangzi, we must find him first. Once we find him, the next thing will be easy to handle.
"Okay! As long as I can help the people find their children, I will listen to you no matter what kind of official you are! I will call all the medicine shop owners in the county here!"
"Wait a minute," Li Huowang grabbed him, "What you are doing is just trying to scare the snake away. I will take care of this matter. You must first cooperate with me to act in a play."
"Acting?"
In the afternoon of that day, Lou Zhixian led a group of people to send Li Huowang away from Cangshui County with great fanfare. He firmly grabbed Li Huowang's hand and exchanged all kinds of flattery.
After learning that Li Huowang was the one who caught the flower-picking thief, the people surrounding him became even more confused.
Many grateful county residents packed various items into Li Huowang's carriage, but they were all stopped by him.
After being sent out for five miles, Li Huowang tried to dissuade him again, and then Lou Zhixian reluctantly turned around and returned to the county with the others.
As the flower-picking thief was detained, Cangshui County never found out that the woman had been defiled.
Although the missing baby was not recovered, no other babies were lost, and the panicked people of Cangshui County gradually calmed down.
A few days later, at night, on the deserted street, a hunchbacked watchman was knocking the clock continuously. "It's dry and dry, be careful of the candles."
It was nothing at first, but after midnight, things became weird.
Along with the sound of the clock, the shadow of the watchman stood up from the ground, his limbs became thin and long, and his behavior was the same as his slow movement.
The shadow seemed to be held up by something, and inside the dark shadow, something was moving.
The sound of wood crashing was heard again along with the call of the watchman. "It's dry and dry, be careful of the candles."
When the watchman approached a pharmacy, some medicinal materials wrapped in oilcloth actually passed through the wall and disappeared into the shadow of the watchman. The shadow became larger. "The sky is dry and things are dry, be careful.
Huo Zhu~"
More and more medicinal materials were integrated into the shadow of the watchman, and the shadow became bulging and gradually separated from the human form, becoming more and more twisted and terrifying.
And all of this was watched coldly by Li Huowang, who was lying on the roof.
Being sent off by Lou Zhixian before was just a cover-up, just to make the other party think that Li Huowang was gone and relax their vigilance.
With the ability of invisibility, Li Huowang quickly figured out the number and location of the remaining five stone powders in Cangshui County by himself.
After several days of squatting in secret, he finally waited until he found these things and took action again.
Refining elixirs requires years, months and days, so he knew that the other party would not be able to wait forever.
"Taoist priest! Now that we have found them, why are you still standing there? Hurry up and catch the child-stealing thieves! We can't let them harm others."
Regarding this kind of thing, the monk seems to be more anxious than Li Huowang.
"Don't worry, it's useless to catch a guy who's out to steal. Only by letting him out can you catch the bigger ones behind him."
Seeing the watchman walking away, the invisible Li Huowang stepped on the tiles and quietly followed him.
Time passed little by little, and by the time of the fourth watch, the bloated shadow had become as big as a house, moving slowly between the streets like a little black giant.
At this time, the monk next to Li Huowang jumped anxiously because he saw a child in a bamboo basket crossing the wall and blending into the huge shadow.
As if it felt like it was almost done, the shadow left behind the watchman, waving its slender limbs and floating into the air.
"Taoist! He's running away! Go and chase him!" The monk was so anxious that he cried when he saw this scene.
"Don't make any noise!" Li Huowang stepped hard on the roof stone beast with his right foot and ran towards that side.
Shadows are floating in the sky, and Li Huowang is chasing them on the ground. Fortunately, his eyesight is good enough now, otherwise the dark shadows would be mixed in the dark sky, and there would be no difference at all.
As Li Huowang ran farther and farther, he ran out of Cangshui County and came to the dirt road outside the county.
At this time, he was already panting from exhaustion, and he was getting further and further away from that thing.
"This won't work, I'm going to lose you!" Li Huowang immediately took out a talisman, bit his fingertips and started drawing.
As the two talismans pressed against Li Huowang's legs and knees, veins popped up on his face, making him look particularly ferocious. An unspeakable heat enveloped Li Huowang's heart.
But this effort paid off, and his speed instantly increased several times.
Because of the increased speed, the breeze blew the fleshy buds on Li Huowang's face continuously falling backwards. He finally caught up with the shadow.
Gradually it dawned, and with the rising sun and the sound of waves, the shadow shattered, and the things inside fell one after another into a raging river.
When Li Huowang rushed to the river, he saw something in the unusually blurry water carrying medicinal materials that fell into the water.
The water was rippling, and it was difficult for Li Huowang to see clearly what it was. He could only look at the blurry thing under the water, wrapping the medicinal materials and moving towards the underwater cave in the distance.
Li Huowang raised his head and looked at the low gap in the water in the distance. "Could this be their lair?"
Above the cave is a towering green stone mountain. The cave at the foot of the mountain is like a huge black mouth, swallowing the wide river into its belly continuously.
After carefully identifying the location and the map, Li Huowang discovered that this was exactly the center of the county town where the children had been lost, and that everything was caused by this place.
"No matter who they are, these guys should be like Danyangzi in the past, deliberately hiding in this inaccessible place."
Finding the other party's hiding place should have been a happy thing, but Li Huowang looked at the cave on the water and felt a little confused for a moment.
"But how do I get in?"
This chapter has been completed!