Boss Shi was shocked, as if he had been struck by thunder.
He agreed very much with the immortal master's words, because the current situation of the Shi family was not as glamorous as it seemed.
How could no one be jealous of the huge profits from mining a large lapis lazuli mine like Sangmu Island? There are no cultivators among his Shi family disciples. Over the years, they have relied on being good at dancing, always being low-key and doing small things, but even if
This is the case, and challenges from overt and covert situations never stop.
Among them were the powerful chambers of commerce and the mysterious cultivators behind the scenes, all of which made him extremely anxious to deal with. After all these years of hard work, no one realized that his destiny was already showing its age, and that no elixir he could take would work.
Because it is the heart that is tired.
Now, coupled with his private dealings with Master Chao, he is even more worried and on pins and needles all day long; he does not care about the profits flowing out of these private mines, but he does not dare to go against Master Chao's wishes. This is the sorrow of mortals.
He has no right to refuse.
Hou Zi's words suddenly enlightened him. Yes, the Shi family has endured too much red-eyed jealousy for hundreds of years. He simply cannot eliminate these things. The more he earns, the more jealous others will be!
Why not take the initiative to let go? There is always a plan to let go, and you can escape safely. If you wait until others force you to come, I'm afraid the Shi family will not be able to enjoy themselves even if they don't take away the pot.
Especially when the Shi family itself is not clean.
He was not worried about gains and losses. Next to him, Hou Zi said calmly:
"I have talked so much with you before, you should probably know what I want to know, right?"
Boss Shi subconsciously replied, "I know, what you really want to know is the news about Master Li, the rest are all ear-blocking methods..."
Hou Ting sighed in his heart. Sure enough, there are no fools in this world. If he hadn't psychologically defeated the mine owner, if he had gone ahead, everything about him would have been placed on Chao Daoren's desk.
Boss Shi also reacted immediately, "Master Immortal, I will not tell Immortal Master Chao about what you want to know about. People like us are most afraid of saying small things in front of the Immortal Master, no matter how evil.
No one will get good results."
Hou Zi was noncommittal, "Then I'll be relieved. So, before I leave, is there anything else you can tell me?"
Boss Shi gritted his teeth, "...it's like this. More than a month after Master Li's accident, one of my mine guards accidentally mentioned to me that on the day before Master Li's accident, he happened to pass by ten miles outside the island.
When I was on a tidal reef, I saw Master Li Xian practicing on it.
I have not mentioned this matter to outsiders because the investigation has been completed. Mortals like us can cause less trouble and less trouble, so I have not reported it. I just don’t know if this has anything to do with the murder of Master Li Xian?"
Hou Zi said quietly: "Are you sure?"
Boss Shi cursed and swore, "There is no mistake. The mine guard is a fisherman, and his biggest hobby is to go fishing in a small sampan. Of course, if he has such ability, he usually can't go very far.
He only told me about this matter, and none of us dared to spread it..."
Hou Zi patted him on the shoulder, "Very good, I'm curious, why do you trust me so much that I won't harm you?"
Boss Shi sighed, "Because you are also a swordsman, so you are obviously related to Master Li. Master Li is the most upright and forthright among the immortal masters I have ever seen. Although he sometimes fails to be harsh, he treats us as human beings."
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Hou Zi nodded and gave him a meaningful nod, "If we want to start a new era for the Shi family, it will be a good opportunity when Chao Daoren leaves. The new island owner will be very happy that he can arrange for his own people to take charge of Sangmu Island. Everything, I will forgive a lot of things generously.”
After all, even in the air, it can be regarded as a reward for the information provided by Boss Shi;
The thoughts of mortals are still too naive, and they are also greedy for ink. The most a monk will do is vomit part of his body when exposed. If his legs and feet are faster, no one can do anything to him when he runs back to his own country. How can a mortal run away? Especially a local rich family like the Shi family. ?
Yes, the purpose of his coming here is to complete the task assigned to him by Li Chuping: to investigate the cause of death of Quanzhen swordsman Li Shizhong.
This mission is a bit meaningless because the time is too far away. Judging from his experience in handling cases in Xiong'er, the probability of solving the case is very low.
The timeline is too long, the evidence has disappeared, the insiders on the island are not cooperating, the island owner is a Wu sect Taoist who hates Quanzhen, and his own realm is far from being able to use certain special methods, all of which make the investigation full of challenges. Without uncertainty, one can only treat a dead horse as a living horse doctor.
At least I've been there myself, and even if I don't find anything, I can still explain it to Li Chuping and be able to explain a few words.
In fact, the news heard from Boss Shi was not particularly different. It was mentioned in the file Li Chuping gave him, even more detailed and comprehensive.
Li Shizhong's death is full of doubts, the biggest of which is that no possible murderer has been found. According to the judgment of the monks who rushed to the scene at the time, Li Shizhong died from a failure to control his magic during his practice and died from a magic explosion.
Explosion is also a type of obsessiveness, which refers to a monk who goes astray when absorbing the spiritual inspiration of heaven and earth. Because of his frivolous and rash pursuit of quick success, the magic power in his body is out of control, and he eventually explodes and dies.
There is a phenomenon in the world of spiritual practice called hallucination drug illusion, which refers to the fact that monks seem to be in an excited state of hallucination, and their spiritual consciousness deviates from the actual physical condition;
It is obvious that the mana in the body is already in a dangerously full state and needs to be slowly polished, refined, and compressed. However, the monk cannot feel this at all. He still absorbs the spiritual energy without restraint and runs the mana at high speed, in a kind of spiritual excitement. state.
It means that inner demons enter the body and become possessed by evil spirits.
Situations like this also happen from time to time in the world of spiritual practice, but they are mostly concentrated among disciples of small sects or casual cultivators with little background. It is incredible that a disciple of a large sect like Li Shizhong would make such amateurish and low-level mistakes.
Everyone knew there was something fishy going on, but no one could find the culprit.
Many cultivation methods have high requirements on timeliness. After the effective backtracking time has passed, it will be extremely difficult to find any clues;
Li Shizhong was not discovered immediately after his death, and mortals like Boss Shi did not dare to look for him easily. Therefore, he was accidentally discovered by a passing monk more than ten days after his death. At this point, the best opportunity to make a judgment has been missed. .
They couldn't find it at that time, let alone eight years later, so Hou Zi didn't really have any hope of finding any specific clues.
