He raised his inner strength and wanted to attack the opponent again.
Unexpectedly, the flower picker suddenly turned around, and several hidden weapons flew straight towards Lu Chen.
Lu Chen secretly thought that something was wrong, so he quickly dodged and narrowly avoided those hidden weapons.
When he looked up again, the flower-picking thief had disappeared.
Lu Chen shook his head. This flower-picking thief's movement was really weird, but he didn't know what he got from the girl's clothes. Now that he didn't catch up with him, Lu Chen had to turn around and walk back dejectedly.
Lu Chen's eyes fell on the ground but he seemed to see something. Lu Chen's eyes narrowed slightly. It was something that the flower picking thief dropped during the fight with him just now!
This discovery made him feel excited, and the feeling of disappointment that he had not caught up with the flower picker was completely gone.
He quickly picked up the jade pendant and put it properly into his arms.
The first thing Lu Chen and Liu Changqing did when they returned to the inn was to take out the jade pendant they had picked up and observe it carefully.
This jade pendant looks exceptionally beautiful under the sunlight, and underneath this beauty there is a hint of coldness.
Lu Chen looked at the jade pendant in his hand. There was something black and fluid-like inside that was slowly flowing with his movements.
He vaguely felt that something was wrong. The power contained in this object was very similar to the dark power in the sect he had seen before!
Before Lu Chen could say anything, Liu Changqing began to mutter: "This jade pendant looks quite ordinary. Who knew it contained such dark power? It's really beyond appearances."
He turned around and looked at Lu Chen. Seeing that the other party had no intention of answering him, he could only say dullly: "Are you annoyed by me?"
Lu Chen held his forehead, carefully put away the jade pendant, and replied: "Stop talking, now go back to my sect and ask the elders in the sect for advice. After all, they are well-informed and know a lot of things. Maybe
Do you know the origin of this jade pendant?"
Liu Changqing nodded and asked again: "Then you say... is this energy innate to this piece of jade? Or was it sadly given to it by someone the day after tomorrow?"
Lu Chen really hadn't thought about this problem, and at first he didn't know how to speak.
Upon seeing this, Liu Changqing waved his hand as if understanding, and said nonchalantly: "It's normal that you don't know. After all, you are a rookie."
Lu Chen was extremely irritated by his urine, so he simply ignored him and concentrated on getting on his way.
As soon as Lu Chen returned to the sect, he called all the sect disciples together and said, "Now I have a jade pendant in my hand. Whoever among you can tell its origin will be greatly rewarded."
After saying this, he handed over the jade pendant to his subordinates and circulated it among the disciples of the sect.
The disciples coveted the reward mentioned by Lu Chen and began to discuss with each other with their heads down.
After a long while, a disciple raised his hand tremblingly and said: "This is a jade pendant."
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall burst into laughter. Didn't everyone know that this was a jade pendant? Such an obvious fact was brought out by this disciple again.
Lu Chen smiled slightly when he heard this, lowered his head and meditated for a while, then muttered: "It is indeed a jade pendant. You are right, but what I want is its origin. Reward!"
The disciples secretly rejoiced when they heard the first part of the words. They asked him to act like a hero. Was it a joke this time?
I couldn't laugh after hearing Lu Chen's last sentence. It was obviously nonsense, but it could still be rewarded? Then couldn't they do it too?
Chase Lu looked at the increasingly heated discussion below and felt more and more happy.
Isn’t this the effect you want? Although there are many people with mixed opinions, there are always one or two among so many people who really know, right?
The voices of discussion in the hall suddenly gradually weakened until they disappeared completely. Lu Chen squinted his eyes and looked slowly.
It doesn’t matter, but I was shocked when I saw it. The old man with a long white beard and an immortal spirit who slowly walked in from the door was none other than the Holy Lord of Thunder!
Lu Chen quickly stood up, and the sect disciples below him all knelt down to salute.
I saw Holy Lord Thunder taking long strides and laughing loudly: "I've heard a long time ago that you brought a treasure back. Come, let me see what good thing it is!"
After saying that, he came back to his senses and said to the disciples of the sect: "You don't need to do this false courtesy to me."
Lu Chen finally came to his senses and quickly motioned to the disciple who was holding the jade pendant to study it to give him the jade pendant.
The disciple received his look and respectfully handed the jade pendant in his hand to Holy Lord Thunder.
Holy Lord Thunder took the jade pendant, stroked his astonishingly long white beard with his hand, and began to study it carefully.
He opened his consciousness and constantly probed with his fingers, sensing the material and energy contained in this piece of jade.
Lu Chen was idly picking his hands aside when he heard the Holy Lord of Thunder say: "This jade pendant... doesn't look surprising at all, but it contains dark power..."
Lu Chen nodded when he heard this, and explained: "It is true, it contains the black power that I saw in the sect last time, but I don't know what is behind this power."
He thought carefully for half an hour, and finally asked the question Liu Changqing asked him before, "Is the dark energy on the head of this jade pendant innate? Or is it man-made?"
Holy Lord Thunder didn't expect him to ask such a question. After thinking about it carefully, he still shook his head. He didn't know when the jade pendant had the ability.
Holy Lord Thunder nodded, rubbed the jade pendant in his hand, and suddenly asked: "By the way, boy, where did you get this jade pendant?"
Lu Chen scratched his head and replied: "Liu Changqing and I met a flower picker on the road. Who knew that the flower picker did not touch the girl's body, but instead took something from the girl's clothes."
He paused and then said: "I could have captured this weird thief, but who would have thought that Liu Changqing rushed out without hesitation, and the man ran away after scaring the snake."
Liu Changqing on the side was a little angry but dared not speak, and his mouth was bulging with anger. It was obviously Lu Chen's fault for not stopping him!
Lu Chen's eyes fell on the jade pendant and he said calmly: "This jade pendant was accidentally dropped by the thief when I was fighting with him, and I picked it up."
Holy Lord Thunder then returned the jade pendant in his hand to Lu Chen and asked aloud: "Have you figured out the origin of this thief?"
Lu Chen shook his head when he heard this and said helplessly: "It's strange to say that the man covered his face with a black cloth. He didn't even see his face at all, but he noticed some familiar feelings on him. He was extremely tall.
It’s weird, three times divided by two left me behind.”
Holy Lord Thunder touched the white beard on his chin again and analyzed carefully: "This dark power has the same source as the power you saw in the sect before, and I have become interested in the forces behind them.
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Needless to say, Holy Lord Thunder, even he is extremely interested in the forces behind them.
But the most important question now is, how to find out the forces behind these two dark forces with the same origin?
After thinking for a long time, Chase Lu finally suggested: "Now these two dark forces from the same source have appeared twice. The first time there was no trace, but this time it is different."
He clenched the jade pendant in his hand and continued: "We can turn virtuality into reality. Although the power is nowhere to be found, but this time about the flower-picking thief, we can follow the clues and find the flower-picking thief first, and then take advantage of him.
Come out with the words of this dark power."
Upon hearing this, Holy Lord Thunder glanced at him approvingly and said in agreement: "This flower picker is also a good clue. In this case, let's do as you say! We must investigate this matter to the end!"
Lu Chen responded repeatedly and began to prepare for a city-wide search for this flower-picking thief.
Just like that, after eating with Lu Chen, Liu Changqing threw Lu Chen a map of the county and city and said, "You should familiarize yourself with the terrain first so that you can catch up with the flower picker."
Lu Chen responded, threw it into the storage space, and followed Liu Changqing to wander around.
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It’s a murderous night with a dark moon and high wind.
Lu Chen followed Liu Changqing and squatted near the mansion of the most beautiful lady in the county, hiding in the grass.
Lu Chen looked at the empty streets in front of him. He and Liu Changqing had been waiting for a long time. Why was there not even a single person?
Liu Changqing frowned, and for once he didn't say anything.
He also found it extremely strange. According to the intelligence he had collected recently, the next time the flower-picking thieves attacked was the daughter of this family. Besides, it was already so early and should be coming soon, but there was no sign of her.
Liu Changqing really wanted to say something, but his mouth was suddenly covered by Lu Chen beside him.
Liu Changqing wanted to struggle, but when he saw the tall black shadow at the corner of the street, he calmed down.
The two of them also followed quietly, trying to find where the black shadow was going.
However, like a strange mistake, after circling for a long time, the black shadow disappeared in an instant!
This time, the two of them failed again!
But the two of them came to a strange small village.
This village is just built along the river and looks peaceful.
Looking from a distance, you can always see the seemingly calm water on the river, but underneath the water, there is a faint darkness, and you don't know if there is something there, it's mysterious!
Lu Chen immediately felt that something was wrong and quickly asked Liu Changqing to inquire about it.
Because this guy Liu Changqing is nothing but good and shameless!
As soon as he passed by, not to mention anyone else, he immediately listened to what this guy said!
After asking, the two of them found out that there was a female river god living under the river.
She is usually calm and peaceful, but whenever there is thunder and lightning, she will take advantage of the rain to come out and show off her power, making people nearby believe that there really is a river god.
Villagers near the river also worship the river god every month for this reason, hoping to bless them. Occasionally, nearby villagers pass by the river and naturally see monster-like creatures poking their heads out of the river.
Looking at it from a distance, just one glance made the villagers run home in fright and close their doors, not daring to stay outside.
For some who are timid, if they encounter such a situation, they may even go home and be sick for several months before they slowly get better.
Over time, people here respected the river god in this basin.
Among them, some people saw the benefits and spread the word that the river god could keep people safe, built temples for the river god, etc.
In order to make the villagers believe more, more and more strange things happened, and more and more people were willing to believe that the river god really existed. What's more, the river god could keep people safe.
Lu Chen, who passed by this village, felt a little weird.
When Lu Chen walked through this village, he felt that there was nothing different, but suddenly a strong wind blew, blowing the leaves of the trees all over the ground. After a while, there were no traces of the villagers on the road.
The strong wind came and scared the villagers into hiding. Only Lu Chen was left standing alone at the intersection.
