Somewhere in Dongzhou Continent, in a secret room.
A fat monk, about thirty or forty years old, wearing an apricot yellow monk's robe, was sitting cross-legged in meditation.
At this time, his eyes were slightly closed, and there were faint golden rays of light flowing slowly around his body, as if he was bathed in golden light.
He placed one hand on his chest, performed the fearless seal, moved his lips slightly, and muttered something in his mouth.
As time flew by, his whole body rose slowly, as if he was sitting in mid-air. The golden light surrounding him became stronger and stronger, continuously emitting bursts of light around him. These lights gradually gathered behind him, forming a circle.
A round golden light.
Suddenly, Miaokong seemed to be sensing something, and slowly opened his eyes. He pinched his left hand in front of his body and thought for a moment, then raised the corners of his mouth, with a slightly satisfied look on his face.
Then he closed his eyes again and continued to mutter something.
…
Cangxu City, among the Nitou Street warehouses.
Shi Mu was walking around the warehouse at the moment, squatting down and standing up from time to time, as if he was rummaging around for something.
Due to the extremely heavy weight of his charred left hand, his walking posture was a bit strange, and it seemed that every step he took was very laborious.
It can be seen that Shi Mu is trying to balance his body, but the huge weight on his left hand for no reason is obviously not something that can be adjusted in such a short time.
As a result, when Shi Mu walked, his body would either turn a little to the left or a little to the right, and when he stepped on his left foot, it would feel abnormally heavy. If he wasn't careful, his body would stagger and become unstable.
This strenuous way of walking made his bare head drip with sweat, and bursts of white mist came out of his body.
But he couldn't care about it at all at the moment. Zhong Xiu's disappearance was like a heavy punch in his heart, leaving him with an indescribable feeling of chest tightness.
"Shitou, I think this is a bit weird. If someone came in and kidnapped her, I would definitely be able to see it. But my eyes have been idle for a long time, but I didn't see any shadow. This means that Sister Zhong is definitely not outside.
Someone kidnapped her, maybe, maybe she..." Cai'er flew in the air, looked at Shi Mu below, and said hesitantly.
How could Shi Mu not understand what Cai'er meant, but he had thought about it before and did not agree with this assumption.
It turns out that the sudden flames originally came from Zhong Xiu's body. Before he fell into coma, he witnessed Zhong Xiu being in the scorching flames. Except for his expression of pain, he did not suffer any harm.
Secondly, no matter how powerful the flames are, it is impossible to burn a living person to the point where no dregs are left. Moreover, judging from some of the ashes found in the warehouse, they do not come from a living person at all, but at most they are just a few ashes.
Remnants of clothing.
It's just that Zhong Xiu's disappearance is a fact, and judging from the isolation restrictions he had set up around the warehouse, although it was severely damaged in the flames, it was not completely destroyed.
However, caring leads to confusion. Shi Mu began to worry a little, whether there was some kind of change in the raging flames after he fell into coma, and Zhong Xiu was...
With this idea in mind, he didn't have the energy to discuss it with Cai'er anymore and sat on the ground with some dejection.
He looked at the small pile of burned clothes in front of him and the remaining ashes, his eyes dazed, and bits and pieces of the past experiences between the two of them began to flash in his mind.
Ever since he was young, Zhong Xiu was entrusted by his father. Over the years, he and Zhong Xiu have separated and reunited under the control of fate. Thinking of her selfless dedication for him behind the scenes and her deep love for him, Shi Mu couldn't help but feel a surge in his heart.
Sour.
"No...it's impossible, Xiu'er will be fine!" Shi Mu murmured in a low voice.
After gradually calming down, Shi Mu couldn't help but start to recall the details of the incident from beginning to end. Suddenly his eyes lit up and he realized that he seemed to have missed something key.
"Tianfeng...backlash..." Shi Mu remembered the mysterious woman's voice when he was half-conscious.
"Could it be..." A bold idea came to Shi Mu's mind.
His heart moved, and a powerful spiritual consciousness instantly covered the entire warehouse like a tide.
As a result, the next moment, he discovered that there was a vague spatial fluctuation remaining in the mid-air where he and Zhong Xiu were lying.
This wave was already very weak and dissipated rapidly. If Shi Mu had not possessed the fifth degree of spatial element sensing, it would have been impossible to detect it.
This discovery surprised Shi Mu.
Tianfeng, backlash, mysterious woman, space fluctuations, Zhong Xiu's disappearance... all these things seem to be related in some way, but they don't seem to be related at all.
Shi Mu was filled with doubts, but he had no clue at the moment, and his brows furrowed unconsciously.
"Shitou, what's wrong with you?" Cai'er asked.
"Cai'er, please tell me the facts you saw in detail. Remember, don't miss any details!" Shi Mu pondered for a while and said.
"You've asked me several times. If you don't mind it, I'm tired of what I said... Well, I'll tell you one more time." Cai'er showed a look of unbearable annoyance, but when she saw Shi Mu
With its eyes, it could only be obedient and told everything it had seen before.
"That's right. I originally thought that the terrifying aura you felt was the raging flames erupting from Zhong Xiu's body. Now it seems that the aura should be emitted by that mysterious woman. After all, it lasts for a long time
Not long. If this girl is really that powerful, then it makes sense that she can come through the sky at will and take Zhong Xiu away." Shi Mu said.
"Shitou, do you mean that the woman took sister Zhong Xiu away?" Cai'er asked.
"This should be the truth." Shi Mu nodded.
"Xiu'er, wait for me, no matter where you are now, I will definitely find you!" Shi Mu's eyes flashed with determination, and he secretly made up his mind.
At this time, a rustling sound came, and Shi Mu felt his body tilt to the left. His heart was stirred, and his thoughts were immediately pulled back.
As a result, when he glanced at it, he was immediately startled.
Just as he was thinking about it, he clenched his fists unconsciously and used some strength, so that charcoal left fist, which weighed as much as ten thousand kilograms, pressed a fist mark on the ground.
This extremely hard stone ground was like a ball of cotton in front of my left fist.
When he struggled to lift his left fist, he found that the surface of the small pit was as neat as an ax carving.
"Shitou, what's wrong with your palm? Something seems wrong?" Cai'er looked at the stone chips scattered on the ground. Only then did she realize that Shi Mu's charred left hand didn't seem to be simply burned, and she asked in surprise.
Shi Mu ignored Cai'er, raised his left hand to his eyes with great effort, and looked at it carefully.
Suddenly, he clenched his left fist, tightened his arm strength, and let the fist fall to another place nearby.
There was a muffled "bang" sound.
As he expected, although the punch was not forceful, it was still very powerful. It easily punched a big hole in the ground and caused a huge tremor on the ground.
Shi Mu looked at his left hand in surprise, but before he could think about it, Cai'er's voice came to his ears.
"Shitou, your left hand is so strong!"
Shi Mu shook his head and said nothing more.
He stood up with his right hand on the ground, walked silently to the warehouse door, took out a bamboo hat from the dust ring and put it on, then opened the door and walked out.
Seeing this, Cai'er followed behind him silently.
"Shitou, where are you going?" Cai'er suddenly asked after walking for a short distance.
Shi Mu was stunned and stopped. He had just unconsciously walked towards the place where Zhong Xiu lived before, but Cai'er's question woke him up.
When he came to Cangxu City, approached the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce, and participated in the auction process, all this was entirely for Zhong Xiu, and now that Zhong Xiu has been confirmed missing, it no longer makes any sense for him to stay here.
Moreover, Zhong Xiu still has a fifty-year contract with the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce, and now he has become a newly promoted special envoy of the demon clan. He has important responsibilities. His sudden disappearance may cause quite a shock.
As the person closest to Zhong Xiu, Shi Mu is already well known. If Zhong Xiu suddenly disappears, the people from the Tianwu Chamber of Commerce will probably find him.
Thinking of this, Shi Mu shook his head helplessly and sighed slightly. He himself found Zhong Xiu's disappearance a bit bizarre, let alone explaining it to others.
Besides, even if I explain it, will the other party believe it?
Rather than causing trouble, it was better to leave here now. He didn't want to get himself into unnecessary disputes.
Shi Mu thought this, and took out the map of Xihe Continent.
…
A few days later, in Hanyuan Pavilion, in a corridor, Wang Ruikun and the enchanting woman were walking side by side, seeming to be talking about something.
"Vice President Wang, I have something urgent to report." A young man in blue robes hurriedly emerged from the corner behind the verandah and shouted as he trotted along.
"What's all this fuss about? Why didn't Elder Zhong come with you?" the enchanting woman asked with a frown.
"Zhong...Elder Zhong, she...she is missing." The young man in blue robe said.
"What?" Wang Ruikun and the enchanting woman looked at each other, quite surprised.
"This Elder Zhong is the new special envoy of the demon tribe of our association. How could he disappear just because he said he was missing?" the enchanting woman asked, but there was a hint of gloating in her words.
"Don't be impatient, speak slowly." Wang Ruikun said.
"After I didn't find her in Elder Zhong's yard at first, I went to Yingxian Pavilion again. As a result, shopkeeper Ge said that Elder Zhong hadn't come back since the auction. And her friend, Senior Shi, has been there for the past few days.
He has never come here. I have already made inquiries and it seems that he has left long ago." The young man in blue robe wiped his sweat with his sleeves and said.
"That guy Shi Mu is also missing?" Wang Ruikun was stunned.
"Exactly, from the morning when Elder Zhong was found missing, until now, I have ordered everyone to search Cangxu City, but no news has come yet." The young man in blue robe said. (To be continued.)