Chapter 43: The Shadow

  "Is this Duke Zhou? I've never seen him before!" Shi's heart tightened, but he didn't dare show any expression on his face.

  Jian Shi was born with a calm and composed expression, and the leading officer nodded casually.

  A middle-aged man beside him slowly spoke: "Officer Wang, Master Zhou mentioned during the day that he seemed to have some private business at a certain household in this village. It's already this late, I'm afraid the person has left early."

  "Oh? But he had an appointment with Lord Ling at the Wanxiang Building and hasn't gone yet. Lord Ling instructed us to look for Mr. Zhou while we're at it, seems like there's something to discuss!" The leading officer slowly spoke up.

  "We can search for the fugitive 'Zhadron' while looking for Zhou Gongzi, if not, go find Zhou Gongzi first and deal with Zhadron later." The middle-aged man came up with an idea.

  The leading officer frowned: "This won't do, Zha Long is a violent man by nature, with good martial skills and a ruthless heart. This time he escaped from prison, it will definitely bring a lot of trouble to Gu Huai Village. We should find Zha Long first!"

  "Report: there is no suspect in the house!"

  "Report, nothing found!"

  At this time, Lin Wan'er and Shi Sheng's rooms had been searched, leaving only the last official in the kitchen. Shi Sheng couldn't help but think quickly about a countermeasure, wondering whether he should silence Zhou Tao once his body was discovered.

  "Report..."

  At this moment, two officials walked out of the kitchen. Shi Sheng saw this and immediately lifted his heart to his throat. The nine silver needles in his sleeve fluttered with a faint glow, and his heart was pounding rapidly.

  "Wang was caught, but he wasn't found in the kitchen!" said the two officers.

  Shi Sheng couldn't help but pause, thinking to himself that this government office wouldn't ignore the case just because of the neatly arranged matches, they would definitely make a big fuss and turn everything upside down, so how could they not have found Zhou Tao's body?

  "Retreat!" The officer in charge didn't hesitate at all, and with a single order, he led everyone to quickly leave the courtyard. It wasn't until they were all gone that Shi Sheng finally let out a long sigh of relief.

  "What a close call!" Shi Sheng said with some relief, only to be surprised by Lin Wan'er walking out of the kitchen with a smile on her face.

  "Wan Er Jie? You......" Shi Sheng was somewhat perplexed!

  "They were just some underpaid government officials, and if you gave each of them a little silver, they would ask their subordinates to be lenient and not damage the kitchen utensils, keep the matches tidy, and they wouldn't be able to find anything, and this disaster would be over." Lin Wan'er smiled.

  "Actually, while we were talking, Sister Yuanyu went to the kitchen, hehe, this time thanks to Sister Yuanyu, you're really clever!" Shi Sheng thought to himself that it's indeed true that money can make a ghost grind a mill, an eternal and unchanging law, of course, also thanks to Lin Yuanyu's wit.

  "It's nothing, they seem to be searching for an escaped prisoner named Zha Long, and also asking about the whereabouts of Master Zhou. Let's go back first!" Lin Wan'er said, then she and Shi Sheng returned to their room.

  "Wan'er, I won't need you at night, I'll go myself!" Shi Sheng said with a serious face, worried that this kind of thing would leave a shadow in the heart of a girl.

  "Does Ah Sheng look down on me? Hehe, don't worry, sister Wan will definitely be by your side. If anything goes wrong, we'll take care of it." Lin Wan'er said with a gentle tone.

  "By the way, in this more than half a month, did Wan'er sister sense any telepathy?" Shi Sheng suddenly remembered this matter and casually asked.

  Upon hearing this, Lin Wan'er's expression darkened and she fell silent for a long time before sighing: "Ah Sheng, perhaps sister Wan can't accompany you to the sect gate after all. I'm unable to sense any spiritual energy!"

  "This..." Shi Sheng furrowed his brow, somewhat embarrassed, and after thinking for a long time, Shi Sheng's heart moved, deciding not to let Lin Wan'er cultivate in the rigid way of this world, but rather like himself, cultivating in the unique functional method of Earth.

  "Hey, don't worry, Wan'er sister. The cultivation methods I gave you are just ordinary ones. Here, I have another method that I created myself, but you must remember not to tell anyone about it, or else it might bring unnecessary trouble!" Shi Sheng said with a serious face.

  "Oh? Can Ah Sheng still create his own cultivation method?" Lin Wan'er said with some disbelief.

  "It's just a slight modification of the beginner's cultivation, nothing major, Sister Yuanyu, let me tell you about how to cultivate..." And so, Shi Sheng explained the old god stick's method of cultivating intent on Earth to Lin Yuanyu.

  "Huh? Can it really be cultivated like this? How come it doesn't match what you taught me before? But it also sounds reasonable!" Lin Wan'er looked somewhat astonished.

  "Hey, Wan'er sister, don't ask so many questions. Just follow what I said for now, take your time to digest it, and if you have any doubts, ask me in a timely manner." Shi Sheng smiled and said.

  "Alright, Ah Sheng, what do you mean by that state of no-self during meditation?" Lin Wan'er asked, and then she expressed some things she didn't understand in her heart. Shi Sheng explained carefully, and it wasn't until deep into the night that Lin Wan'er finally understood the method Shi Sheng had taught her.

  Looking out at the moonlight obscured by dark clouds outside the window, Shí Shēng nodded slightly: "The moon is dark and the wind is high, it's indeed a good opportunity. Wǎn'ér sister, it should be midnight now, let's set off!"

  "Alright! Our family doesn't have a wooden cart, so we can only put them in bags and carry them away!" Lin Wan'er said, then she rummaged out two large sacks. The two of them went to the kitchen, stuffed Zhou Tao and Lu Yuan's corpses into the sacks, and finally tied the mouths of the sacks tightly shut.

  "Mei, no need to help me with this, I can handle these two bags easily!" As he spoke, Shi Sheng bent down and grabbed the two large bags. With a low grunt, he lifted them up onto his shoulders.

  "Is Asheng using so much strength?" Lin Wan'er was somewhat incredulous, after all, Shisheng was just a sixteen-year-old kid. These two large sacks were probably difficult for even an adult to carry, unless it was someone who exercised regularly or had some martial arts skills, they could carry them as easily as Shisheng did.

  "Hehe, Wanniang sister, this is the benefit of cultivating, wait until you reach the Huahai realm and you'll know!" Shisheng smiled, his current body was already much stronger than many adults, even some with martial arts foundation couldn't compare to him.

  "Really, no need to trouble Sister Wan'er?" Lin Wan'er asked uncertainly, because she saw that Shi Sheng didn't seem as relaxed as he sounded, and seemed only not to want to bother himself. Lin Wan'er couldn't help but feel a little moved in her heart.

  "Wan'er, you lead the way, and I'll follow. If anything happens, just give me a signal, otherwise it's not good if we're both carrying bags and get discovered by others." Shi Sheng's face turned serious.

  "Alright, let's go, hoping everything goes smoothly!" Lin Wan'er said, and then left the kitchen with Shi Sheng. Lin Wan'er quietly left the yard, and after seeing that there was no one around, she waved her hand at the yard, and Shi Sheng slowly followed out.

  Lin Wan'er walked a relatively far distance along the street, looked around left and right, then waved her hand back again. After Shi Sheng followed up, Lin Wan'er continued to move forward alone once more.

  However, it seemed that neither of them had noticed that under a large tree at the entrance of the village, in a dark place, there was a figure hiding behind, staring closely at every move of Shi Sheng and his companion. (End of this chapter, next chapter will be more exciting!)

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