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Ye Lingzhen recalled the tragic scene he saw when he returned to the scene that day, and couldn't help closing his eyes: "It's really admirable that Tiangang's iron frame is strong."

"That's why we have to thoroughly investigate the drug donation tragedy to comfort the souls of the deceased."

"That's right, but..." Ye Lingzhen hesitated, "There is a distance of thousands of miles between donating poison and Congji Abyss. Will the final key to physical evidence really be in the sea?"

"Yu Qi is an ancient sword spirit with a lot of knowledge. Since he said that the light in the pendant has something to do with Zhaoming, he is probably right."

"I hope everything goes well." Ye Lingzhen sighed, "I heard that the current head of Zhuhai BPI doesn't like humans very much..."

"There have been some problems in Congjizhiyuan recently. I will send someone to notify you after I have dealt with them." As expected, Huai Xu, the person in charge of Mingzhuhai BPI with a cold face, did not immediately agree to their request to go to Congjizhiyuan, but only said indifferently. Nodding to Ye Hai and Ye Lingzhen, "Please wait at the reception."

Ye Hai groaned secretly in his heart, he was afraid that this was the same excuse used by the moody sea witch in front of him, but he was in someone else's territory, so he couldn't say anything, so he could only say a few polite words and prepare to go out, planning to settle down and then find a way .

Ye Lingzhen walked to the door first and opened the door leaf. Huaixu's gaze inadvertently swept over Xia Yize who was waiting outside the door, and his eyes were locked on: "...is it you?"

Xia Yi didn't know why, and looked at Huai Xu in a daze.

Overwhelming memories flooded my mind with a face that closely resembled that of an old friend. Huai Xu regained his composure and said coldly, "Are you a shark?"

"No." Xia Yi was startled, his eyes quickly swept across the faces of the Ye family's uncle and nephew who were out of the situation, and then he calmed down.

"You come in."

The Ye family's uncles and nephews looked at each other.

"Please meet Wuyi and the others first, I'll be there later." Xia Yi nodded to his uncle and nephew Ye, stepped into the room and gently closed the door lock.

"Are you a shark?" Huai Xu asked again.

"Unless you promise to keep quiet, I refuse to answer this question." Seeing Huai Xu nodding his head, Xia Yi said softly, "I used to be."

"once?"

"I have accepted the bone-changing technique, and I no longer have merman blood."

"Bone-cutting and marrow-washing are extremely tyrannical and cruel, and the subject is almost dead... You are very powerful."

"I'm sorry, it's just my own will."

"You... are very similar to her." Huai Xu looked complicated, "What is your relationship with Hongshan?"

"She's my mother."

"Very good, very good..." Huai Xu suddenly got up and walked to the door, "Follow me."

In the vast deep-sea coral reefs as beautiful as condensed clouds, the abundant and soft aquatic plants sway with the waves in the crevices of the reefs, followed by dots of warm and moist fluorescent lights like pearls. It is a beautiful scenery that is very different from that on land. Yi Ze was not interested in appreciating it.

There are sharks in the sea, whose lifespan is as long as a thousand years. After death, they rise up and turn into clouds and rain, and finally fall into the sea.but--

"Here we are." Huai Xu's voice was as cold as ever, but Xia Yi was keenly aware of the deep sorrow contained in those two short words.

Intertwined red corals rise from the ground, like the precious trees that only appear in legends, emitting a soft light faintly in the deep sea.

"……This is?"

"This is your mother's lingering obsession in the world."

"My mother always said before she was alive that she got what she wanted and had no complaints or regrets... I didn't expect that she would—" Xia Yi stepped forward, wanting to reach out to touch the coral branch in front of her, but flinched again. "It's my son who is unfilial..."

The light flickering around the coral tree seemed to echo him silently.

"It does sound like her words."

"Master Sea Witch, take the liberty to ask me a question."

"Say."

"I have practiced Taoism since I was a child, and I know the negative effects of obsession. Is there any way...to eliminate my mother's obsession?"

"No." Huai Xu caressed the mottled branches of the coral tree expressionlessly, watching its gleam flicker between his fingers, and suddenly issued an order to evict the guest, "Please come back if you see it."

Xia Yi was thinking about Huai Xu's strange attitude in the coral forest all the way, and almost ran into Ye Lingzhen who had been waiting for a long time when he entered the door.

"Shaoshu Palace?"

"Sorry," Xia Yi recovered, "Senior Brother Ye, what's the matter?"

"News came from Zhuoyi that the suspect who had donated drugs to attack the research team had confessed." Ye Lingzhen lowered his voice, "...it's from Bohui Palace."

"Heh, such a rash and reckless style of not leaving behind is really like the handwriting of a big brother." Xia Yi closed the door, and motioned Ye Lingzhen to sit down on the chair, "He has been able to endure until this time, which has greatly exceeded my expectations. Then, senior fellow apprentice Ye, do you know where Anival is from?"

"Although it was Bohui Palace who kidnapped His Royal Highness this time with the help of Langti, judging from the previous incidents, the Wolf King may have closer contacts with Zhongyi Palace."

"Senior Brother Ye came all the way to help me, why be so polite, just call me Yi Ze."

"This—" Seeing Xia Yi's expression was firm, Ye Lingzhen had no choice but to change his words, "Yi Ze, now that the two palaces have taken action, what are your plans?"

"I've lived in Taihua for a long time, and I'm single and weak. Right now, I can only see the tricks." Xia Yi recalled all the twists and turns he experienced along the way, "Senior Brother Ye said that the wolf king and the second brother are closely related. Is it related to Jiangling Ancient Road? matter?"

"Yes, I have been investigating this matter for a while, but it is a pity that the BPI General Administration has set up a special task force for this case, which makes it difficult for me to continue to investigate."

"A little fishwife, is it worth fighting for her by the General Administration?"

"What if she escaped from Xuanmiao Temple?"

"Mysterious view of Lingxu?" Xia Yi raised his eyebrows playfully.

"After you handed over Zhen Ji to the Jiangling BPI branch, I asked someone to visit her in private. In addition to telling me that she escaped from Lingxu, she also told me another secret."

"Oh?"

"Lingxu was able to obtain the cultivation base of the Earth Immortal in the age of [-], not only because of the help of the Magic Artifact Fantian Seal, but also because he has captured many inner alchemy from the monster race over the years."

"What?!" Xia Yi was surprised, "Isn't he used to sell those monster races to Haishi?"

"That's just the tip of the iceberg among his many prey. According to Zhenji, he built a hidden dungeon in the Xuanmiao Temple to detain the captured monsters. Most of them were cut off by him. death, only a small part will be bought by Haishi."

"With Zhenji's cultivation, it's normal for Lingxu to look down on her inner alchemy." Xia Yi lowered her eyes to hide the irrepressible anger in her eyes, "I just wonder how she escaped from the clutches of the devil."

"This is the key. Zhenji said that Lingxu originally planned to send her to Haishi that day, but was stopped by a young man who came to visit. I don't know what the relationship between that young man and Lingxu is, but Lingxu agreed Let the man take her away. The man took her to the outskirts and promised that as long as she weaves illusions for him to lure people, he will set her free after that."

"His target...is me?"

Ye Lingzhen nodded: "Perhaps. Considering the well-trained wolves that appeared in the illusion, that young man might be one of the Wolf King's subordinates."

"Second brother has always been more careful in his actions. It is impossible for him not to know that illusions and wolves alone... cannot kill me."

"Actually, there were far more than wolves ambushing in the illusion that night. I sprayed the luminol reagent within a radius of 200 meters from the incident site, and the amount of fluorescence showed that besides the wolves, there were at least 20 people in ambush. , otherwise there would not be so much blood left behind."

"How is it possible? When I entered the illusion, I didn't notice anyone other than Wuyi and Wenren."

"Then there is only one possibility—" Ye Lingzhen said slowly, "When you entered the illusion, those people were already dead."

"……who is it?"

"do not know."

Xia Yi suddenly smiled: "Things seem to be getting more interesting."

"There is one more strange thing," Ye Lingzhen continued to say with admiration when he saw Xia Yi, with an unfazed expression, "The mermaid in the South China Sea is rare in a thousand years, and the inner alchemy is even more precious. Lingxu would reluctantly part with her and sell her Entering Haishi, even personally going to the monster gathering area that he has always hated, and just happened to run into you, the various coincidences in it really make people have to think about it."

Xia Yi remembered the secret conversation with Qin Yang when he was Emperor Zhonghuang, so he nodded and said, "Of course he also went for me."

"Well, since Lingxu will cooperate with the Wolf King forces, I speculate that he is also from Zhongyi Palace. If he misses a hit on the ancient road, he will naturally strike while the iron is hot and intercept again. Professor Qinghe and Lingxu are old acquaintances, presumably you also He will not deliberately hide his whereabouts from him, not to mention that there are mixed fish and dragons in the sea market, and if you want to hide from others, it is indeed a good choice to start there." Ye Lingzhen sighed, "Although Lingxu is a stubborn racist, he is not heinous. How can you do such a stupid thing without knowing the general idea?"

"People die for money, birds die for food, maybe the second brother has something he wants." Xia Yi changed the subject calmly, "Brother Wu has been waiting in Baicao Valley these days, I don't know How are you getting along with Captain Qin?"

"It's too late for Zhuo Yi to meet him, if it wasn't for the escort of the suspect, it would probably take three to five months in Baicao Valley." Ye Lingzhen smiled helplessly, "It's a pity that Captain Qin has a firm stand, and I'm afraid he won't stand in line easily. "

"Political competition is like turbulent waves, one ebbs and the other, one rises and one falls, and it is not so easy to walk through it without getting wet. Baicao Valley can choose not to stand in line, but as long as others think it is in line, my The purpose is achieved."

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