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Regardless of whether Wen Zhuang believed it was a "coincidence" or not, he did not object to Ye Mu's proposal to go with him, so the three of them rode their horses towards the buckwheat field.

Jing Tong rode a tawny horse with snow-white hooves, and a moon-white handkerchief was tied on his head to cover up his still short hair.On the way, she quietly glanced at Ye Mu a few times, but finally suppressed her curiosity and did not ask about that "Jiang Shaoxia" rashly.

Speechless all the way.

When they arrived at the destination, they dismounted from their horses, and Ye Mu pointed to the piles of insect corpses by the field.

"I thought this field was weird at first, because there were so many dead bugs here. But after listening to you, it seems to be wrong."

Wen Zhuang squatted down, poked the soil with his fingers, picked up a few insect corpses, and held them in his palms for inspection.Jing Tong walked directly into the field, pushed aside the thickly growing buckwheat, and looked around, not knowing what he was checking.Both of them immediately devoted themselves to the investigation wholeheartedly, and their expressions became serious and serious.

Ye Mu looked at the state of the two, and stood quietly by the side leading the horse, avoiding disturbing them.This place was handed over to the professionals of Baicaotang, who stood there with nothing to do, and began to study the system's tasks and reputation functions.

Since the information bar indicated that the task was completed, the task panel hadn't appeared again, and he tried to think about it, but there was no response.At that time, the opportunity for Jing An to trigger that mission was worth noting the two points of "entrustment" and "mission reward".Now he has more or less mastered some of the laws of this system, recalled the scene when he took the task in the game, and decided when to go to those who need help to be "helpful" and see if there is any progress.

And the twelve taels of gold that was rewarded by the mission lay safely in the package, looking very pleasing to the eye.Thinking of the "transformation" feature of the package, Ye Mu always had a bad feeling - of course, he couldn't confirm whether there was a gold ingot missing from the Baicaotang's treasury.This can only be tried when he returns to receive other tasks.

The reputation system is also something that Ye Mu has always worried about.

He has seen a total of five words related to numerical values: mercenary reputation, sect reputation, Seven Killing Temple reputation, crime value, and intimacy.

Needless to say, the mercenary's reputation, everything in this "system", including himself, is closely related to this reputation.This should be the key to the whole system.And when it is higher than the evil value, it seems to offset the corresponding evil value.

Sect prestige should be the same as in the game. It refers to the prestige of the sect to which the character belongs.But in addition, there are many prestige in the game. For example, this mission, according to common sense, should also reward the prestige of Baicaotang.However, this point can be put aside temporarily for future research.

Evil value... In the game, it increases by actively killing other players.He vaguely guessed that maybe it was also a factor that caused him to come to this world.Although up to now, he has never killed a "human" in the true sense, but in this turbulent era, he has also made up his mind to stain his hands with blood—even so, killing people just to verify the conjecture is still fine Well, he doesn't consider himself a murderer.

Intimacy... This value has appeared so frequently in the past two days that he wants to find the shielding system. Even so, he doesn't think this value is really equivalent to the degree of the other party's affection for him.Not to mention whether the intimacy increased by throwing a stone in the team is unreliable or not. Just because he gave the mongoose a bunch of bows and arrows, the increased intimacy is not as good as Jiang Wang's hug when he was seriously injured and unconscious. More, you will know the level of nonsense of this thing. ——Of course, this cannot be his own favorability with others.

He now only has a rough estimate of these values.In the beginning, he would pop up on time at night, recording the character information menu of various prestige values. Since he met the ink dragon in the river and was accidentally teleported, it disappeared as if it never existed.He also tried various methods to call it out, but all failed.Comparing before and after, he can only guess without any reason, maybe it was because of the forced exit from the map at that time, or the teleportation that carried Jiang Wang and Ye Cang, or maybe it was because of the "children" identified by the system Didn't all follow around, in short, caused some kind of unknowable error in this system?

Here, Ye Mu is thinking about various "unscientific" things in his mind.When Jing Tong came over in a hurry, what he saw was Ye Mu standing there with a cold expression, looking at the field in front of him, looking at the field in front of him, thinking deeply.The three horses were held in his hands, but they didn't make the atmosphere any warmer.

She stopped in her tracks and was hesitating whether to wait a while or not, Ye Mu had already looked over and asked, "Miss Jing, what's wrong?"

Jing Tong said: "Ye Shaoxia, we discovered something... a little strange."

The two walked a certain distance along the official road, and Wen Zhuang was waiting there.Seeing Ye Mu approaching, he briefly explained their findings.

The bugs here all died from something similar to Gu poison, but completely different.No matter what method you use to check it, you can't see any abnormalities. It can only be judged to be a natural death with exhausted lifespan.However, it is absolutely impossible for these different kinds of bugs to "die naturally" at the same time in such a large number.To put it bluntly, it is their "vitality" that has been deprived.

The plants growing here didn't seem to be abnormal, but when Jing Tong tried to give birth to the plants, the plants that originally grew here responded to the call very actively, and the seeds she brought just fell into the soil and waited for a while. It was born, and it became a lifeless dead seed in an instant.

They can only conclude from this that the soil is greedily grabbing all life force.However, for some reason, the plants growing on it, the flying butterflies and bees, and the people and animals passing by seem to be unaffected-whether they are affected or not is not something that can be known for a while.

After Wen Zhuang finished describing the matter, he stared at Ye Mu and asked, "The matter is very important, we are going back to Baicao Hall, do you want to come together?"

Ye Mu nodded in response.

After the three hurried back to Baicao Hall, Wen Zhuang asked Jing Tong to find Jing An and meet up in the conference hall later, while he himself led Ye Mu to the previous hall. In the deserted corridor, he stopped and turned to look at Ye Mu.

Ye Mu also stopped and didn't speak, seeing what Wen Zhuang wanted to say.

Wen Zhuang looked at Ye Mu and said, "Ming people don't speak dark words. Ye Mu, do you suspect that poison is related to this incident?"

Ye Mu's expression remained unchanged, and he asked, "How can you see that?"

Wen Zhuang crossed his arms and said coldly: "When Jing An said that the disciples of the Poison Department had been to the buckwheat field, or even earlier, you began to doubt it? Then the question you asked me was To test? You went to see Gu Xingyan in the buckwheat field before us, and didn't say anything, isn't it because you suspect what he did in it?"

He raised his hand to support the porch pillar beside Ye Mu, leaned over full of oppression, stared into Ye Mu's eyes, and said word by word: "Ye Mu, Ye Shaoxia. I admire the collection of the Palace of Seven Killers." I am also grateful for everything you have done for Xiliang. However, this is the villa of my Baicaotang, and what you suspect is the disciple of my Baicaotang. We can regard what happened yesterday as a misunderstanding. If you want to doubt it You can also go to investigate and see what you can find. I am also looking forward to the truth of the matter. But, attacking the disciples of Baicao Hall, I hope this kind of thing will never happen again. Whether it is in Baicao Hall , or somewhere else."

His eyes were sharp, full of warning.

Ye Mu looked at Wen Zhuang, was silent for a moment, and replied calmly: "I know, I didn't think well this time. Without evidence, I won't take action against the disciples of Baicaotang again."

Wen Zhuang obviously heard the unfinished meaning in these words, he squinted his eyes, withdrew his hand, and said lightly: "Okay. If there is a second unpleasant situation, I hope Ye Shaoxia can come up with enough convincing words. Evidence. In addition, I also ask Ye Shaoxia not to walk around in the villa at random. It is not wrong to visit friends and visitors in the residences of the disciples, and please pay more attention to some hidden places. Things in the villa are messy now, if there is accidental injury, it is not beautiful."

"It's so good." Ye Mu's focus shifted a bit, and he immediately complied when he heard that he was allowed to go to his disciple's residence in an open and honest manner.What if you have to look elsewhere?Just try not to get caught and don't let yourself get caught.

However, he still answered Wen Zhuang's initial question head-on: "I have never suspected that the 'poison department' was related to this incident. Wen Zhuang, I doubt it. From the beginning to the end, there were only 'a few people'."

Looking at Wen Zhuang for a moment, he said this.

"In this way, I am also one of these 'several people'." Wen Zhuang said as if he thought it was a little ridiculous, but he didn't get angry, "Well, what you think is your business. The delay It's been long enough, let's go."

"Wen Zhuang, I have something else I want to ask you." Ye Mu called him, without any embarrassment because he doubted the other party, and asked, "Do poisonous disciples usually do this kind of thing like exorcising insects?" ? Is the situation at that time the same as today's scene?"

"This is a common occurrence. The climate in Xiliang is changeable, and there will be a pest plague from time to time. If it is not eliminated in time, the harvest of the whole season will be affected." Wen Zhuang looked cold, but he still explained in detail , "But we usually let the villagers avoid them and drive the carnivorous Gu insects to sweep them away. Generally speaking, there will not be so many intact insect corpses. Besides, it has been a while since the last insect disaster, and the traces of that time have been broken. Impossible remains to this day."

"I don't know how long it will take to clear such a large field by one person?"

Mentioning the skill of this sect, Wen Zhuang softened his face, and there was a touch of pride in his tone: "Baicaotang's art of controlling Gu, even a disciple who is not good at learning skills can drive thousands of Gu insects. Those who are good at this art Disciple, do your best, and the number of people you can control can reach tens of thousands. It's just repelling insects and killing them, which can usually be completed in a day."

After getting the answer, Ye Mu didn't ask any more questions.When the two came to the meeting hall, Jing An and Jing Tong were already in the hall.Seeing that the two arrived late, Jing An took a thoughtful look, said nothing, and called everyone to sit down.As soon as the few people sat down, he threw out a big news.

"The method to completely cure the disease has been found."

Wen Zhuang stood up abruptly, turned over the chair with a loud noise, he didn't care at all, he just stared at Jing An and asked urgently: "Have you found a method? Has it been proven effective? Who found it?"

"It is indeed effective. The condition of the sick disciple has been brought under control." Jing An said, "But the person who prescribed the prescription is really surprising...it is Gu Xingyan."