Master of Strange Dao

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The second item, no need to investigate, I remember it.

Several hundred years ago, the Imprint Bureau Ambassador was indeed called Li Wucheng, and he was also a descendant of the Five Mountains Sect.

He excelled at using the Mountain Casting Seal.

The sect base of the Five Mountains Sect was their Sect Treasure.

It was cast using five spirit mountains containing spirit veins, weighing billions of pounds. Although it had few marvelous transformations, it was an extremely rare rigid treasure.

There was once a rumor that, several thousand years ago, the Five Mountains Sect used this treasure to suppress a Ninth Tier body cultivator beneath the sect's gate.

It was still suppressed there to this day.

Whether this is true or false is unknown, but Li Wucheng did indeed exist.

Back then, he tried to emulate his sect's predecessors, attempting to forge a treasure comparable to the Five Mountains Sect's locale.

But he excavated a spirit vein near the Holy Ancestor Land of the Daqian Imperial Family.

In the end, he was sentenced to death.

I personally led the capture.

"Was he executed?"

"Yes, in such a situation, even Emperor Qian couldn't endure it, nor could anyone.

He was struck by Five Thunders Bombarding, turned to dust on the spot, no grave needed."

"Do you still remember who the Execution Chief Officer and the executioner were back then?"

"I remember. The Execution Chief Officer was an old man from the Ministry of Rites, who died naturally two hundred years ago.

As for the executioner, he died long ago, but I distinctly remember him.

Using Five Thunders Bombarding was extremely taxing on the body and the divine soul, and usually, an executioner could only perform it once at most.

That executioner did it three times and survived, but his body was ruined, and he died after living twenty or thirty more years."

"Thank you."

"No problem. If there's nothing else, I'll go first. There's too much nonsense here. I have to keep an eye out so that the Second Prince isn't assassinated."

Song Chengyue hurried off.

Yu Ziqing opened his eyes. Piece by piece, the more he dug, the more he unearthed.

Yu Ziqing could roughly piece together a play in his mind now.

The Seventh-numbered Hungry Ghost, when he was still the Imprint Bureau Ambassador, stirred up a great event, excavating Emperor Qian's ancestral tomb.

Afterward, someone told him there was a chance to save his life, but he had to become a White Water Egg. Would he accept?

Li Wucheng accepted back then and became the seventh White Water Egg.

Then, when he committed another mistake and was about to be executed, they asked him again.

There was a chance to save his life, but he had to become a hungry ghost. Would he accept?

The seventh White Water Egg agreed.

Yu Ziqing even speculated that Li Wucheng's excavation of Emperor Qian's ancestral tomb might have been secretly guided and deceived by these people.

After all, how many spirit mountains and peaks are there in this world, and how could Li Wucheng, as the Imprint Bureau Ambassador, not know the location of the Daqian Imperial Family's ancestral tomb?

Good grief, adding it all up, those people set up Li Wucheng three times.

What skills did this fellow possess that made those people spare him, using him again and again?

Like Number Eight, they killed him off as soon as he was used up, without hesitation.

Thinking back and forth, it seemed Li Wucheng's only exceptional skill was in casting seals.

Seals...

In the Divine Dynasty, all officials' seals, large and small, were produced by the Imprint Bureau.

For the officials of the Divine Dynasty, the Big Seal was not just a token but a special magical treasure.

What was this guy trying to cast back then that required digging into Emperor Qian's ancestral grave?

Was it possible he knew it was near Emperor Qian's ancestral grave and went there on purpose?

Thinking of this, Yu Ziqing was somewhat stunned.

Good grief, a spirit vein near Emperor Qian's ancestral grave along with an imprint master.

What was he trying to do?

Was casting official seals not enough, did he intend to cast a Jade Seal too?

Was he trying to rebel?

Yu Ziqing felt that, although he hadn't dug up the men behind the White Water Eggs, he'd uncovered a big scoop.

But according to Song Chengyue, only Li Wucheng was struck by the Five Thunders Bombarding back then, and no one else was implicated.

Was it that this guy firmly held his tongue, claiming only to emulate the sect's predecessors, buying himself a slim chance of survival?

Or did Emperor Qian understand it all but didn't want to dig deeper?

The Daqian Crown Prince? The Second Prince?

Tut, well then, if that's the case, it fit Yu Ziqing's image of a benevolent royal family in his heart.

Thus, unknowingly, the suspects popped up.

What were those guys plotting by sending the seventh hungry ghost, inadvertently implicating so much?

Yu Ziqing organized his clues, pondering how to stir things up.

Elsewhere, the New No. Ten, in the eastern part of Dali, obtained three pairs of Shadow Devil's eyes from Qiguang Trading Company.

He originally planned to use some methods, but as soon as he found someone to make the purchase, Qiguang Trading Company quietly extended an invitation to meet him.

The big boss of Qiguang Trading Company looked at a silhouette in the dark, his expression extremely complex.

He pushed three jade boxes over.

"The items are here. In the future, if you need anything, there's no need to send someone. Just come directly."

"Is there anything important you want to discuss with me?"

"No, no important matters, I just wanted to see you, have a look at you. You never used to come meet me. This time..."

"I urgently needed these things."

"Alright, next time you need something, just come find me. It's safer this way. Outsider interference is always insecure."

The New No. Ten didn't respond and slowly disappeared.

The big boss hastily stood up, shouting quickly.

"Take care!"

The New No. Ten, having obtained the Shadow Devil's eyes, quietly left the city.

He looked back at the city, feeling extremely strange.

It seemed that boss knew the original No. Ten.

No, not No. Ten, he knew No. Ten's identity before becoming a White Water Egg.

But these matters were never spoken about by No. Ten.

He made a mental note, quietly investigating and found the information he sought, which was not particularly confidential.

The big boss of Qiguang Trading Company had a son who was once a spy in the Dali military, commanding all scouts along the coastal eastern border, who was executed for a major mistake.

As for what happened, it was unclear.

Thinking of that person's attempted concealment, yet failing to hide his complex gaze.

The New No. Ten paused in silence. Before reporting back, he made a detour to Almsgiving Town.

He shared this with Yu Ziqing, even though he himself didn't know why he was doing it.

But each time he recalled the seventh White Water Egg's plight and how he reclaimed his face, an uncontrollable urge arose in the New No. Ten's heart.

He, too, wanted to reclaim his face and true name.

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