Chapter 1938: Chapter 155: Does He Live Alone?
Feng Xiaoyao was also very happy upon hearing this, so he brought Mo Jiuli, Yun Xia, and Fang Shile directly to a separate courtyard not far from Lord Feng’s residence, which was also a quaint small courtyard…
“This is where Master Ling lives! The place where he is secluded is just behind…” Feng Xiaoyao said to Mo Jiuli and Fang Shile.
Mo Jiuli glanced around at the flowers and plants growing around the small courtyard, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, contemplating something.
“Does he live alone?” Mo Jiuli asked as she walked.
“Yes, Uncle Master Ling has always lived alone. Even the dark guard my father arranged for him was refused by him. Besides, there are many array formations where he lives, preventing anyone from approaching his residence without his consent…” Feng Xiaoyao thought for a moment and said.
“Let’s go take a look then…” Mo Jiuli said upon hearing this. In her view, this Uncle Master Ling wasn’t living alone. One side of this courtyard grows a certain kind of plant that needs to be watered every day, missing a day would kill it instantly; it’s very delicate.
She noticed earlier that the roots of a particular plant seemed to have been watered today, indicating that someone else also lives here, either that Ling stays here himself, suggesting he isn’t actually in seclusion, or there are others here…
After all, a person truly in seclusion wouldn’t break it every day just to water the plants! Perhaps seclusion is just an excuse…
However, Mo Jiuli didn’t reveal anything for the moment but followed Feng Xiaoyao to a side room, her eyes flickered slightly upon seeing it, recognizing that this was indeed a hidden array with an Illusion Array. It was a formation quite familiar to her, very similar to the array her Mother taught her…
“This is it, the place where Uncle Master Ling is secluded. It’s actually a secret chamber, what we see is all an Illusion Array!” Feng Xiaoyao explained.
“Jiuli, can you crack this array?” Feng Xiaoyao asked Mo Jiuli.
“Yes, I can, let me give it a try!” Mo Jiuli replied faintly upon hearing.
She then walked ahead directly, while Feng Xiaoyao, Fang Shile, and Yun Xia watched from behind. Although none of them understood arrays or knew if Mo Jiuli could break this one, they were still quite curious…
This array was very simple for Mo Jiuli. However, to avoid raising suspicions from Feng Xiaoyao and Fang Shile, she intentionally delayed a bit, taking almost two hours to successfully crack open the array…
“Alright, let’s go in and take a look!” Mo Jiuli said calmly.
Feng Xiaoyao and Fang Shile were surprised to see the side room turn into a secret chamber, internally marveling at Mo Jiuli’s amazing skills! They hadn’t expected her to also be an Array Master…
Feng Xiaoyao stepped forward directly, opened the door to the secret chamber, and they all walked in together. However, they were instantly petrified upon seeing the situation in the chamber…
“This…how did this happen? Uncle Master Ling, Uncle Master Ling, what’s wrong? Uncle Master Ling, wake up!” Feng Xiaoyao hurried over, squatted down, and called out.
Inside the secret chamber, an old man in white robes lay unconscious on the ground, black blood trickling from the corner of his mouth. The blood had dried long ago, indicating that the man had been unconscious for quite some time. As Feng Xiaoyao grabbed Uncle Master Ling’s body, he widened his eyes in horror, staring at the old man’s corpse, speechless for a long time…
“He’s dead!” Fang Shile snapped back to reality, walked over directly to examine the old man, and reached out to check his breath, realizing that the man had already fallen.