Great Blessing

in the cave.

Mosha, the young boy from the Black Witch Cult, slowly opened his eyes, and a series of unhurried footsteps approached.

His brows furrowed slightly.

Because this time it wasn't Ma Lei who appeared, but Shi Yuanbai, the young leader of the Sha Gang.

"Why is it you?"

Mosa frowned slightly.

He was not satisfied with Shi Yuanbai's arrival, and for some reason, he always felt a sense of disgust towards this gentle and refined man.

Shi Yuanbai stared at Mo Sha and uttered four words indifferently: "Ma Lei is dead."

"Dead?"

Mo Sha was surprised that Shi Yuanbai had brought her this news, and her expression turned ugly.

Ma Lei went to do something for him.

He died suddenly before the five-day period was even up.

It looks like there's a serious problem.

Shi Yuanbai squinted, observing Mo Sha's emotional changes, trying to glean crucial information.

Ma Lei was directly under Mo Sha's command.

So even he, as the superior, knew nothing more than that he needed the help of several of the Sand Gang's men to find something.

Previously, Mo Sha was unwilling to reveal any details to him, and he didn't ask, until now, after Ma Lei's death, he has come to investigate.

"My men said that Ma Lei summoned them to Xiahe Village to assassinate the village chief and elders."

"Then his head was thrown out by an unknown person."

Upon hearing this, Mo Sha immediately realized that Ma Lei was using his name to seek personal gain.

But it cost him his life.

"waste!"

He muttered a curse under his breath.

Shi Yuanbai's gaze turned aggressive: "So why did Ma Lei die? What exactly did you tell him to find?"

Mosha's eyes flickered for a moment, then he sighed softly, "It's the bone of a witch immortal."

Even though Shi Yuanbai had already guessed, his eyes still rippled when he heard the answer.

The Black Witch Cult's Grand Priest personally plotted for ten years within the Rong'an Marquis's residence, all for the sake of obtaining the Witch Immortal's Bone.

"Lost?"

Shi Yuanbai looked at Mo Sha.

Once the matter was out in the open, Mosha became calm: "That day, when we were ambushed and killed, the bones of the Witch Immortal were lost. I was being watched by those old guys, so I had no choice but to send someone else."

"Witch Moth is dead. I need to nurture her for seven days. During this period, no one in Xiahe Village may leave the village."

Shi Yuanbai nodded: "This is easy to handle."

"Then I will come again in seven days."

Just as he was about to turn and leave, he heard Mo Sha speak from behind him: "The Bone of the Witch Immortal is something the Great Priest wants. Don't have any designs on it, otherwise... you should know the Great Priest's methods."

Shi Yuanbai chuckled: "Brother Mo Sha, do you think you can't trust my character?"

......

......

The next morning.

The entrance to Xiahe Village became unusually lively, with over a hundred burly men from the Shabang gang blocking the way out and preventing anyone from leaving the village.

"Ma Lei is a member of my Sha Gang, and now he's dead in your Xiahe Village. Shouldn't my Sha Gang do something about it?!"

A burly man with a face full of scars stared with eyes as big as copper bells.

His fierce and menacing appearance immediately intimidated the villagers of Xiahe Village who had originally planned to leave the village to farm.

They dared to fight the Sand Gang before because cutting off the water supply meant certain death, but now that it's only a few days, they naturally don't want to provoke the Sand Gang and invite retaliation.

"Neighborhood chief, the neighborhood elder is here."

With a loud shout.

The people of Xiahe Village spontaneously made way for each other.

Village chief Xu Mao, along with Zhong Xuan and Xu Tian, ​​all appeared at the village entrance.

As for Ma Fu and another elder who was close to the Ma family, they did not appear.

"We have no objection to the Sha Gang's investigation, but it should take some time, shouldn't it?"

Xu Mao, undeterred, stared intently at the burly man before him.

"Seven days."

The burly man from the Sha Gang raised his right hand, making a seven-shaped gesture.

Hearing the burly man's promise, the villagers of Xiahe Village secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Seven days isn't enough time for the crops in the field to wither and die; we can wait.

Xu Mao: "Chief Shi of the Sand Gang is a man of his word, and I, Xu, believe him."

Anyway, I'm certain I didn't kill the person.

Moreover, as the Sha Gang said, the person died in Xiahe Village, so they were not in the right.

Xu Mao was simply curious about who the killer could be.

......

......

Seven days passed in the blink of an eye.

To the surprise of the villagers of Xiahe, the Sha Gang simply took away Ma Lei's body and then disappeared without a trace.

Some say Ma Lei died in a power struggle within the Sha Gang.

Some say that Ma Lei offended a powerful figure whom no one dared to offend, and even the Sha Gang dared not interfere.

In short, opinions vary widely.

Zhong Xuanze vaguely guessed the reason.

However, since the Sand Gang has already left, and no one would suspect an old man.

The other end.

in the cave.

Shi Yuanbai's figure reappeared before Mo Sha, the Black Witch Cult youth.

"Is this the bone of a witch?"

Shi Yuanbai revealed the black stone in his hand.

Upon seeing the black stone, Mosa's eyes lit up with excitement: "Exactly!"

"Where was it found?"

"In a valley."

Mosha snatched the black stone, and only after confirming that it was indeed the bone of the Witch Immortal did he breathe a sigh of relief.

It has finally been found.

"It must have been dug out by some wild beast and then dumped in the woods."

Shi Yuanbai spoke up: "Now that the item has been found, may we go see Da Zhu?"

"Best wishes..."

Mosa's expression changed when he heard the name.

Although he finally retrieved the bones of the witch immortal, he was not only hiding from the imperial court's pursuers, but also from the Grand Priest and his senior brothers.

"I will go in a few days."

He had barely finished speaking.

But Shi Yuanbai said calmly, "No need, Da Zhu has already arrived in Baisha County."

"What?!"

Mosa suddenly stood up, her eyes filled with fear.

......

The Zhong family's old house.

Zhong Xuan sat cross-legged on the bed.

"It seems that Ma Lei is not the only one searching for the Great Demon Bone; the Sand Gang also has many connections with the Black Witch Cult."

Just now.

He had already been to the valley where the black stone was abandoned; it was full of signs of being searched, and the black stone had been taken away.

The Sha Gang members have already left.

Obviously.

To them, Ma Lei's death was utterly insignificant compared to the Great Demon Bone.

Although Zhong Xuan suspected that the Sand Gang might be secretly colluding with the Black Witch Cult, he wouldn't actually act like a fool and report them.

Let's not even talk about how the Sha Gang is an absolute local power in Baisha County.

To put it another way...

Who can guarantee that Magistrate Zhou is truly completely opposed to the Black Witch Cult?

To simply talk about purity and impurity, good and bad, would be too superficial. In fact, there were quite a few officials in the court who cooperated with the Black Witch Cult for their own benefit.

Zhong Xuan was not about to do something like someone suing him in the courtroom.

Especially since I was the one kneeling down.

"The tree may wish to remain still, but the wind will not cease..."

Zhong Xuan sighed softly.

"The world is going to be in chaos, so it's better to break through to the Bone Refinement stage as soon as possible to survive."

He didn't want to be like he was thirty years ago when the flood hit, leaving him helpless and nearly starving to death.

In the past, it would generally take three to five years to have a chance to break through.

But now that he possesses both the Crane and Dragon forms, a year is enough.

While practicing martial arts.

Village chief Xu Mao then approached Zhong Xuan.

"Shulin, is something the matter?"

Xu Mao chuckled: "Ma Lei just passed his seventh day memorial, we should go and comfort old Ma Li too."