Chapter 102 The gang's background

Mo Juren quickly threw out a dozen questions, and Tian Lingjun answered every one of them and was very cooperative.

After combining this information, Mo Juren finally figured out what happened.

Fortunately, it was not a big force like Baibao Tower that targeted him, but a cultivator named Tian Ling. They had a gang that specialized in robbing independent cultivators.

Because of the special cultivation method that Tian Ling practiced, he had a secret method similar to the Qi Gathering Technique, which could reduce his cultivation to the second level of Qi Refining.

He hid this secret so well that even the people in the gang didn't know about it and thought he was the one with the lowest cultivation level.

So he was sent to join Baibao Tower as an insider, responsible for finding fat sheep for the outside gangs, looking for some independent cultivators who were not very strong but had wealth to rob.

On that day, when Mo Juren was selling spiritual herbs in Baibaolou, he was targeted by them, so this person secretly informed the gang and sent people to follow him.

They have successfully carried out such transactions many times, but because the spy had lost Mo Juren once a few days ago, he was worried that Mo Juren might be difficult to deal with.

So today, when he heard that the spies below had picked up Mo Juren again, and learned that Mo Juren had suddenly left the market, which was an unusual move, he hurriedly took leave and followed him, so that he could hide aside and gain the benefit secretly.

The result was just as he guessed. Mo Juren was not so easy to deal with. Instead, he successfully counterattacked and captured them all in one fell swoop.

Tian Ling and his gang have ended up in this situation because of their own fault. Evil deeds will be punished with evil.

In order to avoid retaliation from this gang, Mo Juren began to inquire about the strength and background of their gang from Tian Ling.

It turned out that this group of people was made up of more than a dozen independent cultivators, among whom the one with the highest cultivation level was at the tenth level of Qi Refining. He was the evil Taoist with a mustache who was killed by Mo Juren, and he called himself Lingdan Taoist.

"He's actually called Lingdan Taoist. Is he really good at making pills?"

"No, this person only knows how to refine some fasting pills, qi-recovering pills, and the like. He talks like a madman all day long about refining some ancient elixir and perfecting the foundation. If it weren't for his high level of cultivation, no one would obey him."

According to Tian Ling's confession, besides Lingdan Taoist and Tian Ling, there is another cultivator at the ninth level of Qi Refining in the gang. They have been entrenched in the market town for many years, specializing in cheating and deceiving people, using fake treasures to lure greedy independent cultivators, etc.

Using fake treasures to lure people? Why does it sound so familiar? Mo Juren suddenly remembered that the down-and-out scholar used the same trick.
So he asked,

"Okay, so you guys are all about cheating, robbing, and doing everything. Is that guy who carries a wooden box around all day and tells everyone he wants to sell treasures one of your guys?"

"That's right, this person's name is Liu Liang, and he is the junior fellow apprentice of Taoist Lingdan."

Mo Juren's mind raced, and he came up with an idea, so he said to Tian Ling,
"Very good. Seeing you speak your mind, I am almost done with my anger."

Then he threatened,

"However, the 'Heart-Eating Curse' that was planted before has already taken root in your body. If the curse is not removed after seven days... hehe, you will definitely die."

Ever since he knew the importance of the Heart-Eating Bug, Mo Juren no longer called it by its name, but made up a random name that the person probably wouldn't be able to guess anyway.

"If you don't believe me, you can try it. Use your magic power to touch the upper edge of your left abdomen. It will definitely make you feel excruciating pain."

"I trust you, sir. I dare not try it because it is too painful."

"No, just try it if I tell you to, otherwise it will seem like I'm deceiving you." After saying that, Mo Juren gathered his magic power in his hands and approached the place where the heart-eating worm was lurking. The worm felt the threat and began to move abnormally.

"Ah! It hurts! I believe it, I believe it." Tian Ling begged for mercy, "Sir, please spare my life. Please have mercy on me. Please let me go and help me break the curse. I beg you."

"Okay. As long as you help me do one more thing, I will help you remove the curse." Mo Juren said contentedly.

"What can I do for you? Please just tell me, sir. I will do my best to help you." Tian Ling bowed as he spoke, his words sincere.

"Three days later, trick Liu Liang here." Mo Juren rolled his eyes at him and sneered, "I believe you can do it."

Tian Ling sounds like a very scheming person. After today's torture, I believe he will have to do his best to accomplish this task.

"This man once deceived my friend in the market, and he is deeply hated. If he dares not come out, you can kill him and bring the wooden box he holds in his hands all day as evidence, and he will help you break the heart-eating curse. Do you understand?"

After hearing Mo Juren's request, Tian Ling's eyes flickered, as if he had something in mind, and he nodded quickly.

"Yes. Yes. I understand. I will do my best to accomplish this."

"Remember, don't ask anyone to spy on my Heart-Eating Curse, otherwise it will automatically take effect and you will be in trouble. Do you understand?" Mo Juren said with a sinister smile, "I will be here again in three days, waiting for your good news."

Afterwards, Mo Juren sent Tian Ling away and slowly returned to the market.

I felt quite proud in my heart that this time, I had not only punished the evildoers, but also gained a lot of benefits. It was finally killing two birds with one stone.

It would be even more perfect if Tian Ling really played a dog-eat-dog game and robbed the liar Liu Liang and got the wooden box containing the secret.

I just used up a powerful Earthly Evil Pearl and consumed a small sword talisman. I really don't know if I can make back the losses.

So he walked while using his magic power to search in the newly acquired black storage bag.

Mo Juren took out some of the personal belongings of Taoist Lingdan and threw them away, and found a few small objects among the sundries, all of which looked like jade.

A black jade slip, a translucent jade block with Dan characters written on it, and a jade plate without any words on it.

On the jade slip, there were some crooked patterns similar to ancient characters carved, but it was unknown what they meant.

Just like the jade slip that Madam Xiang gave him, some advanced magic skills usually need to be stored in such jade slips, which can be read with spiritual consciousness, which is much more convenient than flipping through a book.

So Mo Juren calmed his mind and tried to input a stream of magic power into the jade slip. Then he stuck it to the place on his forehead where his spiritual consciousness was active. Then he closed his eyes and concentrated all five senses of his body between his eyebrows.

After a while, there really was a force that sank his consciousness into the world of the jade slip, as if his eyes had opened between his eyebrows.

I saw a ball of light and mist in the jade slip, which kept flipping something that looked like text.

As soon as Mo Juren controlled his spiritual consciousness and got closer, he discovered that a thought that went straight to his soul came from the light fog.

No need for words or expressions, no need for patterns or interpretations, just a piece of information is directly transmitted into the consciousness...

(End of this chapter)