Chapter 55: The Pursuits

Master Jin Guang sighed,
"Back then, it took me ten days to master the magical weapon 'Meteor Thorn'. I admire Tie Ye's talent. I bow down to him."

Mo Juren was speechless at Jin Guang's compliments. There was a special ritual formula for this. How difficult could it be to control a primary magic weapon step by step? He was not sure whether he was really more talented or Jin Guang was just too untalented.

The two of them slowly moved farther and farther away from the Thatch Valley and saw a small forest in front of them. Mo Juren thought the terrain here was good and was perfect for testing whether anyone was following them.

So he patted Master Jin Guang on the shoulder and instructed,
"We'll go into the woods in a bit. When we come out, you run north as fast as you can. I'll follow you. Got it?"

Master Jin Guang was full of questions.
"Mr. Tie, is there something wrong? I..."

This is actually just a crude method of testing the pursuers behind you. Let the bait run away desperately, while you hide behind and observe, making it impossible for the pursuers to escape.

"Don't ask too many questions. Just do as I say. Just use your magic and run as fast as you can to the north. When you get to the mountain, find a place to hide. Don't worry about getting separated. I'll send the Cloud Winged Bird to find you."

"...Yes! Master Tie."

Jin Guang had no choice but to agree in confusion, unaware that he was being used as bait by Mo Juren.

So Mo Juren and Jin Guang entered the grove one after another. After passing through the woods, Master Jin Guang used magic and jumped and ran towards the north.

However, Mo Juren flashed back into the forest with his shadowless body movement at the last moment before leaving the forest.

He used the secret technique "Breath-Containing Technique" from the Blinking Sword Manual, and his breath completely blended into the breeze. His figure also dissipated in the light and shadows of the forest, like a piece of wood, sticking to the fork of a big tree and hiding.

Not long after, three figures followed their trail and came into the grove. The three of them searched the grove separately, but they did not find Mo Juren, who was hiding silently in the tree, under the sun and shadows.

In fact, although Mo Juren's shadowless body movement can confuse vision, it is not true invisibility.

If you look closely from a closer distance, you can still detect something unusual.

But Mo Juren still dared to hide here in this way. This showed his boldness and carefulness. He cleverly took advantage of a small loophole discovered by the immortal cultivators.

Because if a cultivator with low cultivation level wants to find another cultivator, he will always use the Sky Eye Technique to scan a large area first.

If nothing is found, we may combine vision and hearing to see if there is any abnormality.

Instead, we will no longer carefully observe inanimate objects such as a tree or a stone.

Moreover, the Sky Eye Technique is only a minor and elementary spell that cannot penetrate solid objects. With the big tree blocking the view, the light of the magical veins lurking in Mo Juren's body cannot be seen at all.

The three searched in vain and gathered at the edge of the woods, not far from where Mo Juren was hiding.

Mo Juren seemed to be a part of nature, retaining only passive hearing, and could clearly hear the conversation between the three people.

I only heard a rough voice complaining,

"Damn it, there's no one in sight. But that old guy Jin Guang is running very fast. Should we chase him?" As soon as we heard the voice, we knew it was the brute Baturu.

"Master Jin Guang is nothing to worry about. Madam Xiang asked us to keep an eye on Zhang Tie,"

Another slightly calmer voice answered while taking something out, and after fiddling with it for a while, he said helplessly,
"Forget it. Madam Xiang asked us to follow this man just to check the details of his heart-eating insect. We were worried that it was the 'people over there' who were out to get us. Now that we've been discovered, there's no point in following him. Let's go!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! As soon as the three of them finished their words, they left, and the grove returned to silence.

Mo Juren is also an old hand, but he remained motionless when he heard this, as if nothing had happened, and fell into a state of emptiness and selflessness.

After a while, the three men turned their guns around and reentered the forest. The calm voice asked in confusion,
"Strange, is it really not hidden here? The scent-smelling Gu is clearly still reacting, and the smell is nearby."

Baturu said indifferently,
"That Zhang Tie is really a cunning man. He might have seen through that little trick of Ma Yi and thrown away the thing with the scent. This forest is so big and the thing is so small. Can this scent-smelling Gu find it?"

Smell the fragrance Gu? As soon as I heard it, I knew it was a tracking Gu. When did I fall into the trap of this little girl, Madam Xiang?
Mo Juren could only think secretly in his mind, but he dared not move his body, and continued to listen to the conversation between the three people.

"Madam Xiang has already explained that the man is indeed a shrewd person. When returning the things to him, I didn't dare to do anything too much. Only a small amount of Soul Chasing Incense was attached. By the time it got here, too much of it has already dissipated. I'm afraid even the Smelling Incense Gu can't do anything about it."

"Ma Yi is just too cautious. Women can never achieve anything great! In my opinion, we have Senior Brother and Black Jue in the dark. As long as we act at that time, we can take down Zhang Tie on the spot without anyone noticing. Why bother with soul-chasing incense or scent-smelling Gu? It's too troublesome."

"How dare you! When is it your turn to yell when Madam Xiang is doing something?!"

"Big Brother, I'm just worried that she will lead us astray."

"Madam Xiang has worked hard for many years to give us a place to stand. It is a blessing for the Five Poison Sect to have her working so hard. From now on, you better keep your mouth shut. If I hear you being disrespectful to Madam Xiang again, don't blame me for crippling you and letting you have a taste of the power of the Corpse Control Gu."

"Yes, yes, yes. Big Brother, Batulu will never dare to do that again."

The three searched the forest again, but still to no avail, and finally left together.

Mo Juren still remained in hiding, fearing that these three people would cheat again.

It turns out that the people from Maoxiang Valley are actually the remnants of the Five Poison Sect?
What's even more strange is that although there were clearly three people coming, only the voices of Baturu and this "senior brother" were heard. The other person didn't say a word and just followed closely. Could it be that Master Black Jue?
Furthermore, no matter how careful he was, he was eventually fooled by Madam Xiang. He recalled that when she returned the heart-eating poison, she smeared the so-called soul-chasing incense on the bamboo tube.

It seems that she really doesn't want to let go of the mother and child heart-eating insect.

Mo Juren knew very well that human hearts were treacherous, and that what hunters and prey often competed with was patience and perseverance, so he made up his mind to imagine himself as a branch without desires and just wait here.

Unexpectedly, as if something fake had come true, not long after, two figures quickly sneaked into the grove, but they were not Baturu and his group.

The two of them probably just glanced around the woods for a few times, and when they found no one around, they started to discuss...

(End of this chapter)