The Serious Bunny

Li Qi was over at Chanzhi's place, analyzing the demonic thoughts of the Hundred Demons.

Meanwhile, Shen Shuibi had already arrived in Guangyang City.

Unlike Li Qi, who was cautious, she rushed straight to Guangyang.

When Li Qi reached the edge of the city, he obediently landed on the ground and ran forward, but Shen Shuibi didn't know this, and even if she did, she didn't care about this taboo.

She rode the wind all the way, transforming into a rainbow of light and leaving a trail in the sky.

At this very moment, the commander of the city's defense forces was yawning and playing dominoes with his colleagues.

Few people would cause trouble in Guangyang City; on the contrary, merchants would try their best to curry favor with the city's defense forces.

This position is all about high pay and low workload.

He used to have a lot of ambition, but after sitting in this position for more than 30 years, he has become pot-bellied and his eighth-grade martial arts cultivation has become neglected.

Just then, a soldier tumbled and crawled over from outside.

"Sir! There's... there's a streak of light heading towards Guangyang City!"

The sergeant hurriedly knelt down and shouted at his superior officer who was at the card table.

The chubby officer, his face contorted with anger, snapped, "What are you yelling about? What 'escaping light'? Didn't I tell you? Anyone who dares to fly in the no-fly zone of Guangyang City has connections. They might be some young master from a powerful family, understand?!"

Upon hearing this, the sergeant immediately understood his superior's meaning. He said tremblingly, "Then, sir, are we just going to ignore it? Pretend we don't see it?"

"New here, huh? Well, I won't hold it against you for disturbing my enjoyment. Here's a piece of advice: close your eyes and plug your ears, and you'll live a long life!" the fat officer said.

Upon hearing this, the surrounding card players all laughed happily, and the atmosphere instantly became very cheerful.

The fat officer, enraged, waved his hand and said to the sergeant, "Get out of here! You've ruined my luck at cards! If you do anything like that again, I'll fire you!"

The soldier quickly ran away, fearing that he would be blamed.

And so, the streak of light, visible throughout the entire city, rushed into Guangyang City as if nothing had happened, and surprisingly, no one in the entire Guangyang City stopped her.

It wasn't that there weren't other eighth-rank officials, but they all felt that the fact that the city defense troops didn't stop him meant that this person must have special permission.

The city defense troops, however, felt that this person must have some confidence to dare to come in like this.

Ignoring both sides, the rabbit flew in as if no one was there.

However, Shen Shuibi didn't feel that anything was wrong.

She always did it this way, and no one ever stopped her.

"Looking for... Wang Baiyan, she's from the Golden Wave Sect," Shen Shuibi thought to herself.

"Wang Baiyan, Wang Baiyan, Wang Baiyan, Golden Wave Sect, Golden Wave Sect, Golden Wave Sect..." she muttered to herself, afraid that she would forget.

However, halfway through her rambling, she suddenly slapped her forehead and remembered something. "That's right, I can't let anyone see me. Li Qi said I have to be discreet. This is Guangyang City, someone else's territory."

Thinking this, she cast a Technique Method on herself.

The technique of concealing one's aura—she used this move to hide in the Black Mist when she first met Li Qi.

This move can conceal all fluctuations of her aura, making her seem as if she doesn't exist.

Similar to a stealth bomber, she is still visible to the naked eye, but it is very difficult to detect her using detection techniques. Even Li Qi only noticed her by relying on the power of Daoist energy.

Originally, if Li Qi hadn't noticed her, she would have sneaked away from the edge of the Black Mist, but unexpectedly, Li Qi grabbed her out.

However, it can be considered a good thing.

No, it should be said that there is no difference.

Anyway, that Great Shaman won't let me leave.

With these thoughts swirling in her mind, and simultaneously simulating the method to restore her Yang Spirit, Shen Shuibi used less than one ten-thousandth of her brain's memory to start looking for directions and people.

Rabbits are never stupid.

However, she spent almost all her time thinking about Daoist academic matters.

With the help of the Moon Fragment that Li Qi retrieved for her, her Yin Spirit has been restored, but there is still much work to be done to transform it into Yang Spirit Yin Spirit.

The Yang Spirit leads the brain palace spirit to guide the Primordial Spirit in the Upper Heaven, and movement brings life.

The Yin Spirit, still and tranquil, arises from nothingness, thus giving rise to the Yang Spirit.

It requires the external offering of Yang Energy and the internal formation of Yin Qi. The two energies intertwine and unite to form the primordial spirit. The inner truth is protected and guarded, life is received through the nine orifices, the soul is preserved and the spirit is strengthened, all gods are at peace, the three gates are maintained, the splendid herbs are abundant, and one ascends with the gods to reach the Jade Purity realm.

After everything is done, exhale thirty-nine times to calm the thirty-nine households. The vital energy will permeate the whole body. If one can abandon worldly burdens and not be bound by worldly affairs, calm the spirit and strengthen the soul, extinguish the death energy in the nine households, and calm the life palace in the upper gate, then the Yang Spirit can be accomplished.

The current problem is that her 39 households are almost broken down into 93 households.

As for the three gates and nine orifices, let alone preserving them, they're gone. Now, even the tendons and veins in her body are broken into pieces, and she's only able to stay alive by constantly trying to find ways to survive.

If it weren't for the severity of the situation, she wouldn't be so physically weak, and wouldn't even be as strong as Li Qi.

If her body is intact, but her cultivation is gone, then with her fifth-grade physical body, she could easily kill the Chanzhi with a single punch if she clenched her fist.

The difference between the seventh and fifth ranks is so great that it cannot be described in words.

Unfortunately, it's no use saying those things now; this is her current situation, and we can only take it one step at a time.

Therefore, Shen Shuibi devoted over 99% of her energy to combining different Yin-Yang trigrams in her mind, then combining them into different methods, and then trying them one by one to see which one would be useful to her.

She only has a small portion of her energy to deal with external matters, which makes her appear dull.

Just like it is now.

Shen Shuibi in a deserted spot on the ground and, like a ghost, wandered aimlessly through the streets, searching.

She prepared to conduct a thorough search, looking at every sign along the street, until she found Golden Wave Sect.

It should be fine, right?

That's what she was thinking.

I just wandered aimlessly, going from street to street.

She walked for about a Chen, strolling through more than a dozen streets, looking at every sign and every storefront, but still couldn't find the so-called Golden Wave Sect.

Shen Shuibi was getting anxious.

Under normal circumstances, she wouldn't be in a hurry.

For her, time is very cheap; it's common for her to daydream for decades at a time.

But things are different now. Li Qi has been captured, and he can't find the method he instructed on to use to rescue him.

What happened?

The rabbit became anxious.

Therefore, she stopped deducing the restoration method.

The rabbit that had been wandering aimlessly in the street suddenly had a sparkle in its eyes, and you could even see a glint of intelligence in them.

I closed the work software, and now all the memory it was taking up is freed up.

"Golden Wave Sect ... Li Qi came to Guangyang City for grain supplies. Based on this motive, he would have been motivated to actively contact people related to grain. Therefore, it can be inferred that Golden Wave Sect is at least related to the grain industry."

Her mind immediately began to work quickly and efficiently.

If it's related to the grain industry, then there will definitely be a lot of transportation and warehousing business.

Almost instantly, a map of the entire Guangyang City appeared in Shen Shuibi's mind. As she flew over the sky, she had already scanned the entire city with her peripheral vision. She had forgotten it before, but now that her memory was free, she could easily access all her memories.

For her, having a photographic memory is the most basic thing.

The entire Guangyang City, every street, every intersection, all the landmarks, and the area of it all appeared clearly in her mind.

"Warehousing and logistics operations require space and roads..."

She silently recited the instructions, immediately listing out a series of paths and then comparing them.

Two moments later, she immediately identified her target.

By collecting statistics, analyzing data, and listing all possibilities, she quickly determined the patrol route that was most likely and shortest.

In just four or five seconds, Shen Shuibi went from aimlessly wandering and searching to searching with a very specific purpose.

She walked briskly down the street, almost stirring up a gust of wind.

She did not choose to fly or use Technique Method to travel, because after she began to use her brain, she realized that something was wrong with the Buddhist Pagoda around her.

That should be the location of the Chanzhi that Li Qi mentioned.

A seventh-rank Buddhist monk.

This is tricky. It's best not to alert them. I just flew over here and shouldn't have been discovered.

She drew her conclusion from a professional perspective: the Buddhist Pagoda is still closed off internally. Although it looks unchanged from the outside, in Shen Shuibi's eyes, it is actually completely isolated from the outside world. The true body of the Buddhist Pagoda is outside the realm and isolated from the outside world.

That was lucky; it went unseen.

We should be even more careful after that.

There's no reason for the other party not to take action after seeing it, and if they do, there's nothing I can do.

Then try not to use your own cultivation as much as possible, and rely more on the locals to do things.

These arrangements were made in an instant; the rabbit completed all the arrangements almost instantly.

A few minutes later, she reached her first destination.

"A cloth shop...no." She glanced at it, confirmed it wasn't a granary but a cloth shop, then turned and left.

However, she was stopped less than a minute later.

Several shifty-eyed, raggedly dressed, and slovenly street thugs stopped Shen Shuibi.

The leader looked Shen Shuibi up and down, a drooling look on his face. "Miss, I see you've been running around to quite a few places. Is it because you have nowhere to stay or nowhere to eat?"

The other person added with a grin, "If you don't have a place to stay, why don't you come here? We can find you a job."

Such a beautiful woman, yet she still shows her face in public.

It's probably because of what happened in Zhenguan.

These thugs have been doing this kind of thing a lot lately.

Over in the brothel, the average price has recently dropped by more than two hundred coins, all thanks to their hard work.

Now, they surrounded Shen Shuibi as if they had seen gold.

They had never seen such a beauty in their lives.

If this were sent over, she'd probably be the top courtesan for the next decade, and the commissions would be pouring in.

So, after observing for a full Chen and confirming that Shen Shuibi was alone, had no cultivation, and was running around like a headless fly, they finally stepped forward.

Shen Shuibi's eyes lit up the moment she saw them.

Searching alone is ultimately too slow.

Shen Shuibi nodded and said, "Really?"

Those men seemed surprised that this beautiful woman was so easy to talk to, and they all chuckled and immediately said, "Of course!"

Then, they took Shen Shuibi and left the place.

After that, it's time to dress her up. If she's obedient, everything will be fine; if she's disobedient, there are ways to deal with her.

Their punishments left no physical harm afterward, but women were often left feeling ashamed and indignant to the point of wanting to die.

No woman could withstand that.

It was afternoon.

As the sun sets, the warm glow of dusk makes one feel completely comfortable.

Wang Baiyan was in her own residence.

He appeared completely relaxed and at ease.

Writing and painting, dusting and cleaning the inkstone, burning incense and brewing tea, arranging flowers in a vase, hanging curtain hooks, doing small chores.

He did not leave all these tasks to the maids, because it was good for his health. Regular light exercise keeps the body and blood flowing smoothly, just as "running water does not stagnate, and a door hinge does not rust."

While brewing tea, he sat in a recliner, waiting for the hot water to slowly steep the tea leaves and release their flavor. Then he closed his eyes to rest, murmuring to himself:

"Hmm... judging by the timing, a conflict should have broken out on Li Qi's side by now, right? That demonic monk has probably reacted as well. Hmm, in that case, the Mountain and Water Formation can be broken, and Guangyang Prefecture will have to face the Swallowing Heaven Demon Nest head-on~ We've hit the jackpot, we've hit the jackpot!"

It's clear he's in a good mood.

However, at that moment, a servant ran over and said to Wang Baiyan, "Master! Horse King of the Lower Nine Gates specifically requests to see you!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Baiyan frowned and asked, "What do you mean by specifically asking to see me? Doesn't he know me? If he really wanted to see me, he would have just come by himself."

The Lower Nine Gates does not refer to a single sect, but rather to nine gangs that engage in shady and despicable activities. This gang is quite powerful, similar to the Grain Alliance, and is secretly backed by an Eighth-Rank official. They control a range of businesses, including begging, human trafficking, brothels, civil engineering, gambling, and more.

The leader of the Lower Nine Gates was then called Horse King. No one knows how he got this title, but the name has been passed down ever since.

Horse King, the underground emperor of Guangyang City, and the "boss" behind the Grain Alliance, both hold a significant share of Guangyang Prefecture's livelihood.

Everyone living in Guangyang City is inseparable from their businesses.

The servant said in a panic, "No, they've replaced him with a new Horse King!"

"The new Horse King?!" Wang Baiyan exclaimed in surprise.

The power structure of the Lower Nine Gates is deeply entrenched, and those who are not insiders simply cannot understand the power transition. He also knew the previous Horse King, who had extremely high prestige and was widely respected.

Why did they suddenly change it?

"Who changed? Which sect leader from the Lower Nine Gates? No, that's impossible. The Lower Nine Gates have many rules, and it's absolutely impossible for them to seize power. What exactly happened? Tell me in detail!"

"We don't know what happened either, but the new Horse King, a woman, just took her seat and immediately asked to see you, the boss!"

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