A monk?
Yang Ling felt a slight chill in his heart.
He had arrived so quickly!
This man had to be a monk from Ku Jue Temple!
Yang Ling opened the man's Attribute Panel and took a look:
Character: Huìnéng Profession: Martial Artist Strength: 18 Agility: 12 Spirit: 6 Martial Arts: Tablet Breaking Hand (Entering the Hall and Room) Gale Step (Entering the Hall and Room) Ku Jue Heart Sutra (Second-rate, First Glimpse of the Door) Faction: Ku Jue Temple
"Three martial arts techniques!?"
"Is this the foundation of a major sect..."
Yang Ling marveled inwardly.
However, he noticed that the Ku Jue Heart Sutra Huìnéng practiced was only Second-rate.
"His status in Ku Jue Temple probably isn't very high. But with his Mental Power, he still isn't qualified to cultivate the Vajra Mingwang Technique."
Yang Ling thought to himself.
"You're saying Prisoner Butcher was caught here?"
The monk asked calmly.
"That's right."
Supervisor Wu nodded cautiously.
All the miners were stunned.
It was the first time they had seen Supervisor Wu look so "cautious."
They were shocked. Who was this monk standing before them?
"Did Prisoner Butcher have nothing on him except a few taels of silver?"
The monk asked again.
A wry smile appeared on Supervisor Wu's face.
"Prisoner Butcher had already been taken away by Captain Lin. I didn't search him..."
He glanced secretly at Captain Lin, a suspicion forming in his mind.
Captain Lin frowned. "Master Huìnéng, after Prisoner Butcher was caught, we confirmed his identity. He definitely didn't have anything else on him."
He paused, looking thoughtful.
"There was a rumor in Jianghu that Prisoner Butcher stole a Buddhist Sutra from Ku Jue Temple. Could it be true? Are you searching for that Buddhist Sutra, Master Huìnéng?"
Huìnéng glanced at Captain Lin, then smiled.
"Prisoner Butcher did steal a Buddhist scripture from Ku Jue Temple. It was an original containing profound Buddhist teachings, and it could not be allowed to go missing.
"That's why Ku Jue Temple sent me to retrieve it.
"But he doesn't have any Buddhist scriptures from Ku Jue Temple on him now, which means he must have hidden it somewhere."
Supervisor Wu's expression shifted. "Master Huìnéng, you mean..."
"This Fire Crystal Rock Ore mine is an ideal place to hide something."
Huìnéng put his palms together. "Benefactor Wu, could you help us search for it? If we find the Buddhist scripture, I'll be deeply grateful."
"Brother Wu, you can help with this. I brought dozens of men with me, so we can search together," Captain Lin said.
Seeing this, Supervisor Wu naturally didn't refuse. He immediately instructed Steward Niu to have all the miners search for the Buddhist scripture.
Facing more than a thousand miners, Huìnéng suddenly spoke in a clear, ringing voice.
"Whoever finds the Buddhist scripture belonging to Ku Jue Temple will be taught a Fist and Foot Skill by me, and receive fifty taels of silver."
"Hiss—"
"A martial arts skill! Fifty taels of silver!?"
"Is that for real!?"
"A master from Ku Jue Temple would surely keep his word. If we really find it, wouldn't we be rich?"
Zhang Wei, Lin Guoliang, and the others in the crowd were also visibly excited.
In their eyes, this was a game quest!
"Mengmeng, Chen Xu, if we find the quest target, we'll share the reward with everyone!" Lin Guoliang said excitedly.
Wu Meng nodded happily.
Chen Xu looked grave.
"I'm afraid it won't be that easy..."
To prevent anyone who found the item from keeping it for themselves and angering Ku Jue Temple, Supervisor Wu had the Mine Guards and Captain Lin's men oversee the search.
Together, they had nearly a hundred people.
Each person could supervise a dozen or so miners without trouble.
The miners were also told to keep an eye on one another.
Anyone who successfully reported someone for keeping the item would receive a hundred taels!
That was an even bigger reward than Huìnéng was offering!
Perhaps it was a coincidence.
Yang Ling was assigned to the same group as Zhang Wei and Lin Guoliang.
Chen Xu was pleasantly surprised and came over to greet Yang Ling.
"What are you whispering about!? Hurry up and search!"
The Constable supervising them had little regard for these vagrant miners and didn't bother hiding it.
Chen Xu didn't dare say more and quickly began searching around.
People were searching not only in the Ore Vein but also in Miner's Village.
"Gentlemen, I'll go search as well."
Huìnéng suddenly cupped his hands and headed toward the Ore Vein.
Once he had gone some distance,
Supervisor Wu suddenly spoke in a low voice.
"Brother Lin, was what Ku Jue Temple lost really a Buddhist scripture? Or was it a martial arts manual?"
"It was definitely a martial arts manual."
Captain Lin's expression was grave.
"And its rank won't be low. At the very least, it's a Second-rate martial art."
"This is serious!"
Supervisor Wu muttered to himself. "Even a powerful sect like Mountain River Sect only has two Third-rate martial arts..."
He suddenly realized something.
"What did Prisoner Butcher say? You caught him, didn't you? Did you get anything out of him?"
"Prisoner Butcher..."
Captain Lin glanced at Huìnéng's retreating figure.
"Master Huìnéng spoke with him alone for a few moments, and then Prisoner Butcher died."
"Died...?"
Supervisor Wu felt a slight chill in his heart.
"And the authorities aren't doing anything?"
"What would we do? There's no need to offend Ku Jue Temple over this. How many of Zhao State's high-ranking officials and nobles are devotees of Ku Jue Temple?"
Captain Lin said calmly.
"Besides, they're the ones who were wronged."
Supervisor Wu nodded thoughtfully.
He was certain that what Ku Jue Temple had lost was a martial arts manual, at least a Second-rate one.
Otherwise, Huìnéng wouldn't have needed to silence Prisoner Butcher to keep word from spreading and attracting the covetous attention of other major sects.
Time passed little by little.
Even the miners were assigned to search the five mine shafts.
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