Tian Gang Chapter 201: Trends (1)
The sky was dark and golden fragments were flying all over the sky.
The old man from Yuanling was very strong. With one kick, the strange half of the human body immediately broke into more than a dozen pieces. I was so shocked that my mouth opened wide, and the expression on the old Taoist's face was even stranger.
Uh… The old man from Yuanling kicked out and was embarrassed when . But then he put his foot down and said in the same tough tone: What are you looking at? You don’t want it anyway! You made my yard dirty.
The Taoist priest didn't say anything, but bent down, picked up a piece of debris from the ground and put it in front of his eyes to examine it. I quickly stood up and ran over to the Taoist priest, looking at the thing in his hand, I asked in a puzzled tone: How could this thing be kicked to pieces?
The old Taoist looked at the thing over and over again, then held it with both hands and squeezed it hard. With a crisp sound, the thing broke into two pieces.
I was so surprised. When I was studying this thing with the Taoist priest, he couldn't break it no matter how hard he tried. How come it broke just by bending it hard?
Fake, the old Taoist said, his tone calm but full of affirmation.
Fake? How could it be possible...
Nothing is impossible, it is indeed fake. The old Taoist priest confirmed it again.
This... I looked around and picked up a piece of debris from nearby. The debris was very light, the size of a fist but only weighed a few taels. Something was flowing out of it like liquid, with no smell, just a little sticky.
What is this? I asked in confusion.
I don’t know, but it’s definitely not that thing. I was cheated. The old Taoist priest looked indifferent.
What happened? Old man Yuanling came over, and he seemed to have forgotten what happened just now.
I was speechless in front of this straightforward old man, so I shook the thing in front of him and said: This is not the original half-corpse, we have been cheated.
Oh? The old man from Yuanling took the broken pieces from my hand and looked at them. He glanced at the old Taoist priest and asked me: Wasn’t it like this originally?
Of course not. When we first got it, the Taoist priest tried his best to open it but couldn't, so he later asked a scientist to cut it with a machine. I explained: But later we left Nanjing and took the half body back, but it turned out to be a fake.
I asked why you threw it away and you don't want it anymore. The old man from Yuanling curled his lips.
His meaning was very clear, and I was shocked and embarrassed listening to him. This old man really wanted to drive me to death, leaving me no room for maneuver.
The old Taoist sighed softly, turned around and walked out again. I quickly turned around and grabbed him: Where are you going?
Go to that laboratory and find him, said the old Taoist priest.
The so-called "he" naturally refers to Mr. Liao.
Do you suspect he did it?
The old Taoist hummed, and I pondered for a while and felt that his suspicion was reasonable. Now think about it carefully, Mr. Liao has a good relationship with the only son, otherwise, the little beauty would not go to him, and Junior Brother Zhou would not appear in the villa for no reason. Although Mr. Liao was angry at Junior Brother Zhou for going crazy, who can guarantee that it was not a show?
The half body has been kept in the laboratory, but Lao Dao and I were not there for a while. During this period, it is not impossible for Lao Liao to make a fake one to deceive Lao Dao.
But why did he do that?
Could it be that the secret of becoming an immortal is hidden in this half corpse?
Or is there another reason?
Apart from this, there is another question that makes me shudder.
That was how Mr. Liao reacted after half of his body was taken away. I remember he was shocked and looked around with several other researchers, trying to find the location of me and the Taoist priest. But they were just ordinary people, how could they see through nothingness.
According to the old man from Yuanling, the conspiracy with the half-body as its origin was fanned by the evil cult. So did Mr. Liao, who prepared the fake goods in advance, also collude with the evil cult?
If that's the case, then if the little beauty and I live there all the time, won't we be under the surveillance of the cult all the time?
What makes me feel uncomfortable is whether Liao Xian'er knows about these things. I really don't want to think of such a quiet woman as a bad person.
If Mr. Liao is really closely related to the cult, then what is the true identity of the cult?
Only one pulse!
This is the only answer in my mind.
Why did Junior Brother Zhou go to the villa? There seemed to be no reason, and Old Liao never asked. After that, he almost stabbed Master Jiao to death, but was chased by Master Jiao for hundreds of miles and almost died on the barren mountain. And Tao Tiansong also went crazy that day.
Today, with the Ling family as the center, all the small clans near the northwest were destroyed, including the only clan. These two things are a bit strange and too coincidental.
I have never believed that Tao Tiansong would really go crazy. He is too cunning and ruthless. Such a person must be determined and extraordinary. The old Taoist has lived alone for decades and has not gone crazy even after suffering such great humiliation. How could Tao Tiansong go crazy just because of that one thing?
All the doubts now seem to have answers.
A cult is a single-blooded sect, and a single-blooded sect is a cult.
And now, I believe that Tao Tiansong's plan must have been executed long ago. Just like the corpse-embalming lineage prepared for seventy years, it is not surprising that the single-life lineage planned ten or twenty years in advance.
Because they have a secular friend like Liao Lao, they can develop through him in the secular world and implicitly enhance their own strength. The fact that the cult has been hidden in the city and has not been pulled out and destroyed by so many spiritual forces also proves this speculation from the side.
I would rather believe that Tao Tiansong may have known my mother many years ago. It was just a coincidence that the undertaker recruited him into the gang. Tao Tiansong did not follow the ancestral teachings and retreat overseas. Perhaps he got some information from my mother.
The most likely possibility of this news is that the underworld is about to open and the Du Sheng Pian will have the opportunity to rise.
Therefore, Tao Tiansong followed the general trend and fished in troubled waters. Although I don't know what kind of agreement he had with my mother, from the fact that my mother knew about the cult and helped them, there might be some shocking secrets.
However, since the cult had the support of Jiuqiu, they wanted to take advantage of the situation to break away from my mother’s control and rise independently, hence the subsequent plans.
The whole thing was like a thread, and now that half of the body was shattered, everything became clear.
But I didn't feel happy, instead I felt even heavier.
If Du Sheng Mai is really a cult, then what exactly happened to the old woman's death?
The old Taoist said that he saw from the Book of Life and Death that the old woman's end was today. But if Du Shengmai was just faking her death, how could the old woman be killed?
Could it be that I guessed wrong?
Is the Du Sheng Mai really just a coincidence and the cult has nothing to do with them?
I looked at the Taoist priest, who was still in deep thought. I wanted to tell him my guess, but I felt a little awkward and couldn't speak .
Old, uh, Uncle Yang. I will go to Nanjing with him and will be back soon. Please help take care of Fanran. I looked at the old man Yuanling.
The old man threw away the things in his hand and hummed. He looked at the old Taoist, and suddenly sighed and waved his hands, saying: Go away, go away, don't be an eyesore here.
The old Taoist saluted him, then grabbed my sleeve and took a step forward.
It was not close from Yuanling to Nanjing, and it took us a while to get back to Nanjing. The Taoist priest took me directly to the laboratory without any intention of hiding anything.
To my surprise and a little disappointment, the laboratory was empty.
All the machines and people were gone. There was nothing here, like a huge tomb.
The Taoist priest looked calm and took me one step forward. This time, we returned to the villa.
The answer is obvious. This place is empty. The furniture is still there, but there is no one there. Neither Mr. Liao nor Liao Xian'er is here.
The old Taoist hummed softly, and I looked around and sighed heavily.
Why bother?
Why bother?
What's the point of calculating all this time? Can't we just sit down and have a cup of tea and talk things out?
Originally, in my mind, Mr. Liao was a very kind and somewhat strange old man. But now, all his positive images have collapsed in my mind. In my opinion, he is no different from Tao Tiansong. In terms of acting skills, he may be better than Tao Tiansong.
It is appropriate to describe such a person as a demon in human skin. Those kind smiles now seem to be nothing but hypocrisy and sinister.
So what about Liao Xianer?
What role did she play in the whole incident?
Is it the same tragic fate as the old woman, or is it the helplessness of ignorance, or is she also an important part of it?
Maybe...
Because she is very familiar with Xiao Meimei, she can influence Xiao Meimei, and Xiao Meimei can influence me, and I can influence Lao Dao. But judging from this relationship, her role is still very important.
I couldn't help but laugh twice, feeling extremely helpless.
In the empty, dark villa, only the old Taoist and I were breathing.
Have you ever thought that a cult is a unique sect? I asked.
I thought about it, so I forced Tao Tiansong, and he retreated. The old Taoist said: Now it seems that retreat is the best way. If Du Shengmai is really a cult, then Tao Tiansong is very good, very good...
As the Taoist priest finished speaking, his voice became increasingly low. Perhaps, like me, he had thought of a possibility, which was about the old woman's death.
But we don't want to believe this possibility.
Sometimes guesses are just guesses, and it’s better not to be true.
What now? I asked.
The old Taoist priest didn't say anything. I sighed and said: Actually, what the old senior said...
He has a point. The old Taoist interrupted me, his voice suddenly became loud and powerful: He is right, I am the Five Elements Meridian, I should not be depressed. Even if I only have a few years to live, even if I have suffered many setbacks, before I finish what I want to do, before I die completely, the reputation of the Five Elements Meridian must not fall! If Yama wants my life, then I will take those who insult the Five Elements Meridian to the underworld together!
The old Taoist suddenly took a few steps forward, grabbed my sleeve and was about to take a step forward.
I asked in astonishment: Where are you going?
He took a step forward, saying: I'll go back and settle the score with him!
