"Master, boohoohoo, you finally summoned me again!"
The moment the Holy Pharaoh exited, it dashed toward Sun Mo like a ferocious tiger hunting for its prey. After that, it started to rub against Sun Mo's calf.
Its fawning appearance was no different from that of a pug dog.
"Move away a little!"
Sun Mo kicked the Holy Pharaoh.
There was no solution to it. He had an innate sense of discomfort toward bugs. This was especially so for bugs that had so many legs.
"Awu!"
The Holy Pharaoh felt very sad. It was as if it was abandoned by a heartless man.
"F * ck!"
When the others saw the Holy Pharaoh, they were all given a fright and felt their scalps turning numb.
The Holy Pharaoh was Egypt's guardian divine beast. It was an evil and terrifying undead creature that had lived for over 10,000 years. The death aura it radiated had a natural deterrent effect toward living creatures.
At this moment, as the Holy Pharaoh appeared, the white cold aura of death started to permeate the prison, causing the temperature to drop by over ten degrees.
Yu Lin shivered and asked in a soft voice, "This looks like a dung beetle. Why does it have such a strong pressure?"
Upon hearing this, the Holy Pharaoh turned its head and stared over. Its huge compound eyes emitted a murderous aura.
"Sun... Teacher Sun, I didn't do it on purpose!"
Yu Lin hurriedly explained.
"Don't waste time. Help me check. How many days has it been since the people living here left?"
Sun Mo instructed.
"..."
The Holy Pharaoh wanted to curse. (I'm the god of Egypt, yet you treat me like a dog?)
"Quickly!"
Sun Mo urged. "After this matter is settled, I'll allow you to eat a soul!"
"Woof woof!"
The Holy Pharaoh immediately did as instructed. (As long as I want to eat, I can be treated as anything, let alone a dog.)
As an undead creature, the scarab was extremely sensitive to the scent of living creatures. Moreover, it was the guardian of tombs. Hence, it was proficient in soul-type magical arts and could create all sorts of terrifying nightmares.
Tomb robbers would often go crazy from the nightmares before they could meet the Holy Pharaoh.
"The people living here left this morning."
The Holy Pharaoh reported, "Do you need me to continue tracking them?"
Sun Mo had a contract with the scarab. Hence, they communicated mentally. Others wouldn't be able to hear their conversation.
"Morning?"
Sun Mo frowned.
"What's wrong?"
Ji Ji saw that Sun Mo's expression was off.
"Kong Yuxin left in the morning."
Sun Mo carefully inspected every inch of the prison, including the toilet bowl.
"Haha, can your bug do it?"
Zhang Qingmin mocked, "I can be sure that the spirit pattern lock was opened two days ago. Then tell me, how is it possible that the patrolling jailers didn't notice that the lock was opened two days ago?"
"The warden is an accomplice?"
Yu Lin interrupted.
A prison guard's patrol didn't just consist of walking around. He also had to talk to the prisoners, make sure they weren't dead, and check if the door lock was broken.
"My men won't commit crimes!"
Ji Han trusted these prison guards.
"Let's talk about this after the interrogation!"
Zhang Qingmin sneered.
Soon, everyone in the prison was summoned to the first floor.
Zhang Qingmin started the interrogation. He started from the prisoners who knew the study of spirit runes. After that, he grabbed the jailers and interrogated them one by one. During this period, he used both the carrot and the stick. In fact, he even beat someone up.
Sun Mo didn't interrupt. He sat at the side and looked at Kong Yuxin's information.
An hour later, Ji Han couldn't wait any longer and asked, "Zhang shi, did you manage to find anything?"
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
Zhang Qingmin angrily grumbled. He scratched his head and surveyed these people again. From their expressions, these people weren't lying. Moreover, there were no loopholes in the logic of their confessions.
(Things are getting troublesome!)
Zhang Qingmin snuck a glance at Sun Mo and felt a little worried. (Could it be that I'm going to be defeated this time around?)
"Teacher Sun, don't you have anything to ask?"
Ji Han looked toward Sun Mo.
"No!"
Sun Mo shook his head. Although Zhang Qingmin was arrogant and conceited, this fellow did have some capabilities. His interrogation methods and techniques were very crafty.
"Why don't we ask the warden?"
Yu Lin suggested.
"We can only do this!"
Ji Han was unhappy.
According to the rules, the prison's gate would open once every seven days. If it didn't open, it meant that something had happened inside. At that time, Hu Xingjiang would definitely come personally to check. But if the gate opened now, Kong Yuxin might run away.
Of course, Ji Han could also send a signal to inform Hu Xingjiang in advance.
"In my opinion, you guys have all been played by Kong Yuxin!"
Zhang Qingmin started to reason. "He has escaped so many times and must be very cautious. Why would he leave behind such an obvious flaw like the spirit pattern lock? It's clearly a kind of bait. He might have left the prison long ago. "
"Think about it. There are still three days before the prison opens again. Wouldn't he be alerting the enemy if he ran out at this time? Hence, he must have left when the gate opened the previous time. "
Zhang Qingmin glanced toward those prison guards. "There must be someone among them who was controlled by Kong Yuxin using a secret art and helped him complete his escape plan."
"Impossible!"
Ji Han rejected this reasoning. "When the prison guards leave the prison, we will check on them. Hence, as long as they are affected by spiritual control arts, puppetry arts, and gu-arts, they will be discovered."
"What if your standards are not high enough?"
Zhang Qingmin retorted.
Ji Han snorted and couldn't be bothered to argue. In the end, she still decided to report this matter to Hu Xingjiang and let him make a decision.
15 minutes later, everyone received a reply.
Hu Xingjiang got Zhang Qingmin and Sun Mo to continue investigating. As for the investigation outside, he would be in charge.
Three days passed by very quickly.
Sun Mo and the others didn't manage to find anything.
The prison's gate opened.
"I feel that there's definitely a traitor among them!"
Zhang Qingmin felt indignant.
Ji Han also thought so, but she couldn't continue to imprison them. Otherwise, it would hurt their hearts and it wouldn't be easy to lead the team in the future.
However, Ji Han had already arranged for people to secretly monitor these prison guards.
Zhang Qingmin was a prisoner and could only return to the prison. However, Sun Mo was a free man. He could use this chance to freshen up and eat a big meal to improve his diet.
"Teacher Sun, let's have a meal together!"
Wu You called out.
"For someone like Kong Yuxin, it's fine if he ran away. He wouldn't cause any harm anyway."
Pang Tong basically didn't care.
Bluntly speaking, Kong Yuxin was just a person with bad morals. He didn't commit any crimes.
The level of the prison's patrol was directly increased to the highest. However, ten months passed and they still didn't manage to find anything. Right now, even Ji Han had resigned to her fate.
One day, the moon was dark and the wind was strong.
A couple was currently hiding at the edge of a cliff, admiring the moon while flirting with each other.
"Aiya, my stomach hurts. Wait a moment!"
The man had a look of agony on his face. He clutched his stomach and ran toward the edge of the cliff. He couldn't hold it in any longer and could only settle it nearby. He felt comfortable, but he didn't notice that there was a bug the size of a fingernail in his feces that was crawling away.
The insect rushed all the way down the cliff and landed in the sea. It rose and fell along with the waves. When it was some distance away from the island, the insect let out a strange sound wave. A school of fish swam over, and one of them swallowed the insect.
The sky turned bright and a night passed.
On the surface of the sea, a fish suddenly bounced out of the water with a bang. When it fell back down, its stomach was flipped over and it was completely dead.
A few minutes later, a human arm suddenly opened the fish's mouth and stretched out. After that, a head, a shoulder, and even half a body...
In the end, a man in his seventies completely crawled out from the fish's mouth. He lay on the surface of the sea and stared at the blue sky and white clouds. He suddenly felt a sense of carefreeness as he stared at the sun rising in the east.
At this moment, the man really wanted to sing loudly. But in the end, he still endured it.
"Right now, I'm not safe yet. I have to quickly find a ship and return to the continent!"
Kong Yuxin's countenance was pale. This time around, he had used the secret art of bugs and drained a large amount of his spirit qi and stamina. This caused him to be very weak now.
"Go home and propose to her!"
Kong Yuxin encouraged himself. After that, he started to swim. However, ten minutes later, he stopped and glanced toward the west.
In the sky, a black shadow rapidly drifted over.
"Why does it feel like a human?"
Kong Yuxin frowned. For safety's sake, he immediately dove into the sea to hide.
"Kong Yuxin, don't hide anymore. I've been following you for half a month."
Sun Mo spoke.
Huala ~
Kong Yuxin appeared from the water and stared at Sun Mo in astonishment. "It's actually you? Great Teacher Sun, let's make a deal. I will give you two peerless-grade saint-tier cultivation arts and you will spare me. How about it? "
"So generous?"
Sun Mo pretended to be shocked.
"You should know about my matters, right? I'm not interested in cultivation arts or career. I only want to marry Xiaolan and give her happiness. "
Kong Yuxin's tone was sincere.
"Did Hu Yasheng silently allow you to leave?"
Sun Mo counter-asked.
"No! I left by myself! Don't talk nonsense! "
Kong Yuxin denied it three times.
"Can you tell me why you didn't leave after opening the spirit rune lock?"
Sun Mo didn't understand. "Your original plan shouldn't be like this, right?"
"When did you start to have your eyes on me?"
Kong Yuxin didn't answer the question.
"You might not believe it, but my understanding of the origin of gu arts is more comprehensive compared to many grandmasters. In addition, I also know some forbidden arts and have a scarab that is proficient in soul-type secret arts. Hence, I was able to ascertain your location on the first day."
Sun Mo shrugged.
It was really magical to be stopped by the prison guards after turning into a bug.
"Then why didn't you expose me?"
Kong Yuxin was very astonished. The people of Nanyue were very strict when it came to gu arts. Let alone people from the Central Plains, they wouldn't even teach it to people from other tribes.
The secret gu art Kong Yuxin used was something he obtained from an ancient book when he was an archeologist. He had never used it before. Hence, Ji Han and the others basically wouldn't guard against this domain.
"I want to see your capabilities!"
Sun Mo smiled and flashed a thumbs up. "Truly unimaginable."
"Didn't I still get caught by you?"
Kong Yuxin mocked himself.
"I'm a grandmaster in the field of herbology. This is why I can sprinkle medicinal powder on those prison guards without anyone noticing. I can then track you by relying on the smell of the medicinal powder."
Sun Mo's lips twitched. "Your several attempts to escape earlier should be a smokescreen, right? It's to conceal that you know the gu arts. This way, no one would know how you escaped even if they racked their brains! "
"That's one of the reasons, but the more important thing is that I haven't mastered the gu bug yet!"
Kong Yuxin sighed. Why did he have to meet Sun Mo?
If not, he would have succeeded.
"Why did you choose such an unreasonable time to escape?"
Sun Mo was curious.
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