Jiang Wang finished bathing, put on a clean set of clothes, and walked out of the bathroom feeling refreshed.
He washed his mortal body with water and his mortal heart with the world.
Ignoring Xiaoxiao, who came in with her head lowered and carried away his old clothes, Jiang Wang walked through the courtyard and into the main hall.
The sealed jar of tiger bone wine was placed on the table in the middle of the hall.
Earlier in Maplewood City, under Du Yehu's influence, they often liked to gather together for feasts and drinks.
Jiang Wang was no stranger to fine wine.
He casually sat down at the square table and patted the wine jar. His eyes suddenly froze.
At the bottom of the wine jar, there was a piece of paper.
Jiang Wang looked around and did not feel anything strange.
He pulled out the note and unfolded it. There were only three words on it — don't drink.
The handwriting on the note was crooked. The person who wrote it had obviously deliberately blurred the handwriting.
Was there a problem with the wine?
Jiang Wang thought for a moment and shouted outside, "Xiaoxiao!"
Xiaoxiao panted as she ran into the room. "Master, what's the matter?"
"Who came when I was bathing just now?"
"No … did you lose something?"
Her fingers clutched the corner of her clothes tightly. She was too careful and nervous.
"Oh, no. I was just asking." Seeing this, Jiang Wang did not ask her any further. He waved his hand and comforted her. "Go about your business."
After the little handmaiden walked out, he turned around and looked at the jar of wine in front of him with interest.
In a small pond like the Hu Mine, he was very calm.
"Looks like there's a problem with this jar of wine. Who did it, and why? Who was the one who reminded me? "
"Before sending this jar of wine, the old man surnamed Ge and Steward Hu went drinking together. With this person's narrow-mindedness, it's possible that he did something. "
"If the Green Wood Immortal Sect is affiliated with the East King Valley, they should have extraordinary attainments in poisons. I have to be more careful."
"If that old man surnamed Ge is acting recklessly, then what role does Steward Hu play?"
"Who was it that understood all of this and used this method to remind me?"
"I don't have any enemies here, and I don't think I have any friends here either."
After thinking for a while, Jiang Wang simply opened the wine seal.
A rich wine aroma wafted into his nose. The color was clear and transparent. It could be considered a good wine. Caretaker Hu must have spent a lot of money.
Jiang Wang condensed a jade-green spike with a single finger and put it into the wine jar.
This was the middle-grade C Dao technique that Dong A had taught him before, the Poison Swallowing Sting.
More than ten breaths of time passed, but the Poison Swallowing Thorn was still as green as before. There was no visible reaction.
"Could it be that Ge really has some means that I can't detect? However, it's true that the Poison-Devouring Stinger's grade can no longer keep up. "
Thinking up to here, Jiang Wang's mind entered the Great Illusionary Realm. He spent 1,500 points and used the second level of the Dao Development Platform to upgrade the Poison Devouring Stinger to a high-grade B-grade. The Poison Devouring Stinger turned into a Poison Devouring Flower.
Exiting the Great Illusionary Realm, Zhang Xuan formed a hand seal, and the Poison Devouring Flower bloomed on his fingertips.
Its color was like jade, and its shape was like a jade carving. The veins on its surface were indistinct.
He threw this extremely beautiful Poison Swallowing Flower into the wine and waited for a while, but there was still no change.
"Could it be that it's not poison?"
This small mine really had a lot of strange things.
Jiang Wang thought for a while and gathered a ball of wine from the wine jar. He pressed down with his palm and pressed this ball of wine into the ground. It passed through the floor tiles and soaked into the mud.
Then, he covered the remaining tiger bone wine again and pushed it to the side.
With his current strength, there shouldn't be any opponents in this mine. As long as he was a bit cautious, he was completely qualified to deal with all kinds of changes.
In view of the warning on this note, he wouldn't eat the food here or drink the water here. In any case, his current physique didn't really need these things.
Jiang Wang was meditating in the main hall.
As one of the four transcendent cultivators guarding the Hu Clan's mine, he didn't have much to do.
He only needed to cooperate with the formation to repel ferocious beasts occasionally when they ran over.
Then there was the task of escorting the miners back to town once a month. Usually, there were two transcendent cultivators together. In total, they were only dispatched once every two months.
If he didn't consider other things, this job was indeed leisurely. It was suitable for cultivators who didn't have any ambition.
…
Xiaoxiao washed the dirty clothes and went to brew a pot of tea. She brought it to Jiang Wang.
She bustled in and out like a small spinning top, not stopping for a moment.
"It smells so good …"
As soon as she walked into the main hall, she was momentarily dazed.
It was as if flowers bloomed in front of her, and the fragrance filled her nose. She felt comfortable and relaxed.
In fact, she was already in Jiang Wang's Daoist technique, the sea of flowers.
The main effect of this Daoist technique was to cause hallucinations. If Jiang Wang didn't restrain his power, Xiaoxiao should have completely lost track of time.
It wasn't that he doubted this pitiful little maid, but that he was used to practicing Daoist techniques anytime and anywhere.
Because the Daoist technique wasn't fully activated, Xiaoxiao was only slightly affected. Of course, feeling comfortable and smelling the fragrance was just an illusion.
Jiang Wang took the teacup and casually put it aside. He happened to be under the influence of the sea of flowers and asked, "How long have you been in the Hu Clan's mine?"
This slight influence wouldn't cause Xiaoxiao any harm. It would only make her subconsciously feel relaxed and speak according to her heart.
Simply put, she would speak the truth.
"More than two years, almost three years."
"You've been here for so long. In your memory, did anything strange happen?"
"What kind of things are strange?" Xiaoxiao asked.
She hadn't lost her mind, but under the influence of the Daoist technique, she temporarily ignored the danger and became relaxed and natural.
She didn't speak so cautiously.
"Things that don't make sense. Things that normal people wouldn't do, or things that wouldn't happen under normal circumstances. "
Xiaoxiao bit her lower lip and said, "Ge Heng is an old pervert. He likes to torture people. The more the people he tortures are in pain, the happier and happier he is. He likes to use a whip. He dips it in water and whips it on people. His favorite is silver needles. He often … "
"Do you have other things?" Jiang Wang couldn't help but interrupt.
Ge Heng's situation was indeed perverted, but it had nothing to do with the abnormalities in the Hu Clan's mine.
He felt uncomfortable listening to the things that Ge Heng did and couldn't continue listening.
Thus, his dislike of Ge Heng deepened, but now wasn't the time to settle the score.
"Other things … Things that wouldn't happen under normal circumstances …"
Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said, "Last year, someone said that they saw a shining sheep in the mine. Everyone was very strange. How could there be a sheep in the mine? How could a sheep shine? But he swore that it was a sheep, and it didn't seem like he was lying … Strange things, maybe that was it. "
"What about that person?"
"I didn't see him again after that. I heard that he went back to his hometown. "
People in the mining area like this. It was normal for people to come and go, and it was impossible to verify their birthplace one by one. Basically, they just left.
But Jiang Wang smelled a bit of coincidence.
"This thing you're talking about, when was it last year?"
"I can't remember clearly. Around August or September?"
It was already April. More than half a year ago in the Hu Clan's mine, around the winter moon, someone broke into the mining area at night and was seen by a transcendent cultivator in the mine.
There was a battle between the two sides.
Later, the transcendent cultivator also left the mining area.
And a few months ago, Xiaoxiao said that a miner saw a sheep in the mine.
After that, the miner also left.
It was hard to say whether these two things were necessarily related. But they had one thing in common: the people involved all left, and there was no follow-up.
If they were looked at together, there were very strong traces of an ax.
"Half a year ago, the cultivator who lived here …" Jiang Wang paid attention to his words. "What kind of person was he? Can you tell me?"
Because Xiaoxiao was that cultivator's maid before. After he left, she was "asked" by Old Man Ge.
So when Jiang Wang asked, he tried to consider her feelings.
Xiaoxiao lowered her head, and her expression couldn't be seen clearly.
The sea of flowers wasn't a Dao technique that specialized in interrogating information. Under the current use, at most, it was equivalent to chatting in a relaxed state.
"It doesn't matter. If you don't want to say it, you don't have to," Jiang Wang said.
"He … is no different from other masters. At most, he won't hit me. "
Jiang Wang knew very well that the so-called maids didn't have much autonomy. These maids in the Hu Clan's mine could be said to be the playthings of cultivators to a large extent.
For many Transcendent cultivators, they didn't have any great prospects or lofty ideals. Indulging in a life of luxury was the reason they chased after the Transcendent realm.
Even the weak cultivators who were reduced to guarding the mine, like Old Man Ge, didn't forget to enjoy themselves to the best of their ability.
Jiang Wang nodded, intending to end this topic.
But Xiaoxiao continued, "He … he said he would take care of me, protect me, and … take me away."
Even under the influence of the sea of flowers, she said it with great difficulty. If it was under normal circumstances, she definitely wouldn't say it.
After all … in the eyes of many people, this was too laughable.
A Transcendent cultivator promising to take care of and protect a mere maid?
Even if Xiaoxiao was muddle-headed at the time and didn't find it laughable, now she should know how absurd it was.
Because the result was obvious — when that cultivator left, Xiaoxiao didn't even know what happened.
"Thank you for telling me this," Jiang Wang said and dispersed the sea of flowers.
Xiaoxiao only felt a slight daze before she returned to normal. She lowered her head and looked at her toes.
"As for my allowance, you can go directly to Manager Hu to get it."
Jiang Wang said, "If the courtyard needs anything, you can arrange it yourself. I won't ask about it. "
The remuneration he discussed with Manager Hu was mainly Dao Origin Stones. Some gold, silver, and coins needed for living, the mining area wouldn't be stingy with Transcendent cultivators.
Arranging some things to do could make the little maid feel better.
Summer had already arrived, and the air began to become a little heavy.
Jiang Wang glanced at the sky outside the courtyard. It was dark.
It was about to rain.
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