Chapter 172 Non-Existent Clues

Tong Guchun looked at the few people looking over from the boat in front and gestured for them to move towards the shore. He grabbed the boatman's oar and started shaking it himself.

It has to be said that this new martial artist has amazing strength, and the speed of rowing the boat is almost as fast as flying.

The boat the two of them were on immediately moved toward the shore at an exaggerated speed.

When he reached the shore, Tong Guchun jumped up, reached over the board in the water and fished it out. Then he used his remaining strength to take out the board and landed on the shore together.

At the same time, the other two boats also rushed over, and they saw figures leaping up one by one, and all landed next to Tong Guchun.

"Master, look."

Tong Guchun handed the wooden board about three inches long and one and a half inches wide to Zhou Ruoxu.

Zhou Ruoxu frowned and took it, looked through it carefully, and then discovered the traces left after being burned by the fire.

"Old Huang, look at it."

Zhou Ruoxu didn't say anything, but handed the board to Elder Huang next to him.

Huang Changxiu took the wooden board, looked at it again, and then shook his head slightly:

"It seems that people in the Taiping Palace are in trouble. This is a fragrant wood, a specialty of Yizhou. It is widely used in shipbuilding because it is waterproof."

"It's winter now and fishermen are not out. Apart from caravans, there are almost no other boats on the lake."

"And this caravan from Yizhou has not been heard of being burned in the lake recently. It seems..."

Huang Changxiu stopped when he said this, but everyone understood what he meant.

Zhou Ruoxu nodded slightly after hearing this, then looked at Tong Guchun next to him, and asked doubtfully:

"Elder Tong, how did you find out?"

"Master, I didn't notice it either. Elder Li saw it."

Tong Guchun pointed to Ding Yi over there.

"Ah, I have practiced eye skills, so my eyesight is better than yours, hahaha!"

Ding Yi didn't mean to hide it at all and burst into laughter.

Everyone looked surprised when they heard this, but it was quickly replaced by surprise.

"I didn't expect that Master Li Xiang could also practice eye skills. He is really a great talent!!"

Zhou Ruoxu said, walked up and patted Ding Yi on the shoulder.

“We’ll have to rely on Elder Li more in the future!”

"Little things, little things."

Ding Yi naturally agreed.

You bunch of little brats, wait and see if I don't make you fly.

Ding Yi looked at the people in front of him and sneered in his heart.

Now that they had clues, everyone made an estimate based on the speed of the water flow, and then continued to board the boat and rushed forward.

After a while, Ding Yi and the others discovered a large boat docked on the lake in front of them.

And the people on the boat were all wearing black clothes. Looking at their style, they were indeed people from the White River City Supervision Department!

"Who's down there?!"

People on the big boat also spotted Ding Yi and others. Someone stuck his head out from the stern and looked at the small boat below and asked.

"Family, one family, we were ordered by Director Fu to investigate the disappearance of the Taiping Palace envoy."

Zhou Ruoxu said quickly.

"It turns out to be Master Zhou."

Another voice came from the big ship, and then a man with a scar on his face appeared on the deck at the stern of the ship, looking down at the three boats below.

"It turns out to be Captain Ding."

Zhou Ruoxu looked at the man on the deck, clasped his fists and said with a smile.

Ding Xiu smiled and said no more, but turned around and returned to the cabin, obviously not wanting to talk to Zhou Ruoxu and others.

Seeing this, Zhou Ruoxu's expression did not change. Instead, he gestured to the elders on the two boats next to him, and the three boats moved towards the shore.

"Master, they stopped there, they must have discovered something."

As soon as Huang Changxiu landed on the shore, he said to Zhou Ruoxu.

"They occupy the center of the lake, so we can't intervene. However, there may be traces around here."

Zhou Ruoxu said, then looked towards the jungle behind.

"If the boat the Taiping Palace people were on was destroyed by fire, whether by accident or under attack, the Taiping Palace people would definitely abandon the ship and run away, and the jungles on both sides are the best choice."

Zhou Ruoxu analyzed.

Hearing this, Ding Yi, who was standing nearby, was quite surprised.

He naturally recognized this place. After all, it was here that he and the people from the Luan Shen Sect ambushed the Taiping Palace ship.

But so far, the traces here have been cleaned up very carefully by the people of the Chaos God Cult, and nothing unusual can be seen at all.

"Then we should divide into two teams and look at the jungles on both sides?"

Huang Changxiu immediately suggested.

"Um."

Zhou Ruoxu said, and took two elders with him to the jungle on the other side, while Ding Yi and Tong Guchun continued to search the jungle here.

The two entered the jungle and discovered a problem.

The jungle on the shore was too big, with towering trees and dense bushes, making it impossible for them to find any traces.

Tong Guchun was a little unwilling to give up, and kept climbing up the tree to look around, but after a long time, he found nothing.

At this moment, Ding Yi walked behind a bush, and while Tong Guchun above was not paying attention, he tore off a piece of cloth from the lining of his arms, and then dipped his saliva into it and wrote the words "Baiyun Temple" on it. Character.

I don’t know if saliva will work, but if it doesn’t work, I can only use urine (it’s colored).

Ding Yi frowned and looked at the faint water stains on the cloth strip, thinking secretly in his heart, and the next moment, a line of text appeared in his field of vision.

[Currently available for strengthening. The life span required for strengthening is 25 days. Do you want to strengthen? ]

Seeing the prompt of life deduction, Ding Yi breathed a sigh of relief, and then directly chose yes.

The next moment, the cloth strip in his hand trembled slightly, and then it changed into another appearance in the white light.

[Baiyun Temple cassock fragment]

[A piece of cassock fragment worn by a monk in Baiyun Temple, still with a faint golden light evil]

Looking at the prompt in front of him, Ding Yi immediately raised his eyebrows, and then threw the fragment to the ground.

Ding Yi did not take the initiative to expose the fragment, but continued to walk forward, pretending to continue searching.

In fact, if you take the initiative to expose your discovery, it will arouse suspicion.

Any trap will only be firmly believed to be correct if the target discovers it himself. This is a common method used to deceive people.

Sure enough, after walking another hundred steps, Ding Yi suddenly heard a cry from behind.

"Elder Li, come quickly!"

Tong Guchun's voice came from afar.

Ding Yi heard the words, and a smile suddenly appeared on his lips, and then he quickly rushed towards Tong Guchun.

When he arrived at Tong Guchun, Ding Yi saw Tong Guchun holding the cloth strip he had just thrown, excited like a child.

"Look, what is this?!"

Tong Guchun saw Ding Yi and immediately raised the cloth strip in his hand.

"What is this?!"

Ding Yi asked in shock.

"Hehe, if I guess correctly, this is something from Baiyun Temple, well, well, I didn't expect it to be hidden so deeply, and I found it!"

Tong Guchun laughed.

"Let's go, let's go find the sect leader, with this thing, it's enough to get the job done!"

Tong Guchun held the cloth strip, and his figure quickly jumped in the jungle, and said to Ding Yi at the same time.

Seeing this, Ding Yi naturally used his Qinggong to follow.

After the two returned to the shore, Tong Guchun immediately took out his flute and played it again.

The melodious sound of the flute attracted the attention of the inspectors in the middle of the lake.

They looked over from the boat one by one, and after finding that it was the people from the Wanxiang Sect, they lost interest and continued to be busy.

Not long after, Zhou Ruoxu and others appeared in the jungle opposite.

The two groups looked at each other across the shore, Tong Guchun made a gesture, and Zhou Ruoxu and Elder Huang jumped on the boat and rushed over here.