Heavenly Dao Formula

Olina lowered her altitude and landed outside Huangtu Town.

"If you get closer, you may be seen by others, so I can only send you here."

Li patted her wings, "Thank you, this is enough."

"Then call me when you need to go back. I'll take a step first." After speaking, Olina raised her wings again, and walked east along the top of the forest, and quickly disappeared from sight.

"Then let's go too."

Li glanced at everyone one by one, and took the lead to walk towards the small town not far away. This time she came with Shanhui, Ning Qing and Kong Xuanzi, and the four of them were the limit of Olina's long-distance transportation-if there were more, she would have to fly for a while and stop for a while. Even so, it took her a full day to bring the group from Jinxia City to Huangtu Town in southern Ganzhou.

Mu Youhong and other Penglai practitioners will come by land transportation, which can be regarded as backup for this operation.

Since this is not Jinxia City, Li and the others returned to their previous attire, using bamboo hats and cloaks to cover up the characteristics of demons, and when they need to deal with people, let Kong Xuanzi come forward as much as possible to talk.

Although a small place has its inconveniences, relatively speaking, the restrictions are relatively small. For example, this county close to the official road has almost no city defense at all, and the guards will not come up to check the identities of the people entering and leaving the city. Just looking at the guards in tattered leather clothes and holding wooden spears, you can see how barren this place is.

With the token provided by Mu Youhong, Li quickly connected with the merchant here.

The latter immediately took the four of them to the scholar's residence.

However, an accident occurred.

There was always no answer in the house.

"Strange...he does live here, and he said he would wait for my reply." The businessman scratched his head and said.

The other four looked at each other and suddenly thought of being together.

Nagino stepped forward to hold the door, and pushed forward secretly—with a light click, the lock shattered.

"The door doesn't seem to be closed tightly, let's go in and take a look."

"Is this... okay?" the businessman wiped his sweat, "Is this considered breaking into a private house?"

"It's not trespassing if no one complains. If you don't want to come in, you can wait outside." Li decisively replied.

Entering the house, the fox demon immediately smelled a complex and pungent smell.

It is so obvious that it can even find its way by smell.

"Shanhui, have you heard it?"

"Yes." Tengu nodded, "Smell, rancid... There is also a trace of blood, which is the smell of wild monsters."

The so-called wild monsters are the kind of monsters who are far away from human life and live like wild animals. Many monsters have unique smells, such as tails, ears, scales, fur... If they are not cleaned for a long time, the smell will become particularly offensive.

Having said that, if ordinary people do not take a shower for several days, their hair and underarms will also stink.

"As expected of a dog-shaped monster," Kong Xuanzi said with emotion, "I can't smell anything except a damp smell."

"It's the dog demon and the fox demon, do you understand?" Li Ruili glanced over.

The latter seemed to see the shadow of the owner of Penglai Island in an instant.

He quickly changed his words, "Understood, I made a slip of the tongue."

"The smell came in from the window," Shan Hui said while sniffing, "then walked through the side room and came to the bedroom. There was not much smell left on the bed, which proved that the captives were not asleep at that time, and it was also in line with the fact that a scholar had no sleep during the day. Discover the account of the disappearance of the wife."

"Then it can be confirmed that the one who took away the scholar's wife was indeed a demon." Li made a judgment, "As for where the scholar went, we should be able to track it based on the smell. Shanhui, I'll leave it to you."

"Leave it on me." He turned into a Shiba Inu directly, and wandered around the room.

As the address of a scholar, there must be a lot of scent clues in the house. What Shan Hui has to do is to write them down, and then find one or two of the most special ones as tracking traces. As long as it does not rain, this smell trace can last for several hours to several days.

Everyone followed behind Shanhui, all the way out of Huangtu Town, and found that the smell was heading straight for the mountains in the south.

The answer is self-evident.

The scholar couldn't wait until the end, and went to the mountain to find his wife's whereabouts by himself.

And judging from the strength of the smell, he left almost exactly a day ago, that is, the moment Mu Youhong informed Li of the news.

"We can only catch up." Li Chen said in a voice.

...

After climbing over two hills and passing through a forest in the valley, Fu Zhuzhi finally saw the huge ancient tree that Xue Er mentioned.

They rise from the mountain walls on both sides, and the top cannot be seen at a glance. There are thousands of open branches, together with branches and leaves, covering the valley like a huge umbrella. Due to the ancient trees, the temperature here is much lower, and the light is similar to that at sunset.

And in this valley, he was surprised to see a village!

There are fences, courtyard walls, thatched huts, and people smoking.

There are actually some isolated people living here!

Fu Zhuzhi couldn't help but look back at the two hunters—since the woman appeared, the two seemed to have lost their minds. Although they followed behind them all the time, they didn't say a word, like the rumored living dead.

"My lord, we're here." The fox girl made a gesture of invitation.

"here it is……"

"Moon Terrace Villa. Your wife lived here before."

Xue'er didn't lie to him, there are really people and demons living in the mountains! Why do the villagers at the bottom of the mountain know nothing about it?

Fu Zhuzhi pointed at Orion behind him, "Then what about these two people? Do you want them to enter the village too?"

"Of course, you can't leave them in the wild." The woman smiled, "Young master is really a kind person, and he cares about their lives."

"No… I'm just—"

"I understand." She interrupted with a wave of her hand, "You don't need to worry, I just used magic to frighten them, and there will be no murders."

These words made Fu Zhuzhi slightly relieved, he just wanted to find his wife and bring her back safe and sound, and he didn't want to cause any other troubles.

The fox girl clapped her hands and let Zhang Orion and Zhao Orion walk to the villa by themselves, while she brought Fu Zhuzhi to an ancient tree. The latter noticed that many houses in Zhuangzi were built on the basis of ancient trees, and some even dug a hole in the trunk. Walking into such a room, a strange fragrance hits the face. Judging from the furnishings and decoration style of the room, this place should be a female boudoir.

"Is this... where my wife used to live?"

"No, this is my residence." The fox girl lifted the kettle from the stove and poured him a cup of warm tea. "After walking for so long, you must be tired? Rest here for a while, and I will meet you." Owner."

"Master?" Fu Zhuzhi repeated.

"Well, the owner of Yuetai Villa. All matters in the villa, big or small, must be approved by him, naturally including letting you see Xue'er again."

Sure enough, she knew Xueer's name!

"My wife... is she okay?"

"You will know when we meet later." The fox girl smiled slightly, "She should also want to see you very much."

Fu Zhuzhi's high-hanging heart finally fell to the ground, "Then... I'm in trouble."