Monk?
Yang Ling's heart tightened slightly.
The other party arrived so quickly!
This person must be a monk from the Kujue Temple!
He opened the other party's Attribute Panel and took a look:
Character: Huineng
Class: Martial Artist
Strength: 18
Agility: 12
Spirit: 6
Martial Arts: Monument-Splitting Hand (Proficient), Gale Steps (Proficient), Bitter Awareness Heart Sutra (second-rate, Initial Mastery)
Faction: Kujue Temple
"Three Martial Arts on him!?"
"Is this the foundation of a major sect..."
Yang Ling sighed in astonishment inwardly.
However, he noticed that the Bitter Awareness Heart Sutra cultivated by Huineng was only second-rate.
"His status in the Kujue Temple shouldn't be high, but given his Mental Strength, he hasn't reached the level to cultivation the Vajra Wisdom King Art."
Yang Ling thought to himself.
"You're saying the Prison Butcher was caught right here?"
The monk said indifferently.
"Precisely."
Supervisor Wu nodded cautiously.
All the miners were stunned.
It was the first time they saw such 'caution' on Supervisor Wu's face.
They were extremely shocked in their hearts; what background did the monk before them have?
"Other than a few taels of loose silver, the Prison Butcher had nothing on him?"
The monk said again.
A bitter smile appeared on Supervisor Wu's face:
"At that time, the Prison Butcher had already been taken away by Head Constable Lin, so this subordinate did not search him..."
He secretly glanced at Head Constable Lin, a vague guess forming in his heart.
Head Constable Lin frowned and said, "Master Huineng, after the Prison Butcher was captured back then, his identity was verified, and there truly were no other superfluous items on him."
Saying this, he looked thoughtful:
"There were previous rumors in the Jianghu that the Prison Butcher stole a Buddhist Scripture from the Kujue Temple. Could the rumors be true? Is Master Huineng looking for this Buddhist Scripture?"
Huineng glanced at Head Constable Lin, then smiled and said:
"The Prison Butcher indeed stole a Buddhist classic from the Kujue Temple. Because it was the original copy, containing profound Buddhist Dharma, it cannot be lost."
"Therefore, the Kujue Temple sent me to retrieve this text."
"But now he has no Buddhist texts of our Kujue Temple on him, which means he has hidden this item somewhere."
Supervisor Wu's expression stirred: "Master Huineng, you mean..."
"This Pyrocrystal Ore mine is very suitable for hiding things."
Huineng put his hands together: "Donor Wu, can you cooperate and help search? If we can find that Buddhist Dharma text, this poor monk will be endlessly grateful."
"Brother Wu, this favor can be helped out with. I've also brought dozens of brothers this time, let's search together."
Head Constable Lin said.
Seeing this, Supervisor Wu naturally wouldn't refuse, and immediately instructed Steward Niu to arrange for all the miners to search for this Buddhist classic.
Facing the thousands of miners, Huineng suddenly said in a clear voice:
"Whoever can find the Buddhist classic of our Kujue Temple, this poor monk can teach them a martial art of fist and foot, along with fifty taels of fine silver." You are reading on novelping(.)com, the official source.
"Hiss—"
"Kung fu! Fifty taels of silver!?"
"True or false!?"
"A Master from the Kujue Temple will definitely keep his word. If we can really find it, wouldn't we make a fortune!"
Zhang Wei, Lin Guoliang, and others in the crowd also became exceptionally excited.
In their view, this was a game quest!
"Mengmeng, Chen Xu, if we find the quest target, we'll share the reward together!"
Lin Guoliang said excitedly.
Wu Meng nodded happily.
A trace of solemnity appeared on Chen Xu's face:
"I'm afraid it's not that easy..."
Over on Supervisor Wu's side, to prevent anyone from finding the item and embezzling it privately, thereby offending the Kujue Temple, he had the Mine Guard and Head Constable Lin's subordinates take charge of supervision.
Both sides combined amounted to nearly a hundred personnel.
One person supervising a dozen or so miners was not a problem.
At the same time, he also made the miners supervise each other.
If anyone embezzled it and successfully reported them, the reward would be one hundred taels!
This was even higher than the reward Huineng offered!
Whether by coincidence or not,
Yang Ling was assigned together with Zhang Wei and Lin Guoliang.
Chen Xu was rather pleasantly surprised and stepped forward to greet Yang Ling.
"What are you whispering about!? Why aren't you searching quickly!"
The one supervising them was a Constable, who naturally had no pleasant expression toward these vagrant miners.
Chen Xu didn't dare say much and hurriedly began searching everywhere.
Not only was someone searching in the mine vein, but people in the Miner Village were also searching.
"The two of you, I will also go search around."
Huineng suddenly cupped his fists and walked toward the mine vein.
After he walked far away,
Supervisor Wu suddenly said in a low voice:
"Brother Lin, is it really a Buddhist Dharma text that the Kujue Temple lost? Rather than Martial Arts?"
"It is definitely Martial Arts."
Head Constable Lin's expression was very solemn:
"And the grade won't be too low; at the very least, it's a second-rate martial art."
"This is a major matter!"
Supervisor Wu muttered to himself:
"As strong as the Mountain River Sect is, they only master two third-rate Martial Arts..."
He suddenly reacted:
"What did the Prison Butcher say? Wasn't he caught by you guys, did you extract any words?"
"The Prison Butcher..."
Head Constable Lin glanced at Huineng's back:
"Master Huineng spoke a few words with him alone, and then the Prison Butcher died."
"Dead...?"
Supervisor Wu's heart tightened slightly:
"Care about what? There's no need to offend the Kujue Temple over this. How many high officials and nobles in the Zhao Kingdom are patrons of the Kujue Temple?"
Head Constable Lin said indifferently:
"Besides, they are the injured party."
Supervisor Wu nodded thoughtfully.
He was certain that what the Kujue Temple lost must be Martial Arts, at least a second-rate martial art.
Otherwise, Huineng wouldn't need to silence him to prevent the news from spreading and attracting the covetous eyes of other major sects.
Time passed bit by bit.
Even the five mine caves were arranged with miners to search.
Yang Ling pretended to search very diligently, but actually secretly paid attention to Huineng's movements.
Seeing Huineng go to Mine Cave No. 5, his heart inevitably skipped a beat.
Could the other party have already asked out the hiding place of the Vajra Wisdom King Art from the Prison Butcher's mouth?
"No, if he knew, there would be no need to make such a big fuss."
Yang Ling breathed a sigh of relief inwardly.
"Yang Ling, are you close to gathering five taels of silver?"
Zhang Wei nearby spoke while searching various corners.
"Does it concern you?"
Yang Ling glanced at the other person.
By the way, he took a look at Zhang Wei's Attribute Panel.
Character: Zhang Wei
Class: Martial Artist
Level: 3
Strength: 4
Agility: 2
Spirit: 1
Martial Arts: Zhang Family Leg Technique (Entry)
HP: 40
Yang Ling remained calm, not showing the slightest unusual expression on his face.
The other party's Class had already changed from Miner to Martial Artist.
Had this fellow been in contact with Zhang Hao?
Why would Zhang Hao pass on the Zhang Family Leg Technique to him?
Zhang Wei didn't expect his secret to be easily seen through, and continued:
"Your mining speed is fast, gathering five taels of silver is not difficult. I want to make a deal with you."
"What could you possibly have to trade with me?"
Yang Ling said offhandedly.
A flash of anger crossed Zhang Wei's eyes, but he still reined in his temper, slowly approached Yang Ling, and said in a low voice:
"Martial Arts."
"Martial Arts? You have Martial Arts?"
Yang Ling's footsteps paused.
Zhang Wei: "Keep your voice down. If you want to cultivation, buy it from me with silver!"
Yang Ling's thoughts stirred.
Did this guy really have extra Martial Arts?
Gotten from Zhang Hao's side?
If it was true, then it seemed the other person could only find him to make a deal.
Finding anyone else would mean certain death!