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Chapter 1088: Going into the mountains to hunt, there are no animals in the deep mountains

With the goodwill shown by the Zhang and Li families, Taoist Lingkong learned some things beyond Taoism and cultivation.

In his spare time, Yun Yisanren continued to secretly investigate the existence of several other official families.

If a Taoist temple wants to avoid being bullied by powerful forces, it must be useful to them and make them come forward to curry favor with it.

Yun Yisanren's investigation yielded some results. He discovered that the Zhao family, while superficially a family of scholars, was secretly colluding with mysterious organizations in the underworld, seemingly plotting something unspeakable.

The Qian family, on the other hand, relied on their power to commit crimes and oppress the people. They also took advantage of the fact that the Qian family's second uncle, Qian Zhongli, was the Minister of Revenue in charge of the imperial court's mining, and the Qian family also mined privately.

A portion of the public mine's output was secretly sent to the Qian family's gold mine warehouse. It could be said that the Qian family truly lived up to their name, their hidden wealth rivaling that of a nation. They also secretly maintained the largest number of private soldiers.

Yun Yisanren informed Taoist Lingkong of these situations. Taoist Lingkong had inside information about several top families. With such leverage over them, he no longer had to worry about them bullying the Taoist temple and his disciples.

Yun Yisanren taught his disciples to practice mental and magical skills. Yan Ziyi and Meng Linger were two talented apprentices whose magical skills improved rapidly.

Meng Linger was moved and wanted to put her knowledge into practice, so she took Yan Ziyi, who shared the same interests with her, to go hunting in the mountains.

There were also several fellow disciples who were willing to go into the mountains with Meng Ling'er to hunt and improve their food.

They were very successful at first, shooting pheasants and rabbits, which they used as food when they went into the mountains.

Later, Meng Linger found that her good luck seemed to have run out. Why didn't she catch any prey after walking for such a long time?

This situation is totally abnormal. The further you go into these mountains, the more animals there are, and there are also large prey.

Meng Ling'er and her friends went into the mountains this time with the goal of hunting a few wild boars and wild deer. The more pheasants and rabbits the better, at least enough for the many fellow disciples in the Taoist temple to have two or three meals.

Yan Ziyi didn't understand the situation here, so she asked along the way, "Ling'er, why is it so quiet in this deep mountain? Were the prey scared away by something? Why don't we check where all the animals have gone?"

The fellow disciples also began to show off their abilities, each taking charge of a direction and exploring far away.

As a result, they seemed to enter a quiet space with no animals except trees, flowers and plants.

This situation is very strange. Senior Brother suggests that everyone should return home quickly and report this strange situation to the headmaster and the great uncle.

Meng Ling'er and the others just hunted a few pheasants and rabbits in the nearby mountains and brought them back.

On their way, they encountered an unidentified powerful aura. It must have belonged to a high-ranking being. Since there were probably no animals in the deep mountains, it was likely that the powerful being was practicing martial arts there, and the energy pressure released had scared the animals away.

I just don’t know what’s going on with this powerful person.

Meng Ling'er and others returned to the Taoist temple and immediately informed Taoist Lingkong and Yun Yisanren about the matter.

Taoist Lingkong frowned, feeling vaguely uneasy. He didn't know whether this high-level powerful being was an enemy or a friend.

If someone has evil intentions, the Taoist temple may be in great trouble.

Yun Yisanren suggested that they conduct a personal investigation first to find out the details of the powerful person.

So, Taoist Lingkong selected several disciples with profound Taoist skills and took them into the mountains to find out what was going on.

After a few days, it was discovered that the high-level powerful man was actually a senior who had lived in seclusion for many years. Because he was practicing in seclusion here, he accidentally released a powerful aura and scared away the animals in the mountains.

After learning the truth, Taoist Lingkong decided to visit the senior in person, firstly to express his apology and secondly to hope to make friends with him.

Accompanied by Yun Yisanren, Taoist Lingkong went into the mountains and found the secluded place of his predecessor.

After a conversation, the senior admired the honesty and humility of the Taoist temple visitors. He not only forgave their offense, but also promised to help if the Taoist temple was in trouble in the future.

At the same time, the powerful person mentioned that the mountains had a particularly powerful energy, which was probably rich in minerals. Moreover, there was a group of people mining on the other side of the mountains, close to the lake.

Yan Ziyi immediately asked, "Are these miners government-owned or privately owned by a large family?"