Daoting is powerful, has complicated connections, and has a very strong intelligence network. Although it may not be possible to get a deep understanding of the real secrets, it can at least use "official" means to find out the clues on the surface in detail.

This also saves a lot of work in ink painting.

If he were to look for these things in person and check them one by one, he would probably not make any progress within a few months.

"Sure enough, you have to be flexible in your methods and learn to take shortcuts occasionally."

"It's not like Daoting's thighs can't be hugged..."

Mo Hua nodded, and then began to stare at the picture of the Yanshui River in his hand.

Marked on the map are the places where Water Yama has appeared and the Yanshui basin where it may have been active.

Mo Hua didn't know how Xia Diansi found out.

However, Xia Diansi had Daoting's back, and it didn't seem surprising that he could find out these things, at least it was within Mo Hua's expectation.

Water Yama is a big fish.

Next, you can set up a net to catch this big fish.

On the map of Yanshui River, there are many places marked by circles.

On the picture, these may only be a small area, but when placed on the mighty Yanshui River, they represent a large stretch of river area.

"The area is still too big and needs to be shrunk some more."

Mo Hua's knowledge of the Yanshui River emerged in his mind, he judged the location of the ferry where Shui Yanluo appeared, and figured out Shui Yanluo's character and habits. At the same time, he also put aside a series of clues he had found before.

together...

All these things become the cause.

The ink painting has a profound gaze and a flowing spiritual consciousness. From these various "causes", the "effect" can be inferred.

On the map of Yanshui River, wisps of cause and effect lines are looming and outlined into a network.

Without the Secret Technique and the guidance of seniors, Mo Hua can only explore the use of the Secret Technique bit by bit based on objective facts, as well as his own intuition and experience.

After a while, the line of cause and effect stretched along the river and overlapped with some marks.

Mo Hua wrote down all these places and then sent them to Xia Diansi.

"Sister Xia..."

"The name is 'Xia Diansi'." A message came from the other side.

"Oh, Xia Diansi," Mo Hua said, "according to my information, these places on the map are very suspicious."

In the Daoting Division, Xia Diansi, who was still busy with business affairs, frowned slightly, "How do you know about these places?"

I figured it out...

Mo Hua said silently in his heart.

Of course, this cannot be said.

Mo Hua then said vaguely: "I don't know either, others told me."

Xia Diansi shook his head slightly and wrote: "Okay, I will take some time to go to the Yanshui River to see it myself."

A line on a picture is a river in reality.

Without seeing it for yourself, it's really hard to figure out what's going on.

"Xia Diansi, it's best to go the day after tomorrow." Mo Hua suggested.

"Why?" Xia Diansi was puzzled.

"Because I will be off for ten days the day after tomorrow." Mo Hua said calmly.

Xia Diansi was silent for a moment and raised his eyebrows slightly, "You want to go too?"

"Yeah!" Mo Hua said.

"But... you are still quite dangerous in the middle stage of foundation building." Xia Diansi was a little worried.

"It's okay," Mo Hua said, "I'll take Uncle Gu with me, he will protect me."

Xia Diansi looked strange.

The kid said this as if Gu Diansi was his bodyguard...

Gu Changhuai, bodyguard...

Xia Diansi thought about Gu Changhuai's cold appearance, and inexplicably felt that he was quite suitable to be a "bodyguard".

"Okay." Xia Diansi said.

"Thank you Xia Diansi." Mo Hua was overjoyed.

So two days later, it was Xun's break.

Mo Hua packed up early in the morning, hired a carriage, and went to Qingzhou City.

In order to deceive others, he did not go to Gu's house, but waited in a teahouse in Qingzhou City.

This is the place agreed upon.

When he arrived at the teahouse, Mo Hua looked up and found that Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi had already arrived early.

Both of them are experienced magistrates, and both have vigorous and resolute personalities. If there is no delay in the affairs of the magistrate, they will act on time.

It's just that although they arrived early and sat at the same table, they each ordered a pot of tea and drank it alone without saying a word.

They looked like two strangers.

Mo Hua shook his head and sighed.

The stone does not enlighten the mind.

The iron tree doesn't bloom either.

It's really worrying.

Mo Hua walked forward, greeted the two of them, had a brief sip of tea and some pastries, then got up and left together.

After confirming that no one was following them, the three of them hired a hidden carriage, left Qingzhou City, and headed for the lower reaches of the Yanshui River.

Arriving at a river crossing near the lower reaches, Gu Changhuai rented another boat.

The three of them took the boat and rowed towards the depths of the Yanshui River.

The Yanshui River basin is wide, with many tributaries branching from top to bottom, and the water shape is also complicated.

There are many ferocious water monsters lurking at the bottom of the river.

Mo Hua had only stayed by the Yanshui River before. It was the first time for him to sit in a boat and paddle to the middle of the Yanshui River like this.

The edge of the boat was pressed against a pool of green river water. Looking around, there were vast sparkling waves all around. The water and sky were the same color, and there was no land or road.

The ink painting felt novel, but as the boat swayed on the water, I also felt a bit weird and uncomfortable.

The three of them took a boat, followed the ink paintings and calculated the cause and effect, and moved forward along the river lines drawn in the Yanshui River map. At the same time, they let go of their spiritual consciousness and searched for clues.

The sun is getting higher and brighter, making the river water shine like a mirror, which is a bit dazzling.

The three of them searched for a while and found something.

"There are some shallow stalls in the river with footprints on them."

"There are corpses of some water monsters that have been soaked in water and are already smelly, but the wounds on their bodies are very strange, as if someone had penetrated their chests with a powerful evil weapon..."

"The smell of blood nearby is quite strong..."

"There are some remains of spiritual weapons sunk at the bottom of the water."

…

"There should be a group of sin cultivators around here, but..."

Gu Changhuai frowned.

However, the vastness and turbulence of the Yanshui River covered most of the traces, and the specific whereabouts of these people could not be traced.

The nearby watershed is very complicated, with intertwined branches. Looking at the vast area, I don't know which direction to look for.

While he was confused, a small boat came from a distance.

There were several fishermen on the boat, wearing bamboo hats and enduring the sun, casting nets.

Mo Hua's eyes lit up and he said, "Ask them?"

Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi thought for a moment and nodded.

When the fishing boat approached, the three people took the boat to greet it.

When the two boats met, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi said hello briefly and then asked:

"Are there any suspicious monks nearby?"

There were four fishing cultivators on the boat, fishing for fish. When they saw Gu Changhuai and the others, they looked a little nervous and shook their heads repeatedly.

Xia Diansi also asked a few questions, but he didn't get anything out of it.
To be continued...