Evil Insect God

  The next morning, something happened at He's house, just as Chu Yuntian had expected. Early in the morning, a guard rushed in and shouted loudly: "It's bad, it's bad! Master, things are gone!"

  The master of the He family frowned: "What's missing, why are you in such a hurry, it's not like Chen He is being proper." The master of the He family did not scold them too much, he knew these people. They were absolutely loyal to the family and were specifically responsible for guarding the medicine storage room. Listening to his words, it seemed that some kind of herbal medicine had gone missing, this kind of thing wasn't unheard of.

  Some family members would sometimes take some medicine without telling me. Whenever the number of pills didn't add up, they'd come to report. Besides my own family members, who else could get in?

  The guard took a deep breath, still looking anxious, but his tone slowed down: "Family master, what was lost this time is the Refining Body Pill, the Refining Body Pill is gone." The guard's voice became smaller, but the anxiety in his tone remained unchanged.

  "What's going on, the Body Refining Pill? Did those few kids secretly take it away? Although it was mainly for their use, taking it away without a word is truly unbecoming. Speak up, how many were taken?"

  The guard carefully looked at the master of the house and then whispered: "Master, one bottle, one bottle..."

  "What's going on? Someone took a bottle away. Alright, I'll ask about this matter later. You guys continue to guard it and don't let anyone else take anything."

  The guard hastily said, "No, master, it's not that one bottle was taken away, but rather, there isn't a single bottle left. We've checked and it wasn't the young masters who took it, nor was it anyone else in the household. This must be theft." The guard finally managed to get the words out completely. If he hadn't made things clear, he would have gotten into trouble later on.

  The master of the house was shocked: "What did you say, not even one bottle is left? How is that possible? Take me to see quickly." The Body Refining Pill was too important for the family, it was a precious item for cultivating the next generation. One third of this year's income had been spent on purchasing these Body Refining Pills.

  Originally, these Body Refining Pills were something that the younger generation of a family would use over several years. After all, using too many Body Refining Pills at once wasn't good for them either. These young ones had limited experience and found it difficult to control themselves from advancing too quickly, this was the same for every family. Unlike the Huo Family, the He Family would only compete for the Body Refining Pills at set intervals.

  And each time they fought, he could only get one. If it's all gone like this, who will bear the loss?

  When they arrived at the Tibetan medicine warehouse, the master's face turned pale. Indeed, it was gone. Damn it, how could this be? Such a huge loss, even if he was the master, it would be difficult to bear. The He family and the Huo family were not the same.

  The Huo family has few people, and the main house never needs to fight for it. The He family is prosperous with many children. If the head of this family does not do well, he will definitely be pulled down from his position by other elders and replaced by another. There are several outstanding sons in the He family alone in this generation. The He family will never lack candidates for the head of the household.

  "Wait, what's this." Suddenly, the master of the He family discovered something. After moving some medicine away, a small round hole was found on the cabinet. This hole was just the right size for a dan medicine bottle to pass through.

  "You don't even realize that someone has calmly come in, dug a hole and taken things away without any of you knowing. Have all of you gone to sleep?" The master of the He family suddenly flew into a rage, and the guards looked at each other in dismay.

  The master of the house is intentionally doing this, shifting the main responsibility to these gatekeeper guards, and maybe even pushing it onto a few other people. This not only can exempt himself from responsibility but also consolidate his position. This time the theft of the elixir might be a good thing. People who can become masters are all skilled at turning bad things into advantageous situations for themselves.

  "We deserve ten thousand deaths, Your Excellency." The surrounding guards immediately knelt down on one knee, without a word of dissent.

  The master nodded in satisfaction, waved his hand and said: "It's not all your fault. Think about it, who is most likely to be able to enter the medicine storage without alarming you and steal things?" The master began to deliberately guide them.

  The guards, how could they have so many twists and turns in their intestines? They exchanged a glance, and began to think. How can one enter the medicine storage room without startling them? This is impossible, as they have been guarding here all along. Unless... everyone's eyes lit up.

  "Right, unless it's someone from our He family." Every day, people from the He family would enter the medicine storage room to look for the herbs they needed. This place not only had high-grade spiritual medicines and elixirs, but also some common herbs used for treating illnesses or nourishing the body. Some people might take more than they needed when they came in, and then forget about their level afterwards.

  So the He family's medicine storage room would often be short of things, and when they first received the news, the master thought it was just that. It wasn't until later when they arrived at the medicine storage room that they discovered things weren't so simple, this was outright theft.

  Don't look at this cabinet that holds the elixir, it's just a simple cabinet. However, the wood used for the cabinet is of extremely high quality. Moreover, there are arrays drawn by Array Masters on its surface, making it incredibly hard. Trying to drill a hole through it wouldn't be an easy task.

  For such a long time, with so much commotion, how could it be that no one discovered it? The only possibility is that someone often took advantage of the opportunity to sneak in quietly, and each time they came, they would dig for a while. After a long time, they managed to get it out.

  "Master of the house, are you saying that there's a traitor among us, and it's one of our own family members who stole?" A guard finally spoke up cautiously. If that was the case, then things would be troublesome. Stealing ordinary things wouldn't be a big deal, but since it involved the Refining Body Elixir that accounted for one-third of the family's annual income, this matter was serious.

  No matter who it is, as long as they are discovered, there will be no good outcome. The master of the house nodded slightly: "That's right, that's how it is. I didn't even think about it, but such a rotten apple actually appeared in our family. Unacceptable, this time we absolutely won't show mercy."

  The master of the house had a determined look on his face, then loudly said: "Come on, hurry up and inform all members of the family to come to the medicine storage room. I want to take a good look at who did this thing." With the master's words, the entire He family was stirred up.

  After the discovery of the stolen elixir, everyone's expression turned ugly, especially those young disciples who were originally supposed to receive the Body Refining Elixir, their faces looked even more unsightly. In order to catch the thief, everyone began searching. Under the subtle guidance of the house master, the target was gradually locked onto someone within the He family itself.

  Thus, a great change in the He family occurred at this time. Even Huo Hai himself did not think that his actions would cause such a stir. Because at this time, Huo Hai was disguising himself.

  Every day is still the same, catching insects and finding herbs. The rest of the time is spent quietly adjusting my state. To perfectly lay the foundation, it's not just about having a large amount of Body Refining Pellets, but also having a good state is equally indispensable.

  "Hey, Brother Hai, have you heard? Something big happened at the He family's place these past few days. It seems like something was stolen, or maybe it was done by someone from the He family themselves. Because of this incident, several people from the He family have already been dismissed." On this day, Huo Hai was catching bugs outside. Huo Yun'er was beside him, teasing Little Jin while speaking in a low voice.

  "What's going on, what happened to the He family, how did it end up like this? Who were the ones who got removed?" Huo Hai asked calmly, while Huo Yun'er didn't notice at all that the one who had done this was her brother standing right next to her.

  "Hmph, what else could it be? It's just dog eating dog. The He family is much more chaotic than ours. Who knows what's going on? The head of the household is desperately attacking other factions, maybe he's the one who stole it himself."

  Huo Hai smiled slightly, and of course, the things were his own, twenty bottles of Refining Body Dan. However, Huo Hai suddenly asked: "Yun'er, how did you know these things? Even I wasn't clear about them. These schemes and struggles shouldn't be something you thought up yourself, right?" How could Huo Yun'er, so innocent and lovely, know about these things?

  Huoyuner stuck out her tongue and said with embarrassment, "Ah, you found out. Yesterday I overheard my dad saying this to my mom." Sure enough, how did this little girl understand these things?

  "So, what else did you hear? For example, how is the He family doing now? Have they found out who stole their things?" Huo Hai asked calmly. If it were someone else, Huo Hai wouldn't have dared to probe so casually.

  Huo Yun'er thought for a moment, then said in a low voice: "It seems like they've caught someone, some people say it was the second house that did it, and some people say it was the third house. Now the He family's people seem to be divided into several factions, and are about to fight each other. The master insists that it was one of them who did it. But none of them have admitted to it, isn't this matter strange?"

  Huo Hai thought for a moment and roughly understood what was going on. All those TV dramas about intrigue and scheming weren't watched in vain after all.

  "Hmph, well, it's fine this way. You can keep fighting among yourselves now. Even if I use these Body Refining Pills, it won't be because of your attention." Having noticed that their attention was no longer focused on catching the real thief, Huo Hai understood what he should do next.

  These past few days, Hao Hai's condition has almost been adjusted. Next, he can use these Body Refining Pills to enhance his strength and complete the perfect foundation. This isn't comparable to using Body Refining Pills to forcibly raise one's cultivation. This is a secret technique, an open secret technique that many people know about, but very few can actually do.

  It's said that many people who have become truly powerful were cultivated in this way. The Western Wilderness is very small, and even the Southern Cloud Empire is also very small. If I have the opportunity to use this legendary method to lay my foundation, how could I not be delighted?