Chapter 353: Getting There First

"Junior Ma Tongsheng is the deputy leader of the Sihai Gang. Are you here to find our leader?" Seeing that the unfamiliar foundation-building senior seemed to be coming for their leader, the leading blue-robed monk looked at Song Qingming with a puzzled look.

"Well! Isn't Wang Sihai here now?"

The blue-robed monk bowed and replied: "Senior, you don't know that the leader Wang has been missing for a while and has not returned yet. We all don't know where he is now?"

"Wang Sihai is missing. When did this happen?" Hearing that the person he wanted to find suddenly disappeared, Song Qingming frowned immediately.

"About three months ago, we met a man dressed similar to you near Dongyang Mountain. His martial arts were strange and powerful. He killed several of our brothers with one move. The leader of the gang fled directly when he saw that he could not defeat this man. He has not come back yet. We searched around the area afterwards, but did not see any trace of the leader. It is estimated that he has been abducted by this man."

Seeing that Song Qingming did not seem to come only for the leader Wang Sihai, Ma Tongsheng told them about the bad luck they had encountered not long ago. In order to prevent Song Qingming from believing them, he also asked the two companions who were injured by the man in the crowd to put their wounds in front of Song Qingming.

"He has not come back for several months. How can you be sure that he is not dead, but just missing?" Song Qingming looked carefully and then asked another question.

Ma Tongsheng paused after hearing this and then replied, "Senior, this is the case. Although Gang Leader Wang has disappeared, a magic weapon he obtained in his early years is still in the original cave. This magic weapon is quite special and needs to absorb a part of the soul of the cultivator to be used for sacrifice. Unless the soul of the gang leader dissipates after refining it, other people cannot use it. We also checked the magic weapon to determine that the gang leader should still be alive."

"Where is this magic weapon now? Take it out and show it to me!"

As soon as Song Qingming finished speaking, Ma Tongsheng had a yellow bell in his hand. He respectfully handed it to Song Qingming with a look of reluctance in his eyes.

Although this bell does not look high-grade, it is only a first-level medium-grade magic weapon, but this thing is a very rare magic weapon that attacks the soul of the cultivator. It is estimated that it can be worth at least fifty or sixty spirit stones on the market. Most of these casual cultivators are not very wealthy, so it is no wonder that Ma Tongsheng felt so distressed after taking it out.

After Song Qingming carefully looked at the magic weapon, he asked Ma Tongsheng: "Is the man you met that day a foundation-building cultivator?"

Ma Tongsheng was silent for a moment and then replied: "Senior, to be honest, we are not sure about this. This man did not reveal his cultivation when he attacked, but from the fact that he was able to kill several of us at once, it is indeed very likely that he is a foundation-building cultivator who has hidden his cultivation."

"Okay! I came to find Wang Sihai today. Since he is not here, forget it, but I still have a question for you?"

"Senior, just say it. As long as we know it, we will never dare to hide it from you."

After Song Qingming looked around at them, he raised his hand to adjust the bamboo hat on his head, and then slowly spoke to everyone in a calm tone:

"Has anyone come here to find you today?"

Hearing Song Qingming's question, the seven or eight people present were stunned for a moment, looked at each other, and thought they had just heard it wrong, and did not dare to answer directly.

After a long time, a relatively immature voice slowly sounded in the crowd.

"Today. Today, except for the senior, I haven't seen anyone else come here." The speaker was a young monk who looked a little dull, and he looked at Song Qingming in front of him carefully while speaking.

"Oh! Are you serious?" Song Qingming didn't seem very happy when he heard this answer, and asked Ma Tongsheng who was a little nervous next to him again.

Hearing that there was something wrong with the tone of Song Qingming's reply, Ma Tongsheng's mind turned instantly, and he slapped the man who just spoke in the face, and shouted sternly: "Yan Hu, you idiot, what nonsense are you talking about? We obviously haven't seen anyone today, how could anyone come to see us."

Suddenly slapped by Ma Tongshan, Yan Hu, who was unprepared, was slapped to the ground by him, and looked at the people around him with some grievance. What surprised him was that after seeing him being beaten, everyone did not step forward to stop Ma Tongsheng, but instead cast some unfriendly eyes at him.

After knocking Yan Hu, who was still a little confused, to the ground, Ma Tongsheng did not explain anything to him. He immediately turned around and said to Song Qingming in a flattering manner:

"Senior, don't worry. We haven't said anything today and have never seen you. This guy's brain is not working well, so he is talking nonsense. We will definitely reprimand him later."

Seeing that Ma Tongsheng was so sensible, Song Qingming finally nodded and laughed softly: "Haha! You are a sensible person. This magic weapon is useless in your hands. Why don't you give it to me? Do you think these spirit stones are enough?"

"Thank you for the reward, senior!"

Seeing that the bag thrown by Song Qingming contained nearly a hundred spirit stones, Ma Tongsheng and the people around him smiled and knelt down to thank him!

After putting away the bell in his hand, Song Qingming moved his feet, used the light body technique that he had practiced for many years, and quickly left here.

When he reached a small valley more than a hundred miles away from Longyun Mountain, Song Qingming stopped, took out the yellow bell again, and muttered to himself.

"Senior Fenghe, you said before that the person who kidnapped Wang Sihai might be a demon cultivator. Is this true?"

Just as Song Qingming finished speaking, an old voice quickly sounded from behind Song Qingming.

"According to what they said before, those who kidnapped people for no reason and had strange skills are probably those evil cultivators who are not willing to see the light. Now you have this magic weapon in your hand, just do as I say. As long as this person has not left Weiguo, I will definitely help you find him."

"Since the senior is sure, let's not waste time here and go find this person directly."

After learning the news that Wang Sihai was kidnapped, Song Qingming was really surprised. He went to Guiyunfang to inquire for more than half a month and finally found such a suitable target. In the end, someone got there first, and he was a little discouraged.

Just when he was about to go back, the Fenghe on his body suddenly secretly told him that the one who kidnapped Wang Sihai should be a demon cultivator. As long as Song Qingming took the bell magic weapon in Ma Tongsheng's hand, he could help Song Qingming deal with this demon cultivator and take back Wang Sihai.