479: Chapter 123 is really a headache.

Seeing that Xu Si pointed him toward asking his Grandmaster, Zhang Zhiwei, for help, Zhang Chulan thought for a moment and then pulled out his phone to call Zhang Zhiwei.

Since he had a legitimate reason to ask his "elder" for help, he didn't feel embarrassed at all.

Upon learning of Zhang Lingyu's situation, Zhang Zhiwei directly taught Zhang Chulan how to use the Purifying Heart Mantra over the phone.

This Purifying Heart Mantra was indeed highly effective for calming the mind and clearing the heart. Back at Longhu Mountain, Zhang Zhiwei had used it to wake up the crazed Lu Jin. Furthermore, the Purifying Heart Mantra was one of the eight great divine mantras of the Daoist sect, which many Daoists knew, so teaching it to Zhang Chulan wouldn't cause any trouble.

Once Zhang Chulan knew this, he accepted it gladly.

It wasn't that he didn't want to learn skills, but rather that he resisted those that would bring him trouble, because he already had enough trouble on his plate.

However, when Zhang Chulan learned the Purifying Heart Mantra and used it on Zhang Lingyu, he found it had no effect.

After Zhang Lingyu woke up, he still chanted about killing Zhang Chulan as if possessed. Seeing that the situation was not right, he attempted to commit suicide.

Fortunately, Feng Baobao had been warned by Zhang Chulan beforehand and knocked Zhang Lingyu out in time.

Helpless, Zhang Chulan had to call Zhang Zhiwei again and told him the situation truthfully.

After listening, Zhang Zhiwei was silent for a few seconds, then sighed and said, "Bring Lingyu back to the Celestial Masters Residence, and I will see what is going on."

Zhang Chulan quickly agreed, "Alright, I will bring Junior Martial Uncle over tomorrow."

Meanwhile, taking advantage of the time Zhang Chulan spent learning and applying the Purifying Heart Mantra with Zhang Zhiwei, Xu Si reported the situation to Zhao Fangxu.

Due to the Self-Cultivation Furnace, the deaths of Xu Xiang and numerous employees, the matter of the person behind Ma Xianhong was a high-priority event for Zhao Fangxu. Therefore, after receiving Xu Si's report, he thought for a moment and, with the mindset of "rather investigate wrongly than miss anything," he contacted the Northeast District Temporary Worker, Gao Erzhuang, to conduct an in-depth investigation into Qu Tong and the Yaoxing Society.

This matter did not go through the Board of Directors, so the mole within the Board of Directors was completely unaware.

Qu Tong was the same.

She was preparing to send someone to Nason Island to bring back Ruan Feng, while also waiting for Ma Xianhong to return.

Little did she know, Ma Xianhong had already regained his memory, and after repeated consideration, had come to the Everywhere Connect office building in the Lu Bei District.

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On the other side, at the Celestial Masters Residence, at the Bu Shen Pavilion.

Zhang Zhiwei hung up the phone, recalling Zhang Chulan's words, and couldn't help but sigh, "How long has it been since he went down the mountain, and he's already taken such a big tumble. He really is not worry-free."

Beside him sat Lu Jin and Tian Jinzhong.

Zhang Zhiwei did not avoid them when answering the phone, so both of them heard the content and understood that it was about Zhang Lingyu.

Lu Jin pondered for a moment and said, "That child Lingyu was likely hurt by love, which is why he fell into this trap. I reckon this matter must have something to do with that Meng Li. To even dare to snatch the wife of your disciple, this person is truly bold."

"Old Celestial Master, if I were you, I would never be able to swallow this."

"How about you go down the mountain and weigh him up?"

Zhang Zhiwei squinted at him and scolded without hesitation, "Get lost! You're over a hundred years old, and you want to make things difficult for a junior because of the petty romantic troubles between them? I can't believe you'd even say that!"

"Don't think I don't know what kind of bad ideas you're cooking up."

"Isn't it just that you want to see me fail and make a fool of myself, to get revenge for the time I slapped you until you cried all those years ago?"

"Old Lu, it's not that I want to lecture you."

"How many years has it been? Do you still have to hold a grudge to this day?"

"Sigh, this narrow-mindedness is even smaller than a needle's eye."

"And you call yourself 'Flawless for a Lifetime'? Pfft!"

Hearing Zhang Zhiwei's stinging and contemptuous words, Lu Jin was instantly triggered and retorted, "Get lost! Stop bringing up 'Flawless for a Lifetime.' I don't know which bastard with ill intentions came up with that title; I have never acknowledged it!"

"I forgot about what happened back then a long time ago. I don't care at all."

"I was just speaking based on the facts and telling the truth."

"Heh!" To Lu Jin's argument, Zhang Zhiwei only replied with a sneer, not believing a word of it.

They had been friends for over a hundred years; who didn't know who?

Seeing this, Lu Jin wanted to say something else, but was interrupted by Tian Jinzhong beside him: "Cough, cough, Old Lu, Senior Brother, you are both over a hundred years old, why are you still acting like young boys? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if this gets out?"

"Can we talk about serious business?"

Then, he went straight to the point: "Chu Lan mentioned something on the phone just now; Lingyu's situation seems to be related to another Peculiar Skill."

"Could the method used on him also be one of the Eight Peculiar Skills?"

Speaking of business, Zhang Zhiwei regained his serious expression, thought for a moment, and shook his head: "I don't think so. The Peculiar Skill Chu Lan mentioned on the phone is called Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements. I remember it is an Artifact Refining technique and does not have the effect of confusing people's minds."

"However, having said that, there is indeed one among the Eight Peculiar Skills that can tamper with a person's Soul."

Hearing this, Lu Jin asked in confusion, "Which one?"

He knew the names of the Eight Peculiar Skills, but he wasn't clear about their effects, let alone that the Shuangquan Hand's ability to tamper with a person's Soul was a bit of a twisted usage.

Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong didn't know initially either, but when Quanxing attacked the mountain, Lü Liang approached Tian Jinzhong and used the Minghun Technique. Tian Jinzhong recognized it as the Shuangquan Hand, thus learning that this Peculiar Skill could tamper with a person's Soul.

Zhang Zhiwei happened to arrive at that moment and overheard the secret.

Seeing Lu Jin's confusion, Zhang Zhiwei didn't hide it and told him directly.

After hearing this, Lu Jin connected some dots and sneered immediately: "In that case, everyone really didn't guess wrong back then. That mad dog Lü Ci really did capture a master of a Peculiar Skill and hid them away."

"The Lü family later shifting to closed management was probably to cover this up."

"However, Lü Ci probably never expected that the company had long been watching the Lü family."

"At the same time, his descendants, under his arbitrary oppression, were not only ruined but also harbored ulterior motives."

"The moment he died, the company took action, and it didn't take much effort to make the impenetrable Lü family village fall apart."

Hearing Lu Jin's words, Zhang Zhiwei and Tian Jinzhong didn't say anything, just feeling a bit emotional.

After a while, Tian Jinzhong said, "Senior Brother, if the method used on Lingyu is indeed the Shuangquan Hand, the Purifying Heart Mantra is likely useless, and the person who made the move is highly likely related to the Lü family."

Zhang Zhiwei immediately understood the implication.

If it was related to someone from the Lü family, then to solve the problem, he would probably have to find them.

But the superhumans of the Lü family, especially those who had awakened the Minghun Technique, were now basically under the control of the company.

In this situation, if he wanted to get the Lü family to save Zhang Lingyu, he would have to talk to the company.

This wasn't a difficult task.

However, the company's image was not very good in the eyes of most superhumans.

Not to mention that it also involved issues of memory.

Zhang Lingyu had cultivated the Lightning Method, after all.

Shortly after, Zhang Zhiwei said, "Let's wait for Chu Lan to bring Lingyu back, and then we'll see what's going on."