The Ambitions to Conquer the Official Career-Chapter 710 Not Fond of This Place

A group of people quickly arrived at the location of the ancient cultivator’s cave.

They didn’t immediately enter the cave. Xuan Yanwu stood in one place, looked around, and paid special attention to the direction of the ancient city below the mountain.

After looking around, she then walked into the ancient cultivator’s cave.

Inside were some experts conducting research. When they saw someone entering, they stepped forward to inquire.

"We’re from the Tenth Bureau."

After saying this, Xuan Yanwu no longer paid attention to them.

At that time, Ji Yang’s Divine Sense had locked on to Xuan Yanwu.

He saw Xuan Yanwu occasionally examining certain spots and then studying the locations of the Formation eye points that even Ji Yang knew about.

Then, Xuan Yanwu went to the area where the stele was located and took another look.

It had to be said that this woman was genuinely impressive. Ji Yang could tell that she probably knew something about the setup of Formations, at least she understood the application of some simple ones.

"You all, check the situation everywhere here," she said to the people she brought along.

Everyone quickly got busy, pulling out some instruments that even Ji Yang couldn’t understand and began to detect something.

"Deputy Director, from our testing, we can tell that there was indeed an ancient cultivator’s dwelling here before. It appears to have been a temporary residence with a Gathering Spirit Formation set up, mainly for healing. However, this Formation could only attract some Spiritual Energy and wasn’t enough to complete the healing process. We’ve also found where the skeletal remains were located; they have already dissipated," someone reported.

Xuan Yanwu listened attentively and then pointed to the heap of lime and asked, "What’s the situation here?"

"From what we can see here, these seem to be some decayed stones that have crumbled away for unknown reasons. We estimate they were man-made steles, possibly used for recording something," came the reply.

"Was the person named Dimanxi found?"

"After our investigation, we learned that he indeed purchased a ticket to go abroad. However, he did not board the plane and has since disappeared."

"Search with all our might; we must find him. I suspect he may have obtained something from here, or he may even have inherited something from an ancient cultivator."

Her subordinates responded and immediately went to arrange the search.

Xuan Yanwu then walked outside, looked at the Fengshui Formation outside, and even walked alone to a few locations, reviewing the lands contracted by Qian Huifang and others.

To avoid detection, Ji Yang had them acquire as much of the surrounding land as possible.

"How did those companies obtain their land?" Xuan Yanwu asked at that moment.

Everyone’s gaze fell on Ji Yang.

Ji Yang had no choice but to step forward and say, "Ever since the news about this place spread, many companies have come here to acquire land. They negotiated with the county government to get it. Some big companies from Capital City or from the province took the lands close to here, and then they also decided to take the lands near those that had been taken. Is there a problem?"

Xuan Yanwu looked around again, inquiring about the companies located near the ancient cultivator’s cave.

Ji Yang naturally knew about these matters and narrated them. They were lands taken by powerful families who probably thought that land near the ancient cultivator’s cave was valuable, so they took it first, followed by Qian Huifang and others whose land was obviously not as prime and had to settle for what was left.

Xuan Yanwu asked for more details, felt relieved, and didn’t inquire any further. It seemed to her that those companies were just lucky.

At that moment, Ji Yang said, "Deputy Director Xuan, I have a question."

"Go ahead." Xuan Yanwu looked at Ji Yang and prompted him to speak, probably because she found Ji Yang’s attitude satisfactory.

"As you know, many people are flocking to Shisong County Town, wanting to see the ancient cultivator’s cave up close. It has not been opened to the public yet, and we’re concerned that issues might arise if it remains closed for too long. Do you plan to open it up?"

Xuan Yanwu thought for a moment and said, "This is indeed just a simple Fengshui Formation, not an actual ancient cultivator’s cave. We will agree to open it soon; you can decide for yourselves when the time comes."

After speaking, Xuan Yanwu walked down the mountain.

Ji Yang understood in his heart that since Xuan Yanwu and her team had not discovered anything related to cultivation here, they had shifted their suspicion to the missing Dimanxi, so this place was no longer of great importance to them.

When they reached the bottom of the mountain, Xuan Yanwu and her group went to the ancient city.

Being there, Xuan Yanwu looked at the situation from all sides again.

Ji Yang was initially worried she would discover the places he had helped alter, but quite clearly, Xuan Yanwu was only of average skill in Formation and hadn’t noticed the modifications Ji Yang had hidden with landscaping. Thus, his alterations remained undetected.

Ji Yang had already thought it through; even though he had made these changes and they had not been detected yet, there was still a chance someone else might discover them. When he had the chance, he would have to use his Formation skills to modify those areas again and move them elsewhere, so no one would ever associate them with him.

The Tenth Bureau’s people arrived quickly and left just as swiftly in their cars.