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When Jensa brought them to Maud's house, although everyone knew in advance that Maud was a very rich man and was prepared for the luxury of his house, when they entered the castle of the Mods on the hill, they were shocked by the luxury of it all! How could this possibly be the home of a rich person? It was practically a small museum of precious antiques.

Maud was short, stout, and not very obviously old. She might have been in her fifties, but according to Janice, Maud was his junior, his nephew. However, Maud didn't display the arrogance of a noble towards a guest. He warmly greeted the guest brought by his distant uncle.

When they sat down, Yao Ling was surprised to find that the worn-out round stool under everyone's butts was actually made with elephant feet. It looked to be very old. Judging from their size, these elephants should have been killed with great care and attention.

Maud didn't know how to speak Chinese, but her English wasn't a problem at all. She chatted very seriously with Janissa and Ashley for a long time. Yao Ling and the others didn't have anything to do other than drink the drinks he provided, but they didn't understand a single word of what they were talking about.

It wasn't easy for the three of them to come to an end before Yao Ling quietly asked Ashley, "What happened? What did this old guy say to Li Yisheng? " Ashley, after a brief discussion with Kenesha, told the rest of the group what had happened.

Half a year ago, he had already made contact with Maud. He had come to India to meet her twice, each time in good faith to reveal his plan: to find the Demon City and unravel its secrets. As a reward for cooperation, the endless wealth of the Devil's City would be given to Maud, who herself would pay for it only with intelligence.

Maud, who might have been inherited by his God of Fortune ancestor, had an unusual obsession with wealth. He had been tempted by the treasures in the Demon City for a long time. He only thought that he didn't have the ability to obtain them, so he often lamented to himself.

Since he had the chance to share the legendary treasures, of course he would be tempted. However, he was very suspicious of Li Yesheng's confidence. He didn't think that a bunch of foreigners could succeed. He had seen people like Li Yesheng a lot. He was just a wild person who didn't know how high the sky was and how deep the earth was.

However, in order to dispel his misgivings, he decided to demonstrate his strength and made a bet with Maud: within a month, he had succeeded in stealing a pure silver statue of the God of Fortune that Maud had left in the treasury.

As a rich man who loved collecting antique treasures, Maud owned a vault that even gods could not break into. The security there was extremely tight, and even with tanks and cannons, it was difficult to capture it. However, he didn't know what sort of method Li Yisheng used to actually steal the silver god statue from such a tight vault within a month.

Since Maud had lost the bet and admired Li Yesheng's methods, he felt that it was probably the will of heaven as well. Thus, he revealed the information regarding the Demon City to Li Yesheng and formally cooperated with him.

Yao Yun also felt that it was very magical when she heard this, so she asked if it was because a spy from Maud's side had been bribed by Li Yesheng into doing things like keeping an eye on others.

He said that Maud's control of the vault would not be a problem, that he could guarantee that no one would enter the vault and steal the statue, and even that Maud thought it was the will of the gods.

"God, damn it, I think he's dead! "Is your relative trying to trick you? I think he really is determined to cooperate with Li Yisheng, right?" Wei Wuji finally could not hold it in anymore.

Yao Ling slapped him, signaling him not to be angry. Then, she turned to Xu Er and asked, "Old Xu, after working with Li Yisheng for so long, do you have any craftsmanship?"

Li Yesheng is a weird guy. He's crazy like a lunatic and does all those things to those that are shameful and despicable. However, the people he hires to work for him are basically all clean arms and clean legs like you guys. I've never heard of anyone being a thief. "

Commander Lei nodded his head on the side, "That's fine, he told Li Yisheng all these things, but if he tells us again, we'll be done for, won't we? At the very least, let's divulge some information about Li Yisheng, then we'll chase him and bring him calamity and trouble. At the same time, let's take revenge for the old donkey and the others! "

Ashley frowned, as if it were difficult. "Maud said he could tell us about the city too, but on his terms, that we must also give him the treasures of the city, and before we can do that, we must find the Buddha statue that Lea stole from us, and he will agree to cooperate."

Maud seemed to be in a good mood, and to say the least was true. To someone like him, having something so lucrative in front of him was the most beautiful thing in the world. He told Ashley he wasn't in a hurry to make a decision, and he ordered a good dinner to be prepared to welcome them. At dinner, when Yao asked if he could look in the stolen vault, Maud agreed immediately.

After dinner, under Maud's guidance, Yao and the others visited the tightly guarded vault. Besides the heavily armed security guards, there were also surveillance and alarm facilities all over the place. It was almost impossible for anyone to break into the door and steal items without being noticed by the security guards.

"Unless there are ghosts in this world." Ashley made the consensus in everyone's minds, and Commander Lei even thought that Maud was looking for an excuse to lie.

Yao Ling wandered around the wooden chest that held the ancient Silver Buddha. She then inspected the walls and ceiling of the treasury, but didn't find anything.

When they were finished, Maud put on a nonchalant face and told Kennesak that he meant what he said, that as long as they could get the Silver Buddha back, he would consider working with them, or he would be embarrassed.

At this time, Ashley suddenly realized that Yao Ling had disappeared. After asking the others, Wei Wuji pointed to a terrace on a distant hillside. Yao Lin was standing on top of it with a pair of binoculars, looking around.

"It's so dark. What are you looking at? You can't see anything with the binoculars, can you? "

Yao Ling handed her the binoculars and said, "Look, those green lights in the distance, do you see them? It looks like a small star, take a look. "

"Sigh, it's true, it's so beautiful. What is that? Like the night sky. "

Yao Ling took the telescope from her hand and observed it for a while. She muttered to herself as if she was calculating something.

Ashley said, "I didn't realize you're a romantic person. You're still in the mood to look at the scenery at this time, but it's indeed very beautiful. Can you accompany me down to take a look later?" I'd like to take a picture. "

Yao Ling turned around to look at her, smiled and said, "Sure, but first we have to get down to business. You go and tell that Maud that his Silver Buddha has some clues."

Ashley asked in surprise, "Really? So fast? You won't. No, I believe you. Does it have anything to do with those green lights down there? The Silver Buddha is there? "

"Right, ask them to bring some people with them to take a look over there with me. Maybe we'll get something out of it." Yao Yun seemed to be extremely confident.

Ashley was completely convinced of Yao's judgment, so she immediately informed Maud and Jansa, who each brought a few bodyguards and drove to the place where the green light shone.

On the way, Yao asked Maud who the wilderness belonged to, and Maud said that the land was said to have been bought by the boss of a biopharmaceutical company, but that no construction had been carried out.

When the convoy drew near, everyone saw the green speck of light, and Maud was surprised. He had lived here for a long time, but he had never seen such a wondrous sight.

When they got closer, they discovered that the green lights were all glued to some of the soil mounds that had emerged from the wilderness.

"What on earth is that?" Ashley couldn't help but be curious.

"Those are termites' nests," Yao said to her.

Ashley asked him doubtfully, "I've seen termite nests before, but why are there these green lights emitting from them?" This is like the alien base in the movie. "

"Those green lights are actually the larvae of a beetle that preys on termites for a living," Yao explained. After these worms entered the termite nest, their heads would emit green light. These light dots would lure them closer, and once they returned to the nest, they would naturally land on the light dot. That was the worm's head, and these termites would then send themselves into the tiger's mouth. This kind of scene is unusual, because only worms would rely on this method to gather energy when they want to evolve, and may not happen once a year. "

"But, what does this have to do with the disappearance of the Silver Buddha? "Could it be that these bugs are thieves?"

Yao Ling didn't answer the question, instead only urging the chauffeur to quickly head in the direction he was commanding.

As the car passed through the white ants' lair, it was finally possible to see a much larger light ahead. It was not the green glow of the worms, but the glow of a fire.

It was unknown what was burning, but the fire was getting bigger and bigger. When they arrived at the place where the fire had broken out, it seemed as if a tent had been lit, and there were four people standing in front of the tent.