Before daybreak, the entire Ren Mansion was already in chaos.
The next day, almost everyone knew that a murder had occurred in the Ren Mansion. Last night, a murderer sneaked into the Ren Mansion and killed Mr. Ren.
At the Ren Mansion, the elders in the village rushed over after hearing the news. The body of Master Ren was placed in the middle of the living room, and Ren Tingting, who was standing beside him, had already burst into tears.
"I know who killed my cousin's father-in-law!" A Wei shouted in a strong voice, completely ignoring the fact that he had a big role in Master Ren's death and failed to fulfill his duty to protect him.
"Who? Captain Awei, have you found the murderer?"
"Yes, this is the murderer!" Ah Wei said, pointing his finger at Chu Xiao who was standing beside him, and continued, "My cousin's father was fine yesterday. I just invited him to stay at my house, and he was brutally murdered. He must be the murderer of my cousin's father."
"Hmph!" Chu Xiao sneered at this. Awei's imagination was too strong. Chu Xiao was too lazy to pay attention to such a small person.
The old people around were not incompetent either. They could naturally see that the murderer might not be Chu Xiao in front of them. It was just that Awei couldn't catch the murderer and framed him at will.
"He can't be the murderer!" At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the crowd. Looking over, it was none other than Uncle Jiu.
"How come this person is not the murderer! Uncle Jiu, don't cover up for the murderer!" A Wei shouted cursingly at the top of his voice.
"Hmph!" Uncle Jiu ignored the foolish Awei and walked towards Master Ren's body. He lifted the white cloth and saw that the body had been drained of blood. Four deep zombie bite marks on the neck that allowed the bones to be seen were clearly visible.
"It's indeed a zombie!" Uncle Jiu said secretly in his heart.
"Everyone, please look, the blood of Master Ren's body has been drained out, and there is such a strange wound on his neck. How could it be done by this young man?"
Everyone nodded in agreement. They had never seen such a strange way of death before.
"Then tell me! How did my cousin-in-law die?"
Uncle Jiu faced Ah Wei's questioning and looked at the villagers who were watching. He was worried that telling the truth would cause panic among the villagers.
"I think Master Ren was stabbed to death by his fingernails."
"Oh! It's you!" Ah Wei said, grabbing Uncle Jiu's hand. "Is there anyone here with longer nails than him?"
"Someone come! The suspect has been caught! Take him away!"
Awei's incompetence and shamelessness were fully displayed at this moment.
Chu Xiao witnessed it all from beginning to end. He snorted coldly and shouted to the soldiers who were arresting Uncle Jiu, "Stop! Get out of here!"
At this moment, Chu Xiao did not want to be in the limelight, but because his uncle Jiu had just spoken for him, Chu Xiao was not the kind of ungrateful person, so naturally he did not want to owe others anything.
As soon as Chu Xiao finished speaking, the aura around him began to surge, and the suppressed energy was instantly released. An invisible pressure made the people around him feel as if they were falling into an ice cellar. Some people even felt their legs go weak and they fell to their knees with a thud.
Awei just felt like he was being stared at by a ferocious beast. The feeling that he could die at any time made his legs wet and he sat down on the ground.
The two soldiers who wanted to capture Uncle Jiu felt a black screen before their eyes and fainted on the spot.
“This…” Uncle Jiu was also a cultivator, so he could naturally see at a glance that Chu Xiao was extraordinary. He had never seen such an incomprehensible and powerful aura in his life. Even his master had never emitted such a tangible and terrifying aura.
Looking at Chu Xiao's age, he is so young yet has such terrifying strength...
Uncle Jiu didn't dare to think about it any further, and said quickly, "Brother, calm down. They are just ordinary people."
Uncle Jiu bowed and advised, which once again shocked the people present who had not yet recovered from their slumber.
Uncle Jiu has a high reputation in the village, and he actually calls the young man in front of him "Brother"
Who is this Chu Xiao
Everyone couldn’t believe it in their hearts. No wonder they were so scared when Chu Xiao shouted just now. It turned out that he was not an ordinary person, but a hermit who was more powerful than Uncle Jiu!
"Mr. Chu, please help my father find the murderer!"
After what happened just now, Ren Tingting finally realized Chu Xiao’s extraordinaryness. She immediately stood up and knelt in front of Chu Xiao, begging.
Ren Tingting's actions made everyone present come back to their senses and ask for help.
Awei was able to become the captain of the security team. He had some ability to read people's expressions and curry favor with the powerful. Seeing that the situation was leaning towards Chu Xiao, he immediately got up from the ground.
"Don't blame me, senior. Don't blame me, senior. I was blind and offended you. I deserve to die, die, die, die."
A Wei apologized repeatedly. Although he had a gun on him, Chu Xiao's aura just now had already frightened him so much that he didn't even have the courage to draw his gun.
At this point, Chu Xiao looked at Ren Tingting kneeling at his feet, feeling helpless. He wanted to see what kind of changes a zombie would undergo after sucking the blood of its loved ones, but instead he caused the little girl to lose her father.
But Chu Xiao did not regret it, because this world was just a passing moment for him, and there was no need to dwell too much on this matter.
"Get up!"
Chu Xiao waved his hand to signal Ren Tingting and others to stand up.
"If Mr. Chu doesn't agree, I won't get up."
Chu Xiao frowned. He could understand Ren Tingting's feelings about losing her father, but now that she had seen his strength, it was like grabbing a life-saving straw and refusing to let go, which made Chu Xiao feel like he was being morally kidnapped.
Chu Xiao shook his head, thinking that since he was here to get rid of the zombies, there was no problem in agreeing to it now.
"Okay! I promise you!"
"Thank you, Mr. Chu!"
Ren Tingting was overjoyed and quickly thanked Chu Xiao.
Chu Xiao signaled to all irrelevant people to leave Ren's house first, leaving only Uncle Jiu and his two apprentices, as well as A Wei and others who refused to leave.
"Uncle Jiu, Grandpa Ren was killed by something. Now you can tell everyone!"
Chu Xiao threw the question to Uncle Jiu. When it comes to zombies, he is much better than Chu Xiao.
Uncle Jiu nodded and said seriously, "Mr. Ren was killed by the corpse-transformed Old Master Ren."
"What?!"
Ren Tingting and others were all shocked. They never thought that Uncle Jiu would give such an answer.
In the eyes of ordinary people, zombie killings are just legends. Now, when it really happens to oneself, it is really hard to accept for a while.
"Uncle Jiu, are you telling the truth?" Ren Tingting asked weakly, remembering the unusual thing that happened when her grandfather opened the coffin that day.
"Absolutely true!"
Ren Tingting and others didn't know what to do for a moment. Zombies were too far away for ordinary people like them, and they had no idea how to deal with them.
Uncle Jiu saw everyone’s depressed look and comforted them.
"Don't worry, everyone. This zombie should not be a big deal yet. It's not difficult to deal with it. Now that we have Brother Chu to help us, there will be no problem."
Uncle Jiu continued, "The most important thing now is that Master Ren has been killed by a zombie. The poison in the zombie's heart will soon turn him into a zombie. We must cremate him as soon as possible."
"Cremation again?!"
Awei suddenly interrupted with something, making the atmosphere solemn.
Death is the greatest thing, and the person should be buried in peace.
Although Ren Tingting and others asked Chu Xiao and Uncle Jiu for help, deep down they still didn't quite believe in the idea of zombies.
Now, Uncle Jiu asked to destroy the body again. In the normal minds of Awei and Ren Tingting, it seemed like he wanted to destroy the body and cover up all traces.
"This is not good! We can't confirm whether the murderer is a zombie or not, and we are destroying Master Ren like this... What if the murderer is someone else? Wouldn't that mean we've lost all clues?"
Uncle Jiu was speechless for a moment. Ignorance is truly terrifying.
"How about this! Uncle Jiu and I will guard Master Ren's corpse in Ren's mansion tonight. If the corpse turns into a corpse, we will destroy it."
Uncle Jiu nodded and agreed, "This method is feasible. Moreover, I guess that Old Master Ren will come to the Ren Mansion again tonight, and his target this time is you! Ren Tingting!"