Over the years, Li Yan also tried to prepare some antidotes for the disintegrating poison body, but in the end he only prepared three antidotes and also refined a few pills.
It’s just that alchemy is not his strong point. Alchemy and weapon making are among the hundred arts of immortal cultivation. As an immortal cultivator, he still has to learn them more or less.
Li Yan's success rate in refining pills was too low, and the pills he refined were too ugly to sell. Fortunately, he was not going to sell these three kinds of pills, so he was not afraid of others tasting them.
I made these antidotes and kept them with me just in case. If one day I accidentally hurt someone around me, I would have a remedial measure.
What’s a pity for Li Yan is that, up to now, he has only prepared three antidotes.
The "Singing All the Way" that was used today was not among them. So after getting the answer he wanted, in order to save Qin Chengyi's life, he asked Master Gong to cut off his legs directly to prevent the poison from spreading upwards.
"When did you guess that I had this puppet? You were in the courtyard window at the time and you couldn't have seen anything.
This is a second-level puppet. Whether it is the degree of integration of its aura or its control, it is already extremely sophisticated. Its spiritual control is almost the same as mine."
Qin Chengyi looked at Li Yan and suddenly said these strange words, but the puppet beside him didn't seem to match what he said at all.
"In fact, I didn't notice it. On the contrary, as you said before, you did it very cleverly, one thing after another, true and false, it's hard to tell.
It was only after the third murder that I began to suspect you again. After reconnecting the case with the first murder, I discovered some suspicious points. "
There was a serious look in Li Yan's eyes.
After Qin Chengyi heard what Li Yan said, a hint of childish pride appeared in his eyes again. That was his pride.
Li Yan looked at Gong Daoren, who was already a little dazed beside him, and smiled.
“Although we may know the second suspicious point, how the spirit stone was placed, this involves the second murder, so we have to talk about the death of Fellow Daoist Song first.
Yesterday evening, when Fellow Daoist Gong asked Fellow Daoist Qin to arrange accommodation for us, the next step of the murder plan had actually formed in Fellow Daoist Qin's mind at that time.
It seemed like you randomly found an empty courtyard for the five of us to stay in, but in fact, it was the beginning of a premeditated plan.
First, this courtyard is right next to the deceased Brother Song, and you did it deliberately.
Your behavior will undoubtedly make us the first suspects after Brother Song's death. Coupled with the death of Brother Liu this morning, the suspicion on us will be magnified invisibly.
This also takes advantage of people's habits. Just like if the fruits on the fruit tree inside the wall of your house are picked by someone, no matter what your human nature is, the first thing you will think about is whether it was picked by someone from the neighboring house.
Then, we will further judge the loyalty and consistent performance of the adults in the neighboring house;
The degree of naughtiness of his children, whether they often climb up and down, etc., are the first things that people suspect us of. By the way, you can leave yourself more time to do the rest.
Second, another purpose of your arrangement of this courtyard is that it is diagonally opposite your back window.
After you arranged accommodation for us, you returned to your courtyard, and then let your puppet transform into your appearance and put on your clothes.
In addition to its sharp attacks, another characteristic of the second-level puppet is that when the person controlling it places a ray of his or her spiritual consciousness on it, both the aura emanating from it and the deliberately created appearance are more natural.
Unless you are very close and observe carefully, you can only see the difference.
Next, you controlled the puppet with your spiritual sense to get a pot of wine, opened the rear window, and pretended to be disturbed by the death of Senior Brother Liu during the day, drinking in a bad mood.
The original intention is to let some people see you, so that they can provide evidence for you and prove that you did not have the time to commit the crime.
And among these people, I happened to be one of them. I think even you didn't know who among the five of us would open the window, but it was me. So until you killed someone for the third time, I no longer suspected you.
This is also the third goal you want to achieve. After all, when you killed Senior Brother Liu in the morning, you had to go to the scene in person in order to get the storage bag, which put you in danger of being exposed.
No matter how you and Luo Daoyou explain, you will still be the biggest suspects. However, this plan can greatly eliminate other people's suspicion of you."
Li Yan said this and glanced at Taoist Gong.
When Taoist Gong heard this, his face looked grim, but he still nodded.
What Li Yan said was indeed what he was thinking at the time. When the first murder occurred, among the people he and Master Ji suspected, Luo Sanpang and Qin Chengyi were the most suspicious, followed by Kong Nantai.
Qin Chengyi tilted his face to the side. Although the muscles on his face twitched from time to time due to severe pain, his eyes were full of joy when he looked at Li Yan, as if he had met a soulmate.
Li Yan also nodded at Qin Chengyi and spoke again.
"Once you have arranged the puppet, everything will be controlled by your own spiritual consciousness. What the puppet sees and hears are what your spiritual consciousness can see and hear.
Then my real body traveled quietly at night. With your familiarity with Xuanqing Temple, I easily avoided other people's sight and came to the residence of Fellow Daoist Song, which is next to where the five of us live.
You tricked Fellow Daoist Song into opening the door through voice transmission and entered the courtyard. As for what you talked to Fellow Daoist Song, there is no need to know.
But one thing is that you can't stay here too long, otherwise there will be unforeseen unexpected events in your plan.
When Fellow Daoist Song started to send you away, you were controlling the puppet in your spiritual consciousness at the same time, looking around for a direct witness through the rear window. That's when you chose me. After all, I'm an outsider cultivator, and if I'm a witness, sometimes I'm more believable than an acquaintance.
The next thing will be easy to control. All you have to do is to kill him from behind when Fellow Daoist Song opens the courtyard restriction to let you out. The weapon you use should be the black inkstone you sacrificed before. It is a very powerful magic weapon that can kill a foundation-building cultivator with one strike when he is completely unprepared. "
At this point, Li Yan narrowed his eyes, as if he had encountered a problem.
Gong Daoren and Qin Chengyi both looked at him without interrupting his thoughts. As for the inkstone magic weapon that Li Yan had just mentioned, they thought it had been damaged.
After all, the poison in the "Quicksand Technique" still makes the two of them feel scared when they think about it now. Even if it was not damaged, it would probably have been corroded.
Although the magic weapon was important, Taoist Gong automatically ignored it because of Li Yan's identity and didn't want to ask about the magic weapon.
In fact, those spiritual treasures and magic weapons that fell into the sand pit had already been collected by Li Yan without any hesitation.
He used the "Quicksand Technique" to control the poison in the pit and avoid these things in a blink of an eye, especially the black inkstone, which looked extraordinary at first glance.
However, Qin Chengyi has only reached the tenth level of Qi Condensation Stage. If he were a Foundation Establishment cultivator, his power would be increased by at least ten times if he exerted his full strength.
Li Yan was not thinking about these things. He had contributed, so the magic weapon was naturally his. He paused as if he had sorted out his thoughts, and continued.
"When you attacked and killed Fellow Daoist Song, you should have killed him in one blow, but that scream was not made by him.
I had had some doubts before. After that scream, almost at the same time, my spiritual sense swept outward, but I only saw a figure rushing away in the distance. I couldn't even see the approximate shape of the person.
Because of the fear of triggering the formation of your temple, the spiritual consciousness did not follow all the way. However, this is unreasonable. Considering Fellow Daoist Qin's cultivation level, even if you are faster, it is not faster than the spiritual consciousness. It is impossible that you can escape so far while screaming
Another point is that there should have been two people several hundred feet away at that time, namely the two men in black robes. According to them, when the scream was heard, they immediately turned back, but did not meet anyone else.
The only explanation here is that you killed Brother Song with one strike, and he didn't make any sound. This can be seen from the look on Brother Song's face after his death. There was no pain, only confusion. He probably didn't have time to react at all and died completely.
At this time, you first killed his soul that had just left his body, quickly took the storage bag and left the courtyard. It is estimated that when you left the courtyard, you also discovered the two unexpectedly appearing men in black robes.
But you relied on your familiarity with the roads and formations of Xuanqing Temple and easily avoided them. Before leaving, you first controlled the puppet in your spiritual consciousness, raised the wine in your hand to me, and then you screamed to attract other people's attention.
Finally, he quietly left, returned to his own courtyard, and then replaced the puppet's position. I wonder if my guess is correct?"
Li Yan finished telling the story of the second murder in one breath and looked at Qin Chengyi with burning eyes.
Qin Chengyi also looked at Li Yan without blinking, then chuckled.
"Fellow Daoist Li is truly extraordinary. He was able to infer that the scream was from me. I even started to wonder if you had been standing behind me all along, hehe..."
Although Taoist Gong's face was livid, he already had some admiration for the two men in his heart. The two men were like fighting in the air, and there was a thunder in the silence.
At this moment, even the hatred for Qin Chengyi turned into a hint of admiration, such a scheming person, such an opponent.
When Li Yan heard Qin Chengyi's chuckle, he stopped wasting time and continued.
"In fact, at this point, I think it's not just me. I think even Sect Leader Gong's suspicion has shifted to Fellow Daoist Kong who has been patrolling outside.
Whether it was the death of Fellow Daoist Liu in the morning or the ambush of Fellow Daoist Song at night, he had time to commit the crime.
Even when Fellow Daoist Song died, he happened to appear nearby. Especially since he and Fellow Daoist Song were fellow disciples and their familiarity with each other was self-evident, which made the conditions for a sneak attack even more likely. All of this was suspicious.
I thought so too at that time.
Next, we all arrived at the main hall in front, and Fellow Daoist Kong was also left in the main hall and was no longer sent out on patrol. This made me even more certain that Sect Leader Gong had the same idea as me.
When it's dawn, fellow Taoists go to the main hall to burn incense. This is what fellow Taoist Qin said just now. Because you were worried that your master would come back early, you had to take the risk and force your move for the third time.
Although this time there was a plan, it was still too eye-catching. This forced you to be at the murder scene. You were at the scene for two of the three murders, which undoubtedly increased your suspicion.
You used the ash-curd mandala water to smear on the incense and killed Daoist Luo directly, and Daoist Kong and you were both fine. No matter how you think about it, you two are the most likely culprits. Although the other disciples in the hall are also suspects, their suspicions are much smaller. "
"How can he guarantee that the one who got the three incense sticks was definitely Junior Brother Luo, and not Junior Brother Kong, or even himself?"
Just as Li Yan was speaking, the voice of Taoist Gong suddenly came.
This question has been lingering in Gong Daoren's mind for a long time, but it has never been solved.
Especially before, we already knew that Qin Chengyi's third murder was specifically aimed at Luo Sanpang, not Kong Nantai, and the opponent's attack was so precise.
When Qin Chengyi heard what Taoist Gong said, he looked at him and just smiled, but did not speak.
At this moment, he no longer underestimated Li Yan and decided to see how Li Yan would break the deadlock.
Li Yan was also helpless. When he got here just now, he wanted to pass it over with just a few words and then end the conversation here.
He has been brooding on this matter for quite some time since yesterday. Although it is still early in the afternoon, he still wants to end it early and not ask about it anymore.
But seeing Qin Chengyi's expression, he naturally wouldn't say anything. Then he couldn't turn around and leave, so he had to suppress the urge to leave immediately.