"Who is this person? What about his blood..." Qiu Yutong frowned, looking at the injured man in black on the ground, feeling a little puzzled.
The man in black is a middle-aged man with a sallow, swollen face. At this moment, his bloodshot eyes stared at Qiu Yutong, and he struggled hard. He tried to squirm twice, and finally stopped moving.
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a while, then took a few steps forward and bent over to inspect.
Just now, Xiao Wu's sword was extremely fierce. The man in black who attacked Qiu Yutong was directly nailed to the ground, but under the cold moonlight, what gushed out from under the man was not The warm and bright red blood is a black and viscous liquid, which looks very disgusting.
Gradually, a layer of greasy and shiny scales appeared on the sallow and swollen face of the man in black, and a layer of blue-gray appeared in the whitened eyeballs, which looked very creepy.
Qiu Yutong stretched out her hand, just about to touch the black liquid, Xiao Wu said sharply, "Don't move!"
Qiu Yutong was taken aback for a moment, and paused with his hands. At this moment, the flesh and blood on the face of the man in black suddenly peeled off in large chunks, turning into a foul-smelling sticky black water, which gradually melted into the soil. middle.
After a while, only a set of sticky clothes and a small puddle of unmelted black flesh remained on the ground.
Qiu Yutong stared at the stinky pool of flesh and blood, feeling a faint nausea in his throat, and couldn't help covering his mouth. Xiao Wu grabbed his hand and said in a low voice, "Don't look."
"Is this a monster?" Qiu Yutong murmured, barely holding back the desire to vomit.
Xiao Wu nodded and said, "This is Wuba, a low-level monster that can transform into a human form. I don't know how it got here."
"Wu Ba? A low-level monster?" Qiu Yutong was in a state of confusion. Is this what a low-level monster looks like when it dies? How could this low-level monster appear in Yongzhou City? How could he suddenly attack him from behind? And Xiao Wu, who is this person...
Thinking of this, Qiu Yutong suddenly turned her head, and pointed the dead branch in Xiao Wu's throat straight at Xiao Wu's throat: "Who are you?! Did you make an appointment with this monster when you came to this garden? Are you a gang?" of?!"
Although he only has a dead branch in his hand, everyone in the world knows that the dead branch in Feilai Peak Master's hand is more terrifying than any sharp sword.
Xiao Wu did not retreat, he pursed his lips, and said in a deep voice, "If I were with him, how could I have killed him just now?"
Qiu Yutong stared at the other party vigilantly, the dead branch in her hand remained motionless.
Xiao Wu sighed, and explained: "I have been unable to sleep. In the middle of the night, I heard a strange sound from outside, like someone blowing a xun, or someone crying. I think it's weird. But I was worried that I heard it wrong, so I didn't wake you up, but came over to see by myself, who knows, you came with me, Peak Master Qiu... Just now, I saw this thing sneaking up on you from behind, so I killed it."
"Why didn't I hear the voice you said?"
"The sound only rang for a moment, maybe it stopped when you woke up, Master Qiufeng." Xiao Wu's expression was very sincere, and he was a little helpless.
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a long time, and finally slowly put down the dead branch in her hand, her mind was still very confused.
"Don't think about it, let's go back." Xiao Wurou said.
Qiu Yutong thought for a while, but still had no idea, so she could only nod her head: "Yeah."
After the two returned to the inn, Qiu Yutong thought about it, and went to Xie Wanting's room, and told Xie Wanting the whole thing, but for some reason, he omitted the part where he followed Xiao Wu. part.
After Xie Wanting listened carefully, he pondered for a moment before saying, "Monsters usually don't appear alone. According to this, there may already be quite a few monsters in Yongzhou City."
Qiu Yutong nodded and said, "It seems to be true."
Xie Wanting paused, and said again: "You just said that you and that Xiao Wu went together?"
"Well, he woke me up in the middle of the night and said that he heard some strange voices, so I went to that deserted garden with him, but we were attacked." As Qiu Yutong spoke, he became more and more guilty. got smaller.
Xie Wanting glanced at him: "Really?"
Qiu Yutong reluctantly said: "... Really."
Xie Wanting didn't say anything else, just said lightly: "I see, you can go back and rest."
Qiu Yutong is actually not very good at lying, especially not good at lying in front of his senior brothers. Now that he has lied openly in front of his senior brothers, he felt a little guilty, so he didn't say anything more, and went back to his bedroom silently.
Xiao Wu was standing quietly in front of the window, looking at the dark night outside, for some reason, Qiu Yutong felt that he looked lonely.
Xiao Wu seemed to have heard the noise behind him, and when he turned his head, his expression was very calm: "Master Qiufeng, you have already told City Master Xie? What is City Master Xie going to do? But you need to contact the Xianmeng Guild Hall in Yongzhou City, and the whole city will carefully search for it. , see if there are any other monsters? Or... catch me?"
Qiu Yutong was stunned for a moment, then coughed lightly: "Brother didn't say anything."
Xiao Wu raised his eyebrows: "According to City Lord Xie's cautious style, even if you don't search the whole city, you will arrest me and interrogate me, but he didn't say anything?"
Qiu Yutong was a little embarrassed: "I... I told the head brother that you woke me up, and we went to the garden together."
"Why do you say that? Obviously I left alone, but you followed me." Xiao Wu stared at him.
Qiu Yutong was silent for a moment, but couldn't answer.
Why did he lie to his brother? Maybe, because Xiao Wu saved his life; maybe, because he trusted Xiao Wu; maybe, he didn't feel the need to make a fuss... Maybe, because he knew very well in his heart that as long as he told the truth, Xiao Wu would be like Xiao Wu back then. Like an apprentice, he was hunted down indiscriminately by the righteous way, no matter what kind of person he was.
After a long time, Qiu Yutong said: "You clearly knew that I went to look for senior brother, but you didn't run away, which means that you have no guilt in your heart and should not be blamed."
Xiao Wu looked at him for a while, his eyes were dark, and he couldn't tell what emotion it was.
Qiu Yutong looked at the other party suspiciously, Xiao Wu suddenly sighed: "I really don't understand, what on earth do you... Forget it, it's still early, let's sleep a little longer."
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Due to the appearance of monsters in Yongzhou City, Shuoxue City has also strengthened its vigilance, but nothing happened. Xie Wanting ordered Xu Dongqing and Yang Ruoyu to go to the Xianmeng Guild Hall to inquire about the news, but they did not find anything What matters is all trivial matters.
Unknowingly, the weather gradually warmed up, and finally came the Ching Ming Festival.
Early in the morning, everyone tidied up and prepared to go up Futu Mountain and visit Nanshan Temple. In two days it will be the Immortal Alliance Conference. Shuo Xuecheng and Nanshan Temple have always been on good terms, so I will go up the mountain first, so I can take a good rest and prepare for the Immortal Alliance Conference.
Futu Mountain is located outside Yongzhou City, only 20 miles away from Yongzhou City. Unlike the cold and chilling Canglong Snow Mountain, this Futu Mountain can be said to have beautiful mountains and clear waters. The mountains are dense with pines and cypresses.
After walking for a long time, Yang Ruoyu suddenly cheered: "The front is Nanshan Temple!"
Everyone raised their eyes and saw a section of buildings with yellow tiles and red walls faintly hidden by pines and cypresses in front of them. Sang Lingxi couldn't help saying happily: "It's finally here."
"Amitabha—" With a long chant, Master Qingci led a few well-known monks along a green brick path in the forest, and greeted him from a distance, "I don't know thank you, the city lord, for coming, but the poor monk is far away. "
Xie Wanting smiled and said, "What did Master Qingci say? Obviously it was Xie who bothered me."
"Thank you, the city lord, this way please." Qingci clasped her hands together and led the way sideways.
After Master Wuchen was murdered, the important task of the abbot of Nanshan Temple fell on the shoulders of Qingci, the chief disciple of Master Wuchen. At this moment, he and Xie Wanting talked in a low voice all the way, both of them looked dignified, while the monks who knew guests introduced the rest of Shuo Xuecheng into the guest room behind the temple, and received them very well.
In the evening, vegetarian food was used, which was regarded as a feast for the host and guests. After dinner, everyone went back to their rooms to rest. It was still early at this time, and Qiu Yutong felt a little bored, so he greeted Xiao Wu, picked up Tianzhao Yunhai, and planned to go to the small bamboo forest behind the temple to practice swords.
Nanshan Temple is magnificent and large in scale. I don't know how many people entered the courtyard. Qiu Yutong walked along the winding corridors all the way to the back. When he passed under the window of a Zen room, he suddenly heard something and couldn't help but pause. pace.
"Regarding that case back then, City Lord Xie must have had a lot of doubts in his heart." This was Master Qingci's voice.
Xie Wanting didn't answer, but nodded his head presumably.
Qingci said again: "For the past twenty years, Junior Brother Qinghui and I have repeatedly deliberated on this case, and we all feel that there is no one other than Gui Wuya as the murderer."
Hearing this, Qiu Yutong couldn't help being slightly shocked, knowing that what the two of them were talking about at this time was the mysterious murder of Master Wuchen and the theft of the magic pill.
When Master Wuchen was killed and the magic pill was stolen, Gui Wuya discovered the magic energy in Lu Xiao through the blood-tailed scorpion, and he had to jump off the cold pool with his little apprentice, which triggered a lot of things later... It's just that the case of Master Wuchen has not come to light after so many years, which is very strange.
However, from what Qingci said, Nanshan Temple seemed to have confirmed that the murderer was Gui Wuya.
Xie Wanting was silent for a long time before slowly opening his mouth: "After I returned to Snow City, I couldn't figure it out. At that time, the blood-tailed scorpion pointed at my fourth junior brother's evil disciple. But that villain was originally a monster, so naturally he has a strong demonic energy... However, it is unknown whether he is a murderer, and where the magic pill on Master Wuchen's body has gone."
Qingci sneered: "The blood-tailed scorpion was raised by Gui Wuya. Since the magic pill is not on someone else's body, it is naturally on the person raising the scorpion."
Qiu Yutong's heart trembled slightly, Qingci's words were not wrong.
Xie Wanting said in a deep voice: "Although the master's words are reasonable, there is no evidence after all."
Qingci said: "It is precisely because there is no evidence that the poor monk wants to ask City Lord Xie for help, and force Na Gui Wuya to show his feet. Since the refining of the magic pill can allow the cultivation of both humanity and magic, Gui Wuya has been retreating all these years , I must have almost practiced it, heh heh, dual cultivation of Taoism and demons, dual cultivation of Taoism and demons, then naturally it is spiritual energy and demonic energy, both of which can be controlled."
Xie Wanting hesitated and said: "Master Qingci means that you want Xie to force him to use his devilish energy?"
"That's right, that's exactly what the poor monk meant."
"I'm afraid it's not right." Xie Wanting's voice hesitated.
"The poor monk also knows that Xie City Lord is very embarrassed. But this time, Gui Wuya will go all out to fight for the leader's order of the immortal alliance. Since we are cultivators, we must not let the leader's order fall into this In the hands of the kind!"
"What Master Qingci said is true, but Nagui Wuya's swordsmanship is very high, and he is proficient in Gu poison..."
"City Master Xie, don't worry, I have already discussed with my uncle and junior brothers. My uncle, Master Wuwen, is the number one expert in Nanshan Temple. Part of his spiritual power was used to destroy his Ten Thousand Insect Cauldron, and then City Lord Xie came on the stage, aggressively using Xiao Qu to drive him mad, forcing him to use devil energy. There is no way to hide anymore!"
"This plan is very clever, but Xie still feels that it is not appropriate."
"City Master Xie doesn't have to decline. I have discussed it with my uncles and juniors. If City Master Xie can avenge Nanshan Temple this time, then this Immortal Dao Master Order will naturally belong to City Master Xie." Qing Ciyi He paused and said in a very cautious voice.
"It's not that Xie is greedy for the order of the leader of the Immortal Dao, but this matter is of great importance, and Xie has to think carefully..."
Hearing this, Qiu Yutong suddenly realized.
It turns out that although twenty years have passed since Master Wuchen's bizarre death, Nanshan Temple has not let go, and Master Wuchen's chief disciple, Qingci, has not let go. He has long been suspicious of Gui Wuya, The Immortal Alliance Conference this time is a net of heaven and earth.
Xie Wanting and Qingci discussed something in a low voice again, Qiu Yutong didn't continue listening, but left lightly, he didn't mean to eavesdrop just now, in fact, in his capacity, he could just open the door and go in , but he always felt bad.
This time, he didn't want to practice sword anymore, so he simply went back to his guest room.
Xiao Wu was meditating on the couch with his eyes closed, when he heard the noise, he opened his eyes immediately: "Master Qiufeng, why did you come back so soon?"
"I don't want to practice anymore." Qiu Yutong sat down, poured a cup of hot tea and held it, feeling a little dazed.
Xiao Wu looked at him and frowned slightly: "But what happened?"
Qiu Yutong hesitated for a long time before saying: "Xiao Wu, have you ever heard that Master Wuchen was killed in a strange way in the secret realm of the Blood Prison
Xiao Wu was taken aback for a moment, then nodded: "Of course I've heard of it. What's the matter?"
"Who do you think the murderer is?"
Xiao Wu pondered and said: "To tell the truth, Master Qiu, I have studied this case carefully out of curiosity. I think there are three possibilities for the murderer."
"Which three?" Qiu Yutong asked urgently.
"The first one is Gui Wuya's thief calling "Catch the thief". Of course, the blood-tailed scorpion he raises will not identify him, but if the murderer is Gui Wuya, there is another problem that does not make sense. The Nanshan Temple and the Beihai Sword Sect are not in harmony. Master Chen's body was smiling, obviously defenseless before dying, if Gui Wuya was the murderer, Master Wuchen shouldn't have such an expression."
Qiu Yutong nodded and said, "That makes sense. What about the second one?"
Xiao Wu paused, and then said: "The second possibility is that a certain expert from Nanshan Temple is guarding himself and stealing. I heard that at that time, Gui Wuya's blood-tailed scorpion did not inspect the people of Nanshan Temple, and such words , Master Wuchen's expression before he died can also be explained, after all, the murderer is a member of Nanshan Temple, so naturally he will not have any precautions."
"What about the third type?"
"As for the third option..." Xiao Wu paused, and did not continue, "Forget it, don't mention it. After all, if it is the third possibility, that person has always been friends with Master Wuchen, and Master Wuchen will naturally There will be no defense, but Gui Wuya's blood-tailed scorpion is indeed extremely sensitive. Even if the person hides the magic pill in other places, as long as the person passes through it, the blood-tailed scorpion will probably identify him on the spot... It’s also what I don’t understand the most.”
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