Dozens of soldiers surrounded Lin Xixue, and then separated into a team of ten. Eight of them advanced to confront her with guns in hand, while the remaining two held up Shi Xueqian and retreated to the outside of the circle. The cooperation was quite skillful.
"Put him down." Lin Xixue's voice was so cold that no one could hear the emotion in it.
"What kind of magic did you use? Do you know that assassinating Lord Yunchuiwei and deliberately disrupting the discipline of our Yunchuiwei army is a major crime against the nine tribes!" One of the generals shouted, trying to distract her.
"I said, put him down, otherwise, kill him." Lin Xixue did not speak, but repeated what she had just said.
Anyway, when the matter reached this level, it was destined to not be properly resolved. It made no difference to her whether she killed a few more people or a few fewer people. She would eventually be held accountable by the Yunzhou royal family.
Even though, the whole thing has nothing to do with her.
"Listen to her." Shi Xueqian, who was being stood up, suddenly spoke.
"Lord, you're awake!"
"Come here, I have a few words to say to you." Shi Xueqian said to a veteran holding him.
"yes!"
The veteran obeyed and put his ear up. Shi Xueqian opened and closed his lips slightly, and suddenly a stream of blood spurted out and penetrated into the veteran's ear.
The speed of the blood shadow was extremely fast, and the veteran took the initiative to put his ears up. Although Lin Xixue saw the bloody shadow, he was unable to stop it from entering the veteran's body.
The veteran's body shook violently, leaving Shi Xueqian, who was unconscious again, and ran straight out of the crowd.
However, Lin Xixue couldn't catch the blood shadow, but it was easy to catch the veteran. She stepped forward, nimbly passed through the crowd of people holding guns, lowered her claws, and directly grabbed the veteran's shoulders.
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But Lin Xixue never expected that the veteran did not dodge, but instead pulled out the saber from his waist and slashed at Lin Xixue.
Lin Xixue was naturally not afraid of being slashed by such secular weapons. She stopped the momentum of the long sword with a slight twist of her thumb and middle finger, and broke the blade with a tilt.
But at the same time, this blood shadow also used the veteran's body as an abandoned child again, escaped from its shell with a move of golden cicada, and got into the body of a Qianhu next to him.
The blood shadow entered Qianhu's body, repeated his old tricks, and tried his best to escape.
However, the blood shadow was so fast that all the soldiers present did not see the blood shadow continuously occupying the bodies of the two people. They thought it was Lin Xixue who had cast another evil spell, and they all raised their long spears to stab her.
Like the chopped saber, Lin Xixue did not take these spears seriously.
But as the saying goes, every inch is long and every inch is strong. Many long soldiers surrounded her in the center, and it would take a lot of time for her to break through.
She swung her sword with a half-moon-shaped sword, cutting off the head, then opened her left arm, grabbed the wooden pole, separated the crowd with a forceful move, and rushed out.
Although this set of movements only took seven or eight breaths, these thousands of families took the opportunity to run out of the school grounds.
Lin Xixue was about to continue chasing him, but her ankles were hugged again. She threw away Yun Chuiwei who was hugging her legs, and wasted a few more breaths.
The Qianhu who carried the blood shadow had already escaped from the Yunchui Guard station.
Although these thousands of households fled, the evil seeds sprouting in Linxi's snow dantian were keenly aware that wherever these thousands of households passed by, there was a faint residual evil spirit.
How could Lin Xixue let go of such a strange thing so easily? She whispered "Ji" and followed it all the way with the residual evil energy.
However, tracing along the way, Lin Xixue actually returned to Jingyun City from the outskirts of Jingyun City.
Eventually, the evil spirit dissipated near the downtown area of Jingyuncheng.
Lin Xixue frowned and activated the evil spirit with all her strength to confirm that the evil spirit had indeed suddenly disappeared in this downtown area.
It was as if when these thousands of households came here, the evil spirit left behind by the blood shadows was forcibly wiped away.
Could it be that this bloody shadow is actually controlled by someone behind it?
Who is the one?
There are many people in this downtown area, so it is quite difficult to trace it. But as the saying goes, money can make all the difference, and what she needs most now is money.
She retracted her hand into her sleeves, secretly took out a piece of gold from the storage space, pinched it hard, and turned it into gold sand of different sizes.
She took out a pen and paper and put up a sign on the roadside, stating that whoever could provide the whereabouts of Yun Chui Wei Qian Hu who had just passed by this place would get a grain of gold sand.
If you can provide more critical clues, the reward will be more generous.
Although there are people coming and going in this downtown area, most people don't care about a passing Qianhu. However, under the heavy reward, many people still provide clues. Naturally, these clues may be true or false, but Lin Xixue originally also
I don't expect everyone to tell the truth.
After all, as long as someone among them tells the truth and the clues are cross-corroborated, a relatively reliable answer can be obtained.
In just three moments, Lin Xixue got hundreds of clues and almost pieced together the real movement trajectory of Qianhuo after they came to this downtown area.
After cross-checking the clues, they all pointed out that these thousands of households had entered a famous romantic place in Jingyun City, Qiongtai Book Apartment.
Moreover, in this downtown area, I once met a woman.
Lin Xixue had collected enough clues, but she was not in a hurry to go to these jade halls to investigate. She had to go first to see what was going on with the governor of Yunchui Guard, Shi Xueqian.
She had been wondering before that Shi Xueqian had become almost pathologically aggressive after seeing her, but now it seemed that he was controlled by this blood shadow?
What exactly is this blood shadow?
And assuming that Shi Xueqian was really controlled by this blood shadow, when was he controlled?
She raised her finger and contacted Bai Qing, trying to ask Bai Qing if she knew the origin of the blood shadow.
Lin Xixue: I went to Tingxue Tower on this trip. Did it go well?
Bai Qing: Everything goes well. Xiao Xu has learned how to fly with a sword and will arrive at Tingxue Tower soon. How about you, is everything going well?
Lin Xixue: It’s not going well. I want to ask you about the origin of something weird. Do you know about a kind of blood shadow related to evil spirits? This blood shadow seems to be able to occupy the human body.
Bai Qing: Evil energy, blood shadow, can also occupy a person's body, let me think about it
Lin Xixue was not in a hurry, she just rushed back to the Yunchui Guard station while waiting for Bai Qing's reply.
After a long time, Bai Qing sent another message: When I remembered it, I said why it sounded so familiar. I had read it in the classics! In ancient times, there was a heart-wrenching demon raised by evil cultivators with secret methods. This is what I told you.
The blood shadows are very similar.
Lin Xixue: Is this the method of evil cultivators? Doesn’t it mean that evil cultivators disappeared from the Southern Cang Realm a hundred years ago?
Bai Qing: Yes, so just through your description, I feel that it is very similar, but I am not sure whether it is true or not.
Lin Xixue: I understand. I have obtained some clues at this time and am now ready to continue investigating.
Bai Qing: Don't rush in. Be careful. If you can't wait until we meet up, we can investigate together.
Lin Xixue: This place is called Qiongtai Book Apartment. If I really want to go to investigate, I will contact you in advance with a phone number.
The two simply said goodbye and cut off contact.
Lin Xixue quickened her pace, preparing to return to the Yunchui Guard station as soon as possible to avoid another incident.
However, before she had taken two steps, an old beggar with ragged clothes, unkempt hair, patches all over his body, and a foul smell stopped in front of her and held out a chipped porcelain bowl.
But the strange thing is that the beggar did not sing Lotus Falling, but instead whispered: "Girl, do you want to know where Li Qianhu went after leaving Qiongtai Book Apartment?"
Lin Xixue's pupils shrank slightly, thinking that this beggar actually knew the surname "Li" of that thousand households, and also knew where he went after leaving Qiongtai Book Apartment?
The old beggar shook the bowl, grinned and showed his yellow teeth, and said, "Hey, if you give me two pieces of gold, I will personally take you to find this Li Qianhu. How about that?"
Lin Xixue thought for a moment, then took out two pieces of gold and put them into the bowl. Anyway, what she lacked most now was money. Even if the old beggar was really a liar, to her, two pieces of gold were not even a drop in the bucket.
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The only thing that needs to be careful is that this old beggar, especially the Qiongtai Bookstore, will use the hook to lure him into a trap.
"Lead the way!" She told the old beggar, while she retracted her hands into her sleeves and contacted Bai Qing quietly.
Lin Xixue: The plan has changed. I may have to investigate the blood shadow first. From now on, I will tell you my current location every time I burn the incense. If I haven’t told you after one stick of incense, then
Something happened.
Bai Qing: Okay, please be more careful.
The old beggar led Lin Xixue back and forth through the alleys, not as if he had a clear destination, but rather as if he was wandering aimlessly.
Lin Xixue couldn't help but feel wary, wondering what the hell he was planning.
Just as the beggar led her around the corner of an alley, she suddenly heard a hoarse and deep shout from behind the eaves on the left: "Death!"
Lin Xixue was always on alert, and when she was suddenly attacked, she reacted instantly. She raised her black feathers, ran her thunder body with all her strength, and drew out the splitting light to break the night, preparing to meet the enemy.
But the next moment, the old beggar fell silently in front of her. His eyes were still open, but he made no sound. His whole body was tense and stiff.
Lin Xixue checked her heart and found that the old beggar was dead.
This is the mantra!!!
Lin Xixue was shocked. The Mantra was a Confucian tradition created by Lu Er, and the attacker was a member of the Confucian sect!
She jumped up and looked towards the source of the sound, but she heard two mantras coming from the other party: "Hide!" and "Explode!"
The figure of the attacker quickly faded away, and Lin Xixue only saw that the attacker was dressed rather fancyly, with a shawl wrapped around his shoulders. Then the roof exploded, and with the help of the Hidden Word Technique, he disappeared directly from Lin Xixue's sight.
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Lin Xixue was shocked and angry. She didn't expect that the attacker had such a deep connection with the Confucian sect.
Combined with the clue that there was a discrepancy in the previous correspondence between the Confucian sect and Sanyuan Guan, it is not difficult to imagine that the inner ghost of the Confucian sect has already reached a very high position and has even obtained secrets such as the True Words.
However, it would be a bit fanciful to try to escape from the angry Lin Xixue with just two words of mantra.
The jade book opened with a crash, and a majestic force poured down on the entire area. In an instant, these abandoned houses turned into rubble. Her logic was very simple. Since she didn't know where the enemy was, she only needed to target the entire area.
Just launch an indiscriminate attack.
Sure enough, as soon as the jade book was suppressed, she heard a cry of pain. She pointed and also used the mantra method, shouting "Now!"
Sure enough, a very gorgeously dressed woman's figure was revealed under the rubble. She was pressed to the ground by the huge force drawn by the jade book, and the semicolon was unable to move.
Lin Xixue held the spectrometer to break the night, her face was cold, and she stepped forward slowly.
"Are you from Qiongtai Shuyu? Tell me, where did you get your mantra?"
"Huh!" The woman snorted coldly, as if she was disdainful, then she looked at him and died.
This woman actually committed suicide directly?
Then, a ray of red light floated out from the woman's heavenly spirit, and was torn in by the splitting light.
Lin Xixue looked at the woman's body, then looked back at the old beggar's body, frowning. Suddenly, all the clues were broken in an instant.
She turned over the bodies of the woman and the old beggar to see if there were any new clues.
She took out a box of powder with a strange fragrance from the woman's sleeve. She didn't know what it was used for, but it didn't look like rouge and gouache.
A waist tag was found from the old beggar's body. On the front, there were three words [Living Soul Gang] written on it, and on the back, there were three skulls biting each other.
It seems that the true identity of this old beggar is not just a beggar. But think about it, someone who knows such secret information cannot be an ordinary beggar.
I’ve never heard of the Lihun Gang, but from the name, I know it’s not a decent force.
Lin Xixue put away the two things that might be clues and threw the two corpses into the storage space.
The reason why the bodies of the two people were kept was because if it was really necessary, she might consider using the Sky Mending Stone to directly revive them and forcefully extract information.
Now there was only one clue left in Qiongyu Shuyu, so she had to give up the pursuit temporarily and return to the Yunchui Guard Station as soon as possible. On the way back, she did not forget to tell Bai Qing that the clue was interrupted, but she was safe.
Arriving at the Yunchui Guard Station, Lin Xixue was slightly surprised. She had thought that such a disaster had only happened in this station, and that everything would be in chaos now.
However, unexpectedly, at this moment, the order inside and outside Yunchui Guard was restored to normal, and all the guards and outposts stationed in the station were restored to operation.
It should be said that he is worthy of being a personal soldier of the Yunzhou royal family. His organizational skills are indeed no joke.
Naturally, Lin Xixue was too lazy to have any more conflicts with this group of people. She came back this time mainly to find out what happened to the governor Shi Xueqian, and where Xiaoqu had gone.
She softly recited the word "hidden" and sneaked into Shi Xueqian's previous residence without any hindrance, and found him sleeping peacefully inside.
At this moment, Shi Xueqian's aura was much calmer, and the evil aura on his body was still very strong, but it was restrained and not released. If you didn't pay attention, you might think that this was a stout, ordinary middle-aged man.
However, his right hand and right foot are still twisted out of shape. After all, the art of controlling cranes is certainly not something that a doctor in this profession can master.
Lin Xixue locked the door of her residence, used a jade book to block the sound, and then said: "Supervisor Shi."
When Shi Xueqian heard her voice, his brows knitted together, and the eyes under his eyelids couldn't stop trembling, but he couldn't wake up anyway, as if he was trapped in a dream by something.
Within a moment, the white undershirt on his body was soaked through.
Lin Xixue stepped forward and slapped Shi Xueqian, knocking him awake.
Because the plot of this section is relatively compact, it is still a two-in-one chapter!
Also, due to some special circumstances today, many paragraphs were entered by voice, so there were a lot of typos. Now they have all been fixed!