Under the leadership of Xu San, Qin Shaoyou, Qin Qiaoer and the others flew through the night and arrived at a dilapidated and abandoned village.
Xu San stopped and mumbled a few ghost words to Su Jianqing.
"This is it."
Su Jianqing's real-time translation.
"Xu San said that Monk Daoming was attacked and killed by rogue bandits while he was helping the victims in this village to achieve salvation and collect their corpses."
Qin Qiaoer raised his hand and waved lightly, and several red-clothed envoys immediately galloped out and walked around the village to check for any ambush or trap.
Qin Shaoyou used the light of the torch to get an overview of the situation in the village.
The cart used by Monk Daoming to transport the ashes is in this village, but it has fallen apart and is lying on the side of the road. The wheels of the cart are not known where they rolled.
The bags on the cart were all chopped to pieces, and the ashes were scattered all over the floor.
Zhu Xiucai also saw this scene and couldn't help but frown: "These bandits are so cruel, they won't even spare the ashes."
The red-clad envoy sent by Qin Qiaoer came back soon and said that no ambush or trap was found around the village.
Qin Shaoyou and Qin Qiaoer then led the people into the village, still maintaining sufficient caution.
Although everyone saw Monk Daoming's cart and the ashes on the ground, they did not find Monk Daoming's body. They only saw blood stains on the broken cart and on the surrounding ground.
Qin Shaoyou was about to ask Su Jianqing to help ask Xu San to see if he knew where Monk Daoming's body had gone. When he turned around, he saw that Xu San's soul began to disintegrate.
Cui Youxuan, Su Tingyu and other Taoist priests from Jade Emperor Temple also discovered this situation. They once again made secrets and cast spells to help Xu San stabilize his soul body.
But this time, their efforts had no effect.
After Cui Yougui checked Xu San's condition, he sighed: "This man is a new ghost with limited strength. He has been able to withstand the sunshine for so long just by relying on obsession, but it also used up his little energy.
The ghost energy caused heavy damage to his soul. Even though he had received nourishment from the ghost energy of Junior Sister Dasu and Qiu Rong before, and we cast spells to solidify his soul, it was just a return to the light. Now he has brought us to the place where Monk Daoming was killed.
, the obsession in his heart was completed, and he could no longer hold on. Now his soul is disintegrating, and even if my master comes, there is no way to save him."
Qin Shaoyou sighed: "Every time a dog is slaughtered in a righteous way, this person will come to us to avenge Monk Daoming to repay Monk Daoming for his kindness to him and his relatives... He can be regarded as a righteous man."
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Xu San lowered his head and glanced at his disintegrating soul, knowing that he was about to lose his soul. He smiled sadly, not knowing if he regretted it, but he quickly spoke a bunch of words again.
Su Jianqing quickly translated: "Xu San said that the body of Monk Daoming was taken away by the group of bandits who killed him. I don't know where it was taken. Maybe we can investigate from the traces left at the scene.
Give me a clue."
When she finished translating Xu San's words, Xu San's soul completely dissipated.
"Amitabha." Monk Ma clasped his hands together and recited softly.
The Taoist priests at the Jade Emperor Temple also chanted the Heavenly Lord and chanted the mantras softly.
"Xu San came to us with all his strength to seek revenge for Monk Daoming. We have to get this matter done."
After Qin Qiaoer said that, he led everyone in the village and began to search for useful clues.
Qin Shaoyou also launched an investigation, and at the same time said to Cui Yousha: "Senior Brother Cui, you are good at deduction. See if you can deduce his body from the blood stains on the cart, and what is its approximate location?"
"Let me try."
It was rare for Cui Youwei not to give a guarantee. After accepting the order, he walked to the cart and used the blood stains on it as a medium to start making deductions.
Qin Shaoyou then ordered Gunshan Jun and Monk Ma: "Find a few people to collect the ashes scattered on the ground. We don't know the identity and place of origin of these bone powder, so we can only bury them on the spot to prevent them from being killed."
He would end up with his bones scattered and his body exposed in the wild."
"Yes." Monk Ma accepted the order with clasped fists.
Mr. Gunshan also nodded his huge head and agreed angrily: "Don't worry, sir. This is a matter of doing good and accumulating virtue. I will definitely take care of it."
Qin Shaoyou then asked Su Jianqing, Qiu Shi, Zeng Cong and other Taoist priests from Jade Emperor Temple to use their own skills to see if they could find some useful clues in this village.
After some searching, Qin Shaoyou smelled a familiar smell on the damaged cart.
It's the smell of the Black Lotus Sect demon!
Qin Shaoyou has had a lot of dealings with the demons of the Black Lotus Sect in the past few days, and he is very familiar with their "cultivating practice of killing people" and "slaughtering people to prove their ways".
"Those bandits are really not simple!"
Qin Shaoyou's eyes narrowed and he thought in his heart: "I originally thought that they were bribed by Qingtang, but now it seems that they were instigated and bewitched by the demons of the Black Lotus Sect. Yes, Monk Daoming has raised them
The people of the Black Lotus Sect must have wanted to seduce and win over the Buddha's nature and light. When they failed to win over him, they killed him to prevent Monk Daoming from becoming a serious problem for them in the future. And they took away Monk Daoming's body.
Do you want to use the Buddha nature and Buddha light in the corpse?"
Qin Shaoyou thought about it and figured out all the previous puzzlements.
At this time, Qin Qiaoer and others also discovered a string of horse hoof prints outside the village.
The mark is not obvious, but under the special method of the red-clothed messenger, it is clearly revealed.
This string of horse hoof prints goes toward the northeast of the village.
However, no blood was found around the horse's hoof prints. I don't know if it was Monk Daoming's body that had been disposed of by the bandits.
Qin Shaoyou also told his findings and speculations, and Su Tingyu also said that she smelled a strong smell of death at the broken trolley, which confirmed Qin Shaoyou's findings.
Cui Yougui also ended his deduction at this time: "The hexagram is realistic, the corpse is in the Gen position, and it will arrive when it encounters a mountain."
Gen is located in the Bagua, in the northeast direction, which is consistent with the direction of the horse hoof prints discovered by everyone.
Qin Shaoyou and Qin Qiaoer did not hesitate, and immediately ordered everyone to mount their horses and gallop towards the northeast.
Monk Ma and Lord Gunshan, after shoveling the last piece of soil for the buried ashes, hurriedly mounted their horses and chased everyone out of the village.
After traveling for almost forty or fifty miles, everyone saw a mountain.
It's just that it's dark and the mountain is high, and I don't know where the bandits are hiding in the mountain. The mountain is overgrown with weeds, and it's hard to find the marks of horse hooves. Even if you want to search the mountain, it's impossible to do it with just these people.
arrive.
Just when Qiu Shi was about to release the Gu insects, and when Cui Youyou and Su Tingyu, two people with fifth-level cultivation, were about to let their souls leave their bodies in order to explore the situation in the mountain, Cen Biqing was the first to open his mouth.
Her tongue was hesitating and trembling like a snake's letter, and bursts of "squeaking" sounds came out of her mouth.
Then everyone saw groups of snakes crawling out of the grass in the mountains, holding their heads high and spitting out messages, as if they were communicating with Cen Biqing.
After a while, the snakes receded like a tide and disappeared into the grass and snake holes.
Cen Biqing turned around and reported to Qin Shaoyou: "There is a stronghold in the mountains, and the group of bandits are in the stronghold. A snake saw them and robbed a bald human back in the afternoon. It should be Monk Daoming."
Qin Shaoyou nodded and asked, "Do you know where the village is?"
"I've asked clearly, come with me." Cen Biqing said this and clapped her horse and ran towards the mountain.
Everyone hurriedly followed behind her.
After some trekking, we discovered a low land in the mountains.
This col is very hidden. If Cen Biqing hadn't found the way through the snakes in the mountains, and let the snakes guide them with their scent along the way, everyone would have had to work hard to find this place.
Although it was already late at night, the village in the mountain village was brightly lit and full of people.
It's like celebrating a festival.
Qin Shaoyou and others hid the horses in a mountain forest and sneaked on foot to observe closely.
But they found that in the center of the cottage, there was a large iron pot with firewood burning brightly under the pot, and the raging flames boiled the water in the pot.
A corpse rolled in the boiling water, it was Monk Daoming.
Are these bandits cooking monk Daoming?
Do they want to treat Monk Daoming as Tang Monk’s flesh and eat him?