Xiao Nan and Liu Yonglin came to a cold cellar in the city lord's mansion, where several corpses of the deceased were parked.
Xiao Nan looked carefully for a while and found that these corpses were all turned into mummies as Liu Yonglin said, as if the blood in their bodies had been sucked dry and all the water had been lost.
Xiao Nan remembered that when he just came down the mountain, he met a hunter who was sucked into a human body by a demon-blooded leech. It looked very similar to these corpses, but it was different.
After the prey is poisoned by the neurotoxin of the demon-blooded locust, its blood will be sucked dry without any pain, leaving no trace left, and then it will die quietly.
However, the facial expressions of these corpses were abnormally frightened, and they obviously saw something that frightened them before they died.
Fire Phoenix's cold voice sounded in Xiao Nan's mind, and she was heard to say: "This is the state of death after the whole body's blood, spiritual power and soul have been swallowed up by the Soul Devouring Technique. I saw it many years ago.
, I just didn’t think of it when I first heard it that day, but now I suddenly remembered it after seeing the corpse.”
"Soul-eating magic?" Xiao Nan was startled, and a thought suddenly flashed through his mind.
No wonder, this is different from that of a person who was simply sucked up by the demon blood locusts and the whole body's blood was sucked away.
Last time when Fire Phoenix took him to chase Gu Yu, he hid on the side and overheard the conversation between Gu Yu and the old devil who possessed her. He knew that the old devil's practice was called the Soul Devouring Technique, and it also
I want to teach it to Guyu!
Xiao Nan murmured to himself: "Could it be that the old devil killed these people? Why did he kill these people?"
Fire Phoenix's voice sounded in Xiao Nan's mind again: "If it wasn't the old devil who killed him, then it was Gu Yu who killed him. If that's the case, Gu Yu must have mastered the soul-eating method."
Guyu did not mention this incident in the letter she left for Xiao Nan, indicating that she discovered these people only after she finished writing the letter and left, and then killed them conveniently.
What was the reason that made Gu Yu, who was already heartbroken and about to leave, kill these people?
Xiao Nan felt that he needed to find out the identities of these people in order to know the reason why they were killed.
After leaving the cellar and returning to the study, Xiao Nan said to Liu Yonglin: "You don't need to pursue this matter any further. I probably already know who killed these people, and I will personally find out why they were killed. I have a vague feeling
Yeah, this might have something to do with me."
Liu Yonglin responded: "Okay."
Xiao Nan then said: "Do you know if there are any people in other cities who are in a similar state of death?"
Liu Yonglin said: "I have asked before during the investigation, but there is no such thing in other cities."
Xiao Nan nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go back to Bajian City first."
After returning to his room in Bajian City, Xiao Nan still couldn't figure out who those people killed by Gu Yu or the old devil were.
Regarding their identities, Huo Fenghuang couldn't find any clues.
Outside, the heavy rain continued to fall.
Xiao Nan sat cross-legged on the bed, lost in thought, feeling a faint sense of uneasiness in his heart.
He didn't dare to go out and wander around in the incarnation of his inner demon, for fear that his incarnation of the inner demon would be recognized by others.
Even if you need to incarnate your inner demon wherever you go, you must have the spiritual incarnation of the Fire Phoenix accompany you to ensure safety. Sometimes you even have to change your appearance to ensure that you are not recognized at first sight.
Last time on Baixiu Mountain, the incarnation of the inner demon was recognized by Fairy Yunfu at a glance, which made him still have lingering fears.
If people from the Ten Thousand Demons Cave learn that he practices the Heart Sutra of Ten Thousand Demons, it will definitely cause huge waves, and he may face endless pursuit from the Ten Thousand Demons Cave, and may even implicate Yu Ge.
Now, openly and secretly, countless people were looking for the whereabouts of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pearl, which already made him feel tremendous pressure.
If coupled with the pursuit from Ten Thousand Demons Cave, he would be even more overwhelmed.
However, Xiao Nan is still a little confused about the fact that everyone thinks that Hua Mingce, the master of the Moon Temple, knows the whereabouts of the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pearl.
Why do others think Hua Mingce knows the whereabouts of the Sky-Swallowing Magic Pearl?
Even if Hua Mingce really knew, how did he know it?
In Xiao Nan's mind, a figure gradually emerged, his master, Taoist Qingshan!
Xiao Nan thought to himself: "Could it be that the old Taoist priest could see that there was a sky-swallowing magic bead hidden in my body, and then told Hua Mingce. But Hua Mingce unintentionally revealed it to others, which led to the destruction of the Moon Temple.
?Only this explanation can make sense."
Now, those who are looking for Ji Lian and Hua Luoxue all believe that Hua Mingce must have told them this secret before he died.
As long as we find them, we may know the whereabouts of the Sky-Swallowing Magic Pearl!
However, only Xiao Nan knew that Ji Lian and Hua Luoxue did not know about the Sky-Swallowing Magic Pearl at all.
In this world, except for himself and the Fire Phoenix and Yu Ge hidden on his body, no one else knows about the Sky-Swallowing Magic Pearl.
If anyone still knows, then this person is probably Taoist Master Qingshan!
Xiao Nan has even become suspicious of Taoist Qingshan.
The old Taoist priest who brought him to Xuantian Sect and raised him always gave him a mysterious feeling.
Xiao Nan shook his head and opened the door because he sensed Zilan coming outside the door.
It was raining heavily in the middle of the night, but Zilan hadn't rested yet and brought him good news.
In the dungeon of the Lord's Mansion of Bajian City, among the people who have been practicing day and night and forgetting to eat and sleep, eight more people have just broken through to the Stardust realm one after another and are currently consolidating their realm.
Xiao Nan was immediately overjoyed and immediately asked Zilan to rest while he rushed into the dungeon.
It turned out that the eight people who had just made a breakthrough were Shangguan Feiyun, Yu Wenhan, Murong Xianer, Mo Xiaoxiao, Han Qiuyu, Ling Weiwei, Liu Qingwu and Lan Qingqian.
When Xiao Nan saw that they had all entered a state of cultivation, he also sat cross-legged and took out the Fire Cloud Crystal Stone to absorb spiritual power for cultivation, waiting for them to wake up.
As soon as he started practicing, Xiao Nan once again felt extremely helpless about the speed at which his cultivation level was improving.
Every time he absorbed a trace of spiritual power, most of it was taken away and swallowed up by the Sky-Swallowing Demon Pearl in his body. He had no choice but to absorb a large amount of spiritual power from the Fire Cloud Crystal every time he practiced.
Therefore, he used a huge amount of fire cloud crystals, but fortunately, he was not short of them for the time being.
According to the current mining speed, the fire cloud crystal veins in the Shuiyun Abyss can still be mined for decades, and there will be enough fire cloud crystal for his cultivation needs.
Finally, after half a day, they all ended their cultivation state and woke up.
Xiao Nan immediately asked Fire Phoenix to open the light transmission gate, and then led them into the Water Cloud Abyss to look for the monsters in the Water Cloud Abyss and fight with them.
In the past, when he entered the Water Cloud Abyss, he would leave the incarnation of his inner demon in the City Lord's Mansion for easy contact. But this time, he did not stay.
Xiao Nan didn't expect that as soon as he left, someone came to the door behind him.
Back when Xuanyuan Meng's father, Xuanyuan Lie, was still the lord of Wuling City, on the day Wuling City was attacked by Ye Xingchen, Qu Ming and others, Xuanyuan Meng came to Bajian City alone and begged Fu Wusheng for help.
He is the adopted son Xuanyuan Lie secretly adopted from childhood, Young Master Bing!
Young Master Bingsan told Zilan that he knew the true identities of those who had recently died in Panlong City and turned into mummies!
In addition, Third Young Master Bing also brought some extremely unfavorable news to Xiao Nan!
As soon as she heard the news brought by Mr. Bingsan, Zilan was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot because she had no way to contact Xiao Nan immediately!