Lei Qian covered his face and rubbed it with both hands. After a while, he took a deep breath and stood up.
Lin Qian was also a little surprised to see the corpse in the pit.
The reason for that was because that corpse belonged to Lei Kun.
Even though Lei Kun's cultivation had been crippled by Lin Qian, he had once been a soul warrior. Even though his physical body wasn't very strong, it was still much stronger than an ordinary person's. The corpse was still intact and hadn't decayed, so they could easily recognize it.
"No wonder grandfather couldn't find any traces of him. He was killed long ago." Lei Qian looked at Lei Kun's corpse with a sorrowful expression. "Our family owes them too much."
Lin Qian didn't feel much. Lei Kun's character had been overly spoiled by Lei Heng, causing him to be arrogant and domineering. There wasn't much sympathy for his death.
The only thing that surprised him was why Lei Kun was killed and his body was buried to hide the traces.
Lin Qian half-squatted beside the pit and looked at Lei Kun's corpse.
Lei Kun's corpse was pale and bloodless. His eyes were tightly shut, and there was a pool of dried blood near his heart that had turned dark brown.
"Something feels off." Lin Qian looked at the corpse in the pit and thought carefully about what he had missed.
Lei Qian walked towards the outer sect disciples and asked, "Are you guys in charge of this month's patrol missions?"
"That's right!" An outer disciple nodded at Lei Qian.
"Did you see anyone suspicious seven days ago?" Lei Qian hurriedly asked.
However, the outer disciples only shook their heads. "Ever since I started this mission, I haven't seen anyone suspicious."
Just as Lei Qian looked disappointed, the disciple who had brought Lin Qian and him over suddenly said, "Seven days ago, I saw Lei Kun when I was guarding the mountain."
This disciple's words attracted everyone's attention. Lin Qian also stood up and came over. "What, you saw Lei Kun?"
"He was in a hurry to leave the sect that night. Lei Kun is Grand Elder Lei's grandson, so how could a mere disciple like me dare to stop him?" As the disciple spoke, he seemed to have thought of something. "Later on, I remember that Senior Brother Lei Kuo also left."
"Lei Kuo?" Lin Qian and Lei Qian looked at each other in surprise.
"That's right. After an hour, Senior Brother Lei Kuo came back. He looked very unlucky. I took another look at him and he even scolded me."
After listening to the disciple's words, Lin Qian thought for a moment and said, "It is very likely that Lei Kuo is the one who killed Lei Kun."
The dense forest in front of the Myriad Elephant Sect's mountain gate was patrolled by the Myriad Elephant Sect's disciples. Moreover, this was the center of the Myriad Elephant Sect's territory, so it would be difficult for the Myriad Elephant Sect's enemies to enter.
Therefore, the Lei Kuo mentioned by the guarding disciple was the biggest suspect.
Lei Qian thought for a moment before questioning the disciple, "That's not right. Grandfather once called out to the disciple guarding the mountain to ask questions. Why didn't you say anything back then?"
The disciple guarding the mountain had a distressed expression as he said, "Grand Elder Lei Heng did ask and even called Lei Kuo over to confront me."
"But it's strange. Senior Brother Liu Ming and dozens of inner sect senior brothers all testified that Lei Kuo was with them that night. They were drinking and discussing cultivation matters." At this point, the disciple guarding the mountain had an innocent expression. "Compared to the inner sect disciples, who would believe an outer sect disciple like me?"
Hearing this, Lei Qian nodded silently. He still remembered that his grandfather had returned in disappointment without saying a word.
He must have asked the disciple guarding the mountain. Like the disciple guarding the mountain said, he believed Liu Ming's testimony and did not say anything more to Lei Qian.
Moreover, Lei Kuo had no enmity with Lei Kun in the past.
Although Lei Kun was not Lei Heng's biological grandson and did not have the blood of the Lei family flowing in his veins, his surname was still Lei.
What reason did Lei Kuo have to kill Lei Kun?
Suddenly, Lin Qian reached out with lightning speed and pinched the disciple guarding the mountain's chin, pouring a transparent medicine into his mouth.
Lin Qian's violent methods caused the disciple to choke and cough incessantly. It took him a while to recover.
"I'm sorry, I had no choice. I'll make it up to you later." Lin Qian patted the disciple's shoulder and said, "Tell me everything that happened seven nights ago when you were guarding the mountain gate."
Following that, the disciple was shocked to discover that he could no longer control his mouth. He opened his mouth and told the truth about what he had seen and heard that night.
Lei Qian and the patrolling outer sect disciples were dumbfounded.
"Boss, what is this?" Lei Qian came to Lin Qian's side and asked in a low voice.
"Truth Medicine. After drinking it, you can only speak the truth for an hour and answer all questions," Lin Qian tilted his head and answered in a low voice.
Lei Qian's eyes widened as realization dawned on him, "Three days ago, I couldn't control my mouth. Could it be …"
"I put some in your tea to confirm if you were sincere with me," Lin Qian said seriously. "Because I'm sure, I'll give you a present when the time comes."
"… …"
When the disciple finished speaking, Lei Qian clenched his fists tightly, "It really was Lei Kuo!"
The disciple that Lin Qian had forced into the mouth of the truth medicine spoke in even more detail and was mostly the same.
The only difference was that Lei Kuo had left the Myriad Nature Sect first, while Lei Kun had left the sect much later.
It was obvious that the disciple's memory was slightly off. Under the effects of the Truth Medicine, his memory was clearer.
Lin Qian was very confident in the effects of the Truth Medicine and could confirm that the disciple's words were true.
Lei Kuo's act of colluding with Liu Ming proved that the other party was Lei Kun's murderer.
However, after confirming it, Lin Qian and the others were even more confused. Why would Lei Kuo kill Lei Kun? Did he have nothing better to do?
"Could it be that he wanted to silence us?" An outer sect disciple suddenly said.
"Silence us?" Lin Qian and Lei Qian looked at this disciple at the same time.
"I … I just thought that if the two of them really didn't have any grudges, this is the only possibility." The disciple stuttered a little when he was stared at by Lin Qian and Lei Qian at the same time.
After this disciple's reminder, Lin Qian also felt that it was very possible.
It was obviously impossible for Lei Kuo to leave the sect in the middle of the night for no reason. He must have gone to do something.
Lei Heng and Lei Qian felt that Lei Kun was in the wrong and were prepared to let the matter rest.
Lei Kun was unwilling to accept this and ran away in anger. After leaving the Myriad Nature Sect, he coincidentally ran into Lei Kuo.
Lei Kuo might have done something that he couldn't let others know, so he killed Lei Kun to silence him.
"Boss, if only you didn't kill Lei Kuo." Lei Qian sighed and looked helplessly at Lin Qian.
Lin Qian's expression was also a little awkward. "Who knew that something like this would happen. If I had drugged Lei Kuo, he would have found out everything and I would have stabbed him to death …"
While Lin Qian and Lei Qian were talking, the other disciples were all leaning to the side with their backs facing the pit.
No one noticed Lei Kun, who had already died a horrible death in the pit.
He suddenly opened his eyes!
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
