Cecilia smiled and said, "It doesn't matter. The man I like should be the best. It would be abnormal if Chen Rong didn't have any feelings for you. "
Bai Xiaowen sighed and thought to himself, "If Shuyi had the same mentality as Cecilia, it would be … boring."
The fun of a handsome man was so simple and boring.
Cecilia went back to the topic, "Even the Shangqing school can't find the murderer for this Hero Level Mission. Are you sure you can complete it?"
Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "First of all, regardless of whether I can complete this mission or not, I have already received the opportunity to open up the Shangqing school by accepting this mission. This is not a loss. Anyway, if I can't complete the mission, there will be no punishment. I must accept it. "
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued, "As for whether this mission can be completed or not, I am confident. The soul of the disciple named Zhou Wu has been absorbed into the Black Soul Stone … Oh, no, it should be called the 'Grim Reaper's Face' mask. "
After killing the hidden Grim Reaper, the function of the Black Soul Stone (Grim Reaper's Face) had changed a lot.
An inconspicuous function was that when it absorbed the soul of a powerhouse, it was not limited to Bai Xiaowen killing the powerhouse himself.
Of course, there was a certain limit to this method of absorption. It was an instinctive resistance to the absorption of the Grim Reaper's Face.
Only the souls that were weaker than Bai Xiaowen when they were alive could not resist the absorption.
Those who were stronger than Bai Xiaowen when they were alive could resist the absorption of the Grim Reaper's Face. Unless this powerhouse was killed by Bai Xiaowen, they could not resist.
Bai Xiaowen had completely mastered the function of the Black Soul Stone. Naturally, he could consume a certain amount of soul essence to retain the memories of this powerhouse when he was alive.
Of course, it was also because Bai Xiaowen arrived at the scene not long after Zhou Wu's death. If too much time had passed, Zhou Wu's soul would have disappeared by itself. Then, the Grim Reaper's Face would not have been able to attract it.
Bai Xiaowen then chose to extract Zhou Wu's soul. Soon, an illusory figure with a confused expression appeared.
Note that the soul absorbed here was only a remnant soul, which was different from the soul of Keats. Keitz had willingly allowed himself to be absorbed, so his soul was complete, and he could communicate with the outside world through normal means. Zhou Wu definitely hadn't willingly allowed himself to be absorbed, and in addition to the fact that he had been quite powerful when he was alive, his soul had been damaged during the pulling.
Zhou Wu's remnant soul couldn't see or hear things or sounds in the real world. It was impossible to get an answer from him using normal methods, unless one had Qiao Rui's Soul Speaker ability.
However, Bai Xiaowen had his own way of communicating with the souls absorbed by Death's Visage. He closed his eyes slightly and guided a trace of his spiritual consciousness into Zhou Wu's soul memory.
In Zhou Wu's sea of consciousness, fragments of memories floated around like fireflies. The bright fireflies were deep memories, and the dark fireflies were meaningless shallow memories.
Bai Xiaowen quickly came into contact with the memory fragments.
Zhou Wu's life gradually took shape in his mind.
He had entered Shangqing school as an apprentice when he was young. He first stood out among the outer sect disciples, then stood out in the competition among the outer sect disciples …
A senior sister from the outer sect admired Zhou Wu, but she was rejected by Zhou Wu …
After entering the inner sect, Zhou Wu worked hard and became the rising star of Shangqing school. Every time he competed in the martial arts trial, he would always improve …
His daily life with the inner sect disciples, the conflicts and conflicts that occurred during cultivation …
Bai Xiaowen quickly erased these memories that had nothing to do with solving the case.
In the end, a cluster of extremely bright memory fragments was captured by Bai Xiaowen's spiritual consciousness, and then he probed into it.
[Oh, this should be Zhou Wu's last memory fragment before he died.]
Just like before, Bai Xiaowen's "perspective" quickly changed to Zhou Wu's perspective. It was like watching a first-person movie, and it was impossible to make any changes to the perspective.
Moreover, some of the scenes in the perspective were clear, while some were blurry. This was related to Zhou Wu's attention at that time. The things he noticed were very clear in his memory, and the things he neglected were very blurry in his memory.
At this moment, Zhou Wu should be in the quiet room, concentrating on cultivating.
Suddenly, the perspective turned to the door.
After a short pause, the door opened, and a thin, monkey-like disciple of Shangqing school walked in.
The monkey and Zhou Wu talked. Bai Xiaowen could only see the monkey's mouth open and close, as if he was watching a silent movie.
Then, Zhou Wu followed the monkey out of the door.
After a few turns, they stopped in a secluded and dark place.
Then, the monkey turned around and suddenly revealed a look of astonishment, pointing behind Zhou Wu.
[This kind of clumsy trick actually worked?] Bai Xiaowen secretly ridiculed.
However, as an inner sect elite disciple and a seeded contestant in the Dao Discussion Conference, Zhou Wu naturally did not fall for the trick. Instead, he immediately activated his elemental energy to protect his body. From the first-person perspective, one could see the sparkling white light of the activation of elemental energy.
However, a hand pressed against the back of Zhou Wu's neck from behind, as if it had no bones, and extended towards him.
The memory was greatly shaken. It was obvious that Zhou Wu was in a state of extreme shock and panic.
Then, the image suddenly turned black.
Bai Xiaowen opened his eyes.
Zhou Wu's remnant soul had disappeared and returned to the Grim Reaper's Countenance.
"Did you find any clues?" Cecilia came over. "This time, it took a long time. It's almost dawn."
Bai Xiaowen said, "There weren't many clues. We only found a disciple suspected to be a spy in Shangqing school. We didn't see the face of the real murderer."
Bai Xiaowen then recounted the scene of the last memory fragment to Cecilia.
"That murderer was very powerful," Bai Xiaowen said. "Zhou Wu's awareness was actually very good. He had already activated his elemental energy to protect his body. However, the other party seemed to have ignored his elemental energy and directly twisted his neck … Conservatively speaking, it had to be at least an expert at Elder Tang's level to be able to ignore Zhou Wu's elemental energy protection and directly kill him. "
Cecilia said, "That disciple from Shangqing school who looked like a skinny monkey should be the key. From the last memory fragment, it seems that he was the one who tricked Zhou Wu out and let that person kill him."
Bai Xiaowen said, "The motive of the murderer is still unclear. Furthermore, we need evidence … Zhou Wu's remnant soul is not suitable to be used as direct evidence. "
"Why?" Cecilia asked curiously. The Shangqing school should have the means to communicate with remnant souls.
Bai Xiaowen said, "In the eyes of the righteous sects in ancient Hua Xia, detaining souls is considered an evil method. It's just like how the Western magic world views necromancy as a taboo. If I hand over Zhou Wu's remnant soul, even though it will help the Shangqing school find clues, what good will it do me? Not only will there be no benefits, but I might even be regarded as a demon and be chased out of Shangqing school! "
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