"Who is it?" Xiao Yueming's gaze gradually sharpened.
"Allow me to keep you in suspense and ask you a question." Yan Li said unhurriedly, "Who told you that I was here?"
Hearing this, Xiao Chun immediately pointed at Duwei and said, "It was him. He said that the old monk died outside the city and that Miss Xiao is pestering the murderer. He wants us to hurry over."
Yan Li's gaze was like a knife as he swept it towards Duwei. "What are you doing here at this time?"
"I …" Duwei did not expect to be checkmated. He subconsciously glanced at Wang Yuanlang but shifted his gaze away under the latter's murderous gaze. He then gritted his teeth and said, "Yan Li, I am the Thousand Guard of the Guard Division. You are just a student. There is no need for me to answer your question!"
"If you don't speak, then you can rest here with the old monk." Xiao Yueming said softly.
Duwei was so frightened that he trembled. He quickly came up with an idea and hurriedly said, "I-I came here to relieve my boredom. After seeing the tragic state of the Willow Forest Monastery, I felt uncomfortable, so I came here to take a walk …"
"You are lying!" Yan Li shouted sternly, "You took advantage of the fact that Zen Master Fa Xiang was heavily injured and couldn't move to stab him to death. You originally wanted to clean up the corpse, but you didn't expect the monk to be so virtuous. His body has already turned into a sarira and cannot be easily destroyed. Thus, you tried to frame someone else …"
"No, it wasn't me …" Facing Xiao Yueming's increasingly fierce gaze, Duwei's face turned deathly pale. He kept looking at Wang Yuanlang.
"Then who is the murderer?"
Yan Li's relentless pressure gave Duwei enormous mental pressure. In the face of the threat of death, he almost couldn't help but reveal the truth.
"It's …"
"Duwei, so the murderer is you!"
At this moment, something unexpected happened. Wang Yuanlang suddenly attacked and beheaded his trusted subordinate, Duwei.
Dewey's head rolled to the side of the woodman's head. The two heads stared at each other, as if they had a kind of "mutual appreciation" for each other, as if they were both in the same boat.
Everyone stared blankly at this scene. The situation changed so quickly that it truly caused them to be unable to keep up with it.
"The real culprit has been executed. The monk can rest in peace." Wang Yuanlang's face didn't have the slightest bit of warmth. It was almost callous. "You can all leave now. I still have to investigate the case of the monastery massacre. — Liu Mingyuan, seal off the bamboo forest. No one is allowed to enter or leave as they please. — Everyone, please!"
"Ah? Understood! " The one who was called Liu Mingyuan was another of Wang Yuanlang's trusted aides. He was also a Thousand Guard. He immediately reacted and went to direct the arrangement.
"What do you say?" Xiao Yueming only looked at Yan Li.
Wang Yuanlang stared coldly at Yan Li.
"Sir Imperial Envoy has already given me the answer." The corner of Yan Li's mouth slightly raised into an unfathomable arc.
Xiao Yueming turned around and left: "This old man believes you. But if there is any other result, Xiao Clan will not rest until Yanshan Robber is dead."
Once he left, the people of the Xiao Clan instantly left without a trace.
Seeing that there was a result, Yang An let out a sigh and coldly said: "This matter has nothing to do with Zajia. Regarding someone's inappropriate words, Zajia will truthfully report it to His Majesty. Let's go! "
Yan Li smiled and said: "Eunuch Yang, this humble one has a cultivation question to ask. Don't be in such a hurry to leave."
"Hmph!" Yang An coldly snorted. His footsteps became faster and faster.
Shen Liuyun rolled his eyes at Yan Li and said: "Why are you bullying an old man?"
Yan Li shrugged his shoulders, then walked behind the Wisdom Buddha Painting and said, "Benefactor, let's leave this place first. There will be someone to take care of the monk's body. We have to choose a day to bury him and let him rest in peace."
The Wisdom Buddha Diagram sat cross-legged without moving.
Xiao Chun said: "Miss, this murderer is right. Let's leave this place first."
The Wisdom Buddha Diagram sat cross-legged without moving.
Yan Li looked carefully and found that she had stopped chanting. Her hand was holding a Nirvana Seal. She was silent and motionless like a clay statue.
After thinking for a while, he said: "She should have escaped into some Zen realm. Let's enter the city first."
"No, I want to stay here with Miss." Xiao Chun shook his head and also sat down.
"Up to you."
After leaving the bamboo forest, Fu Er suddenly asked: "Master, master, is the killer really Duwei? I don't feel like it. "
"It's not him." Yan Li shook his head.
"Then who is it?" Shen Liuyun was slightly curious.
Yan Li said: "Did you look closely at the woodcutter's eyes?"
Shen Liuyun thought for a moment and said: "Slightly bloodshot."
"It's not bloodshot, it's the veins of blood that appeared due to the rapid enlargement of the eyeballs."
"If that's the case, then what's strange about it? Who doesn't fear death? "
"A normal person's fear of death would not reach such a level. The woodcutter must have felt something even more terrifying before he died."
"For example?"
"Murderous intent."
"Murderous intent?"
"You know, that is a strong belief. Normal people cannot resist it and have never experienced it. The fear of the unknown, along with the threat of death, will naturally be so strong. The evidence is that before he died, he was shrouded in murderous intent and lost all feeling in his body. Even under such strong fear, he did not urinate. "
"I don't feel that a martial artist above the third rank would release murderous intent towards a normal person."
"What if it was unintentional?" Yan Li smiled slightly.
Shen Liuyun heard this and thought carefully. He suddenly realized: "Murderous intent blade.
"Ah! So that person is a big bad guy! "Fu Er said angrily." Fu Er almost believed him. "
She then turned to Yan Li: "Master, master, why didn't you expose him?"
"He is bait, bait to catch a big fish. We can't let him die like this." Yan Li said.
Shen Liuyun said: "You didn't hesitate to offend the Xiao Clan?"
"I already offended him." Yan Li said lightly: "If I can see it, he might not be unable to. Rather than saying it was to avenge the monk, it's better to say that he took the opportunity to set a trap for me. If I couldn't see through it, he might not have killed me, but it was inevitable that he would have been used."
At this point, he suddenly laughed coldly: "Wang Yuanlang is still very decisive at the crucial moment. He still thinks he's just an idiot."
The sky had already darkened, but for convenience, the Xiao Clan ordered that the city gates would not be closed for the time being.
The Serene State Prefecture was the Xiao Clan's Serene State Prefecture, so this was only a small matter.
The three found an inn to stay in. Shen Liuyun immediately went to take a bath and then reconvened in Yan Li's room to discuss the next step.
"What are you going to do next?" Shen Liuyun asked.
"Investigate the case." Yan Li said.
Shen Liuyun said: "Don't forget, we are here as private individuals. If we interfere in the extermination case, we will be obstructing official business. Wang Yuanlang will definitely make a big deal out of it, and even use the Serene State Prefecture's power to deal with you."
"That is a problem." Yan Li smiled: "So I have decided to do it now."
"Ah? What for? "Fu Er seemed to wake up from a dream.
… …
The night of Serene State was shrouded in a layer of dark blue fog. The starry sky behind it was still shining, but not as bright. Only the "cold" stars were especially bright.
So the night was very cold.
Taking advantage of the fact that the city gates were not closed, the three stepped into the night and went straight to the Willow Forest Monastery dozens of miles away from Xiao City. The monastery was built on the mountainside of a mountain called Mount Magus. There were two mountain paths with lush vegetation that arched down, and the steps were faintly covered with moss.
Guided by the starlight, they climbed the mountain path and arrived at the entrance of the monastery's main hall.
The monastery was built on the mountain, and its back was the most famous Magus Rock of Mount Magus. This rock seemed to be cursed, and was completely black. Of course, the difference could not be seen at night.
The first thing they saw after entering was a hall that worshipped the golden body of Master Pushu. Traces of blood could be seen everywhere.
"The corpses should have been moved back." Yan Li carried the lantern and walked around the hall. He did not find any useful clues, so he continued to walk inside.
After passing the front hall, there was a huge square. Every few steps with the lantern in hand, there would always be solidified black blood stains. Every few steps, there would be another blood stain. Just walking and looking at it was enough to make one's heart tremble.
"They stood aloof from worldly affairs." Shen Liuyun's eyes were filled with anger. "Why did they have to suffer such misfortune! Who did this? This is a blasphemy against life. It's simply insane! "
Yan Li was slightly moved, but his eyes did not have much warmth, even coldness. It was as if the aftermath of the tragedy in front of him could not evoke his emotions.
"The monastery has hundreds of years of history, but it has also been ruthlessly eliminated." Although there was no sympathy, there was some emotion. After a pause, he said, "More than three hundred people could not have stood there and been slaughtered. There were very few signs of resistance at the scene. It seemed like they were all killed in one blow, but there were no signs of a fatal blow. Either the murderer was a super strong person, and his control of vital energy was superb, or he saw a ghost. "
Shen Liuyun said, "As far as I know, the only people in this world who could seriously injure a monk are the legendary Medical Saint Li Xuanwei and the Ghost Saint Yang Youyun."
Yan Li said, "Didn't these two disappear together after the Feast of Ghosts and Gods?"
Shen Liuyun shook her head and said, "Other than these two, the top expert on the Asura Ranking, Lianhai Borong, might also be able to do it. But I've seen this person. He doesn't seem like a cruel person. Exterminating an entire sect is not the style of Lianhai Manor. "
Yan Li did not know why she shook her head. He was about to ask when his heart suddenly froze. He saw a person in black standing on a roof not far away, and Shen Liuyun had already asked.
"Who?"
The person's face was faintly visible, and he wore a mask.
"Why did you come to Serenity State?" An old but powerful voice came from his mouth.
Yan Li did not know who this "you" referred to, so he teased, "If you can take off your mask, I will reluctantly tell you."
"You don't know the immensity of heaven and earth."
When the masked person finished speaking, his body actually flew up. It was not some lightness technique, but real flying. Then, he raised his hand, and a circular door of light appeared above his head.
When Shen Liuyun saw the door of light, her pretty face immediately turned pale. "The Door of Wonders! Run! "
In the next moment, the entire huge square was illuminated by the meteors that shot out from the door of light.
In the next moment, the entire Mount Magus turned into an incomparably huge firework.
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