The space in the treehouse was not big, but there were many things inside. It was extremely messy at first glance.
On the floor in the middle of the room, there was a thick, dark yellow blanket.
Against the wall in the room, there was an iron stove for burning firewood. There was even a copper kettle on top of the stove. There was black ash in the stove, and beside it was a small pile of unburned firewood.
Although it was summer, the nights in the mountains were still cold and gloomy. Although the iron stove was small, it could keep the entire treehouse warm when it was lit.
There were two windows in the treehouse. Two or three hemp ropes were tied around the outer edge of one window, across the treehouse, and then fixed to the outer edge of the other window.
There were a few tattered clothes on the hemp ropes. The clothes were patched and obviously belonged to an adult. There was still some moisture on them, indicating that they had not been completely dried.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window into the treehouse.
The interior of the treehouse was dim, and the handles of the axes and hunting knives at the corner of the walls were wrapped in animal skins. There were even dark red bloodstains on the blades.
On the other wall, there was a piece of bamboo paper, and a dagger was stuck in the middle.
There was a young man's face drawn on the bamboo paper. It was Fang Yuan's face!
All of this indicated that recently, a person had come to this hidden treehouse and lived in seclusion. This person's goal was obvious. It was Fang Yuan, who was drawn on the bamboo paper.
The dagger stuck in the paper vividly expressed his sinister intentions!
Fang Yuan, the person in question, could not help but be moved by such a scene.
"What does this person want? Why is he targeting me? No, maybe it's not me, but Fangzheng. "Fang Yuan's mind was in turmoil.
Fangzheng was an A grade talent. He was the only A grade talent in the past three years in the Guyue clan. He was the hope of the Guyue clan. If he could be trained, he would be the next generation's flag.
But training always required a process.
During this process, there would be natural disasters and disasters.
Let's not talk about natural disasters for now. As everyone knew, Qing Mao Mountain did not only have the Guyue Village, but also the Bai Village and the Xiong Village. These two forces would definitely not be happy to see the traditional overlord, the Guyue Clan, successfully nurture an A-grade Heavenly expert.
Therefore, assassinations were a common occurrence.
In this world, there were very few geniuses, and those who could grow up smoothly were few and far between.
A grade aptitude Gu Masters were not unheard of. Three years ago, the Guyue Clan had appeared. In earlier eras, they had appeared many times.
But among the three great villages of Qing Mao mountain, in all these years, only one A grade heaven had been nurtured. That was Bai Ning Bing of Bai village, who had already reached Rank three.
This phenomenon alone was enough to explain many things.
"Is this person from the Bai Clan or the Xiong Clan? Are we going to start killing Guyue Fangzheng now? "Fang Yuan frowned as he stared at the portrait on the wooden wall.
"But why would this treehouse be marked on Old Man Wang's beast skin map? Could it be that Old Man Wang is a spy secretly developed by other forces? No, this person is targeting me! "
Fang Yuan's eyes shone with a sharp light.
At this moment, he recalled many scenes.
The first time, beside the trap, he heard the conversation of the four young hunters —
A hunter said, "Brother Wang Er, you are already nineteen this year, you should get married and have kids."
Wang Er said, "Hmph, as a man, how can I be greedy for such a little beauty! One day, I will walk out of this Qing Mao mountain and roam the world, seeing the world. I am worthy of my manly body! "
The second time was after he made his move. Wang Er was abnormally calm. He drew his bow and aimed at Fang Yuan. The other three were already begging for mercy.
The third time was Fang Yuan's question.
"Let me ask you, is there anyone else in Old Man Wang's family?"
A hunter answered, "Hunter Wang originally had a wife, but more than ten years ago, she was killed by a wild wolf that invaded the village. Before his wife died, she gave birth to two boys and a girl for Old Man Wang. But the eldest son, Wang Da, died three years ago while hunting in the mountains. There is no one else in the Wang family. "
"I, I remember now! Old Man Wang actually had a wife, Wang Da's wife. But after Wang Da disappeared, his wife also died of love. That year, the village even specially sent down a chastity memorial arch. But I heard that Wang Da's wife wanted to remarry, but was forced to death by Old Man Wang. You killed Old Man Wang, you are getting rid of the tyrant and bringing peace to the people, it is for the good of the people. "
Another person hurriedly added, "That's right, that's right. Actually, Lord, we have long disliked this Old Man Wang. Hmph, what's so great about him, isn't he just better at hunting than us? We are all mortals, but he makes it seem like he is very special, moving out of the village and staying here. As the younger generation, we sometimes want to ask him for advice, but he directly chased us away, and did not allow us to appear near the wooden house again! "
Old Man Wang's family, moved out of the village, living alone …
Eldest son, Wang Er, died three years ago while hunting in the mountains …
Wang Da's wife, wanted to remarry, but was forced to death by Old Man Wang, and received a chastity memorial arch …
Old Man Wang chased away all the young people who asked him for advice on hunting …
Old Man Wang wholeheartedly hid the beast skin map, and on the bamboo paper that he gave to Fang Yuan, there was no sign of these three red circles …
Wang Er was young, but he was very calm in front of Gu Masters. At the same time, he did not marry, and had ambitions beyond mortals …
The key point was that the red circle on the beast skin map was a hidden habitat. There were obvious signs of human activity here. At the same time, this person had strong ill intentions towards Fang Yuan or Fangzheng …
If these clues were separated, it would not be easy for others to detect them. But once they were linked together, there was something fishy!
The more Fang Yuan thought, the more he felt that the layers of fog shrouding his eyes were getting thinner and thinner.
The afterglow of the setting sun shone through the window, shining on his face, so thick that it was like a smear of blood.
The surroundings seemed to have sunk into a deathly silence. Was there someone spying on him from behind?
Suddenly, Fang Yuan's eyes brightened, his vision seemed to penetrate through time, and he saw the truth!
"Wang Da did not die."
At this moment, his eyes shone brightly!
"Not only did he not die, he even got lucky and became a demonic Gu Master!"
It was not that mortals did not have the talent to cultivate, but the clan system had always tightly controlled the cultivation methods of Gu Masters.
But in this world, there were no absolutes.
There were cases of mortals becoming Gu Masters, like encountering the Hope Gu in the wild, and opening their aperture. Or inheriting a certain strength inheritance, or receiving the private teachings of a certain clan member, etc.
But such Gu Masters were never accepted by the clan, and could at most become the hired thugs of the clan. Thus, they, who were unwilling, became lone Gu Masters. The cultivation conditions were incomparably tough, and as time passed, to fight for resources, they had to kill and rob, thus entering the demonic path.
"Because of some kind of opportunity, most likely from a Gu Master's corpse, he obtained a fortune, and Wang Da became a Gu Master three years ago. In order to deceive people, he released fake news of his death, but in reality, no one had seen his corpse. After Old Man Wang's family knew of this, they moved out of the village, taking the risk of being attacked by wild beasts and living alone, all to continue hiding this truth. "
"But there were some disagreements, Wang Da's wife did not agree, maybe she wanted to report it to the Guyue village. The Wang family could only kill this wife, and purposely released some fake news. Things like wanting to remarry, or forcing her to die, they firmly covered the truth under these rumors. "
"Every once in a while, Wang Da would return home to live. Old Man Wang would chase away those youngsters who came to ask for advice. After Wang Er and his brother Wang Da interacted, his fear towards Gu Masters gradually disappeared, and he naturally wanted to become a Gu Master himself, and have the ambition to roam the world! "
"Because he was worried that Wang Da's whereabouts would be exposed, Wang Er did not rashly marry at such an old age. Wang Da could not always live at home, so Old Man Wang drew three red circles on the beast skin map. These three places should be such secret residences. A crafty rabbit has three burrows, so Wang Da took turns to live in these residences, living in the cracks between the forces of the three villages. "
The meaning of these three red circles was finally clear!
Red usually represented eye-catching and important. To Old Man Wang, this was his eldest son's residence. So when Fang Yuan wanted Old Man Wang to draw the map, he did not draw these three red circles on the bamboo paper, to protect his eldest son. At the same time, he also drew fewer red crosses, wanting to take revenge for killing him.
"Maybe every year at a fixed time, Wang Da would return home to live for a period of time. When he came back, he saw his family dead. After secretly asking around, he found out about me, so he used a dagger to nail my portrait on the wall, to take revenge! "
Based on his previous life's experience, Fang Yuan was almost sure that this was the truth.
If other forces wanted to assassinate Fangzheng, they could be more secretive. There was no need to develop a mortal spy like Old Man Wang. After all, Old Man Wang lived at the foot of the mountain, and not in the Guyue village.
"To think that I provoked a demonic assassin for a beast skin map. This world is really strange. "Fang Yuan could not help but laugh coldly.
He killed Wang Er first, then Old Man Wang and Wang Jiamei, to directly get the beast skin map. Old Man Wang was the number one hunter in the surrounding villages, his beast skin map was definitely valuable.
At that time, he thought: It's just three mortal lives, what's the big deal, I'll just kill them casually.
In this world, everyone has the right to live, and anyone can die.
But now, a demonic Gu Master popped out!
Regarding this, Fang Yuan did not have the slightest bit of regret, but instead felt lucky.
If he had been merciful, Wang Er, Old Man Wang and Wang Jiamei would have been huge obstacles to get the Wang family's beast skin map. To protect Wang Da's secret, they would definitely not take out the real thing.
Wang Er's battle strength could already kill an ordinary Rank one upper stage Gu Master. Old Man Wang was old but ruthless. In a real battle, he was even more of a threat than Wang Er.
Even if he got the real thing, Old Man Wang would tell Wang Da the details, and Wang Da would immediately know Fang Yuan's exact information. No matter how he dealt with it, he was in the dark, and Fang Yuan was out in the open. The initiative was firmly in his hands.
"Luckily, I killed right from the start! No matter what, I have always been in control of the situation. This way, even if I can't get the real thing, I won't lose anything, and can still rob other hunters. Moreover, I killed Old Man Wang and that girl so that this Wang Da would waste time to gather information about me. Needless to say, the two young hunters who survived must have been killed by him. "Fang Yuan's heart was clear.
There were only a few people who knew, and Wang Da would not make a move on Jiang He. Once Jiang He died, the clan would send people to investigate. And if the two hunters went missing on the mountain, it would be easy to manipulate. Jiang He would not expose this matter for the clan's evaluation of him, and would instead cover for Wang Da.
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