"For this reason, I also suggest that the master go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to have a look!"
Xie Ming came to Ye Qian's side, knelt down and sat five steps away from Ye Qian, and saluted Ye Qian.
"Oh, so Xu Sheng is very likely to be in the Prime Minister's Mansion?"
Ye Qian stood up and frowned. Since Xie Ming said this, he thought that Xu Sheng's disappearance was related to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Not at all!" Xie Ming shook his head and said with a serious face, "On the day when the young master Xu Sheng disappeared, four first-class guests in the house disappeared one after another. The villain thought that this matter must be related to Xu Sheng. After investigation, he found
An amazing thing!”
Xie Ming paused, swallowed the smear, and tried to sort out his shocked mood. He carefully organized his words and said: "Not only my young master's mansion, but also other major families have had varying numbers of special guests and ministers in a short period of time.
The first-class guests are missing. Judging from the current information that the villain has, at least twenty-two first-class guests and two special guests left Xuecheng in a short period of time and disappeared."
"What does this have to do with the Prime Minister's Mansion?" Ye Qian suddenly remembered that not long ago, on the way to Jixianzhai, he heard with his spiritual power that Xu Wencai and Yu Hong had a conflict over the death of a guest named Cheng.
If this is the case, these missing guests may be in bad luck and end up on the road to hell.
"Most of these guests were invited by friends to go out and then disappeared, with the exception of two families. One is the Prime Minister's Mansion. The Xu family has three guests. They took the initiative to contact other guests, a total of eight people went out, and eleven guests disappeared..."
As Xie Ming spoke, he felt that the sky was getting colder and his heart felt chilly.
"The other one is our Young Master's Mansion?" Ye Qian guessed thoughtfully.
"Yes, the four guests in the house were arranged to go out by the third master one after another. There was no news either. The one who left yesterday was quite coincidental. He left a soul lamp at home and it was extinguished this afternoon! If there is no accident, I am afraid those three will also
No more alive!"
Xie Ming swallowed, feeling a little panicked for some reason.
"Do you think it will be your turn soon?" Ye Qian saw Xie Ming's strange behavior and directly exposed what Xie Ming didn't say.
"Yes, I have become the master's blood slave today. I will go to the third master to return the token of the first-class guest. The third master did not agree and asked me to wait for two days!" Xie Ming nodded, with a bitter taste in the corner of his mouth.
As Ye Qian's blood slave in name, he is naturally not subject to the control of the Young Master's Mansion, but he still has to go through a procedure. This is a small matter, but he was unexpectedly rejected by the third master. Combined with the news he received, Xie Ming always has something in his mind.
A bad shadow casts its shadow.
"If Mr. Xu has any instructions for you, just do it to me!" Ye Qian comforted Xie Ming. Since Xie Ming had taken refuge in him and was doing things for him, of course he would cover it up if anything happened.
"Thank you, Master!" Xie Ming's tense mood was relieved, and he felt much lighter.
"Is there any other news?" Ye Qian was at ease and didn't care much. To him, this was just a trivial matter, but to Xie Ming, it was a matter of life and death.
"The villain has some guesses, but there is no evidence. I am afraid that if I say it, I will mislead the master!" Xie Ming hesitated. Some of the guesses were really just guesses. He didn't know Ye Qian's temperament, so he couldn't decide whether to say it or not.
He came here tonight, firstly, to report the progress to Ye Qian. He is not a rookie. He thinks that after his master orders something, he must complete it before returning to his life. Letting the superiors know the progress of the matter at any time is the way for the inferiors to survive, even if
In the end, if the matter was not accomplished, the guilt would be much lighter;
Secondly, Mr. Xu's attitude gave him a creepy feeling. Since he sold himself to Ye Qian, he would naturally come to Ye Qian to ask for a guarantee in a critical moment. Unexpectedly, before he could say anything, Ye Qian took the initiative.
He was quite touched that he took it upon himself.
"You speak, and I listen!"
Ye Qian encouraged Xie Ming with a non-serious look. After all, Xie Ming was a local monk in Snow Country, and his guess was more reliable than that of King Quan Fugui who didn't even have any friends.
"More than a hundred years ago, in order to forge the divine weapon of destiny, King Xu Da ordered each family to send a varying number of outside practitioners to perform blood sacrifices to refine the weapon. Later, some families were unable to complete the task and were afraid of being angered by the king, so they directly used their own
The guest sent it there, causing other families to follow suit. Later, a guest escaped from death and made the matter public. Prime Minister Xu Qianshan directly sent all the leading families to a blood sacrifice, and only then did the public anger calm down! "
Xie Ming recounted the past events, and the meaning was obvious.
"Are you saying that those missing guests were sacrificed with Xu Sheng's blood and used to forge divine weapons?" Ye Qian shook his head. He didn't agree with it on his face, but he felt it was very possible.
The gate of heaven is about to open. In order to increase the chance of winning, Xu Sheng sacrificed blood to some guests to forge natal artifacts to increase his strength.
"Yes, it's not all based on guessing. Does the master know the effect of the soul lamp?" Xie Ming was born in poverty and knew how to be a subordinate. He must perform when he should, otherwise he would not be able to rise to the top.
"It is normal for practitioners of my generation to travel in search of Jiyuan. It is normal for them to go for decades. They always have to leave a message for their family or sect. When the light is on, people will live. When the light is out, people will die. Then you can prepare for the funeral! Of course, it is also easy.
Used as a curse."
Ye Qian lamented that he had been wandering and had never left a soul lamp anywhere. At this time, he felt a little envious. Leaving a soul lamp anywhere indicated that the roots of a cultivator were there, and no matter how long he left, he would always return.
"Yes, but the soul lamp left by me as a practitioner of the Blood Pond Demonic Art is a little special!" Xie Ming's tone was a little heavy.
"Oh, is it special there?" Ye Qian became a little interested. The soul lamp is not a high-tech device, and it mostly has the same two uses. I have never heard of other uses.
"It is rumored that if you practice the blood pool magic skill to the highest level, you will have the magical power to be reborn by dripping blood, and you will be almost immortal!"
Xie Ming's tone was full of longing. This is the state that everyone who practices this skill wants to achieve:
"If you want to be reborn with a drop of blood, the blood of the divine soul is indispensable. Therefore, the blood pool magic skill has given us some special features, such as the secret technique of blood slave contract formed with blood, and the secret technique of soul lamp guiding spirits formed with divine soul!"
"The secret technique of soul lantern to attract spirits?" Ye Qian's eyes lit up, it sounded very good.
"The soul lamp set up by us personally, through the soul lamp's secret technique of guiding spirits, our family can know our obsession before death. The higher the cultivation level, the clearer the obsession. I heard that if we reach the seventh level of the Dao Peeping Realm, if we die
, as long as the obsession remains in the soul, you can know who the murderer is through this secret technique!" Xie Ming explained.
"You mean, the guest who died in the Young Master's Mansion used the secret technique of soul lamp to guide spirits and spread the news about Xu Sheng's blood sacrifice and weapon refining?" Ye Qian exclaimed, a little unbelievable.
"On the contrary, there is no reaction to the soul lamp's secret technique of attracting spirits!" Xie Ming shook his head.
"Is it because both spirit and form are destroyed?" Ye Qian somewhat understood what Xie Ming meant.
"Yes, only when you die and the soul is annihilated will the secret technique fail. However, when the blood sacrifice is used to refine the natal artifact, the body of the soul will become the material for the growth of the artifact, and there will be no waste.
Of course, if this was the case of the Young Master's Mansion, I would not have thought of this direction, but I found out that Yu Hong, the eldest daughter of the Yu family, also used the soul lamp to attract spirits after the soul lamp on her face was extinguished.
Failed!"
Xie Ming's eyes were bright, and his words were filled with inexplicable confidence. What he said could arouse the approval of others.
"I understand!" Ye Qian nodded. If it is just an example, of course it cannot be confirmed, but with the second case, it cannot be regarded as a coincidence. If a third and fourth case can be found, it can basically be confirmed that Xu Sheng is here.
Secretly capture guests from various families and conduct blood sacrifices to refine weapons.
"Does the Blood Sacrifice Refining Artifact need a special place?" Ye Qian asked suddenly. If it could be done anywhere, even if it was confirmed, it would be difficult to find Xu Sheng's hiding place.
"Yes, blood sacrifices and weapon refining can only be done in blood caves. Our Snow Country has only built three blood caves for hundreds of years. King Xu Da owns one, Prime Minister Xu Da owns one, and other families share one!" Xie Ming
answer.
"So you want me to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion, firstly to test whether the disappearance of his guest minister was caused by Xu Qianshan, and secondly, to see if Xu Sheng was refining weapons in the Xu Family Blood Cave?" Ye Qian glared at Xie Ming angrily.
, the two things are not easy to separate, and I want him to complete them together. Xie Ming really thinks highly of him.
"Just on the way, even if Xie Mingzhen performed a blood sacrifice to refine the weapon, the most likely place is the blood cave built by King Xu Da in the palace. The chance of Prime Minister Xu's family is low, just in case. As for the blood cave shared by several families, there are many people.
It’s basically impossible to have complicated eyesight!”
Xie Ming laughed dryly and ordered his master to do things, saying that it is not an exaggeration to do the following, but it is a bit taboo.
"I'll take a look when I get the chance. What's the use of this blood cave? It sounds like it's very precious!" Ye Qian asked curiously. There are only three in the entire Snow Kingdom, so I think there is something special about it.
"The villain's position is not high. I only heard that the Blood Cave integrates cultivation, elixir refining, and weapon refining. Non-children of aristocratic families cannot enter!"
Xie Ming smiled bitterly. From what he said, he was just a first-class guest. There were some secrets in the Snow Country that he really could not know. Some exclusive resources, such as the Blood Cave, were not open to outsiders at all.
"The three blood caves are the blood-colored formation eyes, where the blood of all mortals in the country gathers. The blood pool magic skills, secret techniques, pills, and artifacts can all use the blood caves to get twice the result with half the effort. Xiao Yuan once entered the Xu Family Blood Cave.
Between the months, I peered through the broken mirror, and finally reached the second heaven!"
Xiao Yuan interjected from the side and said that the Tong family was once second only to the Xu family and the Yu family. She was the eldest daughter of the Tong family and had arranged a child marriage with the Xu family. What Xie Ming thought was a secret was just common sense to her.
"What is the healing effect of the blood cave? How many people can be accommodated to practice or refine weapons at the same time?" Ye Qian asked thoughtfully.
"Only one person can do it at a time. If Xu Da uses the blood cave to heal his wounds, Xu Sheng will not be able to perform blood sacrifices and refine weapons in the blood cave of the palace at the same time!" Xiao Yuan seemed to understand Ye Qian's thoughts quite well and said directly.
"Of course, Xu Da can also wait for Xu Sheng's blood sacrifice to refine the weapon before healing his injuries!"
Madoka tilted her head, thought for a moment, stuck out her tongue and added.
"It looks like we really have to go to the Prime Minister's Mansion!" Ye Qian smiled helplessly and stretched, "You continue to investigate. If the information or speculation you provided turns out to be useful, even if you don't find Xu Sheng,
The Pure Blood Pill is yours too!"
In just half a day, Xie Ming found a reliable direction of investigation. He is really a talent. It would be good to have such a person around him to handle things. If he really finds Xu Sheng according to Xie Ming's ideas, of course he will not hesitate to reward...