Xie Sanming held a straw in his mouth and asked Lu Ming not far away with a relaxed expression.
Shaking his head, Lu Ming stood up.
"Died from a stab wound, with no traces of residual magic power in his body."
In front of Lu Ming, there was a corpse lying on the ground.
The corpse looked ordinary, wearing the linen clothes of ordinary villagers, with a calm expression on his face, and no signs of struggle before death. There was a hoe, a common farm tool of the villagers, beside him.
"That's the weird part."
This is the sixth death incident encountered in this nearby mountain village in recent times.
The five people in front died of the same cause as the person in front of me.
They were all villagers who went out to farm alone. They were stabbed in the chest with a knife from behind and killed with one blow. The deceased did not resist or struggle, and still maintained the same expression as before.
But there is no trace of mana left in his body.
The first five village names have no other similarities. Most of them are unknown and have no intersection.
If nothing else, this villager did not know the other dead villagers.
The places of death are distributed in several villages dozens of miles away, and now the names of the villages have caused panic.
Originally, this kind of thing would not alarm Lu Ming and others.
A few days ago, Lu Ming and others were chasing a demon sect disciple and came nearby.
I heard about this incident in the city and suspected that there were demon sect disciples performing blood sacrifices and practicing demonic skills.
So I took the initiative to participate in this investigation.
After investigating several corpses one after another, no residual traces of mana were found on the corpses.
There are no weird sacrificial items.
At the death scene, nothing was left except the deceased himself.
The deceased all have one thing in common. They were stabbed through the heart with a knife from behind, killing them directly. The deceased were all honest villagers and had not offended anyone.
This is very strange.
The local mortal city lord could not find any clues through investigation.
Lu Ming and others did not find any special marks on the corpse in front.
After these incidents, at least one thing has been determined. Although there are no traces of magic power left, it is mostly caused by practitioners.
The reason is very simple. There were no signs of struggle on the deceased, and there was no change in his expression. He died in the open space of a deserted mountain village.
If an ordinary person took action, even someone he knew of the deceased, he would not let the other person stand behind him with a murderous weapon and show no reaction when the deceased went out to do farm work.
What's more, most of these deceased people had nothing in common, and they probably didn't know the same person at the same time.
Even if they knew each other, after several deaths occurred during this period, they would not turn their backs on others alone and let others kill them.
It should be that the practitioner quietly came behind the deceased and then killed him with a knife.
But are there any special traces of mana?
Explain that it is not for practicing evil techniques.
Then the motive for the murder becomes even more puzzling.
What is the motive of this murderer?
Lu Ming was a little out of his mind. He just went down the mountain to look for traces of the demon sect, so why did he get involved in such a weird murder?
Especially this one today.
When he and others were obviously involved, the murderer still dared to attack nearby. How brave he was.
He looked at Xie Sanming who looked relaxed next to him.
Lu Ming was a little irritable.
"I have been working hard here for a long time to analyze, and my head hurts. Why do you look so calm and confident there?"
"Thank you, junior brother, what do you think?"
"ah?"
When Xie Sanming saw Lu Ming looking at him, he spat out the straw in his mouth.
"Senior Brother Lu, don't be anxious."
To be honest, the main reason why I went out with Senior Brother Lu to investigate the situation was to avoid the nagging Master.
He looked at the corpses on the ground and said to Lu Ming: "Brother, there are no clues left on these dead people. Let's have them taken back for burial first. Nothing can be learned from the corpses."
"Um."
Lu Ming nodded.
Looking at Xie Sanming: "What then?"
Xie Sanming smiled and analyzed Lu Ming.
"Senior brother, look, the first one happened twelve days ago, and this one happened this morning. There is no specific time, but on average, one person dies every two days."
As he spoke, he took a branch and started drawing on the ground.
"Draw a range around these twelve deceased people. The two furthest ones are probably more than fifty miles apart."
"With such a long distance, every deceased must be a farmer who went out alone."
"Now we exclude ordinary people from committing crimes. Ordinary people cannot do this without detailed information."
"The target can be locked on the practitioner. No matter whether the person is on the righteous path or the demonic path, if he does such a thing, he must be a person who has become a demon."
"The modus operandi is concealed and the purpose is unclear, making it difficult to arrest."
"At this time, we can't find any clues, but we can consider luring the target to take action."
"Ask the city lord to inform all nearby people and ask them not to go out alone in the next few days."
"When we got here, we didn't hide our identities, but the other party still didn't stop committing crimes. Either the other party didn't take us seriously, or they were crazy, or they still didn't take us seriously, or the other party was really committing the crime this time.
Perform special evil sacrifices."
"No matter what happens, the other party will definitely take action again in the next few days."
"We can make a bait. Within a few dozen miles, no other villagers go out alone. The villagers who go out must be secretly followed by our people. When the target appears, we can solve it."
"My analysis is that the opponent's cultivation level should not be very high, and there should not be any threat to us, otherwise there would not be so few villagers killed."
Lu Ming nodded, agreeing with Xie Sanming's method.
"Thank you, junior brother. It's up to you to find the candidates for going out. I'll inform the city lord and restrain the nearby villagers not to go out recently."
"good."
Xie Sanming smiled and nodded.
Logically speaking, the matter has been solved, but Lu Ming still did not let go of his worries.
This matter is a bit strange. In the ancient books collected by Qingyun Sect over the years, there is no introduction to such a sacrificial method.
There are not even similar ones.
He and the others are considered elite disciples, and Master Feiyun is still there to protect them. No matter what, they should feel relieved.
But now, the special feeling in Lu Ming's heart became stronger and stronger.
"Maybe it's the first time I've encountered something like this."
Lu Ming thought.
Look at Xie Sanming.
Xie Sanming has been letting go since he left Master Feiyun. His cultivation level is similar to his own, but he has no bad premonition. It may just be his own fault.
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Lu Xueqi was paying attention to the situation around her while holding the spell against the elder of the Hehuan sect.
Suru fought against the elders of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect alone and had the upper hand in a short time. However, there was a group of demon sect disciples not far away who were watching eagerly. If the elder of the Ten Thousand Poison Sect decided to let many demon sect disciples take action regardless of their status, Suru would have no choice but to
Lost all the way.
Song Daren and Tian Linger joined forces to fight against the elders of the Ghost King Sect. It seems that they can still support it at present. The two are from the same lineage and cooperate with each other tacitly. Although their cultivation is not as good as the other's, but the two of them join forces, the other side is not good for a while.
Way to win.
The most dangerous place is the civil and sensitive area.
Although Zhou Yin of the Changsheng Hall had spent a lot of mana in the battle with Suru, he was still not something Wen Min could resist alone, and the situation could collapse at any time.
Especially the small cone-shaped magic weapon that Zhou Yin holds, which is very strange and difficult to defend against. If it were not for the defense of Liuhe Mirror, I am afraid that even Wen Min would not be able to support it.
The Tianya Sword emits a rich blue brilliance, flying across the sky with huge power and constantly slashing at the bell that exudes green light.
Every attack was resisted by the misty brilliance of the bell.
The elder of the Acacia sect opposite always had a smile on his face. The Tianya Sword was indeed powerful, and it could maintain its attack even when facing stronger opponents in a short period of time.
But Tianya Sword, as the Nine Heavens Divine Weapon, also consumes a huge amount of mana.
After this period of strong power, Lu Xueqi could only let the opponent counterattack when her magic power was low.
The disciples of Qingyun Sect have been retreating for some time.
Suru has been paying attention to the situation on the field.
He shouted to several people: "Let's go!"
A powerful light erupted from the whole body, and the divine sword 'Mo Xue' exploded with great power, forcing the elder of Wandu Sect on the opposite side to retreat.
At the same time, he flew towards Wenmin.
Seeing Suru coming towards him, Zhou Yin showed a sinister sneer on his lips.
"I want to leave now, but it's too late!"
The spells in his hands changed, and he whispered in his mouth: "Li Renzui!"
The small cone magic weapon left Wen Min's place, gathered rich black light, and shot towards Suru!
Suru had just used means to force the elder of the Wandu Sect away. He thought that Zhou Yin of the Changshengtang, who had just consumed a huge amount of energy, was no longer in much danger. Unexpectedly, he saw a fierce attack coming towards him in the blink of an eye.
In shock, he only had time to instinctively use the divine sword Mo Xue to resist Xiang Liren's cone.
"Peng!"
There was a loud noise, and Suru was shocked and stepped back.
The Wan Du Sect elder behind him saw this opportunity and quickly killed him.
A handful of green poison was swayed towards Suru.
Suru stabilized her mind, not daring to be careless, and enveloped herself in a green light.
The divine sword Mo Xue was tumbling and flying to resist the attack of the elders of Wan Du Sect.
When Wen Min saw Suru being besieged, he activated his fairy sword to kill Zhou Yin with all his strength, chanting magic spells in his mouth.
Zhou Yin turned back and glanced at Wenmin Feijian. He flicked his sleeves and a burst of mana surged out, blocking Wenmin Feijian from entering.
"Little girl, do you really think you are my opponent?"
After blocking Wen Min's flying sword, Zhou Yin urged the Liren Cone to attack Suru again.
With such an opportunity, as long as we can capture Suru, it will be a great achievement.
Even if this operation is carried out by the elders of the four major factions at the same time, the greatest credit will still belong to the Changsheng Hall!
"mother!"
Tian Linger felt anxious when she saw that her mother was under siege.
Ignoring the opponent of the Ghost King Sect in front of him, the Amber Zhu Ling flew towards Suru with him.
The elder among the ghost kings looked at Suru, then at Tian Linger, and sneered without stopping.
It's just that the means of attacking Song Daren instantly became a lot heavier.
Song Daren's pressure only increased, and the celestial sword "Ten Tigers" trembled.
He looked back and saw that Suru was in danger.
He remained silent, just clenched his teeth, and used all his strength to use the Ten Tiger Immortal Swords to fight against the elders of the Ghost King Sect.
Suru, who originally had a slight advantage when facing the elders of Wan Du Sect alone, was attacked fiercely by Li Renzhui, and was besieged by the two men together. Now the situation took a turn for the worse.
In less than a moment, a mouthful of blood spurted out.
"Uncle Master!"
Seeing that Suru was injured, Wenmin shouted in grief and anger, and the fairy sword attacked Zhou Yin even more fiercely.
But Zhou Yin was powerful after all, and he blocked Wen Min's attacks every time with just a wave of his sleeve.
Instead, he controlled Liren Zhui and cooperated with the elders of Wan Du Sect to attack Suru continuously.
Tian Linger controlled the Amber Zhu Ling and took a look at the situation, then attacked Zhou Yin.
Zhou Yin frowned.
He looked back at the elder of the Ghost King Sect who was pressing down on Song Daren to attack fiercely, and a cold look flashed in his eyes.
How could he not know what the other party had planned?
It's just that it's important to deal with Suru now, and there's no time to deal with him. After taking Suru and returning to the temple this time, the other party will naturally suffer consequences, but if Suru is allowed to escape because of this, there will be nothing he can do to the other party by then.
After Tian Linger joined, Zhou Yin's pressure increased greatly.
He could only control Liren Zhui to return to defense and deal with the two disciples of Qingyun Sect at the same time. He had no energy to attack Suru anymore.
But even if he was besieged by the two men, Zhou Yin, as the elder of Changsheng Hall and with a powerful and strange magic weapon in his hand, still had the upper hand.
When facing Wen Min, Wen Min was protected by the Qingyun Sect's most precious six-way mirror, which made him unable to attack in a short period of time.
But when attacking Tian Ling'er, there was no powerful magic weapon to resist.
Although Amber Zhu Ling is also a powerful magic weapon capable of both offense and defense, it is not as capable as Liuhe Mirror in blocking all attacks.
Soon, Tian Linger was injured by Li Renzui's unpredictable and strange attack.
Seeing that she could not defend herself against the opponent's strange attack, a trace of determination flashed in Tian Linger's eyes. She glanced at Suru, whose pressure had been greatly reduced and was no longer suppressed by the elders of Wan Du Sect, and then at Suru, who had been seriously injured by the elders of Ghost King Sect.
Song Daren.
Simply giving up the defense, the imperial emissary Amber Zhu Ling attacked Zhou Yin with all her strength.
"God-binding!"
Under Tian Linger's urging, the amber scarlet silk turned into countless fluttering catkins, winding around Zhou Yin and binding them inward with all his strength.
"Be bold!"
Seeing that Tian Linger dared to give up his defense and attack himself, Zhou Yin shouted angrily!
There is huge pressure all over the body. If there is no counterattack, even a strong man like himself will be crushed into mud by the force of this restraint if he is not careful!
Zhou Yin felt the danger and did not dare to be careless. He retracted the Liren Cone and resisted the opponent's attack with all his strength.
Seeing that Zhou Yin was temporarily restrained in place, Wen Min quickly activated his fairy sword to attack Zhou Yin, weakening Zhou Yin's resistance and relieving Tian Linger's pressure.
Lu Xueqi has been paying attention to the changes in the situation on the field.
Seeing this, he looked back at his opponent.
He waved it out casually, and the small bell that had been hidden in his arms flew out in an instant, hanging in the sky with a misty light.
The light emitted by the small bell completely enveloped the Acacia sect elder in it.
At the same time, Lu Xueqi took back the Tianya Sword and held it in her hand, flying high into the sky.
He muttered a spell in a low voice.
As the spell sounded from Lu Xueqi's mouth.
A violent thunder roared between the sky and the earth, and countless clouds rotated and gathered to form a huge funnel.
Lu Xueqi's figure standing in the sky looks bright and powerful!