143 Luck on (Thanks to the leader of the snow tonight)
Near Zhongling Villa, in the mountains and forests.
A group of men from the peripheral forces of Tianyin Sect surrounded and protected in the forest.
Zhou Yugui, dressed in white and holding a folding fan, stood quietly in the forest, watching Mr. Xiahou Ji search for clues.
Xiahouji climbed up the tree for a while, then crawled on the ground, sniffing carefully and checking for traces.
He seems to have some unique way of tracking traces.
After wandering in the forest for a long time, he raised his head.
"It should be here. As I expected, after hiding one's identity, the first thing a person wants to do is to eliminate traces and get out of hiding as soon as possible.
So the same goes for that person. The first thing to do is to return to the original place to avoid arousing suspicion." Xiahou Ji said seriously.
"You mean Xia Baantou has been found?" Zhou Yugui felt happy with a hint of hope.
On this trip, Jinshanshan's only son was seriously injured, and Jinshanshan himself was extremely hostile to Zhou Shun, who suggested this matter.
If Zhou Shun hadn't continued to promote this matter, Yan Jiuhai would not have ended up like this.
If it hadn't been for this, perhaps everyone would still be unfamiliar with Yan Jiuhai's name. It would never have spread so far and then been heard by the enemy.
Although they knew that Yan Junshan was expressing his anger, Zhou Shun and his son could only hold it back in their hearts.
The person who attacked that day, thinking about it afterwards, was vaguely suspected of deliberately diverting his attention.
Afterwards, the Lishan Sect and Zhou Shun investigated and found out that Yan Jiuhai had not killed anyone like this before.
Yan Jiuhai is not a good womanizer, so he can be found out in this aspect by just checking.
Since I couldn't find it at Yanjun Mountain, I had some doubts as to whether it was a deliberate design on the part of Tianyinmen.
Someone disguised his identity and took the opportunity to find an excuse to injure Yan Jiuhai.
When he thought like this, the thoughts came together. The more he thought about it, the more similar it seemed to him. So he became more and more angry towards Tianyin Sect.
The same is true for Zhou Yugui. This matter is an outrageous coincidence in every aspect.
Yan Jiuhai would have gotten into trouble sooner rather than later, but it happened at this time. The timing was too coincidental.
The original arrangement between his father and son was suddenly disrupted.
Because of this, he was angered and resented by the Lishan sect, which was really not worth the loss.
So this time, he must find out the truth and find out the real culprit behind it.
"found it!"
Suddenly Xiahou Ji shouted in the distance.
He seemed to have found some important clue, and was squatting on the ground, holding something like a black and dirty cloak in his hand.
"Wait a minute, are those... that person's clothes that day?" Zhou Yugui was suddenly startled, and then he realized what he was doing. He was ecstatic, knowing that he had found an important clue.
He hurriedly took three steps at a time and walked over quickly.
"Mr. Xiahou, what clues did you find!?" he said quickly.
"Sure enough..." Xiahou Ji didn't look back, looking down at the mark left on the ground.
"My guess is correct, this should be the place where the murderer changed his clothes after committing the crime.
He simply buried the clothes in the weeds here without even hiding them. He just threw them into it. It seemed that he was too eager to leave, so..."
Before Xiahou Ji finished speaking, he suddenly paused. He lowered his head and carefully looked at the ground hidden under the grass.
'If from here on, the person no longer deliberately hides, but calmly walks out of the forest and returns to the Chi Road, then it will be much easier to find the footprints and determine his weight and shape.'
A thought flashed through Xiahou Ji's mind.
He pushed aside the grass and saw a faint mark in the corner, so he came closer to take a look.
Suddenly! His pupils suddenly shrank.
"Mr. Xiahou?"
Zhou Yugui came closer out of curiosity and looked at Xiahou Ji squatting on the ground with some doubts.
"Is there any important discovery?" he asked carefully.
Xiahou Ji stood up slowly, still holding the black cloak in his hand.
puff!
Suddenly, his body trembled, he spurted out a large mouthful of blood, and then he threw his head back and fell.
Zhou Yugui was shocked and rushed forward to help the opponent.
Suddenly he paused again and stopped quickly.
He watched Xiahou Ji fall to the ground, twitching all over, and blood was pouring out of his mouth and nose.
Zhou Yugui only felt cold all over.
"who!!?"
He looked around, but couldn't find anyone doing it.
"Master! Back off! It's poisonous!" a well-informed subordinate shouted immediately.
Zhou Yugui just woke up from a dream and hurriedly retreated.
Fortunately, he is also a powerful martial artist, and his body is surrounded by energy all the time, isolating everything.
Otherwise, I might have been tricked by now.
Looking at Xiahou Ji who was slowly moving on the ground, Zhou Yugui felt his heart numb.
How long has it been since the incident occurred? How did Xiahouji get poisoned after such a long time?
Could it be that there was poison on that piece of clothing?
Moreover, Xiahou Ji's life is nothing. The key is that once he dies, the clues and progress will be cut off.
With the yamen now in such a state of decay, where could he find such a powerful investigative expert in such a short period of time?
As time goes by, any traces will disappear due to wind and rain.
Bang!
Out of anger, Zhou Yugui punched the tree trunk on the side hard, causing the bark to burst and splash.
"Master, Xiahou Ji is dead."
A subordinate carefully covered his mouth and nose with a wet handkerchief, then went up and stabbed Xiahou Ji with a long branch to make sure that he was not moving and that he was out of breath.
"..." Zhou Yugui looked ugly. He didn't expect the murderer to be so difficult to deal with.
After such a long time, is it the poison left recently or the poison that was administered at that time?
This person has such a vicious and thoughtful mind, if we meet him again...
Zhou Yugui felt more and more dangerous about this matter.
"Hurry and invite the best poison experts in the city. I will report this matter to my father."
Now, I'm afraid this matter needs to be considered in the long run, and my father will take over it personally and figure it out slowly...
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Wei He slowly drew back his power, gathered his strength, and opened his eyes to look at the old man Jiu Ying opposite him who was carefully operating the test vessel.
"How's it going? Is there any progress?" Wei He asked in a deep voice.
In the house, there are cages of various living animals everywhere, ranging from insects to small animals to slightly larger wild boars.
There is also a hanging wooden lattice on the wall, with many small bottles made of colored glass placed on it. Simple code names are written on the surfaces of the bottles in ink.
Jiuying was standing in front of a strange-shaped device made of glass and metal, carefully mixing several juice powders together.
Pfft.
The powder burned instantly, emitting acrid thick smoke, and then quickly blackened and solidified.
The fire dimmed and was extinguished by the nine shadows.
He sighed.
"It still failed. Although I tried the method as you said and made new progress, I still have trouble getting through the ratio issue."
"This is the biggest difficulty." Wei He nodded.
"You and I have summarized the methods of poisoning over the past few years, and there are five in total: attract, concentrate, bury, disperse, and hide."
"You and I are good at the first four categories, but this last category is difficult to handle."
Jiuying also nodded.
"To hide is to hide the medicine deep inside with power, but power is closely related to ourselves, so how can we hide it in our own power and wait for it to be used before releasing it?
Forget it if it’s an ordinary poison, we can’t bear the powerful poison ourselves, aren’t we seeking death by hiding our strength?”
"Indeed..." Wei He nodded.
That's right, what the two of them are currently studying is a direction that countless people have been carefully exploring since ancient times: Poison Kung Fu.
The traditional direction of poison skills is to rely on the human body's adaptability, gradually adapt to improve the resistance to various poisons, and then use such poisons that you are not afraid of but others are afraid of as a means to fight against the enemy.
However, this type of poisonous technique is often extremely weak due to the limit of the human body's adaptability. It does not have much effect on martial artists.
What Wei He and Jiuying studied was in another direction.
That is, using strength to hide the poison, directly integrating the poison and strength. However, it does not harm oneself at all.
You must know that traditional poison skills are not very powerful and will also sacrifice one's own lifespan. After all, the human body's constant adaptation to the outside world also requires energy consumption.
Where does energy consumption come from? It is actually life potential.
If Wei and He's research is successful, they will be able to eliminate the damage to their bodies and at the same time gain a more powerful advantage in poison attacks.
"Forget it, let's not worry about this now, Mr. Wei." Jiuying put down the things in his hands.
"I caught a good and suitable exotic beast and I'm going to make it into a meat field. Do you want to come and have a look?" he suggested.
"Meat field? Of course!" Wei He has never seen a meat field with his own eyes.
All in all, for so many years, he had always heard about the meat field, but he had never actually seen what it was, nor did he know how it was made.
Now is a good opportunity.
"Then come with me." Jiuying nodded.
He first went to a locked box in the house to get his own mutant, and then he and Wei He left the house and walked through the mountains and forests for about half an hour.
Soon, the two came to a cave shaped like a gourd.
Jiuying entered first.
Wei He followed closely behind.
The two of them remained calm, and an impenetrable poisonous powder quietly floated out from their bodies, clinging to the surroundings of the cave entrance.
These poisonous powders can last for twelve hours. As long as it doesn't rain heavily, any living creature that comes in or out will be partially attached to it.
This is one of the means of prevention.
After entering the cave entrance, the two of them stretched out their hands to support the cave wall, or lowered their heads to talk, and then all kinds of poisonous powders would naturally be released.
Various poison powders and poisons form a protective belt to prevent anyone from entering here rashly.
These poisonous powders cannot be dispersed by the wind and will disappear only if they are washed away by heavy rainfall.
Otherwise, you can only wait for the passage of time and the efficacy of the medicine to fade and evaporate before you can be safe.
Not long after, Jiuying led Wei He to the depths of the cave.
Between the dark stones, there was the tinkling sound of trickling water.
A giant stag with a body length of three meters and a height of two meters was lying on the ground, seemingly resting with its eyes closed. It was covered with various chains and ropes.
Sensing the approach of the two men, the stag suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Jiu Ying with his bloodshot eyes.
Moo!!
It let out a deafening roar, and the entire cave was buzzing and numb.
"This strange beast, named Stone Deer, has extremely high speed. Ordinary martial arts masters cannot catch up with it. Only those who specialize in leg skills can have a chance to catch it. I also used medicine this time and set up a trap to successfully catch it.