Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?-Chapter 36 - Shocking Case_1

Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Shocking Case_1

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Chapter 36: Chapter 36 Shocking Case_1

The next day, Li Xuan awoke at the fourth moment of Yin as usual, and went to the training field in the backyard to practice their inherited secret technique.

Last night, Li Chengji had given him the secret books of both Huandian Knife and Dongxuan Jingshenzhi, but Li Xuan didn’t rush to cultivate them.

A common maxim states that greed leads to indigestion, Li Xuan hasn’t even fully understood the two secret techniques of ‘Frozen Blade’ and ‘Cold Breath Fierce Palm’. Moreover, the vast majority of the moves still felt unfamiliar to him. How could he possibly divert his attention now?

The key point was that his Thunder Style Zhenyuan was still very weak, even if he practiced the two Thunder Style secrets skillfully, he wouldn’t be able to bring out much power.

However, Li Xuan had to stop in the middle of his seventh round of practice. All because a flying talisman came from a distance and fell directly into his arms.

It was his superior, Fumo Xiaowei Jiang Hanyun, who had urgent business and communicated with him using the flying talisman.

Li Xuan secretly cursed in his heart. When he was a forensic doctor in his previous life, he hated the phone the most which the office would summon him to work overtime whenever they wanted.

It was exactly the same in this world of the Great Jin Dynasty. Why did they have this flying talisman for sending messages?

Li Xuan had no choice but to change his clothes in a hurry, and then rode one of the Earth Dragons from his home to flee out of the city.

When he reached the city gate, he saw Ma Chenggong also rushing over from another direction. When he saw Li Xuan, his face was full of surprise.

“Is Xiaowei calling you too?”

“Eh? What’s wrong with calling me?” Li Xuan felt as if he’d been offended, but then he realized something: “Ma, what’s going on at Jiangjun Mountain? Xiaowei seems to be in a rush, and directly sent a flying talisman to my home.”

“Big case! A shocking case.”

The city gate that was originally closed had been opened with a squeaky sound. Before it was fully opened, Ma Chenggong spurred his horse to run out. He spoke while speeding up: “This case is not unrelated to you. Near the scene where you solved the case of the wolf-killing yesterday, Xiaowei discovered an abandoned altar. It is said that the place is filled with evil forces, and when viewed with Spirit Eye, a Blood Sea is seen to churn.”

Does he think that is the reason why Jiang Hanyun would call Li Xuan, a small Fumo Xunjian, to the scene at Jiangjun Mountain?

Li Xuan reacted quickly and immediately became alert: “Are those wolf-killing cases related to this altar? Was their intention to stop living people from approaching? Or was it to silence people?”

Ma Chenggong praised lightly: “That’s it. It is said that the clue was found by our newly assigned Boshi of Demons, Yue Qianqian. I didn’t expect this young girl to have a very smart head.”

Li Xuan was surprised, thinking that Yue Qianqian had been assigned to their Mingyou City?

Since it was not yet dawn, there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets. Both of them urged their Earth Dragons to the speed of 180 yards. They quickly arrived at the location marked by Jiang Hanyun.

When they arrived, Ma Chenggong’s face turned pale and his eyes were filled with anger: “They dare to do such a thing! In the vicinity of the capital, they actually dare to commit such unforgivable acts that even the heavens and the people are enraged together.”

Li Xuan, who wasn’t able to use Spirit Eye yet, used the Demon Revealing Mirror to look around. He saw that wherever the mirror light shone, there was nothing but clouds of blood turning over.

Li Xuan was stunned, thinking to himself how many people had died in this place and in what tragic ways?

What made Li Xuan suspicious was the ghost woman in red behind him. She was in an extremely unstable state.

The feeling of cold invading his chest was an indicator. In this short amount of time, the cold sensation appeared and then disappeared suddenly, fluctuating unpredictably.

When Li Xuan turned his head around, he saw the phoenix coronet and embroidered vest of the young girl with bloodshot eyes glowing extraordinarily bright.

As they entered the valley, Li Xuan sensed something lurking around them, which gave him an extreme feeling of cold. This cold was different from the ‘Cold Breath Fierce Palm’. The temperature in the valley hadn’t actually dropped, yet it made him feel as if he was in an ice cave. It caused his hair to stand on end, his body to shiver and repelled him with disgust.

The lingering smell of blood in the air made Li Xuan feel sick.

However, at this moment, what worried Li Xuan more was the ghost woman in red. At this moment, red light was shining around her body, and red ribbons emerged from her body one after another. They fluttered behind the girl with bloodshot eyes, just like a pair of wings unfolding.

Yet a sharp pain pierced through the heart of Li Xuan.

Li Xuan was confused. Had this ghostly woman transformed due to the rich malignant aura of this place? Or did her death correlate with this location?

Suppressing the feelings of unease, he stepped into the valley and noticed around twenty workers bustling about. Some surveyed the scene, others measured the area, dug up skeletons, and examined corpses.

Jiang Hanyun was situated afar on a boulder, her brows knitted together as she observed the scene below.

“People from Guixiu City and Huoya City.”

Ma Chenggong began to grind his teeth, his figure flashing as he reached Jiang Hanyun’s side, “Did they take over this case too?”

“They were nearby and so it was convenient for them to take on the case. Apparently, they are looking into Xue Wuya’s whereabouts, who is suspected to have fled to the outskirts of the city.”

Jiang Hanyun was upset. However, she still shot a glance at Ma Chenggong: “This case could possibly involve hundreds of lives. You think I would dare to withhold such information?”

“The mention of Xue Wuya and that Evil Corpse makes my blood boil. The case was discovered by you and Li Xuan. It should’ve been handed over to us from the start.”

Ma Chenggong was unwilling: “Just how much does the Governor despise our Mingyou City?”

Li Xuan, who was catching up from behind, instantly stopped his train of thoughts, raising his head to look at Duwei Ma. Li Xuan thought to himself, ‘Does Ma Chenggong not understand the situation at all? In the past two years, the Zhuque Hall has had the lowest case resolution rate, especially for them in Mingyou City. On top of that, they were the ones causing the most trouble.’

Wasn’t it your fault along with another Six Paths Bureau Colonel from Mingyou City when Master Chenghuang’s statue was damaged?

“Enough with your nonsense! The Governor never said that this case was only for Guixiu City and Huoya City to solve. It’s a competition of our capabilities now. Instead of blabbering here with me, why not try to find some clues with due diligence?”

Jiang Hanyun rubbed her temples, evidently suffering from a headache: “This case is tricky. The crime scene has been cleaned thoroughly. There aren’t even complete corpses. Not even Lei picked up any usable scent. It appears that people from Guixiu City haven’t found anything worthwhile either.”

Having said that, she turned to Li Xuan, “You should also go take a look.”

Li Xuan raised his hand in acknowledgement, then leaped down from the boulder.

He didn’t have much confidence in himself. If even those veteran investigators below couldn’t find any clues, what could he infer? He wasn’t a good crime scene investigator, he was a forensic doctor.

However, this case appeared to have a relationship with the woman in the red dress. Despite feeling unwell, Li Xuan suppressed this discomfort and surveyed the surroundings of the altar situated in the valley’s center.

He didn’t step into the altar. At this time, several Spellcasters from Guixiu City and Huoya City were inside the altar, using compasses and rulers to measure, attempting to restore this ruined array.

Li Xuan didn’t want to leave any footprints inside that could affect the measurements and calculations of these Spellcasters.

However, Ma Chenggong had no such fears. He stepped straight in, without leaving any footprints behind.

Li Xuan lacked that kind of skill, so he limited his investigation to the area outside the altar. He made rounds around it, stretching up to a mile away.

Yet, by dawn, Li Xuan hadn’t found anything helpful and reluctantly returned.

Just as Jiang Hanyun had said, there were no usable clues here. Li Xuan even suspected that the surface layer of the land here had been scraped off. Without the lingering malignant aura and bloodstain, it would be hard to believe such a gruesome case had occurred here.

However, while returning, Li Xuan noticed Yue Qianqian kneeling outside the altar. She held a compass in one hand, and a bead abacus in the other, calculating something.

Li Xuan’s eyes lit up, he walked over and patted Yue Qianqian’s shoulder: “Yue Qianqian, so you’re also analyzing the array?”

However, she jumped in surprise, her face turned pale. She spun around and saw Li Xuan and exhaled a sigh of relief. Her nearly teary-eyed expression appeared, “Can you not do that? It is terrifying. I nearly lost my soul back there.”