Chapter 551.

Chapter 551.

“Elder Xu?”

When Saint Son saw the orange cat burrowing into the house, he was first stunned, then his joy floated and he whispered, “Why is senior here, didn’t he say that he wouldn’t meet for the last few days.”

The orange cat sputtered and said, “I told you not to come see me, I didn’t say I wouldn’t see you.”

After a pause, he wondered, “How did you recognize it was me.”

“Didn’t senior say before that he used a heart compulsion to control a cat to sneak into the Chai Mansion and met Chai Xian.” Li Lingsu laughed.

Then Saint Son realized that the orange cat was frozen in place, deep in thought.

Did I say something wrong? Li Ling Su’s face was blank.

Damn it, I’ve caught the Golden Lotus Taoist’s hobby without realizing it? No, I didn’t. It’s mainly because cats can move like the wind, and dogs can’t sneak into Chai’s house.

Even if you sneak in, you might be slaughtered by the monk and made into dog meat hot pot . Xu Qi’an muttered with mixed feelings.

Li Lingsu had a lot of questions he wanted to consult, but seeing the inscrutable senior, suddenly start thinking about life, he was not good at interrupting, so he could only wait dryly.

In a moment, Xu Qi’an slowed down and said, “Pour a cup of tea, I’m a little thirsty.”

It wasn’t him who was thirsty, it was the cat, but the feelings of hunger and thirst were synchronized and fed back to Xu Qi’an, who had possessed it.

Li Ling Su immediately turned over the inverted teacup and filled it with a cup of warm water.

The orange cat came in obediently, leaping onto the tabletop, and instead of instantly licking his tea, he glanced at the messy bed.

A cat’s sense of smell is dozens of times greater than a human’s, so he easily smells sugar.

Xu Qi’an, who was bitterly enduring the side effects of the love compulsion, let out a “Heh”, “Happy days.”

Upon hearing this, Li Lingsu’s face collapsed into a sad frown:

“Senior, when will you take out the love compulsion for me? Every time I see Xing’er now, I can’t restrain my impulses. All I can think about is her, and when she hooks her finger, I can’t control myself from pouncing on her.”

He said as he wrapped his arms around his waist.

Old Versailles. Xu Qi An’s face was expressionless and his tone was cold as he said:

“When the matter is resolved, I will remove the sub-compulsion for you, removing it now will alert the snakes and make Chai Xing’er realize.”

It can only be like this! Li Lingsu sighed and thought about refining a furnace of pills to replenish his kidneys some other day, he then remembered the cellar and said:

“Just now, someone informed Xing’er that the cellar had been broken into and Chai Jianyuan’s body had been dissected.”

Saying that, he lowered his voice, “Senior, did you do this.”

Xu Qi’an nodded.

Sure enough, he was the one who got the right answer Li Lingsu hurriedly asked, “Have you found out anything?”

“It’s highly likely that Chai Xian is Chai Jianyuan’s illegitimate son.” Xu Qi’an said.

He then saw Li Lingsu’s face change drastically, her eyes widening in shock and disbelief.

After a while, Li Ling Su lowered her voice, “Are you sure?”

“Chai Xian has six toes, and Chai Jianyuan has six toes, so maybe it’s hereditary, or there’s no such thing as coincidence.”

Li Lingsu was silent for a long time, “No wonder Chai Jianyuan had to marry Chai Lan to the Huangfu family, there’s no way he would agree to Chai Xian and Chai Lan’s marriage.”

He reacted violently, “Chai Xian doesn’t know his own identity!”

It’s a good inference that if he knew his identity as a bastard, he wouldn’t have fallen in love with Chai Lan.

“No, it’s also possible that he knew and thus killed Chai Jianyuan in a fit of rage, buried the secret that he was an illegitimate son, and then monopolized Chai Lan.” Li Ling Su’s brain opened up.

To throw a punch, you need to be disciplined, and reason logically Xu Qi’an mentally spat and snorted:

“How do you conclude that Chai Xian knows his identity, and how do you conclude that Chai Xian knows that only Chai Jianyuan in the Chai Mansion knows about his illegitimate son’s identity? Although the six toes are secretive, the closest people, the elders, most likely know.”

Li Ling Su’s expression stiffened, “Also oh.”

Orange Cat An licked a few mouthfuls of tea and continued, “In addition, Chai Jianyuan showed signs of poisoning before he died, which is why he was killed in the study. The one who poisoned him was mostly someone close to him.”

“Elder suspects .”

Xu Qi’an met Li Ling Su’s questioning gaze and nodded his cat head:

“That’s right, I suspect it’s Chai Xing’er. That kind of poison is not something that ordinary people can cultivate. Unless it’s a poisonous composter himself. Hasn’t Chai Xing’er been to the southern border and begged for a love compulsion.”

Li Ling Su’s face turned ugly.

He thought he was still very picky about women, but any confidant who has had a love affair has a unique temperament and character, and must be outstanding in appearance and stature.

Secondly, character-wise, it must not be a great traitor or evil person, otherwise the three views will clash and it will not be possible to talk about love.

Even the Oriental sisters are not murderous, although in Leizhou and Xu Qian have many conflicts, but that is a different position, killing is inevitable.

In his knowledge, Chai Xing’er has heart and ambition and wrists, and her temperament is like a lilac flower knotted with sorrow, pathetic, and not a simple woman by nature.

But Chai Xing Er is by no means a moral degenerate.

But for some time now, as the case has been investigated in depth, he has gradually become skeptical.

“I didn’t come over here to make small talk.”

The orange cat, Ann, lifted her paw and tapped the tabletop, interrupting Li Lingxu’s scattered thoughts.

“Elder, please.”

Li Ling Su whispered.

“Have you ever wondered why Chai Jianyuan hid Chai Xian’s identity?”

Li Lingsu froze, and only after a few seconds did she understand what Xu Qian meant, for a family head of a party’s power, an illegitimate child was not something to be seen.

But why was Chai Xian raised in the Chai Mansion as a righteous son for so many years?

Li Lingsu mused, “If it’s not Chai Jianyuan’s cause, then the problem lies with Chai Xian, who has a secret about his birth?”

Orange Cat Anne laughed softly, “Any hypothesis is possible until the answer is revealed, but remember to seek proof. I remember the Taoist Yin God acting as a city god in ancient times, specializing in hooking people’s souls.”

Li Ling Su let out a “hmm”:

“In ancient times, there were two sets of rules, one for the laws of the Yang world and one for the karmic rewards of the Yin world, and the Taoist Sect was in charge of the Yin Laws. But then this set of Yin Laws gradually weakened until it was abolished.

“Yes, I’ve read about this history in the ancient books of the Heavenly Sect, but I’ve never been able to figure it out, does senior know about it?”

An old monster like Xu Qian must know many hidden secrets that others did not know.

Orange Catan mused for a moment, combining the hidden secrets he had gotten from the ancient corpse:

“In ancient times, there were only two methods of cultivation, one was the Wudao, and the other was the Dao, the Tao of the Dao Sect. The Taoist system was more perfect and earlier than the Wufu system.

“In other words, in ancient times, it was the world of Taoism. This was the environment in which Yin magic existed and flourished.

“But gradually, the martial arts began to flourish, the southern border human race figured out the compulsion technique, the Buddha testified to the Dao, and the Sorcerer God came out . It was no longer difficult for Taoism to dominate the world, and Yin techniques naturally became extinct.”

As for Confucianism and warlocks, they emerged only in recent times. The Confucian saint was a figure of more than 2 000 years ago, while the warlocks were the same age as the country for 600 years.

In ancient times, there was only martial arts and Taoism. This makes sense of the emergence of the Yin Method, and then the major systems came out, and it was no longer the Taoist sect that had the final say . Xu Qian is really an old monster, knowing so many hidden secrets .

Li Lingsu lamented, “My Taoist Sect was also incomparably prosperous back then, and now it has weakened into only the three sects of the Taoist Sect.”

As he spoke, he looked at Xu Qian, wanting to pry out some more hidden secrets.

Xu Qi’an ignored him and said faintly, “Back to the topic, the Taoist Sect’s dream-entry spells may be like the Dream Witch’s, a dream interrogation?”

Li Lingsu frowned and pondered:

“Can not do dream witch that absolutely dominate the dream world, Yin God into the dream hook souls, can only hook mortals, or with their own grade is very different from the weak. If the other party is a mortal, it can also do so.

“If senior wants me to interrogate Xing’er, let alone the fact that my cultivation is still unsealed, even at full strength, I’m afraid I won’t be able to do it. Xing’er is a Fifth Grade Harmonization Power, unless a Fourth Grade Dream Witch steps in.”

Orange Cat Anne shook her cat head:

“It’s not her, it’s Chai Jianyuan’s son, you pick the weakest one to interrogate. Ask him about Chai Xian. Chai Xian was brought back to the Chai Mansion at a young age and grew up with Chai Jianyuan’s children; no one knows Chai Xian better than they do.”

Li Lingsu nodded, indicating that there was no problem, and seemed to remember something, saying:

“By the way, senior, last night, I realized that Xing’er had left late at night for a long time, and it was about two quarters of an hour before she returned. I followed her with my Yin Spirit out of my body and found that she headed deeper into the southern courtyard.

“Takeshi’s instincts are too sharp, and I didn’t dare to follow her too closely, so I don’t know where she went to the southern courtyard.”

Orange Cat An’s cat face, revealing a look of gravity, “What hour?”

Li Lingsu said, “About Zi Hour.”    Ah, you kidney-loss dog scum man, popping until so late again, who’s kidney-loss if you’re not kidney-loss Xu Qi’an slowly nodded his cat head a little:

“I know.”

Based on his experience of having late-night talks about life with the flower girls of the Church Department, every time he finished, the flower girls were sweating profusely, extremely tired, and immediately fell asleep.

It was never normal for Chai Xing’er to stay up most of the night and leave her room.

Gather the snakes, insects and ants of the Chai Mansion at night and investigate properly. Xu Qi reassured.

He grew to like the Seven Jedi Compulsions, with many means, strong abilities, and tricky orange variations, it was very useful and forced!

Unlike a martial artist, when he encounters a problem, he is straight up reckless and prone to spooking.

Night.

Sanshui Town is a large town located twenty-six miles north of Xiangzhou City, with a town population of eight thousand. Sanshui Town is backed by high mountains and steep hills, with many medicinal herbs in the mountains, so most of the people in the town make their living by picking and planting medicines.

The biggest drug dealer in town is an organization called the “Medicine Gang”, and its leader is an expert at the God Refining Realm, who can barely hold his own.

During the Demon Slaying Conference, the Medicine Gang also participated, actively responding to the call of the government and the big powers by sending thirty members of the gang to join the militia and patrol all night long.

In addition to the militia organized by the government, and the members of the Medicine Gang, there was also a Buddhist monk in the patrol.

It was none other than the martial arts monk Pure Edge, who had made a big splash that day at the Demon Slaying Conference.

The patrols totaled sixty men, ten to a team, carrying torches and making nightly rounds throughout the town.

Chen Er was a small deacon of the Medicine Gang, managing ten people underneath, in the Medicine Gang, the deacon was the middle level and the most tired head, specializing in dealing with trivial events.

Those that cannot be resolved, or those that cannot be decided upon, are reported to the top of the gang.

“Master, thanks to you joining us, the brothers are much more at ease, and their night patrols are twice as bold.”

Chen Er, torch in hand, looked sideways at the martial monk beside him.

This Western martial monk with three-dimensional features and deep eyes said lightly, “It’s just that it’s more convenient to evacuate here.”

Chen Er didn’t understand and when he asked again, the young martial arts monk closed his mouth and ignored him.

It’s easier to evacuate here? What do you mean, the monks in the Western region are really eccentric. Chen Er muttered a few words in his heart and laughed dryly:

“So it is, so it is.”

Pure Edge walked ahead with his hands clasped together at a steady pace.

There was a small river running through the small half of the town on the north side of the town, along the river was a residential house, and a cold wind was blowing in their faces, after two quarters of an hour’s patrol, the group crossed the stone bridge to the wine shop by the river.

This is the property of the Medicine Gang, where hot pots are simmered and cloudy wine is warmed for the patrols to use as a resting place.

The team was full of good martial arts practitioners, but except for Deacon Chen Er, who was at the Refined Essence Realm, the others had no rank. Thus they needed such a wine shop to rest and drink to warm up their bodies, otherwise they would easily get wind chill.

“This damn weather, it’s already this cold in early winter.”

Chen Er cursed and grinned as he entered the liquor store, stifling his head to pour a few mouthfuls of medicinal wine first, and turned back to greet, “Brothers, come in and drink, and continue patrolling after half a column of incense.”

The team took their seats, gorged themselves on pig’s jowl, drank the unique medicinal wine of Sansui Town, and complained about the damn weather.

Chen Er didn’t forget to fawn, “Master, this is the medicinal wine brewed by our Sanshui Town’s unique secret recipe, you warm your stomach.”

Pure Edge nodded and silently drank and ate meat, as a martial arts monk, how can you eat without meat.

Taking a few sips of his drink, he closed his eyes and gazed around him, noticing nothing out of the ordinary.

Pure Edge had been on night patrol in Sanshui Town for two nights, and the reason why he chose this place was because it was backed by the Cangmeng Mountain Range, and there was a river outside the town.

Great for retreating and escaping.

Of course, it wasn’t the net edge that escaped, but the one who did the wrong thing.

“This person has been refining corpses for many days, I’m afraid that he has reached his bottleneck, he will definitely not let go of your adamantine body, stay at ease, that person will come.”

This is what Pure Heart said.

Pure Edge agreed with his senior brother Pure Heart’s decision, and also thought that this was the fastest, way to draw out the person behind the curtain.

“Walkers don’t breathe or have a heartbeat, and they don’t have murderous intent or malice, but when they move in large groups, there’s movement, like footsteps.”

Without noticing anything unusual, Net Edge opened his eyes.

“This winter is hard this year, I don’t know how many people will freeze to death again.”

A hanyou poured a mouthful of wine and shook his head with emotion.

“Yo, you Zhang Niu Zi is still a good man for the country and the people, why don’t you donate all your family’s money to the government for disaster relief.”

“Donate it to the government? Then it would be better to just spread the silver on the street, at least the townspeople can still grab a few pennies. If you donate it to the government, the townspeople won’t be able to get any money, and you’ll be adding another concubine to the official’s household.”

The crowd flirted.

“That’s right, why don’t Zhang Niu Zi donate it to me, I haven’t gotten a daughter-in-law yet.”

The speaker was a small, thin man with a few ratty features.

Zhang Niu Zi cursed a slang foul language and said:

“You Li Er can’t afford a daughter-in-law, but you’ll sleep with your own sister-in-law, tsk, tsk, and save the money for a daughter-in-law. A daughter-in-law is not as good as a sister-in-law, as the old saying goes, nothing tastes as good as dumplings, what’s so funny about that?”

“Fun but sister-in-law!” Someone else picked up on that.

The crowd laughed out loud, and the wine shop came to life.

Li Er’s elder brother and most of the townspeople, picking medicines and planting medicines to make a living, a certain time to go up the mountain to pick medicines fell off a cliff, not survived, but a pair of legs on this waste, lying in bed all day.

Without a working man in the family, the quality of life plummets. Li Er’s aunt is a woman of some beauty.

It wasn’t six months before he got into it with Li Er.

Chen Er listened to his subordinates laughing and cursing at each other, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Pure Edge putting down his wine glass and looking sideways.

The martial monk’s voice followed closely in his ears, “All winters in Xiangzhou are this bitterly cold?”

Chen Er hurriedly squared his body as a sign of respect and replied respectfully:

“How can I, if every winter is like this, how can the people of Xiangzhou live? This year is especially cold, it’s only been winter for a short while and the night winds are scraping the bones. In another half a decade, ice prongs will form under the eaves of the houses.”

Saying this, Chen Er raised his cup and drank, “I don’t know how many people will freeze to death this winter, but which winter doesn’t kill people? This world is just like that, it’s good to have a meal.”

“Alas, Chai Hsien, that thousand-dagger bastard, caused the guys to come out on patrol in the cold, I think he has long slipped away, how dare he stay in Xiangzhou.”

Chen Er chattered on and on, and half a column of incense quickly passed as he grabbed his short sword and yelled:

“Don’t drink, don’t drink, get up numb, all of you, go on patrol.”

“Ah, that’s half a column? I feel like I’ve only just sat down.”

“Let’s drink half a pillar of incense again; in such a cold day, that dog-damned Chai Hsien might be having a quickie in some woman’s nest, and surely won’t come out to make trouble.”

The members of the patrol grumbled incoherently.

At that moment, Pure Edge’s ears twitched and he heard a slight, unusual sound of water flowing.

“Shut up!”

Net Edge drank.

The cacophony that filled the hall was silenced, no one dared to speak, they all looked at him blankly.

Pure Edge ignored them, closing his eyes and amplifying his hearing to the max.

“The sound of the water was different from the normal sound of water, more like a dark current, a dozen or so dark currents.

No, it wasn’t a dark current, it was something that was swimming this way, along the creek outside the liquor store.

PS: Slept early yesterday.