Bringing the farm to another world

Chapter 15444 Investigation ()

Shi Jie said in a deep voice: "In reply to Master, I have been observing in the noodle tree forest for a while, and I found a problem, that is, the grass below one foot is all alive, while the grass or trees above one foot are all alive. This means that the thing that can absorb vitality is active in the area above one foot, and it does not move in the area below one foot. It's not just the noodle tree forest. I have also looked at the woods outside. However, the woods outside are a little different from the noodle tree forest. The grass and trees in the woods outside are not dead, but the animals in that woods are all dead. It's the same. All the animals in the area above one foot are all dead, while some insects and mice below one foot are still alive and well. This area is very large, with a width of about twenty miles and a length of about fifty miles. Shimao Village is within this range. Only Shimao Village and the war plants we planted died. Those ordinary trees and grasses are not dead at all, but all animals over one floor high are all dead. This is all I have observed." Shi Jie described the current situation.

Hearing Shi Jie say this, Sheng Si's eyes lit up and he immediately said, "Okay, great, you observe very carefully and do a great job. Come on, show me the area you have scouted." Shi Jie responded and led Sheng Si to observe the area. At this time, Li Ruoxue and Hong Tianfu also came back. They also reported to Sheng Si what they observed, but what they observed was not as detailed as what Shi Jie observed.

After listening to the two people's reports, Sheng Si did not say anything, but nodded, and then said: "Shi Jie just reported that this death zone is about 20 miles wide and 50 miles long, just covering Shimao Village. This death zone seems to have appeared suddenly, which is very strange. What do you think about this matter?"

Hearing Sheng Si say this, they were both stunned, then they all turned to look at Shi Jie. Shi Jie nodded at them, and Li Ruoxue also nodded at him. Then he said to Sheng Si: "Elder Sheng, is there any magic weapon that can do this?" Li Ruoxue felt that his knowledge might still be too limited, so he asked Sheng Si, after all, Sheng Si knew more.

Sheng Si said in a deep voice: "Many magic weapons used by the Demon Sect all have this ability, but they must be controlled by someone, so I suspect that there may be someone on this planet who uses the magic weapon of the Demon Sect. Do you think it is possible that it is a disciple who practices the magic technique of the Demon Sect and wants to improve it, so he used this method? After all, if the magic weapons used by the Demon Sect absorb the souls of humans, their power will become even greater. Is the other party trying to take a shortcut?"

Hearing Sheng Si say this, Li Ruoxue's face couldn't help but change. This was indeed very possible. Since everyone on this planet joined the Blood Killing Sect, the Blood Killing Sect's Sutra Library had been opened to them. All of them had also undergone talent tests. Some Blood Killing Sect disciples were very suitable for the Demonic Sect's techniques. In addition to normal practice, the Demonic Sect's techniques also had many shortcuts. For example, using magic tools to refine the souls of some cultivators, so that their magic tools would become very powerful, and at the same time could feed back to their practice. This was a shortcut, but the Blood Killing Sect had expressly forbidden those disciples from doing so. However, it was not ruled out that some disciples wanted to improve their strength quickly and do so. If someone really did this, it would be dangerous. If things went wrong, he, the consul elder, would also be punished.

Although Li Ruoxue thought of this, he did not deny it. Instead, he thought about it carefully and then said, "It is possible. I will check now to see how many disciples on this planet are practicing the magic sect's skills. We will track down their recent whereabouts to see if they have time to commit the crime."

Sheng Si nodded and said, "Okay, remember, the magic weapon that this demon sect disciple practices may be a soul weapon that absorbs people's souls. Otherwise, those people would not be able to be resurrected. It is very likely that the souls of those people have been refined into the magic weapon. Start from this aspect and investigate it carefully."

Li Ruoxue nodded, and then he immediately said to Sheng Si: "Elder Sheng, why don't you come to my place and have some rest first? It will take more than a day or two to get to the bottom of things like this. What do you think?" Li Ruoxue knew Sheng Si's identity, so of course he didn't dare to neglect him. For someone of Sheng Si's status, he would have to curry favor with him, so of course he couldn't let Sheng Si wait here all the time.

Sheng Si was stunned for a moment, then he nodded and said, "Okay, let's go to your place. By the way, Elder Hong, you should go back and rest. Don't touch the situation in this village for now, but you can help collect the bodies of the dead disciples, burn them directly and bury them."

Hong Tianfu responded. This was really not a problem for him, so of course he agreed immediately. The next moment, Sheng Si, Li Ruoxue, and Shi Jie disappeared. Hong Tianfu glanced in the direction of the village, then he sighed lightly and went directly into the village. Then he collected all the bodies of the families in the village, and then cremated them all outside the village. Then, he set up a cemetery outside the village and buried all the people in the village. Because he was the person who managed the village, he knew the names of everyone in Shimao Village very well, so the tombs of these people were not set up randomly. After dealing with all of these, Hong Tianfu returned to the city. Not many people knew about this matter yet, and he didn't plan to tell others to avoid causing unnecessary panic. Anyway, Sheng Si had already come, and he believed that it wouldn't take long before this matter would have a result. When there was a result, it wouldn't be too late to tell others, so Hong Tianfu went back and rested.

On the other side, Sheng Si and Shi Jie had followed Li Ruoxue back to his residence. Li Ruoxue's residence was quite big. This was where the people from Shi Jiangzong stayed before, and now it naturally belonged to him, so he had a lot of houses. After Li Ruoxue brought the two back here, he directly arranged rooms for Sheng Si and the other two and let them rest. He personally went to check the situation of those disciples who practiced the magic skills on the planet. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, otherwise, if someone died, it would be embarrassing.

It was very easy to use the Yantian Ball to check the qualifications and whereabouts of those disciples. The Yantian Ball had already merged with those disciples, so it clearly recorded the disciples' cultivation methods, the instruments they used, and their whereabouts. But what surprised Li Ruoxue was that there was nothing wrong with the methods those disciples practiced, and there was nothing wrong with their instruments. This made Li Ruoxue feel very strange, but when checking the whereabouts of those disciples, Li Ruoxue found a problem. He found that one of the disciples went to the area outside Shimao Village last night, and the area where he was active happened to overlap with the death zone, the time overlapped, and the location overlapped. Although the methods they practiced were different and the instruments were different, this person was still the most suspicious. Thinking of this, Li Ruoxue immediately went to find Sheng Si.

Sheng Si actually didn't need to rest. Besides, he was not in the mood to rest now. He had been practicing in the room. At the same time, he was carefully paying attention to the situation outside. So he already knew in advance that Li Ruoxue was coming to find him.

Sheng Si came directly to the living room, and then sent a message to Shi Jie, asking him to come find him. When Shi Jie received the message and came to find Sheng Si, Li Ruoxue also came to Sheng Si's room. When Li Ruoxue saw Shi Jie also came to find Sheng Si, he was stunned, and then he nodded at Shi Jie and said, "Xiao Jie, what do you want to do with your master?"

Shi Jie answered honestly: "To answer Uncle Shi, it was Master who asked me to come."

At this time, Sheng Si's voice came from the room, "Everyone is here, come in." The two responded and then entered the room.

The room that Li Ruoxue arranged for Sheng Si was quite large. There was a large living room as soon as the door entered. There were several official hat chairs in the living room. There was a small table between every two chairs. Now Sheng Si was sitting in the main seat.

Li Ruoxue and Shi Jie both saluted Sheng Si. Sheng Si nodded, then he looked at Li Ruoxue and said, "How is it? What did you find out?" Sheng Si believed that Li Ruoxue came to him now, it must be that she found out something, otherwise he would not come.

Li Ruoxue immediately said, "In reply to Elder Sheng, we did find some information. I discovered that a disciple had been near that village last night. The area where he was active overlapped with the death zone to a certain extent, but the cultivation method and magic tools that the disciple practiced did not match our speculation."

Sheng Si said in a deep voice: "No matter whether the technique he practices or the magic weapon he uses is correct, as long as he has been near Shimao Village, he is the biggest suspect. Where is he now? Can we locate him?"

Li Ruoxue said in a deep voice: "Okay, I have already located him, shall we go over now?"

Sheng Si stood up and said, "Let's go and take a look. I want to see what kind of martial arts this person is practicing." Li Ruoxue responded, and then the three of them disappeared. When they reappeared, they found that they had arrived at a small town, and Shi Jie recognized it at a glance. This was the small town not far from Shiyu Village. Hong Tianfu worked in this small town. Upon seeing this, Shi Jie immediately said to Sheng Si, "Master, this is the small town where Elder Hong Tianfu is stationed. He should be in this town now." Shi Jie knew this place quite well, so he knew at a glance which town this was.

Sheng Si was stunned when he heard him say that, then he smiled and said, "Not bad, I never thought that after all these twists and turns, we would end up in this small town again. Elder Li, go find that person directly, there is no need to call Elder Hong over. After we catch that guy, we will still have time to see Elder Hong." Li Ruoxue responded, and then they came directly to a small courtyard. Li Ruoxue turned to Sheng Si and said, "Elder Sheng, this is the courtyard."