ninety thousand miles

Chapter 470 Qinling Mountains
"Only twenty days?" Yang Shan was surprised, and then he asked: "How is the person who followed me?"

Zou Jingping said: "Dead."

"Ah..." Yang Shan said with a nervous expression, "I just asked Tiger Master to lead him away for a while... Then where is Tiger Master?"

Tang Su said: "Among the demon hunters active in Qingtan County, there is indeed a man named Qiu Hu, but he is no longer in Qingtan County."

Yang Shan couldn't figure it out, so he asked, "What on earth is going on?"

"You must have been targeted after you returned to Qingtan County." Wen Guying said, "That group of people should still be lurking in Qingtan County, guarding the secret of the nunnery and trying to kill everyone who has come into contact with this matter."

"Is it that female monster?" asked the hunter.

"She may not know about it." Wen Guying replied.

Yang Shan understood the meaning of Wen Gu's words and asked, "Master, do you recognize that female demon?"

"I recognize her." Wen Guying said, "I have destroyed her cultivation and she has been restored to her original form and cultivated again."

"It's impossible that she is completely unaware of this, right?" Li Chuan said.

After hearing this, Yang Shan knelt down again and said, "Please three sirs avenge me."

"Everything will come out, and we are gradually getting closer to the truth," Wen Guying raised his hand to help Yang Shan up, "Brother Yang Shan, you should stay here and recover from your injuries during this period. Try not to go out, in case the person in the dark attacks again. We will need you in the future."

Yang Shan assured him repeatedly, saying, "Master, rest assured, I'm here and I'm not going anywhere. Whenever you need me, I will do my best."

Zou Jingping said: "Then you should have a good rest."

Yang Shan wanted to say something, but Zou Jingping said, "Since Master Wen has promised you, he will definitely do it."

Yang Shan finally nodded.

Afterwards, the group left the room and went to the main hall where Tang Su worked and sat down again.

Tang Su had tea and snacks served. He said, "While you were at the nunnery, Mr. Zou and I worked together to find out the situation in Qingtan County, including the demon catchers who are still in Qingtan County, and some people who might be Lord Su's men."

"The monster catcher named Qiu Hu used to work for the Monster Hunting Bureau and has some reputation among monster catchers. Yang Shan asked him to lure away the spies, and he did not choose the wrong person." Tang Su said.

Zou Jingping said: "My subordinate's skills are not top-notch, but if he faces a demon catcher, he should be able to save his life, or... at least be able to pass on the news in time."

"I will find Qiu Hu." Tang Su said, "I'm just afraid that he has also been killed."

"I'll trouble you two with these matters," Wen Guying said, looking at Li Chuan and said, "Yang Shan also mentioned the issue of number of people."

Li Chuan was about to reply when Zou Jingping spoke first. He said, "I have also roughly calculated the number of people killed in the nunnery and the village. Due to various reasons, the number is not accurate, but...but the number of people killed is definitely more than 168."

"How many people did you count?" Li Chuan asked. Zou Jingping replied: "More than 200 people were counted."

"Is the upper limit of the illusion's capacity one hundred and sixty-eight?" Li Chuan wondered, and then he remembered everything he saw in the illusion. He said, "Master Wen, in the illusion, I saw the demon spirit and a man. He should be a god. I saw them sinking the spire into the swamp."

"Tell me more about it," Wen Guying said.

"Well, let me think about it." After Li Chuan recalled, he described in detail what he saw and heard in the illusion. After the description, he said: "The gods and demons should have failed at that time. They may have kept some tricks and some plans... Let the spirit beast, I think the lizard should be the spirit beast of the gods, swallow the spire, and then sink into the swamp, find the blurred area of ​​the boundary, and then wait there, waiting for the white walkers to parasitize..."

"No, when the Protoss planted the butterfly spirits into the pillars, they used the art of parasitism," Li Chuan corrected his thoughts, "The Protoss created an environment that was most suitable for the parasites of the White Walkers, and then... over the long years, countless Devouring Souls parasitized the spire, but..."

"I suspect that lizard is still alive. The various parts of the spire are stored in its different chambers. The pipe we walked through is also part of its body. However, among those devouring spirits, except for Yang Shan who was parasitized, the others..."

"According to your speculation, the first animal to be parasitized should be the lizard." Wen Guying said.

"Too……"

"The lizard must have died soon after sinking into the swamp, but it still retained a certain 'mind', which put it in a special state between life and death, thus providing the most suitable soil for soul-devouring parasites." Wen Guying continued with Li Chuan's speculation: "But as time passed, the unstable place stabilized. After that, the spire gradually floated up until..."

"Until it was discovered by Prince Su's people." Yao Shuang continued.

"No, there must have been someone, or a demon, who discovered this place before Prince Su," Li Chuan connected more clues, "I think it was not Prince Su who subdued the remnants of the demon clan, but the remnants of the demon clan who chose Prince Su."

"The soul-eaters in Qiufeng Village might have come from this spire." Li Chuan speculated.

"It's very likely," Wen Guying agreed. "I have a guess that the Soul Eaters in the spire have some defects for some reason, which makes their form after parasitizing different from that of the White Walkers. Afterwards, they are also subject to some restrictions, such as the number of people. This makes it impossible for it to parasitize indefinitely, but... why is this?"

"There is one more thing," Wen Guying continued, "I feel that the Devouring Soul in the spire is also like some kind of medium. For example, the various illusions we have experienced are all presented through the changes of the Devouring Soul."

"I felt it too," said Yao Shuang.

Wen Guying thought for a moment and then said, "The person lurking in secret should be able to exert some influence on the spire. For example, he could make the vines change into human form to lure us in, or lead Yang Shan into a specific illusion. The person Yang Shan mentioned when he described the illusion might be the one lurking in secret."

"Do you think Yang Shan was deliberately brought in?" Li Chuan asked.

"Well, the illusion he entered is the only illusion where the Soul Eater has consciousness. I don't think this is an accident." Wen Guying said.

"The man in secret killed my men and revealed his whereabouts. It will be difficult for him to hide any longer," said Zou Jingping.

"Starting with Qiu Hu, no matter whether he is dead or alive, we can always find some clues." Tang Su also said.

At this time, a man dressed as a demon catcher walked in. As soon as he entered the door, he said, "Master Tang, there is news from Qinling. It was brought by the person you asked me to pay attention to."

(End of this chapter)