Grudge Breaker

Chapter 251: Strange Evil Species
"Not a living person?"

Song Weichen was frightened by Ye Wujiu's words and subconsciously shrank behind Mo Tingfeng.

"What else could it be? Could it be a zongzi that has become a spirit? It's what you call a flying zombie, or a standing zombie that can be carried away by a corpse driver... By the way, there's no ancient tomb under this round pit, right?"

Song Weichen has read too much tomb-raiding literature, and at this moment she has rounded off and opened a new copy in her mind.

“Not a zombie.”

What’s rare is that Ye Wujiu can actually be in sync with her.

"In the world of sleep, we call the living dead who cannot be clearly classified as demons and monsters 'odd species'."

"This strange creature has the same body shape as an ordinary person, but it is full of fire. It is dead but not stiff at all. Its agility exceeds that of most cultivators. It is very strange. And I think he..."

Ye Wujiu clearly noticed something, but he interrupted himself.

He never liked to speculate, and all he said was based on facts. He didn't want to talk about this kind of groundless "personal feeling". Moreover, although that glimpse was like a fleeting shadow, it was extremely incredible. Even someone as calm as him was secretly frightened.

Mo Tingfeng saw it all but did not delve into it. He knew Ye Wujiu too well and he knew that this reaction must be because he was deeply shocked and he needed to take a break.

"Take your time."

He patted Ye Wujiu's shoulder to comfort him, and then divided the resentment-breaking masters present into two groups. One group surrounded the scorched earth pit and tied up the red diamond knot rope formation unique to Si Chen Mansion;
One group painted "evil-stopping poison" on the rope formation. This material was made of "disaster-avoiding sand" made of realgar, silver vermilion, cinnabar, and asarum, and "plague-avoiding sand" made of quinoa, tiger head, ghost mortar, tianxiong, soapberry, and mugwort, which were mixed in proportion and soaked in wine for 49 days.

Ordinary people do not feel any harm from this, but it can drive away all evil spirits and the spirit of disease and death.

Mo Tingfeng's move was also to minimize the damage caused by the disaster so that the villagers of Wuyin could return home as soon as possible and rebuild their homes.

Just as the arrangements were completed, Yin Fuyin sent someone to inform that they had cleared out an empty old house a hundred meters away from the collapse site, and displayed simple items such as pens, ink, paper, inkstone, coarse tea and cakes for the Si Chen Mansion to use in handling public cases in Wuyin Village in the near future.

It was hard to refuse her feelings. Mo Tingfeng was also worried that Song Weichen would not be able to hold on after her recovery, so he took her, Ding Heran and Ye Wujiu to the old house to talk in detail.
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Entering the living room of the old house, there is an old elm round table placed in the middle. On the table are brewed coarse tea, wild fruits and some coarse cakes. The four chairs accompanying the table are not matched, and it can be seen that it was indeed hastily arranged.

The four of them sat down at the table. Mo Tingfeng calmly took Song Weichen's hand and felt her pulse. After confirming that she was fine, he poured her a cup of warm tea. He then looked at Ye Wujiu and ordered him to recount what he had seen and heard underground at that time, without missing any details.

"This matter is of great importance. Even if it is just some vague clues, you might as well speak out."

"Yes!"

Ye Wujiu stood up and made a few simple strokes on a large piece of white rice paper that had been hung vertically in the government office. It was clear what the scene was like underneath the scorched earth pit - the crack went more than five feet deep, and then a hollow hole appeared. At one end of the hole there was a hidden path that sloped upward, leading directly to the cellar of the ancestral hall of the Wuyin Village.

Further into the hollow cave, there is a long and narrow winding crevice path, which should have been formed by the erosion of an underground river over the years. After that, the path disappeared, the underground waterway widened, and the exit led to Zhusha Town.

After the painting was completed, Ye Wujiu followed the map and reported everything he had seen and heard underground at that time.

"Soon after we entered the crevice, we discovered the hollow ground. Most of it had collapsed. There were burnt tables, beds, and cabinets inside. It was obvious that someone had lived here before."

"There is a lot of blood in the cave, but unfortunately the heat inside has destroyed the remaining blood. Even if we collect it, we can't use the tracking technique to identify who it came from."

"Also, the half-burned tinderbox was found here, but the person who created the tinderbox was not seen."

……

Ye Wujiu pondered for a moment, then used a red pen to draw three crosses on the path leading to the cellar of the ancestral hall of Wuyin Village.

"Three bodies that had been burned beyond recognition were found here. Due to severe carbonization, their identities could not be identified at the scene, but there are only a hundred or so B-level and above sorcerers in the sleeping world. Give me a few days to screen them, and I will definitely find something."

He then made a circle at the end of the crevice path.

"Here is where I found the scabbard, close to the underground river. When I got there, I couldn't find the Earth-type A-class and the fire-lighter, but I saw a trace of the strange creature in the distance. It looked back at me... and then disappeared into the water. It must have a clear target and was chasing after the two people or one of them."

"After entering the waterway, I discovered a secret. The nearest exit to here is the ancient well in Zhusha Town where the 'fire fighter' accepted the bounty mission. I also went out from the ancient well and returned."

…“No wonder!”

Ding Heran suddenly realized.

"I was saying that you clearly sent me a directional communication telling me that I had entered this deep pit crack, but after it collapsed and closed, you suddenly appeared from another place. It seems that you found the exit but deliberately didn't tell me, right? You just wanted to see in front of everyone how desperate and stupid I was to save you, right?"

Ye Wujiu tightened his cheeks, but ultimately did not respond.

When he received the first targeted message from Ding Heran in the underground, he was encountering the strange species. Although it was just a glance, the creepy feeling was like a maggot attached to the bones... Ye Wujiu really didn't want to recall it.

...For a moment, he thought he would never see Ding Heran again alive.

In this case, it is better not to respond, so as to avoid causing worries to the living and leaving regrets.
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Ye Wujiu put down the red brush and bowed to Mo Tingfeng.

"Thank you for your trust and willingness to listen to Wu Jiu's immature deduction. Then I will be bold once - I have three deductions from this investigation."

"First, the hollow cave beneath the Hidden Mist Village is most likely where 'Fire Breaker' usually hides. He uses waterways and cracks as passages, receives missions from the ancient well in Zhusha Town, and then appears and disappears through the ancestral hall cellar and other hidden exits that run through the entire Mengshui underground water system."

"Secondly, after the A-class earth sorcerer escaped from the Pingyang Forest, he and 'Fire Shield' have been in close contact for some reason. It is even possible that they hid together in this hollow land. And the strange species obviously came to kill the two of them. The strange species is a fire type, and 'Fire Shield' is also a fire type. Needless to say, the A-class earth sorcerer can control earth and move mountains. So everything that happened in the Hidden Mist Village was caused by their vicious fight."

"Third, the strange creature must be controlled by some evil force and exists to complete a certain predetermined task. Assuming that the three carbonized bodies of the B-grade warlocks were also killed by this evil creature, I do not rule out the possibility that its hunting target is high-grade warlocks. If this is true, the warlock grading trial in three months will probably bring disaster."

After Ye Wujiu finished speaking, he bowed to Mo Tingfeng again, his face solemn, and sat down in silence.
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It is said that women are naturally sensitive and careful. Song Weichen had been observing Ye Wujiu while he was talking, and always felt that something was wrong with him - and this wrongness always appeared when he mentioned the "strange species".

Out of concern for him, Song Weichen hesitated again and again, but finally couldn't help but ask.

"Wu Jiu, you clearly have another inference, why don't you say it?"

"what?"

Ye Wujiu was stunned, not knowing what he meant.

"What did you hide about the anomalous species? You obviously...thought of something, right?"

"I……"

Ye Wujiu seemed to want to say something but hesitated, his expression extremely conflicted.

"Wujiu, what Weiwei said is exactly what I thought. You were reserved when you mentioned it just now. Why?"

Mo Tingfeng looked normal, staring at Ye Wujiu, "You know it."

Their words surprised Ding Heran, who realized it later, and he looked at Ye Wujiu in disbelief.

"Old Ye, what's going on? Oh, just tell me! I'm so anxious!"

……

"Although it was just a glance, but that face... I would not mistake it."

Ye Wujiu finally spoke. He unconsciously clenched his hands until his knuckles turned white.

“…I killed him.”

It is worth mentioning a digression from Mark today——

"Black Myth: Wukong" made me see human beings full of love and awe, their infinite sincerity and determination to prove the truth for the things they believe in. It's awesome!
In addition-

The mask in the Wukong Deluxe Edition gift pack is a variation of the "Shitahudu" mask I wrote about! Ahhhh!