Grudge Breaker

Chapter 359: The True and False Lu Chi (Part )
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"Lü Chi committed suicide in the snail-filled cave near Sanzu River. You said that his mind was manipulated by someone, and he was the real traitor in Sichen Mansion, the guy who used the spider silk from the Ousi Wilderness as bait and fed Dujuan the Blood Quenching Curse. Do you remember?"

"So how could he be alive again?"

"Could it be that he was bewitched by someone like Lao Longjing?"

Song Weichen asked repeatedly, is Lu Chi not only a dead ghost but also a traitor? If she wants to talk like this, she won't be sleepy anymore.

Unlike Song Weichen's reaction, Mo Tingfeng raised his eyebrows and stared at Ding Heran with an expression like an examiner looking at a candidate.
"What did you do after you found out that the traitor was Lü Chi?"

"Your Excellency, Lü Chi appeared after the shadow of Lady Ruan disappeared. At that time, Wu Jiu had to go to the Hidden Mist Village, so I used the invisibility technique to hide my tracks and followed Lü Chi."

"Have you been following him all the time? Have you ever thought that Lu Chi's appearance might be a strategy to lure the tiger away from the mountain, and deliberately lead you to somewhere?" Mo Tingfeng asked in a calm voice.

"Your Excellency is right, so I made some preparations in advance."

"I asked Wujiu to activate the 'Catching Net' before we went to the Hidden Mist Village. His water magic has improved recently, and the range of the Catching Net can be expanded to a radius of fifteen miles and maintained for several hours. If there is any disturbance during this period, Wujiu will not be able to hide it. Although the Goddess Peak is vast, this method can also cover about 40% of the area."

"In other words, within one hour, no one can secretly interfere wherever the arrest network covers."

"My judgment is that Lu Chi has already appeared. If someone really uses him as bait to attract my attention and take the opportunity to do something, I think there will be no delay and there will be action soon."

"So, although Wujiu cannot remotely reopen the signal-catching network in the Hidden Mist Village after it fails, this time is enough to detect any abnormalities."

Mo Tingfeng nodded in agreement.
"This method is feasible to a certain extent, but for the remaining large area, how can you ensure that those with ulterior motives will not sneak in from those places?"

"My lord, please take a look."

As Ding Heran spoke, he pinched his fingers together, and a diamond-shaped object in black with a red glow appeared four inches away from his fingertips - it is not accurate to call it an object, as it has no real form; it is clearly a Dharma seal.

"This is the 'Burning Hope Seal'. I don't have Wu Jiu's extraordinary talent to use dual magic. I have fire magic, and this is the result of my recent training."

Mo Tingfeng looked through the Fenwang Seal and saw a scene: Ding Heran placed five Fenwang Seals in a honeycomb structure on the Goddess Peak. After flying into the air, these seals disappeared and ordinary people could not detect anything unusual.

"One Burning Hope Seal can cover an area of ​​seven miles in radius and last for half an hour. My subordinates can currently set up five at a time. If they are distributed well, they can cover 50% of the area of ​​Goddess Peak."

"Within the range of the Burning Hope Seal, I can sense whether there is a foreign object through temperature changes, and determine whether it is a human or a bird or beast based on the outline of the temperature imaging."

"Although the Burning Hope Seal and the Catching Net cannot control every inch of the Goddess Peak, they can basically make sure that no unusual events can escape detection during the period of activation."

"Tsururan, you are amazing! Isn't this the principle of thermal imaging?"

Song Weichen couldn't help but give a thumbs up.

"Regarding this thermal knowledge, I also know a little-known fact! All objects will emit infrared radiation as long as the temperature is higher than absolute zero, which is -273°C. So you are now equivalent to a super-large thermal imaging monitoring system. Sixty-six! From now on, the security of Sichen Mansion will not need anyone else, you are enough!"

"What's the hot...like system?"

Ding Heran laughed awkwardly. Although he knew that Song Weichen was praising him, this compliment was obviously beyond the scope of the topic. He really couldn't understand it...

"In fact, not only physical entities, but also non-physical spirits can be sensed by subordinates, and they will feel an unusually piercing cold. We discovered the whereabouts of Lady Ruan because of this Burning Hope Seal."

At this point, Ding Heran scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"But the flaws of the Burning Hope Seal are also obvious. If only one is activated, it would be fine. But if all five are activated at the same time, too much information will come in at the same time, and I... can't handle it."

What Ding Heran didn't say was that his head was really buzzing when he activated five Burning Seals at the same time. There were many exotic birds and beasts on the Goddess Peak, and the Burning Seals would react to the slightest movement of them. As a result, he started to bleed from the nose before he could last half an incense stick. This method needs to be used with caution.

"I can only activate the Burning Hope Seal intermittently for reconnaissance, and I cannot guarantee that no one else has appeared at the Goddess Peak after Lü Chi appeared. But if someone can quietly appear and escape unscathed under the monitoring of the Burning Hope Seal and the Capture Information Network, and completely unnoticed by us, I can only accept the defeat."

Mo Tingfeng nodded, seeming to be very satisfied with Ding Heran's answer.
"Yes, you have handled it very well. Tsururan has made great progress."

"Just be alert at all times. If you see a praying mantis, don't easily assume that you are the oriole, because cicadas often appear in the form of praying mantises."

"Yes! I will remember this!"

Ding Heran responded while winking at Ye Wujiu.

"What do you think, Old Ye? I'm not as good as you in terms of skills, but when it comes to brains, you have to call me brother."

"I call you ancestor." Ye Wujiu rolled his eyes at him.
"Let's get down to business. What did Lu Chi do after he appeared at Goddess Peak?"
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Goddess Peak.

Wearing the robe made by his torn master, Lu Chi walked lightly in the woods, stopping and looking back from time to time, as if he was afraid of being followed. It was obviously cold in the mountains, but a layer of sweat broke out on his forehead. However, he took out a handkerchief but did not wipe it. Instead, he closed his eyes and rubbed the handkerchief in his hands, as if he was sensing something carefully. After a moment, he opened his eyes and walked resolutely into the depths of the forest.

Ding Heran used the invisibility technique and followed him closely. The more he walked, the more he felt something was wrong - he and Ye Wujiu had just been to these places! Could it be that Lu Chi had discovered them?

No, it's not.

After following for a while, Ding Heran came to his senses. It was not Lu Chi who discovered them, but he was walking again along the place where Ruan Mianmian had appeared before - in the exact order!

Could it be that the person who set up the "Not Entering the Five Elements Formation", or even the person behind the necromancer, was actually this "dead" Lu Chi?

Ding Heran was anxious and his expression became even gloomier. If Lord Si Chen had not instructed that "no matter what happens, you can only observe secretly and not interfere", he would have taken action at this moment.

Lu Chi circled the woods for a while and finally stopped behind a huge rock. That was where Ruan Mianmian's shadow last disappeared.

Ding Heran quietly approached and saw Lu Chi closing his eyes, half-kneeling with his right palm on the ground, his whole body trembling slightly.

Ding Heran was just about to take a closer look at the ground under his palm to see if there was anything unusual when suddenly there was a loud thunder in the air. Under the influence of the yang thunder, three of the five "Fenwang Seals" exploded in an instant. The huge shock wave of the seals caused Ding Heran to lose consciousness for a short time. When he came to his senses, Lu Chi had disappeared.

"Old Ding, what happened? The information-catching network felt a huge fluctuation. Are you okay?"

Before Ding Heran could go forward to investigate, Ye Wujiu's directional message had already come from the Hidden Mist Village. "I'm fine. Lü Chi is missing. I'll go get the evidence first."

……

Just as Ding Heran was recounting what happened on Goddess Peak, Ye Wujiu brought in a tray containing evidence from outside the door and placed it in front of Mo Tingfeng and Song Weichen.

Inside was a bamboo tube of mud and a complete mud footprint.

"Please have your Excellency and Brother Wei take a look."

Ding Heran pointed at the evidence tray.

"The soil in the bamboo tube is from the place where Lü Chi last touched on Shennv Peak."

"The footprints belong to Lu Chi. I searched carefully along the way and this is the most obvious one."

After taking a quick look at the footprints, Mo Tingfeng seemed to confirm a guess in his mind, and turned to take a closer look at the bamboo tube. The mud sample was intact, with a small, inconspicuous red spot in the middle.

"Is this blood?"

Mo Tingfeng cast a spell with his palm and swept the soil, and sure enough, streaks of blood appeared on the soil. He immediately had a bad premonition in his heart.

"Your Excellency, it was blood. I tried to trace its source on the way back, but did not get much useful information."

There was hesitation in Ye Wujiu's voice.

"The tracing department under my command has previously conducted a 'blood tracing' on the blood of Lady Ruan, Du Juan, and Lu Chi, so I am very sure that this blood did not come from these three people."

"I'm afraid it will take some time to find out who the blood came from. I'll start dealing with this matter at daybreak."

Mo Tingfeng didn't say anything, but seemed to have thought of something. He took out the barrier storage bead containing the blood of the beast from his arms again, took a drop and put it into the bamboo tube. While casting the spell, he recited the "Bloodline Origin Tracing Technique" -

One Qi becomes Yin and Yang, blood vessels become short and long,

Three talents determine the ancestor, nine trace back to Xuanhuang;
The same source produces a purple halo, and different veins show a blue frost.
The five colors distinguish the closeness of relatives, and the light reveals the truth.

……

As soon as he finished speaking, the soil in the bamboo tube began to glow purple-red, and it was clear that the blood came from the same wolf.

"It really is the blood of the beast again!"

"It's on the corpse mask with the curse of death, on the forehead of the red-eyed ghost bird that attacked Weiwei, in the underground cave of the fallen Mist Village, inside the body of the Heart-Confusing Harp, and it's related to Du Juan's transformation into a blood puppet that caused Mianmian's disappearance. It's in the Dark and Bright Mysterious Array of the Realm Lord's Mansion, and even... Gu Cangyue's dream bud was contaminated by it."

Mo Tingfeng spoke slowly and coldly. The lights were dim and one couldn't see the expression on his face, but it made people feel frightened for no reason.

"He Ran, the 'Cursed Blood Case' has been officially filed. Report it to the Territory Lord's Mansion and the Heavenly Lord of the Upper Realm immediately."

"Someone is secretly using the blood of the beast to commit crimes, intending to shake up the Sichen Mansion. I'm afraid their goal is not just the warlock grading trial, but to shake the foundation of peace in the Mei Realm!"

"This is a serious matter. We need the joint efforts of the three departments to jointly arrest the murderer behind the scenes!"

"Yes!"

Ding Heran responded, thought for a moment and asked again,
"Si Chen Mansion has opened a case, which must be related to Luan Po, but in this Cursed Blood Case... there seems to be no trace of Luan Po at the moment."

Before Mo Tingfeng could speak, Song Weichen took over the conversation.

"No, He Ran, there must be a chaotic spirit in it, because I felt a lot of puppet energy on Cang Yue's dream bud."

"Do you still remember the ghost husband Huang Hu who was hiding in the illusion array? Before the case was solved, who would have thought that the ghost would hide in the illusion for eighty years."

"It's just that this time the chaotic soul may not be hidden in the illusion array, but it must be related to the blood of the beast."

"Do you think there is a possibility that in this case... the one who turned into a chaotic spirit was not a human, but a beast?"

……

It must be said that only Mo Tingfeng could follow up on Song Weichen's ideas. Her words made Ding Heran and Ye Wujiu stare in amazement, but Mo Tingfeng looked approving.

"What Weiwei said makes sense."

"It's just that the 獙獙 would never turn into a chaotic soul, but it's very likely that someone has turned into a chaotic soul because of the 獙獙 blood, and we haven't discovered it yet."

"Considering that many of the events in the Cursed Blood Case took place in Si Chen Mansion, it is possible that this person is from Si Chen Mansion."

Mo Tingfeng's words were like a bomb dropped into a nuclear reactor.

Song Weichen was the first to be hit. He jumped up with a roar and looked timidly out the dark window. His life was about to be saved. Was the chaotic soul in Si Chen's mansion?
This is not just a flood that has flushed the Dragon King Temple, this is the Dragon King taking the initiative to flood his own ancestral grave!
However, looking at the tray of evidence on the table, Song Weichen quickly calmed down. Yes, it was Lu Chi. Isn’t Lu Chi’s appearance at the Goddess Peak the best proof?
"Boss Mo, Luan Po is Lv Chi, right?!"

Unexpectedly, Mo Tingfeng smiled faintly and shook his head.

"First, Lu Chi is not a chaotic soul. He is indeed dead."

"Second, the person who appeared at Goddess Peak was not Lü Chi at all."