One pound of meat equals one attribute point.

Chapter 32 Showdown
Su Li and Xiao Qing flashed and soon arrived at the courtyard where Su Heng lived.

"It doesn't look like a big deal."

Xiaoqing raised her head, looked around, sniffed with her straight white nose, and began to comment.

"At first glance, it really seems like nothing, but the reaction of the Monster-Hunting Disk cannot be faked." Su Li took out the Monster-Hunting Disk hanging around his waist. The crystal in the center of the disk was emitting a faint red light.

At this time, the sun had already set and the sky was dim.

The light emitted from the monster-hunting disk appears particularly bright in such an environment.

"Su Heng has already left, but when we get close to this house, the Monster Hunting Plate still gives us a danger warning." Xiao Qing frowned slightly, "It's really not that simple. It's better to be careful."

"Ah."

Su Li nodded, "Let's go inside and take a look."

Su Li brought Xiao Qing forward. Just as they took a step, they stepped on something and heard a crisp crackling sound.

"ah!"

Su Li looked nervous and subconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword.

"Don't be so surprised. It's just a piece of wood. It's no big deal." Xiaoqing pushed Su Li away.

Su Li lowered her head.

Sure enough, I saw a piece of broken wood under my feet.

only……

Su Li's brows, which had just relaxed, furrowed again.

Under Xiaoqing's puzzled gaze, Su Li bent down and picked up the wood he had just stepped on.

"These woods are carbonized." Xiaoqing was a little surprised and found something unusual.

"Is he having a barbecue here? Life is really good." Xiao Qing sighed. Ever since she was reborn in this way, the delicacies of the world no longer had any taste to her.

"Probably not..."

Su Li said, "I don't see any stoves around, and this charcoal is definitely not enough for a barbecue."

Click!

She reached out and squeezed it hard.

The charcoal blocks turned into black dust and fell along Su Li's slender fingers.

"There's still some warmth in these charcoals. It feels to me like..."

"Like what?" Xiaoqing asked curiously.

"It's like using force to carbonize living wood from the inside out, so that after such a long time, a certain amount of force is still locked in the charcoal."

"hiss……"

Xiao Qing's eyes widened. "This level of cultivation is incredible. Can Elder Xu from the Demon Suppression Division do this?"

"This should be possible." Su Li nodded slightly.

"But Elder Xu is practicing the Demon Suppression Division's top-notch martial art, the Red Earth Seeking Sun Art, and he has been working on this art for decades..." Su Li swallowed dryly, "What is Su Heng practicing? A third-rate art he picked up from a street martial arts gym, and it's incomplete."

"Although what you said is right, I always feel that you are praising your brother." Xiao Qing said crisply.

"No, absolutely not." Su Li denied repeatedly.

"Let's not talk about this." She clapped her hands and looked up at the sky. The last ray of sunlight disappeared. But the weather today was good. The stars were twinkling and the Milky Way was shining, hanging high in the dark and cold sky.

"Although we have plenty of time, we should still act as quickly as possible." Su Li whispered and came to the bedroom door.

Crunch!

The door was not locked, and Su Li pushed it open easily.

With the help of the starlight outside the window, Su Li could see the furnishings in the house clearly.

There was a widened and thickened bed, a wooden table, and a clothes hanger and wardrobe in the corner. The wooden table was by the window, with a thick stack of books and various notes on it. When you get close, you can smell a faint scent of ink.

Su Li came to the desk, picked up a book and opened it.

"Changqing County Annals Transcript 1"

Su Li read a few pages and found that they only recorded trivial things. She soon lost interest and put the books back in place according to her memory.

"Why would he be interested in these things?" Su Li said to himself.

"Perhaps it has something to do with the things that happened in Changqing County." Xiaoqing suddenly said, "I suddenly saw something strange that cannot be explained by common sense, and I want to find the answer in this way."

"You mean, I wronged him..." Su Li said with a frown.

"I didn't say that." Xiaoqing said.

"No matter what, since we are here, we have to investigate it first." Su Li gritted her teeth, feeling that her preconceived ideas were somewhat unfair to her brother. But no matter what, things have developed to this point, there is no reason to give up halfway.

"Where is the entrance to the basement?" Su Li asked again.

"Under the bed." Xiaoqing first closed her eyes, her body gradually became translucent, and then she opened her eyes and answered firmly.

"Under the bed..." Although the wooden bed had been thickened, it was nothing to Su Li.

The wooden bed was moved away easily.

Below is a blocky bluestone floor, which at first glance looks no different from the surrounding floors, but there is no dust on it, and it is obviously cleaned frequently, which in itself is not normal.

"Boom boom boom!"

Su Li tapped the floor lightly and determined that there was a hole underneath.

She took a deep breath and slowly moved the floor away, and a wide black tunnel appeared in front of the two of them.

The crude stairs extended into pitch-black darkness.

There are oil lamps mounted on the walls on both sides of the stairs.

To be on the safe side, Su Li did not light the oil lamp, but took out a bamboo tube as thick as a finger from his arms.

The bamboo tube exudes a faint aroma of oil, and there is a white wick at the end.

The wick is lit.

The bright white light dispels the darkness.

This is a bamboo lamp made from whale oil. It is not only bright but also odorless. It is most suitable for use in special situations when performing tasks outside.

Subconsciously holding his breath, Su Li slowly entered the basement.

The basement is very deep, about five meters.

Su Li walked for a while before slowly reaching the bottom. In front of her was a simple archway reinforced with wood, and the door was also not locked.

Click!

Su Li reached out and pushed open the wooden door.

A strong smell of blood suddenly came towards him. Su Li coughed twice and retched a little.

Even Xiaoqing, who was a yin object, seemed a little uncomfortable in such an environment. Her feet slowly left the ground and her whole body floated in the air.

"This……"

Su Li placed the whale oil lamp on a bulge on the wall.

The scene before her made her pupils shrink suddenly. She raised her head and saw a ferocious cheetah with pure white fur.

She took a step back, taking a defensive stance.

Then it was discovered that only a skin bag was left of the cheetah, which was stretched out and hung in mid-air, made into some kind of decoration.

Su Li breathed a sigh of relief.

Turning around, he saw a shriveled, green head on the wall behind him looking at him.

Under the dark eye sockets were two lines of black blood and tears.

"hiss……"

Su Li recognized the origin of the head, "Isn't this the water ghost? The original purpose of our trip."

"Ah."

Xiaoqing nodded, confirming Su Li's idea.

"What a miserable death." Xiaoqing stuck out her tongue and added.

"It's really tragic." With the help of the whale oil lamp, Su Li saw the broken bones placed on the wooden table and some shrunken internal organs hanging on the iron hook. It is not difficult to imagine that the water ghost was killed first. Then the body was brought here and dismembered and chopped up bit by bit.

Su Li shuddered. She saw several large wooden barrels placed in the corner of the wall, which were emitting a strong smell of blood.

She took a step back, intending to go forward to see what it was.

boom!
It seemed like it hit something.

"Xiaoqing, stop making trouble..." Su Li reached out and scratched his head, thinking that it was Xiaoqing standing behind him.

This guy……

It floats silently in the air, but always appears suddenly, scaring myself.

But as he thought about it, Su Li realized that something was wrong.

Because in the corner of my eye, I could already see Xiaoqing's slender body.

At this moment, she was leaning against the wall, shaking uncontrollably. Her face was pale, and she opened her mouth, as if she wanted to remind someone, but no sound came out. It was a crushing blow to her life, an extreme fear that made her unable to say anything.

"Xiaoqing, you are here...Then the person behind me is..."

Gulp! ~
Su Li swallowed her saliva dryly.

He turned around stiffly little by little, and first saw the broad chest. Then he raised his head and looked upwards, and only then did he see Su Heng's expressionless face shrouded in shadow.

Thanks to Zijing Jiaolong, book friend 20211215, and book friend 20220429 for their monthly tickets, and thank you all for your reading, comments, and recommendations.

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