I became the tyrant's only belief.

Chapter 337 Cannot Be Cleaned Up
"No?" Chen Xing, no longer bothering with the beef jerky, said to Jiang Yao, "Take another look. I found it this morning next to your footprints in the forest."

“No,” Jiang Yao answered with certainty. “I didn’t bring my purse last night, and I didn’t have any coins on me.”

She tilted her head and looked at Chenxing: "I've been in the tree the whole time, I haven't come down to the ground, so where did the footprints come from?"

"Huh?" Chen Xing opened his mouth slightly. "But I only detected one aura. Could there be others in the forest?"

“It wasn’t me.” Jiang Yao withdrew her gaze from Chen Xing. “I have the Shadow Moon Gu. With your internal strength, you can’t detect me.”

Feng Jing was filled with dread: "So there were two people in the woods across the street all night?"

Jiang Yao shook her head: "I didn't find anyone."

"Wait a minute." Lü Fei was confused by these people. "Let me sort this out first."

He looked at Chen Xing: "Last night you sensed only one aura in the forest across the way?"

Chenxing nodded.

He then looked at Jiang Yao: "The footprints aren't yours, the coins aren't yours, you have the Shadow Moon Gu with you so Chenxing can't find you, but you didn't find the second person?"

Jiang Yao paused for a moment before nodding.

The group looked at each other, puzzled. Why didn't these two people's stories match up?

Feng Jing muttered to himself, "Could this second person be a ghost?"

Chu Liuzheng said, "It might be that whistleblower."

"But only Doctor Feng heard the whistle; Chen Xing and Abbot Jiang didn't hear it." Zhou Yuande was also listening when Chu Liuzheng reported this, so he raised his doubts.

Chen Xing glanced at Feng Jing: "Perhaps Doctor Feng is hallucinating."

“I really heard it,” Feng Jing said, raising his hand to assure everyone. “It’s definitely not a hallucination.”

"What's going on?" Lu Fei was completely confused and subconsciously looked at Xiao Jingfan.

Xiao Jingfan frowned in thought.

Chu Liuzheng was definitely not guessing randomly just now. The second person should be the whistleblower. But how did the whistleblower do it, and what is his real identity?
"I understand," Chen Xing suddenly said, and everyone turned to look at him.

Chen Xing analyzed in a crisp voice: "Both Master Jiang and I have internal energy, but Doctor Feng does not. Perhaps only those without internal energy can hear that whistle."

Her words implied that the second person in the woods was the whistleblower.

Siyue asked in confusion, "Then why didn't Abbot Jiang notice that the whistleblower was also in the forest?"

"Well..." Chen Xing scratched his cheek, his eyes darting around, and gave an embarrassed smile, "I haven't figured it out yet."

Everyone: "..."

I had placed so much hope in Chenxing, but alas, I shall do it myself.

"Is it possible that Abbess Jiang discovered it, but she herself didn't know it?" Chu Liuzheng cleared his throat and put forward a conjecture.

Lu Fei frowned: "If you've already discovered it, why didn't you know?" This is clearly a paradox.

Chu Liuzheng said, "If Abbot Jiang discovered a person, she would naturally know, but what if that person was a worm in her perception?"

Everyone:? ? ?
I can understand each word individually, so why can't I understand them when they're put together?

Chu Liuzheng looked at Jiang Yao: "Tongniang told me that although Abbot Jiang has internal strength, she relies on the Shadow Moon Gu to sense the aura of people around her, except when the Shadow Moon Gu is asleep, because of her childhood habit."

Jiang Yao nodded.

Chu Liuzheng was worried that she would ask Tongniang why she told her this, so he quickly asked, "Master Jiang, could you tell me how many different auras the Shadow Moon Gu can sense?"

"Roughly speaking, there are three categories." Jiang Yao had a vague idea of ​​the answer and replied decisively, "One category is people, one category is living things, and one category is inanimate things."

She stared at Chu Liuzheng: "You mean, the Shadow Moon Gu sensed the aura of a second person, but didn't realize he was human?"

Chu Liuzheng nodded; that was exactly what she meant. Based on the information she had just gathered from the system, the whistleblower must have exploited this bug.

"That explains everything," Lü Fei suddenly realized.

The others also understood, and Xiao Jingfan, unusually, praised, "Smart."

Wow, the tyrant actually knows how to praise someone!

Chu Liuzheng smiled and said, "This servant is only guessing. I don't know if my guess is accurate. I dare not accept Your Majesty's praise."

Xiao Jingfan generously replied, "Go back and see the reward."

Wow, the big boss seems to be in a good mood.

Chu Liuzheng quickly thanked him for the reward.

Just then, Jiang Yao suddenly said, "Tong Niang couldn't possibly have told you about the Shadow Moon Gu. Where did you hear that from?"

【Oh haha! 】

Chu Liuzheng's face stiffened. Why did he still ask?
She composed herself and said, "Tongniang is loyal to you, so she wouldn't tell me these things on her own initiative. I deduced it from what she said."

Since it involved the Shadow Moon Gu, Jiang Yao was determined to get to the bottom of it and immediately pressed for details: "What exactly did you say?"

[How am I supposed to make this up? Tongniang is still alive; I can't just use the "no evidence" excuse.]

Sigh! As expected, the nail that sticks out gets hammered down. I should have just let you guys dig your own heads off.

Chu Liuzheng regretted it, but now was not the time to regret it. She was racking her brains to make up a lie when she suddenly heard Xiao Jingfan say, "We'll talk about this later. I have some questions for you."

Chu Liuzheng's eyes lit up.

[Aww~ A lifesaver!]

Although Jiang Yao was more interested in knowing what Tong Niang had said to Chu Liuzheng, she thought she could ask Tong Niang herself after the deal was settled, so she didn't care too much and nodded to Xiao Jingfan.

Xiao Jingfan asked, "Do you know the identity of the whistleblower?"

“If I’m not mistaken, they are the people Yin Lanci left in Longkou Town. Only they can accelerate the maturation of insect eggs,” Jiang Yao said. “But they are hiding too well. I’ve been in Longkou Town for so long and haven’t found any trace of them.”

Upon hearing this, Xiao Jingfan looked thoughtful and asked, "Are there many people like Wu Mian in Longkou Town?"

“At least half.” Jiang Yao frowned slightly. “Those insect eggs can’t be completely removed.”

Lu Fei asked in confusion, "What do you mean?"

"It means exactly what it says," Jiang Yao said. "It keeps reappearing even after I clear it. I've tried many times, but it doesn't work."

"Ah! There's something I forgot to mention!" Chen Xing suddenly shouted, drawing everyone's attention to her.

She quickly said, "I heard from the innkeeper that he saw with his own eyes that after the innkeeper drank the holy water given by Abbot Jiang, he vomited out many round things the size of rice grains, some of which could even move."

Just thinking about that scene made Chu Liuzheng's stomach clench. He swallowed several times but still couldn't hold it in, so he got up and ran to the side to dry heave.

She'll probably never be able to shake off the trauma of insect eggs for the rest of her life.

Chenxing hurriedly picked up the water bag and went over to take care of him.

Xiao Jingfan frowned slightly, his gaze following her, and asked, "What's wrong with her?"

"Disgusting," Feng Jing replied instinctively, glancing up at him.

That means Chu Liuzheng was vomiting so badly, anyone with eyes could see that, so why ask?
Xiao Jingfan: "..."

That's definitely not what he was asking!

Zhou Yuande reassured his emperor, "With Miss Chenxing taking care of him, there should be no problem."