Immortal Cultivation and Life-Saving Guide

Chapter 25 Death
"Elder Shi Ke will be going to Jingyan tomorrow. Should I give him the things that Immortal Master Han asked me tonight?"

"There's no need. Immortal Master Han didn't say he'd come in person," Wei Xi said, not wanting to step into the blue-robed territory so late at night. "Besides, I haven't seen him come out yet, so how would I know if he's arrived? If you want to know, go ask the Huaixin Sect."

"Just hand it over to their sect tomorrow. If that doesn't work, ask the person who collects it to write a receipt."

"That's fine," Qin Feng said, not being on good terms with the Huaixin Clan. "After all, if we give the things to them, they'll be the ones to suffer if they get lost."

The three girls stayed in a room for a night, but when they opened their eyes, only Wei Xi and Qin Feng were left in the room.

The two confused people got dressed and went downstairs to ask the waiter.

"In the morning, a green-robed immortal came," the waiter told Wei Xi and the others, "and then the other immortals followed him."

"Wei Xi, people from Tiandi Gate wear green robes." Qin Feng whispered.

"There should be some people in the Huaixin faction. Let them handle it."

The two of them finished their breakfast slowly and planned to go find Elder Shi Ke.

By the way, bully the little guys from the Huaixin faction.

"Where is your resident elder?" Qin Feng took the lead and stopped a Huaixin Sect disciple who was wandering on the second floor. The little girl looked younger than Wei Xi, and her hands were covered with frostbite. Wei Xi recognized at a glance that these were caused by washing clothes in water in winter.

However, Wei Xi was not a kind person, so he naturally did not stop Qin Feng from questioning the little girl viciously.

The little girl's voice trembled, "Elder, the elder is resting in the room, you can just give it to him directly."

"Elder Shi Ke didn't go to Jingyan?" Qin Feng was a little confused. Logically, Elder Shi Ke should have gone with them. Even if he didn't consider the life and death of the Huaixin Sect disciples, he should have considered reporting the situation to the Wanjian Sect.

But Wei Xi was right. These things had nothing to do with either of them. Once the things were delivered, the mission was accomplished.

When Wei Xi heard Qin Feng ask this, he knew something was wrong.

But as a ten-year-old child, she really couldn't understand what could be wrong. She was a head shorter than Qin Feng, but taller than the other little girl.

So Wei Xi was cautious and forcibly dragged the girl from Huaixin Sect to the door of Elder Shi Ke's room.

"Disciples Qin Feng and Wei Xi of the Qingcheng Sect have come to pay a visit to Elder Shi on the orders of the resident elder, Immortal Master Han."

Qin Feng spoke respectfully, but in fact he frowned as he watched Wei Xi control the girl from Huaixin Sect.

No one answered in the room, and Qin Feng and Wei Xi looked at each other.

"Fellow Daoist," Qin Feng said, his expression softening as he asked the struggling girl, "Has Elder Shi left?"

The girl was just timid, not blind, so she nodded immediately. Afraid Qin Feng wouldn't believe her, she added, "I heard from my brothers and sisters that Elder Shi arrived at the inn in the middle of the night. We in the Huaixin Sect are all staying on this floor. If the elder left, someone would definitely have heard him."

Seeing the little girl's solemn promise, Wei Xi and Qin Feng just thought that Shi Ke had good sleep quality. Qin Feng called out to her respectfully twice.

Still no answer, which was strange. He was a resident elder responsible for taking care of the disciples of Huaixin Sect, so how could he sleep so soundly?
Without waiting for the other two to react, Wei Xi walked up to the door expressionlessly and kicked it.

Wei Xi had a big frame to begin with, and she had gained some weight after growing up in the Qingcheng Sect. Plus, she was a cultivator after all, so she kicked the door open.

Elder Shi Ke was lying on the bed in the guest room with a broken knife stuck in his chest.

"Ah!" The little girl from Huaixin faction collapsed to the ground, letting out a high-pitched scream. Qin Feng rushed into the house, and Wei Xi dragged the little girl to follow Qin Feng.

"He's dead," Qin Feng felt Shi Ke's pulse and shook his head at Wei Xi. "If he still had a breath, he could be saved with the elixir."

Wei Xi and Qin Feng were both used to seeing corpses, so they weren't afraid. However, the girl from the Huaixin sect was dragged in so close that she nearly fainted. Wei Xi slapped her mercilessly to prevent her from fainting and causing any more trouble.

She quickly glanced at Elder Shi Ke's body. Aside from a cut on his chest, Elder Shi had no other injuries. The wound on his chest had stopped bleeding, suggesting he'd been dead for some time. Wei Xi then examined the broken knife, noting that it was perfectly aligned.

The scream just now attracted the people on the second floor. Several tenants who looked like businessmen came out to watch the excitement, but when they saw people in Taoist robes squeezing into the room, they knew that this was something happening in the immortal sect, and no matter how brave they were, they didn't dare to stay here to watch the excitement.

"What's going on?" asked a leading disciple of the Huaixin Sect.

"Wei Xi and I were ordered by the resident elder to visit Elder Shi. We called out several times, but he refused to come in. So I brought your people in to check. When we pushed the door open, we saw Elder Shi with a knife in his chest. I wanted to save him, but after taking his pulse, I realized he was already dead."

Wei Xi pushed the little girl with the slap mark on her face, and the people from Huaixin Sect looked at their own disciples.

"What's with her face?" the leading disciple asked hesitantly. Qin Feng didn't even blink, "My fellow disciple saw she was about to faint and kindly helped her hold on."

Before the leading disciple could speak, a disciple jumped out from behind him and shouted at the top of his voice, "Brother Geng! Don't listen to their nonsense! They might be the murderers of Elder Shi!"

This statement was really speechless. Wei Xi really wanted to know if there were people who didn't even use their brains?

"You are slandering me! Not to mention that your disciples witnessed Qin Feng and I entering the sect, with Elder Shi's cultivation level, how could a few Qi cultivators be able to match him?"

Wei Xi put on a good show this time, opening and closing her mouth, and with Qin Feng blocking her way, the people on the other side would not have thought that Wei Xi was arguing with them through a bird.

The disciple who had jumped out had a red face, clearly embarrassed, but he remained stubborn and said, "You murdered the elder and you still refuse to admit your guilt! Do you think I have no one in the Huaixin sect?"

His words turned the topic to the Qingcheng Sect's disdain for the Huaixin Sect. The Qingcheng Sect was a sect where anyone who had reached the Jindan stage in ten thousand years could become the Sect Leader. Being looked down upon by such a sect made several young disciples furious. They looked at Qin Feng and Wei Xi as if they were murderers.

Perhaps he was shocked by the stupidity of his peers, so Geng Chengcai closed his eyes and said, "Shut up!"

"What happened?" Senior Sister Fan was pushed into the room by her two junior brothers. She saw Shi Ke lying on the bed with a serious expression.

Qin Feng repeated her words, and after she finished, Geng Chengcai also half-bowed to Senior Sister Fan, "Senior Sister Fan, although the Huaixin Sect did not have their own steward come with us on this trip, the Huaixin Sect will not let this matter go lightly after the resident elder died in the inn. I hope Senior Sister Fan will seek justice."

"As a junior, I don't dare claim to uphold justice, but I will do what I can," Senior Sister Fan said without complimenting her. She glanced at the silent Huaixin Sect girl and asked, "Can you tell me what you saw?"

"I..." The little girl looked up at Geng Chengcai and saw him nod. Then she cried, "I was so hungry, so I came out to find something to eat. On the way, I met these two Taoist friends. They said they were ordered to come and pay a visit to Elder Shi."

"She asked me about Elder Shi's situation, and then she took me to find him," the little girl cried heartbrokenly, her words coming out incoherently. "We called out to Elder Shi several times, but he didn't respond. We pushed open the door and found him lying there with a knife stuck in his chest."

"I was terrified and collapsed on the ground, shouting, 'My two fellow Taoists, take me, take me to save the elder, but it was too late.'"

This was almost the same as what Qin Feng said. Seeing how frightened she was, it was ninety percent true. Moreover, the combined fighting power of the three of them could not defeat Elder Shi Ke, a sword cultivator from Fengdao.

"This junior fellow."

"Geng Chengcai."

"Junior Brother Geng, send three messages to the Wanjian Sect, the Huaixin Sect, and Jingyan, explaining the situation." Senior Sister Fan pulled out three finger-thick photo stones from her sleeve. "I've recorded what happened just now. Junior Brother Geng, Junior Sister Qin, and I each have a copy."

Geng Chengcai's face looked unhappy, but he also knew that Qin Feng and the others could not be the murderers, and Senior Sister Fan of Wanfa Sect was not biased in her handling of the matter. However, the person who died was a resident elder, and it would be difficult for Wanjian Sect to explain. If he returned to the sect, he would inevitably suffer the consequences.

Senior Sister Fan sighed, "Junior Brother Geng, please accept my condolences." Then she turned her gaze to the disciples of the three sects, "Everyone sleep in pairs in a room and take turns on night duty. Those who go out must be back before the evening hour."

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