I've never felt happy to become an immortal.

Chapter 136 I Killed Myself
Let's put matters of the heart aside for now.

Bai Xuan is very concerned about the Jiao Rong case.

Since it concerned Emperor Guangzong, he had to take it seriously.

The Six Paths and Seven Sects have been passed down for over a thousand years, and each sect possesses great supernatural powers.

If the Fuguang Sect were to degenerate into a demonic path, the consequences would be immeasurable.

What Bai Xuan was truly worried about was whether the Fuguang Sect had been assimilated within the past five hundred years.

assimilation.

That is, the assimilation of the Great Way.

Simply put, the doctrines of the Hundred Schools of Thought in Chinese history went through many conflicts and clashes before being assimilated and unified.

The Six Paths and Seven Sects were not originally just six paths. It's just that as history progressed, some declined, some disappeared, and some grew stronger and swallowed up other sects.

Although the Fuguang Sect is one of the sects that split off, it has a profound foundation and should not be underestimated.

Juan Zhihuan also came from the Fuguang Sect, but later left the sect and became a free man.

Only the Six Paths and Seven Sects themselves can swallow up the Six Paths and Seven Sects.

Of the six paths and seven sects, only one can truly be considered to act without any taboos: the Guiyi Sect.

The Guiyi sect believes in the original Tao.

Bai Xuan's hundreds of years of reincarnation and repetition actually all share a main mission: to continuously promote the transformation of the times.

The purpose of Bai Wuming severing the dragon vein was not the goal itself, but rather that the Qin Dynasty was stuck here. This blocked node had to be dealt with in order to allow the historical process to continue and for civilization to continue to develop and grow.

History always moves forward in a complex and interwoven manner. Sometimes there may be setbacks, but overall it will definitely move forward.

The Guiyi sect, however, did not think so.

They were pursuing the original path.

What is meant by "primordial"? The so-called return to oneness from chaos is what we call "primordial".

The pursuit of the original Tao is essentially a form of regression, a regression of civilization.

They attempt to constantly reverse history, to go against the tide, to rewind time, to restart civilization, and to re-evolve, in order to glimpse the true meaning of the Great Way.

The conflict between Bai Xuan and the Guiyi Sect has a long history.

The reason why the Qin Dynasty was stuck at the end of its reign and continued to exist was because the Guiyi Sect was secretly pushing things along behind the scenes.

Within the Six Paths and Seven Sects, this malignant tumor has always been impossible to eradicate completely.

What's more troublesome is that the Guiyi sect's philosophy is spread.

If one agrees with the Guiyi Sect's ideology, one may be brainwashed by it and become a disciple of the Guiyi Sect.

Returning to the One, taking refuge.

Bai Xuan's biggest worry is that the Guiyi Sect will assimilate the Fuguang Sect. If it really comes to that, it's hard to imagine what it will do.

For the past few centuries, Bai Xuan has been absent, making it impossible for him to suppress the Guiyi Sect as he did in the past.

Therefore, he tries his best not to let go of any clues.

……

Come to the morgue.

The rooms here are made of special materials, like an ice cellar, with a very low internal temperature that effectively prevents the corpse from decomposing.

Ordinary people naturally wouldn't want to go into this place; they would avoid it if they could.

A coroner was with him; he had already examined the body and even handed the investigation report to Bai Xuan.

After a quick, cursory glance, he walked to the front of the corpses, lifted the white sheet, and carefully examined each body.

Every body was charred, but each had died in a different way.

Some had their heart meridians shattered by a single palm strike.

Some were cut into several pieces.

Some had their divine inspiration shattered.

The coroner from the Lin family said, "These people all died from different techniques... For example, this person died from pure palm force, and this person's head was smashed by a heavy weapon, so he should have died from his own weapon."

Bai Xuan looked at the freshest corpse: "This is..."

"Yes, Your Excellency," the coroner said. "Your Excellency's skull is shattered. The force of the blow was very heavy, even shattering his knees and leaving a palm print on his head. It must have been a move like 'Immortal Supporting the Head'."

"It is truly unbelievable that the Prefect, who was a master of field observation, was killed so silently."

Bai Xuan asked again, "Was everyone killed in one move, with no one putting up a fight?"

The coroner thought for a moment: "Only this one showed signs of resistance... He is the fourth victim, the schoolteacher. He was a teacher at the Lin Family School, with a good reputation and had taught many good students. His right hand had a broken mark, which means he must have tried to resist."

"What is his cultivation level?"

“This gentleman has no martial arts skills,” the coroner said.

"They have no martial arts skills, but they show signs of resistance."

"Yes." The coroner also said, "This is also very strange. Perhaps the murderer thought that you, sir, had no cultivation, and thus became careless."

"When and where were these people murdered?"

The coroner read them out one by one.

None of the bodies were found at the primary crime scene; they were all disposed of elsewhere.

If it weren't for Jiao Rong's unique characteristic, no one would have connected these cases together.

Bai Xuan said, "Your current conclusion should be that this was a gang crime, and there was more than one perpetrator."

The coroner said, "Yes, the methods of murder are completely different."

I've asked everything I needed to ask.

Bai Jin raised his hand, hovering it above the corpse's head, and silently activated his sixth divine power.

A decree. Summon the remnant soul!

After a person dies, they leave behind their obsessions. When the soul enters the cycle of reincarnation, a portion of it remains entrenched because of these obsessions.

Just as Bai Xuan had previously seen Qin Zhaojun through the thousand-year-old ginkgo tree.

There are many uses for decrees, and they can be used for anything related to the soul, but they are not very effective when used on the living.

He tried to command the first corpse, but received almost no information.

Even when used on a living person, it can show them a scene that has left a deep impression on them recently.

And there was almost no useful information left on the corpse... It was clearly a dead person, whose obsession should have been extremely deep, yet no obsession was left behind?

The second and third corpses were identical.

Not even the slightest bit of obsession remained?
That's impossible; it doesn't make sense.

There is great terror between life and death; even those who choose to die will leave behind some lingering thoughts.

Or……

Has the obsession here been dispelled?
Is this the purpose of manufacturing foam?
Someone is deliberately trying to dispel the lingering attachments of the soul from the corpse.

Bai Xuan raised his hand and then lowered it.

When he arrived at the fourth schoolteacher's corpse, he extracted more images this time. In the command effect, he saw a scene that lasted only about four or five seconds.

It was the memory of him falling to the ground, grabbing half a piece of paper with his hand, and swallowing it.

"Let's cut open his abdomen and take a look," Bai Xuan said to the coroner.

The coroner was taken aback: "Was it necessary to perform a seppuku? The cause of death is already very clear; it couldn't have been poisoning."

“He has something in his stomach.” Bai Xuan was very certain: “Let’s cut him open first, and I’ll take responsibility for the consequences.”

The coroner had no choice but to be clever. He took out his tools and initially didn't believe it, but he quickly found what he needed: a wad of paper that had been soaked.

"There really is one!" The coroner was overjoyed and quickly took out his tools to carefully unfold the paper.

After the paper was flattened, the coroner, who had initially thought it was a clue to solving the case, took a look and was immediately disappointed.

There is only one word on it.

--I!

The coroner was puzzled: "I don't understand why this gentleman swallowed this word before he died. What is the explanation for this?"

Did I kill myself?

Who would commit suicide by cutting themselves into pieces?
That doesn't make any sense.

Bai Xuan reminded the coroner: "You can tell this news to others; after all, it's a clue he wanted to leave behind before he died."

After saying that, he went to the body of the prefect, reached out and tried to see what it was. He got two blurry images, in which a very thin woman appeared, dressed in very simple clothes.

Could this woman be the murderer?
Bai Xuan withdrew his hand, feeling that more and more mysteries were emerging.

The Fuguang Sect does indeed possess the means to remove the obsessive spirits of the dead. When the blazing sun's divine light shines upon them, all obsessions turn to ashes.

Yes... turned to ashes.

If it had truly turned to ashes, I shouldn't be able to see anything at all.

Various seemingly plausible but actually flawed claims.

Bai Xuan, having found no further clues here, walked out of the morgue.

At this moment, the coroner had just handed the newly obtained clues to a patrolman, who bowed slightly to Bai Xuan to express his gratitude, and then left immediately.

……

In the study of the Lin family patriarch.

"This kid is actually quite capable; he's uncovered something." Lin Buren took the note, glanced at it, and sighed, "However, this clue also corroborates our suspicions."

“I…” Lin Chongxiao glanced at the note and read out a name: “Su Wuwo.”

Su Wuwo has not appeared in the martial arts world for nearly twenty years.

This person's name has always been listed on the Earthly Ranking, although it is at the bottom of the list, it is still on the list.

Few people know.

Actually, Su Wuwo is in Langya.

"It's a shame that this kid knows nothing. But neither he, the Embroidered Uniform Guard, nor the imperial court can get involved in this matter," Lin Buren sighed. "It's all old grudges between the Lin family and the Fuguang Sect. What does it have to do with him?"

"Our Lin family owes Fu Guangzong nothing. Su Wuwo brought this upon himself." Lin Chongxiao said with his hands behind his back, "Let them come if they want."

"I'm afraid it's not just Fu Guangzong who's coming this time." Lin Buren stroked his beard. "The Northern Zhou probably won't let this opportunity slip by either, and they're eager to get involved... All those years of infiltration in Langya, wasn't it all for this?"

"I wonder which big fish we'll catch," Lin Chongxiao said in a low voice. "I hope one of the five major sects will come. I haven't been to Yumen Pass in so long, I'm really itching to go."

……

Bai Xuan had barely left the morgue when he received a message.

Upon entering the living room, they saw Zhang Erniangzi sitting somewhat awkwardly in a chair.

She rushed over, clearly wanting to say something important.

"There is a letter." Zhang Erniangzi handed over an anonymous letter of denunciation.

Bai Xuan glanced at the letter of complaint; the handwriting was crooked and slanted, clearly written on purpose.

The note was unsigned and very simple, stating that last night they heard and saw a man with a foul odor enter a courtyard and never come out again.

This tip-off led to the assassin who escaped last night.

Bai Xuan said, "The news came a little too quickly."

As expected, the old man's words have always proven to be true through practice.

We must let the enemy be overwhelmed by the sea of ​​the people.

(End of this chapter)