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Chapter 270 The invasion of Dai Viet

Qianyuanjing is peaceful and stable.

After all the internal and external troubles here have been resolved, Qianyuanjing is now even more stable than other capital-level cities.

Without internal troubles, under internal unity, we can develop people's livelihood as quickly as possible. Without external troubles, under external harmony, both the Tianjian Division and the underworld forces are developing vigorously.

At present, everything is going well in the entire Qianyuanjing.

Every time the underworld forces in Qianyuanjing mentioned someone, they would sigh silently.

"If Lord Shen had not appeared in Qianyuanjing, I'm afraid Qianyuanjing would have long lost its former glory."

This sentence is often talked about by all the forces in the martial arts world. They all feel that Qianyuanjing is lucky to have Shen Bai's visit, which has brought new vitality to the entire Qianyuanjing.

These Jianghu forces also felt that they had stood in the right position at the beginning and helped Qianyuanjing resist the siege of Jingyuanhou and the three evil forces, which saved Qianyuanjing from its disadvantage.

Although they all suffered losses, these losses were far less than the benefits they were gaining now.

Since they are all heroes who have fought against the evil forces, no matter how they develop in the future, they will be able to get the overt and covert support of Qianyuanjing.

Now many forces are becoming more and more powerful.

They all knew that all this came from Shen Bai.

However, many forces have been puzzled recently. Shen Bai has been staying in seclusion in the Tianjian Division of Qianyuanjing and has hardly appeared in public.

Some people even discovered that Shen Bai had not left the house since his last return to the Jiantian Division.

They didn't know the reason, but some forces in the martial arts world had some connections in the Jiantian Division and knew that Shen Bai was in seclusion.

This news gradually spread throughout the underworld of Qianyuanjing, and the leaders of the underworld forces were all moved when they heard about it.

A talented person is not scary. What is scary is that this talented person uses his talent day and night to climb to a higher position. This is the scariest thing.

After knowing that Shen Bai was in seclusion, the underworld forces in Qianyuanjing also felt relieved.

Ever since the annihilation of Marquis Jingyuan, these underworld forces, like Jiantiansi, have regarded Shen Bai as a backbone.

They have a blind worship, believing that as long as Shen Bai is in Qianyuanjing, Qianyuanjing will not be in chaos, and will even continue to improve rapidly in a vigorous state.

Shen Bai really didn't know about this.

Because at this moment he was already immersed in the mad liver of Wanshui Jue.

Without the bonus of amber, the progress of Wanshui Jue became much slower.

Shen Bai also knew about this progress, but after comparing the two, Shen Bai decided to let Amber and Hongzhuang evolve first.

There is a saying that goes, short-term benefits are definitely not as good as long-term benefits.

He is not facing any major crisis right now, so he should first stabilize his long-term interests.

Amber and Hongzhuang were still in the space of Yin-Yang Object Storage Technique, but the two giant eggs were becoming thinner and thinner.

Shen Bai knew that this was a sign that the two women were about to come out, but he was not sure how long it would take.

Although the proficiency in Wanshui Jue was progressing very slowly, Shen Bai had already mastered half of it due to his recent hard work.

It’s not far from reaching level eight of Wanshui Jue.

I heard footsteps and someone was walking up the stairs to the fifth floor of the Jiantiansi.

Shen Bai already knew who was coming up through his red eyes.

He temporarily stopped practicing the Wanshui Jue, then poured himself a cup of tea, raised the cup, and took a sip slowly.

Because Hongzhuang is evolving, Shen Bai has been making tea for himself recently.

Logically speaking, after reaching his level, there is no need to make things so complicated.

As long as he said a word, the members of the Tianjiansi would line up to make tea for him and even take care of his daily life.

But after Shen Bai left Shengyun County, he had become accustomed to all of this.

He also doesn't like people being so close to him, he prefers to be alone.

Except for the two strange beasts, if other people got close to him, he would feel a little uncomfortable.

When the footsteps gradually reached the fifth floor, there was a gentle knock on the door.

As the knock on the door sounded, Han Sanfeng's voice came from outside.

"Master Shen, are you busy?"

Han Sanfeng is still acting as the agent for the registered owner of the house. As for his original position, another person has taken over.

Although Shen Bai has now stabilized the entire Qianyuan Capital, Emperor Shengwu is about to go to the desolate forbidden area, and his subordinates are very tight-knit. Han Sanfeng is temporarily acting as the owner of the registered house. After a few rounds, he no longer sends anyone over.

According to this logic, it won’t be long before Han Sanfeng, the acting homeowner, becomes the official one.

But even so, one thing Han Sanfeng must do every day is to come to Shen Bai to report the daily routine of the Tianjian Division and to ask about Shen Bai's situation.

Logically speaking, he shouldn't be the one to do these things, after all, he is the registered owner of the house, but Han Sanfeng felt that he would feel uneasy if he didn't come.

After all, he has reached his current position thanks to the promotion given by Shen Bai.

Sometimes, the Tianjiansi is a rigorous and complex organization, but even such an organization requires some social etiquette.

It may sound a bit cheesy, but cheesiness is something necessary to live in this world.

However, today, when Han Sanfeng came to report on his work, his expression was somewhat solemn.

Shen Bai pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Sit down."

Han Sanfeng is not like this on normal days, but now he has this expression. Shen Bai knows that he must have something important to say today.

He didn't say anything more. After Han Sanfeng sat down, he poured him a cup of tea and handed it to him.

Han Sanfeng immediately took the teacup with both hands in fear and trepidation, took a sip, and carefully placed it on the table. Then he handed the letter to Shen Bai.

Shen Bai looked at the letter and opened it. While he was opening it, Han Sanfeng began to explain.

"Sir, the entire Qianyuan Capital is currently doing very well. We have completely stabilized the situation there, but a special case has recently occurred that requires your personal attention."

Shen Bai had already finished reading the origami while Han Sanfeng was speaking.

After reading the memorial, he put it on the table, but his brows were tightly furrowed.

"How could a caravan passing through Qianyuanjing suddenly die on the official road? Have you sent a coroner to investigate?" Shen Bai said.

The memorial stated that all the members of a caravan suddenly died on the official road while passing through Qianyuanjing.

After the people from the Tianshi Department went to check, they found no obvious external injuries.

These things were just roughly checked. As for the specific details, they still need to be looked at by the professional profession of coroner.

Han Sanfeng nodded and said, "Sir, we have sent people to check. After a detailed examination, the coroner found that there were no injuries. It seemed that they died suddenly. However, these people are all cultivators in the martial arts world. It is impossible for them to die suddenly for no reason."

If sudden death happened to ordinary people, it might be explainable, but it was impossible for it to happen to these gangsters.

If a man of the world does not seek death after entering the world, and no accidents happen, and he finds a quiet place to hide, he can live for a long time and will not be troubled by any disease.

But now, any normal person would know what is going on when someone suddenly dies.

Shen Bai touched his chin and said, "It seems someone is causing trouble for me again. Where is the body now?"

Shen Bai certainly couldn't find any clues with just a memorial, and now that Han Sanfeng actually handed over this memorial, it proved that they had no way to deal with it.

A caravan is actually a constant journey between different places to gain profits.

Caravans play a vital role for any country.

Nowadays, Qianyuanjing no longer has the three major evil forces, nor does it have Jingyuan Hou. Most of the other evil forces hide in the dark, fearing that they will be liquidated by Shen Bai's Jiantiansi.

But in this situation where no one dared to come, an accident happened, which made Shen Bai a little strange.

In that case, let’s take a look at the corpse first.

Han Sanfeng nodded and said, "Sir, the body is now placed in a room in the Tianjiansi. Do you want to see it now?"

He knew that Lord Shen had been very busy recently, and if he had nothing to do, he would not want to come and disturb Lord Shen, otherwise it would make Lord Shen feel a little annoyed.

But given the situation today, he has to come.

If he didn't come, he was worried that the problems that would arise later would be even bigger.

After a brief thought, Shen Bai put the letter aside and said, "Come with me to take a look."

Now that the matter has come to light, Shen Bai will certainly not refuse.

As the chief of the Tianjian Division, managing this place well is something he must do.

Han Sanfeng quickly agreed, then turned sideways to make way for Shen Bai.

Shen Bai followed Han Sanfeng, walked up the stairs on the fifth floor of the Jiantian Division, and came to a courtyard of the Jiantian Division.

The yard was already full of members of the Tianjiansi, who were responsible for handling this caravan.

They were all waiting for Shen Bai to come down.

When they saw Shen Bai coming down, many members showed a look of shame on their faces.

Now Shen Bai has resolved all the crises in Qianyuanjing. Now that they have encountered this incident, they have to come to Shen Bai for help. This is what makes them feel ashamed.

Not only did he fail to help, but he actually caused trouble.

After this news got out, they felt ashamed.

Especially a noble person like Shen Bai, who is like a god in their hearts.

Now Shen Bai has to take action personally, which is unacceptable no matter how you look at it.

Shen Bai didn't mind. He waved his hand and asked Han Sanfeng to take him to the room where the body was placed.

The Tiantian Division naturally has a special place to store corpses.

Due to the special nature of the position of the Tianshi, this place is quite large and is equipped with professional coroners.

At this moment, more than a dozen coroners were busy, and there were more than twenty corpses lying in the room.

Each body was covered with a white sheet.

When Shen Bai walked in, many coroners immediately saw him, put down their work, clasped their fists and said, "This humble official greets Lord Shen."

This is the Tiantiansi of a capital-level city. Even the coroners have regular staffing.

In other cities, they would be serious adults.

But they still have to remain respectful when facing Shen Bai.

The reason is simple. Shen Bai is the most noble and prominent person in Qianyuanjing.

Shen Bai waved his hand, telling them not to be so restrained, then he walked to a corpse and lifted the white cloth covering it.

The corpse was that of a man, who was pale at this moment, with his eyes closed, as if he was asleep.

But the cold feeling coming from it made it clear that the person in front of them was just a corpse with its eyes closed.

Shen Bai looked carefully for a moment, but did not see any trace of fear or ferocity on the face of the corpse.

The more carefully you look, the more you realize that these bodies look like ordinary deaths.

Shen Bai frowned and said, "It's definitely not a natural death."

If it was a normal death, even sudden death, the body and face should not be so peaceful.

The coroner stepped forward and said, "Your Excellency is correct, but we have examined them from head to toe three times and found no obvious signs of trauma. Even their spirits showed no signs of being attacked, so this is what we find most puzzling."

If they hadn't checked three times without getting any results, they wouldn't have wanted Shen Bai to come.

Shen Bai nodded, then circulated the Qi in his body: "Let me see the reason."

A golden color appeared before my eyes, and then the golden Bagua illuminated the void that no one else could see.

As Shen Bai commanded, after he performed the Wuji Guashu, golden threads penetrated into the chests of these corpses with incredible precision.

Since he couldn't find any effect on the surface, he prepared to use the Wuji Gua technique to see what the cause and effect were.

If he could find clues through these causes and effects, Shen Bai would be able to follow the clues and find the murderer behind the scenes.

When the golden thread appeared, it immediately trembled slightly.

Immediately afterwards, the silk threads were pulled out from the body of the corpse and continued to intertwine before his eyes.

After interweaving for a moment, an arrow was formed in mid-air.

The direction pointed by the arrow is exactly where these bodies are located.

This scene was a bit strange, and Shen Bai frowned even more tightly.

He thought that the Wuji Guashu would give him guidance, but what he didn't expect was that the direction the Wuji Guashu guided him was the corpses themselves.

If he was just pointed in a random direction, even if there was a road, Shen Bai felt that he had to go and take a closer look.

But now, the things he pointed at not only had no clues, but were also a bit confusing. These threads of the Wuji Guashu were actually pointing to the corpses themselves.

In other words, the problem lies with the corpse, but no one has discovered it.

Shen Bai touched his chin and asked, "Are you sure you have checked it from inside to outside?"

The coroner thought for a moment and said, "Sir Shen, we have indeed checked everything. I can guarantee that we have thoroughly examined the body, both externally and internally, but we still have no clues."

There are not many people who work as coroners, after all, they need to deal with corpses.

A wandering criminal is used to seeing corpses, but that doesn't mean they are willing to touch and understand corpses like a coroner.

It's like people can see bloody things but are unwilling to come into contact with them for a long time.

So as coroners, they have their own way of performing autopsies.

If other people had questioned them, they would have already picked up the wooden boxes they were carrying and left without looking back.

After all, this is his most professional area.

But now it was Shen Bai who questioned them, forcing them to suppress their pride and begin to explain patiently.

Shen Bai touched his chin and thought to himself, "I've checked everything inside and out, so why do the ends of these threads still point to these corpses?"

He was a little confused.

But it seems that Shen Bai has not found any clues at the moment.

Afterwards, Shen Bai used the Void-Breaking Red Eye to begin observing the information of these corpses.

Under the cover of the red eyes that could break through the void, the information of all the corpses appeared before Shen Bai's eyes.

The causes of their deaths are gradually becoming clear.

Afterwards, after about an incense stick of time had passed, a line of text condensed in front of Shen Bai's eyes, representing the most important information about these corpses.

"Killed by a ghoul."

When this text came out, Shen Bai narrowed his eyes and asked.

"What is a ghoul?"

This simple sentence did not cause any fluctuation among Han Sanfeng and other members of the Tianjian Division. Instead, the dozen or so coroners were all slightly stunned, and then showed a hint of shock.

The leading coroner's voice was trembling.

"Master Shen, you were talking about the corpse-eating beast, right?"

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Yes, it's a corpse-eating beast. Is this thing important?"

This is the message that Poxu Hongyan gave him just now.

All this was done by the ghoul.

To be honest, Shen Bai doesn't really know what a corpse-eating beast is.

Although he had been working in the Tianjian Division for such a long time and had obtained a lot of information, he had no idea what these things were specifically.

After all, there is so much information in this world that it is impossible for even a cultivator to remember it all with just one brain.

However, looking at the surprised expression of the coroner in front of him, the so-called corpse-eating beast seemed to be a very scary thing.

Sure enough, when Shen asked this question, the leading coroner trembled slightly.

"Are all the legends told by the coroner true?"

"Legend, what kind of legend?" Shen Bai continued to ask.

The coroner then took a deep breath, tried to calm himself down and stop being so excited, and began to speak.

"Sir, there has always been a legend among us in this business."

"Legend has it that some corpses with unknown causes of death were eaten by corpse-eating beasts, which is why we can't find anything useful."

"This legend was actually just a legend a long time ago. We, who have been coroners for so many years, all believed that our colleagues couldn't find any clues, so they attributed the information to the corpse-eating beast."

"I thought this was just an excuse for them to shirk responsibility, but I didn't expect that the Lord would actually mention the corpse-eating beast."

Chewed up all the clues?
Shen Bai looked at the information provided by Poxu Red Eyes, touched his chin, and said, "The clues I can get are indeed the work of the corpse-eating beast. According to your statement, the legend circulating among you seems to be true."

"So, is there any more detailed news?"

He thought to himself, no wonder these coroners were so surprised.

After all, a legend suddenly became true at this time, which would surprise anyone.

However, Shen Bai felt that he could find some useful information from it.

After all, since these coroners understood the word "corpse-eating beast" so well, they must also know some specific details.

As expected, after Shen Bai said this, the leading coroner immediately responded.

"If that's the case, it might cause some trouble. No, not just some trouble, but big trouble."

"Legend has it that when a corpse-eating beast appears, it will inevitably bring natural and man-made disasters, causing the death of a large number of living people."

"Although we have never seen what a ghoul-eating beast looks like, and ghoul-eating beasts only exist in legends, if it is really as the legend says, the people may be in danger."

Shen Bai frowned and said, "Why do I feel like you said something useless?"

That was all he heard from the coroner.

He originally thought that there would be some useful information that would allow him to resolve all the doubts in front of him in one fell swoop, but now it seems that what the coroner said just now can't even solve the problem at all.

After hearing what Shen Bai said, the coroner's forehead was covered with sweat. He said, "Don't blame me, Lord Shen. I really don't know anything about corpse-eating beasts. Or rather, the entire coroner profession knows nothing about corpse-eating beasts."

Upon hearing this, Shen Bai once again used the Wuji Gua technique and began to calculate based on the corpse-eating beast.

Since the coroner doesn't know, and Han Sanfeng and the others don't know either, he wants to try a different approach and see if he can use the corpse-eating beast as a clue to figure out what he wants.

But the result was unexpected.

No clue.

The Wuji Gua number in front of him showed that all the clues were on the corpse-eating beast, but the specific situation could not be calculated at all.

Now, Wuji Guashu has reached the seventh level. If Shen Bai can't figure it out, then there is only one answer, that is, Wuji Guashu has not reached the level where it can calculate clues.

Perhaps it needs to be higher to be able to calculate clearly.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai looked at Han Sanfeng and said.

"From now on, the people from the Heaven Monitoring Department must continue to move and must guard against the so-called corpse-eating beasts."

Upon hearing this, Han Sanfeng immediately nodded and said, "Don't worry, sir. I will do it right away."

There is no need to go into specific mobilization details, as they are already familiar with these things.

As long as Shen Bai gives a general guideline, they will continue to do so according to this guideline.

Shen Bai nodded, turned to look at the leading coroner, and asked, "You can't remember anything about the corpse-eating beast, right?"

The coroner nodded, then shook his head. "Sir, if necessary, I can talk to my colleagues, and they can go back and talk to their familiar colleagues. Perhaps they can find some useful information."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "In that case, go back and ask for me. If you find out, please inform me in time."

Nowadays, there is some chaos in the peaceful Qianyuanjing, and there seems to be no clue to this chaos.

Shen Bai planned to work together from many aspects.

First, we need to stabilize the current situation in Qianyuanjing and see if there are any other people who have died suddenly like these caravans.

The second thing is to summarize the information collected by the coroners. If they can find the evidence, that would be great. If not, then they will just sit back and wait.

After he made this arrangement, Han Sanfeng left first to arrange the personnel according to Shen Bai's request.

The coroners immediately left the Tianjian Division and began to go back to inquire about various information about the corpse-eating beast.

The circle of coroners is not big to begin with, and not many people are willing to do it, so all those who belong to the coroner profession have formed a group.

They also have their own small circles.

Maybe they don't know much about the ghouls, but if someone who knows them knows about it, then it would be considered a meritorious service in this matter.

Soon, the room was empty, leaving only Shen Bai staring at the corpses, lost in thought.

……

Something happened on Shen Bai's side, and on the other side, in a hidden forest, a girl in purple clothes, with a pair of bare white feet, was riding on a gorgeous tiger.

The girl looked pure and lovely, and her purple dress highlighted her curvy figure, but her eyes held a hint of murderous intent that made ordinary people dare not approach her.

"You're tired, take a break." The girl in purple patted the tiger's head.

This gorgeous tiger is nearly three meters long. If it stands up, it can bite off an adult's head in one bite, which forms a sharp contrast with the girl sitting on the tiger's back.

However, after hearing the girl's words, the ferocious tiger immediately found a place to stop, lay on the ground, closed its eyes and pretended to take a nap.

Seeing this, the girl in purple jumped off the tiger's back.

Although she was barefoot, her feet were a small distance from the ground.

If you didn't look carefully, you would even think that she was not suspended in the air.

After the purple-clothed girl jumped off the tiger's back, she stretched and a hint of boredom appeared in her eyes.

There was a big tree not far ahead, and the girl leaned against the tree with her eyes closed and dozed off.

The tiger lay at the girl's feet.

The mottled sunlight shone through the leaves of the big tree and onto the face of the girl in purple, making her appearance seem somewhat real in the midst of illusion.

At this moment, the surrounding space twisted, and then four people in black robes appeared next to the girl in purple.

When they appeared, they immediately half-knelt on the ground and slowly lowered their heads.

"Grandma, we have already completed everything. All the people in that caravan have died."

The purple-clothed girl finally opened her eyes, yawned, and said, "Shen Bai isn't that easy to deal with. Did you do it cleanly?"

The four men in black robes nodded in unison.

One of the black-robed men said slowly, "Grandma, don't worry. We have already used the corpse-eating beasts to eat away all the clues on the corpse."

"Ghouls only exist in legends. No one would ever think of such a thing."

The purple-clothed girl leaned her head against the trunk of the tree, raised her fair arm, and rested it on the back of her head. "This is so boring! I actually hope Shen Bai can find some clues, find out where I am, and have some fun with me."

The man in the black robe did not speak, still keeping his head down and half-kneeling.

The tiger yawned, as if infected by the purple-clothed girl's laziness.

"Give me the stuff."

The girl in purple looked up at the white clouds in the sky and said.

Then, one of the men in black robes took out a strange-looking little beast from his sleeve.

The little beast has three heads, each of which is extremely ferocious, and looks like a combination of three kinds of animals.

When the three-headed beast appeared, the purple-clothed girl stretched out her hand and pointed at the beast in mid-air.

Then, the three-headed little beast suddenly curled up in pain, rolling on the grass, whimpering from time to time.

The whimpering sound gradually subsided, and another small beast with three heads split out from the back of this small beast.

The two little animals look exactly the same, and it is impossible to tell which came first.

Seeing this, the four men in black robes lowered their heads even more and didn't dare to look over there at all.

The girl in purple hadn't finished yet and continued to give instructions.

The little beast in front of him split again, and then four little beasts appeared on the lawn.

After the purple-clothed girl did all this, her face turned a little pale, but her lazy temperament remained unchanged.

Even so, the four men in black robes did not dare to look directly at the girl in purple.

The purple-clothed girl yawned and said, "I need Qianyuan Capital to be in even greater chaos. Take these four corpse-eating beasts with you and go to various places in Qianyuan Capital to make the chaos bigger. This way, Shen Bai won't have time to be transferred to another place by Emperor Shengwu."

"Grandma, we will definitely get this done." The four men in black robes agreed and then disappeared on the grass.

After they left, the girl in purple continued to look up at the sky.

The tiger turned around and roared twice, emitting a hint of coldness. Then it transformed into a stream of light and took the form of a middle-aged woman. She whispered, "Grandma, this isn't going to be easy."

"We've killed too many people. What if Shen Bai finds us?"

The purple-clothed girl glanced at the middle-aged woman, and the middle-aged woman was immediately so frightened that she dared not say a word.

The purple-robed girl then said calmly, "As a strange beast, you should unconditionally follow my orders instead of questioning me. I understand what you mean, but we've gone through so much trouble to reach the Great Zhou Kingdom. If we don't cause him some trouble, then when Emperor Shengwu leaves, with the Great Southern Kingdom standing between us, the situation for our Great Yue Kingdom will be very difficult."

(End of this chapter)