For ten years I practiced Gu poison in Southeast Asia; all living beings revered me as a deity.

This power!

Luo Feng's pupils contracted, and then his eyes revealed wild joy.

Yes, this is exactly the power I need.

The methods of the Datuk lineage for sleuthing are truly direct!

"Just by chanting an incantation... one can easily kill a clouded leopard. What if it were a human?"

However, as soon as he withdrew the sword finger raised in his right hand, the chilling aura of "Master Liang the Fallen," which had been corroding his flesh and reaching his bone marrow, gradually dissipated.

The essence of Luo Feng's dantian was like a raging fire, which, as usual, transformed into a stream of heat that flowed throughout his body, giving him a strange feeling of comfort.

Suddenly, a deep, resonant voice rang out from behind him.

"Junior brother, what happened?"

Luo Feng turned around when he heard the sound and found that it was his senior brother Liu Guangyang, who had come down from the tree.

His gaze suddenly shifted as he noticed a bulging cloth bag in Liu Guangyang's right hand.

The cloth bag emitted a nauseating stench.

"It's... a head."

He opened the cloth bag, inside was a man's head. The man had a thick neck, a ferocious face, and a large scar on his head.

"This head... Yang Caifa from the Yang family."

Luo Feng recognized him; it was the son of the Yang family across the street.

Yang Caifa's overall complexion was dark, and black downy hair had grown on his cheeks, giving him a fierce look.

"It'll be fine as long as it's him."

Upon hearing that Luo Feng had recognized the head, Liu Guangyang nodded and said, "We don't know how his body got up there. It's strange, there were no signs of it climbing the tree..."

When I went up, I found the body hidden in the tree. However, I only found the body of Yang Caifu; the bodies of the other two members of the Yang family, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, were nowhere to be found.

"Why cut off people's heads?"

"There's no other way. If it really is a cursed corpse that has been raised by someone, it's best to chop off its head... that way, the other party won't be able to cause any more trouble."

Liu Guangyang sighed helplessly.

"Also, the body is in the tree, and I can't find a way to get it down. I can't just throw the body down, or it will break the body... Now, I have no choice but to cut off the head, then find someone to bring the body down, sew it up, and then bury it."

Suddenly, he glanced at the pile of "meat patties" behind him.

"What is that?"

"A clouded leopard tried to ambush me... but I used the power of the Immortal Master Daoliang to crush it into a meat patty."

"Um."

Liu Guangyang responded, then said with a rather earnest tone, "Junior brother, that leopard was intent on killing people, and it's fine that you killed it with the help of the Yin Master... However, you must remember that the Red Head Dato Temple also follows the righteous path, and you must never use these methods to harm people. The 'Corpse-Stepping Fiend' of the Dao Liang Immortal Master is extremely fierce, and you must never use it on ordinary people."

As he said this, his face also turned serious.

"Master Diao cares a lot about this. One of the five prohibitions of our sect is to forbid tyranny. If you use the magic taught by Yin Master to be aggressive and violent, and Master Diao finds out that you have done these things, he will definitely not let you off easily."

"Don't worry, Senior Brother Liu, I've witnessed the power of this magic myself."

Luo Feng smiled and said, "I can assure you that I will never use this kind of magic to harm people in the future."

"It would be best if you could think that way."

Liu Guangyang was satisfied with his answer and patted Luo Feng on the right shoulder.

"Let's go, I've found a lead..."

This senior brother Liu then said that when he climbed the tree, he found that the trunk of this Hopea tree was divided into three branches, all of which were extremely thick, and the ends were covered with lush green leaves.

Yang Caifa's body was sitting on the treetop, naked, crouching, as if gazing in some direction.

"From the top of the tree, you can see three directions ahead. One is a Malay village on the riverbank in the far west. To the south is a long, dense durian orchard. To the east, further away, is the location of the mine..."

Liu Guangyang said, "Yang Caifa was squatting on the treetop, his gaze seemingly fixed on the durian orchard. My intuition tells me that his wife and mother's bodies must be there!"

"intuition?"

Luo Feng asked doubtfully.

"Yes, intuition."

Liu Guangyang laughed and said, "Actually, half of it is intuition and the other half is feng shui. I have a little knowledge of feng shui. Look at that durian plantation in the south. It is located right under an upturned blade. This kind of feng shui situation is called 'shaped like an upturned blade, where misfortune is hidden and fleeing.' It is a typical inauspicious place."

The durian orchard was located at the very bottom of this sharp, upward-pointing knife, perfectly embodying the saying "Man is the butcher, I am the fish," making it arguably the place most likely to accumulate yin energy and death energy among several directions.

Liu Guangyang cleared his throat again: "There's one more thing. Look at this head, have you noticed anything wrong with it?"

"What's the problem?"

Luo Feng looked at the head in his hand and then noticed some details: there was no blood at all under Yang Caifa's neck, and the cut was clean.

"……Blood?"

"Yes, there is no blood."

Liu Guangyang said in a deep voice, "It's no use having a single drop of blood on Yang Caifa's body; it's as if all the moisture in his body has been drained."

"The blood has been drained."

Luo Feng's expression also became more wary.

"I have to say, this is indeed a bit strange..."

Liu Guangyang muttered to himself.

"No matter how you look at it, someone must be up to something."

Upon hearing him mention the word "mischief," Luo Feng remembered something and quickly said to Liu Guangyang, "Senior Brother Liu, there's something I don't know if Master Diao told you. When I was becoming an apprentice the day before yesterday, I met a man surnamed Zhou who claimed to be named Zhou Jing."

"Senior Brother!"

Liu Guangyang's eyes widened, and his face showed a hint of surprise.

Luo Feng recounted the events of that day. Zhou Jing's appearance was somewhat strange, and he felt it necessary to let Liu Guangyang know about it as well.

"I didn't expect my senior brother to be back too."

Liu Guangyang looked somewhat wistful, and he glanced at Luo Feng with a puzzled expression.

"However, you don't need to worry... Senior Brother should have nothing to do with what's happening here. He's not the kind of person who would abuse magic to harm people. Besides, this corpse-raising technique and the method of sucking people's blood are not his style."

He frowned, thought for a moment, and said, "Let's go to the durian orchard first and see what's going on there!"

"it is good."

Seeing his insistence, Luo Feng didn't say anything else.

Liu Guangyang wrapped the head back up with cloth, and the two of them headed south towards the durian orchard without stopping.

……

……

The two walked in the mountains for a while longer, when it started to rain. Liu Guangyang and Luo Feng took shelter from the rain for half a day.

When they arrived outside the durian orchard, it was already pitch black, and the roads were eerily quiet at night.

"That area in front is covered with durian trees."

Liu Guangyang led the way.

"Be careful of your head once you go inside."

"Watch your head!"

Luo Feng asked curiously, "What does that mean?"

"It seems that all the durian trees in that area are wild durians. In this season, if the wind is particularly strong and keeps blowing against the trees, the durians on the trees might fall off at night."

Liu Guangyang said with a smile.

He said that every year, people are killed or injured by falling durians.

"understood."

Luo Feng nodded, and suddenly he noticed a small fire in the durian plantation.

"Senior, there are lights in that direction."

"Lights?"

Liu Guangyang's expression was somewhat solemn.

"This place doesn't seem to be very populated... Interesting, Junior Brother Miao Sheng, let's go in and take a look."

Luo Feng did not refuse and followed closely behind Liu Guangyang.

The moment he stepped into the durian grove, the Reincarnation Gu in his palm began to burn intensely.

[A new location has been obtained, and this phase of the loop is complete. May I 'mark' this area so that when this loop segment is restarted later, this point in time can be included in the intervention loop...?]

[Using one intervention opportunity can interrupt this cycle of reincarnation, or return to the origin of 'Ding Miaosheng's cycle of reincarnation' and start the intervention anew!]

[Your reward has been claimed. You can return to reality or choose to proceed directly to the next stage...]

"return."

The moment the thought crossed my mind, the surrounding scenery, like rippling water, was instantly shattered by a force.

The surrounding scenery vanished like mist, even its outlines disappeared.

In front of Luo Feng was an open window.

His consciousness returned to reality.

The red text floated before my eyes, line by line.

Congratulations! You have successfully completed the mission and are still alive.

[Review: This was a smooth and uneventful journey...]

Luo Feng paid no attention to any of this. He looked down and began to check his gains, and most importantly, the gains from this cycle of reincarnation.