Soul echo

Chapter 740 Chasing and Killing

"What do you mean? Check your own house?"

At dinner time, when every family gathers at the dinner table to eat, the aristocratic family is no exception.

In other words, just because they are aristocratic families, they have to follow the rules.

In this day and age, there is no rule that women are not allowed to eat at the table, so people from every family and house gather in their yards for dinner.

Originally, everyone ate happily, but an imperial decree came out from the Forbidden City and spread to every family.

Immediately, many people felt dissatisfied, but the patriarchs and supervisors of every family chose to carry out this will.

"Being an enemy of the abyss" is the greatest political correctness in Dan's world, whether it is the West or the East.

What's more, it is of no benefit to them to shield the abyss believers. Now their status is based on the stability of the Huang Kingdom regime. If there is chaos in the east, or even in the capital, the real beneficiaries will not be them. But those innate and master-level figures.

Everyone in the world knows that aristocratic families are very rich and powerful, and if there is any chaos, they will be the first to bear the brunt.

The Jingshi family didn't know why the emperor suddenly asked them to investigate their own house. It wasn't until halfway through the investigation that there was another news.

——The reason why Zhang Xiyu, who was supposed to take over as the magistrate of Jingzhou, returned to the capital in despair was because he was influenced by followers of the abyss.

Abyss believers can actually affect a person's ability to judge, even Zhang Xiyu, who is so loyal to the emperor, will be affected and choose to disobey the emperor's orders!
Knowing this, all the families immediately stood in awe. After all, no one wanted their minds to be affected.

It was night, and the various aristocratic families in the capital were brightly lit and busy, and there were many loud noises during the period, which was disturbing.

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Ever since he knew that no trace of the abyss was found on Zhang Xiyu's body, Zhong Ye had doubts about his current state.

Maybe he was really being watched by the evil god. As long as he had the idea of ​​leaving Jingzhou, there would be accidents. However, the cause of the accident might not be the evil god.

Just like Zhang Xiyu, his sanity was affected by the people around him. Then, was there someone who caused the mountain fire caused by lightning before?

Thinking of this, Zhong Ye couldn't sit still.

That mountain fire devoured fourteen lives, part of which was his responsibility, but more of it was the responsibility of the person who created the mountain fire!
If it was the evil god of the abyss who created the mountain fire, he would naturally be powerless to avenge those innocent people who died, but what if it wasn't?

click!
The charred branch was broken by Zhong Ye's foot. He walked in the scorched earth, looking around.

The pitch-black tree trunk stood upright on the ground. It was only a few days since the flames were extinguished, and the burnt smell had not completely dissipated.

Zhong Ye came to the center of the mountain fire. He was not sure where the fire started, so he came here to investigate.

Although this place is already outside the city of Jingzhou, as long as he does not have the idea of ​​'leaving Jingzhou', the mechanism will not be touched, and no accidents will happen.

Zhong Ye was walking among the barren mountains, looking at the completely burned woods, he fell into silence.

On the collapsed and charred trees, a few squirrels with burnt marks on their bodies looked down, and a gopher hiding in the hole got out of the hole, looked up at the charred forest, and stared blankly daze.

They don't seem to understand what happened, why the woods they used to live in become what they are now.

After glancing at the animals that survived tenaciously, Zhong Ye withdrew his gaze, pinched the tree beside him, and his fingers were immediately dyed black.

He walked around the tree twice, observed for a while, and suddenly found that the carbonization degree on both sides of the charred tree was different.

One side has a lower degree of carbonization, and the other side has a higher degree of carbonization. For ordinary people, even with the use of equipment, it may not be able to detect it, but Zhong Ye is different. His perception ability is almost close to the peak that humans can achieve, but this is a little subtle. The difference was also felt by him.

The existence of those animals is also evidence. If the wildfire started to spread from here, they are most likely to turn into a few charred corpses, rather than wondering about the changes in the living place here.

——This is not where the fire started!

As the investigation progressed, Zhong Ye immediately walked towards the side with a higher degree of carbonization.

Along the way, he kept testing the degree of carbonization of the carbonized trees. The closer the fire started, the smaller the difference between the degrees of carbonization. But because of this, if he found that the difference in the degree of carbonization of the trees increased, it meant he deviated from the correct direction.

After several corrections, Zhong Ye came to the area where the fire probably started.

Looking at the surrounding trees, Zhong Ye frowned slightly.

He could only roughly delineate an area and confirm that the fire started in this area, but he couldn't determine where the fire started.

This is an area with a radius of 30 meters. At the periphery of this area, the difference in the degree of carbonization of the trees is so small that he cannot feel it.

It is said that the mountain fire was caused by a thunderbolt. If the thunderbolt was not made by the evil god of the abyss, then there are not many people who can do it.

According to his understanding of Dongtu magic, if a non-innate warlock wants to attract thunder, they need to open the altar at an appropriate time. If it was done by the evil god, then the person who attracted the thunder either used a lightning-attracting talisman, or was an innate talent.

The thunder method has a very high status in the eastern land magic system, and the lightning-inducing talisman attracts natural thunder. The 'thunder-inducing talisman' is of a high grade, and not everyone can make it.

So, what exactly did this?

Zhong Ye looked at the area, thinking deeply.

After about 3 minutes, he took out the spear from his bracelet, put it together, and drew a mark around that area, so as not to forget this place when he came again next time.

He didn't know if the person who made the wildfire left any traces here, and he didn't know if that person really existed, but the only place he could find clues was here...

At this moment, Zhong Ye was suddenly taken aback.

If he can't find any clues, can he ask others for help?Ask others to use the power of spells to help him find clues, or directly find the person who caused the wildfire?
He is a master of martial arts, and because he destroyed Shangguan's family, he can almost be regarded as 'the number one in the world', and his connections are not weak. If he asks others for help, it is not difficult. At most, he owes them a favor.

In comparison, these fourteen human lives are more important.

Thinking of this, Zhong Ye looked at the circle he had drawn, and couldn't help laughing.

Dismantling the spear into two sections and taking back the bracelet, Zhong Ye turned around and walked back to Jingzhou City, wrote a letter, and personally sent it to the Wudang faction's station in Jingzhou City.

There are only two land immortals he knows. Qinghezi is obviously not proficient in this way, but the head of Wudang Mountain is different. It will be much more convenient for the land gods to help.

No one can refuse a debt of favor from Zhong Ye. Under the circumstance that martial arts masters and land immortals restrain each other, rarely fight, and the level of combat power is unknown, he has the record of beheading a martial arts master and a land immortal. Zhong Ye can be called 'No. [-] in the world'.

Because it was Zhong Ye who came to deliver the letter in person, the deacon's attitude was also extremely serious, and he directly used the internal communication channel of the sect - the crow.

The Wudang sect has domesticated many crows, and they usually use these crows to build the sect's intelligence network, but generally they will not use these crows for non-essential matters.

Now the deacon has used the crow to deliver the letter, which shows how much she attaches importance to this matter.

A few hours later, Zhong Ye was exercising, when his ears moved suddenly, he went into the room, took out a basin, and fetched a basin of water.

Afterwards, the basin of water began to ripple, and Zhong Ye's reflection on the water also distorted, turning into Yangtai's appearance.

"Xiaoyou Zhong, are you sure you want to do that?"

Yang Tai in the water looked serious, "Fourteen human lives are precious, but the price is one of your 'favors'!"

"Sure!" Zhong Ye nodded seriously.

Violent anger danced in his eyes, and he squeezed out a sentence through his teeth: "I am already a martial arts master, if this is the case, I can't do whatever I want, why should I practice martial arts?"

(End of this chapter)