different paths

In the early morning of the next day, a scream woke everyone up from their sleep. Suo Luzheng got up suddenly and looked towards the source of the sound: "What happened?"

The one who screamed was a disciple of the Wudang sect named Xuancheng.He got up from the ground in a daze early in the morning, wanting to go out to find a place to go, and inadvertently glanced at the stone wall with Buddhist paintings, and a terrifying scene appeared in front of his eyes.

In front of the prosperous human scene in the Buddhist painting, a person stretches his limbs, like a huge gecko, lying straight on the stone wall.His chest, abdomen, limbs, and feet were pierced by silver shuttles shining with cold light, and they were firmly nailed to the Buddhist painting.But the neck and head are not restrained by the silver shuttle, they hang down naturally, as if eagerly appreciating this touching soft red ten feet.

Xingzheng stood up and saw the corpse nailed to the wall, even though he was well-cultivated, his expression changed—the person on the wall was none other than the youngest monk in the Shaolin entourage, he said carefully.

"It turned out to be this little monk. It's a pity to die like this at such a young age." Suo Luzheng took the body off the stone wall and put it on the ground, and everyone from the Iron Shark Gang surrounded him. After seeing the face of the deceased clearly, Li Tun Tao said something in an unclear tone.

"Amitabha." Xingzheng walked to Shenyan's side and closed his eyes that were still open.The monks in Shaolin surrounded Shen Yan's body in the center, and began to twirl the Buddhist beads one after another, and recited the mantra for him.

"Why is someone from Shaolin also dead?" Someone in the crowd discussed in a low voice, "If you say that the person who died from the Iron Shark Gang, Shaolin suspects the most, and now that people from Shaolin are also dead, could it be that the murderer is really from Liufan Temple? "

"Look, there is a silver shuttle left on the corpse. Who in the Jianghu uses this weapon?"

"As far as I know, the best envoy Yin Shuo in this arena is Zifang Li, the head of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau."

"But isn't Fang Pojia already dead? It can't be his ghost who comes to kill people, right?"

"Then I don't know. I really can't think of anyone other than Mr. Fang..."

Listening to everyone's chatter, Jia Wujue's eyes swept over everyone's faces, and finally fell on Shaolin and his party who were downcast and chanting: "Senior brother, he died again." Said.

"It's a big deal this time." Gu Yiming rubbed his nose, playing with taste, "Not only did he kill, but he also chose to kill in front of so many people, and the target of the attack was actually the Shaolin sect. It's fine if he did it, and he even threw the corpse away with great fanfare." Put it like this. The murderer seems more like provocation than murder."

"Provocative?" Jia Wuchai's eyes flashed, "Is the murderer really so conceited? Is he sure no one can catch him?"

"Not only conceited, but also arrogant." Gu Yiming leisurely commented, "He made the corpse into such a posture to tell everyone on the mountain that you self-proclaimed famous sects are nothing special. Not only have the ability to kill your people, but also have the ability to not be noticed."

Jia Wujue stared at the human skin Buddha painting, his gaze fixed: "Not to mention, this lightness kung fu must be second to none."

Gu Yiming looked at him: "Oh?"

"If those silver shuttles were murder weapons, there must be a lot of blood stains on the Buddhist paintings." Jia Wuchai squinted his eyes, "But now you see, there are a few inconspicuous blood stains on the stone wall, and other places They are all clean, which means that Shen Yan must not have been killed on this stone wall, but was killed elsewhere by the murderer and then nailed to the stone wall on purpose." He paused, and then continued, "Since he was killed elsewhere. Killing, the murderer and the person carrying the corpse do not have to be the same person. The murderer does not have to have the lightness skill of stepping on the snow without a trace, and the corpse transporter does not have to have the skill of using the silver shuttle to surpass others. Let’s just say this The person who transported the corpse was doing things under the noses of everyone, but no one noticed that this person's lightness kung fu must have reached the point of perfection."

"So that's how it is." Gu Yiming put a hand on his shoulder, seemingly unintentionally, "You can think of this, so I don't worry."

"Don't worry about what?" Jia Wuchai asked doubtfully.

Gu Yiming smiled but did not answer, and then said: "What do you think about those silver shuttles?"

"It's very strange." Jia Wujue said in a deep voice, "The case of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau is known all over the world. Fang Pojia's body is missing, but his death has been confirmed. The murderer deliberately used a silver shuttle as a weapon. Are you trying to imply something? Or..."

"It's still a pure prank." Gu Yiming raised the corners of his lips, "This murderer is not only conceited and arrogant, but also enjoys playing with people's hearts."

"There is such a person in Jianghu?" Jia Wuju was quite confused.

"Even if you think so in your heart, the upright bull-nosed people won't show it." Gu Yiming said coolly, "This type of person is more often seen in evil schools and crooked ways."

"You mean, this matter is related to a cult?"

"No." Gu Yiming raised his finger and shook, "Of course, a decent person of a famous family will not show this side in front of others, who knows what will happen to the queen? Don't forget, this murderer has always been Shenlong sees its head but doesn't see its end, since there is no threat of being discovered, even if it is an authentic martial arts master, it may reveal its nature and do something shady."

"If you say that, doesn't it mean that all sects and sects in the world are disgusted?" Jia Wuju muttered, "The scope of the murderer has not only not narrowed, but has also expanded."

"Stupid." Gu Yiming stretched out his hand, slapped his forehead hard, and let out a muffled sound, "That's why I asked you to start with human skin. There are hundreds of ways to kill people, but not many ways to refine human skin." With the clue of this stone wall human skin, the identity of the murderer will naturally surface."

"Senior brother, good advice." Jia Wujue rubbed his forehead that was red from the bullet, and observed the group of people who were packing up Shenyan's body.

Shen Yan had taken all the silver shuttles off the corpse, and wiped off the blood on the corpse.It seemed that he was going to be packed up and encoffined soon.

"Senior Brother Xingzheng, some junior brothers want to change Junior Brother Shenyan into clean clothes before sending him on the road." A young monk walked up to Xingzheng, "Junior Brother Shenyan also said last night that he put the parcel and senior brother's I found a place, I wonder if I can ask my brother to fetch it?"

Xingzheng nodded, with a sad look on his face.He walked to the side of the grotto, rummaged through a row of neatly placed parcels, and after a while, he took a white washed cloth and walked back to Shen Yan's corpse.

After the Shaolin group handled Shen Yan's body properly, they became more silent. Even Xue Zhanyi, who used to complain from time to time, shut his mouth obediently at this moment, and stopped talking nonsense.In the unbearable silence, the disciples of several sects started their journey up the mountain again.

People are unpredictable and the future is dangerous.

No one spoke along the way, they all hurried on in muffled voices, and soon came to the fourth cave of Liufan.

Stepping into the grottoes is very different from the previous three caves.The inside of the grotto is very spacious, with high ceilings and wide stone passages, it doesn't look like a narrow and narrow cave buried in the middle of the mountain, but rather a pleasant residence with ingenious craftsmanship.

Everyone walked all the way, amazed all the way, when everyone was relaxing physically and mentally while watching the rocks and the scenery, suddenly there was a loud rumbling noise from the top of the cave.

In an instant, the tall cave roof collapsed suddenly, and huge stones fell from the sky, killing people and injuring them.The surviving people were also blocked in the collapsed grotto by huge rocks, unable to advance or retreat.In the blink of an eye, the team that was originally a long snake had been cut into several sections, and each section was blocked by indestructible rocks, unable to move.

Luckily, Jia Wuchai avoided falling rocks like flowers scattered by a goddess, and managed to stand firm in an open space, looking around the towering and jagged rocks in a daze.At this time, there was only a long howl, and a beastly wind came from above his head.He looked up, and saw a gigantic creature pounced down from the big gap in the cave roof with its teeth and claws open.

Taking a closer look, an eye-catching worm opened its mouth full of fangs and attacked directly in front of him.