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The last clue left by Li Zhou's daughter before leaving turned out to be a red soul chasing order!

Bai Yi asked softly, "Could it be a coincidence?"

"No, it won't. Lin Xiao's voice was a little dull at this time, "I asked the ghost envoy Yun Mengze, since the fission of heaven and earth was divided into seven-story buildings, no one has applied to the Soul Chasing Pavilion for a red-level soul chasing order. So at the moment, this soul chasing order can only be used to order the pursuit of me. ”

Hong Chen said: "We have been speculating before that there is someone within the Ziyang Divine Sect who is trying to target Lin Xiao through external means, can it be said that ......?"

Ye Wuxin shook his head and said, "This logically doesn't make sense. If it was really the soul chasing order that Li Jing had applied for, then she should have destroyed this deadliest piece of evidence, or carried it with her, instead of leaving it in her room for others to grab her handle. ”

"Then how did she get the Soul Chasing Order? Can she still steal a piece from the Soul Chasing Pavilion?"

"No way! Throughout the ages, no one who trespassed into the Soul Chaser Pavilion could come out alive. ”

Ye Wuxin never said a word, and his deep eyes were locked on the soul chasing order, as if he wanted to see the mystery hidden on that token. The rest of the people expressed their opinions, but they could no longer analyze any new information from this soul chasing order - the progress of the case seems to have reached an impasse.

Lin Xiao bit his fingers anxiously, trying to find a breakthrough from several key points: Li Zhou and Li Jing disappeared one after another, the corresponding time, the applicant, the soul chasing order, and the clues left at the end......

Suddenly, Lin Xiao seemed to think of something, took out his mobile phone from the pocket of his clothes, and dialed a number: "Wait a minute, I'll find someone to ask a question." ”

Lin Xiao put the phone on the table, turned on the hands-free, and the screen that lit up showed that the other end of the phone was - the ghost envoy Yun Mengze.

After a busy sound, the phone was connected, but a cold female voice came from the other end: "What's the matter?" It was the voice of Shenchayun Mengyao.

Lin Xiao was stunned and said, "Isn't this your brother's phone?"

"yes. Yun Mengyao replied coldly.

"What about your brother?"

"I went out without my phone. If you have anything to tell me, I can ask him to call you back later. ”

Lin Xiao said: "No need, it's the same for you to ask about this matter." I ask you - if someone has applied for a Soul Chaser Order in your Soul Chaser Pavilion, will that Soul Chaser Order be in the possession of your Soul Chaser Pavilion, or will it be kept by the applicant for the time being until the end of the mission. ”

Yun Mengyao replied: "For the time being, it will be kept by the applicant, and then the Soul Chasing Pavilion will arrange personnel to hunt and kill the target, and after the mission is completed, we will take something from the deceased and exchange it for the soul chasing order." ”

"Something, like ......"

"Things are designated by the applicant – one is the emblematic item of the deceased's body, resembling an ornament, a sword, or whatever, and the other is the organ of the deceased, most commonly the head. Yun Mengyao explained these appalling practices in an extremely flat tone, which made everyone present couldn't help but feel terrified.

Lin Xiao continued to ask, "Then what if the applicant loses the soul chasing order?"

"Then you have to pay compensation. ”

Lin Xiao glanced at the red soul chasing order: "What will you take to compensate?"

Yun Mengyao still had that flat tone: "It also depends on the situation - if it is a white soul chasing order, the organs in the body will be compensated, such as an arm or a leg, and if it is a red soul chasing order, ......"

Lin Xiao and the others involuntarily held their breath.

Yun Mengyao continued lightly: "...... Then pay with your life!"

Everyone gasped together.

Yun Mengyao continued: "These things are all precautions, and we will inform the applicant in advance when they apply, and sign the agreement. If someone breaches the contract, resists or flees during the compensation, they will be automatically included in the hunt list by the Soul Chaser Pavilion. ”

Lin Xiao replied simply: "Got it, thank you." He hung up the phone. He stood up and walked back and forth in the living room a few times, many clues pieced together and slowly taking shape in his mind.

"I know who the troublemaker is. ”

Ling Ying frowned and asked, "What kind of troublemaker?"

Lin Xiao said: "When I was in the Peach Blossom Garden of the mass grave, Teacher Xiao Ye and I had already discovered a problem - in several recent targeted/incidental incidents, there will be one or two small failures in the many behaviors of the masterminds behind the scenes, and these failures will usually affect the development of the entire overall situation, and eventually lead to the failure of the operation. ”

Bai Yi asked, "For example?"

"The first thing we found out about was the recent murder of two corpse whisperers in schools and mass graves. Lin Xiao began to list the evidence, "The murderer killed the team members on the mass grave and made their stand-ins, and then used all means to get these people into the school. If you were the murderer, what would you do next?"

Hong Chen said: "If I were the murderer, I would definitely manipulate those stand-ins to besiege you before you even noticed the problem. Your cultivation has not fully recovered at this moment, and if you are attacked by those stand-ins, you will definitely die. ”

Lin Xiao snapped his fingers: "Completely correct! This is the most normal development, but the actual situation is not like this, those stand-ins were not used to besiege me, but disappeared directly out of thin air, and did not play the role they should have at all." ”

"yes, the murderer's brain?"

"I didn't notice this at first, until Mr. Xiaoye told me that she saw other team members except No. 1 in the Peach Blossom Garden, and I thought it was strange. Why didn't the murderer just throw the corpse of his teammates as he did, and make his corpse into a puppet to attack us? This practice directly led to the abortion of a series of actions that followed. ”

Yunxiao suddenly realized, "You mean to say that the corpse puppet was deliberately created by someone to arouse your vigilance. ”

Ye Wuxin continued: "Based on this suspicion, we have deduced that there is a third party in this bureau. This person is the spirit behind the mastermind, and all his actions are based on the original actions, but he intentionally or unintentionally reveals all kinds of flaws, through which we can arouse our vigilance, so as to achieve the purpose of restraining the mastermind behind the scenes. ”

"Not only that, but in the previous Nightmare assassination, this spirit also played a role. Lin Xiao said, "On the way back from the mass grave, I have been thinking, since this third party who disturbed the situation has disrupted the plan of the stand-in to kill people in this incident, will he also appear before, but we don't know." ”

Hong Chen frowned and said, "But that nightmare incident was experienced by me and you, and it is purely up to us to get out of the nightmare illusion realm, what does it have to do with the spirit behind it?"

Of course, this spirit behind the ghost could not stop the action of the demon, but his role in that incident was not in the case itself, but in the period after the case. ”

"I don't quite understand what you mean. ”

Lin Xiao gestured and said: "From these incidents, we can analyze through the various behaviors of the people behind the scenes, and we can see that he is an extremely thoughtful person. Someone like him will surely have a backup hand for himself, and if the demon's mission fails, he will unleash a trick and kill us before we can catch our breath. ”

Hong Chen's eyes lit up: "But he didn't, after the ghost made the god send a defection, this mastermind behind the scenes did not continue to act for nearly half a month." But...... How did this spirit behind it restrict the actions of the people behind the scenes?"

Lin Xiao smiled: "Actually, I couldn't think of what was restricting the actions of the mastermind behind the scenes, but now I know." ”

"What is it?"

Lin Xiao pointed to something: "The answer is it!"

A flash of surprise flashed in Ye Wuxin's beautiful eyes: "Soul Chasing Order......?"

"Do you remember what Yun Mengyao said on the phone just now?"

Ye Wuxin said: "If the applicant loses the red-level soul chasing order, he will have to pay for his life." So this spirit behind the scenes stole the soul chase order of the mastermind behind the scenes, so that he can focus on the upcoming chase and have no time to take care of you!"

Ling Ying was shocked and said, "But this soul chasing order was found in Li Jing's room, which means ......"

"That's right, Li Jing is the third person to stir up the situation!" Lin Xiao said, and his speed became faster and faster:

"Combined with the clues you provided before - Li Zhou disappeared for no reason, Li Jing has been looking for him...... And the most important point is that in the face of a high-level cultivator, high intelligence and ruthless mastermind, Li Jing can always disrupt his plan step by step, and he can also get out of the way!"

"All indications have shown that the mastermind behind these incidents is—"

"Li Zhou!"

2.

"Next!" Ling Ying threw something at Lin Xiao on the balcony.

Lin Xiao stretched out his hand to catch it, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Maltose, this thing is so sweet that I lose my teeth, I can't get used to it." ”

"In the past, whenever you felt depressed or couldn't figure something out, you would chew on a piece of candy. Whether it's this sweet maltose or the weird-tasting ginger candy, you won't be able to turn it down. Ling Ying said, "At that time, Yunxiao asked you why you like candy so much, and you replied that you don't like sugar, but the taste of sugar, which can help you get inspired. ”

Lin Xiao unwrapped the candy, put the sugar in his mouth, chewed it, and felt the sticky maltose pulling against his upper and lower teeth, constantly deforming with the movements of his lips and teeth, melting into sugar juice a little, and a sweet taste that penetrated his heart and spleen came straight up in his throat.

"Uh-huh, it's quite decompressing to chew. ”

Ling Ying didn't take the conversation, and after a while, he said leisurely: "Li Zhou's matter...... Does it bother you?"

"It's strange if it doesn't bother. Lin Xiao chewed the maltose in his mouth vigorously, while stirring his tongue to prevent it from sticking to his teeth, so his speech was slurred.

"I've just recovered, and all I have is a little bit of memories. In my memory, although we have been fighting and hurting each other, when we encounter danger, we can also rest assured that we can give our backs to each other. ”

"Now that I suddenly know that the person who has always wanted to take my life is a companion who used to fight side by side, how can I not react at all. Fortunately, after all this time, I have lost my memory again, and at most I feel troubled, but I don't feel anything else. ”

Ling Ying said in a deep voice: "Li Zhou's disappearance, as well as these things that happened to you later, must have been carefully planned by someone with bad intentions. The people of the Ziyang Divine Sect are still investigating the matter thoroughly in the Quadruple Building, and once Li Zhou sets foot in the Quadruple Building again, we will be able to grasp his whereabouts as soon as possible. ”

Lin Xiao shook his head: "I think our focus now shouldn't be on Li Zhou." ”

Ling Ying was stunned: "Why? If your judgment is correct, only by controlling the Li Zhou can you ensure your safety." ”

Lin Xiao looked up at the early morning sun: "I have been in the triple building for eighteen or nine years, even since Mr. Xiao Ye broke the boundary of the seven-story building, it has been almost three years, if Li Zhou has already had the idea of getting rid of me, why wait until now? Isn't it more convenient to get rid of me when I don't know anything?"

Ling Ying was the person who had known Lin Xiao for the longest time in the true sense, and he faintly felt that there was something in his words: "What you mean is that Li Zhou is also under the control of others now, and all his actions so far are forced to do so." ”

"None of us know what the truth is. Lin Xiao shrugged his shoulders, "But I think you're right, Li Zhou can't have disappeared for two months for no reason; As long as I'm not dead, as a tool for killing, it won't be a big deal. ”

"That ...... Lijing"

"She's different, I'm basically sure that Li Zhou knows about Li Jing's existence, and the reason why he didn't get rid of the spirit behind this bad thing may be because he cares about the love of father and daughter. Lin Xiao said, "But after all, we don't know what means the real mastermind behind the scenes relies on to control Li Zhou, in case it is brainwashing, it is impossible for that father-daughter relationship to last too long in the long run, and Li Zhou will attack Li Jing sooner or later." ”

"Find Li Jing, what do you think she will do?" Ling Ying nervously wrenched her sleeves with her fingers. "What I don't understand is that if Li Jing is on your side, why doesn't she meet with you directly and explain to you what happened. ”

Lin Xiao frowned and said, "This is also what I'm worried about now." From the analysis of Li Jing's behavior, it can be seen that she does not know me and does not trust me. The reason why she stopped Li Zhou may only be because Li Zhou's methods are cruel, and she doesn't want her father to fall so she stops it, not because she is on my side......"

Before the words fell, Ling Ying suddenly made a move, Lin Xiao was pushed by him on the shoulder, and the whole person fell directly backwards.

Ling Ying's cultivation was almost the same as Ye Wuxin's, this time he made another move, Lin Xiao had just recovered a little cultivation, how could he withstand Ling Ying's push, and directly hit the wall hard, the pain spread directly from his back, and his eyes turned black for a while.

After Ling Ying pushed Lin Xiao away, his true qi naturally rose, and a ban rose directly on the spot, only to hear a soft sound, and three cross darts were nailed to the prohibition from top to bottom in the shape of "Pin".

Lin Xiao had already stood firm at this time, and naturally saw the three cross darts nailed to the prohibition clearly.

The two of them broke out in a cold sweat together, if it weren't for Fang Cai Ling Ying's quick push, then the position where these three cross darts were nailed now was on Lin Xiao's body.

"Is it Li Zhou?" Ling Ying asked in disbelief.

Although Lin Xiao was frightened, his mind still turned quickly, and he reacted quickly: "Li Zhou won't make a move in broad daylight, it should be Li Jing! She wants to attract our attention, follow her quickly! I'll go find someone else." ”

The tacit understanding of the past immediately came to mind, and at the moment when Lin Xiao's words came out, Ling Ying had already held Feixue in his hand, jumped out of the balcony, soared up, and performed light skills along the outer wall of the apartment, and in an instant, he ascended to the rooftop of the top floor.

The figure shook, and I saw a man dressed in black and wrapped in a black cloak about to climb out of the railing. Ling Ying mentioned his true qi, and threw himself into a light technique of "fine wind and skillful clouds", and landed lightly on the railing in front of the other party, and with a move of "Jiaolong goes to sea", he kicked at the person's "temple" with flying legs.

The man in black stomped on the edge of the railing, floating backwards a few paces, and at the same time, with his left hand, blocked Ling Ying's kick. Hearing only a muffled sound of "bang", the man in black took three steps back, and his face hidden under the hood of the cloak turned pale for a while; Ling Ying's figure swayed slightly, and he jumped off the railing in a wrong step, and a strange blood color flashed on his face.

In just one move, the true qi of the two of them ran for several rounds in their respective weeks. Ling Ying sensitively sensed that the internal force cultivated in this person's body was pure yang and strong, and it was indeed the purple yang true qi of the Purple Yang Divine Sect, but the other party's true qi was extremely strong, and he was only between himself and himself.

Li Jing is just an eighteen or nineteen-year-old girl, no matter how talented she is, she will never be able to reach her current level. Could it be ......

Ling Ying was shocked in his heart, and said with a broken voice: "Li Zhou!"

The figure in black shook and raised his head suddenly. But under the hood, I saw that it was not the familiar face, but a bronze mask shaped like a demon, and the strange thing was that there was not even half a hole in this mask, and the face behind the mask was completely covered.

Ling Ying was even more surprised, Rao was well-informed, and he had never seen a mask like this, wearing it on his face was tantamount to closing the four senses of sight, hearing, smell, and taste, so how could he act?!

But the man in black didn't seem to be affected by these aspects at all, the big hideous eyes raised on the demon mask stared at Ling Ying's lower plate, and then he made a short move "Old Tree Roots", sweeping Ling Ying's legs.

Ling Ying flickered, and he had already jumped out of the range of the opponent's sweeping legs. Feixue raised it to her lips, and a melodious sound of flute flowed out of the pipe.

The man in black was shocked, his left foot took a step back, and his palms struck the ground into the air, as if unloading an invisible force from both sides of his body.

Ling Ying carried out his true qi, stepping on the direction of the gossip under his feet, the melody of the flute suddenly changed, high and low, and gradually rapid, like the vast sea, sometimes there are no waves, the wind and waves are calm, and sometimes the waves are turbulent, and the white waves are even mountains. The tone of the jade flute was rhythmic, rising and falling rapidly, like the ebb and flow of the sea.

Every time the sound of the flute changed, the man in black took a step back, and the amplitude of his arm vibrating was also greater, as if Ling Ying's flute sound concealed tens of millions of catties of great power.

The true qi cultivated by the Ziyang Divine Sect is pure and yang, unique in the quadruple building, and in terms of the purity and depth of the internal force alone, the true qi of the purple yang is definitely second to none. However, it is too rigid and easy to break, and with the improvement of cultivation, the high-intensity true qi will gradually exceed the tolerance range of the human body, and once it exceeds this range, it will be eaten by itself and "scatter the gong", and the cultivation will be completely wasted, and the heavy will die violently.

Therefore, the masters of the Purple Sun Divine Sect all have their own bottleneck periods, and once their skills reach this limit, they will not be able to cultivate further. Even the previous generation of Sect Master Cloud Cliff of the Purple Sun Divine Sect could only break through to the realm of the first layer of the Nine Heavens, and could not continue to improve.

As the most outstanding golden generation of the Ziyang Divine Sect in the past thousand years, Ling Ying has been in charge of the Qianyuan Palace for many years, and has found another way to resolve the domineering nature of the Ziyang True Qi through the soft power of the Dong Xiao Yin, creating a new cultivation method since the Ziyang Divine Sect established itself.

With this know-how, Ling Ying's cultivation had already surpassed the previous sect masters of the Ziyang Divine Sect, reaching the peak realm of the Ten Heavens and Ten Layers, and he was known as the two great masters of the Quadruple Building together with Ye Wuxin, a sword idiot in the same realm.

Ling Ying's flying snow is a superb spiritual weapon, and although the sound of the flute with the true qi sounds soft, it is actually the pure yang pressure of the purple yang true qi released in the form of rhythm, and combined with the guidance of the rhythm in the spiritual power, it has a double impact from the body and the spirit.

Even if it was Ye Wuxin, in the face of Ling Ying's Xiao Sheng's attack, he had to do his best, and his strength could be seen.

Seeing that the man in black had retreated a few steps, every time he unleashed a little strength, the next time he stepped up, it was even more difficult. But Ling Ying's flute sound was endless, pressing step by step, he was now difficult to ride a tiger, and it was impossible to fight back, so he could only wait for an opportunity to get out.

At this moment, a sound of breaking the sky sounded, and three bright and dangling cross darts flew in the shape of "Pin". The three darts came extremely fast, and they sealed the upper, middle, and lower directions in succession, and Ling Ying wanted to dodge or jump up to avoid it at this time, so he had to stop and blow away, and raised his hand to "turn the clouds and rain" and shoot down the three darts.

As soon as the sound of the flute stopped, the coercion of Ziyang's true qi dissipated. The man in black was relieved, rolled over, and was about to jump from the building. Suddenly, another black shadow sprang out from the side, reached out and grabbed the feet of the man in black, and dragged him out of the air.

These few rabbit ups and downs, even Ling Ying almost didn't react. The person who came was not as tall as the man in black, and it was a woman from her slender figure, and her outfit was also dressed in black with a cloak and hood, the only difference was that under the hood was not a demon mask, but a veil, revealing her watery eyes.

The man in black stood up and saw the new woman in black, but he completely lost the fighting spirit that he had just stopped Ling Ying alone. I saw that his feet slid away, and a dark blue light lit up in his hand, and he quickly smashed it under his feet, and layers of dark blue flames suddenly burned on his whole body.

Ling Ying's face sank - this is not self-immolation to seek death, this is a teleportation charm!

The woman in black obviously thought of it too, she held a short blade in each hand, jumped up and pounced forward, and with a move "White Emperor Sacrifice to the Heavens", she directly hit the figure of the man in black who gradually became illusory.

However, it was too late, and the flames burned out in a moment, and the other party had already disappeared.

At the same time as the woman in black made a move, a silver-white sword suddenly flashed on the rooftop, instantly sealing her retreat. The woman in black was startled, and held the short blade in her backhand, a "Danshan style", which could block the attacking sword.

I saw that Ye Wuxin didn't know when he had come here, and he sacrificed the Huangquan Sword in his hand, and the sword intent swept like a stormy wave, and the woman in black was like a flat boat in the wild waves, which could be torn apart and swallowed at any time.

Ling Ying was shocked, and took the snow to his lips, and the sound of the flute protruded like a sword soldier and an iron horse, stopping the sword intent of the sword idiot. The two powerful forces collided in mid-air, and a wave of qi was immediately set off. I could only hear the crisp sound of "crackling", and the two rows of potted plants lying idle by the rooftop were shattered together, and the fragments of the flower pots mixed with the soil were scattered all over the ground.

"It's a friend, not an enemy, and your subordinates are merciful!" Ling Ying explained loudly to meet the anger in Ye Wuxin's eyes.

The coercion disappeared, and the woman in black breathed a sigh of relief, and wanted to leave with a "cold and watery" body.

Unbeknownst to her, she had just stepped on the tall water tower next to her, and a hand suddenly grabbed her. The woman in black was caught off guard, and the curtain on her face had been grabbed by the other party, revealing a delicate face that belonged to a young girl.

Lin Xiao looked at her face: "You are Li Jing......"

Before the words fell, I saw the woman in black gritting her teeth, stepped forward and hugged Lin Xiao, turned over and jumped in the exclamation of everyone, and the two fell from the top floor together......

【To be continued】