"Corpses, corpses??"

Jiang Yao flipped through the information in his hand, looked up suspiciously at the man in Tsing Yi who was shaking his feather fan lightly and looked indifferent, and opened his mouth hesitantly.

"Hehe, that's right. Bi Fang smiled, as if he had expected Jiang Yao's reaction.

"If you want to obtain this precious 'Continuation Pulse Grass' medicinal material, you must pay a certain 'price', and investigating and solving this 'corpse' case is the 'price' proposed by the owner of this medicinal material. ”

"Is the price ......?" Jiang Yao looked back at the words on the information with a complicated expression, and sighed helplessly in his heart.

It's been a few months since I returned from the Netherworld. After the thrilling adventure in the "Nine Springs Walled City", although Jiang Yao successfully recovered the Chi You Yilu on Si You's body and was able to obtain the "reprieve sentence" from the King of Hades, the price he paid was also painful.

Mana is overdrawn, and the qi veins are broken...... Even after returning to the realm for a few months to recuperate, it did not improve at all. Now not only is he unable to use half of the 'power of the beast', but he can't even borrow the 'power of the gods' from the demons, and the mysterious boy who once appeared in his consciousness seems to have fallen into a deep sleep and has no movement. It can be said that he is no different from ordinary people now.

But it is this status quo that is "no different from ordinary people" that has become the reason why he is so melancholy now.

"Alas......" Jiang Yao put down the information, sighed again, and looked up at Bi Fang. "Is this the only seller of this 'Continuation Grass'?"

"Yes, this is the only one that intends to sell 'Continuation Grass' recently. Bi Fang shook the feather fan and said slowly. "The growth rate of 'Continuation Grass' is very long, and the growing conditions are harsh, it cannot be cultivated, and sometimes it takes hundreds of years to grow into a plant, so it is extremely rare. But at the same time, the 'Continuation Pulse Grass' also has the magical effect of repairing damaged qi veins in a short period of time, and it can be said to be the only 'savior' for you now......"

Bi Fang looked at Jiang Yao's expression and said with deep meaning.

"I heard...... Are you going to go to this year's Qingming Festival 'ghost market'?"

"Yes, I'm going there to find out the news of the Soul Stone. This is not only my agreement with Hades, but also for my friend......" Thinking of Xiao Yuan, Jiang Yao couldn't help but clench his fists slightly. "But the biggest problem right now is that the 'Ghost Market' is only open to the supernatural, and for me now, I am not qualified to enter at all. Now that there is less than a month left before the start of the "Ghost City", I must recover my mana before then, which is why I made a special trip to "Baoyan Pavilion" this time. ”

"Hmm...... If the Pavilion Master is here, there may be other ways to find the 'Continuation Pulse Grass', but she has been out recently, and this one is the only transaction party that can provide the 'Continuation Pulse Grass' recently. Bi Fang pointed to the information in Jiang Yao's hand and said.

"The one who proposed the 'price' this time is a medicinal herb merchant in your human world. Of course, it is not an ordinary merchant who can entrust our 'Baoyan Pavilion', in fact, although this is an ordinary medicine merchant on the surface, it also secretly deals in some precious medicinal materials related to demons and supernatural beings, so it is not surprising that it can have the 'Continuation Pulse Grass'. It's just that...... It seems that something has happened to this medicine merchant recently, so he is willing to use such precious medicinal materials in exchange for solving the incident. ”

"Is it a 'corpse case'...... What can make such a big medicinal herb dealer feel tricky is probably not a simple case. Jiang Yao thought about it and moved his gaze to the information at hand again.

It's a bizarre case, at least from the description of the data.

The incident happened not long ago, when the drugstore obtained a strange ancient dried corpse from some means, but not long after obtaining the ancient corpse, strange things began to happen in the drugstore's house. Until one night, the head of the medicine merchant saw the ancient corpse suddenly appear outside the window, as if it had come back from the dead, and stared at him like this......

"The pharmacist...... What happened next?" Jiang Yao asked.

"The man was fine, but he seemed to be hospitalized because of the fright, and his daughter took over the business for the time being, but the ancient corpse disappeared after that night. Bi Fang replied. "The other party hopes to recover the ancient corpse of the 'corpse', so there is this transaction. The specific details are not written in this entrustment document, if you decide to take on this case, you can ask them in person at that time. ”

"What did that pharmacist do when he collected the ancient corpses? And it's already like this...... And do you want to recover that corpse?" Jiang Yao muttered. "Speaking of which, it's impossible for a corpse to resurrect and harm people, right? Could it be that it was manipulated by a third-party demonic energy?"

Jiang Yao thought of the corpses that were manipulated by demonic qi in the basement of the villa in the West District, and it seemed more reasonable to explain the so-called "corpse transformation".

"Hehe, if it's just such a simple reason, with the strength of the other party, he won't be undetected, and he won't be helpless enough to entrust us with a reward for the 'Baoyan Pavilion' to solve it. Bi Fang shook the feather fan and said. "I'm afraid there is a more complicated story behind this. ”

"That's a strange thing...... It seems that we will have to go to the scene to see the situation in person. Jiang Yao said, putting the entrusted materials into his arms. "I took this case, and I also trouble Mr. Bi Fang to report it to the other party. ”

"Of course, but ...... There's something I have to warn you about. Bi Fang looked at Jiang Yao, and suddenly changed his words. "There are a lot of strange things about this case, which may be dangerous, and now that you can't use mana, it's better not to act alone. ”

"Hehe, who said he would act alone?"

A lazy voice suddenly sounded from the door of the reception room where the two of them were, and I saw Tao Tao appear there at some point, leaning against the door frame, looking at Jiang Yao and the two of them, while stuffing something into his mouth.

"Pan Tao Yu Qiong cake, 100,000 yuan a piece, I will send you the bill in the future. Bi Fang raised his eyes and swept the pastries in the glutton's hand, and reported a number without changing his face.

"It's just a piece of snack, why are you so stingy~ It's recorded in Lu Jingyi's account. Gluttony smiled, threw the rest of the peach jade qiong cake into his mouth, then patted the crumbs on his hands, and swaggered into the reception room. "I'll act with this kid as a bodyguard these days, and even if there's any real danger, I can handle it. ”

"Alas...... Not everyone can accept your identity as a 'fierce beast', so you follow it, but it's better to hide it. ”

Bi Fang shook his head, then turned to Jiang Yao again and handed him a note with the address recorded.

"The house of the pharmacist who had the accident this time is located in Weiyang, Xiangxi, and the client will wait there. In addition, there are many Miao people in that area, and there are many taboos in terms of customs, so I hope to pay more attention. ”

"I see, thank you. Jiang Yao carefully took the note and said solemnly. "Tao Tao and I will set off immediately, and if there are other situations in the follow-up process, I will contact you in time. ”

"Well, be careful all the way. Bi Fang smiled slightly, and then got up to see off the guest.

……

"What do you think about this incident?"

Out of Baoyan Pavilion, Jiang Yao and the gluttonous figures quietly appeared on the street in the corner of the downtown area. Jiang Yao looked at the address on the note, and then turned his head to look at the red-haired man beside him, but saw that the other party was also looking at him, and there seemed to be a vague emotion in his red eyes.

"What, what's wrong?" Jiang Yao was a little uncomfortable, I don't know if it was his delusion, he always felt that since he came back from the Netherworld, Tao Tao seemed to have something on his mind. Although this guy still has that kind of mocking smile on his usual face, and occasionally makes sarcastic remarks, he speaks a lot less often, not only that, Jiang Yao also noticed that the other party always looks at him intentionally or unintentionally, which makes him quite embarrassed.

"...... about the 'corpse mutiny'? It's hard to say anything until we investigate. Gluttony withdrew his gaze, turned his gaze to the night-shrouded street, and whispered. "Theoretically speaking, whether it is a human or a demon, once it dies, the corpse becomes a skin, unless it is forced to detain the soul by the 'soul binding technique' evil method like Ah Li at the beginning, and manipulate it with spells, it is impossible to act independently, and it is nonsense to come back from the dead. ”

"'Soul Binding Technique'? Could it be that this incident is related to the 'Soul Suppression Stone'?"

Jiang Yao lowered his head, his face cloudy. The person behind the original use of the 'Soul Binding Technique' to manipulate Ah Li has been confirmed to be the Blue Bird, but now that the Blue Bird is gone, the only one who can successfully use the 'Soul Binding Technique' should be the real mastermind behind the control of the Blue Bird and the withdrawal of the 'Soul Suppression Stone' from the Blue Bird.

"If this case is really related to the mastermind behind the 'Soul Suppression Stone' who once manipulated the Blue Bird to do evil, then I will have to investigate......

Jiang Yao muttered, at this time, he couldn't help but think of the yin-yang-eyed man who had broken into the netherworld with him, the man who had taken away his only relative by the mastermind behind the scenes, and such a clue must be what he wanted to know the most. It's a pity that since they were separated in the Netherworld that day, Jiang Yao has never heard from each other.

Lu Xingyue ...... I wonder how he's doing now......?

Jiang Yao sighed and was about to put away the small note, but before he could put it in his pocket, a demonic wind suddenly blew, almost blowing away the note in his hand.

"Stinky boy, you don't have long eyes when you walk!"

The rude drinking was accompanied by the gushing smell of wine, and I saw a passer-by drunk man carrying a wine bottle who was hit and almost fell, and as soon as he stabilized his body, he scolded Jiang Yao with his head and face.

"Yes, I'm sorry!!" Jiang Yao hurriedly stuffed the note back into his pocket, stepped forward to support the drunk, and apologized again and again.

"Alas, where did you touch your hand......? Stay away from me!" The drunk pushed Jiang Yao away rudely and staggered to his feet. "Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu told you that you want to take the opportunity to steal Lao Tzu's money, the door ...... I ...... My money has been hidden for a long time...... Huh, where's my money?!"

The drunk's face changed, he reached out and touched his body again and again, and then seemed to realize something suddenly, and looked at Jiang Yao viciously.

"Okay...... It's really a thief!" The drunk man scolded angrily and rushed forward, grabbing Jiang Yao's collar.

"Take Lao Tzu's money...... Hand it over to me!"