The sudden weird chuckle made the nerves of the two of them tense suddenly, but after the initial surprise, Jiang Yao and Lu Xingyue reacted at the same time and quickly responded.

A thin yellow hook with a wire-like cable of light spread out from Lu Xingyue's palm, setting up a guard around the two of them, and Jiang Yao also immediately mobilized the energy in his body to gather in his palm, and at the same time, he was more and more engrossed in sensing the movement ahead through the "pathfinding charm" floating in front of him.

Puff ...... Puff ...... Puff ......

The thunderous heartbeat vibrated the eardrum, and in the unusually dull silence, a treacherous and cold aura passed through the "pathfinding charm" in front of Jiang Yao's perception, but only a moment later, such a perception was quietly disconnected, and the spell seemed to be swallowed up by something suddenly, and it was drowned in the inky darkness in front of it in an instant.

"It's not ......!"

Jiang Yao's face changed, and a sense of crisis came instantly, and before he could do anything, he suddenly felt empty under his feet, only to see that the stone slab under the feet of the two suddenly cracked, and at the same time as the vibration, it was a sense of weightlessness that rushed to the attack.

"Be careful!!"

Lu Xingyue shouted, the light rope in his left hand moved instantly, and immediately wrapped around Jiang Yao's body, and at the same time, the thin hook that flew out of his right hand plunged into the stone wall on the side, and the two of them just relied on Lu Xingyue's hook rope to hang on the edge of the stone wall, and under the collapsed foot was a bottomless dark abyss.

"Kalala......

The gravel kept falling from the position fixed by the hook and cable, and Lu Xingyue's face became more and more pale, obviously only relying on Lu Xingyue's light rope could not support the weight of the two of them, and at this time, Jiang Yao finally recovered from his heart palpitations, he understood that if this continued, I was afraid that the two of them would be greeted by the end of falling to death together.

But how could Jiang Yao sit back and watch this kind of thing happen.

"Hold on a little longer......!"

Jiang Yao, who was suspended in the air, shouted, and at the same time desperately stretched out his arm, trying to grasp the stone wall not far away, and the energy gathered in his palm also flowed to his five fingers with Jiang Yao's consciousness, and as long as he touched the wall, he could use his strength to climb up and reduce Lu Xingyue's burden, just as he did when he fought Ah Li on the cliff wall. However, the tragedy is that at this time, Jiang Yao is in a position not far from the wall, obviously close at hand, but it is always a cut away from the wall.

Damn! just a little bit...... If...... If I could visualize something more......

Jiang Yao was annoyed in his heart, but the more anxious he was, the more it backfired, and even his vision became a little blurred in the tension, in the fainter and fainter light of the fireworks beads, he saw that the surface of his outstretched five fingers seemed to be wrapped with a layer of dark purple demonic energy mixed with faint red light, and continued to extend forward along the fingertips, as if growing claws, slowly stretching towards the stone wall in front of him.

This, this is ......!

Jiang Yao was shocked, and even couldn't believe his eyes, but the strange thing was that this scene unexpectedly made him feel familiar, as if something was slowly stirring up in the depths of his memory, and some long and dangerous memories suddenly flashed from his mind.

「…… Whoa...... Bang—"

The sound of rain, the splash of blood, the piercing sound of gunfire...... In an instant, a terrifying and fearful feeling suddenly enveloped Jiang Yao's body, and the painful past ten years ago suddenly surged in his heart at this time for some reason, making Jiang Yao's headache split, and his movements froze in an instant.

What's going on!?I ......

[Hehe...... Hehehe......]

Just when Jiang Yao was in doubt, the strange chuckle that floated from before resounded all around, and this time the source of the sound seemed to come from directly above the two of them.

The voice drifted closer and closer, and Jiang Yao, who felt bad, suddenly came back to his senses, and for a while he didn't care about the turbulent uneasiness in his heart, and hurriedly tried to grab the wall again, but at this moment, his eyes suddenly went dark.

"Pounds!"

It was the sound of the fireworks beads shattering on Lu Xingyue's waist.

"Oh no! be careful—"

Lu Xingyue's shouts were accompanied by gravel and weightlessness, and at that moment, Jiang Yao only felt that his head had hit something, and his tinnitus suddenly frequented, and then he ...... Loss of consciousness.

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"Smack...... Smack...... Whoa-'

The gentle raindrops fell and it didn't take long for them to converge into a whistling mountain rain, covering the forest in a misty layer of rain and mist.

"Is it raining again...... Mu Jianyun raised his head and looked at the Qilian Mountains outside the wooden house, and a hint of gloom seemed to flash in his eyes. He stared at the gray mountains, then lowered his head and opened his pocket watch, looking at the date on it.

Seventeen days.

Seventeen days have passed since Jiang Yao was brought into the Netherworld, and the remaining "time limit" given by the Spirit Imperial Authority Council is not much.

Mu Jianyun sighed softly, put away his pocket watch, turned around and sat back on the wooden table in the forest hut, picked up the old case file on the table again, and flipped through it.

Since receiving Lu Jingyi's secret mission, Mu Jianyun has rushed to Qilian Mountain to investigate day and night, but it is not easy to find out an old case ten years ago in just one month, not only because many clues have long been annihilated, but also because the security file system in this remote mountainous area was not perfect, some information was lost or improperly preserved, and the new clues that could be found were almost zero, and the only thing worth referring to was this document that recorded Jiang Yao's confession back then.

“…… According to Jiang Yao's confession, he originally followed his father into the mountains to hunt, but he was suddenly caught in the mountain rain on the way, and he accidentally got lost in order to avoid the rain, and his mobile phone was also lost...... "Mu Jianyun silently read the text on the confession record.

The two wandered all the way to a thousand-year-old plane tree, hid in the hollow of the tree all night, and set off again in the early morning to go down the mountain to find the way, and then something seemed to have happened, but Jiang Yao said that he couldn't remember clearly...... When he regained consciousness, he found himself in the woods down the hill, with his dead stepfather at his feet......"

Mu Jianyun stared at the description on the document, his brows furrowed slightly unconsciously. In fact, he had read this document several times, but no matter how he looked at it, some doubts lingered anyway.

"Millennium Sycamore Tree".

Judging from the confession information, Jiang Yao can describe in detail the process of finding the ancient tree, the appearance of the ancient tree, and even remember the details of hiding in the tree hole that night in the rain, as if he really experienced it himself. However, the paradox is that no matter what the locals say, or the results of the subsequent police investigation based on Jiang Yao's confession, all the answers point to one - there is no such a thousand-year-old plane tree in the local Qilian mountain tail area.

Considering that Jiang Yao was 13 years old at the time, theoretically there would not be a situation similar to "taking imagination as reality" as a child, and the actual investigation results contradicted Jiang Yao's own oral statement, so Jiang Yao was labeled as a "lie" by the police back then. Coupled with Jiang Yao's vague confession to the most important part of the case, and the most critical evidence remaining in his hands - the "gunsmoke reaction" after the shooting, it is not difficult to understand the police's suspicion of Jiang Yao.

"Smoke Reaction...... That is, the residue attached to the body after the shot, if the reaction is indeed detected on Jiang Yao's body, then it means that it ...... Jiang Yao did shoot?

Mu Jianyun thought and continued to flip through the information. Judging from his stepfather's autopsy report, the bullet that caused the death was indeed fired from the shotgun held by Jiang Yao, which was also one of the evidences for Jiang Yao's conviction that year. It's just that this seemingly conclusive evidence is also suspicious in Mu Jianyun's eyes.

Mu Jianyun thought about it, and opened another evidence record document. According to the records in the document, although Jiang Ya's hands detected a "gunsmoke reaction", another residue that should have been found after the shot was not found at the scene - a bullet casing. Not only that, but there are also things that make no sense about Jiang Yao's shooting.

As a "murder weapon" is a retro heavy shotgun, which is theoretically impossible for a thirteen-year-old boy to drive, not to mention that Jiang Yao has never learned to use a gun before, and there is no reason to shoot his stepfather who has always treated him well. If it was not "intentional", it can only be speculated that it was an "accident", such as a misfire, but in that case, it still does not explain the anomaly of "no bullet casings left".

Mu Jianyun put down the document and gently rubbed his eyebrows. There are too many things worth studying in this old case, and he is especially concerned about the "thousand-year-old plane tree" described in Jiang Yao's confession.

Although he and Jiang Yao had not known each other for a long time, and even when the two met for the first time, it was not pleasant, but after a series of events on Yuanqiu Mountain, Mu Jianyun also learned more or less about Jiang Yao's character, especially the courage shown by the other party in the moment of life and death, and his heartfelt concern for the safety of his companions. Mu Jianyun really couldn't believe that such a Jiang Yao would deliberately lie in order to get away with it, and it was a meaningless lie that was easily exposed.

If Jiang Yao didn't lie back then, then the mysterious 'thousand-year-old plane tree' in his mouth may be an important "key" to unlock the truth of the events of that year. But the question is, how to find that ancient tree? Mu Jianyun has not looked for it in the past few days, but if he can really find clues, he will not stay alone in this temporary hut in the mountains like he is now.

Or...... Let's try to find "the adult" again?

Mu Jianyun looked at the sky outside the window again, and after thinking for a moment, as if he had made up his mind, he got up and put on the canopy, pushed open the door and got into the rain.

"Wow...... Whoa......

The beautiful and tranquil scenery of the mountains and rains baptizing the woods at the end of the Qilian Mountains is not diminished by the rain, and it is hard to believe that such a superb view was the scene of a bloody crime ten years ago. It's just that no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it can't arouse Mu Jianyun's interest at this moment, and all his attention is only focused on a small hill in front of him at this time.

This mudstone hill is neither high nor low, and at first glance it does not seem to be special compared to other hills in the forest, at least in the eyes of ordinary people. However, for a high-level ability like Mu Jianyun, he could see some "other things" beyond the appearance of an "ordinary hill".

I saw a small dilapidated bronze door looming on the rocky hills, like a projected shadow, looming in the shadow of the stone pile.