Cecilia smiled and said, "It doesn't matter, the man I fancy should be the best." If Chen Rong has no feelings for you, it is abnormal. ”

Bai Xiaowen sighed slightly, thinking silently in his heart, if Shuyi also had Cecilia's mentality, how much more would it ...... It's boring.

The fun of beautiful men is so simple and boring, and boring.

Cecilia returned to the topic: "In this heroic mission, even the Shangqing faction itself can't find the murderer, are you sure?"

Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "First of all, regardless of whether this task can be completed or not, I have already got the opportunity to open up the situation within the Shangqing faction by taking the task, and I will not lose this point." Anyway, the task can't be completed, and there is no punishment, so it must be taken. ”

After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued: "As for whether this task can be completed, I am also certain in certainty. The soul of the slain disciple named Zhou Wu had been absorbed into the Black Soul Stone...... Oh no, it's supposed to be called the 'Face of Death' mask. ”

After killing the lurking Grim Reaper incarnate Negor, the function of the Black Soul Stone (Grim Reaper's Countenance) has changed dramatically.

And one of them has an inconspicuous function, that is, when absorbing the soul of the strong, it is not limited to Bai Xiaowen killing it by himself.

Of course, there are certain limitations to this way of absorption, that is, the absorption of the face of death has the power of instinctive resistance.

Only the soul that was weaker than Bai Xiaowen in life was powerless to resist the attraction.

Those who were stronger than Bai Xiaowen in their lifetime were able to resist the absorption of the face of death. Unless this strong man himself was killed by Bai Xiaowen, he couldn't resist.

Bai Xiaowen completely mastered the function of the Black Soul Stone, and naturally he could also consume a certain amount of soul essence to retain the memory of this strong man during his lifetime.

Of course, it was also because it didn't take too long after Zhou Wu's death that Bai Xiaowen rushed to the scene. If the time drags on too long, Zhou Wu's soul will disappear on its own, and it will not be able to attract it with the face of death.

Bai Xiaowen then chose to extract Zhou Wu's soul, and soon an ignorant phantom was revealed.

Note that this is only the remnant soul, which is not the same as the soul that absorbed Kitts in the first place. Kits was absorbed voluntarily, so his soul was intact and could communicate with the outside world in a normal way; Zhou Wu was definitely not absorbed voluntarily, plus he had a lot of strength during his lifetime, which led to the destruction of his soul in the pull.

Zhou Wu's remnant soul could not see or hear real things or sounds, and it was impossible to ask them in the usual way of inquiry, unless he had Qiao Rui's soul whisperer ability.

However, Bai Xiaowen has his own communication methods for the souls absorbed by the face of death. He closed his eyes slightly, and a trace of spiritual sense was drawn over, probing into Zhou Wu's soul memory.

In Zhou Wu's sea of consciousness, fragments of memories fluttered gently like fireflies, among which the bright fireflies were profound memories, while the obscure fireflies were meaningless shallow memories.

Bai Xiaowen quickly came into contact with fragments of memory.

Zhou Wu's life was also gradually sketched in his mind.

Entering the Shangqing School from a young age, he first emerged from the outer disciples and stood out in the competition of the outer disciples......

A senior sister in the outer gate admired Zhou Wu, but was rejected by Zhou Wu......

After entering the inner gate, Zhou Wu studied hard and became a new star of the Shangqing faction......

The daily life with the inner disciples, the contradictions and frictions that arise during the cultivation process......

Bai Xiaowen quickly passed these memories that had nothing to do with solving the case.

In the end, an extremely bright memory fragment was captured by Bai Xiaowen's spiritual sense, and then probed into it.

[Hmm, this should be the last memory fragment of Zhou Wu before he died. 】

As before, Bai Xiaowen's "perspective" quickly became Zhou Wu's perspective, just like watching a movie from a first-person perspective, it is impossible to make any changes in perspective.

Moreover, the scenery of the perspective is also clear and blurry, which is related to Zhou Wu's attention tendency at that time, what he noticed, the memory is very clear, and the thing he ignores, the memory is very vague.

At this moment, Zhou Wu should be concentrating on cultivation in the quiet room.

Suddenly, the camera turned to the door.

After a brief pause, the door opened, and a disciple of the Shangqing Sect with a slender face like a monkey walked in.

The monkey talked to Zhou Wu, and Bai Xiaowen could only see the monkey's mouth open and close, just like watching a silent movie.

Subsequently, the first-person Zhou Wu followed the monkey out of the door.

Three turns and two turns, stopping in a secluded and dark place.

Then the monkey turned around and suddenly showed a look of astonishment, pointing behind Zhou Wu.

[This kind of clumsy deception can actually work?] Bai Xiaowen secretly complained.

However, Zhou Wu, as an elite disciple of the Inner Sect and a seed player of the Dao Conference, naturally did not look back, but immediately urged Yuan Li to protect his body. From the first point of view, you can see the bright white light activated by the Yuan force.

However, a hand was attached to the back of Zhou Wu's neck from behind, extending softly and bonelessly.

The memory screen shook greatly, and it was obvious that Zhou Wu was in extreme surprise and panic.

Then the picture suddenly went black.

Bai Xiaowen opened his eyes.

Zhou Wu's remnant soul has disappeared and returned to the face of death.

"Found a clue?" Cecilia leaned over, "It took a long time this time, and it was almost dawn." ”

Bai Xiaowen said: "There are not many clues, only a disciple suspected of being a ghost in the Shangqing faction was found, and I didn't see the face of the real murderer." ”

Bai Xiaowen then told Cecilia about the scene of the last memory fragment.

"That murderer is very powerful," Bai Xiaowen said, "Zhou Wu's consciousness is actually very good, and he has already activated the Yuan Force Protective Body. But the other party seemed to ignore his Yuan Li and directly twisted his neck...... It is conservatively estimated that at least it must be a master of Elder Tang's level to ignore Zhou Wu's body protection yuan power and directly kill him. ”

Cecilia said: "That Shangqing sect disciple who looks like a thin monkey should be the key, and from the last memory, it seems that he tricked Zhou Wu out and let that person be killed." ”

Bai Xiaowen said: "The murderer's motive is still unclear. And we need evidence...... Zhou Wu's remnant soul is not suitable as direct evidence. ”

"Why?" Cecilia said in a strange way, the Shangqing faction should have the means to communicate with the remnant souls.

Bai Xiaowen said: "Detaining the soul is an evil method in the eyes of the famous and decent people in ancient China. It's like the Western wizarding world, where necromancy is considered taboo. If I hand over Zhou Wu's remnant soul, although I can help the Shangqing faction find clues, what good will it do me? Not only will it not be beneficial, but it may even be driven out of the Shangqing faction as a demon!"