The Xiqi Mountain in front of them was full of clouds and mist, and Li Maicheng, Bai Ruoxue, Zhou Xiaotian, and Zhou Yide flew towards the mountain one by one.

Li Maicheng shouted as he flew, "Let's all look for it separately." ”

Su Chengxuan nodded and said, "Okay, senior brother." ”

Then they scattered and flew in the Xiqi Mountain, looking for the demon cave of the peacock spirit.

Li Maicheng flew while looking around, from the top of the mountain to the mountainside, looking back and forth, and there was no trace of the demon cave, and then he flew into the mountainside and stopped, and then took the shadow sword and slammed the ground, after a while, a wisp of white smoke rose, and the mountain god came out.

Li Maicheng said: "Mountain God, do you know that there is a peacock spirit in this Xiqi Mountain. ”

The mountain god stroked his beard and replied, "Donor, I have never heard of it. ”

Li Maicheng continued to ask: "That mountain god, have you ever seen a dagger engraved with Xiqi Mountain?"

The mountain god said: "Donor, I haven't seen it." ”

Li Maicheng saw that he couldn't ask anything, so he immediately said, "Okay, mountain god, you can go back." ”

Then the mountain god turned into a wisp of white smoke and vanished.

Li Maicheng saw that there was no clue, so he had to fly up again and continue to look in the mountain, but after looking for a while, he didn't see any trace of the peacock demon cave.

Li Maicheng had no choice but to shout: "Brothers, everyone is not looking for it, let's go back to Yuning County." ”

Zhou Yide replied, "Okay then. ”

Then Li Maicheng, Zhou Yide, Bai Ruoxue, and Wu Shitong flew through the clouds and fog, flew over the fields, the mountains, and finally flew back to Yuning County.

At the city gate of Yuning County, Zhou Yide said goodbye to Li Maicheng, and he went back to the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate alone, while Li Maicheng, Zhou Xiaotian, and Bai Ruoxue walked through the bustling street and went back to the Xiya Inn.

Back at the Xiya Inn, the sky was gradually darkening at this time, Li Maicheng, Zhou Xiaotian, Bai Ruoxue and a few of them came back to see Master Zhang Qian and the soldiers of the mission having dinner in the inn, and then Li Maicheng and a few of them also sat down to eat around the table.

Zhang Qian said while eating the vegetables: "Maicheng, can you find that peacock essence today?"

Li Maicheng replied: "Master, we searched for a day today, chased to Xiqi Mountain, and did not find the peacock spirit's nest, and some clues were broken. ”

Zhang Qian said: "Okay, it seems that this peacock spirit has great wisdom and is a difficult monster to deal with." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Yes, let's go to the county office tomorrow to see if there are any clues?"

Zhang Qian said: "Okay then." ”

Li Maicheng and the others had dinner, and after eating, they all fell asleep one by one.

Back in the guest room, Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue sat together, Li Maicheng poured a glass of water and drank it, he drank it while saying, "Ruoxue, what do you think of this peacock essence case?"

Bai Ruoxue scratched her head and said: "Maicheng, I think that peacock spirit likes to find young and strong guys, so why don't we find a few brothers and pretend to be young and strong guys, wandering around the mountains, and see if there is any gain?"

Li Maicheng said: "Ruoxue, don't say it, you still have a good way, wait until tomorrow when we go to Yuning County, let's make plans." ”

Bai Ruoxue said: "Okay, then let's sleep." ”

Li Maicheng nodded and said, "Okay, Ruoxue." ”

Then Li Maicheng and Bai Ruoxue fell asleep.

After a night, at dawn the next day, someone from the Xiya Inn came to Li Maicheng and them, Li Maicheng was woken up from his sleep by the inn Xiaoer, he quickly got up, went to the lobby on the first floor of the inn, and found that it was Zhou Yide and Lin Yuge, the county government, who had come with a few catchers.

Zhou Yide said to Li Maicheng: "Maicheng, it's not good, another strong guy was killed in the west of the city last night, and he also left a peacock feather and a dagger with Xiqi Mountain written on it. ”

Li Maicheng said: "That's the same as Wang Shiqiang's case under Xiqi Mountain." ”

Zhou Yide said: "Yes, by the way, Brother Maicheng, let me introduce you to you, this is Lin Yuge's head catcher from the county government." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Lin Zhutou, I am fortunate to be happy, I am also going to take a few brothers to visit you in the county government today." ”

Lin Zhutou replied: "Brother Maicheng, fortunately, I heard Brother Zhou say that you are a master of demon subjugation, then we will catch that peacock essence just around the corner." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Lin Zhutou, don't dare to be, don't dare to be, I can kill demons, for detectives, I have to rely on your county government." ”

Lin Zhutou said: "Brother Maicheng, you are humble, then let's go to the victim's house in the west of the city first." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, I'll take a few junior disciples with you." ”

Then Li Maicheng took Zhou Xiaotian, Su Chengxuan, and Wu Shitong to the west of the city with Lin Zhutou and them.

They walked down the street, walking past the bustling crowd, Li Maicheng said as he walked: "Lin Zhutou, when did you receive the complaint?"

Lin Zhutou replied: "Early this morning, before dawn, we received a complaint, I have already been to the scene of the crime, because of the peacock essence involved, so I also called Brother Zhou of the Qingyu Demon Hunting Gate, it was he who told me that you are a master of demon subjugation." ”

Li Maicheng said: "I see. ”

Gradually, they passed through the pavilions and came to the house of the victim of the previous night in the west of the city.

Seeing that the strong guy fell at home, with a dagger stuck in his body, and a few peacock feathers falling from the ground, Li Maicheng took a closer look and asked Lin Zhutou: "Lin Zhutou, what is the name of this strong guy?"

Lin Zhutou replied: "His name is Wei Youliang, he is an alcoholic, someone saw him drunk and went home last night, and then found dead at home the next day." ”

When Li Maicheng heard this, he replied: "That peacock spirit is too frustrated, breaking into the house and killing people, and people can't find flaws." ”

Lin Zhutou said: "Yes, so we must find the peacock spirit's nest now, otherwise more people will be hurt." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Lin Zhutou, do you have any unsolved cases over the years?"

Lin Zhutou thought for a while and said: "Yes, three years ago, a strong guy who was collecting firewood went up the mountain to cut wood, and then he was found dead in the forest, and we have not solved the case so far." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Where was the place where that case occurred at that time?"

Lin Zhutou said: "It is in Cuiyou Mountain in Yuning County, where wild beasts are often infested, and people in the county rarely go there. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay, then let's go to the green mountain now and see if there are any clues." ”

Lin Zhutou said: "Okay then." ”

Then Li Maicheng, Zhou Xiaotian, Zhou Yide, Wu Shitong, Su Chengxuan, and Lin Zhutou set off to the green mountain.

They walked through fields, through bamboo forests, across rivers, and finally came to the foot of Cuiyou Mountain.

Li Maicheng looked at the green mountain and found that there was a pavilion on the mountainside, and he immediately said to Lin Zhutou: "Lin Zhutou, what is that pavilion?"

Lin Zhutou replied: "That pavilion is now deserted, it used to be the place where the monks lived, but then the group of monks disappeared one by one inexplicably, and then the pavilion was deserted, and this green mountain has become rare. ”

Li Maicheng said: "Lin Zhutou, do you remember where the woodcutter died in this Cuiyou Mountain?"

Lin Zhutou replied: "It's in the pine forest not far ahead." ”

Li Maicheng replied, "Okay, let's go over and have a look." ”

Then Lin Zhutou took Li Maicheng and Zhou Yide to the pine forest, only to see that in this forest, the light was very dim, and even in broad daylight, it felt a little eerie.

Li Maicheng searched carefully in the pine forest, and because a long time had passed, he didn't find anything, so he immediately said, "Lin Zhutou, then let's go to the pavilion on the mountainside." ”

Lin Zhutou shirked and said: "Brother Maicheng, let's not go, the pavilion there has suffered a curse, we never go there to investigate, I don't want to go there now, get into trouble." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Lin Zhutou, okay, you and Brother Yide are waiting in this pine forest, and my three junior brothers and I will fly to the deserted pavilion to have a look." ”

Lin Zhutou nodded and said, "Okay, you have to be careful." ”

Li Maicheng said: "Okay." ”

Then Li Maicheng, Zhou Xiaotian, Wu Shitong, and Su Chengxuan flew up, and flew in front of the deserted pavilion.

I saw that the deserted pavilion had a few big words written on it, and Li Maicheng saw this and said: "Everyone should look for it separately, and if you find any clues, you will shout." ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "Okay, senior brother." ”

Then they all went into the deserted pavilion one by one to look for it, and Li Maicheng walked in the dim pavilion and saw that there were many cobwebs in it, and it was covered with dust everywhere.

There were still a lot of bamboo slips and books on the ground in the pavilion, as well as tattered bottles and jars.

They searched and searched, and suddenly Wu Shitong shouted: "Senior brothers, come here, I have found something." ”

When Li Maicheng heard this, he immediately stopped looking for it and ran to Wu Shitong, and when a few of them arrived, they found that there were a lot of daggers scattered on the ground, and the words "Xiqi Mountain" were engraved on the dagger.

Seeing this, Li Maicheng picked up a dagger and looked at it carefully, and after looking at it for a while, he said: "Xiaotian, I suspect that someone pretended to be a peacock spirit, killed innocent people indiscriminately, and put the crime on the head of the peacock spirit. ”

When Zhou Xiaotian heard this, he immediately said, "Senior brother, why are you so inferred?"

Li Maicheng replied: "I suspect that the murderers in these cases are people, not peacock spirits, and the murderers are likely to be people who used to cultivate in this Cuiyun Pavilion, and they later encountered the infestation of peacock essences, which caused Cuiyun Pavilion to be difficult to gain a foothold in this Cuiyun Mountain, and finally this place became a ruin. ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "Then senior brother, who do you think the murderer will be?"

Li Maicheng said: "I guess that the murderer must be a person with strong martial arts, and he used to be a disciple of this Cuiyun Pavilion Sect. ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "I see, then how are we going to investigate?"

Li Maicheng said: "Let's not say that the murderer is a human now, continue to follow the peacock essence as the goal, find the whereabouts of the peacock essence, and don't startle the snake." ”

Zhou Xiaotian said: "Okay then." ”