"The three villages under the jurisdiction of Nihuan County were slaughtered one after another for three months, and all the people in the village were killed by digging out their hearts, with a total of more than 400 lives." Fang Tao replied, "This news has been blocked by the Nihuan County Government to avoid causing panic. It's just that the ordinary patrols and servants of the government can't solve cases involving the demon clan or cultivators, so they ask the Heavenly Mirror Division. ”

"Isn't the Red Moon Kingdom a secular realm under the rule of the Purple Cloud Sect? Why didn't the Purple Cloud Sect send someone over? ”

"I heard that it was the national teacher of the Purple Cloud Sect stationed in the Red Moon Country who was fighting with Prime Minister Zuo, and this matter has also become a weapon for them to attack each other's courts, how can they send people over under mutual constraints."

"It's shameless." Qu Wuming said angrily, "In their eyes, the struggle for power and profit is far more important than the life and death of ordinary people. ”

"Heh, isn't it the first time that Brother Qu of the Purple Cloud Sect has known about it?" Fang Tao seemed to be a little helpless and said, "Originally, I finally met Brother Qu, so I naturally wanted to sit and drink with Brother Qu, but knowing the matter of the crane in the clouds, the younger brother was already a little restless at this time, and he couldn't wait to leave the Red Moon Country quickly." ”

Qu Wuming smiled when he heard this, patted Fang Tao's shoulder and said, "It's okay, I'll look for you when I pass by Izumo Country when I turn around." However, I would like to see the task you just mentioned. ”

"It's easy to say! The location of the Celestial Mirror Division of Nihuan County is in the ......"

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"Wu Daoyou, what else do you need to know?" The head of the Nihuan County Resident of the Heavenly Mirror Division asked.

Opposite him, it was Qu Wuming, who had changed his disguise and was named "Wu Qu". Qu Wuming held two tokens of the peripheral deacon of the Heavenly Mirror Division in his hand, one of which was his real name and the other was a pseudonym, at this time he was in the sphere of influence of the Purple Cloud Sect, so naturally it was better to have more than one thing, so he used a pseudonym.

This time to assist in the investigation of the murder of the villagers of Nihuan County, the station of Tianjing Division Nihuan County has actually done a full preliminary investigation, ruling out the possibility of the demon clan rebellion, and it can be determined that it was at least the work of cultivators above the Yuan Infant Stage - among the killed villagers, there are two monks in the Seclusive Dan Period, one of whom is even at the peak of the Dan Period, but he still has not escaped the fate of being killed. Now if you want to solve the case, you can only use the three villages where the murder occurred as the starting point, quietly arrange the shadow stone in other villages in the surrounding Nihuan County, and secretly investigate in the way of waiting for the rabbit.

In view of the fact that the murderer's possible cultivation is relatively high, and the strength of the Heavenly Mirror Division in Mud Huan County is not enough to gather enough people to carry out large-scale control, so a task was issued within the Heavenly Mirror Division to summon good people from all over the surrounding areas to help. Although this move may also startle the snake, it is also a last resort.

"Is there a map of Nihuan County? The more detailed, the better. Qu Wuming asked.

"That's nature!" The steward hurriedly took out a picture of Kanyu and handed it to Qu Wuming, "The village where the murder occurred before has been marked with a red dot. At present, in the rest of the more remote villages, we have quietly installed Shadow Stones in some key locations. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of manpower, and there is no way to arrange manpower in every village. I don't know which control point Wu Daoyou plans to choose to join? ”

Qu Wuming looked at it carefully, and then said lightly on the Kanyu map: "That's it!" Kuzhu Village! ”

"Good!" The steward nodded, took out a transmission note and handed it to Qu Wuming, "The person in charge of the Kuzhu Village control point is named Zuo Dongze, although his cultivation is not as high as Wu Daoyou, but he is very familiar with the situation of several nearby villages, and he also asks Wu Daoyou to follow his arrangement." ”

"Don't worry, it's about the lives of the people, and Wu won't mess around."

"Then there is Lao Wu Daoyou!" The steward stretched out his hand with the storage ring, clenched his fist and said to Qu Wuming, "This is the fee prepaid after taking the task, thirty high-grade spirit stones, and after the task is over, Wu Daoyou will come to me to receive the rest of the reward." ”

Qu Wuming lightly touched the storage ring and the steward's storage ring, and a bright light flashed at the same time between the two storage rings, and the next moment, there were already thirty more high-grade spirit stones in Qu Wuming's storage ring.

"Thanks, then I'll go." Qu Wuming got up and hugged his fists.

"I thank Wu Daoyou for his help on behalf of the people of Nihuan County!" The steward also got up, clenched his fists and returned the salute, watching Qu Wuming leave.

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"Welcome Wu Daoyou! Inside, please! ”

Zuo Dongze, the person in charge of the control point in Kuzhu Village, is an old man with white hair, and his cultivation is about the late Yuan Infant. When Qu Wuming found the control point, he walked out of a cliff in a flash.

At this time, Qu Wuming discovered that there was a temporary cave on the cliff behind Zuo Dongze, and there was a very ingenious prohibition at the entrance.

"I've seen Zuo Daoyou!" Qu Wuming arched his hand and looked at the other party carefully. This Zuo Dongze is of medium stature, slightly fat, although his beard and hair are all white, but there are not many wrinkles on his face, his eyes are shining, combined with the information that the Steward of the Heavenly Mirror Division Nihuan County said before, it is not difficult to judge that this Zuo Dongze's cultivation seems to have reached the peak of the Yuan Infant Stage, and he is only one step away from stepping into the Transformation Stage.

"Hearing that Steward Jiang said that Wu Daoyou was coming, the old man felt a lot more relaxed all of a sudden." Zuo Dongze introduced Qu Wuming into the cave mansion, and said as he walked, "Considering the strength of the murderer, the Tianjing Division only arranged for people who had the strength to fight with the people from the Yuan Infant Stage to the early stage of the Transformation of God to come and control it, and those who were weaker in cultivation could only arrange to go to various places in Nihuan County to find out the news, and they didn't dare to put it in the control point at all." Originally, there were only four people in our control point, but when Wu Daoyou came, there were five people. ”

"So few people?" Qu Wuming couldn't help frowning secretly when he heard this.

"Yes, if the arrangement is poor, if the murderer is really discovered, it will only be sent to death in vain." Zuo Dongze took Qu Wuming to a group of five-foot square light curtains and said, "Wu Daoyou, please take a look!" These are the eight villages that our control point is responsible for, and each village has a scale of more than 100 people, which is more in line with the characteristics of the murderer's crime. ”

Above the light curtain, each village had about five or six images transmitted back from the Shadow Stones, put together in a group, for a total of about forty or so images. It's daytime, and there are still many villagers walking back and forth and busy as usual.

"The murderer has never committed a crime during the day, so during the day, our people will patrol the villages and will not be stationed there." Zuo Dongze pointed to the three or two points that kept flickering in the picture and said, "The other three people at our control point are on the way to patrol at this time, and they will come back in the evening, and I will introduce Wu Daoyou to them when the time comes." Tonight, Wu Daoyou can team up with one of them, choose a village to ambush, and report the news in time after discovering the murderer, so as not to scare him away easily. If the murderer appears in another village, I will notify everyone to rush over as soon as possible. ”

"Good!" Qu Wuming nodded, his eyes fell on the image of the eight villages, and then he looked at the map of the nearby villages hanging on the side of the light curtain, and asked, "Zuo Daoyou, I don't know which of these eight villages has the largest population?" ”

"The most populous area is Baligou, where there are about 180 residents. Down is the Locust Tree Valley, there are more than 150 people. The rest of Dazhu Village, Huangshi Village, Kuzhu Village, etc. are even smaller, about 11 or 20 people. ”

"Baligou, the ...... of the Locust Tree Valley," Qu Wuming said silently in his heart, "I will choose Baligou to squat and wait tonight." ”

A few days later.

The companion assigned by Zuo Dongze to Qu Wuming is named Zhang Xi, and like Qu Wuming, they are all peripheral deacons of the Tianjing Division who came from outside to help—peripheral personnel who take how much money and how much they do.

In the past few nights, the two have basically switched guards back and forth between the two villages of Baligou and Huaishugu, hoping to happen to bump into the murderer.

It's just that the murderer never appeared.

"Brother Wu, do you think that guy will continue to commit crimes?" In a cellar in Baligou Village, Zhang Xi, who was sitting cross-legged, suddenly transmitted a voice to Qu Wuming and said.

"Yes." Qu Wuming also replied, "Didn't it be found out two days ago, and the evil method that is most likely to use the heart of a living person is the 'Thousand Hearts and Blood Martial Arts'?" Using the resentment and evil qi brought by the heart obtained from the living person, together with the heart, it can be turned into blood by secret arts, and after refining into the body, it can make the muscles and bones and skin of the body as strong as a magic weapon, and ordinary magic weapons and fairy swords are difficult to hurt in the slightest. Now that the murderer has less than half of his heart, he will inevitably continue to commit crimes. ”

"I don't know if he will choose Baligou Village." Zhang Xi said a little helplessly, "There are about hundreds of villages in Nihuan County that meet the conditions, and we are so stupid to wait, as if it is not much different from looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

"I have a hunch that he should show up soon." Qu Wuming said, "My intuition has always been very accurate. ”

"Then I borrowed Brother Wu's auspicious words!" Zhang Xi smiled, "I really hope this guy shows up soon, see if I don't screw his head off!" Hmph......"

"Now that we have four more people in the control point, if he appears in any village, with the cooperation of nine people, he will definitely be able to stay!"

Before Qu Wuming's words fell, a buzz came from the storage rings of the two at the same time, and the two of them hurriedly opened their eyes and took out the communication charm in the storage ring.

"The murderer has appeared! In the Valley of the Locust Trees! Zuo Dongze's hurried voice came from the messenger.

"! I actually went to Locust Tree Valley today, why not yesterday! Zhang Xi got up suddenly, and his feet flew up suddenly, and the lid of the hidden cellar burst open with a bang. Zhang Xi didn't care much, turned into a streamer, and flew straight in the direction of Huaishugu Village.

Behind him, Qu Wuming also turned into a streamer and rose into the air, but although Qu Wuming started slowly, his speed far surpassed Zhang Xi, and in less than a moment, he had already surpassed Zhang Xi and left him far behind.

Baligou Village is still a short distance away from Huaishugu Village, and if you look at it from the Kanyu map, it happens to be distributed at the east and west ends of the Kuzhu Village control point.

At this moment, the cave in the control point of Kuzhu Village is empty. Above the still lit light curtain, seven points of light could be seen rapidly approaching the direction of Huaishugu Village from four different villages.

And the two points of light that originally stayed in Huaishugu Village have all been extinguished at some point.

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