Chapter 17: The Mind Flayer

Longsheng Inn.

The most secluded courtyard in the west area of the inn has been taken over by the three people of the Huayang Sect. By this time it was already the next morning, and after a night of repair, they began to gather at the stone table in the courtyard as previously agreed.

After the elixir given by Song Cangwu, Su Qingzhi's injuries have improved a lot. It has restored the image of a chic and dignified chivalrous man. As soon as he met, he greeted him generously, and then took the initiative to say, "Thank you Senior Brother for the elixir." ”

Song Cangwu waved his hand to signal that he didn't have to be polite, and then said to them: "If you two don't have anything very important in the past two days, don't go out." Practice well in the inn. I ......"

Before he could finish speaking, he heard his sister's reluctant voice: "Brother...... Why?"

Song Cangwu glared at her sister, she immediately lowered her head and stopped talking, just kicked her feet and made a vocal protest by grinding the soles of her shoes.

Song Cangwu sighed secretly, and then said, "You know that I originally had something important, don't you wonder why I rushed to Luoyun City so early." ”

"Yes, why?" Su Qingzhi received the "Way of Praise".

"Naturally, I'm worried about your safety," Song Cangwu glanced at the two of them and said, then he lowered his voice a little and said, "I suspect that the Mind Flayer is near Luoyun City. ”

"Huh?" Su Qingzhi and Song Nan exclaimed in unison.

They had thought that Falling Cloud City was just a meeting point on their mission, and their final destination was Ganjiang City, where the Mind Flayer had the most appearances. I didn't expect Song Cangwu to say that the Mind Flayer might appear here.

But why, as far as they knew, there was no sign of Mind Flayer activity in Falling Cloud City at all.

Looking at the two of them looking curious, Song Cangwu gently took out a scroll in his bag, and then slowly spread it out on the stone table.

It was a map with different colors indicating mountains, rivers, cities, forests, etc.

The two recognized at a glance that this was their map of the country!

Song Cangwu held a small brush and gestured against the map. While gesturing, he muttered familiarly.

"On the seventh day of the third month of the year of Jichou, the first time the Mind Snatcher committed a crime, the location was in Ganjiang. It rained that night, and the next day people found the victim's body on a street corner, the heart of which had been dug up, and the death was horrific. ”

Song Cangwu said as he spoke, and generally used a pen to point an ink dot on the direction of the Ganjiang River on the map.

Then he continued, "On the tenth day of the fifth month of the same year, the Mind Flayer committed another crime, and it was also raining that day in Liyang. ”

He nodded another point in the direction of the sun.

"June 20, rainy night, in Kunling!"

"On the eighth day of the eighth month of August, it's still a rainy night, in Guiming!"

......

Song Cangwu's speed of speech became faster and faster, as he talked about the Mind Flayer's crime record, while dotting the ink dots on the top of the map one by one.

"On the ninth day of the first month of the year of Gengyin, in Liuzhou, it was also a rainy night, which was the last recorded crime of the Mind Flayer, that is, half a month ago. ”

After Song Cangwu dotted the last ink dot on the map, he drew a large circle with a brush and circled all these ink dots inside.

"So that's the range of the Mind Flayer, and we can see that it's like a circle, and the center of the circle is the ......."

Song Cangwu suddenly clicked on the map, and the other two looked at it, and then exclaimed at the same time: "Luoyun City!"

"It's Falling Cloud City, and the fact that there is no trace of Mind Flayer activity on this side of Falling Cloud City is precisely what makes it suspicious. Because the rabbit doesn't eat the grass around the nest. ”

Song Cangwu put away the black map that had been painted by him, and said, "After I found out about this, I regretted that I let you come to Luoyun City to meet me, so I hurried here and came here." ”

Song Cangwu's words moved the two of them a little, but they were more afraid, in case he was not there, the two of them encountered a heart snatcher, and it was really likely that something would happen. After all, they also had some understanding of the previous cases of the Mind Flayer, and knew that among them, there was a martyrdom of the Meridian Realm.

"Brother, you have to find out the Mind Flayer quickly!" said Song Nuxia as she shook her brother's arm.

She didn't worry about her brother's safety at all, because Song Cangwu was also a well-known master during the Qi training period, and it was absolutely impossible for the Heart Snatcher, a casual cultivator who was only looking for a person below Qi training, to be his opponent.

"Now that we have a specific scope, it shouldn't be difficult to find the Mind Flayer. Song Cangwu patiently explained, "Judging from previous cases, the victim's heart is often dug out, and the wound is claw-shaped, which shows that the other party must be proficient in a powerful claw skill, and from the perspective of their injured parts and wound destruction, I can roughly reverse the murderer's hand shape." ”

"This is a hand that is not fully developed, and it can be judged that the age of the Mind Flayer should not be very old, about fifteen or sixteen years old. ”

Hearing this, Su Qingzhi couldn't help but speak, "Luoyun City, young man, proficient in claw skills, can endanger the meridian realm, senior brother, I suddenly thought of someone." ”

He thought of the scene yesterday when he almost died with that man, and even now, he felt his heart stiffen slightly.

"He?" Song Cangwu thought thoughtfully. "Black Tiger Digging Heart?"

"Mind Snatcher!" Su Qingzhi and Song Nan said in unison.

Song Cangwu thought for a moment, and then said to them: "Don't make a noise about this in advance, wait for me to investigate and confirm." ”

"It's not obvious...... Song Nan was about to say something, but when he saw his brother's calm eyes, he took it back again, and then pouted and said, "Whatever you want." ”

Song Cangwu shook his head and smiled, and said, "Things shouldn't be so simple, there are still big doubts in this matter." Don't talk about why the Mind Flayer snatches the heart. What is the intrinsic connection between these people he killed, and why did he choose to commit the crime on a rainy night. These are all puzzling things, and there must be a mystery hidden in them......"

When the three of Huayang Sect were discussing the Mind Snatcher, Wu Hao and his sister Wu Qing also talked about this topic.

"What are you talking about, the Mind Flayer is in Falling Cloud City, why are you so sure?" Wu Qing looked at her younger brother with interest and asked.

"A man's intuition!" Wu Hao swore that he couldn't tell his sister that it was explained in the system task description. Then he sidestepped the topic and said, "How is it, sister." What about the bounty of 5,000 taels of gold! The battle will be handed over to you, and the clues will be handed over to me, and the time will be divided into two or eight, and we will work together, shall we do it?"

"Who's two?" Wu Qing said with a tilt of his head.

"It's a big deal to give you thirty percent!" Wu Hao's face ached, and he said sadly: "You don't know how much I paid to find out that the Mind Flayer is in Luoyun City." You're just hands-on, you really can't do it any more. ”

Of course, Wu Hao didn't want people to get a piece of the pie, but he inquired about the combat power of the Mind Flayer, and he still gave up the idea of a single brush. Anyway, their family now has a thug in the Qi training period, of course, they have to make reasonable use of it.

"I think about it. Wu Qing looked a little moved. Then he suddenly asked Wu Hao, "What is the most difficult way to kill people?"

"Random killings on a rainy night!" Wu Hao said casually.

"Why?" Wu Qing suddenly became interested and asked.

"It's still a man's intuition!" Wu Hao only cared about the matter of the Mind Snatcher, how could he be in the mood to answer the inexplicable question, and complained impatiently, "Why are you asking me this question again." ”

"When did I ask you again?" asked Wu Qing with a wink.

"Two years ago, or three years ago?" Wu Hao thought for a while, then shook his head and stopped being entangled, and continued to urge Wu Qing: "Sister, give me a happy word, do not do it!"

"Sister, I remember that your Dongshan Fist has been practiced to the realm of being superb, summoning living beings, and it should be more than enough to deal with the Mind Snatcher. Tsk, you really surprised my sister this time. Wu Qing looked at her younger brother, as if she wanted to get to know him again.

"Where is it!" Wu Hao argued: "At most, it's just a small Cheng realm, and I have only practiced one trick of black tiger to dig out my heart!"

For his sister, Wu Hao has nothing to hide, anyway, people don't look down on crops like Dongshan Boxing.

However, as soon as these words came out, Wu Qing looked at him fixedly, as if he had finally figured out something.

Then, she didn't say hello, jumped up, and went to the room!

"Again!" Wu Hao sighed, "Do you want to do it...... You're going to give me a good time, huh?"