Chapter 43: The Battle (1)

Zhang Yifan began to think about where to start to investigate, according to the intelligence, Su Tianjue has been active in the area of Deadwood Ridge recently, and occasionally appears in this town.

Su Tian is absolutely good at poisoning, and there is no separation between poison and medicine, so he decided to find clues from the pharmacy and medical hall in this place.

There are two pharmacies and a medical center in Requiem Town, and there is an endless stream of people who come here every day to get medicine and consult with each other.

When Zhang Yifan asked if he had seen an old man with a hunchback and goatee, the three shopkeepers all shook their heads, saying that there were too many such people in Requiem Town, and they didn't know which one Zhang Yifan was talking about.

There was no way, Zhang Yifan could only show them the portrait. The shopkeeper of the pharmacy called Ren'an Tang near the entrance of Deadwood Ridge said that he was a little impressed, and if it weren't for that incident, the shopkeeper wouldn't have recognized this old man.

Some time ago, one day Ren'an Tang pharmacy business was exceptionally good, many people lined up to get medicine, there was a middle-aged man in Requiem Town because his mother was really sick and unbearable, so he was in a hurry to buy medicine to treat the disease, so he didn't queue up, broke in, and knocked over a guest's hood.

Because the guest looked really terminally ill, and the doctor was used to it, so he took a second look, and the old man didn't say anything, just silently picked up his hat and belt, and this little thing passed quickly.

It's just that I didn't expect the next day to spread the news that the middle-aged man and his mother both died of a serious illness, and this matter has been rumored in the town for a long time, so the shopkeeper of Ren'an Hall was deeply impressed, and remembered the appearance of the old man. When Zhang Yifan took out the portrait, the shopkeeper recognized it at a glance.

"Shopkeeper Yang, when did you see this person, and what medicinal herbs did you buy?" asked Zhang Yifan.

"This little brother, the time is about half a month ago, if you buy any medicinal materials, the time is really a long time, I don't remember too clearly, I only remember a few, blood exhaustion... Thatch... Perran. Shopkeeper Yang said.

"What do these drugs do?"

"Blood exhaustion can be used to promote blood circulation and dispel blood stasis, treat musculoskeletal pain, bruises, because it has an antiseptic effect, so it is sometimes used to preserve the body, so it is quite popular in the local area. Grass can stop bleeding and can be used as a spice, and Peilan can dispel dampness, which is also a spice. Shopkeeper Yang said slowly, patiently explaining the effects of these medicinal materials to Zhang Yifan.

"Then has there been anything special happening in Requiem Town recently?" Zhang Yifan asked.

"Special things, there are no special things, it's just that the Midyear Festival is coming for more than half a month, and there are a lot of businessmen who come here to purchase sacrificial items such as paper and money, so there are occasional disputes, but it's the case every year..." Zhang Yifan really got some useful information from it.

"Preserving corpses, spices, corpse thefts, serious illness..."Zhang Yifan gradually had some speculations in his heart.

"Thank you, shopkeeper Yang, this little meaning, please smile. Zhang Yifan handed a small bag of silver to Shopkeeper Yang.

"Oh, little brother is polite. Shopkeeper Yang pretended not to care and looked at the two taels of silver in the bag, and suddenly his heart was overjoyed, just one cup of tea could be worth his money for several days.

Zhang Yifan then left the pharmacy. He decided to go to Deadwood Collar first.

The entire Deadwood Ridge actually occupies a small area, but it is very narrow and long, stretching for more than 100 miles along the entire collar ridge in the east-west direction, and Requiem Town is right in the middle of the Deadwood Ridge. After secretly showing the arrest warrant, he asked the yamen for a simple map, and then entered the west of the dead wood ridge.

The two body robberies occurred in two cemeteries on the west side of Deadwood Ridge, which were not far apart. After asking for the location, he quickly found it.

From the tombstone, it is known that the identities of the stolen bodies are the blacksmith and an assistant head catcher here, both of whom are lonely here, and they are all middle-aged and strong, but they suddenly died of an unknown disease, and the body was stolen about seven days after death.

The only difference is that the two have different manifestations of the disease. If it weren't for the fact that the assistant head catcher was quite popular, some yamen brothers would go to him to worship the first seven times, and one of them found a strange grave, and this corpse robbery case could not be found.

This made Zhang Yifan have to suspect that this case and that Su Tianjue were very likely to be unable to dry clean, as for the use of Su Tianjue's stealing the body, he didn't know. The local head catcher also said that the case was full of strangeness, but there were no clues, so the case has not been solved.

Zhang Yifan searched near the cemetery for a long time, and even used his unique sensing ability, but he did not get useful clues. At this time, it was getting late, and he decided to go back to Requiem Town first.

He changed his home and stayed at an inn near the pharmacy. It was decided to use its own sensing abilities to monitor the entrance to Deadwood Ridge at night. This inn is right at the entrance of Deadwood Ridge, and with Zhang Yifan's sensing range of nearly three hundred zhang, it is just enough to cover this area.

So Zhang Yifan searched around Requiem Town during the day, and at night after cultivating the Fire Flame Technique, he used his sensing ability to search the vicinity of the passenger station.

In the past ten days, there have been more and more people in the town, most of whom are vendors who have come here to buy goods. This brought a certain amount of trouble to Zhang Yifan's detective case, these days he has checked all the corners of Requiem Town, and then entered the east and west areas of Deadwood Ridge several times, but found nothing. This made him wonder if Su Tianjue had already left this place.

Today is the Midyear Festival, and the town is deserted during the day. Zhang Yifan didn't go out today, and the mysterious spring water would appear tonight, and he decided to try if he could get the well water out.

He searched for the day as usual with his sensing abilities, and to his surprise, he sensed a strange figure entering the east side of the Deadwood Collar. His heart moved, and he followed.

That person's light skills are very high, and he has walked more than thirty miles with a stick of incense, Zhang Yifan can barely follow behind him, if it weren't for his own sensing range, he estimated that he would lose it.

After walking for about a cup of tea, the man stopped, and Zhang Yifan hid in a secret place and observed from a distance.

I saw that the man was wearing a black cloak and hid himself tightly, so he couldn't see his face clearly, but he was not hunchbacked, which made Zhang Yifan a little hesitant and did not appear rashly.

The yin qi of this place was very heavy, and there were seven graves around the place where the man was standing, and I saw him sitting in the middle, and he began to close his eyes and recuperate. In this wilderness, the graves are full of wild and gloomy places, and it is really strange to close your eyes and recuperate.

Zhang Yifan did not act rashly, but kept holding his breath and observing quietly.

The surroundings were quiet, time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it was the beginning of the unitary. Suddenly, the man said towards Zhang Yifan's hiding place: "Daoyou has been watching from the side for so long, why don't you come out and speak?"

Although Zhang Yifan felt that the other party's words were a little strange, when he saw that the other party had obviously discovered himself, he simply stopped hiding and appeared: "Who are you? Why are you sneaking around here?"

"Is Daoist Friend a Burning Sky Valley Monk or a Flame Leaving Sect Monk?" the man did not answer Zhang Yifan's question, but asked rhetorically.

"What Burning Sky Valley, Leaving the Fire Sect, I don't know what you're talking about. Zhang Yifan felt that what the other party said was inexplicable.

"It turned out to be a casual cultivator who had never seen the world, and even the fourth layer of the Qi refining period dared to come out to trouble the uncle, since this is the case, then go and die!" The man suddenly condensed a fireball the size of a bowl in his hand, and then shot towards Zhang Yifan quickly.

"You are an immortal cultivator!" Zhang Yifan was shocked in his heart, this was the first time he had encountered an immortal cultivator, and it had appeared in a hostile form.

Seeing that the fireball was coming, before he was ready, Zhang Yifan felt that the heat was unstoppable, and if he was hit, he would definitely be dead or disabled. He launched the flying power to the extreme, and the afterimage was almost visible, and the fireball could be tracked with people under the control of the mysterious immortal cultivator, and after a few changes, Zhang Yifan finally got rid of the attack of the fireball.

I saw that the fireball finally hit a dead tree, and in a short time, a huge tree was burned to ashes!

"Yo, I still have some skills, but this worldly light skill can get rid of my fire bomb technique. Well, it's time to send you on your way, my boys can't wait. The mysterious immortal cultivator was stunned, and was a little surprised by Zhang Yifan's performance.

"You and I have no grievances, why should Your Excellency kill you as soon as you meet. Zhang Yifan asked.

"Daoyou followed me all the way, obviously for another purpose, in order to keep my secret, then I had to let Daoyou die. It just so happens that I am still short of a spirit corpse, so I will count it with Daoyou. ”

"Hurry like a law, seven iron corpses rise!" the mysterious immortal cultivator said a spell in his mouth, holding a strange bell in one hand, and quickly heading towards the seven graves with the other.

I saw seven dark green points of light submerged into the grave bag, and then the seven sounds of 'boom', the seven grave bags exploded in turn, and when the dust cleared, there were 7 tall corpses standing on the grave bag, all seven feet high, with hateful faces, and there was a faint inexplicable smell, mixed with incense and ugliness, which made people smell disgusting.

"Gaga, Daoyou, my seven iron corpses that have just been refining the Yin Moon just happen to have the strength of the fourth layer of the Qi Refining Period, and they just happened to be playing with Daoyou. Go, little boys, catch him, and be careful not to damage his body, I'll be of great use. Then the mysterious immortal cultivator rang the bell, and the seven iron corpses really attacked Zhang Yifan quickly, and the action was very fast.

The voice of the mysterious immortal cultivator is terrifying, Zhang Yifan is fighting with the immortal cultivator for the first time, it is inevitable that he is a little nervous, he is a little overwhelmed in this scene, and he can only blindly use the flying power to dodge, but the seven iron corpses commanded by someone are in hot pursuit, and Zhang Yifan's space for activity is getting smaller and smaller, if there is no way to deal with it, defeat will be within a few breaths.

"Come!" I saw a flash of golden light, and the demon was caught in Zhang Yifan's hand.

"Huh, there is actually a magic weapon! It looks quite extraordinary, it may be a high-grade magic weapon, this time I earned it!" The mysterious immortal cultivator saw Zhang Yifan take out the demon master, and his greed increased greatly.

Zhang Yifan struck the chest of an iron corpse that had been bullied, only to see the iron corpse roaring in its mouth, opening its teeth and grabbing it, and then it suddenly split apart.

This situation was not only stunned by the mysterious immortal cultivator, but Zhang Yifan was also surprised, this was the first time he had used the changed Demon Suppressor, and he didn't expect it to be so powerful!