"My lord, have you ever heard that Bai Mingcheng has such a fetish?" Zhou Fan looked at Chen Yushi and asked.

Bai Mingcheng likes to collect local strange anecdotes and some obscure classics, and he also has a strong interest in the method of increasing longevity?

Chen Yushi frowned slightly and thought about it: "I only know that he likes to collect some obscure classics, but I have never seen him very interested in the method of increasing longevity, Bai Mingcheng is very low-key, pay attention to the size of getting along, and will not get very close to the three of us Four Signs, I don't know him very well." ”

"Actually, no one in the Si Mansion should know that he is interested in the method of increasing longevity, because he should hide his interest after coming to Xiao Lei Yi Luan Si Mansion. Zhou Fan said slowly.

"What's wrong with being interested in the method of increasing longevity? As far as I know, many monks like to delve into this, and one of the reasons why it is important to practice is to gain a longer lifespan. Chen Yushi said disapprerovingly.

"That's fine, but will adults bother to study the method of increasing longevity?" Zhou Fan asked.

"No, it won't. Chen Yushi shook his head and said: "As we all know, it is a very difficult thing to increase longevity, rather than spending time looking for things to increase longevity, it is better to work hard to increase longevity." ”

"Who are the people who are most interested in increasing their longevity?" Zhou Fan asked again.

"A short-lived species or a person whose life span is nearing the end of his life. Chen Yushi said without thinking, he frowned slightly after he finished speaking: "I don't understand, what is the point of us talking about this, if I remember correctly, Bai Mingcheng's lifespan is one hundred and thirteen years old, he is neither a short-lived species nor a person who is about to die......"

Chen Yushi paused when he said this, and quickly reacted with a look of surprise on his face: "Could it be that there is a problem with Bai Mingcheng's lifespan?"

"His lifespan has been modified. Zhou Fan said.

"It can't be. Chen Yushi couldn't believe it: "A person's lifespan is innate, if we can modify it at will, then we don't have to work hard to cultivate." ”

"You misunderstood me, I'm not saying that his lifespan has actually changed, but that the lifespan in his heart has been modified, this modification is superficial, and his lifespan has not changed in essence. Zhou Fan explained.

"Did you go to see the corpse to confirm this?" asked Chen Yushi, whose face changed slightly.

"Yes. Zhou Fan nodded and said: "There is no trace of magic in his longevity modification, using the most traditional technique, I guess it is to cut out the human skin longevity in his heart, and then cut a piece of human skin from somewhere, carve the longevity pattern, and then glue it on, and use healing drugs to heal the wound, so that it will be so meticulous." ”

"But no matter how well the medicine heals, it will still leave marks, and I have come to this conclusion when I observe that there are barely visible cutting marks on the edge of the gray ring around his heart. ”

If you hadn't guessed in advance, it would have been difficult to find such traces if you deliberately observed the longevity of your heart, and even if you noticed such traces, you would quickly ignore them, because it is very common for a practitioner to have some scars on his body.

"Why did he do this?" Chen Yushi was a little distracted, Zhou Fan had no reason to lie to him about this kind of thing, so this thing was true.

"He used a fake lifespan to cover up his true lifespan, which means that his real lifespan hides a secret, a secret that he doesn't want anyone to know. Zhou Fan said: "He is sixty-two years old this year, and has a record of sixty-two years of life, this cannot be faked, it is true that he has lived for so many years, what if we are a short-lived species? ”

"I suspect he's hiding the fact that he's short-lived!"

Anyone under the age of thirty-five is short-lived!

The number of longevity registered on the day of the hair binding is in the village, and the village will also ask the master to bring a copy back to the Yiluan Division, but the record of the longevity is only kept as a backup, and he will not look at it carefully, and no one will check him when he first joins the Yiluan Division, but when his position rises higher and higher, if he wants to hide his true lifespan, it is very easy.

"Even if he is short-lived, what is he hiding this fact for? It will not affect his promotion in officialdom. Chen Yushi was puzzled.

The Great Wei official family never thought that the short-lived species would be excluded from the officialdom, but it still depended on his personal potential, as long as he could enter the Dao realm, he would be able to increase his lifespan and do a lot of things.

Just like Zhou Fan's longevity in the short-lived species is very small, but now that he has entered the Huayuan realm, he will be able to live for another ten years, and if he breaks through again within ten years, his lifespan will increase.

Besides, even if you are a monk with a short lifespan, but in this dangerous world, who knows if you will die suddenly?

Therefore, short-lived species are not discriminated against, and even if they are unwilling to talk about this topic with people they don't know well, there is no need to bother to hide it.

"That's the crux of the matter. Zhou Fan raised his eyebrows slightly and said: "As many people guessed before, it is not for nothing that there are people or monsters who can kill the envoys of the Northern Expedition, if they do it strangely, even if it likes to eat people's limbs, there is no need to deliberately hide its traces." ”

"After all, the monster who can kill the envoy to the north, whether he has wisdom or not, there will be no one in Qingmei Town who is its opponent. ”

"If it was done by a powerful monk, he would have chopped off Bai Mingcheng's limbs, he must have had a purpose, maybe he came for Yiluansi, but he didn't leave any provocative words. ”

"But no one thought about it, what if all this was arranged by Bai Mingcheng? I didn't think about it before, but he deliberately concealed his longevity, and I would have such an idea. ”

"Just because he concealed his lifespan, do you think he deliberately faked his death and separated his soul and body?" Chen Yushi felt that Zhou Fan's inference was too far-fetched.

"It's important that he disguises his longevity, but there are other facts that support my argument. Zhou Fan said unhurriedly: "Don't forget, Bai Mingcheng has another interest, he likes to collect strange and strange news about places, and the Mei family mansion in Qingmei Town is a more famous weird house." ”

"People like Bai Mingcheng will definitely explore the Mei family's mansion, and I have found a picture of the green ghosts there, but the eleven green ghosts on the picture have disappeared, and Bai Mingcheng's body was found in Qingmei Town, and when he found it, his limbs were gone. ”

"Except for his limbs, he didn't have any fatal wounds on his body, plus eleven green ghosts...... What do you mean by that, my lord?"

Sweat broke out on Chen Yushi's forehead, if there was a connection between the eleven missing green ghosts and the disappeared limbs, what did this mean?

"This—this is most likely an evil magic ritual. Chen Yushi whispered to himself, and the surprise in his eyes became stronger and stronger.

This fact is too shocking, no one can imagine that Bai Mingcheng, who has always been the image of a good old man, actually used evil magic rituals.