Xuanchi is not far from the town, located twenty or thirty miles away from the outskirts of the city.

As soon as the group left the town, Hu Yan felt as if someone was following him, and this feeling had been there since Maoshan. Before, he thought that this was just his own delusion, but perhaps it was because his consciousness had improved again last night, and this feeling became especially strong.

When Hu Yan turned his head and looked back again and again, he didn't find anyone else.

"Hu Yan, what's wrong with you?" seemed to notice that Hu Yan's face was different, and asked suspiciously.

Hu Yan shook his head and said, "Maybe I'm too sensitive, but for some reason I always feel that someone is following us." ”

Wu Qiu hurriedly looked back, and said suspiciously: "There is no one else around here except us?"

Hu Yan smiled and said, "Maybe it's because I've been traveling for days and has an illusion." ”

Wuqiu patted Hu Yan's arm and said, "Don't worry, even if someone follows us, it's fine, I think it must be someone from the Zhengyi Sect." They only came to follow us to find out where we were. ”

There is some truth in the words of Wuqiu, and with Li Buwei's temperament, it is not impossible to do such a thing. Hu Yan pondered for a moment and said: "I want to come, okay, let's hurry up, and strive to get to the place where the crime occurred at noon!"

The so-called Xuanchi Pond is named because there is a kind of red pine growing around the lake, and the leaves reflect in the water, and the entire water surface also shows a red color.

Originally, this lake was a great place to visit, but some time ago, there was a horrific murder here, and in recent days it has become sparsely populated.

Hu Yan looked at the beautiful scenery around him and couldn't help but be amazed.

Zi Ning and Jin Ning'er were even more chattering like two sparrows, chasing bees and butterflies, and jumping with joy. Even Jin Ningyun, who has always been gentle and elegant, seemed to be influenced by Ziling and Jin Ning'er, laughing and picking up clusters of red pine leaves, raising red rain all over the sky.

Under the red rain, Jin Ningyun is like a fairy who has been dusted, so beautiful that Hu Yan can't help but look a little stunned.

"Idiot, what are you looking at!" Jin Ningyun seemed to find the fiery eyes of Hu Yan looking at him, smiled faintly, walked to Hu Yan's side, and said with a smile.

Hu Yan hurriedly looked into the distance, and said with a dry cough: "Senior Sister Ning Yun, you see this place is really beautiful, if this murder doesn't happen, I'm afraid there will be a lot of tourists, but now it's convenient for us." ”

Jin Ningyun saw that Hu Yan did not answer the question, and did not break it, and said with a faint smile: "Yes, so we should find out the truth as soon as possible and return the world to peace." ”

Hu Yan nodded, looked back at Zhuang Bai, and asked, "That's exactly what I mean." Brother Zhuang, in what direction is the place where the deceased was found?"

Zhuang Bai put his hand on the curtain, looked around, and pointed to a reef exposed to the water: "Just around there, there were anglers who got up early to fish, and found several corpses floating on the water near the reef, so they reported to the official, and the government was powerless to do anything about such an unsolved case. ”

Hu Yan pondered for a moment and said, "If you want to find clues, I think you have to start with that reef." ”

Zhuang Bai nodded, greeted the laughing and playful Jin Ning'er and the others, and led Hu Yan to the shore where the reef was located.

If the murderer tried to retrieve the soul, he would not have acted in the water, but that reef was an excellent place to not only try to retrieve the soul, but also to dispose of the body.

When Hu Yan and the others bypassed a pine forest and came to the shore near the reef, they found that the surrounding area had been flooded, perhaps caused by the recent heavy rains, which had raised the water level of the entire lake a lot, and the previous traces were obviously gone.

Seeing this, Zhuang Bai and Hu Yan suddenly cried bitterly. I didn't expect to work hard for so many days, but in the end, because of a heavy rain, I couldn't find anything.

However, Hu Yan didn't intend to return in vain, and since he came, he had to check it out more or less. So he said hello to Zhuang Bai and began to search nearby. He only hoped to find some useful clues, and although the hope was slim, he still wanted to do his best to obey his fate.

Hu Yan held a branch, hunched over, and searched carefully in the pine forest, and for a moment he fell into a state of self-forgetfulness. I don't know how long it took, but I heard a sound of rustling footsteps not far away, Hu Yan thought it was Zhuang Bai coming, and suddenly raised his head, but saw a familiar and strange person walking slowly over.

said that he was familiar because Hu Yan knew this person, and said that he was strange because Hu Yan did not have any friendship with him, or that there was an inexplicable grudge between the two.

The person who came was none other than Shentu Hongkuo, the first disciple of the Evil God Sect who sealed the Demon Cave and snatched the Qiankun Emperor Bell with nonsense.

"There is nowhere to find the iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get them. You're really here!" Na Shentu Hongkuo looked at Hu Yan coldly with a smile on the corner of his mouth.

"You, why are you here?" Hu Yan was taken aback when he saw the person coming, and a trace of cold sweat slowly slipped down his back.

For Shentu Hongkuo's strength, Hu Yan still remembers it vividly, and his heart is palpitating. A cultivator in the Jindan stage is not something that he can fight against as a Qi practitioner who has not yet succeeded in building a foundation.

"Why am I here?, heh, that's not to find you stinky boy!" said Shentu Hongkuo with a sneer.

"Could it be that this series of murders is really your doing?" Although Hu Yan was afraid of the demon in front of him, he knew that it was difficult to match him, and it was too late to run away at the moment, but he calmed down. His mind was racing, and he just wanted to get some minutiae out of his mouth.

"What if it's me, what if it's not me?" Shentu Hongkuo looked at Hu Yan playfully, obviously already knowing Hu Yan's intentions, in his eyes, Hu Yan was not afraid at all, but wanted to play him a trick. Who let Hu Yan snatch the ancient spirit weapon that he was about to get his hands on. This time, he not only had to recapture the Qiankun Emperor Bell, but also toyed with nonsense in the palm of his hand, and finally tortured him to death, so that he could vent the hatred of grabbing the treasure.

Hu Yan said awe-inspiringly: "If it were you, I would seek justice for the person you killed." ”

When Shentu Hongkuo heard this, he couldn't help laughing, and after a while, he condensed and said, "It's just up to you?" ”

Hu Yan said in a deep voice: "That's right, it's up to me." Everyone has a piece of heaven on their heads, and if you do such a bad thing and hurt heaven and reason, you will definitely not be able to escape God's punishment. And I also believe that evil does not prevail over good. ”

Shentu Hongkuo sneered and said: "It's a good evil that doesn't overwhelm the good, today I want to see if the evil doesn't overpower the good, or the devil is high." Saying that, Shentu Hongkuo's body was shocked, and he burst out with blood light.

The powerful coercion, the unbridled Gangfeng, forced Hu Yan to retreat again and again, he knew that Shentu Hongkuo was very powerful, but he didn't expect that he could not move an inch with just coercion and Gangfeng. couldn't help but be shocked, and hurriedly took a few steps back, his feet sank, and condensed the true power around his body in front of him to resist the howling wind.

A moment later, the surrounding coercion fluctuated, the wind suddenly stopped, and Shentu Hongkuo's body was already wrapped in dazzling red light. He looked at Hu Yan coldly, and walked forward slowly: "What, I can't stand it, didn't you just shout to get justice for the people of the world?"

Hu Yan gritted his teeth and said, "So, do you admit that those people were all harmed by you?"

Shentu Hongkuo said coldly: "It doesn't matter if it's right or not, anyway, I can't even count the people I killed, and there aren't many of them." ”

Hearing this ambiguous answer, Hu Yan couldn't help frowning, and secretly thought in his heart: "Could it be that the death of these people has nothing to do with him? No, although this matter may not have been done by him himself, it must have a great relationship with him." Although Shentu Hongkuo was noncommittal, Hu Yan felt that this matter must have something to do with this demon dao.

So he said: "Even if this matter is not done by your own hands, it must have a great relationship with your Evil God Sect." Hmph, don't think that I don't know the purpose of your Evil God Sect, it is nothing more than to stir up the contradiction between the Zhengyi Sect and the Maoshan Sect, so as to divide the Central Plains Dao Sect in this way, so as to pave the way for your Evil God Sect to unify the entire cultivation realm. ”

As soon as Hu Yan said this, Shentu Hongkuo's expression suddenly changed, and he was shocked: "It seems that you can't be left today." ”

Hearing this, he was immediately overjoyed, originally he was not sure that this series of murders must be related to the Evil God Sect, it was just a speculation between himself and Brother Zhuang, but now he can finally be sure that his guess must be correct, although there are still many incomprehensible points, but it is certain that this matter is inextricably related to the Evil God Sect.

"I know your plan, and it's understandable that you want to kill me. I know I can't beat you, and I can't escape, but before I die, you let me die. Hu Yan set out the plan of the Evil God Sect, but became more and more calm, even in the face of the powerful Shentu Hongkuo, he did not have the slightest fear, but wanted to know more about the conspiracy behind this murder, because he knew that it must not be as simple as dividing the Central Plains Daomen.

Although Shentu Hongkuo doesn't take nonsense in his eyes, he is not a person who is easy to fool, and when he heard Hu Yan ask, he couldn't help laughing and said: "Do you treat me like a three-year-old child, I don't know if you are stupid or I am stupid." Stinky boy, suffer death!"

Shen Tu Hongkuo's face froze, his hands shook, and suddenly a demonic red light rose to the sky, and the violent bloody power turned into a roaring skeleton, whistling towards Hu Yan.

Hu Yan didn't expect this Shentu Hongkuo to suddenly burst out, and he said that he would do it. Immediately startled, he hurriedly retreated backwards. With a raise of his right hand, the Qiankun Emperor Bell suddenly appeared in front of him, and in the humming sound, a dazzling golden light suddenly erupted from the body of the Qiankun Emperor Bell......