Chapter 227: Suspicions
Although Bermuda's words were relatively reasonable, Zhao Zhen knew that these were just polite, of course, with Zhao Chen's state of mind, he naturally wouldn't mind these, as long as he could understand some things from Bermuda's mouth, it was enough: "Since the patriarch is willing to answer the confusion for Zaixia, then Zai Xia wants to know what the holy relic stolen from the Barbarian Bone Clan is, and what is the purpose?"
In response to Zhao Zhen's question, Bermuda did not hide anything, and said directly: "The holy relic stolen by my barbarian bone clan is passed down by the ancestors, this thing can gather a large number of undead, if the undead sacrifice the Hercules tablet on the night of the full moon, this will awaken the soul of the ancestor of my barbarian bone clan, 'Hercules', for its use!"
Hearing Bermuda's words, Zhao Zhen's face was slightly gloomy, these days in the barbarian bone clan's cottage, Zhao Zhen also knows something about the barbarian bone clan, according to Zhao Zhen's knowledge, the barbarian bone clan ancestor Hercules is the ancient giant ape, its power can even easily destroy the mountains, after the thief steals the holy relics, if the barbarian bone clan awakens the Hercules, the consequences will be unimaginable, Zhao Zhen pinched his fingers, the night of the full moon that Bermuda said should be the day before the barbarian bone clan opened the cottage. It seems that the practice of the barbarian bone clan to close the cottage is really out of helplessness, this matter is very important, if the thief is not found, I am afraid that the barbarian bone clan may be in great trouble.
The purpose of the thief is still unknown, but Zhao Zhen knows that sooner or later the thief will wait for the opportunity to approach the Hercules Monument and use the holy relics to gather the undead to awaken Hercules.
Although the barbarian bone clan closed the cottage for a month, it was a symptom but not a cure, and the thieves were not found out for a day, and there were always hidden dangers in the barbarian bone clan. After asking about the stolen holy relics, Zhao Zhen did not stop there, but then opened his mouth to ask Bermuda: "Who was the first to find out at the first time when the holy relics were stolen?"
After hearing Zhao Zhen's question, Bermuda frowned, and seemed reluctant to say it, seeing this scene, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but move in his heart and began to speculate secretly. At this moment, the cabin suddenly became quiet, and it was not until a moment later that Bermuda replied, "The first person to discover that the holy relics have been stolen is a peak master of my Barbarian Bone Clan, his name is Stygian Sun!"
Seeing Zhao Zhen's puzzled expression, Gu Frustration couldn't help but interject: "Stygian Yang is the middle-aged man you met on the way when you came here before!"
This answer made Zhao Zhen raise his eyebrows lightly, did the barbarian bone clan people at the peak of the tribulation? This point Zhao Zhen did not take into account before, and the investigation of the thieves did not count the masters of the barbarian bone clan, and in this way, many suspicious people in the tribulation period were ruled out! The relationship between the Stygian Yang and the High Priest of the Barbarian Bone Clan that Zhao Jian met before was complicated, if it was said that the Holy Sun stole the holy relics in order to summon the soul of Hercules to take revenge on the High Priest, then this did indeed have a sufficient motive.
At this moment, Zhao Zhen learned that the theft of the holy relic was actually discovered by the Immortal Yang for the first time, which made the Immortal Yang even more suspicious! Could it be that the thief was the master of the Crossing Tribulation Period of the Barbarian Clan? As soon as this speculation came out of his mind, Zhao Trace felt even more that this possibility was very great, there was a saying that the family thief is difficult to prevent, and often the person who is the least likely to become a thief, that is, the person who is the easiest to steal!
Thinking that the old man with the sword might be a thief, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but think of the scene where he fought with the old man with the sword today, after thinking about it, although the old man with the sword made a move, but he only shot at Nanyue and the others who had a huge disparity in strength, and after the old man with the sword made a move, the old man with the sword just avoided the heavy and light, and used the poisonous Gu scorpion to confront the old man with the sword.
The thief was injured when he fought with the high priest, and on the other hand, the confrontation between the old man with the sword made it impossible to tell whether he was injured or not, and in addition, the emaciated and almost sickly body of the dead sun made it even more impossible to judge, even if he had an injury, he had to distinguish whether it was a new injury or an old one.
"I know what you're guessing in your heart right now, but I can tell you with certainty that the Dark Yang is definitely not a thief!" The patriarch of the Barbarian Bone Clan, Bermuda, seemed to guess what Zhao Zhen was thinking at this time, and immediately denied it categorically: "I know him too well, with his character, he has been in the Barbarian Bone Clan for many years, and if he wants to steal the holy relics, he will have the opportunity to do it at any time, and he doesn't have to wait until now!"
After hearing Bermuda's words, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but smile bitterly, although there were many doubts in the speculation just now, but all the doubts were just like what Bermuda said, with the cultivation of the peak of the Underworld Tribulation, there were many opportunities to start in the Barbarian Bone Clan, and there was no need to wait so long, so the Underworld would definitely not be a thief. In this case, the mystery of who the thief is is again. However, now through a conversation with Bermuda, Zhao Zhen was able to judge that the thief's next step would definitely be to wait for an opportunity to approach the Hercules Monument, and then use the holy relics to awaken the soul of the Barbarian Bone Clan's Hercules in front of the Hercules Monument.
The purpose of the thieves to steal the holy relics is by no means simple, Zhao Zhen asked Bermuda some questions about awakening the barbarian Hercules related questions, and then left Bermuda's residence, after coming out, Zhao Zhen walked and inadvertently looked at the wordless tombstone where the Stygian Yang stood before, and found that the Stygian Yang had left. Thinking of the groundless suspicion of the Dark Yang just now, Zhao Zhen couldn't help but shake his head, and then speculated: "The thief's next move should be to try his best to get close to the location of the Hercules Monument!"
Now that the identity of the thief has become confusing, Zhao Zhen used to think that using the elimination method to eliminate suspicious people one by one can finally find out the thief, but now it seems that this method is no longer effective, after all, there are not a few people who have crossed the peak of the robbery in the barbarian bone clan, and these people are still suspicious. At this time, the only thing Zhao Zhen could do was to follow the thief's purpose, and only in this way could he find out the thief in one fell swoop.
In the past few days, Zhao Zhen's divine consciousness has been shrouded in the area near the Hercules Monument of the Barbarian Bone Clan, waiting for the thief's true form to be revealed, but to Zhao Zhen's disappointment, the thief did not appear, it seems that the thief is indeed very cunning. However, in the past few days, Zhao Zhen also found that the number of barbarian clansmen patrolling near the Hercules Monument has increased significantly, and there are also several masters of the Tribulation Period, it seems that the thieves did not appear, perhaps related to this reason.
It seems that the Barbarian Clan also knows the purpose of the thief, so they have added precautions to this aspect. In this regard, Zhao Zhen was a little helpless, although this could indeed prevent the thief from making the next plan, but at the same time, it had already startled the snake, and the thief would definitely be more cautious. However, just when Zhao Zhen thought that the thief would not appear near the Hercules Monument in the short term, he unexpectedly found that the monk of the Blood Demon Sect who had crossed the peak of the Tribulation had passed by once in the near future, and he didn't know whether it was intentional or unintentional, Zhao Zhen's powerful divine sense could feel that this person's gaze actually glanced at the location of the Hercules Monument in an instant.
"Could it be that the thief is this person?" This discovery made Zhao Zhen suddenly refreshed, but then Zhao Zhen seemed to remember something, and immediately denied his guess: "The high priest who fought with the thief once said that the thief used a blinding method to hide the corpse, which is extremely similar to a certain secret method of the Wu Clan, although the Blood Demon Sect is a major sect of the Demon Sect, I have never heard of a master in the sect practicing this kind of exercise!"
The divine consciousness has been staring at this demon cultivator at the peak of the bloody demon sect's tribulation, this person is not suspicious, after passing near the Hercules monument, he walked to the side, so that there is no reason to doubt at all, Zhao Zhen is hesitant to check the details of this person, and at this moment, a figure suddenly appeared in front of the demon cultivator, and before the demon cultivator could speak, he made a move and hit the door in front of him.
Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhen's face couldn't help but sink, this suddenly appeared figure dressed in black and wearing a cloak, deliberately concealing his identity, however, Zhao Zhen looked at the speed of his shot, and his cultivation should be at the peak of the tribulation. The skill of this figure was very good, even the Demon Cultivator of the Blood Demon Sect at the peak of the Tribulation was also shocked, and hurriedly waved a palm, but he was shocked by the sudden attack and took a few steps back before he stabilized his body. With a look of astonishment in his eyes, this Bloody Demon Sect Demon Cultivator retreated sharply while vigilantly shouting at the figure that attacked him, "Who are you, why did you sneak attack me?"
In the face of the demon cultivator's question, this figure did not answer, but just glanced around, and found that the battle just now had disturbed the people nearby, and at this moment, some masters of the barbarian bone clan were walking here. At this time, this figure did not hesitate, and the figure disappeared into the ground in a flash, and disappeared without a trace in an instant.
Seeing the figure of this demon cultivator disappearing, the corners of Zhao Zhen's eyes moved slightly, from the time this figure appeared just now, Zhao Zhen felt a trace of familiarity, as if he had encountered it somewhere, but who it was Zhao Zhen couldn't say for a while. However, judging from the actions of both sides just now, it seems that neither of them was injured, so they must not be the thieves who were injured by the high priest that day.
Recently, more and more mysteries have puzzled Zhao Zhen, and the progress of the investigation of the thief has become more and more confusing, who the thief is is still unknown, and the only thing Zhao Zhen can do now is to wait for the thief to appear again. Although in this barbarian clan cottage, Zhao Zhen's cultivation is not high, but his divine sense is definitely the strongest. Because of the congenital defects of the weak divine sense, even the masters of the Mahayana period only have the divine consciousness around the peak of the tribulation at most, and Zhao Zhen, who is a soul cultivator, can already compete with the normal masters of the Mahayana period in terms of the attainment of divine consciousness cultivation, so only Zhao Zhen has the greatest advantage in finding thieves.
The figure that was fighting with the Demon Cultivator of the Blood Demon Sect just now, although Zhao Zhen felt a hint of familiarity, but after discovering that the other party could not be a thief, he did not use his divine sense to track it. Now, for Zhao Zhen, focusing his attention on the vicinity of the Hercules Monument is the most important thing. In this way, Zhao Zhen waited for another day, and there was still no movement, just when Zhao Zhen was a little tired, he suddenly found that the clan hall of the Barbarian Bone Clan was on fire, and it was suddenly on fire!
Seeing this scene, Zhao Zhen frowned, the clan hall of the Barbarian Bone Clan was usually tightly guarded, how could there be a sudden fire? And seeing that this fire seemed to be burning more and more fiercely, it seemed that even some monks could not extinguish this flame in a short period of time, so it could be judged that this flame was not an extraordinary fire.
The clan hall of the barbarian bone clan is sacred and inviolable to the people of the barbarian bone clan, and now that the clan hall is on fire, there will definitely be a large number of clansmen to put it out, combined with the general clues, it seems that the fire in the clan hall is definitely not an accident, but someone did it deliberately. Just a moment after the fire broke out in the clan hall, Zhao Zhen saw the figures of the high priest of the Barbarian Bone Clan and Bermuda appearing in the clan hall to fight the fire, and soon, under the suppression of the two Mahayana masters, the fire was under control.
However, at this moment, Zhao Zhen found that on the other side of the opposite direction of the clan hall, the figures of countless barbarian clan people were surging, and the figures of the longing people were constantly moving, Zhao Zhen's eyes moved, and he hurriedly used his divine sense to investigate, and soon, Zhao Zhen found that these barbarian clan people were all shouting loudly with anxious faces, surrounding the two figures in the middle.
One of these two figures is a man in black, and the other is the spirit girl Bermuda, but at this moment, Bermuda was choked by the man in black, so that the surrounding barbarian clansmen did not dare to approach, for fear that the man in black would poison the spirit girl. And the man in black seemed to know that these surrounded barbarian clansmen did not dare to act rashly, so they kept stalemate, planning to wait for an opportunity to escape.
And at this moment, the ground behind the man in black suddenly burst, and then he saw a huge scorpion tail burst out of the earth, stabbing at the man in black with lightning speed. At this moment, the man in black did not guard the back of his feet, and the sudden sneak attack made the man in black look startled, and hurriedly dragged the coerced Bermuda to the side, but the scorpion tail was unforgiving, and the crimson tail thorn suddenly flicked and stabbed at the man in black without any fancy stabs, and the man in black had to be forced to let go of Bermuda in a hurry, and then the figure fled into the ground in a flash.
After the man in black fled, the scorpion tail that saved Bermuda slowly shrank, and the eyes of the barbarian people present converged towards the scorpion tail, only to see the poisonous Gu scorpion with green eyes, red tail, and black armor swaying its huge body and slowly leaving, but at the critical moment, it was actually the poisonous Gu scorpion of the dark sun that appeared and broke the siege. In the distance, Zhao Zhen's face was slightly gloomy and he retracted his senses, the fire in the clan hall and the coercion of the spirit girl just now had made the entire barbarian clan cottage chaotic, and even some of the barbarian clan masters guarding the Hercules Monument had already gone to check, at this moment, the guards of the Hercules Monument were becoming extremely weak.
Obviously, all this that happened today was deliberately arranged by someone, and in Zhao Zhen's judgment, if it was not expected, then this time the thief should be moving the tiger away from the mountain. Just as Zhao Zhen was thinking, there was a sudden movement near the Hercules Monument, and all the remaining masters guarding the Hercules Monument looked around vigilantly, and at this moment, countless dense black insects suddenly flew in front of them, and when these barbarian clan masters saw these small insects, their faces suddenly changed drastically and they ran around to dodge.
Some of the weaker Barbarian Clan masters couldn't dodge, and they were accidentally touched by small insects, and they immediately began to turn blue and tremble, and they spat blood and fell to the ground in just a few breaths. Zhao Zhen had been using his divine sense to probe the situation from a distance, these black insects were so powerful, they could make the barbarian bone clan with an extraordinary physique so afraid, it seemed that they should belong to some kind of Wu clan's Gu worms.
With the appearance of a large number of black insects, a looming figure slowly walked towards the Hercules Monument, and a shallow footprint appeared on the ground with every step, this figure almost faded to the point that it was difficult to find a trace, if it were not for the appearance of footprints, it would definitely be difficult to be noticed. At this moment, those barbarian masters who were entangled by the worms also found that someone was approaching the Hercules Monument, but at this time, these masters were also mud bodhisattvas crossing the river themselves, and they were even more powerless to stop the footsteps of this figure from advancing.
The figure was getting closer and closer to the Hercules Monument, and when it walked within three meters, it finally couldn't help laughing out loud, and then waved his hand, only to see ten corpses appear in front of the Hercules Monument, and these corpses were the monks who were killed some time ago, and it seemed that everything was premeditated.
Zhao Zhen held his breath in the distance and observed the movement of the figure with a solemn face, now, Zhao Zhen could already determine that this figure was a thief, but judging from all the things that happened to the Barbarian Bone Clan just now, there should be more than one thief, if there were no accomplices, it would be impossible to act so quickly.
At this time, the figure brought these corpses and put them in front of the Hercules Monument, it should be that he wanted to use the holy relics to gather the undead to awaken the Hercules of the Barbarian Bone Clan, but Zhao Zhen was very strange, remembering that the patriarch of the Barbarian Bone Clan said that only on the night of the full moon can the Hercules Monument be awakened by sacrificing the undead to the Hercules Monument, and now it seems that it is not the night of the full moon, so wouldn't it be a failure?
Thinking of this, Zhao Zhen couldn't help frowning, it was obvious that thieves wouldn't be so stupid, then, now that they were doing this, they must be completely sure. Soon, Zhao Zhen's opinion was confirmed, and after the figure finished arranging the ten corpses, a strange sound began to come out of his mouth intermittently, as if he was performing some kind of special secret method.