The five people walked to a place in the central and western districts of the town, until they turned into an alley, the more they went inside, the more secluded and deep, zigzag, about half an hour, the five people walked to the end of the alley, and a spacious compound appeared in front of them, and the plaque engraved with the three big characters of the red clothes door hung obliquely on the door, indescribably dilapidated.

This is the headquarters of the Red Clothes Gate, which was once quite beautiful, with a solemn and heavy red gate, half of which is shattered on the ground, and the other half is nowhere to be seen.

Zhao Ming and the others looked at the dilapidated compound with complicated eyes, and sighed: "Personnel are impermanent, and the sect that used to be quite famous in this Great Sky Continent has become like this overnight, and the real world is unpredictable. ”

Min Luhui shook his head and sighed: "Let's go in!"

After that, he walked in first, and the other four people followed closely behind, and walked into the headquarters of the red-clothed door, only to see that in the courtyard, the grass and trees were desolate, and the messy fallen beams and doors could be seen everywhere. In the huge courtyard, there are no less than 100 large and small buildings, most of which are the residences of disciples, and the most imposing in front should be the headquarters hall of the red clothes gate, but at this time, the door of the main hall is covered with sawdust, dust, and a feeling of despair gushes out.

"Huh?" Zhao Ming, who walked forward for a while, let out a suspicious sound from his mouth.

"What's wrong?" everyone looked at Zhao Ming inexplicably.

"Have you found out, the murderer killed more than 190 people in the Red Clothes Gate, it stands to reason that there should be a fierce battle here, but along the way, there is no trace of a fight. ”

Hearing Zhao Ming's words, several people looked around and found that although the courtyard was dilapidated, there was no trace left by the fierce battle, which suddenly made everyone feel unusual.

"How could there be no traces of a fight, could it be that they were killed outside?" said Qiu Shi'er suspiciously.

"But didn't the residents here say that they found the corpse inside the Red Clothes Gate?" The expression on Fang Ruyu's face was also very confused.

"Could it be that the people who killed them, after killing them, transported them back to the village?" Yi said with his own opinion.

Hearing this, Min Luhui shook his head: "It shouldn't be, if the red-clothed door goes out to do business, it won't be all dispatched, there will always be people left in the sect." ”

"What is the reason for that?" everyone was confused.

"Could it be that the people who killed them are too high in cultivation to make them unable to fight back? Fang Ruyu thought about it for a long time and muttered.

Min Luhui frowned after hearing this: "Ge Feng, the master of the red-clothed sect, is a master of the Sanyuan Realm, and he is also quite famous in the Great Sky Continent, who did he offend, and he fell into such a big disaster, and he didn't even have a chance to fight back?"

"Let's not talk about that yet, let's go to the room where the corpse is stored and see what is going on. Zhao Ming interrupted everyone's random speculation and walked towards the house in front.

After a while, the five of them came to a house at the back of the hall, which stored the bodies of several disciples who had been killed by the Red Cloth Gate for people to explore, and the other corpses had already been buried, after all, it had been some time since death, and if they were not buried, they would decay.

"Squeak!" the wooden door made a screeching sound, slowly receding inside, and a musty smell suddenly gushed out, and in the dim light of the room, five coffins were placed horizontally, but the coffin lids were already scattered aside.

gave people an indescribable sense of desolation, as if in this room, there was a faint light, the corners of Fang Ruyu's mouth twitched twice unconsciously, and her face turned a little pale.

Zhao Ming walked over and investigated the corpses inside the coffin, these people in the coffin were all good cultivators in the red-clothed door, and after years of cultivation, their bodies had been tempered well, and they could hold on for a long time without decaying.

The other four people all walked forward and observed the people in the coffin, and did not find anything abnormal, there were no obvious wounds on these people's bodies, but these people had the same characteristics, that is, there was an obvious blood mark on the neck, and the blood on the body did not know whether it was sucked dry or flowed out of the wound, and it had dried up at this time, becoming a dried corpse.

Recalling what the residents said, according to their description when they found out about the situation here, the corpses of the disciples in the red-clothed gate were clustered on top of each other, their heads were facing one direction, their faces were bloodless, and their whole bodies were completely bloodless, turning into dried corpses.

According to what he saw at this time, Zhao Ming's mind suddenly appeared the situation when he went down the mountain for the first time.

At this moment, Zhao Ming's mind suddenly thought of the scene when he first went down the mountain to practice.

"I once encountered such a thing when I went down the mountain to practice, when I was going to the Tianwu Mountain Range from the northwest direction of the Great Sky Continent, and when I passed by a village, I found that a demon had killed the entire village, gathered the dead together, and sucked the blood on their bodies, but at that time, the people who were killed were ordinary people, but now they have become cultivators. ”

"Could it be that they are sucking human blood to cultivate some kind of exercises?" Fang Ruyu seemed to be muttering to herself.

"Do you see him clearly?" asked Yi Xi, closing the lid of the coffin.

Zhao Ming shook his head: "That demon is very cunning, at that time, my cultivation and him were only between him, and finally let him escape." ”

"Then will the murderer this time be that demon?" said Master Qiu, staring at Zhao Ming with a pair of bright eyes.

"This is unlikely, after all, the master of the red-clothed sect is also a powerhouse of the Sanyuan Realm, at that time, that demon couldn't even beat Zhao Ming's junior brother, even if he was talented, it was impossible for him to cultivate to the point where he could defeat the powerhouse of the Sanyuan Realm in such a short period of time. Senior brother Min Luhui denied this statement.

There were no other obvious injuries on the body of the red-clothed disciples, and coupled with their previous observations, they found that there were no traces of a fight in the courtyard, and finally they came to two conclusions. The first is: The murderer of the Red Cloth Gate has a very high cultivation, at least reaching the Duyuan realm. The second is: This case was done by an insider in the Red Door, and this person has a relatively high status in the Red Door, and only such a person can silently mutilate so many people.

None of the people who came to the conclusion spoke, and the room was silent.

"What do we do now?" asked Master Qiu, breaking the silence of the room.

Zhao Ming was about to speak, but suddenly turned around, and the other four people also felt something, and they were looking towards the door almost at the same time.

At the door of the originally bleak and silent room, a person appeared, this person was about eighteen years old, but he had thick eyebrows and big eyes, a square face and wide ears, and with his amazing figure, a mighty momentum naturally emanated.

When the man saw someone in the room, he was also stunned, and immediately said: "Tieshi, a disciple of Tiejinmen, came to investigate the matter of the Hongyi Gate, and the Hongyi Gate and my Tiejinmen are allies, so I specially came to investigate, and I don't know if my friend is ......."

Zhao Ming was stunned for a moment, he searched his mind, and he had never heard of what sect this Tiejinmen was, but the Northern Regions were so big and there were so many sects, it was normal not to know, if it weren't for the red-clothed sect, I'm afraid he wouldn't know about this sect now.

"We are disciples of the Izumo Sect, and we were also ordered by our master to investigate this matter. Min Luhui said lightly.

After hearing Min Luhui's words, the man's body was obviously stunned, his face was quite respectful, and he arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be a disciple of the Izumo Sect, disrespectful and disrespectful, the Izumo Sect is a great sect of the righteous path in the Northern Regions today, and this time it has become the hand of the righteous path, and everyone respects it, and it is really an honor to be fortunate to see it today." ”

When everyone heard this, their hearts couldn't help but feel happy, and Fang Ruyu smiled at the moment: "Brother Tie has won the award." ”

"I wonder if you've found anything?" the strong man walked over, the look of envy on his face still not gone.

Fang Ruyu was about to speak, but he heard Senior Brother Min Luhui say: "I don't have a clue yet, this matter can't be found out in a while." ”

"In this way, I don't hide a few, in fact, I came here for the second time, and when I first came, I saw the monks of Tiandu Temple, and they were also investigating this matter at that time, and even fought with people here. ”

Zhao Ming and the others glanced at each other and asked, "Are they fighting with the murderer?"

"I don't know very well, I just watched from a distance at that time, but there was only one person who fought with the disciples of Tiandu Temple, and he was no match for the monks of Tiandu Temple, and finally fled. ”

"Where did you escape?" asked Yi Regret.

Tie Shi shook his head: "Although I chased them all the way, but my cultivation was not as good as them, and in the end, I pulled farther and farther, and I saw that their direction should be towards the southwest of the Tianwu Mountain Range, I didn't chase them, and I returned again." ”

"Thank you, Brother Tie, for informing us, then you can continue to investigate, we will leave first, we will stay here, and we have no clue. Min Luhui bowed his hand and left the Hongyimen headquarters with the others.

The sunset shone obliquely, reflecting the sunset in the sky like fire, and also stretched their figures very long, at this time the sky was approaching dusk, and there was no one outside the town, only the five of them walked around the street.

Walking on the road, Min Luhui said: "I can't believe the words of the iron stone just now, but we are also going to the Tianwu Mountain Range, just to take a look." ”

The sky gradually darkened, and the afterglow of the remnant sun was faintly sprinkled on the earth, Fang Ruyu watched the trees around him gradually flourish, and called out in his mouth: "Senior brother!"

Min Luhui, who was constantly patrolling ahead, said without looking back: "What's the matter?"

"Why didn't you let me speak just now, obviously we have some clues. ”

"That person quietly appeared at the door of the house, although he looked honest, but in the end what he said was unbelievable, we left the sect to experience, we must have more eyes, otherwise we will suffer. Min Luhui turned around and said to Fang Ruyu, also for the others.

"Oh. Fang Ruyu responded as if she didn't understand.

The sky finally darkened, and when the first shining star showed its head in the sky, the group also reached the end of the woods, and a pitch-black hole appeared in front of their eyes.

"This is here?" said Master Qiu, looking at the dark cave in front of him.

"This stone cave is a shortcut to the Tianwu Mountain Range, it is so dark, we will rest in this stone cave tonight, and enter the Tianwu Mountain Range from here tomorrow. Min Luhui explained.

The crowd nodded.

This stone cave is not very big, but it can easily accommodate Zhao Ming's five people, Yi Xi and Fang Ruyu found dry firewood from the outside, lit a fire, the fire gradually grew, illuminated the faces of several people, and also illuminated the small space around, the faces of several people around the fire were a little red by the flames, Yi Yi took out some dry food from the backpack next to him and distributed it to everyone.

The reflection of the tall woods outside the cave swayed, and Zhao Ming looked at the burning flames in front of him, and gradually became distracted.