Chapter 237: This must be the work of the Netherworld Cult
Inside the manor, where the fight was in a mess, many people came, almost all of them were people at the Bone Refining Realm or True Essence Realm.
In addition to the Hou family, these powerful men also include the county magistrate Dong Tianba, the head of the Han family, Guan Gou of Qinghe County and others. Only the Cui family did not come.
But this is normal. The Hou family and the Cui family just had a big fight during the day, so they definitely won’t come at this time.
A man who looked very shrewd was looking around. From time to time, he would squat down, pick up some blood on the ground with his fingers and sniff it.
Soon the man walked up to Dong Tianba and the others, who had gloomy faces, and said, "Mr. County Magistrate, gentlemen, the bloodstains on the ground should belong to Deputy Sect Leader Pu Jingyan, the Patriarch of the Hou Family, and Cui Kunhu. There is no bloodstain on Hou Hanxue. It is very likely that they have been killed."
"What? This is impossible! Pu Jingyan has the strength of a quasi-grandmaster, and with him are three patriarchs of the Hou family. Together, the three of them are equivalent to two great martial artists in the late bone refining stage. With such a terrifying force, who in Qinghe County can kill them silently?" Dong Tianba and others' faces changed drastically when they heard this.
"You are talking nonsense, you useless thing! How could my mother, my son, and my cousin die? Can you solve the case, you bastard? Get out, get out..." An old woman rushed out like a madman, using her long nails to grab the person who was investigating the case.
This old woman was none other than Wen Hongfeng.
"Take her away!" The elder of the Hou family who was in the late stage of bone refining shouted with a sullen face, looking at Wen Hongfeng with disgust in his eyes.
Immediately, two followers came forward and lifted Wen Hongfeng up.
"Let me go, what are you doing? I am Wen Hongfeng, how dare you do this to me, my father is... woo woo woo!" Wen Hongfeng kicked and yelled, but suddenly burst into tears halfway through her yelling.
The followers who were holding Wen Hongfeng on both sides did not feel the slightest bit of sympathy for her when they saw this. On the contrary, they all looked disgusted and even resentful.
Wen Hongfeng relied on the fact that her parents were elders of the Biyun Sect and her mother was the legitimate daughter of the Hou family. She raised the head of the family, Hou Yuehong, since childhood. After returning to the Hou family, she was always arrogant and looked down on everyone. If someone in the Hou family did something not to her liking, scolding was the lightest punishment. Many people would have their limbs broken or even beaten to death.
The Hou family lost face and a lot of profits in this competition. In fact, it was all caused by the woman Wen Hongfeng.
Everyone in the Hou family hated this woman, but due to the authority of the head of the family, Hou Yuehong, no one dared to do anything to her.
Now, it is very likely that Hou Yuehong and Hou Hanxue have been killed, and Wen Hongfeng has become a disabled person. Who of these followers will take her seriously?
If it weren't for the fact that there are still some powerful people in Hou Yuehong's lineage, they probably wouldn't even bother to lift her up and would just drag her out.
"Lord Zhong, are you sure?" After the Hou family elder who was in the late stage of bone refining ordered his men to take Wen Hongfeng away, he asked the man who was investigating the case with a gloomy face. He looked very angry and seemed to want to kill someone, but the look in his eyes was complicated and contradictory.
His lineage had always been suppressed by Hou Yuehong's lineage. In addition to the fact that his strength was not as good as Hou Yuehong's, a large part of the reason was that Hou Yuehong had the support of Wen Chuansen and his wife from the Biyun Sect, and of course later on, there was also the deputy sect leader Pu Jingyan.
Therefore, he has always been unwilling in his heart.
Now not only Hou Yuehong is gone, but even the allies and backers behind Hou Yuehong have fallen.
From now on, the Hou family will definitely be ruled by his lineage.
This is something worth celebrating, but at the same time, with Hou Yuehong's departure, Wen Chuansen and his wife and others also followed him. The Hou family can be said to have suffered a serious blow, and the situation that follows will definitely not be good for the Hou family.
As an elder of the Hou family, he felt extremely heavy-hearted.
"Replying to the elders of the Hou clan, everyone's blood aura is different. Deputy Sect Leader Pu Jingyan is a quasi-sect leader, and he is practicing the Green Wood Evergreen Technique, so his blood is not only very powerful, but also carries the vigorous vitality of the wood element.
Cui Kunhu is a great Qi-refining master in the middle stage of Zhenyuan, and he also practices the Green Wood Evergreen Technique. The aura of his blood is similar to that of Pu Jingyan, but it is much inferior in strength.
The head of the Hou family is a great martial artist in the late stage of bone refining. His blood and energy are extremely surging and full of masculinity, but because the martial arts practiced by your Hou family are of water attribute, it also has a hint of water-based femininity.
I only found the blood of three of them at the scene, and no blood of women, so I guess Hou Hanxue was killed by a surprise attack.
Cui Kunhu's blood was concentrated in one place, and he must have been killed by a single blow, but the blow should have been a sharp blade. The blood of Deputy Sect Leader Pu Jingyan and the head of the Hou family was scattered everywhere, but there was no blood of other strangers, which clearly showed that they were at an absolute disadvantage in the fight.
Moreover, judging from the aura left in the surroundings, the aura of the blood on the ground, and the condition of the vegetation around the courtyard, the person who attacked should be a member of the Netherworld Cult." The man investigating the case replied.
"Chi Guangou, what do you think about this?" Dong Tianba glanced at the withered and yellowed grass and trees around him, which had even turned into a pool of black water. He twitched his nose deliberately and then asked a thin man with three wisps of beard beside him.
This thin man was none other than Chi Yan, the Guan Gou Mansion in Qinghe County.
Qinghe County is a large county, and the governor Chi Yan is much more powerful than Fangliao County's governor, and is at the late Zhenyuan realm.
"This must have been done by the Netherworld Cult, and it must have been done by the old demon Hate the Sky himself. With the Netherworld Miasma and the strength of the old demon Hate the Sky, if they could get help from a few more Netherworld messengers, they could have killed Pu Jingyan and the others silently without alerting us." Chi Yan analyzed calmly.
"That's true. I have just asked someone to ask the servants of the manor. They said that they seemed to have seen a black fog covering this place before. It was dark, and it was windy and rainy, so they didn't think there was anything unusual. But now that I think about it, the black fog is still a bit abnormal." The man handling the case echoed.
"Why did the old demon Hate Tian attack Pu Jingyan? Doesn't he know Pu Jingyan's identity? Doesn't he know that if he kills him, the consequences will be serious?" Dong Tianba frowned.
It is obvious that Dong Tianba's mind is much more delicate and meticulous than his mighty and domineering appearance.
As soon as Dong Tianba finished speaking, a green light like a rainbow flashed across the night sky from afar.
The green light was very fast, and in a blink of an eye it was not far above the crowd. Everyone then realized that it was a emerald green flying sword, and on the flying sword stood an old man in green clothes and with a long beard.
When everyone saw the old man with a long beard coming on a flying sword, they all stood in awe and bowed from a distance, saying, "Greetings, Master Qingsong."
It turned out that the old man in green clothes and long beard was Qingsong, the leader of Biyun Sect and one of the two great masters of Qigong in Xiyun Province.
The flying sword turned into a ray of light and was collected by Qingsong, who then floated slowly to the ground.
" No need to be ." Qingsong bowed slightly, then glanced around quickly, and soon said with a cold face: "Old Demon Hate Heaven, you are so brave! Do you really think that this sect master dare not attack you in your lair?"
"Master Qingsong, could it be that this was really done by the old demon Hatetian from the Netherworld Sect?" Dong Tianba asked.
“The dark mist and miasma, the deathly aura of the Netherworld, how could these be imitated by others? Moreover, the Netherworld Cult is best at assassination. Otherwise, with the strength of Jingyan and the others, even I would not be able to kill them quietly and silently.” Taoist Qingsong said coldly , with murderous aura on his body.
“But why would the old demon Hatetian go to so much trouble to kill Deputy Sect Leader Pu? Doesn’t he know…” Dong Tianba asked the doubts in his heart again.
Qingsong didn't wait for Dong Tianba to finish his words, he looked at him coldly and said, "A blood essence of a fifth-grade exotic beast!"
Dong Tianba and the others all changed their expressions when they heard this, especially Chi Yan, who was in the late stage of True Essence, whose eyes showed a look of deep regret and heartache, as if the blood essence of the fifth-grade exotic beast was his.
"The Netherworld Cult is truly omnipresent. They even managed to find out that Pu Jingyan recently obtained a piece of blood essence." Qingsong ignored Dong Batian and the others, and continued to speak in a cold voice.
After saying that, Qingsong seemed to have thought of something, and he looked down at the Hou family elders and others, and said in an unquestionable tone: "This time Jingyan came for your Hou family. Now that he is in trouble, his Japanese clan leader has targeted the lair of the Hateful Old Demon and is going to send troops to wipe them out. Your Hou family must contribute, and at least send three great martial artists."
The Hou family elder's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he wanted to open his mouth to refute and defend himself, but his eyes met Taoist Qingsong's cold and majestic gaze, and he swallowed back the words that were on the tip of his lips. He felt so bitter in his heart that he couldn't say anything, and he wished he could tear that bitch Wen Hongfeng into pieces.
If it weren't for her little trouble, the Hou family wouldn't have ended up in its current situation.
Qingsong seemed to have not noticed the change in the Hou family elder's expression. His eyes quickly fell on Chi Yan again and he said, "Chi Yan, as the governor of Qinghe County, you actually let the people of the Netherworld Cult sneak in and commit such a serious crime. You can't escape the responsibility of dereliction of duty. One day, you must personally follow me to attack the lair of the Hateful Demon."
Chi Yan's expression changed several times, but he finally said helplessly: "Yes!"
One of the biggest responsibilities of the Imperial Observatory is to monitor and suppress evil sects and prevent them from wreaking havoc on the world.
Now that the Netherworld Cult has killed four such important figures in Qinghe County, Chi Yan cannot escape the blame.
" It is also my duty to wipe out the Demon Cult. If Sect Leader Qingsong wants to attack the lair of the old demon Hatetian in the future, I will definitely send people to help." Before Qingsong's eyes fell on him, Dong Batian said with a righteous look on his face.
"Okay, then thank you very much, County Magistrate Dong." Qingsong saw Dong Batian on his way. Dong Batian was the county magistrate after all, so he shouldn't be too arrogant. Hearing this, he bowed slightly and said something polite.
After that, Qingsong turned his gaze back to Chi Yan and asked, "Have you reported this matter to the judge?"
"Not yet. I was just about to report it." Chi Yan replied.
"Then when you report, tell the judge that I am leaving for the provincial capital to meet him now." Qingsong said.
"Okay." Chi Yan replied.
Qingsong nodded, then summoned his flying sword, stepped into the air, turned into a green rainbow, broke through the air, and disappeared above the county town in the blink of an eye.
Everyone watched Luhong disappear under the rain, all with envy and longing in their eyes.
The masters at the Fayuan realm have the ability to fly with swords. In their opinion, this is truly extraordinary and has reached the threshold of Qi refining and cultivating immortals.
But they are still mortals after all, they are just much stronger than mortals, and can only defeat a hundred or a thousand people.
