I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 54 New clues
Fang Shuan heard this and blinked his little bitch eyes:
"Don't try to play that trick on me. Zuiyang Tower is the territory of Jinfengxiyu Tower. What are you planning?"

Li Qingyun was waiting for him to ask this question, and said with a smile:

"Sure enough, Captain House can't hide anything. Don't you want evidence? Let's go and test them tonight. Maybe we can make a great contribution. At the very least, we can get a free meal. Why not?"

Fang Shuan likes this kind of gray area approach the most. Hearing this, he was really moved. He touched his chin and said:

"But it's a bit dangerous. Chen Jin from the Golden Wind and Rain Tower is an extraordinary martial artist, at least a master of the first level. It's not safe for the two of us. But this matter is not legitimate, and it's not easy to tell me and my uncle, tsk tsk..."

Seeing this, Li Qingyun leaned over and whispered in his ear:

"Isn't Captain Han here too? How about asking him to come along?"

After hearing this, Fang Shuan's eyes flashed with a cunning light and he smiled evilly:
"Brother Qingyun, what's wrong with your brain? People always say that I'm the number one troublemaker in Kaifeng Prefecture, but why do I feel like I have to admit defeat after you came?"

Li Qingyun said modestly:

"Same here. I still need to learn more from Captain Fang."

The two smiled at each other, walked into the yamen arm in arm, and found the Thunderbolt Ghost Han Tianjin.

Fang Shuan made a few random remarks, and the big fool nodded his head when he heard that he could go to the banquet. He then asked in a muffled voice:
"What's delicious?"

Li Qingyun smiled and said:
"You can have delicious food, fish and meat, and delicacies from the mountains and the sea. Just tell me what you want to eat. But I'll have to trouble you two to disguise yourself as members of the Changle Gang."

Seeing that the two men agreed, Li Qingyun felt that with the two captains from Kaifeng Prefecture as guarantors, Jinfengxiyu Tower would not be able to cause any trouble. So he said goodbye to the two men contentedly and went to find Lu Zhen to carry out the daily routine spirit seed inspection.

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When they arrived at Lu Zhen's room, they saw the Jade-faced Little Dharma Bai Yunrui was also there. He looked at Li Qingyun and said in surprise:
"You have become stronger. You just broke through the fourth level yesterday and obtained the 'Heavenly Gang Body Tempering Technique'. Today, you have experienced a qualitative change in your essence and blood turning into Qi. You can almost try to break through the second level. How did you do it?"

Can he see through my cultivation? Is it because the higher realm suppresses the lower realm, or is it because martial arts practitioners are particularly sensitive to their own paths?
Li Qingyun was somewhat frightened. His progress was too fast, which was likely to arouse other people's suspicion.

But I have too many troubles, I can't stay where I am for too long... He shrugged and said as if nothing had happened:

"I tried to temper my body yesterday. I didn't encounter any difficulties and the progress was very fast..."

Bai Yunrui said coldly:

"There are no shortcuts for martial artists. No matter if it's a panacea or a magical secret method, they are just forcing things to happen. I hope you won't use external things recklessly because you are eager to achieve success.

"Well, but I didn't sense any external force on you, which shows that you have good aptitude. Although you have missed the golden age for martial arts training, as long as you work hard, you may achieve something in the future."

He stopped there without dwelling on this issue any further, and continued:
"The situation has changed. We received a report this morning that the child Zhu Chengxi, who you rescued yesterday, has been in a coma since last night. It is very likely that this is also related to the evil spirit."

Li Qingyun was shocked when he heard this and asked hurriedly:
"How could this happen? He was fine when we rescued him."

Bai Yunrui shook his head:
"It's not clear yet. I want to go with you to see the child surnamed Wei first, and then go to the Zhu family to see if there is any connection between the two."

Li Qingyun smacked his lips:
"Well... I was just planning to tell you about this later, General Bai. Wei Xiuwen performed an exorcism ceremony last night and cured his son..."

After hearing this, Bai Yunrui and Lu Zhen looked at each other in surprise:

"What kind of exorcism?"

Li Qingyun did not dare to hide anything and described as clearly as possible what he saw during divination last night.

Of course, he did not mention the divination power, but said that he followed Wei Xiuwen and peeked at the whole process from the eaves of his house.

Bai Yunrui didn't care about so many details. He was more concerned about the source of the problem, so he asked sharply:
"From your description, Wei Xiuwen is not very strong and should not have the ability to directly exorcise demons. He should have communicated with a powerful person of a higher realm through this ritual and completed it through his power.

"The problem is that this kind of ritual is usually very complicated. It's impossible for him to come up with it out of thin air. Who taught him this?"

He pondered for a moment and continued:

"Maybe we should call Wei Xiuwen over to ask him. He might be able to provide some clues." Li Qingyun suddenly got a hint of inspiration and said quickly:

"I don't think it's appropriate."

Bai Yunrui looked up at him and asked in confusion:
"why?"

Li Qingyun racked his brains to explain:
"Wei Xiuwen is a follower of the Tianmu sect. Their sect emphasizes strict self-discipline and does not allow concubines. The child is an illegitimate child that Wei Xiuwen left behind in order to continue the family line. He cannot be seen in public.

"If we just bring him here without any evidence, he will deny everything to save his reputation. We won't be able to do anything to him then, and it will be easy to alert the enemy, making it difficult to continue the investigation."

Lu Zhen smiled faintly, and the ethereal voice sounded again:

"So, you have a better idea?"

Li Qingyun nodded:
"One of my subordinates saw Wei Xiuwen yesterday. He appeared at the underground trade fair held by Xuanwu Pavilion. It is very likely that he got the ritual method from there. However, everyone at the trade fair wore masks to disguise their appearance. He may not know the other party's true identity..."

Bai Yunrui frowned:

"I don't know how to check my identity?"

Li Qingyun smiled slightly:
"That's right, so even if we bring Wei Xiuwen here, he may not be able to provide many clues.

"But even so, it doesn't mean that the identity must be kept secret. The convener of the trade fair is Du Huairen, the second in command of Xuanwu Pavilion. He knows the identities of all the participants. Moreover, he is a spiritual practitioner of the second realm and has great abilities. He must be familiar with all the circumstances at the time. It would be a better choice for us to start with him."

As a senior spiritual practitioner, Lu Zhen thought for a moment and said:

"The 'dreamers' of the second level can enter their own dreams and recall all the details of what happened around them at the time. This is equivalent to having a photographic memory. There is indeed a great chance that they will know who Wei Xiuwen talked to and what they said."

Bai Yunrui heard this and said:

"Since Fourth Brother said so, we can give this method a try. If it doesn't work, we can ask Wei Xiuwen for questioning."

Lu Zhen nodded:

"How about this, Yunrui, you go to the Zhu family to check out the situation, and let Brother Qingyun accompany me to the Xuanwu Pavilion. As a fellow spiritual practitioner, I should be able to get Du Huairen to talk."

Bai Yunrui said with some concern:

"Fourth brother, can your body handle it?"

Lu Zhen smiled calmly:
"It's definitely not possible to fight with others, but I'm just running errands and asking questions. I'm not that squeamish."

Bai Yunrui agreed, and then he looked at Li Qingyun and said seriously:
"This kind of exorcism ritual is extremely risky. You'd better keep an eye on your deputy gang leader and report any problems immediately. Otherwise, if he is contaminated by evil, there will be endless troubles."

Li Qingyun nodded:
"Of course, it's just that our Changle Gang is not close to Feng Mansion, and I'm afraid that if something happens, I won't be able to report it in time."

Bai Yunrui thought for a moment, took out a jade pendant from his bosom, handed it to Li Qingyun and said:

"This is a small object I made with my innate true qi. It is connected to my mind. If you encounter any emergency, just crush it. I will definitely feel it and rush to your side as soon as possible."

Li Qingyun was delighted and quickly took the jade pendant, thanking Bai Yunrui again and again.

He was indeed looking for an excuse just now, but his original intention was to get another advanced manual of light Kung Fu. However, he did not expect Bai Yunrui to be more generous than expected and made a promise directly.

With this small jade pendant, it is like having a super expert of the fourth realm standing by his side, and he is always available at his call. His chances of saving his life have greatly increased, so he is naturally happy.

And the most important thing is that he successfully drew attention to Du Huairen. With this superficial clue, he could "find out" the identity and location of the horse-faced spiritual practitioner, and then guide Kaifeng Prefecture to eliminate this most important hidden danger for him...

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(End of this chapter)