I began to understand the myriad things by chopping wood

Wu Dao Ji's whereabouts were much easier to find than Xie Yuan had expected, but this was not a good thing for him.

Jizhou, Zhending Prefecture, Huwei Escort Agency.

The name of Huwei Escort Agency is simple, but it is because it is an escort agency that opened in Zhending Prefecture hundreds of years ago.

Since then, Huwei Escort Agency has been escorting for hundreds of years, and rarely lost a dart. As a result, no escort agency in Jizhou can use this classic name anymore.

As the veritable number one escort agency in Jizhou, Huwei Escort Agency's business covers the southeast, northwest, northeast and southwest of Dali, even east to Dongsang, west to the Western Regions, north to the grasslands, and south to Southeast Asia.

Such an escort company is naturally extremely powerful and is one of the few major forces in Jizhou.

He has thousands of porters and bodyguards under his command, five masters and great escort leaders. The chief escort leader, "The God of Traveling Thousands of Miles", Fu Haidong, is also a giant in Jizhou's martial arts and a master who opened the twin bridges of heaven and earth. He even made it onto the Flying Dragon List a few years ago.

This kind of escort company is much bigger than many so-called sects.

Therefore, no one had ever imagined that the Huwei Escort Agency would be massacred overnight and no one in the agency would survive.

The two master escort leaders on duty and the chief escort leader Fu Haidong were all killed in the battle, along with hundreds of escorts of all levels in the escort agency and all the servants.

This is the prosperous area of ​​Zhending Prefecture, where the Jizhou prefecture is located. The Huwei Escort Agency occupies an entire street.

Until the blood flowed out from the tightly closed door like a stream, and the bloody smell rising into the sky awakened the Zhending Prefecture.

Nearly half of the people in the mansion crowded onto this street. If the detectives hadn't formed a human wall, I'm afraid all the curious people would have rushed in to see what was going on.

Most of the onlookers were shocked and talked about it. They didn't know how such a powerful Huwei Escort Agency could be destroyed overnight. Even if the other major forces in Jizhou couldn't do it, at least it couldn't be done silently overnight.

At the entrance of the escort agency, several powerful figures were standing there with solemn expressions.

One of them was the Grand Master of the Huwei Escort Agency, and there were two other Grand Masters escorting the enemy outside.

The head escort had a look of shock, grief and anger, as well as a hint of fear that he wanted to hide but couldn't.

After seeing the tragedy at the escort agency, he was just glad that he didn't stay in the escort agency last night. Otherwise, he might have been killed as well.

"Detective Su, you've been looking for quite some time, but do you have any clues? Who on earth committed such a bloody crime against my Tiger Power Escort Agency?"

The chief escort clenched his fists, growled with red eyes, like a frightened and irritated wild beast.

The man next to him, wearing black detective uniform and with a sharp aura, was none other than Su Xing, the detective from Chunyu Tower. Next to him was the chief detective from the local government office in Jizhou, as well as several masters from the Zhending Prefecture.

At this time, all the masters gathered together, with great momentum and a solemn atmosphere.

Su Xing slowly said:

"This is the third family-annihilation tragedy in Jizhou recently. Su received news of the first two cases and just arrived in Zhending Prefecture when he encountered the third one..."

The Jizhou Chief Constable next to him frowned:

"Detective Su, do you mean that this case is the same as the previous two, and that Xie Yuan was responsible?"

Upon hearing this, the other masters all looked surprised and remained silent.

Su Xing's expression remained unchanged, and he said:

"In my opinion, it is very likely that the murderer is the same as the previous two cases..."

"Isn't that Xie Yuan?"

The big escort leader gritted his teeth.

Su Xing paused for a moment and continued:
"Although the cases in Tianxiang Villa and Songhe Sect both point to Xie Yuan, there are many doubts and we cannot conclude that it was Xie Yuan who did it."

"As soon as the news was passed on to Tianxiang Villa, it was silenced; everyone in Songhe Sect was killed by the domineering spear moves, and there were survivors who saw Xie Yuan's face. Who else could it be but Xie Yuan? As for the Huwei Escort Agency..."

A master next to him frowned:
"I think the murderer is the same as in the previous two cases. I just can't understand why Xie Yuan did this?"

The big escort leader said angrily:

"I don't know how our escort agency has offended Xie Yuan! But it's fine if he killed someone, but why did he wantonly paint on the escort flag of our Huwei Escort Agency? This is the symbol of our escort agency's hundreds of years of inheritance. I don't understand what deep hatred it is that can't be resolved even by killing the chief escort and destroying the escort agency!"

Su Xing looked at the flag he was holding tightly in his hand, which had a cloud dragon pattern painted on it with blood, and a tiger pattern as the background, and took a breath:
"This is the flag pattern of the Longteng Escort Agency in Yunzhou."

The head escort was stunned for a moment when he heard this:
"Never heard of it. Why would he apply this?"

"Before Xie Yuan became successful, he worked at Longteng Escort Agency for a while. That was where he really started on the road of martial arts."

Su Xing said.

The head escort was in a daze for a long time before his face turned pale and veins bulged:
"Just because of this? Just because we are in the same escort business, he is jealous of the reputation of our Tiger Power Escort Agency? But he is obviously from the dignified Xie family... I understand, he was kicked out of the Xie family, his heart is twisted, and he can't stand anyone who is stronger than him! He must be crazy like this!"

Several masters nearby were noncommittal, some nodded slightly, and some familiar ones comforted the escort leader and angrily scolded Xie Yuan.

Seeing this, Su Xing didn't say much, although he felt that it was unlikely that Xie Yuan was responsible for all this.

As Xie Yuan's earliest rival, Su Xing knew a lot about Xie Yuan, more than many people.

He knew that even if Xie Yuan had grudges against these families, he would never be the kind of person who would commit a brutal massacre.

But he had no evidence to prove Xie Yuan's innocence. As a police chief, he naturally could not speak for the suspect. But here, there was a lot of evidence pointing to Xie Yuan - even if these evidences were full of mistakes in the eyes of any discerning person.

However, this is not important. The series of tragedies committed by the Grandmaster's forces have caused an uproar among the people of Jizhou, and it is believed that it will spread throughout the world soon.

And those vague rumors have made the cultivation community restless.

Chunyu Tower sent him here first, and if nothing unexpected happens, there will be reinforcements from the Purple Ribbon Divine Constable later on - they are all the real big shots of Chunyu Tower, top masters with unfathomable strength.

"Detective Su, tell me, was this done by Xie Yuan? Also, does he really have... that thing on him?"

A master came closer and asked in a vague tone.

Su Xing glanced at him and said in a deep voice:
"There are so many doubts about this matter that it is still too early to draw a conclusion. As for the rest, I don't know."

"That's right, I know you constables can't say anything final. But..."

The master's eyes flickered:
"How old is Xie Yuan? How many years has he been practicing martial arts? He has already reached this level of cultivation. In the first two cases, he was only a master, but there are masters at the Double Bridge Realm in the Huwei Escort Agency.

"No matter how talented he is, cultivation still takes time, right? Skills need to be accumulated, right? No matter how talented he is, this doesn't make sense. Unless..."

He paused, with a puzzled look:

"After this news came out, it suddenly dawned on me. With that thing, anything is possible."

Su Xing frowned:

"Master Deng, you still have to rely on yourself to practice."

"Of course, I have practiced martial arts for decades, so I don't need Su Shenbo to remind me."

Grandmaster Deng snorted:
“It’s just that I’ve been stuck at this level for many years, and sometimes I envy these lucky young people.

"Haha, I'm just joking. Don't take it seriously, Detective Su."

The old man stood at the door of the destroyed Huwei Escort Agency, his feet on a pool of blood, but he looked absent-minded.

Su Xing looked at him and felt heavy in his heart.

He knew exactly what the Grandmaster in front of him was thinking.

And I'm afraid there are countless people who think like him.

Were these tragedies committed by Xie Yuan? Did Xie Yuan have any treasures on him? How many doubts are there in these matters?

It's no longer important.

This move was really poisonous to the person Xie Yuan provoked.

Su Xing's eyes were like an eagle's, and he suddenly swept over the onlookers outside.

Often the criminal will return to the scene. Will this person come?

With such vicious means and such terrifying strength, the Huwei Escort Agency will not be the last one.

We must catch this demon.

Su Xing's sharp eyes swept over everyone, but he didn't identify any suspicious people. He suddenly wondered if there was a fake Xie Yuan among them, but he also wondered if there was a real Xie Yuan?
A corner of the crowd.

The two looked at Su Xing who was looking around, then slowly turned around and left.

"This old ghost is even more murderous than the leader of the Kitchen God Cult, and is almost as good as those two left-handed masters!"

Xie Yuan took a breath and frowned.

This was the third time Wu Daoji had openly impersonated him.

Although he did not leave his name directly, he left traces everywhere so that everyone who knew him could see his presence.

and……

"That escort flag is not only a frame-up, but also a threat, I'm afraid."

Xie Yuan said coldly.

Mu Chaoyun nodded silently, then frowned and said:
"His strength is recovering rapidly, and he is already able to kill Grandmaster Shuangqiao. Although it may not be a head-on attack, if he can summon a few more high-level Grandmasters, I'm afraid there will be no rivals below the Grandmaster level.

"Besides, he is not an arrogant person. Exposing his whereabouts like this, I'm afraid he has some tricks up his sleeve. We have to be careful."

"I see."

Xie Yuan said in a deep voice:
"But even so, we must catch him. And the sooner the better.

"Let's go, let's get out of the city first."

Although they have the Heavenly Hidden Art, this place has become the center of the storm with too many masters coming and going.

Although his current Sky Hidden Technique can evade 99% of the Grandmasters, if a Grandmaster really becomes interested...

This possibility is not small.

Grandmasters all have their own ways, so even if they have the Black Book, they may not be interested in it. For example, Situ Wan only glanced at it briefly before giving it to Xie Yuan.

But if it were two or three pages, even the great masters would find it hard not to be tempted.

How many people can resist this once heavenly book?

Wu Dao Ji was the evil cicada that must be caught, but in chasing him like this, Xie Yuan didn't know if he would bump into a yellow bird that might come flying after hearing the sound.

Arriving at a secluded forest outside Zhending Prefecture, Xie Yuan, holding the True Shadow Candlestick, felt that his breath had been cut off here.

Wu Daoji has lived in the True Shadow Candlestick for a thousand years. Although the true spirit in it has completely disappeared, the candlestick can still sense its aura to some extent.

However, firstly, Xie Yuan's control over the candlestick was too poor, secondly, Wu Daoji's true spirit was much less than before, and thirdly, Wu Daoji's methods were ever-changing, so it was really difficult to track him.

When I got here, I felt lost and had no direction.

Xie Yuan's eyes were like knives. He let out a long breath, sat down in the woods, and said concisely:

"I want to gain some insights."

As long as he knows a little more about the True Shadow Candlestick, it will be easier for him to sense Wu Dao Ji's breath through it.

However, this True Shadow Candlestick involves the true knowledge of the soul, which is extremely ethereal. It is the most difficult page of the Black Book to comprehend so far.

Fortunately, Xie Yuan can advance steadily step by step with the help of the panel, but it still takes quite some time.

But Xie Yuan has to race against time now and doesn’t have much time.

Mu Chaoyun could hear his helplessness and sighed slightly when he saw him quickly sink into his mind.

She flipped her palm and summoned the Heavenly Crystal Lotus. After a pause, she held it in her palm and began to calculate.

Even if Wu Daoji's true spirit was damaged, he was after all a grandmaster of a very high level. If he wanted to make divinations, the loss would be great.

But Xie Yuan was in such a predicament that Mu Chaoyun could not sit idly by and watch.

After a while.

Mu Chaoyun woke up Xie Yuan:

"Three hundred miles east of Zhending Prefecture."

Although she tried hard to act as if nothing had happened, Xie Yuan could see at a glance how weak she was and how pale her face was.

He frowned and was about to speak, but was stopped by Mu Chaoyun:

"If we don't hurry up, we might be too late."

Xie Yuan had no choice but to swallow his words and fled eastward at high speed in silence. The flames at the tail of the light were blazing, as if they were going to surge up to the sky.

Three hundred miles east of Zhending Prefecture is Pudu Temple.

Xie Yuan looked at the dead silent temple, the monks and believers lying on the ground, and the words written on the temple wall, without saying a word.

On the wall it says:

"Xie Yuan from Xiaoshi Village, killed the evil monk Pudu here!"

It was Xie Yuan's own handwriting, so lifelike that even he himself could not tell what was wrong.

Mu Chaoyun was silent for a while, then took out the Tianjing Lotus:

"Wait for me..."

"no!"

Xie Yuan simply held her hand and shook his head firmly.

"But you don't want him to go on like this, do you?"

Mu Chaoyun shook his head and said:

"I won't be in the way, don't worry!"

"no--"

Xie Yuan gritted his teeth, feeling extremely conflicted.

He absolutely could not accept that Mu Chaoyun sacrificed herself again to use the divine magic to help him. What price would she have to pay for fortune-telling for a thousand-year-old master?
He really wanted to let it go. The worst that could happen was that the two of them would remain incognito and let Wu Daoji do whatever he wanted. Even if he recovered his strength and caused chaos in the world, there would always be someone tall to take care of it.

However, Xie Yuan just couldn't sit idly by and watch these innocent people being slaughtered, nor could he sit idly by and watch a terrifying demon recover quickly, especially since this demon was the one he released - although Wu Daoji had already left a backup plan on Long Qianqiu, without Xie Yuan, he could come out at any time, and even if he did, he would be even more unstoppable.

But since Xie Yuan had seen it, he couldn't just sit there and watch.

But between the lives of countless innocent people and Mu Chaoyun, which is more important? How should he choose?
There is no choice at all.

Xie Yuan only hated that he was not strong enough, and even hated all the time he had wasted and squandered, even though his efforts had made people around him feel outrageous.

If I were a little stronger, much stronger, why would I be forced into this state by this old ghost Wu Dao Ji?

Even though Wu Daoji himself was the pinnacle of an era and a great master who had existed for a thousand years, Xie Yuan only hated his own weakness.

He was extremely angry at his own incompetence.

"Why is it so slow to comprehend? Why does it take so long to refine a mere Black Heavenly Book?"

Xie Yuan gritted his teeth.

It would be better if it was faster. As long as the True Shadow Candlestick was successfully sacrificed, Mu Chaoyun would not have to sacrifice himself to track Wu Dao Ji.

As Wu Daoji's strength has not yet recovered, if they meet again, Xie Yuan will definitely make him disappear into thin air.

How can I go faster, faster...

Xie Yuan held Mu Chaoyun's hand, his mind racing. Suddenly he looked at what was in front of him, was stunned for a moment, and then clapped his hands suddenly.

"I see!"

(End of this chapter)