A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 521 Yang Sixuan's Reasoning

In the deep valley.

The sect's ancestor, Lu Yinlin, sat deep in the cave. The mushrooms on the stone wall glowed faintly, reflecting his face.

Chu Wushang bowed slightly and stood not far from Lu Yinlin.

Chu Wushang had already reported to Lu Yinlin about Xiao Qiwu's disappearance, the loss of the magic whip, and Duan Rong's escape from the Wanxiang Cave in three days.

"He walked out of the Wanxiang Cave in three days?"

After listening to the report, Lu Yinlin ignored the matter of Xiao Qiwu and the divine whip, and asked in surprise about Duan Rong's escape from the Wanxiang Cave.

Chu Wushang said, "Yes. We went into the Wanxiang Cave. Duan Rong said he had been waiting at the edge of the Wanxiang Cave for two days."

Lu Yinlin's face looked a little unhappy, and he asked, "Where is he now?"

Chu Wushang said: "He should have returned to Yunfu Peak with Zhu He."

Lu Yinlin sighed, and then he talked about Xiao Qiwu and the Divine Whip. "Xiao Qiwu is missing? The Divine Whip is also lost?"

"Yes."

Lu Yinlin asked, "Who is in charge of the case?"

Chu Wushang said: "It has been handed over to Yang Sixuan. The Wanxiang Cave formation card was also left to him."

Lu Yinlin said, "Let him investigate. Xiao Qiwu is already half a cripple. The divine whip is just a decoration for the sacrifice."

Lu Yinlin obviously didn't care about the case. He waved his hand and signaled Chu Wushang to leave.

After Chu Wushang left the cave, Lu Yinlin took a sip of water with a serious expression.

What he was worried about was not Xiao Qiwu and the Divine Whip, but Duan Rong.

Duan Rong walked out of Wanxiang Cave in three days, which made him very dissatisfied.

Lu Yinlin knew the structure of the Wanxiang Cave best, as he was the one who had fixed the talisman array. He also knew that under Duan Rong's sword light, hundreds of complex artistic conceptions flashed.

Duan Rong's soul contained hundreds of complex artistic conceptions, so it was easy for him to correspond to the turbulent artistic conception of the ghost eye light spots in the Wanxiang Cave. Therefore, it was not difficult for him to walk out of the Wanxiang Cave.

However, it is impossible to integrate hundreds of complex artistic conceptions into one within three days.

Moreover, according to Chu Wushang, Duan Rong actually sat on the edge of the Wanxiang Cave for two days.

"This kid, I see, he didn't understand the deep meaning of me letting him enter the Wanxiang Cave at all."

"I made all the arrangements and you were released in three days. You just sat on the sidelines for two days. What a good trick!"

The reason why Lu Yinlin was angry was that in his opinion, Duan Rong did not temper his soul in the Wanxiang Cave at all and walked out after three days, which was a waste of his careful arrangements.

At this time, on Yunfu Peak, Duan Rong held Xiao Yu and walked into his own secret training room.

Xiao Yu lay in Duan Rong's arms, still pretending to be drunk. Her face would never turn red when she drank, but at this moment her cheeks were flushed.

Duan Rong spread several cushions on the floor of the secret room, then held Xiao Yu and placed her on the cushions.

Duan Rong put Xiao Yu away, stood up, took out a fire starter, and lit the candle on the stone table not far away.

Xiao Yu felt the light, turned his head to look at him, and asked, "Why are you lighting the lamp again?"

Duan Rong said: "I haven't seen you for more than a year. I want to take a good look at you."

When Xiao Yu heard this, her face turned red all the way to her ears.

Duan Rong came over and lay on the mat, then put his arms around Xiao Yu's waist.

Xiao Yu grabbed Duan Rong's hand that was stroking her waist and lowered her head and said, "Doesn't your master know how to walk through walls? Will he come over suddenly?"

Duan Rong didn't expect Xiao Yu to suddenly bring this up.

At noon the day before yesterday, Zhu He suddenly appeared in Fan Hongjiao's secret practice room, scaring Xiao Yu.

At that time, Ximen Kankan was also there. After Zhu He left, Ximen Kankan exaggerated the story of Zhu He's wall-walking technique to Xiao Yu. He also said that when he and Duan Rong were practicing in the secret room, Zhu He had quietly entered several times using the wall-walking technique.

At this time, Duan Rong wanted to have sex with her here, so Xiao Yu was naturally a little worried.

"My master won't be here tonight."

"you sure?"

"Sure!"

Xiao Yu wanted to say something, but her mouth was blocked by Duan Rong, who had already pounced on her...

The two hadn't seen each other in nearly a year, so naturally they were in the middle of everything at this point.

After the lovemaking at Wushan, they lay together, covered in sweat.

Duan Rong stroked Xiao Yu's shoulders, breathing heavily.

Xiao Yu was also lying on Duan Rong's chest, panting softly. She suddenly looked up and said, "Ximen Kankan said you were whipped three times. Where were you injured?"

Xiao Yu's eyes were full of concern.

Duan Rong's heart moved, and he said with a smile: "You are listening to his nonsense, where is the injury?! If you don't believe me, look."

Duan Rong said this and turned over to lie down. Xiao Yu took a quick glance at him in the light and saw that Duan Rong's back was dark and smooth, shining with sweat. Where was there a single scar?

Xiao Yu had no idea that the divine whip was designed to strike the soul. Even if it struck a person's soul to pieces, there wouldn't be a single scar on the body.

Xiao Yu finally felt relieved when he saw that Duan Rong was indeed not injured.

The two of them were covered with a blanket and slept in each other's arms in this secret training room.

While Xiao Yu and Duan Rong were making love in the secret room, Yang Sixuan was alone in the Wanxiang Cave.

He had personally interrogated the boy on Wuliang Cliff and the guards one by one.

Wuliang Cliff is located in a remote area, far away from the various peaks of the sect. Xiao Qiwu has lived in seclusion here for more than ten years and has rarely interacted with others.

But just a few days before Xiao Qiwu disappeared, only three people came to Wuliang Cliff to visit him, one was Zhu He, the other was Chu Wushang, and between the two, there was another person, Jing Chou!
As for the day when Duan Rong was executed, although many people came to Wuliang Cliff, according to the testimony of the boy and the guards, no one was alone with Xiao Qiwu.

Yang Sixuan had some impression of Jing Chou.

This Jing Chou is Ge Rushong's personal servant.

When Ge Rushong died, he was the one who executed him personally. On that day, Jing Chou not only came to see Ge Rushong off, but also collected his body.

The strange thing about this matter was that two days after Jing Chou paid his respects to Xiao Qiwu, which was the night before Duan Rong was to be executed, he suddenly hanged himself in his room behind the lower courtyard.

Yang Sixuan deduced that Xiao Qiwu’s disappearance must be related to the three people he had met.

Zhu He came to see him because of Duan Rong's matter. Chu Wushang came to pass on the ancestor's secret order.

In Yang Sixian's opinion, there was nothing wrong with these two people coming to meet Xiao Qiwu.

But there was too much evil in the meeting between Xiao Qiwu and Jing Chou.

First of all, Xiao Qiwu had lived in seclusion in Wuliang Cliff for more than ten years, and his personality had already become very eccentric. Yang Sixian found it quite incredible that he was willing to meet Jing Chou, an old slave whose master had died.

He interrogated the boy who served Xiao Qiwu personally about this matter. The boy said that Jing Chou gave him an envelope at that time, and after he gave the envelope to Xiao Qiwu, Xiao Qiwu met Jing Chou.

As for what was in the envelope, the boy didn't know.

Yang Sixian felt that Xiao Qiwu’s disappearance must be closely related to Jing Chou and the envelope that Jing Chou gave him.

Therefore, Yang Sixian asked Yang Yi to stop the investigation before and after Wuliang Cliff, and asked him to bring the coroner to perform an autopsy on Jing Chou and search the room where Jing Chou had lived before his death.

Yang Sixuan himself entered the Wanxiang Cave.

Because he smelled something based on his years of experience in handling cases.

What was in the envelope that Jing Chou gave to Xiao Qiwu?
Anything that can impress Xiao Qiwu, a powerful being in the Cavernous Realm, must be something extraordinary.

How could something that could impress the strong men in the Cavernous Realm be in the hands of an old slave?

There is only one answer, this item was obtained from his deceased master Ge Rushong.

Before Duan Rong was about to be executed, Jing Chou suddenly took out a treasure from Ge Rushong and paid a visit to Xiao Qiwu. The timing of Jing Chou's visit to Xiao Qiwu and the source of his treasure made Yang Sixuan think of the relationship between Duan Rong and Ge Rushong.

In the final analysis, Ge Rusong actually died at the hands of Duan Rong and his master Zhu He. Zhu He was the planner of the chess game, while Duan Rong was the core chess piece and the key move in the game.

Moreover, Xiao Qiwu disappeared right after Duan Rong entered the Wanxiang Cave.

All the clues in this case actually point to Duan Rong to a certain extent.

Yang Sixuan smelled something.

He felt that behind this incident, Duan Rong was closely related to many things. And in a case, once such a person is encountered, it is usually a breakthrough in the foggy case.

Yang Sixuan has decided to interrogate Duan Rong again, but he has to do enough preparation before the interrogation.

After Duan Rong fell into a coma on the day of torture, Xiao Qiwu threw him into the Wanxiang Cave.

And on the morning of the next day, Xiao Qiwu disappeared.

What is the connection between Duan Rong's disappearance in Wanxiang Cave and Xiao Qiwu's disappearance within these two days?

Yang Sixian was exploring the Wanxiang Cave while concentrating on thinking deeply.

He walked slowly, holding a lantern in his hand, and the dim candlelight illuminated the area in front of his feet.

Yang Sixuan suddenly bent down and picked up a gray hair from the ground.

Yang Sixian held her hair and moved closer to the light. The gray hair was obviously not Duan Rong's. Yang Sixian held the lantern and turned his head to look at the entrance of Wanxiang Cave.

The place where the hair fell was deep in the heart of Wanxiang Cave and was already quite far away from the entrance.

Looking at the gray color of the hair, it looks very much like Xiao Qiwu's hair.

As the law enforcement elder of Wanxiang Cave in Wuliangya, Xiao Qiwu would certainly enter the Wanxiang Cave. Therefore, it would be normal for a hair to fall off in the cave.

Perhaps this hair did not originally fall in this area, but was brought here by someone walking around, or perhaps it was blown here by the wind raised by the people entering and leaving Wanxiang Cave in the past few days.

But...what if...this hair fell within those two days?

During those two days, Xiao Qiwu walked to the heart of Wanxiang Cave.

What is he doing?
At that time, Duan Rong might be unconscious in the Wanxiang Cave, or perhaps Duan Rong had already woken up.

Did Xiao Qiwu come in to check on Duan Rong's condition?

No, if you want to check on Duan Rong's condition, you don't have to go so deep.

With the sharpness of the six senses of a strong man in the Cave of Darkness, the Wanxiang Cave was once again quiet, and he could understand Duan Rong's condition just by hearing.

So why did he go into the hinterland?

What if Duan Rong woke up at that time?
If Duan Rong woke up, why would he go into the hinterland?
Yang Sixuan's mind suddenly lit up like lightning, and an idea suddenly flashed through his mind. That idea instantly combined many clues into a ball!
Xiao Qiwu wants to kill Duan Rong!

What was the motive? Jing Chou used something left by Ge Rushong to trick Xiao Qiwu into killing Duan Rong when Duan Rong was unconscious in Wanxiang Cave, in order to avenge the death of Ge Rushong.

Xiao Qiwu killed Duan Rong and then disappeared and escaped.

wrong!

Duan Rong is not dead!

But, if Duan Rong didn't die! ...but Xiao Qiwu disappeared!
When Yang Sixuan thought of this, he suddenly felt cold all over.

An incredible answer suddenly flashed in his mind.

It was Duan Rong who killed Xiao Qiwu! ?

If this is the case, then everything makes sense. Cause and effect are clear.

The logical contradiction in Xiao Qiwu's escape with the divine whip was instantly eliminated.

However, this answer, which eliminates all contradictions and makes the cause and effect consistent, seems extremely absurd to Yang Sixuan!
How could a person who had just entered the Cyclone Realm for a month kill a powerful person in the Cavernous Realm who had practiced for more than two hundred years?

It's simply a horror of slipping the world!

Yang Sixuan stood with a lantern in his hand, shaking his head and smiling bitterly. He felt that his reasoning had reached a dead end.

The next morning, Duan Rong got up early, but Xiao Yu was very lazy and couldn't get up. It was no wonder she was like that. She had been worried about Duan Rong's safety for the past few days and had never slept well.

Duan Rong got up, and Xiao Yu continued to sleep wrapped in a blanket.

Duan Rong put on his clothes that were scattered all over the floor. He planned to take Xiao Yu, Ximen Kankan, Shen Mizhi and others out for some fun in the mountains today.

However, before playing, he still had one thing to do.

Duan Rong came out of the secret training room and came to the back of the hall on the first floor. There were two servants standing there with tired faces, obviously they had not slept all night.

As soon as they saw Duan Rong coming over, they immediately clasped their fists and bowed, saying, "Master Duan!"

Duan Rong asked, "Is Senior Sister Fan still practicing in the secret room?"

One of the servants replied, "Reporting to Master Duan, Master Fan went in to practice last night and has not come out. He should still be inside!"

Duan Rong nodded slightly, turned around and returned to the space of the training chamber, walked to Fan Hongjiao's training chamber, and called softly: "Senior Sister! Senior Sister!..."

Duan Rong shouted for a while before the stone door opened with a rumble.

Fan Hongjiao was dressed neatly, with a faint look of fatigue on her face. She had actually been practicing in the secret room all night. Only when Duan Rong knocked on the door did she stop and get down from the cushion.

Fan Hongjiao glanced at him and said, "Why are you knocking on my door so early in the morning instead of accompanying your wife?"

Duan Rong said: "Senior Sister, I have something to ask you."

"Come in." Fan Hongjiao turned and walked into the stone house.

Duan Rong followed in and closed the stone door.

Fan Hongjiao sat in front of the stone table, looked at Duan Rong, and asked, "What's the matter? Tell me."

Duan Rong's eyes moved, and he said, "Senior Sister, when we were drinking yesterday, I talked to you about Wuliang Cliff. Xiao Qiwu and Da Shenbian disappeared together."

"Ah, what's wrong?" Fan Hongjiao glanced at Duan Rong and asked.

Duan Rong said, "Because this happened when I was imprisoned in the Wanxiang Cave. I think it's weird. Now the case is being investigated by the Judgment and Religious Affairs Bureau. I wonder if we at Yunfu Peak have any way to get access to their case files?"

Fan Hongjiao said, "This is indeed bizarre. A strong man in the Cavernous Realm, and an elder of the Elders' Council, suddenly rolled up the Divine Whip and ran away. No matter how you look at it, it's bizarre. Alas... that's not right, Junior Brother, when did you become so gossipy?"

"Sister, didn't this happen when I was imprisoned in the Wanxiang Cave? I'm a little suspicious that something happened and I was kept in the dark and escaped. Do you think it's a small matter for a strong man in the Cave Realm, or an elder of the Elders' Council, to suddenly disappear?"

"That's true!" Fan Hongjiao was obviously persuaded by Duan Rong, and said, "If we wait until the case is closed by the Zongzheng Division, a copy of the file will naturally be kept in the Neishi Division. However, this kind of case may not be closed in half a year. If we want to use our spies there to get the file in advance, you have to ask Master Wu for details. He has always been in charge of this matter. But if you want to steal confidential files like this one that Yang Sixian personally supervises, you should get Master's approval."

Duan Rong said, "Oh, is that so? Never mind, I just asked casually. I'll just wait for the files to be sent over and kept on file. I'll take a look at it."

Duan Rong immediately stood up, said goodbye to Fan Hongjiao, and left her secret training room.

The moment he walked out of the secret room, Duan Rong's face became a little gloomy.

He would not ask Wu Shidao. Fan Hongjiao was okay, but he did not trust Wu Shidao. The Internal History Department did have spies in the Judgment and Religion Department, but the spies who could get such confidential files were still managed by Zhu He.

Obviously, he cannot use this power yet.

Yang Sixian must have locked up all the people from Wuliangya in the dungeon of the Judgment Zongzhengsi and interrogated them strictly.

Duan Rong was not worried that Yang Sixian would be able to find him, because he was sure that Yang Sixian would not be able to find any evidence or clues. Even if he had any suspicions, they would only remain at the suspicion level.

What Duan Rong feared was the person behind Xiao Qiwu.

Who was using Xiao Qiwu to kill him? This plot must have been carried out before or after he was tortured.

He believed that Yang Sixian would be able to find some clues about this matter, so if possible, he would like to see Yang Sixian's files.

After all, all the people from Wuliangya are now imprisoned in the dungeon of the Judgment Zongzhengsi. Even if he wants to investigate on his own, he has no idea where to start!

But this matter has a lot to do with him.

If he doesn't find out the person behind the scenes and eliminate the hidden danger, he will always feel like there is a sword hanging over his head, making it hard for him to sleep or eat!
(End of this chapter)