Blind Ghostwriter: Starts with the full level of Nine Yang Magic Skill

Chapter 127 Speculation
Gu Chudong seemed to be thinking about something, and said, "In other words, if it's revenge for an enemy, then it's easy to deal with. But if it's not revenge for an enemy, then the other party took the heart for other purposes, just like the Heart Robbery Gu they refined from the Hanged Ghost and the Starved Ghost we killed in Pinggu County..."

When Gu Chudong said this, he was suddenly stunned.

Gu Mo was also slightly stunned and said, "If I remember correctly, Lord Sang Tu once said that the third step in refining the King of Robbery Heart Gu Gu is that you need a special person as the medium. One of them is a person with profound internal strength."

Gu Chudong nodded and said, "Brother, is it possible that the murderer is an accomplice?"

"Probably."

Gu Mo pondered for a moment and said, "If it's a ghost, it makes sense. Previously, during the Yunzhou righteousness-demon war, the Moon Worship Cult was defeated, and the ghosts and the Moon Worship Cult members fled. Qingzhou is the closest to Yunzhou. The Xueling Twin Immortals said before that most of the Moon Worship Cult members fled to Qingzhou, causing considerable trouble to the Qingzhou martial arts world. So, it's very likely that the ghosts also fled to Qingzhou with them.

With so many martial arts masters gathering in Cangshan Town these days, there's a strong suspicion that the accomplices came here to commit crimes. Furthermore, Mr. Tieqin, Shi Hongye, is a master of internal martial arts, perfectly meeting the requirements for refining the Heart Robbery Gu King."

Gu Chudong agreed and said, "Brother, should we remind Elder Sang?"

Gu Mo nodded and said, "Of course we do. Let's talk about it later, after Lord Sangtu investigates. After all, we are only speculating now. Moreover, the death of an internal martial arts master doesn't necessarily mean that he was taken away by the minions to refine the Heart Robbery Gu King."

"By the way, brother," Gu Chudong said, "there's something I can't figure out."

"whats the matter?"

"Why did the Shi family seek out martial artists to investigate the murderer instead of reporting the crime to the Six Gates?" Gu Chudong said, "No other sect is better at investigating crimes than the Six Gates, right? To put it bluntly, many people in the martial arts world can't even read, so how can they understand what investigating a crime is all about?"

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "Do you think Mr. Tieqin can become a famous figure in the martial arts world without having killed anyone?"

Gu Chudong said, "Of course there are. Which of the masters who have become famous in the martial arts world didn't fight and kill their way through?"

"That's it."

Gu Mo smiled and said, "There are several problems with reporting to the authorities. First, the Shi family is a martial arts family. If someone dies and they can't find the murderer themselves, they will be ridiculed by the martial arts world and will be considered incompetent. Their prestige will be destroyed. This is a matter of face. Secondly, the martial arts world will think that the Shi family is colluding with the government. Who would dare to associate with them or do business with them in the future? They will be tantamount to cutting themselves off from the martial arts world, because no big sect in the martial arts world is absolutely law-abiding.

Third, as I just said, no major sect is completely law-abiding, and the Shi family is no exception. Just as Shi Hongye became a martial arts legend, it's impossible for him to avoid murder, and it's impossible for him to avoid intervening in the shady world of the martial arts world. Given that, how could we dare ask the authorities to intervene after he died? If the investigation doesn't lead to the discovery of the murderer, and instead uncovers a multitude of Shi Hongye's crimes, then even after his death, he won't be able to maintain a clean record.

Gu Chudong suddenly realized and said, "It's just like the Four Directions Sword Sect in Qingyang County. When the four leaders disappeared, the Four Directions Sword Sect didn't even plan to report the case. They just wanted to find out the truth on their own."

"Yes," Gu Mo said, "You saw the result. Because of Zhuo Qingfeng's interference, although the cat demon case was solved and the four leaders luckily saved their lives, in the end, they only survived for a few more days before being beheaded. What's more, the Four Directions Sword Sect was directly destroyed.

However, if Zhuo Qingfeng hadn't intervened, and the people hadn't reported the case and the officials hadn't investigated, the four leaders would have been trapped and died in Jiuhua Mountain. The end result would have been just an unsolved case in the martial arts world. The Sifang Sword Sect would still be the Sifang Sword Sect, still the leader of the Qingyang County martial arts world, but only four people would have died."

Gu Chudong nodded and said, "I finally understand why there are so many revenge stories in the martial arts world, but almost no one goes to the authorities to report the crime for revenge."

Gu Mo chuckled and said, "The so-called Jianghu is originally composed of a group of people with powerful military power. They are superior to ordinary people, but weaker than the imperial court. They dare not openly challenge the imperial court's laws, but are unwilling to submit to the laws like ordinary people. So there emerged a world that pretends to obey the imperial court but secretly disobeys it, and stays away from the government. This is called Jianghu!"

……

That day, Cangshan Town.

Mr. Tieqin's murder caused a great disturbance in the town.

An investigation team was formed, headed by Sang Tugong of Canglan Sword Sect. Participants included Qiushan Sword Field, Qingliang Temple, Wanjian Sect and others from Yunzhou, and major sects such as Shi Family, Shennong Gang, Xiandu Temple, Yanxing Sect and others from Qingzhou to help with the investigation.

Including the Snow Ridge Twin Immortals, although no disciples from their Snow Ridge Villa came here, the two of them also promised in front of many martial artists that they would do their best to assist in investigating the real culprit.

but,

What surprised Gu Mo was that in just half an hour,
The two Snow Ridge Immortals came back, and Ye Lingsu walked into the room angrily and slammed the door shut.

Gu Mo stood on the corridor with a confused look on his face.

Gu Chudong asked Ye Wanyue in confusion, "Sister Wanyue, what happened? Why is Sister Lingsu so angry?"

Ye Wanyue said helplessly, "It's all about Shi Hongye. We were supposed to be investigating the murderer, but people from different factions got together and started arguing with each other, suspecting this and that. In the end, they started fighting. My sister tried to mediate, but she ended up starting to fight too. So, she got mad!" Gu Chudong was speechless and asked, "Have you found out anything yet?"

Ye Wanyue said, "No, they haven't even started investigating yet. In the end, it was Lord Sangtu who said he wanted to invite your brother over, and that's when they finally stopped. However, my sister doesn't want to get involved anymore."

Gu Chudong said slowly: "I was not optimistic about their investigation to begin with, and now that you say this, I am even less optimistic. Brother, what do you think?"

Gu Mo: “…”

At last,
As it turned out, Gu Chudong's guess was correct.

It’s okay for people in the underworld to fight and kill, but when it comes to investigating cases, few people understand. Those who really understand investigating cases have already gone to the government and the Six Gates.

Just like the previous Silver Fox case and Cat Demon case, Gu Mo became famous in the martial arts world, but in fact, he was just following along the whole time. It was Zhuo Qingfeng who actually investigated the case, and it was also Zhuo Qingfeng who found out the truth.

This time, Mr. Tieqin Shi Hongye was killed, and a group of gangsters were searching for the murderer in a place where all kinds of people gathered. They were like a group of headless flies, running around in a panic.

After a whole day of hard work, Sang Tugong returned covered in dust.

At this moment, Gu Mo was watching Yuan Daoren fighting on the upper floor of the inn.

Although Shi Hongye was killed today, Canglan Sword Sect and Qiushan Sword Field are still working to maintain order. The only difference is that Sang Tugong has gone to investigate the case, and another disciple of Canglan Sword Sect is in charge of registration, while Yuan Daoren continues to guard the arena.

Sang Tugong walked to the table where Gu Mo was sitting and slowly sat down, saying, "Master Gu, how about you teach me a few tricks? How do I investigate a case?"

"I don't know either." Gu Mo said.

Lord Sang Tu said, "Let me ask you, who in the martial arts world doesn't know that you first solved the Silver Fox case, then the Cat Demon case. Which one of them is not a top unsolved case?"

Gu Mo shook his head and said, "You simply ignored the fact that Zhuo Qingfeng and Zhuo Qianhu were involved in both cases? If the Shi family agrees, I don't mind helping to report the case to the Six Gates."

"Forget it then." Lord Sang Tu quickly waved his hands.

Gu Mo asked, "How's the investigation going?"

"Nothing was found."

Lord Sang Tu said: "At present, we can only consider the revenge of enemies and the evil masters.

As for enemies, there are currently no experts in Cangshan Town who hold a mortal grudge against Shi Hongye. After all, to be able to prevent Shi Hongye from resisting without a trace of resistance, they must either be incredibly skilled in martial arts or Shi Hongye has immense trust in them. We're leaning more towards trust, so we've focused on investigating Shi Hongye's disciples, but so far, there's been no progress.

Secondly, I suspect a master of evil is at work. After all, a normal person wouldn't deliberately take out a heart when killing someone. It's likely a sinister technique that requires the heart. I don't have any concrete clues, but I kind of suspect it's a ghost. You remember what happened in Pinggu County? The starving ghost and the hanged ghost were controlled by the ghost's Gu, using it to refine the Heart-Robbing Gu. The Gu King uses either the heart of someone born on an inauspicious day, month, or hour as a container, or the heart of a master of internal cultivation.

Gu Mo nodded and said, "I also suspected it might be a ghost, and I was about to tell you!"

Lord Sang Tu said, "If it really is a ghost, then we're in trouble, because refining the Heart Robbery Gu King requires quite a few containers, and Cangshan Town is simply his natural hunting ground!"

Gu Mo asked, "If it's the minions who are refining the Heart Robbery Gu King, then Elder Sang, do you have a direction for your investigation now?"

Sang Tugong said, "Because, the Hegui is too mysterious. So far, no one in the martial arts world has ever seen the Hegui's true appearance. They don't even know his name, they just know him as Hegui. He appears and disappears mysteriously, and his martial arts are incredibly high, but even we in the Canglan Sword Sect haven't figured out what martial arts Hegui is good at."

Gu Mo asked doubtfully, "Didn't the ghost show up at Nanting Villa during the previous battle between good and evil? It's possible that he didn't reveal his martial arts skills, right?"

Lord Sang Tu shook his head and said, "In Nanting Villa, the ghost did only one thing, which was to control the Thousand Machine Box to attack our Sect Leader. However, the Sect Leader didn't give him a chance to attack. After destroying the Thousand Machine Box with one sword, the remaining sword energy severely injured the ghost. The ghost was so scared that he ran away without making any move."

Gu Mo: “…”

Master Qi is mighty!
(End of this chapter)