Revelation of the Way of Heaven

"Nonsense! Utter nonsense!" Ru Xiang's loud voice filled the reception room, and everyone's eyes turned to him. "You are clearly trying to frame me to escape punishment. How can you prove that the abbot was not killed by you with ice needles but by poisoning?" Ru Xiang shouted angrily at Han Kexin.

Upon hearing this, everyone else looked at Han Kexin. Just as Ru Xiang had said, everything she had said was one-sided, and it was difficult to find any evidence.

"It's very simple. Just go back to the police station with Officer Wang and let the forensic doctor perform an autopsy. The problem is, do you dare to go? Once you go, you might not come back," Han Kexin said with a sneer.

"That's utter nonsense." Ru Xiang was even more furious, but dared not answer Han Kexin's question directly. "I'm not a superhuman, how could I possibly hide poison in an ice needle like you said? You're framing me." Ru Xiang had no choice but to change the subject.

"Are you really not a superhuman?" Han Kexin asked back.

He was definitely a superhuman. The moment Qin Xiaochuan guessed the method of the crime, he opened his Heavenly Eye and found him as the only superhuman among the monks of Changsheng Temple. Moreover, his spiritual power had reached level 6, which made him fully capable of committing the crime.

Ru Xiang roared, "Of course I'm not, everyone else in Changsheng Temple can do that for me..." Before he could finish speaking, an ice spike suddenly flew out of Han Kexin's hand and shot towards him.

Han Kexin's skill was activated instantly, and even if someone wanted to stop her, it was too late. At this moment, if Ru Xiang wanted to survive, the only way was to save himself.

Everyone watched Ru Xiang's every move intently, but to everyone's surprise, Ru Xiang did not take any measures to defend himself, allowing the ice spikes to pierce his body.

"Pfft!" The ice spike pierced through Ru Xiang's chest, and blood splattered out. Screams erupted in the reception room as people fled towards the temple. Wang Zhilong and his two men simultaneously drew their pistols and aimed them at Han Kexin.

What's going on? Qin Xiaochuan stared blankly at Ru Xiang lying in a pool of blood. The other party actually preferred to be killed by ice spikes rather than reveal his strength as a superhuman. This was too crazy. Moreover, with the other party doing this, it would be really difficult for them to clear their names.

He glanced helplessly at Han Kexin. Even facing three pistols, she didn't even look at Wang Zhilong and the others, but instead frowned as she stared at Ru Xiang's corpse. Just then, her expression suddenly changed, and she exclaimed, "Oh no! This is a clever escape! Chase after them!"

At first, no one understood what she meant, but after a moment, everyone discovered that the body of Ru Xiang, which had been lying on the ground, had suddenly turned into a puddle of clear water, and there was no longer any body or blood.

While everyone was still in shock, Han Kexin and Zhou Bin had already jumped out of the reception room to track down the real person of Ru Xiang. However, less than ten minutes later, the two walked back in from outside the reception room with disappointed expressions.

"They've already escaped," Han Kexin said calmly to everyone.

At this moment, Wang Zhilong had already put away his pistol and said to Han Kexin, "I'm sorry, I misunderstood you earlier."

Han Kexin didn't say a word, she just shook her head gently.

Seeing that Han Kexin was acting too coldly, Qin Xiaochuan was worried that Officer Wang would be embarrassed, so he added on her behalf, "It's not your fault. It's not that you didn't try hard enough, but that the enemy is too cunning."

Wang Zhilong gave a wry smile and said, "Now that the truth has come out, we can take over the task of capturing the real culprit."

"No, you don't need to handle this case anymore," Guo Shiyi suddenly said from the side. "From now on, I will take over this case."

"What do you mean?" Wang Zhilong looked at Guo Shiyi in surprise.

Guo Shiyi took out her badge, which signified her identity as a demon hunter, from her pocket and handed it to Wang Zhilong, saying, "You should recognize this badge, right?"

"I know you, of course I know you. I didn't expect you to be so young and already..." Wang Zhilong's feelings seemed very complicated when he saw the badge.

"According to our regulations, if there's a possibility that a person with superpowers is involved in a case, that case must be transferred to us. Is there anything wrong with that now?"

"No problem, you just need to sign here." Wang Zhilong took the case record book from Zhou Hao and handed it to Guo Shiyi.

After Guo Shiyi signed the document, she said, "However, the abbot's body still needs to be kept by you. I am only responsible for arresting people; you are responsible for assisting with everything else."

"I understand." Wang Zhilong nodded, then went to instruct his two men to handle the situation at the scene. As the five of them walked out of the meeting room, he heard Zhou Hao ask Wang Zhilong, "Boss, what does that badge mean?"

"Just focus on your work, and you'll understand when you're promoted to team leader," Wang Zhilong replied.

"Sister Kexin, what should we do next?" Guo Shiyi asked Han Kexin as they walked out of the meeting room. Her question was exactly what they needed to consider right now, because if Ru Zhen died and Ru Xiang ran away, their search for the source of witchcraft and Kawamoto Taro would be cut off.

"It seems we have no choice but to find the clues ourselves now," Han Kexin said helplessly.

"That makes sense." Qin Xiaochuan nodded seriously. "But where do we look?"

Han Kexin rolled her eyes at him and said, "Since the abbot is dead, we can only go find the abbot's disciples now."

When the five found the abbot's eldest disciple, Huiguang, he was directing his fellow disciples to prepare for the abbot's funeral. Now that the abbot was dead and Ruxiang had also fled, he naturally became the new abbot of Changsheng Temple.

"My understanding of the Land of Witchcraft Origins is limited to legends," the other person told them. "However, I can take you to see some materials that my master collected; perhaps they contain what you're looking for."

The five nodded quickly, and Huiguang led them to a study, the very place where Qin Xiaochuan had seen the abbot and Kawamoto Taro talking in Granny Ding's crystal ball.

There was a table, two futons, and a bookshelf in the study. The table was covered with office supplies, and the bookshelf was mostly filled with Buddhist scriptures and notebooks from Changsheng Temple.

They searched carefully in the bookshelf and finally found only a local history book called "The Beautiful Legend of Changsheng Village". It recorded the origin, development, current situation and various myths and legends of Changsheng Village. Of course, it also mentioned the matter of the land of witchcraft. So they borrowed this book from Huiguang as a basis for their search for the land of witchcraft.

After leaving Changsheng Temple with the book, the five of them arrived at Changsheng Village.

Because the legendary source of witchcraft was near the sacred lake, they asked the villagers about the sacred lake and eventually found a boatman and guide in the village to lead them along the River of Tears toward the sacred lake.