Fragrant Killing 13-15 (Martial Arts Science Fiction Adult Novel)

Chapter 13 Death Begins in Fire

After an unknown amount of time, this intense and wild intercourse finally ended.

The two beauties were lying on the ground in a mess, like two puddles of mud, their breasts heaving, with tired yet satisfied looks on their faces.

Ren Dongjie pushed away their entanglement of jade arms and pink legs, stood up naked, walked to the table, poured a cup of cold tea and drank it all.

After drinking the cold tea, his mind began to clear up. He smiled bitterly and thought that he had done another ridiculous thing tonight. These two women are not easy to deal with. If you have a relationship with them, you will probably have trouble in the future.

Madam Yinlu suddenly asked, "Are you regretting it?"

Ren Dongjie turned his head and asked casually, "What?"

Madam Yinlu seemed to have guessed what he was thinking. She glanced at him with her beautiful eyes and said, "You took possession of my body, but you regret it."

Ren Dongjie whistled and said frivolously, "I have regretted many things in my life, but never sleeping with a beauty like my wife."

Madam Yinlu's fair face flushed, and she said softly, "That's good. I was worried that you were afraid of my husband."

Ren Dongjie suddenly realized and said in a lost voice: "By the way, your husband should have woken up a long time ago..."

Madam Yinlu chuckled, and put her hand on her lips and said, "Fool, if he wanted to wake up, he would have woken up a long time ago. I pressed his sleeping point... Otherwise, how could he dare to make love with you so presumptuously?"

Ren Dongjie finally felt relieved, but at the same time he also felt something was wrong. He didn't even realize when Madam Yinlu pressed the acupoints on Mr. Jinying. If she really wanted to plot against me, wouldn't she be able to succeed easily?

Could it be that she put aphrodisiac on the needle-shaped object on her chest not because she wanted to offend the nun Miaoyin, but because she was prepared to give herself to her from the beginning?

Madam Yinlu looked at him with a smile on her face, as if she was looking at an ant in her palm, and said softly, "Mr. Ren, we are now in the same boat, and we must stick together from now on.

Ren Dongjie's heart began to sink, and he suddenly realized that he had been fooled.

If Mrs. Yinlu directly proposed to use her body in exchange for his silence, he would feel disgusted and refuse.

But what about now? Although it was a coincidence, she still gave herself to him. It was not reasonable for him to have the heart to do anything bad to her.

"As long as Master Ren insists on his identity to the old nun, it's impossible to determine the identity of the person in the dark." Madam Yinlu said leisurely, "And I will also keep my husband calm and not let him know what happened tonight. This can be said to be a best of both worlds outcome."

Ren Dongjie said coldly: "Madam seems to have forgotten that Village Master Ouyang is still here."

Madam Yinlu chuckled and said, "I know you can convince her. You always have a way with girls like this."

Ouyang Qinghong opened her eyes wide and said dissatisfiedly: "Who is the little girl? I have already..."

"Okay, little sister Qinghong." Madam Yinlu put her arm around her waist and whispered in her ear, "I believe you don't want to see Master Ren being hunted down by my extremely jealous husband all day long, and in the end, no one can help, right?"

Ouyang Qinghong was suddenly shocked, knowing that she had seen through her intention of asking Ren Dongjie for something. In order not to cause him trouble, the smartest option is to remain silent.

Madam Yinlu rolled her eyes, stroked her bare back with her fingers, and whispered with warm breath: "Also, the three of us had so much fun tonight, don't you want to try it again?"

Ouyang Qinghong's face flushed red. Although she was a female bandit leader who killed people without blinking an eye, when it came to such boudoir affairs, she was as addicted to it as an ordinary girl. Thinking of the extreme happiness just now, her heart began to pound and she couldn't say anything to refuse.

Since the three sober people present had no objection, it was even less likely that Mr. Golden Eagle, who was in a coma, would object, so the matter was settled.

Mrs. Yinlu stood up gracefully. As her underwear had been torn, she had to wrap her mature and plump naked body directly in the cloak. After putting on her clothes and tidying up her hair, she regained her usual elegant and noble appearance.

"Master Ouyang, please come back with me to the residence of 'Cui Bai Xuan'." She said calmly, "When my husband wakes up, you can help me to cover up the lie. Otherwise, he will definitely suspect whether Master Ren and I have ever been alone together."

Ouyang Qinghong nodded, grabbed Ren Dongjie's coat and put it on, put away the sword and dagger, and walked away with Mrs. Yinlu and Mr. Jinying.

When they left, their relationship seemed to have become close, and there was no sign at all that they had been fighting to the death not long ago.

Ren Dongjie was both angry and amused. He shook his head and felt extremely tired. He turned over and lay on the bed and soon fell asleep.

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It was late at night, the sky was covered with dark clouds, and the stars were dim.

The howling cold wind was getting stronger and stronger, and there seemed to be a faint smell of blood in the air, as if foreshadowing some ominous sign. There was a desolate atmosphere between heaven and earth!

A figure stood quietly on the path in front of the manor, as if it had been standing there since time immemorial, standing motionless in the cold wind, its entire body blending into the darkness!

Under the dim starlight, one could only vaguely see that this person was wearing a wide cloak and a bronze mask on his head! The ugly face with bared fangs and claws looked even more terrifying in the night. A pair of eyes like a night owl are emitting a sinister light behind the mask!

The mask was worn very tightly, covering the neck completely. No matter from which angle you look, you cannot see the true face behind the mask. It is even impossible to tell whether this person is a man or a woman from the figure protected by the cloak.

"Very good, very good! All the people who are supposed to come are finally here!" He let out a hoarse and ugly laugh, like the sound of metal rubbing against each other, and his voice seemed to be filled with irreconcilable hatred. "Just wait and see, open your eyes wide and watch... A bloody scene is about to take place here!"

The wind blew, and the man's figure suddenly moved. His light shadow seemed to be blown away by the wind, and like a mysterious ghost, it quickly disappeared into the darkness.

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Ren Dongjie was halfway through his sleep when he suddenly woke up.

He rubbed his eyes and instinctively felt that something was wrong, otherwise he would not have woken up so suddenly. Looking up, I saw red light reflected from two windows.

"It's dawn so soon?" Ren Dongjie climbed out of bed puzzled, walked over and pushed open the window. His expression changed immediately.

This was not the light brought by the sunrise in the east, because the sky was still dark, but a ball of red light rose in the distance beyond the reach of sight, and it was getting redder and brighter.

An ominous thought arose in his mind, and he leaped up and disappeared like a wisp of smoke in his pajamas.

When he rushed out of the Qingsong Pavilion, Temulan rushed out from another room and followed him, shouting, "What happened?"

Ren Dongjie said briefly: "Go and see for yourself."

The two of them flew at full speed using their Qing Kung Fu skills and met several people along the way. Everyone followed the guidance of the light and saw the scene of the accident as soon as they walked out of the manor.

Fire, blazing fire was burning, almost dyeing half of the sky red!

Everyone's heart sank suddenly. The fire was not burning on the island, but on the sea!

The sea will not burn. The only thing that can burn is the ship they are on!

Everyone gasped and rushed to the shore as fast as they could, and then their bodies immediately stiffened!

It turned out that the fire was on the ship!

The fire had obviously been burning for quite some time. The entire ship had been burned to ashes, leaving only the bare supports lingering on.

The night wind was howling, and the flames soared with the wind, raging like a red devil. The crackling sound of burning wood was heard continuously.

Temulan stamped her feet anxiously and shouted, "Quick, come and put out the fire!"

Ren Dongjie sighed, "It's too late."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a loud "crackling" sound, and the keel of the ship burned off and broke into two pieces in an instant. It slowly sank to the bottom of the sea in the rolling waves, stirring up a large whirlpool.

Everyone watched helplessly until the ship sank completely and even the whirlpool disappeared, only then did they recover from their shock.

"What's going on?" Zhao Heihu shouted angrily, "Why did a fire break out out of nowhere? Where were the sailors? Why didn't they rescue them in time?"

Xuan Lingzi rubbed his old eyes and said, "Maybe the sailors are all asleep."

Cui Huhua sneered, "Such a big fire woke us up. Why would the sailors sleeping on the boat react so slowly? There is no sign of anyone so far."

Jiang Songlin said slowly: "Then there is only one possibility, all the sailors are dead."

Everyone couldn't help but shudder.

Temulan asked in confusion: "Even if the fire started suddenly, there should be some people who could escape from the ship, right? How come there is no survivor?"

Jiang Songlin did not answer. He suddenly waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet. His nose kept twitching, like an alert hunting dog!

"There's a smell of blood!" His face changed, he suddenly turned left and ran quickly along the coast. Everyone followed behind.

After running for only ten feet, everyone stopped and their breathing paused for an instant!

There were corpses everywhere, piled up in all directions all over the beach!

All the sailors on the ship became dead!

With so many corpses appearing in sight, it felt like being in a horrible slaughterhouse, with the smell of death everywhere.

What’s even more terrifying is that there are sixteen shocking big characters on the beach: “It begins with fire, it ends with fire; the gates of hell open, the wronged souls seek revenge”!

Then a devil's face with green face and fangs was drawn below. The ferocious expression was lifelike, and the open mouth was dyed bright red with blood, as red as the blazing flame that had just burned!

The scene was so weird and bloody that several women couldn't help but bend over and vomit.

Hu Xian'er muttered "Revenge of the Wronged Ghost" several times, and suddenly fear appeared in her eyes. She stepped back step by step and said in horror: "This... This must be a ghost... It must be the ghost of Master Xiao coming for revenge..."

Xuan Lingzi scolded: "Don't scare yourself. There are no ghosts in the world. These sailors were killed!"

Zhao Heihu said angrily, "Killing people is fine, but why do you have to burn the ship? How are we going to get back to land now?"

Ren Dongjie laughed and said, "Brother Zhao, can't you see? The killer's goal is to prevent us from leaving this island."

At this time, he could actually still laugh, and his expression was as calm as usual.

Zhao Heihu couldn't help but shout, "So, are we going to be trapped to death on this small island?"

Lin Yiqiu said calmly: "Brother Zhao, don't worry. There is enough clean water and food on this island to sustain life for several months..."

Zhao Heihu said impatiently: "What's the use of that? Even if it can last longer, I don't want to be trapped in this damn place for the rest of my life!"

Xie Zongting said in a deep voice: "Don't worry too much about this. Before I left, I told my subordinates that if they couldn't return within eight days, they would search the sea area for hundreds of miles. I believe it's only a matter of time before they find this place."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this. Temulan said bitterly, "I don't know who is so abominable. After killing people, they want to destroy the ship. They are really vicious."

Hu Xian'er's face turned pale, and she said absentmindedly: "I said, this was done by the ghost of Master Xiao... I can feel that his ghost is here... Yes, on this small island..."

Zhao Heihu couldn't bear it any longer and shouted angrily: "Are you annoying? Shut up!" and slapped him with his backhand.

Suddenly, a figure flashed before his eyes, and Lin Yiqiu suddenly stood in front of him and took the palm, saying lightly: "Mr. Zhao, you should be more respectful to women."

Zhao Heihu said angrily: "I just want her to be more sane, this is none of your business!"

"You can't use such rough methods." Lin Yiqiu said seriously, "Women are meant to be loved gently, not beaten and kicked."

Zhao Heihu stared at him with his eyes wide open, a fierce look gradually appeared on his dark face as he asked, "Are you going to move aside or not?"

Lin Yiqiu still said calmly: "As long as Mr. Zhao doesn't hit anyone, I won't dare to act recklessly."

The arms of the two men were still stuck in the air. During the process of speaking these words, neither side had withdrawn their internal strength, resulting in a stalemate.

Zhao Heihu gritted his teeth, and suddenly, his dark and strong arms made a "clicking" sound of bones rubbing against each other.

Lin Yiqiu's body seemed to have suddenly become an inch shorter, and then another inch shorter... Zhao Heihu's powerful arm strength pressed down on him, nailing him into the sand little by little.

But he still stood as steady as a rock, with a relaxed smile on his face. Although the opponent's strength was terrifying, he had skillfully transferred it from his arms to his legs and feet, and then into the earth.

Everyone watching was moved. They could not believe that this gentle and handsome young man had mastered the advanced internal skill of "transplanting flowers and grafting trees".

No matter how strong his opponent's arms were, he was invincible - because no one could compete with the earth itself.

Zhao Heihu obviously also noticed this, but the stubborn temper of this rough man came out, veins on his forehead were exposed, his neck became more and more swollen, and he refused to give up even if he died.

As the battle was at a stalemate, Taoist Xuan Lingzi floated out from the crowd and said with a sullen face, "At this time, why are you two still fighting for meaningless loyalty? Hurry up and give up together!"

As soon as he said the word "hand", he gathered his internal strength and flicked his sleeves. Zhao Heihu and Lin Yiqiu felt their arms getting hot at the same time and they separated involuntarily.

They each leaped back, with a flash of surprise in their eyes. They felt that they had learned the powerful force of the authentic Wudang internal martial arts and the ability to control the real with the virtual.

Peng Tai clapped his hands and laughed, "After all, the old ones are the wisest. I admire you."

Xuan Lingzi's robe fluttered as he said solemnly, "I'm sorry, both of you. Our first priority right now is to get this matter cleared up. Please put aside all other grudges for the time being."

Lin Yiqiu flicked his sleeves and said calmly, "I respect the teachings of my seniors. A bloody incident happened on the first night I arrived. What do you think?"

Temulan had been holding back her words for a long time, and now she couldn't help but shout out, "There's no doubt that this must have been done by the owner of this place!"

Liu Rufeng lowered her pretty face and said timidly, "No way? Isn't the owner of the island out? He clearly left a message saying that he would be back in seven days..."

Xie Zongting sighed, "Miss Liu, you are so kind. People's hearts are hidden in their stomachs, so how can we trust their words?"

Temulan said, "That's right. I think this guy is most likely still on the island. He invited us here, but he hid in the dark and killed people and destroyed the ship while we were asleep, trapping everyone here and unable to leave!"

Zhao Heihu slapped his thigh and said, "That's absolutely true! If they really wanted to treat us, why would they hide their true intentions? There must be a conspiracy here!"

Xie Zongting said to himself: "What on earth does this island owner want to do by trapping us?"

Zhao Heihu jumped up and said, "We'll know if we find him. This island is only four or five miles in radius. We should search every inch of the land and see which rat hole he can hide in! Now the two major detectives are here. We should all follow their instructions on how to search."

No one objected, and everyone turned their eyes to Jiang Songlin - although Tiemulan was also a constable, her prestige and experience were much inferior to the former.

Jiang Songlin had been carefully examining the scene, looking through five or six bodies, frowning as if he was thinking about something.

He thought about it for a while before saying, "I'm going to stay here and continue the autopsy, but you guys can go search... Well, let's do it."

After that, he began to assign people, dividing the entire island into several areas and letting everyone be responsible for the search. Only Ren Dongjie did not receive any assignment.

Jiang Songlin reminded him again: "I have a meteor firework here. If you see me light it up and put it in the sky, please rush back here as fast as possible to gather together."

Everyone agreed, lit torches and set off. Before leaving, Temulan glared at Ren Dongjie, wondering why he was the only one who didn't have to work.

Ren Dongjie, however, acted as if it was a matter of course. After everyone had gone out of sight, he found a clean big rock on the ground and sat down.

Jiang Songlin looked at him and smiled, "I know you will be lazy, so I won't try to make trouble."

Ren Dongjie smiled and said, "You understand my temper. You know that I will never put my heart into something that is destined to be a waste of effort."

Jiang Songlin's eyes sparkled as he asked, "Why is it a waste of effort? Brother Ren, why don't you tell me?"

"Brother Jiang, are you trying to test me?" Ren Dongjie stretched and said, "The facts are obvious. I think they will definitely not find anyone on this island."

Jiang Songlin said in a deep voice: "It seems that we have the same idea. If the murderer is really this mysterious island owner who has never appeared——"

He paused here, Ren Dongjie made a strange gesture, the two looked at each other, and suddenly burst into laughter again.

After the laughter stopped, Jiang Songlin looked him up and down, sighed and said, "Brother Ren, it is indeed a great loss for the Six Gates that you don't work in the government office."

Ren Dongjie said calmly: "Brother Jiang, you don't need to flatter me anymore. I think you must know a lot of inside information about this case."

Jiang Songlin was startled, then smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Ren, are you blaming me for not telling you all the inside information? Well, from now on, you can ask me any questions you want, and I will tell you everything I know."

Ren Dongjie pondered for a moment and said, "Let's start with this case. Do you think it is really related to the old case at Xiaoyao Villa three years ago?"

"This is absolutely certain." Jiang Songlin said firmly, "I can even be sure that the island owner who arranged this place must be related to Master Xiao."

Ren Dongjie asked: "What is your basis, Brother Jiang?"

Jiang Songlin did not answer. He walked to his side, sat down and said, "There was something you must have noticed on the ship, but because I didn't mention it, you never asked."

Ren Dongjie smiled and said, "If Brother Jiang finds it inconvenient, you don't have to tell me now."

Jiang Songlin said, "Yang Qi failed in his attempt to assassinate Madam Hu and left Liu Daquan's badge in her cabin. Brother Ren, don't you find it strange? Why would he take a dead person's badge?"

Ren Dongjie's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Is there something special about the badge, so Yang Qi stole it and carried it with him?"

Jiang Songlin nodded, took out the oval iron plate from his arms, and said in a deep voice: "After you gave it to Temulan, she gave it to me. After checking it repeatedly, I finally found that this waist plate is actually hollow, and there is an important file hidden inside."

Ren Dongjie was shocked and asked, "Is it the copy of the file on the Xiaoyao Villa case recorded by Marquis Lü Wen that was stolen from the government office?"

Jiang Songlin looked at him with strange eyes and said, "Yes, but how could you guess it right away? And you also know it's a copy?"

Ren Dongjie let out a long breath and said, "This is not difficult to guess. Liu Zhou and the other two are detectives, so it is much easier for them to steal the files than for others. But after they handed them over, they might have been worried about their own safety, so they secretly recorded a copy."

Jiang Songlin was silent for a moment, then said, "That's right. This copy contains the results of the investigation that year, and contains a lot of unknown inside information."

Ren Dongjie asked: "Could it be that there is really something else behind the death of Master Xiao?"

Jiang Songlin said word by word: "That's right. Xiao Tianxiong's family of more than 20 people were all murdered!"

Even though Ren Dongjie had guessed it almost exactly, he was still shocked when he heard it.

Jiang Songlin said, "Early before the fire at the villa, Xiao Tianxiong and his wife, the old housekeeper Zhang Biao, and three of their disciples had all been killed. And their deaths were extremely tragic. One was beheaded, one was pierced through the heart by arrows, one was cut into pieces, one was poisoned, one was strangled to death, and one was disemboweled."

Ren Dongjie couldn't help but feel a chill in his throat, and said in a lost voice: "What a cruel method! To eliminate six top-notch masters, he actually used six different methods! Looking at the martial arts world today, who can do this?"

Jiang Songlin said slowly: "I don't think anyone can do this by themselves! This means that the murder three years ago must have been a conspiracy of multiple murderers!"

Ren Dongjie nodded heavily, and a thrilling scene seemed to appear before his eyes - flying flames, gushing blood, and corpses scattered all over the ground, just like what he saw on the beach at this moment.

Jiang Songlin added: "In addition, the file also contains a very important inside story. That is, not all the people in Xiaoyao Villa died, and there was a survivor who escaped."

Ren Dongjie was shocked and asked, "Really? Who escaped?"

Jiang Songlin shook his head and said, "I don't know. Although the fire burned everything to ashes, when the bodies were counted, Lü Wenhou, who was in charge of the case at the time, found through investigation that there was one less body than the actual number."

Ren Dongjie said in a deep voice: "In that case, this survivor is likely to know more, and may have even witnessed the murderer who killed and burned the village."

Jiang Songlin said: "I believe this too. Unfortunately, we can't find out the identity of this person, and we can't even determine his gender."

Ren Dongjie turned his eyes away, staring at the sixteen characters on the beach, muttering, "Revenge of wronged souls... Hey, ghosts can't seek revenge, but living people can. Could it be that this case is the revenge of the survivors back then?"

Jiang Songlin did not answer, but continued, "If Xiao Tianxiong really had the secrets of evil martial arts and passed them on to this survivor, he hid under a false name for three years after the incident. Such a long period of time is enough for him to master those martial arts."

Ren Dongjie pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Among those evil martial arts, there is a palm technique called 'Bone Crushing Palm'. Brother Jiang, do you know it?"

Jiang Songlin said: "I have only heard of the 'Withered Heart Palm', but this is the first time I have heard of the 'Bone Shattering Palm'."

At this point, he said with emotion: "You mean..."

Ren Dongjie said in a low voice: "Bone-breaking Palm, as the name suggests, I think Yang Qi died from this palm technique!"

Jiang Songlin was shocked and said, "If that's true, where did Peng Tai learn this martial art? Could it be that he is..."

Ren Dongjie said: "I'd like to ask Brother Jiang if there is any possibility for Peng Tai?"

Jiang Songlin murmured, "I have collected information about Peng Tai. He is a nouveau riche who suddenly appeared in the city two years ago. His past origins are unknown..."

Ren Dongjie interrupted him and said, "Then we cannot rule out the possibility that Peng Tai is the survivor."

Jiang Songlin's eyes lit up as he said, "That's right. He deliberately concealed his true martial arts skills. If he wasn't forced into a life-or-death situation, he would never use this unique skill."

He suddenly jumped up, took out a meteor from his arms, lit it, and threw it casually. A blue flame flew straight into the sky, looking particularly eye-catching in the dark night.

Ren Dongjie also stood up and said, "Brother Jiang believes that Peng Tai is the murderer. Are you going to call everyone back and announce it publicly?"

Jiang Songlin said solemnly, "No, although I think Peng Tai is a major suspect, I don't have enough evidence at the moment. It's better to call everyone back and explain everything clearly."

Ren Dongjie nodded, and then stood there with him waiting. In less than a moment, figures in twos and threes appeared in the night, flying from far to near as fast as meteors.

Everyone returned to the beach one after another, and after a quarter of an hour, almost everyone was there.

But Peng Tai, Master Jinghui and Nun Miaoyin never came back!

Everyone waited in silence. The beach was completely silent, with only the sound of waves crashing against the shore echoing.

After waiting patiently for another quarter of an hour, Jiang Songlin finally changed color and said, "Oh no, something must have happened!"

He stamped his feet, used his lightness skills to rush towards the direction he came from. Everyone looked at each other and followed.

The area that the three men were responsible for searching was on a slope near the other side of the island, where there was a dark forest.

Just as the group of people reached the bottom of the slope, they suddenly saw a woman staggering out from the woods. Her loose black clothes could not hide her graceful figure, and she had the beautiful voice of a young girl.

Her face was filled with fear and panic, and when she saw everyone, she cried out in a trembling voice, "Oh no! My master is missing."

Tie Mulan rushed to greet her and asked, "What's going on? Where did Master Jinghui go?"

Miaoyin's body was shaky, her pretty face was pale, and she gasped, "My master and I were searching in the woods, and suddenly... my master seemed to have discovered something unusual, and motioned me to keep quiet, and she quietly flew deeper into the forest. She was so fast that I accidentally lost her..."

Her voice was already filled with tears, and she choked with sobs as she said, "I was very anxious, but I didn't dare to call her. I fumbled around inside by myself, but I couldn't find her... Until I saw the signal just now, I hurried to the entrance to wait, but Master never came out..."

Everyone looked at each other with some surprise expressions.

Ren Dongjie calmed down and asked, "Have you seen Peng Tai?"

Miaoyin was confused and said in a panic, "No. Didn't Benefactor Peng come out either?"

Ren Dongjie and Jiang Songlin looked at each other and saw the horror in each other's eyes.

Could it be that Peng Tai knew that he had been exposed, so he was desperate and attacked Master Jinghui?

Miaoyin's face turned even paler, and she said with tears in her eyes: "Buddha, I... I'm so worried..."

Mr. Golden Eagle sneered, "What are you worried about? The teacher is very capable, and she is the only one who can teach others. She will never suffer any loss."

He was obviously still upset about his defeat at the hands of Master Jinghui, and his tone was full of sarcasm and ridicule.

Ren Dongjie glared at him, then turned to Miaoyin and said, "Don't worry, let's go in together and look for it. We will definitely find it."

Jiang Songlin said in a deep voice: "Everyone remember, we must all stay together and cannot separate no matter what!"

Dozens of bright torches were burning in the hands of the crowd, illuminating wherever they passed as bright as day.

Ren Dongjie and Jiang Songlin walked in the front, leading everyone to patrol in the woods, searching area by area.

This forest covers an area of ​​about a mile. There are many thorns along the road, and there are rugged rocks everywhere, which makes it look a bit weird.

Perhaps the fire startled the flying birds, and the sound of their flapping wings was endless. From time to time, the sharp cry like that of a night owl could be heard in the distance, which made the listeners' hair stand on end.

After searching for an unknown amount of time, Ren Dongjie's body suddenly shook and he let out a low cry.

Everyone followed his gaze and held their breath.

Between two pine trees about four or five feet away, a corpse lay quietly in the dust, with a large pool of blood beneath it!

Miaoyin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly burst into a cry of grief: "Master!" and ran over!

Ren Dongjie followed closely behind. Just as he got close, Miaoyin suddenly let out a scream of extreme fear, took several steps back, and fell into his arms.

The corpse in front of me was headless! The broken cavity looked like a dark hole, extremely hideous and horrible.

Ren Dongjie held Miaoyin's slender waist and comforted her softly, "Don't be afraid... This is just a corpse."

Miaoyin leaned against him softly, her lips trembling as she said, "This... this is not my master!"

Jiang Songlin had already stepped forward to examine it, and said as he flipped through the pages, "This is a man... Yeah, the deceased is Peng Tai!"

There was obvious surprise in his voice. Ren Dongjie could hardly believe his ears and said in a lost voice: "Are you sure?"

Jiang Songlin affirmed:

"No doubt about it. The clothes and figure are exactly the same."

Ren Dongjie was stunned—Peng Tai! The deceased turned out to be Peng Tai!

Just now he was discussing with Jiang Songlin, and he thought that this master who could break a person's entire body bones with one palm was the most suspicious. Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, he was killed.

All the women turned pale, with expressions of fear on their pretty faces. Although the men were relatively calm, their faces looked extremely ugly. Only Ren Dongjie, Jiang Songlin and Lin Yiqiu remained as calm as ever.

Temulan whispered, "What does this 'yi' mean? Could there be a second or third death?"

Jiang Songlin said expressionlessly: "It is very likely. The most important thing now is to find Master Jinghui."

Mr. Golden Eagle gloated: "Even if we find him, he might have become the second victim."

Miaoyin's delicate body trembled violently, and crystal tears burst out of her eyes. She cried out in tears: "Master, Master...where are you? Please answer me quickly...where are you?"

At this moment, Liu Rufeng, who was standing farthest from the corpse, suddenly exclaimed, "Come and see, what is this?"

When everyone rushed over to take a look, they saw a half-broken handle of a whisk thrown on the ground. It was the weapon that Master Jinghui always carried with her.

Madam Yinlu sighed softly and said, "This is really a dangerous situation."

Miaoyin's face was pale, she opened her bright eyes wide in horror, blurred by tears, she couldn't even cry anymore.

Jiang Songlin picked up the whisk and suddenly noticed that a large patch of weeds next to him was flattened, as if someone had rolled over there. He hurriedly walked forward along the weeds.

Before he had taken a few steps and pushed aside the lush branches in front of him, he was surprised to find that the road had come to an end and there was a steep cliff under his feet.

You can't tell from the outside that the hillside is actually broken, with a large depression in the middle, like a canyon, about ten feet deep.

By this time, everyone had followed over and saw that the rocks on the edge of the cliff had been knocked all over the place. It was obvious that someone had rolled all the way here and lost control of his body and fell down.

Everyone shouted inwardly, raised their torches and shone them towards the bottom of the cliff.

All I saw below was a dark swamp. In the light of the fire, I could vaguely see a corpse in black lying motionless on it, half of it sunk into the swamp.

Although it was far away, I could still see the face clearly. It was indeed the body of Master Jinghui!

"Master!" Miaoyin let out a heart-wrenching cry, her eyes turned black and she fainted.

Ren Dongjie hurriedly hugged her delicate body, held one of her slender hands in each hand, and slowly injected his true energy into her.

Everyone stood there in a daze. The scene was silent for a moment. Everyone felt a chill in their hearts and strongly felt the breath of death.

Jiang Songlin said in a deep voice: "The person has been found. Please go back and rest first. We will discuss everything after daybreak."

This famous detective spoke with dignity at this moment. Although all those present were prominent martial artists, they all followed his advice.

Everyone left with different mentalities, only Jiang Songlin and Tie Mulan stayed. They returned to the place where Peng Tai was killed and continued to examine the scene and the body.

Ren Dongjie was concentrating on inputting his true energy, and within a moment, Miaoyin opened her eyes with a moan. She stood up without saying a word, staring blankly at the bottom of the cliff, tears flowing silently again.

Ren Dongjie sighed, "The dead are gone, so please accept my condolences, little nun."

Miaoyin raised her sleeve to wipe away her tears and suddenly said, "I want to go down there and bring up Master's body!"

Ren Dongjie was startled and said:

"This is too dangerous. Don't forget that there is a swamp below."

Miaoyin said resolutely: "But I can't let Master's body be exposed in the wilderness."

Ren Dongjie reminded him, "With your Qinggong, you can probably get down, but it's impossible to bring the master's body back up. If you're not careful, you'll lose your life."

Miaoyin's eyes dimmed and she sobbed, "I... I'm really useless."

She raised her beautiful face and said softly, "Master Ren, can you...can you help me with this?"

Ren Dongjie smiled bitterly and said, "Although my Qinggong is better than yours, the possibility of falling is still quite high."

Miaoyin looked at him dimly, biting her thin red lips hard, and suddenly lowered her head and said, "If you are willing to help me, I will always be grateful for your great kindness, and will repay you with all I have in the future."

Ren Dongjie hesitated and said, "This..."

Miaoyin suddenly knelt down, sobbing, "I beg you... Master's body may soon sink... As long as you are willing to help, I will repay you with my own life."

She blurted out these words, her pretty face flushed with shame for a moment, but then turned pale again, and she reached out to unbutton her wide collar.

Ren Dongjie was shocked and said hurriedly: "Wait..."

Miaoyin stopped and looked at him with a determined and somewhat tragic look. If he said "no", there was no doubt that she would continue to take off her clothes.

Ren Dongjie sighed and said calmly: "Why bother? I promise you."

He shouted loudly and called Jiang Songlin and Tie Mulan over. The four men pulled vines from a nearby tree and soon formed a long rope.

Temulan gave him a few words of caution, and Ren Dongjie wrapped the rope around his waist and slid down the rock wall. Jiang Songlin pulled one end of the rope with all his strength, and Temulan held up a torch to provide lighting.

Although the stone wall was steep, it was not difficult to go down. Ren Dongjie stuck to it and slid down slowly like a gecko, reaching the bottom in a blink of an eye.

Only then did he discover that there was a broken tree trunk at the bottom of the cliff. It must be that Master Jinghui was stopped for a moment when she fell off the cliff, and the fierce force of the fall was almost eliminated, so she did not sink into the swamp immediately.

After seeing the position clearly, Ren Dongjie pointed his toes and swung like a swing, with the swing getting bigger and bigger. Finally, he swung to the position where the corpse was and reached out to grab it firmly.

Jiang Songlin could see it clearly from above, so he pulled the rope backwards with all his strength, and finally managed to pull out the corpse which had already sunk half way.

At this moment, Ren Dongjie suddenly felt the corpse move slightly, and his heart almost jumped out of his chest with fright.

"Could it be that this old nun is not dead yet?" This thought flashed through his mind. He looked down and saw that although Master Jinghui's eyes were closed and she had stopped breathing, there was still a trace of blood on her face, as if she was really different from a dead person.

Jiang Songlin above started pulling the rope. Ren Dongjie didn't have time to think about it. He held the old nun tightly with one arm, and used the power of the rope to perform light skills. After a lot of effort, he finally returned to the cliff safely.

Miaoyin was so grateful that she didn't know what to say. She hugged her master tightly and started crying sadly again.

Ren Dongjie waved his hand to stop her and said calmly:

"Don't cry yet, the master is not dead yet!"

The other three were all stunned and asked in unison: "What?"

Ren Dongjie said in a deep voice: "The nun's body is still warm. When I carried her up, I could still feel a few weak heartbeats. It is very likely that she can still be saved!"

Miaoyin was surprised and delighted, and said in a trembling voice:

"Really? You're not lying to me, are you?"

Ren Dongjie nodded, took out the silver needles and inserted them into several important acupoints of Master Jinghui, and said quickly: "But she is undoubtedly seriously injured, and she is only one breath away. We must quickly treat her with the superior internal energy."

Jiang Songlin said, "When it comes to the purity and depth of inner strength, Taoist Xuan Lingzi is the first choice among us. He will definitely be able to save Master Jinghui."

Temulan jumped up and said, "What are you waiting for? Let's carry him back and rescue him."

Several people lifted up Master Jinghui and quickly returned to the manor in the night.

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In an elegant upper room of "Lameixuan", it was so quiet that no noise could be heard, only the long and continuous sound of breathing in and out, echoing again and again.

Taoist Master Xuan Lingzi is using the pure internal energy he has cultivated for sixty years and has reached the highest level to heal the unconscious Master Jinghui.

Outside the door, Miaoyin stood quietly, with her hands clasped together, silently praying for the Buddha's blessing, her beautiful and pure face full of piety.

As for the others, they were all gathered in the "Langhuan Cottage" in the main hall, listening to Jiang Songlin's talk.

"The cause of Peng Tai's death has been found out. He was hit by two 'Bone Crushing Palms'!" Jiang Songlin said with a sullen face, "Master Jinghui also suffered the same injury. Fortunately, she only received one palm strike and used her internal energy to resist it in time, so she didn't die on the spot!"

Jiang Songlin said: "Yes, it seems that the murderer's plan tonight is to burn the boat to attract our attention, knowing that we will definitely search separately. This way, the chance of being left alone is high, and he will have the perfect opportunity to commit the crime."

He paused here and continued, "I think the murderer's original target was only Peng Tai, so he left the word 'one' after killing him. Unexpectedly, he was seen by Master Jinghui, so he had to launch a sneak attack in a hurry and knocked Master Jinghui into the swamp under the cliff."

Ren Dongjie added: "Since this was an unexpected incident and not in the murderer's prior plan, the treatment of the nun was very hasty. Of course, they believed that she would have no hope of survival after being hit by the palm and falling into the swamp."

Everyone nodded, and Zhao Heihu cursed: "This bastard island master is a piece of shit. I don't know where he is hiding on this island. I'm going to find him and tear him into pieces!" Then he stood up and was about to rush out.

Jiang Songlin stopped him and said calmly, "Brother Zhao, why bother to go out and look for him? The murderer is not an outsider at all."

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone except Ren Dongjie and Tie Mulan was stunned, at least on the surface everyone seemed to be stunned.

Ren Dongjie smiled and said calmly: "There is nothing to be surprised about. The matter is obvious. The mysterious island owner who invited us all here but never showed up."

He looked around at everyone with his sharp eagle-like eyes, and said word by word with emphasis: "In fact, it is one of us."