Chapter 707: Accident
Looking at the introduction of Shi Xiong in the copybook, one can already deduce what kind of person Ye Jiao is. Would a serious monk teach such a disciple who commits all kinds of crimes?
In the same way, what kind of people are Shi Xiong's brothers and sisters?
In Shi Xiong's statement, there is no detailed content about his brother and sister, only two names, Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong.
In Shi Xiong's words, his talent is the lowest among the three senior brothers and sisters, and he has only learned superficially from his master Ye Jiao, and it is his senior brother Zhang Rutie and his junior sister Lin Qinghong who inherit the master's mantle.
But where are Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong? Shi Xiong didn't know, and he didn't even see these two people for many years before he was captured by Xuan Qingwei.
With no trace and no specific information, it would take a lot of manpower for Xuan Qingwei to find out. Besides, whether it is Zhang Rutie or Lin Qinghong, these two people are not registered on Xuan Qingwei's board, and there is no reason to track them down. , so the relevant information about Master Shi Xiong in the copy has disappeared from here.
However, this news is very rare for Shen Hao, because Ye Jiao's method of integrating spells into words is currently the only clue that fits the Qianwang case, and this clue has not been completely cut off yet.
Shi Xiong died a long time ago, and so did Ye Jiao, but Shi Xiong said that Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong's talents were much higher than his and could inherit Ye Jiao's mantle. Is it understandable that Ye Jiao's "integration of skills into characters" has successors? To extend it a little further, can the murderer's method in the Qianwang case also rely on the method of "integrating skills into words"?
Anyway, Shen Hao's current thinking is to focus on the four words "melting skills into words". Because the logic just makes sense: a certain soul-like spell that can lurk on the surface of the soul and finally explode together is divided into several paragraphs and integrated into the text, and silently kills people through the text.
After confirming that there were no omissions, Shen Hao closed the copybook. Then lost in thought.
Although a possibility of King Qian's death was found, two new series of problems were encountered if the deduction continued later.
The first one is where are Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong who inherited Ye Jiao's mantle? Did he also have disciples and disciples? Is it the murderer who killed King Qian? What role does his identity play in the "big test" of the royal family?
The second is what is the soul technique embedded in the text. With the method of "integrating skills into words", it is also necessary to have suitable techniques to integrate them to be effective. As far as the message in Shen Hao's hand is only two words, one is "curse" and the other is "soul".
Regarding the first question, Shen Hao still had some guesses. It mainly comes from the previous essay and Shi Xiong's confession.
In Shi Xiong's confession, he said that he met his master Ye Jiao in the Ruoshui River Basin in his early years and became a disciple of his teacher, and the same is true of his senior brothers and sisters. In addition, Ye Jiao recorded in the essays was also active in the Ruoshui River Basin , can this be seen as Ye Jiao taking the Ruoshui River Basin as his residence area?
In addition, judging from Shi Xiong's behavior, the people under Ye Jiao's family are probably not good people. But the question is why there is no related talisman teacher in Xuanqingwei's side besides this Shixiong to connect with Ye Jiao? The only explanation is that Shi Xiong's seniors and juniors did not appear in Xuan Qingwei's field of vision.
Xuan Qingwei may not know the small things in the scope of the entire Jing old dynasty, but the big things will not go unnoticed. Unless it is not within Xuan Qingwei's field of vision at all.
Just like Shi Xiong, if he hadn't been involved in the Jingjiu Dynasty, Xuan Qingwei would not have noticed him and set up an ambush to take him down.
Shen Hao had no choice but to look for it on the territory map of the Jingjiu Dynasty that he carried with him, and naturally set his sights on a place that was close to the Ruoshui River Basin and also in line with his guess: the City of Dead Death.
It's not without reason. Firstly, why did Ye Jiao use the weak water basin as a place to stay? Could it be for those underground palaces in the city? Shen Hao thought it was possible. The reason why Shi Xiong didn't go to the City of Dead Death may be that Shi Xiong's cultivation base is not high, and it is difficult to get along in the City of Dead Death. And what about Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong, who are much more talented than Shi Xiong and have inherited Ye Jiao's mantle? Will it also hide in the city of death?
As long as he was in the City of Death, Xuan Qingwei's tentacles and sightlines were basically nothing. There will be no copywriting information of these two people at all.
Although this deduction is not rigorous and there are still many mistakes and omissions in it, it is one of the investigation directions that Shen Hao can think of at present.
The second point is that it is even more difficult to find out about spells. It is definitely not an easy method to be able to hide from Xuan Qingwei's commanding officer silently. In addition, it is a rare soul-type spell, so the rarity and rarity can be imagined. Anyone who has this spell will definitely They are all kept as the bottom of the box and passed on to the apprentices, so how can they be easily known by outsiders?
Therefore, Shen Hao didn't have much hope for soul magic. But I have to check, after all, although the hope is slim, what if the blind cat encounters a dead mouse?
"Help me look up the documents about soul-like spells, what's the scope? Those with both "soul and curse" in their name, okay?"
The deacon in the file room nodded and said yes, and then took away the file about the talisman master that had been reported earlier, leaving Shen Hao waiting alone in the inspection room. After waiting for a stick of incense, five copybooks came, all of which were soul-like spells, and their names had both "soul" and "mantra".
Shen Hao just came out of the document library at about the end of the day, and he stayed there for a long time.
The harvest was there, and it was beyond his expectation.
In addition to the news on Ye Jiao and Shi Xiong's line about "integrating spells into words", Shen Hao made an interesting discovery in terms of soul spells, which Shen Hao was not optimistic about.
A technique called "Soul Extinguishing Curse" made Shen Hao experience the feeling of a blind cat meeting a dead mouse.
Shen Hao can also be regarded as a monk who has some basic knowledge of soul-like spells. Apart from soul-suppressing spells, he is also good at soul power, which is extremely difficult in soul-like spells. Therefore, it is not difficult to read "The Curse of Extinguishing Souls".
Strictly speaking, "The Curse of Extinguishing Souls" is just a fragment, and the content in it is more a generalization of the program rather than a specific method of practice.
But even the generalization of the program matches the kind of technique that Shen Hao is looking for.
The Soul Extinguishing Curse is a system of spells, and one of them is called "Nine Techniques Scattering Soul Curse", which is basically the same as the signs of King Qian's murder.
It is also a soul-like spell, and it can also be split and cast. After the split, it has a strong hidden effect and can be attached to the soul, which is extremely difficult to detect. The most important point is that the final effect of this Nine Arts Scattering Soul Curse is to dismember the living soul and completely dissipate the living soul. Wouldn't his death look exactly the same as that of King Qian?
In the end, the source of this soul technique and the reason why it is a fragment is because this thing came from the lair of an evil monk. Before killing him, that guy destroyed many jade slips and documents. This fragment It was also rescued later.