Chapter 389: Reputation (1/2)

Chapter 389: Review

Looking at the third elder in front of him, Xiao Ying's expression was uncertain, and his mind was full of question marks, running fast.

Why would he help me? What is his purpose in helping me? Isn't he a seven-star Dou Sheng? How did he become a nine-star Dou Sheng all of a sudden?

Seeing the obvious vigilance in Xiao Ying's eyes, the third elder did not speak first, and handed Xiao Ying a pill.

"Eat it, or you will die."

Xiao Ying was slightly stunned, looked down at her half-lost body, and then looked at the pill in the third elder's hand, and Xiao Ying also recognized this pill.

The eighth-grade pill, the bone-melting pill, has the effect of resurrecting the flesh and bones of the dead, and it is said that as long as there is a breath, it can save people's lives.

After hesitating for a while, she took the pill and fed it into her mouth.

To be honest, she didn't trust the man in front of her, but the current situation made her believe it.

Although the Third Elder was not as strong as Xiao Wuyun, he was not someone he could contend with. If he really wanted to harm him, he would not need the elixir.

After taking the elixir, Xiao Ying felt a warm current in his body, and then his broken body began to recover visibly.

Feeling the gradually recovering breath in his body, Xiao Ying took out a cloak and put it on, slowly stood up, staring at the Third Elder in front of him.

"Why save me? I don't remember any connection between you and me." Xiao Ying paused, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, "And the Lord Qingge you just mentioned, should be my mother? What is the relationship between you two?"

A series of questions jumped out of Xiao Ying's mouth, and the Third Elder was silent for a while, but did not answer, and said softly.

"Don't you have your own things to do?" The third elder slowly turned around and said to Xiao Ying with his back to him: "Some things are useless to tell you now, anyway, they are not important to you."

"If Lady Qingge is still alive, she probably doesn't want you to know."

Hearing the third elder mention Xiao Qingge again, Xiao Ying's face changed, his expression was slightly moved, and he stretched out his hand to him.

"Wait, what on earth are you doing?"

Before he finished speaking, the figure of the third elder had disappeared here, making Xiao Ying grit his teeth in anger, shake his cloak, and disappear here in a flash, and quickly headed towards the direction of the secret room.

Although he didn't know what the relationship between the third elder and his mother was, and he didn't know why he saved himself, Xiao Ying had to admit that he was right. He had more important things to do now, that is, he must not let Xiao Yu suspect Xiao Shengyi of what happened today, otherwise his risking his life today would be in vain.

As for his affairs, we'll talk about it later.

In the middle of the night, Xiao Yu arranged for the Xiao clan's holy guards to deal with the crime scene. He counted the injuries of the Xiao clan's holy guards and frowned.

He never expected that the murderer who killed these Xiao clan members in the past few days was actually a five-star Dou Sheng who was only one star lower than himself.

Who was that person? Was he a member of the Xiao clan? Or an outsider who sneaked in?

And Xiao Wuyun, whom he met at the end of the chase, actually went out in person for the murderer. Did he know the murderer? Could it be that Xiao Wuyun and the murderer were in the same group? Was the case in these days also ordered by him?

Questions kept circling in Xiao Yu's mind, but he could not get any answers.

Xiao Yu returned to the office of the Xiao clan's holy guards with worry. When he was about to enter, he suddenly raised his eyebrows and a thought flashed through his mind.

Could this matter be related to Captain Xiao Shengyi?

Whether it was the disappearance of the previous Xiao clan's holy guards or the tragic murder of the Xiao clan members in the past few days, they all happened after the resurrected Xiao Shengyi appeared.

Xiao Yu looked solemn, and turned to the secret room in the nearby yard. After entering the secret room, he saw Xiao Ying, who was pretending to be Xiao Shengyi, sitting cross-legged with his eyes closed, which dispelled Xiao Yu's suspicion.

Xiao Ying slowly opened his eyes after hearing the door open, looked at Xiao Yu and asked in a deep voice.

"Xiao Yu, what's the matter with you coming to see me so late?"

"Captain, a group of Xiao people have been killed in the past two days. Tonight, we almost caught the murderer, but Xiao Wuyun stopped us."

"Oh? Stopped?" Xiao Ying raised his eyebrows slightly and asked in a pretentious manner: "Didn't he hand the murderer over to you?"

"Yes, and I saw that Xiao Wuyun seemed to have come specifically for the murderer, and even threatened me with his momentum not to ask more questions."

Xiao Yu hesitated for a while, but still told the situation truthfully. Xiao Ying snorted coldly, with a tone full of disdain.

"Hmph, do I need to think about this? It must be Xiao Wuyun who secretly sent people to murder those Xiao people."

"But what good does it do for him to secretly kill Xiao people?"

Xiao Yu's expression was very tangled. You said that there was no problem with the missing Xiao clan saint guards being left with Xiao Wuyun, and it could be explained that he wanted to absorb blood, but the bodies of these murdered Xiao people were normal and nothing was missing. What purpose could Xiao Shengyi have done this for?

In response, Xiao Ying's answer was blunt.

"That man is ruthless and capricious. Although I don't know why he did this, it must be for his own dirty purpose." After saying that, Xiao Ying closed his eyes again, "Tell the Xiao clan saint guards not to have any misunderstandings and conflicts with the Xiao clan on this matter. This is a good opportunity to ease the relationship between the Xiao clan and the Xiao clan saint guards, and it must not be wasted."

"As long as the relationship between the Xiao clan members and the Xiao clan's holy guards is good, even if the resentment of the Xiao clan's holy guards is so great that Xiao Wuyun wants to kill them, he will think twice because of those Xiao clan members. At least he has to find a reasonable reason. Otherwise, if he directly attacks the Xiao clan's holy guards, he will definitely suffer."

After hearing this, Xiao Yu was silent for a moment, then lowered his head and responded.

"Yes, I understand."

Xiao Yu turned around and left the secret room. After Xiao Yu left for a long time, Xiao Yingcai breathed a sigh of relief.

"Luckily I'm back."

She can't lose Xiao Yu's trust now. Once Xiao Yu knows that Xiao Shengyi is a fake, she won't be able to secretly command the Xiao clan's holy guards like now.

Outside the secret room, Xiao Yu glanced at the secret room with a hint of coldness in his eyes.

Although he couldn't find any evidence, Xiao Yu's instinct told him that the person inside was not Xiao Shengyi at all.

When they first met, he and Xiao Lei both thought that there was no benefit in pretending to be the dead Xiao Shengyi, and they believed it because of the undisguised hatred Xiao Shengyi showed towards Xiao Wuyun.

But afterwards, Xiao Yu felt something was wrong the more he thought about it.

In short, he thought too much and forgot the most basic logical problem.

If only the body was destroyed, it would be fine. But if a person's soul was completely destroyed in public, is it really possible to revive? No matter how you explain it, it is too far-fetched.

Even if he was resurrected, the soul inside would definitely not be the original Xiao Shengyi.

But even though Xiao Yu was so clear in his mind, he still did not ask directly or expose him for more than a year, but strictly followed his orders.

Because for now, every word Xiao Shengyi said was in the interests of him and the Xiao clan's holy guards, so it was not a bad idea to obey his orders.

The fake Xiao Shengyi inside might know Xiao Wuyun better than himself, and know how to deal with Xiao Wuyun better, and even hate Xiao Wuyun more than himself. That is to say, the interests are in the same direction, at least for now.

Let's just assume that they are using each other for the time being.

Time flies. Half a year has passed since the night when the Xiao clan's holy guards surrounded and killed the murderer of the Xiao clan.

And in the past six months, as Xiao Ying expected, the gap between the Xiao clan's holy guards and the Xiao clan's people is disappearing at a visible speed, and the hostility between the two sides is gradually decreasing.

On the contrary, the Xiao clan's holy guards' resentment towards Xiao Wuyun is still unabated, and the rumors that are unfavorable to Xiao Wuyun are still circulating among the Xiao clan's holy guards. During the period when the Xiao clan's holy guards came into contact with the Xiao clan's people, they gradually heard the rumors that had been circulating among the Xiao clan's people before, which completely packaged Xiao Wuyun as a victim.

As a result, the Xiao clan's holy guards became more dissatisfied with Xiao Wuyun, and many Xiao clan members learned from the Xiao clan's holy guards that the rumors were completely opposite, and they did not trust Xiao Wuyun as much as before.

In addition to these, another incident between the Xiao clan's Holy Guard and the Xiao clan members was brought up, that is, the death of Xiao Shengyi.

According to many people in the Xiao clan's Holy Guard, Xiao Shengyi was a loyal captain who never crossed the line and always strictly abided by his duties. It was hard to imagine that such a person would arbitrarily call on clan resources for his own selfish desires.

Although it was not stated explicitly, the Xiao clan members still made up the truth of the original incident based on their evaluation of Xiao Shengyi, and almost everyone thought the same thing.

That is, in order to quell public anger, the clan leader Xiao Wuyun pushed all the blame on Xiao Shengyi and beheaded him in public to relieve the resentment.

Once this speculation came out, it continued to spread in the Xiao clan like waves. Almost everyone in the Xiao clan knew it, except for one person.

That was Xiao Wuyun.

The Xiao clan's Holy Guard, which he founded, was alienated from him, and the Xiao clan members now did not trust him as the clan leader, and Xiao Wuyun, who had no channels to obtain information, naturally had no way of knowing.

He never expected that his reputation in the clan would drop rapidly like a dam bursting.

In the secret room, Xiao Yu reported the current reputation of Xiao Wuyun in the clan to Xiao Ying, who pretended to be Xiao Shengyi, with an unconcealable joy in his eyes.

These rumors that were unfavorable to Xiao Wuyun certainly did not appear out of thin air, but he followed Xiao Shengyi's instructions and described Xiao Shengyi's personality and work style in a seemingly unintentional way. There was no need to deliberately arrange them. Just tell the truth and the Xiao clan members will figure out the truth.

Now everyone's impression of Xiao Wuyun is that he is a liar and a scum who willfully harms his fellow clan members and subordinates for his own status and power.

Although the Xiao clan members knew that this was just a guess, it was enough to change their attitude towards Xiao Wuyun.

Rumors are the easiest to confuse people, and it is normal for ordinary people to believe everything they hear.

Moreover, Xiao Yu knew very well that this was not an injustice to Xiao Wuyun, but something that Xiao Wuyun had done. Even if Xiao Wuyun stood up to deny it, he would not have the confidence to do so.

Facts always speak louder than words.

First, the Great Elder and the Second Elder, then the Xiao clan members, and then Xiao Shengyi and the Xiao clan's holy guards. Xiao Wuyun's behavior so far has almost offended the Xiao clan from bottom to top.

No matter how strong such a person is, how can others obey you in their hearts without saying anything?

If Xiao Wuyun really doesn't care what the people below think of him, it's fine. He is a peak of the late nine-star Dou Sheng, one of the few people standing at the top of this world. Why should he care about the opinions of the weak?

The premise is that he really doesn't care.

But unfortunately, Xiao Wuyun still has greed in his heart. He wants to go further. He is not willing to be just one of the few people at the top of the world, but to be the only one standing at the top of the world.

To this end, he must improve his image in the Xiao clan. He needs these Xiao clan members to continuously provide him with blood to help his ambition to become a Doudi.

However, it seems that Xiao Wuyun has completely gone to hell on this road.

"Xiao Wuyun is still in the dark. When he knows, everything will be too late."

Xiao Yu raised the corner of his mouth slightly and laughed, while Xiao Ying spoke softly.

"Notify Xiao Lei and Xiao Ling and let them come back." Xiao Ying frowned slightly, with a fierce look in his eyes, "Soon, everything will be over."

"Well, I'll notify them right away."

Xiao Yu nodded, and when he was about to turn around and leave, he suddenly stopped and glanced at Xiao Ying's puzzled eyes.

"By the way, if possible, don't give orders as the captain in the future."

? ! !

Hearing Xiao Yu's words, Xiao Ying's pupils suddenly shrank, and then he asked back with a calm expression.

"What do you mean?"

"Heh~ Still unwilling to confess?" Xiao Yu smiled lightly and waved his hand casually, "Then let's do it this way first. After everything is over, I hope you can let the captain rest in peace. He is already dead and he has been used by you until now. It's really pitiful."

As Xiao Yu left, the secret room slowly closed, and Xiao Ying's face was solemn and his expression was a little distorted.

There was no doubt that what he said just now was that he was sure that he was not Xiao Shengyi at all.

When did he find out?

This doubt popped up in Xiao Ying's mind, and he immediately threw it aside.

Forget it, since he knew that he was a fake but didn't expose himself, it proved that he thought the two of them were in the same direction, and it was not a bad idea to use each other, so there was no need to entangle too much.

Although it was just what he thought, it was enough for Xiao Ying.

Xiao Yu still believed that Xiao Ying, like them, just hated Xiao Wuyun, that's all.

In fact, Xiao Ying's purpose is definitely not just this.

Xiao Ying's eyes flickered with a hint of coldness.

Xiao Yu will sooner or later understand that people who think they are smart will die more miserably than stupid people.