Chapter 138 Investigation
"Also, we need to strengthen Tushan's defenses to prevent similar attacks from happening again. At the same time, we must also pay close attention to the dynamics of the human world to see if there are any unusual movements."
Tushan Yaya clenched her fists, a hint of fighting spirit flashed in her eyes: "Yes! No matter who it is, if he dares to hurt our Tushan people, I, Tushan Yaya, will never let him go!"
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"How's it going? Did you find anything?"
The next morning, the two Tushan sisters and Cui Yuling brought Ximen Tianyu to the place where the fox demon's body was found.
This is a dense forest. The sun shines through the dense treetops and sprinkles on the wet ground. There is an indescribable sense of oppression in the air. Ximen Tianyu looked around and tried to use the ability of the mind mirror to capture any remaining information fluctuations.
"The aura here is very strange. There is only demonic power but no human magic power. It seems that, as I said before, the magic weapons recovered here were not used for this attack."
Ximen Tianyu frowned, searching around, trying to find any clues that might have been missed. He slowly closed his eyes and mobilized the power of his heart mirror again. This time, he was more attentive to the subtle changes in the surrounding environment.
As his mind focused, the space around him seemed to distort slightly, and a faint light emanated from him, covering the entire scene.
After a while, Ximen Tianyu's eyes gradually emerged with pictures, which were the real scenes that happened here yesterday. In the pictures, a group of fox demons were running through the woods, their faces were filled with the joy of returning home. However, this joy was soon replaced by sudden fear, as a group of masked men suddenly rushed out from all sides, holding sharp weapons and moving swiftly, obviously well-trained fighters.
These masked men did not use any magic, but relied entirely on their physical strength and weapons to brutally massacre the fox demons. Although the fox demons fought back, they were soon in a desperate situation due to their absolute disadvantage in numbers and strength.
In the scene, blood stained the ground red, wailing sounds were heard one after another, but no one came to rescue. Ximen Tianyu's heart became heavier as he went deeper into the scene. He seemed to be able to personally experience the despair and helplessness of those fox demons before they died.
Ximen Tianyu suddenly opened his eyes, interrupting the further playback of the heart mirror. His face was as pale as paper, and his forehead was covered with fine beads of sweat. This was the first time he felt such a strong impact of negative emotions at such a close distance, which almost made him unable to bear it.
"What's wrong, Tianyu?"
Seeing this, Cui Yuling asked with concern.
Ximen Tianyu took a deep breath, trying to calm his inner fluctuations, and slowly said: "I saw that those masked men were not human Taoists. There was no fluctuation of mana in their bodies. They relied entirely on physical skills and weapons."
When the other three heard this, their expressions changed. Killing the Tushan fox demon without using magic power was something that a human with a fragile body could never do.
"Could it be..." A trace of doubt flashed across Tushan Rongrong's eyes, and she whispered, "Could it be a dispute within the demon clan?"
"The only one who can do this is a monster, and a monster that is good at strength. Please think about it, my three sisters, has Tushan offended any monsters recently?"
Ximen Tianyu added following Tushan Rongrong’s words.
After these words were spoken, the three people from Tushan all looked thoughtful, but in the end, it was Tushan Yaya who spoke first: "We in Tushan have always upheld peaceful coexistence and have never proactively provoked any demon clan forces. But in recent years, as Tushan's reputation has grown, some demon clan forces are indeed dissatisfied with us, but most of them are just secretly jealous and have not taken any substantial action."
"Could it be that they are from the Tiger and Leopard Spirit Clan?"
Tushan Yaya's words were a little uncertain, but her eyes gradually became firm. The tiger and leopard spirits were a powerful and aggressive race in the demon world, and they liked to eat raw meat. Therefore, they had always been dissatisfied with Tushan's human-demon peace plan and tried to challenge Tushan's authority many times, but they were beaten back by Tushan Honghong before.
But now, Tushan Honghong has become Tushan Susu, and Tushan Yaya has not been able to break through the realm of the Demon King, which undoubtedly gives those who are interested an opportunity to take advantage of.
"It is indeed possible that the Tiger and Leopard Demon Clan is involved, but they have always acted in a flamboyant manner. This time they were so secretive and even deliberately left behind human magic weapons as a misleading clue. This does not seem to be consistent with their style."
Tu Shan Rongrong frowned and analyzed, her thinking is always so meticulous, and she can see the subtleties behind things.
"Indeed, although the tiger and leopard monsters are brave, they lack wisdom. This incident is obviously driven by a more brilliant planner behind the scenes."
Ximen Tianyu also fell into deep thought after hearing this. He understood that this incident was much more complicated than it seemed on the surface. He closed his eyes and tried to use his mind mirror to look back again, hoping to capture more clues.
However, this time the response from the heart mirror was exactly the same as before. It could only see that the murderer was a group of people in black, but could not see their appearance at all.
"The other party was very cunning and never showed up from beginning to end."
Ximen Tianyu said in a deep voice, a hint of unwillingness and helplessness flashing in his eyes.
"Anyway, I'm going to go and kill those bastards from the Tiger and Leopard Tribe first!"
Tushan Yaya clenched her fists upon hearing this. Unable to vent the hatred in her heart, she directed her spearhead directly at the Tiger and Leopard Tribe.
"Sister, calm down!" Tushan Rongrong quickly stopped the impulsive Tushan Yaya, "We can't just guess that it was the tiger and leopard monsters, this will only alert the snakes and may even let the real mastermind go unpunished."
"No, the best way to deal with it now is to knock on their door, and the louder the better!"
At this critical moment, Ximen Tianyu made a proposal that was completely opposite to Tushan Rongrong's.
The other three people all looked at Ximen Tianyu, as if waiting for his next words.
"Three sisters, in the current human and demon worlds, does anyone know that Tushan Honghong has turned into Susu?"
When Ximen Tianyu asked this question, his eyes kept moving across the faces of the three people, as if the answer was very important to the subsequent plans.
When Tushan Yaya heard this question, she was obviously shocked, as if she had not expected Ximen Tianyu to know this secret.
Tushan Rongrong at the side shook her head and said, "Except for a very small number of people in Tushan, the outside world doesn't know that Sister Honghong has become Susu. We have always announced to the public that Sister Honghong was injured in the duel with Dongfang Yuechu, and she has been in seclusion to heal her injuries during this period of time to deter those villains."
(End of this chapter)