On the first day of February, it was past midnight in the morning and there was still no sunlight in Luoying Valley. The pear trees to the east of Xifeng Pavilion maintained the scene of the last night's fallen flowers, without a single new bud.
The flowers that bloom during the day and fall at night are different from the infinite vitality of the past. At this moment, they are showing a faint scene of decadence, as if they will quietly disappear in the next moment.
Hua Ruxue closed the window and sat in front of the desk. Her mood at this time was as gloomy as the pear tree. The sound transmission rune on the pear hairpin had disappeared, but she had not yet found the location of the mother rune.
The reincarnation stone told her that twenty-seven sound transmission runes correspond to twenty-seven mother symbols. To support the simultaneous use of so many mother symbols, at least three eighth-grade spirit gathering arrays are needed as support.
She went to Su Yin's courtyard yesterday and found nothing unusual. She checked the courtyards of all the disciples who had interacted with Su Yin one by one and found nothing unusual.
Even after walking through all the places Su Yin had been in the past few days, she still had no clue.
Hua Ruxue drew a topographic map of Luoying Valley. Just in case, she went to Xuanfeng Pavilion and Qingyu Pavilion yesterday. Obviously, Mother Fu was not in these two places.
After delimiting all the places we have visited, only the easternmost Hongzhuang Pavilion and more than thirty disciple courtyards are left, as well as dozens of uninhabited courtyards.
"Where is Hongzhuang Pavilion?" Hua Ruxue circled Hongzhuang Pavilion. She had never heard of this name before, so maybe she could go here to have a look first.
Just when Hua Ruxue put down her pen and was about to go out, she heard a burst of noise outside, and a strong uneasiness spread in her heart.
With a "bang", the door of the house was pushed to the ground, and the person who came shouted: "Have you seen Su Yue?"
Hua Ruxue looked at Su He blankly, then calmly picked up the pen again and sprinkled the ink on the drawing. The ink droplets spread and instantly covered the writing on the drawing.
She shook her head slightly, indeed she had not seen Su Yue yesterday.
Immediately afterwards, a group of people walked into Xifeng Pavilion, led by Su Yi and Su Xia.
Su Yi's green clothes were as old as ever. As soon as he entered the room, all his eyes fell on Hua Ruxue. He took two steps forward, glanced at the paper on the table with gentle eyes, bent his eyes, and said softly: "Wrong drawing ”
Hua Ruxue lowered her head and quickly balled up the paper. Although all the courtyard paths in the simple topographic map she drew were replaced by lines, she still felt that Su Yi could see it at a glance, otherwise he would not have said such a sentence suddenly.
After not seeing each other for a few days, this person was still able to read her thoughts at a glance and find a way out for her as always.
Su Xia followed closely and entered the room. Because of Su Yi's words, she didn't pay attention to Hua Ruxue's little movements, and waved to the disciples behind her to search quickly.
Two disciples with the dog demon searched Xifeng Pavilion twice. The dog demon shook his head and said: "The atmosphere here is very weak. It has not been here in twelve hours."
Upon seeing this, Su Xia quickly left with several disciples. The group came in a hurry and left very quickly.
"What happened?" Hua Ruxue walked around the desk and walked to Su Yi Suhe.
After contacting Su He and first asking if he had seen Su Yue, Su Xia led the dog demon to search extensively. Are they looking for Su Yue? Su Yue is missing?
Su He suddenly lowered his eyes and said slowly with a heavy tone: "Su Yue is dead."
Hua Ruxue was startled and turned to look at Su Yi unconsciously, hoping to get exact information from him.
Maybe Su Yue was only temporarily missing, and Su He said such words out of concern for Zeluan.
But Su Yi nodded slightly to confirm that the news of death was true, and told her the cause of the matter: "The disciples who were cleaning the ancestral hall this morning found that Su Yue's life tablet was broken. Senior Sister Su Xia was ordered to investigate the matter thoroughly."
"The reason I found you is because the only ones who have gone to Qingyu Pavilion to look for him in the past few days are you and Su Zhi. Su Zhi met Su Yue yesterday, and he is still locked up in Qingyu Pavilion at the moment." Su He explained briefly. Two sentences, the mood is visibly depressed.
"My condolences." Su Yi reached out and patted Su He on the shoulder. Su He showed a bitter smile and turned around and left the Xifeng Pavilion.
Among the few people, Su He had the best relationship with Su Yue. When he suddenly heard the news of Su Yue's death, he never believed it but couldn't believe it. Now he began to slowly accept the fact. He wants to find Su Yue's identity card, determine the cause of death, and avenge Su Yue!
"The last place Su Yue went has not yet been found. There is no wooden sign, so it is impossible to confirm who the murderer is." Su Yi continued, then lowered his head and asked Hua Ruxue: "What did you find? Are you going to Hongzhuang Pavilion?"
Hua Ruxue turned her face away, guiltily avoiding his gentle but penetrating eyes, thinking: Su Yi really saw it just now. He had clearly blurred the writing with ink, but he could still see her at a glance. intention of.
How many thoughts does he have? Thinking like this, Hua Ruxue couldn't help but raise her head and carefully look at the person in front of her.
He has an outstanding temperament, as if he has a jade light, and his eyes are smiling. He clearly looks like a handsome young man who is as gentle as jade and does not know the fireworks of the world. He is standing quietly aside and people can't help but get close to him. However, he has a long hair. He opened his mouth and gained a few extra thoughts.
When I'm not talking, I can still take a few more pleasant glances. When I open my mouth, I will inadvertently say something frightening or something useful to myself.
Although Hua Ruxue believed that Su Yi sincerely cared about the monster and had never done anything detrimental to her, she still couldn't see through the person in front of her.
The care and love he showed from time to time looked like flowers blooming in the mirror, making it difficult to distinguish reality from reality. All the disciples praised them for having a young master with outstanding talents, a clean and honest spirit, and a man from heaven. They wanted to support him from the bottom of their hearts.
In their hearts, Su Yi is like the bright moon above the night, and all the beautiful words in the world are not enough to describe it.
As time went by, Hua Ruxue gradually adapted to the jade-like light radiating from his body, his gentle gaze, soft voice, and concerned tone.
Despite these things, he talks little but makes people unable to ignore him every time he speaks. People close to him marvel at his wisdom, and people with scheming intentions have nowhere to hide.
Therefore, the gentleness and beauty in the eyes of others are just a perfect disguise in her eyes, and the delicate thoughts in the eyes of others are extremely deep in her eyes.
While she was always on guard against him, she couldn't help but admire him, get close to him, and learn from him.
He can think about all problems calmly, analyze the current situation, sort out clues, and quickly decide what to do next. This seems to have always been the case.
Whether it was facing Su Huaixin in Wuyou Town, or inadvertently testing her when investigating the cause of Su Huaiqian's death, or facing the extremely shameless Chang Yingyun family on the cliff, or facing those highly respected elders, all of them were... Able to deal with it calmly.
Su Yi is very strong, both in cultivation and in mind. But despite this, when others mentioned him, he was firstly gifted and secondly gentle, approachable and kind-hearted. No one has ever noticed the wisdom hidden beneath his gentle appearance, let alone guarded against him.
It will probably take a long time for her to be like Su Yi, to easily gain the trust of others and see through doubts at a glance.
"I haven't been there, just curious." Hua Ruxue retracted her thoughts and still shook her head. She couldn't tell Su Yi about the sound transmission rune. She had just learned about Su Yue's death and didn't have much useful information.
When I saw Su Yue in Qingyu Pavilion the day before yesterday, although his cultivation was still not improving, his mood was stable and he did not look like someone who would seek death. Su Yi must have listened to Su Zhi's words and became very sure of the existence of the "murderer".
"Where's Su Yin?" she asked.
Su Yue and Su Yin have a close relationship. Su Yin's identity is now a mystery. Maybe this matter has something to do with her.
"Su Yin?" Su Yi seemed to have just remembered this person, so he asked Su Xia about Su Yin's whereabouts, and explained: "Sister Su Xia came to Luoying Valley first. Only Su Zhi was not seen in Qingyu Pavilion. Pass Su Yin."
To Hua Ruxue, this probably meant that it was not his responsibility to investigate the cause of Su Yue's death. Because Su Zhi was arrested, he came to be the guarantor. He also heard that Su Xia was coming to Xifeng Pavilion, so he came together. There was no doubt in her mind.
After three breaths, Su Xia received a reply: Whereabouts unknown.
Overnight, Su Yin disappeared, the cause of Su Yue's death was unknown, and Su Zhi proved innocent and was imprisoned in Qingyu Pavilion. This is not good news. It always feels like a storm is coming.
The two looked at each other and saw a heaviness in each other's eyes.
Before the two of them could make the next move, a heavy bell suddenly rang all around. This was the sound urging the disciples to quickly gather at the school grounds.
"What happened again?" In the past four years in Luoying Valley, this was the first time Hua Ruxue heard a gathering order.
"There are three sounds in total, which are the gathering orders for the disciples of Luoying Valley."
As soon as she finished speaking, Hua Ruxue followed Su Yi towards the Luoying Valley campus. Just after leaving the Xifeng Pavilion, the sound of the Samsara Stone's steady voice sounded in the sea of souls: "The sound transmission rune has not disappeared."
"What?" Hua Ruxue felt cold all over, paused for a step, then quickly adjusted her emotions and followed Su Yi closely.
The Samsara Stone repeated again: "None of the sound transmission runes along the way have disappeared."
"Why? Why did the sound transmission rune on the pear hairpin disappear, but the one here didn't disappear?"
The secret passage of the Samsara Stone was not good. He recalled the phantom technique in Jiugu Mountain, and an idea flashed across his mind: The pear blossom hairpin was not placed by Su Yin, but was left behind intentionally by that person.
He no longer had any scruples, and immediately used his consciousness to search for traces of the man. The man sat in a dark place with his head propped up, showing an innocent and regretful smile, and said silently: You lost.
Lost? In the end what happened? Or what is going to happen? Samsara Stone, who had always been calm and composed, suddenly became flustered. He didn't care to get entangled with that person, and instead started looking for traces of Su Yin.
As time passed, most of the little strength he recovered was used up in an instant. He quickly told the little fox: "Su Yin is in Hongzhuang Pavilion, and there is still a mother talisman."
After Hua Ruxue got the exact information about the Samsara Stone, she calmed down and thought about countermeasures. If she could not arouse suspicion, she would take Su Yi to Hongzhuang Pavilion to find someone.
While thinking, the two of them arrived at the school grounds one after another. Elder Su Jing glanced at all the disciples with a serious expression and motioned for everyone to be quiet.
After a while, Elder Su Huairou walked up to Elder Su Jing nervously and whispered a few words.
A disciple had the courage to ask: "May I ask the elder what happened? Why did you call us together? The barrier in my courtyard was broken..."
As soon as he said this, other disciples immediately echoed: "I am not alone!"
"Is it true for you too?"
"Why did you come into my yard? What happened? I didn't hide my drawing book!"
"Junior brother, don't worry. It's not a big crime to hide a painting book secretly. I pity the wine I just brought up the mountain. I don't know which elder is going to get it."
When the disciples spoke to each other, Elder Su Jing frowned and said sternly: "Silence!"
The audience suddenly became quiet. The two elders looked at each other and knew that the matter could not be resolved. They informed them of the results of the previous search: "Someone secretly used the sound transmission rune in Luoying Valley. The disciple whose name was read left with me. The rest of the disciples are on standby."
As Su Ye and others left, the other disciples gathered together in groups and discussed: "The sound transmission rune can only be drawn by seventh-grade rune masters. It has always been used only on suspects. Why did it appear in Luoying Valley?"
"Did those disciples just have sound transmission runes placed in the courtyard? Good guy, there were more than twenty of them!"
"Well, I heard that there were twenty of them not only in the courtyard, but all the way from Xifeng Pavilion to the entrance of Luoying Valley! God knows who released them when, I just hope the elder didn't hear me scolding him!"
As soon as these words came out, the disciples jumped like ants on a hot pot.
"Damn it! Don't let me catch who it is!"
"I'm the only one who wants to know if those runes are still there now? Why do I have an extra mouth? Brother, I didn't mean to say bad things about you to others, so don't worry."
"Junior sister, I have to confess something to you..."
Hua Ruxue listened to the noisy sounds on the school grounds and had only one thought in her heart: chaos, everything was chaos.