Everyone's eyes instantly focused on Xia Hua.
Xia Hua was stunned on the spot, and it took her a while to react, "Insect mark? My Si Xia's insect mark?"
"They look very similar," Uncle Hong looked at Li Muyuan, "Muyuan, in that case, show the photo to the head of the Xiahua family."
"Are there any photos?" Luo Jiutian asked.
"I took some photos specially, but...when those marks appeared, the burning work was about to begin, so the light was relatively dim...that's all..."
Li Muyuan said, took out his mobile phone and showed some of the photos.
As soon as Xiaolan came up to take a look, Qin Yin blindfolded her and dragged her aside.
"No, children don't want to see this."
"I want to see……"
"Xiaoyin, let Xiaolan come and take a look," the Taoist priest said. "Among us, only Xiaolan has seen the insect mark."
"But this is too scary."
"Sister Xiaoyin, it's okay with me," Xiaolan patted the back of Qin Yin's hand that was covering her eyes, "Anyway, I have nightmares every night, and it won't get worse after watching this."
Qin Yin let go of Xiaolan anxiously.
Thanks to Li Muyuan's poor shooting techniques, the terrifying atmosphere of the corpse scene was almost reduced by the blurry quality of the image. Black and red marks did appear on the objects that could be vaguely identified as human skin.
"What is this?" Qin Yin tilted his head and struggled to identify it.
"Like a big centipede." Hong Zhi said.
"Like...like?"
"It's a centipede," Xia Hua said in a low voice, "You read that right, this is indeed an insect mark."
Everyone was speechless.
"Master Xia Hua..."
Xia Hua rested her chin on the knuckle of her left index finger and frowned in thought.
Jasmine leaned close to everyone and listened quietly for a long time before asking softly in Xiaolan's ear, "What's in the photo?"
"There were some bodies. Li Muyuan took off their clothes, and several of them had black and red marks on their skin." Xiaolan explained.
Jasmine nodded, "Thank you, Xiaolan."
Xiaolan squeezed Jasmine's hand to show that she didn't have to be so polite.
"Master Xia Hua, does he know... what's going on?" Li Muyuan asked.
"The strange thing is that I have never seen these people," Xia Hua said with her eyebrows twisted. "These people are all men. To be honest, there are not so many men in my four summers combined."
Auntie Long, who had been standing behind everyone, also spoke, "I can also confirm that they are not from Sixia."
"I know many people in Sixia, but I have never seen these faces before," Lao Luo said across the crowd, pointing to the photos on his phone with the spiritual flag in his hand, "and there is something wrong with this insect print."
"What's the problem?" Luo Jiutian asked subconsciously. Seeing Si Xia and Shuang Lu cast puzzled looks at him, he added awkwardly, "Don't you think there's something wrong with these insect marks?"
"Indeed," Xia Hua was a little surprised, "the insect marks on their bodies are very similar to my Si Xia insect marks in both shape and color, but there are some slight differences. The insect marks on my Si Xia are more three-dimensional and vivid, and the insect marks on these people are very similar." The insect marks... look like they were painted on, but I was worried that the difference might be reflected due to the camera effect, so I didn't say it... It's rare that you can notice this difference in nine days."
Facing Xia Hua's eyes, Luo Jiutian swallowed and explained stumblingly, "I... Xiaolan told me, hadn't she seen Lu Qianqian's insect mark? She described it to us... …”
Xiaolan twitched her eyebrows in embarrassment.
Good guy, you have such an excuse, I haven't even observed it so carefully myself.
"Uh... Uncle Luo must have described it to you before he was alive, so you remember it... Hahaha, how could I know it in such detail..." Xiaolan said with a fake smile.
"Oh, yes, yes, it's my dad!" Luo Jiutian nodded quickly, "My dad knows what your insect marks look like."
Lao Luo rolled his eyes at his son and snorted.
"Indeed, Lao Luo and I, Si Xia, are close. If he is still here, he will definitely prove our innocence," Xia Hua sighed, "Now my words are really unfounded..."
"There is no need for my father to be here, Sister Hua, we believe you," Luo Jiutian patted his chest and said, "The insect marks on these people must be fake insect marks..."
"I didn't say it was false." Lao Luo said.
"...Maybe they are not fake," Luo Jiutian immediately changed his mind, "But they are definitely not from Sixia, at least not from your subordinates."
"Jasmine, we really don't know." Xia Hua said to Jasmine sincerely.
"I know, Sister Hua, I don't doubt you," Jasmine said, "This matter is very strange, we can investigate it together."
"Of course," Xia Hua said hurriedly, "Now that things have happened, it seems that I, Si Xia, can't be alone no matter what. We must find out about this matter."
Everyone nodded.
"Master Xiahua, your insect marks have always been on your body, right?" Xiaolan asked, "I remember Lu Qianqian told me that her insect marks would only show up when she was using energy. .”
"It also depends on the person and the situation," Xia Hua said. "Qianqian's insect mark is like this, mainly because the master insect is special, and everyone's situation is different."
"Even if our insect marks are usually visible, they are only a shallow layer." Auntie Long added.
After hearing this, Lao Luo frowned but said nothing.
"Then when did their insect marks appear?" Xiaolan asked, pointing to the photo.
"No one found any abnormalities during the autopsy," Li Muyuan said. "I said before, it was before the body was burned."
"In other words...their insect marks only appeared after death?" Jasmine asked.
"According to our observation, that's the case," Li Muyuan nodded. "As for whether the insect mark existed when they transported their power, we don't know."
"Will the insect mark look like this?" Xiaolan asked Xiang Xiahua.
Xia Hua pondered for a long time and said silently, "If...no, it's impossible...yes, this kind of situation usually doesn't happen."
From her words, Xiaolan heard another meaning.
Generally it won't happen, but there are special cases, but I don't want to talk about it.
"Are these people the only ones with insect marks on their bodies?" the Taoist priest asked.
"No, there are a few more people. Together, there must be about thirty or forty people."
"Thirty or forty people..." Xia Hua shook her head with trembling eyes, "Unbelievable...unbelievable..."
"Don't sigh, the right way is to investigate quickly," Qin Yin said, "Come on, where should we start the investigation?"
Everyone looked at each other.
Unexpectedly, Wen Ling raised his hand and spoke timidly.
"Burn the corpse."
