In the following days, under the leadership of everyone, Ye Hong and the others checked the places where the monsters had been, looking for clues around them, hoping to find some clues.
But it was not satisfactory. After searching inside and outside, I could not find any clues about the monster. Perhaps too much time has passed and the traces have disappeared, or the monster has not left any traces in the first place.
Without traces, there is no way to trace the place where the monster is hiding. If the monster cannot be found and eliminated, the task will be impossible. In order to find the monster as soon as possible, the four of them had to search for clues in the town separately.
It was said that the four of them were searching separately, but Liu Yiyi refused to listen to Ye Hong and had no intention of helping to find the monster. Ye Hong didn't expect anything from Liu Yiyi. As long as Liu Yiyi didn't cause any trouble, he would be satisfied.
"When are you going to find it when you are searching aimlessly like this?" Liu Yiyi leaned on a wall pillar nearby, leisurely and contented.
Ye Hong rolled his eyes at Liu Yiyi, "Then there's nothing we can do now! The monster hasn't appeared again in the past few days. We don't even have a chance to see the monster. How can we find it if we don't search like this?
If you can help us look for it, we might be able to find it faster and save a lot of time. "
Liu Yiyi twirled a few strands of hair with her fingertips and said with a smile: "You can help me if you want! You tell me your identity first and use your secrets in exchange."
"Do you really like prying into other people's privacy?"
"I'm not interested in other people's privacy. I just want me to help you without paying any price. There is no such thing as a free gift in the world."
"Then what reward do you want?"
"I won't force you. I can just use you as a reward for the treasures I like, such as your refreshing ice beads."
Liu Yiyi smiled, waiting for Ye Hong's answer. After realizing that her charm technique could not work on Ye Hong, Liu Yiyi had been looking for the reason until one time when she got close to Ye Hong, she discovered that there was a strange protective field around him.
Only then did he approach and test Ye Hong again and again, using his mental power to explore, and finally found out that it was coming from an ice bead that Ye Hong placed on his chest.
He thought that as long as he removed the ice beads on Ye Hong's chest, his magic would be effective on Ye Hong. But Ye Hong was always wary of himself, and it was not that easy to steal the ice beads, so he thought of letting Ye Hong take them away by himself.
Ye Hong suddenly frowned, "I just asked you to help me find the monster, but we may not be able to find it. You want my ice soul bead, so your appetite is a bit big! Whether you want to help or not, the three of us can also find it." !”
Liu Yiyi raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Oh? Are you sure it's the three of you."
Ye Hong frowned slightly, took out his long sword and pointed it at Liu Yiyi, "Don't go too far! You don't have to help, but don't make small moves."
Ye Hong didn't want to do anything on the flying mount, for fear of affecting the flying mount's flight and preventing it from reaching Qingshan Town. Now that he was on the ground, Ye Hong really wanted to take Liu Yiyi away.
"You point your sword at others at every turn, you really hurt their hearts!" Liu Yiyi covered her chest and pretended to be sad.
"Sometimes I really want to kill you with a sword! You said you wouldn't do the mission even if you came with me. What do you want?"
Withdrawing his sword, Ye Hong felt helpless towards Liu Yiyi. This Liu Yiyi did not do anything extraordinary to herself, nor did she seek money or death. She also did not want to beat up or kill others arbitrarily and unreasonably. This was also unreasonable.
Usually he is just verbally provocative, saying things that make people think wildly, and he can't control himself when he talks to others.
"Of course, brother Tu, you are young, strong and full of energy! What woman wouldn't like it!"
"...Then you go pester Bai Yuntao and the others, they can both satisfy you! Don't always hang around in front of me."
"The two of them are not as good as brother Ye Hong, but since brother Ye Hong dislikes him so much, I won't be in front of you. I'm leaving!" After saying that, Liu Yiyi really left and didn't pester Ye Hong again.
Liu Yiyi left, leaving Ye Hong alone to look for clues in the courtyard. He then searched the courtyard carefully and found no useful clues. At this time, Ye Hong couldn't help but think of Jin Xuan.
"It would be great if Jin Xuan was here. Using the tracking technique, we might be able to find the monster in no time."
Ye Hong sighed, "I have been doing a level three contribution task for so many days, and now I have no clue as to when I can accumulate enough contribution points."
After investigating the places where the monsters had appeared, and then going to the town to inquire about some situations, and summarizing the information obtained, Ye Hong also had a certain understanding of this incident.
It is not normal for such monsters to appear in Qingshan Town. It should be impossible for such monsters in the mountains to appear in Qingshan Town. Ordinary monsters cannot cross that deep ravine.
Ye Hong also went to see the deep ravine outside Qingshan Town. It was extremely wide and bottomless. It was impossible for monsters without the ability to fly to cross it. Moreover, there were strong winds and turbulent currents in the deep ravine. It was impossible to cross it. An easy thing.
The chance that the monster beast came from the Five Elements Mountains is very small. According to the information provided by Yao Qing and others, the monster beast is most likely still in Qingshan Town, just dormant.
The time when the monster appears is also uncertain. It doesn't appear every night. Sometimes it appears for two or three days in a row, and sometimes it doesn't move for several days. In the past few days when Ye Hong and others came to Qingshan Town, the monster beast had not come out to commit crimes, so there was no trace of it.
There is no fixed haunting time, no fixed crime location, everything is so random, which leaves Ye Hong and his party at a loss as to where to start investigating.
Unable to trace the hiding place of the monster, Ye Hong had to start with the few people killed by the monster to see if there was any connection between these people. Why did the monster attack these people? It was purely random. Prey is still targeted with purpose.
After all, a monster that can hide and escape from the pursuit of Yao Qing in the Golden Core stage should already have intelligence.
Because there were not many useful clues, Ye Hong found out after sorting out that those attacked by monsters were all wealthy families.
Most of those killed by the monsters were young men, and several servants of the mansion who died were also killed because they happened to be attacked by the monsters.
"This monster attacks people with a purpose. Even if the monster is hidden in the town, it seems that no ordinary people in the town have been attacked by the monster."
Bai Yuntao also agreed with Ye Hong and said, "This is really strange. Logically speaking, since the monster wants to attack people, it is impossible for the civilians in the town to be spared."
"Then why does this monster attack these people? Is there anything special about them?" Tieshan was puzzled.
"Excluding the murdered servants of the mansion, these people are all the younger generations of each family. I heard from the people in the town that some of them are playboys who usually do bad things."
"Then together with this monster, are you still doing justice for heaven?"
"Monster beasts can still distinguish between good and bad? Are they so intelligent?"
"I don't know. Judging from the current information, it is indeed possible. But there are also many innocent people among them. They are not evil people."
Bai Yuntao pondered for a moment and said, "Do you think there is a possibility that this monster was raised by someone else and was ordered to kill people?"
"...This possibility is not impossible. Tomorrow we will ask the family heads to see if the children of their clan have provoked anyone."
"If the monster really hurts people and someone instigates it, then this task will be much more difficult. If you can control a monster with such strength, the person who controls it must have a high level of cultivation."
"It's just speculation at the moment, and it's not certain whether it's true or not."
The three of them were discussing when suddenly someone was making noise on the street, and someone was shouting that there was a monster. After hearing the noise, Ye Hong and others hurriedly went out to check the situation.
"What's going on? The monster appears!"
Yao Qing also hurried over at this time, "Sir, the monster has appeared again. That direction should be the Zhang family."
"Quick! Let's get there quickly!"
With that said, Ye Hong and the others quickly headed towards the Zhang family.
When everyone arrived at Zhang's house, they saw a black shadow moving quickly in the dark night, and disappeared in Zhang's courtyard in a few flashes. Even Bai Yuntao couldn't see the appearance of the monster.
"Tieshan, you stay in the courtyard of the Zhang Family, Brother Bai and we will chase you!" Ye Hong made a decision immediately, and without any delay, he used his sword to chase the black figure flashing in the dark night.
The black shadow flickered in the dark night. Ye Hong and Bai Yuntao, who were chasing after it, were very surprised because even with their speed, they could not catch up with the black shadow.
Ye Hong, who was in rapid pursuit, frowned. At this time, he was already a long way behind the monster. Bai Yuntao was much faster than him and kept chasing the black shadow.
Seeing the black shadow disappearing from his field of vision, Ye Hong was helpless and could only place his hope on Bai Yuntao.
He continued flying in the direction of the black shadow and Bai Yuntao. After a moment, Ye Hong discovered Bai Yuntao paused in the air in front of him.
"What's wrong? Brother Bai, where is the monster?"
"The black shadow suddenly disappeared when I chased it. I couldn't feel the breath of the monster even if I used my mental strength." Bai Yuntao frowned, very confused.
Ye Hong was very confused when he heard Bai Yuntao say that the monster disappeared out of thin air. He looked around and found that this was a bustling street in the town with many residences.
If a monster can disappear in a place like this, it is likely that it has lurked into a house somewhere.
Ye Hong asked: "This monster can't even catch up with you, it's too fast! Is it a fifth-level monster?"
"Judging from the aura emanating from the black shadow, this monster is not at the fifth level, but only at the fourth level. It should be just fast." Bai Yuntao explained.
Due to his weak soul power, Ye Hong could not sense the level of cultivation of the monster like Bai Yuntao. When he was chasing him, he could not clearly see the appearance of the monster under the black shadow, so he asked Bai Yuntao.
"Then can you see what kind of monster it is?"
"This monster flashes too fast, and it's covered by the night. I can't see what kind of monster it is, but I think it must be a petite monster with black hair," Bai Yuntao said.
Ye Hong looked at the streets and houses below, feeling helpless.
"It seems that the current situation can only be investigated one by one. The two of us are definitely not enough."
The range that Bai Yuntao's soul power can cover is not wide, so he has no choice but to give up.
Since the monster has disappeared and they can no longer track it, the two of them had to discuss going back to Zhang Mansion first to see what the situation was like there, and then bring more people to search here.
"Brother Bai, you are familiar with the aura of the monster beast, and you are faster than me. It's because you have been here for a while. I will go back and call more people."
Bai Yuntao agreed to Ye Hong's proposal, and then Ye Hong quickly flew back to Zhang Mansion with his sword.
