Li Hengshan and his disciples conducted overt and covert inspections in Xieyue City for the past two days, investigating families that were exterminated due to seemingly family grudges.
After many inquiries, the results obtained were also unexpected. Generally speaking, they were different from what Li Hengshan thought.
Li Hengshan thought that there must be traces of demonic cultivators behind the brutal annihilation of these families.
After all, Guo Xun told him about Shanghai City before, so he preemptively investigated the matter with colored glasses.
But for some reason, the results of this investigation showed no trace of demonic cultivators at all.
These exterminated families, without exception, all accumulated their own grudges, and finally reached the climax and broke out into conflicts. The series of developments were reasonable and well-founded, and there was no fault at all.
The strange thing is that these exterminated families were all cleaned up in the end, and not even half of the bodies were found.
This is the apparent result of the investigation, but because Li Hengshan handled everything so cleanly and uniformly, Li Hengshan had reason to believe that there must be another mastermind behind this.
What happened in Xieyue City was actually exactly the same as what happened in Shanghai City, and Guo Xun knew this very well.
What Guo Xun told Li Hengshan about Shanghai City before was actually just some random rumors, and he didn't say anything too specific.
Now that the investigation results are out, Li Hengshan found Guo Xun and wanted to hear Guo Xun's opinion.
"Guo Xun, what do you think about this matter?"
Li Hengshan's face was solemn and he looked worried.
Guo Xun naturally saw Li Hengshan's urgency, thought for a moment and said:
"Although these families were exterminated because of personal grudges, I always feel that this matter is not simple."
Li Hengshan nodded, "I think so too, but I don't have any evidence yet. Everything is just based on speculation. It's really a headache!"
"Don't you think our investigation has gone too smoothly in the past two days?"
Li Hengshan frowned deeply when he heard this, "How do you say this?"
"In the past two days, we have inquired about information and visited everywhere. The people we asked seemed to have been arranged and told us everything we wanted to know. It felt like a made-up story."
Guo Xun whispered.
Li Hengshan fell into deep thought. He recalled the investigation of the past two days and remembered that every time they were at a loss, they would always meet someone who knew something. Now that he thought about it, there was something fishy.
Li Hengshan nodded secretly, thinking that this little friend Guo was indeed not simple, and he observed these trivial things so carefully.
Li Hengshan asked curiously: "In your opinion, what should we do next?"
"I think it is very likely that these so-called exterminated families were not exterminated, but were arrested."
Li Hengshan was shocked.
"Ah! How is this possible! To capture all members of a family in Xianyue City without leaving any trace, do you think this is possible?"
Li Hengshan obviously didn't believe it. No matter how small a family was, there were still more than a hundred people. It was really difficult to make these people disappear without attracting attention.
Guo Xun frowned and said, "Whether it is difficult or not depends on whether the forces behind it are strong."
Li Hengshan shook his head and said: "No matter how powerful you are, you can't avoid leaving traces! Unless the opponent has a strong person in the Nascent Soul stage! How is this possible? Isn't it?"
Guo Xun stared at Li Hengshan with sharp eyes, "Why is it impossible?"
Li Hengshan was stunned, "You don't really think there is a Nascent Soul Stage powerhouse doing these things behind your back, do you?"
"I'm just guessing. I don't know if there is one or not! If the person behind this is not a Nascent Soul stage powerhouse, then who else in Xianyue City can do all this?"
"Guo Xun, this is all your guess. What if it's not as we imagined!"
Guo Xun nodded, "Senior, what you said makes sense, but I don't say it out of thin air."
Li Hengshan's frown deepened, "Have you discovered anything else?"
"This matter can be considered a coincidence. When I went to the City Lord's Mansion that day, I discovered that something was wrong with City Lord Zhang!"
Li Hengshan's eyes widened, he immediately stood up from the chair, looked around, and said cautiously:
"Guo Xun can't say this nonsense! Why does the City Lord's Mansion do these things?"
"Senior, please don't get excited and listen to me slowly."
Li Hengshan took a breath and sat down again, "You tell me."
"While you were out investigating, I was not idle, so I secretly sneaked into the City Lord's Mansion, only to find that City Lord Zhang's cultivation level had greatly increased in the past two days. I don't know what kind of magic medicine he had taken. He had made breakthroughs for two consecutive days. Now he is probably all It has reached the peak of the golden elixir stage!"
"How is this possible! Zhang Jinduo's level is at most similar to mine. How can he achieve continuous breakthroughs?"
Li Hengshan blew his beard and stared, even if he were beaten to death, he wouldn't believe it was true.
Seeing that Li Hengshan didn't believe it, Guo Xun said, "Whether this is true or not, we will find out tomorrow when we try it. Moreover, I also found that there is no one in the prison of the City Lord's Mansion!"
"Logically speaking, Xieyue City is a county town. How can such a big city not have a single criminal? Where have these criminals gone?"
"this……"
Li Hengshan was completely shocked. He did not expect that Guo Xun would make such a major discovery in the past two days.
After a moment, Li Hengshan's eyes turned fierce, his face became extremely gloomy, and he said:
"You mean that the City Lord's Mansion secretly colluded with the Demonic Cultivator, the City Lord's Mansion provided population to the Demonic Cultivator, and the Demonic Cultivator helped Zhang Jinduo improve his realm?"
"I think it's very possible. Otherwise, all these exterminated families would have offended the powerful people in the Nascent Soul stage. Senior, which one do you think is more likely?"
Li Hengshan slammed the table suddenly, and the table was instantly shattered into pieces, "This bastard Zhang Jinduo actually colluded with the demon cultivator!"
Li Hengshan was angry and remembered something, and said hurriedly:
"You said that Zhang Jinduo has continuously broken through the realm and now has reached the golden elixir stage talent. Then isn't the demon cultivator behind him..."
Li Hengshan couldn't believe it. The development of things was beyond his imagination and he was no longer able to handle it.
Li Hengshan's face changed drastically, he sat slumped on the chair, and said feebly:
"Looks like we have to stop."
Guo Xun looked slightly confused, "What do you mean, senior? Are we just going to give up like this?"
"It's not that we want to give up, it's that we simply don't..."
Before Li Hengshan finished speaking, he heard an explosion in the distance.
At this time, Guo Xun's expression changed, and he immediately stood up and rushed out, looking in the direction of the explosion.
Li Hengshan also rushed out and found fires and smoke rising into the sky in the distance.
And that direction is the direction where Qiu Yeming and others of the Yanyun Sect are located.
Guo Xun looked solemn and murmured: "It seems that someone can't sit still."
