You can already infer what kind of person Ye Jiao is by looking at the introduction of Shi Xiong in the document. Would a serious monk teach a disciple who does all kinds of evil?
In the same way, what kind of people are Shi Xiong's senior brothers and junior sisters?
Shi Xiong's confession did not contain details about his senior brother and junior sister, only two names, Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong.
In Shi Xiong's words, his talent is the lowest among the three brothers and sisters. He has only scratched the surface of his master Ye Jiao's skills. It is his senior brother Zhang Rutie and junior sister Lin Qinghong who will inherit the master's mantle.
But where are Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong? Shi Xiong didn't know, he hadn't even seen these two people again for many years before he was captured by Xuan Qingwei.
There is no trace and no specific information. Xuanqingwei will waste a lot of manpower if they want to investigate. Besides, whether it is Zhang Rutie or Lin Qinghong, these two people are not registered on Xuanqingwei's board, and there is no reason to trace them. , so the information about Shi Xiong’s disciples in the documents is gone here.
However, this news is rare for Shen Hao, because Ye Jiao's method of incorporating spells into words is currently the only clue that fits the King Qian case, and this clue has not been completely cut off yet.
Shi Xiong died a long time ago, and so did Ye Jiao, but Shi Xiong said that Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong were far more talented than him and could inherit Ye Jiao's mantle. Does that make it understandable that Ye Jiao's "fusion of skills into words" would have a successor? Extending a little further, can the murderer in the King Qian case also rely on the method of "merging skills with words"?
Anyway, Shen Hao's current thinking is focused on the four words "integrating skills into words". Because it can be explained logically: some kind of soul-like magic that can lurk on the surface of the soul and finally burst out is divided into several sections and integrated into the text, and the words are used to kill people silently.
After confirming that nothing was missing, Shen Hao closed the document. Then fell into deep thought.
Although we have found a possibility of King Qian's death, if we continue to deduce it later, we will encounter two new series of problems.
The first one is where are Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong who inherited Ye Jiao's mantle? Did he also start to have disciples and disciples? Is he the murderer who killed King Qian? What role does his identity play in the "big test" of the royal family?
The second is what kind of soul magic is embedded in the text. With the method of "merging techniques into words", there must be suitable techniques to integrate them into it to be effective. At present, the message in Shen Hao's hand only has two words, one is "curse" and the other is "soul".
Regarding the first question, Shen Hao still had some guesses. It mainly came from the previous essay and Shi Xiong's confession.
In Shi Xiong's confession, he said that he met his master Ye Jiao in the weak water basin in his early years and became a disciple. The same was true for his senior brother and junior sister. In addition, it was recorded in the essay that Ye Jiao was also active in the weak water basin. , can this be seen as Ye Jiao treating the weak water basin as his residence area?
In addition, judging from Shi Xiong's behavior, the people under Ye Jiao's sect may not be good people. But the question is why there is no relevant talisman master on Xuanqingwei's side besides this Shi Xiong who is related to Ye Jiao? The only explanation is that Shi Xiong's senior brother and junior sister did not appear within Xuan Qingwei's field of vision.
The entire Jingjiu Dynasty and Xuanqingwei may not know the small things, but the big things will not go unnoticed at all. Unless it's not within Xuan Qingwei's sight at all.
Just like Shi Xiong, if he had not caused trouble in the Jingjiu Dynasty, Xuanqing Guards would not have noticed and set up an ambush to capture him.
Shen Hao had to look for it on the territory map of the Jingjiu Dynasty that he carried with him. Naturally, his eyes fell on a place that was close to the weak water basin and consistent with his guess: Wusi City.
It's not without reason. First of all, why did Ye Jiao regard the Weak Water Basin as his residence? Could it be that he was killing those underground palaces in the city in vain? Shen Hao thinks this is possible. The reason why Shi Xiong didn't go to the City of Waishi was probably because Shi Xiong's cultivation level was not high and it was difficult to get along in the City of Waishi. And what about Zhang Rutie and Lin Qinghong, who are much more talented than Shi Xiong and have inherited Ye Jiao's mantle? Could it be that he is also hiding in the City of Wasted Death?
As long as they are in the City of Fusi, Xuanqing Guard's tentacles and line of sight are essentially nonexistent. There is absolutely no information about these two people's records.
Although this deduction is not rigorous and there are still many errors and omissions in it, it is currently one of the investigation directions that Shen Hao can think of.
The second point is that it is even harder to check the magic. It is definitely not simple to be able to do things silently and without Xuan Qingwei commanding them. In addition, it is a soul-based magic that is already rare. You can imagine how rare and rare it is. Anyone who has this magic will definitely know it. They treat it as a secret skill and pass it on to their apprentices. How can it be easily known to outsiders?
Therefore, Shen Hao didn't have much hope for soul magic. But we have to check. After all, the hope is slim, but what if the blind cat encounters a dead mouse?
"Help me check the documents about soul-like spells again. What's the scope...the ones with the words "soul and curse" in their names, okay?"
The deacon in the document room nodded and said yes, and then took away the documents about the talisman master that had been reported before, leaving Shen Hao waiting alone in the reference room. After waiting for a stick of incense, five scripts arrived, all of which were soul spells, and their names had both the words "soul" and "curse" in them.
Shen Hao came out of the document library at around noon. He stayed inside for a long time.
There was a harvest, and it was far beyond his expectation.
In addition to Ye Jiao and Shi Xiong's news about "merging skills into words", there was an interesting discovery about soul magic, which was not expected by Shen Hao.
A technique called "Soul-Destroying Curse" allowed Shen Hao to experience the feeling of a blind cat encountering a dead mouse.
Shen Hao can be regarded as a monk who has some foundation in soul-based magic. In addition to the soul-suppressing technique, he is also good at soul power, which is extremely difficult in soul-based magic. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand the "Soul-Destroying Curse".
Strictly speaking, "The Soul-Destroying Curse" is just a fragment, and the content in it is more of a program summary than a specific practice method.
But even the summary of the program matched the kind of technique Shen Hao was looking for.
The Soul-Destroying Curse is a system of spells, and one of them called the "Nine Soul-Destroying Curses" is basically exactly the same as the sign of King Qian's murder.
It is also a soul-based spell that can also be split and cast. After being split, it has a very strong hidden effect and can be attached to the soul and is extremely difficult to detect. The most critical point is that the final effect of this nine-spell soul-dispersing spell is to dismember the living soul and completely dissipate the living soul. Wouldn't his death state be exactly the same as that of King Qian?
Finally, the origin of this soul spell and the reason why it is a fragment is because it came from the lair of an evil monk. Before killing the guy, he destroyed many jade slips and documents. This fragment It was also rescued later.
