An unexpected surprise made Shen Hao's trip to Xinliang City extremely enjoyable.
Shen Hao felt tired from acting hypocritically with several swindlers, but the Yin Jade Map that he got made people feel tired and tired, and even looked at the Shen family a little more pleasing to the eye.
According to Shen Hao's guess, the Yin Jade Map probably comes from various special places and is a special item different from the world itself. And the lines on the map above also point to the underground palaces under the City of Fusi. This also coincides with Xuanqing Weili's speculation about the origin of the underground palace under the city of Fusui. They are not things from this world, so it is logical that they are connected.
Although there were not too many special places in the Jingjiu Dynasty and were rare, the number of special places that had appeared over the years was actually quite large, and one or two would always pop up inadvertently.
Shen Hao had once explored a strange place and understood the dangers inside, as well as the good things that might appear there.
Of course, the Yin Jade Map is actually a good thing, but its unique disguise prevents most people from seeing through it. They just regard it as a rare "large piece of Yin Jade" and classify it as a general weapon refining material. With the help of the black beast tattoo on his chest, Shen Hao was able to see the map outlined by the red lines attached to it.
Before this, Shen Hao had a total of five Yin Jade maps in his hand, some of which could be spliced continuously, and some of which were separate. However, after repeated comparisons with the piece he accidentally obtained from the Shen family, he found that it could actually match the The Yin Jade map with the eyeless beast head is on top, and they are connected together to form a continuous map route.
Although Shen Hao didn't mind the more Yin Jade Maps, he didn't have much idea of how to use them.
After leaving Xinliang City, Shen Hao returned to the Black Flag Camp Yamen of Fengri City. After taking a sip of tea, he saw Wang Jian hurriedly knocking on the door and coming in with a gloomy look on his face.
"Sir, this is about the undercover investigation at "Little Duck Bay". It is almost as you expected. It's just that those evil monks did not have any substantial contact with the local people, but used another method. .”
Wang Jian finally lost all the weight he gained in more than a month. The eye sockets were somewhat sunken, and his face was sallow due to fatigue, but his eyes were so bright.
During this time, he was investigating the case of Ye Lansheng's lair in the imperial city, coordinating the intelligence collection of remote villages in the Black Flag Battalion, and also paying attention to the internal purges of the Xuanqing Guards in various places. Wang Jian could only sleep for two hours a day, which was considered a luxury. Now, I often stay up all night long. Even though he had some cultivation skills, he couldn't bear it any longer, and his face showed exhaustion.
Shen Hao doesn't want his confidants to be so tired, but there are only so many things. Wang Jian is currently a core figure on the intelligence side. Although he does not need to be responsible for specific analysis and sorting, he needs to make decisions on all aspects of coordination and golden shield arrangements. . So for the time being, Wang Jian can only hold on and make adjustments later.
He took the copper bar handed over by Wang Jian and started checking it while listening to Wang Jian's report.
"Sir, according to your instructions, we traced the life trajectories of the survivors of those who died inexplicably, and found that these survivors had visited the local "temple" to worship or stay more than a month ago. One of them stayed in the "temple" all night because he was drunk to hide from his family's nagging.
After that, the family members of these people began to suffer from various physical discomforts one after another, and they rapidly deteriorated and finally died.
In addition, according to our secret autopsy, it was found that the person who died was not a disease at all, but died of soul decay and lack of vitality. This can already be proved that these people did not die normally but were killed.
And the murderer who killed these people... we initially judge to be a relative of the deceased, that is, the only one who survived. "
Wang Jian talked a lot, and Shen Hao happened to see the cause of death, so he interjected: "On what basis is it judged?"
"What I'm saying, sir, is based on the source of the true energy of those survivors."
"Be more careful." Shen Hao didn't even raise his head. He continued to read the words on the copper strips and wanted to hear what Wang Jian said.
"It's your Excellency. According to our secret contacts and the investigation based on the Dharma Pan, we found that the source of the true energy in these survivors was not obtained by their own cultivation, nor by taking any heavenly material or earthly treasure, but from Is it extracted from their family members and then converted?"
"Extract? You mean the extracted soul energy and vitality?" Shen Hao put down the copper bar in his hand, and then his face became more cautious. He himself has a black beast tattoo that can extract other people's souls and convert them into true energy to feed back to him, and those evil monks also have similar methods. Shen Hao had learned this before when he fought with Xue Gui's weird mask. It's just that now it actually appears in some people who obviously have no basis in practice and belong to ordinary people.
Wang Jian didn't know what Shen Hao was thinking, so he just told the matter based on the situation he had and the analysis of the four departments of Blackwater, and said with certainty: "Yes, sir, the analysis of Blackwater is that the reason why those people have souls is , the vitality dried up and died was extracted from the survivors in their families.
There are two pieces of evidence for this.
First, as the physical condition of the family members becomes worse and worse, the zhenqi in the bodies of these survivors becomes stronger and stronger. This can be inferred from what the surrounding villagers have witnessed. According to what others say, even if one person takes care of a large family, he is not exhausted and is in good spirits.
Second, people who are closer to survivors die faster. Husband and wife come before children, before parents, and so on. This shows that the longer the close contact with survivors, the easier it is to extract vitality and soul energy.
Finally, we secretly had close contact with several survivors. Even masters in the Qi Refining Realm and later realms would be very slow and insensitive to the extraction of souls and vitality. They could only distinguish themselves through the real-time reaction of the magic disk. When you are close to the opponent, you are being eroded by the opponent.
In fact, there are already rumors among the villagers about the "disaster star". Everyone took the initiative to keep a distance from the survivors, but they took the initiative to avoid being harmed invisibly. "
It is reasonable and well-founded. Although not all speculations have firm empirical evidence, they can already be used as a basis for judgment.
Shen Hao was silent for a moment and then said: "How can this be done? What plans do you have on Blackwater?"
"Sir, the most direct and effective way at the moment is to capture people. Capturing a few survivors for interrogation can naturally unlock the key. Besides, plans to kill evil spirits are about to be implemented on a large scale in various places. If we can learn about the evil monks in Jingxi first, This kind of method context will be of great help to actions in various places.”
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