Beiyin City.
"Oh my god, it's so tragic. No one in the whole family is alive. The blood is flowing outside the house..."
"Really? Where did you hear that?"
"Where did I hear it? My second uncle's cousin's aunt's son is an apprentice at Guji. Early this morning he went back to Gu's house to pick up materials. When he opened the door and saw it, he fainted from fright. He is still there now. I’m lying in bed and haven’t woken up yet.”
"So, it's true, then why doesn't anyone go to Gu's house to join in the fun?"
"Joining in the fun? I'm afraid you want to die. The City Lord's Mansion has sent out a blockade of dozens of miles around the Gu family. Anyone who dares to break in will be convicted as an assassin. That's the Xian family. Who dares to join in the fun... "
"..."
Early in the morning, two women shopping for vegetables walked together, for fear that others would hear, but also for fear that others would not hear. They walked with vegetable baskets and discussed what happened to the Gu family yesterday.
At this moment, a young man in white clothes happened to pass by. His face changed slightly when he heard the sound, and he headed towards the westward street with a swish.
Not far away, the street ahead suddenly became deserted. After walking a few more steps, I saw another sign standing in the middle of the street: The City Lord's Mansion is doing business, no idlers are allowed to enter, and violators will be killed!
Lu Li did not stop. He moved, and after a few ups and downs, he left the sign behind him.
When they approached the gate of the Gu family, a strong smell of blood suddenly hit their face. A guard was about to step forward to question Lu Li, but was stopped by the guard who came from behind and said respectfully: "I have seen you, senior."
Lu Li glanced at the guard and realized that it was the man in front of the city lord's palace, so he nodded, "Is Senior Brother Mu here?"
The man replied, "Your Excellency is inside."
"I know." Lu Li responded, and then hurriedly walked towards the Gu family's gate.
There were still blood stains on both sides of the door, which should have been left after the gatekeeper was killed, but the body had been cleaned up. Lu Li just lowered his head and walked in.
There were several Qi-training monks on the square who were cleaning up the corpses, and there was already a huge pile piled beside them. It looked like there were no less than 300 corpses. The strong fishy smell made people sick.
Mu Yang frowned. As soon as he walked out of the Gu family's main hall, he saw Lu Li standing in the square. He couldn't help but look happy and said, "Junior brother, this way!"
He was originally worried that Lu Li's body was not found because it was destroyed, but he didn't expect that Lu Li was still alive and well, which made him feel relieved.
Lu Li glanced at the sound, then stretched out his body, came to Mu Yang, cupped his hands and said, "Senior brother, what's going on?"
Seeing Lu Li's uninformed look, Mu Yang's look of surprise disappeared and he continued, "The night before yesterday, someone raided the Gu family. Except for the people working in the shop, no one in the family was alive."
Lu Li looked a little ugly, "So, Gu Chungang is also dead?"
Mu Yang said, "Neither Gu Chungang's nor Gu Rutie's bodies were found, but traces of magic flames were found in their yards. I'm afraid they were destroyed."
Lu Li remained silent, feeling very guilty. He had confidently said that he could bring Gu Tiechui back, but he didn't expect that the Gu family would suffer such a disaster even if he didn't bring Gu Tiechui back.
More importantly, his Sky-Shaking Hammer, the ultimate magical weapon that he had worked so hard to refine, was just gone!
"Junior brother, what's wrong with you?" Mu Yang couldn't help but be a little surprised when he saw Lu Li's expression was bad. In his opinion, Lu Li had nothing to do with the Gu family, right? Could it be that the flying magic weapon has not been refined yet?
Lu Li smiled bitterly and said, "To be honest, senior brother, I have a deal with the Gu family, but now..."
"So that's it."
Mu Yang suddenly understood, no wonder Lu Li looked like he didn't know anything, and then comforted, "Junior brother, the magic weapon is nothing more than something external to the body. Just hope you are fine. The worst thing is, you can just refine another one in the future."
Lu Li said helplessly, "That's all I can think about now."
In fact, in addition to being unwilling to give up, Lu Li was also a little worried. He had always thought that the robber's cultivation level was not high, otherwise he would not have had to threaten the Gu family to help him refine weapons with Gu Tie Hammer. Now it seems that he does not want to think about this matter. So simple.
Either this person's cultivation level far surpassed that of Gu Chungang, and he was at least a late stage or peak person, or even a stronger being, or it could be said that this robber was not a person at all, but a gang.
Otherwise, it would be impossible to wipe out the Gu family in one fell swoop.
Since these people chose to destroy the family, they probably didn't want the Skyshaker to be leaked. After the Gu family was destroyed, they became the only ones who had come into contact with the blueprints. So, wouldn't they be in some danger?
After thinking about this, Lu Li looked at Mu Yang and asked, "By the way, senior brother, have you found any results in this matter? Or, do you have any inferences?"
Mu Yang said, "According to the scene, more than 70% of the people here were killed in their sleep. Some who reacted quickly could only escape to the door at most.
There were not many people dead in the square. They were probably guards on night watch. Judging from the injuries on the dead, they were killed by true energy magic.
However, the spell control was not very precise, and there were many misses, indicating that the visitor was in a hurry at the time, so it can be concluded that the visitor's cultivation level was not very high.
Because people only become anxious when they are anxious to achieve their goals but are afraid of not achieving their goals. Things that could have been controlled with finesse will turn into brute force due to anxiety. "
As he said this, he pointed to a pillar at the entrance of the hall behind him that had half of it blown off:
"There were originally two corpses lying there. Their cultivation should be around the eleventh level of Qi training. Both of their heads were blown to pieces. According to my inference, they were blown out by the Sky Thunder Bead. Junior Brother thought that a powerful monk , would you use Sky Thunder Beads on a minion at the eleventh level of Qi training?"
After hearing this, Lu Li couldn't help but secretly breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, he admired Mu Yang, "Senior brother is really thoughtful. So what level of cultivation does senior brother think this person has?"
Mu Yang pondered for a moment before saying, "The person who killed these minions should not be in the middle stage of foundation building."
Lu Li was stunned, "Senior brother, what do you mean, more than one person is here?"
Mu Yang nodded, "Junior brother, follow me."
As he spoke, he walked towards a courtyard to the east.
Upon seeing this, Lu Li quickly followed him, and after a while, the two of them arrived at a private courtyard called 'Jinyangju'.
The scenery in the yard is pretty good. Along a gravel road, black flower pots the size of water tanks are neatly placed on both sides. There are many green vines protruding from the flower pots, full of purple flowers.
Flower pots were placed on both sides of the wooden steps in front of the porch.
However, when Lu Li walked onto the verandah, he discovered that several pillars on the edge of the veranda had holes the size of a fist. At the same time, there were burnt marks on the wooden floor in the distance.
Lu Li put his hands behind his hands and looked into the distance, seeming to have something to say, "Could it be that Gu Chungang died here?"
