"Master Ye, why did you come to Mianyuan County to investigate the case of the corpse-raising demon? Could it be that the Prefecture Town Demon Division has been targeting them early in the morning?"
Qin Shaoyou has been curious about this question since he saw Ye Zhiqiu. Now that the corpse bat has been destroyed, he finally got the opportunity to ask.
Ye Zhiqiu shook his head.
"If we knew early on that someone was raising corpses here, we wouldn't be the only ones here. After all, in the Great Xia Dynasty, raising corpses was a serious crime, more serious than murder! A few of us also went to Mianyuan County to investigate Later, I found out that someone was practicing corpse refining here."
"Then what case did you first come to Mianyuan County to investigate? Can you tell me?"
Unexpectedly, Ye Zhiqiu looked shocked after hearing this question.
"Why, you don't know? I informed you... Could it be that you came here to support me because you received my notification?"
Qin Shaoyou was also stunned: "Did you notify me? When did it happen?"
"Today is the day. When you were approaching the county seat today, didn't you encounter a wedding team? The bride sitting inside was Cen Biqing pretending to be. We people also used supernatural objects to hide in the wedding team. In order to To avoid alerting others, I did not show up to say hello to you, but I will look for opportunities later and send you paper crane symbols to send you a message..."
When he heard Ye Zhiqiu say that he used the paper crane charm to send the message, Qin Shaoyou knew why he had not received the notification.
The drought here in Mianyuan County is not simple. It not only changes the climate and hydrology abnormally, but also affects the paper crane talisman, causing it to fail to transmit messages.
At the same time, Qin Shaoyou also understood why there were so many marks in the Dragon King Temple and the forks along the underground cave.
Ye Zhiqiu thought they had been notified and was leaving signals to lead them to reinforcements.
Although Ye Zhiqiu's notification failed, these signals were accidental and led the way for Qin Shaoyou and others.
Otherwise, even if Qin Shaoyou and others could find this place, it would be difficult for them to come so quickly.
After all, there are many forks in the cave, and if you go wrong, you will waste a lot of time.
Qin Shaoyou immediately described these situations to Ye Zhiqiu.
"Is there such a thing?"
Ye Zhiqiu was a little surprised and curious at the same time.
"Since you didn't receive my notification, why did you find Shuanggui Village? And you also found the underground city along the way?"
"It also has something to do with my previous encounter with you. My intuition told me that this wedding team was a little weird, so I sent my men to follow them secretly. Later at night, another murdered female ghost came to complain, allowing us to completely lock down this place. …”
Qin Shaoyou gave a concise account of their investigation to Ye Zhiqiu.
Ye Zhiqiu was stunned.
When we meet on the street, can you tell something is wrong with a quick glance?
No wonder Senhu-sama always praises you, saying that you are very sensitive to cases. It seems that this is not an unreasonable boast.
After feeling a few words in his heart, Ye Zhiqiu also talked about the reason why they came to Mianyuan County.
"The order we first received was to investigate the cause of the drought. Not long ago, Zhang Benwu, the former Minister of Civil Affairs who was recalled to the capital, sent a letter to Lord Qianhu.
In the letter, Zhang Shilang said that Mianyuan County was suffering from a strange drought and suspected that the drought was related to evil spirits. Because Mianyuan County had just experienced a major purge, the County Demon Division was short of major generals and did not have enough power to launch an investigation.
So Zhang Shilang wrote this letter, imploring the Qianhu adults to send elite soldiers and generals to Mianyuan County to carry out investigations, eradicate the evil spirits as soon as possible, reduce the impact of the drought on the people of Mianyuan County, and prevent them from leaving their homes and fleeing famine.
After reading this letter, Mr. Qianhu took it very seriously and immediately asked me to lead a team to Mianyuan County for investigation.
After we arrived in Mianyuan County, we concealed our identity and conducted a secret investigation, and finally located the Dragon King Temple in Shuanggui Village, suspecting that this place had a lot to do with the drought.
Because we found that all the people who came to this temple to ask for water to drink were infected by the three-corpse insect poison.
In addition, in Mianyuan County, there are still many grave mounds that have been dug up. Although the corpses in the grave mounds are still there, evil spells have been cast on them. Even the Feng Shui where the tomb mounds are located has been enchanted by people. Changed.
Based on the analysis of these clues, we concluded that someone was refining corpses in Mianyuan County. And what he made was not an ordinary zombie, it was most likely a demon!
Raising a corpse is a serious crime, and raising a demon is an even greater crime, so I immediately reported it to the State Demon Division and requested reinforcements..."
Speaking of this, Ye Zhiqiu showed a happy expression on his face.
"Fortunately, when I reported to the State Demon Division, I not only used the Paper Crane Talisman, but also sent a night watchman back, otherwise something bad would have happened..."
After sighing, Ye Zhiqiu continued: "Originally, our plan was to monitor in secret, wait for Master Qianhu to send reinforcements, then get in touch with you, and work together to capture and eliminate the corpse-raising demon and the The corpse king who is about to become a demon.
But just yesterday, the corpse-raising demon suddenly issued a "divine edict" through the "Dragon Prince's appearance", asking people to find new wives and concubines for the Dragon Prince according to the eight-character requirements, otherwise the Dragon Prince would get angry and stop giving water.
According to the clues we have previously investigated, since the drought broke out until now, the corpse-raising demon has used the "Dragon King's Appearance" to marry four wives for the corpse king. The horoscopes of these four poor women are fire, metal, water and wood respectively. And now the fifth wife he wants is an earth horoscope. "
Hearing this, Cui Yougui's expression changed.
"This is the Five Elements Corpse Refining Technique! No wonder the Corpse Raising Demon Dao wants to marry the Corpse King. He wants the Corpse King to devour the Five Elements' destiny and build the Five Elements' vitality to help him break through and become a demon..."
"That's right."
Ye Zhiqiu nodded, his expression also solemn.
"This Corpse King already has the four elements of metal, wood, water, and fire. If he devours the element of earth again, even if he cannot break through into a demon immediately, his strength will be greatly improved and he will become difficult to deal with.
That's why we decided to take a risk and let Cen Biqing pretend to be the bride and sneak in to disrupt the plan of raising corpses and demons.
Fortunately, we came from Zhouzhen Yaosi this time and brought a supernatural item with a mimicking effect, which can help us hide our body shape and breath, and perfectly blend into the surrounding environment.
We relied on this supernatural item and quietly followed Cen Biqing all the way here.
It's a pity that when we showed up to sneak attack on the corpse-raising demon, this supernatural item was destroyed by the corpse-raising demon's spell. Otherwise, we wouldn't have to escape at all. We could have relied on the mimicking effect of this supernatural item to fight with the corpse-raising demon in the underground palace. The Corpse Demon Road fights guerrillas..."
When Qin Shaoyou heard this, he not only understood the reason why Ye Zhiqiu and the others sent Cen Biqing to pretend to be the bride, but also why they were able to evade the Feng Shui array in the Dragon King Temple and the detection of the Corpse Raising Demon Path, and lurk all the way here.
It turned out that they all relied on the help of supernatural objects.
The supernatural items in the Zhouzhen Demon Division are indeed of unusual quality and power.
It's a pity that the supernatural item has been damaged, otherwise it will be a weapon against the zombie demon and the corpse king.
Qin Shaoyou was regretting when Cui Yougui suddenly said: "Master Ye, why don't you give me the damaged supernatural item? I have been engaged in the research of supernatural items for many years and have very rich experience. Even my master I have studied all kinds of supernatural items. Give me your supernatural item, maybe I can find a way to fix it."
Ye Zhiqiu originally wanted to refuse, but when he thought of Cui Youwei's magical ability to explode talismans, he thought he might as well give it a try.
This fellow Taoist Cui is so magical when playing with talismans, so he shouldn't be bad at playing with supernatural items, right?
Qin Shaoyou originally wanted to remind Ye Zhiqiu, but he swallowed the words again.
Senior Brother Cui's method of researching supernatural items is a bit unreliable, but it cannot be denied that he is indeed quite capable.
If you are really lucky, Brother Cui can repair the supernatural items and they will be of great use at the critical moment!
As for whether it will be repaired?
This supernatural item is inherently bad. No matter how bad it is, how bad can it get?
At the same time, Zhu Xiucai and others in the team gave a thumbs up to Cen Biqing after listening to Ye Zhiqiu's story.
Not only did he praise her for being beautiful, but he also praised her for being brave.
If Cen Biqing hadn't injured the Corpse King by pretending to be a bride, but had allowed the Corpse King to devour the woman with earthly fate, then no one dares to say what the situation in Mianyuan County would be like after today.
but……
Qin Shaoyou glanced at Cen Biqing, and after Ye Zhiqiu handed the supernatural items to Cui Yougui, he asked in a low voice: "Master Ye, is this Miss Cen not a human being?"
