"Because I'm afraid that when I'm in class... doing this... seems a little undignified... so..." Song Qingyi hesitated to explain, then suddenly frowned, "Why should I tell you this? If you don't have any tricks, If you have anything to do with the case, go back quickly!"
"Sorry, I'm just a little curious." Chu Liang smiled and started asking about business: "You should have checked the bodies of the two students. Are they really the work of the resentful spirits?"
"The death was miserable, and there was a strong yin energy. It can be confirmed that it was killed by a ghost." Song Qingyi replied: "It's just... I always feel like it's not like a resentful spirit, but like some higher-level ghost..."
Wraith spirits are not very intelligent and their thinking is not clear. They often only appear in the same place frequently. Although the obsession is deep, there are no complicated operations.
Lugging two students from home to the lakeside to kill them was not something a wraith could do.
Unless it's a coincidence.
"But Situ Yan is just an ordinary girl with no cultivation..." Chu Liang said.
The strength of an ordinary person's soul with no cultivation is very limited. Even if he has deep resentment after death, he will at best be a stronger resentful spirit.
If anyone could transform into a ghost and there was no upper limit to their strength, wouldn't it mean that they would take off immediately after death?
Higher-level ghosts either continue to rely on chance and practice to strengthen themselves after becoming ghosts, or they have cultivated souls and powerful souls before they were alive. This is certain.
Situ Yan, who died not long ago, obviously did not meet these two conditions.
"So it's possible that other ghosts are responsible for the murder." Song Qingyi said, "It's also possible... that there's a demonic cultivator causing trouble."
Chu Liang nodded in approval.
Some demon cultivators will specialize in refining souls with deep resentment and make them become tools or weapons for their own cultivation. Their methods are cruel and rebellious.
For example, the Pluto Sect, where the demonic path is at its peak, has many methods that rely on ghost cultivation.
Chu Liang also revealed a little bit of what Li Jue told him to Song Qingyi. He did not mention the story between Li Jue and Situ Yan, but only mentioned a few names in the class who might be retaliated against by Situ Yan.
"Chen Da, Yan Xiaohu..." Song Qingyi nodded and said, "I will go see them two tomorrow."
After some exchanges, Chu Liang left the back mountain.
Returned to Li Mansion in Yanjiao City.
"It turns out that Song Jiaoxi is from Junzitang." Lin Bei was a little surprised when he heard the news.
There are only two Confucian sects in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths. One is Shenglong Academy, which is backed by the imperial court and cultivates talents based on the entire Yu Dynasty. The other one is the more independent Junzitang.
Jiangnan Junzitang was originally founded by several great Confucians. At that time, several great Confucians of the time often talked and exchanged knowledge in Yanyu Tower in Jiangnan, which became a good talk for a while. Later, all the great scholars who were recognized by them could join in, and it became a resort for the exchange of ideas.
Then someone suggested that we simply name this place Junzi Hall. Any Confucian and Taoist gentleman who has been recognized for his character, knowledge, and cultivation can inscribe his name on Junzi Hall, which will be passed down to future generations and will be famous forever.
Since then, Junzitang has become a hall of honor for Confucianism, and countless Confucian students have taken the title of Junzitang as their lifelong goal. Gradually, Jiangnan Junzitang also developed its own inheritance and became one of the ten sects.
"Confucian people are in charge of the academy's affairs, so we shouldn't have to worry too much." Chu Liang said.
"Confucianism is good." Lin Bei didn't know what he thought of, with a strange smile on his face, "I like Confucianism so much."
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"Chen Da is dead?"
The next afternoon, Song Qingyi suddenly found Chu Liang and Lin Bei and brought bad news.
It turned out that after finishing her morning class, she went to visit the student Chen Da's home in the name of teaching. As a result, she saw a gloomy scene in the Chen family.
"This is quite strange." Song Jiaoxi's expression was solemn.
Chu Liang and Lin Bei also became serious after listening to her story.
"According to the Chen family, since the deaths of Zhang Cong and Wu Shaoan, Chen Da has been shutting himself in his room and not daring to go out. He can only be seen when his parents go to deliver food."
"Last night, when Chen Da's father was delivering food to his son, he happened to see Chen Da's mother walking in with a tray. Chen's father was a little strange. It was clearly Chen Da's mother who asked him to deliver food, so why did he come now? Already?"
"But when he returned to the room, he saw Mother Chen lying on the bed."
"Father Chen felt bad immediately. He ran to Chen Da's room and found that Chen Da was already charred and black, lying on the ground, as if he had been burned to death by the fire."
"But there was no smell of fireworks in the room, and there were no signs of burning. Chen Da didn't make any cry for help... He was burned to death out of thin air in just a few moments."
"I've checked it. It's full of yin energy and it's the work of ghosts."
Song Qingyi told the whole story without hiding anything. For her, the sooner the matter is resolved the better, and it's good to have someone who can help.
"The one that Father Chen saw...Mother Chen who walked into Chen Da's room was a ghost." Chu Liang pondered for a moment and said, "There are not many ghosts that can transform into other people's appearance at will."
It's not difficult to disguise yourself by transforming into a human form, and many evil spirits can do it. But it is difficult to arbitrarily transform into the appearance of any person.
In addition to possessing ever-changing magical powers, there are also some unique racial talents, such as the fox tribe among monsters, or the ghosts...
"Painted Skin Ghost!" Lin Bei also shouted.
"Yes, only the Painted Skin Ghost can transform others at will. The two students before were probably tricked by the Painted Skin Ghost to the lake." Song Qingyi said.
But how could Situ Yan, who had just died, become a powerful painted ghost?
If the murderous ghost was not Situ Yan, then why did it kill the people she wanted to take revenge on?
Painted-skin ghosts are unpredictable and unpredictable, and are a hundred times more difficult to deal with than ghosts.
It could be seen that Song Qingyi's brows were furrowed, and she obviously had a headache.
"Song Jiaoxi, don't worry. We Shushan disciples have always taken it as our duty to eliminate evil spirits and protect the Tao. We will not let the evil spirits do their harm. We will definitely help you with all our strength!" Lin Bei promised, patting his chest.
Then when he returned to Li Mansion, he stared at Chu Liang.
"Think of a way, handsome boy." He said eagerly, "I'm interested in your intelligence, so I asked you to go on a mission with me."
"You made a promise to Professor Song, why are you looking for me?" Chu Liang said with a smile, "Isn't our mission just to keep an eye on Li Jue?"
"Don't you want to see Professor Song's sweet smile?" Lin Beidun said.
"I just want to fight evil spirits." Chu Liang responded ruthlessly.
But of course he will not fail to do his part. After all, the Painted Skin Ghost is extremely harmful to the world and must be eradicated as soon as possible.
After thinking for a while, he said: "Regardless of the identity of this Painted Skin Ghost, its actions also follow the trajectory of Situ Yan's revenge. In this case, as long as we stick to its goal, we will always catch it."
After that, he stood up and said, "You have your eye on Li Jue, I'll go find Yan Xiaohu."
"Why are you going out again? It was you who went out last night, and you met Song Jiaoxi by chance. I want to go out today!" Lin Bei stood up and said.
Chu Liang said: "Then I have a way to identify the Painted Skin Ghost, do you have it?"
"..." Lin Bei sat down gently again, "Come back and bring me a midnight snack."
Chu Liang came all the way to Yan Xiaohu's house, saying that he was his good friend and wanted to visit his injury. As a result, I heard from the Yan family's servants that the young master had already gone out to play.
He was beaten so badly just yesterday, and I thought he was recuperating at home instead of going to school, but it turned out that he just ran out to play.
It seems that this guy's physical fitness is also good.
Chu Liang then asked one more question: "Then where did Yan Xiaohu go to play?"
The servant smiled and replied: "You must not be familiar with my young master. Of course he went to Caiyue Tower."
