Chapter 374 Mutual Repair
"Didn't you say that filling the time gap also requires solving cases?"
"I didn't know that before either."
The group split into three groups and met again halfway through their journey, arguing and bickering, mainly over a dispute about fans. In the end, the cunning and more experienced Li Lianhua emerged victorious.
Then, Lan Yan stepped forward casually, and before Li Lianhua could even warm the fan, it was returned to its rightful owner.
Li Lianhua, who had been tricked again, and Lianzi and Lianye, who had failed to snatch the fan, were all disappointed. In Lan Yan's words, this was called "going forward together," and he had indeed done a good deed.
Although only he and Li Xiangxian were openly happy about this good thing, Fang Duobing was secretly happy, but was caught by his three masters and made to practice extra for three hours.
Finally, they arrived at their destination—Cailian Village.
Under the guise of admiring lotus flowers, the group successfully infiltrated the Lotus Picking Village and then found the first potential location for the spatial rift to appear—Lotus Lake.
On a dark and windy night, they quietly took down the rest of the people from Cailian Manor. Everyone squatted by the lake, waiting for the crack to appear.
Then, Li Lianzi's senses were fine, the location was fine, but there was a problem with the crack.
Previously, people would travel through the cracks, and then the cracks would disappear naturally.
Originally, everyone had chosen the person to travel through time by playing rock-paper-scissors, but this time they didn't want to travel through time. Instead, they wanted to resolve the resentment in Lianhu Lake. How to resolve it? Naturally, it was the word "detective" that Fang Duobing had exclaimed at the beginning.
"I have a feeling that a murder will happen at Cailian Manor."
The group, bewildered and without a solution, could only leave and try to uncover the secrets of Lotus Lake. As for Lan Yan's prophecy, due to the rift's strange demands, they inexplicably developed a degree of trust in him.
When the people of Cailian Manor woke up the next day, they found no problems at all. They felt that they had slept well the night before, so they got up and began preparing for the young master's wedding again.
Then, the wedding quickly turned into a funeral, and the bride drowned.
"Senior brother, how did you guess there would be a murder?"
Although he knew Lan Yan would be accurate, he didn't expect him to be this accurate, Li Xiangxian couldn't help but ask. The people following behind him couldn't help but prick up their ears.
“I discovered a long time ago that wherever Hua Hua and Duo Bing go, a murder will occur.”
"!" Li Lianhua and Fang Duobing stared at each other in surprise, while Lianzi and Lianye looked at the two with strange expressions. A spacetime rift had appeared, so the "King of Hell" physique was quite reasonable.
Despite saying that, the two of them still quietly separated from them a little.
However, Lan Yan had no intention of letting any of them go.
"Before, I wasn't sure if it was Hua Hua's problem, Duo Bing's problem, or the problem of the two of them combined. But seeing the changes that appeared in the spacetime rift, I suspect it's Hua Hua, or more precisely, the power of the three combined."
"snort"
This time, Fang Duobing stood tall and took two steps forward to stand beside Lan Yan, trying to distinguish himself from the three "Kings of Hell".
"..." Lotus seeds, lotus leaves, and lotus flowers looked at each other. Lotus seeds and lotus leaves still intended to isolate lotus flowers. The reason was simple: this was his business, and he was the real Li Xiangyi!
Looking at the two groups of people walking in front of him, Li Lianhua sneered. "Fine, fine, so now you admit he's Li Xiangyi? You're letting him get away with not enjoying himself, but making sure everyone takes the blame, huh?"
Whether or not there is a King of Hell is uncertain.
But with three clever minds and a passionate assistant, they quickly solved the case at Cailian Manor.
Not only did they eliminate the spacetime rift, but they also had an unexpected bonus.
They discovered the body of "Lone Blade".
Li Lianzi: "..."
Li Lianhua: "..."
Li Lianye: "Senior brother..."
Li Lianzi quickly covered Li Lianye's crying mouth, "I said I forgot what? Come on, let me share a story about a fake prince with you. Huahua, tell me."
"Why am I the one who has to say it?"
“You’re the person involved,” Li Lianzi said matter-of-factly.
Li Lianhua glanced at the bewildered Li Lianye, whose tears hadn't even fallen yet, and sighed. Let him come if he wants; after all, it was his stupid mistake.
“Come on, Lotus Leaf, let’s talk alone.”
Li Lianye hesitated. To be honest, judging from everyone's reactions, he was a little reluctant to go. But Li Lianzi pushed him hard from behind and Li Lianhua pulled him from in front, and Li Lianye was dragged away to change his worldview.
The remaining people looked at the skeleton in the coffin with a mixture of curiosity and unease.
"Why do you think he did it?"
Fang Duobing was filled with mixed feelings, unable to understand why Shan Gudao had created this corpse.
"Let's get annoyed by the flowers."
Li Xiangxian sighed. Shan Gudao's attitude towards his junior brother Li Xiangyi was clearly contradictory, a mixture of disdain and fear. He disdainfully watched him being manipulated, yet feared that Li Xiangyi might come back to haunt him even after he had survived.
Therefore, creating an almost impeccable skeleton was both a mockery of Xiang Yi and a subconscious contingency plan.
"Take care of it."
Lan Yan didn't offer much comment; a character whose story had already ended wasn't worth his attention anymore.
"Leave it to me."
Fang Duobing volunteered. Although he was unwilling to acknowledge Shan Gudao as his father, the owner of the corpse was innocent. As a result of his high moral standards, Fang Duobing couldn't help but feel guilty and wanted to do something for the nameless dead.
Seeing Fang Duobing's actions, Li Lianzi suddenly turned her head and asked, "Senior brother, was the blood from the slit in his throat because of Shan Gu Dao?"
What do you think?
"If Shan Gu Dao can create a fake skeleton, why would he kindly give Hua Hua a precious sword as a gift? Unless the gift itself carries his malice."
"The throat-slitting weapon was made of celestial cloud iron, so is there a problem with the source of the cloud iron?"
Lan Yan patted Li Lianzi on the shoulder, saying nothing, yet it seemed as if he had said everything.
...
Heading towards the second spacetime rift, Li Lianzi, Li Lianye, and Fang Duobing, sensing Shan Gudao's evil, all fell silent. They only rallied after finding the second rift.
Good news: no new anomalies have occurred in the rift. Bad news: the stereotype of "King Yama" has been reinforced.
When Li Lianhua discovered that Jin Mantang of Yuanbao Mountain Villa had died, he began to doubt his own existence. Was it that the cracks could predict the future, or was his constitution truly special?
Unconvinced by the superstition, Li Lianhua quickly resolved the case at Yuanbao Manor, and the group headed towards the next spatial rift.
The good news is that this time it wasn't a case investigation, and no one died; the bad news is that his "old friend," who's been a thorn in his side, is fearlessly using Li Xiangyi's name to rebuild Sigumen.
Even if the crack's requirement wasn't to prevent the reconstruction of Sigu Gate, Li Lianhua wouldn't just stand by and watch.
With her inner demons broken, Li Lianhua didn't need Lan Yan to intervene this time. She directly destroyed the old site of Si Gu Men with the Xiang Yi Tai Sword, and incidentally gave the clamoring Xiao Zijin a half-shaved head, with hair on one side and no hair on the other.
"They are so well-proportioned."
"Excellent craftsmanship."
Li Lianzi and Li Lianye each said a sentence, praising Li Lianhua while Xiao Zijin was so angry she almost vomited blood.
Li Xiangxian couldn't help but sigh, "As expected, Xiangyi is still Xiangyi."
No matter the world, it can be quite heartbreaking. So, this isn't a problem with his upbringing; it's his inherent nature!
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