The head of the Zhou family personally entertained them.

Zhu Xuanji went straight to the point and said that he rushed over immediately after hearing about the attack.

"This might be the work of the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator! According to our previous speculation, someone secretly released him."

"This is an evil force lurking in the shadows!"

"If we hadn't discovered it in time, I'm afraid the two Qi-refining geniuses of my Zhou family would have died."

The head of the Zhou family looked heavy.

Zhu Xuanji held the dead ant in his hand, his eyes emitting golden light, and activated the Root Tracing Technique.

He remained silent throughout.

The head of the Zhou family looked hopeful and asked him if he had found anything.

Zhu Xuanji shook his head.

"The evidence from your family alone is not enough. I'll go and have a look at the other families." Zhu Xuanji said goodbye to the head of the Zhou family.

He first came to the City Lord's Mansion, the Zheng family, and Ning Zhuo's courtyard.

The results of the investigation were not surprising to him.

There are clues, and lots of them.

The problem lies in “a lot”!

The tracing-to-origin technique can detect closely related things, but this close relationship can be multi-faceted.

For example, from the residue of the poison that poisoned Ning Xiaohui, Zhu Xuanji found the relevant raw materials, the boy who boiled the medicine, the maid who delivered the medicine, and so on.

Based on this alone, can we conclude that the boy who boiled the medicine and the servant who delivered the medicine were the murderers? No.

Because they decoct medicine, deliver medicine, and are closely related to poison.

But can we be sure that they are not the murderers? No.

Because they may have secretly added medicine while decocting or delivering it.

The trick to tracing the source is just to find clues.

If you really want to conduct an in-depth investigation, you have to rely on Zhu Xuanji's various interrogation methods.

But Zhu Xuanji decided to stop.

There are too many clues, and if he continues to investigate, the energy and time involved will be frighteningly large.

Zhu Xuanji was very suspicious: This was deliberately arranged by the murderer in order to delay the progress of his investigation!

Just like the previous Fire Persimmon Festival, the mechanical monkey moved abnormally and attacked Yuan Er.

Afterwards, Zhu Xuanji traced many clues from the remains of these mechanical fire monkeys.

Are these clues useful? Very little.

Zhu Xuanji likes to see that only a few clues are revealed under the tracing the source. The fewer clues, the more valuable it is to investigate! But now, each piece of evidence has so many clues.

Then, the murderer's intention to target the Root Tracing Technique is very obvious!

However, this was also within Zhu Xuanji's expectations.

The reputation of the Root-Tracing Technique spreads more and more widely, and many powerful individuals or forces will consciously take precautions.

All the skills in this world are tools to help practitioners better realize a certain vision.

Since it is a tool, it can be targeted.

Those who are difficult to target are always the strong ones, not excellent tools.

There is no invincible martial art, only invincible practitioners.

"I had hoped that the murderer would reveal a flaw, but I was being too optimistic."

Zhu Xuanji left the four forces and decided to proceed according to the previous investigation plan.

"Perhaps, my step-by-step investigation has put pressure on the murderer. That's why he launched these attacks in an attempt to attract my attention!"

Zhu Xuanji's brows were furrowed.

After investigating for a while, he always felt that something was not right, something was strange.

But he thought about what was wrong and found nothing. Not only that, the strange feeling he had before also disappeared.

Zhu Xuanji’s subsequent actions disappointed the patriarchs of the three major families.

The three family heads met secretly to discuss major plans.

"Detective Zhu is really disappointing."

"Perhaps, he has found out which force was responsible. But due to his status, he cannot make it public."

"you mean?"

The three clan leaders fell silent.

Although it was not stated explicitly, they all knew it was referring to the City Lord's Mansion!

Whether it was the last attack or this time, the City Lord's Mansion actually suffered the least losses.

No, to be more precise, it was a blessing in disguise.

Meng Chong's reputation soared because he eliminated assassins twice, and he put the Qi-refining geniuses of the other three families at a disadvantage.

"Since Meng Kui took office, he has been getting along well with our three families. It may not be him who did it this time. After all, Meng Chong has always been far ahead in exploring the Immortal Palace." said the head of the Zheng family.

The head of the Ning family also analyzed: "In the last attack, I did suspect the City Lord's Mansion. But this time, the intensity of the assassination was extremely high, and the momentum was to kill all the Qi Refining geniuses in our three families. Perhaps there really is a hidden force plotting something bad?"

The Zhou family leader shook his head and sneered, "Aren't all the talented descendants of our three families still alive?"

"Even if he's dead, can he find out about it in the City Lord's Mansion?"

The head of the Zhou family sighed deeply: "The Meng family is a big family in my Nandou Immortal Country."

"Especially the four generals of the Meng family, all of them have made great achievements in battle and slaughtered thousands. Not to mention the other three fierce generals, Meng Kui is also one of the four generals. He seems peaceful and amiable, but it's all an illusion."

"Think about it, have our three families been doing well since he took office?"

"Is he more repressive than the previous city lords?"

"I wonder if you two fellow Taoists have investigated Meng Kui's past battle reports. This man is better at setting up schemes than our Zhou family. He has a nickname called 'Prime Minister on the Mountaintop'."

"Is such a person easy to get along with?"

The Ning family leader seemed to be thinking: "Now that you mention it, I actually share a lot of the same feelings."

"The City Lord's Mansion was the first to discover the Lava Fairy Palace."

"Next are the Zhou family and the Zheng family."

"According to the intelligence gathered by our clan, we learned that the two families united together and privately bribed Meng Kui heavily to ask him not to report to the court."

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"But think about it, if Meng Kui had reported it immediately when he first discovered it, what would we have to do with it?"

"On the surface, it was the Zhou and Zheng families who took the initiative to ask him for cooperation, but was this already part of his plan?"

The head of the Zheng family snorted coldly: "It's very likely!"

"Meng Kui is actually more difficult to deal with than other members of the Meng family because he is more insidious."

"Relying on the Lava Fairy Palace, he made our three families actively cooperate with him, allowing him to run the Fairy City over the years, and his orders were clear and harmonious."

"Before, he deliberately released the news and relaxed surveillance, attracting countless independent cultivators and demon cultivators to explore the Red Flame Demon Molten Cave."

"Over the years, countless people have died. These people paid the price by killing countless red flame monsters, which reduced the pressure on the Immortal Palace and allowed the City Lord's Mansion to gradually learn detailed information about the Immortal Palace, the Red Flame Monster Cave, and so on."

"If the City Lord's Mansion really had to do it alone, I'm afraid all the city guards would have died by now."

The Zhou family leader added: "Since the birth of the Lava Fairy Palace, Meng Kui has been in charge of it personally, suppressing the Fairy Palace with all his strength, and strictly prohibiting anyone from approaching."

"snort!"

"His excuse is brilliant and extremely plausible."

"In fact, his actions have completely prevented the three of us from entering the Immortal Palace and exploring its treasures."

In the past, it was very troublesome for cultivators from the Zhou and Zheng families to enter the Immortal Palace.

You have to climb to the top of the volcano, enter the Red Flame Demon Cave, and choose the correct path before you can enter the fairy palace inside the mountain.

In the process, they also have to face the red flame monsters along the way.

Finally, the monk came into contact with the Immortal Palace, but could not break through. Only those whose mechanical skills had been recognized by the Palace Spirit could enter the Immortal Palace.

Originally, after the Immortal Palace came into being, the cultivators of the three families could easily enter and exit frequently.

However, Meng Kui's personal suppression made it impossible for the three families to contact the Immortal Palace.

Although the City Lord's Mansion did not have any cultivators entering the Immortal Palace, the three families were well aware that the City Lord's Mansion's competitiveness in this regard was far inferior to that of the Qi Refining Stage.

In the competition of the Qi Refining Stage, Meng Chong has super talent - this advantage is really too huge!

The Zhou family leader said earnestly, "At this point, it doesn't matter whether we find the real culprit or not. What matters is the Lava Fairy Palace!"

The other two clan leaders nodded.

The head of the Zhou family struck while the iron was hot: "Only if we unite and cooperate more closely can we possibly compete with the City Lord's Mansion."

"To show my sincerity, I am willing to fully open the Gathering and Dispersing Ruyi Lingxi Formation and provide it to your families for use."

The patriarchs of the Ning and Zheng families were somewhat surprised.

The opening of the Gathering and Dispersing Ruyi Lingxi Formation was a point that the head of the Zhou family had never given up on during their previous negotiations.

Unexpectedly, in this assassination, the two geniuses of the Zhou family suffered the most injuries, which instead prompted the head of the Zhou family to make up his mind and take out the Jusan Ruyi Lingxi Formation.

"Okay." The Zheng family leader clapped his hands, "In that case, I will take out the heritage of our family - the sharp needle."

The head of the Ning family nodded: "Then my Ning family will take out the Ice Light Meridian Strengthening Talisman."

The Gathering and Dispersing Ruyi Lingxi Formation can help cultivators breathe faster and accumulate magic power.

The sharp needle can open up the Qi channels in a cultivator's body ahead of time during the Qi Refining Stage, saving the cultivator the effort of painstaking efforts.

The Ice Light Meridian Strengthening Talisman can cover the inner and outer meridians of the cultivator's body with a layer of ice light. With this layer of protection, the cultivator can breathe in and out at a speed 30% higher than the limit without worrying that the meridians will not be able to support it and will be washed away by the magic power and collapse.

Three talented monks were injured one after another and needed recuperation.

They urgently need to improve other members of the team and raise their respective cultivation levels.

These assassinations made the heads of the three families realize the cruelty of competition and the strength and tyranny of their opponents.

They humbled themselves and cooperated more actively.

I would rather blame my family.

Dining room.

"Mom, how long do we have to wait?" Ning Ji just stretched out his chopsticks to pick up some food, but his mother Wang Lan hit the back of his hand with the chopsticks.

Ning Ji felt the pain and pulled his hand back suddenly.

Wang Lan glared at her beloved son: "What if we wait a while?"

"How can you eat when your father is still in prison?"

Ning Ji covered the back of his hand: "But, we don't have to wait for Ning Zhuo to come before eating. We never had this rule before, didn't we always eat first?"

Wang Lan snorted coldly: "How can the present be compared with the past?"

"Ning Zhuo is so valued by the young clan leader. As long as he speaks a few good words to the young clan leader and pleads for your father, your father will be released!"

(End of this chapter)