She seemed to remember that when Ming Huan returned from his failed attempt to capture the man in black, his shoes were clean, but now they were covered in yellow dirt.
“I didn’t go up Kunlun.” Ming Huan frowned. “I just handed the things over to the mountain-guarding immortal at the foot of Kunlun Mountain.”
"Is that so?" Tang Nian murmured.
Then, she casually asked, "Lou Mu and I are going to Jingning City in a couple of days. Do you want to come?"
Normally, Ming Huan would try to interfere when he heard that Lou Mu was going to go with Tang Nian, but today he was acting strangely.
He forced a smile and said, "Sister Tang, you can go ahead. I'll stay in Nanyu City. I won't be able to rest easy until things here are resolved."
Tang Nian hesitated for a moment and said, "Alright, then you can continue to rest. I won't bother you anymore."
Back in her room, Tang Nian sat blankly at the table, her hands supporting her chin as she stared at the candles, lost in thought.
She didn't get up to rest until the candle burned out.
The next day, Lou Mu's attendants came to inform him that the other half of the corpses outside the city had also completely disappeared.
"Didn't you perform the rituals to help those corpses pass on to the afterlife?" Tang Nian picked up her bowl, took a sip of porridge, and said casually.
“I didn’t perform any rituals to help them pass on to the Black Impermanence. I was just trying to find a way to hand over the souls trapped in their bodies to the Black Impermanence.”
After Lou Mu finished speaking, he immediately ordered someone to investigate.
Fortunately, there were no casualties among the team that came with Lou Mu. These people immediately took action and conducted a thorough search of the city.
If you discover anything amiss, inform him immediately.
Soon, the first group of people he sent out rushed back.
The faces of these people all looked rather grim.
Lou Mu's heart skipped a beat when he saw them like this.
Sure enough, something has happened in the city again!
Although these people had seen quite a lot in the capital, they still felt a chill run down their spines when they thought about what they had just found out.
The team leader took a deep breath to suppress the fear in his heart before reporting to Lou Mu: "Sir, we found some old people's skin near Song's Pharmacy, and those people's...skins were all damaged, it was really creepy to look at."
"What did you say?" Lou Mu suddenly stood up.
Yesterday there was a human skin, today there is another human skin!
Lou Mu and Tang Nian exchanged a glance, feeling that the situation was becoming increasingly dire.
The two of them immediately rushed towards the pharmacy.
Sure enough, upon arriving at the pharmacy, they saw rows and rows of human skin.
These human skins are different from the intact human skin from yesterday.
It appeared to have been damaged; even a human skin was broken and scattered on the ground in pieces, looking quite terrifying.
However, Tang Nian frowned after taking a look.
Then, step by step, they walked up to the human skin.
Lou Mu frowned as he saw her approaching, and said with some concern, "Leave this matter to me; you don't need to do anything."
He knew Tang Nian was very capable.
But faced with this pile of scattered human skin, he really didn't want Tang Nian to touch it.
But Tang Nian shook her head indifferently.
She simply found it hard to accept the cruelty of the mastermind behind it all.
Tang Nian took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down.
She stood up, walked to the pieces of human skin, and reached out to disassemble them, trying to piece them back together to recreate the original appearance of the skin.
Lou Mu's expression changed slightly when he saw Tang Nian take the initiative. He walked up to Tang Nian with some concern and said to her, "Why don't you let me do it?"
Tang Nian glanced at the bloodstain on her hand and shook her head decisively: "No need, I can do it myself. You go and look for other clues."
Since the late emperor released those monsters to harm the Great Chu, we must face these things, no matter how unacceptable they may seem.
After saying that, Tang Nian continued to fight.
Lou Mu saw that he couldn't persuade Tang Nian, so he didn't say anything more.
When he walked up to Tang Nian again, he was surprised to find that Tang Nian had already pieced together the fragments of human skin.
She stood up, hands outstretched, and took Lou Mu's handkerchief: "See for yourself."
Lou Mu looked closely and realized that the skin on the faces of all these people had been removed.
That's a bit strange.
Just as Tang Nian was about to think about it more deeply, a pleasant voice suddenly rang out from outside.
"Miss Tang, I've arrived."
The person who arrived was Jing Yao.
Tang Nian smiled and said, "I have something I'd like to ask you for help with."
Upon hearing Tang Nian's words, Lou Mu turned his head, a hint of doubt in his eyes.
Jingyao nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Okay, just tell me what you need me to do." Seeing that Jing Yao agreed readily, Tang Nian looked around and saw that there were many soldiers searching the area.
This is not the place to talk.
After thinking for a moment, Tang Nian led Lou Mu and Jing Yao to a quiet courtyard with ease.
After checking that no one was around, Tang Nian spoke to the two of them, saying, "For some reason, I feel that this matter has something to do with Ming Huan."
Lou Mu frowned slightly upon hearing her say that.
He knew that Tang Nian suspected Ming Huan.
However, neither of them has any evidence so far.
Thinking of this, he looked at Tang Nian.
"Have you discovered something?"
Upon hearing this, Tang Nian shook her head and said, "We haven't found any conclusive evidence, but it just feels like everything has been too coincidental lately. Every single thing seems to be intricately connected to Ming Huan. I don't believe there can be so many coincidences in the world, so we still need to be cautious."
Hearing him say that, Lou Mu nodded in agreement: "That's true."
"In addition, I tested him last night. I asked him about his trip to Kunlun, and he didn't even remember going up Kunlun."
Although Tang Nian did not go, the merit beads that Ming Huan brought back were only possessed by the High God, and the box containing the merit beads was also personally crafted by the High God.
If Ming Huan hadn't entered Kunlun, he wouldn't have been able to get that box.
After Tang Nian finished expressing her doubts, she turned to Jing Yao and said, "I'm going to keep an appointment with Lou Mu this time. I'm afraid it will be a while before I can come back. So, I'd like to ask you to keep an eye on Ming Huan for me. If he has any other ideas, you can also help me stop him."
Upon hearing her say this, Jing Yao nodded in agreement without hesitation.
"Alright, since that's the case, I'll stay here. You all go ahead, I'll keep a close eye on Ming Huan and won't give him any opportunity to take advantage."
Hearing her say this, Tang Nian pondered for a long time before shaking her head: "No, we can't be so blatant."
"Are you afraid Ming Huan will find out?" Lou Mu immediately realized Tang Nian's intention.
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