"Am I right, Senior Brother?" Chu Yunying's eyes shone brightly as she met his gaze tenderly.
"Junior Sister Chu is truly exceptionally intelligent!" Lin Fan gave her a thumbs up.
“I also suspect it was them, but we even brought out the Demon Mirror, yet we found nothing. That’s what I can’t understand,” Chu Yunying continued.
They suspected that Long Aotian and Wu Qiankun were responsible for the crime, one for the theft and the other for the murder. The two could also provide alibis for each other, and some disciples saw a figure in Wu Qiankun's room, as he had not left the room all night.
Therefore, the two of them are unlikely to be suspects; the biggest suspect is still Lin Fan.
"Junior Sister Chu, what's the point you haven't figured out? I can analyze it for you," Lin Fan said with a smile.
He looked at the bloodstains on the ground, which had not yet been cleaned up. There were no signs of a struggle in the surrounding environment, suggesting either a brutal and overwhelming attack or that it was committed by someone he knew.
"I don't understand why someone would testify against Wu Qiankun, since he was still in the room that night and never left," Chu Yunying said, frowning.
“This case has almost completely ruled out outsiders; it’s either you and me or those two, but it’s impossible for us,” she added.
Only those who are acquainted with the disciples can kill them with a single blow before the disciples of the Law Enforcement Hall can react.
"Junior sister trusts me that much?" Lin Fan asked.
“I have never doubted my senior brother,” Chu Yunying said without hesitation.
Lin Fan lowered his eyelids slightly, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Then I'll answer your question, junior sister."
"It's actually very simple. What if the person sitting in his room isn't him? Or what if it's a puppet, a mold with a similar body shape to him?"
"The disciple who pointed out that he was in the room only saw the shadowy figure reflected in the candlelight of his room, and did not see his real face, so this alibi is actually invalid!"
Chu Yunying suddenly realized that even if someone saw him enter the room before nightfall, who could be sure that he didn't leave the room afterward?
"If, as Senior Brother said, Xingfeng's disciple was killed by Wu Qiankun, and the Evil Dragon Relic was taken by Long Aotian, then how did he manage to evade the detection of the Demon-Illuminating Mirror?" Chu Yunying asked, puzzled.
"The reason is quite simple. If Long Aotian has a divine artifact that can conceal the aura of the Evil Dragon Relic, or if there is a power stronger than the Demon-Illuminating Mirror or some heavenly secret blocking him, then everything can be explained," Lin Fan explained.
Ordinary people would not be able to escape the detection of the Demon Mirror, but Long Aotian is the chosen one, a cheat code. With destiny on his side, he naturally has many treasures to shield him from being spied on.
"Junior sister, don't forget that day when he suddenly unleashed the aura of a Golden Core cultivator. Who among us can say that we truly understand him?"
"If that's really the case, then Long Aotian has been hiding his true abilities far too well," Chu Yunying said.
In his previous life, Long Aotian sacrificed all living beings to help him transcend reincarnation. Before he revealed this ambition, who could know his true nature?
Only those who remember their past lives can understand how terrifying Long Aotian is; he is very cunning and has an incredibly strong ability to endure.
"Is there any way to force him to reveal his true colors, Senior Brother?" Chu Yunying asked.
"Then we'll have to see how strong his desire to kill me is," Lin Fan said with a smile.
"If he's determined to kill me, I have a way to force him to reveal his trump card, and the Evil Dragon Relic will be exposed. If he doesn't want to kill me, we'll have to think things through more carefully!"
"Senior brother, do you want to resolve this matter during the sect's grand competition?" Chu Yunying guessed his thoughts.
Their only chance to fight is during the sect competition a month in advance, where both of them will try their best to compete against each other.
"That's right!"
Lin Fan said, "If only we had the power to rewind time or a divine artifact."
Chu Yunying rolled her eyes. "You actually dare to think that? There are very few powerful beings in the world who can control time reversal. At the very least, it involves the power of time or reincarnation. The Demon Mirror is just an ordinary spiritual artifact. If there were a divine artifact, the Qingxiao Sect would have taken off long ago."
"Senior Brother, do you still remember the question we had that night?" She looked into Lin Fan's eyes, her cheeks slightly flushed, her eyes full of expectation, and suddenly asked.
"Which night?" Lin Fan was puzzled. He talked a lot every night, so how could he know what she was talking about!
That night, you didn't reject me? But I didn't do anything all those nights!
"Even if one day the whole clan knows about us, would you still be willing to marry me?" She mustered her courage, her expression a little nervous, her two delicate hands twisting together, unsure of what to do.
Lin Fan thought to himself, he had almost forgotten what happened that night, but she remembered it so clearly.
No, career is the most important thing, survival is the most important thing, and dignity is also important. He didn't answer, but his face became even more serious.
He said seriously, "Junior Sister Chu, I originally thought you would be different, but I didn't expect you to be this kind of person too. I was wrong!"
Chu Yunying was taken aback, somewhat unable to understand her senior brother's words.
“I thought my junior sister was different from others and would be devoted to cultivating immortality. The so-called mortal world is all fleeting, and the friendship between fellow disciples is also just a passing thing. You are a phoenix soaring in the nine heavens, how can you fall into the mortal world for love?”
He had to correct his junior sister's thinking: Why talk about love? Isn't cultivating immortality better?
"But Senior Brother, I cultivate only to seek revenge, and I don't want to become an immortal or anything like that!" Chu Yunying hurriedly explained.
It's true that she's very diligent in her cultivation, but she has never said that she wants to pursue the Great Dao or the path to immortality. That's just a misunderstanding others have about her. She just wants to take revenge, marry her senior brother, be a good wife and mother, and live a peaceful life.
"Junior sister, love is poison, it is greed, anger and delusion. We who cultivate immortality must abandon the seven emotions and six desires and cast aside distracting thoughts. If you are the kind of person who cannot live without a man, please do not stop me from cultivating immortality."
Lin Fan was talking nonsense with a straight face.
Chu Yunying's expectations vanished, and the light in her eyes gradually dimmed. She was about to speak when she was startled by Lin Fan's cold gaze.
"If you want to find a man, you can find someone else. If you don't want to cultivate immortality, don't interfere with me. Don't make me look down on you!" Lin Fan said coldly and ruthlessly.
Wasn't he miserable enough in his past life? In this life, he decides to give up drinking and womanizing and find a way to survive.
Chu Yunying stared blankly as he left, tears of grievance slowly streaming down her face. Her eyes were unfocused, and she felt a heartache so intense that she could hardly breathe.
The biting wind chilled her to the bone, and her frail, delicate body swayed precariously, as if she had been forgotten.
She used similar tactics to reject countless suitors in the past, making them feel ashamed.
Originally, I thought that these days I would spend with my senior brother, practicing the sword manual together, venturing into the Monster Mountain Range together, and fighting against Long Aotian together, and my senior brother never expressed any annoyance or refusal.
She saw that her senior brother would smile at her and his eyes would light up, so she thought that he must have some feelings for her and like her. But reality left her heartbroken after her first time.
"As long as Long Aotian lives, I will never fall in love. Humph, I will never be the hundredth sucker."
He muttered to himself, pouting, and walked away with his head held high. Sure enough, after not dating, he felt much more energetic, in a better mood, and his wallet was fuller.
I really don't understand what these junior sisters are thinking. All they think about are these trivial things all day long. Is my original world really a female-oriented world?
As for the saying "mistreating your wife is fun for a while, but chasing her back is like going through a crematorium," that doesn't apply to me. Anyway, I only have a hundred years, so I have plenty of time to find a wife. I won't miss one or two.
If you really want to be in a relationship, then remember this ultimate weapon in the rules of love—money.
If you fail to win a woman's heart, it's definitely not because you're not handsome enough, but because you're not as rich as she expects!
If the world is ultimately destroyed by Long Aotian, it will be the system's fault. He will find a way to break the world's constraints and fly to another world to live freely.
"Host, you're so cruel!" the system couldn't help but complain.
"You're the cruel one! You've already wiped out ninety-nine generations, and you still won't let this world go!" Lin Fan retorted.
Long Aotian's actions are more like those of a villain. Why don't you bind to him? Instead, I'll bind to the protagonist system instead, and the problem will be perfectly solved, right?
"How exactly did he destroy the world in his previous ninety-nine incarnations?" he couldn't help but ask.
If we knew what Long Aotian was doing, would we be able to find a way out?
"Data error, data reconstruction failed, reconstruction failed, system restart, restart process at 1%!"
Lin Fan: ...
This system is truly awful!
After examining the crime scene, he went to Xingfeng and requested permission to view the deceased. He circled the body several times, examining every part of it clearly.
He examined the deceased's mouth, throat, and intestines, but found no clues.
"Died too quickly to leave any clues?"
He discerned the cause of death and slit the throat with a single sword strike. He didn't even have time to draw his sword, demonstrating just how fast the attacker could draw it.
Um?
He picked up the deceased's hand and found that the two hands were in different condition; the entire palm of the right hand was covered in blood, while only the fingers of the left hand had bloodstains.
"Was the blood on his left hand fingers always there?" He looked up at Elder Xingfeng. He needed someone to be nearby to check the body in order to prevent him from tampering with it.
“That’s right, when we found him, his fingers also had wounds and bloodstains!” the elder replied.
"Judging from the condition of the body, after his throat was cut, he was covering his neck with his right hand, so his right palm and even his arm were covered in blood."
"But his left hand shouldn't have been raised, so there was blood on his left shoulder, but not on his left arm or left hand!"
"Indeed, as you say!" The elder looked at him with some surprise, noting his intelligence.
Lin Fan re-examined the deceased's clothing on the left side and found a piece of cloth with some bloodstains.
Upon closer inspection, he noticed that the cloth appeared to be in the process of writing, but it had only been written a little before stopping.
The cloth had a horizontal line, and then a bloodstain on it, which looked like a horizontal line, but it was too short; it also looked like a vertical line.
"Is this the message he left behind?" Lin Fan looked at the bloodstains on the cloth.
Just as I guessed, if he was going to write two horizontal strokes, then it would be the first two strokes of the character "武" (Wu). If he was going to write one horizontal and one vertical stroke, then it would be the first two strokes of the character "林" (Lin) or "龙" (Long). In any case, the three of them were still suspects.
Excluding myself, if the killer was either Long Aotian or Wu Qiankun, then the Evil Dragon Relic must have been obtained by Long Aotian, and only the Chosen One is the one who can obtain the opportunity.
"Besides being a female-oriented novel, could this also be a remnant of Jiang Yifeng's style?" he wondered to himself. Wu Qiankun was being far too good to Long Aotian, to a degree that even lovers wouldn't do!
He came not to prove his innocence, but to confirm whether the Evil Dragon Relic was indeed stolen by Long Aotian, so that future opponents could prepare in advance.
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