Elder Tian, feeling embarrassed, forced himself to say, "We still need to see. Maybe there are other clues."
"Elder Tian still doubts Leng Rufeng?" Shi Xuan asked leisurely.
“No, not exactly,” Elder Tian finally relented, his face grim. “If it’s not his lead, it could be someone else’s.”
"Oh," Shi Xuan shrugged indifferently and walked into Luoying Courtyard with the rest of the group.
He took two steps and then stopped, turning around and saying, "Wait a minute."
She winked at Leng Rufeng, who immediately understood and walked over to the deceased Law Enforcement Hall disciple, reaching out to pull off his clothes.
The crowd was puzzled. Could it be that he had held a grudge because they had wronged him earlier, and that's why he went to desecrate the corpse? That didn't seem likely.
Leng Rufeng quickly stripped the disciple down to his underwear.
Many of the female disciples present couldn't bear to look and looked away, but Shi Xuan's eyes were fixed on the gradually naked corpse.
Sure enough, upon closer inspection, the deceased disciple's underwear was found to have an eye-shaped totem printed on the edge! In addition, there was a similar totem on the inside of his sword scabbard, in a place that no one would see, but no other places were found after the inspection.
After examining the corpse, Shi Xuan's gaze swept over Guo Hao. He moved swiftly and decisively to the other side and began to strip Guo Hao of his clothes.
"What's going on? What are you trying to do?" Elder Tian couldn't help but ask.
Now that it has been basically confirmed that Leng Rufeng was wronged, the disciples of the Luoyin Sect have all shut their mouths and dare not say anything more.
"Let's look for clues," Shi Xuan said seriously. Indeed, there are always things that are hard to find on a dead body, so it's always good to check.
However, the way the body was treated was far too careless...
A moment later, Guo Hao was also stripped naked. Compared to the deceased Law Enforcement Hall disciple, he was much cleaner. He had no totems on him, and he didn't even have a storage bag. It was unclear whether the murderer had taken it or whether he had removed it because he knew he was going to die.
There were no totems, no valuables; it was as if this person's death was preordained.
Elder Tian was getting impatient and said coldly, "Let's go quickly and go check your memory stone first."
"Oh, here's some compensation for your spirit." Shi Xuan still looked listless. He took the storage bag from the Law Enforcement Hall disciple that Leng Rufeng handed him before saying, "Let's go."
That disciple of the Enforcement Hall died because he framed Leng Rufeng, so it seems reasonable for Leng Rufeng to accept his storage bag.
However, Elder Tian was very displeased. He snorted and said, "There may be evidence of this incident in this storage bag."
"Oh, so you're thinking about the evidence now? Could this evidence be fake too?" Shi Xuan took out her storage bag and weighed it in her hand. "But if Elder Tian is interested, you can take a look first, but you have to return it to me." She spoke as if someone was trying to embezzle her things.
Elder Tian suppressed his anger and took the storage bag to examine it. Inside were just ordinary items, and he didn't find any clues. Only then did he reluctantly return the storage bag to Shi Xuan.
After everything was resolved, the group headed back to Luoying Courtyard.
As Shi Xuan walked, he said, "From the scene of the incident to the courtyard, there was no bloodstains along the way, which is also not right. If someone was really killed, they would be covered in blood, and the sword would still be dripping with blood. How could there not be a single drop left on the ground?"
These details should have been noticed by the Enforcement Hall immediately; it was a dereliction of duty on their part. They suspected Leng Rufeng at the first moment and hastily concluded his case without any further explanation.
Elder Tian found Shi Xuan's words grating and urged, "Let's go quickly."
The two sect leaders and other masters all kept silent, treating it as if they were just going through the motions, watching the excitement and mainly serving to set the tone.
Leng Rufeng's residence was not far from the main gate, and the group quickly entered his room.
The room was empty, as if no one had ever been there.
Shi Xuan looked up at the roof beam and exclaimed in feigned surprise, "Hey! The recording stone is gone!"
After she finished speaking, she immediately looked at Elder Tian, her eyes narrowed slightly with a probing gaze, and asked, "This recording stone is missing. Elder Tian, did you send someone to take it away?"
Upon hearing this, many people looked at Elder Tian with suspicion, finding him questionable as well. Surprisingly, most of these people were disciples of the Luoyin Sect, while the members of the Lianfeng Sword Sect, from top to bottom, all wore strange expressions, as if they were barely suppressing twitches at the corners of their mouths.
However, compared to the sudden enlightenment at the mountain gate during the day, it was still not obvious and did not attract the attention of the disciples of the Hidden Sect.
Elder Tian was repeatedly questioned, and his face turned red with anger. He roared, "Outrageous! How can you slander others so easily!"
"Oh~" Shi Xuan's voice was full of twists and turns: "So it's wrong to slander others at will."
You can't say what's wrong with what she's saying; it all makes sense, but you always feel like she's insulting you.
Elder Tian, having nowhere to vent his anger, snorted and turned to leave.
The remaining people had no choice; they couldn't conjure up a new photo stone after "losing" it, so they had to give up.
Shi Xuan rolled his eyes and looked at Lei Zhi, the sect leader of Luoyin Sect, and suggested, "Sect Leader Lei, you saw it too. The disciple from the Enforcement Hall who committed suicide out of fear of punishment had a mark on his underwear. The mark is special. Why don't we have all the disciples here take off their clothes now and check if anyone else has this mark on their body? They must be accomplices."
Disciples: ...
I knew she was a dog, but I never imagined she was this much of a dog!
Imagine this: a whole yard full of shorts fluttering in the wind—this scene... is probably a spectacle never before seen in the history of the cultivation world!
The disciples of the Hidden Shadow Sect were terrified, their hearts trembling. They wished they could check on them one by one behind closed doors...
There were also a few people in the crowd who looked flustered, whether they were guilty or simply didn't want to take off their clothes in public.
The atmosphere froze instantly. After a few moments, a pale-faced, tall, thin disciple spoke up, "This is too embarrassing! How can you treat us like this? We weren't the ones who killed them!"
Another square-faced disciple beside him chimed in, "I can't stand being stripped naked in public... It's worse than being beaten a hundred times!"
The surroundings suddenly became noisy, with the disciples all expressing their opinions, few agreeing and many disagreeing.
Taking advantage of the chaos, the pale-faced, tall, thin disciple shouted, "The law doesn't punish everyone, let's run together!"
Square-faced guy chimed in, "Then hurry up and run!"
He then led the way and rushed out. The others, unaware of what was happening, followed suit, creating chaos as they pushed their way out.
Shi Xuan didn't stop them. Ever since she told them to take off their clothes, she had been observing their reactions. Whether they were making a fuss or running away, she didn't stop them.
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